this is bbc news, i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 8: the uk ambassador to france raises concerns, after violence broke out between british and french fishermen in a row over scollops. before we knew it, we had around ten maybe 15 other french boats surrounding us throwing rocks at us, flares. they have no hours, no quotas, theyjust fill their boats, they come, scrape and leave. they start working a month before us and they leave us the crumbs. we'll be finding out why scollops are such a prized shellfish stock. also this hour: more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls say they've self—harmed, a report says worries about physical appearance are contributing to their unhappiness. all or nothing, back the chequers plan or risk there being no deal on brexit, that's the warning to the eu from a senior cabinet minister. an endurance swimmer battles through storms, jellyfish and injury to complete

a 330—mile swim of the english channel. and gruff by name, but not by nature, a study shows goats respond better to happy human faces rather than angry ones. welcome to bbc news. fights have broken out between french and british fishermen in the english channel in a row about shellfish. french crews have been accused of throwing stones and flares, after complaining that the british are depleting stocks of valuable scollops. the incident took place in the bay of seine, where, because of french regulations, french boats aren't allowed to dredge for scollops until october.

but as long as british ships remain north of the red line, more than 12 nautical miles off the french coastline, they are legally entitled to fish in the area. our environment correspondent, claire marshall reports from brixham harbour, where the british boats returned. just watch the blue boat, a 200 tonne british trawler. this footage from a french boat shows it colliding with smaller french vessels. british fishermen say french boats like this surrounded them and started attacking them. just a glimpse of the violent clashes off the coast of normandy in the early hours of tuesday morning. rocks and flares coming across here. right through here? yeah. there was about 50—60 boats around us in the end. do you think our navy should go with you? the only way to deal with it now is to get our navy involved and try and protect us really. but the french fishermen

involved are furious. french law bans them from fishing over the summer in the bay of seine. normally there is a deal where larger british boats stay away, this year, negotiations broke down and they moved in. translation: they have no hours, no quotas, theyjust fill their boats, they come, scrape and leave. they start working a month before us and they leave us the crumbs. dredging is a highly controversial method of fishing. conservationists say it destroys the whole of the sea bed. scallops reproduce in the summer and this is why french fishermen argue they should not be harvested until the 1st of october, it is a question of sustainability. but this side of the channel the view is that there is more than enough to go around. we believe that the scallops are in good condition from the middle of august through the rest of the year. british fishermen will continue to fishing in the bay of seine if we don't do a deal with france.

that's just what brian and some of the other skippers caught up in the clashes say they plan to do, return to the same waters next week, this time, they say, in force. but tonight, it's playing it safe. are you going to in to go out again? yeah, i will be leaving here this evening hopefully i will be fishing a bit close to home this time! it is now down to the international negotiators to call tempers. claire marshall, bbc news at one brixham. let's speak now to bryce stewart, a fisheries biologist from the university of york, whose been involved in previous discussions over scallop fishing. hejoins me via webcam from the isle of arran. could you tell us why these tensions built up over the years? thanks for inviting me on the programme, basically scallops are

extremely valuable resource they're the most valuable fishery in england now, and the third most valuable and the whole of the uk. so, you know, there's lots of demand for the product. we have a particularly rich bed of scallops off that day, so they are very abundant and they grow very very fast, so they're basically really desirable. now the french argument is they put in place stringent management regulations and that that is why they are in good condition and they basically want to rea p condition and they basically want to reap the benefits of that, so this is why they're upset about the english boats coming to fish in that pa rt english boats coming to fish in that part of this the and my correct in assuming agreement, how do they work the whites are broken down now?

basically the way it works is the larger boats, agreed to stay out of the area and in response to that, the area and in response to that, the french actually transferred some scallop fishing to them, which were hours at sea which they could use it sparingly or in october in the area. this yearfor sparingly or in october in the area. this year for whatever reason, that agreement was not in place. i think what happened was there has been more and more smaller boats going over to pitch near —— fish near the french border, and so i think the french border, and so i think the french were getting frustrated with the away the agreement was working. i'm trying to figure out here, who's actually to blame. well, that's a good question. i probably should not ta ke good question. i probably should not take sides i am a scientist and

australian, so not really in the country. neither side is looking good at the moment, the british boats i should say work fishing legally, and that of course is the most important thing and the french a cts most important thing and the french acts of aggression, you know, obviously not desirable at all, the response and the clash between the two parties unfortunately did not look good for either side and what really worries me really on the cusp of brexit is this is the souring relations between the two countries when really we need to be working together. that was very diplomatic by the way, what would you like to see happen tomorrow when both sides meet? the first thing isjust our talking with each other and really to get the different perspectives into, you just got to talk and build up into, you just got to talk and build up personal relationships and really

talk about the way forward. scallops are interesting, because they are not actually drag queen managed by europe, they're not managed by the common fisheries policy except by bigger boats, every thing else done ata bigger boats, every thing else done at a national level, but if in the future depending on how it predicts its approach to brexit, if it a hard—line approach it might say to the french boats they will exclude you from the waters in which case the french would do the same not good for anyone. what we need is flexibility we also need to share management because if we do not, that thing that suffers are the stocks of selfish and —— shellfish and the marine environment itself, so and the marine environment itself, so really nobody winds if that happens, so we really have to focus on that as the and the goal and

slowly it worked out how we will get there to gather with the french compatriots. we must leave you there, and rights joining compatriots. we must leave you there, and rightsjoining us, thankfulfor your time there, and rightsjoining us, thankful for your time and talking to us. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers, our guestsjoining me tonight are the broadcaster, steve richards and camilla tominey, associate editor of the daily telegraph. the government is being urged to address what's being called a "crisis in children's mental health" after new analysis suggested that more than a fifth of 1a year old girls say they've self—harmed. the children's society says gender stereotypes, and concerns about physical appearance, are contributing to unhappiness. the government says it is investing 300 million pounds to provide more mental health help in schools. dominic hughes reports. it seemed like taking out on yourself those emotions that you didn't know how to explain or you did not know how to deal

with in a healthy way, there was a lot of anger but it wasn't towards anyone else, it was towards myself. i waited until i was like really, you know, at the bottom to seek help. kay ska is one of thousands of young people who struggled with the turmoil of teenage emotions. self—harming became a way of managing anxiety, panic attacks, bullying at school, a collapse in self—esteem. a lot of like self—loathing and self—hate and not knowing how to deal with my emotions led me to self—harming. and at the time i thought it was a coping mechanism, i had friends at the time who were self—harming and there were also people who said how much it helped them and help them feel a bit easier. the number of young teenagers who are deliberately hurting themselves in a number of ways including cutting or hitting appears to be growing. and that reflects the changing world we live in, particularly the prevalence of social media

and the pressures that come with it. there has been a huge rise in the amount of time children are spending on social media. what this means is that children are able to access news in a way they have not been able to before and they also report to me that they are aware of the fact that their friends appear to be having a better time on social media than they do. children's mental health services have struggled to cope with growing demand. more money has been promised to recap extra £300 million for help in english schools, for example. but knowing what to do for a young person in crisis can be hard. some of these things are really scary and if you are worried that your child can be self—harming it is difficult to know what to do. there is a lot of help out there and we would recommend that parents call the young minds helpline which is specifically for parents and they can give you some strategies. now 23, kay is in a much better place. sharing her experiences with others online has been a key part of her recovery.

so, if you could go back in time and meet your 14—year—old self who is really struggling, what would you say to her now? i would say, seek help. you are not ok. and that is ok, don't feel ashamed for feeling whatever you're feeling and don't be afraid to seek help. dominic hughes reporting there. joining us now is carys holland, who self harmed every day from the age of 13 until she was 18. we are grateful that you came to talk to us, why did you start self harming? mostly it was bullying and how i felt from that, i was bullied from four until 13 or 1a, and at 13, a cut too much for me to handle and i felt like i a cut too much for me to handle and ifelt like i had no outlook i didn't feel like i could talk to anyone, also i decided to self harm.

that's what made you think of self harm, you started when you are 13 and carried on until at&t do talk to anyone at all about how you felt?|j did anyone at all about how you felt?” did not at first because i felt no one would understand and i felt disappointed in myself, but i did and that sort of opening up to my mother and i realised there was help. you spoke after two years to your mum when you're 15, help. you spoke after two years to your mum when you're15, for help. you spoke after two years to your mum when you're 15, for two yea rs your mum when you're 15, for two years you are on your own 01’ your mum when you're 15, for two years you are on your own or did you talk to friends? i did with a few friends but i didn't say too much cook because i was ashamed of myself. i did want to tell anyone what i was doing. so did not make you feel better. know, at the time when i first did it it felt good but then it's a cycle and makes you feel worse so you then it's a cycle and makes you feel worse so you do it again. can you tell me a bit about that conversation with your mother it must‘ve been hard at the beginning. at first i like, when she saw the

subpar marks on my wrist and i said i fell over subpar marks on my wrist and i said ifell over in subpar marks on my wrist and i said i fell over in the snow, —— self harm, andi i fell over in the snow, —— self harm, and i told a family member i was being bullied and i self harm who then told my member at —— mother and she was devastated but in the long—run it was better because i opened up about the bullying and how i was feeling and i managed to get help from that. how did she respond because i guess there might have been a part of you almost frightened about her reaction. yes, she was clearly upset at first i don't think she knew what to do she did research and then i think she finally knew ok we have to help her now. tell us about the health you got. she took me to the local gp and i got reverted and mental health services for children, i received therapy and i also had therapy at a place called you and meet counselling paid for by my school. reuse seeing the same therapist all the time howjoined up was that you received? it was not

like that at first, it was on a rotisserie and, so i had a new psychiatrist every six weeks which was not working for me personally because i build a rapport with these people then they leave and i have to build a new one, and then after two yea rs, build a new one, and then after two years, i decided to say look it's not working for me i need someone to be full—time so i can have a rapport and be comfortable and open up and that's when i had a full—time psychiatrist. in the end what help do the most? realising that people will listen and do understand you just need to talk your emotions not bottle them up inside, the counselling service, art therapy i'm not good at art but i chew things and coloured in, orjust wrote down what i was feeling and i realised doing childlike stuff was making me feel more comfortable to deal with

the bullying and it relieved so much of each, and my childhood. it made me feel better. looking back, is there anything you think could help you more at the time?” there anything you think could help you more at the time? i think there was more information about self harm especially to do at my school, they we re especially to do at my school, they were brilliant but i feel sometimes they were not sure what to do with me because there isn't a lot of information, no training given to schools from what i know, and i wish there was more training and more findings put into mental health services and specially for school so they can learn more. finally, you are ok now? yes, i'm at universities studying criminology. thank you so much and good luck. and if you have been affected by any of the issues raised in that report, you can find details of organisations which offer advice and support on the bbc actionline website, at bbc.co.uk slash actionline. a £5,000 reward is being offered

for information that leads to the arrest of a 21 year old man wanted over the murders of his ex—partner and her mother. they were stabbed to death in the early hours of monday morning in solihull. our correspondent sima kotecha has more from solihull. today police told us that the suspect janzab tahin is actually from the birmingham area. we know that he was actually in the west midlands, he's been around this area and we know police have now said that the suspect has been involved with police before for minor offending. now, we have previously been contacted of the nature of the relationship between him and raneem oudeh who was killed here along with her mother on monday morning. we know police were previously contacted about that and we also know that police have searched several houses in the birmingham area regarding this crime.

today they are offering £5,000 to anybody who may have any significant leads regarding this crime, but in the meantime the manhunt continues and also the distress and depression felt by the families of these two women killed on monday also continues. the headlines on bbc news... the uk ambassador to france raises concerns — after violence broke out between british and french fishermen in a row over scollops. more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls say they've self—harmed — a report says worries about physical appearance are contributing to their unhappiness. and a senior cabinet minister warns the eu to back the chequers brexit plan — or risk there being no deal. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chris, house andy murray

doing? hejust here's chris, house andy murray doing? he just walked here's chris, house andy murray doing? hejust walked out here's chris, house andy murray doing? he just walked out on court for a second round match i'll update you on that in a moment although there's not much to update if you walked out but i will anyway. moeen ali is back in the england side to face india in the fourth test which starts tomorrow, the all—rounder will bat at seven — he replaces ollie pope. joe root will have jonny bairstow in the side, that's despite breaking his finger in the third test. he'll play as a specialist batsman and jos buttler will keep wicket. and sam curran replaces the injured chris woakes. england lead the series 2—1 with 2 to play we have got a lot of depth in terms of our bowlers batting and have made some brilliant contributions as well. look at the form of moeen ali, 100 and a double hundred in a week and sam has performed brilliantly in the first two games in this series.

it is great to see a good amount of debth that there is with the guys in and around the squad. andy murray faces fernando verdasco as he attempts to reach the third round of the us open later. the defending women's champion sloan stephens has just won her second round match. her match lasting almost 3—hours, andy murray is up next. he's played verdasco 14—times and lost only once. williams, seeded 17th, faces german carina witthoeft at midnight and will be followed by nadal‘s match. the wta has criticised us open rules which saw french world number 31 alize cornet given a code violation for taking her shirt off on court.

cornet changed her shirt during the break between the second and third sets during her first—round defeat by johanna larsson, but realised it was back—to—front and switched it on court. the chair umpire gave her a warning, a decision the wta called "unfair". a wta statement said "alize did nothing wrong. the scottish football association have delayed a decision on whether or not to leave hampden park after over 100 years of international football and cup finals there, they have an option to move to the home of scottish rugby murrayfield in edinburgh. hampden's owners are queens park, the amateur club who also play there, and the sfa's lease is up in 2020. there is an option to buy hampden but the stadium is in need of renovation. the other contentious option discussed at today's board meeting was relocating to murrayfield. the welsh forward hal robson kanu has retired from international football.

the west brom player made the announcement after he was left out of the latest wales squad to play the republic of ireland and denmark. the most famous of his five goals for wales came in their 2—1 win against over belgium in the quarter—finals of euro 2016. he won 44 caps in all the wales manager ryan giggs has called him an icon in welsh football because of that goal and wished him all the best. the football association has submitted its bid to host the 2021 women's european championship. wembley would stage the final with 7 other venues, including milton keynes, brighton, and rotherham . austria and hungary are also expected to bid with uefa choosing the hosts in december. i think it is enormous to have a major championships like this on home soil across cities all over england. ijust think in terms of both fans and inspiring a generation of young people to play the game, fantastic. by 2021 we will have built a whole infrastructure of opportunity for youngsters to play,

so they will be excited and they will be able to go and find somewhere to play. there are four remaining games in the efl cup second round tonight. there has been an early goal at the city ground where championship side nottingham forest have taking a early lead against newcastle united. everton are one nil up against rotherdam. andy murray still preparing we will keep you updated see you later. the death toll after a devastating hurricane which tore through puerto rico last year has risen dramatically. 64 people were said to have died at the time. local officials now say they believe almost 3000 were killed. hurricane maria was the most powerful storm to hit the caribbean in 90 years, and it left much of puerto rico devastated. the us territory's government has been accused of downplaying

the death toll, to avoid a confrontation with president trump. the british mother imprisoned in iran has been admitted to a medical clinic in herjail, after reportedly suffering panic attacks. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was temporarily released a few days ago to see her daughter, but returned to prison on sunday. she's serving a five—year sentence for spying, a charge she denies. people have lined the streets of phoenix to pay tribute to the late us senator, john mccain. a hearse carrying the former republican presidential candidate's body arrived by police escort at the arizona statehouse, where it will lie in state on what would have been his 82nd birthday. his body will then be transferred to washington for a memorial service, before a private funeral on sunday. the vietnam war veteran died on saturday, after battling an agressive brain tumour for more than a year. the cabinet office minister, david lidington, has told french

business leaders that the eu has to choose beteen the british government's chequers plan or the risk of there being no deal on brexit. it comes as the eu's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier said that the eu was prepared to offer britain a unique partnership, different from that agreed with any outside country. here's our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. britain's marriage with europe was never quite a union of hearts and minds but anyway, it is nearly over, just the divorce to sort out. the government is warning today that agreement on britain's terms or no deal at all. in paris, the prime minister's right—hand man in cabinet of the eu, take it or leave it. exactly seven months until the end of article 50 and less than two months ahead of the october council, we first the choice between the pragmatic proposals we are discussing now

with the european commission, or the risk of there being no deal. westminster has been left to the tourists, mps still on a break. but brexit never stops, nod to government attempts to sound up the, insisting british plans for a single market in goods and farm produce but not services could be the basis for agreement. i'm confident that a deal is within our sites. we are bringing ambition, pragmatism and energy and if it is matched, and i expect it will be, we get a deal. but there were complications, big one style of avoiding a hard border in ireland or between ireland and britain. the target set between leaders might just slip. we are aiming for the october council but there is some measure of leeway. so, under the brexit timetable, what happens next? in september, negotiations intensify and eu leaders, including theresa may, meet in salzburg. in october it is the eu summit to agree a deal unless that slips. then the crucial vote

in parliament on the divorce deal and future relationship. the following march, the uk leaves the eu. but will brussels agree on british terms? lots of goodwill from the eu's chief negotiator today but that didn't mean letting the uk pick and choose terms of trade. translation: there would be no a la carte menu for britain although the uk could still have a closer relationship than any other non—eu state. but the truth is, the government has no wiggle room. any more concessions to brussels and the number of eurosceptic tory rebels will grow. parliament may well vote down any deal anyway. there is still no sign of an agreed plan to avoid a hard irish border and without one, a no—deal brexit becomes more likely. plans for the future after brexit are still a work in progress, just months before britain peels off

and goes its own way. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. the uk and nigeria have signed their first security and defence agreement, during theresa may's visit to abuja. yesterday she pledged an extra four billion pounds of british support for african economies. our political correspondent ben wright has been travelling with her. they still honour britain here, but the days of obeying are long gone. this former british colony is africa's largest economy and a hot destination for visiting trade delegations and their national leaders. theresa may is the first british prime minister to visit nigeria since 2011. we have long—standing links with nigeria and long standing close commercial ties. there are british companies who have been here for many years and we want to enhance those trading links and there are opportunities to do so as we leave the european union.

looking for a new trading direction as brexit beckons, but today resisting the temptation tojoin in the dancing. it is a very traditional welcome for theresa may, but make no mistake, this is a dynamic fast—growing economy with a lot of business potential for the uk which is why theresa may is here, hoping to find new markets for british goods and services. theresa may met president muhammadu buhari, promising him more british military help against the fight against the islamist group boko haram. the first security and defence agreement has been signed by the countries but it is business deals mrs may wants also. nigeria is the largest african economy, its gdp was £292 billion in 2017, higher than the other two countries she is visiting, south africa and kenya. nigeria also has the largest population, almost 194 million, and many of them are young. there is huge economic growth

potential but currently trade from the uk to nigeria is low and the latest numbers show we just imported over £1 billion worth of goods and exported just over two billion. by 2050 a quarter of the world's consumers will be in africa and a scramble for that market is under way. regardless of brexit, uk businesses need to show they have the goods and services africa wants. moreoverfor the uk to be open for african business. such as this recruitment company who welcomed the prime minister's visit. it is an opportunity for the united kingdom and nigeria to engage on an even footing when it comes to investment. nigerians are a people of enormous potential, there is so much potential in this country, a lot of it unfortunately is untapped. tomorrow theresa may heads to kenya

where again she hopes historic links will help the uk capture a slice of the future. the duke and duchess of sussex are attending a charity performance of the hit show "hamilton" in london. and just a warning the following pictures contain flash photography. the gala performance will raise money for sentebale, the hiv charity co—founded by harry. the hip—hop biography of us founding father alexander hamilton pokes fun at the british monarchy and features king george the third. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. good evening, early—morning rain cleared to sunny spells for most of us today and those clear skies are set to continue overnight tonight. with the remnants of a frontal system easing away from the southeast, skies will clear and the wind direction coming from and light

northwesterly, so a cool source, temperatures likely to fall to single figures across the country. low single figures in rural parts of scotland. so a chilly start to thursday morning, a sunny one though as we go through the day we start to see more in the way of cloud and a risk of a few isolated showers almost anywhere but favoured spots are further north and west. if you keep with the sunshine you'll see highs of 21 degrees, generally 15—18, so fresher feel for all. as we move out of thursday into friday, again it could be if you keep with the sunshine you'll see highs of 21 degrees, generally 15—18, so fresher feel for all. as we move out of thursday into friday, again it could be a cool start plenty of sunshine and we will keep the sunshine in eastern areas with more clouds are starting to gather to the west and the odd spot or two of rain from a weakening weather front, take care. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... the british ambassador to france has raised concerns about the actions of french fishermen off the normandy coast —

as violence broke out yesterday in a row over scallop fishing more than a fifth of 1a year old girls say they've self—harmed — as a report says gender stereotypes and worries about physical appearance are contributing to unhappiness the cabinet office minister, david lidington tells french offering a reward of information. the man was wanted for questioning after the murder of his ex—partner and mother. west midlands police are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of janbaz tarin — the cabinet office minister, david lidington tells french business leaders that the eu has to choose between the british government's chequers plan or the risk of there being no deal on brexit coming up, a year after launching in the us, facebook is going to roll—out its on—demand video service globally what is

urged what is being to address what's being called a ‘crisis in children's mental health‘ after new analysis suggested that more than a fifth of 1a year old girls say they've self—harmed. joining us now is seaneen molloy, who self harmed between the ages of 12 and 24. she's now a mental health blogger. thank you forjoining us. why did you start self harming? it is hard to say why, it was more than one thing. there was a lot going on in my life at the time and i do not really know how to express any of my feelings about it. i didn't not know how to talk to anyone about it, i didn't know how to cope with the feelings that i had, so i started self harming incidentally, really. and then it escalated from there,

instead of just and then it escalated from there, instead ofjust talking to someone, i would kind of internalise my feelings and soft harm. i, what made you think of it? i was, from a magazine article, it was about self harm being a negative thing up but it put the idea in my head. it was a way to cope. i was very impressionable at that age and that's where i got the idea from. you started when you were 12, was there a part of you that you can remember wanted someone to notice? yes, idid remember wanted someone to notice? yes, i did not hide it as well as i could have done. i did kind of heightened at the beginning because it kind of coincided when i was reaching puberty and i was... but my

sister and i talk to her about what was going on and the way she talked was going on and the way she talked was well, she did not try to stop me, and she just listened and was well, she did not try to stop me, and shejust listened and admit that when i was feeling like self harming, sometimes i would talk to my sister instead. what help do you think might have been of use?” instead. what help do you think might have been of use? i did not have the best experiences, but i got help from a mental health, generally people were very dismissive, they thought it was attention seeking and they kind of just thought it was attention seeking and they kind ofjust viewed me as a silly little girl and admit that it put me off going and trying to get help and never i was going to go back like that, very hard to pick myself up. i think what would have

helped, and what would eventually helped, and what would eventually helped me is removing the shame that we experience and adolescents, is rooted in shame and anger themselves. and when i eventually started to shy away from self harm, the process was untying the shame around it and i guess this sympathy for my own body and appreciating it for my own body and appreciating it for more than, you know, what it was in appreciating it for all the good things it gave me and, the fact that i've come to quite a bit.” things it gave me and, the fact that i've come to quite a bit. i know that you were with the mental health charity, i am assuming... forgive me, thank you for clarifying but i am assuming that the experiences you had must give you a very unique insight when you are perhaps meeting with other people

going to the sorts of things that you did. do you think that you're helping other people now?” you did. do you think that you're helping other people now? i upsell. like i mentioned earlier, —— i hope so. like i mentioned earlier, —— i hope so. it is very much rooted in self shame, when i was a young person, nowadays it follows you everywhere and you cannot escape other peoples shame on your body and who you are. and i think having gone through my experiences and having self harm, i am notjudgemental so experiences and having self harm, i am not judgemental so i'm experiences and having self harm, i am notjudgemental so i'm not shaming other people and i am not, assuming peoples reasons. everyone has different reasons and complex histories and as young people, we really underestimate the amount the young people go through and i think we can be very dismissive about the experience is that young people have ata time experience is that young people have at a time when they are finding

their identity when at the same time having huge pressure to perform and i think, at experiences, that's given me an understanding and sympathy of that and also i know that it sympathy of that and also i know thatitis sympathy of that and also i know that it is not the end of the world ina way, that it is not the end of the world in a way, i mean it is, it's something that sometimes you've got to get through in the end. we are really grateful for your time. thank you for talking to us. and if you have been affected by any of the issues raised in that report, you can find details of organisations which offer advice and support on the bbc actionline website — at bbc.co.uk slash actionline. a charity's calling for prisoners to be placed in prisons nearer to their families. they say keeping inmates closer to their children helps maintain family bonds and cuts reoffending rates.

one family who live near oxford they're having to travel more than 60 miles for the children to see their father — three times the distance to the nearer prison, springhill. anisa kadri reports. rachel is trying to keep things as normal as possible since her children's father was jailed for fraud, it turned their lives upside down and they say it's become even harder since he was moved last year from hmp bullington, to an open prison further away. it's now a two hourjourney to visit him at leyhill in gloucestershire. they wanted them to be based closer at spring hill which is also a prison where people are trusted to serve their sentences with minimal supervision. it's had a massive impact on the family. so we used to visit every other weekend, but now, i can only afford to go every two months. because he was the main earner and so we lost our main

income for the family we just cannot afford to go and visit. he's so far away, it's notjust, you can like, other families, they can just walk downstairs and walk somewhere and just say hello. it's not the same. the oxford charity has supported hundreds of children who have had a family member in prison. 49% of the children do not talk to anybody outside of the family home because of the shame and the stigma that they suffer. with our families in oxfordshire, their parents live in 35 different prisons across the country. right up to the isle of wight and that is quite an impact on having to go and see their parents imprison. to show that prisoners to receive visits from a family member are 39% less likely to reoffend. stories about gels being overcrowded austin make the news but campaigners say maintaining family bonds needs to be a higher priority. stories aboutjails being

overcrowded austin make the news but campaigners say maintaining family bonds needs to be a higher priority. firecrews and engineers have spent the day inspecting the historic building in belfast that was engulfed in fire yesterday to see whether any of it can be saved. the five storey primark building has been completely gutted. and there are warnings it could collapse completely. kevin sharkey reports the day after. the interior floor by floor, destroyed. the shell of the building also damaged. built here over 200 years ago, now battling to

stay standing. at the centre of the city. this is now under control here, but it is still burning inside. she because of the collapsed floors, everything left him burned on the ground floor, you can see behind me, it was probably at the first to second floor of structure, the fire continues to burn up in certain pockets, and because of the risk of collapse outside. away from the building, there are other problems including streets in the nearby area that is still blocked off, from the city hall to high street shops on the complex appear. and that is causing a problem for locals, workers and visitors in the city centre. as the authorities told us, it is still too early to say when all of the streets blocks can be lifted. in the advice of structural engineers. we will hope

that they will be old to justify saving the building. it appears that there's very little left of the interior of the building, so it's most likely that the situation will be the interior love to be com pletely be the interior love to be completely rebuilt and it is possible that safety concerns may determine that some of the building may have to be demolished and rebuilt afterwards. this is now at a delicate stage, timing is critical. one of those parties working with the city council, they have been on the city council, they have been on the platform, assessing that with us and continue to work with the structural engineers on site, and they'll make the call and terms of safety for our crews and public safety for our crews and public safety whether he can be replaced or removed. therefore the bbc that a new 30 minute extension has been

saved, but it will be some time before the building's date becomes clear. kevin sharkey reporting from belfast. the headlines on bbc news. the uk ambassador to france raises concerns — after violence broke out between british and french fishermen in a row over scollops. more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls say they've self—harmed — a report says worries about physical appearance are contributing to their unhappiness. and a senior cabinet minister warns the eu to back the chequers brexit plan — or risk there being no deal. facebook‘s made its video—streaming service available worldwide, 12 months on from the us launch. watch aims to challenge other online platforms as well as traditional tv channels. joining me now to explain all of this is aj brinnand, who is the co—editor of teneighty

uk, an online magazine dedicated to youtube and internet culture. welcome. what exactly, what can people watch? it has been around for a while and americana, it is not coming over to the uk, it is like a rival to youtube, netflix, all built into one. it does offer quite a lot. do you pay to watch the service? into one. it does offer quite a lot. do you pay to watch the service ?m is completely free. and you can get it online as well. it is essentially a youtube viewing platform, a video player like we're used to seeing, you can watch tv shows, videos and creators, there's a whole range of stuff is way beyond. are they generating original like netflix?

yes, they will be putting about $1 billion into this, a great deal of money going into this and it creates opportunities as well. some para meters opportunities as well. some parameters so notjust everyone can do it, you need about like 10,000 fa ns do it, you need about like 10,000 fans on your facebook channel did then upload videos and make money from it. but it is eventually opening it up. how successful has it beenin opening it up. how successful has it been in the last 12 months? some people would say it's been very successful, some people would say they've never heard of it. so facebook has a lot to do in terms of brand awareness and getting in front of people, but i can see in next few months as they are unrolling it out globally. i ask that question, to make money, but is there a wider strategic aim? they have been upping their focus on strategic aim? they have been upping theirfocus on videos, strategic aim? they have been upping their focus on videos, and we also have things like netflix and amazon

prime, so facebook is catching up and taking their own spin on the video world and the advertisements on videos are basically a revenue—generating system. on videos are basically a revenue-generating system. and hard likes of youtube and netflix, responding to this —— how are. likes of youtube and netflix, responding to this -- how are. some of the plans that facebook has is very interesting, doing interactive elements of that the game shows and the options for people to add polls and things and producing on facebook and things and producing on facebook andi and things and producing on facebook and i think they're trying to produce a social tv interactive features so, it looks interesting. i'm going to use accelerate, because i think we all accept that the way we watch programmes and content is changing, will this accelerate that change? i believe absolutely. everything is going online, broadcasters and traditional media

is starting to have to look even relu cta ntly is starting to have to look even reluctantly at the online space and facebook is offering quite an attractive sort of opposition to broadcasters and also to the smaller creators as well. really good to talk to you. thank you so much are coming in. thank you. the former leader of the snp has written to the national secretary of the party, reciting his membership. so he has to resign from the s&p. we may be able to show you his twitter page here and he did of course earlier in the week began legal action against the scottish government over its handling of sexual harassment allegations made against him, he is taking court action against the scottish government to contest the complaints process that was activated against him. but as i say, this is, i will

put my glasses on to see if i can read this here. more on that as we get on it that the moment the news we're bringing to you that he has resigned from the snp following allegations of sexual harassment. an endurance swimmer has completed a 348—mile swim from lands end in cornwall to dover in kent in 49 days. lewis pugh wanted to swim the length of the english channel to raise awareness about

cleaning up oceans. he started his challenge, swimming six to 12 miles every day, in earlyjuly. its estimated he took at least half a million strokes along the way — and burned some 98,000 calories. and lewis pughjoins me now. congratulations first of all! you must be delighted but i imagine you're a bit tired? yes, absolutely delighted it was a very long swim, 49 days but i am delighted to finally get here. it is been a monumental slam. were the conditions like? when i slammed from cornwall to the aisle of white, it is absolutely fantastic remember july, the weather was warm the sea was

gorgeously warm but when i hit the isle of wight, conditions change very quickly. i've been going to storm after storm after storm and finally, the last head land was difficult around. why did you do it? i have been swimming for a long time, a patron of the oceans, i've seen time, a patron of the oceans, i've seen how the oceans changed and i am beseeching governments to start protecting our oceans and the uk just protect seven km2 of the coast, andi just protect seven km2 of the coast, and i think that is something which we can certainly improve on. what is your main concern was not plastics in the ocean? three big things, the first is climate change, the second is plastic pollution but the third, is plastic pollution but the third, is overfishing. so the 49 days, we saw a few birds, i saw a few fish

andi saw a few birds, i saw a few fish and i saw a few dolphins and one turtle but very little else to stop our oceans around the united kingdom are so our oceans around the united kingdom are so badly overfished and i was my message to those who came down, we need to get a grip on this overfishing which is impacting our future so badly. and what did they say to you? we had a constructive and frank discussion about the issue and frank discussion about the issue and asa and frank discussion about the issue and as a ten that only seven km is only protected, but what the scientists are saying that we need to protecting at least 50% of the worlds oceans for our oceans to stand any chance of survival, that is how quickly our oceans have been degraded. you have done this when, any new challenge in mind?” degraded. you have done this when, any new challenge in mind? i am absolutely exhausted. and mentally exhausted. i would take a little bit

of time off but soon we at the g7 ocea ns of time off but soon we at the g7 oceans summit in canada and protecting the high seas, so these are the waters beyond national jurisdictions, i'll be in new york urging countries around the world to really protect high seas as well. what are you looking for two most?l really good sleep tonight. we have been going day after day after day, andi been going day after day after day, and i want to get my head down and have a really wonderful long sleep. good luck. i bet you'll replay at all in your mind and will be up to get off to sleep. it is been really nice to talk to you. thank you so much. have you ever stood in front of a goat and wondered why it was staring at you? well maybe the goat was looking at your face, trying to work out your mood. because new research suggests that, in fact, goats are quite perceptive. able to read the emotions on a human face. and invariably they will be drawn to smiley happy faces, rather than gruff, grumpy sullen faces. aren't we all!

amanda akass has this report. they may be gruff by name, but it turns out they don't really like those who are gruff by nature. goats at the buttercup sanctuary have been involved in an experiment, showing they much prefer happy human faces. angry people can but out. founder bob birch is not surprised. goats love people who are happy. i think it rubs off on them if they have got people coming and visiting them and also staff and volunteers that are happy all the time. i think it creates a happy atmosphere for them and that is good. previous research has shown dogs and horses are very good at differentiating human expressions from photographs. the researchers from queen mary university of london wanted to see if goats could manage it as well. so they tested the reaction of 20 goats to photos showing people looking happy and angry. theyjust had to walk across the enclosure and investigate the photographs on the opposite side. we found that the goats were far more likely to walk

towards the photographs with the happy face. the overall aim of our research is to raise awareness of how perceptive dog species are. the researchers hope their findings will improve animal welfare standards. people visiting the sanctuary today were generally quite convinced. i would definitely say they can tell whether you are happy or not because when i first came here i seemed a bit worried with the amount of goats and they could tell. they are really friendly because when i came in, as soon as i came in, they all come towards you and they let you stroke them and that. i haven't noticed them see if i am really happy. but i would say the more you talk to them and the more likely you say hello and stuff, i'd say that they could probably see that you are interested in talking to them. it's just an emotion. you can probably tell how someone is feeling by the way they are acting so i don't see why goats would not be able to tell it. so if something has got your goat, don't try

and get down with the kids. amanda akass reporting there. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. a day of contrast. south and east across the country, some cloud and some rain, in fact across the southeast corner, we had up to three quarters close to kent for much of the day, despite the rain easing, it took a while for the cloud to thin out as you can see. but behind those fronts, we saw some decent sunshine today, so further north and west it was a beautiful story and as you didn't see, some sunny spells in the afternoon. it does look as though we will continue to see those skies clearing as we get to the overnight and under those clear skies, but when will be light, for the westerly before the third temperatures and will fall away. we will see the rain

penetrating down the spine of the country, that means temperatures will be in the single figures perhaps low single figures, so does would be chilly start that morning but pretty straightforward day, a quiet story will fade away and we will seize and sunshine to begin, the cloud develops as we go through the cloud develops as we go through the afternoon and for the west will see the white cloud. a largely dry day, just isolated chances of showers few and far between, 15 to 21 degrees the expected high. high pressure that is controlling the story at the moment, despite his weather fronts tried to push them from the atlantic, they really week in office they bump into that high, so in office they bump into that high, so they will not make them much of an impression, but it will be a bit ofa an impression, but it will be a bit of a divide as he moved towards the weekend. it's on friday, a chilly start, allowed that cloud developing but spots are sunshine east and

after the west, and beginning the high pressure not going very far very quickly and it is killing off these weather fronts of it to the far northwest so did we we're not expecting that much and when significant rain but it it could have an impact. the cloudy as of the skies will be further north west you are, warming up the southeast by the end of the weekend. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. we'll be taking you around the world with our stories today one in russia a big popular movement has made vladimir putin change his mind, he's watered down his plan to increase the state pension age. in puerto rico, the death toll from last year's hurricane has been revised up, massively, and caused another row between the island, and the white house.

in the usa, florida is shaping up to be the race to watch in the coming elections, with two candidates channelling two very different visions of america. and in brazil, soldiders are patrolling the border, as the crisis in neighbouring venezuela continues to spread.