and at the curtain call, the duke didn't pass up the opportunity to break, briefly, into song. # you say...# cheering and applause that's definitely not going to happen. he did try, but i said no! a round of applause to yourselves for taking part in this evening's activities because you have together raised a huge amount of money to change the lives of thousands of children in botswana. prince harry, last night, after watching hamilton. time for a look at the weather. darren is here. over the next two days, into the weekend and the start of september, for many parts of the uk it is going to be dry over the next few days.

the temperatures are set to rise as well. going to be warming up at last. it's been quite chilly for a while. we have seen fair weather cloud bubbling up, a good deal of sunshine. some more menacing cloud in highland scotland, and there are a few showers. we have had them pretty much all day. you can see we've got a bit more cloud spilling into the far south—west. we could catch one of two showers in northern ireland, moving into western parts of wales. on the whole it's going to be dry, plenty of sunshine, fair weather cloud. temperatures not great for this time of the year, a little bit below par. the showers that we have got in western areas will tend to fade away this evening. a bit more cloud coming into the english channel. in the east it might bring a shower or two to the coast. otherwise, clear skies, might bring a shower or two to the coast. otherwise, clearskies, no wind, another chilly night, a bit like last night. temperatures down to one of two degrees in rural parts of scotland. tomorrow starts chilly. on the whole it will start dry and sunny. some more cloud coming into cornwall. it might bring some spots

of rain in the morning, cloud increasing for northern ireland into westernmost parts of scotland later in the day. otherwise, plenty of sunshine around. if anything, temperature should be higher than today, except in the south—east of england weather cloud will bubble up more and there could be one or two like showers. we've got the cloud in the west trying to come in. it's on these were the fans here. they will topple their way into north—western parts of the uk for the start of the weekend. for scotland, northern ireland, north—west england and maybe north wales, more cloud around, rain and drizzle in the morning, most of it will have gone any afternoon. we might get a bit of sunshine here and there. england and wales seeing sunny spells. always best across eastern parts of england and east midlands. temperatures may be 21, 22, maybe 23 degrees. continue to warm up all the while. warmeraircoming continue to warm up all the while. warmer air coming from the atlantic, intimately, behind a weather front which will bring rain into the north west on sunday. warm air coming in from the continent, which will

continue to lift temperatures on sunday. here is the rain coming into north—west scotland, northern ireland in the afternoon. elsewhere, likely to be dry. some areas of cloud, some sunshine. sunny skies, more towards the south—east. he'd also building around aberdeenshire and the moray firth. you can see we have the highest temperatures across a good part of england and wales. with sunnier skies in the south—east, the temperatures could get into the mid—205. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime: an unmarried mother of four wins her legal battle to claim a widowed parent's allowance, after the death of her long—term partner, the ruling could benefit thousands of families. // that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s hello, you are watching bbc news.

the time is 1:33pm. here's your latest sports news... i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre. england have made an awful start to the fourth test. at lunch they are 57—4 against india. joe root won the toss, chose to bat. but the tourists have told beautifully. some wonderful slip catches made by the tourists as well. at lunch they are just about to come out for the afternoon session, england 57—4. not many

overs bowled, but england on top. remember england are 2—1 up in the series but india have all of the momentum after the win at trent let's move on from the cricket. in the next half an hour, gareth southgate will name his first england squad since the world cup. they play spain in the new format nations league a week on saturday, then a friendly against switzerland. expect a few changes as they look to the european championship in 2020. i think you expect gareth southgate to pick a lot of young players because he wants to develop them for the next tournament, because they did so well in russia. the whole nation got behind them and that is a building block. it's a - to see building block. it's a shame to see cahill and vardy

building block. it's a shame to see cahill and va rdy retiring building block. it's a shame to see cahill and vardy retiring but i think they see the future is the youth going through. looking even further ahead, and the 2030 world cup, the scottish football association say they have held exploratory talks with the other home nations about a joint bid. the english fa has confirmed that they are looking at a bid and the welsh fa are keen to come on board too. there will be a feasibility study to see whether a home nations bid would bea see whether a home nations bid would be a powerful strong bid, personally see whether a home nations bid would be a pov would trong bid, personally i think it would be. should we go forward at that stage, which won't be determined until well into 2019, we would have a strong and compelling bid. you heard it here first, it would be a fantastic opportunity. the hearts manager craig levein says he hopes to be back in the dugout in just over a fortnight. he has been discharged from hospital after a health scare and will pick the team from home for this weekend's match against st mirren. he posted this: "out of twitter

retirement for a short period. i'd like everyone to know that i'm feeling great and aiming to be back in the dugout for the motherwell match, all being well." he went on to thank the paramedics and staff who came to his help in hospital. there are no british players left in the singles draw at the us open after andy murray and cameron norrie were knocked out in the second round. murray was beaten in four sets by fernando verdasco. there were a few flashes of brilliance from the former world number one but verdasco was too strong in the end. this was murray's first grand slam appearance for 1h months and only his ninth match since having hip surgery back in january. serena williams is still chasing that record equalling 24th grand slam singles title after beating carina witthoft in straight sets to set up another williams head to head. she'll face her sister venus in the third round on friday,

their 30th meeting on tour, 20 years after their first match against each other. i'll have more for you after 2pm. thank you. let's talk more about alex salmond, former leader of the snp. he has exceeded his fundraising target for his legal challenge against the scottish government. the target of £50,000 was reached hours after mr salmond announced he was resigning from the snp to fight sexual misconduct claims. he's been criticised by opposition parties for launching the campaign to help with his legal costs. alex salmond has denied any wrongdoing, and said he intends to reapply to be a member of the party once he's had an opportunity to clear his name. the first minister nicola sturgeon

said his resignation had caused her huge sadness but that the allegations cannot be swept under the carpet because of who has been accused. look, i can only speak for myself. it's an incredibly difficult situation for me personally and for my party, but that is secondary to the importance of allowing proper process to take its course. and for having a culture in scotland where people, women, do feel able and confident to come forward and to know that their complaints will be treated fairly, and by fairly i mean to all parties concerned. what ever any of us do or say in the to all parties concerned. what ever ar this us do or say in the to all parties concerned. what ever ar this high» or say in the to all parties concerned. what ever ar this high profile in the to all parties concerned. what ever ar this high profile case, we must of this high profile case, we must make sure we don't make it harder or discourage women from coming forward in the future so that's an obligation on everyone right now. what we should be focusing on is

that fairness of process which is important to all concerned. i understand why people in the snp, alex salmond's leadership over the snp for many years, of course i understand the sentiment in which we would want to see a situation where he's back in the party but it's also important we don't get ahead of ourselves. the legal process lies ahead and alex himself is raising judicial review proceedings in the civil courts. we know from the police they are making inquiries so it's important now in the interests first and foremost in those who brought forward complaints and for alex that that is able to take its course. for a variety of different reasons someone to focus on politics and personality but fundamentally that's not what this is about. this must be about making sure that whoever is concerned, no matter how senior, how powerful, how well—known

or the political allegiance of the person, that the complaint is treated seriously and fairly. nicola sturgeon speaking this morning. the bbc has been told that there has been a huge increase in the number women enquiring about having their vaginal mesh implant removed since the government banned it in nhs hospitals earlier this year. vaginal mesh was implanted in thousands of women to treat incontinence or prola pses but it was banned after hundreds of women complained of severe, permanent pain and others were left unable to walk. in this exclusive film, victoria derbyshire followed one patient undergoing surgery to have her mesh implant removed. i had my daughter in 200a. straight away, within hours of her being born — because i'd had three children previously — i knew that something was wrong. basically, so to me that is pretty major.

i couldn't do any exercise. absolutely it did, it totally did. in terms of an operation, to sort that out was the right idea, ijust think it is the actual plastic of the mesh which is the thing that is wrong. so it has moved from the original position when you had it implanted 13 years ago? and it has got harder. and stiffer i think, yes. what do you think about that? it is scary because it could then slice through my insides, that is how it seems to me. the immediate outcome will be that, i think, if i have understood this correctly that you will be incontinent after this mesh has been removed? yes. i have been told that the chances are about 70—30 that i will be

incontinent as i was previously, so obviously i am not looking forward to that. we have the opportunity now to get it checked, you can have a scan which shows up where the mesh is, what kind of condition it is in, whether it has moved, whether it might be affecting your organs, then make a decision for yourself. because i am deciding that this is right for me, it doesn't mean it is the right course of action for everybody. everyone needs to make their own informed decision. and obviously we wish you lots of luck. thank you very much. we are removing around six to eight every week... i am with dr suzy elneil who is the surgeon who is actually... you are on your way to do your sixth and final procedure today where you are removing, for the sixth time, mesh from a woman. describe what that operation evolves. we open up the anterial vaginal wall in this particular case and then we find the mesh, dissect it all out off the urethra, the bladder, the muscles, the vagina, everything,

and then you have to obviously reconstruct the vagina and urethra and put everything back together again. what are the risks to a patient like sue of having mesh implant removed? it's the trauma to surrounding organs that is perhaps the most important, in a sense, trauma to the bladder, trauma to the urethra... so you could end up inadvertently damaging it? yes, you can. the government effectively banned mesh in nhs hospitals injuly. since that ban, what sort of demand have you seen from women wanting mesh removed? since the government ban, the number of referrals has gone through the roof and we have to do more and more, so it is about a 30% increase in our workload. we're now getting referrals from all over the world, from as far away as australia. we have patients coming from all over the european union, from ireland, scotland, wales, all wanting help and input. how many mesh implants are you currently removing every week? so almost ten a week, and certainly this week we have done ten.

we are currently booking patients into may next year. i know you've got to go and do your final surgery of the day, but we do we appreciate it, thank you very much. we followed dr elneil into theatre, her last patient of the day was sue black. so it is quite deeply buried, so we are going to sort of really cut very close to the urethra to try and track it and get it out. it actually has caused significant thinning of the urethral wall, it's ballooning out, so we have taken out the remaining bit of mesh and hopefully she will have a nice smooth recovery period. that went well. it's not fun, i have not been in that much pain but i have kind of felt like i haven't got that much energy, but again i guess that is to be expected.

i have had a catheter in for the whole time so i've still got that. i'm looking forward to getting that taken out today. it's not that much fun walking around with a bag of wee on your leg. i unfortunately got a urinary tract infection which has slowed me down a bit. i have antibiotics and so that will hopefully go away and i am just looking forward to kind of having a reasonably normal life again. that special report by victoria derbyshire. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines: an unmarried mother of four has won her legal battle to claim bereavement payments, following the death of her partner. the ruling could affect tens of thousands of families across the uk. alex salmond — scotland's former first minister —

faces critcism for launching a crowd—funding campaign to fight sexual misconduct allegations after resigning from the snp last night. children under 18 could be banned from buying sugar and caffeine—filled energy drinks in england, in a bid to tackle childhood obesity. payday lender wonga has said it is no longer accepting new loan applications, as it teeters on the brink of collapse. the company said in a statement on its website that it was continuing to "assess its options" and existing customers could still use their services to manage their loans. dyson, best known for vacuum cleaners and dryers, has unveiled plans for a 10—mile test track on a former the track and other facilities are part of a plan to start selling a "radical" electric car from 2021, which would take dyson's total investment in the project

to £200 million. accountancy giant pwc is telling new recruits they have the option to work when they want. pwc says the new scheme aim is to attract skilled people who don't want to be tied to traditional nine—to—five hours. now, how do we spend money? rising living costs are making people up and down the uk to tighten their purse strings, according to the latest nationwide spending report. it's based on nearly 700 million consumer payment transactions, and shows how much money we spend, where we spend it and, worryingly, how a quarter of brits are regularly spending more than they earn. households are cutting back on discretionary items like holidays due to rising cost of essentials bills, but still the use of credit cards has become the norm for many of us.

29% of britons see credit cards and overdrafts as an extension of their bank balance. meanwhile, 30% have missed payments in the last year, including utility bills, rent and insurance. joining us now is guy simmonds, from nationwide building society. are things getting worse for the ordinary person? i think what's happened in the last quarter is that the council tax bill, the utilities, gas and electricity, phones, the supermarket and petrol means households are becoming more stretched. the spend on those items increased by £88 per month and that is putting a stretch on those meaning to meaning to cut meaning to cut backi meaning to cut back on 1eaning to cut back on discretionary having to cut back on discretionary spend. evenings out, going to the cinema, and we are seeing a reduction for the first time where the spend on those items has fallen

£60 each month in the quarter. you mentioned eating out, hasn't that gone up mentioned eating out, hasn't that gone up a mentioned eating out, hasn't that gone up a little bit, oddly? yes, the total cost of eating out as pubs and the total cost of eating out as pubs a nd restau ra nts the total cost of eating out as pubs and restaurants have had to pass on some of the races, we've seen an increase of £7, an average of up to £69 that the average household spends per month so it is a small increase and we are not seeing a change in the volume. after the beast from the east and the start of a long, hot summer, people are not willing to cut back on those luxuries and enjoy a good meal. and going into debt as a result though? we are seeing some people overstretch themselves. but 50% of people were surveyed would look to make savings but some people are treating credit cards and overdrafts as an extension of their earnings.

from your experience and being involved in this industry for so long, how good are we now at managing money as a country?m long, how good are we now at managing money as a country? it is very mixed. we have asked the government for a long time and promoted education in schools and we think it should be part of the national curriculum because too many of the younger generations are coming out into the workplace ill equipped. certainly 18—24 —year—old their spending on food shopping and eating out as risen and they are not budgeting in the right way, not cutting back and making appropriate adjustments to live within their means. thank you. a quick look at the market. wh smith's travel business is performing strongly. the pound still look —— looking

pretty wea k the pound still look —— looking pretty weak against the euro. thank you. an american plus—size model has told the bbc she cried when the editor of cosmopolitan magazine in the uk asked her to be on the cover. tess holliday, who is a uk size 26, says it will have positive impact on millions of people with a body like her. she's been explaining how the magazine shoot came about. i was in london, speaking for the cosmo conference they did for self—made women and spoke to farrah quite a bit after. probably about two weeks after i left london and came back home, farrah messaged me literally on instagram, "how would

you like to be a cosmo girl?" is farrah the editor? yes, so i broke into tears and said, "are you kidding?" she said, "i'm positive," which i should have known because the english don't really joke around with business. so you cried when she put that to you? i absolutely cried. why? because a magazine like that has never put someone like me with a fat body on the cover of a magazine. it not only meant a lot to me, but the work i'm doing which would impact millions of bodies that looked like mine. i want to ask you how significant you think it is that you, a uk size 26, i understand, a model, are on the front

of a fashion magazine? it is ground—breaking. i know you tweeted that and there's a lot of people who can make jokes about my size and appearance and go into my health could literally change their world. seeing that, standing in the supermarket and seeing actual representation of someone that they identify with, that changes lives. and you wrote on social media that if you had seen a cover like this on a magazine when you were growing up as a little girl, it would have made a real difference to you. in what way? i was a teenager buying this magazine when i lived in mississippi in a very rural area and i didn't value myself very much. so i would buy this magazine. my life could have been changed

and i just wish there was something like this when i was a kid to save me from a lot of horrible decisions. you have had an incredible response on social media. there are also some cruel comments. body shaming has been a part of your life, it is a fact of life for a number of people. two comments, and they are in the minority, suggest that you for example are funding morbid obesity. "your picture isn't plus size acceptance, it is encouraging addiction, it is evil." what do you say to people like that? i was laughing because it is ridiculous. it sounds like i am recruiting people to be fat. i didn't even notice people were mad. of course they are mad that i am fat, that is every day of my life, but it has been an incredible

day and i'm not going to let strangers who hate themselves ruin how i feel. some of the supportive tweets... paige said, "if i had seen plus women like me on magazines growing up, it wouldn't have taken 25 plus years to love my body — thank you." that is exactly how i feel and that is why i do what i do. to hopefully... they quoted me in the magazine saying that i wish when i look back at photos, not necessarily that i was more skinny but i had felt the way i do about myself before i gained as much weight as i have, but, you know, it's a journey and i'm happy regardless. much more coming up from two

o'clock. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. nothing extreme about the weather, very pleasant weather into the weekend and the start of september of course. it will be warming up and we will be dry across many parts of the country with sunshine around, a bit like today. some fairweather cloud and cloud has been developing here and there, some angry cloud here in highland scotland has been producing some showers. we've had them from the word go across this part of the country and we are seeing cloud bubbling up bringing showers into northern ireland. away from here it is likely to be dry with sunny spells. temperature is nothing to write home about, a little below par in fact for this time of year. the showers will melt away during this evening, but there is more cloud coming into eastern parts of the

channel which could bring showers into coastal areas here. otherwise clear skies and not a breath of wind. last night we found temperatures to one or 2 degrees in rural parts of scotland. it will warm up in the sunshine, there should be a lot of that to begin the day. cornwall could get some spots of rain, cloud increasing and the breeze picks up in northern ireland. otherwise sunny spells and for most of us temperatures will be higher, warming up on friday. except in south—east england where most of the cloud will be bubbling up and it could bring some showers. into the weekend the cloud lurking in the west is on these weather front here which will move into the north—west of the uk on saturday. scotland, northern ireland, north—west england will have more cloud on saturday, may be some rain and drizzle, and we could see some sunshine. the rest of england and wales seeing sunny

spells and temperatures widely 19-22dc. spells and temperatures widely 19—22dc. moving into the second spells and temperatures widely 19—22dc. moving we > the second spells and temperatures widely 19—22dc. moving w colder second spells and temperatures widely 19—22dc. moving w colder air ond very warm air with colder air waiting in the wings, bringing rain into the north—west on sunday. ahead of that we are drawing up higher temperatures from the south and south—west. there is the rain coming into northern parts of the uk. elsewhere it will be dry with sunny spells and areas of cloud and temperatures should be climbing. you can see how the warmth gathers around the moray firth and aberdeenshire. temperatures are likely to be in the mid—205. hello, you're watching afternoon live.

i'm simon mccoy. today at 2. an unmarried mother of four wins her legal battle to claim a widowed parent's allowance in a case that could affect thousands of others. what should vaughan has said from day one is that it is unfair and wrong that her children should be treated any different than the children and if the parents were made and the supreme court have upheld that today and they have said it is unfairand upheld that today and they have said it is unfair and unlawful, actually -- if the it is unfair and unlawful, actually —— if the parents were married. the sale of energy drinks could be banned in england to anybody under 18 over fears they are damaging children's health, i don't think kids should be allowed energy drinks because it has too much sugar and caffeine in there and they should be able to get enough nutrition through their food. alex salmond faces criticism for setting up a crowdfunding page to pay for his legal battle with the scottish parliament after he resigns from the snp over sexual assault allegations.