this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 7pm: the number of deaths being investigated in a hospital maternity unit increases as more than 20 families come forward with concerns at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust. the number of people aged 85 and over who need round the clock care in england is projected to double in the next 20 years. police investigating the murder of a mother and daughter in the west midlands have arrested a 21—year—old man. we'll hear from their family, who have spoken exclusively to bbc news. and the world bids farewell to the queen of soul, aretha franklin. thousands have gathered in detroit for the funeral of legendary soul singer, who died earlier this month. scientists unlock the complete genetic code of the golden eagle in what's being called a conservation game—changer. good evening and welcome

to the bbc news at 7pm. an independent review into the deaths of babies, of mothers and incidents of brain injuries at a hospital is to be expanded after nearly 20 more families have come forward with concerns about their care. a year ago, the bbc revealed that the government had ordered an investigation into maternity care relating to 23 cases at the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust. the bbc has also found that significant concerns about the trust were not flagged up by experts to the health regulators. this exclusive investigation from michael buchanan. these children should all be alive, that maternity errors by one nhs trust means they have all died. what

makes the deaths more unbearable is that the shrews breanne telford trust often didn't learn lessons. this couple ‘s baby should now be eight months old but last december, their daughter died in telford. devon had complained to staff that her baby ‘s movements had slowed. the hospital had constantly reassured her everything was fine. it wasn't. after three days, the couple were told their daughter had no heartbeat. was your daughter ‘s death preve nta ble, was your daughter ‘s death preventable, in your mind? yes. we we re preventable, in your mind? yes. we were going in, even after the postmortem that we have had back, they could not find any to say there was anything wrong with her. in our heads, i think, was anything wrong with her. in our heads, ithink, although was anything wrong with her. in our heads, i think, although it is horrible to say, if something had been wrong with her, we could deal

with that little bit more but to have the results come back that they could not find anything and she was a perfectly healthy baby, that was even harder to take really. a postmortem failed to find the cause of death but the family still have questions. tonight the trust say the death had been fully investigated but have offered to meet the family. this latest death raises questions that have swirled around this trust for years. the clu b around this trust for years. the club say they are fully cooperating with the review but families are asking questions of that review. last summer, the royal college found significant failings in the trust. the culture of learning from incident investigations was not apparent. managers were required to deal with clinical areas they had no experience. the lack of staff was a patient safety issue. we provided recommendations and this trust is definitely making progress and they have demonstrated that to

us. and they have demonstrated that to us. iam and they have demonstrated that to us. i am confident our review has had an affair, trust and that affect is to increase the safety and quality of care that they are delivering. this couple lost a daughter due to errors in 2016. they have been pushing for significant changes since as they believe the trust keeps making the same mistakes. they tell you they have learnt and they are sorry, but in reality, it is just a statement and until they can prove to us that they have stopped and the deaths have stopped, we will keep fighting. devon and gavin are expecting another baby in october. the child will be born at a different trust but the death of their first different trust but the death of theirfirst daughter different trust but the death of their first daughter has soured the i°y their first daughter has soured the joy of the upcoming birth. police investigating the murder of a mother and daughter in the west midlands have arrested a 21—year—old man. khaola saleem, who was a9, and raneem 0udeh, who was 22, were stabbed to death outside their home in solihull. 0ur midlands correspondent, seema kotecha, has been talking exclusively to some of their relatives. khaola saleem and raneem 0udeh,

mother and daughter, stabbed to death in the early hours of monday morning. last night, the prime suspect was arrested in the sparkhill area of birmingham. janbaz tarin used to be married to raneem 0udeh and has been on the run since the killings. today, the family of the two women paid tribute to them. she was my soulmate. life is just fun around her, that's all i can say. if you are sad, she'll make you happy. if you are happy, she'll make you more happy. so you can imagine it's not... people who knew her, they have a lot to say about her, more than me. raneem 0udeh is the family of their house, the flower of our life. police investigating the murder of a mother and daughter very, very pretty girl.

she had a lot to give to everybody and to the world and the community. she wanted to study and to get on in her life. she wanted to raise her son up in the best way she could. her mother says the feeling of losing a grand daughter is unimaginable. translation: how i feel is beyond words, beyond description. she had children. 0ne boy is only one and a half years old, a baby. he calls out for her, mamma, ma'am. he's been looking for her. for a few days, we couldn't even think straight about what we saw, i saw. and trying to revive khaola. when we arrived, i took my wife into the property and just said, don't look. we can't get that out of our minds.

their inner strength, they say, is fuelled by hope. it would be an honour for me to stand there for them and bring justice to them. and to find their killer, their murder, and make sure nobody gets harmed like that ever again. that was sima kotecha talking to the family. the funeral of aretha franklin is taking place in her home city of detroit. let's ta ke let's take you there now. bill clinton, the former president of the united states, is paying tribute. she actually opened up a jazz club forjohn coltrane. he said to

her,... this woman got us all here in the seats today. not because she had this breathtaking talent, which he did, not because she grew up with at least a princess of soul because of her father, at least a princess of soul because of herfather, her at least a princess of soul because of her father, her mother, at least a princess of soul because of herfather, her mother, her relatives... but because... she lived with courage, not without fear. but overcoming herfears. she lived with faith. not without failure, but overcoming her failures. she lived with power. not

without weakness but overcoming her weaknesses. i just loved her. without weakness but overcoming her weaknesses. ijust loved her. so i started off as a groupie. and then i said, oh, my god, this woman who has sung for america, when doctor king was killed, at all these political conventions, including mine, at least president 0bama and mine inauguration ceremonies and things. i even talked her into coming to the rose garden to think for the —— sing for the emperor of japan. i rose garden to think for the —— sing for the emperor ofjapan. i thought it might loosen him up a little, it would be good. 0k, it might loosen him up a little, it would be good. ok, so i figured out, i think that the secret of her

greatness was she took this massive talent and this perfect culture that raised her, and decided to be the composer of her own life song. and what they song it turned out to be. i want to say, i hope god will forgive me, but i was so glad when i got here and i hope you will forgive me, when the casket was still open, because i said, i wonder what my friend has got on today. i said... i wa nt friend has got on today. i said... i want to... i want to see the girl was carrying out. one last thing,

for all the wonderful things aretha franklin did for me, all the great events she appeared at, my most enduring memory of the was almost happenstance because i was there in what turned out to be the last public singing she ever did. at eltonjohn ‘s aide to benefit last year. in the cathedral of saintjohn the divine in harlem. just a couple of blocks from my office. eltonjohn andi of blocks from my office. eltonjohn and i had done a lot of work together on aids. i said, you and i had done a lot of work together on aids. isaid, you know, aretha is the talent, so i showed up

a little early. i was like a school kid. she heard i was there and she summoned me back. and she is sitting there, i mean, obviously, desperately ill. she stood right up and said, how you doing, baby? i said, well, i'm doing... i'm doing better now. and she said, well, look at me. ifinally better now. and she said, well, look at me. i finally got thin again. it took a lot of guts to say that. and then she went out into this setting and all these people who loved her and all these people who loved her and were awestruck said, can you believe she showed up? and she sang,

not one song, not to songs, not three songs, she had to bring a chair wrote and she sang the 45 minutes. that's what i want to say to the young people here. the people who may not even know the names of the people who were influences on her. i was literally awestruck reading her autobiography and how generous she was to call the names of dozens of gospel singers and musicians, of

soul singers, but most people don't know... and to say they are underappreciated. she kept filling out her life, but i'll never forget her, she stood up singing in that cathedral, she sat down when she got tired. she even went over and played one song on the piano, just to make sure none of us forgot that she was real good at that. so... 0urfriend, our so... our friend, our family so... 0urfriend, ourfamily member, our grandmother, our aunt, she

so... 0urfriend, ourfamily member, our grandmother, ouraunt, she did as she dominated our ups and downs and joys and heartbrea ks, as she dominated our ups and downs and joys and heartbreaks, when we started off listening to her first on the radio, buying the records, then you got tapes, you had to have a tape deck. compact discs. you had to have a player. now you need to carry one of these little phones around. if you are as ancient as i am, it seems incredible, all the music in the world right here. but she did this great thing, knowing she did this great thing, knowing she could not live long. and she even told the audience that that day, she had got a good medical report. i have no idea if it is true

or not. because it was after i left her but i know one thing, she wanted them to sit back, relax, feel—good, and listen to her sing and not worry about how long she was going to live. now... we are living in a time where a lot of the virtues i just described to you are not very much in fashion. she cared about broken people, she cared about people who we re people, she cared about people who were disappointed, she cared about people who didn't quite succeed as much as she did. she wrote about them all in her book. and i can tell you, i have... leave these people's

names out, nobody knows who they are, ido. names out, nobody knows who they are, i do. and if they don't know who they are, they should have. so, this is what i think. you should remember in this time about this magnificent woman, she worked hurt khan off to get where she was. she took the gift god gave her and she kept getting a little bigger everyday. so... music plays. it is the key to freedom, god bless

you, aretha franklin, we love you. the former president of the united states, bill clinton, taking his turn to pay tribute to aretha franklin, who died earlier this month at the age of 76. our correspondent is in detroit following this extraordinary celebration and bill clinton there confessing that he started out as a groupie and then got to know aretha franklin. it is hard to imagine a greater celebration of her life. yes, how many people do you know can say to a president, hey, baby. the fa ct say to a president, hey, baby. the fact that president bill clinton is here honouring her with those personal stories, with laughter, with reverence, speaking about her impact on american culture and how she lived her life as a human being that stuck up for others and for the causes and those she believed in and the fact that former president 0bama

and george w bush have written in, really speak to the nature of this ceremony, over six really speak to the nature of this ceremony, over six hour—long ceremony, over six hour—long ceremony, the family in the city of detroit have really try to make sure that people are able to come here and be given the time and space to fully reflect on her life and legacy and so we have heard from dignitaries, we have also heard from other legends like smokey robinson, her long—time friend, who broke out into song after saying that he could not believe he had lost his longest friend. and musical tributes from country singer faith hill, to pop star ariana grande, again just underscoring how aretha franklin transcended genres and really broke through any type of social or racial orage through any type of social or racial or age barrier you could think of. and people here arejust or age barrier you could think of. and people here are just coming or age barrier you could think of. and people here arejust coming out with an outpouring of love for aretha franklin. no doubt we will speak to you again, because there are so speak to you again, because there are so only people who want to pay tribute, we will no doubt be back

with you later on this evening. for the moment, thank you very much. a new study has underlined the crisis facing social care in england, projecting a big rise over the next 20 years in the number of older people needing 2a hour care. the over 85s are the fastest growing demographic in the uk and the number of them needing help hrough the day to bathe, dress and use the toilet will almost double to half a million by 2035. they also predict that a million people aged 65 and above will need similar care. the government says reforms to adult social care will be set out in the autumn. danny savage reports. a new study has underlined the crisis facing social care in a park on a sunny hillside in huddersfield this afternoon, this over—60s walking club set out for a stroll. their aim, to live well for longer. i've got a hip replacement and i have to keep walking to make certain it doesn't seize up. as you get older, you can stay at home. you can get to be an old person before you should be an old person. but i think this keeps you a bit younger as well. the number of over—85s requiring help throughout the day with basic

tasks is estimated to almost double to 416,000 by 2035. what we have to do is try and slow down the progression of dependency at the earliest stages, when we are more likely to be able to do that, because once people need care daily, it's much harder to reverse that. it's something denise, pat and margaret have thought about. they meet every day to walk their dogs. all aged in their 70s, they hope never to have to go into a care home, but that hasn't stopped them thinking about it. they have familiar concerns. you don't go out, you don't smoke and you don't drink and you save up, and then you are expected to spend all your savings on what people, you know, other people have used their money. ifearour numbers are dwindling now. margaret says her daughter has already adapted her home for life in ten or 15 years.

she's also put pipes in so i can have a downstairs loo, in case i ever have to have a bed down there. we have to wait until something goes wrong. they have a trip, a fall, break a hip... mike owns and runs three care homes in north yorkshire. he believes a fundamental change to the way we plan social care is long overdue. if you want the right care, you have to pay for it, and i think people pay a little bit more tax and a bit centrally from the health service as well, and it will make it work in the future. the government have to tackle it, not keep putting it off. we seem as a country to find money for everything else. social care deserves its time now. of course, getting old isn't all bad, but not everyone can rely on relatives for help, so a new plan for elderly care in england is expected from the government this autumn. danny savage, bbc news, huddersfield.

sharon allen is the chief executive of skills for care, a charity which helps to support adult social care employers. she's in our cambridge studio. thank you very much forjoining us this evening. how when you're viewed as the care sector need to change in order to be able to cope with the demand we are facing? we welcome this report because the figures in it match the data that we have in our national minimum dataset reports and we are predicting we are going to need about another 600,000 people to need about another 600,000 people tojoin the social care to need about another 600,000 people to join the social care sector, which is already a very large employer, employing some 1.6 million people, supporting people up and down the country. i think the main thing we need to do is get the story about what working in social care is all about and how rewarding it is. the range of job all about and how rewarding it is. the range ofjob opportunities that

there are four people and how fulfilling it is to go to work every day to support somebody else, whether that is an older person or a younger person living with disabilities, to actually live a fulfilled and happy life. how do you attract people? particularly in those numbers you are talking about, when the hours can be very anti—social, the responsibilities are great and yet the hourly pay can be very low. i agree. and i think one of the things we need to get across is this is a skilled role and it isa across is this is a skilled role and it is a role that should be properly rewarded. and you are right about the hours, although that works for some people. so for some people, being able to work shifts or being able to work split shifts helps with family responsibilities. and i think we need to get more people who are already working in our sector, so we runa already working in our sector, so we run a programme called the ie care ambassador. where people who love theirjobs and two are great at

getting out there and telling people why they love their jobs getting out there and telling people why they love theirjobs do just that. and it is a very effective way of helping other people to think, actually, this might be a career choice for me. it is a job that anyone can come into. there is no age restrictions on it. you can start working in social care at 16, of people think you can't start work in social care until you are 18, thatis in social care until you are 18, that is not true. there are restrictions obviously about safety. and we have people in their 70 still working in social care. it is a job you can come into if you don't have any qualifications and you can learn while you are working, maybe through an apprenticeship or through gaining an apprenticeship or through gaining a diploma or it is a career you can come into it you want to go the academic route, maybe through social work or becoming an occupational therapist or a nurse. there have been concerns expressed by people from abroad are not choosing to come to the united kingdom because of the looming brexit, we are also see in

ca re looming brexit, we are also see in care homes closing across the country. what changing your view needs to be taking place regarding the funding of care homes?” needs to be taking place regarding the funding of care homes? ijust heard about the need to address the funding issue and i don't think there is any escaping, there is indeed a funding issue for social ca re indeed a funding issue for social care that must be addressed. the local government association is quoting that we need in excess of £3 billion to be able to fund social ca re billion to be able to fund social care properly. and that is what the government is saying. they are going to address in the green paper. i also heard somebody talking about andi also heard somebody talking about and i am looking forward to seeing what proposals are in there. i think what proposals are in there. i think what we are looking for in the sector is not just what we are looking for in the sector is notjust more money, but thinking creatively and imaginatively about how we support people to be a will to stay in their own homes for as long as possible and to receive the care and support in the way that they want to, in the jargon of the sector, we would call that personal centre door

relationship centred care. thank you very much for talking to is this evening. 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. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are jason beattie, who's head of politics at the daily mirror, and sebastian payne, the political leader writer for the financial times. the struggling diy retailer, homebase, has secured the approval of creditors to close forty two of its stores, putting 1,500 jobs at risk. the company said the move would give it a platform to turn the business around and return to profitability. it also staves off the immediate threat of administration. we can speak now to james hughes, who's the chief market analyst at axi trader and has been following the story closely. hejoins me down the line from the city. james, thank you very much for

joining us. where did it go wrong for homebase? the deal that saw the australian firm take homebase perceval, was seen as one of the worst deals for a long while. he took the brand but they did not take over any of the ethos that homebase was doing. when you see the situation retailers are in at the moment, high street rhys taylor ‘s —— retailers have been struggling. but that is a lot to do with the economy here for an of different reasons but usually during that time, it tends to be the fact that we look at diy as being one of the better performing areas and that just did not materialise. at the positive news is homebase has another chance. it has another chance to move forward. yes, there is good to be store closures and

somejob losses is good to be store closures and some job losses but the fact that homebase continues to function is good to be a very positive move. how did the australian owners get it so wrong? how different is diy and australia to the uk? one of the things they did wrong was the product placement. they really pushed a lot of products that were not necessarily big in the uk, that we re not necessarily big in the uk, that were bigger in australia. they did not look at the regional market and did not see a difference between australia and the uk, theyjust took a carbon copy of what was happening in australia and put that into the uk and it did not necessarily work. it shows you the importance of the regional difference in these areas and people that shop that homebase before, it was not the same, that was one of the bigger issues. they we re was one of the bigger issues. they were unusually candid about how they got it wrong, when it became obvious they were in trouble. you mention of course as we know that high—street retailers are struggling. what is

homebase going to have to do to secure its future? 0ne secure its future? one thing that diy stores have not necessarily done particularly well has been online of course. it has been an area that diy stores have not really branched into, for a lot of obvious reasons but there has to bea of obvious reasons but there has to be a shift in how these companies work. it does not necessarily with previously and looking at the regional differences and diy is something... when there are economic issues within a country, people do not necessarily branch out and move houses. we have seen housing numbers drop recently. home improvement becomes big. in a situation of such uncertainty in the uk, due to brexit and other reasons as well, diy should be an area that really does... is boosted. if they can continue in this area at this sort of time, it should be a good time for homebase to keep some of these stores open and move forward, which

is what the company obviously want. thank you for talking to us this evening. it looks a pleasant weekend on the way, especially for the start of september. mostly dry, some sunshine and getting a bit warmer but there is some cloud around at the moment. in western areas, it is filling in in northern ireland. pushing in overnight. nowhere near as cold as it was last night. a sunny start for many eastern parts of england, into the midlands. cloud pushing a little further east. rain and drizzle tending to peter out in the afternoon, a bit of sunshine here and there for scotland and northern ireland. the highest temperatures, 23 or 2a degrees. maybe one or two showers left on that residual cloud on sunday. the main band of rain comes into northern ireland and

north—west scotland later on in the day. it continues to warm up. low 20s in scotland, the mid—20s in south—east england. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. an independent review into the death of several babies at shrewsbury & telford hospitals trust is to be expanded, after more than a dozen further allegations of poor care. the department of health is investigating cases which include the deaths of both babies and mothers, and brain injuries. the number of people aged 85 and over who need round the clock care in england is projected to double in the next 20 years. and thousands of people have gathered in detroit for the funeral of aretha franklin. the legendary soul singer died at the age of 76 earlier this month. coming up at 7:45 in newswatch,

samira ahmed looks at our coverage this week and your response to it — including an interview with the bbc editorial standards director about the bbc‘s legal case with cliff richard. a man who plotted to kill theresa may in a suicide attack on downing street has beenjailed for life, with a minimum term of 30 years. naa'imur rahman, who's twenty—one, was convicted last month of preparing acts of terrorism. rahman had planned to detonate a bomb at the gates of downing street and then kill theresa may with a knife or gun. 0ur correspondent matt cole has been following the case — and sent us this update. the events that led to the sentencing took place less than a year ago. naa'imur rahman came to the attention of the security services who engaged with him in conversations on the internet. he

thought he was talking to is supporters and sympathisers, not undercover officers, so he told them he wanted to carry out a suicide attack in westminster, he said he wa nted attack in westminster, he said he wanted to blow himself up next to a gas tanker alongside the palace of westminster so he could achieve nothing less than the death of all the leaders of parliament but eventually he settled on a plot to target downing street in a knife in bomb attack, wanting to set off explosives at the gates, to kill guards to get inside and behead the prime minister theresa may. he was introduced to a man, another undercover agent, and this man told him he could get him explosives and provided him with a backpack on what he thought was a suicide vest, but it turned out they were fake explosive devices. he took them believing he could carry out the attack, said he would do it, but moments after receiving them, was

arrested and eventually put on trial and injuly arrested and eventually put on trial and in july was arrested and eventually put on trial and injuly was convicted at arrested and eventually put on trial and in july was convicted at the arrested and eventually put on trial and injuly was convicted at the old bailey of preparing acts of terrorism. a life sentence with a minimum tariff of 30 years to be served and no time deducted for the remand he has been on so far, so he will not be getting out of prison until 20118. the defence said to the judge in mitigation he had been brainwashed by an uncle who had ended up being killed in a drone strike whilst fighting for is in syria. however thejudge said he strike whilst fighting for is in syria. however the judge said he was satisfied that naa'imur rahman was a very dangerous satisfied that naa'imur rahman was a very dangerous man satisfied that naa'imur rahman was a very dangerous man and it was difficult to predict whether he would ever be steve —— di wu radicalise. he said islam is a religion of peace and he said you have violated the koran and islam

and the law of all civilised people. —— de—radicalised. coca—cola has agreed to buy the costa coffee chain forjust under £4 billion. the purchase will give them almost 4,000 coffee shops, over half of them are in the uk. alison britain, the chief executive of whitbread, who are selling the coffee chain, spoke to stuart ratcliffe. it is amazing, a landmark for the business. we bought it in 19 95 when it was 35 stores for £90 million and built it to be the uk's favourite coffee shop with 2500 stores and in the past three years we have changed it from a copy shop to a brand and getting international presence, growing in china and europe and we are in 32 countries and that

international growth and brand positioning has led us to this deal, because that is what coca—cola want to own about the costa business. were you not tempted to keep that brand because our one point you thought about setting it up as a stand—alone business. thought about setting it up as a stand-alone business. we would have gone ahead and done that, that was the plan. the difference is that as well as delivering exactly what we wa nted well as delivering exactly what we wanted with our own growth, coca—cola will give us additional capability. they are everywhere in the worldcom in 200 companies not 32, which means they can give the distribution strength and create new products like ready to drink coffee and distribute them in 200 countries so costa, instead of really well known in the uk and 32 countries, it will become a global phenomenon. and in the uk, what does the sale mean for employees up and down the

country? it is important we agreed with coca—cola they would run costa asa uk with coca—cola they would run costa as a uk independent business and the people who work here will continue to work here and manage the business but as it will grow, i suspect we will need more people to be working for costa and it will be a job growth story. it's among the most majestic and iconic species of wildlife to grace our countryside — and yet the golden eagle is almost entirely restricted to remote parts of scotland. scientists have now unlocked the complete genetic code of this important predator, which will help both to protect the eagle and expand their numbers. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill has been finding out more. a golden eaglet, hidden safely away in its mountain nest. making it a perilousjob to take a dna sample. but a tiny amount of dna is all scientists need to map the genetic code of this great bird of prey. within that code researchers

will find clues about the food and habitat they rely on, so that havens for these threatened birds can be found and protected. and where populations are in severe decline, genetic matchmaking could give eagles a better chance to thrive. this is a dna storage freezer. the same institute that helped sequence the first human genome 15 years ago has now decoded the eagles biological secrets. the eagles‘ biological secrets. this allows us to really understand a huge amount about its biology, about the variation between populations, how it survives in the wild, how we can better manage it. it is the blueprint for life, it supports a huge amount of research on going. of research ongoing. scotland's rugged mountains are home to just 500 pairs of wild golden eagles. and for conservationists, protecting these endangered birds means watching over them in natural habitat. this is big eagle country, they prefer the inland, the rocky, craggy areas. but it's big, remote

country and spotting one is going to be tough. so they've got to take their chances while they can. and if it's good visibility they will do the territorial bit, have a bit of hunting. and a bit of hunting. if the cloud comes down and it's raining they arejust going to have to sit. they'll find a sheltered crag and just sit it out, really. but that can last days during the winter. even in the best weather in the middle of eagle country, we just have to watch, wait and hope. this is a special, protected site for golden eagles and there are four nesting pairs which is why dave has brought us here. we have a scope, we have the binoculars, we have the long lens, so we willjust keep our fingers crossed because it's big country, so... there is a golden eagle up here now. oh, my word! going along the ridge. oh, wow. these top predators found only in the highlands and islands of scotland are critical to their environment. and conservation biologists are starting to use this genetic blueprint to help select the right birds to release elsewhere in the country.

but while this landscape's most majestic residents have given up some very valuable secrets, they remain just as impressive as ever. victoria gill, bbc news, on the isle of mull. the brexit secretary, dominic raab, says he's "stubbornly optimistic" about the prospect of a deal with the eu — following his latest round of talks with european officials in brussels. both sides said progress had been made on security and defence issues. but the eu's lead negotiator, michel barnier, says he is still seeking detail from the uk on its plan to avoid a hard border in ireland without which, there will be no final deal. a mother campaigning to have air pollution officially recognised as a cause of her severely asthmatic daughter's death has handed a 100,000—signature petition to the office of the attorney general. ella kissi debrah — who died in 2013 — lived close to one of london's busiest roads, where pollution levels regularly breached legal limits. her mother wants the inquest into ella's death quashed

and a new one opened. just three months before it was due to open, the launch of europe's biggest infrastructure project — the crossrail line through central london — has been postponed by almost a year. developers say they need more time to test the main section of the link, which is already £600 million over budget. trains are now expected to start running next september. he's the fastest man on earth but it seems even usain bolt has to prove his fitness. the olympic champion is trying to switch from the track to the football pitch. he's been given the chance to prove himself with the australian side central coast mariners. he came on as a second—half substitute for the last 20 minutes in his team's 6—1win. but afterwards bolt admitted he's still got some way to go to pursuade the club to give him a professional contract. i was nervous but as soon as i got

on the field the nerves when. i have to put in the work and get speed and to put in the work and get speed and to get fit, probably two months, proper fitness, and to get used to the touch of the passes and understand how my team—mates play. four months, i will be playing like one of the guys. now on bbc news — samira ahmed looks back at the sir cliff richard privacy case — in newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. the bbc has decided not to appeal against the courtjudgment that it seriously infringed the privacy of sir cliff richard. what lessons has it learned from the episode? and with the bill for fighting the case set to rise beyond £2 million, will anyone be losing theirjob as a result? sir cliff richard announced this week he would soon be releasing a new album, which would reflect, as he put it, a bad period in his life. the singer was referring to bbc

broadcasts four years ago of a police raid on his house following an allegation of sexual assault which was later dropped with no arrest and no charges being brought. sir cliff then sued the bbc for invasion of privacy and mrjustice mann found in his favour, saying the bbc had infringed sir cliff's privacy rights in a serious and sensationalist way. and he awarded him over £200,000 in damages. since we discussed this on our last programme injuly, there has been a development. the bbc says it won't appeal against a court ruling that it breached sir cliff richard's privacy by covering a police raid on his home. that decision a couple of weeks ago not to appeal against the ruling which the bbc had said they were considering doing was broadly welcomed. but some newswatch viewers remained angry that that appeared to be the end of the story. ian frost mused... hazel was unimpressed

with the corporation's defence...