you fancy, including now, and don't forget we live on facebook twitter as well. thank you very much for watching and we'll see you soon. take your first leap. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and steph mcgovern. our headlines today: the mother and daughter stabbed outside their own home. after a major police appeal a man is charged with their murder. he'll appear in court today. the fight to free nazanin zahghari—ratcliffe steps up a gear. the fate of the british—iranian charity worker will be discussed at top—level talks in tehran today. no gongs for celebrities linked to tax avoidance schemes. government documents seen by the times shine a light on the honours system. england's women booked their place

in france for next summer's world cup finals, after breaking welsh arts in newport. while england celebrate, wales must now hope for the play—offs. good morning. it is the first of september and the first day of meteorological autumn. this weekend, it looks like we are going to see some summery warmth around for many of us. i will have all the details later on. a fitting farewell for the queen of soul — music legends, fans and famous faces honour aretha franklin at her 7—hour funeral in detroit. it's saturday the 1st of september. our top story. a man has been charged with the murders of a mother and daughter in solihull. raneem oudeh and her mother khaola saleem were stabbed to death outside their home on monday. janbaz tarin will appear before magistrates this morning. lebo diseko has the latest.

raneem oudeh and her mother khaola saleem were found stabbed outside their home in the early hours of monday morning. they were pronounced dead at the scene and a postmortem found they died from multiple stab wounds. police had been looking for the younger woman's ex—partner, janbaz tarin, overa number of days. the 21—year—old was arrested in the spark hill area of birmingham on thursday. in a statement, west midlands police said: the family of the two women thanked the public and the police for their continued support. janbaz tarin will appear before magistrates in birmingham today. the case of the jailed british—iranian charity worker, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, will be raised by a foreign office minister today during a two—day visit to tehran. alistair burt says he will push for a resolution

of all cases of british dual nationals detained in iran, as tom burridge reports. the moment nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was briefly reunited with her daughter last week. she was released from jail in iran forjust three precious days before the regime there locked her up again. and this is nazanin with gabriella a week before she was arrested in the spring of 2016. they have been separated ever since, with iran accusing nazanin of spying — something she strenuously denies. the foreign office minister alistair burt is now in iran. he will meet his counterpart and push for nazanin‘s release. his boss, the foreign secretary, expressed frustration on twitter, calling iran "an incredibly difficult regime to deal with." jeremy hunt said nazanin‘s hopes had been raised and then dashed when she was returned to prison. he promised to redouble efforts to get her home. last week he raised her plight at the united nations.

every day that she is in prison is a reminder to the whole world of a gross injustice. nazanin‘s husband, richard ratcliffe, has praised the foreign secretary for his efforts. she suffered panic attacks after being locked up again. who calls the shots in iran is often not straightforward, and nazanin‘s predicament is complicated by tehran‘s deteriorating relationship with our key ally, the united states. government documents obtained by the times newspaper have shown how prominent figures who use tax avoidance schemes are apparently being blocked from receiving honours. a document which was drawn up between hm revenue and customs and the cabinet office is said to feature a system which rates people's tax affairs. in recent years a number of celebrities who've been involved with lawful schemes have seemingly been overlooked for honours, including robbie williams and wayne rooney. here's more from our political correspondent, susana mendonca. the documents suggest a traffic light system has been used by hmrc

to rate whether people nominated for honours are suitable candidates. a red rating for high—risk nominees, amber for those considered likely to cause adverse comment, and green for low—risk. their suitability, the times says, is based on whether hmrc‘s reputation would be damaged if a knighthood were given to somebody later disclosed as having avoided paying tax through lawful schemes. the newspaper says the names and ratings are sent to the cabinet honours committee and the prime minister via secure email, and a memorandum of understanding between hmrc and the cabinet office says that poor tax behaviour is not consistent with the award of an honour. the documents suggest high profile celebrities may have been overlooked for honours because of their tax practices. last year, leaked emails appeared to reveal david beckham's frustration at missing out on a knighthood. the former england captain was one of a number of celebrities who invested in a tax avoidance scheme which was successfully

challenged by hmrc. the cabinet office didn't confirm whether celebrities were being given a red, amber or green rating, but a spokesperson said it was a long—standing policy that government departments like hmrc were invited to contribute to the honours nomination process in order to protect the system's integrity. less than a third of rail services provided by the main train operator in northern england will be running today. a dispute between bosses at northern and members of the rmt union has been going on for more than a year. our reporter andy gill is at liverpool lime street station. how disruptive are the cancellations likely to be? good morning. in short, they will be very disruptive. another weekend of misery for northern rail commuters,

following problems with services when a new timetable was introduced injune. when a new timetable was introduced in june. that was when a new timetable was introduced injune. that was only partially restored in july. injune. that was only partially restored injuly. the strike is over whether trains should have guards or not. a dispute, a three—day stoppage on south—western trains, began yesterday. this is a 2k hour strike on northern rail. it coincides with some big events in the north, the beverly and chester races are wrong. britney spears and the elimination is ironic like pool. there are no direct trains or replacement buses between liverpool and blackpool this weekend. the rmt union says it is about safety. it says trains need guards. northern rail is doing what it can to minimise the disruption but only about 30% of the services are running. very few trains before nine o'clock and very few after six o'clock. one glimmer of hope, yesterday the rmt and merseyrail reached an agreement in principle to have guards on trains on the local services here if the money is around, and they have also done a deal with greater anglia trains.

that raises the question, if they can do it in some places why not have an agreement everywhere? that is because of the different arrangements that frame —— train franchises have. department of transport says this shouldn't be about safety. driver only trains have been operating on some lines in the uk for 30 years, and the independent rail regulator has said that driver only trains are safe. andy, thank you very much. we will be talking to the rmt union a bit later on in the programme. russian forces will today begin a week—long naval exercise in the mediterranean sea. the kremlin says the operation is justified, due to a failure by the west to deal with militants in syria's idlib province. there are signs that the syrian government is preparing an offensive against the last remaining rebel stronghold. the united states is ending all funding for the un's palestinian refugee agency. more than five million refugees are supported by the group, but the us state department says the organisation is "irredeemably flawed". a spokesperson for the agency said it rejected the criticism and was deeply disappointed. donald trump is going to visit

ireland in november. the white house said the president hoped to "renew the deep and historic ties" between the two countries. his visit will be part of a wider trip to europe, to commemorate 100 years since the end of the first world war. actors rachel weisz and daniel craig have announced the birth of their first child together, a baby girl. the 48—year—old oscar—winning actor and the 50—year—old star ofjames bond got married in 2011. no name has been announced yet. the couple have reportedly told friends that they are "very happy." congratulations to them. i'm pleased they are happy. indeed, indeed. a host of stars including stevie wonder and bill clinton were among the many well wishers saying goodbye to aretha franklin at her funeral in detroit yesterday. the memorial service lasted over seven hours and also featured music from ariana grande and chaka khan. our north america correspondent aleem maqbool was there. # it's marvellous

# marvellous a public that adored her queued for hours to get inside the church to get a chance to say their final goodbyes to the queen of soul. i could not sit at home and watch it on television. being here really brings in the real feel of things. her message and what she represented for people who are of african descent in this country, number one. two, beyond that the music is healing, the music is powerful, the music isjoyful. # marvellous # in paying their last respects to her before she's laid to rest, the stars and dignitaries who reflected the reach of aretha franklin's impact and a legacy that goes far beyond the music industry alone. she lived with power, not without weakness, but overcoming her weaknesses. ijust loved her. her voice made you feel something.

you felt every word, every note, every emotion in the songs she sang. her voice brought peace. there's no doubt the often tough, troubled life of aretha franklin that ultimately yielded such towering achievements, has touched many who came after her, and while goodbyes are being said today, her legacy will continue to inspire long into the future. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in detroit. what a service to be out. incredibly sad, but brilliant on another level, as well. yes, rightly so. as russia begins a week—long naval exercise in the mediterranean, the kremlin says its war games are justified because of the ongoing situation in syria. the show of force by vladimir putin will include 2a ships, two submarines and 3a aircraft, including fighterjets. but how will the west react? let's talk to andrew foxall from the foreign policy think tank, the henry jackson society. thank you very much the speaking to

us thank you very much the speaking to us this morning. so, it is a show of force, really. what is the point of this? it is a show of force, indeed. as you say, the kremlin is rationalising or explaining this on the basis of the situation in syria, specifically, in idlib. there are signs that the kremlin, or rather that syria, with the syrian government forces, and their russian allies, are going to attempt to reta ke allies, are going to attempt to retake idlib, which is basically the last rebel held stronghold, dating from the syrian civil war. and that this buildup of forces in the eastern mediterranean will somehow, if not facilitate that, then certainly boost bashar al—assad's forces. precisely what the point of it is concerned is, it is exactly that, it is a military demonstration. not only of russia's commitment to syria but also its

continuing relevancy to international politics and to any possible solution to the crisis or the crises that we are seeing in the middle east at the moment. though one is suggesting russia is using this as a buildup to a military operation, but there is history of these operations doing exactly that? —— no—one is suggesting. these operations doing exactly that? -- no-one is suggesting. there is indeed. russia undertakes military exercises on a reasonably regular basis. in the not too distant past those exercises have been used almost as a smokescreen for what have subsequently become invasions of neighbouring countries. so in 2008, russia announced snap military exercises in southern russia, which subsequently provided, as they say, a smokescreen for what was the invasion of georgia in august of that year. in late 2013 and early 2014 russia conducted a series of military exercises in western russia which again provided a smokescreen for what became the annexation of

crimea and the board —— broader invasion of eastern ukraine. that is slightly different to what is happening in the eastern mediterranean at the moment. in some senses, what is perhaps more interesting is that after these exercises and in the eastern mediterranean, literally three days after they end, on the eighth of this month, russia will then conduct its largest military exercises in the post—soviet period, beginning on september 11 in central and eastern russia, when something like 300,000 russian troops and 36,000 tanks will amass and prepare for a scenario that the russian state has not yet quite explained. there has been much talk and much condemnation of chemical attacks in syria by western intelligence, or by the western authorities, and there is still intelligence suggesting there may be another chemical attack in the offing. what will be the reaction to

this, and russia's reaction? ulreich, western intelligence has said, has mentioned a moment ago, syrian forces are ready to retake idlib —— you're right. when this has happened there have been chemical weapons attacks that have gone along with them over recent years. the western reaction has been... i say western, primarily the us, but also the uk and french, the british and french reaction has been to do targeted military strikes in syria and if that happened again as part of this offensive on idlib, one might expect there would be similar western reactions to that and this buildup of forces in the eastern met is somehow to convey to the west that it really ought to now think twice before undertaking military action in syria because there will be consequences the kremlin seeks to rea p

be consequences the kremlin seeks to reap on the west —— eastern mediterranean. we've talked about the western reaction, but what about the western reaction, but what about the united states and its reaction with this tricky relationship at the moment? de-confliction lines and processes exist in syria between moscow and dc. we've seen how they do and don't work over recent years. asi do and don't work over recent years. as i said earlier, not least with the us targeted strikes against syria last year. it's important to say that what russia's undertaking is entirely legal, it will take place within syrian waters but also international waters and as long as russia abides by existing international norms then what it's doing, asi international norms then what it's doing, as i say, is perfectly acceptable. the interesting point, as you suggest, will be the us reaction to this. john boldon, one of donald trump's national security advisers, has already warned russia about the possible consequences of anything the us perceives in some way as being contrary to the us

national interests —— john way as being contrary to the us national interests ——john boldon. what that will be only time will tell. andrew, thanks for your insights. andrew foxall, director of research at the henry jackson is the jute. thank you. ifeel like research at the henry jackson is the jute. thank you. i feel like the weather is all over the shop at the minute. i'm completely with you. electric blanket on, off, heating on, off. it's got to be a sign something has changed. here's stav with a look at this morning's weather. what is going on, right, things all over the shop or it has? we've been used to the hot summer and temperatures last few weeks have been pretty low with chilly nights, but naga, have you had the heating on recently? sorry, stav? have you had the heating on? yeah, electric blanket. i held off and i said i wasn't going to do it. that's because you're tough and we are not. how tough do we have to be this

weekend? looking good, bit warmer, the first day of september, the first day of meteorological autumn, the sum a weather warning want to let go, returning for many this weekend, especially in eastern and western parts —— summer weather. this weather front will bring more cloud into the north and west of the country, bringing outbreaks of rain, but the colder air will be kept at bay as we picked up this warm southerly from biscay and into france —— pick up. a bright, cool start in the eastern part of the country. fairweather cloud in the afternoon. further west, a cloudy but milder start to the day and you will notice that when you step out 110w. will notice that when you step out now. 23 is likely to be the afternoon high in parts of eastern england given some good sunny spells. not bad temperatures further west despite the cloud, 21 or 22. more of a breeze around irish sea coast and variable cloud in ireland and scotland, a few sunny spells, the best in aberdeenshire, 19 or 20

in aberdeen. closer to the mid—to—high teens further west. cloudy story further north and west, that of rain at times, drier in the south and east. tonight the cloud in the south and west will go east. the client the far south—east will stay clear, another fairly fresh night here, not as cool as last night. elsewhere, a warm night, temperatures starting sunday in the mid—teens. a fair amount of cloud to start the day. some good holes appearing in that cloud during the course of sunday afternoon. feeling warmer, this warm air will reach even the north of scotland so we could get sunshine in the north—east of scotla nd could get sunshine in the north—east of scotland with 22 or 23, even 24 01’ of scotland with 22 or 23, even 24 or 25 of scotland with 22 or 23, even 24 or25 in the of scotland with 22 or 23, even 24 or 25 in the south and east. a bit of rain pushing into west scotland and northern ireland later in the day. those temperatures reaching around 20 year as well. into next week, looks like it's going to be a warm start in the south—east. —— here. fresher in northern areas.

high pressure holds on for the rest of the week so finance addled. high pressure holds on for the rest of the week so finance addledm looks like the heating could go off with those temperatures? certainly sunday into monday. -- fine and settled. thanks very much. are used to love school dinner time. i used to love school dinner time. i used to love school dinner time. i used to love school trips because of what was going to be in my lunchbox —— are used to. what was going to be in my lunchbox -- are used to. are used to love hot shepherds pie and putting —— on a stool —— i it's a task that many parents will tell you they don't enjoy, making up their child's packed lunch. from deciding what to put in it, to worrying if it'll all be eaten, it can often feel like a thankless task. a new survey suggests that most parents feel guilty that the food they're sending their children to school with isn't healthy enough. we've been asking some of you what goes into your kids' lunchboxes. did you ever do the swapping thing? i always swapped an apple for a mini

roll. i'm not surprised! i would pack more good things than what she would like to eat because i know she loves to eat crisps and she loves to eat all those lovely delicious salty things, but i would pack more fruit. fruit, snacks as a treat. that is what we tend to do with school and at home. water, sandwich, fruits. nojuice at all. we compromise on popcorn. we like popcorn anyway, we don't like to put crisps in. and we don't put chocolate things in, because that isn't allowed by the school. we always have lots of fruit. it is just a bit boring. we generally find the healthy stuff tends to get left in the lunchbox and comes home in the evening. so we will put in two or three items, orange, apples, fruit, generally. the chocolate bar is what gets eaten. we do eat them at home. yeah, sometimes.

i love that. don't leave the healthy stuff in, put it in the bin and then... we're not advising that actually. joining us now is mel wakeman, a nutritionist, mum and blogger. thanks very much for coming in to see us. thanks very much for coming in to see us. it's an interesting one hearing the dad at the end talking and saying it is hard to get the balance right for lots of parents only one to make sure your kids are eating properly at lunchtime. absolutely. you want them to go to school and have the energy to concentrate and fried and do what they're meant to do at school, but it also becomes a minefield in terms of what do you put in the lunchbox? there's a lot of misunderstanding and confusion when we go shopping and confusion when we go shopping and the products out there that are marketed towards children, named for lunch boxes, they look and sound really healthy but they're not necessarily because they might have lots of salt, sugar and that's. challenge for you this morning, in

front of us we have our packed lunches, can you guess hoosiers whose? —— flats. we have a cookie, crisps and smarties forewarned of better word, other brands are available and in this one we have greek yoghurt, a healthy cheese and pickle fan which —— for want of a different word. and a water. hoosiers whose? i had better not say. of the difficulty is, you can have the perfect lunchbox —— blues is whose? but parents don't want the p°ny is whose? but parents don't want the pony and measures —— the difficulty is -- pony and measures —— the difficulty is —— whose is whose. there's this judgement now. absolutely. parents know what's best for their child and i'm a believer of moderation. some schools may have a healthy lunchbox policy and they may be strict in terms of what foods are allowed and

asa terms of what foods are allowed and as a parent that can be quite difficult to manage and feeling a bit uncertain about... i've got to tell my child what to eat and i'm a fan of letting kids have the foods in moderation that they like having. what would you put in your child's lunchbox? generally easy things are a sandwich, a role or a bagel, some carbs or protein. my son will typically like a ham sandwich. sometimes he will havejunor. you could do some fruit, some vegetables sticks. he's quite picky, young kids are quite picky —— tune. it's got to be interesting. we don't like boring food —— tune. it's got to be interesting and fun for him and he could have a yoghurt. why packed lunch over school dinners? it's the fear of i would rather my child have something. are they that bad at the moment? not to criticise your

children's school, but are they that bad that you think they wouldn't do something healthy? i'm pretty happy, my son is eligible for the free school meals and his chance to get a decent meal in the day. for some families is the only chance for some to have a decent meal but he will still come home and ask for a packed lunch because his best friend has a packed lunch and they want to do what their friends are doing. unless they go on trips i say, you're having a school dinner. until he is seven next year, i would still like him to have a school dinner because generally they have nutritional guidelines and standards which are encouraging us to eat healthily. a survey a number of years ago revealed only 7% of packed lunches met the nutritional standards of school meals. you're going to be with us later, lots of people i'm sure will have thoughts on this. thanks, nel, we will see you later. if you want to get in touch with us we will read as many as we can.

have you ever had a chance meeting with an old flame and wondered what might have been? in the 1950s, ruth holt and ron owen courted for a short time before going their separate ways. but almost 60 years later they met up in the same sheltered housing accommodation, and next week, at the ages of 79 and 84, they're getting married. beccy barr went to meet them. love blooms in unexpected places. when ron moved into sheltered accommodation in saint and is, a series of coincidences prompted the warden to realise ron may have met one of the existing residents before —— saintand one of the existing residents before —— saint and is. one of the existing residents before -- saint and is. they said there was an old girlfriend on site called ruth. isaid... an old girlfriend on site called ruth. i said... i an old girlfriend on site called ruth. isaid... i don't an old girlfriend on site called ruth. i said... i don't know any roof. he said he couldn't get to my flat because it was upstairs and he

had problems with his hip. if he couldn't come to me, i thought, well, i'll have to go over their. there was a knock on the door and there was a good lady standing there saying hi, i'm ruth. ron and ruth dated in the 1950s when they worked at british aerospace in preston. ron went to work on the ships. she was 18. she went to live in saudi arabia and india, raising two children and then later went on to divorce. it's been hard these last few years until i met wrong again. it's wonderful 110w. i met wrong again. it's wonderful now. it's just nice to be with the person you really want to be with —— i met wrong again. i wouldn't have married anyone else, definitely not. —— ron. married anyone else, definitely not. — — ron. slowly married anyone else, definitely not. —— ron. slowly and slowly i realised i was getting happier and happier and now i'm perfectly willing to say i've never been this happy in my

life. wonderful. and i feeljust the same. island have been this happy. i'v same. island have been this happy. —— i've never been this happy. that was becky barr reporting. i love seeing older people holding hands. it is so lovely. headlines coming up. you should give it a try. you're a bit sweaty! hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and steph mcgovern. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. a man has been charged with the murders of a mother and daughter in solihull. janbaz tarin, who's 21, will appear before magistrates this morning. he was arrested on thursday, following an extensive search. raneem oudeh and her mother khaola saleem were stabbed to death outside their home on monday. the foreign office minister, alistair burt, will raise the case of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe directly with iranian ministers today during his visit to tehran. he said he will push for a resolution of all cases of british dual nationals detained in the country. mrs zaghari—ratcliffe was jailed two

years ago after being accused of spying, which she denies. government documents obtained by the times newspaper have shown how prominent figures who use tax avoidance schemes are apparently being blocked from receiving honours. a document which was drawn up between hm revenue and customs and the cabinet office is said to feature a system which rates people's tax affairs. in recent years a number of celebrities who've been involved with lawful schemes have seemingly been overlooked for honours — including robbie williams and wayne rooney. all hospital car parks are now free to use in wales, after the last site to charge ditched its fees. the welsh government announced ten years ago that it would end hospital parking charges. a contract with a firm at prince philip hospital in carmarthen ended yesterday, meaning it's free to park there from now on. parking fees at scottish hospitals ended in 2008, but you still pay in northern ireland and england. donald trump will be visiting

ireland in november. the white house said the visit would renew the historic ties between the two countries. his visit will be part of a wider trip to europe to commemorate 100 years since the end of the first world war. a star studded array of guests have said a final goodbye to aretha franklin at her funeral in detroit. # as around the sun the earth knows she's revolving the service lasted for more than seven hours, with stevie wonder delivering an emotional finale. bill clinton gave an address, and there were also performances from ariana grande and chaka khan. donald trump will be visiting ireland in november. that brings you up—to—date with the main news this morning. but do you fa ncy main news this morning. but do you fancy a bit of mermaid news? always. competitors from across europe have competed in the uk's first ever mermaid olympics. known as the merlympics, contestants take on events such as relay—racing and freestyle.

some of those taking part had travelled to the tournament in dorset, from as far away as italy and slovenia. and if you are ever wondering how it feels to don one of those mermaid tail is... are they not real mermaids? well, yes, they are, but you can pretend to be a mermaid if you can pretend to be a mermaid if you wish as well. mike bushell has done that. yes, we broke the story la st done that. yes, we broke the story last january when the uk won the right to host the merlympics for the first time. we took it from germany, though they may host it again. it was hard to swim with those enormous tails. it felt like an extra part of your body. you can naturally go three times faster system through the water because of the power it gives you. there are different disciplines. freestyle, agility, synchronise swimming and relay races as well. we are going to see a picture of you a little bit later. and dan walker, he put the tail on

as well. we will relive that soon. first, what a dramatic night for england and wales for different reasons last night. wales had this amazing defensive record, and given that they are mostly in amateur squad. they did keep a clean sheet, they didn't concede a goal, for 687 minutes. seven clean sheets. in the end they finally buckled under the england pressure last night. it was winner take all and it's england who can start brushing up on their french, ahead of next year's world cup, while wales must hope they get a chance in their play offs. jo currie was watching for us in newport. qualifying for major tournaments has become a habit for england. wales were the underdogs but kept themselves in the mixture in the first half. the best they could muster was this unsuccessful penalty appeal. the half—time team talk brought england to life. toni duggan becoming the first player

this campaign to finally land against wales. minutes later, jill scott scoring again. a lovely looping header. all smiles from manager phil neville. england were dreaming of france. fitting, then, that it was paris who sealed the win. the welsh heartbroken, but for england, job done. i thought we showed our class, i thought we showed our possession, i thought we showed we were a top team. i am proud and i am looking forward to the next 12 months. these girls want to play at the highest level and they are capable of it, but we have to show that. we came out due to compete tonight, and we had a good 60 minutes. we need to be good enough for 90 minutes, and in the future we will be. wales now have a nervous wait to see if they have done enough a play—off place. as for england and their fans, they can now look forward to the summer, with the knowledge they will head to france as one of the favourites. the truth is in the hole. it is

a lwa ys the truth is in the hole. it is always in the hole that you find the truth. who said that? what hole are you talking about? it was hegel, and he meant the whole. the early kick off in the premier league, takes liverpoool to leicester city. but it isjose mourinho making headlines again ahead of manchester united's trip to burnley tomorrow. he's been quoting hegel and says he will be "one of the greatest managers in the world", even if he doesn't win the premier league at the club. i had great success last season. that's what probably you don't want to admit. and you do what you want, i do what i want, i analyse my performance, myself, and for me it is more important what i think then what you think. the top two in the championship met last night. the fourth test between england and india is tantalisingly poised going into the third day later this morning. yesterday five wickets for moeen ali helped them fight their way back into the test after a poor start. they ended the day, on six for no wicket — only 21 runs behind india. adam wild reports from southampton. on the south coast, england knew

they had a rescue job to do, having struggled with the bat, now the bowlers' turn to try to reverse fortunes. stuart broad has so often saved his side before. here he got things started. but this would take patience, india fighting to stay in this series. sam curran got the biggest breakthrough of all, virat kohli. things were beginning to turn in england's favour. moeen ali could sense it. two more wickets in two balls for him. the first to dismiss ashwin, and then shami. sharma caught by cook, just. and while pujara couldn't be stopped, his 80th century, the rescue was complete. india's first innings lead a mere 27 runs. england's openers surviving a nervous last few moments. so, england's batsmen will return on six

without loss. the big question now is whether they can do what they couldn't do in the first innings, and build a platform on which england can actually win this game. if they do, they will win the series. to the us open, and serena won the battle of the williams sisters to progress through to fourth round. the 23—time grand slam champion beat sister venus in straight sets, and said it was the best she'd played since returning to the sport after taking time out to have her daughter last september. rafael nadal‘s also through to the last 16 but was made to work for it by russia's karen khachanov. nadal was a set and a break down at one point, but fought back to win in four sets. the new rugby union season's underway and newly promoted bristol will be delighted with their start. they took on local rivals bath in their first game back in the premiership, and this late try from alapati leuai ensured they started with a 17—10 win.

you can see how that went down at ashton gate. in the pro 14, champions leinster won a cracking match at cardiff. there were only 2 minutes on the clock when bryan byrne's try, got them to within a point and another byrne, ross byrne, kicked the conversion to earn a 33—32 victory. george north is playing his club rugby in wales again, and he's not had a bad start. the wales wing scored two tries, on his competitive debut for ospreys, as they beat edinburgh. now, that is your regulus water. there are some sports which are a real pa rt there are some sports which are a real part of our cultural heritage. the braemar gathering is the biggest event in the calendar of the highland games, and has attracted royal spectators since queen victoria in 1848. this year's event also sees the opening of a new centre where tourists can find out more about the games' history. catriona renton is there this morning. tell us all about it. i can see some

of the memorabilia hidden in the display cases behind you? good morning. this is incredible. we will give you a proper walk through this ina minute give you a proper walk through this in a minute or two. it is incredible, this is a collection of the highland games over the years. so of course this is the oldest highland games that happens in scotland, and the archive here goes back to 1832. you can see of course the prince of wales, he will be here later today to open the centre. he is known here as the duke of ross sea, with his mother, the queen. now, we have been looking at the highland games around the country that has been happening to give you a bit ofa that has been happening to give you a bit of a flavour of the sort of things we can expect to see here this afternoon. we have been to the crieff high land to pot. let's have a look at that. the unique sound of the bagpipes.

pipers and drummers parade through crieff town centre. the curtain raiser to the annual crieff gathering. the chieftain of the games this year is from ohio. this is probably one of the highlights of my life. it is amazing. really honest to be here, and for the 10th year, just to be chieftain is a big enough honour. i guess i feel a little bit like a celebrity. i don't know, it was fantastic, what it away at to walk down the street and have everybody cheering for you? it was great. some people were waving flags, it was fantastic. the highland games are a tradition that dates back over 1000 years in scotland. the reigning champion holds his own against a tough challenge. today's braemar gathering which will be attended by the queen and prince charles has long been a favourite with the royal family, especially a young charles. like crieff, there will be traditional

heavy athletic events, like the tug of warand heavy athletic events, like the tug of war and the caber toss, as well as highland land dans conditions, track and field events, and piping. the games are a spectacle like no other. and countries all over the world celebrate their celtic heritage by hosting their own games. according to visit scotland, finland and norway has the most northerly games, and that those south are held and dunedin in new zealand. great to see kids getting involved. you see lots of them walking around, it is fantastic. the highland games, you can't help... i love the fact that things like this still carry on, is such a small place like crieff, as well. great to see lots of tourist as well. these things are fantastic for scotland. we travelled from australia and we have been here for several weeks, australia and we have been here for severalweeks, practising australia and we have been here for several weeks, practising and being pa rt of several weeks, practising and being part of the band. we have been familiar with games in sterling and in the highlands and it is going

well. it is a gathering, isn't it? it is part of the gathering. absolutely magic. the pull of the games brings tourists to scotland and helps to keep the unique nature of the games alive. now, you are looking at the ceiling of the new pavilion and i am joined by robert lovie from the princes foundation. tell us about this amazing pavilion, what have we got in here? well, it is a brand-new building, about to be opened by the queen today. what we have here is an exhibition, a museum to the highland games, the first—ever in the world dedicated centre highland games. we have things like this, this was very famous at any highland games, the regalia, how you wear your kilt. a scotsman loves regalia, how you wear your kilt. a scotsma n loves a ny regalia, how you wear your kilt. a scotsman loves any excuse to get his kilt on, but this goes right back into history and tradition. this is an original uniform from the moral highlanders. there has not been at

balmoral highlanders since the 19305, balmoral highlanders since the 1930s, but we have found the original uniforms from the highlanders which are all on display at this wonderful exhibition. we've got things stating right back to the earliest programmes from the braemar gathering. we've got medals, sporrans, some of the heavyweight material. it is just bringing traditional heritage alive. look at these hammers and things. this is what be highland games are really known for. the caber, the hammer. it is about the strong events, it is all sportsmen ship. traditional highland sports. what are we looking at? this is a light hammer, a £16 hammer, which they pro—... at? this is a light hammer, a £16 hammer, which they pro-. .. a light one! that is a light one, 20 £2 is the big one. later this up to 17 feet high, if they throw it over a bar, is amazing. victoria, you are the archivist. it is the meaning of all of this? what are we looking at here? this is the beginning of the

exhibition. these show some of the oldest things we have in the archive. as well as the highland games as a whole, this is about the history of the braemar gathering specifically. here we have a sash which belongs to the braemar writes friendly society, so the group that organised this gathering started out asa organised this gathering started out as a group that would help local people in the local area and they would parade each year with the sashes and that was the origination of the gathering. just quickly, how far does this all date back to? 1815 is when the society began, and we have material right from 1815 to the present day. victoria, robert, lovely to talk to you. thank you so much indeed. and the queen and the duke of york will be here later today to open this spectacular pavilion which will open to the public next year. thank you for the look around. that is really interesting. i love seeing things like that. i love that sense of tradition as well. you know, just seeing the dancers and all the

different events they have, it is brilliant. yesterday after work i went over to see my mates, because you know i used to do irish dancing. you went to see a competition, didn't you? the british nationals in southport. it is really fun. you go back to seeing... where your feet twitching? yeah, i cannot sit there and not tap my feet. that's me tapping my feet. with the sweaty hands! pilots too old, all the young people were competing. was it good weather? you don't really need good weather, do you. it is indoors. well, if you are going outdoors after your competition, stav will tell you what is going on. looking warmer this weekend, the first weekend of meteorological autumn, looking pretty warm, especially on sunday. some cool spots, especially in the south—east, some mist on richmond park and the sunshine will be abundant in the south—east,

temperatures will be creeping up with dry weather today and tomorrow. high pressure driving warm air up from biscay and france. this weather front will remain out across the far north—west of the uk, keeping the cold air with it but more cloud across scotland and northern ireland and even some spots of rain, mainly in western scotland and pabst west and wales on and off through the day. after that cool start in the south—east, lots of sunshine this morning, into afternoon fairweather cloud will bubble up ——, go mike perhaps... for northern ireland, north—eastern parts of season eased of breaking through and we could see 19 or 20 degrees for aberdeen —— parts of eastern scotland. saturday night

warmer than the last few nights. temperature starting the day around the mid— teens celsius, but once again we could see a few cold spots into the extreme south—east of england with clear skies but it means for sunday again a sunny start here with temperatures rising quickly. further west, here with temperatures rising quickly. furtherwest, quite a bit of cloud around. there should be some good spells of sunshine, particularly north—east scotland, parts of scotland and into wales as well. this weather front will continue to bring rain to northern ireland and west of scotland, some could be quite heavy. we could see below 20s celsius of scotland but in the south—east, for much of england and wales, warm, 2425. another juande in southern and eastern areas on monday, more cloud further north and cooler as well and although high pressure holds on through the course of the week, looks like it will turn cooler —— 25, 2425. —— 23rd 25. ——

24 or 25. fokinejoe, we'll be back with the headlines at 8am. now it's time for 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'd 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's 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 murie was unimpressed with the corporation's defence: and david james advised:

well, no—one from the bbc was available to speak to us about this before. i'm pleased to say we're now joined by david jordan, the corporation's director of editorial policy and standards. thank you for coming on newswatch. do you accept, as many viewers say, that the bbc has fallen below the standard expected of it? well, we're very clear we regret some aspects of the way in which we covered the cliff richard story at the beginning. we made clear that we think that the use of a helicopter was inappropriate in the circumstances, and that there were some other things about the way

in which we covered it, the proportionality of it and so on, which we, with the benefit of hindsight, now regret. so yes, there are certain things about the way in which we did the story which we regret. but we have never conceded the principle, and that's why we got involved in the court case when sir cliff took a case against us. we've never conceded the principal, never wished to concede the principle, that we shouldn't have reported the matter at all. the editorial misjudgement is the one we want to talk about. you mentioned the helicopter going up, which was defended at the time. leading bulletins with it and going live, those were areas too? those are all the areas which the judge criticised in hisjudgment.... and do you agree? ..and which the bbc has conceded that, with the benefit of hindsight, we might have done differently, if we did the story today, yes. entering it for an award, despite all the criticism? yes, the bbc has said that was a misjudgement. sir cliff offered to settle this without going to court and the police of course did settle. it's cost the licence fee payer £2 million so far. would you like to say sorry? well, it's not true that sir cliff offered to settle it. we offered to settle with sir cliff on a number of occasions,

but what sir cliff's lawyers wanted was not a settlement but a surrender. they wanted us to concede the principle as well as to acknowledge that the way in which we'd done things was not appropriate. so it isn't true to say that sir cliff offered to settle. i'm afraid he didn't, otherwise we could have prevented us having to go through all of the ensuing case. can you talk about this point of principle? if it is a big point of principle you feel journalistic freedom is threatened, why are you not appealing? well, we've made it clear we considered appealing very carefully. the problem is that legal advice we were given is that the prospects of success in a legal case were very small. so the judgment we had to make was whether it was worth going forward with a small likelihood of being successful, or not to go ahead at all. given the costs of litigation in this country, which are very considerable, and given the extra pain that would have been caused to sir cliff and all for the unlikely to result in the outcome that we wanted,

which was to contest the principle involved in this case, we decided it would be better not to do so. you see, given that he was not arrested at the time and was not subsequently charged and no—one had ever cove red a case like this, sending up a helicopter before. people are asking why did the bbc claim there was a public interest defence to this? this took place in 2014 in the context of a number of sexual abuse cases involving high—profile people in the entertainment industry. it was the case that in some of those cases where people were named, it resulted in other allegations coming forward and other victims presenting themselves, and thereby making the case against them considerably stronger. we've had something similar happen in the united states recently with the naming of harvey weinstein as a... the accusation he's a sexual abuser, bringing forward a lot of other cases of a similar sort. so that is where a considerable part

of the public interest lies. there's also a public interest in the public knowing about police investigations and the media's ability to scrutinise those public investigations and scrutinise the work of the police. and there is a public interest and the public‘s right to know things that are going on in our society and that is always the presumption from which we start. you're the head of bbc editorial policy and standards. you heard the court evidence of bbc journalist joking in e—mails about jailhouse rock, "congratulations and jubilations". is that acceptable by bbc editorial standards? we've made it clear... it's not an editorial standards matter as such, but we've made it clear that was not appropriate, however, let's be clear, who of us have not issued at some point in our lives an e—mail which, if read out in a court room or plastered all over the national press, would not look slightly awry? this is bbc editors about a serious allegation... it was people who are covering a story and they were celebrating

the fact that they had covered the story — and they did it in an inappropriate way, in a wrong way, but he who cast the first stone, etc. jonathan munro came on newswatch after the story ran and defended it and defended the helicopter and it's very interesting to live with the benefit of hindsight, but the bbc is supposed to have editorial standards and judgment and what viewers are really concerned about is the bbc did not seem to have them at the time of the cliff richard case. i think some misjudgements were made. they were made in good faith at the time. they were made within the context of the law that applied at the time, and nobody was trying to do something wrong. it was at that time completely standard practice to name a person who was the subject of a police investigation. this case has altered case law on this question. inaway... well, mrjustice mann promised... i'm afraid it means he has not read his own judgment. you're saying he's wrong? i'm afraid his judgment says this. it introduces a huge chasm of uncertainty into whether or not you can name a suspect in these circumstances.

he does say if the police name them, you can do so, but he introduces and he does say if it is manifestly in the public interest you can do so. yes. but then he says it wasn't in the public interest in this case. which involved a sexual abuse case. he's made that clear, that is a legal issue. about whether the balance between the public interest and the right to privacy and that is a case—by—case basis says thejudge. can you tell me why no—one at the bbc has resigned over this cliff richard case? it's not always the right thing to do, to sack people or make people resign when something goes wrong. obviously it's important we learn lessons and we have done and are doing, and we'll do things differently in the future. but as i said, the people who made the decisions about how this story was going to be covered did so in good faith, they did so within the context of the law as it existed at that time. it is not always appropriate to sack people and get people to resign for doing theirjob in the way they thought was proper at the time. david jordan, thank you. thank you. do let us know your thoughts on that or on any aspect of bbc news.

details on how to contact us at the end of the programme. just time for a couple of your other comments in a week when the pope visited ireland. his first visit was to the residence of president michael d higgins. he moved on to a meeting of civil leaders and the diplomatic corps. it was here at dublin castle that the taoiseach, leo varadkar, raised the issue of child sexual abuse that has threatened to dominate the visit. bbc religion editor martin bashir reporting on saturday's late news bulletin. but scores of you objected to the reporting along the lines described here byjoe tossell: and maureen hogg sent us this e—mail about the coverage more widely:

finally, one piece of footage from theresa may's trip to africa this week garnered a great deal of attention on both social and mainstream media, as dan walker acknowledged on wednesday's breakfast. when trade is on the agenda, the news footage is usually full of factories, hard hats and the occasional high—vis jacket. but it's a rather different image that has attracted much comment so far. the prime minister dancing with schoolchildren in cape town. the pictures have gained a lot of attention, but is it the sort

of attention her advisers had been hoping for? well, further attention was then given to the prime minister's dancing style with a discussion on the subject, prompting ann channon to write: and anne—marie plant agreed: thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs, or even appear on the programme, you can call us on: ore—mail: you can find us on twitter. and do have a look at our website: that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. good morning, you are watching brea kfast good morning, you are watching breakfast with steph mcgovern and naga munchetty. the headlines... the mother and daughter stabbed outside their own home — after a major police appeal, a man is charged with their murder.

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