internet giants are warned they could face new laws over online child abuse if more isn't done to stop it. as police warn up to 80,000 people may pose some kind of sexual threat to children online, the home secretary says big tech companies must act faster. i'm notjust asking for change — i'm demanding it. and the people are demanding it too. we'll be asking just how hard it is to stamp out such abuse online. also tonight... downing street dismisses boris johnson's attack on the prime minister's brexit plans, saying he's offered "no new ideas" of his own. it is an important show. it is a useful show. it can do many great things and i am sure it will continue to do that. chris evans, one of the bbc‘s highest paid stars quits radio 2's breakfast show to take up a newjob at virgin radio. even hotter than the summer of 76, england's heatwave this year takes the record. and, alastair cook, england's most prolific test batsman, announces he's retiring

from international cricket, saying he has nothing left in the tank. coming up on bbc news, landowner is will become the youngest formula 1 driver in british history after landing a drive at mclaren. —— lando norris. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the home secretary has warned big internet firms like google, facebook and twitter that they could face new laws unless they step up efforts to tackle images of child abuse. he said he wanted the technology industry to block illegal material as soon as it's detected and to do more to help the police catch offenders. it comes as the national crime agency says there's been a significant rise in the number of child abuse images reported to it over the last five years. it estimates around 80,000 people in the uk present some kind

of sexual threat to children online. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. it's a final briefing, before we actually go and execute a warrant. officers from the national crime agency gearing up for a recent raid on a suspected paedophile. every month the nca and police forces around the country arrest around 400 people for accessing child abuse images online. what was it i've done? earlier this year, matthew falder, a cambridge graduate, was sentenced after nearly a decade of offending. he operated on what is known as the dark web, he tricked his victims into sending him naked images of themselves, he even installed secret cameras in people's homes, to film them in the shower and the toilet. he also encouraged acts of self degradation. one of his many victims described the long—term effects of what he did to her. i was ashamed of what i have done, all relationships broke down. you cannot be friends with someone who does not trust you,

and i did not trust them. even though they did nothing wrong. and i did nothing wrong. there was no trust anymore. but why are child abuse images allowed to be posted in the first post, and then why are they permitted to remain online? for years, this is what the technology companies have been asked. today, rather than posing questions, the home secretary issued an ultimatum to the tech giant: there are some companies out there that refuse to take this seriously. so let me say this, i'm not asking for change, i am demanding it. and the people are demanding it too. and if the web giants do not take more measures to remove this type of content from their platforms, i will not be afraid to take action. so, the threat of legislation. the home secretary said that google, facebook, microsoft,

twitter and apple have made good progress in taking down terrorist content and he wanted to see the same for child abuse. this is high noon for the social networking websites. the government is now saying that they will legislate to force them, that is crucial. that is crucial to protect children. in response, google said it has a zero tolerance approach to child sexual abuse material: and, today, we are making available cutting edge artificial intelligence... this is where many child sex abuse investigations start, in the operational area of the national crime agency. just to reassure you, there is no child abuse material on this computer. here, they say the problem must be stopped at source. right now, as you can see, from the results we get, we are arresting

hundreds of people, it is relatively straightforward for people to access indecent images of children and that cannot be normal, that is what we need to challenge. the home secretary also announced an extra £21.5 million in funding for law enforcement to track down the most dangerous offenders, more than 2.5 million for prevention work. 0ur correspondent angus crawford joins me now. hugely complex area, will legislation make a difference? strong words from sajid javid but in truth we have been here before, the then prime minister david cameron in 2014 called a council of war with silicon valley, he demanded action, he did get some, for example, google enhanced its algorithms to block illegal content, microsoft gave out for free new software which could detect illegal images online, the british police created a new database to speed up the investigation. the threat has simply

outstripped both the technology and the resources, and creating effective legislation is going to be highly complex, it seems there is three seriously problematic areas: verification, if you have an e—mail address and a phone, you can be anybody online. an anonymity, criminality, it simply blossoms. encryption, a huge rise in encrypted messaging and live streaming apps, including the dark web, they cannot be broken into by the police. finally, jurisdictions, sounds boring, very important, firms are based abroad, when british police complain they want to get information from these companies, often it takes a lot of time, sometimes months, and it can cost a lot of money. downing street has dismissed an attack by borisjohnson on the prime minister's brexit strategy, saying he's offered "no new ideas" of his own. the former foreign secretary said the plan would mean britain will get "diddly squat" from the negotiations

with brussels, and accused the prime minister of going into battle with the "white flag fluttering". mrjohnson resigned from the government injuly in protest at the deal agreed by the cabinet at chequers. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports. did time stand still? westminster is back to work... and back to the same bitterness. theresa may is trying to stitch together a deal, the most important any government has done for decades, based on what she believes is a cool—headed compromise, her chequers plan, tory mps coming back from holiday, are anything but calm. there was only calm at the biggest cheerleader‘s country pad, but borisjohnson claimed it would be a disaster, from the front pages, and that britain is waving the white flag. not for the

first time, he ‘s antics made the tory top brass sigh. this is a plan that has been put forward by the uk government, and it is still being considered by all the different bits that make up the eu, vets see what they say, that is the plan. number ten is adamant that brussels can work with their plan, claiming boris johnson is not a serious politician. being rude to does not change the fa ct being rude to does not change the fact that michel barnier, as well as brexit backers, think chequers cannot work. we found that we are in considerable degree of agreement that chequers is rubbish and we should chuck it and we should have a free—trade deal. should chuck it and we should have a free-trade deal. add to that, many former remainers share that opinion. the biggest problem is how people see this, the chequers deal is now more unpopular with the british people than the poll tax. was. and thatis people than the poll tax. was. and that is why it is untenable to take forward. we are more than two years into this process, it is far from

over, activists pushing for another vote sends things may go their way, and for labour, the discontent in the tory party is more evidence of the tory party is more evidence of the government's struggle. there has to bea the government's struggle. there has to be a trade agreement with europe and their customs deal with the european union to protect those jobs, nobly voted to lose their jobs. if the government is incapable of negotiating with the eu, they should move over and let someone else do it seriously. despite the lack of love for the chequers plan in parliament, the prime minister has no intention of budging from her position. the view in number ten, compromise might not be popular, but they believe they have put forward a serious and viable basis for a brexit deal, and there are many critics who, in their view —— and there are many critics in their view do not have a workable alternative. the "brexit" secretary, you can almost spot, as trying to make it work. —— there. moving forward when so work. —— there. moving forward when so many others are trying to apply the brakes. talks are understood to be taking

place at the treasury over whether the governor of the bank of england could stay in his post longer than planned. mark carney is due to leave next june after six years as head of the bank. but the planned departure date would bejust three months after britain formally leaves the european union, leaving his successor to handle the aftermath. chris evans, one of the bbc‘s highest paid presenters, has announced he's leaving bbc radio 2 at the end of the year. evans, who's been at the station for 13 years, presents the breakfast show, which is currently the uk's most listened—to radio programme. he's leaving to return to virgin radio's breakfast show, which he first presented in 1997. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has this report. britain's biggest radio personality, minutes after telling fans he was quitting the breakfast show, swamped by media outside his studio. why is this show so special, the radio 2 breakfast show?

well, cos it was sir terry's show, and it's very important. it's an important show. it's a useful show. it can do many great things. i'm sure it'll continue to do that. this is how he told listeners... i'm going to leave radio 2. i've loved every single minute of it, but the thing is, you know, some of us our mountain climbers, and if you get to the top of your favourite mountain, and you just stay there, then you become a mountain observer. and i need to keep climbing i've got to keep climbing. perhaps other things might be climbing, news page around £1.6 million by the bbc. he is unlikely to be taking a pay cut and he has aways been one of the most sought after stars in broadcasting. when he left the radio one breakfast show in 1997, he went to virgin radio, since rebranded as absolute radio. he is returning to the virgin brand, on their rigid every new digital station. —— relatively new digital

station. —— relatively new digital station. —— relatively new digital station. —— virgin. sara cox may be replacing him, she has often filled infor him, replacing him, she has often filled in for him, maybe zoe ball, who presents on saturday afternoon, or, options outside the bbc. jamie theakston options outside the bbc. jamie thea kston and emma options outside the bbc. jamie theakston and emma bunton currently co—host the breakfast show on heart fm. many people say they hope a female presenter will take on the high profile role. many women who work across radio 2 and bbc radio and the bbc and beyond, they are very able and we will be considering them of course. there are many able men. the most important thing we do is to select the best and brightest person and that is what we will do in the fullness of time. in the meantime, chris evans will be on radio 2 until the end of the year, so radio 2 until the end of the year, so listeners still have a few months before they have to say goodbye. this summer was the hottest on record for england, with temperatures beating those seen in the famous heatwave of 1976, though only narrowly.

for the uk as a whole, 2018 proved to be the joint—hottest summer. and as our science editor, david shukmans reports, the warm weather isn't over yet. a warning, his report does contain flashing images. it was a summer of extreme heat that, for much of the country, rolled on for month after month. from fires raging on the hills of lancashire. .. ..to the stark image of a dried—out reservoir in the lake district... ..to the punishing temperatures of city streets, filmed by a thermal camera the pavements, depicted in yellow, radiating heat. for anyone on holiday, it was perfect summer weather. beaches were packed and seaside businesses have been booming. no need to fly to distant resorts for plenty of sunshine. but for many the heat was tough to endure. this field in hertfordshire was typical of many across britain, the only trace of green was the cricket pitch. and for farmers, the long, hot dry spell

became a constant source of worry. for mark in devon, the land now looks less parched, but the legacy of the heatwave continues. it increases our costs, which has an impact on the profitability of what we're doing. so... it increases the amount of work and worry and stress. we all knew the summer was hot, but what do the met office figures actually tell us? well, the summer had an average temperature of 15.8 celsius, and because that is within a fraction of what was seen back in 1976, 2003 and 2006, they're are calling it a joint record. at the same time, england set a new summer record with an average temperature of 17.1 celsius. the key thing was that so many nights were warmer. and another record is that this year has seen 80 days where summer in the uk was above 25 celsius.

so does this mean every year will get hotter? well, no. but as the climate warms, that is set to become more likely. going forward into the future, its expected that because of greenhouse gas emissions and global warming these kinds of heatwaves will occur more regularly, and when they occur, will have higher temperatures as a result. the summer ended with a spectacular bang, a barrage of thunderstorms... oh, my gosh! and a lot of questions about how soon it'll be before the next hot summer sets yet another record. david shukman, bbc news. the time is 6.15. our top story this evening.: internet giants are warned they could face new laws over online child abuse if more isn't done to stop it. and alistair cook — england's most

prolific test batsman — announces he's retiring, saying he has nothing left in the tank. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, tottenham have confirmed all three of their champions league group games this season will now be played at wembley. a british company has unveiled a new robotic surgery system which is expected to be used at several nhs hospitals from next year. the robotic arms, which carry out the operation, are controlled by a surgeon using a console. it's one of a new generation of surgical robots on the horizon, as our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. imagine this operating on you. it's the latest in surgical robot technology. all controlled by a human hand at a console, with the aid of a 3—d monitor. the aim is to make laparoscopic or keyhole surgery technically easier for surgeons,

allowing greater precision, and so giving better outcomes for patients. it's considerably easier. all you can do with the conventional la pa roscopic instrument is you can move it in and out, and you can rotate it. and so what the robot enables you to do is to play with this in a much more wide range of movement. the versius robot has been designed and built in cambridge. these robot arms have joints like a human's, at the shoulder, elbow and wrist. they're smaller and more flexible than current robotic systems, which makes them more versatile, so they should be able to do many more types of keyhole surgery. none of this would have been possible without da vinci, the first surgical robot, introduced to the uk in 2001. there are now more than 70 of them here, mostly doing prostate, bladder and gynaecological surgery. the british versius system is much smaller than this american rival and is aiming to do more. so we want to do operations

in the upper abdomen, such as gall bladder operations, operations in the stomach, certainly operations in the bowel for bowel cancer. we want to operate in the chest, so the aim is to replicate keyhole surgery, but with all the advantages of the small instruments, the wristed instruments, that will make it better and easier for the surgeon. the field of robot surgery is about to get crowded. there are several new systems being developed. the most eagerly awaited is from tech giant google, cold verb, which aims to connect all its robots to the internets so they can learn from each other. keyhole surgery was really revolutionary because it allowed to develop complex procedures... this is where many surgeons learn how to do keyhole procedure, london's university

couege procedure, london's university college hospital. training to do this with the aid of robot will be common. and eventually machines may be programmed to do some parts of an operation independently. as we develop that human and robot interface, there will be certain parts of an operation, simple parts, that may be able to be automated, if you think about stitching or closing the wound, these may be able to be done with a robot. the cost of the versius robot has not been revealed, but the company aims to make it cheaper for the nhs to but the company aims to make it cheaperfor the nhs to run but the company aims to make it cheaper for the nhs to run than but the company aims to make it cheaperfor the nhs to run than its american rival. the first operation ona american rival. the first operation on a patient will be early next year. fergus walsh, bbc news, cambridge. a fire has destroyed part of one of liverpool's most famous landmarks — the littlewoods pools building. it's feared that the roof and upper floor of one wing of the art deco structure — which has been empty since 2003 — have been lost. merseyside fire and rescue service say 50 firefighters tackled the fire at its height. no one was injured.

two water companies have set out plans to cut bills for millions of customers in england and wales as part of their business plans. united utilities said it would reduce the average bill by 10.5% between 2020 and 2025 while severn trent said it's looking at a 5% reduction. thames water said bills would be unchanged. somerset county council has tonight revealed that it may have to make millions of pounds worth of cuts — this year — in a desperate effort to balance its books. services for young people and the disabled are among those that could be affected. somerset is the latest council to acknowledge major funding problems after northamptonshire's budget crisis and there are warnings more councils could follow suit. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. see how many you can catch — ready? this four—year—old starts school this week. he needs more support than some. he has achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. and his mum's worried the services he relies on may be cut back. i think we all have to be on guard.

these cuts are happening nationwide, and unfortunately they do seem to be hitting the most vulnerable. siobhan recently moved to dorset with herfamily. she used to live here in somerset, where children's services are hugely stretched rising demand and cost. the county council has already substantially cut overall spending to keep things running, but there's still a shortfall and have noticed. my grandad could not get a bus service, where he used to be able to. they are cutting back all the time, and i have a particular friend whose husband is very ill and she can't get the right care and attention for him. today, the council unveiled almost £13 million of possible further cuts needed just to balance the books this year. as well as things like road maintenance, it could affect

support for young carers and youth services. well, i think we are cutting back very badly. we have taken all the low hanging fruit — there is nowhere else to go. we can't increase council tax, we are capped by the government. we have made of a case the government as much as e can. we have made a case the government as much as we can. but we have seen nothing coming back and therefore we have had to take these decisions. somerset is not the only cancelled struggling with its finances. the government has said it has provided billions of pounds to local authorities and is working with them to develop a funding system based on local need. but some have warn that's simply not enough. several other county councils are having to cut back just to stay afloat. well, there have been five or six named, or put in the frame, that are struggling to balance their accounts this year and more particularly in the coming financial year and that list is growing. back in somerset, some charities are the gap. this drop—in cafe backed by the council offers advice to those who might have turned to social services.

i think over time people have become dependent on statutory agencies, and we're finding now with all of the cuts that people are left floundering quite a bit. and so they are turning to organisations such as ourselves. the government has said it has put extra money into social care, but some think things are so stretched, more radical reform is needed. alex forsyth, bbc news in somerset. he is england's most prolific test batsman with more than 12,000 runs to his name, and 160 test match appearances. but today alistair cook announced he will retire from international cricket after this week's final test against india. he said he had given everything and had nothing left in the tank. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson has this report. ina in a walled off precious few certainties, there is alastair cook. whatever else came to pass, he had opened the batting for england. it is how it seemed and how it has been for a dozen years, but no more. he

said ina for a dozen years, but no more. he said in a statement today he had "nothing left in the tank." he retires declaring he has achieved "more than he could have ever imagined." it all began because cook wa nted imagined." it all began because cook wanted to be like graham gooch, and they have shared an obsession with batting. if you are trying to design a cricketer to play for your country, alastair cook would be that role model. you know, he has been a great person, he is someone for the youngsters to follow, he sets a great example. yes, well his early—morning bars are likely to come on the family farm and he is happy there. he declared on social media he is content generally to let the. he has played more test matches, scored more hundreds and more runs in total than any other english cricketer —— content to let the bat talk. he will have one final test match here at the oval, which begins on friday. he will walk down these steps one final time to open these steps one final time to open the innings for england, as ever

rely on his sheer willpower and concentration to deny and defy the borders. those are qualities still essential out there in the middle for a test match, but it seems like they are going out of fashion —— d efy they are going out of fashion —— defy the bowlers. as cricket gets faster and faster it doesn't really produce cooks any more. faster and faster it doesn't really produce cooks any morelj faster and faster it doesn't really produce cooks any more. i don't think we will actually realise how great he has been until he is finally gone because he has almost been an unsung hero, notjust going down is a great english cricket but he will go down as a great of world cricket. but greats me to score runs and cook's just not done that this summer. an old—fashioned cricketer in the modern world. joe wilson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. a record—breaking summer, the met 0ffice a record—breaking summer, the met office has confirmed. let's look at the weather for the next 24 hours or so. the weather for the next 24 hours or so. it certainly looks like things are going downhill little across the uk. it will turn cooler through this

week and there is a chance of rain, andi week and there is a chance of rain, and i think almost all the us at one point or another will see thickening cloud and possibly outbreaks of rain. as faras cloud and possibly outbreaks of rain. as far as the satellite images shows, abbot of cloud across the uk but we more out in the atlantic which is being pushed by thejet strea m which is being pushed by thejet stream —— quite a bit of cloud. that gives an indication the weather will be going downhill. we are seeing the jet stream swinging and across the atlantic, sending these weather systems towards our shores. things will be cooling off. let's look at the short term, then. a little rain across the north—east of england. but for most of us actually this coming night it will be dry and quite a temperature contrast between the north and south of the country. in the south—east we still have the re m na nts of in the south—east we still have the remnants of the warmer weather, maybe 13 overnight, but six or seven in the north of scotland, underneath the clear skies. tomorrow, one thing you might notice, with little wind it will be very calm indeed so any

cloud stop across the uk may hang around in the same place for much of the afternoon so the thinking is for yorkshire, in the lincolnshire, further south, looking pretty overcast, but for scotland and northern ireland apart from the odd shower i think it will be bright, 16 degrees in london, round about 22 or so. degrees in london, round about 22 or so. difficult to summarise the next few days exactly with one simple statement but i think it is fair to say it will be pretty cloudy. some of us will need our brollies with those temperatures dipping down to the high teens. change is on the way. tomasz, thank you. a reminder of our main story this evening... internet giants are warned they could face new laws over online child abuse if more isn't done to stop it. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. bye— bye. news teams where you are. this is bbc news. time for the headlines: police want up to 80,000

people may pose some kind of sexual threat to children online. downing street has retaliated against boris johnson saying he has no new ideas for brexit after he criticised theresa may's plan. the former foreign secretary said the approach agreed at chequers means disaster for britain. italy has been backed byjacob for britain. italy has been backed by jacob rees mogg who for britain. italy has been backed byjacob rees mogg who spoke to eu negotiators today. michel barnier was extraordinary charming and well informed and we found we were in a degree of agreement that chequers is rubbish and we should throw it and have a canada style free trade deal. prominent supporters of labour leaderjeremy corbyn have been elected to the national executive committee. they include peter willsman who claimed trump fanatics we re willsman who claimed trump fanatics were behind actions of anti—semitism in the party. and the heat wave in england makes the records. the met

office confirmed it was the hottest ever and 2018 was the joint hottest summer on record ever and 2018 was the joint hottest summer on record for the uk as a whole. in a moment it will be time for sports day but let's look at what else is coming up. but 7pm we will be discussing the novel methods that governments around the world are adopting to raise their birth rates. at 815 we will be talking about chris