hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2... the missed opportunities to save kaden: an inquest rules a hospital's gross failure of care contributed to the death of the toddler in manchester. as soon as he died, we launched a rigorous and wide—ranging investigation to establish what had happened and put in place measures to ensure that this does not happen again. puttin‘ the boot in: britain prepares to confront russia in the united nations security council over it's role in the salisbury poisonings. trump in a hump: the president gets angry — as members of his team deny writing an anonymous newspaper article that described him as "erratic" and "amoral". less pay for less work: stormont assembly members are told their pay will be reduced by more than £13,000 — as they are not performing all theirfunctions. coming up on afternoon live — all the sport comes from ben croucher this afternoon... good afternoon. england have named an unchanged team to face india in the final test at the over which sta rts

the final test at the over which starts tomorrow. unchanged but he got to talk about, jonny bairstow keeping wicket, alastair cook in his final game and joe root at number four. and sarah keith—lucas has the weather... sunshine to be enjoyed, plenty of showers through the afternoon. have they dig at that, and we talk about how a hurricane in the atlantic can affect our weather in the uk. more of that in 30 minutes... —— have a look at that. thanks, sarah. also coming up — a tragic accident: the cranberries frontwoman dolores 0'riordan drowned in her bath after drinking too much. we'll hear more from the coroner's court hearing — on what would have been her 47th birthday. hello everyone. i'm simon mccoy. good afternoon. "knowing that he could have been saved is hard to bear" — the words of the family of 20—month—old kayden

urmston—bancroft — who'd just heard at an inquest into his death about the ‘missed opportunities‘ to save his life. an inquest has found hospital neglect contributed to his death. kayden had been waiting for an operation at royal manchester children's hospital to repair a hernia — when he suffered a cardiac arrest. he died two days later. a coroner said there had been a ‘gross failure' of care. from the inquest, here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes: kayden bancroft was just 20 months old when injured in a fall in april 2016. when it became clear he needed surgery for a hernia in his diaphragm, he was transferred to the royal manchester children's hospital but despite being placed on a list of patients requiring emergency surgery, his operation never went ahead. three days after being admitted, the toddler suffered a devastating cardiac arrest, from which he never recovered. an inquest into his death held in manchester found that a shortage of beds at one of the leading children's hospitals in the uk meant that the operation kayden needed was repeatedly put off. this inquest was told his mother

shannon bancroft was said to be very upset at the continuing delays to her son's surgery but she was reassured by doctors that her son remained well. speaking to the bbc last year, kayden‘s grandmother said his family were deeply concerned about the care that he was receiving. his care was appalling, he was basically put into a room and left. and all we got nearly every day he's not having the operation today, he's not having the operation today. the court heard that nurses at the hospital repeatedly raised concerns over his condition with surgeons — but apparent confusion and poor communication over who should request a high dependency unit bed for kayden and who should carry out his procedure meant the operation was continually delayed. the hospital has accepted serious mistakes were made in the care of kayden and said that steps have been taken to make improvements, following the toddler's death. we offer our sincere condolences to kayden‘s family and profound

apologies for the lapse in standards that led to his death. the trust accepts the findings and conclusions of the coroner. poor communication, confusion had missed opportunities — with devastating results for one family. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes is in manchester. very difficult evidence for the family to hear? yes, good afternoon. really tough for the family, they we re really tough for the family, they were in tears in the court room as the coroner went through the event s stage by stage. it was heartbreaking to hear how many opportunities were missed for that very simple operation at kayden needed to be carried out. there were, time and time again, opportunities that were missed for an operation that the coroner said the most unqualified

and junior surgeon in the surgical tea m and junior surgeon in the surgical team could have carried out with the expectation of a very good outcome for him. but it wasn'tjust that, there was poor communication between staff members, warnings by nurses who were concerned over kayden‘s deterioration, they were ignored by the surgical team. there were confusions over the number of beds available that kayden would have been transferred to after surgery. a whole catalogue of failures at the hospital, that the coroner outlined in distressing detail for the family. so what happens now? well, the hospital's lawyers in court, and also outside the coroner ‘s court as we heard in my piece, they accepted com pletely we heard in my piece, they accepted completely the coroner ‘s findings, that kayden‘s death was due to natural causes but contributed to by neglect. they accepted that fully

and the hospital has already carried out a high—level investigation of its own, and put in place measures to ensure that this kind of thing never happens again. the coroner accepted that, and accepted that both that investigation was thorough and impartialand both that investigation was thorough and impartial and was clear, and also accepted that the hospital had changed procedures to ensure that such a tragedy never occurred. dominic hughes in manchester, thank you. the un security council is meeting this afternoon to discuss the salisbury nerve agent attack. it comes a day after uk authorities issued arrest warrants for two russians believed to be connected with the attack. the security minister, ben wallace, has said it is president putin who's ultimately responsible for the poisoning, which left one person dead. richard galpin reports. the revelation these two russian nationals are the prime suspects in the attempted poisoning of sergei skripal and his daughter yulia in salisbury has led to an increasingly angry response from the government here. this is cctv footage obtained by the police,

showing the two men coming to britain, in early march. and on the day of the attack, walking along this road close to the house of mr skripal, where the nerve agent was smeared on the door handle. all of this providing important evidence. the government has also announced that they were agents of this organisation, the russian military intelligence agency — also known as the gru. it sees itself as a war fighting instrument with special forces in its ranks. is it possible its operations, including assassination attempt, could go ahead without the approval of vladimir putin? he's the president of the russian federation. he's in charge, just like our prime minister is, accountable for her intelligence services. he is accountable for them, the gru is a major intelligence service belonging to the military who answers to the defence minister

who answers to president putin. he is ultimately responsible for the actions of his government. from moscow today, very robust denials. the foreign ministry spokesman said that the whole story was invented and was meant to punish russia by sanctions. russian state tv described it as... but, those denials are not being taken seriously by the authorities here, with the intelligence agencies including mi6 now passed by the government to step up their efforts to counter the activities of russian spies, particularly from the gru. and that the united nations security council later today, and at the united nations security council later today, there will be a diplomatic push by britain to try to increase pressure on the kremlin. the government also wants more sanctions to be imposed. richard galpin, bbc news. the pay of northern ireland assembly members' will be cut

until a functioning executive is restored. the announcement was made in the house of commons by the northern ireland secretary, karen bradley. let's hear what she had to say. while assembly members continue to perform valuable constituency functions, it is clear that during any such interim period, they will not be performing the full range of legislative functions. so i will ta ke ste ps legislative functions. so i will take steps necessary to reduce salaries, in line with recommendations made by trevor loney. it will take place over two stages starting in november and will not reduce the allowance of staff, asido not reduce the allowance of staff, as i do not think that mla staff should suffer because of politicians failure to form an executive. we can speak to our ireland correspondent, chris page , who is in belfast. a lot of people on twitter say it is about time? that's right, you have

to go onto the street in myjob and ask what people make of the political situation in northern ireland. i've done that on many occasions since stormont collapsed more than 18 months ago. very often people follow up their opinion with, i don't understand why they are still being paid? many people would say that this is overdue and the recommendations cut the members of the northern ireland assembly‘s pay, that recommendation was made in december of last year. by a senior official at the northern ireland assembly and now karen bradley has decided to implement those recommendations. salaries will be cut to just under £36,000, and that will happen over two stages beginning in november. as far as the two main political parties here are concerned, sinn fein and the dup have a reaction to this, arlene foster said that cutting pay is a sensible step and it means the assembly cannot pass legislation.

sinn fein have said they thought it should have been done months ago. sinn fein have said they thought it should have been done months agolj suppose on the basis of this fixing mines, is there any evidence it might? karen bradley hope so. she said it is not some to beat mla with, those are her words in the house of commons but she says that it hopes to provide an incentive for getting back into government with each other. they will get paid back up each other. they will get paid back up to the full level again. will this actually make a difference? fundamentally we have many big disagreements between the two main parties over, for example, whether new laws should come into effect to protect the irish language and there's a difference in opinion over same—sex marriage. and they brexit differently. sinn fein are campaigning for them to remain in the eu and have some sort of special status within the eu. many divisions remain within the parties, the government is going to come in over

the coming weeks to find some way to reconvene for more political dialogue but no one is in any doubt that there is a mountain to climb when it comes to restoring institutions. chris page in belfast, thank you. a leaked treasury document has revealed that the government expects its departments to make cuts in other spending to prepare for a brexit no deal. the treasury contingency planning, codenamed "0peration yellowhammer" suggests that departments should be looking forfunding "through the normal channels", further clarifying "their first call should be internal reprioritisation. the document was photographed in the hands of the treasury minister, john glen, on his way out of the cabinet office. we can cross now to westminster and speak to our political correspondent — susana mendonca. apart from the issue of when will they ever learn not to have documents one show, what do we learn about what this contingency is?” think what we are learning is that the government is planning for a no deal. we know this already but what

they talk about in the document is basically that different government departments expect them to make cuts in other spending, if there is a no deal. this is a treasury document. as you say, it was leaked because a snapper here at westminster took a photograph of a minister carrying these documents. of course, they we re these documents. of course, they were not inside any kind of covered case, or what have you. we got a look of them. it talks about 0peration yellowhammer, it sounds like something out of a bond movie. it is basically the government talking about the kinds of things it is planning for. we know that the government has plans in place. this, i suppose, gives an indication as to the concern that there is in government. if there is a no deal, they need to be prepared. a lot of people think i am cynical but other than the lesson not to show what your documents, that is, of course, your documents, that is, of course, you want the government to realise

that you are planning for that event? the treasury told us that they were not commenting on this because they say it is a leak and they do not comment on leaks. we cannot be sure that it was deliberate. ministers wander around with documents all the time. perhaps they should be more careful. i'm sure thatjohn glenn, the treasury minister holding the document, needs to be more careful in future in terms of when he showed those documents to snappers in westminster, everyone is keeping a close eye on what is happening. it is unlikely that this was on purpose but it does not do them any harm. to give that indication that they are planning for a no deal. we know that, for example in terms of health planning, we have already heard from the health secretary about how supplies of medicines would be unhindered, but those drugs have a short shelf life, potentially could be flown into the uk. that is information we have got from them. the government wants to be seen to be prepared in the case of a no deal that some say that actually, if you

talk about in no deal, and hindering the prospect of there being a deal done with the eu, that is the main focus of the government and the brexit secretary is speaking to michel barnier, eu chief negotiator again today. they are having regular meetings to get to a point where they have a deal in place, potentially by the end of october or even into november. not all photographers like the term snapper, they regard themselves as artists! we will leave it there, thank you. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines... the missed opportunities to save kayden: an inquest rules a hospital's gross failure of care contributed to the death of the toddler in manchester. britain prepares to confront russia in the united nations security council over its role in the salisbury poisonings. trump in a hump: the president gets angry — as members of his team deny writing an anonymous newspaper

article that described him as "erratic" and "amoral". jonny bairstow will keep wicket in a test at the fifth over. and all—rounder moeen ali is at number three. novak djokovic calls on us 0pen organisers to do more to help players, describing stifling conditions in new york is as bad as he has ever known it. ryan giggs is set for his first competitive match when wales take on the republic of ireland in cardiff in the uefa nations lead tonight. he has called on his team to play "attractive football". i will be back with more at 2:30pm. donald trump has described as "gutless" the person in his adminstration who has written an anonymous editorial in the new york times claiming the us president is amoral and that senior officials within the trump administration are "actively working to protect the country from the president's worst inclinations". vice—president mike pence has dismissed speculation that he was the author. it comes after excerpts form a book on the trump white house by bob woodward quote senior aides calling the president

an idiot and a liar. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler reports. each day seems to bring new claims about what is happening behind the doors of this white house, and the unconventional president in charge here. the new york times says it was a senior official in donald trump's own administration who wrote its damning opinion piece, although the author insisted on remaining anonymous. they claim the president's leadership style is impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective. that many are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his own agenda and his worst inclinations, and that the root of the problem is the president's amorality. and god bless you, and thank you, mr president. mr trump was meeting a group of sheriffs when he was forced to answer questions about keeping control, in what is being painted as a lawless white house. if the failing new york times has an anonymous editorial — can you believe it? anonymous, meaning gutless, a gutless editorial. we're doing a greatjob.

the poll numbers are through the roof, our poll numbers are great, and guess what... nobody is going to come close to beating me in 2020, because of what we've done. but fear, a new book written by bob woodward, one of the journalists who exposed the watergate scandal, is making similar allegations — that many are working to protect america from its president. the anonymous official quoted in the new york times expresses concern for his preference of leaders like kim jong—un and vladimir putin over america's traditional allies and claims the president resisted attem pts claims the president resisted atte m pts to claims the president resisted attem pts to ta ke claims the president resisted attempts to take action against russia after the poisoning of a former spy in the uk. in a furious statement, the white house press secretary sarah sanders said about the official who wrote the article that this coward should do the right thing and resign. the new york times said it was proud

to have published the piece, which it insisted gave the public a real insight into the workings of the trump administration from someone in a position to know. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. an inquest into the death of the lead singer of the cranberries, dolores 0'riordan, has heard that she died by drowning due to alcohol intoxication. the irish musician, who was a6, was found at a hotel in london injanuary. the coroner ruled that her death was a "tragic accident". we can cross now to richard lister who is outside westminster coroner's court. it isa it is a tragic irony that today would have been dolores 0'riordan's 47th birthday. with the cranberries she sold millions of records around the world and had internationalfame and fortune. mostly concentrated in the 1990s, the court today heard that she was a charismatic woman and a feisty performer, with a warm and loving family. but the court also heard she had problems in her life.

she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2015 and also had intermittent problems with alcohol abuse, and in fact there was evidence that in the hours before she died, she had consumed a large amount of alcohol. the court heard that her body was found in the bath of her hotel room at the park lane hilton hotel in london. she was in the city to do a recording session before what was thought to be a tour later on this year. the court heard that toxicology reports into her blood alcohol levels showed she had four times the legal limit for driving, and she was at a level where she could have passed out. the cause of death given by the postmortem examination, we heard, was drowning due to alcohol intoxication. the coroner, shirley radcliffe, said that there was evidence that the treatment she had been having for bipolar disorder had been having for bipolar disorder had been having for bipolar disorder had been having some success, it was going well and she was continuing

with it. she said there was no evidence that she intended to take her own life. she concluded her death was as a result of a tragic accident, dolores's mother, brother and sister—in—law were in court for these proceedings. they gave no formal reaction to the findings today, other than that they were relieved everything was over. studio: richard lister, thank you. the energy regulator, 0fgem, has announced plans for a cap on some energy bills — which it says could save 11 million people an average of 75 pounds a year. the proposals will only affect customers on standard variable tariffs in england, wales and scotland. campaigners say the plans don't go far enough, as our business correspondent theo leggett reports. consumers are being overcharged for their gas and electricity. the deals they are on offer poor value for money and it is time to introduce a price cap to keep a lid on bills. that's the conclusion of the energy regulator 0fgem. 0fgem says around 11 million households are currently on so—called default tariffs, which can be expensive.

either because they have never switched supplier or because they're cheaper deal has run out. it wants to cap the amount paid by the average household, buying both gas and electricity, at £1136 a year. that should represent typical saving of £75 a year, although the actual amount will depend on how much electricity and gas they are using, and how much they currently pgy- using, and how much they currently pay. we cannot control the underlying cost of energy. we cannot control what it produces, what it costs to produce energy. but we can insure families that they will pay a fair price and if costs rise and fall, the price cap will adjust transparently and automatically to reflect underlying costs. many consumers simply seem confused by the range of energy tariffs on offer. is a price cap the answer? these people in st albans seem to think so... capping it? we may get ita think so... capping it? we may get it a bit cheaper. i'm not interested

in swapping round providers, it is too much hard work. if you don't wa nt too much hard work. if you don't want the hassle of changing, you are inevitably going to pay more. but energy suppliers say that capping the most expensive tariffs may mean consumers on other deals end up paying more. it is going to be challenging. we are in a very volatile market with prices going up anyway. and, we have to look really carefully at what this will do to competition. you know, we have made massive amounts of ground in terms of millions of households recently switching. we want that to continue and for people to be involved in the market. i'm a bit worried as to how it will play out now. consumer groups have given the plans a lu kewa rm groups have given the plans a lukewarm response. they have pointed out that while £75 a year may sound a lot of money, you can make much bigger savings simply by shopping around. theo leggett, bbc news. we can now speak to dave blackman, policy correspodent for the industry magazine utility week.

this is aimed at those who are not perhaps prepared to or cannot be bothered to switch, is it? yes, yes. roughly getting up to around 70% of energy customers who are on standard variable tariffs, so they cannot be bothered or they do not want to switch, or they do not see a sufficient incentive to do so. this is squarely aimed at those people. do you welcome it? any saving clearly has to be good news for consumers? i think yes, clearly has to be good news for consumers? ithink yes, at least in the short term. you get an average of £75 off the energy bill for the average person, depending on which supplier you are with. concerns would be are that it distorts the market and that it will drive out competition. that it will discourage people from switching and the industry would say that in the long term, this will drive up bills for

consumers. margins are getting tighter but that's neither here nor there. wholesale prices are going up considerably. there has to be sympathy for providers?‘ considerably. there has to be sympathy for providers? a bit of sympathy for providers? a bit of sympathy for providers? a bit of sympathy for providers. you know, it is an essential commodity. it is something that people feel is very close to their hearts. it is something that everybody has to pay and therefore it is politically salient. but we're not talking about the kind of returns or profits that wonka were making in their heyday. we are talking about much thinner margins than that. —— wonga. we are talking about much thinner margins than that. -- wonga. we are talking about ways there are for consumers to fight increasing bills, yet essentially there's a big problem here that isn't being addressed. yes. there is a big problem here. perhaps we should be looking at this. it's only a short—term measure, essentially a sticking plaster solution. it will

be in place until 2023. we are looking for long—term solutions. really, the really long—term solution is to do things like energy efficiency. have more energy efficient appliances in the homes, homes become a lot warmer. that is the way that we achieve long—term reductions in people's savings. and in the meantime, if you feel you pay too much, it is worth looking at other companies and their tariffs? absolutely. that energy secretary today pointed out that the average person can save £75 on their bills through this but you could save up to £300 by opting for the cheapest deal on the market. the problem is, so deal on the market. the problem is, so many of are us not doing it. we have a two tier market and a sticky market of people on default tariffs, and a smaller market of people, who switch and increasingly switch

enthusiasts are clear. if you are in 0fgem's offices and they describe it asa 0fgem's offices and they describe it as a sticking plaster, and they say, what do we do? what is the answer?” think they are very aware of these issues. they are very aware of the long—term issues that the energy market faces. thank you for coming in and talking to us. thank you. the world's largest windfarm has officially opened off the coast of cumbria today. the £1 billion walney facility, 12 miles off the coast of barrow—in—furness, is the size of 20,000 football pitches and can generate energy for 600,000 homes. what it needs is some strong wind, and that is coming. sarah keith—lucas is here. we are looking at what is happening in the atlantic? that is right, we are right in the mix —— right in the middle of hurricane atlantic season, so far it has been quiet. casting your mind back to last year, remember major

hurricanes that we had, we had hurricane harvey and hurricane irma, active this time last year, and we are yet to see hurricane maria. it has been a quiet season so far but we are looking at a hurricane at the moment. if you look at the satellite image further south in the atlantic, this is hurricane florence. a beautiful scene on the satellite image but very active too. and big? yes, storm force winds reached 90 miles either side of the eye of the hurricane. a big storm and at the moment it is staying out over the sea. moment it is staying out over the sea. how is it affecting the weather here? this has implications not only for our weather but also forecasting. computer models do not deal well with storms like this. this hurricane has a lot of tropical moisture. a lot of warmth dot. this hurricane has a lot of tropical moisture. a lot of warmth dotfi cannot be sure that the forecast is entirely accurate? we can blame

florence! over the next few days we are relatively set but hurricane florence has computer models which are florence has computer models which a re less certain florence has computer models which are less certain with hurricane is like this inject in 0ver over the next few days, we have low pressure that will be dominating our weather here. things are fairly u nsettled, weather here. things are fairly unsettled, autumnal. no pressure with breezy weather and at times there is rain around as well. later, and into next week, we see more of and into next week, we see more of an influence with hurricane florence. it means there is more uncertainty than normal in our weather forecast as we had through to next week. in general, we are looking at unsettled weather that will continue, especially in the north, and further south largely dry and bright. some sunshine out there today. in dorset, beautiful blue

skies. they will not last all day. more cloud and outbreaks of rain in central parts of england and wales. a combined picture, heavy showers further north but this picture comes from gwynedd in wales. cloud and rain pushing further southwards and eastwards, across england and wales, as we move into the afternoon. further north, sunny spells and heavy showers. down towards the south and south—east of england, we see the bulk of bright and warmer weather. temperatures of 22 degrees in the london region. back with cloud and patches of rain in many counties of central england and in lincolnshire too. brighter skies in northern england and northern ireland. some showers and particularly through central and southern scotland, in the afternoon showers are heavy. thunder mixed in. showers in the north, either way for

a time through the evening, rain clears from the south and east but overnight low pressure develops in the north sea. rain in north—east england and scotland, chilly for most of us. under clear skies, we could see a touch of frost, in most prone and rural spots. turning milder with cloud and rain in eastern scotland, and the north—east of england. it looks like heavy rain on friday eases away early in the day. many parts of the country have a decent looking friday, with a return to sunny skies. these are the winds, breezy for some. temperatures in the region of 16—17d in the north. cooler on eastern coasts. further south, 20 degrees through the day tomorrow. no pressure clearing off towards the east, into saturday, this weather front comes in from the atlantic. it brings in more cloud and rain, for the bulk of england and wales on saturday. stays dry for some southern counties for most of the day. reasonably warm

here. further north, sunny skies, temperatures in the high teens. fast forward to the second half of the weekend, sunday looks to be the brighter day. some showers around, some quite breezy and windy across the far north. temperatures of 16-18d in the far north. temperatures of 16—18d in the north but further south, it is looking that their warmer. temperatures on sunday up to 22 degrees, fairly average for this time of year. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: an inquest rules a hospital's gross failure of care contributed to the death of a toddler in manchester. britain is preparing to confront russia at the united nations security council over its role in the salisbury poisonings. president trump expresses his fury at an anonymous newspaper article describing him as "erratic" and "amoral", as members of his team come out to deny writing the piece. northern ireland assembly members are told their pay will be cut by more than £13,000 — as they are not performing all their functions since the devolved government

collapsed in 2017. and the energy regulator announces a new price cap which it says will benefit 11 million customers in england, wales and scotland — wales and scotland — saving the average customer £75 a year. sport now on afternoon live, with ben croucher. into september, ben, and we're still playing cricket! one more match to go, and whilst england have an unchanged team — there's still been a reshuffle. much of the last few days, simon, has been about alastair cook's retirement and it's sure to be an emotional time when he makes his way out to bat at the oval this weekend. first relief for him — he has been picked for the 161st and last time. but even though it's the same 11 that turned out at southampton, some interesting changes. jonny bairstow the main one. he fractured a finger earlier in the series so couldn't keep in the last match. he's going to take the gloves back from jos buttler. that meansjos buttler will play as a specialist batsman at 7. adil rashid keeps his place

in the team whilst at the top, all—rounder moeen ali will bat at 3 with captainjoe root at his preferred position of 4 — just as it was in the second innings in southampton. and assured in stone and you have to be adaptable, but it is definitely my preferred position. it is further think i will get the best out of myself as a pleasant day captain, so i would have never known that if i didn't give me the opportunity to bat three, and i thought it would give us the best opportunity to win asa team. give us the best opportunity to win as a team. that is obviously change in my mind, so i almost feel it we are ina in my mind, so i almost feel it we are in a better position for having gone through that experience, and you will have to wait and see, it might change again, you never know. england have, of course, already won the five—match series. they lead 3—1. we know that novak djokovicz likes

to play tennis in a sonnet! the temperatures have been in the high 30s for the last couple of weeks. hard enough to sit out in let alone play tennis. roger federer and novak djokovic have both struggled in the last couple of days — as much with the temperatures as the lack of fresh air at court level. the arthur ashe stadium has been redesigned in the last couple of years, and as djokovic beat beat john millman in the quarter finals but both players were visibly uncomfortable. millman at one stage even had to change basically his entire outfit mid—match as he was perspiring so heavily. djokovic said he needed to pack ten t—shirts to get through the match. i asked whether they were using ventilation at court level side and he says he was not aware of it. this tournament needs to address this. it feels like a sauna. wales will be out to avenge last year's world cup qualifying defeat to the republic of ireland when the two meet in cardiff

in the opening uefa nations league match tonight. ireland's1—0 win extinguished wales' hopes of reaching the world cup. it was also chris coleman's last game in charge, and his replacement ryan giggs will face familiar opposition for his first game. i don't think that with the length of time that he has had with the team, i don't think he will be able to make, you know, really sweeping changes as to the approach. i think wales under chris have been very strong. i think that they did currently the year deals. ryan has some experience with manchester united, so that is not a bad start. in terms of how the approach the game, iam really in terms of how the approach the game, i am really not sure. i think brian will have his own ideas. two—time super bowl winner 0si umenyiora says colin kaepernick will go down in history alongside muhammad ali for taking

a stand over his beliefs. kaepernick was the first nfl player to kneel during the national anthem to highlight racial injustice, and he's recently fronted an advertising campaign that has drawn criticism from us president donald trump. as the anthem process to begin with, you have people who understand what it is about, and other people who do not care. all the sea is athletes who are supposed to be making millions of dollars, and they cannot stand that. i think what nikki and: cabinet have done is incredible. nicky might have other motives, but they have taken a stand, and when history looks back at them, they are going to bejudged on the right side of history. and with the nfl season starting this weekend simon — even though kapernick isn't playing for a team at present — he's continuing to make the headlines. more now on news that the un

security council is meeting this afternoon to discuss the salisbury nerve agent attack. it comes a day after uk authorities issued arrest warrants for two russians believed to be connected with the attack. joining me in the studio is vitaliy shevchenko from the russia desk at the bbc‘s monitoring service. so far, we could have written beforehand how the kremlin was going to respond to this. absolutely, it is all very predictable. the russian media have responded with the usual mix of denial and sarcasm. they have retold the accusations coming from london very accurately, but it is accompanied by laughter. 0ne talk—show host, said, i will tell you what they are seeing in london, but just don't you what they are seeing in london, butjust don't laugh. and at the last couple of hours, we have also had from mr skripal‘s knees. last couple of hours, we have also had from mr skripal's knees. she is a frequent presence on russian tv, mainly because she delivers a message that is very consistent with

what the kremlin is saying. today, she said there is absolutely no evidence to confirm russia's involvement. she called to reason make an hysterical women. she says we should have as russian hackers to fit more convincing evidence. there are questions about victoria's credibility. in fact, yulia, said there is a recording of the tee of them recording, and she said, we don't want each year from the again. please don't speak to the russian media. this two, photographs are out of date, they have alias in terms of name. the body be regarded as she was in russia, our body perhaps disappearfor it was in russia, our body perhaps disappear for it well? because let's face it, as a mission, they failed. at the moment, russia is saying their names mean nothing to us, but if you look back at the previous cases of poisoning in the uk, the

people of great britain suspects of poisoning, one of them went on to become an mp. it is not entirely ruled out that one of them, are both of them will emerge and there will bea of them will emerge and there will be a story behind that as well. when you are sitting at the newsdesk, when knew so read the story we is being done in this country, but bossy sense? would you all saying that the bridges have a compelling argument? looking at the whole story from a very wide angle, it seems that the kremlin is pursuing a very long—term strategy, and using these continuous accusations coming its way to its advantage. today and yesterday, we have seen them try and thandi table by retelling the accusations. they try and show

audiences in russia that russia is respected again. even though they are seeing the accusations are false, the implication is that they respect us, the fear us. and domestic work, by coming up with stories that are contradicted, that are not necessarily to, for example, they said that the tee people britain suspects of poisoning skripals, our british actors. that was easily disproved. but this atmosphere created by the russian media, it leaves an audiences in a point ready give up trying what actually happened. we have seen it before, with the accusations of the chemical attacks in this area. we will be watching with some interest. —— the chemical attacks in syria. the pay of northern ireland assembly members' will be cut until a functioning

executive is restored. the announcement was made in the house of commons by the northern ireland secretary —— karen bradley. a lot of people are asking why it took so long. i spent a long time thinking about what the right thing was to do as a package of measures for northern ireland, because clearly 19 months without a government is not good enough for the people of northern ireland. there is a suite of options available to me, and i set out a plan of a number of things i'm going to do, and including is that is cutting of. let's be clear, it is cutting of. let's be clear, it is cutting people's salary, it is not something i'd do it lately, and i wa nted something i'd do it lately, and i wanted to make sure it gives the best incentives and opportunity from m las to best incentives and opportunity from mlas to get back behind their desk and form a government. there are cuts and there are cats. the idea behind this is to focus minds? we asked a specialist to look into

this. he made recommendations, because clearly, mlas do more than just it worked in stormont. it is proper and right that we should reflect that. we're not cutting any of the pay of the staff of mlas, who worked incredibly hard for their constituents. but we do want to reflect the fact that because that is not assembly, the opportunities to scrutinise and debate, paid should reflect that fact. and you don't want to see new elections?” think that having elections at this time is not the way to get the parties back around the table, it is not the way to get the government power. they tend to focus minds on campaigning and can be quite divisive. what i need to cs to get power—sharing working together is to get those parties working together, andi get those parties working together, and i don't believe an election is the right thing to do at this stage. they have any confidence at all that stormont to get back to your

workable positions soon? yes, i do. we have seen a low—level communication between the parties. i believe that the parties do want to come back into stormont. there are some significant issues, but we came very close in february to finding a deal, and accommodation, and i think thatis deal, and accommodation, and i think that is in grass. while it is, i wa nt to that is in grass. while it is, i want to do everything i can to find it to happen. a quick comment about one of your colleagues are loving a document to be photographed once again. mistakes happen, accidents happen. i'm sure my colleague is very sorry for that, but the important point is that we are getting on and doing the planning appropriate for brexit. thank you for your time. jamie is here — in a moment he will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines

on afternoon live the missed opportunities to save kaden: an inquest rules a hospital's gross failure of care contributed to the death of the toddler in manchester. britain prepares to confront russia at the united nations security council over its role in the salisbury poisonings. and president trump gets angry — as members of his team deny writing an anonymous newspaper article that described him as "erratic" and "amoral". here's your business headlines on afternoon live. an energy bill price cap of £1,136 a year for "typical usage" has been proposed by the energy regulator, 0fgem. it says the move will mean 11 million households on default deals will save about £75 on average, although the amount households could save will depend on their usage and supplier. we'll have market reaction to the news shortly. how many people have problem debt? according to the national audit office, it could be as many as 8.3 million, and about a tenth of those may suffer mental health problems as a result. it says the government's failure to tackle problem debt is costing millions. british luxury goods maker burberry will stop the practice of burning unsold goods

with immediate effect. injuly, an earnings report revealed the company had destroyed unsold clothes, accessories and perfume worth £29m in 2017 to protect its brand. it will also stop using real fur. let's talk about president trump, but in terms of international trade and india. how would those chats going? come has been trying to talk to india about trade for quite some time, and it has run into a number of problems. and he has been fairly rude about certain members, which has severed relations. ntl wants to doa has severed relations. ntl wants to do a defence deal with russia, so they are not very happy with that.

there are also sanctions with iran, and india would rather like to get oilfrom van. and india would rather like to get oil from van. whereas and india would rather like to get oilfrom van. whereas in the past they have been able to get on very well, it is not working quite so well, it is not working quite so well with michael trump. us defence secretaryjim mattis and secretary of state mike pompeo are visiting india to hold strategic talks on military and trade deals. let's talk about the chinese talks. we have got some figures here. the consultation ends today about what mrtrump is going consultation ends today about what mr trump is going to put in the bay of tariffs on chinese imports. £200 billion is proposed. if that goes ahead, the total amount of imported goods, 260 billion, which is about

half of all the imports... it is not going to change, is it? somebody has been kept under a desk, i can see! the chinese, and response, i'd likely to put about 60 billion. but the chinese have fewer imports, about £130 billion, so about halfway there in terms of putting on imports. let's go over to our north america business correspondent. she is back! i have missed you both so much. it is lovely to be back. can they talk about serious stuff? let's talk about trade. what are the

chances they are going to put this ta riffs chances they are going to put this tariffs on? as you pointed out, the numbers are absolutely staggering, when you think about just how much ofa when you think about just how much of a tariff that mr trump really wants to see imposed on what china puts into the united states. the su will be, what will china do in retaliation if does tallis. anywhere between 10% to 25% coming into the united states. if it happened, it would be a really significant and open upa would be a really significant and open up a trade war, and it would become a lot more serious, and it was sad to have an impact elsewhere brandywell. the impact on american stocks, american economy, . .. brandywell. the impact on american stocks, american economy,... we have

seen stocks, american economy,... we have seen taxes that are pasty economy ahead. what are the challenges of this putting the whole thing into reverse ? this putting the whole thing into reverse? that could absolutely happen, and these kind of trade in packs are trade discussions are having an impact on the trade discussions happening elsewhere. the north american free trade agreement is being renegotiated right now. as we know, we have seen that united states has already sided with mexico, so it is really a matter of canada jumping on that. but there are still really big differences that exist between the two countries. and just a kind of language, the kind of things we have been healing from the united states and canada, and you take into account all the trade skirmishes happening, it looks for some really tough times in the international trade business. but i really expect

in today? any particular announcements? while they be put after next week? in terms of the united states trade representative 's tallis on china, which you'd hear something about that today. everyone here will certainly want to hear about that. sammy, where have you been? i have been on maternity leave. i have a second baby girl. fabulous news. congratulations what is her name? her name is martine. send our love to martine. thank you so send our love to martine. thank you so much! that us talk about markets instead, and manly stuff. one of the uk's leading female scientists

is to donate her £2 million science prize to help women, ethnic minority and refugee students to study physics. professor damejocelyn bell—burnell was part of a team who discovered radio pulsars more than 50 years ago. but her contribution went unrecognised at the time. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh, reports. 50 years ag,o professor bell burnell discovered a new type of star, that emits pulses of radiation. the work received the nobel prize for physics in 1974, but it was her male colleagues, not her, that were named as the winners. the award of the breakthrough prize for her work in part writes for her work in part rights what many see of a great injustice and now she wants to use the prize money to fund a scholarship to get more female and black physics students into research jobs. i hope it will increase the flexibility of thinking, the openness to new ideas, new results, new ways of doing things.

i hope that that will enable other breakthroughs in physics, because we have a more diverse body. black and female students are underrepresented in physics research. in 2016, more than three times as many boys studied a—level physics than girls. in the same year, the number of black first—year undergraduates was just 85, 1.7% of the total intake, half of what it should be. today, we're talking about velocity. female and black applicants for research jobs face an unconscious bias against them according to the professor. scholarship could counterbalance that unintended discrimination. we want physics to matter to everybody, we want physics to be important in everybody‘s lives and we want everybody to feel there's an opportunity for them in physics no matter what their background and where they come from. professor bell burnell became one

of the greatest scientists of their generation, against the odds. and now she wants her scholarship to help others in a similar position to follow in her footsteps. from the hoverboard in back to the future — to han solo's jacket from star wars — hundreds of pieces of film memorabilia are going under the hammer later this month at a major auction in london. before that though, members of the public can see the items at a free exhibition. lauren moss has been to take a look. among hundreds of original items going under the hammer. it is a film lover's paradise. the actually come from all over the world and all

different sources. we spent a whole year to rating this collection in readiness for the arctic. and it is ha rd readiness for the arctic. and it is hard work. 600 items including costu mes hard work. 600 items including costumes and scripts and photographs will be auctioned later this month in london. those who can afford to dig deep can also bid on line. this collection is worth over £3.5 million, from the harbour board from back to the future, to the fedora from indiana jones. but the big auction this year, is this jacket from star wars, valued at £1 million. it is a way of owning a piece of navy has to become abetted also feels like a tangible link to your favourite films, your favourite characters. these are wild to be a skip into. there is something about

having a piece of that fantasy that you can hold in your hand. it is kind of magic. some of the money race can go to charity, and the rest to the owners who have donated their prized possessions. the auction is held on the 20th of september. the bidders are hoping the force will be with them. time for a look at the weather. it has been back to school and back to work for many this week, and the weather is back to something typical for the time of year. rain in the forecasts over the next couple of days, but sunshine to enjoy for some of us. that this ain't seen everywhere. this is the satellite and greater, and it shows more cloud and greater, and it shows more cloud and rain over parts of wales and western england. this is how things are looking... low cloud and russell

around because mac. the bulk of the wet weather will carry on eastwards. a few showerss in england. their bodyis a few showerss in england. their body is catching of showers and more frequent showers and central parts of scotla nd frequent showers and central parts of scotland coming in on that breeze from the north—west. equally, brightness as we ended the day in the north. 0vernight, the bulk of the north. 0vernight, the bulk of the rain works away from southern and eastern parts of england, but low pressure will develop in the north—east. it's chilly night. on friday morning, temperatures well down into single figures, but with that developing area of low pressure tomorrow morning, all eyes on the north—east of england and eastern scotland, because we could see some potentially heavy bursts of rain rotating around the north sea. most places will have a dry and fairly

bright day. there will be a bit of sunshine a bland, but it is across northern and eastern scotland and north—east england that you will see cloud and rain. as we head to the latter pa rt cloud and rain. as we head to the latter part of friday and into saturday, though pressure moves away towards the east, but weather front come in from the atlantic. saturday will be soggy for the bulk of england and wales. it may well stay dry in the far side, but for much of the day, temperatures ever and 20 degrees. further north, temperatures in the high teens. a brighter day on sunday, still some showers moving in westerly across the country. a breezy field to the weather, but it will be warmer. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at three... puttin' the boot in: britain will shortly confront russia in the united nations security council over its role in the salisbury poisonings.

the missed opportunities to save kayden: an inquest rules a hospital's gross failure of care contributed to the death of the toddler in manchester. as soon as he died, we launched a vigorous and wide—ranging investigation to establish what had happened and put in place measures to ensure that this does not happen again. trump in a hump: the president gets angry — as members of his team deny writing an anonymous newspaper article that described him as "erratic" and "amoral". a leaked treasury document reveals the government expects its departments to make cuts to prepare for a brexit ‘no—deal.‘ coming up on afternoon live — all the sport... what's coming up? jonny bairstow, in england cricket, he has recovered from a fractured finger with an unchanged team at the 0val, giroud is batting at four, moeen ali at number three. -- joe root. and a look at the weather, with sarah

keith—lucas... look at the weather, with sarah keith-lucas. .. simon, a look at the weather, with sarah keith-lucas... simon, a real autumnal mix of weather at there today. heavy showers, light and drizzly rain. but also some sunshine too. all of the details in 30 minutes. thanks, sarah. also coming up — a tragic accident: the cranberries front woman dolores 0'riordan drowned in her bath after drinking too much. we'll hear more from the coroner's court hearing — on what would have been her 47th birthday. hello everyone, this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. russian president vladimir putin must take responsibility for the salisbury novichok attack, security minister ben wallace has told the bbc. the kremlin, which denies involvement in the poisoning of sergei and yulia skipal, said it was "unacceptable" to make accusations against the leadership. the uk will confront russia shortly at the un security council where the arrest warrants it has issued for two suspects will be discussed.

richard galpin reports. the revelation these two russian nationals are the prime suspects in the attempted poisoning of sergei skripal and his daughter yulia in salisbury has led to an increasingly angry response from the government here. this is cctv footage obtained by the police, showing the two men coming to britain, in early march. and on the day of the attack, walking along this road close to the house of mr skripal, where the nerve agent was smeared on the door handle. all of this providing important evidence. the government has also announced that they were agents of this organisation, the russian military intelligence agency — also known as the gru. it sees itself as a war fighting instrument with special forces in its ranks. is it possible its operations, including assassination attempt, could go ahead without the approval of vladimir putin? he's the president of

the russian federation. he's in charge, just like our prime minister is, accountable for her intelligence services. he is accountable for them, the gru is a major intelligence service belonging to the military who answers to the defence minister who answers to president putin. he is ultimately responsible for the actions of his government. from moscow today, very robust denials. the foreign ministry spokesman said that the whole story was invented and was meant to punish russia by sanctions. russian state tv described it as... but, those denials are not being taken seriously by the authorities here, with the intelligence agencies including mi6 now passed by the government to step up their efforts to counter the activities of russian spies, particularly from the gru. and at the united nations security

council later today, there will be a diplomatic push by britain to try to increase pressure on the kremlin. the government also wants more sanctions to be imposed. richard galpin, bbc news. joining me now is sir andrew wood, british ambassador to russia from 1995—2000. we know what the kremlin is saying, they say this is all made up but on they say this is all made up but on the face of it it looks as though britain has russia bang to rights? absolutely, you would expect the kremlin to say that and that they never asked us to investigate and cooperate with us. which we have done before. that was futile. it would be more futile this time. so nothing concrete will come out of what happens at the un and, most importantly, of the two men

responsible, as far as the british are concerned, they will never face justice? unless they are unwise enough to leave russia, there are plenty of people who would like to see them brought to justice and not just in this country. it is possible that they will have some sort of punishment for carelessness in russia. 0n the other hand... punishment for carelessness in russia. on the other hand... you do not think they will be rewarded for it? their predecessors were awarded with medals, not for what they did to alexander litvinenko but in the light of that. they succeeded in that mission. this was a botched mission? yes, but his companion left plenty of polonium and the place. —— around the place. you talk about retaliation by the uk, and the united states, they have, in the past, stood shoulder to shoulder with the uk, europe and the eu less

so. with the uk, europe and the eu less so. does that surprise you? umm. .. no. the policy from the united states is that russia is inherently muddled. because of the alleged and demonstrated russian interference and inaction. 0ne demonstrated russian interference and inaction. one is never quite sure what will exactly come out of the white house, and in a way, congress is over that by making it much stricter. we will all be focusing on the theatre, if you like, as to what happens at the un, any finger—pointing. behind the scenes, what is going on, in the diplomatic circles, is the anger, the genuine anger that the british have. will that be reflected in moscow? will they get a sense of how angry we are? yes, i believe that they will. although, at a very

senior level, they are extremely bad at judging senior level, they are extremely bad atjudging reactions in other countries. there are plenty of people who have a good range of reasons to be angry with russia. and, interestingly enough, the russian people themselves are beginning to react against what they see as excessive concentration on foreign countries and a neglect on domestic affairs. you are hearing that? yes. carry that through and at some point vladimir putin will have to change his policy, or...? it would be difficult for him to change because he has put himself in a bind. any change he makes in the direction of liberalisation was in russia, that is essential, it will bea russia, that is essential, it will be a healthy economic change. that could put him in danger, he does not know what the reaction would be and because he has, in his eyes, gorbachev lost everything because he did just that but on the other hand, the growth rate of about 1% in

prospect over the next six, seven or eight years, that is very poor for a country like russia, which is falling behind already. he is having difficulties, i think. i could falling behind already. he is having difficulties, ithink. i could talk to you for a longer, but i don't have time and partly because you need a glass of water. thank you. urgent enforcement action is being taken against shrewsbury and telford hospital trust after an unannounced inspection revealed widespread concerns about the quality of patient care and safety. the nhs regulator — the care quality commission raised serious concerns about staff shortages and patients — particularly in a&e — being treated in inappropriate areas. joining us now is our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan. mike, this looks very serious on the surface? indeed it is. it is not unprecedented, but it is serious. it shows the level of concern is that regulators have about this particular trust, which is under an enormous amount of scrutiny and pressure anyway. the care quality

commission made an unannounced inspection to have this shrewsbury and telford trust towards the end of last month. when they were there, they found a number of problems. there were patients that were being treated in an inappropriate setting, staff were told —— staff told inspectors that they fell patients we re inspectors that they fell patients were being treated like cattle in an undignified fashion. they were approached by patients, when there we re approached by patients, when there were no staff around to help them. it is the crux of the problem that the trust has, it does not have enough consultants, it does not have enough consultants, it does not have enoughjunior doctors, enough consultants, it does not have enough junior doctors, particularly in its a&e departments in telford and shrewsbury, which has meant it has not, for well over a year, met its four—hour waiting target. it has had ambulances queueing up for well over an hour on multiple occasions, trying to get patients to actually

get into the hospital. problems have been mounting, the trust and local commission have been concerned, and the regulator has decided to act. urgent enforcement action. 0ther than bussing in doctors and nurses, what can they do? this is the interesting thing, there is little detail on what the ctc can do. earlier on, it in the summer, there was a meeting between the trust and providers in the local west midlands area, where they effectively said, can you give us any staff to help? the answer at the meeting was— no, they can't. the ctc taking this action will allow them to help. they have not given those details yet. we have not given those details yet. we have not given those details yet. we have not heard from the trust what their response will be that this trust is already under a lot of pressure because dozens of families are alleging that mistakes in the trust maternity services over a number of years led to the

preve nta ble number of years led to the preventable deaths, or preventable injuries, like rain injuries of their children. 0n injuries, like rain injuries of their children. on one hand there are significant problems on the maternity unit —— brain injuries. and the announcement by the care quality commission of this urgent enforcement action, it looks as though the trust has multiple problems in its a&e department as well. michael buchanan, thank you very much. a "gross failure" of care and "hospital neglect" led to the death of 20—month—old kayden urmston—bancroft an inquest has found. kayden had been waiting for an operation at royal manchester children's hospital to repair a hernia — when he suffered a cardiac arrest. he died two days later. a coroner said there had been ‘missed opportunities‘ to save his life. from the inquest, here‘s our health correspondent, dominic hughes. kayden bancroft was just 20 months old when injured in a fall in april 2016. when it became clear he needed surgery for a hernia in his diaphragm, he was transferred to the royal manchester children‘s children‘s hospital —

but despite being placed on a list of patients requiring emergency surgery, his operation never went ahead. three days after being admitted, the toddler suffered a devastating cardiac arrest, from which he never recovered. an inquest into his death held in manchester found that a shortage of beds at one of the leading children‘s hospitals in the uk meant that the operation kayden needed was repeatedly put off. this inquest was told his mother shannon bancroft was said to be very upset at the continuing delays to her son‘s surgery but she was reassured by doctors that her son remained well. speaking to the bbc last year, kayden‘s grandmother said his family were deeply concerned about the care that he was receiving. his care was appalling, he was basically put into a room and left. and all we got nearly every day was — he‘s not having the operation today, he‘s not having the operation today. the court heard that nurses at the hospital repeatedly raised concerns over his condition with surgeons — but apparent confusion and poor communication

over who should request a high dependency unit bed for kayden and who should carry out his procedure meant the operation was continually delayed. the hospital has accepted serious mistakes were made in the care of kayden and said that steps have been taken to make improvements, following the toddler‘s death. we offer our sincere condolences to kayden‘s family and profound apologies for the lapse in standards that led to his death. the trust accepts the findings and conclusions of the coroner. poor communication, confusion had missed opportunities — with devastating results for one family. a leaked treasury document has revealed that the government expects its departments to make cuts in other spending to prepare for a brexit no deal. the treasury contingency planning, codenamed "0peration yellowhammer" suggests that departments should be looking forfunding "through the normal channels", further clarifying "their first call should be internal reprioritisation. the document was photographed in the hands of the treasury minister,

john glen, on his way out of the cabinet office. we can cross now to westminster and speak to our political correspondent — chris mason. why yellowhammer, do we know? as i‘m sure you are aware, the yellowhammer isa sure you are aware, the yellowhammer is a eurasian bird recently introduced to australia and new zealand and is yellow. that is according to my little search moments ago, but as to why they decided to call this particular operation by that name, i‘m not sure. it could, though, turn into the whitehall category earth project 0ops, this revolves around an enterprising photographer in these parts who stands in downing street with his super camera and saps the picture of ministers leaving and

entering downing street, and more than often than you would imagine, they leave with their secrets and confidential documents on full display! it has happened several times before involving politicians, policeman and goodness knows who else. at one point there was a notice on the inside of some departments at whitehall saying to make sure that your stuff is inside a bag, words to that effect. now the treasury minister has found himself in breach of that big protocol, and the document has given us a little insight into no deal planning. there is nothing in it that is draw dropping, any responsible government is preparing for this eventuality, but it shows concern surrounding aviation or, as you were saying, government spending priorities and blu ntly, government spending priorities and bluntly, to decode that whitehall language you were using moments ago, the fact that they are asking departments and looking for spending cuts to channel that money in the direction of no deal planning, and a little earlier on, as though to rub

salt in the wounds of some embarrassment at whitehall, it turned out there were those in whitehall checking the extent to which the photo had gone round and round on social media. and they managed to tweak their search, rather than have their search remaining private. some blushes but they would say that the fundamental insight into what we‘ve had into something that would have remained private is unsurprising and the sort of preparation that they should be doing, they would argue.” of preparation that they should be doing, they would argue. i worked with steve back for years and he a lwa ys with steve back for years and he always says that they never learn. speaking of strange things that happened, someone was out for lunch with the chief whip today that the worst person to bump into after that was worst person to bump into after that worst person to bump into after that was you! we got wind, courtesy of one of my colleagues, seeing boris johnson going into a posh italian restau ra nt johnson going into a posh italian restaurant at westminster. boris johnson was at this posh italian restau ra nt johnson was at this posh italian restaurant in westminster and i was ata restaurant in westminster and i was

at a loose end, so i loitered outside the restaurant, hoping that he would not be in for a six course spectacular finishing at 10:50pm this evening! as diners were coming out i was treated to a running commentary as to how far through his main course he was. i was able to establish that he was there and his bike was padlocked outside, brilliant, more time to question him when he leaves! and he was in there with the chief whip, the guy in charge of government discipline and ensuring that they get all of their votes through women know that boris johnson in his columns in the telegraph was keen to put through his ideas on the prime minister ‘s brexit plans —— through and we know. i thought that i would ask him about this article when he trundled up the stairs a few minutes ago... has he bought your silence? sorry... hello, is ch uckles

-- is —— is chequers dead? -- is chequers dead? how much support do you have from the grassroots? this time next week will you be at the front of this new plan? i can't have lunch in the same place! what was the mood at the meeting? what are you doing about chequers, boris? have you got a plan, have you got ideas? could you reassure the chief whip about being on message? mildly theatrical and not remotely insightful is probably the honest assessment of myjournalistic endeavours there. he left the restau ra nt endeavours there. he left the restaurant with a hard hat on, i asked him before that video as to whether that was a requirement, when you are boris johnson whether that was a requirement, when you are borisjohnson and having lunch with the chief whip. it got a small but not many words. but, as you know, we can but try! full marks on doing exactly that! well, thank you very much. you better have lunch yourself now! chris mason, thank you. chuckles the pay of northern ireland assembly

members‘ will be cut until a functioning executive is restored. the devolved government collapsed in early 2017. the announcement was made in the house of commons by the northern ireland secretary, karen bradley. in the last half hour, i asked her why she felt now was the right time to make this decision. well, i have spent a long time thinking about what was the right thing to do, as a package of measures for the people of northern ireland. quite clearly, 19 months without governance is not good and not good enough for the people of northern ireland. they deserve better. there is a suite of options available to me and i set out to plan today a number of things i‘m going to do. including that is the cutting of mla pay, that is cutting people salary, not a decision that one takes lightly and i wanted to make sure that it is at a time where there is the best incentive and opportunity for mlas to use this time to get back around the table and get back into storm and and form

and get back into storm and and form a devolved government. it is going down from 49,500 to 30 8000. this is to focus minds, is it? we asked a specialist to look into this, he made recommendations. clearly mlas do more than their work in stormont on legislator, they do work for their constituents and it is proper that we should reflect that. we are not affecting or any cutting pay at the staff of the mlas who work incredibly hard for their constituents daily. but we want to reflect the fact that because there is no assembly, and because there are no opportunities to scrutinise and debate, that pay should reflect that. and you don't want new elections? i think having elections at this time is not the way to get parties around the table and people back into government. they tend to focus minds on campaigning and can be divisive. what i need to see, to

get power—sharing working again, is parties working together. i do not believe an election, that would be a considerable amount of public money, is the right thing to do at this stage. do you have any confidence at all that storm and could get back to all that storm and could get back to a workable position soon? yes, i do. we have seen low—level communication between parties. i believe that the parties want to come back into storm on. there are significant issues but we became close in february to finding a dealand we became close in february to finding a deal and finding accommodation. i believe that is within grasp and when there, i want to do everything i can to make that happen. donald trump has described as "gutless" the person in his adminstration who has written an anonymous editorial in the new york times claiming the us president is amoral and that senior officials within the trump administration are "actively working to protect the country from the president‘s worst inclinations". vice—president mike pence has dismissed speculation that he was the author. it comes after excerpts form a book on the trump white house by bob woodward quote senior aides calling the president an idiot and a liar.

0ur washington correspondent chris buckler reports. each day seems to bring new claims about what‘s happening behind the doors of this white house, and the unconventional president in charge here. the new york times says it was a senior official in donald trump‘s own administration who wrote its damning opinion piece, although the author insisted on remaining anonymous. they claim the president‘s leadership style is impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective. that many are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his own agenda and his worst inclinations, and that the root of the problem is the president‘s amorality. and god bless you, and thank you, mr president. mr trump was meeting a group of sheriffs when he was forced to answer questions about keeping control, in what‘s being painted as a lawless white house. if the failing new york times has an anonymous editorial — can you believe it — anonymous, meaning gutless,

a gutless editorial. we‘re doing a greatjob. the poll numbers are through the roof, our poll numbers are great, and guess what — nobody is going to come close to beating me in 2020, because of what we‘ve done. but fear, a new book written by bob woodward, one of the journalists who exposed the watergate scandal, is making similar allegations — that many are working to protect america from its president. the anonymous official quoted in the new york times expresses concern about mr trump‘s preference for leaders like kim jong—un and vladimir putin over america‘s traditional allies, and claims that the president resisted attempts to take action against russia after the poisoning of a former spy in the uk. in a furious statement, the white house press secretary sarah sanders said about the official who wrote the article, this coward should do the right thing and resign. but the new york times said it was proud to have published the piece,

which it insisted gave the public a real insight into the workings of the trump administration from someone in a position to know. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. mike pompeo, questioned on a visit to new delhi, criticised the report in the new york times and said he had nothing to do with it. where you the author of that, can you comment on it? —— were you the author of that? so, it should not surprise anyone that the new york times, a liberal newspaper that has attacked this administration relentlessly, chose to print such a piece. and if that peace is true, if accurate and actually as they described, a senior administration official, they should not well have

chosen to take a disgruntled, deceptive, bad actors word for anything. and, put it in the newspaper. it is sad, more than anything else. that our nation has come to wear, if it is what it is purported to be, it is sad that you have someone who would make that choice. i come from a place where if you are not in a position to execute the commanders wish, you have a singular option, to leave. this person has said, according to the new york times, chose not only to state but to undermine what president trump and this administration are trying to do. i have to tell you, i find the media's efforts in this regard, to undermine the administration, incredibly disturbing. and i will answer your other question directly, some would say gosh, you did not answer the

question. it is not mine. mike pompeo there. dolores 0‘riordan, the lead singer of the cranberries, died by drowining due to alcohol intoxication an inquest has heard. the irish musician, who was 46, was found at a hotel in london injanuary. the coroner ruled that her death was a "tragic accident". 0ur correspondent richard lister has been following the hearing at westminster coroner‘s court. well, it is a sad irony that today would have been dolores 0‘riordan‘s 47th birthday. with the cranberries she sold tens of millions of records around the globe. herfame and fortune concentrated mostly in the 19905. fortune concentrated mostly in the 1990s. the court heard her, described today, as a charismatic woman and fiery performer but the coroner also said she had had a difficult life in many ways. that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and the court heard too that she had battled intermittent problems with alcohol abuse. her body was found in the bath of her

hotel room in the park lane hilton in london, she had been in the city for a recording session. there was evidence she consumed quite a lot of alcohol before her death. the court heard there were empty alcohol containers in her room. the toxicology report said that her blood—alcohol level was actually four times the legal limit for driving, and at a level that could have made her pass out. the postmortem examination gave the cause of her death as drowning due to alcohol intoxication. the coroner, doctor shirley radcliffe, said there was no evidence that she intended to take her own life, and that her treatment for bipolar disorder had been going well. she continued it, she had seen a psychiatrist a few days before and he saw nothing remiss in her condition. the coroner concluded that her death was as a result of a tragic accident and her brother, mother and sister—in—law were all in the court behind me to hear these proceedings today. they gave no reaction to these findings, other than to say that they were relieved

that this was all over. an earthquake in northern japan has left at least eight people dead. dozens more are missing. the tremor, on hokkaido island, caused a series of landslides. rescuers fear people have been trapped inside their homes. 0nly days ago, japan was hit by a powerful typhoon which claimed ten lives. now it‘s time for a look at the weather, with sarah keith lucas. good afternoon. a mixed picture out there so far today. sunshine and showers moving in from the north. more cloud further south. in the far south of england, keeping sunshine. this picture from one of our weather watchers. through into the evening, more cloud and rain in parts of eastern england. sky is clear with fairly cool and northerly breeze is for most of us but with low pressure in the north sea, some outbreaks of rain. in eastern scotland into north—east england overnight, a chilly night to come. temperatures in single figures, chilly in the countryside with a few places with a

frost. 0n countryside with a few places with a frost. on thursday and friday, rain in parts of northern and eastern scotland. north—east england too. that will ease through the day. most places with a lot of dry, bright and breezy weather. temperatures between 15 in newcastle to 19. an unsettled outlook for the weekend. soggy weather on saturday. but for most of us, bright and breezy on sunday. goodbye. breezy field to the weather, but it will be warmer. this is bbc news — our latest headlines.

tensions increase between the uk and russia over the salisbury novichok poisoning after the uk‘s security minister says ultimately president putin is responsible. a gross failure of care by a hospital contributed to the death of a toddler in manchester rules an inquest. president trump expresses his fury at an anonymous newspaper article describing him as "erratic" and "amoral", as members of his team come out to deny writing the piece. urgent enforcement action is being taken against shrewsbury and telford hospital trust after an unannounced inspection revealed widespread concerns about the quality of patient care and safety. and a leaked treasury document reveals the government expects its departments to make cuts to prepare for a brexit ‘no—deal.‘ sport now on afternoon live with ben croucher. with the series won — england‘s selectors had the chance to make a few changes for the final test against india.

so have they? in a word, no! it would have been nice maybe to see a new face or two but england have decided against any changes in personnel for the oval — there are however a few tweaks within the 11. one at wicketkeeper, where jonny bairstow will take the gloves back from jos buttler. bairstow fractured his finger in the third test so played as a specialist batsman in southampton last time out. he‘s going to drop down to 5 as england‘s batting order this is how we expect them to look. cook opening in his last test with keatonjennings. moeen ali bats at 3 — where he scored a double century for worcestershire a couple of weeks ago. captainjoe root drops to four — his preffered position. nothing is set in stone, and you have to be adaptable, but it is definitely my preferred position. it is where i think i will get the best out of myself as a captain,

so i would have never known that if i didn‘t give me the opportunity to bat three, and i thought it would give us the best opportunity to win as a team. that have obviously changed in my mind, so i almost feel it we are in a better position for having gone through that experience, and you will have to wait and see, it might change again, you never know. root is only averaging 27 in the series so far — scoring less than 200 runs in seven innings. england have already won the series though simon with an unassailable 3—1 lead. next time i played tennis, how many ships to ipaq? an athlete like you, sure only a couple would suffice. that demon serve of yours will keep the points short. novak djokovic says he needs 10 shirts he‘s sweating so heavily. most of the pros are struggling, and they‘re not happy. not so much with the heat — but mainly that they‘re finding it hard to breathe at court level as the airflow in the stadium isn‘t great. novak djokovic has called on organisers to do more

to help them, saying it‘s as bad as he‘s known it. at one stage during his quarter final with john millman, the australian had to leave court mid match to change practically his entire outfit. i asked whether they were using ventilation at court level side and he says he was not aware of it. this tournament needs to address this. it feels like a sauna. for nfl fans, the drought is over. the new season starts tonight — with super bowl champions the philadelphia eagles taking on the atlanta falcons. much of the talk in the locker room will undoubedtly be about this man — colin kaepernick. the quarterback, who protested against racial injustice, is the face of a new nike advertising campaign. it‘s fair to say the choice has divided opinion in america. serena williams says it‘s a brave move by the sportswear giant.

having a huge company back him through what could be a controversial reason for this company, but they are not afraid, andi company, but they are not afraid, and i feel that was very powerful statement to a lot of other companies. slovenian primoz roglic has moved into the lead of the tour of britain after team lotto nl yumbo won the race s first—ever team time trial. roglic now has an overall lead overjulian alaphilippe and bobjungels by six and 16 seconds respectively. team sky finished fourth in the time trial from cockermouth to whinlatter pass in the lake district, and that left their lead rider wout poels fifth overall. that‘s all the sport for now. the energy regulator, 0fgem, has announced plans for a cap

on some energy bills — which it says could save 11 million people an average of 75 pounds a year. the proposals will only affect customers on standard variable tariffs in england, wales and scotland. as our business correspondent theo leggett reports. around 11 million households are currently on default tallis, which can be expensive, either because they have never switched supplier, because the cheaper has run out. it wa nts to ca p because the cheaper has run out. it wants to cap what people pay is 1136

a year. the actual amount people save bulk depend on the amount they are using and the amount they are paying. we cannot control the underlying cost of energy, what it cost to produce. what we can assure anyfamily is cost to produce. what we can assure any family is that they will pay a fair price, that if costs rise or fall, the price couple are just transparently and automatically to reflect that. many consumers simply seem reflect that. many consumers simply seem confused by the range of energy ta riffs seem confused by the range of energy tariffs in an offer, so is a price cap the answer? these people and st albans cap the answer? these people and st alba ns and certainly cap the answer? these people and st albans and certainly seem to think so. albans and certainly seem to think so. we may get it cheaper,. i am not interested in swapping around to different providers, it is too much ha rd different providers, it is too much hard work. if you don't want all the hassle of changing, given inevitably going to pay more. but energy suppliers say capping the most expensive tariffs may mean consumers and other deals end up paying more.

it is going to be challenging. we are ina it is going to be challenging. we are in a volatile market with prices going up anyway, and we have got to look really carefully at what this is going to do to competition. we pay massive amounts of ground in terms of mayans of households watching recently, and we want that to continue. i‘m a little bit worried about how that is going to play out now. consumer groups have also given the plans a lukewarm response. they have pointed out that while £75 a year may sound like a lots of money, you can meet much bigger savings simply by shopping around. we can now speak to dale vince, founder of ecotricity, the oldest independant energy company in the uk. do you privately agree with what 0fgem are doing? do you privately agree with what ofgem are doing? i agree with the aim, which is to enterprise

sketching, where companies are offering loss leading tallis to gain a customer and at the end of that, the usually put them on a higher price of variable tariff, so you have one group of customers at subsidising another group. i think that song. i think they really are doing it is a. i think to set an absolute prices fought with the risk. we have seen it already. there has been a prize price cap per prepayment meters for the year, so there is no competition there. i think actually the easy way to do it with debbie have regulation that makes companies behave in the way rather like we do, which isjust makes companies behave in the way rather like we do, which is just to have one tariff. if you have one tariff and one price, you‘re not abusing your customers. abusing customers, that is quite a claim. as

i tried to explain, companies have a group of customers that are paying a lot more for the same energy as a different group of customers, and so they are subsidising. david today new customers with loss leading prices, and they pay for that through the bills of other customers who have been with them for a long time to stop and ijust think who have been with them for a long time to stop and i just think that it‘s wrong. it is essentially the same product. companies only need one nike for the same product. the abuse is wrong, the idea of fixing it is right, ijust don‘t think it is working. but this is down to consumers. if they feel they are being abused, they just consumers. if they feel they are being abused, theyjust go to another supplier who is offering that cheap deal. that should be the answer, but what we have now is a state regulated industry. where else in the british economy have you seen the government set the prices? i think it is quite exceptional. we have an energy market that is not an

nationalise and not privatise, but somewhere in the middle. what would you do? is this empowered the big companies more, does this mean you might geta companies more, does this mean you might get a break?” companies more, does this mean you might get a break? i think it is going to reduce competition because it will reduce people‘s incentive to shop around. as somebody earlier in europe programme, the very cheapest deals will become more expensive. i don‘t think that is sombre, because they are loss leading, they are at a false price. typical prices will now, less than the price cap. they will be less to differentiate between companies on price, and less reason for people to shop around. good of you to join us. in a historic decision, india‘s supreme court has ruled that gay sex is no longer a criminal offence in the country. there were emotional scenes outisde court as judges said a controversial law, dating from colonial times,

which criminalised the activity, was irrational and arbitrary. divya arya sent this report from delhi. hip hip. crowd: hurray. victory, finally. the gay community is celebrating that they cannot be punished for their sexual choice any more. here, outside the supreme court, there‘s been excitement and anticipation since morning. a large number of people from the lgbt community, activists and lawyers, have been gathering here and there is a huge presence of media. everyone waiting for the final judgment and when it came there were loud cheers. thank you, supreme court. sex between two consenting adults in private is now legal in the country. i haven‘t come out to my parents so i‘m going to do that tonight. this was a huge turn of events. i didn‘t really expect the whole... ijust came here to listen to whatever the verdict was and now i‘m out. we've had the police

stop us because we're doing something illegal. we've had so many cases against people who are homosexual, who have been told you will be put into jail because you engaged in such an illegal act, so i think we don't have that any more, so we are really happy with that. activists say that there were hardly any convictions under the law and it was mainly used to create a sense of fear amongst the community. the law was introduced in india by the british during the colonial era, and though britain itself decriminalised homosexuality 50 years back, it has taken much longer for the lgbt community to get rid of it in india. it means that we‘re on the map. the world perception is going to change. now the doors are going to kick open. whether it‘s first at first a fundamental human rights issue to then later it being a tourism and more capitalistic issue, it‘s just time that we realised

that the lgbtq community should not live in the shadows or the fringe any more. the community says this is more than just a legal victory, as it will help in fighting the wider battle of social stigma and homophobia. divya arya, bbc news, delhi. an indian—registered ship that‘s been impounded in an english port for more than two years is finally on the verge of being sold. the malaviya twenty has been stuck in great yarmouth in norfolk sincejune 2016 after it‘s owners fell into liquidation, leading to legal disputes. the four crew have been stuck aboard the boat, a supply vessel, for 18 months, and haven‘t been paid since late last year. one of the uk‘s leading female scientists is to donate her £2 million science prize to help women, ethnic minority and refugee students to study physics. professor damejocelyn bell—burnell was part of a team who discovered radio pulsars more than 50 years ago. but her contribution went

unrecognised at the time. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh, reports. 50 years ago, professor bell burnell discovered a new type of star, that emits pulses of radiation. the work received the nobel prize for physics in 1974, but it was her male colleagues, not her, that were named as the winners. the award of the breakthrough prize for her work in part writes for her work in part rights what many see of a great injustice and now she wants to use the prize money to fund a scholarship to get more female and black physics students into research jobs. i hope it will increase the flexibility of thinking, the openness to new ideas, new results, new ways of doing things. i hope that that will enable other breakthroughs in physics, because we have a more diverse body. black and female students are underrepresented in physics research.

in 2016, more than three times as many boys studied a—level physics than girls. in the same year, the number of black first—year undergraduates was just 85, 1.7% of the total intake, half of what it should be. today, we‘re talking about velocity. female and black applicants for research jobs face an unconscious bias against them according to the professor. scholarship could counterbalance that unintended discrimination. we want physics to matter to everybody, we want physics to be important in everybody‘s lives and we want everybody to feel there‘s an opportunity for them in physics no matter what their background and where they come from. professor bell burnell became one of the greatest scientists of their generation, against the odds. and now she wants her scholarship to help others in a similar position to follow in her footsteps. jamie is here — in a moment he will be telling us what‘s hot and what‘s not

in the business news. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live. britain prepares to confront russia at the united nations security council over its role in the salisbury poisonings. the missed opportunities to save kayden: an inquest rules a hospital‘s gross failure of care contributed to the death of the toddler in manchester. and president trump gets angry — as members of his team deny writing an anonymous newspaper article that described him as "erratic" and "amoral". here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. an energy bill price cap of £1,136 a year for "typical usage" has been proposed by the energy regulator, 0fgem. it says the move will mean 11 million households on default deals will save about £75 on average, although the amount households could save will depend on their usage and supplier. ford has announced that it will recall two million trucks in north america to address fire and smoke concerns linked to seat belt parts in

the front seat of vehicles. the car—maker says that recall will affect 2015—18 ford f—150 regular cab and supercrew cab vehicles. it estimates that the recall will cost $140m, which it says will be reflected in its third quarter results. cryptocurrencies have dropped sharply after investor concern that their broad adoption will take longer than expected, bloomberg reports. it has also emerged that goldman sachs has reportedly shelved plans to open a desk for trading cryptocurrencies, according to business insider. so as you‘ve been hearing, an energy bill price cap of £1,136 a year for "typical usage". this has been proposed by the regulator, 0fgem. it says the move will mean 11 million households on default

deals will save about £75 on average, but how have the energy firms reacted? the market does not seem worried, energy shares have actually risen today. earlier we spoke to dermot nolan, chief executive or nolan — about why the regulator has decided to impose this cap. what we hope to achieve is to offer protection to 11 million customers who run poor value deals, and saving the typical customer around £75 a year, and including them that they will now always be paying a fair price for their energy. the cost of producing energy has risen significantly by the last year, over 50%. this price cap cannot protect

them from the price changes of wholesale energy, but it will ensure that all customers pay if fair price, and that any changes the in overall price of producing energy will be passed on fairly and transparently. and burburry is no longer burniung all its oold clothes? is that a good idea? it is interesting it is burberry, because it had a problem years ago, because it had a problem years ago, because it had a problem years ago, because it was used by people who these didn‘t necessarily think should be wearing burberry, and they started cheap into the ground. they thought it was to been in quite a smart, luxury brand. it wasn't the dogs that upset them so much as some

of the other people.” dogs that upset them so much as some of the other people. i wasn't going to go there. but they withdrew the check. they are bringing it back now, but the very conscious that the brand could be diminished. they don‘t want it to be sold off cheap. however, they find themselves very much on the wrong side of public opinion. nobody likes waste, so they are going to stop it. but there are other companies who do this. the owners of cartier are still destroying watches when they are out of date, and when they have accessed, if there are problems with it. it is not nice. your reaction is just, typical public reaction. and thatis just, typical public reaction. and that is why they are on the wrong side of it. the british music industry are doing rather well. export revenues from recorded music grew by 12% compared with 2016,

fuelled by "phenomenal global demand" for ed sheeran‘s divide, said the bpi. a lot of it is going to the european union, about 40%. united states is about number two. but we have a world rapid testing for these expert. what happens after brexit? actually, not a huge amount, because there doesn‘t seem to be much in the way our barriers at all. because these are downloads? there are still see is, and the final has come back. it is nearly all digital. and that the moment, there does not seem to bea the moment, there does not seem to be a problem in terms of, spotify, for instance, sells all round the world. the daunting to be any problems posed brexit. the only problems posed brexit. the only problem that could emerge as the intellectual property, about how we fit into the intellectual property regime, but that is how it is going

to be quite complicated. and that is? oh, that is eddie sheehan. i was just checking. let‘s look at the markets. there is not a huge amount to say at the moment. they don‘t look very exciting. ok, we will leave it there. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you some breaking news. we arejust ijust want to bring you some breaking news. we are just feeling that 56 deaths are being investigated at a hospital in dudley. this is after the care quality commission concerns about patient care. it follows high mortality and serious delays in the

treatment of sepsis patients which are not being recorded. the trust has had three damning reports, and has had three damning reports, and has again been rated inadequate as patients were left losing blood in the waiting room, and others were not seen for an hour by staff. the cqc is taking enforcement action. we will have a little bit more on that later. david beckham has unveiled the name and crest for his major league soccer team. inter miami will make their debut in the us league in 2020. the club‘s crest features two herons, and a sun, with seven rays, which the former england captain says are a tribute to his international career. you know the old south american crests and the logos and the colours and that‘s one thing that i felt really needed to go into this logo, because, you know, we are a new team, but we are city with a lot of history, and i think that that‘s what we wanted to create with this crests. but also the authenticity,

the south american flavour that we wanted in there, we also needed that modern twist as well, because it‘s what miami‘s all about. so i feel that we really wanted to hit it on a level that made people proud and ijust hope we‘ve created something — well, i know we‘ve created something that our fans are happy with. ijust hope we‘ve created something that everybody will be happy with. the great white henen is a permanent resident of south florida, a symbol of protection and patience. time for a look at the weather. here‘s sarah keith lucas. the weather is back to something reasonably typical of the time of year. some rain and the forecast, but sunshine to be enjoyed as well. this is a picture from one of our weather watchers. this is a

satellite andy reid which shows more cloud and rain of parts of wales in two parts of western england. shell was further north too. we have low cloud and drizzle around because mac. the bulk of the wet weather will work its way eastwards, and into central england. later on today, a few showers for southern england, into east anglia. every time to brighter skies to end the day in north wales, but they will be a scattering of showers. more frequent showers in central parts of scotland. equally, a better brightness as we end the day in the north. this evening and overnight, the bulk of the rain works its way from southern and eastern parts of england, but we start to seek low— pressure england, but we start to seek low—pressure developing in the north—east. a chilly night. temperatures in the countryside well down into single figures, but with that developing area of low

pressure, tomorrow morning, all eyes on the north—east of england and eastern scotland, because we could see some potentially heavy bass of rain. most other places have a largely dry and fairly bright day. quite breezy too. here are the wind speed and directions for friday afternoon. there will be sunshine abound, but across scotland and north—east england, you will see rain. 0nly north—east england, you will see rain. only about 15 degrees in newcastle. 0vernight and to saturday, low—pressure moves away, but we have more weather fronts coming in from the atlantic. saturday will be soggy for the bulk of england and wales. it may well stay dry in the far side for much of us, temperatures around 20 degrees. further north, sunshine for scotland and northern ireland, which is in the high teens. sunday will be brighter, with his jab was moving west across the country. a breezy feel tv weather, but it will be

quite a bit warmer. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live. i‘m simon mccoy. today at four... putting the boot in — britain will shortly confront russia in the united nations security council over its role in the salisbury poisonings. the missed opportunities to save kayden — an inquest rules a hospital‘s gross failure of care contributed to the death of the toddler in manchester. as soon as he died we launched a rigorous and investigation to establish what had happened, and put in place measures to ensure this does happen again. trump in a hump — the president gets angry as members of his team deny writing an anonymous newspaper article that described him as "erratic" and "amoral". a leaked treasury document reveals the government expects its departments to make cuts to prepare for a brexit no—deal. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. that‘s with ben. england resist the temptation to make any changes for the fifth and final test against india at the oval, even though they‘ve already won the series.

the team is the same butjonny bairstow will keep wicket again. joe root drops down to number four and alastair cook is confirmed for his final international. talk to you later, thank you. sarah has the weather. we have a weather front across the central slice of the country bringing cloud and some outbreaks of rain. sunny or chilly conditions in the north. i will bring you all of the details later in the programme. thanks, sarah. also coming up: a tragic accident — the cranberries front woman dolores 0‘riordan drowned in her bath after drinking too much. we‘ll hear more from the coroner‘s court hearing on what would have been her 47th birthday. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. russian president vladimir putin must take responsibility for the salisbury novichok attack,

security minister ben wallace has told the bbc. the kremlin, which denies involvement in the poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal, said it was "unacceptable" to make accusations against the leadership. the uk will confront russia in the next few minutes at the un security council, where the arrest warrants it has issued for two suspects will be discussed. richard galpin reports. the revelation these two russian nationals are the prime suspects in the attempted poisoning of sergei skripal and his daughter yulia in salisbury has led to an increasingly angry response from the government here. this is cctv footage obtained by the police, showing the two men coming to britain, in early march. and on the day of the attack, walking along this road close to the house of mr skripal, where the nerve agent was smeared on the door handle. all of this providing important evidence. the government has also announced that they were agents of this organisation, the russian military intelligence agency — also known as the gru. it reportedly sees itself as a war

fighting instrument with special forces in its ranks. is it possible its operations, including assassination attempts, could go ahead without the approval of vladimir putin? he‘s the president of the russian federation. he‘s in charge, just like our prime minister is, accountable for her intelligence services. he is accountable for them, the gru is a major intelligence service belonging to the military who answers to the defence minister who answers to president putin. so he is ultimately responsible for the actions of his government. from moscow today, very robust denials. the foreign ministry spokeswoman said that the whole story was created to punish russia by sanctions. russian state tv described it as... but, those denials are not being taken seriously

by the authorities here, with the intelligence agencies including mi6 now tasked by the government to step up their efforts to counter the activities of russian spies, particularly from the gru. richard galpin, bbc news. some breaking news, leaders of the uk, france, germany and canada have voiced full confidence in britain‘s assessment that the suspects for the salisbury poisonings were members of russia‘s gru intelligence service and their operation was almost certainly approved at a senior level of the moscow government. that news just coming in in the last few minutes. let‘s look ahead to what is happening in new york. there will be

a lot of finger—pointing and presumably denials? the uk for its pa rt presumably denials? the uk for its part has from the beginning come to the council to warn what they see as russian aggression, to warn off the threat that russia opposes, and of course to warn about the fact that chemical weapons are being used in a reckless manner in this way. the uk from the outset has come to update the council and is continuing to update the council after this major development on evidence that it says shows without question that russia is responsible. russia has already ina is responsible. russia has already in a statement from the kremlin said that britain‘s accusations as they call them are unacceptable and in the past the russian ambassador here has said britain is playing with fire and will regret bringing the issue to the security council, so certainly this is a moment where we

will see the uk and their allies stand strong against russia and try to increase pressure on the kremlin foran to increase pressure on the kremlin for an attack that the majority of the council feels that only russia could have carried out. we have been here before and we can expect other countries to take the usual lines in terms of who they back? yes, politics and diplomatic relations will of course fall on similar lines as they have in the past on this issue. russia believes along with their allies that this is just a spy novel concocted to punish them in the international arena, tojustify further sanctions on russia and they have denied any part in this poisoning in salisbury. certainly we are likely to hear similar recommendations again from the ambassador. but as we have seen

moments ago with the joint statement from the us, the uk, france and canada, allies in the council have stood firmly behind the uk. the uk has gotten the global chemicals watchdog to verify their findings that the novichok agent was used accurate. so certainly we have seen allies reaffirm those findings. the key question here though is what further action can be taken against russia and the uk is very keen to use the setting in the security council to keep up that pressure, to keep up countries really rethinking how they respond to russia. the russian federation spokesman is talking at the moment. i guess it will be a bit longer before we move on to this issue. yes, the security council is having a separate meeting

at the moment on another agenda item on the council on haiti but this was a meeting that was called just yesterday by britain to speak about their latest findings, to update the council, so it will begin momentarily after this meeting concludes. we will be talking to you later. nada tawfik, thank you. "knowing that he could have been saved is hard to bear" — the words of the family of 20—month—old kayden urmston—bancroft who‘d just heard at an inquest into his death about the ‘missed opportunities‘ to save his life. an inquest has found hospital neglect contributed to his death. kayden had been waiting for an operation at royal manchester children‘s hospital to repair a hernia, when he suffered a cardiac arrest. he died two days later. a coroner said there had been a ‘gross failure‘ of care. from the inquest, here‘s our health correspondent, dominic hughes. kayden bancroft was just 20 months old when injured

in a fall in april 2016. when it became clear he needed surgery for a hernia in his diaphragm, kayden was transferred to the royal manchester children‘s hospital. but despite being placed on a list of patients requiring emergency surgery, his operation never went ahead. three days after being admitted, the toddler suffered a devastating cardiac arrest, from which he never recovered. an inquest into kayden‘s death held in manchester found that a shortage of beds at one of the leading children‘s hospitals in the uk meant that the operation kayden needed was repeatedly put off. this inquest was told his mother shannon bancroft was very upset at the continuing delays to her son‘s surgery but she was reassured by doctors that her son remained well. speaking to the bbc last year, kayden‘s grandmother said his family were deeply concerned about the care that he was receiving. his care was appalling, he was basically put into a room and left. and all we got nearly every day was, "he‘s not having the operation today,

he‘s not having the operation today." the court heard that nurses at the hospital repeatedly raised concerns over his condition with surgeons, but apparent confusion and poor communication over who should request a high dependency unit bed for kayden and who should carry out his procedure meant the operation was continually delayed. the hospital has accepted serious mistakes were made in the care of kayden and said that steps have been taken to make improvements, following the toddler‘s death. we offer our sincere condolences to kayden‘s family and profound apologies for the lapse in standards that led to his death. the trust accepts the findings and conclusions of the coroner. poor communication, confusion and missed opportunities — with devastating results for one family. you are watching afternoon live. a leaked treasury document has revealed that the government expects its departments to make cuts in other spending to prepare for a brexit no deal.

the treasury contingency planning, codenamed "0peration yellowhammer" suggests that departments should be looking forfunding for a brexit no deal. the treasury contingency planning, codenamed "0peration yellowhammer" suggests that departments should be looking forfunding "through the normal channels", further clarifying "their first call should be internal reprioritisation." the document was photographed in the hands of the treasury minister, john glen, on his way out of the cabinet office. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent chris mason, who tried to explain where the term "yellowhammer" might have come from. yellowhammer is a eurasian bird that has recently been introduced into australia and new zealand. and is yellow. that according to my little search a few moments ago. as to why they‘ve decided to call this particular operation by that name, i‘m not sure. it could, though, fall into the whitehall category of project 0ops, which is this category of news story that people, like me occasionally talk about, which revolves around a very enterprising photographer in these parts called steve back, who stands in downing street with his super camera, and zaps the picture of ministers coming in and out of downing street, and more often than you might imagine they leave with their

secret, confidential document on full display. it has happened several times before, involving politicians and policemen and goodness knows who else. at one stage, there was even a notice on the inside of some of the departments in whitehall saying, make sure your stuff‘s in a bag, or words to that effect. anyway, this treasury minister has found himself in breach of that kind of vague protocol, and this document has given us a little insight into no—deal planning. there is nothing in it that is jaw—dropping, and a responsible government you‘d expect is making preparations for every eventuality but it shows the concerned there is around things like aviation, also around government spending priorities and, bluntly, to decode that whitehall language that you were using a moment ago, the fact they are asking departments to look for spending cuts in order to channel that money in the direction of no deal planning. a little earlier on, as if to rub salt in the wound

of some embarrassment in whitehall, it turned out that there were those in whitehall trying to check the extent to which this photo had gone around and around on social media and managed to tweet their search rather than their search remaining private. so, a few blushes no doubt in the treasury but they will make the point that the fundamental, the little insight we‘ve got into something that would have otherwise have been private is not that surprising, and, as they‘d argue it, is the sort of preparation they should be doing. i‘ve known steve back myself for years, i‘ve worked alongside him. whenever i see him, he says they never learn. now, speaking of... well, strange things that happen, someone was out for lunch with the chief whip today. the worst person to bump into, of course, after that, was you. yes, so we got wind, courtesy of one of my colleagues, seeing borisjohnson going into a posh italian restaurant here at westminster. borisjohnson was at this posh italian restaurant in westminster. i was at a loose end so i went

to loiter outside this hoping mrjohnson wouldn‘t be in for some six course spectacular finishing at 11:50pm this evening. as diners were coming out, i was treated to a running commentary as to how far through his main course he was. various other politicians left. i was able to definitely established that, yes, he was there, and his bike was padlocked outside, brilliant, a bit more time to question him when he comes out and tries to leave on his bike and he was in there with the chief whip! the guy in charge of government discipline, the guy in charge of ensuring the government can get all of its votes through. and we know that borisjohnson, courtesy of his columns in the telegraph, has been willing to offer an alternative perspective, to put it mildly, on the prime minister‘s brexit plans. so, what would mrjohnson‘s plans amount to? that was the criticism from downing street, of his recent telegraph article. i thought i‘d ask him when he finally came up the stairs a few minutes ago. has he bought your silence? is chequers dead? are you going to be the figurehead of the new chequers plan? hang on.

how much support do you have from the grassroots? are you rallying their support at the moment? what is the big plan next week? will you be at the front of this new plan...? i'm being very careful not to have lunch at the same... it wasn't me. what will you do about chequers, boris? have you got a plan? have you got some ideas? could you reassure the chief whip about being on message? mildly theatrical and not remotely insightful, is probably the honest assessment of my journalistic endeavours, there. he did leave the restaurant with a hard hat on. i did ask him just before the little bit of video whether or not that was a requirement, the outlook of borisjohnson, when you have lunch with the chief whip, which is something that got a smile, if not many words, as you could tell. but, you know, we can but try. the ever trying chris mason there. you‘re watching afternoon live,

these are our headlines... britain prepares to confront russia at the united nations security council over its role in the salisbury poisonings. the missed opportunities to save kayden — an inquest rules a hospital‘s gross failure of care contributed to the death of the toddler in manchester. and president trump gets angry as members of his team deny writing an anonymous newspaper article that described him as "erratic" and "amoral". in sport, england name an unchanged tea m in sport, england name an unchanged team to face india. there is a slight reshuffle withjonny bairstow keeping wicket, moeen ali acting at three and joe root dropping to four. ryan giggs has called on his team to play attractive football against the republic of ireland. team sky finished fourth on the day. i will be back with more on those stories just after half past. urgent enforcement action

is being taken against shrewsbury and telford hospital trust after an unannounced inspection revealed widespread concerns about the quality of patient care and safety. the nhs regulator — the care quality commission — raised serious concerns about staff shortages and patients, particularly in a&e, being treated in inappropriate areas. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan explained more about the scale of the problem. this shows the level of concern the regulators have about this particular trust, which is under an enormous amount of scrutiny and pressure. the care quality comission made an unannounced inspection to the shrewsbury and telford trust towards the end of last month and when they were there, they found a number of problems, we understand. there were patients being treated in inappropriate settings. staff told the inspectors they felt patients were being treated like cattle, being treated in an undignified fashion. there were multiple instances, apparently, where the inspectors

themselves were approached by patients as there were no staff around to actually help them. and that goes to the crux of the problem that the trust has got. it simply does not have enough consultants, and it does not have enoughjunior doctors, particularly in its a&e departments in telford and in shrewsbury, which has meant it hasn‘t for well over a year met its four—hour waiting target. it has had ambulances queueing up for well over an hour on multiple occasions, trying to get patients to actually... to get patients actually into the hospital. so, all these problems have been mounting. the trust, the local commissioners, have become increasingly concerned, and the regulator has now decided to act. urgent enforcement action. now, other than bringing in, bussing in doctors and nurses, what can they do? this is the interesting thing. there is very little detail on what the cqc are actually going to do. we know that early on in the summer there was a meeting between the trust and providers in the local west midlands area

where they effectively said can you give us any staff to help us here? and the answer at that meeting was no, we can‘t. whether the cqc, by taking this action, will allow them to access more staff is unclear because the cqc, the care quality comission, haven‘t given those details it. given those details yet. we haven‘t heard either from the trust what their response will be. michael buchanan. 56 deaths are being investigated at a hospital in dudley after the care quality commission found serious concerns about patient safety. the review into russells hall hopsital follows high mortality numbers and serious delays in the treatment of sepsis patients. the pay of northern ireland assembly members will be cut until a functioning executive is restored. the devolved government collapsed in early 2017. the announcement was made in the house of commons by the northern ireland secretary karen bradley. i asked her why she felt now was the right time to make this decision. well, i have spent a long time thinking about what was the right

thing to do, as a package of measures for the people of northern ireland. quite clearly, 19 months without governance is not good and not good enough for the people of northern ireland. they deserve better. there is a suite of options available to me and i set out to plan today a number of things i‘m going to do. including that is the cutting of mla pay, that is cutting people‘s salary, not a decision that one takes lightly and i wanted to make sure that it is at a time where there is the best incentive and opportunity for mlas to use this time to get back around the table and get back into stormont and form a devolved government. it is going down from £49,500 to £35,888. imean i mean there are cuts and there are cuts. this is to focus minds, is it? we asked a specialist to look into this, he made recommendations. clearly mlas do more than just their work in stormont on legislator, they do work for their constituents and it is proper

that we should reflect that. we are also not affecting or cutting pay at the staff of the mlas who work incredibly hard for their constituents daily. but we want to reflect the fact that because there is no assembly, and because there are no opportunities to scrutinise and debate, that pay should reflect that. and you don‘t want to see new elections? i think having elections at this time is not the way to get parties back around the table and people back into government. elections tend to focus minds on campaigning and can be divisive. what i need to see, to get power—sharing working again, is parties working together. i do not believe an election, which would be a considerable amount of public money, is the right thing to do at this stage. do you have any confidence at all that stormont could get back to a workable position soon? yes, i do. we have seen low—level communication between parties. i believe that the parties

want to come back into stormont. there are significant issues but we became close in february to finding a dealand finding accommodation. i believe that is within grasp and i want to do everything i can to make that happen. karen bradley talking to me earlier. donald trump has described as "gutless" the person in his administration who has written an anonymous editorial in the new york times claiming the us president is amoral and that senior officials within the trump administration are "actively working to protect the country from the president‘s worst inclinations". vice—president mike pence has dismissed speculation that he was the author. it comes after excerpts form a book on the trump white house by bob woodward quote senior aides calling the president an idiot and a liar. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler reports. each day seems to bring new claims about what‘s happening behind the doors of this white house, and the unconventional president in charge here. the new york times says it was a senior official in donald trump‘s own administration who wrote its damning opinion piece,

although the author insisted on remaining anonymous. they claim the president‘s leadership style is impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective. that many are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his own agenda and his worst inclinations, and that the root of the problem is the president‘s amorality. and god bless you, and thank you, mr president. mr trump was meeting a group of sheriffs when he was forced to answer questions about keeping control, in what‘s being painted as a lawless white house. if the failing new york times has an anonymous editorial — can you believe it — anonymous, meaning gutless, a gutless editorial. we‘re doing a greatjob. the poll numbers are through the roof, our poll numbers are great, and guess what — nobody is going to come close to beating me in 2020, because of what we‘ve done. but fear, a new book written by bob woodward,

one of the journalists who exposed the watergate scandal, is making similar allegations — that many are working to protect america from its president. the anonymous official quoted in the new york times expresses concern about mr trump‘s preference for leaders like kim jong—un and vladimir putin over america‘s traditional allies, and claims that the president resisted attempts to take action against russia after the poisoning of a former spy in the uk. in a furious statement, the white house press secretary sarah sanders said about the official who wrote the article, this coward should do the right thing and resign. but the new york times said it was proud to have published the piece, which it insisted gave the public a real insight into the workings of the trump administration from someone in a position to know. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. us secretary of state mike pompeo, questioned byjournalists on a visit to new delhi, criticised the report, and said he had nothing to do with it.

reporter: were you the author of that op—ed, can you comment on it? so, it should not surprise anyone that the new york times, a liberal newspaper that has attacked this administration relentlessly, chose to print such a piece. and if that peace is true, if accurate and actually and if that piece is true, if accurate and actually as they described, a senior administration official, they should not well have chosen to take a disgruntled, deceptive, bad actor's word for anything. and, put it in the newspaper. it is sad, more than anything else. that our nation has come to where, if it is what it is purported to be, it is sad that you have someone who would make that choice. i come from a place where

if you are not in a position to execute the commander's wish, you have a singular option — to leave. this person instead, according to the new york times, chose not only to stay but to undermine what president trump and this administration are trying to do. i have to tell you, i find the media's efforts in this regard, to undermine the administration, incredibly disturbing. and i will answer your other question directly, some would say, gosh, you did not answer the question. it is not mine. mike pompeo speaking in new delhi. time for a look at the weather... you are watching events further away because they might influence what we are getting? yes, we are watching a hurricane, and we are right in the

middle of hurricane season which has been quiet so far so if we compare it to last year, it was a really active hurricane season. we had a lot of major hurricanes including maria. we can see our first major hurricane of the year which is hurricane of the year which is hurricane florence, a beautiful storm with swirls of cloud but also massive with winds up to 90 mph either side of the hurricane. so you are tracking that because presumably at some point we get the remnants of it? it is early to say. it looks like... may be further north in the atlantic, hard to save it will be to our shores. it will push further north, it will interact with ourjet strea m north, it will interact with ourjet stream which dries our weather, and the jet stream will be buckling a little bit because of the influence of this hurricane. it has lots of

warm, moist and tropical air with the hurricane. when that influences the hurricane. when that influences the jet stream, it becomes more uncertain so not as much certainty as we would normally have in our forecast. i always thought there was either certainty or there wasn‘t that we will hedge our bets a bit. if we take a look at the forecast over the next few days, for the rest of this week we are reasonably certain we have low pressure mostly in charge which is bringing a fairly breezy, shall we spell of weather to the uk at the moment. looking into next week, that is when the influence of hurricane florence on the jet stream becomes influence of hurricane florence on thejet stream becomes more influence of hurricane florence on the jet stream becomes more of a problem though rings do become more uncertain in the forecast due to that tropical airfrom uncertain in the forecast due to that tropical air from hurricane florence next week. here and now, a mixed picture. this picture comes from the isle of lewis with towering cumulus cloud and some sunshine too. not the same picture across the

country, we have showers in the north. weather front bringing country, we have showers in the north. weatherfront bringing more cloud and patchy outbreaks of rain across central england and wales so our second weather watcher picture comes from herefordshire. that cloud and rain continues its progress southwards and eastwards across parts of england and wales. still heavy showers and rumbles of thunder further north but some spells of warm sunshine to be enjoyed through the rest of the afternoon, across the rest of the afternoon, across the far south—east of england and east anglia too. northern england and northern ireland seeing some sunshine but also a few showers. for scotland, the showers are frequent and heavy. we have had thunder and lightning through the central belt with heavy showers up to the northern isles too. these showers will fade away overnight, and the rain clears from the south of england too. it is chilly with a northerly breeze tonight but there

will be more rain working into the north—east of england and the east of scotla nd north—east of england and the east of scotland too. temperatures rise later in the night with the cloud and rain. plenty of sunshine on the cards on friday morning. still some rain forest time for north—east england and north—east scotland, which should ease through the day is a small ridge of high pressure tries to build but it will also feel quite breezy with the winds coming in from the west. temperatures tomorrow fairly typicalfor the the west. temperatures tomorrow fairly typical for the time of year, around 17 in the north and up to 20 further south. 0nce around 17 in the north and up to 20 further south. once that area of low pressure pushes out of the way, into the weekend the next weather front approaches from the atlantic sale on saturday that brings cloud and rain to many parts of england and wales. towards the far south you are likely to hold onto drier and brighter weather through the day and also across the northern half of the uk with many places getting away with a dry and bright day. sunday is set to

be the better day of the weekend many others. it will feel windy in the far north but the touch warmer than saturday with temperatures reaching 16—22d. here i am! this is bbc news, our latest headlines. the united states, germany and canada say they agree with the uk‘s assessment that russian officers were behind the nerve agent attack in salisbury in march. a gross failure of care by a hospital contributed to the death of a toddler in manchester rules an inquest. president trump expresses his fury at an anonymous newspaper article describing him as "erratic" and "amoral", as members of his team come out to deny writing the piece. and urgent enforcement action is being taken against shrewsbury and telford hospital trust after an unannounced inspection revealed widespread concerns about the quality of patient care and safety. we‘re just keeping an eye what‘s happening at the un security

council. let‘s show you a shot of what‘s going on. they‘vejust council. let‘s show you a shot of what‘s going on. they‘ve just been discussing an issue over haiti but very and britain‘s request there will be a meeting to discuss the novichok case. the russian ambassador and uk ambassador expected to take seats shortly. this coming as! expected to take seats shortly. this coming as i was saying, france, germany, the united states, canada and the uk have reiterated their outrage at the use of a chemical nerve agent, novichok, in salisbury on the 4th of march. they say we welcome the progress made into the investigation into the poisoning of sergei skripal and yulia skripal and ta ke sergei skripal and yulia skripal and take note of the murder charges brought against two suspects. we commend the work of the uk police and all those involved in this investigation. the statement goes on, we also note the uk‘s analysis, independently verified by the 0pcw,

that the exact same chemical nerve agent was used in the poisoning of dawn stu rgess agent was used in the poisoning of dawn sturgess and charlie rowley. in the statement says we urge russia to provide full disclosure of its novichok programme to the 0pcw and to encourage those with any information to come forward to the uk or authorities. they say, we have full confidence in the british assessment the two suspects were officers from the russian military service, also known as the gr you, and this operation was almost certainly approved at a senior government level. that is significant, that is the statement coming out in the last hour or so. no doubt it will form the basis of what the united nations security council will be discussing very shortly. that is the scene now. as soon as shortly. that is the scene now. as soon as that gets under way,

written, as a permanent member, entitled to call that meeting, and we arejust entitled to call that meeting, and we are just waiting for them to get started. in the meantime, we will talk about sport. sport now on afternoon live with ben croucher. if that gets under way we will have to get back to that. let‘s talk about cricket. england have won the series but they don‘t want to rock the boat before tomorrow. no, they are playing india in the fifth and final test at the oval and they‘ve made no changes to their team so if you are alastair cook, you‘re probably relieved, given it is his final test match. they‘ve had a little reshuffle in batting order and wicketkeeper too where jonny bairstow will take the gloves back from jos buttler. bairstow fractured his finger in the third test so played as a specialist batsman in southampton last time out. he‘s going to drop down to five as england‘s batting order this is how we expect them to look. cook opening in his last test with keatonjennings. he‘s got plenty to play for himself. moeen ali bats at three where he scored a double century

for worcestershire a couple of weeks ago. captainjoe root drops to four where he‘s had most success in his international career. nothing is ever set in stone and you have to be adaptable. but it is definitely my preferred position, it is where i think i'll get the best out of myself as a player and captain. sol out of myself as a player and captain. so i would never have known that if i hadn't given myself the opportunity to bat at three. it was the right thing to do by the team and it gave us the best chance of winning. that has changed in my own mind, obviously. so... ialmost feel like we're in a better position for having gone through that experience and we will have to wait and see. it might change again, you never know. root, like much of the top order, has had a pretty average series. just the one half century so far. could be a good move for him and a few players playing for their place on the tour to sri lanka next month. write... ben, wales, they are in

action playing the republic of ireland in the uefa nations league. there is a famous man who probably said if you can‘t explain something toa said if you can‘t explain something to a six—year—old, simon, you probably don‘t understand it. do you remember who said it? no. albert einstein, no less. i will try to explain it to 36—year—old, like yourself. i might be here when we go off but let‘s try. basically, it‘s a tournament that essentially replaces friendlies. you only play teams that are similar ability as yourself. if you win the league of teams that are similar ability to you, you qualify for the next european championships. it means you avoid big mismatches and all internationals have something to play for. that‘s the theory. wales against the republic of ireland seldom needs anything riding on it to be a spicy contest. they are paying tonight in cardiff. back in october, ireland‘s win in cardiff ended welsh dreams of reaching the world cup. it‘ll be a first competitive match for ryan giggs in charge of wales and the man the other dugout doesn‘t expect many surprises.

i don't think that with the length of time he has had with the team, i don't think he will be able to make... real, sweeping changes as to the approach of the game. i think wales, under chris, have been very strong. i think that's... they did brilliantly in the euros. ryan has had some expense, too, managing manchester united for a while. that isn't too bad, for a start! so, in terms of how they approach the game, i'm really not sure. i think ryan will have his own ideas. now the new american football season starts tonight, although most of the headlines are being made by a player who doesn‘t even have a team. this man — colin kaepernick. he‘s the quarterback who protested against racial injustice is the face of a new nike advertising campaign. a decision that has divided opinion across the pond. tennis star serena williams says it‘s a brave move

by the sportswear giant. having a huge company that can, you know, through... you know, it could bea know, through... you know, it could be a controversial... we will have to interrupt serena williams, back to interrupt serena williams, back to you, simon. let‘s go back to the united nations, the security council beginning to discuss novichok poisoning in the uk. following the announcement in the uk yesterday, when the council last met on this issue on 18th of april, i undertook to update the council in the light of significant... my full statement has been circulated to the security council as document sc 2/2018/ 814. as the british prime minister announced yesterday in parliament, the united kingdom has reached a significant conclusion in the salisbury cw investigation. i will come to that later, if i may, but,

first, a brief summary of what happened in salisbury earlier this year. on sunday 4th of march, sergei skripal and his daughter yulia skripal and his daughter yulia skripal were found unconscious on a bench in the city centre after being poisoned by novichok agent. detective sergeant nick bailey, a wiltshire police officer, was also seriously ill after having been exposed to a nerve agent. following this attack, the united kingdom notified the 0pcw, invited them to confirm the identity of the substance involved and we briefed members of the security council. the opcw‘s members of the security council. the 0pcw‘s independent expert laboratories confirmed the uk‘s identification of the novichok agent. madam president, the skripals are thankfully recovering but, on the 30th of june are thankfully recovering but, on the 30th ofjune this year, 44—year—old mother of three dawn stu rg ess fell

44—year—old mother of three dawn stu rgess fell ill 44—year—old mother of three dawn sturgess fell ill in a nearby town, amesbury, after being exposed to novichok. she sadly died on the 8th ofjuly. a partner, charlie rowley was also exposed to the nerve agent and he became seriously ill. police have identified that they both came into co nta ct have identified that they both came into contact with the counterfeit which had been discarded in salisbury. tests of this bottle following its recovery by police confirmed it contained a significant amount of highly lethal novichok agent. 0n amount of highly lethal novichok agent. on 4th of september, the opcw‘s agent. on 4th of september, the 0pcw‘s independent expert laboratories have again confirmed the uk‘s identification of the novichok agent with a very high level of purity and to remind council members a very high level of purity means that it‘ll have been made by a state. the inquiry into the amesbury incident has now be formally linked by the police with

the attempted murder of the skripals. the 0pc w independent experts have confirmed the identification of the novichok nerve agent and it is the exact same chemical used in both attacks. madam president, it stretches credulity the identification of such nerve agent twice in such close proximity to bea agent twice in such close proximity to be a coincidence. we have previously shared with the council the information about the russian foley and programme from the 2000s, but to be capped rate figure was a development of novichok outside the chemical weapons convention and russian agents were trained in assassination techniques, including the use of such agents on door handles. madam president, in the uk, the police independent of government, they‘ve been conducting a painstaking and forensic investigation. this investigation

has involved around 250 detectives who have trawled through more than 11,000 hours of cctv footage and have taken more than 1400 statements, working around the clock they‘ve carried out painstaking and methodical work to ascertain exactly which individuals were responsible and the methods they used to carry out this attack. this evidence has been independently reviewed by the crown prosecution service and they‘ve concluded there is a sufficient basis to bring charges. we have, thus, independently concluded there is enough evidence to bring charges against two russian nationals for the following crimes. the conspiracy to murder sergei skripal. the attempted murder of sergei skripal and yulia skripal and detective sergeant nick bailey. the use and possession of novichok. and causing grievous bodily harm with intent to yulia skripal and nick bailey. the investigation into the murder of dawn sturgess remains

ongoing. madam president, the evidence reveals the following. it shows the arrival of two individuals travelling under the names of alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov to the uk from russia. cctv and other evidence records their travels to and from salisbury and, crucially, there are images which clearly place them in the vicinity of the skripals‘s house at 11:15am on sunday 4th of march. this was moments before the attack took place which involved placing the substance on the skripals front door handle. madam president, should any council member wish we can share copies of those images. further, testing of the hotel the pair stayed in at the hotel revealed the presence of traces of the novichok substance in their hotel room. based on a thorough analysis of our

intelligence, the uk government has concluded that the two individuals named by the police investigation are, infact, officers named by the police investigation are, in fact, officers from the russian military intelligence service, also known as a gru. this isa service, also known as a gru. this is a body of the russian state. madam president, we previously, when we briefed the council before, attributed responsibility to russia on the basis of technical means, operational experience, and i recall the case of littering and cohere, and motive. russian statements have said russian agents are fair game for assassination. these arguments have been firmly reinforced by the clear evidence of the involvement of identified russian nationals travelling to the uk from moscow and returning fair on russian passports. this evidence has been sufficient for our independent prosecuting

authorities to bring criminal charges in relation to the salisbury attack and to issue european arrest warrants. madam president, these two individuals are no longer in the united kingdom. were they with us, these two suspects within uk jurisdiction would be liable to arrest in a clear basis in law for their attempted murder crimes. it is clear, madam president, that the russian state does not permit the russian state does not permit the extradition of russian nationals, and i understand this is a prohibition in the russian constitution. so, therefore, with respect of these two individuals, we have obtained the european arrest warrant and we will shortly issue and interpol red notice. should

either of these individuals ever again travel outside russia, we will ta ke again travel outside russia, we will take every step open to us to detain them, extradite them and to bring them, extradite them and to bring them to face justice in the united kingdom. and we responded at the time to russian behaviour robustly. the council will recall that we were joined by 28 partners and nato in expelling more than 150 russian intelligence officers. this was a proportionate and direct response to deter and degrade russia‘s ability to conduct further operations in the future and to reduce her ability to use the gru network to cause our citizens harm. madam president, we have clear evidence of russian state involvement in what happened in salisbury and the use of cw. this reckless involvement in they the lives of many citizens, and reckless

involvement in danger of the universal prohibition on the use of cw. madam president, as the council has discussed before, there is an established pattern of malign russian behaviour perpetrated by military and intelligence agencies overseas. this was shown in october 2016 coup attempt in montenegro, shown in june 2017 2016 coup attempt in montenegro, shown injune 2017 cyber attack which caused to billion dollars worth of damage worldwide and has been shown in other cyber attacks. the gru has been time and again responsible for russian indifference in other countries affairs and, most recently, we saw us indictment of gru individuals in relation to the 2016 democratic national committee

hack. in light of salisbury, we see gru activity also encompasses the use of illegal military grade nerve agent on european soil. madam president, p five members there a particular responsibility to uphold global norms and international law. all the more so where weapons of mass destruction is concerned. 0ne key five member has not upheld these important norms. 0ne p5 member has undertaken a pattern of behaviour which showed they tried to murder the skripals, they played dice with the skripals, they played dice with the lives of the people of salisbury, they work in a parallel universe, where the normal rules of international affairs are inverted. this is a direct challenge, madam president, to the rules —based international system which has kept all of us save, including russia,

since 1945. in the face of such behaviour, the international community needs to continue to defend the laws, norms and institutions that safeguard our citizens against chemical weapons and safeguard them against the threat of hostile foreign interference. this is why the british prime minister yesterday set out the importance of using transparent, multilateral mechanisms to identify and hold malign actors to identify and hold malign actors to account. allow me to summarise these steps we believe should now be taken by the international community. we need to work together to strengthen the chemical weapons convention against the use of cw around the world, and which we saw most recently violated on the streets of the united kingdom. we need to build further the 0pcw‘s capability to attributed the use of chemical weapons. there can be no

place for such incidents as salisbury again. we need to shine a light on the use of state agencies to undermine the rule of law and interfere in the domestic lives of other countries citizens. and we need to make best use of our established methods, including sanctions, in curbing threats to our societies and our ways of life. as theresa may emphasised yesterday, the uk has no quarrel with the russian people. we continue to hold out hope that we will, once again, enjoyed a strong partnership with the government of this great nation. we have fought alongside russian troops in the second world war. but we will respond robust sleep when our security is threatened, when the lives of our citizens are endangered, and when the norms and rules of international law, and the international system, are flouted in such a brazen and reckless manner. we stand with our partners and

allies. we are determined to continue to disrupt together the hostile activities of foreign intelligence networks on our territories. we will uphold the prohibition of chemical weapons, we will protect our citizens, and we will protect our citizens, and we will defend ourselves from all forms of malign state activity directed against us and our societies. thank you, madam president.” against us and our societies. thank you, madam president. ithink against us and our societies. thank you, madam president. i think the representative from the united kingdom for her briefing about my guilt the floor to the representative of proof. —— representative of proof. —— representative of proof. —— representative of peru. translation: the information given to us the investigation undertaken and the evidence found, we have taken keen note of them. we wish to reiterate our deep concern at the use of a nerve agent in public spaces in the

united kingdom, which cost the life ofan united kingdom, which cost the life of an innocent woman and placed at serious risk the lives of at least four other persons. we extend our condolences and solidarity to the victims and with the population of the united kingdom, who may have been exposed to the chemical agent in question. peru condemns any use, strongly condemns any use of chemical weapons. we believe that in and of themselves they constitute a threat to international peace and security. and a flagrant violation of the nonproliferation regime. we call on the parties concerned to cooperate fully with the investigations on everything related to the sensitive issue, especially through the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons, and other competent bodies. and to do so

in line with the principle of the peaceful settlement of disputes. we underscore the need... the prevailing need to identify those responsible and to punish them accordingly, and to do so within the framework of the rule of law and due process , framework of the rule of law and due process, thank you very much.” thank the representative from peru and now give the floor to the representative of france. translation: madam president, iwant to thank the us presidency for organising this meeting, i‘d like to thank the united kingdom also for this update, very timely update on the results of the british investigation pertaining to the exposure of three individuals twin neurotoxic military agent that took place in march and salisbury. 0n behalf of france at like to once again reiterate the solidarity that

was expressed by our highest authorities, solidarity with our british friends, following the hostile act that took place on 4th of march. the investigation by the police services is now completed, andi police services is now completed, and i would like to commend the determination to act transparently by the united kingdom in the way it has conducted this investigation in connection with the 0pcw, and i welcome this exemplary work. i want to say a few words about what actually happened before speaking more. . . actually happened before speaking more... about broad issues. first of all the facts are clear. the results of the british investigation combined with those of the 0pcw confirmed the initial analysis, and in the absence of any other explanation other than russia is responsible. everything confirms this. a powerful chemical agent, novichok, considered of military

production, was used in salisbury against sergei skripal and his daughter, and then subsequently used at amesbury. i‘d like to highlight the british conclusion according to which such an operation could only be launched and approved at a sufficiently high level of the russian state. we have taken note. the issuance by british justice of two arrest warrants against two military intelligence officers from rush identified by the british police and are ready to cooperate with these services. madam president, in light of these very serious elements, i‘d like to express serious elements, i‘d like to ex press a serious elements, i‘d like to express a profound concern in my country and reiterate our condemnation of such actions, which are unacceptable. this is a position we affirm unanimously with our partners from nato and the european union. these actions put in danger the security of many civilians. they

undermine the security of one of our closest allies country to the rules of international law and they trample all the principles of mutual cooperation and respect to which we are profoundly attached. madam president, the use of chemical weapons. . . president, the use of chemical weapons... can in no way be considered as an option at the beginning of the 21st—century. the re—emergence of these weapons is a challenge to our system of collective security. in a way that we cannot accept. it is therefore the responsibility of this council to protect the chemical nonproliferation regime and with that regime our system of collective security. we ask russia, a member of this council, to respond to all the questions that will be raised. we call also on the council and all our partners, including russia, to resolutely commit itself to protect

the convention from the prohibition of chemical weapons and to reaffirm the ban on the use of these weapons. for this, we need to strengthen the means of the 0pcw in order to allow to fulfil its mandate. the implementation of the decision adopted by the extraordinary session of the conference of states parties meeting last june, of the conference of states parties meeting lastjune, following the major incidents in salisbury, must be considered as a common road map. this also demonstrated a majority of international community shares our concerns regarding the risk on the undermining of the chemical nonproliferation regime and support the principle of strengthening the means of strengthening the convention. in this context, it is essential to ensure the international community has a mechanism of attribution for all cases of use of chemical weapons in

syria. such an instrument is essential for the protection of the nonproliferation regime and we have for a long time encouraged russia to ta ke for a long time encouraged russia to take that path. we will return to this topic this afternoon, during our meeting on syria. madam president, as the president of france, mr emmanuel macron, stated recently, the determination of france to protect the convention regime on chemical weapons is wholehearted, and our conviction is wholehearted. we have reaffirmed it together with our british american, german and canadian partners. in the same spirit, we would like the european union to develop a sanctions regime against individuals involved in the proliferation and use of chemical weapons. you can count on the full and wholehearted

commitment and engagement on france. i think the representative from france, and! i think the representative from france, and i now give the floor to the representative from poland. thank you, madame president, thank you for convening this meeting, i would also like to thank the ambassador, for the detailed update on the investigation into the attempted murder of sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury, which involved a nerve agent. we greatly appreciate the transparency of the united kingdom in this process. we continue to express our falls on a dirty with the british people and the british government, as well as our readiness to support our close ally and european partner. in taking actions to respond to a