it just doesn't end better than this. both joe rood bothjoe rood and alistair cooke will resume their innings shortly and many would want to urge alistair cooke to reconsider his decision that he has made it clear that when this matches finished he is retired. kylie minogue took her fans by surprise last night by calling her old neighbours co—starjason donovan up on to the stage. they performed their 1988 hit, ‘especially for you' at the concert in london's hyde park. it's emerged that jason had cycled to the show and never expected to be singing with kylie. # now we're back together, together

# i want to show you my heart is oh so true # and all the love i have is especially for you! time for a look at the weather, here's louise lear. it isa it is a week of windy weather across the country and that means the westerly wind blowing in a conveyor belt of cloud which at times will bring some rain. stretching right back into the atlantic. today already we had some sharp showers in scotla nd already we had some sharp showers in scotland but the rain has started to gather in intensity for northern ireland and south—west scotland and that continues for the rest of the day. we also see the wind strengthening with gusts up to a0 miles an hour. but further south we have some sunshine through the

bristol channel and afterwards lincolnshire, anywhere south and east of that we keep the sunshine. make the most of it as it is not going to last throughout the week and overnight tonight we continue to see the rain gathering in intensity and the wind strengthening. gale force on exposed coasts of scotland. so tuesday morning in more detail, cloud and rain across the northern isles, still pretty windy with gusts still close to a0 miles an hour. some sunshine across the scottish borders and northern ireland but heavy rain across north—west england first thing. so again the far south—east you start off dry with sunshine, it should stay dry for much of the day. behind that cooler and pressure conditions and still a

scattering of showers. we're starting to see some cooler tones coming in to the far north—west, temperatures stuck just coming in to the far north—west, temperatures stuckjust in the mid—teens. warmer down in the south. but the weather front is still with us, still stretching right out into the atlantic and that meanders a bit overnight into wednesday. some rain heading north and south. pretty much in the same place first thing wednesday morning. eventually as the rain pushes steadily south and east it will start to introduce something cooler and fresher for everyone, you have been warned. it is going to be feeling disappointing and likely to stay cool and shari for the remainder of the week. that's all from the bbc news at one , so it's goodbye from me , and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon. your latest sport.

alastair cook has hit a century in his last international test match at the oval. he began with a 100 against india... he wanted to bow out in style and in the end he has made the history books. out in style and in the end he has made the history booksli out in style and in the end he has made the history books. i was sitting here wondering how many in their careers get to choose their perfect ending. not even don bradman managed to do that. joe root said he felt it was written in the stars.

this second innings for cook in this test match has been classic. surviving bowling yesterday in tricky conditions. today, far more fluent, scoring off the back foot. never looked in trouble, to be honest. helped through those last nervous moments by the indian fielders. he got to the historic landmark with overthrows. could not really have been any better the remarkable symmetry. starting and ending with a century against india. looking good, significantly now. perhaps feeling they should go on to win eight? -- win eight? they hold

all the cards in the test match. joe root more expansive, and all the players coming in this afternoon will delight in being more extravagant. 180. cook resuming on 103. joe root about to resume. england will have expectations of extending their lead well up towards a00 and then i guess having a bowl at some point later today and at some point alastair cook will walk off to yet another standing ovation here. novak djokovic has equalled pete sampras' mark of 1a grand slam titles. he beatjuan martin del potro in straight sets at the us open. djokovic won 6—3, 7—6, 6—3 to take a third title in new york. that's back to back grand slams for the serbian after his victory at wimbledon and he has now moved up to third in the world rankings. the fallout from the

women's final continues, with the women's tennis association backing serena williams' claim of sexism for the way she was treated by the umpire during the women's final. during her defeat to naomi 0saka. williams got a code violation for coaching, a penalty point for racquet abuse and a game penalty for calling the umpire a "thief" and a thief in her defeat. she was later fined 13,000 pounds by the united states tennis association, but the wta chief executive steve simon have said that the umpire showed williams a different level of tolerance than if she had been a man. but novak djokovic disagreed. ‘s opinion that maybe the chair umpire should not have pushed serena to the limit especially in a grand slam final. maybe he did change the

course of the match and just was in my opinion unnecessary. i do not see things as mr simon does, i really do not. men and women i think are, you know, treated in this way or the other way depending on the situation. it is hard to generalise things. and moto2 rider romano fenati has apologised for grabbing a rival‘s brake lever during the san marino grand prix on sunday. he was given a two race ban and his contract with the marinelli snipers team has been terminated. you can go to our website to see more on that story including the incident itself. men in the uk are becoming less fertile, and no—one is exactly sure why this is. but for the first time male infertility is now the most common reason that couples seek ivf. the bbc‘s victoria derbyshire programme has been told that men's

fertility is being continously overlooked — and they're not being offered the right treatments or warned about the risks infertility can carry — and ivf is too often being used as the solution. adam eley has this exclusive report. my gp essentially said, you are producing no sperm so you won't be able to have children. take a ticket, out the door. away you go. no support whatsoever. that was how craig franklin and his wife katie found out he was infertile as a result of a chromosome defect. in a health system that experts say overlooks men's fertility, he felt forgotten. and his mental health spiralled. when we found out about it, i was very angry for a long time. my performance at work deteriorated quite significantly, to the point that i lost myjob late last year. i saw a man break basically. he didn't feel like a man. and that is so unfair. male infertility is now the most common cause of couples seeking ivf in the uk.

and it is a growing issue. with men wanting to have children later in life and sperm quality decreasing due to modern lifestyle factors. it is now quite urgent that we look at the problem. men are not being looked after properly, not diagnosed and cared for. professor sheena lewis is one of the uk's leading fertility experts. she is head of the british andrology society. one of her biggest concerns is that there is so little research into treatment, that ivf, a process that revolves around a woman, is being used to treat male infertility. the woman actually acts as the therapy for the man's problem, so we are giving an invasive procedure to a person who doesn't need it, in order to treat another person. that doesn't happen within any other branch of medicine.

it is really rather absurd that it still happens. mark harper, who has two children via donor sperm, was told that he was infertile having had testicular cancer. i don't think they actually had an awful lot of guidance to give you, an awful lot of knowledge. they were clearly following a very set pattern and trying to lead you down certain routes. when mark was found to have no sperm, the dr told his wife first. i got a phone call at work that afternoon that just said, "i'm really sorry to tell you that the sperm count is zero." if you're talking to a male about his infertility problems, you ought to be talking to the male about it. i'm here, i'm a person. i was the one sat in front of you and i'm the one you sort of need to be talking to about male fertility issues. mark harper ending that report by adam eley, landlords across the county are offering free rent in return for sex, a bbc investigation can reveal. the ministry ofjustice says this is illegal — and even placing an advert is breaking the law. rachel stonehouse has been investigating. in the last six month,

i have seen dozens of adverts like these on craigslist. the government says they are illegal but no—one else seems to care. i want to speak to the landlords. but when i contact them as a journalist, they do not respond. so i am going undercover. from his advert, mike claims to be in his a0s and says he is looking for a fwb relationship. is there any rent to pay? well, that depends on the arrangement. 0k. the room, the rent, all the bills, everything paid for. what is the sort of arrangement? fwb, friends with benefits? well, the benefits part is you sleep with me once a week. the meeting makes me feel uncomfortable and all i can think about is the people who do

this for real. one of those is 22—year—old laura from bristol. after a family breakdown left homeless, she entered into a more extreme sex for rent arrangement as a 19—year—old. laura is not her real name and she has asked for us not to show her face. you were living with friends, sofa surfing. yes. and then he ended up getting into this sex getting into this sex for rent arrangement? how did that come about? i sort of stumbled on craigslist. i went to london. and hejust, yes, he had a little almost like a little cabin outside that was a bedroom — living room. but we had like an arrangement that was written down. a couple of times a week, he would sort of give me alcohol and drugs, take me out, whatever, and then we would have to sleep together. that was sort of like the arrangement instead of money. the ministry ofjustice says just placing an advert is legal. but we have checked with the police, who are not aware of any prosecutions. so it has not been tested in court and a solicitor with expertise in this area does not think it is an open and shut case.

i am not sure it is inciting prostitution. i think it is a grey area. and i suspect the crown prosecution service and police are not very interested in taking this on because there is no clarity. we offered mike the opportunity to be interviewed or to give us a statement. he says he is now living abroad and told us he was pretending to be a landlord and that he placed his advert to research his novel on the theme of the exploitation of women. we look forward to reading your book, mike. we really do. what would your advice be to anyone who is maybe considering entering into one of these arrangements with someone? it is not worth itjust for saving a bit of money. it is dangerous, it is stressful, it puts you on edge. it isolates you. if you can afford to just about get by and pay rent, just do it. or if you have to like grovel a bit and apologise to family or friends, just do it. it is not worth all the stress. you can see the full report on inside out west tonight

at 7:30pm on bbc one. a baby girl who survived being born with her heart outside her body and without a breastbone is preparing to come home after nine months in hospital. vanellope wilkins from nottingham made medical history when she was born with one of the world's rarest conditions. specialists say her recovery has been remarkable and they now believe she's one of a kind. marie ashby has been following her progress. baby vanellope has lived in hospital from the days she was born. soon, that is about to change. without a breastbone, she still needs vital equipment to help her breathe. and at the queens medical centre, her parents are being shown how to use it. we have had to do six years of training in nine months, nearly. do you know what i mean? it isn't something easy to get your head round. we have to do all that and that is obviously not something that we've ever done before. i think that it is

the scary side of it. there is lots of work that goes into getting a child home safely so we look at equipment needs, training, who is going to be looking after that child. and training those carers up. to be able to safely care for a child at home on a ventilator. vanellope's case was unprecedented. her extremely rare condition diagnosed in the womb. her chances of survival were less than 10%. a medical team of 50 were in theatre at glenfield hospital for this special delivery. born with her heart outside her chest and without a breastbone, doctors now believe she is one of a kind. there is nobody else's act to follow, certainly. there is nothing we can find that will guide us in our decision—making. we always knew it was rare but how rare she is is probably rarer than we thought. vanellope will need surgery again in a few years to build a breastbone to protect her heart. the bigger she is, the easierfor us to do some reconstructive surgery. using her own cartilage or bones

or using some artificial materials. baby vanellope has spent her whole life in hospital so far. she will be one in november. her family can't wait to bring her home soon. she is a feisty little thing. feisty. certainly notice what she likes and watch doesn't like. and she is quite happily voicing that well. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... a former minister is warning the tory party faces a "catastrophic split" — if the theresa may presses ahead

with her brexit strategy. an inquest has opened in london into the westminster bridge attack, which killed five people in march last year. the tuc is calling for a shorter working week. its general secretary, frances 0'grady, told its annual congress that a four—day working week is achievable — before the end of this century. the uk economy grew by 0.3% injuly after a boost from the summer heatwave and world cup football. the figures, from the office for national statistics show that in the three months tojuly, the economy expanded by 0.6%. volkswagen has gone on trial in germany in what is the first court case against the car—maker over the diesel scandal. investors are pursuing vw for about £8.2 billion in damages, claiming the company should have come clean sooner about

falsifying emissions data. shares in department store chain debenhams fell more than 17% at one point this morning, after reports this weekend that it's called in accountants to advise it over future options. it's thought the store could be looking at a company voluntary arrangement which would see it close stores and look to renegotiate rents at others. debenhams has issued three profit warnings so far this year. good news for the economy last month — it got a boost from the warm weather and the world cup. in the three months tojuly, the economy expanded by 0.6%, the fastest pace in almost a year. services — which account for around three quarters of our economy — grew particularly strongly, with retail sales performing well, boosted by warm weather and world cup fever. banks and restaurants and hotels, for example. the construction sector expanded too. earlier we spoke to yael selfin,

chief economist at kpmg these are only monthly figures for july and therefore we cannot read too much into them and as you said we had strong, very warm weather and a strong spirit if you like on the back of the world cup. that drove retail sales and also strong growth in restaurants and hotels. 0verall, a mixed performance with manufacturing not doing that well despite the weak pound and construction still positive but slow in terms of the momentum from earlier in the year. primark continues to defy problems on the high street. a trading update from its parent company associated britihs foods shows a strong performance by the discount clothing retailer has offset any negative effects from the lower price of sugar — which is also part of abf‘s business. so how has primark managed to buck the trend? joining us now is sofie willmott,

senior retail analyst, global data retail. how is it so successful despite no online at that? primark is bucking the trend where it's low—priced product appeals to consumers on a —— ata time product appeals to consumers on a —— at a time when they are trading down and reining in their stand. you have to go into the store to buy the clothes, you cannot buy online. what makes it different from its big rivals? it is outperforming versus the mid—market players including department stores, offering consumers trend focused products, the colour of the season or the

print the mac. and appeal to a wide age range. appealing to people who wa nt to age range. appealing to people who want to have the disposable clothing element, by what is fashionable, get rid of it, is that the can of person going out and buying? potentially, yes. primark offers that. but also basic products that consumers do not wa nt to basic products that consumers do not want to pay slightly more for when they know they can get it for a low price. retail and the high street generally not doing very well?l tough time for uk retailers at the moment. very little growth in physical retail at all where the online channel issuing outperforming. struggles for department stores like debenhams, john lewis really make some big changes to try to draw consumers in. debenhams has recovered slightly.

worse than as much as 70% after it brought in advisers from kmpg. london market generally pretty flat, up london market generally pretty flat, up slightly, supported by the relief from italy's budget preparations being under way, supporting stocks across europe. a year ago, hurricane irma slammed into florida. it was the first category—five storm of the 2017 hurricane season, which was the deadliest and costliest on record so far. hurricanes harvey, irma, jose and maria all brought devastation to the caribbean and parts of the us, but what are the prospects for this year? bbc weather‘s tomasz schafernaker, who was in florida when irma hit, has been taking a look. last year's atlantic hurricane season will never be forgotten

in the caribbean and the us. it spawned extreme storms, from record rainfall in houston to entire island nations being devastated. parts of the carribean still have many years of recovery ahead of them. among them anguilla, st martin, puerto rico and dominica. this is a bedroom, that's a bedroom. that's a bathroom and that is another bedroom over there. it started picking up and the rain came in. at a point in time, i was sleeping and my brother woke me up. i am holding him. we are fighting the wind. florida had not seen a major hurricane in many years. it also experienced widespread damage and massive disruption. we originally came here because the eye was going to come past this location.

but overnight at the track changed and it is going to strike the other side of florida. that is how unpredictable hurricanes can be. harvey, irma and maria are hurricanes which broke records. each of them for different reasons. irma reached category five with sustained winds of 185 mph. it managed to maintain its intensity longer than any other tropical cyclones in recorded history. the perfect storm. it is one thing to talk about wind speed and pressure but it is a completely different thing to experience a hurricane first—hand. but why did 2017 spawned such powerful hurricanes? and will we see anything similar in 2018? last year, crucially, the ocean surface in the tropics was a lot warmer than usual. this meant more energy for developing storms. also, the atmosphere was often calm and lacked any wind shear. these are disruptive currents of air

which can otherwise prevent the storms from forming. so for this year, the waters in the tropical atlantic have remained cooler than last year, perhaps signifying less energy for hurricanes. but now, the conditions are becoming more favourable for growing storms as we approach the peak of hurricane season. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. are a week will the —— dominated by westerly wind, plenty of cloud from the atlantic. convey belt moving towards the uk. thing is becoming more uncertain. we have seen that to

the latter stages of the afternoon, rain gathering in and sensitive. in excess rain gathering in and sensitive. in excess of a0 mph in scotland. little warmer in the south east, 22. colour and fresh as the weather front pushes in. that is the story through the middle of the week. some of the rain turning heavy overnight as it moves its way to scotland. gale force gusts on exposed coasts. rain sitting into wales and the north of england by tomorrow. some rain first thing in the morning. northern isles and north—west of the great glen, rain, gale force gusts. dreyer across the borders, into northern ireland, some heavy rain across north—west england and wales. starting to fringe the north of the midlands. the south east corner might start of dry and bright, the lion's share of the sunshine. potentially the warmth as the

weather front pushes south. not reaching the south east until daylight. here, the rusted towns. temperatures just over 20. temperatures just over 20. temperatures really disappointing. i sized 15—16 in the far north of the country. the weather front stays with us, meandering north and south through tuesday into wednesday. not much change, and it will be the difference between the cooler air into the north, brisk windus, and slightly milder conditions slowly further south. wednesday, starting off with the weather front across the midlands. bringing some rain into the south east corner. behind it, a breezy and colour affair with a scattering of showers into the far north—west and the colour field likely to stay with us towards the end of the week. generally cool and more rain to come. hello, you're watching

afternoon live, i"m simon mccoy. today at 2: the lives torn apart in 82 seconds — relatives of those killed in the westminster bridge attack pay emotional tributes at the opening of the inquest into their deaths. a warning the conservative party is facing a "catastrophic split" over brexit — a claim 80 mps will side with borisjohnson and vote against theresa may's chequers plan. in from canvassing of colleagues and almost 80 colleagues already who are willing to vote in the house of commons to protest the chequers deal. it would leave us half in, half out. it is not leaving the eu properly. give your liver a break — a new campaign urges people between the ages of a5 and 65 to have regular "drink—free" days. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport.