no regard for the rule of law — lord hain accused of arrogance over his decision to name sir philip green as the businessman accused of racial and sexual hararssment. sir philip has denied the claims and now a former attorney general says peter hain abused parliamentary privilege by naming him. the peer stands by what he did. i believe it was the right thing to do. i considered it extremely seriously before i said it, as anybody who's using parliamentary privilege always does. we'll be examing the implications for sir philip's business empire and his knighthood. also this lunchtime... universal credit is causing unacceptable hardship to many claimants, according to mp5. police investigating the pipe bombs in the united states focus on a sorting office in miami. work starts on the uk's largest ever archeological site to move more than 40,000 skeletons so a new railway station can be built in london. where i'm standing here at the moment is going to be one

of the platforms and it's going to run 500 metres along there. and that's what gets you about this site. it is the sheer size of it — 11,000 square metres. and harry and meghan wear garlands of flowers and handmade skirts, the traditional mark of respect in tonga. and coming up on bbc news, we speak to ben stokes for the first time since he was cleared of affray. the all—rounder says he's only looking forward after a difficult year. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the former attorney general dominic grieve says the labour peer lord hain acted "entirely

arrogantly" and with "no regard for the rule of law" when he named the businessman, sir philip green. yesterday, lord hain used parliamentary privilege to say that sir philip is the tycoon facing accusations of sexual and racial harassment, despite a court injunction keeping his identity secret. sir philip says he "categorically and wholly denies" any allegation of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour. 0ur correspondent theo leggett reports. he is the man who left school with no qualifications but build a retail empire, consorting with celebrities and being courted by politicians. he controls leading brands like top sop, miss selfridge and dorothy perkins —— at topshop. but the sir philip green's attempt to avoid bad publicity has been a failure. the daily telegraph was prevented from naming him in connection with

unspecified allegations of sexual and racial harassment of his employees. yesterday the former cabinet minister peter hain used parliamentary privilege to identify him in the house of lords. parliamentary privilege to identify him in the house of lordsli parliamentary privilege to identify him in the house of lords. i feel it is my duty under parliamentary privilege to name philip green as the individual in question. lord hain has since defended his actions. thejudiciary hain has since defended his actions. the judiciary committee in hain has since defended his actions. thejudiciary committee in this case judges, have their role to play and it is very important role to play, the rule of law depends on them exercising it carefully and responsibly in accordance with legal precedent but parliamentarians also their role to play. it is for members of the public and others to judge whether what i have done in this case is right or wrong. i believed it was the right thing to do all stop but his actions have been heavily criticised by other leading figures, including the former attorney general dominic grieve. it appears to me it was

entirely arrogant decision that had absolutely no regard forjudicial process or the rule of law. parliamentary privilege is very important but, like any power which is extremely important, it is open to abuse and i cannot see, looking at this particular matter, that peter hain can argue that he has not abused it. other leading figures say that if the allegations are proven, sir philip should lose his knighthood. i think it is now but the honours committee, which is the prime minister guides, to look at the facts and if the allegations are correct, to continue a knighthood in this case is completely inappropriate. in a statement, sir philip said... with the topshop tycoon's name already splashed across front pages

and calls for a boycott circulating on social media, the question now is whether damage as already been done to his many retail brands. in many cases where business owners and businesses, and in this case, they are inextricable linked, allegations charges are brought against them, it can cause customers to feel uncomfortable spending their money with them and perhaps to boycott those locations and brand until such time as they are satisfied they are not perhaps lining the pockets of someone not perhaps lining the pockets of someone they might think is not on their moral platform. it is not the first time philip has faced a public backlash. in 2015 he sold bhs to former racing driver dominic chappell. pound —— sir philip. it later collapsed with the loss of 11,000 jobs and lead a huge deficit in its pension scheme. under pressure from mps and regulators, he eventually agreed to pay £363 million into the pension fund. that

is their tarnished his personal reputation but the current publicity threatens to be far more damaging. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster. lord hain is facing growing criticism of his decision to name sir philip and there is this what the battle between parliament and the battle between parliament and the courts. yes, lord hain insists he has received overwhelming support for using the right of parliamentary privilege which is a long enshrined right for parliamentarians to speak freely without fear of the courts but there are now a growing number of critical voices in westminster who think he went too far. you heard from former attorney general dominic grieve who was one with the argument being it was not up to him to decide what was in the public interest and it is an undermining of the rule of law and indeed the judges who have

spent time considering all the evidence and facts in this case. number ten are clear, saying that the use of parliamentary privilege in this way is a matter for parliament and not the government, saying the separation of these is an important constitutional principle but it is now clear that this case has reignited that debate about where the balance of power lies between parliament and the judiciary. thank you very much. our business editor, simon jack, is here. looking at all of this, what that means for sir philip green's huge business empire. it is interesting because bhs was a big knock to his reputation but he has plenty of other parts to his media empire, like dorothy perkins, topshop and others. the question is, will people be put off going into a store because of this? on social media there is something called pink not

green which relates to a woman who had a pop—up installation in his 0xford had a pop—up installation in his oxford street store which philip green had taken down and a lot of people thought that was a mistake and that campaign started. there has been a resurgence on social media that hashtag but these are indeed thousands, and it is way off becoming viral. and it is difficult to tell how long these things remain in peoples minds. thinking back to primark when there were questions over their child labour practices, at the end of that year they had a record year. i think people's memories are people short but the question will be, how can you tell? acadia is seeing falling sales and profit anyway, his group, so it is difficult to pass out the impact of this. simon, thank you. a group of mps says universal credit is causing "unacceptable hardship" for many of its claimaints. the government recently said it would delay the roll—out of the scheme, which merges six payments into one. but the public accounts committee says the department for work

and pensions has ignored problems that the new benefit is causing. the government says changes are being made. here's our political correspondent chris mason. tinned tomatoes... this is the front line, a food bank in lambeth in south london where those who cannot afford to feed themselves turn in desperation. universal credit has been fully rolled out in this area since december last year and in that time we have seen our numbers more than double, since last december, particularly through the school holidays and as people are moved onto universal credit. the report today says the government has a fortress mentality and has persistently dismissed evidence universal credit is causing hardship and there is a concern about the gap between coming off the old benefits and going onto the new one. are people are often come if they are claiming for the first dambo will

not have spare food in the cupboard and no money in the purse and they had to pay their rent and if they are waiting five weeks for money, that causes real trouble is and makes it difficult to live. sarah has two sons with disabilities. her eldest has moved onto universal credit. it is hard enough being a carer with all the fights you have to get funding and support and when you are now £2500 down and will be another 2500 down in a year, it is scary. the government says it has already announced what it calls several improvements to universal credit and has recently begun a new partnership with citizens advice to deliver better support to the most vulnerable also unemployment is also at its lowest in over a0 years. ministers acknowledge there are losers under the new system but there are winners as well. there are 700,000 households right now that are being underpaid £2.a

700,000 households right now that are being underpaid £24 billion of money because it is such a complicated system and that is changing under universal credit and people will be able to get that money. this is the fourth time this month that universal credit hat at a carpeting by critics, interventions byjohn major and gordon brown and then 30 bishops were critical as well. now this report acting as a political prods on the government ahead of the budget on monday. there are plenty of mps, including conservatives, demanding change. the thing that myself and about 30—35 colleagues, we have written to be chancellor and asked the court amount of money you get to keep in universal credit when you start working before benefits are taken and we want those boosting back to the levels they were at before the money was taken out of the system in 2015. the focus is next on this man, the chancellor. police in the united states have searched a postal sorting office

near miami as they try to identify who sent ten suspected pipe bombs to prominent critics of donald trump. officials say they believed some of the packages originated in florida. 0ur correspondent gary 0'donoghue is in washington. gary, what is the latest on the investigation? they have been searching that facility in south florida just outside miami since yesterday and they think one of the packages might have come through there, perhaps the one that was returned with their aquatic fungus woman florida when it was felt to be delivered —— to a democratic congresswoman. we are delivered —— to a democratic congresswoman. we are getting more detail about some of the devices which law enforcement say were not viable, some were more so than others and they are not sure if that was an indication of incompetence on the part of the bomber or whether

they were deliberately hoaxing of people into some sort of future potential attack. some of them, we are told, had pieces of shrapnel embedded in the device, shattered glass so pretty nasty devices no matter which way you look at it. gary, thank you. a a5—year—old man's been arrested on suspicion of trying to steal a copy of the magna carta from salisbury cathedral. police say alarms were activated after the man attempted to smash a glass box surrounding the historic document, one of four surviving copies. it's thought the magna carta is undamaged and nobody was injured. a railcard for millenials will go on sale before the end of the year. up to a million passengers aged between 26 and 30 will be eligible for the card, which was trialled in the spring. the card will offer a third off most fares, but it will be digital only, meaning that passengers will need a smartphone to download it. people living in england's coastal

communities are being warned to wake up to the challenges of climate change. the government's climate advisers say more than 1.2 million homes could be threatened by coastal flooding and erosion by the 2080s. in the worst—case scenario, it's claimed sea levels in england will rise by at least one metre before the end of the century. here's our environment analyst, roger harrabin. in the eye of the storm — dawlish in devon in 201a, battered by the waves, train tracks destroyed. today's report says more of this will happen as sea levels are pushed higher by man—made climate change. here is another problem that the committee warns will get worse. these homes at hemsby in norfolk slipped into the sea as waves ate away the cliff below. the report says maybe 100,000 properties are at risk like this. the committee says the authorities have to get real with people

about which homes are likely to be saved and which will be too expensive to protect. the current approach to protecting the english coastline is just not fit for purpose. and we really do need to wake up to the very significant challenges that we have ahead. sea level is rising and that's going to mean that we get considerably worse coastal erosion and indeed coastal flooding. power plants, ports, gas terminals and other infrastructure are also at risk, the report says. it says the government needs to focus on protecting these assets, as well as saving people's homes. and to take seriously the inevitability of sea level rise. campaigners for coastal communities say theirs is a shared problem. rising sea levels are a direct result of global warming. now we all contribute to that, not just coastal communities, everybody in this country contributes to that.

so the funding for all this should come centrally so we all bear an equal portion of the cost. the government says more sea defences are being built. a spokesman said people would be protected from climate change. roger harrabin, bbc news. the time is 1.16. our top story this lunchtime. criticism for the labour peer who named sir philip green as the businessman accused of racial and sexual ha ra rssment. i will be live at stonehenge where they are celebrating the 100th anniversary of this 5000 —year—old monument to. i will explain everything in the next two minutes. coming up on bbc news. england's justin rose and tommy fleetwood are in a group tied for second at the halfway stage of the world golf championships event in shanghai. both three shots off the lead of american tony finau. work has started to move

more than a0,000 bodies from a cemetery in central london, so a new station can be built as part of the hs2 high speed rail link to birmingham. archaeologists say the dig will help them understand more about life in the capital throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. david sillito reports. backin back in the 17805, london was running out of space. it had nowhere for the dead. and so it created new cemeteries. 0ne for the dead. and so it created new cemeteries. one of them is here come the next to eu5ton station. and now, more than 200 years later, that land i5 more than 200 years later, that land is needed for another purpose. the dead are going to have to find a new final resting place. and this is the reason why. this is where london's

high—speed railway station is about to be built. and so, a small army of archaeologists have arrived to move thousand5 archaeologists have arrived to move thousands of bodies. how many people are we talking about? the records for the entire area suggest around 60,000 people were interned in the cemetery. of course, some have already been removed over the years, but there's still a huge number of people buried here. you're looking at probably a0,000 individuals but 5till at probably a0,000 individuals but still one of the largest barrier excavations ever to take place. you are excavating a0,000 plots. excavations ever to take place. you are excavating 40,000 plots. yes. and this huge tented site is only the beginning. where i'm standing at the beginning. where i'm standing at the moment is going to be one of the platforms which will run 500 metres along there. that's what gets you about this site. it is the sheer 5ize about this site. it is the sheer size of it. 11,000 square metres. but what will happen to all the bodies? the first man to sail around

au5tralia bodies? the first man to sail around australia is buried here, matthew flinder5, and so with bill richmond, one of britain's most celebrated boxer5. one of britain's most celebrated boxers. initially they will be taken for archaeological analysis, so lavatorie5, 5tored for archaeological analysis, so lavatorie5, stored in a morgue, and that's with the agreement of the church. and then after that, eve ryo ne church. and then after that, everyone will be re—buried in consecrated ground. this isju5t the beginning, a location near stoke and of, the site of a lost church, iron age, roman and saxon site crisscrossing the whole route. 0verall, on the whole line, we will have over 1000 archaeologists. excavating over 60 sites. that 5ound5 excavating over 60 sites. that sounds pretty big. it is the biggest archaeological investigation ever undertaken in the uk and probably europe. in this part of london, any development is always going to be building on history. but this one has rather more gho5t5 than normal. david sillitoe, bbc news. seven members of a gang

have been jailed at birmingham crown court for using drones to smuggle drugs valued at half a million pound5 into pri5on5. sima kotecha reports. using several of these, a gang ran a sophisticated drug operation. today, seven of them were jailed while 5ix were given 5u5pended sentences, all for transporting half £1 million worth of skunk, 5ynthetic and others, crack cocaine and heroin into england'sjails. this operation should that this is not a victimless crime. these are serious organised crime groups dealing a drug smuggling ring inside and outside pri5on5. i think the message needs to go out that using mobile phones in this way, to try and organise this, using drones in this way, if you are outside pri5on either a55isting orju5t driving somebody there, or inside the prisons organising it, you will end up with the police prosecuting you and end up with you injail. this cctv shows how it was done. drug5 packaged up and tied

to a drone while inmates instruct the pilots how to get them over barbed wired walls. the operation began two years ago. the gang made at least 55 drone deliveries to seven pri5on5 acro55 the country, including hmp liverpool, birmingham and hewell, not too far from here. the group were caught after detective5 found several drones that had cra5hed or were positioned for take—off, all with drugs attached. the operation has been referred to as a spider web of activity. officers say drone usage in this way is a big problem but the complacency of criminals, they say, is leading to further convictions. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. she recently waltzed and foxtrotted on to our screens as one of the stars of strictly, but away from the dance floor, burns survivor katie piper, is working to help others affected by an issue close to her heart,

a5 graham satchell reports. i received 85% burns. i was later told that i had a 1% chance of survival. so, i am that 1%. danielle owe5 her life to the nhs. after being in a devastating fire, she had more than 200 hours of surgery. but, when she was finally discharged, she became terribly depre55ed. i felt isolated, alone, ugly, unwanted. as far as i was concerned, my life was over — i lost my life in the fire. danielle is meeting strictly 5tar and burn survivor katie piper. hi, how are you? this is a new rehabilitation centre setup by the charity the katie piper foundation. it's such a big thing that's affected when you're burned, isn't it?

the strength. the centre will offer a range of services — physiotherapy, inten5ive mental health counselling, peer support. services not currently available on the nhs in this form. being a burn survivor myself and having my ownjourney, i had fantastic treatment on the nhs, but recognised a gap in the rehabilitation of a survivor. so, we've nearly put in the finishing touches. katie's charity is trying to fill that gap. burn survivors will live here on site for a month. it's hoped, in the first year, 20 patients will be treated. i hope that it shows a life—changing situation does not have to be life—ending. so proud of you! that these kind of injuries, while temporarily devastating, don't have to destroy you. hello. nice to see you again. how are you? katie is meeting professor shokrollahi, a consultant surgeon at the whi5ton hospital on mer5ey5ide and the clinical lead at katie's charity. i'm just going to do a quick shot of the laser.

so there we go. and it's very, very precise, because we have set that with micron precision. professor shokrollahi's la5er treatment will also be offered at the centre. it had a dramatic impact on danielle. basically, my face was probably out here, all ri5en. the scars were so thick. no make—up will cover the lumps up, so to have that so it's now a lot smoother, again, it changed my life. it gave me a new lease of confidence. just look, i could not even get out of bed and now i'm here, talking to you about helping other people, so just a big full circle. iju5t couldn't be prouder of katie and her vision and what we're all doing here. danielle has transformed her life. she's now working with katie's rehabilitation team, offering guidance, support and hope. graham satchell, bbc news.

celebrations are taking place to mark 100 years since stonehenge was given to the nation by a local couple who had bought it at auction forjust £7,000. duncan kennedy is at stonehenge. duncan. ban, it might seem a little bit odd they are celebrating the 100th anniversary of a 5000 —year—old monument but you're absolutely right because it was exactly 100 years ago today that these 5tone5 because it was exactly 100 years ago today that these stones were gifted today that these stones were gifted to the nation. incredibly, before that, they were in private hands, and, it has to be said, the stones them5elve5 almost falling down. symphony among the stones, a perfect case of classic rock. the london sinfonietta one of a number of

birthday tribute5 to this ancient site. the musicians are here to celebrate 100 years since stonehenge was given to the nation. before that, all of this was in private hands. private hands but a very public state of disrepair. eventually, in 1915, it was decided to put stonehenge up for auction. but that auction started a bidding war between isaac crook, a localfarmer, and cecil chubb, a local barrister, one that isaac did not quite win. well, he must have stopped bidding at 6,500. cecil chubb was still bidding and the hammerfell at 6,600. a difference of £100. but what would have happened to stonehenge if isaac crook had won that auction? do you think he would have just returned it to farmland?

well, i honestly can't answer that. i mean, who knows what he would have done? in5tead, three years later in 1918, cecil chubb and his wife mary gave stonehenge to the nation. that act of generosity to actually saved stonehenge. until that point, the stones were propped up by wooden poles, some of them were at risk of collapse and its future was by no means certain and so when the chubbs gave stonehenge to the nation, it kick—started a programme of care and conservation that english heritage continues to this day. today there was everything from a bouncy to a baked version of the ancient monument, all to celebrate it becoming an endearing slice of national life. well, the stones, of course, have been preserved for the last 100

yea r5 been preserved for the last 100 years and get about 2 million vi5itors years and get about 2 million visitors a year. but once upon a time, it was a very different story and these were almost lost to the nation. duncan, thank you very much. duncan kennedy reporting there from stonehenge. prince harry and meghan have been given a warm welcome in tonga, the latest stop on their royal tour. children were given the day off school and people skipped work to catch a glimpse of the duke and duchess of sussex. 0ur royal correspondent jonny dymond reports. for a style icon, a new accessory. the welcome for harry and megan was warm and noisy. and meghan was warm and noisy. and this was just the start. mat—making was just part of the display of tongan culture waiting for the duke and duche55.

but first south pacific chic met royalfa5hion. was that a shimmy from harry? then, a quick whip around the exhibits. no royal tour is complete without a tour of handicrafts and the tongans have really put on a show. this island is tiny but the royal visit has had a huge impact. it has been a long time since tonga was a sliver of empire. but the link to britain 5urvive5. even though we have just come out with a new generation now, but we, like us new and our grandparents, parent5 you know the oldies, they talk about the connection and we feel it too. we feel it too and we live with it, too. to finish the trip, more music.

and a little encouragement from harry. they were here for just a day but they made every minute count. coming back to australia, an aborted landing as the couple's pilot spotted a possible obstruction on the runway. after a brief airborne tour of sydney, their plane landed safely. jonny dymond, bbc news, sydney. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. the cold snap i5 the cold snap is upon us. is the first one we've had this season, and in the grand scale of things, it's not that