this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at seven: a stark warning from the met office — the uk has faced more extremes of hot weather and downpours over the last decade due to global warming. a paraplegic man sues luton airport after claims that he was forced to drag himself through the terminal building after staff failed to provide him with a self—propelling wheelchair. police launch a criminal inquiry into allegations of anti—semitic hate crimes within the labour party. brexit secretary dominic raab holds talks with the dup in belfast. unionists say they hope a deal is close, but sinn fein accuse mr raab of behaving like a thief in the night. as investigators remove the wreckage of the helicopter in which the leicester city owner died, the players vow to do their best in his honour at tomorrows match against cardiff. we came to an agreement with

everyone, staff, players, that the game goes ahead and we make sure we do him proud. kamalahmed is said to discuss whether bbc news is objective in its coverage of economics or does it too often put a negative spin on data? joiners 7:45pm here on bbc news. after one of the hottest summers on record this year, the met office has confirmed the uk has experienced more weather extremes over the last 10 years compared to previous decades. the hottest days have become almost 1 degree centigrade hotter while the coldest days are not as cold, and the number of nights when temperatures stay above 20 degrees centigrade is increasing. the met office says

the changes are consistent with man—made global warming. our environment editor, david shukman, has more. the year began with the punishing conditions of the beast from the east. roads were paralysed by snow. but 2018 also brought the total opposite with intense heat in the summer. and the met office says that, as the climate changes, more extremes like this are likely. the scientists went through weather records from as far back as the 1960s, tracking floods and other events, and they confirmed what other researchers are saying — that the impacts of rising temperatures are already being felt. we often think of climate change as a problem for future generations, but what the numbers show in this new report is that we are already starting to experience the effects

of climate change and these extreme events will continue to increase into the future. so, for someone like me, in his early 30s, it is my generation thatare going to be experiencing the brunt of those effects. one effect of more intense heat is the risk of fires. this one, lastjuly in south wales, was one of many fanned by prolonged spells of high temperatures. even now, signs of the blaze are still visible. a reminder of why understanding weather extremes really matters. by by comparing the years between 1961 and 1990, it's what they found. the hottest days have become even hotter, up 0.8 celsius. the coldest days have become less chilly, up 1.7 celsius. and we are getting more

so—called tropical nights where the temperature never goes below 20, up from eight in all of the 60s, 70s and 80s to as many as four in the last ten years. and it is night—time heat that is most threatening to the elderly. there's lots of different symptoms, the most obvious things being things like heatstroke or dehydration, and they can have a myriad range of different symptoms in themselves, but there are also what people do not necessarily realise is heat can increase our risk of lots of different health conditions, things like stroke, heart failure and even heart attacks can be increased in risk by it. the country has always faced storms and other dangers from the weather, but this latest research is a warning that they may become more threatening in future. david shukman, bbc news, in south wales. and at about 7:20pm, we'll be speaking to pippa greenwood — horticulturalist and panelist on radio 4's gardeners' question time — about how plants, animals and insects might be afftected by the warmer weather. a paraplegic man is suing

luton airport after staff there failed to provide him with a chair that he could wheel himself. justin levene said the rigid wheelchair he was offered could give him pressure sores and also remove his independence. his own chair had been left behind on a flight and he felt he had no option but to drag himself through the airport along the floor. our legal correspondent, clive coleman, has the story. what could have led to this? justin levene, a paraplegic, dragging himself through luton airport after his wheelchair was left behind by an airline. aged 20, justin coughed and herniated a disc, and an operation went wrong. but it hasn't held him back. he's become an international wheelchair athlete, trainer and mentor to disabled athletes. in august last year, justin arrived

back on a flight to luton airport. stranded without his self—propelling wheelchair, the airport offered him a rigid, high—backed one which had to be pushed by someone else. i've worked very hard for a number of years to try and maintain all of my independence. and one of the biggest problems i had was, if i didn't have my wheelchair, my legs had been taken away from me. all of my self—sufficiency and all of my independence was no longer there. and to be in one of those chairs, it made me feel humiliated and degraded. if you are in those chairs and they insisted in trying to strap me down in it, i wouldn't have been able to adjust myself. and i would have been at risk of getting a pressure sore. pressure sores can occur very quickly, sojustin asked if he could be transported by a motorised buggy. but luton airport doesn't have them. at the heart ofjustin‘s dispute with luton airport is his claim that by failing to provide him with a self propelling wheelchair the airport was in effect leaving him only one viable option —

to haul himself along these floors for hundreds of yards, denying him both his independence and his dignity. once outside the terminal, justin used a luggage trolley to wheel himself to his taxi. his own wheelchair was returned a day later. in a statement, luton airport says... a significant number of international and uk airports provide self—propelling wheelchairs. paralympian anne wafula—strike, who has also faced problems at airports, understands justin levene's actions. i would feel like my independence was being taken away and, honestly,

as a disabled person, we are still in charge of the type of people we want to be. are we the people that just want to be pushed around, you know, for people to be feeling sorry for us? no! justin levene's story is at the cutting edge of thinking about disability issues. is it enough for service providers like airports to give some assistance, even if what they offer denies the disabled person independence? clive coleman, bbc news. joining us now is baroness tanni grey—thompson. she is one of the uk's most successful disabled athletes and has also experienced inadequate treatment at airports. when you saw the story at luton airport, were you surprised? no, i wasn't surprised because this type of thing happens fairly often and my original thought was, good for him,

because i agree, been pushed through an airport is treating you like a baby or child. for an adult, it is really humiliating. for me, what luton airport have shown his com plete luton airport have shown his complete lack of understanding of what a chair means to an individual person. it is not ok to stick someone person. it is not ok to stick someone in the chair and push them through. what would happen if he got his own home? would he be able to ta ke his own home? would he be able to take the chair with him? it raises so take the chair with him? it raises so many issues and questions around how we does respect disabled people. is there not some legal comeback against luton airport? our business is meant to ensure that they provide the best service for anyone with either a mental or a physical impairment? i think probably what luton airport think is the provided reasonable adjustment which to them would be providing a chair, but that clearly is totally unacceptable. i

have sat on the floodgates, i have never quite put myself through the airport, but i will not be pushed through the airport. it takes away every aspect of independence, it makes you feel like people are staring at you, it is humiliating, and the nearest i could describe it is like being asked to strip to your underwear and walk through the airport. it raises bigger questions as well, it is not luton airport's fortis chair was not put on the plane, but it was the fault of the original airport. most plane, but it was the fault of the originalairport. most the plane, but it was the fault of the original airport. most the time it is the process, not individuals, it is the process, not individuals, it is the process, not individuals, it is the fact they did not think to put the chair on the plane in the first place, it is not rocket science. you leave a chair at the gate,it science. you leave a chair at the gate, it goes into the album comes at the other end. i have had pilots getting off the plane to go and look for my chairand getting off the plane to go and look for my chair and that is not acceptable. you have had a similar experience. what sort of excuses of

you had? i have travelled the world andi you had? i have travelled the world and i have to say that, when you return to britain, the level of customer service is quite extreme. the worst experience i ever had was coming back from geneva through paris in the birmingham and my chair was found three months later in dublin, cut in half, and was never an explanation. they tried to give me two sleeping bags and try to argue with me that was the item i had lost. you end up needing a sense of humour about some of the stuff but it becomes wearing. you saw with frank gardner left on the plane for an hour, and our no half, you understand as a disabled person you will not get off at exactly the same time as everyone else because they are managing staff rotors. the reality is you have to wait a little bit but the level of time you are expected to wait... the hardest thing i have to deal with is your

meant to be grateful. the number of times... i was on a flight last week andi times... i was on a flight last week and i needed a chair to get on and a member of staff said to me, stay in your seat. i tweeted jokingly that the hour i was not on the plane they had found a cure for me! i do not mean to be facile about it, but it is this constant drip feed of talking down to you all treating to you as if you are an unaccompanied minor. it is this question of dignity. we spoke tojustin earlier here and one of the points he raised was that a lot of people who have experienced similar offence say that it is very difficult to raise the issue, the problem, with companies involved. why is that?|j issue, the problem, with companies involved. why is that? i think it is mostly because they like to try to palm you off. it is happening with trains at the moment, they will try

and play top is something that does not happen very often, and happens to you, the reality is we need more of these stories on the news because this is a daily occurrence for disabled people. thank you very much. a criminal investigation has been launched into allegations of anti—semitic hate crime among labour party members. it comes after an internal labour party dossier detailing messages posted by members online was given to the head of the metropolitan police. our deputy political editor, john pienaar, has more. today, no escaping this question. mr corbyn, any response to the police investigation? good morning. any response at all about the police investigation? good morning. how nice to see you. do you think the labour party... good morning. how nice to see you. goodbye. are you finally going to take action on this, mr corbyn? goodbye. jeremy corbyn badly wants to put this row behind him, but the accusations of anti—semitism in the labour party follow him, whichever way he turns. labour's been split and the leadership and attack for months.

critics want more action, more regret at cases of anti—semitic abuse. corbyn loyalists claim the problem's exaggerated, but now police are on the case. we have been assessing some material which was passed, in fact, to me in a radio studio, of all things, about two months ago, and we are now investigating some of that material because it appears that there may have been a crime committed. the leaked file at scotland yard includes an online message calling one female labour mp a zionist extremist who's about to get a good kicking. four cases are said to be under particular scrutiny for potential hate crime, though not labour as a whole. somejewish labour mps say it's a lesson to their party. the labour party, particularly in the wake of thejo cox murder, has a duty of care to its members, and they should have referred these matters themselves to the police.

as a jewish mp, for whom the labour party was the natural home, i now go around feeling fear and always looking over my shoulder. jeremy corbyn commands huge labour loyalty — many, like him, critical of israel, but he agreed, under pressure, to a new definition of anti—semitism and promised support to british jews. i say this to all in the jewish community — we are your ally! seniorfigures accept there is more to do. we have anti—semitism in the labour party. we've improved our measures to deal with it. i don't want any anti—semite in my party, we want them out and, if they are guilty of a hate crime, we want them investigated and convicted too. accusations of anti—semitism may already have cost labour manyjewish supporters. political opponents, from theresa may down, mean to attack on this front, convinced it'll hurt labour and maybe hinderjeremy corbyn‘s chances of winning power. there's anger and frustration in the party, but the main political

casualty could be labour itself. john pienaar, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: a stark warning from the met office — the uk has faced more extremes of hot weather and downpours over the last decade due to global warming. a paraplegic man sues luton airport after claims that he was forced to drag himself through the terminal building because staff failed to provide him with a self—propelling wheelchair. police launch a criminal inquiry into allegations of anti—semitic hate crimes within the labour party. the brexit secretary, dominic raab, has visited northern ireland for talks with polticians and business leaders. the dup leader, arlene foster, said she hoped a deal on the deadlocked irish border question was close, but sinn fein accused mr raab of making a flying visit and acting like a thief in the night by not listening to the concerns of people

living on the border. mr raab said he remained confident of getting a good deal. our ireland correspondent, chris page, is at stormont for us. a lot of commentary on both sides here. any progress? well, there is certainly no sign of a breakthrough on this issue, which has become the most difficult one and the brexit negotiations, how you avoid a hard border on the island of ireland. dominic raab came here today and visited two ports and docks in cou nty visited two ports and docks in county down, close on the border, to meet business people. he came here to stormont to meet the main political parties in the two biggest parties in northern ireland. the seat —— bc brexit differently. the

dup's bottom line say the cannot agree anything other brexit deal that mean there will be trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk but sinn fein are passionately opposed the brexit and eileen macdonald said she had had a direct meeting with dominic raab and said the brexit secretary had come here like a thief in the night, a fly by night visit, for a box ticking exercise, so the two political parties are not going to see brexit in the same way at all. there was a slightly more positive tone down the meeting of ministers across that border in dublin and they said they thought the deal was possible and there had been movement on the border issue. however, they did make the point there was more work to be done in the irish government are saying as far as they

are concerned it is up to britain to step up efforts on talks. leicester city are preparing for their first match since the death of the club's owner in a helicopter crash at the weekend. strikerjamie vardy says city's players want to play at cardiff tomorrow so they can honour vichai srivaddhanaprabha, who was one of five people killed in the accident the king power stadium. natalie pirks reports. it's been one of the hardest, i think, weeks that and the lads have had to go through. it was another day of quiet reflection for leicester city players today. but this isn't just about an owner. it is more personal than that. he wasn'tjust the chairman. he always made sure that he went out of his way to get to know you on personal levels as well with your families, he took us in as his extended family. so close were the players's

relationships with vichai srivaddhanaprabha that he was a guest atjamie vardy‘s wedding to wife rebecca. as the shock subsides, honouring his memory is now at the forefront of the players's minds. obviously, at first you think, no, that hasn't happened, it's not possible. everyone is feeling the same. we are all hurting, but we know that he would want us out there, and we as a team and club wants to do him proud. they will attempt to do that tomorrow against cardiff city, their first game since the accident. senior members of the team will then fly to thailand for the funeral of vichai srivaddhanaprabha where his body has arrived at a buddhist temple in bangkok for a seven—day period of mourning. as a accident investigators continue to work outjust what caused the death of all five people on board, the players have tried to ease their pain by reflecting on their memories together of their friend, who always had a smile for everyone.

natalie perks, bbc news. mobile phone networks have been suspended in parts of pakistan as protests have taken place for a third day against a supreme court decision to acquit a christian woman, aasia bibi, sentenced to death for blasphemy. schools across the most populous province, punjab, have been closed. in lahore, karachi and the capital, islamabad, roads have been blocked by protesters. reports from pakistan say the authorities have reached an agreement with protesters who've been demonstrating against the acquittal. under the agreement, aasia bibi will be barred from leaving the country. we are joined from karachi by reema abbasi, a journalist who has written about minorities in pakistan. there is a news blackout. can you

update us on what exactly is going on? we are getting news here that those protests have been called off. what is the situation? well, i think we are presently confronted with the gravest question of our time, which is that this agreement is basically a capitulation whereby a momentous decision of aasia bibi's verdict is being decided by a mob, not the courts, it seems, and considerable space has been given now to these religious fanatics, and have been held hostage for three days, and there has been a media blackout. the outcome today, this great speech by

the pm, which gave the nation a lot of hope that he warned them not to come in direct conflict with the state, after which there was a statement from the army spokesperson, where he said, do not try our patients, and there will be a crackdown. however, today, shortly after the murder of the chief, who also was an ally, we have a shocking development which is that aasia bibi is likely to be on the exit control list. the question here is then, will this government... has

overturned what the court stood for, what so many lawyers... can ijust jump what so many lawyers... can ijust jump in very quickly? two developments. it looks like aasia bibi will not leave pakistan and also the possibility here of a deal with the government. how much pressure is imran khan under at the moment? the hardliners appear to have a lot of power. well, i think that it have a lot of power. well, i think thatitis have a lot of power. well, i think that it is not such a huge number of people, given that the contested the 2018 elections. they won only two seats in the provincial assembly but

the manage the third largest party in punjab. however, ithink the manage the third largest party in punjab. however, i think that if they wanted to obviously, they could've easily controlled the situation with force. after his speech, his speech should have been ideally or in normal circumstances followed up with furious action, and it wasn't. there was tremendous dithering on the part of the government. so what will happen next? because mr khan is on a state visit in china, i understand, so what happens next for the country? well, we gripped in absolute fear right now and tremendous disappointment, if this goes through, which actually means that

the debate from the blasphemy law being amended has now shifted to a bunch of violent people or mobs taking the law into their own hands and the government ‘s rent the vat. —— surrendering to that. they are uncertain about the outcome. however, it is very much about the appeasement with the religious hardliners, and we are still waiting to see what comes of it. sorry to interrupt you. thank you very much. more now on our top story and the news that a met office report says the uk has experienced more weather extremes during the past 10 years — warmer days are hotter and the winters are warmer too.

so what will that mean for our gardens, wild plants, pests and wildlife? let's speak now to pippa greenwood, who is a panelist on radio 4's gardeners' question time. thank you forjoining us. let's talk about this correlation between the weather and what happens on the other side of the window. it is a huge correlation because temperature and the length and moisture levels in the soil and the amount of rain and wind and everything else will affect just about everything and wind and everything else will affectjust about everything that grows in the garden or lives in the garden or is on a piece of natural land, woodland or pasture land or whatever. it will have quite noticeable effect. as far as

gardening is concerned, garden is a really resilient. we do not let anything get us down. so i think there will be an changes and water buts will have more water in them. it looks as if we will get even more rain during the wet seasons, but we will not let us get down. over the yea rs, will not let us get down. over the years, garden is always adapted to changes of all sorts, so it might be increasing mulch on soil, or mount planting, planting on a slight ridge so that in the wetter parts of the year, your plants are less likely to get waterlogged and during the summer you can fill in outrage with extra mulch, all that kind of thing you can do and gardeners will do. extra mulch, all that kind of thing you can do and gardeners will dolj you can do and gardeners will do.” have noticed that a lot of my spring self cedars have sprouted, which i'm

not happy about because i have lost those seeds come spring. the pigeons, for example, are still laying eggs and mating. it is almost as if things are out of sync. that is the difficulty, if everything responded to changes in climate in exactly the same way, from the gardening perspective, i'm not talking about the disasters of global warming, it would not be so bad but when things get out of sync, for instance, if birds nest too early in the year, they produce fledgling ‘s, nestlings which need feeding with things like caterpillars, and yet the butterflies and moths that produce this caterpillars are not working to the same cycle, then they run into trouble because they don't have the food sources they need and perhaps also battling against wet windy weather, so that is when it goes wrong, when the cycles are not properly co—ordinated. wrong, when the cycles are not properly co-ordinated. ultimately, i

know pest wise, we could also see an increase in things like mildew if we do not have enough moisture in the soil, but i wanted to get up to a larger scale because, although we are saying things will get worse, people within the business, i'm talking wholesale, are already suffering. there is a story about bold producers, that are not enough daffodils, prices are going up. and garden centres have struggled this summer because people just did garden centres have struggled this summer because peoplejust did not know how to cope with the hot weather, they were not buying plants, so the implications are the knock—on effects. plants, so the implications are the knock-on effects. the implications are potentially huge and when you hear about a shortage of daffodils, the bulb that everybody can afford and everybody tends to buy in quantity because it is really good value and always available, it is a bit scary. and yes, there will be more problems like that and people will start adapting a bit what they

grow, maybe we will get better crop of our sweet potatoes per hour normal potatoes will be smaller and trickier to grow because they will not respond so well to the dry weather. so there will have to be some changes that take place. but they will not happen instantly. we will adapt to them, but i do have concerns about things like pests because as long as you get milder winters you will get more exotic pests or pests that have been spreading from warmer parts of europe into england and perhaps up england, as it were. they will build over winter england, as it were. they will build overwinter better potentially things armada and then they will become a much bigger problem earlier in the season and breed and although sorts of things which means that potentially i would think that the pest situation could definitely get quite a bit worse. but the upside is, what is good for one is bad for

another so, hopefully, we will lose some problems, even if we do get more exotic pests, ultimately. now the weather. a cold start led into a bright day for many. a lot of sunshine. some changes to come for the weekend. it will be a lot milder and quite windy and we will see some rain at times. but not all the time. tonight that wet weather continues to pile in across scotland and northern ireland. the winds picking up northern ireland. the winds picking up as well. further south and east, it will turn breezy, but clear and chilly enough for a touch of frost. tomorrow, a soggy start for scotland and northern ireland and that rain limping into north—west england and wales. windy, particularly up to the

north—west with gusts up to 65mph for western scotland. eastern england will see sunshine. mild and still a bit of rain on sunday. but many will be dry and still it will be relatively mild. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: a stark warning from the met office — the uk has faced more extremes of hot weather and downpours over the last decade due to global warming. these changes are consistent with ourwarming these changes are consistent with our warming climate. the uk has warmed by just our warming climate. the uk has warmed byjust under a degree in the last 50 years or so. a paraplegic man sues luton airport after claims he was forced to drag himself through the terminal building because staff failed to provide him with a self—propelling wheelchair. police launch a criminal inquiry into allegations of anti—semitic hate crimes by members of the labour party. brexit secretary dominic raab holds talks with politicians

and business leaders in northern ireland. the democratic unionists say they hope a deal is close, but sinn fein accuse mr raab of being no more than a ‘day tripper‘. in a few days time, millions of voters across the united states will have their biggest say yet on donald trump's presidency. the midterm elections on tuesday will see americans casting their ballots for members of congress and many state governors. at the moment the republicans conttrol both houses of congress, and president trump is campaigning hard to try and keep it that way. last night he was in st louis, missouri. philippa thomas is there for us now. hi, yes, this state is key and

partly because of the senate maths, the republican hold the senate 51 to 49. the democrats want to turn that around and take control of the senate. but to do that the democrats have to hang on to their own senate seats and their most vulnerable senator is in missouri, claire mcaskill. she has the problem that president trump is popular here and he is spending a lot of time here campaigning for her opponent. let's have a look at this particular contest. democrat claire mccaskill needs all the help she can get. donald trump secured an easy victory in missouri. although no one here wants to name him, he is still defining the agenda. the very character of our country is on the ballot this time round.

we have some doors to knock, we have some phone calls to make... fighting in trump country, mcaskill defines herself as a moderate, not liberal. that may not be enough to save her. we have got to get outside our comfort zone. we have got to talk to people we have never talked to before. which is why this first—time democratic candidate is putting in the hours to get out the vote. hi, there, i'm your democratic candidate for missouri. this voter says she is backing claire mcaskill, but patrice agrees the senator isn't taking anything for granted. no she is not and nor should she. she is at this moment in time not a slam dunk for re—election. she has found it matters here to be a candidate conservatives can warm to. i am a gun owner. men love to talk about guns and weapons and i do too. they like to talk about

circumstances that i have been involved in as a police officer and i do too. there has been a surge of new voters registering in this county, saint charles, but they don't have to say for which party and canvassing customers at this vintage car dealers i found many still driven by enthusiasm for mr trump. you were also nodding that you think energy is up for the conservatives? i think so and i think that the kavanaugh confirmation had a lot to do with that. where they are are just dragging him through the swamp and the sewers, trying to belittle him, the guy was kind of qualified. i agree with trump on some things, some things i don't. he could stay off the twitter a little bit but at least you know how he feels about the subject. mcaskill or hawley? i have to go with hawley. local republican activists are not

alone in trying to boost josh hawley‘s chances. isn't it an incredible honour to have president donald trump in missouri? it's amazing. the president will be back on monday, making this his last stop before election day, confident that he has the power to help republicans harvest those final, vital votes. this stage of the campaign is sometimes called gotv — get out the vote. in esense turn out on tuesday and this is where donald trump, it is really interesting, is he enthusing more voters or turning them off. we won't know until the results come out on tuesday night. thank you. some breaking news.

reuters is reporting that the fbi have tweeted a message on twitter saying they have recovered a package, a suspicion package on thursday night. it was sent to the democrat california billionaire tom sayer, he is known for his adverts calling for the impeachment of president trump. a suspicious package. you can see that twitter message from the fbi on your screens now. the fbi have recovered a suspicious package addressed to the california billionaire tom steyer. more coffee shops, fewer pubs and more bookies. these are all signs of the changing face of our high streets, along with the closure of many shops.

but you might not have thought about how it affects your health. the royal society for public health has analysed 70 major towns and cities, listing the nation's healthiest and unhealthiest high streets. our north of england correspondent judith moritz reports from grimsby. it is not an accolade the guidebooks will boast about. this is britain's unhealthiest high street. grimsby comes last in a report that ranks the kind of shops in 70 towns and cities. you walk down the high street and a lot of shops are buying goods, rather than selling to you. there is a betting shop, another betting shop, a charity shop, fair enough, but too many of them. when you walk along, what do you see? poverty. a lot of people are here that do have money, but the high street does not reflect that. high street score highly if they have facilities like pharmacies and libraries

but low if they are full of pawnbrokers, bookmakers and fast—food outlets which are linked to poor health. we have got a pawnbrokers here. in grimsby, business owners are frustrated. i think a lot of the report is accurate and it is, the high street plays a vital role in community and society and i think that part of the report is accurate. what i think is unfair is that grimsby keeps getting labelled on the top of all of these tables and it does not do the morale of the town any good. the local council seems to have rolled its eyes at the report saying it is no secret that to some of the most deprived communities in the country and that the town is often seen at as at the bottom of the pile, but they say they do not agree with the overall findings and that whole parts of grimsby have been overlooked. thanks so much. parts like this marketjust off

the high—street where we found this woman whose curry cooking demonstrations u teach people how to use fresh healthy ingredients. you have to live here and immerse yourself in the culture to understand just how much there is to give. as soon as people step in and to be able to offer something they have never done before and have that opportunity to do that, really, is what this market is about for me. the report splits north from south, with york the only city in the north of england to be counted among the very healthiest high streets. back in grimsby, they say there is also plenty to celebrate. a £70 million government deal was recently announced and it is hoped that new investment will turn things around for this town. judith moritz, bbc news, grimsby. welljoining us now from our studio in hull is lawrence brown from scotts property — which has an office in grimsby.

thank you for talking to us. so, how has grimsby affected your health? well it hasn't at all. living in grimsby has given me the lifestyle i enjoy. i don't see how this report can say that having a number of betting shops or tanning shops or empty shops, how does that have an impact on somebody‘s health. i don't see how it can... hold true. what do you see in grimsby that the authors of the report haven't?” you see in grimsby that the authors of the report haven't? i see a town that has had a tough time in the past. a town that is actually growing and expanding in terms of its economy. i see a town that is the centre of the off shore wind industry and a town that is serving the food sector and there are food products going from grimsby around the uk and a town that is moving forward as far as regeneration is concerned. in five years' time it will be interesting to see if the

people come back and see what the reports are then. ultimately in the reports are then. ultimately in the report there were some residents of grimsby, who said, yeah, there is a lot of poverty and there is deprivation. what can be done to help? firstly, let's take everything thatis help? firstly, let's take everything that is said with a pinch of salt and if you go to any street in the uk and do a vox pop, somebody will say something critical about the town. we have to look at what the opportunities are for the town and make the most of that and not continually knock a particular street or town or area. it doesn't do anybody any favours and reinforces a negative perception that already exists. you're in the property business, the property that the report said grimsby had the highest number of empty shops, i think 27%, you're in the industry.” am, it is nota think 27%, you're in the industry.” am, it is not a figure i recognise.

i was reading some information about the report and the data that was used was from the local data company and i'm assuming that is the data theyissue and i'm assuming that is the data they issue some time and excepted at they issue some time and excepted at the time that i didn't recognise the va ca ncy the time that i didn't recognise the vacancy report in the report the company produced. part of the empty shops that they're talking about are in buildings that will scheduled for demolition as part of a regeneration project. there would be no advantage to anybody to let those shops, if in a short period it is devolcanoished to make —— demolished. we need to ta ke to make —— demolished. we need to take the report with a pinch of salt. thank you very much. now it's time for newswatch. this week samira ahmed puts the bbc‘s economics coverage under the spotlight.