this is bbc news. the headlines at 9am: seven children have been discharged from hospital after the collapse of an inflatable slide at a fireworks event in surrey. another child remains in hospital. while walking past the slide, i noticed there are a lot of children lying on the floor next to it on the right—hand side. and about nine or ten ambulances. more than 70 business leaders call for a referendum on the terms of the brexit deal. the family of a christian woman at the centre of mass protests in pakistan has asked for asylum in britain. players from leicester city football club land in thailand to pay their respects to the club's owner, who died in a helicopter crash last weekend. yesterday the team beat cardiffi—o in theirfirst game since the tragedy. the first man to swim around the coast of great britain has

come ashore in kent. it feels weird to be looking back and reflecting, because for 157 days idid not and reflecting, because for 157 days i did not allow myself to do that, so i did not allow myself to do that, so now i did not allow myself to do that, so now it feels quite nice. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9:35 — this morning's reviewers are shyama perera and rosamund urwin. seven children have been discharged from hospital following the collapse of an inflatable slide at a fireworks event in surrey. eight had taken to major trauma centres after the incident last night — one has been kept in for observations. police declared a major incident at woking park,

with health and safety officials also investigating. simon clemison is there for us in woking. we have seen more police turning up in the last few minutes, and as you mention the health and safety executive, we are expecting officials to come to the park any time. if you look at some of these attacks is, you get the says they are for very young children, a coconut shy, a merry—go—round, tea cu ps, coconut shy, a merry—go—round, teacups, toys they can win. you get the sense this was maybe the first night out they had had, it is something you can do with your children, go out for the night and have a good time. it is not turned out that way because he was being played ball slide which is now down. we do not know what has happened, or why these eight children were injured, taken the hospital as you

say, seven 110w injured, taken the hospital as you say, seven now released. there is a sense that perhaps it goes up to 30 feet tall and some people have been saying that that some point there we re saying that that some point there were about a0 children on it. a fairground and fireworks, woking park was packed. some visitors saw a huge inflatable slide had been particularly busy. police say a group of children fell and were hurt. around 7:30 this evening, a major incident was declared. this followed after a number of children fell from the slide and suffered injuries. the air ambulance was called in to help as people were asked to leave the park. we walked past the slide and we noticed there seemed to be a lot of children on it, three or four children that i could see on the floor and they were being treated by emergency personnel. there were at least nine or ten ambulances, dozens and dozens of emergency personnel and it was very, very quickly obvious the situation was very serious. 0rganisers later tweeted

that they were shocked and distressed by events. the woking district rotary club added that it was assisting the emergency services in dealing with the children. most of those people will have children and most of the children will have after go one this ride, so eve ryo ne will have after go one this ride, so everyone is waking up knowing it could have been their child in in that situation, sat in hospital. it is deeply shocking. some eyewitnesses noticed the slide was still standing when they left. the showman's guild, who operates the rides at fairs, told the bbc that the ride had up—to—date test certificates and insurance documents. we are going to be moved away from the scene here and just the next few minutes so that the investigation work can be carried out. but give you that weed from surrey police, they say they are pleased to say that seven out of eight of the injured were discharged from hospital overnight, at an eighth victim hasn't kept in the observations, but the injuries are not believed to be significant, so subdued is certainly any last hour on this. there was a suggestion by

the police very early on that this had collapsed in some way. everyone i have spoken to says the inflatable was upright when they left and people were being asked to leave the park. i spoke to a grandmother who talked about how she put her grandmother onto this inflatable, but you said it really was very busy hat and people were all over the place, a lot of, very few attractions for a lot of people. you saw one of the eichmann is ease speaking tours via skype, he has been back down here to give his thoughts and he felt that it was extreme the busy, which was a good thing, thousands of people, that is what organisers want, but they says that perhaps it was too busy. thiam i was him and some friends la st thiam i was him and some friends last night and be what passed the slide earlier. i noticed that there

we re slide earlier. i noticed that there were a slide earlier. i noticed that there we re a lot slide earlier. i noticed that there were a lot of children using it, not just the slide but a lot of attractions, thousands of thousands of people. many young families. sol looked at it for a better and better after the fireworks at about 745. we heard sirens and we saw the blue lights flashing, and i walked over in this direction when, closest exit, the announcement came that there was a mass evacuation due to a huge emergency incident. while walking past the slide i noticed that there were a lot of children lying on the floor next to it on the right—hand side. about nine or ten and lenses. it was very immediately clear that it was a series incident. very little panic, a sense of worry, a lot of people not knowing what had

happened. a lot of speculation. for the most part, people left very quickly and calmly and allowed the emergency services to do theirjobs. this is one of woking's biggest events of the gaffe. someone was saying it is in the region of 12,000 people here, that would not surprise me. the main arcade area where all the attractions are it's quite small. so to have that many people in sucha small. so to have that many people in such a pact area would have caused a bit of difficulty for emergency services to wade through them. but all the attractions were being widely used, but particularly this one, it was a big one for younger children particularly. just due to the nature of it. i would say looking at it that the older children on it were ten or 11 years

old, and when you are that young you are not really paying attention to your safety, you are just looking for some fun, and that is what they we re for some fun, and that is what they were doing until this horrible event happened. i was talking to another mother who was here last night, she was saying it was very difficult talking to a child than explaining what had happened. air ambulances taking people off. it does seem that things are better this morning and that those children are out of hospital, most of them. one still in. entries not thought to be significant. —— injury not thought. the husband of a pakistani christian woman, acquitted of blasphemy after eight years on death row, has pleaded for asylum from the uk. asia bibi's husband, ashiq masih, said they were in great danger in pakistan. the supreme court overturned her conviction on wednesday, saying the case against her was based on flimsy evidence, but she has yet to be freed. her acquittal sparked violent

protests, and the government has now agreed to try to stop her leaving the country. the conservative mp tom tugendhat, who's chair of the foreign affairs committee, joins us from tonbridge in kent. do you think the uk should be offering asylum? this is an innocent woman who has already spent many years in prison, something we would not even begin to consider a crime and even the pakistan court says is not a crime, she didn't do anything. i think she should be released, but sadly not just released to home, because the reality is that as we have seen in recent days, there is a great danger of mob violence. the governor of punjab who spoke out on her behalf was killed only seven years ago, and a leading member of the cabinet was

killed in the same year. both of them for speaking out against the way in which this woman has been treated. this is a matter of freedom of conscience and freedom of faith, and we support the freedom of individuals to practice their faith or no faith. seeing this woman being victimised because of her christian beliefs in pakistani 16 the worrying. we should not only be offering her asylum but we should be making it clear to the pakistan government that we view this with extreme seriousness. what with july the pakistan government and the authorities to do about this case? —— what would you like? authorities to do about this case? -- what would you like? he is new in office, he has a reputation to make, and he can make it in one of two ways, either he can become the spokesman for a hate filled mob and watch a poor woman and her family be lynched, or she can help her to

escape from the threat of violence and help her into asylum, either in the united kingdom or canada or the united states wherever she chooses to go, because i think this is a clear case of freedom of conscience leading to genuine fear rapid intrusion or death. -- fear of persecution or death. downing street has dismissed a call by more than 70 business leaders for a referendum on the terms of the brexit deal, saying the vote has already been held two years ago. in an open letter, the executives say the proposals under discussion would leave the uk worse off than if it was still in the european union. the signatories include the chief executive of waterstones, james daunt, and the lastminute. com founder, lady lane—fox. with me now is our political correspondent jonathan blake. what else are these business leaders saying? a group of more than 70

expressing their frustration about brexit in this open letter to the sunday times. a couple of other of the names people might recognise, justin king, the innocent drinks founder, and many other names who that are actually card—carrying remainers, people whose opposition to brexit is very much well—known. they are coming together to form a group known as business for a peoples vote. this is part of the campaignfora peoples vote. this is part of the campaign for a public vote on the terms of any brexit deal. they say in their letter that the business trinity was promised... —— business community. neither of those options they say

the ballot paper in 2016, and they say that the ultimate choice should be handed back to the people. of course as you say, downing street is dismissing this with a source telling us that the prime minister has been clear all along there will be no second referendum, we had a people's vote, it was injune 2016. and sunday times reporting a breakthrough in the brexit talks. yes, they have what it is presenting a sitcom friends of some of a deal that they report theresa may has struck at about to strike with the eu. their political editor has pieced together to conversations with ministers, civil servants, and visors, eu officials, and in many elements of this, claiming and all uk custom deal which will be part of our withdrawal agreement with the eu, which would negate the need for a backstop option which would keep northern ireland under a different set of rules on the rest of the uk.

more closely aligned to the u. there will be an exit clause, they claim, which would allow the uk to remove itself from that arrangement, and the officers will be left open for a canada the officers will be left open for a ca na da style the officers will be left open for a canada style trade deal, or something more along the lines of theresa may's checkers plan agreed by the cabinet back in the summer. downing street dismissing this aspect relations, with a spokesperson telling us that the primers that has been clear, we're making good progress and 95% of the withdrawal agreement is now settled. negotiations are ongoing. that remaining 5% has of course been the most tricky part to crack will start what to do to avoid a hard border in northern ireland ? what to do to avoid a hard border in northern ireland? the assessment is that if there is to be a deal reached this month in november, then it will be need to be a great deal of movement in the next couple of weeks. former cabinet secretary and head of the civil service sirjeremy heywood

has died from cancer aged 56, downing street has said 0ne one of the most distinguished and will serve as hot as generation. just in from downing street. the head of the civil service, sir jeremy heywood, has died from cancer at the age of 56. just hearing from the prime minister, theresa may, this is extreme a sad news, all of my thoughts are with jeremyed this is extreme a sad news, all of my thoughts are withjeremyed family and friends. the many retirement tributes paid to him from across the little speck in recent weeks demonstrated his extraordinary talent, supporting and advising prime ministers and ministers at leading the civil service with distinction. theresa may goes on to

say that he worked tirelessly to serve our country in the finest editions of the civil service and is a huge loss to british public life. i will always be grateful for the support he gave me personally and remember his achievements across his career as we regret that he did not have the chance to offer his talents for longer in retirement. sirjeremy heywood, distinguished civil servant, died of cancer at the age of 56. the headlines on bbc news: seven children have now been discharged from hospital after falling from an inflatable fairground slide at a fireworks display in surrey last night. one child is still being kept in hospital for observations more than seventy business leaders call for a referendum on the terms of the brexit deal the family of a christian woman at the centre of mass protests

in pakistan has asked for asylum in britain. leicester city players and staff have landed in thailand, to attend the funeral of the club's owner. six days of ceremonies began on saturday for vichai srivaddhanaprabha, who died in a helicopter crash last weekend. 0vernight, his week—long funeral continued at a buddhist temple in bangkok, as member's of thailand's business and political elite came to pay their respects for the billionaire. and yesterday, ahead of their 1—0 victory over cardiff yesterday, leicester's team and coaching team paid their respects with a minute's silence, and after the game, the club goalkeeper kasper schmeichel paid tribute to the way team have reacted to the owner's death. mentally it was a top game for all of us. i think there is a lot of exhausted people in there now. but i

am in isa exhausted people in there now. but i am in is a proud of this team, proud of this club. the way everybody has handled themselves has been unbelievable. with me now is our south east asia correspondentjonathan head. just talk us through the funeral ceremony, because this is a very long funeral service, spanning over several days. it dies, started last night with a bathing ceremony attended by the closest friends and family of the deceased, and it was telling, looking at the people who came, just how well—connected vichai srivaddhanaprabha was. to the most powerful military leaders in the country attended along with the richest man, along with family members. there will be another five or six days of buddhist chanting, all about accumulating merit for the

deceased, which will go on over the next week, and the highlights will be the visit by the leicester players. we expect them to land any time in the next ten, 15 minutes. later this evening they will be here, the funeral possession taking place at a pavilion at the back. this is a large temple complex, so very illustrious. you get a number of funerals going on here. they will attend tonight and probably tomorrow as well before they have to come back to britain for a match later in the week. a very different atmosphere from what we have seen backin atmosphere from what we have seen back in britain. very emotional, tea rful back in britain. very emotional, tearful tributes, powerful stuff that the stadiums. here it is much more formalised and you have to remember that vichai srivaddhanaprabha cut a different figure in thailand's society than he did in britain because he was known here as a powerful businessmen who shunned the blizzard here does not have the relationship with the public that he managed to build what the leicester city fans. the leicester players will find the atmosphere very different, but i

suspect as it will be no less powerful for that. —— shunned publicity. voters in the french pacific islands of new caledonia are taking part in a referendum on whether to remain part of france or become independent. the vote was promised three decades ago, after a violent campaign by separatists from the indigenous ka nak people. it's being closely watched in france's other overseas territories. 0ur correspondent phil mercer is following events from sydney. which way is likely to go? if you believe the opinion polls, it is likely new caledonia will say no to independence. it would seem that economic and security is have swayed many economic and security is have swayed ma ny voters economic and security is have swayed many voters to stick with france, paris does pomp enough a lot of money into its strategic south pacific territory, and there are

concerns that if the archipelago goes it alone, the flow of cash could impact on the way of life in this pacific paradise, and it is a beautiful place, but it is a place that has been scarred by ethnic tensions. rights as the french colonised the islands in the 1850s. the indigenous kanak people have waged a separatist campaign, sometimes extremely violently, and then returned there have been retaliations by the french that have further inflamed those tensions over the years. it is so simmering sensitivities that have come to the fore during this vote in the south pacific. we are expecting a result in the next couple of hours, but saved say if it is a no vote, there isa saved say if it is a no vote, there is a provision harder agt here for there to be another referendum on independence in 2020 and 2022, so theissue, independence in 2020 and 2022, so the issue, even if there is a no result, is unlikely to go away.

a 33—year—old man from lincolnshire has become the first person to swim right around the british coast. ross edgley crossed the finish line off the kent coast in the past hour, after swimming 18—hundred miles. he'd been in the water for up to 12 hours a day since the start ofjune. 0ur correspondentjohn maguire is live in margate where ross has reached dry land. quite an achievement. an incredible achievement, especially when you consider that he has not actually set foot on dry land for the whole six months. ross is here, he has not stop smiling. just came in and shown it is all the people here, a really huge turnout, family, friends, well—wishers. it is the daftest question a journalist asked, but how

do you feel? it is thinking in more, but again it is amazing. not many places you come in and people asked you to sign bananas, spraying champagne, the community around the house when is amazing. people really got behind the whole journey all the way around. people watching it online, everyone wasjust... whether it was my tongue falling apart, my neck, and people were just coming up with home—made remedies, how you can moisturise your tongue, and now seeing these people, it is so nice. you see all of them on social media, and they say, i remember you, you are the one who gave you my home—made remedy. are the one who gave you my home-made remedy. you said it was a mental and physical challenge. there we re mental and physical challenge. there were so mental and physical challenge. there we re so many mental and physical challenge. there were so many times throughout when

you just, i said this in my welling up you just, i said this in my welling up speech, that in no they didn't feel like an individual sport. it did not matter if it was two o'clock in the morning and i was the middle of the moray firth, putting on a cold wet suit, i could put on my phone and people would be sending amazing messages are telling me they we re amazing messages are telling me they were signing up to triathlons, it just felt like a team sport. i think thatis just felt like a team sport. i think that is so important that when everybody looks back on the great british swim they remember it as a team sport, not a solo endeavour. looking around now, i get it now, thatis looking around now, i get it now, that is why it is a team sport. you swa m that is why it is a team sport. you swam with the tide, day and night, you tell beyond worst day made negative progress going backwards. the best day you swam faster than michael phelps. yes, it was much more of an experiment in sailing as well as more of an experiment in sailing as wellas swimming. if

more of an experiment in sailing as well as swimming. if you get the title right, pentland firth, 8.7 knots. that is kind of a dolphin's cruising speed. it felt amazing. but that was not me, it was the tide. everybody watching hast thou got a new appreciation for this eve. you get a profound respect for it. and people say you swim like a dolphin, i don't, that was the tide. that is what has been really nice. you are very humble. what is next? different things, i have to learn to walk again. that is first. after that, this sounds so weird, but i am still not bored with swimming. i am still quite swim fit. there has been a few ideas that people have thrown around and said, if you are able to swim around great britain, what else can you do? i am around great britain, what else can you do? lam hoping in —— open to

suggestions. there have been good ones and we might call a meeting, sunday roast dinner with my mum and dad, we will sit around and decide. just shoving us your trident. it says, ross edgley, great british swim. well done. amazing achievement. congratulations. absolutely amazing, you run out of superlatives, broken so many wreckers and doing it. his skipper matt who was here today, he said to mea matt who was here today, he said to me a couple of weeks ago, he does not think anybody will ever achieve this again. he does not begin i will even attempted again. extraordinary staff. ed he does not think anyone will. he seems full of beans. here's just chatting away. literally and metaphorically, he burned 1 million

calories over the swim. ijoined him for breakfast a couple of weeks ago, he ate an absolutely huge breakfast like the wrestlers, back in the 70s and 80s. he was eating high—protein staff, planners as well, the crew became adept at throwing bananas at him. as you heard him say, he had problems with the salt water affecting his tongue. 0ne problems with the salt water affecting his tongue. one of the easiest things for him to eat was a banana. an incredible character, thatis banana. an incredible character, that is what has kept him going. someone said earlier, you can train yourself to do a long distance swim, eat enough food, but really it is allup eat enough food, but really it is all up here. he really has done an extraordinary job. now it's time for a look at the weather. not as windy today as yesterday, a brighter day for scotland or northern ireland. england and wales,

more cloud, how big is arranged through part of lincolnshire, south yorkshire, midlands, south west. turning wetter in south—west, north—west italy is still a few heavy showers around. the wind not quite as strong, still potential for gales across the far north and north—west of scotland. as we go into tonight, outbreaks of rain, wales, south—west england, some pushing and northern england and scotla nd pushing and northern england and scotland through the night. turning wetter across northern ireland as we head towards tomorrow morning. for all it will be a frost free night, evenif all it will be a frost free night, even if it is cooler than the last couple of nights. a dry start the eastern areas, wait for northern and western scotland, northern ireland, maintaining lighter and patchy. brightest guy is developing. spots of rainfor brightest guy is developing. spots of rain for some in the west and a few isolated showers in the east, mild flow of a with temperatures into the teens. —— mild flow of air. hello, this is bbc news.

the headlines... seven children have been discharged from hospital after the collapse of an inflatable slide at a fireworks event in surrey. another child remains under observation after the incident. more than 70 business leaders call for a referendum on the terms of the brexit deal. the family of a christian woman at the centre of mass protests in pakistan has asked for asylum in britain. former cabinet secretary and head of the civil service sir

jeremy heywood dies from cancer aged 56. players from leicester city football club fly to thailand to pay their respects to the club's owner, who died in a helicopter crash last weekend. the first man to swim around the coast of great britain has waded ashore in kent. before the papers, sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh woozencroft. good morning. as you've been hearing, there were sombre scenes in cardiff yesterday as leicester city's players and fans paid