this is bbc news. the headlines at 11... eight children are injured, as an inflatable slide collapses at a fireworks event in woking. seven of the children have now been discharged from hospital but one remains under observation. while walking passed the slide i noticed that there were a lot of children lying on the floor next to it on the right—hand side and about nine or ten ambulances. former cabinet secretary and head of the civil service sir jeremy heywood dies from cancer, aged 56. 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 appeals for asylum in britain. a 33—year—old man from lincolnshire has become the first person to swim around the british coast. it feels weird now to sort of be looking back and almost reflecting because for 157 days i almost didn't

allow myself to do that, so now it feels quite nice. and join my colleague, shaun ley, in half an hour for dateline. he'll be looking at the german chancellor's long goodbye and telling us why donald trump isn't experienceing the usual mid—term blues. police declared a "major incident" in surrey last night after multiple children fell from a giant inflatable slide at a fireworks event. eight children were initially taken to hospital — with one still remaining for observations. health and safety officials are investigating the incident which ocurred at woking park. simon clemison reports. 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 7:30pm 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, there were nine or ten ambulances. it was immediately clear it was a serious incident. organisers 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 wanted to have a go

on this ride, so everyone is waking up knowing it could have been their child 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, which operates the rides at fairs, told the bbc that the ride had up—to—date test certificates and insurance documents. michael holden, from woking district rotary club, was part of the team which organised last night's event. he said they had used the funfair operator in charge of the slide for a number of years without incident. well, it was a very sad accident on the inflatable slide that you can see behind me. it was at about 7:20pm last night. we don't still know yet exactly what happened but eight children appear to have come off near the top of the slide, or at the top of the slide,

when not quite sure yet and landed on the floor alongside it. at first we thought the injuries were very serious and a major incident was declared and that meant we had to abort the fireworks. pretty shocked and distressed by the whole thing but very relieved to hear this morning's news that seven out of the eight children have been discharged from hospital and the last is being kept in under observation, so the injuries are not as serious as first thought. we are hearing obviously that this is popular — up to 12,000 people attend it usually. we have spoken to quite a lot of eyewitnesses this ride in particular was very crowded. there have been reports of a0 children being on the ride at the same time. is that something that you witnessed? was the area overcrowded? i don't think the area was overcrowded. it happened during the build—up to the fireworks, so it wasn't as full as it might have been at eight o'clock. so, we think there was probably something like 5000 people in the park at the time when the incident occurred. it looks to be to do with the way the ride was being operated. i cannot comment any

more than that because we simply don't know at the moment but i don't think there was any issue around crowding in the park itself. the company who ran the right, aren't they the same company that you have used before? do you do the checks on the licenses? absolutely. we have a full safety plan for this event, which has been agreed with woking borough council. we have used this funfair operator for a number of years — we have never had any problems before. he is as upset as we are about it. have you spoken to any families of the children who are injured? not yet because they have been dealing with the hospitals. we haven't actually got contact details but we will press to get those today. they seem to intimate it was the ride. do you get a sense it was the management of the ride that was a problem? i cannot really comment on that because we do not know at the moment. the health and safety executive are here nine we will cooperate with them. i'm pretty sure some video footage will emerge and that will help us to establish

exactly what happened. we will carry out a full review, obviously this is the first time we have had to evacuate this event in the 21 years it has been running. whatever lessons need to be learned, you can be sure we will. will the fair be here next year? will you consider any changes? too early to say. we have got to review the whole event now. i spoke to markjohn — managing director of the inflatable manufacturer company airquee and chairman of a body that inspects inflatables. he said the equipment goes through rigorous testing processes. it is tragic when something like this happens. all you can do in the industry is reflect and look at what you can do to improve things and maintain public safety. to put people's minds at rest, fundamentally, inflatables are very, very safe. we think there are about 23 million users a year on inflatables and, in the main, they go into events and people have a

great time with no accidents or injuries whatsoever. they go through vigorous testing processes and the checklists that are followed and the inspection routines follow a published european standard. that is, in itself, very thorough indeed. and that is what we can do really. that is on an annual basis and like i said, it is very thorough and people should be feeling pretty confident that we do as much as we can to protect them. "as much as we can," you say, but there have been accidents, we know that. is that because there is something flawed within the inflatable or is it human error, the way it is attached to the ground, the way that it has been put up? i think you have raised a really important point. i have been doing this fori7 years, 0k? and what i have seen over the past couple of years is the emphasis has certainly shifted from being a manufacturing or design issue, in the past, to now where it is becoming much more focused on the operational level,

both as the operator that is using the equipment or, you know, providing it to the public, and the operational environment, whether that is windy conditions or anything else that could pose a threat to the use of that inflatable. 0n the manufacturing side, i have to say, and i'm notjust saying this because i'm a manufacturer, but the uk especially is looked upon as a country that produces fantastic inflatables and we really do. but you always had to reflect on these things to see what you can do better as an industry and we certainly do that and we will continue to do that and maybe we need to look more closely at how people can do something to learn how to operate inflatables to keep people safe when and if conditions prevail that are not ideal. i can't comment on this specific case but certainly the operational environment is very important. you are watching bbc news.

sirjeremy heywood, the former cabinet secretary and head of the civil service, has died from cancer at the age of 56. his career spanned over 30 years. his wife suzanne paid tribute to him. she said... 0thers having also been paying tribute to sirjeremy. the prime minister, theresa may, said... former prime minister gordon brown said... another former prime minister, tony blair, paid his respects. and sir mark sidwell, sirjeremy‘s successor as head of civil service said...

the former cabinet minister, yvette cooper, speaking on ridge on sunday on sky news, paid this tribute. joe meek and i think, was a wonderful public servant and he i think did a huge amount to hold governments together at very difficult times. i knew him personally and i think all thoughts are with his family. i think people will not be aware of quite how many remarkable things he did to solve crises, to deal with some of the most difficult problems and, as a very honourable public servant to hold people together and to make sure that the government frankly did not do stupid things on many occasions and to make sure there

we re occasions and to make sure there were solutions. yvette cooper with her tribute to sirjeremy heywood. earlier i spoke to lord gus 0'donnell, who preceeded sirjeremy as cabinet secretary, described him a real driving force in the civil service. i think the thing you will find is, as the great civil servants, and he took over from as the great civil servants, and he took overfrom me, this kind of person will get accolades from across all the parties and all his collea g u es across all the parties and all his colleagues in the civil service. he was in partial but he was a real driving force to get things done. and he would never give up on something. he would get around the obstacles and ensure that solutions we re obstacles and ensure that solutions were found. a truly great civil serva nts were found. a truly great civil servants who will be missed, very sadly. it has all come far too soon. what kind of character do you need

to be britain's is to senior civil servant? 0bviously to be britain's is to senior civil servant? obviously you are under huge pressure is from various different politicians. it is not an easyjob at all. people think of yes minister and yes prime minister. people should not go down the road of thinking about bureaucrats and all of this. jeremy loved the party. he was a party animal. he was lively, had a very great interest in music and travel. his family. but he also had an enormous work ethic and would basically just also had an enormous work ethic and would basicallyjust keep at things until he got them right and he did that very successfully for people of very different political persuasions he wanted different outcomes. it is

the sir humphreys and be in the thick 0f the sir humphreys and be in the thick of it series that give you an impression it is a battle but it can all work very well. just to reinforce that, we just saw a clip of yvette cooper, one of the ministers who worked with him, who was very emotional on hearing about his death. yes, those of us who were aware ofjeremy ‘s condition for the last year, i guess had a bit more time to get used to this. i can with yvette's husband, ed balls, jeremy did some amazing work where he had to work between tony blair and gordon brown, whose instincts were not to. he was working at a time for tony blair and his past treasury

experience has called on a lot. we are all very emotional about this. i worked with jeremy for years and yea rs. worked with jeremy for years and years. it is a real shock. lord gus 0 donna with his tributes to sir jeremy heywood. that is macro 0'donnell. 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. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent jonathan blake, many of these names are actually card—carrying remainers or former remainers, people whose opposition to brexit is very much a well—known but they are coming together to form a group called business for a people's vote and this is part of the ongoing campaign

by the people's vote group to campaign for a public vote on the terms of any brexit deal. and the group say in their letter that the business community was promised that, if the country voted to leave, there would be continued frictionless trade with the eu. despite the prime minister's best efforts, they say, the proposals being discussed by the government and the european commission fall far short of this and they say that the uk is now facing either a blindfold — or a destructive — hard brexit. neither of those options, they say, were on 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, they say, it was injune 2016. meanwhile, splashed across the front pages of the sunday times, they are reporting that there has been a breakthrough in the brexit talks. yes, the sunday times has

what it is presenting as a comprehensive summary of a deal that they report theresa may has struck or is about to strike with the eu. their political editor, tim shipman, has pieced this together, he says through conversations with ministers, civil servants, advisers and eu officials. and the main elements of this, it claims, are an all—uk customs deal which would 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 from the rest of the uk and more closely aligned to the eu. there will be at exit clause, they claim, which would allow the uk to remove itself from that arrangement and the options will be left open for a canada style trade deal or something more along the lines of theresa may's chequers plan agreed by the cabinet back in the summer. but downing street is dismissing this as speculation with a spokesperson telling us

that the prime minister has been clear, "we are making good progress on the future relationship and 95% of the withdrawal agreement is now settled. the negotiations are ongoing." which they are. and that remaining 5% has of course been the most tricky part to crack, what to do to avoid a hard border in northern ireland. but the assessment is that, if there is to be a deal reached this month, in november, then they will need to be a great deal of movement over the next couple of weeks. the billionaire aaron banks has told the bbc‘s andrew marr show that all the money he donated to campaigns for brexit before last week it emerged the national crime agency has launched a criminal investigation into claims that millions of pounds he donated came from sources which are not permitted under electoral law. mr banks denies any wrongdoing and accused the electoral commission of bias. we are at the point where we know

the electoral commission has a bias and the chairman has called it a collection of nonsense. it is 52 versus 48. mr banks also said he may choose to vote differently if the referendum was run again now. the corruption i have seen in british politics, this you that exists, and the disgraceful behaviour of the government over what they are doing with brexit and how they are selling out. —— the sewer. if i could vote again i think it would be better to remain an these demons. the headlines on bbc news... police say seven of the eight children who were being treated for "potentially serious injuries" following an incident at a fireworks funfair in woking have been discharged. the former head

of the civil service, sirjeremy heywood, has died, less than a fortnight after he retired from his position as cabinet secretary. more than 70 business leaders call for a referendum on the terms of the brexit deal. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh. wayne rooney will come out of international retirement to make a final farewell appearance for his country next month. england's all—time record goal—scorer, who now plays in america for dc united, is expected to captain the side against the united states at wembley to earn his 120th cap. the game will raise funds for the wayne rooney foundation and will be his first england appearance since a 3—0 victory over scotland two years ago. the wembley arch will be lit up in the gold colours of rooney's charity. it's a big day ahead at the top

of the premier league with both manchester city and chelsea in action this afternoon. liverpool are currently top, for a few more hours at least, after their draw against arsenal. jurgen klopp's side had taken the lead at the emirates thanks to this from james milner. but they were denied all three points when alexander lacazette equalised for the gunners late on, continuing manager unai emery‘s impressive start to the season. we fought hard for it, really hard. that is normal. you can win a point here and you think, thank god. it is not at feeling that i do not feel we dropped two points as well. it is something in between. maybe if you feel like this, a draw is the logical result. liverpool's stay at the top of the table though might be brief, with both manchester city and chelsea able to go above them later. manchester city are just a point behind, as they go into their game

at home to southampton. always when i see southampton, the players that we have, the position we have, it is not the quality of the players they have in the position normally. i am impressed with the quality i have in front, especially strong and especially in the middle. we have to be sharp in small spaces and clever in set pieces because they are strong as well. that is the game, i guess. if manchester city don't manage a win, chelsea could go top by the end of the day. they take on crystal palace in the four o'clock kick off. eden hazard is expected to be fit to play some part after recovering from a back injury. boss mauricio sarri has criticised his sides consistency after narrowly scraping through their league cup tie against derby in midweek. i saw

isawa i saw a very good performance in the defensive phase and three days after i saw defensive phase and three days after isawa defensive phase and three days after i saw a lot of mistakes. so, it means that we are not a solid team at the moment with continuity and it is dangerous. johnny bairstow has been ruled out the first of england's three upcoming test matches against sri lanka, which begins on tuesday. the wicket—keeper twisted his ankle playing football in training during the one—day series, and missed the final two 50—over matches. england have not won a test series in sri lanka since 2001. it's not yet been announced who will take his place behind the stumps for the match in galle. johnny is unavailable for this first one. the decision is properly more based on long—term was giving him extra time to hopefully get right for the second test and not put him into much doubt you know, for the rest of the winter. looking forward

to the next summer at home. england's rugby league side can complete a series victory over new zealand this afternoon when the teams meet in liverpool. england won the first of the three tests last week. captain sean 0'loughlin misses out through injury so st helens forward luke thompson will make his first start for his country whilst castleford's adam milner will also feature. that match live on bbc two this afternoon. here is a captain, the leader of the team. he has been narrow and done it in the domestic game and international game. big boots to fill. i am international game. big boots to fill. iam ready international game. big boots to fill. i am ready for the challenge andi fill. i am ready for the challenge and i am sure i can do thejob. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. 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. earlier i spoke to tom tugendhat, who chairs the foreign affairs committee in parliament. he's calling on officials here and in pakistan to urgently review mrs bibi's safety. well, this is an innocent woman who has already spent many years in prison for something that we wouldn't even begin to consider a crime and even the pakistan courts has said is not a crime because she didn't do anything. and so i think she should be released but sadly notjust released to home because the reality is that as we have seen in recent days that there is a very great danger of mob violence and of her being killed. 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 all over the world. so, seeing this woman being victimised because of her christian beliefs in pakistan is extremely worrying and i think 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 would you like the pakistani government, the pakistan authorities, to do about this case? prime minister khan is very new in office and 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 herfamily be lynched or he can help her to escape from the threat of violence

that we are seeing and help her into asylum, either into the united kingdom or canada or the united states or a jangly she chooses to go because i think this is a very clear case of freedom of conscience leading to genuine fear of persecution or death. straight off a 12—hour flight from cardiff, where they won last night, leicester city's players and staff are attending a funeral for their late chairman. they are joining buddhist prayers for vichai sivaddhanaprabha, tonight and tomorrow night. the players havejoined members of thailand's business and political elite, paying their respects for the billionaire. he died in that helicopter crashed

just over a week ago with four other people. 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 earlier this morning, after swimming 1,800 miles. he'd been in the water for up to 12 hours a day since the start ofjune. describing his swim, ross said the highs and lows had been very intense, but was made easier with the support from his team. it didn't feel like an individual sport. it didn't matter if it was two o'clock in the morning, i was in the middle of the moray firth, you know, pitch black and i'm putting on a cold wet suit, i could look on my phone and people would just be sending the amazing messages, just saying, i'm just signing up to my first triathlon because of what you're doing. itjust felt like such a team sport and i think that's so important,

when everybody looks back on the great british swim, they will remember it as a team sport. in no way was it a solo endeavour and even looking around now, people go, i get it now, that is why it's team sport. now it's time for a look at the weather. we can cross the newsroom to matt taylor. good morning. a bit of a different day across the uk. not as windy as it was. in england and wales more cloud which has been producing rain, some of the heavy. 0ne—liners in dorset and hampshire. a bit of sunshine breaking through particularly in the south and east. full scotla nd particularly in the south and east. full scotland and northern ireland still gales in the far north but for most it is a sunny sunday and will

continue to be so. if you are out celebrating fireworks events tonight, still windy and mild. rain in the west and north. it is the south west of scotland which will be especially wet. temperatures dropping back into single figures. not as mild as recent night. a fine start for much of england and wales with a few splashes of rain. improving through the day but the best of the sunshine will be in the east with an isolated shower possible. look at the temperatures, 11 to 16 degrees. goodbye for now. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... police have declared a major incident in surrey last night after several children fell from a giant inflata ble several children fell from a giant inflatable slide at a fireworks

event. eight children were taken to hospital initially, one is still there for observation. former cabinet secretary and head of the civil service sirjeremy heywood dies from cancer aged 56. 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 arrive in thailand to pay their respects to the club's owner, who died in a helicopter crash last weekend. they are currently at a temple in bangkok attending his funeral. a 33—year—old man from lincolnshire has become the first person to swim around the british coast. now, shaun ley presents dateline london.