this is bbc news. the headlines at 4pm... leave supporter, arron banks, insists all the money he donated to campaigns for brexit before the referendum was generated from his own businesses in the uk, and none came from russia. i'm telling you it came from a uk company... which company? ..which had cash generated in the uk. which uk company? rock services. we have evidenced that to the electoral commission. rock services is a shell company, it doesn't generate money. an investigation‘s begun into how eight children fell from an inflatable slide at a fireworks display in woking last night — seven of them have now been discharged from hospital. 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, we are not quite sure yet, and landed on the floor alongside it. tributes from theresa may and ex—prime ministers, to former head of the civil service sirjeremy heywood to former head of the civil service sirjeremy heywood,

who has died aged 56. leicester city players arrive in bangkok to join funeral ceremonies for their chairman, who died in a helicopter crash. a 33—year—old man from lincolnshire has become the first person to swim around the british coast. it feels weird now, to 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! manchester city lead 4—1 against southampton, a win will see them return to the top of the table in the premier league. the pro—brexit businessman, aaron banks, has again insisted that all the money he provided for the referendum campaign was generated from his own

businesses in the uk, and none came from russia. the national crime agency has launched a criminal investigation into claims that millions of pounds came from sources which are not permitted under electoral law. manveen rana reports. amid calls from campaigners to cancel the interview, arron banks arrived at the bbc to answer questions about where he'd found the money to fund the brexit campaign. it was the first time he'd been questioned in detail since the national crime agency announced that he was under investigation. the electoral commission had cast doubt on the true source of the £8 million arron banks had loaned to his brexit campaign groups. mr banks claimed the money came from his uk—based company, rock services. however, the electoral commission suspects the money came from the parent company, rock holdings, registered in the isle of man, which would make it an illegal source of funds, under the uk electoral law. the money trail was at the heart of the interview with andrew marr. where did the money originally come from? it is not like i'm using a super injunction to try and hide my affairs, here.

where did the money originally come from? i'm telling you, it came from a uk company... which uk company? ..which has cash generated in the uk. which uk company is that? rock services. rock services is a shell company. it doesn't generate money. we have looked at this and we don't see how rock services can generate eight million quid. are we not in a position where the electoral commission have referred that? we will explain ourselves and the accounting that went behind it. i am very happy with that. arron banks was adamant the money came from his uk—based company, rock services. the electoral commission, who have seen the accounts of rocks services, claimed there were insufficient funds to justify such a large donation. as the criminal investigation gets under way, arron banks can expect months of scrutiny about his finances. manveen rana, bbc news. police and accident investigators are trying to find out why eight children fell from a giant inflatable slide during a fireworks display in woking in surrey last night.

all eight children were hurt — although none suffered serious injuries. police declared a major incident at woking park last night — and the fireworks display was cancelled. frankie mccamley reports from there. a popular town park left deserted, now the centre of an investigation, after a major incident was declared last night. this morning, officials from the health and safety executive on the scene, looking for clues as to how eight children were left injured. it was very, very crowded. i mean, they say there was about 12,000 people coming. it looked about that number. and there's only a handful of rides, which meant the few rides there were were very, very crowded indeed. 0rganisers, though, accept it was busy but not overcrowded. pretty shocked and distressed by the whole thing. 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 would have

been at 8pm. so we think there was probably something like 5,000 people in the park at the time when this incident occurred. the area around the inflatable slide still remains cordoned off this afternoon as the health and safety executive carry out their investigation to find out exactly what happened here. as you can see, behind me, this slide remains deflated. just behind that is a stall that didn't have time to pack up before police arrived. it was around 7:30pm yesterday when this evening of family fun was suddenly cut short. the park was evacuated, as ambulance crews tried to help the injured children. the air ambulance also called in to help. as the 30—foot slide was shut down, the firework display was abandoned. the children injured here taken to hospital. some are now calling for a government review into the regulation of inflatables. what needs to happen is a temporary ban, and i stress temporary, ban, on bouncy castles and inflatables in big public areas until we've updated the regulations,

until we've changed the inspection regime, and parents can be 100% confident that, when their children go on these things, there's nothing to worry about. a reassurance many parents may well be looking for today. markjohn — managing director of the inflatable manufacturer company airquee and chairman of a body that inspects inflatables — said such equipment goes through rigorous testing processes. it is tragic when something like this happens. all you can do as an 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 more than 23 million users, uses, 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 sorry indeed. that's what we can do, really. and that's on an annual basis, and like i said, is very thorough and people should be feeling pretty confident that we do as much as we can to protect them. let's return to the controversy over the source of the money provided by businessman aaron banks to a leave campaign group during the brexit referendum. ian lucasjoins us now, who is a member of the digital, culture, media and sport committee. good afternoon to you. i seen you saw him speaking to andrew marr earlier. if there are any questions left, in your mind, what are they? well, i would like to know why he is giving a different account to the source of the donation today, to the

source of the donation today, to the source that he gave in the summer when he spoke to us. there are a number of contradictions arising from the interview today but fundamentally, the question is, mr banks has not given us a proper explanation as to where the money came from. let me quote back to you what he said, he said it came from a uk registered company and was generated from cash and businesses in the uk and the whole misunderstanding a revolves around the role of rock holdings as a holding company, a misunderstanding on your part rather than anyone else's? on your part rather than anyone else's? i think it's a misunderstanding on his part, in june he told us a different company had made the payment and today, he gives us a different story. i think the truth of the matter will only be shown when the paperwork is examined by the national crime agency, which is thankfully what is now going to happen. right, i was is thankfully what is now going to happen. right, iwas about is thankfully what is now going to happen. right, i was about to go there. surely that is the right set

of circumstances we now look at, is it not? that a proper investigation is carried out which may find something you are not approving of. it may completely clear him of all of this? that is correct and what we asked for in the summer, in our interim report from the all—party select committee, was precisely what we now have. an independent investigation which is going to be carried out by people who have the power to look at the bank accounts involved. that is a good step forward , involved. that is a good step forward, and something i welcome. there are also going to be further investigations that may be carried out into mr banks's conduct and the way he contributed to the activity that has taken place over the last few years that he has been involved in. what we need is openness but also verification of the accounts that have been given. we must remember that this is the biggest

single political donation in british history, and it is very important. what, if any, history, and it is very important. what, ifany, role history, and it is very important. what, if any, role do you see for the committee you are a member of now? we have carried out investigations thus far, we have a hearing on tuesday involving the electoral commission and the information commission. there will bea information commission. there will be a further report on tuesday from the information commission which is about the sharing of information and data involving different parties involved in the referendum campaign, which may also be extremely important and may also announced the fear that further steps may be taken. ian lucas, thank you for coming in. 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, and all of the prime ministers who worked with sirjeremy have been paying tribute to him theresa may — described him as having ‘worked

tireless to serve our country and he is a huge loss to british public life'. david cameron said: he was an amazing man, brilliant civil servant and dedicated to our country. it was a privilege to work with him. gordon brown said: ‘the country has lost a leader of exceptional ability and unquestioned integrity‘. and tony blair called him, ‘quite an outstanding public servant and someone i came to have enormous respect for.‘ speaking on sky news‘s ridge on sunday, the former labour cabinet minister, yvette cooper, paid this tribute. jeremy, i think, was a wonderful public servant and i think he did a huge amount to hold governments together at very difficult times. i obviously knew him very well personally. and i think, you know, all thoughts with his family. i think it‘s... umm, people will not be aware of quite how many remarkable things that 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 make sure there were solutions. so i think his contribution to public life, for all governments, whatever your politics, his contribution to public life was immense and i think we all owe him a debt of gratitude. earlier lord gus 0‘donnell, who preceeded sirjeremy as cabinet secretary, described him as a real driving force in the civil service. i think the thing you‘ll find is that, as a great civil servant, you know, he took overfrom me, he‘s the kind of person that will get accolades from across all the parties. and from all his colleagues in the civil service. he was impartial but a real driving force to get things done. he would never give up on something. he would get round the obstacles and ensure solutions were found. but he also had an enormous work ethic. he would, basically...

just keep at things, until he got them right. he did that very successfully for people of very different political persuasions who wanted to do very different kinds of outcomes. the in the thick of its gives you the impression that it is a battle between the civil service and the ministers, but when it works really well, and with jeremy it nearly always did, they combined to be an incredible effective force. we are all very emotional about this. i worked withjeremy for years and years. it‘s a real shock. the former sports minister, tracey crouch, who resigned in a row about fixed—odds betting

terminals, has told the bbc she will continue her fight to impose limits on the machines. speaking in her first interview since she resigned, ms crouch blamed supporters of the gambling industry within parliament for delaying the measure. a 17—year—old college student stabbed to death in south london has been named. malcolm mide—madariola was fatally stabbed outside clapham south tube station on friday afternoon. he was the second student in the space of 24—hours to be stabbed in london — after 15—year—old jay hughes was attacked near a chicken shop in bellingham in south—east london. leicester city‘s football players are in bankok to attend funeral ceremonies for their former chairman, vichai srivaddhanaprabha. mr vichai died in a helicopter crash outside the king power stadium last saturday. four other people were also killed. the team flew out to thailand after their match against cardiff yesterday. 0ur south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, spoke to us earlier from the temple where the funeral

ceremony has been taking place. we are on the second day of the funeral. we saw the players arrive here, as you say, directly from that match in cardiff. they got here as soon as they could. just about an hour ago, off a bus and taken straight from the airport. they are not all here but we saw jamie vardy, captain wes morgan, goalkeeper kasper schmeichel, of course, who was particularly close to mr vichai. coming off wearing black suits with other players, and officials. they were taken straight into the temple complex. you can see behind me where the funeral will go on for many, many more days. there are four more rituals over the next five or six days, but then the cremation itself will not be for at least another, well, close to 100 days. they are there today with the daughter of thailand‘s current king, maha vajiralongkorn. this is a royally sponsored event. it makes it a very elite and illustrious occasion indeed. a reflection of vichai‘s extraordinary business success, and the status he achieved in a relatively short time. he made his money relatively quickly here in thailand, and of the very good network he had. we have seen the cream of the great and good coming to show their respect for him.

but it does not have the same kind of feel as the tributes we have seen back in britain. his sporting success, while many thais have taken pride in it, can‘t have the same impact as it has for a team like leicester and the people of that city. this is much more of a formal buddhist occasion where there isn‘t much engagement with the thai public. the headlines on bbc news... leave supporter and businessman, aaron banks, insists all his brexit donations complied with electoral law and came from his uk businesses. an investigation‘s begun into how eight children fell from an inflatable slide at a fireworks display in woking last night — seven of them have now been discharged from hospital. and the former head of the civil service, sirjeremy heywood, has died of cancer, less than a fortnight after stepping down from government. republicans and democrats have begun

a final burst of campaigning — ahead of tuesday‘s mid—term elections in the united states. president trump told supporters at rallies in montana and florida that democrats wanted to flood the country with illegal immigrants — and described the barbed wire being erected along the border with mexico as a "beautiful sight". danjohnson reports from washington. the presidential plane in front of montana‘s snow—covered mountains. winter is coming, and so is donald trump. clocking up the miles repeating his familiar campaign themes — a strong economy, record job numbers, promises of tax cuts and tough talking on iran and immigration. remember the wall? well, it still isn‘t built. so instead it‘s troops to the mexican border and talk of tent cities. we have our military now on the border. applause.

and i noticed all that beautiful barbed wire going up today. barbed wire, used properly, can be a beautiful sight. what the president doesn‘t say is that the current group heading through mexico is made up of only a few thousand migrants and they‘re still a few thousand miles and probably months away. he claims this is one of america‘s most important elections. so do the democrats. barack 0bama gave the sort of criticism former presidents usually avoid. they are hopeful of taking control of the house of representatives and frustrating the president‘s plans. on tuesday you can vote for a politics that is decent. for a politics that is honest. for a politics that is lawful. for a politics that tries to do right by people. record numbers have already voted.

there are more rallies to address, more crowds to please. in the final few days, it looks like turnout on tuesday will be high. danjohnson, bbc news, washington. let us cross live to our correspondent jane 0‘brien who is near fedex field stadium in maryland, where the home side are taking on the atlanta falcons in the nfl in a few hours‘ time. thank you, julian. this is a very divisive midterms season and i have to say a lot of people here don‘t wa nt to to say a lot of people here don‘t want to talk about politics! it is kind of understandable. families have been split over this. donald trump is one of the most divisive figures in history and it is hard work getting people to talk. however, i‘m delighted to say i have two people here who cannot wait to talk about politics with me. we have fran, a republican, ann taylor, a democrat. fran, how important are

the midterms? very important, this isa the midterms? very important, this is a democratic state and has been for more than 50 years. we had larry who can, but hogan has done a lot for us. the governor? yes, and we need to keep him as governor. and what other issues that most important for you? that is ridiculous, hogan abolished our green tax. —— rain tax. when it rained, we paid money because it rained. larry hogan abolished it and reduced our tolls and taxes. he has done a lot for our state, more than any other governor. donald trump is any other governor. donald trump is a big factor in this election, obviously. as a democrat, taylor, are you voting against him as much as you are voting for the democrats? iam as you are voting for the democrats? i am voting for policies to get through. if you want that, you‘ve got to go locally and go through senators. we do not have a governor

‘s race like maryland, like we had a couple of years ago. this is the junior you are talking about? yes, it is very important. as a young person, i know it is not very likely for the millennials, generation x, to vote, but they are the majority, 59% of eligible voters. fran, donald trump, has some of his rhetoric pushed republicans away?|j trump, has some of his rhetoric pushed republicans away? i would hope not, the truth hurts sometimes. he isa hope not, the truth hurts sometimes. he is a businessman and this is a business. people need to stop taking everything that donald trump says and turning it into a negative. he isa very and turning it into a negative. he is a very good man and has done a lot. a lot of women are expected to vote this time. it is the year of the women. will they be an important factor in this? it is a polarising factor. women voters are as

important as any other boat. they have a platform to get their voice heard. thank you to both of you. you are both supporting the same team. we are both americans. that is the main thing. thank you. jane 0‘brien in maryland there. 12 people, including a family of nine, have died in floods and landslides caused by torrential rain around palermo in sicily. italian authorities say that 29 people have lost their lives in fierce storms that have battered the country this week. katie silver reports. it was in this house near palermo in sicily that a family was all but wiped out. nine people died in the incident, from children aged one, three and 15, to their grandparents. it happened when a small river nearby burst its banks. translation: it's not a good situation. it is something we never would have expected. so much rain in casteldaccia. 0n the other side of the island, firefighters recovered the bodies

of a man and woman whose hire car was swept away by a flooded river. another man‘s body was found in hisjeep. while rescuers are looking for a missing doctor who was en route to the hospital to start his shift. rescue teams evacuated many families from the agrigente area. "we can‘t go into our homes," she says. "someone lent me clothes. i don‘t even have underwear. we are devastated. i am speechless." italy is reeling after heavy rain and gales have hit large parts of the country over the last week. many have died from falling trees while a german tourist and an 87—year—old woman were struck by lightning. near a northern city, torrential rain caused a massive landslide, blocking a regional road and cutting off a number of towns and villages. in the region of veneto, which has borne the brunt of the damage,

authorities believe it will cost one billion euros to repair and 100 years for the forests to regrow. the destruction has been widespread. all of these regions have been hit by bad weather, from veneto and the piedmont regions in the north to sardinia and sicily, which has been the area most affected in the last 2a hours. the danger now appears to have passed in the north—east but authorities in the south and north west are bracing themselves for more wild weather to come. italy‘s civil protection agency describes it as one of the most complex weather situations of the past half—century. katie silver, bbc news. 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, after swimming 1800 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. this is the moment ross edgley set a new world record and became the first person to swim around britain and set foot on dry land for the first time in more than five months. great britain is big, isn‘t it? you tell me. you have swum round it. yeah, it‘s much bigger than i thought. scotland is big. yeah. people don‘t realise how big that is. yeah. the highs are so high but the lows are so low. like, scotland is probably the best example, the scenery is stunning, but it‘s also very humbling just getting slapped in the face byjellyfish every single day. so 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. swimming twice a day, every day, for up to 12 hours, both day and night, he has battled storms, exhaustion and waters seething with jellyfish. 0n margate beach this morning,

where he first set off injune, well wishers who had followed his progressjoined friends and family to welcome him home. absolutely immense. i mean, he is a man who has always had character and he has shown that over the last five months. this is the epitome of survival. the epitome of resilience. this is like caveman, feral instinct, dating back to... it's historic. what this man has done. and for these people to be here and support him is absolutely amazing. he's either mad or he knows what he is doing. he lived on board throughout the 2,000 mile swim, consuming more than 1 million calories to feed his endeavour. as for what‘s next, ross says he is keen to take on yet another swimming challenge. it sounds so weird but i‘m still not quite bored of swimming so there‘s a few more... since i was finishing this, there was a few more challenges that were thrown my way and people were like, if you can swim round great britain,

maybe you can try this. i might be naive enough to say yes. that‘s after he gets his land legs back. cheering stop it. i‘m going to cry! john maguire, bbc news. sport — and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s kharthi. good afternoon. premier league champions, manchester city, were in devastating form in the first half of their game against southampton. city took a 3—0 lead within the first 20 minutes. 4—1 by half time. chelsea against crystal palace at 4pm... now it is 5—1 with 20 minutes left to go in that game. chelsea are playing crystal palace, that match kicked off at four o‘clock. still goalless at stamford bridge. leeds have gone back

to the top of the championship after a 2—1win at wigan athletic. it was an emotional day at the dw stadium, as the club played their final game under the ownership of dave whelan. his family have sold the club to a far east consortium, and it looked like it was going to be a fairy tale send—off for the whelan family when reece james put them ahead inside the opening six minutes. but leeds were back on level terms barely three minutes later... pablo hernandez finshing a fine move from the visitors. the comeback was complete with the second halfjust a minute old. kemar roofe capitalising on a defensive mix—up to walk the ball into an empty net. so leeds go above norwich at the top due to their greater goal difference. just four points separate the top six. and in the scottish premiership, aberdeen beat kilmarnock 2—1. kilmarnock were looking for theirfirst home win against aberdeen since 2011 and they did take the lead through a kris boyd penalty. that was awarded after a foul

by shay logan on chris burke. in the second half, bruce anderson flicked in niall mcginn‘s shot to level the scores and lewis ferguson curled in this free—kick to give aberdeen all three points. wayne rooney is going to 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 his club football in america for dc united, will face the united states at wembley to earn his 120th international cap. the match will be called the wayne rooney foundation international in support of his charitable interests. the wembley arch will also be lit up in the gold colours of his charity. women‘s super league leaders, arsenal beat birmingham 3—1 to extend their 100% start to the season. after a goalless first half, jordan nobbs opened the scoring in the 58th minute. but bimingham pulled back level within a minute

with this goal from emma follis. arsenal were awarded a penalty and danielle van donk put them back ahead and it was nobbs again late into injury time who doubled her tally to help seal an seventh league win of the season for arsenal. yeah, we had to challenge ourselves, and we are in great form at the moment. i think to get the win, it shows we are still challenging for that league and we have shown where we wa nt that league and we have shown where we want to be. justin rose has reclaimed golf‘s world number one spot after victory at the turkish 0pen. he came from three shots behind going into the final round to win via a play—off after he and china‘s li haotong both finished on 17—under. it‘s his 19th career win and lifts him back to the top of the rankings for the first time since september. an impressive performance from russia‘s karen khachanov saw him win his first masters 1000 title by beating novak djokovic in paris.

khachanov, currently ranked number 18 in the world, had already defeated three top—ten players on his way to the final. he beat djokovic in striaght sets — 7—5, 6—4. despite the defeat, djokovic will return to being the world number one tomorrow. in rugby league, england are taking on new zealnd in the second test at anfield. england won the first test and will win the series if they win this match. currently they are winning 20—14 after two late tries, this third try from tommy makinson, being given after a review. that match has just finished now, the whistle has just gone. jonny bairstow has been ruled out of the first of england‘s three test matches against sri lanka, which begin on tuesday. the wicketkeeper 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. mark allen has claimed the fourth ranking title of his career and picked up a cheque for £175,000 by winning the international championship in china. the northern irishman beat australia‘s neil robertson by 10—5 in daching. it was third time lucky for allen who was runner up last year and in 2014. he also had the highest break of the tournament. that‘s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories — and follow the action in today‘s premier league games via live text commentary — on the bbc sport website. chelsea have just scored against crystal palace. chelsea with a 1—0 lead after 31 minutes. plenty more on the website. that‘s bbc.co.uk/sport. let‘s get the weather, now. hello, part two of the weekend was quieter for many,

lighter winds and variable cloud and sunshine, but also some rain, particularly across the south west of the country. this rain is going to pep up and move northwards across much of the irish sea into northern ireland and western scotland, as the night wears on. the further east you are, tending to stay drier with clear spells. temperatures no lower than around 6—10 degrees. this is the pressure chart for monday. we start the week on a rather wet note across western areas. these weather fronts bringing thick cloud, outbreaks of rain to north—west scotland, showery bursts into northern ireland and perhaps further south, too. but for much of england and wales, and eastern scotland, it should tend to stay dry. variable cloud and sunshine. where any sunshine is prolonged across the south—east, we could see 16 degrees. where any sunshine is prolonged across the south—east, we could see 16 degrees. double figures likely further north as well. stays mild in tuesday. as we import this mild air off the near continent. but low—pressure spilling out into the west of the country will gradually bring more unsettled weather to our shores as the week wears on. the businessman,

arron banks, is accused of contradictions and deliberate confusion after defending donations to a pro—brexit campaign. with £8 million of funding being investigated by the national crime agency, he says the source was a uk company. i am telling you it came from a uk company which had cash generated in the uk. but one mp attacks mr banks for bluster and says only forensic analysis will get to the truth. also on the programme: seven of the eight children injured when an inflatable slide collapsed in surrey have now been released from hospital. tributes tojeremy heywood — who led the civil service for the last four years and served four prime ministers — after his death from cancer. back on land — the man who‘s become the first person to swim around the entire coastline of britain.

i always said it would only feel real when i am standing on land and it still doesn‘t feel that real. maybe it will later when i am in a hot bath and a warm bed. good afternoon. the pro—brexit businessman, arron banks, has again insisted that all the money he provided for a campaign to leave the eu was generated from his businesses in the uk and therefore within the rules on political donations. the multi—million pound donation is being investigated by the national crime agency. in a bbc interview this morning, mr banks said the money came from a uk company called rock services, which he said had "all sorts of revenues." 0ne mp has accused him of bluster and contradictory and confusing statements.

manveen rana reports. arron banks, brexiteer, businessmen and now the subject of a criminal investigation into the source of the funds he provided into the brexit campaign. as he arrived at the bbc this morning to speak to the andrew marr programme, he faced serious questions about where the £8 million had come from. i would just like to say, absolutely for the record, there was no russian money and no interference of any type. all right. let's follow the money, as it were. let‘s be clear about that. the electoral commission say they suspect arron banks was not the true source of the £8 million he loaned to brexit campaign groups. mr banks claimed the money came from his uk—based company rock services. however, the electoral commission suspects the money came from the parent company, rock holdings, registered in the isle of man, which would make it an illegal source of funds under uk electoral law.

the money trail was at the heart of the interview with andrew marr. i am telling you it came from a uk company which had cash generated in the uk. rock services, we have evidenced that to the electoral commission. rock services is a shell company. it doesn't generate money. you have just said it is a shell company. we do not see how rock services can generate 8 million quid. are we not in a situation where the electoral commission have referred it? we will explain ourselves and the accounting that went behind it and i‘m very happy with it. you told parliament that rock services was just a service company. you told me something very different today. i have not seen the transcript of that. i will go back and look at that but i am telling you the source of the funding was rock services. the electoral commission, who have seen the accounts of rock services claimed there were insufficient funds to justify such a large donation. you have not given me an answer. you are avoiding it. an mp from the select committee that quizzed mr banks says his explanations so far have been inconsistent

and full of bluster. it is clear from what mr banks said today that some of the lines that he has now presented contradict what he told us on the select committee. it is a very confused picture he is presenting. i think that is quite deliberate. i am delighted we are now going to have a forensic analysis and investigation of the affairs of mr banks. as the criminal investigation gets under way, arron banks can now expect months of financial scrutiny by the authorities. seven of the eight children injured after falling from an inflatable slide in surrey yesterday, have been released from hospital. the slide had been erected at a fireworks funfair in woking, with police declaring a major incident when the children fell. frankie mccamley reports from woking. the aftermath of what should have been a fun evening, of fireworks and fairground rides, that turned into chaos. we were coming to watch the

fireworks... caught up in a tool when lucas and henry, both in 11 yea rs when lucas and henry, both in 11 years old. -- in it all. before it happened i said to my mum i did not feel safe. it was really busy. the pair were on the inflatable slide in woking park when eight children were injured. probably one of the biggest bouncy castle sides i have seen with two sta i rways bouncy castle sides i have seen with two stairways up each side. we were shouting, please can you calm down, i don't want any tragedies happen. we were shocked at first. i stood there and could not move for a few seconds. i was so shocked at seeing the children fall from three quarters of the way up to hitting the floor. i was really shocked because these incidents are quite astonishing. i saw lots of children lying on the ground. it was awful. astonishing. i saw lots of children lying on the ground. it was awfullj have never seen something quite that bad in my whole life. it was around

7:30pm yesterday when this evening of family 7:30pm yesterday when this evening offamilyfun 7:30pm yesterday when this evening of family fun was suddenly cut short. the park was evacuated as ambulance crews tried to help the injured children. this afternoon investigators temporarily reinstated the slide to gather evidence and build a better picture of what happened yesterday. as the sliders deflated and other attractions nearby are checked, officials from the health and safety executive, alongside the police remain on the scene and —— the cordon is still in place. we are shocked. we have a full safety plan. we have used this unfair operatorfor a full safety plan. we have used this unfair operator for a number of yea rs. unfair operator for a number of years. some are calling for a government review into the regulation of inflatables. what needs to happen as a temporary ban on bouncy castles and inflatables in

big public areas until we have updated the regulations and changed the inspection regime and parents can be 100% confident that when their children go on these things there is nothing to worry about. reassurance many pa rents there is nothing to worry about. reassurance many parents may well be looking for this evening. behind me you can see the slide being taken away along with the remainder of the fairground rides. i have been speaking to people who we re very have been speaking to people who were very surprised to hear what happened last night one of the most popular annual events in the town. the police have issued a statement saying seven of the eight injured children have been released from hospital. 0ne children have been released from hospital. one is still being kept in for observation. senior figures from across the political spectrum have paid tribute tojeremy heywood — lord heywood — the former head of the civil service who has died at the age of 56. he retired from his role less than two weeks ago after serving four prime ministers and was regarded as a key influence in shaping modern britain. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, reports. when i launched my

leadership‘s campaign... he was the prime minister‘s right—hand man, putting the government‘s policies into practice, and giving advice on how best to get things done. as cabinet secretary, and head of the civil service, and in other senior roles, lord heywood has worked at the heart of government for more than 20 years, serving four prime ministers. jeremy heywood was the most outstanding civil servant, indeed, the most dynamic civil servant of his generation. exceptional ability, unimpeachable integrity. as we saw in facing his illness, exceptional courage, also. politicians on all sides have paid tribute. theresa may said lord heywood worked tirelessly to serve our country and is a huge loss to british public life. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, described sirjeremy as an impressive and dedicated public servant. and the former deputy prime minister, nick clegg, said it was heartbreaking news and he‘d never met anyone who worked as hard and tirelessly in government. lord heywood‘s wife, suzanne, said he was

a wonderful husband and father, who could light up any room. i think we started with the 1975 guidance... despite huge influence, he kept a low public profile. described by one former colleague as the most important person nobody‘s ever heard of. but his death, at 56, is a shock to those who knew him well. jeremy, ithink, was a wonderful public servant. and he, ithink, did a huge amount to hold governments together, at very difficult times. i obviously knew him very well, personally. and... ithink, you know, all thoughts with his family. despite his illness, lord heywood worked until recently. some nicknamed him sir cover up, for resisting transparency, which he said frustrated him. but he‘ll be missed. as a man who has had a hand in how the uk has been governed through some turbulent times. lord heywood, who died today. he was 56.

leicester city players are in thailand for the funeral of the club‘s owner, vichai srivaddhanaprabha, who was killed in a helicopter crash. the players attended a prayer ceremony at a bangkok temple and will do so again tomorrow, before returning to the uk. the helicopter crashed after taking off from the club‘s stadium last saturday, killing mr vichai and four others. police are investigating a fatal stabbing in south east london after the body of a man was found this afternoon. it‘s the third such fatality in the capital in the past 72 hours. meanwhile, a teenager who died after being stabbed outside a clapham tube station has been named by police as malcolm mide—madariola — a 17—year—old student from peckham. in rugby league, england have beaten new zealand by 20 points to 1a in a tense match in liverpool. england had to come from behind to win and secure a series victory with one match still left to play. david 0rnstein reports. and field is among the most iconic

sporting venues, normally a home to one of the biggest teams in club football, today hosting two giants of international rugby. the change in the type of action though not the intensity of competition as shown by new zealand‘s physical approach. england into an early lead but they would not last long. their opponents crossed to take control. winded by defeat in the first test last weekend the kiwis were turning the table. england stood firm and gradually turned defence into attack. the result was a spectacular apply as tommy makinson took to the airto apply as tommy makinson took to the air to level the scores on the verge of half—time. after the break near carbon copy. anything you can do we can dojust carbon copy. anything you can do we can do just as impressively. the carbon copy. anything you can do we can dojust as impressively. the men black immediately hitting back and

regaining their grip on the contest. far less of a grip with the tempers are both teams. england were energised amid the ferocity, a moment of finesse taking some gain with the finish. when jake moment of finesse taking some gain with the finish. whenjake connor went over it was all square, all to play for. if anyone were to have a final say, it would be makinson. tommy makinson to finish it. hat—trick hero and england‘s ecstatic. another sporting occasion for anfield to savour. an adventurer from lincolnshire has become the first person to swim almost 1,800 miles around great britain. ross edgley left margate on june 1st and swimming for up to 12 hours a day and eating more than 500 bananas. he‘s been up against strong tides and currents

as well as storms and jellyfish. john maguire went to meet him as he returned to dry land. this is the moment ross edgley set a new world record, became the first person to swim around britain, and set foot on dry land for the first time in more than five months. great britain is big, isn‘t it? you tell me — you swam round it. much bigger than i thought. scotland is be. people don‘t realise how big that is. the highs are so high but the lows are so low. scotland is just amazing, the scenery is stunning. but it is also very humbling, just getting slapped in the face byjellyfish every single day. it feels weird now to be sort of looking back and reflecting because, for 157 days, i almost didn‘t allow myself to do that, so now it feels quite nice. swimming twice a day every day for up to 12 hours both day and night, he has battled storms, exhaustion, and waters seething with jellyfish. at margate beach this morning, where he first set off injune, well—wishers whho had

followed his progress, joined friends and family to welcome him back home. absolutely immense. he is a man who has always had character and he has shown that over the last five months. this is the epitome of survival — the epitome of resilience. this is like caveman, feral instincts — dating back to historic, absolutely historic — what this man has done for these people to support him is absolutely amazing. he is either mad or he knows what he is doing. he lived on board throughout the 2000—mile swim, consuming more than 1 million calories to fuel his endeavour. as for what is next, ross says he is keen to take on yet another swimming challenge but that is after he gets his land legs back. stop it. i‘m going to cry. there‘s more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we‘re back with the late news at ten o‘clock. now on bbc one, it‘s time

for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news. bad weather is hampering the recovery of a cargo ship that ran aground outside iceland‘s capital, reykjavik. the vessel appears to have missed the entrance to a harbour near helguvik in poor weather and hit the rocks. there are also fears of an oil spill, as georgina smyth reports. a ship is stuck on rocks, outside reykyavik. it‘s cold, wet, and windy and the middle of the night. 1a sailors stranded on board, but the icelandic coastguard helicopter retrieved them, a rescuer breaking a rib during the operation. translation: the circumstances were difficult.

it was dark, we were using night vision goggles, but there was a lot of light all around, which can be distracting. but, luckily, visibility was fair and there were clear skies with strong winds. the 3,000—tonne ship, which was carrying concrete from denmark, is still wedged up on a sea wall, just outside the harbour of helguvik, near the capital. translation: it was much worse, this morning, with waves washing over the ship and the bulwark. it‘s on a severe lean and there‘s fears it could be leaking oil. iceland‘s notoriously wild and changeable weather is making it difficult to check, but there‘s a strong smell of fuel in the air. government officials have been meeting to discuss retrieval efforts, but it seems the bad weather which caused the incident is likely to further delay a decision its recovery. georgina smyth, bbc news.

a week away from remembrance sunday, when we think of those who lost their lives in all conficts including the great war and even before the end of world war i, there was a great need to remember those who had fallen. men had fought and died in numbers never seen before, and hundreds of thousands had no known graves. 0ne army chaplain understood the grief of the nation and he was determined that there needed to be a great gesture to serve as a symbol for all of the lost men. natalie graham has the story. at the west end of the nave of westminster abbey is the grave of the unknown warrior. but, for many, the story the unknown warrior is itself, unknown. how did this one person come to represent all those who died? to find out the answer, we have to go back to the first world war and meet a curate from folkestone. the year war began, the reverend david railton was living in the kent town. he saw young men, destined

for the battlefield, flooding into the area. byjanuary 1916, david was himself on the western front, witnessing death and injuries on a scale never seen before. one night, after he had been conducting a burial service, there was a simple grave on which there was a white, wooden cross, which someone had written on, in black pencilled letters, "an unknown british soldier". my grandfather said thatjust started him thinking as to who that person was. well, of course, he had served on the western front, he'd seen the makeshift graveyards for soldiers. they didn't look like this, it would have been rows of wooden crosses, often small groups, many of them, of course, unidentified. now the war was over, his idea was to choose one fallen soldier, whose identity could never be traced and bring him back to be buried with full honours

in westminster abbey. he would represent the fallen, but the heart of the idea was that, for anyone grieving, it could be their loved one buried amongst kings. a chaplain was given the task of taking the teams out and bringing bodies all across the battlefield that the british army had fought in. then they were draped in flags for brigadier general wyatt to come and choose one of the bodies, by laying his hand on it, and that was the body that then made that famous journey back to westminster. 0n the morning of the 10th of november, the body was taken from the castle bologne to hms verdunne. the body was put aboard and laid on the quarterdeck, guards posting with heads bowed. in dover, crowds were waiting as the unknown warrior came home. hundreds of thousands crowded into the streets to capture a glimpse of the coffin and just as david railton had hoped, many were comforted —

this could be their loved one. the reverend david railton was an inspirational clergyman from kent who could not, and would not, forget the men he‘d left on the western front. and so he found a way to bring them all home. and you can see the full story of the reverend david railton‘s vision to remember the men from the great war who had no known graves in tomorrow‘s edition of inside out 7.30pm on bbc one in the south east. let‘s bring you up—to—date with the weather forecast. hello, there, we‘ve seen a reversal of fortunes in the weather conditions, today. with scotland and northern ireland seeing the best of the drier and brighter weather, whereas, further south, more cloud and rain. and that‘s because of this next feature, which has been pushing up slowly from the south west,

introducing some wet weather to south—west england and parts of wales. quite a bit of cloud in towards the midlands, as well. as we head towards this evening, many places will be dry, away from this south—west corner. so, if you are heading out to any fireworks events tonight, and indeed, for the 5th of november, it‘s going to be dry for most. mild, again, we could see a little bit of rain, though, this evening across the cardiff area. that‘s because this feature will be running northwards across the irish sea, eventually reaching northern ireland and western scotland, towards the end of the night. some of the rain could pep up to be quite heavy. but, elsewhere, as you can see, it‘s going to be a dry night with variable cloud and clear spells and those temperatures no lower than six to maybe ten or 11 in the far south—west. this is the pressure chart for monday. we start the new working week off with that weather front across more northern and western areas. we‘ll start off with outbreaks of rain across the irish sea, up into northern ireland and western scotland. that rain should become more confined to the far north of scotland with skys brightening up for many. but the best of the sunshine across the east and south—east, where we could see 16 degrees. but there is a chance of a late afternoon,

evening shower across east anglia and the south east. the pressure chart, as we head on in towards tuesday, shows this area of low pressure out west, slowly encroaching into what our shores. it‘s going to bring more of a breeze to western areas. also, thicker cloud with outbreaks of rain. again, the further east you are, closer to the area of high pressure and the near continent, the drier it will be and bring lengthy spells of sunshine. we could see 16 or maybe 17 celsius somewhere in the east, closer to around 13 or 1a in the west. that weather front continues its journey eastwards on wednesday. so it looks like it‘s going to be a wetter and windier day, pretty much across the board. the heaviest of the rain will, once again, be across more western parts, with some sunshine developing through central and eastern england and in towards eastern scotland. temperatures not quite as high by the time we reach wednesday, but still very mild for the time of year, 11—14 degrees. so, as we head through the week, it‘s set to stay mild, as you can see. but there will be increasing amounts of wind and rain

pushing in from the west. this is bbc news. i‘m julian worricker. the headlines at 5pm: businessman arron banks is accused of contradictions and deliberate confusion after defending donations to a pro—brexit campaign. he insists the money came from his uk businesses, not russia. i‘m telling you it came from a uk company... which company? which had cash generated in the uk. which uk company? rock services. an investigation‘s begun into how eight children fell from an inflatable slide at a fireworks display in woking last night. none suffered serious injuries. 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 — we are not quite sure yet — and landed on the floor alongside it. tributes to former head of the civil service,