you're watching bbc news at 9am, with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines. more pain for rail and air passengers this morning, as the extreme heat continues to cause disruption. plans to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers over the next three years. one of the most prominent tory brexiteers, steve baker, turns down a job in boris johnson's government. a game—changer — treatment for women with the hereditary form of ovarian cancer will be made more widely available on the nhs. tens of thousands of gamers gather in new york for the world championship of fortnite — with more prize money on offer to the winners than wimbledon. in sport, ireland's cricketers are within sight of beating england at lord's —

in only their third ever test match. and coming up — two arsenal stars are targetted in a carjacking attempt, by an armed gang in a london street. good morning — and welcome to the bbc news at 9am. more disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterday's high temperatures caused extensive damage. network rail feared rail lines would buckle in yesterday's extreme heat. but with speed restrictions in place, that didn't happen. what did cause pandemonium yesterday, however, was damage caused by trains to overhead cables when the cables sagged in the heat, causing some fires.

this left some commuters stuck in london late into the night. repair work has been ongoing throughout the night but only half of the tracks north out of london st pancras have been fixed, meaning a significantly reduced service. east midlands trains has urged passengers not to travel to london st pancras from nottingham and sheffield. it's put an emergency timetable in place. thameslink services — which operate on part of the same route — will also be disrupted. london north eastern railway said there will be further cancellations on lines going to king's cross. greater anglia, sta nsted express, eurostar are also disrupted. leigh milner reports. it was the second hottest day on record for the uk yesterday, the highest temperature recorded in cambridge, at 38.1 degrees. you might have been faster travelling on one of these than the train. the heat caused chaos on the country's railway lines. passengers had to be rescued

from broken—down trains, as power cables fell and sparked line—side fires, causing disruptions at rush hour for commuters travelling on the west coast, the midlands and east coast mainlines. in birmingham, trams were halted by the risk of rails buckling. precautionary speed restrictions across the network meant problems all day, but it was the overhead power cables which caused delays and cancellations for many, expanding, sagging and eventually collapsing in the hot weather. last night, these commuters were still trying to get home from work at 10:15. i am trying to get home to bedford. i have onlyjust got here but usually my route would be to go to sandy, get a taxi from sandy, which is usually what happens when it's like this, or from euston, but none of those options exist here today. and there does not seem to be any plan b. throughout the night, network rail engineers have been racing against the clock to repair the damage caused by the overhead cables in time for this morning's rush hour. leigh milner, bbc news.

well, we can get more from leigh milner who is at st pancras this morning. bring us up—to—date on the travel disruption on the trains and airports. i have been bumping into passengers all morning telling me they have had their journey is delayed all morning telling me they have had theirjourney is delayed or even cancelled. it is no wonder because network rail say most of the disruption is coming from this very station. two out of the four lines in and out of the station are closed meaning only half of its services are running. u nfortu nately for are running. unfortunately for passengers, many have been left stranded overnight. we have been talking to some who say they cannot get in or out of london and are trying their hardest to find alternative routes. this will majorly affect the east midlands trains and thameslink services, also

trains running to the north east of england and scotland as well. we are being told to check before you travel and only travel if you need to. elsewhere, with the airports, you are being asked to check before you travel there because flights have been delayed and cancelled. we have had a statement from heathrow which has apologised, saying it is down to the severe weather. as you can see it is getting pretty busy at saint pancreas. it is friday, the school holidays, and you should only travel if you have too. we have even had passengers feinting because it is so hot on trains. if you have to make a journey, carry plenty of water. matt taylor from bbc weather can tell us more.

how is it looking? has the heatwave gone? it has peaked. the problems at heathrow this morning and in the south—east due to intense thunderstorms working northwards and eastwards. the heat peaks yesterday, reaching 38.1 in cambridge. some spots could be higher today. within a whisker of the all—time record, a july record at that. we saw national records broken in continental europe, germany, luxembourg, belgium and netherlands. things are cooling down. after 38 yesterday, highs this weekend of only 2a celsius. a welcome relief from the humidity. the second heatwave europe has seen this summer, is it too early to say whether we can expect more?

hard to say over the next few weeks. we are only midway through summer. what climate scientists are saying is heatwave conditions are becoming more likely as we see the planet warms up. more likely as we see the planet warms up. if you think of it like a motorway, if you set a speed limit at 70, the odd person will go to 100, if you bring that speed limit up, you will see more people go above. you hit that extreme more often and that is a rough analogy. you warm the planet, you see extremes a little bit more. two premier league footballers have been involved in a carjacking attempt by an armed gang in a london street. arsenal players mesut ozil and sead kolasinac were targeted — this video from social media appears to show kolasinac chasing off the armed robbers. the club said both escaped uninjured. there have been no arrests so far. for more on this, we can speak to holly hamilton who is in the bbc sports centre for us.

dramatic footage, tell us more. it is shocking, this emerged overnight, this cctv of an incident late in the afternoon in north london, two arsenal players, mesut ozil and ziad calour is a knack seemingly attacked in what seems an car robbery kolasinac, and what was shocking from the pictures was that one player, kolasinac tried to square up to one of the robbers. they were carrying knives, wearing helmets, which must have been a terrifying incident. kolasinac managed to get both players back into the car. what you don't see any footage is the robbers pursued them for over a mile until they got to safety, at a restau ra nt until they got to safety, at a restaurant they were familiar with, called police. police say the suspects on the motorbikes had attempted to rob a man driving a

car, the driver and passenger got away unharmed. and they travelled to away unharmed. and they travelled to a golders green road restaurant where they were questioned by officers. arsenal say both players are uninjured. what has been interesting is the reaction on social media, people praising kolasinac squaring up to the robbers. for the players, kolasinac squaring up to the robbers. forthe players, it kolasinac squaring up to the robbers. for the players, it is business as usual, they have a game on sunday and will be back in training later today. a terrifying incident for both players. the recruitment of 20,000 new police officers will begin within weeks, prime minister boris johnson has said. but some forces are concerned they don't have enough training instructors and police stations to support such rapid expansion. and new rules requiring recruits to have a degree are worrying recruiters. there are currently 122,000 police officers in england and wales — mrjohnson‘s extra 20,000 would bring numbers back up to the 2010 level when theresa may became home secretary.

new policing minister kit malthouse told bbc breakfast that the money to pay for mrjohnson‘s flagship policy will have to "back fit" the number of officers promised. we think that as crime has changed, as the pattern of crime has changed and as crime fluctuates as it has over the last couple of years, that the demands on policing also change, and we have to reflect that and the prime minister has set out this ambitious target of hitting 20,000 over the 36 months. it will be a challenge to get there. the whole policing family will have to come together to see what will be the largest expansion of policing for some time. dany cotton has said in order to just stand still, 8,000 new police officers need to be recruited every year. you are recruiting 20,000 over three years. that still means after three years you will be 4,000 less.

do not forget the billion pounds the government put into policing last year is recruiting about 3,000 police officers, so, overall, we should be up at the end of 36 months by about 23,000 if my maths is right divided by three is 8000, not far off that number. how much will it cost, where is the money coming from? we are working out the cost. the first year will be £500 million. it is notjust about the police officer pay and conditions, there are other things, from what technology is required to support it, what training there will be. you say around £500 million, for the first year did you say? over three years, you are looking at £1.5 billion? where is that money, if that is the case, coming from? it will be about that or more. we still have to work out the exact number but we are going into the spending review with the number

of 20,000 as a fixed obligation, as a promise, and finances will have to back fit. that money will come from general taxation or from the headroom we have fiscally on borrowing. the prime minister has said this is a priority for him he is announcing it, one of his first big policy announcements. the money will be earmarked as a priority to the treasury and new chancellor. if there was a representative from the labour party on, the first question would be, one question would be, how can you make an announcement or proposal without having accurately costed it, and say, we will resort to further fiscal borrowing? we have accurately set a number. you haven't, you've said roughly around 500 million for the first year. we have said 20,000. there comes a point in government where you have to make a commitment about output and work on input to make it fit.

borisjohnson is expected to continue his cabinet reshuffle today, with a number ofjunior ministerial positions still to be filled. last night, the former brexit minister steve baker turned down a request to return to the department for exiting the eu. mr baker is a prominent member of the pro—brexit european research group who repeatedly voted against theresa may's deal. he tweeted to say that he cannot repeat his experience of powerlessness as a junior brexit minister. he said he had "total confidence" in mrjohnson‘s promise that the uk would leave the eu by october 31st, but warned that "disaster awaits otherwise". it's being reported that there is anger among tory eurosceptics towards dominic cummings — mrjohnson‘s new special adviser — who they say is snubbing members of the erg when it comes to cabinet positions. in a further sign of the erg's stance, the group's vice—chairman mark francois said it would oppose any attempt by mrjohnson to bring back the deal thrashed out with brussels, even if he succeeded in removing the irish backstop —

the most contentious element of the divorce deal. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is at westminster. welcome, one day in and we are already seeing signs of not quite division but unrest, how would you categorise it? this is one ministerial appointment that did not go the way boris johnson wanted. it is a significant one, steve baker is influential among conservative eurosceptics, a senior member of the european research group which was a thorn in the side of theresa may's premiership, voting consistently in large numbers against her deal with brussels. he clearly feels, in his tweet, were he to return to the brexit department, he used to be a minister there, he would feel a powerlessness because of the real

work, the real planning for a no—deal brexit is being driven now by the cabinet office and michael gove, and number10, and boris johnson himself. it is an example of someone who might be you would consider a naturalfit for a someone who might be you would consider a natural fit for a boris johnson government not accepting the job they were given, and a sign even boris johnson's supporters job they were given, and a sign even borisjohnson‘s supporters will not roll over and take what they are given and do what they are told in some cases. a warning shot there that boris johnson some cases. a warning shot there that borisjohnson needs to deliver brexit as he has said he will, by 0ctober brexit as he has said he will, by october 31. steve baker says he has confidence in that but otherwise disaster awaits. may be a sign he is on notice for some of the more hardline eurosceptics in the tory party to live up to that particular promise. back with you a little later. the headlines on bbc news. there's further disruption for air and rail passengers this

morning after yesterday's extremely high temperatures. boris johnson's plans for recruiting an extra 20,000 police officers over the next three years in england and wales are being set out. a new policing board will oversee the process. a leading conservative brexiteer, steve baker, has turned down a job in boris johnson's government, saying he would have been "powerless" if he had returned to his old department. in the sport, a big day ahead at lord's as england afield with the bat, giving ireland at the chance to win theirfirst ever bat, giving ireland at the chance to win their first ever test match. geraint thomas has dropped a third in overall standings as the tour de france heads into stage 19, the defending champion is 1.5 minutes behind the leader. dillian whyte could face an eight year ban from the spot after testing positive for a banned substance, just before —— it will be his second doping offence. i will be back with more at 9:40am.

sports direct has said it is "still finalising preliminary results", after delaying publication of the figures for a second time. the data had been due to be released at seven o'clock this morning. our business correspondent dharshini david is here. what is going on? this is extraordinary. i have never known anything like this, two weeks ago, the company said they weren't ready to bring out results, they would be delayed. sports direct headed up by a colourful character in the retail world, mike ashley, he bought up house of fraser last year. he promised to make it the harrods of the high street. instead, we have an omission —— an admission it might hinder their results, with concerns about challenges going forward. we

we re about challenges going forward. we were told to expect results today. 7am, market watchers were waiting and we waited. there was no explanation and no appearance of numbers. a great mystery. sports direct weren't even answering phones to give any explanation. they have finally said they need more time to finalise these results. markets don't like mysteries, they are already concerned about the results and mike ashley who likes to talk of himself as the saviour of the high street, has been on a shopping street buying retail chains but his strategy may have gone wrong. this won't instill any faith. the company says they anticipate the results will be out today but after what we have seen the jury is out and share prices are going up and down.

we have had the announcement from borisjohnson there will be an extra 20,000 police officers recruited within a matter of weeks. let's speak now to the shadow policing minister, labourmp, louise haigh. you must be delighted. i am pleased the new parameter is prioritising tackling crime, particularly the rise in violent crime. i take no pleasure as well countless police officers across the country in being proved right that the horrendous cuts over nine years to policing taking £3 billion out of our police service has had unimaginable consequences. and that when the previous prime minister accused the police of crying wolf, she was mistaken. it is galling to see the same politicians who have voted for every single cut over the last few

yea rs 110w every single cut over the last few years now admitting they were wrong, and reinvesting in the police. it brea ks and reinvesting in the police. it breaks my heart to think of the numbers of officers, experienced, talented offices we have lost over nine years, and the uphill struggle we will have to recruit the same numbers back to put as in the same place we were in 2010. as a former special constable, if i think about the challenges facing the police now, they are a huge increase in violent crime, and special resources to tackle back which are notjust about numbers back protecting children as early as possible. the lack of youth services, the lack of actual start, mental health, diversionary activities. we need to invest in that as well to bear down on this. it is not as simplistic as investing in extra bobbies on the beat but that is welcome. the new panellist needs to think about this

ina panellist needs to think about this in a holistic way to bear down on that surge in violent crime. he is clearly serious about this, his first big policy announcement, are you confident he can meet this target of recruiting this huge number within months? of course not, the probationary period for any police officer is two yea rs period for any police officer is two years rising to three years if the new degree framework comes in. we will not have fully trained our police officers on the beat for another two years at least. police forces across the country are currently recruiting just to stand still in terms of the huge numbers of police officers retiring or taking early retirement. i cannot overestimate how low morale is in the police because of decreasing pain, increasing stress, because of increasing mental health problems in the workforce. we are seeing huge numbers of police officers leave the

force. we need to be clear with the new prime minister that he is recruiting additional officers to the numbers we have, notjust replacing those we are seeing leave because that is what he did when he was mayor of london, he promised to recruit 5000 extra officers and all he was doing was replacing those living through what we call wastage. we need to hold him to account on those additional numbers to make sure they are adding numbers to the beat. my experience as a former special constable is policing has changed, police officers do the roles of paramedics, filling in gaps for mental health services, because of cuts to public services, of that wider austerity agenda agenda. we need to see investment across all oui’ need to see investment across all our public services and a true ending to austerity if we are going to see police tackle the challenges facing them now.

julian smith is expected to make his first visit to northern ireland today as the new secretary of state. in the coming weeks, he will be involved in negotiations aimed at restoring devolved government at stormont. there's also continuing uncertainty about arrangements for the irish border after brexit. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast for us. an awful lot on that to—do list, he start? he started early already, he is meeting the parties at stormont in belfast. the five main parties at stormont will be going in to meet him. we have heard from the nationalist sdlp and ulster unionist party, expressing concerns

nationalists have had concerns over the arrangements with the democratic unionist party at westminster meaning he may not be able to approach the problems of northern ireland ina approach the problems of northern ireland in a way he otherwise could do if he was free from that arrangement, the ulster unionist is calling on him to take action in areas like the health service, education, since power—sharing hasn't been up and running where civil servants have been running this and because they are not elected politicians they cannot make big decisions in those major public services. sinn fein getting digs in straightaway, on the airwaves this morning, michelle 0'neill saying they do not thinkjulian smith can be impartial because of that westminster regiment. an early experience may be forjulian smith of the contentious world of northern ireland politics.

a drug which doctors have called a game—changing treatment for women with the hereditary form of ovarian cancer is to be made more widely available on the nhs in england. the medicine can halt the progression of the disease, which is notoriously difficult to treat. a drug which doctors have called a game—changing treatment for women here's our health reporter lauren moss. when florence was a6, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and told she had less than 18 months to live. she had two major surgeries and underwent four separate rounds of chemotherapy. 0bviously you're in emotional shock. i had two young children and you do not care too much what you have to go through physically, it is the impact on your family is your first concern, and telling your children you have this diagnosis. that was ten years ago. it was only after aggressive treatment that florence was eligible for 0laparib, a drug that can halt the progression of the disease. now, for the first time, it has been made available

to patients in england sooner, when they are newly diagnosed and have responded well to their first round of chemotherapy. it is for women with the brca gene mutation, which affects around one in 400 people. angelina jolie spoke publicly about having the faulty gene that significantly increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancers. ovarian cancer is a devastating disease that is really difficult to diagnose and treat and has a really high recurrence rate but the clinical trials with this drug have shown a reduction in the risk of the cancer spreading by 70% — which is huge. 70% of women with ovarian cancer usually relapse within three years but in a trial, this did not happen in almost two thirds of patients who had received 0laparib. florence has been taking it for 28 months and says it has changed her life. doctors have called the drug a major advance for treating ovarian cancer and say it could eventually even have the potential to cure the disease in some people. laura moss, bbc news.

with me now is rachel downing, head of policy at target ovarian cancer. welcome. how significant is this? hugely significant. for too long, women have had few treatment options. this is an exciting trial for the women who can access this, with advanced ovarian cancer. what numbers are we looking at? each year, 360 women can access the drug, 700 at any one time. is that the number of women who have this gene? that had this gene and event cancer and advanced ovarian cancer. do you think awareness has increased about ovarian cancer? i feel amongst my age group of women, we are more aware of the symptoms, there is more publicity and information.

it is something we want every woman to know and we are getting increased awareness but we want to make sure every single woman knows the symptoms because early diagnosis is key. what variety is there in terms of people with event cancer who have the gene and women who do not? around 15% of women with event cancer will have the brca gene. so this drug targets, is helping a small number? quite a small proportion but it is hugely exciting for that small proportion and we want to see that level of treatment available for eve ryo ne level of treatment available for everyone regardless of genetic mutation. it is only available in england. we expect it will become available in wales and northern ireland shortly. good news hopefully. what advice would you give to anyone seeing this who may be eligible?

if you think you might be eligible, chat with your clinician. what about general advice for women concerned they may be showing symptoms? what should we look out for? feeling bloated, it is tummy pain, feeling full and not eating as much, and needing to read more often. if the symptoms are new and happening repeatedly, see your gp. it is called the silent killer. we always say these symptoms are present early but can be confused with other things. the message is if you have any of those symptoms see yourgp. good to get your advice. thank you. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor.

things are set to get cooler, heat and humidity has peaked in the uk but we have seen storms around, starting in the south—east, and pushing across lincolnshire and north yorkshire, and across london with more in the wings. running across eastern counties through today. further west, showers working north with a lot of dry weather for western areas. in that sunshine, feeling more comfortable, 2a degrees, humid down to eastern england, some errors getting 30 celsius. tonight, rain becomes more abundant in scotland, england, and temperatures tonight at 17 degrees, still feeling humid. this weekend, 24, but parts of scotland, there could be a lot of rain at times.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: there's further disruption for air and rail passengers this morning after yesterday's extremely high temperatures. boris johnson's plans for recruiting an extra 20,000 police officers over the next three years in england and wales are being set out. a new policing board will oversee the process. a leading conservative brexiteer, steve baker, has turned down a job in boris johnson's government, saying he would have been "powerless" if he had returned to his old department. a drug which doctors have called a game—changing treatment for women with the hereditary form of ovarian cancer is to be made more widely available on the nhs in england. tens of thousands of gamers have gathered in new york for the world championship of fortnite,

with more prize money on offer to the winners than wimbledon. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. the recruitment of 20,000 more police officers across england and wales over the next three years is this morning being described as "huge opportunity" by the college of policing. its chief executive, mike cunningham, was interviewed by bbc radio 4 earlier this morning. since 2009, the police service has seen a reduction in 20,000 police officers on the streets. and so the announcement of the additional officers coming through is hugely welcomed by all in policing and hopefully by the communities that police officers serve. what kind of challenges are there with that deadline? well, that is to be worked out.

this is a new announcement. police chiefs are meeting and have already met and have discussed this between themselves, with those in the college of policing, and with the home office, to begin the preparation, because of course there are a wide variety of logistical challenges that come with the recruitment process — notjust getting people through the doors, the assessment process, the attraction, the recruitment campaigns, the vetting, all of those sorts of logistical challenges. and then of course training people, making sure that they are fit for the responsibilities that they have. but i would emphasise the point that you started with — this is a huge opportunity for policing, to bring in new people into the service, to equip them for the complexities of 21st century policing, and to enhance the diversity of the service. and let's look at the way that these new officers might be recruited, because there are new entry routes, aren't there? there are indeed.

there are new entry routes into policing that we in the college of policing are leading. this is about equipping people for the challenges of modern policing. there is unanimous consent that the current ways of training police officers are out of date. they need to be enhanced, because police officers today face new challenges around cyber, around digital, around dealing with vulnerability, around the complexities of modern policing. and so we've had to alter the way this officers are equipped. and there are new entry routes into police which will deal with that very point. hundreds of women across england could benefit from the approval of a drug for advanced ovarian cancer. it's thought it could delay progression of the disease by up to three years. petrina powell, who is already using the drug to try and treat her ovarian cancer,

told bbc breakfast she had also been treated with one round of chemotherapy before being prescribed the medication. i was walking out walking the dogs, i'd walked seven miles, the next morning i got up, and i looked six months pregnant. it was that quick. how long ago is this? this is almost 12 months ago. i was rushed into my local hospital, who thought i had water infection, even they didn't realise, send me home. i went back again the day after, at which point they thought, well, there is something going on, took a week or two of testing in hospital, before they transfered me to st mary's in manchester to a specialist gynecologist at which point they very quickly decided that it looked... so what happened in terms of treatment? i've had three operations in three weeks at the manchester, at st mary's, that was with complications, and spent 11 weeks in hospital. and you were offered chemotherapy.

yes, went on straight into chemotherapy after that. because what we're talking about is this new drug. yeah, went onto the chemotherapy, finished the chemotherapy, you routinely have a scan after that, showed no evidence of disease, which was amazing. and at that point spoke to my consultant, who offered olaparib, because my mum died of breast cancer at 36, and so was being genetic tested, and he thought it was the route to go down. and what was the effect? firstly, he gave me all the data for it, which showed there is a 70% reduction in recurrences, which is huge by anybody‘s standard. and he told me about side effects. and my body, really, the first month, yes, i had side effects, but now ijust live my life, which is huge when you compare it to iv chemotherapy, where you're debilitated for 18 weeks. so for you it's made it a really significant difference. absolutely, you canjust carry on living your life.

you go back to the hospital once a month, have bloods done, get on with your life for the rest of the month. the sacking of penny mordaunt by borisjohnson means that her successor, ben wallace, is the fourth defence secretary in less than two years. the former security minister arrives in the middle of a crisis in the gulf which has led to criticism that the royal navy doesn't have enough ships to protect british tankers. lord houghton, chief of the defence staff from 2013 to 2016, says the size of the surface fleet of the navy is too small to support the idea of a "global britain". it is not turmoil, and i mean there is an extent to which, institutionally, defence and the mod can quickly breathe in new ministers and all that, and as long as the, dare i say, the enduring strategy remains the same and the message remains the same and the message remains the same about what our critical concerns are and the things that need to change, but nevertheless i think because of the

business of the importance of trust, both internally within the department, and then externally within our alliances and our friends, and don't get me wrong, ben wallace comes with a very good pedigree... and i suppose in his entry is what is happening in the gulf, and you talked about critical concerns, gulf, and you talked about critical concerns, one of which is that we are not able to protect british oil tank is officially because there are not enough warships. yeah, there are a number of critical capabilities use which i think confronts defence at the moment, because things have so significantly changed since the last formal defence review in 2015, many of the things that was sort of latent threads have now become patented ones, and it is ever clearer that the international stability and rules based order upon which the prosperity of the trading nations such as britain depend, to

an extent, is persistently now challenged with a lot of spoiling nations. of which iran and the situation in the gulf is one of those. and i think that there is... there is no doubt across defence professionals that the size of the surface fleet of the navy is too small to support the role that i think is envisaged in the idea of a global britain. let's take a look at what you are looking at online, the most popular story on the bbc at the moment, arsenal's two star players fought off a carjacking gang in north london yesterday, the footage was caught were not quite sure this is cctv or someone filming it. we are waiting for more details from arsenal on this, very dramatic footage, a lot of you have been looking at that, it has struck a chord with me, this one, a little

toddler in the united states who just gets too close to a carousel in an airport, we have all seen our kids looking at the bags, take a look at this, this kid is literally carried away, coming up injust a moment, off he goes, it terrifies me, around the carousel, thankfully everything was ok, but his parents must have had their hearts in their mouths. i am must have had their hearts in their mouths. iam not must have had their hearts in their mouths. i am not sure if you just came around again to be picked up! we have all been struggling in the heat, i don't know about you, but i was in the paddling pool yesterday, it was so hot. this is how we are keeping animals cool in all this heat, lots of cold trades, this horse gets a treat from a bucket, this lion gets a giant ball of ice, very refreshing. and also this target with a frozen meat trade, tasty, i'm sure! tricky for all of us, the heatwave has gone for now,

anyway. that is it for today's morning briefing. in a moment, sport, but chloe has what is coming up sport, but chloe has what is coming up on the victoria derbyshire programme at ten. in today's exclusive film, we hear from a former teacher who was wrongly accused of sexually abusing a pupil. what it is like to have peace of mind, that is the biggest challenge of the lot. every waking hour, you think of nothing else, because i wasn't eating, i wasn't sleeping. i was a wreck, i was an emotional wreck. we will look at how common false allegations are, and what impact they have on the lives of those accused. join us at ten, the bbc news channel, bbc two and online. sport now, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. there you are, on the side, hi!

it's going to be a fascinating day at lord's with ireland closing in on their first ever win in a test match, and england trying to avoid embarrassment. it was another tale of batting woe for england, after they'd been given hope from the unlikeliest of sources, asjoe wilson reports. here's a question — how could england's tail—end night watchman, only sent in to protect the proper batsmen, end up outscoring them all? well, jack leach excelled himself, apllied himself, and when he was at the crease with jason roy for company, this test match was only heading in one direction — towards england. their partnership was worth nearly 150 runs, england were in the lead, and ireland's bowlers seemed almost out of ideas. well, england first played a test match in 1877, ireland in 2018. but any team there's ever been soon learns that, in test cricket, at times, you must just stay patient. and just look. starting with jason roy, the day descended into

another england collapse. leach deserved only admiration for his 92 and rightly walked off to a hero's reception. but where was the leach spirit in some of the other batting performances? england plunged themselves back into jeopardy as ireland competed with renewed energy. they knew they were bowling and fielding themselves towards a winning position. england ended the day nine down in the second innings, just 181 runs ahead. so ireland, at some point today, will come out and bat for victory. joe wilson, bbc news, lord's. england's woes feature prominently on this morning's back pages. the telegraph calls it "england's close shave". the guardian says jack leach ignited england's revival. and the mirror focuses on manchester united's transfer business, saying that boss

0le gunnar solskjaer is desparate for the club to sign defender harry maguire. british heavyweight boxer dillian whyte could be facing an eight—year ban from the sport after testing positive for a banned substance. it happened before his points victory over 0scar rivas at the weekend. whyte has already served a two—year ban for unknowingly taking an illegal supplement, so a second offence would lead to a longer ban. promoter eddie hearn says fans should "wait for the facts" before making a judgment. geraint thomas has dropped to third in the overall standings of the tour de france going into stage 19. the defending champion is now 95 seconds behind leaderjulian alaphilippe. thomas's team—mate egan bernal is second. it was colombian nairo quintana who won the mountainous stage 18 to valloire. the 20th and final stage takes place on saturday. staying with the tour,

which is blessed with some of the most enthusiastic fans in sport, have a look at this from yesterday's route in the mountains. if you ever wondered how fans fill their time whilst they wait for the peloton, here's your answer. idid say i did say they were enthusiastic! love the views, though. after shane lowry‘s 0pen championship victory at the weekend, there's more good news for irish golf. adare manor has been named as the host venue for the 2026 ryder cup. the course in limerick was chosen ahead of the belfry, after a deal was deal struck between the irish government and european tour. the last time the competition was held in ireland was at the k club in 2006. england's mel reid is well placed to challenge the leaders after the opening round of the final women's golf major of the year. she's tied for sixth, a couple of shots behind leader paula creamer at the evian championship in france. there's plenty of other british interest too.

charley hull's four off the lead, whilst georgia hall and meghan maclaren are a shot further back. wolves made a winning return to european football after an absence of almost 40 years. they beat crusaders 2—0 at molineux in the first leg of their europa league qualifier. diogojota scored the best goal of the night. rangers also won last night, whilst aberdeen drew and connah‘s quay lost. everton, meanwhile, have released some stunning images of what they hope will be their new stadium. the club say the 52,000—capacity ground at bramley moore dock in liverpool could be ready by 2023 and will cost £500 million. england's netballers will find out who their new head coach is today. tracey neville stepped down following england's bronze medal at this summer's world cup. she'd been in charge for

four years and led her side to commonwealth gold last year. four—time superleague—winning coach tamsin greenway is one of the favourites for thejob. coming up today, there's ball—by—ball coverage of the third day of the test between england and ireland at lord's over on 5 live sports extra from ten o'clock this morning. and for a full rundown of all the day's sports news, tune into sportsday at 6:30 tonight on the bbc news channel. that's all the sport for now. more from the bbc sports centre at 11:15. some of the world's best video game players are set to battle it out in a tournament that could see the winner take home more money than the wimbledon champion. the popular game fortnite is holding its first ever world cup in new york this weekend, with a top prize of almost £2.5 million. joe tidy has this report.

for two years, fortnite's unique brand of dancing, shooting and looting has brought gamers together online. now it's time for the cream of the crop to meet in person for the first ever world cup. the prize pool is a record $30 million, or £24 million, and the winner takes home $3 million and this trophy. some of the favourites are british, including 14—year—old kyle jackson from london. he's known online as mongraal. it's a lot more serious than people think. it's not just playing for fun or whatever. you have to play, like, consecutive months a lot, every day. you don'tjust get here from chance. another contender is 15—year—old benjy fish from middlesex. him and his team—mate have both qualified as a duo and individually, meaning they're guaranteed $100,000 each, even before a single shot is fired. i think it'll be a bit different when i'm on the stage because i've never been on a huge stage like that before. i've only played in my bedroom,

but right now i'm really confident. and what a stage it is. 40 million players tried to get here, but now less than 200 remain. it's a sell—out here at the arthur ashe stadium, fortnite's rise to this point has not been one without controversy. prince harry once called for it to be banned for being too addictive. but for these players, it's already changed their lives. and with the prizes on offer here, some are dreaming of even bigger things. that's a lot of faces looking back at you, bro! joe tidy, bbc news, new york. with me is elliot bond from the british esports association. wow! what a prize fund! it seems crazy to anybody who isn't into this, can it bejustified? it is crazy to anybody who isn't into this, can it be justified? it is a lot of money, but you have to remember that it is a world cup, and there is expectation from any world cup, whatever sport, you want to

reward the best players in the environment with the best money. do you want to reward people for sitting in front of a screen for hours at a time, playing what many say is a violent, addictive, damaging game, certainly for younger people? particularly with fortnite being the example, yes, it is rated asa 12, being the example, yes, it is rated as a 12, and it does have suggestions of mild violence, but it isa suggestions of mild violence, but it is a very vibrant, colourful game, there is no go. they have to kill each other, the aim is to be the last one standing. it is a survival game, yeah, but it is not physical, it is very much energy blasts and things like this. it is not like blood and go and things. no, but a lot of parents in particular, i am the mother of an 11—year—old he was not allowed to play it, it is well righted, but a lot of kids under 12 do play it, and a lot of them complain that it affects their

behaviour and sleep, and so to see this prize money on offerfor something that people don't want their children to be doing, it surely is encouraging them to do something that is potentially damaging. we very much encourage pa rents to damaging. we very much encourage parents to learn about the game, perhaps play it with their children watch them, to understand it, that isa watch them, to understand it, that is a very key point for the industry. i was saying earlier on the bbc breakfast show that it is very important that parents learn what the ratings are for. like you would understand how an 18 horror movie should only be watched by 18—year—olds for obvious reasons. but people aren't aware of that rating system within the video games industry. so we would highly recommend, sort of push forward that pa rents to recommend, sort of push forward that parents to educate themselves about the ratings and why they are rated as they are. what about the popularity of fortnite? the word amongst 11—year—old boys is that it is decreasing, do not people are playing it in the same numbers. that

may be so, this is the first world cup, there has been a lot of hype, andi cup, there has been a lot of hype, and i imagine the numbers will probably start to rebuild themselves. well, we will say, really good to get your thoughts, thank you very much for being with us thank you very much for being with us today and telling us more about this incredible world cup, amazing. thank you. more now on prime minister boris johnson's announcement that a police recruitment drive for 20,000 new officers will begin within weeks. some forces have expressed concern that they don't have enough training instructors and police stations to support such rapid expansion and new rules requiring recruits to have a degree are worrying recruiters. there are currently 122,000 police officers in england and wales. mrjohnson's plans would bring numbers back up to the 2010 level, when theresa may became home secretary. joining me now to discuss the government's plans is the west midlands police and crime commissioner david jamieson. david, welcome to you, what is your

reaction to this announcement? well, firstly, i welcome new money and new offices in the police force. we have been saying this, i have been saying it forfour orfive been saying this, i have been saying it for four or five years now that by constantly cutting the amount of resource to police forces, we have seen an outburst of crime. in the west midlands we have had the biggest cuts of all the forces in the country, we have lost 2000 officers, a quarter of our budget, but it is not the only thing we need to look at. i welcome that, and i'm looking forward to a period of expansion rather than contraction, but we need to look at some of the other services as well, services for children, youth services being cut, and mental health services, because those impact on crime as well. what about the ability to train these new recruits? a lot of people have expressed scepticism that there are not enough instructors and police stations have been closed. the challenges of expansion of far lower

than of contraction. contraction has meant we have been reducing in numbers, police officers under huge stress and pressure, and we are not dealing with a lot of the crimes that we should have been. it is a problem, it is a challenge, but we have got the police state, we have got the buildings to take the people, and we can make sure that the training is in place for the officers. —— we have got the police estate. do you think the target is realistic, to have all these new police officers in place within three years, 20,000? it is a tough target, but, as i say, i am three years, 20,000? it is a tough target, but, as i say, iam prepared to have a go at that. if the prime minister is genuine that he is going to provide this money, and we have to provide this money, and we have to remember that not all the things he has said in the past have been genuine, but if he is, we willjoin forces with him, and he likes churchillian expressions — give us the tools and we will finish the job. give us the money, we will crack down on crime, and we will

turn the clock back to where we were previously, when we were properly resourced to deal with these things. the new rules mean that new recruits must have a degree, is that going to be difficult in terms of attracting the numbers that borisjohnson wants and needs? they don't have to have a degree, but they need to study for a degree, but they need to study for a degree, so previously there wasn't a formal qualification for it, so it does require more time, but it is not a problem to admissions. in the west midlands, we haven't had a problem in the past of recruiting people, we have always had a lot of people, we have always had a lot of people from diverse communities in the west midlands, and we have not had a problem actually getting people to apply for the jobs. we will have a challenge with training, but as i say, i am prepared to face the challenge of expansion if he will guarantee that funding over the next... we need that funding guaranteed for the next 5—7 years so we can properly plan ahead to tackle with the tough crime issues of

violent crime and some of the cyber and internet related crime that we are having to deal with at the moment. we can do thejob, we need the resources. you mention diversity, there has been criticism that the police force is not reflective of the society of the people in it, do you need positive discrimination targets? one of the things when i first came to the job five years ago, i said the police force here needed to look like the people of the west midlands, and we have done a lot about that, we have seen a big increase in the number of people from ethnic minority communities, and that is good. it does take time, though, because you only replace police officers as they 90, only replace police officers as they go, so we have gone from about 8% to 1296. david jamieson, apologies, we are out of time. thank you very much. an update on the weather picture with simon. as you will have heard in the news, the second highest recorded temperature in the uk yesterday,

38.1 celsius in cambridge. that was ajuly record, 38.1 celsius in cambridge. that was a july record, but not only in the uk, across europe temperature records not only broken, they were smashed, all—time temperature records in luxembourg, netherlands, belgium and also germany. today it is going to feeljust a tad fresher, we have got this cold front moving its way in from the west, the wind has changed now to a south—westerly wind, we have cut off that southeasterly which was bringing winds from the south—east, bringing all the hot weather but through today showers across southern and eastern areas, heavy with thunderstorms, tracking their way northward. showers perhaps across scotland, but drier and brighter towards the far west. maximum temperature is lower than yesterday, 21-25, temperature is lower than yesterday, 21—25, maybe 28—30 in the far east. tonight, further showers across southern areas and eastern parts,

moving their way northward, more persistent rain into tomorrow morning, not quite as uncomfortable as last night, temperatures down to 13-17d. as last night, temperatures down to 13—17d. throughout the weekend we have got a weather front stretching from the south—east of england up into the north—west of scotland, thatis into the north—west of scotland, that is going to bring rain at times during saturday, and will stick around into sunday as well. temperatures coming down again both on saturday and sunday. so this is saturday, rain at times across the north—east of scotland, northern england, to the south—east. some sunshine in north—eastern scotland, northern ireland, wales, the south—west of england. maximum temperatures of 19—21, maybe 22 celsius. throughout saturday into sunday, that weather system, that warm front there doesn't move very far, just struggling north—west scotla nd far, just struggling north—west scotland to the south—east of england, so very similar conditions expected during sunday. we could see

heavy rain at times, again sunshine to the north—east, sunshine to the south—west, temperatures again getting up into the high teens to the low 20s. so the oppressive heat of yesterday, that is finally disappearing. bye—bye.

hello, it's friday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm chloe tilley. in today's exclusive film, we hear from a former teacher who was wrongly accused of sexually abusing a pupil. what it is like to have peace of mind. that is the biggest challenge of the lot. every waking hour, you think of nothing else. because i was not eating, i was not sleeping, i was a wreck, i was an emotional wreck. today carl beech will be sentenced for inventing allegations of abuse by a group of politicians in the 1980s. we'll look at how common false allegations are and what impact they have on the lives of those accused. in the latest of his pledges as the new prime minister, borisjohnson promises to start recruiting 20,000 new police