hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at two... borisjohnson says recruitment of 20,000 new police officers for england and wales will begin within weeks. the forces short of officers, i'll lower numbers in 197a. after the record—breaking heat come the storms — halting trains and planes, and causing more disruption for passengers. the lack of communication was the biggest issue for us, not wanting to speak to us, they also have our bags so we are off to the wedding with nothing to wear.

arsenal players chase off armed carjackers and escape unharmed, tweeting this morning, "we're fine." a game—changer — treatment for women with a 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. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. after yesterday was abandoned with threats of thunderstorms, its all heading towards a lightning fast finish at lords. englands bowlers striking again and again in their one of test match against ireland. more on a record breaking—day, very shortly. a lot of the relief for commuters this morning. it is cooler and

fresher today but we still have heavy showers and thunderstorms but we have lost the peak of the heatwave. all the details for the weekend and about 30 minutes. also coming up... meet 16—year—old hollie, who is set to make rugby league history this weekend as the youngest person ever to play in a challenge cup final. this is afternoon live. the prime minister, borisjohnson, says his plans to recruit 20,000 more police officers in england and wales over three years will begin to be put into effect within weeks. the college of policing, which trains officers, welcomed the move but said there were "logistical

challenges", partly due to a lack of instructors. forces in england and wales lost more than 20,000 officers between september 2009 and september 2017. 0ur correspondent phil mackie reports. front line policing still goes on, but over the past decade in places like the west midlands, it has got a lot tougher and violence is on the up. there has been a surge in knife crime here in the past five years, so the announcement of more investment is welcome news. the force is short of officers, no question, a quarter of the budget is gone, fewer police officers than 1974, and i have been clear we don't have the number or officers and i think sometimes the service feels that. there are currently 122,000 police officers in england and wales. in 2010, when theresa may became home secretary, there were 143,000 officers, so the extra 20,000 promised by mrjohnson over the next three years would see a return to levels of a decade ago.

the prime minister has set out this very ambitious target of hitting 20,000 over the next 36 months. now, it is going to be a challenge to get there, the whole policing family will have to come together to see what will be the largest expansion in policing for some time. it is the rise in violent crime that is giving most concern in places like birmingham and other urban areas across the country, which is why the police and crime commissioner in the west midlands, labour's david jamieson, has urged the government to send new recruits to big cities. public confidence will need to be restored too. only this month, we learned that the number of crimes solved by the police are at an all—time low. if i think, as a former special constable myself, about the challenges facing the police now, obviously a huge increase in violent crime and the resources to tackle that, which everyone agrees are notjust about the number of police officers, but about protecting children as early as possible, so the lack of youth services, the lack of sure start, mental health, diversionary

activities, you know, we need to think about investing in that as well. the government is also promising to continue to relax rules governing stop and search, which have already made an impact on the streets of the west midlands and elsewhere in the country. get on the ground! get on the ground now! the new recruits will also help, but it will take time. the government says three years. as this body cam footage shows, the extra help cannot come soon enough. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. meanwhile, borisjohnson has changed the title of prime minister to include ministerfor the union. his spokesman said it was "a statement of his commitment of the strengthening of the union and the great value which he places upon it". 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake said the new pm was in campaign mode already. 20,000 extra police officers is exactly the kind of bombproof political promise that a prime minister might want to make just

before heading into a general election campaign. it will play very well with his party and potential conservative voters and that is something that even his political opponents will struggle to criticise beyond saying that it only makes up, if at all, for conservative cuts to the police service over the last few years. and all of that talk about domestic policy, which i think we will hear more from borisjohnson in the coming days and weeks, is only adding to the feeling that many here at westminster have that we are heading for a general election, sooner perhaps rather than later. meanwhile, the business of government goes on. appointing ministers, that is not going entirely according to plan. the prominent eurosceptic mp steve baker turned down a job last night in the department for exiting the european union, saying that in that that junior role he would have felt powerless with the real work to prepare for a no—deal brexit done elsewhere in government. he issued a bit of a warning to mrjohnson, saying that the disaster would await if we didn't come out of the eu by

the october the 31st deadline. and in a call to president macron last night, we are told by downing street that borisjohnson told his french counterpart there is no change in his position and that delivering brexit by that deadline with a deal means reopening the withdrawal agreement and removing the backstop. something, of course, that the eu has ruled out. rail and air passengers are being hit by more delays after record—breaking temperatures caused travel chaos yesterday. the country experienced the second hottest day ever and the hottestjuly day on record. the heat caused overhead cables on the rail network to sag, which were then damaged by passing trains. there were also delays and cancellations at london airports, after storms across europe. despite cooler temperatures today, the transport network is still affected, as jon donnison reports. the heat may have relented, but today rail passengers are still getting burnt. at london st pancras another frustrating morning,

with many trains cancelled on the east midlands line up to sheffield and nottingham. all the trains out of st pancras have just been cancelled, all the lines are down. so we're trying to find our way via peterborough and then over across to loughborough, we think that that's going to work. i was supposed to travel up to luton last night. i wasn't able to so i had to head back home, which is down south. looked this morning and it looked all right, but i've just been stopped at st pancras and i need to find somewhere else. engineers are still struggling to repair overhead power lines which sagged in the severe heat. disruption remains on thameslink and great northern trains. 0vernight thunderstorms came as a relief for many, but not for those with a plane to catch. at heathrow, dozens of cancelled flights left some passengers having to sleep on the floor overnight. others were told to simply find a different airport. we were due to fly to denmark

yesterday for one of my best friend's weddings, we boarded the flight at about 6:15 only to be told of delays due to a storm passing through london. the delays kept coming and coming. by 10:45, they cancelled the flight, as the crew had ran out of hours. they also have our bags, so we're off to the wedding with nothing to wear! but hopefully we will be able to find something at gatwick. those travelling, though, like all of us, may have to be increasingly prepared for the heat. but is the infrastructure ready? with climate scientists predicting extreme weather will become more frequent, some argue our networks are in need of an upgrade. we have to go to every part of our infrastructure and look at whether it can cope with the increasing extremes. remember, this is not as bad as it will get, it will get worse in the future. we will see higher temperatures

for longer, and so we have to adapt the rail network and our roads system, and the infrastructure to deal with the coming climate, and we can't even cope with the current one. the message after another record—breaking week of weather — invest now or suffer the consequences. jon donnison, bbc news. the uk's media regulator has fined russia today £200,000 for breaching impartiality rules during its coverage of the poisoning of former spy sergei skripal and the conflict in syria. the regulator said that rt broadcast seven programmes over a period ofjust over a month, which had failed to preserve due impartiality. in response to the ruling, rt said the fine was inappropriate and disproportionate. 0ur media editor amol rajan is here. is it the first time this has

happened? it is and it suggests that the concerns that 0fcom has about rt, some people argue it is our propaganda channel for the kremlin, rt would say they just have propaganda channel for the kremlin, rt would say theyjust have a russian point of view. these errors we re russian point of view. these errors were made in a short period of time. 0fcom looked at ten different programmes, two of them involved george galloway, former british mp, they found seven errors over the space of six weeks. they said in that short space of time a lot of rules were broken. notjust errors in fact. it was a lack of challenge from presenters to interviewers as well. this is the beginning of something like a diplomatic media war. cgtn, a chinese channel in the uk is being investigated by 0fcom as

well. there is a suggestion that countries are using state propaganda services to disseminate their message. rt gets about 3200 viewers per week in the uk, not huge. there isa per week in the uk, not huge. there is a huge and normally —— a huge anomaly between broadcast and online, with the same things appearing online unpunished. do 0fcom wait for someone to make a complaint and look are of the monitoring? i think they have beefed up monitoring? i think they have beefed up their capacity to look at these things. they are keen to be seen as a reactive regulator rather than proactive. proactive regulation gets into the world of censorship. it is a huge amount but when you put together russian activities on

things like rt, cgtn from china press tv from iran, there is a suggestion that foreign governments are trying to use british tv channels to spread their message. there are questions whether 0fcom has the capacity to keep up. and they do potentially have other tools in the toolkit? they could have done something much more severe, revoking the license. they stop short of that and they are operating with any political context, with russia responding by investigating the bbc‘s russian service. i think if they were to aggressive it might be a propaganda victory for vladimir putin and the kremlin. dramatic footage on social media shows two arsenal players involved in an attempted carjacking in a london street. the pictures show sead kolasinac chasing off an armed gang. he and his team—mate mesut ozil

both escaped unhurt. simonjones reports. taking on the would—be robbers. sead kolasinac sees off one at the front of the 4x4, then an attacker approaches from the back. he is armed with some sort of metal object. it is a brief but terrifying ordeal for kolasinac and ozil, who is in the vehicle. but it doesn't end there. police say they were called to this area just before five o'clock yesterday afternoon to reports of an attempted robbery. what the footage doesn't show is kolasinac then gets back in the 4x4 and the two footballers headed in that direction, but they are pursued for around a mile by the men on motorbikes. but the footballers have called ahead to a turkish restaurant they know, saying they are in trouble and they need help. as the footballers abandon their vehicle and race into the restaurant, the staff come out and chase the motorcyclists away. witnesses say the would—be robbers attempted to smash the windows of the 4x4. it is not clear whether

the footballers were targeted because of their vehicle or because of who they are. we didn't first of all understand what had happened. and then when we see the motorbike passing from here, we realise it is serious. and the players are very lucky. yes, thank god nothing happened to them, and i think we are all of us it is lucky nothing happened to them. hello! last year, in the same area, the comedian michael mcintyre was robbed by two men on a moped while he was parked outside his children's school. the men smashed his car windows with a hammer before taking his watch and fleeing. last week, a wealthy financier was targeted for her watch. police insist they have not lost control of moped crime and, after a spike, offences are falling. sead kolasinac is being hailed a hero, notjust by arsenalfans. he has tweeted that he is fine. the players are due to be back in action on the football pitch on sunday.

simonjones, bbc news, north london. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. borisjohnson says the recruitment of 20 thousand new police officers for england and wales will begin within weeks. there's further disruption for air and rail passengers this morning after yesterday's extremely high temperatures. arsenal players chase off armed carjackers — and escape unharmed — tweeting this morning we're fine and in sport... a spectacular collapse from ireland sees england beat them by 143 runs after they fall to 38 all out in their second innings. it is one of the lowest totals in test cricket history. jess thirlby has been appointed as the new head coach of the england women's netball team. tracey neville stepped down from the position following her four year stint after england won bronze at the world cup in liverpool. and sebastian vettel led charles leclerc in a ferrari one—two in first practice at the german grand prix. second practice is underway now.

i'll be back with more on those stores after half past. let's get more now on one of our main stories, that prime minister borisjohnson plans to recruit 20,000 more police officers in england and wales over three years. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw is her. it's an ambitious target, can it be delivered? i think there is scepticism about whether it can be done. they would like it to be done and they will try very ha rd to like it to be done and they will try very hard to get it done because they have been 21,000 officers down on 2010 levels and we know the strain that has caused on policing when you have increased demand of serious violence on the street. but doing so within three years, it has never been done before, that level of recruitment in modern times.

there is a lack of training infrastructure in terms of classrooms, instructors. there are not enough police stations for new recruits because 600 have been closed. you have the additional complexity that new rules are coming in requiring more new recruits to have a degree or study for one on thejob. in some have a degree or study for one on the job. in some areas that may limit to the number of applicants. in other parts of the country, particularly london and the south—east, it is a competitive market for skilled labour and so some forces may compete against each other for recruits. politically, policing is such a political topic at the end of the day, given all the news stories affected by policing, politically for the government it looks good if it is seen to be trying. yes, it is a crowd pleaser. everyone will be pleased to hear about it, more bobbies on the beat,

but there are some people saying it is not the only answer for dealing with crime and it is a simplistic solution to think that it is. but actually you have to look at the make up of the police service, for example there are a shortage of detectives, people who have the skills to examine smartphones and other technology, so it is notjust of numbers, it is the quality of people you are getting. in addition to that, there is a shortage of technology, they are way behind in terms of computers, phone technology, in some areas, and the forensics market is a bit of a mess, quite frankly, so there has to be investment. there is a concern that if you go for the headline figure of 20,000, you think you solve the problems, but the experts will be saying it is not the only answer.

let's get reaction from katy bourne, the police and crime commissionerfor sussex — she's in tunbridge wells. i don't know if you could hear that but he was saying more numbers is not the only answer. i agreed with a lot of what he said. it is going to bea lot of what he said. it is going to be a challenge but what a positive challenge for the forces to have. my local force in sussex, challenge for the forces to have. my localforce in sussex, we began recruiting in earnest last year, so like many forces we are slightly ahead of the curve. this upgrade will not be without challenges but i am delighted that we have a prime minister who recognises the need for more police officers whether they are going to police a physical beat, walking the streets, getting intelligence from communities, so important for the public, but also the digital beat as well, so it is a huge opportunity to recruit technically savvy officers and so

on. police and crime commissioners really welcome this because we have been calling for it and that is what the public want to see. you are not worried that as a simplistic solution? i didn't say that. the policing board, the home secretary announced, that i will be sitting on along with others, and we will be constructively looking at how do we do this. the pace is fast but i think it is a hallmark of this new administration that they want to get things done. they came in this week but the ruling party has been the ruling party for the last decade and under then we have seen numbers cut by 20000 and now we are going up again. do people in the forces where you are working roll their eyes at the politics involved ?|j

you are working roll their eyes at the politics involved? i was out yesterday walking the beat and the officers i was talking to were buzzing about this, there was a real anticipation and excitement. we recognise there has been huge demand on police officers and staff in recent yea rs, on police officers and staff in recent years, particularly with all the public sector cuts. this has had an exponential demand effect on policing. but this is what police officers and staff have been calling for, what the police federation have been calling for, unison, pccs, everybody. we look forward to working with all our partners to put this into practice and we want to keep our communities safe. the new northern ireland secretary julian smith is meeting party leaders there to look at how to restart the stormont assembly. mr smith, the former government's chief whip, says all parties seem ready

to engage in detail to push forward: very good discussions with all of the parties this morning and we will accelerate those discussions on monday and it is fantastic to have the privilege to be secretary of state for northern ireland. we will be talking i am sure shortly about brexit and all of the challenges of delivering that on the 31st of 0ctober delivering that on the 31st of october but i am looking forward to discussing this afternoon to ensure we talk about all of the issues important for the whole of northern ireland. confident about the stormont talks? really good conversations this morning and i think all of the parties seem ready to engage in detail. i will be asking them to meet on monday and tuesday next week. we have to push forward with it because i think getting the executive up and running is key to moving things on and

ensuring that is part of their preparations for brexit. a lot of keyissues preparations for brexit. a lot of key issues on the agenda as you can see from the protests behind you. yes, and! see from the protests behind you. yes, and i was hoping to bump into some of the protesters but i think they are elsewhere. as a border city, brexit concerns are acute here. is feeling getting across in england, scotland and wales, that it isa england, scotland and wales, that it is a particularly issue here? there is a particularly issue here? there is no doubt that for northern ireland, four of the whole of northern ireland... 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy is in londonderry for us. what are the challenges that awaitjulian smith? well, all of the non—dup parties are concerned that the dup will get special treatment. they say how

could julian smith be an impartial broker in restoring power sharing when the tories have cosied up to the dup in westminster. but such is the dup in westminster. but such is the political arithmetic in westminster, of course the tories need to keep the dup on site to get anything done. butjulian smith has tried to reassure the parties that he has to be evenhanded and fair. he has huge challenges ahead, taking on the northern ireland brief, one of the northern ireland brief, one of the toughest jobs the northern ireland brief, one of the toughestjobs in cabinet. he has to try to resolve the tensions between the two big political tribes of the nationalist parties, unionist parties, because the only way to have a devolved government for northern ireland, the unique set up

it has here because of the history of this place, is for the largest unionist and nationalist parties to have a power share. he has to find a bid to break the deadlock between sinn fein and the dup. northern ireland hasn't had a government for more than 2.5 years. but there are a whole host of other challenges. brexit going on, the controversial issues here over same—sex marriage, legalising abortion, something westminster voted on recently and a lot of people are very unhappy that westminster intervened, opponents of the law changes here. he will have to delicately and diplomatically work on these things. he was at stormont meeting the parties this morning to try to build trust and talk about how they will make progress in power—sharing talks. he has also come here to derry, a significant place, in the news over

the last few months since a journalist was shot during a night of rioting, by a so—called new ira. really, i think he has had a decent taster today for the work he has to do ahead. time for a look at the weather. it wasn't just a july record in the daytime, overnight as well. yes, record—breaking temperatures. the hottestjuly day, 38.1 celsius. some places in the uk recorded their highest minimum temperature as well and scotland as a new record for the

highest minimum temperature overnight. if we look at some of the temperatures, these were the minimum temperatures, these were the minimum temperatures overnight. more typical of daytime maximum temperatures we should be seeing. in lincolnshire there was something interesting, at around ten or 11 last night the temperature went up by about 10 degrees, a heap to burst. you have lots of hot air in thunderstorms and it came down as the thunderstorm collapsed and weakened. it raised the temperatures up to about 30 degrees during the last part of the evening. i have never heard of that. and the heat keeping people up, the thunder as well. yes, the heat, humidity and

thunderstorms. some pictures came in of thunderstorms, dramatic last night. this was folkestone. at the peak of the thunderstorms, around 5000 lightning flashes injust peak of the thunderstorms, around 5000 lightning flashes in just one hour. things are pretty much cooler this morning across the country and that will be the story through the weekend. fresh air moving in from the west. we have some rain in the forecast, down to this weather front moving in and introducing atlantic airfrom the moving in and introducing atlantic air from the west. but it will be slow moving and bringing quite a bit of rain. we can see some lightning strikes on the radar in the last few hours. some rain in south—east england and in lincolnshire. that should fizzle out through this

afternoon. sunny spells developing but cloudy skies where the front moves on from the west. temperatures around 22—23 for belfast and cardiff but the high 20s in the east, east anglia could still squeeze 30 degrees, which would be the fifth consecutive day of temperatures over 30. more heavy showers and thunderstorms likely tonight, particularly north—east england and east scotland. still reasonably humid in the east, but more fresh further west, south—west of england, northern ireland. this weatherfront will stall across parts of the south—east of england and towards northern england under the west of scotland, so on and off outbreaks of rain through the day, some thunder and lightning possible across the northern edge of that rain. fine and

dry in the south—west of england, south wales and northern ireland. we still have this weather front on sunday but it moves further south—west, northern ireland, wales, towards the south—east of england, seeing all that rain on sunday. could be a lot of lying surface water and the potential for localised flooding. temperatures much cooler than recent days. back into the low 20s over the weekend. here is the outlook for the new working week. unsettled with some showery rain. higher pressure towards the end of the week and turning a little warmer as well. a little unsettled for the next few days and warmer by the end of the coming week.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines. borisjohnson says the recruitment of 20,000 new police officers

for england and wales will begin within weeks. there's further disruption for air and rail passengers after yesterday's extremely high temperatures. arsenal players chase off armed carjackers, and escape unharmed. they've since tweeted: "we're fine." a drug which doctors have called a game—changing treatment for women with a 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. we are going straight to newcastle because there has been a sentence at newcastle crown court. fiona tell us

more. carl beech has been found guilty saying there was a vip paedophile ring operating in and out of london. with a long list of names from the military and intelligence services, politicians, all false claims the jury politicians, all false claims the jury said. he was also found guilty on monday of one count of fraud because he was paid £22,000 after making a claim to the criminal injuries compensation authority. this morning, we heard witness impact statements. of course those men and their families today with the sentencing will find that there is an end to this chapter of their lives. what we had this morning was a sense of how his lies had been affecting him for the rest of their

lives. 0ne witness broke down several times seeing it lost me my home, myjob, my peace of mind, and took place when the met knew i was in the twilight of my life. he was talking about how he says he was forced to leave the country. one accused said is allegations like this stick like mad. they are vile and leave a stain which is hard to remove which other people have said similarly from... remove which other people have said similarlyfrom... . remove which other people have said similarly from... . 0nce those names we re similarly from... . 0nce those names were on the internet, they will a lwa ys were on the internet, they will always be linked to carl beech‘s name. before sentencing the qc made a series of points how on how serious his claims were. he talked about the nature and degree of minute relation saying it was sophisticated, false hope given to the family of the boy from london

who went missing in the 19705 and carl beech told detective5 that he believed one of the boys that he 5ay5 believed one of the boys that he says he witnessed being killed he believed was that boy. which gave the family false hope. the prosecution also said his conduct carried a risk of victims in the future being disbelieved or deterred from making genuine complaints. he also told the court that hospital inspector and governor derived sexual pleasure from graphically describing the abuse of the young boy5. that is why the judge has handed down this 18 year sentence for perverting the course of justice, forfraud for perverting the course of justice, for fraud and also those claim5, those counts that carl beech admitted to earlier of making child images and one count of voyeuri5m. we have heard from inside the court

there has been no reaction from carl beech a5 there has been no reaction from carl beech as the sentence has been passed down. the jet beech as the sentence has been passed down. thejet 5et beech as the sentence has been passed down. the jet set him, beech as the sentence has been passed down. thejet set him, you no remorse. “— passed down. thejet set him, you no remorse. —— the judge. passed down. thejet set him, you no remorse. —— thejudge. carl beech who accuse all those people, saying that they were involved in a paedophile ring in the 19705 and 805, has now beenjailed paedophile ring in the 19705 and 805, has now been jailed for 18 years. sport now on afternoon live with adam. let's start with cricket and it was quite a short day's play at lord's today between england and ireland? it has been a short but quite extraordinary day's cricket. yesterday was abandoned due to the thunderstorms remember yesterday was abandoned due to those thunderstorms, thunderstorms today well, there's been a lightening fast finish. england remember had one wicket left at the start of play. that went with the very first ball of the day.

that left ireland chasing 182 for what would be a famous victory and of course, their first ever test match win. but, in one of the most spectacular collapses in test match history, england bowled ireland out forjust 38. six wicket5 for chris woakes, fourfor stuart broad. to give you a bit of context, that is the seventh lowest score in test match history, the lowest for 64 yea r5. england winning by 143 runs. now, that one off test match was a warm for england ahead of the ashes that gets under way at edgeba5ton next week. australia have today announced their squad for that and i can tell you that cameron bancroft gets his first international call up since being banned over the sandpaper scandal. the other two players involved — steve smith and david warner — are also named in a test squad for the first time since their ban5. one other piece of cricket news, and the pakistan bowler mohammad amir is to retire from playing test cricket so he can focus on the limited over5 game.

amir is regarded as one of pakistan's key bowlers in the world, having returned from a ban for his part in a spot—fixing scandal in 2010. so a busy day of cricket, carrie. and some news in the last hour about the coach of the england netball team? after england's side won bronze at the recent world cup in liverpool we knew head coach tracey neville was going to step down. today her 5uccessor has been announced. it is to bejess thirlby who is the new england netball head coach. thirlby left her role as head coach of team bath in january after 20 years a5 a player and coach. england netball chief executivejoanna adams said thirlby is the perfect fit because of her thorough understanding of elite netball. the former england international has replaced tracey neville, who amongst her many achievements led england to the commonwealth gold medal. i can't put into words 48 was on how 5pecial it feels. i can't put into words 48 was on how special it feels. it is such an

honour to lead your country. in a sport i have loved from a young age. i feel privileged to be coming in at this point where there is huge momentum behind the sport. we have also achieved some success and i absolutely look forward to taking on the mantle and trying to harness that and continued his success that the organisation have achieved. british heavyweight dillian whyte has responded after testing positive for a banned substance ahead of his most recent fight. it happened before his point5 victory over 05car rivas at the weekend. he says he's disappointed with what he calls the ‘rubbish' that's been said about him, and that his lawyers are dealing with it. he adds that he was cleared to fight, and won the bout fair and square. sebastian vettel has set the best time at his home formula one grand prix. the german wa5 fastest in first practice. his ferrari team—mate charles leclerc is on the time sheet as second fastest, followed by lewis hamilton in a new—look mercedes. second practice is under way right now.

former british swimmer sharron davies has once again rai5ed concerns about tra n5gender athletes competing at the 2020 olympic games in tokyo. she's written to the international olympic committee asking for them to do more research, but says she's yet to receive a response, and has accused them of conducting a "live experiment". nothing, not even a polite letter to say thank you for your interest or your request or we will look into it, nothing whatsoever. the situation at the olympics of people being very with what they see before things change but i think once we start seeing well—known athletes being beaten, when we see youngsters being beaten, when we see youngsters being beaten, when we see youngsters being beaten by someone who comes back after 40 yea r5 being beaten by someone who comes back after 40 years of retirement i think people will start an understanding of the situation. that's all the sport for now. a drug for women suffering from advanced ovarian cancer has

been approved for use in newly diagnosed patients in england. a trial showed that 0laparib could delay the progression of the cancer for three years. up to 600 women with a hereditary type of the disease could benefit each year. lauren moss reports. when florence was 46, 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 then eligible for 0laparib, a drug that can halt the progression of the disease.

now it has been made available to patients in england sooner, when they 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. 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. it has changed my life. without it i would not be here. charities say it is vital that women with ovarian cancer are screened for the mutation so they do not miss out. a decision about which guiding it at an earlier stage is expected to be made in the united kingdom in the coming months. members of cathay pacific airline staff have joined hundreds of pro—democracy protestors holding a sit—in at hong kong's international airport. the protesters handed out leaflets and held banners in several languages — condeming the attacks by suspected gang members on anti—government protesters last week. they say the police were too slow to respond to the violence.

16 us marines serving at a camp in california have been arrested as part of an investigation into alleged people—smuggling. the military said the move was as a result of information given by two other marines, who were arrested earlier this month, on suspicion of smuggling three mexican migrants into the us. a british computer hacker will be sentenced in the us today, accused of inventing malware that was used by criminals to steal banking and other online user credentials. 25—year—old marcus hutchins made a name for himself in 2017 as somewhat of a hero here in the uk, when he helped stop the biggest—ever cyber attack on the nhs. chris buckler has this report. marcus hutchins was once celebrated as a hero hacker. a security researcher who was able to stop a cyber attack that infected tens of thousands of computers around the globe. businesses and the uk's

national health service were among the victims, who found they were locked out of their networks until they paid a ransom. but hutchins was able to find a flaw in the code, that shut down the notorious wannacry attack. i checked the message board, there were maybe 16, 17 reports of different nhs organisations being hit. and that was sort of the point where i decided my holiday is over, i've got to look into this. it made him a celebrity. and two years ago, he travelled to las vegas to attend def con, one of the world's biggest hacking conferences. but as he tried to leave the city, he was arrested by fbi officers who had found evidence of his own involvement in cyber crimes years before. marcus hutchins would later admit to being the man behind malicious software known as kronos. it allowed people to steal login information and financial data from online banking sites. along with an accomplice, he sold the malware online.

and it was used to target banks and their customers in several countries. hutchins went on to plead guilty to two offences. ahead of his sentencing hearing in wisconsin, on his malwaretech twitter page for the character references they had sent to support him. prosecutors say that by all accounts, marcus hutchins no longer writes software designed to steal or cause harm. and he now uses his skills to combat such attacks. however, they said that couldn't and shouldn't be used to excuse his past crimes online. jamie is here and we'll be telling us jamie is here and we'll be telling us what is going on in the business. the headlines now. carl beech — a paedophile who made false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against famous people — has been jailed for 18 years.

borisjohnson says the recruitment of 20,000 new police officers for england and wales will begin within weeks. there's further disruption for air and rail passengers after yesterday's extremely high temperatures. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. another delay from mike ashley's sports direct, which says it is "still finalising" its financial results, which were due to be released early on friday morning. we had expected something at 2pm but all we got was another delay through till 4pm. shares fell on the news, though they have recovered some of their losses now. the first estimate of us growth in the three months tojune has just the economy grew at an annualised rate of 2.1% — that means the annual rate of growth rather than the amount of it grew in three months. exports fell because of its trade war with china but consumers kept on spending which gave the economy a bit of a boost on spending which gave the economy a bit of a boost.

the company that owns google, alphabet, and the online retail giant, amazon, have both reported a near 20% rise in revenues for the latest quarter. so what's happening at sports direct? we're not quite sure, but there are a number of reasons why there could be delays. it has bought evan's cycles, sofa.com, game digital and house of fraser and been involved in an unsuccessful take over of debenhams. a lot going on. there is confusing in the accounts particularly over house of fraser. the second possibility concerns the auditors grant thornton who is under scrutiny from the financial reporting council which has been looking at the way it performs its audits. of the grant thornton audits the frc assessed this year,

just 50% were good or required limited improvements, down from 75% last year. that is out of eight audits. but thatis that is out of eight audits. but that is not good. so the frc are looking over his shoulder at everything it does. so imagine he is a little bit like a cat on a hot tin roof. can adjust delay them forever? no because you have to give results under stock exchange rules. so there isa under stock exchange rules. so there is a limit. but busily from the point of view of the investors they have to come to something or else investors are going pack up. so we will see what happens at 4pm. yes.

all three monthly figures. google—pa rent alphabet and the online retail giant amazon have both reported a near 20% rise in revenues for the latest quarter. alphabet says its youtube services were doing particularly well. amazon said profits were lower than expected at $2.6 billion, as it invests heavily to try to speed up delivery times. twitter has announced profits of $1.1 billion for the last three months ending injune, boosted by a rise in daily users. we can go to michelle. michelle what do you make of it was results? good profits and increased revenue but how being received ? profits and increased revenue but how being received? the message we are getting is one that is fairly positive. if you look at the trends so far, i am thinking back in particular to snap, another company which reported this week that they came out ahead of investor expectations. you were just talking about amazon, and also alphabet,

google's parent company. broadly speaking, most of the news has been good. i think going back in particular to amazon and athletic. there was some interesting behind the numbers i would like to walk you through if i could. which is that amazon has had huge success. rapid growth with its cloud business. we started to see that slowing down, on the other hand at google, at alphabet, their business is growing. still small computer amazon but it is growing. advertising business is doing well for them. if you look at amazon, they seem to be the beneficiaries of that. their advertising business going a bit more. on twitter for a second, i am interested into what they have been doing deleting spam accounts and smartening up their representation. how is that been going?

across—the—board your how is that been going? across—the—boa rd your seam technology companies coming under increased scrutiny over the handling of privacy issues but also the kind of privacy issues but also the kind of nature of the speech that takes place on these platforms. so twitter has been working at trying to find a balance between addressing people's concerns but at the same time, not restricting people's right to free speech. and if you look at the results, it certainly doesn't seem to have hurt the user numbers which for investors is a very key important metric. briefly i want to talk about those gdp figures which will help. we are a bit of a slowdown, 3.1% annualised down to 2.1%. sounds quite a sharp fall off orami 2.1%. sounds quite a sharp fall off oram i not 2.1%. sounds quite a sharp fall off or am i not reading 2.1%. sounds quite a sharp fall off oram i not reading it 2.1%. sounds quite a sharp fall off or am i not reading it right? here is the thing. if you want to compare quarter to quarter, it is slower than we have seen in some of the recent quarters, that being said, it was better than some economists had forecast. .1% was better than the

1.8 economists were forecasting. there were two things to note. 0n the one hand the consumer seems to be doing very well. on the other side, business investment was down sharply. in fact that number turned negative. that is significant because if we think back to those trump tax cuts, one of the justifications was that it would boost business spending but it seems that trade concerns are holding businesses back right now. and i have a classic reference for you which you might appreciate. this is from an economist at grant thornton who compared the consumer to atlas in greek mythology. carrying the us economy on its back. not quite sure why i would appreciate that but thank you very much. that is a lot to carry on your back. but we will see you in an hour? rugby league's women's challenge cup final tomorrow will be a special day for one yorkshire schoolgirl.

castleford's hollie dodd turns 16 today, and so she will become the youngest person ever — male orfemale — to play in a challenge cup final. katie shanahan went to meet her. this is hollie dodd. atjust 16 years old, she has the world at her feet. and this is what all the fuss is about. commentator: it is a brilliant run from hollie dodd. she is going all the way! i went to meet hollie and her dad to find out more about rugby league's rising star. i'd never even touched a rugby ball before, until year 7 and then people, my pe staff, were telling me to get down to rugby and i just fitted in straightaway, really. i haven't always been in rugby league. i used to be a ballroom dancer when i was younger but then, around about five years ago, i started watching and playing rugby and i've been watching finals and things ever since. what a contrast between sports. i just can't believe where we're at today,

compared to where we were when we were going out buying dance dresses, dance shoes and stuff like that. now we have about 50 rugby balls in our garage at home. from tango to tackles and sparkles to studs, hollie's castleford coach thinks she is one in a million. she's undoubtedly the best 16—year—old i've seen. i have been involved in this sport a very long time, and for me she is an absolute silent assassin. she's classy, she's fast, she's got great skills. if she's not in an england shirt in the next couple of years i will be very surprised. when hollie runs out for her debut tomorrow, she'll make history by becoming the youngest person ever to play in the challenge cup final. caslteford missed out on rugby league's biggest prize last year but could hollie be the missing piece to the puzzle, as they take on leeds again? i wouldn't want to do it with any other team really. especially my own club, my own town. i can't even put into words how proud i am of her, yeah. it goes without saying, just in everyday life, just for being a nice person

and being my daughter. a little bit more proud obviously because of her exploits on the pitch with the rugby ball. i hope we bring back the silverware, it would be amazing. hollie may be sweet 16 but she is hoping she can make a big impact in the final. katy shannahan, bbc news, castleford. now it's time for a look at the weather. we can cross the newsroom to sarah keith lucas the heat and the humidity obviously are fading away so i different feel to the weather as we head through the next few days. we have lost record—breaking temperatures. through the course of the weekend a fresh feel to the weather with rain for some of us but not everywhere. the rain is going to be cut to see of this cold front. it is working its way in from the west so it introducing this westerly flow of atla ntic introducing this westerly flow of atlantic air, the heat getting pushed towards the east. this is the password. heavy showers in the south—east of england towards lincolnshire and yorkshire as well.

eason yorkshire seen a few showers as well through the course of the afternoon. still showery towards the east with the odd rumble of thunder. temperatures ranging between 22 in belfast to 28 in norwich, we could see 30 in south—east, still pretty humid through the rest of the afternoon. some of the showers becoming quite heavy this evening. central and southern england, the midlands, northern inventor and central scotland going to be seeing the outbreaks of rain and thunder storms. still quite muddy under the cloud, 17 degrees or so. not as hot as it was last night. into saturday, this frontal system stalls in the east so it will produce outbreaks of persistent rain at times. south—eastern, northern england and pushing into the western half of scotland. on and off outbreaks offering for the course of saturday.

some brighter spells and dry weather either side of that band of rain. sunny spells of south—west england, northern ireland and wales, temperatures up to 23 degrees. underneath the cloud and rain, about 19 or 20 celsius. much cooler than it has been for this week. through the day on sunday, this front is still with us edging its way for the south—west so i think it will be northern ireland into wales and the south—east of england that will see the bulk of the rainfall of the course of sunday and again, either side of that, some fine dry weather with some sunshine and just one or two shows around. top temperatures somewhere between 17 to 22 degrees. as we look around towards the working week it starts on a fairly u nsettled working week it starts on a fairly unsettled note with some showers lasting monday to wednesday. many of us lasting monday to wednesday. many of us ending the week on a dryer note is high—pressure bills and so secretaries after a cooler few days will then be pushing up towards the mid—205.

hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 3... carl beech, a paedophile who made false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against famous people, has been jailed for 18 years. borisjohnson says recruitment of 20,000 new police officers for england and wales will begin within weeks. the force is short of officers, no question. a quarter of the budget gone, fewer officers than 1974, and i have been very clear we don't have the number of officers and i think sometimes the service feels that. after the record—breaking heat come the storms — halting trains and planes, and causing more disruption for passengers. the lack of communication was the biggest issue for us, not wanting to speak to us, they also have our bags so we are off to the wedding with nothing to wear. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. good afternoon, it's been an extraordinary day at lords.

one of the biggest batting collapses in test history has seen ireland bowled out for just 38. england winning the one—off test match — more on that, very shortly. and all the weather. after record—breaking temperatures yesterday we saw storms over but things are quite thing down, cooler, fresher, but unsettled with some showers. all the details in half an hour. also coming up... meet 16—year—old hollie — she's set to make rugby league history this weekend, as the youngest person ever to play in a challenge cup final. this is afternoon live.

our top story this afternoon. a 51—year—old man who made false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against famous people has been jailed for 18 years. the judge told carl beech that he had "deliberately, repeatedly and maliciously told lies to the police", and had "no remorse". 0ur north of england correspondent, fiona trott, was at newcastle crown court for us. carl beech now has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. on monday he was found guilty of 12 counts of perverting the course of justice, saying that there was a vip paedophile ring operating in and out of london, a long list of names of people from the military, the intelligence services, politicians, too. all false claims, the jury said. he was also found guilty on monday of one count of fraud, that is because he was paid £22,000 after making a claim to the criminal

injuries compensation authority. this morning we heard witness impact statements. of course, those men and their families today with this sentencing will find that there is an end to this chapter of their lives. what we heard this morning was a real sense of how his lies will be affecting them for the rest of their lives. the former mp harvey proctor, who broke down several times as he read out his witness impact statement. he said, "it lost me my home, myjob, my peace of mind, and took place when the met knew me to be in the twilight years of my life and without real hope of being able to rehabilitate myself." there was talk about how he says he was forced to leave the country and live abroad. danieljanner qc, his late father, greville janner, was accused. he said, "false allegations like this stick like mud. they are vile and leave a stain that is hard to remove." that is something we have heard from other people.

when you put their names on the internet, they will always be associated with carl beech‘s lies, of child murders, sex abuse and torture. before sentencing, the prosecutor, tony badenoch qc, made a series of points on how serious carl beech‘s claims were. he talked about the nature and degree of manipulation, he said it was sophisticated, false hope given to the family of martin allen, that boy from london who went missing in the 19705, and carl beech told detectives he believed one of the boys that he says he witnessed being killed, he believed that was martin allen. of course, that gave the family false hope, thinking they knew what had happened to him. and the prosecutor also said his conduct carried a risk of victims fearing in the future they will be disbelieved or deterred from making genuine complaints. and he also told the court that the hospital inspector and school governor derived sexual pleasure from graphically describing the abuse of young boys.

that is why now the judge has handed down this 18—year sentence for perverting the course ofjustice, fraud, and also those claims, those counts that carl beech admitted to earlier, of making child images, and one count of voyeurism. we are hearing from inside the court there has been no reaction from carl beech as the sentence has been passed down. thejudge said to him, "you have no remorse." so, carl beech, the man who falsely accused all those people, from politics, the military, the intelligence services, saying they were involved in a vip paedophile ring in the 19705 and 805, has now been jailed for 18 years. the prime minister, borisjohnson, says his plans to recruit 20,000 more police officers in england and wales over three years will begin to be put into effect within weeks. the college of policing,

which trains officers, welcomed the move but said there were "logistical challenges", partly due to a lack of instructors. forces in england and wales lost more than 20,000 officers between september 2009 and september 2017. 0ur correspondent phil mackie reports. front line policing still goes on, but over the past decade in places like the west midlands, it has got a lot tougher and violence is on the up. there has been a surge in knife crime here in the past five years, so the announcement of more investment is welcome news. the force is short of officers, no question, a quarter of the budget is gone, fewer police officers than 1974, and i have been clear we don't have the number or officers and i think sometimes the service feels that. there are currently 122,000 police officers in england and wales. in 2010, when theresa may became home secretary, there were 143,000 officers, so the extra 20,000 promised by mrjohnson over the next three years would see a return to levels of a decade ago.

the prime minister has set out this very ambitious target of hitting 20,000 over the next 36 months. now, it is going to be a challenge to get there, the whole policing family will have to come together to see what will be the largest expansion in policing for some time. it is the rise in violent crime that is giving most concern in places like birmingham and other urban areas across the country, which is why the police and crime commissioner in the west midlands, labour's david jamieson, has urged the government to send new recruits to big cities. public confidence will need to be restored too. only this month, we learned that the number of crimes solved by the police are at an all—time low. if i think, as a former special constable myself, about the challenges facing the police now, obviously a huge increase in violent crime and the resources to tackle that, which everyone agrees are notjust about the number of police officers, but about protecting children

as early as possible, so the lack of youth services, the lack of sure start, mental health, diversionary activities, you know, so the lack of youth services, the lack of sure start, mental health, diversionary activities, you know, we need to think about investing in that as well. the government is also promising to continue to relax rules governing stop and search, which have already made an impact on the streets of the west midlands and elsewhere in the country. get on the ground! so the lack of youth services, the lack of sure start, get on the ground now! the new recruits will also help, but it will take time. the government says three years. as this body cam footage shows, the extra help cannot come soon enough. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. with me is former detective chief inspector peter kirkham. do you welcome this? yes. it is a reversal of nine years of relentless cuts to the police. so long as they mean itand cuts to the police. so long as they mean it and go through it isn't good news. there are some concerns. what

are your concerns? what is worrying you? the numbers are a great headline but i would rather see and hear that they have got a thought through plan, having spoken with the police service, looked at all the different things needing to be addressed, because just different things needing to be addressed, becausejust like different things needing to be addressed, because just like someone who has been on hunger strike for a while or someone starving for a while, you tend to kill them if you give them a load of food straight off, you have to wean them back. the police service has suffered so many cuts for so long it is on the point of colla pse cuts for so long it is on the point of collapse in some places so if you suddenly bring all these new staff, you run the risk of wrecking it altogether. because those currently running it half to train all the new people rather than doing the front

line work? yes, and we need to civil staff as well as pcs05 and police officers. we shouldn't cut corners. who will do the training? we have the change happening at the moment to the degree apprentice training which was going to be existing recruitment levels. who will be mentoring their officers? how are the team is going to assimilate? where will we find new supervisors? the list is pretty endless. training a lot of journalists, the list is pretty endless. training a lot ofjournalists, it takes time, and it takes contact time between experienced workers. i can see that you need enough people to deliver the culture to new arrivals. it must

be done properly. it is brilliant news if it is followed through, and i will believe it when i see it after nine years of various promises by the same government, and some of the people in this government, but it needs to be done properly. some people say it is an opportunity because you can bring in the people with the new skills, technical skills that increasingly a 21st—ce ntu ry skills that increasingly a 21st—century force might need. skills that increasingly a 21st-century force might need. there are certainly a number of opportunities, as with anything, when you are building from a low baseline, you have the opportunity to build as you wish, as opposed to manipulating what is already there. it is certainly an opportunity that could be taken. with a bit of imagination they could use this to target black and ethnic minority recruits and improve the proportion

of ethnicity in the force. the skills don't necessarily need to be with police officers, so may be betrayed to some police officer posts for more expensive it specialists. but we have to make sure the balance is right and have a proper plan. i don't want a glut of people coming rushing in. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is at westminster. i don't know if you heard my guest but the worry is about a good headline submerging difficulties of actually implementing this? clearly logistical challenges people have raised about how practical it is to recruit such a large number of police officers in a relatively short space of time over the next three years but i don't think those

concerns will play too heavily on boris johnson's concerns will play too heavily on borisjohnson's mind. concerns will play too heavily on boris johnson's mind. this concerns will play too heavily on borisjohnson's mind. this is a bombproof political promise to make, it will play well with his own party and potentially attract a wavering potential conservative party voters and it is something even his political opponents will find difficult to criticise him over, apart from saying itjust difficult to criticise him over, apart from saying it just about makes up for the cuts to the police service over the last few years under the conservatives. it is the sort of thing we will hear boris johnson talk more about in the coming days and weeks, promises on domestic policy, the health service, broadband that he spoke about during the leadership campaign, as well as the leadership campaign, as well as the crucial issue of brexit and delivering it with or without a deal come the deadline of october the 315t. come the deadline of october the 31st. and this afternoon, little focus on the international

dimension, calls to foreign leaders. president emmanuel macron spoke to borisjohnson president emmanuel macron spoke to boris johnson last night, president emmanuel macron spoke to borisjohnson last night, primarily a call to congratulate him. downing street said the prime minister would make the same argument in private to his european counterparts as at the negotiating table. that is that the withdrawal agreement must be renegotiated to get rid of the backstop. he spoke to chancellor merkel of germany and we are told she extended an invitation to visit berlin which was accepted. but boris johnson seems in no hurry tojetset around european capitals as theresa may did when negotiations were getting difficult, he seems happy to

let the more substantial conversations wait some time and perhaps for the pressure to increase. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. carl beech — a paedophile who made false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against famous people — has been jailed for 18 years. boris johnson says the recruitment of 20 thousand new police officers for england and wales will begin within weeks. there's further disruption forairand rail passengers after yesterday's extremely high temperatures. and a spectacular collapse from our own sees england beat them by 143 ru ns after own sees england beat them by 143 runs after they fell to 38 all out in the second innings, one of the lowest totals in test cricket history. drama at the tour de france asa history. drama at the tour de france as a french contender to win the race pulls out with a leg injury with only one meaningful stage remaining after today. and jess

philby has been appointed as coach of the uk women's netball team. tracey neville stepped down. breaking news on the way there. we hear that the met office have received a provisional figure of 38.7 degrees celsius from cambridge university botanical gardens on thursday, yesterday, and if validated it will be a new temperature record for the uk. the previous temperature record just 38.5. if confirmed, 38.7 at cambridge yesterday, a new temperature record for the uk. we

will ask sarah about that when she has the weather. but now, the aftermath of the hot weather. rail and air passengers are being hit by more delays after record—breaking temperatures caused travel chaos yesterday. a number of trains between london st pancras and the north of england — as well as other services — have been cancelled or delayed. 0vernight engineers couldn't repair all overhead power cables that sagged in the heat. there's also disruption at heathrow, gatwick and stansted airports. jon donnison reports. the heat may have relented, but today rail passengers are still getting burnt. at london st pancras another frustrating morning, with many trains cancelled on the east midlands line up to sheffield and nottingham. all the trains out of st pancras have just been cancelled, all the lines are down. so we're trying to find our way via peterborough and then over across to loughborough, we think that that's going to work. i was supposed to travel up

to luton last night. i wasn't able to so i had to head back home, which is down south. looked this morning and it looked all right, but i've just been stopped at st pancras and i need to find somewhere else. engineers are still struggling to repair overhead power lines which sagged in the severe heat. disruption remains on thameslink and great northern trains. 0vernight thunderstorms came as a relief for many, but not for those with a plane to catch. at heathrow, dozens of cancelled flights left some passengers having to sleep on the floor overnight. others were told to simply find a different airport. we were due to fly to denmark yesterday for one of my best friend's weddings, we boarded the flight at about 6:15 only to be told of delays due to a storm passing through london. the delays kept coming and coming. by 10:45, they cancelled the flight, as the crew had ran out of hours. they also have our bags, so we're off to the wedding with nothing to wear!

but hopefully we will be able to find something at gatwick. those travelling, though, like all of us, may have to be increasingly prepared for the heat. but is the infrastructure ready? with climate scientists predicting extreme weather will become more frequent, some argue our networks are in need of an upgrade. we have to go to every part of our infrastructure and look at whether it can cope with the increasing extremes. remember, this is not as bad as it will get, it will get worse in the future. we will see higher temperatures for longer, and so we have to adapt the rail network and our roads system, and the infrastructure to deal with the coming climate, and we can't even cope with the current one. the message after another record—breaking week of weather — invest now or suffer the consequences. jon donnison, bbc news.

dramatic footage on social media shows two arsenal players involved in an attempted carjacking in a london street. the pictures show sead kolasinac chasing off an armed gang. he and his team—mate mesut 0zil both escaped unhurt. simonjones reports. taking on the would—be robbers. sead kolasinac sees off one at the front of the 4x4, then an attacker approaches from the back. he is armed with some sort of metal object. it is a brief but terrifying ordeal for kolasinac and 0zil, who is in the vehicle. but it doesn't end there. police say they were called to this area just before five o'clock yesterday afternoon to reports of an attempted robbery. what the footage doesn't show is kolasinac then gets back in the 4x4 and the two footballers headed in that direction, but they are pursued for around a mile by the men on motorbikes. but the footballers have called ahead to a turkish restaurant they know, saying they are in trouble and they need help.

as the footballers abandon their vehicle and race into the restaurant, the staff come out and chase the motorcyclists away. witnesses say the would—be robbers attempted to smash the windows of the 4x4. it is not clear whether the footballers were targeted because of their vehicle or because of who they are. we didn't first of all understand what had happened. and then when we see the motorbike passing from here, we realise it is serious. and the players are very lucky. yes, thank god nothing happened to them, and i think we are all of us it is lucky nothing happened to them. hello! last year, in the same area, the comedian michael mcintyre was robbed by two men on a moped while he was parked outside his children's school. the men smashed his car windows with a hammer before taking his watch and fleeing. last week, a wealthy financier was targeted for her watch. police insist they have not lost control of moped crime and, after a spike, offences are falling.

sead kolasinac is being hailed a hero, notjust by arsenalfans. he has tweeted that he is fine. the players are due to be back in action on the football pitch on sunday. simonjones, bbc news, north london. now, video game tournaments — or e—sports — are big business, and some of the world's best players are competing this weekend for prize money higher than that earned by the wimbledon champions. they're playing the popular game fortnite which is holding its first ever world cup in new york. among the contestants are british teenage hopefuls, asjoe tidy reports. for two years, fortnite's unique brand of dancing, shooting and looting has brought gamers together online. avast ye, land lubbers. 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. 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 mongrel. it's a lot more serious than people think. it's notjust playing the game forfun 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 teammate 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 will 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 ever 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 with tens of thousands of fans expected over the weekend and potentially millions more online.

it's also a big moment in the maker of fortnite's history as they can finally say they're a big player in e—sports. according to analysts, the global e—sports market will exceed the billion dollar revenue mark this year. despite fortnite being free to play, epic games makes hundreds of millions a month from ingame purchases. investing in events like this is a new avenue for them. the game has already made plenty of millionaire streamers. the most famous — ninja — failed to qualify. almost all finalists are boys under the age of 16. this none are female, but 13—year—old deaf player ewok came close. fortnite's rise to this point has not been 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. there's a lot of faces looking back at you, bro.

joe tidy, bbc news in new york. time for a look at the weather. was it an all—time record for the uk yesterday? provisionally, yes. we have had their information from the met 0ffice their information from the met office in the last half an hour that the cambridge university botanic gardens recorded 38.7 celsius. i must stress it is provisional, it has to be validated, so up to a week the met office will validate this. it is taken from a standardised weather station, it is calibrated, the thermometer is within a stevenson screen, so it should be calibrated the same as the other weather stations in the uk, but the reason it is only coming in today as many of these weather stations are automated, not controlled by a human

going to read them, and some report back every hour but some only report every day or every month. sometimes we get to the situation where after the event we get new information. it happened in 2003, the top temperature in five version, the current record, 38.5, but it was originally thought that gravesend was the hottest place in the country but it took another couple of days for these validating measurements to come and so it is not unprecedented i suppose that means there could be another weather station with higher measurements than that. yes, that could happen. we are fairly sure it will be a new uk all—time record but it is professional and we won't know for certain for another couple of days.

not everyone is happy about these records by day or night, people complaining about difficulty sleeping. yes, if not the heat and humidity then the thunderstorms. in scotland they had the hottest ever minimum temperature, 21 celsius overnight. very uncomfortable for sleeping. but if you are not a fan of the heat and humidity you will be pleased that things are getting cooler and fresher and it will be the story through the weekend. fresh air moving in, temperature is cooler than they have been this week. and a bit unsettled. we have some rain for many of us but not everywhere. that is because of this cold front moving in from the west and introducing cooler atlantic air. we still have the heat across the east of the uk and that still kicking off heavy

showers and thunderstorms over the past few hours. 0ne showers and thunderstorms over the past few hours. one or two downpours with hail and thunder in parts of east anglia, eastern england could see some of those showers in the next couple of hours, one or two in east scotland. sunny spells and drier conditions elsewhere. we could get 30 degrees this afternoon in parts of east anglia. if so it would be the fifth consecutive day of uk temperatures above 30 degrees. this evening and tonight, the rain will p9p up evening and tonight, the rain will pep up in the east, particularly south—east england, the midlands, northern england and the of scotland. heavy bursts of rain, still warm and humid but not as much as last night. into the weekend, the frontal system will become slow moving and some areas will see on and off outbreaks of rain through much of the weekend. saturday, the

south—east of england, the midlands, northern england and the west of scotla nd northern england and the west of scotland will see on and off outbreaks of rain. either side of the rain, brighter and drier weather and sunshine in the south—west of england and south wales, temperatures up to around 23. in the rain, 19—20, but the north—east of scotla nd rain, 19—20, but the north—east of scotland having fine, dry and bright weather as well. on sunday, the front is moving further south—west so on sunday, northern ireland, wales and south—east england seeing the rain. either side of that, drier and brighter weather with sunny spells and the odd shower. temperatures in the high teens in the rain, the low 205 elsewhere. much cooler and less humid than the past week. in the new week, things start fairly unsettled, a bit of rain lingering through the first pa rt rain lingering through the first part of the week but with high pressure building later it will turn drier and pressure building later it will turn drierand a

pressure building later it will turn drier and a little warmer. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. carl beech — a paedophile who made false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against famous people — has been jailed for 18 years. borisjohnson says the recruitment of 20,000 new police officers for england and wales will begin within weeks. there's further disruption for air and rail passengers after yesterday's extremely high temperatures. the met office has received

a provisional temperature recording of 38.7 degrees for cambridge yesterday — if it's confirmed, it would be a new record high for the country. arsenal players chase off armed carjackers, and escape unharmed. they've since tweeted: "we're fine." 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. sport now on afternoon live, with adam. let's start with cricket, and it was quite a short day's play at lord's today, between england and ireland? it between england and ireland? has been a short bu extraordinary it has been a short but quite extraordinary day cricket at lords. yesterday was abandoned. due to those thunderstorms, today well, there's been a lightening fast finish. england remember had one wicket left

at the start of play. that went with the very first ball of the day. that left ireland chasing 182 for what would be a famous victory and of course, their first ever test match win. but, in one of the most spectacular collapses in test match history, england bowled ireland out forjust 38. six wickets for chris woakes, 4for stuart broad. 0penerjames mccollum top score with just 11 — he was the only player to reach double figures. england winning by 143 runs. to give you a bit of context, that is the seventh lowest score in test match history, the lowest for 64 years. the unwanted record of the lowest all time score is still held by new zealand who managed to muster a meagre 26 — also against england, in 1955. now, that one—off test match was a warm up for england ahead of the ashes that gets under way at edgeba5ton next thursday. australia have today announced their squad for that and i can tell you that cameron bancroft gets his first

international call up, since being banned over the sandpaper scandal. the other two players involved — steve smith and david warner — are also named in a test squad for the first time since their bans. and leaving cricket and turning to netball, a new coach for the england team? after englands side won bronze at the recent world cup in liverpool we knew head coach tracey neville was going to step down. today her successor has been announced. it is to bejess thirlby, who is the new england netball head coach. thirlby left her role as head coach of team bath in january after 20 years as a player and coach. england netball chief executivejoanna adams said thirlby is the perfect fit because of her thorough understanding of elite netball. the former england international has replaced tracey neville, who amongst ehr many acheievements led england to the commonwealth gold medal. i can't put into words, even 48 hours on, how special it feels. it is such an honour to lead your country.

in a sport i have loved from a young age. i feel privileged to be coming in at this point where there is huge momentum behind the sport. we have also achieved some success and i absolutely look forward to taking on the mantle and trying to harness that and continued this success that the organisation have achieved. former british swimmer, sharron davies, has once again raised concerns about tra n5gender athletes competing at the 2020 olympic games in tokyo. she's written to the international olympic committee asking for them to do more research, but says she's yet to recieve a response, and has accused them of conducting a "live experiment". nothing. not even a polite letter to say thank you. for your interest or your request or, we will look into it, nothing. nothing whatsoever. the situation at the olympics for people being very successful in what they see before things change. but i

think once we start seeing well—known athletes being beaten, when we see youngsters being beaten by someone that comes back after 40 yea rs of by someone that comes back after 40 years of retirement, i think people will start having an understanding of the situation. british heavyweight, dillian whyte, has responded after testing positive for a banned substance ahead of his most recent fight. it happened before his points victory over 05car rivas at the weekend. he says he's disappointed with what he calls the ‘rubbish‘ that's been said about him, and that his lawyers are dealing with it. he adds that he was cleared to fight, and won the bout fair and square. before we go, just time to tell you that it's ben a dramatic you that it's been a dramatic afternoon at the tour de france with frenchman thibaut pinot withdrawing from the race, with a leg injury. he was one of the leading contenders to win the race overall. you can find out how his ineos teammates, including defending champion geraint thomas, fare without him on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport.

a drug for women suffering from advanced ovarian cancer has been approved for use in newly diagnosed patients in england. a trial showed that 0laparib could delay the progression of the cancer for three years. up to 600 women with a hereditary type of the disease could benefit each year. lauren moss reports. when florence was 46, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. and told she had less than 18 months to live. she had four separate rounds of and underwent two separate surgeries chemotherapy. surgeries. obviously, you are in emotional shock. i had two young children, and you don't care too much about what you have to go through physically. it's the impact on your family is your first concern, and telling your children you have got this diagnosis. that was almost ten years ago. it was only after aggressive treatment that florence was then eligible for 0laparib, a drug that can halt the progress of the disease. now, it's being made available

to patients in the uk sooner, when they have been responded well to their first round of chemotherapy. often, it presents at a very late stage because of the symptoms that women suffer from are, can be nonspecific. such as abdominal bloating, pain, difficulty going to the toilet. tiredness, loss of appetite. and these symptoms can overlap with many conditions that are not cancer related. this medicine is for women with the hereditary brca gene mutation. which angelina jolie revealed she has. it affects around one in 400 people and 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 trial with this drug have shown a reduction in the risk of the cancer spreading by 70%, which is huge.

the disease didn't progress among almost two thirds of women who were given 0laparib during the trial. usually, 70% of patients relapse within three years. doctors say the drug could eventually have the potential to even cure ovarian cancer in some people. florence has been taking it for 28 months. 0laparib has prolonged my life, given new life, changed my life, all of those things. without 0laparib, 100% i wouldn't be here. ijust wouldn't be here. charities say it is vital that women with ovarian cancer are screened for the brca gene mutation so they don't miss out. a decision about prescribing 0laparib at an earlier stage is expected to be made in the rest of the united kingdom in the coming months. moscow has warned that uk media working in russia that they could face "consequences" after the uk's media regulator fined russia today 200 £200,000 for breaching

impartiality rules. it was during its coverage of the poisoning of former spy sergei skripal and the conflict in syria. the regulator said that rt broadcasted seven programmes over a period ofjust over a month, which had failed to preserve due impartiality. in response to the ruling, rt said the fine was inappropriate and disproportionate. earlier i spoke to our media editor, amol rajan, who explained the concerns of the situation. it suggests that the concerns that 0fcom, the broadcasting regulator have about rt, formerly known as russia today, some people argue is a propaganda channel for the kremlin, rt, russia today, say theyjust have a russian point of view. they basically made these errors in a very short space of time as you say. following the poisoning, the novichok poisoning. in salisbury. 0fcom looked at ten different programmes, two of them involved george galloway, the former british mp. and they found seven areas over a space of six weeks and what they were saying was that in that shortly sometime, in that short space of time, a lot of rules were broken.

it wasn't just areas of fact, it was, there is lots involved in being impartial. it was a lack of challenge from presenters to interviewers, and the thing that is really interesting is that this is the beginning i think of something like a diplomatic media war. you know from your years reporting from china that cgtn which is a propaganda channel, or a chinese government channel in the uk, is also being investigated by 0fcom. there is a strong sense that international, the various countries are using sort of state propaganda services to try and disseminate their message. really important point to bear in mind about rt, its reach isn't that massive. it gets about 322,000 viewers a week. in this country which isn't huge. and the really bizarre thing to me is that there is a huge, anomaly between, we have regulation for broadcasting which 0fcom looks at. but the same content, if it appears online is often unpunished. so it seems like there is a gap in our control of these information channels. it must be quite a load for 0fcom to have to deal with, to be viewing all these channels. do they just wait for someone to make a complaint and then take a look? or are they viewing them day in day out, 24 a was a day? out, 24 hours a day?

i think they have beefed up their capacity to look at these things. they are very keen to be seen, 0fcom, as are reactive regulator 0fcom, as a reactive regulator rather than a proactive regular. proactive regulation gets you into the world of censorship which they are very concerned about. it is a huge amount, it is a huge amount, but when you put together the russian activity on things like rt, cgtn from china, press tv of iran, you start getting the sense that actually there is a strong sense in which foreign governments are trying to use british tv channels to try to spread their message and the question is whether not 0fcom are, not whether or not they are up to it, but whether they have the capacity to keep up with it. and i suppose they do potentially have other tools in the toolkit? they could have revoked the licence. they could have done something much, much more severe and some people thought they would be much more severe. they stopped short of that and i think the fact is they are operating within a sort of political context. russia has responded by investigating the bbc‘s russian bbc‘s russian service.

the new northern ireland secretary is embarking on a press statement. those are good discussions but i have asked to meet with them all again on monday and tuesday next week to ensure we move forward at pace on the executive talks. and i have had a wonderful afternoon here in londonderry talking about the city deal, talking about all of the challenges for this wonderful city. as we get to the 31st of october. i have had the warmest of welcomes and iamso have had the warmest of welcomes and i am so grateful not only to be doing thisjob i am so grateful not only to be doing this job and the privilege of doing this job and the privilege of doing this job and the privilege of doing thisjob, but doing this job and the privilege of doing this job, but also for the warmth of welcome that people have given me in the various meetings i have had today. so i am happy to a nswer have had today. so i am happy to answer a have had today. so i am happy to a nswer a few have had today. so i am happy to answer a few questions. the first question is from this man. given where you are, do you agree with borisjohnson that where you are, do you agree with boris johnson that former soldiers who served in northern ireland should not face prosecution for what

they got up to? we have said we will look at that issue and we are in the process of looking at that issue. there are some specific issues in northern ireland and i will be looking at that issue over the coming days and weeks. what does that mean exactly because do you share borisjohnson's news on this? asi share borisjohnson's news on this? as i have said, we have been looking at the issue for while. as you know, there has been a focus on that quite intense debate at westminster. as i said, i will be speaking to the prime minister over the coming weeks and days. about that issue. welcome to northern ireland you have been tasked with keeping the du p. how do you persuade the other parties that you're not a dup

appointment yeer? i would remind them about the belfast good friday agreement. my response ability is to represent and work for every citizen in northern ireland. and to work equally with every party. and i am very clear on both the spirit of that agreement and the law. my question is you campaigned against brexit. when you are a local mp. so here in aberdeen city, your wondering who you still believe in brexit, —— border city. wondering who you still believe in brexit, -- border city. i have campaigned to get a deal through the house of commons but that has not been successful. i agree with the premise that we have to agree a

resolution of this by the 31st of 0ctober. resolution of this by the 31st of october. i am acutely aware of the specific and very particular issues that surround brexit for this part of northern ireland and i've been made even more aware through the conversations i have had today. i believe that we have to deliver on the result of the referendum and that... do you believe in brexit? i absolutely believe we have to deliver on the referendum and exit by the 31st of october. the first pa rt by the 31st of october. the first part my question is that you met the minister for foreign affairs, he said afterwards that the prime minister had made a deliberate decision to send you on a collision course with the eu and ireland in relation to the brexit negotiations. as someone who believes a soft

brexit was inevitable, do you believe the solution to brexit can believe the solution to brexit can be found that is acceptable to both governance with mick secondly, you are coming back next week. that is a good chance to get business done on the restoration during a month when most will be on holidays. on the issue of brexit and the collision course. i don't think we are on a collision course, i think we need to find solutions particularly for the issue of the border. but to the prime minister was very, very clear to his cabinet yesterday. that he wa nts to to his cabinet yesterday. that he wants to get a deal done but we do need to have structured conversations with the eu and i think they are open to that. i had a good conversation with simon today. as the holidays, we have got to get these talks up and running for some

it has been going on far too long. i worked seven days a week, 24 it was a day as government chief work. i had hoped for a holiday but i am going to be making sure that i push as hard as i possibly can to get these talks going because there are whole range of issues that need resolving. the biggest issue is to make sure that public services and basic important decisions are made for every citizen in northern ireland. we will leave the northern ireland. we will leave the northern ireland secretary there. talking about his meetings with the stormont parties. his hopes of getting them back around the table for getting stormont running again in terms of the devolved government of northern ireland. underlining his commitment to getting on with the job. 0ur prime minister is continuing to

appoint more new ministers during his full day as prime minister. after appointing a new cabinet on wednesday, with sajid javid as chancellor, dominic raab as foreign secretary and priti patel as home secretary. but the green party say the new appointments are dire joining me now is amelia womack, the the green party's deputy leader. he has seen the new government and have a couple of days to absorb. what are your views? they are uniquely ill—equipped to deal with the climate emergency. parliament has declared an emergency, councils across the country have declared emergencies and we need to deliver a vision that ensures that we stay within the target. 71% of people in britain believe that climate is more ofan britain believe that climate is more of an issue than brexit and feel that we need to have those policies in place. we have such a opportunity two opportunity of getting some things on. to mutually stay below

this things on. to mutually stay below thi51.5 things on. to mutually stay below this 1.5 degrees of warming and in the meantime, we need to build resilience for our communities and ensure that we are prepared to be meeting the demands of a changing clinical sops the pie minister boris johnson has committed himself to the green agenda. —— the prime minister. his actions state another. he said he was against heathrow expansion and that he would lie in front of the bulldozers yet wasn't even there for the vote. we are not seen the commitments that we truly need to overhaul a system where we have fossil fuel overhaul a system where we have fossilfuel subsidies overhaul a system where we have fossil fuel subsidies and commitments to new roads, airport expansion. we need to be making sure that that a vision for what the uk has to look like in 2019 has a sustainable transport policy that includes walking and cycling and ensures that we have community owned renewable energy. and that the greenest option is simply the cheapest. i suppose there is a

moment of change and in moments of change they are moments of opportunity. so rather than writing offa opportunity. so rather than writing off a new government, couldn't you just step up and try and influence it with your agenda? just step up and try and influence it with your agenda ?|j just step up and try and influence it with your agenda? i hope they will be influenced by our agenda and all the people that are speaking out about the climate catastrophe as well as other issues such as our loss of biodiversity and people's imaginations on issues like plastics have been captured like never before andi have been captured like never before and i hope the government will rise to the challenge and those actions will prove what they believe in. but i think there actions of the past, whether that is voting against things like the green investment bank, voting against clear climate targets, voting for things like heathrow expansion, prove otherwise. and i think that their priorities are not about the environment and aren't about tackling this issue that so many people in the uk are concerned about. we have to leave it there. thank you forjoining us. members of cathay pacific airline staff have joined hundreds

of pro—democracy protestors holding a sit—in at hong kong's international airport. the protesters handed out leaflets and held banners in several languages — condeming the attacks by suspected gang members on anti—government protesters last week. they say the police were too slow to respond to the violence. 16 us marines serving at a camp in california have been arrested, as part of an investigation into alleged people—smuggling. the military said the move was as a result of information given by two other marines, who were arrested earlier this month, on suspicion of smuggling three mexican migrants into the us. jamie is here, in a moment he will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. carl beech — a paedophile who made false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against famous people — has been jailed for 18 years. borisjohnson says the recruitment of 20,000 new police officers for england and wales will begin within weeks. there's further disruption for air and rail passengers after yesterday's extremely high

temperatures. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. another delay from mike ashley's sports direct, which says it is "still finalising" its financial results, which were due to be released early on friday morning. we had expected something at 2pm but all we got was another delay through till 4pm. shares fell on the news, though they have recovered some of their losses now. the first estimate of us growth in the three months tojune has just been released. the economy grew at an anualised rate of 2.1% — that means the annual rate of growth rather than the amount of it grew in three months. exports fell because of its trade war with china but consumers kept on spending which gave the economy a bit of a boost. the company that owns google, alphabet, and the online retail giant amazon have both reported a near 20% rise in revenues for the latest quarter.

off on your holidays — are you insured? yes i am, but not everyone is and most people get insuarnce at the last minute, which makes it fairly expensive. do you need it. about one third of britons who go abroad do not get insurance which is pretty risky. the association of british insurers say that the average, there is a claim made every minute of the day apparently. by people who travel. the average claim is about 800,000. 0ne couple, the biggest they could find, came in with a claim of £600,000 for medical bills in the united states. it is one of those things, medical insurance in particular, if you hit badly by medical bills you can hit very badly. if you are in europe

currently... it is interesting and i wa nt to currently... it is interesting and i want to go into that in detail because what it means. we can anna sant, travel insurance partnership manager, money supermarket. what are the key thing is when you are going abroad anywhere, what are the key things you should be covered for? the key elements are added, cancellation and medical. we cannot emphasise enough that if you have got a pre—existing medical condition, to make sure you declare that to make sure that if you do need to claim welsh sure abroad that your policy is not invalid. —— whilst you are abroad. if you have just got a bag full of some fairly rough clothes, you don't really want to worry too much about possessions do you? think it is important for customers, we see each customer is different, but i think it is important that valuables are covered

within their baggage limits. and making sure that that baggage selection is picked up on purchase to make sure you are covered. the european health insurance card will cover you for free or discounted medical treatment abroad. it is important to sticking with you. it is free to collect before you. it is free to collect before you go abroad but it is not to be reinstated as our travel insurance policy but covers you for medical cost. what happens after brexit? come 0ctober, cost. what happens after brexit? come october, this may busily still be in place with it is an area of debate at the moment. it is worth just watching what happens with that. what would you advise people to do as we approach brexit? the most important factor is for customers to make sure they are

covered for their needs and their trip and definitely get travel insurance beforehand to make sure they are covered before october. to make sure they are covered for any medical costs abroad. thank you very much indeed. let's look at the markets. sports direct fallen again because of the increased delays to the results. 0il because of the increased delays to the results. oil price pretty steady but it is pretty expensive simmering problems there in the gulf. the pound against the dollar is pretty cheap actually at the moment. not getting very many dollars for your pound if you are going to america. we will be seen you in another. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. after the heat and humidity of recent days things are eventually turning a bit cooler and fresher for many others. still pretty warm across eastern scotland and england where we could just about to touch

30 degrees in east anglia for insta nce 30 degrees in east anglia for instance was up typically low to mid—205 for the rest. into the evening hours, plenty of heavy showers particularly for parts of south—east england, midlands, northern england and eastern scotland. under the cloud and rain, still quite mild and humid with us for the risks and pressure conditions. through the day on saturday this frontal system will be quite slow—moving so slight pics of the south east of england, northern england into parts of scotland as well. the odd thunderstorm on the northern edge of that area offering for popular side of that spells of sunshine for the north—east of scotland, south—west england wales and northern ireland. by the team get a sunday that frontal system six for the south—west so wet weather for the south—west so wet weather for northern ireland, wales down towards the south—west of england, sign spells and a few showers either side, temperatures typically in the high teens or low 205.

hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 4... carl beech, a paedophile who made false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against famous people, has been jailed for 18 years. borisjohnson says recruitment of 20,000 new police officers for england and wales will begin within weeks. the force is short of officers, no question. a quarter of budget gone, fewer officers than 1974, and i have been very clear we don't have the number of officers and i think sometimes the service feels that. it was a record—breaking day yesterday, the hottest day ever , but now there's disruption on trains and planes, and causing more

disruption for passengers. the lack of communication was the biggest issue for us, not wanting to speak to us, they also have our bags so we are off to the wedding with nothing to wear. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. good afternoon, it's been an extraordinary day at lords. one of the biggest batting collapses in test history has seen ireland bowled out for just 38. england winning that one—off test match, more on that, very shortly. and all the weather. after the heat and humidity and thunderstorms things are cooler and fresher, a little bit of rain in the forecast for the weekend, i will keep you updated. also coming up... how dugs gangs are taking over this block of flats in essex, which houses a number of vulnerable people.

this is afternoon live. our top story this afternoon... a 51—year—old man who made false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against famous people has been jailed for 18 years. the judge told carl beech that he had "deliberately, repeatedly and maliciously told lies to the police", and had "no remorse". 0ur north of england correspondent, fiona trott, has been following the case at newcastle crown court. carl beech now has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. on monday he was found guilty of 12 counts of perverting the course of justice, saying that there was a vip paedophile ring operating in and out of london, a long list of names of people from the military, the intelligence services, politicians, too. all false claims, the jury said. he was also found guilty on monday

of one count of fraud, that is because he was paid £22,000 after making a claim to the criminal injuries compensation authority. this morning we heard witness impact statements. of course, those men and their families today with this sentencing will find that there is an end to this chapter of their lives. what we heard this morning was a real sense of how his lies will be affecting them for the rest of their lives. the former mp harvey proctor, who broke down several times as he read out his witness impact statement. he said, "it lost me my home, myjob, my peace of mind, and took place when the met knew me to be in the twilight years of my life and without real hope of being able to rehabilitate myself." there was talk about how he says he was forced to leave the country and live abroad. danieljanner qc, his late father, greville janner, was accused. he said, "false allegations like this stick like mud. they are vile and leave a stain

that is hard to remove." that is something we have heard from other people. when you put their names on the internet, they will always be associated with carl beech‘s lies, of child murders, sex abuse and torture. before sentencing, the prosecutor, tony badenoch qc, made a series of points on how serious carl beech‘s claims were. he talked about the nature and degree of manipulation, he said it was sophisticated, false hope given to the family of martin allen, that boy from london who went missing in the 19705, and carl beech told detectives he believed one of the boys that he says he witnessed being killed, he believed that was martin allen. of course, that gave the family false hope, thinking they knew what had happened to him. and the prosecutor also said his conduct carried a risk of victims fearing in the future they will be disbelieved or deterred from making genuine complaints. and he also told the court that the hospital inspector

and school governor derived sexual pleasure from graphically describing the abuse of young boys. that is why now the judge has handed down this 18—year sentence for perverting the course ofjustice, fraud, and also those claims, those counts that carl beech admitted to earlier, of making child images, and one count of voyeurism. we are hearing from inside the court there has been no reaction from carl beech as the sentence has been passed down. thejudge said to him, "you have no remorse." so, carl beech, the man who falsely accused all those people, from politics, the military, the intelligence services, saying they were involved in a vip paedophile ring in the 19705 and 805, has now been jailed for 18 years. the prime minister, borisjohnson, says his plans to recruit 20,000

more police officers in england and wales over three years will begin to be put into effect within weeks. the college of policing, which trains officers, welcomed the move but said there were "logistical challenges", partly due to a lack of instructors. forces in england and wales lost more than 20,000 officers between september 2009 and september 2017. 0ur correspondent phil mackie reports. front line policing still goes on, but over the past decade in places like the west midlands, it has got a lot tougher and violence is on the up. there has been a surge in knife crime here in the past five years, so the announcement of more investment is welcome news. the force is short of officers, no question, a quarter of the budget is gone, fewer police officers than 1974, and i have been clear we don't have the number or officers and i think sometimes the service feels that.

there are currently 122,000 police officers in england and wales. in 2010, when theresa may became home secretary, there were 143,000 officers, so the extra 20,000 promised by mrjohnson over the next three years would see a return to levels of a decade ago. the prime minister has set out this very ambitious target of hitting 20,000 over the next 36 months. now, it is going to be a challenge to get there, the whole policing family will have to come together to see what will be the largest expansion in policing for some time. it is the rise in violent crime that is giving most concern in places like birmingham and other urban areas across the country, which is why the police and crime commissioner in the west midlands, labour's david jamieson, has urged the government to send new recruits to big cities. public confidence will need to be restored too. only this month, we learned that the number of crimes solved by the police are at an all—time low. if i think, as a former special constable myself, about the challenges facing the police now, obviously a huge increase in violent crime

and the resources to tackle that, which everyone agrees are notjust about the number of police officers, but about protecting children as early as possible, so the lack of youth services, the lack of sure start, mental health, diversionary activities, you know, we need to think about investing in that as well. the government is also promising to continue to relax rules governing stop and search, which have already made an impact on the streets of the west midlands and elsewhere in the country. get on the ground! get on the ground now! the new recruits will also help, but it will take time. the government says three years. as this body cam footage shows, the extra help cannot come soon enough. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. earlier i spoke to the former detective chief inspector peter kirkham, who welcomed the announcement but says he reservesjudgment until the government provides a plan to achieve it.

so long as they mean it and can go through with it, of course it is good news, but there are some concerns. what are your concerns? we heard a few in the report. what is worrying you? the numbers are a great headline but i would rather see and hear that they have got a thought through plan, having spoken with the police service, looked at the different things and needing addressed, because just the different things and needing addressed, becausejust like the different things and needing addressed, because just like someone who has been on hunger strike for a while or someone starving for a while, you tend to kill them if you give them a load of food, you have to ween them back. the police service has been suffering so many cuts for so long it is in a precarious state, the point of colla pse precarious state, the point of collapse in some places, so if you suddenly bring in all these new

staff, you run the risk of wrecking it altogether. because those currently running at have to turn to training new people rather than doing front line work. the issues need to be thought through, who is going to be recruiting, the civil staff have gone? who is going to be doing the vetting? we need to make sure we don't cut corners on that. who's going to be doing the training? we have the change happening at the moment, the degree and apprentice training, which was going to be a challenge for existing recruitment levels. who will be mentoring those officers and getting experience through two or three yea rs ? experience through two or three years? how are the team is going to assimilate that and where will we find new supervisors? the list is pretty endless as well as the mundane things. if you are going to traina mundane things. if you are going to train a lot ofjournalists, it takes

time and contact time between those who are experienced, to train new recruits. i can see you must have a culture where you have enough people to deliver that culture to new arrivals. yes, and it must be done properly. it is brilliant news if it is followed through, and i will believe it when i see it, after nine yea rs of believe it when i see it, after nine years of the various promises by the same government, and some of the people in this government, i will believe it when i see it, but it needs to be done properly, and listening to the police. some people are saying it is an opportunity to bring in people with new skills, technical skills that a 21st—century force might need. there are certainly a number of opportunities, as with anything, when you are building from a low baseline, you have the opportunity to build as you wish as opposed to manipulating what is there already. so it is an

opportunity that could be taken. with a bit of imagination they could use it as an opportunity to really target black and ethnic minority recruits and improve the proportionality of ethnicity within the force. there are lots of opportunities. the skills don't necessarily need to be with police officers, maybe we trade some front line police for expensive it specialists, whatever it may be. but what i don't want is a sudden glut of people coming rushing in because it could wreck it altogether. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley is at westminster. i don't know if you heard the end of that interview but obviously there isa that interview but obviously there is a practical dimension to putting 20,000 new police officers in place as well as a political dimension. what do you think the messaging is?

borisjohnson what do you think the messaging is? boris johnson wants to what do you think the messaging is? borisjohnson wants to make it clear that his government isn'tjust about delivering brexit, he has idea on the domestic front. we heard him talk about them on the steps of number ten on wednesday and we will hear him talk more about them over the next few days. today's promise isa the next few days. today's promise is a bold one and a sensible one because nobody will argue against more police but questions remain as to how much it'll cost and where the money will come from. we know the initial phase of recruitment will cost half £1 billion but that is not the whole thing. i am sure opposition parties will want to know where the cash is coming from. and it is one of the biggest recruitment processes in policing we have seen ina long processes in policing we have seen in a long time. there will be questions whether it can be fulfilled in the next few years.

that has one whirlwind aspect of the new prime minister's week but there area new prime minister's week but there are a lot of other things going on, as you will tell us. one thing coming out this afternoon is the idea of the phone calls with various other world and european leaders. idea of the phone calls with various other world and european leaderslj think other world and european leaders.” think you spend a lot of time on the phone as prime minister by the sounds of it. prime ministerjohnson has been on the phone to the leaders of the devolved nations of the uk, as well, but perhaps more interestingly he is starting to make those calls and receive calls from european leaders. to start talking to them about brexit. the two most powerful leaders are the german chancellor angela merkel and the french president emmanuel macron. he spoke to both of them over the last 24 hours and repeated the message we have heard this week on brexit,

which is that things must change fundamentally and he is not going to just move a few things about in the brexit deal, he wants fundamental changes, the most important of which is on the backstop. eu leaders are against that and i am sure the point has been made on some of those calls that there is a long way between where the eu sees this going over the next few weeks and we are boris johnson sees this going over the next few weeks. the initial calls are about getting to know each other and giving congratulations and arranging to meet up, borisjohnson we think will head to germany soon and he will go for talks with the french president as well to try to build relationships but there is a long way between the sides when figuring out brexit, and a bumpy road ahead. you're watching afternoon live. these are our headlines. carl beech, a paedophile who made false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against famous people, has been jailed for 18 years.

boris johnson says the recruitment of 20,000 new police officers for england and wales will begin within weeks. it was a record—breaking day yesterday — if confirmed — the hottest day ever — with 38.7c recorded provisionally in cambridge —but air and rail passengers have been facing disruption a spectacular collapse from ireland sees england beat them by 143 runs after they fall to 38 all out in their second innings. it is one of the lowest totals in test cricket history. chaotic scenes at the tour de france when the mountain stages cancelled because of a hailstorm. and jess thirlby has been appointed as the new head coach of the england women's netball team. tracey neville stepped down from the position following her four—year stint after the recent world cup.

new northern ireland secretary julian smith has said he does not think the uk government is on a collision course with ireland over brexit. visiting northern ireland today, he told a press conference it was his priority to solve the backstop issue and get a deal through the house of commons. we have said is a government that we wa nt to we have said is a government that we want to get a deal. we have always said, and the prime minister reiterated this week that we need to make sure we are prepared for no deal, but as i said earlier i am acutely aware of their particular issues. i met with the chamber of commercejust issues. i met with the chamber of commerce just now. lots of businesses, the agriculture sector, transportation sector, ports sector, talking about their employees coming from south of the border,

cross—border trade, the public service impacts, i am aware of those andi service impacts, i am aware of those and i want to get even more clear of thoseissues and i want to get even more clear of those issues but my view is we have to do everything we can to solve the border issue and deliver. are you committed to the backstop? we must look at border solutions which will deliver on the deal and ensure we get this over the line at westminster. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy is in derry for us. he was doing his best to be positive about finding a solution to the irish border problem. but for all of his optimism which is coming off the back of borisjohnson's new, fresh, optimistic and driven approach to

sorting out the border, that is in the face of the last few days the irish prime minister leo varadkar saying boris johnson irish prime minister leo varadkar saying borisjohnson is not in the real world , saying borisjohnson is not in the real world, simon coveney saying borisjohnson was being unrealistic. butjulian smith has been having to hold the line. the big challenge at stormont will be trying to get sinn fein and the dup to broker a new power—sharing agreement because northern ireland has been without a government for more than two and a half years and it has been difficult to make progress in that area with the big dispute on brexit running alongside. it is a difficult brief to ta ke alongside. it is a difficult brief to take on with northern ireland, all the historical layers of tension and conflict which still play into all the political issues of the

modern day. he must chart a course carefully through the two big tribes here, the conflicts between the nationalist and unionist parties. he had a cautious press conference facing his first questions from the media, clearly doesn't want to put a foot wrong. you could tell he had been briefed very carefully to say derry and the london diary at every mention, because there are historical tensions over the naming. a cautious approach and very well briefed i am sure by his special advisers. he certainly turned up smartish on being a —— appointed. and some might be quite glad to see the back of the last northern irish secretary. it is only our short hop

on the plane. any hanging around and he would face the criticism that you don't really care about it because sometimes northern ireland feels forgotten about, away from the westminster bodul. karen bradley had a number of unfortunate slip—ups which seems to... back in the early days when she said she didn't realise there were nationalist and unionist voting patterns here. it is a fundamental point about politics here in northern ireland. many people... he will be hoping he doesn't put a foot wrong in any of those controversial areas which come with the task of being in northern ireland. karen bradley made a few of

those and he won't want to do the same. i think that will influence his cautious approach to the press conference today, not wanting to say anything out of the party lines or inject any of his own personality into the role yet. speaking to the local northern ireland press scrum, they have seen a number of northern ireland secretaries and they say people can be very cautious in early days and some people grow in confidence into the role and more co mforta ble confidence into the role and more comfortable with the colourful landscape of the political scene, so it is early days and we will see whether he has any more success than karen bradley with the challenge of bringing together bitter enemies to form a government at stormont.

the weather continues to provide us with our main talking points. in france the tour de france has been halted because of an upcoming hail storm while over here, the met office have said that that a new provisional record temperature was set yesterday reaching 38.7 degrees celsius in cambridge botanic garden. today, rail and air passengers have been struggling with delays following the searing heat of yesterday. a number of trains between london st pancras and the north of england — as well as other services — have been cancelled or delayed. 0vernight engineers couldn't repair all overhead power cables that sagged in the heat. there's also disruption at heathrow, gatwick and stansted airports. jon donnison reports. the heat may have relented, but today rail passengers are still getting burnt. at london st pancras another frustrating morning, with many trains cancelled on the east midlands line up to sheffield and nottingham. all the trains out of st pancras have just been cancelled, all the lines are down. so we're trying to find our way via peterborough and then over across to loughborough, we think that that's going to work. i was supposed to travel up

to luton last night. i wasn't able to so i had to head back home, which is down south. looked this morning and it looked all right, but i've just been stopped at st pancras and i need to find somewhere else. engineers are still struggling to repair overhead power lines which sagged in the severe heat. disruption remains on thameslink and great northern trains. 0vernight thunderstorms came as a relief for many, but not for those with a plane to catch. at heathrow, dozens of cancelled flights left some passengers having to sleep on the floor overnight. others were told to simply find a different airport. we were due to fly to denmark yesterday for one of my best friend's weddings, we boarded the flight at about 6:15 only to be told of delays due to a storm passing through london. the delays kept coming and coming. by 10:45, they cancelled the flight, as the crew had run out of hours.

they also have our bags, so we're off to the wedding with nothing to wear! but hopefully we will be able to find something at gatwick. those travelling, though, like all of us, may have to be increasingly prepared for the heat. but is the infrastructure ready? with climate scientists predicting extreme weather will become more frequent, some argue our networks are in need of an upgrade. we have to go to every part of our infrastructure and look at whether it can cope with the increasing extremes. remember, this is not as bad as it will get, it will get worse in the future. we will see higher temperatures for longer, and so we have to adapt the rail network and our roads system, and the infrastructure to deal with the coming climate, and we can't even cope with the current one. the message after another record—breaking week of weather — invest now or suffer the consequences. jon donnison, bbc news.

arsenal footballer sead kolasinac has said he and his team—mate are ‘fine' after the pair were victims of a carjacking attempt by an armed gang in a london street. both kolasinacand his team—mate mesut 0zil both escaped unhurt in yesterday's attack in golders green. simonjones reports. taking on the would—be robbers. sead kolasinac sees off one at the front of the 4x4, then an attacker approaches from the back. he is armed with some sort of metal object. it is a brief but terrifying ordeal for kolasinac and 0zil, who is in the vehicle. but it doesn't end there. police say they were called to this area just before five o'clock yesterday afternoon to reports of an attempted robbery. what the footage doesn't show is kolasinac then gets back in the 4x4 and the two footballers headed in that direction, but they are pursued for around a mile by the men on motorbikes.

but the footballers have called ahead to a turkish restaurant they know, saying they are in trouble and they need help. as the footballers abandon their vehicle and race into the restaurant, the staff come out and chase the motorcyclists away. witnesses say the would—be robbers attempted to smash the windows of the 4x4. it is not clear whether the footballers were targeted because of their vehicle or because of who they are. we didn't first of all understand what had happened. and then when we see the motorbike passing from here, we realise it is serious. and the players are very lucky. yes, thank god nothing happened to them, and i think we are all of us it is lucky nothing happened to them. hello! last year, in the same area, the comedian michael mcintyre was robbed by two men on a moped while he was parked outside his children's school. the men smashed his car windows with a hammer before taking his watch and fleeing.

last week, a wealthy financier was targeted for her watch. police insist they have not lost control of moped crime and, after a spike, offences are falling. sead kolasinac is being hailed a hero, notjust by arsenalfans. he has tweeted that he is fine. the players are due to be back in action on the football pitch on sunday. simonjones, bbc news, north london. coming up... how drugs gangs are taking over this block of flats in essex, which houses a number of vulnerable people. that's coming up in news nationwide. now it's time for a look at the weather. after the heat and humidity recently things are turning a little bit cooler and fresher for many others. warm in eastern scotland and eastern england where we could get to 30 in east anglia but typically the low to

mid 205 further west. heavier showers in south—east england, the midlands, northern england and eastern scotland. mild and humid in the rain but fresher in the west. 0n saturday, this frontal system will be slow moving sore outbreaks of rain from the south—east of england, northern england and on to scotland as well, could be the odd thunderstorm. eitherside as well, could be the odd thunderstorm. either side of that, sunshine in the east of scotland, wales and northern england. wet weather for northern ireland, wales and northern england. wet weatherfor northern ireland, wales and the south—east of england. temperatures in the high teens or low 205.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines. carl beech — a paedophile who made false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against famous people — has been jailed for 18 years. borisjohnson says the recruitment of 20,000 new police officers for england and wales will begin within weeks. it was a record—breaking day yesterday. if confirmed, the hottest day ever — with 38.7c recorded provisionally in cambridge, but now there's disruption on trains and planes. arsenal players chase off armed carjackers — and escape unharmed.

they've since tweeted: "we're fine." sport now on afternoon live with adam. let's start with cricket, and it was quite a short day's play at lord's today between england and ireland? yes, the weather having a huge impact on sport today. amazingly, after the sunshine yesterday, damp and gloom at lords provided an extraordinary few hours cricket. england remember had one wicket left at the start of play. that went with the very first ball of the day. ireland were then left chasing 182 for what would be a famous victory and of course, their first ever test match win. but, in one of the most spectacular collapses in test match history, england bowled ireland out forjust 38. six wickets for chris woakes, 4for stuart broad. 0penerjames mccollum top score with just 11 — he was the only player to reach double figures. england winning by 143 runs. to give you a bit of context, that is the seventh lowest score in test match history, the lowest for 64 years. the unwanted record of the lowest

all time score is still held by new zealand who could only muster a meagre 26 — also against england, in 1955. now, that one—off test match was a warm up for england ahead of the ashes that gets under way at edgeba5ton next thursday. australia have today announced their squad for that, and i can tell you that cameron bancroft gets his first international call up, since being banned over the sandpaper scandal. the other two players involved — steve smith and david warner — are also named in a test squad for the first time since their bans. and the extreme weather's affected the tour de france? yes carrie, some really dramatic and at times chaotic scenes over in france. it started with one of the leading contenders to win the race overall — thibaut pinot — withdrawing from the race with a leg injury. pinot is an ineos team—mate

of defending champion, britain's geraint thomas. that was just the start of the drama. another ineos rider — egan bernal — a man who thrives in the mountains — had moved ahead of the current race leaderjulian alaphilippe when a hailstorm forced the stage to be abandoned. the riders times were taken from the point at which the stage was abandoned, so bernal now has the yellowjersey with only one meaninful stage remaining. jess thirlby has been announced as the new head coach of the england womens netball team who won bronze at the recent world cup in liverpool. thirlby left her role as head coach of team bath in january after 20 years as a player and coach. england netball chief executivejoanna adams said thirlby is the perfect fit because of her thorough understanding of elite netball. the former england international has replaced tracey neville, who amongst her many acheievements led england to the commonwealth gold medal.

british heavyweight dillian whyte has responded after testing positive for a banned substance ahead of his most recent fight. it happened before his points victory over 05car rivas at the weekend. he says he's disappointed with what he calls the ‘rubbish‘ that's been said about him, and that his lawyers are dealing with it. he adds that he was cleared to fight, and won the bout fair and square. ferrari have dominated the second practice at the german grand prix this afternoon. the practice session had to be stopped

temporarily after red bulls pierre gasly‘s crash on the last corner caused huge damage to his car. charles lecler was fastest, coming in 0.124 seconds quicker than ferrari team—mate sebastian vettel in second. hamilton was third fastest. now on afternoon live, let's go nationwide, and see what's happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let's go to stewart white from look east in norwich, who is talking about drugs networks near harlow‘s so—called ‘human warehouse'. and after yesterday's record—breaking heat, look north's peter levy is looking at litter on our coastlines. first, stuart, how bad is the situation?

what happened in halle was that turned these flats. people have been talking about crime waves and a p pa re ntly talking about crime waves and apparently there have been 150 calls to the police from there. three drugs warrants. bbc understands that there was talk of a so—called crack house closure in the area as well. figures show a rise in crime in ten months. by businesses report increased anti—social behaviour. all sorts of problems in and around terminus house. one of the people we have spoken to is an estate agent. the crime level has increased and it seems to be less than a coincidence

that you have terminus house being opened. 150 new people and subsequently the level of crime has increased. the number of homeless people seems to have increased over the last 12 months. and the social issues we are seeing on a day—to—day basis, just walking to and from our office, have got worse in that time period. is this raising questions over policy? a lot of people thought it was a good idea when it started. the local mp! was speaking to not to long ago. he thought it was a good idea. he has since labelled it as social cleansing. what is happening is that... london boroughs and other councils are taking their homeless people off the street and taking them to harlow. the fact that the people are on this sometimes means that they are, they know people who

are likely to cause anti—social behaviour. and he is very opposed to it. lots of councillors have said it isa it. lots of councillors have said it is a very bad thing and in fact one councillor said that it is not illegal, but the class it as immoral. and that is the problem. a lot of the families that go there have a roof over their head and are pleased about that. but we have spoken to people in the past who have young people with them, when they come out of their flat in this office building, they come face—to—face with people who are dealing drugs or are actually seeing violence on the landing where they left. so it is not universally a good thing for the people who live there. but they have got someone to live, that is the main thing. controversial. i hear what you're saying. so peter, have people been looking after our beaches? is little dropping getting worse? the weather this week has been fantastic. the beaches have been

packed with people enjoying the sons. in skegness there were 11,000 people on the beach. a bumper week for the resort. but look at these pictures of the beach at skegness and how it was left by holiday—makers last night. loads of rubbish was left there after people had finished their day out. nappies to coke cans, bags of it left on the beach and left to be fit picked up. many believe it is hard to believe that at a time when people are so aware of the dangers of plastic to marine life that people are still doing this. the marine conservation society are very keen to introduce a deposit scheme for bottles and cans where you can get much money back when you return them. like any old days. they say this is a golden opportunity to introduce a scheme. but you have seen the mess on skegness beach and it is notjust skegness beach and it is notjust skegness was a pet was around the

country. after yesterday. and parks as well. many parks were bad. it is ha rd to as well. many parks were bad. it is hard to understand why in these environmentally conscious times, why this is actual happening at all. you see it is happening, but is it getting worse or is itjust what we a lwa ys getting worse or is itjust what we always have? but we are more conscious now and hence we should be doing better. it is good question. certainly it isn't getting any better in lincolnshire according to the marine conservation society. lincolnshire did not show any change in levels between 2017 and 2018 but over the last ten years, lincolnshire has seen a 15% increase. so much more litter and rubbish left on the beach. these pictures were taken at don this morning on skegness. that is how people thought it was acceptable to leave the beach. different in east yorkshire, we have got places like bridlington on the east coast. they

saw a 36% decrease between 2017 and 2018. the top three items left on beaches, plastic, glass numbertwo, and cigarette stubs number three. we should also just give a quick mention and salute to the volunteers at skegness and around the country that do such a greatjob clearing our beaches and obviously a great use to the tourism bodies. when you see those pictures, loads of rubbish left in the beach, soiled nappies and things, you have to wonder why people do it and spoil the beauty and risk our marine life. although, i was looking at the factory you just showed and i was thinking maybe it is because there aren't enough bends. if you suddenly get huge numbers of people, the rubbish is around the then... that is absently right and i'd bet when this story is aired here and later tonight at half past six that there are going to be people who say there are not enough bends. so i have think you put your

finger on the button. you're absolutely right. as you say, well done to the volunteers who pick it up done to the volunteers who pick it up and we all need to make a good job of picking up. we will that they are peter and stewart, thank you both much. you can access those stories on the bbc iplayer and we go live at 430 every weekday on afternoon live. a british computer hacker will be sentenced in the us today for inventing malware that was used by criminals to steal banking and other online user credentials. 25—year—old marcus hutchins made a name for himself in 2017 as somewhat of a hero here in the uk, when he helped stop the biggest—ever cyber attack on the nhs. chris buckler has this report. marcus hutchins was once

celebrated as a hero hacker. a security researcher who was able to stop a cyber attack that infected tens of thousands of computers around the globe. businesses and the uk's national health service were among the victims, who found they were locked out of their networks until they paid a ransom. but hutchins was able to find a flaw in the code, that shut down the notorious wannacry attack. i checked the message board, there were maybe 16, 17 reports of different nhs organisations being hit. and that was sort of the point where i decided my holiday is over, i've got to look into this. it made him a celebrity. and two years ago, he travelled to las vegas to attend def con, one of the world's biggest hacking conferences. but as he tried to leave the city, he was arrested by fbi officers who had found evidence of his own involvement in cyber crimes years before. marcus hutchins would later admit

to being the man behind malicious software known as kronos. it allowed people to steal login information and financial data from online banking sites. along with an accomplice, he sold the malware online. and it was used to target banks and their customers in several countries. hutchins went on to plead guilty to two offences. ahead of his sentencing hearing in wisconsin, he thanked people on his malwaretech twitter page for the character references they had sent to support him. prosecutors say that by all accounts, marcus hutchins no longer writes software designed to steal or cause harm. and he now uses his skills to combat such attacks. however, they said that couldn't and shouldn't be used to excuse his past crimes online. jamie is here, in a moment he will be telling us the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live.

carl beech — a paedophile who made false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against famous people — has been jailed for 18 years. borisjohnson says the recruitment of 20,000 new police officers for england and wales will begin within weeks. it was a record—breaking day yesterday — if confirmed, the hottest day ever — with 38.7c recorded provisionally in cambridge, but air and rail passengers have been facing disruption. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. another delay from mike ashley's sports direct, which says it is "still finalising" its financial results, which were due to be released early on friday morning. we had expected something at 2 but all we got was another delay through 4. shares fell on the news, though they have recovered some of their losses now.

the first estimate of us growth in the three months tojune has just been released. the economy grew at an anualised rate of 2.1% — that means the annual rate of growth rather than the amount of it grew in three months. exports fell because of its trade war with china but consumers kept on spending which gave the economy a bit of a boost the company that owns google, alphabet, and the online retail giant amazon have both reported a near 20% rise in revenues for the latest quarter. what's been the big stories in business,jamie? when you start in journalism, he never put a negative in a headline because you want to know about what has happened and not what has not happened but for this story the negative is important. sports direct has failed to report its results. they delete on the 18th of this month and then again all through the

day. —— delayed. it could be that the company has grown very quickly over the last 18 months, taking over companies like house of fraser, sofa dot—com. games digital, putting those altogether has produced complexities, particularly with house of fraser stop there is a very good chance that there are things which are very difficult to work out. then again, if you know there will be a problem, why say you are going to do it today? they could have said a later date. the other thing is that grant thornton which is doing the audit is under scrutiny. because it has been having some fairly critical reports. under a lot more scrutiny now from the financial reporting council. they found out that in a sample of eight of its company which is auditing, half of them were not up to scratch.

craig erlam is senior market analyst at 0anda. craig, what do you make of sports direct? this is unprecedented isn't it? it is and it is really confusing if you are an investor. shoot your thinking you should be concerned or is this just an administrative error. as it difficulties incorporating house of fraser or is there i dispute on the results themselves? in many ways i am surprised the shares only dropped around 4% because there is potential that investors could be very concerned and what they are concerned and what they are concerned to say to the world. this isn't illegal or anything. it is not a crime but it is, the main thing is reputational damage, isn't it? that is why it is unprecedented. these

companies are usually well prepared in advance so when the morning it is a formality and the case of getting through the actual circumstance, answering any questions. sometimes you get some minor delays, technical delays which affect the actual release of the result but this is unprecedented. we do not ever see this which is why it is such a confusing story and why it is so surprisingly that sports direct don't seem to have an idea of when they could actually do this. in the states, we have all these tech companies coming up with figures. they are pretty good and they? i was thinking particularly about twitter, perhaps amazon not as good as expected. alphabet pretty good actually. the boom keeps on going? this is the us tech sector. phenomenal rates of growth every year. almost guaranteed to the point that when you are looking at something like amazon, people are disappointed but we have still seen good growth. the amazon web services we we saw the biggest disappointment

by 37% last year but unfortunately microsoft reported 64% in its business so looking at these figures you almost have to isolate them away from other industries because the phenomenal returns we're used to seeing, people become accustomed to it and to expected so it is against expectations as opposed to being disappointing in the levels of growth. so mack what about twitter? its profits were about $1 billion, that was again looking pretty strong as well? for the last couple of yea rs as well? for the last couple of years people have been concerned about twitter because it's years people have been concerned about twitter because its user growth hasn't been what we wanted to see. the user numbers were far lower than what we were seeing on facebook. it wasn't making the most of the advertising revenue. trying to determine how profitable these users are going to be. i think we're seeing steady levels of growth now they have taken out or targeted a lot of the bots which we have seen

negatively targeting numbers. we seem to be past that and are starting to see them really capitalise a new platform which will hopefully continue to deliver strong results in the future. thank you very much. we do have time to look at the markets. there is sports direct down, continuing to fall 4%. craig was saying it he was surprised it didn't fall further. it is a reputational problem and it will be interesting to see what excuse they come up with because they will be asked by investors. 0il come up with because they will be asked by investors. oil price up a little bit. the pound falling back down again, fall in about half a cent against the dollar. and you're going to get probably around about 1.15, perhaps even less if you go to the wrong place. there are worries about a no—deal brexit, same old story but that is what is moving the

pound at the moment. thanks jamie! hgppy pound at the moment. thanks jamie! happy holidays. now, video game tournaments, or e—sports, are big business, and some of the world's best players are competing this weekend for prize money higher than that earned by the wimbledon champions. they're playing the popular game fortnite, which is holding its first ever world cup in new york. among the contestants are british teenage hopefuls, asjoe tidy reports. for two years, fortnite's unique brand of dancing, shooting and looting has brought gamers together online. avast ye, land lubbers. 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. 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 mongrel. it's a lot more serious than people think. it's notjust playing the game forfun 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 teammate 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 will 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 ever 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 with tens of thousands of fans expected over the weekend and potentially millions more online. it's also a big moment in the maker of fortnite's history as they can finally say they're a big player in e—sports. according to analysts, the global e—sports market will exceed the billion dollar

revenue mark this year. despite fortnite being free to play, epic games makes hundreds of millions a month from ingame purchases. investing in events like this is a new avenue for them. the game has already made plenty of millionaire streamers. the most famous — ninja — failed to qualify. almost all finalists are boys under the age of 16. none are female, but 13—year—old deaf player ewok came close. fortnite's rise to this point has not been 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. there's a lot of faces looking back at you, bro. joe tidy, bbc news in new york. rugby league's women's challenge cup final tomorrow will be a special day for one yorkshire schoolgirl.

castleford's hollie dodd turns 16 today, and so she will become the youngest person ever — male orfemale — to play in a challenge cup final. katie shanahan went to meet her. this is hollie dodd. atjust 16 years old, she has the world at her feet. and this is what all the fuss is about... commentator: it is a brilliant run from hollie dodd. she is going all the way! i went to meet hollie and her dad to find out more about rugby league's rising star. i'd never even touched a rugby ball before, until year 7 and then people, my pe staff, were telling me to get down to rugby and i just fitted in straightaway, really. i haven't always been in rugby league. i used to be a ballroom dancer when i was younger but then, around about five years ago, i started watching and playing rugby and i've been watching finals and things ever since. what a contrast between sports. i just can't believe where we're at today, compared to where we were when we were going out

buying dance dresses, dance shoes and stuff like that. now we have about 50 rugby balls in our garage at home. from tango to tackles and sparkles to studs, hollie's castleford coach thinks she is one in a million. she's undoubtedly the best 16—year—old i've seen. i have been involved in this sport a very long time, and for me she is an absolute silent assassin. she's classy, she's fast, she's got great skills. if she's not in an england shirt in the next couple of years i will be very surprised. when hollie runs out for her debut tomorrow, she'll make history by becoming the youngest person ever to play in the challenge cup final. caslteford missed out on rugby league's biggest prize last year but could hollie be the missing piece to the puzzle, as they take on leeds again? i wouldn't want to do it with any other team really. especially my own club, home town. i can't even put into words how proud i am of her, yeah. it goes without saying, just in everyday life, just for being a nice person and being my daughter. a little bit more proud obviously because of her exploits on the pitch

with the rugby ball. i hope we bring back the silverware, it would be amazing. hollie may be sweet 16, but she is hoping she can make a big impact in the final. katy shannahan, bbc news, castleford. the news at 5 is next with jane hill. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. much of this week has been dominated by heatwave conditions. gripping much of the uk. some big showers and thunderstorms around too. yesterday we booked the gr! temperature record, temperatures reaching 38.1. things are feeling quite a bit different out there today because we have a cold front moving in from the west gradually introducing more of an atlantic influence to our weather than the heat yesterday. quite hot and humid for the rest of the afternoon into this evening in the

east, and we're seeing heavy and thundery showers parts of eastern scotla nd thundery showers parts of eastern scotland and eastern england. temperatures out there for most of us temperatures out there for most of us in the mid 205 but still for eastern scotland and a stunning red with that humidity lasting on into the afternoon we could see one or two places reaching 30 degrees. that is the 50 in a row we could see temperatures up to 30 degrees. through this evening and night, showers in the east become more heavy and persistent so south—east england through the midlands northern england and the eastern side of scotland's pretty soggy through the night. still quite warm and humid especially for central and eastern parts. fresh records are less but not quite as hot or humid as it was last night. into saturday and we have this frontal system with us and we have this frontal system with us which will be quite slow moving, not just through saturday us which will be quite slow moving, notjust through saturday but us which will be quite slow moving, not just through saturday but also on into sunday stop during the day on into sunday stop during the day on saturday, outbreaks of rain for the south—east of england, east anglia, northern england and scotland, particularly on the northern and eastern edge of that when we could see further thunderstorms. towards the south and west for northern ireland wales and

the south—west of england, sunny spells through the day and temperatures will be quite a bit cooler than we have seen recently. most of us, about 19 or 20 degrees where you had a cloud or rain but in the sunny spells either side of that, we could see temperatures in the mid—205. 0n into sunday in that rain still with us, edging a bit further south—west so northern ireland sees the arrival of that rain, through wales and the south—west of england, pretty soggy. either side of that, some sunshine, perhaps a few sunshine doing that showers for scotland, temperatures in the high teens or low 205 on sunday. a bit of a mixed picture through the course of the weekend, it looks like the rain should ease away through the first part of the working week, later in the week we will see the temperatures in the south back into the mid 205. that is it running. that is it running.

carl beech, a paedophile who made false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against famous people, has been jailed for 18 years. 0ne one of his victims has denied condemned him. i feel every bit as wounded as if he had physically attacked. but my mental wounds will never heal. the criminal damage that he did to me, aided by the police, cannot be healed. we'll have the latest from newcastle crown court.