you're watching bbc news at nine with me, rebecca jones. the headlines: the investigation based on the lies of carl beech. a formerjudge claims police may have broken the law in their probe into an alleged vip paedophile ring. uncertainty over brexit hits holiday money — the pound falls to a two—year low, dropping further this morning. boris johnson visits wales for the first time as prime minister, hoping to rally support for his plans for farming after brexit. iain conn, the chief executive of centrica — which owns british gas — announces he's stepping down, after a challenging period for the company. poorer pupils trail 18 months behind the rest of the class once they take their gcses —

according to new research. coming up in sport: gareth bale pulls out of real madrid's pre—season trip to munich, after his big—money move to china was blocked by the club. greg and amber! and in a surprising end to the series, amber and greg are crowned the winners of this yea r‘s love island. good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. a former high courtjudge says police may have broken the law in the way they investigated claims of a paedophile ring at westminster. carl beech was jailed for 18 years last week for perverting the course of justice, after lying about his claims.

sir richard henriques, who carried out a review of the scotland yard inquiry, claims that warrants to search the homes of some of those beech had accused of abuse may have been obtained unlawfully. andy moore reports. carl beech alleged in police interviews that he had been abused by a group of high—profile men. i had poppies pinned to my chest whilst they did whatever they wanted to do. scotland yard spent £2 million investigating these claims. when the investigation collapsed without any charges, the retired judge sir richard henriques carried out an independent enquiry. it was completed in 2016, but never fully published. now sir richard has gone to the media with claims the police may themselves have broken the law.

the retired armed forces chief lord bramall was one of those accused. the former mp harvey proctor was another. but sir richard says the police may not have told the whole story when applying for warrants to search their homes. according to him, there were inconsistencies in beech‘s allegations that the judge wasn't told about. the police watchdog has also looked at the investigation and concluded there was no evidence that officers deliberately misled the judge. our correspondent angus crawford is here. how significant is this intervention by thejudge? how significant is this intervention by the judge? i how significant is this intervention by thejudge? i think it is highly significant. it really casts doubt on the very beginnings of this investigation. you will may remember if you cast your mind back to 2014, senior officers described mr equity's allegations as being credible and true, but the former high courtjudge credible and true, but the former high court judge sir credible and true, but the former high courtjudge sir richard henriques was brought in to review

the investigation. although the com plete the investigation. although the complete report has not been published, it has been very critical in part. essentially, what he says is that when officers went to a districtjudge to get a search warrant for several homes, lord bramall and harvey proctor and lord brittan, they told the district judge at that time that mcateer‘s story was consistent with his allegations, but sir richard says they already knew there were inconsistencies at that point in that information —— that mcateer‘s story. as a result, they may have, in his words, have broken the law by obtaining those warrants. he does not say it was done on purpose, he says there was no evidence that was withheld deliberately. that inference is also upheld by the police watchdog, the a0 pc, that says there is absolutely no evidence this was a deliberate omission. and

the met has not yet commented this morning on these allegations, but it says it always acted in good faith but it did admit it did not always get everything right. thanks. angus crawford, our correspondent. the pound has suffered further falls this morning — dropping another half per cent in early trading, the day after it sunk to its lowest level for more than two years — as markets become increasingly worried over the possibility of the uk leaving the eu without a deal. £1 currently gets you around 1 euro 10 cents. that could mean good news for tourists coming to the uk, but not if you're heading abroad on holiday. sterling is also down against the us dollar to around one dollar 22 cents. joining us now from heathrow airport is travel writer simon calder. simon, if you do end up at the airport and try and get money out, should you get it out at the airport 01’ should you get it out at the airport or should you wait until you get to

your destination? well, certainly, i wouldn't advise just turning up at a uk airportand wouldn't advise just turning up at a uk airport and asking for money. so 100 euros, which i prepared early, thankfully. i was at the terminals at europe's busiest airport earlier andi at europe's busiest airport earlier and i was told to buy 100 euros, it would cost me £117. and that would make £1 worth just 85 euros cents. at gatwick last night, $1 was at parity with that pound. change £100 and you get $100. much better to plan in advance and click and collect. and certainly, if you are going to any of the countries with a so—called exotic currency, that includes the turkish lira, the croatian ku na and includes the turkish lira, the croatian kuna and the very colourful russian ruble, don't even think about getting money out until you

get to your destination. because lots of people are using plastic and it is very easy to be caught out with dynamic currency conversion. this may well have happened to you where they say, do you want to play, do you want to pay with credit card in sterling so you know what it is worth? a way say no, pay in the local currency or your pound will get even weaker. there might be people watching you and looking at your floating money fluttering people watching you and looking at yourfloating money fluttering in the breeze, simon, thinking, should we go out and should we buy today or perhaps hang on if we are not going away until later in august? well, who knows, frankly? the pound, looking at the markets in the past few minutes, it has actually gone down from what it was last night. i am afraid it all depends on what the markets make of the british economy and that has an awful lot to do with

what they think the outcome of brexit will be. if you are an international financier, brexit will be. if you are an internationalfinancier, good brexit will be. if you are an international financier, good luck! if you are going on holiday and you wa nt to if you are going on holiday and you want to have some kind of insurance, i guess you could kind of change half your money now for a trip later in august and the other half nearer the time, and that way, you will get some kind of hedging. but really, it is just too difficult to say. very briefly, is there anywhere in the world you can go >> dominic raabholding up well? —— you can go where the pound is holding up well? poland, bulgaria, you will get great value for money simply because the cost of holidaying is far cheaper than places like spain and italy. simon calder, it is good to touch you, many thanks. borisjohnson will make his first visit to wales as prime minister later, as he rallies supportt for his vision of farming in a post—brexit britain.

he's expected to meet farmers and farm workers in south wales, before talks in cardiff with welsh first minister mark drakeford. it follows a warning from the farmers' union of wales that there'll be "civil unrest" in rural areas if the uk leaves the european union without a deal. from cardiff bay, our political reporter in wales, teleri glyn—jones, sent us this update. borisjohnson will start his visit in south wales. he'll be meeting farmers, telling them that they can thrive in a post—brexit britain. but it comes at a time where there's real anxiety in the industry. it's an industry that exports much of its product to the eu. as things stand, 90% of wales's lamb exports are sent to the continent and, under wto rules, they could be tarriffed at 67%, so there's real concern here about the possible impact. many unions saying that it could be catastrophic for the industry here. and farming employs 50,000 people here in wales, so it could have

far—reaching impact. from there, he'll go on to brecon and radnorshire. there's a by—election happening there on thursday. the conservatives are defending that seat, so that will be seen as a huge boost for the conservative candidate's campaign there. and then he'll return back down here to cardiff, to meet the first minister mark drakeford in the building behind me. but he won't get a very warm reception from mark drakeford, i'm afraid. mark drakeford will tell him that he has no mandate for a no—deal brexit and that it could be catastrophic for wales. so, there'll be plenty to talk about on the prime minister's first visit to wales. michael gove, the new cabinet minister in charge of no—deal planning, is chairing his first meeting today of a special committee overseeing preparations for brexit. a source at downing street said the daily operations committee was being structured in a way so the treasury would be a "motor" for delivering brexit.

the new chief secretary to the treasury, rishi sunak, is also expected to attend. the company which owns british gas has announced that its chief exectuvie, iain conn, is to step down. centrica has reported a pre—tax loss of £446 million in the six months tojune. our business presenter, dominic 0'connell, joins me in the studio. centrica has been under pressure for a while so why has iain conn stepped down now? i spoke to him this morning and he said he had come to the end of a natural restructuring at centrica, or a natural break, he has moved it away from owning things like oil and gas fields and power stations and an interest in nuclear power stations into more energy related services, boilers and smart metres and that kind of things. the share price also tells you a lot. when hejoined four years share price also tells you a lot. when he joined four years ago, you could buy centrica shares for £3 and

they are now 80 p. that is a giant fall from what was once one of the biggest players in the british energy world. and it does own british gas so it has about less than a fifth of all uk household accounts. but times have changed lot, it was a dominant player and it was hard for people to compete with it. in the last five years with iain conn at the helm, more competitors have come along, it is easiest to switch your account and on top of that, we have a price cap on energy bills which, it will cost centrica £300 million this year in retail profits. all these things, iain conn has been racing to restructure the business, but the jury is out on whether it is the right kind of restructuring. and it probably is a natural time for him to go, but i suspect they will not be too many tea rs suspect they will not be too many tears shed for him in the city because if you look at the share price fall. he is leaving his job, could we see otherjob cuts at centrica? definitely, there have already been thousands of last four

01’ already been thousands of last four or five years as the company has restructured, it was a very big company and it is now a much smaller company and it is now a much smaller company and it is now a much smaller company and it is almost certain there will be more job cuts over time. the company is breaking up. they are already selling their stake in britain's nuclear power stations and in oiland in britain's nuclear power stations and in oil and gas and they still have a big oil and gas portfolio which they will sell some time before the end of the year. centrica is really being broken up as iain conn heads for the exit. because you are here, it is worth talking about the fall in sterling, what is your ta ke the fall in sterling, what is your take them away as the pound faring so take them away as the pound faring so badly? it a no-deal brexit and as it looks more likely, the pound has gone down. it is worth saying although it is a very big full over three months, at about $1 30 in may and $121 now, a 9% fall in three months, but it is not the big step down people talk about if a no—deal

was a certainty, then people are talking about a $1 ten or parity which is a new low for the pound against the dollar. while it is trending down, it is not showing the markets think a no—deal brexit is a certainty, farfrom markets think a no—deal brexit is a certainty, far from it. markets think a no—deal brexit is a certainty, farfrom it. if that becomes true, you can assess what financial markets think of britain under a no—deal brexit, it isjust edging towards it at the moment, it is not the final word. that is your final word for now, thank you so much. the headlines on bbc news... a formerjudge says police ‘must be investigated' over the probe into an alleged vip paedophile ring that was based on the lies of carl beech. uncertainty over brexit hits holiday money — the pound falls to a two—year low, dropping further this morning. boris johnson visits wales for the first time as prime minister — hoping to rally support for his plans for farming after brexit.

gareth bale is out of favour at real madrid and he pulls out of their pre—season tournament at munich after the club blocs are moved to china. jo root at number three after volunteering to return to the top order against australia, and andy murray could return to playing singles at the cincinnati masters next month, playing alongside his brotherjamie at the doubles in the citi 0pen later. i will be back with more on those stories after 9:40am. —— the cincinnati open. attempts to close the achievement gap between disadvantaged pupils and other children in england's secondary schools is almost at a "standstill", according to a new report. the education policy institute found poorer pupils are, on average, 18 months behind the rest of the class by the age of 16. 0ur education correspondent, frankie mccamley, reports. tackling the gap in achievements between poorer pupils who are eligible for free school

meals and their peers has always been a priority. in the last eight years, analysis showed progress in closing the gap was slowing down to a point where it's now at a standstill. researchers found between 2017 and 2018, the gap has actually widened slightly by 0.2 months to 18.1 months, meaning poorer pupils are now 1.5 years behind their peers by gcse level, with larger gaps in parts of northern england of more than two years. the report also warns that black caribbean pupils have experienced particularly poor progress. in secondary schools, they're more likely to be in deficit than primary schools, with around 30% of secondaries in deficit. and that's the age range where we're seeing the real problems with the gap stopping and potentially starting to widen in future. at the current rate, the study predicts it will take 500 years to close the gap,

but the government says the gap for both primary and secondary schools has narrowed overall since 2011, with nearly £2.5 billion spent supporting disadvantaged pupils this year alone. frankie mccamley, bbc news. let's have a look at some more of today's top stories. public transport in hong kong has been disrupted by pro—democracy protestors, causing chaos for the morning rush hour. activists blocked train doors, preventing trains from leaving stations and causing streams of people to look for other ways of getting to work. police investigating rape allegations against brazilian football player neymar say they have closed the case. he was accused of the attack on the woman in a paris hotel last month and was questioned by police in sao paulo for more than five hours. he's always denied the allegations. at least 17 people have been killed after a military aircraft

crashed into a residential area in pakistan. the army says five crew members and 12 civilians are among the dead. officials say the crash in the city of rawalpindi started fires across several homes. at least 57 inmates have been killed in a prison riot in northern brazil. the deadly riot at altamira prison, in the state of para, is the second major eruption of violence in the country's over populated prison system this year. rebecca hartmann reports. crying and wailing five hours of violence in the altamira prison, due to clashes between rival gangs. 16 of the dead were decapitated. 0thers suffocated, after part of the prison was set on fire. two prison guards were taken hostage during the violence, but were swiftly freed. translation: what we can

verify is that the scene is basically macabre. there were decapitations, there were people who were asphyxiated by the smoke, but now it is calm, it's calmer. the prisoners were separated and we'll now await the official list of those that were victims and those that also survived this rebellion. violent clashes between rival gangs in brazilian prisons are frequent. in may, 40 prisoners were found strangled on the same day across four different prisons. 0vercrowding is often blamed for the violence in brazil's prison system. the population of brazil's prisons has grown rapidly, from over 230,000 in 2000 to over 700,000 in 2019. the official capacity of brazil's prisons isjust 423,000. altamira has a capacity of 200, but was occupied by 309 inmates. 0fficials deny it was overcrowded. the prisoners involved in the violence will now be

separated and moved to other prisons, but critics say the system needs major reform to stop the gang—fuelled violence. rebecca hartmann, bbc news. let's go back to boris johnson‘s first visit to wales as prime minister today. as he rally support for his vision of farming as he rally support for his vision offarming in as he rally support for his vision of farming in a post—brexit britain. joining me now is alun cairns, secretary of state for wales. in the event of a no—deal brexit, the farmers union of wales say there could be civil unrest because it would destroy their business, they could be facing terrace of 40%, how worried are you by that? well, festival, we need to recognise that we are going to do everything we can to get a deal with the european union because that will give us the smoothest exit from the eu. but of course, we need to recognise that by

fully preparing for a no—deal exit, it strengthens our hand as part of those negotiations. much of the purpose of the prime minister's visit to south wales today will be to better understand the concerns they have got, but also to communicate and align the independence, the opportunities are being an independent trading nation. so just being an independent trading nation. sojust a being an independent trading nation. so just a few weeks ago for example, the vice premierfrom china, after he visited london, he came to wail specifically to see the quality of welsh beef. that is part of the £230 million export deal we have been working on for some time —— it came to wales. we will ensure welsh beef is part of that. sorry to interrupt, i appreciate you are working on these deals, but these new markets will not suddenly be there on november the 1st if we leave the eu without a deal on october 31st, are they? that is why we have been working for some time, you are right, they don'tjust happen, but

we have been working for china for a considerable period and we expect to move forward very soon as a result of the protocol is being agreed when the vice premier was in london and south wales just recently. the vice premier did not travel to any specific part unless there is real intent there and that is part of our discussions. we have also been working with taiwan and india. and of course, the japanese market has opened as a result of negotiations taking place over quite some considerable period. and welsh lamb is now on sale injapan that has not been for some time. would you accept it would be problematic for welsh farmers, that at the very least until these new trading arrangements get set in stone, they will face a very bumpy ride? well, there is no doubt leaving with a deal, we need to see a shift in the undemocratic backstop to see a shift in the undemocratic ba cksto p to to see a shift in the undemocratic backstop to get to a position where we can have a deal with the european

union. iam we can have a deal with the european union. i am optimistic about the effo rts union. i am optimistic about the efforts going on across government, but michael gove and i were at the royal welsh agricultural show just last week talking to farmers and farming unions directly to better understand their concerns, which is why the prime minister is visiting today. he specifically recognises the importance of the agriculture sector to the uk economy, but specifically in wales. but i have not met a farmer that doesn't complain about the common agricultural policy. it is anti—environmental, it is not helpful to the sustainability of the land. and this is our opportunity to change it. it is bureaucratic, we can be far more efficient and straightforward in its support. we are straightforward in its support. we a re clearly straightforward in its support. we are clearly committed to continue to support farmers, it is an important pa rt support farmers, it is an important part of our economy, it is an important part of our environmental protection credentials and of course, it is part of the tourism package the uk and wales specifically offers as well. i'm

interested you say that because three years ago, you said farming is a huge winnerfrom being in europe, so a huge winnerfrom being in europe, soi a huge winnerfrom being in europe, so ijust wonder what made you change your mind? well, it is about access to the european market is the issue and that is what we want to achieve with a deal. but 90% of global growth will come from outside of the european union over the next decade. i don't want to switch one market for the other, i want to access both markets, the market in europe as well as the great opportunities around the world. i have underlined the chinese opportunity for example. so we want a deal with both and that is why getting a deal is the best way possible, but if we cannot get a deal, the uncertainty is also causing problems. industry and farmers and other sectors don't know how to invest or where to invest, they don't know where to place their attention for a new market opportunities. as a result of that, working both with the european union

and the global opportunities, that will put farmers and the agriculture sector in the strongest possible position to diversify their outlets so position to diversify their outlets so when there are challenges in the global environment, they will be in a much younger position. alun cairns, secretary of state for wales, thanks for joining cairns, secretary of state for wales, thanks forjoining us. —— much stronger position. two children, aged six and 13, are among those confirmed dead after a shooting at a food festival in california on sunday. four people were killed, including the gunman who was shot by police. the authorities are still trying to establish a motive for the attack. dave lee reports. what's going on, what's going on?! as the shots rang out, there was at first confusion, and then panic, and eventually disbelief. they're shooting! for most of the weekend, this was the scene of a happy, popular food festival, with around 80,000 people in attendance. but by sunday evening,

it had turned into the latest american mass shooting, the 246th in this country, in this year alone. pop, pop, pop, pop, and wejust went behind some tents and took cover. and we knew right away when we saw a lot of people just running away from there. we thought it was a firecracker. and then, when i looked to the side, we knew it wasn't. we both turned at the same exact time and saw him standing right there. he was within, what, ten feet of us? yeah, he shot one shot. he wasjust going back and forth. and then he put the clip in, and he just started moving back and forth, walking towards our tent because that's where most of the people were in that area, and he just started shooting. police said they took less than a minute to shoot dead the man once he opened fire, but even with that rapid response, the gunman was able to cause carnage with what police described as an ak—47—like rifle. there absolutely would have been more bloodshed, i believe. with the number of people, in the small area that they were in, i think it's very, very fortunate

that they were able to engage him as quickly as they did. six—year—old stephen romero is the first victim to be identified. he'd been visiting with his mother and grandmother, who were both wounded. also among the dead, a man in his 20s and a girl aged 13. police confirmed the killer to be santino legan, a 19—year—old man who was able to evade security by cutting through the festival's perimeter fence. he was also able to avoid california's gun laws, the most strict in the country, by simply travelling to the neighbouring state of nevada to buy the weapon legally. dave lee, bbc news, in gilroy, california. the rapper asap rocky has gone on trial in stockholm today, accused of assaulting a 19 year old in the swedish capital last month. the case has sparked a major debate in the united states, with president trump and celebrities including kim kardashian—west and justin bieber calling for his release. a lawyer involved in the case says

he has new evidence that will prove the rapper is innocent. 0ur correspondent maddy savage is in stockholm outside the court for us. what more can you tell us? well, the case has got in the last 30 minutes. asap rocky's mother has come here to sweden to support him in the trial, there was a huge media scrum outside andi there was a huge media scrum outside and i understand about 70 journalists from dozens of countries are here to report on this trial, which has captured a huge amount of global attention because of the involvement of celebrities and president donald trump. they have been critical of the way asap rocky has been treated because he has been in custody ever since he was arrested around a month ago, but thatis arrested around a month ago, but that is normal here in sweden, where there are no proceedings for bail. it is typicalfor there are no proceedings for bail. it is typical for that to happen before a case goes to trial. and to the swedish authorities have insisted he has been treated fairly and that they are not going to change anything, no matter who

tweets or cause them about the case. now the trial is under way, what we understand has been going on inside the court is that the lawyer for the victim has been putting forward his case asking for damages. he wants asap rocky to pay around £12,000 in damages, and they are also hoping he will get the maximum sentence of two yea rs will get the maximum sentence of two years for assault. but asap rocky and the other two us —— suspects deny it and say they acted in self defence during the fight outside a burger bar last month. the trial is expected to last at least three days. maggie savage, in stockholm, thank you. it's been one of the most talked about tv shows of the summer and, last night, fans tuned in to watch the final of love island. if you don't want to know who won, then look away now! love it or loathe it, love island was the most watched programme of the year among 16 to 34 year olds. 0ur entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, has more. greg and amber!

together for just two of the eight—week long series, the shock moment when amber and greg were crowned this year's winners. the public clearly impressed with their devotion to each other. i knew kind of coming in that she definitely was the one out of the girls that were in the villa that i'd go for. her confidence straightaway was just something that stood out for me. he'sjust lovely. like, he'sjust lovely. he's got a nice energy about him. yeah. i like being around you all the time. and you make us laugh. aw! you ask a girl to be your girlfriend... in the future, shows like this could well be under greater scrutiny, though. i was petrified of nobody picking me. at the start of the month, nearly 200 people contacted 0fcom, many of them concerned for the welfare of contestant amy hart. she said after exiting the show that the programme had given her the support she needed, both during her time on love island and after leaving. and media regulator 0fcom are proposing new rules to ensure

that all radio and tv programmes do take proper care of participants' well—being and mental health. the show has been a huge ratings hit for itv2, with a few episodes being watched by more than 6 million viewers, sometimes beating popular soaps like emmerdale and eastenders. and fans may not have to wait until next summer for the next series. itv says that from 2020, there will be two series of love island each year. lizo mzimba, bbc news. and we'll be talking more about the programme in the next 30 minutes. we have the weather in the moment but first, look at what's happening in the victoria derbyshire programme. a hidden public health crisis, the way one experts describes how children are finding it difficult to sleep. pa rents a re are finding it difficult to sleep. parents are asking the nhs for help in1's parents are asking the nhs for help in 1's sleep clinic in sheffield says they are bursting at the seams. we had access to their work and we

will be speaking to families affected by their children's severe sleeping problems. join us at 10am. now it's time for a look at the weather. carol has the forecast. carol, good morning. good morning. today is a day of two halves, gusty winds at the moment across the english channel, and areas adjacent to it and we've got a swirl of torrential downpours moving around an area of low pressure. some of those have been and will be thundery as we go through the course of the day with some help mixing and gusty winds across much of england and wales. for scotland and northern ireland some showers for you, low cloud across the north and temperatures today down a notch on yesterday. through this evening and overnight the area of low pressure bringing torrential downpours moves a bit further north, gusty winds around it, more low cloud forming across the far north and temperatures 13 to about 16. as we head through tomorrow, we still have the area of

low pressure producing some heavy, thundery downpours once again. blustery showers as well, drier across southern england and wales, northern ireland and scotland not immune to showers especially as heat rolls through the day, temperature rise 16 in the north, 24 in the south. hello, this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines... the probe based on the lies of carl beech. a formerjudge — who reviewed the way police investigated claims of a vip paedophile ring — has said officers may have broken the law. the pound has continued to fall on currency markets as the government insists that the uk is prepared to leave the eu without a deal. borisjohnson will visit wales for the first time as prime minister — as the government tries to reassure farmers that they won't lose out after brexit.

we have clearly committed that we will continue to support farmers, it's an important part of the economy, our environmental protection credentials and of course it's part of the tourism package that the uk and wales specifically offers. iain conn — the chief executive of centrica — which owns british gas — has announced he's stepping down after a challenging period for the company. attempts to close the gap in performance between poorer students and their classmates in england's secondary schools have stalled for the first time in eight years. as the winners of this year's love island are crowned — we'll ask why so many young people are glued to the reality series. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on some of the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. alistair campbell, the former number 10 director of communications under tony blair, has said he believes labour is ‘being destroyed as a serious

political force' and that the party has ‘literally no strategy whatsoever‘. he told bbc breakfast why he no longer wants to be a member of the labour party. i mean, i've been a labour supporter since the days of harold wilson and i can't quite believe i've given up on it but basically, a year ago my partner fiona left the party and she cited three reasons, she wrote a piece, one was the failure to lead on brexit, one was the failure to tackle the hideous anti—semitism and the third was the lack of a genuinely modern, radical, forward—looking policy agenda. and i think it's fair to say i've been hoping against hope that there'd be improvement across all fronts. i think on brexit they've got to a better position but it's still to my mind not good enough and jeremy corbyn has to be dragged kicking and screaming every step of the way and i think on the other two they've gone backwards and i think, i've just come back from australia

and it was partly being there that crystallised my thinking. they've just had an election, the labour party whose ratings were way better than labours are at the moment, the lead leader bill shorten's rate is way better than jeremy corbyn's but i knew from the times i've been to australia before that the public had decided well in advance they were not going to make bill shorten prime minister and i'm afraid i think they've done the same withjeremy corbyn and that means we are in a moment of national peril with this new, very right—wing, populist, hard brexit government, unless i think there is some major change then i'm really fearful what's going to happen to the country under boris johnson. let's look now what you've been reading and watching. this is about the singer katy perry. copied her song or course from a christian rap

song. that is a us court has ruled. katy perry herself gave evidence in the week long trial, she denied she had ever heard the song. that's among the most read. let's look at some of the most watched. we were telling you a little bit about this story earlier, interesting the most watched video, who is a sap rocky and why is he on tram ‘s raider, the us rapper on trial in sweden, that trial started within the last hour, he is accused of assaulting a 19—year—old in stockholm and the story about a children's hospital in aleppo. it was bombed in 2016. —— asap rocky. a british syrian doctor has decided to try and raise money to build a new one and her crowdfunding campaign raised £246,000 in two weeks. that doctor's

crowd wandered hospital brings up in syria is one of the most watched videos. i urge you to watch it. as we've just seen, the winners of one of the most talked about tv shows of the summer was crowned last night after two months of viewing. in a surprise for many, amber and greg won love island last night, over favourites tommy and molly—mae. let's look at the show in numbers. there were more than 80,000 applications for this year's series which took place over 57 episodes, starting in june. at its peak the show raked in 6 million viewers, becoming the most popular show on itv2. the winners will take home £50,000 between them — but it wasn't always guaranteed. in the ‘twist‘ which occurs every year, greg was given the option to "steal" the prize money in full for himself, before deciding to share it with amber. but as well as being about finding love, this year's

series saw many contestants fall out with each other in dramatic fashion. dr alex george — who appeared on the show last year — told bbc breakfast that the way the programme is produced and edited affects what viewers see. pa rt part of this is the production side of it, you know, telling people, you should go and have a chat with her if you like her or if you have a disagreement you should sort it out. the other side is the editing. i also think it depends on the group of people that you have there, last year we had a group of people that got on really well, had very few arguments, this year there has been more clashes of personality and that's reflected on what we've seen on screen. the environment is such that you make a bigger deal out of things that probably wouldn't be on the outside, but you're only focuses your relationships in your conversations, you haven't got any books, music, ways of ending any frustration in any kind of way, like exercising or whatever, you've got

to focus on the people around you andi to focus on the people around you and i think actually that makes little problems into really big problems. it's part of the psychology of the environment, i guess. your day job, you are working in accident and emergency. yes, in lewisham. i'm dry to get a picture, having been in the show, doing your dayjob, did you go home and watch the programme and think, why am i watching this when there's a real world out there? how have you dealt with the difference between your real life and that world you've been pa rt real life and that world you've been part of? you know what i think ca ptu res part of? you know what i think captures people ‘s imagination, the reason i still watch the show? you can relate to a lot of aspects of what you see, you can relate to the fallouts, the break—ups, fancying people that don't fancy you, falling in love, hopefully, that relate ability, actually i've experienced that, it's why people watch and i agree with a lot of the points being made, there's been some elements displayed that may be regrettable but the show shows the good, bad and ugly. but the show shows the good, bad and we but the show shows the good, bad and ugly. we saw michael and amber, greg

dealt with that situation and the whole love triangle in a very gentlemanly manner, with respect to amber and gave her the freedom to make the decision and i think there isa make the decision and i think there is a reflection of good aspects as well. it's a balance, i guess. that was doctor alex george, a former co ntesta nt was doctor alex george, a former contestant on the show. welljoining me now to talk more about the show is ash percival, entertainment editor at huff post uk. good morning and thanks for coming in to talk to us. you pick up on some of those points in a moment but i want to ask you, how surprised are you by the winners? i think we are all pretty short, we went into the final with tommy and molly as the favourites but we have crowned amber and greg is the winners. why? we watched amber going through a serious journey, she started watched amber going through a seriousjourney, she started coupled up seriousjourney, she started coupled up with michael and we all thought that was going to work out. it didn't, after the whole twist, we saw him decided to go withjoanna, she's been on quite the journey since, greg came in in the last two weeks, stormed to victory, surprised

everyone. why do you think that was, he isa everyone. why do you think that was, he is a nice guy? he's a really, really nice guy and after what amber had been through in the previous weeks before his entrance, it was her time to find mr right and i think greg certainly seems like that. they've got tests to come as they come out of the villa but they are shown in the last two weeks that they are capable of standing the test of time. i can see from the green on your face how much you've enjoyed this but has it been a top—notch series for you, this one? it has. we've seen an expected viewing figures for this, i think you said earlier 6 million people tuning in every night on itv2. broken records for the channel, in terms of what we've seen on the series, we've seen familiar storylines, series, we've seen familiar storyli nes, love series, we've seen familiar storylines, love triangles, squares, the twist, i think this series has had an airof the twist, i think this series has had an air of magic and i think that's made by the conversation that people have online and the way they interact with content. how much support has there been online? people love making the means, jokes,

tweets, there's been so much reaction, if you open your phone on a night when love ireland is on it floods your timeline and that's the key component about how people who watch the show interact with it in ways that aren't just traditionally done with tv. which could explain partly its popularity but i want to come back to that in a moment, i wa nted come back to that in a moment, i wanted to ask you, was itjust me? it seemed there were fewer catchphrases this year. it seemed there were fewer catchphrases this yearlj it seemed there were fewer catchphrases this year. i agree, although i think a message has been served up this year which will carry on for the series to come. let's talk about the popularity, especially with 16—34 —year—olds and especially with 16—34 —year—olds and especially with 16—34 —year—olds and especially with women. why? it's a very lucrative market, i think the show has been specifically targeted to appeal to the 16—34 market. how do you do that? they've tied in very well with brand partnerships that they've got, a fashion partnership, beauty partnerships, kind of the

appeal of the show is with some of the tie ins and the way the show looks aesthetically, it's a very pretty location, it's always sunny, you never see a drink the co ntesta nts you never see a drink the contestants are always looking top—notch, aren't they? i think that's part of the appeal of the show and why it's so popular with that market. itv is going to show love ireland twice a year from now on, have we reached the peak or is there appetite for more? the appetite has grown and the audience has grown year on year on year, we've had records, who knows what january holds, it's a very brave move i think to go to twice a year, there's a risk we could suffer from fatigue we will get bored with it, but going from the last five series and the way they've grown i don't think it shows any signs of slowing down anytime soon! i have a feeling you will be watching. certainly. and not just because it's you will be watching. certainly. and notjust because it's yourjob. really good to talk to you. thank you.

sport now and time for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. here is solid. are you a fan of love ireland? here is solid. are you a fan of love ireland ? that's an here is solid. are you a fan of love ireland? that's an interesting question. i will sit on the fence on that one. gareth bale has pulled out of real madrid's trip to munich for a pre—season tournament after the club blocked a move to china. last week, real boss zinedine zidane said the welshman was "very close to leaving" having fallen out of favour. 0ur sports correspondent david 0rnstein has more on this. it's an incredible story. and if you think gareth bale was set for the big move to china, the report suggested he would sign a three—year contract and earn an incredible £1 million every week. he was pretty keen to go ahead with that and obviously his relationship is very bad with the real madrid coach. and the fans and some of the players. according to some reports. so the real madrid president cancelled the

deal because he thought he was going to get a transfer fee in exchange for gareth bale remember in 2013, joined real madrid for a world — record joined real madrid for a world—record £86 million the chinese clu b world—record £86 million the chinese club said no, hang on, we are paying so much on his salary we are not giving you any money for the tra nsfer giving you any money for the transfer fee so parents said, we are not having that, he pulled the plug on the deal and gareth bale has to stay at real madrid or so it seems. everton midfielder idrissa gueye has completed a transfer to paris saint—germain for a fee in the region of £30 million. the senegal international has been at everton for three years, afterjoining the club from aston villa. he returns to france after seven seasons with lille earlier in his career. 0nto cricket now — and with england fans onlyjust getting over their world cup victory, they look now to complete the perfect summer of cricket. the ashes begins on thursday against australia at edgbaston. the aussies hold the urn after victory down under in 2018, and ashley giles, managing director of english cricket,

says the team will have to "raise their game" to claim it back. the momentum, hopefully, we can take from that win into that this tournament is important. i don't know how we would have picked this group of players up if we hadn't got over the line on that sunday evening. but do you ever really need lifting for an ashes series? i'm looking out here at edgbaston now, fantastic ground, it's going to be a great atmosphere. we're a couple of days away from another ashes series, there's nothing quite like it in cricket. australia opener david warner limped out of training yesterday after suffering a bruised thigh. he was pictured receiving attention from medical staff and had an ice pack on. he is due to make his test comeback after being banned for 12 months for ball tampering. the back pages are looking ahead to the ashes too. the telegraph features captain joe root, who is set to move to number three for the first test,

as england try to deal with their top—order batting crisis. the guradian shows australia's david warner receiving treatment for that bruised thigh he's apparently picked up during training. and the sun have got joe root, with the headline, "have a joe hero". and they've got an exclusive on harry maguire and his proposed move to united. they say he's furious with leicester for not sorting out the transfer by now. andy murray says he could return to playing singles at the cincinnati masters next month. he'll compete with his brother, jamie, in the doubles at the washington 0pen later. they'll face edouard roger—vasselin and nicolas mahut in their opening—round match. he had previously said it was "pretty unlikely" he would play singles at the us 0pen, but said "the best—case scenario probably would be cincinnati". let's take a quick look at what's coming up later, and the build—up to the start of the ashes will continue today.

we'll be hearing from both the england and australia camps in sportsday at 6:30, along with a round—up of all the day's other sport. that's all the sport for now. more from the bbc sports centre at quarter past 11. bye from me. holly, thank you so much. we‘re in the middle of a ‘public health crisis‘ when it comes to sleep. that‘s the message from the head of one of the country‘s leading child sleep services, who says the full scale of children with sleeping problems is worse than previously thought. professor heather elphick has launched a scheme in sheffield which has helped hundreds of young people get more sleep, as louis lee ray reports. jackie and her twin daughters live near leeds. jessica and jasmine are four and they have always struggled to sleep. it wasn‘t helped by a difficult start in life. they had suffered chronic recurring illness and repeated hospital admissions, so the first

few years were tough. the girls‘ sleep got so bad it was having a devastating effect on the whole family. i was planning to return to work after 12 months but there was no way i could. according to the nhs, these girls are just two of the thousands getting help for sleep conditions. they were referred to the sleep clinic where nurses come up with a bedtime routine specific for each patient. the girls were diagnosed with restless legs. that often wakes them as they sleep so they were prescribed a gentle sedative. jackie also stuck to the routine she worked out with the clinic. this clinic in sheffield is one of a small number of services around the uk and it is stretched. they see 800 new children a year and the situation is getting worse. it‘s postcode lottery when it comes to sleep services across the country.

provision is very patchy. this is a hidden public health crisis when it comes to sleep. but things are looking up for the girls. after almost a year, jessica and jasmine have been given the all clear from the service. i don‘t even really like talking about the days prior to sleep. but on a good night we can walk out and then 12 hours later they will wake up. you can see more on this story on the victoria derbyshire programme at 10 o‘clock this morning it takes place every four years and has more young participants than the olympic games. for the last ten days 50,000 young people from every corner of the world have been at a purpose—built camp site in west virginia celebrating the work of the scout movement. the world jamboree aims to bring them all together through friendship, culture and sport. from there, mike bushell reports

from across the world they came, nearly 50,000 scouts from most of the countries on earth to make new friends, party and challenge themselves in dozens of sports. to west virginia usa, and a venue on a scale never seen before. look at the scale of this. just as these scouts have come from across the world, so the whole movement has come so far since the first world scout jamboree when there were just 7000 or 8000 scouts. now there are far more than five times that number and here they are gathering for the opening ceremony. among them, this 14—year—old from kenya. he is here thanks to a foundation. it gives more opportunities and education to young people like him.

i come to know them from all the different countries, i have never see them. and it‘s good for me to see them. and it‘s good for me to see them. no matter where we are we're still brothers and sisters. every scout has digital wristband that helps them connect with each other and also reach the network of 50 million scouts around the world. bear grylls, a former scout himself, is here and he leads by example. above all, scouting gave me friendships and a sense of pride. we see such a divided world in so many ways, you know. this, for me, is a reminder that actually what bonds us together is much more than what separates us to stick it stands for so much. almost 50% of the scouts here are now female. meeting different people has changed my life.

we met loads of different people from countries and learned about their cultures and it is helped me open my eyes to what my life is like and how it is different to other people‘s. you become neighbours with the world. the italians are setting up their tents here, next to the chileans. all the countries are mixed up together so you don‘t know who your neighbours will be. this is competitive as well. you get more points the more activities you do. awards for whether it be climbing sports, watersports or aerial sports. and this is the uk against colombia. and what better way to bond with new friends than with the teamwork needed in sport, and on a record breaking scale. the largest zipline network, the second—biggest skate park in the us. everything is now here to stay

on this permanent site. 14 million young people living in refugee camps and most of them do not have the opportunity for this. and because we think we are the biggest movement, youth movement for education so we are trying to bring education to those kids. it means that here in this city they are as one, equally scouts. learning about each other and their own cultures, different nations through direct interaction whether it be through sport or sitting around and having a chat. weather in a moment, but before we go, have a look at these pictures which show hundreds of volunteers helping to rescue a pod of whales stranded on a beach in florida. tents were erected above the beached whales to protect them from the sun. three of the animals were loaded on to boats to be released back into the gulf of mexico, and two were taken by truck to receive further treatment.

let‘s catch up with the weather. 0n the other side of the newsroom is susan powell. clearly very warm weather in florida. it was so hot here last week and yet, feels like a very different story this week? absolutely. hard to believe this time last week temperatures for some of us were ten or 15 degrees above where they are now. that heat has gone but has taken summer weather? for some of us, it‘s going to look and feel that way for the next few days at least, low pressure rolling into our shores and it‘s turning things pretty stormy actually. skies across london currently, the umbrellas are up, a lot of thunderstorms courtesy of this low pressure and for the next few days, it slowly pulls its way from the south—west across eventually into the north sea. here it is at the

moment, looks a bit like a washing machine drum throwing the and pants around, this wide area is a band showers, throwing across a good part of england and wales, even in the next few hours. strong and gusty winds especially along the south coast 45 miles an hour, some of these showers are really throwing these showers are really throwing the down, problems reported on the m4 in south wales with surface water flooding and a similar story possible elsewhere as the showers become more vigorous. if we get a little bit of sunshine that injects energy in, hail and thunder and heavy rain to contend with, driest and brightest parts of east anglia, the north—east of england, showers for southern scotland and northern ireland this afternoon, some popping up ireland this afternoon, some popping up in the north—west of scotland. through the evening, we see the shower focusing shifting further north as the low centre rolled through, the showers sitting across the midlands, some for east anglia and northern england. drier story to the south, quite a murky night with lives of 15 and 16 degrees. there is

the loot tomorrow, what‘s the difference? shifting a little bit further towards the north—east, hence the focus of the showers will sit further towards the north—east but i think we see some breaking out elsewhere, for example across scotla nd elsewhere, for example across scotland as the date pans out but it should be considerably drier, much lighter winds for the likes of southern england, wales and northern ireland. temperatures, back in the realms of the average, we are looking at high teens to low 20s quite typically. for thursday, the low fills, it weakens, we lose the strong winds, but it will keep things a little unsettled into the north—east of the uk. slow moving showers which could bring some significant rainfall totals to scotla nd significant rainfall totals to scotland and northern england on thursday. elsewhere, we should see drier conditions, sunny spells and highs of 23 or 24. by friday, the low pulling out into the north sea, i cannot promise you unbroken sunshine but i can promise you what looks to be a quieter and drier day,

the start of the weekend also looks like we will see high pressure but i‘m afraid by sunday, we could be back to square one with low pressure approaching once again and further showers to contend with.

hello, it‘s tuesday, it‘s 10 o‘clock, i‘m victoria fritz. we are facing a public health crisis when it comes to children‘s ability to sleep, according to a groundbreaking clinic in sheffield. we‘ll find out how they‘ve managed to boost children‘s sleep by more than two hours a night. a very emotional time for myself and my husband. just knowing that somebody understood what you were saying and said that they‘d be able to help you. police officers involved in the probe into allegations made by carl beech into a vip paedophile ring should themselves be investigated, a former high courtjudge has said. we‘ll bring you the latest.