you're watching bbc news at 9:003m with me, rebecca jones. the headlines... mps call for dedicated police officers in schools, saying violence among youths is now a "social emergency". flash flooding in north yorkshire causes a bridge to collapse, and roads are washed away. flood warnings are in place across the north and west. borisjohnson is in northern ireland for crucial talks to try to restore the stormont government, amid continued tension over the prime minister's brexit plans. clearly, the people of northern ireland have been without a government, without stormont, for two years and six months, so my prime focus this morning is to do everything i can to help that to get up and running again, because i think that's profoundly in the interests of the people here. investment in the uk

car industry plummets, as companies spend heavily on preparations for a no—deal brexit. britain's ten hottest days on record have all taken place since 2002. scientists say it's a clear sign of climate change. and at 9:40, we speak to world champion swimmer adam peaty after he claims his third gold medal at the world aquatics championships. good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9:00am. mps have called on the new prime minister to take "personal responsibility" for tackling knife and gun crime among young people. they say schools in areas with a higher risk

of youth violence should be given dedicated police officers. the home affairs committee criticised the government's current violence reduction strategy as "completely inadequate" in its report, the committee called for more investment into neighbourhood policing — including a commitment to get a police officer into "all schools in areas with an above—average risk of serious youth violence" by april 2020. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. a young life cut short. yousef makki from greater manchester died in march after being stabbed in the heart. he was only 17. the knife violence which led to the death of yousef and a growing number of other teenagers is described in a new report as an epidemic. the home affairs committee says young people are being failed by agencies and whitehall departments that are meant to keep them safe. teenagers are dying on our streets, and families are being devastated. but the government's response is just completely inadequate.

at a time where we've had a perfect storm of youth service cuts, police cuts, county line drug networks, and school exclusions, and the government isn't taking strong enough action on any of them. in april, theresa may held a summit on youth violence and set up a ministerial taskforce. but the committee is concerned momentum is being lost, and says the new prime minister must take the lead. the report says borisjohnson must drive activity to reduce youth violence. it says schools in the worst—affected areas should have dedicated police officers, and it calls for a youth service guarantee to ensure funding is provided for outreach workers and community projects. it's designed to steer young people away from gang culture, knife crime and gun violence. the home office disputes some of the committee's findings, and says the government is taking urgent action to keep communities safe. danny shaw, bbc news.

kit malthouse is the home office minister in charge of police. hejoins us now. thank you he joins us now. thank you for joining us on bbc news. why do you think youth violence has got so much worse? it's hard to tell. the drivers of youth violence are very complex. you know, it behoves us as a government to try to tease out what they are and try to do something about them. shouldn't you have done that by now, though, given... we certainly have in the past. in 2008 i was deputy mayor for policing in london when we were dealing with a similar upsurge in knife crime in london. we had 29 people stabbed and killed in one yearin people stabbed and killed in one year in london back then and that was at a time when resources were plenty with gordon brown spending money like water and police officer numbers were high. so there are complex issues about the way young people are living their lives. i agree with you, i'm not sure entirely that things have changed

completely, although in the ten year intervening period there have been quite a lot of the development offers an online life for young people, for example, which we need to appreciate. the propagation of gang culture online is something that has grown over the last ten or 15 years and we need to address that. alongside 20,000 extra police officers and a big growth in enforcement powers and capacity, we need to look coherently at what the long—term drivers are and look at where we can turn young peoples lives away from violence, and frankly away from the proclivity to use a weapon in the moment, in a moment of conflict. 0ne use a weapon in the moment, in a moment of conflict. one of the issues we have looked at, highlighted in the report is this notion of absence from school and truancy, young people transitioning from junior school to secondary school, where they find that change gives them an opportunity to drop out of full—time education and get involved perhaps in a culture with people who lead them astray and we need to look at those areas are. therefore, when the committee suggests that schools in areas with a high risk of youth violence should

be given dedicated police officers, that something you would agree with and will do something about? absolutely, yes. is that a commitment? in the outcome of the deployment of police officers is sane operational matter and it's up for a chief constable to decide where a police officer should perform that function, but i would encourage them to seriously consider it. i was in welwyn garden city yesterday and talking to police officers who have long—term relationships with local kids, one of them over 14 years as a pcso who has watched kids go from toddlers to teenagers and in the town centre is able to interact with them in a way thatis able to interact with them in a way that is familiar and respectful and can deal with problems as they arise and that's kind of relationship we need to get to. it's not suitable for every school but certainly with schools where there is a perceived issue,is schools where there is a perceived issue, is the case that a good relationship with local police is absolutely vital. the children's commissioner says unless the government treats this as a top priority, children will continue to die on our streets. and yet we know

that brexit is the government's top priority and the prime minister has said that. do you accept children will continue to die on our streets because of brexit? no, and that's an unfair question. it's perfectly possible for a government to do two things at the same time. there are domestic and international priorities. brexit is a short—term international priority. perhaps because brexit has been a blanket presence across the media, but my predecessors in the home office have done a huge amount of work on this. there is a serious vinous strategy and that hundreds of millions have been spent on interventions and policing. we have violence reduction units across the country now but it hasn't been reported because there hasn't been reported because there has been little room in the media to do so. now we have a new leadership and we are input increasing police capacity to do more. myjob is to drive capacity around youth violence and violence in all its forms across the country because it is causing alarm among people. when brexit is done, as it will be by october 31, what will be revealed is a vigorous

domestic agenda, as part of which crime is the primary concern. one final question about brexit, because i know this is something you have looked at in the past, and that is the irish backstop. borisjohnson says the backstop has to go. the irish prime minister says it has to stay. can you see a way through? in the end, it fundamentally comes down toa the end, it fundamentally comes down to a decision for the eu whether here they are willing to compromise and come to the table and talk about alternatives to the withdrawal agreement is currently proposed. the prime minister has made it clear that the withdrawal agreement as it stands with the backstop will not pass and is unacceptable. if the eu therefore refuses to come and discuss, they are being let in transit and, they are therefore choosing no dealfor transit and, they are therefore choosing no deal for both of us and in those circumstances we have to prepare and make sure we mitigate the effects in northern ireland in particular. but his commitment, and he is prime minister of the united kingdom and the union, his commitment is that the whole of the

united kingdom has to leave the eu, and the brexit backstop does not allow us to do that. kit malthouse, thank you for your time. a bridge has collapsed and roads have been washed away following flash flooding in north yorkshire. homes and businesses have also been hit and there's been a landslide on the main settle to carlisle railway line. it's after around two weeks worth of rain fell injust an hour. jon donnison reports. after last week's sunshine, now the rain, and with it flash—flooding in the yorkshire dales. the river swale in grinton now a raging torrent. the small town of leyburn also badly affected. i was really concerned for the residents here, because the water has gone through their houses. some people have had to move in with the lady next door, and one or two people are living upstairs in the house now, as well. i'm pleased with the response from richmondshire district council, bringing sandbags, and north yorkshire council and the highways have brought traffic lights to divert the traffic. and it has been a challenging 2a

hours for the emergency services. unfortunately the fire station was one of the first victims of the flash—flooding, and that was largely down to the fact that the crews were already out and about, helping the local community. and, with more rain forecast today and tomorrow, things could get worse before they get better. jon donnison, bbc news. 0ur correspondent tim muffett is in grinton in north yorkshire. what's the situation there? good morning. as you can see, this road is flooded and many of the roads surrounding this area are blocked. within the village itself, a bridge collapsed as this huge amount of rain cascaded down and caused widespread damage. the farm you can see ahead of you now was extensively flooded. we spoke to the farmer a little while ago and he said there isa little while ago and he said there is a huge operation under way for him and many of the crops are

com pletely him and many of the crops are completely ruined. alex and joe, you we re completely ruined. alex and joe, you were going to be running a festival this weekend which is now cancelled. what happened yesterday? that's right, we were running a festival and yesterday, the weather, as you have seen, it turns to the absolute worst. the rain that fell, 16 centimetres in an hour that devastated the place, the river banks blue and the road was three foot high, tree trunks, cars and hay bales flowing down and taking everything out in its path. local businesses, residents and landowners, there's so much devastation and we are doing everything we can to that first off. you're used to extreme weather in this part of the world that this was unlike anything else, joe. this part of the world that this was unlike anything else, joe. for sure, like alex said, we had 160 millimetres of rain in an hour. we we re millimetres of rain in an hour. we were stood here and within 20 minutes it went from six inches to

three or four feet, which was unprecedented. it must have been scary. very scary. we had ten guys trapped on one side of the road and another five in the field, kind of on an island with nowhere to go at one point. what happens now? there isa one point. what happens now? there is a big clean—up operation under way here. when do you see things getting back to normal? it'll take quite a while for the water soup subside and get to the point where we can get down to and clean everything, but the main focus is to make sure everyone is safe and we can have access. roads on all sides of the valley are pretty much blocked now so it's really hard to get in. a huge amount of people have contacted us to ask if they can turn up contacted us to ask if they can turn up to support us in the clean—up, which has been amazing to get that feedback and support, but right now we want to focus on developing a plan and make sure we get everything in place to develop and deal with it. good luck with the clean—up

operation and thankfully nobody was injured or hurt. thank you for your time. as you can see, the clean—up operation is still under way and roads are still flooded. waters seem to be subsiding a little bit but there is a long way to go before normality resumes. tim muffett, thank you for the update from grinton. the owner of ladbrokes coral has been fined £5.9 million for not protecting vulnerable customers and for failings in its anti—money laundering measures. the gambling commission says that over a three—year period, ladbrokes and coralfailed to put effective safeguards in place to "prevent consumers suffering gambling harm". 0ne customer lost £98,000 and had asked the company to stop sending promotions. i'm joined by our business correspondent dominic 0'connell. £5.9 million, it sounds like a hefty fine, but is it? one of the biggest finds the gambling commission has ever levied on a company. in the

whole of last year it only find companies over the whole industry for £20 million so a 6 million is very big. the background is gambling companies are expected to have safeguards in place to look for unconventional movements in customer accounts, to guard against money—laundering and also protect problem gamblers from doing themselves too much harm. in the case of the £98,000 customer that you talked about, this person had a 460 attempts to deposit money into his account refused by his bank. they still did not contact him to find out what was happening. he also asked to stop sending him promotions. a new customer deposited £140,000 in their account over four months and ladbrokes did not contact them to see whether money had come from. that is the anti—money—laundering aspect of it. this behaviour the gambling commission is talking about was between 2014 and 2017 and they say there were systemic failings that elaborate coral. it has been since

bought by another company, gvc, who said this morning that they were systemic failings. putting it into a bigger picture, is this a sign of the gambling commission getting tougher with companies?m the gambling commission getting tougher with companies? it is, and the gambling commission has been at pains to talk out about how it is putting pressure on these companies. it has been under pressure itself. deputy leader of the labour party tom watson has pushed hard on the gambling commission saying it is not fit for purpose and he wants a much tougher watchdog to clamp down on gambling companies and this is against the backdrop of gambling moving from being a high street activity with gambling shops that are closing quite quickly, to off—line and offshore. policing and industry that is now multinational and large the operating offshore through the internet is very difficult, so maybe there is a regulatory change coming for the gambling commission as well. dominic 0'connell, thank you.

boris johnson will attempt to help restore the devolved government in belfast, when he meets political leaders in northern ireland today. he's said he's determined to ensure power—sharing talks are a success. but it's likely that much of today's talk will focus on brexit. northern ireland's border with the republic of ireland will of course be up for discussion. after brexit it will become the uk's only land border with the eu. expect to hear more talk of the proposed irish backstop today, which has caused deep divisions between the parties. the backstop is the insurance policy designed to keep an open border, which would keep northern ireland more closely tied to the eu than the rest of the uk. borisjohnson and the dup say the eu has to get rid of it to avoid a no—deal brexit. but yesterday, in their first phone call, the irish prime minister leo varadkar told mrjohnson that whatever happens the backstop must stay. arriving for the talks this morning, the prime minister said his main concern though is getting

the stormont government up and running again. good morning, how are you doing. it's great to be here in northern ireland. clearly, the people of northern ireland have been without a government, without stormont, for two years and six months, so my prime focus this morning is to do everything i can to help that to get up and running again, because i think that's profoundly in the interests of the people here. all of the citizens here in northern ireland. i will be helping the parties in any way i can to get that going and over the line. i expect brexit may come up a little bit! i don't rule that out. i think the crucial thing to stress is that i obviously attach huge importance to the letter, the spirit, of the belfast, good friday agreement, and will be insisting on that. other than that, it's fantastic to be here. thank you very much. how

impartial can you be given that you have already dined with the dup? it's all there in the good friday agreement was that we believe in com plete agreement was that we believe in complete impartiality and we will observe that. the crucial thing is to get the stormont government up and running again. thank you. let's speak to our correspondent, keith doyle, who is at stormont in belfast. we heard boris johnson we heard borisjohnson saying the priority is restoring the power sharing there where you are. will that be the focus, or will it actually be brexit? that's certainly what the prime minister is saying the focus will be. he arrived here a little over an hour ago at stormont and is carrying out meetings with all the various parties inside. have you —— as you heard from the statement there, he said the power—sharing executive, the restoring of that, would be his priority. there hasn't been one here for two and a half years after a row between the two main parties, the dup and sinn fein, but brexit is at

front and centre, and that backstop. interesting he did not mention anything about brexit in that statement, but all the parties will wa nt to statement, but all the parties will want to talk about brexit and the backstop. the prime minister has made it absolutely clear that there will be no withdrawal agreement that includes that backstop, as he explained there, that insurance policy for the irish border. he has said no deal is preferable to a deal with the backstop in it. business leaders have all agreed that if there is a no deal scenario then the implications for the economy of northern ireland will be very serious. the leader of the dup, arlene foster, said a short time ago that while she wanted a deal, she realised the deal is a good thing for northern ireland, she said no deal must remain a bargaining chip and must remain on the table. this is what she told us here a short time ago. if you are negotiating, there's no point in taking options off the table if you are negotiating.

sometimes i wonder, when i hear these people say you have to take no deal off the table, have these people ever been engaged in negotiating, because it's important all options are on the table to enable you to get the best deal, and that's what we want to get, the best deal going forward and not one that is bad for northern ireland, which the withdrawal agreement was, in terms of the economy and indeed in terms of the constitution of the united kingdom. arlene foster there. as you are saying, the backstop is front and centre in any talks about this subject. boris johnson centre in any talks about this subject. borisjohnson says it has to go. the irish prime minister says it has to stay. can you see any way through? that's the conundrum of northern ireland politics, and indeed brexit politics, isn't it? borisjohnson had indeed brexit politics, isn't it? boris johnson had the indeed brexit politics, isn't it? borisjohnson had the phone call with the irish taoiseach, prime minister leo varadkar yesterday, six days after becoming prime minister. they said that phone call was cordial and friendly but clearly both sides are at loggerheads. boris

johnson saying there can be no withdrawal agreement that includes the backstop. the irish prime minister, the taoiseach, saying there can be no withdrawal agreement that does not include the backstop. how we work a way out of that conundrum, who knows. but clearly the backstop is, as you say, front and centre. the president on sinn fein, mary lou mcdonald, has said the backstop is actually the minimum guarantee that is required in any kind of deal. this is what she had to say. the withdrawal agreement is not up for renegotiation, so the british government cannot and will not intimidate the irish government, or the people who voted to remain. those days are long gone. the backstop is the bare minimum required to safeguard irish interests, and no—one with a care for ireland or irish interests would consider renegotiating or reducing the minimum safeguards of the backstop at the behest

of borisjohnson. the prime minister borisjohnson is having meetings with the five main northern ireland parties at the moment. if we can pull the camera out, you can see we are prepared for state m e nts out, you can see we are prepared for statements from the various parties and once they finish their meetings they will come out to let us know how they got on with the prime minister. 0bviously how they got on with the prime minister. obviously very entrenched positions here. you might be able to see in the distance, what you might call normal politics in northern ireland, protesters, workers from the harland and wolff shipyard, calling for guarantees on theirjobs and security for the harland and wolff shipyard, famous for where the titanic was built. lots going on in stormont and we will keep you updated with all the reactions from bbc news throughout the morning. keith doyle from stormont in belfast, no doubt we will talk to you soon. thank you.

the body which represents the car industry says new investment has fallen dramatically as companies spend hundreds of millions of pounds preparing for a no—deal brexit. the society of motor manufacturers and traders has warned that no—deal would present an "existential threat" to the industry. our business correspondent theo leggettjoins me now. i know investment is down, but production is also down as well, so which is more worrying? it's a pretty bleak picture across the board. production is down, and there are many reasons for that, the biggest one is that demand is down around the world, particularly in markets like china. eight out of ten ca i’s markets like china. eight out of ten cars made in this country are exported, so production is down by about a fifth. some of that is due to factory shutdowns in april that we re to factory shutdowns in april that were brought forward from the summer in case we left the european union in dramatic fashion, back in april, and that didn't happen of course.

despite that, production is down by about 15%. but the body has said what is more worrying is the fall in investment. this is what their chief executive had to say. 0ver over the last seven years, the uk automotive industry was a real success automotive industry was a real success story, averaging something like £2.5 billion per annum. the first six months of this year, it's not half of that 2.5 billion, it has been 90 million, a massive drop off because of the fear of no deal. yes, we are in a bit of a down point of a cycle, but anecdotally, what we are seeing is the fear of no deal is causing investors to hold back and wait and see what will happen. that was the chief executive of the smmt. in earlyjuly we had an announcement from jaguar land rover to say they were investing close to £1 billion in one of theirfactories

to prepare them for the production of electric cars, that's one bit of good news, but the smmt has said that's an outlier because investment has stalled everywhere else. throughout the world the industry is investing heavily in things like electric cars and autonomous vehicles. another point, the industry is having to spend a lot of money on contingency planning for a no—deal brexit at the moment. according to smmt, that figure is around £33 million and some of that money has been effectively wasted because it was spent on bringing forward factory shutdowns in april which cannot now be repeated in 0ctober. all of this money is being used, not being invested, at a time when the industry feels it needs to be investing. and let's not forget, in the uk we have the honda swindon plant due to shut down in 2021. ford wa nts to plant due to shut down in 2021. ford wants to shut down a plant in bridgend and nissan has taken work that was meant to go to a plant in sunderland, to japan. the problem is, those factories are going for

different reasons, not down to brexit, but the problem is that fear of brexit is deterring investment so no money is coming in to replace the jobs and work that is leaving. theo leggett, business correspondence, thank you. the latest uk climate data has revealed that the ten hottest years on record have all taken place since 2002. analysis of temperature records, dating back to 1884, also reveals that none of the 10 coldest years has occurred since 1963. scientists say the report underlines how much the uk has been affected by climate change, as our science editor, david shukman, explains. temperatures so low, the sea off kent actually froze. this was back in 1963, one of the chilliest years experienced in britain over the last century. but what is significant is that since that icy time, we haven't had a year quite so brutally cold. there's obviously been plenty of snow more recently, some paralysing much of the country, but in terms of temperature,

none of the years since the early ‘60s has ranked as one of the top ten coldest. by contrast — and this is very striking — the ten warmest years for more than a century have all come since 2002. the recent heatwaves are part of a pattern, and it's yet more evidence, says the met office, of our climate changing. this year so far, we have already experienced the hottest winter day on record, in february, and the hottest summer day on record. and this is all part of a pattern of change that we are seeing, both globally and here in the uk, and it is a trend that we are expecting to continue into the future. archive: never admit there's such a thing as a solid snow covering... so will we ever get scenes like this again? well, the british weather is so fickle, you can never be totally sure. last year saw the cold and snow

of the ‘beast from the east'. then, later in the same year, we had the joint—hottest summer on record. but as the average temperature rises, bit by bit, cold years become less likely and hot ones more likely. david shukman, bbc news. let's discuss this further with professor liz bentley, chief executive of the royal meteorological society. thank you for coming in to talk to us. thank you for coming in to talk to us. tell us a little bit more about what else you've found. this report comes out every year and looks back at the previous year's climate and ecological data for the uk and co m pa res ecological data for the uk and compares it to previous decades and records that go back to the late 18005. records that go back to the late 1800s. the highlight messages that came out, you have already mentioned the top ten warmest years in the uk have all happened since 2002. and we haven't had any of our top ten cold est yea rs haven't had any of our top ten coldest years since 1963. there is a

definite indication that climate change is having an impact on our climate in the uk and leading to that warming trend we are seeing. more extremity, clearly, but how surprised were you? not surprised. the report picks up on things that happened last year, highlighting things we were aware of. we talk about the summer heatwave we had last year, it talks about the beast from the east that happened in late winter and early spring. we know about these things but it puts it into context compared to previous decades. even though we had this period of cold weather with the beast from the east, on balance, the whole year of 2018 was the seventh warmest year we have had on record. the government says it is doing all it can to combat climate change. is it? theresa may introduced her net zero carbon bill before she stood down as prime minister and there are definite actions and activities taken by government. there is work to be done from the point of view of mitigation of climate change, how we

reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and it needs to be driven out government and business level, and also us as individuals need to take also us as individuals need to take a stance on that. what can we do? as individuals, it's about reducing the amount of fossil fuels we use, thinking about petrol and diesel cars, using them less or converting to electric cars. reduce the amount of meat we eat, maybe have one day per week where we don't eat meat, red meat in particular. trying to reduce the amount of fossil fuels we use, consuming less energy, and everything we can do is an important pa rt everything we can do is an important part of this. what about in terms of how we set up, like infrastructure, thinking of how the railways buckled in the heat in the last few days. in order to get us ready, it's going to cost millions, billions. that's right. we can talk about how we mitigate against climate change but we need to be adapting already. we

have seen evidence of climate change already happening. with the heatwave last week, we had problems on the rail network. 0ther last week, we had problems on the rail network. other parts of the world that experience these kinds of temperatures on a regular basis are geared up for it but our network isn't geared up for these extreme temperatures. in order to convert the network to something that can manage that on a regular basis will ta ke manage that on a regular basis will take a significant amount of investment. south korea says that north korea has launched two short range ballistic missiles from its east coast. last week, the north fired two short—range ballistic missiles, describing the tests as a "solemn warning" to seoul, as it plans to conductjoint military exercises with the united states next month. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is in seoul. laura, what more can you tell us about what actually happened? south korean military analysing still the path they took but they

we re still the path they took but they were from the east coast. they flew about 120 miles and very low. but it doesn't sound very far, but they we re doesn't sound very far, but they were going very fast. this is a new type of missile similar to the ones they test fired last week. they are thought to be capable of avoiding radar and detection. now, thought to be capable of avoiding radarand detection. now, here thought to be capable of avoiding radar and detection. now, here in south korea, we have a missile defence system put here by the united states, and it is thought that north korea could be developing new kinds of weapons to try to avoid that missile detection service. new line in your view, why do you think they were fired? what message with a trying to send? it is very difficult to figure out what pyongyang is thinking at any time, but there are two main things we think are going on. first, thosejoint military exercises between the united states

and south korea which will take place in the next couple of weeks. every year, north korea sees them as a provocation in preparation for war and every year, they react in some way. the difference is this year, they reacted before the military exercises take place, which suggests they are trying to prevent them taking place at all. the us and south korea have scaled them right back and it is mostly computerised, but still, north korea seems to find them some kind of provocation. also, it is worth noting that despite the fa ct it is worth noting that despite the fact donald trump is brushing this off and saying these are only small missile test, certainly, north korea might be pushing and trying to pressure seoul and washington to say, hang on a second, you say you are in no rush, but we are showing there is a sense of urgency here. there could be more tests in the future. how long can donald trump continue to say that these are small

missile tests and brush them away? especially in that run up to the 2020 presidential campaign. laura, thanks so much for that, from seoul. in a moment, the weather, but first let's here's victoria derbyshire with what she's got coming up in her programme at ten. he was falsely accused of being part of the vip paedophile ring and now former mp harvey proctor wants an independent inquiry into how police made enquiries into false allegations made by carl beech. we will talk to harvey proctor about the effect the allegations had on his life at ten o'clock. now, forecast, with carol. we had torrential rain yesterday that carried on through tonight and a similar story that carried on through tonight and a similarstory in

that carried on through tonight and a similar story in similar areas today. the risk of localised flooding and also thunder and lightning. as temperatures rise, we could see further thundery showers across scotland, but a drier day across scotland, but a drier day across south wales and southern england and northern ireland. temperatures up to 23 or 24 at best. this evening and overnight, hanging on to the showers initially, but by the end of tonight, they fade. shell is still lingering across northern and western scotland. clear skies and western scotland. clear skies and temperatures falling to between 12 and 14. tomorrow, we have low pressure close to the east coast so we are prone to showers here and as temperatures rise during the day, we could equally see further showers develop and showers still have the chance of being heavy and thundery. temperatures ranging from 16 in the north to highs of 25 in the south.

hello, this is bbc news, with rebecca jones. the headlines: mps call for dedicated police officers in schools, saying violence among youths is now a ‘social emergency‘. flash flooding in north yorkshire causes a bridge to collapse — and roads are washed away. flood warnings are in place across the north and west. boris johnson's in northern ireland for crucial talks to try to restore the stormont government, amid continued tension over the prime minister's brexit plans. clearly, the people in northern ireland have been without a government, without stormont for two yea rs government, without stormont for two years and six months, so my prime focus this morning is to do everything i can to help that get up and running again, so i think that is profoundly in the interests of people here. investment in the uk car industry plummets, as companies spend heavily on preparations for a no—deal brexit britain's ten hottest days on record have all taken place since 2002 — scientists say it's a clear sign of climate change.

and we speak to world champion swimmer adam peaty, after he claims his third gold medal at the world aquatics championships. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. so let's put my glasses on! the most read story at the moment, you will have heard us telling you about this, a £5.9 million fine. the gambling commission has given this to ladbrokes carol after one customer lost £98,000. the most watched videos, extraordinary story is the most watched, a toddler in china, a three—year—old, the toddler

fell six storeys and was caught by passers—by holding out a large blanket and survives. no reports of any injuries. so that is an extraordinary video catching people's i. and look at this, as well, a town in the austrian alps. hallstatt. a town of only 800 people, but because it is so picturesque, it is getting 1 million tourists a year. and so that is another film which i tourists a year. and so that is anotherfilm which i think tourists a year. and so that is another film which i think you tourists a year. and so that is anotherfilm which i think you might enjoy and clearly, lots of other people on the bbc website are enjoying. let's get more now on borisjohnson visiting northern ireland for his first time as prime minister. yesterday evening, he had dinner with members of the democratic unionist party, whose ten mps have propped up the minority conservative government since the 2017 general election. the dup's leader, arlene foster, told bbc breakfast that they discussed their common aim of getting a brexit

deal, but said no—deal must remain on the table during talks. we talked about the fact that we both wanted to get a deal. that dublin and, indeed, brussels, needed to dial back on the rhetoric and be a willing partner to find a deal notjust for the united kingdom, but for the republic of ireland and the whole of europe. so it is important that we focus on trying to get a deal, moving forward, instead ofjust focusing on a no—deal scenario. no—deal is on the table because of the fact that we have a very belligerent european union who, instead of focusing on a deal that was good for all of us, wanted to break up the united kingdom — something, of course, which no british prime minister should be a part of. if there were a no—deal, would you back it, would you vote for it? well... well, it's not a question of — would we back it, would we not back it? i think what is important

is that we leave the european union on october 31st, we use the time available to us now to find a deal that works for us all. we should focus on that. instead of being downbeat about trying to get a deal, we should actually be looking to the future post—brexit as to what the united kingdom can do. there's been a lot of talking down of the united kingdom over this past three and a half years. i regret that, i regret it bitterly. but instead of doing that now, we should be focusing on getting a deal that works for the whole of the uk and not one that breaks up the uk. i tell you why i keep asking you this question, because borisjohnson has made very clear — particularly as he was campaigning to become leader of the conservative party — that he is prepared for a no—deal brexit. he is prepared to take us out of the eu, take the uk out of the eu without a deal. and you are, as the dup, are propping up the conservative government. so, therefore, this is why i really want to understand if you willback a no—deal. because 55.8% of the people in northern ireland voted to remain in the eu, and they certainly didn't vote for a no—deal brexit. so, that's why i'm asking

you if you would back a no—deal brexit, and i would ask for a clear answer? well, there's two things there, naga. first of all, people talk about how northern ireland voted, how scotland voted, how wales voted. it is important to remember that the vote was a vote of the british people and notjust taken in different regions. and if we were to go against the will of the british people, that would be entirely undemocratic and it would be wrong. therefore, we have to deliver on the referendum result of 2016. that's the first thing. the second thing is, in relation to the no—deal issue, i think what happened during the negotiations over this past couple of years is that people didn't believe that we were serious about a no—deal situation, and you have to have that on the table if you're negotiating. there's no point in taking options off the table if you're negotiating. sometimes, i wonder, when i hear these people saying, you have to take no—deal off the table, have these people ever been engaged in negotiating? because it is important that all options are on the table to enable you to get the best deal. and that's what we want to get. we want to get the best deal, going forward, and not one

that is bad for northern ireland — which the withdrawal agreement was, in terms of the economy and, indeed, in terms of the constitution of the united kingdom. arlene foster. well, the prime minister has promised to do "everything in his power" to help efforts to restore the power—sharing government in northern ireland and is meeting each of the stormont parties this morning. the political analyst clare rice spoke to bbc breakfast about what the parties will be looking for from mrjohnson. from what we understand, his main purpose of being here in northern ireland today is really to try and engage with the parties, to find out what their perspectives are in the talks that we have ongoing here in northern ireland, to try and figure out what the issues are and, hopefully, to try and see a way where he could come forward then

and try to facilitate those ongoing talks. from the nationalist party side — so, we're talking sinn fein, sdlp, for example — those particular parties are going to be looking to speak to boris johnson particularly, i would say, with regard to his position on the backstop. so, of course, borisjohnson has said that they will die, brexit will happen on the 31st of october, and that's problematic in northern ireland because, of course, we know the well rehearsed issues that there will be with the backstop in northern ireland that exist with the backstop in northern ireland. and the very practical, and also, the symbolic significance that there may be if there is a return to a hard border, or any sort of infrastructure on the border here in northern ireland. so, very much parties on that side of the negotiations will be looking to seek assurances that borisjohnson perhaps isn't necessarily as forceful in his position on that, from the unionist side. of course, by and large, unionist voters are in favour of exiting the european union, so there'll need to be further reassurances on that, albeit borisjohnson has been very clear on it. but i think for northern ireland as a whole, actually, finding out what his position is with regard to the backstop, finding out what his real intentions are for northern ireland will be key today. and actually building those relationships, or starting to build those

relationships, at least, with the political parties here will be crucial. that's it for today's morning briefing. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's... will perry. good morning. the war of words has been relatively tame in the warm—up to the ashes, but ben stokes has done his bit to ramp it up ahead of tomorrow's first test. he says england will go "hard and fast" at the aussies from the first ball at edgbaston. stokes also says he'll need sleeping pills tonight to deal with the anticipation of the first test. australia are the holders, but england have won five out of the last eight series. they've confirmed that captain joe root will move up the order to bat at number three, withjoe denly moving to four. very excited. you know, i wasn't too fussed, really, where i was batting. it was just great to be in that starting 11. i've batted at four before, playing for kent and throughout my career, so for me, it wasn't really a big issue. just happy to be playing, like i said.

the ashes dominate this morning's back pages. more quotes from ben stokes in the telegraph. he says that england aren't fooled by australia's ‘nice—guy‘ image. he also says getting opening batsman david warner out is their big target — that's the headline in the times. and moeen ali has written an article in the guardian, he says his batting confidence is the lowest it's ever been, and he wants to get back to enjoying it. a couple of other lines of sports news to bring you this morning, and the wbc has provisionally suspended british boxer dillian whyte as the interim world heavyweight champion. whyte tested positive for a banned substance three days before he beat 0scar rivas injuly and is also provisionally suspended as mandatory challenger to deontay wilder. he'll now have to present his case to the wbc. caster semenya says she won't defend her 800m title at september's world championships. it's after a setback in the south african's fight against iaaf rules that prevent her from running without taking medication to restrict her levels of testosterone. a ruling allowing her to compete

has been over—turned. and stradivarius has become the first horse to land the goodwood cup three times in a row. it's eight successive victories now for the five year old under frankie dettori, who marked the occasion with one of his signature leaps. dettori is in red—hot form, it's his 10th group 1, top—level victory in 60 days. it was an unforgettable world aquatics championships for britain's adam peaty. he brought three gold medals home with him from the men's 50 and 100 metres breaststroke and the 4x100m medley relay. delighted to say he joins us in the studio now. you are something else, what are championships! the biggest race for me was the championships, happy to get the double in the 1,500, with the world record. it has been an incredible journey so far, but it is

0lympic year and the stakes are higher, the pressure is high, but thatis higher, the pressure is high, but that is what i enjoy. we have been talking about gold medals, but you got a bronze as well, four medals on the table today. a huge thing was breaking the 52nd barrier. project 56, which started after rio. it goes back a long time, notjust before the world championships. people started it before i did, that is the normal way, i only do the process, get the race going, i love the race, it is what i thrive on. people were already talking about project 55. that was me! that is 56 seconds and thatis that was me! that is 56 seconds and that is how much of a margin you get. if you look at 55 and that is even more, i didn't even know that was that big a margin, it was that -- it was that big a margin, it was that —— it was the first time i saw it. the type of guy you are and i have known you for a couple of years and interviewed you, i think you will not be the happiest man if you don't come home from tokyo with at least double gold. you will be angry at

yourself. i don't think i will be angry at double, i would be very angry at double, i would be very angry ifi angry at double, i would be very angry if i didn't get a single in the 100 metre individual. the relay isa the 100 metre individual. the relay is a little more complicated, you have to get everything right and eve ryo ne have to get everything right and everyone has to be firing and that is more risky, but that is what we do, we take risks in british swimming now, but calculated risks and that is who we are. and again, i just love racing. and all the training and everything else, the pressure, the media, you deal with it. because if you are not the best, thatis it. because if you are not the best, that is it. pressure come up mori knew, they are comparing you to michael phelps. mark foster said he's not michael phelps, he is outstanding, but not michael phelps. he is multidisciplined, you arejust in the breaststroke, how do you deal with those comparisons? yes, very different, just to be a breaststroke swimmer and dominating the event, thatis swimmer and dominating the event, that is what i am good at, that is the gift i was given and i am more than happy to dominate at that, but put me in a backstroke race and i

will be behind! you think about legacy? he is 34 and you are 24, he has ten years a newcomer to think about after swimming and when you might call it quits? we talk about swimming and say 24 is old, but it is not these days. no, every sport is not these days. no, every sport is moving on, you have better physiotherapists and teams around you and more research in every area now. realistically, 8—10 years, another two 0lympic now. realistically, 8—10 years, another two olympic games left, maybe three pushing it. other factors come in like when you want to start a family and another part of your life and that is the most important thing, when you know it is time. and maybe you could do a phelps and retire and come back! so much i want to talk to about. headlines made at the world aquatics championships, an athlete previously banned for doping offences and allegations of a new one at the moment, duncan scott your team—mate refused to take to the podium with him and it started with matt hot on the australian summer, is this a

fla p the australian summer, is this a flap in the face to clean athletes? yes, not just flap in the face to clean athletes? yes, notjust swimming, the whole world is fed up of people cheating their way to getting on the podium and it is embarrassing to see but people like duncan scott, that is who we need in the sport to take a stand and almost a protest that we shouldn't have to take. why are these people in the sport, why are these people in the sport, why are these people in the sport, why are these people being celebrated in their home countries? their moral compass is off and all we can do is give a show for everyone else and hopefully let the body take action in the long run and hopefully they are playing the long game and if not, that is what the athletes union is full. it is enough being done at the moment? no, across the board, i think the iaaf have taken a massive stand spanning russia, but the 0lympics would be an interesting time to see what happens with that, just let it develop and see what happens. but we have been saying this for three years and still

nothing has been happening. but who knows what motivations they have to keep them in the sport? one fascinating tweet you put out about the highs and lows and not a lot of people know you have suffered from and so on and you talked about locking it away on the day to come back with these medals and have the huge success you have had. it hasn't a lwa ys huge success you have had. it hasn't always been plain sailing for you? no, people look at athletes, i certainly have been called a god in the water and people look at you as you have no weakness and you have to be that, that alternate personality. but at home, that is when the g reyness but at home, that is when the greyness creeps in and when you have the pressure on the day—to—day life of just trying to the pressure on the day—to—day life ofjust trying to achieve something incredible, but you are not getting that kind of high from the spot, that kind of high from the spot, thatis that kind of high from the spot, that is when it creeps in. yes, you have to look after yourself, but hopefully, people have mates they can talk to and people can talk to me atany can talk to and people can talk to me at any time. we have to be there

for each of the more now than ever. i eschewed to take your top off and the guns out today, you have a little space, are you saving that for tokyo? yes, there, beside the lion and on this arm, and achilles. are you going to stop or go full body? it is addictive! congratulations, best of luck for tokyo, thank you so much for coming in and we will speak to you soon. top man, adam peaty, 0lympic champion who has brought home three gold medals from the world aquatics championships and i'm sure there is much, much more to come. new line more to come from you later in the morning! iam going morning! i am going home! good to hearfrom you both, many thanks. while brexit certainly seems to provoke mixed opinions in the uk, when it comes to across the atlantic, president trump has been keen to show his support for britain

leaving the european union. his former strategist steve bannon is also watching our politics very closely. 0ur north america editor, jon sopel, caught up with him at a conference on the border with mexico, to get his thoughts on brexit and our new prime minister. when theresa may and the team came over early in the administration, they looked at brexit as an obstacle to be overcome, not an opportunity to be overcome, not an opportunity to be overcome, not an opportunity to be grabbed. you can tell that right away. if you look at 16, brexit and the trump election are inextricably linked. here we are two and half years later with brexit and you are still not out and now you have a hard meadow —— and now you have a hard meadow —— and now you have a hard deadline on october sist. have a hard deadline on october 3ist. it have a hard deadline on october 31st. it was inevitable somebody like boris would come to the forefront and be prime minister and it is still an open question, the sist, it is still an open question, the 31st, you are burning dead late and the eu has dug in in brussels. you have got to go and we are not going to back off and give you an inch.

the british people have not seen even the beginning of the turmoil, i think the beginning of time oil is about to start. with a hard brexit? i have said from the beginning that a no—deal hideout is the way to go. there is a civil service, the bureaucracy in london, are they prepared to do that? i don't think so. prepared to do that? i don't think so. in my belief, you ain't seen nothing yet. you are going into what we call in football the red sign, where it will be tough and chubby and true leadership will come to the forefront. how much are you still in touch with borisjohnson about this? not much, he is prime minister, he is doing his thing. i stay in touch with nigel quite a bit. nigel farage? nigel farage. boris has done a greatjob in running for the leadership of the tory party, he laid out his case, but now you have got to deliver. everybody in the united kingdom, the voters, even

people who are remain people say that whatever the 31st is a hard date and we will see what happens. i have got to tell you, if you are not out, i think it really fundamentally changes british politics. the european parliamentary elections, you could see that, the brexit party came out of nowhere. nigel farage is the only individual in political history in england that has won two elections with entities he created himself. do you think there should be some kind of alliance formed between nigel farage and boris johnson or do you think there is a de facto alliance? i think it would bea de facto alliance? i think it would be a natural alliance to put forward a programme we will have to see if it comes up. boris is very savvy and he has thought about this for a long time, he has written books about churchill and leadership. to clear something up, after he resigned from the cabinet over theresa may's deal, you said, i have been talking to him all weekend about this speech. we will just all weekend about this speech. we willjust go

all weekend about this speech. we will just go with all weekend about this speech. we willjust go with what boris says. steve bannon talking to our north america correspondent. it's already used in football, tennis and cricket — and now the medieval sport of jousting is getting video assistant refereeing for the first time. the system will track and use video replay to accurately score the competitors' moves in the fast—paced sport. it will be used for the first time in a series ofjousts taking place across england next month. now it's time for a look at the weather. lucy martin has the forecast. how is it looking? how is it looking? thanks, rebecca, destructive weather yesterday with flash flooding. torrential downpours is the result of heavy showers and thunderstorms. this is a picture from north yorkshire. flooding here. and further south, the winds caused issues, the trees in full leaf and

trees down in this photo sent in from suffolk. unsettled weather is courtesy of this area of low pressure gradually working east. there is the potential for further showers and thunderstorms today and you can see them on the radar from earlier already. scattered across northern england, parts of scotland, showers further south, but a much drier day here than we saw yesterday. this afternoon, further heavy, thundery downpours across northern england, parts of scotland, feeding into northern wales, the midlands and northern parts of east anglia where we see downpours, torrential rain and hale and gusty winds. drierfurther south torrential rain and hale and gusty winds. drier further south with sunny spells one or two showers and a breezy day but lighter winds than yesterday. 0vernight, heavy showers will ease, still one or two lingering showers with clear spells. that brings us into tomorrow which sta rts that brings us into tomorrow which starts off with sunny spells, dry weather for many, but with the area

of low pressure towards the east, still further showers in the forecast, particularly in eastern areas. as the heat rises, it could trigger thunderstorms and where you see a shower tomorrow, showers could be heavy and thundery. temperatures ata be heavy and thundery. temperatures at a maximum of 25 celsius. it clears towards the east, the area of low pressure, into friday. high pressure starts to build and there will be dry weather again on friday, fewer showers than we see on thursday. some areas of cloud and sunny spells, the risk of one or two showers as temperatures rise. and showers as temperatures rise. and showers could be heavy and possibly thundery. temperatures in the high teens and low 20s, perhaps reaching 25 celsius in london. into the weekend, a dry and fine start to the day for many with sunshine. cloudy skies and patchy outbreaks of showers moving into the west courtesy of a weather front. temperatures in the high teens and low 20s and a maximum of 24 celsius,

dry weather, but with weather fronts from the west on sunday, a fairly cloudy day with further showery outbreaks of rain. temperatures remain fairly outbreaks of rain. temperatures remainfairly similarto outbreaks of rain. temperatures remain fairly similar to saturday, goodbye.

hello, it's wednesday, it's ten o'clock. i'm victoria fritz. only 3% of rape cases in london lead to a conviction, according to an in—depth study seen by this programme. this woman was asked to hand over her mobile phone so that her social media could be checked, even though her allegations dated back to the 1970s. the police said no further action would be taken. very emotionally draining, it's very exhausting, but the fact that we have, or i have in my particular instance, there is enough evidence but it's not in the public interest to prosecute, really angers me. borisjohnson is in northern ireland for the first time as prime minister