hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at two: lessons haven't been learned — a damning report into the abuse of hundreds of children while they were in residential and foster care run by nottinghamshire councils. i had very bad anger issues, obviously because of what happened to me, i didn't trust anyone at all, which led to me get into trouble, self—destruct. a threat of turbulence ahead for summer holiday—makers, as british airways resumes talks with its pilots over proposed strike action. the prime minister has urged political parties in northern ireland to step up their efforts to restore power—sharing during a visit to belfast. bridges collapse and homes are inundated as flash flooding hits part of north yorkshire, after almost a month's rain fell in four hours. the road was basically a river, and

the farm put sandbags in front of the farm put sandbags in front of the front door, and we had water coming under the door. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. adam peaty talks world records and the battle against doping in swimming. plus, the build up to the ashes, as england prepare to host australia. and ben rich has all the weather. hello there, if you more heavy downpours around today, they should slowly ease over the next few days, good news for many, i am sure, all the weather news plus a look at the state of the uk climate, that is coming upjust state of the uk climate, that is coming up just before state of the uk climate, that is coming upjust before her state of the uk climate, that is coming up just before her past. also coming up, it misses the point, jousters are up in arms over plans to introduce var — video technology — to bring the medieval sport into the 21st century.

hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. iam simon i am simon mccoy. an investigation has found that hundreds of children who were abused while in care in nottinghamshire were failed by the local authorities who were meant to be looking after them. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse found two councils exposed more than 350 children to repeated rapes and abuse for a period of 50 years. the report found some 350 individuals reported being sexually abused while in the care of the local authorities from the 1960s. but the true numbers of victims is likely to be considerably higher. the chair of the inquiry, alexis jay, says for decades, children who were in the care of the nottinghamshire councils suffered appalling sexual and physical abuse. "those responsible for overseeing the care of children failed to question the extent of sexual abuse or action taken." our correspondent sima kotecha has the story. beach road children's home in nottingham, where abuse in the past

was rife. today's report concludes from the late 1970s to earlier this year, 16 staff were convicted of sexually abusing children. but the crimes didn'tjust sexually abusing children. but the crimes didn't just take sexually abusing children. but the crimes didn'tjust take place here. this report concludes that the abuse of children in foster care and residential homes was widespread during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. it says all the homes were run by nottinghamshire councils. it says all the homes were run by nottinghamshire councilslj it says all the homes were run by nottinghamshire councils. i have beenin nottinghamshire councils. i have been in the inquiry since march 2015, i think was probably, in terms of scale, the most shocking that we have seen, and if you think about it, we are not talking about one individual that blocked or actively participated in the sexual abuse of children, we are talking about a regime that, over many years, just didn't recognise what they needed to do to protect children. caroline was abused during that time while in care. the impact it had on my life,

basically, from that age, obviously, so basically, from that age, obviously, so many blocks getting older, and obviously i basically withdrew in myself, as i got older, i had very bad anger issues. the report says around 350 people said they had been sexually abused whilst in care in the region from the 1960s. police say the true number is likely to be considerably higher. it also says some perpetrators were allowed to carry on working with children, even though there were doubts about their conduct. i think we were slow to respond, slow to listen to the concerns that came out, and i really am sorry about that, because you know, these were the most vulnerable children in our society, and we had taken them to protect them in our care, and we didn't do a good job. but the chair of the inquiry has said that neither of the councils have learned from their mistakes, despite more than 30 years of

evidence of failure to protect children in care. sima kotecha, bbc news, nottingham. 0ur correspondentjeremy ball is in nottingham. 0ne one of the most damning aspects of this report is saying that no lessons have been learned. this report is saying that no lessons have been learnedm this report is saying that no lessons have been learned. it is quite interesting, because we have been following the saga of four yea rs, been following the saga of four years, through police investigations, apologies by the council, and one thing they have said to us, the councils involved, is that these are mistakes of the past, nothing has changed, but this report says they are particularly worried about what is happening in the foster care system, and the report says that the council still has a process for regular reporting of child sexual abuse allegations, and they are making recommendations today for changes at both nottingham city and nottinghamshire county council to put that right. city and nottinghamshire county councilto put that right. 0k, thank you, more on this later. fresh talks between british airways and pilots are set to go ahead in an attempt to avoid strike action over a pay dispute after the airline

lost a legal challenge. the airline will meet with the british airline pilots' association this afternoon to continue negotiations after the court of appeal refused to grant an injunction to block industrial action. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge has been following events from the court of appeal. if you have got a flight booked with british airways in the coming weeks, it is natural to be concerned. my message for now at least as do not panic, and that is because firstly the pilots union, balpa, has not set a date for a strike. secondly, under law, they have to give british airways at least two weeks notice and could wait months to call a strike, january is the end of that window, and finally talks resuming between the two side to break the deadlock. the pay deal that was on the table was an 11.5% pay rise for british airways pilots over three yea rs. british airways pilots over three years. it sounds pretty good, british airways says it is fair, but the unions say, look at the whopping

profit that british airways made at its parent group, iag, last year. iag made a pre—tax profit of roughly £3 billion last year, and they say, the union, that there pilots should get a bigger slice of the cake. the wider context to all this is that british airways will fly around 150,000 passengers in a single day during these summer months, so if a strike were to go ahead, then the damage to british airways' reputation and its finances would be huge. british airways says it is disappointed by the decision, it is the strike action is unprecedented, but it is getting back behind the negotiating table. balpa says, look, ifa negotiating table. balpa says, look, if a strike were to go ahead, that would be more costly than reaching a compromise around the table between british airways and the union. i think, after the court decision here this morning, it is more likely be strike could happen, but it is by no means certain.

with me is simon calder, the independent‘s travel editor and presenter of the travel show on the bbc. i want to come to that in just a moment, but there is another development in the story, on the airline business, ryanair reporting airline business, ryanair reporting a fall airline business, ryanair reporting afall in airline business, ryanair reporting a fall in profits, breaking news. remarkable events this afternoon at the dublin headquarters of ryanair. it has emerged that the chief executive, michael 0'leary, has actually recorded a video to staff basically saying we have got too many pilots and too many cabin crew. now, he is talking many hundreds, possibly up to 1502 many... pilots and cabin crew. this is quite remarkable, because earlier this week they released their first quarter financial results, profits down, they said they were retrenching the amount of expansion they would have, blaming largely brexit in the consumer uncertainty that are generated in their biggest

market, the uk, as well as luftha nsa, market, the uk, as well as lufthansa, as they traditionally do. but everyone kind of thought this was just but everyone kind of thought this wasjust going to but everyone kind of thought this was just going to affect expansion next year. what we have now heard is that, apparently, according to what michael 0'leary was saying, hundreds of staff are sitting around at home under occupied in the busiest months of the year, so it has gone from one extreme, year and half ago, of the year, so it has gone from one extreme, yearand half ago, ryanair we re extreme, yearand half ago, ryanair were cancelling flights massively because they didn't have enough pilots, now it turns out they have got too many, and indeed too many cabin crew. of 1500 got too many, and indeed too many cabin crew. 0f1500 possible job losses 7 cabin crew. 0f1500 possible job losses? the rate of expansion will reduce, we kind of knew that was going to happen, from about 7% down to 3%, blaming, again, brexit, and wea ker to 3%, blaming, again, brexit, and weaker economies, excessive competition and so on. and also, very crucially, the reduction in the fleet available to ryanair. they we re fleet available to ryanair. they were expecting to get boeing 737 max aircraft in may this year, those

deliveries never took place because of the tragedies involving the aircraft, which is currently grounded worldwide after 346 people died. so we were expecting slower growth, but it now turns out that people who are currently employed might lose theirjobs, as opposed to simply not recruiting more people in the future. it has caused a great deal of upset in the republic, where ryanair isa deal of upset in the republic, where ryanair is a huge company, and it could reverberate across europe, there is talk of looking at individual bases and seeing which ones have too close. thank you for bringing us the breaking news, that has already been picked up by one news agency, thank you. british airways is what we booked you to talk about, do people who have tickets with british airways in the next few weeks, do they need to worry? my key date is the 17th of august. i don't think anything is going to happen before that, and i have been kind of tracking it ever since the 22nd ofjuly, looking at

when the first possible strike could be. they have got to give two weeks' notice of any industrial action, and if they decided this afternoon, right, we are going to give that notice, it could be the 13th — 14th notice, it could be the 13th —14th of august, but i spoke to the general secretary of balpa seconds after the verdict in the court of appeal and i said, what happens now? and he said, basically, we are going to talk, and in 45 minutes from now they will be restarting discussions at acas, the conciliation service, talking right through to the end of the week. i don't think we will see any call for industrial action then. the really odd thing is the belligerence afterwards. normally, when a union is being taken to court and wins, you would expect them to say, right, we are going to go ahead, but the belligerence floors from british airways, saying, it is terrible they are taking strike action, at the same time as the general secretary was in, we are not

announcing anything yet. british airways perhaps sensing that the public are looking at what pilots are earning and saying, this is quite a good offer? certainly, the pilots are not like some of the cabin crew who were on strike last summer, suffering from poverty pay, as it was called. they simply say the 11.5% that british airways has mentioned over three years is not actually 11.5%, because they are taking some things away, and look at the1.9 taking some things away, and look at the 1.9 billion that british airways made in profits, we would like some of that, please. so the dispute continues, but i kind of sense the union may be looking for a way out. simon, always good to see you, thank you very much. borisjohnson has promised to do everything in his power to help restore power—sharing in northern ireland — more than two and a half years after it collapsed. he's been meeting the main parties for talks at stormont. 0ur ireland correspondent emma va rdy reports boris johnson's road ahead on northern ireland may not always be this clear. the rival parties he is here

to meet are deadlocked, while the uk is facing deadlock in its brexit talks with the eu. it is great to be here in northern ireland, and 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 get up and running again, because i think that is profoundly in the interests of people here and all the citizens in northern ireland. make sure boris johnson doesn't ignore us! you wouldn't come to us, so we have come to you. campaigners came with a cacophony of northern ireland's most divisive issues. shipyard workers alongside anti—brexiteers and activists for victims of the troubles. but it is the irish language and proposed laws to protect it that has become the most difficult issue for the power—sharing talks to overcome.

the democratic unionists' arlene foster was the only party leader to dine with borisjohnson last night. he needs her ear and her party's votes in westminster. they discussed the tensions with dublin over the irish border, a dispute which, if unresolved, could see the uk leaving the eu without a deal. 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, not just for the uk but for the republic of ireland and the whole of europe. it is important we focus on trying to get a deal moving forward instead of just focusing on a no—deal scenario. no—deal is on the table because of the fact we have a very belligerent european union. nice to meet you. borisjohnson's closeness to the dup has deepened the divide with their arch rivals, sinn fein. he tells us that he will act with absolute impartiality. we have told him that

nobody believes that. nobody believes that, because there are no grounds to believe that there is any kind of impartiality, much less strict impartiality. a majority in northern ireland voted to remain. in the irish republic, there is warnings a no—deal brexit could lead to 50,000 job losses. many feel borisjohnson leaves this island holding its economic future in his hands. with me now from belfast is former bbc ireland correspondent denis murray. hejoins me now he joins me now from hejoins me now from belfast, have you ever seen anything like this? no, i haven't, not least was the shipyard workers that you saw in emma's report there, actually chanting at one point in irish, save oui’ chanting at one point in irish, save ouryard, chanting at one point in irish, save our yard, which they must have learned from the irish language protest is! it is an extraordinary situation to find ourselves in, and if the new prime minister thought

that westminster and glasgow, edinburgh and cardiff were tricky, he came to belfast to find his problems were only beginning. there isa problems were only beginning. there is a real intractability about the problem at the moment. he says that is going to be his focus, but i think the truth of it, the reality of it is that everything is taking a back—seat to brexit, and we will only know on october the 31st what is going to happen either with the stormont is in leo with brexit itself. the question then will be the same as the question should have been, probably not asked at the time of the referendum, then what? then what indeed, i heard somebody making the point the other day on one of the point the other day on one of the bbc radio ulster programmes which was, how long does no—deal last? is it permanent? you never make a deal with the european union, you never make a deal with your closest neighbour, with whom you have the only land border, the

republic of ireland ? have the only land border, the republic of ireland? how long does it go on for? arian foster keep saying that no—deal has to be on the table, but i think that is not really a bargaining chip with europe, they would prefer not to have no—deal, and certainly the irish government would much prefer a deal. but it is no bargaining chip, if the uk decides to go out without a deal, that is the united kingdom's problem. it will definitely have an effect on the irish economy, north and south, but i would expect the european union to help the irish economy and a northern irish economy as well, if it can, and in the case of northern ireland, if it is allowed to, by the united kingdom authorities. i think the one thing thatis authorities. i think the one thing that is floating around in the ether here, and if you talk to anyone in my position in scotland, and increasingly in wales, brexit is starting to have the feel that the

break—up of the union is being ushered in by the demand for brexit thatis ushered in by the demand for brexit that is so strong in england. i mean, if people in scotland, if there was a scottish independence referendum, and scotland decided to vote for independence, it would inevitably have a knock—on effect for northern ireland. so this is not just a matter of when the united kingdom leaves the european union, i think the very life of the united kingdom itself is at stake.|j think the very life of the united kingdom itself is at stake. ijust wonder, denis, on the 1st of november, if there is a departure without a deal, the question is, who will police, put a border up between the republic and northern ireland? nobody knows the answer to that, but you would think the logic of it would be that the european union wa nts to would be that the european union wants to protect its standards of food, for a start, that is an obvious example in ireland, a great producer of livestock and dairy

products, agriculture and agribusiness products, so it is not just a matter of doing business, it isa just a matter of doing business, it is a matter of health standards as well. you would have thought that the eu would want to protect its standards and customs area, so it might be the eu that has to put up protections, and in that case it would be ireland putting up protections, and the last in ireland wa nts protections, and the last in ireland wants is to have anything resembling a hard border back around that land frontier between northern ireland and the rest of the island. i mean, there are voices in dublin as well who are saying, what is the contingency plan being put together by the republic of ireland government? and certainly they are debating that, and they say they are putting money aside and have measures in mind should that come about. if there is some sort of vote to tackle the whole issue of irish nationalism, do you sense that there has been a change north of the border? because that is going to be

crucial. of course it is. i have heard some people actually say, slightly tongue in cheek, but maybe with a serious point, that the real difficulty might be persuading people in the republic to vote for a united ireland, a long held aspiration, for sure, but the reality of it would be bringing in! million plus unionists who may be do wa nt to million plus unionists who may be do want to be in a united ireland, maybe not, but certainly there is a huge london based united kingdom subvention which keeps northern ireland afloat, with the european yielding helping with that? if there is to be a border poll, what people are centring on at the moment is two things — the nationalist community, who you would expect a vote in favour of a united ireland, is coming up almost in level terms in demographics with the unionist community. people are beginning to wonder if there is part of the unionist community that is now thinking that its future, financially and in every other

sense, might be better within the european union, which would mean being part of a united ireland, rather than being part of the united kingdom? now, ithink rather than being part of the united kingdom? now, i think that particular section is small, but it is growing, and i think it will grow exponentially if there is scottish independence. but the thing is, if you had pulled in the morning, they would still vote for the border to be there, for northern ireland to remain part of the uk, but what would happen in five or ten years' time? that is anybody‘s gas. it depends on how brexit goes, and people in scotland are making their minds up at the moment — who would you rather have taking decisions that affect your future, people who live in the english shires all along the south coast, the south—east of england, or people who are actually scottish, or the people who are actually irish? it is a question people will have to address in the future. i think it is inevitable there will have to be a border poll sometime in the next 5—10 years, and how it turns out entirely depends on

how it turns out entirely depends on how brexit turns out. denis, really good to talk to you, thank you very much. you're watching afternoon live. these are our headlines: a damning report into the abuse of hundreds of children while they were in residential and foster care run by nottinghamshire councils. ryanair says it has hundreds more pilots and cabin staff than required and job losses will be announced in the coming weeks. a threat of turbulence ahead for summer holiday—makers, as british airways resumes talks with its pilots proposed strike action. temperatures rising — new research shows all ten of the warmest years on record have occurred since 2002. and in sport, england is prepared to face australia for the start of the ashes, but they will have to do it withoutjofra archer, ashes, but they will have to do it without jofra archer, who ashes, but they will have to do it withoutjofra archer, who was left out of the team for the first us at edgbaston. adam peaty says a more aggressive stance should be taken to stamp out doping in swimming, the eight time champion spoke to us earlier and said better education is needed. and he might be the manager, but mauricio pochettino says he is

not in control of transfers at totte n ha m not in control of transfers at tottenham and feels his job title should be changed. back with more on those stories in around 15 minutes' time. scores of homes have been flooded in north yorkshire, after a month's rain fell in four hours in some areas. a bridge has collapsed, road and rail travel is disrupted, and more rain is expected, with a yellow weather warning still in place across northern england and parts of the midlands. 0ur correspondent fiona trott reports from grinton in the yorkshire dales. part of the village is cut off, the emergency services were called to grinton early yesterday evening. an alarming scene for the villagers braving the flood in their cars. meanwhile in flemington the cars were simply left abandoned. and in masham it was the hailstones

that brought villagers in leybourne, rescuers themselves could not escape the floodwater. really busy day but unfortunately the fire station has been one of the first victims of the flooding because the crews were already out and about helping local communities. today the local community is pulling together is the clear up operation begins. the road is basically a river and the firemen put sandbags in front of the door and we had water coming into the door and through the back door. people are just inundated with water in their houses and you just feel helpless going there because as fast as you pump it out it comes back in. really it isjust damage limitation to make sure people are safe. in grinton, the damage is clear to see. the sheer force of the floodwater pushed cars and debris across the road. some farmers have not seen anything like it before. we did not lose any livestock as we managed to get them to safety

but the worst thing is the winter forage, we had 160 bales of silage and most of that has been washed away and damaged. and they are ruined, i have never seen anything like it. for people forced from their homes, neighbours have taken them in. i was concerned for the residents here because water has gone through their houses and some people had to move in with the lady next door and some are living upstairs in the house as well. the whole community seems to be helping and gathering round. this was supposed to be a focal point for the community this week, but the festival has been cancelled now with the priority to clear up and help those who need it. fiona trott, bbc news, north yorkshire. peter harris is in leyburn in north yorkshire for us. all pretty grim. it certainly is, simon, it has at least stopped raining. this is the fire station

behind me, you can see the sandbags in the activity inside, and in the last hour or two there has been the recovery truck taking away the fire brigade vehicles, because they were out tackling floods while there building was being inundated. there are many businesses and homes in the area that were affected, the fire brigade called out about 165 times last night. 0ne brigade called out about 165 times last night. one of the businesses affected, we can show you some pictures of that now, the kings head pub about 50 yards up the road, they we re pub about 50 yards up the road, they were flooded out by water getting into the cellar. we have heard of bungalows being flooded out which are no longer habitable for the time being, and many businesses across quite a wide area in the yorkshire dales affected, in leyburn, and across the area. and of because normally this would be the height of the tourist season, this is a grim site for people who live and work here. one of them is richard sanderson, the mayor of leyburn, hi, you are here at the height of this, how bad was it? we have had floods

in leyburn before, certainly in my time, but never anything as bad as this. the dales has had very large floods, but this is as bad as anybody can it deep, and i had to wade through it to check some gullies and things like that, and it was not good. because this has happened not within minutes, but not far off, i think. yes, somebody said we had 75 millimetres of rain in an hour, or thereabouts, which is obviously nothing can cope with that. everything was inundated, all the trains and everything couldn't cope, so it had to go somewhere. people look at the damage, the aftermath of flooding, but i guess one of the real effect is the psychological impact on the people who live here, it promotes such anxiety, doesn't it? yes, anybody that it does happen

to, it is terrible, one woman was in tears, the businesses behind us, the salon had just been decorated out, two feet of water in it, so it is terrible for them, absolutely terrible. thank you very much for joining us, a grim scene, the environment agency warning there is more rain expected in the midlands and into yorkshire, so the threat hasn't quite passed yet, simon. peter, thank you very much, peter harris in leyburn. meanwhile, new research shows how climate change is warming the uk. scientists at the met office say all ten of the warmest years on record have occurred since 2002. more details from our environment correspondent matt mcgrath. the state of the uk climate report has been released just days after a new high temperature record was set in the uk. last week's short, scorching heatwave saw the mercury hit 38.7 celsius in cambridge. but that new high mark doesn't come as much of a surprise to climate scientists. for those tracking the data, the uk is simply mirroring a global trend,

showing the human impact on our climate. we are likely to see more warmer years on record, possibly record—breaking temperatures in the future. those colder conditions are going to become less frequent, so the beast from the east events will still happen from time to time, but they will become less frequent, less extreme when they do happen, and the warm events, the rainfall events, the heavier rainfall events, will become a much more frequent occurrence. as an island, the uk's climate is extremely variable. but when natural variability gives us a hot year it's far more likely to be in the top ten because of the warmer background. while 2014 didn't break any heat records it was consistently warm enough to top the met office list. despite a sizzling summer in 2018, the year was only the seventh warmest thanks to cold spells and increased snowfall. the last time the uk had a top—ten cold year was 1963 when arctic conditions saw the seas freeze in some places. climate change, says experts, has significantly increased the difference between the hottest

and the coldest years. we have actually added new data for the period from 1884 until 1910 and the top three coldest years are in that period. so there is a stark separation between the coldest years in the uk and the warmest and this is a consequence of our changing climate. the evidence from this report is that hotter years are now the new normalfor the uk. and people will have to adapt to cope with life in a rapidly warming world. the top ten in that time, there is a lot going on there. there certainly is a pattern. i will

put it on the screen to show you. these are the top ten warmest years on record, going back to 1884, so we are talking about quite a long period of time here, and you can see that all those ten hottest years on record have been since 2002. the last time we had a top ten coldest year was back in 1963. so there is a definite trend you can see here. there are always going to be natural variability is in our climate. that's just how climate works. but that looks like a pattern. there are warmer phases, and scientists are warmer phases, and scientists are saying they are increasingly confident climate change is at least playing a part in the trends we have just had. there are questions about how this all works, and how it proves the story? yes, and! story? yes, and i think there are things

that might be confusing to people. so this question for example... because, of course, we always remember that significant spell of cold, snowy weather, the uk's widest snowfall since 2010, so 2018 was a snowfall since 2010, so 2018 was a snow year. how does that fit into a warming world? snow year. how does that fit into a warming world ? well, snow year. how does that fit into a warming world? well, there will a lwa ys warming world? well, there will always be variations. there will a lwa ys always be variations. there will always be variations. there will always be colder spells of weather, and warmer spells of weather. in a warming world, we might expect these cold spells to be less frequent, to come around less often and be less intense. but they will still be there. of course, that beast from there. of course, that beast from the east was balanced out by a really long, hot summer. we had 26 days of temperatures above 30 degrees. 0n days of temperatures above 30 degrees. on balance, 2018 makes it into the top ten. there are other questions. there are other questions. like, does 2019 make the top ten? everyone talks about the temperatures last week, the record temperature set. does that mean we will make the top ten?

well, it's a similar sort of answer, really. it's all about the trend across the whole year, and actually, there was mild and nondescript days you sometimes get in the winter have just as much of a part to play in giving us a record year overall, because it is average temperature, so yes, i reckon it will make the headlines, but if we have a few milder days in winter, that will merge that up, so we'll have to do wait and see on that one. ifiam wait and see on that one. if i am watching in the yorkshire dales, iam if i am watching in the yorkshire dales, i am thinking, hang on a minute, we have just dales, i am thinking, hang on a minute, we havejust had horrendous rainfall. what is all this about?” think when people think of hot weather, they think of sunny weather, they think of sunny weather, and why not? but how does the flooding fit into this? well, in a warming world, warm air can hold more moisture, so the expectation would be that we will see more significant and frequent rainfall events, and when the rain does arrive, it is likely to be more intense and problematic. in the last decade, summer rainfall levels have been about 13% higher than the

previous average, so they are starting to see that being born out as well. you had better tell is what is in store in the next couple of days. people will obviously be looking for rain ora lack people will obviously be looking for rain or a lack of it. there are some good news, because things are slowly drying up across those parts of northern england. certainly over the next few days. this is what happened yesterday, torrential downpours being thrown at the northwest. some spots over hundred millimetres of rain injusta spots over hundred millimetres of rain injust a hours. that is more than you would normally expect in the whole ofjuly. look at this afternoon's forecast chart. you can see in similarareas, afternoon's forecast chart. you can see in similar areas, there will be further heavy downpours, so there could be some further localised flooding, certainly some poor travelling conditions out there. the other area prone to heavy downpours todayis other area prone to heavy downpours today is scotland, in central and western scotland, some vicious downpours with light winds. so in some locations they could dump an awful lot of rain. 0ther

some locations they could dump an awful lot of rain. other areas, northern ireland, south wales, there is of the temperatures as we get to the start of the evening at six o'clock. through the night, you can see a swirl here, this is an area of low pressure bringing the table and weather over the last few days. this slides away into the north sea, so we will see more dry weather tonight, some clear spells, and with a bit ofa tonight, some clear spells, and with a bit of a north—westerly flow on the back edge of that low, it will feel a little bit less warm than the last few nights as well. into thursday, there is our area of low pressure. a weak affair by the stage. not many white lines or isobars in the charts. the wins will certainly be lighter than they have been. still some showers around tomorrow, probably not as many, and they probably won't be as heavy on average. some across scotland, some down the side of northern england, and it won across the south—west of central southern england. many places will be dry with some spells of sunshine. there's temperatures are 22 in glasgow, 25 in london, and are 22 in glasgow, 25 in london, and a little bit warm in the last couple

of days. that process of thing slowly drying out continues on friday. you can see in the chart here some scattered showers. some could be on the heavy side, but many places will avoid them and stay dry. slightly higher temperatures, 21 for belfast, 23 there in cardiff. into the weekend, high—pressure tries to ta ke the weekend, high—pressure tries to take control of our weather. it is a pretty wea k take control of our weather. it is a pretty weak area of high pressure, soi pretty weak area of high pressure, so i i'm not sure it will succeed in killing off all the showers, but it will certainly squash them down. they have not been as heavy a widespread. 0n they have not been as heavy a widespread. on sunday, we are likely to season patchy rain spreading from the west. a bit of uncertainty about that with the warm and humid feel. some changes in the days ahead, but hopefully we'll see those really heavy downpours starting to clear away.

this is bbc news. our latest headlines: lessons haven't been learned: a damning report into the abuse of hundreds of children while they were in residential and foster care run by nottinghamshire councils. ryanair says it has hundreds more pilots and cabin staff than required and job losses will be announced in the coming weeks. a threat of turbulance ahead for summer holidaymakers — as british airways resumes talks with its pilots over proposed strike action. the prime minister has urged political parties in northern ireland to step up their efforts to restore power—sharing, during a visit to belfast. bridges collapse and homes are inundated as flash flooding hits part of north yorkshire after almost a month's rain fell in four hours.

and for the first time, video assistant refereeing — or var — will be trialled in one of the oldest equestrian sports equestrian sports in the world — jousting. sport now on afternoon live. now, jofra archer has yet to play in a full now, jofra archer has yet to play in a full test, now, jofra archer has yet to play in a full test, and now, jofra archer has yet to play in a full test, and he now, jofra archer has yet to play in a full test, and he will now, jofra archer has yet to play in a full test, and he will have now, jofra archer has yet to play in a full test, and he will have to wait a bit longer? yes, that's right. england are preparing to face australia for the start of the ashes. we are hearing from the players in their press conferences ahead of the opening test, but as you mention, jofra archer will be missing that test, the opening test against australia at edgbaston. he was left out of the side and is yet to play a test. he was england's leading wicket taker in the campaign recently. a very exciting player. lots of people looking forward to seeing him against australia, but it won't be for this test. ben stokes is on the side. the all—rounder wants england to launch into the australians from

the first ball. the team had their final training session in birmingham this morning in their test captain joe root feels that the hunger is still there within the ranks, even though england have just still there within the ranks, even though england havejust when still there within the ranks, even though england have just when that historic world cup. i think you speak to anyone that has captained england and is on the verge ofan captained england and is on the verge of an ashes series to say that it doesn't mean as much as any other event. i don't think any of them would agree. i think it's huge. it's a great opportunity. cricket in this country is probably at an all—time high, with interest it has not had for a long time, and we have an opportunity as a team to make this summer are very memorable one. and that's exciting, to be involved in that, to have that chance, that carrot in front of us as a team is really pleasing, and it's a great motivator for the whole squad, but ultimately, it comes down to how we go about that, how we will break down australia and win enough games to win the series.

australia are the holders. they beat england 4—0, when on the last series down under. but england have won five out of the last eight series. let's talk doping in swimming. adam peaty says much more needs to be done to tackle it. we had adam peaty come in and speak to us earlier. really interesting to hear his thoughts on keeping the sport clean. peaty has re—iterated calls for swimming's governing bod to do more to tackle doping in the sport. he won three gold medals at the world aquatic championships in south korea last week, a competition which saw two swimmers warned for protests against the chinese swimmer sun yang. peaty told us that it has a lot do with education around doping. here's what he said when we asked him if the governing body is doing enough to stop doping in swimming.

he said it is important to stress the governing bodies do as much as they can, but different governing bodies have different principles, and it's down to them to enforce those, so swimmers know what they should and should not be taking. let's talk about football now. mauricio pochettino says he is "not in charge" of transfers at tottenham and believes hisjob title should be changed from manager to coach. spurs broke their transfer record to sign lyon midfielder tanguy ndombele earlier this month, theirfirst signing in 18 months. pochettino says he knows nothing about the situations of his players, and that anything contractual is dealt with by chairman daniel levy. and justin holbrook will leave the super league leaders st helen's at the end of the season. he'sjoining gold coast titans in australia's nrl as their head coach. holbrook has been with saints for two and a half years and is on course to guide them to a treble, with his side top of the league and into the challenge cup final. and there was a huge fight in major league baseball last night.

this is cincinnati reds pitcher amir garrett reacting to some heckling from the pittsburgh pirates bench. cue a mass brawl between the two sides which lasted for five minutes. garrett said he let emotions get the better of him. five reds players were ejected from the game. nasty scenes there. we don't want to see that at all. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. borisjohnson is being urged to take personal responsibility for tackling the increase in youth violence across england and wales. mps on the home affairs committee say the current strategy is inadequate — and are calling on the government to reverse cuts to youth services, and increase police numbers. the home office has rejected some of the committee's findings. 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. we have had a perfect storm of youth service cuts, police cuts, county lines drug networks and school exclusions, and the government is not taking strong enough action on any of them. in april, theresa may held a summit on youth violence and set up a ministerial task force. 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. that would mean more groups like this boxing club in south—west london. it helps disadvantaged young people and aims to steer them away from crime. when you look at funding and when you look at results, people want to see results in one year, two years, three years. but actually, if you really want to work with those that are costing society the most and those that are involved in some of the more serious youth violence, you need to have a long—term plan for those people. the home office disputes the committee's findings and says it is taking urgent action to keep communities safe. it has already announced plans to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers over the next three years. 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. jeremy richardson, who has been jousting for 40 years, is managing director of the knights of royal england, which hosts 80 tournaments each year. hejoins me now. jeremy, what is wrong with this? you are not a fan, are you? i'm not a great fan, no. we have been up there for a long time now recreating medieval jousting for a long time now recreating medievaljousting tournaments, for a long time now recreating medieval jousting tournaments, all the way from about the 14th century to the 16th centuryjousting tournaments, recreating those, and since we are recreating things, in medieval times, we try to make things as authentic as possible. they did not have video system referees. the referee's decision, which was the king what the lord of the manor, it was his decision, and he was the one that made the final

choice. —— the king or the lord of the manor. we are running short of kings and lords of the manor. you perhaps ought to explain how the scoring is done, because you get different scores for hitting different parts of the armour? yes, you do, everything from hitting, as you are riding against each other in the tilt, you get different points for hitting the crest, the helmet, the shield, the armour, for knocking your opponents of the other side, for breaking your lands on your opponent's sealed. you get different points for all of these things, and the decision of these things, and the decision of the king who presides over the tournaments, his decision is final, and we should not be arguing with that, so where will all this modern technology lead? you cannot change history just to suit the participants. next, we will have the participants. next, we will have the participant saying, oh, dear, the la nces participant saying, oh, dear, the lances are too heavy. can't we have

fibreglass lances or things made lighter? my arm is chafing me. can i stick a pillow under my breastplate? where will little lead in terra bank jeremy, have you ever been jeremy, have you ever been to a joust where there has been controversy after someone said, it i got you in that place, and someone said, no, you got me there? yes, absolutely. we probably put on more tournaments than anyone else per year, and it is fiercely competitive. all the knights want to win and be champion of the whole year. dare i say, we need to respect the decision of the referee, and in this case, it is the lord of the manor, and i would love to say there is as much money involved in jousting as there is in football, but there isn't, so i think we should just defer back to medieval or tudor times and let the king make the final decision.

in the absence of a king, the sport itself is enjoying a renaissance, and there are calls for it to be an 0lympic and there are calls for it to be an olympic sport, aren't there?m and there are calls for it to be an olympic sport, aren't there? it is, absolutely, and so there should be. there should be trials, we should see who we can get. they should be a british team going up against foreign teams. 0ver british team going up against foreign teams. over the years, we have had a lot of tournaments against different countries. most of them have been pretty good—humoured events, but i'm sure if you are actually really competing for your country, it could get a lot more serious and a lot more fun. fun? doesn't it hurt when that thing hits you in the head? yes! but no more than a rugby match. injuries are generally no worse than a injuries are generally no worse than by injuries are generally no worse than a rugby match or may be a nasty football game. but you get a lot of bruises, sometimes breaks. everyone has had brea ks sometimes breaks. everyone has had breaks of their bones somewhere or another, but it is just one of those things.

jeremy richardson, my liege, thank you very much forjoining us this afternoon. thank you very much. we will have all the business news ina we will have all the business news in a moment, but first, the headlines. lessons have not been learned. a damning report into foster care run by nottinghamshire councils. ryanair says it by nottinghamshire councils. rya nair says it has 1500 by nottinghamshire councils. ryanair says it has 1500 more pilots and cabin staff than required, and saysjob and cabin staff than required, and says job losses will be announced in the coming weeks. more coming up. british airways is to resume talks with its pilots over proposed strike action after the airline lost a legal challenge. here are your business headlines and afternoon live. car production here in the uk fell by more than a fifth in the first—half of this year. the society of motor manufacturers and traders blames falling demand in key markets and fairs overa blames falling demand in key markets and fairs over a no brexit. it also says inward investment into the sector effectively stopped.

profits at lloyds banking group have taken a hit from a last—minute rush of pp! claims. pre—tax profits fell by 7% in the first six months of this year. lloyds says it is receiving 190,000 ppi request every week, although only one in ten results in a claim. it is setting aside an extra £550 million to cover the cost of outstanding compensation. and the owner of ladbrokes coral has been fined £5.9 million for not protecting vulnerable customers over failings in its anti—money—laundering measures. the gambling commission says the bookmaker, over a three—year period, failed to put effective safeguards in place to prevent people suffering gambling harm. and now, turbulence and the airline industry? yes, two stories today. number one, aba yes, two stories today. number one, a ba strike more likely now that it has lost an appeal or legal bid to stop its pilots from actively going on strike. it has sought and

injunction. they have lost an appeal, but it is by no means certain an action is going ahead. the union balpa would have to give 14 days' notice, and they have not today. talks are clearly continuing. the other big story today involves ryanair. we the other big story today involves rya nair. we have the other big story today involves ryanair. we have heard these reports that michael 0'leary, the chief executive, has recorded a video for their staff in which he warned that up their staff in which he warned that up to 1500 of theirjobs are at risk. we have not seen this video ourselves. it has been reported by the financial newswire bloomberg, though ryanair, spoke with speaking to them, has confirmed its authenticity. the messages that ryanair to many pilots and cabin crew right now, and by next summer, it thinks it will have an extra 600 too many. that is where we are getting 1500 from? exactly, 1500 in total. michael 0'leary reportedly seemed quite apologetic in this video to staff,

saying he would try to minimise job losses, but the sum are unavoidable. and this comes on top of a lot of difficult ryanair lately? yes, just yesterday, they reported 2196 yes, just yesterday, they reported 21% drop in earnings because there isa 21% drop in earnings because there is a price war in the skies right now, and really, ryanair has both supply and demand issues. on the demand side, there is the airfare war forcing down fares at the time when fuel costs are rising, and on the supply side, ryanair only flies boeing 737s, and of course, we know the latest version of that plane has been grounded over safety fears, so its supply of new planes is also in jeopardy, effectively suspended, and yes, it is adding to a series of problems for ryanair recently. not too long ago, remember, they had a problem, an acute shortage of pilots forcing them to cancel flights and force them ultimately... that was last year, now they are saying they have too many!

that is the thing. that force them to recognise trade unions, which they never did before, and the pilots did a trade deal with the airline that has contributed to there being no staff turnover, effectively. they always budgeted for people, pilots and cabin crew, moving on. they are not doing so, and that is why there is such a surplus of staff. today apparently is fed in focus des. what on earth in terra bank yes, to give you some business journalese, the federal bank is the central bank of the us, there will‘s most important economy. at7p most important economy. at 7p pm this evening, we will get the latest report on their interest rate, can we expect them to cut it bya rate, can we expect them to cut it by a quarter of 1%. what is confusing about this is that actually, the us economy is performing pretty well right now. but the fed obviously seeing trouble on the horizon. it has nothing to do with the president from telling the fed that it should cut interest rates. let's cast now to the us federal reserve in north america,

where our business correspondent awaits news. the economy is strong, unemployment is low. why on earth is there a rate cut coming? i think that is the question many people are asking themselves, why move now. part of this has to do with donald trump, not so much the bullying or the kind of choice words he has had, that more to do with donald trump's policies on trade. that is something that those inside this building are concerned about, the impact of america's trade was, whether with china or europe. the other thing they are concerned about isa other thing they are concerned about is a potential slowdown in the global economy, as they look at europe, and china. they see weakening. we are expecting to see rate cuts from central banks in those parts of the world. the fed is taking what people are calling an insurance policy out to

pre—emptively act to try and boost the us economy. and trump has obviously been encouraging them to do so via his favourite medium, twitter. do you expect them to say anything about how they reached their decision, or perhaps to assert that it was not influenced by what he has had to say? a bit more fed speak for you. federal open markets committee committee meeting. the chairman holds a press conference, and i would be very surprised if he was not asked how much donald trump's words had influenced him at all. here is the thing. central banks, notjust in the us but generally, the convention is that they are considered independent from government, so they cannot be influenced by decisions outside the needs of the economy. and yet, you have seen this president repeatedly talked out, calling for the fed to do more. just earlier this week, even before we

had the decision, saying he thought any move by the fed today would be too little by comparison to europe and china. does that start to influence or seep into the decision—making here? i'm sure that isa decision—making here? i'm sure that is a question that will be put to them. what is the near—term impact, michel? wall street has done pretty well lately. will it do even better? the question is, have they baked this in. in other words, how a already discounted, ta ken this in. in other words, how a already discounted, taken into account, what we expect to see today, which is a quarter of a percentage point rate cut, or not. a lot will depend on what the federal reserve says . lot will depend on what the federal reserve says. do they see more rate cuts coming down the line? i think if you hear there will be more, i would not be surprised to see the stock markets perhaps go even higher. until we know for sure, thank you very much. baking it in, it is a case of buying the room about selling the fact. you buy the expectation, then when it happens, you say, all right, i know

now. i understand it when michelle said that, just not when you try to explain it! 0h explain it! oh well. the markets are in a holding pattern, because they are waiting for that decision. the ftse down by not .8 of 8%, though it climbed an awful lot on monday, though sterling fell, so just retreating awful lot on monday, though sterling fell, sojust retreating on awful lot on monday, though sterling fell, so just retreating on that, and up by a quarter of 1%. interesting to see the pound going above $1.22 again after the precipitous decline on monday. see you later. thank you very much. now let's catch up with the weather forecast, with ben. thank you very much. the weather has made the headlines over the last 24 hours, not least because of the flooding in north yorkshire. this is the radar picture from yesterday. an area of low pressure moving on, and ahead of it, some really intense downpours which got going. some areas recorded 100 millimetres of rain injust a going. some areas recorded 100 millimetres of rain in just a few hours, more than they would normally

expect in the whole ofjuly. the bad news is, more of these heavy downpours working through this afternoon. not everywhere will catch them, but some places could see a lot of rain. quite breezy, not as rainier a windy as yesterday. the other area we will see heavy downpours will be the central and western parts of scotland. these thunderstorms very slow moving, so if you locations could see a lot of rain from those very heavy downpours. away from those areas, northern ireland, much of wales and southern england drier than yesterday, temperatures ending the afternoon around 18—20. this evening and tonight, that area of low pressure i was talking about, which has been driving all that turbulent weather, is clearing out into the north sea. so things dry up, some clear spells throughout the night, and temperatures a little down on last night, 11—14. into tomorrow, there is the area of low pressure. a pretty wea k there is the area of low pressure. a pretty weak affair, not much left of it. you can see not many isobars on this chart comes to the wind is pretty light, and as the low moves away, we should lose the heaviest

showers, but there will still be some around tomorrow across parts of scotla nd some around tomorrow across parts of scotland down into northern england. 0ne scotland down into northern england. one or two showers as well across the south of england, extending into central southern england, but many places tomorrow should see a dry day with some spells of sunshine, lighter winds and higher temperatures. 19 degrees there are newcastle, perhaps a high of 25 in london. looking ahead to friday, that area of low pressure has even less influence, so again, some showers, but they should be lighter than the ones we have had recently and well scattered, so most places will be dry, and we stick with a slightly higher temperatures, 20—26. into the weekend, an area of high pressure will try to keep hold of our weather, but it is quite a weak affair. there will still be one or two showers around on saturday, and this frontal system will start to approach from the west on sunday, so we are likely to see outbreaks of rain at times, but not the torrential downpours of the last couple of days.

the difference between the hottest and the coldest years. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy, today at three: lessons haven't been learned — a damning report into the abuse of hundreds of children while they were in residential and foster care run by nottinghamshire councils. we're not talking here about one individual that either blocked or actively participated in the sexual abuse of children. we are just talking about a regime that, over many years, just did not recognise what they needed to do to protect children. and i can't repeat strongly enough just how shocked i am. i had very bad anger issues, obviously because of what happened to me, i didn't trust anyone at all, which led to me get into trouble, self—destruct. ryanair says it has 1500 more pilots and cabin staff than required and job losses will be announced in the coming weeks the prime minister

has urged political parties in northern ireland to step up their efforts to restore power—sharing during a visit to belfast. bridges collapse and homes are inundated as flash flooding hits part of north yorkshire, after almost a month's rain fell in four hours. the road was basically a river, and the sandbags in front of the door, we had water coming under the door. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with gavin. jofra archer will miss the first ashes test against australia, we will hear from the tenth captain on the chances. thanks for that, ben has the weather. a lot of people very interested in the weather news after the flooding in yorkshire, more heavy downpours in the forecast, but as well as that we will be looking at the climate. a new report from the met office paints a picture of our climate over recent days, we will be looking at that later. also coming up — one of the oldest equestrian sports meets one

of the newest technologies, as for the first time var is trialled injousting. critics say they don't see the point. hello, this is afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. an investigation has found that hundreds of children who were abused while in care in nottinghamshire were failed by the local authorities who were meant to be looking after them. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse found two councils exposed more than 300 and 50 children to repeated rapes and abuse for a period of 50 years. the report found some 350 individuals reported being sexually abused while in the care of the local authorities from the 1960s. but the true numbers of victims is likely to be considerably higher. the chair of the inquiry, alexis jay, says, "for decades, children who were in the care of the nottinghamshire councils suffered appalling sexual and physical abuse." "those responsible for overseeing the care of children failed

to question the extent of sexual abuse or action taken." 0ur correspondent sima kotecha has the story. beechwood children's home in nottingham, where abuse in the past was rife. today's report concludes from the late 1970s to earlier this year, 16 staff were convicted of sexually abusing children. but the crimes didn't just take place here. this report concludes that the abuse of children in foster care and residential homes was widespread during the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s. it says all the homes were run by nottinghamshire councils. i have been in the inquiry now since march 2015, i think this was probably, in terms of scale, the most shocking that we have seen, and if you think about it, we are not talking about one individual that blocked or actively participated

in the sexual abuse of children, we are talking about a regime that, over many years, just didn't recognise what they needed to do to protect children. caroline was abused during that time while in care. the impact it had on my life, basically, from that age, obviously, put so many blocks getting older, and obviously i basically withdrew in myself, as i got older, i had very bad anger issues. the report says around 350 people said they had been sexually abused whilst in care in the region from the 1960s. police say the true number is likely to be considerably higher. it also says some perpetrators were allowed to carry on working with children, even though there were doubts about their conduct. i think we were slow to respond, slow to listen to the concerns that came out, and i really am sorry about that, because you know, these were the most vulnerable children in our society, and we had taken them to protect them in our care, and we didn't do a good job.

but the chair of the inquiry has said that neither of the councils have learned from their mistakes, despite more than 30 years of evidence of failure to protect children in care. sima kotecha, bbc news, nottingham. ryanair has warned its staff to prepare for up to 1500 jobs to be cut over the next year. in a video message to staff, the boss michael 0'leary says the airline has too many pilots and cabin crew. theo leggett is here. it wasn't long ago they were appealing for more pilots! there is something of a fare war in european aviation, and ryanair something of a fare war in european aviation, and rya nair competes something of a fare war in european aviation, and ryanair competes for passengers by reducing prices, reducing profits, passengers by reducing prices, reducing profits, and passengers by reducing prices, reducing profits, and that passengers by reducing prices, reducing profits, and that is passengers by reducing prices, reducing profits, and that is part of the problem. another part of the problem was ryan i was counting on having a number of 737 max aircraft

in its fleet by next year. —— ryanair. so in its figures earlier this month, we saw the profits were down, the company already has a surplus of staff, and that has been exacerbated by rya nair's surplus of staff, and that has been exacerbated by ryanair‘s decision to recognise unions, which has reduced the turnover of staff, it is facing higher oil prices and will have fewer planes than it thought it would have. all of this means up to 1500 staff are in excess, it has too many, so it will have to get rid of some of them and close at some basis. is this a one-off hit, or is there a problem with the business model? the model is changing, and recognition of unions was part of that. ryanair was recognition of unions was part of that. rya nair was used recognition of unions was part of that. ryanair was used to people staying with the company and then leaving, and now it is recognising unions and it has been putting up pay for pilots and cabin crew, they are staying for longer, and its model was based on a certain level of pilot and cabin crew turnover,

and that is not happening anymore. but it is forecasting may be did not ta ke but it is forecasting may be did not take into account rising fuel costs and increased competition from, for example, and increased competition from, for exa m ple, luftha nsa, and increased competition from, for example, lufthansa, which took over many of the assets of air berlin, and it says it has been undercutting them on some routes. so circumstances have changed, and it could not have predicted what happened with the 737 max, an efficient aircraft that had counted on having in its fleet, and that means that 600 pilots are not being used. will passengers notice any difference? passengers always want cheap fares, and we are going through a period of cheaper fares. these things have a way of working themselves out, so there are failures in the airline industry, just think back to monarch, for example. fares are started to rise after that, when there is less competition, but at the moment there isa competition, but at the moment there is a lot of competition, passengers enjoy low fa res, is a lot of competition, passengers enjoy low fares, it is bad news for the pilots. later on, things will change. pl, thank you very much, theo leggett. —— theo.

fresh talks between british airways and pilots are going ahead in an attempt to avoid strike action over a pay dispute after the airline lost a legal challenge. the airline is meeting with the british airline pilots' association this afternoon to continue negotiations after the court of appeal refused to grant an injunction to block industrial action. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge has been following events from the court of appeal. if you have got a flight booked with british airways in the coming weeks, it is natural to be concerned. my message for now at least as do not panic, and that is because firstly the pilots' union, balpa, has not set a date for a strike. secondly, under law, they have to give british airways at least two weeks' notice and could wait months to call a strike, january is the end of that window, and finally talks are resuming between the two sides to break the deadlock. the pay deal that was on the table was an 11.5% pay rise for british airways pilots over three years. it sounds pretty good, british airways says it is fair, but the unions say, look at the whopping profit that british airways made at its parent group, iag, last year.

iag made a pre—tax profit of roughly £3 billion last year, and they say, the union, that their pilots should get a bigger slice of the cake. the wider context to all this is that british airways will fly around 150,000 passengers in a single day during these summer months, so if a strike were to go ahead, then the damage to british airways' reputation and its finances would be huge. british airways says it is disappointed by the decision, it says the strike action is unprecedented, but it is getting back behind the negotiating table. balpa says, look, if a strike were to go ahead, that would be more costly than reaching a compromise around the table between british airways and the union. i think, after the court decision here this morning, it is more likely the strike could happen, but it is by no means certain.

borisjohnson has promised to do everything in his power to help restore power—sharing in northern ireland, more than two and a half years after it collapsed. he's been meeting the main parties for talks at stormont. 0ur ireland correspondent emma va rdy reports boris johnson's road ahead on northern ireland may not always be this clear. the rival parties he is here to meet are deadlocked, while the uk is facing deadlock in its brexit talks with the eu. it is great to be here in northern ireland, and 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 get up and running again, because i think that is profoundly in the interests of people here and all the citizens in northern ireland. make sure boris johnson doesn't ignore us! you wouldn't come to us, so we have come to you. campaigners came with a cacophony of northern ireland's

most divisive issues. shipyard workers alongside anti—brexiteers and activists for victims of the troubles. but it is the irish language and proposed laws to protect it that has become the most difficult issue for the power—sharing talks to overcome. the democratic unionists' arlene foster was the only party leader to dine with borisjohnson last night. he needs their ear and their votes in westminster. they discussed the tensions with dublin over the irish border, a dispute which, if unresolved, could see the uk leaving the eu without a deal. by by sensible brexit is one that recognises that nobody wants to see a return to the borders of the past or infrastructure on the borders. what we want to see is a sensible

way forward that recognises that the whole of the united kingdom are leaving the european union, the republic of ireland are staying in the single market, and therefore we have to find a way of dealing with that. we can do that, i believe firmly we can do that, but there has to bea firmly we can do that, but there has to be a willingness on both sides to achieve that. borisjohnson's closeness to the dup has deepened the divide with their arch rivals, sinn fein. he tells us that he will act with absolute impartiality. we have told him that nobody believes that. nobody believes that, because there are no grounds to believe that there is any kind of impartiality, much less strict impartiality. finding the middle ground here is hard, and with brexit unresolved, nothing comes easy. there was no breakthrough in talks today, and many feel that boris johnson leaves this island with its economic future in his hands. there is one in sign no—deal brexit could lead to 50,000

job losses in the irish republic alone, so many communities are facing nervous months ahead. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. let's talk to our correspondent sara girvin, who is at stormont in belfast. what sort of reception did boris johnson get from the parties? well, i think it is fair to say the reception he got was fairly mixed. borisjohnson, the reception he got was fairly mixed. boris johnson, the prime reception he got was fairly mixed. borisjohnson, the prime minister's political views generally, and his views on brexit will be very much at odds with the views of some political parties here in northern ireland. he said that he wants the backstop gone from any eu withdrawal discussions, he has called it a monstrosity. he says he is committed to the union and keeping northern ireland part of the uk, and that he wa nts ireland part of the uk, and that he wants the uk to leave the eu in 0ctober, come what may, even in a no—deal scenario. the dup, who essentially back up the

conservatives in parliament, they would very much agree with what he has to say, and it is that relationship between the dup and the conservatives which has come in for much criticism from some of the other parties. sinn fein today, they questioned how the prime minister could claim to be impartial after having dinner with dup members last night ahead of today's talks. the pa rty‘s night ahead of today's talks. the party's present, mary lou mcdonald, called on boris johnson party's present, mary lou mcdonald, called on borisjohnson not to be the dup gopher, and she warned that crashing out of the eu with a no—deal would be catastrophic for people living on the island of ireland. so those divisions are very clear to see here. and the significance of this visit, as far as people there are concerns? well, i suppose it is significant in so far as this was borisjohnson's first visit to northern ireland as prime minister, and he has sought to

do that so soon as being prime minister, it was timely, i suppose, there was matters around brexit, and there was matters around brexit, and the restoration of devolution here at stormont, still very much at the forefront of what is going on here in northern ireland, and the issue around the irish border has proved to be so contentious in the eu withdrawal negotiations. there is no workable, no viable solution being suggested for that issue just yet, so will borisjohnson's visit have done any good in resolving that? well, we will have to wait and see. and after two and a half years without any power—sharing at stormont, any prospect that my change? well, as you say, northern ireland has been without a functioning devolved government now for two and a half years. theresa may did make a few visits to northern ireland, she sought to engage with the parties, to break that deadlock. she was unsuccessful, so will borisjohnson's succeed in northern ireland where theresa may failed? we willjust have to wait and see. we are hearing from some of

the parties today that it would seem there is a will to continue talks, but the huge and very complex issues that brought down stormont in the first place, well, they are still there, the issue of the legacy of there, the issue of the legacy of the troubles and how to deal with that, same—sex marriage, still the only part of the uk here in northern ireland where that is not legal, and the creation of an irish language act. now, these issues haven't been resolved into an rv is, so it seems very unlikely that just four hours of talks with boris johnson very unlikely that just four hours of talks with borisjohnson will do the trick. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. lessons haven't been learned, a damning report into the abuse of hundreds of children while they were in residential and foster care run by nottinghamshire councils. ryanair says it has 1500 more pilots and cabin staff than required and job losses will be announced in the coming weeks british airways is to resume talks with its pilots over proposed

strike action after the airline lost a legal challenge. england are without a ahead of their ashes opener with australia, but they do have james anderson fit to play. they do have james anderson fit to play- -- they do have james anderson fit to play. —— all withoutjofra archer. adam peaty says a more aggressive stance should be taken to stamp out doping in swimming, the eight—time champion spoke to us earlier and said better education is needed. and he might be the manager, but mauricio pochettino says he is not in control of transfers at tottenham and feels his job title should be changed. back with more on those stories in around 15 minutes' time. a new law to help families take over the affairs of loved ones who have disappeared has come into effect. named after the missing chef claudia lawrence. claudia's law creates a special legal status to allow someone to be appointed as a guardian if their relative hasn't been seen for 90 days or more. claudia's father, peter lawrence, has led the campaigning efforts behind this change in the law. he joins us now from westminster.

a very good afternoon to you. allow. for the first time in ten years, you have got some good news. yes, today isa have got some good news. yes, today is a good day. at last, the families of missing adults are able to manage and look after the property and financial affairs of their missing loved ones. a lot of people will be surprised that, up until now, no family has the legal right to step in and manage the legal affairs of anyone who has gone missing. they wa nt to anyone who has gone missing. they want to be any more surprised than i was ten years ago, very shortly after claudia went missing. i said, hang on, i am a solicitor, i must be missing something, there must be some way of doing it, and there was no law until today. just explain what has changed, what will happen in future. in future, the family of any missing adults, and i say adult because we are dealing with property and financial affairs, will be able

to go to court to get an order to say, iam to go to court to get an order to say, i am looking after the affairs of my missing brother, wife, whatever and... the mortgage company, bank, building society, insurance company, however, will ta ke insurance company, however, will take account of that court order and will enable the person who has come to see them to deal with their missing loved one's affairs. it is a real change. so on top of the agony of having someone who is missing, you can't actually do anything to try and move on, effectively, until today. that is the real point. once people are at their lowest ebb emotionally, because their loved one has gone missing, they suddenly find they can't deal with the things that everybody else deals with day to

day. and from now on, they will be able to, it is a great burden lifted. just explain how you first became aware that this was going to became aware that this was going to bea became aware that this was going to be a problem. basically, within several weeks of claudia disappearing, i realised that money couldn't be moved from one account to another, to enable bills to be paid, that investments just matured and you couldn't do anything with them, so they lost money. some people have found that mortgages on a fixed rate came to an end, and you automatically go onto a standard variable rate, which is obviously much higher. all sorts of problems occur, and you just can't or couldn't until today do anything about it. so what you have done will make life easier for people going through that horror of dealing with a missing relative. so there is some

good to come out of this. but it has been, what, ten years since claudia disappeared, ijust been, what, ten years since claudia disappeared, i just wonder been, what, ten years since claudia disappeared, ijust wonder how been, what, ten years since claudia disappeared, i just wonder how you are. it has taken its toll. it... it is the not knowing, and i have said this for ten years, it is the not knowing what has happened, and this applies to most people with a missing loved one. that takes its toll, it really eats into you. and that continues. but at least today we have got to the alleviation of the burden of the financial and property side. the trouble is, peter, someone out there does now, don't they? yes, they do. i have a lwa ys don't they? yes, they do. i have always said that, and which have a senior police officer has been involved at north yorkshire always says that, someone does know, and they want to say. and i am surprised

that come up with all the publicity, and they can see how this affects me the family, that nobody has come forward to say. that play for information, i know you have made it before. is there hope in your heart that you will one day find out what happened to your daughter? 0h that you will one day find out what happened to your daughter? oh god yes, there is. i am sure that one day we will now, but one day stretching too far. just explain the effect of not knowing, it is bad enough that you have had to have your daughter declared dead —— but there is no way of dealing with that presumably. well, of course, the family have not gone through the step of declaring her dead, the police treated it as a murder case, and the effect of not knowing is that it really actually eats into, it eats into your body, and it is a

terrible thing over a long period like ten years. do you think she might still be alive? there is a lwa ys might still be alive? there is always hope, but after ten years it obviously gets much less. and looking at what you have achieved today, there are going to be, sadly, families who will benefit from those who, i suspect, families who will benefit from those who, isuspect, will want families who will benefit from those who, i suspect, will want to say thank you in some way or other, because as far as you are concerned, this will really change their lives considerably. yes, it will. i have met quite a few of these families, there are several hundred families waiting for this, but i have met quite a few of those families through the charity missing people, and it is to that charity that all families in this position should look for advice and how to deal with these new applications. it is officially known as the guardianship missing persons act, but for eve ryo ne missing persons act, but for everyone it is going to be claudia's law, isn't it? yes, notjust us, the

ministers in both of the house of commons and house of lords said in the parliamentary debates that this person will forever be known as claudia's law, and that was very satisfying. peter, it is very good of you to talk, i know viewers would wa nt to of you to talk, i know viewers would want to express their thoughts that are with you at what is still obviously very difficult time, i am most grateful to you forjoining us. thank you. you are watching afternoon live. scores of homes have been flooded in north yorkshire, after a month's rain fell in four hours in some areas. a bridge has collapsed, road and rail travel is disrupted, and more rain is expected, with a yellow weather warning still in place across northern england, and parts of the midlands. 0ur correspondent fiona trott reports from grinton in the yorkshire dales. part of a village cut off, the emergency services were called to grinton early yesterday evening. an alarming scene for the villagers braving the flood in their cars.

meanwhile, in fremington the cars were simply left abandoned. in leyburn, rescuers themselves could not escape the floodwater. really busy day but unfortunately the fire station has been one of the first victims of the flooding because the crews were already out and about helping local communities. and today the local community is pulling together as the clear—up operation begins. the road was basically a river, and the firemen put sandbags in front of the door, and we had water coming under the door and through the back door. people are just inundated with water, and you just feel helpless going there because as fast as you pump it out, it comes back in. really it isjust damage limitation to make sure people are safe. in grinton, the damage is clear to see.

the sheer force of the floodwater pushed cars and debris across the road. some farmers have not seen anything like it before. we did not lose any livestock, as we managed to get them to safety, but the worst thing is the winter forage, we had 160 bales of silage and most of that has been washed away and damaged. and they are ruined, i have never seen anything like it. for people forced out of their homes, neighbours have taken them in. i was really concerned for the residents here because water has gone through their houses, some people had to move in with the lady next door, and some are living upstairs in the house as well. the whole community seems to be helping and gathering round. this was meant to be a focal point for the community this weekend, the mountain bike festival has been cancelled — the priority now is to clear up cancelled — the priority now is to clearup and cancelled — the priority now is to clear up and help those who need it. fiona trott, bbc news, north yorkshire.

and that leads on nicely to our look at the weather. ben rich is here, lots of people going climate change, we have seen the reaction to that, but when we are talking about climate change, what is the difference between climate and weather? the difference is that weather is what we see in the short term, and climate is the longer term trends. so we say that climate is what you would expect, and weather is what you actually get, which obviously can vary within that range. the reason we are talking about this today, of course, simon, is because there is a report from the met office on the state of the uk climate, and it has told us that the top ten hottest years on record, and those records go back to 1884, the top ten hottest years have all occurred since 2002, and if you wa nt all occurred since 2002, and if you want a top ten coldest year, you have to go all the way back to 1963. so it is clear that the pattern, the

climate, in answer to your question, is warming, but the weather you get every day, well, that is still going to vary, as we saw so markedly in parts of yorkshire yesterday.” to vary, as we saw so markedly in parts of yorkshire yesterday. i know one of the questions you have been getting, 1976? that is the first question. but 1976, which i remember, there was a minister for drought then, but that doesn't appear on the list. the drought was one of the remarkable things about that summer, also the longevity of the heat, but it is not on the top ten list because this is the top ten hottest years on average. so we are not only talking about those really hot summer days, it also talking about winter days, with a mild or cold? spring about winter days, with a mild or cold ? spring days, about winter days, with a mild or cold? spring days, mild or cold? it is the time of year when often in spring you don't really notice the weather, because it is kind of in the middle of the range. so it is those days that contribute just as much, and also the overnight temperatures. 0ne much, and also the overnight temperatures. one interesting thing

about 1976, i will show you this graphic, quite a lot to take in, but this is 1976 compared with 2018, last summer, when we had another significant heat these show the deviations from average temperatures, so 1976, a little bit of red across the british isles, some heat quite locally. by 2018, globally, a lot more heat, a lot more heat across continental europe, a lot more heat for us to tap into. so on the global scale, 2018 a more dramatically heartier than 1976. and thatis dramatically heartier than 1976. and that is a pattern? well, not necessarily, these are just two particular years, but they help with the comparison that people have been making between 1976, that yardstick ye eight that everyone thinks about when we talk about hot weather, and the last heatwave across a much wider area. another year i was

around, 1963, that is the question, will we ever see things like that, the term is freezing again? this is from windsor from 1962, when the thames partially froze. it was not like the frost fairs that we saw backin like the frost fairs that we saw back in the little ice age, when i am not sure even you were around, simon! the thames would freeze solid for days and days on end. will it ever happen again? we would never say never, even in a generally changing climate there will always be warm spells and colder spells, but obviously things are getting warmer, and the likelihood of that happening is getting less and less. to freeze the thames, a flowing body of water, takes a long spell of very cold weather, and we didn't do it last year in the beast from the east, so the chances, i have to say... i know we will be playing this section again in december! you will be out there in the middle of the term skating!

iam i am actually quite scared of ice skating, because i broke my leg once, but it will be someone else. 0k, an unexpected twist! you had better give us a forecast. certainly. i sense no not part of the concern at the moment. as we saw a minute to go, consistent flooding across parts of yorkshire. this is the picture yesterday, an area of low pressure pushing in, look at these intense blue colours. some really heavy downpours move through. a lot of rain in a short space of time. hundred millimetres in a few hours and a few spots, the equivalent of more than the month of july overall on average. so no wonder we had such significant flash flooding problems. this is the focus for this afternoon. spot the difference. more of these heavy downpours in places where we do not wa nt downpours in places where we do not want them, so there could be some further travel disruption of localised flooding. the other area through the rest of today that will see some intense downpours, central and western scotland. these will be slow moving, so if one of them turns up slow moving, so if one of them turns up where you are, it could be with

you for quite some time and might give you an awful lot of rain. the wind is very light, nothing much to push the showers along. more breezy further south, but not as windy as yesterday. these are the temperatures as we end the afternoon. this evening and tonight, you can make outjust about hear of the east coast, a swell, which is the east coast, a swell, which is the area of low pressure that has been driving the very turbulent weather, and it is clearing away, so things are slowly starting to dry up. most places will be dry by tomorrow morning, and a slightly fresher start of the day as well, 11-14d. into fresher start of the day as well, 11—14d. into tomorrow, ourarea fresher start of the day as well, 11—14d. into tomorrow, our area of low pressure a re 11—14d. into tomorrow, our area of low pressure are rapidly weakening ofair, low pressure are rapidly weakening of air, pushing eastwards. you can see on this chart, not many white lines or isobars. very widely spaced. that means the winds will be much, much lighter. the low still close enough to generate some showers tomorrow, but they should not be as heavier widespread as ones we have had. scotland and northern england likely to have some showers. some likely to develop across south—west england and into central

england as well. temperatures dry than they have been. 25 in london. 0n than they have been. 25 in london. on friday again, fewer showers, and a gradual process. most showers that p0p up a gradual process. most showers that pop up will be quite light. many places will stay dry through the day, and we stick with it lighter winds and higher temperatures. 24 aberdeen, 22 in plymouth, 24 in cardiff, and towards the weekend, high pressure is pretty close by, so that promises some fine weather, but the high fairly weak, so it may not keep all the showers at bay. there could be some during saturday, hopefully nothing widespread or heavy. sunday brings a lot of dry weather, with some rain likely to split from the west. the really torrential downpours of the last couple of day should start to clear away.

he now this is bbc news — our latest headlines: lessons haven't been learned: a damning report into the abuse of hundreds of children while they were in residential and foster care run by nottinghamshire councils ryanair says it has 1,500 more pilots and cabin staff than required and job losses will be announced in the coming weeks the prime minister has urged political parties in northern ireland to step up their efforts to restore power—sharing, during a visit to belfast. ridges collapse and homes

are inundated as flash flooding hits part of north yorkshire — after almost a month's rain fell in four hours. sport now on afternoon live with gavin. one live with gavin. very popular english player will not one very popular english player will not be appearing. yes, that's right. jofra archer will miss the opener at edgbaston. he has been recovering from a side strain and did not feature against ireland in the recent test match. he has played t20 cricket for sussex. archer has yet to play a test and he was england's leading wicket taker in that world cup winning campaign. lots of people were really excited about seeing him against the aussies, but ben stokes, another exciting player for england, aussies, but ben stokes, another exciting playerfor england, is in the side, and the all—rounder wants england to launch into the aussies from the first ball. the team had their first from the first ball. the team had theirfirst training from the first ball. the team had their first training session in birmingham this morning. james anderson is fit to play after struggling with a calf strain recently. test captain joe struggling with a calf strain recently. test captainjoe root feels the hunger is still there within the ranks even though england have just one that historic world cup. i think you speak to anyone

that has captained england and is on the verge of an ashes series, and to say that it doesn't mean as much as any other event, say that it doesn't mean as much as any otherevent, i say that it doesn't mean as much as any other event, i don't think any of them would agree. i think it's huge. it's a great opportunity. i think cricket in this country's probably at an all—time high. it has probably got interested has gone for not —— not got for a long time, and we can make the some very memorable one, and that is exciting, to have that carrot in front of us as a is really pleasing, and it is a great motivator for the whole squad, but ultimately, it comes down to how we go about that and how we will break down australia and how we will break down australia and win enough games to win the series. news from the australia camp. 0pening batsman david warner will be fit for the first test after an injury scare, and it will be the first test match that he, former captain steve smith and batsman cameron bancroft have been involved in since last year's ball tampering

scandal. and to swimming, adam peaty‘s strong words about doping in his sport? yes, he came in and talk to us earlier, simon. really interesting to hear his thoughts on keeping the spot clean and how that happens. he has reiterated calls for the governing body to stamp out doping. he won three gold medals at the aquatics championships in south korea last week, a competition that saw two swimmers warned for protesting against another. pt told us it has a lot to do with education around doping. here is what he said when we asked him if the governing bodyis when we asked him if the governing body is doing enough to stop doping and swimming. no, no where near, i think across the board. the ia double f have taken a massive stance in banning russia, but the olympics will be an interesting time to see what will happen with that. we have been saying this for years, and nothing has been happening, but who knows what motivations they have got to keep them in the sport? adam

peaty that. in football news, mauricio pochettino says he is not in charge of tra nsfers pochettino says he is not in charge of transfers at tottenham and says his title should be changed to coach. they broke their record earlier this month on a signing, their first earlier this month on a signing, theirfirst in 18 months. pochettino says he knows nothing about the situations of his players and anything contractual is dealt with by chairman daniel lavey. england women are set for a record home crowd after selling more than 50,000 tickets for a game against germany at wembley in november. the previous record was 45,619 when germany were also the opponents and claimed a 3—0 win at wembley in 2014. the increased interest could largely be down to england's success at the world cup semifinals this summer, when they reached the semifinals. justin holbrook will lead league leaders st helens at the end of the season. he isjoining the titans in

australia as their whole head coach has been with saints for two years and is due to guide them to tell it into the challenge cup final. and to finish up, a huge fight in the major league baseball last night. some serious chirping coming from the pirates dug out. and now garrett is on his way to the dugout, and here we go. oh! so this is the cincinnati reds pitcher and garrett reacting to some heckling from the pittsburgh pirates bench. here it is, sparking a mass brawl between the two sides which lasted for two five minutes. five reds players were ejected from the game. you don't want to see scenes like that. that's all the sport for now. more on the next hour. see you then. thank you very much. borisjohnson has been holding talks with the five main political parties in northern ireland, after promising to do everything in his power

to restore the power—sharing government at stormont. but the prime minister has been met with angerfrom sinn fein, who say his reliance on the dup means his claim to be impartial is "laughable". the conservative leader relies on the support of the dup's ten mps for a commons majority. the leader of sinn fein, mary lou macdonald, also warned mrjohnson that he "has set the compass for a crash brexit", which would boost the case for a united ireland. let's now speak to robin swann, the leader of the ulster unionist party. the first visit to have achieved everything? this was the prime minister'sfirst engagement here in northern ireland, and he came with the will to listen and engage with the will to listen and engage with the five main parties and see what the five main parties and see what the main concerns we have and the restoration of the northern ireland executive and assembly, because it is crucial to us all, the people in northern ireland, and it is something he seemed genuinely interested in achieving, but also

seem knowledgeable in as well. you sound surprised. well, look, ithink a lot of people have been basing themselves on the caricature that has been put right of the prime minister. we actually got to meet him and had a good bilateral engagement with him this morning, and the detailed knowledge that he had, both of the institutions here and with regard to how brexit will affect northern ireland, he was well across his brief, and i must say, i was impressed with the knowledge that he carried, not that we actually agreed with some of his positions, but he did seem on his brief. after two and a half years without a power—sharing government there at stormont, and with brexit now technically not far away, is it too late to expect anything to change? well, i hope not. we are a devolutionist party. we have put a lot into achieving devolution here in northern ireland and the establishment of the institutions.

the time the prime minister and the secretary of state have is very short. we are up to the job of engaging with the other parties and the government is to getting this place up and running again, because we need devolved and responsible politicians making decisions here, in northern ireland. the two and half years, in northern ireland. the two and half yea rs, we in northern ireland. the two and half years, we have been living the decision—making process to civil servants, and that's notjust an not fairon servants, and that's notjust an not fair on them either. i was elected to do fair on them either. i was elected todoa fair on them either. i was elected to doajob, fair on them either. i was elected to do a job, which i want to do, so the onus is now in the political parties. how time when there were short to re—establish this place, and if we can do that before october to 31st, i think i'm afraid we're looking at a period of direct rule, because we need politicians here actually those decisions. many are saying that will push the argument for a border poll. that's what i'm hearing coming from sinn fein. i don't necessarily agree with their analysis. i think what it does bring about is the pressure on sinn fein and the dup actually to get their acts together, to knock

their heads together and start delivering responsible government for all the people of northern ireland. anywhere else than the republic or northern ireland, our medical waiting lists would not be acceptable. so we need the politicians here, including ourselves, to be responsible and get in and do thejob we are ourselves, to be responsible and get in and do the job we are allowed to do. when looking at your website, one thing that seems to have got your party particularly angry, the removal of a portrait from the northern ireland office of the queen? is a unionist, we couldn't fathom that. it was something we raised with the prime minister as well. the northern ireland office is a department of her majesty's government, and for us, for a portrait of her majesty the queen to be removed because it may have offended or may offend, it is not something we can countenance. we are an active part of the united kingdom and her majesty as the head of our state and government, and she should

have been there. she has a right to be there, and we think that portrait should be replaced. 0n the mood music from the prime minister, do you sense that a brexit without a deal is at the heart of his approach for the next month? well, look, and i think that's one of the things where myself and the prime minister actually did disagree, we have been very firm in opposing a no—deal brexit, saying it will be detrimental to northern ireland no matter how it is dressed up ireland no matter how it is dressed up or no matter how people try to put a spin on it. for our business sector, our agri— food sector, and for the general population, it is not good and will not be good. we need to leave with a deal on october 31. it is something that has to be worked for and achieved, but leaving with a new deal scenario is not good. if that is the direction of travel he seems to be focusing on, i think they should also put the same energies and direction into

achieving a deal with the european union. they should step back from the prevaricating and the chest beating and the positioning. we are long past that time frame. we now need to get into a position where there are serious negotiations between all the players. i think there is a pounds that would responsibility is to bring about the solution for these islands and our future bring about the solution for these islands and ourfuture relationship with the european union. briefly, do you think he can head home and think he has achieved anything today? sorry, i miss that. do you think the prime minister can head back to london feeling he has achieved anything? he is here, and it is the first time we have had a roundtable discussion between the parties in the two governments. that is something we have not done for nearly three weeks, so the impetus is there. we have a new secretary of state who seems to be giving the direction. he is coming with a new set of skills that he achieved in his time as government chief whip,

so if he can bring those skills to the table and actually get the five parties working collaboratively together rather than sitting and establishing red lines, i think we can see a movement. so his visit today might not be welcomed by some, but i think it is a positive step. he is the prime minister of the uk, he has a role to play here, and responsibility for the people of northern ireland as prime minister. robin is one of the ulster unionist party, thank you so much for your this afternoon. —— robin swann. let's get more on the weather. the latest on the situation in north yorkshire with peter harris, who is in leyburn. i think the weather has started again to rain, has it came after it is closing in on the last 20 minutes or so, yes, after it is closing in on the last 20 minutes orso, yes, raining fairly steadily. nothing on the levels it was at last night, but nevertheless, the environment agency have one we are not necessarily out of the woods, and there could be more problems across the midlands

and certainly into yorkshire. you will know yourself when covering flash floods that often, the water comes in a great violent torrent and crashes through people'shomes and businesses, and the next day, at least on the surface, it looks as if not much has happened. you will see down here in the car park, some evidence of the debris that came down the banks here and deposited itself here. i can assure you, though, this inside these businesses, i'm afraid, they've had a dreadful day sorting things out. we showed you pictures of this pub earlier on, the king's had. this had its seller flooded out, earlier on, the king's had. this had its sellerflooded out, and many of these businesses on the side of the road were also flooded out. one of the ironies is that north yorkshire fire and rescue's station here in leyburn, while the firefighters were out tackling their floods, their building was also inundated on some of their vehicles today were being taken away. let me recap you again on the grim statistics of this. fire and rescue said they were called 165 times last night to this flooding. we believe about 100 homes were also

affected, and perhaps the most violent incident at all, or the most dramatic, we could say, is at a place called grinton, where a bridge gave way and collapsed. 0bviously lots of problems on the roads, and as you come into leyburn, you would find many roads here were closed off earlier on. the rain continuing to fall here, and there are still warnings in place about the conditions here. if there is one story picture can paint, it probably comes from swaledale mountain rescue, who described the conditions last night around wreath is like a raging torrent, and they described how there was debris cascading down the rural roads, including things like garden sheds that had just been lifted up by the water and sent scurrying away down the bank send up and down the dales here. ok, good a you to bring us the latest. thanks very much. the latest from leyburn with peter harris. i want to bring you some news we are

just getting in. this is coming from essex, where police in south essex say they have identified a sixth suspected drug related deaths. a woman in her 30s found dead in southend on sunday morning. two women and three men died on monday and tuesday, and police say they believe the six deaths may be linked in the sale of class a drugs. tests are ongoing to identify exactly what substance or su bsta nces were identify exactly what substance or substances were involved. police say they are concerned and have dedicated officers to work around the clock investigating the circumstances. so six possibly related deaths, all involving drugs in south essex in the last few days. more on that as we get it. you are watching afternoon live. borisjohnson is being urged to take personal responsibility for tackling the increase in youth violence across england and wales. mps on the home affairs committee say the current strategy is inadequate, and are calling on the government

to reverse cuts to youth services and increase police numbers. the home office insists that the government is taking urgent action to keep communities safe. 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. we have had a perfect storm of youth service cuts, police cuts, county lines drug networks and school exclusions, and the government is not taking strong enough action on any of them. in april, theresa may held a summit on youth violence and set up a ministerial task force.

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. that would mean more groups like this boxing club in south—west london. it helps disadvantaged young people and aims to steer them away from crime. when you look at funding and when you look at results, people want to see results in one year, two years, three years. but actually, if you really want to work with those that are costing society the most and those that are involved in some of the more serious youth violence, you need to have a long—term plan for those people. the home office disputes the committee's findings and says it is taking urgent action to keep communities safe.

it has already announced plans to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers over the next three years. in a moment, what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. lessons haven't been learned: a damning report into the abuse of hundreds of children while they were in residential and foster care run by nottinghamshire councils. ryanair says it has 1,500 more pilots and cabin staff than required and job losses will be announced in the coming weeks. british airways is to resume talks with its pilots over proposed strike action after the airline lost a legal challenge. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. car production here in the uk fell by more than a fifth in the first half of the year. the society of motor manufacturers and traders blames falling demand in key markets and fears over a no—deal brexit.

it says that inward investment into the sector "effectively stopped". the owner of ladbrokes coral has been fined £5.9m for not protecting vulnerable customers and for failings in its anti—money laundering measures. the gambling commission says that the bookmaker over a three—year period, the firm failed to put effective safeguards in place to "prevent consumers suffering gambling harm". consumer confidence improved injuly, according to new data which showed that britons are feeling more optimistic about their finances. the economists at gfk warned however that optimism would be tested as we approach the october 31st deadline for the uk to leave the eu. the property market is pretty slow. all people are putting off downsizing? yes, it's a slow right now because of the dangers of no—deal brexit, but one of the knock—on impact of the slowing of the property market,

according to nationwide building society and what they have said today, is that it is discouraging downsizing. your kids have moved out, you might consider selling the family home and getting a smaller place. the slowness of the property market is discouraging people in that category. they cannot get as much money for it? and it is too much money for it? and it is too much hassle. if they cannot do it quickly, what is the point. figures say 54% of owner occupied homes are now under occupied, meaning they have two or more spare bedrooms. that's an increase from 42% at the same time last year. and of course, if people in this category are less inclined to downsize, there are knock—on effects for the rest of the market, particularly the category of people who need to upsize because they have a growing family. joining us to discuss that is nina scare oh, economist at the centre for economics and business research. thank you for being with us. how big an issue is this for the property market? there has definitely been a

sluggishness and slowness in the housing market in the last couple of years, and it has had a very different impact on the first time buyers versus people who are looking to move homes, and of course, a subcategory of people who are looking to move homes are looking to downsize. the issue of being whenever you are buying a small house, looking to trade up, because older people are not so inclined to let go of their family homes, there creates a bottleneck. those trapped in the small homes feel, to a degree, they need something bigger? right, that while there are different influences on deciding whether to buy a home, and we have seen for first—time buyers low interest rates, rather decent access to credit, and a very robust labour market supporting wage growth above inflation levels, so that means that a lot of younger people have been

more able to save up and also to benefit from slower rises in house prices. 0n the other hand, there are people looking to move homes, including those who are looking to downsize, and for a lot of the downsize, and for a lot of the downsize is, it is more of a decision that they can make at any point in time over a number of years. it is offered not a very urgent decision, and given that lately we have seen fewer properties on the market, meaning there is generally last churn, meaning people looking to downsize also have less properties to downsize to you. it is kind of creating a blockage in the market. thank you forjoining us. do we have time for a quick nod to the markets? a quick nod. everyone is making for the federal reserve and central bank to make its decision and interest rates later. 7pm, we are expecting interest rates to be cut by a quarter of 8%. lots of waiting to see for that. that has caused markets in the uk and us to be down. the pound has recovered slightly against the dollar. you will have more later. in the

meantime, let's catch up with weather with ben. top good afternoon. the weather has been making headlines over the last 24 hours, not least because of the flooding that has affected parts of yorkshire. you can see and yesterday's radar picture this swell in air pressure bringing very heavy downpours. you can see the dark blue colours on the chart. some spots are 100 millimetres of rain injust a few hours, more than we would normally expect in the whole of july. similar areas will be affected by heavy downpours through the rest of this afternoon, so the potential for some more disruption, perhaps more localised flooding. also some severe thunderstorms, likely to break out across central and western parts of scotland. these will be quite slow moving, because the winds will be very light. elsewhere, through northern ireland down into wales, south of england, it is drier thanit wales, south of england, it is drier than it was yesterday. temperatures between 19—21d. as we go through this evening into tonight, this area

of low pressure bringing all this very turbulent weather starts to spiral its way out into the north sea. we will see more on the way of dry weather through the night. clear spells, patches of cloud as well, and it will be a little bit cooler thanit and it will be a little bit cooler than it was last night, with lows of 11-14. than it was last night, with lows of 11—14. here is our area of low pressure tomorrow morning. sliding out into the north sea. also i noticed that many white lines or isobars in this chart. this shows the winds we pretty light, lighter than for some of this jury yesterday. while there will be some showers, not as many over the last couple of days, and they probably will not be as heavy either. you will not be as heavy either. you will see some breaking out across scotland, down across the spine of northern england, and there will be some in central southern england as well. a bit more sunshine, temperatures a bit higher, 20—26. again on friday, there will be one or two showers across parts of scotland, the eastern side of england. again, the chance for showers across the south—west, running across parts of central

southern england, but in sunshine, we stick with those higher temperatures, 21—26. as we head into the weekend, we have a very weak ridge of high pressure that is going to be trying to keep things settle. it probably won't be enough to kill off all the showers, and i could be the other one on saturday. most places will be dry, but a frontal system approaches from the west and we will see some rain at times.

hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy, today at four: lessons haven't been learned — a damning report into the abuse of hundreds of children while they were in residential and foster care run by nottinghamshire councils. we're not talking here about one individual that either blocked or actively participated in the sexual abuse of children. we are just talking about a regime that, over many years, just didn't recognise what they needed to do to protect children. and i can't repeat strongly enough just how shocked i am. i had very bad anger issues, obviously because of what happened to me, i didn't trust anyone at all, which led to me get into trouble, self—destruct. ryanair says it has hundreds more pilots and cabin staff than required and job losses will be announced

in the coming weeks. the prime minister has urged political parties in northern ireland to step up their efforts to restore power—sharing, during a visit to belfast. coming up on afternoon live all the sport, with gavin. yes, thanks very much, england's jofra archer will miss the opening ashes test macro, the latest ahead of the match with australia. and ben has a look at the weather. after the flooding in parts of yorkshire yesterday, plenty of people will be hoping these heavy downpours will clear away, well, they should over the next few days, a trend of things gradually drying out, i will have the details a little later on. also coming up — bridges collapse and homes are damaged as flash flooding hits pa. of north yorkshire, and there's still rain to come. we go news nationwide to speak to bbc look north about how people are coping there.

hello, this is afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. an investigation has found that hundreds of children who were abused while in care in nottinghamshire were failed by the local authorities who were meant to be looking after them. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse found two councils exposed more than 350 children to repeated rapes and abuse for a period of 50 years. but the true numbers of victims is likely to be considerably higher. the chair of the inquiry, alexis jay, says, "for decades, children who were in the care of the nottinghamshire councils suffered appalling sexual and physical abuse." "those responsible for overseeing the care of children failed to question the extent of sexual abuse or action taken." 0ur correspondent sima kotecha has the story. beechwood children's home in nottingham, where abuse in the past was rife. today's report concludes from the late 1970s to earlier this year, 16 staff were convicted

of sexually abusing children. but the crimes didn't just take place here. this report concludes that the abuse of children in foster care and residential homes was widespread during the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s. it says all the homes were run by nottinghamshire councils. i have been in the inquiry now since march 2015, i think this was probably, in terms of scale, the most shocking that we have seen, and if you think about it, we are not talking about one individual that blocked or actively participated in the sexual abuse of children, we are talking about a regime that, over many years, just didn't recognise what they needed to do to protect children. caroline was abused during that time while in care. the impact it had on my life, basically, from that age, obviously, put so many blocks getting older, and obviously i basically withdrew in myself, as i got older,

i had very bad anger issues. the report says around 350 people said they had been sexually abused whilst in care in the region from the 1960s. police say the true number is likely to be considerably higher. it also says some perpetrators were allowed to carry on working with children, even though there were doubts about their conduct. i think we were slow to respond, slow to listen to the concerns that came out, and i really am sorry about that, because you know, these were the most vulnerable children in our society, and we had taken them to protect them in our care, and we didn't do a good job. but the chair of the inquiry has said that neither of the councils have learned from their mistakes, despite more than 30 years of evidence of failure to protect children in care. sima kotecha, bbc news, nottingham.

0ur correspondent phil mackie is at county hall in nottingham. that last point is the most damning one — michael listen simply haven't been learned. and i had ample opportunity, simon, there had been successful criminal investigations, and yet no—one seem to pay a lot of attention to those saying that something was going on and we need to do something about it. even today the inquiry says that there are not regular procedures for reporting allegations of abuse. it is these people should have been nurtured, cared for and protected, and instead they were raped and sexually assaulted. so much went wrong that there are 160 pages in this report, simon, and every time you reach a new, there is a moment when you think, wow, how could this have gone on for so long? and so there have

been apologies, or they haven't? it is difficult to see what the approach has been? yes, there have been apologies, notjust today but previously, the local authorities, because there have been individual cases that have finally come under this overall view where they have said sorry, but in fact nottinghamshire county council has said in its statement, we know that apologies cannot change the past or ta ke apologies cannot change the past or take away the abuse people have suffered. although these terrible events suffered. although these terrible eve nts too k suffered. although these terrible events took place many years ago, we know that the effects remain, so they say they will reflect carefully on the report and consider the findings and recommendations. nottingham city council says, we accept that we let people down in the worst possible way, and for that and the ongoing impact that has had on your lives, we are truly sorry, we a cce pt on your lives, we are truly sorry, we accept the council made mistakes and should have done more to protect you. so a proper mea culpa from these organisations, taking these things fully on board, but i suppose, not just for the things fully on board, but i suppose, notjust for the victims, but just people in

suppose, notjust for the victims, butjust people in nottingham and nottinghamshire, they will really wa nt to nottinghamshire, they will really want to see something happen that is more than the usual lessons learned, people will be rolling their eyes at that, they want to know that something definite is happening, and i may even be cause for people to lose theirjobs over this. phil, thank you, phil mackie there. ryanair has warned its staff to prepare for up to 1500 jobs to be cut over the next year. in a video message to staff, the boss michael 0'leary says the airline has too many pilots and cabin crew. our business correspondent theo legget explains why these job cuts may be on the horizon. there is something of a fare war in european aviation, and ryanair competes for passengers by reducing prices, reducing profits, and that is part of the problem. another part of the problem was rya nair was counting on having a number of 737 max aircraft in its fleet by next year. so in its figures earlier this month, we saw the profits were down, the company already has a surplus of staff, and that has been

exacerbated by ryanair‘s decision to recognise unions, which has reduced the turnover of staff, it is facing higher oil prices and will have fewer planes than it thought it would have. all of this means up to 1500 staff are in excess, it has too many, so it will have to get rid of some of them and close some bases. is this a one—off hit, or is there a problem with the business model? the model is changing, and recognition of unions was part of that. ryanair was used to people staying with the company and then leaving, and now it is recognising unions and it has been putting up pay for pilots and cabin crew, they are staying for longer, and its model was based on a certain level of pilot and cabin crew turnover, and that is not happening anymore. but its forecasting maybe did not take into account rising fuel costs and increased competition from, for example, lufthansa, which took over many of the assets of air berlin, and it says it has been undercutting them on some routes.

so circumstances have changed, and it could not have predicted what happened with the 737 max, an efficient aircraft that it had counted on having in its fleet, and that means that 600 pilots are not being used. will passengers notice any difference? passengers always want cheap fares, and we are going through a period of cheaperfares. these things have a way of working themselves out, so there are failures in the airline industry — just think back to monarch, for example. fares are started to rise after that, when there is less competition, but at the moment there is a lot of competition, passengers enjoy low fares, it is bad news for the pilots. later on, things will change. fresh talks between british airways and pilots are going ahead in an attempt to avoid strike action over a pay dispute after the airline lost a legal challenge. the airline is meeting with the british airline pilots' association this afternoon to continue negotiations after the court of appeal refused to grant an injunction to halt industrial action.

borisjohnson has urged the main parties in northern ireland to engage in "serious and intense" negotiations to restore power sharing, more than two and a half years after it collapsed. he's been meeting the main parties for talks at stormont in his first visit to belfast as prime— mnister. 0ur ireland correspondent emma va rdy reports boris johnson's road ahead on northern ireland may not always be this clear. the rival parties he is here to meet are deadlocked, while the uk is facing deadlock in its brexit talks with the eu. it is great to be here in northern ireland, and 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 get up and running again, because i think that is profoundly in the interests of people here and all the citizens in northern ireland. make sure boris johnson doesn't ignore us!

you wouldn't come to us, so we have come to you. campaigners came with a cacophony so we have come to you. of northern ireland's most divisive issues. shipyard workers alongside anti—brexiteers and activists for victims of the troubles. but it is the irish language and proposed laws to protect it that has become the most difficult issue for the power—sharing talks to overcome. the democratic unionists were the only party to dine with borisjohnson last night. he needs their ear and their votes in westminster. today, they discussed the tensions with dublin over the irish border, a dispute which, if unresolved, could see the uk leaving the eu without a deal. a sensible brexit is one that recognises that nobody wants to see a return to the borders of the past or infrastructure on the borders. what we want to see is a sensible way forward that recognises that the whole of the united kingdom are leaving the european union,

the republic of ireland are staying in the single market, and therefore we have to find a way of dealing with that. we can do that, i believe firmly we can do that, but there has to be a willingness on both sides to achieve that. borisjohnson's closeness to the dup has deepened the divide with their arch rivals, sinn fein. he tells us that he will act with absolute impartiality. we have told him that nobody believes that. nobody believes that, because there are no grounds to believe that there is any kind of impartiality, much less strict impartiality. finding the middle ground here is hard, and with brexit unresolved, nothing comes easy. there was no breakthrough in talks today, and many feel that borisjohnson leaves this island with its economic future in his hands.

there's warings a no—deal brexit could lead to 50,000 job losses in the irish republic alone, so many communities are facing nervous months ahead. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. let's talk to our correspondent sara girvin, who is at stormont. is there a sense that anything has been achieved with this visit? well, if northern ireland has been without a functioning, devolved government is now for two and a half years, theresa may, when she was prime minister, date of visit northern ireland several times engage with the parties and break the deadlock, but she was unsuccessful. so can borisjohnson but she was unsuccessful. so can boris johnson succeed but she was unsuccessful. so can borisjohnson succeed in northern ireland where theresa may failed? will he take a more hands—on approach? well, it is still too early to say. many politicians here we re early to say. many politicians here were meeting boris johnson early to say. many politicians here were meeting borisjohnson for the first time today. one told me that he took more notes in 40 minutes than theresa may and the sacked

secretary of state for northern ireland karen bradley laid in more than two years, and i also said they found him to be very across the northern ireland brief. but look, huge issues still remain here. the two main parties, the dup and sinn fein, it is fair to say they are worlds apart on brexit, and the issue of how to resolve the irish backstop problem remains unanswered with no detailed or viable solutions suggested just as yet. and the issue that brought down stormont in the first place well, that still remains — how to deal with the legacy of the troubles in northern ireland, the creation of an irish language act, and a same—sex marriage. northern ireland is the only part of the uk remaining where that is still not legal. so, look, there was problems haven't been resolved in two and a half years, it seems unlikely that just four hours of talks with boris johnson will see stormont up and running any time soon.

with me now from belfast is the alliance party deputy leader and mla for north down, stephen farry. let's talk about power—sharing at stormont, is there a sense that the arrival of borisjohnson today has moved anything forward in that? well, not really. this current phase of talks has been going for 12 or 13 weeks, and it is two and a half yea rs now weeks, and it is two and a half years now since we have had a government. the issues themselves are not particularly challenging, we have been through more difficult situations over the past 20 years, but we have found the situation where trust between the parties is perhaps at an all—time low, and people are very deeply entrenched around the issues. they have perhaps lost sight of the bigger picture of why we need an executive up and running. and is that what boris johnson was hoping to achieve, to get people back on his presence does

not really help or hinder in that regard. he was here showing some degree of a drive to get things moving again, but really it is up to the parties to do the work. but frankly we have a structural problem, which is the confidence and supply arrangement between the conservatives and the dup, which prevents the conservative party being impartial in government, it hinders them calling out the dup and applying a degree of stick, because you need a bit of carrot and a bit of stick, so their hands are tied behind their back, and that is a major impediment to getting this done. 0ne major impediment to getting this done. one of the things we are trying to get across to him is to face that reality. he needs to be prepared to call out the dup and indeed other parties where they are dragging theirfeet indeed other parties where they are dragging their feet and not being realistic in terms of what they are trying to do. and in terms of the issue of brexit and what this means for the border between northern ireland and the republic, if there isa ireland and the republic, if there is a no—deal departure, the arrival of borisjohnson today, did they get better or worse? well, probably the

same. it was a situation where we heard more or less the same — and a lot of very unrealistic wishful thinking on behalf of the prime minister. we asked if he had an alternative plan? he didn't have one, he wasn't able to answer the particular question. but we have a plan already, our preference is that we stop brexit entirely, we would rather reconsider the whole question, but we were pragmatic around the withdrawal agreement and particularly the backstop. the backstop is supported by the majority of people here in northern ireland, it is not seen as a threat, it is seen as insurance in relation to brexit, and this has been overly dramatised in london, and frankly people should embrace it. if we end up people should embrace it. if we end up with no deal, northern ireland will be in a very precarious situation. we are facing an existential threat, our political stability depends upon the good friday agreement. that has been badly undermined by brexit. i mean,

we are a complex society with a lot of contradictions... but it is a bit rich for any northern ireland politician to talk about political stability when you can't even have a government of your own running after two and a half years. well, i am very much aware of that context, but brexit has not helped the situation. brexit has not helped the situation. brexit was a contributory factor to why things fell apart, because we we re why things fell apart, because we were held together by a very u nsta ble were held together by a very unstable set of different factors, the balance between the north and south aspects, the east and west, and internal power—sharing. rex is seeking to impose very simplistic black and white solutions in a situation where we are a complex society. —— brexit. we only work through sharing and interdependence, and any form of brexit runs the risk of friction, a border barrier, and that does not work in the context of northern ireland, and that is why the whole process has been so thorny. but the backstop has been agreed by the eu, they are clear they will not be changing their

position in that regard, and we are seeing a lack of willingness on the pa rt seeing a lack of willingness on the part of the uk government to face up to that very stark reality, because any talk of a new deal is entirely wishful thinking. there isn't even a coherent plan, any form of alternative arrangement has been debunked is not viable. at this stage, we can't replace what we have in terms of the backstop, so talk of a new deal is simplyjust a facade, and the reality is we are facing into a new deal which would be catastrophic for northern ireland, not just catastrophic for northern ireland, notjust in terms of the border but in terms of mass loss ofjobs, potentially 40,000 jobs in export, virtually overnight, in the context of no deal, because our farmers would lose access to markets. when you talk about an agreement being reached by the eu on the backstop, it has not been agreed through the uk parliament, and that is the problem. is there now a little scapegoating going on as to where the buck stops are not? —— where the

buck stops on that? the taoiseach is doing what any irish prime minister would be doing, there is a strong consensus in southern ireland in relation to the backstop, and strong support here in northern ireland on the backstop as well. it wasn't ireland that left the european union, it is the uk that is seeking to do that, so brexit is their problem, they have a responsibility to northern ireland and indeed the rest of the uk to find a way forward that actually works and doesn't cause heavy damage in that regard. i think that is a challenge, but none thatis think that is a challenge, but none that is what they have to face up to, and any attempt to scapegoat ireland or pass the blame on to the european union, i think people will see through that very quickly. the uk has to be realistic in terms of the choices facing it, and we reminded the prime minister today that his predecessor did sign up to the withdrawal agreement, including the withdrawal agreement, including the backstop, and he himself voted for it at the third attempt back in

march. very good to talk to you, thank you for your time. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines lessons haven't been learned — a damning report into the abuse of hundreds of children while they were in residential and foster care run by nottinghamshire councils. ryanair says it has hundreds more pilots and cabin staff than required and job losses will be announced in the coming weeks. british airways is to resume talks with its pilots over proposed strike action after the airline lost a legal challenge. and lost a legal challenge. in sport, england are withot jofra and in sport, england are without jofra archer ahead of their ashes opener with australia, more from captainjoe opener with australia, more from captain joe root on opener with australia, more from captainjoe root on the team's preparations. adam peaty says a more aggressive stance should be taken to stamp out doping in swimming, the eight times champion says better education is needed from the governing body. and he might be the manager, but mauricio pochettino says he is not in control of transfers at tottenham and feels his job title should be changed.

a woman has been found dead in essex in what's believed to be the sixth drug—related death in the past week. her body was discovered in southend on sunday morning. it follows the deaths of two women and three men on monday and tuesday. police believe all six deaths may be linked to the sale of class a drugs. tests are ongoing to identify exactly what substance or substances are involved. the owner of ladbrokes—coral is facing a fine of almost £6 million forfailing to protect vulnerable customers and guard against money laundering. the gambling commission says the company didn't have proper safeguards in place to stop customers suffering gambling harm. the regulator says one customer lost almost £100,000 over two and a half years. a new law to help families take over the affairs of loved ones who have disappeared has come into effect. named after the missing chef claudia lawrence, claudia's law creates a special legal status to allow someone to be appointed as a guardian if their relative hasn't been seen for 90 days or more. earlier, i spoke to claudia's father, peter lawrence,

who's led the campaigning efforts behind this change in the law and is renewing his plea for information on his daughter's disappearance. once people are at their lowest ebb emotionally, because their loved one has gone missing, they suddenly find they can't deal with the things that everybody else deals with day to day. and from now on, they will be able to, it is a great burden lifted. so what you have done will make life easier for people going through that horror of dealing with a missing relative. so there is some good to come out of this. but it has been, what, ten years since claudia disappeared, i just wonder how you are. it has taken its toll. it... it is the not knowing, and i have said this for ten years, it is the not knowing what has happened, and this applies to most people with a missing loved one.

that takes its toll, it really eats into you. someone does know, and they won't say. and i am surprised that come up with all the publicity, and they can see how this affects me the family, that nobody has come forward to say. there is always hope, but after ten years it obviously gets much less. and looking at what you have achieved today, there are going to be, sadly, families who will benefit from this who, i suspect, will want to say thank you in some way or other, because as far as you are concerned, this will really change their lives considerably. yes, it will. i have met quite a few of these families, there are several hundred families waiting for this, but i have met quite a few of those families through the charity missing people, and it is to that charity that all families in this position should look for advice and how to deal

with these new applications. it is officially known as the guardianship missing persons act, but for everyone it is going to be claudia's law, isn't it? yes, and notjust us, the ministers in both of the house of commons and house of lords said in the parliamentary debates that this will forever be known as claudia's law, and that was very satisfying. new research shows how climate change is warming the uk. scientists at the met office say all ten of the warmest years on record have occurred since 2002. more details from our environment correspondent matt mcgrath. the state of the uk climate report has been released just days after a new high temperature record was set in the uk. last week's short, scorching heatwave saw the mercury hit 38.7 celsius in cambridge. but that new high mark doesn't come as much of a surprise to climate scientists. for those tracking the data, the uk is simply mirroring a global trend, showing the human impact

on our climate. we are likely to see more warmer years on record, possibly record—breaking temperatures in the future. those colder conditions are going to become less frequent, so the beast from the east events will still happen from time to time, but they will become less frequent, less extreme when they do happen, and the warm events, the rainfall events, the heavier rainfall events, will become a much more frequent occurrence. as an island, the uk's climate is extremely variable. but when natural variability gives us a hot year it's far more likely to be in the top ten because of the warmer background. while 2014 didn't break any heat records, it was consistently warm enough to top the met office list. despite a sizzling summer in 2018, the year was only the seventh warmest thanks to cold spells and increased snowfall. the last time the uk had a top—ten cold year was 1963 when arctic conditions saw the seas freeze in some places.

climate change, says experts, has significantly increased the difference between the hottest and the coldest years. we have actually added new data for the period from 1884 until 1910 and the top three coldest years are in that period. so there is a stark separation between the coldest years in the uk and the warmest and this is a consequence of our changing climate. the evidence from this report is that hotter years are now the new normalfor the uk. and people will have to adapt to cope with life in a rapidly warming world. matt mcgrath, bbc news. now have a look these shocking pictures from china. a toddler survives a six—storey fall from an apartment block. the child was seen dangling by his hands from the balcony before he fell. he was caught by

quick—acting passers—by who held out a large blanket between them. chinese state media say the child suffered no injuries. remarkable pictures. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. another day of heavy downpours across some parts of the uk, particularly across northern england, where of course we've seen some significant flooding over the last 24 hours and more heavy downpours moving through during the afternoon and some scattered thunderstorms across central and western portions of scotland. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather, some sunshine, and just the odd passing shower, and through this evening and tonight you can see this swirl here on our weather chart. that's an area of low pressure sliding away into the north sea, so things will be slowly calming down. largely dry for many of us by the end of the night, and a little cooler than last night as well. so into tomorrow, there goes our area of low pressure, there will still be some showers around, but not as many as we've had over the last few days. they shouldn't be as heavy either. some through scotland down into northern england,

the odd one across the south west — otherwise mainly sunshine. temperatures in the low to mid 20s for some of us. it's looking like a mainly fine day on friday, just the odd shower, similar weather on saturday.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines: lessons haven't been learned: a damning report into the abuse of hundreds of children while they were in residential and foster care run by nottinghamshire councils. we are not talking here about one individual at either blocked or actively participated in the sexual abuse of children. we are talking about a regime that over many years just did not recognise what they needed to do to protect children. i cannot repeat strongly enough just how shocked i am. i have very bad anger issues, obviously, because of what happened

to me, and ijust did not trust anyone at all, which led me to basically get into trouble and self—destruct. ryanair says it trouble and self—destruct. rya nair says it has trouble and self—destruct. ryanair says it has many more pilots and cabin staff than required, job losses will be announced in the coming weeks. the prime minister has urged political parties in northern ireland to step up parties in northern ireland to step up their efforts to restore power sharing during a visit to belfast. sport now on afternoon live. we rejoin gavin, and talking about jofra archer, who many were hoping would make his test debut tomorrow? yes, that's right, simon. he was one of the stars of the world cup, but he will miss the ashes opener against australia at edgbaston. he was a leading wicket taker in the world cup, and lots of people were really looking forward to seeing him ina really looking forward to seeing him in a test match for the first time. but he has played t20 cricket in the build—up to the ashes. but archer has been recovering from a side strain, so we will have to wait for his ashes appearance, but one man

who is fit to play as ben stokes. he is in the side. the all—rounder wa nts is in the side. the all—rounder wants england to launch into the aussies from the first ball. the tea m aussies from the first ball. the team had their final training session in birmingham earlier this morning. james anderson is fit to play as well after struggling with a ca lf play as well after struggling with a calf strain in recent weeks. good to see him back. captainjoe root believes he has picked his strongest bowling line—up, with the timing not quite right for archer to make his test debut. jofra 's obviously coming back from quite a serious injury. we look to the conditions and made a decision, what we thought was best. take 20 wickets here, and also allows him time to get absolutely ready and fit and make sure he has got his work load up and ready to go for later on in the series, if he needs to make an impact. so, news from the australian camp. 0pening batsmen david one will be fit for the first test after an injury scare, and it will be the first test match he, former captain

steve smith and fellow batsmen cameron bancroft have been involved in since last year's ball tampering scandal. i'm sure they will not be any booing at all! may be! now, let's go to swimming, where adam peaty has once again been talking about drugs in his sport. yes, that's right. adam peaty came into speak to us earlier about breaking the world record in the 100 metres breaststroke, but he also had some very strong views about keeping swimming clean. he reiterated calls for the governing body of the sport to do more to stamp out doping. he won three gold medals in the world aquatics championships in south korea last week, a competition which saw two swimmers one for protest against another. he told us it has a lot to do with education around doping. here's what he said when we asked him if the governing body was doing enough to stop doping and swimming. no, not anywhere near. ithink across the board, the iaaf have

obviously ta ken across the board, the iaaf have obviously taken a massive stance on banning russia, but the olympics will be very interesting time to see what happens with that. we will let it develop and see what happens, but we have said this for three years now, and still nothing has been but who knows what motivations they have got to keep them in the sport? football now, and mauricio pochettino says he is not in charge of tra nsfers pochettino says he is not in charge of transfers at thousand and believes his job title should be changed from manager to coach. spurs broke their transfer record to sign a lyon midfielder earlier this month, theirfirst a lyon midfielder earlier this month, their first signing a lyon midfielder earlier this month, theirfirst signing in 18 months. watcher tino says he knows nothing about the situations of his players, and that anything contractual is dealt with by gem daniel leavy. —— pochettino. daniel leavy. — — pochettino. i daniel leavy. —— pochettino. lam not in daniel leavy. —— pochettino. i am not in charge about individual situations, and of course, i about individual situations, and of course, lam about individual situations, and of course, i am the boss, about individual situations, and of course, lam the boss, the about individual situations, and of course, i am the boss, the signing, the strategy to play, to training, the strategy to play, to training, the philosophy, is my area. but in another area, today, i

the philosophy, is my area. but in anotherarea, today, ithink the philosophy, is my area. but in another area, today, i think i am the coach. england women are set for a home record crowd after selling more than 50,000 tickets for a game against germany at wembley in november. the previous record was 45,619, when germany were also the opponents and claimed a 3—0 win at wembley in 2014. finally, frankie dettori has continued his impressive form. he won the big race of the day at glorious goodwood. the evens favourite is trained byjohn guzman and owned by andrew lloyd webber. he was briefly in trouble at one stage but pulled clear to win from i can fly. that is all this but for now, simon. -- all that is all this but for now, simon. —— all the sport for now. now on afternoon live, let's go nationwide and see what's happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk.

let's go to harry gration in bellerby, who'll tell us the latest on the yorkshire flash flooding. and peter levy in hull will be revealing why he jumped into a wheelie bin full of freezing water earlier today. i will be asking why on earth they let you out! let's go to harry first of all. scores of homes have been flooded in north yorkshire after a month's rain fell in four hours in some areas. what's the latest? as you can probably see, simon, this is bellerby. it's fairly dry compared with the conditions yesterday, when this road was like a mini river, with the rain cascading down. further up there, there are one or two cars that have literally just been there are one or two cars that have literallyjust been taken away by the water and shunted down there. thousands of pounds worth of damage. elsewhere in the region, scores of homes have been affected as well. leyburn is a lovely market town. they have had a problem 24 hours or

so ago. we were told by one of the coffee bar owners at 80 millilitres of rain fell in just coffee bar owners at 80 millilitres of rain fell injust an hour. coffee bar owners at 80 millilitres of rain fell in just an hour. that is two inches of rain, and altogether, about 3.5 inches of rain fell in 24—hour is. apparently, and this was his description, the ha ilstones this was his description, the hailstones where that size. that caused the problem, because they got into the drains, and water could not get away. we have got some dramatic footage as well, this ofjonathan knife's family, and they were rescued by police from their car and rather worried at one stage. the rivers were coming down the fields, knocking out roads, and the water kept rising, which was a bit interesting. eventually, some police and fire service came and kind of said, we are trying to work out a way to get you out. they had people in up to chest deep water, and so they were trying make best to get people out. a few other people were

rescued from the boot of their car. it looks pretty miserable there now. the question everyone will ask is, what is the forecast? it is actually getting a bit better. they will still be occasional downpours, but nothing like they have experienced over the last 24 hours. having said that, a big festival has been cancelled over the weekend, a mountain bike and rock music festival, which has had to be com pletely festival, which has had to be completely cancelled because the field is completely waterlogged. but fingers crossed, it will get better. my fingers crossed, it will get better. my heart goes out to the scores of people, scores of families who have got the horriblejob now people, scores of families who have got the horrible job now of cleaning up got the horrible job now of cleaning up the mess, and just carpets, wet, sodden carpets coming down all the time. it is very depressing for them. it is grim. plenty more on look north tonight. when you wave your hand, i thought you were waving that land rover through! you had better get out of the way, harry! either that, or he will mow me down.” don't want to see that live on telly. we are in enough trouble already! let's see if it works.

harry gration there. now let's go to peter leavey. this isa now let's go to peter leavey. this is a daft question, but i must ask it. why did you get into a wheelie bin? this time last week when it was really, really hot, we ran a picture ofa really, really hot, we ran a picture of a guy in grantham who is cooling off in of a guy in grantham who is cooling offina of a guy in grantham who is cooling off in a wheelie bin. his name was nicky davies. it was 33 degrees in grantham, and he was in the bin. there he is, just to cool off. we showed it on the programme just as a throwaway. 0ur tv weather presenter appears said to me, i think you should do that for children in need. well, as you do in situations like this, i dodged the question and thought no more about it, but the viewers would not let me off the hook. they wanted to see it, including the lord mayor, who donated £25. so it started to look like i was a bit cornered, simon. how did it go? have a look at this. lift it up? yeah.

cheering applause right, after three. three... two... dot one! 0h! oh! oh! right, are we ready? three... two... 0ne! cheering why did! why did i know you would pick up on this today? i think it's called getting your own back, isn't it? revenge, etc, etc.” think you are absolutely right!” could see this smile. ijust knew it was going to happen, because i knew you so well. i thought it was a recycling bin when you get your jokes from! great to see you, peter,

and well done, because that is all for children in need. lots of money raised for children in need today. more, i'm sure, and bbc look north tonight. two of the giants of bbc television. thank you both very much. that nationwide tonight. and if you would like to see more on any of those stories, you can access them via the bbc iplayer. and it reminder, we go nationwide every afternoon at 4:30pm on bbc afternoon live. borisjohnson is being urged to take personal responsibility for tackling the increase in youth violence across england and wales. mps on the home affairs committee say the current strategy is inadequate — and are calling on the government to reverse cuts to youth services, and increase police numbers. the home office insists that the government is taking urgent action to keep communities safe. 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. we have had a perfect storm of youth service cuts, police cuts, county lines drug networks and school exclusions, and the government is not taking strong enough action on any of them. in april, theresa may held a summit on youth violence and set up a ministerial task force. 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. that would mean more groups like this boxing club in south—west london. it helps disadvantaged young people and aims to steer them away from crime. when you look at funding and when you look at results, people want to see results in one year, two years, three years. but actually, if you really want to work with those that are costing society the most and those that are involved in some of the more serious youth violence, you need to have a long—term plan for those people. the home office disputes the committee's findings and says it is taking urgent action to keep communities safe. it has already announced plans to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers over the next three years. danny shaw, bbc news.

ina in a moment, the business news, the first, the headlines. lessons have not been learned. a damning report into the abuse of hundreds of children when they were in foster care run by nottinghamshire councils. ryanair says it will have hundreds more pilots and cabin staff then required and job losses will be announced in coming weeks. british airways is due to resume talks with its pilots over proposed strike action after the airline lost a legal challenge. these are your business headlines and afternoon live. car production here in the uk fell by more than a fifth in the first—half of this year. the society of motor manufacturers and traders blames falling in key markets and fears of an ideal bracket. it says inward investment into the sector effectively stopped. consumer injuly,

consumers at gfk warned that the optimism would be tested as we approach the october 31 deadline for the uk to leave the eu. the slow—moving property market is discouraging older homeowners from selling their family homes and downsizing, says a report by nationwide building society. it means that 54% of owner occupied homes are under occupied, with two or more bedrooms to spare. how have markets ended the day? mostly south, it has to be said. mostly south, it has to be said. most investors are sitting on their hands to a degree, waiting for 6pm. the fed? exactly, the us central bank will make its regular announcement about interest rates, and all indications are that they will cut interest rates by a quarter of 1%. we will find out about that injust over two of 1%. we will find out about that in just over two hours' time. why will they cut them when we keep being told how well the american economy is doing? a very good question. many are asking that

question. many are asking that question. the us economy is doing very well, growth is performing well, and unemployment and inflation are low, but the fed sees more problems coming down the tracks from things like trade wars, the worsening global trade picture, so this is kind of an insurance cut, as it were, although lots of questions as to whether president donald trump's twitter interventions... can i use the word twitterventions? twitter interventions was fine. tweets, you could call them. anyway, he has called on the fed to cut rates, in spite of the very well performing economy. of course, the fed is independent. lots will be wondering if that has had something to do with it. i'm sure it has not. let's have a look in more detail. the ftse down by almost two thirds of 1%. it has to be said, that is retreating. many of the gains made on monday, when stirling suffered a big climb. we have talked about british airways today. that is their

pa rent british airways today. that is their parent group, international consolidated airlines. it is bigger than just consolidated airlines. it is bigger thanjust ba, consolidated airlines. it is bigger than just ba, taking consolidated airlines. it is bigger thanjust ba, taking on other airlines as well, but ba is quite a big part of it, an investor is clearly not very fussed about the blockage of a legal bid to stop the strike action. we have talked about lloyds banking group as well today. they have announced 7% drop in their pre—tax profits, because they have been deluged with applications for pp! compensation before the cut—off in august and nine. they have had to put extra £550 million aside to pay for theirs. and jvc holdings, the company that owned ladbrokes and coral, the bookmakers, have been fined nearly £6 million today for not protecting the vulnerable customers more effectively. let's chew over all thoseissues effectively. let's chew over all those issues with a senior analyst welcome. let's start by talking about iag, the british airways parent. as i was saying, much bigger than just british airways, but a big

part. what silver lining are investors seeing in the news today? it is hard to say, really. the shares are reacting to bad news about the strikes, so the fact they could be reacting to a pretty disruptive august, not good news, you would think, for the company, costing up to £40 million a day. looking across the piece, what is going on at ryanair is perhaps boosting the share price. ryanair confirming that some of its staff will unfortunately have to be let go because of the grounding of the 737 max macro max, and that perhaps might be buying iag's shares and shares across the sector in fact. ryanair's shares are up, very strangely, but we actually saw this the other week, when they announced they were going to cut back on their expansion plans because of the grounding of the seventh race of an. what is going on in the european air travel market at the moment is that this huge overcapacity, ryanair and

easyjet, they are just flying more planes, and the market quite likes the idea that they might not fly with so many planes, because that might mean more profitability, because that pushes air fares up a little bit. perhaps that is what is going on. but a bit of a teaser, because on the face of it, the news about the strikes is not positive for british airways and its parent iag. let's move on to lloyds. a big drag on the ftse today because of all these ppi claims ahead of the deadline. you might think as soon as that deadline has passed and pp! is history, but then there is brexit to worry about? absolutely. ppi raising its head at the last minute. we have that deadline coming up at the end of august, and pp! claims get consigned to the history books. so probably quite a big charge for lloyds. that shows you that there is nothing like a deadline to motivate people's behaviour. obviously a lot of people coming through the door and making those claims. but obviously, lloyds is a company which

is heavily plugged into the uk economy, through the loans made to homeowners, to individuals and to businesses, and as long as there is this kind of uncertainty hanging over the this kind of uncertainty hanging overthe uk this kind of uncertainty hanging over the uk economy, it will hang over the uk economy, it will hang over lloyds' sha re over the uk economy, it will hang over lloyds' share price as well. and the people behind ladbrokes and coralfind almost £6 and the people behind ladbrokes and coral find almost £6 million today for not protecting their customers. of course, not a good time to be a bookmaker, what with the restrictions on fixed odds terminals, but does market reaction suggest they were surprised by the size of this fine? yes, well it is a little bit... we have seen the shares come off a couple of percent today. this is probably in line with the size of the fine if you look at it in context of revenues. it is about 1-2%. so context of revenues. it is about 1—2%. so that is context of revenues. it is about 1-2%. so that is 1-2% context of revenues. it is about 1—2%. so that is 1—2% of profit. so somewhere in line, it seems like a fairly reasonable reaction. as you say, a lot going on in the gambling sector. one big negative of ladbrokes— coral, as you say, is

that big reduction in the fixed odds betting terminals from £100 to £2 to stop problem gambling, of course, and actually, ladbrokes— coral is looking at closing hundreds of shops asa looking at closing hundreds of shops as a result. but their parent company, it is a bigger company, and its online division is doing quite well, so that is to fly foxy bingo, and there is also stuff going on in the united states which is possibly a game changer for them. so in the united states, the us supreme court has ruled that individual states can now legalise sports betting if they wa nt now legalise sports betting if they want to. so there is potentially a huge sports betting markets over there. they have already teamed up with mgm resorts, who provide all the casinos out there, of course, so that could be a big market for them to go into. sports betting legalised in the united states. sometimes you think the world is only moving forward, don't we. is that moving backwards? i'm not sure. thank you very much. simon. i don't know the answer to your question. i'm not sure what it meant. that is fine. you're watching

afternoon live. rural communities across the uk face increasing challenges as local services close — shops, pubs, and libraries are all affected. now, a charity backed by prince charles has published a ‘village survival guide' — containing advice about how to keep local amenities open and thriving. tim muffett reports. rod has lived in suffolk for 19 yea rs. rod has lived in suffolk for 19 years. he rod has lived in suffolk for 19 yea rs. he loves rod has lived in suffolk for 19 years. he loves the community spirit, but feels many things have got worse. we have lost probably ten shops, three pubs. the only shop for miles around. it closed down at the end of may. this is the bus stop. what is the service like? apache. there are four or five services a day. we need more. doesn't always go to the places people need to go to. —— patchy. people like us, when you get toa patchy. people like us, when you get to a certain age and can't drive, you rely on that bus. familiar problems for many who live in villages, as the prince's countryside fund found out that its survey of rural life last year. it

isa survey of rural life last year. it is a charity backed by the prince of wales. the main issues people reported were needing a car to get anywhere, the issues of public transport in rural areas are so huge, and that things like the lack of affordable housing, particularly for young people, and a lack of reliable broadband and mobile coverage, which makes working in rural areas quite difficult. the charity is today launching its village survival guide, with advice from everything from community run shops and pubs to tips to improving transport links and attracting younger residents. amy has been able to move here because she can rent this house from a local charity is an affordable rate. schemes like this are amazing, because it does enable young people to come to the village. do you think often the challenges people face get overlooked? absolutely. some people, even friends of mine, don't understand the challenges i face, even when they come over for dinner, and they try to connect to the broadband and things like that. it isjust another world! until it closed in may, there had been a shop on this site for 300

yea rs. been a shop on this site for 300 years. rod and david, who also lives in the village, hope to reopen it in september. hello, rod. how are you? because the majority of the workforce will be volunteers, the workforce will be volunteers, the overheads can be less than they would be for a commercial shop. any profit over and above the running cost of the shop will be available for community projects in the village and immediate area. for a community to thrive, it needs to have somewhere to go. a lesson residents of coddenham have learned the hard way. just three months ago, 18—year—old khadijah mellah sat on a racehorse for the very first time. tomorrow, she competes in the prestigious magnolia cup at goodwood. it's an extraordinary story that sees her go head to head with the likes of 0lympian victoria pendleton. it will be a big moment for british racing too, as khadijah will be the firstjockey to race wearing a hijab. miriam walker—khan went to meet her.

khadijah mellah only sat in a racehorse for the first time in april. this weekend, she will make waves in front of around 20,000 people. i feel ready. i waves in front of around 20,000 people. ifeel ready. i have written my horse that i am writing for the race many times, and i am feeling confident. there is always that little nervousness, because i have never written a big race ever. the muslim women's sports foundation say you can count the number of female muslim jockeys in the uk on one hand, but khadijah doesn't view her background as a barrier. generally i like explaining where i have come from and how i have got to where i have. when i ride out there, i try and spot other people, or any other women of colour, and there was only one woman of colour in about 200 riders. it doesn't faze me in any way. it means that ijust end up talking to loads of people and making great connections, so i am happy. ebony horse club in brixton provides access to horse riding for young people who would not normally be able to afford it, as well as

children from specialist schools and young offenders. seven years ago, khadijah's mum came across a leaflet for the club, and she has been coming ever since. as long as i have known khadijah, she has i was been extremely ambitious and determined, and she will be here every week, writing, but also helping out with other young riders here. i have never seen her be anything less than super excited to take on a new challenge. for khadijah, finding a club in such an urban part of the country wasn't an urban part of the country wasn't a problem, but for many muslim girls, it isn't that simple. of the nearly 3 million british muslims, the vast majority of them live in big cities, making equestrian sports difficult to get into. i think what the club has done here is quite amazing. it has brought the clu b to is quite amazing. it has brought the club to the community and made it accessible for a lot of young people here who may not have had the chance to participate in horse riding, racing, had it not been in such an urban environment. but how easy is it for other muslim girls to get involved in sport when they don't have people from the same background is to look up to?

0n the elite platform, we struggle to find females who represent the muslim community as well. so role models are something that will, i think, help muslim girls to try sport, at least, and then if they do like it, try and progress through it as well, so it is notjust about the grass roots, but supporting these girls all the way through to the elite. i never thought initially i would have a future in racing at all, but now i have been introduced, i have been riding racehorses for the past couple of weeks and fallen in love with it. i will definitely keep at it, and maybe one day get into big races and become an amateur or an apprentice. that report from miriam walker can't. that is it from afternoon live today. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. another day of heavy downpours across some parts of the uk, particularly across northern england, where of course, we have seen significant flooding in the last 24 hours. more heavy downpours

moving through the afternoon, and some scattered thunderstorms across southern and western scotland. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather, some spells of sunshine and just the odd passing shower. through this evening and tonight, you can see this swale here in our weather chart. this is an area of low pressure sliding away into the north sea. so things will slowly calm down. largely dry for many of us by the end of the night, and a little cooler than last night as well. into tomorrow, there goes our area of low pressure. there will be some share around still, but not as many as the last few days, and they should not be as heavy either. some in scotland, down through into northern england, the 01 across the south—west. mainly fine, temperatures in the low to mid 20s for some. it looks like a mainly fine day on friday, just the i shower, and similar weather on saturday.

today at five... the children sexually abused while in care, and failed by the local authorities meant to protect them. hundreds of children were sexually and physically abused in residential homes in nottinghamshire. an inquiry says it was widespread for 50 years. we are not talking here about one individual that either blocked or actively participated in the sexual abuse of children, we are just talking about a regime that, over many years, didn't recognise what they needed to do to protect children, and i can't repeat strongly enough just how shocked i am. i had very bad anger issues because of obviously