that could cause damage to marine wildlife. and wwf is working to support the protection of the seas and encourage the government to make sure they are properly looking after the marine wildlife in these areas to make sure they are actually working. so far, footage has shown the sharks moving through the water, potentially searching for food, feeding near the surface, and swimming close to the sea bed. it is suspected that basking sharks may even breed here — an event no one has ever captured on film. it turns out that these waters here are probably one of the most important places on the planet for them and what we are really hoping to confirm is, this is the place they breed. with threats such as pollution, overfishing and climate change, it is hoped this new technology will eventually help protect marine wildlife and help us understand more about this magnificent species. leigh milner, bbc news.

time for a look at the weather. here's alina jenkins. by by the end of this, you could be forgiven for thinking we have skipped straight to october. a good deal of sunshine across eastern counties of bingen, but for many, frequent showers, heavy and thundery, bringing torrential rain in places, all driven by this slow—moving area of low pressure, going nowhere fast. the showers are concentrated across scotland and northern ireland and the isle of man. and the north—west of ingle. not so many showers across the southern parts of northern ingle, so good news for whaley bridge, the showers few and far between. the showers few and far between. the showers were movies through the afternoon, some getting across to east anglia and south—east england. a better chance here of staying dry with spells of sunshine. where we have the showers, heavy with thunder

and lighting. —— lightning. pleasa ntly warm and lighting. —— lightning. pleasantly warm in the sunshine, 23 celsius, quite cool across scotland and northern ireland, where we have the showers. the showers are still with us through this evening. slowly, they start to lose some of their energy, but we keep everyone‘s going across northern scotland. some continuing across the north of england, down into wales and the midlands. temperatures of ii—ilidc overnight. more showers tomorrow, particularly in scotland, where they could be heavy and thundery. a scattering of showers for england and wales, but not as many as today. a better chance of staying mainly dry with sunshine. quite warm in the sunshine, 23 or 2a celsius, still the mid to high teens across scotla nd the mid to high teens across scotland and northern ireland, where we have the frequent showers. on thursday, we are between areas of low pressure, but keeping a close eye on this one approaching from the atlantic. it will bring an unsettled

weather by friday. for most of us on thursday, mainly dry. windy across northern scotland and the northern isles, showers continuing. a few filtering down the east coast of scotla nd filtering down the east coast of scotland and northern england. for most of us on thursday, mainly dry with sunny spells. however, on friday and saturday, this deep area of low pressure is approaching from the atlantic. notice the squeeze in the atlantic. notice the squeeze in the isobars. strong winds and the possibility of some disruption. that's all from the bbc news at one , so it's goodbye from me , good afternoon, i'm sarah mulkerrins. it's just gone 1.30 and we've got your latest sports news. chelsea football club has apologised unreservedly for what it has called the terrible past experiences of some of its former players.

chelsea has just published the findings of damning reviews into historical child sexual abuse and racial abuse at the club. natalie pirks is at stamford bridge. well, the club has released a 2a7 page exhaustive review that it says intends to shine a bright light into the dark corners of this club history. conducted by specialist child protection barrister, more than 100 people were interviewed and the review concludes that some adults at the club turned a blind eye to the horrific sexual abuse committed by their former chief scout, eddie heath in the 1970s. in the findings, heath, who died in 1973, is described as a prolific manipulative and sophistical sexual abuse, and that it was planned and systematic. the report is heavily critical of the former assistant

manager at chelsea, dario gradi, who is accused of failing to tell senior staff at the club about allegations of sexual abuse by a heath. it is claimed that he attempted to smooth over, essentially, allegations of abuse and he denies it. he also claims that dario gradi told heath of the allegations, which led to more bullying and opportunities were lost to stop heath going on to abuse more children. dario gradi was suspended by the fa from his post. he has always denied of having any knowledge of the crimes of the convicted paedophile coach while dario gradi was the manager in the 80s. dario gradi was the manager in the 805. a dario gradi was the manager in the 80s. a second review was conducted by barnardos into racism. it concluded up into the night —— late 90s, black players at chelsea were subjected to a daily tie rate of abuse. a number of players recoil

hearing the former coach, gwyn williams, making wrecked racial comments, something he denies. there are around a0 people had been affected over both reports, and it apologises unreservedly. it says it will fit all findings into the main report by the essay by clive sheldon, qc, which is being suspended indefinitely at the moment. thank you, natalie. former manchester united and england international wayne rooney has been at the derby county training ground today, talking about becoming a player/coach at pride park. rooney still has more than two seasons left on the contract he signed with major league soccer side, dc united, last summer but the rams are hoping he can help them back into the premier league. on the pitch, derby have opened their season with a win at huddersfield in the championship. tom lawrence scored twice for the visitors in the first half — including a superb finish

from outside the box. karlan grant did pull one back for huddersfield, but it wasn't enough as derby saw the game out, winning 2—1. arsenal have agreed a deal to sell defender laurent koscielny to bordeaux for a fee that could be worth £5 million. the 33—year—old centre back, who had a year left on his contract at arsenal, refused to travel on their preseason tour to the usa and is undergoing a medical in france today. just a day after losing the ashes opener, england have announced bowlerjimmy anderson has withdrawn from the second test at lord's next week. the 37—year—old was passed fit for the edgbaston test despite hurting the same calf he had injured while playing for lancashire last month. anderson managed just four overs on the opening morning and did not bowl again. his absence is a blow for england. carl frampton has had to pull out of this weekend's bout against

emmanuel dominguez in philadelphia. he suffered a freak injury — he says this large ornament was knocked over and damaged his hand, breaking two bones. he tweeted pictures of it all this morning. more like a statue or column. the northern irishman has not fought since his defeat tojosh warrington in december last year. that is all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. the time is now 1:38pm. let's take a look at some of the other main stories this lunchtime. the irish leader — leo varadkar — today re—opened the possibility of further negotiations on the brexit deal. boris johnson's government say the eu must scrap the irish border backstop in theresa may's withdrawal deal, but the eu called the demands unacceptable.

speaking in northern ireland today, leo varadkar said it would be very difficult to change the deal — but there is room for negotiation on some issues. there are many ways by which no—deal can be avoided, either the ratification of the withdrawal agreement, a further extension, or a revocation of article 50. so there are a number of ways by which no—deal can be avoided on the 31st of october, so i'm certainly not fatalistic about that. in terms of the eu position, our position is that they withdrawal agreement, including the backstop, is closed, but there is always room for talks and negotiations. for example, we have said that we can certainly make changes to the political declaration, and we have demonstrated before that it is possible to offer clarifications, as we did at the request of prime minister may in the past. when i spoke to prime minister johnson only last week, i invited him to come to dublin to talk about these issues, to talk about brexit and northern ireland and bilateral relations, and i did so on the basis that there should

be no preconditions, and i certainly stand over that imitation. on the 31st of october, some people, i know, have become weary of brexit, and they may take the view that this should end on the 31st of october, either with a deal or with no—deal. this doesn't end on the 31st of october. if there is a deal, we are going to enter into several years of negotiations on a new free trade agreement with the uk, and a new economic and security partnership. if there is no—deal, then at a certain point, we will have to begin negotiations again. the first items on the agenda will be citizens‘ rights, the financial settlement and the solution to the irish border. so, brexit isn't a storm that we weather, or a severe weather event that we prepare for, it is a permanent change in relations between the eu, including ireland, and the united kingdom. and i think that needs to be borne in mind.

the irish taoiseach talking in northern ireland, there. on the subject of brexit, in the last few minutes, we are hearing about a legal challenge to brexit. legal papers have been lodged at the court of session in edinburgh by a cross— party of session in edinburgh by a cross—party group of politicians from across the uk, and they want the court to rule on whether the prime minister has the right to suspend parliament to force through a no—deal brexit. the reason it has gone to the court in edinburgh is because that court sits throughout the summer and these mps want a swift decision. that is why it has gone specifically to edinburgh. the point is it is very much cross— party, point is it is very much cross—party, signed by 2a, brought by 2a mps, including, for example, the new leader of the liberal democrats, joe swinson, lord peter hain from labour, the independent mp, heidi allen, and joanna cherry from the snp. and so they wanted the

court to decide whether the prime minister has the right to suspend parliament to force through a no—deal brexit. we have learnt about that petition just in the last 15 minutes or so, so we will keep you up—to—date when we hear more on that. let's return now to news that a british airways flight had to be evacuated after smoke poured into the cabin minutes before it was due to land. the plane, travelling from london to valencia in spain, was on its descent when smoke began filling the cabin. joanne kay and her sonjosh were on the flight when it made the emergency landing. they spoke to my colleague rebecca jones from denia, on the eastern coast of spain. we were coming in to land, and the cabin crew were already in their seats, strapped in. and there seemed to be quite a loud bang, which came from about five or six rows behind us. then, the cabin started to fill with what looked

like a white gas or smoke, and it filled very quickly, actually, visibility disappeared within about a minute. from then on, you couldn't see a thing. remarkably, the plane was still on its descent and was going quite smoothly, so people were scared and quite panicked, but i think the fact that the plane was descending steadily still, gave us quite a sense of optimism that we would get on the ground. josh, from what your mum is saying, you couldn't see anything. can you tell us a little bit about what you could perhaps hear and even smell? so i guess it wasjust like thick smoke, but there was a lot of... towards when we were landing, when we landed, there was a lot of cheering towards the pilot. after that, there was lots of panic

from people wanting to get off the plane as the doors weren't opening for a good five minutes, maybe more. that's the case, is it, joanne? you landed, and then you are still in this thick smoke, but you weren't hearing... we didn't have any communication from the cockpit. the thing is, this was an emergency situation, nobody knows exactly what to expect. so we weren't hearing anything from the cockpit, but we were in front of a flight attendant who was on the cabin telephone, and she was clearly talking to the pilot were one of the crew members. she wasn't telling anybody what was going on, the people behind us didn't have that visibility to the flight attendant. and so with no visibility, it was much thicker smoke behind us, and people were really panicking, because they didn't know what to do. once we got on the ground,

everybodyjumped out of their seats, expecting the doors to fling open, and it was a good three or four minutes before the doors opened. people were shouting, open the doors, why aren't you opening the doors? and of course, afterwards, a lot of speculation in the terminal about maybe they didn't open the doors because they were frightened there was a fire and there would be a back draft. but it did take a good few minutes for the doors to be open. how easy was it to actually get off the plane, josh? we have all seen the safety videos about... well, you weren't wearing high heels, i assume, but of taking your high heels off and leaving everything behind. what actually happens? i was lucky, because i was right next to the exit. but people trying to get their bags off, so there was a lot overcrowded, there were bags in the aisles, and people were getting off quickly, but it was orderly, but a lot of people bringing bags and other belongings. people were generally quite good,

they were helping each other, they were getting off the plane, my husband helped an elderly woman down the chute. but i think we were down, people registered that they were safe and then they made split—second decisions to grab their bags and take them with them. that was just one of the... well, two of the 175 passengers on board that plane from heathrow to valencia, where smoke filled the cabin. and possibly more on that this afternoon. north korea is threatening further weapons tests after firing two unidentified projectiles. it's the fourth such test in just two weeks. the tests are in retaliation to the combined us—south korea annual military exercises which are currently under way. south korea's military puts the site of the latest launch as south hwanghae province, so the projectiles had to fly across the peninsula before landing in the east sea, which is also known as the sea of japan. the increasing tension

on the peninsula threatens to derail negotiations between pyongyang and washington. for more on the latest tests, here's our correspondent laura bicker. pyongyang appears to be piling on the pressure. it has launched two missiles from its west coast, flew over the peninsula and landed in the sea of the japan and south korea. these missiles, certainly, pyongyang must have some confidence in them if they are prepared to fire them over their own peninsula. it comes at the same time as the north korean foreign ministry released a statement saying that they believe the joint us south korean military exercises which started yesterday were a violation of the agreements that kimjong—un had reached with washington and seoul. this is a stern warning. pyongyang appears to want to put pressure on seoul and washington to do a deal.

meanwhile, donald trump continues to say he's in no rush. he continues to say the short—range missile tests are not in violation of the promise between him and kim jong—un. the question for the united states and people here in seoul is how long does north korea continue this sort of pressure and will kim jong—un be prepared to step up these missile tests and fire intercontinental ballistic missiles to try to get the attention of the united states? in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first, the headlines on bbc news: the government rejects claims that it wants talks with the eu to fail, in order to produce a no—deal brexit. a damning report finds a chief scout at chelsea football club was a dangerous and prolific child abuser, and says some adults at the club must have known. holidaymakers describe a "terrifying experience" after smoke filled

the cabin on a british airways flight from heathrow to spain. good afternoon, in your business news today... the us has officially named china as a "currency manipulator", a statement which will intensify tensions between the world's two largest economies. the announcement by the us treasury follows a sharp fall in the value of the chinese yuan against the dollar. the move was enough to unnerve global stock markets — though they have since recovered. chinese tech group tencent, has bought a 10% stake in universal music group. universal — the world's biggest music company — already has its content streamed by tencent in china as the result of a deal struck in 2017. lady gaga, taylor swift, drake, kendrick lamar and 50 cent are among the artists on the universal label.

july's hot weather failed to boost consumer spending in the uk which fell to a new low amid brexit uncertainty and slow real wage growth. average retail sales over the year tojuly rose by 0.5% — according to the british retail consortium. it said the "challenging retail environment" was taking its toll on both the high street and online. facebook is failing to shut down groups on its site where fake amazon reviews are sold, consumer group which?claims. the social media netowork was urged injune by the competition and markets authority to probe the sale of fake reviews via these groups. which claimed to have uncovered several active groups that recruited people to write fake testimonies. kate bevan is the editor of which?

talked me through exactly what you found. we found several groups on facebook who are actively recruiting people to go out and write these fa ke people to go out and write these fake reviews. how they do that is give you a bit of money or promise to give you the product to keep and the idea is, you go and pick up this product that no one has heard of. what are facebook saying? they are upping their humans looking at this, they are starting to pay attention to it. i didn't realise you could buy fake reviews on facebook. is it only positive reviews? or do they buy bad fake reviews of other products? we only look at the fake positive reviews, specifically sales of devices, things like kids are smart watches, headphones, toys, that kind of thing. that is what we we re that kind of thing. that is what we were looking at. what impact of these fake reviews have on these companies? they have a big impact, there is something like 23 billion

worth of market there in one year alone. there is a lot of incentive to do this and get these reviews out there. this is to sell their products, and there is a lot of potential harm to consumers. facebook have responded and said they don't allow people to use facebook to facilitate or encourage false reviews, that is their response. we are wanting to be more proactive about this, because as soon proactive about this, because as soon as some groups proactive about this, because as soon as some groups get taken down, five more spring up in their place. his responsibility is that, ultimately? is -- if facebook is hosting the great, willingly or unwillingly, it is their response ability to act on it. thank you for joining us. in other business news... online fashion retailer boohoo has confirmed that it has made a bid for british brand karen millen, which was put up for sale injune. but it warned the london stock exchange, that... "these discussions may or may not result in agreement."

dominos pizza is getting a new boss — david wild is to step down and a hunt for his successor is already under way. for the first half of the year, domino's reported a 5.5%jump in sales. and scotland has replaced london as the fastest place for a seller to find a buyerfor their home — that's according to rightmove. in 201a, it took 36 days in london on average to secure a buyer, but this rose to 60 days by last year, a brief look at the markets, and as isaid a brief look at the markets, and as i said earlier, the markets took a battering in asia overnight, after those comments from the us treasury regarding china and its currency. they did recover in asia and europe, as you can see, the markets are looking flat at the moment. more business this afternoon, but for now, back to you. for some — it's becoming an almost everyday part of modern life. virtual reality is a way to enjoy

different experiences — through the use of a special headset. in the us state of florida, some unexpected people are taking up the vr challenge, as tim allman explains. when you think of virtual reality this might be the sort of thing you have in mind, high—tech, a little bit complicated and definitely a plaything for the young. but it turns out age is no barrier when it to vr. this is domino park in miami's little havana neighbourhood. here are some of the city's senior citizens are being introduced to a whole new world. we use virtual reality to fulfil seniors' wishes. if they want to go to someplace in the world they have never been to on their bucket list destination, we can take them there virtual reality. the possibilities are endless. with vr you can travel to the other side of the globe. there is even a chance, thanks to nasa, to see

what it is like on the surface of the moon. you can visit famous cities orjust spend time on the beach, practically any destination is within reach. but there is scope for experiences as well. one lady wanted to swim with dolphins. translation: it was fantastic, wonderful. you see a world that you do not know, but it is beautiful and it is important for me to learn about the ocean, see the face, the animals that you don't know about, the dolphins. the team behind the project believes there could be medical benefits with vr being similar to meditation. it will also give some who may no longer be able to travel a chance to explore and enjoy life without leaving home. tim coleman, bbc news. much more coming up from tpm. ——

2pm. now it's time for a look at the weather. if you have planned later in the week, keep an eye on the forecast, because at this low pressure will set in, first, heavy rain and strengthening wind, but into the weekend, the area of low pressure pushes northwards and we could see widespread gales. for the time being, typical story of sunshine and some showers. summer showers on the heavy and thundery side this afternoon, cross—party scotland, northern ireland in particular. because the wind is light, it is slow—moving, the potential for some minor flooding. slow—moving, the potential for some minorflooding. the north of england could be wet, but further south, more of a breeze, the shower is pushing through, some will have some sunshine and the occasional downpour. temperatures down on yesterday, but warm when the sun is out. tonight, showers will fade across the south and east, they will keep going across the north, remaining heavy, and some showers in the west. temperatures are similar

to recent nights, staying in double figures for the vast majority, mid teens across the far south. into wednesday, starting like we did today, some showers in the west, but fewer showers in the west, more places will stay dry. northern ireland and scotland will again see some slow—moving thunderstorms. the far north of scotland seeing them throughout the day and in the south of scotla nd throughout the day and in the south of scotland and northern ireland, during the afternoon. colder in scotland, in orderly wind will dig m, scotland, in orderly wind will dig in, so temperatures in the mid 20s in the south—east corner. ahead of the low pressure for the end of the week, as one low pressure depart and that one waits, thursday could be the quietest day of the week. if you have any outdoor plants, thursday could be the day. most places starting dry and sunny, cooler than recent days. showers are possible across northern half of scotland, but most will stay dry all day long. and lighter wind, someone sunshine, and drierare and lighter wind, someone sunshine, and drier are feeling pleasant for most. by the end of the day, look to the south—west, things will turn windy and wet. through thursday

night and if i do, heavy rain will sweep northwards. there could be thundery downpour amongst that, which could have a travel impact for friday morning. persistent rain by friday morning. persistent rain by friday in northern scotland. brightening up to sunshine elsewhere and thundery showers in the west. but the wind will strengthen further and as we finish the weekend, if you have any plans, stay attuned to the forecast, because gales are expected in england and wales on saturday.

hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. today at 2pm: the government rejects claims that it's unwilling to negotiate with the eu and wants talks to fail in order to allow a no—deal brexit. the old deal has failed to pass the house of commons three times, so we do need a new approach. whatever happens, while we remain ready and willing to negotiate, the eu must appreciate that we are leaving on october 31, deal or no deal. chelsea football club apologise unreservedly over what a report describes as ‘unchallenged' sex abuse by former chief scout eddie heath. a teenager is charged with attempted murder after a six—year—old boy fell from the tenth floor of the tate modern art gallery. passengers on a british airways flight to spain say