coast in queensland. now, a hop and a skip to matt taylor. yes, those kangaroos look hoppier than the sheep the me... hoppier? yes, hoppier! anyway, moving on. over a month of august rainfall in just four days. i know august is a wet month, but it is going to extremes at the moment. if you're on your holiday break at the moment in the uk, for the week ahead you will need a wet weather plan just in case. there will be further downpours at times, and overall for the time of the year, fairly cool and at times fairly breezy as well. some of the wetter conditions are through the english channel in parts of the south—east, east anglia, rumbles of thunder with torrential downpours possible this afternoon. wa nt to downpours possible this afternoon. want to match ours elsewhere, particularly northern ireland, starting to turn thundery as they

could in northern scotland. overall compared with the weekend a bit more sunshine, lighter winds, but compared with the weekend a bit more sunshine, lighterwinds, but feeling cooler out there, out of the sunshine. not seen these temperatures for a while, largely below 20. into tonight, cool night follows. showers across the south—east gradually clearing away but parts of north—east england, the midlands and north—east wales, —— north west wales, could be relentless showers to take us into tuesday morning. and look at the temperatures. widely away towns and city centres, down to single figures. start to tuesday, there are a bit of sunshine, showers from north west england, the midlands through to east anglia, a few showers in the south—west and some developing across scotland during the day, but overall for the uk it will be one of the drier days of the week. temperatures much like today, generally in the mid to high teens. by generally in the mid to high teens. by the end of the day, sunshine will turn hazy towards the south—west and thatis turn hazy towards the south—west and that is because we have our next system developing area of low pressure set to develop into wednesday and that is the day to get the wet weather plans out because

certainly for wales, the midlands and southern england we are expecting quite a bit of rain through the day, strengthening winds as well. wet as well in the northern half of scotland with showers in northern ireland much southern scotland, northern england, where we have seen the wettest weather of late, you could get through largely dry with some hazy sunshine but overall another fairly cool day with temperatures below that 20 degrees mark. thursday, back to something a little drier get again. few showers around and temperatures up a few degrees by wednesday. friday, after a bright start the cloud and outbreaks of rain gathering from the west once again, and if you are on your summer west once again, and if you are on your summer holidays this weekend it is time to look away now. this area of low pressure set to work its way m, of low pressure set to work its way in, deepening area of low pressure. wet and windy weather last weekend and we could be seeing close to repeat, maybe wind is not a strong but certainly want to keep a very close eye on, and stay tuned for the forecast throughout the week. we will of course keep you updated here and on the bbc weather website. to yourself. matt, thank you very much.

a reminder of our top story this afternoon... hong kong international airport cancels all its flights, as anti—government protests in its main terminal continue for a fourth day. thousands of others told to leave the airport. would come out the police were going to conduct mass arrests, and so just like that, in their thousands, they are leaving —— word came out. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. in the last half an hour — eddie jones has named his england squad for next month's rugby world cup in japan. a couple of surprise inclusions, whilst some big name players miss out altogether. ben croucher is here — with all the details. eddiejones is always an unpredictable coach and his 31

man squad to travel to japan is very interesting. let's start with those who are on the plane. lewis ludlam. the northampton flanker. he was only called up to the training squad a couple of months ago. made his debut yesterday against wales. matt dawson — world cup winning scrum half says hejust looks like an international player. his inclusion means new zealand born brad shields misses out. another player who made his debut yesterday was scrum half willi heinz. was scrum half willie heinz. very impressive and assured he was too as england raced into an early lead. he however is just one of two scrum halves named along with england's most capped player in the position — ben youngs. that has freed up a spot for former sevens man rory mcconaccie. he's uncapped. he's only been playing this version of the game for a year professionally after switching from the sevens game. the bath man likely to feature on the wing. so to the outs then and few bigger than ben teo. the explosive centre has been a favourite of eddiejones‘ aggressive back line. fast tracked into the england team 3 years ago before he'd played any

club rugby in england. it's understood there was an altercation with mike brown in a training camp in italy and he's been dropped. along with brown. the full back has fallen out of favour in the last year or so to elliot daly. one of the number of experienced players left out along with danny care, chris robshaw, and hooker dylan hartley. there were question marks over his place when he was captain with jamie george and luke cowan dickie ahead of him in the pecking order. england havejust three more warm up games. against wales, ireland and italy before their opening match of the world cup against tonga in sapporo on 22nd september. plenty more, you can see are the names on the bbc sports website. andy murray makes his long—awaited return to singles action later today. he thought his career may be over 8 months ago, but a second hip operation has been a success. murray, now at 324 in the world rankings, says he's playing without pain — and has enjoyed some success on the doubles circuit.

his return to singles action starts at the cincinatti masters against the frenchman richard gasquet. sometimes the thing that is difficult in tennis in comparison to other sports is when you are coming back from an injury, if you look at football or basketball, is that you don't play 90 minutes straightaway. you might come into a football match and play 15—20 minutes then 30 then 60 minutes but with tennis, once you step back on the court you have to be ready to compete and play three sets. the pga tour is reviewing its policy on slow play after the american golfer bryson duchambeau was criticised over the weekend. here he is in the flat cap in the middle of the picture talking to brooks koepka, one of the biggest critics of slow play in the game. duchambeau took two minutes for a couple of shots at the northern trust tournament in newjersey — the limit is 40—50 seconds. it lead to english golfer eddie pepperall calling him

a "single—minded twit" on social media, something he's since apologised for. all the results and reaction to the weekend's premier league and scottish premiership action on the bbc sport website and app. but that's all the sport for now, more after the one o'clock news. we will have more a bit later on. let's get more now on the potential national shortage of hormone replacement therapy for women going through the menopause. many forms of hrt are currently out of stock in some pharmacies. the department for health and social care have said it is aware of the ongoing supply issues, and alternative hrt products are available. my colleaguejoanna gosling spoke to louise who's an hrt user a little earlier — she told us her experience. i started to have some difficulties getting hold of patches last year but it was usuallyjust a case of the pharmacist saying we can get them in tomorrow. it was almost as if they were not used to having them on the shelves.

recently, my most recent prescription, i went in, they looked quite embarrassed and said i'm afraid we do not have any at all and i'm afraid we do not know when we are going to get any in. i asked why and they said, it could be a manufacturing problem and they gave me a little note and said go and try other chemists. if you cannot find anything you will have to go back to your gp and ask for an alternative. in about two weeks they contacted me and said they have got some in, if you want to come in quickly and get them, almost saying before they go again. are you worried about it? very worried, and i know a number of my friends of all sorts of different ages, i have a friend going through very early menopause in her 30s and lots of other women going through menopause, and it would literally cause me and them so much extra anxiety if we felt we couldn't get the hrt.

what difference has it made to you? for me personally it means i can go and do myjob. on so many levels, increased anxiety, exhaustion, lack of sleep, hrt takes the edge off all of these things for me. but lack of sleep and brain fog are the main things which it has had a positive impact on for me. we can cross now to professor helen stokes lampard, chair of the royal college of gps. a lot of women will be very worried about this. absolutely, and we don't wa nt to about this. absolutely, and we don't want to cause any sort of panic because that will not help. there are shortages of some types of hrt but not others. the biggest concern is patches, several patches are in

short supply. one brand has all manufacturing ceased and we have a knock—on effect where women are being swapped to other similar products and we're running out of those because the manufacturers have not made enough. there are several issues at play. the reasons behind it all are not totally clear but certainly manufacturing problems have been sighted. there is commercial sensitivity about that sort of things so i'm not sure we're getting all the facts. what sort of difference does this make to you in your surgery? i had numerous requests on friday, the receptionist knocking on the door when i was seeing other patients with very anxious and stressed patients at the front desk. we had pharmacists on the phone. it is causing extra work for gps the phone. it is causing extra work forgps and the phone. it is causing extra work for gps and pharmacists, and anxiety for gps and pharmacists, and anxiety for those patients who are very reliant on these important products.

we must try and work together to try and get through this. if you are a patient who is reliant on a hrt project, when it is coming up to replace the prescription, ask your pharmacist if you are going to be able to get the prescription and if not, what can you get that you can ask yourgp to not, what can you get that you can ask your gp to prescribe as a alternative. the gp can check the records to see what is suitable for you. every patient is different. we can try and reissue prescriptions in a safe appropriate weight without panicking. we do not want people waiting until they are on their last day of hrt to ask for prescriptions which is stressful. women cannot assume that alternative prescription is always there. that is right, certainly on friday i had a situation where a project was recommended —— product was recommended. she came for an

alternative, i did a prescription, later in the day she came back in because that product was out of stock. you are getting this domino effect but let's take a deep breath, we can work through it. the department of social health and care are working hard to try and source more of the drugs and is the players are working flat out to create more product. it is in their best interest to sell as much of their product as they can. nobody wants shortages so it is a collaborative thing and we need to get the best of a difficult and unpleasant situation. unpleasant because women who have run out of this product, there is physical suffering as a result. there is, women don't take hrt for the sake of it will stop the most common group of people taking hrt is for management of distressing menopause symptoms, hot flushes can be hugely distressing, they can stop

people working, they can be debilitating in terms of the sleep but there is a range of other issues and symptoms that people complain of which can be helped by a hrt, whether that is moot issues, concentration, itchy skin, also is a strange things can affect some women but one preparation people has been used to is unlikely to be the only thing that works so for most women we can find an alternative without too much difficulty. a woman who is used to attach me have to have a ta blet used to attach me have to have a tablet or a gel or some other preparation, a little bit of flexibility, prepared to give it a try because the ingredients will be very similar. thank you. labour is calling for a review of grouse shooting, citing concerns that the sport causes environmental damage to important natural habitats. martin harper, the director of conservation at the rspb welcomed the call to review grouse shooting —

and duncan thomas, who's the regional director of the british association of shooting and conservation north said his group has nothing to hide, when they spoke to joanna gosling earlier... grouse shooting has become more intensive and the management has caused real environmental problems, including the burning of our peat which is emitting carbon dioxide at a time of climate emergency. our view is clear that in order for this for shooting to have a future, we believe it needs to be regulated to ensure the environment in the hills is improved and were called upon both governments and the shooting industry to do more to clean up their acts. we will be interesting to see a review, nothing to hide at all in terms of illegal activity. there is a very small number of

birds that are taken illegally and we are clear on that in which we will stamp that out from our own community. there is a zero tolerance for any illegal activity. in terms of the contribution the grouse moors have provided nesting habitats for vast range of species, such as curlew. the grand keepers are doing a cracking job up there. in terms of the burning, the burning is creating a regeneration of moor and preventing fires. we have seen the horrendous scenes at saddleworth where we have seen great swathes of moor taken out by wildfire, many illegally started. small controlled burns prevent wildfire spreading and create a mosaic of habitats for the vast range of many species.

in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... all flights in and out of hong kong are cancelled for the rest of the day as thousands of anti—government protesters occupy the airport. the prime minister hosts a roundtable meeting at number 10 to discuss prison sentencing policy for the most dangerous offenders. drug crime increases in many small towns and villages — despite falling in city centres. good afternoon, here is the business news. the number of empty shops in town centres is at its highest for four years, according to new figures. the vacancy rate hit 10.3% in july, its highest level since january 2015. the numbers, from the british retail consortium and springboard also show that footfall — that's the number of people out shopping — also fell by 1.9% injuly, the worst july performance for seven years. the number of gamblers complaining about british betting firms has risen almost 5,000% in the past five years.

the gambling commission says there was a record number of complaints— more than 8,200 last year. that compares to just 169 in 2013. most of them were about firms refusing to pay out on winning bets orfailing to operate in a socially responsible way. cathay pacific has warned staff they could be fired if they "support or participate in illegal protests" in hong kong. the airline is coming under pressure from beijing. the warning was emailed to staff by cathay‘s chief executive. several staff members have already been fired. on friday, china ordered the airline to suspend workers who support pro—democracy protests in the territory. what proportion of new uk businesses are started by women? any idea? well according to the rose review earlier this year — it'sjusti in 5. so to try and redress the balance, one group that funds entrepreneurs is pledging to have a 50/50 gender

split in the businesses it invests in by next year. virgin startup is the not—for—profit entrepreneur hub of the virgin goup. recent reports show that £250bn could be added to the value of the economy if women started and scaled their businesses at the same rate as men. linda grant is the chairwoman of virgin startup. i suppose my question is why do this now and not before?” i suppose my question is why do this now and not before? i think virgin sta rtu p now and not before? i think virgin sta rtup has been now and not before? i think virgin startup has been around since 2013, it was set up as a entrepreneurial hub by the virgin group to help support businesses start and scale and thrive in the uk. it is already delivering in the percentage of female founders it supports, a1% of the founders that have been funded by the organisation are female and

thatis by the organisation are female and that is twice as many as you will find in the uk population as a whole. it is already over performing. i think you mentioned the rose report came out this year and that shone a light on the opportunity that exists, £250 billion worth of value if women start and scale their businesses at the same rate as men. it really helped us think, well, if we are already doing so much for women, if we set our ambitions and set ourselves a target with that possible intention, we can improve that picture even further. why do you think there is this disparity with just one you think there is this disparity withjust one in you think there is this disparity with just one in five businesses being started by women? is it stemming from investors not investing in businesses started by women 01’ investing in businesses started by women or idols businesses —— idols businesses not there? it is a complex issue. the report talked about the compound issues women have

over time. less than half the number of women tend to launch a business and those that do go on to do that, less tha n and those that do go on to do that, less than half of those will end up scaling £10 turnover. we see that compound effect from the beginning in terms of peoples intentions to launch a business and what they do to go on and launch a business. one of the key areas identified was access and awareness of funding option and a lot of female founders and people that might have it in their mind that they want to launch a business, and more unaware of the funding options available to them than some of their melqart in parts. —— male counterparts. virgin startup is offering this funding, and i think we helped at the beginning of the journey, being with think we helped at the beginning of thejourney, being with here think we helped at the beginning of the journey, being with here today to help increase... sorry to interrupt, as someone in the world of business and finance, what do you

think are the biggest hurdles for female entrepreneurs? what have you thought, that is actually very easily solved? i think awareness of funding and access to funding, where to go and safe spaces to go and speak to people about that funding is key. another thing is about mentorship and networks. again, that is something virgin startup focus on strongly so women being able to meet with and talk with other people to bolster their own self—confidence and self perception. i think that is one of the things we have identified. some women may have an inner belief and self perception that they cannot or they are not skilled enough. all the evidence points to once a female bouncy business and it is established, they arejust as business and it is established, they are just as likely to run and sustain their business as successfully as men. there is an internal belief system and self perception as well as funding. some of the family responsibility is as well that women are exposed to,

whether that is children or older appearance. there is lots of blockages but we will be trying to address the early—stage funding, the mentorship and entrepreneurship initiatives and using some of the upscaling opportunities we have to help people learn and become more confident. he very much indeed. -- thank you. in other business stories we've been following. mattress retailer eve sleep has confirmed it is in "very early stage discussions" with rival simba over a potential merger. eve sleep describes itself as a "sleep wellness brand" — or to you and me, a firm that sells bedding. it says that talks are in very early stages and there's no certainty it will happen. a deal would improve the buying power of the two firms and cut their costs. twenty restaurant sites that were once occupied byjamie's italian have been sold off by administrators. a number were picked up by rival restaurant chains. the sites include glasgow, brighton and seven in london. the celebrity chefs restaurant group collapsed in may.

administrators kpmg closed the vast majority of jamie oliver's 25 restaurants, leading to around 1,000 redundancies, after investment could not be secured to keep them trading. luxury brand versace has apologised after an image on one of its t—shirts appeared to imply hong kong and macau were independent territories. after fierce criticism on social media in china, versace said it had made a mistake and had stopped selling the tops. china has been increasingly strict in policing how foreign firms describe hong kong, which is part of china but has a special status, giving it greater autonomy. the ftse 100 shed all of its early gains on monday. asia—focused shares dropped over worries about the hong kong protests. that's affected companies like hsbc and standard chartered which do a lot of business in the region.

shares of rolls—royce, which supplies engines to plane—maker boeing, also weighed on the index after media reports that fragments of an engine fell from a norwegian boeing 787 dreamliner near rome. meanwhile tour company thomas cook plunged after admitting that its plan to raise more money will dilute existing shareholders' stakes. talking of holidays, it is wonderful to have you back. well read, just as i wrote it. a house in watford is inspiring families, local authorities and care home staff across the country to change their homes to help people with dementia. scientific research shows that by adjusting things like carpet and paint colours, more people could live independently for longer and therefore save families and local authorities money in care fees. laura foster reports. it may look like any other show home, but everything in this two—bedroom house has been deliberately chosen to help people with dementia. those windows can automatically open.

steve is visiting with his wifejenny. his dementia means he forgets the meaning of words. can you tell us about when you first met? don't ask me! i would ask him to perhaps pop to a shop for me to buy some tomatoes and cucumbers, and he didn't know what to do, and he didn't know what i was talking about. there are lots of incidents like that. there are many types of dementia, and people experience symptoms in many different ways. this house looks at the big structural changes you can make, but it also looks at the smaller, more affordable things that can be done to help the ones you love. things like having a lighter carpet, as dark ones can be seen as holes in the ground. plug points are higher up, so you can't forget where they are. the paints help people with their perception. windows automatically open when it gets too hot, and taps are coloured in case people forget what hot and cold labels mean. and pictures of familiar faces

and places help remind people of who they are. if people have to go into a care home, it can be £1,500 to £3,000 a month, maybe £30,000 to £40,000 a year. it is important to maintain people in their homes but in a relaxed atmosphere, and not to create a sort of hospitalised, institutionalised environment. this house is visited by families, care home owners and council workers from across the country. no one lives here, as it's still being used for research. but it's hoped that more and more homes in the future will look a bit like this, all to help cope with the problem that is becoming more and more prevalent around the world. an alternative form of therapy where people lie on beds over beehives is creating a buzz in lithuania. "bee—therapy" claims to soothe pain and treat ailments with the energy created by bees flapping their wings.

users of the unusual treatment believe the air around a beehive can lower blood pressure and ease breathing difficulties. the alternative treatment, also known as apitherapy, attracts around 500 clients every year to one centre, which also offers bee glue and venom for varying ailments. the waspish martin will be here with the programme in a moment. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello, if you're on your break caps and wet weather plans on standby just in case. there will be sentient at times to enjoy but overall, a fairly cool week for the stage in august and some further rain. the rain is on the south—east corner storms running up through the english channel and parts of east anglia into the south—east where we can see storms develop. elsewhere, one 01’ can see storms develop. elsewhere, one or two can see storms develop. elsewhere, one 01’ two showers. can see storms develop. elsewhere, one or two showers. a lot of dry weather in between and certainly

between eastern scotland and parts of england, it is looking a lot brighter and much drier. temperatures are down where they have been. most places are staying in the teams. into tonight, the thunderstorms clear the parts of north—west england, north—west midlands and north wales could have showers. a cool night for the first time ina showers. a cool night for the first time in a while. we see figures into single figures tomorrow morning. a couple of showers to begin with, one 01’ couple of showers to begin with, one or two will continue through the day, a couple of showers in western scotla nd day, a couple of showers in western scotland but to stay overall will be one of the drier and brighter days of the week with the best amount of sunshine. that's a ten strong enough and will temper the fact that for most temperatures are in the teams. we had another approaching weather system, a developing area of low

pressure for the southern half of the country. this is the day to dig out wet weather plans for parts of england and wales, it could be a bit further north, a bit further south. gusty winds to go with it. patchy rain in northern ireland but some driver spots could be southern scotla nd driver spots could be southern scotland and northern england, the far north of england, that is, on wednesday. temperatures in the teams. upping those temperatures into thursday, back to predominantly dry weather, by friday after a bright start the cloud increases and patchy rain moves in from the north and west and that is ahead of a weekend forecast, if you do have plans look away now. a deepening area of the pressure is set to push its way in and the exact position of rain, open to change. wet and windy weather is certainly possible.

hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. today at 2pm... hong kong airport cancels all departures, as anti—government protests spread. what came out that the police were going to conduct mass arrests and so, just like that, in their thousands, they are leaving. borisjohnson announces a review of sentencing policy for violent and sexual offenders amid speculation that he's planning a general election. a bbc investigation finds drugs crime in inner cities is down but at the expense of rural communities, where it's up. another rival gang or someone from manchester or somewhere like that, tried coming into town and muscling in on the business, well, you're going to start getting fighting

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