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 between any two gangs.

cystic fibrosis patients wait to hear if two life—changing drugs will be made available on the nhs in scotland. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with olly. england announce their squad for the rugby world cup. they have gone early as well. there is one uncapped player in there, three who only made their debuts yesterday and obtain a tear, the centre, is out. is that for disciplinary reasons? all the details coming up —— then tear. thanks olly and stav has all the weather — unsettled all week. there will be a couple of days with drier and brighter weather as well. i will have all the details for you later. and also a global weather story to talk about too. thanks stav. also coming up — the unswerving devotion of a football fan. how the 11—year—old floored by a lamp post got to meet his idol mo salah.

hello everyone — this is afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. hong kong international airport has cancelled all flights, as anti—government protests in its main terminal continue for a fourth day. thousands of demonstrators gathered at the airport — which is one of the busiest in the world. it follows another weekend of violent confrontations between police and protestors across the former british colony. the unrest shows no sign of abating, more than two months after it was sparked by a controversial extradition bill. a warning that you may find some of the images in this report from our global affairs correspondent, naomi grimley, disturbing. ground to a halt. usually hong kong

international airport is one of the busiest hubs in the world, but today's claims have been stopped because of another growing democracy protest. hundreds of black clad protesters flooded this concourse. only a trickle of flights are living and landing. the vast majority are cancelled. the police are threatening the use of tear gas here if they think it is what is needed to get things back to normal. that is why the protesters have doubled down on the demonstrations... footage from this weekend shows police adopting heavy—handed tactics. to subdue the crowds of protesters who have now spent weeks on the streets. shouting screaming

as well as applying patterns, police have been filmed using tear gas in close 5 pa ces have been filmed using tear gas in close spaces and there are reports of facial injuries as a result. human rights groups are worried that it is escalating to serious levels of violence. the police defended their actions. we have very stringent requirements on our officers when using force and they should use the minimum level of force to achieve the operational objective. the protesters were getting ever more fractious. here one mob a petrol bomb, whilst at the subway station they let off a fire hose. onlookers are exasperated by a city which now seems to be in the grip of two rival armies. there is a good and bad to both protest and there is a good and bad to police andl there is a good and bad to police and ijust wish both sides would

just stop. i understand what i do appreciate what they're fighting for, but this is not what we are supposed to be like. we are supposed to be fighting together, not against each other. back at the airport, the threat of police action has prompted some protesters to head home. but, two months on from when the demonstration started, there is no sign of them are meeting. the controversial extradition by which sparked the initial demonstrations may have been discarded by the authorities, but this unrest is now something much bigger. naomi grimley, bbc news. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell is inside the airport and a short while ago sent us this update.... this is the scene here at hong kong international airport. as passengers arrive they are greeted by chants in favour of democracy, criticising the government in hong kong and also the police. as you can see, there are still many black clad activists here,

but fewer than before. word came through that the police were going to engage in mass arrests and there was something of an exodus. now i'd say there are only around a quarter the number of protesters in the building than we had, say, an hour or two ago. they have some reason to be concerned, because the government in beijing has accused this movement of sowing the seeds of terrorism in this city. imagine if you're arrested on terrorism charges, that could mean having no lawyer, or no lawyer for quite some time, also being held in detention for a much longer period without trial. and yet despite these threats, despite the increased hardline nature of the police as they go in with baton charges much more quickly and with much more force to try and arrest these protesters, the resilience of this movement is quite considerable. just when it looks like it's running out of steam, something else comes along

and revitalises it. let's speak to one of the movement's most prominent activists — joshua wong who joins us on the line. thank you very much. welcome to bbc news. we had about the resilience of the movement, but there are people who seem to be getting up and going away. how concerned are you that if the police move, then many of the demonstrators will choose to give 7 demonstrators will choose to give up? police brutality strongly... gathers more people on the streets and gathered at hong kong international airport today. especially if they see how right place fired at a dinner protester's eyes. —— fired at a female protesters eyes. what is at your

endgame cosmic what is the result you want? it began over concerns about the extension bill but has become something wider. we urge the government to terminate and withdraw the education bill immediately and to stop police brutality —— extradition bill. that hong kong people enjoy the rights of free election and to elect our own government. especially why we strongly emphasise on police brutality is because more than 600 people were arrested and two dozen tear gas were fired by police. it my imagination. especially her right place dressed up like protesters —— wearing black t—shirts. .. place dressed up like protesters —— wearing black t—shirts... and demonstrators any protest, it is far my imagination for the right police are to dress up like activists and arrest her team mates. what would

you say to the idea of talking with the authorities if you could get them to sit down and talk to you about your concerns? how willing would you be to join us talks cosmic pro—democratic. would you be to join us talks cosmic pro-democratic. already insured... and outreach at the public dialogue two months ago on the 1st ofjuly already. however, we have waited for nearly two months already. they had i'io nearly two months already. they had no response it. lawmakers hope to dialogue with the government leaders, but the government leaders don'tjust ignore leaders, but the government leaders don't just ignore the leaders, but the government leaders don'tjust ignore the voices leaders, but the government leaders don't just ignore the voices and stay behind the right place and do nothing. —— government leaders are just ignore the voices. how detailed some of the tactics that might be used as these demonstrations spread further? —— how do you feel? used as these demonstrations spread further? -- how do you feel? when we realise that hong kong government

rose by tear gas rather than by law, people already lose their satisfaction to the government —— rules by tear gas. not only mass protest might happen on sunday, with 30 million people, willjoin in the valley again. in early september, i believe a strike and boycott may happen and are because of her free election, even if it seems to be a battle of david versus goliath, we will never give up. thank you very much for talking to us. joshua is one of the prominent activists taking part in the demonstrations that we have seen in hong kong today. some breaking news. we're just hearing that people with cystic fibrosis will not be able to life changing drugs on the nhs in scotland. the scottish medicines consortium, which consortium, which recommends which drugs these cottage and it says should fund, has just announced its decision not to use

the reckoned drugs orkambi stop there currently only available on there currently only available on the nhs and exceptional circumstances. campaigners say that the drug cancel the decline in lung function, which is the major cause of death in people with cystic fibrosis. it can reduce by 42%. with me now is david ramsden —— chief executive of the cystic fibrosis trust. my my heart goes out to people who have been waiting for the stroke. as you rightly point out, cystic fibrosis isa rightly point out, cystic fibrosis is a progressive condition and that means is a progressive condition and that m ea ns every is a progressive condition and that means every element of this delay means every element of this delay means that people are at more risk of deteriorating and we know that some people have indeed died. given

the cost of it and the fact that resources , the cost of it and the fact that resources, with the best will in the world, ifind it, surely it has resources, with the best will in the world, i find it, surely it has to be evidence—based and in the view of this committee, that evidence is not there? something is clearly going wrong for people with cystic fibrosis who now find themselves caught between the pharmaceutical pharmaceutical company and the scottish covenant and the regulation system. i would say that —— scottish government. i would say that this is not a. government. i would say that this is nota. an government. i would say that this is not a. an end. they've been aware of this decision for a few weeks and they have been working together to try and come up with the solution that will widen access to these drugs and it is absolutely vital that happens in scotland and then across the whole of the united kingdom. which country in the world routinely uses these drugs which might provide the evidence which you would need to get a reversal of this

decision? you do not travel far because there is your routine access and the republic of ireland and many other countries around the world. actually, we are happy to do all we can at the cystic fibrosis trust on the data that we collect and people with cystic fibrosis to support a solution that ensures immediate access when that —— while that evidence is gathered because of day that passes people cystic fibrosis will put more at risk. at the heart of this are thousands of lives. how many people, which i imagine, would need the heart of this are thousands of lives. how many people, which i imagine, with neither stroke or think it would do them some good? no i3 think it would do them some good? no 13 and have those people cystic fibrosis in the uk —— there are 10,500 people with cystic fibrosis in the uk. we need access to these drugsjust in the uk. we need access to these drugs just now to stop people deteriorating. i call upon the pharmaceutical company and the scottish government to redouble

their efforts in scotland and then across the whole of the uk, where we hear the talks are taking place, we just needed deal. we do not want people cystic fibrosis to have other days like this where they will be truly devastated. it is a condition where you have hours of daily care, ha ndfuls where you have hours of daily care, handfuls of pills are routinely taken. and last year, the median age of death was 31. we can do better in the united kingdom and i know we will. you say that you need a deal with vertex we manufacture, but they have spent money developing this. they have a right to profit from it, do they not? they have a right to make a reasonable return. just as the nhs needs to strike a price that it can afford. we do not know what prices are being quoted in the negotiations but what we know is that people cystic fibrosis are cut in the middle and we call on the people who actually have the power to make this happen to do so. thank you very much.

borisjohnson has announced a review of sentencing policy for violent and sexual offenders — saying punishments for such criminals ‘must fit the crime'. ministers will consider whether the law needs to be changed so offenders spend more time injail. it's the latest in a series of announcements on law and order — including the creation of thousands of extra prison places in england and wales. here's our legal correspondent, clive coleman. summoned by the prime minister for talks to address a crisis in criminal justice. 20,000 more police officers, 10,000 extra prison places already announced. today, it's sentencing. and the big idea? take away early release from serious sexual and violent offenders who are given a fixed term to serve but are automatically released at the halfway stage. it's not a system that we always had in our country. it's been around for about 15 years. and there are real questions being asked by people with a concern about the system, a knowledge of the system, as to whether or not that is the most effective way to punish

offenders and to protect the public. the chance of early release has always been seen as one way of keeping order in prisons. last year, there were record numbers of assaults on staff, inmates and self harm, and many in the criminal justice system believe that if you take away the possibility of early release from dangerous offenders, that can cause a spike in violence and disorder. the prison service is in desperate need of investment. moves like this serve only to extinguish hope and make the crisis in our prisons worse. we need an intelligent system that means that people retain hope and can be rehabilitated, because in the end almost everybody has to come out of prison. the decline in the number of criminal prosecutions is stark. in 2011—2012, 895,000 cases were prosecuted in the crown and magistrates' courts. in 2018—2019, that was down to 495,000 — a 45% decline.

and only 7.8% of reported crime results in a charge within 12 months of the initial report. so, another announcement today is for an additional £85 million for the crown prosecution service — welcomed by the director of public prosecutions, max hill. but the labour party's unimpressed by the new raft of spending pledges on criminaljustice. this is a pre—election period. even if he doesn't go ahead and have an election in the autumn, he's clearing the ground, and anybody can promise tens of thousands of police officers if you're not saying exactly how you're going to fund it. there's been a whole series of these announcements, and boris doesn't quite explain how he will pay for it. a review of sentencing... solving the many complex problems of the criminaljustice system is hugely challenging. the prime minister wants recommendations on his desk by the autumn.

clive coleman, bbc news. in leicester is the former labourjustice secretary, lord falconer. welcome. has salt have begun sentencing criminals are when they have committed offences this? —— how soft. i do not think that we have gone soft. it has gone up and up since the year 2000. the average length of time that a murderer was sentenced to life in prison, that petry had to stay in before he could be considered for release went up from 12 to something like 20 years of the mass eight or nine years. it made no difference to violent crime. we need, if you're going to be serious about fighting violent crime and sexual crime, to spend more money on catching criminals and then in convicting them. that means focusing on the police and focusing on the prosecution. we know they're going to be in more police officers are requited and many more places

made available, we are told. where does rehabilitation feature in the treatment of criminals? it does not feature at all. i think it is good that some money is being spent on a police officers and as a money is being spent on the cps, but in not more is needed to be spent on that —— than that in relation to the present places, i think the 10,000 extra plays and places that were announced today or over the weekend, there is already 8000 prisoners in overcrowded conditions in the presence already. so that 10,000 is just going to soak up that lot and it is good that it does, but it is not going to deal with, if this proposal that is being made, that you are in effect make prisoners serve the whole of their sentence, thatis serve the whole of their sentence, that is going to an effect double the prison population, which is ridiculous. how does labour come back with a counter policy proposal when we know that for some voters,

the sort of suggestion by the prime minister would be of appeal?” the sort of suggestion by the prime minister would be of appeal? i think there is a real problem with the criminal justice system. there is a real problem with the criminaljustice system. i think it has gone very much downhill over the last ten years. and i think you need to spend extra money on police, you need to spend extra money on the prosecution and you need to have a proper, functioning probation service, which has been destroyed by this government. so that you do have community penalties that are an alternative to prison. you need to recruit enough prison officers to deal with the prison population that you have got at the moment. what you do not do isjust you have got at the moment. what you do not do is just throw around totally empty promises about increasing sentences and pretending that that is going to have an effect on rising violent and sexual crime. because it will not. and everybody knows that. it is just a headline grabber in that expectation of there being some election. like any time of the blair government, the

headline grabber was tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime. we did it causes of crime feature in this? in terms of the reason that people turn to crime when they might be diverted from it. i agree. turn to crime when they might be diverted from it. iagree. if turn to crime when they might be diverted from it. i agree. if you really wa nted diverted from it. i agree. if you really wanted to focus on the causes of crime, you would focus festival on poverty. which has been made dramatically worse by acidity —— on poverty. which has been made dramatically worse by acidity -- you would focused, first of all, on poverty. he would focus on those families in poverty at risk of going to crime. —— made dramatically worse by austerity. secondly, you should be spending money, particularly on young offenders. and ensuring that young offenders. and ensuring that you have proper probation and intensive interventions when they do get into the criminaljustice system to try to divert them from crying at that particular point. the third thing is that you have to —— divert

them from crime at that particular point. and you have to look at your drugs policy because that feels crime. i'm sure we could talk about that another ten thank you. the usjustice department and the fbi have started an investigation into the death of the well connected multi—millionaire sex offender, jeffrey epstein, who was found dead in his prison cell in new york at the weekend. the 66—year—old was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges involving underage girls. president trump has been criticised for retweeting conspiracy theories about epstein's death. let's talk now to cbs news correspondent laura podesta. bring us up to date, what is the latest? the criminal case is close, but the investigation is not over and prosecutors enable continued the alleged trafficking. an indictment against epstein includes a conspiracy charge, so that may

suggest other people could face charges in the future but we do not have any details on who exactly those people could be. i want to mention that miami herald reporter julie k brown, who broke this whole story, who broke the epstein employee study, she was on a ctm this morning and she says she is in touch with the victims —— the whole epstein story. his death marks the end of the criminal case, and brown says this robs them of their day in court and of seeing him says this robs them of their day in courtand of seeing him in says this robs them of their day in court and of seeing him in court. hopefully seeing him actually handcuffed and sent to prison. if he we re handcuffed and sent to prison. if he were to have been connected. it ta kes were to have been connected. it takes away their chance of vindication after they were intimidated and in pain for years and years. take a listen. they have been fighting this for a decade. remember, when this happened back in 2006 — 2007, these... now they are women, but they were teenagers. they were treated like they were prostitutes. they were not credible.

they would, um... you know, these lawyers hired private investigators that, you know, made their lives really miserablem, followed their families, ran one of their fathers off the road. there is enormous speculation running rife about the circumstances surrounding jeffrey epstein's death. there certainly are. there are conspiracy theories about whether he committed suicide or potentially killed by someone else when he was in jail. killed by someone else when he was injail. president killed by someone else when he was in jail. president trump killed by someone else when he was injail. president trump has retweeted someone who was feeding and conspiracy. the present reiterated that of someone speculating that epstein had potentially not die by suicide, given that he, that epstein had information on former president bill clinton. that retweet has now been viewed about 5 million times and it has been retweeted tens of thousands of times. but there is no evidence

to support the conspiracy that the present is promoting. there are a lot of questions. there are questions about what happens next and, as we mentioned before, of epstein's and alleged victims say they're incredibly disappointed that he will not face trial. thank you very much. a bbc investigation has found drugs crime has fallen in the centre of many big cities over the last five years — but it's rising in other parts of the country. dealers — known as county lines gangs — are expanding their networks to suburbs, smaller towns and rural areas using violence and exploiting vulnerable young people to sell drugs. our correspondent, dan johnson, reports. the latest frontier in the fight against drugs. heroin and crack cocaine are pouring into north wales from merseyside and manchester. there's always someone wanting to use the drugs, so there's always going to be people wanting to supply the drugs because there's a lot of money

to be made in this town. children and young people are carrying drugs hundreds of miles. have you got any clothes on underneath? what are you wearing? they are vulnerable, and at risk. if someone becomes established here, then llandudno is their town, if you like, so if another rival gang or someone from manchester or something like that tried coming into town and muscling in on the business, well, then you're going to start getting sort of fighting between the two gangs. it's a struggle to keep people safe and to get drugs off the streets. the minute you get rid of one or two, there's another three or four readily available to come down. and here's how the problem is shifting. across the north, look where drug crime is down — big cities like liverpool, manchester, leeds and sheffield. but the pink spots show there are more drug offences in smaller places like chester, huddersfield and lincoln.

further south, in westminster in central london, over the last five years, drug crime more than halved. but 20 miles away, offences quadrupled in the tiny village of westhumble. and this is it, a sleepy spot in rural surrey. it's the last place you would expect to have any sort of drug problem. it's a very quiet area. it would be easy for people to come out here and be unobtrusive. so, yes, i could see how it might happen. how often do you see the police? very infrequently. now, the figures here are still really low. but the fact that there's been the steady increase over the last few years does show that drug dealers are more active in places like this, and you can see why — its quiet, it's rural. the police are very thinly spread in this part of the world. so that is the appeal, and it's also the challenge. there's been some huge successes in the major cities in terms of how they tackle drugs, and of course the county lines model

will move to somewhere where there is greater demand and less competition. so the rural areas are prime for people to move out to the gangs as the cities do well at tackling the problem. and it's police forces like north wales that are dealing with the extended reach of county lines gangs, spreading more drugs and more misery. there's most probably enough of us to just about manage the situation, in terms of making sure no—one's getting seriously hurt. but in terms of seriously disrupting or attempting to stop the supply, there's nowhere near enough of us. dan johnson, bbc news. and you can find out more about the bbc‘s investigation into drug crime in england and wales, including seeing

what it is like in your area at our website. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. it looks like the weather pattern is to remain unsettled throughout this week. it will be on the cool side as well. we have got this weather front bringing more showers to the north and west of the country. the heavy thundery showers, which we have had across the south—east and into the channel should eventually clear of into the near continent and we are left with that front bringing showers to the north and west. there will be some drier interludes and that was allow temperatures to fall away once again. it could feature against northern and central areas. temperatures just making double figures in the temperatures —— towns and cities of the south. thanks to a ridge of high pressure, chelsea could potentially be one of the better days with this week with plenty of sunshine around. —— tuesday. we will have most of the

show is anywhere north west of scotland, but those lighter winds and strong sunshine, we could make 21 degrees and the south—east. otherwise it is the mid to high teens. switch has denied and again thanks to a ridge of high pressure it will actually turn quite chilly again. particularly in the north and east. a band of cloud and rain getting in. that will bring slightly humid and mad a temperatures, but it will have heard another unsettled spell. this low pressure will bring rain and stronger winds to an end fails —— to england and wales on wednesday. it may be that the south—east of scotland and the far north of england could see the better weather on wednesday with some drier interludes elsewhere. elsewhere it is looking pretty disappointing with quite a bit of heavy rain around. this temperatures around the mid to high teens. thursday it is a brief ridge of high pressure, so potentially some dry weather for many before the next

area of low pressure medicine for friday. to bring us more wind and rain. you might want to look away now because into the weekend it looks like it is going to be another u nsettled looks like it is going to be another unsettled one. a deep area of low pressure will bring strong winds to parts of the country and heavy rain and uncertainty to the position of this, but it is certainly looking u nsettled this, but it is certainly looking unsettled once again as we approach the weekend. for some of us it will be quite windy too. this is bbc news — our latest headlines... 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. word 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.

drug crime increases in many small towns and villages — despite falling in city centres. the scottish medicines consortium says no to funding cystic fibrosis drugs orkambi and symkevi on the nhs in scotland. the family of a british schoolgirl missing in malaysia offer a £10,000 reward for information leading to her return. sport now on afternoon live with olly. england's squad for the rugby world cup injapan announced. the world up want squads to be submitted by sepember 8th but eddiejones has gone very early, and shown his hand. england and shown his hand. still have three warm up matches england still have three warm up matches to play. they beat wales

yesterday, but eddiejones always had this name in his mind to name his squad. over a thousand caps in 31 man squad but also what must be considered a gamble, there's one uncapped player in there, bath wing ruaridh mcconnochie, who used to be a sevens specialist, was supposed to make his debut against wales yesterday but picked up and injury — he is still included. three players only made their debuts yesterday. northampton flanker lewis ludlam has done enough to be included, as did scrumhalf willi heinz and hookerjack singleton. but no ben t'eo, the centre has been an ever—present underjones when fit, but he was involved in a fight with england full—back mike brown, who's also omitted, at a training camp

a few weeks ago. jones is going to explain his selections in the next half hour. we'll find out if t'eo has been axed for disciplinary reasons. a p pa re ntly apparently he was the aggressor in this dustup, after the players had had a few drinks on tour. owen farrell is going to captain england, no dylan hartley, who hasn't played for 8 months. one other rugby world cup line, terrible news for wales, they feared the worst when gareth anscombe limped off at twickenham yesterday. he has damged knee ligaments and is definitely out of next month's tournament. he has been theirfirst choice fy—half. — fly—half. and now andy murray? he is back on the single score? yes, he thought his career may

be over 8 months ago, the last time he played singles, remember the tears in melbourne at the australian open? then a second hip operation. that had to work otherwise it would have been curtains. we've seen him playing without pain, and has enjoyed some success on the doubles circuit, he won the queens title, played with serena williams at wimbledon. his return to singles action starts at the cincinatti masters against the frenchman richard gasquet, due on court around 7pm this evening. the next step in his comeback. 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. britain's jamie chadwick, the first winner of the w—series says she'd like to see the championship for female drivers take place alongside formula 1 to gain maximum exposure, although she also hopes that women in motorsport soon won't need their own series to get the opportunity to race in an ideal world it won't exist in several years' time because there will be more women in racing and we won't need things like this, but over the next few years i can see it expanding and becoming even more competitive and more girls getting into the series. it attracts a different audience so it might bring a new angle to formula 1 as well. i have been to brands hatch so many times andi have been to brands hatch so many times and i have never seen it anything like it was yesterday. it was unbelievable and many of them we re was unbelievable and many of them were for the w series. it would be awesome if they can do something with formula 1 but who knows? 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 your picture talking to brooks koepka, one of the biggest critics of slow play in the game. duchambeau took over two minutes for a couple of shots at the northern trust tournament in newjersey — the limit is 40—50 seconds. it led to english golfer eddie pepperall calling him a "single—minded twit" on social media — something he's since apologised for. that's all the sport for now. more now on one of our top stories — and in the last hour it's been announced that people with cystic fibrosis will not be able to access two life—changing drugs on the nhs in scotland. the scottish medicines consortium — which recommends which drugs

the scottish nhs should fund — have decided not to recommend the routine use of the drugs orkambi and symkevi by the nhs, citing that there is not sufficient evidence to justify their cost. our correspondent sharon barbour is injarrow in tyne and wear and can tell us more. let me introduce you to harriet, she is four years of age and has cystic fibrosis. i'm here with her mother emma. disappointment across england as well as scotland because of this news. your hopes were pinned on this nhs scotland decision because if they had put the drugs on the nhs, you would hope they would also be putting pressure on nhs england and you might be able to access the drugs, what is your reaction? extreme disappointment. we have been on this roller—coaster four years and we have been waiting to have

access to these drugs for so long and today is another blow to the cystic fibrosis community. we have worked so hard to campaign for our loved ones and our family to have access to these life—saving drugs and today is another setback, but we will continue to fight. this is not the end and we will keep on going and we will continue to fight until we have access to the drugs that everyone so desperately needs. the drugs we are talking about, orkambi and symkevi, what difference would they make? at the moment we just treat symptoms and harriet has had the most difficult year so far in terms of health. she has in hospital twice and she is on the four nebulisers every day and she has intensive medical treatment every day. there is no escape, it is relentless. these drugs are the first of their kind. they address the root cause and they would attempt to make her body work in a

similar way two hours. they are game changing drugs —— similar way two hours. so many other countries, they have them, so it is hard for us to watch as parents, to see their children becoming better, and we have to watch our daughter becoming sicker and sicker in england. you we re sicker and sicker in england. you were not expecting a note today? no, i had high hopes. -- no. we were hoping scotland were going to lead the way and that would put pressure on nhs england to come to a deal. people with cystic fibrosis have not got time to wait. time is not a luxury and we need to have access now. the pharmaceutical company that makes the drugs say they are also disappointed but they say they are working closely with the scottish

government and other parties in the hope of another solution and a solution they hope to finalise within the next few weeks. back to you. sharon barber, thanks for joining us. the brexit party leader, nigel farage, has reportedly described the late queen mother as an ‘overweight, chain—smoking gin drinker‘ in remarks to a conference in australia. he also told the audience in sydney that the popularity of the duke of sussex had ‘fallen off a cliff‘ since he met meghan markle. mr farage‘s spokesman said the reported comments were not delivered as part of a speech. let‘s talk now to our political correspondent, mark lobel. not delivered as part of a speech but widely reported? yes, he is not denying that he has said this, nigel farage in sydney giving this speech, but his targets are prince harry, meghan markle, environmentalism, political correctness, and some people will not be surprised to hear that but it is the nature of the people he is talking about that has

caught peoples attention. not much reaction to the story on twitter where you would expect something like this to take off. david lammy has called him a bellicose toad, for mentioning meghan markle, and others have sarcastically called him a patriot. number ten do not want to give the story any further oxygen. the question is whether this will have any effect on the brexit party. it has been a big force in british politics recently in the european elections, putting pressure on the conservatives to deliver brexit. in that sense, and also the reputation of the brexit party, having these diverse candidates, and really having a clear message about delivering brexit, whether any of that will be thrown off course by these comments is to be seen. that will be thrown off course by these comments is to be seenm that will be thrown off course by these comments is to be seen. it is very unlikely that the royal family will respond and they don‘t usually

say they are sitting targets. they are ina say they are sitting targets. they are in a way. nigel farage was complimenting the queen and he says he isa complimenting the queen and he says he is a big fan of hers and he was a big fan of prince harry before he met meghan markle. we have seen another example of comments that could come back to haunt nigel farage if he was given a prominent role in the future but as we have seen with borisjohnson, being disparaging about donald trump in the past, sometimes you can say these things and then change your mind ata these things and then change your mind at a later date. for the moment, thanks forjoining us.

they‘ve been scouring the jungle behind me. so far, no luck whatsoever, no sighting of nora. the family today came forward to offer this reward for any information that would lead to the discovery of their child. the mother of nora, meabh, she said in a very emotional speech, she was having to fight back tears, that she really misses her daughter and she gave us the speech today... she has been vulnerable since the day she was born. she is so precious to us and our hearts are breaking. we are appealing to anyone who has information about nora to help us to find her. the police have been working extremely hard to bring nora home. in order to help their investigation, we have decided to offer a reward — 50,000 ringgit has been donated by an anonymous belfast—based business for any information that directly helps us to find nora.

well, 350 army and police personnel continue to look around this area. they are using drones, sniffer dogs, everything they are throwing at this case to try and find nora. they say this is a missing persons case. the family of nora would like to push it towards an abduction case. they believe that there is evidence to suggest it may have been an abduction case. the police say they are not ruling that out, but will continue to suggest that this is a missing persons case for now. in a moment ben is going to bring us the latest business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. 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. borisjohnson announces a review of sentencing policy for violent and sexual offenders amid speculation that he‘s planning a general election.

drug crime increases in many small towns and villages — despite falling in city centres. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. 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. it seems as though we‘re just not hitting the high street like we used to — if you look at the latest figures. what‘s going on? yes, certainly not. the number of empty shops in britain hit its highest rate in four years injuly. this is according to the latest industry data and it‘s adding to the growing gloom in the retail sector. the survey from researcher springboard found the national town centre vacancy rate was 10.3% injuly, up from 10.2% in the previous quarter and the highest since january 2015. presumably that‘s because people aren‘t going to those shops?

exactly — shopper footfall, that‘s the number of people physically going to stores, also fell by 1.9%, the worst decline forjuly since 2012. but there are interesting differences. footfall was down most sharply in shopping centres and on uk high streets but actually went up at retail parks. that is a little glimmer of hope. variance in where people are going shopping. almost like we need to imagine what the high street is for. yes, that is the holy grail. the question is whether this trend — which it is now — whether this decline is reversible? and what exactly high streets should do to adapt. here‘s diane wherle from springboard — the firm that did the research. in context it is not that bad at

all. we have been tracking the footfall, the volume of activity in retail destinations, or the past decade or more, and publishing data for a decade, and we have seen a long—term trend for decline in foot ball long—term trend for decline in football because of the change in our shopping habits because of the internet. we are seeing a drop all the time, but what we are seeing at the time, but what we are seeing at the moment is also a decline in the uplift of online spend so it is still increasing but much less, so there is some caution around consumers and their confidence is pretty low at the moment because of the uncertainty around what is happening economically and politically in the uk. they are reining back on what they are spending and that is impacting footfall and also online spending but also because retailers do not need as many stores, ultimately the va ca ncy need as many stores, ultimately the vacancy rate, the percentage of units which are vacant, is increasing gradually as time goes by. markets are in a particularly volatile mood recently. what‘s happening today?

we‘ll have a look at the actual numbers in a moment but you‘re right — there‘s a lot of sensitivity to the us—china trade war. adding to that, there‘s now concern about the political situation in hong kong, with the tenth weekend of pro democracy protests. central banks in various countries cutting interest rates which is a sign of nervousness. on top of that — political instability in italy towards the end of last week cast a shadow over the eurozone — but a snap election now looks less likely in the short term. samira hussain is at the new york stock exchange. the stock exchange has been open only a short time but markets are down by about a quarter of a percentage point. the real driver here is the us china trade war, and more specifically one of the big investment banks here in the us, goldman sachs, it said over the weekend they are really worried

about the us china trade deal and it propelling the us into a recession and they even said they do not think there is going to be a resolution to this trade dispute until after the 2020 presidential elections. a lot of investors are reacting to that news which has come up with with a lot of uncertainty for financial markets. the thing investors will be watching for is any sign of progress in the negotiations between washington and beijing to strike a trade deal, but some are now talking about a deal not even happening before the 2020 presidential election? that's right. there is a lot of talk about the deal not happening until then, and to go further, the goldman sachs economist

said they do not even see growth coming up to above 2% in the fourth quarter and so that is quite significant. a real demonstration for them that the trade war is going to start having a really big impact on growth in the american economy. that is shedding a lot of fears and anxiety onto the investors here. what might change is whether or not the us president delays the tariffs on some of these chinese goods, and they are due to come into effect on they are due to come into effect on the 1st of september but if he a delay, that could give it a bit of a break for investors. but right now the language that the president is using does not seem like that is very likely. thanks forjoining us. i was going to show you the markets but we will save them for the next

hour. gold is doing some interesting things. there's a lot of gold talk at the moment. that‘s all the business news. now, you may have seen this story going viral online. it‘s the 11 year old liverpool fan louie fowler who in his efforts to get the attention of his hero mo salah — ran into a lampost and injured his nose. earlier, victoria derbyshire spoke to louie, his 10 year old brother isaac and their step—dad, joe cooper. she started by asking louis whether it was all worth it to meet his idol mo salah. the hospital said i might have to get it reset in a couple of weeks. are you quite happy with it or do you want it reset? whatever happens, i think it was worth meeting mo salah. but you were knocked out? briefly. isaac, you were there? i was watching it, i was behind him. what happened ?

i saw him run into the lamp post and i ran over to mo salah in his car to tell him what happened and when i figured out he could not stand up, i was scared. mo salah came back round the corner a few minutes later. and he came up to louis and asked why he was running like that. he could have really hurt himself. so this was at the training ground? yes. you see mo salah coming out in his car, take the story from then. so, mo salah comes out from his car and sometimes he stops and you run after him so i ran with my brother. in my excitement i wasn‘t focusing on what was in front of me, i was looking to the left because that was where his car

was and then i ran into a lamp post. i think mo salah felt bad and he pulled over, i think he was worried about me. someone told him that i could have injured myself and a man called josie carried me back to my house and called an ambulance. we were not expecting mo salah at all. so, what happened? he knocked on the door? hejust came driving in his car to a close and walked out in the garden and he said he was worried about me and we got pictures and it was great. but also not the best because of my nose. wow. what you think of mo salah, what car does he drive? a bentley. so the bentley went

into your close, what do you think of the fact that he came back and checked on you? i think that‘s very kind hearted of him. i love him very much because he is amazing. isaac, do you love him? yes. joe, do you love him? he's a top guy, to be fair. i was shocked when he came back. it might not be a big deal to some people and with these players they have security watching them and all of a sudden mo salah disappeared and probably they were panicking. it was a big thing for him to come back and he was so caring and compassionate towards the boys and he made their day. so a big thank you to him and to liverpool because they are so good with the kids when they wait outside which is most days. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. it looks like the weather pattern is going to remain unsettled throughout the week, with further rain at times and it will also be on the cool

side, compared to what we have been used to. this weather front bringing more showers to the north and west of the country, heavy thundery showers which we have had across the south—east and into the channel should eventually clear into the near continent and we are left with further showers into the north and west but there will be dry interludes which will allow temperatures to fall away. it will be quite cold in northern areas, temperature making double figures in the towns and cities in the south. we begin tuesday on a cold note, a few showers dotted around but thanks to the ridge of high pressure, tuesday could be one of the better days of this week with plenty of sunshine around. winds will be light. scotland will have most of the showers, but in the lighter winds we could make 21 in the south otherwise it is the mid to high teens. through tuesday night again under clear skies with light winds, thanks to the ridge of high pressure, it will turn quite cold especially in the north and east,

but further south and west, a band of cloud and rain which will bring slightly humid and milder temperatures but it will herald another unsettled spell, so it looks like as we head into wednesday, low pressure will bring rain, stronger winds to england and wales and another feature, may wet weather to parts of scotland, so maybe the south—east of scotland, the far north of england could see the better weather on wednesday with a dry interludes elsewhere. elsewhere it is looking disappointing with heavy rain around for england and wales and temperatures around the mid to high teens. thursday, a brief ridge of high pressure so potentially dry weather for many before the next area of low pressure moves in for friday to bring more wind and rain. you might want to look away now, it looks like it will be another unsettled weekend with a deep area of low pressure bringing strong winds to parts of the country and heavy rain and uncertainty to the position of the low but it is looking unsettled once again as we

approach the next weekend and for some it will be quite windy, as well.

hello, you‘re watching afternoon live — i‘m martine croxall. today at 3pm... hong kong airport cancels all flights, as police continue clearing the terminal of protestors. word came out that the police were going to conduct mass arrests and so, just like that, in their thousands, they‘re leaving. borisjohnson announces a review of sentencing policy for violent and sexual offenders amid speculation that he‘s planning a general election. two cystic fibrosis drugs, described asa two cystic fibrosis drugs, described as a life changing by campaigners, are rejected for use by the nhs in scotland. it is so hard for us to watch as parents, other children benefiting and becoming better and better and then we have to watch our

daughter becoming sicker and sicker. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with ollie. we find out who has made the cut for england. eddie has named a squad and there is one uncapped player, three who only made their debuts yesterday. then tear it out —— then tear, was it works for disciplinary reasons? will find out. thanks. also coming up — women going through the menopause are facing a national shortage of hormone replacement therapy. as many of the most commonly prescribed forms of hrt are out of stock in some pharmacies

hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i‘m martine croxall. our top story this afternoon , police in hong kong have been clearing the international airport of protesters after thousands descended on the building earlier in the day. all flights have been cancelled until tomorrow morning. it follows a stern warning from the chinese authorities who said the demonstrations had begun to show what they described as ‘sprouts of terrorism‘. you may find some of the images in this report from our global affairs correspondent, naomi grimley, disturbing. ground to a halt. usually hong kong international airport is one of the busiest hubs in the world, but today its planes have been stopped because of another growing democracy protest. hundreds of black—clad protesters flooded this concourse. only a trickle of flights are leaving and landing. the vast majority are cancelled. the police are threatening the use

of tear gas here if they think it is what is needed to get things back to normal. this is why the protesters have doubled down on their demonstrations... screaming footage from this weekend shows police adopting heavy—handed tactics. heavy—handed tactics to subdue the crowds of protesters who have now spent weeks on the streets. shouting. screaming. as well as deploying batons, police have been filmed using tear gas in enclosed spaces . and non—lethal runs have been fired and there are reports of facial injuries as a result. human rights groups are worried that it is escalating

to serious levels of violence. the police defended their actions. we have very stringent requirements on our officers when using force and they should use the minimum level of force to achieve the operational objective. the protesters, too, are getting ever more fractious. here one lobs a petrol bomb, whilst at the subway station they let off a fire hose. onlookers are exasperated by a city which now seems to be in the grip of two rival armies. there is good and bad to both protesters and there is a good and bad to police and ijust wish both sides would just stop. i understand what they're fighting for and i appreciate what they're fighting for, but this is not what we are supposed to be like. we are supposed to be fighting together, not against each other. back at the airport, the threat of police action has prompted some protesters to head home. but, two months on from when the demonstration there is no sign of them abating.

the controversial extradition bill, which sparked the initial demonstrations, may have been discarded by the authorities, but this unrest is now something much bigger. naomi grimley, bbc news. in the last hour we‘ve had reaction from china — a spokesman for the hong kong and macao affairs office described the protestors‘ actions as "terrorism". translation: hong kong's radical demonstrators have repeatedly used extremely dangerous tools to attack police officers. this already constitutes a serious violent crime and also shows the first signs of terrorism emerging. this wantonly tramples on hong kong‘s rule of law and social order. these are the light pictures are from hong kong international airport. as you can see, there are still people in the terminal

building, people wearing black shirts are likely to be the demonstrators have moved in to occu py demonstrators have moved in to occupy space. passengers have been told not to travel to the airport. it is one of the busiest transport hubs in the world ordinarily, but, as we have been saying, they have had to take the decision to cancel all flights until tomorrow morning. at the earliest. it is something we will keep an eye on, of course. more than 160 flights were scheduled to leave after 6pm local time, and they will now not be able to go anywhere. let‘s talk to dr natalie wong, a visiting fellow at city university of hong kong. thank you forjoining us. why do you believe the protesters chose to move to the airport? we had seen them at the railway station? they have now moved to the airportjust because, you know, the international airport is one of the landmarks of hong

kong. and one of the very effective ways to express their will and the situation right now in hong kong. that is why the protesters in the last few days have moved to the airport and stayed there and tried to get a message to the tourists who visit hong kong to tell the current situation right now and also to tell them what they are fighting for. also, another landmark is where the police and that is why it is another focus point in hong kong. theyjust heard that a fox —— a spokesman for the chinese government saying there are splits of terrorism among these protests. if the government has is to characterise it as a terrorism,

what other options for dealing with these protests does it give division? —— to beijing? these protests does it give division? -- to beijing? it is very difficult to say, but you know the situation right now as he also mentioned, that the beijing government right now years that they we re government right now years that they were terraced to describe those protesters. i am afraid that the protesters. i am afraid that the protesters may use much more dot and are given the general situation —— in the general situation will be escalated in the coming days. i cannot get any further prediction in the coming few days. as we can see, they have some protest in the coming week. what concerns do you have, though, and that these protesters spread further and more groups decided tojoin? spread further and more groups decided to join? you can see that both hong kong authority as well as

at the protesters, they have become tantrum sketch make it much more radicalised and you can also see that the whole campaign, the extradition bill has escalated. then te na nts extradition bill has escalated. then tenants before. you can see that this is what are some general citizens worry about, whether or not... the hong kong authority were ask the beijing government to send military to hong kong. this is one of the bodies. right now. —— one of the worries right now. they do have a garrison in hong kong, but how unusual would it be to see them out in the streets? as far as i know and from some international, you can see some policeman. they believe that they tend to be the protesters that

they tend to be the protesters that they pretend to be the protesters and participate in the demonstrations. last night, in causeway bay. and some of the protesters vented their police instead of the protesters and that is why some people worry whether or not, not just is why some people worry whether or not, notjust on the police, but also other authority persons pretend to be the protesters and join. doctor natalie one, thank you very much for talking to us. —— doctor natalie wong. borisjohnson has announced a review of sentencing policy for violent and sexual offenders — saying punishments for such criminals ‘must fit the crime‘. ministers will consider whether the law needs to be changed so offenders spend more time injail. it‘s the latest in a series of announcements on law and order, including the creation of thousands of extra prison places in england and wales. here‘s our legal

correspondent, clive coleman. summoned by the prime minister for talks to address a crisis in criminal justice. 20,000 more police officers, 10,000 extra prison places already announced. today, it‘s sentencing. and the big idea? take away early release from serious sexual and violent offenders who are given a fixed term to serve but are automatically released at the halfway stage. it‘s not a system that we always had in our country. it‘s been around for about 15 years. and there are real questions being asked by people with a concern about the system, a knowledge of the system, as to whether or not that is the most effective way to punish offenders and to protect the public. the chance of early release has always been seen as one way of keeping order in prisons. last year, there were record numbers of assaults on staff, inmates and self harm, and many in the criminal justice system believe that if you take away the possibility of early release from dangerous offenders, that can cause a spike

in violence and disorder. the prison service is in desperate need of investment. moves like this serve only to extinguish hope and make the crisis in our prisons worse. we need an intelligent system that means that people retain hope and can be rehabilitated, because in the end almost everybody has to come out of prison. the decline in the number of criminal prosecutions is stark. in 2011—2012, 895,000 cases were prosecuted in the crown and magistrates‘ courts. in 2018—2019, that was down to 495,000 — a 45% decline. and only 7.8% of reported crime results in a charge within 12 months of the initial report. so, another announcement today is for an additional £85 million for the crown prosecution service — welcomed by the director of public prosecutions, max hill. but the labour party‘s unimpressed by the new raft of spending pledges

on criminaljustice. this is a pre—election period. even if he doesn‘t go ahead and have an election in the autumn, he‘s clearing the ground, and anybody can promise tens of thousands of police officers if you‘re not saying exactly how you‘re going to fund it. there‘s been a whole series of these announcements, and boris doesn‘t quite explain how he will pay for it. a review of sentencing... solving the many complex problems of the criminaljustice system is hugely challenging. the prime minister wants recommendations on his desk by the autumn. clive coleman, bbc news. i‘m joined from swansea by the president of the prison governors‘ association, andrea albutt. thank you forjoining us. to what extent thank you forjoining us. to what exte nt d o thank you forjoining us. to what extent do you believe that the sentences for violent offences need to be reviewed ? sentences for violent offences need to be reviewed? well, if we are talking about from a prison

perspective, then if we have people in her presence who have got some hope that if they stick to their sentence plan, ft stick —— at the adjuster behaviour by attending behaviour programmes, they will have the option to leave prison earlier ona the option to leave prison earlier on a license with restrictions back to the community, that is a good thing for us in presence. how often to those incentives proved to be effective? -- for as in prisons. in changing behaviour? there are effective at some and not with others. if they do not follow the plan and the engage in vendor behaviour, they will stay longer in prison. our concern is that people stay —— engage in offender behaviour. if they are released without any restrictions or any licence, because they have completed theirfull

licence, because they have completed their full sentence licence, because they have completed theirfull sentence in licence, because they have completed their full sentence in custody, licence, because they have completed theirfull sentence in custody, that could be significant risk to the community. we can build bright new, shiny prisons. we can put more people in prison. we can put them in prison for longer, but the fundamental issue with her presence at the moment is that, yes, we have at the moment is that, yes, we have a lot of dilapidated, or the present. —— prisons .we . we have record—breaking present statistics on safety, month on month —— prison statistics. unless we stop illicit items coming into prisons and stop drug taking, if we do not stabiliser prisons, it does not matter how long people stay in prison, we will not be creating

environment for them to address their behaviour. what would you say to people who are thinking about putting on a general election, at some point, jose, i do not care about all that, i want to know that if someone commits a violent crime, the get locked up as of the do it again for the get locked up as of the do it againfora the get locked up as of the do it again for a long time. at some point, most prisoners are released back into the community, so however long they spend in prison, whether it be one two—year, five years, ten yea rs. if it be one two—year, five years, ten years. if they are not housed, in a safe, decent, be lot to presence, the risk of reoffending when they are released back into the community will be high. we have the stabiliser prisons, and we had to decide what we wa nt prisons, and we had to decide what we want them for and we have defined it publicly and reduce the risk of reoffending. how many more prison officer and probation officers do need to be more effective —— most effective? i'm unable to say that.

under a safety measures we lost a 7000 prison officers and we have had 3000 given back to us. when we had the 7000 prison officers, back in around about 2012, our presents were quite stable. since then the deteriorated significantly. —— our prisons were quite stable. so getting those back is woefully inadequate to stabilise prisons —— getting 3000 back is woefully inadequate to stabilise prisons. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines... 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. borisjohnson announces a review of sentencing policy for violent and sexual offenders amid speculation that he‘s planning a general election. this drug crime increases in many small towns and villages — despite falling in city centres/ in sport, england have named a 31 amana scored for the anglo rugby world cup. roger mcconnachie has

been included in the three other players only made their debuts yesterday. will specialise has had of the world cup. —— wales. he sustained a knee injury in a defeat. but until i have been given a wild card, along with jodie. .. but until i have been given a wild card, along withjodie... i will be back with the full details on the stories and a lot more in —— in the next 15 minutes. the usjustice department and the fbi have begun an investigation into the death of the well connected multi—millionaire sex offender, jeffrey epstein, who was found dead in his prison cell in new york at the weekend. he was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges involving underage girls. president trump has been criticised

for retweeting conspiracy theories about epstein‘s death. well, the cbs news correspondent laura podesta gave us this update in the last hour. well, the criminal case into epstein specifically is closed but, to be clear, the investigation is not over. prosecutors say they will keep investigating the alleged sex trafficking operation, despite epstein‘s suicide. we know that the us attorney geoffrey berman said in a statement, the indictment against epstein includes a conspiracy charge, so that may suggest other people could face charges in the future, though we do not have any details on who exactly those people could be. i want to mention that miami herald reporterjulie k brown, who broke this whole whole story, who broke the epstein plea deal story, she was on ctm this morning, she says she is in touch with the victims and at that epstein‘s suicide with the victims and that epstein‘s suicide as a real blow to them. his death marks the end of the criminal case, so brown says this robs them of their day in court, of seeing him in court, hopefully seeing him actually handcuffed and sent to prison,

if he were to have been connected, -- if —— if he were to have been convicted. so it takes away their chance at vindication after they were intimidated and in pain for years and years. take a listen... they have been fighting this for a decade. remember, when this happened back in 2006—2007, these... now they are women, but they were teenagers. they were treated like they were prostitutes. they were not credible. they would, um... you know, these lawyers hired private investigators that, you know, made their lives really miserablem, followed their families, ran one of their fathers off the road. laura, there‘s enormous speculation, though, that‘s running rife, isn‘t there? about the circumstances surrounding jeffrey epstein‘s death? there certainly are. there are conspiracy theories as to whether he actually committed suicide or if he was potentially killed by someone else while he was injail. president trump retweeted someone who was feeding at conspiracy.

who was feeding that conspiracy. the president retweeted a video of someone speculating that epstein potentially had not died by suicide given that he, that epstein had information on former president bill clinton. so that retweet by the president has now been viewed about 5 million times. it has been retweeted tens of thousands of times. but there is no evidence to support the conspiracy theory that the president is promoting and there are a lot of questions. there are a lot of questions about what happens next and, as we mentioned before, a lot of epstein‘s alleged victims say they are incredibly disappointed that he will not face trial. he breaking use the pen and are stressing that borisjohnson has spoken to president trump today and

we have discussed the tariff trade was with china and the payments are also updated the president on a brexit. there will be that nichols will be some of the key issues in mind with the us national security advisorjohn botham here in the uk. —— those will be some really thinking about more closely aligning britain and the united states and the interest on global challenges such as brexit, china and the tensions with iran. the scottish medicines consortium, which decides which drugs the nhs in scotland will offer on prescription, has said it won‘t fund the cystic fibrosis drugs orkambi and symkevi. it‘s come as a major disappointment to families of sufferers. orkambi is said to be able to slow the decline in lung function in people with cf by up to a0 %. earlier i spoke to david ramsden, chief executive of the cystic fibrosis trust, who said this wasn‘t the end

of the campaign for the drugs to be made available. this is not an end. we understand any statement from the scottish committee and a vertex that sense that they were aware and i understand they were aware that for a few weeks, they have been working together to try and come up with a solution that will widen access to these drugs. it is absolutely vital that happens in scotland and then across the whole of the united kingdom. emma corr‘s daughter harriet has cystic fibrosis. she gave our correspondent sharon barbour her reaction to the news. extreme disappointment again. we have been waiting to have access to these drugs for so long and today it isjust another these drugs for so long and today it is just another blow to the cystic fibrosis community. everyone in scotland and england worked so hard and campaigned tirelessly for their family to have access to these life—saving drugs and today it is just another setback, but we will

continue to fight and this is certainly not the end. we will keep on going and we will continue to fight until we have access to the drugs that everybody so desperately needs. the drugs we're talking about, orkambi and symkevi, explain what difference they would make two harriet‘s life? what difference they would make two harriet's life? at the moment she has actually had the most difficult year so far has actually had the most difficult yearso far in has actually had the most difficult year so far in terms of her health. she has been in hospital twice for ivs and she is on four nebulisers a day. she has a very intensive daily medical treatment regime. it is relentless. these drugs are the first of their kind and the address at the root cause. they would attempt to make harriet 's bodywork any similarway your attempt to make harriet 's bodywork any similar way your right. they are game changing drugs, really, that need totemic people are benefiting from them. in so many other countries. —— it is so hard to watch

other children becoming better and better and we have to watch our daughter become sicker and sicker in england. in a car speaking to a corresponding sharon barbara. manufacturing delays are being blamed for a national shortage of hormone replacement therapy. many of the most commonly prescribed forms of hrt — which help women deal with symptoms of the menopause — are out of stock at chemists. it‘s estimated about a million women in the uk use treatment for menopausal symptoms. our health editor, hugh pym, explained the problem. many have contacted the bbc and other media saying they are very frustrated and increasingly anxious because they cannot get the form of hrt which they are familiar with and which they use. it could be a gel, it could be a tablet, it could be a patch. and pharmacists are reporting difficulties getting some from suppliers. now, talking to manufacturers and statements they have made suggest there are shortages of a small number of these therapies and the official advice is to talk to your doctor and your pharmacist and to go for an alternative.

well, sometimes the alternatives are not appropriate. even a gap between starting the medication, ending it and starting it up again can cause real problems, physical problems, and distress. and sometimes, what happens is, one or two of these go short, people switch to others and there are shortages as well. so what is the reason for all this? well, it does appear that there are manufacturing and supply issues somewhere out there and that sometimes a small number of these issues, difficulties getting ingredients, can affect the whole supply chain. so, a worrying time. the advice is, talk to your doctor and another alternative might be possible, but certainly, judging by the volume of calls and from pharmacists, it is a problem out there which does not seem to have been resolved or will be resolved very quickly. earlier my colleague joanna gosling spoke to louise, who‘s an hrt user — she told us her experience.

my most recent prescription, i went in and the sort of looked quite embarrassed and said, i am afraid we do not have any at all and we do not know when we are going to get any in. isaid, know when we are going to get any in. i said, well, buyers that? they said, it could be a manufacturing is that —— why is that? they said, here, go and try other chemist and if you cannot find any, speak to yourgp if you cannot find any, speak to your gp who if you cannot find any, speak to yourgp who might if you cannot find any, speak to your gp who might give an alternative. they called me then and said we have some in, and said get them before almost before they go again. are you worried about it? yes. and i know a friend of all ages who are going through one friend going through an early menopause. and it would literally cause me and them so much extra anxiety if we felt that we could not get the hrt.

louis speaking to joanna felt that we could not get the hrt. louis speaking tojoanna gosling earlier. the number of gamblers complaining about british betting companies has increased almost fifty—fold in the past five years. (tx new figures obtained from the gambling commission by the bbc, show that there were a record 8,000 complaints last year. the rise no doubt fuelled by an increase in gambling over the past decade. the big betting companies say they are working on a plan to reduce gambling—related harm. and we‘ll have more on those gambling complaints, in our business news shortly. 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 alterntive treatment, also known as apitherapy, attracts around 500 clients every year to one centre, which also offers bee glue and venom for varying ailments.

time for a look at the weather... here‘s stav. in australia, the other side of the world it is winter. yes, down under where it is winter of course. i have the temperature on australia just to show the temperatures are from north to south. as we would expect across the north, warm and humid. notice this very deep area of low pressure, but this has been particularly deep even though it is winter. it has brought a surge of antarctic air, which has travelled all the way as far north as southern queensland. we have seen a phenomenal amount of snow over the ski resorts. we do not usually hear about the australian ski resort is a new south wales, but they have had lot of snow up there.

that is why it is taking on to the next video. marsupials in the snow? this is part of new south wales, kangaroos bouncing about in that there snowfall. it has covered a lot of the ground there. that is australia and it‘s winter. that is bizarre! let's come back to home. a very deep though for august. we had a series of weather fronts across the north of the country and in the end it became eventually the speech as it pushed its way north. those were bring phenomenal amounts of rain fell to parts of scotland and northern england. we had some flooding and i have a series of pictures behind me. this is an apple in the stockport area, the water gushing there. —— marple. cars are

submerged in this one. that is queensbury in west lothian. parts of england, north wales and western scotla nd england, north wales and western scotland have seen the worst rainfall. just over 100 millimetres of rain as the august average for parts of northern england. they have seen well over the august average and we are only on the 12th. barely half way through. tell me it is going to get better? this is the satellite picture from the south of the country. it is turning a lot more unsettled against two this week. we even had water new west sussex. you can just week. we even had water new west sussex. you canjust pick week. we even had water new west sussex. you can just pick it up there and that these thunderstorms generating the sort of weather across the south and into the channel. maybe some hell, frequent lightning and the showers are slowly clearing away. elsewhere we will see that maybe some hail. thus temperatures are lower than what we have been used to, the mid to 18

celsius. overnight at a surety, for the showers petting and from the north—west. clear interludes and with... it is going to be quite chilly tonight, out of places —— many places out of town down to single digits for the towns and cities too. a bit of a chilly start to jersey. plenty of sunshine around. chelsea looked like one of the better days —— tuesday. a lot of dry weather too. with the lighter wind and a strong sunshine, we could make 21 degrees in the south—east. generally in the high teens further north. it is still on the cool side. temperatures are below seasonal average. the ridge of high pressure clea ners average. the ridge of high pressure cleaners into wednesday and we see a complicated area of low pressure pushing into the atlantic. one area collecting parts of scotland and another when moving into england and wales. when‘s not as strong as those we had at the weekend, but could be a little painful as well. —— a lot

of info as well. thus temperatures mid to high teens. says buy u nsettled mid to high teens. says buy unsettled as we had the week. thursday, another ridge of high pressure so could be nice for some of us with some sunshine. then we will start to see the cloud and the rain picking up as we head into friday. sets the scene as we head into the weekend. another area of low pressure so could turn wet and windy for some of us.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines. police continue clearing hong kong airport of protestors — all flights are cancelled for the rest of the day. word 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. two cystic fibrosis drugs described as "life—changing" by campaigners are rejected for use by the nhs in scotland. it is so hard for us to watch as pa rents a re it is so hard for us to watch as parents are the children benefiting and becoming better, and then we have to watch our daughter becoming sicker and sicker. sport now on afternoon live. the rugby world cup is next month and we already have the england squad? many are questioning the wisdom of naming a squad so early, 8th september is the deadline, england have got another three warm up games. lots of potential injuries to be picked up. eddiejones eddie jones wants to eddiejones wants to give his players the best possible chance of

being settled and going over to japan and winning the world cup. let‘s start with a surprising omission. ben t‘eo has been a favourite of eddiejones. when fit, the centre plays, but not yesterday at twickenham. it emerged that he had been involved in a fight with england full—back mike brown at a team social a few weeks ago at a training camp in italy. t‘eo we understand had instigated the scrap after a few drinks, in the last half an hourjones was asked why he‘s missed the cut. i‘m not going to go into reasons why he‘s not selected. i have had the conversation with ben and he understands, but whether he agrees with it is another matter, but we have had the discussion with him and he‘s just not in our top 31 players at the moment. over a thousand caps in the 31 man squad but bath wing

ruaridh mcconnochie who used to be a sevens specialist, is uncapped he was supposed to make hsi debut against wales yesterday but picked up and injury — he is still included. three players only made their debuts yesterday. northampton flanker lewis ludlam, scrumhalf willi heinz and hookerjack singleton. all of them will go to japan. owen farrell is going to captain england, no dylan hartley, who hasn‘t played for 8 months. one other rugby world cup line, terrible news for wales, they feared the worst when gareth anscombe limped off at twickenham yesterday. he has damged knee ligaments and is definitely out of next month‘s tournament. he had been theirfirst choice fly—half. studio: huge disappointment for him, as well. and now the solheim cup, women‘s golf, at gleneagles next month? captain catriona matthew had four wildcard picks to join the eight women

who have already qualified to face the us at gleneagles next month. a massive surprise that suzann pettersen has got one of them, the norwegian has played at 8 solheim cups but she‘s ranked 620th in the world, has missed the cut in the only two events she has played since taking time off in november 2017 to have a baby. four englishwomen in the 12. bronte law and jodi ewart shadoff have been given wildcards, whilst charley hull and georgia hall automatically made the 12 due to their world ranking. here is the 12—player squad in full. the us have wo the last two solheim cups but europe have triumped the last two times it was staged in scotland. jofra archer has been speaking to the press at lord‘s today ahead of his likely test debut on wednesday against australia. the fast bowler missed england‘s defeat in the first test

through injury but has since proved his fitness. it is not my test match debut as yet, but if selected i will be over the moon, but for now i‘m not selected, so we will go with that for now. it will be a new thing for you, bowling over five days, if you are selected. justin langer thought it might wear you down. are selected. justin langer thought it might wear you downlj are selected. justin langer thought it might wear you down. i don't thinkjustin laing has seen me play first—class cricket. i usually bowl of a0 overs every game, anyway, so here‘s another thing coming —— justin langer. andy murray make a competitive return to singles for the first time in eight months following a second hip operation in january. he has enjoyed some success on the doubles circuit, he won the queens title, played with serena williams at wimbledon. his return to singles action starts at the cincinatti masters against the frenchman richard gasquet, due on court around 7pm this evening.

sometimes the thing that‘s difficult in tennis in comparison to other sports is that 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. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour. a 29—year—old man has appeared in court charged with attempting to murder a police officer. mubashar hussein is alleged to have caused serious injury by dangerous driving, after pc gareth phillips was run over by a hijacked police car whilst trying to stop a suspected stolen car in birmingham. the a2—year—old remains in intensive care, but is in a stable condition. in a statement, his family said...

"we are grateful for all the messages of support that "we‘ve had from the police and members of the public. "gareth is still very poorly and faces a long battle to recover." our correspondent, peter wilson, is at birmingham magistrates‘ court. mubashar hussein appeared in court and he spoke only to confirm his name and his date of birth and the fa ct name and his date of birth and the fact that he is of no fixed abode. he has been charged with the attempted murder of a a2—year—old west midlands police officer, along with causing serious injury by dangerous driving, wounding another officer, who suffered a cut arm, and bound few counts of assaulting other police constables, and a 2a—year—old man was alongside him in the dock and he also faces two counts of stealing range rover cars plus dangerous driving. both men have been remanded in custody until the 9th of september. it is all allegedly linked to an incident on saturday when allegedly a police

patrol car was hijacked and that car was used to drive over a west midlands police officer and in court today we learned the name of the officer, a2—year—old gareth phillips, a veteran who has served over 20 years. he has undergone numerous surgery this weekend and his injuries are not said to be life—threatening but i understand that he is unlikely to be fit enough to return to front line duties. there has been a whole host of tributes paid to that particular police officer and the other men serving in the front line here in birmingham. the family of missing teenager nora quoirin have offered a reward of around £10,000 for information leading to her return. the 15—year—old — who has special needs — went missing from a holiday resort in malaysia more than a week ago. our south east asia correspondent — howard johnson sent us this update. they‘ve been scouring the jungle behind me.

so far, no luck whatsoever, no sighting of nora. the family today came forward to offer this reward for any information that would lead to the discovery of their child. the mother of nora, meabh, she said any very emotional speech, she was having to fight back tears that she really misses her daughter and she gave us the speech today... she has been vulnerable since the day she was born. she is so precious to us and our hearts are breaking. we are appealing to anyone who has information about nora to help us to find her. the police have been working extremely hard to bring nora home. in order to help their investigation, we have decided to offer a reward — 50,000 ringgit has been donated by an anonymous belfast—based

business for any information that directly helps us to find nora. well, 350 army and police personnel continue to look around this area. they‘re using drones, sniffer dogs, everything they are throwing at this case to try and find nora. they say this is a missing persons case. the family of nora would like to push it towards an abduction case. they believe that there is evidence to suggest it may have been an abduction case. the police say they are not ruling that out, but will continue to suggest that this is a missing persons case for now. in a moment ben is going to bring us the latest business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live... police continue clearing hong kong international airport of protestors as all flights are cancelled for the rest of the day. borisjohnson announces a review of sentencing policy for violent and sexual offenders amid speculation that he‘s planning a general election. two cystic fibrosis drugs described as "life—changing" by campaigners are rejected for use

by the nhs in scotland. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live... 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. that is a start rising complaints to gambling firms. it is and it follows a sharp rise in uk gambling in the last decade. the industry has expanded so rapidly since the rules and regulations and restrictions on betting were relaxed in 2007 and the rules around advertising for betting we re rules around advertising for betting were also relaxed. the biggest rise is in online gambling whether it is

new games or new products, very easy to draw in new customers. how has the industry reacted to the complaints? the chief executive of the gambling commission said there we re the gambling commission said there were complex reasons for the rise in complaints. neil mccarthy said we are pushing the industry to know it‘s customers and maybe this is a sign that customers are demanding more of the gambling operators and he said he would encourage customers to continue doing this. big betting firms have promised something like £60 million a year to deal with problem gambling and they say they are working on a plan to reduce gambling —related harm but another stark figure, gamblers are losing now almost twice as much to the betting companies as they were a decade ago, and last year punters lost a record £1a.5 billion. adam bradford is from the safer online gambling group. that is quite a stark figure. 1a.3

i‘ve billion pounds lost in the year. —— £1a.5 billion. i‘ve billion pounds lost in the year. -- £14.5 billion. if you add all of this up it is really nothing, these numbers are quite small compared to the damage that gambling addiction is causing to the 430,000 people who are addicted and the 2 million people who are further at risk of gambling addiction. we have a real epidemic risk of gambling addiction. we have a realepidemic in risk of gambling addiction. we have a real epidemic in this country so i'm not surprised that people are losing more and there are more complaints coming through the gambling commission. i think that figure does not really scratch at the surface and i think there are many more stories that do not get hold but the problem we have is that the commission are not in the place to deal with these complaints so who is? the industry is so much more advertised now, it is unclear about how you can withdraw winnings and what free bets mean, things like that. there's a problem here and we need to get on top of it. steps have

been taken and there is the £60 million a year that the betting firms are putting in to help deal with problem gambling and we saw the maximum mistake on fixed—odds betting terminals dramatically reduced. steps are being taken? they are, and it is important to recognise that there needs to be an attitude change from within the whole industry, so it is good at some of the major firms have come forward and said they want to move in his direction, but i want to see change happening. if we have an operator find for doing something wrong, they need to change quickly because otherwise thousands of people will still be losing and getting into trouble, because the problems are not getting fixed. we know government and legislation move slowly, the industry could do much more now, and i think the commission needs to have a stronger voice in saying we have lots of issues here where gamblers are falling into trouble, how is it that people are not able to withdraw their winnings when they thought they could, how

can people spend money which is stolen at times? that should not be happening, soi stolen at times? that should not be happening, so i want to see change happening, so i want to see change happen faster because £60 million, in the context of treatment, it is not that much money. it will treat a lot more people but we need more of this. 0k, adam bradford, thanks for joining us. facial recognition technology seems to be in more and more places now — and sometimes, it seems, without us knowing about it? well, that‘s certainly the case in the king‘s cross area of central london — around the station. the developer behind a 67—acre site there has defended its use of facial recognition technology. a spokeswoman for the developer, argent, said the technology was used to "ensure public safety" and was one of "a number of detection and tracking methods". the local council said it was unaware that the system was in place. as well as the stations, there are various shops, restaurants, cafes and offices there.

the local council said it was not aware of such a system of being in place. it is a very interesting development. where does the law stand on this? under data protection laws, firms must provide clear evidence that there is a need to record and use people‘s images. in a statement, developer argent said it used cameras "in the interest of public safety" and likened the area to other public spaces. it said: "these cameras use a number of detection and tracking methods, "including facial recognition, but also have sophisticated systems "in place to protect the privacy of the general public." how long has it been in place? good question! the firm declined to say what those systems were, how long the facial recognition had been in operation or what the legal basis was for its use, as is required under european data protection law. what‘s the information commission had to say?

the information commissioner‘s office said it had general concerns about the potential for inappropriate use of facial recognition technology. the ico is currently looking at the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement in public spaces and by private sector organisations, including where they are partnering with police forces. "we‘ll consider taking action where we find non—compliance with the law." that is what they have said, so watch this space, and watch this face for more. 0h! not so reliable, though. my face? your face is always reliable. the ftse100 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 planemaker 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. that has not impressed them very much at all. quite a sizeable drop. thanks forjoining us. now, you may have seen this story going viral online. it‘s the eleven year old liverpool fan louis fowler who in his efforts to get the attention of his hero mo salah — ran into a lampost and injured his nose. earlier, victoria derbyshire spoke to 11 year old louis, his 10 year old brother isaac and their step—dad, joe cooper. she started by asking louis whether it was all worth it to meet his idol mo salah. the hospital said i might have to get it reset in a couple of weeks.

it looks all right! are you quite happy with it or do you want it reset? i don‘t know! whatever happens, i think it was worth meeting mo salah. but you were knocked out? briefly. isaac, you were there? i was watching it, i was behind him. what happened ? i saw him run into the lamppost and i ran over to mo salah's car to tell him what happened and when i figured out he could not stand up, i was dead scared. mo salah came back round the corner a few minutes later. and he came to louis and asked why he was running like that. he could have really hurt himself. so this was at the training ground? yes. you see mo salah coming out in his car, take

the story on from then. so, mo salah comes out of his car and sometimes he stops and you run after him so i ran with my brother. in my excitement i wasn‘t focusing on what was in front of me, i was looking to the left because that was where his car was and then i ran into a lamppost. i think mo salah felt bad and he pulled over, i think he was worried about me. someone i met, josie, they told mo salah that i could have injured myself. josie carried me back to my house and called an ambulance. we were not expecting mo salah at all. so, what happened? he knocked on the door? hejust came driving in his car to our close and walked out in the garden and he said

he was worried about me and we got pictures and it was great. but also not the best because of my nose. wow. what dp you think of mo salah, what car does he drive? a bentley. so, the bentley went into your close, what do you think of the fact that he came back and checked on you, had pics? i think that‘s very kind hearted of him. i love him very much because he is amazing. aw. isaac, do you love him? yes. joe, do you love him? yeah, he's a top guy, to be fair. i was so shocked when he came back. it might not be a big deal to some people but uwith these players they have security watching them and all of a sudden mo has disappeared and probably they were panicking. it was a big thing for him to come back and he was so caring and compassionate towards the boys and he made their day. so a big thank you to him and to liverpool because they are so great

with the kids when they wait outside which is most days. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. there will be some dry interludes, tuesday and friday look like the best of those. we end the day on a showery note. we lose the sundry one is from the south—east and overnight it looks like there will be plenty of clear spells around that with the cooler air mass leading to a cold night, especially central and northern areas —— we lose the thundery one. we start tuesday on a chilly note and there will be some sunshine around in south—eastern areas and it should be a largely fine day before it turns wetter. you can see the weather system approaching. more sunshine tomorrow

and we could see temperatures a bit higher, 20—21 in the south—east. but it turns wet and windy again for wednesday.

welcome to afternoon live — i‘m martine croxall. at apm... hong kong airport cancels all flights, as police continue clearing the terminal of protestors. as passengers come through, there are immediately aware of this crisis and itjust are immediately aware of this crisis and it just shows are immediately aware of this crisis and itjust shows the extent to which the airline industry has been really at the heart of this crisis. borisjohnson announces a review of sentencing policy for violent and sexual offenders amid speculation that he‘s planning a general election. two cystic fibrosis drugs described as "life—changing" by campaigners are rejected for use by the nhs in scotland. it is so hard for us to watch, as parents, other children benefiting and becoming better and better

and then we have to watch our daughter becoming sicker and sicker. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with ollie. eddiejones is very quick out of the blocks with his choices for the rugby world cup weight indeed, and we are still none the wiser regarding then teo‘s being left out of that squad. all the details coming up about her past. thanks. and it is going to be very unsettled this week. there will be a couple of drier days with some warm sunshine. i will have all the details a little later on. thanks stav. also coming up — the unswerving devotion of a football fan. how the 11—year—old floored by a lamp post got

to meet his idol mo salah. hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i‘m martine croxall. police in hong kong have been clearing the international airport of protesters after thousands descended on the building earlier in the day. this is the scene live in the terminal, where all flights both in and out of the territory have been cancelled until tomorrow morning. protestors poured into the building after a weekend of pitched battles between police and anti—government demonstrators. it‘s one of the world‘s busiest transport hubs. hong kong‘s mass demonstrations and unrest show no sign of abating, more than two months after they were sparked by a controversial extradition bill. beijing officials have strongly condemned the violence and linked violent protesters to ‘terrorism‘. our correspondent stephen mcdonell has the latest from the airport. passengers arriving at hong kong

airport tonight. they know that there is a crisis in the city. they come through here and people are chanting and holding signs, especially criticising the police, but also the government. and demanding democracy here. the airline industry is an important pa rt airline industry is an important part of the hong kong economy and it is one of the reasons why the airport has been targeted. earlier today, this was completely full both floors. many thousands of protesters, probably five times as as this. then word came through that the police would arrive soon and there would be mass arrests, so we saw that a large exodus and yet, thousands still remain here, despite those fears and it shows how the movement has changed. in beijing

today, hong kong‘s democracy activist had been accused of laying the foundations for terrorism. these are dangerous words because if they we re are dangerous words because if they were to be arrested in the future on terrorism charges, you can imagine that that means being held without a lawyer, it means being held for extended periods of time without trial and, despite those threats, they are still risking that, coming out here to protest at the airport and they say they will be back here as well, even if they had to leave in the coming hours. they say they are still determined to push ahead, evenif are still determined to push ahead, even if there is no sign that the hong kong government or beijing is prepared to listen to any documents at all. in the last hour we‘ve had

reaction from china — a spokesman for the hong kong and macao affairs office described the protestors‘ actions as "terrorism" translation: hong kong's radical demonstrators have repeatedly used extremely dangerous tools to attack police officers. this already constitutes a serious violent crime and also shows the first signs of terrorism emerging. this wantonly tramples on hong kong‘s rule of law and social order. these protestors explained why they believe their efforts will eventually pay off. it is two months and there is no response from the government and everything is playing the protesters from being viole nt everything is playing the protesters from being violent without putting on any response “— from being violent without putting on any response —— putting on any response ability to themselves. on any response —— putting on any response ability to themselveslj response ability to themselves.” believe the hong kong people will keep going because of thy demands have not been met. i think people are very have not been met. i think people are very strategic this time around. solam

are very strategic this time around. so i am fairly confident that the people of hong kong will not give up and they will continue this fight until all the demands are met. the heartbroken feelings and anger inside keeps you going. you just cannot resist the anger that you wa nt cannot resist the anger that you want the government to answer your question and ask them to bear up the responsibility. borisjohnson has announced a review of sentencing policy for violent and sexual offenders — saying punishments for such criminals ‘must fit the crime‘. ministers will consider whether the law needs to be changed so offenders spend more time injail. it‘s the latest in a series of announcements on law and order — including the creation of thousands of extra prison places in england and wales. here‘s our legal correspondent, clive coleman. summoned by the prime minister for talks to address a crisis in criminal justice. 20,000 more police officers, 10,000 extra prison places already announced. today, it‘s sentencing. and the big idea?

take away early release from serious sexual and violent offenders who are given a fixed term to serve but are automatically released at the halfway stage. it‘s not a system that we always had in our country. it‘s been around for about 15 years. and there are real questions being asked by people with a concern about the system, a knowledge of the system, as to whether or not that is the most effective way to punish offenders and to protect the public. the chance of early release has always been seen as one way of keeping order in prisons. last year, there were record numbers of assaults on staff, inmates and self harm, and many in the criminal justice system believe that if you take away the possibility of early release from dangerous offenders, that can cause a spike in violence and disorder. the prison service is in desperate need of investment. moves like this serve only to extinguish hope and make the crisis in our prisons worse. we need an intelligent system that means that people retain hope and can be

rehabilitated, because in the end almost everybody has to come out of prison. the decline in the number of criminal prosecutions is stark. in 2011—2012, 895,000 cases were prosecuted in the crown and magistrates‘ courts. in 2018—2019, that was down to a95,000 — a a5% decline. and only 7.8% of reported crime results in a charge within 12 months of the initial report. so, another announcement today is for an additional £85 million for the crown prosecution service — welcomed by the director of public prosecutions, max hill. but the labour party‘s unimpressed by the new raft of spending pledges on criminaljustice. this is a pre—election period. even if he doesn‘t go ahead and have an election in the autumn, he‘s clearing the ground, and anybody can promise tens of thousands of police officers if you‘re not saying exactly how you‘re going to fund it.

there‘s been a whole series of these announcements, and boris doesn‘t quite explain how he will pay for it. i want to see a review of sentencing... solving the many complex problems of the criminaljustice system is hugely challenging. the prime minister wants recommendations on his desk by the autumn. and clive coleman is here. just how many violent and sexual offenders are released earlier than their term would imply? anyone, not just violent and sexual offenders, anyone who has given a fixed term sentence is entitled to be released automatically after serving half of that sentence. they are released on licence, so i think want to commit an offence they can be recalled to prison under the conditions of the licence. but it is interesting that above that you have life sentences.

in between you have what is known as extended sentences and these are given to danger that to make the top category of dangerous offenders who follow just beef —— category of dangerous offenders who followjust beef —— falljust below the life sentence. there are adequate can extend the sentence. what happens under those sentences is that the court can pass a ten year sentence and in addition to that, if it is a violent offence, can extend for an additional five yea rs. can extend for an additional five years. in the sentences, the prisoner will serve two thirds. at the two thirds stage, they do not have an automatic right to be released, but they have a right to be considered for parole. if they get parole, they will be released on licence by the remaining period of the custodial sentence plus the extended period. that is what an extending sentence effectively needs. it looks to be like the government has said today that they are not going to mess around or change those extended sentences, but what they are looking at is those fixed term sentences. are they going

to change halfway through to two thirds or three quarters? or are they going to go through whole hog and say, look, if you‘re given a six—year sentence, you will serve the whole of that sentence. if they that, the concern is that... you‘re telling some pretty dangerous people that whatever they do in person, they are going to serve the whole of their sentence. early release has a lwa ys their sentence. early release has always been seen as part and parcel of the machine that keeps peace and order in prison. if you have a hard -- if order in prison. if you have a hard —— if you have a hard core of violent offenders who are being told, basically, you‘re going to serve the whole sentence. then the fear is that our prisoners that our present state which are already awash with drugs, that have so much violence last year, that would be boring petrol on those claims. —— pouring petrol on those claims. how would you characterise a criminal justice system in terms of police numbers, etc? i would justice system in terms of police numbers, etc? iwould have justice system in terms of police numbers, etc? i would have to say

die. every singlejudge numbers, etc? i would have to say die. every single judge that i speak to, every senior police officer —— i would have to say dyer. ten years of assertive comeback to the criminal justice system and we have seen huge cuts to the crown prosecution service. they have given some fresh money today and they have lost about 225 million and an additional 85 million is being made available to them today. huge cuts to the police stop i talk to judges who talk about courts and sitting idle —— court sitting idle. they encourage not have setting days because they are receiving so many less cases. in these two. we have the problem of digital evidence, which the crown prosecution service, being frank about it, with the sea is a massive, massive challenge that we live our lives now on mobile phones and even fairly straightforward cases feature huge events of that evidence and it is very difficult to get on top of josep —— to sift through. there are massive problems facing the system.

many laws and legal experts would say the need to be a really holistic report and massive, massive investment. —— holistic approach. we have not even discussed the rehabilitation impressions which would be a huge issue. it would be a huge undertaking to overhaul the old system, and yet we pride ourselves on the rule of law in this country and access to justice as part of that. you saw one of the statistics on that piece, something like 100 —— under 8% as resulting any charge within a year of a report. i have never known a seniorjudge so miserable about the state of the criminal justice system miserable about the state of the criminaljustice system and the fact that, many... if youjust look criminaljustice system and the fact that, many... if you just look at the number of crimes that have been prosecuted, it is 10a5% any matter ofa prosecuted, it is 10a5% any matter of a few years. that means —— it is

down a5%. it means people are not getting justice. and the, if the public as companies in the system, then the public will start thinking about perhaps taking justice into their own hands. this sounds a very dim lighting and gloom laden, and i stress that it is really because thatis stress that it is really because that is the picture i be given by senior professionals within the criminal justice system senior professionals within the criminaljustice system —— doom laden. a bbc investigation has found drugs crime has fallen in the centre of many big cities over the last five years — but it‘s rising in other parts of the country. dealers — known as county lines gangs — are expanding their networks to suburbs, smaller towns and rural areas... to suburbs, smaller towns and ruralareas... and rural areas using violence and exploiting vulnerable young people to sell drugs. dan johnson, reports. the latest frontier in the fight against drugs.

heroin and crack cocaine are pouring into north wales from merseyside and manchester. there‘s always someone wanting to use the drugs, so there‘s always going to be people wanting to supply the drugs because there‘s a lot of money to be made in this town. children and young people are carrying drugs hundreds of miles. have you got any clothes on underneath? what are you wearing? they are vulnerable, and at risk. if someone becomes established here, then llandudno is their town, if you like, so if another rival gang or someone from manchester or something like that tried coming into town and muscling in on the business, well, then you‘re going to start getting sort of fighting between the two gangs. it‘s a struggle to keep people safe and to get drugs off the streets. the minute you get rid of one or two, there‘s another three or four readily available to come down. and here‘s how the problem is shifting. across the north, look where drug crime is down — big cities like liverpool, manchester, leeds and sheffield. but the pink spots show

there are more drug offences in smaller places like chester, huddersfield and lincoln. further south, in westminster in central london, over the last five years, drug crime more than halved. but 20 miles away, offences quadrupled in the tiny village of westhumble. and this is it, a sleepy spot in rural surrey. it‘s the last place you would expect to have any sort of drug problem. this it‘s a very quiet area. it would be easy for people to come out here and be unobtrusive. so, yes, i could see how it might happen. how often do you see the police? very infrequently. now, the figures here are still really low. but the fact that there‘s been the steady increase over the last few years does show that drug dealers are more active in places like this, and you can see why — it‘s quiet, it‘s rural. the police are very thinly spread in this part of the world. so that is the appeal, and it‘s also the challenge.

there‘s been some huge successes in the major cities in terms of how they tackle drugs, and of course the county lines model will move to somewhere where there is greater demand and less competition. so the rural areas are prime for people to move out to the gangs as the cities do well at tackling the problem. and it‘s police forces like north wales that are dealing with the extended reach of county lines gangs, spreading more drugs and more misery. there‘s most probably enough of us to just about manage the situation, in terms of making sure no—one‘s getting seriously hurt. but in terms of seriously disrupting or attempting to stop the supply, there‘s nowhere near enough of us. dan johnson, bbc news. and you can find out more about the bbc‘s investigation into drug crime in england and wales, including seeing what it is like in your area at bbc.co.uk/news.

you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines... hong kong airport cancels all flights, as police continue clearing the terminal of protestors. borisjohnson announces a review of sentencing policy for violent and sexual offenders amid speculation that he‘s planning a general election. two cystic fibrosis drugs described as "life—changing" by campaigners are rejected for use by the nhs in scotland. in sport, england have named their 31 man squad for the rugby world cup next month and the uncapped bath ring has been included. three other players only made their debuts yesterday in the centre has been left out. dell has come is out of the world cup, he sustained a serious knee injury and yesterday‘s defeat. they will be for english players in the cup team to face the

us next month at gleneagles. bronte law has been given a wild card along withjodie law has been given a wild card along with jodie ewert law has been given a wild card along withjodie ewert cheddar. and george hall and charley hull qualified by right. i will be back with more in the 15 minutes. the us justice department and the fbi have begun an investigation into the death of the well connected multi—millionaire sex offender, jeffrey epstein, who was found dead in his prison cell in new york at the weekend. he was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges involving underage girls. president trump has been criticised for retweeting conspiracy theories about epstein‘s death. let‘s talk now to our washington correspondent, gary o‘donoghue. gallery, where does this trial stand now following the death ofjeffrey epstein? the prosecution against epstein? the prosecution against epstein himself collapses because he is not there to stand trial. that is something that the victims of his crimes are very angry about and some

of them have already launched a civil cases against his estate. which, at the last reckoning was worth £559 million —— 550 $9 million. the eternal bar —— the attorney general bar made it clear that those associated, those who may have been associated with epstein should not rest easy because he is dead. this sex trafficking case was a very important to the department ofjustice and a very important to the department of justice and to a very important to the department ofjustice and to me personally. i was appalled and indeed the whole department was and frankly, angry. to learn of the nscc's failure to adequately secure less prisoner, but let me assure you that this case will continue on against anyone who is complicit with epstein. any co—conspirators should not rest easy. the victims deserve justice and they will get it. there are a

whole bunch of people who could be associated with the accusations, who the fbi are looking into as part of their wider investigation. there are also looking into the circumstances of his apparent suicide on friday night. we are waiting for an autopsy thatis night. we are waiting for an autopsy that is due to be released in the next day or so. we think that he died by hanging, but we are waiting for the medical examiner to confirm that. also, what you have heard from william by this morning is that he has said that part of the department ofjustice, the has said that part of the department of justice, the inspector has said that part of the department ofjustice, the inspector general, which is the kind of watchdog to investigate the circumstances of his death too. there has been all sorts of speculation on social media, in particular, about howjeffrey epstein really died? yeah, there is a pattern to these things, is not? there has been pretty wild conspiracy theories perpetrated ——

perpetuated and propagated around the web, if you like. the president retweeted some of that, which has caused some controversy here as well. i think the thing with this is sure you‘ll get the sorts of things, but there are questions to be asked here. jeffrey and stein was meant to be checked every half an hour, apparently, and that did not happen. —— jeffrey epstein. he was sharing a cell with someone else —— was meant to be showing a cell with someone else which happens after your been on suicide watch and that did not happen. there are questions about his death, but also huge leaps of the imagination that follow on from that in terms of the online world. gary, thank you very much. manufacturing delays are being blamed for a national shortage of hormone replacement therapy. many of the most commonly prescribed forms of hrt — which help women deal with symptoms of the menopause — are out of stock at chemists. it‘s estimated about a million women in the uk use treatment

for menopausal symptoms. earlier my colleaguejoanna gosling spoke to louise, who‘s an hrt user — she told us her experience. my most recent prescription, i went in and they sort of looked quite embarrassed and said, i am afraid we do not have any at all and we do not know when we are going to get any in. i said, well, why is it? they said, it could be a manufacturing problem. and then they gave me a little note and said, well, go and try another chemist and if you cannot find anything, you'll have to go back to your gp and ask for an alternative. then, in about two weeks, they contacted me and said, we have some in, if you want to come in quickly and get them. almost sort of saying, you know, before they go again. are you worried about it? very. very, very worried. and i know that a number of my friends of all sorts of different ages... i have a friend who is going through a very early menopause in her 30s and lots of other women going through menopause that i know

and it would literally cause me and them much extra anxiety and them so much extra anxiety if we felt that we could not get the hrt. louise speaking to joanna gosling earlier. doctor helen stokes—lampa rd, chair of the royal college of general practitioners, told the bbc earlier today that the shortages have caused a huge amount of extra work for gps and pharmasists trying to help patients. i have had numerous requests and receptionist is knocking the door in between missing other patients, asking can you change a prescription or recommend something different. we had a patient at the desk is very anxious and stressed and we have a pharmacist on the phone has concerned. it is creating a huge amount of extra work for gps and and, as the patientjust said, huge amount of anxiety for those patients we re amount of anxiety for those patients were very, amount of anxiety for those patients were very, very reliant for for these portal products —— on these important products. we must work together to try and get through this. if you‘re a patient relying on hrt, first thing is when it coming

up hrt, first thing is when it coming upa hrt, first thing is when it coming up a replacement prescription, ask your pharmacist if you‘re going to be able to get the prescription. if you‘re not, but can you get that i can ask my gp to prescribe as an alternative and imagine he can check to see that if what has been recommended are suitable for you and every patient is different and hrt comes in several types for good reason. then we can try and be issue prescriptions any safe, appropriate way without the panic about it. what we do not want is people waiting until they‘re on day but the hrt and then asking the question, which is very stressful for all concerned. the family of missing teenager nora quorin have offered a reward of around £10,000 for information leading to her return. the fifteen—year—old —

who has special needs — went missing from a holiday resort in malaysia more than a week ago. our south east asia correspondent — howard johnson sent us this update. they‘ve been scouring the jungle behind me. so far, no luck whatsoever, no sighting of nora. the family today came forward to offer this reward for any information that would lead to the discovery of their child. the mother of nora, meabh, she said any very emotional speech, she said in a very emotional speech — she was having to fight back tears — that she really misses her daughter and she gave us the speech today... she has been vulnerable since the day she was born. she is so precious to us and our hearts are breaking. we are appealing to anyone who has information about nora to help us to find her. the police have been working extremely hard to bring nora home. in order to help their investigation, we have decided to offer a reward — 50,000 ringgit has been donated by an anonymous belfast—based business for any information that directly helps us to find nora. well, 350 army and police personnel

continue to look around this area. they are using drones, sniffer dogs, everything they are throwing at this case to try and find nora. they say this is a missing persons case. the family of nora would like to push it towards an abduction case. they believe that there is evidence to suggest it may have been an abduction case. the police say they are not ruling that out, but will continue to suggest that this is a missing persons case for now. howard johnson reporting from malaysia. the number of gamblers complaining about british betting companies has increased almost fifty—fold in the past five years. new figures obtained from the gambling commission by the bbc, show that there were a record 8,000 complaints last year. the rise no doubt fuelled by an increase in gambling over the past decade. the big betting companies say they are working on a plan to reduce gambling—related harm. caroline lucas has apologised for inviting an "all—white" group of women to join an all—female "emergency cabinet" following a potential

vote of no—confidence. the green party mp had said the all—women cabinet could "bring a different perspective". in a statement posted on facebook, she wrote: "an all—white list of women isn‘t right. i should have reached out further and thought more deeply about who, and what kind of politics, an all—white list represents. i apologise." 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. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with stav danaos.

hello there. this upcoming week is looking pretty unsettled. we‘ll have areas of low pressure moving in off the atlantic, bringing fairly cool weather for the time of year, certainly to what we have been used to, anyway. but there will be some drier interludes as well. i think tuesday and thursday look like being the best days for those, with a ridge of high pressure. but we end the day on a rather showery note across some northern areas. again, the heavier ones around but we lose thundery ones from the south—east. overnight, it looks like there will be plenty of clear spells around that, with a slightly cooler air mass will lead to a chillier night in particularly central and northern areas. temperatures in single figures, even lower than these values are suggested out of town. we stuck is the only rather chilly note, there will be quite a bit of sunshine around. one to showers again across more northern and eastern areas. thanks to that ridge of high pressure i was talking about, it should be a largely fine day before it turns wetter tomorrow. you can see the weather system approaching in from the south—west. with lighter winds, more sunshine on tuesday,

we could as he temperatures a little bit higher, 20 or 21 degrees in the south—east. it turns wet and windy again for wednesday. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. hong kong airport cancels all flights, as police continue clearing the terminal of protestors. as passengers, through they are very aware of this crisis, and it shows how the aviation industry has been at the heart of this crisis. borisjohnson announces a review of sentencing policy for violent and sexual offenders amid speculation that he‘s planning a general election. two cystic fibrosis drugs described as "life—changing" by campaigners are rejected for use by the nhs in scotland. it is so hard for us to watch as parents are the children benefiting and becoming better, and then we have to watch our daughter becoming sicker and sicker.

sport now on afternoon live with ollie. the england squad for the rugby world cup has been announced. yes, it has been announced very early. eddiejones says he does not want speculation getting in the way of working out whether he has the best possible squad to go and win in japan next month. the tournament does not begin until the 20th of september. many are questioning the wisdom of naming a squad so early, 8th september is the deadline, england have got another three warm up games. lots of potential injuries to be picked up. let‘s start with a surprising omission. ben t‘eo has been a favourite of eddiejoes, when fit, the centre plays, but not yesterday at twickenham. it emerged that he had been involved

in a fight with england full—back mike brown at a team social a few weeks ago at a training camp in italy. t‘eo we understand had instigated the scrap after a few drinks, jones was asked why he‘s missed the cut. i'm not going to go into reasons why he's not selected. i have had the conversation with ben and he understands, but whether he agrees with it is another matter, but we have had the discussion with him and he'sjust not in our top 31 players at the moment. over a thousand caps in the 31 man squad but bath wing ruaridh mcconnochie who used to be a sevens specialist, is uncapped — he was supposed to make his debut yesterday but picked up an injury — he is still included. three players only made their debuts yesterday northampton flanker lewis ludlam, as did scrumhalf willi heinz

and hookerjack singleton, and all will go to japan. owen farrell is going to captain england, no dylan hartley, who hasn‘t played for 8 months. one other rugby world cup line, terrible news for wales, they feared the worst when gareth anscombe limped off at twickenham yesterday. he has damged knee ligaments and is definitely out of next month‘s tournament. he had been theirfirst choice fly—half. and now to women‘s golf and the solheim cup. yes, captain catriona matthew had four wildcard picks to join the eight women who have already qualified to face the us at gleneagles next month. a massive surprise that suzann pettersen has got one of them, the norwegian has played at eight solheim cups but she‘s ranked 620th in the world, has missed the cut in the only two events she has played since taking time off in november 2017 to have a baby. four englishwomen in the 12. bronte law and jodi ewart shadoff have been given wildcards, whilst charley hull and georgia hall

automatically made the 12 due to their world ranking. here is the 12—player squad in full. the captain‘s other wildcard pick is the frenchwomen celine boutier. the us have won the last two solheim cups but europe have triumped the last two times it was staged in scotland. jofra archer has been facing the media at lord‘s today ahead of his likely test debut on wednesday against australia. the fast bowler missed england‘s defeat in the first ashes test because of a side strain and should replace the injured jimmy anderson it is not my test match debut as yet, but if selected i will be over the moon, but for now i‘m not selected, so we will go with that for now. it will be a new thing for you, bowling over five days, if you are selected.

justin langer said he thought it might wear you down. i don‘t thinkjustin langer has seen me play first—class cricket. i usually bowl a0 overs every game, anyway, so he‘s got another thing coming. a lot of pressure on his shoulders to get england back in the ashes. andy murray is to make a competitive return to singles for the first time in eight months following a second hip operation in january. he has enjoyed some success on the doubles circuit, he won the queen‘s title, played with serena williams at wimbledon. his return to singles action starts at the cincinatti masters against the frenchman richard gasquet, due on court around 7pm this evening. sometimes the thing that‘s difficult in tennis in comparison to other sports is that 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. that‘s 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 graham stewart in glasgow to tell us more about the decision the nhs in scotland have taken not to fund the use of two new drugs to help people with cystic fibrosis. janine machin is in cambridge to tell us about a solar farm company from bedfordshire. so graham, these drugs are not going to be funded. cystic fibrosis is a

genetic disease and it clogs children‘s lungs and ultimately it shortens their lives and only half of those with the condition at the moment live to the age of a0 and there is no known cure but these drugs orkambi and symkevi slow the decline. the bodies in england and scotla nd decline. the bodies in england and scotland which authorised drugs for the nhs recognise the benefits but they are concerned about the cost thatis they are concerned about the cost that is because they have a list price of £10a,000 per patient every year. nice in england have said it is not cost—effective and now scottish medicines consortium is essentially saying the same thing. they feel the pharmaceutical company has failed to justify the price that they were offering the nhs. what the reaction? the cystic fibrosis trust say the decision will come as a

disappointment but not just say the decision will come as a disappointment but notjust to patients and their families in scotla nd patients and their families in scotland but right across the uk because essentially they were hoping that if scotland can do a deal that might influence the other three nations of the uk. campaigners are also criticising the pharmaceutical companies are charging so much although they claim they have invested billions in research and has made a loss on this drug. they are also arguing they need a price to allow it to invest in future drugs for the disease which could be even more effective. in the meantime the scottish government has a scheme whereby these medicines can be prescribed on an individual case—by—case basis and what essentially happens is that your co nsulta nt essentially happens is that your consultant can apply on your behalf and that application is then considered by an independent board made up of other doctors, but the problem is the process can take a few weeks and only the sickest people are prioritised. a lot of paperwork involved. it is not the

routine approval that campaigners are still lobbying for. graham, thanks forjoining us. we can now speak to janine thanks forjoining us. we can now speak tojanine in thanks forjoining us. we can now speak to janine in cambridge. the government‘s launched an investigation into friday‘s huge power cut but a solar farm company from bedfordshire is saying we‘re going about power supply the wrong way. that is right, this is steve who runs a solar farm in bedfordshire which was called on to help when the national grid hit crisis point on friday. it was a solar farm which is 20 miles away from the power station which was one of the sites which failed. it has 31,000 solar panels and generates about enough electricity to power 2500 homes, nothing that advanced, but it is what happens to the surplus energy which makes them different because around half of what they produce can be stored in giant batteries and that means like on friday they were able to release the stored energy back into the grid very quickly and help get things up and running again. it works a bit like a battery

back—up to a mains alarm clock or one of those bolt on a mobile phone batteries for extra power, this is the kind of model steve shine thinks we need more of. friday was very predictable. the national grid knew this could happen and there was not enough batteries on the system on friday to be able to stop the incident happening, and if there was one of these accidents like that, we would not have seen the blackout like we did on friday. how many of these battery units like this do we have and how many do we need? we have and how many do we need? we have around about aoo and they can store a megawatt each but steve schein says within the next 30 years we will need around 20,000 of them if we are going to have a great fail—safe system — — if we are going to have a great fail—safe system —— shine. tesla developed a giant battery in the australian desert which has been acting this way for almost two years now, proving very successful. it is

the scale of the power cut on friday which has brought these issues into focus, 79,000 people lost power in this region alone, but a lot of people have said for a long time that given the rate the population is growing, we're not doing any where near enough to make sure we can supply enough energy to serve anyone stop one of the business groups which represents this region says in some areas we already maxed out and we cannot generate any more energy with the existing infrastructure, so this whole thing is really catapulted the issue onto the main stage. we might see more debate about energy supply. we have contacted the department for energy for a statement but they are yet to comment. much more on that story later at 630 and also with graham on reporting scotland. to both of you, thanks forjoining us. if you would like to see more on any of those stories you can find them on the bbc iplayer and a reminder

that we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at a30 here on afternoon live. indian administered kashmir remained under lockdown on the islamic festival of eid. all the big mosques were closed amidst worries that the gathering of a large number of people could spark unrest. the region has been tense ever since the indian government revoked its special status last week. the indian government has said that law and order has been maintained across india—administered kashmir during eid. from srinagar, our india correspondent yogita limaye reports. after they said their prayers they took to the streets, protesting the india‘s government decision to remove cashmere‘s special status and a few days earlier a rally in the same area. today, it remained

peaceful. the rest of the city has an uneasy calm. security forces were out in full strength, and there were checkpoints on virtually every road. big masks were closed and people we re big masks were closed and people were allowed to pray in smaller numbers but not everywhere. this elderly man argued with the police to let him through. behind a makeshift fence, a crowd gathered, just across the road from the mosque they go to. they are not allowing us to go to the mosque and offer prayers, this man said. we don‘t know what the problem is, even though we have come in peace, we are not being allowed to go ahead, another one told me. if ventured out to meet relatives and friends. —— very few ventured out. this woman was one of them. she went to her brothers home to take part in a eid

tradition. translation: we do not feel that today is eid, we are in sorrow and mourning. the street would normally be bustling with people coming out to buy clothing and streets and jewellery, but today the shutters are down and the markets are empty. for more than a week now this region has been in a locked down. and there are no clear answers about how long it could go on for. outside this region, india‘s people overwhelmingly support the government‘s actions, but here the anger is simmering. and a government thatis anger is simmering. and a government that is perhaps worried the situation could spiral out of control is taking no chances. a man has been remanded in custody, charged with attempting to murder a police officer — who was run over when he tried to stop a suspected stolen car in birmingham. mubashar hussein, who‘s 29, also faces a number of assault and driving charges, along with another 2a—year—old man. pc gareth phillips remains in intensive care,

but is in a stable condition. in a statement, his family said: "we are grateful "for all the messages of support that we‘ve had from the police "and members of the public. "gareth is still very poorly and faces a long battle to recover." our correspondent, peter wilson, has more from birmingham magistrates‘ court. mubashar hussain, who is 29 years old, appeared in court. he spoke only to confirm his name, his date of birth and the fact that he is of no fixed abode. he has been charged with the attempted murder of a a2—year—old west midlands police officer, along with causing serious injury by dangerous driving, wounding another officer who suffered a cut arm, and four counts of assaulting other police constables. a 2a—year—old man, ahsan ghafoor, was alongside him in the dock. he also faces two counts of stealing range rover cars plus dangerous driving. both men have been remanded in custody until the 9th of september.

it is all allegedly linked to an incident on saturday when allegedly a police patrol car was hijacked and that car was used to drive over a west midlands police officer. in court today, we learned the name of that officer — a2—year—old gareth phillips. he‘s a veteran of the force who has served for over 20 years. he has undergone numerous surgery this weekend. his injuries are not said to be life—threatening but i understand that he is unlikely to be fit enough to return to front—line duties. there has been a whole host of tributes paid to that particular police officer and the other men serving in the front line here in birmingham. in a moment ben is going to bring us the latest business news. first a look at the headlines

on afternoon live. hong kong airport cancels all flights, as police continue clearing the terminal of protestors borisjohnson announces a review of sentencing policy for violent and sexual offenders amid speculation that he‘s planning a general election. two cystic fibrosis drugs described as "life—changing" by campaigners are rejected for use by the nhs in scotland. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. 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. markets are in a particularly volatile mood recently. what‘s happening today? there is more of that today. there‘s a lot of sensitivity to the us—china trade war.

political concern in argentina after the first round of the election there, as well. argentina‘s bonds are falling and its peso is down 30% to a record 65 per dollar. the argentine stock market is 11% lower. adding to that, there‘s now concern about the political situation in hong kong, with the tenth weekend of pro democracy protests. central banks in various countries cut their interest rates last week — a sign of nervousness. on top of that — political instability in italy towards the end of last week cast a shadow over the eurozone — but a snap election now looks less likely in the short term. goldman sachs became the latest heavyweight to cut its us growth forecast at the weekend. michael hewson is chief market analyst at cmc markets. let‘s get your take on the

nervousness around markets and the news from argentina adding to the concerns that were already there. this is the point, all of those things you mentioned on their own would not be that much of a concern but ta ken would not be that much of a concern but taken in the round, they are one more thing for investors to worry about. it is another layer of uncertainty on top of uncertainty. when you price that in in the context of the likely outcome of china us trade, which goldman sachs is suggesting they will not be a solution for for at least another year, the prospect that president trump might turn his attention to the eu at a time when economic growth in the euro zone area is very weak and where the german economy is likely to contract later this week, it speaks to an investment climate which is very cloudy. that is making investors very nervous. we have had a couple of weeks of declines and we

tried to rally this morning but the rally soon gave up its gains on the back of the further unrest in hong kong. when we see riskier stocks and shares and equities suffer when investors get nervous, we see that gold is back up again above $1500 an ounce. not quite a record high against the us dollar but gold is at re cord against the us dollar but gold is at record highs against the euro and the pound and the swiss franc and this is on the back of falling yields. yields in switzerland and europe are in negative territory and union maker switzerland has started to charge wealthy clients with deposits of over 500,000 euros no .6% perannum and deposits of over 500,000 euros no .6% per annum and so how long does that take before that if x starts to trickle down and you get banks starting to charge deposits for putting money on deposit —— before

that effect starts to trickle down. here we have inflation at 2%. what you make of the situation with thomas cook? it has come up with a way to raise money but that dilutes shareholders existing stakes and they have given it the thumbs down. at one point it was almost down 20%. not so much the fact it was the dilation, it was a month ago that it we nt dilation, it was a month ago that it went into discussions which is with the 18% stakeholder with thomas cook, which went into discussions regarding a £750 million cash injection but they have said it will be more than that. it will be £900 million. they have said that is because of price pressures regarding getting them over the winter period. if it is £900 million now, what is

it going to be in a month with the pound near multi—year lows against the dollar and the euro? not many people will want to go abroad and that link is likely to pressure on margins ina that link is likely to pressure on margins in a not very —— and that is likely to pressure margins in a very competitive travel sector. michael, thanks forjoining us. we can have a look at the markets. 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. as we said, thomas cook is down. there‘s the picture on wall street in the us. and gold is climbing higher above $1500. one last one. hotel chocolat put out

a appeal when there may be all went missing... —— when there mobile went missing, but i can tell you it has been found, but not in downing street! it has been found 30 miles away from where it was taken it was taken from hertfordshire, at their headquarters, and it has been found. they don‘t know whether there is any of the stock left in it. there won't be, will there? that is a great shame. at least they can renovate it. now, you may have seen this story going viral online. it‘s the eleven year old liverpool fan louis fowler who in his efforts to get the attention of his hero mo salah — ran into a lampost and injured his nose. earlier, victoria derbyshire spoke to eleven year old louie, his 10 year old brother isaac and their step—dad, joe cooper.

she started by asking louis whether it was all worth it to meet his idol mo salah. the hospital said i might have to get it reset in a couple of weeks. it looks all right! are you quite happy with it or do you want it reset? i don‘t know! whatever happens, i think it was worth meeting mo salah. but you were knocked out? briefly. isaac, you were there? i was watching it, i was behind him. what happened ? i saw him run into the lamppost and i ran over to mo salah's car to tell him what happened and when i figured out he could not stand up, i was dead scared. mo salah came back round the corner a few minutes later. and he came to louis and asked why he was running like that. he could have really hurt himself. so this was at the liverpool training ground? yes.

you see mo salah coming out in his car, take the story on from then. so, mo salah comes out of his car and sometimes he stops and you run after them so i ran with my brother. in my excitement i wasn‘t focusing on what was in front of me, i was looking to the left because that was where his car was and then i ran into a lamppost. i think mo salah felt bad and he pulled over, i think he was worried about me. someone i met, josie, they told mo salah that i could have injured myself. josie carried me back to my house and called an ambulance. we were not expecting mo salah at all. so, what happened? he knocked on the door? hejust came driving in his car

to our close and we walked out in the garden and he said he was worried about me and we got pictures and it was great. but also not the best because of my nose. wow. what do you think of mo salah, what car does he drive? a bentley. so, the bentley went into your close, what do you think of the fact that he came back and checked on you, had pics? i think that‘s very kind hearted of him. i love him very much because he is amazing. aww. isaac, do you love him? yes. joe, do you love him? yeah, he's a top guy, to be fair. i was so shocked when he came back. it might not be a big deal to some people but with these players they have security watching them and all of a sudden mo has disappeared and probably they were panicking. it was a big thing for him to come back and he was so caring and compassionate towards the boys and he made their day. so a big thank you to him and to

liverpool because they are so great with the kids when they wait outside which is most days. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. the upcoming week is looking u nsettled the upcoming week is looking unsettled and there will be areas of low pressure bringing fairly cool weather for the time of the year. compared to what we have been used to. also dry interludes on tuesday and thursday, the best days. we end the day on a note northern areas, the day on a note northern areas, the odd heavy one around. —— a showery note. overnight plenty of clear spells, and with the slightly cooler air mass, that will lead to a cold night, especially central and northern areas. even lower out of town. there will be a bit of sunshine around on tuesday, if few showers in northern and eastern areas but thanks to the ridge of high pressure it would be a largely fine day before turning wetter tomorrow. you can see the high

pressure coming from the north—west. we might see temperatures a bit higher tomorrow, 20—21 in the south—east but it turns wet and windy again on wednesday.

today at five — all flights to and from hong kong‘s international airport are cancelled as pro—democracy protestestors occupy the terminal. thousands of protestors have taken part in the demonstrations which have gone on for weeks and show no sign of slowing. we don‘t want to keep doing this, like, if you give us universal suffrage we will have a mechanism, a democratic peaceful mechanism, to resolve our conflicts. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. the government announces a review of sentencing policy for violent and sexual offenders as it continues to push policies on law and order. a bbc investigation finds drugs crime in inner cities is down— but at the expense of rural communities where figures are going up.