you're watching bbc news at nine with me joanna gosling — the headlines: former chancellor philip hammond launches an attack on the new prime minister — accusing him of wrecking the uk's chances of getting a deal with the eu. by by setting the bar at the level of removing the backstop altogether, they are effectively ending any possibility of a discussion with the european union. the family of nora quoirin say they're "heartbroken" , as they await the results of a postmortem examination, to try and establish how she died in malaysia. really distraught in grief, and i feel the same. to lose a child is terrible. following last night's clashes, hong kong airport resumes operations as the authorities restrict access to protesters

rail passengers brace for a further rise in ticket prices — which will come into effect next year. tv adverts for philadelphia cheese and volkswagen are the first to be banned under a new rule to prevent harmful gender stereotypes. and in sport, england send for their archer, 1—0 down in the ashes series. but they're more likely to be dodging showers than bouncers at lord's.

the former chancellor, philip hammond has accused the government of trying to wreck the chance of a new brexit deal with the eu — by making demands that brussels will never accept. in his first comments since stepping down last month, of the 2016 referendum". writing in the times, he said it was a "myth that a no—deal exit will be painless" he argues that rather than resulting in a "powerful, independent" uk, "the reality would be a diminished and inward—looking little england". our political correspondent, nick eardley is at westminster. so he has waited a little while to say what he really thinks, and he has come out fighting today. a real reminder for has come out fighting today. a real reminderfor boris has come out fighting today. a real reminder for borisjohnson this morning that if he doesn't get that new deal with the european union, one which looks extremely unlikely at the moment, then he has an almighty battle ahead in parliament to try and get a no deal exit through. there are conservatives lining up to oppose that. their

argument this morning is that the demands being made by mrjohnson are quite simply too much, that the european union can't get rid of the backstop altogether because it is a key pa rt backstop altogether because it is a key part of the withdrawal agreement that they put forward. and because of that, people like philip hammond are concluding that there are some in downing street who are pursuing a wrecking tactic, who are setting the bar too wrecking tactic, who are setting the bartoo high, wrecking tactic, who are setting the bar too high, knowing it will lead to failure. let's listen to what the former chancellor had to say on the today programme. it's very tempting from london to see the eu as a monolithic block threatening the uk. the truth is slightly different. their coalition of 27 is itself a very fragile coalition. they have agreed a stance, and if they were to reopen the terms of the withdrawal agreement, that coalition would undoubtedly fragment.

they are not going to take that risk — they simply are not. and the people, the smart people in whitehall, understand that extremely well, and they know that by setting the bar at the level of removing the backstop altogether, they are effectively ending any possibility of a discussion with the european union. so his view is that that is not going to change. the backstop isn't going to change. the backstop isn't going to change. the backstop isn't going to go in its entirety. the thing is, boris johnson going to go in its entirety. the thing is, borisjohnson has made it clear time and time again that if his government has its way, we will leave on the 31st of october, whether that backstop is removed or not. so philip hammond knows that there's potentially this huge political fight to come when parliament returns the summer break. but his view is that parliament will have the mechanism to express his view on a no deal exit and ultimately to stop it happening. there are a lot of conversations going on between mps who are aware

in —— away on their summer holidays, texting and phoning to figure out a strategy to stop this happening. if it comes to that, philip hammond was clear this morning that he thinks that will be possible. but it is interesting that he thinks the mechanism for doing that is going to be passing legislation. he is opposed to the prospect of parliament bringing down the government and throwing in its own national unity government to go and ask europe for a brexit extension. number ten is still sticking to its line this morning, saying that on the 31st of october, the uk leaves the 31st of october, the uk leaves the european union. they are less than impressed with philip hammond, saying that when he was in government, he undermined the uk's negotiating position and stopped preparations for a no deal exit. thank you very much. the family of 15—year—old nora quoirin have said their hearts are broken after her body was discovered in the malaysian jungle yesterday. a postmortem examination is under

way, with the results expected later this morning. andy moore reports. nora's family released a new photo of the 15—year—old they called their "most precious girl". in a statement, they said: a helicopter lifted nora's body out of the dense jungle, about 2km from the resort where she was staying. it was winched up in a cage, supported by a police officer. we reported ourselves at the dusan resort... the volunteers who found nora's body said they had been searching in a line when one of them volunteers saw her body lying across a small stream. he shouted, they all stopped and then some time later, the police arrived to tape

off the area. nora's family said her learning difficulties were so severe, she would never have left her bedroom through a window on her own. she was wearing only nightclothes. they suspect foul play. malaysian police are keeping an open mind, saying they can't rule out a possible criminal enquiry. so much depends on the results of the postmortem examination, which started a few hours ago. nora's family have already identified her body in hospital. it's so difficult to describe, but they are really distraught in grief, and ifeel the same. to lose a child, yeah, it's terrible. nora! the search that lasted ten days is now over. the results of the postmortem examination will go to the attorney general, who will decide if the police need to investigate further. let's speak now to our south east asia correspondent howard johnson, who's in seremban

outside the hospital where the postmortem examination has been taking place. what is the latest that you are hearing? yes, we are waiting for a press c0 nfe re nce hearing? yes, we are waiting for a press conference in the next hour or so press conference in the next hour or so which should release some details from this postmortem examination thatis from this postmortem examination that is taking place here today. that started more than five hours ago. this morning a senior pathologist came down from the capital city, kuala lumpur, to begin this examination. we are still waiting for the details. lots of police officers are out here, with a bank of cameras next to me too. this isa bank of cameras next to me too. this is a big story in malaysia. yesterday afternoon, we had the sad news that the body had been discovered in this hilly area close to the resort, found next to a small stream. we have heard details today from the hikers, saying that they found the body in the corner of the strea m found the body in the corner of the stream next to the bank. they said the stream itself was quite shallow and they were not sure whether it was connected to the river that flows past the dusan resort where

she went missing ten days ago. and what about the police investigation, what about the police investigation, what is happening with that? at the moment, this is still being treated asa moment, this is still being treated as a missing persons case. there hasn't been any evidence until this postmortem examination might reveal more details as to cause of death. the family have instructed a lawyer to be on standby in case it does move to a criminal investigation. but as things stand, we are waiting for confirmation of how nora died from this senior pathologist who came here today. what about her pa rents 7 came here today. what about her parents? they put out a statement thanking the 300 people who had got involved in searching for her, and they have said they are heartbroken. it is heartbreaking watching this and knowing what they are going through. will they stay there? this

has been a terrible time for the family. they obviously came here for a luxury holiday and it ended up being a nightmare. we saw them going into the dusun resort yesterday. we saw someone into the dusun resort yesterday. we saw someone being consoled in the back of the car, clearly distraught from this news today. in their press release, they said nora has brought people together, from france, britain, ireland, malaysia and the uk. we cannot thank you all for your love. the media here are giving them their privacy at the moment. they are still in the dusun resort area. i think they will be on hand until the details of this forensic examination of the body are released later today to see what happens next. do you have any idea as to when the details might be released and how long it might take? the

police will give a press conference in an hour, which will be ten o'clock, uk time. we are expecting that to be held right here. as soon as we get that news, we will bring it to you. thank you very much. we will be back there as soon as any more detail emerges. an uneasy calm has descended on hong kong airport, after pro—democracy protestors severely disrupted flights for a second day. there were angry confrontations just before midnight between security forces and demonstrators staging a sit—in. the airport authority says it's obtained a temporary injunction banning protesters from entering certain areas. and in a new statement, china's hong kong affairs office has condemned what it's called "near—terrorist acts" at the airport by "violent protesters." our correspondent stephen mcdonell is at the airport. there are clearly measures to stop protests there today, but it doesn't mean the anger will have gone away,

so how are things looking? right now, there is a much smaller number of protesters on the arrivals level. i would say hundreds, maximum. they we re i would say hundreds, maximum. they were there before these new arrangements were put in place. but what i am about to show you will give you an idea of how at least inside the terminal, this protest action is over because from now on, to enter the terminal, you come down here. you need your passport. you need to have your itinerary in order to enter the departure hall. and then even those who are downstairs, as they leave, will not be able to get back in again. so taking a while for people to go through because they are not used to this at hong kong airport and they are turning up and suddenly finding out they need to pull out an e—mail on their phone oi’ to pull out an e—mail on their phone or something like that. but these are the new measures in place. the

same goes for the train. it doesn't matter how you arrive, the only way to get in it with your passport and itinerary. and as you leave, you can't get back in. i don't know what this means for people picking up friends and loved ones. perhaps for the moment, that can't take place inside the terminal because once you are in, you can move around between departures and arrivals and they will not want to let people in who are not travellers because of those violent scenes over the last couple of days. but these are the new security measures in place and it has effectively killed the protest actions at the airport, at least inside the terminal. out there, people could gather if they wanted to on the street. but they can't get in. these protests have been going on for ten weeks and the way this came to an end last night was perhaps an indication, or was it, of

changing the way the authorities will start to handle the protests to stop them being able to cause disruption? they have had to think through how to deal with this arrangement at the airport. it is a bit surprising that it took so long to come up with something like this. and it is a bit inconvenient. it ta kes and it is a bit inconvenient. it takes longer to go into the airport. however, given the scenes we saw last night, especially the image of a policeman who had his baton taken from him and then he was being bashed by these pro—democracy activists, and then he pulls out his pistol and then that was what force them to flee. shocking images like that leaves the authorities know choice but to put something in place like this, because they couldn't afford to have this airport shut down again. overfive afford to have this airport shut down again. over five days, there we re down again. over five days, there were large protest, but only in the last two days did or the outgoing flights have to be cancelled and

check—in counters were shut. and again, the protesters change their methods. initially, it was an awareness thing but then people started to try and block economic activity here, to block business in the airport. those who are still here in the arrivals hall are very peaceful at the moment. they are just handing out leaflets. many of those leaflets are apologising for the inconvenience caused over recent days. but they have had to rethink how they do this because even some protesters were shocked by what happened here. we also had a mainland chinese journalist he was accused of being an undercover policeman. he was grabbed by a crowd of activists and bashed and then tied with plastic and ties to a baggage cut for quite some time. at one point, i think he was even unconscious and the ambulance had to come in cut the plastic ties to get him out of there and help him. these

sorts of things have shocked people. and the processes need public support, so that is what they are trying to do today, to calm down and regain the backing they are getting from the general public. stephen mcdonnell at hong kong airport, thank you very much. rail passengers will find out shortly how much regulated fares will go up next year. they'll be based on the retail prices index inflation figure forjuly — out in half an hour's time. analysts expect the increase to be around 2.8%, which could lead to a rise of more than £100 in the annual cost of getting to work for many commuters. the transport secretary — grant shapps — gave his reaction to the today programme. not delighted by it, to be perfectly honest, as a train commuter. the truth is, we do now have a situation where average wages are going up faster than inflation, so if you don't keep this tracking with inflation, you're effectively putting less money into transport and less money into trains, and we won't get them running on time doing that either. so i'm going to sort this out.

a new railcard offering half price fares for 16—17 year olds will be launched next week. it's aimed at those who travel to school or college by train and goes on sale on the 20th august. the 16—17 saver card will cost £30 a year. the headlines on bbc news... former chancellor philip hammond launches an attack on the new prime minister — accusing him of wrecking the uk's chances of getting a deal with the eu. the family of nora quoirin say they're "heartbroken" as they await the results of a post mortem examination, to try and establish how she died in malaysia. following last night's clashes, hong kong airport resumes operations as the authorities restrict access to protesters. in sport, it looks like the start of the second ashes test at lord's will be delayed because of the weather. it has been raining steadily this morning, and the forecast is not

good. england's jofra archer morning, and the forecast is not good. england'sjofra archer is poised to make his test debut at some point. neil lennon says his celtic side threw away a place in the champions league play—off round. they have been knocked out by the romanian side by four on aggregate. and there will be history in turkey tonight as liverpool and chelsea play the first all english super cup in istanbul. and there will be a female referee. she becomes the first woman to take charge of a major european match. more on those stories in 20 minutes. for thousands of students on vocational courses, today is results day. half of all qualifications awarded to 16, i7 and 18—year—olds last year were for this kind of practical training. our business presenter steph mcgovern is at a college in lincolnshire finding out more. are they getting results as you are

there? morning, i am at boston college. i have brought you outside so you can see some of the skills they have learned. these guys have been doing transport maintenance. bailey is displaying his certificate. how did you do?|j bailey is displaying his certificate. how did you do? i did all right. it was fun and i enjoyed it. what is next for you? going on to level two and three. and what is your ambition? to get in a major dealership and hopefully progress. hopefully, they will snap you up. well done. there are loads of different qualifications you can do. if you look at what vocational qualifications there are, there's everything from cans but maintenance, forestry, health and social care, sport science, computing, plumbing, joinery, we have a bricklayer here, luis. he has got a trophy as well as a certificate. tell us how you did. got a trophy as well as a certificate. tell us how you didlj have done great and i have enjoyed doing my course here. i recommend doing my course here. i recommend

doing bricklaying. and you won a competition for your bricklaying skills. what is next for you? level two bricklaying and hopefully level three. and whiley eventually have your own business in bricklaying? maybe not. thank you very much. let's meet the health and social ca re let's meet the health and social care team. i know you have all done brilliantly. they are doing a bit of resuscitation. you're going on to be a paramedic, aren't you? hopefully. how have you done? i got the best that i personally could get, which was what i need to go forward. lauren, how did you do?” was what i need to go forward. lauren, how did you do? i got a distinction, distinction merit stop what next for you? i am going to sheffield hallam to do adult nursing. and you have done placements as part of your training. idid one placements as part of your training. i did one at a care home every friday for 17 weeks, and i did one ina friday for 17 weeks, and i did one in a school for special needs

children. that must have given you plenty of chances to learn. it was good to gain extra skills. good, because we need you. well done on all your results. it is an important time of yearfor all your results. it is an important time of year for these guys or anyone waiting for their results. if you look at the figures, there are more people aged 16 to 18 doing these types of qualifications than there are doing a—levels. so it's important to focus on these guys just as much as we do all the pure academics. joe is the principle here. it costs a lot to put on all this training, doesn't it? absolutely. there are world—class resources we need to pay for and our staff have to be trained by industry and they have to be academically qualified to be the teachers that deliver these skills. the equipment is expensive for all this engineering kit and the type of thing we are seeing. what is it like forfunding at thing we are seeing. what is it like for funding at the moment? we have exposed a 30% funding cut in the

la st exposed a 30% funding cut in the last ten years, and it isn't sustainable. there is a massive skills shortage nationally that will be compounded by brexit. and whatever happens with brexit, if we fail to invest in colleges, we are failing to invest in the future of the country. well, i have never seen it so busy so early in the morning. and they are showing off the skills they have been learning. that is it from me. thank you. the advertising standards authority has banned two adverts, which it said broke a new rule designed to prevent harmful gender stereotypes. around 130 viewers complained about an ad for philadelphia soft cheese and three people contacted the asa about a volkswagen advert. here with me now is investigations manager at the advertising standards authority, jess tye. before we talk about them, let's start with the philadelphia ad. new dad too? mm—hmm. wow, look at this lunch.

yeah, hard to choose. yeah, this looks good. that's really good. that's the philadelphia. ah! wouldn't most people look at that and think it's just silly and funny, but offensive? well, these rulings came from the back of some extensive work by the asa and a detailed research project where we looked at academic research and we also consulted with focus groups to find out what people thought about the depiction of gender in ads. hollering on from that, a new rule was brought in and came into force two months ago which said the ad should not include gender stereotypes which are likely to cause harm or widespread offence. and alongside that, we produced some detailed guidance which included some principles around what is and isn't likely to be acceptable. one of the examples given was ads which

suggest that men and women wouldn't be able to carry out a task specifically because of their gender, for example, a man changing a nappy or being unable to change a nappy. so the complaints about this ad were that it suggested that men are not able to care for children in the same way that women are. we conducted an investigation and ultimately, we agreed with those complainants. the people behind the ad said that they deliberately chose two dads to avoid the stereotypes of mums being the primary caregivers. can they just mums being the primary caregivers. can theyjust not win? well, when we are judging can theyjust not win? well, when we arejudging and add, we ask advertiser for a response arejudging and add, we ask advertiserfor a response but we also look at what the intentions were. we are not suggesting that they set out to include a harmful gender stereotype, but although they did include two new dads, they depicted two new dads are somewhat ha pless depicted two new dads are somewhat hapless and unable to care for their

children. there is a classic daddy do for stereotype out there which we hear about a lot, and that is harmful for hear about a lot, and that is harmfulfor men, who hear about a lot, and that is harmful for men, who are just as capable of looking after children, and it is also harmfulfor women because it suggests that they should because it suggests that they should be the primary caregivers —— daddy doofus stereotype. so if it was two women in the same ad, that could have caused complaints because people would say they were the primary caregivers. how would you have reacted to the same ad with women in it? i can't say what decision we would have made an ad that doesn't exist, but ultimately, we felt that with this ad, the gender of those depicted was key. but the point is that all parents can be absent—minded at times. but the point is that all parents can be absent-minded at times. they can, but there was a particular stereotype of men being incompetent fathers. the same stereotype doesn't exist of mothers. let's look at the second ad for the vw car. this ad got three complaints and it has been

banned. what was wrong with that? well, the key thing with the add is that it was contesting characteristics of men and women directly. the majority of those featured in the ad were men and they were all shown as being very adventurous, very brave, scientists and astronauts. and the only women depicted in the ad were depicted as passive, sleeping at the start, or the woman at the end, who was shown sitting on a bench with a plan beside her. we are not suggesting that there is anything wrong with depicting women with prams or that you can't ever depict men as scientists or as brave. the issue was that it was directly juxtaposing men and women together,

and we felt it went so far as to suggest that those characteristics we re suggest that those characteristics were specifically because of their gender. there were three complaints over the ad. the guidelines that you are looking at to check that they are looking at to check that they are complied with talk about ads that could cause serious or widespread offence. we are not talking widespread offence and we with either of these when it is 128 complaints and three complaints? well, the rule talks about harm as well as serious and widespread offence. it is the harm elements of the rule that is new. we have always been able to banner ads that would cause widespread offence. it is against the harm part of the test that we werejudging against the harm part of the test that we were judging these ads. it is perfectly possible for an ad to perhaps not cause widespread offence, but still cause harm because they feature those harmful gender stereotypes. they are getting free advertising now, aren't they?” am not sure it is the kind they want to receive. thank you forjoining

us. labour has outlined proposals that would see universities offer places after exam results rather than the current system, which is based on predicted grades. the party says that one report found just 16% of predicted grades were correct and that their proposals would also end the controversial use of unconditional offers. but universities say changes would be complex... earlier, the shadow education secretary angela rayner told breakfast that the current system is unfair to disadvantaged students and that other countries already successfully implement labour's proposal. at the moment, the predicted grades are unfairly disadvantaging the high—achieving disadvantaged students, so what we would do is make sure there is enough time and support within the system to go to a post—qualification admission system, so students actually get a fair access to what university they want to go to based on their actual grades rather than a predicted grade system —

which has gone up from 3,000 unconditional offers to 63,000 in a period of a decade, so it is a considerable problem we need to address and it is really unfair on students. this week, many students are going to get their results, and i wish them all the best, including the btec results today, but i want recognition for their hard work to be recognised so they are able to go to the top universities based on their actual grades. we'd work with the universities, schools and the colleges to make sure that the support is in place and that if we do have to tweak the system, the current calendar, then we'll do that, because i think the important thing to recognise is, students need to have faith that their actual grades, the work that they do, will be recognised and that they will have an opportunity to go to the university that they want. there is nothing more demoralising than actually overachieving to what your predicted grades were and then finding out there's no places at the universities that you want to go because in the clearing system, those places have already been taken.

and i think that's really unfair, and there is in—built within that unfairness to those disadvantaged students that are from poorer backgrounds. so we've got to change the system so the students have confidence in that. if that means we have to put the support in place and change the academic year to help that, we can do it. now it's time for a look at the weather. good morning. this morning is fairly cloudy and wet. we have bands of rain moving across england and wales this afternoon. they will turn heavy and thundery, with a lot of cloud and thundery, with a lot of cloud and showers. the band of rain will clear and then mooring comes across western scotland and northern ireland, producing this morning's showers. they could also be heavy and thundery. this evening, the first band of rain clears off into the north sea. the second band clears northern ireland, becoming ensconced in the northern isles.

with all the cloud and rain around, temperatures are hanging on at 13 or 14 temperatures are hanging on at 13 or 1a degrees. tomorrow we start with the rain in the northern as before that clears. then a lot of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine tomorrow. but we will see one or two showers pop up here and there. later, the cloud will thicken towards the west, with some showers ahead of the next area of low pressure coming our way. hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines: former chancellor philip hammond launches an attack on the new prime minister — accusing him of wrecking the uk's chances of getting a deal with the eu. the family of nora quoirin say they're "heartbroken" as they await the results of a postmortem examination to try and establish how she died in malaysia.

really distraught in grief, yeah, and i feel the same. to lose a child is terrible. following last night's clashes, hong kong airport resumes operations, as the authorities restrict access to protesters. rail passengers brace for a further rise in ticket prices — which will come into effect next year. tv adverts for philadelphia cheese and volkswagen are the first to be banned, under a new rule to prevent harmful gender stereotypes. and coming up — why the famous lord's cricket ground will be turning red tomorrow, on day two of the second ashes test. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. a first, let's return to our top story this morning. the former chancellor, philip hammond, has accused boris johnson's government of trying

to wreck the chance of a new brexit deal with the eu by making demands which brussels can never accept. earlier mr hammond spoke to nick robinson on radio 4's today. leaving the eu without a deal would be just as much a betrayal of the referendum result as not leaving at all. the british people were offered a proposition that we could leave the european union while having a close relationship. they were told it would be the easiest deal ever done. and all the evidence points to people wanting to maintain close trading relationship with the eu to protect britishjobs and british prosperity and minimise disruption in the future. to set the bar for negotiations so high that we inevitably leave without a deal would be a betrayal, and the prime minister said he would get a deal and we want to see him deliver that deal. inevitably, you say. so you believe that what borisjohnson has said in public, that the backstop, this guarantee that there will be no hard irish border, has to go, that means a no deal

will inevitably follow? on the basis that we are talking about the 315t of october, yes, i think absolutely so. we were talking until a few weeks ago about the need to change the terms of the backstop, and i think although that would have been an extremely difficult discussion it was a tough negotiating position, but pivoting to say that the backstop has to go in its entirety, a huge chunk of the withdrawal agreement just scrapped, is effectively a wrecking tactic. the people behind this know that that means there will be no deal. that was the former chancellor philip hammond. climate change activist greta thunberg is about to set off from the uk, to spend two weeks sailing over the north atlantic in a boat with no loo, kitchen or privacy. she is due to attend a crucial climate conference in new york — but has stopped flying

for environmental reasons. and says she wants to get to the conference carbon free. earlier our chief environment correspondentjustin rowlatt spoke to the ship's captain boris hermann in a very wet and windy plymouth. it is a very special challenge indeed. i would say this is unheard of. it has never happened that someone who has never sailed before goes on a racing yacht across the atlantic. we have sailed on it and it really does bang and crash through the waves. it's not comfortable at all. yeah. so greta basically is accepting to make a big leap into the unknown. she can't know what it's going to be. we tried it out a little bit, sailing here together. she was fine with it in good conditions. but there will also be a couple of days that are not easy are you anxious that it will be a tough journey? i am both anxious and happy at the same time. i think if we manage to go through,

if she is all right on board, this could be a great trip with a great purpose. but i am also a bit worried about her, of course. a video of a bin man from worcestershire delivering a birthday cake to one of the residents on his route on her 100th birthday has been viewed more than three million times on social media. 30—year—old ben bird has been emptying dorothy ballard's bins for the last eight years and the pair struck up a friendship after he would make regular stops for a chat. when ben found out that he would be collecting dorothy's bin on her 100th birthday, he decided to surprise her with a cake. she described the gesture as "wonderful". # happy birthday to you # happy birthday to you # happy birthday dear... #. are you going to blow them all out? make a wish. live 205. shut up! are you going to blow them out or what?

wow! cheering 0h, oh, that had everything. made me feel tearful then it made me laugh! 0k, feel tearful then it made me laugh! ok, let's take a look at the papers. the times leads with an intervention from former chancellor philip hammond, who claims the uk risks being beyrayed by the government if it forces through a no—deal brexit. the paper also carries a picture of actor steve coogan who has avoided a six—month driving ban. "commuters priced out by new hike in railfares", is the headline in the guardian. the paper says a 2.9% increase in railfairs is expected to be confirmed today and would come into force in january. the paper also carries

a picture of nora quoirin, whose body was found in the malaysian jungle yesterday. the daily mail says the number of britons in work has soared by more than a million since the brexit vote — thanks to a record 15.5% million women currently in employment. the mirror leads with a "furry—tail" ending for a cat owner, who won £1 million on a scratchcard, when he went to the shop to buy food for their cat, shortcake. that's it for today's morning briefing. richard lister is here to tell us about the inflation figures, just released. yes, up from 1.996 in june. the retail prices index was 2.8%. the retail prices index was 2.8%. the figure we are waiting for is the retail price inflation figure. we have not got thatjust retail price inflation figure. we have not got that just yet, retail price inflation figure. we have not got thatjust yet, not brought out, and it is expected to bea brought out, and it is expected to be a bit closer to 3%, about 2.9. but it is on our tv in front of us, it has popped up at 2.8%. but it is on our tv in front of us, it has popped up at 2.896. there you go. 2.8%. the reason that is

important is it affects tens of thousands of commuters across the country and other people who regularly use the rail service, because that figure is what the increase in commuter season tickets, off—peak return tickets, any tickets around cities, what it is linked to, so that is the cap and it is likely many of those ticket prices will go up many of those ticket prices will go up by many of those ticket prices will go up by around 2.8%. that is about 0.8% higher than the sort of generally recognised level of inflation which you have heard is about 2%, so commuters feel they are being unfairly penalised and made to pay more for tickets than the rate of inflation. why is it, then, it is up, the link to ticket prices? partner tradition, something one government has carried over to the next, to the next. last year the then transport secretary chris grayling said that maybe the link should be with the cpi, the slightly lower rate, usually about 1% lower

than rpi, and he said that would be fairer to commuters, but that being said it would also mean rail unions would have to accept a slightly lower ca p would have to accept a slightly lower cap on the rises, and they said it was artificial and they were not prepared to do that well and that it has been something of a stand—off. grant shapps the current transport secretary said this money is not delighted by the formula as it exists. he said, the truth is we do have a situation where average wages are going up faster than inflation, and he said he wanted to sort out the way that tickets are pegged to rpi, but we don't know exactly how that will work for when it might work. there is a big review about the railway pricing structure and other railway issues due to come out later this year and i think all eyes will be on that to see what that recommends. 0k, thank you very much, richard. time fora that recommends. 0k, thank you very much, richard. time for a sports round—up and we can get the very latest from sally. good morning! good morning to you. we are talking about sport and a little bit of weather this morning because...

so the second ashes test is scheduled to get under way at lord's injust over an hour's time, but guess what? the great british summer has intervened! this is the scene at the famous old ground this morning. the covers are on, the rain is coming down, and the prospect of play starting on time look very remote indeed. shall we look at the focus from the bbc weather centre? this is it. rain, rain, rain...and more rain. there is a very good chance that day one of this second test will be a wash—out. well, despite the weather, plenty of excitement about the ashes in this morning's papers. two men dominate — first off, steve smith, here he is on the back page of the guardian who ask the question many have failed to answer — how to stop smith? one man who's charged with doing just that isjofra archer — "unleashjofra" is the headline

in the mail, as he's poised to win his first cap. and there they both are in the telegraph, who've dubbed this second test as "clash of the titans". so whether it's today or tomorrow...or the weekend, those two men will surely have a big say in the final result of this test match. on breakfast this morning i spoke to former england intertnational isa guha who's now part of the test match special team. she told me why smith, and first archer are so important to their teams. he brings so much to this england team. his energy, his confidence, it's just incredible to see the amount of confidence he exudes at the age of 24. we saw itjust a few weeks ago when he was happy to take the ball for the super over and ended up winning the game for england. a fantastic player to have within this group, but also just his ability and skill with the red ball. he has already spoken about the fact that he loves the red ball, is already taken a bucketful of championship wickets coming into the side, looking to get that moving. but also the pc brings. steve smith

himself has admitted he will pose a threat because of the way he just ambles in —— the pace that he brings. he ambles and then it is, bang, in your face. brings. he ambles and then it is, bang, in yourface. looking forward to that contest in particular but i think it will be a good move to bring him into the side. let's talk about steve smith. we have been talking about him this morning in the programme, all these little foibles and the things he does. england admitted it put them off last time around. how do you get steve smith out? it is quite simple, sally. all the england players need to do this morning is go into the away dressing room and steal the shoelaces, then we will be absolutely fine. but on a serious note, i thinkjofra archer will be the key to this, absolutely, for steve smith. they are also considering bringing in a left arm spinner injack considering bringing in a left arm spinner in jack leach. considering bringing in a left arm spinner injack leach. steve smith still averages over 30 as a left—arm spin and his role will be to keep things tight and manoeuvre the bowlers from the other end. i think stuart broad has been bowling

incredibly well and chris woakes playing at this ground averages nine with the ball well plenty of options there and i am very hopeful that england will be able to get steve smith out. of course we will keep you up—to—date with the weather and the prospect of play throughout the day. elsewhere, a terrible night for scotland. they won't play in the champions league this season after being beaten by romanian side cluj. it was 1—1 after the first leg and celtic led twice on the night, but cluj scored two goals late on to go through 5—4 on aggregate. celtic will now go into the play—offs for the europa league. we'll see a bit of footballing history tonight, as a female referee takes charge of a major european men's match for the very first time. here's stephanie frappart refereeing the final of the women's world cup earlier this summer, and tonight she's in charge as liverpool play chelsea in istanbul — the assistant referees are both female too. there's another first about that match in istanbul this evening — it's the first all—english

european super cup. it pits the champions league winners, liverpool, against chelsea, who won the europa league. andy murray says he's had some second thoughts about turning down the opportunity to play singles at the us open. he lost his first match back in singles tennis at the cincinnati masters this week, and said no to a wild card for flushing meadows because his body's not ready to play five set matches yet. but he forgot that the qualifying matches are over three sets, but he's now missed his chance. we liked this from social media — the boxing announcer michael buffer has one of the most recognisable voices in sport. let's get this party started! he travels the world announcing fights and he's known for his "let's get ready to rumble" catchphrase. he could though, have competition from someone who works at bank underground station.

let's get ready to travel!” let's get ready to travel! i bet that woke you up! don't forget sportsday at 6:30pm tonight on the bbc news channel. that's it from me for now. studio: thank you. see you soon. victoria derbyshire is coming up at ten and this is what she has gotten her programme. we will speak to the family of the woman who drowned in a river in june. the family of the woman who drowned in a river injune. the family say the police are institutionally racist and how they handled the case. the independent watchdog is now investigating the claim that the police treated them differently because of their ethnic background. do you believe they treated you differently because they are institutionally racist? she does, yeah. what is your view of the family lawyer? that's my as the family lawyer? that's my as the family lawyer? that's my as the

family lawyer? the family have seen how the police treat debt. to turn around so quickly and a public press release saying we don't believe there is anything wrong, it is the family's firm position that they have only been treated in that way because of their race. join us at ten o'clock. live on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. now, this week marks 50 years since widespread violence broke out in northern ireland. the conflict which became known as the troubles lasted for three decades — and more than 3,000 people died. one of the effects is that northern ireland now has a high rate of mental illness — and researchers are warning that children are inheriting the problems of the older generation. our ireland correspondent chris page has been speaking to some of those involved. thank you forjoining us system i think you were 18 when the troubles began. yes, i was actually set to limit how sitting in a suburb outside of belfast along the falls road for an aunt and uncle, and you could hear gunfire along the breeze, along the road, and there was a

barricade at the end of the street, families were piled onto the back of flatbed and tipper trucks coming up the falls road to go out to the community centre is further out of town, you could see the columns of smoke rising from towards town, and my poor old mum who had lived through the troubles of the 1920s, she had vivid memories of when she was younger, she felt she was chased by an armoured car with the machine gun pointing at her, she got the most upset about this, and we immediately demanded that my uncle and aunt returned to take the house back from us. after the army came into belfast, on the 15th of august, they went into derry, londonderry, on the 14th of august — this is the anniversary — my uncle and i went for a drive down the falls road and he said it was the worst damage he had seen since the blitz and belfast was terribly damaged during the blitz. you can see it in the archive pictures you are running with the battle of the bogside, where the

people of the bogside felt very strongly the police were coming to attack them and that they were defending the area from the police, which is why they were delighted to see the army coming in to take over from the police of the time. it is interesting to get your... obviously, through your eyes, because you went on to become a journalist, you covered the troubles for many years, but at that moment you are on the cusp of manhood, seeing how life would change. from a human perspective. what was it like when the army just human perspective. what was it like when the armyjust suddenly human perspective. what was it like when the army just suddenly arrived? it was an extraordinary thing to happen. i don't think... up to a point, i mean, iwas in ireland corresponded many years later. it a lwa ys corresponded many years later. it always struck me that sometimes reporting from northern ireland, it was like you were the foreign correspondent, and what i was trying to do in my reports was to say to people, particularly in england i think, because people in scotland and toa think, because people in scotland and to a slightly lesser extent wales, but even scotland with the

whole celtic rain showers thing and the sectarian thing you occasionally see in scotland, they were much more closely attuned to what was happening in northern ireland —— the whole celtic and rangers thing. i was saying, this is happening in your country. bill turnbull, our colleague, told me on the 40th —— told me on the anniversary ten years ago, he said of all the things he reported on, he always at the most upsetting thing was to come to northern ireland, because belfast and derry looked an awful lot like cities particularly in the north of england like bradford, birmingham, manchester, leeds, for instance, all those rows of terraced houses, but the thing about 1969 and a few years after it, the troubles really started... they never stopped, and there was nothing that was ever nice about them, they were always to terrible, but there was nothing on that scale of the hand—to—hand fighting between the communities that you saw in 1969 and perhaps in 71 and 72 particularly after the internment and bloody sunday, but it

was a seismic change, notjust in the history of the island of ireland but a seismic history in the history of the united kingdom, and here —— seismic change in the history. here we are 15 years later in one of the key causes of the trouble is, should there be a united ireland or not, is back up the table because of brexit. i was going to come exactly to that point actually. you are talking about the wildly differing experiences of people living just in these different parts of the united kingdom and therefore the understanding now of the importance of that border and how people would feel, you know, depending on where they live around the discussions with what happens with brexit and the border? very much so. i think one of the things that might have, in fact if it happens it will have an enormous impact in northern ireland, but what happens if scotla nd ireland, but what happens if scotland votes for independence? when there is that affinity between northern ireland and scotland, the whole ulster scots connection in

history, what is the knock—on effect for northern ireland? i think that is unquantifiable at the moment. what you are looking at at the moment is the possible end of the unionjack, moment is the possible end of the union jack, the union moment is the possible end of the unionjack, the union flag might cease to exist if scotland and ireland leave, but i think if you have learned one thing from brexit it is this. you can't again possibly have a referendum in the united kingdom that is simply binary, simply in or out. there will be something like what happened here in the referendum on the good friday agreement in 1998 where every household received the agreement through their letterbox, you could actually see what the new dispensation, as it came to be called, was going to look like. i don't think you are going to have a border poll and just say, do you wa nt border poll and just say, do you want a united ireland or not? it would have to say something like, this is what the new ireland might look like, and irish prime minister leo varadkar has said just last week in the last few days that you would

have to rewrite the irish constitution because i was constitution was written for a 26 cou nty constitution was written for a 26 county openly roman catholic state, and that just is county openly roman catholic state, and thatjust is not going to fly, is not going to work, and the circumstances of a"new ireland", and i think the same thing should happen in scotland, if they have an independence referendum there, i think it is incumbent on the snp and those who espouse independence to put something for everybody‘s letterbox that will say, this is what the new scotland will look like, precisely which was not done during the brexit referendum. denis, separately as well, we have bloody sunday, continuing the fallout from that, the ongoing obviously emotional impact on people of what they lived through, the desire for justice to be done. it is sometimes suggested that perhaps northern ireland needed something like what happened in south africa with truth and reconciliation. how far has northern ireland moved on since the

troubles ended ? northern ireland moved on since the troubles ended? i think people have decided to try and forget about the past. one of the problems here is that northern ireland has not moved on. all those wounds are still there. i think what brexit has done, if it hasn't reopened old wounds, it has ripped the sticking plaster of them. my colleague julian has ripped the sticking plaster of them. my colleaguejulian o'neill them. my colleaguejulian o'neill the home is players corresponded for bbc northern ireland, he put it brilliantly in one of his reports about 1969 and looking back at the history of the troubles he said, there you have it, the past still festering away in the present. the past has not been dealt with. one of the core problems in the troubles was that each community felt itself to be the victim community. a lot of old soldiers feel very bitter about the reputation the british army has because of its involvement in northern ireland, for instance. none of those wounds have been healed and nobody... there have been attempts to address, and there was agreement on how it should have been done

about five years ago, but the legislation to bring that into operation has never been enacted. the wounds are still fresh and until they are addressed i think they will remain. denis, thank you very much indeed. good to hear your reminiscences. thank you very much indeed. the second test of the ashes series gets under way at lord's later — and tomorrow the famous cricket ground will turn red to mark ruth strauss foundation day. it's part of an initiative set up by former england captain andrew strauss, who lost his wife to lung cancer in december. a similar organisation was also set up in sydney by former australian fast bowler glenn mcgrath, who lost his wife to breast cancer. the bbc‘s cricket correspondent jonathan agnew has been speaking to both men for test match special. going as well as can be expected. i mean, it's been a tough seven months since ruth died and probably an even tougher 12 months leading up to her death. but, you know, i think one thing you realise when you've got young kids is that life doesn't stand

still — it always moves forward. they're busy, they're at school and there's plenty ofjobs to do in and around the house. so i've been very much on duty and just navigating our way through it one day at a time, really. it's definitely got a bit easier, but at the same time that sort of grief doesn't leave you, and you just have days where you remember, and that's part of the process, i suppose. yeah, hence why you've focused on bereavement counselling and preparation for the trust. yeah, well, you know, i think what ruth and i were both most petrified about was the effect this was going to have on the kids. and so for us, in particular, going to our counsellor, jenny thomas, who is a child grief and loss counsellor, and just explaining the situation, and for her to actually say to us, "this won't be the end of them. "it's going to change their life, but that doesn't mean they can't have a great life." and for ruth to hear that was just,

like, the weight of the world came off her shoulders, and for me also, who, you know, getting my head around the idea of having to look after them going forward, it was a huge source of comfort for me as well. yeah. i don't have you down as a big crier, glenn, but i guess it would be pretty emotional. did that help the kids... oh, i had my moments, i'm sure. i mean, did you have the same sort of experience as andrew with... 0h, very much. just listening to straussy there brought back so many memories. once we realised that was it, you know, three days out to tell james and holly that mummy was going to pass away... and how old were they then? ..was easily the hardest thing i've ever had to do. and just hearing andrew there, just takes you right back there. and thenjane was at home — we had a nurse at home sort of looking after her, and she passed away there, and those memories are always going to be there. but, unfortunately, there's a lot of people that go through something very similar, and if we can make life a little bit easier in some way, the mcgrath foundation, it's about support and awareness. what straussy's doing, sort of similar, a little bit different, but again that support and making life just a little bit easier

in a pretty..pretty terrible time. yeah, yeah. listening to glenn, and the amazing success of the mcgrath foundation, i mean, does that sort of, again, give you more resolve as to what we're going to enjoy? i mean, you guys have paved the way. it makes us easier for those of us that follow, in that sense. but i hope we can just be — you know, it's year one for us. we're not expecting to be all singing, all dancing year one. but if we can just, in some way, replicate what they've done, then i'll be very happy. and i know that ruth will be looking down, feeling very sort of honoured, a bit embarrassed, and very proud as well, that we've able to do something that really does make a difference. that was andrew strauss and glenn mcgrath talking about losing their wives to cancer, and why as a result lord's is going to be turning red

tomorrow. we are going to bring you the results of the postmortem examination of nora quoirin and that news briefing, and we will have full coverage of that on the bbc news channel.

hello. it's wednesday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. "our hearts are broken" — the family of nora quoirin pay tribute to their "most precious girl" as her post mortem examination is held in malaysia. we're expecting a press conference in the next hour to update us on the results of that postmortem. we'll bring it to you live. the mother of a 12—year—old who drowned has told this programme excluusively she believes greater manchester police were "institutionally racist" in the way they handled the investigation into her dughter‘s death. shukri abdi drowned in a river in bury injune. do you believe they've treated you differently because they are institutionally racist?