today at five — boris johnson and emmanuel macron have what they call ‘constructive' talks in paris as part of efforts to break the deadlock over brexit. but the french president tells mrjohnson the irish backstop is "indespensible" — despite the pm wanting to scrap it. we think there are ways of protecting the integrity of the single market and allowing the uk to exit from the eu, whole and entire and perfect. we'll be hearing more about those alternative arrangements suggested by the pm and asking whether they really could solve the irish border problem. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... why a no deal brexit could lead to more domestic waste ending up in landfill sites in england — especially in the north.

no river in the uk is currently safe to swim in — that's the stark warning from scientists about the levels of sewage in our waterways. a record number of fires in the amazon rainforest — data shows an 85 percent increase this year. mps warn the uk will not meet its climate change targets unless people ditch their cars. good afternoon. our main story at five is borisjohnson has been in paris for talks with emmanuel macron, the latest stage in his attempts to try and break the brexit impasse. the french president insisted that the controversial irish backstop is "indispensable" to the integrity of the eu single market. the measure aims to prevent physical

border checks if there was no post—brexit trade agreement. mr macron didn't point—blank refuse to re—negotiate the brexit deal though, asking for further explanation from the uk on what its alternative propsals might be. both sides have agreed that they will keep talking. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas sent this report. france's president has called those who promoted brexit liars, selling false promises, so this first meeting with prime minister borisjohnson, one of the leaders of the pro—brexit campaign, will be a blunt affair. cordial on the surface, but not the stage for any compromises. the french president is the sort of leader who when confronted with a problem is not afraid to be direct, to ruffle feathers, so this could be a tricky meeting. mr macron has said that a no—deal exit would be the uk's doing. mr macron‘s already made clear the changes borisjohnson wants to the uk's exit deal with the eu are not on offer, describing mrjohnson‘s demands as unrealistic.

translation: i would like to say that the key elements of this agreement, including the irish backstop, are not just technical constraints or legal quibbling, but, indeed, some genuine, indispensable guarantees to preserve the stability in ireland, to preserve the integrity of the single market, which is the foundation of the european project. i want to make it absolutely clear to you, emmanuel, to the french people that of course i want a deal and i think we can get a deal, and a good deal. i was powerfully encouraged by our conversations last night in berlin with our mutual friends, and i know that with energy and with creativity and application, we can find a way forward. mr macron says peace in ireland depends on keeping the border open, so the eu, he insists, will not ditch the backstop just because borisjohnson dislikes it. the french president has always insisted brexit brings

problems the uk must face. this was salzburg last year. translation: brexit has shown us one thing. i respect british sovereignty, but it showed us that those who say "it's easy to quit europe", that everything is going to be fine, "it's simple, we'll be better off", are liars. and yesterday in berlin, angela merkel didn't offer any concessions either, even though she hoped solutions to the border issue could still be found. translation: if one finds the solution we said we will probably find it in the next two years to come but we can also maybe find it in the next 30 days to come. you rightly say the onus is on us to produce those solutions, those ideas, to show how we can address the issue of the northern irish border and that is what we want to do, but i may say i'm very glad, listening to you tonight, angela,

to hear that at least the conversations on that matter can now properly begin. so, it was mrjohnson who appeared to accept the need to come up with new ideas. the eu says it's waiting to hear them. in a moment we'll talk to our chief political correspondent, vicki young at westminster. first to damian grammaticas in paris. your assessment, anything from emmanuel macron today that indicates any change in what is happening?” think for some, watching in the uk, the little chink might see the comments he made about the fact that in the next 30 days or months so, the uk has time to come up with alternative ideas. some will see that as perhaps a slight softening of that eu insistence on no renegotiation possible. i am not

sure that is entirely the case because the eu has always said it is open to ideas the uk can put forward , open to ideas the uk can put forward, provided and this is the key thing, that the two fundamental things that the even france kilobyte have to be addressed which are preserving peace and stability on the island of ireland and protecting the island of ireland and protecting the integrity of the eu single market borders. those are the two things together, the reason why the irish backstop provision is there and those other things that anything borisjohnson and those other things that anything boris johnson wants to and those other things that anything borisjohnson wants to propose would have to adjacent deal with to be taken seriously the eu. very much, emmanuel macron, once designed open to any ideas and putting the onus back on borisjohnson who says he believes a deal is possible without backstop. emmanuel macron saying, show me your money. when boris

johnson looks back over the past couple of days what will you take out of it? the statements a few days ago said there was no point speaking to eu leaders and puzzle seeing time and time again they would not renegotiate, you would think the meetings might not even have happened and they would wait until b edits and the g7 summit this weekend. i think downing street feels there is a willingness to engage and talk about issues that those public pronouncements did not reflect but i do not think they feel there is a fundamental shift of the position of the eu and of course it is about brussels and the commission and ireland as well, it is notjust about these two leaders. there is a certain amount of blame game preparation going on, as we head towards no deal, who will be blamed for that? emmanuel macron and boris johnson did not say we are not going

to not renegotiate, that would have allowed downing street to claim they we re allowed downing street to claim they were intransigent. meanwhile those who are at home and against the prospect of living with no deal are trying to work together, maybe legislation or a no—confidence vote to make sure it does not happen. jeremy corbyn has called a meeting of opposition leaders for next week and this is what he had to say about that. all of the opposition parties will be there. we will discuss the process by which we will put forward a motion of no confidence and others will bring up other suggestions, including legislative proposals but we will be having a serious discussion next week in order to prevents country crashing out on the 31st of october with all the damage that will do to the farming community, to industry, tojobs and the uncertainty that is there on medicine supplies as well as on the food processing industry. the question is can those opposition parties and some conservatives who wa nt to parties and some conservatives who want to blog no deal, can you work

to do so —— might work together to do so? in the past we have always seen disagreements like withjo swinson who could not supportjeremy corbyn as debt —— as a provisional prime minister. she has however agreed to go to this meeting and the prospect of changing the law to meet the prime minister to to brussels to aspirin extension is still a possibility but it requires a lot of discipline and people from different parties working together and that does not happen 30 often. —— to ask foran does not happen 30 often. —— to ask for an extension. thank you very much. thank you very much. borisjohnson was given 30 days by the german chancellor, angela merkel to find a workable solution to the irish backstop issue. during his news conference with emmanuel macron, the prime minister gave some indication of what an alternative might look like. there are all sorts of proposals that have already been... imight direct you to an excellent paper that has been done by greg hands

and other mps in westminster from all parties that goes through some of the ways in which you can check for contraband, check for rules of origin, check for...stop smuggling but not have checks at the frontier. that's the solution and where there's a will there is a way. borisjohnson was referring there to the alternative arrangements commission — a group of politicians and experts which has been trying to develop detailed proposals to avoid physical infrastructure at the irish border. suella braverman is co—chair of that commission, she's in north west london. and hans maessen, an independent customs advisor — was a technical expert for the commission's report. he's in maastricht. thank you both forjoining us. to you first on the timetable, 30 days

angela merkel said the prime minister has which means he never has 29 days. can he reach something which will satisfy her and emmanuel macron? angela merkel's statement yesterday was hugely encouraging. i think it is doable, the solution is set out in the alternative arrangements commission report which was published last month. it has been informed by vast consultation with stakeholders, businesses who are directly affected in northern ireland and the republic and it commands, and includes the expertise of people like hands and other collea g u es of people like hands and other colleagues that this is workable and pragmatic. doable in 30 days? the solution is there, they can pick it up solution is there, they can pick it up rightand solution is there, they can pick it up right and start working on it. this is anticipated for ideal scenario so if this was agreed in 30

days which is possible, we could get something through parliament and leave the eu on the 31st of october with a deal which is everyone's preferred outcome and get on with delivering the practical arrangements which obviously do need time. in the forward it says the ideas and the support can be agreed, implemented and tested within 2—3 yea rs. implemented and tested within 2—3 years. that is correct but the agreement, we need to reach agreement, we need to reach agreement within 30 days. we need to get it through parliament and in that scenario, we can meet the eu on 0ctober that scenario, we can meet the eu on october the 31st with the deal. then comes the practical delivery of it. that is why a transition period is pa rt that is why a transition period is part and parcel of a deal. the transition two tickets to the end of next year and if we are talking to to three years, there is not enough time. there are lots of measures which can be delivered very quickly,

many had already knew so the eu, for example the registered exporters platform which are there to check source of origin and compliance with regulations. that is something the eu already uses with the comedians. trusted traders schemes which are unauthorised operator scheme which are already part of the eu's regime. lots of the stuff already exists and it is just lots of the stuff already exists and it isjust a lots of the stuff already exists and it is just a matter of switching on the button and getting it going quickly. right. is it that simple? basically, legal systems and it systems are available within the eu, it also applies in the uk. there is a transit system with which you can transport goods across the border without stopping, that is available and is used in the european union. the swiss use it to .5 million times

a year so the swiss use it to .5 million times a year so you the swiss use it to .5 million times a year so you can the swiss use it to .5 million times a year so you can transport goods from dublin to belfast without stopping at the border, that is what you need to have on a border without infrastructure. there would be a moment in that system weather would bea moment in that system weather would be a need to stop particular items for particular systems and that would require some sort of physical infrastructure? no, there is no infrastructure? no, there is no infrastructure needed at the border comedies checks can be done at the point of loading and unloading. it is all digital. customs inspections can be mobile. these all exist within european law selector start talking with customers in the european union about the applications of their own more. when you look at other borders and i know you look at other borders and i know you have a new research, this example sweden and norway, there is physical infrastructure there? yes, but part of that experience can be used as well but there is an

advanced application for all kinds of things like agricultural industry that have to be applied, there is no one solution, we have to find a mix of procedures to suit all transactions are clones the irish border. these are available, we have to start talking right now. border. these are available, we have to start talking right nowm border. these are available, we have to start talking right now. if they are available, why has not more bernede of its availability so far? we have been debating sincejune 2016, and with the clock ticking towards a deadline alternative arrangements are appearing, how so? the answer is simple, theresa may did not want to talk about it. i visited mrs may and proposed to hardy's arrangements but she said we do not want any customs formalities in northern ireland. there is a new prime minister now with a new approach and all the information to start negotiations are there and the

european union is expecting us to come forward with these solutions so let us start with that. there is a point made in the forward to this report, there will be extra cost in administration, do you accept that? well, for any utility of a system, there will be some costs associated of course. —— for any delivery of a new system. the important thing is they are cost—effective, these measures. when i was minister i made customs experts, one of them propose something which has ended up in this report which has been modelled on other countries like brazil and dubai where the upgraded their borders and customs methods at very cost effective and feasible budgets. and actually on time. sol cost effective and feasible budgets. and actually on time. so i think, looking at other countries and how

they adapted to and —— and improve their customs logistics that is real force for optimism. we will see what the next 29 days blank. thank you both very much. —— the next 29 days bring. failing to agree an eu withdrawal deal could lead to a sharp rise in rubbish being sent to landfill — that's according to a number of council documents seen by the bbc. much of it could end up in the north of england. at the moment, millions of tonnes of our domestic waste are sent to europe to be converted into energy but tariffs resulting from a no—deal brexit could make that trade uneconomical. councils warn that we could see the dumping of binbags in carparks, streets and gardens. 0ur economics editor faisal islam reports. processing household rubbish, in this case near bristol. it is london's black then backspin turned and marched before being sorted to

be generated for energy. two decades ago four fifths of this weight is be buried in the ground as landfill, no longer, it isjust buried in the ground as landfill, no longer, it is just a fifth as government policies designed to meet eu targets means it is turned into energy or recycled. the industry says a no—deal brexit will temporarily reverse that system. says a no—deal brexit will temporarily reverse that systemm we leave with no break —— with no deal in october, we happen moving away from landfill and we could be bringing these landfills back into operation. these industry concerns on “— operation. these industry concerns on —— and more assured by cancels many of whose internal preparations for a worst—case scenario, no—deal brexit, seen by the bbc details immediate plans to deal with disruption. then bags are being stockpiled, even you ben lloyd had

been ordered to beat the deadline. braintree cancel left its knock—on effect of transport and fuel problems, expect have to consider reducing allocations of sex per household to eke out supplies. sevenoaks household to eke out supplies. sevenoa ks cancels the household to eke out supplies. sevenoaks cancels the park—and—ride could be used as a temporary site for waste. road congestion will lead to stockpiling with an gardens or streets. said hannah cancel said there could be a result in recycling banks and waste transfer stations becoming full and potentially closing. —— southampton cancel. recycled waste is noted on ships like this to sweden from southampton. 600 ships worth of your black bin bag rubbish gets put into

these cubes and put on ships to get sent to the european union. this system is built over decades to limit the growth of landfill in the uk, who would have thought that brexit and i no deal in particular could impact where our rubbish goes. the government did gain recognition for uk waste to continue to be exported to individual european countries. the issue arises if there is general port congestion and the value of sterling making the cheat on ep and —— on economics. value of sterling making the cheat on ep and -- on economics. we have very little landfill capacity in the south—east, most of the capacities farther north. it would have to be chopped from their ports further up north. -- to beat shocked. the site of england's rubbish which currently gets exported with have to go north? if we are not able to exported, the

only other option for this waste which currently goes to the netherlands, will have to be shipped up netherlands, will have to be shipped up north and stuck in a hole in the grind. the government has made some progress here but the impact of no deal will be felt in where the nation's bin bags and up. —— and up. water companies in england have been accused by environmental campaigners of using rivers lik untreated sewage is draining into rivers whenever sewage works are overwhelmed by heavy rain or by blockages. one leading environmental scientist told the bbc that no river in the uk was currently safe to swim in because of this pollution. our science correspondent victoria gill has been asking whether private water companies are doing enough to protect our environment. our rivers are the veins of our towns, cities and countryside. i likejumping off into the river.

but beneath the picturesque surface, there is a festering problem. i have friends who feel a bit poorly after they'd gone in. really? how so? just a bit like, feeling sick. these videos captured in ilkley west yorkshire showed when heavy rain overloaded sewage treatment pipes, untreated sewage is simply released into the river. campaigners here are saying water companies are allowing this to happen too often. the limit, the amount of infill going into the sewage plant was set 17 years ago. we have a difficult environment now, there is much more run off, there is much more building, we have a huge population increase and we have climate change so all of this is flowing into the sewage plant so it is filthy and it is sitting in the bed of the river. yorkshire water, the company responsible, told bbc news it had already taken steps to ensure the works discharges less frequently and it operates legally and within

environment agency guidelines. it isn'tjust about one local park, pollution in our rivers is a much bigger issue. without her swimming becoming more popular, there are recommendations that people take a hot shower to reduce the risk of becoming sick. we have so many sewage breaks on a river that even if you treated it perfectly, in the sense of the current standards of treatment, you would still have enough pathogens coming out, even in a well operated sewage works that you wouldn't want to swim in the rivers. so are the water companies doing enough with our money to stop pollution? vast peatland restoration schemes helped northumbrian water to earn the environment agency best environmental performance rating this year.

so when we come along, we checked the water to see if there is any pollution. with their volunteer water ranger scheme, they are involving a local community in stopping pollution. the company said zero raw sewage in rivers is a realistic target. the industry admits most of us will never see that achieved. that is going to see many decades to achieve, giving the legacy infrastructure that we have to deal with. some companies want to move faster but i think the important thing to recognise is we are not standing still, we are investing to ensure the level of pollution falls. the environment agency admits funding cuts have affected its ability to protect rivers but it has refuted claims from campaigners that it is allowing the industry to pollute. but while many of us might not notice it, pollution continues to drain into our waterways. victoria gill, bbc news. david santillo is a senior scientist with the greenpeace research laboratories at the university of exeter. he joins us via webcam. good evening. no river currently

safe to swimming according to an environmental scientist, how do you seeit? environmental scientist, how do you see it? sadly that is certainly the case, in terms of the level of pathogens, viruses and bacteria that are going into our rivers every day. it is perhaps unsurprising but it is a sad indictment in the way in which we are still relying on our water courses as a way of getting rid of our waste. until we start investing much more heavily in protecting our water and rivers and streams from the waste abbey generate then we will not solve the problem anytime soon. there will be speed at danger when people are using water that they are going to be exposed to bacterial pollutants and perhaps also chemical pollutants. it is not just the sewage treatment works,

urban run—off also contributes in agricultural settings which contribute to pollution. wedges say we should put the waste instead? u nfortu nately, we should put the waste instead? unfortunately, water has been part of the waste treatment system since the victorian age and it has been seen as a very convenient the victorian age and it has been seen as a very convenient way of carrying away things we do not want but it is not carrying it away, it is just carrying it downstream where we all length so we need to look at much better ways of conceiving human waste, dry toilets have been around for long time, sewage systems that rely less on water, but we also had to look at the drainage and structure we have got. we have to make sure sewage structure we have got. we have to make sure sewage treatments work. we are looking at more sporadic rainfall... so that we are not

actually dealing with storm events carrying untreated waste into rivers and lakes and streams. until we start getting serious about looking u pstrea m start getting serious about looking upstream on solving the problem there, we will still be facing this problem. i wondered if there were technical solutions being looked at now which can make a sewage treatment works more effectively thanit treatment works more effectively than it currently does? sewage treatment works are pretty complicated and they have the capacity in most cases to reduce levels of pathogens to levels that should not be a problem. but often they are working over capacity, if we get heavy rainfall, parts of those processes can be bypassed but ultimately, if we relying a water based system to deal with sewage, there will always be that potential for rivers to be contaminated. it is not just human sewage for rivers to be contaminated. it is notjust human sewage which is the problem, we have to look at the way

we manage agricultural systems to see if we can stop the pollution going on from those as well because in the end, it is notjust about the quality of water but chemical quality, pesticides and plastics and micro—plastics getting into the water which all contribute to the low quality of water sadly across much of the uk which we can only solve if we go upstream and look at the solutions there. thank you very much. brazil's president, jair bolsonaro, has claimed non—governmental organisations may be setting fires deliberately in the amazon to embarrass his government, despite offering no evidence to support the claim. a record number of fires are burning in the world's largest rainforest, which is home to about 3 million species of plants and animals and a million indigenous people. there have been 72,000 fires so far this year. richard lister reports.

the amazon rainforest has been called "the lungs of the world", generating an estimated 20% of all the oxygen in the atmosphere, but look at the smoke in these lungs today. brazil has had 73,000 fire outbreaks this year, more than half in the amazon. that's up 84% on last year. so, who does brazil's president blame? translation: regarding the amazon fires, i'm under the impression they could have been started by the ngos because they'd asked forfunding. what was their intention? to bring about problems for brazil. chanting. but these protesters in the city of salvador blame the president for encouraging greater exploitation of the amazon and weakening its environmental protections. this was how they greeted brazil's environment minister at a climate change conference. bolsonaro's trying to distract from his own policies. since he came into power, he's been stripping protections from the amazon and other forests

in brazil and encouraging farmers to set fire to land and clear it. and these fires aren't a natural thing, they're the deliberate result of farmers trying to send a message to bolsonaro that they support his regime. it's an outrage. the president admitted he had no evidence these fires were set by environmental groups. it was, he said, just a feeling. the dry season continues until november, and so will the fires. richard lister, bbc news. still to come on bbc news at five: i'll be talking to a long time volunteer with the mental health support group for farmers. time for a look at the weather. some of us have enjoyed sunny skies like these today but for others the weather has been great and damp with some rain around, particularly across northern ireland, northern

england, the rain now becoming more extensive in western scotland where they have history will be overnight as well. through the night, that any of slowly push its way northwards across the west of scotland, some of that will push right across the across the country, the rain will be lighter and patchier in the east. further ciphers, some clear spells, patchy cloud across the north and west. we a re patchy cloud across the north and west. we are looking at a milder night and west. we are looking at a milder nightand a west. we are looking at a milder night and a motor start to friday. trading looks like a better day for many others weather—wise. although we start off with rain in northern scotland, that will move off into shetland. elsewhere cloud will break up shetland. elsewhere cloud will break up with the best of the sunshine in the south and east of the country where we will see the highest temperatures, up to 28 celsius in london and south—east. even further north we will see a significant rise of over —— my computer what we have had over the last couple of days.

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this is bbc news. the headlines: this the french president tells borisjohnson the irish backstop is "indespensible" — despite the pm wanting to scrap it. we think there are ways of protecting the integrity of the single market and allowing the uk to exit from the eu, whole and entire and perfect. why a no—deal brexit could lead to more domestic waste ending up in landfill sites in england — especially in the north. no river in the uk is currently safe to swim in — that's the stark warning from scientists about the levels of sewage in our waterways. rain, rain and more rain. so frustrating, play has stopped and started several times today

in the third ashes test between england and australia. the latest delay was for bad light, but the rain has caused havoc at headingley. only four overs played in the morning session. that was due to play getting under way late after england won the toss and chose to bowl. when things did get going jofra archer removed marcus harris for eight, in just the fourth over, as the hosts got an early breakthrough. stuart broad then got usman khawaja to edge to jonny bairstow to leave australia 25 for 2. play resumed at 20 to four after another rain break but bad light forced the players off again. they are now playing again — opener david warner is helping australia's run rate — he's hit a half century. play can now continue hopefully until 7.30pm and you can listen to full match commentary with test match special on 5live sports extra. they are on air right now and there will be in—play video

highlights alongside the commentary on the bbc sport website. very sad news from the world of football — the former ghana and nottingham forest striker junior agogo has died at the age ofjust a0. he actually played for several clubs in britain — notjust nottingham forrest — including sheffield wednesday, bristol rovers, chester and qpr — and he finished his playing career at hibs in 2012. such a young age. he suffered a stroke in 2015 and struggled with his speech afterwards. he took part in a bbc documentary, saying that he felt anxious about his language. he was loved in his home country of ghana, played 27 times for his country, scoring 12 goals. he was the poster boy of the 2008 africa cup of nations, held in his home country of ghana. his former clubs have been paying tribute on social media. nottingham forrest tweeted this...

george ford and owen farrell are in england's team to play ireland at twickenham on saturday. it'll be the first time in over a year they have started together. captain farrell partners manu tuilagi in the midfield for the first time in a test match. meanwhile, flankers sam underhill and tom curry are named in the same back row. and a more familiar—looking irish side — joe schmidt's brought back several frontline players. cian healy, captain rory best and tadhg furlong get theirfirst run out of the season, while ross byrne will get his opportunity to impress at out—half. and someone who was once a familiar face at twickenham — james haskell is making a surprising career move. he's revealed he's training to become an mma fighter. the 34—year—old flanker won 77 caps for england and retired from rugby in may, but he's now annnounced he'll be

competing as a mixed martial artist in the heavyweight division, and is expected to make his debut next year. enable, riden by frankie dettori, powered to a 12th consecutive win as she triumphed at york in what is likely to be her final race on british soil. enable will now try for a record third victory in the prix de l‘arc de triomphe on the 6th of october. it was a tenth win at the top group one level for the 1 to a favourite. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc. co. uk/sport — and i'll bring you a full round up on sportsday at 6:30pm. violence and drug use in ten of the most troubled english prisons has fallen significantly since a £10 million pilot scheme was launched last year — that's according to figures from the ministry ofjustice.

i'm joined in the studio by our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. danny, can you give me more details of what happened during the pilot scheme? this is launched a year ago by rory stewart who was then the prisons minister. he promised that he would resign his post if he didn't achieve results. he was then promoted to the cabinet and then he resigned when borisjohnson cabinet and then he resigned when boris johnson became prime cabinet and then he resigned when borisjohnson became prime minister, but it appears his scheme has been working. it ploughed money into ten of the most troubled jails by investing in body scanners to detect drugs and mobile phones, to recruit extra staff and bring in some experience prison officers as well. we can see that the rate of assaults has fallen by 16% over 12 months. that is the number of assaults as a proportion of the population of each present. and in terms of drug taking the percentage of prisoners who

tested positive for drugs following random tests has fallen by 50%. that is quite an impressive reduction. random tests has fallen by 50%. that is quite an impressive reductionm is quite an impressive reductionm is not rory stewart any more about what has the government been saying? the government is pleased with these results but they didn't work everywhere in all ten of the prisons and in three violence actually went up and in three violence actually went up and in two there was an increase in drug—taking. here is thejustice minister. what we've learned is not everything works in the same prison in the same way, and we need to look very carefully at the results to learn lessons from it for the future, and that's why we are very pleased to have an announcement of £100 million last week from the prime minister and we are going to look very carefully at how we spend that £100 million in different prisons in different ways to meet the challenges that face us. no pledge from lucy thaisa to resign

if she doesn't make improvements in prisons, but i think there is a recognition that what he did brought about some positive changes. it did make an impact by strong leadership and investment and targeted action. some people dismiss that as a gimmick and there is an acknowledgement that there are huge problems elsewhere 16 jails waited is causing serious concern. let's take a look at some of the other main stories on bbc news this hour. the number of eu citizens coming to the uk is at its lowest level for six years, according to new figures. the office for national statistics said the number of eu citizens moving to the uk for work has halved since the brexit referendum in 2016. yesterday, the ons said the new figures should be treated as experimental after finding problems in its data gathering. a 25—year—old man who was arrested on suspicion of murdering the hull university student libby squire has been

released under investigation. the body of the 21—year—old was found in march, more than six weeks after she was reported missing. ryanair says the vast majority of its flights to and from uk airports went ahead without disruption today, despite a 48—hour strike by some of its pilots. union members are in a dispute with the airline about pay and conditions. apple has advised owners of its new credit card to keep it away from leather and denim. the company has warned that keeping the card in a leather wallet or in the pocket of a pair ofjeans could cause "permanent discolouration". would you be prepared to ditch your car to help curb climate change? that's precisely what mps on a commons committee are suggesting in a new report. a target to cut the uk's greenhouse gas emissions to zero overall by 2050 was passed into law earlier this year.

but mps on the science and technology select committee say ministers can't achieve sufficient cuts by just relying on drivers swapping to cleaner versions of their vehicles. ministers say they're working to put the right policies in place. let's go to reading now and speak to racing driver and journalist rebecca jackson. would you be prepared to ditch your car? it is very unlikely that many people are going to be prepared to ditch their car. there are other ways in which you can reduce your fuel consumption and to do things that are more environmentally friendly but touching your car com pletely friendly but touching your car completely is quite unlikely. you are not dismissing the science, it is the practicality of what is being advised? exactly. it is a very strong industry for this country worth £82 billion with value added of £20 billion. manufacturers from all over the world built in the uk

and the idea is to keep them happy and the idea is to keep them happy and not close the door to them. the practicality of not owning your car, for some people it will work, if you live in a city and are in a low emission zone you may consider hiring a carto emission zone you may consider hiring a car to venture out of the city are using public transport. that takes us into the potential territory of incentives. particularly in rural areas your argument would be that if the public transport were better than might be a reason for people to ditch their cars? yes, there are plenty of rural areas where there may be a bus once and ever. it could be quite costly to catch a taxi to the train station and the trait is quite expensive, so in those areas it would be hard pushed to get people to part with their cars. we are talking about what is being regarded as the climate crisis and therefore at some point we might have to contemplate doing something that will cause us

discomfort and a degree of inconvenience, and that moment might be drawing near. there could be a number of other options we look at, for example with the increase in online shopping there are plenty of orders being delivered in highly polluting vans. i don't know if anyone has considered that. also the amount of packaging years that the amount of packaging years that the amount of packaging years that the amount of energy required to build the vehicles in the first place regardless of whether they are greener or traditionally powered and the energy required to manufacture the energy required to manufacture the packaging but when your items cannot simply throw away. you list a number of things that potentially could be done but there is a degree of passing the buck here if we see everybody else to do this but there of us who have a car unlike driving it will stick with what we do it. with 60 million people in this country if everybody does a little piece to contribute towards being more environmentally friendly, life is all about balance. if everybody

did something small that would make a huge difference so on saturday if you are going out with your friends and you are meeting somewhere instead of taking separate cars why don't you bundle into one car? if you are going to the shops next wednesday walk instead of drive. there are a number of things we can do and we can all play a role in that. breaking news. a man who filmed a cardboard model of grenfell tower being burned has been found not guilty. it was uploaded to two groups on what's up on bonfire night last year and showed a cardboard block of flats with the name g re nfell tower block of flats with the name grenfell tower written on the side being put into a fire and figures we re being put into a fire and figures were displayed in the windows. according to what was played out in court. he claimed he never intended

the video to be shared. he said the figures on the model represented him and his friends are not the residents of grenfell tower. the seniorjudge at the end of this hearing has criticised the prosecution for disclosing some evidence only late this afternoon and described the timing as appalling and highly unsatisfactory and said a potential miscarriage of justice was avoided only by the defence barrister keeping his wits about him, and thejudge said she would be demanding an explanation from a senior police officer in the case. we will update before the end of the summer. —— macro this hour. all this week on bbc news, we're looking at the issues facing farmers in our focus on farming series.

this afternoon, we're looking at the mental health challenges that farming can bring. the often solitary nature of the profession means it's not the easiest lifestyle for people experiencing mental health issues. in the past five years, a charity for farmers says nearly a third of its cases now involve poor mental wellbeing. phil mackie is on a farm in shropshire. we are at a farm in shropshire. the noise you can hear in the background is connected to the milking. this is a precarious business. dairy farming has been hit in shropshire and there area has been hit in shropshire and there are a lot of dairy farms here. there are a lot of dairy farms here. there are no networks to help people suffering loneliness and depression —— now networks. you have answered the phone and spoken to people in crisis. what kinds of things were people ringing up and talking to you about? all sorts of things. a lot of loneliness, isolation, in the countryside, and the fact that

everybody is related to everybody else. in farming people have to keep theirend up. else. in farming people have to keep their end up. they could not really talk to anybody because it would get out. things go round that you cannot admit defeat. you have to keep that bit better. you cannot say i am feeling or there is a problem. we a lwa ys feeling or there is a problem. we always think of farmers as being robust but yet they face difficult moments and perhaps do not have people to turn to. working on their own, and farms have got bigger, and the machinery has got bigger, so the farm workers are not on the farm like there used to be. when i was a child there would be five or six men on the farm and there was always that banter and now there is none of that. because of automation. people do not see anybody all day long. the local pub has disappeared as well.

lot of village pubs seem to be having a very rough time, but that is one of the reasons why mobile phones are good because people can bring somebody up when they are working on the tractor and they can talk to people. there are different things there and they have someone they can talk to. you said you are a bit of a softy because you keep talking to them and you would find... you would like them to talk things out. it is not often you talking to them, it is getting them to talk and you listen. one of the most important thing volunteers do is listen. it is always the last thing that somebody tells you that is the most important. it is like the doctor always says, what the patient says going out the door is the thing they have really come for. are we getting better at this?” don't think farmers have. no. you can't admit it because somebody

might know. you can't let your next—door neighbour know. these cars obviously think they know!m next—door neighbour know. these cars obviously think they know! it is a really difficult problem and not just for people in the farming community, the people in the rural... places like shropshire are wonderful places to come and visit but if you live here you might be miles from anywhere and you perhaps do not have great broadband connection in the village pub and have shot and perhaps there are not those people to talk to so volunteer organisations provide a vital service. there are moments where people are at the darkest and lowest point where that person to talk to can fighting has proved a literal life—saver. can fighting has proved a literal life-saver. we do notjust help farmers, we help anybody in the rural community.

the headlines on bbc news: the french president tells borisjohnson the irish backstop is "indespensible" — despite the pm wanting to scrap it. why a no deal brexit could lead to more domestic waste ending up in landfill sites in england — especially in the north. no river in the uk is currently safe to swim in — that's the stark warning from scientists about the levels of sewage in our waterways. it's gcse results day, and there has been a slight increase in the pass rate and the percentage of top grades this year, despite concerns about the difficulty of the exams. more than 700,000 teenagers in england, wales and northern ireland have been opening their envelopes. students in england are now on the new number system — with a to g grades replaced by1 to 9 — where 9 is the equivalent of an a* or higher. only 837 students across england got 9s — compared with thousands who used to get a stars. here's our education correspondent frankie mccamley.

i personallyjust want to do really well in my history gcse. that is what i want to do going forward into the future. i think i will definitely be very nervous. i am ok at the moment, but when i have got them in my hand i'm going to be so scared of seeing them. ijust think i've realised that there is nothing i can do about it any more. you sit in the exam hall, you do what you do, pen down, that's it, that or you could have done. these feelings will resonate with thousands of teenagers across the country who are heading back to school to get their results. it is the most nerve—racking day of their academic lives. this is the school hall in shropshire where pupils did their exams just a couple of months ago. they were sat in rows, heads down, concentrating. there was a lot at stake. but today, the same hall, same teenagers, a very different atmosphere.

tears ofjoy, shock, and some very proud parents. i'm so happy, i thought i was going to fail. i'm so relieved. i am so happy. very happy. surprised at all? english. i didn't expect to do... i wasn't expecting to pass english. students here in england sat the reformed gcses, graded numerically, from 1 being the lowest, to 9 being the highest. at this school in wales students are still graded a* to g. and here in northern ireland there is a mixture of grades. across england, wales and northern ireland, there has been a slight increase in the percentage of papers given the top marks. at least a 7 or a grade a, up by 0.3% and the highest since 2015. overall, the gcse pass rates of as or c and above edged up to 67.3%.

a higher number of girls are passing their exams than boys, but the gap has narrowed for the second year to 8.8%. the slight increase in grades is despite concerns the exams are getting tougher, which the head teacher here agrees with. i think they are a real challenge. i think a number of colleagues would say they have seen a—level content coming down into the new gcse spec, and indeed they are hugely challenging. the government says it is trying to raise standards. they are a better preparation for the next stage of education and indeed work and training. and, if we remember, back in 2010 we were facing concerns from employers about whether school leavers were prepared for the world of work. and for some teenagers they will be heading into the world of work, for others it is a—levels and apprenticeships are also on the cards. frankie mccamley,

bbc news, shropshire. there's only one week left to make a claim for the mis—selling of payment protection insurance or ppi. the financial conduct authority says a total of £36 billion has already been paid out. our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz, reports. radio advert: don't be the one who never bothered to claim... michelle from gravesend, in kent, has already won a pp! pay—out. that's how she bought the new car she's driving, with some of the £22,000 of compensation for decades of charges to her m&s credit card. i was just shocked, really shocked, you know, taken aback, because you just don't expect that amount of money. what do you think are the lessons to be learnt from this? i'd like to think that everybody is sitting and thinking really carefully about the ethics behind what they're selling and is it right for the individual? tv advert: it's too late for me but it's not too late for you... now, the financial conduct authority

wants more people to claim, like michelle, before its deadline next thursday. that's if you were sold payment protection insurance you didn't want or need. there have been 12 million claims upheld, £36 billion paid out, on average £2000 each. behind much of that, a claims management industry trying to get a cut. have you had a ppi? i've had money back from them. you have? yes. how much did you get? about 4,000. i'm just fed up with it all. the letters we get keep coming, everything, ijust get fed up with it all. there is literally billions of pounds more that the banks have set aside to pay out when people claim, which is why claims management companies are having a final push to try and get you to use them to manage a claim for a charge. whereas, in fact, you can do it direct to the bank for free. claims companies have raked in nearly £4 billion in fees

by handling people's claims, but they reject the charge that they've been parasites. consumers, en masse, aren't worried about the fee because they are getting back money that in many cases... it runs at about 80% of people that we help never knew that they were due any money back because they did not think that they were mis—sold. michelle used a free service resolver to get her big ppi pay—out and you can go straight to your bank's website and fill in a form at no charge. simon gompertz, bbc news, in kent. time for a look at the weather. the weather is set to get hotter over the next few days and into the weekend some of us will see significant rises in temperatures, up significant rises in temperatures, up to around 30 degrees. the hottest weather will be across eastern england and last for a couple of days before temperatures start to

ease a little bit. it could still be pretty warm next week. we have had some sunshine in the south but it has been rather gloomy further north with rain working on to northern england and scotland. overnight it is where we see the wettest weather in western areas. there will be some rain pushing through the central belt reaching history in scotland. a little bit lighter and more patchy across eastern areas. further south, some patchy cloud across the north and west of the uk. a largely dry night with a few clear spells. the clea nest night with a few clear spells. the cleanest spells towards the south—east and a milder night. tomorrow the band of rain starts across the north of mainland scotla nd across the north of mainland scotland and ends up in shetland as we had three friday afternoon. further south quite a bit of quiet but that will break up through the day with spells of sunshine and in the sunshine it is going to become warmer if not hotter. temperatures

reaching a high of 28 celsius in london tomorrow afternoon. it gets even hotter than that as we head into the weekend. winds coming from the near continent which will boost to the temperatures. we have a weather front across the western side of the country is not an entirely dry start to the weekend with a few showers across western areas. the cloud both on and big during the morning with long spells of sunshine and that will send those temperatures skywards. getting warmer further north—west 23 and edinburgh and newcastle. sunday a fairly straightforward day weather wise. for most of us a fine day with spells of sunshine but there could bea spells of sunshine but there could be a few patches of cloud around the north sea but away from that plenty of sunshine and warm weather as temperatures continue to rise. 2a in edinburgh on 22 in belfast.

uncertainty for monday. we may see showers break out and those temperatures perhaps coming down by a degree or two. all. the eu will not give up the irish backstop. that was his response to borisjohnson's key demand as he tries to renegotiate the brexit deal. translation: the key elements of this agreement, including the irish backstop, are notjust technical constraints or legal quibbling, but are genuine, indispensable guarantees. but the prime minister says it won't be uk that puts up a physical border between northern ireland and the republic. under no circumstances will the uk government be instituting, imposing, checks or controls of any kind at that border. so, is this the brexit blame game? also on the programme...