family to which he belonged will never forget him. and we pray, especially for his family and close friends, for whom andrew's death as left such emptiness will stop may we with them know a healing touch, peace in our confusion and light in our dark times through the love we share with one another. so, in this moment, let us still our busy hearts and minds, as we remember our colleague and friend andrew in silence now. whistle

at this moment, as we come face to

face with death, let us draw close in love, travel together in these difficult hours and days and open our hearts to comfort one another. may love and peace rest with you and those whom you love and with those who love you, today and always. thank you, helen. that now is the conclusion to this short remembrance ceremony. please take the time, if you can, to look at the wonderful tributes and flowers to andrew. this is just tributes and flowers to andrew. this isjust a small tributes and flowers to andrew. this is just a small part of the many tributes that have been laid at the scene of andrew's death and also received by the force from both

police colleagues, fire, ambulance, military and members of the public as well, and a true reflection of how andrew's passing has been felt by us locally, but also by the rest of the country. thank you for coming andi of the country. thank you for coming and i wish you well for the rest of the day. thank you. the scene at sulhamstead in berkshire where that minute's silence has been held to mark pc andrew harper who died while responding to a reported crime, this time last week, you saw the chief co nsta ble time last week, you saw the chief constablejohn time last week, you saw the chief constable john campbell speaking before him introducing the silence, the thames valley police chaplain helen arnold. family members there marking the respects. and as you saw from those other pictures we were showing you during the silence, so many displays of support around the country, use of pictures from

birmingham, liverpool, bridgend, there has been support online, leicestershi re there has been support online, leicestershire police chief co nsta ble leicestershire police chief constable simon cole was saying his force would observe the silence. kent police's road policing unit tweeting their support as well. the royal berkshire fire and rescue service, which works within thames valley's force area had also responded saying that staff would be standing in solidarity after the initial announcement was liked and shared hundreds of times. words as well from pc andrew harper's mother today, debbie, among family members paying tribute to her son after thanking police officers, paramedics and the public. she said this, "going on to my nearest and dearest andrew harper, our lives have been torn apart, " and his closest family

of late, lissie. he was always the most balanced, calm, caring but loving and hilariously funny character. adding everything he did was with a smile. weirdly, she says i can't even remember a time that he was angry or in a bad mood. she finished her tribute by saying, we are devastated and bereft and andrew has always lived with dignity, honour and calmness and we intend to grieve in this way. a big part of me has gone with you. i can't imagine our lives going forward but we will do so with you in our hearts. the words of andrew harper's mother in tribute to her son. otherfamily members have paid tribute in the last few hours as well, the office of‘s father and stepmother, his brother shaun, and his sister amy who said this, it takes my breath away every time the realisation sets

in that i never get to see you again. but we were so, so lucky to all be together for the wedding just four weeks ago, which was perfect. you always brought us together. and of course, those scenes that you are witnessing in sulhamstead go a few miles away to wallingford in oxfordshire which is where pc andrew harper comes from, and you will have seen coverage in harper comes from, and you will have seen coverage in recent days of the various tributes people in that town have been paying to him led by a close friend who put a blue ribbon up close friend who put a blue ribbon up outside his plant nursery. that idea caught on. so many others in shop windows, round street lamps, in just ordinary houses have put thin blue ribbons up to acknowledge their support for pc andrew harper's family might people continue to stand in silence there at sulhamstead, which is the police training centre close to where he was killed. just one other line of

tribute, and this is a reference to what his widow lissie harper has said of him, that he was the kindest, loveliest, most selfless person you will ever meet. she said, you were brave, funny and always there for anyone who needed it. and she added as well that her husband loved being a police officer and a lwa ys loved being a police officer and always wanted to keep everyone safe, especially me, she said. you went the extra mile whenever you could and genuinely cared for everyone. the lights have dimmed on all of our lives now that you are no longer here but it's no surprise that even when you are gone you are still keeping us all going, the words of pc harper's widow lissie, is that minute's silence is held at sulhamstead and marked, as you saw, by other forces around the country.

world leaders have expressed concern at the record number of wildfires continuing to blaze in brazil's amazon rainforest. the french president, emmanuel macron, tweeted "our house is burning," and has called for the issue to be discussed as a matter of "international concern" at this weekend's g7 summit in biarritz. brazil's president jair bolsonaro responded by accusing mr macron of "a misplaced colonialist mindset" and using the issue for "political gain". this map shows the extent of the problem, with more than 2,500 active fires currently in the brazilian amazon — which is a vital carbon store that slows down the pace of global warming. data from brazil's space agency says there have been more than 75,000 wildfires so far this year — double the total number in 2013. that's an 85% increase on the same period last year. conservationists have blamed mr bolsonaro‘s government for the amazon's plight,

saying that he has encouraged loggers and farmers to clear the land. ramzan kamali reports. the fires in brazil's rainforest rage on. this year, there's been a record number. satellites have identified over 75,000, most of them located in the amazon basin. the situation has become increasingly worse over the past three weeks, with smoke from the raging fires now covering more than half the country. france's president, emmanuel macron, has labelled the situation in the amazon an "international crisis" that needs to be on top of the agenda at the g7 summit, which kicks off saturday, in the french seaside town of biarritz. but the brazilian president said the comment evokes a colonialist mindset, and hit out at the international criticism in a facebook video. translation: those countries that send money here, they're not doing it for charity. i hope everyone can understand that. they're doing it because they

have a vested interest. they want to interfere with our sovereignty. the president has, for the first time, acknowledged that farmers in the amazon are starting fires to clear the land. but he's also accused non—governmental organisations. conservationists blame his government, saying he has encouraged uncontrolled logging and clearings. translation: actually, it's bolsonaro who is responsible for what is happening in the amazon. he promotes policies that encourage environmental crime, which make culprits feel comfortable. worryingly, president bolsonaro admitted brazil doesn't have the resources to fight the flames. with the amazon being home to the world's largest tropical forest, it's seen as a vital tool to counter global warming. ramzan kamarli, bbc news.

angela merkel has described the wildfires as an acute emergency and says it belongs on the g7 agenda. i've been discussing the possible environment impact of the wildfires in brazil's amazon with richard george, head of forests at greenpeace. what's really alarming is that this isn't an accident. it said deliberate result of the president's policies. he's been encouraging farmers to go and clear the amazon to grow crops like soya and cattle. he's saying that there is insufficient help for brazil to counter this problem, leaving the politics of this aside for a moment. do you accept that that is at least part of the story? i think the fires at the scale they are at now it's almost impossible to put out so we have a real global crisis on our hands. president macron last night

was tweeting that the g7 should be discussing this but bolsonaro immediately rejected those advances. something has to be done. we cannot allow the amazon to go up in flames. when you look at the political approach, particularly president macron's, the response to that has been don't talk about my country if i'm not part of the discussions. would that engagement have been a better way? until very recently there was extensive engagement from european countries with president bolsonaro and with brazil. there was an amazon fund set up as part of the global fight against climate change to pay brazil for amazon protection. just last week germany and norway pulled out because of the way that bolsonaro was undermining that fund, so yes, we do need to be engaging brazil, but unfortunately president bolsonaro continues to reject any effort by world leaders to support him in preventing this crisis, and let's not forget he is the one fueling the crisis. he is the one encouraging farmers to destroy forests. he is creating a situation that the world needs to respond to. if the destruction continues at this speed, what are we talking about in terms of the wider implications of that?

nothing less than any serious climate catastrophe. the amazon rainforest, if it is unable to continue to function as the lungs of the planet, means that any chance of preventing climate breakdown will be out the window, really. that's why it's so urgent that we act. the lungs of the planet comment — my understanding of that is your argument would be that you get to a certain point in terms of the level of destruction and then a cycle tends to follow and it's very hard to reverse that. that's right, and we're already seeing this in the amazon at the moment, so normally rainforest is very wet, even in the dry season. it does not burn like this. but steady degradation, logging and development to make way for farms, clearance of the forest, leaves the forest vulnerable to fire. unfortunately it isn't just the amazon. we are seeing exactly the same situation in indonesia, russia and many other forests all over the world, so the amazon is very iconic.

it is one of the world's most im porta nt forests and we have a global forests crisis. our estimate is about 50 million hectares of forest, an area twice the size of the uk has been lost in the last ten years alone so we really need to get to grips with us. a young boy has died after becoming unwell at a holiday resort in wiltshire. emergency services were called to center parcs in longleat on saturday afternoon. a spokeswoman for center parcs said it was "deeply saddened by the tragic news" and that their thoughts were with the child's family. great british bake offjudge prue leith will advise the government on how to improve the quality of food served at nhs hospitals in england. the review aims to set new standards for the 140 million meals served every year. it follows the deaths of six people due to an outbreak of listeria, linked to pre—packaged sandwiches and salads in some hospitals. what we want this review to do is actually to look at where these best practices are happening. we need to learn from those, we want to actually understand where the gaps in the system are,

so that we can help people eat a healthy diet in hospital so that they can get — their path to recovery is much quicker and we can keep our vital hospital staff healthy and well by giving them access to great food as well. here's celebrity chef prue leith explaining why she got involved with this review. i've spent most of my working career, and that's sort of 50 years, worrying about public food. i just think the whole world should eat well and have access to healthy food and so on. so, it's sort of natural, so over the years i've campaigned quite often with different organisations about hospital food because it seems to me so obvious that if you're in a hospital you need to be fed healthily, food is medicine. but it's notjust about health, it's about pleasure. i mean, why not take the opportunity of lunch or supper to give patients, who are not having a joyous time in hospital, no one's there voluntarily, a bit of pleasure in their lives?

you know, to put a smile on their face. we can speak now to professorjohn ashton, who is the former north—west regional director of public health — he joins us via webcam. if you had the chance to prioritise one thing that would make a big difference to hospital food what would it be? we need to bring back some kitchens. a hospital without a kitchen is like a hospital without an operating theatre. it is correct to say that food as medicine. it is grotesque that we have had a situation that has allowed to develop where kitchens have been closed down and we are buying food and from outside and sandwiches, for goodness' sake, most people in hospital are elderly or frail, their immune systems may be compromised, they probably haven't been eating particularly well at home, having good but safe food is absolutely

pa rt good but safe food is absolutely part of their treatment. i cannot understand why we have a celebrity chef looking at best. what we need isa chef looking at best. what we need is a public—health review and way it has been possible for savages to be contaminated in the food chain. part of this is the privatisation of the third supply to hospitals but a big pa rt third supply to hospitals but a big part of it as well is what has happened to local public health system since 2013. we are told there is going to be a root and branch review. does that encourage you? root and branch celebrity chef. goodness me. what root and branch means ten years to get the environmental health departments back up to strength, to give local directors of health freedom to speak out on these matters. many of them are being lined managed by local directors of social service. it is bizarre the situation we now have in local authorities. this country

established a model for public health throughout the world for 150 yea rs health throughout the world for 150 years and we have taken it apart in the last six years. this is a wake—up call. it is like the canary in the coal mine. it is telling us the system is fragile and vulnerable and these things will continue to happen until we put public health back on a proper fitting at the local level. how much of this is an argument about money? some of it is about money but a lot of it is about the way we completely messed up the arrangements. they have created national agencies like the food standards agency and the environment agency and they have enough trouble talking to each other at the national level. they have no idea what is happening on the ground. the local level is being weakened. the clinical side of public health has been whittled away from local authorities because local

authorities because local authorities will not pay medical salaries to people employed in local government. the medical public health people have been moving into jobs in public health england that they can get the chance and they have much more of a nationalfocus, supposedly keeping ministers safe, but this has made ministers very vulnerable, this episode. thank you. today marks the start of the big getaway, as millions of people travel to make the most of the bank holiday weekend, so what can they expect and what should they be watching out for? i am joined in the studio by our correspondent, andy moore. a couple of factors that may make it trickier this weekend. one is the good weather. we might have the hottest ba n k good weather. we might have the hottest bank holiday weekend ever. another one is that a lot of us seem

to be staying at home this bank holiday weekend. 8.6 million britons planning an overnight trip in the uk as opposed to 7.3 last year. the rac and the travel organisation say it is going to be busy on the roads between 11 and is expected today. some of the particular problem areas, the m25 predicted to be at a traffic jam this areas, the m25 predicted to be at a trafficjam this afternoon and similar between chester and st helens. motoring organisations saying if you can't possibly leave it until this evening, 9pm tonight, before you travel. what about the railways ? before you travel. what about the railways? on the road network a lot of the roadworks are removed to allow the flow of traffic. it is an opposite situation on the trains we are, because there are less people

travelling they do a lot of work bank holiday weekend and that is true this weekend so at kings cross it will be closed completely tomorrow and sunday. a lot of work being done to rationalise the lines out of king's cross. they are calling it king's cross uncrossed. a lot of work going on there. a lot of work going on at newark and some problems at euston, not as bad as king's cross but some restrictions to travel at london euston. in the air, how does that impact? manchester airport is protecting its busiest day and 81 years. 115,000 people going into and out of manchester today. no problems we are aware of at the moment. the strike at heathrow that was due to happen today was postponed some time ago. ryanair there is a second day of

strike action but no major problems yesterday and the airline is saying they are operating as normal today. a daily pill, containing four medicines, can cut the number of heart attacks and strokes by a third in developing countries, new research suggests. the polypill contains blood—thinning aspirin, a cholesterol—lowering statin and two drugs to lower blood pressure, and it costs just pennies a day. a five—year study on the drug was carried out in villages in iran. coronary heart disease and stroke are the top two causes of death worldwide. the main advantage to using a polypill in the uk practice would be that it allows people to take one tablet a day

instead of taking several tablets a day for prevention of cardiovascular disease. that would be the main advantage. that would be a modest advantage. the main use of this type of strategy is going to be in developing countries. google has shut down 210 channels on youtube, which it said were part of a "coordinated" attempt to post material about the ongoing protests in hong kong. the internet giant has linked the move to similar action by twitter and facebook earlier this week — but stopped short of explicitly accusing china of a state—backed misinformation campaign. the low—cost airline ryanair has been rated as the uk's worst firm for customer service, out of 100 businesses listed by the consumer website which. alongside ryanair, customers are least satisfied with scottish power, bt, talktalk and virgin media. the best performing brands for customer service were first direct, lakeland, m&s, waitrose and waterstones. glasgow university has announced it will spend spend £20 million in reparations after finding out it benefited by tens of millions of pounds from the slave trade. later today, a memorandum

of understanding will be signed in partnership with the university of the west indies. the money, to be raised over the next 20 years, will be spent on setting up and running the glasgow—caribbean centre for development research. it's meant to be a celebration of art and culture, but female performers at the edinburgh fringe are experiencing sexual harassment on a daily basis while out promoting their shows. numerous women have told the victoria derbyshire programme about their experiences, which include sexual assault. the union for actors says this year they've received a record number of complaints from their members who are at the fringe. chris hemmings reports. the edinburgh fringe is the largest a rts the edinburgh fringe is the largest arts festival in the world. the population of the city doubles as people flock to shows. about 3 million tickets are sold across the month of the festival, with theatre,

comedy, music, cabaretand much month of the festival, with theatre, comedy, music, cabaret and much more on offer. visitors to the french are often lured by big names but there also many hundreds of other productions that don't have the big budget for a marketing campaign and instead the traditional way to spread the word is to come here, the royal mail. successful wiring can have a huge impact on ticket sales but now some women are speaking out against the harassment they have experience from men while out promoting their show. this women experience sexual assault last year at the fringe and this year she is here to promote and show she is promoting and she is reluctant to go out on the mile. three men who were twice if not three times my age harassed me and cornered me and said they would only take a flyer in exchange for my phone number. things

took a turn for the worse when one day i was around the venue and distracted and a man who was coming towards me pretended to brush something of my thigh and then moved his hand forcefully up my skirt. you came here to be part of a show and a big element of this is giving out flyers, so you have had to do that. i have been nervous and apprehensive andi i have been nervous and apprehensive and i have been altering my behaviour are not putting in effort in to my appearance to try to avoid any kind of harassment. we heard from other women about their experiences of harassment at the french. these four guys in their 20s came up to me and started mimicking what i was saying. then before they left one of them tried to shove a flyer down my top. i could not face going out again after that to give out flyers. i was out this week and a man stopped me on the street and started staring at me and when i

askedif started staring at me and when i asked if he wanted a flyer he said no, ijust asked if he wanted a flyer he said no, i just want to steer it to you. the president of the acting union says they have had more reports than ever about sexual harassment. what happens when you have streets full of people there is a slight level of hysteria, which is fabulous, and one of the reasons the festival is so great, but it seems to release this underbelly of bad behaviour. we are getting more reports about so it is a funny next year, a balance of that we are delighted people coming forward but we would rather it was a world where it was not happening so we are trying to deal with that but we are trying to deal with that but we have to get the people who are behaving badly to stop bad bad behaviour. it is completely unacceptable. if you are worried phone the police and they will help you.

the duke and duchess of cambridge have taken their children on a scheduled budget airline flight from norwich to aberdeen. it comes after prince harry and his wife meghan were criticised for their use of private jets this week. the royal couple reportedly took four private jet journeys in 11 days, despite often speaking out on environmental issues. sir eltonjohn defended the duke and duchess of sussex saying that he provided them and their baby son with a private flight in order "to maintain a high level of much—needed protection". there were and sunny weather is coming to us. temperatures will be on the rise over the bank holiday weekend. this is the satellite imagery at the moment with clear skies toward the moment with clear skies toward the moment with clear skies towards eastern and southern parts. still a few holes in the cloud over northern ireland on the east of scotland and some rain

affecting the far north of scotland which will continue to clear away to the north and there will be sunny spells developing. sunshine across england and wales through this afternoon and maximum temperatures of 2a to 27 celsius. even into the 20s in scotland and northern ireland. the rain will continue to clea n ireland. the rain will continue to clean away from the northern isles. some clear skies. it is not going to bea some clear skies. it is not going to be a cold night. this is the outlook over the weekend. the long weekend for england and wales. 31 celsius in london on sunday. just the chance of a few showers, particularly on saturday in the west on sunday over higher ground.

hello. this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines... remembering pc andrew harper. a minute of silence has been observed for the officer killed in the line of duty a week ago.

angela merkel oppose president macron's warnings of an international crisis as wildfires burnin international crisis as wildfires burn in the amazon. the brazil leader is facing heavy criticism. a daily pill containing four medicines could help developing countries cut the number of strokes and heart attacks by a third. sport now. and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. the second day of the third ashes test is underway and england are already in all sorts of trouble. first of all, jason roy lasted less than 20 minutes this morning, caught off the bowling of josh hazlewood forjust nine runs. then captainjoe root followed not long after, caught in exactly the same way off the same bowler. england are chasing australia's first innings target of 179 at headingley — they're currently 10 for 2.

follow it live with the test match special team on 5 live sports extra and via the bbc sport website. it is a huge day for bury football club. they have until midnight tonight to avoid being expelled from the english football league, who want evidence that they can pay off their debts and make it through the league one season. john watson is at bury market for us this morning john watson is at barry market for us john watson is at barry market for us this morning. it is a hugely significant day but at the owner will have to demonstrate he has the finances for the many available, to secure the future of the club. that is looking very unlikely at this late stage. the alternative finding a potential buyer for this club, as it kicked down towards the deadline of midnight tonight. we understand there are four offers not one more serious offer on the table but talks would need to be to very advanced stage if there is to be any extension to the dead —— deadline tonight. an extension of 48 hours

may be possible if talks are at an advanced stage but that seems unlikely now. the fa will face questions as to why they're fit and proper persons test did not stand up when someone purchased a club for just £1. they will be asked whether they need to do more about potential owners and the funds available when it comes to purchasing clubs in the future. the manchester united manager ole gunner solskjaer says social media companies must stop the spread of hate. it's after his midfielder paul pogba was racially abused online after missing a penalty in united's premier league draw with wolves on monday. pogba was the third player in a week to be targeted, and solskjaer says that whilst the frenchman has the character to deal with it, more needs to be done to stop the abuse.

elsewhere, celtic beat swedish side aik in the first leg of their europa league play—off tie, whilst rangers were held to a goalless draw in warsaw. wolves, meanwhile, were hugely impressive as they won away in italy. striker rauljimenez with the pick of the goals as they beat torino 3—2. the return leg is at molyneux next thursday. and how about this? from linfield's shayne lavery. a brilliant solo effort as the northern irish side stunned ak oarabag from azerbaijan 3—2 in the first leg of their europa league play off in belfast. linfield are aiming to become the first irish league club to qualify for the group stages of the competition. conor mcgregor says he was "completely in the wrong," and will "face what's coming" after an altercation at a pub in dublin. video footage appears to show the former two—weight ufc champion punch a man in the head. he says seeing the video was like a "dagger to his heart," and that he will not hide from any punishment that might come his way. jim mallinder has been named the new performance director for scottish rugby —

leaving his post with the england set—up in the process. after a successful career in premiership rugby, mallinder took charge of england's young player pathway system in june 2018. but he's now moved to work with the scottish senior team, and says he's relishing his new role. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. the home secretary, priti patel, is to raise the issue of migrants crossing the channel by boat with her french counterpart — after more than 60 were intercepted by the border force yesterday. four vessels were stopped off the coast of kent, and two others were found on a beach in sussex. keith doyle has more. it was one of the busiest days yet for the border. they said they

we re yet for the border. they said they were from iran, guinea, kuwaitand the ivory coast. another 2a people arrived in two votes in sussex and we re arrived in two votes in sussex and were detained by the authorities. —— boats. sussex police said it was very concerned by another boat. more than 900 people, including 80 children, have crossed the channel in small boats this year. the home office says it is working closely at all levels with french authorities to try and stop people making the perilous crossing. the home secretary is due to speak to her french counterpart in the coming days to discuss what more can be done. the channel is the world's busiest shipping lane and anyone trying to cross it in a small boat is taking a huge risk. the latest attempt by bangladeshi officials to repatriate rohingya refugees to myanmar has failed. no—one turned up to board the vehicles to take them back across the border. in recent years, thousands have

sought refuge in bangladesh, fleeing violence by the military in myanmar. the government there had approved the return of more than 3,000 but what happens next is unclear, as leigh milner reports. there were buses waiting to take people back to myanmar but no rush to board them. translation: until now, of the families interviewed, we have not found anybody willing to go. but we expect that, any moment, they may change their mind to go. this is the second attempt to repatriate some of the rohingya refugees. the first one was just as unsuccessful. since 2017, around 700,000 rohingya muslims have fled persecution in the northern rakhine province of myanmar from neighbouring bangladesh. myanmar refuses to recognise them as an ethnic group and denies them citizenship. translation: we will not go back. we want to go but along with armed forces from other countries. i am still scared, as they tortured

thousands of people and killed many of my relatives, so i am scared to go back. lam scared. translation: if they release all our people now injail, then we will go back, otherwise we will not go back. if we get back our homes, land and belongings, then we will go. we are ready to go back. the failed repatriation efforts come as a un report revealed the extent to which the myanmar military systematically used sexual violence, including gang rape, as part of a strategy to intimidate the rohingya in 2016 and 2017. and the un themselves have doubts that myanmar is ready for the return of the refugees. we do not think that the situation is yet ready for any significant return but i think we need to work to make it ready. we need to work so that the situation can be conducive for return —

that there can be safety. the failed repatriation effort this week coincides with the second anniversary of the 2017 crackdown in rakhine. for the majority at cox's bazar, the prospect of returning home still remains an unlikely outcome. farming is one of the uk's biggest and most important industries...but it's ageing. the average farm owner is 60 years old and most of the time farms are passed down within families. the national federation of young farmers is warning more needs to be done to breathe new life into the industry. as part of our week long series focusing on farming issues, gareth barlow looks at whether agriculture is facing an ageing crisis. farming can be a tough business, not just battling against the weather, but also working long hours and trading in a challenging market.

but life in the open air, working with animals and growing food for a living, is a dream for many. we do get to live in a beautiful part of the world and do what we enjoy. david and becca are beef farmers in cumbria. neither of them come from a farming background, and it was their initial lack of finance and farmland that were the biggest hurdles to overcome. we actually sat down with the bank a couple of times and... they literally laughed at us, didn't they? theyjust didn't get it. we were out there competing with people who'd been farming all their lives, people who had quite a lot of money and they could just go out and borrow a bit more to take on more land or anotherfarm. she's going to be a beautiful colour. so the pair got creative. they lived in a yurt for years and even crowd funded their cattle, all to get where they are today — running their own farm. their story is one of the more extreme examples of getting into agriculture. the national federation of young farmers' clubs says

the industry's future depends not just on innovation but also on more opportunities within biggerfarm businesses. we need new, excited young blood coming in, working as part of a business and, as they progress, progressing through the business structure, and there are opportunities for those people with their knowledge and experience, who want to take on their own unit. tom rawson milks 2,500 cattle on six farms across the uk. he says, "if the industry doesn't welcome new workers, farming will falter." we need people right across the spectrum. we don't want everybody to retire on the same day. likewise, we wouldn't want everybody that's inexperienced. it's a really good career for an awful lot of people. that calf over there, we need to go get that one and bring that one back in here. yeah, sure. jessica is 22. she traded a life pulling pints for a job on a dairy farm. it's life—changing. i wouldn't ever change my life now. just so much motivation for the job and it's probably the best

thing i've ever done. and that's the message farmers are keen to promote — that the uk's farmland is notjust pretty but a perfect place to work. gareth barlow, bbc news. we can cross now to redditch and speak to our correspondent there, david gregory. we are talking about the future of farming today. this is vertical farming. well is mid basil harvest here in redditch. to explain more about the future of farming, here is harry for that you are growing basil on an automated system. everything in here from start to finish is fully automated. some of the processes we had to do by hand but eventually we will get to the point

where it is end—to—end, completely automatic. there will be several levels of basil plants and salad plants. in theory you could go to as many levels as you like that we tend to stick to vital six because logistically it becomes a bit of a nightmare. what is the reason for growing indoors? is it more productive? space efficiency is a big thing. we think we had the most space efficient vertical farm on the market. we control everything in here. c02 levels are controlled, light intensity, irrigation patterns, humidity also, that is also controlled. let's see another bit of the farm. follow me. another idea harry has is about reusing waste product. the waste product is heat from the light? we like to reuse any waste. in the farm, the

lights produced quite a lot of waste heat. what we had done it we have taken some of the waste heat just using water and then we keep this hot tank in the water. this is a brewery. we keep a hot liquor tank at roughly 40 degrees. having a brewery will generate waste as well. what might you deal with waste from this place? we have a few ideas. one is spent grain which we will look to feedback to insects. then we are looking to feed the insects into a protein powder or protein feed for fish and other animals and then we can use the fish wasted feedback into the farm and hopefully have a circular economy. the kind of farm you could drop into redditch or any other industrial estate. we are on an industrial estate in redditch but a nyway an industrial estate in redditch but anyway you like. let me show you the

end result. if you have a brewery in basil, what you want to do is to produce a basil flavoured basil, what you want to do is to produce a basilflavoured beer and thatis produce a basilflavoured beer and that is what they had managed to do with the city really is the future offarming. with the city really is the future of farming. this team had done it from scratch in an industrial estate. this weekend marks one year until the start of the 2020 paralympic games in tokyo. more than 4,000 athletes will arrive to start training over the next few months, but how accessible is the city? our disability correspondent, nikki fox, has been to tokyo to find out. in a year's time, this city will be hosting the paralympic games, so not only will we see 4,000—odd athletes arriving with all kinds of disabilities, there will also be disabled media, spectators. josh! josh has lived here for 12 years.

he's now a japanese citizen and runs the website accessible japan, so who better to give me a tour? watashiwa nikki desu. oh, hajimemashite, josh. irasshaimase. i've lost you now. it's really busy, isn't it? yeah, it can be, especially during rush hour but if you avoid those peak times, it's still pretty easy to get around. i've always wanted to try this crossing. this is the famous crossing, isn't it? yes, this is the shibuya scramble. josh, we're going to die. come on, josh. i did wonder whether i'd survive the crossing. i don't think i'm ever seen a street this busy in my entire life. i'm going to follow you. so there's steps there. yeah, it would be fine if you had a ramp but there's no ramp at all, there's just a step to get in, so... is there anything you feel i will have a problem with when i'm here? yeah, there's a couple of issues, i think.

definitely hotels is one of the big ones. right now, there are only about 0.4% of the hotel rooms in japan are accessible. restaurants, traditionally a lot of restaurants will have a step into them. it sort of divides the house from the outside area and it's sort of an important cultural part ofjapan but it's a big barrier for people with disabilities. yeah. so what's it like getting around? is it generally ok? i usually only use public transportation — the buses and subways are over 90% accessible. so we've arrived at the station. oh, is that station? 0k. is that the lift you would use? yeah. you just tell them where you want to go and they'll put a slope down for you. when you get to your destination, there is someone waiting for you. if it was like that in london, i wouldn't drive everywhere. where are we going now? i am absolutely starving but we can't find anywhere to actually go. ok, we're not going to have a sandwich there. yeah.

there's starbucks but we can't get into starbucks either because there's a step. on the right—hand side, there is a department store. if in doubt, department store food. yeah. ok, on it. i sort of always wanted to live injapan and come tojapan. i think, with the paralympics coming, it will be a real opportunity for tokyo to learn how accessibility ideas and other ways of doing things from other areas in the world, with people coming with a variety of disabilities, so it will be a good opportunity for tokyo to expand. you must absolutely love it here. oh, forsure. yeah. in a moment, we'll have all the business news. but first the headlines on bbc news. remembering pc andrew harper, a minute of silence has been observed for the others are killed in the line of duty a week ago. angela

merkel echoes president macron's warnings of an international crisis as fires burn in the amazon. the brazilian leader faces heavy criticism. a daily pill containing four medicines could help developing countries cut the number of strokes and heart attacks. in the business news... the haulage company eddie stobart has suspended trading of its shares and announced its chief executive alex laffey will stand down. this comes as the firm looks into an accounting error. it revealed a £2 million discrepancy in its accounts last month. more bad news for ryanair. it's come bottom of a customer services survey of 100 companies for the sixth year in a row. respondents to the survey by which, branded the company greedy, sneaky and arrogant. us toy maker hasbro is buying the company behind peppa pig. it's paying more than £3 billion for entertainment one because it wants to expand

its entertainment business. when it comes to football, big super—clubs like spurs, manchester city and liverpool grab a lot of the attention. but some would argue the heart and soul of the game doesn't lie with big global brands but with smaller teams, supported by a band of loyal local supporters. that's why the fate of the league one team bury could say a lot about the state of the game. it's run into big financial issues and has until midnight onight to show it can pay off its creditors. if it doesn't, it'll get booted out of the english football league. mark palios is executive chairman of tranmere rovers and former boss of the fa. mark, thank you forjoining us. how did get into the situation?|j

mark, thank you forjoining us. how did get into the situation? i am not party to the fax but it is obvious they were overpaying in terms of wages being paid to players. that is one of the problems that are systemic in a game at this time. does it speak to the commercialisation of the game? i was talking about the big, global brands, the premier league teams. is the pressure to sort of aspire to that kind of status really hurting clu bs that kind of status really hurting clubs lower down pecking order?|j clubs lower down pecking order?” think back clubs lower down the pecking order don't actually aspire to that on a day—to—day basis. they are more realistic than that. it is the impact of having global players, such as the likes of manchester united and liverpool, who are global pairs and truly global players were starting to impact on what is truly a national league. the ability to do that. all of the clubs are linked through the pyramid system in this

country. these are businesses, said it is perhaps inevitable there will be tension between trying to best play on the field and yet maximise profits and appeal to audiences. yes. that is one of the things whereby, if you look, for example, at the retail industry, where consumers are protected by legislation, regulations, basically, to avoid anti—competition laws, and you look at sport, it is quite strange, professional sport is quite a strange environment. as an administrator yourjob is to maintain competition every season and reinvent that. if you are actually a business, yourjob is to kill off the competition. at some stage you do need to say you need some kind of regulation, whether it is player salary caps or quotas are players allowed to play from squads that may be global squads in local leagues, etc. there is a case for intervention in terms of regulation.

thank you so much forjoining us. let's have a look at what the markets are doing. that that c is doing well. better than most other european stock markets. —— the ftse. the biggest gainer is itv. the shopping centre company hammerson has also been doing well as investors react to a change in management structure. that is it from me. back to you. let's just show you a picture from the mediterranean. there is a lot of debate about what should happen to people currently stranded on a rescue ship in the mediterranean. 600 plus migrants are said to be stranded on board the ship, viking. six eu countries had agreed to take

in those people. multis may boats will therefore transfer the migrants to land and then they will be relocated to france, germany, ireland, luxembourg, portugal and romania. none will remain in malta, he has said that at the process of transferring the migrants to land is due to take place shortly. —— but the process. a dark symbol of the past. around 7000 items are on display. gas masks, pistols, flags. lessons of the war is still relevant today.

democracy is something you had to discuss, protect and take care of. this museum is absolutely necessary for the knowledge. as allied troops go towards paris, a three word announcement from their capital brings great news, paris is liberated. millions took to the streets when the allies entered the city in august, 1944. years of nazi rule were over, paris was finally free. the museum is built above a bunker used by resistance leaders during the war. in some ways, this is almost like hallowed ground. translation: in fact, there is an emotional aspect because we try to tell the story of how, deep underground, the resistance succeeded in organising the liberation. little by little, undercover, in the days before this great historic event. the museum will officially open on sunday, the date german soldiers finally surrendered, the day when occupation

became liberation. to the weather forecast now. much of august has been wet. this weekend is looking more promising is that this is the satellite imagery this morning. further south we have had lots of sunshine. that is the scene from one of our weather watchers in devon where there are clear blue skies. increasingly essential and extends to northern areas this afternoon. still cloudy in the north of scotla nd still cloudy in the north of scotland but the rain will clear away in the northern isles in the afternoon. temperatures still in their 20s in scotland and northern ireland. mid to high 20s across england and wales. in the night the rain will clear the northern isles. there will still be cloud in the

west of scotland, the western parts of northern ireland where there will be showers. elsewhere, clearskies into the start of the weekend. it will not be a cold night the into double figures. the start of the weekend looks pretty settled. with a south—easterly wind, really setting up, it willdrag south—easterly wind, really setting up, it will drag in the warm air from the near continent through france, iberia, and with high pressure nearby it will keep any rain bearing weather systems out towards the north and the west. there is a weak weather system to the west of the uk which will bring some cloud and one or to showers on saturday around the western areas. for the majority of us, it will be dry, sunny with clear blue skies from those parts of england and england and wales and it'll be even warmer. temperatures getting up into the high 20s. 30s in the south—east and the mid 20s in scotland and northern ireland. by sunday the risk of one or to showers in the west. we may catch the odd shower on the higher ground of northern england on

sunday. for most of us will be another dry day on sunday with some sunshine. it could be a bit warmer across sunshine. it could be a bit warmer across the southeast with temperatures up to 31 celsius. quite widely the temperatures in the mid to high 20s. going into bank holiday monday, high pressure is still there. it is about keeping their weather fronts out towards the west. a not of uncertainty as to how far is that weather front will come it could bring cloud and rain during monday but for england and wales, the long weekend, temperatures will once again beat up into the mid to high 20s, touching 30 celsius in the south east. —— the app. plenty of dry weather over the weekend. in the sunshine it will feel very warm. goodbye.

you're watching bbc newsroom live. it's midday and these are the main stories this morning: remembering pc andrew harper — a minute of silence is observed for the officer killed in the line of duty a week ago. we gather here one week from the tragic death of pc andrew harper, our dearly loved and respected colleague, friend and proud police officer, son, brother and husband. angela merkel echoes president macron's warnings of an international crisis,

as fires burn in the amazon. celebrity chef prue leith is being brought in to help a new review of hospital food. long delays are expected today, as millions of brits take to the roads and rail networks ahead of the bank holiday weekend. a daily pill containing four medicines could help developing countries cut the number of strokes and heart attacks by a third. and coming up in sport, it's deadline day for bury. the club has until midnight to show it can pay its debts or it could be thrown out of the football league. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live.

pc her propose my and friends joined officers and staff and leading the silence. his father described his son as a hero if not a superhero. the 28—year—old died after being hit bya car the 28—year—old died after being hit by a car after responding to reports ofa by a car after responding to reports of a burglary in berkshire. a28—year—old man has appeared in court charged with his murder. we remember and the high life was richerfor remember and the high life was richer for knowing remember and the high life was richerfor knowing him. we give thanks for all that he gave, his enthusiasm, his care for others, his commitment to policing. his police family, to which he belonged, will never forget family, to which he belonged, will neverforget him. and we pray,

especially for his family and close friends, for whom andrew's death has left such emptiness. maybe no peace in confusion and light and dark times through the love we share with one another. in this moment let us still our busy hearts and minds as we remember our colleague and friend andrew in silence. whistle blows the chief constable described andrew harper as dearly loved and respected. this is a time for gathering, time to pause at the time to reflect. we gather here one week

from the tragic of pc andrew harper ever dearly loved and respected colleague, son, brother and husband. we are here to offer our respect son to acknowledge his passing. we are now ina to acknowledge his passing. we are now in a different place and things feel very different. forces across the country paid their respects. the deputy police constable for the west midlands spoke ahead of their silence. we are gathered here one week from the tragic death of pc andrew harper, a dearly loved, respected and valued colleague, a friend and proud police officer of thames valley police, to offer our respect and acknowledge his passing. the death of pc andrew harper is truly dreadful and i have sent a message of support to my opposite

numberat the message of support to my opposite number at the pcc asking if he will convey to his family and to the rest of the force our condolences on this very sad death. there further indicates to us and reminds us of the wonderful work of our police office rs the wonderful work of our police officers do and how everyday they put their at risk. messages of condolence and minute's silences were also held by south wales police and by merseyside police as colleagues gathered outside police headquarters to pay their own respects to pc harper. world leaders have expressed concern at the record number of wildfires continuing to burn in brazil's amazon rainforest. the french president, emmanuel macron tweeted ‘our house is burning', and has called

for the issue to be discussed as a matter of ‘international concern' at this weekend's g7 summit in biarritz. brazil's president jair bolsonaro responded by accusing mr macron of "a misplaced colonialist mindset" and using the issue for "political gain". this map shows the extent of the problem with more than 2,500 active fires currently in the brazilian amazon — which is a vital carbon store that slows down the pace of global warming. data from brazil's space agency says there have been more than 75,000 wildfires so far this year — double the total number in 2013. that's an 85% increase on the same period last year. conservationists have blamed mr bolsonaro's government for the amazon's plight, saying that he has encouraged loggers and farmers to clear the land. ramzan kamali reports. the fires in brazil's rainforest rage on. this year, there's been a record number. satellites have identified over 75,000, most of them located in the amazon basin. the situation has become increasingly worse over the past three weeks, with smoke from the raging fires now

covering more than half the country. france's president, emmanuel macron, has labelled the situation in the amazon an "international crisis" that needs to be on top of the agenda at the g7 summit, which kicks off saturday, in the french seaside town of biarritz. but the brazilian president said the comment evokes a colonialist mindset, and hit out at the international criticism in a facebook video. translation: those countries that send money here, they're not doing it for charity. i hope everyone can understand that. they're doing it because they have a vested interest. they want to interfere with our sovereignty. the president has, for the first time, acknowledged that farmers in the amazon are starting fires to clear the land. but he's also accused non—governmental organisations. conservationists blame his government, saying he has encouraged uncontrolled logging and clearings. translation: actually, it's bolsonaro who is responsible for what is happening in the amazon.

he promotes policies that encourage environmental crime, which make culprits feel comfortable. worryingly, president bolsonaro admitted brazil doesn't have the resources to fight the flames. with the amazon being home to the world's largest tropical forest, it's seen as a vital tool to counter global warming. professor oliver phillips is chair of tropical ecology at the university of leeds. he joins me via webcam from essex. serious doesn't look to you?m clearly is very bad. some reports put theirs as one of the top two yea rs ever put theirs as one of the top two years ever in terms of amazon fires. what makes it stands out is every dry season we get this to some extent but this is not a

particularly dry dry season. it is just the kind of average one. this huge spike in deforestation and burning fires in brazil in particular is clearly largely related to policy differences from the government. the spread of them and the sheer number of them is baffling. yes. it is interesting it is not just brazil. baffling. yes. it is interesting it is notjust brazil. we often forget that brazil has by far the biggest amazon country. there are eight other nations that share part of the amazon basin and many of them had seen an increase amazon basin and many of them had seen an increase in fire this year as well, so there is something additional going on. i think a little bit of that is climate change, global eating if you like, because the systems are getting more stressed, but a lot of it is probably to do with external commodity demand. the reason for

these fires as demand for land, demand for products which people are consuming, either in brazil or other parts of the world. i described in the introduction this area is a vital carbon store what does that mean? in practicalterms there is about 100 billion tonnes of carbon locked up in amazon biomass, letting material of the amazon, and the soil which lies beneath it. what happens ina which lies beneath it. what happens in a typical year at the moment is this forest, as well as during that carbon, is also taking up quite a lot more, so it's basically, if you like, tropical forests of the world have been one of the get out clauses in the whole climate change as it's developed in the last few decades. they have helped reduce the level of c02 they have helped reduce the level of co2 compared to what it would be

otherwise in the atmosphere. as we see each year this forest being cut and burnt and fragmented and degraded in other ways, as well as the carbon store which we are losing, we are seeing the carbon sink estate, which is part of the tragedy is what is going on now. the forest is still home to many people. nearly 1 forest is still home to many people. nearly1 million indigenous people in brazil, many of whom live in the amazon basin, so we are notjust talking about a system, we are talking about a system, we are talking about a system, we are talking about people's homes and livelihoods. the international reaction, clearly there has been more of it in the last few days. where does that takers? it is good to see. social media has the power, if you like, now that energies and events around the world can be

transmitted. it has clearly touched people, not just transmitted. it has clearly touched people, notjust intellectually but emotionally. people feel connected ina way emotionally. people feel connected in a way they haven't felt before and that is very important. what can people do in the uk? a lot of people are asking me that. there is a petition online, you can go and find it and petition online, you can go and find itand sign petition online, you can go and find it and sign it and that should encourage the uk government and eu governments to take a line that is not just governments to take a line that is notjust in terms of being diplomatic towards brazil, it is about encouraging the elements within brazilian society, which is as important to this as we all are, brazil is not bolsonaro, he isjust one guy and his government are not elected by that many people, so there are many others who share that feeling, and i think government support we can actually help to turn the tide across south america. thank you.

a young boy has died after becoming unwell at a holiday resort in wiltshire. emergency services were called to center parcs in longleat on saturday afternoon. a spokeswoman for center parcs said it was "deeply saddened by the tragic news" and that their thoughts were with the child's family. great british bake offjudge prue leith will advise the government on how to improve the quality of food served at nhs hospitals in england. the review aims to set new standards for the 140 million meals served every year. it follows the deaths of six people due to an outbreak of listeria, linked to pre—packaged sandwiches and salads in some hospitals. what we want this review to do is actually to look at where these best practices are happening. we need to learn from those, we want to actually understand where the gaps in the system are, so that we can help people eat a healthy diet in hospital so that they can get —

their path to recovery is much quicker and we can keep our vital hospital staff healthy and well by giving them access to great food as well. here's celebrity chef prue leith explaining why she got involved with this review. i spent most of my working career and that's sort of 50 years, worrying about public food. ijust think the whole world should eat well and have access to healthy food and so on. so, it's sort of natural, so over the years i've campaigned quite often with different organisations about hospital food because it seems to me so obvious that if you're in a hospital you need to be fed healthily, food is medicine. but it's notjust about health, it's about pleasure. i mean, why not take the opportunity of lunch or supper to give patients, who are not having a joyous time in hospital, no one's there voluntarily, a bit of pleasure in their lives? you know, to put a smile on their face. drivers are being warned of delays,

and rail users have been given a "final reminder" to check before they travel, as thousands of us make the most of the good weather and take a break over the bank holiday. the rac has warned of busy roads throughout the day with more than 16 million journeys expected over the weekend, and network rail say they will carry out nearly 450 engineering projects. king's cross in london will be closed on saturday and sunday — meaning no trains between peterborough and london on the east coast mainline. there is also a reduced service in and out of euston station. the low—cost airline ryanair has been rated as the uk's worst firm for customer service, out of 100 businesses listed by the consumer website which. alongside ryanair, customers are least satisfied with scottish power, bt, talktalk and virgin media. the best performing brands for customer service were first direct, lakeland, m&s, waitrose and waterstones. a daily pill, containing four medicines,

can cut the number of heart attacks and strokes by a third in developing countries, new research suggests. the polypill contains blood—thinning aspirin, a cholesterol—lowering statin and two drugs to lower blood pressure, and it costs just pennies a day. a five—year study on the drug was carried out in villages in iran. coronary heart disease and stroke are the top two causes of death worldwide. the main advantage to using a polypill in the uk over current practice would be that it allows people to take one tablet a day instead of taking several tablets a day for prevention of cardiovascular disease. that would be the main advantage. that would be a modest advantage. the main use of this type of strategy is going to be in developing countries. google has shut down 210 channels on youtube, which it said were part of a "coordinated" attempt to post material about the ongoing protests in hong kong. the internet giant has linked the move to similar action by twitter

and facebook earlier this week — but stopped short of explicitly accusing china of a state—backed misinformation campaign. the headlines on bbc news: tributes to pc andrew harper — forces around the country hold a one minute silence for the officer killed in the line of duty a week ago. angela merkel echoes president macron's warnings of an international crisis, as fires burn in the amazon. celebrity chef pru leith is being brought in to help a new review of hospital food.

the second day of the third ashes test is underway and england are already in all sorts of trouble. first of alljason roy lasted less than 20 minutes, caught off the bowling ofjosh hazlewood forjust 9 runs. then captainjoe root followed not long after, caught in exactly the same way off the same bowler. rory burns has since been dismissed, and in the last few minutes ben stokes has also gone. a terrible day so far for england, who are chasing australia's first innings target of 179 at headingley — they're 34 for 4. follow it live with the test match special team on 5live sports extra and via the bbc sport website. it is a huge day for bury football club. they have until midnight tonight to avoid being expelled from the english football league, who want evidence that they can pay off their debts and make it through the league one season. john watson has been at bury market for us this morning. it's a hugely significant day. the owner will have to demonstrate that he has the finances available to secure he has the finances available to secure the future of this club. that is looking unlikely at this stage.

the alternative is a potential buyer for this club as we take down towards the potential deadline of midnight tonight. we understand there are four offers, one serious, on the table, but talks would have to be at an advanced stage if there is to be any extension to the deadline. the football league seeing yesterday an extension of 24—48 hours may be possible if talks were atan hours may be possible if talks were at an advanced stage but anything further to that very unlikely. the english football league will face questions over why they are tested not stand up with steve gill purchasing the club forjust £1 in december. they will face questions as to whether or not they need to be doing more to verify the ability of potential owners and the funds available when it comes to purchasing clubs in the future.

conor mcgregor says he was completely in the wrong and will face what's coming after an altercation at a pub in dublin. video footage appears to show the former two—weight ufc champion punch a man in the head. he says seeing the video was like a dagger to his heart and that he will not hide from any punishment that might come his way. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. all this week on bbc news, we're looking at the issues facing the farming industry. with the global population growing — and more and more of us moving into cities — there are big questions about how we feed ourselves in the future. new high tech farms are now emerging all over the uk. ben thompson has been 33 metres underground in a future farm in clapham, south london. welcome to clapham in south london.

we're 100 feet below the pavement, right next to the tube line, in this disused air raid shelter, and it looks a bit different, because they have turned it intoafarm. it is a vertical farm, using all sorts of new technology to bring together some pretty age—old techniques of agriculture with some pretty new technology. stephen is one of the co—founders. good morning. give us a sense of what you are doing here, because it's a pretty efficient operation, pretty high—tech as well. talk us through it. we arejust addressing some of the challenges we face in the world, a couple of extra billion people on the planet by 2050 — we are going to need to produce more food and we have a finite amount of agricultural land, so what we're doing here is taking some technology and applying that to an optimised agriculture. if you take an example of pea shoots, they will grow three cops in a year. under glass you get about 25 crops a year. we get about 60 crops a year. at granular level controlling the environment. pesticides, all that sort of thing as well, and fewerair miles, because you're not shipping, you are growing in city centres. luke is with us as well. you work with the university to bring technology and agriculture together.

it's great because it's growing all sorts of salad and things and we are not having to transport it, fewer pesticides, but you can't grow everything in an environment like this, can you? i never say never but no. at the moment the kind of things to do it has to be salad greens, leafy crops, maybe soft fruits, things like that, but your potatoes and root vegetables and cereals, cereals, that is still going to be done by traditional agriculture, and innovation will be happening on the land to help that. you still need both. the two will coexist. both will complement each other because there is a growing population and environmental issues — they will work together to solve them. really nice to see you both. good luck with it, because i know you have a lot of expansion plans as well, and this place goes on, the air raid shelter, big tunnels down here. the firm is going to expand into those a little later so i'm not going to go too far and get lost in this rabbit warren, but it shows what can be done when you bring technology and agriculture together, and it could solve some of the problems as far as food security is concerned.

glasgow university has announced it will spend £20 million in reparations after finding out it benefited by tens of millions of pounds from the slave trade. earlier today, a memorandum of understanding will be signed in partnership with the university of the west indies. the money, to be raised over the next 20 years, was spent on setting up and running the glasgow—caribbean centre for development research. we are nowjoined by cultural historian patrick vernon, who has written about the need for britain to examine its history in the slave trade. what do you make of what glasgow university is doing? it is an important step for one of the first british universities to acknowledge its links to its past, but it benefited from the transatlantic slave trade and it wants to make amends. other universities around the country such as cambridge and bristol are doing the same as well. either the first are believed to be the first to do it. presumably your argument would be that it should have been happening sometime ago. yes. if you go across the atlantic a

number of american universities have been doing this for 25 or 30 years. the question we need to ask ourselves as it is great we have individual universities taking responsibility but it raises the issue that the government and other key public institutions need to seriously consider this and there should be a public inquiry, almost like a royal commission, looking at burton's relationship and its involvement with the transatlantic slave trade and have it benefited from that and how today the wealth that has been regenerated has benefited british society. you will benefited british society. you will be aware of the debate about what the current generation should be answering far because of the actions ofa answering far because of the actions of a previous generation. how do you respond to those who doubt how much the current generation should be doing? there has been an international precedent that countries historically have always made preparations. preparations were made preparations. preparations were made by the german government at the

time of the second world war. each country around the world has recognised its historical past but this country has not done so in relation to the people of afro—caribbean heritage. treating people of caribbean heritage, not recognising their status, almost a manifestation of this, so we have to explore that. the debate is important at the university has done a good job to do that but we need a wider debate working with a range of community organisations. this issue has been raised from abolitionists fighting for the right door to door they were fighting for mike to hundreds of years ago. the first major debate in parliament was held on the session. it is a long time coming. you have talked about the national amnesia about attitudes to

slavery. if you were to correct that, if your analysis is right, what difference do you think it would make going forward? what difference do you think it would make going forward7m what difference do you think it would make going forward? it would make a fundamental difference. in south africa and recognise the historical horrors of apartheid. it is the same principles we have to adopt in the uk. we have not talked about the past and if we do it is about the past and if we do it is about britannia ruling the waves but they rolled it with blood, sweat and tea rs they rolled it with blood, sweat and tears and that has to be acknowledged. issues around inequality, social care, housing, enterprise, and particularly talent, recognising talent of different generations. breaking news. london fire brigade are seeing eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters have been called to reports of smoke in darfield we in notting hill.

according to social media this is in a tower block which is close to g re nfell tower. a tower block which is close to grenfell tower. eight fire engines and 60 firefighters have been called to reports of smoke in this particular block. that is what london fire brigade are seeing at the moment. that is the only information we have and we will keep an eye on that. the latest attempt by bangladeshi officials to repatriate rohingya refugees to myanmar has failed — no one turned up to board the vehicles to take them back across the border. in recent years thousands have sought refuge in bangladesh, fleeing violence by the military in myanmar. the government there had approved the return of more than 3,000 — but what happens next is unclear, as leigh milner reports. there were buses waiting to take people back to myanmar but no rush to board them. translation: until now, of the families interviewed, we have not found anybody willing to go. but we expect that, any moment, they may change their mind to go.

this is the second attempt to repatriate some of the rohingya refugees. the first one was just as unsuccessful. since 2017, around 700,000 rohingya muslims have fled persecution in the northern rakhine province of myanmar from neighbouring bangladesh. myanmar refuses to recognise them as an ethnic group and denies them citizenship. translation: we will not go back. we want to go but along with armed forces from other countries. i am still scared, as they tortured thousands of people and killed many of my relatives, so i am scared to go back. lam scared. translation: if they release all our people now injail then we will go back, otherwise we will not go back. if we get back our homes, land and belongings then we will go. we are ready to go back. the failed repatriation efforts come as a un report revealed the extent

to which myanmar military systematically used sexual violence, including gang rape, as part of a strategy to intimidate the rohingya in 2016 and 2017. and the un themselves have doubts that myanmar is ready for the return of the refugees. we do not think that the situation is yet ready for any significant return but i think we need to work to make it ready. we need to work so that the situation can be conducive for return. that there can be safety. the failed repatriation effort this week coincides with the second anniversary of the 2017 crackdown in rakhine. for the majority at cox's bazar, the prospect of returning home still remains an unlikely outcome.

temperatures on the rise. it is going to hot up this weekend for most of us and into the start of next week and for many of us this is a bank holiday weekend. we have a bit of cloud across northern and western parts of the country. further south and east you are. it is going to be a lovely and very warm is going to be a lovely and very warm afternoon. 27 or 28 degrees and high teens further north. outbreaks of rain getting shifted to the north and west so most places should be dry with clear spells, like when and with those temperatures that is going to be a warmer night. tomorrow a warm going to be a warmer night. tomorrow a warm start and early mist and fog clearing away with widespread sunshine, a little bit of rain in the far north—west but we will see temperatures reaching around 30 degrees in the south—east. cooler along north sea coast stand a chance ofa high along north sea coast stand a chance of a high quench further west but it looks even hotter on sunday and still quite warm as well on monday.

hello. this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines... remembering pc andrew harper — a minute of silence is observed for the officer killed in the line of duty a week ago. angela merkel echoes president macron's warnings of an international crisis, as fires burn in the amazon. it promotes policies that encourage environmental crime, which makes culprits feel comfortable. celebrity chef pru leith is being brought in to help a new review of hospital food. long delays are expected today, as millions of brits take to the roads and rail networks ahead

of the bank holiday weekend. a daily pill containing four medicines could help developing countries cut the number of strokes and heart attacks by a third. farming is one of the uk's biggest and most important industries...but it's ageing. the average farm owner is 60 years old and most of the time farms are passed down within families. the national federation of young farmers is warning more needs to be done to breathe new life into the industry. as part of our week long series focusing on farming issues, gareth barlow looks at whether agriculture is facing an ageing crisis. farming can be a tough business, not just battling against the weather, but also working long hours and trading in a challenging market. but life in the open air, working with animals

and growing food for a living, is a dream for many. we do get to live in a beautiful part of the world and do what we enjoy. david and becca are beef farmers in cumbria. neither of them come from a farming background, and it was their initial lack of finance and farmland that were the biggest hurdles to overcome. we actually sat down with the bank a couple of times and... they literally laughed at us, didn't they? theyjust didn't get it. we were out there competing with people who'd been farming all their lives, people who had quite a lot of money and they could just go out and borrow a bit more to take on more land or anotherfarm. she's going to be a beautiful colour. so the pair got creative. they lived in a yurt for years and even crowd funded their cattle, all to get where they are today — running their own farm. their story is one of the more extreme examples of getting into agriculture. the national federation of young farmers' clubs says the industry's future depends not just on innovation but also

on more opportunities within biggerfarm businesses. we need new, excited young blood coming in, working as part of a business and, as they progress, progressing through the business structure, and there are opportunities for those people with their knowledge and experience, who want to take on their own unit. tom rawson milks 2,500 cattle on six farms across the uk. he says, "if the industry doesn't welcome new workers, farming will falter." we need people right across the spectrum. we don't want everybody to retire on the same day. likewise, we wouldn't want everybody that's inexperienced. it's a really good career for an awful lot of people. that calf over there, we need to go get that one and bring that one back in here. yeah, sure. jessica is 22. she traded a life pulling pints for a job on a dairy farm. it's life—changing. i wouldn't ever change my life now. just so much motivation for the job and it's probably the best thing i've ever done.

and that's the message farmers are keen to promote — that the uk's farmland is notjust pretty but a perfect place to work. gareth barlow, bbc news. we can cross now to redditch and speak to our correspondent there, david gregory—kumar. thank you very much. you cannot smell it but the basil scented air of redditch is something fantastic. that is amazing. behind me the basil ha rd est that is amazing. behind me the basil hardest is well under way but why are they growing basil here at all in an industrial estate in redditch? what are you doing? we have roughly 100 square metres of growing space in an indoor vertical farm, spread across two layers. this is quite radical technology committee is a pilot. you could get as big as you like that we tend to keep around

six, seven layers. they are growing up six, seven layers. they are growing up like that. leo is growing high. in terms of growing space, you are looking at everything. how many pla nts looking at everything. how many plants a day could you produce? full plants a day could you produce 7 full size you are looking at roughly 13,000 plants a day. it depends on the crop you are growing. fully automated, end—to—end. at this scale we have to do a few things by hand. we will get to the point where it has to be completely automated. we will get to the point where it has to be completely automatedm john walks backwards through the door, which is slightly alarming that you want to use waste products for other ideas. as a company we wa nt for other ideas. as a company we want to use waste products. the waste heat from the light, we use, the brewery. there is a tank in a corner here, which is kept about 40 degrees all the time from the waste

heat from the lights. this is a brewery. but you might have waste product from here. the main waste from the brewery is the spent grain from the brewery is the spent grain from the brewery is the spent grain from the mash turn which we are looking to use an insect farming which we will feed to the insects and then use the insects to produce and then use the insects to produce a protein source for the efficient use of this race to feed back into the fun. a complete circuit economy. you can drop this into any industrial estate, any building. provided you have the power. here is one of the first products of the farm and the brewery together. it is a beer flavoured with farm and the brewery together. it is a beerflavoured with basilfrom farm and the brewery together. it is a beer flavoured with basil from the farm, believe it or not. i have been told it is really good. it is getting towards lunchtime, i think we should try that it is a really young team thought of getting into farming when you are young is high but it is one way the farm of the future for young people, to do just

that. thank you very much. and as part of our focus on farming series, the bbc website is live streaming these pictures from a pygmy goat farm until two o'clock today. if you want to see what life is like there, head to bbc.co.uk/focusonfarming. not a huge amount of activity but there is at least a goat in vision, which i was not last time around. the london fire brigade is reporting ten fire engines and 70 firefighters have been called to reports of a fire ona have been called to reports of a fire on a balcony in darfield way,

this is in notting hill. the 12th floor of this tall tower block building isa floor of this tall tower block building is a light apparently. crews speaking to residents to reassure them. there have been 27 calls apparently to the 999 number by residents concerned about the incident and fire crews from a number of different areas within reach of it in that part of westland and have headed there. the cause of the fire is unknown at this stage. there has been a comment from the royal borough of kensington and chelsea, who are saying, on their twitter feed, we are aware of the fire in darfield way and have several officers on the scene to assess the cause. we'll keep you informed of any updates as we receive them. i think we can show you now an image that has been sent in by danielle bond. we believe this isa in by danielle bond. we believe this is a block on darfield road. i

cannot say categorically that it is. just to stress, in terms of the geography of this, this block is quite close to grenfell tower, the area of west london we are talking about. we'll keep abreast of what the london fire brigade are saying about that in the next little while. it's meant to be a celebration of art and culture, but female performers at the edinburgh fringe are experiencing sexual harassment on a daily basis while our promoting their shows. numerous women have told the victoria derbyshire programme about their experiences, which include sexual assault. the union for actors says this year they've received a record number of complaints from their members who are at the fringe. chris hemmings reports. the edinburgh fringe is the largest a rts the edinburgh fringe is the largest arts festival in the world. every year, the population of the city more than doubles as tourists flock to see one of the nearly 4000 different shares. about 3 million tickets are sold across the month of

the festival with theatre, comedy, music, cabaret and much more on offer. visitors to the fringe are often used here by big names. there are also many hundreds of other smaller productions who do not have the big budgets for a marketing campaign. instead, the traditional way for them to spread word of their performances to come here, the royal mile. the successful use of flyers can hugely impact ticket sales. now some women are speaking out against the harassment they had experience for men while they are out promoting their show. this women experience sexual assault was flowering at the fringe last year that at this year she is back to promote a show she is performing in. she is reluctant to go out on the mile for fear it will happen again. one day, there were men who had twice, if not three times my age who harassed me and

said they would only take a flyer or get a ticket if they had my phone number. i felt vulnerable. get a ticket if they had my phone number. ifelt vulnerable. one day get a ticket if they had my phone number. i felt vulnerable. one day i was around the venue, i was a bit distracted and a man coming towards me tended to brush something off my thigh and then moved his hand up my skirt. you have had to do flyering. how has that been? i have been altering my behaviour and not doing much about my appearance. we have had mothers about their experiences of harassment at the fringe. -- heard from others. these four men, one of them tried to shove a flyer down my top. i could not face going out flyering on the mile after that. i could not face it. a man stopped

me on the street and started staring at me. i asked if he wanted a flyer and he said, no, ijust want to stare at you. it makes me feel awkward. equity has had more reports than ever this year about sexual harassment on the fringe. what happens is when streets are full of people, there is a slight level of hysteria, which is fabulous and one of the reasons why the festival is so of the reasons why the festival is so great. it seems to release an underbelly of bad behaviour. we are getting more reports of that. it is a funny mixture. we are delighted that people are coming forward but we would rather there was a world where enmity is not happening. we had to get people who behave badly to stop the bad behaviour. it is com pletely to stop the bad behaviour. it is completely and utterly unacceptable. if anything happens to you are worried about my phone the police, tell them, and they help you. we

will stay with this subject. let's speak now to pippa adamthwaite cook, she's the director of a play called beauty is love which is currently showing at the fringe. some of her cast have experienced this behaviour whilst out on the royal mile. our play is about the me too movement. we are trying to create a social and political message. our girls have been stood up on the royal mile with president trump quotes all over their bodies. we had experienced people coming up saying that they felt the outfits were inappropriate due to the level of skin that is being shown. it is ironic because men are parading all over the fringe in speedos to advertise their shows and women are

facing criticism for doing something which they should be allowed to do, they are performers and we are trying to make a statement, trying to make a political statement about how society isjudging to make a political statement about how society is judging them on at the edinburgh fringe and in general. when those incidents have occurred, what support has there been? we have had a positive experience. we had an experience where police came over to us and an older gentleman felt the outfits were too revealing and too risque. the policeman tried to move us on but i try to make the point it was incredibly ironic that that was the entire point of our play, we are trying to shed light on the me too movement. eventually he agreed and he has been really supportive, the police have been really supportive and allowing us to stand at them and have support around us with security from the fringe. —— stand at there.

the more security around people who are feeling vulnerable is what is needed at the fringe. given what you are trying to say on the stage, irony is writ large. anecdotally, what we are hearing, is there is more harassment this time. statistics are showing more people are coming forward but women are becoming stronger and the me too movement is getting more publicity. women are stepping forward and saying it is not ok. we are experiencing these things and it is not ok. we have an equal right as performers to feel comfortable advertise shows and publicise our shows and feel safe. thank you very much for coming on. discussing events at the edinburgh fringe.

we have been reporting about the fire on the 12th for balcony of the tower block in west london. this picture is courtesy of the london fire brigade. a balcony on the 12th floor of a block of flats in notting hill, which is currently a light. this block of flats is quite close to the site of the grenfell tower fire. huge numbers of fire service staff heading to help out. the 12th floor balcony is on fire. the 999 calls to the fire brigade. i'm just told me according to scotland yard, there are no reports of any injuries in that fire. that is the latest line from the police on this but it is something for us to keep watching in the next few moments. ican give i can give you more now on the international efforts to try to

tackle the record number of fires that continue to burn across brazil's amazon rainforest. the german chancellor, angela merkel, has echoed the french warning of an "international crisis" that needs to be on the agenda of this weekend's g7 summit in biarritz. brazil's president, jair bolsonaro, has responded by accusing world leaders of using the issue for "political gain." let's discuss this further with laurence tubiana, ceo of the european climate foundation and a champion for climate action at the un. shejoins me from paris. that afternoon. good afternoon. what you make about president macron and angela merkel has said about this the last little while? it is indeed a very big crisis in the ecosystem of amazon, which is mainly brazilian but at the same time connects many countries in the region, venezuela, bolivia, colombia and even france.

it has a regional dimension and, at the same time, it has a global impact because of the dimension about global climate change. i understand of course there was a lwa ys understand of course there was always concern about respect of sovereignty in brazil, about amazonian, and the request really full for control of their own territory, which is totally legitimate. at the same time sovereignty means you do not ignore the impact of your action. what has happened is the forest fires have multiplied. this season, more than 84% compared to last year. that is because of the illegal deforestation, massive deforestation that took place under this argentinian government. i understand the consternation of emmanuel macron

in offering support to brazil with an agreement. —— this brazilian government. and ensuring at the same time they are requiring everyone behaves as a responsible citizen in the international community.” wonder if this is the best way to get the message through to the brazilian president. he is clearly upset because he talks about a colonial mindset with people talking about brazil but not talking directly to him. he is not at the g7. is there a better way, do you think, of trying to engage with him and convince him to follow different policies? it is always an open question. i think many people have tried to reach out to him on this particular subject, including the foreign affairs minister of france, he went to purcell and he was not

finally accepting to meet him. there are many ways that he was apparently not happy to talk about that. not only on international level but including his own scientist, which the president bill —— does not want to listen to the scientific community. he does not want to listen to the truth. when someone has decided it is a hoax and climate change doesn't exist and he had a rational conversation. maybe it is good as well. there is a lot of pressure from within brazilian society to stop illegal deforestation and he really respect the forest code. i understood this government was really keen to really fight for the rule of law and fight against corruption and illegal activities and this is typically an illegal activity. again, probably,

several channels had to be open. there was this offer of really bringing brazil into the international community even more through agreement on trade. i think it was a good channel but at the same time, the government has to behave as a serious... including responding to his own businesses. it was his own sector, his own ngos and scientists. it is a complex issue. international pressure can help recognise that amazon is a serious question. people are demonstrating in the streets. sao paulo is very concerned about the forest fire. i hope it will be an internal discussion in brazil too, anyway, master this policy of how you really maintain the system in amazonia and you stop illegal deforestation.

thank you for coming on with your thoughts from paris. the prime minister is quoted as being deeply concerned by the increase in fires in the amazon ra i nfo rest increase in fires in the amazon rainforest and the impact of the tragic loss of these precious habitats. the effect of the fires says downing street will be felt around the world, which is why we need international action to protect the world's rainforest. the uk will continue to support projects in brazil today do this and the prime minister will use the g7 to call for a renewed focus on protecting nature and tackling climate change together. that statement from downing street in the last few moments. france is marking 75 years since the liberation of paris. this weekend, there'll be ceremonies to remember the moment when the free french — and their allies — entered the city, after four years of nazi occupation. a new museum will tell the dramatic story. tim allman reports. a dark symbol of the past, a reminder of paris's occupation.

around 7,000 items are on display, gas masks, pistols, flags, the lessons of the war still relevant today. democracy is something you have to actually discuss, protect, and take care of. so this museum is absolutely necessary for the knowledge and the history of paris. newsreel: as allied troops move onwards towards paris, a three—word announcement from the capital brings the great news, "paris is liberated." millions took to the streets when the allies entered the city in august, 1944. years of nazi rule were over, paris was finally free. the museum is built above the bunker used by resistance leaders during the war. in some ways, this is almost like hallowed ground. translation: in fact, there is an emotional aspect because we try to tell the story

of how deep underground, the resistance succeeded in organising the liberations. little by little, undercover, in the days before this great historic event. the museum will officially open on sunday, the date german soldiers finally surrendered. the day when occupation became liberation. giraffe conservation has taken a big step forward, with the world's tallest mammals given better protection. giraffes are mainly targeted for their meat, but body parts are also used to make jewellery, bracelets and purses. now the "convention on international trade in endangered species" has voted for the trade to be regulated. giraffe numbers in africa have fallen by 40% in the past 30 years, in what has been described as a "silent extinction."

in a moment, we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. this is the fire from notting hill in west london. pictures have come in with particular reference to a 12th floor balcony ns block of flats, which is quite close to the scene flats, which is quite close to the scene of the grenfell tower fire. the fire services there in large numbers. their news from the police in the last ten minutes or so is that there have been no reports of any injuries. stay with us on the news channel for the bbc news at one with jane hill. before that, it's time for a look at the weather. hello stop it is hotting up this weekend. for many others it is a bank holiday weekend where we will see temperatures much higher than over recent weeks. the weather fronts are being pushed away to the

west of the uk. another windy day across west of the uk. another windy day across the irish sea coast. more cloud. the further south and east you are after the mist and fog, there will be widespread sunshine. a warm there will be widespread sunshine. a warm afternoon, 27, 28. the further north you go, a bit lower. tonight it looks like the weather front will still be affecting the far north—west of the country. clear skies and a light wind and a much warmer night than we have had over the past few nights. into the weekend, the area of high pressure is building in, dragging theirwarm airoff the near is building in, dragging theirwarm air off the near continent and deflecting the area of low pressure to the north of the uk. for many of us it will be hot and sunny, particularly in the south and east with temperatures hovering around the low 30s celsius. some mist and fog were cleared quickly. some rain

in the far north and west, otherwise it will be dry with widespread sunshine. hot in the east, 30 degrees. fresh on the north sea coast. a shower in the far west. on sunday the chance of showers will increase. apart from that, another very fine day with light winds, widespread sunshine and very warm. 30 degrees, maybe 31 in the south—east, mid 20s across scotland. it isa south—east, mid 20s across scotland. it is a gradual breakdown to something cooler as we come into next week as the atlantic system slowly moves south east. it is a slowly moves south east. it is a slow process. monday is a bank holiday for most of us and it looks like being fine. the odd shower developing and awareness —— the weather front starts to bring more rain in the breeze. very warm in the south and east, 30 degrees once again. the temperatures will begin to fall away as the week where some

thanks to the atlantic influence, bringing rain and thicker cloud in the north and west of the country.

international leaders increase pressure on brazil over fires in the largest rainforest in the world. the record number of fires in the amazon rainforest is described as an international crisis. there are calls to discuss it at this weekend's g7 summit. also on the programme this lunchtime. a minute's silenced the pc andrew harper, who died in the line of duty. the thames valley officer had been

married just four weeks when he died. his chief constable said he was a