in the wake of the killing of pc andrew harper last week. tens of thousands of british airways passengers could be affected as pilots are to strike next month, in a dispute over pay. sport, and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. so to the ashes, england's target 359 for victory in the third test, 246 all out, edging closer to the win that would see them retain the urn. england's dismal batting collapse yesterday, out for 67 and with it went their ashes hopes, you felt, as so it's proved.

three wickets have fallen today, that of pattinson and cummins. marnus labushagne was run out as he neared his century. the english football league board have spoken this morning to discuss the future of league one side bury. a credible deal to save ther club emerged last night with c and n sporting risk behind a proposed takeover. for weeks now uncertainty‘s surrounded the club's future, players went unpaid, staff were laid off, not a single league match has been played this season. which, according to bury fan james bentley, is a warning to teams living outside their means. i think it's a broader tale for football in that fans have to be

more aware of what is happening behind—the—scenes. some clubs are exceptionally well run. accrington, rochdale. but others are at the mercy of people who don't always have the club's best interests at heart. and if this can show fans anything, it is to scrutinise clubs more. i want my club to be at the centre of the community, to be a focal point. because i wanted to mean as much to other people as it does to me. after aston villa's first win of the season last night against everton the premier league continues today with norwich — another promoted team — just getting underway about now against frank lampard's chelsea at carrow road. manchester united v crystal palace is one of four 3 o'clock kick offs, but the standout match is liverpool v arsenal at 5.30 — both sides have won their opening two matches. in the scottish premiership, rangers

and celtic play tomorrow, ross county can move top with a win today. rory mcilroy is just one shot off the lead after the second round at the tour championship in atlanta. it's golf‘s most lucrative tournament with the winner taking home £12 million. american brooks koepka is currently leading on 13 under par overall. what a game we have in the offing in rugby league's challenge cup final between st helens and warrington at wembley this afternoon. saints have had a great season, 16 points clear at the top of the super league but 11 years since they last lifted the challenge cup. despite final appearances in 2016 and 2018, warrington have not triumphed since 2012. there's coverage on bbc i from 2pm. kick—off is at 3. there are some big rugby union world cup warm up matches today as well. scotland host france at murrayfield, while england have named a full

strength side to take on ireland at twickenham. there are highlights of that match on bbc 2 at half past seven this evening. that's all the sport for now. this week, another chance to see our firefighting special when we tackle blazes from the air, on the ground and even on rails. in the summer and autumn of 2018, california experienced its deadliest ever wildfires. they claimed the lives of over 80 people and whole towns were destroyed. but as residents tried to escape, the firefighters did what they always do —

they ran towards the danger. it is a profession that relies on courage, education and, increasingly, the latest science and technology to better understand how fires behave and how to beat back the flames. and if you want to be a firefighter, this is where you learn the craft. the international fire training centre in darlington, in the north of england. this is where brave firefighters come from around the world to learn the latest techniques in fighting all kinds of blazes. they can simulate a huge variety of fire scenarios here, oil rigs, industrialfires. that is an overturned fuel tanker, and they can simulate any size of aircraft from the smallest to the largest.

that is an airbus a380 and this is a boeing 747. and it is notjust about gearing up and grabbing the hose. every fire is different. and each needs to be treated intelligently to make sure you and the people you are trying to save have the best chance of survival. wow! my goodness. they are using the water as a protective shield. so it keeps the two fires apart, using the water. keeping the left—hand one at bay and then extinguishing the right one before we deal with the left. the centre tries to make each scenario as realistic as possible, not just the fire, but the treatment of the casualties as well. it is fascinating to see the science

behind firefighting. for example, in a kerosene fuel fighter, water will not put it out. this cone of water controls the blaze so that another firefighter can come in with a powder extinguisher. that is what finally tames the flames. and once they're gone, does that mean the job is done? well, that is where this thermal imaging camera comes in to see what our eyes cannot. so once it looks like the fire is out, you still have to cover the area in waterjust in case there are hotspots. you can see here the vent on the top of this engine is still white hot according to this thermal imaging camera. and there are many other ways to detect and deal with fires. lara lewington has been looking at some of them. for the past two years, half of the uk's fire brigades have

been deploying these drones. they focus on the safety of firefighters and their onboard hd and thermal imaging cameras can provide much greater visibility which means a better understanding of a fire and the way that it is spreading. using a drone we can get pretty much an instant overview of the entire fire in underfive minutes and start moving our machines and our firefighters around just like chess pieces, really, all controlled by drone footage. it also brings us a massive benefit as we can see fires as they develop. the team have also used them for rescues and searching for missing people in quarries or in water. the hd camera is able to clearly zoom in on a face up to half a mile away. but of course when it comes to the spread of fires, what has happened recently

in california is at the forefront of our minds. the university of westminster is researching a system that combines sensors on the ground and those in a drone. the aim, a solution for wildfires. these solar powered prototype sensors are tracking carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, oxygen, humidity, temperature, gps and altitude. the aim is to combine them into one miniaturised cost effective version which could be deployed en masse in areas susceptible to wildfires, providing immediate feedback. if there is something it will alert all their neighbours also, form into a network, alert, take measurements, convey to the master node which then conveys it further up to the server which then alerts the drones that come up and get a visual. the plane comes with all the information that it has got from the drones, from the ground sensors and it knows what the windspeed is what wind direction is, what the temperature variation is.

it knows where the fire will be when the plane rendezvous with it and then it makes a list from the air and then the heavens open with these lovely pellets flying in as they hit the target where the fire is and you can fight fires day and night, 2a a day with no visibility. meanwhile, this is the stinger. it can pierce through metal and pretty much any roof, dramatically blasting foam or water into the heart of a blaze. the quantity and force of that water is pretty incredible. this pumps 1000 litres a minute, with an even more powerfuljet to the side, capable of 11.5 times that. it also has an on—board thermal imaging camera to assist with that precision.

blackburn is currently the only uk fire service using this kit. i'm told it costs around £600,000. but maybe as costs drop and this technology evolves, this next generation of firefighting will become the norm. that was lara. and back at the international fire training centre, i am about to be shut inside a mock boeing 747. see, when it comes to fire, sometimes it is not the one right in front of you that is the most dangerous. it is the one that is waiting to ignite. this is to demonstrate what happens when flammable vapours up high reach an ignition source. it is called a flashover and it looks like this.

i tell you, just a tiny bit of fire in this enclosed environment really shows that smoke is the real killer. my goodness, you can hardly breathe, it is stinging my eyes. they use so much water here every year that it would be silly if they didn't try and reuse it, so that is exactly what they try to do. all the water, the kerosene, foam, the powder and general sludge from the site flow into a drainage system that goes underground and ends up in a small lagoon over here where the kerosene floats to the top and is skimmed off and they can actually reuse it. it will burn again. the rest of the liquid ends up in the next lagoon where the solids settle out and all you are left with is this watery foamy mix which gets pumped to

the reed beds over there. the foam is made of animal protein which the reeds actually feed on. so they effectively suck the foam out of the liquid. so all you are left with at the end of the day is relatively clean water. as well as the practical firefighting that happens here at the international fire training centre, there is plenty of theory to be learned about the unusual ways that fire can behave. a real danger to firefighters is when a fire in a sealed room starves itself of oxygen so it looks like the fire has gone out but the whole place is still really hot. then if a firefighter opens a door to come in, oxygen rolls in and starts to mix with the gases and they become flammable again and that's when you get a backdraft.

so... wouldn't it be good if firefighters could use technology to see what they are getting themselves into? that is what paul carter has been looking at in switzerland. for firefighters, it is often the things they cannot see that are the most dangerous. the helmet i am wearing has a thermal imaging camera fitted to the side. what is unique is that it incorporates a small google glass style heads—up display. it is visible over one eye, giving firefighters thermal imaging without obscuring normal vision. i'm going to use it to enter this very smoky room and see what i can see. luckily it is not too smoky and here at the moment and i can actually still see but once the smoke really starts to get up,

as strange as it may sound, my view of that fire is going to completely disappear. in a modern building, there is a lot of synthetic materials, buildings are close together. so there is a lot of smoke development and fire actually may be hidden behind smoke or maybe people hidden on the floor where you don't see it, the thickness of the smoke is a real issue for firefighters. you always have access to the image which starts adding some additional advantages then, is that you would also use the thermal camera, where before it was impossible, so working with the firehose, you can see as well if you are aiming right, for example. just firefighters protect us, keeping them protected is also critical. and nothing is also more important than the clothing they wear.

one of the biggest issues with firefighters right now is that their gear prevents them from evacuating their own body heat so lots of developments actually go in the direction of preventing heat stress for firefighters. making their uniforms fireproof and heat—resistant is a no—brainer but doing so well, making it flexible, breathable and light, is a whole different challenge. at the dupont european technical centre in geneva, they've developed a material which can withstand extremely high temperatures. it's made of a material which bubbles when exposed to high heat, insulating the wearer. it has been proven that if your body temperature and core temperature raises above a certain level, you start doing the wrong decisions, it affects your brain function and that's exactly what you do not want to have happen for firefighter. eventually he would not realise when he is in extreme danger or would realise it too late.

you can feel how raised the surface is, these bubbles, for want of a better word, have kind of lifted off the fabric compared to the bit that hasn't been exposed to the fire. naturally, these fabrics have to be vigorously tested and certified and in the centre's own lab, they conduct a variety of burning tests to ensure the materials are robust. as a comparison, i looked at what happens when the same tests are conducted on regular cotton. the result was rather terrifying. my goodness. i mean, it's completely on fire. yes. it's burned through. they've also developed a smart heat—sensing glove that firefighters can use to detect the temperature of a surface or doors to help protect against backdrafts. now, switzerland may

not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of fire. but it's surprisingly advanced when it comes to firefighting tech. for example, it's the only country in europe to have a firefighting train. this cabin is actually pressurised so in the event of a fire, this can be operated as a safe breathing environment. this bad boy is one of 16 used across the country and it's an absolute beast. it can be used for a wide variety of tasks, only some of them specifically related to firefighting. it can be used as a rescue vehicle for people or other trains, it can pick up derailed trains or it can simply be used to transport fire crews more quickly and directly by road.

but let's be honest. fighting fires is the coolest thing this train can do. it holds 43,000 litres of water and 1,000 litres of special firefighting foam. also, a foam cannon! it can also create a curtain of protection, a mist of water that blankets around the train, providing a protective area from smoke and chemicals. so far, at the international fire training centre, i've be learning how to physically deal with fires but in large disasters, the co—ordinators are the ones who need to see the bigger picture and try and control the entire scenario.

it looks like the passengers are already evacuating so can we get a fire appliance to start extinguishing the fire over there? we really need to stop that by getting to the main body of the plane. by getting to the main body this simulator allows me to take the role of incident commander. i've got crew commanders sat at each of these workstations. they are in charge of each fire appliance. myjob is to make assessments and call commands to them to try and deal with this fire which already looks quite serious, i have to say. the undercarriage is on fire. the undercarriage is on fire? the port side is on fire. oh, wow. that was an explosion. something is telling me this plane won't be flying very soon. so as well as an incident commander, you can swap roles and become a nurse or paramedic

or police officer as well. i can see how this is a really intense experience even though it is just a simulation that you really have to have your wits about you to make sense of a very rapidly developing situation. now this is not the only kind of simulation used by first responders. kat hawkins has been looking at our virtual reality is being used to assess the aftermath of an emergency. i am at leicestershire fire and rescue, the first service in the country to invest in virtual reality. their hope is that money will be saved by replacing some of the expensive traditional training techniques with vr alternatives. i've seen the demo and the fire looks quite intense so i don't think it's going to be what i'm used to when it comes to virtual reality, which isjust having a nice time. let's see.

all the scenes in the training are scanned from the real world. for instance, this arson hotspot in leicester is a good reference for investigators looking for clues. it's the inside of a destroyed smoke alarm. ijust need to say, the environment is like i'm standing on ash. it feels very real. teleportation. oh, my gosh. there is a body down there. if you enjoy training, you get more out of it. it's already been proven by a study in the united states that if you train in a virtual reality environment, the retention rate is 75%. most of the talks i do on road safety, with powerpoint, we tend to make 5%. so you can see why we're looking at this because the training is going to be enhanced so much. if you want to skip10 seconds forward, you can do it on the controller and skip forward, so you can fast—forward fire again. you remember from the scene you saw a minute ago, that tv monitor was

completely melted. and you can see how it physically affects thing that are not even burning yet. yes, and idea is how it stops, we don't show the people putting out the fire, but you get the ability straightaway to dive back in the scene and now you're in that same burn scene. yeah, seeing the impact of that fire is pretty remarkable. it moves quickly. it's an immersive experience and the ability to hold objects, to photograph them, to mark them. we don't often see the initial development of a fire so for fire behaviour and how a fire developed in a fire scene, it's useful from that angle as well, really, but from a forensic perspective and training new people in this field, i think it will be invaluable. part of the reason this experience feels so intense

is the realism behind it. for leicestershire fire and rescue, this was important, that they move away from gamification and into real life. they been working with a company called river to make this happen. the scenes are created using photogrammetry, both cameras and lasers photographing real—life 360—degree scenarios up to thousands of times. we've seen how fire services are using virtual reality, but what about other first responders? here at the defence science and technology laboratory, they are hard at work on how police might use virtual reality in theirtraining. number 7, ferguson house. caller report sounds a violent disturbance... i can see already. i don't think people would expect to police and virtual reality together. why is it so important that the police are interacting with technology in this way? you can replicate one—off events so a one—off event which could be a dangerous or hazardous

environment, you can actually recreate as a one—off and people would never, ever get the opportunity to rehearse that but in vr, we can, so we can give them that vehicle, give them that opportunity to do a one—off scenario and do it safely. oh, my gosh. 0k. i'm going to see if this woman is alive. she's obviously taken some pills. there is a heartbeat here. i can definitely see already how it would be used, in a way that a lot of games are, really, to open up your mind to possibilities around crime, why people may have committed criminal activities, those kind of questions are already there. that was more enjoyable than the fire one, i think. that shouldn't be my takeaway but i could go back into that world whereas the fire scene,

ijust wanted to get out. and that's it from the international fire training centre. i hope you found it as fascinating as we have. we're going to put a load more footage and photos from this place up on social media. don't forget, we live on facebook and twitter at @bbcclick but for now, thanks for watching and we will see you soon.

the weather is never short of surprises. for some of us, the bank holiday weekend, it is looking fine, this is how it looked in west yorkshire this morning. more to come through the weekend across the bulk of the british isles. high pressure across the continent is bringing this warmth, but for now we are close to low pressure sitting to our north west. it has not been a blue sky start everywhere. northern scotland, parts of northern ireland, not just cloud but scotland, parts of northern ireland, notjust cloud but showers around as well. northern scotland, we keep the chance of showers this afternoon. much of northern ireland looking dry. the best sunshine to these. sunshine will be hazy across england and wales. cloud increasing later into the isles of scilly. temperatures into the mid—teens where there are showers, elsewhere upper 20s across large parts of england, even low 30s. we keep some

cloud or on the western side of the uk overnight. despite that, it will be mainly dry. showers begin to pull away from shetland. some mist and fog patches. temperatures overnight getting higher, good news if you are camping. into tomorrow, we expect another fine day with a good deal of hazy sunshine. some areas of cloud, western scotland, northern ireland, wales, western parts of england, still mainly dry. may be a shower and shetland, but essentially dry. temperatures, it is hotter tomorrow. upper 20s into scotland, around 31 in the south—east of england. just a gentle breeze. if it is a bank holiday for you, it looks set fair. some patchy cloud. the chance of a shower. it is looking as if showers are shower. it is looking as if showers a re less shower. it is looking as if showers are less likely compared with how they looked yesterday. it mayjust rain in the western isles towards the end of the day. temperatures may come down the degree or so. still

some heat across large parts of the east and south—east of england. the weather front playing more of a factor into next week, we will see more cloud, increasing chance of some rain or showers, and with all of that, temperatures will be on the way down.

good afternoon. the president of the european council president, donald tusk, has warned that the eu will not co—operate with borisjohnson on a no—deal brexit. speaking in biarritz, where the g7 summit is being held, mr tusk said this weekend may be the last chance to restore unity among the world's main industrial nations. ahead of the meeting, us president donald trump repeated his threat to impose tariffs on french wine