you wouldn't find anywhere else. this one is a picture of bunf i did from super furry animals. i asked everyone i interview their opinion on marmite. this is the love side. john newton and carlos from fontaines dc are sitting on the fence, they don't mind it but they don't hate it. mum hannah started taking arlo to gigs when she realised it was cheaper than hiring a baby—sitter. making the fanzine has been a huge part of his lockdown learning at home. luckily his school are really, really supportive and we've spoken to them about the skills that he is using but it would be very easy for me as a parent to take over but, no, he's been involved in everything. and word of mouth is spreading. the first issue sold 300 copies, the second has attracted orders from australia and america and he's about to launch a t—shirt range. # a design for life.#

and big acts are on board. arlo has spoken to the manic street preachers. and was just about to interview dream wife, whose new album has gone top 20. what did you want to be when you were ten? i wanted to be either an artist, an astronaut or an acrobat. and i think being in this band i get to be all three. and when social distancing ends, arlo will get to put on his own gig. his local record shop rough trade say he can host a launch party there. let's hope not too many more issues come out before he can do that. colin paterson, bbc news, bristol. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. thanks, simon. we have had quite a bit of sunshine already today, over the last few hours we had seen fair weather clad bubble up which will

spread across the skies for a time over the next few hours, you get a sense of that on the satellite picture. to the rest of the uk, we have this area is clad, slow—moving pressure which will bring rain to many areas over the next day or two —— to the west of the uk. some showers over scotland, you will be unlucky to see one of those, much of the country stays dry and it will feel pretty warm, but later we will see this cloud and rain begin to encroach, the first signs of that area of low pressure moving in. it will bring some rain more generally overnight to northern ireland and scotla nd overnight to northern ireland and scotland and low cloud around, so mist and fog patches around the coast and hills to be expected. temperatures around ten to 13 degrees overnight. tomorrow, rain with you for much of the day for northern ireland and scotland, slowly sinking into northern england. across wales, the midlands, southern countries of england, there should be hazy sunshine coming soon.

feeling warm, 23 degrees the high—end london, you know 17 degrees further north, not great for this stage ofjuly. the low pressure is still moving. it centre moved into the northey and the rain slowly pushes southwards across england and wales, so rain to come. —— it centre moves into the north—east. showers across scotland and northern ireland, temperatures in the high teens to the low 20s, below par for the time of year, but in any sunshine it will feel warm. not a bad start to friday with sunshine for many areas, it could be cloudy across southern wales and southern england with patches of rain, as we get into the afternoon, rain will move into northern england from the next area of low pressure. the northern england, head of that, and in central and eastern scotland, the best of the sunshine. 19 or 20

degrees in edinburgh, feeling pleasa nt degrees in edinburgh, feeling pleasant if you are out and about. this weekend will be quite cloudy, we will see rain at times, followed by showers, so feeling pretty u nsettled. that's all from us — goodbye. hello, your latest sports news. both aston villa and bournemouth could be relegated from the premier league tonight. here is why. if watford get at least a point against manchester city then bournemouth will go down. that means aston villa will need to match what purpose might result otherwise they will be in the championship next season, too. i think there has been pressure on us since we came back from project restart. i mean, ten games in we were in the bottom three and everybody had us relegated since march! 0urjob is to go and prove people wrong.

i said before, these players have played under pressure and they seem to thrive on it. the new scottish football season sta rts the new scottish football season starts next saturday, but last season's scottish cup final will go ahead on the 20th of december this year. the match in hamilton was scheduled for may but postponed due to top divisions, which were abandoned, this term it wasn't, meaning to sammy's between hearts and hearts and hibs and celtic and aberdeen will take place on the 31st of october and the 1st of november, with the final five days before christmas. next year's rugby league world cup will begin at newcastle's st james‘ park, with the hosts england playing samoa. the match will take place on 23rd october, while the reigning champions, australia, will take on fiji at the kcom in hull. scotland and ireland play the following day, with wales in action on the 27th. it's the first time the men's, women's and wheelchair tournaments will be played at the same time, with 61 matches taking place across five weeks.

let's take a look at some of the key dates. it all starts on 23rd october. 9th november is when the first women's match between england and newcomers brazil takes place at leeds‘ headingley stadium. there's a double—header of games at london's copper box arena to start the wheelchair tournament, that's on the 11th, with the final 15 days later in liverpool. 0n the 20th, arsenal's emirates stadium will hold it's first rugby league match — that'll be the second men's semi. and then a week later it's the first ever double—header of finals — the mens and womens matches will be played at old trafford. as somebody who has played in three world cups, three world cup finals i know how important this is to the players. they will be able to look at those fixtures now and be able to start and target games, targeted tournament because when they come to

that first game in the competition, they will want to be firing. this is they will want to be firing. this is the best age can ever play and this is where you make a name for yourself. you can hear more from that interview at 6:30pm. you can hear more from that interview at 6:30pm. ben stokes is the world's number one ranked all—rounder, overtaking the west indies captain, jason holder. it's after stokes scored 254 runs and took three wickets in the second test. he's the first english player to top the rankings since 2006. meanwhile, joffra archer, who missed the match for breaking bio—secure rules, has passed two coronavirus tests and will rejoin the team for the series decider which begins on friday. moeen ali has been named as vice—captain for england's three—match one—day series against ireland which starts next thursday. eoin morgan will lead the side. all matches will take place in a bio—secure bubble at the ageas bowl in southampton. golf now and the european tour returns tomorrow with the first of six back—to—back tournaments,

all being held in the uk. first up is the british masters at close house, from behind closed doors. it's being hosted by lee westwood, who thinks it might take a while for some of the golfers to get used to playing without fans. we get into a routine as golfers, when we set up to the ball and things like that. i'm sure there will be a routine when you hole a putt, waiting for waiting for a round of applause or a cheer. so i'm sure there'll be a few people tipping their cap to invisible people, invisible crowds! that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. there have been talks in downing street this lunchtime between the us secretary of state mike pompeo and borisjohnson. mike secretary of state mike pompeo and boris johnson. mike pompeo secretary of state mike pompeo and borisjohnson. mike pompeo hasjust tweeted that it has been a constructive visit, saying our true

country's long—standing bilateral relationship has laid the foundation for the discussions today, on issues ranging from 56, china, and he says moving on to our negotiations for a us-uk moving on to our negotiations for a us — uk free—trade agreement. that is then in the rose garden in downing street a short time ago. they have spoken about huawei, and the decision not to allow huawei to participate in the sg infrastructure in the uk. we don't know if they have spoken about russia, which is something we are concentrating on following the report released today. mps who have been investigating russian interference in british politics have concluded that it's impossible to say whether hackers linked to moscow affected the brexit referendum because no—one in the british government wanted to touch the issue "with a ten—foot pole." the intelligence and security committee said russia had both the cyber capabilities and the malicious intent

to target the uk. russia promotes disinformation and attem pts russia promotes disinformation and atte m pts to russia promotes disinformation and attempts to influence overseas, whether that is through social media, hack and leak, or using it stating traditional media is being widely reported. the uk is clearly a target and must equip itself to counter such efforts. 0ur paper—based voting and counting system paper—based voting and counting syste m ma kes paper—based voting and counting system makes actual interference with the mechanism difficult. the focus instead is on attempts to influence voters before they cast their votes by spreading disinformation and creating discord by amplifying existing differences. the question is, who is protecting the british public from interference

in our democratic process? in a nutshell, we find that no one is. we find the defence of the uk's democratic process is a hot potato. no one was prepared to accept their overall lead. we now do understand that there is a considerable nervousness about the security intelligence agencies getting involved in the mechanics of the democratic process, and that is rightly so, but we are also talking about here at the protection of the process. dcms and the electoral commission simply do not have the weights and access required to tackle a major hostile state threats. democracy is integral to oui’ threats. democracy is integral to our country's success and well—being. protecting it must be a ministerial priority with the office of security and counterterrorism

ta ke of security and counterterrorism take on the policy lead and the operational role setting with m15. this needs to be gripped now. the government must also ensure that social media companies who have failed to play their part to take down the use of their platforms by hostile states. we need clear deadlines within which material will be removed and the government needs to name and shame those who fail to do so. i will hand back to stewart. this lack of interest and responsibility is important because it translates directly across in terms of investigation into an action against interference. we saw that when we looked into allegations that when we looked into allegations that russia sought to influence voters in the 2016 referendum on the uk's membership of the european union. studies pointed to the preponderance of pro—brexit or

anti—eu stories on rt and sputnik and the use of bots and controls. the actual impact of such attempts are the result itself, by which i mean did the disinformation actually change how people voted, would be difficult if not impossible to prove. there has, however, been speculation that this report was going to reveal either that russia had interfered in or sought to influence the referendum. in the committee does not view it is worse than that. the report reveals that no one in government new f russia interfered in or sought to influence the referendum because they did not wa nt to the referendum because they did not want to know. the uk government have actively avoided looking for evidence that russia interfered. we we re evidence that russia interfered. we were told that they hadn't seen any evidence, but that is meaningless if they hadn't looked for it. the committee find it astonishing that no one in government had sought beforehand to protect the referendum from such attempts were investigated

after what attempts to influence it there may have been. the government, there may have been. the government, the uk government, should have recognised the threat back in 2014 in relation to the scottish referendum, but it didn't. i didn't understand the threat until after the hack and leak operation against the hack and leak operation against the democratic national committee in the democratic national committee in the united states and because it was too slow to recognise the threat, it didn't take action to protect the uk in 2016. one would have thought that once the existence of the threat had been understood, saying what had happened in the united states, that someone happened in the united states, that someone here would have wanted to understand the extent and nature of the threat to the uk and we wanted to see the post—referendum assessment, but there isn't one. there has been no assessment of russian interference in the eu referendum and this goes back to nobody wanting to touch this issue

with a ten foot pole. this is in stark contrast to the us response to reports of interference in the 2016 presidential elections. no matter how politically awkward or potentially embarrassing, they should have been an assessment of russian interference in the eu referendum and there must now be one. the public must be told the results of that assessment. we heard last week the government disclosed details of attempts to influence the 2019 election and it was considerable suspicion about the timing of that announcement, whether it was designed to draw the sting from this report. we can now go to the house of commons, where the home secretary, priti patel, is making a statement to mps about a report into the windrush scandal. laid bare institutionalfailings over several decades to let down so many who had given so much to britain. it was damning about the

conduct of the home office and unequivocal about the institutional ignorance and thoughtlessness towards the issues of race and the history of the windrush generation. asi history of the windrush generation. as i have told this was previously, this was simply unacceptable. my response has been swift, strong and uncompromising. i apologised unreservedly for the injustice, the hardship and suffering of members of the windrush generation at the hands of successive governments. i promised to listen and act to reform the culture of the home office, to better represent all of the communities we serve. last month i announced that i had accepted the review‘s important findings and that i will come back to the host to update you all on the progress implementing these recommendations. after yea rs of implementing these recommendations. after years of injustice and cou ntless after years of injustice and countless warm words, the windrush

generation deserve to know that action is urgently under way. 0ver £1.5 million has not been offered by the windrush compensation scheme. bishop wembley and i launched and hosted the first meeting of the new cross government windrush working group to address the wider inequalities affecting the windrush generation and their families. three subgroups have not been established to put how we put the recommendations —— to look at. we designed a new community fund and how best to work with the new commission on race and ethnic disparities. this group is also advising on a new communications campaign to encourage more people who were affected to come forward. i would like to put on record and give my thanks to bishop wembley and to eve ryo ne my thanks to bishop wembley and to everyone involved for their ongoing support as we not only implement the findings from the lessons of the review, but as we come together to

improve our engagement, our communication and our outreach to the communities affected. this is just the beginning. urgent and extensive work is taking place across the home office and beyond on all the recommendations. together, the permanent secretary and i are looking at every aspect of how the department operates, its leadership, culture, policies, practices and the way it views treats all part parts of the community it serves. my ambition is for a fair, humane and compassionate and outward —looking home office that represents people from every corner of our diverse society, which makes a country great. that means confronting 20 williams post my findings head—on to deliver lasting change. to do this, we have divided recommendations into five parts. this will ensure sweeping reforms to our culture, policies, systems and working practices to reach across the

department and approach —— an approach that wendy williams has welcomed. we are consulting external experts, community organisations in the very people the home office has failed in the past and an extensive programme of engagement to ensure that officials understand the change that officials understand the change thatis that officials understand the change that is needed and that the organisation at every level learns the lessons of what went wrong. i have been clear to my officials that this is not a box ticking exercise. a delivery plan has been drawn up to ensure meaningful and rapid action. we are embracing the need to change our culture across the board and in many cases going further than the recommendations that wendy has made. i will now set outjust some of the work under way on the recommendations under each of the five themes. firstly, righting the wrongs and learning from the past. i have apologised unreservedly to the windrush generation, but sadly we

know their faith and their trust in those who set on both sides of this house has been badly affected and damaged over many years. a series of reconciliation and plans to rebuild the relationship between the home 0ffice the relationship between the home office and those who were affected will now take place. this is an essential step to enable people whose lives were shattered because of windrush to directly articulate the impact this scandal has had on their lives. we must learn from the past. mandatory training is being introduced for new and existing members of the home office staff to ensure everyone working across the department understands and appreciates new history of migration and race across the country. every single existing new member of home 0ffice single existing new member of home office staff will be required to undertake this learning. we are going further by introducing a new process to ensure that all new policies are developed in an inclusive way, factoring in cultural

and historical contexts and with effective mechanisms to monitor and where necessary resolve any concerns. secondly we will create an inclusive workforce in the home 0ffice. inclusive workforce in the home office. the home office must reflect the diverse communities it serves that every single level. there are simply not enough individuals from black, asian or minority ethnic staff working at the top in senior roles and there are far too many times when i am the only non—white face in the room. action must happen now. right now i'm introducing more diverse shortlist for seniorjobs, specialist mentoring and sponsorship programmes to help develop a wider pool of talent and to drive cultural change. while it is reassuring that the home office is on track to meet its aim of representation in singles by 2025, my ambition is to go further because the department cannot truly reflect the communities it serves unless it represents the

very people from within the community they serve. protecting, supporting and listening to every single part of the community it serves as a vital lesson to be learned. thirdly, iam serves as a vital lesson to be learned. thirdly, i am changing the home office's openness to scrutiny. policy and decision—making must be vigorously examined to ensure that any adverse impact on any corner of our society is identified and acted upon quickly. so to ensure we better understand the groups and communities that our policy is a fa ct we communities that our policy is a fact we are overhauling the way in which he built up evidence base and engage with stakeholders across the board. i expect my officials to engage with community organisations, civil society and the public and i will be looking for evidence of this and every piece of advice that ministers received. wendy williams was clear that a lack of insight into the community experience meant

the home office missed opportunities to anticipate the winter scandal. she stated that officials should and could have done more. she effectively said we must all do better at walking in other people's shoes. i will overhaul the department does not risk management framework so we can identify problems sooner, understand the unintended consequences on people and communities of decisions and keep the protection of the public at the heart of what we do. this will give officials the knowledge, the understanding, the responsibility to raise risks and concerns rather than hide them and ensure that they listen to acted upon. fourthly, we will be inclusive. there will be inclusive and robust policy—making. it is key that we build institutional memory and reflect past learnings and experiences when setting out new approaches. so mandatory training on the public

sector equality duty and the impact assessment being rolled out across the department, including for the most senior staff, and all impact assessments and submissions to ministers must, as well as considering the equality impact, addressed the risk to vulnerable individuals and groups. the final and most critical thing is a more compassionate approach. people not cases. this is at the heart of ensuring nothing like the injustices for the windrush generation can never happen again. the injustices to windrush did not happen because staff are bad people, but and staff we re staff are bad people, but and staff were caught up in a system where they did not feel they have the permission to bring personal judgment to bear. i myself have heard from victims directly when they have spoken of decision—making asa they have spoken of decision—making as a process, a process that grind

people down, a process that lacked compassion towards the very people who should have been supported. i have heard people speak of being dismissed as if theyjust did not matter. and to set their voices were irrelevant. putting people first will be built into the reforms that we make. everyone making decisions must see our face behind the case. we must feel empowered to use your own discretion and pragmatism in decision—making. the overwhelming of the british public would agree that it is right that those with no legal right to be in this country must not be allowed to exploit the system, but we must protect the law—abiding majority and to build and maintain public confidence in the immigration system, it should not be easy for those here to illegally flout the rules, but we must make sure that we have the right protections in place for those who status should have been assured. we need a system that

has to be fair. what happened to the windrush generation is unspeakable and no one with the legal right to be here should ever have been penalised. i have cast my officials to undertake a full evaluation of the policy and measures individually to make sure the crucial balance is right. i have asked them to evaluate the changes that were made to immigration and nationality laws over successive governments, to ensure that they are fit for purpose for today? world. if those changes weren't communicated effectively enough, we will act to make them so. have no doubt, where we find problems, i will seek to fix them. we believe the home secretary there, insisting she is determined to right the wrong and injustices suffered by thousands of people from commonwealth countries who were

wrongly told they were illegal living in the uk. more than a has been offered to victims in compensation. very much talking about a more compassionate approach from the system to let them down, with priti patel saying this was about people, not about cases. we will keep an eye on that debate that follows that statement from the home secretary, but obviously a busy news day and we will be returning to the issue of the russia report shortly, but first let's catch up with the weather. there is more sunshine to come through the rest of the day for quite a few of you, but we have seen this cow develop over recent hours and that will tend to spread across the skies for a time. it is turning a little on the cloudy side with the best of the sunshine in the south. 0ut best of the sunshine in the south. out in the atlantic, this area of cloud is heading its way in and this is an area of low pressure that will

be bringing some rain and across western scotland as we end the day. it also arrive quite late on in the day, but before the rain works and it can be isolated showers in scotland. you would be unlucky to see one of those as most areas will have a dry afternoon. temperatures into the low 20s at best, feeling warm and the sun chang comes through. 0vernight, the area of rempel make inroads, is returning back to northern ireland and scotla nd back to northern ireland and scotland with mist and fog patches forming around some of our coasts and hills. further south we will keep clear spells, the cloud continuing to filter and. tomorrow our area of continuing to filter and. tomorrow ourarea of rain continuing to filter and. tomorrow our area of rain will be witnessed from the work you in scotland and northern ireland will slowly move its way southwards into northern england. in the south across wales, the midlands, southern counties of england, preggers relatives —— further spells of sunshine. highs of 16 in glasgow. 0ur further spells of sunshine. highs of 16 in glasgow. our low pressure pushes slowly eastwards as we head

into thursday, so outbreaks of rain will be moving across scotland with brighter skies following. the cold front from the area of low pressure slide southwards across england and wales bringing outbreaks of rain. it could be a few heavy burst, but by and large, the rain not too heavy. a north—western area that will turn brighter with more sunshine, so turning warmer in northern ireland and scotland. we end the week on friday with a sunny started the day. through the day, cloud will bubble up. 0utbreaks through the day, cloud will bubble up. outbreaks of rain moving into northern ireland and the cloud across other areas of england could be thick enough patches of room to develop. the best of any sunshine across eastern scotland, northern areas of england, stretching into the midlands. the weekend looks u nsettled, the midlands. the weekend looks unsettled, often quite cloudy and we will see spells of rain at times. that is your weather.

this is bbc news, i'm simon mccoy. the headlines... the government actively avoided investigating possible russian interference in the scottish independence and eu referendums — that's the verdict of the long awaited russia report from mps. the report reveals that no one in government knew if russia interfered in or thought influence in the referendum because they did not want to know. few questions were asked as the uk welcomed russian money with ‘open arms‘ — with cash recycled through what the report called ‘the london laundromat‘ £35 billion — the cost of the uk response to coronavirus injune — the third biggest monthly figure on record.