it's been run as a nine room boutique hotel. and the admiral fisher suite comes complete with its own fishing hole. here, the gun emplacements have been modified for more peaceful pursuits. and the many million dollar question, of course, who's in the market for a sea fort, or three? a lot of the people we've had so far are people who have been incredibly successful, as the current owner was himself. they've sold a business, and they want to do something fun, but at the same time, something that will bring them a financial reward as well. and perhaps looking for something that they can isolate in again or maybe just have for their own sort of peace of mind and privacy. so for your cool £9 million, you get these three victorian forts. one drawback, though, i've noticed, no car parking. luckily, they come with a helicopter landing pad.

john maguire, bbc news, all at sea. time for a look at the weather, here's phil avery. just one thought the weather was all about humidity and thunderstorms the rest of this week will be all about rain at times and usually windy weather. i've been watching something just off the north—west tip of spain, looks like a weather front, things are happening there, more on that later. the area of cloud and rain work into the northern part of england to the northern part of england to the north of wales, following behind that a bit of brightness and the best of the sunshine in scotland. there is an island stuck with the cloud and rain. through the evening the rain making slow progress, eventually creeping across the border into scotland and then you may have heard about storm ellen.

that is not this may —— major area of low pressure but a small area pushing up the isobars across the republic of ireland with gusts in excess republic of ireland with gusts in excess of 80 miles an hour, damaging and destructive weather. but not far to the east up through the irish sea and those areas boarding onto it we could through the night see gusts of wind in excess of 50, 60 miles an hour. but the wind is coming from the south so not cold by any means. 0nce the south so not cold by any means. once we push this area of cloud and rain away across scotland it ends up being a lovely summer day for the greater part of the british isles on thursday until another pulse of rain works in towards northern ireland, the western fringes and the wind freshening up again. that could be disruptive and damaging as they reach 50, 60 miles an hour. but what a contrast further east, blustery but the wind is southerly so it

could be the warmest day of the week for you at a high of 25. then thursday and friday, it is that major area of low pressure, not storm allen which creeps towards the british isles and again friday more widely perhaps it was the british isles is pretty blustery for sure but some of those gusts at 50, 60 miles an hour could disrupt transport and power. is spots again getting away from the west of the rain. here we are into the start of the weekend, that low—pressure beginning to away towards scandinavia. the wind flicking towards the north—west and still gusty but not just towards the north—west and still gusty but notjust as bad as it will be in the next 2a hours. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm, and here's your

latest sports news... the four—time winner chris froome has been left out of his team's chris froome has been left out of his team's squad for the tour de france, which starts in ten days‘ time. he's won the most prestigious of the grand tours four times but he was badly injured in a crash a year ago and there had been some doubt that he would make the team ineos line—up. also missing out is geraint thomas, who won the tour two years ago. the team is focusing on last year's winner egan bernal, and richard carapaz, who won the giro d'italia last year. froome, who is leaving ineos at the end of the current season, will instead lead the team at the vuelta a espana in october, while thomas will do so at the giro d'italia. ronald koeman has been confirmed as the new manager of barcelona. he's agreed a two—year deal. koeman, who's 57, spent six years with the club as a player. he replaces quique setien, who was sacked on monday.

koeman has been in charge of the dutch national team for the last two—and—a—half years. he's expected to oversee a massive overhaul of the barcelona squad following their slump in form. last season they failed to win a trophy for the first time in 12 years, and on friday, they were humiliated by bayern munich in the champions league, losing 8—2. all ten formula one teams have agreed to sign up to the new concorde agreement, which aims to produce a more even split in prize money. the leading constructers mercedes are among the teams adding their support to the new terms regulations, after ferrari, mclaren and williams paved the way yesterday. they'll come into force in 2022. the sport's governing body, the fia, say the agreement will secure the long—term sustainable future for f1 and will help to "level the playing field, creating closer racing on the track that fans want to see more of".

that is it from the bbc sports centre for now. i will have another update for you in around an hour. scotland's first minister says it's not yet safe to lift additional covid—i9 restrictions in aberdeen following an outbreak there. nicola sturgeon said the situation "is improving" but it may take longer before restrictions can be eased. she was speaking at the scottish government's daily briefing on coronavirus. i can confirm that an additional 50 positive cases were confirmed yesterday. that represents 0.9% of the people who were newly tested and takes the total number of cases now to 19,457. the full health board breakdown will be later as usual but my provisional information is that 15 of the 50 new cases are in grampian, ten are in greater glasgow and clyde, three in lanarkshire, 12 in tayside, and of course we are dealing with known clusters in each of these areas. i can also confirm that a total of 248 patients are currently in hospital with confirmed covid, six fewer than yesterday, and two people are in intensive care,

one fewer in than yesterday. i am also pleased to say yet again in the past 2a hours no deaths were registered of patients who first tested positive over the previous 28 days. however, we are reporting a death today which was registered on 21st april but which has not been previously included in the figures due to a delay in public health scotland being made aware of the positive test. i am however advised the deceased person's family was aware that this was a covid—related death. taking account of that, i can confirm the number of deaths under the daily measurement is now 2492. national records of scotland has just published its weekly update. it can be found on the scottish government's website. it includes deaths of people who had been confirmed through a test as having covid, as our daily figures do but also cases where covid is a suspected or contributory cause of death. the latest nrs update covers the period to sunday

just past, august 16. today's update show that, by sunday, the total number of registered deaths with either a confirmed or presumed link to covid was a216. of those, three were registered in the seven days up to sunday, that is a decrease of two from the week before and the lowest weekly figure we have seen since the pandemic began. one of those three deaths was in a care home, one fewer than in the previous week. these figures continue to speak of the progress we have made in recent months, however they also remind us more than 4000 people have lost their lives to this virus and that people are still losing their lives to it. every single death is a source of grief and heartbreak and my condolences again go to everyone who has suffered loss. and i also take this opportunity again today to thank everyone who continues to work hard in a variety of different capacities to get the country through this difficult period. the final statistics i want update

on are today's gdp figures, they cover april tojune of this year and show that scotland's gross domestic product fell by 19.7% in that quarter, but grew by 5.7% injune as lockdown began to ease. overall, though, the size of our economy is down 17.6% on february, the month before lockdown. it is important to remember that although lockdown eased injune, large parts of the economy — for example most retail, hospitality and tourism — at that point remained closed so we would not expect to see a full recovery in these figures yet. the figures do reflect the scale of the economic challenge that we face and underline the need for continued government action, both scottish and uk government. the scottish government has already allocated more than £2.3 billion to protect businesses and jobs in addition to important uk—wide measures such

as the job retention scheme. we have also set out plans to support jobs and rebuild our economy in our response to the reports of the enterprise and skills strategic board and economic advisory group. that set out amongst other things our committment to creating a youth guarantee of opportunities for young people and we will set out further detail of our support in our programme for government we will set out to the scottish parliament at the start of september. i have two further items i want to cover today. i want to update you on the different clusters of cases we are seeing across the country and i will then set out our decision in relation to the restrictions that are currently in place in aberdeen. i will start with the cluster in cooper angus which is linked to a 2 sisters food processing plant. my figures at the moment say 17 cases have now been confirmed as linked to this outbreak, 15 those are employees of the factory and two are people

the wider community. contact tracing is ongoing. these figures will be updated after the incident management team meets later today. i would expect these figures to rise from those i have reported now. the factory has been closed down for a two—week period. the 900 workers have been advised to self—isolate and a mobile testing unit remains on site so the whole workforce can be tested. i also mentioned yesterday cases involving school students who go to primary schools in blairgowrie, perth and paisley. the deputy first minister will say more about cases where there is a connection to pupils and schools. but i confirm there are two new individual cases involving people in schools in johnstone and dundee. the health protection teams in these areas are dealing with these cases and parents have been written to and carers of children in relevant classes advising where necessary that children should isolate. again, these are situations we are monitoring very closely.

that is also true of the cases linked to secondary school pupils such as the cluster in lanarkshire and the one in north—east glasgow. let me remind you as i did yesterday these are community clusters with links to schools, not school—based clusters. the number of confirmed cases associated with the lanarkshire cluster is now nine, a rise of one from yesterday. all these outbreaks have been looked at and followed up by our test and protect teams and we are also today publishing more detailed figures on the overall work test and protect has done over the last two months. these figures which for obvious reasons exclude cases that are still in progress show that since the 22nd ofjune, test and protect teams have contact traced more than 900 positive cases. of the people identified as requiring contact tracing, only three individuals out of 925 could not be contacted. teams have traced in other words

99.7% of those positive cases, quite a remarkable achievement. based on that work, the teams have also traced more than 5000 contacts and have been successful in contacting 98.8% of those individuals. again, a very important achievement indeed. the first minister talking a little earlier. the head of a human rights charity has called on priti patel to consider her position as home secretary after the body of a teenage migrant from sudan who disappeared at sea was found on a beach near calais. bella sankey, the director of detention action said miss patel had failed to create a safe and legal route for this young person which directly led to their death. the home secretary said the death provided a brutal reminder of the abhorrent people smugglers who exploited vulnerable people. british and eu negotiators are meeting in brussels today for more talks on a post—brexit trade deal, but no immediate

breakthrough is expected. the two sides are still at odds over key issues, including fishing rights and government aid for struggling businesses. the eu commission has again said that any deal would have to be agreed in october for approval before the end of the year, when the post—brexit transition period is to end. the headlines on bbc news... a dramatic rise in virus testing. the health secretary says ramping up the tests will give a much clearer idea of the spread of the virus. awaiting sentence for mass murder — the brother of the manchester arena bomber faces life in jail. an inflation—led price hike for railfares, but, as our travel habits change, will trains ever be full again? after the black grime star wiley had his social media accounts shut down because he shared anti—semitic hate speech online, a conversation was sparked about all forms of discrimination 7 specifically what it means to be a jew of colour. in the wake of black

lives matter protests — many black celebrities argued that although it was right his comments were removed, wiley s treatment was unfair. in turn, some members of thejewish community expressed their disappointment at the lack of support. while these debates are happening on public platforms, somejews of colour have told the bbc they are often ignored. 0ur reporter shamaan freeman—powell has more. and it is exhausting to be always fighting against the next hate, and that is where people like me find ourselves. madeleine is a french, american and british national with west african and european ancestry. she is alsojewish and can find herself being caught in a crossfire when it comes to defending her identity. we are always fighting against this and that, and if it is this, you know, the afro—caribbean community having issues with the jewish community not understanding that there are afro—caribbean jews, or if it is thejewish community being angry at the afro—caribbean community for not fighting against anti—semitism, it's like... ugh! you know? these experiences were made worse in recent weeks when grime star

wiley took to social media to share anti—semitic hate speech, some from white supremacists‘ accounts. madeleine says, although highly offensive, these dangerous slurs often come from a place of ignorance, and when shared by someone also from an ethnic minority group, it can have further consequences. what i am upset about is when it becomes a movement and people start to normalise it, and that starts to spread. that is what concerns me is more the mass of ignorant hateful behaviour. so, my perspective on that, especially considering the context of black lives matter, which ends up making things very messy, is that sometimes people begin to pit one kind of discrimination against another. i think what's important to remember is that not all black people are christian and not alljews are white. we need to understand a little bit more about each other and crucially, where these racist and anti—semitic conspiracy theories and the tropes, where they come from. they are about white supremacy. and as a jewish black man, michael has to fight prejudice on both sides.

i have come across problems, i know my family have. we sadly lost a member of the family and we had to go to a shiva, which is a mourning ceremony. and when we turned up at that synagogue... i turned upjust a little bit later than some of my siblings, and they were being refused entry. and it was not until i got there and i actually remembered a couple of people who were members of that particular synagogue, that we were able to negotiate our way in. i think the lives of british jews are easier when people know more about british jews, and one of the things they would know more about is that we do not all look like this kind of stereotypical image. stephen bush is the political editor at the new statesman and is chairing a commission on racial inclusivity, set up by the board of deputies of britishjews. it comes after black lives matter protests sparked a conversation about the experience ofjews of colour. from my personal experience, most of the anti—semitism i experience is because, you know, someone, whether they are white or black, sees someone with dark skin,

thinks they can't possibly be jewish, and they say something that is deeply and painfully anti—semitic. and it makes me feel unwelcome. it makes me feel unwelcome because they don't like jewish people. it also makes me feel unwelcome in my own skin. and ultimately, we are trying to do the same thing, which is to build a flourishing, multi—ethnic democracy in which everyone can get on and flourish. and if we can't work together on our shared interest in anti—racism, we are never going to successfully land that argument ina wideraudience. so, i think it is hugely important to build and strengthen those relationships. stephen hopes the commission will address some of the issuesjews of colour experience. the first step is allowing a space for their voices to be heard. shamaan freeman—powell, bbc news. it's now more than two weeks since the lebanese capital, beirut was devastated by a huge explosion. more than 200 people died — and many thousands were injured and left without homes. 0ur correspondent tom bateman has been meeting some of the families and individuals whose lives

have changed forever. baby thomas was born the day before beirut‘s explosion. now he's growing up without a dad. he said he is the most beautiful boy he had ever seen. explosion. this was the moment the blast hit the hospital. it killed rita's husband. her baby was unharmed. he loved to play piano. he was the most caring person in the world. if the glass frame had not hit him, it might have hit me or my baby. and that took away his

life, protecting us. a fortnight on, people are trying to piece together shattered lives. "a wall fell on her," says rana's mum. next to the port they took the full brunt of the blast. lebanon was in a deep crisis financially, in terms of its currency, well before the explosion. the point about places like this is they were the hardest hit before the blast even happened. this is the hussain family. fadi paid people—smugglers to get them to europe last year, but they were sent back. times are even tougher now. and then the explosion came. translation: you know what i wish for? first, i was happy to see my kids alive and safe. but now, i wish the building

collapsed on all of us and we would have fled this miserable life. translation: we hid in the cupboard when the explosion went off, boom! and every time a helicopter passes by, i cry and run to mum. many fear the blast‘s fall—out could deepen lebanon's divides. this neighbourhood is a stronghold of support for the shia armed group hezbollah. translation: whoever is in charge should be punished. if i knew there were explosives in the port, i wouldn't have sent my son to work there. everyone is waiting for the investigation into the blast. few trust it. and theories about the cause are everywhere. "people are throwing around false claims that hezbollah are to blame," says this man.

"we completely reject that. there are martyrs from all communities." nadine mourns her husband. she had just told him she was pregnant the day he died in the blast. protesters are calling for revolution. much of the outside world wants deep reform. these are beirut‘s battle lines between its parliament and its people. they demand change. but getting reform navigating this country's sectarian divisions and past conflicts will be hard, and many fear the risk of a descent into bloodshed. now people wonder how many more warnings will be written onto lebanon's walls. tom bateman, bbc news, beirut. singapore plans to put a government—subsidised computer in the hands of every secondary school student by next year.

the scheme to raise digital literacy and improve social mobility was originally set for 2028. but covid—i9 has accelerated the timeline after weeks of home—based learning exposed how many lower—income families lacked the technology. sarah toms reports from singapore. when singapore went into lockdown in april, schoolchildren were sent home to study online. compared to many countries, singapore was well prepared. it had an existing online learning platform that was wrapped up as the pandemic hit. but not all students had access to the e—learning system, so schools loaned out more than 20,000 digital devices. nonprofits like this engineering company stepped in, helping this 15—year—old who had been sharing one laptop with his four siblings. it means a lot, because i will not need to share my laptop with my siblings any more and i can

finish my school work on time. students are back at school but home—based learning will continue to play a part in singapore's renowned education system. widespread access technology is meant to help school children develop new skills for the future, and also to ensure that students from poorer families are not excluded. that is why the singapore government wants all secondary school students to get low—cost laptops or tablets by next year. combining technology with education was always part of the plan for singapore, rather than phasing in the use of laptops and tablets, the pandemic pushed forward by seven years. covid forced us into a position that all of the teachers had to come and work virtually overnight and they rose to the occasion and we found that after covid with the level of acceptance and adoption, it did not make sense to kind of spread it out any more. we might as welljust get it done. this education expert says

that the efforts of singapore are an excellent initiative, but much depends on how well students adapt.. in an asian complex, the authority of the teacher is a very important ingredient of the effectiveness of the learning environment. so, if that disappears, students have to rely on their own discipline. i am not sure that the system which is excellent and one way will also be excellent in other ways. for students like these, staying on top of schoolwork means being connected to the digital world. but for singapore, finding the right balance between home—based and in—school learning will be the true test. sarah toms, bbc news, singapore. now it's time for a look at the weather with phil hello. many of you will have noticed we have changed the weather script somewhat. gone are the thunderstorms and showers and bright spells, and now a spell of persistent rain, and for some quite a gusty wind already.

it will be unusually windy and spells of rain. the rain much of you have seen throughout england and wales working through northern ireland towards the scottish borders, and then a dry spell, but we are already looking back towards the south—western approach as around this parent low, there is a lobe of low pressure which is really going to squeeze up those isobars in the small hours. through the south—eastern quarter of the republic of ireland, some of the models are suggesting we could see gusts of 100 mph, so we could imagine up through the irish sea and those areas bordering on to it, the gusts of wind overnight could be quite spectacular, 50 or 60 mph. that will be disruptive across the bridges and to some travel plans as well. the wind is coming from the south, so by no means a cold night right across the piece. despite the presence of some rain to start the day across particularly scotland and northern ireland, there will be some decent spells of sunshine and we bring another

feature in through the republic of ireland towards the irish sea, freshening the winds again. gusts of wind is easily 50— 60 mph, but away from that feature, as you can see, there will be a decent amount of sunshine across many central and eastern parts of the british isles, raising the temperatures to the 20s for many, perhaps 25 or 26. but that is not quite the end of the wind and rain story, because the parent low creeps towards the british isles during friday, more frontal systems thickening the cloud, and the wind perhaps becoming more widely noticeable across the british isles. gusts of 50—60 mph, again hugely disruptive to some travel plans and perhaps with trees coming down, that could disrupt power supplies as well. to take you into the start of the weekend, that same low pressure gradually trundling its way across the top of scotland

on its way towards scandinavia, so the wind features at the start of the weekend and gradually moderating as be moved to sunday.

this is bbc news, i'm simon mccoy. the headlines... the battle against coronavirus — the health secretary announces a dramatic rise in the number of household tests in england. we are going to expand it — essentially by almost ten times — so that we get more detailed information about where the virus is taking root. the body of a teenage migrant from sudan — who disappeared at sea — has been found on a beach near calais. awaiting sentence for mass murder — the brother of the manchester arena bomber faces life in jail. an inflation—led price hike for railfares — but campaign groups and unions call for a reduction in ticket prices to encourage more people back on the tracks. and... a penny for your forts — actually it'll cost you £9 million,