the first female radio operator to be sent into nazi—occupied france. they were losing radio operators like flies. the life expectancy was six weeks, so noor was crucial to this. and they flew her in undercover. she is transformed into madeline, the secret agent. after months of dangerous work, she was betrayed, arrested by the gestapo, imprisoned and tortured. she died after being shot in a concentration camp in september 1944. her plaque marks the return of the blue plaque scheme after a brief hiatus because of coronavirus. the new plaque will mark the house in bloomsbury in central london that was her family home when she left england for the last time.

english heritage, which oversees the blue plaque scheme, believes that the story of her remarkable courage in the service of her adopted country is something that will serve to inspire future generations. time for a look at the weather — here's ben rich. more downpours to contend with today, but for the weekend it should look a bit more like summer, some drier, brighter weather on the way. it may not feel like it, though. a windy start to the weekend. some very cool days, decidedly chilly nights for the time of year but it will be mainly dry. not at the moment, particularly for england and wales, showers and longer spells of rain, particularly heavy rain pushing into north sea coasts and north—east england. some localised flooding is possible here. and also some flooding as possible from these heavy, thundery downpours across southern counties of england this afternoon. they will be hit and miss. some will avoid their mothers will get a real drenching. for wales, the midlands, parts of

northern england, the wind is really picking up as well as the rain. —— will avoid them and others will get a real drenching. things will be feeling very cool indeed. safe or a few showers, northern ireland and scotla nd few showers, northern ireland and scotland will have a decent amount of dry and bright weather. this evening and tonight, we will see further outbreaks of rain going eastwards a cross further outbreaks of rain going eastwards across parts of england, parts of east anglia, and the south—east, rain on and off through the night. further west, some showers, but a lot of dry, clear weather, and signs of the nights starting to turn colder, single digits for many of us. low pressure still to the east for many, high to the west, between the two we will squeeze northerly winds down across the uk. a brisk wind at that. particularly first thing saturday morning, a of 50 mph or more eastern counties where we will still see outbreaks of rain at times throughout the day. further west, largely dry and bright with spells of sunshine, but factor in the wind and look at these temperatures,

it'll feel a bit disappointing for august, frankly. 18 may be in cardiff and plymouth. more rain for east anglia and the south—east through saturday night. elsewhere dry and clearand through saturday night. elsewhere dry and clear and where the winds light it‘ll dry and clear and where the winds light it'll turn very cold indeed. if you are heading on a camping trip 01’ if you are heading on a camping trip or you if you are heading on a camping trip 01’ you are if you are heading on a camping trip or you are out and about for any other reason, these temperatures may not please you, two, three, four degrees, some spots might get close to freezing, believe it or not. after a chilly start, sunday is a largely dry day, sunny spells, patchy cloud, temperatures still disappointing but the winds will be knighted by this stage so it might feel a little less chilly. into monday, a lot of dry weather around. —— lighter by this stage. a reminder of our top story... president trump formally accepts the republican nomination for november's us election saying he is the candidate of law and order. that's all from the bbc news at one. on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.

have a very good afternoon. good afternoon. i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes, it's 1:30 and here is your latest sports news. england defender harry maguire says he's thankful for the suppport of his club manchester united after the traumatic events of the past week. in an exclusive interview with the bbc, he told our sports editor dan roan that he feared for his life when he was arrested by greek police, and thought he was being kidnapped. united have said maguire is likely to remain as their captain this season. it's such a huge honour to be captain of manchester united. it's something i'm really proud of. it's a massive privilege to play for the club, never mind to be the captain.

but one thing i will say is how supportive the club have been, from top to bottom. they have been great with me. and, obviously, it has been such a difficult time. my main focus is obviously family. but the next best thing to my family is football. so, playing for manchester united, like i said, is something i love. chelsea's manager frank lampard is continuing to restructure his side's defence, signing the brazil centre—back thiago silva on a free transfer — one—year deal after leaving paris saint—germain. the 35—year—old will link up with england left—back ben chilwell, who signed from leicester on wednesday. meanwhile roy hodgson has made his most expensive signing at crystal palace — paying nearly 20 million for the young qpr striker ebere eze. the england under—21 international should boost palace's attacking options — only relegated norwich scored fewer goals last season.

and newly promoted leeds have signed another england youth player — the 18—year—old forward sam greenwood. he moves from arsenal on a three—year contract — for an undisclosed fee. us sport continues to be disrupted as more playersjoin the boycott to protest over the police shooting ofjacob blake. in the game between the new york mets and miami marlins — both teams took off their caps for a moment of silence, before walking off the field, leaving behind a black lives matter t—shirt. basketball‘s nba's play—offs and football and ice hockey matches have also been postponed. the american football season doesn't start for another fortnight — and is in full practice mode, but the tennessee titans cancelled their latest session in solidarity. we had a lot of powerful discussions, guys got out their emotions, guys teared up and we had a lot of constructive conversation, but as we went to our team meetings with the entire team, we felt that as players and as an entire organisation that it was right

not to practise today. we feel that with all the recent events that have happened in our country, not just this year, not only the past year but the past hundreds of years, we decided it's time to take a stand. valetteri bottas is enjoying his 31st birthday so far he was quickest in the first practice session for sunday's belgian grand prix, just holding off his mercedes team—mate lewis hamilton, with max verstappen close behind. the top three were separated by fractions of a second on one of the most demanding tracks on the f1 calendar. it's expected to rain during second practise later. as british sport continues to slowly re—introduce spectators — murrayfield will stage the first rugby match with fans since the lockdown. around 700 will be allowed in to watch edinburgh take on glasgow in the pro 1a, with strict social distancing measures in place. tickets have been sold in pairs so members of the same household can sit together. season—ticket holder darren coutts

will be back at murrayfield for the first time in six months, taking his partner anna healy to her first rugby match. i'm part of edinburgh rugby fans group which we started up a few years back and is going strong and everybody has a sense of, well, we are going to make this work, not just for rugby but for sport in general and, you know, there is a sense of responsibility. we understand that covid has racked sports across the land and we just want to make it work and hopefully a great event tonight leads to another great event and we can get back to watching rugby live. i'll have more for you in the next hour. on the 57th anniversary of martin luther king's i have a dream speech, americans are again to march on washington demanding criminaljustice reforms spurred by months of protest over police violence against african americans. nearly 60 years on, civil rights leaders hope to build

momentum behind a national movement for lasting change. clive myrie looks back at the historical significance of that speech from dr king. singing. # we shall overcome... #. newsreel: the sunny morning of one of the brightest days in washington's history brings people by the bus—load, the train—load, the plane—load from every part of america to their capital. and every part of america knew racism so the marchers who wanted to bear witness to history in the struggle for equal and human rights came from all corners of the land. the organisers were a cross—section of civil rights leaders, labour unions and religious organisations, coming together under one battle cry — the demand forjobs and freedom.

the freedom to vote. the freedom to live a life equal to whites. the freedom to fully enjoy their american dream. media interest was higher than for john f kennedy's inauguration two years earlier and no wonder, this was the biggest gathering of participants for a single event ever in washington, more than 250,000 people. we're going to walk together! we're going to stand together! many reflecting on america's profound lie, all were not created equal, and future generations should not have to live with that betrayal. in the heat, the speakers came and went, but it was the last man to take the microphone whose words have echoed down the years, a man who had a dream. black lives matter!

a dream that, to this day, for many african—americans, remains unfulfilled as the young demand the same justice their elders had fought for. it shames america that almost 60 years later, there has to be another march on washington, that the betrayal of its people persists, but the dream remains. clive myrie, bbc news. japan's longest—serving prime minister, shinzo abe, has announced he is stepping down because of ill health. abe — who is 65 — has suffered from ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease, for many years, but his condition has worsened. in 2007, he resigned abruptly from an earlier term as prime minister because of his struggles with his condition. in recent months,

his government has faced severe criticism over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which many people injapan view as being too slow and uncoordinated. shinzo abe had recently become the country's longest continuously serving prime minister, and has no clear successor. dr kristin surak, senior lecturer in japanese politics at soas university spoke to us earlier. she says there are a few contenders to replace abe emerging following his shock announcement. i think it's blindsided quite a number of people, even some people within his own party and his staff did not expect this and certainly not at the beginning of the week and i think the suddenness of the announcement, especially given that he only had a year left in power, suggest that the health issues really are quite serious that he's dealing with now. but there are a couple of leading contenders. one is fumio kishida, who is currently the policy chief. he is very popular within the party,

less popular with voters, but he is, in a sense, in first place to take over because if it doesn't go to a popular vote then really the power within the party is significant. other contenders are yoshihide suga who is the chief cabinet secretary and he's been really abe's main advisor through his entire tenure, very powerful within the party as well. and the third contender would be shigeru ishiba who is currently the secretary—general of the liberal democratic party of which abe is a member. he is abe's main rival and actually when abe was first elected in 2012, he was the main rival in that election and so it depends a bit on what's going on within internal party politics and the sort of negotiation and compromises that will be made in terms of who of those three come out on top.

scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon reiterated the travel advice issued by the scottish government last night. scots returning from the czech republic and jamaica will have to quarantine for two weeks, if they arrive back into scotland from saturday. she also announced new financial support for the culture and heritage sectors. let me highlight and under line an announcement made by the scottish government last night. we have added two additional countries to the list of countries subject to quarantine restrictions. these countries are the cheque republic and jamaica. if you're travelling to scotland from these places from tomorrow, and that includes people returning, you must self—isolate for 1h days on your return. —— czech republic. everyone

arriving from chiba into scotland from tomorrow no longer has to self—isolate but if you have arrived in the last few days you must com plete in the last few days you must complete your 1a days isolation. —— chubut. —— cuba. please think carefully before deciding to travel overseas at the moment even if there is no quarantine requirement for a country when you leave scotland, that can very easily changed by the time you are due to come home so my advice remains to think very carefully about nonessential foreign travel at this time. the final issue relates to culture funding and! the final issue relates to culture funding and i can confirm further £59 million package of support for culture and heritage sectors which is part of the £97 million received earlier in the summer as

consequential funding from uk government announcements. it includes funding for historic environment scotland and additional help for freelancers and support for development of new creative work and support for independent cinemas and youth arts. one significant element isa youth arts. one significant element is a £50 million culture organisations and venues recovery fund to safeguard key parts of our cultural infrastructure and that fund will offer support to commercial theatres, galleries, comedy venues, orchestras and theatre and dance companies and larger music venues and nightclubs and production facilities and studios. it has the aim of protecting jobs and increase opportunities for freelancers and remove the effect of insolvency and provide a reliable and sustainable future for organisations and venues. the headlines on bbc news: president trump has formally

accepted the republican nomination to run for a second term — warning thatjobs and "american greatness" would be at risk if his rival — joe biden — wins. japan's prime minister — shinzo abe — has announced he will step down from the position due to ill health. the world's largest study of patients with covid—19 has confirmed that children's risk of needing hospital treatment for the virus is "tiny". an urgent manhunt continues after a father abducted three boys from their foster home in south london. six—year—old bilal safi and his brothers mohammed ebrar safi, and mohammed yaseen safi — aged five and three — were taken from a house in coulsdon on thursday 20th august. detectives are looking for 26—year—old imran safi who is said to have threatened the foster carer with a knife. simon jones has been

at new scotland yard this morning... officers say they have been working around the clock since the three boys were abducted just over a week ago. news of the abduction was only made public yesterday. the police say the three boys were playing in the garden of the home belonging to their foster the garden of the home belonging to theirfosterfamily in the garden of the home belonging to their foster family in south london. the foster mother heard footsteps and went out to the garden to see what was happening and said she saw the father of the boys. he had a knife and she says he threatened her and bundled the three boys into the back of a car and drove off at there have not been sent. officers say they're extremely concerned for the welfare of the children although they do not believe they are in any physical danger. their father has links to afghanistan and pakistan so the police believe it is possible he may have smuggled the children out of the country. they say if that has happened it would have been a

terrifying ordeal for children who are so young. terrifying ordeal for children who are so young. the reason the police say they have onlyjust made this public is this is a complex investigation and they have been doing a lot of work behind—the—scenes and examining cctv and carrying out various enquiries. they do not know whether children are and that is why they are asking for the help of the public if anyone has seen them of their father. the police say they have made eight arrests of people who are linked to their father, other his family or friends. they have been released on bail but the police are extremely concerned that they need the help of the public to make sure these children are returned safely. if one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the us, hurricane laura, has killed at least six people in louisiana. the state's governor said the storm had caused tremendous damage, but it was not as bad

as originally feared. in neighbouring texas, the governor there said the state had dodged a bullet. paul hawkins reports. in neighbouring texas, the governor there said the state had dodged a bullet. the calm after the storm — lake charles city in louisiana. this damage caused by sustained winds of 150 miles an hour had power cuts to more than half a million homes. it was wild. at around one or so, the wind picked up and i could hear, the neighbours‘s roof blew off the side of the house, and just blew into my house. there was also this chemical fire at an industrial plant. it is clear that we did not sustain and suffer the absolute catastrophic damage that we thought was likely, based on the forecast we had last night. but we have sustained a tremendous amount of damage. this predicted 20ft storm surge failed to materialise, because the storm tracked 15—20 miles east of the calcasieu river, which feeds into lake charles city, meaning the marshland soaked most of it up.

it has already weakened into a tropical storm, with winds of 60 miles per hour, and will continue to weaken further as it heads into arkansas and towards the american east coast. meanwhile, eastern texas is also counting the cost, with places like port arthur underwater. the state's governor surveying the damage for himself from the air, and warning that the weather is not finished yet. one thing that we are continuing to look at is, we stand ready to watch and respond to potential flash flooding, as well as potential tornadoes, as the storms continue to go through the exiting process of exiting the state of texas. and there could be an unusually high number of storms still to come. scientists are warning, if they keep appearing at the current pace,

then the number of storms in this hurricane season could equal the record set in 2005, when hurricane katrina hit, 15 years to the day on saturday. paul hawkins, bbc news. the august bank holiday weekend is upon us and it is a crucial one for britain's tourism industry. but bookings for uk staycations for this august bank holiday weekend are down by around half on last year according to visit britain. our business correspondent ben thompson has been in whitstable in kent this morning — enjoying typical bank holiday weather... welcome to sunny whitstable. you're absolutely right, earlier this morning the rain was here, but they will be hoping that it lasts much longer, and the weather being so glorious right now, because they will really

rely on this weekend to make sure that they can get the visitors in that they need. about a third of all domestic tourism spending is done in the months ofjuly and august and this will be really crucial to help salvage what is left of the summer season, given that the bars and restaurants and shops here have missed out on the easter weekend, the other bank holidays this year, the school holidays, so they will be hoping that this weekend will deliver. but you're right, the number of trips overnight stays are down significantly. this time last year, 8 million of us were planning an overnight trip over the weekend, this year it is just 4.8 million. clearly we're still travelling but not staying overnight. so what does that mean? let me introduce you to patricia, from visit britain, and also sarah, who runs a hotel and restaurant. good morning to you both. patricia, talk to me about the importance of this weekend, this year, even more important, this bank holiday weekend. yes, because tourism businesses need to make their money in the summer to help them through the quieter months of the winter. as you say, they have lost a lot of business this year,

so this is the last hurrah before the kids go back to school and it is important to get people out and supporting local businesses and spending their money. speaking of local businesses, sarah, you are pinning your hopes on this weekend being a good one, because you have been through it all this year, with lockdown and changes to the way you operate, tell me about how tough it has been. absolutely. so, lockdown came overnight, it was really important for us to look after our customers, and change. we want to be covid—secure, we've got great outside space so we have been able to adapt quickly. however, the hotel was on lockdown, we're just coming out of lockdown now, we've got weddings, albeit smaller, intimate. as a business we are having to re—gear and think about the future. great that we have got these small staycations right now, however, cold months ahead. and also i was speaking to another restaurant owner earlier and he said the problem is the mondays, tuesdays, the wednesdays,

the things that the chancellor was trying to get people to help out, but for the likes of businesses like yours, it is really difficult, people are coming for the weekend and not the rest of the week? the eat out campaign has been great to give back to our customers and also positive to get the food supply chain going again. however, coming back to the hotel side, we are noticing last—minute stays, people who want to suddenly get away, but we have to make sure that we are covid—secure and we offer confidence to our customers to encourage them to keep coming out. and patricia, a final word, this is really make or break, but what about november, december, january, february, it's going to be tough, isn't it? it is, even the places in resorts that have been doing good business are expressing worry about how they get through to christmas. if you're in a city centre business, you've not got business travellers, you've not got people who are confident travelling

on public transport. so, a really positive message is needed that people can travel confidently and go into cities and we are launching the escape the every day campaign, where those memories of lockdown hopefully will fade and we can get out and enjoy ourselves. good luck. you've got your work cut out but on a glorious day like today, it makes yourjob slightly easier. that is the view for this weekend. many people will be choosing to go away even if it is just for a day but hopefully for a bit longer to make the most of what this country has got to offer. when you see shots like this, from the drone, you really do see what this country has to offer, and whatever you may be up to this weekend, have a wonderful time. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon.

contend with lately there is something brighter on the way for the weekend but it's not all plain sailing. a windy start to the weekend. it is going to feel decidedly cool by day and very chilly by night for the time of year but it will be mainly dry. not so through the rest of today. some heavy and thundery downpours across parts of southern england up into east anglia and a band of rain cause some transport disruption and the winds are strengthening. some of these north sea coasts seeing gusts of a0 mph to maybe 50 mph later in the day. the further north you are, one or two showers, yes, but a decent amount of dry weather and some spells of sunshine. but temperatures on the low side for this time of year. through this evening we will see further showers are longer spells of rain across southern areas. those increasingly becoming confined to east anglia and the south—east. one or two showers elsewhere but for the most part it's dry with some clear spells. a rather cool night

particularly in the west — 7 degrees to 9 degrees. a little bit milder further east you're closer to the high pressure still provoding some pretty strong winds. especially in eastern areas tomorrow. high pressure building in from the west which will dry things out over the weekend. the winds will be strong with gusts of 50 mph or a touch more for some eastern areas through tomorrow morning. not as windy for the west and actually things will dry out from the west as the day goes on so some sunny spells to be had. parts of yorkshire and lincolnshire and east anglia will continue to see some outbreaks of rain at times and with the brisk wind,14 degrees in hull, 15 in norwich, that will feel cool anglia will continue to see some outbreaks of rain at times and with the brisk wind,14 degrees in hull, 15 in norwich, that will feel cool and a cool feel elsewhere as well. through saturday night, particularly in western areas where the winds fall light it will turn very chilly indeed, unusually cold for this point in late august. some spots down to two or three orfour degrees and one of two very, very sheltered places

could get close to freezing. a lot of dry weather around by sunday and some spells of sunshine. some patchy cloud developing. temperatures still no great shakes but the winds will be lighter so it might not feel so chilly. monday is a bank holiday for most of us and it there is just the chance of thicker cloud and rain in the far west later in the day.

this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines: president trump formally accepts the republican nomination for november's us election, calling himself the candidate of law and order and encouraging black voters to support him. i have done more for the african—american community than any president since abraham lincoln, our first republican president. it's "vanishingly rare" for children to die from coronavirus, according to the world's biggest study of young patients with covid—19. britain's empty town and city centres: the government launches a campaign to get staff back into the workplace.