this is bbc news. the headlines: jubilation for tom daley in tokyo with his new diving partner, matty lee. four olympic games and he's finally won gold. an historic victory for adam peaty — he becomes the first ever british swimmer to successfully defend an olympic title. and more gold for team gb on a magic monday, as cyclist tom pidcock rides to victory in the mountain biking event, just two months after breaking his collarbone. two school boys are found guilty of murdering 13—year—old olly stephens in a park in reading injanuary. a jury has found that teenager bernadette walker, who disappeared in peterborough one year ago, was murdered

by the man she called �*dad'. as new rules on covid tracing alerts come in, giving some key workers in england the option of daily testing — instead of self—isolating, ministers meet to discuss how it's going. and coming up — could canterbury cathedral be home to some of the oldest stained glass in the world? new research suggests it dates back nearly 900 years. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. there's been a gold rush for team gb at the olympics in tokyo. adam peaty won the men's 100 metres breaststroke, becoming the first british swimmer ever to retain an olympic title. tom daley and matty lee were victorious in the men's

synchronised ten—metre diving, and tom pidcock won britain's third gold in the men's cross—country mountain biking. there were silver medals too for alex yees in the men's triathlon, and lauren williams in taekwondo. for a full round—up of the action at the olympics today, let's cross to gavin ramjaun at the bbc sports centre. as you say, what a day to celebrate for team gb. three goals they've managed and they could have been more. becoming the first british swimmer to defend the olympic title. peaty finished in a time of 57.37 seconds, six tenths clear of the field. speaking afterwards, he admitted he'd gone through a tough time, but it'd all been worth it. haven't felt this good since 2016!

it means the world to me. have the best preparation of my life. that's really what it takes to be an athlete. well, tom daley, who after 13 years of trying, finally has an olympic gold medal around his neck. he won the men's synchronised 10 meter platform competition, with his partner, matty lee. the pair dived impeccably throughout, moving top of the leaderboard afterfour dives, before going on to expertly handle all the nerves and pressure in their final two routines. in a nail—biting finale, the british pair watched on as the chinese duo made theirfinal dive. daley and lee then broke into wild celebrations when it became clear, they'd ended china's golden grip on the event, dating back to 2000. and the third gold medal came from an unexpected source, but what a stunning win it was team gb's tom pidcock — in the men's cross country mountain biking. in hot and humid conditions,

the 21—year—old from leeds domminated, leading the race from halfway onwards. the ineos grenadiers riderfinished a clear 20 seconds ahead the rest of the field. and the win today came just two months after pidcock broke his collarbone in a collision with a car while out training. team gb have added another silver to their total. 22—year—old lauren williams winning it in the under—67 kilo catergory of the women's taekwondo. she was beaten in the final though by croatia's matea jelic, another dramatic taekwondo final at these tokyo games. williams was leading going into the last few moments of the final round, but had the gold snatched from her in the final few seconds. the first medal of day three came in the men's triathlon with great britain's alex yee taking the silver in sweltering conditions, as norway's kristian blummenfelt claimed gold. britain's jonny brownlee came fifth. there was an upset in the women's 400 metres freestyle final with australia's ariarne titmus. beating the defending champion katie ledecky to win herfirst—ever gold medal.

titmus swam the best time of her career. america's ledecky had dominated the pool over the last five years, winning four golds and one silver in rio. just look what it means! ariarna titmus's coach goes wild after her thrilling a00m freestyle gold. this is dean boxall, who's gone viral for this celebration. that's the round up for the moment, more for you later in the hour. we look forward to it. you're watching bbc news. two schoolboys have been found guilty of murdering a 13—year—old boy in a park in reading injanuary. a 14—year—old schoolgirl has already admitted manslaughter. olly stephens died after being stabbed twice, just a few hundred yards from his home. olly had known the others and had become involved in a row over comments made on social media. duncan kennedy reports from reading. he wasjust 13 he was just 13 years old. but in the

words of his dad, olly stephens was a precious gift whose death became the stuff of nightmares. this was olly injanuary, walking past the neighbours' durable camera at 3:31! p:m.. by five p:m., he was dead. not at the hands of an adult, but by other children. those children who olly new included a 13—year—old girl who lured him to this park so he could be confronted by two other boys, aged 1a and 13. it was in effect and ambush. and it was all because olly had simply posted a message on social media. olly was later stabbed during the fight. the girl and the two other boys can't be identified because they're children. the court was shown this phone footage of the younger boy playing with a knife in his bedroom. the older boy also had pictures of

knives. this woman lives nearby and she saw olly not long before the attack on. like other local people, she now comes to this tree to reflect. �* , reflect. he didn't en'oy his youthful * reflect. he didn't en'oy his youthful life * reflect. he didn't en'oy his youthful life and _ reflect. he didn't enjoy his youthful life and he's - reflect. he didn't enjoy his youthful life and he's gone reflect. he didn't enjoy his - youthful life and he's gone now, so it's really sad. every time i come here, i come and pay my respects to olly and i feel sorry for the parents who lost their son at an early age like the. fist parents who lost their son at an early age like the.— early age like the. at olly's funeral. — early age like the. at olly's funeral, his _ early age like the. at olly's funeral, his dad _ early age like the. at olly's funeral, his dad said - early age like the. at olly's funeral, his dad said he - early age like the. at 0lly's| funeral, his dad said he was early age like the. at olly's - funeral, his dad said he was loved, nurtured and cherished. the children involved in his death will be sentenced later. duncan kennedy, bbc news, and reading. our correspondent andrew plant is at reading crown court. neither of the defendants on trial for the past five weeks can be named because they are both just 1a years

old, young teenagers. in the last 15 minutes here, both have been found guilty by the jury. as you heard there, a 13—year—old girl who was also involved in olly�*s death had previously pleaded guilty to his manslaughter. we think they will be sentenced together in a few weeks' time, but it was more than seven months ago. olly left his home, walking just a couple hundred metres to that local beauty spot where he thought he was meeting up with that girl, but when he got there, he realised the whole thing had been a trick. the prosecution calls it an organised ambush because those boys were lying in wait for him. after a couple of minutes, one of the boys pulled a knife and stabbed olly twice, once in the chest and once in the back. all three of them ran away from the scene. we understand they got rid of some of the close they were wearing at the time and threw away that knife, which has never been found. meanwhile, passersby saw

what had happened to olly, called 999 and ran to get his parents, and they arrived at the scene just in time to see olly being treated by paramedics in that park. but sadly, he lost his life in the ambulance before he even got to hospital. olly�*s dad was watching. he's been here every day of this five week trial and let out an audible groan when those verdicts were given. it has been an all —— a very long ordeal, but finally two guilty verdicts for those 14—year—old boys and manslaughterfor the now and manslaughter for the now 14—year—old and manslaughterfor the now 14—year—old girl. they will be sentenced after a short delay, we think at the beginning of september. andrew, thank you. senior ministers are meeting today to review the scheme which allows fully vaccinated key workers in england to avoid self—isolation by taking daily covid tests instead. staff working in the food supply chain, in frontline emergency services, and in transport

and freight are already included from today — but there are calls for workers from other sectors to be added. theo leggett reports. the test and trace system and the covid app were meant to help control the spread of the coronavirus. but for businesses and other organisations, the so—called pingdemic has become a nightmare of staff shortages. last week, the government took action to protect food supplies. it said workers at some 500 sites involved in food production and distribution would be able to avoid isolation if they got pinged, and could take daily tests instead. that move has been welcomed by some. knowing that we are in scope as well is really great, because it means that businesses who have been affected by the pandemic can actually plan for any colleagues that go off, whereas previously if somebody had been pinged, they might have had a whole team of people wiped out, which would be really difficult to plan for the supply of food and drink for the next three weeks. but others are less impressed, because they say the government

hasn't been clear enough about who is included in the scheme, and how it will actually work. we don't even know if we are included as one of the 500 companies. if we were included, we don't know how the testing is going to operate, so to be honest with you, we haven't got a clue. but this isn'tjust a problem for the food industry. transport networks have been hit as well. many railway companies have had to cancel services because they can't get enough drivers. emergency services have been hit, and pubs and restaurants have had to close because they can't get enough staff. there are exemptions available for a small number of fully vaccinated critical workers in sectors such as energy, watersupply, medicines, emergency services and border control. but the system has been criticised as too narrow, and the government is under pressure to extend it, before a much wider relaxation of isolation rules comes in on august 16th. so, what we are saying to the most critical worker sectors is

exactly that, so that is the fire, police, border control, certain parts of the food sector, that if you have had that double vaccination and indeed the two weeks after you have had your second vaccination... but not the trains, he told us he told us it was chaos, the boss of the rmt. certain elements of transport they have been looking at, to give that flexibility. but businesses say they can't wait that long, and warn that if the rules aren't eased sooner, the damage to them and their customers will mount up. theo leggett, bbc news. the daily number of new covid infections has fallen for six days in a row for the first time since february. according to today's data, just under 25,000 new cases were recorded in the last 2a hours. this time last week, the figure was nearly 40,000. let's speak to professor christina pargel, director of the clinical operational research unit at ucl. she's also a a member of the group that established

itself as an alternative to the government's official scientific advisors, calling themselves the independent sage group. good afternoon to you. how do you explain, how do you read this fall in numbers six days in a row now? i'm not going to lie, it's puzzling and i think it's puzzling a lot of people. not so much because of the 19th ofjuly opening because we wouldn't be seeing until later this week, but it'sjust wouldn't be seeing until later this week, but it's just very unusual to go from 50% growth in england to a sudden big drop we've got when nothing really was changed. so, i think that is confusing people. what we're seeing is the reductions have started on the same day every region, so that implies it's a nationwide affect and it's probably a combination of all kinds of

things. it could be good weather making people go outside, the end of football, people socialising. we know that the 19th ofjuly, 25% of schools were spread, so that could be having an impact. it could be people not waiting to get tested. it could be a combination of all of those things. we are seeing that hospital admissions and the ons infections are still seeing increases, so i think this week, if we see that start to decrease, then we see that start to decrease, then we can be sure that yes, places are going down. 50. we can be sure that yes, places are going down-— going down. so, you are, as you often are — going down. so, you are, as you often are cautious _ going down. so, you are, as you often are cautious about - going down. so, you are, as you often are cautious about what i going down. so, you are, as you - often are cautious about what you're seeing, some people have been suggesting we might be approaching — i use this word carefully — herd immunity and enough people having

the virus or being vaccinated. the thin is if the virus or being vaccinated. the thing is if we _ the virus or being vaccinated. tue thing is if we have the virus or being vaccinated. tte thing is if we have reached the virus or being vaccinated. ttj: thing is if we have reached that, you would expect it to be reached at different times and different regions because different region do have different levels of previous immunity. but we're not seeing that, we see it happen at every regent the same time, so that is what makes me think it's not that. what you get when you reach herd immunity is it gets to one where you would see constant cases and then falling. but we've seen it go up and then suddenly come down, and that's not really what you'd see if it was a gradual increase to herd immunity. that's why i think it's not that. we're seeing in countries with higher vaccination levels like israel, the cases are going up there. again, it's thinking other countries are seeing this either that or highly vaccinated. the more people get vaccinated the better, but i don't think we've reached that

stage yet. d0 but i don't think we've reached that staue et. ,, ~ stage yet. do you think the figure for daily cases — stage yet. do you think the figure for daily cases accurately - stage yet. do you think the figure for daily cases accurately reflects| for daily cases accurately reflects how many people have got to covid at any one time? i ask because is it the case that people who are reinfected are not included in those figures? reinfected are not included in those fiaures? . , ., figures? yeah, it is true that if someone _ figures? yeah, it is true that if someone is — figures? yeah, it is true that if someone is reinfected - figures? yeah, it is true that if someone is reinfected with - figures? yeah, it is true that if. someone is reinfected with covid, then only their first infection counts. if they were infected in january, they will not show up in the figures. but we know from public health england, who do track it and publish those numbers every couple of weeks, that's probably 1% or fewer of cases. so, it might reduce numbers a little bit, but certainly not enough to be affecting trends. i do believe public health england are now looking into changing that definition. the most recent report said re—infections are more likely to delta. i don't think it's causing it. ., y to delta. i don't think it's causing it. ., , ., , ., ~ it. roughly where do you think we

are? iwill it. roughly where do you think we are? i will say _ it. roughly where do you think we are? i will say we _ it. roughly where do you think we are? i will say we seem _ it. roughly where do you think we are? i will say we seem to - it. roughly where do you think we are? i will say we seem to be - it. roughly where do you think we are? i will say we seem to be in l it. roughly where do you think we are? i will say we seem to be in a| are? i will say we seem to be in a much better— are? i will say we seem to be in a much better place _ are? i will say we seem to be in a much better place than i - are? i will say we seem to be in a much better place than i feared, l are? i will say we seem to be in a i much better place than i feared, so thatis much better place than i feared, so that is good news. i'm kind of waiting to hear, to see whether we get corroborative... how do you say it? corroborating evidence. get corroborative. .. how do you say it? corroborating evidence.- it? corroborating evidence. that's the word. from _ it? corroborating evidence. that's the word. from ons _ it? corroborating evidence. that's the word. from ons and - it? corroborating evidence. that's . the word. from ons and admissions. if we see the word. from ons and admissions. if we see the — the word. from ons and admissions. if we see the same _ the word. from ons and admissions. if we see the same thing _ the word. from ons and admissions. if we see the same thing there, - the word. from ons and admissions. if we see the same thing there, i - if we see the same thing there, i think we can be pleased look like they won't be as bad as we feared. we will come back to you, but thank you so much. some coronavirus restrictions in northern ireland have been lifted. from today, up to 15 people from different households can meet indoors, and close contact services such as hairdressers can reopen without needing to pre—book an appointment. the stormont assembly will meet later to decide whether other measures can be eased, including the re—opening of theatres and concert halls.

the headlines on bbc news: three olympic golds for team gb — diving pair tom daley and matty lee, swimmer adam peaty, and cyclist tom pidcock all win their events on day three of the tokyo games. two school boys are found guilty of murdering 13—year—old olly stephens, in a park in reading injanuary. as new rules on covid tracing alerts come in — giving some key workers in england the option of daily testing, instead of self—isolating — ministers meet to discuss how it's going. a man whose wife, nine year old son and close friend drowned in loch lomond said he did what he could to save them, but the water was just too deep. rana waris ali said the two families had been on holiday — and stopped off there on the way back home to glasgow. his wife edina olahova, and their nine—year—old son rana haris ali died in the incident, along with close family

friend muhammad asim riaz. speaking to the our correspondent alexandra mckenzie, mr ali paid tribute to his wife and son and spoke about the moment he tried to save them. when i came out from water, i see my wife and and i tried to pull off my shirt and give to her if she can catch. someone gave me phone for emergency service, and running for help, i bring one guy. he came after ten minutes. i was on the phone, but i can't much explain that. i can't propert talk. you don't understand. she took the family and explained

everything, and we start emergency services. �* .., everything, and we start emergency services. �* , ., everything, and we start emergency services. �* , everything, and we start emergency services. j , , services. and can you 'ust tell us what your — services. and can you 'ust tell us what your wife h services. and can you 'ust tell us what your wife and _ services. and can you just tell us what your wife and son _ services. and can you just tell us what your wife and son were - services. and can you just tell us | what your wife and son were life? and you paid tribute to them. tiers; and you paid tribute to them. very uood. and you paid tribute to them. very good- very — and you paid tribute to them. very good- very caring- _ and you paid tribute to them. : good. very caring. very nice. she was sacrificing. and her son, any happy memories of the holiday that you had? indie and her son, any happy memories of the holiday that you had?— the holiday that you had? we were very happy- _

the holiday that you had? we were very happy- before _ the holiday that you had? we were very happy. before we _ the holiday that you had? we were very happy. before we go - the holiday that you had? we were very happy. before we go home, i the holiday that you had? we were l very happy. before we go home, we just... senior doctors in england are being asked today whether they would be prepared to take industrial action over the government's 3% pay offer. the doctors' union — the bma — previously said strike action would be considered if consultants were not given at least a 5% increase. last week, the government raised its pay rise offer for most nhs staff in england from 1—3%, following a recommendation from an independent pay review body. a new compensation fund is being set up for other potential victims of the disgraced breast surgeon ian paterson. he is serving a 20—year—prison sentence after being found guilty of wounding patients by carrying out unnecessary surgery on men and women. paterson's unregulated mastectomies meant many of his patients saw their cancer return.

others had surgery they did not need, including some who found out years later they did not have cancer. with me now are elizabeth webb, who found out in january that three operations carried out by ian paterson were unnecessary, and kashmir uppal, who is representing some of the victims. good afternoon to you both. thank you so much for talking to us on bbc news. cani can i ask you first, elizabeth, you just found out this year that your surgery was unnecessary. how did you find out? t surgery was unnecessary. how did you find out? ., ., , , find out? i found out because the court case. _ find out? i found out because the court case, well, _ find out? i found out because the court case, well, the _ find out? i found out because the court case, well, the actual- find out? i found out because the l court case, well, the actual people who got together last january about this recontacting people, that they

hadn't done in the first place, so i rang them to said nobody contacted me, which then set in motion that i would speak to one of their administrators, orshe would speak to one of their administrators, or she was a nurse, and go through different information which i got. and then, a consultant actually looked at all my paperwork and all my information to say that i haven't got any cancerous lumps. goodness. just to make it clear for people watching, spire health care is the private hospital that ian patterson worked for. that must�*ve been devastating for you. tt certainly was, i was actually shot. ijust certainly was, i was actually shot. i just thought the man that i certainly was, i was actually shot. ijust thought the man that i knew, ijust thought the man that i knew, i didn't think he would carry that on —— actually shocked. ijust couldn't believe that he would do

that. he was a very seemingly nice person. that. he was a very seemingly nice erson. j y ., , that. he was a very seemingly nice erson. j , ., that. he was a very seemingly nice erson. j i. , ., i. that. he was a very seemingly nice erson. j , ., , person. are you still, do you still have side effects _ person. are you still, do you still have side effects from _ person. are you still, do you still have side effects from those - have side effects from those operations? t have side effects from those operations?— have side effects from those operations? have side effects from those 0 erations? , ., , operations? i still got pain in my riuht operations? i still got pain in my right arm. _ operations? i still got pain in my right arm, which _ operations? i still got pain in my right arm, which caused - operations? i still got pain in my right arm, which caused scar - operations? i still got pain in my. right arm, which caused scar tissue. it took about 1k weeks for that to heal. it took about 14 weeks for that to heal. ., , it took about 14 weeks for that to heal. . , , ., it took about 14 weeks for that to heal. . , i. , .. , heal. can i bring you in, because ou are heal. can i bring you in, because you are representing _ heal. can i bring you in, because you are representing some - heal. can i bring you in, because| you are representing some of the victims of ian patterson? spire health care paid out compensation four years ago to certain victims. what is new today, more victims are able to come forward? yes. what is new today, more victims are able to come forward?— able to come forward? yes. what's ha--ened able to come forward? yes. what's happened is _ able to come forward? yes. what's happened is as _ able to come forward? yes. what's happened is as a — able to come forward? yes. what's happened is as a result _ able to come forward? yes. what's happened is as a result of- able to come forward? yes. what's happened is as a result of the - happened is as a result of the recommendations made in the bishops repori— recommendations made in the bishops report following the inquiry, 's

report following the inquiry, '5 file health care have recalled every single _ file health care have recalled every single patient treated by mr patterson during 1993 and 2011. as a result _ patterson during1993 and 2011. as a result of— patterson during 1993 and 2011. as a result of that recall, patients have been _ result of that recall, patients have been told — result of that recall, patients have been told that their treatment has been told that their treatment has been unnecessary, as is the case with elizabeth. a lot of people are told they— with elizabeth. a lot of people are told they have numerous operations that were _ told they have numerous operations that were unnecessary. spire have taken _ that were unnecessary. spire have taken the — that were unnecessary. spire have taken the step. they recognise these patients— taken the step. they recognise these patients also need to be compensated because _ patients also need to be compensated because the previous settlement in october— because the previous settlement in october 2017 included an undertaking by all the _ october 2017 included an undertaking by all the solicitors that we wouldn't take any further claims against — wouldn't take any further claims against spire health care. they recognise that was unfair to the patient — recognise that was unfair to the patient in — recognise that was unfair to the patient in relation to seeking compensation in relation to having experience — compensation in relation to having experience this for them, so the court _ experience this for them, so the court had — experience this for them, so the court had made an order today to approve _ court had made an order today to approve a — court had made an order today to approve a new fund set up to release

the solicitors. the people who have now been _ the solicitors. the people who have now been affected can be compensated from what _ now been affected can be compensated from what they've been through as a result— from what they've been through as a result of— from what they've been through as a result of activity by mr patterson, because _ result of activity by mr patterson, because he is behind bars for 20 years _ because he is behind bars for 20 ears. ., . y because he is behind bars for 20 ears. ., ., , ., , years. how many more patients might this mean? we _ years. how many more patients might this mean? we know _ years. how many more patients might this mean? we know spire _ years. how many more patients might this mean? we know spire recalled i this mean? we know spire recalled 5500 patients- _ this mean? we know spire recalled 5500 patients. |_ this mean? we know spire recalled 5500 patients. i have _ this mean? we know spire recalled 5500 patients. i have been - this mean? we know spire recalled 5500 patients. i have been under. this mean? we know spire recalledl 5500 patients. i have been under an 5500 patients. i have been underan undertaking until today. elizabeth approached me and we made representations to say this is not fair, _ representations to say this is not fair, these — representations to say this is not fair, these patients need to be compensated for what they've been through _ compensated for what they've been through. spire have taken action and this resulted in this order today, so i suspect a lot more people to come _ so i suspect a lot more people to come forward because it's really important — come forward because it's really important that anybody that has been affected _ important that anybody that has been affected to come forward.— affected to come forward. elizabeth, can i ask affected to come forward. elizabeth, can i ask you — affected to come forward. elizabeth, can i ask you was — affected to come forward. elizabeth, can i ask you was mac _ affected to come forward. elizabeth, can i ask you was mac this _ can i ask you was mac this decision has been made today that you can come forward, what does that mean to you? come forward, what does that mean to ou? ., come forward, what does that mean to ou? . . , �* ,

come forward, what does that mean to ou? . ., , �*, , you? that means it's recognising that it was _ you? that means it's recognising that it was wrong _ you? that means it's recognising that it was wrong and _ you? that means it's recognising that it was wrong and that i you? that means it's recognising| that it was wrong and that people who had it against them can actually try and get something back from something that was very wrong in the first place. you something that was very wrong in the first lace. ., , , first place. you must feel hugely let down because _ first place. you must feel hugely let down because you _ first place. you must feel hugely let down because you said i first place. you must feel hugely let down because you said you i first place. you must feel hugely i let down because you said you were astonished when you heard that this had happened because ian patterson seemed like a very nice man. yes. had happened because ian patterson seemed like a very nice man.- seemed like a very nice man. yes, i did. ifelt seemed like a very nice man. yes, i did- i felt let— seemed like a very nice man. yes, i did. i felt let down _ seemed like a very nice man. yes, i did. i felt let down completely. i. did. ifelt let down completely. i felt less down as well that he was able to do all those operations and do all these things to women and men without any come back at all until, of course, he was put into prison. but to actually maliciously wound people was just really bad. shore but to actually maliciously wound people wasjust really bad. people was 'ust really bad. are you in touch people wasjust really bad. are you in touch with _ people wasjust really bad. are you in touch with any _ people wasjust really bad. are you in touch with any of _ people wasjust really bad. are you in touch with any of his other i in touch with any of his other victims? . in touch with any of his other victims? , ., ~ ., ,., .,

victims? yes, i do know some of the uirls who victims? yes, i do know some of the girls who were _ victims? yes, i do know some of the girls who were actually in _ victims? yes, i do know some of the girls who were actually in the - victims? yes, i do know some of the girls who were actually in the first i girls who were actually in the first part of the claim in 2017. i hadn't realised that they were part of it until we actually bumped into each other, and somebody said to me that deb douglas was one of the main people who was driving forward to get the compensation when in 2017, they've helped lots of people since. she gave me... information for me to get in touch with them. that's how i met cashmere. just get in touch with them. that's how i met cashmere-— get in touch with them. that's how i met cashmere. just briefly, what are the next steps _ met cashmere. just briefly, what are the next steps for _ met cashmere. just briefly, what are the next steps for you _ met cashmere. just briefly, what are the next steps for you now? - met cashmere. just briefly, what are the next steps for you now? it's i the next steps for you now? it's important _ the next steps for you now? it's important for — the next steps for you now? it's important for anyone to come forward so that— important for anyone to come forward so that their— important for anyone to come forward so that their claim can be put forward — so that their claim can be put forward to— so that their claim can be put forward to this new scheme. spire

want _ forward to this new scheme. spire want to— forward to this new scheme. spire want to see — forward to this new scheme. spire want to see this result as quickly as possible and they except anyone who has _ as possible and they except anyone who has been told they have unnecessary procedures, their cases will be _ unnecessary procedures, their cases will be settled quickly so that these — will be settled quickly so that these people can get on with their lives _ these people can get on with their lives spire— these people can get on with their lives. spire can put this behind them — lives. spire can put this behind them it's_ lives. spire can put this behind them. it's about patients' safety and they— them. it's about patients' safety and they recognise this is something that has— and they recognise this is something that has to _ and they recognise this is something that has to be done to protect patient — that has to be done to protect patient safety in the private health care sector. particularly if more care _ care sector. particularly if more care is— care sector. particularly if more care is going to be provided. this will ensure — care is going to be provided. this will ensure that people are going to the private health care sector are protected — the private health care sector are protected because patient safety is really. _ protected because patient safety is really, really important wherever you have — really, really important wherever you have treatment.— really, really important wherever you have treatment. thank you very much, both — you have treatment. thank you very much. both of— you have treatment. thank you very much, both of you. _ you have treatment. thank you very much, both of you. thanks - you have treatment. thank you very much, both of you. thanks very i you have treatment. thank you very i much, both of you. thanks very much indeed for your time. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you the latest death figures for coronavirus in the uk. 14 new deaths within 28 days of

a positive coronavirus test on monday, and that's down from 28 reported on sunday, and it's the lowest data you told her sincejuly the 12th -- lowest data you told her sincejuly the 12th —— lowest daily total. that is still a fall. it comes also a little earlier in the afternoon. we brought you the new cases which were also down. britain reported just short of 25,000 new cases of covid—19 on monday, and that was down from just over 29,000 new cases on sunday. that is the latest coronavirus data. tuesday for some of us is going to be very different. scatter downpours on the way, sunshine as well. let's have a look at the short

term. quiet right now with a few scattered showers, but the weather is turning out towards the west and the southwest. you can see the rain moving into western portions of the uk. many central and northern areas dry with some clear spells and quite warm, 15, 16, 17 degrees. showers are inspected to develop widely across the uk. there also be slow moving showers because there's very little wind in the atmosphere, so if you encounter a heavy, thundery downpour, could be stuck with you for quite some time. that could lead to flash floods, so a real mixed bag on the way. you can see the scattered nature of these clouds into tomorrow evening as well, so quite a mixed bag on the way over the next couple of days. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. jubilation for tom daley in tokyo — with his new diving partner matty lee —

four olympic games and he's finally won gold. an historic victory for adam peaty — he becomes the first ever british swimmer to successfully defend an olympic title. and more gold for team gb on a magic monday, as cyclist tom pidcock rides to victory in the mountain biking event — just two months after breaking his collarbone. two school boys are found guilty of murdering 13 year old ollie stephens, in a park in reading injanuary. a jury has found that teenager bernadette walker — who disappeared in peterborough one year ago — was murdered by the man she called �*dad' as new rules on covid tracing alerts come in — giving some key workers in england the option of daily testing, instead of self—isolating — ministers meet to discuss how it's going.

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. what a day to celebrate at the games for team gb at the olympics— three golds they've managed — and there could have been more too. tom daley — who after 13 years of trying finally has an olympic gold medal around his neck. he won the men's synchronised ten metre platform competition, with his partner matty lee. the pair dived impeccably throughout, moving top of the leaderboard after four dives, before going on to expertly handle all the nerves and pressure in their final two routines. in a nail—biting finale, the british pair watched on as the chinese duo made theirfinal dive. daley and lee then broke into wild celebrations when it became clear, they'd ended china's golden grip on the event, dating back to 2000. the run started in the early hours of this morning — adam peaty made history in the pool — becoming the first british swimmer to defend their olympic title. he won the 100 meters breastroke once again. and the world record holder really blew away the competition in a perfectly executed swim. peaty finished in a time of 57.37 seconds, six

tenths clear of the field. speaking afterwards, he admitted he'd gone through a tough time, but it'd all been worth it. i'm running out of things positive to say about him because there's just no words to describe how phenomenal he is. he's a history maker already but obviously now the first ever british swimmer to defend their title and just incredible. he just as full package of an athlete that we talk about not just physically but mentally. the way he attacks a race, he's a boring true racer. and he thrives off that pressure, he thrives off of the environment. such an amazing role model and so many different people. but now so more than ever and paris

is even more exciting. and the third gold medal came from an unexpected source... but what a stunning win it was team gb's tom pidcock — in the men's cross country mountain biking. in hot and humid conditions, the 21 year old from leeds domminated, leading the race from halfway onwards. the ineos grenadiers riderfinished a clear 20 seconds ahead the rest of the field. and the win today came just two months after pidcock broke his collarbone in a collision with a car while out training. team gb have added another silver to their total 22—year—old lauren williams winning it in the under—67 kilo catergory of the women's taekwondo. she was beaten in the final though by croatia's matea jelic another dramatic taekwondo final at these tokyo games. williams was leading going into the last few moments of the final round. but had the gold snatched from her in the final few seconds. the first medal of day three came in the men's triathlon with great britain's alex yee taking the silver in sweltering conditions, as norway's kristian blummenfelt claimed gold. britain's jonny brownlee came fifth. and there's been more to celebrate for the hosts on day

three with their second gold of the games in the skateboarding. and this one went to a 13—year—old. momiji nishiya winning the women's street event. so that's two golds from two forjapan in the skateboarding — one of the new sports at these games and it was a youthful podium too — the average agejust 14 with japan taking bronze too. his appointment for british doubles pair. knocked on the second round in tokyo losing 6—36— four. world number one novak djokovic is safely through after beating germany's jan—lennard struff 6—4 6—3.djokovic is bidding for a first olympic gold medal after winning bronze in beijing 2008.great britain's jamie murray and neal skupski were knocked out japan's naomi osaka cruised into the third round of the women's singles with a win that only took 65—minutes over viktorija golubic. victory for the second seed comes after she took an eight—week break in the lead up to the games in order to protect her mental health — dropping out of the french

open and wimbledon. there was an upset in the women's 400 metres freestyle final with australia's ariarne titmus beating the defending champion katie ledecky to win herfirst—ever gold medal. titmus swam the best time of her career. america's ledecky had dominated the pool over the last five years, winning four golds and one silver in rio. just look what it means! ariarna titmus's coach goes wild after her thrilling 400m freestyle gold this is dean boxall — who's gone viral for this celebration. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. working on today as well. the women's match is ongoing, the records are chasing 152 when that one and that's over on the bbc sport website. a speech at a protest rally that likened nhs nurses and doctors to nazis executed after world war two has been widely condemned. former nurse kate shemirani made

the remarks at the event in trafalgar square — which was billed as a "live debate" on covid—19. the mayor of london is among those urging the police to look at what she said — and the royal college of nursing said it could put nurses at risk. the metropolitan police says it is investigating. our specialist disinformation reporter mariana spring joins me now. tell us more about this and about the protest stopper that they have been happening for over a year now. they began as antilock temperatures do not turn their attention to opposing vaccines, restrictions and faxing passports. but they have also been increasingly muddled with extreme online theories about nefarious plots in the idea that microsoft founder bill gates is trying to deliberately kill or microchip people with a vaccine. and the movement has also become increasingly aggressive online and

off—line on apps like telegram which the bit like a mixture between whatsapp and facebook. a real increase in threatening messages, discussions of executions and nuremberg trials with protesters claiming that they want medics, journalists or politicians to be targeted because they believe that they are complicit in these totally baseless nefarious plots and agendas but there's just no evidence to support. katz, who made his remarks on saturday is a former nurse, she was suspended by and then struck off by nursing bodies earlier this year. and she's grown a big following throughout the pandemic promoting falsehoods about vaccines and coronavirus. i interviewed her son last year he spoke powerfully about the impact or fears with the impact she has had on the public health and their relationship, and today he's come out again to say how worried he is about all of this and he fears his mum needs to be prosecuted for what she said.

it's only a matter if there are not existing laws in place that say that what she is doing is illegal, then we should be having a national conversation about what laws we should be bringing in and draughting up legislation for that. because it's only a matter of time before, asjust discussed, somebody acts on the bad advice that she is giving the country. so so why has he decided to speak out? he's fiercely — so why has he decided to speak out? he's fiercely concerned that her words could inspire the people that attended that rally and they could go on to commit acts of violence. i've been speaking to a number of front—line doctors and nurses who have received horrific threats and abuse on social media that also makes them fear for their lives off of social media in the real world. and who feel really frightened and a number of bodies of come out to condemn these remarks as well. i think he feels as though he has to help. his concern is that he can't pull his mum from this online conspiracy mass but he perhaps could help someone else who might have fallen for some of these falsehoods and believe some of these claims and

encourage them to reflect on what they are seeing even if he can't help his own mother. band they are seeing even if he can't help his own mother.— help his own mother. and mike to convert a number _ help his own mother. and mike to convert a number of _ help his own mother. and mike to convert a number of years - help his own mother. and mike to convert a number of years but i convert a number of years but eventually cool down from the initial — eventually cool down from the initial radical period and you start listening — initial radical period and you start listening to people around you more. my mum _ listening to people around you more. my mum is— listening to people around you more. my mum is definitely beyond help. the country is so arrogant —— because _ the country is so arrogant —— because she is so arrogant in her worldview— because she is so arrogant in her worldview and on the truth on a spiritual— worldview and on the truth on a spiritual level and not just scientific, that she's been anointed by god _ scientific, that she's been anointed by god or— scientific, that she's been anointed by god or similar higher power come she think— by god or similar higher power come she think she should not have to listen _ she think she should not have to listen to— she think she should not have to listen to people like us and every time _ listen to people like us and every time we — listen to people like us and every time i've tried to argue with her either— time i've tried to argue with her either in — time i've tried to argue with her either in a — time i've tried to argue with her either in a nice, calm rational way right— either in a nice, calm rational way rightiust — either in a nice, calm rational way rightjust ask your either in a nice, calm rational way right just ask your questions and try to _ right just ask your questions and try to get — right just ask your questions and try to get her own arguments into knots— try to get her own arguments into knots righteous street of disagree and say— knots righteous street of disagree and say you are wrong, are the racial— and say you are wrong, are the racial end _ and say you are wrong, are the racial end up getting irate at me and saying that i'm arrogant and that i_ and saying that i'm arrogant and that i don't listen to her, so it's impossible _ that i don't listen to her, so it's impossible to talk to somebody when they got— impossible to talk to somebody when they got that level of god complex. so where _ they got that level of god complex. so where is this movement that she has been involved in headed? that’s

one of the big questions going forward and been a serious concerns forward and been a serious concerns for a number of experts warning about the radicalisation to violence and we movement. you might think now the restrictions are easing and hopefully life is getting more normal. people would not be outside protesting about restrictions still but actually for a lot of people who attend these rallies this is become about a lot more than number one and they believe these plots or want to promote these claims to build therefore following sort their influence. far right groups of also co—opt a lot of the channels with these movements organise themselves on telegram. and a real worry as sebastian said is thatjust one person decides to act on some of these really dangerous and harmful false claims that are being spread others will continue to be part of these conspiracy networks perhaps turning their attention to climate change, disinformation and other topics as become forward. and i think sebastian worries most for people whose relatives and loved ones are now so deep into their conspiracies that they cannot see a

way out even as the pandemic hopefully gets a bit easier. many thanks, hopefully gets a bit easier. many thanks. our _ hopefully gets a bit easier. many thanks, our correspondent i hopefully gets a bit easier. many thanks, our correspondent mariana spring there. a man has been found guilty of murdering the teenager bernadette walker in peterborough. the 17—year—old went missing one year ago after accusing scott walker — whom she called dad — of sexual abuse. her body has not been found. the jury at cambridge crown court found bernadette's mother, sarah walker, helped to cover up the death by sending messages from her daughter's phone. jon ironmonger reports. what happened to bernadette walker? she would be 18 now, but for the man she called dad, who vanished her away after she accused him of sexual abuse. known as bea, to herfriends, bernadette was bubbly and shy, a budding photographer. we had the sort of relationship where we would mess about and reminisce about stuff, or randomlyjust

start play fighting. if she is gone, i will never have that again. it was a complicated family. one of the various siblings by different fathers, she took the surname of her mother's partner. in 2019 the couple separated. but scott stuck around making tik tok videos. he was like a man on the edge, the court heard, and bernadette's allegations were the final straw. injuly last year, she messaged her mother. "for a few years, dad has been hiding cameras in my bedroom, "putting his hand up my top, making me do stuff." but sarah was incredulous, and having collected bernadette from his parent's house, scott turned his phone off for 90 minutes. it was then it is said that he killed her. because of the lack of forensic evidence, i would guess some sort of smothering us regulation, but it is impossible to know until we actually find bernadette. we will continue to investigate everything that comes forward. both defendants gave a vague account that bernadette got out of the car when scott got out to roll a cigarette, and walked away down this alleyway, leaving all her belongings behind. but rather than begin a frantic search for her, the pair's immediate reaction was to hack

into her e—mail accounts, change your password, and use her phone to send dozens of messages in her name. sarah even lied to the police to cover up her murder. she later admitted sending some messages from her daughter's phone, but said that scott had brainwashed her. in the days after bernadette's appearance, scott made mysterious twilight trips to this lock—up garage, and took sarah with him to a remote area of the fens. but bea's remains have not been found. 20 years ago, it would be impossible to bring this case to court, but because of the digital footprint that was left, that it can tie an individual to particular locations. scott was arrested in september, and gave five "no comment" interviews. in court, he limped onto the stand and spoke of being disabled,

with a back problem, but prosecutors said it was plain he was capable of strangling bernadette, filmed here dancing on the van he almost certainly used to transport her remains. scott and sarah alone know what happened to their bubbly young girl, perhaps now they will finally give her up. jon ironmonger, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... three olympic golds for team gb — diving pair tom daley and matty lee, swimmer adam peaty, and cyclist tom pidcock all win their events on day 3 of the tokyo games. two school boys are found guilty of murdering 13 year old ollie stephens, in a park in reading injanuary. as new rules on covid tracing alerts come in — giving some key workers in england the option of daily testing, instead of self—isolating — ministers meet to discuss how it's going.

parts of london are recovering after being hit by torrential downpours yesterday. a month of rain fell in 3 hours in some areas of the capital, leading to widespread flooding. homes, roads and tube stations were badly affected, while two london hospitals have asked patients to stay away. firefighters took over 1,000 calls and had to rescue people from their cars. tom edwards reports. more like a river than a dlr station — this was pudding lane last night as nearly two inches of rain fell in just a few hours. this was hampstead, as water inundated roads. in worcester park in south london, firefighters had to rescue drivers from their cars, submerged in the flood waters. and at hammersmith, the drainage system was overwhelmed, sending a fountain of water into the air.

at leyton, there was also heavy flash flooding. and this was camberwell. this was tottenham in north london and this is the second time in a fortnight that parts of the capital have flooded. this morning, whipps cross and newham hospitals are asking patients to go to other hospitals if they can. and experts say as the climate warms, extreme weather will become more common and more severe. the amount of extreme rainfall is increasing and what we mean by extreme rainfall is the hourly rainfall, the daily total and also the multi—day, three, four—day totals, so those are the numbers that people look at when they look at extreme rainfall. and so we have a good bit of evidence from all over the world, where we have long records that these have been increasing, so we are getting more rain in a given amount of time. i think the reason why people realise that climate change is happening is because they see it all around the world.

we have extremer weather events in every single country in the world. the science is very clear, the scientists have always been very clear on what is climate change, how it is caused and how we can deal with it. london has been warned that some of its crucial infrastructure like roads and tube stations are susceptible to flooding and experts say the capital has to become more proactive now in planning for these types of weather events. tom edwards, bbc london. the number of civilian deaths in afghanistan has surged since taliban militants launched their offensive against government forces — that's according to figures from the united nations. the insurgents have captured vast swathes of rural territory, after foreign troops began their withdrawal from the country. secunder kermani has the latest. 1600 civilians were killed in the first six months of this year, what is more than three and a half thousand were injured.

that includes a record high number of child casualties and it is amongst the highest figures for that period to ever be recorded since records began a little over a decade ago. it can be a little difficult at times to fully comprehend those figures, but it means basically on average, every day at least nine ordinary men, women and children in afghanistan lost their lives as a result of the conflict. now, violence really spiked in may and june when the taliban began an offensive that has seen them capture around half of all territory in afghanistan. the united nations said the taliban were responsible for more civilian casualties than any other party to the conflict in this latest report. and there is realfear that the violence is only going to get worse. the united nations is warning that if current trends continue, this year will end up being the deadliest ever recorded

for civilians in afghanistan. particularly concerned about the fact that so far, most of the fighting has been in more rural areas in afghanistan but the taliban now seem to be turning their attention increasingly towards afghan cities of course where these are more densely populated areas. so if there is protracted fighting, as many fear there will be, we will see even more bloodshed. his legal team said stories which emerged in newspapers between 1996 and 2011 cause him considerable distress and led to him distrusting some of his closest friends. news group newspapers apologise for the distressed caused in relation to the news of the world which closed in 2011. tesco bank is to close all of its personal and business current accounts at the end of november. around 213,000 accounts are

currently open with the bank but tesco estimates that fewer than one in eight of these is being used by customers as their primary account. tesco says the move will allow the bank to focus on the products and services that they say meet the needs of tesco shoppers. new research new research indicates that stained glass windows in canterbury cathedral may be among the oldest in the world. the panels have been re—dated using a new device developed by scientists which can be used on site without damaging the glass. the new dating indicates that the windows would have been in place when the archbishop at the time, thomas becket, was assassinated at the cathedral in 1170. our science correspondent, pallab ghosh, has this report: canterbury cathedral is among the oldest churches in england. inside, its stunning windows depict symbolic religious scenes. this series was thought to have been made in the 13th century, but some of the panels, including this one of the prophet nathan,

have now been re—dated. for decades, historians have thought that some of these panels were made earlier than the others because they are different in style. now, using a new technique, scientists have confirmed that not only are they much older, but they may well be among the oldest in the world. it has only come to light now because of this device. it may not look like much, but it was developed by scientists to be used on location without damaging the glass. it shines a beam onto the surface, which causes the material inside to radiate. this radiation contains a chemicalfingerprint, from which the researchers worked out its age. we've been working on this detective story for some time, putting all the pieces in place, and then we finally get an answer, something new, that brings together science and art into one story. it's fantastic. these are all stories that were recorded at the time they happened here.

the discovery has astonished leonie seliger, who looks after the stained glass windows here. she believes the panels could go back to the mid—1100s, and were in place during major historical event of the cathedral, including the assassination of the then archbishop thomas becket, who features in many of these windows. they would have witnessed the murder of thomas becket. henry ii coming on his knees begging for forgiveness. they would have witnessed the conflagration of the fire that devoured the cathedral in 1174. and then they would have witnessed all of british history. the cathedral contains a story of england's history. its artistry and its religious thinking. now a new scientific discovery has given us a fresh perspective on the nation's past.

now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. hello, thanks for tuning in. time to have a look at the weather for the next few days or so. this week is going to be a very showery week. lots of sunny spells in store, but also some big downpours. now, this is what the atmosphere looks like more or less right now. the jet stream is to the south of us. when the jet stream's south of us, the weather tends to be more unsettled, you can see low pressure heading our way, and the low pressure will be sitting on top of us during the middle part of the week. the problem is within this area of low pressure, the winds are going to be very, very light and we'll see storms forming as well. that means that with light winds, the storms will be moving very slowly, bringing a lot of rainfall. so, what's happening, then? we've got the sunshine. it's a very strong sun this time of the year and it's heating the ground. as it heats the ground,

we see big storms forming. so, we've got the ground here, hot sunshine warming up the atmosphere. above, there's a lot of cool air and those clouds rise and produce big rainstorms. within this area of low pressure that we're going to have this week, the winds are going to be light, so hence these storms that are going to be slow—moving, bringing torrential rain and some flash floods through the course of the week — not for everybody, but for some of us. so, let's see what's happening this week. well, this is the forecast for the short term, and you can see on tuesday, lots of showers developing, very hit and miss. actually, many of us will miss the showers altogether, but in the centre of this low pressure, that's where the showers will be slow—moving. so, here, that likelihood of a lot of rainfall in the short space of time leading to some flooding. you can see it's fairly cool as well. the jet stream's so far south of us, we're in this slightly fresher atlantic air, and you can see the showers are continuing into tuesday evening and they'll continue into wednesday as well. and some of them could be particularly, for example, across scotland and northern england. looks like the south of the uk won't see too many storms.

we've had them so far in the south in the southeast in the last fortnight, in fact, with the flooding in london. looks as though on wednesday, the south of the uk actually picks up more of a breeze because this low shifts a bit further north. you can see the wind arrows here, so any showers that do form across the south will be pushed along by that swift breeze, whereas the slow—moving downpours will be concentrated more across northern parts of the uk and into scotland as well and with these thunderstorms as well. and at times, yes, we get hail this time of the year, which is most likely to occur in the hottest time of the year. that's when the storms are tallest and you get that hail forming within those clouds. so, a very showery tuesday and a very showery wednesday on the way as well. how about thursday? well, the low pressure's still with us, but you can see there's a few isobars there — pressure lines. that indicates more of a breeze. and another area of low pressure actually approaches us from the south. this one's a little bit smaller, and exactly where it's going to go — whether it'll be further north or further south of us — open to debate. so, i have to say that come thursday, a

little bit of an uncertainty here exactly what sort of weather we are going to get. but it looks as though it could well be rainy across southern parts of the uk. in fact, this is the current forecast. you can see thursday night into friday, some quite heavy rain and breezy conditions sweeping across southern parts of the uk. that should be out of the way come friday, and then after that, it looks as though things might settle down just a little bit, so into next week. so, this is the weekend and into next week. it looks as though the thrust of the low pressure should move away. there'll be showers around, but notice the wind is coming in from the north, so that means things will be a little bit cooler.

at 6pm — a rush of gold in tokyo, as team gb gets off to its best start ever at an olympic games. commentator: 0h, commentator: oh, yes, it's brilliant! commentator: oh, yes, it's brilliant! i after 13 years, and four olympics, tom daley finally gets gold, with his team mate matty lee. it was a stunning surprise victory, as the pair beat the favourites china by the narrowest of margins. that moment, stood behind that

rostrum over there, and about to be