this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines... damning criticism of a london council for allowing the decades—long abuse of more than 700 children in five children's homes. can they be gold and silver? yes, tom dean is olympic champion of the 200 metres freestyle and duncan scott gets the silver! more medaljoy for team gb at the olympics — as tom dean and duncan scott pick up gold and silver in the men's 200 metres freestyle. cheering. jubilation for tom dean's family and friends back home, as they celebrated his gold medal success. and there's further medal success for team gb — including a silver medal for georgia taylor—brown

in the women's triathlon, and bronze medals in the gymastics women's team final and the team dressage. simone biles pulls out of the gymnastics women's team final to focus on her mental health, before the us goes on to claim the silver medal. more electronic tagging for burglars, and a pledge it falls for a seventh day in a row, but there's a large increase in number of deaths — the highest since march. more electronic tagging for burglars, and a pledge to provide a named officerfor every neighbourhood are announced as part of a new crime reduction strategy for england and wales. after the storming of the us capitol building injanuary, a congressional committee hears dramatic testimony by police officers who came face to face with protestors. what we were subjected to that day was like something from a mediaeval battle. we fought hand—to—hand, inch

by inch. to prevent an invasion of the capitol by a violent mob intent on subverting the democratic process. and a woman who was seriously injured after being hit by a car at a festival says her two—year old daughter was saved by her husband throwing her out of the way. welcome to bbc news at 5pm. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has strongly criticised lambeth council in south london for allowing the abuse of hundreds of children in its homes for decades. the inquiry�*s latest report has been investigating allegations dating back as far as the 1970s. it said it was hard to comprehend

the cruelty that was inflicted, and officials left children to cope with trauma on their own. the inquiry found more than 700 allegations of sexual abuse against 177 staff and individuals connected with just five homes in the borough. the true scale of abuse, it found, was likely to be far higher. the report says that... and as a consequence, individuals who posed a risk it says that in the 1980s, politicised behaviour and turmoil dominated the culture of lambeth council and... lambeth council has apologised to the victims of the abuse. 0ur correspondent tom symonds has more. the independent enquiry into child sexual abuse,

which is a very wide—ranging public enquiry, has been going for years now and has produced a whole load of reports but this is one of the most scathing. this abuse scandal in lambeth is one of britain's biggest past sexual abuse scandals. you're right, 705 children were abused in five children's homes by 177 staff. the report is highly critical of lambeth council, saying, "it is hard to comprehend the cruelty and sexual abuse inflicted on children — there was little warmth or compassion shown towards them. they were left to cope with the trauma of their abuse on their own." and the particular criticism of lambeth council is that it often knew it was putting children with people, mainly men, who were potentially going to abuse them. but it did not investigate when there were incidents and reports of abuse, and even allowed staff with allegations surrounding them to leave and it did not pass on any

information to new employers of those people. the enquiry says that during that period, in the 1980s, lambeth was run by the labour party, a labour council, and it was taking on the conservative government of margaret thatcher which was trying to reduce the amount of funding to councils like lambeth. and this report says that during that period, the council was embroiled in a political battle that left children, its own responsibility, as pawns in a toxic power game and was distracted by the politics of the battle it was fighting. these are highly critical comments from this enquiry. let's speak now with linda bellos, leader of lambeth borough council between 1986—88. she was approached by the inquiry, but was not called to give evidence.

good afternoon to you, thank you for talking to us. how much did you know at the time about what was going on in these homes?— at the time about what was going on in these homes? frankly nothing. and i am so saddened _ in these homes? frankly nothing. and i am so saddened that _ in these homes? frankly nothing. and i am so saddened that that _ in these homes? frankly nothing. and i am so saddened that that is the - i am so saddened that that is the case. i don't think that any counsellor, certainly not on the labour board, and i can't think on the tory group either would have known and done nothing. had they known, i'm sure they would've done something. i'm frankly horrified by what i've heard. i do want to challenge, however, the belief that has been put forward that somehow we were... involved in politics with the government and not delivering services. i only can speak for the administration that i headed in 1986. but let me assure you that all

of us on the labour side, the majority were absolutely intent on improving the quality of the services that we were responsible for. i mean, even... they were still absolutely determined to improve the quality of the service we provided. we were not playing games, we knew people's lives... flan we were not playing games, we knew peeple's lives- - -_ people's lives... can i 'ust “ump in there? because i people's lives... can i 'ust “ump in there? because you b people's lives... can ijust “ump in there? because you were _ people's lives... can ijustjump in there? because you were in - people's lives... can ijustjump in| there? because you were in charge for two years, and there were children suffering unimaginable cruelty in children's homes on your watch. now you should have known about that, and some of the report suggests the council was too focused on political battles. we suggests the council was too focused on political battles.— on political battles. we were deafinu on political battles. we were dealing with _ on political battles. we were dealing with huge _ on political battles. we were dealing with huge amounts l on political battles. we were | dealing with huge amounts of on political battles. we were - dealing with huge amounts of things _ by dealing with huge amounts of things — by that time, surcharge and disqualification of... had gone. we were not engaged in that. i admit i

agreed on the basis of the stand that we were going to set a lawful balanced budget, which we did. so please, don't accuse my administration of playing political games other than trying to improve the quality of the services that we were... . , , ., were... can we 'ust stick to the matter at _ were... can we just stick to the matter at hand, _ were... can we just stick to the matter at hand, which - were... can we just stick to the matter at hand, which is - were... can we just stick to the matter at hand, which is the i matter at hand, which is the findings of this report? and i simply raised that point about politics because it is made very plainly in the report. i politics because it is made very plainly in the report.— plainly in the report. i replied that we could _ plainly in the report. i replied that we could and _ plainly in the report. i replied that we could and should - plainly in the report. i replied - that we could and should perhaps have — i say we, i'm referring to the members of the social services committee — could and perhaps should have visited every children's home, done a whole range of things. now i hearfor the first time done a whole range of things. now i hear for the first time of these things, i'm horrified! can hear for the first time of these things, i'm horrified!— hear for the first time of these things, i'm horrified! can i ask you briefl , things, i'm horrified! can i ask you briefly. do — things, i'm horrified! can i ask you briefly. do you _ things, i'm horrified! can i ask you briefly, do you think— things, i'm horrified! can i ask you briefly, do you think you _ things, i'm horrified! can i ask you briefly, do you think you should i briefly, do you think you should have known?—

briefly, do you think you should have known? well... as leader, -erha - s have known? well... as leader, perhaps i _ have known? well... as leader, perhaps i should. _ have known? well... as leader, perhaps i should. but _ have known? well... as leader, perhaps i should. but i - have known? well... as leader, perhaps i should. but i could i have known? well... as leader, | perhaps i should. but i could not have known? well... as leader, i perhaps i should. but i could not be involved in everything. my overall responsibility was actually about setting a lawful balanced budget. there were lots of things i did around... look. i hear it were mainly black children who were suffering under this. frankly i wouldn't accept any abuse of black or white children, any child. but it wasn't our role, we were paying staff to do a professionaljob. look, they aren't professional delivers of service, they are supposed to be responsible for how the officers deliver services of. but you had political oversight? at}! but you had political oversight? of the budget, yes, but not of the

services. i was at work at my desk at 9am and i left the town hall at 10pm, for two years i did that, some excluded, but i usually had counsel work on a saturday. i'm absolutely certain that all of the chairs of committees and vice chairs of committees and vice chairs of committee did their best to deliver high—quality services. that's why we stood, we gave our time for no pay, for our public duty, and i'm not alone in saying that i saw huge amounts of work and effort from chairs of committees trying to improve the quality of services we gave. improve the quality of services we ave. . ~' improve the quality of services we ave. . ~ , ., y improve the quality of services we uave_ ., ~' , . gave. 0k. thank you very much indeed. gave. ok. thank you very much indeed. leader— gave. 0k. thank you very much indeed. leader of _ gave. 0k. thank you very much indeed. leader of lambeth i gave. 0k. thank you very much i indeed. leader of lambeth council from 19 86—88. team gb are celebrating their biggest ever haul of medals after four days of olympic competition.

the team in tokyo now have 13 medals, including four golds. the latest successes were three bronzes for bianca walkden well for a full round—up of all the action, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh. good evening to you. a dramatic evening at the airake gymnastics centre provided great britain with a famous medal, and also could well have delivered one of the stories of tokyo 2020. team gb won bronze in the women's team final — it's a first medal since 1928 in that event. alice kinsella, amelie morgan, and twin sistersjennifer and jessica gadirova. jessica with this vault that helped secure a dramatic bronze after italy made a series of mistakes in their final discipline. letting the british team in. the russian 0lympic committee won the gold ahead of the united states, who were without their biggest star for almost the entire competition. american simone biles came into these games hoping to become the greatest 0lympic gymnast of all time by winning each of the six events she could compete in. but she withdrew from the team final, afterwards saying it was to focus on her "mental health".

biles' only appearance was to register a below—par vault in her opening discipline. after it, she left the arena, returning shortly afterwards but only to put on her tracksuit and support her team—mates from the sidelines. confirmation then followed that she'd withdrawn, with the us team originally saying it was for medical reasons. biles has since revealed she didn't want to go on after that first vault. and she also spoke tojohn watson once the event had finished. i'm 0k, just dealing with things internally that will get fixed in the next couple of days, but super proud of how they stepped up to the plate tonight and work. —— and worked. congratulations. there is a great bond in the team? yes, this has made us stronger, for sure. definitely. britain's bianca walkden has won the second 0lympic medal of her career. she got another bronze in the taekwondo above 67 kilogram category.

having come agonisingly close to a place in the final earlier on, walkden shrugged off her disappointment to beat poland's aleksandra kowalczuk — this time holdling on to a lead to eventually win 7—3. it's her second consecutive bronze medal. charlotte dujardin has become the most decorated female british 0lympian of all time after winning another medal — a bronze as part of the team dressage. it's a record—equalling fifth olympic medal for the reigning individual dressage champion — a mark she's reached to match rower dame katherine grainger. dujardin won the bronze alongside carl hester and charlotte fry behind winners germany and the usa. earlier, team gb secured a fourth gold of tokyo 2020 — and with it their best start to an 0lympics. tom dean and duncan scott also delivered britain's first one—two in the pool for 113 years. it came in the 200 metres freestyle final. in a thrilling finish,

dean, who's in lane six, touched home in one minute, 114.22 seconds, securing a british record at his debut games. scott finished just four hundredths of a second behind. great britain's first medal of the day came in the women's triathlon, where georgia taylor—brown took silver. she was beaten by bermuda's flora duffy, who made history by winning the island nation's first gold at an 0lympics. for taylor—brown, second was a great achievement, too — she revealed afterwards she was on crutches just 12 weeks ago and spent part of the bike stage of the race with a flat tyre, but powered on regardless to finish second. that's all the sport for now. day four has been packed full of action. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. we look forward to it, thank you very much, hugh.

more burglars will have to wear electronic tags on release from prison, under a government plan to cut crime in england and wales. borisjohnson launched the programme on his first day out of covid isolation. it includes removing rules introduced by the former prime minister, theresa may, which made it harderfor police to stop and search suspects — and having a named officer for each local area. but the police federation said these were old ideas presented as new. i'm joined now byjohn apter, national chair of the police federation. good afternoon to you. so you aren't impressed by the government's plans? know, in fairness i only found out about the plans when i saw them in the media yesterday, so we were given no advanced notice of what my colleagues, 130,000 police officers across england and wales would be expected to do. now that i've looked at the detail, there are some things in there which are long overdue — unpacking the damage that was done

by the previous prime minister on stop and search, and to have political support for stop and search, which i can to make or accept as contentious but it's an important tool for policing, get us back to where we were, that's a good thing. but there's a number of other things within the plan which i sadly don't see as either being effective or we are already doing them — named officers who are dealing with crime is called neighbourhood policing, we've been doing that for many years. my fear is by repackaging this up, in some cases, we are failing to manage the expectations of the public who do expect an awful lot from policing, understandably and rightfully so. but it's setting up my and rightfully so. but it's setting up my colleagues to fail. that's a real concern. alongside this is league tables, which we've been through before and they've been incredibly damaging. it is disappointing we were given advance notice of the prime minister's plan because we could've been part of shaping it. it’s because we could've been part of shaping it— shaping it. it's interesting that ou shaping it. it's interesting that you agree _ shaping it. it's interesting that you agree with _ shaping it. it's interesting that you agree with part _ shaping it. it's interesting that you agree with part of - shaping it. it's interesting that you agree with part of it, i shaping it. it's interesting that you agree with part of it, that| shaping it. it's interesting that i

you agree with part of it, that you welcome being given greater powers to stop and search — and i suppose the question for you is, how do you use those powers in a way that doesn't alienate part of the community? as you know, black people are nine times more likely to be stopped and searched and the majority white population, and that is why the policy gets such a bad press? is why the policy gets such a bad ress? ~ , ,., , is why the policy gets such a bad ress? , , , press? absolutely, i completely understand- _ press? absolutely, i completely understand. policing _ press? absolutely, i completely understand. policing has- press? absolutely, i completely understand. policing has to, i press? absolutely, i completely| understand. policing has to, and indeed it does explain first of all the benefits of stop and search, why we do it, how we do it — body worn video that police officers where now has been a fantastic introduction to policing to show better transparency. look, i'm not saying we get things right all the time, policing is dynamic and difficult, and challenging, and it's not popular to like and support the police. but stop and search is an important tool in keeping our streets as safe as they can be.

trouble is saying police officers get that particular aspect wrong too often. i get that particular aspect wrong too often. ., �* get that particular aspect wrong too often. .,�* . u , get that particular aspect wrong too often. .,�* , ., often. i don't accept that. there will always _ often. i don't accept that. there will always be _ often. i don't accept that. there will always be critics _ often. i don't accept that. there will always be critics of - often. i don't accept that. there will always be critics of stop i often. i don't accept that. there will always be critics of stop and search because of what stop and search because of what stop and search means. what we need to be better at is actually highlighting the successes of stop and search. we have many programmes up and down the country, and certainly here in london, some fantastic initiatives working with the communities, youth groups, youth leaders to demonstrate why we have to do stop and search. if i could go back to the prime minister's plan — all these ideas, some of them cannot be measured, some of them cannot be measured, some are gimmicks wrapped up from things we did previously — it won't work unless you genuinely invest in policing and indeed the wider criminaljustice policing and indeed the wider criminal justice system. policing and indeed the wider criminaljustice system. that's not what we've got at the moment. so my pulley to make a plea to the prime minister is to back this up with tangible funding.— minister is to back this up with tangible funding. more money. i'm afraid we have _ tangible funding. more money. i'm afraid we have to _ tangible funding. more money. i'm afraid we have to leave _ tangible funding. more money. i'm afraid we have to leave it _ tangible funding. more money. i'm afraid we have to leave it there, i afraid we have to leave it there, thank you very much. i'm joined now by baroness helen newlove, former

victims�* commissioner. good afternoon to you. what do you think of the government's plan? i have to agree with your previous speaker, he stole some of my headlines to say to you. this is the first i've heard of it, as well, in the media, and i have to say a lot of these are all ideas. they have to be resorts, we've seen all the agencies, notjust the police, but all the agencies are actually on their knees, to be perfectly honest. so there's nothing about tangible resources in this to make sure that if he's serious about crime and tough on crime, you have to back it up tough on crime, you have to back it up to make sure all your ducks are in line to support the communities. what do you make of some of the more publicly visible proposals, such as getting people who have gotten

criminal convictions to be seen in the community to be doing community work? i’zre the community to be doing community work? �* . , ., ., work? i've always agreed with that, actuall , work? i've always agreed with that, actually, because _ work? i've always agreed with that, actually, because i've _ work? i've always agreed with that, actually, because i've met- actually, because i've met communities where this has happened previously, and it's actually given us a better window to the offender is doing something positive in their communities. i saw them doing gardens and they are very proud, and they became peers to their younger community citizens to say don't damage it. but the whole point is they have to be meaningfuljobs. i've also met other younger people where they are just cleaning benches, and theyjust feel worthless. if you are trying to rehabilitate and make them part of the community, you have to give them meaningfuljobs. 0therwise they'll just laugh and joke around, and it's just laugh and joke around, and it's just part of the process. that's the bit i want to see where it means, notjust bit i want to see where it means, not just about wearing high viz. jackets, you have to make sure the public have confidence in what you're doing and it's notjust a gimmick. you're doing and it's not 'ust a rimmick. ~ ., you're doing and it's not 'ust a rimmick. ~ . ., ., gimmick. what about the other ro osal gimmick. what about the other proposal to _ gimmick. what about the other

proposal to have _ gimmick. what about the other proposal to have offenders i gimmick. what about the other i proposal to have offenders being tagged wearing electronic tax? that'll be interesting because again, i've been doing a lot of work on gps tagging. i do approve of these tags, they should be on for both the victim who is quite nervous if they live in the community, but also to ensure that what you have done, your liberty will still be taken away with wearing the gps tagging. the whole point is it's the quality of the gps tagging, and also whether will make it mandatory, because all the other trials and pilots i've seen has been on a voluntary basis. having said that when they've gone voluntary, it's helped the offender — they're sick of the police renovating their homes, they're trying to get out of the gangs there stuck in, and it moves some support to get to another community. but this takes time and monday democrat money. it is not just about salaries, it's making worthwhile community projects for

the young people that are sustainable. you cannot keep putting pockets of money that do not make programmes sustainable, because politicians will come and go, but their communities are left yet again waiting to see where the next one is going to see whether their communities are safer. i going to see whether their communities are safer. i know you haven't been _ communities are safer. i know you haven't been personally _ communities are safer. i know you haven't been personally involved l communities are safer. i know you | haven't been personally involved in the other stories that we are featuring today, but the report by the inquiry on child sexual abuse into what happened in the lambeth over several decades is very shocking. ijust wondered if i can get your thoughts before we let you go? get your thoughts before we let you i o? , ., �* get your thoughts before we let you i o? , . �* . go? yes, i mean i've given evidence m self at go? yes, i mean i've given evidence myself at these _ go? yes, i mean i've given evidence myself at these inquiries _ go? yes, i mean i've given evidence myself at these inquiries when i i go? yes, i mean i've given evidencej myself at these inquiries when i was the victims commissioner, because i want to ensure the victim's voice was right through this, and i've met many victims from other inquiries that they've held. and it's very sad. these report democrat reports are quite stressful to read — buy that to happen to a young person who looked for support and nobody did

that. again, i've listened to the previous lady you've been speaking to, the ex leader of lambeth council, and ifelt her tone to, the ex leader of lambeth council, and i felt her tone was that she was the victim, not these people who have suffered and are still suffering. and no matter what compensation they get, they are injured and it's still present in their day, and i think it's very sad that we are still seeing more and more inquiries then lessons learned. it's such an irritant, these inquiries come and go, but i will we help these poor survivors whose lives are cited and system understanding? they were suffering by bad people who seem to be unaccountable.— by bad people who seem to be unaccountable. , ., ., ~ ., unaccountable. very good to talk to ou, thank unaccountable. very good to talk to you. thank you _ unaccountable. very good to talk to you. thank you so _ unaccountable. very good to talk to you, thank you so much. _ unaccountable. very good to talk to you, thank you so much. thank i unaccountable. very good to talk to | you, thank you so much. thank you. the latest coronavirus figures for the uk have been released. in the last 2a hours, there have been 23,511 new covid—19 cases —

it's the seventh consecutive day with a lower total than the previous day. but 131 deaths were registered within 28 days of a positive test, the highest daily death figure since march. let's speak to our health correspondent catherine burns. help us to understand this, apparently contradictory bits of information? i5 apparently contradictory bits of information?— apparently contradictory bits of information? is not actually that contradictory — information? is not actually that contradictory when _ information? is not actually that contradictory when you - information? is not actually that contradictory when you break i information? is not actually that contradictory when you break it | contradictory when you break it down, but i can see why it looks that way. starting with the positive news, a week of those case numbers falling — that 23,000 you talked about for case numbers today is less than half of the numbers ten days ago. so we can see that things, in terms of case numbers, are absolutely moving in the right direction. but there's always a lag between people getting sick and going to hospital, then eventually dying. and that's what we're seeing here with these deaths. you'd expect because case numbers have only been falling for the last week that

hospitalisations and deaths would still be on the way up. so as you said, there's131 deaths reported — that's the first time in the summer wave that we've seen that it's gone over 100. the last time we had such a high number was on 12 march. what we want to do now is watch the next few days to see if the following cases will be reflected in a fall in hospitalisations and deaths. that'll be really key. but we are really in uncharted territory here, because we've never been in this position of having no restrictions and just letting this happen in a highly vaccinated populations. and one of the theories of what may happen, it's all maze and mites at this stage, if you think about the graphs we've seen, and numbers going up and up, then slowly down — what could happen now is we've seen numbers go up, then down a bit, then there'll be some in our behaviour that could

possibly have the numbers go up or not. the change will be looking for is 19july, when england had their restrictions eased even further. that'll be interesting to see, and the knock on effects of that will probably start to filter and trickle through in the coming days and weeks. that'll be interesting to see. if we will see this increase or whether this�*ll be be sustained. you whether this'll be be sustained. you described a mountain range there so i feel exactly. described a mountain range there so ifeel exactly. we described a mountain range there so i feel exactly. we still do described a mountain range there so ifeel exactly. we still do not entirely know why figures are going down? ., entirely know why figures are going down? . ., , ., ., , down? there are a number of theories about this. down? there are a number of theories about this- i— down? there are a number of theories about this. i don't _ down? there are a number of theories about this. i don't think _ down? there are a number of theories about this. i don't think there's - about this. i don't think there's just one solid, single factor, but we can look at factors like the euros. during the euros, people were meeting in their homes, and pods, indoors watching the football. that's over now. the weather is better, so people are able to meet outside. schools are now closed — again, a large chunk of people meeting indoors, not doing it any more. it'll be a combination of these things and more vaccinations that are having that impact. so we'lljust have that are having that impact. so we'll just have to that are having that impact. so we'lljust have to wait and see. 0n the wait and see, the biggest thing that we just

the wait and see, the biggest thing that wejust don't the wait and see, the biggest thing that we just don't know is how we, all individuals will change their behaviour. if we are going back to old pandemic ways, then we can expect a rise. but if we keep things quite cautious, that doesn't feel like something that absolutely has to happen. like something that absolutely has to ha en. ., like something that absolutely has to hauen. ., ., , like something that absolutely has to hauen. ., . , . earlier today, borisjohnson urged the public to remain cautious about the falling figures in coronavirus cases in the uk. during a trip to surrey, he urged people to "remain cautious" and notjump to "premature conclusions". i have noticed that, obviously, we are six days into some better figures, but it is very, very important that we don't allow ourselves to run away with premature conclusions about this. step four of opening up only took place a few days ago. people have got to remain very cautious and that remains the approach of the government. let's talk to our political

correspondent pete saull. he's in westminster for us. interesting because the prime minister we know is somebody who really wants to be able to celebrate good news. but he's been very careful about this drop in daily cases. he careful about this drop in daily cases. . ., , careful about this drop in daily cases. . ., i, careful about this drop in daily cases. . . ., careful about this drop in daily cases. . . ,' ., , cases. he certainly is, caution very much as far— cases. he certainly is, caution very much as far as _ cases. he certainly is, caution very much as far as the _ cases. he certainly is, caution very much as far as the prime ministers concerned. this is the first interview we've had with him since he came out of a solution himself — remember he was pinged and spent ten daysin remember he was pinged and spent ten days in isolation at checkers. now just really stressing that it's too early to say whether what happened at just eight early to say whether what happened atjust eight days ago, with the last relaxation of the restrictions has had an impact on the case numbers. yes they are coming down, as we've been hearing, but death rates are going up a bit as are the hospitalisations because of that two week lag we've just heard about there. so he may well have been tempted to pick things up a bit, he's an optimistic politician, the

prime minister's message certainly seems to be stick with the programme. he's talking about that when it comes to the rules around self isolation. some criticism of the government for not bringing forward that data by 16 august, by which double jab people no longer have to self—isolate. the government instead of rolling out a series of testing centres up and down the country to help key industries keep going. country to help key industries keep iioin. ., ., ., , going. indeed on that point, that is a challenge — going. indeed on that point, that is a challenge for— going. indeed on that point, that is a challenge for the _ going. indeed on that point, that is a challenge for the government, i a challenge for the government, isn't it, as the number of sectors included in this scheme is being expanded? it’s included in this scheme is being expanded?_ expanded? it's a huge logistical challenge. _ expanded? it's a huge logistical challenge, and _ expanded? it's a huge logistical challenge, and each _ expanded? it's a huge logistical challenge, and each individual. expanded? it's a huge logistical. challenge, and each individual will have to be supervised when they are taking the lateral flow test, there'll be ministers at these testing sites that will happen on daily basis for individuals who otherwise might have had to self—isolate. so an awful lot to set up, the government has been able to set up a large scale testing centres throughout the pandemic, so this is something they will feel they are able to achieve. but the prime minister was keen to point out that we are now less than three weeks away from that point on 16 august,

whereby anyone who's had both of their doses of the vaccine will no longer have to self—isolate, just one single test will be allowed at that point. one single test will be allowed at that ioint. ., ~ one single test will be allowed at that ioint. . ~ , ., one single test will be allowed at that ioint. ., ~' , ., , one single test will be allowed at that ioint. ., ~' ,, , . that point. thank you very much, that's peter— that point. thank you very much, that's peter reporting _ that point. thank you very much, that's peter reporting from i that's peter reporting from westminster. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello. plenty of heavy downpours and thunderstorms with us today and over the next couple of days, too. the met office have issued an amber weather warning across central and northern parts of scotland for thunderstorms today and rain tomorrow, so flooding likely particularly across parts of scotland with those slow—moving intense downpours. elsewhere across the uk for the rest of today, sunny spells and scattered heavy showers, some hail and quite a lot of rain falling in a short space of time. so, flooding possible for many areas. into this evening and overnight, the showers in the south fade away quite quickly but we'll continue to see slow—moving downpours across parts of central scotland, perhaps the north west of england, as well. so, quite a soggy start certainly to wednesday morning. here, we could have some flooding problems.

temperatures, about 13—15 celsius. so, certainly mild. to start the day, some sunshine in the south at least, but more heavy thundery showers developing. and across scotland once again for central and northern parts, they could be quite prolonged. so, flooding likely over the next few days. all the warnings are on our website. bye— bye. hello this is bbc news with reeta chakrabarti. the headlines. children's homes. damning criticism of a london council for allowing the decades—long abuse of more than 700 children in five children's homes. can they be gold and silver? yes, tom dean is olympic champion of the 200 metres freestyle and duncan scott gets the silver! more medaljoy for team gb at the olympics — as tom dean and duncan scott pick up

gold and silver in the men's 200 metres freestyle. and there's further medal success for team gb — including a silver medal for georgia taylor—brown in the women's triathlon, and bronze medals in the gymastics women's team final and the team dressage. simone biles pulls out of the gymnastics women's team final to focus on her mental health, before the us goes on to claim the silver medal. the number of covid cases recorded in the uk falls for a seventh day in a row, to 23,511. but there were also a further 131 deaths reported, the highest number of deaths since march. more electronic tagging for burglars, and a pledge to provide a named officerfor every neighbourhood are announced as part of a new crime reduction strategy for england and wales. after the storming of the us capitol building injanuary, a congressional committee hears dramatic testimony by police officers who came face to face with protestors.

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's ....(0s day for 2020 will likely be remembered from a british and global perspective for the memorable evening... could also have delivered one of the stories of the games. team gb one bronze in the women's team for the first time since 1928 in event. alice kinsella, amelie morgan, and twin sistersjennifer and jessica gadirova. jessica with this vault that helped secure a dramatic bronze after italy made a series of mistakes in their final discipline. letting the british team in. the russian 0lympic committee won the gold ahead of the united states, who were without their biggest star for almost the entire competition. simone biles came into these games hoping to become the greatest 0lympic gymnast of all time by winning each of the six events she could compete in. but she withdrew from the team final, afterwards saying it was to

focus on her "mental health". biles' only appearance was to register a below—par vault in her opening discipline. bearing in mind she is the olympic champion in the vault. after it, she left the arena, returning shortly afterwards but only to put on her tracksuit and support her team—mates from the sidelines. confirmation then followed that she'd withdrawn, with the us team originally saying it was for medical reasons. biles has since revealed she didn't want to go on after that first vault. and she also spoke tojohn watson once the event had finished. i'm 0k, just dealing with things internally that will get fixed in the next couple of days, but super proud of how they stepped up to the plate tonight and worked. congratulations. there is a great bond in the team? yes, this has made us stronger, for sure. definitely. britain's bianca walkden has won the second 0lympic medal of her career. she got another bronze in the taekwondo above 67 kilogram category. having come agonisingly close to a place in the final earlier on, walkden shrugged off her

disappointment to beat poland's aleksandra kowalczuk — this time holdling on to a lead to eventually win 7—3. it's her second consecutive bronze medal. charlotte dujardin has become the most decorated female british 0lympian of all time after winning another medal — a bronze as part of the team dressage. it's a record—equalling fifth olympic medal for the reigning individual dressage champion — a mark she's reached to match rower dame katherine grainger. dujardin won the bronze alongside carl hester and charlotte fry behind winners germany and the usa. earlier, team gb secured a fourth gold of tokyo 2020 — and with it their best start to an 0lympics. tom dean and duncan scott also delivered britain's first one—two in the pool for 113 years. it came in the 200 metres freestyle final. in a thrilling finish, dean, who's in lane six, touched home in one minute, 114.22 seconds, securing a british

record at his debut games. scott finished just four hundredths of a second behind. great britain's first medal of the day came they have drawn for the quarter finals against canada and showed a lot of changes. the opening goal scored of the game in the second half but caroline deflected a shot with five minutes ago meaning they are group winners and will play australia in the last eight. news away from the olympics but staying with football and toby has completed the transfer from tottenham hotspur. he had two years or meaning on his contract by this decided to make the move to the middle east. he made 200 appearances for spurs. and in rugby union, head coach warren gatland has made three changes to the british and irish lions team as they look

to wrap up the series against south africa in the second test scotland scrum half ali price makes way for ireland's conor murray to come into the side. prop mako vunipola replaces rory sutherland and centre chris harris will start in place of elliot daly. south africa have also made three changes for the game on saturday. and finally some racing news and a great year for hollie doyle has continued today. she's won the goodwood cup on the alan king trained horse trueshan. she becomes the first woman to ride the winner of the group one race, which was first run over 200 years ago. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. a lot of action to bring you up—to—date with it with more than we could ever have time for on bbc news. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. jane dougall has sportsday for you at 6:30pm. thank you very much. let's get more now

on the government's policing plans. borisjohnson launched a programme to cut crime, with plans for more electronic tags on released offenders and a named officerfor every area. i'm joined now by dal babu, a former chief superintendent at the metropolitan police. good afternoon to you. good afternoon. first thoughts on this plan, what is your reaction to it? i was very disappointed? we had a lot of fanfare but there doesn't seem to be a great deal of substance in this plan and the bottom line is whatever the plan is, this is fairly mediocre, a lot of old ideas rehashed and rebranded, but we don't haveis rehashed and rebranded, but we don't have is the issue around resources dealt with. �* have is the issue around resources dealt with-— have is the issue around resources dealtwith. . , ., ., dealt with. and resources for what? which areas — dealt with. and resources for what? which areas are _ dealt with. and resources for what? which areas are lacking? _ dealt with. and resources for what? which areas are lacking? there i dealt with. and resources for what? which areas are lacking? there is i which areas are lacking? there is two key areas- — which areas are lacking? there is two key areas. one _ which areas are lacking? there is two key areas. one is _ which areas are lacking? there is two key areas. one is that - which areas are lacking? there is two key areas. one is that we i which areas are lacking? there is i two key areas. one is that we have lost 22,000 police officers. i beg your pardon, 22,000 police officers are in the process of recruiting

those but that isn't going to be done overnight but in addition to that we have lost 18,000 police staff and there are no plans to resort those are bring those posts back. you have an effect 40,000 police staff and officers that we have lost. and when we have a plan where we have things that the government want the police to do, they will need resources and at the moment the police are just running around trying to keep up with the huge workloads that they have. tiara huge workloads that they have. two if the eye—catching initiatives or proposals here are one is very much about people with convictions with plans for more electronic tagging on released offenders presumably to help stop reoffending. and then the other one is a named officerfor every area which is for members of the public so that they have somebody they can turn to, they know a known name and face if you'd like.

i suppose these are both policies which are very much directed at the public. they are telling the public that the police are there to work for you and the criminaljustice system is there to work for you. do you think that's the right approach? i think certainly the public need more access and easier access to police. those that are trying to report a crime will know how difficult it is to find a number to get there on 101. sometimes it will take time to get through on 999. we need to understand that unfortunately, the public have found it increasingly difficult to get through to the police and the reason is because the police are just overwhelmed. we have had those cuts that i have talked about but in addition to that the police continued to be asked to do more. what we need to do is have a real understand that if the government has plan, that they were resource

the police properly and we will not have the situation we have had over the last ten years. when boris was mayor of london, the number of police officers fell to 30,000 from a high of 33,000 before they went up during his term. so we need to have a situation where the number of police officers remain stable, that we don't keep on slashing whenever crime goes down, we keep them there because it takes time to train police officers. you don't become a police officers. you don't become a police officers. you don't become a police officer overnight. you need that time. ., ., ~ police officer overnight. you need that time. ., ., ,, ., police officer overnight. you need that time. ., ., «i ., ., . «i that time. you talked about the lack of resources- _ that time. you talked about the lack of resources. all _ that time. you talked about the lack of resources. all public _ that time. you talked about the lack of resources. all public services i of resources. all public services always want more money. what is the level of resourcing that needs to be done? it level of resourcing that needs to be done? ., , , done? it would be helpful if we went back to when — done? it would be helpful if we went back to when it _ done? it would be helpful if we went back to when it wears _ done? it would be helpful if we went back to when it wears before - done? it would be helpful if we went| back to when it wears before theresa may starting cutting the police force, replacing the 22,000 police officers that were lost and 18,000 police staff. you are absolutely right. most public sector organisers will say that they want more

resources. but we have seen the impact of these cuts. teresa made famously says you were crying wolf and the police organisation said that she was —— that they were right on it is restoring the police resources and they remained there and we invest in the police in a long—term sustainable way and encourages people to join the organisation. encourages people to 'oin the organisation.i encourages people to 'oin the orianisation. ., «i , . organisation. thank you very much, iood to organisation. thank you very much, good to talk— organisation. thank you very much, good to talk to _ organisation. thank you very much, good to talk to you. _ organisation. thank you very much, good to talk to you. that _ organisation. thank you very much, good to talk to you. that is - organisation. thank you very much, good to talk to you. that is dal i good to talk to you. that is dal babu, a former chief superintendent with the metropolitan police. a us congressional inquiry into the siege of the capitol building in washington injanuary by supporters of donald trump has begun with powerful testimony from police officers assaulted during the violent riot. more than 535 people were arrested on charges like assaulting police officers, impeding an official proceeding and trespassing. describing the attack on the capitol building, the democratic chairman, bennie thompson, said that mr trump's supporters were intent on overthrowing the government.

a violent mob was pointed toward the capitol and told to win a trial by combat. some descended on the city with clear plans to disrupt our democracy. 0ne rioter said that they weren't there to commit violence but that — i am quoting — "we werejust there to overthrow the government." i want to repeat that. i urge everyone to listen to those words and think about what they mean. "we were just there to overthrow the government." they marched on the capitol with the clear intentions of stopping the certification of the election, and when they encountered the police sworn to keep us safe, they went on the attack.

sergeant aqulinio gonell. he told the inquiry this was something from a mediaeval battlefield. what we were subjected that day was like something from a medieval battle. we fought hand—to—hand, inch by inch to prevent an invasion of the capitol by a violent mob intent on subverting our democratic process. my fellow officers and i were committed to not letting any rioters breach the capitol. it was for a prolonged and desperate struggle. the rioters who were attempting to breach the capitol were shouting, "trump sent us." "pick the right side." "we want trump. " i vividly heard officers screaming in agony, in painjust an arm's length from me.

i didn't know at that time, but that was officer hodges. and he's here today to testify. i too was being crushed by the rioters. i could feel my self losing oxygen and recall thinking to myself, "this is how i'm going to die, defending this entrance." our north america correspondent nada tawfik has the latest. some very vivid testimony there from police officers who were on the scene. just tell us what is the remit of this congressional hearing and doesn't have full political backing? pis and doesn't have full political backini? a , backing? as you say, extremely iowerful backing? as you say, extremely powerful testimony _ backing? as you say, extremely powerful testimony there i backing? as you say, extremely powerful testimony there from | backing? as you say, extremely i powerful testimony there from this select committee of the house of representatives which has been formed you will remember because senate republicans who initially had seemed open to the idea of a 9/11

style bipartisan commission to investigate that day, they ultimately decided to block that endeavour. and a big reason for that is concerned that powerful testimony like this day after day televised would hurt their chances in the upcoming midterm elections of 2022 in the house. so you had many republicans saying is that they wanted to fall back on some other investigations that were being done by the senate, other reports that had come out and instead calling this a partisan attempt to hurt their party. now what we saw in this endeavour was that the speaker of the house pushed ahead, formed this committee and she did appoint herself to republicans who have been critical of president trump for someone liz cheney who was removed from house leadership for criticising the former president and

also adam cancelling her, another representative who voted to impeach president trump. so this is a bipartisan commission and we heard the members as they have gotten emotional hearing this testimony from these officers saying it is so important for this country to move on from the divisions and to focus on from the divisions and to focus on understanding what happened that day and prevented in the future. —— adam kinzingler. hour day and prevented in the future. -- adam kinzingler.— adam kinzingler. how much public interest is there _ adam kinzingler. how much public interest is there in _ adam kinzingler. how much public interest is there in its? _ adam kinzingler. how much public interest is there in its? it - adam kinzingler. how much public interest is there in its? it is - adam kinzingler. how much public interest is there in its? it is very . interest is there in its? it is very interesting _ interest is there in its? it is very interesting because _ interest is there in its? it is very interesting because many i interest is there in its? it is very| interesting because many people interest is there in its? it is very i interesting because many people have made up their mind so to speak on what happened that day. and what we have heard time and time again during questioning, during the statements from these police officers is that they think it is so important for americans who were not there who did not experience what they experience to watch their body cam footage that has been played in this committee hearing. to listen to their testimony so they can fully understand just how close this peaceful transfer of power came to being completely interrupted. one

police officer saying in his mind, he had no doubt whatsoever that the crowd there, the mob they are intended to harm members of congress. saying that he has no doubt in his mind that these were domestic terrorists. he even read out the definition of the us code for domestic terrorism to prove his point. so what you have heard is again powerful points from this group of law enforcement officers who were there. one at one point pounding the table and saying it is disgraceful that certain elected members of government are trying to downplay what happened that day. thank you very much. that is nada tawfik reporting for us there from new york. thank you. we have some breaking news to bring you as you know we have been reporting on a severely critical reporting on a severely critical report of lambeth council in london which allowed it decades of abuse to go on in five children's homes over

as i say several decades. the metropolitan police has issued a statement by commander alex murray and he says that, "it is clear that at different times we miss opportunities to identify offenders and investigate further. some of the treatment of the children was unacceptable. we are sorry that we let children in the care of lambeth down." he says, "we have change how we investigate child six abuse and we investigate child six abuse and we have greater collaboration between social care partners and also putting the victim at the heart of the investigation and we will ensure that any learning from the match will be taken forward." —— child at sex abuse. that is the response from the metropolitan police to a very severely critical report. a review of child sexual abuse in bradford has found that some children remain unprotected from exploitation. the review looked at child protection provisions in the city over a 17—year period. officials in bradford said they accepted more needed to be done.

one of the women who's fought for answers from bradford council and west yorkshire police is fiona goddard. she was groomed and sexually abused by gangs of men from 2008 when she was living in a bradford children's home. she's been speaking to our correspondent emma glasbey. how old were you when you went into care? i was 12, just turning 13 and i was about 13 when the abuse started happening. it was outside the gates of a bradford children's home that gangs of men would pick fiona up, drive her across the city and sexually abuse her. now 27, fiona lives with the trauma of her past. my mental health is severely impacted. i've lost everything i own multiple times because of having to move for safety reasons or to just be

able to get away from the memories. my children have suffered because i haven't been able to give them the life i would have wanted to give them and obviously my eldest daughter got adopted because of the fact i was getting abused. i've missed out on most of her life. it's very hard sometimes, looking back at the loss, and nothing will ever give me that back. fiona was often missing from the children's home, she sometimes came back bruised or even saying she had been sexually abused. but the abuse continued. there were so many missed opportunities to save me from years of abuse and they never did. if i saw someone who was repeatedly showing up beaten up or making allegations of sexual abuse, i would want to help that person and look into it and i am not a professional around that so i don't know how professional services would not want to do the same.

i think there needs to be an independent inquiry into at least a 20 year period in bradford. it's been happening for years, long before it started happening to me and long after it started happening to me. it's been hidden away. for now, fiona is focusing on her mental health. she has post—traumatic stress disorder but is still on a waiting list for treatment and openly admits she is struggling. it's hard to move on with your life independently away from being that victim and it's hard to change from being that victim to a survivor. i think it's a personal battle that i must face and eventually i think i will be able to move on.

for more than 3,000 car workers at swindon's honda plant, this week is their last at the plant. the japanese car maker has been a vital part of the area's economy for 35 years, but by friday the last vehicle will have rolled off the production line. even though the closure has been two years in the pipeline, many are still looking forjobs that match their skills. dave harvey has been hearing from some of them. it felt like my world had just collapsed. i like working at honda. when they announced it, we were on an apprenticeship as well. it was just like my world had collapsed. it was a huge shock. for me personally, i felt i'd got my foot on the ladder in terms of a career i was really interested in. it sort of knocked us for six, really. it was quite a blow. it has been a long two years forjim, michael and thousands of other honda workers trying to find work. midway through their apprenticeships, they have now been taken on by a new firm making cutting edge recycling machines, eager to snap up staff

with the honda track record. the guys are really great, really enthusiastic, always willing to dive in, be hands on. always wanting to be learning things, training. you know, they crave learning and continuous improvement. it's fantastic. it's completely different to honda. for example, on monday i was at the university of birmingham setting up our research rig. it's a completely different job. it's not even comparable. very positive, honestly. in fact, i think i'm in a better place now. the promise of further training and even degree level qualifications, i'm really happy, honestly. for the other 3,000 workers in this vast factory, their fortunes lay with the union, negotiating redundancy packages to keep them going while they look for work. they are unprecedented, in my view. i've not experienced anything in this industry or any other industry.

it equates to about six and a half weeks for every year i served. it is uncapped, unlike the statutory minimum. and there are additional bonuses wrapped up within that. they will walk out with very, very lucrative redundancy packages. especially if you have been here for a long time. honda swindon is surrounded by trading estates, small factories and several big warehouse operations. soon, thousands of ex—car workers will be here looking for work. the current conditions of the market, i'll be honest with you, there are more jobs than people. the biggest challenge for these guys is going to be their salary expectations. we had a conversation with a production operative. worked there for more than 20 years, and he was on over £20 an hour. you're probably looking realistically at anything from minimum wage up to £10 an hour. so i think there will be a bit of a reality check for a lot of the honda workers. for michaelandjim,

then, a bright future. but they have hundreds of friends still searching for jobs. you try and think, there are 3,500 people there. so, they might not all be so lucky. dave harvey reporting from swindon. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. over the past couple of days we have had plenty of heavy downpours that have led to some flooding disruption in parts of the uk and there is more to come, so the theme of sunny spells but also thundery and torrential downpours at times continues through the rest of today and for the next few days as well. it's all down to the fact we have a slow—moving area of low pressure dominating the weather. not many isobars here and this means the heavy intense downpours are not moving through very quickly. there is an amber warning across parts of scotland for those thunderstorms and we have got them today, bringing torrential slow—moving downpours. flooding and disruption likely across the region and it's notjust

across scotland we're seeing heavy showers, plenty bubbling up elsewhere. a few of them in the south recently but if you catch one it could bring some hail and intense flooding rainfall. temperatures around 21—22, maybe 24 in eastern england. but those showers will continue to be a problem across scotland and north—west england through the evening and overnight but elsewhere they fade away so things becoming dry especially in the south as we begin wednesday morning. temperatures will be around 13—15 but further intense downpours for this area of low pressure, not moving anywhere in a hurry as we move through the course of wednesday, so especially across scotland once again, that is where we are concerned about more heavy rain, and another amber weather warning in place tomorrow over scotland. the heavy rain likely to bring flooding problems, disruption likely once again in central and northern scotland. elsewhere, away from the flooding areas, we could see disruption with heavy showers and thunderstorms but they will move through a bit

quicker on the breeze. but almost anywhere could catch an intense downpour, but some sunshine in between. a touch cooler than recent days by the time we get to wednesday and by the time we get to thursday, low—pressure starting to shift so we will see the winds starting to rotate. further rainfall mounting up over parts of scotland and northern england and northern ireland. a bit drier further south and top temperatures by thursday afternoon coming down a notch around 15—21. goodbye for now.

a "culture of cover up," after hundreds of children suffered sexual abuse at council run homes. it happened in lambeth from the 1960s to the 1990s. the council has issued an unreserved apology, but victims say it's too late. i don't care what lambeth have apologised for. their apologies are meaningless, it doesn't mean anything. because if they meant what they said, then they would've sorted this out and they would've got this done a long time ago. despite hundreds of complaints, only one member of staff at a children's home was ever disciplined. also on the programme — as more get vaccinated,

covid cases fall for the seventh day in a row, but daily deaths rise.