by donald trump supporters have told a congressional inquiry what happened was an attempted coup. one officer described being beaten, tasered and called a traitor, as rioters broke through windows and doors. the us gymnast simone biles is to be monitored daily by medics after pulling out of the final few events of the team gymnastics contest. biles won four gold medals in rio in 2016. one person has died and four others are missing after an explosion at an industrial park in the western german city of leverkusen. —— two people. juan carlos is being sued by his ex—lover. he alleges he put her under surveillance and hacked her phone. 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, the union which represents rank and file officers, says it's more money that's needed to fight crime. here's our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. if you want to know about the impact of crime, talk to darren awol, who was shot in the spine by people trying to rob him and still walks with crutches ten years on. his attackers have never been found and he thinks those who are caught are treated too leniently. with the stuff that's going on, there's not enough punishment for them. there's not enough... not enoughjustice. there's no way. some of them are coming out in two, three months. now because of covid, some people are not even getting in trouble.

what's this one called? zorro. zorro! aware of public disquiet, the government promised today to build back safer after the pandemic, with less crime and fewer victims. the prime minister talked unapologetically about how some offenders should be treated, although the policy has been around since the labour years. if you're guilty of anti—social behaviour, i don't see... and you're sentenced to unpaid work, as many people are, i don't see any reason why you shouldn't be out there in one of those fluorescent jacketed chain gangs, visibly paying your debt to society. while the government's beating crime plan has no major new policies, several pilot projects are being expanded, including one where burglars and robbers wear satellite tags, so their movements can be monitored after their release from prison and then mapped against new crimes. project adder, which looks to fight drug crime by tackling dealers and people who are addicted, is also being rolled out to new areas, and everyone in england and wales

will have a name and contact details for their local police officer. the government have been promising an awful lot on crime for a long time. what they've done is they've made our streets unsafe by cutting police officers by over 21,000. we've heard all this bluster before. it's like a bank robber saying we'll give you some of the loot back after we've taken it. ministers are also in the middle of a drive to recruit 20,000 more police officers, reversing their own cuts. in march 2010, just before the conservatives came to power, there were almost 144,000 officers. almost immediately, it started falling, bottoming out at below 122,000. the number has gone up by 9,000 since then and it's still rising, but it's still 11,000 below what it was when they were first elected. the police federation, who were in downing street today with a letter complaining about the proposed pay freeze, said the government's beating crime plan was full of holes and gimmicks.

daniel sandford, bbc news, westminster. a review examining child sexual exploitation in bradford says some children remain unprotected, and are still being abused. it was commissioned after nine men were jailed for exploiting girls in council care in the area in 2019. 0ur correspondent, danny savage, who's been in bradford, has been telling us there's concern there could be many more victims than the five mentioned in this review. this did concentrate on five young people who grew up as children in the city, who were known to social services, who, after reading this, you can see were repeatedly let down by adults whose job it was to keep them safe. one of them referred to as anna said of her experiences, "if only authorities had done what was recommended for me," and that recommendation was to send her to a secure unit. instead, aged 15, this report said she was allowed to marry her abuser in an islamic ceremony, and then go on and live with his family. and it's alleged that her social worker attended that ceremony

when she was just 15 years old. the big question that comes to mind after reading this is how many other children were abused in bradford over the last 20 years? and that's what some of the victims in this report want to see — a much wider ranging report to see how many other people were affected because the most alarming conclusion from reading this is that some children remain unprotected, while some perpetrators remain unknown and unchallenged. it appears that child sexual exploitation is very much still ongoing here in bradford at the moment. danny savage. the latest government figures show covid infections have fallen for the seventh day in a row. there were just over 23 and a half thousand new cases in the latest 24—hour period, which means on average, there were 32,833 per day in the last week. 131 deaths were recorded in the last 2a hours, meaning on average, 69 deaths were recorded per day in the last week. there are now more than 5,900 patients in hospital with covid—19.

more than 88% of uk adults have now had theirfirstjab and nearly 71% are now fully vaccinated. our health correspondent, catherine burns, has been giving us some background to the latest figures. starting with the positive news, a week of those case numbers falling. actually, that 23,000 you talked about for case numbers today, that's less than half of 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 then going on to go to hospital, and 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's 131 deaths reported. that's the first time in this summer wave that we're seeing that it's got over 100. the last time we had such a high

number was on the 12th of march. what we want to do now is watch the next few days, to see if the fall in cases is going to be reflected in a fall in hospitalisations and deaths. that's going to 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 population. earlier today, borisjohnson warned against drawing "premature conclusions" about the falling figures in coronavirus cases in the uk. during a trip to surrey, he urged people to "remain cautious". 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.

0ur political correspondent, pete saull, has been telling us more about the prime minister's reaction to the latest figures. �*s caution very much the bus word as far as he is the first interview we had with him since he came out of isolation. remember he was pinged, and he spent ten days in isolation. nowjust and he spent ten days in isolation. now just stressing that and he spent ten days in isolation. nowjust stressing that it's a little bit too early to say whether what happened just eight days ago with the last relaxation of the restrictions has had a bit of an impact on the case numbers. yes, they are coming down as we've been hearing, but the death rates are going up a little bit, as of the hospitalisations, because of that two week lag. he may well have attempted to pick things up a little bit. he is quite optimistic, but certainly the message from him now is stick with the programme. he was talking about that when it comes to

rules around self—isolation. some criticism for not bringing for that date of the 16th of august, by which point double jab people no longer have to self—isolate. the government said rolling out a series of testing sectors. the international monetary fund has warned that access to coronavirus vaccines is now the main faultline in the global economic recovery. it says there's no guarantee of that recovery as long as the infection continues to spread. it's predicted increased growth in some mainly developed economies this year as they look forward to a further normalisation of activity. the inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal of the 19705 and 80s has been hearing from lord clarke, who was one of the health ministers at the time. around 3,000 people are thought to have died after being given but lord clarke told blood treatments containing hiv and hepatitis c, but lord clarke told the inquiry he was "not responsible" for blood products, and the issue hardly ever came across his desk, as he was dealing with "closing

victorian asylums and old geriatric hospitals." here's our health correspondent, jim reed. jason evans is 31 years old. his father was the same age when he died after being given an nhs treatment he was told would transform his life. there are very few home videos i have where he is actually on camera. especially because, you know, he was aware that he had lost a lot of weight, what aids does to the body. thousands more haemophiliacs were infected with hiv and hepatitis after being treated with contaminated blood products. their relatives have been looking for answers ever since. when you've grown up dealing with the questions of how it happened, why it happened, who is responsible, why hasn't anyone been held to account or to blame? and one of those people that i personally feel is to blame is ken clarke.

ken clarke, now lord clarke, was the senior minister responsible for the health service in the early 805, just as the aids virus emerged. a0 years on, he took the stand at the public enquiry into what has been called the worst medical disaster in nhs history. blood products were something that hardly ever came across my desk, and the tragedy with the haemophiliacs, i was aware it was there, and as you know, from time to time, usually at my own instigation, got on the edge of it, but i did not call meetings on... i was never the minister directly responsible for blood products. in what was a combative appearance, lord clarke appeared to become repeatedly frustrated at the level of detail he was asked. well, i gather you are doing... every policy decision i have ever been involved in involved some discussion and exchange of views.

jason watched the evidence in person today. he said it was a significant step, the first senior minister at the time to give evidence under oath. what i think most of us regard as the obvious truth is that there was a lot that could and should have been done differently, and the question, i suppose, is will he accept that? decades ago, thousands like jason's father were infected by an nhs treatment. it will take many more months if not years for those families to piece together the events that led to that disaster. jim reed, bbc news. a woman who was seriously injured when an unoccupied car ran a man from norfolk is back with his family after spending the whole year for hospital. sean hunte was in hospitalfor for hospital. sean hunte was in hospital for 303 days for hospital. sean hunte was in hospitalfor 303 days —— for hospital. sean hunte was in hospital for 303 days —— 203 days. michael wiggins has more.

he has diabetes, pancreatitis and then caught covid in the norfolk and norwich university hospital. the 58—year—old teacher was put on a ventilator, but the doctors didn't think you'd survive. the ventilator, but the doctors didn't think you'd survive.— ventilator, but the doctors didn't think you'd survive. the doctors i soke to think you'd survive. the doctors i spoke to said _ think you'd survive. the doctors i spoke to said i _ think you'd survive. the doctors i spoke to said i was _ think you'd survive. the doctors i spoke to said i was that - think you'd survive. the doctors i spoke to said i was that close to | spoke to said i was that close to death. they called my wife in two or three times the.— three times the. they sent this alliative three times the. they sent this palliative care _ three times the. they sent this palliative care consultant - three times the. they sent this palliative care consultant to - three times the. they sent this | palliative care consultant to see me, palliative care consultant to see me. and — palliative care consultant to see me, and she talked me through whatever— me, and she talked me through whatever the process was, the different— whatever the process was, the different drugs they would use to help him — different drugs they would use to help him pass. and i said, i'm not ready— help him pass. and i said, i'm not ready to _ help him pass. and i said, i'm not ready to see — help him pass. and i said, i'm not ready to see you, i'm not ready to let him _ ready to see you, i'm not ready to let him go — ready to see you, i'm not ready to let him 90-— ready to see you, i'm not ready to let him go._ times - ready to see you, i'm not ready to| let him go._ times when ready to see you, i'm not ready to i let him go._ times when i let him go. there were times when i thou~ht i let him go. there were times when i thought i would _ let him go. there were times when i thought i would make _ let him go. there were times when i thought i would make it _ let him go. there were times when i thought i would make it through - thought i would make it through the week. ifelt dreadful, i couldn't move. i couldn't speak because i had

a... tracheotomy. fin move. i couldn't speak because i had a... tracheotomy.— a... tracheotomy. on friday, sean left hospital_ a... tracheotomy. on friday, sean left hospital after _ a... tracheotomy. on friday, sean left hospital after 203 _ a... tracheotomy. on friday, sean left hospital after 203 days. - a... tracheotomy. on friday, sean left hospital after 203 days. he - left hospital after 203 days. he can't speak highly enough of the staff at the hospital and is now urging anyone who hasn't been vaccinated to get a job back. the vaccinated to get a 'ob back. the risk of not h vaccinated to get a job back. tue: risk of not having vaccinated to get a job back. tte: risk of not having it vaccinated to get a job back. tt9 risk of not having it isjust too risk of not having it is just too great. you've got to get a vaccine, you've got to protect yourself and your loved ones. it's... it's too much. ,, ., ~ :, , , , your loved ones. it's... it's too much. ,, ., ~ :,, , i, much. sean knows his recovery is likel to much. sean knows his recovery is likely to be _ much. sean knows his recovery is likely to be long _ much. sean knows his recovery is likely to be long and _ much. sean knows his recovery is likely to be long and hard, - much. sean knows his recovery is likely to be long and hard, but. likely to be long and hard, but he loves food and dancing, and he's planning to be back on the dance floor as soon as possible. mike liggins, bbc look east, norwich. jenna 0'neill suffered life—changing injuries during the incident at the conscious tribal gathering festival in denbighshire on saturday. 0rganisers have tonight said they are devastated

by what happened, and their thoughts are with the family. rob thomas reports. this weekend's event was the fifth time that the conscious tribal gathering festival has been held. billed as a family friendly event, it features musical performances and a range of self—improvement courses and activities. but forjenna o'neill and herfamily from gloucestershire, it nearly ended in tragedy. asjenna and her husband, stephen, sat by their tent along with two—year—old daughter ayla early on saturday afternoon, a car parked at the top of the field began rolling down the hill towards them. in fact, as the car approached, he grabbed his daughter and hurled her to safety — something he says he has no memory of. ayla was left with just minor cuts, while herfather suffered a fractured ankle. mum jenna was not so lucky. she suffered a broken collarbone, ten broken ribs, a fractured pelvis and injuries

to her liver and spleen. ..jenna told the bbc from hospital in stoke, where she's still being treated for her extensive injuries. the husband turned around and saw in time and moved him and his daughter out of the way, and then... yeah, helped the mum because the car was going so fast, it was a little bit too late, and they were stopped by a tree. the family have raised questions about how vehicles arriving at the festival were positioned on the site, and if rules about safe parking were properly enforced. some of those that witnessed the incident on saturday have told me that the car that rolled down the hill was checked when it came to a standstill, and the handbrake was found to be in the on position. meanwhile, the organisers

of the event have declined to be interviewed at this stage. they say they're still liaising with the police in their investigation into what happened, but they did describe what happened here on saturday as a freak accident. robert thomas, bbc world news today. the british museum says it will restore eight ancient glass artefacts that were smashed in last year's devastating explosion in the lebanese capital, beirut. the objects were among roman, byzantine and islamic—era glass vessels in a museum near the port, which was at the centre of the blast. the artefacts are said to hold huge historic, artistic and cultural significance. it's hoped their restoration will be a symbol of healing following the disaster. well, we can speak now to jamie fraser, who's the curator of the british museum. thank you so much forjoining us. tell us first of all how the british museum's involvement came about. we

museum's involvement came about. 9 were shocked as everyone was. so, contemporary middle east myself, we got in touch with colleagues in lebanon and asked what the situation was with the british museum. tt was with the british museum. it could be described as the most complicated detour ever, but it's much more complicated, isn't it? the issue here is — much more complicated, isn't it? tt9 issue here is that one museum had one case that held 7a really fragile glass vessels. the force of the blast was that on to the ground, so 72 of those specials smashed into smithereens, plus the glass from the place and that their surrounding windows. imagine getting all the pieces from 7a differentjigsaw boxes mixing altogether, and you're approaching the escape of the

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when they try to put the pieces together. how do you do it —— how long do you think this will take? unfortunately, the majority of the vessels have been identified as not reconstructive little, but of those, eight have been identified as potentially reconstructive —— reconstructive as all. they will cross to the british museum later this year, and maybe three or four months, here in the conservation laboratory to the british museum, we should be able to mend them as they once were. tt’s should be able to mend them as they once were. �* , 9, should be able to mend them as they once were. �* , . . should be able to mend them as they once were. 2 . . :, once were. it's a terrific thought. is this once were. it's a terrific thought. is this the _ once were. it's a terrific thought. is this the biggest _ once were. it's a terrific thought. is this the biggest change? - once were. it's a terrific thought. is this the biggest change? it's i once were. it's a terrific thought. is this the biggest change? it's a | is this the biggest change? it's a remarkable _ is this the biggest change? it's a remarkable project, _ is this the biggest change? it's a remarkable project, it's - is this the biggest change? tt�*s 9 remarkable project, it's certainly one that we'll test our patience. i think it's really important. funding from the european arts foundation, i think it's easy to look at these

sorts of disasters and say, well, you define a museum by what its loss. i think we're all driven by defining on what it can gain. tt’s defining on what it can gain. it's a very positive _ defining on what it can gain. it's a very positive note _ defining on what it can gain. it's a very positive note to _ defining on what it can gain. it's a very positive note to end - defining on what it can gain. it's a very positive note to end on. - defining on what it can gain. it's a very positive note to end on. thanks so much for telling us about that. if you have valuable things, don't put them on the same cabinet. with schools out for the summer and beach holidays abroad difficult, many families are rediscovering the coasts around britain and the wildlife that inhabits them. but even frequent beachgoers would be surprised to find an octopusjoining them on the shore. that's what happened to one family paddling at south queensferry near edinburgh, and the photos they took have gone viral on social media. they told the bbc of their remarkable experience. hi, my name's torin, i'm 11 years old and i live in south queensferry. and i am ditte solgaard dunn. i'm torin's mum, and the other night, when we went swimming, we found an octopus in the sea by the harbour. it was quite extraordinary.

we really weren't expecting it. we were just coming out of the sea, thinking about heading back. and suddenly torin shouted, there's an octopus! so, we'd never seen anything like that around there ever before. it was, like, fine. it didn't look like it was going to hurt you. but then it started making some weird sounds, so we gave it a little bit of space, to see what it would do. it wasn't going into the water, it was just staying at shore. so, we decided to help it with my shoe, well, my water shoe, try and get it into the water. it grabbed onto my shoe and almost stole it. he did a little swim along the coast and changed colour while doing it. and it was just fantastic to see. i mean, an octopus up on the beach, it's not a rare occurrence. _ they do come up onto beaches . if they get caught up by the tide, or if they are actually hunting for food. - octopus have hundreds.

of suckers on their arms, and they can actually taste sand when they're moving around. i so, this octopus was probably up |on the beach, tasting and seeingj if there was anything dug into the sand. _ you can see the mantle - that they have behind their eyes. that actually enables them to suck sea water into the mantle, - hold it in, and they can survive holding that water in _ and using that to breathe. so, these guys can probably go ten, 20 minutes, 30 minutes out - of the water, looking for food. or if they're moving between rock i pools, it helps them moving around. when we came back from having gone for the swim, we were so deliriously happy, because we'd seen this fella, and ijust wanted to share it. and it was so nice to see that everyone else clearly loved him just as much as we did. so, yes, it's been curious. my phone has been pinging nonstop now for quite some time.

there eight tentacled friend. team gb have made their best start to an olympics, with ten medals already secured in tokyo in the first four days of competition. the team have never before won four golds at this point in a games. one of the golds today was claimed by the swimmer tom dean in the 200 metres freestyle. his family watched him triumph from their home in maidenhead in berkshire, and our sports correspondent, eleanor roper, has been to meet them. it's an all—nighter, but not like any other. tom's family this morning, having still not been to bed. wild cheers. this was the scene last night as tom swam his way to olympic gold. hours later, and his family still can't believe it. i can't even put it into words. it's just like the most amazing thing... oh, i'm going to cry, that's not good! ..that�*s ever happened. it's just like it makes everything worth it. and this is him at nationals. tom is one of five children who are all keen swimmers.

his youngest brother william shows us tom in his goggles when he was barely old enough to walk, but it's mum jacquie that has spent years driving everyone to the pool. i've taken tom to every one of his training sessions since he was a baby. i got him in the water when he was a few weeks old. i've taken him to all his events, counties, regionals, nationals, and all the open meets, and i've followed him around the world. you know, it's galling to not be there at the big one. making it to the olympics is an enormous challenge for anyone, but for tom, this achievement is all the more amazing for the fact he has had coronavirus twice in the last year. i'm so thrilled to see the journey go as far as you could imagine it could go. there's nowhere else to go, and i am so thrilled for him. you know, he's having the best time of his life. tom's now preparing for the final of the 4x200 metre freestyle relay as he looks to add another medal

to his already impressive collection. eleanor roper, bbc news. 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 tuesday has brought us a day of sunny spells but also to showers and frequent thunderstorms. this was the picture in little bit earlier on on tuesday. we will keep that theme of heavy downpours over the next couple days because this area of low pressure is driving and it is a slow moving feature. it's producing particularly heavy rainfall across parts of scotla nd of scotland and the met office issued an amber warning first thunderstorms. torrential downpour is leading to potential flooding and some disruption. the showers were only gradually ease as we head through the evening hours and into tonight as well. further south, most

of those heavy downpours will ease. drier towards the south, still plenty of heavy showers from northwest england. and temperatures overnight falling to between 13—15 degrees. during the day tomorrow and this area of low pressure is still with us. we've got a bit more of a breeze developing in the south, and that will tend to push the showers through liquor. across parts of scotland, they're going to be really slow—moving. —— through quicker. here, that rainfall is not only going to be heavy, but it's going to be persistent through the day. further south, the showers will move through quicker and a bit more of a breeze will develop the of the day. hit and thunderstorms. those lighter winds in the showers will be quite

slow—moving in nature. temperature wise, cooler than recent days. highs of 16-21 wise, cooler than recent days. highs of 16—21 degrees during one day. some sunshine between heavy downpours, and then low pressure starts to ease off towards the northeast —— during wednesday. coming in from a northern northwesterly direction. still some showers on thursday for parts of scotland. further south, showers on thursday for parts of scotland. furthersouth, it should be a dry day. sunny spells scotland. further south, it should be a dry day. sunny spells still an unsettled story and temperatures a little cooler, particularly in the north, around 15—21 degrees.

this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. our top stories: compelling testimony, as the hearings start in congress into the attack on the us capitol. officers tasked with protecting people and property that day recount the violence and hatred they experienced. the rioters called me traitor... ..a disgrace, and shouted that i, an army veteran and a police officer, should be executed. the four—times us gold medallist simone biles pulls out of the gymnastics team final at the olympics, citing medical reasons. us health officials say people should again wear masks indoors in certain places, even if they're been vaccinated.

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