time for a look at the weather. here's matt taylor. a busy weekend of sport, how is the forecast? plenty of showers around as you've just seen and heard from edgbaston, let's take you to wimbledon first because we've got some showers very close by at the moment but then things should brighten up and we could get away tomorrow without any interruption —— without any interruptions until we head into the evening. the showers that edgbaston should clear and it will be brighter in the afternoon but more interruptions expected tomorrow morning and indeed for qualifying at silverstone we do expect some rain particularly during the middle part of the day and early afternoon. call forall, the middle part of the day and early afternoon. call for all, we've got showers at the moment, heavy and thundery across the north and east of and, parts of scotland as well. if you wish south but bigger gaps between them, still will stay dry across southern and western parts of england and wales as we go through into the afternoon. temperatures not

impressive for earlyjuly, 17—19. we finished the day with persistent rain across in northern ireland. that's going to be affecting northern ireland through the evening, then spread into parts of central southern scotland, northern england and western parts of wales as we go through the night and into tomorrow morning. not a desperately cold night, temperature is around 9-13 to cold night, temperature is around 9—13 to start the weekend. here's the chart for the weekend. saturday, we've got this hawk of weather system pushing slowly eastwards across the country, a bit more breeze on it than today. we'll see one when the front stretching from yorkshire down towards cornwall with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. that pushes slowly southwards and eastwards. east anglia and the south—east staying dry until the evening then sunshine and showers for many although northern parts of scotland more in the way of persistent rain and cloud through the day. the winds lightest year, more of a breeze further south. that will add to the chill for this stage injuly. temperatures down a little bit on today's values. the weather

front towards the south and east pushes through during the evening and cleared through as we going to sunday. we still got the dregs of a weather front pushing eastwards on sunday bringing quite a bit of cloud across the country at times. a few showers on that but overall fuel showers on that but overall fuel showers on that but overall fuel showers on sunday compared to saturday. heaviest across eastern areas later, more sunshine in the west towards the afternoon and with winds light on sunday it should start to feel a bit warmer. then as we go into next week it looks like a ridge of high pressure is going to pull its way in but if we look across the northern half of the country north—westerly wind will drag in plenty of cloud around at times, could bring in a few showers here and there. that's always going to be the case. temperatures generally mid to high teens. the further south and east you are, a bit more sheltered from the north—westerly winds so a better chance of cloud breaking up at times and we'll see some sunshine. we'll see temperatures lift a bit across southern areas as we go through the week, starting to feel a bit more like summer at the end of the

a of the reminder of our top story... week with temperatures in the mid 20s. borisjohnson is facing calls to suspend his former deputy chief whip as a conservative mp after allegations that he groped two men at a private members�* club. chris pincher quit his government post saying that he had drunk too much and embarrassed himself. that�*s all from the bbc news at one. it�*s goodbye from me. on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. have a very good good afternoon, it�*s gone 1.30pm and here�*s your latest sports news. straight to wimbledon where it�*s another huge day of action as more players attempt to make the last 16. and high hopes for britain�*s heather watson — she�*s looking to reach the fourth round for the first

time in her career. we can cross live to south west lndon now and join our reporter chetan pathak. chetan, how is watson getting on? heather. the rain was something she was not happy about what she has been looking good on the grass, first stop on centre court so her match will be finished today. she is playing the slovenian and i can see that heather watson has been broken. not the best time to join, it was going with serve and heather watson did have break point it to games all and could not take it. she is one of the most experienced grass court players, the former british number one, outside the world�*s top 100. a lot of people tipping her to when this and she had a breakdown at the moment. the world number 62, not

reached a second week of a grand slam. much younger, in her career. heather watson holding the hopes alongside katie boulter. she has work to do on centre court. on court number one we have ons jabeur who is trying to be a trailblazer. she is embracing that title, taking on the french woman. ons jabeur reach the quarterfinals last year and yet when world slam. world number two i should say. she is on centre court, ons jabeur. well, they are

test against on india at edgbaston — a match postponed from last september becuase of a covid outbreak in the indian squad. it completes last summer�*s series which india lead 2-1. james anderson — back in the side in place ofjamie overton — has taken both wickets to fall — shubman gilfor 17 and cheteshwar pujura. india reached 53—2 before rain stopped play and the players have taken an early lunch there is an inspection at 1:45pm. tottenham have completed the signing of brazil forward richarlison from everton in a deal believed to be worth £60 million. the 25—year—old forward underwent medical checks ahead of flying to london early next week, with his new club set to start their pre—season on monday.

spurs will pay an initial £55 million pounds with a further 5 million in add—ons. the tour to france gets under way today, beginning in denmark. you can follow that online as well. thank you very much. wanting to bring you a statement coming in from downing street concerning chris pincher. who is the conservative mp who has alleged to grow to men and resigned as deputy chief whip after admitting that he had drunk too much and embarrassed himself at the carlton club, the tory party members club in london. downing street is insisting that borisjohnson was not aware of specific allegations against chris pincher before he appointed him as deputy chief whip. a spokesman saying the prime

minister was not aware before the appointment of any specific allegations. he said his appointment was vetted as all appointments are. that he will be aware of the process, said the spokesman but ministerial appointments go through and in the absence of any formal complaint,... when he was asked what those unsubstantiated allegations wear, he would not elaborate. asked whether the prime minister was aware of general allegations against chris pincher before he appointed him, the spokesperson would only say, you have what i said. we will try and get that work from our political correspondents from westminster. that is the latest on the chris pincher affair at the moment. chris pincher, who has resigned as deputy chief whip and borisjohnson under some pressure to suspend them from

the conservative parliamentary party, to suspend as a tory mp. let�*s get more now on the ceremony that�*s taken place in hong kong to mark 25 years since the end of british colonial rule in hong kong. the chinese president, xijinping, led the commemorations and in his speech said true democracy began after the territory was handed back to china. britain and the us have accused beijing of failing to live up to the promises it made in 1997 to respect hong kong�*s freedoms. lord chris patten was the last governor of hong kong and was at the handover ceremony in 1997. he spoke to my colleague annita mcveigh earlier and reflected on what he said that day. saying that it was now hong kong�*s destiny to be run by the people of hong kong have turned to ashes, because hong kong was once one of the freest, arguably the freest and most open society in asia and it has now been turned into a police state, as several of our newspapers

have said and there are a number of journalists who work here and elsewhere, who were in hong kong and know it is true. and when xijinping, who did not, of course, have the courage to even stay in hong kong overnight for some reason, when xi jinping talks about democracy starting with the chinese takeover, i am reminded of what one of the quislings in hong kong once said to the foreign affairs committee about democracy, he said, you get us wrong, the chinese don�*t dislike democratic elections, theyjust like to know the result in advance, which is rather the point, i think. so what happened in hong kong, it�*s notjust locking up democrats and notjust making sure the elections could not produce a result which represented the opinions of people in the city and the territory, it�*s notjust that, it�*s the attack

on freedom of speech, it�*s the attacks on civil society. this year, people were not allowed to take part in what has been a tradition, of vigils for those murdered in tiananmen square because the chinese want us to pretend that never happened. when i read the introduction, lord patten, and i referenced what xijinping had said, that true democracy began after the territory was handed back, i could sense a shudder from you when i read that. yes, well it is of course completely absurd. i don�*t think xijinping would know a democratic election if it hit him over the head with a police truncheon. the truth is, that one of the reasons why the chinese communists passed what is called the national security law, which in effect put hong kong into handcuffs, one of the reasons why they did that was they were terrified of the likely outcome of legislative council elections in 2020.

what were the protections supposed to be? the protections largely depended on the chinese communists sticking to their word in the joint declaration, the joint declaration was an international treaty lodged at the un in which they guaranteed to retain hong kong�*s freedoms and way of life for 50 years after 1997. now, one of my main critics when i was in hong kong was a former diplomat who once said, memorably, "the chinese may be thuggish dictators, but they are men of their word." well, now we know the first part is true but alas not the last part and they have broken their agreement again and again, notjust in relation to hong kong but in relation to the world trade organisations, the who, the fortification of the islands in the south china sea and they are mendacious, and unfortunately you cannot trust them but we do have to find ways

in which we can cope with this regime until it eventually implodes. what are your thoughts onjohn lee who has taken overfrom carrie lam in charge of hong kong, and he has praised the security law, that hugely controversial security law, we have covered, the protests around that and the arrests made of pro—democracy supporters and he was praising that law which has been used to stifle dissent. what do you make of him? he is a thuggish cop and he got thejob because he was responsible the protests around that and the arrests made he is a thuggish cop and he got thejob because he was responsible for the policing of the huge demonstrations in 2019 against an extradition treaty that was going to enable hong kong to send people off to mainland china to be tried

if the chinese wanted that. so he got the job because of the very, very tough policing then. tasers, plastic baton rounds, tear gas, instead of trying to talk to people and find a political settlement. the last british governor of hong kong. the lead negotiator for network rail says talks with the rmt union since last week�*s train strikes have been "constructive". speaking on the today programme, tim shoveller said a formal consultation on compulsory redundancies — one of the main causes of concern for the rmt — would no longer be starting today. the rmt union says it�*s "not in any rush" to call for further strikes this month. mr shoveller said both sides were being pragmatic. cautiously optimistic. we have got to remain positive throughout these types of negotiations because there are moments when it feels like progress is being made, and then sometimes there is a setback. but cautiously optimistic is a good phrase because we are determined to find a solution.

we desperately want to make sure that we best provide services for passengers, and with the price of fuel as high as it is at the moment, that makes the railway a really attractive option. so the quicker we can get this resolved to encourage passengers to come back to the railway, the better. airline and airport staff in some of europe�*s busiest destinations are going on strike this weekend. it�*s the latest blow for holidaymakers after months of disruption at airports here. so how much disruption might travellers face this summer? ben boulous has been finding out. in airports around the uk this week 400 flights have been cancelled. that is up 158% compared to the same seven day period in 2019. it might sound a lot, but it is important to note that 400 is out of nearly 16,000 flights that were planned.

so the reality is that was just 2.5% that were grounded. a lot of the cancellations were also made in advance, giving passengers some notice to change their plans. no such notice for some travellers who were planning to fly out of heathrow yesterday. these were the scenes there where passengers complained about queues and total chaos. heathrow asked airlines to cut the number of flights because they expected passenger numbers were too high for it to be able to cope. in terms of figures, it was 30 flights out of a scheduled 1200 that were cancelled. some passages said they didn�*t find out until they got to the airport. heathrow said the cancellations were necessary for safety and it was a one off. passengers flying through the uk�*s busiest airport can expect more disruption this summer. 700, mainly british airways staff and ground crew, will go on strike

over pay and those dates have been confirmed yet. we know that staffing issues have caused problems at the airport. gatwick airport is planning to reduce the number of flights injuly and august. so if you are flying this summer, how worried should you be? i have to be absolutely honest and say that going intojuly and august i have never seen quite this scale of disruption in any previous summer. it is all to do with the lack of resilience in aviation, to get you and hopefully your luggage off the ground and safely to your destination requires dozens of aviation professionals being in the right place at the right time and all getting theirjobs done. and a lot of those people have wandered away from the aviation industry, which is why we are so stretched right now. and the description isn�*t only affecting flight leaving the uk. there have already been strikes by cabin crew, baggage handlers and check—in

staff across europe. in spain, portugal, italy, belgium and france and more are scheduled for this weekend in france and spain. so has all this disruption affected our confidence in the industry and the number of people blocking flight? the appetitive travel is still very significant. we have seen our members every week, their bookings are ahead where they expected to be versus 2019. one of the big changes we see are trends for the increase in consumers looking to book through their local travel agent. and also what are they a booking, more packages and really that is about trying to give them even more reassuring even more reassurance because if you book a package and that flight or any part of that holiday is disrupted, the principles that have been put through is obligated that you have an alternative flight. the important thing to remember is that despite those pictures of queues at airports and reports

of strikes and consolations, of strikes and cancellations, the numbers are still very low. the risk may be higher than previous years but the vast majority of people will still manage to get away on holiday as planned. the new manager of manchester airport has been talking. he has been speaking with annabel to finn about how he is trying to get the situation under control. the about how he is trying to get the situation under control.- situation under control. the vast ma'ori situation under control. the vast majority of _ situation under control. the vast majority of peeple _ situation under control. the vast majority of people will _ situation under control. the vast majority of people will be - situation under control. the vast majority of people will be in - situation under control. the vast majority of people will be in a i majority of people will be in a security cube are less than 30 minutes and what we are saying is come three hours beforehand. aim for three errors beforehand and we will get you on your way. flan three errors beforehand and we will get you on your way-— get you on your way. can i read you

an e-mail _ get you on your way. can i read you an e-mail from _ get you on your way. can i read you an e-mail from one _ get you on your way. can i read you an e-mail from one of— get you on your way. can i read you an e-mail from one of our- get you on your way. can i read you an e-mail from one of our viewers. | an e—mailfrom one of our viewers. he said that when he returned to manchester airport he had to wait for an hour to get through passport control and another error for baggage reclaim. it control and another error for baggage reclaim.— control and another error for baggage reclaim. control and another error for baae reclaim. ., , ., ., baggage reclaim. it does not matter if ou are baggage reclaim. it does not matter if you are an — baggage reclaim. it does not matter if you are an airline, _ baggage reclaim. it does not matter if you are an airline, and _ baggage reclaim. it does not matter if you are an airline, and airport, - if you are an airline, and airport, a ground handler or borderforce, each one of those organisations has to do this massive recruitment effort it has never had to do in its history. you are not looking to replace those who have left in the last few months, you are looking to rebuild and everyone has struggled to do that. the uk labour market has been against us and it has been challenging. if you are manchester airport�*s manager director now, you have seen additional people coming in, you need to be confident as you look to summer 22, everyone is going to get on their holidays that we can possibly get on their holidays. iuntimely possibly get on their holidays. when do ou possibly get on their holidays. when do you envisage _ possibly get on their holidays. when do you envisage the _ possibly get on their holidays. when do you envisage the airport will be back to normal? back

do you envisage the airport will be back to normal?— do you envisage the airport will be back to normal? back to 2019 in the autumn of this _ back to normal? back to 2019 in the autumn of this year _ back to normal? back to 2019 in the autumn of this year because - back to normal? back to 2019 in the autumn of this year because the - autumn of this year because the passenger numbers will have dropped and the security officers and all the other staff will be here and what we will want to be doing is to focus on some 23 so we are not making a comparison of summer 19, we are talking about how much better manchester airport has been. it is crucial to north _ manchester airport has been. it is crucial to north yorkshire's crucial to north yorkshire�*s economy, worth many millions every year, high demand has led to a number of properties being used as holiday lets, many through platforms like air b&b. good news for property owners but there is some evidence that some tenants are being affected to make way for short—term lets. richard edwards now reports. north yorkshire�*s stunning coastal communities, places where people are very keen to put down some roots about the short term rental and holiday let market is red—hot meaning people who live on the coast

are literally being forced out. we are literally being forced out. - are seeing lots of households coming to us, long—term tenants who are being evicted by their tenants who are choosing to convert their properties into air b&b. we are choosing to convert their properties into air 8&3. we think this is a growing _ properties into air 8&3. we think this is a growing problem. - properties into air 8&3. we think this is a growing problem. the i properties into air 8&3. we think i this is a growing problem. the coast can be a tough place to make a living, lower paid work and a business woman has found out how hard it is to find a home she can call her own. i hard it is to find a home she can call her own-— call her own. i am in two minds about it because _ call her own. i am in two minds about it because my _ call her own. i am in two minds about it because my business l call her own. i am in two minds - about it because my business relies on visitors, — about it because my business relies on visitors, that people here need somewhere affordable to live. we have two — somewhere affordable to live. we have two £1 million properties on the market and the four... no one here _ the market and the four... no one here is_ the market and the four... no one here is going — the market and the four... no one here is going to buy that. evidence is clear, here is going to buy that. evidence is clear. more _ here is going to buy that. evidence is clear, more people _ here is going to buy that. evidence is clear, more people are - here is going to buy that. evidence is clear, more people are turning l is clear, more people are turning over their properties to use as a holiday let. 900 properties register, up 43%. in york, 221 over the same period, up 50%. in the

dales, 179 properties, an increase of 40%. dales, 179 properties, an increase of a0%. concerns about short—term lets are coming up in york as well. the labour mp puts a bill before parliament this week calling for the industry to be regulated. one of her constituents who live near a short—term let remembers the sleepless nights and being on the receiving end.— receiving end. during the slight easin: of receiving end. during the slight easing of the — receiving end. during the slight easing of the lockdown, - receiving end. during the slight easing of the lockdown, around receiving end. during the slight i easing of the lockdown, around 18 months _ easing of the lockdown, around 18 months ago. _ easing of the lockdown, around 18 months ago, when _ easing of the lockdown, around 18 months ago, when we _ easing of the lockdown, around 18 months ago, when we had - easing of the lockdown, around 18 months ago, when we had groups| easing of the lockdown, around 18. months ago, when we had groups of six allowed, — months ago, when we had groups of six allowed, a — months ago, when we had groups of six allowed, a group _ months ago, when we had groups of six allowed, a group of— months ago, when we had groups of six allowed, a group of six _ months ago, when we had groups of six allowed, a group of six young - six allowed, a group of six young ladies _ six allowed, a group of six young ladies came _ six allowed, a group of six young ladies came along _ six allowed, a group of six young ladies came along who _ six allowed, a group of six young ladies came along who were - six allowed, a group of six young i ladies came along who were pretty full volume — ladies came along who were pretty full volume and _ ladies came along who were pretty full volume and enjoying _ ladies came along who were pretty. full volume and enjoying themselves and engaging— full volume and enjoying themselves and engaging with _ full volume and enjoying themselves and engaging with people _ full volume and enjoying themselves and engaging with people along - full volume and enjoying themselves and engaging with people along the i and engaging with people along the river and _ and engaging with people along the river and the — and engaging with people along the river and the road _ and engaging with people along the river and the road and _ and engaging with people along the river and the road and come - and engaging with people along the river and the road and come about. river and the road and come about three _ river and the road and come about three oflock— river and the road and come about three o'clock in _ river and the road and come about three o'clock in the _ river and the road and come about three o'clock in the morning - river and the road and come about three o'clock in the morning they. three o'clock in the morning they thought— three o'clock in the morning they thought it — three o'clock in the morning they thought it would _ three o'clock in the morning they thought it would be _ three o'clock in the morning they thought it would be a _ three o'clock in the morning they thought it would be a wonderful. three o'clock in the morning they - thought it would be a wonderful idea to ring _ thought it would be a wonderful idea to ring the _ thought it would be a wonderful idea to ring the ship's _ thought it would be a wonderful idea to ring the ship's bell— thought it would be a wonderful idea to ring the ship's bell which - thought it would be a wonderful idea to ring the ship's bell which was - to ring the ship's bell which was very— to ring the ship's bell which was very noisy _ to ring the ship's bell which was very noisy-— very noisy. landlords in places could be ready _ very noisy. landlords in places could be ready for _ very noisy. landlords in places

could be ready for checks. - very noisy. landlords in places could be ready for checks. air| very noisy. landlords in places - could be ready for checks. air 3&3 could be ready for checks. air 888 says it is an opportunity to secure clearer and modern rules. richard edwards, bbc look north. that is just about it from me. i will be back at five o�*clock. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. out there, sunshine and showers across a good part of the uk. this area of cloud bringing persistent rain particularly across shetland, you have cloud cover gathering in the west and tomorrow, with the speckle nature of the cloud, an indication that we see showers around quite widely, particularly into the evening. heaviest across eastern areas, further rumbles of thunder and a little bit on the cool side when they showers push in. a wet end to the day in northern ireland. those in northern ireland. outbreaks of rain spreading across those outbreaks of rain spreading across scotland and northern england, wales and south—west into the night and the morning. south and east of that should stay dry once evening showers have cleared and

temperatures in double figures to start saturday. a lot of cloud around for saturday, we have this weather feature across the country. the cool front itself will lie through yorkshire down towards the south—west, it could take all day before it reaches wimbledon so optimistic few interruptions expected on saturday for play there. the front itself will reach the grand prix circuit at silverstone and we could see some showers for the qualifying throughout saturday afternoon. here is to start the day, it will wait —— work its way south and east. before that cloud increases. turning to sunshine and showers for northern england and wales, scotland and northern ireland. cloud in the far north of scotland will see outbreaks of rain all day long coming and going. more of a breeze further south and that weather fronts will make it to east anglia and south east as we head towards evening. a cool day for the

stage injuly in the breeze and showers. the breeze helps push those weather fronts on as we go through the night into sunday. the dregs of one across the country on sunday bringing cloud and showery rain east across england and wales but more of you will be dry on sunday, a better chance of sunny spells and we will have more of the breeze on sunday with a few showers dotted around. 13, 14 degrees, feeling warmer than saturday the further south and east you go. next week, high pressure will start to push in. lots of cloud and a few showers around, sunnier and a few showers around, sunnier and warmer the further south and east you go.

this is bbc news. i�*m frankie mccamley. the headlines: downing street insists boris johnson was not aware of "specific allegations" against chris pincher before appointing him as deputy chief whip. the prime minister now faces calls to suspend the mp from the conservative party — after allegations he groped two men at a private members�* club. opposition parties call for an investigation. i�*m afraid to say this shows there is a pattern of behaviour of scandal and poor behaviour and is a pattern of behaviour of scandal and poor behaviou— is a pattern of behaviour of scandal and poor behaviour and low standards of ublic and poor behaviour and low standards of public behaviour— and poor behaviour and low standards of public behaviour of _ and poor behaviour and low standards of public behaviour of a _ and poor behaviour and low standards of public behaviour of a range - and poor behaviour and low standards of public behaviour of a range of - of public behaviour of a range of sorts and chris pincher is admitting to poor behaviour. covid cases rise across the uk — up by 32% in a week. china celebrates the 25th anniversary of taking