the woman says that mr westwood had sex with her several times starting when she was just 1a. we sat and talked for a bit and then he kissed me, so i was, like, 0k. we sat and talked for a bit and then he kissed me, so i was, like, ok. i don't have a problem with that. and thenit don't have a problem with that. and then it progressed from there. mr westwood hasn't responded to these latest allegationsalso this lunchtime. trade minister penny mordaunt launches her campaign to be tory party leader and prime minister as tory mps prepare to vote on the eight candidates this afternoon. a state of emergency in sri lanka as the military is called in and the president flees the country on a militaryjet. energy suppliers are told to take urgent action after the watchdog finds failings with the way direct debit customers are charged.

# happy birthday to you... and as the duchess of cornwall turns 75, we look at the mark she's made on public life. and coming up on the bbc news channel... we'll be live at the home of golf as we count down to the start of the of the open championships which gets under way in st andrews tomorrow. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. dj tim westwood is facing allegations from a woman who said they had sex several times, starting when she was 14. she says mr westwood was in his 30s at the time and describes him as a "predator". the woman is one of several to come forward after an investigation by bbc news and the guardian, with claims of misconduct and abuse

dating from 1990 to 2020. mr westwood did not respond to a request for comment. this report from our correspondent chi chi izundu contains distressing accounts of alleged sexual assault. the archers was a club in vauxhall and tim westwood would be there holding his club night, so it was really popular. it was a big deal. between eight and ten with ten westwood... we between eight and ten with ten westwood- - -— between eight and ten with ten westwood. .. we are calling this woman esther, _ westwood. .. we are calling this woman esther, she _ westwood. .. we are calling this woman esther, she says - westwood. .. we are calling this woman esther, she says she - westwood. .. we are calling this| woman esther, she says she was westwood. .. we are calling this - woman esther, she says she was 14 when she met tim westwood and he was in his early 30s. when she met tim westwood and he was in his early sos-— when she met tim westwood and he was in his early sos-— in his early 30s. then he got into aces and in his early 30s. then he got into ages and he _ in his early 30s. then he got into ages and he was _ in his early 30s. then he got into ages and he was like, _ in his early 30s. then he got into ages and he was like, how - in his early 30s. then he got into ages and he was like, how old i in his early 30s. then he got into| ages and he was like, how old are you then? i said, ages and he was like, how old are you then? isaid, i ages and he was like, how old are you then? i said, i am 14. and he didn't look shocked or anything, it was, oh, 0k. didn't look shocked or anything, it was, oh, ok. i didn't look shocked or anything, it was, oh, 0k. isaid, cani didn't look shocked or anything, it was, oh, 0k. isaid, can i get it next week? sure you can. i think we

exchanged numbers and then i would say it was a couple of months after that he asked to meet up with me at hammersmith station and he picked me “p hammersmith station and he picked me up from there. on the way he was saying, we are going to my house. i am like, oh, ok, idon�*t saying, we are going to my house. i am like, oh, ok, i don't have a problem with that. we had sets. i never gave consent, but i never said no either. ., ., , ., ., ., never gave consent, but i never said no either. ., . , ., ., ., ., no either. now as an adult, how do ou feel no either. now as an adult, how do you feel looking — no either. now as an adult, how do you feel looking back _ no either. now as an adult, how do you feel looking back on _ no either. now as an adult, how do you feel looking back on that - no either. now as an adult, how do| you feel looking back on that period in your life?— in your life? looking back i feel disgusted. _ in your life? looking back i feel disgusted. angry. _ in your life? looking back i feel disgusted, angry, upset. - in your life? looking back i feel disgusted, angry, upset. i- in your life? looking back i feel disgusted, angry, upset. i am i disgusted, angry, upset. i am outlawed from _ disgusted, angry, upset. i am outlawed from most - disgusted, angry, upset. i am outlawed from most of - disgusted, angry, upset. i am outlawed from most of the . disgusted, angry, upset. lam outlawed from most of the clubs in the west _ outlawed from most of the clubs in the west end because i play rap. from _ the west end because i play rap. from pirate radio dj to bbc radioi star... from pirate radio dj to bbc radio1 star... , , ., ., ., from pirate radio dj to bbc radio1 star... , , ., ., q star... this is how radio 1 get down- - - _ star... this is how radio 1 get down... with _ star... this is how radio 1 get down... with a _ star... this is how radio 1 get down... with a well-known i star... this is how radio 1 get - down. .. with a well-known presence down... with a well-known presence in clubs up — down... with a well-known presence in clubs up and _ down... with a well-known presence in clubs up and down _ down... with a well-known presence in clubs up and down the _ down... with a well-known presence in clubs up and down the country - down... with a well-known presencei in clubs up and down the country and abroad, tim westwood has been a prominent figure in the music industry for more than a0 years. this other big dog... as part of our

investigation we spoke to ten different women making allegations ranging from sexual assault and predatory behaviour to sexual activity with a ia—year—old between 1990 and 2020. back activity with a 1a—year—old between 1990 and 2020. back in april, as part of an investigation with the guardian. the bbc broadcast the stories of several women alleging unexpected and unwanted sexual touching and sexual misconduct against him westwood. tim westwood strenuously denied all of those allegations, but he has not responded to any of these new ones. we asked of them are global, who own capital radio, if they had any complaints about the dj during his employment with them, but a spokesperson said they would let us know if they had any comment. last week, the bbc revealed it had six complaints, one of which were serious enough to refer to the police, despite the director—general tim davie previously saying they found no complaint. yesterday he

said the bbc were still investigating and would be publishing its findings in two weeks. he added, we have no objective apart from to ensure everything is flushed out and we understand exactly what happened with regards to the bbc and also to do the right thing and any cases i looked at. at one point in his career tim westwood was being hailed as the most influential figure career tim westwood was being hailed as the most influentialfigure in hip—hop across europe. but the question still remains how someone with so much power in the music industry was not stopped. details of organisations offering information and support for sexual abuse are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call forfree, at any time to hear recorded information on 0800 077 077. and you can watch more on this story on the bbc iplayer in the documentary hip hop's open secret: tim westwood. the trade minister penny mordaunt has launched her campaign to become the next conservative leader

and prime minister, saying tories have "lost their sense of self". in the next half hour conservative mps will begin voting for which of the eight candidates they want to replace boris johnson candidates have to secure 30 votes in the first round to stay in the race, with a result from this first vote expected later this afternoon. whoever comes last will be knocked out. further rounds of voting will whittle the number down to two finalists before the end of next week, and then conservative party members will choose between the two. the result will be announced on 5th september. our correspondentjonathan blake has this report. our next prime minister... enter penny mordaunt, an unfamiliar face beyond westminster, but seen as a strong contender in this conduct —— contest, launching her campaign this morning the trade minister said the tories needed a reminder of their greatest hits. tories needed a reminder of their greatest hits-—

tories needed a reminder of their greatest hits. recently i think our -a has greatest hits. recently i think our party has lost _ greatest hits. recently i think our party has lost its _ greatest hits. recently i think our party has lost its sense _ greatest hits. recently i think our party has lost its sense of- greatest hits. recently i think our party has lost its sense of self. if| party has lost its sense of self. if i can compare it to be being in the glastonbury audience when paul mccartney was playing his set, we indulged all those new tunes, but what we really wanted was the good old stuff that we all knew the words to. lowertax, small old stuff that we all knew the words to. lower tax, small state, old stuff that we all knew the words to. lowertax, small state, personal responsibility. she to. lower tax, small state, personal responsibility-— responsibility. she promised a relentless _ responsibility. she promised a relentless focus _ responsibility. she promised a relentless focus on _ responsibility. she promised a relentless focus on the - responsibility. she promised a relentless focus on the cost i responsibility. she promised a relentless focus on the cost of living, tax cuts and reform in whitehall. living, tax cuts and reform in whitehall-— living, tax cuts and reform in whitehall. ~ ., ., ., , ., living, tax cuts and reform in whitehall. ., ., ., , ., whitehall. we have got to stave off recession, whitehall. we have got to stave off recession. we _ whitehall. we have got to stave off recession, we have _ whitehall. we have got to stave off recession, we have got _ whitehall. we have got to stave off recession, we have got deliver- whitehall. we have got to stave off recession, we have got deliver on l recession, we have got deliver on the huge ambition that the british people have, having left the european union. we have got to catch up european union. we have got to catch up after covid. we have a war and we have a manifesto to deliver on standards and trust to restore. the portsmouth — standards and trust to restore. the portsmouth north mp claimed to be the candidate labour feared the most

and emphasised her naval background, committing to maintain defence spending. not enough for some. the former soldier in the contest, tom tugendhat, says more money for the military is needed.— military is needed. when we are talkin: military is needed. when we are talking about — military is needed. when we are talking about defence _ military is needed. when we are talking about defence spending | military is needed. when we are i talking about defence spending we have got to be clear, that we will never put the safety of our country in doubt because of bean counters or spreadsheets. security always comes before spreadsheets. that spreadsheets. security always comes before spreadsheets.— before spreadsheets. that has been seen as a swipe _ before spreadsheets. that has been seen as a swipe at _ before spreadsheets. that has been seen as a swipe at the _ before spreadsheets. that has been seen as a swipe at the front - before spreadsheets. that has been seen as a swipe at the front runnerl seen as a swipe at the front runner among mps, rishi sunak, who has not committed to increasing the defence spending target, but says tackling inflation was his priority. supporters of liz truss, the foreign secretary, have also taken aim at the former chancellor for what they say were his endless tax rises that damage the economy. meanwhile, the man whose job they all want left for his first weekly grilling in parliament since announcing his resignation. the

parliament since announcing his resignation-— resignation. the prime minister must be feelin: resignation. the prime minister must be feeling demob _ resignation. the prime minister must be feeling demob happy _ resignation. the prime minister must be feeling demob happy since - resignation. the prime minister must be feeling demob happy since he - resignation. the prime minister must be feeling demob happy since he was pushed out of office. finally he can throw off the shackles, say what he really thinks and forget about following the rules. he really thinks and forget about following the rules.— following the rules. he then criticised — following the rules. he then criticised the _ following the rules. he then criticised the plans - following the rules. he then criticised the plans put - following the rules. he then i criticised the plans put forward following the rules. he then - criticised the plans put forward by boris johnson's would—be criticised the plans put forward by borisjohnson's would—be successors. anyone who would wipe the floor with captain _ anyone who would wipe the floor with captain crash snooze fest, mr speaker, _ captain crash snooze fest, mr speaker, and after a few weeks' time that is— speaker, and after a few weeks' time that is exactly what they will do, they will — that is exactly what they will do, they will unite around the winner and do _ they will unite around the winner and dojust that. this they will unite around the winner and do just that.— they will unite around the winner and do just that. and do 'ust that. this afternoon the talkin: and do just that. this afternoon the talking stops. _ and do just that. this afternoon the talking stops, and _ and do just that. this afternoon the talking stops, and the _ and do just that. this afternoon the talking stops, and the voting - and do just that. this afternoon the talking stops, and the voting starts| talking stops, and the voting starts as tory mps begin to narrow the field of candidates down to two. jonathan blake, bbc news. our political correspondent nick eardley is in central lobby. nick, borisjohnson at prime minister's questions, but actually most of the focus is now on his successor. most of the focus is now on his successor-— most of the focus is now on his successor. , , ., , ~ successor. yes, this time last week we stood here _ successor. yes, this time last week we stood here and _ successor. yes, this time last week we stood here and said _ successor. yes, this time last week we stood here and said boris - successor. yes, this time last week i we stood here and said boris johnson we stood here and said borisjohnson was desperately trying to cling on

to office, but this place moved on pretty quickly and you saw keir starmer change tack and start talking about who was going to succeed mrjohnson, attacking some of their tax—cutting pledges and saying that they just of their tax—cutting pledges and saying that theyjust didn't of their tax—cutting pledges and saying that they just didn't add of their tax—cutting pledges and saying that theyjust didn't add up. mrjohnson for his part said that the eight candidates still in the race would do a brilliantjob. mr johnson is not finished yet, we should hearfrom him next week, and we are expecting the government to hold its own confidence motion on monday after rejecting labour's proposal. but the truth is, all the focus on politics now is on who the next tory leader, the next prime minister, is going to be. voting in the next round will start in about 20 minutes' time out from where i am just now. the sense i get speaking to the campaigns this afternoon is that they see this as a race between

rishi sunak and someone else and the other seven candidates at the moment are trying to portray themselves to tory mps as the best person to take on sunak in the run—off of two. that is the case penny mordaunt was making this morning. that is the case liz truss will be making in sri lanka, the acting president ranil wickramasinghe says he's been forced to declare a state of the emergency to stop the spread of what he called a "fascist political ideology". the man he's replacing, gotabaya rajapaksa is expected to send his official resignation today, afterfleeing to the maldives some hours ago. there have been mass protests over the country's economic crisis and the acting president said he was turning to the military to restore what he called "normalcy". our correspondent anbarasan ethirajan has this report from colombo. another day of chaos and violence in sri lanka. this time, angry anti—government protesters are attempting to break into the office of prime minister ranil wickremesinghe.

they want him to step down. as they try to storm the building, security forces responded with tear gas. fierce clashes broke out. the prime minister's residence is at the end of the road where security forces are still firing tear gas on people who are trying to cross the barricades and they're pushing the barriers down. police are using tear gas to disperse people and we see people who get injured, as we can see a young lady, she's now affected by tear gas. people are pouring water on her head and there are many people there like that. but that didn't stop the protesters. on the one side, people are going, on the other side, those who got injured are being brought from the road end. and there's also this one here. and one man severely injured because of the tear gas. but the barricades were no match for the furious and desperate crowds who have suffered due to the economic collapse. the existing president,

gotabaya rajapaksa, has fled to the maldives. in an address to the nation, prime minister ranil wickremesinghe says he is taking additional charge. translation: we cannot allow this fascist political ideology to spread in this country. i have given all the necessary powers to the military to bring stability. but the protesters are not willing to listen to mr wickremesinghe. he is seen as someone close to the rajapaksa family. we want all these actors to leave. we want new people to come in and for them to be transparent about a new plan that can bring about some kind of positive outcomes for these people. the government has declared a state of emergency and a curfew in western province, including colombo. people were shouting in defiance every time the military helicopter flew over. i don't think the sri lankans will get scared anymore. this generation has come up,

come forward and led the way. i don't think we will get scared anymore because actually, just a while ago, there were helicopters pointing guns at the innocent protesters, going around just to scare us. there have been shortages of fuel as well as food and medicines after the government earlier this year ran out of foreign currency. schools are closed. hospitals are struggling. protests have been going on for weeks, but today marks another dramatic escalation. sri lanka is going through an unprecedented crisis. things can get ugly, if no compromise is reached. joe biden is making his first trip to the middle east as president of the united states. he left from andrews air force base in maryland for his first stop in israel where he'll meet palestinian and israeli leaders. later this week, mr biden will be in saudi arabia where he willjoin a summit of leaders of the gulf, along with those of

jordan, egyptand iraq. the uk economy grew more than expected last month. figures from the office for national statistics show that gdp increased by 0.5% in may, after a drop of 0.2% in april. it came after a bounce—back across all three main sectors of the economy — services, manufacturing and construction, but businesses reported higher running costs, which has meant higher prices for customers. the energy regulator ofgem has told a number of energy suppliers to take urgent action after a review found failings with way they charge customers direct debits. our personal finance correspondent kevin peachey is here. so what's prompted this, kevin? remember back in april we had a large rise in energy bills typically of around £700 a year. in the two

months before that 7 million households were told their direct debit payments will be going up to pay for that based on price and based on their past use and predicted use in the future. amongst them half a million so that direct debit payments double and they faced huge rises in the regulator ofgem has been reviewing the direct debit processes of 17 suppliers and found a range of things that may have gone wrong. and specifically six suppliers it said had moderate to severe weaknesses in the way they charge direct debits. electricity, good energy, green energy uk, tchoo energy and the uk energy incubator hub which has since ceased trading the regulator said they need to take immediate action with their direct debits and the way they process them

and that all suppliers should look at those biggest direct debit changes to see if people need to have those reassessed and whether they need to have a different direct debit and will be money needs to come back and whether it needs to change in the future.— come back and whether it needs to change in the future. thank you very much. new cctv video has been released which shows how the school shooting in uvalde in texas unfolded, with police waiting more than an hour before entering a classroom. 19 children and two teachers were shot dead when a gunman opened fire at robb elementary school in may. our correspondent paul adams has this report. you may find parts of it distressing. this was the moment 18—year—old salvador ramos arrived at robb elementary, crashing his pick—up truck before approaching the school armed with a semi automatic rifle. his movements caught on surveillance cameras. he enters the building. the corridors deserted. staff have already

sounded the alert. a child emerges from the bathroom, spotting ramos moments before he starts his attack. we are not broadcasting the sound of the gunfire that follows. within two and a half minutes, police officers are seen entering the building. they are armed. they can hear shooting. they seem poised to intervene. but apparently fearing for their own safety, they retreat. in the agonising minutes that follow, more heavily armed officers arrive from multiple agencies. finally, a full hour and a quarter after ramos entered the classroom, officers go in. 19 students and two teachers are already dead. the investigation into what happened, and the apparent failures, goes on. the video has been known about for weeks. but uvalde's mayor is furious it has come out now. there is no reason for the families to have to see that. they do not need to see the gunman coming in and

hear gunshots. they have been through enough. for the people of this still traumatised community, the video is a new source of anguish, and questions. these officers have their shields and weapons until their protective gear and they are standing there. standing there. 911 calls coming in from this child saying i can hear them talking to command. thatjust is not right. the head of public safety in texas has called the police response in uvalde and abject failure, saying the officer in charge put the lives of his men before those of the children. paul adams, bbc news. our top story this lunchtime... dj tim westwood faces more allegations of sexual misconduct, one of them from a woman who was underage at the time.

the dj has not responded to the latest allegations. and once a former oil platform — how this giant structure will be transformed into an free art installation in weston super mare. coming up on the bbc news channel. brazilian winger raphina is off to the camp nou. an agreement in principle has been reached with barcelona in a deal with leeds united reportedly worth an initial £a9 million. there were a �*string of administrative errors and failings' in the organisation of the champions league final in paris in may. that's the conclusion of an inquiry by the french senate into chaotic scenes at the stade de france. it points the finger clearly at the organisers, rather than at liverpool supporters — as had been claimed by the french government. it also says that fake tickets contributed to the crowd chaos that led to fans being tear—gassed by police. let's go over to our correspondent hugh schofield,

who's in paris for us now. pretty clear report by the french senate? , , , ., ., ., ., , senate? yes. this is a parliamentary inuui and senate? yes. this is a parliamentary inquiry and there _ senate? yes. this is a parliamentary inquiry and there is _ senate? yes. this is a parliamentary inquiry and there is politics - senate? yes. this is a parliamentary inquiry and there is politics in - inquiry and there is politics in this, they want to have a go at the french government and they do. they say it was the policy of the french government to put the blame as soon as they could on liverpool fans to divert attention from the problems of the police and the organisation in general. at one point they say it is unfair to in general. at one point they say it is unfairto blame in general. at one point they say it is unfair to blame supporters of liverpool as the ministry of the interior did to divert attention from the actions of several local delinquents and lack of organisation. so the liverpool fans and the british government have said from the start the liverpool fans were not at the origin of this but it does not completely exonerate the

ticketing system and says there was a problem with ticketing. the french government said that the real problem was fans turning up without tickets or with fake tickets and they had this figure of a0,000 people out there which now seems to be largely excessive.— across england, there are nearly two and a half million people living in areas that leave them more vulnerable to the cost of living crisis. that's according to research out today, seen first by the bbc. they're known as left behind neighbourhoods — deprived areas where people are more likely to be in debt, rely on benefits and have poor access to secure employment. there are 225 communities like this, but more are in the north east than anywhere else. fiona trott reports from bishop auckland. extremely stressed. i live on my own. i'm a single person and i have my own home. but that sounds like it's all great. but at the end of the day, i also have a lot to lose.

susan loves living in this corner of county durham, but it's hard. i am extremely worried. we don't have supermarkets. we only have one small shop, we have only one cash machine that you don't have to pay for to use. but then people have to get out of the village to go and get a shop, a big shop. all this has an impact on how you get out and how you get back into the village. it is wrong. coundon is a left behind neighbourhood, a deprived community that can't catch up. a place where getting a job, or even a bus, is difficult. and when you do catch one, it's not cheap. how are you? lunch for the locals, but it's also a lifeline. this is the only meeting place they have in eldon.

another feature of a left behind neighbourhood. we have an excellent building and we just need them to put more money into it. so we take youngsters who have very few formal qualifications, and we can give them in—house training here in catering, administration, it services. this community has its own solutions, and one charity says they could be so much stronger if theyjust had the right support. what left behind neighbourhoods are lacking is perhaps the density of that, of community activity. they're lacking places to meet, they are lacking organisations to bring people together. and when you look at the statistics over the last ten years, you can see that that makes a real difference. the government says it's giving more power to local leaders in the north east and is investing £900 million to regenerate its town centres. but charity workers like susan say decisions on how to spend that money

need to be taken at a more local level to help cope with the cost of living crisis. to come out of their front doors and see what they need, know what their children need, know what their elderly need in the community. why can they not make the decisions on their own lives? fiona trott, bbc news county, durham. twitter is suing billionaire elon musk to try to force him to buy the company. it comes after mr musk announced he was walking away from the aa billion dollar deal to take over the firm last week. he said that twitter had not given information about the number of fake and spam accounts on the platform. the duchess of cornwall celebrates her 75th birthday this weekend, and she's marking the event by guest—editing country life magazine. she is also the subject of an itv documentary. our royal correspondent, daniela relph, has been taking a closer look at camilla's role. amongst friends

of a similar vintage. a 75th birthday celebration for the duchess of cornwall, hosted by the oldie magazine. # happy birthday, your royal highness. # happy birthday to you. she said she had tried to avoid any birthday fuss, but had failed dismally. those who have known camilla since before she married into the royal family recognise the bumpy road she has travelled. it hasn't been an easy journey because the public loved diana so much. it took her a long, long time to get over this which i think was really. quite unnecessary, and gradually, gradually the public have seen how happy she has made the prince of wales and how hard she works. to mark her birthday, camilla has edited an edition of country life and made the front cover. the image was taken by the duchess of cambridge, a keen photographer. although the stars of the show might be camilla's dogs, bluebell and beth, this

edition's girls in pearls. this is the one i know my husband approves of! the odd personal revelation, a documentary team has followed camilla as she planned her birthday edit of the magazine. time has brought a public rehabilitation for the duchess, helped by her charity work, particularly around domestic abuse. any survivor of domestic abuse who meets her says she really listens, and somebody who has lived through domestic abuse has got very strong antennae for someone who isjust faking it or ticking a box. when others have retired, in her 75th year, camilla has her biggest role to come as future queen. she says she will follow the example of her mother—in—law, the current queen, and just get on with the job. daniela relph, bbc news. a former north sea gas platform has arrived in the seaside resort of weston—super—mare in somerset this morning — where it will be turned into a giant art installation. when it opens next month, the huge

structure will feature gardens, an ampitheatre and a waterfall. our correspondentjohn maguire is there for us. if you are watching the one o'clock news today in aberdeen you will not be surprised by this sort of thing but in the north somerset coastline it makes for quite an incongruous sight. the gas platform has now been dragged all the way up the beach, 25 metres high when a50 tonnes so the next phase of the operation will be to transported across using a crane, not that crane, but is the crane they used to build the big crane! then it goes on to legs that are ten we decide to make a 35 metre high structure. and once it is dressed and ready to open it will look like this. inch by inch, the see monster spelled see, by the way, is dragged up the bristol channel and onto the sands at weston super mare.

more akin to an oil rig than an oil painting, but it's destined to become a huge public art installation. we wanted to test the thesis. a, can you turn something that once took from the earth into something that gives back to it? and also, can we reuse and also, can we reuse these structures? now, even getting the platform ashore is proving to be quite the engineering challenge. as you can imagine, it's being brought in on this barge. it's very, very shallow water here. the bristol channel has the second these structures? highest tidal reach in the world. so it's a race against time to get the platform up onto the beach before placing it on top of the legs for the rest of the art installation to be created. battered by the conditions battered by the conditions in the oil and gas fields in the north sea for 20 years, its future now will in the oil and gas fields be solar powered. i love the waterfall... i love the waterfall... weston hopes it will attract more visitors to the resort and crowds have already turned out to witness the platform's arrival. i think it's going to be amazing. i'm really looking forward to going on it.

not impressed? no, not particularly. oh, why not? to get it out again. oh, dear. well, if it looks anything like the picture, then they've hit