this is bbc news. the headlines: foreign secretary liz truss and former chancellor rishi sunak go head—to—head over tax policy as they set out their pitches to the members of the conservative party. for of the conservative party. the last two decades, th been for the last two decades, there has been a consensus on our economic policy and it hasn't delivered economic growth. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge burke over a number of serious and false allegations made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir in order to obtain an interview with princess diana. a coroner has said that the five people including four teenage soldiers who died in the guildford bombings in 1974 were unlawfully

killed. italy's prime and, mario draghi has resigned. the doctors have effectively cured the rare bleeding disorder, haemophilia b. and no ordinary telescope. a first—time that scientists will be able to detect the smashing together of neutron stars. welcome to the programme. the foreign secretary, liz truss, says the treasury's economic economic policies have failed to deliver growth for two decades, including the past 12 years of conservative rule. she's rejected concerns that the tax cuts she's promised if she becomes the next prime minister would increase inflation.

ms truss and her conservative leadership rival, rishi sunak, are now setting out their pitches to win over the party membership, who will have the deciding vote over the summer. our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. his report contains some flashing images. it's going to be a busy six weeks. liz truss has been in the cabinet for the past eight years, but she's fighting this leadership election like an outsider. her pitch to party members is that she would hold an emergency tax—cutting budget, and she's not only attacked recent decisions taken by her colleagues, but has distanced herself from previous administrations. when i sat at that cabinet table, i opposed the national insurance rise before it happened. and i tried to stop it because i thought it was a mistake. we have had a consensus of the treasury, of economists, of the financial times, of other outlets, peddling a particular type of economic policy for the last 20 years.

and it hasn't. .. you backed the policy when you are secretary to the treasury. it hasn't delivered growth. the conservatives have been in office for 12 of the past 20 years. so now liz truss is presenting herself as the candidate who offers change. the more popular candidate with mps, though, was rishi sunak. in this campaign video he's celebrating attracting their support... guys, we totally smashed it, well done. but polling suggests that he faces a bigger challenge in gaining grassroots support. his backers hope that party members will see him as more financially responsible, especially as government borrowing is going up and interest payments have hit a record of more than £19 billion. so they argue that cutting taxes right now would make a bad economic situation worse. i think it would be inflationary and i think it would risk the hard—won reputation of the conservative party. we have fought hard to defend the principle that countries,

rather like households, should try to live within their means. there are clear policy differences between the candidates. but they are also very different personalities. in this press pack provided by the rishi sunak camp, we've been given some suntan lotion, and the ready for rishi, ready for sunshine message is supposed to convey optimism. but it could also be a sign that this leadership contest is really hotting up. liz truss, who's emphasised her state education, will argue she is best placed to hold on to seats won from labour. rishi sunak believes the more members see both of them, the more he will look like an election winner. tory members will begin voting next month and one of the candidates will move in to downing street on september the 6th. a range of deals is being promoted by the government — which it says will help people with the cost of living over the summer holidays.

companies involved in the help for households campaign include asda, morrisons and vodafone. the prime minister says the package would "provide much needed relief at the checkout". but some business bosses say the campaign is not a substitute for government policy. our political correspondent, ione wells, reports. the cost of groceries, fuel and household bills is continuing to go up. some government support has been announced but today it says it will promote private companies if they offer people discounts over the summer to help. from london theatres giving children a free ticket to a west end show in august, to discounted mobile phone contracts from some providers for those on low incomes. asda is one of the businesses signed up, saying children under 16 can get a hot meal in their cafes for £1. it's great. it saves us lots of money because food is getting expensive now and the prices have gone higher.

but the government isn't providing firms with any money to do this. i'm sure, ifeel deep in my heart, bones, that with the kind of brilliance that your companies generally have in finding ways of cutting costs... david buttress is the prime minister's cost of living tsar, who has been tasked with finding these deals. as the government failed some of those families? it is a tough time for lots of people in this campaign is about doing what we can to help. this is about promoting and amplifying those businesses that are doing good work and say well done and thank you and here is a load of great government assets like our digital platforms, to amplify and make people your customers and consumers aware of the great work you're doing. but some businesses think private sector discounts shouldn't be

a substitute for more government support. the government has all the policy levers it can pull to help small businesses. we have been pitching these to government over the last three months or so but none have been pulled and instead what we're having is a big campaign, it's all about big businesses selling things for a little bit cheaper. local politicians too have raised concerns it will not be enough to help struggling families over the summer. the idea that a free west end theatre ticket for a child with a full paying adult will help people in the midlands and north and large swathes of the south is not ready to cut it, i'm afraid. the government says more deals will be announced when children go back to school but any further financial support will be a decision for whoever the next prime minister is. ione wells, bbc news. in the last few minutes, the institute for fiscal studies has published their initial analysis of both candidates in the conservative leadership race.

mr sunak wants to stick with the spending plans that are in the books, taxes rising to the highest share for 70 years. it would mean a small amount of headroom against the current fiscal rules, which includes having taxes being at least as high as day—to—day spending by the end of parliament. liz truss wants to make changes in the forms of tax cuts to the tune of more than £30 billion per year. the tune of more than £30 billion peryear. so the tune of more than £30 billion per year. so that much is clear, a clear difference in direction in the immediate term. what we have yet to hear so much about is the implications of that for what she would do to spending and her strategy for managing the public finances going forward. let's see where this leaves us. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, is in westminster. good afternoon. we are starting to see the different directions in terms of policy that the two

candidates seem to be heading in, therefore the choice facing those conservative party members? absolutely. the two candidates keen to draw a distinction. both served in the candidate, so they are both keen to draw those distinctions between their direction and the way they would go with policy. as you saw there, you have liz truss saying she would be a tax cutter from day one, that she would do things like reversing the national insurance increase that was brought in to help pay for the coronavirus backlog and some money going toward social care. she also says she would take green levies offer bills as well. she is setting herself out in that way. you have rishi sunak sticking by what he said so far, which is that he thinks there should be tax cuts but not until the country has gripped inflation. they have set out their stall clearly, those differences between them on the economy. there

are some hints might understand, that rishi sunak�*s team will broaden it out into other policy areas as they go. the thing is, they don't have a very long to get those differences across. even though there are several weeks for this campaign to run, for the members to listen to what they have to say, ballot papers start going out in the first week of august. many people will start to cast their vote then. so it is pretty... there is a lot of pressure on them to get their differences across to the members and convince them they are the best placed person to be leader, to be prime minister. just placed person to be leader, to be prime minister.— placed person to be leader, to be prime minister. just going back to liz truss's economic _ prime minister. just going back to liz truss's economic plans, - prime minister. just going back to liz truss's economic plans, they l prime minister. just going back to l liz truss's economic plans, they are not uncontroversial, this idea that cutting taxes usually increases inflation and her argument is the opposite? inflation and her argument is the o- osite? , , , inflation and her argument is the ouosite? , , , , ., opposite? yes, she is denying that, sa in: it opposite? yes, she is denying that, saying it would _ opposite? yes, she is denying that, saying it would not _ opposite? yes, she is denying that, saying it would not be _ opposite? yes, she is denying that, saying it would not be the _ opposite? yes, she is denying that, saying it would not be the case. - saying it would not be the case. that is the accusation that has been levelled at her plans was what was interesting to hear her defence of

that this morning, that she is setting herself up as a candidate of change and new ideas. but the fact she chose to broaden out her criticism notjust to the current government strategy, of which she was a part, but rishi sunak was chancellor, but also to take aim at 20 years of policy on the economy, which included 12 years of conservative prime minister is. that is a risky strategy because it paints her as a sort of agent of change, but it also gives the opposition to criticise the record of both this government and previous administrations. we of both this government and previous administrations.— of both this government and previous administrations. we watched those tv debates will be _ administrations. we watched those tv debates will be had _ administrations. we watched those tv debates will be had conservative - debates will be had conservative criticising conservative and the decision was, it wasn't great, let's stop them. we will have a similar thing is now in the coming weeks with liz truss attacking her own government record. it’s

with liz truss attacking her own government record. it's somewhat inevitable. — government record. it's somewhat inevitable, they _ government record. it's somewhat inevitable, they will _ government record. it's somewhat inevitable, they will flag _ government record. it's somewhat inevitable, they will flag up - government record. it's somewhat inevitable, they will flag up in - inevitable, they will flag up in their opponents' arguments and make their opponents' arguments and make their own case. a degree of it will be inevitable. but there was some concern in the previous debates about the damage that is done to the conservative party brand when you have two senior figures taking lumps out of each other on national television. we will get more tv debates, the next one is on the bbc on monday. so it will be interesting to see whether they do pull back on that, whether we see a lot more of this. ., , . ., that, whether we see a lot more of this. ., ,. ., , ' ., ~' i., this. fascinating stuff. thank you so much for _ this. fascinating stuff. thank you so much for that. _ this. fascinating stuff. thank you so much for that. we _ this. fascinating stuff. thank you so much for that. we will - this. fascinating stuff. thank you so much for that. we will talk - this. fascinating stuff. thank you so much for that. we will talk to | so much for that. we will talk to you more later. i'm joined now by wayne fitzgerald, the leader of peterborough council, and chair of the peterborough conservative association. good afternoon. good afternoon. just remindin: good afternoon. good afternoon. just reminding our— good afternoon. good afternoon. just reminding our viewers _ good afternoon. good afternoon. just reminding our viewers that _ good afternoon. good afternoon. just reminding our viewers that it - good afternoon. good afternoon. just reminding our viewers that it is - good afternoon. good afternoon. just reminding our viewers that it is not i reminding our viewers that it is not the general public that will choose the general public that will choose the next leader of the conservative party. it is ordinary members up and down the country, around 106,000

also. which way are you swinging at the moment?— the moment? that's a difficult one. so difficult that _ the moment? that's a difficult one. so difficult that we've _ the moment? that's a difficult one. so difficult that we've lost - the moment? that's a difficult one. so difficult that we've lost the - so difficult that we've lost the line and we may never know. we may never know which way wayne gerald is swinging, but we will try to reconnect that line. just adding tension and drama into the afternoon's proceedings. when we do re—establish that line, we will reconnect it. for the moment, you are watching bbc news. former chancellor rishi sunak and liz truss go head—to—head over tax policy as they set out their pitches for the leadership of the conservative party. the bbc has apologised to the foiled mar royal nanny for a series of full

celikay and levelled at her by martin bashir to obtain an interview with princess diana. the coroner has said that people who died in the guildford pub bombings were unlawfully killed. a coroner has said that those who died in guildford pub bombings were unlawfully killed. the inquest into the deaths heard that all died from lost injuries when the device went off under a bench in the pub in the centre of guildford. let's speak to our news correspondence, duncan kennedy, who has been following the inquest. good afternoon. what have we been hearing? good afternoon. what have we been hearin: ? ~ ., ., ., .,

hearing? what we have had here are the details of — hearing? what we have had here are the details of what _ hearing? what we have had here are the details of what happened - hearing? what we have had here are the details of what happened in - hearing? what we have had here are the details of what happened in the l the details of what happened in the pub behind me here on that day in 1974. details that really have never been given to members of the families and friends of these people who died. for example, we found out from the coroner during this inquest that the bomb was placed behind this wall, actually, where i'm standing, under a bench. wall, actually, where i'm standing, undera bench. it wall, actually, where i'm standing, under a bench. it was probably in a parcel or bag. the coroner said it was a £10 bomber, 4.5 kilograms of nitroglycerin, which were set off by a pocket watch timer. a time bomb, if you like. he also said it was probably planted by what he called a young courting couple. this couple were never identified and never traced. he described them as terrorists. he also said the ira did not give any warning to what went on here and there was no advance intelligence that the bomb was going to go off. he extended his condolences to the families of those

five people who died in this blast that night. the five people who died in this blast that niuht. ., , ., that night. the families at the heart of this, _ that night. the families at the heart of this, duncan. - that night. the families at the heart of this, duncan. has - that night. the families at the i heart of this, duncan. has there been any response from them? well. been any response from them? well, there has, been any response from them? well, there has. but— been any response from them? well, there has, but it _ been any response from them? well, there has, but it has _ been any response from them? well, there has, but it has been _ been any response from them? well, there has, but it has been a - been any response from them? -ii there has, but it has been a mixed response. some of the families in this case had wanted the coroner to not only look at how, where and what happened, they also wanted to know who carried out this bombing here 48 years ago. the coroner ruled that that was beyond the scope of his inquest, so he kept it very narrowly confined. that upset some of the families and they reflected that in their statements. we had one this afternoon from the family of private and hamilton, one of those who died, and hamilton, one of those who died, and the statement reads, this was our last chance to engage in the process to produce, truth, justice, but our voice was not heard and our

presence in this process was absence. we haven't heard from any of the other families involved, but thatis of the other families involved, but that is the view of and hamilton's family. what we have heard is from surrey police, who are also involved in this long—running investigation. the year after the bomb went off here, the so called guildford four were convicted of these bombings, but in 1989, those convictions were quashed. there was never a subsequent investigation and there was another resumption of the inquest after that. we now have had the inquest, but the police have addressed the matter of who carried out this attack. we had a second from the chief deputy constable, who said, we have been assessing all of the material held by the force to consider whether reinvestigation is a viable option. he says that assessment is complex and remains ongoing. the biggest problem we will be facing is that of witnesses.

there is a lot of technical evidence, the police have provided lots of documents to the inquest. it is whether they will be over to produce —— be able to produce witnesses to come forward in this case. . ~' witnesses to come forward in this case. ., ~ , ., case. 0k, thank you. returning _ case. 0k, thank you. returning now - case. 0k, thank you. returning now to - case. 0k, thank you. returning now to the j case. 0k, thank you. _ returning now to the conservative party leadership race. i'm pleased to say we should be able to speak to wayne fitzgerald. fingers crossed you stay with us was not can you hear me question like i can hear you. it hear me question like i can hear ou. . , hear me question like i can hear ou. you. it was probably somebody callin: you. it was probably somebody calling me _ you. it was probably somebody calling me to — you. it was probably somebody calling me to say _ you. it was probably somebody calling me to say i'm _ you. it was probably somebody calling me to say i'm on - you. it was probably somebody calling me to say i'm on tv. i you. it was probably somebody l calling me to say i'm on tv. the nation has _ calling me to say i'm on tv. the nation has been _ calling me to say i'm on tv. the nation has been on _ calling me to say i'm on tv. tue: nation has been on tenterhooks, wondering which way, what is your thinking at the moment? t wondering which way, what is your thinking at the moment?— wondering which way, what is your thinking at the moment? i know both ofthe thinking at the moment? i know both of the candidates, _ thinking at the moment? i know both of the candidates, and _ thinking at the moment? i know both of the candidates, and it _ thinking at the moment? i know both of the candidates, and it is _ of the candidates, and it is enormously difficult. i am really disappointed that today i find myself — disappointed that today i find myself having to make these choices, because _ myself having to make these choices, because as _ myself having to make these choices, because as a —

myself having to make these choices, because as a huge supporter of the prime _ because as a huge supporter of the prime minister, borisjohnson, and having _ prime minister, borisjohnson, and having been so from the outset, and many _ having been so from the outset, and many members will be saying the same thing. _ many members will be saying the same thing. rishi_ many members will be saying the same thing, rishi sunak will suffer from that in_ thing, rishi sunak will suffer from that in terms of the membership reacting — that in terms of the membership reacting to what dacey to be his betrayal— reacting to what dacey to be his betrayal of the prime and. so are ou betrayal of the prime and. so are you suggesting- -- _ betrayal of the prime and. so are you suggesting... ? _ betrayal of the prime and. so are you suggesting... ? is _ betrayal of the prime and. so are you suggesting... ? is it- betrayal of the prime and. so are you suggesting... ? is it your - betrayal of the prime and. so are l you suggesting... ? is it your view that membership would prefer boris johnson to still be there? there that membership would prefer boris johnson to still be there?— johnson to still be there? there is a lane johnson to still be there? there is a large feeling _ johnson to still be there? there is a large feeling about _ johnson to still be there? there is a large feeling about that. - johnson to still be there? there is a large feeling about that. in - johnson to still be there? there is a large feeling about that. in my l a large feeling about that. in my heart _ a large feeling about that. in my heart of— a large feeling about that. in my heart of hearts, i also feel the same — heart of hearts, i also feel the same. , , , , ., , same. despite the fixed penalty notice, despite _ same. despite the fixed penalty notice, despite party _ same. despite the fixed penalty notice, despite party go - same. despite the fixed penalty notice, despite party go to, - same. despite the fixed penalty notice, despite party go to, the| notice, despite party go to, the declining standards of public life? are the things important to conservatives question mccue balance that with the positive things that the prime minister has done. t that with the positive things that the prime minister has done. i share in the frustration _ the prime minister has done. i share in the frustration about _ the prime minister has done. i share in the frustration about what - the prime minister has done. i share in the frustration about what has - in the frustration about what has been _ in the frustration about what has been going on in westminster and i'm

totally— been going on in westminster and i'm totally disappointed. i heard liz truss_ totally disappointed. i heard liz truss saying this morning that she will take _ truss saying this morning that she will take a — truss saying this morning that she will take a very no—nonsense, tough attitude _ will take a very no—nonsense, tough attitude with members of parliament --oin attitude with members of parliament going forward if she were to become prime _ going forward if she were to become prime minister. that was at a hustings— prime minister. that was at a hustings that i attended virtually this morning. i'm about to see her again— this morning. i'm about to see her again in_ this morning. i'm about to see her again in40— this morning. i'm about to see her again in 40 minutes as she visits peterborough today. so there is a lot of _ peterborough today. so there is a lot of support for the prime ministen _ lot of support for the prime minister. i don't condone any of the minister. idon't condone any of the things— minister. i don't condone any of the things that — minister. i don't condone any of the things that have been going on, but a lot of— things that have been going on, but a lot of the — things that have been going on, but a lot of the membership, i don't know_ a lot of the membership, i don't know how— a lot of the membership, i don't know how they will react. this is a grassroots — know how they will react. this is a grassroots gut feeling. i know liz truss _ grassroots gut feeling. i know liz truss fairly — grassroots gut feeling. i know liz truss fairly well, i have met her any number— truss fairly well, i have met her any number of times. is truss fairly well, i have met her any number of times. is it truss fairly well, i have met her any number of times.— truss fairly well, i have met her any number of times. is it your gut that she will _ any number of times. is it your gut that she will win? _ any number of times. is it your gut that she will win? if _ any number of times. is it your gut that she will win? if i _ any number of times. is it your gut that she will win? if i was - any number of times. is it your gut that she will win? if i was a - that she will win? if i was a bettin: that she will win? if i was a betting man _ that she will win? if i was a betting man at _ that she will win? if i was a betting man at the - that she will win? if i was a l betting man at the moment, that she will win? if i was a i betting man at the moment, i that she will win? if i was a - betting man at the moment, i would say, yes _ betting man at the moment, i would say, yes. even though the former chancellor— say, yes. even though the former chancellor has a great deal going

for him. — chancellor has a great deal going for him. i— chancellor has a great deal going for him, i think the membership may undo _ for him, i think the membership may undo that _ for him, i think the membership may undo that i— for him, i think the membership may undo that. i don't know for sure, and i'm — undo that. idon't know for sure, and i'm still— undo that. i don't know for sure, and i'm still on the fence. i'm leaning— and i'm still on the fence. i'm leaning towards liz truss at the moment — leaning towards liz truss at the moment. but a lot of members will be swayed _ moment. but a lot of members will be swayed by— moment. but a lot of members will be swayed by how the candidates interact — swayed by how the candidates interact at a membership level. that is what _ interact at a membership level. that is what they— interact at a membership level. that is what they have to do now. they have _ is what they have to do now. they have to _ is what they have to do now. they have to win — is what they have to do now. they have to win the hearts and minds of grassroots — have to win the hearts and minds of grassroots activists. that have to win the hearts and minds of grassroots activists.— grassroots activists. that is interesting _ grassroots activists. that is interesting because - grassroots activists. that is interesting because one - grassroots activists. that is - interesting because one theory is that these hustings will take place over the summer, but too many people will vote right at the beginning of them, that the hustings become less and less relevant as we go through the summer because so many have already cast their vote. win the summer because so many have already cast their vote.— already cast their vote. will that ha--en? already cast their vote. will that happen? possibly. _ already cast their vote. will that happen? possibly. i— already cast their vote. will that happen? possibly. i personally. already cast their vote. will that - happen? possibly. i personally don't like hustings and the way we set them _ like hustings and the way we set them out — like hustings and the way we set them out. they are somewhat contrived, _ them out. they are somewhat contrived, and that is same of all politics. — contrived, and that is same of all politics, whether parliamentary politics — politics, whether parliamentary politics or local politics was to what — politics or local politics was to what i — politics or local politics was to what i would advise the candidates

and membership what i would advise the candidates and member ship to do, interact with people _ and member ship to do, interact with people on— and member ship to do, interact with people on a _ and member ship to do, interact with people on a normal level. if you want _ people on a normal level. if you want to — people on a normal level. if you want to win _ people on a normal level. if you want to win votes here in peterborough, i know that liz truss has visited — peterborough, i know that liz truss has visited many times in the past, but members like to see the real person. — but members like to see the real person, not the contrived politics of hustings, where you feel you cannot— of hustings, where you feel you cannot ask— of hustings, where you feel you cannot ask the questions you really want to— cannot ask the questions you really want to ask. if they can get among the members at the —— get among the memos— the members at the —— get among the memos between the hustings, that will be _ memos between the hustings, that will be valuable.— the official inquiry into the uk's pandemic preparedness has been launched by its chair, baroness hallett. the uk covid—19 inquiry will begin preliminary hearings this year and the first witnesses will be called next spring. 0ur health correspondent, jim reed, is here.

so what will they be looking at here? it is a huge inquiry, notjust what we have seen over the last two years, but they run—up to the pandemic, whether the country was prepared for a pandemic like covid. it is being chaired by a retired appeal courtjudge, lady hallett. little known in this country at the moment. this time in 18 months, she will be a familiar face to people around the country she was speaking for the first time at our capacity for the first time at our capacity for chair. there will be a start of this process was not this is what she had to say. t we know that others have suffered significant loss, too, as a result of the pandemic, and every person has had their life changed to some extent. for my part, i will do my very best

to undertake the inquiry in a way that acknowledges this suffering and seeks to reduce the scope for others to suffer in the same way in the future. interesting hearing those words. as you point out, the scope of this is huge, you look at the figures for people with covid at the moment. this is ongoing for many people in a very real way. i imagine the families of those relatives who died, the battle here is to make sure they are central to what is going on?— sure they are central to what is auoin on? , . sure they are central to what is uaoinon? , . going on? very much so. in the last hour or so. — going on? very much so. in the last hour or so. we _ going on? very much so. in the last hour or so, we have _ going on? very much so. in the last hour or so, we have had _ going on? very much so. in the last hour or so, we have had some - hour or so, we have had some comments from a campaign which represents many of those families. joe goodman, the person who found that campaign, talking about this day being emotional as they are starting to see the process of learning from what went on over the last few years. to be successful,

this will have to bring the experience of the families into the public inquiry itself, which will be a difficult thing to do when you think how broad this process is. you look at other public inquiries, something like hillsborough or the shipman inquiry. they were quite focused on one event. this could cover everything from what went on in homes to what went on in the nhs, to how prepared the country was, to the political decisions taken around lockdown. each of those individually is very complex, which is why they are splitting it up into what are called modules. they are starting to take this bit by bit. the first one they are looking at is preparedness for the pandemic, whether this country was ready enough. they will start taking some evidence in september and gets going with public hearings in spring next year. t know hearings in spring next year. i know ou will be hearings in spring next year. i know you will be across _ hearings in spring next year. i know you will be across that _ hearings in spring next year. i know you will be across that for _ hearings in spring next year. i know you will be across that for us. - you will be across that for us. thank you. the bbc is to pay substantial damages to the former nanny

of prince william and prince harry over false claims about her used to obtain a panorama interview with princess diana in 1995. alexandra pettifer, who used to be known as tiggy legge—bourke, appeared at the high court to hear a public apology from the corporation over the fabricated allegation that she'd had an affair with prince charles, which resulted in an abortion. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. at the time of its transmission it caused a sensation. now, 27 years later, the panorama interview with diana, princess of wales is a matter of disgrace to the bbc, over the deceitful tactics deployed by its reporter, martin bashir, to obtain the interview. one of those deceits was to make what the high court heard was a false and malicious allegation against the woman on the left here, tiggy legge—bourke, who at the time was working as the prince of wales' personal assistant. the bbc has agreed to pay substantial damages to ms legge—bourke, or mrs alexandra pettifer as she is now, and the bbc�*s director general tim davie

has apologised to her, to the prince of wales and the dukes of cambridge and sussex. in a statement, mr davie said... mr davie said the panorama programme would never again be shown by the bbc. he hoped other broadcasters would exercise similar restraint. nicholas witchell, bbc news. british doctors say a "transformational" therapy has, in effect, cured people with the bleeding disorder haemophilia b. the treatment corrects a genetic defect that leaves people's blood struggling to clot.

our health reporter, smitha mundasad, joins me. what's the treatment? haemophilia b, what is that? haemophilia b, what is that? haemophilia is a group of conditions that mean that people may not have particular proteins that he would normally have, so you cut yourself, bump into something, it would help stop bleeding. you could even have catastrophic bleeds if you don't have these proteins was not haemophilia a there is one protein factor. haemophilia b, it is protein factor. haemophilia b, it is protein factor nine. there are about 500 in the uk who have to take daily injections of these proteins, or weekly injections, but they also often still have to make careful choices about what activities they can do every day and what might be too risky in case they accidentally bump into something and have a

catastrophic lead. it is for this group that this trial could be promising. pl. group that this trial could be promising-— group that this trial could be promising. group that this trial could be ”romisin. �* . ., promising. a huge impact on their day-to-day _ promising. a huge impact on their day-to-day lives. _ promising. a huge impact on their day-to-day lives. what _ promising. a huge impact on their day-to-day lives. what is - promising. a huge impact on their day-to-day lives. what is this - day—to—day lives. what is this treatment that could help so much? this trial is early, it is just ten patients, but nine out of ten patients, but nine out of ten patients with this severe form of haemophilia b, when they were given one shot of this gene therapy, they no longer needed to these weekly injections. many felt their lives had been transformed. there were side—effects, some serious, but there is huge promise here. what it was, this gene therapy, was that they used a virus which they made harmless, and they used it like a postman to get it to part of the body, the liver, and it delivered to the correct gene that could then let the correct gene that could then let the body make the proteins so people can clot when they bleed. there is lot that still needs to happen, it is a small study, so scientists will need to see if it works in a large

group of people. it could be quite expensive, so that will also have to be taken on board. scientists feel there has been a lot of progress in haemophilia in the last decade and they are hopeful that, especially for people with severe haemophilia, it could transform their lives in the next few years.— it could transform their lives in the next few years. thank you for that. the next few years. thank you for that- fingers _ the next few years. thank you for that. fingers crossed _ the next few years. thank you for that. fingers crossed it _ the next few years. thank you for that. fingers crossed it does - the next few years. thank you for i that. fingers crossed it does change those lives. time for a look at the weather. hello. let's see what's happening on the weather front for the rest of the day. and our satellite picture reveals a fair amount of cloud across the country. the sunniest skies have been across northern, western and southern areas but even here, hazy at times, perhaps one or two showers, as well, and the temperatures middle of the afternoon around the mid—20s in the south, more typically high teens nudging to 20 celsius, so pleasant conditions out there. i mentioned a few showers. certainly some possible during the course of the night or towards the end of the night in the south of the uk, spreading northwards. it will be quite muggy first thing

on friday morning, 14 to 17 degrees in many major towns and cities, and then tomorrow the possibility of thunderstorms developing in the south and wales, the midlands, perhaps a little bit further north too, but very hit and miss. and of course, we really do need the rain, so any rainfall is good news, just not too much in a short space of time. hello, this is bbc news. i am lewis vaughanjones. the headlines. former chancellor rishi sunak and foreign secretary liz truss go head—to—head over tax policy as they set out their pitches to the members of the conservative party. for the past two decades,

there's been a consensus on our economic policy, and it hasn't delivered economic growth. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge—bourke over a number of serious and false allegations made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir in order to obtain an interview with princess diana. a coroner has said that the five people, including four teenage soldiers, who died in the guildford pub bombings in 1974, were unlawfully killed. italy's prime minister mario draghi has resigned but will stay in a caretaker role until the country can hold elections in september. a breakthrough in haemophilia b — a new report suggests doctors have effectively cured the rare bleeding disorder haemophilia b. and no ordinary telescope — for the first time scientists will be able to detect the smashing together of neutron stars

time for the spot now on bbc sports centre. the four—time winner of the tour de france, chris froome, is out of this year's race after testing positive for covid—19. froome had been enjoying his best tour de france since his career—threatening crash in 2019 and secured a surprising third place finish on stage 12. his team, israel—premier tech, say he was the only rider on the team to return a positive result. the 37—year—old hopes to return for the vuelta a espana next month. meanwhile, 21—time grand slam champion novak djokovic looks set to miss next month's us open because of his covid—19 vaccination status. tournament organisers say they won't have a vaccination mandate, but will respect the us government's rules, which require non—citizens to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus in order to enter the country. the three—time us open champion was kicked out of australia earlier this year because of his vaccination status. the serb is just one grand slam title behind rafael nadal. it was a mixed day for britain on day 6 of the world athletics championships in oregon. medal hope max burgin was forced to withdraw

from the men's 800m with injury, but alish mccolgan and jessica judd are through to the women's 5 thousand meters final. ——are through to the women's 5000m final. rounding up all the action here's our correspondent andy swiss. well, the british performance of the day was undoubtedly from matthew hudson smith. he qualified second fastest for the final of the men's 400 metres. hudson smith broke the long—standing record on this very track earlier this summer. he has beenin track earlier this summer. he has been in great form so will certainly eyeing a middle later in the final. there was disappointment for another british runner, the 800 metre max burgin had to pull out because of a calf injury. bergin is the fastest man in the world over 800 metres and was a big medal hopes that is a huge shame for him in the british team. 0nly shame for him in the british team. only two gold medals where nora of

kazakhstan won the women's 3000 metres steeplechase and amy pratt finished second in a new british record and there was a big shock in the women's discus where china's feng bing beat her previous personal best by more than ten metres to take gold. ——eilish mccolganand jessica judd we'll find out the second euro �*22 semi—finalist a bit later, as germany take on austria in brentford. the winner willjoin england in the last 4 after the lionesses produced a late come—back to beat spain in brighton last night. after a goalless first half it was the spaniards who deservedly took the lead 10 minutes into the second half. esther gonzalez with the goal// with hope and time running out ella toone levelled matters in the final 10 minutes but the goal of the game was in extra time — georgia stanway with this belter —

sealing her team's place in the last four, where they'll face belgium or sweden who meet tomorrow. a peak television audience of 7.6 million people watched that win. former england international rachel yankey believes the increased interest in the women's game will be a huge benefit. the visibility, the ability to change perceptions. you know, we've now got visible role models for young kids and the everybody else so that's exactly what we want. we'll they go on when it? i don't know because there are many other teams that are fantastic still in this competition. it is going to be tough but they have got a good side and good momentum definitely got the home is a bottom fan is all behind them. —— they have definitely got them. —— they have definitely got the home support and fan support all behind them —— will they go and win it? i don't know. the last high—altitude test of the tour takes place in the pyrenees today with denmark'sjonas vingegaard

still favourite to win the race with four stages to go. there's full text coverage on the bbc sport app and website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport italy's prime minister, mario draghi, has announced he's stepping down after three parties in his coalition refused to back him in a confidence vote. the italian president had rejected mr draghi's offer to resign last week. a snap election now looks likely. earlier we heard from our correspondent, mark lowen who is outside the prime minister's office in rome in some ways, that's nothing new in a country that has known almost 70 governments since the end of the second world war, but it had been hoped or even expected that mario draghi would meet a different fate. he is a colossus of the european union. he's nicknamed super mario when he stabilise the eurozone when he was president of the european central bank before being appointed prime minister of italy last year, but even he couldn't hold together italy's notoriously fractious political parties, with his coalition partners wavering in their support and then splintering and refusing to back him in a confidence vote yesterday. and so italy, the eu's third—largest economy, has been plunged back into a political crisis

at an inopportune moment, just as it's navigating a raft of challenges, from pushing through a huge programme of reforms post—pandemic to navigating the war in ukraine and rising energy prices, and the rising cost of living, as well. and now what is likely, martine, is that snap elections will be held, and if the opinion polls are to be believed, that could be won by the right—wing and could usher in a far—right prime minister for the first time here, giorgia meloni, which would sent shock waves through italy and the european union. and, martine, some of her political allies just happen to be pretty close friends with vladimir putin. that was my colleague speaking earlier. next, the european central bank has raised interest rates for the first time in 11 years as it tries to control soaring inflation. the ecb raised its key inflation

rate by... and warned more increases late in the end that inflation would be undesirably high sometime. and give england have also been raising rates as the pace of price rises gets faster. a report has found the home of his response to dealing with migrant crosses is both inefficient and ineffective, exposing gaps in security procedures and leading to make leaving vulnerable migrants at risk. experts found the response to dealing with the challenge was poor. a report made for recommendations, all of which the home office is accepted, but mr neil told my colleague that the home office should have published it months to go. well, they are, and if it's taken five months to release the report, which is unsatisfactory, we put in an extra big team and really refocused resources so we can get a report out as quick

as possible, and it's a real shame it's been subsequently sat on for the subsequent five months. is that going to have an impact on how the recommendations can be implemented, or not? having returned to westernjet foil in may, it's clear the home office were progressing many of the recommendations. but the response from the home office today rather shows a response of "there's nothing to see here, "we've dealt with all the things, you know, it's all historical." well, five months ago it wasn't historical — it was what was going on on the ground, on the dockside at dover. and what was occurring was unsatisfactory. let's look at some of the detail in the report, in particular the detail showing that there is absconding from secure hotels were 227, 57 missing in just a few weeks, and two—thirds of those who were missing had no photos and no fingerprints taken from them. i mean, that is really rather worrying, isn't it? given that we are supposed to be controlling our own borders right now. it is. and just to add to that,

even worse than that, on average, those individuals were in those hotels for 16 days on average. so that's 16 days worth of opportunities for the system to take fingerprints and record photographs. what do you think�*s gone wrong here? well, i think what's gone wrong is a refusal from the home office to transition from an emergency response into a steady state or business as usual response. you talk about the home office, and of course the home secretary has in the past been seen to deliberately be avoiding any statutory checks on her performance. she didn't appear before the home affairs select committees on rwanda or policing. do you have any idea where she is? i've not met the home secretary and i couldn't comment on where she is. do you find it extraordinary that you've not met her, since being in thejob since march 2021? i find it frustrating that i've not met her because i think, you know, publishing a report like we've done today, an evidence—based report, i think that the home secretary should speak to me

and i think, you know, i have good experience to offer. i spent over 20 years in the military. and i think she recruited me because of my background and because of my experience and my ability to come to a view on what's occurring in the migration and borders system. and i'm surprised that she's not chosen to speak to me. david neale there speaking to my colleague mariam. she was supposed to be seeing them last week and at those minutes that you can open here, the home secretary was then told she had four people should appear this week and didn't appear on that and i think

there are questions and obviously this is the last day before parliament goes into recess for the summer and this was the very last opportunity in the last couple of days for people to hold the home secretary to account and there are plenty of people saying, well, whether she? why she not answering some really quite serious questionsyou heard david neal refer to the alexander downer report published yesterday also commenting on the small boat crisis in the channel, also reflecting on the inefficiency of that system and saying, actually, the actions of border force may been counter—productive. in other words, they may have made the situation worse. alexander downer was a former leader of australia's liberal party, hand picked by priti patel to do this review of border force, somebody who was very much a in favour, a very strict migration controls and shoving in australia and get his view of border force was that it was really not operating

properly at all and needed proper leadership from the top, so i think, you know, in the last few days we've seen very significant criticism of the home office and its systems and what's been going on from both those who have been hand—picked by the home office to offer, you know, words of wisdom and, indeed, the chief inspector who, as we've heard, is still not met the home secretary, despite having been in office for 18 months. when roe v wade about. —— that was mark with that. social media sites are now the number one source of news for teenagers, according to a survey by the broadcast regulator 0fcom. instagram, tiktok and you tube are now the most popular sources for young people, but print, tv and radio news outlets still dominate in older age groups. here's more from our media correspondent, david sillito. young teenagers are not the biggest consumers of news, but around a half say they are interested in what's going on.

but where are they getting it from? the answer, of course — their phones, tablets and computers. even for those studying media, tv and newspapers are far from the first port of call. due to the fact that we have an accessible, like, phone which knows everything and we are able to find all the information we need at a click of a button, it's almost unnecessary to us to purchase something when it's for free on our mobiles. the top three places helping to keep them up to date are instagram, tiktok and youtube. the top three places helping to keep them up—to—date are instagram, tiktok and youtube. and this is new — last year, the number one source was bbc one. it's now slipped to number five. i think teenagers don't appear to be going directly to news brands online, sojust 5% say they use bbc news 0nline. fewer than one in ten say they use a newspaper website.

so it's much more that news is being pushed to them through their social feeds from a wide range of sources, and children do say that they recognise that they they get a bigger range of opinion through their social media services than they do through other news organisations. however, tv as a whole is still bigger than any app or website, and the biggest overall source of news for teenagers? theirfamilies — and mum and dad are rather more likely to be getting their news from more traditional sources. david sillito, bbc news. joining me now is nabihah parkar, who is a tiktokjournalist at vice world news. good afternoon. good afternoon, lillis. m good afternoon. good afternoon, lillis- my mac — good afternoon. good afternoon, lillis. my mac eye _ good afternoon. good afternoon, lillis. my mac eye on _ good afternoon. good afternoon, lillis. my mac eye on achieving . good afternoon. good afternoon, l lillis. my mac eye on achieving this report is not a big surprise to you? no, you are exactly right. it is not come as a big surprise to me because i have been working on social affairs journalism fell a few years now, going back to pre—pandemic

times where i was already noticing the growth of instagram is a place where i myself personally wanted to get news but i noticed other people, my friends, my community and that is where they were coming across news first and the growth of tiktok during the pandemic has sped up this trend and a lot of young people and a lot of young journalists were already noticing because it is something that we were seeing professionally newsrooms, younger journalists turned these platforms for stories but also in the communities that we know where we see people wanting needs to be brought to them on social media rather than, you know, a more traditional habit of turning on the tv or picking up a newspaper —— bringing news to them. t tv or picking up a newspaper -- bringing news to them.- tv or picking up a newspaper -- bringing news to them. i can see the --rincile bringing news to them. i can see the principle of — bringing news to them. i can see the principle of winning _ bringing news to them. i can see the principle of winning your _ bringing news to them. i can see the principle of winning your news - bringing news to them. i can see the principle of winning your news to - principle of winning your news to the audiences are the sites make sense. is there a danger, here, though, that context and nuance can be lost if you are just schooling and just concentrating on each story for a few seconds, that you can use that might lose some of that detail that might lose some of that detail that you would get on tv and radio?

—— just scroll in. that you would get on tv and radio? -- just scroll in-_ -- just scroll in. that is weighted even more _ -- just scroll in. that is weighted even more important _ -- just scroll in. that is weighted even more important than - -- just scroll in. that is weighted i even more important than trusted, reliable, accurate news sources to have a presence on these platforms so when big news events happen like the russian invasion of ukraine young audience is one that you news source and from rice world news's perspective that is where we saw a huge growth in followers because not only were we providing them and from rice world news's perspective that is where we saw a huge growth in followers because not only were we providing them with explainer as an giving context of the situation where, you know, a lot of misinformation is being spread on social media but also we had correspondence on means that they hopefully have a bigger breath of what they are able to consume and if this is mixed in with what they are seen from other pages on other accounts it will help them to build their own understanding of what is going on. their own understanding of what is auoin on. ., ., ., going on. you mentioned the word vets there which _ going on. you mentioned the word vets there which i _ going on. you mentioned the word vets there which i find _ going on. you mentioned the word vets there which i find really - vets there which i find really interesting because of course we know the algorithm soon dominic

seeks to reinforce whatever you're interested so if you put on certain items as you are scrolling through items as you are scrolling through it will give you more this thing so it will give you more this thing so it is difficult to get that breadth, isn't it, because if you are not regularly interested in such and suchit regularly interested in such and such it is not going to be such and such it is not going to be such and suchin such it is not going to be such and such in yourfeed? such it is not going to be such and such in your feed?— such it is not going to be such and such in your feed? what happens with tiktok specifically _ such in your feed? what happens with tiktok specifically which _ such in your feed? what happens with tiktok specifically which is _ such in your feed? what happens with tiktok specifically which is quite - tiktok specifically which is quite different to other social media platforms is when you open up that home page screen you don't know what you're going to get some of the social media will possibly privatise people that you follow and accounts that you already know but on tiktok you could be presented with a video from a news account or from an influencer or from somebody that you do know and with the advice world news's following we see that a of our viral videos that have reached tens of millions of viewers have come from that for you page where the large majority of people coming across our news content and following us, possibly don't know our brand but are able to access that trusted information and be able to get to know the context of a story and that is really important

when we are talking about tiktok. absolutely fascinating. i'm afraid we have to leave it there. think you very much for coming on. more now on the cost of living crisis here in the cost of living crisis here in the uk. they help to households campaign, as it is called, aims to help families with discounts to help them with rising food costs over the summer holidays. we can speak to andrew glover from the internet service providers association who is ceo of air broadband. first of all, can you explain what is your association and who does it represent? goad who does it represent? good afternoon- — who does it represent? good afternoon. we _ who does it represent? good afternoon. we represent - who does it represent? good i afternoon. we represent pretty who does it represent? (limp. afternoon. we represent pretty much most of the internet providers in the uk so both the large ones and the uk so both the large ones and the small ones.— the uk so both the large ones and the small ones. lots of people have broadband and _ the small ones. lots of people have broadband and it _ the small ones. lots of people have broadband and it is _ the small ones. lots of people have

broadband and it is a _ the small ones. lots of people have broadband and it is a considerable l broadband and it is a considerable cause for lots of people. what are you doing, what are your members doing to try and help?— doing to try and help? certain it is universal and _ doing to try and help? certain it is universal and we _ doing to try and help? certain it is universal and we consider - doing to try and help? certain it is universal and we consider it - doing to try and help? certain it is universal and we consider it an i universal and we consider it an essential service for most of us these days, i think. in terms of, obviously, cost, actually it is a small part of people's household budgets but to answer your question of what you are doing what we have agreed industry is to be able to allow people to change tariffs far more simply and there's a very competitive market so people have a number of different tariffs that are available as well as introducing social tariffs, so the ability for people, even if they are in contract to be able to change and downgrade to be able to change and downgrade to a cheaper tariff while without any extra charges is, obviously, a very useful thing for people to be able to do. very useful thing for people to be able to do-_ very useful thing for people to be able to do. ~ ., , ., able to do. was about 'ust the idea of reducing — able to do. was about 'ust the idea of reducing prices? _ able to do. was aboutjust the idea of reducing prices? lots _ able to do. was aboutjust the idea of reducing prices? lots of- able to do. was aboutjust the idea of reducing prices? lots of these i of reducing prices? lots of these fake internet service providers make billions of pounds of profit. just

make it cheaper for users? billions of pounds of profit. just make it cheaperfor users? t billions of pounds of profit. just make it cheaper for users? i would disute make it cheaper for users? i would dispute that- _ make it cheaper for users? i would dispute that. the _ make it cheaper for users? i would dispute that. the internet - make it cheaper for users? i would dispute that. the internet marketl make it cheaper for users? i would | dispute that. the internet market is actually very competitive prices have stayed fairly static for a good number of years so prices actually are very competitive in the industry as a whole is investing billions in rolling out new infrastructure to hopefully make the action at more competitive and be able to access all of this content and growth as well. t all of this content and growth as well. ., all of this content and growth as well. ~' ., well. i think we will leave it there i'm well. i think we will leave it there i'm afraid- _ well. i think we will leave it there i'm afraid. thank— well. i think we will leave it there i'm afraid. thank you _ well. i think we will leave it there i'm afraid. thank you very - well. i think we will leave it there i'm afraid. thank you very much i well. i think we will leave it there l i'm afraid. thank you very much for coming and talking to us and i'm sure those changes will be appreciated by the people who do take them up. andrew glover, thank you very much. scientists have developed a new telescope to detect the smashing together of dead suns — known as neutron stars — up until now, something that ordinary telescopes were unable to do. it gives astronomers the opportunity to study these objects for the first time. 0ur science correspondent, pallab ghosh, has had exclusive

access to the new telescope and sends this report from la palma opening to the heavens, high above the clouds. a new telescope scans the skies for one of the most enigmatic objects in the universe — a neutron star. they're the smallest and densest bodies in the cosmos, so heavy that a sugar cube of it would weigh about the same as 8 billion people. scientists have now found a way to detect them. neutron stars have such powerful gravity that they're drawn together until they eventually merge. when that happens there's a flash of light and a powerful shock wave ripples across the universe. when that shock wave is detected on earth, the new telescope scrambles into action to find the exact location of the flash. when that happens, there's a flash of light

the astronomers have to work fast. the flash of light lasts only a couple of days. computer software is key in this impossibly difficult hunt. researchers compare pictures of the same bit of sky night by night, and any speck of light that wasn't there before may be the momentary colliding neutron stars. you would think that these explosions are very energetic, very luminous, it should be easy, but we're having to search through 100 million stars for the one object that we're interested in, and we need to do this very rapidly because the objects will disappear on a time scale of a few days, so really this needle—in—a—haystack challenge almost doesn't cut it. it's a huge challenge. these quick collisions create conditions that take us to the very edge of the laws of physics. it could help to answer the mystery of how some of the heavier elements — such as gold and platinum — are created in the universe.

the british built telescope, called goto, is nimble, and can rapidly scan every bit of the sky above it. to make the most of it and that's, yeah, it's a nice sort of feeling, to sort of spring into action. with these instrument, researchers are learning about the cosmos faster than ever before and are on the precipice of a new age of astronomy. now we have almost a new way of looking at the universe. we're not hoping for new discoveries, we're being told where to find them and we're getting to uncover, piece by piece, what lays out there in the universe. so far, just one neutron star collision has been detected. now, this new telescope can pinpoint them routinely, revealing a new view of the universe that has so far been hidden. pallab ghosh, bbc news, la palma. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker

fairamount of fair amount of cloud around today but still quite warm for most of us on one thing many others are hoping for is rain bearing clouds and there's not much that's about from hit and miss showers and perhaps thunderstorms are the local downpours but nothing widespread. it is very dry out there. the land is very scorched in many areas. here are the temperatures this afternoon. mid 205 are the temperatures this afternoon. mid 20s are there in the south—east. typically high teams, perhaps 21 in the lowlands of scotland. showers perhaps thunderstorms are made year in a few areas to the course of this evening but more especially i think tomorrow from morning onwards across parts of wales, the midlands too, and quite a muggy start to friday, around six or7am, and quite a muggy start to friday, around six or 7am, temperatures will be 17 degrees in cardiff and london around 15 in the north west of england. he upon those showers in

wales, parts of the midlands, many of that were very dry make them more difficult to pinpoint where they are actually going to be. tomorrow temperatures will be in a little lower, perhaps the low 20s in the country and no higher than 17 in newcastle and 15 in aberdeen. focus for weekend, area of low pressure and unsettled weather conditions here and some rain and to the south we have high pressure and what this low is going to do is actually going to tap into some warmer air across the continents here and shunt it in our direction and through the weekend they will be a gradual rise in the temperatures across the south and the east whilst many western and northern areas are in this and unsettled spell of weather, so cloud and welcome rain, of course, and the temperatures on saturday 26 in london, easily high 20s across parts of east anglia and this protest continues into sunday with this low

pressure moving in and whether in the north west of the uk we really need more rain further south. temperatures could reach 30 degrees in east anglia by the time it to sunday. have a good day. goodbye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: former chancellor rishi sunak and foreign secretary liz truss go head—to—head over tax policy as they set out their pitches to the members of the conservative party. for the last two decades, there has been a consensus on our economic policy, and it hasn't delivered economic growth. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge—burke over a number of serious and false allegations made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir in order to obtain an interview with princess diana. a coroner has said that the five people, including four teenage soldiers, who died in the guildford pub bombings in 1974, were unlawfully killed. italy's prime minister, mario draghi, has resigned but will stay in a caretaker role

until the country can hold elections in september. a breakthrough in haemophilia b a new report suggests doctors have effectively cured the rare bleeding disorder haemophilia b. and no ordinary telescope — for the first time scientists will be able to detect the smashing together of neutron stars. the foreign secretary, liz truss, says the treasury's economic policies have failed to deliver growth for two decades, including the past 12 years of conservative rule. she's rejected concerns that the tax cuts she's promised if she becomes the next prime minister would increase inflation. ms truss and her conservative

leadership rival, rishi sunak, are now setting out their pitches to win over the party membership, who will have the deciding vote over the summer. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson, reports. his report contains some flashing images. it's going to be a busy six weeks. liz truss has been in the cabinet for the past eight years, but she's fighting this leadership election like an outsider. her pitch to party members is that she would hold an emergency tax—cutting budget, and she's not only attacked recent decisions taken by her colleagues, but has distanced herself from previous administrations. when i sat at that cabinet table, i opposed the national insurance rise before it happened, and i tried to stop it, because i thought it was a mistake. we have had a consensus of the treasury, of economists, of the financial times, of other outlets, peddling a particular type of economic policy for the last 20 years.

but here's another conversion from you- - -— you backed all that policy when you were chief secretary to the treasury. it hasn't delivered growth. the conservatives have been in office for 12 of the past 20 years, so now liz truss is presenting herself as the candidate who offers change. the more popular candidate with mps, though, was rishi sunak. in this campaign video, he's celebrating attracting their support. guys, we totally smashed it — well done! but polling suggests that he faces a bigger challenge in gaining grassroots support. his backers hope that party members will see him as more financially responsible, especially as government borrowing is going up and interest payments have hit a record of more than £19 billion, so they argue that cutting taxes right now would make a bad economic situation worse. well, i think it would be inflationary and i think it would risk the hard—won reputation of the conservative party. we have fought hard to defend the principle that countries, rather like households, should

try to live within their means. there are clear policy differences between the candidates, but they're also very different personalities. in this press pack provided from the rishi sunak camp, we've been provided with suntan lotion, and the, "ready for rishi, ready for sunshine," message is supposed to convey optimism, but it could also be a sign that this leadership contest is really hotting up. liz truss, who's emphasised her state education, will argue she is best placed to hold on to seats won from labour. we need to have a grown—up conversation. rishi sunak believes the more that members see of both of them, the more he'll look like an election winner. tory members will begin voting next month, and one of the candidates will move into downing street on september the 6th. iain watson reporting there. the institute for fiscal studies has published the assessment of the

economic plans. rishi sunak, having just been the chancellor, basically wants to stick with the spending plans that are already in the books. that means taxes rising to their highest sustained share of national taxes. liz truss wants to make significant changes in the form of tax cuts to the tune of certainly more than £30 billion per year. that much is clear. that is a difference in direction, at least in the immediate term. i'm joined now by howard rolfe, the chair of the saffron walden conservative association, the local constituency party of defeated leadership candidate

kemi badenoch. good afternoon. have you made up your mind who you will be back in? t your mind who you will be back in? i have indeed, but i would like to start by saying that we were sorry that kemi badenoch was not involved in the last two. we have made up our minds. it is still open to listen to all of the comments and presentations, but at the moment i would favour rishi sunak.— presentations, but at the moment i would favour rishi sunak. why? he is busil this would favour rishi sunak. why? he is busily this matter _ would favour rishi sunak. why? he is busily this matter he _ would favour rishi sunak. why? he is busily this matter he was _ would favour rishi sunak. why? he is busily this matter he was obviously i busily this matter he was obviously involved in the former government. he was fined by the police. is he the right person to be prime minister?— the right person to be prime minister? .,~ , ., , minister? speaking personally, i think he was _ minister? speaking personally, i think he was unfortunate. - minister? speaking personally, i think he was unfortunate. he i minister? speaking personally, i. think he was unfortunate. he went into attend a meeting, it was boris's birthday, he was called in

for a piece of cake. i appreciate that he was fined, but i think there were extenuating circumstances. he faced a unique occasion, the pandemic, hopefully, was a unique occasion and the support to the government through the chancellor given to the country through a period of unique inactivity was necessary. at some point, you have to pay for that. so i don't think rishi sunak is a high tax chancellor, farfrom it. his chancellor, far from it. his opponent. _ chancellor, far from it. his opponent. liz _ chancellor, far from it. his opponent, liz truss, - chancellor, farfrom it. his opponent, liz truss, is arguing for big tax cuts now, and has come in for some questioning from economists that that is viable. do you think it is just not credible? mr; isjust not credible? my understanding - isjust not credible? tj�*i understanding is isjust not credible? tj�*i: understanding is there isjust not credible? m1 understanding is there are not many economists who would necessarily support that line of argument. i don't think anybody is arguing that we wouldn't want to get taxes down,

it is a question of when and how. i think rishi sunak�*s approach to tackling inflation is right at this stage in the cycle. [30 tackling inflation is right at this stage in the cycle.— tackling inflation is right at this stage in the cycle. do you think you can do it? the _ stage in the cycle. do you think you can do it? the latest _ stage in the cycle. do you think you can do it? the latest feeling - stage in the cycle. do you think you can do it? the latest feeling is - can do it? the latest feeling is that liz truss mightjust edge it among party members at the moment. can rishi sunak turn it around? i hope he can. nothing against liz truss, but of the two i prefer rishi sunak. the longer the debate goes on, i think the more likely he will win. i understand we will get the ballot papers in early august, so those that haven't heard the full set of arguments may go on that polling you just indicated. but we will have to see.— polling you just indicated. but we will have to see. fascinating stuff. we will see- _ will have to see. fascinating stuff. we will see. thank _ will have to see. fascinating stuff. we will see. thank you _ will have to see. fascinating stuff. we will see. thank you for - will have to see. fascinating stuff. we will see. thank you for talking | we will see. thank you for talking to us. i'm joined now by the former secretary of state forjustice and former conservative mp, david gauke. good afternoon. good afternoon.

another— good afternoon. good afternoon. another conservative party leadership race. richey —— rishi sunak versus liz truss. where is your assessment of where we are right now? i your assessment of where we are right now?— right now? i think liz has to start off as favourite _ right now? i think liz has to start off as favourite at _ right now? i think liz has to start off as favourite at the _ right now? i think liz has to start off as favourite at the moment. i right now? i think liz has to start i off as favourite at the moment. she is the _ off as favourite at the moment. she is the more — off as favourite at the moment. she is the more popular among the membership of the two. i think her views— membership of the two. i think her views on— membership of the two. i think her views on taxes will be pretty popular _ views on taxes will be pretty popular with a lot of conservative members — popular with a lot of conservative members. she is seen as being tough on europe, _ members. she is seen as being tough on europe, with the northern ireland protocol— on europe, with the northern ireland protocol bill. i think she is favourite. it is quite possible for rishi _ favourite. it is quite possible for rishi sunak to catch up and overtake _ rishi sunak to catch up and overtake. there has been some evidence — overtake. there has been some evidence that that is already happening, at least catching up. but he has _ happening, at least catching up. but he has a _ happening, at least catching up. but he has a long way to go. i suspect guite _ he has a long way to go. i suspect quite a _ he has a long way to go. i suspect quite a lot— he has a long way to go. i suspect quite a lot of people will vote early — quite a lot of people will vote early as _ quite a lot of people will vote early. as you heard, the ballots will go — early. as you heard, the ballots will go out _ early. as you heard, the ballots will go out in early august and quite — will go out in early august and quite a — will go out in early august and quite a few will vote in the first week— quite a few will vote in the first week or— quite a few will vote in the first week or so. it will be hard,

obviously. _ week or so. it will be hard, obviously, for him to overtake if that happens. just obviously, for him to overtake if that happens-— obviously, for him to overtake if that happens. just on that, we will leave the horse _ that happens. just on that, we will leave the horse race _ that happens. just on that, we will leave the horse race between - that happens. just on that, we will leave the horse race between the l that happens. just on that, we will. leave the horse race between the two of them, that will play out. are you surprised that both candidates are numbers of borisjohnson's candidate? a lot of people were expecting a fresh start, with no record to defend and be in the final two. , ,, �* two. rishi sunak wasn't in the government _ two. rishi sunak wasn't in the government for _ two. rishi sunak wasn't in the government for the _ two. rishi sunak wasn't in the government for the last - two. rishi sunak wasn't in the | government for the last couple two. rishi sunak wasn't in the - government for the last couple of weeks. _ government for the last couple of weeks, but i take your point. it is not that— weeks, but i take your point. it is not that unusual to have the two contenders for the leadership to be formerly— contenders for the leadership to be formerly senior members will stop that is— formerly senior members will stop that is not— formerly senior members will stop that is not altogether surprising. there _ that is not altogether surprising. there was— that is not altogether surprising. there was an argument for a fresh start, _ there was an argument for a fresh start, but— there was an argument for a fresh start, but experience always counts for quite _ start, but experience always counts for quite a — start, but experience always counts for quite a lot. you can say that these _ for quite a lot. you can say that these two — for quite a lot. you can say that these two having performed in the

great _ these two having performed in the great offices of state rl place to do that — great offices of state rl place to do that i— great offices of state rl place to do that. i think there are some big differences — do that. i think there are some big differences to do that. tax do that. i think there are some big differences to do that.— differences to do that. tax is the bi issue differences to do that. tax is the big issue at _ differences to do that. tax is the big issue at the _ differences to do that. tax is the big issue at the moment. - differences to do that. tax is the big issue at the moment. what l differences to do that. tax is the i big issue at the moment. what you make of liz truss's tax proposals, that cutting taxes won't lead to inflation? t that cutting taxes won't lead to inflation? ., �* ~' that cutting taxes won't lead to inflation? ., �* ~ .,, inflation? i don't think those arguments _ inflation? i don't think those arguments hold _ inflation? i don't think those arguments hold up. - inflation? i don't think those arguments hold up. i- inflation? i don't think those arguments hold up. i think. inflation? i don't think those i arguments hold up. i think one inflation? i don't think those - arguments hold up. i think one can overstate _ arguments hold up. i think one can overstate the inflationary impact of some _ overstate the inflationary impact of some of— overstate the inflationary impact of some of the proposals, and in truth what _ some of the proposals, and in truth what the _ some of the proposals, and in truth what the bank of england does with interest— what the bank of england does with interest rates is probably much more important _ interest rates is probably much more important than what happens with taxes _ important than what happens with taxes and — important than what happens with taxes and spending. but the argument that somehow this will help lower inflation, — that somehow this will help lower inflation, i'm afraid, doesn't stand up inflation, i'm afraid, doesn't stand up to— inflation, i'm afraid, doesn't stand up to scrutiny, nor will it pay for itself _ up to scrutiny, nor will it pay for itself and — up to scrutiny, nor will it pay for itself and automatically deliver strong — itself and automatically deliver strong growth. there is a risk that if you _ strong growth. there is a risk that if you cut — strong growth. there is a risk that if you cut taxes substantially, that the bank— if you cut taxes substantially, that the bank of england will be forced

to put— the bank of england will be forced to put up— the bank of england will be forced to put up interest rates higher than they otherwise would, and that has implications for some people. so it results _ implications for some people. so it results in _ implications for some people. so it results in a — implications for some people. so it results in a significant redistribution of the pain. so it certainly— redistribution of the pain. so it certainly isn't helpful. who redistribution of the pain. so it certainly isn't helpful. who would ou be certainly isn't helpful. who would you be racking? _ certainly isn't helpful. who would you be racking? if— certainly isn't helpful. who would you be racking? if i _ certainly isn't helpful. who would you be racking? ifi had _ certainly isn't helpful. who would you be racking? ifi had about, i certainly isn't helpful. who would i you be racking? ifi had about, and i don't, you be racking? ifi had about, and i don't. i'm — you be racking? ifi had about, and idon't. i'm no _ you be racking? ifi had about, and i don't, i'm no longer— you be racking? ifi had about, and i don't, i'm no longer a _ you be racking? ifi had about, and i don't, i'm no longer a member. you be racking? ifi had about, and i don't, i'm no longer a member ofj i don't, i'm no longera member of the party, — i don't, i'm no longera member of the party, i— i don't, i'm no longera member of the party, ialmost i don't, i'm no longera member of the party, i almost certainly would vote for— the party, i almost certainly would vote for rishi sunak. i don't think that helps, — vote for rishi sunak. i don't think that helps, me saying that, but i think— that helps, me saying that, but i think he — that helps, me saying that, but i think he is— that helps, me saying that, but i think he is the lower risk candidate of the _ think he is the lower risk candidate of the two. — think he is the lower risk candidate of the two, both in terms of economic— of the two, both in terms of economic policy and also appealed to the electorate. but my instincts come _ the electorate. but my instincts come from a lot of conservative members. _ come from a lot of conservative members, so that doesn't indicate he will do _ members, so that doesn't indicate he will do welt _ members, so that doesn't indicate he will do well. ., members, so that doesn't indicate he will do well-— will do well. lower risk probably isn't a hugely — will do well. lower risk probably isn't a hugely ringing _ will do well. lower risk probably i isn't a hugely ringing endorsement, but fascinating to hear your thoughts. thank you. a range of

deals is being promoted by the government a range of deals is being promoted by the government which it says will help people with the cost of living over the summer holidays. companies involved in the help for households campaign include asda, morrisons and vodafone. the prime minister says the package would "provide much needed relief at the checkout". but some business bosses say the campaign is not a substitute for government policy. 0ur political correspondent, ione wells, reports. the cost of groceries, fuel and household bills is continuing to go up. some government support has been announced but today it says it will promote private companies if they offer people discounts over the summer to help. from london theatres giving children a free ticket to a west end show in august, to discounted mobile phone contracts from some providers for those on low incomes. asda is one of the businesses signed up, saying children under 16 can get a hot meal in their cafes for £1. ijust spent £12,

i just spent £12, so ijust spent £12, so if it was £1, it's great. it saves us lots of money because food is getting expensive now and the prices have gone higher. but the government isn't providing firms with any money to do this. i'm sure, ifeel deep in my heart, bones, that with the kind of brilliance that your companies generally have in finding ways of cutting costs... david buttress is the prime minister's cost of living tsar, who has been tasked with finding these deals. as the government failed some of those families? is it acceptable that children are having to be fed for £1 at businesses like asda? has the government failed these families? it is a tough time for lots of people in this campaign is about doing what we can to help. this is about promoting and amplifying those businesses that are doing good work and say well done and thank you and here is a load of great government assets like our digital platforms, to amplify and make people your customers and consumers aware of the great work you're doing.

but some businesses think private sector discounts shouldn't be a substitute for more government support. the government has all the policy levers it can pull to help small businesses. we have been pitching these to government over the last three months or so but none have been pulled and instead what we're having is a big campaign, it's all about big businesses selling things for a little bit cheaper. local politicians too have raised concerns it will not be enough to help struggling families over the summer. the idea that a free west end theatre ticket for a child with a full paying adult will help people in the midlands and north and large swathes of the south is not ready to cut it, i'm afraid. the government says more deals will be announced when children go back to school but any further financial support will be a decision for whoever the next prime minister is. ione wells, bbc news. the european central bank has raised interest rates for the first time in more than 11 years as it tries to control soaring eurozone inflation. the ecb raised its key interest rate by 0.5% and plans further

increases later in the year. the ecb chief warns inflation will be "undesirably high for some time". the bank of england have been raising rates as the pace of price rises gets faster. the bbc is to pay substantial damages to the former nanny of prince william and prince harry over false claims about her used to obtain a panorama interview with princess diana in 1995. alexandra pettifer, who used to be known as tiggy legge bourke, appeared at the high court to hear a public apology from the corporation over the fabricated allegation that she'd had an affair with prince charles, which resulted in an abortion. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. at the time of its transmission it caused a sensation. now, 27 years later, the panorama interview with diana, princess of wales is a matter of disgrace to the bbc,

over the deceitful tactics deployed by its reporter, martin bashir, to obtain the interview. one of those deceits was to make what the high court heard was a false and malicious allegation against the woman on the left here, tiggy legge—bourke, who at the time was working as the prince of wales' personal assistant. the bbc has agreed to pay substantial damages to ms legge—bourke, or mrs alexandra pettifer as she is now, and the bbc�*s director general tim davie has apologised to her, to the prince of wales and the dukes of cambridge and sussex. in a statement, mr davie said... mr davie said the panorama

programme would never again be shown by the bbc. he hoped other broadcasters would exercise similar restraint. nicholas witchell, bbc news. a coroner has said that the five people, including four teenage soldiers, who died in the guildford pub bombings in 0ctober1974, were unlawfully killed. the inquest into the deaths of paul craig, guardsman william forsyth, private ann hamilton, guardsmanjohn hunter and private caroline slater, heard that all died from blast injuries when the device went off under a bench in the horse and groom pub in the centre of guildford. i asked our correspondence about what he heard during the inquest. we have the details of what happened in what was the pop behind me here on that day in october in what was the pop behind me here on that day in 0ctober1974, details that have really never been given to memos of the families and friends of these people who died. the bomb was

placed behind this wall, it was probably in a parcel or a bag. the coroner said it was a £10 bomb, 4.5 kilograms of nitroglycerin that was set off by a pocket watch timer. it was a time bomb, if you like. he also said that it was probably planted by what he called a young courting couple. this couple were never identified and never traced. he described them as terrorists. he also said the ira didn't give any warning to what went on here, and there was no advance intelligence that the bomb was going to go. he extended his condolences to the families of all those five who died in this blast that night. the families at _ in this blast that night. the families at the _ in this blast that night. the families at the heart - in this blast that night. the families at the heart of this. has there been any response from them? their house, but it has been very

mixed response. some of the families in this case had wanted the coroner to only look at how, where and what happened, but they wanted to know who carried out this bombing here 48 years ago. the coroner ruled that was beyond the scope of his inquest. that upset some of the families and they reflected that in their statements. we had a statement this afternoon from the family of private and hamilton, one of those who died. it reads, this was our last chance to engage in a process to produce truth, justice and accountability, but we were excluded from that process and our voice on her behalf was not heard. we haven't heard from any of the other families involved, but that is the view of and hamilton's family. what we have heard is from surrey police, who are also involved in this investigation.

you will know that the year after the bomb went off here, the so—called guildford four were convicted of these bombings, but in 1989, those convictions were quashed, yet there was no subsequent investigation or a resumption of the inquest after that. we have now had the inquest, and the police have addressed the matter of who carried out this attack. we had a statement from the deputy chief constable, who says, we have been assessing all of the material held by the force to consider whether investigation is a viable option. he says, that assessment is complex and remains ongoing. the biggest problem they will be facing is that of live witnesses. there is lots of technical evidence, the police had provided 10,000 documents to the inquest, but it is whether they can find, and after nearly 50 years, reliable witnesses to put together a case to bring together a prosecution. that is what they are

looking at, but that will take time because it is so complex. the uk covid inquiry will begin later this year and first witnesses will be called next spring. it is huge, it will look at everything, notjust what it is huge, it will look at everything, not just what we it is huge, it will look at everything, notjust what we have seen over the last two years, but also the run—up to the pandemic, whether the country was prepared for an outbreak like we saw with covid. it is all being led by a retired appeal courtjudge, lady hallett. little—known in the country at the moment, but i'm sure she will become a familiarface to moment, but i'm sure she will become a familiar face to viewers on tv news programmes. she was speaking for the first time today in her capacity as chair. that is because

it was the official opening of this process. this is what you had to say. i process. this is what you had to sa . ~ ., ., process. this is what you had to sa. «a, ., ., , process. this is what you had to sa. ., ., ,., say. i know that others have suffered significant - say. i know that others have suffered significant loss - say. i know that others have suffered significant loss as l say. i know that others have - suffered significant loss as well, as a result — suffered significant loss as well, as a result of the pandemic, and every— as a result of the pandemic, and every person has had their life changed — every person has had their life changed to some extent. for my part, i will changed to some extent. for my part, twill do _ changed to some extent. for my part, twill do my— changed to some extent. for my part, i will do my very best to undertake the inquiry— i will do my very best to undertake the inquiry in a way that acknowledges the suffering and seeks to reduce _ acknowledges the suffering and seeks to reduce the scope for others to suffer— to reduce the scope for others to suffer in— to reduce the scope for others to suffer in the same way in future. interesting — suffer in the same way in future. interesting hearing those words and, as you point out, the scope of this is huge. so much to look at. you just look at the figures now for people with covid at the moment, this is ongoing for many people in a very real way. i imagine the families of those relatives who died, the battle here is to make sure they are central to what is going on. sure they are central to what is auoin on. , . sure they are central to what is going on-_ sure they are central to what is uuoinon. , . going on. very much so. in the last hour or so. — going on. very much so. in the last

hour or so. we _ going on. very much so. in the last hour or so, we have _ going on. very much so. in the last hour or so, we have had _ going on. very much so. in the last hour or so, we have had some - hour or so, we have had some comments from a campaign that represents many families. the founder talking about how today is an emotional day for him because you are starting to see this process of hopefully learning from what went on over the last couple of years. he makes the point that to be successful, this will have to bring the experience of those families into the actual public inquiry itself, which will be a difficult thing to do when you think about how broad this process is. you look at other public inquiries, something like hillsborough or the shipment inquiry, those are complex issues but very focused on one event. this could cover everything from what went on in care homes to what went on in the nhs, to have prepared the country was, to the political decisions taken around lockdown. each of those individually is complex, which is why they are splitting it into modules. they are taking this bit by bit. the first

one they are looking at is preparedness for the pandemic and whether this country was ready enough. that starts taking some evidence in september and really gets going with public hearings in spring next year. the italian president had rejected the prime's decision to resign last week. it the prime's decision to resign last week. , ., ., _, , week. it is nothing new in a country that has known _ week. it is nothing new in a country that has known almost _ week. it is nothing new in a country that has known almost 70 - week. it is nothing new in a country - that has known almost 70 governments since the _ that has known almost 70 governments since the end of the second world war~ _ since the end of the second world war~ mario— since the end of the second world war. mario draghi is a colossus of the european union. he was appointed primer— the european union. he was appointed primer of— the european union. he was appointed primer of italy last year. but even he couldn't— primer of italy last year. but even he couldn't hold together italy's

fractious — he couldn't hold together italy's fractious political parties with his carbonation partners wavering in their— carbonation partners wavering in their support and then splintering and refusing to back him in a confidence vote yesterday. italy, the eu's— confidence vote yesterday. italy, the eu's third largest economy, has been _ the eu's third largest economy, has been plunged back into crisis as it is navigating a raft of problems, including — is navigating a raft of problems, including the post—pandemic economic situation _ including the post—pandemic economic situation at _ including the post—pandemic economic situation at the rising cost of living — situation at the rising cost of living as _ situation at the rising cost of living as well. what is likely is that— living as well. what is likely is that snap _ living as well. what is likely is that snap elections will be held. if the opinion polls are to be believed, that could be won by the film believed, that could be won by the right wing — believed, that could be won by the right wing and could i share in a far right — right wing and could i share in a far right prime minister for the first time — far right prime minister for the first time here, which would send shock— first time here, which would send shock waves through italy and the european — shock waves through italy and the european union. some of her political— european union. some of her political alliesjust happen european union. some of her political allies just happen to european union. some of her political alliesjust happen to be close _ political alliesjust happen to be close allies with vladimir putin. just close allies with vladimir putin. just to— close allies with vladimir putin. just to bring you some quick news coming to us from the united states. they are reporting that president

biden has covid. he tested positive with very mild symptoms. that is coming from the white house, that he has tested positive for covid hand has tested positive for covid hand has very mild symptoms. the white house medical unit is to inform the close contact today, including any lawmakers that travelled with the president yesterday. so that news just coming into us here. temperatures may have dropped but families across the uk are counting the cost and dealing with the aftermath of losing their homes in wildfires. 15 areas around the uk declared major incidents when the record—breaking heatwave caused fires to break out. laura tra nt reports. what looks like scenes from a hollywood movie are real—life horror stories. across the country, communities, including here in dagenham, are coming to terms with the destruction of the wild fires. gutted, totally gutted.

my daughter was born there. i've been there for nearly 27 years. and it's the first house i actually sat down in and settled in, and i'm just totally gob smacked. i'm gutted. i don't know what i'm going to do now. you don't expect this to happen. you see it on tv, but you don't think it's ever going to happen to your life. down the road in wennington on the eastern edge of london, families are having to cope with the fire damage and having to explain to children about losing their homes. i waited until i got to my mum's and we knew that my husband was safe, and then i sat down with the children and told them that we'd lost our home. my kids are upset that they've lost their favourite teddy bears that they've had since they was babies, and if my children are feeling that, the other children of the fires in rainham and dagenham yesterday are going to be feeling it too. the charred remains that tell a chilling tale of a nursery in the walnut tree area of milton keynes. but staff say they are determined to rebuild.

we are the heart of walnut tree. i've been at the nursery 23 years, so we are the heart, and we will be back, and we will find temporary accommodation in the meantime, which is what we're just dealing with with our parents at the moment. all of the children and staff were safely evacuated from their nursery, but it's a lot for them to take in. some haven't really mentioned anything yet, others are, sort of, more concerned that they can't see their friends, more than anything, and then others are, you know, just worried because they thought the staff lived at the nursery, bless them! in porlingland in norfolk, housemates patrick and annabel are living amongst the destruction. their house escaped the flames, but the building next to them didn't. in the back of our gardens, it kind of seems like a war zone, to be honest. the police have, kind of, cordoned off the road, as well, making sure people are all right. and there isn't really much in the back, just, kind of... everything is chaotic, really, and you come down in the morning, and you think,

"oh, i hope it was a dream," but the reality... yeah. everything was a mess. in boston in lincolnshire, residents spent another night away from their homes after these flats were destroyed. although some flats escaped the worst of the damage, there are questions about how structurally sound they are. we have some kit inside the building, but we won't be able to retrieve that cos it's not safe to go in and fetch it, and so we have to look at, then, the impact of that on neighbouring buildings, as well. in barnsley in south yorkshire, at least four homes on woodlands drive have been completely demolished by the fires, including dave cooper's parents' house. there's some personal things that we've lost that were sentimental to us. this was my parents' house, so, you know... but possessions, they can be replaced. but everybody�*s safe — that's the main thing. everybody�*s safe and everybody�*s well. i think the neighbours have all come together really good. fire brigades across the country are urging people not to light barbecues or bonfires, and to avoid

dropping cigarettes. the ground is so dry, the smallest spark can cause a massive fire. laura trant, bbc news. hello. let's see what's happening on the weather front for the rest of the weather front for the rest of the day. our satellite picture reveals a fair amount of cloud across the country. the sunniest skies have been across northern, western and southern areas but even here hazy at times, perhaps one or two showers as well and the temperatures middle of the afternoon around the mid 20s in the south, more typically high teens managing to 20 celsius, so pleasant conditions out there. i mentioned a few showers. certainly some possible towards the end of the night in the south of the uk spreading

northwards. it will be quite muggy first thing on friday morning, 14-17 in first thing on friday morning, 14—17 in many major towns and cities and then tomorrow the possibility of thunderstorms developing the south, in wales, the midlands, perhaps a little further north to but very hit and miss and, of course, we really do need the rain so any rainfall is good news, and just not too much on a short space of time. this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. the headlines. former chancellor rishi sunak and foreign secretary liz truss go head to head over tax policy — as they set out their pitches to the members of the conservative party. for the past two decades, there's been a consensus on our economic policy, and it hasn't delivered economic growth. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge—burke over a number of serious and false allegations made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir

in order to obtain an interview with princess diana. a coroner has said that the five people, including four teenage soldiers, who died in the guildford pub bombings in 1974, were unlawfully killed. italy's prime minister mario draghi has resigned but will stay in a caretaker role until the country can hold elections in september. a breakthrough in haemophilia b — a new report suggests doctors have effectively cured the rare bleeding disorder haemophilia b. and no ordinary telescope — for the first time scientists will be able to detect the smashing together of neutron stars time now for the sport and we can head to the bbc sport centre. hi, paul. we start in the pyrenees,

where the four—time winner of the tour de france, chris froome, is out of this yea r�*s race after testing positive for covid—19. froome had been enjoying his best tour de france since his career—threatening crash in 2019 and secured a surprising third place finish on stage 12. his team, israel—premier tech, say he was the only rider on the team to return a positive result. the 37—year—old hopes to return for the vuelta a espana next month. i'm really disappointed not to be able to roll into paris and finish of this tour de france. it's been a really special race was as a team and then for me personally as well. i've been finally finding my legs as well and ijust want i've been finally finding my legs as well and i just want to thank everyone for all the support through this process and then going to head home now, switch off for a few days and refocus on being ready for the vuelta de espana this season.

it looks like 21—time grand slam champion novak djokovic won't be able to add to his grand slam tally at next month's us open — because of his covid—19 vaccination status. 0rganisers say they won't have a vaccination mandate, but will respect the us government's rules, which require non—citizens to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus, in order to enter the country. the three—time us open champion was kicked out of australia earlier this year because of his vaccination status. the serb is just one grand slam title behind rafael nadal. gloucester lock ed slater has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease and has retired from rugby union with immediate effect. he was diagnosed last week following six months of testing. a statement from the club say they are "entirely committed to supporting ed, his wifejo and his three children in whatever way required". former manchester united player jesse lingard is close to signing for nottingham forest on a free transfer. the 29—year—old, who has 32 england caps, has been in talks with the newly promoted side.

it's understood nothing has yet been agreed. he left united after more than 20 years at the club when his contract expired at the end ofjune. ex—burnley captain ben mee is expected to join brentford on a free transfer. the defender left the clarets when his contract expired following their relegation to the championship. mee spent 11 years with burnley, helping them to two promotions to the premier league. after a thrilling extra—time win for england against spain at euro �*22 last night, the second of the quarterfinals is taking place in brentford later, where eight—time winners germany play austria. (tx germany are in great form and will be favourites — they won group b with a game to spare, beating denmark, spain and finland without conceding a goal. head coach martina voss—tecklenburg insists they won't be complacent. translation: just because you are a favourite does — translation: just because you are a favourite does not _ translation: just because you are a favourite does not mean _ translation: just because you are a favourite does not mean that - translation: just because you are a favourite does not mean that you - favourite does not mean that you will win the game. that is clear. that is why we know very well there

is a great challenge ahead of us. we have to bring our best performance and we have to deliver it with purpose. we have to impose our own game. we have to bring our qualities, and then we will play well. that is what we have always said. england men are back in one day action tomorrow against south africa at old trafford. since eoin morgan stepped down as captain and was replaced byjos buttler, england have struggled in the shorter format of the game, losing a series to india, before being thrashed by south africa in this series' opener on tuesday. batter phil salt is optimistic the world champions will come good again soon. we've lost a couple of leaders in the dressing room, senior players, but we still have a lot of leaders and senior players in the room so i don't think too much has changed from that side of things and how we want to play our cricket. 0bviously, want to play our cricket. obviously, you know, losing to stoke the other day while you're retiring does have

an impact. they were there and played such vital roles in winning the world cup but we have to keep moving forward and we have all the leaders and senior players in the dressing room we need. that's all the sport for now. a report has found the home office response to dealing with migrant crossings is both ineffective and inefficient, exposing gaps in security procedures leaving vulnerable migrants at risk. inspectors found the response to the challenge of dealing with increasing numbers of arrivals was poor. the report by the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, david neal, made full recommendations, all of which the home office has accepted, just back from four recommendations. but mr neil told my colleague that the home office should publish it months ago. well, they are, and i think if it takes...

it's taken five months to release the report, which is really unsatisfactory — we put in an extra big team and focused, really focused resources in order that we could get a report out as quick as possible, and it's a real shame that it's been, you know, subsequently sat on for the subsequent five months. is that going to have an impact on how the recommendations can be implemented, or not? well, having returned to westernjet foil in may, you know, it's quite clear that the home office were progressing many of the recommendations, but the response from the home office today rather shows a response of "there's nothing to see here, we've dealt with all the things." you know, "it's all historical." well, five months ago, it wasn't historical — it was what was going on on the ground on the dockside at dover, and what was occurring was unsatisfactory. let's look at some of the detail in the report. in particular, the detail showing that those absconding from secure hotels were 227 — 57 missing in just a few weeks, and two—thirds of those who were missing had no photos and no fingerprints taken from them. i mean, that is really rather worrying, isn't it? given that we are supposed to be controlling our own borders right now.

it is, and just to add to that, even worse than that, on average, those individuals were in those hotels for 16 days on average, so that's 16 days' worth of opportunities for the system to take fingerprints and take, you know, to record photographs. what do you think�*s gone wrong here? well, i think what's gone wrong is a refusal from the home office to transition from an emergency response into a steady—state or business—as—usual response. you talk about the home office, and of course the home secretary has in the past been seen to deliberately be avoiding any statutory checks on her performance. she didn't appear before the home affairs select committees on rwanda or policing. do you have any idea where she is? i've not met the home secretary and i couldn't comment on where she is. do you find it extraordinary that you've not met her, since being in thejob since march 2021?

i find it frustrating that i've not met her because i think, you know, publishing a report like we've done today, an evidence—based report, i think that the home secretary should speak to me, and i think, you know, i have good experience to offer. i spent over 20 years in the military, and i think she recruited me because of my background and because of my experience and my ability to come to a view on what's occurring in the migration and borders system, and i'm surprised that she's not chosen to speak to me. 0ur our home editor mark easton said this report raises a number of serious concerns about how the home office operates. i think there are questions as to how the independent scrutiny of the home office has been operating over the last few years. as you said in your questions to david neal, she was due to appear before the home affairs committee, which is a body there set up by parliament to keep an eye on what the home secretary is doing. she was supposed to be seeing him last week. she, at the last minute, said she couldn't appear. she was then told she had to appear or should appear this week. she didn't appear on that.

there are questions, because we're. .. obviously, this is the last day before parliament goes into recess for the summer. this was the very last opportunity, the last couple of days, for people to hold the home secretary to account, and there are plenty of people saying, "well, where is she?" why is she not answering some really quite serious questions? you heard david neal refer to the alexander downer report, which was published yesterday, also commenting on the small boat crisis in the channel, also reflecting on the inefficiency of that system, and saying that, actually, the actions of border force may have been counterproductive. and saying that, actually, the actions of border force may have been counterproductive. in other words, they may have made the situation worse. now, alexander downer was a former leader of australia's liberal party hand—picked by priti patel to do this review of border force, was very much in favour of very strict migration controls and offshoring in australia.

and yet his view of border force was that it was really not operating properly at all and needed proper leadership from the top so i think, you know, in the last few days, we've seen very significant criticism of the home office and its systems and what's been going on from both those who've been hand—picked by the home office to offer, you know, words of wisdom and, indeed, the chief inspector who, as we've heard, has still not met the home secretary despite having been in office for 18 months. new sri lankan president ranil wickremesinghe has been sworn into office in colombo and faces the challenge of leading the country out of economic collapse and the starving stability out of —— after months of protests but many leaders say they will continue demonstrating. i will correspond and

told us about the meeting colombo. the protest movement here, they feel very disappointed and shocked that mr wickremesinghe has been elected with such a huge margin and they've been urging various political parties not to support the candidature of mr wickremesinghe, but he won with a wide margin — 52 votes more than his closest rival. that shows how much influence he has with the political parties, because this time the president was elected by the parliament after president gotabaya rajapaksa fled the country and resigned following a wave of public anger and unrest over the economic crisis and the cost of living, and that's why mr wickremesinghe is now the new president. he was sworn in this morning. many of the former presidents and senior political leaders were there at the swearing—in ceremony, and now, for him, the firstjob

is to appoint a prime minister, because he was the prime minister, and also to form a government so that to bring in political stability. but many people here, they can't believe that mr wickremesinghe has finally become president because he lost his own parliamentary seat in 2020 and his party was completely wiped out in elections. he came to the parliament via national list, where when political parties get a certain amount of votes they are allotted a seat, and that is why people are questioning his legitimacy. thanks to him for that. you're watching bbc news. i'm lewis vaughanjones. the head lines. former chancellor viz she and foreign secretary listjust go head to tax policy as they set out their agenda is the conservative party. the smack foreign secretary liz truss, and rishi sunak. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge—burke over a number of serious and false allegations made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir in order to obtain an interview with princess diana. a coroner has said that the five

people, including four teenage soldiers, who died in the guildford pub bombings in 1974, were unlawfully killed. haemophilia has been effectively cured. haemophilia is a group of conditions that means you may not have particular proteins you normally have, say cut yourself, bump into something inadvertently that you would normally stop bleeding and you can even have a catastrophic bleed if you are at these proteins. in haemophilia a there is one particular protein, factor eight, and in haemophilia b it is fact and nine, costing 13, and in people who have severe forms of haemophilia b, about 500 in the uk, that can mean for them about the moment they are having to take daily injections of these proteins are

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body make the protein so that people can cut when they bleed. there's lots that still needs to happen and it is a small study is of course no scientist will need to look and see if it works on a larger group of people. it also could be quite expensive so that will need to be taken on board but scientists feel there has been lots of photos and haemophilia in the last decade and they are really helpful but particular for people with severe haemophilia can really transform the lives of the next few years.— lives of the next few years. social media sites _ lives of the next few years. social media sites are _ lives of the next few years. social media sites are now— lives of the next few years. social media sites are now the - lives of the next few years. social media sites are now the number. lives of the next few years. social i media sites are now the number one source of news the teenagers according to a survey by broadcast regulator 0fcom. instagram, tiktok and youtube are now the most popular sources for young people but print tv and radio news outlets still dominate in older age groups. she is more from our media correspondent david sillitoe. young teenagers are not the biggest consumers of news, but around a half say they are

interested in what's going on. but where are they getting it from? the answer, of course — their phones, tablets and computers. even for those studying media, tv and newspapers are far from the first port of call. due to the fact that we have an accessible, like, phone which knows everything and we are able to find all the information we need at a click of a button, it's almost unnecessary to us to purchase something when it's for free on our mobiles. the top three places helping to keep them up—to—date are instagram, tiktok and youtube. and this is new — last year, the number one source was bbc one. it's now slipped to number five. i think teenagers don't appear to be going directly to be going directly to news brands online, so just 5% say

they use bbc news 0nline. fewer than one in ten say they use a newspaper website. so it's much more that news is being pushed to them through their social feeds from a wide range of sources, and children do say that they recognise that they get a bigger range of opinion through their social media services than they do through other news organisations. however, tv as a whole is still bigger than any app or website, and the biggest overall source of news for teenagers? theirfamilies — and mum and dad are rather more likely to be getting their news from more traditional sources. david sillito, bbc news. i spoke to a tiktokjournalist who said this didn't come as a surprise to her. . ., , ., ., , to her. pre-pandemic i was already noticin: to her. pre-pandemic i was already noticing the — to her. pre-pandemic i was already noticing the growth _ to her. pre-pandemic i was already noticing the growth of _ to her. pre-pandemic i was already noticing the growth of instagram i to her. pre-pandemic i was already noticing the growth of instagram is| noticing the growth of instagram is a place where i myself personally wanted to get news but i noticed other people, my friends, my community, that is where they were

coming across news first and the growth of tiktok during the pandemic is only, kind of, sped up this strength at a lot of young people and a lot of young journalists were already noticing —— sped up this trend. it is something that we are seeing professionally new sweeps, that younger journalists seeing professionally new sweeps, that youngerjournalists into these platforms. these platforms. his but also in the community is that see people wanting used to be brought to them on social media rather than, you know, a more traditional habit of turning on the tv or of a newspaper. i of turning on the tv or of a newspaper-— of turning on the tv or of a news-nael’, , ., , . , newspaper. i can see that principle of takinu newspaper. i can see that principle of taking the _ newspaper. i can see that principle of taking the news _ newspaper. i can see that principle of taking the news to _ newspaper. i can see that principle of taking the news to where - newspaper. i can see that principle of taking the news to where your i of taking the news to where your audiences, so these sites make sense. is there a danger here, though, that context and nuance can be lost if you are just rolling and concentrating on each story for a few seconds, that you can lose some of that detail that you would get on tv or radio —— just schooling. the comic that is why it is even more important for trusted, reliable, accurate new sources to have a presence on these platforms so, for

example, when big news events happen like the russian invasion in ukraine young audiences want that you are interested in new source and from a vice world news perspective that is where we saw a huge growth in our followers because not only are we providing them with explainer is in giving context to the situation where a loss of information is being spread on social media but also we had correspondence on the grounds showing what the reality was like in ukraine and being able to give these different perspectives to younger people on social media means that they hopefully have a bigger breadth of what they are able to consume and if this is mixed in with what they are seeing from other pages under the accounts it will hopefully help them to build their own understanding of what is going on. you mentioned the word breadth there which i find really interesting because of course we know the algorithms seek to reinforce whatever your interest is so if you pause on certain items as you are screwing through they will give you more of those things though it is difficult to get that breadth, isn't it, because if you are not regularly

interested in such and such it is not going to give you such and such on yourfeet? not going to give you such and such on your feet?— on your feet? well, what happens with tiktok _ on your feet? well, what happens with tiktok specifically _ on your feet? well, what happens with tiktok specifically which - on your feet? well, what happens with tiktok specifically which is i with tiktok specifically which is quite different to other social media platforms is when you open up that home page screen you are... you don't know what you're going to get some of the social media will possibly prioritise people that you follow an account that you already know but on tiktok you could be presented with a video from a news account or from an influencer or from somebody that you do know so, you know, with vice world news's following we have seen that a loss of our viral videos that efface the tens of millions of views have come from that for you page where the large majority of people coming across a news content and following us and possibly don't know our brand and are able to access that trusted information and be able to get to know the context of the story and thatis know the context of the story and that is nearly impossible when we're talking about tiktok.— talking about tiktok. thanks for

that. scientists have developed a new telescope to detect the smashing together of dead suns known as neutron stars — up until now, something that ordinary telescopes were unable to do. it gives astronomers the opportunity to study these objects for the first time. 0ur science correspondent, pallab ghosh, has had exclusive access to the new telescope and sends this report from la palma in the canary islands. opening to the heavens, high above the clouds. a new telescope scans the skies for one of the most enigmatic objects in the universe — a neutron star. they're the smallest and densest bodies in the cosmos, so heavy that a sugar cube of it would weigh about the same as 8 billion people. scientists have now found a way to detect them. neutron stars have such powerful gravity that they're drawn together until they eventually merge. when that happens, there's a flash of light

and a powerful shock wave ripples across the universe. when that shock wave is detected on earth, the new telescope scrambles into action to find the exact location of the flash. the astronomers have to work fast. the flash of light lasts only a couple of days. computer software is key in this impossibly difficult hunt. researchers compare pictures of the same bit of sky night by night, and any speck of light that wasn't there before may be the momentary colliding neutron stars. you would think that these explosions are very energetic, very luminous, it should be easy, but we're having to search through 100 million stars for the one object that we're interested in, and we need to do this very rapidly because the objects will disappear on a time scale of a few days, so really this needle—in—a—haystack challenge almost doesn't cut it. it's a huge challenge. these quick collisions create conditions

that take us to the very edge of the laws of physics. it could help to answer the mystery of how some of the heavier elements — such as gold and platinum — are created in the universe. the british—built telescope, called goto, is nimble, and can rapidly scan every bit of the sky above it. when a real good event comes along, it's all hands on deck to make the most of it and that's, yeah, it's a nice sort of feeling, to, sort of, spring into action. with these instrument, researchers are learning about the cosmos faster than ever before and are on the precipice of a new age of astronomy. so now we have almost a new way of looking at the universe. we're not hoping for new discoveries — we're being told where to find them, and we're getting to uncover, piece by piece, what lays out there in the universe. so far, just one neutron star collision has been detected. now, this new telescope can pinpoint them routinely, revealing a new view of the universe that has, so far, been hidden. pallab ghosh, bbc news, la palma.

now, just before the weather, more onjoe biden testing positive for covid—19. first ladyjill biden has also tested and tested negative. boris johnson's spokesperson also tested and tested negative. borisjohnson's spokesperson says the prime boris johnson's spokesperson says the prime minister borisjohnson's spokesperson says the prime minister has sent boris johnson's spokesperson says the prime minister has sent his borisjohnson's spokesperson says the prime minister has sent his best wishes and will have more in the next hour. now, though, it's time for the weather. here is thomas. now it's time for a look at the weather. fair amount of cloud around today but still quite warm for most of us on one thing many others are hoping for is rain—bearing cloud, and there's not much that's about, apart from hit—and—miss showers, and perhaps thunderstorms or other local downpours, but nothing widespread. it is very dry out there.

the land is very scorched in many areas. here are the temperatures this afternoon. mid 20s there in the south—east. typically high teens, perhaps 21 in the lowlands of scotland. showers perhaps thunderstorms in a few areas through the course of this evening, but more especially, i think, tomorrow from morning onwards across parts of wales, the midlands, too, and quite a muggy start to friday, around six or 7am, temperatures will be 17 degrees in cardiff and london, around 15 in the north west of england. those showers in wales, parts of the midlands, many of that were very dry make them more difficult to pinpoint where they are actually going to be. now, tomorrow temperatures will be a little lower, perhaps the low 20s in the south of the country and no higher than 17 in newcastle and 15 in aberdeen.

now, here's the forecast for the weekend. we've got this area of low pressure and unsettled weather conditions here and some rain and to the south we have high pressure and what this low is going to do is actually going to tap into some warmer air across the continent here and shunt it in our direction and through the weekend there'll be a gradual rise in the temperatures across the south and the east whilst many western and northern areas are in this unsettled spell of weather. so cloud and welcome rain, of course, and the temperatures on saturday 26 in london, easily high 20s across parts of east anglia and this protest continues into sunday with this low pressure moving in and whether in the north west of the uk we really need more rain further south. temperatures could reach 30 degrees in east anglia by the time we get to sunday. have a great day. goodbye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: former chancellor rishi sunak and foreign secretary liz truss go head to head over tax policy as they set out their pitches to the members of the conservative party. for the last two decades there has been a consensus on our economic policy and it hasn't delivered economic growth. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge—burke over a number of serious and false allegations made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir in order to obtain an interview with princess diana. a coroner has said that the five people, including four teenage soldiers, who died in the guildford pub bombings in 1974, were unlawfully killed. president biden has tested positive for covid. the white house says his symptoms are

mild and he's taking medication. and no ordinary telescope — for the first time, scientists will be able to detect the smashing together of neutron stars. hello, welcome to the programme. the foreign secretary, liz truss, says the treasury's economic policies have failed to deliver growth for two decades, including the past 12 years of conservative rule. she's rejected concerns that the tax cuts she's promised if she becomes the next prime minister would increase inflation. truss and her conservative leadership rival, rishi sunak, are now setting out their pitches to win over the party membership, who will have the deciding vote over the summer.

here's our political correspondent, iain watson. his report contains some flashing images. it's going to be a busy six weeks. liz truss has been in the cabinet for the past eight years, but she's fighting this leadership election like an outsider. her pitch to party members is that she would hold an emergency tax—cutting budget, and she's not only attacked recent decisions taken by her colleagues, but has distanced herself from previous administrations. when i sat at that cabinet table, i opposed the national insurance rise before it happened. and i tried to stop it because i thought it was a mistake. we have had a consensus of the treasury, of economists, of the financial times, of other outlets, peddling a particular type of economic policy for the last 20 years. and it hasn't. .. you backed the policy when you were chief secretary to the treasury. it hasn't delivered growth. the conservatives have been in office for 12 of the past 20 years.

so now liz truss is presenting herself as the candidate who offers change. the more popular candidate with mps, though, was rishi sunak. in this campaign video he's celebrating attracting their support... guys, we totally smashed it, well done. but polling suggests that he faces a bigger challenge in gaining grassroots support. his backers hope that party members will see him as more financially responsible, especially as government borrowing is going up and interest payments have hit a record of more than £19 billion. so they argue that cutting taxes right now would make a bad economic situation worse. i think it would be inflationary and i think it would risk the hard—won reputation of the conservative party. we have fought hard to defend the principle that countries, rather like households, should try to live within their means. there are clear policy differences between the candidates. but they are also very

different personalities. in this press pack from the rishi sunak camp, we've been provided with suntan lotion, and the ready for rishi, ready for sunshine message is supposed to convey optimism. but it could also be a sign that this leadership contest is really hotting up. liz truss, who's emphasised her state education, will argue she is best placed to hold on to seats won from labour. rishi sunak believes the more members see both of them, the more he will look like an election winner. tory members will begin voting next month and one of the candidates will move in to downing street on september the 6th. the institute for fiscal studies has this afternoon published their initial analysis of both tory leadership candidates — rishi sunak and liz truss's economic plans. mr sunak, perhaps unsurprisingly, having just been the chancellor, basically wants to stick with the tax and spending plans that are already in the books.

so that would mean taxes rising to their highest sustained share of national income for 70 years. it would mean a small amount of headroom against the current fiscal rules, which include having taxes being at least as high as day to day spending by the end of the parliament. ms truss wants to make quite significant changes in the form of tax cuts to the tune of certainly more than £30 billion per year. so that much is clear. that's a clear difference in direction, at least in the immediate term. what we've yet to hear so much about is the implications of that for what she would do to spending and her strategy for managing the public finances going forward. well, earlier i spoke to the former conservative justice secretary david gauke about the latest on both leadership candidates. well, i think liz does have to start off as favourite. all the pollings suggest that amongst the members she is the more popular of the two. and i suspect her views on, for example, lower taxes will be pretty popular with a lot

of conservative members. she's seen as being very tough on europe with the northern ireland protocol bill. so i think she is favourite. it's quite possible for rishi sunak to catch up and overtake. there's been some evidence in the polls that that's already happening, at least catching up. but he's got a long way to go and i suspect quite a lot of people will vote early as as you've just heard, the ballots will go out early august and quite a few will vote in the first week or so. and it will be hard, obviously, for him to overtake if that happens. i mean, we will leave the horse race between the two of them. that will play out, as you mentioned. but are you surprised that both candidates here are members of boris johnson's government? many were expecting an alternative,

someone with a fresh start and no record to defend, as it were, to come through and be in the final two. well, of course, rishi sunak wasn't in the government for the last couple of weeks, but yes, i take your point. and look, i mean, it's not that unusual to have the two contenders for the leadership to be formally senior ministers. formerly senior ministers. that's not altogether surprising. i think there was an argument for a fresh start but experience always counts for quite a lot. and you can say that these two, having performed, each performed one of the great offices of state, are well placed to do that. i think there are some big differences between them. but yes, they're also very much... 0n those differences between them, taxes is the big issue at the moment. what do you make of liz

truss's tax proposals that cutting taxes won't lead to inflation. i don't think those arguments hold up. i mean, i think one can overstate the inflationary impact of some of the proposals. and in truth, what the bank of england does with interest rates is probably much more important than what happens with taxes and spending. but the argument that somehow this is going to help lower inflation, i'm afraid, doesn't stand up to scrutiny, nor is it going to sort of pay for itself and automatically deliver strong growth. and there is a risk that if you cut taxes substantially, then the bank of england will be forced to put up interest rates higher than they otherwise would. and that does have implications for some people. so it would result in a significant redistribution of the pain and certainly isn't helpful in terms of lowering inflation. and who would you be backing? well, if i had a vote — i don't, i'm no longer a member of the party — i certainly would vote

for rishi sunak. i don't think that particularly helps him, me saying that. but i think he is the lower risk candidate of the two, both in terms of economic policy and also, i think, appeal to the electorate. but as i say, i think my instincts are very different from quite a lot of conservative members. so that certainly doesn't indicate he's going to do well. us presidentjoe biden has tested positive for covid—19. the white house said that mr biden — who's 79 — was experiencing very mild symptoms and would continue to carry out light duties while isolating. 0ut north america correspondentjohn sudworth is in washington. what more do we know? not very much more than that. in terms of president biden's condition. as you said, the white house statement, you know, is couched in an abundance of caution.

this phrase very mild symptoms is being accompanied with the release of a letter from being accompanied with the release of a letterfrom president biden's doctor suggesting the symptoms began yesterday evening and the positive testis yesterday evening and the positive test is this morning. though symptoms described as a runny nose, fatigue and an occasional dry cough. but at this stage, the white house saying reminding people that president biden is double vaccinated, twice boosted. the letter says he is being treated with an anti—viral, but all of the messaging making it very clear there is no cause for alarm. that president biden is isolating at the white house out of an abundance of caution, beyond health authority guidelines. he remains at his desk carrying out all duties fully, they say. carrying out all duties fully, they sa . �* . , carrying out all duties fully, they sa. ., , carrying out all duties fully, they sa .~ ., , ., not say. and any political reaction? not et, i say. and any political reaction? not yet. i have — say. and any political reaction? not yet. i have to _

say. and any political reaction? not yet, i have to say. _ say. and any political reaction? not yet, i have to say. this _ say. and any political reaction? not yet, i have to say. this is _ say. and any political reaction? not yet, i have to say. this isjust - yet, i have to say. this isjust obviously part of the reality of political life in the united states, as it is across the world. covid—19 is still out there. in the us at the moment, there is this surge with infections currently running at 130,000 per day so it's a reminder it remains a challenge in daily life and to politics.— a range of deals is being promoted by the government which it says will help people with the cost of living over the summer holidays. companies involved in the help for households campaign include asda, morrisons and vodafone. the prime minister says the package would "provide much needed relief at the checkout". but some business bosses say the campaign is not a substitute for government policy. 0ur political correspondent, ione wells reports. the cost of groceries, fuel and household bills is continuing to go up. some government support has been announced,

but today it says it will promote private companies if they offer people discounts over the summer to help. from london theatres giving children a free ticket to a west end show in august, to discounted mobile phone contracts from some providers for those on low incomes. asda is one of the businesses that has signed up, saying children under 16 can get a hot meal in their cafes for £1. so ijust spent £12 — if he's £1, that's great. cos it saves us lots of money cos food is getting expensive now, and other stuff, cos the prices have gone higher. but the government isn't providing firms with any money to do this. i'm sure, ifeel deep in my heart, bones, that with the kind of brilliance that your companies generally have in finding ways of cutting costs... david buttress is the prime minister's cost of living tsar, that has been tasked with striking these deals, and denied businesses were having to step in for the state.

is it acceptable that children are having to be fed for £1 at supermarkets like asda? has the government failed some of those families? it is a tough time for lots of people, and this campaign is about doing what we can to help. this is about promoting and amplifying those businesses that are doing good work, and saying, "well done." and "thank you and here's a load of great government assets, "like our digital platforms, to amplify and make people, "your customers and consumers aware of the great work you're doing." some businesses, though, think private—sector discounts should not be a substitute for more government support. the government has got all the levers, all these policy levers it can pull to help small businesses, and we've been pitching these in to government over the last three months or so, but none are being pulled, and instead what we're having is this, kind of, big campaign. it's all about big businesses selling things for a little bit cheaper. local politicians, too, have raised concerns this will not be enough to help struggling families over the summer. the idea that a free west end theatre ticket for a child

with a full paying adult is going to help people in the midlands and north and large swathes of the south is just not going to cut it, i'm afraid. the government says more deals will be announced when children go back to school, but any further financial support will be a decision for whoever the next prime minister is. ione wells, bbc news. the european central bank has raised interest rates for the first time in more than 11 years as it tries to control soaring eurozone inflation. the ecb raised its key interest rate by 0.5% and plans further increases later in the year. the ecb chief warns inflation will be "undesirably high for some time". the bank of england have been raising rates as the pace of price rises gets faster. you are watching bbc news, let's take a look at the headlines. former chancellor rishi sunak and foreign secretary liz truss go head to head over tax policy as they set out their pitches to members of the

conservative party. president biden has tested positive for covid—19, the white house says his symptoms are mild and he is taking medication. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny over a series of false allegations made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir in order to obtain an interview with princess diana. the bbc is to pay substantial damages to the former nanny of prince william and prince harry over false claims about her used to obtain a panorama interview with princess diana in 1995. alexandra pettifer, who used to be known as tiggy legge—bourke, appeared at the high court to hear a public apology from the corporation over the fabricated allegation that she'd had an affair with prince charles, which resulted in an abortion. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. at the time of its transmission, it caused a sensation.

now, 27 years later, the panorama interview with diana, princess of wales is a matter of disgrace to the bbc, over the deceitful tactics deployed by its reporter, martin bashir, to obtain the interview. one of those deceits was to make what the high court heard was a false and malicious allegation against the woman on the left here, tiggy legge—bourke, who at the time was working as the prince of wales' personal assistant. the bbc has agreed to pay substantial damages to ms legge—bourke, or mrs alexandra pettifer as she is now, and the bbc�*s director general tim davie has apologised to her, to the prince of wales and the dukes of cambridge and sussex. in a statement, mr davie said...

mr davie said the panorama programme would never again be shown by the bbc. he hoped other broadcasters would exercise similar restraint. nicholas witchell, bbc news. a coroner has said that the five people, including four teenage soldiers, who died in the guildford pub bombings in 0ctober1974, were unlawfully killed. the inquest into the deaths of paul craig, guardsman william forsyth, private ann hamilton, guardsmanjohn hunter and private caroline slater, heard that all died from blast injuries when the device went off under a bench in the horse and groom pub in the centre of guildford. i asked our correspondent about what he heard during the inquest. we have had the details

of what happened in what was the pub behind me here on that day in 0ctober1974, details that have really never been given to members of the families and friends of these people who died. so for example, you are right... the bomb was placed behind this wall, it was probably in a parcel or a bag. the coroner said it was a 10lb bomb, 4.5 kilograms of nitroglycerin that was set off by a pocket watch timer. it was a timed bomb, if you like. he also said that it was probably planted by what he called a young courting couple. this couple were never identified and never traced. he described them as terrorists. he also said the ira didn't give any warning to what went on here, and there was no advance intelligence that the bomb was going to go off. he extended his condolences to the families of all those five who died

in this blast that night. the families at the heart of this, has there been any response from them? there has, but it has been very mixed response. some of the families in this case had wanted the coroner to not only look at how, where and what happened, but they wanted to know who carried out this bombing here 48 years ago. the coroner ruled that was beyond the scope of his inquest. he kept it very narrowly can —— confined. that upset some of the families and they reflected that in their statements. we had a statement this afternoon from the family of private hamilton, one of those who died. it reads, "this was our last chance to engage in a process to produce truth, justice and accountability, but we were excluded from that process and our voice on her behalf was not heard." we haven't heard from any

of the other families involved, but that is the view of ann hamilton's family. what we have heard is from surrey police, who are also involved in this investigation. you will know that the year after the bomb went off here, the so—called guildford four were convicted of these bombings. but in 1989, those convictions were quashed, yet there was no subsequent police investigation or a resumption of the inquest after that. we have now had the inquest, and the police have addressed the matter of who carried out this attack. we have had a statement from the deputy chief constable, who says, "we have been assessing all of the material held by the force to consider whether reinvestigation is a viable option." he says, "that assessment is complex and remains ongoing." the biggest problem they will be facing is that of live witnesses. there is lots of

technical evidence, the police had provided 10,000 documents to the inquest, but it is whether they can find, after nearly 50 years, reliable witnesses to put together a case to bring together a prosecution. that is what they are looking at, but that will take time because it is so complex. 73—year—old man who killed his terminally ill wife before trying to take his own life has been given a two—year suspended and tense. graham mansfield was cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter. she died at their home in greatham —— greater manchester last year. the official inquiry into the uk's pandemic preparedness has been

launched by its chair baroness hallett. the uk covid—19 inquiry will begin preliminary hearings this year and the first witnesses will be called next spring. i asked our health correspondentjim reed — what would be looked at. it's absolutely huge. it is going to look at everything. notjust, in fact, what we seen over the last two years but also the run—up to the pandemic, whether the country was properly prepared for an outbreak like we saw with covid. and it's all being chaired, all being led by a retired appeal courtjudge, heather hallett, lady hallett, as she's called. at the moment, little known in this country. i'd imagine by this time next year, this time in 18 months' time, she'll become very familiar face to viewers on tv news programmes, but she was speaking for the first time today in her capacity as chair, and that's because it was the official opening, or the mark that kind of started this process. it was recorded, a recorded statement. this is what she had to say. i know that others have suffered significant loss, too, as a result of the pandemic, and every person has had their life changed to some extent. for my part, i will do my very best to undertake the inquiry in a way that acknowledges this suffering and seeks to reduce the scope for others to suffer

in the same way in the future. but, jim, interesting hearing those words, and, as you point out, the scope of this is so huge. so much to look at. you just look at the figures now for people with covid—19 at the moment. this is still ongoing for many people in a very real way. i imagine the families of those relatives who died, the battle here is to make sure they are central to what's going on. very much so. i mean, in the last kind of an hour or so we've had some comments from the covid—19 bereaved families forjustice campaign, which is the organised campaign that presents many of those families. joe, who founded the campaign, talking about how today is a very emotional day for him because you're starting to see this process of hopefully learning from what went on over the last couple of years but he makes that point that to be successful this is going to have to bring the experience of those families

into the actual public inquiry itself, which is going to be very difficult thing to do when you think how broad this process is. you look at other public inquiries, something like hillsborough, they looked at very complex issues but they were quite focused on one event. this could cover everything from what went on in care homes to what went on in the nhs to how prepared the country was to the political decisions that were taken, the decisions around lockdown. i mean, each of those individually is very, very complex which is why what they're doing, they are splitting this up, this public inquiry, into what is called modules so they are starting to look at this bit by bit. the first one they are looking at is preparedness for the pandemic and whether this country is ready now. that takes some evidence in september and really gets going with public hearings in the spring of next year. i'm joined now by david garfinkel, spokesperson for the organisation covid—19 bereaved families forjustice. thank you so much for coming on the programme. a significant day in

terms of the start, hearing from witnesses not until next year, but what are you hoping to get out of this inquiry? t what are you hoping to get out of this inquiry?— this inquiry? ithink, like the presenter— this inquiry? ithink, like the presenter said _ this inquiry? ithink, like the presenter said before, - this inquiry? ithink, like the presenter said before, it's i this inquiry? i think, like the i presenter said before, it's been this inquiry? i think, like the - presenter said before, it's been an emotional day for everyone who has lost anyone from covid and finally we can begin the process of learning lessons from the pandemic. and critically through this inquiry we can better protect others today as well as in the future. unfortunately for my dad it is too late maybe for somebody else's it won't be. do you mind telling — somebody else's it won't be. do you mind telling us _ somebody else's it won't be. do you mind telling us a _ somebody else's it won't be. do you mind telling us a little _ somebody else's it won't be. do you mind telling us a little bit _ somebody else's it won't be. do you mind telling us a little bit about - mind telling us a little bit about what happened with your father? he what happened with your father? tie: was shielding, he had an autoimmune condition, and just over a week after borisjohnson announced freedom day he caught covid and 11 days later he passed away. he was in the icy you for only four days, and

it was a terribly traumatic time for ourfamily —— in the icu. it was a terribly traumatic time for our family -- in the icu.— our family -- in the icu. family is -la in: a our family -- in the icu. family is playing a central— our family -- in the icu. family is playing a central role _ our family -- in the icu. family is playing a central role in _ our family -- in the icu. family is playing a central role in this - playing a central role in this inquiry will be at the forefront of lots of people's minds involved in the inquiry and people who will be giving evidence. do you think in terms of the lesson learned is what could be done differently, do you have an inkling of what some of those things already are? t have an inkling of what some of those things already are? i think the government _ those things already are? i think the government has _ those things already are? i think the government has been - those things already are? i think the government has been very l those things already are? i think - the government has been very quick to lay claim to its covid success story but we know it was too slow on ppe, on lockdown. from a personal perspective, freedom day, it was too quick to open up, and i think there's lots of different lessons you can learn from that. we had one of the worst death rates in the developed world and every week

people are still dying of covid. the freedom day decision was done against a backdrop of the majority of scientific opinion being against the decision. they were saying it was too much too soon, but it was a political decision. the inquiry will be looking at that process and looking at whether there was those right decisions were made or not at the right time. in many other countries around the world, political leaders listened wholeheartedly to scientific advisers and followed everything they were saying. for me personally, it took a week to get my dad into a hospital. he had covid, he had a known condition that would be impacted very seriously by covid, and, you know, that week was critical perhaps to saving his life. so what went wrong in that process, and i want the inquiry to look at links between gps, paramedics and

the 111 service. even the after—effects of it. there are people, grandparents who are now looking after grandchildren because both parents have died or people who had lost their partners, they had no income and they are now dealing with the cost of living crisis and they have been left absolutely stranded and alone. , ., have been left absolutely stranded and alone. i. ., ,, ., and alone. david, you talked about the system — and alone. david, you talked about the system is _ and alone. david, you talked about the system is the _ and alone. david, you talked about the system is the decision - and alone. david, you talked about i the system is the decision processes there. are you of the opinion that you would like to see individuals held to account for those decisions? 0r held to account for those decisions? or is it the lessons learned exercise for the next pandemic? the lessons exercise for the next pandemic? tue: lessons learned is critical. this is all about ensuring we can do that so we can save future lives but i do think people have to be held accountable as well. when you look at, as i mentioned earlier, freedom day was a political decision. there were many decisions taken like that that were political decisions that

ignored scientific advice. should a political decision have been made that actually cost people their lives? so these are questions that will come out in the inquiry, and i think if the decision is that this was wrong, then people should be held accountable for it.— held accountable for it. thank you so much for— held accountable for it. thank you so much for coming _ held accountable for it. thank you so much for coming on _ held accountable for it. thank you so much for coming on and - held accountable for it. thank you | so much for coming on and talking held accountable for it. thank you i so much for coming on and talking to us this afternoon. now let's take a look at the weather. a fairly cool looking vista behind me, may be a bit of a breeze as well. it has called off now compared to what we had just days ago, hasn't it? a lot of cloud across the uk, some showers too. not too many of them. there will be more showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. let's have a look at the evening hours. for most of us dry, just a sprinkling of rain from thicker cloud. possibly getting heavy as we go through the night but very hit and miss. a muggy morning

tomorrow, 17 degrees in the south, the mid—teens across yorkshire. we are watching the south—west of england, wales, maybe further north we could see showers breaking out here, perhaps local downpours developing but many will miss that. a fair amount of cloud again tomorrow, with the showers as a result the temperatures will be slightly lower, but as we head into the weekend it could turn hot in some south and eastern areas. that is it. this is bbc news. goodbye. former chancellor this you see nick and foreign secretary liz truss go head—to—head over tax policy as they sit at the pixies to members of the conservative party —— former chancellor rishi sunak.

for the past two decades, there's been a consensus on our economic policy, and it hasn't delivered economic growth. president biden has been tested positive for covid—19. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge—burke over a number of serious and false allegations made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir in order to obtain an interview with princess diana. a coroner has said that the five people, including four teenage soldiers, who died in the guildford pub bombings in 1974, were unlawfully killed. and no ordinary telescope — for the first time scientists will be able to detect the smashing together of neutron stars

we start in the pyrenees, where the four—time winner of the tour de france, chris froome, is out of this yea r�*s race after testing positive for covid—19. froome had been enjoying his best tour de france since his career—threatening crash in 2019 and secured a surprising third place finish on stage 12. his team, israel—premier tech, say he was the only rider on the team to return a positive result. the 37—year—old hopes to return for the vuelta a espana next month. his team, israel—premier tech, say he was the only rider on the team to return a positive result. the 37—year—old hopes to return for the vuelta a espana next month. i'm really disappointed not to be able to roll into paris and finish of this tour de france. it's been a really special race for us a team and then for me personally, as well. i've been finally finding my legs again and i just want to thank everyone for all the support through this process, and i'm going to head home now, switch off for a few days and refocus on being ready for the vuelta de espana later this season. it looks like 21—time grand slam champion novak djokovic won't be able to add to his grand slam tally at next month's us open — because of his covid—19 vaccination status.

0rganisers say they won't have a vaccination mandate, but will respect the us government's rules, which require non—citizens to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus, in order to enter the country. the three—time us open champion was kicked out of australia earlier this year because of his vaccination status. the serb is just one grand slam title behind rafael nadal. gloucester lock ed slater has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease and has retired from rugby union with immediate effect. he was diagnosed last week following six months of testing. a statement from the club say they are "entirely committed to supporting ed, his wifejo and his three children in whatever way required". former manchester united player jesse lingard is close to signing for nottingham forest on a free transfer. the 29—year—old, who has 32 england caps, has been in talks with the newly promoted side. it's understood nothing has yet been agreed. he left united after more than 20 years at the club when his contract expired

at the end ofjune. ex—burnley captain ben mee is expected to join brentford on a free transfer. the defender left the clarets when his contract expired following their relegation to the championship. mee spent 11 years with burnley, helping them to two promotions after a thrilling extra—time win for england against spain at euro �*22 last night, the second of the quarterfinals is taking place in brentford later, where eight—time winners germany play austria. germany are in great form and will be favourites — they won group b with a game to spare, beating denmark, spain and finland without conceding a goal. head coach martina voss—tecklenburg insists they won't be complacent.

translation: just because you are a favourite does not mean that - england women england women begin their preparation for a test match. tammy beaumont has been admitted to the top squad. eoin morgan stepped down as captain was replaced byjos buttler and england have struggled in the shorter forms of the game, losing the series to india before being thrashed by south africa in this series opener on tuesday. back to full salt is optimistic the world champions will come good again soon. —— doctor phil salt. —— batter phil salt. we've lost a couple of leaders in the dressing room, senior players, but we still have a lot of leaders and senior players in the room so i don't think too much has changed from that side of things and how we

want to play our cricket. obviously, you know, losing to stoke the other day while you're retiring does have an impact. they were there and played such vital roles in winning the world cup but we have to keep moving forward and we have all the leaders and senior players in the dressing room we need. 59 eg teen of tour de france is in the closing stage. with three days still to go, full text coverage on the bbc sport at and of course —— app and of course the website. to italy, now. italy's prime minister, mario draghi, has announced he's stepping down after three parties in his coalition refused to back him in a confidence vote. the italian president had rejected mr draghi's offer to resign last week. a snap election now looks likely. in the last few minutes, the parliament has been dissolved ahead of a snap election. before announcing his resignation, mario draghi received a standing ovation from the country's senate. he had this to say afterwards: translation: thank you.

i request a moment. even central bankers have their hearts touched sometimes. thank you for this, and thanks for all the work we have done together during this time. in the light of the vote taken by the senate last night, i asked to suspend this parliamentary session because i am on my way to the president of the republic to inform him of my intentions. thank you. applause. earlier our rome correspondent mark lowen gave us more details on the italian prime minister's resignation. in some ways, that's nothing new in a country that has known almost 70 governments since the end of the second world war, but it had been hoped or even expected that mario draghi would meet a different fate. he is a colossus of the european union. he's nicknamed super mario when he stabilise the eurozone when he was president of the european central bank before being appointed prime minister of italy last year, but even he couldn't hold together italy's notoriously fractious

political parties, with his coalition partners wavering in their support and then splintering and refusing to back him in a confidence vote yesterday. and so italy, the eu's third—largest economy, has been plunged back into a political crisis at an inopportune moment, just as it's navigating a raft of challenges, from pushing through a huge programme of reforms post—pandemic to navigating the war in ukraine and rising energy prices, and the rising cost of living, as well. and now what is likely, martine, is that snap elections will be held, and if the opinion polls are to be believed, that could be won by the right—wing and could usher in a far—right prime minister for the first time here, giorgia meloni, which would sent shock waves through italy and the european union. and, martine, some of her political allies just happen to be pretty close friends with vladimir putin.

for the first time in history a tribal woman may become leader of india. india's prime minister leads the country but the presidential position can be important in times of political uncertainty. temperatures may have dropped but families across the uk are counting the cost and dealing with the aftermath of losing their homes in wildfires. 15 areas around the uk declared major incidents when the record—breaking heatwave caused fires to break out. laura tra nt reports. what looks like scenes from a hollywood movie are real—life horror stories. across the country, communities, including here in dagenham, are coming to terms with the destruction of the wild fires. gutted, totally gutted. my daughter was born there. i've been there for nearly 27 years. and it's the first house i actually sat down in and settled in, and i'm just totally gob smacked.

i'm gutted. i don't know what i'm going to do now. you don't expect this to happen. you see it on tv, but you don't think it's ever going to happen to your life. down the road in wennington on the eastern edge of london, families are having to cope with the fire damage and having to explain to children about losing their homes. i waited until i got to my mum's and we knew that my husband was safe, and then i sat down with the children and told them that we'd lost our home. my kids are upset that they've lost their favourite teddy bears that they've had since they was babies, and if my children are feeling that, the other children of the fires in rainham and dagenham yesterday are going to be feeling it too. the charred remains that tell a chilling tale of a nursery in the walnut tree area of milton keynes. but staff say they are determined to rebuild. we are the heart of walnut tree. i've been at the nursery 23 years, so we are the heart, and we will be back, and we will find temporary accommodation

in the meantime, which is what we're just dealing with with our parents at the moment. all of the children and staff were safely evacuated from their nursery, but it's a lot for them to take in. some haven't really mentioned anything yet, others are, sort of, more concerned that they can't see their friends, more than anything, and then others are, you know, just worried because they thought the staff lived at the nursery, bless them! in porlingland in norfolk, housemates patrick and annabel are living amongst the destruction. their house escaped the flames, but the building next to them didn't. in the back of our gardens, it kind of seems like a war zone, to be honest. the police have, kind of, cordoned off the road, as well, making sure people are all right. and there isn't really much in the back, just, kind of... everything is chaotic, really, and you come down in the morning, everything is chaotic, really, and to come down in the morning, and you think, "oh, i hope it was a dream," but the reality... yeah. everything was a mess. in boston in lincolnshire, residents spent another night

away from their homes after these flats were destroyed. although some flats escaped the worst of the damage, there are questions about how structurally sound they are. we have some kit inside the building, but we won't be able to retrieve that cos it's not safe to go in and fetch it, and so we have to look at, then, the impact of that on neighbouring buildings, as well. in barnsley in south yorkshire, at least four homes on woodlands drive have been completely demolished by the fires, including dave cooper's parents' house. there's some personal things that we've lost that were sentimental to us. this was my parents' house, so, you know... but possessions, they can be replaced. but everybody�*s safe — that's the main thing. everybody�*s safe and everybody�*s well. i think the neighbours have all come together really good. fire brigades across the country are urging people not to light barbecues or bonfires, and to avoid dropping cigarettes. the ground is so dry, the smallest spark can cause a massive fire. laura trant, bbc news.

a report has found the home office response to dealing with migrant crossings is both ineffective and inefficient — exposing gaps in security procedures, leaving vulnerable migrants at risk. inspectors found the response to the challenge of dealing with increasing numbers of arrivals was �*poor�*. the report by the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, david neal, made four recommendations — all of which the home office has accepted. but mr neal told my colleague maryam moshiri that the home office should have published it months ago well, they are, and i think if it takes... it's taken five months to release the report, which is really unsatisfactory — we put in an extra big team

and focused, really focused resources in order that we could get a report out as quick as possible, and it's a real shame that it's been, you know, subsequently sat on for the subsequent five months. is that going to have an impact on how the recommendations can be implemented, or not? well, having returned to westernjet foil in may, you know, it's quite clear that the home office were progressing many of the recommendations, but the response from the home office today rather shows a response of "there's nothing to see here, we've dealt with all the things." you know, "it's all historical." well, five months ago, it wasn't historical — it was what was going on on the ground on the dockside at dover, and what was occurring was unsatisfactory. let's look at some of the detail in the report. in particular, the detail showing that those absconding from secure hotels were 227 — 57 missing in just a few weeks, and two—thirds of those who were missing had no photos and no fingerprints taken from them. i mean, that is really rather worrying, isn't it? given that we are supposed to be controlling our own borders right now. it is, and just to add to that, even worse than that, on average,

those individuals were in those hotels for 16 days on average, so that's 16 days' worth of opportunities for the system to take fingerprints and take, you know, to record photographs. what do you think�*s gone wrong here? well, i think what's gone wrong is a refusal from the home office to transition from an emergency response into a steady—state or business—as—usual response. you talk about the home office, and of course the home secretary has in the past been seen to deliberately be avoiding any statutory checks on her performance. she didn't appear before the home affairs select committees on rwanda or policing. do you have any idea where she is? i've not met the home secretary and i couldn't comment on where she is. do you find it extraordinary that you've not met her, since being in thejob since march 2021? i find it frustrating that i've not met her because i think, you know, publishing a report like we've done today, an evidence—based report, i think that the home secretary should speak to me, and i think, you know, i have good experience to offer.

i spent over 20 years in the military, and i think she recruited me because of my background and because of my experience and my ability to come to a view on what's occurring in the migration and borders system, and i'm surprised that she's not chosen to speak to me. our home editor, mark easton, said this report raises a number of serious concerns about how the home office operates thanks to david nealfor that. let's ta ke let's take a look at the headlines... former chancellor this is scenic and foreign secretary liz truss go head—to—head as they set out their stop ——former chancellor rishi sunak and foreign secretary liz truss go head to head over tax policy — as they set out their pitches to the members of the conservative party. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge—burke over a number of serious and false

allegations made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir in order to obtain an interview with princess diana. a coroner has said that the five people, including four teenage soldiers, who died in the guildford pub bombings in 1974, were unlawfully killed. an eight—year—old girl from cardiff has officially become the youngest person ever to correctly cite every capital and country. an eight—year—old girl from wales have beaten the world record at being the youngest person ever to citing correctly every capital and currency of the 195 countries. a marvellous achievement thatjust took seven minutes and 15 seconds. i'm plased to say anne and herfather, winstonjacob, arejoining us now/ and herfather, winstonjacob, hello and herfather, winstonjacob, and good afternoon you. hello and good afternoon to both of you. congratulations, you have a world record holder. how does that feel? it world record holder. how does that feel? , . , . world record holder. how does that feel? , . feel? it is really nice because i have achieved _ feel? it is really nice because i have achieved many _ feel? it is really nice because i have achieved many things - feel? it is really nice because i - have achieved many things before. but this is a special one, to get a world record? just aukus through it. you've obviously got a brilliant memory. you can remember all these capital cities and convinces and countries. how did this start? it

all started when i was three and when my dad used to take me to school he used to tell me about countries. then he felt i was really interested curious. then he told me capital. you will never expectjust to retain the information but when i did he got wow, that's amazing. and then... then, once i got 15—20 capital is my uncle said that if i do all the capitals and currencies i'll get a big prize from him and then i set to work and then i kept going and going and going and then recently my grandfather died and then i wanted something to show his name so they did the world record and i'm here. when that you're putting me out of a job and, dad, you haven't got anything left to say

now. ., ., , , you haven't got anything left to say now, ., ., , , ,., you haven't got anything left to say now. ., ., , , , , now. so, dad, honestly, you must be suer now. so, dad, honestly, you must be super proud — now. so, dad, honestly, you must be super proud and _ now. so, dad, honestly, you must be super proud and that _ now. so, dad, honestly, you must be super proud and that goes _ now. so, dad, honestly, you must be super proud and that goes without i super proud and that goes without saying but when this was all starting out did you notice, hang on, there is something here? this memory is pretty special. absolutely, but then we don't know what to compare it to and all we did was actually feeding a child's curiosity. she was constantly curious and itjust made the journey to nursery or to school quite quick and wejust kept to nursery or to school quite quick and we just kept feeding it and it came to a point where it, kind of, i lost control of it and she just took on from there and then it is still sinking into what she has achieved and what it means for her and us as and what it means for her and us as a family. and what it means for her and us as afamil. ,, ., . a family. absolutely brilliant. when i was ei . ht a family. absolutely brilliant. when i was eight years — a family. absolutely brilliant. when i was eight years old _ a family. absolutely brilliant. when i was eight years old i _ a family. absolutely brilliant. when i was eight years old i used - a family. absolutely brilliant. when i was eight years old i used to - a family. absolutely brilliant. when i was eight years old i used to live i i was eight years old i used to live just a couple of miles from where you guys are. i certainly wasn't doing that when i was eight. was a bit of pressure? we were a bit nervous going into that world record attempt? nervous going into that world record attemt? n . , nervous going into that world record attemt? a ., , �* attempt? actually, iwasn't. i alwa s

attempt? actually, iwasn't. i always think _ attempt? actually, iwasn't. i always think that _ attempt? actually, iwasn't. i always think that people - attempt? actually, iwasn't. i always think that people who | attempt? actually, iwasn't. i- always think that people who don't know the capitals and countries they haven't been prepared get nervous but people who know all the, all of them and are prepared knows all of them, they are ready. 1terr;r them and are prepared knows all of them, they are ready.— them, they are ready. very well said. that, _ them, they are ready. very well said. that, were _ them, they are ready. very well said. that, were you _ them, they are ready. very well said. that, were you nervous? ij said. that, were you nervous? i must've properly done, made my fitness _ must've properly done, made my fitness record because i must've been _ fitness record because i must've been pacing up and down outside and i still haven't been able to actually— i still haven't been able to actually view the recording because ithink— actually view the recording because i think even when i tried to play back— i think even when i tried to play back the — i think even when i tried to play back the nerves to kick in but she seems _ back the nerves to kick in but she seems to— back the nerves to kick in but she seems to be... carrying on. billion. absolutely — seems to be... carrying on. billion. absolutely brilliant. _ seems to be... carrying on. billion. absolutely brilliant. i _ seems to be... carrying on. billion. absolutely brilliant. i currently - seems to be... carrying on. billion. absolutely brilliant. i currently go i absolutely brilliant. i currently go without having a little quiz. don't worry if you get any of these wrong because you have only the other will wreck over just to show because you have only the other will wreck overjust to show us can you guess is what the capital of canada this? ., ., what guess is what the capital of canada this?- what about - guess is what the capital of canada i

this?- what about honduras? this? ottawa. what about honduras? lithuania? vilnius. _ this? ottawa. what about honduras? lithuania? vilnius. when _ this? ottawa. what about honduras? lithuania? vilnius. when i'm - this? ottawa. what about honduras? lithuania? vilnius. when i'm running| lithuania? vilnius. when i'm running out of countries _ lithuania? vilnius. when i'm running out of countries now. _ lithuania? vilnius. when i'm running out of countries now. kazakhstan. i out of countries now. kazakhstan. kazakhstan is a difficult one. kazakhstan is a difficult one. kazakhstan is a difficult one. kazakhstan is tricky. logged in. you have absolutely nailed it and i got the producers in my ear can shaming all those answers are correct and i don't have to. i'm going to say goodbye and thank you so much to both of you, wonderful to chat and congratulations again. thank you. thank you. social media sites are now the number one source of news for teenagers, according to a survey by the broadcast regulator 0fcom. instagram, tiktok and you tube are now the most popular sources for young people, but print, tv and radio news outlets still dominate in older age groups. here's more from our media correspondent, david sillito. young teenagers are not the biggest consumers of news, but around a half say they are interested in what's going on.

but where are they getting it from? the answer, of course — their phones, tablets and computers. even for those studying media, tv and newspapers are far from the first port of call. due to the fact that we have an accessible, like, phone which knows everything and we are able to find all the information we need at a click of a button, it's almost unnecessary to us to purchase something when it's for free on our mobiles. the top three places helping to keep them up—to—date are instagram, tiktok and youtube. and this is new — last year, the number one source was bbc one. it's now slipped to number five. i think teenagers don't appear to be going directly to news brands online, sojust 5% say they use bbc news 0nline. fewer than one in ten say they use a newspaper website. so it's much more that news is being pushed to them through their social feeds from a wide range of sources,

and children do say that they recognise that they get a bigger range of opinion through their social media services than they do through other news organisations. however, tv as a whole is still bigger than any app or website, and the biggest overall source of news for teenagers? theirfamilies — and mum and dad are rather more likely to be getting their news from more traditional sources. david sillito, bbc news. the last few minutes liz truss has been thinking about their economic plans and she was asked if her plans to cut taxes make see the treasury's fiscal had been at the institute for fiscal studies has suggested. —— may exceed the treasury's fiscal headroom. ma; exceed the treasury's fiscal headroom-— exceed the treasury's fiscal headroom. g , ., ., .

headroom. my plans do not exceed the dream and very — headroom. my plans do not exceed the dream and very clear _ headroom. my plans do not exceed the dream and very clear that _ headroom. my plans do not exceed the dream and very clear that they - headroom. my plans do not exceed the dream and very clear that they are - dream and very clear that they are around £30 billion worth of costings and those are affordable with an current headroom but not what is not affordable as putting off taxes, choking off growth and ending up in a much worse position in many international bodies including the oecd say that our current policy is 0ecd say that our current policy is contractionary, is likely to lead to a recession, and we simply cannot afford that. but i want to do is put money back into the pockets of hard—working people. i'm here in peterborough today meeting families who are struggling with the cost—of—living. that is why we need to reduce national insurance, that is why we need to have a temporary moratorium on the green energy levels of the jewish people's fuel bill so we can help families, we can grow the economy —— green energy levels to reduce people's fuel bills so we can help families, we can grow the economy. so we can help families, we can grow the economy-— the economy. dissent over the last 20 ears the economy. dissent over the last 20 years economic _ the economy. dissent over the last 20 years economic policy _

the economy. dissent over the last 20 years economic policy has - the economy. dissent over the last 20 years economic policy has not i 20 years economic policy has not delivered the bit above the 12 of those 20 years we had conservative prime ministers and the two of those years you will yourself when the treasury. was that policy presided over von? brute treasury. was that policy presided over von? ~ ., treasury. was that policy presided over von? . ., ., treasury. was that policy presided overvon? . ., ., , over von? we have to recognise in one of the — over von? we have to recognise in one of the worst — over von? we have to recognise in one of the worst global— over von? we have to recognise in one of the worst global crises - over von? we have to recognise in one of the worst global crises for i over von? we have to recognise in| one of the worst global crises for a generation, the covid—19 crisis. now is the time to think about how we do things differently and how we help our economy grow after this really difficult economic shock. that is why i am advocating tax cuts but i'm also advocating broad reform to enable more investment into britain, to enable more opportunities, and to enable more businesses. we've left the european union. we need to get those laws of our statute books. we need to do things differently and we need to do things differently and we need to do things differently and we need to unleash all the potential of the british people. that is what i'm determined to do. liz the british people. that is what i'm determined to do.— determined to do. liz truss their s-ueakin determined to do. liz truss their speaking the _ determined to do. liz truss their speaking the last _ determined to do. liz truss their speaking the last few _ determined to do. liz truss their speaking the last few minutes. i determined to do. liz truss their - speaking the last few minutes. time never look at the weather. hi, thomas. fancy a dip in the sea? bit too late

for that now. it is a lot fresher, obviously, out there. next ten days orso obviously, out there. next ten days or so we could be seeing more hot weather heading our way, indications of computer models for far too early to say. as far as rainfall is concerned because certainly be doing with a lot more because we haven't had novels at all since the spring and show are still possible over the next 24 of 36 hours or so but a fair amount of cloud across the uk as well so things have been keeping relatively cool today, quite comfortable between 2021 and 2022 and not much change this evening and overnight other week could catch a few shows, welcome shells, because, really good news for gardeners and growers and a close morning, 17 in the south of the country for many of us around so 15 celsius. forecast for friday show as possible across parts of central britain here broadly speaking but from the strum

west country across wales into the midlands and will be hit or mix and many of us will miss them —— thunderstorms could form will be hit or miss many of us will miss them. temperatures 22 degrees in london but because of the cloud cover and showers are under 18 for many of us, pleasant enough day. low—pressure weekend heading our way ringing bulk into some western and north—western areas that help towards the south and south—east with this area of low pressure approaching we will see hot air wafting pressure approaching we will see hot airwafting in pressure approaching we will see hot air wafting in from the france and reaching south—eastern parts of the country, east anglia and perhaps eastern counties, as well, so this is saturday. we get the atlantic influence of the cloud and outbreaks of rain here and there across western and north—western areas in particular. further east and south it is dry, very warm if not quite hot, mid—high 20s quite widely across this eastern portion of england, fleshed out towards the

west. that was saturday, this is sunday, repeat the process, and fresher conditions out towards western areas with outbreaks of rain but here in the south—east and east anglia i wouldn't be surprised if the temperature is sunday, repeat the temperature is sunday, repeat the process, and pressure conditions out towards western areas with outbreaks of rain but here in the south—east and east anglia i wouldn't be surprised if the temperatures once again approach 30 celsius. we had 40 a few days ago. out towards western areas closer to 0ut towards western areas closer to around 20 degrees or so. in the next week it looks as though this temperatures will ease a little bit again, sojust temperatures will ease a little bit again, so just to temperatures will ease a little bit again, sojust to be, brief warming in the south—east starting to worry how it is going to get. more than that. goodbye.

this is bbc news this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines at five. rishi sunak and liz truss go head—to—head as they set out their pitches to the conservative party. what is not affordable is putting up taxes, choking off growth and ending up taxes, choking off growth and ending up in a much worse position. the bbc has apologised to _ up in a much worse position. the bbc has apologised to the _ up in a much worse position. the bbc has apologised to the former - up in a much worse position. the bbc has apologised to the former nanny i has apologised to the former nanny over a number of serious and false allegations made against her. a corner has said that the five people including four teenager soldiers who died in the guildford pub bombings in 1974 were unlawfully killed. president biden has tested positive for covid. the white house

says his symptoms are mild and he's taking medication. no