this is bbc news, these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. a spectacular start to the commonwealth games in birmingham. sixteen gold medals are up for grabs today — events including rugby sevens and gymnastics are already under way. resistance to russian occupation — we meet ukraine's shadow army working behind enemy lines. the uk government has revealed how the £400 of help for rising energy bills will be paid in england, scotland and wales. there'll be six monthly instalments from october. last week's record temperatures in the uk would have been almost impossible if it weren't for man made climate change according to scientists in a new report.

at least eight people killed in flash floods in kentucky. the governor issues a state of emergency in six counties and warns hundreds of people will lose their homes. the end of the so—called wagatha christie trial. the wives of two famous uk footballers, rebecca vardy and colleen rooney, will find out today which of them has won their libel case at london's high court. # neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours...#. and it's farewell to neighbours after four decades, as fans in the uk prepare for tonight's final episode. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world.

birmingham put on a spectacular show last night for the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games. 30,000 people gathered at the alexander stadium, while millions more watched around the world. the show kicks off 11 days of sporting action, with more than 5,000 athletes from 72 nations and territories across the commonwealth all taking part across 280 medal events. competition has already started, with lawn bowls the first sport to get under way. today will also see commonwealth games debuts for women's t20 cricket, three—onthree basketball and wheelchair basketball. tim allman reports on what we can expect over the next 11 days. there comes a moment in any sporting event where the preparations end and the competition begins. for birmingham, that moment was now. spectators queuing up outside the city's alexander stadium, as diverse and multicultural

as the games itself. we are so, so, so excited! we got it all to ourselves. i think for us, it's one of those where we all unite, especially as english—speaking countries, and we show our talent. well, it's a very different group of people around the world to meet and join in together. in effect, it's a big broad family to enjoy each other's company and learn a lot from each other. yeah. the opening ceremony was the usual eclectic mix of a spectacular and the slightly bizarre, honouring birmingham's one—time role as the workshop of the world and the home of the british car industry. at one point, a ginormous bull made of aluminium and steel entered the arena — an animal that has long been associated with the city. the real stars of the show, of course, are the athletes and soon they made their presence felt, more than 5,000 of them, from dozens of different nations

and territories in asia, africa and elsewhere. the queen's baton was then brought into the stadium, olympic gold medallist tom daley among those doing the honours. prince charles, representing the queen, read out a message on her behalf, where she paid tribute to the rich diversity and unity of the commonwealth. the games were officially open and to celebrate there were fireworks, lots of fireworks, and a performance from localfavourites duran duran. # and as i try to make my way. # through the ordinary world. they finished with their song 0rdinary world, the organisers hoping these games will be anything but. tim allman, bbc news. it was brilliant. 0ur correspondent laura scott is at the track cycling in london.

after a ll after all the fun of last night it is really down to the serious business of sport. what is happening around you at the moment? this business of sport. what is happening around you at the moment?- around you at the moment? this is the track cycling — around you at the moment? this is the track cycling on _ around you at the moment? this is the track cycling on day _ around you at the moment? this is the track cycling on day one - around you at the moment? this is the track cycling on day one and i the track cycling on day one and there are six medal events here at there are six medal events here at the velodrome. we will come onto what we can expect today a bit later on, but there are 16 medal events across the schedule of day one of the games and highlights of that include the men's and women's triathlon sprints and team england have a very good chance because alex yi and georgia taylor brown both won silver medals at last summer in tokyo and they will hope to get on the podium in birmingham. there is also the men's team gymnastics and england are the defending champions, so they will hope to do well. one of the most memorable moments of the

last commonwealth games was team engler�*s last—gasp win in the netball and they begin their defence today against trinidad and tobago. there are a number of spores making their debut today at one of those is women's t20 cricket. then there will be the first of the swimming medal is awarded tonight and it is expected to be a good start for australia. it expected to be a good start for australia. , ., ., australia. it is a real mixed bag. what is all _ australia. it is a real mixed bag. what is all that _ australia. it is a real mixed bag. what is all that hearing - australia. it is a real mixed bag. what is all that hearing about i australia. it is a real mixed bag. - what is all that hearing about where you are at the velodrome? it is you are at the velodrome? it is already under _ you are at the velodrome? it is already under way _ you are at the velodrome? it 3 already under way here with you are at the velodrome? it 1 already under way here with the qualifying of the women's tandem sprint. we havejust seen libby clegg representing team scotland. viewers might know her as a para— athletic star because she won two paralympic gold medals and she only recently switched to para— cycling. this was her very first time in a competitive para— cycling race. she hasjust competitive para— cycling race. she has just taken part and will hope to

progress through the rounds to the final later on today. she says she is incredibly scared of heights and you might see behind me the slope of the velodrome, it is incredibly steep. she says she closes her eyes and hope to pilot can do the steering because she is so scared of that slope. it is an extraordinary story. she is also up against fellow scot eileen mcglynn, a9, who has already retired once in her career and who has never won a commonwealth medal. another scot, neil sakae, is hoping to become scotland's joint second most decorated athlete in the commonwealth games today. then later on we have got dame laura kelly who has got had a difficult year recently and she will be leaving the women's pursuit. ijust walk past jason kenny. the men's sprint team are in action later on. we have

david beckham and ronaldo in our mix at the velodrome. and we have got two young stars of india's track cycling team. two young stars of india's track cycling team-— two young stars of india's track clina team. ., ., , cycling team. that leaves me with more questions _ cycling team. that leaves me with more questions than _ cycling team. that leaves me with more questions than answers. - cycling team. that leaves me with i more questions than answers. thank you for that update. we are going to bring you some fascinating journalism that brings you real insight into what is happening in some parts of ukraine. it was one of the first cities captured by the russians. now, ukrainians are fighting back to take kherson, in the south of the country. earlier in the week a key bridge in russian—controlled territory was destroyed, effectively cutting off the russian troops. when the russian troops first rolled into kherson there were weeks of street protests. now the resistence has moved underground. sarah rainsford has been to meet some of ukraine's shadow army, working behind enemy lines to help free kherson. they tumble off buses every day here, mostly women and children fleeing russian occupation

in southern ukraine. exhausted and still wary because it's a long, tense trip from a life where even a text message supporting ukraine can get you arrested. "it's hard," sasha tells me. "the russians are everywhere in kherson, wherever you turn". when russian forces invaded kherson, big crowds came out in protest. they chanted at heavily armed troops to go home. and then the russians hit back. explosions and gunfire. but the resistance didn't die... ..it moved underground. we arranged to meet some of that shadow army. they asked us not to reveal where or who they are. translation: the resistance

movement is huge. _ it's total resistance. this man told me how the partisans operate behind enemy lines. translation: so look. here, someone's driving. they know there's a military base that they occupiers, have taken over, so they drive by and film it all. that way we know what kind of kit the russians have. the information is then passed on... ..to ukraine's military. another team flies drones across the front line, hunting down more targets. they're civilians, not soldiers... gunfire. ..but they joined the fight to stop the occupation of kherson... ..becoming permanent. resistance is dangerous, though. denis mironov was caught gathering intelligence and weapons for the partisans.

he was beaten so badly, he died in custody. his mother has evidence denis was tortured by russia's fsb security service. translation: but they simply beat him to death. _ they tied him to a door, wrapped tape around his head and they beat my son so badly that his ribs were broken by the first blow. they pierced his lungs, he couldn't move. he couldn't lie down or even stand. i asked the fsb how denis died. they didn't respond. but it looks like the fight back for kherson has begun. ukraine says it's destroying russian ammunition depots, hitting key bridges to disrupt their supply lines.

weapons from the west are starting to make a difference here. and so this fighter tells me is the resistance. he had to flee kherson to escape arrest for his own activity behind the lines. but he tells me the russians have very little real support there. translation: of course, - the russians have scared people physically and psychologically, but the vast majority want life to be like it was before the invasion. they are waiting for kherson to be freed, to be in ukraine again. and if that battle does begin in earnest, the partisans say they're ready to step out of the shadows. sarah rainsford, bbc news, in southern ukraine.

let's bring you breaking news, unverified claims from russia, with russia saying a ukrainian rocket has hit and destroyed a prison in the occupied part of donetsk and that prison was housing ukrainian prisoners of war, according to russian sources. the defence ministry in moscow says a0 prisoners were killed and 75 were wounded in the attack overnight. this prison is in the region and it has described it as bloody provocation. some of them were the last defending the city of mariupol. there has been no confirmation of this russian plane and no word from ukraine either on this. but russia claiming that ukraine has hit a prison in occupied donetsk, destroying that prison and

wounding and killing ukrainian prisoners of war there. we will bring you more clarification as soon as we get it here in the bbc newsroom. efforts are continuing to try to reopen ukrainian ports and allow exports of grain and other commodities. last week, russia and ukraine struck a deal to unblock grain exports from black sea ports, but un aid chief martin griffiths says "crucial" details for the safe passage of vessels are still being worked out. mr griffiths added that he is hopeful the first shipment of grain from a ukrainian black sea port could take place as early as today. as energy prices rise around the world, the uk government has announced details of a new plan to help support people as energy prices rise around the world, the uk government has announced details of a new plan to help support people

with rising bills. every household in england, wales and scotland will receive a payment of £a00 in six instalments. but charities are concerned the most vulnerable and poor in society may find it difficult to access the help. a few months ago, the government made this announcement. we have decided that the £200 of support for household energy bills will be doubled to £a00 for everyone. we are on the side of hard—working families with £6 billion of financial support. now we are hearing the details of how and when the money will arrive. for direct debit customers, £66 will be deducted automatically from your monthly payments in october and november. and then £67 will come off your bills from december through to march. prepayment customers who use a smart app to top up their meter won't need to do anything either. that same amount will be automatically credited on to their accounts each month. but most prepayment customers don't have a smart meter.

butjust over two million homes have a traditional prepayment meter like this, where you have to take a key down to your local shop or post office, give them cash and get money added into your account that you then plug in to turn on the gas and electricity. and getting money to those homes is going to be much more difficult. they should get vouchers each month to use to top up, arriving as a text, an e—mail or a letter through the post. i spoke to winston when the price cap increased a few months ago. now, even in summer, the credit doesn't last long. extra money from the government will help, but won't be enough. it's the skin off the rice pudding. it really is. grateful? yes, of course we're grateful. but if it is costing me £5 a day and they are giving me £a00, how long is that actually going to last? i can't afford to run a bath. that's mad.

if you were to get a text message or an e—mail saying here's £66, click on this link, would you do it, would you be worried? i would think it was a scam. what happens to the people who are not like that, who are not text savvy? there are a lot of people falling through the cracks. that is why energy charities are worried. for several reasons, people might not open that post. they might have a bad relationship with their supplier. they might be in debt to their supplier and be afraid to open those envelopes. so we expect some prepayment customers to miss out. prepayment customers are already paying the most for their energy, but the government says it is reasonable that every household is being given the same amount. there are many people who are not on means—tested benefits that perhaps are just above the benefit level but are still really struggling with these really high bills, so we thought this was the fairest and easiest way to distribute the money. however welcome, with energy prices rising again at the start

of october, that money will drain even faster. coletta smith, bbc news, in manchester. we can speak now to david cox, an independent energy analyst. good to have you, david. £a00 will be welcomed by many people across the country. i am the chancellor of the country. i am the chancellor of the exchequer, but if prices are going to go up again in october because they are raising the cap, will it make much difference? ewen; will it make much difference? every little bit helps. — will it make much difference? every little bit helps. £400 _ will it make much difference? every little bit helps. £400 is _ will it make much difference? er little bit helps. £400 is better little bit helps. £a00 is better than a slap in the face with a wet fish, but it will not solve the problem of energy poverty this winter and it is a really serious problem with the energy bills that people are paying. two years ago on

average it was about £1200, that was the ofgem price cap for gas and electricity. now we are talking about nearly £a000 from january for the annual bill for combined gas and electricity. that is over three times as much. an extra £3000 that most people don't have. most people don't have a spare £3000 in their back pocket to pay the extra energy prices. and they will not go down in january or spring next year, they will stay high for quite a period until things settle down in the global markets and the war in ukraine is over. when will that be? we are looking at a sustained period of high prices. the £a00 is helpful, but it is not enough. of high prices. the £400 is helpful, but it is not enough.— but it is not enough. these are unprecedented _ but it is not enough. these are unprecedented times, - but it is not enough. these are unprecedented times, do - but it is not enough. these are unprecedented times, do you | but it is not enough. these are - unprecedented times, do you think it is time for unprecedented action? a

lot of energy suppliers yesterday when they announced their unimaginable profits in defence they were saying they were being asked to pay the windfall tax. do you think they should pay more to ease the burden of rising food prices and energy bills across the country? it energy bills across the country? it is meant to be used to help the energy consumers but we have not seen much evidence that the tax has been collected yet. we have some evidence that some of these upstream oil and gas companies are going to pay, we have not seen any money, as far as i know, pay, we have not seen any money, as faras i know, going into pay, we have not seen any money, as far as i know, going into the treasury. i would like to see some of that documented and then may increased again. the oil and gas companies are not making extra profit because they are doing anything, they are simply selling their oil and gas into the global

market and their profits are set that they are getting high prices at the moment. it seems fair to me, and most people, that those unearned profits should go to help consumers at a time, this winter, when we are facing a very serious crisis, when energy will be so expensive that many people, notjust the poor, many people will struggle to pay their bills. ., , ., ~ bills. david, do you think the time will come when _ bills. david, do you think the time will come when people _ bills. david, do you think the time will come when people will- bills. david, do you think the time will come when people will not. bills. david, do you think the time | will come when people will not pay their bills, start to misbehave, not on purpose, but actuallyjust say i can't pay this? if they do that, what happens?— can't pay this? if they do that, what happens? can't pay this? if they do that, what hauensjr ., ., ,, , , , what happens? what happens is it is very unlikely — what happens? what happens is it is very unlikely the _ what happens? what happens is it is very unlikely the energy _ what happens? what happens is it is very unlikely the energy companies. very unlikely the energy companies will disconnect you from the electricity and gas networks. there are a lot of rules that stop them doing that. people can go on taking the energy and not pay for it. all

that means is those energy companies build up enormous amounts of bad debt where we all owed them money, and they are basically teetering on the edge of going bankrupt. that could happen. to some extent in europe that has happened with some of the big energy companies and governments have had to step in and bail those companies out and in return part nationalised them as well. it could be crisis time in this country this winter with the government having to bail out the energy companies if consumers don't pay their bill and can't pay their bill. �* , ., , , pay their bill and can't pay their bill. �*, .,, , ., bill. let's hope it is a mild winter. — bill. let's hope it is a mild winter, david. _ bill. let's hope it is a mild winter, david. many - bill. let's hope it is a mild l winter, david. many thanks bill. let's hope it is a mild - winter, david. many thanks for your time on bbc news. and for viewers in the uk only, at 11.30 this morning we'll be answering your questions on rising energy bills and how to redeem the £a00 energy payment. you can send them in to us

by tweeting using the hash tag #bbcyourquestions or by emailing them to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. a nine—year—old girl has died after a suspected stabbing in a town centre in lincolnshire in eastern england. police said officers were called to the scene on fountain lane in bostonjust after 20 past six last night. in a short statement the force said, "we have launched a murder investigation. the area has been cordoned off and we will be at the scene for the foreseeable future. the young girl's parents have been informed and our thoughts are with them at this incredibly difficult time." a very shocking story for people in the uk to read about in newspapers this morning. that is the seen live

at the moment as police officers continue to investigate. we are expecting a news conference shortly and we will return to the scene in boston in lincolnshire as soon as that happens. let's return to the commonwealth games. joining me now is clara malara, who was part of that spectacular ceremony last night as one of the performers at the alexander stadium. she is still buzzing. what did you do? i she is still buzzing. what did you do? ., . she is still buzzing. what did you do? ., , ., ., she is still buzzing. what did you do? ., ., ., . , she is still buzzing. what did you do? ., , do? i was one of the dancers, so i was one of— do? i was one of the dancers, so i was one of literally _ do? i was one of the dancers, so i was one of literally 300 _ do? i was one of the dancers, so i was one of literally 300 dancers l do? i was one of the dancers, so i l was one of literally 300 dancers but we featured throughout the ceremony for a0 minutes and we were telling the story of a young girl from barbados and she has just stumbled into birmingham and she is discovering all these new things about birmingham and we are on the journey with her. haifa about birmingham and we are on the journey with her-— journey with her. how long have rehearsals _ journey with her. how long have rehearsals been _ journey with her. how long have rehearsals been going _ journey with her. how long have rehearsals been going on - journey with her. how long have rehearsals been going on for? it journey with her. how long have - rehearsals been going on for? it was flawless, the ceremony, you guys

look fantastic. it flawless, the ceremony, you guys look fantastic.— look fantastic. it was fabulous. rehearsals _ look fantastic. it was fabulous. rehearsals started _ look fantastic. it was fabulous. rehearsals started in - look fantastic. it was fabulous. rehearsals started in late - look fantastic. it was fabulous. rehearsals started in late may| look fantastic. it was fabulous. - rehearsals started in late may and we have had three or four rehearsals each week up until the ceremony, so pretty full on. each week up until the ceremony, so pretty full on-— pretty full on. while we en'oyed watchin: pretty full on. while we en'oyed watching them i pretty full on. while we en'oyed watching them from i pretty full on. while we en'oyed watching them from all_ pretty full on. while we enjoyed watching them from all over - pretty full on. while we enjoyed j watching them from all over the world, they are creating fantastic opportunities for people like yourself and also employment. there was a lot of work, construction, preparation, this has been great for birmingham, hasn't it? 50 preparation, this has been great for birmingham, hasn't it?— birmingham, hasn't it? so good. i can't believe _ birmingham, hasn't it? so good. i can't believe how— birmingham, hasn't it? so good. i can't believe how many _ birmingham, hasn't it? so good. i can't believe how many jobs - birmingham, hasn't it? so good. i can't believe how many jobs were | can't believe how manyjobs were created, notjust in the form of traditional work, created, notjust in the form of traditionalwork, but created, notjust in the form of traditional work, but creatives, dancers, artists, prop signers, it is so good for the creative industry. everybody thinks it is down in london and to have it in the midlands is so important, especially for someone who is creative like myself. for someone who is creative like m self. �* ., . for someone who is creative like m self. �* ., for someone who is creative like mself. , for someone who is creative like m self. �* ., , ., myself. and as a young person, what did ou myself. and as a young person, what did you make — myself. and as a young person, what did you make of— myself. and as a young person, what did you make of the _ myself. and as a young person, what did you make of the theme _ myself. and as a young person, what

did you make of the theme of - myself. and as a young person, what did you make of the theme of last. did you make of the theme of last night's ceremony? yes, it embraced british history and culture and some of our stars, but it also embraced the culture of commonwealth member countries and even question some of their laws when it comes to homosexuality in a blatant way. what did you make of that? two i thought it was really brave of them to be fair because i know a lot of countries in the commonwealth where it is still illegal to be gay, so to be able to stand up against that was so important. be able to stand up against that was so important-— be able to stand up against that was so important. really good, i am glad the said so important. really good, i am glad they said something. _ so important. really good, i am glad they said something. they _ so important. really good, i am glad| they said something. they addressed a lot of issues and the ceremony and i thought that was great. i can a lot of issues and the ceremony and i thought that was great.— i thought that was great. i can see ou are i thought that was great. i can see you are still _ i thought that was great. i can see you are still buzzing, _ i thought that was great. i can see you are still buzzing, but - i thought that was great. i can see you are still buzzing, but a - i thought that was great. i can see you are still buzzing, but a bit - i thought that was great. i can see you are still buzzing, but a bit of. you are still buzzing, but a bit of a come—down today. is there anything more left for you to do or is that it now? in more left for you to do or is that it now? . more left for you to do or is that

it now? , ., . ., , it now? in terms of the ceremony, no. it it now? in terms of the ceremony, no- it didn't _ it now? in terms of the ceremony, no. it didn't even _ it now? in terms of the ceremony, no. it didn't even feel— it now? in terms of the ceremony, no. it didn't even feel like - it now? in terms of the ceremony, no. it didn't even feel like we - no. it didn't even feel like we performed in the opening ceremony, it felt like a dress rehearsal. it did not become real until i saw prince charles and the duchess of cornwall stepping into the stadium, it was so weird. you cornwall stepping into the stadium, it was so weird.— it was so weird. you can watch neighbours — it was so weird. you can watch neighbours tonight, _ it was so weird. you can watch neighbours tonight, may - it was so weird. you can watch neighbours tonight, may that l it was so weird. you can watch - neighbours tonight, may that might help you come down. well done, it has been fantastic talking to you. thank you so much. scientists say the record temperatures in europe over the last few weeks would not have been possible without man—made climate change. a global team that included experts from imperial college london and the met office have been running complex weather models since then to establish to what extent greenhouse gas emissions made the heatwave worse. here's our climate correspondent, jonah fisher. the hot weather of early last week was unprecedented, with high temperatures recorded across much of the uk. a0 celsius was felt here for the very first time. our transport network creaked and the heat combined with dry weather to lower water levels and create conditions

forfires to spread. for a long time it has been clear that global warming makes heatwaves more frequent and more intense. but, in recent years, there have been big advances in climate modelling, which means scientists are able to look at what is behind specific weather events, like last week's extremely hot few days. climate scientists including experts from imperial college london and the met office, have been working around the clock looking at whether human actions made last week's heatwave worse. we would not have had last week's temperatures without climate change, that's for sure. so these temperatures are at least two degrees higher than they would have been without climate change, but much likely that the real number is closer to what we see in the observations,

which is about four degrees. so climate change absolutely played a really big role. that is with just 1.2 degrees of warming. with global greenhouse gas emissions yet to start falling, even hotter weather and more heatwaves look inevitable. the implications are that if we want to keep a heatwave like this a rare event, we really have to get to net zero greenhouse gas emissions very soon. the current goal is net zero emissions by 2050. to reach it, we are going to have to stop using fossil fuels to run our cars, warm our homes and generate electricity. now, the bbc�*s weather team has been at the forefront of our coverage of last week's heatwave and the ongoing climate crisis. but this has lead to unprecendented levels of personal abuse and online trolling as some people have accused

them of �*hysteria' and promoting climate change �*propaganda'. i'm joined now our weather presenter matt taylor. really sorry that you and everybody has had to go through this. i read an interview in one of the papers this morning and i know it has upset you. but does it baffle you that people still feel you are lying, it is propaganda? climate change it does to a certain extent. the world is warming, but in this world of this social media, false information can be spread quickly, latched upon, shared and it falls into two camps of either those who think it is all a lie and all a hoax and the others who have got this almost rose tinted vision of what the weather was like. is it getting worse because —

the weather was like. is it getting worse because we _ the weather was like. is it getting worse because we have _ the weather was like. is it getting worse because we have been - the weather was like. is it getting i worse because we have been talking about climate change for a long time now? it about climate change for a long time now? . ., , ., , about climate change for a long time now? . ., , . ., now? it certainly has. what we saw last week, — now? it certainly has. what we saw last week, because _ now? it certainly has. what we saw last week, because the _ now? it certainly has. what we saw last week, because the heat - now? it certainly has. what we saw last week, because the heat in - now? it certainly has. what we saw last week, because the heat in the | last week, because the heat in the uk were so unprecedented, climate change has been forced to the forefront. i am change has been forced to the forefront. iam including in change has been forced to the forefront. i am including in the weather forecast, forefront. i am including in the weatherforecast, we forefront. i am including in the weather forecast, we try to bring the pictures and the facts together and lead people to realise what is going on in the bigger picture, but what we saw with record temperatures, 2 degrees more than we had ever seen and way more than we were expecting early on, that narrative around climate change forced out those who had wanted to disagree with the even more. they decided to take to social media and online just to try and abuse and discredit the facts.— discredit the facts. difficult question. _ discredit the facts. difficult question, but _ discredit the facts. difficult question, but i _ discredit the facts. difficult question, but i have - discredit the facts. difficult question, but i have got i discredit the facts. difficult question, but i have got to| discredit the facts. difficult - question, but i have got to ask it, so why do those people who are trolling you and abusing you and your colleagues choose to believe tony down at the pub that believe the heat wave in 1976 was worse than

this one a lot of weather presenters?— this one a lot of weather presenters? this one a lot of weather resenters? ., ., ., ., presenters? some of the information oane, presenters? some of the information online. some — presenters? some of the information online. some of _ presenters? some of the information online, some of it _ presenters? some of the information online, some of it will— presenters? some of the information online, some of it will have - presenters? some of the information online, some of it will have a - online, some of it will have a slight ring of truth, a slight believability. if you wrap little bits of facts in a narrative which is completely false in the end, people tend to have that little bit of belief. some people don't want to think about the world warming and the impact it could have. we all live in the uk here and we know the weather is very changeable, we want sunny days during the summer... you love that word. _ sunny days during the summer... you love that word, changeable? that - sunny days during the summer... you love that word, changeable? that is l love that word, changeable? that is the uk weather _ love that word, changeable? that is the uk weather and _ love that word, changeable? that is the uk weather and some _ love that word, changeable? that is the uk weather and some people i the uk weather and some people enjoyed the sunshine, some people don't. when it comes to somebody saying, this little bit of enjoyment you are about to have, if you like hot, sunny weather, there is a worse scenario to this. this means something else.— scenario to this. this means something else. scenario to this. this means somethin: else. , ., ., . something else. they want to re'ect it. kee u- something else. they want to re'ect it. keep up the fi something else. they want to re'ect it. keep up the good i something else. they want to re'ect it. keep up the good work. i the governor of the american state

of kentucky says flash floods caused by torrential rains have killed eight people, including a woman aged 81. the floods, which have hit areas in the appalachian mountains, have been described as "historic", and there are fears of further deaths as several people were missing. gareth barlow has more. this is the power of the floods in kentucky. whole homes ripped from their foundations. everything's gone. like, everything is gone. my whole life is gone. we had to swim out and it was cold and it was over my head so, yeah, it was scary. as the waters rose, residents rushed to rooftops, some airlifted to safety. my mum's there and she's got parkinson's and we had to worry about getting her upstairs. with further rain forecast, the state's governor declared a state of emergency in six counties, mobilising

the national guard, with officers using boats to rescue stranded residents. the situation right now is tough. there are a lot of people in eastern kentucky on top of roofs, waiting to be rescued. there are a number of people that are unaccounted for and i'm nearly certain this is a situation where we are going to lose some of them. dozens of people have been rescued and tens of thousands remain without power. the white house says the president has been briefed on the situation, which has also seen severe flooding and mudslides in neighbouring virginia and west virginia. we didn't have no time to get nothing out of our apartment, in the basement. i lost everything, twice — this makes twice that i've lost everything. many parts of kentucky are still struggling after being hit by tornadoes last year and this latest extreme weather, a reminder of the deadly impact of our changing climate. gareth barlow, bbc news.

it's the libel case that's been fascinating football and showbiz fans alike. it involves the wives of two famous uk footballers — coleen rooney and rebekah vardy — and an accusation that one of them leaked private information about the other. now, a judge at london's high court is due to rule in the so—called �*wagatha christie' trial. colin paterson reports. it was back in the middle of may when, for seven days in the high court, everything from the pop star peter andre to the meaning of emojis was mentioned during the so—called wagatha christie trial. rebekah vardy, the wife of leicester city striker jamie vardy, was suing coleen rooney, the wife of england's all—time leading goal—scorer wayne rooney, for libel. today, it will be announced who has won. i was astonished that someone close to either party decided to allow it to go to the level

of which we would be exposed to the minutiae of their lives. in pr terms, it is like opening up a gala pie to see a dirty great piece of false teeth in the middle of it. you know, expecting one thing and getting something totally different. the case centres on an online accusation made by coleen rooney in october 2019. she had been doing some detective work to investigate who was allegedly leaking information from her private instagram account to the sun newspaper. as part of a sting operation, she wrote fictitious tales about investigating gender selection and how the basement of their house had flooded, to see if they would end up in the papers. and they did. only then, and after the use of ten dots to ramp up the tension, did coleen rooney reveal in an online post that the one account she had allowed to read these works of fiction was rebekah vardy�*s. in court, rebekah vardy�*s legal team explained that she felt she had no

choice but to bring the case, as she believed she had done nothing wrong and had to clear her name not just for herself but also for the sake of her family. meanwhile, coleen rooney's barrister said that rebekah vardy regularly and frequently leaked stories to the sun and that if she approved or condoned the leaking of information through her agent caroline watt, seen on the left, then she was responsible for caroline watt�*s actions. he spoke about the deliberate deletion and destruction of evidence, accusing rebekah vardy of deleting whatsapp messages, then having lied about it under oath. she broke down in court crying. caroline watts did not give evidence in court for health reasons and her mobile phone, which could have provided a data trail, went missing in the north sea. the conclusion of coleen rooney's defence — that the accusations made in her original post were true. it is estimated that each side will have a legal bill of well over £1 million. and whoever wins could still be hundreds of thousands

of pounds out of pocket. many have asked why this came to court. at times, rebekah vardy, who brought the case, looked like she was asking the same question. colin paterson, bbc news, the high court. our correspondent colin paterson is at the old bailey. the big question of all of this, why did it get so far. that is not the old bailey, the royal courts of justice. it is too big for the old bailey. at the heart of all of this, there is a very serious case that is quite complicated, with many wondering how it got there and how it got this far? that wondering how it got there and how it got this far?— it got this far? that is a very good auestion it got this far? that is a very good question and _ it got this far? that is a very good question and came _ it got this far? that is a very good question and came up _ it got this far? that is a very good question and came up in - it got this far? that is a very good question and came up in court, i question and came up in court, coleen rooney said that four times they try to settle this out of court with rebekah vardy, but each time they were rebuffed. this is about

reputation, it is not about money. as i was saying in the report, whoever winds is going to be possibly tens of thousands of pounds out of pocket and that is the winner. , . out of pocket and that is the winner. , , ., ., , out of pocket and that is the winner, . ., ., , ,, winner. just going to interrupt you to brina winner. just going to interrupt you to bring some _ winner. just going to interrupt you to bring some news _ winner. just going to interrupt you to bring some news on _ winner. just going to interrupt you to bring some news on a - winner. just going to interrupt you i to bring some news on a developing story, as we been the putting a nine—year—old girl is suspected to have been died after being stabbed in boston in lincolnshire. we have been died after being stabbed in boston in lincolnshire.— in boston in lincolnshire. we have arrested two _ in boston in lincolnshire. we have arrested two people _ in boston in lincolnshire. we have arrested two people in _ in boston in lincolnshire. we have arrested two people in connection | arrested two people in connection with the incident. we believe this to be an isolated incident and we are pursuing extensive lines of inquiry and have committed a number of resources to this investigation. you will see more officers patrolling the area and we have a high number of specialist detectives who have been brought in to assist the investigation. we do believe this to be an isolated incident and we are not in a position to name the victim. her parents are being supported by specially trained officers at this very difficult time and i can only imagine the grief and pain they are going through. their welfare and the wealth of those she

knew are a priority. we would ask the media to respect the family's right to privacy at this difficult time. we ask people to refrain from speculating on social media in what is a desperately sad situation and also a live investigation. both the public, police and herfamily also a live investigation. both the public, police and her family want this investigation to hold those responsible to account. if people do have information, i would appealfor witnesses, are people who have been in the area and people who may have cam footage to contact the police on 101 and quote incident a19 of the 28th ofjuly 101 and quote incident a19 of the 28th of july 2022. 101 and quote incident a19 of the 28th ofjuly 2022. people can report via crimestoppers if they have information they believed would assist this investigation. many information, how small, could be key information, how small, could be key in ensuring justice for this child. while we have more officers out on the local area to reassure the community, if you have issues or concerns please approach your neighbourhood policing teams. the

area will remain cordoned off whilst scenes of crime officers gather evidence. this incident has shocked the community in boston and i would like to reassure the community we are doing everything we can to progress the investigation and support the family. thank you. studio: chief superintendent kate anderson updating the british press on a story that hasn'tjust shocked at the community of boston in lincolnshire, but i am sure you, everybody, wherever you are watching is desperately shocked about a nine—year—old girl found stabbed to death in the town centre. the real update was that two people have been arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation, which is now a murder investigation and the area remains cordoned off as they try to

piece together what happened, why and he was responsible. and appeals to the public, as you would imagine, to the public, as you would imagine, to bring forward any evidence they may have that can help the police in their ongoing investigation. desperately sad and all of our thoughts are with the parents of the nine—year—old girl who are being supported by the british police. wayne couzens has lost his appeal against his whole life sentence for the murder of 33—year—old sarah everard. the former police officer was handed a whole life term for the rape and murder of sarah everard, as she was walking home through south london in march last year. appealing against the whole—life term, couzens's lawyers argued he deserved decades in jail but said a whole—life term was excessive. however, lord burnett said that the sentencing judge was entitled to impose a whole—life order due to the facts of couzens' case. the british defence secretary ben wallace has said he's supporting liz truss in the battle to be the next conservative party

leader and prime minister. his announcement came as she and rishi sunak appeared before tory party members at the contest�*s first official hustings in leeds last night. mr sunak said he backed the return of grammar schools, while ms truss repeated her pledge to deliver the northern powerhouse rail scheme in full. our political correspondent iain watson has the details. well, the hustings, effectively are conservative party members, they are the people who choose the next prime minister of this country, not the rest of us. they allow them to ask questions directly of the candidates. they are the people who can cast their votes. so in that sense, it's quite important there's going to be 12 of them around the country. the first was in leeds last night and some interesting questions. certainly the candidates had come prepared to talk to conservative voters, conservative supporters, about the issues that they were concerned about. you mentioned that rail project, it had been watered down by boris johnson.

so guess what? it was very relevant to leeds, both candidates were saying that they were committed to it. a station that was cancelled in bradford was suddenly resurrected by rishi sunak. so with 11 more of these to go, i don't know how many more promises are going to be made to that selectorate before the end of next month. but also, interestingly, rishi sunak was asked by one member of the audience whether he'd stabbed borisjohnson in the back. so people were expressing some of their concerns about the candidates rather than simply listening to them. they were also cross—examined by a moderator, in this case, it was lbc�*s nick ferrari. he asked that question about grammar schools that you mentioned, but then it was a bit of a crowd pleaser. looks like we could have a grammar schools back across england until rishi sunak�*s team clarified that he only meant expanding them in the areas where they already exist, places such as kent, for example. but i think the bigger game changer rather than the hustings was the endorsement of liz truss

by ben wallace. now, he's obviously the defence secretary, he's seemed to have performed well during the ukraine crisis. but in addition to that, a lot of the polling had suggested that had he stood to be conservative leader, he might have been more popular with the members than either rishi sunak or liz truss. so whoever he endorsed was definitely going to get an advantage. and today he told the bbc the reason for doing so wasn'tjust increased defence spending but also liz truss' breadth of experience in government. i took a view, having known both of them in cabinet, that liz was someone who had the breadth of experience. you know, she did two years as chief secretary of the treasury in cabinet. so that's the country's book—keeper, let's call it. so she understands and demonstrates the track record in economics. she's been the trade secretary negotiating trade deals and then the foreign secretary, where very often we've been together abroad. i've sat side by side with her in france, in nato, in australia and in national security councils here in the uk. and i think all of that said to me, look, they're great candidates,

both her and rishi. rishi would be a fine member of anybody's cabinet and they'd be lucky to have him. but for me, liz is the one that i think will do best by defence of this nation, by investing in it and making sure that we get to a point where we can provide that resilience that does have a knock—on effect of the cost of living — so ben wallace saying he liked the sound of liz truss' commitment to increase defence spending by the end of the decade. but rishi sunak�*s team would point out that he's spent more on defence, he says, than anyone else since the end of the cold war. so perhaps that wasn't the only reason that ben wallace was was endorsing liz truss. but the timing of his endorsement comes with military precision because although this contest goes on until early september, conservative party members will be getting their ballot papers next week. so if they vote early, perhaps not vote often, but if they vote early, and then perhaps for anybody who's

undecided that ben wallace intervention might help them make up their mind. i should say, though, that not every senior conservative agrees with him, farfrom it. and in fact, david gauke, who used to serve in a conservative cabinet, suggested that if the membership voted for liz truss they'd be making or taking, i should say, an incredible gamble. just going to bring you a further development on another piece of breaking news regarding the war in ukraine we brought you earlier. there were claims by russia, unverified claims that overnight a missile attack was launched on a prison in an occupied area of the don —esque region in ukraine. russia claiming it was deliberate provocation and claiming that a number of prisoners of war, ukrainian prisoners of war had been killed and injured. we are now

hearing from ukraine's armed forces, who denied carrying out a missile strike and denied that it happened. if strike and denied that it happened. hindeed strike and denied that it happened. if indeed it is true, obviously that will take some investigation, but at the moment we can only take each side's word for it. ukraine denying it and russia saying it has absolutely happened and prisoners of war have been killed. they say that the prisoners of war are the battalion held out in mariupol in the steelworks where ukrainian soldiers continue to fight until the bitter end and then they were taken into custody and their safety and welfare was guaranteed by russia. but ukraine now denying that missile strike is the case. another line coming in from ukraine's armed forces and they are saying, a

spokesperson saying, russia is trying to cover up torture and murder of ukrainian prisoners. a rather confusing picture coming to us from ukraine. we will try and get some verification of the storyjust as soon as we can. it is extremely difficult, it takes time but we will bring it to you as soon as we get it. let's turn to football now. england's lionesses will battle it out against germany in the final of euro 2022 at wembley on sunday. it comes after the germans defeated france 2—1 in their semifinal in milton keynes, with two goals from alexandra popp. for germany, it will be their ninth european final. they have triumphed in all eight of their previous appearances. but how they will do this time? i'm joined by german football journalist, alina ruprecht. thank you forjoining us. england are a good team, what do you think germany's chances are? i

are a good team, what do you think germany's chances are?— germany's chances are? i think it could no germany's chances are? i think it could go both _ germany's chances are? i think it could go both sides, _ germany's chances are? i think it could go both sides, they - germany's chances are? i think it could go both sides, they have i germany's chances are? i think it i could go both sides, they have both proven their quality. england will have home advantage with lots of fans cheering them on. tiler;r have home advantage with lots of fans cheering them on. they have been the two _ fans cheering them on. they have been the two teams _ fans cheering them on. they have been the two teams to _ fans cheering them on. they have been the two teams to watch, i fans cheering them on. they have been the two teams to watch, but fans cheering them on. they have i been the two teams to watch, but do you sense the game is getting bigger, notjust with women, but with everyone? we don't even call it the women's euros any more, we refer to it as the euros?— to it as the euros? yes, it it because _ to it as the euros? yes, it it because at _ to it as the euros? yes, it it because at the _ to it as the euros? yes, it it because at the end - to it as the euros? yes, it it because at the end of i to it as the euros? yes, it it because at the end of the l to it as the euros? yes, it it i because at the end of the day it is football, doesn't matter if it is men or women playing. and we hope the euroes we are experiencing now is a ground—breaking moment in the development of women's sport and we

can take that to the domestic leagues for next season. i can take that to the domestic leagues for next season. i am a completely _ leagues for next season. i am a completely impartial _ leagues for next season. i am a completely impartial bbc i leagues for next season. i am a i completely impartial bbc journalist, so completely impartial bbcjournalist, so i am not backing either side, but would you be able to give us any insight into how the england could beat your star player, alexandra popp, out of curiosity? alexandra po -, it popp, out of curiosity? alexandra popp. it is _ popp, out of curiosity? alexandra popp. it is her— popp, out of curiosity? alexandra popp, it is her first _ popp, out of curiosity? alexandra popp, it is her first euroes - popp, out of curiosity? alexandra popp, it is her first euroes even l popp, it is her first euroes even though she has been with the german national team, though she has been with the german nationalteam, because though she has been with the german national team, because injury has stopped herfrom national team, because injury has stopped her from featuring. national team, because injury has stopped herfrom featuring. we have seen her score a goal in every game for germany so far and it shows her importance and her incredible mentality. it will be hard for england to stop her, and england have what it takes to go all the way, but so did germany. it is a very open game, quality and great

spirit and it will be a very interesting game for everybody watching. in interesting game for everybody watchinu. �* .., ., interesting game for everybody watchinu. �* .. ., ., watching. in america that we have seen star players _ watching. in america that we have seen star players like _ watching. in america that we have seen star players like alexandra i seen star players like alexandra popp, amazing players who are now getting the same pay as male footballers. there are calls for a quality now in football and it is players like that that show women can play football just as well, players like that that show women can play footballjust as well, if not better than men and they are getting the support, attention, sponsorship and ticket sales. how is it in germany, are the german team getting support equally? hat it in germany, are the german team getting support equally?— getting support equally? not yet, i would sa . getting support equally? not yet, i would say- if _ getting support equally? not yet, i would say. if you _ getting support equally? not yet, i would say. if you ask _ getting support equally? not yet, i would say. if you ask around, i getting support equally? not yet, i i would say. if you ask around, people probably would know that the german team had won eight european title so far. it is devastating a lot of people don't know it. now they are making the headlines and they have made it in the centre of a big german football magazine. times are

changing but there is a lot to be donein changing but there is a lot to be done in the german football world and the women's leak is not fully professional yet. the german's national team i to reach peak like the lionesses, for example. kick—off times in germany, we need better locations for the games to be played with more visibility and coverage. yes, i think it is the same all over. very briefly, the last time germany and england played it was 6-2 to germany and england played it was 6—2 to germany in the final. what do you think it is going to be on sunday? you think it is going to be on sunda ? ., ., ., , sunday? england have a slight advantaae sunday? england have a slight advantage here _ sunday? england have a slight advantage here with _ sunday? england have a slight advantage here with the i sunday? england have a slight advantage here with the home sunday? england have a slight i advantage here with the home crowd cheering them on and they have been incredible in supporting the lionesses, so i say 21—macro to england.

lionesses, so i say 21-macro to encland. , i. lionesses, so i say 21-macro to encland. , ~ ., england. sorry, did you say 6-2 to encland? england. sorry, did you say 6-2 to england? yes. _ england. sorry, did you say 6-2 to england? yes. i— england. sorry, did you say 6-2 to england? yes, i agree. _ england. sorry, did you say 6-2 to england? yes, i agree. it- england. sorry, did you say 6-2 to england? yes, i agree. it is- england. sorry, did you say 6-2 to england? yes, i agree. it is all- england? yes, i agree. it is all friendly banter. british fans of long—running australian soap, "neighbours", are preparing to a bid a final farewell to the residents of ramsay street. tonight's double—episode special on channel 5 will feature many of the stars who made their names on the show. earlier i spoke to our australia correspondent shaimaa khalil from the home of the soap, ramsay street. itjust feels so surreal to be here and actually feels like such a privilege, to be here on the day, that the uk fans get to say goodbye to neighbours. yesterday, when australian fans got to say goodbye to the country's longest running soap, there were smiles, there were laughs, people were screaming at the screen, there were cheers when those bigger stars, including jason donovan, kylie minogue made their comeback on the last episode.

it felt so special to be there and it was just as moving to watch the fans as it was to watch that last episode, it really felt like a big wave of love and nostalgia for the show. here is what some fans had to say after they watched it. an absolute treat. some old faces, mixed with new, mixed with... yeah, it was just amazing and it is really nice and feel good, just don't think about the fact that you are never going to see it again! great, loved it, so nice to see so many happy people at the end, such a happy ending stop has been such a big of our lives, growing up in the uk in the 805. it's still such a greatl show, it will be going on for another 20 years. and you could see the mix of emotions. on one hand, people also happy that they got to watch what happens in the end, but really, you could feel

that they just weren't ready for it to come to a close. you could feel the sadness, it was like saying goodbye to a group of close friends that they lived with for many, many years. you can more detail on all of today's stories on the bbc news website and on the app. you are watching bbc news. thank you for watching. you are watching bbc news. thank you forwatching. forthe you are watching bbc news. thank you for watching. for the viewers in the uk, it is time for the weather. hello. it's been a damp start to friday so far for a few of you, but most actually dry and bright. and there'll be a bit of sunshine around as we'll see for those heading off to any of the events in birmingham, coventry for the commonwealth games today, including the cricket at edgbaston could see temperatures 2a to 25 degrees, strong sunshine overhead too. but as i said, there is some cloud outbreaks of rain continues. a few showers across northeast england, south east scotland in particular, one or two isolated showers elsewhere. but most places will be dry,

clouding over a bit through the afternoon. northern ireland and the very far west of scotland. but in the sunshine across southern counties where not only most places staying dry, again, we could see temperatures 25 to 28 degrees warmer. ee've got a suddenly air airflow which picks up a bit more tonight. this evening, northern ireland, some rain at times and overnight, but that overnight rain heaviest across parts of scotland and eventually the north and northwest of england with some lighter rain to the north and west of wales. not the temperatures though tonight holding in the mid teens will be quite a muggy start to saturday. the air being drawn up from the mid—atlantic but tangled in amongst these fronts. that does mean to start your weekend there will be plenty of cloud around that will be some outbreaks of rain or drizzle to the heavier bursts here and there. chiefly western scotland, northern ireland, northern england, maybe north west wales. some brighter conditions developing around the murray firth through the morning with some hazy sunshine and we'll see increased amounts of sunshine after cloudy start through parts of the midlands,

southeast wales and southern counties of england, where again it will be another very warm day. temperatures in the mid if not high 20s. elsewhere, even with the cloud in place, a humid day, temperatures into the low 20s feeling fresher potentially across western scotland, northern ireland later we've finish the day with some sunshine. that's because the northern edge of this weather front, which through saturday night into sunday will be draped across the central swathe of the uk, producing yet more cloud outbreaks of rain. this all a bit further south compared with saturday. southern counties where we need rain, probably not seeing much, if any at all. it's likely that rain will tend to be a bit further north where it's heavy at times dry. sunniest of all across scotland and northern ireland. fresher here, still pretty warm and humid towards the south east corner and it's in the south where it stays fairly warm through the week ahead. sticking with the largely dry story. but in the first part of next week, there'll be rain and strong winds at times to the north and west.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. the government concedes it needs to improve its response to international crises — after mps described the uk's response as a disaster and betrayal likely to have cost afghan lives. the government has revealed how the £a00 pounds of help for rising energy bills, will be paid in england, scotland and wales — there'll be six monthly installments from october. police say two people have been arrested in connection with the death of a nine—year—old girl in a suspected stabbing in boston, lincolnshire. we do believe this to be an isolated incident, and we're not yet in a position to name the victim. her parents are being supported by specially trained officers at this very difficult time. a spectacular start to the commonwealth games in birmingham — as the city celebrates its diversity and history with an action

packed opening ceremony. 16 gold medals are up for grabs today. events including rugby sevens and gymnastics are already underway. last week's record temperatures would have been "almost impossible" if it weren't for man made climate change — according to scientists in a new report. the end of the so—called wagatha christie trial — rebecca vardy and colleen rooney will find out in around an hour's time which of them has won their high court libel case. we start with some breaking news. the uk government has conceded that it needs to improve its response

to international crises, after scathing criticism from mps over the withdrawal from afghanistan last summer. the foreign office said there were fundamental lessons to learn. the foreign affairs committee inquiry in may, had described the uk's handling of the crisis as a disaster and a betrayal that was likely to have cost afghan lives. we'll be getting more on this shortly from our correspondent and also tobias ellwood, chair of the house of commons defence select committee, later. that is just coming into the bbc. more detail on the bbc news website for you. the details of a new plan to help support people with rising energy bills have been announced by the government. every household in england, wales and scotland will receive a payment of £a00

in six instalments. but charities are concerned the most vulnerable and poor in society may find it difficult to access the help. our consumer affairs correspondent, coletta smith, has this report. a few months ago, the government made this announcement. we have decided that the £200 of support for household energy bills will be doubled to £a00 for everyone. we are on the side of hard—working families with £6 billion of financial support. now, we are hearing the details of how and when the money will arrive. for direct debit customers, £66 will be deducted automatically from your monthly payments in october and november. and then £67 will come off your bills from december through to march. prepayment customers who use a smart app to top up their meter won't need to do anything, either. that same amount will be automatically credited on to their accounts each month.

but most prepayment customers don't have a smart meter. butjust over 2 million homes have a traditional prepayment meter like this, where you have to take a key down to your local shop or post office, give them cash and get money added into your account that you then plug in to turn on the gas and electricity. and getting money to those homes is going to be much more difficult. they should get vouchers each month to use to top up, arriving as a text, an e—mail or a letter through the post. i spoke to winston when the price cap increased a few months ago. now, even in summer, the credit doesn't last long. extra money from the government will help, but won't be enough. it's the skin off the rice pudding. it really is. grateful? yes, of course we're grateful. but if it is costing me £5 a day and they are giving me £a00,

how long is that actually going to last? i can't afford to run a bath. that's mad. if you were to get a text message or an e—mail saying here's £66, click on this link, would you do it, would you be worried? i would think it was a scam. what happens to the people who are not like that, who are not text savvy? there are a lot of people falling through the cracks. that is why energy charities are worried. for several reasons, people might not open that post. they might have a bad relationship with their supplier. they might be in debt to their supplier and be afraid to open those envelopes. so we expect some prepayment customers to miss out. prepayment customers are already paying the most for their energy, but the government says it is reasonable that every household is being given the same amount. there are many people who are not on means—tested benefits that perhaps are just above the benefit level but are still really

struggling with these really high bills, so we thought this was the fairest and easiest way to distribute the money. however welcome, with energy prices rising again at the start of october, that money will drain even faster. coletta smith, bbc news, in manchester. i'm nowjoined by caroline flint, who is the chair of the committee on fuel poverty. she's a former labour mp — who was shadow energy and climate change secretary. you know your stuff, but can you explain what this committee does and what the goals of the committee are for us? . ., ., for us? the committee on fuel ove for us? the committee on fuel poverty has — for us? the committee on fuel poverty has been _ for us? the committee on fuel poverty has been around i for us? the committee on fuel poverty has been around in i for us? the committee on fuel. poverty has been around in some for us? the committee on fuel- poverty has been around in some form for some time under different governments, labourand governments, labour and conservative. ourjob governments, labourand conservative. ourjob is to monitor the government's policies to tackle fuel poverty and report on what progress or not is being made but also to offer some advice and recommendations about how they might move forward and move further on

removing people out of fuel poverty and that's on a combination of price but also energy efficiency because some of the most fuel poor people live in the least energy efficient households and then working with stakeholders in the third sector and local authorities and elsewhere who will all play a part in tackling this problem.— will all play a part in tackling this roblem. . this problem. 0k. when the committee started its main — this problem. 0k. when the committee started its main role _ this problem. 0k. when the committee started its main role from _ this problem. 0k. when the committee started its main role from the _ this problem. 0k. when the committee started its main role from the sound i started its main role from the sound of it was how do we invest in cleaner energy and when we get the money from. well, the bills that we pay, most likely, but how do we help people that are struggling those bills. the foresight it wouldn't have had is the ukraine war and the horrific rises in prices. do you think then that that the thinking needs to change? i you think then that that the thinking needs to change? i think we are in extraordinary _ thinking needs to change? i think we are in extraordinary times _ thinking needs to change? i think we are in extraordinary times for - thinking needs to change? i think we are in extraordinary times for sure i are in extraordinary times for sure and that is why it is important that earlier this year the government made several announcements to look at how they might get money to people who are on low incomes or

vulnerable people who are, because of ill health, are having to have the heating on more of the time than many of us and that is why it is so important to recognise this as an exceptional situation that needs exceptional situation that needs exceptional and radical thinking and i'm pleased that today we are hearing more today about how they will get the £a00 to people and our committee submitting our own comments on that as did others and it's quite right that today people are flagging the problems for some customers in accessing those payments. you heard about in your previous item those on the prepayment metres, a huge worry that people won't open letters or they will be suspicious of getting a text message but there are also others, for example tenants of private landlords who may pay their energy bills as part of their rent and we want to make sure that those tenants get the full benefit of the £a00 to them rather than landlords keeping that and landlords might not do

that. am that and landlords might not do that. �* . that and landlords might not do that. �* , ,., ., that. an interesting point and i want to interject _ that. an interesting point and i want to interject because i that. an interesting point and i i want to interject because there's a couple more questions i want to ask and we cannot take up the whole hour, but would it not be more sensible to look at the taxation in our fuel bills to find alternatives to fossil fuels, may be relaxing for a well to help people out. it's just a well to help people out. it's just a suggestion but is it something thatis a suggestion but is it something that is being discussed? i a suggestion but is it something that is being discussed?- that is being discussed? i think there's a number— that is being discussed? i think there's a number of— that is being discussed? i think there's a number of options i that is being discussed? i think. there's a number of options open that is being discussed? i think- there's a number of options open to government to look at how they might reduce that pressure on bills and put some downward pressure on the bills. of put some downward pressure on the bills. of gem are doing a review at the moment of standing charges and that incorporates a number of different elements that everybody pays almost equally regardless of their income, so that is something that could be looked at. there are reports this week, as we know, that some of the energy generators both in fossil fuels and renewables, because of this crisis and prices

going up, they are making profits that they probably would have expected in a normal year and again options are open to government as to what they want to do about that but my job what they want to do about that but myjob is not necessary to tell the government how they should tax and spend but myjob is to focus on those in fuel poverty, those in need and whether the government's proposals are meeting their needs, and this winter i think, given what we know about prices being likely to go we know about prices being likely to 9° up we know about prices being likely to go up in terms of the price cap to more than £2500, it's time for a review of the options on the table to make sure if there's anything more to do but importantly those people working in the communities being actively in touch with those households that may not realise there is help available and they desperately need to know that. we are being told to spread the word. just briefly, the counterargument to the last question i asked is that if we did not rely on fossil fuels, we wouldn't be relying on russia, but wouldn't be relying on russia, but would it be cheaper to get our

energy from greener energy in the long run? in energy from greener energy in the lone run? ., , long run? in the long run it will be cheaer long run? in the long run it will be cheaper and _ long run? in the long run it will be cheaper and actually _ long run? in the long run it will be cheaper and actually we _ long run? in the long run it will be cheaper and actually we are i long run? in the long run it will be| cheaper and actually we are seeing the costs of renewables coming down and i think our problem is the way that pricing is set globally and although we are not heavily reliant on the same as germany and other countries on russian gas, the prices are pegged against gas and that includes electricity and the way in which vladimir putin is dealing with this crisis is to try and basically use leverage as a major source of gas to affect notjust use leverage as a major source of gas to affect not just those countries that it provides to, but also affect world prices, so everyone is facing this problem that is why we need exceptional action in this exceptional time.— this exceptional time. caroline, thank you _ this exceptional time. caroline, thank you for— this exceptional time. caroline, thank you for the _ this exceptional time. caroline, thank you for the insight i this exceptional time. caroline, thank you for the insight and i thank you for the insight and talking us through that and explaining at all. very complicated and no easy answers. thank you. i am

sure you have many more questions. and later, at 11.30 this morning, we'll be answering your questions on rising energy bills and how to redeem the £400 energy payment. you can send them in to us by tweeting — using the hash tag #bbcyourquestions or by emailing them to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk birmingham put on a spectacular show last night for the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games. 30,000 people gathered at the alexander stadium, while millions more watched around the world. 16 gold medals are up for grabs today as the sporting action gets under way. my colleaguejane dougall is in birmingham. she is watching all of the action and the celebrations. they seem to be continuing today where you are. yes, day one of the commonwealth games on the sun is shining and

there are loads of people in victoria square behind me watching the sport going on the big screen and there is music playing as you can hear and a fantastic atmosphere after such an incredible opening ceremony last night and the star of the show, i know you will say prince charles, but know it was the animatronic bull and it's been moved to a square where everybody can see it so it is nice that all of the kids and families have had their picture taken with the animatronic bull. such a feeling of warmth within that stadium last night as the opening ceremony went on and representatives from 72 nations and territories all marched through with their flags, territories all marched through with theirflags, all preparing territories all marched through with their flags, all preparing for the events which of course have started today on day one and as you mention, 16 gold medals will be one today and the first is the men's triathlon which is already under way and england's alex e is the favourite and in the women's, georgia

taylor—brown is favourite. a little bit of breaking news and some disappointment, in the team pursuit track cycling for the women, after the heat, england women can now only get bronze, and for that bronze medal they will be up against wales, so a real disappointment for dame laura kenny who was one of the favourites to take gold for england in the gold will now be won by either new zealand or australia, so england women can only get bronze and up against wales in that play off for the bronze medal. also under way already is the mixed badminton and england are playing barbados, the best of three matches for them and then later this afternoon scotland will play the maldives. a couple of new sports as well getting under way today on day one of the commonwealth games and one of them is the women's 2020 cricket and at the moment australia are playing india at edgbaston and that is a repeat of the world cup final which was won by australia, so it will be interesting to see that outcome and

also later this evening at six o'clock pakistan will take on barbados and that is a debut for women's t20 cricket at the commonwealth games and another one that will get under way is the three on three basketball, another debut sport and for the first time ever there are more medals available for there are more medals available for the women than there are for the men. they are calling this the most inclusive games yet. and that is because 42 para sports will also be taking place concurrently during the commonwealth games, so yes, they are calling the most inclusive games and all of it under way today and we have the weather for it which is fantastic news for the outdoor sports and we will keep you updated throughout the rest of the day. thank you for that, jane. two people have been arrested in connection with the death of a nine—year—old girl in a suspected stabbing

in boston. police said officers were called to the scene on fountain lane in bostonjust after twenty past six last night. they believe this is an isolated incident. in the past hour, officers were called to an incident at fountain lane at 6:20pm yesterday and someone died as a result of what we believe was a stab wound and we've arrested two people in connection with the incident. we believe this to be an isolated incident and we are pursuing extensive lines of inquiry and have committed a number of resources to the investigation. you will see more officers patrolling the area and we have a high number of specialist detectives who have been brought in to assist the investigation. as i said, we do believe this to be an isolated incident and we are not in a position to name the victim. her parents are being supported by specially trained officers at this difficult time and i can only imagine the grief and pain they are going through. their welfare and the welfare of those who she knew is a priority for us.

the headlines on bbc news... the government says it needs to improve its response to international crises — after mps described the uk's response as a disaster and betrayal likely to have cost afghan lives. the government has revealed how the £400 of help for rising energy bills, will be paid in england, scotland and wales — there'll be six monthly installments from october. police say two people have been arrested in connection with the death of a nine—year—old girl in a suspected stabbing in boston, lincolnshire. ajudge at the high court in london is due to rule in the next hour on the libel case which has become known as the �*wagatha christie�* trial. rebekah vardy is suing coleen rooney after she accused her of leaking private information to a newspaper. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been following the case. it was back in the middle of may when, for seven days in the high court, everything from the pop star peter andre to the meaning of emojis

was mentioned during the so—called wagatha christie trial. rebekah vardy, the wife of leicester city striker jamie vardy, was suing coleen rooney, the wife of england's all—time leading goal—scorer wayne rooney, for libel. today, it will be announced who has won. i was astonished that someone close to either party decided to allow it to go to the level of which we would be exposed to the minutiae of their lives. in pr terms, it is like opening up a gala pie to see a dirty great piece of false teeth in the middle of it. you know, expecting one thing and getting something totally different. the case centres on an online accusation made by coleen rooney in october 2019. she had been doing some detective work to investigate who was allegedly leaking information from her private instagram account

to the sun newspaper. as part of a sting operation, she wrote fictitious tales about investigating gender selection and how the basement of their house had flooded, to see if they would end up in the papers. and they did. only then, and after the use of ten dots to ramp up the tension, did coleen rooney reveal in an online post that the one account she had allowed to read these works of fiction was rebekah vardy�*s. in court, rebekah vardy�*s legal team explained that she felt she had no choice but to bring the case, as she believed she had done nothing wrong and had to clear her name not just for herself but also for the sake of her family. meanwhile, coleen rooney's barrister said that rebekah vardy regularly and frequently leaked stories to the sun and that if she approved or condoned the leaking of information through her agent caroline watt, seen on the left, then she was responsible for caroline watt�*s actions. he spoke about the deliberate deletion and destruction of evidence, accusing rebekah vardy of deleting whatsapp messages, then

having lied about it under oath. she broke down in court crying. caroline watt did not give evidence in court for health reasons and her mobile phone, which could have provided a data trail, went missing in the north sea. the conclusion of coleen rooney's defence — that the accusations made in her original post were true. it is estimated that each side will have a legal bill of well over £1 million. and whoever wins could still be hundreds of thousands of pounds out of pocket. many have asked why this came to court. at times, rebekah vardy, who brought the case, looked like she was asking the same question. colin paterson, bbc news, the high court. russia says a ukrainian rocket strike has destroyed a prison in the occupied part of donetsk region housing ukrainian prisoners of war. in a video statement, the defence ministry in moscow said

a0 prisoners were killed and 75 wounded in the overnight attack on the town of olenivka. it described it as a bloody provocation, adding that some of the pows were members of the azov batallion — the last defenders of mariupol. there's been no confirmation of the russian claim, and no word so far from the ukrainian side. i'm joined now by our correspondent paul adams in kyiv. you have the difficult task of trying to find out exactly what has happened and who is responsible. are we any closer to that? hat happened and who is responsible. are we any closer to that?— we any closer to that? not really. i can tell you — we any closer to that? not really. i can tell you what _ we any closer to that? not really. i can tell you what we _ we any closer to that? not really. i can tell you what we have - we any closer to that? not really. i can tell you what we have seen - we any closer to that? not really. i i can tell you what we have seen which is some pretty sickening images, a warehouse that is a tangled mess of metal bedsteads and at least a couple of bodies and bodies that are

terribly badly charred and that is what the russian says the result of a ukrainian missile strike on the ukrainians absolutely refute that and say there was no such strike and have accused the russians of deliberately targeting this place where, as you say, ukrainian prisoners of war, soldiers and civilians were being held it's not going to be easy to establish what happened there and it is a part of the world where conspiracy theories and fakes are pretty commonplace and said today that if it turns out to be true it is obvious that the killing of ukrainian prisoners is another monstrous and cynical crime of putin and his accomplices. you have to ask why the ukrainians who are now equipped with quite sophisticated and highly accurate literary equipment would target a place they knew perfectly well was full of their own people. what

place they knew perfectly well was full of their own people. what more can ou full of their own people. what more can you tell — full of their own people. what more can you tell us _ full of their own people. what more can you tell us about _ full of their own people. what more can you tell us about this _ full of their own people. what more can you tell us about this prison - can you tell us about this prison and where it is in the region it is in? it and where it is in the region it is in? , ., _, , and where it is in the region it is in? , ., , ., ., in? it is a little community not far from donetsk— in? it is a little community not far from donetsk in _ in? it is a little community not far from donetsk in rebel— in? it is a little community not far from donetsk in rebel held - in? it is a little community not far i from donetsk in rebel held territory and a place where the russians have run one of the so—called filtration camps where they have been processing and frankly detaining significant numbers, up to 3000 of people, a lot of them from mariupol and remember the battalion involved in the defence of mariupol until the city finally fell earlier in the year, so some of those and civilians who were involved in trying to get humanitarian aid into the city while it was under siege and back in mid—may the ukrainian government accused the russians of torturing prisoners there so it is a place that has been on everybody�*s mental map for some time and it is clearly

a shocking development and we have not seen a large number of bodies, we have only seen the two that the wreckage of the building and frankly it remains a bit of a mystery as to precisely how they died and where, frankly, all of the others are. wayne couzens has lost his appeal against his whole life sentence for the murder of 33 year—old sarah everard. the former police officer was handed a whole life term for the rape and murder of sarah everard, as she was walking home through south london in march last year. appealing against the whole—life term, couzens's lawyers argued he deserved "decades injail" but said a whole—life term was excessive. however, lord burnett said that the sentencing judge was entitled to impose a whole life order due to the facts of couzens' case. climate scientists say the record temperatures of last week would not have been possible without man—made climate change. a global team — that included experts from imperial college london and the met office — have been

running complex weather models since then — to establish to what extent greenhouse gas emissions made the heatwave worse. here's our environment correspondentjonah fisher. i'm joined now by chloe brimicombe, a climate change researcher at the university of reading who specialises in studying heatwaves. thank you forjoining us. with experience heat waves over many years ever since the weather has been recorded so why are people like yourself and meteorologists becoming so concerned about this particular one?~ so concerned about this particular one? ~ . ., . so concerned about this particular one? ~ . ., so concerned about this particular one? . . ., , one? we were concerned about this articular one? we were concerned about this particular one _ one? we were concerned about this particular one because _ one? we were concerned about this particular one because as _ one? we were concerned about this particular one because as the - one? we were concerned about this particular one because as the study| particular one because as the study said, it was outside of the climate models maximum range and that means there are processes going on that we are still researching and still trying to get to grips with and this is all as a result of changing climate so this was definitely climate so this was definitely climate change. fix, climate so this was definitely climate change.— climate so this was definitely climate change. climate so this was definitely climate chance. ., ., , .,

climate change. a lot of people are sa inc climate change. a lot of people are sa in: that climate change. a lot of people are saying that we've _ climate change. a lot of people are saying that we've always _ climate change. a lot of people are saying that we've always had - saying that we've always had heatwaves and it's always been part of the thing and then last year was quite a milestone in the uk so you can understand why people get confused when we attach climate change as being a big factor in our weather. , u, , change as being a big factor in our weather. , , , ., , weather. yes, i can get why people are confused _ weather. yes, i can get why people are confused and _ weather. yes, i can get why people are confused and i _ weather. yes, i can get why people are confused and i think— weather. yes, i can get why people are confused and i think a - weather. yes, i can get why people are confused and i think a lot - weather. yes, i can get why people are confused and i think a lot of. are confused and i think a lot of people have romanticised memories of 1976. i wasn't alive but even last year was a mild summer we did have two heatwave episodes which caused the death of 892 people and this year they are saying that the three days that could be attributed as heatwave days could have caused 940 people to die and that's just in three days, so if we imagine that these episodes will get longer and more intense than we know that the number of people who are likely to die unless we adapt is likely to increase and that is not something we want to see happen. you

increase and that is not something we want to see happen.— we want to see happen. you are sa inc we want to see happen. you are saying adapt- — we want to see happen. you are saying adapt- it _ we want to see happen. you are saying adapt. it wasn't - we want to see happen. you are saying adapt. it wasn't that - we want to see happen. you arej saying adapt. it wasn't that long ago that people like yourself were saying that we need to stop this and slow it down. are we giving up hope of that? is it a case of adapting to more excessive heat like this during the summer? it is more excessive heat like this during the summer?— the summer? it is about climate 'ustice the summer? it is about climate justice and _ the summer? it is about climate justice and changing _ the summer? it is about climate justice and changing the - the summer? it is about climate justice and changing the way - the summer? it is about climate justice and changing the way we| justice and changing the way we think about climate change as an issue. we often refer to it as a wicked problem in that there is no vaccine or silver bullet solution and because we have not mitigated against emission rises in temperature rises fast enough we now need a package of solutions that includes adaptation, includes climate finance, includes mitigation, with the focus on improving social equality and justice for everybody in the globe and that is something i hope we can see as a result of acting on climate change. see as a result of acting on climate chance. ., , . , change. that will very much be the focus of con _ change. that will very much be the focus of con 27 _ change. that will very much be the focus of cop 27 in _ change. that will very much be the focus of cop 27 in egypt _ change. that will very much be the focus of cop 27 in egypt this - change. that will very much be the focus of cop 27 in egypt this year, | focus of cop 27 in egypt this year, how we adapt and support farmers in

africa that must change their crops. ijust africa that must change their crops. i just want to know, how do you identify the causes. so we can look at ways of adapting and even predicting a heatwave. 1with at ways of adapting and even predicting a heatwave. with the case of attribution — predicting a heatwave. with the case of attribution studies, _ predicting a heatwave. with the case of attribution studies, what - predicting a heatwave. with the case of attribution studies, what happens| of attribution studies, what happens is they run a model removing the warming trend that we see in baseline temperatures and what they see whether the event was likely to occur without the warming trend and what the study found was that it was impossible, so it would not have occurred if we did not have this warming trend in our climate, but i don't think we always need these studies because this group also came out and said that heatwaves were definitely occurring now because of climate change and i think if we can see the impacts and we can see people dying, if we know we need justice and finance, does it really matter if it is climate change or does it matter if it is the right thing to do? i know it is climate

change but it is now the time to face our changing climate, face the weather impacts we are seeing and say, is it the right thing to do to adapt to these? does it really matter what the cause is or does it matter what the cause is or does it matter to face the vulnerabilities people face and helping them face them in the right way. i people face and helping them face them in the right way.— people face and helping them face them in the right way. i was reading that farmers — them in the right way. i was reading that farmers in _ them in the right way. i was reading that farmers in africa _ them in the right way. i was reading that farmers in africa are _ them in the right way. i was reading that farmers in africa are now- that farmers in africa are now receiving data about extreme heat so they can plan how they crop and when they can plan how they crop and when they pull the crops and distribute them. yes, it is all about adapting as well. lovely, fascinating talking to you and good luck with the phd. thank you. back to that breaking news this hour. we can bring you more information on it. the uk government has conceded that it needs to improve its response to international crises, after scathing criticism from mps over the withdrawal from afghanistan last summer. the foreign affairs committee inquiry, in may, described the uk's handling of the crisis as a disaster and a betrayal that was likely to have cost afghan lives.

i'm joined by the bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. before we look at the detail of the report can you remind us how this all began. it was as the taliban began to sweep through the country last summer as forces were beginning to withdraw, particularly american forces and we saw all of people trapped at kabul.— forces and we saw all of people trapped at kabul. that's right. and then massive _ trapped at kabul. that's right. and then massive action _ trapped at kabul. that's right. and then massive action took- trapped at kabul. that's right. and then massive action took place. i trapped at kabul. that's right. and i then massive action took place. one of the critical findings is that people were left behind and left at risk. so, the report that was published found multiple failings, failings of leadership, senior officials on holiday as kabul fell. on the policy to resettle afghans who had worked for the uk or to support the uk goals there spoke of

a totalfailure to support the uk goals there spoke of a total failure to plan how to help those at risk. it also said the process was open to arbitrate political intervention. it mentioned the animal charity where staff and animals of the charity were evacuated, when others at risk were left behind. that was one of the key findings of the report and the government is now saying it deeply regrets that some afghans were put at risk. it said it was dealing with at risk. it said it was dealing with a crisis of unprecedented scale. some of the other findings reported, a failure to destroy sensitive documents at kabul airport, again something that could have put afghan lives at risk. the government says it is reviewing, it has done a review, sorry, and is strengthening the process for holding sensitive documents, get more equipment and more staff to do the job in future. it's saying there are lessons to be learned, it's determined it's is to raise standards for the future.

thank you. much more detail on the bbc news website has well and more reaction. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. a dry and warm friday for the vast majority. a fair bit of cloud across northern england, north midlands and north wales, producing rain and drizzle, the odd heavy showers too including south—east scotland. one or two isolated showers, most will be dry and in the sunshine in the south it's going to be very warm. even in the cloudy spots we are seeing temperatures into the low 20s. we finish with the clouds thickening up in northern ireland and western scotland. overnight turning increasingly wet across much of scotland. the rain into the north and west of england later. furthersouth, not only into the north and west of england later. further south, not only dry, publicly about for all a fairly warm night with temperatures in the teens as we start saturday. a lot of cloud to begin the day, slowly brightening

up to begin the day, slowly brightening up across scotland and northern ireland. further cloud and drizzle across parts of northern england, north wales and may be the north midlands but in the south sunny and again very warm. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the government concedes it needs to improve its response to international crises — after mps described the uk's response as a disaster and betrayal likely to have cost afghan lives. the government has revealed how the £400 of help for rising energy bills will be paid in england, scotland and wales — there'll be six monthly installments from october. police say two people have been arrested in connection with the death of a nine—year—old girl in a suspected stabbing in boston, lincolnshire. we do believe this to be an isolated incident, and we're not yet in a position to name the victim. her parents are being supported by specially trained officers at this very difficult time.

a spectacular start to the commonwealth games in birmingham — as the city celebrates its diversity and history with an action packed opening ceremony. 16 gold medals are up for grabs today. events including rugby sevens and gymnastics are already underway. last week's record temperatures would have been "almost impossible" if it weren't for man—made climate change — according to scientists in a new report. the end of the so—called wagatha christie trial — rebecca vardy and colleen rooney will find out in around half an hour which of them has won their high court libel case. sport — and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre here's jane dougal. good morning and welcome back to victoria square here in birmingham, on the first day of competiton in the commonwealth games. after a dramatic and spectacular opening ceremony last night,

the games have finally begun. 16 medals to be won. there's action in 14 sports today at venues across the west midlands and beyond, so let's bring you up—to—date with some of the action. the men's and women's sprint triathlon titles will be amongst the first medals decided at these games. these are live pictures from sutton park in sutton coldfield, just north of birmingham. the swim, bike and run are all half the olympic distance. english hopes are resting with alex yee in the men's event and georgia taylor—brown in the women's event, who both won silver medals at last year's olympics. scotland's beth potter also hoping to be in contention. that's the new zealand pair and the south african rider up in the first

three. next to the velodrome, not in birmingham, but at london's olympic legacy lee valley velopark. our senior sports news reporter laura scott is there for us and can bring us up—to—date. well, we right in the heart of the velodrome, we have an incredible view of the men's team pursuit qualifier which is going on as we speak, with england against new zealand right now. they are hoping for a medal in that. there are six events here at the velodrome today and we've seen qualifying already this morning. dame laura kenny who was leading team england in the women's team pursuit, they haven't made it through to the gold medal race. australia were unbelievably dominant in that. instead team england are up against team wales for a bronze medal a bit later on. we've also seen qualifying in the

women's tandem sprint and it's been a good morning for aileen mcglynn from scotland. she is olympic, world and european gold, she's never won a commonwealth gold. she's here with a new pilot ellie stone and they will be hoping for a gold medal later on. another scot hoping for glory is neil fachie, if he were to win gold in the men's time tandem then he would be thejoint in the men's time tandem then he would be the joint most decorated, that would be his fifth gold medal. we've also got the men's team sprint in the women's team sprint a bit later on. we have david beckham and ronaldo and are mixed. not the footballers, they are two young members of india's track cycling team and they will be in action later on in the men's sprint. thank ou. action also taking place over in coventry this morning, where the rugby 7s

has got under way. there was a very comfortable opening win for the england women's side. they absolutely steam—rollered sri lanka in their pool a match. wasps winger ellie boatman was the star, grabbing four tries. 57—0 it ended in that one. not such a good start for the scottish side. they were beaten in their opening match in pool b, 31—12 the final score against a very strong fiji side. cricket has just got going for the first time ever at the commonwealth games with india taking on australia in a repeat of 2020's world t20 final. india have won the toss at edgbaston and are batting, they're currently 68—1. in around half an hour's time, the netball begins with defending champions england playing trinidad

and tobago in their opening game. this evening jamaica face wales, and new zealand play northern ireland. more on our top story — the government has conceded that it needs to improve its response to international crises, after scathing criticism from mps over the withdrawal from afghanistan last summer. the foreign office admitted there were fundamental lessons to learn. the foreign affairs committee inquiry in may had described the uk's handling of the crisis as a disaster and a betrayal that was likely to have cost afghan lives. you may remember that evacuation programme that began to get people out of kabul as the taliban retook the country. i'm joined by mp tobias ellwood, who is chair of the defence select committee. this ruling we are hearing about todayis this ruling we are hearing about today is from the foreign affairs

select committee, but you've got fantastic insight in to how the mod and foreign & commonwealth office work. where did it all go wrong do you think in your assessment? first, congratulations _ you think in your assessment? first, congratulations to _ you think in your assessment? first, congratulations to tom _ you think in your assessment? f zit congratulations to tom tugendhat and his committee for exposing this. we can remember those scenes dramatically playing out last summer during the evacuation which essentially ended the biggest military campaign for a generation, two decades of effort actually ended in failure. we abandoned afghanistan, we handed it back to the insurgents that we went into defeat. the government were in denial notjust about defeat. the government were in denial not just about this defeat. the government were in denial notjust about this but defeat. the government were in denial not just about this but also about the actual evacuation. we were caught off guard on how the country would implode and whilst the evacuation itself seemed to go well with the mod sending those heavy—lift aircraft, as this report underlines we've abandoned thousands who still live in danger because

they supported the british effort but are now pursued by the the taliban. there is no need to assist those seeking to exit afghanistan even today and there a bigger picture here, this report highlights after all promises to help, we've abandoned 40 million people and they must now adhere to a ruthless interpretation of sharia law including the terrible treatment of women and girls. we've also allowed space for terrorism camps to once again recruit and train a new generation of extremists and the government still won't hold an independent inquiry. there are so many lessons to be learned as the report shows. it’s many lessons to be learned as the report shows-— report shows. it's not 'ust about internationalh report shows. it's not 'ust about international crisis, _ report shows. it's notjust about international crisis, it's - report shows. it's notjust about international crisis, it's about i report shows. it's notjust about l international crisis, it's about how we invade, how we liberate and support countries around the world. do you think we're going to see real change in the foreign office,

ministry of defence and the british armed forces from reports like this? there are big questions about our ability to do this again. it's putting huge strain on the mod itself. there are cuts to the heavy—lift aircraft. there also the silo mentality of wattle which continues to persist. i was in the mod and foreign & commonwealth office, they do not work as closely together. they do very well in countries in our embassies but not so well in whitehall, that must be reviewed. you touched on something, the uk's attention is now turning to ukraine but this was a humiliating defeat for nato and to my mind history will show that our departure has marked the high tide mark of

modern western liberalism, our desire, ourability modern western liberalism, our desire, our ability to defend the international rule of law. something that's not gone unnoticed by both russia and china who believe it's now their turn to influence global events in a very, their very different style as we are seeing in ukraine. ., . ., ., , , ukraine. how much damage is being done here? — ukraine. how much damage is being done here? as— ukraine. how much damage is being done here? as you _ ukraine. how much damage is being done here? as you keep— ukraine. how much damage is being done here? as you keep pointing - ukraine. how much damage is being | done here? as you keep pointing out and rightly so, we are involved in another conflict now whether we want to be or not to support the people of ukraine. can we recover from this? ~ ., ., ., ., this? we have to recover. nato has done very well _ this? we have to recover. nato has done very well on _ this? we have to recover. nato has done very well on one _ this? we have to recover. nato has done very well on one extent, - this? we have to recover. nato has done very well on one extent, it. this? we have to recover. nato has| done very well on one extent, it was hugely bruised by what happened in afghanistan, the morale across nato countries was very low indeed. there's a new regained sense of purpose there but we are still missing the bigger challenge, the bigger threat that's taking place because what's happening in ukraine won't stay in ukraine. we are in for a bumpy decade indeed. as i say, this is to do with russia and china recognising the weakness, the risk averse nice if you like of the west.

they now feel it's their turn to govern in the way that the west hasn't done and we step back from that. afghanistan was the start of that. afghanistan was the start of that and in ukraine today we aren't going in hard enough to change events there. russia continues to control the agenda. [30 events there. russia continues to control the agenda.— events there. russia continues to control the agenda. do you think if he remains — control the agenda. do you think if he remains defence _ control the agenda. do you think if he remains defence secretary - control the agenda. do you think if he remains defence secretary ben| he remains defence secretary ben wallace needs to have a rethink about spending and cuts? i know it's been described as modernising the army to deal with cyber warfare but look at the traditional warfare we are seeing in ukraine and the threats for other eastern european countries. do we need to not reduce troops but to bring more back and more spending?— troops but to bring more back and more sendin: ? ., �* . ., more spending? knowing ben wallace, he has been working _ more spending? knowing ben wallace, he has been working behind _ more spending? knowing ben wallace, he has been working behind the - he has been working behind the scenes to reverse those cuts in troop numbers, to reverse those cuts in our numbers but he's had a limited budget. he is now able

between the leader now and the next one to make some noises and he's starting to say that. something we've been saying for a long time. our army, air force and navy are too small for the threats coming over the horizon and we need to grapple with that and recognise there is also an absence of leadership in europe and we want to feel that leadership and increase our defence posture. he leadership and increase our defence osture. , ., , leadership and increase our defence osture. , .,, . , posture. he did bring in those cuts but as you — posture. he did bring in those cuts but as you say _ posture. he did bring in those cuts but as you say he's _ posture. he did bring in those cuts but as you say he's got _ posture. he did bring in those cuts but as you say he's got a _ but as you say he's got a budget, he's got to work with it. many thanks for your time. it's a busy day on bbc news. you've been sending in your questions on the £400 energy discount. how does it work, how do i get it? with me to answer your questions is morgan wild, who is head of policy at citizen's advice. hello. good morning. the first

question. _ hello. good morning. the first question. i— hello. good morning. the first question. i pay _ hello. good morning. the first question, i pay to _ hello. good morning. the first question, i pay to pay - hello. good morning. the first question, i pay to pay point. hello. good morning. the first question, i pay to pay point in| hello. good morning. the first - question, i pay to pay point in cash so how would i get the £400? 50. question, i pay to pay point in cash so how would i get the £400? so, it sounds like — so how would i get the £400? so, it sounds like this _ so how would i get the £400? so, it sounds like this person _ so how would i get the £400? so, it sounds like this person has - so how would i get the £400? so, it sounds like this person has what's . sounds like this person has what's called an old—style prepayment metre. so what happens, they are issued with a voucher in the first week of each month, so the discount is going to be applied in six monthly instalments. he'll get a voucher each month, that can be issued by text, e—mail or post and then they should be able to redeem that voucher wherever they usually go to top up their prepayment metre. how do people pay their energy bills at the post office quarterly to receive that monthly reduction? 50. receive that monthly reduction? so, we are still— receive that monthly reduction? ’srr, we are still expecting a receive that monthly reduction? sr3, we are still expecting a bit more detail on this from the government when they publish consultation

response. our understanding is that for people who pay at the post office, that should happen automatically, so they will receive the discount as anybody else will and should be able to see it as a credit on their account. interesting cuestion, credit on their account. interesting question. how _ credit on their account. interesting question, how will _ credit on their account. interesting question, how will customers - credit on their account. interesting | question, how will customers living on park home residential estates receive this rebate? a lot of people are scratching their heads. this receive this rebate? a lot of people are scratching their heads.- are scratching their heads. this is are scratching their heads. this is a really tricky _ are scratching their heads. this is a really tricky one _ are scratching their heads. this is a really tricky one and _ are scratching their heads. this is a really tricky one and park - are scratching their heads. this is a really tricky one and park home| a really tricky one and park home residents have been left in limbo for a while. the difficulty is they don't have an electricity metre in their home and they don't have a direct relationship with the electricity supplier, which is how the scheme has been structured. so they won't automatically receive the discount on their energy bill at the moment but the government has announced today that they are putting funding towards its customer

group and anybody who doesn't have that direct relationship with an electricity supplier. so this will include park home residents, people on houseboats or of the electricity grid for some other reason. we are still waiting to see the detail about how exactly the money will reach people but people can rest assured that they will receive equivalent support to £400. $5 assured that they will receive equivalent support to £400. as you can imagine. _ equivalent support to £400. as you can imagine. a _ equivalent support to £400. as you can imagine, a lot _ equivalent support to £400. as you can imagine, a lot of— equivalent support to £400. as you can imagine, a lot of people - equivalent support to £400. as you can imagine, a lot of people are - can imagine, a lot of people are worried about missing the reduction, not signing the right form or doing the right thing. this question, i get my bill e—mails and i pay for my debit card to the scottish gas app. do you know how i will receive my payment? do you know how i will receive my -a ment? , ., , payment? so, it should be straightforward _ payment? so, it should be straightforward for - payment? so, it should be i straightforward for somebody in payment? so, it should be - straightforward for somebody in this situation, so they shouldn't need to do anything to receive the discount. it should be applied automatically in the first week every month and

you should see that appearing as a credit on their bill. this is a new scheme so we are sure will see problems and if people encounter issues they should talk to their energy supplier to make sure they are receiving the support they are entitled to. we are receiving the support they are entitled to-_ are receiving the support they are entitled to. ~ . ., , ., entitled to. we are also being asked to sread entitled to. we are also being asked to spread the _ entitled to. we are also being asked to spread the word _ entitled to. we are also being asked to spread the word and _ entitled to. we are also being asked to spread the word and alert - entitled to. we are also being asked to spread the word and alert people | to spread the word and alert people about this. this is an interesting point. we'll beat six reductions from our energy bills be before or after vat?— from our energy bills be before or after vat? . , , 3, after vat? really interesting point. so, the after vat? really interesting point. so. the answer _ after vat? really interesting point. so, the answer is _ after vat? really interesting point. so, the answer is that _ after vat? really interesting point. so, the answer is that the - after vat? really interesting point. so, the answer is that the £400 i after vat? really interesting point. | so, the answer is that the £400 will not have the 80 applied to it, so it will be received as a £67 a month discount without any vat.- will be received as a £67 a month discount without any vat. there has been some discussion _ discount without any vat. there has been some discussion about - discount without any vat. there has been some discussion about vat- discount without any vat. there has i been some discussion about vat being removed from energy bills for a

period anyway to try and alleviate the cost as well. that hasn't been confirmed yet _ the cost as well. that hasn't been confirmed yet and _ the cost as well. that hasn't been confirmed yet and as _ the cost as well. that hasn't been confirmed yet and as we - the cost as well. that hasn't been i confirmed yet and as we understand it is still on the table. igu’ith confirmed yet and as we understand it is still on the table.— it is still on the table. with the amount of _ it is still on the table. with the amount of people _ it is still on the table. with the amount of people that - it is still on the table. with the amount of people that you i it is still on the table. with the i amount of people that you help day in, day out at the citizens advice bureau, do you think more is needed? so, we really welcome to the government's initial cost of living support, the £400 that we are discussing today and additional targeted support to people on certain types of means tested benefits as well. that was really welcome and was announced at a time when we were forecasting energy bills in october to be around £2800. the latest forecast look like they could be £3250 or even higher, so it's a really worrying time for people. we would urge the government to look again at the level of

support they are providing. one thing we think would help people who are going to struggle this winter is to move the planned increase in benefits by inflation from april, which is where it's currently planned, up to september or october so that already planned and announced spending in their pockets as they are trying to weather a really, really tough winter. as they are trying to weather a really, really tough winter. [30 as they are trying to weather a really, really tough winter. do you think ou really, really tough winter. do you think you are _ really, really tough winter. do you think you are being _ really, really tough winter. do you think you are being listened i really, really tough winter. do you think you are being listened to i really, really tough winter. do you l think you are being listened to when you make appeals like that? we hope so and we think— you make appeals like that? we hope so and we think that _ you make appeals like that? we hope so and we think that the _ you make appeals like that? we hope so and we think that the government| so and we think that the government is going to have to look again at this stop is going to have to look again at this sto -_ , ., , is going to have to look again at this sto_ , , this stop some interesting points ou're this stop some interesting points you're making- — this stop some interesting points you're making. another - this stop some interesting points| you're making. another question. this stop some interesting points i you're making. another question. the £400 is for electricity accounts only, so does this mean anyone who has a gas account separate from the electricity supply will get no help at all? ,, �* ,

electricity supply will get no help atall? , at all? that's absolutely... inaudible _ at all? that's absolutely... inaudible the _ at all? that's absolutely... inaudible the key - at all? that's absolutely... inaudible the key thing | at all? that's absolutely... | inaudible the key thing is at all? that's absolutely... i inaudible the key thing is that at all? that's absolutely... - inaudible the key thing is that the scheme is administered through your electricity supply and is reliant on you having an electricity metre in your home. as long as those two things are correct you will get the full £400 support over the six months of the scheme. it doesn't matter that you have your electricity supplier and gas supplier with different people, it'll come through your electricity supplier. if you happen to have the same supplierfor both supplier. if you happen to have the same supplier for both gas and electricity, that might give you a bit of flexibility because you can spread the discounts across the bills, but absolutely this person shouldn't worry, they will still get the support they are entitled to. clearly some people are understandably worried about how they actually obtain these vouchers if they are unable to leave the house, they might not have a care

worker or the support they need. this viewer says, i'm a vulnerable isolated elderly gentleman living alone, confined to my home, unable to go outside. as someone with a prepayment system for paying the energy i will receive vouchers that i can reclaim at outlets that accept them. as i cannot leave my home i pay my bills online. can you tell me how on earth as one of the most vulnerable people in need of support i will be given that support? that sounds like _ i will be given that support? that sounds like a _ i will be given that support? that sounds like a really _ i will be given that support? that sounds like a really difficult situation and we would urge this person to talk to their energy supplier to make sure that they are receiving the support that they need. it sounds like, from what he said, that if he is playing his bills online and he has a prepayment metre then he has what's called a smart prepayment metre. if that is the case, then he should receive the discounts to his energy bill

automatically and directly because of the additional functionality those metres have. so, he shouldn't have to worry about receiving vouchers that need to be redeemed in a shop but we would urge that personal anyone in a similar situation to talk to their supplier to make sure that's how they are going to get the support delivered. we've had a lot of questions from people who have a landlord and they have to pay the landlord for the energy bills. like this one, i do not have an account with a firm, i pay to the landlord. there must be many people in the same situation who won't get the money. please can you find out how people like us will get the help we need? 50. you find out how people like us will get the help we need?— get the help we need? so, the government — get the help we need? so, the government has _ get the help we need? so, the government has been - get the help we need? so, the government has been clear i get the help we need? so, the l government has been clear that landlords should be passing on the discounts they receive directly to tenants. so we urge people in that situation to speak to their landlord, to make sure that that discount is being passed on. what's really liking at the moment is clear

guidance on what landlords need to do and how they should translate that rebate into a reduction in bills for people who pay for their energy as part of their rent. there is a concern that some people might miss out on the support so we are really urging the government to publish that clear guidance and give landlords and tenants the information they need to be able to be reassured they are going to receive these payments. what be reassured they are going to receive these payments. what are you advisin: receive these payments. what are you advising people _ receive these payments. what are you advising people to _ receive these payments. what are you advising people to do _ receive these payments. what are you advising people to do this _ receive these payments. what are you advising people to do this coming i advising people to do this coming winter? we are all praying for a mild one but if it's horrendously cold, what's the advice to keep warm but also keep those energy costs down? �* , ., ., , but also keep those energy costs down? �*, ., ., , ., but also keep those energy costs down? �*, ., .,, ., . _ down? it's going to be an incredibly touch down? it's going to be an incredibly tough winter. _ down? it's going to be an incredibly tough winter, as _ down? it's going to be an incredibly tough winter, as you _ down? it's going to be an incredibly tough winter, as you say, _ down? it's going to be an incredibly tough winter, as you say, hoping i tough winter, as you say, hoping that it tough winter, as you say, hoping thatitis tough winter, as you say, hoping that it is mild and we can avoid some of the awful trade—offs we are already seeing. people having to

make a choice between heating their home and putting food on the table, choices that are only going to get worse this winter. there's a couple of things people can do. one is if they are struggling to pay for their energy bill. the first thing we would advise if they get in touch with their energy supplier. there's a range of obligations they have that they to put in place if people are struggling to pay their bills. we would also always encourage people to pick up the phone to us if they are struggling, there's various things we can do to help people in that situation. for example, people are often entitled to benefits they don't know they are entitled to, we are often able to refer them to other forms of charitable support and help as well. depending on the situation, you can often reduce your energy bills a surprising amount by

taking simple energy—saving actions. so, turning down the thermometer by a degree can often yield really big reductions in your energy bill. but there's no getting away from the fact it's going to be a tough situation and there's a limit to what our advice can achieve so we are urging the government to take further action to help households this winter. further action to help households this winter-— further action to help households thiswinter. ., , ., this winter. thank you. many thanks for answering _ this winter. thank you. many thanks for answering our _ this winter. thank you. many thanks for answering our questions. i this winter. thank you. many thanks for answering our questions. thank| for answering our questions. thank you forjoining us and thank you for your questions. breaking news from the commonwealth games. we've got our first gold medal and this is alex lee who has won our first gold medal and this is alex lee who has won ourfirst gold in medal and this is alex lee who has won our first gold in the triathlon event. it's early days yet, the men's sprint triathlon. we'll bring

you more on bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. a dry and warm friday out there for the vast majority. rain and drizzle, the vast majority. rain and drizzle, the octavia shower including savvy scotland. one or two isolated showers, most will be dry and in sunshine and the south it's going to be a very warm afternoon. even in the cloudy spots we are seeing temperatures into the low 20s. we finish with the clouds thickening up in northern ireland and western scotland, evening rain and an overnight turning wet across much of scotland. rain late into the north and west of england and north—west wales. furthersouth, dry, clear but for all a fairly warm and muggy night, temperatures in the mid teens

as we start saturday. stamp across the northern half of the country but slowly brightening up across scotland and northern ireland. justly, not as heavy and in the south sunny and again very warm.

this is bbc news. the headlines. a ruling is due shortly in the so—called wagatha christie trial — rebecca vardy and colleen rooney will find out which of them has won their high court libel case. the government concedes it needs to improve its response to international crises — after mps described the uk's response as a disaster and betrayal likely to have cost afghan lives. the government has revealed how the £400 of help for rising energy bills, will be paid in england, scotland and wales — there'll be six monthly installments from october. president zelensky makes an unannounced appearance in the ukrainian port of odesa — with the first grain shipment to leave a ukrainian port since the russian invasion still on hold. police say two people have been arrested in connection with the death of a nine—year—old girl in a suspected stabbing

in boston, lincolnshire. we do believe this to be an isolated incident, and we're not yet in a position to name the victim. her parents are being supported by specially trained officers at this very difficult time. alex yee wins gold for england in the men's triathlon — on day one of the commonwealth games in birmingham. ajudge at the high court in london is due to rule shortly on the libel case which has become known as the 'wagatha christie' trial. rebekah vardy, the wife of the former england

footballerjamie vardy, is suing coleen rooney, who is married to wayne rooney, after mrs rooney accused her of leaking private information about her to the press. ms vardy has denied being responsible for the leaks. our correspondent colin paterson is at the high court. as soon as we hear the ruling we will bring you more details of it. it is a complicated case which colin paterson can now tell us more about. wayne rooney was being sued for libel. today it will be announced who has one. i libel. today it will be announced who has one-— libel. today it will be announced who has one. ., , . who has one. i was astonished close to either party _

i was astonished that someone close to either party decided to allow party decided to allow it to go to the level of which we would be exposed to the minutiae of their lives. in pr terms, it is like opening up a gala pie to see a dirty great piece of false teeth in the middle of it. you know, expecting one thing and getting something totally different. the case centres on an online accusation made by coleen rooney in october 2019. she had been doing some detective work to investigate who was allegedly leaking information from her private instagram account to the sun newspaper. as part of a sting operation, she wrote fictitious tales about investigating gender selection and how the basement of their house had flooded, to see if they would end up in the papers. and they did. only then, and after the use of ten dots to ramp up the tension, did coleen rooney reveal in an online post that the one account she had allowed to read these works of fiction was rebekah vardy�*s. in court, rebekah vardy�*s legal team explained that she felt she had no

choice but to bring the case, as she believed she had done nothing wrong and had to clear her name not just for herself but also for the sake of her family. meanwhile, coleen rooney's barrister said that rebekah vardy regularly and frequently leaked stories to the sun and that if she approved or condoned the leaking of information through her agent caroline watt, seen on the left, then she was responsible for caroline watt�*s actions. he spoke about the deliberate deletion and destruction of evidence, accusing rebekah vardy of deleting whatsapp messages, then having lied about it under oath. she broke down in court crying. caroline watt did not give evidence in court for health reasons and her mobile phone, which could have provided a data trail, went missing in the north sea. the conclusion of coleen rooney's defence — that the accusations made in her original post were true. it is estimated that each side will have a legal bill of well over £1 million. and whoever wins could still be

hundreds of thousands of pounds out of pocket. many have asked why this came to court. at times, rebekah vardy, who brought the case, looked like she was asking the same question. colin paterson, bbc news, the high court. you can see that we are hearing from the press association that rebekah vardy has the press association that rebekah va rdy has lost the press association that rebekah vardy has lost to the high court libel case. vardy has lost to the high court libel case-— vardy has lost to the high court libelcase. , ., , , libel case. rebekah vardy was suing coleen rooney _ libel case. rebekah vardy was suing coleen rooney for _ libel case. rebekah vardy was suing coleen rooney for libel— libel case. rebekah vardy was suing coleen rooney for libel after i libel case. rebekah vardy was suing | coleen rooney for libel after rooney cruised her of leaking her private information to the sun newspaper. mrs vardy denied this and her team said she had suffered public abuse on a massive scale as a result of those claims by wayne rooney's wife. coleen rooney defended herself on the grounds of truth and public interest during what has been a very high profile trial which ended in may. there is coleen rooney and

wayne rooney arriving at court during those hearings and as you can imagine this has caught the attention of the global press and has become known as wagatha christie trial and what we have seen as well is insight into the lives of both footballers and their wives and how friendships worked and how coleen rooney tried to launch her own investigation into how details of how her private life were being leaked to the newspapers, so that judgment has just been issued leaked to the newspapers, so that judgment hasjust been issued in leaked to the newspapers, so that judgment has just been issued in the last few moments and according to the press association, rebekah vardy has lost that libel case accounts —— against coleen rooney. our correspondent colin patterson has followed the case and will be joining shortly to give us more from that verdict in what has been a

complicated and insightful court case about the two wives of two of the most famous footballers in the uk. colin, fascinating, but all the same, very serious state of affairs. yes, rebekah vardy has lost her libel claim against coleen rooney and we are getting the summary sent to us. and in the libel action today and the claim has been dismissed with the defendant succeeding in establishing that the essence of the libel is essentially true, meaning coleen rooney managed to establish that the essence of what she put in her original post, the accusatory one back in october 2019, was true. the defendant's alternative its publication in the public interest was rejected, so that is the end of the second part of coleen rooney's defence but the first part, very important part of the judge said

what she put in the original post where she typed at the docks and said it was rebekah vardy�*s account, that was true. i will read one more paragraph, paragraph 16 of the summary. the court found that the claimant, rebekah vardy, together with miss what was party to this close to the sun newspaper, and then list the postings that appeared on coleen rooney's private instagram that ended up in the sun newspaper and the list of the stories is marriage, birth date, halloween, pyjamas, car crash, gender selection, baby—sitting and flooded basement posts. the court considered it likely that caroline what, rebekah vardy mag japoz agent at the time, undertook rebekah vardy mag japoz agent at the time, under took the direct act —— rebekah vardy�*s agent at the time under the director passing the information to a journalist at the sun newspaper and the client new, condoned and was actively engaged in this process, so this is saying that

rebekah vardy knew what was going on with her agent when she was releasing the stories and passing them the sun newspaper and that they would appear in the newspaper. lets get reaction to this from the media lawyerjonathan cole. it is get reaction to this from the media lawyerjonathan cole.— lawyerjonathan cole. it is a disaster for _ lawyerjonathan cole. it is a disaster for rebekah i lawyerjonathan cole. it is a disaster for rebekah vardy. lawyerjonathan cole. it is a i disaster for rebekah vardy. an absolute — disaster for rebekah vardy. an absolute disaster. what makes it even _ absolute disaster. what makes it even more — absolute disaster. what makes it even more tragic is that four times coleen _ even more tragic is that four times coleen rooney tried to settle this case _ coleen rooney tried to settle this case the — coleen rooney tried to settle this case. the judge told her that the case _ case. the judge told her that the case should be settled but she has carried _ case should be settled but she has carried on— case should be settled but she has carried on and suffered terrible brand _ carried on and suffered terrible brand damage during the cross—examination which is what won it and _ cross—examination which is what won it and she _ cross—examination which is what won it and she has lost. financially, she will— it and she has lost. financially, she will have to pay all of her costs. — she will have to pay all of her costs, 70% of coleen rooney's costs, well over— costs, 70% of coleen rooney's costs, well over 2 _ costs, 70% of coleen rooney's costs, well over 2 million pounds, 2.5 million — well over 2 million pounds, 2.5 million quite possibly but more damaging is that she has been effectively branded a liar by the judgment. she denied it in the witness — judgment. she denied it in the witness box and denied under oath and the _ witness box and denied under oath and the judge found that she had

done _ and the judge found that she had done it. — and the judge found that she had done it. so— and the judge found that she had done it, so it's very, very damaging for her_ done it, so it's very, very damaging for her reputation. a done it, so it's very, very damaging for her reputation.— for her reputation. a very long judgment _ for her reputation. a very long judgment and _ for her reputation. a very long judgment and we _ for her reputation. a very long judgment and we have - for her reputation. a very long judgment and we have been i for her reputation. a very long i judgment and we have been scrolling through it madly. what has stood out? ., ., , , through it madly. what has stood out? ., out? from the lawyers perspective the most interesting _ out? from the lawyers perspective the most interesting part - out? from the lawyers perspective the most interesting part is i out? from the lawyers perspective the most interesting part is the i the most interesting part is the second — the most interesting part is the second defence. in the introduction he told _ second defence. in the introduction he told viewers that coleen rooney's second _ he told viewers that coleen rooney's second defence failed and that was a really— second defence failed and that was a really interesting one because that was a _ really interesting one because that was a journalist's defence, created forjournalists and it required two things. _ forjournalists and it required two things, one that the subject matter was a _ things, one that the subject matter was a matter of public interest and that the _ was a matter of public interest and that the person publishing it believed it was a story of public interest— believed it was a story of public interest on the used of that for an instagram — interest on the used of that for an instagram post was not was envisaged when the _ instagram post was not was envisaged when the 2013 act was passed. it will be _ when the 2013 act was passed. it will be a — when the 2013 act was passed. it will be a great relief, i think to the court — will be a great relief, i think to the court generally, because had it been _ the court generally, because had it been allowed and everyone who got sued on _ been allowed and everyone who got sued on an— been allowed and everyone who got sued on an instagram post or a tweet would _ sued on an instagram post or a tweet would have _ sued on an instagram post or a tweet would have tried to run the public interest— would have tried to run the public interest defence. an

would have tried to run the public interest defence.— would have tried to run the public interest defence. an important legal -recedent, interest defence. an important legal precedent. but _ interest defence. an important legal precedent, but the _ interest defence. an important legal precedent, but the headlines i interest defence. an important legal precedent, but the headlines today | precedent, but the headlines today will be about the fact that the judge said that what coleen rooney put in that post back in october 2019, where she says it is rebekah vardy�*s account, that is the only account that saw the fake stories i wrote, the ones that ended up in the sun newspaper, that is what the judge has said was substantially true. , . �* , judge has said was substantially true. , ., �*, , . judge has said was substantially true. , ., . ., ., true. yes, and it's such a dreadful self-inflicted — true. yes, and it's such a dreadful self-inflicted wound. _ true. yes, and it's such a dreadful self-inflicted wound. there i true. yes, and it's such a dreadful self-inflicted wound. there was i true. yes, and it's such a dreadful self-inflicted wound. there was a | self—inflicted wound. there was a late attempt just before the trial to say. _ late attempt just before the trial to say, actually, we think on the vardy— to say, actually, we think on the vardy side. _ to say, actually, we think on the vardy side, we thought it was caroline — vardy side, we thought it was caroline did it but our story she did it _ caroline did it but our story she did it off— caroline did it but our story she did it off her own bat, but what the judge _ did it off her own bat, but what the judge has— did it off her own bat, but what the judge has said is that she might well have — judge has said is that she might well have been involved, but i find that rebekah vardy was equally involved — that rebekah vardy was equally involved and therefore as a matter of law _ involved and therefore as a matter of law she — involved and therefore as a matter of law she bears responsibility for it, of law she bears responsibility for it. not— of law she bears responsibility for it. notiust — of law she bears responsibility for it, notjust because it is her account, _ it, notjust because it is her account, but because she was directly— account, but because she was directly responsible for this particular tweet so on that basis,

the fact— particular tweet so on that basis, the fact that caroline what was involved. — the fact that caroline what was involved, the judge found rebekah vardy— involved, the judge found rebekah vardy was— involved, the judge found rebekah vardy was sufficiently evolved in the making of the instagram post —— caroline _ the making of the instagram post —— caroline watt. and now she has lost the claim _ caroline watt. and now she has lost the claim. , , the claim. rebirths reminding viewers that _ the claim. rebirths reminding viewers that caroline - the claim. rebirths reminding viewers that caroline 2020 i the claim. rebirths remindingl viewers that caroline 2020 was rebekah vardy�*s agent at the time. some remarkable stuff about this. she cried off from being cross examined because she said she was sick. ., , ., ., sick. the 'udge really hate that. and sick. the judge really hate that. and there was _ sick. the judge really hate that. and there was the _ sick. the judge really hate that. and there was the mystery i sick. the judge really hate that. and there was the mystery of i sick. the judge really hate that. l and there was the mystery of the phone _ and there was the mystery of the phone ending up in the north sea so from a _ phone ending up in the north sea so from a judge's perspective, that creates— from a judge's perspective, that creates a — from a judge's perspective, that creates a sense, an aroma around the vardy— creates a sense, an aroma around the vardy side _ creates a sense, an aroma around the vardy side that she will not have liked _ vardy side that she will not have liked and — vardy side that she will not have liked and she is inevitably also going going to be influenced by the fact that _ going going to be influenced by the fact that rebekah vardy was destroyed in cross—examination by coleen _ destroyed in cross—examination by coleen rooney's barrister, the famous —

coleen rooney's barrister, the famous celebrity barrister david sherborne. two or three days of being _ sherborne. two or three days of being destroyed in the witness box meant _ being destroyed in the witness box meant she — being destroyed in the witness box meant she was always at huge risk of losing _ meant she was always at huge risk of losing the _ meant she was always at huge risk of losing the claim. i meant she was always at huge risk of losing the claim.— losing the claim. i was there she was accused _ losing the claim. i was there she was accused of _ losing the claim. i was there she was accused of lying _ losing the claim. i was there she was accused of lying under i losing the claim. i was there she was accused of lying under oath | losing the claim. i was there she i was accused of lying under oath and broke down and cried. could there be ramifications for rebekah vardy from that? ., . ., , ramifications for rebekah vardy from that? ., , , , . ramifications for rebekah vardy from that? ., , ,. that? theoretically, yes. when you cive that? theoretically, yes. when you give evidence _ that? theoretically, yes. when you give evidence on _ that? theoretically, yes. when you give evidence on oath, _ that? theoretically, yes. when you give evidence on oath, if— that? theoretically, yes. when you give evidence on oath, if that i give evidence on oath, if that evidence _ give evidence on oath, if that evidence is found to be untrue, theoretically, i stress, there could be the _ theoretically, i stress, there could be the question, has perjury been committed? giving evidence on oath which _ committed? giving evidence on oath which is _ committed? giving evidence on oath which is not — committed? giving evidence on oath which is not true is a criminal offence — which is not true is a criminal offence of— which is not true is a criminal offence of perjury and i am going to guess— offence of perjury and i am going to guess that — offence of perjury and i am going to guess that the judge will not think that it _ guess that the judge will not think that it is _ guess that the judge will not think that it is necessary. i haven't read the judgment yet and we will have to see whether she is very hard on rebekah— see whether she is very hard on rebekah vardy, saying i have been lied rebekah vardy, saying i have been tied to, _ rebekah vardy, saying i have been tied to, but — rebekah vardy, saying i have been lied to, but if every time somebody .ave lied to, but if every time somebody gave evidence and witness box and a judge _ gave evidence and witness box and a judge found their evidence was not true in _ judge found their evidence was not true in the — judge found their evidence was not true in the ended up being charged with perjury, the old bailey would not be _ with perjury, the old bailey would not be able to cope with the

workload. not be able to cope with the workload-— not be able to cope with the workload. �* ., , ., , ., , ., workload. are there any options for rebekah vardy? — workload. are there any options for rebekah vardy? could _ workload. are there any options for rebekah vardy? could she - workload. are there any options for rebekah vardy? could she appeal? j rebekah vardy? could she appeal? absolutely and i imagine she will. it will— absolutely and i imagine she will. it will be — absolutely and i imagine she will. it will be very difficult because it is a massive judgment. it will be very difficult because it is a massivejudgment. hundreds it will be very difficult because it is a massive judgment. hundreds of paragraphs— is a massive judgment. hundreds of paragraphs and the judge has clearly done a _ paragraphs and the judge has clearly done a very thorough job. paragraphs and the judge has clearly done a very thoroughjob. she paragraphs and the judge has clearly done a very thorough job. she will have _ done a very thorough job. she will have done — done a very thorough job. she will have done a — done a very thorough job. she will have done a thoroughjob not least because _ have done a thoroughjob not least because she will assume that somebody will try to appeal the judgment. my guess is that they will not be _ judgment. my guess is that they will not be allowed an appeal, but what mrs vardy— not be allowed an appeal, but what mrs vardy will have to do is apply to the _ mrs vardy will have to do is apply to the judge for permission to appeal— to the judge for permission to appeal and if that is refused and the blight to the court of appeal and my— the blight to the court of appeal and my guess is they will not grant permission — and my guess is they will not grant permission and that will be the end of it _ permission and that will be the end of it. ~ . . , permission and that will be the end ofit.~ ., , ,, permission and that will be the end ofit.. ., , ,, permission and that will be the end ofit.~ ., , ,, of it. what has surprised you most about what — of it. what has surprised you most about what you've _ of it. what has surprised you most about what you've seen _ of it. what has surprised you most about what you've seen in - of it. what has surprised you most about what you've seen in the i of it. what has surprised you most about what you've seen in the last | about what you've seen in the last few minutes? i about what you've seen in the last few minutes?— few minutes? i confess i got it wronu . few minutes? i confess i got it wrong- people _ few minutes? i confess i got it wrong. people were _ few minutes? i confess i got it wrong. people were coming i few minutes? i confess i got it| wrong. people were coming up few minutes? i confess i got it i wrong. people were coming up to arcs me, wrong. people were coming up to arcs me. my— wrong. people were coming up to arcs me. my best— wrong. people were coming up to arcs me, my best guess was, my best guess was that— me, my best guess was, my best guess was that rebekah vardy would shade it and _ was that rebekah vardy would shade it and get— was that rebekah vardy would shade it and get a small amount of damages because _ it and get a small amount of damages because it _ it and get a small amount of damages because it was a very harsh finding.

finding _ because it was a very harsh finding. finding that — because it was a very harsh finding. finding that someone has lied in the witness _ finding that someone has lied in the witness box is a harsh one and judges — witness box is a harsh one and judges are _ witness box is a harsh one and judges are hesitant to make it. if the judge — judges are hesitant to make it. if the judge has found that, and she has, _ the judge has found that, and she has, then— the judge has found that, and she has, then she must have been very sure before — has, then she must have been very sure before she makes that finding that she _ sure before she makes that finding that she has been lied to, and it's not something the judges are keen to do. not something the judges are keen to do it— not something the 'udges are keen to do. , ., ., ., do. it is worth going through the list of stories _ do. it is worth going through the list of stories again. _ do. it is worth going through the list of stories again. it _ do. it is worth going through the list of stories again. it is - do. it is worth going through the list of stories again. it is pretty i list of stories again. it is pretty much every single tweet and post that was talked about in court about the judge has agreed that rebekah vardy was involved in the leaking of. we have the marriage one, the state of their marriage, the halloween one and the one when they were in their pyjamas and talk about who took the photo, a car crash relating to washington and coleen rooney was furious and said she had not even been in the car when it happened and she was scraped in the car park and gender selection was one of the made up post she put in during her detective work where she said she was going to mexico to look into making sure they can have a

girl if they had another one, and so it goes on. the flooded basement. this is when they said they went back to their house and found the basement was flooded and she had to have a glass of wine to recover from it. both of the posts that were genuine on the posts she planted there to try and work out who was leaking, both of them, thejudge has said, that rebekah vardy was involved with.— said, that rebekah vardy was involved with. that is one of the reasons why _ involved with. that is one of the reasons why it _ involved with. that is one of the reasons why it will _ involved with. that is one of the reasons why it will be _ involved with. that is one of the reasons why it will be so i involved with. that is one of the reasons why it will be so hard i involved with. that is one of the j reasons why it will be so hard to peet _ reasons why it will be so hard to peet lt's — reasons why it will be so hard to peet it's a — reasons why it will be so hard to peel. it's a very emphaticjudgment. there _ peel. it's a very emphaticjudgment. there is— peel. it's a very emphaticjudgment. there is no— peel. it's a very emphaticjudgment. there is no measure of doubt —— to appeat _ there is no measure of doubt —— to appeat but — there is no measure of doubt —— to appeal. but what was important is the series— appeal. but what was important is the series of the misuse of privacy is proved — the series of the misuse of privacy is proved because the defamatory meaning — is proved because the defamatory meaning that the post carried was that there — meaning that the post carried was that there was a series of them, not 'ust that there was a series of them, not just one. _ that there was a series of them, not just one. a — that there was a series of them, not just one, a whole series of stories being _ just one, a whole series of stories being leaked, so that set them burden— being leaked, so that set them burden quite high on coleen rooney which _ burden quite high on coleen rooney which is _ burden quite high on coleen rooney which is one of the reasons i was not sure — which is one of the reasons i was not sure she _ which is one of the reasons i was not sure she would meet it but i go back to _ not sure she would meet it but i go back to the — not sure she would meet it but i go back to the fact that i think the destruction of rebekah vardy in the cross—examination persuaded the

judge _ cross—examination persuaded the judge that the lady was not telling the truth, — judge that the lady was not telling the truth, and if that is the case, she has— the truth, and if that is the case, she has to — the truth, and if that is the case, she has to lose. for the truth, and if that is the case, she has to lose.— she has to lose. for people 'ust tunin: in she has to lose. for people 'ust tuning in it fl she has to lose. for people 'ust tuning in it is i she has to lose. for people 'ust tuning in it is worth i she has to lose. for people 'ust tuning in it is worth saying i she has to lose. for people just tuning in it is worth saying that| tuning in it is worth saying that rebekah vardy has lost a libel case against coleen rooney. thank you very much. let me bring in the bbc legal affairs editor. your instant reaction to this judgment? it’s reaction to this 'udgment? it's massively — reaction to this judgment? it's massively damaging for rebekah vardy. _ massively damaging for rebekah vardy, hugely damaging. asjonathan was saying. _ vardy, hugely damaging. asjonathan was saying, the. | vardy, hugely damaging. as jonathan was saying. the-— was saying, the. i think we should robabl was saying, the. i think we should probably leave _ was saying, the. i think we should probably leave it _ was saying, the. i think we should probably leave it for _ was saying, the. i think we should probably leave it for a _ was saying, the. i think we should probably leave it for a minute. i was saying, the. i think we should probably leave it for a minute. we can go into my report which sums up what we have learned today. it can go into my report which sums up what we have learned today.- what we have learned today. it was the trial that _ what we have learned today. it was the trial that brought _ what we have learned today. it was the trial that brought two _ the trial that brought two footballers wives face to face in court. coleen rooney, wife of england's all—time top scorer wayne rooney and rebekah vardy, wife of leicester city strikerjamie vardy. the trial attracted huge media interest. camera crews jostle for

position outside and reporters and columnists had to queue to get a ringside seat for this courtroom drama. now thejudgment has been published online. the drama. now the judgment has been published online.— drama. now the judgment has been published online. the winner, coleen roone . published online. the winner, coleen rooney- coleen _ published online. the winner, coleen rooney. coleen rooney— published online. the winner, coleen rooney. coleen rooney has - published online. the winner, coleen rooney. coleen rooney has struck. published online. the winner, coleen rooney. coleen rooney has struck a| rooney. coleen rooney has struck a major victory. a major home run here. and it makes her look, in a sense, a certain amount of estates person over this. she understands the game. vardy doesn't. the case all centred — the game. vardy doesn't. the case all centred on _ the game. vardy doesn't. the case all centred on accusation _ the game. vardy doesn't. the case all centred on accusation made i the game. vardy doesn't. the case all centred on accusation made by| all centred on accusation made by coleen rooney in october 2019. she had been doing some detective work to investigate who was allegedly leaking information from her private instagram account to the sun newspaper. coleen rooney created fake stories to try to deduce who was behind the leaks. she allegedly blocked every account apart from rebekah vardy�*s. days later, the stories appeared in the sun. only then and after the use of ten dots to ramp up the tension did coleen rooney reveal in an online post that the one account she had allowed to

read these works of fiction was rebekah vardy�*s. it was rebekah vardy who brought this legal action, and as she arrived for her first day in the witness box, much would depend on how she gave evidence. he did not go well. she was accused by coleen rooney's legal team of being evasive, changing her story, coleen rooney's legal team of being evasive, changing herstory, of lying under oath. rebekah vardy was described as an attention seeker who wanted to appear in the newspapers. coleen rooney told the court at the euros in 2016 when there was a commotion nearby. it was rebekah vardy switching seats to sit behind her, allegedly to be in the photographs. the court heard rebekah vardy used her agent, caroline watt, seen on the left, to leak the stories to the sun. these included tales about the state of rooney's marriage. caroline watt did not give evidence in court for health reasons and her mobile phone, which could have provided a data trail, went

missing in the north sea. in the witness box on the first day of her evidence, rebekah vardy broke down in tears. this happened again on subsequent days. at one point the judge paused proceedings to allow her to recover. i was in court only a few feet from rebekah vardy as she sat there crying, with her head in her hands, looking like she was thinking, why did i ever bring this to court? the contrast with the composure coleen rooney showed while giving evidence was striking. each day coleen rooney was accompanied by her husband, wayne, as she arrived at court. she told how her privacy had been invaded. information and photographs she wanted to share with only a few trusted friends and family were repeatedly leaked to the sun. this is why she set out to find out who was behind the leaks. she also said she had repeatedly tried to settle the case privately to avoid going to court, but rebekah vardy refused. when it was wayne rooney's turn in the witness box he

said he was not aware of his wife's online detective work until the day she posted her accusation. he described the traumatic impact whole case had had on her, with her becoming a different mother, a different wife. after today's judgment, coleen rooney will feel herself vindicated in her detective work. meanwhile, rebekah vardy�*s reputation has taken a hit and there will be big legal bills that need to be paid. colin paterson, bbc news, the high court. i am joined now by the high court. i am joined now by the bbc legal affairs correspondent. you have a little more time to read through thejudgment. you have a little more time to read through the judgment. what is standing upforyou? through the judgment. what is standing up for you? this through the judgment. what is standing up for you?— standing up for you? this is absolutely _ standing up for you? this is absolutely a _ standing up for you? this is absolutely a massive i standing up for you? this is j absolutely a massive defeat standing up for you? this is i absolutely a massive defeat for rebecca vardy. coleen rooney could not have wished for a more high art win. what we have got here is a demolition of the claim against her and effectively the judge saying that when she posted that she believed that these leaks have come

from rebekah vardy�*s account, that was not only substantially true but on the balance of probability was true and let me take you through some of the legal sphere. the issue was that rebekah vardy told the court that in law she had been defamed and what that means is her reputation had been so damaged by coleen rooney's post, you had some lasting effect on her life and she needed legal redress. what coleen rooney had to do as the defendant is proved that her posts were substantively true and that the meaning of her post, effectively that rebekah vardy had abused her position of trust as a friend, that that could be substantiated by the evidence. let me take you to one of the critical findings here. evidence. let me take you to one of the criticalfindings here. the court found it was necessary to treat rebekah vardy�*s evidence with a very considerable caution, determining that significant parts of her evidence were not credible. there were many occasions when the claimant's evidence, that is rebekah vardy, was manifestly inconsistent with the cantabrians —— contemporaneous documentary

evidence, evasive or implausible. that is pretty damaging and the whole scheme of things and the rooney camp will be delighted by the outcome. thejudgment rooney camp will be delighted by the outcome. the judgment goes on to make the point that, in essence, the judge believes on the balance of ability that mr vardy was working with her agent caroline watt to effectively get stories into the press —— mrs vardy. and the whole mystery of the disappearing whatsapp messages you will recall. the mystery of the disappearing whatsapp messages you will recall.— messages you will recall. the phone into the north _ messages you will recall. the phone into the north sea. _ messages you will recall. the phone into the north sea. the _ messages you will recall. the phone into the north sea. the phone i messages you will recall. the phone into the north sea. the phone that i into the north sea. the phone that went into the _ into the north sea. the phone that went into the north _ into the north sea. the phone that went into the north sea. _ into the north sea. the phone that went into the north sea. the i into the north sea. the phone thatj went into the north sea. the judge raised real questions about where the evidence went. istate raised real questions about where the evidence went.— the evidence went. we will keep readin: the evidence went. we will keep reading this _ the evidence went. we will keep reading this afternoon _ the evidence went. we will keep reading this afternoon and i the evidence went. we will keep reading this afternoon and bring | the evidence went. we will keep i reading this afternoon and bring you more on this result, but rebekah vardy has more on this result, but rebekah va rdy has lost more on this result, but rebekah vardy has lost a libel claim against coleen rooney. we will get some more reaction now to this. we can speak to alex creevy, who knows a thing or two about reputation and privacy —— alex mccready. he is from the

reputation and privacy team. it is baffling. here are two people who court publicity. they are married to two very famous footballers, they make money out of pr events and walking down red carpets and at home features, but i suppose this is a reminder to newspapers and particularly friends and family, that private means private. i think so. absolutely. _ that private means private. i think so. absolutely. this _ that private means private. i think so. absolutely. this was - that private means private. i think so. absolutely. this was an i so. absolutely. this was an information leak from coleen rooney's private social media account, and obviously very serious information that was being leaked, so she felt she had no choice but to set about on some detective work and find out who was responsible, which he has now done. truth? find out who was responsible, which he has now done.— he has now done. why do you think this ended up _ he has now done. why do you think this ended up in _ he has now done. why do you think this ended up in court? _ he has now done. why do you think this ended up in court? . _ he has now done. why do you think this ended up in court? . i- he has now done. why do you think this ended up in court? . ithink- this ended up in court? . i think rebekah vardy's _ this ended up in court? . i think rebekah vardy's team - this ended up in court? . i think rebekah vardy's team felt i this ended up in court? . i think rebekah vardy's team felt they | this ended up in court? . i think- rebekah vardy's team felt they had no other option but to try and vindicate her reputation and i think

in today's internet age, social media age, the age of cancelled culture, high—profile people are finding that they have no other recourse than to bring all other high—profile litigation to get that vindication and we saw that with the johnny depp and amber heard trial recently, so it is a trend we are seeing and one that will not go away. seeing and one that will not go awa . ., ., ., , seeing and one that will not go awa . ., , seeing and one that will not go awa. ., , , seeing and one that will not go awa. , away. coleen rooney was very public about who she _ away. coleen rooney was very public about who she felt _ away. coleen rooney was very public about who she felt was _ away. coleen rooney was very public about who she felt was behind i away. coleen rooney was very public about who she felt was behind the i about who she felt was behind the leaks. why do you think it bothered her so much. i don't mean to be respectful to her, private means private and that is how we started this chat, but a lot of stuff ends up this chat, but a lot of stuff ends up in the papers that is kind of made up are not necessarily true so why did this particularly bother her? i why did this particularly bother her? ~ , why did this particularly bother her? ~' , , ., , ., ., her? i think it is the betrayal of trust, her? i think it is the betrayal of trust. when _ her? i think it is the betrayal of trust, when you _ her? i think it is the betrayal of trust, when you are _ her? i think it is the betrayal of trust, when you are in - her? i think it is the betrayal of trust, when you are in the i her? i think it is the betrayal of. trust, when you are in the public eye, trust in your close circle of friends is even more important and normally people have quite a small

private social media account group that they trust with information about their lives and i think it is that betrayal of trust, i suspect, that betrayal of trust, i suspect, that really enraged coleen rooney in this instance. it’s that really enraged coleen rooney in this instance.— this instance. it's done a lot of damaue this instance. it's done a lot of damage to _ this instance. it's done a lot of damage to rebekah _ this instance. it's done a lot of damage to rebekah vardy. - this instance. it's done a lot of. damage to rebekah vardy. where this instance. it's done a lot of - damage to rebekah vardy. where do you think the rooney is will go from here? ., ., ., , here? coleen rooney will feel completely — here? coleen rooney will feel completely vindicated - here? coleen rooney will feel completely vindicated and - here? coleen rooney will feel completely vindicated and i i here? coleen rooney will feel. completely vindicated and i think she has maintained her position throughout and the trail should not have been brought. and we think it might be settled and she will walk away feeling completely vindicated, whether they decide to appeal it is another matter. they keep the agenda going and they feel they have no choice but to appeal it and the hurdles to doing it are quite high given the quite damning judgment that has been given. given the quite damning 'udgment that has been given._ that has been given. we've heard from a ample _ that has been given. we've heard from a couple of _ that has been given. we've heard

from a couple of media _ that has been given. we've heard from a couple of media lawyers i from a couple of media lawyers speaking to colin in london that this was quite a big ruling. it was quite black and white, pointing out that rebekah vardy had misled the court, if not lied. have you heard anything or seen anything in the trial that does give rebekah vardy the chance for an appeal? mat trial that does give rebekah vardy the chance for an appeal? not that i've seen yet _ the chance for an appeal? not that i've seen yet as — the chance for an appeal? not that i've seen yet as i _ the chance for an appeal? not that i've seen yet as i haven't _ the chance for an appeal? not that i've seen yet as i haven't had - the chance for an appeal? not that i've seen yet as i haven't had a - i've seen yet as i haven't had a chance to go through the judgment in detail yet, chance to go through the judgment in detailyet, but chance to go through the judgment in detail yet, but i think it's going to be a difficult hurdle given what has been said about the credibility of her evidence and also the fact that evidence went missing and there was a decision not to call her agent, and her absence was notable as was the wording in the judgment, so you have to find something when you are appealing, it's not you don't like the decision, there has to be a legal basis for the appeal and i haven't yet as seen one in the judgment but we will see. the costs

are really high _ judgment but we will see. the costs are really high on _ judgment but we will see. the costs are really high on this. _ judgment but we will see. the costs are really high on this. both - judgment but we will see. the costs are really high on this. both of - are really high on this. both of them, no real winners in this. both of them looking at large legal bills. we have not really seen something like this before. will we see it again? is this a unique, one—off, or might this encourage those in the public eye to fight for their name in this way? i those in the public eye to fight for their name in this way?— their name in this way? i don't think it's a _ their name in this way? i don't think it's a one-off. _ their name in this way? i don't think it's a one-off. the - their name in this way? i don'tj think it's a one-off. the nation their name in this way? i don't - think it's a one-off. the nation was think it's a one—off. the nation was gripped withjohnny depp and amber heard and has been gripped by this. i don't think it is the end of it, just because of the media landscape in social media landscape we live in. i think sometimes there is no option and it's often a means of last resort for clients. they don't enter into defamation proceedings lately —— likely, but if someone high—profile is out to save their names, they sometimes feel there is no option and i think we will continue to see that.- no option and i think we will continue to see that. good to talk to ou.

continue to see that. good to talk to yon there _ continue to see that. good to talk to you. there is _ continue to see that. good to talk to you. there is much _ continue to see that. good to talk to you. there is much more - continue to see that. good to talk. to you. there is much more analysis and reporting on that breaking news that rebekah vardy has lost a libel case against coleen rooney on the bbc news website. it is all there. let's find out what is happening at the commonwealth games. jane dougal is waiting for us. she is there in the centre of the action. how are you doing, jane? good morning and welcome back to birmingham on day one of the action in the commonwealth games. 16 gold medals across iii sports up for grabs today and already we have the first gold of this year's games. it's been won up the road in sutton coldfield where england's alex yee has triumphed in the men's triathlon. you may remember he took silver at last years olympics but he's gone one better here. he produced a stunning 5k run to chase down hayden wilde of new zealand to claim his place at the top of the first podium of these games.

gold for england and a fantastic achievement for alex. it’s gold for england and a fantastic achievement for alex. it's bizarre it is me doing _ achievement for alex. it's bizarre it is me doing this. _ achievement for alex. it's bizarre it is me doing this. i _ achievement for alex. it's bizarre it is me doing this. i feel - it is me doing this. i feel extremely grateful to be in this situation — extremely grateful to be in this situation and proud to be triathlete and to _ situation and proud to be triathlete and to see — situation and proud to be triathlete and to see all the different nations i've never— and to see all the different nations i've never raised before with undoing _ i've never raised before with undoing triathlon for the first time, — undoing triathlon for the first time, its— undoing triathlon for the first time, it's an amazing day for triathlon _ time, it's an amazing day for triathlon and i am proud to be the winner_ triathlon and i am proud to be the winner of— triathlon and i am proud to be the winner of the great run. fantastic result for alex yee. next to the netball where england, the defending champions are taking on trinidad and tobago in their opening game. these are the live pictures from that match. it's currently 27—7. in the first quarter england were on a par with trinidad but then the races have pulled away and as you can see 29—7 for england, they're

hoping to defend their gold medal —— the roses. later onjamaica face wales, and new zealand play northern ireland. the track cycling is taking place outside of birmingham at the lee valley velopark in london. and england's men are guaranteed a medal in the team pursuit. dan bigham, charlie tanfield, ethan vernon and ollie wood recorded the second fastest time of qualifying and will take on new zealand for the gold. wales will race australia for the bronze. but it didn't go so well for england's women. dame laura kenny and her team can only win bronze at best afterfinishing third in qualifying. australia and new zealand will face off the gold.

action also taking place over in coventry this morning where the rugby 75 has got underway. there was a very comfortable opening win for the england women's side. they absolutely steamrollered sri lanka in their pool a match. wasps winger ellie boatman was the star, grabbing four tries. 57—0 it ended in that one. not such a good start for the scottish side. they were beaten in their opening match in pool b, 31—12 the final score against a very strong fiji side. cricket is being played for the first time ever at the commonwealth games with india taking on australia in a repeat of 2020's world t20 final. india won the toss at edgbaston and are batting, they're currently

117—5 after 16 overs. australia will start their chase shortly. that's all the sport for now. more throughout the rest of the daylight from burning in and a very warm and sunny victoria square. —— throughout the rest of the day from birmingham. how is it looking across the country? the weather as we saw not looking too bad for the commonwealth games. a fair looking too bad for the commonwealth games. afairamount looking too bad for the commonwealth games. a fair amount of cloud in northern england, parts of the midlands, producing the odd shower and also cloud rolling into northern ireland later with some splashes of rain too. many sunny for scotland and down towards the south where temperatures will climb to 27. this

evening and tonight cloud in across northern ireland, parts of scotland also into north—west england and north wales. clear spells in the south—east, quite misty and murky where we have this damp weather rolling in. quite you need to start saturday morning. the band of cloud and rain moving south, setting up shop across northern england, north wales and may be the odd spot of rain into east anglia. to the south dry and warm, 26—27. it will turn cooler and fresher across the north of the uk on sunday. staying warm and humid further south and central parts some rain at times. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. rebekah vardy loses her high court libel case against colleen rooney — bringing the so—called "wagatha christie" trial to an end. the government concedes it needs to improve its response to international crises —

after mps described the uk's response as a disaster and betrayal likely to have cost afghan lives. the government has revealed how the £400 of help for rising energy bills will be paid in england, scotland and wales — there'll be six monthly installments from october. president zelensky makes an unannounced appearance in the ukrainian port of odesa — with the first grain shipment to leave a ukrainian port since the russian invasion still on hold. police say two people have been arrested in connection with the death of a nine—year—old girl in a suspected stabbing in boston, lincolnshire. we do believe this to be an isolated incident, and we're not yet in a position to name the victim. her parents are being supported by specially trained officers at this very difficult time. day one of the commonwealth games is under way in birmingham — alex yee has won gold for england in the men's triathlon, in the first medal of the games.

the uk government has conceded it needs to improve its response to international crises. the foreign office said there were fundamental lessons to learn. the foreign affairs committee inquiry in may described the uk is handling of the afghanistan crisis as a disaster and betrayal that was likely to have cost afghan lives. earlier i spoke to caroline hawley about the government response. {line to caroline hawley about the government response. one of the critical findings _ government response. one of the critical findings of _ government response. one of the critical findings of the _ government response. one of the critical findings of the inquiry - government response. one of the critical findings of the inquiry to l critical findings of the inquiry to which the government is responding is that people were left behind and left at risk. so, the report that was published found multiple failings, failings of leadership, senior officials on holiday you may remember as kabulfell. and on the policy to resettle afghans who had

worked there, it spoke of a total failure to plan how to help those at risk. it also said the process was open to arbitrary political intervention. it mentions the case of the animal charity, where staff and animals of that charity were evacuated when others at risk were left behind. that was one of the very key findings of the report on the government says it deeply regrets that some afghans were put at risk. it says it was dealing with at risk. it says it was dealing with a crisis of unprecedented scale. some of the other findings of the report in may, a failure to destroy sensitive documents at kabul airport, again something that could have put afghan lives at risk. the government says it is reviewing, it has done a review and strengthening the process for holding sensitive documents, will get more equipment and staff to do the job in future crises. it basically says there are

lessons to be learned, it's determined to raise standards the future. ., , ., , determined to raise standards the future. .,, .,, . ., determined to raise standards the future. . ., ., future. tobias ellwood chair of the defence select _ future. tobias ellwood chair of the defence select committee - future. tobias ellwood chair of the defence select committee says i future. tobias ellwood chair of the l defence select committee says this report highlights how many lessons need to be learned. first, congratulations to tom tugendhat and his committee for exposing this. we can remember those scenes dramatically playing out last summer during the evacuation which essentially ended the biggest military campaign for a generation, two decades of effort actually ended in failure. we abandoned afghanistan, we handed it back to the insurgents that we went into defeat. the government were in denial not just about this but also about the actual evacuation. we were caught off guard on how the country would implode and whilst the evacuation itself seemed to go well with the mod sending those heavy—lift aircraft, as this report underlines we've abandoned thousands who still live in danger because they supported the british effort but are now pursued

by the taliban. there is now a need to assist those seeking to exit afghanistan even today and there's a bigger picture here, this report highlights after all our promises we've abandoned a0 million people and they must now adhere to a ruthless interpretation of sharia law including the terrible treatment of women and girls. we've also allowed space for terrorism camps to once again recruit and train a new generation of extremists and the government still won't hold an independent inquiry. there are so many lessons to be learned as the report shows. it's notjust about international crisis, it's about how we invade, how we liberate and support countries around the world. do you think we're going to see real change in the foreign office,

the ministry of defence and the british armed forces from reports like this? there are big questions about our ability to do this again. it's putting huge strain on the mod itself. there are cuts to the heavy—lift aircraft. there also the silo mentality whitehall which continues to persist. i was in the mod and foreign & commonwealth office, they do not work as closely together. they do very well in countries in our embassies but not so well in whitehall, that must be reviewed. you touched on something, the uk's attention is now turning to ukraine but this was a humiliating defeat for nato and to my mind history will show that our departure has marked the high tide mark of modern western

liberalism, our desire, our ability to defend the international rule of law. something that's not gone unnoticed by both russia and china who believe it's now their turn to influence global events in a very, very different style as we are seeing in ukraine. how much damage is being done here? as you keep pointing out and rightly so, we are involved in another conflict now whether we want to be or not to support the people of ukraine. can we recover from this? we have to recover. nato has done very well on one extent, it was hugely bruised by what happened in afghanistan, the morale across nato countries was very low indeed. there's a new regained sense of purpose there but we are still missing the bigger challenge, the bigger threat that's taking place because what's happening in ukraine won't stay in ukraine. we are in for a bumpy decade indeed. as i say, this is to do with russia and china recognising the weakness, the risk averse nice if you like of the west.

they now feel it's their turn to govern in the way that the west hasn't done and we've step back from that. afghanistan was the start of that and in ukraine today we aren't leaning in hard enough to change events there. president zelensky makes an unannounced appearance in the ukrainian port of odesa — with the first grain shipment to leave a ukrainian port since the russian invasion still on hold. kyiv has denied russian allegations that its rockets destroyed a prison in the occupied part of the donetsk region. in a video statement, the defence ministry in moscow said

a0 prisoners were killed and 75 wounded in the overnight attack on the town of olenivka. it described it as a bloody provocation, adding that some of the pows were members of the azov batallion — the last defenders of mariupol. there's been no confirmation of the russian claim, and no word so far from the ukrainian side. our correspondent paul adams is in kyiv, and i asked him what we know about this incident so far. i can tell you what we have seen which is some pretty sickening images, a warehouse that is a tangled mess of metal bedsteads and at least a couple of bodies and bodies that are terribly badly charred and that is what the russian says the result of a ukrainian missile strike on the ukrainians absolutely refute that and say there was no such strike and have accused the russians of deliberately targeting this place where, as you say, ukrainian prisoners of war, soldiers and civilians were being held it's not going to be easy to establish what happened there and it is a part of the world

where conspiracy theories and fakes are pretty commonplace. a ukrainian government adviser has said today "that if it turns out to be true it is obvious that the killing of ukrainian prisoners is another monstrous and cynical crime of putin and his accomplices." you have to ask why the ukrainians who are now equipped with quite sophisticated and highly accurate literary equipment would target a place they knew perfectly well was full of their own people. what more can you tell us about this prison and where it is in the region it is in? olenivka is a little community not far from donetsk in rebel held territory. it's a place where the russians have run one of the so—called filtration camps where they have been

processing and frankly detaining significant numbers, up to 3000 of people, a lot of them from mariupol and remember the battalion involved in the defence of mariupol until the city finally fell earlier in the year, so some of those and civilians who were involved in trying to get humanitarian aid into the city while it was under siege and back in mid—may the ukrainian government accused the russians of torturing prisoners there. so, it is a place that has been on everybody�*s mental map for some time and it is clearly a shocking development and we have not seen a large number of bodies, we have only seen the two that the wreckage of the building and frankly it remains a bit of a mystery as to precisely how they died and where, frankly, all of the others are. two people have been arrested in

connection with the death of a nine—year—old girl in boston. police said officers were called to the scene just after 6:20pm last night. they believe this is an isolated incident. the chief superintendent of lincolnshire police has given an update earlier.— of lincolnshire police has given an update earlier. officers were called to the scene _ update earlier. officers were called to the scene of— update earlier. officers were called to the scene of an _ update earlier. officers were called to the scene of an incident - update earlier. officers were called to the scene of an incident at - to the scene of an incident at 6:20pm yesterday. a nine—year—old girl has died as a result of what we believe to be a stab wound. we've arrested two people in connection with the incident. we believe this to be an isolated incident and we are pursuing extensive lines of inquiry and have committed a number of resources. you will see more officers patrolling the area and we have a high number of specialist detectives brought in to assist. as i said, we do believe this to be an isolated incident and we are not yet in a position to name the victim. her parents are being supported by specially trained officers at this difficult time and i can only imagine the pain they are going

through. their welfare and the welfare of those she knew is a priority. welfare of those she knew is a the headlines on bbc news. rebekah vardy loses her high court libel case against colleen rooney — bringing the so—called "wagatha christie" trial to an end. the government concedes it needs to improve its response to international crises — after mps described the uk's response as a disaster and betrayal likely to have cost afghan lives. the government has revealed how the £400 of help for rising energy bills will be paid in england, scotland and wales — there'll be six monthly installments from october. the governor of the american state of kentucky says flash floods — caused by torrential rains — have killed eight people, including a woman aged 81. the floods, which have hit areas in the appalachian mountains, have been described as "historic",

and there are fears of further deaths, as several people were missing. gareth barlow has more. this is the power of the floods in kentucky — thole homes ripped from their foundations. everything's gone. like, everything is gone. my whole life is gone. we had to swim out and it was cold and it was over my head so, yeah, it was scary. as the waters rose, residents rushed to rooftops, some airlifted to safety. my mum's there and she's got parkinson's and we had to worry about getting her upstairs. with further rain forecast, the state's governor declared a state of emergency in six counties, mobilising the national guard, with officers using boats to rescue stranded residents. the situation right now is tough. there are a lot of people in eastern kentucky on top of roofs, waiting to be rescued.

there are a number of people that are unaccounted for and i'm nearly certain this is a situation where we are going to lose some of them. dozens of people have been rescued and tens of thousands remain without power. the white house says the president has been briefed on the situation, which has also seen severe flooding and mudslides in neighbouring virginia and west virginia. we didn't have no time to get nothing out of our apartment, in the basement. i lost everything, twice — this makes twice that i've lost everything. many parts of kentucky are still struggling after being hit by tornadoes last year and this latest extreme weather, a reminder of the deadly impact of our changing climate. gareth barlow, bbc news. the defence secretary ben wallace has said he's supporting liz truss

in the battle to be the next conservative party leader and prime minister. his announcement came as she and rishi sunak appeared before tory party members at the contest�*s first official hustings in leeds last night. mr sunak said he backed the return of grammar schools, while ms truss repeated her pledge to deliver the northern powerhouse rail scheme in full. our political correspondent iain watson has the details. the hustings effectively allow conservative party members... they are the people who choose the next prime minister of this country, not the rest of us. they allow them to ask questions directly of the candidates. they are the people who cast their votes. so, in that sense, it is quite important. there are going to be12 of them around the country. the first was in leeds last night. some interesting questions. certainly, the candidates had come prepared to talk to conservative voters, conservative supporters, about the issues that they were concerned about. you mentioned that rail project watered down by borisjohnson. guess what. it was very relevant to leeds. both candidates were saying they were committed to it. a station was cancelled

and bradford was suddenly resurrected by rishi sunak. with 11 more of these to go, i don't know how many more promises are going to be made to that select group before the end of next month. but also interestingly, rishi sunak was asked by one member of the audience whether he had stabbed borisjohnson in the back. so, people were expressing some of the concerns about the candidates rather than simply listening to them. they also by a moderator. in this case, it was lbc�*s nick ferrari. he asked that question about grammar schools that you mentioned. but it was a bit of a crowd pleaser. looks like we could have grammar schools back right across england, until rishi sunak�*s team clarified that he only meant expanding them in the areas where they already exist, places such as kent, for example. but the bigger game changer, rather than the hustings, was the endorsement of liz truss by ben wallace. he is obviously the defence secretary. he seemed to perform well

in the ukraine crisis. but in addition to that, a lot of the polling suggested had he stood to be conservative leader, he might have been more popular with the members than either rishi sunak or liz truss. so, whoever he endorsed was definitely going to get an advantage. today he told the bbc the reason for doing so was notjust increased defence spending but also liz truss's breadth of experience in government. i took a view, having known both of them in cabinet, that liz was someone who had the breadth of experience. you know, she did two years as chief secretary of the treasury in cabinet. that is the country's book—keeper, let's call it. so she understands and demonstrates track record in economics. she has been the trade secretary, negotiated trade deals. and then the foreign secretary where very often we have been together abroad. i have sat side by side with her in france, in nato, in australia, and in national security councils here in the uk. i think all of that said to me, look, they are great candidates, both her and rishi. rishi will be a fine member of anybody's cabinet.

they would be lucky to have him. but for me, liz is the one who i think will do asked by defence of this nation, by investing in it and making sure that we get to a point where we can provide that resilience that does have a knock—on effect on the cost of living. so, ben wallace saying he liked the sound of liz truss's commitment to increase defence spending by the end of the decade. but rishi sunak�*s team would point out that he has spent more on defence, he says, than anyone else since the end of the cold war. perhaps that wasn't the only reason ben wallace was endorsing liz truss, but the timing of his endorsement comes with military precision because although this contest goes on until early september, conservative party members will be getting their ballot papers next week. if they vote early, perhaps not both of them, but if they vote early, perhaps for anybody who is undecided, that ben wallace intervention might help them make up their mind. i should say though that not every

senior conservative agrees with him. far from it. in fact, david gauke who used to serve in a conservative cabinet suggested that if the membership voted for liz truss, they would be making or taking, i should say, an incredible gamble. sir christopher was the uk ambassador to washington prior to the invasion of iraq. he had postings to the former soviet union, spain and the eu and also served as john major's press secretary. british fans of neighbours are preparing to bid farewell to the residents of ramsay street. earlier

i spoke to our australia correspondent from the home of the site ramsay street. it correspondent from the home of the site ramsay street.— site ramsay street. it feels so surreal to _ site ramsay street. it feels so surreal to be _ site ramsay street. it feels so surrealto be here _ site ramsay street. it feels so surrealto be here and - site ramsay street. it feels so surrealto be here and it - site ramsay street. it feels so l surreal to be here and it actually feels like such a privilege to be here on the day that the uk fans get to say goodbye to neighbours. yesterday when australian fans got to say goodbye to the country's longest running soap. there were smiles, laughs, people screaming, cheering when those big stars including jason donovan and kylie minogue make their comeback on the last episode. it felt so special to be there and it was just as moving to watch the fans as it was watching the last episode. it really felt like a big wave of love and nostalgia for the show. than like a big wave of love and nostalgia for the show. an absolute treat. nostalgia for the show. an absolute treat- some — nostalgia for the show. an absolute treat. some old _ nostalgia for the show. an absolute treat. some old faces _ nostalgia for the show. an absolute treat. some old faces mixed - nostalgia for the show. an absolute treat. some old faces mixed with l nostalgia for the show. an absolute i treat. some old faces mixed with new mixed _ treat. some old faces mixed with new mixed with. _ treat. some old faces mixed with new mixed with, yeah, just amazing. it

is really— mixed with, yeah, just amazing. it is really nice — mixed with, yeah, just amazing. it is really nice and feel good, just don't _ is really nice and feel good, just don't think— is really nice and feel good, just don't think about the fact you're never— don't think about the fact you're never going to see it again. great, loved it, never going to see it again. great, loved it. so _ never going to see it again. great, loved it, so nice _ never going to see it again. great, loved it, so nice to _ never going to see it again. great, loved it, so nice to see _ never going to see it again. great, loved it, so nice to see so - never going to see it again. great, loved it, so nice to see so many i loved it, so nice to see so many happy— loved it, so nice to see so many happy people _ loved it, so nice to see so many happy people such_ loved it, so nice to see so many happy people such a _ loved it, so nice to see so many happy people. such a happy- loved it, so nice to see so many- happy people. such a happy ending. it's been _ happy people. such a happy ending. it's been such— happy people. such a happy ending. it's been such a _ happy people. such a happy ending. it's been such a big _ happy people. such a happy ending. it's been such a big part— happy people. such a happy ending. it's been such a big part of- happy people. such a happy ending. it's been such a big part of our- it's been such a big part of our lives — it's been such a big part of our lives. lt— it's been such a big part of our lives. , . ., ., , ., ., lives. it such a great show and should be _ lives. it such a great show and should be going _ lives. it such a great show and should be going on _ lives. it such a great show and should be going on for - lives. it such a great show and | should be going on for another lives. it such a great show and - should be going on for another 20 years. should be going on for another 20 ears. ., . ., , ., years. you could see the mix of emotions. _ years. you could see the mix of emotions. on — years. you could see the mix of emotions, on the _ years. you could see the mix of emotions, on the one _ years. you could see the mix of emotions, on the one hand - years. you could see the mix of. emotions, on the one hand people were so happy that they got to watch what happens in the end but really you could feel theyjust weren't ready for it to come to a close. you could feel the sadness, it was like saying goodbye to a group of close friends that they lived with for many, many years. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. it's one of those afternoons where cloud amounts vary across the uk. the sun quite a lot of sunshine but for others, including in the west midlands, there will be a fair amount of cloud at times but not all

the time. we can see that lump of cloud on the earlier satellite picture. it's been sitting across parts of northern england, even producing the odd shower. plenty more cloud in the atlantic and that's going to bring rain for some of us as we head through the weekend. the first dribs and drabs of that working into parts of northern ireland through the afternoon. one or two showers elsewhere, variable cloud, some sunshine and quite a warm day. as we go through this evening and tonight, we will see this area of more extensive cloud moving across northern ireland, scotland and northern england and north wales with outbreaks of rain. turning quite misty and murky with hill fog and it's going to be a very, very mild night. quite muggy in places. tomorrow, we've got this frontal system pushing down from the north—west, that's going to bring cloud and outbreaks of rain. we can pick up on that on the weather chart, rather great conditions for

scotland and northern ireland. it should brighten up into the afternoon as the cloud and rain sinks down into parts of northern england and wales. to the south of that we should see some spells of sunshine at times. that's where we'll have the highest of the temperatures, up to 27 again. it's going to be quite a warm and muggy day across many parts of the uk. through saturday, instead of pushing that band of cloud through, it sticks in place and starts to wobble northwards again. that will bring further outbreaks of rain for some of us as we move into sunday. some areas of mist, murk and hill fog. that rain moving east through the day. to the north some sunny spells for scotland and northern ireland. a fresh appeal in the south. parts of southern england will stay dry and here once again it will be warm and muggy. warm again for the women's football final on sunday, fair amounts of cloud, temperature is 26. more rain to come to some of us

through next week, particularly in the north—west. not much of that getting into the south—east.

rebecca vardy loses her high court libel case against colleen rooney. vardy sued rooney after the latter accused her of leaking her private information to the sun. rebekah vardy was called by the judge of being an unreliable witness and today could not have gone much worse for her. also this lunchtime: police in lincolnshire arrest two people after a nine—year—old girl died in a suspected stabbing. we do believe this to be an isolated incident and we're not yet in a position to name the victim. her parents are being supported by specially trained officers at this very difficult time and i can only imagine the grief and pain they're going through. the government says people

will receive the £400 to help with rising energy bills in six—monthly