this is bbc news — i'm shaun ley — the headlines. rebekah vardy loses her libel case against colleen rooney over claims about private information being leaked to the press, the judge said significant parts of vardy�*s evidence wasn't credible. two people are arrested over the suspecting stabbing of a nine—year—old girl — she's been named as lilia valutyte. she died on fountain lane yesterday evening as a result of what we believe to be a stab wound. our thoughts continue to be with her family and friends and we are doing everything we can to support them and what is a truly devastating incident. ajudge rules the building that owned granville tower are responsible for the effects of the

fire. forthe responsible for the effects of the fire. for the first time, counsel has admitted they knew that the building was defective. the infected blood scandal of the 70s and 80s — thousands of surviving victims should receive immediate six figure compensation, rules a judge. and coming up in half an hour, foreign correspondents based in london give an outsider�*s view of events in the uk in dateline. hello, welcome to bbc news. it is good to have your company this evening. rebekah vardy has lost her libel case at the high court.

in what had become known as the wagatha christie trial, the wife of the former england footballerjamie vardy had sued coleen rooney — after she accused vardy of leaking private information about her to the tabloid press. in a statement after the verdict, coleen rooney said she was pleased with the judgment, but added that the case should never have gone to court. rebekah vardy said she was "extremely sad and disappointed", and that it wasn't the result she'd been expecting. our correspondent colin paterson has followed the trial and sent this report. two footballer wives, both with huge social media followings and brands in their own right. rebekah vardy, married to leicester city striker, jamie vardy, and coleen rooney, wife of england's all—time top goal—scorer, wayne rooney. they went head—to—head in a libel trial at the high court. today's judgment could not have gone much worse for rebekah vardy, her evidence described by the judge as "not credible, and on occasions, manifestly inconsistent, evasive or implausible."

it's a disaster for rebekah vardy. you know, her brand, her career in the sense of, you know, being a personality, has been completely ruined because she's effectively been found to be a liar by a high courtjudge, which is going to be hanging around her neck for the rest of her life. the case all centred on an accusation made by coleen rooney in october 2019. she'd been doing some detective work to investigate who was leaking information from her private instagram account to the sun newspaper. coleen rooney created fake stories to try and deduce who was behind the leaks. she blocked every account apart from one. 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'd allowed to read these works of fiction was rebekah vardy�*s. rebekah vardy said that this accusation had caused untold damage

to her reputation and she was left with no option but to sue coleen rooney for libel. but in court, things began to go wrong for mrs vardy. coleen rooney's legal team accused her of being evasive and of changing her story. today, the judge said that rebekah vardy had actively engaged time and time again in the process of selling stories about coleen rooney to the sun via her agent, caroline watt — seen here on the left. the judge said it was likely both of them had destroyed crucial evidence, including caroline watt�*s phone being dropped into the north sea. when rebekah vardy was giving her evidence at the high court, i was sitting about five feet away and saw as she repeatedly broke down, and when she was accused of lying under oath, she put her head in her hands and sobbed. she looked like she was thinking, "why have i brought this to the high court?" with today's judgment, she will be seriously regretting doing so. in thejudgment, coleen rooney and her husband, wayne rooney, were described as having given

honest and reliable evidence and crucially her original post with the accusation was ruled to have been substantially true. in a statement, coleen rooney said... coleen rooney has struck a majorvictory, major, major home run here. and it makes her look, in a sense, a certain amount of statesperson over this. she understands the game. vardy doesn't. she is a pantomime baddie, and we look at all these big celebrity moments as a great british pantomime. and she's come out as the ugly sister mixed with the dark prince. this afternoon, rebekah vardy said that she was disappointed and devastated by the judge is finding. she also asked to an end for what she called the vile abuse against her family. abuse the judge today also recognised. rebekah vardy hoped this case would restore her reputation, that

reputation has now fallen further. colin paterson, bbc news. lets speak to david banks who is a media lawyer whojoins us from northumberland. thanks very much for talking to us this evening. earlier in the trial, it looked like this was the most likely outcome, given the way the evidence went. what lessons do you think those who took part and perhaps others contemplating legal action should draw from it? i perhaps others contemplating legal action should draw from it?- action should draw from it? i think an one action should draw from it? i think anyone watching _ action should draw from it? i think anyone watching it _ action should draw from it? i think anyone watching it will— action should draw from it? i think anyone watching it will certainly i action should draw from it? i think| anyone watching it will certainly be thinking twice about going down the same road as rebecca vardy. —— rebekah vardy. it's notjust a cost that's involved in the astronomical costs that will fall upon rebekah vardy now. there is also the whole process of being in court and being cross by someone like david what it

does to you in the public eye. the last place that you want to be. and i'm sure as your correspondent said, it was the last place rebekah vardy wanted to be. that process, the trauma she's been through will be a lesson to anyone contemplating this sort of action. for lesson to anyone contemplating this sort of action-— sort of action. for all people may think about _ sort of action. for all people may think about the _ sort of action. for all people may think about the case _ sort of action. for all people may think about the case itself - think about the case itself or whether she should have brought it in the first place, people have different views on that, it is a trauma, isn't it? for everyone involved will stop nobody comes out of this having had feeling. even the roomies can feel particularly vindicated because it's lasted for months and it's cost a fortune. it’s months and it's cost a fortune. it's a ublic months and it's cost a fortune. it�*s a public examination. and what i always say to people is the last place you want to be is in the witness box at high court facing a qc who is trying to make you look like a liar because they invariably —— invariably will succeed. i have experience on both sides, and i'm sure one day wouldn't want to repeat. it has been said that the whole basis of libel over recent years has been to try to avoid this

kind of thing happening, to encourage litigants and defendants to try to settle the matter, and indeed, we heard that colleen rainey —— coleen rooney didn't make an effort to settle this on a number of occasions but was rebuffed. d think there was a — occasions but was rebuffed. d think there was a misunderstanding - occasions but was rebuffed. d think there was a misunderstanding that l there was a misunderstanding that affect some people in public like about what the law is for? about what purpose the courts serve? i think in this situation, you have two very, very high—profile individuals who were having their row or having their dispute on social media, and then they decide the decision was made by rebekah vardy to take that to a legal forum, which is totally, totally different. you might be able to the course of public opinion on twitter or instagram or any social media platform, but in the much more

forensic environments of the high court to a you no longer have juries, you don't have members of the public that will influence, you are facing a high courtjudge who will cut through all of that nonsense and focus very much on the issues at hand as we have seen here. david, thanks very much. more than 4,000 people affected by the infected blood scandal should receive an immediate compensation payment of at least £100,000 each. that's the recommendation of the judge leading the public inquiry into what's been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. the government says it will consider the recommendation with the "utmost urgency". if the government accepts it, it'll be the first time compensation will have been paid in the uk — after thousands of people were infected with lethal viruses, including hiv and hepatitis, through contaminated treatments in the 1970s and 80s. 0ur health correspondent jim reed has this report. in 1978 richard warrick was given a new treatment for the blood disorder haemophilia. he later found out it was contaminated with two forms

of hepatitis and hiv. the impact on his life was devastating. no life insurance, no pension. everything that the normal guy on the street that would be the norm, that isjust gone. we were advised, well, we were told in no uncertain terms to have our one and only child aborted, so we lost a child because of the risk to the child of hiv. but richard and other victims of this disaster have often had to survive on benefits and annual support payments unlike in other countries, full compensation has never been paid. it is recognition of the harm that has been done to us. compensation to families and victims will enable them to get on with their lives and... yeah. you've been waiting a long time for this. been waiting a long time for this. too long.

today, then, an important moment. the chair of the public inquiry made his first formal recommendation, that some interim compensation should be paid now with more possible later. i've decided to recommend interim payments of no less than £100,000 are made to all the infected people and all the bereaved partners currently registered with the schemes. in a room in the inquiry building messages are left in bottles remembering loved ones. since the start of the inquiry in 2019 one infected person has been dying every four days. in total 2500 have lost their lives. steve always felt the treatment destroyed his life. sue remembers her husband steve, as she visits his grave in devon. he was infected with hepatitis c after being given contaminated treatment, and died in 2018. i had my earning power taken away from me. my husband had his earning power taken away. we lost our home, we lost everything we had. why shouldn't i financially — because that is the only thing the government can now give me —

have some part of what i lost? the government has said it would consider the recommendations with utmost urgency though it is unclear where the money, possibly £400 million would come from. if it agrees, thousands of victims could receive the first ever compensation payments before the end of the year. jim reed, bbc news. some breaking news, a newspaper in spain is reporting the country's first monkeypox related death. now come the reason i mention that it is that we have the world health organization at the weekend declaring monkeypox to be a public health event of concern, raising concerns about it worldwide. in the comments they made then, they said there had been five deaths, but they had all been in africa. so subject to any confirmation from think this is probably emma probably, the first

monkeypox related death in europe. for more on that, we will have it later. —— the royal borough of kensington and chelsea admitted that it failed to ensure the building was not defective. let's talk now to our correspondence to tom simons who has been following the inquiry. this is separate to the grenfell inquiry, but potentially significant in relation —— in relation to it. relation -- in relation to it. you have three _ relation -- in relation to it. you have three things _ relation —— in relation to it. wi, have three things happening with regard of getting to the bottom of what caused the grenfell fire and the deaths of 72 people injune 2017. the public inquiry is still ongoing, reporting next year, a police investigation is still ongoing. this major raft of civil claims, so people suing the council and various companies involved for the deaths of their loved ones and also for the effects the fire has had on them. now, for the first time

thatjudge has decided that given thejudgment yesterday thatjudge has decided that given the judgment yesterday in the high court of the london rail borough of kensington and chelsea was liable for the deaths of nine, site, at five of the people who lived in the tower and for four other people who either lived in the tower or lived nearby. that follows the council making its own admissions about its own liability. it said effectively that it did have what's known as an legaljargon a duty of care towards the residence under two acts, and that it had breached those, that duty of care. now, it hasn't accepted much more than that. it is not accepting other cases, other claims from some 85 other people who are claiming against the council. but it has made this submission. it says that it has done so because i felt that it was the right thing to do and that it hoped it would allow the people who have been affected to

be able to move on with legal actions that they now face. time, thank ou actions that they now face. time, thank you very — actions that they now face. time, thank you very much. _ it's the first day of the commonwealth games in birmingham and it's been a successful opening day for england and scotland, with medals in the triathlon. alex yee won the men's event with a storming run to come from behind, and georgie taylor brown took silver in the women's just ahead of scotland's beth potter, who got bronze. off the track, a charity called craft space has given out more than four and a half thousand get to athletes and dignitaries. they reimagine the idea of birmingham as the workshop of the world as part of efforts to make visitors feel a particular welcome in the city. let's speak now to the director and someone who made many of the guess that was handed out. goodness, for both of you, this has been a pretty time consuming three months. let me start first of all, what, how did this come about? can you explain the background to its? the

this come about? can you explain the background to its?— this come about? can you explain the background to its? the background to it is that we were _ background to its? the background to it is that we were invited _ background to its? the background to it is that we were invited to _ background to its? the background to it is that we were invited to make - background to its? the background to it is that we were invited to make a i it is that we were invited to make a proposal for the commonwealth games, and what we thought was because we are a craft organisation and because of the heritage of the city, the city being the workshop of the world and the city of a thousand traits, without is a craft organisation we must make a project that was about making and about materials and that games some kind of presence around the skills and the innovation that is in the city and involve the people in making gifts for the athletes, instead of the mass—produced gifts that they would normally be given. i mass-produced gifts that they would normally be given.— normally be given. i can remember back when the _ normally be given. i can remember back when the european _ normally be given. i can remember back when the european union - normally be given. i can remember. back when the european union council came to birmingham for smx back in 1982, and there was some pretty, kind of, trait comments about some of the gifts that the government had organised and whether they really represented the spirit of birmingham. can you tell me, and

good evening to you, can you tell me about some of the gifts he made and what inspired you to choose the materials and the objects? filth. what inspired you to choose the materials and the objects? materials and the ob'ects? oh, yeah, the main inspiration — materials and the objects? oh, yeah, the main inspiration is _ materials and the objects? oh, yeah, the main inspiration is how— materials and the objects? oh, yeah, the main inspiration is how we - materials and the objects? oh, yeah, the main inspiration is how we can i the main inspiration is how we can make something handcrafted that is going to be inspired by birmingham, its people, its history, and how we can bring people together through craft. so, we went for the colours of the commonwealth flags, the whole colour palette represents all the colours of these flags, and then the materials, the materials are all locally sourced. they are all from birmingham from local businesses, and we made sure the materials also, the fabrics represent all cultures in birmingham. that's where we got her inspiration. irate in birmingham. that's where we got her inspiration.— her inspiration. we are 'ust looking at that 'ust

her inspiration. we are 'ust looking at that just down i her inspiration. we are 'ust looking at that just down to i her inspiration. we are just looking at that just down to your _ her inspiration. we are just looking at thatjust down to your left, i her inspiration. we are just looking at thatjust down to your left, howl at thatjust down to your left, how long did that take two oh, that took us nearly 7—9 hours. you connect to make for the big gift, yeah, but the small gift during the workshops where they can, like, on their ability, because we work with all abilities. so, yeah. given that you are making... a600 gifts is the number i have seen. that is an awful lot of workshops, and off a lot of people and an awful lot of dedication.— people and an awful lot of dedication. �*, ., ., ., ., dedication. it's a lot of workshops, but we were _ dedication. it's a lot of workshops, but we were determined _ dedication. it's a lot of workshops, but we were determined to - dedication. it's a lot of workshops, but we were determined to do i dedication. it's a lot of workshops, but we were determined to do it, | dedication. it's a lot of workshops, i but we were determined to do it, and we actually— but we were determined to do it, and we actually exceeded the target. we need a700, and we really did go to every— need a700, and we really did go to every corner — need a700, and we really did go to every corner of birmingham and a little _ every corner of birmingham and a little bit _ every corner of birmingham and a little bit outside of birmingham as well to— little bit outside of birmingham as well to all sorts of communities encouraging people so there were over 100 — encouraging people so there were over 100 workshops and to more than over100 workshops and to more than nearly— over 100 workshops and to more than nearly 4000 people from children in school _ nearly 4000 people from children in school to _ nearly 4000 people from children in school to community centres,

sometimes we are in community cafes where _ sometimes we are in community cafes where on _ sometimes we are in community cafes where on the — sometimes we are in community cafes where on the one side there would be a food _ where on the one side there would be a food bank_ where on the one side there would be a food bank and a community cafe, and on _ a food bank and a community cafe, and on the — a food bank and a community cafe, and on the other side we would be there _ and on the other side we would be there making tables. we went to all sorts of— there making tables. we went to all sorts of places. so everybody could take parts — sorts of places. so everybody could take parts. nobody had to have any skills _ take parts. nobody had to have any skills we _ take parts. nobody had to have any skills. we turned up with a beautiful kit, all the materials to hand~ _ beautiful kit, all the materials to hand. people canjust come and sit and talk— hand. people canjust come and sit and talk most of the conversations that we _ and talk most of the conversations that we overheard in the friendships we saw— that we overheard in the friendships we saw being made, what we're really hoping _ we saw being made, what we're really hoping for— we saw being made, what we're really hoping for was people making a connection premises see the gifts that i_ connection premises see the gifts that i have — connection premises see the gifts that i have here with me. they are made of— that i have here with me. they are made of two — that i have here with me. they are made of two medal washers. humble washer— made of two medal washers. humble washer made locally in stephen's gaskets — washer made locally in stephen's gaskets. when they used the wrapping and lewd _ gaskets. when they used the wrapping and lewd nodding. the last thing they would do would be to join them together— they would do would be to join them together that was about friendship and connection. can together that was about friendship and connection.— together that was about friendship and connection. can i end with you. how would — and connection. can i end with you. how would you _

and connection. can i end with you. how would you like _ and connection. can i end with you. how would you like the _ and connection. can i end with you. how would you like the gets - and connection. can i end with you. how would you like the gets to i and connection. can i end with you. how would you like the gets to be l how would you like the gets to be received two what would you hope would be the feeling that they inspire the people who received them? ,, , , ., , ., them? simply asked me that question, how do ou them? simply asked me that question, how do you think _ them? simply asked me that question, how do you think they _ them? simply asked me that question, how do you think they would _ them? simply asked me that question, how do you think they would like i them? simply asked me that question, how do you think they would like the i how do you think they would like the gift? and what i thought was people coming together over this thinking and actually sitting, taking their time to make this with pride and telling our story, the people of birmingham telling our story. i think they're going to appreciate it. and i think they are going to take it home and tell the birmingham straight to the rest of the world. i really hope so. i would love to talk more, but we have to leave it there. can ijust more, but we have to leave it there. can i just say, more, but we have to leave it there. can ijust say, though, that you and your fellow crafters have really reinvigorated that's wonderful face, made in birmingham. thank you very much. when astray this hour, please

have named the nine—year—old girl who died in a suspected staffing in the can sherry yesterday as lilia, suffered fatal injuries in wet officers described as an isolated incident in boston. two people have been arrested. a short time ago chief superintendent gave us this update. we can now confirm the identity of the nine—year—old girl who sadly died in boston yesterday evening we can now confirm the identity of the nine—year—old girl who sadly died in boston yesterday evening as lilia valutyte. she died on fountain lane yesterday evening as a result of what we believe to be a stab wound. our thoughts continue to be with lilia's family and friends, and we are doing everything we can to support them and what is a truly devastating incident. we are still working through a number of lines of inquiry. we have specialist officers and detectives working round—the—clock to ensure we can progress our investigations

as quickly as we can. still appealing to members of the public to get in touch if they haven't already done so by calling 101 quoting incident number a19 of yesterday's date, the 28th ofjuly, or they can report anonymously be a crime stoppers. people who are wanting to the attributes can do so at the corner of fountain lane. thank you. now, time for a look at the sport. we have done the crafting side of the commonwealth games with all of the commonwealth games with all of the other details, here is paul scott. good evening. let's begin in birmingham. para—cyclist neil fachie has won scotland's first gold medal of the commonwealth games.fachie and his sighted pilot lewis stewart also set a new games record in the men's tandem 1,000m time trial. fachie's gold was his fifth commonwealth title, bringing him level with lawn bowler alex marshall as scotland's most successful ever commonwealth athlete. in the men's team pursuit, england's quartet of dan bigham, commonwealth athlete. in the men's team pursuit, england's quartet of dan bigham, charlie tanfield, ethan vernon and ollie wood won silver as new zealand set a new commonwealth games record of three

minutes a7.575 seconds. laura kenny spearheaded england to bronze in the women's team pursuit. kenny, josie knight, maddie leech and sophie lewis beat wales by almost two seconds to earn their spot on podium, having missed out on a place in the gold medal race. england's alex yee won the first gold of the games in the men's triathlon. he trailed by 16—seconds after the bike ride, but made that up in the running section, to catch his rival hayden wilde of new zealand. yee won silver at last year's olympics, but went one better here. he produced a stunning 5k run to chase down wilde and claim his place at the top of the podium. it's bizarre that it's me that's

doing this. ifeel it's bizarre that it's me that's doing this. i feel extremely grateful to be in the situation. i'm empowered to be a triathlete today seeing so many different nations i've never raced before that are doing triathlon for the first time. it's amazing day, i am super proud to be the winner of this great run. meanwhile, the reigning olympic and world champion flora duffy succesfully defended her commonwealth title in the women's sprint triathlon. the 3a—year—old raced clear to win gold for bermuda. the silver went to england's georgia taylor—brown in her first commonwealth games appearance. scotland's beth potter took bronze. more medals up for grabs this evening in the pool. the women's 200m freestyle is getting underway shortly. these are live pictures. the action began around 20 minutes or so ago. two finals have already concluded. australian winning tenant winning the men's a00 metre freestyle.

canada's candidate in the last few minutes has claimed gold in the women's a00 metre individual medley. these are live pictures. australia's olympic champion ariarne titmus is the overwhelming favourite in the women's 200m freestyle. coverage cover on bbc1 right now. the commonwealth games isn't the only major sporting event in england this weekend. the lionesses are taking on germany in the final of the women's euros on sunday. england midfielderjill scott says the women's game has come a long way since england were last in the final in 2009. i think we had maybe 15,000 at the final, now to have like 90,000 is just going to be great i think 2009 was on central contracts are first

introduced which meant that the team could go full—time. you don't want to forget everybody who came before us and wore the shirt, because it's going to be a great moment even thinking about it. my voice goes a little bit. but we have to try to remain logical, one more game to go out there and achieve our dreams. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. now for the weather here on the bbc news. hello. many of us need rain at the moment, some of us are going to get some over the weekend, but it may well be that southern parts of the uk stay pretty much dry. there is the increasing chance of some rain at times, but not all the time as we move through the weekend at the commonwealth games in birmingham and the west midlands,

and that rain bearing cloud has been gathering to the north west of us, this strip of cloud on our earlier satellite image. this is in association with a frontal system starting to push in now from the northwest, bringing cloud and rain through the evening across northern ireland into scotland. the odd heavy burst over high ground in the west, rain too into north west england and north wales, and it will be turning really misty and murky with some hill and coastalfog across many of these north western areas. clear spells further south and east. it will be warm and muggy, 12 to 16 celsius the overnight lows. so into tomorrow, this frontal system continues to trudge its way slowly southwards and eastwards with that extensive cloud, that mist and fog and those outbreaks of rain. so rain pushing southwards through the morning across scotland and northern ireland, tending to clear out into northern england, parts of north wales. it won't be raining all the time. that rain will be quite sporadic, quite on and off. some of it could just drift into the north midlands and maybe even parts of east anglia as we go through the afternoon. but very little, if any, rain getting down into southern counties, where will be warm 26 or 27 celsius. but even further north, quite warm and quite humid,

22 celsius, for example, there in aberdeen. through saturday night, we see a feed of cloud continuing to roll in from the west. still some rather misty, murky conditions, especially around the coasts and over the hills. further outbreaks of rain drifting in as well. for sunday, there's a bit of uncertainty about just how far north orjust how far south this lump of wet weather will be. but it does look quite likely that southern counties aren't going to see very much rain, and it will brighten up later across scotland and northern ireland. feeling cooler and fresher here. still pretty warm and humid down towards the south. so 26 celsius likely to be the temperature at wembley for the kick—off of the euro 2022 final, could be the odd spot of rain from this cloud. and then as we head into next week, there is some rain in the outlook, but, again, most of that up towards the north and the west of the uk, not much of it down to the south. it should turn a little cooler, though, later in the week.

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