two weeks ago, keely championships two weeks ago, keely hodgkinson, on the track in the 800 metres heats. she was very strong, controlling it till the very end, and looking comfortable as she qualifies into the final that will take place on saturday. her team—mate alexandra bell also qualified for england, and scotland's laura muir will also be in that final. thanks so much, kate. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. it looked cloudy in birmingham, a rather muggy feeling day. we knew july would be dry, it is the driest on record for some parts of southern and eastern england, but as you can see, the brown on the map shows less than average rainfall. it has been dry across the board, so we did have some welcome rain through the night. that is because we have low pressure with us for a change. it is quite

windy out there as well, 100 millimetres plus of rain fell in the cumbrian fells last night, not unusual. this morning, about 50 millimetres across the north welsh mountains as well. you can see here, the rain is steadily starting to clear away, the rain is steadily starting to clearaway, but the rain is steadily starting to clear away, but it is still heavy for a few spots. showers following, and drizzle around the hills and coasts further south as well. but not where we need it, across southern and eastern areas, still dry and warm here, becoming drier and really warm across scotland and northern ireland as well. because of the breeze, we are seeing the fern effect, so that lifts the temperature east of the hills. 25 in the east of scotland but as much as 30 in the next hour or two in the south and east. it will feel oppressive again through the night, uncomfortable for sleeping, like last night. more rain to come in the north, so we maintain temperatures in the mid teens here, with higher humidity in the south. grey and murky and a bit dank underneath the remnants of that weather front first

thing in the morning. 0ne remnants of that weather front first thing in the morning. one or two showers but not appreciable rain, really. the sky is bright and behind most of the rain. tomorrow's rain will come from the showers in the north—west of scotland and possibly northern ireland again. it will be notably fresher here, while the south will have a muggy day again. for birmingham tomorrow, still holding onto some humidity. it should be drier and there should be more sunshine around tomorrow. thursday sees the fresher air finally arriving for all of us on this cold weather front. we then change wind direction to a north—westerly and we have two or three days of more comfortable whether, comfortable for sleeping at night, as we lose the humidity. still showers around, much we did —— much needed rain in the north and west. temperatures might be a little bit below average during the coming weekend, but it will still feel worn

because the winds will fall light by then, and if anything, fewer showers on friday compared with thursday. more rain for the north of scotland on saturday, and more cloud around, but generally looking dry, pressure this weekend. thank you, helen. a reminder of our top story: the energy giant bp has recorded its second highest quarterly profit in its history, nearly £7 billion, as domestic energy bills soar. you can keep up—to—date with all those stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are.

good afternoon, it's 1.30pm, and here's your latest sports news. good afternoon from birmingham. it is day five of the commonwealth games. 37 gold medals up for grabs, and wales have won their second of the games. it came in the lawn bowls, in a very tight match against england — jarrad breen and daniel salmon beating jamie walker and sam tolchard19—18to win men's pairs gold at victoria park. scotland beat northen ireland to win the bronze. amazing. i would amazing. iwould never even amazing. i would never even have dreamt of that happening. obviously i was always wanting to get to the commonwealth games but to win two gold medals now, it is beyond my wildest dreams, to be honest.

the atletics at the alexander stadium begins today. katarina johnson—thompson begins the defence of her heptathlon title. kjt is hoping to improve on her eighth place at the world championships last month. the 29—year—old has been plagued with injuries. she recovered from a ruptured achilles to make last year's olympics, only for a calf injury to force her out. so far this morning, she finished fifth place in the 100 metres hurdles. she has been competing in the high jump she has been competing in the high jump as well but not able to do as well as she would like, she was unable to clear up 1.87 metres however her points taken to the top of the standings after two events, the heptathlon will continue tonight. england's nethaneel mitchell blake is through to the semifinal of the men's100 metres. mitchell—blake was beaten by nigeria's oghene tejiri ashe in the heats. he edged mitchell blake as the two took the automatic

qualification spots. england's ojie edoburun scotland's adam thomas and wales' british championjeremiah azu are also safely through. the crowd is amazing. i was not expecting it to be this full. i could not stop smiling. this is what it is all about, we train so hard and want to show it off to the world, thank you to everyone who has come out because it has been amazing so far. in the women's t37/38 100m qualifying a season—best time of 12.80 seconds saw england's sophie hahn finish clear of the competition and safely book her final spot. wale's olivia breen also got her best time of the year with to finish second.

in the last few minutes, england's keeley hodgkinson, who is the olympic and world silver medallist, and scotlands laura muir made it through to the 800 metre finals . but disappointment for scottish team matejemma reekie, who misses out. england's women could seal their place in the semi finals of cricket's t20 competition with a win over south africa at edgbaston today. england beat sri lanka in their first match and if new zealand beat the sri lankans today and england win then they'll be through to the last four england we can take you to live pictures now from edgbaston. here they are. you can watch the match live on the bbc iplayer and bbc sport website. they need 5a for 26, south africa, 26 balls. we will keep you up—to—date on that one as we get it.

there have been some special guests at the aquatic centre, the duke and duchess of cambridge were visitors along with their daughter princess charlotte, cheering on team england. the athletes very grateful for their support, i am sure. jake jarman has won a fourth gold medal in the men's vault in the past few minutes. more on that in the next hour but from a very noisy victoria square in birmingham that is all the sport for now we will of course keep you up—to—date with everything going on at the commonwealth games in birmingham. good afternoon to you, you're watching bbc news. the time is 1:38pm and we will turn to a story that has developed somewhat in the past hour or so because the

parents of archie battersbee have launched another appeal against the decision to end his life—support treatment. elliott carter as a spokesperson for the parents of archie battersbee and explain how the family are currently feeling. bits of a waiting game now but we're hopeful that they will hopefully hear the case and we will get to put our point across. haw hear the case and we will get to put our point across.— our point across. how are holly and paul? they — our point across. how are holly and paul? they are _ our point across. how are holly and paul? they are really _ our point across. how are holly and paul? they are really exhausted . paul? they are really exhausted toda . paul? they are really exhausted today- it's _ paul? they are really exhausted today. it's come _ paul? they are really exhausted today. it's come to _ paul? they are really exhausted today. it's come to a _ paul? they are really exhausted today. it's come to a bit - paul? they are really exhausted today. it's come to a bit of- paul? they are really exhausted today. it's come to a bit of a - paul? they are really exhausted i today. it's come to a bit of a head, yesterday we were all so tense it was going to happen at two and then meant to happen today at 12, they are so exhausted ijust want meant to happen today at 12, they are so exhausted i just want to spend time with their little boy. that is why i'm here on their behalf. ., ., that is why i'm here on their behalf-_ he i that is why i'm here on their behalf._ he isj that is why i'm here on their- behalf._ he is stable behalf. how he doing? he is stable still. like behalf. how he doing? he is stable still- like he _ behalf. how he doing? he is stable still. like he has _ behalf. how he doing? he is stable still. like he has been _ behalf. how he doing? he is stable still. like he has been for - behalf. how he doing? he is stable still. like he has been for the - behalf. how he doing? he is stable still. like he has been for the past| still. like he has been for the past four months, really. if the supreme court does not accept this latest application, what next?

the noon deadline has passed for the withdrawal of life support, that has been extended. what were the family's wishes be next? i been extended. what were the family's wishes be next? i think if it does not _ family's wishes be next? i think if it does not get — family's wishes be next? i think if it does not get accepted - family's wishes be next? i think if it does not get accepted will- family's wishes be next? i think if it does not get accepted will have j it does not get accepted will have to speak with our legal team about the next steps. i think we cannot really plan too far ahead because things are just constantly changing and we have to just take every day as it comes. if it comes to a point of end—of—life care, you maybe don't want that to take place here, explain what the family might be thinking. explain what the family might be thinkina. ~ ., ., , , thinking. where the relationship between the _ thinking. where the relationship between the family _ thinking. where the relationship between the family and - thinking. where the relationship between the family and hospitalj thinking. where the relationship - between the family and hospital has broken down so much, it, the family would not get to have the goodbye they would want. so we are really adamant the fact it takes place in a hospice. they are so much better equipped to deal with the scenarios and so much more peaceful and you can have all the family around and there is no security and things like that, it would be a much more

peaceful and dignified way to say goodbye, really. the spokeswoman for archie battersbee's family. let's get more now on the assassination by the us of the al-qaeda leader, ayman al—zawahiri, in a drone strike in afghanistan. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in the afghan capital kabul and told us more about the strike which killed him. the strikes on a crowded residential neighbourhood took place just streets away from where we are standing now, it is quite a gaudy mansion villa in quite of wealthy residential neighbourhood next to a popular supermarket and major bank. we were able to approach the house, the neighbours said it had been the house, several story villa with balconies that have been struck in

the early hours of sunday morning, turns out there were two hellfire missiles fired from a drone. we could see plastic screening had been put on top of the balconies this morning and the windows of the nearby house had been shattered. the neighbours said to us that they believed it had been an empty house. they said they do not recall seeing anyone around there although the us said ayman al—zawahiri had used that house for many months and he liked to sit on the balcony. whether or not neighbours did not want to speak or buy that they did not know whether his movements were so discreet that they were not noticed we will have to wait some time before these details become clearer but at the house is said to be owned by a leading member of the taliban movement, he is now the interior minister and under us terrorism sanctions and it seems to have been carried out by the cia, the us�*s top

spy carried out by the cia, the us�*s top spy agency, not by the us military, which sensibly pull out of us forces last year as said to maintain use the phrase over the horizon operations operating from bases outside of afghanistan. it seems they got a tip off, credible information they said, even top president biden were shown a mock—up of the house and they had been studying it for the past three months. very detailed and painstaking operation. a coroner has concluded that the music entrepreneur jamal edwards died due to taking cocaine. the youtube star died in february this year, at the age of 31. the coroner says the cause of death was cardio arrhythmia which was sparked by cocaine use. thomas mcgill has more. jamal edwards was described as an entrepreneur today at the inquest into his death last february in west london.

the assistant coroner concluded he had taken cocaine, and that combined with alcohol had caused a cardiac arrhythmia, leading to his death. this inquest heard jamal had been out djing in islington before returning to his mother's, and home and it was there where he became increasingly erratic and paranoid before collapsing. attempts were made by his friend, uncle, and london ambulance service to resuscitate him, but all of those attempts were u nsuccessful. today there was a statement read out by his mother and tv personality brenda edwards. she described her son as genuinely beautiful and a sensitive son who she was proud of. she went on to say in a statement that his legacy will be the trust has been set up since his death. thomas mcgill, bbc london, at west london coroner's court.

the number of border crossings from ukraine has passed ten million since the war began, according to the un refugee agency. last week the uk government announced more than 100,000 people fleeing ukraine had arrived in britain through visa schemes. the first ship carrying grain from ukraine to world markets is expected to anchor in istanbul today. the ship, which is transporting more than 25,000 tonnes of corn, left odesa yesterday, after a deal signed by russia and ukraine, and mediated by turkey and the un last month. the ship has been called a �*relief for the world' by ukraine's foreign minister, as global food prices soar. our ukraine correspondent — james waterhouse — gave us the latest. the is only as we speak, it is continuing to make it a wait then

the black sea, it seems to have made its way out of ukrainian waters and is expected to arrive in istanbul tonight, where it will be inspected as part of this landmark grain agreement involving ukraine and russia but there is a reason why you are not seeing fleets, whole convoys of vessels following suits because the country's minister for infrastructure has said he expects between one and three ships to follow over the next few weeks. so we are very much still in the testing stage of this operation. the first vessel comic the other way is expected to arrive next week, —— coming the other way. this is about building confidence. one of the main hurdles is insurers where shipping companies and the authorities have struggled to afford the kind of coverage needed for vessels to make

their way through mine infested waters. the minister highlighted that not only were there ukrainian mines but minds from the second world war still in the area which is why in his words it is so important to follow this planned route spanning from odesa to the black sea and down to turkey which is acting as a gateway. the un, which brokered the deal along with turkey, has urged it to be on completely for this agreement to be able to get up and running as you can see, we have some way off ukraine realising this ambition of once again importing 5 million tonnes of grain a month out of its ports, like it did before the outbreak of this war. the headlines on bbc news... president biden has confront the head of al-qaeda archie battersbee has been killed by a drone strike.

the parents of archie battersbee have lodged another appeal with the supreme court against the decision to end is life—support treatment. liz truss says she will not cut public sector pay outside of london following a backlash from conservatives and labour following her proposals earlier. regular viewers may remember the enormous reaction we had a couple of months ago, after we interviewed dj adele roberts about what life was like living with a stoma bag. one little girl was particularly inspired. seven—year—old jessica has had a stoma since she was four, and has since made it her mission to reduce the stigma and raise awareness. graham satchell has been to meet her. seven—year—old jessica, playing in the park with her little sister, penny. everywhere she goes, her bear,

buttony, goes with her. i've had him forfour years, and she's a very special bear. why is he special? eh, because, erm, he's got a stoma on his tummy. ah! someone fell off the ship! jessica was born with a serious bowel condition that meant she struggled to poo. she was in all this pain and we didn't know what was the cause of the pain. and it wasjust before she turned four, they said to give her body a break, a stoma will be the best way forward. it was a real worry. more so ifjessica was going to accept it. jessica had surgery. doctors made an opening in the skin of her tummy, a stoma, to allow her to go to the too more easily. just before surgery,

jessica was given a teddy bear by the charity, a bear named buttony. ifjessica didn't get the buttony bear before she had her surgery, then she wouldn't have accepted it as well as she did. she had the bear about two months before, and she was playing with it. she took it into school. and itjust doesn't help her. it helps everybody to understand what a stoma is as well. for the last few years, jessica has been raising money. she wants more children to be able to get a buttony bear before their surgery. people might not know what a stoma is, and they might be going in to get one and they might be wondering, what is a stoma? and they might be a bit worried about it. but do you think there's anything to worry about? no. because you can still do anything. right. oh, thank you very much for all these. shall we have a look what's in the bags? i yeah? jessica has come to drop off the latest batch of teddies at alder hey hospital. i'll tell you what, shall we take it off so it's easier? _ yeah, take the little bag off?

we can see the teddy- with the stoma, can't we? 0h, jessica's brilliant _ with what she does, supplying us with the teddy bears and the books. and she gets out there and just promotes how positive life - can be with a stoma. a few years ago, it was a big stigma having a stoma. - people thought it was smelly and it was horrible. - they don't realise the benefits of it. j but with people like jessica being out there and some i of the celebrities have had stomas and stuff now, itjust promotes . the independence of how you can be normal with a stoma. _ jessica is determined to live life to the full. she's a keen dancer and won't let her stoma hold her back. ijust think she's a bundle ofjoy. so much energy, infectious energy. and you wouldn't think that she'd have the stoma. you just wouldn't know. and ijust think she inspires us as teachers, as well as other students. so i see jessica with a stoma as a positive thing,

because it's made her more resilient, more strong, and a more positive outlook on the world. jessica posts videos on social media. she wants to share her story, to let other people know that life with a stoma can be normal and nothing to worry about. iwe're here at the hospital wherel i've been receiving my treatment, to see my brilliant stoma nurse, elaine — last month we filmed with radio1 dj adele, who also has a stoma, and has also been raising awareness. this essentially- is my small intestine. iand the reason that the doctorsl gave me this is because my large i colon is healing at the moment, . because i've had a tumour removed. adele has become an inspiration forjessica. hi, adele. i wanted to thank you for raising awareness with me, because it means so much to me, and, yeah, helping the children, the children and adults who have a stoma with me. bye.

so a final surprise — a message from jessica's hero. just sending our love, hoping that you're fitl and healthy and well. and i'm so sorry that i couldn't be there with you today. _ i hope to meet you one day soon, because you're - a massive inspiration to me. and thank you also for inspiring so many people to go out - and buy buttony bears. _ so proud to be a fellow merseysider. and like i say, hope to see you soon. i have a great day. isn't that lovely? yeah, it's amazing. are you happy? yeah. i want to meet her. just seven years old, jessica is raising awareness, helping others, changing lives for people living with a stoma. graham satchell, bbc news, liverpool. now we will take a look at a few stories making the news from our newsrooms around the uk.

more on what's being described as a �*hidden pandemic�* across the uk. there are growing numbers of people finding themselves living on or below the poverty line. and in the town of withernsea in east yorkshire, where deprivation levels are among the highest in the country, they are handing out twice as many food parcels as they did a year ago. caroline bilton has been spending time in the town. jane runs this community centre for over 17 years, she's a busy lady dealing with daily calls for help from those in need. flan dealing with daily calls for help from those in need.— dealing with daily calls for help from those in need. can i source a food parcel- -- _ food parcel... this man needs help finding a meal, the charity gave out more than 200 food parcels last month, double what they give out the same time last year. the community pantry is

helping, cute residents can bite surplus stock from supermarkets. it is deliberate date but there is not enough stock to meet demand. the work is enough stock to meet demand. tue: work is escalating, enough stock to meet demand. tte: work is escalating, the enough stock to meet demand. tt2 work is escalating, the not taking advantage of situations and if they keep hearing these comments that, they don't need it, make lifestyle adjustments, that is knocking that confidence even more. we have nurses, teachers coming in, people who do long shifts every day are on their knees. trust me on this i am not saying it for fun, they are on their knees. wooden sees battle deprivation for decades but the rising cost of living is touching this community to its limits. —— stretching this community. loose it came to enjoy her retirement here and bought a caravan and look forward to a new life bite they see but life's winning numbers have failed to materialise. she invites me to pass

that it can event what she says she will rely on her dogs to keep her warm this winter, she cannot afford to turn the heating on. the place is damp, mouldy and cold. tt to turn the heating on. the place is damp, mouldy and cold.— damp, mouldy and cold. it was absolutely _ damp, mouldy and cold. it was absolutely freezing. _ damp, mouldy and cold. it was absolutely freezing. we - damp, mouldy and cold. it was absolutely freezing. we had i damp, mouldy and cold. it was i absolutely freezing. we had damp coming through the windows and i made patchwork blankets. we had blankets over us. we are just struggling to live. lucy is hoping she will get out of here and get a house, she cannot face another winter in what she calls a metal box. this is a close—knit community, jane is hoping she can capitalise on that and is calling on cafes to donate a meal a week for those in need. there are stormy seas ahead for this power just like there are stormy seas ahead for this powerjust like many others. but it is hoped that spirit will help guide

them through the coming months —— stormy seas ahead for this town, just like many others. a gloucestershire student, who has a rare kidney condition, has appealed for a new organ on social media. paige pates, who's 23, was diagnosed after fainting during a gym session. she faces dialysis in the coming months if she can't get a transplant, so she's posted on social media to help find a live donor. steve knibbs reports. during lockdown, paige fainted during a gym session and she went to the doctors just to check things out. i had phone calls, appointments, blood tests, ultrasounds. everything. what were you diagnosed with? i don't really want to pronounce it... it's a kidney disease that essentially the small little filters in your kidney that filter the blood to make urine, they become damaged and eventually they stop working. and mine's at the stage

where they've stopped working. pagie is only 23, and was previously fit and well. this diagnosis has understandably changed her life. that's why i've gone public now, because i'm noticing myself struggling even more and more and more. and it feels unfair. it does. time is running out before paige faces dialysis four times every day until she finds a donor. and to try and find one, she decided to appeal on social media. i went out to go run errands and i came back and i couldn't even stand. i thought, "this is enough. "i can't do this any more. "i can't deal with the disappointment of people being rejected like my family members for being potential donors." so i thought, let's broaden the horizon and let's go public. there are currently around 5000 people waiting for a kidney transplant in the uk and paige is appealing for a live donor. a truly altruistic act. you can live absolutely fine on one kidney. i've only got one kidney and that was a donated one,

and i've carried on like that for 15 or 16 years. so anybody can do that. but it's just that conversation. and because it's a medical procedure, everybody, you know, their health has to be checked, their heart strength, their fitness and all those kind of things. paige's had a huge response to a social media post, and the team at her clinic are already working through a number of applicants.

this is bbc news, i'm lewis vaughanjones. the headlines: president biden confirms the head of al-anda, ayman al—zawahiri, has been killed by a us drone strike in kabul. he by a us drone strike in kabul. made videos, includ weeks he made videos, including in recent weeks asking his followers to attack the us and our allies. nojustice had been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. liz truss scrapped a plan to link public sector pay to any living costs after backlash.