this is bbc news, with the latest headlines. the bank of england rejects accusations it was too slow to raise interest rates. the rise from 1.25% to 1.75% is the biggest increase in 27 years. the economy dominates the latest tory leadership debate — as liz truss and rishi sunak clash over how to deal with the threat of a looming recession. the first in a series of hosepipe bans is due to come into force in parts of hampshire and the isle of wight. there's been a big increase in the proportion of doctors and nursesjoining the nhs in england from overseas. and in the commonwealth games, england's jack laugher and andrea spendolini—sirieix each won golds — the first diving titles for england.

good morning. the governor of the bank of england has defended the decision to raise interest rates, saying there's a "real risk" of soaring prices becoming "embedded". yesterday, the bank warned the uk will fall into recession as it raised interest rates by the largest amount in 27 years. the uk economy is forecast to shrink in the last three months of this year, as the bank predicts a recession that will last well into next year. the bank says that sharp increases in energy prices will push inflation to more than 13% — a 42 year high — and that the value of people's incomes is falling. one of the ways it can try to control inflation is to raise interest rates. this makes borrowing money more expensive which means

we are less likely to spend — bringing prices down. that's the bank's justification for raising interest rates from 1.25% to 1.75% — the biggest rise since 1995. the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, told the today programme why raising interest rates was a necessary step. we expect inflation to come back. why may that not happen and therefore why do we have to raise interest rates is the question? the first thing is when i went focus much on but is important, which is we don't know what vladimir putin will do next. we are seeing he is severely restricting the supply of gas to europe and that having a huge affect. but the second thing is the more important thing, which is what happens domestically, and the real risk we are responding to is that the inflation becomes embedded and it doesn't come down in the way that we would otherwise expect. now, what's the risk there? i will tell

you what the risk is, we've had a domestic shop, a shrinkage in the labourforce over the domestic shop, a shrinkage in the labour force over the last two years or so. labour force over the last two years orso. i labour force over the last two years or so. i go around the country a lot and speak to businesses a lot, the first thing businesses want to talk to me about is the problem is they are having hiring people and that is still going on. they are also saying to us, actually, they are not finding it difficult to raise prices at the moment. we think that can't go on but you have to remember this is against a backdrop where we have two stories running here. a story about external shocks producing high inflation, we think it will produce a very big shock to real incomes. it's going to reduce people's consumption, it will have an effect on naturally bring inflation down. but there's this other story going the other way, which is the economy is still robust in the eyes of particularly businesses and we, my key point is if inflation becomes embedded and persistent, it gets

worse. . . , �* embedded and persistent, it gets worse. . ~ , worse. that was andrew bailey, the covernor worse. that was andrew bailey, the governor of — worse. that was andrew bailey, the governor of the _ worse. that was andrew bailey, the governor of the bank _ worse. that was andrew bailey, the governor of the bank of _ worse. that was andrew bailey, the governor of the bank of england. i business secretary, kwasi kwarteng, has also been speaking this morning about the economy. if your target rate is 2% and you are predicting 13.3%, something has .one are predicting 13.3%, something has gone wrong. now i am not someone who is necessarily— gone wrong. now i am not someone who is necessarily going to blame the bank _ is necessarily going to blame the bank i_ is necessarily going to blame the bank. i think this will be a matter of debate — bank. i think this will be a matter of debate. he's raised interest rates — of debate. he's raised interest rates by— of debate. he's raised interest rates by 0.5%, which is the highest increase _ rates by 0.5%, which is the highest increase since 1995, in 27 years, which _ increase since 1995, in 27 years, which suggests he probably feels he could have raised them sooner because — could have raised them sooner because it _ could have raised them sooner because it was a very big hike, actually, — because it was a very big hike, actually, yesterday. but i think we need _ actually, yesterday. but i think we need to— actually, yesterday. but i think we need to look at what went wrong. if you have _ need to look at what went wrong. if you have a — need to look at what went wrong. if you have a 2% target and you are predicting — you have a 2% target and you are predicting 13.3%, something has gone wrong _ predicting13.3%, something has gone wrong the— predicting 13.396, something has gone wronu. �* , , , predicting 13.396, something has gone wronu. m ,, ,,. predicting 13.396, something has gone wron. m ,, wrong. the business secretary kwasi kwarten: wrong. the business secretary kwasi kwarteng there- _ let's talk to chief economist for kpmg in the uk, yael selfin. thank you forjoining us. i want you to take a step back and give us a bit of an explanation on what the

bank of england is doing and how it is intended to help the situation. how does raising interest rates help? how does raising interest rates hel ? . , , how does raising interest rates hel? . , , . , help? raising interest rates essentially _ help? raising interest rates essentially means - help? raising interest rates essentially means it - help? raising interest rates essentially means it is - help? raising interest rates| essentially means it is more help? raising interest rates - essentially means it is more costly for companies to borrow. it is more costly for households to borrow and whatever debts they have, that would cost them. it may take a little bit of time because a lot of the mortgages people have at the moment are at a fixed rate, so that would take time. the main way in which the bank of england could influence is through raising interest rates, which makes credit more costly, which makes credit more costly, which means that companies and people are likely to spend less and invest less because the costs are rising and that would slow the growth of the economy and

potentially make the demand for things weaker. as a result of that, given we will have more spare capacity in the economy, that would make the economy less hot, if you like, and therefore prices would go up like, and therefore prices would go up less quickly. wages potentially would not have to go up as much because people won't have that problem of hiring people as we have now. but problem of hiring people as we have now. �* u, . problem of hiring people as we have now. �* _, . , . now. but the concern is all the concern that's _ now. but the concern is all the concern that's been _ now. but the concern is all the concern that's been voiced - now. but the concern is all the concern that's been voiced is l now. but the concern is all the i concern that's been voiced is this is going to affect people who are already struggling because in terms of demand for goods, when people are already struggling for basics such as energy and food, it's not luxury items but essentials and also this is going to make people who already have loans and are in debt have to pay more. so is this affecting the people who can least afford it the

most? it people who can least afford it the most? , people who can least afford it the most? ., _ people who can least afford it the most? , ., _ , most? it is obviously very tricky for the bank — most? it is obviously very tricky for the bank of _ most? it is obviously very tricky for the bank of england - most? it is obviously very tricky for the bank of england at - most? it is obviously very tricky for the bank of england at the l for the bank of england at the moment because on one hand they have very high inflation and what they don't want is for that high inflation to remain high for very long. we are all expecting inflation to go down and to reach the target by 2024, potentially. a lot of it is nothing to do with the bank of england but externally generated, nothing to do with the state of the economy here. but the worry is those higher inflation expectations will be ingrained and therefore persistent and that is a big part of what the bank of england is trying to do, is to break that and have that confidence, confidence of households and businesses that the bank of england will be able to get inflation back to 2%. now high interest rates will hit inevitably

businesses and households, mainly those households that are borrowers more than savers, if you like, but that's not something that the bank of england can deal with. their remit is very clear. they are in charge of controlling inflation. we have other parts of the government where the government and treasury protect those with measures they've announced recently to protect poor households with additional support. the bank of england has been criticised for not bringing in these interest rate increases at a higher pace, at a faster pace, so given that criticism, how effective do you think there measures can be in curbing inflation at the rate that is needed?— is needed? well i mean it is ossible is needed? well i mean it is possible with _

is needed? well i mean it is possible with hindsight - is needed? well i mean it is possible with hindsight that| is needed? well i mean it is - possible with hindsight that they could have started raising rates and potentially quantitative easing a little bit earlier. but the bank of england was ahead of the fed, for example, in raising rates and a lot of that information that we had at least initially was externally generated. it wasn't something that the bank of england could actually control. ., , , , . control. now 'ust briefly, hearing the words control. nowjust briefly, hearing the words that _ control. nowjust briefly, hearing the words that a _ control. nowjust briefly, hearing the words that a recession - control. nowjust briefly, hearing the words that a recession is - control. nowjust briefly, hearing. the words that a recession is being forecast is really alarming for people, so what can people do, what should people expect, can people do anything to prepare for this? well. anything to prepare for this? well, there is a lot _ anything to prepare for this? well, there is a lot of _ anything to prepare for this? well, there is a lot of uncertainty - anything to prepare for this? well, there is a lot of uncertainty at - anything to prepare for this? ii there is a lot of uncertainty at the moment, as we heard from the governor of the bank of england. there are a number of scenarios that could happen but i think households and people should prepare for a period that is going to be slightly tougher. tougher in terms of incomes

that are likely to be continued to be squeezed as inflation remains high for a little bit longer. so in terms of spending behaviours, they need to plan for a year of more difficult times.— need to plan for a year of more difficult times. thank you so much for our difficult times. thank you so much for your analysis _ difficult times. thank you so much for your analysis this _ difficult times. thank you so much for your analysis this morning. - for your analysis this morning. chief economic analysis for kpmg in the uk. it is a particularly gloomy forecast from the bank of england which will leave many people concerned about their jobs and their bank balance. savers, borrowers and many of those with a mortgage are starting to realise what all this means for them, as hannah miller reports. for kayleigh farmer, browsing the mortgage market has become far from an attractive prospect. as she comes to the end of her two—year fixed rate, she's going to see her monthly payment of £1,000 go up more than a quarter to 1,270 — and it will impact other areas of her life. the mortgage increases are really

affecting my life at the moment — with the cost of living and i get married next month, so my pennies are very tight, and £270 a month is quite a big amount of money for me to have additional outgoings for effectively nothing new — i'm not gaining anything from this — so any holidays or extras that we want in our life, we are unable to do. shelley walker's choosing to pay interest only — likely to cost more overall in the long run, but for now it makes the cost of living more bearable as other bills increase. i've chosen an interest—only mortgage because it's cheaper on a monthly basis, so that means that i'm more able to afford the luxuries that i like to have in life. and my husband is self—employed and we were concerned about how his income might be affected by some of the energy rises and such. from first—time buyers to anyone coming to the end of a fixed—term rate, surging interest rates will affect around a third of all mortgage—holders

in the next year. and while, historically, the rate remains low, mortgage brokers say it's the pace of the fastest rise in a quarter of a century that's worrying for many. our clients�* monthly payments have gone up by up to £400 to £500 a month recently, and that's obviously really hard—hitting news for somebody, along with the cost of living going up and bills and energy prices. so to be lumped with an extra mortgage payment on top is stressful. so there's all sorts of clients that we deal with, and there's all sorts of scenarios, but the main feeling is fear — people are very fearful about what's happening and they don't know how much worse it's going to get. and at this estate agent in leeds, they're hearing from people desperate to get on the property ladder before interest rates get even higher. despite tighter budgets, house prices have gone up and up every month for the past year. more people are wanting to get in before the rates go higher than they already are, and they are gradually increasing so, yeah,

i wouldn't say it's slowed down yet at all. so you're actually seeing a rush of people trying to get in because they're expecting interest rates to go even higher than that. exactly, yeah, yeah. for now, the housing market seems to be able to hold up against the increased costs facing homeowners. but millions of households across the country are finding rising bills much harder to withstand. the candidates vying to succeed borisjohnson as the conservative party leader, and prime minister, have set out how they would respond to the economic recession forecast for later this year by the bank of england. in a tv special on sky news, liz truss said her plan to reduce taxes would encourage growth. rishi sunak again insisted he'd tackle inflation before cutting taxes. well, what the bank of england has said today is of course extremely worrying but it is not inevitable. we can change the outcome and we could make it more likely that the economy grows.

and what's important is first of all that we need to help people struggling with the cost of living. i would immediately reverse the national insurance increase. i would also have a temporary moratorium on the green energy levy to save people money on fuel bills. but i'd also keep corporation tax low, to make sure that we are attracting investment. i am saying some things that are maybe not the easiest thing in the world to hear. i'm not sitting here or standing here promising you tens and tens of billions of pounds of goodies straightaway, because i don't think that's the right thing to do for our economy. i think it's risky, i think it risks making the inflation problem far worse and costing you all far more. let's talk to our political correspondent damian grammaticas. so all about the economy last night? the debate all the questions to the candidates ranged across a lot of topics but the real heart of it, yes, with their differences on approach to this, the biggest issue that they are going to face when

they, or one of them becomes prime minister. you heard it there, two diametrically opposed views. liz truss saying recession is the real problem the country faces and the way to tackle that, she said, is not tax rises. she wants to undo things that rishi sunak did as chancellor. she says it is important to protect people's jobs and that that will be her focus. people's jobs and that that will be herfocus. rishi sunak said that people's jobs and that that will be her focus. rishi sunak said that liz truss had simply got it wrong and her policies would be dangerous. he said the red lights were flashing on the economy and that the... he said to cut taxes would be to pour fuel on the fire and mean that you would simply drive inflation higher, you would then need higher interest rates and what he called more misery for millions. so he says that the focus has to be bringing the interest rate or bringing inflation down and then worrying about growth.

leaving aside the conservative leadership contest for a moment, the labour leadership side of things, sir keir starmerfound to have breached the code of conduct? the breached the code of conduct? tie: parliamentary breached the code of conduct? tte: parliamentary committee breached the code of conduct? "tt2 parliamentary committee for standards has looked into several instances, eight in total, where she said that he has failed to follow the rules properly and that means mps have to declare gifts they get, money they receive, money they earn and sir keir starmer in these instances are things like tickets for some football matches and a couple of occasions, one at crystal palace and one at watford, £700, £1400 i think was the value of those. some payments for books that he had written, about £500 worth, advance payment for a book he is writing. i think £18,000, roughly. four days late, ten days late, 30

days late, she said that those were inadvertent. they were not deliberate, there was not an attempt to mislead but she did say that they may seem minor, it's incumbent on the leader of the opposition to show leadership and ensure that he complies with parliament's rules. sir keir starmer has apologised and said he will in future.— said he will in future. thank you. damian grammaticus _ said he will in future. thank you. damian grammaticus speaking . said he will in future. thank you. | damian grammaticus speaking to said he will in future. thank you. . damian grammaticus speaking to us there. a ruling on whether archie battersbee can be moved from hospital to a hospice to die is expected at the high court this morning. the 12—year—old has been in a coma since suffering a brain injury at his home in essex in april. archie's mother says she wants him transferred to a hospice, so he can die with dignity, but doctors argue that he's too ill to be taken out of hospital. a hosepipe ban will come into force in parts of southern england later today, as recent extreme temperatures and a lack of rainfall continue to put pressure on waterways and water supplies. southern water said the move,

which affects the isle of wight and parts of hampshire, was a "vital step". other bans will follow later in the month in kent, sussex and parts of wales. zoe conway has this report. i've actually used the hosepipe more... frances and john are neighbours, friends, and very keen gardeners. from today, people living here near alresford in hampshire will be banned from using a hosepipe in their gardens. frances, do you think people will follow the rules? absolutely not. a garden gives people a lot ofjoy, and to see everything, you know, dying in front of you, i think it's quite an issue for quite a lot of people. southern water says the ban is to protect local rivers and their precious habitats from the effects of a drought. butjohn thinks the company is partly to blame — for wasting water through lea ks. i'm disappointed in as much that it's us lawn—lovers who are going to sort

of pay the price for mismanagement, maybe — allowing the leakage to continue over years and years, so... i have heard southern water say they're reinvesting in infrastructure and that sort of thing, but they've been saying that for years. southern water says it's investing £2 billion in its water network, but last year the company was fined £90 million for illegal sewage discharges, after a judge said they showed a shocking and wholesale disregard for the environment. since then, there's been a lack of trust in the company by many local people. i think when hosepipe bans are announced, people want to do their bit for the environment and they want to help. but there's the issue in our community that people have seen years, if not decades, of the water company not doing their bit. so at a time when bills are high and people are already wondering where their money is going, being asked additionally to stop using their hosepipes is going to be raising eyebrows for a lot

of people on the south coast. from today, households in much of hampshire and the isle of wight will be affected by the hosepipe ban. from next friday, more than a million homes in kent and sussex will also have a ban enforced. and from august the 19th, a hosepipe ban will be introduced in wales — in pembrokeshire and a small part of carmarthenshire. a shrinking reservoir in pembrokeshire. welsh water says that conditions have not been so dry here since 1976, and so they say they've no choice but to introduce the ban — which could last several weeks. it's the same picture at arlington reservoir in east sussex. south east water says there was only 8% of average rainfall injuly. we've been watching our resource levels carefully over the last couple of months, and while we've recently been through a period of hot weather and the heatwave that we saw, really our concern then was around demand. unfortunately, the dry

weather's continued, demands have remained high, so we're seeing our raw water levels, such as the reservoir we're at today, are starting to drop and get below the trigger levels for us to need to take further action. just outside london, the river ver has dried up completely in some places. millions of people in the capital also face the possibility of a hosepipe ban, with thames water saying demand is at its highest for 25 years. this is what much of southern england looks like now — instead of grass, fields of hay. the country is not yet in drought, but the met office are predicting higher temperatures next week — especially in the south — and not much rainfall. those found flouting the hosepipe bans could be fined £1,000. so what will people do if they catch others using hoses? what willjohn do? i'd probablyjust give him a paddington bear stare! zoe conway, bbc news.

the police watchdog is investigating two officers who used a taser and pepper spray on a 93—year—old resident at a care home. donald burgess, who had dementia, died three weeks after the incident in east sussex. the officers, from sussex police, are being investigated for manslaughter. the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has given a press conference in tokyo where she defended her recent visit to taiwan. she said her tour of asia was not intended to change the status quo in the region. the chinese military is conducting large—scale live—fire drills around taiwan in response to this week's visit. they may try to keep taiwan from visiting or participating in other places but they will not isolate taiwan by preventing us to travel there. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in taiwan and has

been speaking to the country's foreign minister, joseph wu, who has condemned china for ramping up its military drills around the island. this kind of behaviour is highly dangerous and is provocative and is threatening regional peace and stability. and it is also disrupting the international trade and international transportation. and for that matter, the taiwanese government seriously condemns the chinese government for such actions. well, china says that taiwan has brought this on itself. we would like to maintain the status quo, the status quo that taiwan, the republic of china, has no jurisdiction over china and the prc has no jurisdiction over taiwan. and this is the status quo. this is the reality. and taiwan has also been a democracy. the taiwanese people elected the taiwanese government, and this is also a reality. what the chinese government claims is an expansionism. look at the chinese

behaviour on hong kong, or claiming the east china sea or the south china sea. you can tell that this is typical expansionism of an authoritarian state. and for this matter, i think the international community, particularly those countries in this area, need to watch out for what china has been trying to do. and taiwan is not going to be the last piece in the chinese dream of expansionism. i think the rest of the world looks at what's going on now and has great sympathy for taiwan, but also feels, well, we're not going to get into a shooting war with china over this. defending taiwan is our own responsibility, and we have the will and we have the capability to defend ourselves. we may need other countries to work together with taiwan, for example, to provide taiwan with defensive articles. and we have been doing that. and we also need to engage in security exchanges with other countries, and we have also been doing that. but defending taiwan is our own responsibility. we are not asking for other countries to sacrifice their own

lives to protect taiwan. i think a lot of people will look at ms pelosi's visit here and ask, how exactly does a visit like this increase taiwan's security? if you look at the way china has been working on taiwan, trying to isolate taiwan internationally, the taiwanese government, especially the ministry of foreign affairs, has been working very hard in expanding taiwan's international space, making friends with important international leaders, or trying to connect more with like—minded partners around the world. and for important leaders like speaker pelosi to have an opportunity to visit taiwan is very significant, raise the profile of taiwan, allow the international community to understand what taiwan is all about, to allow the international community to understand that taiwan is a democracy.

chaiwan's foreign talking there. —— taiwan's foreign minister talking there. a jury in texas has ordered the talk show host alex jones to make an initial payment of more than four million dollars in damages, over his false claims that the 2012 sandy hook school shooting was a �*hoax�*. the case was brought by the parents of one of the children killed in the attack. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. the sandy hook massacre was one of america's worst ever mass shootings. 20 children and six adults died when a government —— when a gunman went on the rampage, firing a semiautomatic rifle before killing himself. alexjones has repeatedly argued that the shooting was a hoax, organised by the us government to deny americans their gun rights. he claimed the parents of the dead children were actors. the case against him was brought by the appearance of a six—year—old who died in the shooting. they argued they had endured

harassment and emotional distress because of the conspiracy theorist�*s comments. this tragedy and this matter did not happen and that jesse was not killed. people accused myself as a crisis actor, phony... in court, alexjones admitted he was wrong, conceding that the killings were real. i truly, when i said those statements, when i said something i mean it, that i really couldn't believe that it was totally staged at that point. the founder of infowars website said it was an attack on his free speech but he also said that it was the media is faulty could not retract his claim. it was the media's fault and they still ran with lies that i was saying that it was not lies. they won't let me take it back. theyjust want to keep me

in the position of being the sandy hook man. earlier in the week, the case took an unexpected turn when a lawyer for the parents revealed jones' lawyer had sent him two years' worth of his client's mobile phone messages and texts and they revealed he had been lying in court. and that is how i know you lied to me when you said you did not have text messages about the sandy hook, did you know that? i told you the truth. i gave them my phone. the case is not over yet. the jury will now consider punitive damages againstjones, a sum of money to punish the broadcasterfor the distress he cause. we will have more on the planned hosepipe bans coming into effect in parts of the country. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. we've got a cooler north—westerly breeze today. it's going to bring some sunshine and a scattering of showers. already had a few heavy ones in the north—west of england and into the afternoon, most of the showers will be across scotland and northern england,

one or two for northern ireland. further south, probably still dry, some fair weather cloud but plenty of sunshine. it's not quite as warm as it was yesterday but we still could make 24, maybe 25 in the south—east of england. the showers that do develop will decay this evening and we'll have clear skies for a while and then we've got a weak weather front approaching the north—west, increasing the cloud here, bringing some patchy rain, mainly into western parts of scotland. ahead of that, temperatures will be 8—10 degrees, so a little on the cool side first thing on saturday morning. that patchy rain will run eastwards across scotland. little or no rain, really, for northern ireland and indeed across northern england, where there will be more cloud. further south, it's still dry, still lots of sunshine. the winds will be light, temperatures lifting to 27 degrees in the south—east and again 16—19 in scotland and northern ireland. hello this is bbc news. the headlines:

the bank of england rejects accusations it was too slow to raise interest rates. the rise from 1.25% to 1.75% is the biggest increase in 27 years. the economy dominates the latest tory leadership debate — as liz truss and rishi sunak clash over how to deal with the threat of a looming recession. the first in a series of hosepipe bans is due to come into force in parts of hampshire and the isle of wight, later today. there's been a big increase in the proportion of doctors and nursesjoining the nhs in england from overseas. and in the commonwealth games — england's jack laugher and andrea spendolini—sirieix each won golds — the first diving titles for england. sport, and for a full round up, from the commonwealth games in birmingham — it's mike bushall.

morning. the sun is shining, another beautiful in victoria square where the crowds are starting to gather. another busy day in athletics and the diving pool where england won two gold medals in the diving last night. one for their newest team member, only 17, and one for the defending champion. spare a thought for the road cyclists who have rather saw bones today i would have thought after some rather nasty crashes yesterday including one for wales's geraint thomas. from the champs—elysees to wolverhampton. just 11 days after coming third in the tour de france, wales's geraint thomas was hungry for more success in the men's time trial. now, in this event, it's crucial to get off to a good start. he didn't get one. oh, no. geraint thomas an early faller. a slip within the first few kilometres.

and with that, the gold had slipped through his fingers. and thomas wasn't the only one who struggled. england's dan bigham clattering into a barrier, which meant he finished the race on his fiancee's bike. but despite all of this, thomas still managed to win a bronze, with england's fred wright taking silver. it's what it is, you know, my fault, one of those things. but, yeah, then just had to just try and refocus and just get stuck into the ride, and to come away with medal is, well, yeah, it's ok in the end, i guess. meanwhile, there was more gold for england in the weight lifting. zoe newson taking the women's lightweight powerlifting title — a shiny new upgrade on the bronze she won four years ago. in the aquatic centre, now that the swimming's finished, it's all about the diving, and even off the one—metre board, plenty can still go wrong. 0h! but nothing ever seems to go

wrong forjack laugher. the englishman wasn't quite at his best, but still he managed to wrap up gold in the one metre springboard — his third commonwealth title in the event in a row. but while laugher is a veteran of these games, it was andrea spendolini—sirieix first date at the commonwealths. but the 17 year old wasn't fazed. she led from her second dive to take gold in the ten meter platform. i was actually shaking at the back of the board, i was really like pumped and ready to go. but, yeah, i'm really happy with how it went. and it's crazy! now, plenty of the athletes are used to performing in front of thousands, but there's nothing quite like a home crowd. a brilliant reception for hughes, one that sent him comfortably through to the 200 metres semi—finals. and there was more home nations success into the evening.

a bronze for scotland's samantha kinghorn in the t531500 metres, silver for english discus thrower lawrence okoye. and in the 110 meter hurdles, andrew pozzi leapt onto the podium. just. and what an event it's proving to be for northern ireland — they have equalled their best haul at a commonwealth games, partly thanks to their talented boxers. amy broadhurst guaranteed herself at least a bronze after the referee stopped her lightweight fight in the third round. that means northern ireland will win seven medalsjust from boxing. they're assured of 15 medals, matching their record from the edinburgh games in 1986. so, how does all that leave the medals table? england are eight golds behind australia. scotland remain fifth with seven gold medals. wales now ninth. and northern ireland are 14th —

but of course there's a good chance that could be improved, if any of their boxers win gold. back at the commonwealth games, medals mean so much more with a story on a journey and that is the case for micky yule, the power lifter from scotland who finished fourth at the previous two commonwealth games and last night finally got a bronze medal. why does it mean so much in birmingham? 12 years ago he woke up in the city in the hospital here as a double amputee, woke up from a coma and that was after he had been serving in afghanistan and had stepped on an explosive device. earlier i spoke to him about this and asked him for that over what it meant to be back in birmingham and what it was like waking up12 years in birmingham and what it was like waking up 12 years ago here will stop i didn't even really know what was going on. i know i wanted to get back into sport because i was a sporty person and i looked in the mirror and saw

someone cut in half and not the soldier i was. my life had been flipped around and i needed to try and find just a different direction to take this because i did not want to take this because i did not want to feel surgeries, trying to learn to feel surgeries, trying to learn to walk again on legs, i was 31 years old and going to have to learn to walk on metal legs and everything was getting to me and i use sport as a way of getting out of that dark place. some people say it saves your life but takes you away from that bad thing. it’s life but takes you away from that bad thin. v . life but takes you away from that badthinu. �*, . . , bad thing. it's an incredible journey. — bad thing. it's an incredible journey. the _ bad thing. it's an incredible journey, the power - bad thing. it's an incredible journey, the power of - bad thing. it's an incredible | journey, the power of sport, bad thing. it's an incredible - journey, the power of sport, as you said, epitomised by winning that bronze medal. what were you feelings when you realised? to bronze medal. what were you feelings when you realised?— when you realised? to know i wasn't auoin to when you realised? to know i wasn't going to finish _ when you realised? to know i wasn't going to finish fourth _ when you realised? to know i wasn't going to finish fourth again, - going to finish fourth again, i would ratherfinish last going to finish fourth again, i would rather finish last and finish fourth. some days itjust feels i might not win today, i might not win tomorrow but i'm going to have a medal. the gold might not come but i'm winning a medal. i will do what

i'm winning a medal. i will do what i need to do, and i have to perform. i need to do, and i have to perform. i brought that intensity, i felt that in myself, my daughter was in the crowd and i pushed it up and i got really close to its silver as well. i got the bronze and really close to silver and i am so happy i did something around my neck for once. and he was saying his daughter is only six, who gave him the strength because he looked at her in the crowd and thought i am not going home again without a medal, she would not forgive me, i am doing it for her. incredible story. that's all for now. thank you so much, mike. a ruling on whether archie battersbee can be moved from hospital to a hospice to die is expected at the high court this morning. the 12—year—old has been in a coma since suffering a brain injury at his home in essex in april. archie's mother says she wants him transferred to a hospice, so he can die with dignity,

but doctors argue that he's too ill to be taken out of hospital. we can speak now to sanchia berg, who is at the royal london hospital this morning. what more can you tell us? i cannot tell ou what more can you tell us? i cannot tell you an — what more can you tell us? i cannot tell you an awful _ what more can you tell us? i cannot tell you an awful lot _ what more can you tell us? i cannot tell you an awful lot more _ what more can you tell us? i cannot tell you an awful lot more because l tell you an awful lot more because we are waiting for the judgment after the hearing last night, when archie's family were asking for him to move to a hospice to die in the hospital have been saying archie's condition is too unstable and even moving him could lead him to deteriorate very rapidly. we are expecting thatjudgment lit up this morning, lawyers see as it is a high court case the family can appeal if the decision goes against them so it may not be the end of this long and really very sad legal saga. thank you for bringing oz at the latest one at that, sanchia. let's talk to clare mackintosh,

author of after the end — a book inspired by having to take the decision with her husband to turn off her baby son's alex life support machine. thank you so much for speaking to us this morning. i mean, first of all, how did it feel when you discovered that you had to make such a horrendous decision? i think it feels the way everyone who has been following this dreadful case at home can imagine, it's the worst possible decision to have to make, and there are no easy answers, no compromises on what you're being asked to do, you are being asked to imagine two different futures, one with your child alive and one with them not in your life. and that is incredibly difficult to do. can them not in your life. and that is incredibly difficult to do.- incredibly difficult to do. can you remember _ incredibly difficult to do. can you remember what _ incredibly difficult to do. can you remember what was _ incredibly difficult to do. can you remember what was going - incredibly difficult to do. can you l remember what was going through incredibly difficult to do. can you - remember what was going through your mind at the time, there must have been a sense of shock, when it took time for it to sink in. the

been a sense of shock, when it took time for it to sink in.— time for it to sink in. the hardest thin was time for it to sink in. the hardest thing was no _ time for it to sink in. the hardest thing was up until— time for it to sink in. the hardest thing was up until that _ time for it to sink in. the hardest thing was up until that point, - time for it to sink in. the hardest thing was up until that point, we | thing was up until that point, we had felt fairly disempowered as parents, we had put the life of our son in the hands of medical professionals who are doing an incrediblejob and all professionals who are doing an incredible job and all those decisions about his treatment were made by the consultants and nurses looking after him and now that power is being handed to us and it was such a huge responsibility, so we werejust such a huge responsibility, so we were just terrified of making the wrong decision, and i was terrified of not agreeing with my husband. i remember asking the consultant what would happen if we disagreed and the consultantjust would happen if we disagreed and the consultant just said that you have to agree, the alternative is unthinkable. i was scared of having to go to court because of disagreeing with the hospital, so

much going through my mind and at the same time although we were really supported and of course encouraged to take our time, was a ticking clock, we have to make that decision quite quickly. it ticking clock, we have to make that decision quite quickly.— decision quite quickly. it is an unimaginable _ decision quite quickly. it is an unimaginable situation - decision quite quickly. it is an unimaginable situation but i decision quite quickly. it is an i unimaginable situation but how decision quite quickly. it is an - unimaginable situation but how on earth does a parent prepared for the switching off of their child's life support machine? t switching off of their child's life support machine?— support machine? i think it is a very personal _ support machine? i think it is a very personal decision, - support machine? i think it is a very personal decision, in - support machine? i think it is a very personal decision, in our. support machine? i think it is a - very personal decision, in our case, we decided to remove alex from intensive care and let nature take its course and there were things that i wanted to do that i had not had the opportunity to do. and so we spent time with him on our own, without wires, talking to him, singing to him, making ourfinal

goodbye, making our peace with the decision that we had made. find goodbye, making our peace with the decision that we had made.- decision that we had made. and do ou feel decision that we had made. and do you feel having _ decision that we had made. and do you feel having that _ decision that we had made. and do you feel having that time _ decision that we had made. and do you feel having that time with - decision that we had made. and do you feel having that time with him | you feel having that time with him help you make peace with it? t you feel having that time with him help you make peace with it? i mean, i think so help you make peace with it? i mean, l think so but— help you make peace with it? i mean, i think so but i — help you make peace with it? i mean, i think so but i questioned _ i think so but i questioned our decision every single day for very, very long time and i did not begin to come to terms with it until i wrote about it, because i think when you are a writer that is what you do, that is how i process things and make sense of the world and actually, it was not until i was able to do that and sort of fictionalised this experience, that i realised i had worked through the guilt and the trauma that we had experienced. guilt and the trauma that we had exoerienced-_ experienced. because the book exlores experienced. because the book exolores the — experienced. because the book explores the road _ experienced. because the book explores the road not - experienced. because the book explores the road not taken i experienced. because the book. explores the road not taken and experienced. because the book- explores the road not taken and the crossroad that you are at and the

potential imagining of the alternative. how much did that help you come to terms with it? it definitely did ultimately. the process of writing it was really hard because in our way i was indulging, as you say, the road not taken and so the book explores both possible outcomes, to parents who love each other but love their child more and what different outcomes for him and we follow the court case before the two different time lanes, what would happen if the father was successful and what would happen if the mother was and so i was indulging my guilt, i suppose, the mother was and so i was indulging my guilt, isuppose, and exploring what life might have looked like if we had chosen a different path, and something that was really hard because they, these characters were able to do things that we had not been able to do

because we had chosen to end our son's life. but the incredible thing about writing after the end is the messages that i have had from readers, the stories i've heard about their own huge decisions because we all have decisions to make, and they're not always life or death but they change the outcome of our lives and what i've learned in writing after the end and talking to readers is what matters is less about that choice that you make and more about how you come to terms with it and how you find you a happy ending again because sometimes the road that you choose is incredibly hard but you can make it the right path for you. it’s hard but you can make it the right path for yon-— path for you. it's heartbreaking heafina path for you. it's heartbreaking hearing you — path for you. it's heartbreaking hearing you talk _ path for you. it's heartbreaking hearing you talk about - path for you. it's heartbreaking hearing you talk about the i path for you. it's heartbreaking| hearing you talk about the guilt path for you. it's heartbreaking i hearing you talk about the guilt you felt when you had already gone through so much, and then to have the guilt on top of that. do you

feel, now fully freed from that of guilt? feel, now fully freed from that of auilt? ., ., �* ~' feel, now fully freed from that of i uilt? ., ., �* ~' ,., feel, now fully freed from that of auilt? ., ., �* ,, ., �* guilt? no, i don't think so. i don't thinki guilt? no, i don't think so. i don't think i will— guilt? no, i don't think so. i don't think i will ever _ guilt? no, i don't think so. i don't think i will ever be _ guilt? no, i don't think so. i don't think i will ever be entirely - guilt? no, i don't think so. i don't think i will ever be entirely free i think i will ever be entirely free from it because we cannot ever know what would have happened. our lives, we cannot walk that other path and there are times when i see an article about a medical child who was perhaps told they would never walk or talk or have an independent life and here they are having a job running races. and that is really hard to see because all we could do was make a decision based on the facts that were available to us and our instincts. and it is a decision that you have to make. you have to be incredibly unselfish because if

you make that decision based on what you make that decision based on what you want, that is not necessarily in the best interests of your child. my selfish instinct was, i wanted my son to live, i wanted to fight and keep him alive for as long as possible. and, actually, i had to think really carefully, we had to think really carefully, we had to think really carefully about what that life looked like, and whether that life looked like, and whether that was a life that we would want to live and with it was a life we wanted to impose on our child. it wanted to impose on our child. it takes such courage to talk about this so openly, claire. what help you, what keeps you going and what makes you feel able to talk about something so difficult? there are lots of answers to that. one is that i have other children, my son was a twin and the day after

he died we had to go back into intensive care and be by the bedside of our living son. and having other children does not make it any easier to lose a child but it gives you a reason to keep going and i think thatis reason to keep going and i think that is what we all have to do in these situations, find a reason to keep going and just keep putting one footin keep going and just keep putting one foot in front of the other, until one day you realise you're not having to think about walking any more, you arejust having to think about walking any more, you are just walking, having to think about walking any more, you arejust walking, you are living and notjust existing. writing helps a great deal and i always encourage people even if they do not think they are writers, to write down how they feel. i have explored grief in so many of my novels, my crime novels as well as with after the end, because ultimately grief is something that underpins so many of our lives and explains so much about how we relate to people and how we see the world so that helps a great deal. i talk

about it because in our society i do not think we talk about death enough, we do not talk about these decisions in advance. it is really important to me my family, for example, know what my wishes are should i be in hospital and unable to communicate and i think that grief and death and loss and life and death decisions are conversations that we need to be having more of. and almost 16 years on from that period of our life, and although it does not hurt any less, i have learned to live with it and i are in a position where i can tell people it will get better, you will get through this, and you will find a way to live and be happy again. claire, thank you so much for speaking to us. i know it's a difficult thing to talk about but we are really grateful for you taking

the time to share that with mcintosh speaking to us. let's get more now on the hosepipe ban which comes into force later on the isle of wight and in parts of hampshire. the restrictions are due to last three weeks. our reporter celestina olulode is in hampshire for us this morning. remind us how this will affect people. this reservoir here will be used to provide people in the local area of hampshire with water if water level at the nearby river deplete any further. this reservoir has the capacity to hold up to 270 million litres of water. strictly speaking, we are not in a drought at the moment but that has not stopped some

people like farmers changing the way that they do things. we know some farmers have actually had to harvest their crop early as a result of the lack of water supply in some areas of the country. what can people expect? because their art finds in place. remind us what people can expect in terms of the hosepipe ban —— there are fines in place. i should point out that this is the driestjuly in england and wales for almost a century. it is the driest on record in some parts of southern england. and in the period between january and june this year, it was the driest in england since 1976. in some parts of hampshire as well, there has been no rain here since

there has been no rain here since the end ofjune. this means notjust this area but other parts of the country will be introducing more hosepipe bans. from next week, at the end of next week sussex and kent will do the same, followed by parts of pembrokeshire and carmarthenshire on the 19th of august. and i should also stress as well there has been some criticism to all of this, some people in the local area criticising southern water, they say more needs to have been done to deal with leakages in the area and the sewage system as well. the river trusts has spoken out and said this is a little bit too late to come into force. thank you. i can speak now to kate bradbury — who's is a wildlife gardener and author of wildlife gardening for everyone and everything.

thank you forjoining us. what is your advice to gardeners who want a really lovely lawn but honestly cannot use the hosepipe? {elite really lovely lawn but honestly cannot use the hosepipe? give up and t next cannot use the hosepipe? give up and try next year? — cannot use the hosepipe? give up and try next year? sorry. _ cannot use the hosepipe? give up and try next year? sorry, not _ cannot use the hosepipe? give up and try next year? sorry, not to _ cannot use the hosepipe? give up and try next year? sorry, not to be - cannot use the hosepipe? give up and try next year? sorry, not to be more | try next year? sorry, not to be more positive but at this stage of the year, with the drought, she still got a green lawn you been using too much water. —— if you've got a green lawn. we all need to be mindful of this precious resource. we have to accept our lines will go yellow and brown cot mine has been since about april in brighton. what are your tips for how to water plants generally, are there tricks and tips gardeners can use? absolutely. i've got my mop bucket in my shower which has been there for three months, i collect water when you turn the shower on and it is heating up and you don't want to go in, all that water is going down the drain, collect that in a bucket

and use it in the garden. likewise i've stopped using my dishwasher, i'm washing my pots by hand, and that water and putting on the as well, only using grey water in the garden and keeping three trees in the local park alive, it what you can save from going down the drain is astonishing, you can water the garden with 100% grey water. is astonishing, you can water the garden with 10096 grey water. climate exerts tell garden with 10096 grey water. climate exoerts tell us — garden with 10096 grey water. climate experts tell us extreme _ garden with 10096 grey water. climate experts tell us extreme weather i garden with 10096 grey water. climate experts tell us extreme weather will l experts tell us extreme weather will be more frequent, should gardeners be more frequent, should gardeners be changing their approach and perhaps having more drought resistant plants and completely changing the attitude towards gardening?— changing the attitude towards uuardenin? ~ , �*, ., gardening? absolutely. it's worth ”ointin gardening? absolutely. it's worth pointing out _ gardening? absolutely. it's worth pointing out we — gardening? absolutely. it's worth pointing out we are _ gardening? absolutely. it's worth pointing out we are at _ gardening? absolutely. it's worth pointing out we are at 1.1 - gardening? absolutely. it's worth pointing out we are at 1.1 degrees of average global warming now and we are predicted to getting to 2.7 by the end of the century, dry areas will only get drier and we have to look at our gardens. drought

tolerant plants is a good idea, doing an audit of your garden of what a surviving and what is not and pulling out the things that do not work. they are not future proof, they will not work. i've got to take it things from my garden and i were a them with more drought tolerant things. we must save water. cover every inch of your garden, save as much as you can and that will also help prevent flooding later on because of course on the ground is very dry in the water or bounce off that which can lead to flooding. using mulches, dry gardens work really well. a thick layer of gravel over the soil can stop water evaporating from the soil. under planting with low grown plants can also reduce evaporation as well. in nature at the soil is not visible,

only in gardens we have been taught to plant plants are very separately and keep space around them that you get this area of soil around the plants and water evaporates. mulching with gravel, mulching with home—made compost, all of those things, under planting can all reduce evaporation and collecting water and on storage tanks as well, if you are doing a patio or anything like that, get that on the water storage tank because you will be for it in the years to come. thank you so much. gardeners world, eat your heart out! thank you for taking the time to time to speak to us. a volcano has erupted in iceland near the capital reykjavik. it's created a spectacle for tourists who have travelled to see the red—hot lava. last year, the same volcano erupted for six months.

no ash cloud — so no problem with commercial flights. but spectacular it certainly is. coral across much of australia's great barrier reef has reached record levels, after storms and changing ocean temperatures had previously caused it to erode. australian scientists say the north and central stretches of the world's biggest reef system show the largest amount of coral cover in 36 years — although there's now less in its southern section. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett hello there. we've got the hosepipe ban coming into force today across hampshire and the isle of wight. and this was the scene in hampshire earlier on today. blue skies, baking sunshine and very dry ground as well. this is what's to come in the next five days. this is the rainfall accumulation. and there's nothing — no rain, really, across many southern parts of the uk. we do have some blues there, some rain further north, mainly in the northwest of scotland, it has to be said.

and that's because here pressure is going to be lower. we're going to find some weather fronts pushing in from the atlantic from time to time, many other parts of the uk it's high pressure that's going to dominate. not only will that keep it dry, it'll lift the temperatures into next week as well. cooler feel today, though, some sunny spells, some scattered showers mainly across northern england and scotland into the afternoon, one or two for northern ireland as well. a few heavier ones in eastern scotland and the northeast of england by late afternoon. and these are the temperatures. so a little bit lower than they were yesterday, making 24 in the south east of england. any those showers will tend to fade away this evening. skies will clear for a while and then we'll see that weather front coming in from the atlantic. that will bring more cloud, patchy rain towards northern ireland, more especially across western parts of scotland. and temperatures will be down to around eight to ten degrees. so a coolish start to the weekend. we're going to find the cloud bringing some rain across scotland. not much rain for northern ireland and northern england, but there will be more cloud. it may well brighten up

for a while across some central parts of scotland, but the sunshine is continuing through wales, the midlands and southern parts of england, and those temperatures beginning to creep up again. but again, we're looking at around 16 to 19 degrees in scotland and northern ireland. and that weather front will continue to bring some rain across northern most parts of scotland during saturday night into sunday morning and then tend to get pushed away northwards. so even here, the rain is tending to die out through the day on sunday. still got a lot of cloud for scotland, northern ireland and northern england, whereas further south it's still dry and it's still mostly sunny with light winds, some sea breezes again developing on sunday. and those temperatures continuing to rise up to 27 degrees in the southeast. and those temperatures even climbing a bit in scotland and northern ireland. but into next week it's going to be england and wales that we see a hot spell developing by tuesday. wednesday, temperatures up to 30 degrees.

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