this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the bank of england rejects accusations it was too slow to raise interest rates in the uk. the rise from 1.25% to 1.75% is the biggest increase in 27 years. 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. the economy dominates the latest conservative leadership debate — as contenders liz truss and rishi sunak clash over how to deal with the threat of a looming recession. taiwan's foreign minister warns that china's dream of territorial expansion does not end at taiwan, as beijing continues its show of military force around the island.

as parts of europe face a drought, the first in a series of hosepipe bans is due to come into force across the south of england to try and tackle water shortages. the american conspiracy theorist alexjones has been ordered to pay more than $4 million in damages after losing a defamation case for falsely claiming the sandy hook shooting was a hoax. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. in the uk, 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 of a 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 to target. why may that not happen and therefore why do we have to raise interest rates

is the question. now first thing is one i won't focus much on but is, of course, important, which is we don't know what vladimir putin will do next. we are seeing he's severely restricting the supply of gas to europe and that is having a huge affect. but the second thing is the more important thing, which is what happens domestically, and the real risk that we are responding to is 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 shock, we've had a shrinkage in the labour force, over the last two years or so. i go around the country a lot and i talk to businesses a lot, the first thing businesses want to talk to me about is the problems they're having hiring people, and that is still going on. they're also saying to us, actually, they're not finding it difficult to raise prices at the moment. now, we think that can't go on but you have to remember this is against a backdrop where we have two stories running here.

we've got 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's going to have an effect and it will 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, you know, particularly businesses and we — my key point is if inflation becomes embedded and persistent, it gets worse. the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, there. business secretary, kwasi kwarteng, has also been speaking about the economy today. if your target interest rate as a central bank, your target inflation, is 2% and you're predicting 13.3%, something's gone wrong. now i'm not someone who is going to necessarily blame the bank. i think this will be a matter of debate. i mean, he's raised interest rates by 0.5%, which is the highest

increase since 1995, 27 years, which suggests that he probably feels that he could have raised them sooner because it was a very big hike, actually, yesterday. but i think we need to look at what went wrong. clearly if you've got a 2% target and you're predicting 13.3%, something's gone wrong. the business secretary kwasi kwarteng there. earlier i spoke to yael selfin, chief economist for kpmg. she explained what the impact of raising interest rates will be. raising interest rates essentially means that 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 more. it may take a little bit of time because a lot of the mortgages that people have at the moment are at fixed rates, so that would take time. but ultimately, the main way

in which the bank of england could influence is raising interest rates, which makes credit more costly, which means that people and companies are likely to spend less — to invest less, in the case of companies, but also to spend less because their costs are rising. and that would slow the growth of the economy. it would potentially make the demand for things weaker. and as a result of that, given that we are going to have more more spare capacity in the economy, that would make the economy less hot, if you like, and therefore prices would go up less quickly. wages would potentially not have to go up by as much because we would have that problem of hiring people as we have now. but the concern is, or the concern that has been voiced, is that 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, not luxury items but essentials, and also of course 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? well, i mean it is obviously very tricky for the bank of england at the moment because, on the one hand, you 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, which actually a lot of that is not to do with the bank of england. it is standardly generated. it's nothing to do with the state of the economy here. but the worry is that those higher inflation expectations will be ingrained and therefore will be persistent. and that could be a big part of what the bank of england is trying to do,

is 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 is not something 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 economy where we have mainly the government and the treasury whose role is to protect those vulnerable households, and we have seen them do that already fairly effectively with the latest measures that they announced to protect the poorer households with additional support.

kpmg's chief economist speaking to me earlier. the candidates vying to succeed borisjohnson as the conservative party leader and british 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 can 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. hardly surprising that a lot of focus on the economy last night? yes, it was the sort of heart of the differences between the two candidates and their prescriptions for what they think they could do once one of them becomes prime minister and how they would tackle all of this, these very serious projections from the bank of england, inflation hitting 13%. recession all of next year. and you heard the two different views there on what should be done. so liz truss saying the real problem is recession, therefore reversing some of rishi sunak�*s tax rises, national

insurance increase, that sort of thing, not going through with corporation tax increases, that's what she says. rishi sunak says that is dangerous. he said that risks, as you heard, stoking inflation and putting fuel on the fire. so he says you have to get control of information first. but they both then faced this really difficult question about many, many people are already finding it difficult. under these productions, they will find it even more difficult, inflation and interest rates going up. both candidates saying they would do what they could to help but not very much on specifics there beyond what they have said already.— on specifics there beyond what they have said already. leaving aside the conservative — have said already. leaving aside the conservative leadership _ have said already. leaving aside the conservative leadership candidates. conservative leadership candidates for a minute and onto the opposition leader, labour's keir starmer, found to have breached the code of conduct? , to have breached the code of conduct?— to have breached the code of conduct? , , ., ., , ., conduct? yes, these are a number of thins he conduct? yes, these are a number of things he should _ conduct? yes, these are a number of things he should have _ conduct? yes, these are a number of things he should have declared - conduct? yes, these are a number of things he should have declared or - things he should have declared or did declare but didn't declare early

enough. so mps have to declare gifts they get, if they get hospitality or earnings outside parliament, those sorts of things have to be declared. sir keir starmer was a bit like doing some of those. eight different instances he was found... i will give you some examples. around £500 of royalty payments from books he'd written, legal books he'd written, they were 20 days late registering that. some football tickets that he'd got from watford and crystal palace football club, £700, £ia00, four days may in one case, 3a days late in the other. the parliamentary committee said it was inadvertent, not deliberate attempt to mislead but said the leader of the opposition, that these might be mine about the leader of the opposition should show leadership and ensure he can comply by the rules as everyone

else. sir keir starmer has apologised and said some of this was because he was trying to find what the value of these tickets were or that he was trying to track down the bank statements on which he received the royalties and that sort of thing but he has said he is changing his procedures on how he runs his office and he hopes this doesn't happen again. and he hopes this doesn't happen aaain. . ~ and he hopes this doesn't happen aaain. ., ~' ,, and he hopes this doesn't happen aaain. ., again. thank you. our political correspondent _ again. thank you. our political correspondent damian - again. thank you. our political - correspondent damian grammaticus there. 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 nojurisdiction 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. type onetaiwan�*s foreign minister,

joseph wu. the headlines on bbc news... the bank of england rejects accusations it was too slow to raise interest rates in the uk. the rise from 1.25% to 1.75% is the biggest increase in 27 years. the economy dominates the latest conservative leadership debate — as contenders liz truss and rishi sunak clash over how to deal with the threat of a looming recession. taiwan's foreign minister warns that china's dream of territorial expansion does not end at taiwan, as beijing continues its show of military force around the island. as parts of europe face a drought, the first in a series of hosepipe bans is due to come into force across the south of england to try and tackle water shortages. 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. ukrainian�*s president volodymyr zelensky has admitted that russia is making progress in parts of the contested donbas region. he's described some of the fighting there as �*hell�*. at the same time, both sides appear to be gearing up for an escalating conflict in the south. ukraine is looking to take back the strategic city of kherson — before its russian occupiers hold a possible referendum on its status next month. 0ur correspondent andrew harding has been to the frontline just west of kherson, and sent this report. an exposed road near the front line. ukrainian trenches to one side. then the carcass—like ruins of a newly liberated village. it's like stepping back a century into the desolation of world war one.

a world of underground bunkers and unpredictable skies. this village is eerily empty — only the dogs here, and the soldiers. i have to be very careful about what we film here so we don't give away the ukrainian positions — they're very wary about their security after months under pretty much constant russian bombardment. russian drones overhead, as well. but here, near the black sea coast, ukraine is starting to claw back territory, and to gear up for a much bigger push. a weary smile from a soldier named phoenix. his unit has taken heavy losses here. "we don't underestimate the russians," he says, "but the enemy is struggling with supplies and "reinforcements now. "yes, we can feel that." ukraine is certainly making lots of noise about an imminent

counter—offensive in the south. videos like this one, trumpeting the destruction of russian supply lines. and just across the front lines, in the strategic russian occupied city of kherson, anticipation is growing. we spoke to this ukrainian journalist, who's hiding in kherson, and hoping the city will soon fall. "we're happy, says konstantin ryzhenko, "when we hear the ukrainian bombs exploding closer, because that "means our troops are getting nearer to us." perhaps they are. but remember, this is a vast front line, and both sides are trying to trick each other about their real military intentions. no wonder ukraine's soldiers play down talk of a quick victory. "we know the russians are bringing

more reinforcements to this area," says sergey belinsky. "on our side, we do now have accurate western weapons, but nowhere near enough. " that phrase has become ukraine's lament — not enough weapons. and so, for now, the russian bombs keep falling in the south — on the front lines and on cities like nikolayev. ukraine is promising a decisive counter—attack, but it's not there yet. andrew harding, bbc news, in southern ukraine. three more ships loaded with grain have sailed from ukrainian ports — one from 0dessa bound for ireland, and two others from chornomorsk towards britain and turkey. between them, the vessels are carrying more than 50,000 tonnes of produce. moscow and kyiv agreed in istanbul last month to resume shipments from ukrainian ports, easing russia's blockade of the black sea for the first time since it invaded its neighbour in february.

a jury in texas has ordered the talk show host alexjones to make an initial payment of more than $4 million 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. 0ur 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 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 ownership rights. he claimed the parents of the dead children were crisis actors. the case against him was brought by the parents of a six—year—old who died in the shooting. they argued they'd endured harassment and emotional distress because of the conspiracy theorist�*s

comments. ..this tragedy and this murder didn't happen and that jesse wasn't killed. people accused myself and others of being crisis actors, fake, phony... in court, alexjones admitted he was wrong, conceding that the killings were real. i truly, when i said those statements — when i say something, i mean it — that i really could believe that it was totally staged at that point. the founder of the infowars website had portrayed the case as an attack on his right to free speech, butjones also said blamed the media for, as he saw it, not allowing him to retract his false claim. it's100% real, and the media still ran with lies that i was saying it wasn't real. it's incredible. 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'd been lying in court. and that is how i know you lied to me when you said you didn't have text messages about sandy hook, did you know that? see, i told you the truth. this is your perry mason moment. i gave them my phone. the case isn't over yet. the jury will now consider punitive damages againstjones — a sum of money to punish the broadcasterfor the distress he cause. peter bowes, bbc news. 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". 0ther 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. you're watching bbc news... coming up, we will be speaking to a

woman who has become the first to go to the deepest part of the ocean, up a mountain and into space. but now let's pause to say goodbye to our viewers on bbc two. more now on the 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 as 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.

use use this 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. hannah miller, bbc news. sexual health charities and lgbt groups are urging ministers to step up efforts to control the monkeypox outbreak in the uk. in an open letter to the health secretary, they say that without a quicker and wider vaccine roll—out, the virus could become "endemic". 0vernight, the us declared monkeypox a public health emergency. let's hear more from our lgbt+ producer, josh parry. what exactly is the letter calling for? , ., , , , , for? this letter has been written by sexual health _ for? this letter has been written by sexual health charity _ for? this letter has been written by sexual health charity terrence - sexual health charity terrence higgins trust as various various lgbt groups and the are asking for,

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sate those most at risk might be given two so this is also calling to order many more vaccines than the around 30,000 we currently have an extra 100,000th due to arrive in september. extra 100,000th due to arrive in september-— extra 100,000th due to arrive in se tember. , , ., , ., september. there will be people who want to net september. there will be people who want to get their _ september. there will be people who want to get their hands _ september. there will be people who want to get their hands on _ september. there will be people who want to get their hands on a - september. there will be people who want to get their hands on a vaccine i want to get their hands on a vaccine but have not been able to what is the advice to them? for but have not been able to what is the advice to them?— the advice to them? for this roll-out. — the advice to them? for this roll-out. it _ the advice to them? for this roll-out, it is _ the advice to them? for this roll-out, it is different - the advice to them? for this roll-out, it is different to . the advice to them? for this i roll-out, it is different to other roll—out, it is different to other vaccine roll—outs, while the uk hsa looks at the overview of how this will be given out and a strategy to giving it to the most people at most high risk, it's been done on a more local level and so the advice is to get in touch with your local sexual health clinic and ask them if they have any vaccines available and also for those most at high risk they are told they will be contacted and that they will be offered an appointment when vaccines are available for them. josh, our lgbt+ reporterjosh parry.

president biden has described as "unacceptable" the sentencing of us basketball star brittney griner to nine years in a russian prison for possessing and smuggling drugs. she admitted to having cannabis oil when she was detained in moscow in february, but maintained she hadn't intended to break the law. washington has offered a prisoner swap, but it hasn't been taken up. azadeh moshiri reports. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the rest of the population. i never meant to break any laws here. it was her final plea to a russian court as the us basketball star brittney griner said she had made an honest mistake, but it made no difference. despite insisting she had never intended to use the cannabis oil authorities had found in her luggage, brittney griner was sentenced to nine years in prison for smuggling and possessing narcotics. her lawyers have said they will appeal the verdict. translation: if you look. at the statistics, at least one third of russians on similar charges receive a suspended sentence,

and all the rest receive a minimum sentence under article 229, but not nine years. considered one of the best female players in the world, ms griner travelled to russia to play club basketball in the us's off—season, but after her arrest at a moscow airport, it took six months for the trial to finally reach this point. her only hope now is a prisoner exchange. i know everybody is making some assumptions here i won't go into detail about it, but it is a serious proposal. we urge them to accept it. they should have accepted it weeks ago when we first made it. the white house has said it is in discussions with russia to free her and another american citizen who has been detained, paul whelan, and reports suggest this is who the white house is offering excellent exchange — viktor bout —

a russsian arms trafficer known as the merchant of death. at the top of her game and facing years in a russian prison, this deal might be her only hope. now to a story of extraordinary human endeavour. the british explorer vanessa 0'brien has become the first woman the ocean, and now go into space. here is some footage of vanessa's journey into space — she has already broken five guinness world records. she has now broken a sixth, becoming the first woman to complete what is know as the explorer's extreme trifecta, the highest mountain, deepest ocean, and space. vanessa took with her the un women's flag, to champion women's equality and leadership. she also brought items belonging to a british schoolgirl, katherine, who is basing her science project on vanessa. i'm happy to say vanessa and katherine join me live now.

hello to you both and thank you so much for your time. if i start with you of all, vanessa, what made you decide to do it this tri— factor, all three of these feats? you know, art of all three of these feats? you know, part of it was just _ all three of these feats? you know, part of it wasjust getting a - part of it was just getting a different perspective on the planet and on earth because each one, the mount and show us a different aspect of the planet and that is mostly the iglesia is melting, even in the ocean showed us ocean acidification and the warming of the oceans, the polls show something else, the arctic sea ice melting. i think space was going to show me a different perspective i own that would be able to see by going over that line, i think ourfinal would be able to see by going over that line, i think our final stats are finally out, they were not out when i went to sleep last night. that perspective of seeing the curvature of the earth shows just

how fragile the planet really is. this is not a question i ever thought i would be asking but which was your favourite out of going up the mountain, going into the ocean or going into space? you know, it's like picking a favourite child. they are all special and they are all amazing and i do not think i would never want to swap one for the other. most diplomatic answer! i'm going to speak to you, catherine. tell me about your project about vanessa, what did it involve?— what did it involve? well, first i was asked _ what did it involve? well, first i was asked to _ what did it involve? well, first i was asked to pick _ what did it involve? well, first i was asked to pick a _ what did it involve? well, first i was asked to pick a famous - what did it involve? well, first i - was asked to pick a famous explorer over the _ was asked to pick a famous explorer over the years to research so i could — over the years to research so i could write _ over the years to research so i could write a biography on them. i decided _ could write a biography on them. i decided to— could write a biography on them. i decided to pick a woman who was championing women's rights because it is mostly— championing women's rights because it is mostly in our male—dominated field and _ it is mostly in our male—dominated field and also maybe someone british because _ field and also maybe someone british because i_ field and also maybe someone british because i am british. then vanessa's

achievement— because i am british. then vanessa's achievement caught my eye because i had been _ achievement caught my eye because i had been interested in deep sea from a young _ had been interested in deep sea from a young age and i went on to do research — a young age and i went on to do research about all her famous and amazing _ research about all her famous and amazing achievements and world records — amazing achievements and world records. . , amazing achievements and world records. ., ., ., , records. vanessa, catton should be able to hear— records. vanessa, catton should be able to hear you _ records. vanessa, catton should be able to hear you so _ records. vanessa, catton should be able to hear you so you _ records. vanessa, catton should be able to hear you so you can - records. vanessa, catton should bej able to hear you so you can address this to her if you like, how do you feel hearing that you were chosen for kath and's project? that feel hearing that you were chosen for kath and's project?— feel hearing that you were chosen for kath and's project? for kath and's pro'ect? that was one ofthe for kath and's pro'ect? that was one of the most — for kath and's project? that was one of the most amazing _ for kath and's project? that was one of the most amazing things - for kath and's project? that was one of the most amazing things i - for kath and's project? that was one of the most amazing things i had - of the most amazing things i had ever heard and how i heard was her mum contacted me on linkedinjust to tell me, she did not ask for anything, shejust let me know tell me, she did not ask for anything, she just let me know that, and i was just so honoured anything, she just let me know that, and i wasjust so honoured is because i think that's the most amazing thing anyone can hear in their lifetime, that they had made an impression on someone in a positive way, and ijust got any terrible day i ever had was worth

it. at that time i had not yet been chosen for space, so when i heard that i was chosen for space, i contacted catherine and her mum and said, what can i take into space for her? vanessa, you can hear cauthen but you cannot see her but i can tell you cannot see her but i can tell you when you are responding catherine's smile was beaming so i just want to ask you, catherine, i imagine you have not spoken to vanessa before, have you? ha. here vanessa before, have you? no. here is our vanessa before, have you? no. here is your chance, if that is a question you've been burning to ask vanessa, please feel free to put it to her. i vanessa, please feel free to put it to her. ., �* ., , ., vanessa, please feel free to put it toher. ., , ., ., , to her. i don't really have any questions _ to her. i don't really have any questions currently _ to her. i don't really have any questions currently because l to her. i don't really have any. questions currently because as to her. i don't really have any - questions currently because as well four project i filmed a video of me asking _ four project i filmed a video of me asking some questions to vanessa that she _ asking some questions to vanessa that she gladly answered for me. brilliant — that she gladly answered for me. brilliant. that's good that your questions have already been answered. how does it feel shading a

screen with her and talking to someone who was your inspiration for your project? it is someone who was your inspiration for your project?— your pro'ect? it is amazing. i never thou~ht your project? it is amazing. i never thou~ht it your project? it is amazing. i never thought it would _ your project? it is amazing. i never thought it would happen. - your project? it is amazing. i never thought it would happen. i - thought it would happen. i definitely did not expect this. tell me about the items you ask vanessa to take up with you.— to take up with you. well, i decided to take up with you. well, i decided to choose seeds, _ to take up with you. well, i decided to choose seeds, and _ to take up with you. well, i decided to choose seeds, and as _ to take up with you. well, i decided to choose seeds, and as well - to take up with you. well, i decided to choose seeds, and as well as - to take up with you. well, i decided to choose seeds, and as well as the seeds— to choose seeds, and as well as the seeds i_ to choose seeds, and as well as the seeds i chose to sent into space i included — seeds i chose to sent into space i included a — seeds i chose to sent into space i included a letter for vanessa and the letter— included a letter for vanessa and the letter explained why i chose the seeds— the letter explained why i chose the seeds to _ the letter explained why i chose the seeds to sent into space. this seeds in question— seeds to sent into space. this seeds in question are wisteria seed pod and a _ in question are wisteria seed pod and a mangrove seeds.— in question are wisteria seed pod and a mangrove seeds. hearing that, vanessa, i wonder _ and a mangrove seeds. hearing that, vanessa, i wonder if _ and a mangrove seeds. hearing that, vanessa, i wonder if you've - and a mangrove seeds. hearing that, vanessa, i wonder if you've got - and a mangrove seeds. hearing that, vanessa, i wonder if you've got a - vanessa, i wonder if you've got a message for catherine at all? you know, i message for catherine at all? you know. i would _ message for catherine at all? you know, i would say _ message for catherine at all? ym. know, i would say catherine shows a very wisely because she was choosing

based on something that represented growth —— catherine chose a very wisely. and things that would represent something like a new generation. and these were also things collected around the world, so she was really thoughtful in her choice. and that says a lot about her as an individual and represents space as well and the future of space as well and the future of space and they also have a little certificate here for her seeds, i don't know if you can see this. i know you cannot catherine but vanessa is holding up a certificate, it looks very shiny and embossed, certificate of flight, do you want to describe what that means to catherine? it to describe what that means to catherine?— to describe what that means to catherine? , , , , ., catherine? it says these seeds have actuall , it catherine? it says these seeds have actually. it has _ catherine? it says these seeds have actually, it has a _ catherine? it says these seeds have actually, it has a certificate - catherine? it says these seeds have actually, it has a certificate of - actually, it has a certificate of flight and they made it, they were part of this, it is not even opened yet, i had a weight restriction in

my bag of three pounds and the first thing in was the seeds and the republic the most important and i was delighted to include them and it was delighted to include them and it was one of the wisest choices, nobody was thinking and most of things orjust private little things people took off that shelf —— the seeds were the first thing in. how does that feel, catherine? thank ou, how does that feel, catherine? thank you. vanessa- — how does that feel, catherine? thank you. vanessa- i— how does that feel, catherine? thank you, vanessa. i spoke _ how does that feel, catherine? thank you, vanessa. i spoke to _ how does that feel, catherine? thank you, vanessa. i spoke to some - how does that feel, catherine? thank you, vanessa. i spoke to some other people _ you, vanessa. i spoke to some other people who _ you, vanessa. i spoke to some other people who were helping vanessa get publicity. _ people who were helping vanessa get publicity, they also said seeds were a really— publicity, they also said seeds were a really wise choice, so thank you for that — a really wise choice, so thank you for that. , ., ., . �* , a really wise choice, so thank you for that. i. ., ., �*, , for that. there you go, that's been confirmed by _ for that. there you go, that's been confirmed by vanessa. _ for that. there you go, that's been confirmed by vanessa. vanessa, i confirmed by vanessa. vanessa, obviously you will inspire so many women and to follow in your footsteps, ijust wonder if women and to follow in your footsteps, i just wonder if you women and to follow in your footsteps, ijust wonder if you can address to catherine any message or anything to inspire her? i

address to catherine any message or anything to inspire her?— anything to inspire her? i think she is on the right _ anything to inspire her? i think she is on the right track. _ anything to inspire her? i think she is on the right track. she _ anything to inspire her? i think she is on the right track. she is - is on the right track. she is determined and thoughtful, clever, and i think that if she continues down this path of curiosity, she is going to... i think the world is her oyster and she's going to be able to do whatever she wants to do. i want to use this — do whatever she wants to do. i want to use this as _ do whatever she wants to do. i want to use this as a _ do whatever she wants to do. i want to use this as a chance to _ do whatever she wants to do. i want to use this as a chance to show - to use this as a chance to show some the incredible footage of your space adventures, vanessa. catherine, what did it feel like to watch vanessa's launch? i did it feel like to watch vanessa's launch? . . , did it feel like to watch vanessa's launch? ., , , . launch? i was very excited when i saw the rocket _ launch? i was very excited when i saw the rocket blast off. - launch? i was very excited when i saw the rocket blast off. i - launch? i was very excited when i saw the rocket blast off. i was - launch? i was very excited when i l saw the rocket blast off. i was also a bit nervous. i don't know why, i 'ust a bit nervous. i don't know why, i just was — a bit nervous. i don't know why, i just was and _ a bit nervous. i don't know why, i just was. and then i couldn't actually— just was. and then i couldn't actually see inside the capsule but once the _ actually see inside the capsule but once the capture was coming down and

the parachutes, i realised the seeds were also— the parachutes, i realised the seeds were also in— the parachutes, i realised the seeds were also in their and there was a whole _ were also in their and there was a whole new— were also in their and there was a whole new frontier for everyone on board _ board. it - board. it probably made it board. — it probably made it feel a bit more real, seeing it. i have to finally ask you, vanessa, what was it like, we've talked about so much, what was it like going into space, was at what you expected and whether any scary moments because we are seeing scary moments because we are seeing some scary moments because we are seeing some incredible footage now. you know, some incredible footage now. you know. we — some incredible footage now. you know. we not _ some incredible footage now. ym. know, i've not seen the footage in replay, adjust the experience i am left with but i would say as much as i simulated the zero gravity and pre—flight back in march, with charlie duke, the apollo 16 astronaut, as much as you simulate the zero gravity, when you go up in the zero gravity, when you go up in the rocket there are things you cannot experience until you experience it. and i think the hardest for me was re—entering the earth's atmosphere and that is

quite... a slick 5.5 g force and the pressure on the body is just phenomenal. it feels... it must be what fighterjet pilots go through but it isjust what fighterjet pilots go through but it is just a big heavy boom on the chest and it really startles you for the first time. i cannot let you go, catherine, without asking you of those three feats vanessa have achieved which would you that's a very good question. i'm that's a very good question. i'm not— that's a very good question. i'm not actually sure, like finesse that they — i'm not actually sure, like finesse that they are all different things and i_ that they are all different things and i am — that they are all different things and i am not into one enough to know i and i am not into one enough to know i could _ and i am not into one enough to know i could definitely choose it over the others. it i could definitely choose it over the others-— the others. it was a difficult question. — the others. it was a difficult question. i— the others. it was a difficult question, i put _ the others. it was a difficult question, i put you - the others. it was a difficult question, i put you on - the others. it was a difficult question, i put you on the l the others. it was a difficult - question, i put you on the spot! one to considerfurther. as

question, i put you on the spot! one to consider further. as vanessa said, difficult to choose, click choosing your favourite child. i just want to thank you both so much for your time. just want to thank you both so much foryourtime. it just want to thank you both so much for your time. it has been of interest in speaking to you both and congratulations, vanessa, on an incredible achievement, that trifecta and, catherine, incredible for you as well to have those seeds sent up there. so for you as well to have those seeds sent up there-— sent up there. so thank you both for our sent up there. so thank you both for your time- — sent up there. so thank you both for your time. thank _ sent up there. so thank you both for your time. thank you. _ sent up there. so thank you both for your time. thank you. thank you, i your time. thank you. thank you, catherine. your time. thank you. thank you, catherine-— catherine. thank you, vanessa. that's lovely. _ catherine. thank you, vanessa. that's lovely. that _ catherine. thank you, vanessa. that's lovely. that was - catherine. thank you, vanessa. that's lovely. that was the - catherine. thank you, vanessa. - that's lovely. that was the explorer vanessa 0'brien, that's lovely. that was the explorer vanessa o'brien, and catherine. so great to speak to them both. the nhs in england is increasing its reliance on doctors and nurses trained overseas to plug staffing gaps and recruitment shortfalls, according to bbc analysis. while overall numbers recruited have gone up, the proportion of uk—trained medics joining england's nhs is at its lowest for seven years. 0ur health correspondent jim reed has this report. one, two, three, four, five.

a group of nurses from india is being put through training at sheffield's children's hospital. these recruits arrived in may, and have tests next week. we are a little bit stressed because we are preparing for an exam, so other than that we are really happy to stay here. there are a lot of opportunities in the uk for nurses. this trust alone has already recruited 24 staff from india this year, with another 40 due to start this autumn. we give them three months' accommodation, activities to socialise them into the city, show them around — all of those things that you need as a solid base to be able to come to work and give your best. this approach isn't new, of course — in the 1960s, many nurses came from the caribbean, many doctors from south east asia. now, the numbers arriving from countries like india have again been going up sharply as the nhs tries to plug big staffing gaps. brexit may also have been a factor, with fewer eu workers joining

since the referendum. last year, in england, one in three new nurses came from outside europe, with smaller rises elsewhere in the uk. the largest numbers were trained in india or the philippines, but thousands also qualified in states like nigeria and ghana, with fragile health services. the uk is not allowed to actively recruit from those countries, though staff can still apply forjobs directly. some say the only long—term answer is to train up more medics here. we know that staffing is the major problem in the nhs. it's also the major problem in health systems abroad, so we can't steal their workforce to plug our gaps. last 0ctober, samira — a consultant radiologist — moved her young family from pakistan to huddersfield. i thought, why not? it will be an adventure. it'll be a change from what i'm used to.

it'll be good for the children, as well — they'll be exposed to a new culture, a new environment, you know, they'll learn how the world works. she says the work at the local hospital is more specialised but, as a doctor, her ideals and motivations haven't changed. for me, patients are the same. patients are patients. they deserve the best possible care. whether they're paying a lot or they're being treated for free, they are patients, and they need to need to be treated with dignity and respect. the government says it is funding more training places for medical students in this country, but international recruitment will continue to be important, as demand for nhs services keeps growing in the future. jim reed, bbc news. a backlog of vinyl since the pandemic has meant some artists and fans are having to wait at least a year to get their records. global demand for vinyl is at its highest for three decades. our technology reporter, shiona mccallum, has been to see if there's a solution to help

ease the pressure. i've come to amsterdam to see how vinyl�*s made... ..and perhaps buy a few records along the way. amsterdam is home to one of the largest vinyl presses in the world, with millions being made here each year. the process to make one of these albums has been the same for at least 40 years. first, the master disc is made of metal and converted into a stamper. then pvc pellets are loaded into the machine, melted, and pressed into the mould. but according to greenpeace, pvc is the most environmentally damaging of all the plastics. do you think about the environmental impact? a couple of years ago in the news, it was that they found a lot of plastic in the oceans. so the first thing, of course, what happens is that you get a call like, "hey, can you press records

from the plastic from the ocean?" it's always difficult to explain to some people that we can use whatever to make things greener while you want to keep the quality of the product as it is now. and that's impossible. impossible? well, one company not far away in eindhoven disagrees. harm theunisse's ploughed everything into developing and patenting a new robotic pressing machine. we are trying to produce environmentally friendly vinyl records. we use no pvc, we're using 90% less energy, which is really measured. we don't have the label with the paper — it's a printed label. ok, so what's happening now? i'm moving the whole injection unit forward to the position that we can start injecting the plastic against my negatives. and then, every 20 seconds, there's a record coming out of the press. it uses less energy than typical vinyl production,

and avoids using pvc — instead substituting it with pet, a safer form of plastic that can be recycled. so, hot off the press, we've got this record that has just come off the machine. music plays. crystal clear. and you've got some good artists on the books now. tom 0dell is someone that you're pressing for. do you feel that the artists are more environmentally conscious? no, not at all. so it may be a long way to go before bands and singers are pushing for this change in production methods, but what about the traditional manufacturers? if the product which comes from an injection moulding press is good enough, looks well enough for our customers, it might be worthwhile to look into that. saying that, these machines are massively more expensive than the presses we use over here and we just bought. back home, and i'm thinking differently about my record collection after my trip to the netherlands.

and, although there's a long way to go until the table is turned, there's hope that future generations will be able to relish listening to music on vinyl without worrying about its impact on our planet. shiona mccallum, bbc news. 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. officials in france say a lost beluga whale has swum to within 45 miles of paris down the river seine. people have been urged to keep their distance to avoid distressing the whale, which is normally found in cold arctic waters. it was first spotted on tuesday, and follows the rare appearance of a killer whale in the seine over two months ago.

headlines are coming up at the top of the hour. 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11am: the bank of england rejects accusations it was too slow to raise interest rates ahead of a looming recession. the economy dominates the latest conservative leadership debate as contenders liz truss and rishi sunak clash over how to deal with the threat of a looming recession. as parts of europe face a drought, the first in a series of hosepipe bans is due to come into force across the south of england to try and tackle water shortages. and environmentally friendly music — we look at how one company is trying to make vinyl go green. we use no pvc, we are using 90% less

energy which is measured. we don't have the label with paper, it's a printed label. 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 to target. why may that not happen and therefore why do we have to raise interest rates is the question. now, first thing is one i won't focus much on but is, of course, important, which is we don't know what vladimir putin will do next. we're seeing he's severely restricting the supply of gas to europe and that is having a huge affect. but the second thing is the more important thing, which is what happens domestically, and the real risk that we are responding to is 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'll tell you what the risk is, we've had a domestic shock, we've had a shrinkage in the labour force, over the last two years or so. i go around the country a lot and i talk to businesses a lot, the first thing businesses want to talk to me about is the problems they're having hiring people, and that is still going on. they're also saying to us, actually, they're not finding it difficult to raise prices at the moment. now, we think that can't go on but you have to remember this is against a backdrop where we have two stories running here. we've got 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's going to have an effect and it will 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, you know, particularly businesses and we — my key point is if inflation becomes embedded and persistent, it gets worse.

business secretary, kwasi kwarteng, has also been speaking this morning about the economy. if your target interest rate as a central bank, your target inflation, is 2% and you're predicting 13.3%, something's gone wrong. now i'm not someone who is going to necessarily blame the bank. i think this will be a matter of debate. i mean, he's raised interest rates by 0.5%, which is the highest increase since1995, 27 years, which suggests that he probably feels that he could have raised them sooner because it was a very big hike, actually, yesterday. but i think we need to look at what went wrong. clearly if you've got a 2% target and you're predicting 13.3%, something's gone wrong. 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.

at 3:30pm we will answer your questions on the cost of living after that interest rate rise under warning from the bank of england that the uk will fall into recession this year. you can send us your questions by tweeting or e—mailing and we will bring you more reaction to the news on the economy throughout the day. you can also contact me directly on twitter. the economy is dominating the conservative leadership debate as liz truss and rishi sunak clash on whether or not there should be tax cuts. liz truss said she would bring in tax cuts on her first day as prime minister, rishi sunak says he would prioritise bringing down inflation.

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 can 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. they continued to be divided. have

they changed their messaging after what we heard from the governor of the bank of england yesterday? those warnin . s the bank of england yesterday? those warnings were — the bank of england yesterday? those warnings were stark _ the bank of england yesterday? those warnings were stark that _ the bank of england yesterday? those warnings were stark that the - the bank of england yesterday? turn warnings were stark that the uk is facing 13% plus inflation into next year so a really high level of inflation not seen for a long time and also a recession. what we have seen if anything is the candidate to be the next prime minister, one of the two will be dealing with this situation, have starkly different views and are doubling down on those views and are doubling down on those views so liz truss today is saying that the warnings from the bank of england make it even more imperative that her view is the one the country follows and she says her plan is to cut taxes, it is even more importantly she said the important thing is to get the economy going to

avoid that recession. she thinks that's possible but that may be a tall order. rishi sunak, who was chancellor, finance minister, says the idea of getting the economy going is wrong because that implies stimulatingly mad and pushing inflation up even higher when what he says is inflation has to be tackled first and brought down and only after that we didn't look at growth policies so he talked about liz truss's policies as potentially pouring oil on the far, he said that would promise higher interest rates so for business and homeowners paying back loans but also he said that would mean misery for millions in the uk so very different visions and also liz truss employing a lot of criticism of the administration of criticism of the administration of which she has been part for the past year, saying it cannot be business as usual and things must

change. business as usual and things must chance. ., , ., change. their ballot papers have one out change. their ballot papers have gone out to _ change. their ballot papers have gone out to conservative - change. their ballot papers have gone out to conservative party l gone out to conservative party members and they start to vote this weekend but with this changed backdrop, is there a sense it could shake things up? it’s backdrop, is there a sense it could shake things up?— backdrop, is there a sense it could shake things up? it's an interesting ruestion shake things up? it's an interesting question because _ shake things up? it's an interesting question because at _ shake things up? it's an interesting question because at the _ shake things up? it's an interesting question because at the minute - shake things up? it's an interestingj question because at the minute the polling suggests liz truss, foreign secretary, has a significant lead over rishi sunak who was the former chancellor. the key people who vote in this context, the members of the conservative party, but we have a stark warning from the bank of england, what's interesting is the message from the bank of england yesterday chimes pretty much with what rishi sunak has been saying so on the one hand you might say does not reinforce his position and make him look more credible but on the other hand you might say liz truss's position that she is pushing it it's

time for a shake—up, things have to be done differently and she would do that, is that a message that will appeal to conservative party members? it's a very interesting time that this move from the bank of england has come to tackle inflationary pressures coming just when we are getting into this voting period that will last until the end of the month. i period that will last until the end of the month.— period that will last until the end of the month. i will speak to what su orter of the month. i will speak to what supporter of _ of the month. i will speak to what supporter of rishi _ of the month. i will speak to what supporter of rishi sunak, - of the month. i will speak to what supporter of rishi sunak, james l supporter of rishi sunak, james cartlidge mp, shortly. 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. the headlines on bbc news: the bank of england rejects accusations from the government that it was too slow to raise

interest rates, as inflation heads to 13%. the economy dominates the latest conservative leadership debate — as contenders liz truss and rishi sunak clash over how to deal with the threat of a looming recession as parts of europe face a drought, a the first in a series of hosepipe bans is due to come into force across the south of england to try the nhs in england is increasing its reliance on doctors and nurses trained overseas to plug staffing gaps and recruitment shortfalls, according to bbc analysis. while overall numbers recruited have gone up, the proportion of uk—trained medics joining england's nhs is at its lowest for seven years. 0ur health correspondent jim reed has this report. one, two, three, four, five. a group of nurses from india is being put through training at sheffield's children's hospital. these recruits arrived in may, and have tests next week. we are a little bit stressed because we are preparing for an exam, so other than that we are really

happy to stay here. there are a lot of opportunities in the uk for nurses. this trust alone has already recruited 24 staff from india this year, with another 40 due to start this autumn. we give them three months' accommodation, activities to socialise them into the city, show them around — all of those things that you need as a solid base to be able to come to work and give your best. this approach isn't new, of course — in the 1960s, many nurses came from the caribbean, many doctors from south east asia. now, the numbers arriving from countries like india have again been going up sharply as the nhs tries to plug big staffing gaps. brexit may also have been a factor, with fewer eu workers joining since the referendum. last year, in england, one in three new nurses came from outside europe with smaller rises elsewhere in the uk. the largest numbers were trained in india or the philippines, but thousands also qualified

in states like nigeria and ghana, with fragile health services. the uk is not allowed to actively recruit from those countries, though staff can still apply forjobs directly. some say the only long—term answer is to train up more medics here. we know that staffing is the major problem in the nhs. it's also the major problem in health systems abroad, so we can't steal their workforce to plug our gaps. last 0ctober, samira — a consultant radiologist — moved her young family from pakistan to huddersfield. i thought, why not? it will be an adventure. it'll be a change from what i'm used to. it'll be good for the children, as well — they'll be exposed to a new culture, a new environment, you know, they'll learn how the world works. she says the work at the local hospital is more specialised but, as a doctor, her ideals and motivations haven't changed. for me, patients are the same.

patients are patients. they deserve the best possible care. whether they're paying a lot or they're being treated for free, they are patients, and they need to need to be treated with dignity and respect. the government says it is funding more training places for medical students in this country, but international recruitment will continue to be important, as demand for nhs services keeps growing in the future. jim reed, bbc news. i am joined now by dr lisa rampersad, who is of the junior doctors' committee of the doctors' union, the british medical association. what is your view on the level of recruitment of overseas medics? the nhs is recruitment of overseas medics? iis: nhs is increasingly recruitment of overseas medics? "iis: nhs is increasingly reliant recruitment of overseas medics? i““i2 nhs is increasingly reliant on overseas doctors. last year 34% of

doctors starting in the health service were from overseas, in 2014 it was 18% and the impact on developing countries is concerning. the world health organization projects a shortfall of 15 million health workers by 2030 in low and middle income countries. like the uk these countries need their health care professionals. we these countries need their health care professionals.— these countries need their health care professionals. we all provide a ke art of care professionals. we all provide a key part of the _ care professionals. we all provide a key part of the workforce, - care professionals. we all provide a key part of the workforce, i'm - care professionals. we all provide a key part of the workforce, i'm an i key part of the workforce, i'm an international doctor who worked on the covid front line but we need to ensure international recruitment does not come at the expense of developing countries. it's interesting that your first point, when you're working for the nhs in england, is to look at the ethics of the bigger picture and the impact overseas. in terms of what is going on here, what is the alternative to recruiting from overseas if medics want to come here

and there is a shortfall? this a overseas if medics want to come here and there is a shortfall?— and there is a shortfall? as a medic who has come _ and there is a shortfall? as a medic who has come here _ and there is a shortfall? as a medic who has come here myself - and there is a shortfall? as a medic who has come here myself i - and there is a shortfall? as a medic. who has come here myself i wouldn't say we have stopped medics from coming across but it needs to be as occult recruitment. we cannot be taking doctors out of countries where they are needed. the government needs to set out a sustainable long—term workforce strategy. there is currently no plan to address this crisis and we don't know how many doctors and nurses we will need to meet current and future demand because there are no projections being done so the government needs to have plans be growing homeground doctors. there are a lot of pouts currently available, more than 100,000 nhs staff vacancies in secondary care, more than 8000 of that is medical. wejust need to more than 8000 of that is medical. we just need to grow more doctors here. we would need to grow 11,000 new med school places every year for

the next three years in order to start having the same number of doctors per patient as comparative countries by 2030. wejust doctors per patient as comparative countries by 2030. we just need doctors per patient as comparative countries by 2030. wejust need more doctors training here. countries by 2030. we 'ust need more doctors training here._ doctors training here. understanding the motivations _ doctors training here. understanding the motivations of _ doctors training here. understanding the motivations of white _ doctors training here. understanding the motivations of white are - doctors training here. understanding the motivations of white are many i the motivations of white are many want to come here, you said you came here from overseas, what was your motivation to do that? i here from overseas, what was your motivation to do that?— motivation to do that? i came because i— motivation to do that? i came because i met _ motivation to do that? i came because i met my _ motivation to do that? i came because i met my partner i motivation to do that? i camej because i met my partner and motivation to do that? i came i because i met my partner and they were british but other people come for different reasons, to have a better life with their family, to earn more money and have experience somewhere else and eventually go back to their country. we don't want to stop people coming for the reasons they have but while we have people who would like to be trained here, we should be training our doctors here. we shouldn't have people leaving the profession. haifa people leaving the profession. how volatile a workforce does it make it when people come here, there are

potential issues under the government says they shouldn't be an issue but issues around having to pay for visas and the right to be able to stay longer term in the country so some have said they have gone back to other countries to avoid the cost that would be incurred and obviously similarly we have uk medics going overseas, so it's a shifting workforce. it is. it's a shifting workforce. it is, covid has _ it's a shifting workforce. it is, covid has not _ it's a shifting workforce. it is, covid has not helped - it's a shifting workforce. it is, covid has not helped because j it's a shifting workforce. it is, i covid has not helped because it it's a shifting workforce. it 3 covid has not helped because it has shone a light on a lot of that demoralisation that has happened. we have had real term pay cuts where we are looking at about 18% pay cuts, we have punitive pension tax rules that mean consultant stopped working, we have an increased workload for less junior doctors, stress and exhaustion that has grown over covid and the restrictive immigration rules play a part in

people leaving. a lot of doctors who would have come here, spent years in their career can end up leaving the nhs and going back to their countries because they have elderly relatives they cannot bring to the uk to look after.— uk to look after. how would you describe morale _ uk to look after. how would you describe morale in _ uk to look after. how would you describe morale in the - uk to look after. how would you describe morale in the nhs i uk to look after. how would you describe morale in the nhs in i uk to look after. how would you i describe morale in the nhs in your experience? i describe morale in the nhs in your experience?_ experience? i started working in 2016. the nhs _ experience? i started working in 2016. the nhs ran _ experience? i started working in 2016. the nhs ran on _ experience? i started working in 2016. the nhs ran on goodwill. experience? i started working in i 2016. the nhs ran on goodwill and everyone was happier than currently. right now we are stressed, the well—being of staff is at risk from junior doctors are talking about people taking their lives because of stress and burn—out. we havejunior doctors leaving the country looking for an easier life for less stress and it's something we definitely need to address from the government down. idt need to address from the government down. , ., , need to address from the government down. ., , ., ~ need to address from the government down. , ., , ., ~ down. dr lisa rampersad, thank you ve much down. dr lisa rampersad, thank you very much for— down. dr lisa rampersad, thank you very much forjoining _ down. dr lisa rampersad, thank you very much forjoining us _ down. dr lisa rampersad, thank you very much forjoining us and - down. dr lisa rampersad, thank you very much forjoining us and if i down. dr lisa rampersad, thank you very much forjoining us and if you i very much forjoining us and if you are watching and you are a medic or have views on the issues we are

talking about, get in touch. the candidates vying to succeed borisjohnson as the conservative party leader and prime minister, clashed last night about how they would respond to the economic recession forecast for later this year by the bank of england. speaking in the city a little earlier liz truss has promised to get the economy growing and reiterated her plans to cut taxes. we are facing a recession if we carry on with our business as usual policies and people are struggling, whether to pay bills or fuel bills, that's why it's important we reverse the national insurance increase, have a temporary moratorium on the green energy level but the most important thing is to get the economy going so we avoid a recession and a business as usual policies aren't working. we need to do more and that's why i'm determined to reform the economy and keep taxes low.

i'm joined now by conservative mp and rishi sunak supporter, james cartlidge. i wonder how helpful you think it is at the time of crisis to hear such mixed messages, we heard liz truss saying tax cuts are needed but rishi tat access is not tax cuts, it's about inflation and we also have kwasi kwarteng criticising the bank of england for not raising interest rates sooner. the of england for not raising interest rates sooner.— rates sooner. the country knows there is a _ rates sooner. the country knows there is a contest _ rates sooner. the country knows there is a contest going - rates sooner. the country knows there is a contest going on i rates sooner. the country knows there is a contest going on so i there is a contest going on so inevitably you have exchanges of views but i think what yesterday's debate showed is a clear choice can liz truss has affirmed again today, respect for her as a cabinet minister but what i think is a mistake. she wants to borrow billions of pounds from our grandchildren to cut taxes in the

region of £50 billion. what rishi sunak has said is worried about the impact on inflation and that is where his focus is so it's a crucial point in a debate and when you look at what came out from the bank of england yesterday, we need to focus on inflation. you england yesterday, we need to focus on inflation. ., england yesterday, we need to focus on inflation-— on inflation. you say you believe liz truss on inflation. you say you believe liz truss is _ on inflation. you say you believe liz truss is wrong, _ on inflation. you say you believe liz truss is wrong, she - on inflation. you say you believe liz truss is wrong, she is - on inflation. you say you believe l liz truss is wrong, she is currently at the front runner by a considerable way so as things stand and it may change because boating doesn't start until the weekend and the economic backdrop has changed dramatically since yesterday, but if she does win and implement stopped and she's talking about, you are saying it's wrong and rishi sunak says it's wrong. the country might think how do we have faith in that? the polls you are referring to, i don't know where they are coming from. my sense is it is still very open and many people are undecided

but i have had messages from members of my association who are now voting for rishi sunak because they realised he has his finger on the pulse. the problem we face is inflation, its rising energy bills and hurting businesses, that is where our focus needs to be and that is why it's right that rishi sunak has come out and said i will not engage in these multi—pound giveaways, i will focus on inflation. giveaways, i will focus on inflation-— giveaways, i will focus on inflation. ~ ., inflation. do you think what we heard from _ inflation. do you think what we heard from the _ inflation. do you think what we heard from the bank— inflation. do you think what we heard from the bank of- inflation. do you think what we | heard from the bank of england yesterday might help rishi sunak, the governor of the bank of england was clearly not getting drawn into the leadership debate but inevitably the leadership debate but inevitably the themes are as they are? we have to resect the themes are as they are? we have to respect itank _ the themes are as they are? we have to respect bank of _ the themes are as they are? we have to respect bank of england _ to respect bank of england independence. i wouldn't want the bank of england to come out and say what it did yesterday but the real world has intruded on this debate and it will be difficult. i speak as and it will be difficult. i speak as an mp, i am worried about what

happens and what we need from a new prime minister elected in september is a firm grip on inflation, dealing with the challenges we face, not going on a multi—billion—pound burrowing giveaway which i think threatens to increase inflation and a key point to remember, those taxes that lose proposes to cut, the biggest beneficiaries will be energy companies. she will cut the rate of corporation tax, i don't think that's our priority. i support business but the priority must be focusing on inflation and helping families struggling with the cost of energy bills, and i think that is where the country is. haifa energy bills, and i think that is where the country is.— energy bills, and i think that is where the country is. how do you focus on inflation? _ where the country is. how do you focus on inflation? that - where the country is. how do you focus on inflation? that is - where the country is. how do you focus on inflation? that is the i where the country is. how do you j focus on inflation? that is the job of the bank of england. there were questions around why it didn't raise interest rates sooner to get a grip on that. ~ ., ., ., on that. without getting too technical. — on that. without getting too technical, this _ on that. without getting too technical, this military i on that. without getting too |

technical, this military policy on that. without getting too i technical, this military policy is a bank of england and then there is fiscal policy and if you make the wrong decision on taxes and public spending you can make inflation worse. we heard nigel lawson warming only yesterday about the consequences of not having a tight grip on inflation so if you make the wrong decision on tax and spend you can make inflation worse and that is what rishi sunak wants to avoid. families are struggling from the cost of living, that must be a focus of the new prime minister. doesn't his position — of the new prime minister. doesn't his position also _ of the new prime minister. doesn't his position also meant _ of the new prime minister. doesn't his position also meant saying i his position also meant saying inflation is heading to 13% but you must not try to mitigate that by trying to get a pay rise because that could entrench inflation, so it his message is times are going to get much harder and there's not going to be the comfort of the prospect of quick tax cuts? i don't think he has _ prospect of quick tax cuts? i don't think he has mentioned _ prospect of quick tax cuts? i don't think he has mentioned that, i prospect of quick tax cuts? i don't think he has mentioned that, it i prospect of quick tax cuts? i don't i think he has mentioned that, it was the bank of england governor who

spoke about pay negotiations. he has spoken about wages and said if we get our tax policy right in things like research and development and encouraging innovation, in the long term people can see higher wages. then that's an important question because the reason the governor of the bank of england said don't try to get the high wages is because it means inflation will stay at that level can you saying that is not rishi sunak�*s view? i level can you saying that is not rishi sunak's view?— level can you saying that is not rishi sunak's view? i said he hadn't exressed rishi sunak's view? i said he hadn't expressed a — rishi sunak's view? i said he hadn't expressed a view _ rishi sunak's view? i said he hadn't expressed a view on _ rishi sunak's view? i said he hadn't expressed a view on this, _ rishi sunak's view? i said he hadn't expressed a view on this, that i rishi sunak's view? i said he hadn't expressed a view on this, that was| expressed a view on this, that was the governor of the bank of england, his position is simpler and clearer, the choice is whether we go on a massive borrowing binge to fund tax cuts and giveaways or when the new prime minister comes in we have discipline and avoid that and where we intervene we focus help on families struggling with energy bills. all the money that goes to

households to help with energy bills comes from decisions he made said the public now... that comes from decisions he made said the public now. . .— the public now... that sort of tweaking _ the public now... that sort of tweaking will _ the public now... that sort of tweaking will be _ the public now... that sort of tweaking will be a _ the public now... that sort of tweaking will be a drop i the public now... that sort of tweaking will be a drop in i the public now... that sort ofj tweaking will be a drop in the the public now... that sort of- tweaking will be a drop in the ocean when we talk about inflation. i was his pps is through _ when we talk about inflation. i was his pps is through the _ when we talk about inflation. i —" his pps is through the pandemic lockdown, i was with him in march 2020 and he was under incredible pressure. we faced economic peril and he addressed that, he worked throughout the night to get schemes in place like for now. he can handle an economic crisis because he has the right mix of policy which focuses on inflation and helping families with the cost of living. 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". 0ther bans will follow later in the month in kent, sussex and parts of wales. 0ur reporter celestina 0lulode

is in hampshire for us this morning. 0ver over to you. at this reservoir, it will be used if the local river which is not far from here, if levels deplete any further. this reservoir can hold up to 270 million litres of water. for this time of the year levels are a bit lower than they should be but it is important to stress we're not in a drought at this stage, however that has not stopped some farmers, for example, changing how they work. some have reported crop losses. thank you very much. we are going to be speaking to a gardener here, pippa greenwood. if you've got any questions you want me to put to her about how to look after your garden

in these times to get in touch with me. but now let's catch up on the sport and the commonwealth games are from birmingham. it is day eight of 11 in the second friday. there are 17 gold medals on offer today across the day and evening. we saw jack laugher successfully defended his 1m springboard commonwealth title for a second time last night. and now the six time commonwealth gold medalist will look to do the same in the 3m synchro, which laugher, who's 27 now, has won at the past two commonwealth games. his partner this time round is ant harding. they got under way a few minutes ago coming up with a score of 49.8 on the back—up dive. that is putting them in thejoint lead. the the back—up dive. that is putting them in the joint lead. the first of six rounds, the malaysian pairing are one of the strong competitors.

ross beattie and james heatly also competing for scotland. let's see how they get on. of course, you can watch this on the bbc iplayer. jack laugher and handing among the favourites, but the scottish peering with their hopes, too. ithink the scottish peering with their hopes, too. i think that they will be happy with that. keep watching on bbc iplayer for more of this. we will see the landing at least one more time. very little splash. are these the games where scotland's laura muirfinally adds a commonwealth medal to her collection? a silver medalist at the olympics last year, she's had bad luck as well as injuries hamper her at previous commonwealth but she's here in birmingham with all eyes on gold in the 1500 metres. this morning in her heat she finished fifth in the final automatic qualification, 4:14.11. the final is on sunday, she is

already into the final on saturday of the 800 metres. meanwhile, some superb running from england's cindy sember has seen her secure her place in the final of the women's 100 metres hurdles. with a time of 12.67 seconds she got the better of jamaica's danielle williams. megan marrs of northern ireland finishes fourth in 13.37 seconds. next, it's a big night for england's women in the hockey. looking to reach their first commonwealth final, they play new zealand in the semis. before that wales are currently taking on south africa. jo curry is watching at the university of birmingham. play only under way this morning. we've seen cairn yet beating ghana in a shoot—out and the match going on behind me is wales woman taking

on behind me is wales woman taking on south africa in the seventh and eighth place play off, about to get under way in its second quarter and currently 0—0 but tonight is a huge night for england's women who take on new zealand in the semifinal for a place in the gold medal match. to put that into context, new zealand are the reigning conall champions and england have never won the gold medal. after theirfinal and england have never won the gold medal. after their final group game yesterday when england beat wales 5— nell grace balsdon admitted they are in a tough match tonight and cannot afford to give new zealand many chances. if they get through to the gold medal match they will take on the winner of australia and india. there's live badminton you can watch at the moment too, as we approach the business end of the competition. the men's doubles is at the round of 16. scottish twins, the 22—year—olds,

christopher and matthew grimley are playing the top seeds and tokyo 2020 bronze medallists aaron chia and soh wooi yik of malaysia. the scottish twins lost their first game and that 17—15 down in the second so work to do as they try to turn this one around. and also at the nec birmingham you've got the last 16 of the table tennis under way, england's defending champions liam pitchford and paul drinkhall are currently on the show court against tyrese knight and ramon maxwell of barbados. that is looking good for the english pair currently in the leads, 9—5 in the second. you can watch that over on bbc iplayer. in the lawn bowls, england are guaranteed at least silver after reaching the final of women's

triples that's after amy phaorah and sophie tolchard reached the final of women's pairs, breezing through their group with a 100% record with this win over india. and, away from the games, tonight marks the start of a season like no other in the premier leauge, divided into two because of the world cup in qatar which starts in november. tonight sees crystal palace against arsenal in a london derby as the curtain raiser. manchester city will begin the defence of their title on sunday at west ham, but bbc pundit and former city midfielder michael brown believes it's liverpool who have the advantage going into the new campaign. it will be tights and look at last week, they were fresher than city. they have more power running and determination were city are more controlled and build up play so

we're looking forward to it. i will edge it for city still but i really like watching liverpool, love going to the games i think it's a fascinating title race. michael brown speaking to the football news show which returns to the bbc iplayer. that's all from birmingham got back to you. the appearance of archie battersbee have lost their last legal fight, they were appealing to take their son from the hospital where he is a lie support to a hospice to be in a peaceful hospice, his mother says, to say goodbye. the high court have said that that is not going to be possible, potentially there may be an appeal to that ruling but that's the ruling just through and you may well be aware they have been going through the courts repeatedly as

they have tried to reverse the decision by the medics treating him at the royal london hospital, to switch off his life support machine. they wanted new life support to remain and for him to be given a longer period of time to come through but it was ruled that he was clinically brain—dead and the court said in that context, the life support should be switched off. the family acknowledge that fight was over and they wanted him to be transferred to a hospice and then gone to court this morning to try to achieve that. let's go to our reporter at the royal london hospital. the high court have said no to that request he be transferred to a hospice. is this going to be the end of it?— the end of it? we don't know whether this will be at — the end of it? we don't know whether this will be at the _ the end of it? we don't know whether this will be at the end _ the end of it? we don't know whether this will be at the end of its _ this will be at the end of its because they can of course appeal

the high courtjudgment. we wait to see what happens next. but in her judgment thejudge said see what happens next. but in her judgment the judge said archie's best interest must remain at the core of any conclusion, reached by the court because what the court has to consider is what do they think are archie's best interest given what the medical advice was and they heard medical evidence that archie might not survive the transfer to a hospice and he might arrest, as they put it, his heart might stop. and that was the evidence that led the judge to reach this conclusion. the family also asked whether archie could be given palliative oxygen but the judge said she was satisfied that issue should be left to the clinical team on the ground. sadly, she said, the evidence points to be unlikely he will breathe once treatment is withdrawn. due to his severely compromised medical position and the extent of his injuries. that is the tone of the

judgment that we have received just this morning a few minute ago and obviously we wait to see, wait for the reaction from the family because it is the latest stage in a very long and gruelling legal battle that has involve just this week then going to the european court of human rights or trying to, going back to the supreme court, exploring every avenue that is legally open to them as they tried first, to get archie's treatment continued and when that failed now they have been trying to get archie moved to a hospice so they can spend his last time there with, they can spend that time together. as you say, it has been an absolutely gruelling process for this family to go through and at the heart of this as they are son, not only are they trying to come to terms with this but they've been fighting it. it's been a difficult situation to watch and we can only

imagine the effect on them. it clearly is having a very powerful impact on the family. one of the points at the heart of this which is difficult to read is the extent of archie's injuries, the nature of his medical condition because since his brain stopped functioning the doctors say his body has started to deteriorate, his other organs are deteriorating and so his medical condition is really as the court has been making clear, really quite precarious now, very precarious, in fact. . ~ precarious now, very precarious, in fact. ., ,, ., , ., ., fact. thank you. i 'ust want to brina fact. thank you. i 'ust want to bring you h fact. thank you. i 'ust want to bring you one _ fact. thank you. i just want to bring you the final _ fact. thank you. i just want to bring you the final part - fact. thank you. i just want to bring you the final part of- fact. thank you. i just want to bring you the final part of the | bring you the final part of the judge's ruling. she says, "i return to where i started. recognising the enormity of what lies ahead for archie's appearance and the family, their unconditional love and dedication is a golden thread runs through this case and i hope now

archie can be afforded the opportunity for him to die in peaceful circumstances with the family who meant so much to him as he clearly does to them." sexual health charities and lgbt groups are urging ministers to step up efforts to control the monkeypox outbreak in the uk. in an open letter to the health secretary, they say that without a quicker and wider vaccine roll—out, the virus could become "endemic". 0vernight, the us declared monkeypox a public health emergency. i'm joined by katie clarke, policy officer at the terence higgins trust. welcome and thank you forjoining us. one of the action is being called for is for anyone concerned to be able to get a vaccine, how easyis to be able to get a vaccine, how easy is it to get vaccinated? at the moment there _ easy is it to get vaccinated? at the moment there has _ easy is it to get vaccinated? at the moment there has been _ easy is it to get vaccinated? at the moment there has been 50,000 i easy is it to get vaccinated? git it“i2 moment there has been 50,000 people vaccinated in the uk so far, the british association of sexual health and hiv estimates 125,000 people are

at risk of monkeypox and therefore should be eligible for a vaccine and what we're seeing as there is not enough vaccine is available for those who need it and so we need a massive acceleration of the vaccine programme which is what the lgbt groups across the political spectrum have asked for and this letter to the health secretary. do you identify any reasons as to why the vaccine roll—out is not happening more? why the vaccine roll-out is not happening more?— why the vaccine roll-out is not happening more? more quickly. the sin from happening more? more quickly. the sign from the _ happening more? more quickly. the sign from the us _ happening more? more quickly. the sign from the us is _ happening more? more quickly. the sign from the us is very _ happening more? more quickly. the sign from the us is very welcome, l sign from the us is very welcome, the biden administration has this is a public health emergency and that is what we're asking for, government treats this virus proportionally to the size of it. we think the delay in the vaccine is partly the government not taking this seriously enough. government not taking this seriously enouih. ~ . ' . government not taking this seriously enouih. ~ . , . ., enough. what difference would it make if it was _ enough. what difference would it make if it was declared _ enough. what difference would it make if it was declared a - enough. what difference would it make if it was declared a public l make if it was declared a public health emergency? the make if it was declared a public health emergency?— make if it was declared a public health emergency? the public health emerien ,

health emergency? the public health emergency. what _ health emergency? the public health emergency, what we _ health emergency? the public health emergency, what we need _ health emergency? the public health emergency, what we need is - health emergency? the public health emergency, what we need is the i emergency, what we need is the acceleration of the vaccine programme and other measures, including more targeted and proactive messaging to inform people about what the monkeypox virus symptoms are and how they can get support and what they need to do if they suspect they have the virus and how to get a vaccine so it is about the public health measures underpinning that declaration. we are asking for action and notjust the declaration. you said you felt the government is not taking this situation seriously enough. do you have any thoughts on why? enough. do you have any thoughts on wh ? . . enough. do you have any thoughts on wh ? , ., ., , , why? there is a real risk if this is not to consider _ why? there is a real risk if this is not to consider is _ why? there is a real risk if this is not to consider is that _ why? there is a real risk if this is not to consider is that enough i not to consider is that enough monkeypox could become endemic in the uk. what we want is the government to do more now. the great thing is we have the tools in place, there is a vaccine and we have the opportunity now to stop it in its tracks and stop it from spreading and stop it becoming any worse. at the moment does not seem there is enough attention on the virus and so

the opportunity is being missed. obviously it's extremely rare and unusual thing when one particular section of the community is affected by something in this way. it is not only men who have sex with men but primarily that is where the number of cases currently are in the uk, what is the feeling in the community about that for too much that some anxiousness and worry amongst gay and bisexual men and men who have sex with men about the virus and there is lots of proactive on this and sharing of messaging within the community and organisations like the terence higgins trust are trying to get the messaging out there and we need the government to join us and to allay the fears of people and make sure there is not under your body about the virus and to put in place the measure that we need to stop it from spreading —— to make sure that there is not undue worry.

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. let's speak now to gardener and broadcaster pippa greenwood. i think ithinki i think i will have to rattle through lots of questions because talking to people this morning lots of people have questions about how to keep their guard and healthy. if you can give us your top tips. the most important is keep on gardening and don't give up, guarding does not revolve hosepipes to think about how to save water, if it is not raining, and stole a water but to save water from your roof may seem mad but there will be rain so it is worth getting that in place. i would also recommend installing a water diverter which you can fit into the downpipe water coming from the bath, shower, hand basins can be funnelled into a water but. one thing i like doing is if you have a

bucket on a basin, near the kitchen sink when you put out the remainder of your cup of tea or rinse and clean fruit and vegetables, all that water rather than being wasted can be used on your garden. then i think the next thing you need to think about is what are the priority plants, it really is nine times out of ten and probably more the lawn thatis of ten and probably more the lawn that is going brown will turn green as they say, brown is the new green and we've all got to remember that. it will come back again once the rain starts. some well—established things like trees and shrubs are generally no problem at all, they will survive much better than things that ought to be your priority, if you've planted trees or shrubs for higher value plants are particular in the last 18 months or so, they what have roots that go down good and deep or nice and wide because they have not been in the ground

long enough and those are a higher priority and if you do quite a bit of vegetables, some of the cropping plants simply will not perform, such as courgettes, beans, you won't get the crop cot lettuces will go bitter tasting, so those would be my priority crops. you've got to think about how and when you water and the most important thing is think about all those techniques. first of all, time of day. unless it is absolute emergency, water at the height of the day. it's already really sunny now, you want to water either very early in the morning or late in the evening once it has cooled down and that with the water you put on your plants won't evaporate straight off and it will go down to where it is needed. do not water over the surface. you wouldn't be using sprinklers anyway but using a watering can direct the end of the

nozzle under the foliage so it goes direct onto the soil, rather than going on the leaves. if it goes on the leaves it evaporates much quicker and often encourages diseases like mildew and things. that does not make a lot of sense. water really thoroughly and properly. what i do, i have a heavy clay soil in hampshire and it very quickly gets water running away to you don't want it to but if you pre—wet it with a sprinkling of water a few minutes before the main watering in damp and is on the surface and then you find the water runs down to where it needs to go to rather than running off the surface which makes a huge difference. water thoroughly. in the middle of a drought that may sound like an odd thing to say but water thoroughly and less often. it is better for the plants and saves water. if you do a

really good drenching it will go deep down into the soil and if you just keep sprinkling water on the surface here and there most of it does not actually get down to where the plan is so it is really important to bear that in mind. the other thing is containers, they are becoming increasingly popular and we do you tend to put containers? want your terrace or patio which has got lots of stone flagging and may be a wall nearby, the ultimate hotspot. if you can safely do so i would say consider moving those containers and putting them somewhere slightly shaded, not deep shade, and group them together because the pots will insert each other because you get less direct sun affect coming from —— the pots will insulate each other. that is important, hanging baskets, and you're determined to keep them going, again, make sure any what you put on those is not

wasted because often you water and the whole lot cascades onto the ground to put a container with other plants in it underneath your hanging baskets and then when you water anything that drips off or seeps through it will go on to the pots macro beneath. and it would be wasted. there's not a lot of shade at the moment and so sometimes it might be worth creating some shade and you can get netting and by that in garden centres are used sticks cut from shrubs or whatever, to create shade. if you've got a greenhouse, temperatures built up in there and plants need much more water so instil greenhouse shading and it needn't be expensive, you can buy shaded paints which you paint on and wash off when you do not need them. once you got the shape and position it will be so much cooler in there. obviously open all the vents and windows and doors and so forth.

i'm so sorry, i literally could listen to all the! you've given us so much advice and you have a love that we are talking and it has been with the helpful but unfortunately we are out of time but i feel we need to get you on regularly because you have so much knowledge to share but it is so vital right now especially. one thing if i may, there is some amazing information out there so make use of it. the horticultural association is producing lots of information for its website and creating things that garden centres can download and give to customers to help them carry on gardening and that it was important.— that it was important. absolutely. pi . -a that it was important. absolutely. pippa greenwood, _ that it was important. absolutely. pippa greenwood, thank - that it was important. absolutely. pippa greenwood, thank you. i let me bring you more from the high court for the parents of archie battersbee have been denied the right to transfer him from hospital to a hospice. we are hearing that

thejudge has also, in giving that ruling, imposed a new stay on the strong treatment until 2pm today in order to allow the families opportunity to take the case onto the court of appeals that imposed a new stay on stopping treatment until 2pm today. more now on the rise in interest rates — the bank of england's governor has insisted claims that he should have raised interest rates earlier to tackle soaring inflation are "wrong". andrew bailey said the bank had been concerned about the effect on the labour market as the furlough scheme ended. we can now hearfrom pauljohnson, director of the institute for fiscal studies. thank you but it much forjoining us. we have got into the situation with soaring inflation heading for a 13% and questioned about why the bank did not act sooner. what is your view?—

bank did not act sooner. what is our view? ~ ., ., ., , your view? most of the inflation is ienerated your view? most of the inflation is generated externally _ your view? most of the inflation is generated externally by _ your view? most of the inflation is generated externally by what i your view? most of the inflation is generated externally by what has| generated externally by what has been happening to supply chains across the world and commodity prices and gas prices and the russian invasion of ukraine. while there is a case for saying the bank could have acted somewhat earlier towards the end of last autumn, for example, and i think there is a case for saying they should not have printed quite so much money during covid. the difference that would have made is pretty small compared with the 13% inflation we are seeing at the moment and it is absolutely right, clearly, they raise interest rates now, still two extraordinarily low levels by historical standards. we are tight for time and there are a number of aspects i want to get your view on. is inflation inevitable, a quick response, if you can. . . inevitable, a quick response, if you can. , , , inevitable, a quick response, if you can. ,, ., ~ inevitable, a quick response, if you can. .,

can. liz truss says no. i think she said at a session _ can. liz truss says no. i think she said at a session not _ can. liz truss says no. i think she said at a session not inevitable. l can. liz truss says no. i think she said at a session not inevitable. i | said at a session not inevitable. i think we're to struggle to avoid a recession and certainly you're not going to avoid a recession by doing what she seems to be suggesting, big tax cuts, that is more likely to stimulate inflation and create a bigger recession later on if that is what occurs. we are difficult economic circumstances and simply saying that you can avoid a recession by cutting taxes is just not right. that was going to be my next question about tax cuts because that is honestly the division rishi sunak says not right now, tackle inflation. what would be the best view to tackle the inflation in your view? ~ ., , ., view to tackle the inflation in your view? ~.,, ., ., ., view to tackle the inflation in your view? ~ .,, ., ., ., ., view? most of the inflation we have iot comini view? most of the inflation we have got coming we _ view? most of the inflation we have got coming we are _ view? most of the inflation we have got coming we are stuck— view? most of the inflation we have got coming we are stuck with i view? most of the inflation we have | got coming we are stuck with for the next year or so. the real issue is can we get rid of it into a three years down the line? that is what the bank is trying to do by raising

interest rates and it'll continue raising interest rates to try and achieve that. i think it is going to be important the government focuses its resources where they are most needed and we are going to need to spend a lot more money on supporting households or what the rest of this year and next year as energy bills rise further and i suspect we will need more money also for public services like the nhs, to throw tax cuts on top of that i think is likely to be seriously risky and misses the point. at the moment we need is support for families and for energy costs and inflation and we are going to need support for the public services, if you look at tax cuts, they must come well after that and will after we have inflation under control. pauljohnson from institute for fiscal studies, thank you. and at three thirty this afternoon

we'll be answering viewers' questions on the cost of living after the interest rate rise and the warning, from the bank of england, that the uk will fall into recession this year. you can send them in to us by tweeting — using the hash tag #bbcyourquestions or by emailing them to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk 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.

this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. the headlines: the parents of archie battersbee's have lost a high court bid to move him to a hospice. the 12—year—old has been in a coma since april. the bank of england rejects accusations from the government that it was too slow to raise interest rates, as inflation heads to 13%. the economy dominates the latest conservative leadership debate as contenders 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 across the south of england to try and tackle water shortages. and environmentally friendly music — we look at how one company is trying to make vinyl go green. we use no pvc, we are using 90% less energy which is measured. we don't have the label with paper, it's a printed label.

hello. the family of archie battersbee has lost a legal attempt to move him to a hospice to die. the 12—year—old has been in a coma since april. the judge has applied another temporary stay to the withdrawal of life support while archie's parents explore further legal options. we can speak now to helen wilkinson, who's at the high court. just give us more detail on the ruling, please. we just give us more detail on the ruling, please.— just give us more detail on the rulini , lease. ~ ., ., ruling, please. we had that 'udgment handed down — ruling, please. we had that 'udgment handed down at i ruling, please. we had that 'udgment handed down at the i ruling, please. we had that 'udgment handed down at the high i ruling, please. we had thatjudgment handed down at the high court i ruling, please. we had thatjudgment handed down at the high court at i ruling, please. we had thatjudgment handed down at the high court at a i handed down at the high court at a hearing in the last 20 minutes. the parents of 12—year—old archie battersbee, who has been on life support at the world london hospital

for nearly four months, had sought put permission from the high court to be able to move archie from the hospital where he is being treated to a hospice. his mother, hollie dance, said she wanted her son to be in a peaceful setting surrounded by his family where they can say goodbye so they filed an application yesterday to the high court here and that hearing took place yesterday, late into the evening, and we had thatjudgment handed down by the judge in the last 20 minutes, and thejudge has refused permission for thejudge has refused permission for the family to move archie from the hospital to the hospice, and in her judgment, which has been made judgment, which has been made judgment, thejudge said judgment, which has been made judgment, the judge said that when considering the wishes of the family, why those wishes are held in the facilities of the hospice, what

archie is likely to have wanted, the risks involved in a transfer and the increasing fragility of the medical condition, thejudge was increasing fragility of the medical condition, the judge was satisfied that when looking at the balancing exercise against his best into rats that he should remain at the hospital where his treatment will be withdrawn. it is not the decision the family would have wanted. they had sought permission after that judgment was handed down to appeal against thejudge's judgment was handed down to appeal against the judge's decision but ten minutes after that application was made orally in court by the family's barrister the judge refused permission. she has said there will be a pause in terms of the withdrawal of treatment until 2pm today to allow for archie battersbee's family, if they want to permission at the court of appeal,

so the legal case continues and archie battersbee continues to be treated at the royal london hospital but the family have found out that decision that he will not be allowed to be moved from the hospital to a hospice and the hospital had said previously that moving archie, he is in such an unstable position that moving him, even in his bed, is a considerable risk and it would not be in his best interests. has there been any reaction _ be in his best interests. has there been any reaction from _ be in his best interests. has there been any reaction from the - be in his best interests. has there been any reaction from the family| been any reaction from the family after this ruling? has there been any further reaction outside? we haven't any further reaction outside? 2 haven't heard. we understand the parents, hollie dance, archie's mother is at the hospital where she has been at her son's bedside. his parents were not in court but we understand they listen to

proceedings on a video link to hear thatjudgment handed down. hollie dance may say something outside the hospital following that reaction but we are still waiting to see whether they try to seek further permission from the court of appeal but we may hear from from the court of appeal but we may hearfrom hollie dance later this morning. hear from hollie dance later this mornini. . .. hear from hollie dance later this mornini. ., ,, i. hear from hollie dance later this mornini. . .. ,, ., morning. thank you, helena wilkinson. _ 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. it says 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. it's raised interest rates yesterday

— from 1.25% to 1.75 in an effort to tackle rising prices. andrew bailey said it was being hit by the war in ukraine and domestic problems. i'll tell you what the risk is, we've had a domestic shock, we've had a shrinkage in the labour force, over the last two years or so. i go around the country a lot and i talk to businesses a lot, the first thing businesses want to talk to me about is the problems they're having hiring people, and that is still going on. they're also saying to us, actually, they're not finding it difficult to raise prices at the moment. now, we think that can't go on but you have to remember this is against a backdrop where we have two stories running here. we've got 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's going to have an effect and it

will naturally bring inflation down. but there's this other story going the other way, particularly businesses and we... my key point is if inflation becomes embedded and persistent, it gets worse. business secretary, kwasi kwarteng, has also been speaking this morning about the economy. if your target interest rate as a central bank, your target inflation, is 2% and you're predicting 13.3%, something's gone wrong. now i'm not someone who is going to necessarily blame the bank. i think this will be a matter of debate. i mean, he's raised interest rates by 0.5%, which is the highest increase since1995, 27 years, which suggests that he probably feels that he could have raised them sooner because it was a very big hike, actually, yesterday. but i think we need to look at what went wrong. clearly if you've got a 2% target and you're predicting 13.3%, something's gone wrong.

the gloomy forecast from the bank of england 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. hannah miller, bbc news. the candidates vying to succeed borisjohnson as the conservative party leader and prime minister clashed last night about how they would respond

to the economic recession forecast for later this year by the bank of england. speaking in the city a little earlier liz truss has promised to get the economy growing and reiterated her plans to cut taxes. we are facing a recession if we carry on with our business as usual policies and people are struggling, whether to pay bills or fuel bills, that's why it's important we reverse the national insurance increase, have a temporary moratorium on the green energy levy but the most important thing is to get the economy going so we avoid a recession and business as usual policies aren't working. we need to do more and that's why i'm determined to reform the economy and keep taxes low. we spoke to conservative mp and rishi sunak supporter james cartlidge mp who responded to liz truss' latest economic plans.

liz truss has affirmed again today, respect for her as a cabinet minister but what i think is a mistake. she wants to borrow billions of pounds from our grandchildren to cut taxes in the region of £50 billion. what rishi has said is he's worried about the impact on inflation and that is where his focus is so it's a crucial point in a debate and when you look at what came out from the bank of england yesterday, we need to focus on inflation. i'm joined now by the conservative peer and pollster lord hayward. do you have a candidate you prefer? they are both saying very different things. they are both saying very different thins. ., �* .,, ., they are both saying very different thins. ., �* ., ., ., i, things. no, i'm acting as an analyst and listening _ things. no, i'm acting as an analyst and listening to _ things. no, i'm acting as an analyst and listening to their— things. no, i'm acting as an analyst and listening to their messaging i things. no, i'm acting as an analyst| and listening to their messaging and looking at the opinion polling. what was striking about the debate last night was that there was a vote taken at the end of the debate and that's the first time there has been

a clear support for rishi sunak. that may be a change in attitude or a flash in the pan, we will have to wait and see. d0 a flash in the pan, we will have to wait and see-— wait and see. do you think the context drawn _ wait and see. do you think the context drawn by _ wait and see. do you think the context drawn by the - wait and see. do you think the context drawn by the bank i wait and see. do you think the context drawn by the bank of. wait and see. do you think the - context drawn by the bank of england yesterday could change the outcome of this rice? tiara yesterday could change the outcome of this rice? ., . yesterday could change the outcome of this rice? ., , ., of this rice? two things have happened — of this rice? two things have happened in _ of this rice? two things have happened in the _ of this rice? two things have happened in the last - of this rice? two things have happened in the last few i of this rice? two things have i happened in the last few days, up until now liz truss has had the momentum, the big names coming in to support her but one thing was the announcement of the bank of england yesterday which clearly has a marked effect on the messaging from the two candidates and rishi sunak seems to have dealt with that better, and the other thing which liz truss has had problems with, questions last night, observations byjournalists, which is this policy in relation to nurses�* pay, police pay, teachers, it may not have been intended but

the message is clear that the impact on the midlands and the north if you work there as a state employee, you would lose out and that is a negative against her campaign. you described yourself as an analyst looking at how they are faring in the polls. you are a conservative so i assume you want the candidate who could win the next election to win. what are the indications on that for you? what are the indications on that for ou? �* ., ., ., what are the indications on that for ou? ., ., ., , ,, what are the indications on that for ou? ., ., ., , you? i'm not going to express a ersonal you? i'm not going to express a personal view— you? i'm not going to express a personal view because - you? i'm not going to express a personal view because if - you? i'm not going to express a personal view because if i - you? i'm not going to express a - personal view because if i expressed my view people will say he would say that, wouldn�*t he? i used to be a rugby referee and i look at these things in impartial terms. there is no question people will look at the conservative members will look at the two candidates and one of the key factors which will decide how they vote is will they win my seat not only at the next election, many

voters are candidates in council elections in may 2023 so what will be in their mind is can i win the election in may 2023 with liz truss or rishi sunak as the leader? and that�*s the view many of the tories will take. 50 that's the view many of the tories will take. , ., ., , ., will take. so you will not give us a view on which _ will take. so you will not give us a view on which of _ will take. so you will not give us a view on which of them _ will take. so you will not give us a view on which of them will - will take. so you will not give us a view on which of them will deliver| view on which of them will deliver that. ., . , , ., . ., that. not at this stage. what i did indicate is i _ that. not at this stage. what i did indicate is i think _ that. not at this stage. what i did indicate is i think liz _ that. not at this stage. what i did indicate is i think liz truss - that. not at this stage. what i did indicate is i think liz truss has - indicate is i think liz truss has had the best of the last few days in terms of messaging, i think last night was different but whether that different enough to change i am not clear because the votes haven�*t yet arrived on most people�*s doormats so why thought and i think most people including manyjournalists thought including many journalists thought people including manyjournalists thought people would have returned their rights by now and it would be signed sealed and delivered but we may have seen a difference in approach and we will have to say. if i was a betting

man i would say liz truss was likely to win but i�*m not a betting man and i�*m not saying that on september the fit events will not have changed. lord robert hayward, thank you and it is an important point that ballots had gone out and there was an assumption that people would vote as time went on but the voting starts this weekend so what has happened this week comes before the votes are cast. they have until 5pm on the 2nd of september to return all the votes, so the contest really properly now will be happening with the votes being cast. the headlines on bbc news: the parents of archie battersbee have lost a high court bid to have him transferred to a hospice to die. the i2—year—old is currently on life support at the royal london hospital. the bank of england rejects

accusations from the government that it was too slow to raise interest rates, as inflation heads to 13%. the economy dominates the latest conservative leadership debate — as contenders liz truss and rishi sunak clash over how to deal with the threat of a looming recession. let�*s catch up with all the sport at the commonwealth games in birmingham. good afternoon. another day, another gold for englands jack laugher. after successfully defending his one metre springboard title hes now won the synchronised 3m springboard gold with his partner ant harding. they sealed it in style with a 3.9 difficulty — the forward two and a half somersaults with three twists. it is the third successive games at which laugher, who�*s 27 now, has has won this event. he and 22—year—old harding scored a total of 438.33 points. malaysia were second. scotland�*s ross beattie

and james heatly finished fourth. another day to rememberfor them. remember for them. two golds is amazinu. remember for them. two golds is amazing- what — remember for them. two golds is amazing. what me _ remember for them. two golds is amazing. what me and _ remember for them. two golds is amazing. what me and tony - remember for them. two golds is i amazing. what me and tony wanted remember for them. two golds is - amazing. what me and tony wanted to take from this was to get another good performance under our belt and to tony achieved that, i still have things to improve on, i had a really bad nights sleep last night so not feeling myself today but to have a pretty bad sleep and then go out and perform some of the hardest dives in the world alongside our great synchro final was pretty good. are these the games where scotland�*s laura muirfinally adds a commonwealth medal to her collection? a silver medalist at the olympics last year, she�*s had bad luck as well as injuries hamper her at previous commonwealth but she�*s here in birmingham with all eyes on gold in the 1500 metres. this morning in her heat she finished fifth in the final, automatic qualification in four minutes 14.11 seconds. fellow compatriotsjemma reekie

and katie snowden, as well as wales�* melissa courtney—bryant, willjoin muir in the final on sunday. muir is already through to saturdays final of the 800 metres. meanwhile, some superb running from england�*s cindy sember has seen her secure her place in the final of the women�*s 100 metres hurdles. with a time of 12.67 seconds she got the better of jamaica�*s danielle williams. megan marrs of northern ireland finishes fourth in 13.37 seconds. in the lawn bowls, england are guaranteed at least silver after reaching the final of women�*s triples after amy phaorah and sophie tolchard reached the final of women�*s pairs, breezing through their group with a 100% record with this win over india. outstanding from them again. and away from the games the premier league begins tonight with crystal palace against arsenal. manchester city will begin

the defence of their title on sunday at west ham, but bbc pundit and former city midfielder michael brown believes it�*s liverpool who have the advantage going into the new campaign. it will be tight and we will look at it last week, i think they were fresher than city. we know they have more power, running determination where city is more controlled build—up light so we are all looking forward to it. i am edging for city but i love watching liverpool and going to the games and it�*s a fascinating title race every season. 50 fascinating title race every season. so much happening at the commonwealth games, badminton, hockey, table tennis, rustling, you can keep across it on the iplayer and i will have more for you in the next hour. the nhs in england is increasing

its reliance on doctors and nurses trained overseas to plug staffing gaps and recruitment shortfalls, according to bbc analysis. while overall numbers recruited have gone up, the proportion of uk—trained medics joining england�*s nhs is at its lowest for seven years. our health correspondent jim reed has this report. one, two, three, four, five. a group of nurses from india is being put through training at sheffield�*s children�*s hospital. these recruits arrived in may, and have tests next week. we are a little bit stressed because we are preparing for an exam, so other than that we are really happy to stay here. there are a lot of opportunities in the uk for nurses. this trust alone has already recruited 2a staff from india this year, with another a0 due to start this autumn. we give them three months' accommodation, activities to socialise them into the city, show them around — all of those things that you need as a solid base to be able to come to work and give your best. this approach isn�*t new, of course —

in the 1960s, many nurses came from the caribbean, many doctors from south east asia. now, the numbers arriving from countries like india have again been going up sharply as the nhs tries to plug big staffing gaps. brexit may also have been a factor, with fewer eu workers joining since the referendum. last year, in england, one in three new nurses came from outside europe with smaller rises elsewhere in the uk. the largest numbers were trained in india or the philippines, but thousands also qualified in states like nigeria and ghana, with fragile health services. the uk is not allowed to actively recruit from those countries, though staff can still apply forjobs directly. some say the only long—term answer is to train up more medics here. we know that staffing is the major problem in the nhs. it�*s also the major problem in health systems abroad, so we can�*t steal their workforce to plug our gaps.

last october, samira — a consultant radiologist — moved her young family from pakistan to huddersfield. i thought, why not? it will be an adventure. it'll be a change from what i'm used to. it'll be good for the children, as well — they'll be exposed to a new culture, a new environment, you know, they'll learn how the world works. she says the work at the local hospital is more specialised but, as a doctor, her ideals and motivations haven�*t changed. for me, patients are the same. patients are patients. they deserve the best possible care. whether they're paying a lot or they're being treated for free, they are patients, and they need to be treated with dignity and respect. the government says it is funding more training places for medical students in this country, but international recruitment will continue to be important, as demand for nhs services keeps growing in the future. jim reed, bbc news.

i am joined now by howard catton, ceo of international council of nurses. thank you forjoining us. what are your thoughts on the level of recruitment to the nhs from overseas?— recruitment to the nhs from overseas? . ., , ., ., overseas? we have a global shortage of nurses, overseas? we have a global shortage of nurses. 6 — overseas? we have a global shortage of nurses, 6 million _ overseas? we have a global shortage of nurses, 6 million before _ overseas? we have a global shortage of nurses, 6 million before the - of nurses, 6 million before the pandemic, that number could have doubled. at the same time we had this huge increase in demand for health services notjust because of the pandemic but the backlog of work and ageing populations so there is this huge imbalance of supply and demand and the uk like other high income countries is recruiting actively from other countries but the impact on the countries they are recruiting from can be really severe. the numbers of nurses some countries lose may mean they have to stop providing health care to their

own people. there is only about half people of the world who can access basic health services. the world health organization has an ambition that all people in the world should have access to universal health coverage and nurses are key to that. it's coverage and nurses are key to that. it�*s notjust the numbers but specialist skills. cancer, intensive care nurses are often targeted and the answer is that all countries should educate more of their own nurses and health care workers. i was going to ask you for the solution but you said everyone needs to train more because there is this shortfall but in terms of where things are now and that�*s shortfall running into millions, so countries chasing a pool of nurses, we saw in a report the greatest number from outside the eu coming from india and the philippines but also large numbers from countries where the nhs is not allowed to actively recruit

but it doesn�*t stop them applying. do you think the system as it stands is as it should be? would you like to see changes? i is as it should be? would you like to see changes?— to see changes? i don't think the ethical codes _ to see changes? i don't think the ethical codes that _ to see changes? i don't think the ethical codes that exist _ to see changes? i don't think the ethical codes that exist have - ethical codes that exist have sufficient teeth, i don�*t think we are monitoring numbers sufficiently. there are shortages in india and the philippines, it�*s not as if those countries have more nurses than they need, they have issues meeting their own needs. nigeria is on the red list, there should be no active recruitment but i think there are 3000 nigerian nurses who comes to the uk and that suggests there is recruitment taking place and to go back to the self—sufficiency point, the uk hasn�*t been educating enough nurses for many years. last time i looked at the numbers in the uk was reliant on other countries for 15% of its nursing workforce and that is

a choice not to educate enough of your own nurses. and then outsourcing the cost of that to other countries because other countries paid for that education and i hear globally voices from health leaders in other countries saying if this is the approach that is being taken we should be compensated for that as well, so there is much more hard actions that need to be taken to address this issue by all countries. in need to be taken to address this issue by all countries.— need to be taken to address this issue by all countries. in the end if --eole issue by all countries. in the end if peeple want — issue by all countries. in the end if people want to _ issue by all countries. in the end if people want to be _ issue by all countries. in the end if people want to be able - issue by all countries. in the end if people want to be able to - issue by all countries. in the end | if people want to be able to move around, shouldn�*t they be able to? it's around, shouldn�*t they be able to? it�*s notjust nurses coming here, there are uk nurses who are choosing to go overseas, motivated by whatever the alternative they see elsewhere. ~ , ,., , whatever the alternative they see elsewhere-— whatever the alternative they see elsewhere. , , , ., , elsewhere. absolutely, nobody stands in the way of — elsewhere. absolutely, nobody stands in the way of the _ elsewhere. absolutely, nobody stands in the way of the freedom _ elsewhere. absolutely, nobody stands in the way of the freedom of— in the way of the freedom of movement of people to go and practise their profession in other countries. there can be benefits,

there can be a learning and sharing from that and we shouldn�*t let off the hook there�*s countries are losing their nurses. in the philippines the entry gate salary is something like $200 a month so there are discrepancies in what we are paying nurses and that will drive recruitment. all countries including the uk should be doing more to retain their nursing staff, to pay them fairly and properly as well. when you talk about the salary level in the philippines and we see there are around 9000 workers who come from the philippines to work in the nhs here, what does the philippines, for instance can do to try to retain its nurses?— its nurses? this is a big issue in the philippines _ its nurses? this is a big issue in the philippines were _ its nurses? this is a big issue in the philippines were nursing - its nurses? this is a big issue in - the philippines were nursing leaders their site we need to do more to invest in a nursing workforce, we need to pay them more but we need to offer them decent work and decent

conditions. it�*s the same in many other countries but if we continue with these patterns of recruitment we are exacerbating these global inequalities and the backbone of our health systems are nurses, if we increase inequalities we make those health systems that are already fragile, we make them even weaker and if we think we are immune from that because we are in a high income country, we have seen in the pandemic how health issues don�*t respect national borders and neither do infectious diseases. we have an interest in whichever country we are interest in whichever country we are in innkeeping health system strong around the world and that means investment in nursing and our health systems strong around the world and that means investment in nursing and our health care workers.— our health care workers. thank you very much — our health care workers. thank you very much for— our health care workers. thank you very much forjoining _ our health care workers. thank you very much forjoining us, _ our health care workers. thank you very much forjoining us, howard . very much forjoining us, howard catton, ceo of the international council of nurses.

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, our reporter celestina 0lulode is in hampshire for us this morning. tell us about the impact the weather has had on water levels. that is such a shame. we have lost that connection but we will try to get it back. right now, let�*s find out how the weather is looking. in england every single month this year has seen below average rainfall with the exception of february and i�*ve been looking at when it might rain across the south and original stayed dry for the next ten days and perhaps

two weeks. —— i reckon it will stay dry. we have more sunshine across the south of the uk today. temperatures are very similar to yesterday. across scotland, northern ireland and northern england we are seeing a few showers, some places miss them entirely, otherwise one or two heavy downpours, temperatures reaching 25 celsius in east anglia and south—east england. overnight the shower is clear and later we see rain moving into the far north of scotland, it is a comfortable night ahead, temperatures 8—12. tomorrow across england and wales its largely dry although some cloud which could bring the odd shower across north—west england, northern ireland could see a passing shower in scotland sees rain at times particularly for northern areas and that leaves the south dry and sunny and pretty warm. that is the latest.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the parents of archie battersbee have lost a high court bid to move him to a hospice. the 12—year—old has been in a coma since april. the bank of england rejects accusations from the government that it was too slow to raise interest rates, as inflation heads to 13%. the economy dominates the latest conservative leadership debate — as contenders 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 across the south of england to try and tackle water shortages theres been no easing of the tensions between beijing and taipei after nancy pelosi�*s recent visit to taiwan. military officials in taipei say chinese fighterjets and ships have again crossed the median line that runs down the taiwan strait, dividing china and taiwan.

china has conducted a second day of drills in its biggest—ever military show of strength around the island. ms pelosi, speaker of the us house of representatives has now arrived in japan. she says america will not allow china to isolate taiwan. stephen mcdonell reports from beijing. a mock exercise with injured soldiers been treated on a high—speed train has form part of china�*s military drills. the people�*s at liberation army has been staging a vast live fire or war games in response to a visit to thailand by the us house speaker. nancy pelosi went to the island which beijing considers a rogue province during this trip to asia. in response the chinese government has placed personal sanctions on her and her immediate family. she says she does not regret going. i

representation here is not about changing the status quo in asia, it is about the taiwan relations act, us— china policy, all of the pieces of legislation and agreements that have established what our relationship is, to have peace in the taiwan straits and to have the status quo prevail. in taiwan people say they�*ve become accustomed to increased threats from mainland china. despite the potential deterioration of the security situation, the government in taipei has defended the visit. the pla�*s missiles have indeed crossed taiwan�*s landmass according to the national defence university in beijing. this marks a sharp

escalation, howeverat in beijing. this marks a sharp escalation, however at the chinese government has blamed the us for increased tensions. translation: the g7 gathered and issued a so—called statement on the current situation across the taiwan strait, china firmly opposes the statement because it confounds the right with the wrong and confuses black and white. it is blatantly propping up the infringer and puts pressure on rights defenders. where is the justice and what are the basic norms governing international relations if this tone is allowed to continue regional peace and world peace will be seriously damaged. in mainland china, there has been a lot of interest in the events unfolding around taiwan with people glued to their phone apps waiting for the next update. naturally you have nationalists cheating on the pla but on social media there are

also a surprising number of people saying the government should not be exaggerating in the country�*s military prowess in order to garner their support. the exercises expected to continue over the weekend. the main question being askedis weekend. the main question being asked is whether such actions will be repeated in the future. 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 nojurisdiction 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. ukrainian�*s president volodymyr zelensky has admitted that russia is making progress in parts of the contested donbas region. he�*s described some of the fighting there as �*hell�*. at the same time, both sides appear to be gearing up for an escalating conflict in the south. ukraine is looking to take back the strategic city of kherson — before its russian occupiers hold a possible referendum on its status next month. our correspondent andrew harding has been to the front line just west of kherson, and sent this report. an exposed road near the front line.

ukrainian trenches to one side, then the carcass—like ruins of a newly liberated village. it�*s like stepping back a century into the desolation of world war i. a world of underground bunkers and unpredictable skies. this village is eerily empty, only the dogs here and the soldiers. we have to be very careful about what we film here, so we don�*t give away any ukrainian positions, they�*re very wary about their security after months under pretty much constant russian bombardment, russian drones overhead as well. but here, near the black sea coast, ukraine is starting to claw back territory and to gear up for a much bigger push. a weary smile from a soldier named phoenix. his unit has taken heavy losses here. "we don�*t underestimate the russians," he says, "but the enemy is struggling with supplies and reinforcements now."

"yes, we can feel that." ukraine is certainly making lots of noise about an imminent counter—offensive in the south — videos like this one trumpeting the destruction of russian supply lines. and just across the front lines in the strategic russian—occupied city of kherson, anticipation is growing. we spoke to this ukrainian journalist who�*s hiding in kherson and hoping the city will soon fall. "we�*re happy," says konstantin ryzhenko, "when we hear the ukrainian bombs exploding closer, because that means our troops are getting nearer to us." perhaps they are. but remember, this is a vast front line, and both sides are trying to trick each other about their real military intentions.

no wonder ukraine�*s soldiers play down talk of a quick victory. "we know the russians are bringing more reinforcements to this area," says sergey belinsky. "on our side, we do now have accurate western weapons, but nowhere near enough." that phrase has become ukraine�*s lament — not enough weapons. and so for now, the russian bombs keep falling in the south on the front lines and on cities like mykolaiv. ukraine is promising a decisive counterattack, but it�*s not there yet. andrew harding, bbc news in southern ukraine. three more ships loaded with grain have sailed from ukrainian ports, one from odesa bound for ireland, and two others from chornomorsk towards britain and turkey. between them, the vessels are carrying more than 50,000 tonnes of produce.

moscow and kyiv agreed in istanbul last month to resume shipments from ukrainian ports, easing russia�*s blockade of the black sea for the first time since it invaded its neighbour in february. rishi sunak�*s campaign team has defended his claim where he is seen telling grassroot members in tunbridge wells he would change for the finals to ensure it is like this get the funding they deserve. let�*s go tojonathan blake. ieii get the funding they deserve. let's go to jonathan blake.— get the funding they deserve. let's go to jonathan blake. tell us more. the comments _ go to jonathan blake. tell us more. the comments have _ go to jonathan blake. tell us more. the comments have come - go to jonathan blake. tell us more. the comments have come to - go to jonathan blake. tell us more. the comments have come to light l go to jonathan blake. tell us more. i the comments have come to light in a reddit post about the new statesman of alec —— in a video posted by the new statesman from a video in tunbridge wells speaking to party members, and he was talking about funding formulas and taking credit

for changing those to ensure areas like the one he was speaking at work getting what he described as their fair share, getting what he described as their fairshare, the getting what he described as their fair share, the money they deserved rather than all of it going to deprived urban areas. as he said. let�*s listen to what mr sunak said. i have managed to stop changing funding _ i have managed to stop changing funding formulas to make sure it is like this_ funding formulas to make sure it is like this get the funding they deserve _ like this get the funding they deserve because we inherited formulas _ deserve because we inherited formulas from the labour party that put all— formulas from the labour party that put all the _ formulas from the labour party that put all the funding into deprived urheh— put all the funding into deprived urban areas and that needed to be undone _ urban areas and that needed to be undone i— urban areas and that needed to be undone. i started the work of fun doing _ undone. i started the work of fun doing that — doing that. allies insist he was talking about what they described as outdated funding formulas which overlook pockets of deprivation in towns and rural areas and were weighted in favour of more urban areas and cities in particular and a spokesperson for rishi sunak said levelling up is notjust about city centres it is about pounds and rural areas all over the country and the

help they need but the comments appear to be a little bit clumsy and have certainly drawn criticism but only from rishi sunak�*s libel writs across, a source from her campaign suggesting he was sitting dividing lines —— rishi sunak�*s rival liz truss. and also from labour who accused mr sunak of using public money to bribe tory members. it is playing into the debate about how these candidates are presenting themselves as the offer they are making, a bit of a misstep perhaps from rishi sunak, and one his opponents will no doubt seize upon. let me bring it comment from the mother of archie battersbee after the news this morning the family have been refused permission to transfer him from hospital where he is on life support, to hospice. a stay was put by the judge to allow

the family to take the matter onto the family to take the matter onto the court of appeal if they want to do so. the life support cannot be switched off before 2pm. she said, all our wishes as a family have been denied by the authorities and we are broken and we are keeping on going because we love archie and refused to give up on him. that is the first word we have had from her since that ruling this morning and the next deadline is 2pm, by which time if they want to continue the legal fight they need to get an appeal into the court of appeal as they try to get their son transferred from hospital where he is on life support, to a hospice. in the next few weeks... let�*s get more on the water restrictions coming in over the next few weeks. thank you forjoining us. lots of

people who are affected are saying to the water companies, get your own house in orderfirst to the water companies, get your own house in order first you are losing so much money every day, 2.4 billion litres of water through leakages, they feel quite aggrieved been told they feel quite aggrieved been told they cannot use water as they see fit. i they cannot use water as they see fit. . ., , , , ., fit. i completely understand the concerns when _ fit. i completely understand the concerns when we _ fit. i completely understand the concerns when we are - fit. i completely understand the concerns when we are asking i fit. i completely understand the - concerns when we are asking people to do their bit and they want to see the water industry does its bit and so we�*ve brought down the by over one third since the 1990s and we have aggressive targets to continue taking it down through to the middle of the century, these targets have financial penalties if they are missed. as a top tune out hundreds of people right now are fixing leaks all across the country —— as i talk to you now. it�*s left us in quite a good place compared to some of what european peers. the message is what is being done but it�*s a difficultjob. how much

money has been spent on fixing leaks? ., ., , ., ., ., ., leaks? huge amounts. i do not have a secific leaks? huge amounts. i do not have a specific figure — leaks? huge amounts. i do not have a specific figure because _ leaks? huge amounts. i do not have a specific figure because it would - leaks? huge amounts. i do not have a specific figure because it would be - specific figure because it would be different for every company but hundreds of millions of got into this. i am looking at some figures which state since 1991 england�*s privatised water firms paid 57 billion in dividends so obvious that making huge profits and i wonder as a percentage of profits how much money is spent targeting these links? leakage is one of our most important priorities and we�*ve put in about 160 billion of investment over recent decades, a large amount has got into leaks which is why we are one of the best performing countries one of the best performing countries on this issue, we overtaken italy and ireland and just overtaken france so i completely understand the frustration people have, particularly at the moment when the ground might be cracked and drying soil can put additional pressure on pikes and cause more problems which is why we�*ve got hundreds of extra

people out tackling this issue. where do we stand on the league table because i�*m looking at a table, you say we overtaken italy and we are proves that two places below italy on that league table and the uk was above average at that point on this table, where do we stand in terms of the average? i�*m stand in terms of the average? i'm not ruite stand in terms of the average? in not quite sure where that lethal is from but quoting the that suggest uk performance is above average for europe as a whole. i understand we need to do it more which is why we agreed to continued that aggressive push on leakage. do you think it is... what would you

say to somebody who might say i�*m looking at this context and i do not want to observe what i am being told to do it because of it, would you have sympathy? obviously that is the bigger picture, there is a water shortage and the hosepipe ban is in place for a very good reason. i would say to that as i understand that you are frustrated when you see leaks, i point to our record and say we are a good performer on this issue now and we have to do the responsible thing. if you look at the impact of the recent unprecedented conditions on rivers in england we have six rivers breaking records for their lack of flow in certain stretches. we know the dryer six months start to a year since the 1970s and driestjuly since the 1970s and driestjuly since the 1970s and driestjuly since the 1930s coupled with an increase in demand, during the

heatwave equivalent to adding a whole new towns to the network and inevitably we have to take that really seriously and protect the environment so as well as tackling that issue, we are asking people to beat sensible and is efficient and thoughtful as possible when they use water themselves. thank you forjoining us. a shortage of vinyl since the pandemic has meant some artists and fans are having to wait at least a year to get their records. global demand for vinyl is at its highest for three decades. our technology reporter, shiona mccallum, has been to see if there�*s a solution to help ease the pressure. i�*ve come to amsterdam to see how vinyl�*s made... ..and perhaps buy a few records along the way. amsterdam is home to one of the largest vinyl presses in the world, with millions being made here each year. the process to make one of these

albums has been the same for at least 40 years. first, the master disc is made of metal and converted into a stamper. then pvc pellets are loaded into the machine, melted, and pressed into the mould. but according to greenpeace, pvc is the most environmentally damaging of all the plastics. do you think about the environmental impact? a couple of years ago in the news, it was that they found a lot of plastic in the oceans. so the first thing, of course, what happens is that you get a call like, "hey, can you press records from the plastic from the ocean?" it�*s always difficult to explain to some people that we can use whatever to make things greener while you want to keep the quality of the product as it is now. and that�*s impossible. impossible? well, one company not far away in eindhoven disagrees. harm theunisse�*s ploughed everything into developing and patenting a new robotic pressing machine. we are trying to produce

environmentally friendly vinyl records. we use no pvc, we�*re using 90% less energy, which is really measured. we don�*t have the label with the paper — it�*s a printed label. ok, so what�*s happening now? i�*m moving the whole injection unit forward to the position that we can start injecting the plastic against my negatives. and then, every 20 seconds, there�*s a record coming out of the press. it uses less energy than typical vinyl production, and avoids using pvc — instead substituting it with pet, a safer form of plastic that can be recycled. 50, hot off the press, we�*ve got this record that has just come off the machine. music plays. crystal clear. and you�*ve got some good artists on the books now. tom odell is someone that you�*re pressing for.

do you feel that the artists are more environmentally conscious? no, not at all. so it may be a long way to go before bands and singers are pushing for this change in production methods, but what about the traditional manufacturers? if the product which comes from an injection moulding press is good enough, looks well enough for our customers, it might be worthwhile to look into that. saying that, these machines are massively more expensive than the presses we use over here and we just bought. back home, and i�*m thinking differently about my record collection after my trip to the netherlands. and, although there�*s a long way to go until the table is turned, there�*s hope that future generations will be able to relish listening to music on vinyl without worrying about its impact on our planet. researchers in california have revealed that cats affected by wildfires are more susceptible to deadly blood clots. the university of california took blood samples from affected cats and studied the platelets, which are tiny, microscopic blood cells that cause blood to clot.

the cats which suffered from inhaling smoke from wildfires and injury showed overactive platelets that led to increased odds in blood clot formations. 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. 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 chris. more dry and sunny weather today. earlier our weather watcher spot at this combine harvester bringing the crops in. some showers today for north—west england, northern wales, northern ireland and scotland. rainfall for the next few days, areas with hosepipe bans is completely dry for the next five days and it will probably stay dry for the next ten days across the southern areas and it could last as long as two weeks before we start to see some heavier rain towards the back end of august. that is a long way off. this afternoon we�*ve got lots of dry weather across southern areas with the sunshine and temperatures by and large similar to yesterday with high teens across northern areas and 25 celsius in the best the sunshine towards eastern england. overnight, we keep clear skies for much of the country,

thicker cloud working into the north—west of scotland with rain by the end of the night. another comfortable night for sleeping and temperatures 8—12 and starting off at the weekend with some rain working across scotland for a time and further south it is dry with plenty of sunshine, cloudy for a time for north wales, north midlands and northern england. temperatures not changing very much, high teens for northern areas and 25 in london, we start to warm up further during the second half of the weekend, scotland see some passing showers and thicker cloud at times but dry for most and temperature starting to come up, 21 in aberdeen, 24 for birmingham and 27 for london for the second half of the weekend. beyond that and next week this area of high pressure really starting to dominate more widely across the uk and keeping weather fronts at bay and that means we start to see temperatures rising further and for some it will become hot. across

northern areas of the uk we see temperatures rising and lots of bright weather, up to 24 celsius in durham as we head towards the middle of the week. further south across england and wales it becomes hot again with temperatures reaching 30 in cardiff, 31 in london, warmest spot could reach 33 celsius. that is your weather.

prices becoming embedded. the uk is forecast to fall into recession later this year, with a huge impact on family finances. we�*re going to see a couple of years, notjust one year, but this year and next year, when household incomes in real terms are squeezed much more severely than we�*ve seen in other times before, since the second world war. we�*ll be hearing more about the rising cost of living. also this lunchtime... the parents of archie battersbee lose their legal attempt to transfer him to a hospice — doctors say a move is risky because his condition is unstable. one, two, three, four, five...

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