this is bbc news. the headlines: the parents of 12—year—old archie battersbee have lost their legal attempt to transfer him to a hospice. doctors say moving him is risky because his condition is unstable. 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 conservatorship free conservative leadership debate, as contenders liz truss and rishi sunak clashed over how to deal with the threat of looming recession. the first in a series of hosepipe bans comes into force this afternoon, after the driestjuly for 80 years. environmentally friendly music. we look at how one company is trying to make vinyl go green. we

look at how one company is trying to make vinyl go green.— look at how one company is trying to make vinyl go green. we use no pvc, we are using — make vinyl go green. we use no pvc, we are using 9096 _ make vinyl go green. we use no pvc, we are using 9096 less _ make vinyl go green. we use no pvc, we are using 9096 less energy, - make vinyl go green. we use no pvc, we are using 9096 less energy, which| we are using 90% less energy, which is really measured, we don't have the label with the paper. it is a printed label. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. the governor of the bank of england has defended the decision to raise interest rates, saying there is a real risk of soaring prices becoming embedded. the bank has forecast the uk economy will fall into recession in the last three months of this year and that it will last well into next year. it also anticipates a further climb in inflation to more than 13%, the highest for more than a0 years. it is because of that the bank has set interest rates at 1.5%, the increase

of 0.5 percentage point was the biggest hike for 20 years. our... reports that the hope is that it being more difficult to spend money will make it less likely... in times. jane runs the shores community centre, where every day she tries to help people struggling to feed themselves. in withernsea on the yorkshire coast, jayne nendick runs the shores community centre, where every day she tries to help people struggling to feed themselves. can i sort a food parcel, please? the community centre gave out 200 food parcels this month, double what they gave out this time last year, and the community pantry sells surplus stock from supermarkets at cheap prices to working people struggling to cope. we have nurses coming in, we have teachers coming in, we have people who do long shifts every day, they are on their knees. please, trust me on this, i'm not saying it forfun — they are on their knees. a pensioner who came here to enjoy retirement, lucy, already switched off her heating last winter because she couldn't afford the bills.

now, the bank of england's forecast they'll rise by another 75% to an average of £300 a month and she says, like last winter, she'll again be relying on her dogs to keep her warm. it was absolutely freezing. we had damp coming up through the windows and i made patchwork blankets for us. we're just struggling to live. in withernsea on the yorkshire coast, jayne nendick runs even before the recession forecast to begin this autumn, living standards are falling faster than they have for decades. they're now expected to continue to fall through next year. 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. this morning, the conservative leadership contender liz truss said the bank of england's warning of a long recession throughout next year underlined the need for tax cuts. we are facing a recession, if we carry on with our

business as usual policies and people are struggling. you know, whether it's to pay food bills orfuel bills — that's why it's very important that we reverse the national insurance increase, that we have a temporary moratorium on the green energy levy, to help people with their fuel bills. but critics say neither she nor rishi sunak are being realistic about the economy and what the government needs to do. at the moment, what we need are support for families for energy costs and for inflation and we're going to need support for public services. if you're looking at tax cuts, they must come well after that — well after we've got inflation under control. while the recession forecast for next year is barely a tenth of the size of the recession in 2020, caused by the lockdowns in the pandemic, there's a difference. this time, the government isn't currently planning to offer anything like the same levels of financial support to shelter businesses and people from the storm. andy verity, bbc news. joined now by the conservative mayor

of the tees valley, ben houchen. thank you forjoining us. what do you think the future has in store for you people in your part of the country because back when we see this unusual and very difficult combination that is known as stagflation?— combination that is known as staaflation? ~ , ., ., , stagflation? well, it is going to be a hue stagflation? well, it is going to be a huge problem — stagflation? well, it is going to be a huge problem and _ stagflation? well, it is going to be a huge problem and i _ stagflation? well, it is going to be a huge problem and i think- stagflation? well, it is going to be. a huge problem and i think whoever is elected as the next conservative leader and therefore as the prime minister is going to face a challenge we haven't seen in this country for many decades. we have heard in that video about the impact on individuals. just this morning i was contacted by the local business that isn't impacted by the price cap on energy, albeit that is going up significantly as well, but they are seeing their energy bills going up from last year about £20,000 a year up from last year about £20,000 a year up to over £115,000 and that is not a large business, that is a small business that is integral to the local economy and employing local people and it is going to be very difficult for businesses as well as individuals to shoulder this burden and hopefully stave off the recession and keep people in work,

so it is not going to be easy and i think people, including both leadership contenders, need to be more forthright with the public about how difficult it is going to be. ., ., ., ., be. you mentioned to the two contenders. — be. you mentioned to the two contenders, rishi _ be. you mentioned to the two contenders, rishi sunak- be. you mentioned to the two contenders, rishi sunak and l be. you mentioned to the two i contenders, rishi sunak and liz truss. the former saying we need to wait before we cut taxes, the latter saying we need to get on with it now. which camp do you fall into? i fall into the camp that we need to figure out what the policy position is first, so what is the policy we are trying to implement and therefore how much does it cost? so if that includes things like cutting the civil service, which liz has called for, that is fine if we want to reduce the size of it, that might make room for us to be able to cut taxes, but if the countermeasure is we need to support people through the winter, which again we have talked about needing support people as they go through winter is the cost of energy goes up, then it is going to be more difficult to cut taxes because that would lead to more borrowing, which would have an impact on things like inflation and obviously that is one of the biggest

problems we are going to face in the months ahead, especially if the bank of england is correct in its 13% forecast. of england is correct in its 1396 forecast. , ,, forecast. rishi sunak has also been talkin: forecast. rishi sunak has also been talking about _ forecast. rishi sunak has also been talking about the _ forecast. rishi sunak has also been talking about the levelling - forecast. rishi sunak has also been talking about the levelling up - talking about the levelling up policy on how you make that work. how much more difficult is that going to be, given the economic climate we are in? it is going to be, given the economic climate we are in?— climate we are in? it is hugely difficult at _ climate we are in? it is hugely difficult at the _ climate we are in? it is hugely difficult at the best _ climate we are in? it is hugely difficult at the best of - climate we are in? it is hugely difficult at the best of times. i difficult at the best of times. areas that i represent for many decades have seen huge underinvestment that has meant we have fallen behind the rest of the country that is notjust have fallen behind the rest of the country that is not just the have fallen behind the rest of the country that is notjust the north of england, that is places like the south—west as well, so being committed to that agenda, and to be most elite macros contenders have committed to that agenda, that is going to require finance, level of pump priming from the public sector, whether it be infrastructure or public transport or whether it may be, that requires money and it is a question of where that money is coming from and one of the wants to balance the books and liz is then saying we want to cut taxes, there are differences of opinions about how they want to manage the economy.

my how they want to manage the economy. my concern is, forfull transparency, why i back rishi sunak, that with sound money and less boring it is less likely inflation is going to get out of control and we all know if we see inflation at 13% of the impact on people's cost of living and mortgages and just being able to get by is going to be increasingly difficult. ., difficult. how can you... may be you can't, i difficult. how can you... may be you can't. i don't — difficult. how can you... may be you can't, i don't know, _ difficult. how can you. .. may be you can't, i don't know, what— difficult. how can you... may be you can't, i don't know, what would - difficult. how can you... may be you can't, i don't know, what would you | can't, i don't know, what would you say to try to defend this leaked video of rishi sunak, where it appears he is boasting about taking money from deprived parts of the country to give to towns where the conservatives are either in power or would like to be?— would like to be? well, i think the cli, one, would like to be? well, i think the clip. one. isn't— would like to be? well, i think the clip, one, isn't the _ would like to be? well, i think the clip, one, isn't the full— would like to be? well, i think the clip, one, isn't the full clip - would like to be? well, i think the clip, one, isn't the full clip and - clip, one, isn't the full clip and it lacks a huge amount of context about the fact he was talking about councils funding formulas and secondly he didn't actually quite say what was suggested, what he said while there are deprived areas and cities that get more money than the equivalent deprived areas and towns in rural areas and what he was talking about was an issue of fairness. it is exactly what

levelling up is about. it shouldn't be that the likes of london get more moneyjust because there are london when there are equally deprived areas across the whole of our united kingdom, but because of the old council funding kingdom, but because of the old councilfunding model, it meant less funding was going to those areas, so a bit of context, it would be interesting to see the rest of that video, but again i don't think it was necessarily what his detractors were trying to say. figs was necessarily what his detractors were trying to say-— were trying to say. as an elected ma or, were trying to say. as an elected mayor. what _ were trying to say. as an elected mayor. what can _ were trying to say. as an elected mayor, what can you _ were trying to say. as an elected mayor, what can you do? - were trying to say. as an elected mayor, what can you do? what l were trying to say. as an elected | mayor, what can you do? what is were trying to say. as an elected i mayor, what can you do? what is at your disposal to try to make life a bit more comfortable for people in the tees valley in the coming months, when we know that the cost of living crisis is going to just get worse? of living crisis is going to 'ust get moi of living crisis is going to 'ust get werseti get worse? well, it is very difficult- — get worse? well, it is very difficult. the _ get worse? well, it is very difficult. the response - get worse? well, it is very i difficult. the response ability get worse? well, it is very - difficult. the response ability that devolved mayors like myself will be mayor of greater manchester and birmingham house, we have a very specific remit run infrastructure and job creation and growth. we have some money to be able to prime investment into our areas. we have some money we can spend around giving people the right skills to be

able to take on these jobs, but to be honest this is a much bigger problem there is something we could ever solve in our local areas. it is something much bigger than local councils could possibly ever get to grips with, which is why both contenders are going to have to do, whoever wins the leadership election, do something very drastic very quickly, almost on a covid or warfooting like we very quickly, almost on a covid or war footing like we did very quickly, almost on a covid or warfooting like we did do very quickly, almost on a covid or war footing like we did do something like furlough, there is going to have to be a significant intervention to allow people to come again, probably watching your channel right now who have never considered themselves to be in poverty or in deprivation will feel like they are going to a very, very difficult time over the coming months, so it is going to have to require an response. ben houchen, ma or of require an response. ben houchen, mayor of the _ require an response. ben houchen, mayor of the tees _ require an response. ben houchen, mayor of the tees valley, - require an response. ben houchen, mayor of the tees valley, thank - require an response. ben houchen, | mayor of the tees valley, thank you for coming in to talk a couple of pieces of breaking news to bring you now. first of all, from nottingham crown court, where we are told a former bbc local radio

dj has been found guilty of four stalking charges. this is alex bellfield and it is a story you may have been aware of for some time. his stalking charges are against broadcasters, including jeremy vine. this man alex bellfield, obviously has a history of these stalking offences and now having been found guilty at nottingham crown court. one of the people he targeted was jeremy vine. the other piece of breaking news is about the computer system outage that is affecting the house line, the 111 peak line, and also the out—of—hours services, this is the welsh ambulance service talking about the problem, saying the system that is used to refer patients from 111 to out of hours service gp providers is down. they are asking what should people do? you can still continue to use the

111 service, but only if you absolutely have to and they are saying if you can avoid doing so, please do because this weekend is going to be a period of very high demand anyway. they have put in place processes to try to ease things, but asking everybody to bear with them as they deal with the difficulties that this computer problem is causing. the family of 12—year—old archie battersbee, who has been unconscious since april, have lost a high court attempt to transfer him to a hospice to die. his mother said she wanted her son to be any hospice to say a peaceful goodbye, but doctors warned there was a significant risk in moving him because his condition is unstable. in the last few minutes a spokesperson for the judiciary confirmed the court of spokesperson for thejudiciary confirmed the court of appeal spokesperson for the judiciary confirmed the court of appeal has received an application from archie battersbee's family for permission to appeal that decision. let's speak to appeal that decision. let's speak to our correspondent, helena wilkinson. just expand on that that

for us because it is onlyjust come in any last few minutes. yes, i have spoken to the judiciary press office, who have made their can stand that the court of appeal has now received an application on behalf a archie battersbee's family to seek permission to appeal earlier hearing, thatjudgment we heard earlier here at the high court, where a judge ruled that family could not transfer 12—year—old archie battersbee from the royal london hospital, where he is being treated for nearly four months, to a hospice. that was the parents, the family's wish, that archie battersbee, who doctors say is brain dead, who needs life support, has been on life support for nearly four months, his family wants him to have his last four hours in a hospice, but that was refused by a judge here today. the family tried to seek permission to appeal that decision, but thejudge refused

permission to appeal that decision, but the judge refused to that and now the legal case continues here because the family have now, we know, put an application in to the court of appealfor know, put an application in to the court of appeal for permission to appeal that earlier hearing. in terms of what happens next, well, there are a number of options, really. thejudge could look there are a number of options, really. the judge could look at the application made on behalf of archie battersbee's parents. that could be refused on paper or that could lead to a hearing which, given the urgency of this case, that could take place potentially here at the court this afternoon. so we will wait and see what happens with that application by archie battersbee's family. they are now trying to seek permission to appeal that earlier hearing, judgment, rather, here at the high court. hearing, judgment, rather, here at the high court-— the high court. helena wilkinson, thank you. — the high court. helena wilkinson, thank you, helena _ the high court. helena wilkinson, thank you, helena at _ the high court. helena wilkinson, thank you, helena at the - the high court. helena wilkinson, thank you, helena at the high - the high court. helena wilkinson, i thank you, helena at the high court and we will of course return to that if things move on. sexual health charities and lgbtq groups are

urging the government to do more to tackle the monkeypox outbreak in the uk. in an open letter to the health secretary they say without a quicker and wider roll—out at the vaccine the virus could become endemic. they have been more than 2600 cases of monkeypox here and most of them are among men who have six with men. josh parry reports. queues like these have become a familiar sight at guy's and saint thomas hospital as thousands of gay and bisexual men line up to get vaccinated against monkeypox. so far the uk has given out more than 1a,000 of the jabs, which were originally designed to combat smallpox. they are targeting those most at risk and in areas with the highest numbers of cases. in the us, where numbers have grown rapidly, it's officially been declared a public health emergency. it's a very important signal to that community signal to the community that all hands are on deck now with regard to monkeypox, that everybody understands that this is a very high priority.

and now sexual health charities and lgbt groups here have written to the government to ask that the uk does the same, warning that the disease could become endemic here if they don't. the great thing is that we have the tools in place, there is a vaccine for the monkeypox virus, so we have an opportunity to stop it in its tracks, to stop it from spreading and to stop it becoming any worse, but at the moment it doesn't seem like there is enough attention on the virus so that opportunity is being missed. the department of health and social care says it's working rapidly to vaccinate those at greatest risk and that they are targeting the lgbtq+ community with messaging around the jab. there have been around 2,600 cases of monkeypox in the uk so far and around two thirds of those are in london. those outside the city who also believe themselves to be at risk have told the bbc they found it difficult to get vaccinated at smaller local clinics. i completely support the fact that the vaccine is currently centred on london, given that is where majority of cases are,

but it massively ignores the fact that people are very mobile, especially people in these high risk groups. there is a lot of travelling between different cities in the uk. lots of my friends from london come up to manchester for the weekend. the uk is expected to get an extra 100,000 doses in september. those eager to get one are told to look for information about their local clinic online, with those at highest risk contacted when one is available. josh parry, bbc news. we arejoined now we are joined now by ben weil, we arejoined now by ben weil, a student and writer at the university couege student and writer at the university college london. he writes about health, science and technology. thank you forjoining us. from what you are hearing, how difficult is it for people to access the monkeypox vaccines? ~ ., , for people to access the monkeypox vaccines? . ., , ,, ., ., vaccines? well, as we know at the moment, vaccines? well, as we know at the moment. there — vaccines? well, as we know at the moment, there is _ vaccines? well, as we know at the moment, there is vaccine - vaccines? well, as we know at the j moment, there is vaccine scarcity, which is kind of the rate—limiting step in terms of acquisition of the vaccine in this country. so at the moment people are only being offered

one dose for a recommended two dose regimen and as we have heard, that is being focused on high—risk groups like men who have six with men, who comprise 98% of infections at the moment. but sadly, yes, it is incredibly difficult to get an appointment at the moment and there are two predominant approaches that seem to being being taken, which is appointments available to book by telephone consultation or mass vaccination events that are happening on the weekends at places like guy's and st hospital, but ultimately the government have enormously failed in terms of centralising and coordinating a vaccine response. i mean, we're hearing that, as you heard in the vt, that queues for vaccines at these mass vaccination events, and take up 3—5 hours. and we already know that this kind of first come first served or scatter—gun approach

is going to be serving the most well of in affected communities. that means people who don't have to work weekends, you have very flexible job schedules, they are not working zero—hour contracts and has people like... from the sexual health campaign pointed out, you also have to be spotted from one of these queues, sort of shouted at someone who is at high risk of monkeypox and that doesn't apply to a lot of men who have sex with men, for a lot of reasons, firstly it is notjust gay and bisexual men who are at risk. as well, the vaccine appointments are incredibly inaccessible for the disabled, it is very difficult at the moment for deaf people to get appointments when telephone consultations are often mandatory for booking. we have also just heard literallyjust before i came on air that these mass vaccination events at guy's and st thomas as i have been a change, they are now going to been a change, they are now going to be appointment only, which again is going to have impact in terms of who

is going to be able to access the vaccine. 50 is going to be able to access the vaccine. ., ., , ., , vaccine. so what do you believe, 'ust vaccine. so what do you believe, just briefly. _ vaccine. so what do you believe, just briefly, would _ vaccine. so what do you believe, just briefly, would be _ vaccine. so what do you believe, just briefly, would be the - vaccine. so what do you believe, | just briefly, would be the optimal way of rolling out these vaccines, bearing in mind we have already seen how effective a mass vaccine roll—out can be during the pandemic? well, ultimately, and firstly, the uk government have to listen to the plea from the sexual health and hiv sector that we need more vaccine. they have ordered 100,000 doses that are going to arrive in september. this is unacceptable, shortfall. the bas h have estimated, i think i really conservative estimate, that we need at least 250,000 doses in order to fully vaccinated 125,000 of the most at risk of monkeypox in this country. again, i think that is a really conservative estimate, that is a shortfall that wouldn't even vaccinate once a sixth of the men at need of vaccination in this country,

but we also need targeted vaccine services, we need to be reaching out to communities, we need vaccine programmes to be centralised. as i said, there hasn't been a coordinated response, it is still incredibly difficult for people to find out where vaccines are available. as we heard in the vt, this is particularly for people outside london. it is basically impossible for people, for instance, in greater manchester to get hold of the vaccine. one of the reasons for this is vaccines are currently being offered through sexual health services, which are supported by local authorities, which as we know have had their budgets cut enormously, so people are trying to access vaccine through enormously eroded and underfunded provisions. i mean, in greater manchester before this crisis it was very difficult to get a sexual health screening, let alone now a vaccine in the middle of alone now a vaccine in the middle of a crisis, so we need funding to do this. ., ., a crisis, so we need funding to do this. ., ,, , ., a crisis, so we need funding to do this. ., ~' , ., , a crisis, so we need funding to do this. ., ,, i. , . a crisis, so we need funding to do this. ., ,, ,, , . ., this. thank you very much for “oinint this. thank you very much for joining us _ this. thank you very much for joining us to _ this. thank you very much for joining us to highlight - this. thank you very much for joining us to highlight this. i this. thank you very much for - joining us to highlight this. really good to talk to you, thank you very

much, ben weil, thank you. unions have formed the increasing reliance by staff on the... in england is unsustainable after research by the bbc found doctors who joined the nhs last year came from overseas. in 201a that figure was less than a fifth. the government says international recruitment has long been part of the nhs workforce strategy. i will correspondent, jim reed reports. 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 after we've done 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 southeast 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, sumaira, a consultant radiologist, moved her young family from pakistan to huddersfield. i thought, why not? it'll be an adventure, it'll be a change to what i'm used to. it'll be good for the children, as well. they'll be exposed to a new culture, 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? patients are patients. they deserve the best possible care, whether, you know, 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. let's took to the chief executive of nhs employers, an organisation acting on behalf of nhs trusts in england and wales. mr mortimer, thank you forjoining us here. the government says it has always been part of what we do in the nhs, recruit people from overseas. but why are we seeing more and more people being employed from outside the uk? {371 people being employed from outside the uk? . ., , people being employed from outside the uk? , ., people being employed from outside theuk? , ., the uk? of course, it always has been art the uk? of course, it always has been part of— the uk? of course, it always has been part of the _ the uk? of course, it always has been part of the history - the uk? of course, it always has been part of the history of - the uk? of course, it always has been part of the history of the i the uk? of course, it always has i been part of the history of the nhs, workers coming from all over the world. my own mum came from ireland and worked as a midwife here for 30 orso and worked as a midwife here for 30 or so years, it absolutely isn't new. but i think the thing that is missing at the moment is that the government hasn't, for the best part of 15 years now, had a comprehensive funded workforce strategy for the

nhs, so what that means is that the government isn't planning ahead, it isn't anticipating, hasn't anticipated and isn't anticipating the numbers of staff that are needed to care for the population for the longer term. the nhs is working on a plan at the moment and what we say is that the new prime minister, whoever he or she is, has to commit to implement and fund that plan. what is the impact on the countries that we are drawing staff from, particularly developing countries where it is a real brain drain of local talent?— localtalent? so, we operate a really careful _ localtalent? so, we operate a really careful coded _ localtalent? so, we operate a really careful coded practice i local talent? so, we operate a| really careful coded practice for ethical recruitment in the uk. in fact, the uk led the way in the world introducing this code of practice and what that means is we identify a7 countries, red list countries, that we are not allowed to actively recruit from because we agree globally that those countries need to keep their own staff. at the

same time, we also have programmes where people can come and work in the uk for a period of time, bring back the kind of skills that they acquire here back to their home nation. countries that we do recruit from the kind of countries you heard that were just highlighted in your piece are countries where we believe, and they assure us that they are able to cope with staff being trained and educated to work elsewhere in the world and in fact, in a number of instances, the philippines for example, there are government to government agreements between the uk government and the filipino government, which actually help us move forward with recruitment, particularly with nurses, in the case of the philippines.— nurses, in the case of the philippines. just finally and briefl , philippines. just finally and briefly, what _ philippines. just finally and briefly, what needs - philippines. just finally and briefly, what needs to - philippines. just finally and i briefly, what needs to happen philippines. just finally and - briefly, what needs to happen in the uk to make sure we are not increasingly reliant and perhaps less reliant on foreign staff? because you don't conjure up a freshly minted nurse or doctor in

just a few weeks. ida. freshly minted nurse or doctor in just a few weeks.— freshly minted nurse or doctor in just a few weeks. no, you don't, and the covenant — just a few weeks. no, you don't, and the covenant have _ just a few weeks. no, you don't, and the covenant have set _ just a few weeks. no, you don't, and the covenant have set a _ just a few weeks. no, you don't, and the covenant have set a target - just a few weeks. no, you don't, and the covenant have set a target for i the covenant have set a target for 50,000 more nurses during the course of this parliament and in lot of those nurses will come from overseas, but what the government needs to do is alongside that set out a plan for the next 10—15 years which is clear about how many staff have been recruited from overseas, but how we will expand educational capacity and training capacity in this country to train more nurses, paramedics, doctors right across the board. , ., , board. danny mortimer, we really a- treciate board. danny mortimer, we really appreciate you — board. danny mortimer, we really appreciate you talking _ board. danny mortimer, we really appreciate you talking to - board. danny mortimer, we really appreciate you talking to us - board. danny mortimer, we really appreciate you talking to us this i appreciate you talking to us this afternoon, thank you. a giant mechanical bull which became the star of the commonwealth games opening ceremony is set to stay in birmingham. the ten metre sculpture, which has been on display in centenary square, had been due to be dismantled at the end of the games, but following a public outcry the council has confirmed it will now become a permanent attraction in the

city. let's speak to bbc west midlands reporter, joanne whittle. rightly so, joanne? yes. midlands reporter, joanne whittle. rightly so, joanne?— midlands reporter, joanne whittle. rightly so, joanne? yes, there has been a huge _ rightly so, joanne? yes, there has been a huge campaign _ rightly so, joanne? yes, there has been a huge campaign a _ rightly so, joanne? yes, there has been a huge campaign a hashtag . been a huge campaign a hashtag campaign, #savethebull, and ever since the spill was moved with a police escort overnight to hear at the centenary square it has attracted huge crowds of people, everyone taking selfies with it. it was to have been dismantled and recycled, but this huge campaign began with around 10,000 people signing a petition to save it. it has worked. today the leader of the birmingham city council, councillor ian ward, confirmed it will stay where it is here in centenary square until the end of the cultural festival in september and then negotiations are going on to find an indoor venue for it so people can continue to visit it. the thing is

it is not weatherproof, it is made of metal, but also perishable foam, so it needs to go indoors. it is also ten metres high, so it need somewhere pretty big to it. i think it will be a real _ somewhere pretty big to it. i think it will be a real attraction, - somewhere pretty big to it. i think it will be a real attraction, won't i it will be a real attraction, won't it? something that you have to go and see when you go to birmingham. thank you very much, whittle. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes hello there. we've got more dry, sunny weather to come this afternoon across southern areas of the uk. earlier today, our weather watcher, aworkingtractor, spotted more dry and sunny weather

to come this afternoon across southern areas of the uk, but across northern areas there is some cloud that has developed and that will bring some scattered showers to north wales, parts of northern england, the north midlands, northern ireland and scotland. the showers hit and miss in nature, some areas will dodge them altogether, but across the south of wales, the south midlands, much of east anglia and the southern counties in england it is dry and sunny and your temperatures very similar to those of yesterday. overnight tonight the showers clear off, but later in the night hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the parents of 12—year—old archie battersbee have lost their legal attempt to transfer him to a hospice. doctors say moving him is risky because his condition is unstable. the bank of england rejects accusations from the government that it was too slow to raise interest rates, as inflation heads to 13%. we will see a couple years, notjust this year, but next year, where

households in real terms are squeezed much more severely than in other times before since the second world war. 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 comes into force this afternoon, after the driestjuly for 80 years. there's been a big increase in the proportion of doctors and nursesjoining the nhs in england from overseas. they unite union have announced there'll be a strike the port of felixstowe later this month. it's in a dispute over pay and will last for eight days, from 21 august. so unite workers voting in favour of eight days of strike action from 21 august. sport now — and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan.

good afternoon. good news in the last few minutes for scotland, who add another gold medal after victory in the para lawn bowls with mixed pairs be two, b three. that match we were telling you about, history has just been made by scotland's george miller because he's become the oldest commonwealth gold medallist at the age of 75. we told you about rosemary lenton from scotland, who is 72, and the parables. she didn't hold the record for that long. they've just beaten wales 69 in that gold—medal match. let's continue with medal here this afternoon. they've not been in short supply, silver for each of the women's triples, reaching the final of the women's pairs, as well earlier. they

beat india, they have an outstanding record, 100% record, and this was really impressive from them too as they got the job done. going well for the home nations then in the lawn bowls, going well forjack law again in the diving over the aquatic centre ——jack again in the diving over the aquatic centre —— jack lauer. after successfully defending his one—metre springboard title, he's 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. his 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 a38.33 points. malaysia were second. scotland's ross beattie and james heatly finished fourth. two golds is amazing. what me and tony wanted to take

from this was to get another good performance under our belt. tony achieved that, i still have things to improve on. i had a really bad night's 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 a great synchro final was pretty good. scotland's laura muir booked her place in the final of the 1500m with the minimum fuss. with five of the seven—woman field guaranteed a place in the final, muir kept herself to the back of the field throughout her heat on friday morning, before kicking sufficiently to ensure an automatic qualifying spot without pushing herself unduly. she finished fifth in the final automatic qualification spot in four minutes, 1a.11 seconds — northern ireland's ciara mageean winning the heat. jemma reekie, katie snowden, are also through to sunday's final as well as melissa courtney—bryant. it's been amazing. a lot of

frustration and patience, which i'm not good at, so i'm learning. but i'd love to go up on their toady on dutch podium, it'll be tough. 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. and in the women's long jump qualifying, england's jazmin sawyers here and lorraine ugen both made the automatic qualifying standard, while abigail irozuru also made the top 12 and will be involved in the final on sunday. next, it's a big day over at the beach volleyball. the quarter finals are being played. england and scotland hoping to keep alive their medal hopes today. nesta mcgregor is at

smithfield for us. and there are more people there than there were in the last hour, you weren't lying about that atmosphere. it's building and looking good? absolutely very lively, you've never seen beach volleyball before, this is where competitors need to be... the more noise, the better. there goes the dj, right on cue. but this is the business end of the tournament, lose and you go home. right now we've got scotland women taking on australia. earlier, a massive upset, rolando beating new zealand who was one of the favourites in the men's to win it, but the champions australia are through because they've beaten... right now the scottish duo of lynn beatty and... they are couple points

higher, but australia are very good, olympic silver medalists. the home crowd are on their side. later on tonight, anglin's man are in action, as well —— england's man. our home nation has never ever won a medal in beach volleyball. this year could be our year. the next time you come to me, i might need some sun cream. but it's by fornals. me, i might need some sun cream. but it's by fornals— it's by fornals. great stuff, hopefully _ it's by fornals. great stuff, hopefully there's _ it's by fornals. great stuff, hopefully there's some - it's by fornals. great stuff, - hopefully there's some medals to tell people about. you can stay across that on the bbc iplayer, more on that over the afternoon, but back to the studio. thank you very much. taiwan's foreign minister has hailed the visit by us house speaker, nancy pelosi, as extremely

significant, saying taiwan would continue to welcome democratic politicians from around the world. speaking to the bbc, joseph wu condemned the military exercises launched by china in response as highly provocative, and a threat to peace and stability in asia. taiwan says 68 chinese planes and 13 warships crossed the median line, which separates the island from the mainland, today. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell has been following events from beijing. a mock exercise with injured soldiers being treated on a high speed train has formed part of china's military drills. the people's liberation army has been staging vast live—fire war games in response to a visit to taiwan 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 now placed personal sanctions on her and her immediate family.

in taiwan, people say they've become accustomed to increased threats from mainland china. despite a potential deterioration of the security situation, the government in taipei has defended the visit. 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. the pla's missiles have indeed crossed taiwan's landmass, according to the national defence university in beijing. this marks a sharp escalation. however, 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 this statement

because it confounds the right with the wrong and confuses black and white. if this tone is allowed to continue, regional peace and world peace will be seriously damaged. in mainland china, there's 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 cheering on the pla, but on social media, there are also a surprising number of people saying that the government shouldn't be exaggerating the country's military prowess in order to garner their support. with the exercises continuing, china's foreign ministry has announced that high level military dialogue with the us has been suspended, along with cooperation on cross—border crime and anti—drug measures. crucially, climate change cooperation talks have also been cancelled.

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. today's band affects customers of southern water. people who break the rules could receive a warning or in extreme cases, a fine. zoe conway reports. i've actually used the hosepipe more... 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. southern water says it's investing £2 billion in its water network. so we're fixing about 250 leaks a day at the moment and, you know, pipes run under where i'm standing right now, under offices, under houses, under roads, and so it's really quite difficult to find those leaks. so we've got more technology being deployed, we've got something called acoustic loggers, which can actually hear when there's a leak coming out of a pipe. but locals here feel they're being penalised for the water waste. 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 19 august, a hosepipe ban will be introduced in wales — in pembrokeshire and a small part of carmarthenshire. 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. zoe conway, bbc news. the us talk show host and conspiracy theorist alexjones has been ordered by a court in texas to make an initial payment of more

than $a million in damages, following his claims that the sandy hook school shooting in which 26 people were killed didn't happen. the case was brought by the parents of one of the children who died in the attack. peter bowes sent us this report. 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. ..that this tragedy and this murder didn't happen and that jesse wasn't killed.

people accused myself and the others of being crisis actors, fake, phony... in court, alexjones admitted he was wrong, conceding that the killings were real. i've said before that there have been so many lies and so many things in the past and i was under a lot of pressure and 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 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 caused. peter bowes, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the parents of 12—year—old archie battles be have lost their legal attempt to transfer her to hospice. doctors say moving him is risky because his position that i could condition is unstable. 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 looming recession. the first in a series of hose pipe bands comes into force this afternoon after the driestjuly for 80 years. russia says it's prepared to discuss an exchange of prisoners with the united states, a day after a russian court sentenced the basketball star brittney griner to nine years in prison on drugs charges. the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, said a possible prisoner swap should be discussed on a presidential level. griner was convicted of possessing and smuggling drugs. 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 about what that proposal is. 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 russian arms trafficker 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. i love my family. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. this weekend, gustavo petro is due to be sworn in as colombia's first ever leftist president in a country that's seen decades of civil war. nearly six years ago, the revolutionary armed forces of colombia laid down their weapons in a peace deal. and, while violence may have fallen, dissidents and armed gangs have filled the void

left behind, with devastating consequences. our south america correspondent katy watson reports from one of the worst—affected areas — cauca valley, in western colombia. in these mountains, the illegal drug trade thrives. the indigenous community is celebrating their new year. a time to kick back. the community is suffering with more armed gangs in the region, indigenous children are the most at risk of being recruited. 13—year—old delhi is one of them. she ran away from home, tempted by money offered to her. but she soon regretted. translation: we to her. but she soon regretted. translation:— to her. but she soon regretted. translation: ~ ., ., ., , translation: we learned how to use tuns, how translation: we learned how to use guns. how to — translation: we learned how to use guns. how to kill— translation: we learned how to use guns, how to kill people _ translation: we learned how to use guns, how to kill people and _ translation: we learned how to use guns, how to kill people and tie - guns, how to kill people and tie them up. they tied me up, made me starve. i had to drive a motor back while they executed someone. i never wanted to do that — but if you

didn't, they would punish you or kill you. one female firefighter took pity on her and helped her escape in the dead of night. at the nightmare continued. translation: i nightmare continued. tuna/mom- nightmare continued. translation: ., ., ., , translation: i got death threats. one morning _ translation: i got death threats. one morning i _ translation: i got death threats. one morning i woke _ translation: i got death threats. one morning i woke up— translation: i got death threats. one morning i woke up to - translation: i got death threats. one morning i woke up to find - translation: i got death threats. one morning i woke up to find the | one morning i woke up to find the armed group surrounding my house. my family hid me in a room.— family hid me in a room. people's lives here — family hid me in a room. people's lives here dictated _ family hid me in a room. people's lives here dictated by _ family hid me in a room. people's lives here dictated by crime. - lives here dictated by crime. paramilitaries and criminal gangs are all competing for territory and recruits. the writing here tells drivers to put their windows down or expect bullets, and it's from the people's army. supposedly they demobilised 26 years ago. but you'd never tell from this. this woman helps track down vulnerable kids, either before they are recruited or rescuing them after. more than

18,000 children are thought to have been forced tojoin 18,000 children are thought to have been forced to join the now demobilised guerrillas over a 20 year period. but today, she says the situation feels worse. translation: situation feels worse. tuna/mom- situation feels worse. translation: ., , ., ., translation: the gangs come along, take out wads — translation: the gangs come along, take out wads of _ translation: the gangs come along, take out wads of cash, _ translation: the gangs come along, take out wads of cash, then _ translation: the gangs come along, take out wads of cash, then tell - translation: the gangs come along, take out wads of cash, then tell the i take out wads of cash, then tell the kids to buy what they want. it's no longer guerrillas that fight for the people because it's killing the people, and it's taking our young ones. they are the seeds that are going to work our land. land that's still full of illegal _ going to work our land. land that's still full of illegal crops, _ going to work our land. land that's still full of illegal crops, like - still full of illegal crops, like these cocoa plantations. in plain sight of authorities, it makes talk of curbing the cocaine trade and the violence associated with it farcical. this deal was meant to rein in cocaine production, but it keeps soaring. and farmers here carry on. you can get 15 cents for a kilo of orange, but marijuana pays you hundreds of times more, it's hard to say no.

translation: ~ ., ., translation: we are not marcos, we don't have alternatives. _ translation: we are not marcos, we don't have alternatives. the _ translation: we are not marcos, we don't have alternatives. the peace - don't have alternatives. the peace deal on _ don't have alternatives. the peace deal on paper was very elegant, we were promised everything. but it actually— were promised everything. but it actually delivered nothing. young colombians _ actually delivered nothing. young colombians pay — actually delivered nothing. young colombians pay the _ actually delivered nothing. young colombians pay the price. - actually delivered nothing. young colombians pay the price. he - actually delivered nothing. young colombians pay the price. he got| colombians pay the price. he got $400 to colombians pay the price. he got $a00 tojoin again. he's colombians pay the price. he got $a00 to join again. he's lost friends as young as 11 to the violence. translation: ~ , , , translation: when i first picked up a tun, ifelt translation: when i first picked up a gun, i felt adrenaline. _ translation: when i first picked up a gun, i felt adrenaline. it _ translation: when i first picked up a gun, i felt adrenaline. it was - a gun, ifelt adrenaline. it was something i liked. i wanted to shoot more and more — but the reality is a fight isn't the same as just shooting alone. his fight isn't the same as 'ust shooting alonei fight isn't the same as 'ust shooting alone. his dad is an indigenous — shooting alone. his dad is an indigenous guard, _ shooting alone. his dad is an indigenous guard, protecting j shooting alone. his dad is an i indigenous guard, protecting his community from the likes of armed gangs. he didn't expect it to happen to his own family. translation: i to his own family. translation: ,., . , , translation: i felt so much sadness and aim translation: i felt so much sadness and pain, thinking _ translation: i felt so much sadness and pain, thinking i— translation: i felt so much sadness and pain, thinking i might _ translation: i felt so much sadness and pain, thinking i might lose - translation: i felt so much sadness and pain, thinking i might lose my - and pain, thinking i might lose my son _ and pain, thinking i might lose my son the _ and pain, thinking i might lose my son. the first thing you think is, "how— son. the first thing you think is, "how did — son. the first thing you think is, "how did i— son. the first thing you think is, "how did i fail?" but son. the first thing you think is, “how did i fail?“— son. the first thing you think is, "how did i fail?" but in these parts of columbia, the _ "how did i fail?" but in these parts of columbia, the right _ "how did i fail?" but in these parts of columbia, the right path - "how did i fail?" but in these parts of columbia, the right path is - "how did i fail?" but in these parts of columbia, the right path is a - of columbia, the right path is a hard one. so few young people are

able to shake their future the way they want —— to shape their future. katie watson, bbc news, and western columbia. a volcano has created a spectacle for tourist to travel to see the lava in reykjavik. no ash cloud this time, so no problem for commercialflights. but spectacular, commercial flights. but spectacular, it commercialflights. but spectacular, it certainly is. officials in france say a lost beluga whale has swum to within a5 miles of paris. people are urged to keep their distance to avoid distressing the whale, which is normally found in cold arctic waters. it follows the appearance of a rare killer whale two months ago. coral across much of australia plus my great barrier reef has reached record levels. australian scientists say the north and central stretches of the world's biggest reef system

show the largest amounts of coral cover in 36 years, although there is no less in this sudden section. the latest headlines coming up on the bbc news channel in just a few minutes. but first let's take a look at the weather forecast with chris. hello there. we've got more dry, sunny weather to come this afternoon across southern areas of the uk. earlier today, our weather watcher, walking tractor, spotted a working harvester, bringing the crops in in parts of norfolk. but it's not dry everywhere today, we do have some showers across parts of northwest england, north wales, northern ireland and scotland, as well. rainfall—wise over the next few days, those areas hit by hosepipe bans or with bans on the way. it's completely dry for the next five days — and indeed, it will probably stay dry for the next ten days across these southern areas. the dry spell could last as long as two weeks before then we start to see some heavier rain towards the back end of august. of course, that's all a long, long way off. through the afternoon, though, we've got a lot of dry weather across southern areas with the sunshine.

temperatures by and large similar to what we had yesterday — high teens across northern areas about 2a—25 celsius and the best of the sunshine towards parts of eastern england. overnight tonight, we'll keep clear skies for much of the country, although thicker cloud will work into the northwest of scotland with rain by the end of the night. it's another comfortable night for sleeping temperatures, about 8—12 celsius for most. and then, starting off the weekend, we've got some rain just working its way across scotland for a time. further southwards, again, it's dry with plenty of sunshine. a little bit of cloud bubbling up for a time across north wales, the north midlands, northern england. temperatures still not changing very much — high teens across northern areas, about 25 in london. but it will start to warm up further during the second half of the weekend. again, it's scotland that will see some passing showers, some thicker clouds here at times. but for most, it's dry with further spells of sunshine, and those temperatures are starting to come up — 21 in aberdeen, 2a for birmingham, and 27 for london for the second half of the weekend. now, beyond that, into next week,

this area of high pressure really starts to dominate the weather picture more widely across the uk, keeping weather fronts well at bay. and what that means is we'll start to see temperatures rising further — and for some, it will become hot. now across northern areas of the uk, we'll see temperatures rising, a lot of dry weather. we're up to 2a celsius in durham as we head towards the middle part of the week. but further southwards across england and wales, it becomes quite hot again, with temperatures reaching around 30 in cardiff, london seeing about 31. the warmest spots could get to about 32—33. that's your weather.

this is bbc news. i am martine croxall. the headlines: the parents of 12 archie battersbee have lost their legal attempt to transfer him to hospice. doctors say moving him is risky because of his condition is unstable. the bank of england rejects accusations from the government that it was too slow to raise interest rates, as inflation heads to 13%. we raise interest rates, as inflation heads to 1396.— raise interest rates, as inflation heads to 1396. . ., ., ., , ., heads to 1396. we are going to see a cou-le of heads to 1396. we are going to see a couple of years. _ heads to 1396. we are going to see a couple of years, not _ heads to 1396. we are going to see a couple of years, notjust _ heads to 1396. we are going to see a couple of years, notjust one - heads to 1396. we are going to see a couple of years, notjust one year, i 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 have seen another times before, since the second world war. the economy dominates the latest conservative leadership debate, as contenders liz truss and rishi sunak clashed over how to deal with a threat of looming recession. the first in a

series of hosepipe bans comes into force this afternoon, after the driestjuly for 80 years. there has been a big increase in the proportion of doctors and nurses joining the nhs in england from overseas. good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news channel. the governor of the bank of england has defended the decision to raise interest rates, saying there is a real risk of soaring prices becoming embedded. the bank has forecast that the uk economy will fall into recession in the last three months of this year — and that it will last well into next year. it also anticipates a further climb in inflation — to more than 13%, the highest for more than a0 years. it's because of that, that the bank set interest rates at 1.75% — the increase of half a percentage point was the biggest rate hike for 27 years.

as our economics correspondent, andy verity, reports, the hope is that making it more expensive for us to borrow money will make us less likely to spend, even during hard times. in withernsea on the yorkshire coast, jayne nendick runs the shores community centre, where every day she tries to help people struggling to feed themselves. can i sort a food parcel, please? the community centre gave out 200 food parcels this month, double what they gave out this time last year, and the community pantry sells surplus stock from supermarkets at cheap prices to working people struggling to cope. we have nurses coming in, we have teachers coming in, we have people who do long shifts every day, they are on their knees. please, trust me on this, i'm not saying it forfun — they are on their knees. a pensioner who came here to enjoy retirement, lucy, already switched off her heating last winter because she couldn't afford the bills. now, the bank of england's forecast they'll rise by another 75% to an average of £300 a month

and she says, like last winter, she'll again be relying on her dogs to keep her warm. it was absolutely freezing. we had damp coming up through the windows and i made patchwork blankets for us. we're just struggling to live. even before the recession forecast to begin this autumn, living standards are falling faster than they have for decades. they're now expected to continue to fall through next year. 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. this morning, the conservative leadership contender liz truss said the bank of england's warning of a long recession throughout next year underlined the need for tax cuts. we are facing a recession, if we carry on with our business as usual policies and people are struggling. you know, whether it's to pay food bills orfuel bills —

that's why it's very important that we reverse the national insurance increase, that we have a temporary moratorium on the green energy levy, to help people with their fuel bills. but critics say neither she nor rishi sunak are being realistic about the economy and what the government needs to do. at the moment, what we need are support for families for energy costs and for inflation and we're going to need support for public services. if you're looking at tax cuts, they must come well after that — well after we've got inflation under control. while the recession forecast for next year is barely a tenth of the size of the recession in 2020, caused by the lockdowns in the pandemic, there's a difference. this time, the government isn't currently planning to offer anything like the same levels of financial support to shelter businesses and people from the storm. andy verity, bbc news. joining me now is the founder of the right—wing blog, conservative home, and conservative

commentator tim montgomerie. tim, you are not one to normally hide your opinion away, so who are you backing for the leadership contest? ,., ., you backing for the leadership contest? ., . contest? good afternoon. well, if ou asked contest? good afternoon. well, if you asked me _ contest? good afternoon. well, if you asked me for— contest? good afternoon. well, if you asked me for a _ contest? good afternoon. well, if. you asked me for a recommendation for who is the best out of the horse race for the moment, i wouldn't take my advice because i backed sajid javid, then tom tugendhat, then kemi badenoch, so none of my preferred candidates have done very well, but of the two that remain in the race, i prefer liz truss. i think mainly because she is more of a change candidate than rishi sunak. i think rishi sunak will be continuity and for all the people struggling because of the cost of living crisis that your correspondence just mentioned, we need a bit more policy change, ratherthan mentioned, we need a bit more policy change, rather than more the same. but her proposal is, liz truss's proposal, is to cut taxes very quickly, which a lot of commentators

and rishi sunak, for that matter, have said it willjust cause more inflation, which the bank of england is trying to get on top of. how concerned are you by her proposal? look, i think we are in a very serious situation, notjust in britain, but around the world, and so any path that any government takes is some risk. there is risk, exactly of the kind you have described, in cutting taxes. but there is also a great deal of risk, i think, in rishi sunak a's approach, which really is to carry on with his high tax approach, which could really undermine businesses' ability to employ people. we might get into a vicious cycle thereby with the economy underperforming. that also is a risk. and so, in a way, conservative party members as a vote over the next few weeks not being asked to choose between a safe option and a risky option, but two options that no one would choose to have to be faced with, if we could

avoid the complexity of the global situation that none of us can avoid. of course, it may be that the picture changes over the next few weeks, this next month could be quite critical, but rishi sunak is arguing that the recession can be avoided. the bank of england doesn't seem to agree. where do you think he has got that idea from? i seem to agree. where do you think he has got that idea from?— has got that idea from? i think liz truss has said _ has got that idea from? i think liz truss has said something - has got that idea from? i think liz truss has said something similar. | has got that idea from? i think liz| truss has said something similar. i think they are trying to give people hope. that is understandable, but i think, well, why is —— the wisest choice for any person choosing at the moment is to be a truth teller. we can cope with most illnesses, most challenges, if we are confident that the person who is treating us, the person who is leading us understands the situation, tells us what is going to happen, says may be the medicine is going to be tough for us for a while, but if we do this, we do that, we will get through it, rather than saying... you know, we would all love that

they wouldn't be a recession, but i think the bank of england is probably right. and i think the really important thing that the next conservative leader at the next prime minister needs to do, and i'm sure it will be liz truss, given the opinion poll ratings, is almost have a fireside chat with the nation. tell them what they are going to do to help them, tell them it probably almost would be enough because of the scale of the energy price rises in particular, but then say what sort of long—term action they will take to ensure we are better protected. people respect honesty, rather than lover. filth. protected. people respect honesty, rather than lover.— rather than lover. oh, absolutely, the do. rather than lover. oh, absolutely, they do- iztut _ rather than lover. oh, absolutely, they do. but isn't _ rather than lover. oh, absolutely, they do. but isn't that _ rather than lover. oh, absolutely, they do. but isn't that a _ rather than lover. oh, absolutely, they do. but isn't that a little - rather than lover. oh, absolutely, they do. but isn't that a little bit i they do. but isn't that a little bit fantastical, rather edge to suggest that a politician is going to level with us to that extent?- that a politician is going to level with us to that extent? well, maybe it is, but the — with us to that extent? well, maybe it is, but the very _ with us to that extent? well, maybe it is, but the very fact _ with us to that extent? well, maybe it is, but the very fact that _ with us to that extent? well, maybe it is, but the very fact that you - it is, but the very fact that you have to ask that question just shows what a bad state politics has descended to, that we don't think politicians are even capable of telling us the truth. lots of people didn't like margaret thatcher. lots

of people thought she was a bit extremist in some ways. it wasn't my view, but very few people thought she was dishonest. you know, she did tell the people what was going to happen. some people objected to it violently, but it worked in the end, she did win three elections and i think there will be a dividend and a reward for a politician who sits in front of the camera, looks down the barrel of that camera and tells the nation the truth. and i think we are crying out for leadership, because at the moment we have far too many politicians selling soft soap and looking for public opinion, rather than leading it.— looking for public opinion, rather than leading it. lovely to see, tim montgomerie. _ than leading it. lovely to see, tim montgomerie, thank _ than leading it. lovely to see, tim montgomerie, thank you - than leading it. lovely to see, tim montgomerie, thank you very - than leading it. lovely to see, tim l montgomerie, thank you very much. sexual health charities and lgbt groups are urging the government to do more to tackle the monkeypox outbreak in the uk. in an open letter to the health secretary, they say without a quicker and wider vaccine rollout, the virus could become endemic. there have been more than 2,600 cases of monkeypox here, most of them among men who have sex with men.

josh parry reports. queues like these have become a familiar sight at guy's and saint thomas hospital as thousands of gay and bisexual men line up to get vaccinated against monkeypox. so far the uk has given out more than 1a,000 of the jabs, which were originally designed to combat smallpox. they are targeting those most at risk and in areas with the highest numbers of cases. in the us, where numbers have grown rapidly, it's officially been declared a public health emergency. it's a very important signal to that community that all hands are on deck now with regard to monkeypox, that everybody understands that this is a very high priority. and now sexual health charities and lgbt groups here have written to the government to ask that the uk does the same, warning that the disease could become endemic here if they don't. the great thing is that we have the tools in place, there is a vaccine for the monkeypox virus, so we have an opportunity to stop it in its

tracks, to stop it from spreading and to stop it becoming any worse but at the moment it doesn't seem like there is enough attention on the virus, so that opportunity is being missed. the department of health and social care says it's working rapidly to vaccinate those at greatest risk and that they are targeting the lgbtq+ community with messaging around the jab. there have been around 2,600 cases of monkeypox in the uk so far and around two thirds of those are in london. those outside the city who also believe themselves to be at risk have told the bbc they found it difficult to get vaccinated at smaller local clinics. i completely support the fact that the vaccine is currently centred on london, given that is where the majority of cases are, but it massively ignores the fact that people are very mobile, especially people in these high risk groups. there is a lot of travelling between different cities in the uk. lots of my friends from london come up to manchester for the weekend. the uk is expected to get an extra 100,000 doses in september.

those eager to get one are told to look for information about their local clinic online, with those at highest risk contacted when one is available. josh parry, bbc news. i'm joined byjack chadwick, a bartenderfrom manchester, who is waiting to receive the vaccine. jack, thank you very much. how difficult are you finding it? it has been quite, impossible. because i love the work _ been quite, impossible. because i love the work a _ been quite, impossible. because i love the work a lot _ been quite, impossible. because i love the work a lot on _ been quite, impossible. because i love the work a lot on the - been quite, impossible. because i i love the work a lot on the weekends i have had quite a lot of time in the past few weeks to call up in weekdays and try to get hold of the vaccine and what that has turned up for me is a shocking level of capacity to deal with it terms of the total number of traps that are available, but also in terms of the capacity to deliver those jabs. the biggest sort of thing that really shocked me was that in london you can walk in and, as you should, you can walk in and, as you should, you can get hold of the vaccine, even if

you have not been invited. in manchester and other places in the north, which are really dramatically underfunded sexual health services, compared to the capital, it is not even available for people who have had close sexual contact with confirmed cases for treatment, so the risk of it looming outside london is huge.— the risk of it looming outside london is huge. the risk of it looming outside londonishute. ., ., , london is huge. how many doses of vaccine are — london is huge. how many doses of vaccine are available, _ london is huge. how many doses of vaccine are available, as _ london is huge. how many doses of vaccine are available, as far- london is huge. how many doses of vaccine are available, as far as - london is huge. how many doses of vaccine are available, as far as you | vaccine are available, as far as you are aware?— are aware? well, i was told last week it was _ are aware? well, i was told last week it was 300 _ are aware? well, i was told last week it was 300 total _ are aware? well, i was told last week it was 300 total and - are aware? well, i was told last week it was 300 total and that l are aware? well, i was told last - week it was 300 total and that these doses were only being offered on weekdays, which obviously for most people is not very convenient, so despite the low level of doses available, there is a situation, i was told, by someone who does what i won't name them because they work in the service, where a lot of points are being made by people being invited just simply were not able to turn up because of work. horst turn up because of work. how concerned _ turn up because of work. how concerned are _ turn up because of work. how concerned are you? _ turn up because of work. how concerned are you? because clearly, if you are anything to go by, and you won't be the only one, there is clearly a keenness to take a

vaccine, if you can get hold of it. yes, people in the gay community are very aware of pandemics and health in general. we take our health very seriously. the problem is that services available for us to test and screen outside of london have been completely gutted over the last 3-5 been completely gutted over the last 3—5 years going back to 2010, which was probably the peak funding levels, and that has just impaired our ability to look after our own health and seek treatment, which in the long run will notjust benefit us, but which will benefit the entire population because like was said in your report, there is a real risk of this becoming endemic and going to the general population. it is leeds pride this weekend, it is manchester pride in a few weeks' time, is a huge events where people come from europe and all over the world. the risk of these events becoming... with the underfunding, the risk of these events becoming super spreader events, which is a term we got from the coded pandemic,

it is huge. i term we got from the coded pandemic, it is we ., ., ., it is huge. i wonder to what extent is it that the _ it is huge. i wonder to what extent is it that the roll-out _ it is huge. i wonder to what extent is it that the roll-out isn't - is it that the roll—out isn't happening in the way we saw the covid roll—out happen? because at the moment, the number of cases have been 2600 in this country, which if you are one of those people is awful, but we are not seeing, thankfully, the number of cases on the scale that we saw with coronavirus. bill the scale that we saw with coronavirus.— the scale that we saw with coronavirus. �* _ ., ,., coronavirus. all i will say about that is the _ coronavirus. all i will say about that is the availability - coronavirus. all i will say about that is the availability of - coronavirus. all i will say about | that is the availability of testing is very poor and very uneven and there is a huge difference, i mean, though not enough tests really available in london and not enough information about it for people to check and recognise symptoms, so it is probably being massively underreported, the number of cases, in london, but also particularly in the north, where there is even less testing capacity. i think, you know, the fact that it is small at the moment, it means it is more important for us to shout for what is needed and that is properly funded sexual health services in this country.

funded sexual health services in this country-— funded sexual health services in this country. well, i hope you get the vaccine _ this country. well, i hope you get the vaccine eventually, _ this country. well, i hope you get the vaccine eventually, jack, - this country. well, i hope you get the vaccine eventually, jack, and | the vaccine eventually, jack, and don't have to wait too much longer. thank you for talking to us, jack chadwick. ., ., thank you for talking to us, jack chadwick. ., ,, , ., thank you for talking to us, jack chadwick. ., ~' , ., ., thank you for talking to us, jack chadwick. ., ,, , ., ., ., chadwick. thank you for having me on. it is 3:16pm _ chadwick. thank you for having me on. it is 3:16pm right _ chadwick. thank you for having me on. it is 3:16pm right now, - chadwick. thank you for having me on. it is 3:16pm right now, the - on. it is 3:16pm right now, the headlines _ on bbc news... the parents of 12—year—old victim might have lost their legal attempt to transfer him to a hospice. unstable. 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. unions have warned the increasing reliance on foreign staff by the nhs in england is unsustainable, after research by the bbc found that year came from overseas. in 201a, that figure was less than a fifth. the government says international

recruitment has long been part of the nhs workforce strategy. our health correspondent, jim reed, reports. 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 after we've done 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, sumaira, a consultant radiologist, moved her young family

from pakistan to huddersfield. i thought, why not? it'll be an adventure, it'll be a change to what i'm used to. it'll be good for the children, as well. they'll be exposed to a new culture, 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? patients are patients. they deserve the best possible care, whether, you know, 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.

the first in a series of hosepipe bans comes into force today, as a lack of rainfall continues to put pressure on water supplies. today's ban affects customers of southern water — but companies in other parts of the country are planning similar moves in the coming weeks. people who break the rules could receive a warning — or in extreme cases a fine — as zoe conway reports. i've actually used the hosepipe more... 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. southern water says it's investing £2 billion in its water network. so, we're fixing about 250 leaks a day at the moment and, you know, pipes run under where i'm standing right now, under offices, under houses, under roads, and so it's really quite difficult to find those leaks. so we've got more technology being deployed, we've got something called acoustic loggers, which can actually hear when there's a leak coming out of a pipe. but locals here feel they're being penalised for the water waste. 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 than1 million homes in kent and sussex will also have a ban enforced. and from 19th august, a hosepipe ban will be introduced in wales — in pembrokeshire and a small part of carmarthenshire. 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. zoe conway, bbc news. our correspondent celestina olulode is in hampshire, where that ban will come into effect in a few hours' time. how in a few hours' time. has it been received? ~

how has it been received? well, i am in a gorgeous — how has it been received? well, i am in a gorgeous spot — how has it been received? well, i am in a gorgeous spot here. _ how has it been received? well, i am in a gorgeous spot here. this - in a gorgeous spot here. this reservoir here in totton, will be used to provide water to local people here, if levels at the nearby river will continue to deplete this reservoir can hold up to 270 million litres of water. i should say that for this time of year, levels here are a little bit lower than they should be, but strictly speaking, as my colleague said, we are not in a drought at the moment. now, that doesn't mean that people haven't changed what they have been doing as a result of this already. some farmers say that they have had to harvest early, whilst others have recorded losses in terms of harvest and, as you would have heard in that reportjust fair, again, this is not the only part of the country that has been impacted that will be hit by these hosepipe bans. in the last

hour, we have heard from thames water and they look after the supply to london and oxfordshire and they say that, whilst it is not uncommon for the thames to be dry in the summer, to only be seen the river flowing five miles downstream is unprecedented. so that really gives a sense of some of the challenges that some water companies face. but i should say as well, though, there has been criticism, particularly of southern water here in hampshire, where people are saying that really the water company should have sorted out issues with leeks and sewage problems a lot sooner. on the other hand, though, you have some groups, for example the rivers trust saying that really this hosepipe ban should have come into effect a lot sooner, rather than just happening now. have come into effect a lot sooner, rather thanjust happening now. now, of course, as you heard as well, if you are caught ignoring this band, you are caught ignoring this band, you could face a fine of up to

£1000. ., ~ , ., , you could face a fine of up to £1000. ., ~ _, y . £1000. thank you very much, celestina _ £1000. thank you very much, celestina olulode, _ £1000. thank you very much, celestina olulode, thank - £1000. thank you very much, celestina olulode, thank you | £1000. thank you very much, - celestina olulode, thank you very much forjoining us from totton in hampshire. the family of 12—year—old archie battersbee, who's been unconscious since april, have lost a high court attempt to have him transferred to a hospice to die. his mother had said she wanted her son to be in a hospice to say a peaceful goodbye — but doctors warned that there was significant risk in moving him because his condition is unstable. archie battersbee's family have now applied to the court of appeal to appeal that decision. our correspondent, helena wilkinson, gave us this update. yes, i have spoken to the judiciary press office, who have made, who have confirmed that the court of appeal has now received an application on behalf a archie battersbee's family to seek permission to appeal that earlier hearing, thatjudgment that permission to appeal that earlier hearing, that judgment that we permission to appeal that earlier hearing, thatjudgment that we heard earlier here at the high court, where a judge ruled that the family

could not transfer 12—year—old archie battersbee from the royal london hospital, where he is being treated for nearly four months, to a hospice. that was the parents, the family's wish, that archie battersbee, who doctors say is brain dead, who needs life support and has been on life support for nearly four months, his family wanted him to have his last hours in a hospice, but that was refused by a judge early on here today. the family tried to seek permission to appeal that decision, but the judge refused that decision, but the judge refused that and now the legal case continues here because the family have now, we know put an application into the court of appeal for permission to appeal that earlier hearing. in terms of what happens next, well, there are a number of options, really. thejudge could look at the application made on behalf of archie battersbee's parents. that could be refused on paper or that could lead to a

hearing which, given the urgency of this case, that could take place potentially here at the court this afternoon, so we will wait and see what happens with that application by archie battersbee's family. they are now trying to seek permission to appeal that earlier hearing, judgment, rather, here at the high court. helena wilkinson there, reporting from the high court. it is 3:27pm. a giant mechanical bull which became the star of the commonwealth games opening ceremony is set to stay in birmingham. the 10m sculpture, which has been on display in centernary square, had been due to be dismantled at the end of the games, but following a public outcry, the council has confirmed it will now become a permanent attraction in the city. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. more dry and sunny weather to come this afternoon across southern areas of the uk, but across northern areas

there is some cloud that has developed and that will bring some scattered showers to north wales, parts of northern england, the north midlands, northern ireland and scotland. the showers hit and miss in nature, some areas will dodge them altogether, but across the south of wales, the south midlands, much of east anglia and the southern counties in england it is dry and sunny and your temperatures very similar to those of yesterday. overnight tonight the showers clear off, but later in the night we will see a band of rain moving into the north—west of scotland by the end of the night. another comfortable night for sleeping, temperatures 8—12 degrees. tomorrow we have still got this fresh feeling air with us. a sunny start across england and wales, a bit of patchy cloud developing later on, could see an odd spit of rain, a few showers for northern ireland, but rain for a time working across northern areas of scotland. our temperatures still into the high teens across northern areas, the warmest spots seeing the mid 20s across east anglia and the south—east.

hello, this is bbc news. i martine croxall. the headlines... the parents of 12—year—old archie battersbee have lost their legal attempt to transfer him to a hospice.

doctors say moving him is risky because his condition is unstable. 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 comes into force this afternoon, after the driestjuly for 80 years. sport now — and for a full round—up, from the commonwealth games in birmingham, here's chethan. good afternoon. two home nation that medals to tell you today. for the second time this week, team scotland's provided the oldest commonwealth games gold medallist in history. we told you about 72—year—old rosemary lenton in the para—bowls earlier this week. her record has now been broken by 75—year—old george miller,

who this afternoon has won the final of the b2/b3 mixed pairs bowls. miller is director for visually impaired bowler melanie innes who, along with robert barr and his director sarahjane ewing, beat wales 16—9 to take gold. welshman gordon llewellyn — who's also 75 but five months younger than miller — had to settle for silver. england are guaranteed at least silver after reaching the final of women's triples. and amy phaorah and sophie tolchard here have reached the final of the women's pairs, after beating india. now, the bello brothers are looking to put england on the map when it comes to beach volleyball. javier and jaoquin are twins who are in the quarter finals against the gambia at apm.

nesta macgregor is with them. this really is birmingham, a few times today i've had to double check because it feels like the bahamas at times. the beach volleyball really is a party atmosphere, we've got a dj and, between breaks and players, a dance crew are coming on. scott and havejust gone a dance crew are coming on. scott and have just gone out in the quarterfinals, they lost to australia — it means the hopes of the home nations firmly lie in the hands of two men who are to my left, javier and joaquin bello —— scotland. you've got two wins and a defeat, how do you rate your performance is so far? it’s defeat, how do you rate your performance is so far? it's been a mix of everything. _ performance is so far? it's been a mix of everything. we've - performance is so far? it's been a mix of everything. we've had - performance is so far? it's been a mix of everything. we've had ups| performance is so far? it's been a - mix of everything. we've had ups and downs. _ mix of everything. we've had ups and downs. and _ mix of everything. we've had ups and downs. and i— mix of everything. we've had ups and downs, and i think the fact that we are still_ downs, and i think the fact that we are still here and still winning shows— are still here and still winning shows that we are a determined team here to _ shows that we are a determined team here to get _ shows that we are a determined team here to get medals. it�*s shows that we are a determined team

here to get medals.— here to get medals. it's worth sa int here to get medals. it's worth saying you — here to get medals. it's worth saying you both _ here to get medals. it's worth saying you both are _ here to get medals. it's worth saying you both are twins. - here to get medals. it's worth| saying you both are twins. any telepathy? do you have to give signals or do you just know? signals or do you 'ust know? we've tla ed for signals or do you 'ust know? we've pteyet for so — signals or do you just know? we've played for so many _ signals or do you just know? we've played for so many years _ signals or do you just know? we've played for so many years together, i've played for so many years together, we never— played for so many years together, i've never played _ played for so many years together, i've never played with _ played for so many years together, i've never played with anyone - played for so many years together, i've never played with anyone else. in i've never played with anyone else. in the _ i've never played with anyone else. in the court. — i've never played with anyone else. in the court. it— i've never played with anyone else. in the court, it feels _ i've never played with anyone else. in the court, it feels like _ i've never played with anyone else. in the court, it feels like we - i've never played with anyone else. in the court, it feels like we need i in the court, it feels like we need that telepathy, _ in the court, it feels like we need that telepathy, because - in the court, it feels like we need that telepathy, because it's - in the court, it feels like we need that telepathy, because it's just i that telepathy, because it'sjust too loud — that telepathy, because it'sjust too loud at— that telepathy, because it'sjust too loud at points _ that telepathy, because it'sjust too loud at points with - that telepathy, because it'sjust too loud at points with the - that telepathy, because it's justl too loud at points with the crowd cheering — too loud at points with the crowd cheering for _ too loud at points with the crowd cheering for us, _ too loud at points with the crowd cheering for us, but _ too loud at points with the crowd cheering for us, but we - too loud at points with the crowd cheering for us, but we need - too loud at points with the crowd cheering for us, but we need to. too loud at points with the crowd - cheering for us, but we need to have that _ cheering for us, but we need to have that even _ cheering for us, but we need to have that. even better— cheering for us, but we need to have that. even better communication - that. even better communication between — that. even better communication between us _ that. even better communication between us— that. even better communication between us. , ., , between us. the gambia coming up in an hour or so. — between us. the gambia coming up in an hour or so, what _ between us. the gambia coming up in an hour or so, what do _ between us. the gambia coming up in an hour or so, what do you know- an hour or so, what do you know about them, what will you be practising? a game you are expected to win, but sometimes it's better to be the underdog. igrgte to win, but sometimes it's better to be the underdog.— to win, but sometimes it's better to be the underdog. we have to remember the are the be the underdog. we have to remember they are the tallest _ be the underdog. we have to remember they are the tallest and _ be the underdog. we have to remember they are the tallest and strongest - they are the tallest and strongest teams _ they are the tallest and strongest teams physically in the competition, that usually comes with a threat. we are ready— that usually comes with a threat. we are ready for them, were not taking this lightly. — are ready for them, were not taking this lightly, we know we need to win this lightly, we know we need to win this match, — this lightly, we know we need to win this match, it's the most important and potentially that we ever played. so definitely putting our foot on the gas —

so definitely putting our foot on the gas for 100% of. you so definitely putting our foot on the gas for 10096 of.— so definitely putting our foot on the gas for 10096 of. you are a beach volle ball the gas for 10096 of. you are a beach volleyball team _ the gas for 10096 of. you are a beach volleyball team coming _ the gas for10096 of. you are a beach volleyball team coming to her- the gas for 10096 of. you are a beach volleyball team coming to her olderl volleyball team coming to her older brother is also a player, your data as a coach and your mum organises the team. —— your dad is a coach. one of the biggest challenges growing — one of the biggest challenges growing up _ one of the biggest challenges growing up was _ one of the biggest challenges growing up was separating. one of the biggest challenges i growing up was separating what one of the biggest challenges - growing up was separating what goes on in the _ growing up was separating what goes on in the court— growing up was separating what goes on in the court with _ growing up was separating what goes on in the court with what _ growing up was separating what goes on in the court with what goes - growing up was separating what goes on in the court with what goes on - on in the court with what goes on the outside _ on in the court with what goes on the outside. we _ on in the court with what goes on the outside. we are _ on in the court with what goes on the outside. we are hard - on in the court with what goes on the outside. we are hard working team _ the outside. we are hard working team and — the outside. we are hard working team and we _ the outside. we are hard working team and we try— the outside. we are hard working team and we try to— the outside. we are hard working team and we try to be _ the outside. we are hard working team and we try to be as - the outside. we are hard working. team and we try to be as possible. we are _ team and we try to be as possible. we are putting _ team and we try to be as possible. we are putting our— team and we try to be as possible. we are putting our best— team and we try to be as possible. we are putting our best foot - team and we try to be as possible. i we are putting our best foot forward in these _ we are putting our best foot forward in these games— we are putting our best foot forward in these games to _ we are putting our best foot forward in these games to try— we are putting our best foot forward in these games to try and _ we are putting our best foot forward in these games to try and get - in these games to try and get a medat — in these games to try and get a medal. ill— in these games to try and get a medal. �* ., , ., , , in these games to try and get a medal. �* ., i. , , ., in these games to try and get a medal. �* ., , ., , , ., ., medal. i'll leave you guys to go would warm — medal. i'll leave you guys to go would warm up, _ medal. i'll leave you guys to go would warm up, good - medal. i'll leave you guys to go would warm up, good luck - medal. i'll leave you guys to go| would warm up, good luck later. medal. i'll leave you guys to go - would warm up, good luck later. it's worth saying that the home nation has never won a medal in beach volleyball, and after these guys, the england women will also be in action, as well. so two chances to make beach volleyball history.

extra ordinarily loud there at the moment, you can catch up on all that on the bbc iplayer. just away from the commonwealth games — because it'sjust hours to go before the start of the new premier league season. newcastle boss eddie howe has just signed a new long term contract. he was appointed just nine months ago and guided them to safety last season afterjoining the team when they were without a win and bottom of the table. howe said it was "a great feeling to commit" his future to the club. that's all the sport for now. next, it's your questions answered. welcome to your questions answered. you've been sending in your questions on the cost of living.

if you'd like to send this any more and you're on twitter, you can use the hashtag bbc questions. jack will keep an eye on them and we can weave them in. with me to answer them is dr hilary ingham, professor of economics at lancaster university. and gareth shaw, deputy editor at moneysavingexpert. hillary, gareth, welcome and thank you very much forjoining us. i have a question first of all, and ask you, hilary, what does the bank of england governor mean when he talks about embedded inflation? what is that? it about embedded inflation? what is that? ., , �* , about embedded inflation? what is that? . , a ., ., that? it means there's inflationary tressure that? it means there's inflationary pressure in _ that? it means there's inflationary pressure in the _ that? it means there's inflationary pressure in the economy - that? it means there's inflationary pressure in the economy which - that? it means there's inflationary pressure in the economy which is. pressure in the economy which is embedded, and that we don't expect it to go away anytime soon. so a few months back, the government was actually talking about inflation being transitory — i:e., something that was only temporary, that he was expecting to return back to much

lower levels. but now what they are thinking is there are these pressures for prices to keep on rising. so we've got embedded inflation, ie, it's not something that'll disappear overnight. thanks ve much that'll disappear overnight. thanks very much for— that'll disappear overnight. thanks very much for explaining _ that'll disappear overnight. thanks very much for explaining that, - that'll disappear overnight. thanksj very much for explaining that, that makes a lot of sense. gareth, a couple questions about bills. first of all, robert and liverpool says, "in the absence of direct debit or a payment metre, how will i be credited my £a00 energy grant?" this credited my £400 energy grant?" this is beint credited my £400 energy grant?" this is being introduced in october, and it's being _ is being introduced in october, and it's being paid in six equal instalments over a six—month period. our caller— instalments over a six—month period. our caller there is what's known as a standard — our caller there is what's known as a standard credit customer, and the good _ a standard credit customer, and the good news — a standard credit customer, and the good news for him is he'll be credited _ good news for him is he'll be credited with each of these payments. technically, £66 in october— payments. technically, £66 in october and november, then £67 in the remaining four months. but

there's— the remaining four months. but there's nothing he'll have to do in order— there's nothing he'll have to do in order to _ there's nothing he'll have to do in order to get that, that would be automatically credited to his account _ automatically credited to his account. the people who will have to do something are those on traditional prepayment metres. the grant _ traditional prepayment metres. the grant is _ traditional prepayment metres. the grant is an— traditional prepayment metres. the grant is an automatic, it'll have to redeem _ grant is an automatic, it'll have to redeem it. — grant is an automatic, it'll have to redeem it, and you'll have to do that within — redeem it, and you'll have to do that within three months of getting a voucher which will be sent out to you via _ a voucher which will be sent out to you via text, — a voucher which will be sent out to you via text, e—mail or post. so if you're _ you via text, e—mail or post. so if you're on— you via text, e—mail or post. so if you're on a — you via text, e—mail or post. so if you're on a traditional prepayment metre. _ you're on a traditional prepayment metre, you'll have to take action to .et metre, you'll have to take action to get this— metre, you'll have to take action to get this discount on your energy bills _ get this discount on your energy bills. �* get this discount on your energy bills. ~ ., ., ., ., i. get this discount on your energy bills. ~ ., ., ., ., bills. and another one to you - "we are told higher _ bills. and another one to you - "we are told higher bills _ bills. and another one to you - "we are told higher bills are _ bills. and another one to you - "we are told higher bills are do - bills. and another one to you - "we are told higher bills are do to - are told higher bills are do to wholesale prices. why not abolish it?" wholesale prices. why not abolish it?“ , ., wholesale prices. why not abolish it?" , ., . ., wholesale prices. why not abolish it?" . ., , , wholesale prices. why not abolish it?" . ., , it?" the standing charge causes an awful lot of — it?" the standing charge causes an awful lot of frustration _ it?" the standing charge causes an awful lot of frustration for - it?" the standing charge causes an awful lot of frustration for people. | awful lot of frustration for people. if awful lot of frustration for people. if you _ awful lot of frustration for people. if you use — awful lot of frustration for people. if you use no energy at all, you'll still have — if you use no energy at all, you'll still have a — if you use no energy at all, you'll still have a bill because of the standing — still have a bill because of the standing charge. however there are still a _ standing charge. however there are still a lot— standing charge. however there are still a lot of— standing charge. however there are still a lot of important things baked — still a lot of important things baked into the standing charge. it covers _ baked into the standing charge. it covers non—energy costs that

suppliers — covers non—energy costs that suppliers have to pay, things like network — suppliers have to pay, things like network costs, the cover of last supply— network costs, the cover of last supply resort schemes. when a supply .oes supply resort schemes. when a supply goes bust. _ supply resort schemes. when a supply goes bust, and lots have over the last year— goes bust, and lots have over the last year or— goes bust, and lots have over the last year or so, the reason they are protected _ last year or so, the reason they are protected is— last year or so, the reason they are protected is because that cost is smoothed out there everyone paying a standing _ smoothed out there everyone paying a standing charge. it also covers government schemes like the warm home _ government schemes like the warm home discount, which is helping people — home discount, which is helping people from low incomes and the vulnerable groups meet their energy bills. vulnerable groups meet their energy bills then— vulnerable groups meet their energy bills. then again, that spread like the way— bills. then again, that spread like the way across customers. the regulator — the way across customers. the regulator recognises that increases in the _ regulator recognises that increases in the standing charge have become more _ in the standing charge have become more challenging. it is something that it _ more challenging. it is something that it is — more challenging. it is something that it is looking at, something that it is looking at, something that money—saving expert and energy experts _ that money—saving expert and energy experts have been looking at. but for the _ experts have been looking at. but for the time being, experts have been looking at. but forthe time being, it experts have been looking at. but for the time being, it is something you'll have — for the time being, it is something you'll have to pay and you will see increases — you'll have to pay and you will see increases. ., ., you'll have to pay and you will see increases. ., ,, , ., ., , ., , increases. thank you. hilary, tony asks, increases. thank you. hilary, tony asks. "how _ increases. thank you. hilary, tony asks, "how does _ increases. thank you. hilary, tony asks, "how does increasing - increases. thank you. hilary, tony l asks, "how does increasing interest rates on mortgages and other loans help the population cope with now

additional higher cost of living?" in the short term, obviously it doesn't. the one thing to note there is the majority of people are on a fixed mortgage rate. so until they either pick up a different mortgage, that will remain the rate they pay. what the government is looking to do here is stock prices going even higher. so by increasing interest rates, this will reduce aggregate demand — so that will be for both consumers and the firms, and therefore by reducing aggregate demand, this will release some of the pressure on prices, so it will stop inflation from rising so fast in the future. but in the very short term, it clearly will not help individuals.— term, it clearly will not help individuals. ., �* ., �* individuals. know, it'll hurt, won't take was met _ individuals. know, it'll hurt, won't take was met gareth, _ individuals. know, it'll hurt, won't take was met gareth, this - individuals. know, it'll hurt, won't take was met gareth, this might i individuals. know, it'll hurt, won't. take was met gareth, this might be a quick answer, stefan asks, "every time i go to the shops, food seems

to be getting more expensive. what level is food inflation running at?" according to the latest data from the ons. — according to the latest data from the ons, it's running at 9.8%, marginally higher than the overall rate of— marginally higher than the overall rate of inflation. things like dairy. — rate of inflation. things like dairy, like milk, cheese, and eggs is causing — dairy, like milk, cheese, and eggs is causing a — dairy, like milk, cheese, and eggs is causing a big drive in prices, but also — is causing a big drive in prices, but also vegetables and meat, a law in the _ but also vegetables and meat, a law in the fresh — but also vegetables and meat, a law in the fresh food sector has been driving _ in the fresh food sector has been driving up — in the fresh food sector has been driving up. but it's running higher than _ driving up. but it's running higher than overall inflation.— than overall inflation. thank you. hila , a than overall inflation. thank you. hilary. a couple _ than overall inflation. thank you. hilary, a couple to _ than overall inflation. thank you. hilary, a couple to you _ than overall inflation. thank you. hilary, a couple to you now- hilary, a couple to you now regarding what's happening in ukraine. christine says, "is it purely the effect of the war in ukraine that's affecting so many economies and people?" it’s ukraine that's affecting so many economies and people?" it's not solely ukraine, _ economies and people?" it's not solely ukraine, but _ economies and people?" it's not solely ukraine, but that - economies and people?" it's not solely ukraine, but that is - solely ukraine, but that is obviously having a big impact. we just talked about food prices — ukraine is a very big producer of grain, this also feeds into animal feed and things like chickens becoming more expensive. but then

there's the gas problem, in particular with russia cutting back on what it sends through nordstrom one. so that's affecting energy prices severely. brexit has caused labour shortages, so in some sectors, employers are having to raise wages to attract employees. so it's a sort of combination of factors — all are working against the consumer at this point in time. kevin and hampshire says, "if inflation is caused in large part, or to a great extent by the war in ukraine, how does putting up interest rates here help?" the idea relates back _ interest rates here help?" the idea relates back to _ interest rates here help?" the idea relates back to an _ interest rates here help?" the idea relates back to an earlier— interest rates here help?" the idea relates back to an earlier question, that as interest rates go up, we consumers will have less to spend. firms will be less willing to invest, ie it'll choke back demand. and if you choke back demand, then essentially that should stop putting

pressure on prices so it should reduce inflationary tendencies going in the future. because don't forget, the target that the bank of england is working to is 2% — now they are predicting inflation will rise to 13%, so they are way, way off target that they are supposed to be meeting. that they are supposed to be meetint. ., ., that they are supposed to be meetint. ., ,, i. ~ that they are supposed to be meetint. ., ,, ~ , ., meeting. thank you. a couple to gareth now- _ meeting. thank you. a couple to gareth now. aaron _ meeting. thank you. a couple to gareth now. aaron and - meeting. thank you. a couple to i gareth now. aaron and londonderry says, "what does interest rates going up mean for the price of my borrowing? i have an outstanding balance on my credit card which i'm only able to pay off slowly due to the rising cost of living. does this mean i will end up paying more?" the mean i will end up paying more?" a bit of a wishy—washy answer here, but it— bit of a wishy—washy answer here, but it really— bit of a wishy—washy answer here, but it really depends on the terms of your— but it really depends on the terms of your credit card. some credit card _ of your credit card. some credit card providers are pretty explicit that their— card providers are pretty explicit that their interest rates will be tied to — that their interest rates will be tied to the bank of england base rate, _ tied to the bank of england base rate, others do not tie it to the bank of— rate, others do not tie it to the bank of england base rate. i would say the _ bank of england base rate. i would say the majority probably don't do that _ say the majority probably don't do that. what i would say to aaron,

though. — that. what i would say to aaron, though. is— that. what i would say to aaron, though, is there are products out there _ though, is there are products out there that — though, is there are products out there that can help you minimise the amount— there that can help you minimise the amount of interest that you pay on credit card — amount of interest that you pay on credit card debt — they are called a 0% balance — credit card debt — they are called a 0% balance credit cards. if you paying — 0% balance credit cards. if you paying interest on your credit card debt, _ paying interest on your credit card debt, you — paying interest on your credit card debt, you cannot afford to not look at these _ debt, you cannot afford to not look at these types of cards. your repayment are paying off credit and debt, _ repayment are paying off credit and debt, and _ repayment are paying off credit and debt, and when you chance democrat transfer _ debt, and when you chance democrat transfer to _ debt, and when you chance democrat transfer to a — debt, and when you chance democrat transfer to a 0%, all your repayments are redoing reducing your debt _ repayments are redoing reducing your debt to _ repayments are redoing reducing your debt. i'd strongly suggest looking at those _ debt. i'd strongly suggest looking at those so that when you are making your repayments, you're actually paying _ your repayments, you're actually paying off — your repayments, you're actually paying off the debt that you owe. but don't — paying off the debt that you owe. but don't you pay a percentage of that that you're transferring to that that you're transferring to that card?— that card? there is a feat with some credit cards. — that card? there is a feat with some credit cards, there _ that card? there is a feat with some credit cards, there are _ that card? there is a feat with some credit cards, there are some - that card? there is a feat with some credit cards, there are some out - credit cards, there are some out there _ credit cards, there are some out there that — credit cards, there are some out there that don't charge a fee at all. there that don't charge a fee at all~ but— there that don't charge a fee at all. but you'll have a shorter period — all. but you'll have a shorter period to _ all. but you'll have a shorter period to pay back that debt. so it really _ period to pay back that debt. so it really depends on the card that you choose _ really depends on the card that you choose. the longer cards, if you want _ choose. the longer cards, if you want to— choose. the longer cards, if you want to pay—

choose. the longer cards, if you want to pay it off will charge you a fee of— want to pay it off will charge you a fee of 25— want to pay it off will charge you a fee of 2~5 - — want to pay it off will charge you a fee of 2.5 — 3%, but if you can pay it off— fee of 2.5 — 3%, but if you can pay it off in_ fee of 2.5 — 3%, but if you can pay it off in two — fee of 2.5 — 3%, but if you can pay it off in two years or 20 months, you may— it off in two years or 20 months, you may find a card that doesn't charge _ you may find a card that doesn't charge a — you may find a card that doesn't charge a balance transfer fee at all. ., ., charge a balance transfer fee at all. ., ,, , ., charge a balance transfer fee at all. ., ,, i. , charge a balance transfer fee at all. ., ,, , , ., all. thank you, gareth, this is from trevor. all. thank you, gareth, this is from trevor- "what _ all. thank you, gareth, this is from trevor. "what will _ all. thank you, gareth, this is from trevor. "what will happen - all. thank you, gareth, this is from trevor. "what will happen to - trevor. "what will happen to inflation rates for savers four" people are seeing no return on savings, are they?— savings, are they? things are ttettin savings, are they? things are getting better. _ savings, are they? things are getting better, but _ savings, are they? things are getting better, but i - savings, are they? things are getting better, but i would i savings, are they? things are | getting better, but i would say savings, are they? things are - getting better, but i would say all savings _ getting better, but i would say all savings are losing is at the moment, because _ savings are losing is at the moment, because the — savings are losing is at the moment, because the rate of inflation is so high, _ because the rate of inflation is so high, the spending power of that money— high, the spending power of that money that you have is being diminished by it. that said, it's critical— diminished by it. that said, it's critical that— diminished by it. that said, it's critical that you were earning the best that — critical that you were earning the best that you can on the savings that you do have to try and cushion the impact — that you do have to try and cushion the impact of that inflation. but we have seen— the impact of that inflation. but we have seen an awful lot of competition in the savings market, we've _ competition in the savings market, we've seen— competition in the savings market, we've seen rates the highest they've been since _ we've seen rates the highest they've been since 2013. for an easy access account, _ been since 2013. for an easy access account, you — been since 2013. for an easy access account, you can look to earn around

i~75%~ _ account, you can look to earn around 1.75%. we would expect that to be increasing — 1.75%. we would expect that to be increasing as more savings providers look at _ increasing as more savings providers look at the _ increasing as more savings providers look at the offers that they have over a _ look at the offers that they have over a two—year fix, fixing your saving — over a two—year fix, fixing your saving over _ over a two—year fix, fixing your saving over a two—year period, you can get— saving over a two—year period, you can get well— saving over a two—year period, you can get well over 3%. just exercise a degree _ can get well over 3%. just exercise a degree of— can get well over 3%. just exercise a degree of caution about how long you decide — a degree of caution about how long you decide to fix for, you know, we are seeing — you decide to fix for, you know, we are seeing interest rate increases coming _ are seeing interest rate increases coming thick and fast. but if you fix for— coming thick and fast. but if you fix for too — coming thick and fast. but if you fix for too long now, you may not be able to take — fix for too long now, you may not be able to take advantage.— able to take advantage. thank you, hila , a able to take advantage. thank you, hilary. a couple _ able to take advantage. thank you, hilary. a couple to _ able to take advantage. thank you, hilary, a couple to you. _ able to take advantage. thank you, hilary, a couple to you. sam - able to take advantage. thank you, hilary, a couple to you. sam from i hilary, a couple to you. sam from london says, a macaw i thought the raising of inflation rates was allowed to happen only three times a year, and only 0.25% at a time, so a maximum of 0.75% a year. can you remind us and explain as no one with a mortgage can afford this?" the moneta a mortgage can afford this?" tie: monetary policy committee, the body that's been charged with interest

rates termination, actually meets on a monthly basis — and it chooses what it will do with that rate of interest, like either leave unchanged, reduce or increase it. typically they would be at increases of 25 points, a quarter of a percent, but we now know they've gone for a bigger one. percent, but we now know they've gone fora bigger one. so percent, but we now know they've gone for a bigger one. so they have the independence to determine the interest rate they think is in the best interest of the economy in order to hit their inflation target. we were talking yesterday to a mortgage adviser, and he was saying if you're not on a fixed rate for your mortgage, now would be the time to try to do that if you can because at least it takes the uncertainty out of it, doesn't it? it sort of insulates you a little bit against some of the shock that might be

coming. it some of the shock that might be comint. ., , �* some of the shock that might be comint. ., ,�* , , some of the shock that might be comint. ., , �* , , ~ ., coming. it doesn't because we know that trice coming. it doesn't because we know that price cuts _ coming. it doesn't because we know that price cuts will _ coming. it doesn't because we know that price cuts will go _ coming. it doesn't because we know that price cuts will go up _ coming. it doesn't because we know that price cuts will go up and - coming. it doesn't because we know that price cuts will go up and up - coming. it doesn't because we know that price cuts will go up and up on | that price cuts will go up and up on energy bills into next year. so it is worth looking to see what fixed rates you could get, because interest rates will continue to increase — i don't think we will see a half percentage increase a month for the foreseeable future, but there will be further increases on there will be further increases on the line. it's notjust in the uk, the line. it's notjust in the uk, the fed in the united states have indicated they are looking at further increases, as are the people at the ecb, the euro zone. so i think it would make sense at this point in time to take away some of the uncertainty for people to actually fix their mortgage rate to know what their commitments are going forward. know what their commitments are going forward-— know what their commitments are going forward. thank you, and the final question, _ going forward. thank you, and the final question, hilary, _ going forward. thank you, and the final question, hilary, is— going forward. thank you, and the final question, hilary, is from - final question, hilary, is from susan, "how much is brexit contributing to the economic problems in the uk, and how so?"

it's obviously one factor — we've all pretty much mention of the war in ukraine, that's having a big impact on food prices, the russian situation with the gas pipeline is affecting energy costs. but brexit is really affecting things in two main ways — the first is obviously there are labour shortages, because there are labour shortages, because there was a big exodus of european workers back to their home countries, and they were concentrated in the hospitality sectors, there were a lot working there. and we know that they've had grave difficulties recruiting, to the extent that some restaurants are only opening on certain days of the week or not for lunch, and they've been having to raise wages to attract people. and then, of course, we don't have a free move democrat movement of goods between us and the

eu now. so if you are moving goods from europe now, even say all three consumersjust from europe now, even say all three consumers just buying clothes, you'll find there's a customs charge now that a accustomed —— accompanies it. so that means prices are going up. so it's affected prices of goods and the price of labour.— and the price of labour. excellent, that's all the _ and the price of labour. excellent, that's all the questions _ and the price of labour. excellent, that's all the questions that - and the price of labour. excellent, that's all the questions that we - that's all the questions that we have, and we really appreciate you joining us. patricia on twitter says, "really useful, your questions and answers sessions, thanks for this." so at least one satisfied customer, which is good. hilary and gareth, thank you both forjoining us this afternoon. gareth, thank you both for “oining us this afternoon.�* us this afternoon. thank you, goodbye- _ us this afternoon. thank you, goodbye. thank _ us this afternoon. thank you, goodbye. thank you. -

the us talk show host and conspiracy theorist alexjones has been ordered by a court in texas to make an initial payment of more than $a million in damages — following his claims that the sandy hook school shooting — in which 26 people were killed — didn't happen. the case was brought by the parents of one of the children who died in the attack. peter bowes sent us this report. 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. ..that this tragedy and this murder

didn't happen and that jesse wasn't killed. people accused myself and the others of being crisis actors, fake, phony... in court, alexjones admitted he was wrong, conceding that the killings were real. i've said before that there have been so many lies and so many things in the past and i was under a lot of pressure and 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 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 caused. peter bowes, bbc news. with me now is marianna spring — she's our specialist disinformation and social media reporter. alex jones has alexjones has been copied in other parts of the world, hasn't he? the approach he takes the stories and

events. ~ , ,., , approach he takes the stories and events. ~ ,,., , �*, approach he takes the stories and events. ~ , �*, , events. absolutely. he's become, in many ways. — events. absolutely. he's become, in many ways. one _ events. absolutely. he's become, in many ways. one of _ events. absolutely. he's become, in many ways, one of the _ events. absolutely. he's become, in many ways, one of the chief - many ways, one of the chief conspiracy theorists in the world, and he's built a platform on promoting harmful conspiracies like those about sandy hook, about crisis actors, saying the children never died when they did, suggesting that things are hoaxes. it is notjust sandy hook, it's the pandemic, elections, all sort of disinformationjones is accused of promoting. but those terms like crisis actors, jones has made them go mainstream — and we've seen how that playbook he's created is being copied everywhere. if you think of recent tragedies here in the uk, for example, the manchester arena attack, 77, westminster attack — the victims of those are our democrats similarly suspect to conspiracies, hate and trolling, and that raises questions about how social media and police respond to this, and a portly within this context, it raises questions about whether this trial

could deter them from keeping doing this. itrigl’iii could deter them from keeping doing this. ~ ., �* , could deter them from keeping doing this. . ., �* , ,., could deter them from keeping doing this. . ., �*, , �* this. will that's the point, isn't it, that the _ this. will that's the point, isn't it, that the free-speech - this. will that's the point, isn't it, that the free-speech in - this. will that's the point, isn't - it, that the free-speech in america it, that the free—speech in america are much looser than they are here, and you wonder if it might make people think twice about saying this sort of stuff when they see the scale of damages being leveled against people like alexjones? absolutely, because this does set a precedent and there's a certain amount of accountability which we haven't quite seen in the same way before. there are moments in the trial that are especially shocking — when the mother of the little boy in question who died during the shooting, when she faced jones and said, "i'm a real mum, my boy was real," that was very moving and very disturbing. and similarly whenjones turned around and said, "i believe it's 100% turned around and said, "i believe it's100%true" and everyone started questioning if he's always believed it was true, and why he was doing this. it's important when we think about people promoting conspiracies to interrogate and understand and how they get to that point. because

in jones's case, how they get to that point. because injones's case, he's built an industry and profile, and made money off this, that's why he's in court, he made money off this. there are people in the uk who are trying to do the same — it's something i'm investigating for a new podcast that will be out in the autumn. he investigating for a new podcast that will be out in the autumn.— will be out in the autumn. he also said the media _ will be out in the autumn. he also said the media wouldn't _ will be out in the autumn. he also said the media wouldn't let - will be out in the autumn. he also said the media wouldn't let him i said the media wouldn't let him retract what he originally said, so it's been very interesting to watch. thank you. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. we've got more dry, sunny weather to come this afternoon across southern areas of the uk. earlier today, our weather watcher, walking tractor, spotted a working harvester, bringing the crops in in parts of norfolk. but it's not dry everywhere today, we do have some showers across parts of northwest england, north wales, northern ireland and scotland, as well. rainfall—wise over the next few days, those areas hit by hosepipe bans or with bans on the way. it's completely dry for the next five days — and indeed, it will probably stay dry for the next ten days across these southern areas. the dry spell could last as long as two weeks before then we start to see some heavier rain towards the back end of august.

of course, that's all a long, long way off. through the afternoon, though, we've got a lot of dry weather across southern areas with the sunshine. temperatures by and large similar to what we had yesterday — high teens across northern areas, about 2a—25 celsius and the best of the sunshine towards parts of eastern england. overnight tonight, we'll keep clear skies for much of the country, although thicker cloud will work into the northwest of scotland with rain by the end of the night. it's another comfortable night for sleeping, temperatures about 8—12 celsius for most. and then, starting off the weekend, we've got some rain just working its way across scotland for a time. further southwards, again, it's dry with plenty of sunshine. a little bit of cloud bubbling up for a time across north wales, the north midlands, northern england. temperatures still not changing very much — high teens across northern areas, about 25 in london. but it will start to warm up further during the second half of the weekend. again, it's scotland that will see some passing showers, some thicker clouds here at times. but for most, it's dry with further spells of sunshine, and those temperatures are starting

to come up — 21 in aberdeen, 2a for birmingham, and 27 for london for the second half of the weekend. now, beyond that, into next week, this area of high pressure really starts to dominate the weather picture more widely across the uk, keeping weather fronts well at bay. and what that means is we'll start to see temperatures rising further — and for some, it will become hot. now across northern areas of the uk, we'll see temperatures rising, a lot of dry weather. we're up to 2a celsius in durham as we head towards the middle part of the week. but further southwards across england and wales, it becomes quite hot again, with temperatures reaching around 30 in cardiff, london seeing about 31. the warmest spots could get to about 32—33. that's your weather.

this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at a.00pm: the parents of 12—year—old archie battersbee have lost their legal attempt to transfer him to a hospice. doctors say moving him is risky because his condition is unstable. the bank of england rejects accusations from the government that it was too slow to raise interest rates, as inflation heads to 13%. we are going to see a couple of years, notjust one year, but this years, notjust one year, but this year and next year, when household incomes in real terms are squeezed much more severely than we have seen in other times before, since the second world war. 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 comes into force this afternoon,

after the driestjuly for 80 years. there's been a big increase in the proportion of doctors and nursesjoining the nhs in england from overseas. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. the governor of the bank of england has defended the decision to raise interest rates, saying there is a real risk of fueling further price rises. the bank has forecast that the uk economy will fall into recession in the last three months of this year — and that it will last well into next year. it also anticipates a further climb in inflation to more than 13%, the highest for more than a0 years. it's because of that, that the bank set interest rates at 1.75% — the increase of half a percentage point was the biggest rate hike for 27 years. as our economics correspondent, andy verity, reports,

the hope is that making it more expensive for us to borrow money will make us less likely to spend — even during hard times. in withernsea on the yorkshire coast, jayne nendick runs the shores community centre, where every day she tries to help people struggling to feed themselves. can i sort a food parcel, please? the community centre gave out 200 food parcels this month, double what they gave out this time last year, and the community pantry sells surplus stock from supermarkets at cheap prices to working people struggling to cope. we have nurses coming in, we have teachers coming in, we have people who do long shifts every day, they are on their knees. please, trust me on this, i'm not saying it forfun — they are on their knees. a pensioner who came here to enjoy retirement, lucy, already switched off her heating last winter because she couldn't afford the bills. now, the bank of england's forecast they'll rise by another 75% to an average of £300 a month and she says, like last winter, she'll again be relying on her dogs to keep her warm.

it was absolutely freezing. we had damp coming up through the windows and i made patchwork blankets for us. we're just struggling to live. even before the recession forecast to begin this autumn, living standards are falling faster than they have for decades. they're now expected to continue to fall through next year. 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. this morning, the conservative leadership contender liz truss said the bank of england's warning of a long recession throughout next year underlined the need for tax cuts. we are facing a recession if we carry on with our business as usual policies and people are struggling. you know, whether it's to pay food bills orfuel bills — that's why it's very important that we reverse the national

insurance increase, that we have a temporary moratorium on the green energy levy, to help people with their fuel bills. but critics say neither she nor rishi sunak are being realistic about the economy and what the government needs to do. at the moment, what we need are support for families for energy costs and for inflation and we're going to need support for public services. if you're looking at tax cuts, they must come well after that — well after we've got inflation under control. while the recession forecast for next year is barely a tenth of the size of the recession in 2020, caused by the lockdowns in the pandemic, there's a difference. this time, the government isn't currently planning to offer anything like the same levels of financial support to shelter businesses and people from the storm. andy verity, bbc news. i'm joined now by mairead stevens, whose tiktok about her mum's energy bill went viral after £5a0 was taken from her bank account with no

warning and she was told her monthly bill would be going up from £120 a month to £820 a month. mairead stevens, just tell us briefly, if you would, how your mum found that she was in this predicament?— found that she was in this predicament? found that she was in this tredicament? , , ., , predicament? yes, so sadly, it was actually £570- _ predicament? yes, so sadly, it was actually £570- l _ predicament? yes, so sadly, it was actually £570. | think _ predicament? yes, so sadly, it was actually £570. i think a _ predicament? yes, so sadly, it was actually £570. i think a few- predicament? yes, so sadly, it was actually £570. i think a few of- predicament? yes, so sadly, it was actually £570. i think a few of the i actually £570. i think a few of the tabloids have printed it incorrectly, but she was alerted by her bank. they sent her a routine text message to let you know that £570 had been taken by her energy company. when she called them to see if this was just an error or a mistake, she was told, no, that the prices for her gas and electricity had gone up to 57a gas and £250 for electricity, so a combination of

£820 per month, so it was a bit of a shock, that increase from £120 per month to 820, quite a large jump. yes, a frightening amount to have to find. i believe your mum works part—time for the nhs, but she is semi retired, so that is a lot of money for anyone to have to find. she was in debt, though, it seems? there was a debt company coming for her to tell her that they owed money? 50 her to tell her that they owed mone ? ,, ., , her to tell her that they owed mone ? , .., , money? so when she called the energy com tan money? so when she called the energy com an to money? so when she called the energy company to clarify _ money? so when she called the energy company to clarify what _ money? so when she called the energy company to clarify what was _ money? so when she called the energy company to clarify what was actually i company to clarify what was actually going on, over the phone they told her that she also had this debt. they couldn't actually clarify what she was in debt for. they couldn't tell her the length of time, so it was... we only got a bit more information when i called them on friday to clarify what exactly was going on with her account and then they informed me that they had been

underestimating her usage for the last two years, but seemingly her direct debits had not changed and no one had really notified her, despite regular submissions of metre readings and things like that, so it was a bit of a shock. and i think it was a bit of a shock. and i think it was more to do, the concern was, you know, when she initially spoke to them the day that the money was removed, you know, she was trying to get some clarity on it, she voiced concerns, if you know, she asked if there were any other options available to her and she was simply told, there are no options available told, there are no options available to you, you are in this debt, you owe this money and these are going to be your payments going forward. you are an accountant, very helpfully, so confident around money and financial matters, so you have stepped in. what have you done for your mum to make sure that she doesn't have money taken left, right and centre in future? yes. doesn't have money taken left, right and centre in future?— and centre in future? yes, so at the moment we — and centre in future? yes, so at the moment we have _

and centre in future? yes, so at the moment we have had _ and centre in future? yes, so at the moment we have had all _ and centre in future? yes, so at the moment we have had all of - and centre in future? yes, so at the moment we have had all of the - and centre in future? yes, so at the. moment we have had all of the direct debits cancelled with that energy firm, we did sort of alert to the bank, the bank were very helpful, they had to raise an indemnity claim on her behalf to recall the money. the money actually didn't arrive backin the money actually didn't arrive back in her account until monday, so she was quite some time without that money. the energy company did actually advise me that they were just about to take the other £250 payment, so they were actually quite supportive then of cancelling the direct debits. since then, i have raised a complaint with the financial ombudsman, just to sort of query how this has been allowed to happen and flagged that this is going on. i have raised concerns with her local mp. i am waiting for the results of an internal investigation from this energy company and then, if i remain

unsatisfied and we are given no assurances going forward, then i will seek to raise a flag with ofgem. so there are quite a few things going on at the moment, but i am stilljust waiting for clarity on what is actually happening with her personal account at the moment. just briefl , personal account at the moment. just briefly, obviously you have made a huge amount of effort on your mum's part. not everyone is so lucky to have that sort of help. what do you believe the energy company should be doing to make sure this isn't replicated for other customers? i think, first and foremost, i think there was initially customer service lacking. i think they really need to revisit and refine how they communicate with their customers to make it very, very clear if people are echoing some sort of debt. you know, don't tell them two years down the line and then sort of seek to get the money back instantly. i think what was quite concerning to

me was the lack of options explained to my mum. she was simply told, you owe this money, that is going to be your payments going forward. there seemed to be no sort of empathy or, you know, if you are struggling, if you know, if you are struggling, if you are a pensioner, if you are vulnerable, this is what we can do to li for you. there was no sign and as you said, it is extremely worrying if you are vulnerable or if you are on your own and don't have that support network in place. my mum unfortunately didn't even have the knowledge that she could go to her bank to claim that money back, so she was very relieved that she has got the money back and obviously, you know, we are sorting that out now, but it has been a huge learning curve for her and i think all of us now. i think all of us are very concerned about what power these giants have too just take that sort of money from somebody�*s account without consent and without fair warning. account without consent and without fair warning-—

fair warning. yes, and you have highlighted _ fair warning. yes, and you have highlighted it — fair warning. yes, and you have highlighted it to _ fair warning. yes, and you have highlighted it to a _ fair warning. yes, and you have highlighted it to a lot _ fair warning. yes, and you have highlighted it to a lot of - fair warning. yes, and you have | highlighted it to a lot of people, something like 900,000 views of your video, so thank you for talking to us. mairead stevens, thanks very much. ., ., us. mairead stevens, thanks very much. ., ,, us. mairead stevens, thanks very much. ., ~' , us. mairead stevens, thanks very much. ., ,, , . the candidates vying to succeed borisjohnson as the conservative party leader and prime minister clashed in last night's debate about how they would respond to the economic recession forecast for later this year by the bank of england. i'm joined now by by conservative peer and former editor in chief of the wall streetjournal europe, baroness patience wheatcroft. she is not a conservative, she is a crossbencher, aren't you? you are joining us now. i have put you on the wrong bunches. i was surprised to read that you had gone to the conservatives. you haven't, you're a crossbencher. i conservatives. you haven't, you're a crossbencher-_ crossbencher. i was a conservative and i crossbencher. i was a conservative and l resigned _ crossbencher. i was a conservative and i resigned from _ crossbencher. i was a conservative and i resigned from the _ crossbencher. i was a conservative l and i resigned from the conservative party before the last election because i did not want borisjohnson to be prime minister. ittfgl’ha because i did not want boris johnson to be prime minister.— to be prime minister. who do you want now. — to be prime minister. who do you want now, though? _ to be prime minister. who do you want now, though? of _ to be prime minister. who do you want now, though? of the - to be prime minister. who do you want now, though? of the two i to be prime minister. who do you i want now, though? of the two that we are left with. — want now, though? of the two that we are left with, l — want now, though? of the two that we are left with, i think _ want now, though? of the two that we are left with, i think rishi _ want now, though? of the two that we are left with, i think rishi sunak- are left with, i think rishi sunak would be preferable. i can't say i

am thrilled with the choice that a country is being offered. ittfgl’ha am thrilled with the choice that a country is being offered. who would ou have country is being offered. who would you have liked. _ country is being offered. who would you have liked, from _ country is being offered. who would you have liked, from the _ country is being offered. who would you have liked, from the original i you have liked, from the original group that we had before they were whittled down? was there anybody who you felt was qualified? i whittled down? was there anybody who you felt was qualified?— you felt was qualified? i think the best qualified _ you felt was qualified? i think the best qualified was _ you felt was qualified? i think the best qualified was probably i you felt was qualified? i think the best qualified was probably sajid| best qualified was probably sajid javid. he has had experience of several roles. but i'm really unhappy about the system that we have now got. so few people choose the person who is going to lead this country. it seems to me that we really need to revisit the whole system. it is crazy. but really need to revisit the whole system. it is crazy.— really need to revisit the whole system. it is crazy. but we are left with rishi sunak _ system. it is crazy. but we are left with rishi sunak and _ system. it is crazy. but we are left with rishi sunak and liz _ system. it is crazy. but we are left with rishi sunak and liz truss, i system. it is crazy. but we are left with rishi sunak and liz truss, as| with rishi sunak and liz truss, as you have said. why would anybody want this job at the moment? i mean, before we even knew there was a recession that was going to last probably the best part of the year, there were plenty of other problems they were going to have to solve. i think that is a very, very good

question because the one thing that i am clear about is that whoever gets this job, whether it is rishi sunak or liz truss, they are not going to have it for very long because there is no way i can see that they win the next election. iglgl’htgr that they win the next election. why not? because _ that they win the next election. why not? because in _ that they win the next election. why not? because in the _ that they win the next election. why not? because in the end, _ that they win the next election. why not? because in the end, very i that they win the next election. why | not? because in the end, very often, elections are — not? because in the end, very often, elections are lost, _ not? because in the end, very often, elections are lost, rather— not? because in the end, very often, elections are lost, rather than - not? because in the end, very often, elections are lost, rather than one, i elections are lost, rather than one, and by the time we get to the next election, which at the latest is going to be the very end of 202a, the economy will be what settles it. people will be feeling really, really depressed, they will be fed up really depressed, they will be fed up with the government and, as bill clinton said, it is the economy, stupid. clinton said, it is the economy, stu-id. �* ., ., clinton said, it is the economy, stu-id. ., ., stupid. but to what extent can any prime minister _ stupid. but to what extent can any prime minister turn _ stupid. but to what extent can any prime minister turn around - stupid. but to what extent can any prime minister turn around the i prime minister turn around the massive problems that we are facing in the economy? a lot of which are not necessarily even born out of what is going on in this country,

ardaythere are external shocks. h0. ardaythere are external shocks. no, ou are ardaythere are external shocks. ijr. you are absolutely right. the impact but any prime minister could have at this stage is limited, although i think the policies liz truss is coming out with would certainly make worse than they need to be and i think rishi sunak, although he is trying now to be all things to all people in tax, he is at least a bit more cautious. and he is right to be because we simply don't have the money to splash around. you will have noticed that neither of them have noticed that neither of them have talked about where there are savings to be made and that is because they really are very few areas in which there are savings to be made. in fact, we will need to spend a bit more to help people through what is going to be a really tough time. so there is very little that an individual prime minister could do in the next two years, which is why i am absolutely confident that the party will not win the next election. igtgfha confident that the party will not win the next election.— confident that the party will not win the next election. who is being most frank. — win the next election. who is being most frank, do _ win the next election. who is being most frank, do you _ win the next election. who is being most frank, do you think, - win the next election. who is being most frank, do you think, with i

win the next election. who is being most frank, do you think, with the | most frank, do you think, with the electorate? it often feels like maybe we don't want to hear the truth because it is uncomfortable or maybe we're just being infantilised by our political class? i maybe we're just being infantilised by our political class?— by our political class? i think rishi sunak _ by our political class? i think rishi sunak is _ by our political class? i think rishi sunak is coming - by our political class? i think rishi sunak is coming closer| by our political class? i think. rishi sunak is coming closer to telling the truth. and it is very difficult, given what the bank of england has now said about the state of the economy, the inevitable recession we are heading into the real slowdown in real incomes. you know, people are going to be feeling a great deal poorer. it is the worst state of affairs in many decades. and liz truss is telling us that with a few tax cuts and her bright ideas, everything could be so much better. that is simply not true. but in terms of — better. that is simply not true. but in terms of the people who get to choose, who is going to be the conservative party leader, and you have already said you don't like the way it is done, surely, a lot of them are going to like the idea of tax cuts? i mean, that is what the conservatives have traditionally stood for, low tax? filth.

conservatives have traditionally stood for, low tax?— conservatives have traditionally stood for, low tax? oh, they love the idea of— stood for, low tax? oh, they love the idea of tax _ stood for, low tax? oh, they love the idea of tax cuts. _ stood for, low tax? oh, they love the idea of tax cuts. what - stood for, low tax? oh, they love the idea of tax cuts. what they i the idea of tax cuts. what they don't like is how they are going to pay for them and if you ask any of them what they are prepared to seek out in order to pay for those tax cuts, i'm not sure they would have any bright ideas. they certainly wouldn't want to see spending on the nhs cut, for instance. as it is, we look likely to face a strike of junior doctors, we are short on nurses, the nhs desperately needs more cash, social care and more needs more cash, a lot of conservative voters are those who use the nhs disproportionately because they are older, they are concerned about social care, they need to start thinking about how thatis need to start thinking about how that is going to be paid for if liz truss is slashing taxes. and even if, as she says, she can actually come up with plans for improving the economy and bringing in growth, that will take time. she is promising immediate tax cuts and i don't see how she's going to pay for them. baroness patience wheatcroft,

crossbench peer... and i'm sorry we missed benched you earlier. thank you very much for talking to us. hat you very much for talking to us. not at all, you very much for talking to us. not at all. thanks _ you very much for talking to us. not at all. thanks a _ you very much for talking to us. ijrrt at all, thanks a lot, goodbye. sexual health charities and lgbt groups are urging the government to do more to tackle the monkeypox outbreak in the uk. in an open letter to the health secretary, they say without a quicker and wider vaccine rollout, the virus could become endemic. there have been more than 2,600 cases of monkeypox here, most of them among men who have sex with men. josh parry reports. queues like these have become a familiar sight at guy's and saint thomas hospital as thousands of gay and bisexual men line up to get vaccinated against monkeypox. so far the uk has given out more than 1a,000 of the jabs, which were originally designed to combat smallpox. they are targeting those most at risk and in areas with the highest numbers of cases. in the us, where numbers have grown rapidly, it's officially been declared a public health emergency. it's a very important signal to that community that all hands are on deck now with

regard to monkeypox, that everybody understands that this is a very high priority. and now sexual health charities and lgbt groups here have written to the government to ask that the uk does the same, warning that the disease could become endemic here if they don't. the great thing is that we have the tools in place, there is a vaccine for the monkeypox virus, so we have an opportunity to stop it in its tracks, to stop it from spreading and to stop it becoming any worse, but at the moment it doesn't seem like there is enough attention on the virus, so that opportunity is being missed. the department of health and social care says it's working rapidly to vaccinate those at greatest risk and that they are targeting the lgbtq+ community with messaging around the jab. there have been around 2,600 cases of monkeypox in the uk so far and around two thirds of those are in london. those outside the city who also believe themselves to be at risk have told the bbc they found it difficult to get vaccinated at smaller local clinics.

i completely support the fact that the vaccine is currently centred on london, given that is where given that is where the vast majority of cases are, but it massively ignores the fact that people are very mobile, especially people in these high risk groups. there is a lot of travelling between different cities in the uk. lots of my friends from london come up to manchester for the weekend. the uk is expected to get an extra 100,000 doses in september. those eager to get one are told to look for information about their local clinic online, with those at highest risk contacted when one is available. josh parry, bbc news. i'm joined by rachel walker, who is a community development worker for body positive, a sexual health charity based in chester that also provides services for lgbtq+ people. thank you very much forjoining us here on the bbc news channel. what has your experience been of getting a jab? mt; has your experience been of getting

a'ab? g, ., has your experience been of getting a'ab? ., , . a jab? my personal experience was that it was really _ a jab? my personal experience was that it was really quite _ a jab? my personal experience was that it was really quite easy. i i that it was really quite easy. i called our local sexual health clinic here in chester and they were really happy to book me in, so i'm getting my next week.— really happy to book me in, so i'm getting my next week. well, that is music to our _ getting my next week. well, that is music to our ears, _ getting my next week. well, that is music to our ears, but _ getting my next week. well, that is music to our ears, but not - getting my next week. well, that is. music to our ears, but not everybody is so lucky. why do you think it is proving difficult for so many people? i proving difficult for so many teo t le? ., , , proving difficult for so many tetole? ., , , , proving difficult for so many .eo .le? ~' , , , ., people? i think the issue is that across the _ people? i think the issue is that across the country _ people? i think the issue is that across the country there - people? i think the issue is that across the country there will i people? i think the issue is that across the country there will be | across the country there will be different demands in different areas, so if you are looking in big cities such as london, which has the majority of cases at the moment, about 75% of the cases, there is going to be a lot of demand, also in places like manchester and liverpool, but may be in towns it is not such a demand as that may be because the messages getting through to the people to go into the clinics to the people to go into the clinics to get thejob to the people to go into the clinics to get the job is done. to the people to go into the clinics to get thejob is done. t0 to the people to go into the clinics to get the job is done.— to get the “0b is done. to what extent to — to get the job is done. to what extent do we _ to get the job is done. to what extent do we need _ to get the job is done. to what extent do we need a _ to get the job is done. to what extent do we need a big - to get the job is done. to what i extent do we need a big national roll—out programme? there have been 2600 cases here, but in terms of sheer numbers we are used to seeing many, many people falling ill for the pandemic, aren't we? thankfully, the pandemic, aren't we? thankfully, the numbers are nowhere near that

high. the numbers are nowhere near that hith. , ., ., ., ., high. they are not at the moment, but this is our _ high. they are not at the moment, but this is our chance _ high. they are not at the moment, but this is our chance to _ high. they are not at the moment, but this is our chance to get - high. they are not at the moment, but this is our chance to get a i high. they are not at the moment, but this is our chance to get a grip | but this is our chance to get a grip on things, to get on top of it and if the messaging is great new and we are able to get the vaccine rolled out now, then we can prevent it becoming endemic and if we can't do that we are looking at moving out into the wider population, more people becoming infected and we also looking at health inequalities of gay, bisexual, men who have sex with men, that being exacerbated as well, so it is really important that we get the messages over to the people who are most at risk and then once we get them into the clinics we have got the vaccines to deliver to them. we know what a successful vaccine roll—out programme looks like. the government never tires of telling us about the covid vaccines, but when you look back to the experience in the 19805 around hiv, i mean, we have come a long way, but the same sorts of standards now need to be applied, don't they?— applied, don't they? yes, i lived throu~h

applied, don't they? yes, i lived through the _ applied, don't they? yes, i lived through the 80s, _ applied, don't they? yes, i lived through the 80s, so _ applied, don't they? yes, i lived through the 80s, so i _ applied, don't they? yes, i lived through the 80s, so i very - applied, don't they? yes, i lived through the 80s, so i very well. through the 805, so i very well remember the ignorance, or the rest of it and because i work in sexual health i'm still dealing with the ramifications of the poor messaging and stigmatisation that went out among a group of people, so what we are really keen to do is avoid the stigma this time and make it really clear that this is simply a health condition, we need people to take on board the messaging, but without any stigma that is going to prevent people being able to talk about it openly and stigmatisation is what really kills people in many areas, most especially sexual health and if you think about it anytime you have contact with another human you stand the risk of catching something, you can go to the supermarket and catch a cold off somebody, but that is not stigmatised. just because something is passed on through sexual contact does tend to carry a stigma, but monkeypox isn't even an sti, it is not its actual infection, just happens to occur where people have close contact, it is passed on through any kind of close contact, it could be sweating, sports, anything, but it is really important

we don't stigmatise the people who need the jab is the most. what we don't stigmatise the people who need the jab is the most. need the 'ab is the most. what would ou need the jab is the most. what would ou advise need the jab is the most. what would you advise to — need the jab is the most. what would you advise to someone _ need the jab is the most. what would you advise to someone watching - need the jab is the most. what would j you advise to someone watching this, thinking, i really need to go and get myself a jab, but it is not going to be that easy. haw get myself a jab, but it is not going to be that easy. how do they navi . ate going to be that easy. how do they navigate the _ going to be that easy. how do they navigate the system? _ going to be that easy. how do they navigate the system? the - going to be that easy. how do they navigate the system? the first - going to be that easy. how do they l navigate the system? the first thing they need to think about is how do they... inaudible na- inaudible na ., . ., , ., na get in touch with a sexual health clinic, _ na get in touch with a sexual health clinic, ask— na get in touch with a sexual health clinic, ask them - na get in touch with a sexual health clinic, ask them if - na get in touch with a sexual health clinic, ask them if they i na get in touch with a sexual. health clinic, ask them if they can book them in for a vaccine and they will be really happy to see them come in. my clinic was delighted i phoned up and had that conversation with them and that is what one we want people to do, to get themselves the vaccine, so it is really important people take that message on board and get in touch with their local clinic and take it from there. rachel walker, from body positive, thank you very much. and apologies for the little wobble of the sound towards the end. within the next hour,

a series of hosepipe bans will come into force, as a lack of rainfall continues to put pressure on water supplies. today's ban affects customers of southern water, but companies in other parts of the country are planning similar moves in the coming weeks. people who break the rules could receive a warning — or in extreme cases, a fine, as zoe conway reports. i've actually used the hosepipe more... 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. will follow the rules? 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.

southern water says it's investing £2 billion in its water network. so, we're fixing about 250 leaks a day at the moment and, you know, pipes run under where i'm standing right now, under offices, under houses, under roads, and so it's really quite difficult to find those leaks. so we've got more technology being deployed, we've got something called acoustic loggers, which can actually hear when there's a leak coming out of a pipe. but locals here feel they're being penalised for the water waste. 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 than1 million homes in kent and sussex will also have a ban enforced. and from 19th august, a hosepipe ban will be introduced in wales — in pembrokeshire and a small part of carmarthenshire. 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. zoe conway, bbc news. 0ur reporter, celestina olulode, is in hampshire, where that ban will come into effect in a few hours' time. celesti na celestina olulode? yes, i am in this ”oreous, celestina olulode? yes, i am in this gorgeous, glorious _ celestina olulode? yes, i am in this gorgeous, glorious spot _ celestina olulode? yes, i am in this gorgeous, glorious spot here - celestina olulode? yes, i am in this gorgeous, glorious spot here in - gorgeous, glorious spot here in totton, hampshire, as you said, and the reservoir behind me will be used

to provide local people with water if levels at the nearby river test continue to deplete. and this reservoir can contain up to 270 million litres of water. i should say, though, that levels are a bit lower at the moment and they should be for this time of the year. crucially, though, we are not in a drought, but that doesn't mean that some people who have been changing the way they do things, farmers, for example, some of them recording crop losses, others harvesting early and as you heard in that package earlier on, you heard there that this won't be the only part of the country that hosepipe ban will come into effect. they will be other parts of the country as well and just in the last hour we have heard from thames water, who of course look after london and oxfordshire and they said that whilst it is not uncommon for the river thames to be dry in the

summer, it to only be seeing the river flowing five miles downstream is unprecedented, so you really do get a sense of some of the challenges, some water companies are facing. i do want to reiterate, though, what was said in that news package again in terms of criticism here. in the last few minutes i did speak to some local people and they said that really southern water should be doing more to fix leaks and sewage issues here. on the other side there, you have got the river trust, who say that really this is all a bit too late to come into effect. now, the van, of course, if you are found to be ignoring it, you could be fined up to £1000. but interestingly the residents i have just spoken to say that they are definitely not going to tell the neighbours. definitely not going to tell the neighbours-— definitely not going to tell the neiuhbours. , ., ., ., ~ neighbours. celestina olulode, thank ou ve neighbours. celestina olulode, thank you very much- _ neighbours. celestina olulode, thank you very much. celestina _ neighbours. celestina olulode, thank

you very much. celestina olulode - you very much. celestina olulode therein totton in hampshire. let's speak to caroline loup, she is a garden designer who is also based in hampshire, where the hosepipe ban is coming into force. and you are seeing a lot of gardens already suffering? seeing a lot of gardens already sufferin: ? ~ ,,., , ., , suffering? absolutely, the gardens are parched — suffering? absolutely, the gardens are parched and _ suffering? absolutely, the gardens are parched and dry _ suffering? absolutely, the gardens are parched and dry and _ suffering? absolutely, the gardens are parched and dry and the - suffering? absolutely, the gardens are parched and dry and the plants| are parched and dry and the plants are parched and dry and the plants are really screaming through the lack of water that we are currently experiencing with the heat and the drought weather. you experiencing with the heat and the drought weather.— experiencing with the heat and the drought weather. you live, i think, where the river _ drought weather. you live, i think, where the river test _ drought weather. you live, i think, where the river test rises, - drought weather. you live, i think, where the river test rises, so - drought weather. you live, i think, where the river test rises, so how| where the river test rises, so how necessary do you believe the ban is? well, ifeel very necessary do you believe the ban is? well, i feel very connected to the river test because our garden literally overlooks the river and we are incredibly fortunate to be so close, so really abiding by the ban and protecting the precious habitat is something that, to me, is really important. and i think these precious rivers, the chalk stream rivers, the river test and others locally, the habitats are really unique to this part of hampshire and

if people can really follow the ban, it is going to make a huge difference. it it is going to make a huge difference.— it is going to make a huge difference. ., ~' , , ., ~' difference. it makes you think, thou~h, difference. it makes you think, though. but — difference. it makes you think, though, but what _ difference. it makes you think, though, but what you - difference. it makes you think, though, but what you are - difference. it makes you think, - though, but what you are planting? if we are heading for dry weather in the summer in future, what would you suggest? the summer in future, what would you su~est? �* , the summer in future, what would you su~est? ~ , , ., suggest? absolutely, so planting lants like suggest? absolutely, so planting plants like avena, _ suggest? absolutely, so planting plants like avena, grasses, - suggest? absolutely, so planting i plants like avena, grasses, anything that really doesn't need much water to thrive, but notjust about choosing your plants carefully it is about taking care when when you're planting, how you're planting, so when we plant, at the right time of year, in springtime or in autumn, and really planted with lots of organic matter and mulching really deeply, so that what water we do have we look in to really give the plants a good start so that they can really grow and get established before the dry weather kicks in. find

before the dry weather kicks in. and lants before the dry weather kicks in. and plants close — before the dry weather kicks in. and plants close together, so that you have not got bare soil where there can be evaporation?— have not got bare soil where there can be evaporation? absolutely, yes. and bein: can be evaporation? absolutely, yes. and being really _ can be evaporation? absolutely, yes. and being really careful— can be evaporation? absolutely, yes. and being really carefulwith... - can be evaporation? absolutely, yes. and being really carefulwith... if- and being really careful with... if you are exposing soil and you are absolutely exposing the soil for evaporation, but it is amazing what will sell seed, even in this dry weather. so don't be tempted to cut things back or to read at this time because it is actually going to make the situation harder. just hold back and do that essential tidying in the coming weeks, when hopefully there will be some rain and the temperatures will be cooler. you mentioned _ temperatures will be cooler. you mentioned vabena. i have a variety of vabena coming overfrom my neighbour's gardening huge numbers, i am really fortunate, i have pinched them, but speaking of my neighbours, they drain their bath

water to use it on the plants. how thrifty do think we're going to have to be in future? i thrifty do think we're going to have to be in future?— to be in future? i am already -auttin to be in future? i am already putting my — to be in future? i am already putting my washing - to be in future? i am already putting my washing up - to be in future? i am already putting my washing up water to be in future? i am already i putting my washing up water on to be in future? i am already - putting my washing up water on my parts. i harvest water in water buts, even keep, i have a sort of water storage unit under our terrace, which is something that, if people are doing building work, they might want to think about putting in water harvesting techniques as a matter of course. but i think, more essentially, the more we can think about plants which don't rely on as much water as we have had in the past and you can still create a beautiful garden with plants that are drought resistant.— beautiful garden with plants that are drought resistant. well, i have 'ust made are drought resistant. well, i have just made a _ are drought resistant. well, i have just made a list _ are drought resistant. well, i have just made a list of— are drought resistant. well, i have just made a list of the _ are drought resistant. well, i have just made a list of the ones - are drought resistant. well, i have just made a list of the ones you i just made a list of the ones you mentioned, sol just made a list of the ones you mentioned, so i shall be buying those. caroline loup, thank you very much for talking to us.—

the family of 12—year—old archie battersbee, who's been unconscious since april, have lost a high court attempt to have him transferred to a hospice to die. his mother had said she wanted her son to be in a hospice to say a peaceful goodbye — but doctors warned that there was significant risk in moving him because his condition is unstable. archie battersbee's family have now applied to the court of appeal to appeal that decision. 0ur correspondent helena wilkinson gave us this update. yes, i have spoken to the judiciary press office, who have made, who have confirmed that the court of appeal has now received an application on behalf a archie battersbee's family to seek permission to appeal that earlier hearing, thatjudgment that we heard earlier here at the high court, where a judge ruled that the family could not transfer 12—year—old archie battersbee from the royal london hospital, where he is being treated for nearly four months, to a hospice. that was the parents, the family's wish, that archie battersbee, who doctors say is brain dead, who needs life support and has

been on life support for nearly four months, his family wanted him to have his last hours in a hospice, but that was refused by a judge earlier on here today. the family tried to seek permission to appeal that decision, but the judge refused that and now the legal case continues here because the family have now, we know, put an application into the court of appeal for permission to appeal that earlier hearing. in terms of what happens next, well, there are a number of options, really. thejudge could look at the application made on behalf of archie battersbee's parents. that could be refused on paper, or that could lead to a hearing which, given the urgency of this case, that could take place potentially here at the court this afternoon, so we will wait and see what happens with that application by archie battersbee's family.

they are now trying to seek permission to appeal that earlier hearing — judgment, rather — here at the high court. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hi there. with those talks of hose pipe bands, the question is, when will it rain across the south? the rain is about ten days away, if not two weeks. tonight we do have rain coming in across scotland, by the end of the night it'll be turning damp here. otherwise we've still got that fresh air, not human at all, a comfortable night's sleep, timbers 8-12 c. comfortable night's sleep, timbers 8—12 c. tomorrow, rain for scotland to come across northern ireland and england, the cloud pops up for the odd shower, though many places will stay dry. the best of the sunshine in southern england, and your temperatures very similar to what we've had over the last few days.

sunday's whether the micro weather shows rain but no huge amounts, and a clause dashing across england and wales... if anything it gets warmer, temperatures 21 celsius in aberdeen, 27 in london. into next week it gets hottest with the hottest areas moving into the low 305. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... a5 inflation heads to 13%. as inflation heads to 13%. we are auoin to as inflation heads to 13%. we are going to see _ as inflation heads to 13%. we are going to see a — as inflation heads to 13%. we are going to see a couple _ as inflation heads to 13%. we are going to see a couple years, - as inflation heads to 13%. we are going to see a couple years, not| going to see a couple years, not just one year, but this year and next year where household incomes and real terms are squeezed much more severely than we've seen in other times before since the second world war. the other times before since the second

world war. .., ., , ., ., , world war. the economy dominates the latest conservative _ world war. the economy dominates the latest conservative leadership _ latest conservative leadership debate as contenders liz truss and rishi sunak clashed over how to deal with the threat of a looming recession. the first in a series of hose pipe bands comes into forces afternoon after the driestjuly in 80 years. parents of 12—year—old archie battersbee have lost their legal battle to transfer him to hospice. doctors say moving him is risky because his condition is unstable. a big increase in the doctors and nurses joining the unstable. a big increase in the doctors and nursesjoining the nhs england from overseas. sport now — and for a full round—up, from the commonwealth games in birmingham, here's chetan. from the commonwealth games good afternoon. from the commonwealth games we from the commonwealth games start with home n. success. for the second time this week, team scotland have provided the oldest commonwealth games gold medallist in history. we told you about 72—year—old rosemary lenton in the para—bowls earlier this week. her record's now been broken by 75—year—old george miller, who this afternoon won the final

of the b2/b3 mixed pairs bowls. miller is director for visually impaired bowler melanie innes who, along with robert barr and his director, sarahjane ewing, beat wales 16—9 to take gold. welshman gordon llewellyn — who's also 75, but five months younger than miller — had to settle for silver. incredible, i never believed i could possibly happen, but we worked really hard and we've managed to win all our games. so yeah, really brilliant. ., ., all our games. so yeah, really brilliant. ., . , brilliant. you are definitely the dominant team, _ brilliant. you are definitely the dominant team, not _ brilliant. you are definitely the dominant team, not only - brilliant. you are definitely the dominant team, not only are l brilliant. you are definitely the l dominant team, not only are you brilliant. you are definitely the - dominant team, not only are you the commonwealth champion, but now the oldest, most senior commonwealth champion in history, taking that title from your team—mate rosemary. i think rosemary is quite pleased. it's great, — i think rosemary is quite pleased. it's great, it's fantastic. a year ago. _ it's great, it's fantastic. a year ago. never— it's great, it's fantastic. a year ago, never dreamed of being here.

got a _ ago, never dreamed of being here. got a phone — ago, never dreamed of being here. got a phone call and nearly fell off the chair. — got a phone call and nearly fell off the chair, to be honest. here we are, _ the chair, to be honest. here we are, and — the chair, to be honest. here we are, and where will be go from here? england are guaranteed at least silver, after reaching the final of women's triples. and amy phaorah and sophie tolchard here have reached the final of the women's pairs, after beating india. jack laugher got his second commonwealth diving than 2a hours for england, as he and his partner anthony harding won the synchronised 3m springboard title. they sealed it in style with a 3.9 difficulty — the forward two and a half somersaults with three twists. iis 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, australia bronze. scotland's ross beattie and james heatly finished fourth. obviously two golds is amazing. what me and tony wanted to take from this was to get another good performance under our belt. tony achieved that, i still have things to improve on. i had a really bad night's 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 a great synchro final was pretty good. not bad after a bad night's sleep. it'll be a slightly quieter night of athletics ahead of a bumper weekend, but there are still medals to be won today at the alexander stadium. and earlier we saw scotland's laura muir, chasing her first commonwealth medal, reach sunday's final of the 1,500 metres. our correspondent laura scott is there for us. arguably the most high profile athlete in action this morning was scotland's laura mir, who was going

at the 1500 metre heat and she qualified fresh from winning bronze in the world championships over a fortnight ago. i must say laura didn't do anything more than she had to this morning, she knew she had to get into the top five to automatically make the final, and she finished in fifth. but she says she's feeling really good. she be joined by four other athletes representing the home nations in sunday's final, but she also goes in tomorrow's 800 metre final. she says if she was able to come away with not just one if she was able to come away with notjust one but does max —— two medals, it would be special. we had other teams from team england competing in the long jump final, including jasmine sawyers. then earlier on, we had sidney semper who won her heat in the women's earlier on, we had sidney semper who won her heat in the women'5100 metres hurdle to qualify for the final. she turned 28 today, and the crowd here at the alexander stadium joined in a rendition of "happy

birthday " for her. those highlights will not be medal events, but the 200 metres semifinal for both the men and women which will give the crowd here at the alexander stadium and another chance to see the fastest woman in the world, jamaica's elaine thompson harrah. but their medal to be one as well, including the women's triple jump final and the women's 3000 metre chase final. it might be the sprinting that gets the action going here at the alexander stadium. back to you. here at the alexander stadium. back to ou. ., ., here at the alexander stadium. back to ou. . . ., here at the alexander stadium. back to ou. . ., ., ~ here at the alexander stadium. back to ou. . . ., . ~ that's all the sport for now. you can watch that women's triple bowls on iplayer, the beach volleyball, it's quarterfinals day there, incredible scenes, head over to the iplayer if you want that. more for you in the next hour, but back to you. thank you very much.

breaking news to bring you now, we are hearing from the unite union again, we are hearing about a strike that might happen at a port later on in the months, but this has to do with london bus drivers, over 1600 london bus drivers are set to take strike action in a dispute over pay, according to the uk unite union. we were also expecting eight days of strike action from unite members at felixstowe from 21 august for eight days. but london's bus drivers do to take strike action. we haven't got dates yet as to when that will happen, but it's hot on the heels of quite a few train strikes which have affected public transport across the country over the last few months. we

are not doing the conservative party leadership race? let's turn our attention to the middle east now and speak in a second to our correspondent they are. israel has launched multiple air strikes from the gaza strip, killing the leader of the group islamichhad. the palestinian health minister says eight people were killed, including a five—year—old child. over a0 people were injured. speaking afterwards, the israeli prime minister said his government wouldn't allow terror organisations to set the agenda in the gaza strip. let's speech our correspondent now who's injerusalem. tell us more about what's been happening they? this all began in just the last couple hours, we are now hearing eight palestinians have been killed in the gaza strip, about half of those seem to be members of islamic jihad, including a senior commander

from islamichhad, someone in charge of groups across the gaza strip. there have been several israeli air strikes against gaza, they say they are attacking specifically islamichhad sites. there was a loud explosion in gaza city, a lot of smoke that poured out of a high—rise building they're called the palestine tower. that is where some of these deaths happened, and that really has caused a lot of shock for people. it comes after days of threats by islamichhad against israel. this followed the arrest of one of its senior leaders inside the west bank. it said it would retaliate for that, and life has come to a sort of lockdown, to some extent, in the south of israel in the past few days with a lot of roadblocks imposed by the israeli authorities who have been really worried about some kind of retaliation by islamichhad. that's

what led to that statement by the israeli prime minister, basically saying they could not be allowed to set the agenda and threaten israeli citizens. islamichhad has come out with a very defiant statement this evening, saying there are no red lines for this battle, tel aviv will be under the rockets of the resistance, indicating that after the funeral of this militant commander who will be buried in gaza at the great mosque, there will be rocket fire, and revenge is said to be started after the burial. that sets us up for a potential retaliation by israel. children have been killed? certainly the death toll _ children have been killed? certainly

the death toll will _ children have been killed? certainly the death toll will cause _ children have been killed? certainly the death toll will cause a _ the death toll will cause a response. islamichhad is the second biggest militant group in the gaza strip, the first is hamas which governs gaza. so it's the response of hamas that is key with the islamichhad statement, it's looking to support from other armed groups to come out in retaliation to what has just happened, the launch of this new israeli military operation in gaza, but there'll be a lot of pressure on egypt is always a mediator between the groups, and now israel considers hamas to be a terrorist group. so egypt will now be working behind the scenes to try and contain this, and a lot depends on what could be brokered to try to calm this down.— on what could be brokered to try to calm this down.

the candidates vying to succeed borisjohnson as the conservative party leader and prime minister, clashed in last night's debate about how they would respond to the economic recession forecast for later this year by the bank of england. and in latest news a video published by the new statesman suggests mr sunak telling grassroots tories in royal tunbridge wells in kent last week that he'd changed funding formulas to ensure "areas like this are getting the funding they deserve." i'll manage to start changing - the funding formulas to make sure that areas like this are getting j the funding that they deserve. because we inherited a bunch - of formulas from the labour party that shuffled all the funding into deprived urban areas —| and that needed to be done, - i started the work of undoing that. with me is the director of the young conservative network who supports rishi sunak, george holt. and another young conservative member who supports liz truss, reem ibrahim. good to have you both on the bbc news channel this afternoon. george, you've been doing some polling, how are the numbers look? it’s

you've been doing some polling, how are the numbers look?— are the numbers look? it's still very split _ are the numbers look? it's still very split amongst _ are the numbers look? it's still very split amongst the - are the numbers look? it's still very split amongst the young i very split amongst the young conservatives, there's no clear winner. this week i'll be very curious to see who young conservatives are supporting because there still seems to be a high amount of uncertainty. haifa there still seems to be a high amount of uncertainty. how do you account for— amount of uncertainty. how do you account for the _ amount of uncertainty. how do you account for the fact _ amount of uncertainty. how do you account for the fact that _ amount of uncertainty. how do you account for the fact that rishi - account for the fact that rishi sunak is doing quite well amongst the younger members, but your preference is for liz truss and she overall seems to be ahead? absolutely, i think liz truss represents the more free—market right—wing portion of the conservative party, and i think that young people tend to be more pragmatic and conservative in their views of what we should have. i think the conservative party need to have more ideals and principles, i think liz truss has the most principles over rishi sunak. irate think liz truss has the most principles over rishi sunak. we were 'ust lookin: principles over rishi sunak. we were just looking at _ principles over rishi sunak. we were just looking at that _ principles over rishi sunak. we were just looking at that video _ principles over rishi sunak. we were just looking at that video being - just looking at that video being released, george, how damaging do you think that rishi sunak is saying he wants to direct more money towards a place like tunbridge

wells, which tends to be affluent and away from more deprived areas? i represent the royal area of my local council, and i can tell you for a fact there is more we can do for rural areas. when rishi sunak becomes prime minister, all wholeheartedly welcome that funding for royal areas. the idea that this funding exists only for urban areas is a myth. levelling up doesn't work if you don't level up the whole country. i look forward to that funding coming to areas like kent. how damaging do you think this video is to rishi sunak? l how damaging do you think this video is to rishi sunak?— is to rishi sunak? i think it's awful, is to rishi sunak? i think it's awful. it _ is to rishi sunak? i think it's awful, it shows _ is to rishi sunak? i think it's awful, it shows that - is to rishi sunak? i think it's awful, it shows that he - is to rishi sunak? i think it's awful, it shows that he has i awful, it shows that he has absolutely no principles, he's from absolutely no principles, he's from a very— absolutely no principles, he's from a very wealthy family, he doesn't understand what everyday people go through _ understand what everyday people go through. when you compare to liz truse— through. when you compare to liz truss who — through. when you compare to liz truss who grew up from leeds, got into a _ truss who grew up from leeds, got into a state — truss who grew up from leeds, got into a state comprehensive school, as well, _ into a state comprehensive school, as well, they come from very different— as well, they come from very different backgrounds. i think this

shows_ different backgrounds. i think this shows how out of touch rishi sunak is. ,, . ~' shows how out of touch rishi sunak is. she did talk about how her time in school in — is. she did talk about how her time in school in leeds _ is. she did talk about how her time in school in leeds pushed - is. she did talk about how her time in school in leeds pushed her- in school in leeds pushed her towards politics — but she was at school during the conservative era? i went to a state cover hints of school, — i went to a state cover hints of school, i— i went to a state cover hints of school, i think liz truss represents those _ school, i think liz truss represents those people that really believe in the individual and the hard work... she was— the individual and the hard work... she was complaining about the state of the education system, it was a time when the conservatives were in power. time when the conservatives were in ower. �* . ., time when the conservatives were in lower. �* . ., , time when the conservatives were in ower. ~ .. , ., ., power. and we can still want reform, we can believe _ power. and we can still want reform, we can believe in _ power. and we can still want reform, we can believe in the _ power. and we can still want reform, we can believe in the conservative i we can believe in the conservative party— we can believe in the conservative party in _ we can believe in the conservative party in its — we can believe in the conservative party in its current form and it isn't the — party in its current form and it isn't the way we like it to be in an ideal_ isn't the way we like it to be in an ideal world — isn't the way we like it to be in an ideal world-— isn't the way we like it to be in an idealworld. ~ . �* , , ., ., ideal world. what's your view of liz truss's blue _ ideal world. what's your view of liz truss's blue on _ ideal world. what's your view of liz truss's blue on blue _ ideal world. what's your view of liz truss's blue on blue attacks, - ideal world. what's your view of liz truss's blue on blue attacks, as - truss's blue on blue attacks, as they are described, george? one of them has to become the leader. ana; them has to become the leader. any form of blue — them has to become the leader. in; form of blue on blue attack is never good news, and itjust makes it that bit harder to unite at the end of

this contest. at the end, this contest, there will be one leader, one candidate and the others how to get behind them. we have changed the course of the debate, they'd been unhappy with how it's taking place so far. ~ ., ., ,, ~' , so far. what do you think they should be _ so far. what do you think they should be focusing _ so far. what do you think they should be focusing on, - so far. what do you think they i should be focusing on, george? so far. what do you think they - should be focusing on, george? this should be focusing on, george? this should be focusing on, george? this should be a — should be focusing on, george? “in 3 should be a battle of ideas, not personalities and quick gotchas. hagar personalities and quick gotchas. how do ou personalities and quick gotchas. how do you answer— personalities and quick gotchas. how do you answer the charge that liz truss is all about the photo opportunity? we seen her in a tank, in an orchard holding an apple, some people have said it's politics cosplay. l people have said it's politics cosla . ~ , ., , people have said it's politics cosla. ~m ., , ., , ., cosplay. i think she deafly wants to show that she _ cosplay. i think she deafly wants to show that she has _ cosplay. i think she deafly wants to show that she has some _ cosplay. i think she deafly wants to show that she has some kind - cosplay. i think she deafly wants to show that she has some kind of. show that she has some kind of personality —— definitely. she's a natural— personality —— definitely. she's a natural communicator, she wants to show— natural communicator, she wants to show people she has the charisma that it _ show people she has the charisma that it takes to win a general election. _ that it takes to win a general election, at the end of the day we as conservatives want to win the next general election. rishi sunak

has taken — next general election. rishi sunak has taken his photo opportunities, as well~ _ has taken his photo opportunities, as well. , ., ., , ., as well. george, how wise would it be for rishi sunak _ as well. george, how wise would it be for rishi sunak to _ as well. george, how wise would it be for rishi sunak to step - as well. george, how wise would it be for rishi sunak to step down . be for rishi sunak to step down if liz truss really is as far ahead in the polls as it appears?- liz truss really is as far ahead in the polls as it appears? there would be a very silly _ the polls as it appears? there would be a very silly idea. _ the polls as it appears? there would be a very silly idea. no _ the polls as it appears? there would be a very silly idea. no matter- the polls as it appears? there would be a very silly idea. no matter what| be a very silly idea. no matter what you think of rishi sunak, and hopefully you will agree on this, the membership deserves a genuine choice of who they are voting for. it's good to have you both on the programme this afternoon. thank you for your time. programme this afternoon. thank you for your time-— a former local radio dj has been warned he faces jail after being found guilty of waging a relentless stalking campaign against broadcasters including the radio 2 presenterjeremy vine. ex—bbc presenter alex belfield was not accused of physically

stalking the complainants. instead, he made youtube videos about them, posted messages on social media, and sent emails either to them or about them. let's speak to our correspondent, emily anderson. remind us of the background to this, it reaches back quite a few years? it certainly does, the court held that alex belfield made videos about the complainants, posted messages on social media and sent e—mails either to them or about them. after a four—week trial, the jury at nottingham crown court today found alex belfield guilty of causing serious alarm and distrusted to victims. he was also convicted of simple stalking in relation to philip to hanging and the broadcasterjeremy vine. the court heard mrjeremy vine faced a hurl of abuse online after the accusation of theft of £1000. the bbc donated that some to a memorial fund set honour the friend of a broadcaster. during the friend of a broadcaster. during the trial, jeremy fine told jurors,

this is not a regular troll here, this is not a regular troll here, this is not a regular troll here, this is thejimmy savile of trolling —— jeremy vine. alex belfield told the court he was part of a witch hunt by the bbc. he told jurors he had legitimate reasons for his online communications. today the crown prosecution service said belfield claimed this was a bbc prosecution, but this was not the case, these were criminal proceedings. the former bbc presenter was found not guilty of stalking charges in relation to four bbc employees. belfield has been granted bail and is due to be sentenced at nottingham crown court on 16 september. what sentenced at nottingham crown court on 16 september.— on 16 september. what sort of tariff miaht he on 16 september. what sort of tariff might he get? _ on 16 september. what sort of tariff might he get? it's _ on 16 september. what sort of tariff might he get? it's unclear _ on 16 september. what sort of tariff might he get? it's unclear at - on 16 september. what sort of tariff might he get? it's unclear at the - might he get? it's unclear at the moment what — might he get? it's unclear at the moment what he'll _ might he get? it's unclear at the moment what he'll get. - might he get? it's unclear at the moment what he'll get. the - might he get? it's unclear at the l moment what he'll get. the judge gave little or nothing away after the guilty verdicts came in. what he did say was that he needed to look at presentence reports. he was also looking at other contributing factors, as well. obviously belfield was found guilty of for offences but

not guilty of for other offences, and we've been told due to a backlog of cases, his case won't be heard until 16 september.— of cases, his case won't be heard until 16 september. thank you very much, until 16 september. thank you very much. emily- _ a giant mechanical bull which became the star of the commonwealth games opening ceremony is set to stay in birmingham. the 10m sculpture which has been on display in centernary square had been due to be dismantled at the end of the games, but following a public outcry, the council has confirmed it will now become a permanent attraction in the city. 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. time for a look at the weather forecast with chris. still in a cold

sweat trying to pronounce that last ice volcano, hopefully this is more straightforward. lots of dry weather again across southern areas of england and wales, walking tractor spotted this combine harvester gathering the crops in norfolk. we seen a few shower clouds here and there, one of which moves across the skies of lincolnshire. especially with hose pipe bands being enforced, when will the next rain? it'll probably stay dry for the next ten days across southern parts of england and wales, with a dry spell, the prolonged dry spell could last as long as two weeks. either way there is no significant rain for a long time to come. overnight tonight, there's a bit of rain coming into the northwest of scotland, but that's not where we are desperately in need of the rain. temperatures 8—12 c, the humidity is low at the moment so a fresh field to the weather, quite a pleasant night's sleep tomorrow. most of us will have a dry day but for

scotland, some rain at times, heaviest across shetland. the cloud could pop up... but otherwise it sees a dry day with temperatures very similar to those we've had over recent days. high teens to the north of the uk, temperatures as high as 25 towards england. the commonwealth games in birmingham will continue with that fine run of weather, some perfect conditions. the second half of the weekend, a threat of rain for scotland but no great amount. and away from that rain area, another dry day with plenty of sunny spells around. starting to get warmer, 21 celsius for aberdeen, 25 for cardiff, and highs of 20 ones —— 27 celsius. next week, this area of high pressure dominates further and will increasingly flexed its muscles across the uk, keeping weather fronts at bay and boosting

temperatures, so it set to get warmer if not hot. over the last several days across scotland and northern ireland, next week it looks completely dry. sunny spells and temperatures widely low to the mid—205. and from further south, it becomes quite hot again with temperatures reaching into the 305 for london and cardiff, the hottest weather could see temperatures towards the middle of next week hitting about 33 celsius. so more hot weather around the corner but no significant rain in sight. that's the latest.

this is bbc news. iamjane i amjane hill. the headlines: a hosepipe ban hasjust come into force for southern water customers in hampshire and the isle of wight. those who break the rules could face a fine of up to £1,000. there's been a big increase in the proportion of doctors and nursesjoining the nhs in england from overseas. the bank of england rejects accusations from the government that it was too slow to raise interest rates, as inflation heads to 13%. the parents of 12—year—old archie battersbee have lost their legal attempt to transfer him to a hospice. doctors say moving him is risky because his condition is unstable. 75—year—old george miller becomes the oldest commonwealth games gold medallist in history, as scotland defeated wales in the final of the b2/b3 mixed pairs bowls.