this is bbc news. lam shaun i am shaun ley. the headlines at 7.00pm: the hosepipe bans are in place across the isle of wight and hampshire, more areas to follow. the family of archie battersbee who is a high court bid to transport him to a hospice before he dies. the nhs warns that the overseas recruitment is unsustainable. we speak to some who have arrived. i is unsustainable. we speak to some who have arrived.— is unsustainable. we speak to some who have arrived. i told myself, you know what? — who have arrived. i told myself, you know what? this _ who have arrived. i told myself, you know what? this is _ who have arrived. i told myself, you know what? this is your _ who have arrived. i told myself, you know what? this is your dream, - know what? this is your dream, settle down, you will get this done. the latest —— a leak from the new statement shows that rishi sunak...

and a brit becomes the oldest commonwealth games bulbs medallist in history at the tender age of 75. some of the uk's best—known commentators dread me to discuss the lady returned and the lady who did not. dateline london in half an hour's time on bbc news. hello and if you have justjoined us, welcome to bbc news. we begin this hour with the first of a series of hosepipe bans which come into force today... ..following the driestjuly in england since 1935. in the areas affected, people won't be allowed to use

hosepipes to water plants and lawns, to clean cars or to fill paddling pools. it follows the driestjuly in england since 1935. today's ban affects customers of southern water in hampshire and the isle of wight. people who break the rules could receive a warning — or in extreme cases a fine of up to £1,000. about1 million south east water customers in kent and sussex will face measures from next friday. companies in other parts of the country are planning similar moves in the coming weeks. 0ur correspondent, zoe conway, reports from hampshire, where the ban has just come into effect. i'll do the beans. have you got some water? for malcolm and gill prince, their allotment is about so much more than a place to grow vegetables and flowers. it's peace, and it's well—being for myself. and for malcolm, i think. they used to water their veg once a week using a hose. now it's all about the heavy lifting. banged my head! while they are both willing to do their bit to conserve water, gill is concerned that

southern water is wasting too much water through lea ks. we report a leak and nothing is done for weeks and weeks and weeks. and that was a substantial leak that we had. and that is the bit that i find really difficult, that you can't get anywhere. southern water says the hosepipe ban is to protect local rivers and their precious habitats from the effects of a drought. but it's losing on average 95 million litres of water a day through leaks, the equivalent of 38 olympic size swimming pools. we absolutely have got to fix all of those leaks because we've got a part to play, as well as our customers. so we are fixing around 250 leaks every single week across the whole of the region. and we are actually asking customers to report leaks to us so we can get out and fix them even faster. but these leaks often occur underneath schools, underneath houses, underneath roads, so they are quite difficult to get to. gardeners are being advised

they don'tjust need to adapt to this summer's weather. they need to adapt to a changing climate. my top tips for this hot, dry weather is to switch over to drought—tolerant plants like these lovely echinacea we have here. to make sure that in the winter and the spring that you capture as much rainwater in your water buttes, and the best times for watering, and it really does make a difference, is to water later, late in the evening or in the early morning. those found flouting the ban could be fined £1,000, and water companies want people to keep an eye on each other�*s water usage. but was so weak on my reporting. celestina 0lulode has been giving us the latest from hampshire, where the ban came into effect this evening. if you are a southern water customer —— a southern water customer in this area, in parts of hampshire and the isle of wight, you could face a maximum fine of £1000 if you're

caught with a hosepipe in this area. where i am stood at the moment, you will see behind me a reservoir that could be used to provide local people here with water, if the levels at the nearby river test continue to deplete. this reservoir can hold up to 270 million litres of water and i should say that at the moment levels here are a little bit lower than they should actually be, but strictly speaking, as you have heard, we are not actually in a good drought, but that hasn't stopped some people changing the way they work. farmers, for example, some of them harvesting earlier and others having to look at how they deal with crops that have failed as a result of all this. now, i should also say as well that, as you heard in that package, there has been some criticism. a lot of criticism, actually, towards southern water

from local people here. interestingly, i spoke to a couple earlier on and they said that if they caught their neighbour with a hosepipe, they would not let the water company know, so that is something very interesting there. and, as we have also heard, this isn't the only part of the country that will introduce a hosepipe ban. in the last couple of hours we have heard from thames water. they look after and supply london, 0xfordshire and they have said that whilst it is not uncommon for the river thames to be dry at this time of the year, to only be seeing the river flowing five miles downstream is unprecedented. so that really does give you a sense of the challenge that some water companies face. interestingly, water uk, which represents the uk's water industry, says that hosepipe bans normally only reduce water usage by around 10%, so it is calling for other measures to be brought in. on the

other hand, though, if you have the rivers trust, who say this is all coming in a bit late.— coming in a bit late. celestina 0lulode reporting _ coming in a bit late. celestina 0lulode reporting from - coming in a bit late. celestina - 0lulode reporting from hampshire. martin baxter, deputy chief executive of the institute of environmental management and assessment, the professional body for those in the environment industry, says he has some tips on ways we can all save water. the first ti- ways we can all save water. the first tip is _ ways we can all save water. the first tip is i _ ways we can all save water. the first tip is i would _ ways we can all save water. tue: first tip is i would encourage everybody to not wait for hosepipe bans to stop using hosepipes. i would encourage everybody to take action now, so for example whether it is the people in wales and pembrokeshire or in the south—east water region, i would encourage them to not use their hosepipe now and not wait for the bans to be introduced next week. beyond that, having a shower, rather than a bath, uses a lot less water, spending less time in the shower also significantly helps. i think as well making sure that when you are using your dishwasher or your washing machine, full loads all the time

because that means the water that you do use goes a lot further. then if you have things like dripping taps or a loser that has a leaking cistern, and get those fixed because that really adds up. so there are things that people can do and obviously then i would encourage people who have gardens and have water buts, clearly, the example here is at home, where at the moment they are empty, but when it does rain you can capture that and use it, so there are many different things people can do to be part of the solution to the challenges we face in terms of how we deal with our water resources.— face in terms of how we deal with our water resources. martin baxter there. we our water resources. martin baxter there- we will — our water resources. martin baxter there. we will find _ our water resources. martin baxter there. we will find out _ our water resources. martin baxter there. we will find out how- our water resources. martin baxter there. we will find out how this - there. we will find out how this story and all the others are covered into my�*s front pages, doubtless more photographs of dry and cracked roads and areas around reservoirs. those ever thinning ones, and also the story you will is seen today about the source of the river thames drying up, probably that will be on

the front pages. drilling into the night to discuss that are the journalists on the screen. a political corresponded at the guardian and an editor. always great sources to give the background to the stories in that period of time as well. let me bring you some breaking news on archie battersbee's family. they have now applied to the european court of human rights, after losing their latest legal bid to have him moved to a hospice. they are challenging the high court ruling which was made today. that has all come from a campaign organisation christian concern. archie battersbee's parents are both practising christians and this is the group that is actually involved with that. let's talk now to matt cole, our correspondent, who has been following the story for the last couple of days. this ruling today, tell us about that first.

yes, we got the judgment this morning from the high court. that was after a mammoth hearing yesterday. that was seven hours, concluded at 10:30pm last night. you were in court — concluded at 10:30pm last night. you were in court for that? concluded at10:30pm last night. you were in court for that? i _ concluded at 10:30pm last night. you were in court for that? i was - concluded at 10:30pm last night. you were in court for that? i was in - were in court for that? i was in court for _ were in court for that? i was in court for all — were in court for that? i was in court for all seven _ were in court for that? i was in court for all seven hours - were in court for that? i was in court for all seven hours of- were in court for that? i was in i court for all seven hours of that. the city was in private, so there is a lot of it that we cannot talk about. but we did get the publicly issued judgment and the essence of that from her ladyship justice was that from her ladyship justice was that it was not, in her view, in archie's interests that he be moved from the hospital to a hospice, which is what his family wanted, for treatment to be withdrawn. doctors have maintained throughout the 100 days or so that he has been in the care of the royal london hospital that he has suffered a catastrophic non—recoverable brain injury and therefore they believe it is in his best interest for life support to be withdrawn. there has been a real

breakdown in relations for the family's point of view with the hospital and they decided they really wanted that, to have that withdrawal taking place and have fought it all the way through, but now seemingly they wanted to happen that that takes place in a hospice. thejudge has ruled this morning but that was not wise, that they were too many risks to him with all the different machinery that is sustaining his vital organs, so this morning we had that, following an epic hearing yesterday, the judgment that the original ruling that his withdrawal of life—sustaining measures should take place in a hospital. that is what the family have then been appealing today at the appeal court. three justices have now ruled that they won't accept that appeal. 50 have now ruled that they won't accept that appeal.— have now ruled that they won't accept that appeal. so the 'udgment from last with accept that appeal. so the 'udgment from last night stands, _ accept that appeal. so the judgment from last night stands, the - accept that appeal. so the judgment| from last night stands, the judgment from last night stands, thejudgment published this morning stands? and now they are going to be caught of european rights. the austral said at every stage of this, we won't do anything until we have reached the

end of the legal process, so presumably in a sense this is the stay of that moment when the life support is withdrawn potentially so. i had a word with the christian organisation who have been supporting the family in the last few moments because it has only been since 6:30pm that the right to appeal had been rejected stop they say that the family thought this was likely to be the case, so had already prepared the ground to apply to the european court of human rights, mindfulthat to the european court of human rights, mindful that they believed the option of going to be supreme court here in the uk was not going to be open to them and therefore they are now approaching the european court of human rights, they are speaking to their legal team about how this might unfold, what this might do to the timescale. we have already had several points this week by whichjudges have already had several points this week by which judges had have already had several points this week by whichjudges had ruled have already had several points this week by which judges had ruled that the life—sustaining measures should be withdrawn. those were passed because the hospital said, we would wait until legal matters were

resolved. if there is now notification to them that there are further legal proceedings taking place, an application again, this is not the first application to the european court of human rights, there was one earlier in the week that was rejected byjudges here. we wait to see how that goes and therefore if the hospital will presumably honour its previous statements that they will not proceed while legal proceedings are in play. proceed while legal proceedings are in -la . . proceed while legal proceedings are in .la _ ., , proceed while legal proceedings are inla. . , . proceed while legal proceedings are inla. ., , .., in play. thanks very much and if we learn more — in play. thanks very much and if we learn more about _ in play. thanks very much and if we learn more about that _ in play. thanks very much and if we learn more about that this - in play. thanks very much and if wej learn more about that this evening, you will update as, thank you. the nhs in england is increasingly reliant on docs and nurses from outside the uk. bbc analysis has found that more than one third of doctors who joined the health service last year came from overseas, compared with fewer than a fifth in 2015. the government says employing people from abroad has always been part of its strategy. unions have warned it is unsustainable in the long term and that they should be training their own doctors and nurses instead. hugh

pym reports. big show in a rising work. doctors recruit from outside the eu and the uk rose to 44% of the total last year. as for nurses and midwives, registering to work each yearin midwives, registering to work each year in the uk, this was the year just before the brexit referendum, blue for uk staff, or in showing nurses from other european countries and great for other nations. then the european share fell back, partly down to a new language test that nearly half of the newjoiners last year were from other countries. the nhs is was welcomed overseas staff, but there have been calls for more to be trained in the uk. lynette is a paediatric nurse. she came to the uk injune from barbados. hi, charlotte. how are you doing today? she moved here to gain new nursing skills and join her husband who already has a job in the nhs. the staff are lovely, they are supportive. lynette was hired by an east london hospital trust with 11 other overseas nurses. i came over with

a group of filipinos. i was the only person from the caribbean in that group, yes. and also the only person that knew england a bit, so i was their tour guide. i was a bit nervous but then i tell myself, "you know what, lynette, this is what you want to do, this is your dream, settle down, and you will get this done. you can do it." brian is a stroke nurse. he came to the uk injune from the philippines. how are you feeling today? he was in lynette's group and says the filipino nurse community at local hospitals has helped him settle in quickly. in the last two and a half years, the trust has hired more international nurses than british—trained. they are pleased with their recruits but know there is a long—term challenge. we desperately need more nurses trained in the uk. from recruiting a nurse from overseas to her getting a uk pin number here, costs us over £13,000. you know, when you've employed over 520, it's a significant amount of money.

but yeah, i see it as part of the whole of the nhs to continue to recruit overseas for now. the uk is not alone in needing to recruit health staff from overseas, and there are warnings that a steady flow of new workers can't be taken for granted. some of the key factors here are about the speed with which we can offer a job, compared to other countries. we are competing in a global market. countries like germany, for example, are increasing the number of nurses they are recruiting from overseas, so we have to be quick, we have to be able to offer good pay and progression, and those appear to be key. since the brexit referendum, fewer eu nurses have opted to work in the uk, but there's been an increase from elsewhere, including the philippines, india and nigeria. visa delays and other bureaucracy, though, are possible barriers. ira is a blood medicine specialist. she came to the uk last yearfrom albania. she says her trust has been hugely supportive and professionally she loves the work, but there were unnecessary frustrations.

in the beginning, especially the struggle with bureaucracy after i finished my exams, to the moment i got my licence. it was about ten months. it gets frustrating and it takes a long time and money and effort. and that might put off some albanian doctors, do you think? yes. i think the visa issue puts off a lot of them. and for hajra and herfamily, visa issues were the reason she's now left the nhs. she trained in pakistan and then came to the uk 18 years ago. but she says because of a struggle to get visas for her parents tojoin her, she opted to move to saudi arabia. none of us have left there because we hated it. but a lot of us are leaving because we don't have a choice. because we are backed into a corner and none of us will abandon our parents. the government said more medical students were being trained in england, but international recruitment would still be important as demand for services kept growing. that, though, will be no easy task.

hugh pym, bbc news. that is hugh pym, our health editor. let me bring you some breaking news from the welsh ambulance service, we haveissued from the welsh ambulance service, we have issued a statement saying they have issued a statement saying they have experienced a major outage of their nhs computer system. they have just put this out on twitter. they say that has now ended, they have managed to restore service. let's have a look at what it is saying on that twitter feed. so, have a look at what it is saying on that twitterfeed. so, it is have a look at what it is saying on that twitter feed. so, it is the system which refers patients from the out of hours, from the nonemergency line, 111, which is the number obviously you call if you haven't got an emergency, but you need medical advice, two out—of—hours services. they say the incident related to a cyber attack, but now... only 2% of its services were affected at any time. it says

that all services will be back up and running over the weekend, so some good news on that, they have got that attack under control. they say it is only affected a minority of their position, but obviously it will have effects on people and as it is nonemergency, they obviously hope that it is something they can sort out in the coming few hours and in the course of the weekend. news from the welsh ambulance service and if they tell us any more over the course of the evening, we will bring it to you here on bbc news. labour and some conservatives have criticised the former chancellor rishi sunak for telling activists at a meeting last week that he diverted money away from deprived urban areas as chancellor. a video released by the new statesman magazine emerged of him saying that he changed the system to make areas including tunbridge wells, where he was speaking to party members, were getting the money they deserved. t getting the money they deserved. i managed to start changing the funding formulas, to make sure that areas like this are getting the funding they deserve because we

inherited loads of formulas from the labour party that shoved all the funding into deprived urban areas and that needed to be undone and i started the work of undoing that. rishi sunak speaking last week. let's talk now to david, who is at westminster. david, what is the controversy here, given that presumably different governments give different priorities to different things? i give different priorities to different things?- give different priorities to different things? i think the controversy. _ different things? i think the controversy, sean - different things? i think the controversy, sean lake, - different things? i think the controversy, sean lake, is| different things? i think the - controversy, sean lake, is really that this is a government of which rishi sunak was a member until recently, that committed to the whole idea of levelling up and when you think of levelling up you don't necessarily think of taking money from deprived urban areas and giving them to royal tunbridge wells. so it has been a bit of a gift for his political opponents, certainly the liz truss campaign, one of their seniorfigures liz truss campaign, one of their senior figures suggesting rishi sunak is boasting of funnelling cash

away from deprived parts of the uk, saying one thing and doing another. you can imagine as well what labour have had to say. well, rishi sunak is appearing alongside liz truss at a hustings in eastbourne tonight and on his way in he was challenged over his comments and this was his case for the defence. people who need help and extra investment aren'tjust limited to big urban areas. you find them in towns across the united kingdom, and in rural areas too. and that was the point i was making, that our funding formulas that fail to recognise that are out of date, and they need changing. rishi sunak make me point, really, that there is poverty everywhere and that there is poverty everywhere and that there is poverty everywhere and that the formulas perhaps did not reflect that. of course, a cynic might suggest he was speaking to an audience of conservative party members in tunbridge wells, possibly more conservative members there with a vote in this leadership contest than there are an urban deprived areas and he was possibly telling them what they wanted to hear. thank

ou ve them what they wanted to hear. thank you very much- — now, israel has launched multiple air strikes in the gaza strip, killing a leader of the palestinian group, islamicjihad. israel has justified the bombing as a response to direct threats from the group. the palestinian health ministry says eight people were killed, including a five—year—old child. this footage has been released by the israeli army, which it says at the moment the strike hit gaza. in addition to the strike hit gaza. in addition to the deaths, more than a0 people were injured. speaking afterwards, being an israeli prime minister, beit aghion, said his government wouldn't allow terrorist organisations to set the agenda in the gaza strip. among those eiuht the agenda in the gaza strip. among those eight people _ the agenda in the gaza strip. among those eight people killed _ the agenda in the gaza strip. among those eight people killed there - the agenda in the gaza strip. among those eight people killed there was i those eight people killed there was a five—year—old girl and also we are told for islamicjihad militants, including a top commanderfor islamicjihad, the man who was responsible for its operations in the north of the gaza strip. he was killed in a bombing in the centre of gaza city, where this high—rise

apartment building, the palestine tower, as it is known, was hit. we have got a lot of pictures of the smoke pouring out of there, people said it was a very loud explosion as the warplanes struck. there have been several israeli air strikes in gaza. israel's military is calling this operation drawn. it says it is targeting islamicjihad's site. this comes after days of threats by islamicjihad, where one of its top commanders had been arrested, there was an exchange of fire which led to a palestinian being killed in the north of the west bank. since then, because of the fear of retaliation, israel has really imposed a partial lockdown on the south of the gaza strip. it it has been very restrictive for people living in towns and villages there and that is what prompted the lfp to come out with this statement saying that anyone who rises up know that we will get them and they have launched

this new military operation they are calling operation dawn.— calling operation dawn. yolande knell they are _ calling operation dawn. yolande knell they are reporting - calling operation dawn. yolande knell they are reporting on - calling operation dawn. yolande knell they are reporting on the l knell they are reporting on the latest strikes on gaza from israel. i will be back with dateline london in just a few minutes' time after the weather and before that with the support from the commonwealth games is jane dougal. hello, jane. hello there, welcome to birmingham on day eight of the commonwealth games and in the last few hours there has been another gold for england. it is a shock win in the rhythmic gymnastics. it has come from a 17—year—old, and incredible achievement for her, it was not expected at all, she is the first gymnast from england to ever win gold in the rhythmic gymnastics. also the second commonwealth diving gold in 2a hours forjack lougher,

as he and his partner, anthony harding, won the spring board 300 metre title, concealing it in style with a 3.9 difficulty forward to and a half somersault with three twists. that is his third successive games at which jack lougher, who is 27 now, has won this event. he and 22—year—old harding scored a total of a33 points. malaysia were second, australia got bronze. scotland's pairfinished in australia got bronze. scotland's pair finished in fourth. australia got bronze. scotland's pairfinished in fourth. for the second time this week, team scotland has provided the oldest commonwealth games gold medallist in history. we told you about 72—year—old rosemary lenton in the parables earlier this week. her record has now been broken ijy week. her record has now been broken by 75—year—old george miller, who this afternoon won the final of the mixed pairs bowls b2/b3, and they

beat wales 6—9 to take gold. welshman llewellyn who is also 75, but five months younger than miller, had to settle for silver. and from a very loud birmingham, we will have more on the bbc news channel a bit later on, but back to you for now. hello there. the hosepipe ban is now in force across parts of hampshire and the isle of wight and over the next week or two there are further bans on the way for other areas of south—east england and south wales as well. it has been dry again today for the majority of england and wales, but across north wales, northern england, north midlands, scotland and northern ireland we have seen a mixture of sunny spells and a few passing showers. the big question is when is it next going to rain in those really parched areas? and... well, i have been looking and struggling to find an answer. we might next see rain

in about 10 days' time or it could be a bit longer than that, maybe as long as two weeks, but either way i think any significant rain is probably going to be towards the last third of august, certainly a long time away. looking at the weather picture overnight, the showers clearing away, but later in the night we will see a band of rain moving into the north—west of scotland, but of course that is not where we particularly need the rain at the moment. temperatures overnight comfortable, 8—12 degrees, and we have still got this fresh, low humidity air across the country, so it is another day when most of us will stay dry with some sunshine. the exception to that is scotland, where we will see some rain at times. for northern ireland and northern england the cloud could just pop up enough to bring the odd fleeting light shower, but not as many as we have seen during the day today. temperatures similar to what we have had over the last couple of days. high teens for northern areas of the uk, the warmest spots about 25 in eastern england. and the weather is going to stay fine for the athletes at the commonwealth games. the second half of the weekend we will continue to see an odd spot of rain across scotland, but no great amounts here expected on sunday

and for the bulk of the uk it is a dry day with sunshine. temperatures are starting to rise further. 21 in aberdeen and 25 this time for cardiff, 27 in london, it is starting to feel very warm, if not edging towards pretty hot. this time next week this area of high pressure is going to be dominating more of the weather picture across the uk and that means more in the way of dry weather for all areas and rising temperatures are expected as well. for the north of the uk, we have lost those showers we have seen over recent days. it becomes dry for all of scotland with temperatures here running into the low, perhaps mid 20s in the warmest areas, but it becomes quite hot further southwards with temperatures in london and cardiff reaching the low 30s, the hottest areas perhaps up to about 33 in the middle of next week.

hello, and welcome to the programme in which leading uk columnists discuss the week's news with foreign correspondents who write, blog, podcast, and broadcast to audiences in their home countries from the dateline: london. 18 months after margaret thatcher first became prime minister, underfire even in her own party as half a million more people lost theirjobs and facing calls for a policy u—turn, she delivered a speech that still defines her —

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