this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak and these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the bill as amended is passed. cheering jubilation for democrats, as the us senate finally backs a massive $430 billion bill to reduce greenhouse gases and usher in cleaner energy. dentists at tipping point. a bbc investigation finds nine out of ten practices across the uk are not accepting new adult patients for treatment under the national health service. my partner was in abject agony. she turned around to me and said, "can you get the pliers and just take my tooth out? "i can't carry on any more, i'lljust have to deal "with having no teeth." a ceasefire between israel

and palestinian militants has held overnight. it follows three days of violence which has left at least 44 palestinians dead, including 15 children. a year since the taliban took control of afghanistan, the country's maternity services reach breaking point as newborn deaths and miscarriages in one province alone, nearly double. also today — it's a wrap — the last 12 gold medals from the commonwealth games are up for grabs on the final day of the competition ahead of the closing ceremony later. and, surreal, humbling and super, super hot. we meet the tourists flocking to iceland's volcano as it spews out lava and molten rock.

hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the united states senate has approved a landmark bill which includes almost $370 billion to tackle climate change — the largest investment of its kind in us history. its supporters say it will reduce us carbon emissions by 40% by the end of the decade. there are also new taxes on businesses, and measures to reduce healthcare costs. the bill will now go to the house of representatives forfinal approval. lea na hosea reports. wildfires, flash floods, drought and melting polar ice caps — extreme weather events are increasing around the world because of climate change. the united states tops the list

of countries that have emitted the biggest amount of carbon dioxide in total since the industrial revolution and is still the world's second—biggest polluter. with such high stakes, the democrats cried with joy and pumped theirfists in the air after the us senate finally approved a key plank of presidentjoe biden�*s domestic agenda. the inflation reduction act will invest $369 billion for climate change — the largest investment in us history. its authors say it will reduce us carbon emissions by 40% by 2030. the boldest climate package in us history. the senate has now passed the most significant bill to fight the climate crisis ever, and it's going to make a difference to my grandkids. the world will be a better place for my grandchildren because of what we did today and that makes me feel very, very good.

compromises were made, but large amounts of money will fund a range of alternative energy solutions. hundreds of billions of dollars for investment in solar power and wind power, geothermal power, nuclear power, important tax credits for electric vehicles, hugely significant incentives for carbon capture. and director capture in hydrogen power. tens of billions of dollars for helping farmers play a role in the fight against climate change. but republicans say the bill will damage the us economy and that it amounts to a war on american fossil fuels. democrats have already robbed american families once through inflation, and now their solution is to rob amercian families yet a second time. democrats want to ram through hundreds of billions in tax hikes and hundreds of billions of dollars in reckless spending. and for what? some republicans have said

they will try to stall or block the progress of the bill, but it is expected to be approved next week in the house of representatives. leana hosea, bbc news. let's speak to cbs news correspondent skyler henry who is in washington. hello there. i wonder if you could explain to us why this is so significant for president biden and the senate? it is significant for president biden and the senate?— the senate? it is significant because the _ the senate? it is significant because the process - the senate? it is significant because the process it - the senate? it is significant because the process it tooki the senate? it is significant i because the process it took to the senate? it is significant - because the process it took to get here. months ago, we knew that with that build back better plan that the president originally had, some $3.5 trillion that were being proposed, that didn't necessarily get all of the support from every member of his party, especially in the senate. namely the senator of west virginia. that was something that was a thorn on the president�* side, in terms of trying to get these significant measures pass, especially when you

take into consideration the fact the measure targeted climate change, health care costs and rising taxes on larger corporations. but that is what this new measure will address. it obviously passed over the weekend after the vote. 16 hours of debate. republicans trying to propose several different amendments, most of which were swatted down over the course of the weekend, so now the hard part has been pushed forward and now this will head to the house, where it will presumably pass and hit the president�* desk relatively quickly. we talked about what this could potentially mean, especially as we look ahead to the mid—term elections in november, democrats certainly needed something to hang their hats on. a lot of them hoping this measure will be it. it is their hats on. a lot of them hoping this measure will be it.— this measure will be it. it is still a compromised _ this measure will be it. it is still a compromised agreement - this measure will be it. it is still a compromised agreement and | this measure will be it. it is still- a compromised agreement and less money than was expected.- a compromised agreement and less money than was expected. right, and that was one — money than was expected. right, and that was one of _ money than was expected. right, and that was one of the _ money than was expected. right, and that was one of the things, _ money than was expected. right, and that was one of the things, one - money than was expected. right, and that was one of the things, one of - that was one of the things, one of the big hang—ups that i talked about before but he came out recently

talking about his agreement. senator schumer talked about that as well and that was really the momentum i think democrats were looking for as they were trying to get these measures passed. we know the president is certainly supporting all of this. he said that the senator is sided with american families over special interests and as you saw in the piece, senator schumer hopeful that what has been done and with this package, this economic package, will actually go to help generation is moving ahead in the years to come. {lila to help generation is moving ahead in the years to come.— in the years to come. 0k, skyler hen of in the years to come. 0k, skyler henry of cbs _ in the years to come. 0k, skyler henry of cbs news, _ in the years to come. 0k, skyler henry of cbs news, thank- in the years to come. 0k, skyler henry of cbs news, thank you i in the years to come. 0k, skyler. henry of cbs news, thank you very much, live from washington. we turn our attention to the united kingdom now. a bbc news investigation has found that nine in ten nhs dental practices in the uk are not accepting new adult patients. researchers contacted almost seven—thousand surgeries, which is thought to be almost all those offering nhs care. while nhs dental treatment is not free for most adults, it is subsidised.

the bbc heard from people across the uk who could not afford private fees. the investigation has also found 98% practises in the south—west of england, yorkshire and the humber and the north west were not accepting new adult nhs patients. access was best in london, where almost a quarter of practices were taking on new adult patients. eight in ten nhs practices are not taking on children, despite those in full—time education being entitled to completely free care. about 200 practices said they would take on a child under the nhs only if a parent signed up as a private patient. the department of health said improving access to nhs dental care is a priority. our correspondent jenny kumah reports.

my partner was in so much pain, she asked me to take her teeth out with a pair of pliers. this is the second tooth i've pulled out myself because i was in so much pain. i am living on porridge and soup and i need new teeth. _ across the country, people are taking shocking steps to deal with their dental problems. that is the second one i�*ve pulled out and it goes in quite deep into the gum. there is the gap. so it is just a matter of getting a grip on that as hard as you can and pulling like crazy until the nerve gives way. in pain and unable to get the help he needed, mark recently took matters into own hands. it did bleed when i got it out. luckily, i was ready for it. managed to mop up any drips. mark had a dentist in penzance

near his home in cornwall, but when he tried to get an appointment three years ago, he was told he was no longer on their nhs list. how difficult has it been to find an nhs dentist? it has been impossible. i have tried the local surgeries around here and none of them are taking any nhs patients on. i can�*t afford to go down the private route because the amount of treatment i�*ve got now is probably going to be unaffordable to me. bbc analysis reveals that coastal and rural areas, like here in devon and cornwall, have become so—called dental deserts. our researchers called more than 460 nhs dental practices across the south—west. they found that 98% of them were not accepting any new adult patients. in newquay, on the north cornwall coast, denise is living off soup and soft food because of problems with her teeth. i�*ve only got a few at the front

there and they are loose and wobbly and so i can�*t bite anything. but none at the back. i can�*t even eat a salad now. i can�*t bite into a tomato. cucumber, even if it is chopped up into little pieces, it�*s still too hard. i can�*t eat them. i�*m down to eating slop. denise needs a denture. she�*s been on an nhs waiting list forfour years and, living on pension credit, she can�*t afford to go private. she fears that without treatment, she will lose the rest of her teeth. i do not want to walk around with no teeth. it�*s horrible. after 50—odd years of working, it would be nice if i could have a set of teeth. this is an issue that is impacting across the country. a petition calling for more nhs dentists highlights how widespread the problems are. more than 180,000 people have signed it. how shocking are some of the experiences that people have

been sharing on the petition? people filing their own teeth down with nailfiles and taking teeth out with pliers, developing sepsis. joshua keeling set up the petition after his partner struggled to get the help she needed when they moved to dorset. my partner was in abject agony. she turned around to me and said, "can you get the pliers and just take my teeth out? "i can�*t carry on any more, i willjust have to deal "with having no teeth." i thought, this situation is awful. hello, dental surgery. our research suggests that dentists are giving up doing nhs dental work. iain is still seeing patients, but he says the contract that dentists work under is driving many of his colleagues away. they�*ve been trying to hang on to a broken system for such a long time. the problem is that for most dentists, the service they want to offer their patients is not readily available if they continue and stay in the nhs. it�*s a crying shame.

nhs england has recently announced some changes to the contract, including paying dentists more for more complex cases. but the union, the british dental association, argues the government�*s plans are too little, too late and fail to get to the root of the problem. jenny kumah, bbc news. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes gave us more detail into the scale of the problems facing dentistry in the uk. problems with access to dentistry date back to 2006 when this contract was first introduced and ever since then, dentists have complained that basically they are not being paid adequately for the work that they�*re being asked to carry out. many dentists say, in fact, they are having to subsidise nhs work with their private work. so you can see that is why some dentists, who after all are self—employed, they�*re sort of contractors

if you like for the nhs, they are running businesses, many of them are choosing to walk away from nhs work. now recently, a couple of weeks ago, nhs england had been asked by the government in england to look at the contract. they announced some small changes to that contract which meant that those dentists who were higher performing were able perhaps to see a few more patients, up to 10% more patients, but really there�*s no new money in the pot. it is merely shifting existing funds around within the existing budget. so dentists say without any new money and without a complete overhaul of that 2006 contract, which really limits the number of patients they can see, things are really not going to change very much. also again in the report we heard that the system has been described as broken. you�*ve described the contract that is on offer at the moment and we heard the dentists there saying they are unable to offer the service

that they would like to. so what does that mean, then? they�*re reducing the care or does itjust come down to no more patients? really, it means when they�*ve got the number of patients that they�*ve been paid to see on their books, they can�*t take on any more. this is the problem with access, is when they have reached that limit, there are no funds available for them to see more patients. and there are weird anomolies in this contract. for example, until the recent reforms of a couple of weeks ago, dentists were getting paid the same for doing one filling as they were for doing ten fillings. 0ne filling might take a0 minutes. ten fillings might take all day. so you can see why under the terms of the existing contract, dentists were not happy with the way that that was set up. finally, looking at the geography of this, we described for our view is that access was best in london. why? i think perhaps people find it easier to travel around london. if you�*re in london,

there�*s a very good public transport system, so if you are in south london and you find a dentist available in north london, it won�*t be a tremendous burden trying to get there perhaps. outside of london, it�*s a very different picture. we know there are these areas that have been termed dental deserts, where there is simply no access. people are having to travel 100 miles to find a dentist who will put them on as an nhs patient and that really is proving to be a huge barrier for loads of people who are really struggling to find dental care and need it because they are in pain with their teeth or suffering terrible problems with their teeth. that was dumb and accused talking to me earlier. let�*s speak now with shawn charlwood, chair of the british dental association�*s general dental practice committee. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. there is a bit of a crisis here in the uk, how do we fix it?

these are awful and shocking statistics and i think they give the most complete picture of the nhs dental access crisis we are experiencing and i would like to thank the bbc for their work on that. there is a genuine crisis, i think there has been a crisis for many years, as many of your viewers or no. the nhs dental system is hanging by a thread. we are seeing an exodus of nhs dentists and i genuinely think we are approaching a tipping point. now we hope there isn�*t a tipping point reached but thatis isn�*t a tipping point reached but that is why we are flagging this now. if we are not careful, the future of nhs dentistry is by no means assured in this country. what we need, as your piece said earlier, is real reform, a move away from this widely discredited contract that we have. it was discredited backin that we have. it was discredited back in 2008 by the health select committee, deemed unfit for purpose. they reported again last month and came to exactly the same

conclusions. so we have wasted over a decade and we had the pda had been flagging this up repeatedly but nothing has been done. and the changes that we have seen very recently are quite marginal, quite small, and they are not going to address, in our opinion, the exodus away from the nhs. what we need is a fundamental new contract with fair funding for nhs dentistry. and just to inform your viewers, at the moment, government only supplies enough funding for nhs dentistry for broadly half of the population. so you can see why there is a crisis and the funding isn�*t adequate for most dental practices to function and we have a contract which is, as i say, unfit for purpose. so we must have a new contract and we wanted urgently, not tinkering around the edges. it does feel a bit at the moment as though ministers are moving the deck chairs on the marginal changes are welcome but not

enough and won�*t come as i say, address the fundamental problem is that your viewers are facing today. i am going to play devils advocate here. if i am sitting at home i would be saying, all you want is more money. it might be worth explaining what is actually wrong with the contract.— explaining what is actually wrong with the contract. yes, so we work to a system _ with the contract. yes, so we work to a system of _ with the contract. yes, so we work to a system of units _ with the contract. yes, so we work to a system of units of— with the contract. yes, so we work to a system of units of dental - to a system of units of dental activity and that broadly creates three bands of payment. as your piece earlier said, there are all sorts of strange consequences of that contract, where one filling is the same as many, many more. some of these marginal changes recently have addressed some of that but have not gone far enough. there are still all sort of strange situations that develop as a result of it. the other thing is it�*s very difficult to set “p thing is it�*s very difficult to set up a new practice, and although there will be, i think your report said, potentially room for 10% more patients to be seen, it won�*t

address fundamentally the needs of the population. we know from the media interest, from mps posed bags which are full with this particular issue, that there are millions and millions of people that need care. as i say, without a fundamental new contract and a fair funding system, the problem will continue, just as it has for the last 15 years. as i say, 30% real term cuts in nhs dentalfunding in the say, 30% real term cuts in nhs dental funding in the last decade, i don�*t think any business and dentist practices in the high street are fundamentally small businesses, they pay for everything, no business can survive on that. there does seem to be a real reluctance from nhs england and the treasury to adequately resource nhs dentistry and to bring forward a new dental contract urgently. i would urge mps to speak to ministers and i would urge ministers to deal with this on an urgent basis. when we have a new

prime minister in early september, we will obviously know who the new minister will be and i would urge him or her to bring pressure to bear. let�*s develop a new dental contract by april next year because we have been waiting for 15 years. time is running out, we don�*t have time on our side. time is running out, we don't have time on our side.— time on our side. thank you very much for your— time on our side. thank you very much for your time, _ time on our side. thank you very much for your time, thank - time on our side. thank you very much for your time, thank you. i a ceasefire agreement to end three days of fighting between israel and palestinian militants appears to be largely holding. the latest upsurge in violence began when israel killed a leader from the islamichhad group. the militants then fired dozens of rockets and mortars into israel — which responded with more air strikes on gaza. more than a0 palestinians have been killed — including 15 children. 0ur middle east correspondent, yollande knell, is injeruselum and sent this update.

things did get off to a shaky start. there were some rocket warning sirens that when off in the villages close to gaza but that situation was fairly quickly contained and it�*s been a relatively calm period, the first night where we had... it was relatively stress free for both the palestinians in gaza and the israelis particularly in the south of the country, who live within easier reach of palestinian militants�* rockets. i wonder if you could just tell us who the militant group are, islamichhad, who are they? so islamichhad is backed by iran. it�*s the second biggest militant group in gaza. it has an ideology very similar to hamas, the more powerful militant group which governs there, but it does act independently as well. 0ften co—ordinating with gaza but it will act independently. now, things got very tense

between islamichhad and isreal going back a week ago, that�*s because you had the arrest of one of their senior leaders in the occupied west bank by israel. then the militant group started making threats towards israel. israel then said it was reacting directly to those, that it was launching a pre—emptive military operation to stop the threat to israeli civilians. that began on friday night and led to this very intense fighting. early on, there was a islamichhad commander who was killed in gaza. a second was then killed before the end of the fighting. in response, islamichhad fired more than 1000 rockets into israel, a lot of them intercepted by its iron dome missile defence system, but some of the longer range ones even targeted tel aviv and jerusalem. so at the moment it�*s islamichhad and israeli security forces. just how complicated would it become if hamas became involved?

that was something quite crucial that we saw in this period of fighting, is that hamas had its own practical considerations and it did not get involved in the fighting. israel was clear from the outset that it was targeting islamichhad positions. in the past, we might have seen hamas, which always wanted to burnish itsjihadist credentials, getting involved. but already, since the threats started a week ago, there were israeli restrictions around the gaza strip and the crossings into gaza were closed by israel. that started to lead very quickly to a breakdown in the humanitarian situation. there was not enough fuel to run the sole power plant in gaza, so very severe power shortages. hospitals saying that they were struggling to cope with about 300 people that had injuries, and that their back—up supplies for fuel were running out. now what we�*re seeing in the last couple of hours is that israel has begun easing its restrictions as this ceasefire seems to be sticking,

as the situation seems to be safe. and that some goods are starting to go into gaza again. that was yollande knell in jerusalem. i�*m joined now by suhair zakkout, from the red cross in gaza. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. i wonder if we could start with an update as to what you understand is taking place. thank ou for understand is taking place. thank you for having — understand is taking place. thank you for having me _ understand is taking place. thank you for having me on _ understand is taking place. thank you for having me on bbc. - understand is taking place. thank you for having me on bbc. the i you for having me on bbc. the international committee of the red cross welcomes the news about the ceasefire, which seems to be holding. the population in gaza spent the first night without the sounds of sirens and air strikes. for today, sounds of sirens and air strikes. fortoday, in sounds of sirens and air strikes. for today, in the morning, the most important thing and the priority is to allow, to give the people a

chance, a window of hope, to start or to begin. chance, a window of hope, to start orto begin. forsome chance, a window of hope, to start or to begin. for some of them it will be impossible to rebuild their lives. after three days of trauma, pain and loss of civilian life, it has been so difficult for the population to cope with repeated, again, cycle of violence that they are witnessing. 0ver again, cycle of violence that they are witnessing. over the last 15 years, the population have witnessed four major military operations and also a countless number of escalations that left the impact on the population, on the mental health of the population and specifically the children. for today, of the population and specifically the children. fortoday, in of the population and specifically the children. for today, in the morning, we also welcomed the news that fuel starts to come into gaza. that will allow the fuel power plant, which was obliged to shut down for 2h hours, and although the

population starts to feel the decreased amount of electricity supply and this impacted also in some areas of the gaza strip the water supply. the power plant will start working again, especially this is important for hospitals, who are still... who have huge work to do with the number of injuries that have arrived to the hospitals. i just want to ask very quickly because allowing humanitarian aid into gaza is important if you are going to help and that is often done via the crossing, is it open? borders or crossings of gaza are announced open. the crossing for the goods, we heard in the news and we

are witnessing it is updating, updates are coming minute by minute. but an official announcement of the authorities in charge of opening the crossing, then we hope today the power plant and food will be entering into gaza. for the international community red cross, this was one of our concerns that we tackled in the bilateral dialogue. but also yesterday there was an assessment for the most urgent needs at the biggest hospital of gaza and there were donations of war wounded kates 250 seriously injured people. 0k, suhairzakkout kates 250 seriously injured people. 0k, suhair zakkout of the red cross in gaza, thank you very much for the update. thank you. iam going i am going to say thank you to our viewers on bbc two.

moving on here on bbc news... the commonwealth games�* closing ceremony takes place in birmingham this evening, bringing to an end 11 days of competition. the sports minister, nigel huddleston, described the past week and a half as amazing and said a legacy would be created in birmingham. let�*s speak now to matt carmichael, reporter at 7 news australia. hello. very quickly, australia are doing all right, aren�*t they? yes. doing all right, aren't they? yes, we have gone — doing all right, aren't they? yes, we have gone fairly _ doing all right, aren't they? yes, we have gone fairly well - doing all right, aren't they? yes, we have gone fairly well at - doing all right, aren't they? yes we have gone fairly well at these commonwealth games. it�*s been an amazing experience. i have to say, i�*ve been lucky to cover a lot of these and been to the olympic games as well and it has been one of the very best events i have been to. the spirit of the people have brought these games to life. even this, the weather we�*re having here, look at this, ifeel like i am in sunny

queensland at the moment, not what i expected from birmingham. from the moment we arrived at the ceremony and saw the crowds of people, through all the different sports we have been to. i was at the cricket at edgbaston last night, an amazing occasion where a women�*s cricket game filled edgbaston and brought the game to life. it�*s been a fantastic occasion. just this morning, hurricane hanna was giving her gold medal to young children to wear and take their photos were down you talk about a legacy, that is the legacy of these games will leave. the amount of young children i have seen around so many different venues being inspired by athletes from around the commonwealth and that is why these games have been so important. birmingham needs to be congratulated so much for how great these games have been and really making the commonwealth games a special part of the sporting landscape. special part of the sporting landscape-— special part of the sporting landsca e. ., . , special part of the sporting landscae. ., . , .,, landscape. how much interest has there been — landscape. how much interest has there been back _ landscape. how much interest has there been back home? _

huge interest. a lot of the sports have been during the middle of the night, but a lot of it has been in prime time, people are watching the 6pm news and going straight into the commonwealth games. we have noticed since the tokyo 0lympics, after the pandemic, people being locked down with covid—19, the sporting events have become really important bringing happiness and positivity to people. ifeel like even before that, there had been negativity towards people complaining about the olympics and the commonwealth games, now it has become something absolutely uplifting and it has been absolutely uplifting and it has been a big event at home and the feedback we�*ve been getting has been inspirational to people and brought happiness, it is a fantastic thing to have been a part of fresh air. australia are going to be the next host of the commonwealth games. how are they doing now, and what we are likely to see when it comes your way, what is australia�*s secret? a sporting nation, what have you seen,

what have you covered, what stories you share with us? the what have you covered, what stories you share with us?— you share with us? the pressure is on australia- _ you share with us? the pressure is on australia. the _ you share with us? the pressure is on australia. the next _ you share with us? the pressure is i on australia. the next commonwealth games are interesting, it is taking it to where the commonwealth games fit into a world where there is a development event, the next one is going to be hosted in regional cities around victoria. the pressure is on from these games to do it as well as birmingham or make it better. it has an opportunity for young athletes to come and get some experience, and introduce themselves on a big stage, and i really established stars, the ones who came through the commonwealth games, they come back and give back to the by being a part it. with australian sport, it is a part of our life, a part of the way we grow up, we play sport, we live in an environment where it is a lifestyle thing. we play so... such a range of sport, these are the games that allow people to get the experience and are big ideal is to go on for the

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the un secretary general, antonio guterres, called for international inspectors to be given access to the power plant. he stressed that any attack on a nuclear plant was suicidal and urged both sides to end hostilities around the complex. this is the moment when the risk of a nuclear confrontation is back, something that we have forgotten for decades. this is the moment, as i said, to ask the nuclear armed countries to commit to the principle of non—first use and to commit to not to use and not threaten, as i mentioned, non—nuclear armed countries, with full transparency in relation to their arsenals. 0ur correspondent hugo bachega has the latest from kyiv. it was a tense weekend

at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, with ukrainian and russian officials trading accusations. the ukrainians say that russian forces shelled the site, a nuclear...a reactor had to be disconnected at the complex, and then in another attack, a worker was injured and then there was damage to a system that monitors radiation levels. the russians deny any involvement in these attacks. they say that the ukrainians are behind these attacks. but we heard earlier today from the un chief, antonio guterres, who said that any attack to a nuclear plant is a suicidal thing and, again, he urged monitors to be allowed to enter this complex to carry out inspections. but for days, we�*ve been hearing from ukrainian officials who say that the russians have turned this nuclear complex into a military base and they are using it to launch attacks against ukrainian positions. now, it�*s very hard to independently confirm what�*s happened there,

because this site has been under russian occupation since the beginning of march, even though ukrainian technicians are still operating it. a bbc investigation has found that the number of newborn deaths and miscarriages in parts of afghanistan has nearly doubled —— one year since the taliban takeover. doctors say stress and hunger are the main reasons. most women admitted to the maternity wards of public hospitals said they could only afford one meal a day. foreign funds paid for afghanistan�*s public healthcare system, but these have been frozen since the taliban seized power. yogita limaye reports from badakhshan province in the north—east of afghanistan. some viewers may find this report distressing. badakhshan, in the northeast, where we went back in 2002, the infant and maternity mortality rates there were among the

worst in the world. up until 2021 there had been significant progress. there were still a lot of preventable deaths happening, but there had been a lot of progress. now it is going backwards and it�*s going backwards fast. the foreign funding which came into this country and was channelled through the afghan government into the afghan public health care system that was frozen when the taliban took over the country in august last year. so when we went back, we were expecting there to be a decline in health services and a surge in the number of deaths, but we were not expecting to find what we did. double the number of miscarriages compared to last year, double the number of newborn deaths. here is our report. in afghanistan�*s maternity wards, women forced to endure unbearable suffering.

groans. no drugs to ease the pain. barely any resources for an emergency. 0nly female staff are allowed here. they scramble around a woman in a serious condition. bibi sara�*s waters have broken too early. the only female doctor helps sara pull through. her baby is rushed to critical care. there is a faint heartbeat but she isn�*t breathing. to treat the child, a male doctor is called in. these are crucial moments. after half an hour of intense efforts the baby girl is stable. doctors have told us she has a good chance of survival now. but they see scenes like this

every single day here. it�*s also the middle of the day on a weekday when all of the staff were here. but there�*s just one female doctor and five nurses in an area that�*s home to more than 200,000 people. life is precarious here. a day later, before she could be named, the baby�*s condition worsened and they couldn�*t save her. one of too many such cases. the number of newborns dying in badakhshan province has almost doubled since foreign funding to afghanistan was frozen last year. in this striking but harsh land, two decades of progress saving the lives of babies and mothers is in rapid decline. imagine taking a woman in labour on these roads. that�*s what this family had

to do three weeks ago. abdul hafeez�*s wife and the mother of these two children died in a car, turned away from the local clinic, which wasn�*t equipped. zeinab was 38. "i feel like i�*ve lost my whole life, i�*m so lonely." she says "i�*ve lost my main support. "without her, my life is meaningless." in the neighbouring village, this man�*s sister was turned away from two medical facilities and died on the road to the third a few months ago. he�*s taken in her daughter, a five—year—old, whose father works in iran. translation: if we had proper clinics and good l roads i would not have lost my sister. now what will happen

to her daughter? he was hoping to get his sister to this facility, badakhshan�*s main hospital. better equipped than any other in the province, but overwhelmed. since foreign funds stopped they�*ve had to reduce their beds by a third. in every cot there are at least two women. staggering evidence here of how quickly the situation is unravelling. this room and another one next door is full of women who have miscarried. doctors tell us there are twice as many miscarriages this year than in 2021. stress and hunger are the main triggers. this woman tells me what she eats every day.

translation: | drink tea - in the morning, tea for lunch, and for dinner we find something to cook and eat. we had no food the day this happened. i was going to our relatives�* home to borrow some rice orflour. i started to feel weak and began to bleed. 0n the floor above, the number of premature babies also surging sharply. this boy was born at seven months, still to be named. nurses and doctors are exhausted. and the taliban�*s bar on girls�* secondary schools means no reinforcements are coming. a series of blows have been inflicted on afghan women in the past year. its collective impact nowhere more visible than in the country�*s maternity wards.

and what we have been able to present in this report are the numbers we found from the hospital. so it is only really counted the women that who were able to make it to medical facilities in the province. as we travelled in rural parts, we found that there were possibly many deaths that were going on counted. president biden says he�*s angered by the killings of four muslim men in new mexico, which police are now investigating as linked attacks. he tweeted that he was saddened by the killings in albuquerque — and that his administration stood strong with the muslim community in the us. police say the latest victim was shot dead on friday. two others have been killed in the past fortnight, and another died last november. all four were men from south asia who were ambushed and shot. the mayor of albuquerque tim keller said the priority was

to make the city safe for the muslim community. this is never a situation that anyone ever wants to have, that anyone ever wants to have to talk about or have to deal with. and one we never expected or thought would happen in albuquerque, new mexico. today we are gathered in a very, very difficult time in our city. this is a frightening time for many. we have members of our muslim community who are afraid to participate in everyday activities that they should never be afraid to do. things like shopping, things like praying, things like going to school. this is where our city must demonstrate and our state must demonstrate the commitment to try and make this a safe and inclusive place in their time of need. that is our mission going forward. let�*s return to one of our top stories. a bbc survey of more than 7,000 dental practices has found that nine in 10 nhs dentists across the uk are not accepting new adult

patients for treatment on the health service. mark george from hayle in cornwall pulled out two of his teeth after struggling to find an nhs dentist to treat him... i was registered with the dentist but i did not need treatment for a few years, and when i contacted them they had deregistered me so they could not give me an appointment. after that, could not give me an appointment. afterthat, i could not give me an appointment. after that, i went to the emergency dentist who after a conversation, they gave me a prescription for my gp for pain relief. they said they�*d give me a follow—up appointment which never materialised. after a few days, i had to pull the tooth myself. we will get onto that in a moment, a lot of people are cringing

and waiting for those details. where you notified your going to be removed from the register because you had no access treatment? ho. you had no access treatment? no. would that — you had no access treatment? no. would that have _ you had no access treatment? iirm would that have changed what you had no access treatment? i157. would that have changed what you would have done? no i�*m not sure. it's would have done? no i�*m not sure. it�*s so difficult to reregister with an nhs dentist anyway, i don�*t think i would have stood a chance, i don�*t think it would have made much difference. talk us through the day you decided you had to do this yourself, what did you do? fin you decided you had to do this yourself, what did you do? on the 19th of november _ yourself, what did you do? on the 19th of november 2020, - yourself, what did you do? on the 19th of november 2020, the - yourself, what did you do? on the j 19th of november 2020, the tooth yourself, what did you do? on the - 19th of november 2020, the tooth was hanging on by its nerve, and every time i try to eat anything, i was on soft food for a few days because i could not bite on anything because it would fall over into a funny position and be very painful. in the end, i had to bite the bullet, to use a phrase, and pool the truth

out. , ., ., _ out. did it hurt? no not by then, because it _ out. did it hurt? no not by then, because it had _ out. did it hurt? no not by then, because it had numbed - out. did it hurt? no not by then, because it had numbed itself. i out. did it hurt? no not by then, i because it had numbed itself. after treatment, you are often worried about problems after you have had surgery, that is minor surgery, but it is surgery at the end of the day. are you 0k? no i was fine, yes, that one did not bleat at all. later on, i had a further issue, and i had to pull a front tooth as well. that did bleed a little _ pull a front tooth as well. that did bleed a little bit, _ pull a front tooth as well. that did bleed a little bit, but _ pull a front tooth as well. that did bleed a little bit, but a _ pull a front tooth as well. that did bleed a little bit, but a cotton - bleed a little bit, but a cotton will but and that was ok after about ten minutes. i would not recommend anyone trying it. i ten minutes. i would not recommend anyone trying it— anyone trying it. i would not recommend _ anyone trying it. i would not recommend it, _ anyone trying it. i would not recommend it, please - anyone trying it. i would not recommend it, please tell. anyone trying it. i would not i recommend it, please tell me anyone trying it. i would not - recommend it, please tell me you anyone trying it. i would not _ recommend it, please tell me you now have a dentist and you are not going to pull your own teeth out? ida. have a dentist and you are not going to pull your own teeth out? ha. i to pull your own teeth out? no, i haven't got— to pull your own teeth out? no, i haven't got a _ to pull your own teeth out? no, i haven't got a dentist. _ to pull your own teeth out? no, i haven't got a dentist. i _ to pull your own teeth out? no, i haven't got a dentist. i have - to pull your own teeth out? no, i j haven't got a dentist. i have tried

haven�*t got a dentist. i have tried to phone everywhere locally, and there is nobody taking on any... 0ne there is nobody taking on any... one thing i have done is there is a dental school at the hospital near me, i have inquired with them about somebody training to do some treatment on my teeth that way. if i could be of any help to anybody, i am more than up for it. that could be of any help to anybody, i am more than up for it.— am more than up for it. that was mark george _ am more than up for it. that was mark george who _ am more than up for it. that was mark george who spoke - am more than up for it. that was mark george who spoke to me i am more than up for it. that was - mark george who spoke to me earlier, bless him. the children�*s commissioner for england has obtained data from the metropolitan police showing that nearly a quarter of strip searches carried out on children in london between 2018 and 2020 were done without an appropriate adult present. more than half of the children searched were black. celestina 0lulode reports. chanting. the strip search of child q, a 15—year—old black schoolgirl, sparked nationwide rallies.

chanting in solidarity, for these demonstrators, the details of the case were difficult to bear. wrongly accused of carrying cannabis, the schoolgirl was on her period when she was strip—searched by police. a safeguarding review said racism was likely to have been a factor. today�*s report shows child q is not the only child to be strip—searched without an appropriate adult present. the most important thing is that children�*s safeguarding is put at the centre of this. children�*s wellbeing. a strip—search means an intimate search. it is a really, really serious and traumatic thing and children of whatever age, you know, these 10—18 year olds should have an appropriate adult, a parent or carer, with them. i am so concerned by these met figures that i�*m now going to write to every single police authority in the country and ask

them for their data. i hope that data has been recorded properly, and if not we need to start getting that recorded properly. today�*s report says that 650 children aged between 10 and 17 were strip—searched between 2018 and 2020. over 95% were boys. in almost a quarter of these cases, no appropriate adult was present. over half of all the children strip—searched were black. some people are calling for change. we know that it is harmful to treat children in this way. it is deeply traumatising and, actually, it�*s a very ineffective practice. as data shows, it is overwhelmingly happening to black children. so this is actually a racist practice. what the police are doing is they are targeting searching children by conducting strip searches without an appropriate adult present. what they are also doing is completely illegal and something needs to be done about that immediately. in a statement, the metropolitan police said it understood

the lasting impact strip searches can have but, it added, there are occasions when such searches are very necessary to prevent harm to children who may be exploited by gangs, county lines and drug dealers. the force says it has already made changes and introduced new measures. celestina 0lulode, bbc news. the post office says the amount of cash withdrawn from its branches injuly was the highest since records began five years ago. campaigners say people are turning back to cash to help them budget in the face of the soaring cost of living. our business correspondent nina warhurst says reversals like this are rare. it is pretty rare to see a reversal like this in consumer behaviour. but over the last ten, 15 years, we have seen the percentage of transactions used by cash reduced by more than 50%. what has happened sincejuly alone, an 8% increase in the number of transactions where cash is used.

year on year, compared to last year, it�*s gone up by 20%. the post office tell us the reason that is happening is because people need to see and hold their cash, to be in control of their budgets. they are budgeting notjust month by month and week by week but day—to—day. they have reported incidents of people withdrawing the cash they need for that day or a particular bill to the absolute penny and part of it they think of the reason for increases injuly and august, is because more people are having holidays in the uk and they are notjust rigorously tapping away with the contactless card but they need to know they have £300 to spend and it cannot be a penny more. it says a lot about how lots of people are feeling at the moment about their finances. they need the absolute control before they feel things are starting to run away. we have had some messages this morning from viewers who say this presents a real problem for lots of people. mark said, my preference has always been cash but it�*s getting harder

to use it and he�*s right. the number of cashpoints that have closed over the last five years or so, they have gone down by nearly 30,000. susan says, my son has learning disabilities. he doesn�*t have a card, he only uses cash and likes to go to the cinema. he now feels excluded because they only take contactless. so we have a contradiction here. 0n the one hand, people wanting to use cash but on the other hand, businesess saying he was contactless. it will be interesting to see what happens now. we are heading into the autumn where we know the energy price cap is expected to go above £3,500. more people will want to have that control and fewer people will be able to get cash out from the places that they want to. very quickly, do you think this trend will be repeated? these are figures from the post office but will they be mirrored in building societies and banks and are people dipping into savings as well? that is part of the suggestion. bills are spiralling and energy bills going up in the autumn. and inflation as well and it will go higher, warnings about heading into

recession and people thinking i want to have cash on me. so potentially hitting their savings accounts, not just to pay the day—to—day bills, notjust because of the cost of living, but perhaps people wanting a little comfort and having that cash in the drawer, under the bed, in case the time comes. now to an unusual tourist attraction in iceland — this volcano erupted last wednesday, but as it spews out lava and streams of molten rock, tourists and locals have travelled to the site, to view the spectacular show. 0livia 0tigbah reports. when a volcano erupts, the advice is usually to run, but for these thrillseekers the temptation of seeing a once in a lifetime lava show is just too good to miss. we got here the day that it erupted. we basically got off our plane and someone working

at the airport said, "did you hear about the volcano?" fagradalsfjall, in iceland�*s south—west, lay dormant for 6,000 years until 2021 — and again on wednesday. despite authorities telling people to stay away, it has become a picnic spot and for some a honeymoon. i came here for my wedding about two days ago. and that was out here in the national park. so now the volcano erupted and we definitely wanted to come to the site. and we are going to go hiking. we wanted to have a i different kind of picnic. so we went hiking so we ended up here. strong earthquakes in recent days are said to be the cause of the eruption, as the fiery liquid continues to spewjust ten miles from the region�*s keflavik airport. it�*s super hot. super, super hot. certainly one for the instagram. 0livia 0tigbah, bbc news.

you�*re watching bbc news. hello again. as we go through this week, temperatures across much of the uk are going to rise and by the middle towards the end of the week, as high as 35 degrees. rainfall is going to be scarce, this is the amount of rainfall since the 1st of july, 2115 millimetres in the north and nothing in the south. that pattern will continue as high pressure dominates the weather this week keeping weather fronts at the across the north and west where we will see the rain. temperatures rising by day and not falling away too much by night, we are in for some mild nights towards the end of the week. we are after rainfall, we will see it across parts of

scotland, here is the key. where we need it and other parts of the country in southern areas, there is nonein country in southern areas, there is none in this week�*s forecast. we have the odd spot of rain or a shower across northern england, southern scotland today, but they will be isolated, the main rain across the north and west of scotland, also breezy. for the rest of the uk, dry, and warm. temperatures at 30 degrees in the south and into the low 20s further north and 1a to 17 where we had the rain in the north and west. the rain will be with us tonight, the went easing before picking up later on, under clear skies we are looking at some patrick mist. a mild night across the board, 11 to 16 degrees is our overnight low. the mist formed overnight will disperse in the morning leaving us with a dry tea, sunny, more cloud across the north west of scotland, which could produce a shower, the main rain

across the northern isles, gusty winds of a0 to a5 mph. 2a degrees in aberdeen, 29 degrees in birmingham, 31 degrees in southern england. wednesday off similarly. dry weather and cloud and rain across the north west. temperatures creeping up in glasgow to 2a celsius. widely we are looking at 30 or 31 degrees. the dry weather continues over the outlook period as the higher temperatures, widely above average for this time of year.

this is bbc news. i�*m joanna gosling and these are the latest headlines at 11. dentists at tipping point. a bbc investigation finds nine out of 10 nhs practices across the uk are not accepting new adult patients for treatment under the health service. my my partner is in abject agony. she said, can you get the privates to take my teeth out, i can�*t cope any more. ii take my teeth out, i can't cope any more. ., ., more. if we are not careful the future of _ more. if we are not careful the future of nhs _ more. if we are not careful the future of nhs dentistry - more. if we are not careful the future of nhs dentistry is - more. if we are not careful the future of nhs dentistry is by i more. if we are not careful the | future of nhs dentistry is by no means— future of nhs dentistry is by no means assured in this country. means assured in are you struggling to find a dentist, have you had to go private instead and pay more? or have you taken matters into your own hands by treating yourself? we want to hear from you. you can find me on twitter,

i�*m @bbcjoannag or you can use the hash tag bbc your questions. almost a quarter of all the strip searches carried out on children by police in london between 2018 and 2020 were done without an appropriate adult present and more than half searched were black boys. new evidence shows people are going back to cash to keep tighter control on their spending as the cost of living continues to soar. the bill as a mandate is passed. cheering. jubilation for democrats as the us senate finally backs a massive $a30 billion bill to reduce greenhouse gases and usher in cleaner energy. and it�*s a wrap — the last 12 gold medals from the commonwealth games are up for grabs on the final day of the competition ahead of the closing ceremony later.

a bbc news investigation has found that nine in ten nhs dental practices in the uk are not accepting new adult patients. researchers contacted almost 7,000 surgeries, which is thought to be almost all those offering nhs care. while nhs dental treatment is not free for most adults, it is subsidised. the bbc heard from people across the uk who could not afford private fees. the investigation has also found 98% of practises in the south—west of england, yorkshire and the humber and the north west were not accepting new adult nhs patients. access was best in london, where almost a quarter of practices were taking on new adult patients. eight in ten nhs practices are not taking on children, despite those in full—time education being entitled to completely free care. about 200 practices said

they would take on a child under the nhs only if a parent signed up as a private patient. the department of health said improving access to nhs dental care is a priority. 0ur correspondent jenny kumah reports. across the country, people are taking shocking steps to deal with their dental problems. my partner is in so much pain, she asked me to take her teeth out with a pair of pliers. i am living on porridge and soup and i need new teeth. _ bbc analysis reveals that coastal and rural areas like here in devon and cornwall have become so—called dental deserts. 0ur researchers called more than a60 nhs dental practices across the south—west. they found that 98% were not accepting any new adult patients. in newquay, on the north cornwall coast, denise is living off soup and soft food because of problems with her teeth. i�*ve only got a few at the front there and they are loose and wobbly

and so i can�*t bite anything. but none at the back. i can�*t even eat a salad now. i can�*t bite into a tomato. cucumber, even if it is chopped up into little pieces, it is still too hard. i can�*t eat them. i am down to eating slop. denise needs a denture. she�*s been on an nhs waiting list forfour years and, living on pension credit, she can�*t afford to go private. she fears without treatment, she will lose the rest of her teeth. i do not want to walk around with no teeth. it�*s horrible. after 50—odd years of working, it would be nice if i could have a set of teeth. this is an issue that is impacting across the country. a petition calling for more nhs dentists highlights how widespread the problems are. more than 180,000 people have signed it. how shocking are some of the experiences that people have been sharing on the petition?

people filing their own teeth down with nailfiles and taking teeth out with pliers, developing sepsis. joshua keeling set the petition up after his partner struggled to get the help she needed when they moved to dorset. my partner was in abject agony. she turned around to me and said, "can you get the pliers and just take my teeth out? "i can�*t carry on any more, i willjust have to deal no teeth." i thought, this situation is awful. hello, dental surgery. our research suggests that dentists are giving up doing nhs dental work. iain is still seeing patients, but he says the contract that dentists work under is driving many of his colleagues away. they have been trying to hang on to a broken system for such a long time. the problem is that for most dentists, the service they want to offer their patients is not readily available if they continue and stay in the nhs. it is a crying shame. nhs england has recently announced

some changes to the contract, including paying dentists more for more complex cases. but the union, the british dental association, argues the government�*s plans are too little, too late and fail to get to the root of the problem. jenny kumah, bbc news. shawn charlwood, chair of the british dental association�*s general dental practice committee, gave us his reaction to the bbc investigation. these are awful and shocking statistics, and i think they give the most complete picture of the nhs dental access crisis that we�*re experiencing, and i�*d like to thank the bbc for their work on that. there is a genuine crisis, i think there�*s been a crisis for a number of years, as many of your viewers will know. the nhs dental system is hanging by a thread, we�*re seeing an exodus of nhs dentists, and i genuinely think we�*re approaching a tipping point. now, we hope there isn�*t a tipping point reached,

but that�*s why we�*re flagging this up now. if we�*re not careful, the future of nhs dentistry is by no means assured in this country, and what we need, as your piece said earlier, is real reform, a move away from this widely discredited contract that we have. it was discredited back in 2008 by a health select committee, deemed unfit for purpose. they reported again last month and came to exactly the same conclusions. so, we�*ve wasted over a decade, and we at the bda have been flagging this up repeatedly, but nothing has been done and the changes that we�*ve seen very recently are quite marginal, they�*re quite small, and they�*re not going to address, in our opinion, the exodus away from the nhs. what we need is a fundamental new contract with fair funding for nhs dentistry. just to inform your viewers, at the moment, government only supplies enough funding for nhs dentistry for broadly

half of the population. so you can see why there�*s a crisis, and the funding isn�*t adequate for most dental practices to function. and we have a contract which is, as i say, unfit for purpose. so, we must have a new contract, and we want it urgently, not tinkering around the edges. it does feel a bit at the moment as though ministers are moving the deck chairs on the titanic. the marginal change is welcome, but not enough and won�*t, as i say, address the fundamental problems that your viewers are facing today. harriet warner needed urgent dental care in april, but struggled to find an nhs dentist to help her. shejoins me now from witney in 0xfordshire. welcome, thank you forjoining as. you were not one of those who resorted to doing some work on yourself, where you? irlo. resorted to doing some work on yourself, where you?— resorted to doing some work on yourself, where you? no. i mean, the

thou~ht of yourself, where you? no. i mean, the thought of that _ yourself, where you? no. i mean, the thought of that is _ yourself, where you? no. i mean, the thought of that is very _ yourself, where you? no. i mean, the thought of that is very terrifying, - thought of that is very terrifying, but i can completely understand why people do it because dental pain is maddening and it is the worst, it really is. maddening and it is the worst, it reall is. ~ ., .,, ., , , ., really is. what was happening to our really is. what was happening to your teeth? _ really is. what was happening to your teeth? well, _ really is. what was happening to your teeth? well, i _ really is. what was happening to your teeth? well, i had - really is. what was happening to your teeth? well, i had a - really is. what was happening to your teeth? well, i had a hole i really is. what was happening to your teeth? well, i had a hole in really is. what was happening to l your teeth? well, i had a hole in it and i thought _ your teeth? well, i had a hole in it and i thought i _ your teeth? well, i had a hole in it and i thought i could _ your teeth? well, i had a hole in it and i thought i could register- your teeth? well, i had a hole in it and i thought i could register with | and i thought i could register with and i thought i could register with a dentist if i am in urgent pain and i left it before it sorted itself out. i had covid before the end of january and that made it worse, so i rang round all the dentists i could possibly find, even those online who said they were accepting nhs patients, it turned out they were not. they said, no, orthere patients, it turned out they were not. they said, no, or there is a two—year waiting list. so i had to go down the private route in the end. ., , , ., , go down the private route in the end. ., , , .,, the end. how expensive was it? they oriainall end. how expensive was it? they originally wanted _ end. how expensive was it? they originally wanted to _ end. how expensive was it? they originally wanted to do _ end. how expensive was it? they originally wanted to do a - end. how expensive was it? they originally wanted to do a root - end. how expensive was it? they i originally wanted to do a root canal which was £800 and i don�*t have

£800. so i went for the extraction which was 250. but they did say to me at one point we can refer you to the nhs and have it taken out as an urgent procedure and it will only be £62. i thought, fantastic. they said there is a bit of a waiting list and i said, how long? there is a bit of a waiting list and isaid, how long? they there is a bit of a waiting list and i said, how long? they said one year. i couldn�*t wait for a year. you said the pain was maddening, what was it like? i you said the pain was maddening, what was it like?— what was it like? i would dream i was in pain _ what was it like? i would dream i was in pain i— what was it like? i would dream i was in pain i would _ what was it like? i would dream i was in pain i would wake - what was it like? i would dream i was in pain i would wake up - what was it like? i would dream i was in pain i would wake up in i what was it like? i would dream i l was in pain i would wake up in pain andi was in pain i would wake up in pain and i would take all the painkillers i could. my youngest daughter said to me after i had the tooth out, mum, you have got colour in your cheeks again. ifelt mum, you have got colour in your

cheeks again. i felt so ill all the time, it was indescribable. you said ou had time, it was indescribable. you said you had not — time, it was indescribable. you said you had not registered _ time, it was indescribable. you said you had not registered for - time, it was indescribable. you said you had not registered for a - you had not registered for a dentist, what was your situation? i had registered my children and i had not got round to registering myself. i thought if i am in that much pain, surely there will be an emergency dentist that will see me? if i broke my foot, they would not say, we will put a plaster cast on it in a year�*s time. i thought it would be a similar thing, time. i thought it would be a similarthing, but time. i thought it would be a similar thing, but it turns out i was wrong. it similar thing, but it turns out i was wrong-— similar thing, but it turns out i was wrong. similar thing, but it turns out i waswronr. ., , ., ., was wrong. it is a salutary tale and it is becoming _ was wrong. it is a salutary tale and it is becoming clear _ was wrong. it is a salutary tale and it is becoming clear that if - was wrong. it is a salutary tale and it is becoming clear that if you - it is becoming clear that if you don�*t see the dentist regularly, you may not be on their books. it is something that is emerging today as part of the picture of difficult access to nhs dentist. thank you for joining us, harriet. if you are

watching at home and you have had an experience and are struggling to get an nhs dentist, if you have done something to your own teeth, because you were in the same sort of pain, to get in touch. the children�*s commissioner for england has obtained data from the metropolitan police showing that nearly a quarter of strip searches carried out on children in london between 2018 and 2020 were done without an appropriate adult present. more than half of the children searched were black. celestina 0lulodeh reports. chanting. the strip search of child q, a 15—year—old black schoolgirl, sparked nationwide rallies. chanting in solidarity, for these demonstrators, the details of the case were difficult to bear. wrongly accused of carrying cannabis, the schoolgirl was on her period when she was strip—searched by police. a safeguarding review said racism was likely to have been a factor. today�*s report shows child q is not the only child to be strip—searched without an appropriate adult present. the most important thing is that children�*s safeguarding is put at the centre of this. children�*s wellbeing. a strip—search means an intimate search. it is a really, really serious and traumatic thing and children of whatever age, you know, these 10—18 year olds

should have an appropriate adult, a parent or carer, with them. i am so concerned by these met figures that i�*m now going to write to every single police authority in the country and ask them for their data. i hope that data has been recorded properly, and if not we need to start getting that recorded properly. today�*s report says that 650 children aged between 10 and 17 were strip—searched between 2018 and 2020. over 95% were boys. in almost a quarter of these cases, no appropriate adult was present. over half of all the children strip—searched were black. some people are calling for change. we know that it is harmful to treat children in this way. it is deeply traumatising and, actually, it�*s a very ineffective practice. as data shows, it is overwhelmingly happening to black children. so this is actually a racist practice. what the police are doing is they are targeting searching children by conducting strip searches without an

appropriate adult present. what they are also doing is completely illegal and something needs to be done about that immediately. in a statement, the metropolitan police said it understood the lasting impact strip searches can have but, it added, there are occasions when such searches are very necessary to prevent harm to children who may be exploited by gangs, county lines and drug dealers. the force says it has already made changes and introduced new measures. celestina 0lulode, bbc news. let�*s speak to jacqueline courtenay — she organised a rally over the child q case outside hackney townhall. we heard from her in that report. thank you forjoining us. tell us why you were moved to campaigning on this issue. i why you were moved to campaigning on this issue. . , why you were moved to campaigning on this issue. ., , ., ., ., this issue. i was moved into action for several — this issue. i was moved into action

for several reasons. _ this issue. i was moved into action for several reasons. the _ this issue. i was moved into action for several reasons. the majority, | for several reasons. the majority, myself being a mother of three i felt aggrieved in behalf of child queue�*s mother, that her parental authority was undermined in this way by the school and the police. the timing of it bothered me, it happened at a disruptive time for children during the pandemic in december 2020 and ifelt children during the pandemic in december 2020 and i felt that the school, by calling in the police when they supposedly smelt cannabis on the trial, they elevated that disruption to a whole new level. also i did not want to remain silent on this. i wanted to bring the community together to heal, to create a safe space and call for change. that is exactly what happened at hackney town hall in march. there was a spirit of the african philosophy that talks about teachers showing humanity to others and togetherness. bhd

teachers showing humanity to others and togetherness.— and togetherness. and what impact has that had? _ and togetherness. and what impact has that had? it — and togetherness. and what impact has that had? it has _ and togetherness. and what impact has that had? it has had _ and togetherness. and what impact has that had? it has had an - has that had? it has had an incredible _ has that had? it has had an incredible impact _ has that had? it has had an incredible impact in - has that had? it has had an incredible impact in terms. has that had? it has had an l incredible impact in terms of showing that actually we are quite serious when we say that the structural racism which shows itself up structural racism which shows itself up in disproportionate ways in which black children are treated in police custody and by being strip—searched in these very intimate and very traumatising and harmful ways that we are not going to stand for it. we are angry about this and somebody, somewhere cares about these children. it somewhere cares about these children. , , ., ., ~' somewhere cares about these children. , , ., ., children. it is being looked at more closely because _ children. it is being looked at more closely because the _ children. it is being looked at more closely because the children's - closely because the children�*s commissioner has got these figures showing nearly a quarter of strip searches carried out on children in london between 2018 and 2020 were done without an appropriate adult prison and more than half of the children searched were black. what should happen as far as you are concerned? i should happen as far as you are concerned?— should happen as far as you are

concerned? ., ., ~ _ concerned? i have heard the met say the have concerned? i have heard the met say they have revised _ concerned? i have heard the met say they have revised policies _ concerned? i have heard the met say they have revised policies and - concerned? i have heard the met say they have revised policies and they i they have revised policies and they are looking at doing more. i think they should be decolonising the way police officers are trained. we are talking about in schools decolonising the curriculum, let�*s be consistent in that. let�*s be sure that the way in police officers are being vetted and trained is without any archaic attitudes against black people and any racial prejudice. can people and any racial pre'udice. can ou people and any racial prejudice. can you explain how that would work? what is happening in the system as far as you car concerned is wrong and how it would change?- and how it would change? police officers are _ and how it would change? police officers are being _ and how it would change? police officers are being allowed - and how it would change? police officers are being allowed to - and how it would change? police i officers are being allowed to enter the force with these dangerous views about black people and black communities, things that the majority... communities, things that the majority- - -— communities, things that the ma'ori ., ., majority... can you explain more about that? _ majority... can you explain more about that? is _ majority... can you explain more about that? is that _ majority... can you explain more about that? is that a _ majority... can you explain more about that? is that a perception l majority... can you explain more i about that? is that a perception you have or is there evidence? there about that? is that a perception you have or is there evidence?— have or is there evidence? there is evidence. have or is there evidence? there is evidence- i — have or is there evidence? there is evidence. i have _

have or is there evidence? there is evidence. i have looked _ have or is there evidence? there is evidence. i have looked back- have or is there evidence? there is evidence. i have looked back to - have or is there evidence? there is evidence. i have looked back to a i evidence. i have looked back to a book talking to people about race in which she details the hendon police couege which she details the hendon police college rejected having an antiracist approach to their police officers�* training because it was uncovered that there were these racial prejudices that these police officers in training hard and they were stopping that from being looked into and actually treated. that is where i am coming from, that the way in which things are taught to police officers and then for them to enter the communities they are in, such as hackney, which is a very diverse community, that they are coming at it without the cultural competency and the cultural language and awareness they need to have. then what happens is you have these situations with a black child experiencing lifelong detriment at the hands of police officers who do

not care and who do not have the community spirited mind that i mentioned earlier.— community spirited mind that i mentioned earlier. thank you for cominu mentioned earlier. thank you for coming in- _ mentioned earlier. thank you for coming in- we — mentioned earlier. thank you for coming in. we will— mentioned earlier. thank you for coming in. we will be _ mentioned earlier. thank you for coming in. we will be talking - mentioned earlier. thank you for coming in. we will be talking to l mentioned earlier. thank you for| coming in. we will be talking to a former chief superintendent from the met. get in touch if you want to be part of this conversation on twitter. the conservative leadership candidate rishi sunak has renewed his criticism of the tax cuts being proposed by his rival liz truss. writing in the sun, he accuses her of planning to give a "big bung to large businesses and the well—off" while leaving those who most need help "out in the cold". ms truss�*s allies say she has not ruled out offering households more support in an emergency budget, if she becomes prime minister. let�*s speak to our political correspondent nick eardley at westminster. are they tweaking what they are saying following on from what happened last week with interest rates and the warning of recession? not really. interestingly, they are under massive pressure to do that because the cost of living crisis is probably the biggest issue that one

of them will face when they get the keys to downing street in just under a month�*s time. liz truss came under a month�*s time. liz truss came under a lot of pressure at the weekend when she told the financial times that, yes, she wanted to look at what more support was available and she wanted to do it in what she described as a conservative way by lowering the tax burden rather than giving what she called hand—outs. some wondered if that meant what she ruling out future grants or future loans to people to help with bills like the soaring price of energy over winter? like the soaring price of energy overwinter? it does not seem she is ruling that out despite those comments. herallies ruling that out despite those comments. her allies are saying she is not taking anything off the table just yet, she will look at all of that in an emergency budget which she would hold within weeks of

becoming the prime minister in september. but she is under pressure to explain exactly what she meant when she said she did not want to give hand—outs and what she is prepared to put on the table. rishi sunak has an interesting piece in the sun newspaper today where he is not pulling any punches. he is saying her plans would not touch the sides when it comes to dealing with the cost of living crisis. her plans to reduce taxes by reversing the increase in national insurance, for example, he is calling for bolder action. but to be honest we don�*t know what that bolder action is. he has said he would like to get rid of vat on energy bills but beyond that his supporters are not saying exactly what rishi sunak would do to help with the cost of living.

interestingly, one thing they keep saying is look at his record in the treasury, look at the various things he did as chancellor. it is true, he did announce support during the year and he did things during the pandemic to keep people injobs. but it is also worth pointing out that he did a lot of those things under significant pressure from the labour party and from tory mps. rishi sunak is under pressure as well to say exactly what he would do with the cost of living. remember as well that at the moment both candidates are pitching to tory members, but as the wider electorate looks on and wonders what these plans would mean for them, wonders what these plans would mean forthem, i wonders what these plans would mean for them, i think there is going to be increasing calls for more details on what they would both do if they were prime minister to help people,

particularly people on the lowest incomes dealing with the cost of living crisis. the health secretary stephen barclay says he is looking to recruit more nhs staff from overseas as he warns the health service faces "very real challenges" this autumn and winter. as part of contingency planning for what he calls "reasonable worst case scenarios", the health secretary said hiring more foreign nurses to help in social care might help speed up the discharge of patients from hospital beds. the us senate has approved a landmark bill which includes the country�*s biggest ever investment to tackle climate change. the a30—billion dollar spending package is one of the centrepieces of president biden�*s agenda. republicans were opposed to large parts of the bill, which includes tax rises for businesses. wildfires, flash floods, drought and melting polar ice caps — extreme weather events are increasing around the world because of climate change. the united states tops the list of countries that have emitted the biggest amount of carbon dioxide in total since the industrial revolution and is still the world�*s second—biggest polluter. with such high stakes, the democrats cried with joy and pumped theirfists in the air after the us senate finally approved a key plank of presidentjoe biden�*s domestic agenda. the inflation reduction act will invest $369 billion for climate change — the largest investment in us history.

its authors say it will reduce us carbon emissions by a0% by 2030. the boldest climate package in us history. the senate has now passed the most significant bill to fight the climate crisis ever, and it�*s going to make a difference to my grandkids. the world will be a better place for my grandchildren because of what we did today and that makes me feel very, very good. compromises were made, but large amounts of money will fund a range of alternative energy solutions. hundreds of billions of dollars for investment in solar power and wind power, geothermal power, nuclear power, important tax credits for electric vehicles, hugely significant incentives for carbon capture. and director capture in hydrogen power. tens of billions of dollars

for helping farmers play a role in the fight against climate change. but republicans say the bill will damage the us economy and that it amounts to a war on american fossil fuels. democrats have already robbed american families once through inflation, now their solution is to rob amercian families yet a second time. democrats want to ram through hundreds of billions in tax hikes and hundreds of billions of dollars in reckless spending. and for what? some republicans have said they will try to stall or block the progress of the bill but it is expected to be approved next week in the house of representatives. leana hosea, bbc news. cbs news correspondent skyler henry is in washington. he told us that it has taken president biden a long time to get to this stage. months ago, we knew that with that build back better plan that the president originally had, some $3.5 trillion that were being proposed, that didn�*t necessarily get all of the support from every member of his party, especially

in the senate, namely senatorjoe manchin of west virginia. that was certainly something that was really a thorn on the president�*s side, if you will, in terms of trying to get these significant measures passed, especially when you take into consideration the fact that the measure targeted climate change, health care costs and rising taxes on larger corporations. but that is what this new measure will address. it obviously passed over the weekend after this vote—a—rama, 16 hours of debate. republicans tried to propose several different amendments, most of which were swatted down over the course of the weekend. so now the hard part, sort of kind of, has been pushed forward, and now this will head to the house, where it will presumably pass and hit the president�*s desk relatively quickly. but we talked about what this could potentially mean, especially as we look ahead to the midterm elections in november. democrats certainly needed something to hang their hats on, a lot of them hoping that this measure will be it.

a ceasefire agreement to end three days of fighting between israel and palestinian militants appears to be largely holding. the latest upsurge in violence began when israel killed a leaderfrom the islamichhad group. the militants then fired dozens of rockets and mortars into israel which responded with more air strikes on gaza. more than a0 palestinians have been killed, including 15 children. 0ur middle east correspondent, yollande knell is injeruselum and sent this update. things looked shaky at first because there were rocket warnings that went off close to the gaza strip after the ceasefire was said to come into effect. but slowly things calmed down and after two sleepless and very stressful nights for palestinians in gaza and israel is, particularly in the south of the country, finally this was a relatively calm one. the signs are at the moment is the ceasefire is

sticking. it was brokered by egypt, but also with the united nations, qatar and others getting involved. there were national calls for calm as well because the humanitarian situation in gaza was deteriorating rapidly. the crossings have been closed between gaza and israel last week because tension started running high after israel arrested an islamichhad leader in the west bank and there were direct threats from islamichhad to israel which came through and that is why it said it launched a pre—emptive operation to stop any attacks by islamic jihad. now we are seeing that sun aid is going in through those crossings, most importantly fuel, to run the single power plant there is in gaza. there have been severe power shortages over the past few days. hospitalsaid power shortages over the past few days. hospital said they were getting through their back—up fuel supplies and they would no longer be

able to run their power generators and that could have really dire consequences, particularly as they were seeing so many injured people coming into them during the fighting, something like 300 people were injured, as well as the aa people the palestinian officials say were killed. a couple of messages from you on what has been happening on dental treatment when it was found that nine out of ten nhs dentists are not taking on new patients. jamie from liverpool says, i am on benefits and i worked front of house and hospitality for 30 years. i recently lost a front tooth and i�*m too embarrassed to seek work. this has exacerbated my depression and anxiety after trying more than 100 dentist locally who will not accept nhs patients. i was not informed of removal from the practice i was registered with. on twitter, i had to go private as

there is an average four to eight year wait in leeds and my bill was £175 for two fillings and the hygienist. thank you for those. keep them coming in if you have had experience with regards to trying to get dental treatment. we are hearing about people resorting to diy treatment. to get in touch and you can be part of the conversation this morning. hello again. as we go through this week, there�*s a lot of dry and very warm weather in the forecast. the exception to that is across the north and west of scotland, where at times we�*ll have thicker cloud and some rain and breezy conditions. move away from here, we�*re back into the sunshine with some fair weather cloud developing through the day. 22 degrees in aberdeen, to 29 or 30 around the london area. through this evening and overnight under clearer skies, we�*ll see some patchy mist form. we still have a weather front across the north and the west of scotland, some cloud getting into

northern ireland and at times there�*ll be some rain, with the wind easing initially and then picking up again by the end of the night. across the board, we are looking at a mild night. so any mist that�*s formed overnight will quickly disperse and, again, we�*re looking at a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine. a bit more cloud across north—west scotland, with the rain in the northern isles, and gusty winds in the north and west, gusting up to a5 miles an hour. top temperatures, 29 or 30. hello, this is bbc news. i�*mjoanna gosling, and these are the headlines: dentists at tipping point — a bbc investigation finds nine out of ten nhs practices across the uk are not accepting new adult patients for treatment under the health service. almost a quarter of all the strip searches carried out on children by police in london between 2018 and 2020 were done without an appropriate adult present — and more than half searched were black boys.

new evidence shows people are going back to cash to keep tighter control on their spending — as the cost of living continues to soar. jubilation for democrats — as the us senate finally backs a massive $430 billion bill to reduce greenhouse gases and usher in cleaner energy. and, it�*s a wrap — the last 12 gold medals from the commonwealth games are up for grabs on the final day of the competition ahead of the closing ceremony later. sport — and for a full round—up, let�*s go to birmingham. here�*s chetan pathak. victoria square is resplendent in the sun this morning. the end of the birmingham commonwealth games 2022 is upon us, but not before one final day of competition before this evening�*s closing ceremony. two gold medals to be won in diving today, and i can tell you in the last half

an hour, scotland have won their first diving gold of these games in the mixed synchronised 3m springboard final. the edinburgh pair ofjames heatly and grace reid put in an incredible final dive. both endured disappointing individual showings at this meet but they�*ve responded magnificently to earn scotland�*s 13th gold of the games. they scored a total of 306. australia and malaysia completed the podium, with england�*s ben cutmore and desharne bent—ashmeil finishing fourth. edds may be not being quite what i wanted in my individual events, but am just so delighted we got that today. i think both of us has some disappointment, so to come back today and win gold in front of this amazing crowd of all ourfamily here, just speechless. and right now the mixed synchronised 10m platform final, eight pairs. it�*s a first international outing as a pairing for england�*s noah williams and andrea spendolini—sirieix

as they seek to add to their medal tally. williams won men�*s synchronised gold with matty lee, while spendolini—sirieix took the individual title and a women�*s synchro silver. kyle kothari and individual bronze medallist lois toulson are england�*s other scratch pairing. scotland�*s angus menmuir and gemma mcarthur got the competition under way, while aidan heslop and ruby thorne are diving for wales. let�*s see how the aussies do. that look clean, didn�*t it? there are live streams of this over on bbc iplayer. medals to be won in badminton, too, on this final day. england�*s marcus ellis and lauren smith missed out on a gold medal, as they were beaten in the mixed doubles final by singapore�*s terry hee and jessica tan. the world number ten pairing lost 21—16, 21—15, and take silver, like they did in 2018.

following england womens incredible hockey gold yesterday, in the last hour the men have won bronze after beating south africa. it was 3—3 at half time in a thrilling match at the university of birmingham, but when philip roper hammered england into the lead late in the third quarter, they never looked back, eventually winning by 6—3. it has been good for the home nation so far on this final day. 0n the final night of athletics, scotland�*s laura muir saved the best for last, winning the first commonwealth gold medal of her career in the final of the 1500 metres. a silver medalist at last year�*s 0lympics, muir, who�*s 29 now, finished in four minutes, 2.76 seconds to add to her 800m bronze and win scotland�*s 12th title of the games which they�*ve since added to this morning. i thinkjust keep on working, keep

on working. you have to be patient sometimes of these things, sometimes they come quick and sometimes they take a while. ijust kept on working, and eight years later i got the gold. i was just trying to keep it together on the podium, it was really emotional. having so many friends and family and at the audience as well, it was just a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity and i was so glad i was able to do it. in a table tennis, women's double a table tennis, women�*s double bronze. that is a lot going on there, after 0lympic for going for gold in the men�*s singles final. we have squash medals up for grabs for the home nations too. it is feeling pretty busy at the moment but we will keep you updated. let�*s get more now on the commonwealth games — the closing ceremony takes place in birmingham this evening, bringing to an end 11 days of competition. let�*s speak now to lechezdani luza, he�*s a former botswana boxer who won

silver at the 2002 manchester games. he�*s now the africa representative for the commonwealth games federation and carried the commonwealth flag into alexander stadium for the opening ceremony. thank you forjoining us. what are your reflections on these games, particularly for the african countries?— particularly for the african countries? ., ,, , ., ., , countries? thank you for this opportunity- _ countries? thank you for this opportunity- i— countries? thank you for this opportunity. i believe - countries? thank you for this opportunity. i believe the - countries? thank you for this - opportunity. i believe the games have been amazing. post kluivert, there were a lot of challenges. african nations had that opportunity to come and your showcase their skills and all of that, and they performed really well. nigeria and south africa and at the top ten, it�*s been amazing. all these other nations are prepared to someone in the middle as well and they grabbed some meadows. is it really been amazing, i believe it�*s been a big success for us. amazing, i believe it's been a big success for us.— amazing, i believe it's been a big success for us. how important are at

the commonwealth _ success for us. how important are at the commonwealth games _ success for us. how important are at the commonwealth games seen - success for us. how important are at the commonwealth games seen by i success for us. how important are at i the commonwealth games seen by the african nations? thei;r the commonwealth games seen by the african nations?— african nations? they are very, very important- — african nations? they are very, very important- as— african nations? they are very, very important- as you — african nations? they are very, very important. as you know, _ african nations? they are very, very important. as you know, is - african nations? they are very, very important. as you know, is a - african nations? they are very, very important. as you know, is a lot - important. as you know, is a lot easierfor a lot important. as you know, is a lot easier for a lot of our athletes that make it to the olympics because of qualifiers and financial restraints. the commonwealth games presents a massive opportunity to our athletes because that�*s where they can actually showcase their skills at the highest level. thei;r skills at the highest level. they are amazing — skills at the highest level. they are amazing to _ skills at the highest level. they are amazing to us. _ skills at the highest level. they are amazing to us. an - skills at the highest level. they are amazing to us. an african i are amazing to us. an african country has never hosted the commonwealth games. is that something you would dream about? 0bviously, something you would dream about? obviously, and that is something that every person would dream of. i remember that south africa tried to put a dead end, they failed because of some restraints. i believe, still, some day nations will actual put up something and may be co—host,

it would make life easier for them. it is something we are really dreaming of which could happen in our lifetime. you dreaming of which could happen in our lifetime-— our lifetime. you mention the difficulties _ our lifetime. you mention the difficulties of _ our lifetime. you mention the difficulties of african - our lifetime. you mention the difficulties of african athletes| difficulties of african athletes getting to the olympics, for instance, because of financial constraints. tell us a little bit more about the challenges for african athletes. it more about the challenges for african athletes.— african athletes. it starts with simle african athletes. it starts with simple things. _ african athletes. it starts with simple things, infrastructure | african athletes. it starts with l simple things, infrastructure for the sports people. you find they don�*t have the right infrastructure. maybe you want to host an international event, but your track doesn�*t qualify. so that is the number one challenge. also, the issue of travelling. travelling across africa is a bit difficult. sometimes you have to fly to europe and go back to africa. it is not easy compared to here, where you can just take a train inform birmingham to, say, wales, orany just take a train inform birmingham to, say, wales, or any other country. athletes are kept in shape,

they compete every two weeks. there is in the case, you just have to compete at home. if you want a lot of exposure, you need to spend a lot of exposure, you need to spend a lot of money to come to europe. i mentioned as a boxer for botswana, you won silver at the manchester games in 2002. can you tell us briefly about your journey to that and the pride that you felt? it briefly about yourjourney to that and the pride that you felt? it was wonderful- — and the pride that you felt? it was wonderful- i _ and the pride that you felt? it was wonderful. i remember _ and the pride that you felt? it was wonderful. i remember it - and the pride that you felt? it was wonderful. i remember it when i i and the pride that you felt? it was i wonderful. i remember it when i was put in the team, with the politics, maybe there was another good boxer there in a new team before me, so i was coming on as a new boxer. 0n there in a new team before me, so i was coming on as a new boxer. on my first real international outing. i remember in the media it was all about me making my enemies, because i went on to win this over ahead of everyone and at the whole of team botswana. i�*m really proud of that. even up to today, no one has broken

that record. they have done and other than text, they have won a gold and deli. as for the boxers, they still have a huge mountain to climb. there is one boxer i trained who has won gold in birmingham, so i believe she is on her way to making this record. believe she is on her way to making this record-— this record. currently, you are out the one that _ this record. currently, you are out the one that stands _ this record. currently, you are out the one that stands out _ this record. currently, you are out the one that stands out as - this record. currently, you are out the one that stands out as having | the one that stands out as having done best of all. an absolute joy to talk to you, thank you so much indeed. the post office says the amount of cash withdrawn from its branches injuly was the highest since records began five years ago. campaigners say people are turning back to cash to help them budget in the face of the soaring cost of living. i�*m nowjoined by natalie ceeney, who is the chair of campaigning body, the cash action group. she also chaired the governments�* independent access to cash review, which was reported in 2019.

cache kind of went out for fashion for a long time, didn�*t it? then exacerbated by what happened with covid. but it�*s back. tell us more about the reasons as to why. {lister about the reasons as to why. over the last decade, _ about the reasons as to why. over the last decade, as _ about the reasons as to why. over the last decade, as cash _ about the reasons as to why. or the last decade, as cash decline, everyone has been forecasting the demise of cash. but the reality is, even a year ago, 10 million people were still dependent on cash. there are of the first time in every decade, we are seeing cash use go up. we are seeing people draw small amounts, and i put that down a lot to the cost of living crisis. cash is one of the best ways to budget. if you have a debit card, money can go out and you don�*t have it. if you use direct debits, money may go out that you don�*t have at the end of the month. so a lot of people are turning to cash because you can literally put that £30 a week in pots, make sure you have enough

money for food and other essentials, and you won�*t go overdrawn. hesse money for food and other essentials, and you won't go overdrawn. have you been speaking — and you won't go overdrawn. have you been speaking to _ and you won't go overdrawn. have you been speaking to people _ and you won't go overdrawn. have you been speaking to people doing - and you won't go overdrawn. have you been speaking to people doing this, i been speaking to people doing this, i�*m just wondering what people are saying around that? i i'm just wondering what people are saying around that?— i'm just wondering what people are saying around that? i think people's fear is that they _ saying around that? i think people's fear is that they go _ saying around that? i think people's fear is that they go into _ saying around that? i think people's fear is that they go into debt, - saying around that? i think people's fear is that they go into debt, they i fear is that they go into debt, they won�*t be able to get out of debt, so anything is critical to manage that overdraft at the end of the month. yes, i�*m hearing from people who are getting money out rather than using cards, who have switched back from direct debits to prepayment metres, or are paying direct debits to prepayment metres, orare paying in direct debits to prepayment metres, or are paying in cash. we are seeing from post office data and also other cashback schemes that are run in the uk, more and more people with strong very small amountsjust to uk, more and more people with strong very small amounts just to pay for the goods they need for that week or that day. the goods they need for that week or thatda. , ., _ , that day. obviously, it makes it simler that day. obviously, it makes it simpler to _ that day. obviously, it makes it simpler to keep _ that day. obviously, it makes it simpler to keep on _ that day. obviously, it makes it simpler to keep on top - that day. obviously, it makes it simpler to keep on top of - that day. obviously, it makes it simpler to keep on top of your. simpler to keep on top of your expenditure, because as a physical thing and when it�*s gone is gone.

you�*re from the cash action group. just tell us more about that, do you advocate the use of cash for these reasons? it advocate the use of cash for these reasons? , ., ., , . reasons? it is a group including the nine biggest _ reasons? it is a group including the nine biggest banks _ reasons? it is a group including the nine biggest banks in _ reasons? it is a group including the nine biggest banks in the _ reasons? it is a group including the nine biggest banks in the uk, - reasons? it is a group including the nine biggest banks in the uk, but. nine biggest banks in the uk, but also consumer groups and small business groups. we try to find ways to keep cash viable. banks are closing branches, atms have been closing, and that is leading a lot of communities without the services that they need. to fill those gaps, we have set up a voluntary scheme so that any community that doesn�*t have its services that it needs, it will get independently assessed and we will put services back. we are setting up shared banking hubs across the uk, and that is actually being backed by government legislation which has already been published, it is being debated in september and hopefully become law by next april. that will require all banks in the uk to make sure that

all customers have suitable access to cash and deposit facilities. to aet to cash and deposit facilities. to get in touch if you want to talk about that story, as ever. let�*s go back to the news that quarter of strip searches and one then were done without an adult present. how can it be that the strip searches are carried out without an appropriate adult present? are there and not protocols that should make the absolutely impossible to happen? there are incredibly exceptional circumstances where it is necessary because of concerns about life. you may have a vulnerable person, not just a child, who has an item that they may hurt themselves with. then

na be necessary to carry out a strip search immediately. but they should be at the absolute exceptions, as opposed to almost a quarter. i think the worrying aspect about this case is that the police were unable to say where 25% of the individual cases take place, what venue they take place at. that is incredibly poor record—keeping on the part of the police when it comes to very, very intimate searches carried out on children and vulnerable people. when you talk about the extreme circumstances and which it is permissible for police to carry out a strip search without an appropriate adult present because thatis appropriate adult present because that is an immediate concern around potentially a concealed weapon, that obviously gives huge discretion. so how do you manage that in a way that doesn�*t mean the numbers reduce f thatis doesn�*t mean the numbers reduce f that is what you believe should be

happening? i that is what you believe should be ha enin: ? , that is what you believe should be happening?— that is what you believe should be ha enin: ? , ., happening? i remember when i done strip searches. _ happening? i remember when i done strip searches, they _ happening? i remember when i done strip searches, they were _ happening? i remember when i done strip searches, they were done - happening? i remember when i done strip searches, they were done at. strip searches, they were done at the police station with a sergeant present. they would be supervised and you will try to get an appropriate adult present. so, i�*m just surprised at what child q has diebold. this all stems from the commissions review and request for information. that was an incredibly disturbing case, where a child was taken to a room and was strip—searched in a school. there are failure as on the part of the school and indeed the police who conducted that. i think there are some real concerns around this, because that appears to not be an isolated incident but a more systemic problem within the metropolitan police. the commission has requested more information from other forces, has requested more information from otherforces, so i�*m afraid this

story might not be over, this might be a problem across police forces in england and wales. you be a problem across police forces in england and wales.— england and wales. you talk about what it was — england and wales. you talk about what it was like _ england and wales. you talk about what it was like in _ england and wales. you talk about what it was like in your _ england and wales. you talk about what it was like in your time, - england and wales. you talk about what it was like in your time, strip| what it was like in your time, strip searches would always be carried out at the police station. 0bviously, searches would always be carried out at the police station. obviously, we know with child q at happen in a school, and you say that 25% of cases now have no evidence on exactly what they have happened. so, should it be the case that they are absolutely not permissible away from absolutely not permissible away from a police station? i absolutely not permissible away from a police station?— a police station? i would never say not permissible. _ a police station? i would never say not permissible. if _ a police station? i would never say not permissible. if you _ a police station? i would never say not permissible. if you are - a police station? i would never say not permissible. if you are dealing| not permissible. if you are dealing with a vulnerable child and a child who has tried to commit suicide, thatis who has tried to commit suicide, that is really important to make sure that you do everything to protect the child. i think what is worrying is that these cases have happened at that have not been proper records. we don�*t understand exactly where a quarter of these have happened. a quarter have happened without an appropriate

aduu happened without an appropriate adult being present. so does it give an indication that they are perhaps been done more than they should be? i think that will happen now is that child q has a really open our eyes to systemic issues within the police when it comes to searching vulnerable people and children. a further two ships loaded with food have been given permission to set sailfrom ukraine�*s black sea ports. one of the vessels is carrying 11,000 tonnes of soybeans to italy, while the other contains more than a8,000 tonnes of grain destined for turkey. an increasing number of exports are being permitted under a deal between moscow and kyiv to help ease the global food shortage. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, called for international inspectors to be given access to the power plant. he stressed that any attack on a nuclear plant was suicidal and urged both sides to end hostilities around the complex. i�*m s o rry , i�*m s o rry , i�* m i�*m sorry, i�*m not sure which nuclear power plant we are talking about here, so i think we will move

on from that. let�*s show you some pictures from islington. mmultiple roads have been closed after a water main burst, causing flooding up to fourfeet high in places. eight fire engines and about 60 firefighters were at the scene and fire crews are using flood barriers to divert water. people are urged to avoid the area. a 12—year—old girl has made hundreds of survival blankets for homeless people out of crisp packets. she�*s made more than 200 blankets this year. dan heard reports. making survival blankets for homeless people out of crisp packets. it may be unusual and time—consuming, but 12—year—old alyssa says the effort is worth it, because while it helps the most vulnerable people, it also stops the used packets from being thrown in the bin. you get crisp packets,

we get them donated in, and then you get about aa of them, and then you cut them like, so it�*s like a book, and then you wash it, i wash it in the sink. and then you wait for it to dry, and then you get about four of them and then line them up, and then you get baking paper and then iron and then fuse them together. the finished blankets look very similar on one side to the silver blankets given to marathon runners after they cross the finish line. the idea originally came from pen huston from east sussex, who�*s now set up a company called the crisp packet project. to make blankets and survival bags and support others around the uk who are doing the same. alyssa started making the blankets in august last year and asked her mum to get colleagues at work to start collecting old crisp packets for her. alyssa and her mum put the blankets into a bag, along with other essential items like gloves, socks and toothpaste. if i imagine that i�*m homeless and that i didn�*t have much,

to see one of these crisp packet blankets included with, like, a care package, i would be really happy. because that would be, like, a lot to me. so just to think that not many people have much stuff, this would be, like, make their day. the packs are given to homeless shelters in wrexham and rhyl, or support organisations like the salvation army and hope restored in llandudno. some have even been sent to ukraine. alas it is always looking for donations of crisp packets, ideally washed. people can contact her through the chris hackett project or her facebook page. dan heard, bbc news. now to an unusual tourist attraction in iceland — this volcano erupted last wednesday, but as it spews out lava and streams of molten rock — tourists and locals have travelled to the site to view the spectacular show.

0livia 0tigbah reports. when a volcano erupts, the advice is usually to run, but for these thrillseekers the temptation of seeing a once in a lifetime lava show is just too good to miss. we got here the day that it erupted. we basically got off our plane and someone working at the airport said, "did you hear about the volcano?" fagradalsfjall, in iceland�*s south—west, lay dormant for 6,000 years until 2021 — and again on wednesday. despite authorities telling people to stay away, it has become a picnic spot, orfor some a honeymoon. i came here for my wedding about two days ago. that was out here in the national park. so now the volcano erupted and we definitely wanted to come to the site. and we are going to go hiking. we wanted to have a different kind of picnic. so we went hiking so we ended up here.

strong earthquakes in recent days are said to be the cause of the eruption, as the fiery liquid continues to spewjust ten miles from the region�*s keflavik airport. it�*s a super hot. super, super hot. certainly one for the instagram. 0livia 0tigbah, bbc news. the actress, june spencer, who�*s played peggy on the archers for more than 70 years has retired at the age of 103. her last appearance was aired during the omnibus edition on sunday. she was the last remaining member of the original 1951 cast. among peggy�*s many fans was the duchess of cornwall, who last year invited june spencer and her co—stars to a reception marking the show�*s 70th anniversary. she called peggy "a true national treasure who has been part of my life, and millions of others, for as long as i can remember". radio a�*s martha carney visited june at her home, in surrey, back in 2019, shortly before her 100th birthay. she spoke about her character, peggy.

well, she was a london girl, and she was brought in as a character, a town girl who didn�*t know country ways at all. having to explain everything to peggy was in a way of explaining everything to the listeners. i see, as part of the famous agricultural storylines? yes, it was a sort of information programme. we were told it wasn�*t a drama, it was real life overheard. and how would you describe peggy�*s character? well, she�*s just she�*s a little bit like her mother. but she was very forthright. she knew what was right and what was wrong, and she stuck to it. and i think peggy is growing more and more like that. not much of a sense of humour, but she�*s she�*s beginning to show a little glimmer of fun these days. 0nly trouble is. what? well, i couldn�*t go all by myself. i�*d feel so self—conscious if i went on my own. do you know, peggy, i�*ve never been to a cat show.

well, we always rectify that. tomorrow, if you like. when you made that pilot for the archers all those years ago, had you any idea that you�*d still be playing in it at the age of 100? i had no idea i would never be 100 for a start, let alone still working. but if i can keep on doing it for a bit, then perhaps there�*s an example of some other old people who�*ve just given up, who might think, "well, if that old girl can do it, and so can i, i�*d hope. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood as we go through this week, there�*s a lot of dry and very warm weather in the forecast.

rainfall will be scarce. that pattern is set to continue as high pressure dominates our weather this week, keeping weatherfronts pressure dominates our weather this week, keeping weather fronts at bray across the north and west. temperatures rising by day and not falling too much by night. we are in for some mild nights towards the end of the week. we are likely to see rainfall across parts of scotland. where do we need it and other parts of the country, particularly in southern areas, there is none and speak�*s forecast. that is the odd spot of rain and showers getting into northern england, scotland scotland today, but they will be fairly isolated. for the rest of the uk, it will be dry, sunny and warm. we are looking at 1a—17 but we have got the rain in the north and west. that rain will be with us for the course of the night, they were in the easing before picking up again

later on. under clear skies we are looking at some patchy miss forming. a mild night across the board. any patchy miss that forms overnight will quickly disperse tomorrow morning, leaving us with a dry and sunny day. the main rain will be across the northern ireland. wednesday starts off in a similar note, a lot of dry weather around, we still have clout and splashes of rain across the north—west. the dry weather continues as we head through the outlook period, as indeed do the higher temperatures, temperatures wildly above average for

this is bbc news. i�*m joanna gosling and these are the latest headlines. dentists at tipping point — a bbc investigation finds nine out of ten nhs practices across the uk are not accepting new adult patients for treatment under the health service. my partner is in abject agony. she said, "can you get the pliers to take my teeth out, i can�*t cope any more." if we are not careful the future of nhs dentistry is by no means assured in this country. are you struggling to find a dentist, have you had to go private instead and pay more? or have you taken matters into your own hands by treating yourself? we want to hear from you. you can find me on twitter, i�*m @bbcjoannag or you can use the hash tag bbc your questions.

almost a quarter of all the strip searches carried out on children by police in london between 2018 and 2020 were done without an appropriate adult present and more than half searched were black boys. a year since the taliban took control of afghanistan, the country�*s maternity services reach breaking point as newborn deaths and miscarriages in one province alone, nearly double. new evidence shows people are going back to cash, to keep tighter control on their spending, as the cost of living continues to soar. and it�*s a wrap — the last gold medals from the commonwealth games are up for grabs on the final day of the competition ahead of the closing ceremony later. a bbc news investigation has found

that nine in ten nhs dental practices in the uk are not accepting new adult patients. researchers contacted almost seven—thousand surgeries, which is thought to be almost all those offering nhs care. while nhs dental treatment is not free for most adults, it is subsidised. the bbc heard from people across the uk who could not afford private fees. the investigation has also found 98% of practises found 98% of practices in the south—west of england, yorkshire and the humber and the north west were not accepting new adult nhs patients. access was best in london, where almost a quarter of practices were taking on new adult patients. eight in ten nhs practices are not taking on children, despite those in full—time education being entitled to completely free care. about 200 practices said they would take on a child under the nhs only if a parent signed up as a private patient. the department of health said improving access to nhs

dental care is a priority. 0ur correspondent jenny kumah reports. across the country, people are taking shocking steps to deal with their dental problems. my partner is in so much pain, she asked me to take her teeth out with a pair of pliers. i am living on porridge and soup and i need new teeth. _ bbc analysis reveals that coastal and rural areas like here in devon and cornwall have become so—called dental deserts. 0ur researchers called more than a60 nhs dental practices across the south—west. they found that 98% were not accepting any new adult patients. in newquay, on the north cornwall coast, denise is living off soup and soft food because of problems with her teeth. i�*ve only got a few at the front there and they are loose and wobbly and so i can�*t bite anything. but none at the back. i can�*t even eat a salad now. i can�*t bite into a tomato.

cucumber, even if it is chopped up into little pieces, it is still too hard. i can�*t eat them. i am down to eating slop. denise needs a denture. she�*s been on an nhs waiting list forfour years and, living on pension credit, she can�*t afford to go private. she fears without treatment, she will lose the rest of her teeth. i do not want to walk around with no teeth. it�*s horrible. after 50—odd years of working, it would be nice if i could have a set of teeth. this is an issue that is impacting across the country. a petition calling for more nhs dentists highlights how widespread the problems are. more than 180,000 people have signed it. how shocking are some of the experiences that people have been sharing on the petition? people filing their own teeth down with nailfiles and taking teeth out with pliers, developing sepsis.

joshua keeling set the petition up after his partner struggled to get the help she needed when they moved to dorset. my partner was in abject agony. she turned around to me and said, "can you get the pliers and just take my teeth out? "i can�*t carry on any more, i willjust have to deal no teeth." to deal with no teeth." i thought, this situation is awful. hello, dental surgery. our research suggests that dentists are giving up doing nhs dental work. iain is still seeing patients, but he says the contract that dentists work under is driving many of his colleagues away. they have been trying to hang on to a broken system for such a long time. the problem is that for most dentists, the service they want to offer their patients is not readily available if they continue and stay in the nhs. it is a crying shame. nhs england has recently announced some changes to the contract, including paying dentists more for more complex cases. but the union, the british dental

association, argues the government�*s plans are too little, too late and fail to get to the root of the problem. jenny kumah, bbc news. dr neel gokul is an nhs urgent care dentist in morecambe, lancashire. thank you very much forjoining us. can you tell us a bit about how your practice works better mark we are not can you tell us a bit about how your practice works better mark we are not actually an urgent care practice. not actually an urgent care practice-— not actually an urgent care ractice. ~ . . ., practice. we are a general care ractice practice. we are a general care practice and — practice. we are a general care practice and we _ practice. we are a general care practice and we have _ practice. we are a general care practice and we have our - practice. we are a general care practice and we have our own i practice and we have our own patients, but because of the situation, with people not being able to access dentistry, to be honest, i don�*t know how it works around the rest of the country. people contact us and asked us, can you volunteer to see a few patients every day? that is what we do. it is

a voluntary option. everyday people the emergency service and they would be referred to places like my practice. we still see our full roster of patients but we also try and help those people who have no access. it is a bit of a drop in the ocean, to be honest.— ocean, to be honest. these are atients ocean, to be honest. these are patients who. _ ocean, to be honest. these are patients who, when _ ocean, to be honest. these are patients who, when they - ocean, to be honest. these are patients who, when they are i ocean, to be honest. these are patients who, when they are in | patients who, when they are in extreme pain, can see you immediately? we have talked to people who have been told they can be in emergency referral but that means potentially up to a year. iloathed means potentially up to a year. what this means is — means potentially up to a year. what this means is when _ means potentially up to a year. what this means is when they _ means potentially up to a year. bi�*ué�*ii this means is when they call means potentially up to a year. met this means is when they call 111, they will send me an e—mail with their details and we will contact their details and we will contact the patient and get them in on the same day. our main priority is to be

proactive. 0n the odd occasion people who would be better with a new denture, for example just last week a patient was missing front teeth, so we make them a denture and we are not being paid for it. i was auoin to we are not being paid for it. i was going to come — we are not being paid for it. i was going to come to _ we are not being paid for it. i was going to come to that, _ we are not being paid for it. i was going to come to that, the - we are not being paid for it. i was going to come to that, the issues around the dental contract, how are you making this work? how are you finding the time? is it going into overtime? brute finding the time? is it going into overtime? ~ ., ., , , , overtime? we do our best. everyday we keep some _ overtime? we do our best. everyday we keep some time _ overtime? we do our best. everyday we keep some time aside _ overtime? we do our best. everyday we keep some time aside these - we keep some time aside these patients. my own patients take priority and we are looking after them. i personally see about 30 to 35 patients every day.— them. i personally see about 30 to 35 patients every day. obviously you are extremely _ 35 patients every day. obviously you are extremely busy _ 35 patients every day. obviously you are extremely busy and _ 35 patients every day. obviously you are extremely busy and the - 35 patients every day. obviously you are extremely busy and the work- 35 patients every day. obviously you | are extremely busy and the work you are extremely busy and the work you are doing for these emergency cases you describe as a drop in the ocean. well, when you hear about the people

who were speaking earlier, it is all because of this broken system. what can i do if it is a broken system? i don�*t know, i am in it. all we can don�*t know, i am in it. all we can do is try our best and our practice is dedicated and we are trying our best. the fact is i have been trying for a long time to recruit more dentists and it is very difficult to recruit dentist.— dentists and it is very difficult to recruit dentist. thank you so much for “oininr recruit dentist. thank you so much forjoining us- _ let�*s speak now with christine jardine, who�*s the lib dem�*s cabinet office spokesperson. i don�*t know if you could hear neil talking there are about working in a broken system, asking what he can do, doing his best. what are your suggestions on how to fix the system? suggestions on how to fix the s stem? ~ . ., , ., system? what we need now is that the nhs dentist contract _

system? what we need now is that the nhs dentist contract needs _ system? what we need now is that the nhs dentist contract needs to - system? what we need now is that the nhs dentist contract needs to be - nhs dentist contract needs to be reformed so we have more nhs dentist. we need reform and plans for more nhs dentist. we are at the situation in the moment where one out of ten dental practices are accepting more nhs patients. that is not good enough and that is why we are getting to the situation where we are hearing horrific stories about people doing diy dentistry and taking at their own teeth and it is something you would read in a dickensian novel and it is on the 20th century and the fault with that lie solely with this conservative government that has done nothing to tackle the crisis.— tackle the crisis. sorry, on that basis, tackle the crisis. sorry, on that basis. they _ tackle the crisis. sorry, on that basis, they are _ tackle the crisis. sorry, on that basis, they are introducing - tackle the crisis. sorry, on that i basis, they are introducing reform and they have looked at the contract and they have looked at the contract and they have looked at the contract and they are bringing in changes, including paying more to dentists for complex cases. but including paying more to dentists for complex cases.— including paying more to dentists for complex cases. but that does not hel the

for complex cases. but that does not help the fact — for complex cases. but that does not help the fact we _ for complex cases. but that does not help the fact we are _ for complex cases. but that does not help the fact we are where _ for complex cases. but that does not help the fact we are where we - for complex cases. but that does not help the fact we are where we are. l help the fact we are where we are. we have heard nothing from rishi sunak or liz truss and one of them is about to become the prime minister. they have said nothing about the crisis in care in this country. dental health care is critical. they are competing to outdo each other in the culture wars and people have been left in vain —— in pain, ratherthan and people have been left in vain —— in pain, rather than dealt with and we need looked at urgently. so in terms of how _ we need looked at urgently. so in terms of how to _ we need looked at urgently. so in terms of how to ensure _ we need looked at urgently. so in terms of how to ensure those - we need looked at urgently. so in terms of how to ensure those who need the care the most can get it, do you have suggestions for changes that could be implemented quickly? we were hearing it was extremely difficult to try to hire a dentist. you said more dentists are needed. issues around training takes time. there is a system with finite resources. would you think around means testing? i resources. would you think around means testing?— resources. would you think around means testing? i think what we need is dentist to —

means testing? i think what we need is dentist to be _ means testing? i think what we need is dentist to be encouraged - means testing? i think what we need is dentist to be encouraged to - means testing? i think what we need is dentist to be encouraged to take i is dentist to be encouraged to take on more nhs cases. those of us who could afford private care are the only ones at the moment who can be sure that they will be looked after if there is a problem with their tea. a problem with your teeth can lead to bigger health problems and what we need is a reform of the system which encourages more dentist to take on more nhs patients and in the long term recruit more dentists. that would mean a reform of the contract because currently the contract because currently the contract only provides enough government funding for around half of the population. would you say the liberal democrats should commit to doubling that so it covers the entire population? we doubling that so it covers the entire population?— doubling that so it covers the entire population? doubling that so it covers the entire --oulation? ~ ., ., entire population? we need to reform the contract — entire population? we need to reform the contract to — entire population? we need to reform the contract to see _ entire population? we need to reform the contract to see that _ entire population? we need to reform the contract to see that it _ entire population? we need to reform the contract to see that it does - the contract to see that it does provide greater health care, greater provision for nhs patients. we are seeing the contract at the moment does not, so for me it is obvious we

need to reform that contract. sorry to interrupt... i cannot put an exact figure on it because that would be irresponsible before we spoke to the dentist. but that is what the government is not doing, not sitting down and not dealing with it. it is another thing that is being brushed under the carpet. i am wonderin: being brushed under the carpet. i am wondering what _ being brushed under the carpet. i am wondering what the liberal democrats actually think should be done and talk around the principles of that. you say you cannot put specific figures on it. i you say you cannot put specific figures on it— figures on it. i said quite specifically _ figures on it. i said quite specifically that - figures on it. i said quite specifically that we - figures on it. i said quite specifically that we need figures on it. i said quite i specifically that we need to figures on it. i said quite - specifically that we need to reform the contract. when we have got to the contract. when we have got to the situation where nine out of ten nhs practices in the country are not taking more patients, we have got to the situation where in my city of edinburgh it is very little better in scotland. we only have 16% of nhs

dentists taking more patients. in devon you cannot get nhs dentist. it is absolutely obvious that the critical thing to do is reform the contract so that dentists are encouraged and able to take on more nhs patients. the encouraged and able to take on more nhs patients-— nhs patients. the government say the have nhs patients. the government say they have reformed _ nhs patients. the government say they have reformed the _ nhs patients. the government say they have reformed the contract. i | they have reformed the contract. i am interested in what you would do differently. am interested in what you would do differentl . , am interested in what you would do differentl. , ., , , ., ., differently. they obviously have not done it well— differently. they obviously have not done it well because _ differently. they obviously have not done it well because the _ differently. they obviously have not done it well because the reforms i done it well because the reforms have not worked.— done it well because the reforms have not worked. they have not come in et. we have not worked. they have not come in yet- we have _ have not worked. they have not come in yet. we have to _ have not worked. they have not come in yet. we have to sit _ have not worked. they have not come in yet. we have to sit down _ have not worked. they have not come in yet. we have to sit down with - have not worked. they have not come in yet. we have to sit down with the i in yet. we have to sit down with the dental health _ in yet. we have to sit down with the dental health organisations, - in yet. we have to sit down with the dental health organisations, speaki dental health organisations, speak to dentists and find out how we can deal with this problem, how we can make dental health more available to people. it is obvious the government at the moment, its attention is not on anything happening in this country, it is focused on the leadership election. the people still in place, the prime minister, is absent, and we are not getting things dealt with and this is a

prime example of that. neither liz truss nor rishi sunak is telling us what they were due to reform what is a crisis. when you have people doing dentistry in their own homes, using pliers, nailfile, people pleasing with their partners to take their teeth, that is critical, it is urgent, it needs more attention and we should be looking at that now. daisy cooper, the liberal democrat health spokesperson. and a spokesperson for the department of health and social care care has said, "improving patient access to nhs dental care is a government priority and the new reforms to the dental contract announced last month are an important step, allowing the best performing practices to see more patients, making better use of the range of professionals working in the sector such as dental therapists, hygienists and nurses, while also rewarding dentists more fairly for providing more complex care." i apologise, i gave christine gerrard in the wrong name. i can see behind me, apologies for that, christinejordan. —— christine

christine jordan. —— christine jardin. sport and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. the medals have kept coming in the last half—an—hour. it�*s gold and silver for england in the mixed synchronised 10m platform final. noah williams and andrea spendolini—sirieix took gold, before kyle kothari and lois toulson followed their success with silver. she won the women�*s synchro silver. they are doubling up on their gold medals and they are thrilled with that. 7a.88, the final dive. they were well clear of the rest. a great

way for team england to cap off the events at the aquatic centre. but not england only. and scotland also clinched gold in the mixed synchronised 3, springboard final. the edinburgh pair ofjames heatly and grace reid put in an incredible final dive. both endured disappointing individual showings at this meet but they�*ve responded magnificently to earn scotland�*s 13th gold of the games. they scored a total of 306. australia and malaysia completed the podium, with england�*s ben cutmore and desharne bent—ashmeil finishing fourth. it has maybe not been quite what i wanted in my individual events, but i am just so delighted that we got that today. both of us had disappointments, so to come back today and win gold in front of this amazing crowd with all of our family here, just speechless.

medals to be won in badminton too on this final day. england�*s marcus ellis and lauren smith missed out on a gold medal as they were beaten in the mixed doubles final by singapore�*s terry hee and jessica tan. the world number 10 pairing lost 21—16,21—15 and take silver like they did in 2018. following england womens incredible hockey gold yesterday, south africa. it was 3—3 at half time in a thrilling match at the university of birmingham, but when philip roper hammered england into the lead late in the third quarter, they never looked back, eventually winning by 6 goals to 3. you can keep across everything that is happening on the bbc website on on the bbc iplayer. more for you later on in the afternoon. the children�*s commissioner for england has obtained data from the metropolitan police showing that nearly a quarter of strip

searches carried out on children in london between 2018 and 2020 were done without an appropriate adult present. more than half of the children searched were black. celestina 0lulodeh reports. chanting. the strip—search of child q, a 15—year—old black schoolgirl, sparked nationwide rallies. chanting in solidarity, for these demonstrators, the details of the case were difficult to bear. wrongly accused of carrying cannabis, the schoolgirl was on her period when she was strip—searched by police. a safeguarding review said racism was likely to have been a factor. today�*s report shows child q is not the only child to be strip—searched without an appropriate adult present. the most important thing is that children�*s safeguarding is put at the centre of this. children�*s wellbeing. a strip—search means an intimate search. it is a really, really

serious and traumatic thing and children of whatever age, you know, these 10—18—year—olds should have an appropriate adult, a parent or carer, with them. i am so concerned by these met figures that i�*m now going to write to every single police authority in the country and ask them for their data. i hope that data has been recorded properly, and if not we need to start getting that recorded properly. today�*s report says that 650 children aged between 10 and 17 were strip—searched between 2018 and 2020. over 95% were boys. in almost a quarter of these cases, no appropriate adult was present. over half of all the children strip—searched were black. some people are calling for change. we know that it is harmful to treat children in this way. it is deeply traumatising and, actually, it�*s a very ineffective practice. as data shows, it is overwhelmingly happening to black children. so this is actually

a racist practice. what the police are doing is they are targeting certain children. what they are doing is completely illegal and something needs to be done about that immediately. in a statement, the metropolitan police said it understood the lasting impact strip searches can have but, it added, there are occasions when such searches are very necessary to prevent harm to children who may be exploited by gangs, county lines and drug dealers. the force says it has already made changes and introduced new measures. celestina 0lulode, bbc news. joining me now is louise 0wusu—kwarteng, associate professor in sociology at the university of greenwich. welcome, thank you very much for joining us. what is your reaction to this? ~ .,

joining us. what is your reaction to this? ~ . , this? well, i mean, when i spoke about this — this? well, i mean, when i spoke about this before _ this? well, i mean, when i spoke about this before i _ this? well, i mean, when i spoke about this before i was _ this? well, i mean, when i spoke about this before i was actually i about this before i was actually quite horrified and this has made it even worse, to be honest. the very fact there are 650 that were strip—searched between 2018 and 2020 is very concerning, but looking at this sociologically, these are the ones that we know of, there could be many more that have not been collated within the data. 0bviously collated within the data. obviously it is concerning for me for a lot of reasons. we have spoken so many times about the trauma, but there probably needs to be a hole or understanding of how this trauma will be lifelong. it is not one of those things that will go straight after the event. it is something that will be ongoing, as we have seenin that will be ongoing, as we have seen in the case of child q. she spoke about the constant anxiety, amongst other things, that she

experiences. that is very concerning.— experiences. that is very concerning. experiences. that is very concerninu. ~ ., ,, ., ., concerning. when you talk about more understanding — concerning. when you talk about more understanding of _ concerning. when you talk about more understanding of the _ concerning. when you talk about more understanding of the trauma _ concerning. when you talk about more understanding of the trauma of- concerning. when you talk about more understanding of the trauma of the - understanding of the trauma of the children getting search, obviously thatis children getting search, obviously that is an important thing for society to understand, but are you talking specifically about police understanding about the consequences of what they are doing and training around that?— around that? yes, absolutely. if there is not— around that? yes, absolutely. if there is not this _ around that? yes, absolutely. if there is not this understanding, | around that? yes, absolutely. if. there is not this understanding, it will carry on and people will not really see what it is doing to these kids and what it will do to them as adults. that for me is quite concerning. and also the very fact there is no appropriate adult or parent in 21% of the cases. now, thatis parent in 21% of the cases. now, that is concerning in and of itself because the fact that in a sense it is almost like they can�*t consent, they have no choice but to go through all of this. for me the fact

that there is nobody there supporting them is problematic because they cannot really raise questions and this is what will add to the trauma to these kids because it will make them feel like there was nobody there for them, supporting them. the fact is nobody was asked to come and support them and that is very worrying as well. going back to the fact that so many of these kids were black, in 2018 58% of them were black. if we look at the black population in london, 19% of them are kids and 58% is almost three times the amount of the black child youth population in london. there are questions that need to be raised about that. iloathed need to be raised about that. what are our need to be raised about that. what are your suspicions _ need to be raised about that. what are your suspicions as _ need to be raised about that. what are your suspicions as to _ need to be raised about that. what are your suspicions as to why that figure is so much higherfor black children? figure is so much higher for black children? ., ., , , ,, , children? unfortunately these kids have been racialised _ children? unfortunately these kids have been racialised and _

have been racialised and criminalised at an early age. there is the whole issue around the perception that these kids are older than they actually are. again this is another area that needs to be looked into and understood a whole lot more. then going back to my earlier point about the fact that there are 650 that have been strip—searched between 2018 and 28 -- 2020, strip—searched between 2018 and 28 —— 2020, my question would be what was the figure before that and what was the figure before that and what was the figure after? in sociology we have statistics that are there, but sometimes we need to look at other information. if this is just focusing on london, what about the rest of the country? what is going on? if we were to look at the whole thing, the statistics would be very

different. , , ., , . , thing, the statistics would be very different. , , ., different. these statistics show it has been going — different. these statistics show it has been going on _ different. these statistics show it has been going on for— different. these statistics show it has been going on for some - different. these statistics show it has been going on for some time | different. these statistics show it - has been going on for some time but now it has been brought into the spotlight because of what happened with child q. spotlight because of what happened with child o. , ., , ., with child o. yes, that is a worrying — with child o. yes, that is a worrying thing. _ with child o. yes, that is a worrying thing, because i with child o. yes, that is a worrying thing, because if| with child o. yes, that is a i worrying thing, because if not with child o. yes, that is a - worrying thing, because if not we would not have known exactly what is going on. we looked at what the case was between 2018 and 2020, but what about 2020 to 2022? what about before 2018? there are questions to before 2018? there are questions to be asked about that as well. thahk be asked about that as well. thank ou so be asked about that as well. thank you so much- _ former wales manager and manchester united footballer ryan giggs is appearing in court today for the start of his trial. he�*s accused of attacking and coercively controlling his ex—girlfriend. the a8—year—old is also charged with assaulting her younger sister. he denies all of the charges against him with the trial due to last at least 10 days. the post office says the amount of cash withdrawn from its branches

injuly was the highest since records began five years ago. campaigners say people are turning back to cash to help them budget in the face of the soaring cost of living. earlier i spoke to natalie ceeney who is chair of the cash action group and she explained why more people are going back to using cash 0ver over the last decade as a cash decline, everybody has been forecasting the demise of cash, but the reality is even a year ago 10 million people were still dependent on cash. for the first time in over a decade we are seeing cash use go up. we are seeing more people withdraw small amounts to the penny. i put a lot of that down to the cost of living crisis. cash is simply one of living crisis. cash is simply one of the best way to budget. if you have a debit card you can easily tap and money can go out when you do not have it. if you use direct debit,

money can go out and you may not have money at the end of the month when bills are rising. a lot of people are going back to cash because you can literally put that £30 for the weak imports and make sure you have enough money for food and other essentials and you will not go overdrawn.— and other essentials and you will not go overdrawn. have you been s-ueakin not go overdrawn. have you been speaking to _ not go overdrawn. have you been speaking to people _ not go overdrawn. have you been speaking to people who _ not go overdrawn. have you been speaking to people who are - not go overdrawn. have you been speaking to people who are doing this? i am wondering what people are saying around that, the sort of description of money in pots and how it is being managed.— it is being managed. people fear that if they _ it is being managed. people fear that if they go — it is being managed. people fear that if they go into _ it is being managed. people fear that if they go into debt, - it is being managed. people fear that if they go into debt, they i it is being managed. people fearl that if they go into debt, they will not be able to get out of debt. anything is critical to manage that overdraft at the end of the month. i am hearing from people who are getting more money out rather than using cars, who have switched back

from direct debits to prepayment metres or paying in cash. and we are seeing from post office data, but other cashback schemes that are run in the uk, more people withdrawing very small amounts just to pay for the goods they need that weak or that day. it the goods they need that weak or that da . . ., , the goods they need that weak or thatda. , , , the goods they need that weak or that da . . ~ , , , ., that day. it makes it simpler to kee on that day. it makes it simpler to keep on top — that day. it makes it simpler to keep on top of— that day. it makes it simpler to keep on top of your _ that day. it makes it simpler to | keep on top of your expenditure because it is a physical thing and when it is gone, it is gone, so you know how to eke it out. tell us a bit more about the cash action group. do you advocate the use of cash for these reasons? the group. do you advocate the use of cash for these reasons?— cash for these reasons? the cash action group _ cash for these reasons? the cash action group is — cash for these reasons? the cash action group is a _ cash for these reasons? the cash action group is a group _ cash for these reasons? the cash action group is a group including | action group is a group including the nine biggest banks in the uk, including consumer groups and small business groups. we are trying to find a way to keep cash viable. banks are closing branches, atms are closing and that has left a lot of

communities without the services they need. what we are doing to fill those gaps as we have set up a voluntary scheme so that any community that does those gaps as we have set up a voluntary scheme so that any community that does not have the services it needs will get independently assessed and we will put services back. we are setting up shared banking hubs across the uk. that has been backed by government legislation which has all been published and it will be debated in september and hopefully it will become law by next april. that will require all banks in the uk to make sure that customers have suitable access to cash and deposit facilities. now time for a look at the weather with thomas. a little rain forecast for northern and western scotland, but south—east of that it is sunny with scattered fair weather close, just the chance of a shower, an isolated one across england. temperatures in the high 20s, may be the 30s in the

south—east, or more typically the low 20s. the forecast for tonight shows clear skies, the week weather fronts brushing the north and north—west of scotland and tomorrow 17 in london and 1a in hull dentists at tipping point — a bbc investigation finds nine out of ten nhs practices across the uk are not accepting new adult patients for treatment under the health service. almost a quarter of all the strip searches carried out on children by police in london between 2018 and 2020 were done without an appropriate adult present — and more than half searched were black boys. a year since the taliban took control of afghanistan — the country�*s maternity services reach breaking point, as newborn deaths and miscarriages in one province alone nearly double. new evidence shows people are going back to cash to keep tighter control on their spending — as the cost of living continues to soar. former wales manager and manchester united footballer

ryan giggs is in court for the start of his trial — in which he accused of attacking and coercively controlling his ex—girlfriend. so, as the commonwealth games draws to a close, what will the legacy of birmingham 2022 actually be? mike bushell has been taking a look at what impact hosting the games has had on the city, and what it�*s hoped it might lead to in the future. a mexican wave in the sunshine on birmingham�*s new beach. for a volleyball match between kenya and ghana. and across the city, sport has beenjust the beginning. let�*s see how many we can get today, guys! the icebreaker allowing new friendships to form. enabling the city to express itself, and show off its hidden secrets, a mexican wave in the sunshine on birmingham�*s new beach. its spectacular architecture, its network of canals, as well as

more familiar attractions. and the feeling is, this city played a blinder. birmingham has really stunned the world. we are now global. the amount of visitors that have come to birmingham is unreal. it has lit us up. birmingham is alive. everybody loves birmingham. we've been working on it for years, and we got it. i everything is blessed up here. we've got the weather— and everybody is coming together. coming together at the city�*s free festivals site, through sport and music, from all over the world. this games also embodied the cosmopolitan side of this town. sports might have brought people to the city but the arts have been allowed to flourish in and around the presentations. and you'll catch something that you might not have seen before. and it seems the party has left

a lasting impression on the dozens of nations coming from across the commonwealth... i�*m blending in, though. it�*s wonderful. fantastic, great atmosphere, great people, great muscles, we've got it all. this is my first time in birmingham, been to london several times. - but it's amazing. the transport is fantastic, the sports festivals - here have been amazing. it�*s amazing like how it�*s changed over the years. because of the commonwealth games, everything has been changed and there's new things. in the athletics stadium where she used to race when she was growing up, denise lewis feels the games have gone above and beyond. it surpassed my expectations on so many levels. you know, you just have to speak to the people who have only been to birmingham maybe once or twice, or had an impression of what birmingham might be like, they�*ve absolutely loved it. but for me, our volunteers and the crowd have been outstanding.

here at the track, everybody has been vocal, they�*ve been supportive, it�*s been packed to the rafters. there�*s the giant mechanical bull, the star of the opening ceremony, then an icon for these games, attracting huge crowds in the square in the city centre. and with its future now guaranteed, it�*ll continue to stand proud representing all that birmingham 2022 will be remembered for. memories that have been shared by more visitors than the city ever expected. we were estimating there would be 1 million visitors into the city. i think we underestimated that. we could be a holiday destination for millions of people from around the world. more canals than venice, more trees than paris, we now have the largest bull attraction in the entire country. i think having delivered the commonwealth games on a shortened timeframe, which city in this country

could deliver the eurovision song contest on a shortened timeframe? it�*s got to be birmingham, hasn�*t it? and we will push on from that. we are bidding to host the european athletics championships, and i�*ve said this would be a golden decade for birmingham, we�*d like to end that golden decade by hosting the world athletics championships here in the city of birmingham. and when the commonwealth games baton has been handed on and the sun goes down on a memorable games for the last time, the city is well—placed, it seems, to bask in the afterglow for years to come. thank you. a brum thing changed forever. the first official multisport event held between common of countries was held between common of countries was held in hamilton, in canada, in 1930. joining me now is greg maychak — he�*s a canadian hamilton resident and he is leading canada�*s bid for the games in 2030. archive pictures that of hamilton

backin archive pictures that of hamilton back in 1930. greg, i know you are really passionate about this. make the case for going back for the centenary. it seems like an obvious choice? ~ .,, , centenary. it seems like an obvious choice? ~ , ., , choice? when those first games were held, there were tremendous - held, there were tremendous sacrifices that were made. you can imagine in 1930, organising an event, bringing 11 nations together for the first time, and basically creating the wheel. the founder of the games, some of his work and effort and what he did to make those first games happen, really, if it wasn�*t for him and those first games will here today. certainly, we recognise the proud history of what he did and make those games happen. there were a00 athletes from 11 countries at those games and a limited number of sports? aha, lat countries at those games and a

limited number of sports? a lot less than here, about _ limited number of sports? a lot less than here, about half. _ limited number of sports? a lot less than here, about half. some - limited number of sports? a lot less than here, about half. some were i than here, about half. some were sports, some were exhibition sports. but very successful and the athletes loved it. the english team, however, have some challenges getting to the games in terms of the costs. they reached out to the founder of the games and indicated they couldn�*t afford it. he went back to his community, and the committee approved for him to borrow $30,000, and that allowed the english team to come. without team england, these would not be the empire games that eventually became the commonwealth games. i eventually became the commonwealth games. ~ ., ., ., games. i know you have got some histo u- games. i know you have got some history up there — games. i know you have got some history up there with _ games. i know you have got some history up there with you, - games. i know you have got some history up there with you, one - games. i know you have got some history up there with you, one of. history up there with you, one of the medals from those games. maybe you could show it to others and tell us about how prized the wearer? this was a us about how prized the wearer? ti 3 was a participant medal which actually belong to the founder of. as the organiser, each one of those 11 teams you spoke of would have

received venues like this to give to all the competitors. bobby robinson called them the friendly games because it was the first time that at any athletics games that they had an athletes�* village. he felt it was important for the athletes to come together and make friends. his lea is together and make friends. his legacy is enormous. how would you describe it? he legacy is enormous. how would you describe it?— describe it? he had tremendous leadership. _ describe it? he had tremendous leadership, that _ describe it? he had tremendous leadership, that proud - describe it? he had tremendous leadership, that proud history i describe it? he had tremendous l leadership, that proud history still exists today and our region. they are the only international multi—region sports games that were founded in canada. it is not only hamilton�*s games, it would be a regional bid, it has been a concerted effort of many to pull together even the preparation of what we call our host proposal. hagar what we call our host proposal. how lona is the

what we call our host proposal. how long is the process? how difficult is it? are there any sort of guarantees around would be a historic choice to go back to the beginning for the centenary? there are never guarantees, _ beginning for the centenary? there are never guarantees, no _ beginning for the centenary? iivv are never guarantees, no different from the effort that has gone on here. i have to commend the organisers, the volunteers, and most importantly the people here in england have been so wonderful and so nice, and just done an incredible job. 0urteam is working, again, to pull this together under the leadership of our president and chair. that has been a lot of legal work, but now we are waiting for the cdf to come out with the requirements. our hosting proposal is with the government and we are waiting to sit down and hopefully no 93)’ waiting to sit down and hopefully no gay shared what will be the host games agreement. then, of course, voting of the 70 nations in the hope that they award the games to

hamilton and our region, 0ntario, hamilton and our region, ontario, the province, for the 2013 centennial games. it the province, for the 2013 centennial games.- the province, for the 2013 centennial games. the province, for the 2013 centennial names. , ., , centennial games. it has been lovely to talk to and — centennial games. it has been lovely to talk to and about _ centennial games. it has been lovely to talk to and about history. - centennial games. it has been lovely to talk to and about history. thanksi to talk to and about history. thanks very much indeed, greg. ukrainian nuclear authorities have accused moscow of committing an act of nuclear terrorism by launching a new rocket attack on the zaporizhzia power plant. the operator of the plant said a russian rocket had landed close to a storage facility containing casks of spent nuclear fuel. russia�*s defence ministry claims that ukraine shelled the power station on sunday, damaging high—voltage power lines. zaproizhzia power plant is the largest nuclear plant in europe. it is occupied by russian forces, but ukrainian technicians still operate it. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, called for international inspectors to be given access to the power plant. he stressed that any attack on a nuclear plant was suicidal and urged both sides to end hostilities around the complex.

i belive this is the moment when the risk of a nuclear confrontation is back, something that we have forgotten for decades, this is the moment, as i said, to ask the nuclear armed countries to commit to the principle of non—first use, and to commit to not use and not threaten, as i mentioned, non—nuclear armed countries, with full transparency in relation to their arsenals. meanwhile, ukraine�*s government says a grain ship has departed from the country�*s largest black sea port under a un—brokered deal with russia. ukraine�*s infrastructure minister said pivdennyi had joined 0desa and chornomorsk as operational ports under the deal. another vessel carrying corn has become the first to reach its final destination in turkey. the agreement is aimed at freeing more than 20 million tonnes of grain which have been blocked in ukraine since the russian invasion. the conservative leadership

candidate, rishi sunak, has renewed his criticism of the tax cuts being proposed by his rival, liz truss. writing in the sun, he accuses her of planning to give a "big bung to large businesses and the well—off," while leaving those who most need help "out in the cold". ms truss�*s allies say she has not ruled out offering households more support in an emergency budget, if she becomes prime minister. i asked our political correspondent, nick eardley — that given last week�*s hike in interest rates and warning of recession from the bank of england — whether the candidates have tweaked what they�*d saying. not really, and interestingly, they�*re under massive pressure to do that, because the cost of living crisis is probably the biggest issue that one of them will face when they get the keys to downing street in just under a month�*s time. now, liz truss came under a lot of pressure at the weekend

when she told the financial times that, yes, she wanted to look at what more support was available, but she wanted to do it in what she described as a conservative way, by lowering the tax burden rather than giving what she called hand—outs. now, some wondered if that meant was she ruling out future grants or future loans to people to help with bills, like the soaring price of energy overwinter. it doesn�*t seem that she is ruling that out despite those comments. her allies are all saying, "look, she�*s not taking anything off the table just yet." she�*ll look at all of that in an emergency budget, which she would hold within weeks of becoming prime minister in september. but she is under pressure to explain exactly what she meant when she said she didn�*t want to give hand—outs, and what she is prepared to put on the table. now, rishi sunak has a really interesting piece in the sun today, where he is not pulling any punches, really.

he saying that ms truss�*s plans wouldn�*t touch the sides when it comes to dealing with the cost of living crisis. her plans to reduce taxes by reversing the increase in national insurance, for example. he�*s calling for a bolder action. but to honest, we don�*t really know what that bolder action is at the moment. he has said that he wants to get rid of vat on energy bills, but beyond that, his supporters are not saying exactly what mr sunak would do to help with the cost of living. interestingly, one thing that they keep saying is look at his record in the treasury, look at the various things he did as chancellor. and it is true, he did announce support earlier this year, and he did things during the covid pandemic to help keep people injobs. but it is also worth pointing out and remembering that he did a lot of those things under significant pressure from the labour party and from tory mps. so mr sunak is under pressure as well to say exactly what it is he would do to deal

with the cost of living. remember, as well, that at the moment both candidates are pitching to tory members, but as the wider electorate sort of looks on and wonders what these plans will mean for them, i think there will be increasing calls on what they would both do if they were prime minister to help people, particularly people on the lowest incomes, deal with the cost of living crisis. some news just some newsjust in. three people had potentially life—threatening injuries after an explosion destroyed a terraced house in south london. it was a devastating explosion that just wiped london. it was a devastating explosion thatjust wiped out london. it was a devastating explosion that just wiped out that house in the middle of the terrors. six fire engines and about a0 firefighters were sent to the building and in south—east london just after seven o�*clock this morning. the london ambulance

service said it sent a number of resources to the property, police are also at the scene. the london fire brigade says at the moment because of the fire and explosion is unknowing, but an absolutely devastating explosion at that property in thornton heath, south—east london. three people have potentially life—threatening injuries after the explosion happened at around seven o�*clock this morning. a bbc investigation has found that the number of newborn deaths and miscarriages in parts of afghanistan has nearly doubled, one year since the taliban takeover. doctors say stress and hunger are the main reasons. most women admitted to the maternity wards of public hospitals said they could only afford one meal a day. foreign funds paid for afghanistan�*s public healthcare system, but these have been frozen since the taliban seized power. yogita limaye reports from badakhshan province in the north—east of afghanistan. some viewers may find this report distressing.

badakhshan in the north—east, where we went back in 2002, the infant and maternity mortality rates there were among the worst in the world. up until 2021, there had been significant progress. there were still a lot of preventable deaths happening, but there had been a lot of progress. now it�*s going backwards, and it�*s going backwards fast. the foreign funding which came into this country and was channelled through the afghan government into the afghan public health care system, that was frozen when the taliban took control of the country in august last year. so, when we went to badakhshan, we were expecting there to be a decline in health services and a surge in the number of deaths, but we were not expecting to find what we did — double the number of miscarriages compared to last year, double the number of newborn deaths.

here�*s our report. in afghanistan�*s maternity wards, women forced to endure unbearable suffering. no drugs to ease the pain. barely any resources for an emergency. 0nly female staff are allowed here. they scramble around a woman in a serious condition. bibi sara�*s waters have broken too early. the only female doctor helps sara pull through. her baby is rushed to critical care. there is a faint heartbeat but she isn�*t breathing. to treat the child, a male doctor is called in. these are crucial moments. after half an hour of intense efforts, the baby girl is stable.

doctors have told us she has a good chance of survival now. but they see scenes like this every single day here. it�*s also the middle of the day on a weekday when all of the staff were here. but there�*s just one female doctor and five nurses in an area that�*s home to more than 200,000 people. life is precarious here. a day later, before she could be named, the baby�*s condition worsened and they couldn�*t save her. one of too many such cases. the number of newborns dying in badakhshan province has almost doubled since foreign funding to afghanistan was frozen last year. in this striking but harsh land, two decades of progress saving the lives of babies and mothers is in rapid decline.

imagine taking a woman in labour on these roads. that�*s what this family had to do three weeks ago. abdul hafeez�*s wife and the mother of these two children died in a car, turned away from the local clinic, which wasn�*t equipped. zeinab was 38. "i feel like i�*ve lost my whole life, i�*m so lonely." she says, "i�*ve lost my main support. "without her, my life is meaningless." in the neighbouring village, this man�*s sister was turned away from two medical facilities and died on the road to the third a few months ago. he�*s taken in her daughter, a five—year—old, whose father works in iran.

translation: if we had proper clinics and good i roads, iwould not have lost my sister. now what will happen to her daughter? he was hoping to get his sister to this facility, badakhshan�*s main hospital — better equipped than any other in the province, but overwhelmed. since foreign funds stopped, they�*ve had to reduce their beds by a third. in every cot, there are at least two women. staggering evidence here of how quickly the situation is unravelling. this room and another one next door is full of women who have miscarried. doctors tell us there are twice as many miscarriages this year than in 2021. stress and hunger

are the main triggers. this woman tells me what she eats every day. translation: i drink tea - in the morning, tea for lunch, and for dinner we find something to cook and eat. we had no food the day this happened. i was going to our relatives�* home to borrow some rice orflour. i started to feel weak and began to bleed. 0n the floor above, the number of premature babies also surging sharply. this boy was born at seven months, still to be named. nurses and doctors are exhausted. and the taliban�*s bar on girls�* secondary schools means no reinforcements are coming. a series of blows have been inflicted on afghan women in the past year. its collective impact nowhere more visible than in the country�*s maternity wards.

and what we have been able to present in this report are the numbers we found from the hospital. so, it�*s only really counted the women that who were able to make it to medical facilities in the province. as we travelled in rural parts, we found that there were possibly many deaths that were going uncounted. the actress, june spencer — who�*s played peggy on the archers for more than 70 years — has retired at the age of 103. her last appearance was aired during the omnibus edition on sunday. she was the last remaining member of the original 1951 cast. among peggy�*s many fans was the duchess of cornwall, who last year invited june spencer and her co—stars to a reception marking the show�*s 70th anniversary. she called peggy "a true national treasure who has been part of my life, and millions of others, for as long as i can remember." radio a�*s martha carney visited june at her home in surrey back in 2019, shortly before her 100th birthay. she spoke about her

character, peggy. well, she was a london girl, and she was brought in as a character, a town girl who didn�*t know country ways at all. having to explain everything to peggy was in a way of explaining everything to the listeners. i see, as part of the famous agricultural storylines? yes, it was a sort of information programme. we were told it wasn�*t a drama, it was real life overheard. and how would you describe peggy�*s character? well, she�*s just she�*s a little bit like her mother. she was very forthright. she knew what was right and what was wrong, and she stuck to it. and i think peggy is growing more and more like that. not much of a sense of humour, but she�*s she�*s beginning to show a little glimmer of fun these days. 0nly trouble is... what? well, i couldn�*t go all by myself.

i�*d feel so self—conscious if i went on my own. do you know, peggy, i�*ve never been to a cat show. well, we could always rectify that. tomorrow, if you like. when you made that pilot for the archers all those years ago, had you any idea that you�*d still be playing in it at the age of 100? i had no idea i would ever be 100 for a start, let alone still working. but i hope i can keep on doing it for a bit, then perhaps there�*s an example of some other old people who�*vejust given up, who might think, "well, if that old girl can do it, and so can i," i�*d hope. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with tomasz. hello.

the next heat wave is around the corner. we�*re certain now it is going to be a very hot week across parts of england and wales and the temperatures are expected to also rise in scotland and northern ireland. we�*ve had high pressure across the uk for quite some time now, keeping most of the weather fronts at bay in the north and through the next few days we�*ll see hot air spreading in not only from the southern climes but also from the near continent. and in fact, we�*ll see this drift of hot air spreading through england and into wales and parts of the south—west. so it will be quite hot across many southern areas this week. these are the temperatures for monday afternoon. 0bviously, lots of sunshine out there, just a bit of rain flirting with north—western and northern scotland. and then through the evening and overnight, it�*s clear pretty much from the lowlands southwards. the temperatures first thing on tuesday morning around about 16 or 17 in london, 1a in belfast and quite mild there in aberdeen as well, around 15. tomorrow, again, weak weather fronts just

brushing the very far north of the uk. elsewhere, it�*s sunny skies, maybe a little bit of fairweather cloud. the temperaturesjust about nudging up to 30 in london and the south—east, but also mid 20s for belfast, newcastle and also for aberdeen. let�*s have a look at midweek now. wednesday, temperatures into the low 30s across central and southern england. high 20s in yorkshire and the north—east. and then by thursday we should be hitting the mid 30s, 35, maybe even 36 degrees in one or two spots, so very hot indeed. and look how sustained this heat is across some western parts of the uk. look at cardiff, look at wales. hot sunshine and in excess of 30 degrees in cardiff every single day and into the weekend. now, prospects of rainfall, the south and central parts of the uk obviously needs rainfall. it�*s just the possibility and computer models are indicating we could have some showers sometime early next week, but this could still change. and in fact, some areas of the south have not had any rainfall

throuthuly and into august. bye— bye.

the uk�*s nhs dentist shortgage revealed — 9 out of 10 practices are turning away new adult patients. it�*s led to some patients making their own false teeth and some pulling out their own teeth. it�*s just a matter of getting as hard a grip on that as you can and pulling like crazy until the nerve gives way. we�*ll bring you the details of that exclusive bbc research. also this lunchtime... new figures show 650 children were strip searched by metropolitan police officers over a two year period — in some cases, no appropriate adult was there and no further action was taken against the child. as another heatwave is forecast this week, could more hosepipe bans be