this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley and these are the latest headlines. the uk's nhs dentist shortgage revealed. 9 out of 10 practices are turning away new adult patients. it's led to some making their own false teeth and some pulling out their teeth. it's just a matter of getting a grip on that as hard as you can, and pulling like crazy until the nerve gives way. 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. as another heatwave is forecast this week, could more hosepipe bans be brought in across parts of the uk? 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 the final day of the commonwealth games — with gold for scotland in the diving. we'll be live in birmingham. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. bbc research has found that only one in ten nhs dentists in the uk are taking on new adult patients. the most extensive survey in years has revealed that some areas are "dental deserts". out of nearly 6,900 nhs dental practices contacted 90% said they were no longer accepting any

new adult patients. only a quarter of those dental practices said they operated a waiting list to become an nhs patient — and for most of those, the wait was at least a year or more. and in 12% of local authority areas in the uk, we couldn't find a single practice that would accept a child. 0ur correspondentjenny kumah has the story. my partner was in so much pain, she asked me to take her tooth out with a pair of pliers. this is the second tooth i 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's the second one i pulled out and it goes in quite deep into the gum. there's the gap. so, it's 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 his own hands. it did bleed when i got it out, luckily i was ready for it. just mopped 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 that he was no longer on their nhs list. how difficult has it been to find an nhs dentist? it's been impossible. i've tried the local surgeries down here, 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 for me. bbc analysis reveals that coastal and rural areas like here in devon and cornwall have become so—called dental deserts. 0ur researchers called more hundred 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 have only got a few at the front there and they are loose and wobbly so i can't bite anything, but none at the back. i can't even eat salad now because i can't bite into a tomato, cucumber. even if it's 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 for four 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 are filing their own tooth down with nail files 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 take my tooth out? i can't carry on any more, ijust have to deal with having no teeth." i thought, this situation is awful. phone ringing. hello, dental surgery. our research suggests that dentists are giving up doing nhs work. ian 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'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, says the changes are just modest tweaks and that the service remains underfunded and overstretched. jenny kumah, bbc news. let's speak now to trishala lakhani, a dentist who's been talking about the �*turkey teeth' recently on the bbc documentary �*turkey teeth: bargain smiles or big mistake�*. you looked at that, and you looked at that very fair elite from my memory of the documentary, thank you very much for staying up so late on

your holiday for talking to us, we are very grateful. looking at this as objectively as you can, what do you think has gone wrong with the way we are procuring and paying for dental services in the uk? it is dental services in the uk? it is really tough — dental services in the uk? it is really tough because _ dental services in the uk? it 3 really tough because a lot dental services in the uk? it 1 really tough because a lot of dentists do openly say there is something wrong with the way the system is. it has been described it, the dda, as having rotten foundations. they are saying we are hanging on and clinging on to a broken system. to a certain extent, it is true. dentists are feeling incredibly underfunded and unrewarded. it�*s really excellent that it has started changing, there was some reform very recently after 16 years, but i think that�*s the

first step. dentists need to start feeling more fulfilled, because if dentists are not feeling they are getting rewarded as much they should be, it is so much more lucrative to go private. a lot more dentists are going private, and since the pandemic started, according to the bda, many dentists have left the nhs. to bda, many dentists have left the nhs. ., , ., ., , , nhs. to be fair for dentists, trainin: nhs. to be fair for dentists, training for— nhs. to be fair for dentists, training for that _ nhs. to be fair for dentists, training for that profession l nhs. to be fair for dentists, - training for that profession takes many years, the costs of equipment is high, we all want clean and hygienic surgeries, you are effectively performing surgery on them. you can understand from the taxpayers point of view, the government wanted to get away from drill and fill, because the more work you get done, the more you pay,

there are presumably some people exploiting that system. having capped that amount, there is presumably no wriggle room, because if you reach that cap, you presumably do not get any money back for it? it presumably do not get any money back for it? , . ., , , , for it? it is completely true, but the way the _ for it? it is completely true, but the way the system _ for it? it is completely true, but the way the system works - for it? it is completely true, but the way the system works right | for it? it is completely true, but - the way the system works right now, which i believe is why dentists are feeling unfulfilled, it is if you do one filling, five, or ten on the same patient, you get paid the same. dentists are constantly under pressure to reach targets, and that is not how health care should be. the nhs is based on a system to provide care which is in the best interests of the patient. health care should not —— should it be target driven? i�*m not sure. i completely appreciate what you�*re saying about the drill and fill

culture, and sure you are right about the fact that there would be a small portion of dentists exploiting the system, that may have been one extreme, but what is happening currently is on the complete other extreme. a balance needs to be met. as a professional, what would worry you about the consequences of so many people no longer having regular dental treatment? many people no longer having regular dentaltreatment? i many people no longer having regular dental treatment?— dental treatment? i think this is a hue dental treatment? i think this is a huge issue- _ dental treatment? i think this is a huge issue- if— dental treatment? i think this is a huge issue. if people _ dental treatment? i think this is a huge issue. if people are - dental treatment? i think this is a huge issue. if people are in - dental treatment? i think this is a | huge issue. if people are in finding nhs dentists to see, and if it is not economically viable for them to go privately, of course they are missing appointments, they are missing appointments, they are missing appointments, they are missing the opportunity for dentists to detect early dental diseases, and i can have a lot more detrimental consequences. every time you go to the dentist, a dentist is performing

an oral cancer screening, and if you miss that appointment, you can only imagine what the consequences are. finally, with the whole diy dentistry, it is so sad and horrified to see that patients are put in a position where they are not having these treatments done safely. people are taking their own teeth out, people are making ways of making dentures for themselves at home. that isjust making dentures for themselves at home. that is just not how it should be. change has to be made, because unsafe dentistry should not be happening, especially with the nhs, who are built on foundations that everyone matters, compassion, and acting in patient�*s best interests. thank you. you can see the programme, turkey teeth, on bbc iplayer. 650 children were strip searched

by the metropolitan police between 2018 and 2020 — some as young as ten years old. the data comes from the children�*s commissioner for england. in just over half the cases, the children were released without any further action; in almost a quarter of cases, no appropriate adult was present. most were boys, over half of the boys were black. the data was collected after the strip search of a 15—year—old schoolgirl, known as child 0. she was made to remove her sanitary towel before female officers searched her. celestina 0lulode reports. chanting. the strip—search of child 0, 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 0 is not the only child to be strip—searched without an appropriate adult present. a strip—search means an intimate search. it is a really, really serious and traumatic thing and children of whatever age, you know, but these 10 to 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 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. 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 to existing guidelines, reinforcing the need for the presence of an appropriate adult. celestina 0lulode, bbc news. the head of the united nations has said any attack on ukraine�*s big nuclear power station would be a �*suicidal thing�*. ukraine and russia have accused each

other of shelling the plant in zaporizhia at the weekend. un secretary general antonio guterres says inspectors must be allowed in to check its safety. 0ur correspondent hugo bachega reports from kyiv. a nuclear power plant surrounded by war. these russian pictures, said to show the latest damage from shelling. but who is to blame isn�*t clear. ukraine says two workers were injured. three radiation monitors were damaged and the reactor had to be disconnected from the system. tensions that have concerned the world. today a strong warning from the un chief. any attack to a nuclear plant is a suicidal thing and i hope that those attacks will end. president zelensky was adamant that the russians were behind the attacks. translation: there is no such nation in the world i that can feel safe when a terrorist state fires at a nuclear plant. god forbid something

irreparable happens and no one will stop the wind that will carry the radioactive contamination. ukraine says the plant is still safe and operating normally, for now. calls are growing for russia to allow international monitors to visit the site but there was no sign of this happening any time soon. the head of ukraine�*s nuclear power company says russia has turned a complex into a military base so they can fire on ukrainian positions, knowing the enemy will not fire back. this is a ukrainian plant. these are ukrainian people so we will not kill our people, our staff and demolish our infrastructure. so they are using it like a shield? like a shield, yes. elsewhere there was positive news today. this is the first ship loaded with ukrainian going to arrive at with ukrainian grain to arrive at

its final destination in turkey and this morning two more ships left ukraine and a third port was opened for exports. signs that an ambitious multinational deal is going to plan. a rare diplomatic breakthrough in this conflict. 0ne one of the consequences of the constant bombardment from russia of ukraine is that russia is struggling to replenish stocks of high—tech western manufactured components for its weapons systems. that�*s according to a new report published today by the london thinktank royal united services institute. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner has been telling us more about what was contained in the report. 27 systems that our researchers have examined in ukraine, all contain critical components manufactured in the west, mainly in the us, but also

coming from france, germany, switzerland, taiwan and japan. they say that if you choke off what you might call the silicon lifeline, you can degrade, permanently, russia�*s ability to wage modern war in a country like ukraine. it would not to stop the war in ukraine, it would stop them being able to fire crews missiles accurately, for example, that it would also be a relief to countries like moldova, georgia, who feel like they may be next when it comes to putting�*s strategies. you have shipment hubs like hong kong, how do you persuade a country like india, who get significant imports from russia to comply with this. they�*re saying this is an opportunity for the west to do this, and you stop russia from being able to wage modern warfare.

it�*s the final day of sporting action at the commonwealth games in birmingham — and plenty of medals are still to be won before tonight�*s closing cerremony. and reeta is there... there are 12 gold medals up for grabs on this final day of sport but as the commonwealth games draws to a close, in this city, there was a goal —— gold for scotland in the synchronised diving. it is all quiet now, and the sports are winding down this afternoon. everyone is looking to the closing ceremony at alexander stadium. thoughts are turning towards the longer term legacy of birmingham 2022. mike bushell has been taking a look at the impact hosting the games has had on the city — and what 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 high fives we can get today, guys! the icebreaker allowing new friendships to form. enabling the city to express itself, and show off its hidden secrets, 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've got it. everything is blessed up here. we've got the weather, _ and everybody is coming together. coming together at the city�*s free festivals sites, through sport and music, from all over the world. 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... it�*s wonderful. fantastic, great atmosphere, great people, great muscles, we've got it all. because of the commonwealth games, everything has been changing - and there's a lot of 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 that 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 crowds have been outstanding. here at the track, everybody has been vocal, they�*ve been supportive, it�*s been packed to the rafters. we were estimating there would be

a million visitors into the city. i think we've underestimated that. 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. 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. 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. mike bushell, bbc news in birmingham. joining me now from victoria square is ian reid — he�*s the ceo of birmingham 2022.

we spoke 11 days ago, at the start of these games, how have they gone? they have gone incredibly well from our perspective, beyond our expectations. we are standing here just before the closing ceremony, having put on an incredible spectacle of sport, an amazing opening ceremony, but most importantly, we have showcased the best of birmingham and the regent to everybody who has visited and everyone who has watched on television. everyone who has watched on television-— everyone who has watched on television. . , , ., television. certainly this morning the aquatic— television. certainly this morning the aquatic centre _ television. certainly this morning the aquatic centre was _ television. certainly this morning the aquatic centre was packed, i television. certainly this morning - the aquatic centre was packed, other than you seem to have been packed as well, 11 days ago you were hoping for ticket sales of nearly 1.2 million or 1.3 million, what have you manage? i million or1.3 million, what have you manage?— million or 1.3 million, what have ou manaue? . ., you manage? i am delighted to say we have sold over— you manage? i am delighted to say we have sold over 1.5 _ you manage? i am delighted to say we have sold over 1.5 million _ you manage? i am delighted to say we have sold over 1.5 million tickets, - have sold over 1.5 million tickets, which is far beyond our expectations, there has been a huge desire to get involved. when the

games kicked off... all the feel of thought i need to see the games, need to see some excitement, and it has been a tidal wave of excitement come to the game, come to the city, deceived the bull, and to see the city. i think we�*ve achieved it. just to give some sort of context that, the previous games on the gold coast in australia, ticket sales were just over 1 coast in australia, ticket sales were just over1 million, coast in australia, ticket sales werejust over1 million, so birmingham has surpassed that. i did want to the question of legacy, because thoughts are turning that way now, and there are local community groups, grassroots sports groups, who say, this is all very well, a venue like this are spectacular, but how does it help

young people who swimming pools have closed, where changing rooms are smashed up? is it too much to expect these huge international events to actually benefit people on the ground? fit. actually benefit people on the round? �* .., , actually benefit people on the round? ~ , ., , ground? a couple of points in relation to — ground? a couple of points in relation to that. _ ground? a couple of points in relation to that. firstly, - ground? a couple of points in relation to that. firstly, the l relation to that. firstly, the venues that we are using here and the new venues are specifically built for the community, and adapted for the games, not the other way around. for example, the aquatic centre that you are at earlier, you will see all the seats coming out, squash courts, badminton courts, james, all of that being put back into the facility, as it was originally designed, that will be a lasting legacy for, hopefully, enabling physical health for birmingham and other parts of the region. we�*ve also been working closely with the national agencies, recognising that the games disappears, and that other sports are investing into a grassroots

sports and activities, to make sure that we arejumping sports and activities, to make sure that we are jumping on the back of this and to drive long—term benefits going forward. that this and to drive long-term benefits going forward-— going forward. that is the sporting lea , going forward. that is the sporting legacy. what _ going forward. that is the sporting legacy, what about _ going forward. that is the sporting legacy, what about the _ going forward. that is the sporting legacy, what about the longer - going forward. that is the sporting i legacy, what about the longer impact on birmingham? fine legacy, what about the longer impact on birmingham?— legacy, what about the longer impact on birminuham? ., , ., ., , on birmingham? one of the programmes that we have got — on birmingham? one of the programmes that we have got in _ on birmingham? one of the programmes that we have got in place _ on birmingham? one of the programmes that we have got in place in _ on birmingham? one of the programmes that we have got in place in these - that we have got in place in these games is a significant tourism programme, we invested over £25 million in making sure that whilst everyone is in town and watching on television that we really do drive forward those tourism, advertising and marketing campaigns. we are already seeing a huge amount of interest, just the word on the street, is the number of people coming here for the first time in saying they will come back more and more regularly. that is only when it is a monitor, we need to make sure we drive that change, but certainly on the ground it feels is that there�*s been a big catalyst change to that golden decade is that we are

the leader of the council talking about earlier.— the leader of the council talking about earlier. very good to talk to ou. the about earlier. very good to talk to you- the end _ about earlier. very good to talk to you. the end of— about earlier. very good to talk to you. the end of the _ about earlier. very good to talk to you. the end of the day _ about earlier. very good to talk to you. the end of the day promises| about earlier. very good to talk to l you. the end of the day promises to be a real spectacle, the closing ceremony, we are promised a musical extravaganza that celebrates the best of birmingham. there are the questions about legacy, of course, and they will continue on, but for now, the feel—good factor is really the one that reigned supreme. let me bring you some breaking news about a fire that is happening in thornton heath in the london borough, the ambulance services confirmed that four people were treated at the scene, one was

discharged, and three people were taken to hospital. sadly, a child has died, pronounced dead at the scene of the fire. the background is that it has emerged from reports of an explosion, a house fire which followed an explosion. as i said, there were ambulances in attendance, 40 there were ambulances in attendance, a0 firefighters, a terrace house collapsed after the explosion, you can see where the house has disappeared between two others on the terrace. buses are diverted in the terrace. buses are diverted in the area, if you happen to be in south london. as i said, one child was found dead at the scene, three others were treated for their injuries. we will have more on this as soon as we get it. one of the conservative contenders for leader of the party and next prime minister, rishi sunak, has said plans by his rival liz truss to cut tax "simply won�*t touch the sides"

of the rising cost of living. ms truss�*s supporters say she has not ruled out more support if she becomes prime minister, although at the weekend she said there�*d be no "hand—outs". let�*s get more on this from our political reporter, david cornock. it almost seems as if the debate is not getting the on the issue of tax? the nearer we to it seems it is getting more and more. for weeks today we will find out who our next prime minister is going to be, and i think we already know what will be the biggest item in their entry with energy bills tipped to rise by £1000 or more from october. that is why rishi sunak today has been criticising his leadership rival, liz truss, saying that by reversing national insurance contributions, the rise he introduced, wouldn�*t touch the sides and would just be a bung to the well. his argument is that the poorest people, people on

one half thousand pounds —— £12,500 a year, it would only save them about £59 a year. he says bolder action is needed, that as of now, we do not know the bolder action he is talking about himself.— talking about himself. thank you very much- _ the trial of former manchester united star ryan giggs begins this afternoon. he�*s accused of attacking and controlling his ex—girlfriend, kate greville. the former wales manager has pleaded not guilty to the charges and the trial is expected to last for two weeks. 0ur sports correspondent, laura scott, is in manchester where the case is will heard... ryan giggs arrived here this morning wearing a dark suit and tie. he was flanked by his lawyers as he made his way through a large group of camera crews and members of the press, reflecting the considerable media interest in this case. the trial was due to take place injanuary, but was delayed due to the backlog of cases caused by the pandemic, and has also been

moved from manchester�*s main crown court, due to tests for asbestos there. here at manchester�*s minshull street crown court, giggs has been in the dock while preliminary matters have been discussed. the jury are yet to be selected or sworn in. we are expecting the prosecution to open their case this afternoon. at earlier hearings in the case, the former manchester united star, who stepped down as wales manager in june to allow the team to focus on the upcoming world cup, denied causing actual bodily harm to his ex—girlfriend, kate greville, during an alleged incident at his home in november 2020, and denied assaulting her younger sister on the same day. he also pleaded not guilty to subjecting his ex—girlfriend to coercive or controlling behaviour over a three—year period between 2017 and 2020. this trial, as you say, is listed to last two weeks. now it�*s time for a

look at the weather. hello. it will be a dry week across the majority of the uk. some rain in the majority of the uk. some rain in the forecast for northern and western scotland, and you can see the weather front here, but south and east of that, it is sunny with scattered fair weather clouds. the chance of an isolated shower across northern england. temperatures in the high 20s or maybe 30 in the south—east, but more typically in the low 20s. the forecast tonight shows clear skies with weak weather fronts brushing the north and north—west of scotland, and quite a warm morning tomorrow. 17 in london, and 1a in hull. there was weak weather fronts continue to brush north—western and north and scotland tomorrow, otherwise a sunny. temperatures will nudge up to 30 in the south—east and about the mid 20s for eastern and northern england, as well as parts of scotland.

hello. this is bbc news. i�*m shaun ley, and these are the headlines: the uk�*s nhs dentist shortgage revealed — nine out of ten practices are turning away new adult patients. it�*s led to some making their own false teeth and others pulling theirs out. 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. with some hosepipe bans already in place, more companies warn they may need to follow suit, as forecasters predict another heatwave for parts of the uk this week. new evidence shows people are going back to cash, to keep tighter control on their spending, as the cost of living continues to soar.

sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. from the bbc sport centre. it�*s been a great final day so far for the home nations, ahead of tonight�*s closing ceremony, with england and scotland taking the final two gold medals on offer in diving. in the diving, there was gold for england and scotland, taking the final two gold medals on offer. what a first commonwealth games it has been for andrea spendolini—sirieix, who won her third diving medal of these games. taking her second gold, this in the mixed synchronised 10 metre platform final alongside noah williams. he remember won gold with matty lee in the men�*s synchro. they finished comfortably ahead of the rest.

kyle kothari and lois toulson won silver making it an english one—two. it has been incredible. i think we came in wanting to have fun and we definitely did. it is a pb for our synchro, actually. but i�*m pleased with how we executed our dives and our synchro. it with how we executed our dives and our synchro— our synchro. it has been fun. is mixed diving — our synchro. it has been fun. is mixed diving more _ our synchro. it has been fun. is mixed diving more fun - our synchro. it has been fun. is mixed diving more fun than - our synchro. it has been fun. isj mixed diving more fun than the our synchro. it has been fun. is - mixed diving more fun than the other events? 1 mixed diving more fun than the other events? ~ , .. , , mixed diving more fun than the other events? ~ , , , ., events? i think because it is not in the olympics. _ events? i think because it is not in the olympics, some _ events? i think because it is not in the olympics, some people - events? i think because it is not in the olympics, some people take l events? i think because it is not in the olympics, some people take it less seriously. we were just able to have more — less seriously. we were just able to have more fun and enjoy ourselves more, _ have more fun and enjoy ourselves more. yeah — and as i said, scotland also took gold at the sandwell aquatics centre, winning the mixed synchronised 3m springboard title. the edinburgh pair ofjames heatly and grace reid put in an incredible final dive. both endured disappointing individual showings at this meet but responded magnificently to earn scotland�*s 13th gold of the games. australia and malaysia completed the podium, with england 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. right, let�*s move to squash — two gold medals to be won, the first final didn�*t go england�*s way. sarahjane perry and alison waters were beaten by new zealand 2—0. they won the title on the gold coast in 2018 but had to settle for silver this time. james willstrop and declan james defeated fellow england pair darryl selby and adrian waller 11—3, 7—11, 11—9 in a thrilling final, going one better than their bronze in 2018.

that gold was guaranteed beforehand, so it is notjust about a flurry of silver medals. england won silver in the men�*s table tennis on the final day of competition. liam pitchford, the first english men�*s singles finalist in table tennis at a commonwealth games, won bronze in glasgow in 201a. he was beaten here a—1 by india�*s sharath kamal achanta, who took gold. and the theme of english silver medals and india taking gold continues. in the men�*s badminton doubles final, england�*s ben lane and sean vendy lost to india. the english pair won european bronze in april, and have broken into the world�*s top 20, but were beaten 2—0 by satwik—sairaj rankireddy and chirag shetty, who lost to england�*s marcus ellis and chris langridge in the 2018 final but get gold now. it�*s been a good few hours at these games for india. england�*s marcus ellis and lauren smith also 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 silverjust like they did in 2018. women�*s doubles gold medal match. second seeds chloe birch and lauren smith of england face top seeds pearly tan and thinaah muralitharan of thailand. it's it�*s supposed to be the final day, but it is all still happening as we head into these final few hours. i will keep you updated, but back to you for now. thank you. 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 emmanuel asuquo, who is a financial advisor

and personal finance expert. you might know him from bbc programmes. nice to see you again. thanks for talking to us. what do you make of this? the post office says that it is a record amount, only the second time since records began that £800 million was withdrawn in the month ofjuly. that was up 8% on the previous month. their bosses are saying that people are using it as the tried and tested way to manage a budget. iuntimely are using it as the tried and tested way to manage a budget. when people are in a crisis. — way to manage a budget. when people are in a crisis, they _ way to manage a budget. when people are in a crisis, they go _ way to manage a budget. when people are in a crisis, they go back— way to manage a budget. when people are in a crisis, they go back to - are in a crisis, they go back to what they know, what they are comfortable with. this is a crisis, this is unprecedented times and people are nervous and anxious about what to do when it comes to money and how to keep control of it. going back to cash is a way of people feeling like they are in control, because they have to physically

handover that money. sometimes when it is contactless, it feels like there is a gap between you and the money and you find out later when you check your bank account. there is people feel like they are in control with cash. 1 is people feel like they are in control with cash.— is people feel like they are in control with cash. i was talking to a colleague. _ control with cash. i was talking to a colleague, younger— control with cash. i was talking to a colleague, younger colleague, l control with cash. i was talking to i a colleague, younger colleague, who was saying a night out with friends after you have had a few drinks, you are buying around, you tap, you don�*t even think about how much it costs. it is only when you sober up and see how much you spent that night, it can be a shock. right now, it is not a time when people can afford that because they are not sure how quickly costs will go up. like you said, number one is when we have cash, you can only take out a certain amount, so you know there is a limit. ~ _, , ., certain amount, so you know there is a limit. ~ , ., ., , a limit. when it comes to money riaht a limit. when it comes to money right now. _ a limit. when it comes to money right now. i _ a limit. when it comes to money right now, i think— a limit. when it comes to money right now, i think some - a limit. when it comes to money right now, i think some people l a limit. when it comes to money l right now, i think some people are trying to work out where the leaks are, where the money is going. some

people feel like they are not living an exorbitant life, they are not shopping a lot, but for some reason they don�*t seem to know weather money is going. so by taking out the cash, it almost forces you to see where they money is going, see where the holes are and make those changes. the holes are and make those chances. , ., changes. there is -- there are some ti s, changes. there is -- there are some tips. there — changes. there is -- there are some tips. there are _ changes. there is -- there are some tips, there are ways _ changes. there is -- there are some tips, there are ways you _ changes. there is -- there are some tips, there are ways you can - changes. there is -- there are some tips, there are ways you can manage your money a bit more effectively, rather than feeling perhaps slightly out of control because it is all digital. out of control because it is all diuital. , , i. out of control because it is all diuital. , , ., digital. definitely, if you are feelin: digital. definitely, if you are feeling comfortable - digital. definitely, if you are feeling comfortable with i digital. definitely, if you are i feeling comfortable with digital digital. definitely, if you are - feeling comfortable with digital and online, there is great technology. some of them are quite rude, they will tell you how much you are spending, where you are spending and remind you how much you are spending. it can be quite easy and

simple to see this stuff because a lot of these apps will tell you where your money is going and how much you are spending compare to the previous month. for the people that less comfortable with technology and want to go back to old methods, this envelope of money is what this week and so on. i envelope of money is what this week and so on. ., ~ envelope of money is what this week and so on. . ,, i. envelope of money is what this week and so on. ., ~' ,, ,., envelope of money is what this week and so on. . ,, i. ,., ., and so on. i take your point, i am bit of a luddite, _ and so on. i take your point, i am bit of a luddite, i _ and so on. i take your point, i am bit of a luddite, i am _ and so on. i take your point, i am bit of a luddite, i am likely i and so on. i take your point, i am bit of a luddite, i am likely to i and so on. i take your point, i am| bit of a luddite, i am likely to use those envelopes, but when i talk to those envelopes, but when i talk to those who use the apps, you can get one that is effectively a digital envelope, this is my budget for this, this is my budget for that and you can rent yourself from accessing that money if you need to. —— you can prevent yourself. that money if you need to. -- you can prevent yourself.— that money if you need to. -- you can prevent yourself. some of these a- -s do can prevent yourself. some of these apps do allow— can prevent yourself. some of these apps do allow you — can prevent yourself. some of these apps do allow you to _ can prevent yourself. some of these apps do allow you to do _ can prevent yourself. some of these apps do allow you to do that - can prevent yourself. some of these apps do allow you to do that and i apps do allow you to do that and thatis apps do allow you to do that and that is sometimes needed because you

sometimes look at your money and with all of the temptations, especially if you are not feeling good, spending can be a way of coping with life and the way things are going. it can be that quick fix to make us feel better. but in the long—term, we can be doing damage. these apps can help you separate your money and stop you from impulse spending. great to speak to you. thank you. 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. our 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 israelies, 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 were 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 islamichhad. now we are seeing that some 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. hospitals 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. let�*s go back to one of our top stories — 650 children were strip—searched by the metropolitan police between 2018 and 2020, some as young as ten years old. the data comes from the children�*s commissioner for england. in just over half the cases, the children were released without any further action. in almost a quarter of cases, no appropriate adult was present. well, we can speak to the

children�*s commissioner for england, dame rachel de souza, now. thank you for speaking to us. the obvious thing first of all, at a time when safeguarding is such an important issue in the interaction between organisations and children, it seems astonishing that this practice is continuing and in circumstances where adults, other adults apart from the officers doing the strip searching, are not present. the strip searching, are not present-— the strip searching, are not resent. ~ , , ., .,, present. absolutely, and i was shocked when _ present. absolutely, and i was shocked when i _ present. absolutely, and i was shocked when i called - present. absolutely, and i was shocked when i called for i present. absolutely, and i was shocked when i called for this | present. absolutely, and i was. shocked when i called for this data and was given the results. as children�*s commissioner, i am concerned that children are able to trust people in authority and trust that they will keep them safe. so when the child 0 case happened, when a hackney schoolgirl was stripped by police without an appropriate adult, i was concerned to find out, was

this just an isolated case or is it more widespread? so i have data gathering powers. iapproached more widespread? so i have data gathering powers. i approached the met police and asked for this data. i got data right up to 2021, which was not in a fit state to be published, there were errors in it, so i did not publish it. but the 2018 to 2020 data showed that a quarter of children strip—searched were without an appropriate adult, and just think what a traumatic experience this will be. humiliating as well. these _ experience this will be. humiliating as well. these are _ experience this will be. humiliating as well. these are children, - experience this will be. humiliating as well. these are children, and i as well. these are children, and when we talk — as well. these are children, and when we talk about _ as well. these are children, and i when we talk about safeguarding, we mean their well—being, their safety, it has to be considered and it has to come before, during and after any experience like this. i to come before, during and after any experience like this.— experience like this. i was deeply concerned- _ experience like this. i was deeply concerned. what _ experience like this. i was deeply concerned. what was _ experience like this. i was deeply concerned. what was also - experience like this. i was deeply l concerned. what was also troubling is that a number of these would be

for drugs. the school suspected the goal of having cannabis on her, they called the police and allowed the strip search to take place. you were a former head teacher, i would be interested in your views on that. if it is a drugs search, the implication of that is it would be an intimate body search, which is even more disturbing, isn�*t it? these strip searches are intimate searches, they are vision searches, but it is extremely distressing. 650 children, 25% of them between ten and 15 years old. we know from child q�*s experience, and she has given testimony on this, about how distressing it was for her and how it continues to distress her. on that question about 50% of the 650 searches not resulting in any

further action, that is concerning. did this intrusive search actually need to happen in these cases? i know policing is difficult, i understand that in the most serious cases where a child�*s life is threatened, it is really serious, urgent action might need to be taken. but the fact that 50% of those searches resulted in no further action really raises a question for me. i am deeply concerned about this. shire question for me. i am deeply concerned about this. are you seekin: concerned about this. are you seeking any — concerned about this. are you seeking any kind _ concerned about this. are you seeking any kind of— concerned about this. are you i seeking any kind of commitments concerned about this. are you - seeking any kind of commitments from police forces in england? there are a0 different forces, and that is a lot of chief constables, a lot of people to get onside with something like this. i wonder if you can get any kind of change to practice or guidelines that would reduce the numbers? you tell me, i�*m not even a parent, i cannot imagine

circumstances where it would be appropriate to such a child without another adult present?— another adult present? we're also talkin: another adult present? we're also talking about _ another adult present? we're also talking about and _ another adult present? we're also talking about and search - another adult present? we're also talking about and search powers, | another adult present? we're also i talking about and search powers, not those who have been arrested and then strip—searched, those who are just stopped and searched. so absolutely, as a parent, you would be absolutely horrified. as a teacher, i have been a head teacher before i was children�*s commissioner, i was horrified by the child 0 case. commissioner, i was horrified by the child 0 case-— child q case. have we had any explanation — child q case. have we had any explanation from _ child q case. have we had any explanation from the - child q case. have we had any explanation from the school i child q case. have we had any i explanation from the school about that? we got the information through campaigners and supporters of the girl and her campaigners and supporters of the girland herfamily, campaigners and supporters of the girl and herfamily, then the police confirmed it. as far as i�*m aware, we haven�*t officially heard from the school. we haven't officially heard from the school. , ., ' . ., we haven't officially heard from the school. , .,' . ., school. there is the official report that details _ school. there is the official report that details the _ school. there is the official report that details the errors. _ school. there is the official report that details the errors. frankly, . school. there is the official report that details the errors. frankly, itj that details the errors. frankly, it is astonishing that the school allowed this to happen and didn�*t

even have a teacher in there, let alone the first thing you do, which is called the child�*s parents or carer. 0n the important question you raised about the large number of police forces, the met police have acknowledged this and have taken action. they have reviewed their guidance and you now have to get a sign off from an inspector to do a strip search, so there is a higher level of sign off. my view is we need more of that, i need to be assured about safeguarding training, and we need to be raising at a police chief level whether the value of these strip searches and what circumstances they should be taken under. because of the data i have from the met, i will now call for data from every police force in the country. i am data from every police force in the country. iam raising data from every police force in the country. i am raising the issue and sharing the data that i found both

with police chiefs organisations but also with aaron s casey, who is doing a review into meta— standards —— with baroness casey, who is doing a review into met standards. thank you so much for your time. a very important story. as another heatwave is forecast this week for parts of the country, there are calls for more hosepipe bans to be brought in. yesterday the environment secretary urged water companies to follow the bans in the isle of man, isle of wight, hampshire and later this week kent and sussex. our correspondent ellie price has the latest on the situation at bewl water in kent. it is very hot and very dry. water would normally be up to here. it is at about 6a% of its normal capacity.

it provides water for customers in kent and sussex. we heard from the environment secretary, who said that more companies should follow suit in imposing hosepipe bans. but they won�*t yet. we did a quick round of the companies this morning and broadly speaking they have no plans because largely they draw most of their water from ground water reserves and broadly speaking those reserves and broadly speaking those reserves are holding up. they will look to see what the rainfall will be like in autumn and winter to see if there is a problem next year. demand on reservoirs and reserves is likely to go up in coming weeks because there is likely to be yet more hot weather and we are likely to see prolonged temperatures of 30 degrees. a spoiler for the weather forecast, there is no forecast rain either.

the last original cast member of the archers has retired at the age of 103. june spencer has played matriarch peggy woolley on the radio a drama for most of the last 70 years. here�*s our media and arts correspondent, david sillito. archers theme tune plays whenjune spencerjoined a new drama called the archers in 1951, she had no idea what it would become. we were given a three—month contract and we thought it�*s only a sort of small thing, we can do lots of other work. it was an interesting littlejob, yes. i hope you don�*t mind me saying this, but you don�*t seem quite yourself. no? is there something on your mind? now you mention it, there is one thing, yes. 72 years later, she�*s finally saying goodbye to ambridge and her character, peggy. i should get on with the cleaning. yes, i rather think you should.

originally married to jack archer, his explanations of farming to his new—to—rural—ways wife was his way of pressing agricultural issues into the plot. since then, june spencer has seen her character gradually develop from left—wing new arrival to wealthy matriarch. i know what�*s going on, brian. of course you do, peggy. i�*m sure you think it is easy to for me. # happy birthday to you...# and in 2019, june spencer celebrated her 100th birthday, still a member of the archers�* cast. but all things come to an end, and this — her farewell storyline, aged 103. i hope it would show our two little stars, nova and seren, that they will always be very precious to the family, to me and to god.

david sillito, bbc news. june spencer�*s voice delivering her last lines over the weekend. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaeker. 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. obviously, 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.

this is bbc news. i�*m shaun ley and these are the latest headlines... the uk�*s nhs dentist shortgage revealed — 9 out of 10 practices are turning away new adult patients. it�*s led to some making their own false teeth and others pulling theirs out. my my partner was in abject agony, she said, can you get the pliers, and just take the teeth out. 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 child has died at the scene of an explosion that caused a terraced house to collapse in south london. three others are in hospital being treated for their injuries. with some hosepipe bans already in place,

more companies warn they may need to follow suit, as forecasters predict another heatwave for parts of the uk this week. 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 the final day of the commonwealth games — with gold for scotland in the diving. we�*ll be live in birmingham. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. bbc research has found that only one in ten nhs dentists in the uk are taking on new adult patients. the most extensive survey in years has revealed that some areas are "dental deserts". out of nearly 6,900 nhs dental practices contacted, 90% said

they were no longer accepting any new adult patients. only a quarter of those dental practices said they operated a waiting list to become an nhs patient — and for most of those, the wait was at least a year or more. in 12% of local authority areas in the uk, we couldn�*t find a single practice that would accept a child. our correspondentjenny kumah has the story. my partner was in so much pain, she asked me to take her tooth out with a pair of pliers. this is the second tooth i 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's the second one i pulled out and it goes in quite deep into the gum. there's the gap.

so, it's 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 his own hands. it did bleed when i got it out, luckily i was ready for it. just mopped 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 that he was no longer on their nhs list. how difficult has it been to find an nhs dentist? it's been impossible. i've tried the local surgeries down here, 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 for 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 hundred a60 nhs dental practices our researchers called more than a60 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 have only got a few at the front there and they are loose and wobbly so i can�*t bite anything, but none at the back. i can�*t even eat salad now because i can�*t bite into a tomato, cucumber. even if it�*s 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 for four 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 are filing their own tooth down with nail files 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 take my tooth out? i can't carry on any more, ijust have to deal with having no teeth." i thought, this situation is awful. phone ringing hello, dental surgery. our research suggests that dentists are giving up doing nhs work.

ian 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�*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, says the changes are just modest tweaks and that the service remains underfunded and overstretched. jenny kumah, bbc news. let�*s speak now with nigel edwards, chief executive of health think—tank the nuffield trust. thank you very much. what do you make of these findings?— thank you very much. what do you make of these findings? we've been wor in: make of these findings? we've been worrying about _ make of these findings? we've been worrying about dentistry _ make of these findings? we've been worrying about dentistry for - make of these findings? we've been worrying about dentistry for some i worrying about dentistry for some time now. it is frankly a bit of a

disaster. as you just heard from the dentist they are, the contract that dentists have has not been right since the early 90s, attempts were made to rewrite it after that, not very well, and it is kind of been neglected. they have now got themselves in a very serious problem, because there are not enough dentists, we have not trained enough, the incentives to go private are quite strong, and once you�*ve gone private there is no great incentive to come back, and i can see a situation where you can ask for more money from the treasury, but they might say, we don�*t want to put more money in because some people are paying, and we don�*t want them back. ithink people are paying, and we don�*t want them back. i think the government and the department of health over the years has got itself write up a blind alley and there is no easy way back from it. blind alley and there is no easy way back from it— back from it. some of this was predicted _ back from it. some of this was predicted and _ back from it. some of this was predicted and has _ back from it. some of this was predicted and has turned i back from it. some of this was predicted and has turned out | back from it. some of this was l predicted and has turned out as predicted, i can remember interviewing the then minister of

state for the department of health in 2006, and she said that capping will not lead to dentists stopping to do additional work, but it seems to do additional work, but it seems to have had exactly that effect. we got the impression that the government was worried about how much is being spent back then, but presumably will be ending up spending more long—term if people�*s teeth are neglected and they get more serious health problems as a result? ~ , ,., , more serious health problems as a result? ~ , , ., , result? absolutely. having very bad dental health _ result? absolutely. having very bad dental health has _ result? absolutely. having very bad dental health has very _ result? absolutely. having very bad dental health has very big _ dental health has very big implications for employment, for quality—of—life, people miss school, people must work. i�*m afraid you see a constant theme in policy in this area, which is the short—term concerns of the treasury to control spending now, with virtually no regard for the long—term impact that this will have on the economy and on

the welfare of people. i have to say, it is not in an unusual problem for people to warn about the bad effects of short—term policy and to be ignored, and then at a later point to be proved right. the situation is _ point to be proved right. the situation is better in scotland, and the figures bear that out, but i noticed that looking at the british dental association website, even in scotland, dentists are saying their contract is no longer adequate to the demands and the needs of the public. what sort of reform do you think ought to be undertaken? $5 public. what sort of reform do you think ought to be undertaken? b51 think ought to be undertaken? as i was saying. — think ought to be undertaken? as i was saying. i'm — think ought to be undertaken? £11 was saying, i'm a think ought to be undertaken? fi.1i was saying, i'm a bit think ought to be undertaken? 1 i was saying, i'm a bit stuck on where was saying, i�*m a bit stuck on where we go from here. any move to a more appropriate way of paying dentists would require a lot of additional money, and would end up paying for people who are currently paying for dentistry privately. it would cost even more than it first appears. one

of the first things that needs to happen, as you heard, nhs england have started to move towards this, a method of paying dentists more, which reflects what good dental treatment actually looks like. it is quite tricky to design these services, if you look internationally. you don�*t want to incentivise too much work. there was a problem in the 90s of australian dentists coming and making very large amounts of money, leaving you with a large number of fillings, which caused a lot of problems later. absolutely, the drill and fill problem. i wonder if we have the capability to have a national contract of this sort, and whether or not we wouldn�*t be better off designing methods of payment which could be more closely supervised and negotiated locally, and you keep a

bit of a better eye on what the dentists are doing. they need to be properly rewarded, and you can�*t have a system, which until recently, as i understand it, he does much for as i understand it, he does much for a root canal as it did for an extraction, which as you can imagine, one takes quite a long time and is quite difficult, really does not incentivise the right behaviour. behaviour really dis— incentivises dentists from taking on patients, because the method of payment was basically designed on the back of an envelope in the mid to thousands in the contract you are referring to, you get paid as much for one filling as you did for a series of fillings. the whole system needs taking up and reconstructing, but he may be doing it too late to really rescue it. the other reform which might work is for dentists to have a list of patients. in scotland that is the case. people talking about being on the dental

list here, that isn�*t actually the case. dentists are not responsible in the way that gps are for long—term care of the patient on their list. they don�*t really get payment for patients on the list, they get a payment for the work that they get a payment for the work that they do. that means if a patient looks like they are going to need a lot of work, for which of —— for which a dentist is not get paid, there is an incentive to say, you�*re not on my list any more, you need to find nhs dentist. the most common reason for children to be admitted to hospitalfor reason for children to be admitted to hospital for planned reason for children to be admitted to hospitalfor planned care reason for children to be admitted to hospital for planned care as reason for children to be admitted to hospitalfor planned care as per them to have teeth removed under anaesthetic, commerce is on the urgent needs to happen. —— so something urgent needs to happen. it is disturbing to think that so many

children are going to hospital because of not having had to dental care. and for more on that story you can watch the documentary �*disappearing dentists�*, which is on bbc iplayer 650 children were strip searched by the metropolitan police between 2018 and 2020 — some as young as ten years old. the data comes from the children�*s commissioner for england. in just over half the cases, the children were released without any further action; in almost a quarter of cases, no appropriate adult was present. most were boys, over half of the boys were black. the data was collected after the strip search of a 15—year—old schoolgirl, known as child 0. she was made to remove her sanitary towel before female officers searched her. celestina 0lulode reports. chanting. the strip—search of child 0, 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 0 is not the only child to be strip—searched without an appropriate adult present. a strip—search means an intimate search. it is a really, really serious and traumatic thing and children of whatever age, you know, but these 10 to 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 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. 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 to existing guidelines, reinforcing the need

for the presence of an appropriate adult. celestina 0lulode, bbc news. a child has died at the scene of an explosion that caused a terraced house to collapse in thornton heath, south london. the london ambulance service have said they treated four people following the incident — three of whom have been taken to hospital and another person treated at the scene, other neighoburing properties have also been badly damaged. we are waiting for a news conference which is taking place, we�*ll bring you the details of that as soon as we get them. the trial of former manchester united star ryan giggs begins this afternoon — he�*s accused of attacking and controlling his ex—girlfriend, kate greville. the former wales manager has pleaded not guilty to the charges and the trial is expected to last for two weeks. it�*s the final day of sporting action at the commonwealth

games in birmingham — and plenty of medals are still to be won before tonight�*s closing ceremony... let�*s speak now to brendan williams, chair of the commonwealth games athletes advisory committee for the commonwealth games federation & former high jumperfrom dominica what is your assessment of how the games have gone both for your island and in general? the games have gone both for your island and in general?— games have gone both for your island and in general? the games have been amazinu. and in general? the games have been amazing- for— and in general? the games have been amazing- for my _ and in general? the games have been amazing. for my island, _ and in general? the games have been amazing. for my island, we _ and in general? the games have been amazing. for my island, we had i and in general? the games have been amazing. for my island, we had a i amazing. for my island, we had a swimmer performing at the commonwealth games for the first time who did for personal bests out of the five events he did. having a couple of finalists and other athletes winning medals, not medals, but advancing to the finals, is an amazing achievement. for the games entirely it has been an amazing games. that is my perception of what i�*ve seen. we have countries winning medals for the first times, we have medals for the first times, we have medals being spread across the

entire commonwealth, so practically every territory within the commonwealth is winning medals, and the performances are world—class. what are the issues for some of the small commonwealth countries, including getting training and the kind of start they can take someone who has natural athletic ability to an international standard? is there any change that is happening in a positive way in your part of the caribbean for the future, would you say? presumably, that is one thing where it is in everybody�*s interest across the commonwealth and the athletics world, that that talent is actually discovered and developed, not discovered and developed simply by lifting it out of its own country and plunking it down in america or great britain, or wherever. that has been a challenge _ great britain, or wherever. that has been a challenge to _ great britain, or wherever. that has been a challenge to a _ great britain, or wherever. that has been a challenge to a lot _ great britain, or wherever. that has been a challenge to a lot of- great britain, or wherever. that has been a challenge to a lot of the i been a challenge to a lot of the smaller nations, the infrastructure.

somebody in the government, especially the government in my country, they are putting more funding into sports. they are working on other aspects of sports, such as physiotherapy and recovery, and identify grassroot programmes where you can identify athletes and commits them to come to our country to train. we are in the process in dominica of developing the facilities so we can continue to excel in the world stage. having had the fortune of— excel in the world stage. having had the fortune of going _ excel in the world stage. having had the fortune of going to _ excel in the world stage. having had the fortune of going to your - the fortune of going to your beautiful country, i can think of a more magical place to train and learn your sport. congratulations for your own achievement, we have to let you go, because we know our colleagues at bbc world news want to talk to you. enjoy the rest of your time in birmingham.

the head of the united nations has said any attack on ukraine�*s big nuclear power station would be a �*suicidal thing�*. ukraine and russia have accused each other of shelling the plant in zaporizhia at the weekend. un secretary general antonio guterres says inspectors must be allowed in to check its safety. our correspondent hugo bachega reports from kyiv. a nuclear power plant surrounded by war. these russian pictures, said to show the latest damage from shelling. but who is to blame isn�*t clear. ukraine says two workers were injured. three radiation monitors were damaged and the reactor had to be disconnected from the system. tensions that have concerned the world. today a strong warning from the un chief. any attack to a nuclear plant is a suicidal thing and i hope that those attacks will end. president zelensky was adamant that the russians were behind the attacks. translation: there is no such nation in the world i that can feel safe when a terrorist state fires at a nuclear plant. god forbid something irreparable happens and no one will stop the wind that will carry the radioactive

contamination. ukraine says the plant is still safe and operating normally, for now. calls are growing for russia to allow international monitors to visit the site but there was no sign of this happening any time soon. the head of ukraine�*s nuclear power company says russia has turned a complex into a military base so they can fire on ukrainian positions, knowing the enemy will not fire back. this is a ukrainian plant. these are ukrainian people so we will not kill our people, our staff and demolish our infrastructure. so they are using it as a shield? like a shield, yes. elsewhere there was some positive news today. this is the first ship loaded with ukrainian going to arrive at with ukrainian grain to arrive at its final destination in turkey and this morning two more ships left

ukraine and a third port was opened for exports. signs that an ambitious multinational deal is going to plan. a rare diplomatic breakthrough in this conflict. one of the conservative contenders for leader of the party and next prime minister, rishi sunak, has said plans by his rival liz truss to cut tax "simply won�*t touch the sides" of the rising cost of living. ms truss�*s supporters say she has not ruled out more support if she becomes prime minister, although at the weekend she said there�*d be no "hand—outs". with more, here�*s our political reporter, david cornock four weeks today we will find out who our new prime minister is going to be, and i think we already know what will be the biggest item in their entry, with energy bills tipped to rise by £1000 or more from october. that is why rishi sunak, today, has been criticising his

leadership rival, liz truss, and saying that her help by reversing national insurance contributions, the rise he introduced, would not touch the sides and would just be a bung to the well off. his argument is that the poorest people, people on less than £12,500 per year, don�*t actually pay those national insurance contributions, and for someone working full—time on the national living wage, it would only save them about £59 per year. he says bolder action is needed, but as of now we do not know the bolder action he is talking about himself. of 0f anti—west coast has introduced an new timetable for the next month. it blamed strike action which meant that drivers were not available for overtime. with me now as a transport

correspondence, this underlines that our railway services are heavily dependent on overtime?- our railway services are heavily dependent on overtime? yes, and of anti-west coast _ dependent on overtime? yes, and of anti-west coast are _ dependent on overtime? yes, and of anti-west coast are said _ dependent on overtime? yes, and of anti-west coast are said over- dependent on overtime? yes, and of anti-west coast are said over recent | anti—west coast are said over recent months that it services over train drivers relied on them working on westies. set one says that it fell —— avanti said that it is born. the drivers union says there is no unofficial strike action going on, and if drivers are not working overtime it is through their own choice, and the company simply does not employ enough drivers. a bit of a row between the unions and avanti west coast, and it does say there will be reduced timetable in operation from the 1ath august

onwards. there is, of course, an industrial dispute going on at the moment, that is separate, it seems, to the dispute we are seeing here. it says that the drivers have suddenly become so well—paid that they no longer need to work overtime, which might sound a little bit unlikely, particularly at a time where inflation is so much ahead of what people are going to be paid, or it suggests they are just unhappy? again, avanti west coast says we have this industrial relations climate at the moment, it is difficult to make a sweeping judgment about every train driver... of course, that the numbers seem a of course, that the numbers seem a little bit odd, but they have all decided they are not going to work overtime. the decided they are not going to work overtime. ., _, ,., , decided they are not going to work overtime. ., _, , , overtime. the train company says there are staff— overtime. the train company says there are staff shortages - overtime. the train company says there are staff shortages as i overtime. the train company says there are staff shortages as well. | there are staff shortages as well. no indication of when this may come to an end? plot no indication of when this may come to an end? ., ., ., , to an end? not at the moment, it is a reduced timetable _

to an end? not at the moment, it is a reduced timetable until _ to an end? not at the moment, it is a reduced timetable until further i a reduced timetable until further notice, avanti says it is going to be for trains per hour, on a line that connects london with the midlands and into scotland as well, so this will have an impact on a lot of people�*s plans at a time where we are already seeing a lot of strike action across the wheel ways, which is already proving quite disruptive. there�*s a lot to remember in terms of the strike dates? the there's a lot to remember in terms of the strike dates?— of the strike dates? the next right we know that _ of the strike dates? the next right we know that is _ of the strike dates? the next right we know that is due _ of the strike dates? the next right we know that is due to _ of the strike dates? the next right we know that is due to be - of the strike dates? the next right i we know that is due to be happening at nine train companies who are due to walk out on saturday the 13th of august, this coming saturday. you definitely want to check if you�*re planning on travelling that day. previously, when this happened, some networks have not run any trains at all on those days. after that, we have already seen a number of

national strikes by members of the rmt union working for network rail, and now the next one of those is scheduled for the 18th of august, with another one on saturday 28th of august straight afterwards. realistically, that means four straight days of disruption on the rail lines. overall, this is a summer of disruption on the railway, and it looks set to continue. as another heatwave is forecast this week for parts of the country, there are calls for more hosepipe bans to be brought in. yesterday the environment secretary urged water companies to follow the bans in the isle of man, isle of wight, hampshire and later this week kent and sussex. let�*s speak to our correspondent ellie price who is at bewl water in kent.

what it is dry and it is very hot. bewl water is running at about a0% of its usual capacity. it is those customers in kent and sussex who will have the hosepipe ban on friday. yesterday we heard from the environment secretary, who said more water company should follow suit in imposing those hosepipe bans. the big question is, will they, and a quick answer is, no, not yet. we did a quick round—up of the water companies who said broadly speaking they have no plans. largely, they draw their water from ground water reserves, and broadly speaking those reserves, and broadly speaking those reserves are holding up. they will look with interest to see what the rainfall is going to be like in the autumn and winter to see whether there will be a problem next year. of course, demand or not reservoirs and water reserves is likely to go up and water reserves is likely to go up in the coming weeks because there is likely to be yet more hot weather, and we are going to see prolonged temperatures of 30 degrees. here is a spoiler alert for

the weather segment, there is no forecast of rain either. this seems like an appropriate _ forecast of rain either. this seems like an appropriate moment i forecast of rain either. this seems like an appropriate moment to i forecast of rain either. this seems i like an appropriate moment to pause and take a look at the weather. it is going to be a dry week across the majority of the uk, rain and the forecast for northern and western scotland, and you can see the weather front here, scotland, and you can see the weatherfront here, but scotland, and you can see the weather front here, but south and east of that it is sunny with scattered fair weather clients. just the chance of a shower across northern england. temperatures today in the high 20s, may be 30 in the south—east, more commonly it is in the low 20s. the forecast for tonight shows clear skies, just these weak weather fronts brushing these weak weather fronts brushing the north and north—west of scotland, quite a warm morning tomorrow, 17 in london, 1a in hull and about that in glasgow and edinburgh. tomorrow, these weak weather fronts continue to brush west in scotland, otherwise it is a

sunny day, and temperatures will nudge up to 30 in the south—east and mid 20s for eastern and northern england, as well as parts of scotland. hello. this is bbc news. i�*m shaun ley, and these are the headlines. the uk�*s nhs dentist shortgage revealed — nine out of ten practices are turning away new adult patients. it�*s led to some making their own false teeth and others pulling theirs out. 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 child has died at the scene of an explosion that caused a terraced house to collapse in south london. three others are in hospital being treated for their injuries. with some hosepipe bans already in place, more companies warn they may need to follow suit, as forecasters predict another heatwave for parts of the uk this week.

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 the final day of the commonwealth games — with gold for scotland in the diving. we�*ll be live in birmingham with all the latest in sport in just a moment. sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. sorry, already trying to pack you back to the studio from birmingham! we�*ve reached the point where all competition has come to an end on the final day of these commonwealth games. the closing ceremony awaits tonight. but the last few hours of sport today provided a flurry of medals for the home nations, including gold in diving this morning. what a first commonwealth games it�*s been for andrea spendolini—sirieix,

who won her third diving medal earlier, her second gold, this in the mixed synchronised 10 metre platform final alongside noah williams. he remember won gold with matty lee in the mens synchro. they finished comfortably ahead of kyle kothari and lois toulson, making it an english one two. it has been incredible. i think we came in wanting to have fun and we definitely did. it is a pb for our synchro, actually. but i�*m pleased with how we executed our dives and our synchro. it has been fun. is mixed diving more fun than the other events? i think because it is not in the olympics, some people take it less seriously. we were just able to have more fun and enjoy ourselves more, yeah. scotland also took gold at the sandwell aquatics centre on the final day, winning the mixed synchronised 3m springboard the edinburgh pair

ofjames heatly and grace reid put in an incredible final dive. both endured disappointing individual showings at this meet but responded magnificently to earn scotland�*s 13th gold of the games. australia and malaysia completed the podium, with england finishing fourth. england were guaranteed gold in the men�*s final in squash. they beat their fellow pair at the university of birmingham centre. it bettered their bronze in 2018 you can see what it meant sarah jane perry and alison waters were beaten by new zealand 2—0. they won the title on the gold coast in 2018 but had to settle for silver this time.

england won silver in the men�*s table tennis and the general theme of english silver medals and india taking gold continues. in badminton, in the men�*s doubles final, england�*s ben lane and sean vendy lost to india. the english pair won european bronze in april, and have broken into the world�*s top 20, but were beaten 2—0 by satwik—sairaj rankireddy and chirag shetty, who lost to england�*s marcus ellis and chris langridge in the 2018 final but get gold now. england�*s marcus ellis and lauren smith also 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, just like they did in 2018. in the women�*s doubles gold match, it was the same story for the silver. chloe birch taking silver.

malaysia winning this final. they were the favourites and got the job done. let�*s ta ke let�*s take a look at the final medals table. australia at the top, 178 medals in total, 67 gold. england, the hosts, in second. the best ever commonwealth games in terms of total medals won as the host nation. 0n terms of total medals won as the host nation. on 176, terms of total medals won as the host nation. 0n176, not the best return over goals, with 57 just one short of the 58 they won in glasgow. scotland have 51 medals in total. northern ireland in 11th, just out of the top ten, and they finish on

18 medals in total, seven of them gold. wales, as you can see, are inside the top ten in eighth place, 28 medals in total, eight of them gold. the games closing ceremony is all that awaits us now, which starts at 8:30pm tonight at the alexander stadium. it will take place in front of a live audience, including a formal handover to the state of victoria in australia, which will host the 2026 commonwealth games. you can see one of the iconic sights there. all of the coverage will be on bbc one. martin green is overseeing the closing ceremony. it is a party. we have gathered some of the biggest acts this place has produced. we will have a dance, we will have a sing and we have a big

surprise at the end. i urge everybody to watch tonight because we have a big surprise to finish us off into style. —— in true style. we look forward to seeing what that surprises. that�*s all the sport for now. the us senate has approved a landmark bill, which includes the country�*s biggest ever investment to tackle climate change. the $a30 billion 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. 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 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. i�*m joined now by our correspondent, nomia iqbal, in washington. this is quite a significant bill, isn�*t it? this is quite a significant bill, isn't it? it this is quite a significant bill, isn�*t it? it was passed over the weekend at the time when the united states was experiencing some extraordinary weather events. yeah, and it has taken _ extraordinary weather events. yeah, and it has taken a _ extraordinary weather events. yeah, and it has taken a long _ extraordinary weather events. yeah, and it has taken a long time - extraordinary weather events. yeah, and it has taken a long time to i extraordinary weather events. yeah, and it has taken a long time to get i and it has taken a long time to get to this point. there have been huge compromises along the way, as we saw in that report, by president biden. it did not go as far as he wanted it to. it is a major victory for him, the biggest climate change bill ever passed in the usa. i guess what it does for president biden, apart from this being one of his key things he campaigned on when he was campaigning for the white house, it allows him to say to the rest of the

world, look, we are showing leadership now, as america has been accused of not doing that. but it is accused of not doing that. but it is a major win for him in that way, but you think about the other legislative victories he has had, the gun safety legislation as well come with a bipartisan deal, and now this. it gives him something and his party to boast about. let�*s this. it gives him something and his party to boast about.— party to boast about. let's face it, the will party to boast about. let's face it, they will need _ party to boast about. let's face it, they will need it _ party to boast about. let's face it, they will need it in _ party to boast about. let's face it, they will need it in the _ party to boast about. let's face it, they will need it in the mid-term l they will need it in the mid—term elections. there were dire predictions earlier this year. i wonder if he has the two rebel senators on board for this, but that issue around abortion, whether that has made him less nervous than a few months ago. has made him less nervous than a few months ago-— has made him less nervous than a few months ago. perhaps. this gives them somethin: months ago. perhaps. this gives them something to — months ago. perhaps. this gives them something to say _ months ago. perhaps. this gives them something to say to _ months ago. perhaps. this gives them something to say to the _ months ago. perhaps. this gives them something to say to the american i something to say to the american people, look, we have achieved this. you can say to young voters, we are

doing something about it. for older people, older voters, there is the reduction in prescription costs as well come medicare is now negotiating. there are other legislative victories. there is a lot of anger in this country over the overturning of abortion rights, gasoline prices are also going down. this is something they can take through the mid—term elections, where congress gets re—elected. president biden�*s name is not on the ballot, but we know that mid—term elections tend to be a referendum on the administration. history has not been kind to first term presidents. they tend to get hammered in the mid—term elections if their approval rating is less than 50%. at the moment, his approval rating is less than a0%. but this and some of the other things that are happening in america, the democrats could try to turnit america, the democrats could try to turn it to their favour. republicans only need one seat in the senate to

get a majority. it only need one seat in the senate to get a majority-— get a majority. it will be a fascinating _ get a majority. it will be a fascinating battle. - get a majority. it will be a fascinating battle. thankl get a majority. it will be a i fascinating battle. thank you so much. i mentioned extreme weather. one of the most remarkable things that happened yesterday was that there was flash flooding in death valley national park in california, one of the hottest and driest parts on the planet. it rarely sees such weather. nearly 1000 people were stranded inside because it was temporarily closed. they were searching for people and rescuing in the subsequent hours. a near—record downpour there, something that is far from downpour there, something that is farfrom common in that part of downpour there, something that is far from common in that part of the united states. 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 a financial adviser, who told us more about why people are going back to cash. itruiheh

people are going back to cash. when --eole are people are going back to cash. when people are in — people are going back to cash. when people are in a _ people are going back to cash. when people are in a crisis, _ people are going back to cash. when people are in a crisis, they _ people are going back to cash. when people are in a crisis, they go back to what they know, what they are comfortable with. this is a crisis, this is unprecedented times and a lot of people are nervous and anxious about what to do when it comes to money and how to keep control of it. going back to cash as a way of people feeling like they are in control. they have to physically handover that money. when it is contactless and you are touching the card, it almost feels like there is a gap between you and the money and you find out later when you check your bank account, but people feel like they are in control when they use cash. l but people feel like they are in control when they use cash. i was talkin: to control when they use cash. i was talking to a _ control when they use cash. i was talking to a younger _ control when they use cash. i was talking to a younger colleague i control when they use cash. i was talking to a younger colleague who was saying, a night out with friends, after you have had a few drinks, you are buying a round, you tap, you don�*t even think about how much it costs. it is only when you sober up and you see how much you spent that night, it is a real shock. right now, it is not a time when people can afford that because

they are not sure how quickly costs will go up. they are not sure how quickly costs will no u -. ~ they are not sure how quickly costs will no u. ~' i. they are not sure how quickly costs willa-ou. ~ , will go up. like you said, number one, will go up. like you said, number one. when _ will go up. like you said, number one. when you — will go up. like you said, number one, when you have _ will go up. like you said, number one, when you have cash, - will go up. like you said, number one, when you have cash, you i will go up. like you said, number| one, when you have cash, you can only take out a certain amount, so you know there is a limit. also when it comes to money right now, i think some people are trying to work out where are the leaks, where is the money going? because some people feel like, i�*m making the cuts, i�*m not living an exorbitant life, i�*m not living an exorbitant life, i�*m not overspending or shopping a lot, but for some reason i don�*t know where my money is going. by taking out cash, it almost forces you to understand where your money is going, and see where those holes are and how you can make changes. there are little tips — and how you can make changes. there are little tips for _ and how you can make changes. there are little tips for people _ and how you can make changes. there are little tips for people who _ and how you can make changes. there are little tips for people who rely on plastic or maybe have banking on their phone. there are still ways you can kind of manager money a bit more effectively, rather than feeling slightly out of control

because it is all digital. yeah, definitely- _ because it is all digital. yeah, definitely. if _ because it is all digital. yeah, definitely. if you _ because it is all digital. yeah, definitely. if you are - because it is all digital. yeah, i definitely. if you are comfortable with technology, there are some great apps. some of them are quite rude, they will tally where you are spending and how much you are spending and how much you are spending and how much you are spending and almost remind you of how much more you are spending. it can be quite easy and simple to see your stuff because a lot of these apps will tell you exactly where your money is going and how much you are spending on food and take out and how much you were spending competitive last month. for people uncomfortable with technology and wanting to go back to old methods like putting money into envelopes, this envelope is for this week. l am this envelope is for this week. i am a bit of a lot _ this envelope is for this week. i am a bit of a lot outcome _ this envelope is for this week. i am a bit of a lot outcome i _ this envelope is for this week. i am a bit of a lot outcome i am - this envelope is for this week. i am a bit of a lot outcome i am more likely to put money in envelopes. when i talk to friends who do use the apps, they will say, you can get an app that effectively is a digital

envelope, which says, this is my budget for this or that. and you can rent —— you can prevent yourself from accessing the money if you need to. from accessing the money if you need to, , from accessing the money if you need to. , ., , , , to. sometimes that is needed because we look at our — to. sometimes that is needed because we look at our money _ to. sometimes that is needed because we look at our money and _ to. sometimes that is needed because we look at our money and feel- to. sometimes that is needed because we look at our money and feel like i we look at our money and feel like we look at our money and feel like we have money and then with all of the temptations, especially if you�*re not good. spending can be a way to cope with the fact we are not happy with how things are going. it is a quick fix to make us feel better, but in the long—term it can do damage. these apps can help you separate your money and stop you from impulse spending. some breaking news, that fire caused by an explosion at a terraced house in thornton heath in wandsworth.

ambulance crew subset they have treated four people will stop a child has died at the scene. let�*s talk to our correspondent. we have had confirmed within the last hour that a child died in this morning�*s explosion. the scene is some way down this road, a good 100 metres or more. those who got up close to it, fire officers have explained that the such was the strength of the blast, a terraced house has collapsed. some have described how the ripples on some of the roof tiles of the houses opposite, a 50 metre chord and has been set up around due to the scale of the blast, while they make sure that things are safe. fire crews will be here for the rest of the evening to help with that. fire crews were called here at 7:08am,

they were on site within three minutes was not over a0 firefighters, six different fire appliances came to the scene, one of real devastation. those who arrived here first had to use urban search crews, dogs being used on the site. they managed to rescue four people from the site. three of those have been taken to hospital with very serious injuries and one other person was treated at the scene. within the last hour or so, they have confirmed that one young child has died. we have been told that police have now taken over the site, they will be investigating potentially what happened here. there have been some reports that there had been gas smelled on the site, but they need fire officer on the site explained that it could not be certain that this was a gas explosion and now sohn has been confirmed to have died, the police are investigating. —— and now

someone has been confirmed to have died. over a0 houses have been evacuated, people taken to a nearby community centre, where they are being looked after, ensuring they have medicines they need. for now, it is still cordoned off here at likely to be so for some time. police investigations are in their early stages. you may wonder why i wasn�*t calling out to him to warn him about the reversing vehicle, but we were having talkback problems, so we were only able to hear him, we could not talk to him. the cameraman was able to warn him. the driver of the vehicle was being careful as well.

the trial of former manchester united star ryan giggs has begun this afternoon — he�*s accused of attacking and controlling his ex—girlfriend, kate greville. the former wales manager has pleaded not guilty to the charges and the trial is expected to last for two weeks. let�*s speak to our correspondent, matt graveling. what have we heard today? of course, most people will know of course, most people will know ryan giggs is a former manchester united player who spent 23 with them, winning 13 premier league titles was up—to—date, he is in court today on three charges regarding his relationship with kate greville, one of those is controlling or coercive behaviour towards her between august 2017 and november 2020. the other two are regarding to an altercation, charged with the assault of kate greville and an assault of her younger sister, emma, on the same date. we have heard a lot of details about

these instances and the jury have been hearing for the prosecution, who described the relationship between kate and ryan giggs as manipulative, damaging and toxic. he said that ryan giggs is idolised by his fans, his skills on the pitch were a thing of beauty, but behind closed doors there was a much uglier and sinister side to his character. he said there was a litany of physical and emotional abuse in the relationship between ryan giggs and kate greville after they met in 2013, when she was working in pr. they started cohabiting in 2017, but the relationship remained toxic. the prosecution said that he eroded kate�*s sense of self—worth, causing her to doubt herself to the point which he was trying to leave the relationship, which came to a head in november 2020, when they were out visiting friends. she decided she

wanted to leave him, her sister was looking after the house, and when they returned home, an argument erupted in which the prosecution said ryan giggs pushed kate to the floor and when emma tried to get involved, he elbowed her in the jaw. this white continued into the kitchen and it is alleged that he head—butted kate before the police were called. there will also a couple of minutes from the defence that i heard before i came out to deliver this report, and they said that mr giggs does accept that his behaviour was far from perfect on a moral level and he did not handle the arguments very well. but they also said that the case was built on lies. and that he didn�*t push kate over, she fell to the floor. there will be a lot of information given here because this case is expected to last two weeks.—

let�*s go back to one of our top stories — 650 children were strip searched by the metropolitan police between 2018 and 2020, some as young as ten years old. the data comes from the children�*s commissioner for england. in just over half the cases, the children were released without any further action — in almost a quarter of cases, no appropriate adult was present. i spoke to the children�*s commissioner for england, dame rachel de souza — she gave me her reaction to the findings. i was really shocked and horrified when i called for this data and found the results. basically, as children�*s commissioner, i am really concerned that children are able to trust the people in authority and trust the people in authority and trust that they will keep them safe. so when the child 0 case happened, where a hackney schoolgirl was strip—searched at her school by police officers without an appropriate adult, i was concerned to find out, was this just an

isolated case or is it more widespread? so i have data gathering powers, so i approached the met police and asked for this data. i got data right up to 2021, the 2021 data was not in a fit state to be published, there were errors in it, so i didn�*t publish it. but the other data showed that 650 children were strip—searched, a course of them without an appropriate adult, meaning no mum or dad or carer, no social worker, and just think what a traumatic experience this is was to whatever else is going on. humiliating as well.- whatever else is going on. humiliating as well. they are children and _ humiliating as well. they are children and their _ humiliating as well. they are i children and their safeguarding, their safety has to come first, and before, during and after any experience like this. i was deeply concerned. experience like this. i was deeply concerned-— experience like this. i was deeply concerned. . ., , , concerned. what is also troubling is that a number— concerned. what is also troubling is that a number of— concerned. what is also troubling is that a number of the _ concerned. what is also troubling is that a number of the searches i concerned. what is also troubling is that a number of the searches will i that a number of the searches will be for drugs, and in the

schoolgirl�*s case, it was exactly that. the school suspected her of having drugs on her, they called the police and allowed the strip search to take place. i will be interested on your views on that. if it is a drug search, the implication of that is it will be an intimate body search, which is even more disturbing, isn�*t it? search, which is even more disturbing, isn't it?- search, which is even more disturbing, isn't it? these strip searches are _ disturbing, isn't it? these strip searches are intimate - disturbing, isn't it? these strip| searches are intimate searches, disturbing, isn't it? these strip i searches are intimate searches, they are vision searches, but it is extremely distressing. again, that 650 children, 25% of them were between ten and 15 years old. it is very young. we know from child q�*s experience, she has written about it, how distressing it was for her and how it continues to distress her. on that question of 50% of the 650 searches not resulting in any

further action. this intrusive search, did it need to happen in these cases? i know policing is difficult, and understand that in the most serious cases where a child�*s life is threatened, it is really serious, urgent action might need to be taken, but the fact that 50% of those searches resulted in no further action really raises a question for me. i am deeply concerned about this. 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. obviously, 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.

this is bbc news. i�*m shaun ley, and these are the latest headlines. the uk�*s nhs dentist shortgage revealed — 9 out of 10 practices are turning away new adult patients. it�*s led to some making their own false teeth and others pulling theirs out. my my partner was in abject agony. she turned round to me and said, can you get the pliers and take the tooth out, i can�*t cope with this any more, i willjust have to deal with having no teeth. a child has died at the scene of an explosion that caused a terraced house to collapse in south london. three others are in hospital being treated for their injuries. 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.

former wales manager and manchester united footballer ryan giggs denies accusations of attacking and coercively controlling his ex—girlfriend as his trial gets under way in court. 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 the final day of the commonwealth games — with gold for scotland in the diving. we�*ll be live in birmingham. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. bbc research has found that only one in ten nhs dentists in the uk are taking on new adult patients. the most extensive survey in years

has revealed that some areas are "dental deserts. out of nearly 6,900 nhs dental practices contacted, 90% said they were no longer accepting any new adult patients. only a quarter of those dental practices said they operated a waiting list to become an nhs patient — and for most of those, the wait was at least a year or more. in 12% of local authority areas in the uk, we couldn�*t find a single practice that would accept a child. our correspondentjenny kumah has the story. my partner was in so much pain, she asked me to take her tooth out with a pair of pliers. this is the second tooth i 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's the second one i pulled out and it goes

in quite deep into the gum. there's the gap. so, it's 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 his 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 that he was no longer on their nhs list. how difficult has it been to find an nhs dentist? it's been impossible. i've tried the local surgeries down here, 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 for 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 hundred a60 nhs dental practices our researchers called more than a60 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 have only got a few at the front there and they are loose and wobbly so i can�*t bite anything, but none at the back. i can�*t even eat a salad now because i can�*t bite into a tomato. cucumber, even if it�*s 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 for four 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 are filing their own tooth down with nail files 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 take my tooth out? i can't carry on any more, ijust have to deal with having no teeth." i thought, this situation is awful. phone ringing hello, dental surgery.

our research suggests that dentists are giving up doing nhs work. ian 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�*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, says the changes are just modest tweaks and that the service remains underfunded and overstretched. jenny kumah, bbc news. trishala lakhani, is a dentist who recently did a documentary for the bbc on people travelling to turkey to get their teeth done. she told me what she thinks has gone

wrong with the way the dentist system works in the uk. it is really tough because a lot of dentists do openly say there is something wrong with the way the system is. it has been described by the bda as having rotten foundations. i think first and foremost, even the dentists who just spoke, they are saying we are hanging on and clinging on to a broken system. to a certain extent, it is true. dentists are feeling incredibly underfunded and unrewarded, as your correspondent said. it�*s really excellent that it has started changing, there was some reform very recently after 16 years, so i think that�*s the first step. dentists need to start feeling more fulfilled, because if dentists are not feeling they are getting rewarded as much they should be, it is so much more lucrative to go private. a lot of dentists are going private,

and since the pandemic started, according to the bda, around 3,000 dentists have left the nhs, so there definitely is an issue there, and it is great to see a change is being made. to be fair to dentists, training for that profession takes many years, the costs of equipment is high, we all want clean and hygienic surgeries, and we expect it, in some cases you are effectively performing surgery on them. you can understand from the taxpayer�*s point of view, why the government, and this was the blair government, wanted to get away from drill and fill, because the more work you get done, the more you got paid, there was presumably some people exploiting that system. having capped that amount, there is presumably no wriggle room, because if you reach that cap, you presumably do not get

any money back for extra work? it is completely true, but the way the system works right now, which i believe is why dentists are feeling unfulfilled, say if you were to do one filling, five, or ten on the same patient, dentists get paid the same. the way the uda system works is essentially a points—scoring system. dentists are constantly under pressure to reach those targets, and that is not how health care should be. the nhs is based on a system to provide care which is in the best interests of the patient. health care, should it be target driven? i�*m not sure. ultimately, we should be focusing on the best care for the patients. i completely appreciate what you�*re saying about the drill and fill culture, and i am sure you are right in saying that there would be

a small portion of dentists exploiting the system, that may have been one extreme, but what is happening currently is on the complete other extreme. a balance needs to be achieved somehow. as a professional, what would worry you about the consequences of so many people no longer having regular dental treatment? i think this is a huge issue. if people are not finding nhs dentists to see, and if it is not economically viable for them to go privately, then of course they are missing appointments. if they are missing appointments, they are missing the opportunity for dentists to detect early dental disease, which means failing to detect and have early treatment, and you can have a lot more detrimental consequences. also, every time you go to the dentist, a dentist is performing an oral cancer screening, and if you�*re missing early signs of oral cancer and sending those referrals off, you can only imagine what the consequences are. finally, with the whole diy dentistry, it is so sad and horrifying to see that patients are put in a position where they are not having these

treatments done safely. people are taking their own teeth out, people are making ways of making dentures for themselves at home. that is just not how it should be. change has to be made, because unsafe dentistry should not be happening, especially with the nhs, who are built on foundations that everyone matters, compassion, and acting in patients�* best interests. and for more on that story you can watch the documentary �*disappearing dentists�*, which is on bbc iplayer ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you a statement from the government, downing street said they want everyone who wants to see nhs on the —— like to see a

dentist on the nhs to do that. they say they have made some reforms to dental contracts which will improve access, and there are discussions around further long—term reforms to the system to make more significant interventions. a child has died at the scene of an explosion that caused a terraced house to collapse in thornton heath, south london. the london ambulance service have said they treated four people following the incident — three of whom have been taken to hospital and another person treated at the scene, other neighoburing properties have also been badly damaged. our correspondent matt cole has the latest from the scene. we have had confirmed in the last hour that a child has died in this morning�*s explosion. the scene is some way down this road, a good 100 metres or more, those who have got up metres or more, those who have got up close to it, fire officers, have explained to me that such was the

strength of the blast that a terraced house has collapsed. along the other side of the road, windows have been blown in, some have described ripples on the roof tiles of houses opposite. a 50 metre chord and has been set up all round, simply due to the size and scale of the blast while they make sure that things are now safe. fire crews will be here for the rest of the evening to help with that. fire crews were called here at 7:08am, they were on site within three minutes, there were a0 firefighters, six different fire appliances came to the scene. the scene was one of real devastation, those who arrive to your first said they had to use urban search crews, dogs were used on the site. they managed to rescue four people from the site, three of those have been taken to hospital with very serious injuries, indeed one other person was treated at the scene and then in the last hour or so they have confirmed that a child

has died. police have taken over the site, they are going to be investigating potentially what happened here, and there have been some reports that there had been a gas smell on the site. giving a statement, the lead fire officer on the site said that it could not be certain that this was a gas explosion, and now someone has confirmed to have died, the police are now investigating stop we expect to hear from them are now investigating stop we expect to hearfrom them later in are now investigating stop we expect to hear from them later in the day. for now, the a0 houses have been evacuated, people have been taken to a nearby community centre, where they are being looked after. ensuring, for example, that if they have medicines they need, they can receive them there. for now, though, it is still cordoned off and likely to be so for quite some time, and the police investigations are just in their early stages. the headlines on bbc news...

the uk�*s nhs dentist shortgage revealed — 9 out of 10 practices are turning away new adult patients. it�*s led to some making their own false teeth and others pulling theirs out. 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 child has died at the scene of an explosion that caused a terraced house to collapse in south london. three others are in hospital being treated for their injuries. 650 children were strip searched by the metropolitan police between 2018 and 2020 — some as young as ten years old. the data comes from the children�*s commissioner for england. in just over half the cases, the children were released without any further action; in almost a quarter of cases, no appropriate adult was present. most were boys, over half of the boys were black.

the data was collected after the strip search of a 15—year—old schoolgirl, known as child 0. she was made to remove her sanitary towel before female officers searched her. celestina 0lulode reports. chanting. the strip—search of child 0, 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 0 is not the only child to be strip—searched without an appropriate adult present. a strip—search means an intimate search. it is a really, really serious and traumatic thing and children of whatever age, you

know, but these 10 to 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 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. 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 to existing guidelines, reinforcing the need for the presence of an appropriate adult. celestina 0lulode, bbc news. the trial of former manchester united star ryan giggs has begun this afternoon — he�*s accused of attacking and controlling his ex—girlfriend, kate greville. the former wales manager has pleaded not guilty to the charges and the trial is expected to last for two weeks. our correspondent matt graveling is at manchester crown court. ryan giggs is a former manchester

united player who spent 23 years with the club. today he is in manchester in court on three separate charges to do with his girlfriend kate greville. one of the charges is coercive and controlling behaviour between 2017 and 2020, the other two are with regards to an incident which happened on the 1st of november, 2020. this was an assault on the kate greville, and her younger sister, assault on the kate greville, and heryoungersister, emma. we�*ve assault on the kate greville, and her younger sister, emma. we�*ve been hearing from the prosecution, who described the relationship between kate and ryan giggs as manipulative, damaging and toxic. he says that ryan giggs is idolised by his fans, his skills on the pitch were a thing of beauty, but off the pitch there is a much more ugly and sinister side to his character. he said that

there was a litany of physical and emotional abuse, there was a litany of physical and emotionalabuse, in there was a litany of physical and emotional abuse, in the relationship between ryan giggs and kate greville, after they met and started cohabiting in manchester in 2017. the prosecution said that ryan giggs eroded kate�*s a sense of self—worth, causing her to try to leave the relationship, and this came to a head in november 2020, when she decided she wanted to leave him. her sister, emma, was looking after the house, and an altercation broke out, and the prosecution say that he elbowed her in the jar. it is alleged that ryan giggs head—butted

kate greville before the police were then called. there are couple of minutes from the who said that ryan giggs does accept that his behaviour on a moral level was far from perfect, and he did not handle the arguments well, that the defence also says that he never once used unlawful violence against women act, the allegation is based purely on lies, and during that disagreement on the 1st of november 2020, he did not push kate greville, they fell to the floor. this trial is expected to last around two weeks. the head of the united nations has said any attack on ukraine�*s big

nuclear power station would be a �*suicidal thing�*. ukraine and russia have accused each other of shelling the plant in zaporizhia at the weekend. un secretary general antonio guterres says inspectors must be allowed in to check its safety. our correspondent hugo bachega reports from kyiv. a nuclear power plant surrounded by war. these russian pictures, said to show the latest damage from shelling. but who is to blame isn�*t clear. ukraine says two workers were injured. three radiation monitors were damaged and the reactor had to be disconnected from the system. tensions that have concerned the world. today, a strong warning from the un chief. any attack to a nuclear plant is a suicidal thing and i hope that those attacks will end. president zelensky was adamant that the russians were behind the attacks. translation: there is no such nation in the world i that can feel safe when a terrorist state fires at a nuclear plant. god forbid something irreparable happens and no one will stop the wind that will carry the radioactive contamination. ukraine says the plant is still safe and operating normally, for now. calls are growing for russia to allow international monitors to visit the site

but there was no sign of this happening any time soon. the head of ukraine�*s nuclear power company says russia has turned a complex into a military base so they can fire on ukrainian positions, knowing the enemy will not fire back. this is a ukrainian plant. these are ukrainian people so we will not kill our people, our staff and damage our infrastructure. so they are using it as a shield? like a shield, yes. elsewhere there was some positive news today. this is the first ship loaded with ukrainian going to arrive at this is the first ship loaded with ukrainian grain to arrive at its final destination in turkey and this morning two more ships left ukraine and a third port was opened for exports. signs that an ambitious multinational deal is going to plan. a rare diplomatic breakthrough in this conflict. one of the conservative contenders for leader of the party

and next prime minister, rishi sunak, has said plans by his rival liz truss to cut tax "simply won�*t touch the sides" of the rising cost of living. ms truss�*s supporters say she has not ruled out more support if she becomes prime minister, although at the weekend she said there�*d be no "hand—outs". here�*s our political reporter, david cornock four weeks today we will find out who our new prime minister is going to be, and i think we already know what will be the biggest item in their in tray, with energy bills tipped to rise by £1000 or more from october. that is why rishi sunak, today, has been criticising his leadership rival, liz truss, and saying that her help by reversing national insurance contributions, the rise he introduced, would not touch the sides and would just be a bung to the well—off. his argument is that the poorest people, people on less than £12,500 per year, or pensioners, don�*t actually pay those national

insurance contributions, and for someone working full—time on the national living wage, it would only save them about £59 per year. he says bolder action is needed, but as of now we do not know the bolder action he is talking about himself. avanti west coast which runs trains between major cities in the uk has announced it will be introducing a reduced timetable from the 1ath august. it blamed unofficial strike action saying most drivers were declaring themselves unavailable for overtime. the union, aslef, insisted drivers were making their own decisions. earlier, i spoke to our transport correspondent, katy austin. ava nti west coast avanti west coast has ava nti west coast has said avanti west coast has said that it is reliably seen services are in the week when drivers have been on their rest days. they said that fell overnight by nearly 90%, to fewer

than 50, and it is blaming unofficial strike action, it says for a lot of drivers, saying they are not available to work that over time stop aslef, the drivers union, says that is simply not true. they says that is simply not true. they say the company just says that is simply not true. they say the companyjust does not employ enough drivers, so a bit of a row between the union and avanti west coast to what is behind that problem. it does mean that there will be our reduced timetable from the 1ath of august onwards. there is, of course, an industrial dispute going on at the moment, but that is separate, it seems to the problem is that we are seeing here. l separate, it seems to the problem is that we are seeing here.— that we are seeing here. i suppose, turnin: that we are seeing here. i suppose, turning down _ that we are seeing here. i suppose, turning down over _ that we are seeing here. i suppose, turning down over time _ that we are seeing here. i suppose, turning down over time either i that we are seeing here. i suppose, turning down over time either says| turning down over time either says that the drivers have suddenly become so well—paid that they no longer need to work overtime, which might sounds of it unlikely, that suddenly it would so dramatically

change especially when inflation is so far ahead of what people are getting paid, or it suggest that people arejust unhappy? getting paid, or it suggest that people are just unhappy? ter getting paid, or it suggest that people are just unhappy? people are 'ust unhappy? ter mag one sa s we people are just unhappy? ter mag one says we have — people are just unhappy? ter mag one says we have this _ people are just unhappy? ter mag one says we have this industrial— says we have this industrial relations climate at the moment, it is difficult to make her sweeping judgment at the moment. —— avanti west coast says we have this industrial relation climate at the moment. the train company says there are also staff shortages at the moment as well, so it isn�*t combination of these factors. at the moment there is no indications of when these disputes will end, so avanti west when these disputes will end, so ava nti west coast says it when these disputes will end, so avanti west coast says it will be our four trains avanti west coast says it will be ourfour trains per hour avanti west coast says it will be our four trains per hour timetable, and the west coast main line is a long line which connects london with the midlands and the north—west and into scotland as well, so this will have an impact on a lot of peoples�* plans at a time where we are seeing a lot of strike action. fight!

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well, as services take a while to return to normal. overall, this is a kind of summer of disruption on the railway, and it looks set continue. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with tomasz. temperatures today in the high 20s, but more typically in the low 20s away from the south—east. weak weather fronts brushing the north although north—west of scotland, temperatures 17 in london, 1a in hull, and about that for glasgow and edinburgh. tomorrow, those weak weather fronts continue to brush in

western areas of scotland, temperatures will be up to 30 in the south—east and also sent them mid 20s are eastern and northern england as well as parts of scotland. hello. this is bbc news. i�*m shaun ley, and these are the headlines: the uk�*s nhs dentist shortgage revealed — 9 out of 10 practices are turning away new adult patients. it�*s led to some making their own false teeth and others pulling theirs out. a child has died at the scene of an explosion that caused a terraced house to collapse in south london. three others are in hospital being treated for their injuries. 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. former wales manager and manchester united footballer ryan giggs denies accusations of attacking and coercively controlling his ex—girlfriend as his trial

gets under way in court. new evidence shows people are going back to cash, to keep tighter control on their spending, as the cost of living continues to soar. sport now, and a full round—upfrom birmingham. what a wonderful end to the last 11 days. they have given cars a nice flurry of medals. —— they have given us a nice flurry of medals. we�*ve reached the point where all competition has come to an end on the final day of these commonwealth games. the closing ceremony awaits tonight. but the last few hours of sport today provided a flurry of medals for the home nations, including scotland�*s first in diving at these games.

the edinburgh pair of james heatly and grace reid put in an incredible final dive. both endured disappointing individual showings at this meet but responded magnificently to earn scotland�*s 13th gold of the games. australia and malaysia completed the podium, with england 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. there was gold for england in the diving too, as i said. what a first commonwealth games it�*s been for england�*s andrea spendolini—sirieix, who won her third diving medal, her second gold in birmingham, this in the mixed synchronised 10

metre platform final alongside noah williams. he, remember, won gold with matty lee in the mens synchro. they finished comfortably ahead of kyle kothari and lois toulson, making it an english one—two. in squash, england were guaranteed gold in the men�*s doubles final — which was won by james willstrop and declan james. they beat fellow english pair daryl selby and adrian waller 11—3, 7—11, 11—9 at the university of birmingham squash centre, bettering the bronze medal they won in 2018. no gold for england�*s sarahjane perry and alison waters in the women�*s doubles final, though — they lost 11—8 11—8 to the defending championsjoelle king and amanda landers—murphy of new zealand. both are fast just really wanted to go out there and give it everything we had. a silver medal is fantastic. it is a fantastic achievement, but we both really wanted that gold

medal. so we were very up for the match today. yeah, i thought we gave everything we had. i am proud of us and it has been an absolute pleasure and it has been an absolute pleasure and privilege to play with her this week. i think the baby they�*re like the microphone! all three of england�*s badminton doubles teams lost their gold—medal matches today. in the men�*s double final the english pair, ben lane and sean vendy, who won european bronze in april, and have broken into the world�*s top 20, were beaten 2—0 by satwik—sairaj rankireddy and chirag chandrashekar shetty of india. they lost to england�*s marcus ellis and chris langridge in the 2018 final, so you can see what winning gold meant to them here. 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.

21—15 and take silver, just like they did in 2018. and lauren smith also lost the women�*s doubles gold medal match — this one with chloe birch. malaysia the winners. making it the second silver of the day for smith. so here�*s the final medals table. australia top of the table. england in second. this is england�*s best ever commonwealth games in terms of total medals won, as the host nation end on 176. but it is not their best return in terms of golds, with their 57 in 2022 just one short of the 58 they won at glasgow 201a. scotland finish with a haul of 51 medals — just two short of the record tally achieved at glasgow 201a, when they finished fourth. northern ireland secured a record medal haul, finishing on 18, having won a total of 12 at both the 2018 and 201a games. wales won 36 medals at each of the past two commonwealth games but finish on 28 this time.

well, the commonwealth games closing ceremony starts at 8:30pm tonight over at the alexander stadium. 11 days ago, the now famous birmingham bowl made its appearance at the opening ceremony. it will take place in front of a live audience of 30,000, and will include a formal handover to the state of victoria in australia, which will host the 2026 commonwealth games. all the coverage will be on bbc one from 8pm. jorja smith and beverly knight are among the performers this evening. that�*s all the sport for now. we can actually stay in birmingham. and reeta is there.

iamat i am at the alexander stadium, where the final preparations for the closing ceremony are taking place. you can see lots of people are being corralled into formation. the actual details of what will happen are a closely guarded secret, although we know some of the acts we will hear tonight. it promises to be a big musical celebration and quite a spectacle. it has been an action packed day here at the commonwealth games in birmingham. when the sport finished a few hours ago, england�*s divers won gold in the synchronised ten metre platform. behind me is the preparations for the closing ceremony.

let�*s speak sri lanka�*s chef de mission to the games, major general dampath fernando. you are the chief official who is in charge of the sri lanka team. how have the last 11 days gone for your team? ., have the last 11 days gone for your team? . ., , , ., ., ., team? overall, it has been a good experience — team? overall, it has been a good experience and _ team? overall, it has been a good experience and good _ team? overall, it has been a good experience and good exposure i team? overall, it has been a good experience and good exposure for| team? overall, it has been a good i experience and good exposure for the athletes. as far as i�*m concerned, it is a dream for athletes to take part in a commonwealth games. it is a huge opportunity. they are looking forward to taking part in the prestigious commonwealth games event. we have taken part in 15 sports disciplines and we have

brought in sa male athletes and 60 female athletes. we have been able to win one silver and three bronze medals, compared to our past performances, it has been a significant achievement. when it comes to track and field... it is a great achievement for our country. can i ask you, you mentioned the difficulties that athletes have had. your country is going through terrible political and economic turmoil at the moment, with a major crisis and terrible shortages of food, medicine and fuel. how

difficult has it been for the athletes? $5 difficult has it been for the athletes?— difficult has it been for the athletes? a . ., ., athletes? as a matter of fact, we have made _ athletes? as a matter of fact, we have made our— athletes? as a matter of fact, we have made our preparations i athletes? as a matter of fact, we l have made our preparations almost two years ago and the commonwealth games preparation started almost a year ago. games preparation started almost a yearago. during games preparation started almost a year ago. during that time, in the midst of coping with the pandemic and just like other countries, our country has been badly affected, especially our athletes, their training has been affected as a result of the pandemic. we had to put them in different places to focus on their training. in terms of that, they have faced difficulties, but the economic crisis has also

badly affected them in terms of financial concerns and other resources to support the athletes' training. it’s resources to support the athletes' trainina. �* , resources to support the athletes' trainina. fl ., _ .,, training. it's quite noisy here, as ou can training. it's quite noisy here, as you can tell. _ training. it's quite noisy here, as you can tell, the _ training. it's quite noisy here, as you can tell, the rehearsals - training. it's quite noisy here, as you can tell, the rehearsals have started. on a related issue, it has been reported that ten of the athletes who have been here in birmingham have now disappeared in a suspected attempt to remain in the uk. what more can you tell us about that? ., uk. what more can you tell us about that? . ., , uk. what more can you tell us about that? ., ., , ., ., , uk. what more can you tell us about that? ., ., , . that? that was an early specter situation -- _ that? that was an early specter situation -- an _ that? that was an early specter situation -- an unexpected - situation —— an unexpected situation. we expected our athletes

to take care when they were participating in these games, so this is an unexciting situation. as a matter of principles, i do not approve of what they have done because they have come to birmingham, having spent a lot of money event economic crisis in our country, so they have a response ability to understand the situation. they came here because the government sponsored them and spent money on their training, the government has looked after them before they took part in these games. when you are representing a country, you become an ambassador of that country so you have a responsibility to maintain the

honour, dignity and decorum of your country. it is your personal responsibility, i believe. so it is disheartening and disappointing to see that some athletes have decided to decamp from the athletes' villages. thank you for talking to us. from a lively alexander stadium, it is back to you. thank you so much. we will look forward to the closing ceremony tonight. let's get more of the explosion that caused a house to collapse in thornton heath this morning, leading to the death of a child. a statement has been released, saying the police were taking over the investigation into what caused the explosion. six fire engines and 40 firefighters were called to a fire and explosion in thornton heath. neighbouring

houses have been damaged. firefighters rescued four people. three people were taken to hospital by the london ambulance service crews and a further person was treated at the incident. firefighters carried out a substantial search of the property, and sadly a child was pronounced dead at the scene. our thoughts are with theirfamily, dead at the scene. our thoughts are with their family, friends and the local community at this time. the welfare of all involved in this incident is very important to us and our staff will be offered counselling as a matter of priority. around 40 properties of been evacuated as a precaution and a 50 metre gordon is in place. the 999 control officers took many calls for this incident at 7:08am, and crews were on scene within three minutes. let me bring you the headlines on

bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: the uk's nhs dentist shortgage revealed — 9 out of io practices are turning away new adult patients. it's led to some making their own false teeth and others pulling theirs out. 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 child has died at the scene of an explosion that caused a terraced house to collapse in south london. three others are in hospital being treated for their injuries. the us senate has approved a landmark bill which includes the country's biggest—ever investment to tackle climate change. the $430 billion 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. 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, 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. as another heatwave is forecast this week for parts of the country, there are calls for more hosepipe bans to be brought in. yesterday the environment secretary urged water companies to follow the bans in the isle of man, isle of wight, hampshire and later this week kent and sussex. isle of wight, hampshire our correspondent ellie price has the latest on the situation at bewl water in kent. it is dry and neutral very hot. we

are running at about 64% of its usual capacity, avoiding water for southern companies. it is those customers in kent and sussex will have that hosepipe ban from friday. there were calls for more companies to impose hosepipe bans. how many will follow suit? not many. many of them broadly speaking have no plans because largely they draw most of their water from ground water reserves and, broadly speaking, those reserves are holding up. they will look with interest to see what the rainfall will be like in autumn and winter this year to see if there will be a problem next year. demand on reservoirs and water reserves is likely to go up in the coming weeks because there is likely to be yet more hot weather and we will see prolonged temperatures of 30 degrees. a spoilerfor prolonged temperatures of 30 degrees. a spoiler for the weather segment, there is no forecast of rain either.

we just rain either. wejust had a rain either. we just had a statement from the uk health agency who announcing a heat health agency who announcing a heat health warning, covering all regions of england. 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 emmanuel asuquo, a financial advisor who told us more about why people are going back to using cash when people are in a crisis, they go back to what they know and what they are comfortable with. this is a crisis, this is unprecedented times and a lot of people are nervous and anxious about what to do when it comes to money and how to keep control of it. going back to cash is a way to feel in control. they have

to physically handed over. when it is contactless, you are touching a card, there is a gap between you and the money and you find out later when you check your bank account. but people feel like they are in control what they hand over cash. i was talking to a younger colleague who was saying a night out with friends, after a few drinks, you don't think about how much it costs when you tap, it is only when you sober up that you get a shock. right now people cannot afford that because they are not sure how quickly costs will go up.- quickly costs will go up. yeah, number one. _ quickly costs will go up. yeah, number one, when _ quickly costs will go up. yeah, number one, when you - quickly costs will go up. yeah, number one, when you have i quickly costs will go up. yeah, - number one, when you have cash, you can only take out a certain amount so you know there is a limit. also when it comes to money right now, some people are trying to work out, where are the leaks? where is my

money going? some people think, i'm making the cuts, i'm not living an exorbitant life, i'm not shopping a lot, but for some reason i don't know where my money is going, it seems like i'm always running out of money. by taking out cash, it due to understand where your money is going and see where those holes are and see how it changes.— and see where those holes are and see how it changes. there are those ti -s from see how it changes. there are those tips from peeple _ see how it changes. there are those tips from people who _ see how it changes. there are those tips from people who rely _ see how it changes. there are those tips from people who rely on - see how it changes. there are those tips from people who rely on plastic| tips from people who rely on plastic or maybe have all of their banking on their phone. there are still ways you can kind of manage your money a bit more effectively, rather than feeling slightly out of control because it is all digital. yeah, definitely- _ because it is all digital. yeah, definitely. if _ because it is all digital. yeah, definitely. if you _ because it is all digital. yeah, definitely. if you are - because it is all digital. yeah, i definitely. if you are comfortable with digital and online at apps and so on, there is some great technology now. a lot of these apps are almost quite rude, they tell you how much you are spending and almost remind you how much more you are spending. it can be easy and simple

to see where your money is going, how much you are spending on food and take out and if you are spending more compare to the last month. people who are not comfortable with technology, they might want to go back to putting money in envelope, saying this is for this week and once that is finished, that is it for this week. i once that is finished, that is it for this week.— once that is finished, that is it for this week. ., ., ., for this week. i am a luddite, i am more likely — for this week. i am a luddite, i am more likely to _ for this week. i am a luddite, i am more likely to put _ for this week. i am a luddite, i am more likely to put money - for this week. i am a luddite, i am more likely to put money in - more likely to put money in envelopes. but one thing that strikes me about the abs is that you can get an app that effectively is a digital envelope, so it says, this is my budget for this or that and you can prevent yourself from axing that money if you need to.- you can prevent yourself from axing that money if you need to. yeah, you can do that — that money if you need to. yeah, you can do that you _ that money if you need to. yeah, you can do that you can _ that money if you need to. yeah, you can do that you can hide _ that money if you need to. yeah, you can do that you can hide your- that money if you need to. yeah, you can do that you can hide your money| can do that you can hide your money from yourself! some of these apps allow you to do that. sometimes that is needed because we look at our

money and feel that we have money and we have temptation over where to spend it. especially if you are not feeling good. spending can be a way to cope with the fact we are not happy with the way life is all the way things are going, so we spent to give us that quick fix to make us feel better. but, actually, in the long—term we can do damage. so these apps can help you separate your money and stop you from impulse spending. the last original cast member of the archers has retired at the age of 103. june spencer has played matriarch peggy woolley on the radio 1! drama for most of the last 70 years. here's our media and arts correspondent, david sillito. archers theme tune plays whenjune spencerjoined a new drama called the archers in 1951, she had no idea what it would become. we were given a three—month contract and we thought, "it's only a sort of small thing, we can do lots of other work."

it was an interesting littlejob, yes. i hope you don't mind me saying this, but you don't seem quite yourself. no? is there something on your mind? now you mention it, there is one thing, yes. 72 years later, she's finally saying goodbye to ambridge and her character, peggy. i should get on with the cleaning. yes, i rather think you should. originally married to jack archer, his explanations of farming to his new—to—rural—ways wife was his way of pressing agricultural issues into the plot. since then, june spencer has seen her character gradually develop from left—wing new arrival to wealthy matriarch. i know what's going on, brian. of course you do, peggy. i'm sure you think it is easy to fool me. # happy birthday to you...# and in 2019, june spencer

celebrated her 100th birthday, still a member of the archers' cast. but all things come to an end, and this — her farewell storyline, aged 103. i hope it would show our two little stars, nova and seren, that they will always be very precious to the family, to me and to god. david sillito, bbc news. i have to say, i share a birthday with her. what a remarkable actor. i look forward to all of the roles that will come her way. 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. obviously, 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 weatherfronts just brushing the very far north of the uk. elsewhere, it's sunny skies, maybe a little bit of fairweather cloud.

the temperatures just 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.

this is bbc news. 90% of nhs dentists in the uk are turning away new aduu adult patients. some patients say they have been pulling out their own teeth and making their own dentures. my teeth and making their own dentures. my partner was an abject agony. she turned around to me and said can you get the players and take the tooth out? ijust have to deal with these teeth. out? i 'ust have to deal with these teeth. ., . , out? i 'ust have to deal with these teeth. .,, ., . teeth. please say it a child believed — teeth. please say it a child believed to _ teeth. please say it a child believed to be _ teeth. please say it a child believed to be a _ teeth. please say it a child - believed to be a four-year-old girl believed to be a four—year—old girl has died after a suspected gas explosion destroying a house in south london. three other people are in hospital. almost a quarter of all 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 of those searched were black boys.