this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. uk pricesjumped by 10.1% in the 12 months tojuly — that's the highest rate of inflation for a0 years. basic food items made the biggest contribution to the increase. some business owners say they're having to reduce their opening hours and stop taking wages for themselves to try to keep their livelihoods. victoria yum has been, you know, it changed my life, and it got me through some very difficult times, and ifeel very protective of it, and i feel furious that i can't save it, in the way i should be able to. more than 4,000 people given

contaminated blood in the uk in the 70s and 80s will receive compensation but campaigners say many grieving families have been ignored. british police appeal for witnesses after an elderly man is stabbed to death while riding a mobility scooter in the capital, london. voters in a republican primary in the us state of wyoming oust trump critic, congresswoman liz cheney, in favour of a candidate backed by the former president. harriet has received the most votes in this primary, she won, i called her to concede the race. this primary election is over. this primary election is over. the british betting company entain, which owns ladbrokes, coral, and foxy bingo, is ordered to pay more than 20 million dollars for safety and anti—money—laundering failures.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. prices in the uk increased by 10.1% in the year tojuly. that's the first time inflation has reached double digits since 1982. much of the rise is due to the fact that basic staples such as food like bread, milk, eggs and cheese and non—alcoholic drinks are all getting more expensive. but the cost of living is rising across the board, being driven in part by energy prices, the ukraine war and the cost of raw materials. wage increases are falling behind, with the average wage buying 3% fewer goods and services than last year. the bank of england have predicted that inflation will continue to rise and won't go down to its target of 2% for about two years. the cabinet minister kit malthouse said he understood that households are being affected by uncertainty as well as the price squeeze.

the whole of the developing world is struggling with inflation, cause by global influences, not least the war in ukraine, the energy price shock and supply chain problems following the pandemic. we are moving hopefully, people will feel moving quickly with the support payments, the £37 billion package we are rolling out now, with more to come in the autumn, but critically, to reassure people over the summer, we are putting the government on a warfooting, if you like, so a new prime minister injust a couple of weeks�* time now is able to make some quick decisions about where he or she wants to take the country and the economy to get us through in good shape. this morning's rise in inflation will be watched closely by both conservative leadership candidates liz truss and rishi sunak. here's our political correspondent, ione wells. we had a little bit from some of their supporters this morning. we had sajid javid, a supporter of liz truss, respond to these inflation figures, saying they weren't particularly surprising to him, but he was pushed quite strongly on what this means for liz truss�*s economic

plans, because she has repeatedly said that the way to help people with the cost of living is to cut taxes rather than to give further hand—outs, necessarily. she has been under pressure to save what further support she might give people who are struggling with the cost of living this winter, in particular, as energy bills and prices of things like food continue to go up. now, rishi sunak�*s campaign has repeatedly criticised those plans of liz truss, saying that immediate tax cuts like the planned cuts to national insurance wants to introduce would add to inflationary pressures, so that's what his supporters this morning have been emphasising again, saying that it's not the time to be cutting taxes, adding further pressure to inflation, but instead thinking about how some of the most vulnerable households could be helped this autumn with further support packages. earlier i spoke to kiersten george, the owner of victoria yum, a bakery in colchester — she told me about the impact inflation is having on her business.

we have shrunk our team, reduced the amount of hours we are open, we have had some backlash on that perhaps from customers who don't understand that the cost of putting staff out front and producing what we do, everything we do is inhouse, means that the cost of being open, with less customers is no longer viable. file like imi�*m paying a high rent to be in a prime position in a beautiful part of colchester and i should be be able to open the doors seven days a week to maximise our potential and the truth is we can't afford to, we have reduced those hours to reduce our cost of staff, which as most people realise, is second cost to rent, for a small business. it is our represented, it is our staff and then the cost of our product. i have given myself a wages break, to try and see if that will help you know, to keep us

going, keep us on ourfeet and i keep making as much hope as i can within the hours we can open. 50 keep making as much hope as i can within the hours we can open. so you are not paying _ within the hours we can open. so you are not paying yourself _ within the hours we can open. so you are not paying yourself anything - within the hours we can open. so you are not paying yourself anything are i are not paying yourself anything are you? are not paying yourself anything are ou? �* , ,., , are not paying yourself anything are ou? �* , , ., ., , you? absolutely not. i mean, it is hard, it is— you? absolutely not. i mean, it is hard, it is my _ you? absolutely not. i mean, it is hard, it is my baby _ you? absolutely not. i mean, it is hard, it is my baby i _ you? absolutely not. i mean, it is hard, it is my baby i have - you? absolutely not. i mean, it is hard, it is my baby i have done i you? absolutely not. i mean, it is hard, it is my baby i have done it| hard, it is my baby i have done it for 14 year, we have done some hard times, we have had some glorious times, we have had some glorious times but at the end of the day, it is a business that should be supporting my family, it is not a hobby, i am working very very hard and i think psychologically and mentally it is not something i can sustain, as much as i love the people and the cake and seeing the m people and the cake and seeing the joy and being able to offer such an experience to people, at some point i need to contribute back to my household. i'm joined by grant fitzner, chief economist at the office for national statistics. welcome, thank you forjoining us,

very stark example there about what is going on for her business, the cost of the basic ingredients for a very simple cake, butter, flour, eggs, milk, have all gone up dramatically, just talk us through the picture on inflation and what it is that is making these very basic staples go up so much.— is that is making these very basic staples go up so much. thank you. well about — staples go up so much. thank you. well about half— staples go up so much. thank you. well about half of _ staples go up so much. thank you. well about half of the _ staples go up so much. thank you. well about half of the annual - well about half of the annual increase you just reported is due to energy prices so hiring petrol, gas and electricity prices and that is the direct effect feeding through into the costs of producing goods as your report has just covered, so for in terms of consumer, that is sends food and beverage price up almost 13% and they were the highest contributing to inflation in the latest month, but what we are seen over the past year is what started as an energy story has spread across almost all areas of the economy, all areas of consumer goods and service,

so, goods overall are picking up sharply, services inflation is pick being up, so a broad based story and when we talk to businesses and ask how they are coping with the pressures, ore half said they are tried to absorb the costs but round two in every five said they have had to pass those on. my understanding is that when — to pass those on. my understanding is that when inflation _ to pass those on. my understanding is that when inflation is _ is that when inflation is calculated, it is been on the basis of an expected increase in energy bills of round 3.5%, so, temperature dramatic increases that we are seeing —— the, of like 100% or more, aren't reflected in the inflation, is that right, can you explain it? no, certainly for consumers, the increases are reflected in the latest inflation numbers so if you look at motor fuel, petrol and diesel. they are up 44% over the past year, lex touristty over 50%. gas 95%ers almost doubled. the next

six monthly increase from the energy cap is due in october, there is an expectation that will see further increases in energy and of course if thatis increases in energy and of course if that is the case it will feed through into consumer prices. the bank of england is saying that it doesn't expect its target rate of inflation to be back to 2% for another two years. how do you see the trajectory? we another two years. how do you see the trajectory?— the trajectory? we don't forecast inflation at _ the trajectory? we don't forecast inflation at the _ the trajectory? we don't forecast inflation at the office _ the trajectory? we don't forecast inflation at the office for- the trajectory? we don't forecast| inflation at the office for national statistics, but certainly what we do publish is a range of surveys and real time from business and consumers looking at what is in the pipeline, when we talk to business they are saying they are facing pressures notjust they are saying they are facing pressures not just from they are saying they are facing pressures notjust from hiring energy prices but continued global simply, energy prices but continued global supply, constraints and global supply, constraints and global supply chain challenges and round a third are facing problems recruiting people. and one of the sort of unusual things about the economy at the moment is even though inflation

is very high, the later —— labour market is very tight and that adds to pressure on business.- to pressure on business. and the inflation rate _ to pressure on business. and the inflation rate of— to pressure on business. and the inflation rate of course, - to pressure on business. and the inflation rate of course, varies, l inflation rate of course, varies, depending on an individual households circumstances. yes. depending on an individual households circumstances. yes, it did and we — households circumstances. yes, it did and we published _ households circumstances. yes, it did and we published new - households circumstances. yes, it l did and we published new estimates the morning looking at different households an how they are affected. as you might expect lower households are facing higher costs for their basket of goods but the thing that struck out in this morning's numbers is that social renters are facing a hiring inflation rate that private renters or homeowners. can hiring inflation rate that private renters or homeowners. can you give us those figures? _ renters or homeowners. can you give us those figures? social— renters or homeowners. can you give us those figures? social renters - renters or homeowners. can you give us those figures? social renters it. us those figures? social renters it was 9.896, _ us those figures? social renters it was 9.896, these _ us those figures? social renters it was 9.896, these are _ us those figures? social renters it was 9.896, these are the - us those figures? social renters it was 9.896, these are the figures l us those figures? social renters it i was 9.896, these are the figures for was 9.8%, these are the figures for june, last month where the cpi number was significantly lower private renters homeowners 1.2 lower so a big gap there.

thank you very much. and you can find out how much prices are expected to rise for you by using our online personal inflation calculator. that's on our website, bbc.co.uk/news. the eighth hustings of the conservative party leadership contest is in belfast later. the final two candidates, liz truss and rishi sunak, will appear before party members in northern ireland. the leadership result is due on september 5 and the winner will become prime minister. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page has this report. the walls of this city testify to a violent history. the focus now is on culture, ratherthan violent history. the focus now is on culture, rather than conflict. violent history. the focus now is on culture, ratherthan conflict. but national identities still shape politics and the latest battleground is the northern ireland protocol. unionists who oppose the trade

border believe it a barrier with britain, a symbolic and legal boundary it britain, a symbolic and legal bounda j . ., , ., britain, a symbolic and legal bounda . ., , ., , ., boundary it creates a different and makes northern _ boundary it creates a different and makes northern ireland _ boundary it creates a different and makes northern ireland different l makes northern ireland different from the rest of the uk, that poses an issue and there are also under jurisdiction of the eu in terms of some of the trade which again is a foreign power we have no influence over. .,, foreign power we have no influence over. . , ,., over. those concerns help to explain the actions — over. those concerns help to explain the actions of _ over. those concerns help to explain the actions of the _ over. those concerns help to explain the actions of the biggest _ over. those concerns help to explain the actions of the biggest unionist i the actions of the biggest unionist party. the dup says it will block the formation of power—sharing devolved government until the trade border is scrapped but this protestant clergyman believes communities are more united than politicians. we communities are more united than oliticians. ~ , ., politicians. we see the posturing of our politicians, _ politicians. we see the posturing of our politicians, and _ politicians. we see the posturing of our politicians, and in _ politicians. we see the posturing of our politicians, and in a _ politicians. we see the posturing of our politicians, and in a sense, - our politicians, and in a sense, thatis our politicians, and in a sense, that is not connecting with the people at ground level in streets, town, villages and cities in northern ireland, we want to see northern ireland, we want to see northern ireland, we want to see

northern ireland work. so northern ireland, we want to see northern ireland work.— northern ireland, we want to see northern ireland work. so what is the mood in _ northern ireland work. so what is the mood in nationalist _ northern ireland work. so what is the mood in nationalist areas, - northern ireland work. so what is i the mood in nationalist areas, where people mostly identify as irish? these women in this estate are helping families who are struggling to afford school uniform, they say dealing with the cost of living needs to take priority an devolution must return. fine needs to take priority an devolution must return-— must return. one of the pars in northern ireland _ must return. one of the pars in northern ireland doesn't - must return. one of the pars in northern ireland doesn't want l must return. one of the pars in. northern ireland doesn't want to must return. one of the pars in - northern ireland doesn't want to go to work, because of one issue. they should be made to go work, the cost of living crisis is the main one that needs to be tackled. they need to put more of those hardship payments in place and get them out faster. they could be putting price caps on a lot of thing, energy and fuel costs could be capped. family's financial pressures _ fuel costs could be capped. family's financial pressures are _ fuel costs could be capped. family's financial pressures are not - fuel costs could be capped. family's financial pressures are not unique i financial pressures are not unique compared to the rest of the uk but the political difficulties certainly are. there will be a new prime minister in london in a few week, but there is no such certainty as to when northern ireland will get back its devolved government. the power—sharing crisis shows

northern ireland is still recovering from conflict. janet set up a youth club with her late husband 50 years ago, she is now working with a third generation of young people. mothers would come and _ generation of young people. mothers would come and say, _ generation of young people. mothers would come and say, you _ generation of young people. mothers would come and say, you know, - generation of young people. mothers would come and say, you know, and | would come and say, you know, and the father, david and you saves us from a lifetime injail, i would like to see things moving forward, you know, let them sit down round the table and sort things out and just think about the grass roots community out there who need all the help. the next few months may bring critical negotiations, rishi sunak or liz truss will have to set a fresh political rhythm. let's speak to amanda ferguson, journalist and political commentator who's in belfast. rishi sunak and liz truss going there to get vote, they are

appealing to a small group of people who are eligible to vote in that contest aren't they? that who are eligible to vote in that contest aren't they?— contest aren't they? that is is ri . ht. contest aren't they? that is is right- the _ contest aren't they? that is is right. the conservative - contest aren't they? that is is right. the conservative partyl right. the conservative party doesn't have any elected politician in northern ireland, the secretary of state would be the main representative of the party in this jurisdiction, there is round 500—600 members maximum so if everybody who was a conservative member in northern ireland wanted to attend the hustings they probably could, it will be a lively discussion i would imagine and it is most likely they will focus on issues such as the brexit protocol, the economy, the cost of living crisis and the stormont impasse. what questions will they be asking and how would that chime with what liz truss and rishi sunak have said so far on these issues? well, depending on who you ask, in the northern ireland conservatives their support for the protocol depends on whether they are benefits from it or not. certainly someone such as the businessman irwin are strong has been very vocal

in saying the benefits should be kept and do away with the stuff that isn't working, i think the questions will come up about that, about what the government plans to do to strengthen the economy, how they are going to resolve and restore power—sharing within northern ireland, and also, as well about party cohesiveness, even though it's a small grouping in northern ireland that will be part of the conservative party, they are very committed to that particular style of politics and perhaps it felt a bit neglected by the party in britain in the past.— bit neglected by the party in britain in the past. more widely, is there much — britain in the past. more widely, is there much interest _ britain in the past. more widely, is there much interest in _ britain in the past. more widely, is there much interest in the - there much interest in the leadership election? well, it de-ends leadership election? well, it depends who _ leadership election? well, it depends who you _ leadership election? well, it depends who you can - leadership election? well, it depends who you can ask, . leadership election? well, it i depends who you can ask, the conservative party would be shy of friends in northern ireland from across the political spectrum. a lot of people are annoyed with the route they are taking at the moment over they are taking at the moment over the legacy of the past issues, over the legacy of the past issues, over the protocol, over a range of issues, but something notable that has happened in the last few days is that a mural has appeared in the

cathedral quarter district which depicts rishi sunak and liz truss as boxers, in a boxing ring, we have rishi sunak in the leave corner and liz truss in the remain corner and liz truss in the remain corner and liz truss in the remain corner and liz truss is sponsored by claire's accessories, across her shorts and rishi sunak is sponsored by prada, so there is a light—hearted take on it as well. the unionist politicians in northern ireland will be very keen to focus on the protocol issues which are of deep concern to them, the other parties within northern ireland that wouldn't be of unionist persuasion have very grave concerns about the unilateral action that the government is pursuing at the moment, and also their spot of legacy of the past issues round amnesty for pro 199 crime. northern ireland can be a headache for whoever is in the top job at number ten, and those issue, you know, that

are stopping us from having devolved government aren't going to go away any time soon, on the campaign trail we haven't really seen or heard very much from the two candidates about issues that are relating to northern ireland, in fact it is barely has a mention. . ., ireland, in fact it is barely has a mention. ., ~ , ., , . i don't know if you can see my paper, she referred to a mural and it is in the paper today. let us see, i don't know if it is going to work. no, well, i can hold it up but this is, this is the mural that amanda was referring to. it is on hill street in belfast and it was painted by the local born artist kieran gallagher. in the united states, the republican congresswoman liz cheney — who is a fierce critic of donald trump — has been beaten in a primary by a candidate who supports the former us president's unsupported claims of election fraud. she told her supporters in the state of wyoming that she had conceded

to her rival harriet hageman. liz cheney said she was horrified by the violence and chaos of january sixth and insisted that those responsible must be brought to account. never in our nation's 246 years have we seen what we saw on january 6th. like so many americans, i assumed that the violence and the chaos of that date would have prompted a united response, a recognition that this was a line that must never be crossed, a tragic chapter in our nation's history to be studied by historians to ensure that it can never happen again, but instead, major elements of my party still vehemently defend those who caused it. at the heart of the attack onjanuary 6th is a willingness to accept dangerous conspiracies that attack the very core premise of our nation, that lawful elections, reviewed by the courts when necessary, and certified by the states and electoral college, determine who serves as president. if we do not condemn the conspiracies and the lies, if we do not hold those responsible

to account, we will be excusing this conduct and it will become a feature of all elections. america will never be the same. liz cheney accused donald trump of inciting violence once again, by voicing conspiracy theories. donald trump knows that voicing these conspiracies will provoke violence and threats of violence. this happened onjanuary 6th and it's now happening again. it is entirely foreseeable that the violence will escalate further, yet he and others continue purposefully to feed the danger. today, our federal law enforcement is being threatened, a federaljudge been threatened, fresh threats of violence are arising everywhere and despite knowing all of this, donald trump recently released the names of the fbi agents involved in the search. that was purposeful and malicious.

no patriotic american should excuse these threats or be intimidated by them. our great nation must not be ruled by a mob provoked over social media. 0ur north america correspondent, john sudworth gave us this analysis on liz cheney's defeat. so significant was the scale of this defeat that it was clear within little more than an hour of polls closing that liz cheney's political career here in wyoming had been buried under a landslide of trump vengeance. in her speech accepting defeat to the hand—picked trump—backed candidate, harriet hageman, miss cheney gave an abject lesson in sportsmanship clearly designed to make a sharp contrast with donald trump's own refusal to concede in 2020. his response was true to form, saying he hoped that miss cheney now disappeared into the depths of political oblivion.

there is no doubt that what has happened here is further confirmation that his role as a kingmaker within the republican party, miss hagemanjust one of a number of candidates who he has boosted, many of whom share his election denying narrative at the expense of his critics within the republican party. and it all plays into the hints that he has been dropping that he may be considering running again, another go at the presidency in 2026. but liz cheney's message essentially tonight was over my dead body. she said this was the beginning of her attempt to try and save us democracy and she said she would do everything in her power to stop donald trump getting near the oval office ever again. thousands of victims of the contaminated blood scandal will receive £100,000 each in compensation from the government. the announcement follows a recommendation made last month by the chair of the public inquiry, into what's been described

as the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. it led to the deaths of at least 2,400 people, after they were infected with lethal viruses in the 1970s and 80s. partners of those who died will qualify for payment, but campaigners say the majority of those affected have been ignored. 0ur health correspondent simon dedman reports. it's been described as the biggest treatment scandal in the nhs's history. tens of thousands were infected with hiv, hepatitis c or both in the 1970s and �*80s from contaminated blood. around 3,000 people lost their lives, including steve diamond. he was a hemophiliac. he was a haemophiliac. his blood didn't clot properly. he received medication from the nhs, but it came from infected blood donors. his widow, sue, described the impact

it had on their lives. i had my earning power taken away from me. my husband had his earning power taken away from me. we lost our home. we lost everything we had. why shouldn't i financially, because that's the only thing the government can now give me, have some part of what i lost? she will be one of the 4,000 victims and bereaved partners who will receive interim compensation of £100,000 from the government. more people are coming forward, with an estimated 30,000 infected. this is undoubtedly a significant milestone. it's the first time in over 40 years that a british government has accepted that compensation must be paid to those caught up in this terrible tragedy of contaminated blood. however, although we very much welcome that this payment of £100,000 is going to the surviving infected and the bereaved partners, sadly, children who have lost parents and parents who have lost

children and not included. parents who lost children, children who lost parents are not on existing financial support schemes and will not receive compensation as part of this announcement. campaigners will continue to push for them to be included in these interim payments and for further payments once the public inquiry concludes, which it's expected to next year. simon dedman, bbc news. in 1969, people across the world were glued to a tiny tv screen to see the american astronaut neil armstrong become the first person to walk on the moon. this morning, nasa have taken a small step towards recreating that journey, by rolling out a giant new rocket to prepare it for its maiden flight in just under two weeks time. the debut flight is a test, so will have no crew aboard, but future missions will send astronauts back to the lunar surface for the first time in over 50 years.

in 1991, helen sharman became the first briton to fly in space. dr helen, a scientist from sheffield, travelled to the soviet space station mir on 18 may 1991. i asked her this morning about this latest step toward lunar travel. this is really huge. now, ok, this is the third time that this particular rocket, this huge space launch system ,sls as it is known as, is rolled out. this is the time when, fingers crossed, it is actually going to launch for the first time. and the excitement around the whole launch pad area is really growing now, i understand there are people having picnics, everybody is really, really fingers crossed that this launch will happen and of course they have three chances now, to launch in this particular launch window, so i think we have a very, very strong chance we will see this thing go off round the moon. as you say, round the moon, uncrewed but it is a stepping stone notjust to going back to lunar landings, but also, to mars beyond that.

that is the really exciting thing, yes, yes, we have been to the moon, we have learned a lot and we are still learning a lot from the rocks that we returned, but, yes, this, we are going further, it will be a while before we go to mars, most people if they are really sensible will be saying we are not going to mars until perhaps the late 2030s but this is the beginning of that, we build up a presence on the moon, a sustained presence, so we have got people living there, we build up a kind of space station called a gateway around the moon as well so we have a way of getting people to and from, maybe we even launch to mars from the moon, so this is the beginning of something that really does stretch our imaginations now, this is pushing forward our boundaries in a very big way. they are talking about the first woman on the moon, the first person

of colour on the moon, you have been through the selection process yourself, of going into space, can you just talk us through how the process works and how people get picked, how they put themselves forward ? it is still reasonably, let's say political in a national way because it is countries that can afford to send astronauts into space by and large, although we are getting some people going commercially. for the moon, it is going to be first off. americans and then later on it will be to other nations who are part of artemis, this gateway programme. yes, you basically have to put yourself forward, you apply, a lot is down to your physicals and medicals, there are basic medicals that happen, a lot of psychological tests, they want astronauts who are really stable, i suppose, when you go through a big change,

you are not going to change the way you react to things, you can think calmly and logically and great team players, no good being a brilliant scientist if you cannot communicate with your crew and also with mission control. team playing is a really big deal here. and the whole selection process will be very, very important for the people going to the moon because they are going so much further, they are going for so much longer than before, and there are not going to be that many people, if you are on an international space station, there are a few other people oro company, and you know if there is an emergency, you can get back to earth quickly. if you are part of a lunar programme and possibly going to mars, you need to know that you cannot come back to earth at the flick of a switch. you need to be away for a long time and that crew needs to be self—sufficient.

0n the surface of mars, it can take 20 minutes for a radio signal to reach earth and another 20 minutes to get back to mars if mars is a long way from earth at the time. it is a feat of isolation that the crew will live through. those psychological profiling in terms of the selection is really important. it's five days since the author salman rushdie was attacked at a literary event in new york state. he suffered life—changing injuries and remains in hospital. a suspect is in custody. henry reese — who runs an organisation which supports writers in exile — was about to introduce salman rushdie when he was attacked himself. mr reese spoke to my colleague laura trevelyan. i'm doing well. everything is proceeding... i'm doing quite well. i think our concern, you know,

is for salman, i mean, both certainly for himself but also for what he means in the world and he is important to the world. this has an impact on both his own personal being but also everything he represents and the values he represents that we all, or so many of us share. the fact that it happened there at the chautauqua institute which dedicates itself to exploring the best in humanity, does it underscore the importance of protecting writers more than ever? i mean, can you imagine, here you are in the united states, which for all the rambunctiousness of the political environment today, is a completely free country. and we are on a stage of an institution whose mission is to have discussion, conversation, and welcome the arts and humanities, and to protect those values and to have this happen there is an affront to all of us.

are the values that salman rushdie represents to you all the more important in the wake of what has happened to him? there couldn't be anything more vivid in its materialisation of our values. having... our mission is to protect writers who are in sanctuary, and to see salman rushdie assaulted for his life is unimaginably... it strikes... it's hard to describe what it is to see that happen in front of you. the writers in our programme are in the audience watching this. he was on stage when salman rushdie was attacked and was also harmed

himself. an elderly man has died after being stabbed while riding a mobility scooter in ealing, west london. metropolitan police say the man — who's believed to be in his 80s — died at the scene in greenford, despite the efforts of paramedics. no arrests have been made. 0ur correspondent tim muffett gave us this update from greenford. well, the emergency services were called here shortly after 4pm yesterday afternoon after reports of a man with stab wounds. despite the efforts of paramedics he sadly died on the scene. police say they are urgently appealing for anyone with any information who might have seen anything to get in touch, and they are also asking motorists or cyclists who might have been driving or riding along this road, or others nearby, perhaps with a dashboard mounted camera, or a bicycle helmet mounted camera to also get in touch and see whether they have any information within that footage which could be useful. they are asking people to think whether they were around this area between 3.15 and 4.15 yesterday afternoon, because that is the time in which this incident is thought to have taken place.

now, around here, as you'd imagine there is a complete sense of shock. i have been speaking to some neighbours, one gentleman who lives very close to where it took place, and he said this is generally, in his view, a safe area. he could not believe what had happened. another lady said she is seriously considering moving, having lived here for ten years. she believes she... she is worried about going shopping because, as you said earlier, no arrests have been made. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, says he is devastated by this incident, and this will be the sixth murder investigation to be launched in london in the past four days. there is a reminderfor anyone with any information about this, or indeed any other crime, to get in touch with police, because police say that is the only way they can try and keep the streets safe. as you say, it was in broad daylight, and we can see the scene behind you. so you would assume there must have

been a number of witnesses to this. well, yes, indeed, and police are in the process of gathering any information they have. the people we have been speaking to here, they didn't see anything but they became alerted as soon as this enormous police presence arrived shortly after the incident took place, and with so many people now, with video cameras on their cars or on their helmets if they are cycling along, people are hopeful they might be able to get something from that, but, as things stand, no arrests have been made, the identity of the person has not yet been announced and people say they are in process of getting in touch with his next of kin. let's return to those thousands of victims of the contaminated blood scandal in the uk who will receive £100,000 each in compensation from the government. the announcement follows a recommendation made last month by the chair of the public inquiry, into what's been described as the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs.

we'rejoined now by dame diana johnson. she's chair of the all—party parliamentary group on haemophilia and contaminated blood. welcome, thank you very much for joining us. what is your reaction to this announcement? i am joining us. what is your reaction to this announcement?— joining us. what is your reaction to this announcement? i am very pleased the government _ this announcement? i am very pleased the government have _ this announcement? i am very pleased the government have announced - the government have announced formally that interim payments will be made for those people who are currently receiving financial support under the support schemes. however, there are many people who will not receive any of the interim payments, particularly parents or children of those who received contaminated blood. it is a welcome first step. i ought to say, i know you're referred to the recommendation that was made last month, but, actually, sir robert francis made this recommendation for intimate payments in march of this year so the government have had this

recommendation sitting there for quite some time. i am pleased they have made it now, but it has taken much longer than it should have done. it should have been straightaway back in march. you are talkin: straightaway back in march. you are talking there _ straightaway back in march. you are talking there that _ straightaway back in march. you are talking there that you _ straightaway back in march. you are talking there that you would - straightaway back in march. you are talking there that you would like - straightaway back in march. you are talking there that you would like it i talking there that you would like it to have been done sooner this this whole scandal goes back many years, five decades. can you explain why it has taken so long to long to get to this point? has taken so long to long to get to this oint? . , has taken so long to long to get to this oint? ., , ., , has taken so long to long to get to this oint? . , ., , this point? that is a very good oint, this point? that is a very good point. and _ this point? that is a very good point, and that _ this point? that is a very good point, and that is _ this point? that is a very good point, and that is why - this point? that is a very good point, and that is why it - this point? that is a very good point, and that is why it was i this point? that is a very good i point, and that is why it was very important to have the public inquiry established so the reason why it has taken so long could be looked at. the cover ups, the lack engagement from successive governments, to deal with this problem, the fact that people felt great stigma who had received infected blood and perhaps got hepatitis c or hiv, the whole... there is a whole story here that needs to be unpacked by the infected blood inquiry and we are looking

forward to the recommendations by sir brian which will be made next year. it is right, it is four or five decades that people have had to fight, literally fight to get to this point of interim payments for some of the people affected, not everybody. hopefully, next year, we will get the final and we will have sir brian's thoughts and views about why it has taken so long and what actually happened over these 40, 50 years. actually happened over these 40, 50 ears. ., ., ., , ., ., years. you have any view on what the final level of — years. you have any view on what the final level of payment _ years. you have any view on what the final level of payment should - years. you have any view on what the final level of payment should be? - years. you have any view on what the final level of payment should be? it i final level of payment should be? it is obviously a difficult thing to put a value, a financial value on what these people have injured and lost? what these people have in'ured and lost? . , what these people have in'ured and lost? ., , ., , ., ., lost? that is right. that is one of the reasons _ lost? that is right. that is one of the reasons we _ lost? that is right. that is one of the reasons we welcome - lost? that is right. that is one of the reasons we welcome the - the reasons we welcome the government establishing the side inquiry under sir robert francis to look at the composition framework. that is ready to go once the final

recommendations are made by sir brian langstaff next year. the piece of work to establish how compensation should be decided has already been done by sir robert francis and we are hoping that the government will accept his recommendations that he made in that report in march ready to go for next year. and then to look at quantum, because you're absolutely right, it will be incredibly difficult to set the figures of has happened to peoples lives, they have been destroyed, families have been destroyed, families have been destroyed, people have died, people continue to die, on average one person every four days, over 400 people have already died since the public inquiry was established. we look forward to the report, the final report from sir brian but we hope very much that compensation will flow very quickly after that report has been published next year. one, ., . ., , ,

report has been published next year. one, ., . ,, report has been published next year. one, ., . , ,, , one, how much has this process help the --eole one, how much has this process help the people who _ one, how much has this process help the people who have _ one, how much has this process help the people who have been _ one, how much has this process help the people who have been affected . one, how much has this process help| the people who have been affected by it at least having their story listen to and understood? i it at least having their story listen to and understood? i think it has been very _ listen to and understood? i think it has been very important _ listen to and understood? i think it has been very important and - listen to and understood? i think it has been very important and the i has been very important and the reason i got involved was because my constituent came to me in 2010 and told me what he wanted was a public inquiry, he wanted to find out why this was allowed to happen. 0riginally, he was affected with dirty blood and develop hepatitis c and no one had explained why this was allowed to happen. telling your story, explaining how it has affected you and your family is really important. i pay tribute to sir brian langstaff and his team at the public inquiry because he has been very clear that he wants to put those infected and affected at the heart of the inquiry. it was their inquiry, they could tell their story. they were able to do that at the beginning and i understand that the beginning and i understand that the end of the inquiry again he will hearfurther the end of the inquiry again he will hear further testimony and evidence

from people about what has happened to them in their lives. that has been incredibly powerful and important. been incredibly powerful and important-— been incredibly powerful and imortant. . , . been incredibly powerful and imortant. ., , . ., important. thank you very much for “oininu important. thank you very much for joining us- — the gambling group, entain, has been ordered to pay £17 million orfailures concerning social responsibility and anti—money laundering on its websites and betting shops. the entain group which runs ladbrokes, coral and foxybingo, was fined for failing to meet rules on making the industry safe and crime—free. it's the largest amount ever paid in an enforcement action by the gambling commission. here's our business correspondent emma simpson. well, this was a whole series of failures which the regulator said was completely unacceptable and serious. entain group is one of the biggest gambling companies in the world and it said this was a business which put commercial

considerations above compliance. to give you a couple of examples, on the social responsibility failures, it simply did not do enough to minimise the risks. 0ne customer who had gambled for hours overnight, deposited £230,000, more than that, in his account over a period of 18 months but yet there was only one online chat interaction with that customer. another shop customer was not escalated to a safer gambling review despite staking £29,000 and losing 11,000 of that in a single month. when it comes to those anti—money laundering failures, this is basicallyjust not doing enough checks to find where the source of the money was coming from going into these online accounts. 0ne customer who was living on social housing was able to deposit £186,000 in six months. this is the biggest financial penalty to date, it comes in the form of an agreed regulatory settlement with the gambling

commission and this is the second time that the entain group has fallen foul of the rules and the regulator did not mince its words today by saying that if there are further serious breaches then there is a very real possibility they could lose their licence. the uk's biggest water company, thames water, has confirmed that it's introducing a hosepipe ban from august 24th for households. it's blamed the driest july since 1885, below normal groundwater levels, and a drop in reservoir levels in london and the thames valley. thames water also says it's working on reducing leaks which mean it loses around a quarter of the water it supplies every day, about 600 million litres. the headlines on bbc news...

uk pricesjumped by 10.1% in the 12 months tojuly — that's the highest rate of inflation for 40 years. basic food items made the biggest contribution to the increase. liz cheney has been ousted in firmer of the candidate backed by the former president. more than 4,000 people given contaminated blood in the uk in the 70s and 80s will receive compensation but campaigners say many grieving families have been ignored. one of the last remaining countries to avoid an outbreak of covid—19 is now seeing a surge in infections, after community transmission was found just over a week ago. the marshall islands closed their borders at the start of the pandemic, implementing strict quarantine measures to keep the virus out. but a new outbreak in the pacific nation has forced restrictions to be implemented — with a state of health disaster declared. so how had the marshall islands managed to keep

the virus at bay for so long? here's jack niedenthal, secretary of health and human services. we had strict protocols and quarantine, strict monitored quarantine for people coming in from the united states and when they get here they were also under strict quarantine orders so we managed to do it for over two years without a single community case of covid—19. we had a few border cases but this ba.5 0micron variant is very contagious, almost on par with measles. it's what we see through the community. i was the 11th person on the first day we discovered it, when i did home and did a self—test i had it. i had already recovered, pretty much, but what we have been doing to fight it, we were prepared for this. we spent the last two years preparing. we had new covid wards here, we got all the vaccines, we got the ability to test, a lot of information and now we have all the therapeutics

like paxlovid so we have been handing out paxlovid to vulnerable people and those in a certain age range. we kept covid relatively free from the hospital, we have a few cases in there who have come in but overall i think our response has been fabulous here in the marshall islands. we have had six deaths but have, we are over 4000 cases now so six deaths in 4000 cases is pretty good, i think, and quite unfortunate and sad for all of us because it is a small island community here. we have 25—30,000 people there where the big outbreak is now so we know these people and when they die. it is not like other places so virtually every death is very hard for us. presidentjoe biden has saint of the

biggest climate change bill, it includes $400 billion of new spending, it is overwhelmingly about green energy and carbon capture and incentives for fossil fuel companies incentives for fossil fuel companies in the shape of new drilling opportunities. he said it was one of the most significant laws in american history. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. it was a long time coming, a hugely ambitious plan to tackle climate change that the democrats struggled to get through congress. just a few weeks ago with opposition within their own ranks, it seemed impossible. but now the inflation reduction act is a reality, signed into law byjoe biden at the white house. this is a defining moment for the president, his biggest achievement in office. the new law includes more than $400 billion in new spending. big corporations will pay higher taxes. the measures to tackle climate change include support for

solar energy, tax credits to help americans buy electric cars and rebates for families to install energy efficient appliances. and medicare, the us health care system for people over 65, will be able to negotiate lower drug prices. this bill is the biggest step forward on climate ever, ever, that's going to allow us to boldly take additional steps towards meeting all of my climate goals, the ones we set out when we ran. it includes ensuring that we create clean energy opportunities in front line and fence line communities that have been smothered, smothered by the legacy of pollution and fight environmental injustice that has been going on for so long. republicans are sceptical that the law will help to reduce inflation. but with less than three months to go until america's midterm elections, this is a legislative win that president biden and the democrats will try to use to their advantage. peter bowes, bbc news.

the world's richest man, elon musk, has taken to twitter to tease the prospect of buying manchester united from the glazer family. just a short while after tweeting about the possibility of buying the club, the billionaire tweeted again, saying that he was joking. musk has a history of posting irreverent tweets and it is often not clear if he is serious about what he posts. both pakistan and india are celebrating 75 years of independence this week. in 1947 at the end of decades of british rule in india, the country was partitioned — creating two independent nations — muslim majority pakistan, and hindu majority india. in the years that followed both have grown economically and in global influence. they've also become nuclear powers — and adversaries. but first here's our pakistan correspondent pumza

fihlani in islamabad. the flags are flying high. pakistan is 75 years old. the country's influence and importance have grown especially where counterterrorism is concerned. it is an ambitious middle power but right now is facing an economic crisis. 75 years on, pakistan is barely staying afloat. its economy is in shambles. 0fficials here are awaiting another loan from the international monetary fund hoping to use that as the recovery plan. in the meantime, though, here in islamabad, people say life has become hard. we say to this government, please make the prices low so a normal human being can survive. can breathe. you know, we cannot breathe. another concern people have here is the country's unstable politics, divisive and marred by assassination plots and coups, governments seldom finish their term.

at the centre of it all, a powerful military accused of running the show behind—the—scenes. so how did pakistan get here? at the end of british rule, india was partitioned creating two new countries, the republics of india and pakistan. millions were forced to migrate on both sides, people were separated from their families. they fled on foot and on trains as hindus and muslims clashed. around 2 million people died. this man was a young boy when he escaped with his father. at 91, he vividly remembers the bloodshed as communities turned on one another. but says it is time for peace. i wish we become friends and live a peaceful life so that our next generation may develop

their potentialities. relations between the two neighbours are so frosty that even travel is difficult. visas are hard to come by for citizens on both sides and there are not even direct flights. one way the two nations have tried to smooth ties is through so—called cricket diplomacy. at times over the years, leaders and fans would be allowed to travel to the other country to watch matches. rajini? here in india, another cricket crazy nation, sport has been a connector with pakistan. but it extends beyond that to culture, food, film, music and arts. but it is the contrast between the south asian siblings which have also defined their relationship. rivals, notjust on the pitch. the two nations have even fought wars against each other.

as indians raise theirflag to match their 75th year... this country, once colonised, is now confident. courted by the world as a counter to china, india has one of the fastest growing economies. the wheel at the centre of the flag represents constant progress. abdul gafar has been making these for almost as long as independent india has existed. translation: 75 years ago, we were considered a small and insignificant country. today, we are strong. we manufacture everything. tanks, missiles and bombs. dozens of labourers scramble to buy flags at wholesale prices so they can sell them to survive. for salvati, the struggles remain. translation: there is no change for us.

while the rich and powerful celebrate, our children are selling flags. and there are other challenges. growing religious tension, high unemployment. but india is also a pioneer, leading the way in science and technology with a rising middle class. so, of course we can be china. we are actually growing and i feel that in ten years, we will a fully developed nation. india is predicted to become the nation with the world's largest population in a year. at 75, there is so much pride and potential. south korea's military says north korea has fired two cruise missiles towards the sea off its west coast early on wednesday. it's pyongyang's first weapons test in weeks. earlier, south korea's president, said he didn't support regime change by force in the north. he made the comments at a news

conference marking his first hundred days in office. he also repeated his offer of giving large amounts of aid to pyongyang, if it stops developing nuclear weapons. the cuban government has announced it will allow foreign investment in local wholesale and retail trade for the first time since fidel castro's communist revolution. the move is aimed at tackling severe shortages of basic goods. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, is going to ukraine laterfor a meeting with the presidents of ukraine and turkey. mr guterres is expected to discuss with president zelensky the danger posed by fighting around the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. police say a student nurse who went missing in south london more than a month ago could be in the local area, and in need of help. 0wami davies was last seen walking north along london road in croydon at around 12.30pm on 7thjuly.

concerns are growing for the 24—year—old's safety, and officers are trawling through hours of cctv footage after people alerted them to possible sightings. you are watching bbc news. hello again. the heavy overnight rain as it pushes south is now weakening, but in the south there is a chance of catching some thunderstorms once again today. the met office has this amber weather warning for this particular area of the southeast. this is where the thunderstorms are most likely, and could be torrential, leading to some localized flooding. but you could also catch some as we head over towards south east wales and further south again, pushing into the far southeast through the course of the day. for northern england, for scotland and for northern ireland, some sunshine, and for the midlands in through parts of wales, we're going to hang on to a bit more cloud with the odd spot of rain at times. so on through the evening and overnight period, still a few thunderstorms for a time. the thicker cloud across the southeast could well produce some spots of rain

through the course of the night, and also some drizzle. clearer skies as we move further north, but then we've got the first signs of a weather front coming in across parts of scotland and northern ireland introducing some rain. now through the course of tomorrow, you'll find these weather fronts producing the rain will slowly push southwards and eastwards, probably not getting into the far southeast, which will remain dry, with just a chance of an isolated shower. but eastern areas starting off on a dry note, the low cloud breaking. and then we've got the weather front coming in, producing this rain, which at times will be heavy across north west wales and northwest england. and then for northern ireland and scotland, behind that weather front, we'll see a return to bright skies, sunshine and showers. temperatures in the north, 15 to 21. come further south, we're looking at 22 to about 25. early on friday, we say goodbye to that weather front and its rain from the southeast. then there will be a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, some fair weather cloud developing through the day. showers also developing across parts of scotland. a few getting into northern ireland

and one or two into north wales. temperatures 15 to about 24 degrees. as we head into the weekend, well, we've got this front coming our way on saturday, which looks like it's going to bring some showers or showery rain across the north of the country. but on sunday, we've got this clutch of fronts coming in from the atlantic, which looks like they're going to bring some more rain and also windier conditions. but the timing and also the positioning of those fronts is still open to question. so do keep in touch with the weather forecast.

this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh and these are the latest headlines at 11: uk pricesjumped by 10.1% in the 12 months tojuly — that's the highest rate of inflation for 40 years. basic food items made the biggest contribution to the increase. some business owners say they're having to reduce their opening hours and stop taking wages for themselves to try to keep their livelihoods. victoria yum has been, you know, it changed my life, and it got me through some very difficult times, and ifeel very protective of it, and i feel furious that i can't save it, in the way i should be able to. with basic foodstuffs like bread, milk, meat and vegetables among the items having the biggest impact on inflation what difference is this

making to you ability to manage your finances? and with warnings that inflation will continue to rise, what do you want the new prime minister to do about it? do get in touch. you can find me on twitter. i'm @annitabbc and use the hashtag bbc your questions. more than 4,000 people given contaminated blood in the 70s and 80s will receive compensation of £100,000 each but campaigners say many grieving families have been ignored. the government have had this recommendation are sitting there for quite some time and i am pleased they have made it now but it has taken much longer than i think it should have done. they should have done this a straight way back in march. police appeal for witnesses after an elderly man is stabbed to death while riding a mobility scooter in west london. the betting company entain, which owns ladbrokes, coral, and foxy bingo, is ordered to pay £17 million for safety and

anti—money—laundering failures. and, voters in a republican primary in the us state of wyoming oust trump critic, congresswoman liz cheney, in favour of a candidate backed by the former president. prices in the uk increased by 10.1% in the year tojuly. that's the first time inflation has reached double digits since 1982. much of the rise is due to the fact that basic staples such as food like bread, milk, eggs and cheese and nonalcoholic drinks are all getting more expensive. but the cost of living is rising across the board, being driven in part by energy

prices, the war in ukraine and the cost of raw materials. wage increases are falling behind, with the average wage buying 3% fewer goods and services than last year. the bank of england has predicted that inflation will continue to rise and won't go down to its target of 2% for about 2 yea rs. the cabinet minister kit malthouse said he understood that households are being affected by uncertainty as well as the price squeeze. the whole of the developing world is struggling with inflation, —— developed world cause by global influences, not least the war in ukraine, the energy price shock and supply chain problems following the pandemic. we are moving hopefully, people will feel moving quickly with the support payments, the £37 billion package we are rolling out now, with more to come in the autumn, but critically, to reassure

people over the summer, we are putting the government on a warfooting, if you like, so a new prime minister injust a couple of weeks' time now is able to make some quick decisions about where he or she wants to take the country and the economy to get us through in good shape. let's talk to our business correspondent, caroline davies. tell us a bit more about what is driving these rising prices? b, lat driving these rising prices? a lot of factors at _ driving these rising prices? a lot of factors at play _ driving these rising prices? a lot of factors at play one _ driving these rising prices? a lot of factors at play one of - driving these rising prices? a lot of factors at play one of the - of factors at play one of the biggest ones is at the russian invasion of ukraine. that is really feeding into both energy crisis but also issues with the food supply as well. so we're really seeing some of the basic essentials being affected by this. we saw in your graphic, talking about food prices, we see bread, cereal, milk, cheese, they are rising the fastest but also things like vegetables have gone up as well. as did meat costs. the issue here is if basics and energy are going up, it's difficult for people to avoid these prices and there is not much they can do to

reduce that. this is the other question, about who is affected by these price increases. some suggestion that if you are part of a low income household that this will hit you far harder than if you are part of a rich household. for example, if you were to take something like energy bills, which are expected to rise in october, that has a big impact on those with the lowest incomes. at the start of 2022, before of course a lot of these energy prices hit, energy bills typically made up 2% of the richest... 0f bills typically made up 2% of the richest... of the spending of the richest... of the spending of the richest 10%. whereas for the poorest 4% it took up 7% of their energy bills. you can really see how you can have a disproportionate impact on different people will feel this level of inflation at different levels. , ., ., levels. tell us more about the reaction to — levels. tell us more about the reaction to these _ levels. tell us more about the reaction to these latest - levels. tell us more about the i reaction to these latest figures. higher than the forecasts were predicting quotes? the higher than the forecasts were predicting quotes?— higher than the forecasts were predicting quotes? the bank of encland predicting quotes? the bank of england has — predicting quotes? the bank of england has said _ predicting quotes? the bank of england has said they - predicting quotes? the bank of england has said they are - predicting quotes? the bank of - england has said they are expecting inflation to go up to over 13% by

the end of this year. that is because the expectation of the energy price cap is going to increase in october. the fact that this was even higher than predicted is obviously not good news for the economy, there has been suggestions that we have heard from the government to have spoken about this being important, they know it is important and they are already handing out... there helping people with £37 billion worth of savings that... they make this as an important point. also from the labour party, they have spoken about that the government doesn't have a handle on inflation and they are talking about their energy price cap freeze which they say they will get on top of and will control inflation. clearly this is a mass issue for the economy. whenever inflation happens it erodes people to savings and affects businesses. thank you for that.

lets speak to nicola atkinson who owns sea breeze fish and chip shop in redcar. thank you forjoining us. have you ever known it as tough as this? ida. ever known it as tough as this? no, never, ever known it as tough as this? no, never. not — ever known it as tough as this? no, never. not in _ ever known it as tough as this? no, never, not in all— ever known it as tough as this? no, never, not in all the _ ever known it as tough as this? iifr, never, not in all the years. 30 years is quite a length of time for a business and we have never ever experienced anything like this. it's the unknown, the fact it is going on for so long and there is no light at the end of the tunnel. we can't see anything coming down, or we can see is prices rising. we walk in the store room and every day we look at supplies and it is increasing. you look around and there is nothing now... fish has doubled, you spoke about this before, things like fish that had doubled. now it's the small items. things you don't even think about. margarine, it's gone up hundred you can't even believe. ——

it's gone up 180%. how do you pass that on? that is only a small item and you may not use a lot of it, but when you put that right across the board on everything that we use, we can only absorb so much. find i board on everything that we use, we can only absorb so much. and i guess when ou can only absorb so much. and i guess when you say — can only absorb so much. and i guess when you say that _ can only absorb so much. and i guess when you say that it's _ can only absorb so much. and i guess when you say that it's difficult - can only absorb so much. and i guess when you say that it's difficult to - when you say that it's difficult to see light at the end of the tunnel, thatis see light at the end of the tunnel, that is what makes it so hard because you start off by making it the obvious savings and then you make more difficult savings and then you think where can you make more savings after that? if someone comes into your store, to buy that iconic fish and chips, what are they paying compared to say, six months ago or a year ago as lemon a year ago we were at £6 35 p. we are now at £7 50 p.

and i need to be another £1.80 above that to put me at pre—pandemic. in terms woodstock has gone up. now, that would put me at £9.30 for a fish and chips. and how do i pass that on to customers because mike had wakes plain to them, those who are already struggling with increased costs themselves, with the cost of living dot 0f increased costs themselves, with the cost of living dot of a ordering different meals?— different meals? about a fifth of turnover is _ different meals? about a fifth of turnover is down _ different meals? about a fifth of turnover is down this _ different meals? about a fifth of turnover is down this quarter- different meals? about a fifth of| turnover is down this quarter and they are buying small items or they are buying items to share so, yes they are still coming in but what they are still coming in but what they are still coming in but what they are buying, they are ordering, their pattern has changed significantly in what they are vying for that family now, very conscious

about what they are getting and like i said, they are splitting meals or they may be just get sausage and chips, they are not opting for cod and chips because it's too expensive. and chips because it's too expensive-_ and chips because it's too expensive. and chips because it's too exensive. , ., expensive. are you paying yourself a wa . e? expensive. are you paying yourself a wave? we expensive. are you paying yourself a wage? we are _ expensive. are you paying yourself a wage? we are scraping _ expensive. are you paying yourself a wage? we are scraping with - expensive. are you paying yourself a wage? we are scraping with a - expensive. are you paying yourself a wage? we are scraping with a wage. j wage? we are scraping with a wage. but we are wage? we are scraping with a wage. itut we are not _ wage? we are scraping with a wage. but we are not taking _ wage? we are scraping with a wage. but we are not taking the _ wage? we are scraping with a wage. but we are not taking the weight - wage? we are scraping with a wage. but we are not taking the weight we | but we are not taking the weight we should be taking because it is not there. you are looking at energy costs now and we've been quoted four times four energy times. we currently pay 2500 a month, that shortly will be a week. where'd you find that money from? where'd you it from? there is no place to take it from. with our industry leaders and i spoke to the government and they are trying to... get some kind of

relief on a vat like we had during the pandemic. i relief on a vat like we had during the pandemic-— relief on a vat like we had during the pandemic. i wanted to ask you about that, _ the pandemic. i wanted to ask you about that, what _ the pandemic. i wanted to ask you about that, what more _ the pandemic. i wanted to ask you about that, what more would - the pandemic. i wanted to ask you about that, what more would you | the pandemic. i wanted to ask you i about that, what more would you like the new prime minister to do to help people like yourself? thea;r the new prime minister to do to help people like yourself?— people like yourself? they need to do something. _ people like yourself? they need to do something, they _ people like yourself? they need to do something, they need - people like yourself? they need to do something, they need to. i people like yourself? they need to do something, they need to. this. do something, they need to. this won't go won't go away by itself. businesses are struggling and if there was a relief in the vat, that is going to go some way to helping these businesses because at the end of the day, the bottom line is, if there is not that relieved, if there is some substantial help, there won't be any businesses left to pay any vat. it's as simple as that because there nothing there. there is no money. people can't open the doors and not make a living and not be able to pay for their stock and staff. staff... we have some incredibly good staff but they are taking pressure every day, more and more from customers who don't understand that the cost of living

is going up. yes they see it on the telly, they read it every day in the newspaper but that doesn't quite pass down to, i've got to hand a little bit extra over the till now. that it is coming out of their pocket, for everything now. and a lot of them civilly don't have that money. they have their own struggles at home with a gas and energy bills and with their normal daily shopping. so treats like take a ways, visits to restaurants, things like that, where does that money now come from? because looking towards the winter, is it going to be a fight between do we put the heating on or do we feed ourselves? we had a conversation with a customer who actually said he thought it would be cheaper for him to come actually said he thought it would be cheaperfor him to come in and buy his meals from us than what it would be to actually put his oven on for himself to cook a meal and that...

how can we agree with that? where is the world coming to? that is what it's got to. our prices are rising and people can't pay it. i can only put them up so much and we can only absorb so much. what we do? so the government really needs to look at what is happening it, they need to step in and offer more support. things like fuel prices, they knock and everything and is where this spreading. it's notjust... 0ur industry as a whole has been hit from all four sides, but everywhere now has been hit and it is those staple items, those basic items that are also being hit and people don't have the funds. igrate are also being hit and people don't have the funds.— have the funds. we must live with ever thank — have the funds. we must live with ever thank you — have the funds. we must live with ever thank you for _ have the funds. we must live with ever thank you for taking - have the funds. we must live with ever thank you for taking us i have the funds. we must live with i ever thank you for taking us through what it's like for you. we really

appreciate that and good luck. we really appreciate that and good luck. i'm joined by yael selfin, chief economist at the global accounting firm kpmg. thanks forjoining us, what do you say to business owners, to anyone who is struggling right now who can't see the light at the end of the tunnel in terms of these rising costs? ., ., , ., ~ , costs? unfortunately we are likely to see further _ costs? unfortunately we are likely to see further increases _ costs? unfortunately we are likely to see further increases in - costs? unfortunately we are likely to see further increases in prices, | to see further increases in prices, we will see inflation going up probably tojust under we will see inflation going up probably to just under 13% or around 13%. in october when we have the next energy cap. that would add more pressure on household finances. looking beyond that, we are expecting inflation to gradually

ease starting next year and especially from autumn next year, we are expecting inflation to go down quite substantially. so we are looking at at least another year of fairly high inflation. but this is not going to be, hopefully, permanent. it is a short, relatively short—term, issue that we are having to deal with at the moment. which would still make it very difficult for a lot of businesses and households to deal with... it's your turn because as we have seen wages are unlikely to go up by enough to cover that increase in prices. so households are likely to be squeezed and businesses are not able to pass on all the costs to those households.— on all the costs to those households. ' . , ., ., , households. effectively a 396 drop in real wa . es households. effectively a 396 drop in real wages as _ households. effectively a 396 drop in real wages as we _ households. effectively a 396 drop in real wages as we heard _ households. effectively a 396 drop in real wages as we heard yesterday. i real wages as we heard yesterday. what more do you think the bank of

england could do to help people? what more do you think the government will need to do to help in terms of those more immediate packages of help?— in terms of those more immediate packages of help? starting with the bank of england, _ packages of help? starting with the bank of england, the _ packages of help? starting with the bank of england, the main - packages of help? starting with the bank of england, the main thing i packages of help? starting with the i bank of england, the main thing they need to look at, the mandate, is to try to get inflation back to target. not all of it is abstract forward. there are likely to continue increasing interest rates in order to try to help with that. but part of it is about credibility and about trusting the bank of england to ultimately get us back to the 2% target. as a result, we may see a more... so we will see interest rates rising further, potentially a little bit further than what they need to, in order to lower interests... inflation. wejust need to have a confidence that inflation

will go down and therefore when we look at wages, when we look at price strategy, in the medium term, trying to factor in the fact that inflation will go back to 2%, will help the bank of england not to raise rates as high. when it comes to government, finances are... public finances are still relatively constrained, after all the additional help the government did during the pandemic and so there done it is wise to try to target the this aboard to the government needs to give to those households most vulnerable and that words probably entail another 11 or £15 billion additional help and additional spending by the government this year. spending by the government this ear. . ~' spending by the government this ear. ., ~ , ., spending by the government this ear. . ~ , ., y spending by the government this ear. ., ~ ,, , . spending by the government this ear. . ~' y . ., spending by the government this ear. ., ~ , . ., year. thank you very much for your thou~hts year. thank you very much for your thoughts today- — and you can find out how much prices are expected to rise for you by using our online personal inflation calculator.

that's on our website: bbc.co.uk/news if you want to get in touch to let us know about how these latest increases are making an impact on you, what you want the new prime minister to do about this about the cost of living crisis, please get in touch on twitter and we will try to read out some of your comments. touch on twitter and we will try to read out some of your comments. thousands of victims of the contaminated blood scandal will receive £100,000 each in compensation from the government. the announcement follows a recommendation made last month by the chair of the public inquiry, into what's been described as the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. it led to the deaths of at least 2,400 people, after they were infected with lethal viruses in the 1970s and 80s. partners of those who died will qualify for payment, but campaigners say the majority of those affected have been ignored. our health correspondent nick

triggle is with me now. good morning to you. who exactly are campaigners saying are being ignored right now? this campaigners saying are being ignored riahtnow? , , ., right now? this compensation payment. _ right now? this compensation payment. and _ right now? this compensation payment, and interim - right now? this compensation i payment, and interim compensation payment, and interim compensation payment, by ministers and that is because only those who are currently registered in the financial support scheme are going to be getting this compensation. there is around 4000 people in the uk who are registered for financial support and this will be the first time they then get paid compensation, recognising that the loss of earnings that care and other lifetime losses they have incurred because of what happened in the 19705. because of what happened in the 1970s. and elling 1980s. because of what happened in the 1970s. and elling1980s. but are people who aren't registered without scheme, that includes people who lost their partners or children who have lost parents, they will have to wait and much will depend on the

ongoing public inquiry and what conclusions they come to before they get compensation. bhd conclusions they come to before they get compensation.— conclusions they come to before they get compensation. and how long could that take? how — get compensation. and how long could that take? how much _ get compensation. and how long could that take? how much longer _ get compensation. and how long could that take? how much longer might i that take? how much longer might have to wait?— have to wait? that will be at least a ear as have to wait? that will be at least a year as the _ have to wait? that will be at least a year as the inquiry _ have to wait? that will be at least a year as the inquiry is _ have to wait? that will be at least a year as the inquiry is ongoing. l a year as the inquiry is ongoing. these payments for around 4000 people, they will be paid quickly, the government says in england they have promised the payments will be received by the end of october, people in scotland and wales and northern ireland are also entitled to these compensations but it will be up to the devolved nations to decide when they get it. it does come after decades and this is an important step because it comes after decades of campaigning to recognise that the life long consequences and suffering thousands of people have enjoyed. thank consequences and suffering thousands of people have enjoyed.— of people have en'oyed. thank you very much. _ the eighth hustings of the conservative party leadership contest is in belfast later. the final two candidates, liz truss and rishi sunak, will appear before party members

in northern ireland. the leadership result is due on september 5 and the winner will become prime minister. let's speak mark devenport, the bbc�*s former political editor in northern ireland. good to have you with us today. a few hundred conservative party members will be giving their thoughts once they have seen the two are candidates in action later. 0bviously, northern ireland is very significant for rishi sunak and liz truss because what happens there will have a big impact on uk government's relationship with the eu? �* , , government's relationship with the eu? a , ., y government's relationship with the eu? a ,~, eu? it's very thorny problem. it hasn't featured _ eu? it's very thorny problem. it hasn't featured at _ eu? it's very thorny problem. it hasn't featured at that - eu? it's very thorny problem. it| hasn't featured at that massively eu? it's very thorny problem. it i hasn't featured at that massively in the leadership contest so far. liz truss was asked one question about northern ireland and the future of power—sharing when addressing to remember is in scotland yesterday. but there will be a lot more questions about that, about

controversial northern ireland protocol, which borisjohnson assigned, which affected trading arrangements between great britain and northern ireland, which liz truss is now trying to overturn it, at least in principle in a bill she is bringing through the commons. i expect questions about that, but of course also, the concerns about the cost of living that you have been hearing about, also apply to northern ireland. we don't have a power—sharing government at the moment because of a stand—off over the protocol which has come located at the whole business of giving people financial support. i imagine there will be question about that. also a fair few business people within the northern ireland conservative membership who will be concerned i would say about overall trade with the eu. bhd concerned i would say about overall trade with the eu.— trade with the eu. and has been a functioning _ trade with the eu. and has been a functioning government _ trade with the eu. and has been a functioning government in - trade with the eu. and has been a functioning government in since i functioning government in since february. she liz truss has said she will get a power—sharing arrangement back. when we look at the history of

the collapse of the assembly, many will say that people are tried. what is liz truss saying and what is rishi sunak saying they would do to restore that devolved government? can you hear me? unfortunately we have lost those columns. we will try to get back to that... apologies for that problem. the technical problem. an elderly man has died after being stabbed while riding a mobility scooter in ealing, west london. metropolitan police say the man — who's believed to be in his 80s — died at the scene in greenford, despite the efforts of paramedics. no arrests have been made. let's talk to our correspondent catharine da costa, who is in greenford this morning. this is absolutely horrific, what more do we know about the circumstances?— more do we know about the circumstances? ., . ., ,. , circumstances? police have described it as a horrific—

circumstances? police have described it as a horrific crime _ circumstances? police have described it as a horrific crime and _ circumstances? police have described it as a horrific crime and actually i it as a horrific crime and actually in the last few minutes we have had forensic officers walking past me, working around the tent you can see behind me, which marks where this attack happened, in broad daylight next to a very busy road yesterday afternoon. emergency services done were called just after 4pm yesterday, police believe the man was in his 80s and despite best efforts of a paramedics, he died at the scene. 0fficers efforts of a paramedics, he died at the scene. officers are now trying to contact his next—of—kin and no arrests have so far been made. this cordon remains in place, police are very keen to hear from anyone who may have seen that the victim, who was riding a mobility scooter, or seen anyone acting suspiciously in the area. in particular, they are after —— cam or helmet cam footage, i've anyone using the a mac —— anyone using the a40 heading into london yesterday. the london mayor,

has tweeted to say he is devastated at the news, he is keeping close contact with the met police and officers stepped up their patrols reassuring people in the community, i've spoken to some of those who live nearby and one of them happened to be a nurse who lives just next to where the attack happened, she happened to be asleep. she didn't hear what happened but she expressed deep concern, she said she admitted the 20 years, had experienced —— i hadn't experienced anything like this before and is now concern for her and herfamily to this before and is now concern for her and her family to safety. people describe this as a safe and quiet area, many elderly people living in the area and they have expressed their deep sadness and shock at what has happened. their deep sadness and shock at what has happened-— has happened. thank you for that u date. in the united states, the republican congresswoman liz cheney — who is a fierce critic

of donald trump — has been beaten in a primary by a candidate who supports the former us president's unsupported claims of election fraud. she told her supporters in the state of wyoming that she had conceded to her rival harriet hageman. liz cheney accused donald trump of inciting violence once again, by voicing conspiracy donald trump knows that voicing these conspiracies will provoke violence and threats of violence. this happened onjanuary 6th and it's now happening again. it is entirely foreseeable that the violence will escalate further, yet he and others continue purposefully to feed the danger. today, our federal law enforcement is being threatened, a federaljudge been threatened, fresh threats of violence are arising everywhere and despite knowing all of this, donald trump recently released the names of the fbi agents involved in the search. that was purposeful and malicious.

no patriotic american should excuse these threats or be intimidated by them. our great nation must not be ruled by a mob provoked over social media. natasha lindstaedt is professor of government at the university of essex. with such a prominent critic of donald trump, she is a microcosm of that huge tussle that is still going on in the us between the former president, his supporters and pretty much everybody else?— much everybody else? that's right, and trump really _ much everybody else? that's right, and trump really does _ much everybody else? that's right, and trump really does have - much everybody else? that's right, and trump really does have controlj and trump really does have control over the republican party, 180 of the candidates he supported in his primary sense may have won. these losses are very significant because two years ago she would have sailed

through, she won her primary and she won her seat very easily. just by going against the president, by supporting the january six hearings and by supporting his impeachment, she has been completely ostracised from the party. this is in spite of the fact she is the daughter of dick cheney and they are brining a series of ads denouncing him. which i could were very effective. spite of all of this, she lost by over 36 points to someone who no one outside of montana has ever heard of. ezreh montana has ever heard of. even somebody _ montana has ever heard of. even somebody like _ montana has ever heard of. even somebody like liz _ montana has ever heard of. even somebody like liz cheney, i montana has ever heard of. even somebody like liz cheney, republican party royalty, links to her father, not immune from the efforts of donald trump to ensure his candidate, his preferred people get elected. what does this mean going forward for the republican party and looking ahead to the next election in the us? the

looking ahead to the next election in the us? , , .., looking ahead to the next election intheus? , , , in the us? the republican party has been completely _ in the us? the republican party has been completely taken _ in the us? the republican party has been completely taken over - in the us? the republican party has been completely taken over by i in the us? the republican party has i been completely taken over by trump, he has personalised it so it is not about republican values as it is about republican values as it is about trump himself. and who he is. he has his parallel army almost set “p he has his parallel army almost set up to go against anyone that him or criticises him, we see what has happened with the raid, there are tarmac supporters attacking the fbi. anyone in the republican party who tries to criticise him, it's not just with his vitriol, through social media or whatever means he can to communicate, but all the other republicans too denounce these people. it has become a party that is very authoritarian which will be very difficult for them to win the 2024 presidential election because i don't think his base is enough to win unless they decided to engage in different types of electoral manipulation.—

different types of electoral manipulation. different types of electoral maniulation. . ,, , . time now for the weather. a risk once again of thunderstorms developing across southern england and south—east wales. the met office hasissued and south—east wales. the met office has issued this amber be prepared weather warning for the risk of thunderstorms in this area. could be some localised flooding. the rain that fell overnight in the north of england is sinking south, that is producing some clouds, the odd spot of rain here and there, northern england and scotland has some sunshine coming through and temperatures at 12 to about 23. tonight still muggy across the southeast, fresh as we push further north and we have a weather front coming in from the west. introducing a thick cloud and some rain. try to start with in the east, just the

chance of an odd shower but the rain turning heavy across north—west wales and also in north—west england. temperatures 15 to 25 degrees. hello. this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh and these are the headlines. uk pricesjumped by 10.1% in the 12 months tojuly — that's the highest rate of inflation for 40 years. basic food items made the biggest contribution to the increase. more than 4,000 people given contaminated blood in the �*70s and �*80s will receive compensation of £100,000 each, but campaigners say many grieving families have been ignored. police appeal for witnesses after an elderly man is stabbed to death while riding a mobility scooter in west london. the betting company entain, which owns ladbrokes, coral, and foxy bingo, is ordered to pay £17 million for safety and anti—money—laundering failures.

it's time for this book now. good morning. the first day of the first test between england and south africa is under way at lord's. south africa won the toss and decided to bowl. england have lost the early wicket of alex lees off the bowling of kagiso rabada. they're currently 15—1. the hosts are looking to extend a four—match winning streak under new captain ben stokes and new head coach brendon mccullum. and earlier at lord's, the rachael heyhoe flint gate was officially opened by the former england captain's son, ben flint. heyhoe flint was a pioneer of women's cricket, playing for england for more than 20 years, taking on the role of captain for 12, and helped to instigate the first women's world cup. she was a chief campaigner for women to be allowed to become members

of marylebone cricket club, which finally happened in the late 1990s. emma raducanu says she's growing in confidence after beating serena williams in straight sets in the opening round of the cincinatti 0pen. the 19—year—old was in control throughout. williams, who's set to retire after the upcoming us open, causing herfew problems, with raducanu taking the first set 6—4. serena, who's 40 now, has barely played competitive tennis in the last year, and lost the second set 6—0. the match was over in little over an hour. serena didn't hang around for an on—court interview afterwards, but for raducanu it was a night to remember. the atmosphere tonight was amazing, and to play with serena, i mean, forsure, iwas... even when you guys were cheering for her, i was like, "you know what? all for it!" like... laughter. er... yeah, to be honest, i was nervous from the first point to the last

point because i know what a champion she is — she can come back from any situation. so i really had to stay focused and, yeah, i'm just so pleased that i managed to keep my composure. it wasn't quite the fairy—tale return to competition for dina asher—smith at the european athletics championships last night. she pulled up with cramp in the final of the 100 metres. she'd just come back to the track after a hamstring injury which saw her miss the commonwealth games. germany's gina lookenkemper came back to win a brilliant gold medal in front of her home crowd in munich. britain's darryl neita took bronze. i got cramp in my calves and i wasjust like... i can't be running on two cramping calves, which is crazy — i'm going to go back, have a chat with my recovery, have a chat with how i'm hydrating and stuff. but, yeah, came out the blocks... i feel good, i'm in good shape, which is why i'm frustrated. i wasn't about to go and run a whole race on two cramping calves — like, probably going to tear

them, so...frustrated! in the men's final, it was silver for the defending european champion, zharnel hughes. he was beaten into second by the olympic champion from italy, marceljacobs. but although hughes couldn't defend his title he was happy to get close to jacobs, and there was bronze for gb'sjeremiah azu — the 21—year—old from cardiff was elated to get a medal. i'm very proud of myself. i'd like to thank everyone who helped me get to thank everyone who helped me get to this point, my coach. everyone was involved. i'm proud of this guy. he was in the zone from the heats and it came out i did it again. i wanted the gold medal. but jacobs was better than me tonight. well away from the track, britain thought they'd got a medal in the field. jacob fincham—dukes' opening jump of eight point sero six had him in the silver position at the end

of competition, but he was demoted back to fifth after an appeal found thatjump was a foul. that's all the sport from me forjust now. more on our main story, prices in the uk increased by 10.1% in the year tojuly. that's the first time inflation has reached double digits since 1982. the chancellor, nadhim zahawi, has been speaking to media about those new figures. this is a difficult time. there are no easy options. we see putin deliberately using energy as a tool to get back at us for the help we are putting into ukraine and that is obviously impacting families because of energy costs impacting families because of the cost of food, as we saw today with the inflation numbers. we are working on two things, one is to deliver that £37

billion package. we are midway through that so, in a couple of months, everyone will see £400 off their energy bills, and they are rising, i recognise that. those who need additional help will see more help through the house on support fund, which we are extending until next march, working with local authorities, who know the families that need additional help, and the other thing i am doing that we are really focused on is what more do we need to do forjanuary, we prepare all the options ready for the incoming prime minister on the 5th of september to hit the ground running on what more we can do, whether it is the green levies that we need to remove to help with those energy bills, cutting taxes, increasing gas production here at home and, of course, the one thing i am beginning to get concerned about is the impact on small businesses, because of the energy spike that they are seeing, which is going to

put huge pressure on smes. 5.9 million small businesses are the backbone of the british economy to stop labour says it's to freeze energy bills at its current rate. you say you're not doing anything extra untiljanuary but that's too late. people understand and welcome freezing. why do we have to wait so long for your support? igrate freezing. why do we have to wait so long for your support?— long for your support? we are not waitin: , long for your support? we are not waiting. we _ long for your support? we are not waiting, we have _ long for your support? we are not waiting, we have 37 _ long for your support? we are not waiting, we have 37 billion - long for your support? we are not waiting, we have 37 billion and i waiting, we have 37 billion and we are part way through that, so £400 in the next of months off energy bills for everybody. the 8 million people who need the most urgent help are getting at least £1200 of additional direct payments to them. if you look at the labour plans, and if you look at the labour plans, and i am happy to look at any plans but, when you start to examine them, there is a real problem with them, one, they talk about paying for some of it because inflation would come down, but we see today actually inflation plays through on food

costs, so their numbers are out on this, and they need to work out, and be honest with the nation how they are going to pay for this. the other problem is you are rewarding people like me, who are the wealthier end of the spectrum and people who might have very high energy uses and be wealthy. is that the right thing to do when money is tight, when we should be targeting it deliver that help and be resilient against putin. is that the right thing to do, to waste money on the wealthy households that have higher consumption? i don't think that's right, so keir starmer needs to explain why he thinks that. if this is prolonged, it could be up to 90 billion of spent when we have already spent 408 billion on the covid response and we are spending 37 billion now. i would much rather see targeted support for those

families strip if you look at what the household support fund does, one idea i'm looking at is families through no fault of their own have someone in the family being unwell and they need higher energy, so we should be able to look at ways of a gp being able to refer them to hustle to put font to get additional help, so we leave no stone unturned. i'm looking at every option to be ready for the 5th of september for additional support, and my message to your viewers, whether they are small businesses or families who are struggling and worried, is that we will be ready for more support as the new prime minister comes in. the chancellor, nadhim zahawi, speaking a short time ago. more on that top story throughout the programme. the transport secretary, grant shapps, believes that cyclists should be fined for breaking 20 mph speed limits in residential areas. this comes after his pledge to create a "death by dangerous cycling" law that will treat cyclists who have killed pedestrians the same as motorists. joining me now is kevin 0'sullivan, the founder and principal

soliticor of cycle legal, the first uk law firm dedicated to cyclists. thank you forjoining me to talk about this. grant shapps says there needs to be an update to the highway code, that cyclists should be subject to the same speed limits as cars in residential areas. do you agree in principle?— cars in residential areas. do you agree in principle? there was an u date to agree in principle? there was an update to the — agree in principle? there was an update to the highway _ agree in principle? there was an update to the highway code i agree in principle? there was an update to the highway code in i update to the highway code in january this year, which was broadly welcome for vulnerable road users, because it set out a hierarchy of vulnerability on the road which puts pedestrians at the top, cyclists lower down and decreasing in terms of the vulnerability of road users all the way down to hgvs, which are the least vulnerable. ear; the least vulnerable. say a pedestrian _ the least vulnerable. say a pedestrian is _ the least vulnerable. say a pedestrian is killed - the least vulnerable. say a pedestrian is killed in i the least vulnerable. say a pedestrian is killed in a i the least vulnerable. say a i pedestrian is killed in a road accident, whether they are struck by accident, whether they are struck by a car or a bicycle, shouldn't the

driver of that car or the cyclist have the same liability? i5 driver of that car or the cyclist have the same liability? is the reason i don't _ have the same liability? is the reason i don't agree _ have the same liability? is the reason i don't agree with i have the same liability? is the reason i don't agree with thisl have the same liability? is the l reason i don't agree with this is what we call causative potency. the potential danger that a car or even more, a van or a bus or a coach or an hgv, the potential danger that vehicle possesses is completely different to a bicycle, so you are not comparing like with like. because to potency is something is well established in civil law, the area i work in. judges have made it clear that, even if a cyclist and a motorist are equally liable, the greater liability will still fall on the motorist because their vehicle can do more damage. eeeh the motorist because their vehicle can do more damage.— can do more damage. even if the clist is can do more damage. even if the cyclist is not _ can do more damage. even if the cyclist is not obeying _ can do more damage. even if the cyclist is not obeying the - can do more damage. even if the cyclist is not obeying the speed i cyclist is not obeying the speed limit, just as a car driver might not be obeying the speed limit? mr;

not be obeying the speed limit? ii understanding is not be obeying the speed limit? i=i1 understanding is that the not be obeying the speed limit? ii1 understanding is that the speed limits apply to everyone on the road, and i think it's extremely rare for a bicycle to go above 20 must power. i'm not sure i could manage that on my bike, and i know that not all bikes are fitted with speed limiter is so they can't go any higher than 15.5 mph. aside from that, it's unworkable because most bicycles don't have speedometers and i don't think these proposals have been thought through. [30 i don't think these proposals have been thought through.— i don't think these proposals have been thought through. do you think this sort of conversation _ been thought through. do you think this sort of conversation will- been thought through. do you think this sort of conversation will put i this sort of conversation will put people off getting on their bikes? in 70 other contexts, people are encouraged to use their bicycles because it's greener and cleaner, but do you think it will put people off? i but do you think it will put people off? ., but do you think it will put people off? ,, ~ �* , off? i think it will. that's the other considerable _ off? i think it will. that's the other considerable objection | off? | think it will. that's the | other considerable objection i off? i think it will. that's the - other considerable objection i have. i see cycling as the solution to so many of society was proper problems, obesity, solution, less pressure on better mental health, so anything

that potentially deters cyclists from getting on the bike or new cyclists taking up cycling is to be discouraged. it needs to be thought through carefully. cows kill more pedestrians a year than bicycles, that's a fact. i think the last figures for 2019 were about five year, five road users a day are killed by motorists or thereabouts, so it's focusing on the wrong target, in my view, and that includes insurance, licence plates, anything else, these are all measures that could potentially deter people from getting on their bikes, which is the future for better health for this country. thank you very much forjoining me to talk about this, kevin 0'sullivan, founder of cycle legal. the headlines on bbc news... uk pricesjumped by 10.1% in the 12 months tojuly — that's the highest rate of inflation

for 40 years. basic food items made the biggest contribution to the increase. more than 4,000 people given contaminated blood in the �*70s and �*80s will receive compensation of £100,000 each, but campaigners say many grieving families have been ignored. police appeal for witnesses after an elderly man is stabbed to death while riding a mobility scooter in west london. the gambling group entain has been ordered to pay £17 million for failures concerning social responsibility and anti—money laundering on its websites and betting shops. the entain group, which runs ladbrokes, coral and foxy bingo, was fined for failing to meet rules on making the industry safe and crime—free. it's the largest amount ever paid in an enforcement action by the gambling commission. here's our business correspondent, emma simpson.

this was a whole series of failures which the regulator said was completely acceptable, serious, and entain is one of the biggest gambling companies in the world and it said this was a switch put commercial considerations above compliance. a couple of examples, on social responsibility failures, it didn't do enough to minimise the risks. 0ne customer, who gambled four hours overnight, deposited £230,000 more than that, in his account over 18 months, but there was only one online chat or interaction with that customer. another shop customer wasn't escalated to a safer gambling review despite taking £29,000 and losing £11,000 of that in a single month. and, when it comes to those

anti—money—laundering failures, this is basically not doing enough checks to find where the source of the money was coming from going into these online accounts. 0ne customer, who was living in social housing, was able to deposit £186,000 in six months. this is the biggest financial penalty to date, in the form of an agreed regulatory settlement with the gambling commission, and this is the second time the entain group has fallen foul of the rules, and the regulator didn't mince its words today, saying that, if there are further serious breaches, there is a very real possibility it could lose its licence. i'm joined by will prochaska, strategy director at gambling with lives — a charity set up by families bereaved by gambling—related suicide. thank you for taking the time to talk to us. this is the largest

amount ever paid in an enforcement action by the gambling commission. do you think it will make the gambling industry sit up and take notice? i gambling industry sit up and take notice? ., �* , , , notice? i don't, in brief this is the second — notice? i don't, in brief this is the second time, _ notice? i don't, in brief this is the second time, only - notice? i don't, in brief this is the second time, only three i notice? i don't, in brief this is- the second time, only three years ago there were 516 thousand pounds for similarfailings and i am worried that they and other operators see the point is simply the cost of doing business, and we have to remember that 90% of profits come from 5% of customers in this sector, if you take out the national lottery, so much the entire probability of the sector is based on a very small percentage of customers who are addicted, so the entire business model is based on addiction. that is their business and they can't unhook themselves from it. so fines like this, £30 million is a lot of money to you or i but for entain it's only about 10% of their global profits, so it's the

cost of doing business and they will continue to act in this way until their licences removed and the government enacts proper legislation to properly regulate an industry which is out of control. 50 to properly regulate an industry which is out of control. so clearly concerned _ which is out of control. so clearly concerned this _ which is out of control. so clearly concerned this is _ which is out of control. so clearly concerned this is not going to i concerned this is not going to make a difference. explain for us, as we look in a bit more detail at this, how it got to this stage, white got so bad that a massive fan has had to be imposed. what is wrong with the structures that are supposed to stop this happening? irate structures that are supposed to stop this happening?— this happening? we are relying on self-regulation, _ this happening? we are relying on self-regulation, and i _ this happening? we are relying on self-regulation, and i applaud i self—regulation, and i applaud the gambling commission for taking the action they have announced today, even though i don't think it goes far enough. i know they want more powers and they want the funding to do but investigations had to take strong action in the future, and i support them in that, but it's got this far because we have a regulator which is underfunded, with a turnover of about 20 million homes a year trying to regulate a £15

billion industry. it's david and goliath. the industry has managed to develop its products relying on gross profit, 50% addiction or at risk rates, they are more addictive than heroin and they are pushing this product is safe to people across the country, and they are making enormous profits as a result. they lobbied their way into government to stop the government from taking strong action and we now have a public health crisis with 1.4 million people addicted, and all theirfamily members and million people addicted, and all their family members and friends are impacted by that, are you have over a death a day from suicides caused by gambling. to say this is a public health crisis is an understatement and we desperately need strong action from the government, which we thought they were going to take before the parliamentary recess and we now need to put pressure on liz truss and rishi sunak to take action in september. truss and rishi sunak to take action in september-— in september. what action do you

want? the — in september. what action do you want? the action _ in september. what action do you want? the action taken _ in september. what action do you want? the action taken today - in september. what action do you i want? the action taken today shows clearl we want? the action taken today shows clearly we need _ want? the action taken today shows clearly we need operators _ want? the action taken today shows clearly we need operators to - want? the action taken today shows clearly we need operators to be - clearly we need operators to be forced to enact affordability checks on their customers before they extract money from them they can't afford to lose. advertising of gambling should not be stimulus in the market, you shouldn't be allowed to advertise in this country but sadly we are inundated by advertising. action on the most addictive products, which shouldn't be able to be sold in this country, we need independent funding for research on educational treatment at a statutory level stop to use the words of an x gambler who is doing a very good job and resigned just before borisjohnson as he he referenced the fact that he had met bereaved families and he said that a white paper should be published in full and undiluted, and he was referencing the delusion which is being pushed by the gambling industry for its crucial that liz truss or rishi sunak publish that

white paper in fourth and undiluted as a priority so we can start to get as a priority so we can start to get a grip of this public health crisis. thank you very much. the uk's biggest water company, thames water, has confirmed that it's introducing a hosepipe ban from august 24th for households. it's blamed the driestjuly since 1885, below normal groundwater levels and a drop in reservoir levels in london and the thames valley. thames water also says it's working on reducing leaks, which mean it loses around a quarter of the water it supplies every day, about 600 million litres. one of the last remaining countries to avoid an outbreak of covid—19 is now seeing a surge in infections, after community transmission was found just over a week ago. the marshall islands closed their borders at the start of the pandemic, implementing strict quarantine measures to keep the virus out. but a new outbreak in the pacific nation has forced restrictions to be implemented, with a state of health

disaster declared. so how had the marshall islands managed to keep the virus at bay for so long? here's jack niedenthal, secretary of health and human services. we had strict protocols and quarantine, strict monitored quarantine for people coming in from the united states and when they get here they were also under strict quarantine orders so we managed to do it for over two years without a single community case of covid—19. we had a few border cases but this ba.5 omicron variant is very contagious, almost on par with measles. it's what we see through the community. —— it's swept very quickly through the community. i was the 11th person on the first day we discovered it, when i did home and did a self—test i had it. i had already recovered, pretty much, but what we have been doing to fight it, we were prepared for this. we spent the last two years preparing. we had new covid wards here,

we got all the vaccines, we got the ability to test, a lot of information and now we have all the therapeutics like paxlovid so we have been handing out paxlovid to vulnerable people and those in a certain age range. we have six alternative care sites. we kept covid relatively free from the hospital, we have a few cases in there who have come in but overall i think our response has been fabulous here in the marshall islands. we have had six deaths but have, we are over 4000 cases now so six deaths in 4000 cases is pretty good, i think, and quite unfortunate and sad for all of us because it is a small island community here. we have 25—30,000 people there where the big outbreak is now so we know these people when they die. it is not like other places so virtually every death is very hard for us. in 1969, people across the world were glued to a tiny tv screen to see the american astronaut

neil armstrong become the first person to walk on the moon. this morning, nasa have taken a small step towards recreating that journey, by rolling out a giant new rocket to prepare it for its maiden flight in just under two weeks' time. the debut flight is a test, so will have no crew aboard, but future missions will send astronauts back to the lunar surface for the first time in over 50 years. earlier, we heard from the british astronaut helen sharman. really huge. ok, this is the third time that this particular rocket, this huge space launch system, has actually rolled out, but no, this is the time when, fingers crossed, it is actually going to launch for the first time. and the excitement around the whole launch pad area is really growing now. i understand there are people having picnics. everybody is really fingers

crossed that this launch will happen. of course, they have three chances now to launch in this particular launch window. i think we have a very, very strong chance that we will actually see this thing go off round the moon. i mean, we have been to the moon and we have learnt a lot, and we are still learning a lot from the moon rocks that we returned, but yes, we are going further this time. it will be awhile before we go to mars. people who are sensible are saying we won't go to mars until perhaps the late 2013s, but this is the beginning of that. we build up a sustained presence on the moon so we have got people living there. we build up a sort of space station called a gateway around the moon as well, so we have got a way of getting people to and from, and from there, we learn so much more and perhaps even launch to mars from there as well.

it is the beginning of something that really does stretch our imaginations now. this is pushing towards our boundaries in a very big way. we will have more on that story in the next hour so stay with us. now it's time for a look at the weather. heavy overnight rain is weakening as it pushes out but in the south there is a chance of thunderstorms again today. the met office has an amber weather warning for the south—east. this is where thunderstorms are most likely and could be torrential, leading to some localised flooding, but you could also catch some over towards south—east wales and further south, pushing into the far south—east through the day. for northern england, scotland and northern ireland, some sunshine and, for the midlands, and parts of wales, we hang onto a bit more cloud with the odd spot of rain at times. through the evening and overnight, still if you thunderstorms for a

time, the thicker cloud in the south—east could well produce some spots of rain through the night and some drizzle. clearer skies as we move further north but then we have the first signs of a weather front coming in across parts of scotland and northern ireland, introducing some rain. through tomorrow, these weather fronts will slowly push south and east, probably not getting into the far south—east, which will remain dry with just the chance of an isolated shower. eastern areas are starting dry. the low cloud breaking and then the weather front coming in are producing this rain, which at times will be heavy in north—west wales and north—west england. for northern ireland and scotland behind that weather front, a return to bright skies, sunshine and showers. in the north, 15 to 21 stop further south, 22 to 25. on friday, we say goodbye to that weather front and its friday, we say goodbye to that weatherfront and its rain friday, we say goodbye to that weather front and its rain from the south—east and then i look dry weather, some sunshine out there with a plough through the day,

showers developing in scotland, some in northern ireland and one or two into north wales. temperatures 15 to 24. as we head into the weekend, we have this front coming our way on saturday, which looks like it's going to bring some showery rain in the north of the country but on sunday, this clutch of fronts coming in for the atlantic, which looks like they will bring some more rain and windy conditions, but the timing and windy conditions, but the timing and positioning of those fronts is open to question, so keep in touch with the weather forecast.

this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh and these are the headlines: uk pricesjumped by 10.1% in the 12 months tojuly — that's the highest rate of inflation for 40 years. basic food items made the biggest contribution to the increase. some business owners say they're having to reduce their opening hours and stop taking wages for themselves to try to keep their livelihoods. victoria yum has been, you know, it changed my life, and it got me through some very difficult times, and ifeel very protective of it, and i feel furious that i can't save it, in the way i should be able to. despite calls to act now, the government announces no new help, instead insisting that options will be made available for the new prime minister to act upon.

we will prepare all the options, ready for the incoming prime minister on the 5th of september to hit the ground running. with basic foodstuffs like bread, milk, meat and vegetables among the items having the biggest impact on inflation what difference is this making to you ability to manage your finances? and with warnings that inflation will continue to rise, what do you want the new prime minister to do about it? do get in touch. you can find me on twitter. i'm @annitabbc and use the hashtag bbc your questions. police appeal for witnesses after an elderly man is stabbed to death while riding a mobility scooter in west london. the area commander is due to give an update on the police investigation into the murder shortly. we'll bring that to you live when it happens. the betting company entain, which owns ladbrokes, coral, and foxy bingo, is ordered to pay £17 million for safety and

anti—money—laundering failures. to them it's a simple cost, until their licences removed they can't act like this, until the government and acts proper regulation to regulate an industry out of control. and... shooting for the moon. nasa rolls out a giant rocket which it hopes will put humans back on the moon for the first time in 50 years. the chancellor of the exchequer has denied that the govenrment�*s waiting till january to give households extra help with the cost of living and energy crisis. his comments came after it was revealed that prices in the uk increased by 10.1% in the year tojuly. that's the first time inflation has

reached double digits since 1982. much of the rise is due to the fact that basic staples such as food like bread, milk, eggs and cheese and nonalcoholic drinks are all getting more expensive. but the cost of living is rising across the board, being driven in part by energy prices, the war in ukraine and the cost of raw materials wage increases are falling behind, with the average wage buying 3% fewer goods and services than last year. the bank of england has predicted that inflation will continue to rise and won't go down to its target of 2% for about 2 yea rs. let's first hear what the chancellor of the exchequer nadhim zahawi had had to say about inflation when he spoke this morning. this is a difficult time, there are no easy— this is a difficult time, there are no easy options. putin deliberately using _ no easy options. putin deliberately using energy as a tool to get back at at _ using energy as a tool to get back at at us _ using energy as a tool to get back at at us for— using energy as a tool to get back at at us for the help we are giving

to ukraine — at at us for the help we are giving to ukraine. this is impacting on families— to ukraine. this is impacting on families because of energy costs, it is impacting families because of the cost of— is impacting families because of the cost of food, as we saw today, with inflation _ cost of food, as we saw today, with inflation numbers. we are working on two things _ inflation numbers. we are working on two things. one, is to deliver that £37 billion — two things. one, is to deliver that £37 billion package we are midway through— £37 billion package we are midway through that. in a couple of months' time everyone will see £400 of their energy— time everyone will see £400 of their energy bills off. energy bills are rising _ energy bills off. energy bills are rising i— energy bills off. energy bills are rising i recognise that, those who need _ rising i recognise that, those who need additional help will see more help through the householder support fund, for— help through the householder support fund, for extending until march of next year — fund, for extending until march of next year. working with local authorities. we know those families who need _ authorities. we know those families who need that additional help. the other— otherthing i'm doing it, that we are really— otherthing i'm doing it, that we are really focused on, is what more do for— are really focused on, is what more do forjanuary, we will prepare all of the _ do forjanuary, we will prepare all of the options ready for the incoming minister, the 5th of september, to hit the ground running. _ september, to hit the ground running, of what more we can do, whether— running, of what more we can do, whether it — running, of what more we can do, whether it is — running, of what more we can do, whether it is the green levies, that we need _

whether it is the green levies, that we need to— whether it is the green levies, that we need to remove to help with those energy— we need to remove to help with those energy bills, cutting taxes, increasing our gas production here at home, — increasing our gas production here at home, and of course, the one thing _ at home, and of course, the one thing i_ at home, and of course, the one thing i am — at home, and of course, the one thing i am am beginning to come concerned — thing i am am beginning to come concerned about is the impact on small— concerned about is the impact on small businesses. our business correspondent, caroline davies, told me earlier that a number of factors are driving the rise in prices — with the russian invasion of ukraine having a key impact that is feeding into both energy crises and also issues with food supply as well. we are really seeing some of the basic essentials being affected by this. we saw it in your graphicjust now, talking about food prices, we see that bread, cereal, milk, cheese and eggs are rising the fastest and also things like vegetables have gone up. as did meat costs. if the basics are going up, as well as energy prices, that it's very difficult for people to try to avoid these prices. there is nothing they can do to be able to reduce that. this is the other question,

about who is affected by these price increases, there has been some suggestion that if you are part of a low—income household this will hit you far harder than if you are part of a richer household. for example, if you were to take something like energy bills, which are expected to rise again in october, that is a big impact on those with the lowest incomes. at the start of 2022, before these prices hit, energy bills typically made up 2% of the richest... of the spending of the richest... of the spending of the richest 10% of families, whereas for the poorest 10%, to have 7% of energy bills. a disproportionate impact on different people will feel this inflation at different levels of. , ., ., ., of. tell us more about the reaction to these latest _ of. tell us more about the reaction to these latest figures. _ of. tell us more about the reaction to these latest figures. higher - of. tell us more about the reaction| to these latest figures. higher than the forecasts were predicting? yes. the forecasts were predicting? yes, the forecasts were predicting? yes, the didn't the forecasts were predicting? yes, they didn't think _ the forecasts were predicting? yes, they didn't think it _ the forecasts were predicting? is: they didn't think it would be the forecasts were predicting? 123 they didn't think it would be at double digits, bearing in mind that the bank of england said they are expecting inflation to go up to over 13% by the end of this year. that is

because of the expectation that the energy price cap is going to increase in october. the fact this was higher than predicted is is not good news for the economy, has been suggestions that we have heard from the government who have spoken about this being important, they know this is important to, and they are already handing out and helping people with a £37 billion worth of savings that they know this is a crucially important point. also from the labour party, they have spoken about the fact that they say the government doesn't have a handle on inflation and they are talking about their energy price cap freeze which they think will be able to get on top of and help control inflation, but clearly this is a massive issue of the economy, whatever inflation happens, and it is eroding people to savings and affecting businesses. debbie porter, managing director of destination digital marketing thank you forjoining us, you may

have heard that clip of nadhim zahawi. i do apologise, we might need to come back to you shortly but we are going to ring ealing need to come back to you shortly but we are going to ring eating in west london, because we are expecting the police news conference imminently about the death of an elderly man, a man in his 80s who was stabbed while he was in his mobility scooter. absolutely horrific attack. we understand from the description, from one neighbour that this victim was an elderly man who loved music, loved to play instruments in his back garden, a friendly man who was willing to help out, he was described as... we are waiting to hear more from the police about the investigation into this horrific killing, let's listen in... investigation into this horrific killing, let's listen in. . .- killing, let's listen in... good afternoon- —

killing, let's listen in... good afternoon. yesterday - killing, let's listen in... good afternoon. yesterday an - killing, let's listen in... good - afternoon. yesterday an 87-year-old afternoon. yesterday an 87—year—old grandfather on a mobility scooter had his life needlessly snatched away in a shocking act of unprovoked violence. right here in greenford. i understand our community will quite rightly be shocked and appalled by this incident as i am too. we are now able to name the man who has tragically lost his life. as mr thomas o'halloran who lived in greenford and was a very well—known and much loved member of our community. my thoughts remain with his family and friends today. i would also like to appeal for their privacy to be respected while they come to terms with their loss.

detectives from the met specialist crime command, with the assistance of my officers, have been working tirelessly over the last 20 hours to understand what has happened and to identify who is responsible for this horrific crime. there have been following up a number of inquiries, including the reviewing of the cctv and a forensic examination full of the area. however we need your help, we are appealing to anybody with dash cam or cycle helmet footage which might have captured this incident to get into contact with us. we believe that mr o'halloran

was stabbed in western avenue shortly after 4pm yesterday. before managing to travel 75 yards or so on his mobility scooter to runnymede gardens where he flagged down a member of public for help. so please, if you saw anything, we do need to hear from you. as of now, the public will see extra officers patrolling the area over the coming days. they are there to protect you and to help you. if you have any concerns, or information that you wanted to share, please approach those offices. i realise the dreadful impact that incidents like this have on our communities. i would like to reassure you all that

we are doing all we can to solve the horrendous crimes that we have seen across london over the last few days. i stress, that london remains one of the very safest cities in the world, as ever, however, we do need your help and so please come forward with any information on that you have about this awful incident or any other violent crimes. i would like to finish by saying, our thoughts and prayers remain with thomas o'halloran and his family. thank you all very much. i will defer questions at the moment. thank you very much. so no

auestions moment. thank you very much. so no questions being _ moment. thank you very much. so no questions being answered _ moment. thank you very much. so no questions being answered at - moment. thank you very much. so no questions being answered at the - questions being answered at the moment. that was the chief superintendent saying the 87—year—old man killed in that horrific attack in greenford, in the ealing area of west london yesterday afternoon was a grandfather thomas o'halloran. he described it as a shocking act of unprovoked violence lands. he said he had been stabbed in at the western avenue area shortly after 4pm, he managed to travel in his mobility scooter for about 75 yards or so where he flagged down someone for assistance but sadly paramedics and others were unable to save him. the chief superintendent of trying

to establish exactly what happened, they are looking at cctv, obviously doing forensic searches and appealing to anyone who was in the area, who may have had a dash cam in their car or perhaps cyclists with cycle helmets footage to get in touch to see if they can help the police with this investigation. the man stabbed yesterday has been named as thomas o'hallran. let's return it to our top story today and that is the news that inflation is in double digits. 10.1% for the first time since the early 1980s. let's return to the guest. thank you very much for your patience, thanks for

waiting and we heard the chancellor add to the end of the interview he gave this morning talk about his concerns for small businesses, tell us a little bit more about your business is, what it does and how you are being affected by rising inflation? irate you are being affected by rising inflation? ~ :, you are being affected by rising inflation? ~ . ., ., ~ inflation? we are a marketing services agency _ inflation? we are a marketing services agency so _ inflation? we are a marketing services agency so we - inflation? we are a marketing services agency so we are - inflation? we are a marketing services agency so we are a i services agency so we are a professional service and we sell in to a lot of high street brands, brands that put products into the high streets. in terms of the inflation rise today, we won't feel it immediately, it's not something that will affect us who have a huge business loans. we will feel it more at the tail end a little further down the line. because our clients are active on the high street and the high street is really struggling because consumers just haven't got money in their pockets. so because consumersjust haven't got money in their pockets.— money in their pockets. so you are bracin: ? money in their pockets. so you are bracing? yes. _ money in their pockets. so you are bracing? yes, we _ money in their pockets. so you are bracing? yes, we are _ money in their pockets. so you are bracing? yes, we are waiting - money in their pockets. so you are bracing? yes, we are waiting for i

bracing? yes, we are waiting for what is to _ bracing? yes, we are waiting for what is to come, _ bracing? yes, we are waiting for what is to come, we _ bracing? yes, we are waiting for what is to come, we felt - bracing? yes, we are waiting for what is to come, we felt this - bracing? yes, we are waiting for what is to come, we felt this a l what is to come, we felt this a little earlier in the year, in april, i was already predicting when national insurance and corporation tax rises german to play that we would feel that a few months down the line and in the early summer we started to have clients say, we're just not stuff. that is because the consumers are looking at are tightening their belts and they are looking at when they are going to eat or heat their homes or should they spend money on what our clients are selling. that is a big problem for us, but a secondary result for us. so that's our main issue. so what are — us. so that's our main issue. so what are you trying to do to mitigate? are you putting up your own prices, for example, to your clients? , �* , :, own prices, for example, to your clients? , �*, ., , own prices, for example, to your clients? , , clients? yes, it's a very tricky conversation, _ clients? yes, it's a very tricky conversation, when _ clients? yes, it's a very tricky conversation, when inflation. clients? yes, it's a very tricky i conversation, when inflation was clients? yes, it's a very tricky - conversation, when inflation was at 5% we did put inflationary increases in place and also pay rises for my staff to retain them but also to help them out because they are human

beings, they work the high street in themselves and they need what money in their pockets. that now has been completely swallowed up, there is nothing left of that increase. i am now looking at how do i have that conversation again, just a matter of months down the line and we are at 10% today, and possibly 13% by the end of the year, so when will i have that conversation and how big will that conversation and how big will that increase be and that is a real problem for us a small business owners. ~ :, problem for us a small business owners. ~ . ., ., owners. we are also hearing the chancellor _ owners. we are also hearing the chancellor saying _ owners. we are also hearing the chancellor saying that _ owners. we are also hearing the chancellor saying that when - owners. we are also hearing the chancellor saying that when the | owners. we are also hearing the - chancellor saying that when the new premises announced in september, we will hear more about what package of measures the government will bring forward to help people. but that is a couple of weeks away which is a long time. a couple of weeks away which is a longtime. i appreciate you have been saying you are not going to feel the impact of this immediately but for a lot of people, a lot of businesses and individuals, the impact is now. they are already feeling it, so would you like to

hear something from the government right now rather than wait a couple of weeks? , ., , ,., , right now rather than wait a couple ofweeks? , , ~ , of weeks? yes, absolutely. vat is something — of weeks? yes, absolutely. vat is something they — of weeks? yes, absolutely. vat is something they absolutely - of weeks? yes, absolutely. vat is something they absolutely could l of weeks? yes, absolutely. vat is. something they absolutely could do something they absolutely could do something about today. they seem belligerent in their refusal to do anything about it vat reduction. if there are fewer people are paying for goods and services and that is a tax on a particular type of transaction, they will get a whole lot less than they are getting before, 20% of less is 20% of less. i can't see why they wouldn't make that change. and fuel duty, they already take and vat at germanic people are looking for essentials essentials right now if you can end consumers pain in the bank accounts, that will help us move forward. thank you very much talking to us.

inflation predicted to continue to rise. the headlines are for you now. uk prices jumped by 10.1% uk pricesjumped by 10.1% in the 12 months tojuly, that's the highest rate of inflation for 40 years. basic food items made the biggest contribution to the increase. horrific and shocking, police describe how 87—year—old thomas o'hallran road 75 feet on his ability scooter in west london after being stabbed in what offices are say was an unprovoked attack. and the betting company is ordered to pay £17 billion for safety and anti—money laundering failures. time now to catch up with sport. the first day of the first

test between england and south africa is underway at lord's. south africa won the toss and decided to bowl. england have lost the early wickets of alex lees and zak crawley — with both openers going to the bowling of kagiso rabada. an umpire's call from joe root confirmed the former england test captain was out via lbw. they're currently 55—4. the hosts are looking to extend a four—match winning streak under new captain ben stokes & new head coach brendon mccullum. earlier at lord's, the rachael heyhoe flint gate was officially opened by the former england captain's son, ben flint. heyhoe flint was a pioneer of women's cricket, playing for england for more than 20 years — taking on the role of captain for 12 — and instigated the first women's world cup. she campaigned for women to be allowed to become members of marylebone cricket club which finally happened in the late 1990s. emma raducanu says she's growing in confidence after beating

serena williams in straight sets in the opening round of the cincinnatti open. the 19 year old was in control throughout. williams, who's set to retire after the upcoming us open, causing herfew problems — with raducanu taking the first set 6—4. serena, who's 40 now, has barely played competitive tennis in the last year, and lost the second set 6—0. the match was over in little over an hour. serena didn't hang around for an on court interview afterwards — but for raducanu it was a night to remember. it's the final day of the pool based swimming events at the european aquatics championships in italy. great britain's women qualified for the final of the 100 metres medley relay after finishing second in their heat. medi harris, kara hanlon, holly hibbott and anna hopkin swam the fourth quickest time overall. the british men's team are also through to tonight's final of the 100 metres medley relay. jonathon marshall, james wilby, jacob peters and jacob whittle were second in their heat

and third quickest overall. gb�*s nick miller is through to the men's hammerfinal, at the european championships in munich the commonwealth gold medallist threw 76.09 metres to launch himself into 6th place and secure his place in the final tommorow night. i'm a i'm a little bit sleepy, tomorrow it is an evening so should be better. its qualification. a lot of people struggle with it, the final is more fun whereas the qualifications i like, oh man, you don't throw hard but you don't throw easy, it's a bit of a balancing game. mil but you don't throw easy, it's a bit of a balancing game.— of a balancing game. all eyes will be on that final _ of a balancing game. all eyes will be on that final indeed. _ of a balancing game. all eyes will be on that final indeed. that - of a balancing game. all eyes will be on that final indeed. that all i of a balancing game. all eyes will| be on that final indeed. that all of your sport forjust be on that final indeed. that all of your sport for just now.

partners of those who died will qualify for payment but campaigners say the majority of those affected have been ignored. thousands of victims of the contaminated blood scandal will receive 100—thousand—pounds each in compensation from the government. the announcement follows a recommendation made last month by the chair of the public inquiry, into what's been described as the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. it led to the deaths of at least two—thousand—400 people, after they were infected with lethal viruses in the 1970s and 80s. partners of those who died will qualify for payment, but campaigners say the majority of those affected have been ignored. dame diana johnson is the chair of the all party parliamentary group on haemophilia and contaminated blood. she shared her thoughts with us this morning. well, i'm very pleased that the government have announced, formally, that interim payments will be made, for those people who are currently receiving financial support under the support schemes.

however, there are many people who will not receive any of the interim payments, particularly parents or children of those who received contaminated blood. so it's a welcome first step. i also want to say that, i know you just referred to the fact that sir brian langstaff made a recommendation just last month, but actually, sir robert francis made this recommendation for interim payments in march of this year. so the government have have had this regulation sitting there for quite some time and i am pleased that they have made it, now, but it has taken much longer than i think it should have done. they should have done this straightaway. back in march. i'm joined now byjason evans, founder of factor 8, a campaign for the victims of the infected blood scandal and their families. his father, jonathan, died in october 1993 after being infected with both hepatitis c and hiv. thank you forjoining us, we have spoken about your campaign, what happened to your dad to before, perhaps you could tell our viewers today a little bit more about him and the impact that this has had on yourfamily over the and the impact that this has had on your family over the years? mr; your family over the years? my father was _ your family over the years? m father was born with your family over the years? m1: father was born with the your family over the years? m1 father was born with the blood clotting disorder haemophilia and in

the 1970s and 1980s, like virtually all people, receiving haemophilia treatment at the time he began to be given these new commercial pharmaceutical drugs, factor eight concentrate a blood products. due to dangerous manufacturing processes involved in making those products, he and thousands of others were infected with hepatitis c and hiv. my infected with hepatitis c and hiv. my father was affected with both viruses and he died as a result when i was four years old in 1993. abs, viruses and he died as a result when i was four years old in 1993.- i was four years old in 1993. a huge im act on i was four years old in 1993. a huge impact on your— i was four years old in 1993. a huge impact on your family _ i was four years old in 1993. a huge impact on your family come - i was four years old in 1993. a huge impact on your family come on - i was four years old in 1993. a huge | impact on your family come on you, losing your dad so young? yes. impact on your family come on you, losing your dad so young?— impact on your family come on you, losing your dad so young? yes, i had to row u- losing your dad so young? yes, i had to grow up without _ losing your dad so young? yes, i had to grow up without a _ losing your dad so young? yes, i had to grow up without a father - losing your dad so young? yes, i had to grow up without a father which - to grow up without a father which unfortunately in this... in our community is all too common. but actually when i listen to some of

the stories, i may be counted as one of the lucky ones in a way because there are people who lost both of their parents where their father, due to the hereditary nature of haemophilia, unwittingly infected their mother and both of their parents died. and, awfully, those families are included in the majority that won't be receiving any interim compensation. bond majority that won't be receiving any interim compensation.— majority that won't be receiving any interim compensation. and you have been campaigning — interim compensation. and you have been campaigning for— interim compensation. and you have been campaigning for families - interim compensation. and you have been campaigning for families to - been campaigning for families to receive compensation for a longtime now, it has been a longtime coming, how do you feel about today's announcement given that you and other groups are saying that this does not cover everyone who should be getting something? i does not cover everyone who should be getting something?— does not cover everyone who should be getting something? i think i echo the words of — be getting something? i think i echo the words of dame _ be getting something? i think i echo the words of dame diana _ be getting something? i think i echo the words of dame diana johnson, i be getting something? i think i echo the words of dame diana johnson, it is a step forward, it was injanuary 2020, i believe, when i and others

attended a meeting at the cabinet office with the then paymaster general, and nadeem doris was there and i put forward the framework of compensation then. others in the meeting supported that proposal and eventually have to get a year or so of campaigning, the government did concede to such an exercise, i noticed the press release the government i put out since today saying they're trying to indicate the government somehow proactively set up this compensation scheme. they didn't. in very much came from campaigning efforts of victims of the families. so it's a step forward, we have somewhere, but when we look at these affected with hiv, for example, we know they were originally at around 1240 or more people infected with hiv. we know as

of september last year, there were 229 victims are still alive. so the vast majority have died and we know, as of yesterday, through fresh information that there are currently 228 bereaved partners registered with the existing scheme of those affected which hiv. that leaves us with 457 of the 1240 plus who will receive this payment which means 63%, most of the victim's families, will not receive the payment. so it's a step forward but it has caused a lot of upset and distress, in particular, you know, i have had e—mails from elderly parents whose children died, aged eight, nine, ten years old, infected with hiv and they have said to me, we are in our

70s, our80s and they have said to me, we are in our 70s, our 80s and now we know we're not going to get this interim we feel like the death of our son will never see recognition for that. and i really sympathise with those families in particular who don't have time to wait unfortunately. i have time to wait unfortunately. i have no doubt your campaign will continue, thank you very much for talking to us today. the eighth hustings of the conservative party leadership contest is in belfast later. the final two candidates, liz truss and rishi sunak, will appear before party members in northern ireland. the leadership result is due on september 5 and the winner will become prime minister. let's talk to our ireland correspondent, chris page. hello to you, what sort of reception do you think the two main candidates will get there? obviously they will be talking about the northern

ireland protocol, those post—brexit trading arrangements because those have a big important role in how the uk's relationship with the eu in particular goes forward. but, i'm sure other issues like the cost of living will be talked about as well? i think that's right, there are about 500 members of the conservative party here, so relatively low, but certainly some of the issues that are really in focus here could well be amongst the trickiest of the new prime minister will have to tackle, you have mentioned the northern ireland protocol, that trade border between northern ireland and the rest of the uk, agreed by borisjohnson's government and brussels in order to prevent checks on the land government and brussels in order to prevent checks on the [and border with the irish republic, that means no checks on goods arriving from the uk, but unionist parties see it as an unacceptable barriers within their own country, they wanted to be scrapped. the general perception had been that the liz truss was more

hardliner than rishi sunak when it came to the protocol but it is interesting that this morning the newsletter which is the main unionist newspaper here has cast some doubt on this. you see the headline that tries won't invite to pass bill in full. the foreign secretary has written an opinion piece for the bulletin and according to this, she wouldn't put in a pledge that the legislation she is bringing through the houses of parliament in london and to give ministers at the power to unilaterally scrap the protocol would definitely be in fermented in full. in other words, she wouldn't pledge that she wouldn't for example prevent the house of lords from diluting it. ithink prevent the house of lords from diluting it. i think we can expect that and those positions to be unpacked and at the hustings today. viewers may have spotted on that front page an interesting image of rishi sunak and liz truss in boxing gloves. let's show our view is that in more detail, because that's a mural that appeared on the streets

of belfast. :, �* , mural that appeared on the streets of belfast. . �* , ., �* , ., of belfast. that's more. it's a mural near— of belfast. that's more. it's a mural near a _ of belfast. that's more. it's a mural near a pub _ of belfast. that's more. it's a mural near a pub called - of belfast. that's more. it's a mural near a pub called the l mural near a pub called the sunflower, and the people behind murals in that area have become very well known for their brand of street art. they feature various bits and pieces of news over the years, some pretty serious in nature, some more light—hearted, so that is the artists' latest take on the conservative leadership campaign. a hint certainly towards the fact that the protocol, that sense of people's identity here, the fact that the protocol perhaps go to some peoples notions of whether northern ireland is fundamentally british or irish. but i very much features in the thinking here and will play into perceptions as to who the new prime minister will be. aside from that, you will have matters discussed in the hustings that will have been discussed elsewhere in the uk, not least the rising cost of living with those inflation figures announced

today. we expect there will be a bit more edge to that debate, whenever rishi sunak and liz truss arrived in belfast. :, ~ rishi sunak and liz truss arrived in belfast. ., ,, , ., , rishi sunak and liz truss arrived in belfast. :, ~' , ., , . rishi sunak and liz truss arrived in belfast. ., ,, , ., , ., ., belfast. thank you, chris page. that street art has _ belfast. thank you, chris page. that street art has rishi _ belfast. thank you, chris page. that street art has rishi sunak— belfast. thank you, chris page. that street art has rishi sunak in - belfast. thank you, chris page. that street art has rishi sunak in prada i street art has rishi sunak in prada boxing shorts and liz truss in boxing shorts and liz truss in boxing shorts and liz truss in boxing shorts with the logo of claire's accessories, in reference to the airing she recently wore. always interesting to look at street art, especially when it comes to politics. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. the risk again thunderstorms in southern england and south—east wales but met office has issued an amber warning for the risk of thunderstorms in this area. not all of us will catch one but, if you do, it could lead to some localised flooding. the rain overnight in the north of england was due to a

weather front north of england was due to a weatherfront sinking north of england was due to a weather front sinking south, producing some cloud and the odd spot of rain, but in northern england, scotland and northern ireland, some sunshine coming through and temperatures today 12 to 23. tonight, it's still going to be muqqy 23. tonight, it's still going to be muggy in the south—east, pressure further north, and we have a weather front coming in from the west. that introduces thicker clout and some rain. dry to start in the east with the chance of the odd shower but the rain turning heavier in north wales and north—west england. temperatures 15 to 25. hello. this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh and these are the headlines. uk pricesjumped by 10.1% in the 12 months tojuly — that's the highest rate of inflation for 40 years. basic food items made the biggest contribution to the increase. some business owners say they're having to reduce their opening hours

and stop taking wages for themselves to try to keep their livelihoods. despite calls to act now, the government announces no new help, instead insisting that options will be made available for the new prime minister to act upon. horrific and shocking — police describe how 87—year—old thomas o'halloran rode 75 feet on his mobility scooter in west london after being stabbed in what officers say was an unprovoked attack. the betting company entain, which owns ladbrokes, coral and foxy bingo, is ordered to pay £17 million for safety and anti—money—laundering failures. in 1969, people across the world were glued to a tiny tv screen to see the american astronaut neil armstrong become the first person to walk on the moon. this morning, nasa have taken a small step towards recreating that journey, by rolling out a giant new rocket to prepare it for its maiden flight in just

under two weeks' time. the debut flight is a test, so will have no crew aboard, but future missions will send astronauts back to the lunar surface for the first time in over 50 years. joining me now is drjenifer millard, who's an astronomer at fifth star labs and a presenter of the awesome astronomy podcast. good to have you with us, and i noted on social media you were describing this as the new apollo, but better. i describing this as the new apollo, but better. :, , �* describing this as the new apollo, but better. . , �* ., ., ., ., but better. i wasn't around for polo so, in my lifetime, _ but better. i wasn't around for polo so, in my lifetime, no _ but better. i wasn't around for polo so, in my lifetime, no one - but better. i wasn't around for polo so, in my lifetime, no one has- but better. i wasn't around for polo| so, in my lifetime, no one has been further than low earth orbit, servicing hubble, going to the international space station, so for me it's an enormous leap forward in human exploration. truth? me it's an enormous leap forward in human exploration.— me it's an enormous leap forward in human exploration. why do you think it's taken all— human exploration. why do you think it's taken all this _ human exploration. why do you think it's taken all this time _ human exploration. why do you think it's taken all this time to _ human exploration. why do you think it's taken all this time to have - human exploration. why do you think it's taken all this time to have the - it's taken all this time to have the ambition, i guess the ambition has always been there, but to actually look at bringing together a project to get out of that low earth orbit, to get out of that low earth orbit, to aim for the moon and beyond? it’s

to aim for the moon and beyond? it's a ood to aim for the moon and beyond? it�*s a good question and, since the era of apollo, we've shifted our focus so, with apollo, it was all about long—distance exploration, getting to the moon, how far can we go, but in recent decades we've been focusing on long duration missions, so how long can we spend in states, putting astronauts up there for six months or longer, and now at the stage were we developed this technology and we understand what it's like for the human body to spend extended periods in space so we are combining them with this mission and going back to the moon and staying there, so it's notjust going to be a few days on the surface, we are going to be there for weeks or months at a time. it's exciting and it's all in preparation for our ultimate goal of getting people to mars. tell for our ultimate goal of getting people to mars-— for our ultimate goal of getting --eole to mars. , ., ., people to mars. tell us more about what's happening — people to mars. tell us more about what's happening today _ people to mars. tell us more about what's happening today and - people to mars. tell us more about what's happening today and over i people to mars. tell us more about. what's happening today and over the next couple of weeks.— next couple of weeks. today is the roll-out of — next couple of weeks. today is the roll-out of the _ next couple of weeks. today is the roll-out of the artemis _

next couple of weeks. today is the roll-out of the artemis 1 _ next couple of weeks. today is the roll-out of the artemis 1 mission, l roll—out of the artemis 1 mission, so you've got the sls rocket, being rolled out with the orion crook capsule filled up in the next couple of weeks, it will be prepared for launch, so making sure that the systems are working on filling up with fuel. on the 29th of august, that's the current plan, which is weather dependent, the rocket will launch, and it will be the maiden voyage for the rocket, so that will be exciting for them and then, artemis i will begin getting that crude capsule to the moon, which will take nine days or so, and then it was spent about two weeks in a white moon orbits, and the capsule will go further than any crew capsule has gone before, about 40,000 miles beyond the moon, so really far, and then it will be about two and a half weeks to get back to earth, and it will crash [and in the pacific ocean, so we are land in the pacific ocean, so we are looking at about a 40 day mission overall. ~ :, , :, overall. what is the timeframe, the ho ed-for overall. what is the timeframe, the hoped-for timeframe _ overall. what is the timeframe, the hoped-for timeframe to _ overall. what is the timeframe, the hoped-for timeframe to get - overall. what is the timeframe, the hoped-for timeframe to get people | hoped—for timeframe to get people back on the moon? this

hoped-for timeframe to get people back on the moon?— hoped-for timeframe to get people back on the moon? this time, there are no people. _ back on the moon? this time, there are no people. just— back on the moon? this time, there are no people, just dummies - back on the moon? this time, there are no people, just dummies on - back on the moon? this time, there i are no people, just dummies on board with all sorts of sensors so we can see what the environment is going to be like, the radiation, g fours, acceleration, temperature, things like that. and then people will be launching in 2024, and it will almost be a repeat of artemis i, so to the moon and back, and then artemis iii around 2025, which is when we will have boots on the moon, and we will be diversifying, because it will be the first woman and the first person of colour, that representation is crucial. do we know the crew _ representation is crucial. do we know the crew list _ representation is crucial. do we know the crew list yet? - representation is crucial. do we know the crew list yet? we - representation is crucial. do we i know the crew list yet? we don't. for artemis _ know the crew list yet? we don't. for artemis we _ know the crew list yet? we don't. for artemis we expect _ know the crew list yet? we don't. for artemis we expect a - know the crew list yet? we don't. for artemis we expect a crew - know the crew list yet? we don't. for artemis we expect a crew of l for artemis we expect a crew of four. we know there were more than likely be one canadian astronaut on board but, as to the others, we don't know yet. that information hasn't been released but we expect it soon, perhaps after the completion of artemis i. you can imaine completion of artemis i. you can imagine around _ completion of artemis i. you can imagine around that _

completion of artemis i. you can imagine around that a _ completion of artemis i. you can imagine around that a similar- imagine around that a similar excitement and glamour and fascination is when neil armstrong and the rest of the apollo crew went to the moon. and the rest of the apollo crew went to the moon-— to the moon. yes, and it's going to be so much — to the moon. yes, and it's going to be so much more _ to the moon. yes, and it's going to be so much more glamorous - to the moon. yes, and it's going to i be so much more glamorous because it's not going to be that grainy footage we had before, we will have high definition cameras, 4k, we are going to be seeing the moon like we've never seen it before. we can't even imagine the sort of videos and images that are going to be coming back. it's going to be extraordinary and it'sjust back. it's going to be extraordinary and it's just one of the many reasons i'm excited for artemis to finally be lifting off. in reasons i'm excited for artemis to finally be lifting off.— finally be lifting off. in terms of caettin finally be lifting off. in terms of getting people _ finally be lifting off. in terms of getting people engaged - finally be lifting off. in terms of getting people engaged in - finally be lifting off. in terms of i getting people engaged in science and the possibilities of what's out there and what we can learn, the unknown, it's going to be immense, isn't it? ~ , ., ., isn't it? absolutely, and the more --eole isn't it? absolutely, and the more people that _ isn't it? absolutely, and the more people that can — isn't it? absolutely, and the more people that can engage _ isn't it? absolutely, and the more people that can engage with - isn't it? absolutely, and the more| people that can engage with space exploration, the better. there is something about the space industry which attracts the most brilliant minds and it inspires innovation

which wouldn't necessarily happen otherwise, and ultimately it improves life on earth through spin off technologies like memory foam, filtration systems, kidney dialysis, all of these came from exploring the moon, exploring the near space environment, so it's criticalfor us back on the ground. environment, so it's critical for us back on the ground.— environment, so it's critical for us back on the ground. perhaps we will seak in a back on the ground. perhaps we will speak in a coople — back on the ground. perhaps we will speak in a couple of— back on the ground. perhaps we will speak in a couple of weeks - back on the ground. perhaps we will speak in a couple of weeks when - speak in a couple of weeks when the lodge happens. for the moment, dr jenifer millard, thank you. ryan giggs, the former manchester united and wales footballer, has been giving evidence in his trial, accused of abuse. he's pleaded not guilty to charges of controlling behaviour towards his ex—girlfriend, and assaulting both her and her sister. let's speak now to our correspondent matt graveling who is following the trial. what is the latest? ryan giggs returned to — what is the latest? ryan giggs returned to the _ what is the latest? ryan giggs returned to the witness - what is the latest? ryan giggs returned to the witness box i what is the latest? ryan giggs i returned to the witness box today and continued giving evidence in this trial, which is now in its second week, and the day began with

his legal team asking his questions about his footballing career, with the former manchester united player saying he played more than 1000 times and was only sent off once while playing for wales for two bookable offences. his barrister asked him whether he had ever been violent towards any other players or fans, to which he said no. the competition and then returned to his relationship with kate greville. he told the jury that the couple had had arguments but that this was not representative of their whole relationship, which he described as being mainly good. he also explained that, in intimate moments, things could get rough and have previously resulted in the couple receiving scratches and bruising, but these moments were always consensual. the court also heard that, after one argument in which holiday plans were cancelled, mr gates wrote an e—mail to kate greville entitled with a very offensive word, which is owned barrister today described as truly

appalling language. in relation to this, today ryan giggs said he was upset about doing it, there was no excuse for it and he couldn't believe he would ever use that term to somebody that he loved. the trial will continue throughout the day and possibly into next week. thank will continue throughout the day and possibly into next week.— possibly into next week. thank you, max gradel — possibly into next week. thank you, max gradel in. _ the gambling group entain has been ordered to pay £17 million for failures concerning social responsibility and anti—money laundering on its websites and betting shops. the entain group, which runs ladbrokes, coral and foxy bingo, was fined for failing to meet rules on making the industry safe and crime—free. it's the largest amount ever paid in an enforcement action by the gambling commission. here's our business correspondent, emma simpson. this was a whole series of failures which the regulator said was completely unacceptable, serious, and entain is one of the biggest gambling companies in the world and it said this

was a business that put commercial considerations above compliance. a couple of examples, on social responsibility failures, it didn't do enough to minimise the risks. one customer, who gambled for hours overnight, deposited £230,000, more than that, in his account over 18 months, but there was only one online chat or interaction with that customer. another shop customer wasn't escalated to a safer gambling review despite staking £29,000 and losing £11,000 of that in a single month. and, when it comes to those anti—money—laundering failures, this is basically not doing enough checks to find where the source of the money was coming from going into these online accounts. one customer, who was living in social housing, was able to deposit £186,000 in six months.

this is the biggest financial penalty to date, in the form of an agreed regulatory settlement with the gambling commission, and this is the second time the entain group has fallen foul of the rules, and the regulator didn't mince its words today, saying that, if there are further serious breaches, there is a very real possibility it could lose its licence. the strategy director at gambling with lives says he doesn't believe this payout will have much of an impact on the industry. thea;r this payout will have much of an impact on the industry. they are rel in impact on the industry. they are relying on _ impact on the industry. they are relying on self-regulation, - impact on the industry. they are relying on self-regulation, and l impact on the industry. they are relying on self-regulation, and i | relying on self—regulation, and i applaud the gambling commission for taking the action they have announced today, although i don't think it goes far enough. they want more powers and government funding to be able to do but investigations and to take strong action in the

future, and i support them in that, but it's got this far because we have a regulator which is underfunded, with a turnover of about £20 million a year, trying to regulate a £15 billion industry, like david and goliath, and the industry has managed to develop its products, relying on gross profit, with 80% addiction or gross at risk rates, so more addictive than heroin, and they are pushing these products as safe to people across the country and making enormous profits as a result. they've managed to lobby their way to stop the government taking strong action and we now find ourselves in a public health crisis, with 1.4 million people addicted or at risk and all of theirfamily members people addicted or at risk and all of their family members and friends who are impacted by that, and we have over a death a day from suicide caused by gambling, so to say this is a public health crisis is an understatement and we desperately need strong action from the

government, which we thought they were going to take before parliamentary recess, and we now need to put as much pressure as possible on liz truss or rishi sunak to take action in september. the headlines on bbc news... uk pricesjumped by 10.1% in the 12 months tojuly — that's the highest rate of inflation for 40 years. basic food items made the biggest contribution to the increase. horrific and shocking — police describe how 87—year—old thomas o'halloran rode 75 feet on his mobility scooter in west london after being stabbed in what officers say was an unprovoked attack. the betting company entain, which owns ladbrokes, coral and foxy bingo, is ordered to pay £17 million for safety and anti—money—laundering failures.

the uk's biggest water company, thames water, has confirmed that it's introducing a hosepipe ban from august 24th for households. it's blamed the driestjuly since 1885, below normal groundwater levels and a drop in reservoir levels in london and the thames valley. thames water also says it's working on reducing leaks, which mean it loses around a quarter of the water it supplies every day, about 600 million litres. it's five days since the author salman rushdie was attacked at a literary event in new york state. he suffered life—changing injuries and remains in hospital. a suspect is in custody. henry reese, who runs an organisation which supports writers in exile, was about to introduce salman rushdie when he was attacked himself. mr reese has been speaking to my colleague, laura trevelyan. i'm doing well. everything is proceeding... i'm doing quite well. i think our concern, you know,

is for salman, i mean, both certainly for himself but also for what he means in the world and he is important to the world. this has an impact on both his own personal being but also everything he represents and the values he represents that we all, or so many of us share. the fact that it happened there at the chautauqua institute which dedicates itself to exploring the best in humanity, does it underscore the importance of protecting writers more than ever? i mean, can you imagine, here you are in the united states, which for all the rambunctiousness of the political environment today, is a completely free country. and we are on a stage of an institution whose mission is to have discussion, conversation, and welcome

the arts and humanities, and to protect those values and to have this happen there is an affront to all of us. are the values that salman rushdie represents to you all the more important in the wake of what has happened to him? there couldn't be anything more vivid in its materialisation of our values. having... our mission is to protect writers who are in sanctuary, and to see salman rushdie assaulted for his life is unimaginably... it strikes... it's hard to describe what it is to see that happen in front of you. the writers in our programme are in the audience watching this. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, is going to ukraine laterfor a meeting

with the presidents of ukraine and turkey. mr guterres is expected to discuss with president zelensky the danger posed by fighting around the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. our correspondent hugo bachega explained what to expect from the un secretary general visit. antonio gutteres will meet president zelensky in the city of lviv tomorrow, talking about the situation in the country and the situation around the zaporizhzhia nuclear power complex. for days we have been talking about tensions around this nuclear facility, the russians and ukrainians trading accusations of who is to blame for the shelling of the complex. mr guterres has called for the demilitarisation of the zone around the complex, there are calls for international inspectors to be allowed into this facility, that we haven't seen any suggestion that a deal is likely to be reached anytime $0011. antonio gutteres will also meet president erdogan of turkey,

who brokered that landmark deal that has allowed ukraine to export grain after that russian blockade imposed at the beginning of the war, and this blockade caused a global food crisis. mr gutteres was personally involved in negotiating this deal, so that would be an opportunity to celebrate a rare diplomatic breakthrough in this conflict. here in kyiv, we are still following developments after the explosions in crimea yesterday. the russian defence ministry said the explosions were caused by an act of sabotage. this was a rare admission by moscow that russian military targets have been hit deep inside russian—controlled territory. the ukrainians haven't confirmed or denied that they were behind those explosions, but in his evening address, president zelensky, although he didn't mention those explosions, he did say that explosions in

russian—controlled territory have the same meaning, and the meaning is that they are destroying logistics, ammunition and military equipment used by the russians, so that could be a suggestion that the ukrainian strategy is to hit russian targets deep inside russian—controlled territory, away from the front lines. the recent heatwave and lack of rainfall have led to low water levels in many of the uk's canals, forcing some of them to close at one of the busiest times of the year for boating holidays. nick garnett reports. back in the '705, it was quite bad. it's about two foot down this morning, that is. it's really important that we manage the precious water supply we've got, to keep the canals in water and of course, so people can still enjoy them. it's the busiest time of the year

for britain's canals, and this year's hot weather is attracting more people than ever. a lot of the customers come and they want to do the cheshire ring or the four counties _ those are shut due to the water shortages at the moment. closing the waterways is bad news for the canal boat industry. there are already partial closures near paul donnelly�*s company in middlewich in cheshire. if llangollen was shut, what would that mean for you? it would be difficult. there would be a lot of shorter routes that people would have to do, like out—and—back trips. it wouldn't mean that we were closed entirely — there'd still be things that people could do — but it would obviously have an impact on people's experience. and the main thing we want people to do is have a fantastic holiday and enjoy themselves. i was hoping we were off on along boat trip, but 200 metres upstream we're told to turn back. that lock, that's locked completely. they can't go down there, so they can't get round — they're going to have to go the long way round. but there's no water down there, is there? no, no water down there at all. the boats are just all moored up.

a lot of the boats, people live on them. i've seen pictures on the macclesfield canal and, you know, there's just a trickle. people like dave molyneux. at the minute, it is a bit low. am i... yeah, yeah, my boat is actually... i can usually rock it back and forth, but you can tell it's sat on the bottom now, like, yeah. does that do any damage to it? no, no — not if i'm not moving. if i was wanting to move, then, you know, i'd need a team of strong blokes to give me a push off, like! yeah. canal locks can send lots of water downstream... ..and the reservoirs that feed the network are in constant need of repair... it's going to be very difficult for boaters, for the businesses on this section. doing whatever we can to help keep canals open. ..two huge problems when there isn't enough water. we are seeing sections of the network closed, particularly lock flights like the one we're on here today. we are seeing drier summers than we've seen before. of course, we see much more intense rainfall when it comes and that causes its own difficulties

with floods and other impacts. but it is about the resilience of the canal network, as well — it's 250 years old, it's probably never had the investment it's needed, and if we can secure that investment to make the waterways more resilient, that will serve us all well for the future. normally, british holidaymakers are grumbling about too much rain. this year, the opposite's true. how hot is it on board? i reckon it got over 40 in there yesterday! yeah, yeah. well, it reached 35 outside, didn't it? so they said on the telly. we didn't have a thermometer with us. and if you found it hard sleeping at night in the past week, spare a thought for those inside a metal canal boat. 0k? we have struggled sleeping because it is hot, and the kids have been hot. luckily, we brought ice lollies with us, so they've been keeping them topped up!

jane hill will have the bbc news at one for you in a few minutes. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. the chance of thunderstorms in the south today. the met office has an amber weather warning for the south—east. this is where the thunderstorms are most likely, and they could be torrential, leading to some localised flooding that up you could also catch some in south—east wales and further south again, pushing into the far south—east through the course of the day. for northern england, scotland and northern ireland, some sunshine and, for the midlands, and parts of wales, we hang onto a bit more cloud, with the odd spot of rain. for the evening and overnight, still if you thunderstorms for a time, thicker cloud in the south—east co—produced some spots of rain through the night and also some drizzle. clearer skies as we move further north but then the first

signs of a weather front coming in across parts of scotland and northern ireland, introducing some rain. through tomorrow, these weather fronts producing the rain. through tomorrow, these weatherfronts producing the rain will slowly push south and east, probably not getting into the far south—east, which will remain dry just the chance of an isolated shower. eastern area starting dry, the low cloud breaking and then the weather front coming in and producing this rain, which at times will be heavy in north—west wales and england. for northern ireland and england. for northern ireland and scotland, behind that weather front, a return to bright skies, sunshine and showers. temperatures in the north, 15 to 21 and, further north, 22 to 25. early on friday, we say goodbye to that weather front and rain from the south—east and then a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, some fair with the club developing, and showers developing in scotland, a few in northern ireland and one or two into north wales. temperatures 15 to 24.

as we head into the weekend, we have this front coming our way on saturday, which will bring some showers or showery rain in the north, but on sunday this clutch of fronts coming in from the atlantic, which looks like they will bring some more rain and also windy conditions, but the timing and positioning of those fronts is still into question, so keep in touch with the weather forecast.

inflation hits the highest figure for 40 years. it was more than 10% injuly. rising food and drink prices are particularly to blame. the government had this response. my message to your viewers, whether they are small businesses or families who are really struggling, who are really worried, as you say, is that we'll be ready for more support as the new prime minister comes in. with bills going up, we've been finding out how people in the west midlands are coping. i'm actually working extra hours, obviously, to live. we will hear much more about the impact of the rising cost of living. also this lunchtime...

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