this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. the headlines at 8pm — the cost of living is up again — pricesjump by 10.1% in the 12 months tojuly, the highest rate of inflation for a0 years. i'm looking for work as well cos i've got a daughter to look after, too, and we are really struggling at the momentjust because of the prices going up. food and drink prices are rising the fastest. many businesses say they're worried. i am really scared of the future as a business. i mean, ithought we'd ridden the storm for the last 2.5—3 years. i thought i'd never experience something like that again, but this is very, very frightening. and economists warn the worst is yet to come. we may now see inflation| peaking at 14% in january.

we'll bring you all the latest on the cost—of—living crisis this hour, including the response from politicians. today's other headlines — horrific and shocking — police describe the murder of 87—year—old thomas o'halloran, stabbed while riding his mobility scooter in west london. officers call it an "unprovoked attack". more than 4000 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. pollution warnings issued for nearly 50 beaches around england and wales because untreated sewage was discharged into coastal waters. nasa rolls out the rocket which it hopes will put humans back on the moon for the first time in half a century. and coming up, the paddleboarders who got a big surprise when they were joined by a group of unexpected guests.

an increase in food and drink prices has pushed inflation over 10% as the cost—of—living crisis intensifies. the office for national statistics says the rise in the price of goods is now at its highest rate for more than a0 years. it was running at 10.1% in the year tojuly, higher than analysts were predicting. rising prices of certain food and soft drinks are particularly to blame, with bread and cereals up 12.3%, milk, cheese and eggs up 19.4% and cooking oils up 23.4%, all compared to this time last year. higher energy costs and the war in ukraine have contributed to the inflation rise. our business editor simonjack has the full story.

0nce inflation takes hold, it can be hard to snuff out. rocketing oil and gas prices have now found their way into the price of food of all kinds, as leicester restaurant owner shaaf islam showed me. 0il, big one, vegetable oil, especially rapeseed, that's gone up from £21 to £10.99, but everything in here has gone up. shaaf said his business was facing pressures every bit as challenging as the pandemic if not more so. i thought covid was bad, but this compared to covid, this is far, far worse because at least with covid we had some sort of little support from the government which kept us ticking over. but my biggest worry is that people will stop coming out, and without any help, without any control over the energy costs by the government, there doesn't seem to be any.

i am really scared of the future. the last time inflation was this high, in 1982, the uk was emerging from an inflation—induced recession. today's10% number also underestimates the impact on poorer households who spend more of their income on essentials like energy and food which have soared in price. 0n the streets of leicester, there were plans to spend less or earn more. we can't afford to eat out for lunch like we normally would, so we've just been to poundland and bought a drink and a pack of crisps. how was that? well, it's not as nice as sitting down and having a nice lunch, is it, and a cup of tea in marks & spencers? the only change that - i can try my best to make is to make more money. that's it, to be honest, _ because i'm not going to stop having fun, so ijust need to find _ different ways to make more money. i'm looking for work as well because i've got a daughter to look after, too, and we are really struggling at the moment because of the prices going up. at a school visit this morning in london, the chancellor said £37 billion of support had already

been announced, but there was no detail on what more might be coming. 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 will be ready for more support as the new prime minister comes in. with huge rises in bills coming this autumn and winter, the labour leader said people needed reassurance now. we've got a zombie government. i've set out what labour would do. we would intervene to freeze energy prices this autumn - and have a windfall| tax to fund all that. that would have the effect - of bringing inflation down by 4%. the reason inflation is so feared by economists and governments is because it's a killer. it destroys people's living standards, it strangles businesses by putting up their costs at the same time as emptying their customers' pockets, and this is the deadliest outbreak we've seen in decades. it almost always ends in recession, and this rampage is not over yet. economists say inflation is headed higher still and so are interest rates.

we now see inflation peaking at 14% injanuary, so for the bank of england, this is a big number. it may tip the balance for them about whether they raise by a quarter point or a half point, another big one like they did in august. whoever is the new prime minister, they will be under enormous pressure to reveal how they intend to prevent people going cold, hungry or both this winter. simonjack, bbc news, leicester. well, the soaring prices are eating into household budgets, with wages unable to keep pace. it's a huge challenge for the new prime minister taking office next month. the candidates, liz truss and rishi sunak, have been in belfast today laying out their plans to tackle inflation. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy has that story. popping to the shops means making difficult choices now. a full trolley is becoming tough to afford. i haven't bought as much expensive meat. cheaper versions of stuff.

there's not much in there. how are you making ends meet? struggling. struggling to maintain. what will it be like for you this winter? bad, bad. electricity runs down lowl so quickly, especially now with the hike in the prices. i go out and i turn everything off, so that when you're not in the home, there's nothing being used. energy prices have risen sharply in northern ireland, and more hikes were announced just this morning. stephanie, a single mum, is finding her budget for food and petrol is just getting eaten up on the metre is at home. as a mum, it gives me terrible. anxiety, it's such a panic attack, because i am on a limited amount of money, and i have to budget. that money sensibly. do you ever run out? ido, yeah. how do you adjust when there is such a jump in prices? there is a bit of a panic.

how are you going . to cook your meals? how are you going - to cook your meals? to entertain the children? i think, to the new prime minister, i you really must think, have you ever lived like we are living? have you ever experienced it first—hand yourself? - if you haven't, please come down to our community, i please come and see the way we live, the worries we have, _ because we're reallyl slipping into poverty. at a five—star hotel on the other side of belfast, the candidates vying to become our next prime minister made their pitch to northern ireland. inflation is the enemy. it makes everyone poorer. that's why this autumn and winter as prime minister, i will make sure we support especially the most vulnerable in our society with the means to get through what will be a difficult time, because that is the compassionate conservative thing to do. but what i will not do is pursue policies that will risk making inflation far worse. while rishi sunak wants to get control of rising prices, liz truss says cutting taxes will put more money in people's pockets now. we shouldn't have put up national insurance.

we said we wouldn't in our manifesto, and i will have a temporary moratorium on the green energy levy to make sure that customers' bills are lower. with energy price rises not seen for decades, in northern ireland, a difficult winter is coming. as the leadership race heats up, it's how people can stay warm at home that's becoming one of the biggest issues the winner will face. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. let's speak to pollyjones from the trussell trust. a charity that supports food banks. good evening. i don't know whether we can hear you or not. i will try and speak to you and we should be fine to hear you. some awful details coming through about how people are being hit by this. what are the impacts urc? irate being hit by this. what are the impacts urc?— being hit by this. what are the imacts urc? ~ , ., ., ~ ., impacts urc? we support a network of 4000 food banks — impacts urc? we support a network of 4000 food banks right _ impacts urc? we support a network of 4000 food banks right across - impacts urc? we support a network of 4000 food banks right across the - impacts urc? we support a network of 4000 food banks right across the uk i 4000 food banks right across the uk and every day we hear stories people who have not been able to switch on their cookers, have turned off their

fridges and are making really impossible decisions about what they can spend their money on because people who come to food banks often, their income is at the security and thatis their income is at the security and that is rising with the cost of inflation and we have seen the huge energy costs into people already in a going to hit very hard over the winter? �* ., ., a going to hit very hard over the winter? �* . . ~ winter? and what are the kind of story peeple _ winter? and what are the kind of story peeple are _ winter? and what are the kind of story people are coming - winter? and what are the kind of story people are coming in - winter? and what are the kind ofj story people are coming in with? welcome a people, when they come to a food bank, often people have not wanted to come at all. the last thing you want to do is to have to ask for charity, for help, especially when think about how you feed your kids and put food on the table for them. you don't want to have to admit that it's really difficult and ends are not meeting. so often it's quite difficult even to begin to talk about what is going on. but we are hearing on a daily basis people talking about having cold showers just what we heard from people who interview before turning off all the appliances, choosing when they are going to put on the

wi—fi so their child to present their homework in and turning off other appliances. quite worryingly we are increasingly getting asked for a food parcel people can prepare their food just with the use of the cattle because they don't feel they can afford to put a cooker on to cook a hot meal that way. {iii can afford to put a cooker on to cook a hot meal that way. of course those increasing _ cook a hot meal that way. of course those increasing energy _ cook a hot meal that way. of course those increasing energy prices - cook a hot meal that way. of course those increasing energy prices and i those increasing energy prices and desperate stories so are there any nuclear you notice who will be most vulnerable here to rocketing prices? yeah, we consistently seek more people who are disabled coming to use food banks, struggling to make ends meet. people with a single parents with larger families, with more than two children, single adults, these groups have always really struggled and fallen through the safety nets that we have so it's those groups we are most concerned about at the moment. i those groups we are most concerned about at the moment.— about at the moment. i was going to sa ou about at the moment. i was going to say you mentioned _ about at the moment. i was going to say you mentioned something - about at the moment. i was going to say you mentioned something that's|

say you mentioned something that's there so what do you want to see happen? what do you want the government to do here? it’s happen? what do you want the government to do here? it's really clear the government _ government to do here? it's really clear the government needs - government to do here? it's really clear the government needs to - government to do here? it's really. clear the government needs to take more action. when are proud to stand with 70 other organisations calling at the weekend for a package of support at least doubling what was put forward in may by the uk chancellor at that point. so at least another £200 needed just to meet really energy costs but as we heard today is notjust energy increasing, its food, transport costs, close and for those with the lowest income, you make it —— pay much more of your budget for the states because you don't spend as much on luxuries and extras, most of it ghost of essentials which are the biggest increase. so we really want to see the uk government act urgently and come in with a package that at least double support they have put in before they can take more action whereby reducing how much they take out a people's

security payments through deductions for administrative errors and they can do that overnight which would make a huge difference we will we see it happen before the essentials themselves. qm. see it happen before the essentials themselves-— themselves. 0k, polly, think you very much _ themselves. ok, polly, think you very much for— themselves. 0k, polly, think you very much for your _ themselves. 0k, polly, think you very much for your time, - themselves. 0k, polly, think you very much for your time, thank i themselves. 0k, polly, think you i very much for your time, thank you. 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. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are the broadcaster and journalist jenny kleeman and martin bentham, home affairs editor at the london evening standard. police have released the name of an 87—year—old man who was stabbed to death while riding on a mobility scooter in west london yesterday. police have described thomas 0'halloran�*s death as a "shocking act" of "unprovoked

violence" and urged the public to get in touch if they have any information. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. thomas 0'halloran — busker, charity collector, well—known and much loved in this neighbourhood. his killer left him dying in his mobility scooter as people surrounded him trying to help. taking the most direct route home would've taken him along this path alongside the busy a40, where drivers would've been able to see him. police are looking to see if they've got any dashcam footage, but from here, it's likely he would've passed down this alleyway, underneath a railway bridge out of sight of the road. we believe mr 0'halloran was stabbed in western avenue 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. forensics work and pictures from cctv cameras have been the priority for detectives today. by lunchtime, that work paid off. this man was seen running from the scene with a knife. he's described as dangerous. police want to identify him. this afternoon, a man of similar appearance was seen by a bbc team and spoke to a police officer before running off. this was followed by a heavy police presence in the area. so far, this is an unexplained murder. deeply shocking for thomas 0'halloran�*s friends. people used to all come by and say hello to him and all that. i think he just enjoyed it coming down there, something just to get out of the house. he said a few times people have gone up to him, and i said, "tom, you tell me if anyone's threatening you."

he said, "i'm not a beggar, i'm an entertainer." he said, "i'm not here for money, i'm here to entertain people." he said, "they like the music." there has been a spike in murders in recent days. the met said it was doing all it could to deal with what it called horrendous crimes across london. but the killing of an elderly, disabled grandfather stands out. tom symonds, bbc news, west london. the headlines on bbc news — uk prices jump by uk pricesjump by10.i% uk pricesjump by 10.1% in the 12 months tojuly, the highestjump in 40 years with basic food items the biggestjump. business owners so they have to reduce their opening hours and stop taking wages for themselves or keep their livelihoods. police released images of them and they want to identify in connection with the murder of an 87—year—old man in west london. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's marc. good evening.

in the last half an hour, british billionaire jim ratcliffe has emerged as a potential new owner for manchester united. the majority owner of chemical company ineos wants talks with the current owners, the glazerfamily, over a minority stake with long—term view to taking full control. a spokesperson for ratcliffe told the times on wednesday that, "if the club is for sale, jim is definitely a potential buyer." it follows another billionaire elon muskjoking on twitter that he would buy the club earlier today. there was an all—british match between cameron norrie and andy murray in cincinnati. the three—time grand slam champion took the first set, but there was a norrie fight back.

murray had the match on his racket, forcing a number of break points at key times, but he could not convert them and norrie stole a 3—6, 6—3, 6—4 win. and emma radacanu's good form continued ahead of the us 0pen later this month. after beating serena williams in the previous round, she took down another legend today, beating victoria azarenka in straight sets. well, in a summer of record—breaking temperatures, it was our old friend rain that took centre stage at lord's today in the first test against south africa, but not before england had produced a dismal batting performance that leaves them on 116—6 on an opening day that began with special recognition for a cricketing pioneer. joe wilson has more. gates were meant to be opened. that was always a perspective of rachel flynt. unveiled here by her son, she is now the first woman to have a permanent memorial at lord's, the traditional home of cricket. she spent over two decades playing for england and a lifetime promoting women's sport. the mcc, which owns lord's, was once a men—only club. what this means to me

is that there is finally recognition in the most public way for the contribution that rachel made to cricket. you know, she was a trailblazer. traditions always need someone to change them. england's men have been tearing up test cricket — bold, brave, out. that's a poor shot. a first success for south africa in the morning of this series. yep, that was their plan. robata again, zach crowley was gone. south africa want bowlers who are strong, tall and quick. yeah, that wasjoe root lbw. afterjust an hour's play, there were two key questions to ask — how long could england survive? how long before it started to rain? 0llie pope was hitting skywards. his busy innings was the positive for england, but watch out. jonny bairstow had been immovable

this summer, gone here for none. the end of lunch saw the end of ben stokes' relentless bowling was what south africa had promised and delivered. now ben foulkes. got him! six wickets down, england saw a temporary salvation. by the time the rain arrived, england were well aware of the challenge that will face them this series. stay brave. there will be lots more of this. joe wilson, bbc news, at lord's. britain have won two diving medals at the european aquatics championships in rome, and continuing her stunning summer of success there was a gold for andrea spendolini—sirieix. the teenager was in second for the most part of the competition in the women's ten—metre platform, but this dive—sealing top spot. after picking up two gold medals at the commonwealth games, she added another title to her growing collection. the 17—year—old already has a bronze from the team event at this competition as well. that's all the sport for now. back to you.

thousands of victims of the infected blood scandal will receive interim compensation payments of £100,000 each. this is in line with a recommendation made last month by the chairman of the public inquiry into the supplying of contaminated blood to nhs patients in the 1970s and 1980s. gary's a haemophiliac who's lived with hiv and hepatitis c after being treated with infected blood products at a specialist school. at the public inquiry, he's met former classmates who had the same treatment. fewer than a quarter have survived. he told me how it's affected his daughter and other family members. she used to go to bed at night wondering if i'd still be alive in the morning. so, i think she, i think we're all damaged by it, and no amount of money will repair that. so, yeah, it's been devastating, not only for me, but for other families as well. so, how does he now feel after today's announcement?

it is welcomed, i do welcome it, but obviously it's not full compensation, it is only interim. you can't put a price on a life, but it is something. but some like jason won't get payments. he barely remembers his father who died because of infected blood treatment. children and parents of victims aren't covered. today, he's heard from some who were bereaved. they've said to me, "we're in our 70s and our 80s, and now that we know we're not going to get this interim payment, we feel like the death of our son, we'll never see recognition for that." and i really sympathise with those families in particular who don't have time to wait, unfortunately. gary wants to see compensation for all those who were affected by the scandal, and he says the campaign for justice will continue. hugh pym, bbc news. let's speak to wendy stubbs. she's a former nurse, and her husband contracted hepatitis

c as a result of treatment for his haemophilia. he is now seriously ill with a degenerative neurological disorder, which she believes is linked to his infection. good evening, thank you for coming on the programme. first of all, your reaction to the announcement today and that compensation. long-awaited for and very. — and that compensation. long-awaited for and very. very _ and that compensation. long-awaited for and very, very welcomed - and that compensation. long-awaited for and very, very welcomed for- for and very, very welcomed for infected and eventually hopefully affected. so, well done to the government for listening. it is a ste in government for listening. it is a step in the _ government for listening. it is a step in the right _ government for listening. it is a step in the right direction - government for listening. it is a step in the right direction as - government for listening. it is a step in the right direction as far| step in the right direction as far as you are concerned. absolutely. could ou as you are concerned. absolutely. could you tell— as you are concerned. absolutely. could you tell us _ as you are concerned. absolutely. could you tell us first _ as you are concerned. absolutely. could you tell us first of _ as you are concerned. absolutely. could you tell us first of all - as you are concerned. absolutely. could you tell us first of all about| could you tell us first of all about your circumstances and your husband's?— your circumstances and your husband's? , , .., husband's? yes, he became unwell about 2016, _ husband's? yes, he became unwell about 2016, i — husband's? yes, he became unwell about 2016, i noticed _ husband's? yes, he became unwell about 2016, i noticed a _ husband's? yes, he became unwell about 2016, i noticed a difference l about 2016, i noticed a difference in him. he'd had a treatment to try and eradicate the hepatitis c from

his liver in 2011 and he was... he did sufferfrom some his liver in 2011 and he was... he did suffer from some side effects which you neverfully did suffer from some side effects which you never fully recovered from. but then he really deteriorated until 2019 when he was having bizarre behavioural episodes and memory loss. and to where i retired as a nurse and looked after him as i promised i would. and then in 2020, which sadly was like now, he went into care because i can no longer cope and because of lockdown, i was not able to see him for several months, which really damaged his memory loss to me.— his memory loss to me. that's actually dreadful _ his memory loss to me. that's actually dreadful to _ his memory loss to me. that's actually dreadful to hear, - his memory loss to me. that's actually dreadful to hear, and | his memory loss to me. that's i actually dreadful to hear, and the emotional and mental toll it must of picking on you even right now must be immense. it picking on you even right now must be immense-_ be immense. it is. i have had counselling, i've _ be immense. it is. i have had counselling, i've had - be immense. it is. i have had

counselling, i've had help. i be immense. it is. i have had| counselling, i've had help. my family and my friends have been absolutely wonderful. stephen's brother, who was also infected with hepatitis c, has been amazing so thank you to john. hepatitis c, has been amazing so thank you tojohn. but, you know, this interim payment and any compensation is not going to bring my boy back. it's going to make life a little bit easierfor my boy back. it's going to make life a little bit easier for myself and my family, but i wish stephen was here with me rather than £100,000. 0f here with me rather than £100,000. of course, and i know you're getting emotionaljust talking about it, which is understandable. i want to ask little bit about the compensation because as well as the emotional toll here, there are very real financial costs that you have to bear. , , , ., ., to bear. yes. his nursing home i do contribute — to bear. yes. his nursing home i do contribute to because _ to bear. yes. his nursing home i do contribute to because obviously i to bear. yes. his nursing home i do contribute to because obviously the j contribute to because obviously the reasons around being council

regulations. but looking at compensation, i wish i could buy him a rolex watch them take him on holiday and other things i plan to do as i retired, but i know i cannot. the financial burden is really for his care and myself on my own in a house on my own. as a retired nurse, yes, i have a little bit of income, but it's not what we planned and that's the main thing. you know, you plan for your retirement, you plan to be together and he promised to be together till death us do part, but sometimes you just cannot plan for the unplanned, if you like. and it'sjust so just cannot plan for the unplanned, if you like. and it's just so sad. and there's worse people than us. there's worse off than us who have lost children are lost mothers and fathers long before stephen became poorly. so, you know, i embrace

their suffering, too.— poorly. so, you know, i embrace their suffering, too. wendy, i'm so sor to their suffering, too. wendy, i'm so sorry to heur _ their suffering, too. wendy, i'm so sorry to hear your _ their suffering, too. wendy, i'm so sorry to hear your story _ their suffering, too. wendy, i'm so sorry to hear your story and - their suffering, too. wendy, i'm so sorry to hear your story and to i their suffering, too. wendy, i'm so | sorry to hear your story and to hear about stephen. thank you for taking the time to talk to us, we really appreciate it and we wish you all the best, thank you.— appreciate it and we wish you all the best, thank you. thank you so much. thank _ the best, thank you. thank you so much, thank you. _ only one in five trains will be running tomorrow as a summer of strikes over pay and conditions continues to cause disruption. many parts of britain will have no trains at all, with network rail urging passengers to travel only if absolutely necessary. heavy rain this afternoon across the south east parts of england has caused transport disruption for tens of thousands of people. at london victoria, one of the capitals busiest stations, at least two platforms had to be shut after excess water flooded into the station. flooding has also been reported at a number of stations on the tube. and the downpours also caused problems on some of the main roads around london. these shots from the m25, where two lanes were closed and underwater. elsewhere, gatwick airport warned passengers to check before flying

as the poor weather conditions were likely to use delays and some cancellations. now, have a look at these remarkable pictures. diego schultz and valentin villalba were paddleboarding off the coast of argentina when they suddenly joined by this group of whales. and it wasn'tjust a quick encounter. the whales swam alongside the pairfor about an hour. and we can speak to diego and valentin now. theyjoin us from buenos aires. thank you for coming on bbc news. we havejust seen the thank you for coming on bbc news. we have just seen the pictures come out remarkable. diego, can you tell us what happened? you are out in the water paddle boarding and then what happened next? haifa water paddle boarding and then what happened next?— water paddle boarding and then what happened next? how are you? it was an amazing — happened next? how are you? it was an amazing experience. _

happened next? how are you? it was an amazing experience. what - happened next? how are you? it was i an amazing experience. what happened is what you see in the video, just magic, which is where we are doing our sport and saw them. they were near the coast, so we decided to approach just a little. near the coast, so we decided to approachjust a little. suddenly they began to approach us, and what happened is what you see in the video. �* , . . happened is what you see in the video. �* , ., ., ., ., video. it's amazing and i love them moment where _ video. it's amazing and i love them moment where the _ video. it's amazing and i love them moment where the fan _ video. it's amazing and i love them moment where the fan topples... l video. it's amazing and i love them i moment where the fan topples... no one was hurt so very pleased about that. what do you think was going on? were they coming to say hello to you or were theyjust stressing you out? what was happening? yes. you or were theyjust stressing you out? what was happening? yes, yes, i auree. i out? what was happening? yes, yes, i agree- ithink— out? what was happening? yes, yes, i agree. i think they _ out? what was happening? yes, yes, i agree. i think they were _ out? what was happening? yes, yes, i agree. i think they were curious i agree. i think they were curious like us — agree. i think they were curious like us i— agree. i think they were curious like us. i mean, we were very curious— like us. i mean, we were very curious to _ like us. i mean, we were very curious to them and they started

approaching us. so, started connecting with them and having a beauliful— connecting with them and having a beautiful feeling from them. and from _ beautiful feeling from them. and from us, — beautiful feeling from them. and from us, we are coaching, we are friends, _ from us, we are coaching, we are friends, we — from us, we are coaching, we are friends, we do this kind of sport in the watch — friends, we do this kind of sport in the water. and i believe they were curious _ the water. and i believe they were curious. and this was like for one houl’, _ curious. and this was like for one hour, so— curious. and this was like for one hour, so they felt very comfortable with us _ hour, so they felt very comfortable with us. , ., , ., ., with us. yes, to be there for an hour, with us. yes, to be there for an hour. they _ with us. yes, to be there for an hour. they are _ with us. yes, to be there for an hour, they are very _ with us. yes, to be there for an hour, they are very curious i with us. yes, to be there for an hour, they are very curious and | hour, they are very curious and very comfortable. you are all smiling in that video, diego but was there any point when he thought this is actually a bit scary? i point when he thought this is actually a bit scary?— point when he thought this is actually a bit scary? i don't think so. so actually a bit scary? i don't think so- so just _ actually a bit scary? i don't think so- so just a _ actually a bit scary? i don't think so. so just a little _ actually a bit scary? i don't think so. so just a little bit _ actually a bit scary? i don't think so. so just a little bit at - actually a bit scary? i don't think so. so just a little bit at first, i so. so just a little bit at first, because you don't know what is going to happen. but in a wild, you relax and you see that it's ok and they

are not trying to harm you. we were trying to calm them, so just... amazing and did you talk to them? did you try and communicate with them in any way?— did you try and communicate with them in any way? yes, yes, yes. i thou~ht them in any way? yes, yes, yes. i thought of— them in any way? yes, yes, yes. i thought of making _ them in any way? yes, yes, yes. i thought of making some - them in any way? yes, yes, yes. i thought of making some noise, i them in any way? yes, yes, yes. i| thought of making some noise, so they are very curious so if i do any noise, they will come to me. and thatis noise, they will come to me. and that is what happened. that is what happened. in a minute, afteran hour fortunately, they did not want to interact more with us and theyjust went, left us. interact more with us and they 'ust went. left _ went, left us. absolutely magical, the pictures _ went, left us. absolutely magical, the pictures look _ went, left us. absolutely magical, the pictures look so _ went, left us. absolutely magical, the pictures look so serene i went, left us. absolutely magical, the pictures look so serene and i the pictures look so serene and beautiful and we are very pleased that you manage to have a chat with a group of wales. wonderful stuff, thank you very much. {lilia a group of wales. wonderful stuff, thank you very much.— a group of wales. wonderful stuff,

thank you very much. amazing stuff and now the weather. it's been another afternoon where we've seen some sharp, thundery downpours developing. in the last few hours, some areas of essex have seen 30 millimetres of rain in the space of an hour. so, we do have this amber weather warning out across southeast england, that'll be valid until 10pm tonight. and this has been the story over the last few hours. yes, still some showers across lincolnshire and east anglia, but the heaviest of the showers certainly down into that southeastern corner. they will start to fade away through the latter stages of the day, maybe 1—2 across the kent coast. elsewhere, we keep some cloudy skies and a freshening breeze, with some showery rain gradually pushing into western scotland as we go through the early hours into thursday morning. temperatures will hold up widely into double figures across the country, so it'll be a mild start to thursday. a rather cloudy, grey one where we've seen some overnight rain and showers easing, maybe a misty start. further showers to come as we go through the day.

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hello, this is bbc news with lewis vaughanjones. the headlines. pricesjump prices jump by 10.1% pricesjump by10.1% in pricesjump by 10.1% in the 12 months tojuly, the highest inflation rate for 40 years. food and drink prices are rising fastest. police have reached images of a man they want to identified in the murder of an 87—year—old man in west london. thomas was killed yesterday. more than 4000 people given contaminated blood in the 70s and 80s will receive compensation of £100,000 each, but campaigners say their grieving has been ignored. warnings issued for nearly 50 beaches around england and wales

with untreated sewage, discharged into coastal waters. dozens of beaches in england and wales have pollution warnings after untreated sewage was discharged into the sea. it's affected beaches today in many popular resorts like bognor regis, southend—on—sea and exmouth, from where phil mackie sent this. the weather's lovely and the sea looks inviting, but the beach has been empty. the message is clear, even if they won't win typically, it would be heaving here on a sunny august afternoon, but people have been warned off. how many inches has it gone down? rose from sheffield and her family are still enjoying the sand, even if they can't go in the sea. it's a bit worrying. you know, you've got your children and you want them to come out and have a nice swim. and have a nice swim, and then you hear that there's sewage wastage in the... so there's that fear of the children getting poorly. so they can't really have that full

experience because they are quite limited in terms of swimming out to sea. the trouble with the old drains inland is they can't cope with sudden bursts of heavy rain like we saw yesterday, which is why they've got these storm drains which carry the excess out into the sea, which may look lovely, but it's just not safe to swim in. we deserve to swim in clean water. it's important for our mental health and well—being and it's wrong that we should see water companies pollute for profit. one of the companies, southwest water, said in a statement... besides the dozens of beaches, some inland swimming spots have been affected, too. these people were willing to take a dip near bath despite the warnings, but the landowner wants something done so it won't keep happening.

i think it's really sad. we've got raw sewage going through here. it's a warm, sunny day and people want to go swimming but if they do that, they're going to be swimming around in other people's poo. back here in exmouth, it's a problem they're getting used to. it happens about half a dozen times a year, though rarely at the height of summer, where the impact is bigger. a warning like this, it does affect the beach, and it's upsetting. but now we have to pass on that message to make sure that people are kept safe. it was a bit lonely, but probably better to be on the sea today than in it. phil mackie, bbc news, exmouth. my colleaguejane hill spoke to the guardian's environment reporter helen horton earlier. she asked for her opinion on sewage pollution that affected english and welsh beaches. isa is a disgrace. if you look at the

maps of the discharge throughout the year, it's very rare. it's supposed to only happen under exceptional circumstances, into the water companies, it appears that every single day's exceptional. i was also amused to hear them it's 95% rainwater so therefore it can't be raw sewage. it still untreated sewage. i would challenge them to drink a glass of it.— drink a glass of it. you're quoting southern water _ drink a glass of it. you're quoting southern water southern - drink a glass of it. you're quoting southern water southern water l drink a glass of it. you're quoting | southern water southern water is just one of the companies involved, but they say... they talk about the huge thunderstorms we had and that storm releases were made to protect homes, schools and businesses from flooding, and they say they know customers don't like this and they are trying to pioneer a new approach to dealing with it. is there any

validity as far as you're concerned? that is their explanation as to why this happens. it that is their explanation as to why this happens-— that is their explanation as to why this happens. it means that they do have to release _ this happens. it means that they do have to release some _ this happens. it means that they do have to release some sewage i this happens. it means that they do have to release some sewage into l this happens. it means that they do i have to release some sewage into the waterways, but the issue is our infrastructure hasn't been replaced for years. the companies have it put lessons into it, so that is backed up lessons into it, so that is backed up by things the government have said that hasn't been suggestion in the structure. the population has increased, the sewage amount has increased, the sewage amount has increased, but we haven't updated ways to handle with it. they should be investing in infrastructure to carry our waste to treatment centres. we can't be having sewage in our pristine beaches and rivers, particularly during a drought. we will end up killing our rivers and

lakes. lake windemere has had... it lakes. lake windemere has had... if you're saying the regulator has flagged up the fact that more investment is needed, why isn't it happening? is it because that sort of thing is expensive or does 0fwatt have the powers to enforce it? well. have the powers to enforce it? well, it's both. water _ have the powers to enforce it? well, it's both. water companies - have the powers to enforce it? well, it's both. water companies are i have the powers to enforce it? -ii it's both. water companies are set “p it's both. water companies are set up to make money, and we are one of the only companies. they believe it's not fair to invest into infrastructure, so there is an incentive problem there. 0fwat wants to give them that incentive. they have the power to find water companies up to 10% of their annual

turnover if they do not comply with their target. most water companies are currently failing. if they continue to fail, 0fwat has the power to find them —— fine then. some have received fines. i do believe they can take further action. i believe it should be more expensive for them not to invest in infrastructure than it is for them to exhaust a fine, and it appears to some water companies could turn the fines into their distribution. a report has found the number of forest fires around the world is increasing at an alarming rate, with 16 football pitches of trees burned every minute in 2021. data from global forest watch found the number of trees burned has

nearly doubled in the last 20 years. of the 9 million hectares of trees consumed by fire in 2021, russia accounted for more than half. it found climate change is increasing the risk of hotter, faster and largerfires. earlier, our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath, had more detail. they've been measuring forest fires for decades now, and this report looks at what has happened over the past 20 and they've been able to use satellite information which has improved a lot in the last two decades to be able to look at those fires, tree losses caused by fires and those caused by agriculture and logging and being able to separate those out. it's probably no surprise to anyone who has looked at the news in the last number of years to see the number of fires around the world and the number of trees being lost has increased rapidly, but it has increased to the surprise of many scientists because it has scientists because it's

and the number of trees being lost has increased rapidly, but it's increased to the surprise of many scientists because it's essentially doubled over the last 20 years and we're now losing in 2021, where the latest figures are from, the area the size of portugal in terms of trees being burned down. as you say, an awful lot of this is happening in northern latitudes, countries you wouldn't traditionally expect there to be big problems with fires, like russia and canada, that is where the big losses are happening. if it is connected to climate change, what are the potential solutions? the solutions are according to the scientists a number of things. on a global level, we need to cut emissions of carbon because that is essentially the root cause of this 0 we are making the we are making the because that is essentially the root cause of this — we're making the planet warmer and therefore it's causing the dry conditions, the fire weather as they call it. but there are a number of other aspects to this as well. scientists say we are spending a lot of money at the moment fighting fires when in fact, we should be spending the money preparing to deal with

and managing fires. over 50% of fire budgets in most countries now go on firefighting, but about 1% goes on preparing and managing fires and they say that should be switched around. they're not saying we should let the fires burn, but they're saying basically, there can be a lot of management techniques brought to bear on this, better information, good satellite information is critical. they say they're learning from every year that goes on, every year we are learning more about how to deal with the fires and there are more than happening right now. can you point to anywhere with the practice? a number of different countries have done particularly well in dealing with a fire and getting lots of different experiences. portugal in the last couple of years has had real problems, but they've managed to combat many of the fires as well portugal in the last couple of years has had real problems, quite well, similarly in greece, and othermediterranean in greece, and other mediterranean countries where the experience has been gained over a number of years. but it is an ongoing and difficult situation and as we see, lots of resources being thrown at it and it still continues to be a problem. the former manchester united footballer, ryan giggs, broke down in court today, recalling the night

he spent in a police cell after being arrested on suspicion of assaulting his ex—girlfriend. he denies using controlling and coercive behaviour, as well as assault, against kate greville. 0ur sports correspondent, laura scott, was in court. during his second day giving evidence, ryan giggs faced questions about his behaviour in his professional and personal life. he told a jury how in more than 1000 matches he had been sent off once matches, he'd been sent off once and had never reacted with violence on the pitch. when the focus turned to his treatment of kate greville, he admitted using appalling language towards her. he denied having forcefully head—butted her on the 1st of november 2020, and denied deliberately elbowing her sister. ryan giggs said he felt scared when the police were called to his house because he disputed what his ex—girlfriend and her sister were alleging had happened.

he said, "i'd never been in that position before." when recalling spending that might in a police cell, he said "it was the worst experience of my life," and broke down in tears. his barristerfinished by asking, do you accept you are a man with many faults and flaws? ryan giggs replied, "i do." asked if one of those was a propensity to commit violence against women, he said no. asked if another was coercing women in relationships, again he said no. he said he was hot—headed on occasions and admitted to having threatened, monitored and bullied miss greville, but he denied claims of gas lighting and controlling his former partner. laura scott, bbc news, manchester. a man has appeared in court charged under the treason act

after allegedly entering the grounds of windsor castle with a loaded crossbow on christmas day. jaswant singh chail is said to have told a protection officer, "i am here to kill the queen" before he was arrested, westminster magistrates�* court heard. mr chail, who's 20, is also charged with making threats to kill and possession of an offensive weapon. he was remanded in custody to appear at the old bailey on 14th september. let's return to our top story. with the cost of fuel and food spiralling all over the world, the bbc�*s population correspondent, stephanie hegarty, has spoken to people on three continents to find out how inflation has hit their pockets. just the second day of school here. we feed 4,200 kids. here in rural georgia, all the children donna is responsible for feeding are on free school meals but with inflation spiralling it's been a struggle. i used to have two vendors that

bid on my groceries and now i have one vendor, so he can charge me anything that he wants. i'm at his mercy. when supplies don't come through, she has to hustle. what have been the big challenges this week in getting food, because i know you have been struggling all summer? food? cos i know you've been struggling all summer. one of the things our kids really love is our smoothies for breakfast. so, we found out from our vendor that he did not have the bulk yoghurt for our smoothies. so we went to walmart, to any grocery stores we could find. i didn't want the kids going home to their mums saying, "how was your first day at school?" and them saying, "mum, they didn't have any smoothies!" having our kids eat breakfast and lunch here at school is a real saving to the family budget. they are struggling with inflation here in the united states. it's very high. food has gone up, gas has gone up and their salaries and incomes have not

gone up proportionally. the industry is going through a lot in nigeria now. it's running at a loss, aserious loss. as the head of a large bakers association, emanuel organised a four—day shutdown of bakeries. he says half a million people took part. we just got in flour today. we just hope we are able to pay for it because it's very tough. it's very tough. the war in ukraine pushed the price of wheat to record levels and bakeries like emanuel�*s to the brink. i feel for nigerians. families are using more than 100% of the income today on food. forced out of work by the pandemic,

this woman got together with her neighbours to set up this communal pot. lockdown is over, but things are getting harder. as everywhere, soaring energy and fertiliser prices are pushing up the cost of food. the us space agency, nasa, is preparing to launch a new rocket to the moon. it's just been rolled out to a launchpad ahead of its first flight, currently scheduled for august the 29th. taking off from the kennedy space center in florida, there's no crew onboard,

but if the mission's successful, it could pave the way for astronauts, heading back to the moon. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle has the story. inch by inch, slowly and carefully, nasa's new rocket embarks on the first stage of what's going to be a long journey. it's heading towards the launch pad at cape canaveral in florida and getting into position, ready for its maiden flight to the moon, the start of the artemis mission. the rocket is carrying a capsule which will go into lunar orbit, circling the moon before it returns to earth. it's a test flight so there won't be any people inside, but if this works, the next step is to get astronauts on board. jessica meir has already been into space. now she's part of the artemis team

and could be selected for a future trip, because nasa's ultimate aim is to see the first woman and first person of colour walk on the lunar surface. i think it's still difficult for me to believe that it might be reality, thinking that i could possibly be one of these people to be walking on the moon, to be in orbit around the moon, to be looking back at the earth from that incredible distance. charlie duke is one of only 12 astronauts who have experienced this for themselves during the apollo missions. you were looking out the window a lot, look at that rock over there. it is 50 years since he set foot on the moon and he didn't think it this test flight will pave the way for a landing scheduled in 2025. he's upbeat about its chances of success. i'm excited about artemus and as we build up the capability, they have picked the south pole, near the south pole,

for the landing, because that is probably, if there is any ice on the moon it will be down in that region. so, that's going to be difficult because it's really rough down there, but we'll pull it off. nasa's rocket is aiming for lunar lift off in less than two weeks, but this is just the beginning. rebecca morelle, bbc news. drjenifer millard, who's an astronomer at fifth star lab and a presenter of the awesome astronomy podcast, spoke to my colleague annita mcveigh earlier and said no one in her lifetime has been further then low earth orbit, so she is witnessing a enormous moment in her life. so, in my lifetime, no—one has been further them low earth orbit, so servicing hubble, going to the international space station, so for me, this is an enormous leap forward in human exploration. so, why do you think 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 aim for the moon and beyond? yeah, it's a really good question and since the year of apollo, we just kind of shifted our focus a little bit. so, in apollo, it was all long distance exploration, getting to the moon, how far could we go? but in recent decades, chemically been focusing instead on we've been focusing instead on long—duration missions, so it's how long can we spend in space? putting astronauts up there for six months, a year, even longer. and now, we're at the stage where we develop this technology and understand what it's like for the human body to spend extended periods in space. so, we're combining them with the artemis mission and we're going back to the moon and we are staying there. so, it's notjust going to be a few days on the surface, we're going to be there for weeks, even months at a time. so, yeah, that's very exciting, and it's all in preparation for our ultimate goal of getting people to mars. well, tell us little bit

more than about what's happening today and over the next couple of weeks? yeah, sure, today is the roll—out of the artemis mission, as it were, so you got the sls rocket. it's been rolled out with the capsule, that's the 0rion crew capsule, and over the next couple of weeks, it's going to be prepared for launch comes with making sure the systems are working, filling up the fuel and so on. artemis will begin getting that capsule to the moon. it will take about nine days or so. then it will spend about two weeks at a really wide leader orbit as the capsule is going to go further than any crew capsule has gone before. it's going to go about 40,000 miles beyond the moon, so really far. and then, it will be about 2.5 weeks to get back to earth, and then it'll crash land in the pacific ocean.

so, just to be absolutely clear, then, what's the time frame, the tote for top rank to get people back on the moon? great question, — this time, no people. it's just dummies on board with all sorts of sensors so we can see what the environment is going to be like, the radiation, the g forces, acceleration, temperature, all sorts of things like that. actual people will be launching in 2024, and it will be a repeat almost of artemis, so to the moon and back. and artemis iii, around 2025, that's what we are going to have boots on the moon. and we're going to be diversified as well because it will be the first woman and also the first person of colour, and that representation is of course absolutely crucial. so, do we know the full crew list yet? we don't yet. for artemis ii we expect a crew of four. we know there is more than likely going to be one canadian astronaut on board, but the others, we don't know yet. the information has not been released, but we are expecting it to come soon, perhaps of

the completion after artemis i. thanks forjenniferfor thanks forjennifer for that. let's get the weather with louise. hello there. it's been a wednesday dominated by sharp, thundery downpours. we started the day with some localised flooding in holbeach, in lincolnshire — 142 millimetres of rain fell, most of that from midnight till 6am on wednesday. and then, through the latter stages of the day today, we've seen the heaviest thundery downpours across parts of southeast england — that was essex just a few hours ago. so, the showers faded away across parts of the east midlands and lincolnshire, but the sharp showers then started to gather down into that southeastern corner. that's where we've got an amber weather warning, and that's valid until 10pm this evening because some of those thundery downpours could merge together and potentially cause some localised flash flooding. the showers will fade as we go through the latter stages of the day, maybe just 1—2 clinging to the kent coast. we keep some cloud, quite misty, as well, through the night, and some showers developing into the far northwest. a relatively mild start to thursday morning, as temperatures widely hold up into double figures. so, thursday, we'll start off

with the best of the drier weather out to the east. because this area of low pressure, anchored just to the south of iceland, throwing the weather fronts in our direction, will bring more cloud, a bit more of a freshening breeze as well. and some showery outbreaks of rain to begin with, then turning heavier, more persistent across wales and northwest england as we go through the day. perhaps we'll see the cloud thinning, some sunshine coming through across eastern england — that's where the warmth is likely to be. still, those temperatures peaking at 25 celsius — that's 77 fahrenheit. now, those weather fronts will continue to sweep their way south and east. they will do so, so clearing early on friday morning along that kent coast, brightening up a quieter day in prospect for friday with a few scattered, slow—moving showers into the far northwest. and top temperatures expected of 16—25 celsius once again. so that's friday — as we head towards the weekend,

we are likely to see low pressure dominating once again. 0ne system bringing showers on saturday, another system could bring a spell of heavier, more persistent rain for the second half of the weekend. so, take note — some showers around, and then, gradually that wetter weather expected to arrive by sunday afternoon.

amazing stuff and now the weather. hello, i'm maryam moshiri. you're watching the context on bbc news. liz cheney says she will do whatever she can to stop donald trump from returning to the oval office. the once leading republican lost heavily to her rival, who had been handpicked by the former president. rising food and drink prices push uk inflation to 10.1%, the highest rate in 40 years. a stark warning that the colorado river system is at risk of "catastrophic collapse" if the states that use it don't cooperate. tonight with the context, miles taylor, formerly chief of staff at the homeland security department during the trump administration, now co—ceo of forward, and paul waugh, the i newspaper's chief political commentator.