this is bbc news. let's turn to our main headlines this half hour. street battles rage in the west bank as hundreds of israeli soldiers carry out a large—scale assault on the city of jenin. uk drivers paid extra for fuel at supermarkets. so says the competition watchdog. the uk had its hottestjune since records began, with heat killing fish in rivers and threatening insects. new concerns that not enough is being done to protect whistle—blowers in the nhs. and "it is notjust cricket". a

controversial end to the second ashes series. welcome back to verify life. a watchdog has found that uk drivers paid more for fuel at supermarkets last year because of a lack of competition between retailers. the competition and markets authority says drivers paid an average of an extra six pence a litre for fuel, with diesel 13 pence a litre more expensive. the government is now promising a change in the law to increase competition. simon williams, the rac�*s fuel spokesperson, gave us this reaction. yes, consumers have been overcharged for some considerable time. the rac has a programme called fuelwatch. we monitor the price of retailfuel but also, crucially, the price of wholesale fuel. and for the last three months, the price of diesel on the wholesale market has been lower than petrol. yet if you go to virtually any forecourt across the uk,

you will see diesel being priced above petrol. now, that is simply not right, it's not fair. it doesn't reflect what's going on at all and it's led to drivers being overcharged incredibly. in fact, we saw the margin on a litre of diesel at one point in may go to 25p a litre. now the long term margin is 7p a litre. we all know costs have increased and margins probably need to go up a bit to reflect that, to reflect operating costs, but 25p a litre compared to 7, three times the average... so drivers have been ripped off on diesel and also petrol has been overpriced and is still overpriced at the moment. so this pump price monitor idea, how effective a solution is that likely to be? so at the moment, you can already see the price of fuel. if you download the my rac app, you can find the cheapest fuel near you now. so that that's going to help, but it's going to take some time to bring into force. but what's most important is monitoring wholesale prices, to understand when the market moves down substantially, that's when prices should drop.

otherwise you end up with what we call the rocket and the feather — prices going up like a rocket in a rising market and falling like a feather in a falling wholesale market. and that's what's happened. so prices have dropped off incredibly since the highs of last year, but retailers haven't reflected that at the pumps... isn't the difficulty, though, that it's all very well to monitor things, it's all very well to have a pump price monitor, to see what prices are in your area, but it doesn't put off those retailers if they want to do this? is there any sort of sanction that's required? yes, that's exactly right. this has to have teeth. so someone needs to be monitoring, the cma or whoever needs to be monitoring the wholesale price of fuel and in relation to what's being charged at the pumps. and if that gap is found to be too great and not reflective of what's actually happening on the wholesale market, then action must be taken. simon williams. the met office has confirmed the uk has seen its hottestjune on record. the average monthly temperature of 15.8 degrees celsius exceeded the previous highest average

june temperatures, recorded in 1940 and 1976, by 0.9 degrees. scientists said climate change made the chance of surpassing the previous joint record at least twice as likely. earlier, i spoke to dr frederike otto from the grantham institute for climate change and the environment at imperial college london and she gave me her reaction. it's not a surprise to have this confirmed. we had weather conditions this year that led to very high temperatures throughout the month, especially also in the oceans surrounding us. and of course, we have increased warming because of our continued burning of fossil fuels, so this is not a surprise at all. and what about the consequences? tell us more about that. heat is called the silent killer, heat waves.

and even if we didn't have a0 degrees thisjune, as we had last year injuly, also when we have 30 degrees or higher, and particularly when people live in poorly insulated homes that are stuffy, and lots of people do in the uk, these heat waves are deadly. they are deadly for vulnerable people, for people with existing health issues. and thousands of people die every year in europe, including the uk, from heat. and of course, what today's report has also focused on is the way also the environment, fish dying in rivers, all of those consequences are being triggered by these heat temperatures. in terms of what is actually required, we had that report only last week from the climate committee talking about how worryingly slow government action was here in the uk. what is most required, say the top three things there needs to be a change about?

the top three things are, well, to redesign our cities. we need a massive increase in insulating homes so that they can withstand heat, but also, of course, use less energy. we need much more green space, in particular trees in cities, but everywhere, because that's that's the only way you really get temperatures down in cities but also in the countryside. if you have forests in the countryside and if you have parks with lots of trees in the cities, that actually lowers the temperatures and also helps to keep water in the ground so the grounds don't dry out so much. there are calls for whistle—blowers in the national health service to get more support. 25,000 people came forward last year to raise concerns about failings in the nhs.

some say that speaking up has affected their careers or damaged their mental and physical health. the official body in england handling concerns from whistle—blowers says too many staff are still not getting enough protection from their managers. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. tristan was a senior eye surgeon for the main hospital trust in birmingham. he became a whistle—blower when he complained about a lack of nursing staff after he felt forced to use a non—medical colleague to help with an urgent operation. but he ended up being sacked and reported to the general medical council. they found no case to answer and an employment tribunal ruled he'd been unfairly dismissed. there must have been a terrible emotional burden. it was pretty bad, and at times, i thought, "this is the end of it." it's tough. it is tough. yeah.

we've spoken to doctors who've said they've thought about ending it. i've had those thoughts. a spokesperson for university hospitals birmingham said the trust takes safety concerns raised by staff seriously and it accepted and apologised for errors made in mr reuser�*s case but said it acted in the interest of patient welfare. given the consequences some have faced, becoming a whistle—blower takes real courage. what's been really difficult about making this film is finding whistle—blowers who are willing to talk to us on camera. i have spoken to a number of people who work for the nhs and they are all worried about the impact speaking out might have on their careers, their livelihoods, and they all talk about a climate of fear. my concern about doing this interview is that they would find out who i was and then

the punishment that would come my way, because i'm absolutely certain punishment would come. we had to disguise the identity of this doctor because they were so terrified of management reprisals. they also raised issues around patient safety, only to find themselves being the one investigated. these are their words, spoken by a bbc colleague. i've had sleeping difficulties. i've had counselling. it's been absolutely horrendous. it's made me more fearful, more anxious. how would you describe the culture, then, at your workplace? management by fear. the main health care regulator, the care quality commission, and nhs england itself are meant to oversee health service managers. leaders need to listen to those messages. drjane chidgey—clark leads what are called the freedom to speak up guardians, who help nhs whistle—blowers get their voices heard. a record 25,000 cases were registered this year, but she says the two regulators could do more. i do call on them to do everything

they can within their power to ensure there is accountability and that these serious issues are looked into, because without that, more high—profile cases will happen and potentially more patient harm. nhs england admits there are still too many staff who don't feel safe enough to raise issues that concern them and it says it wants all employers to feel they work in an organisation where their voices count. the cqc told us it looks at how all hospital trusts respond to whistle—blowers as part of its inspection regime and many brave staff are still willing to speak up. i believe for evil to happen, all it takes is for a few good men to do nothing, so i didn't want to do nothing. dominic hughes with that report. a group of conservative mps have warned the prime minister rishi sunak that he risks eroding public trust if he fails to drastically cut

immigration. calling themselves the new conservatives, the group has published a plan to cut that migration beibei 40,000 by the time of the next election. let's head trip to westminster, our political correspondence damian grammaticas. start byjust correspondence damian grammaticas. start by just telling correspondence damian grammaticas. start byjust telling us a little more about what this group is, who this group is. it is more about what this group is, who this grow) is-_ more about what this group is, who this grow) is— this group is. it is a group of 25 conservative _ this group is. it is a group of 25 conservative mps, _ this group is. it is a group of 25 conservative mps, the - this group is. it is a group of 25 conservative mps, the majority of them fairly new ones come —— won their seat in the last election. what used to be labour seats. some of them have been mps for much longer, but all of them have thisyou that the promise that was made by the conservatives at that election to bring down the number of immigrants coming to the uk, then it was around 200,000, they think that is a promise worth keeping, but the numbers have gone up keeping, but the numbers have gone up to about 600,000 full of it is worth saying quite a lot of that number are worth saying quite a lot of that numberare ukrainian worth saying quite a lot of that number are ukrainian refugees that a taken in, afghan refugees that have been taken in too, so a temporary

factor, and it is also worth saying it is a relatively small number. 25 out of 300 plus mps any party, and their many mps in the party to think otherwise, who think they're some areas where immigration is actually needed to fill skills shortages. aha, needed to fill skills shortages. a huge number they are say needs to be cut from where we currently are, so in terms of the solutions they are offering up, take us through them. yes, so they didn't fight the areas where there are large numbers of people arriving. one is students who completed a degree or postgraduate study allowed to stay for a couple of years, looking for work. they say that should not be the case will sub they should have to leave unless they have a fixed job. that might be 100,000 plus. social care, elderly workers coming here to provide care for the elderly, in homes, in residential settings, they say that should be taken off a list that is there that allows employers to go abroad to hire, they reckoned that can bring 100, 200,000 arrivals a

year, but it is worth saying that in that case, there is a real shortage. i think the shortage a year ago or so was between 100,000, joinder thousand, in that social care sector, so employers saying they really need people. universities also saying they've overseas students. so that's the sort of thing they're looking at proposing. briefly, in a separate story, the cabinet office inquiry finding that sue gray of the former civil servant, broke civil service rules. are there likely to be any sort of consequences from that? tile. are there likely to be any sort of consequences from that?- are there likely to be any sort of consequences from that? no, in a word, consequences from that? no, in a word. because — consequences from that? no, in a word, because she _ consequences from that? no, in a word, because she has _ consequences from that? no, in a word, because she has left - consequences from that? no, in a word, because she has left the . consequences from that? no, in a. word, because she has left the civil service, she resigned this investigation into her —— she left the civil service, she resigned. this is an internal review and cannot bring any sanctions. there was an investigation by the body that exist to... what scrutinises

what former civil servants can go to injobs, it said in her case, she should wait for six months, september, to start working. so that is the role she will have to follow, but in this case, no, and i have to say it has been criticised by the labour party as a sort of mickey mouse investigation. the other investigation found she did not breach impartiality. there was no new evidence in this, today reckon it was a waste of time. == new evidence in this, today reckon it was a waste of time.— new evidence in this, today reckon it was a waste of time. -- so labour reckoned it — it was a waste of time. -- so labour reckoned it was _ it was a waste of time. -- so labour reckoned it was a _ it was a waste of time. -- so labour reckoned it was a waste _ it was a waste of time. -- so labour reckoned it was a waste of - it was a waste of time. -- so labour reckoned it was a waste of time. - reckoned it was a waste of time. thank you. let's turn to iran, where there's been a wave of alcohol—related deaths. consumption of alcohol is illegal in iran and punishments range from 80 lashes to time behind bars or even the death penalty. it means those falling ill after drinking alcohol often delay seeking help and it also means its production is unregulated with deadly consequences. parham ghobadi of bbc persian has more details. iran, a country where alcohol is strictly banned, but produced with such devices behind closed doors or smuggled into the country.

those who drink risk going to prison or being whipped. up to 80 lashes. if found guilty four times, one can be hanged. however, that has not deterred iranian youth, like the ones in these videos obtained by bbc persian. risks extend far beyond punishment. in recent weeks, toxic alcohol has killed some and left others blind. this woman is one of them. she was 24 and died almost two weeks ago. the bbc obtained her toxicology results. it shows methanol, an extremely poisonous alcohol, was found in her blood. unlike herfriends who immediately received treatment and survived, she was taken to the hospital after a 24—hour delay. even then, she did not openly admit to drinking, as her father recalls.

translation: the doctor asked her what she had i and she said, "nothing special. "maybe there was some alcohol in my nonalcoholic beer." so doctors didn't take it seriously. according to iranian authorities, in recent days in the capital tehran, two people have died and two went blind due to alcohol poisoning. in robat karim, 22 cases of intoxication and seven deaths were reported. in alborz province, over 180 were poisoned and 15 lost their lives. mazandaran province recorded the death of three people. fearing retribution, some refuse to ask for help or tell the truth. that's why experts believe the number of victims is much higher. a doctor in iran told us this phenomenon is due to the ban and unregulated black market. translation: the poisonous alcohol can be added even intentionally - because there is no supervision or inspection of alcohol production and due to the ban on alcohol,

patients seek treatment very late. bbc persian spoke to an alcohol dealer in iran, he blamed some black—market profiteers. for his safety, he remains anonymous. translation: some dealers get. methanol, which is not consumable, from pharmacies and add it to the drink to make - a bigger profit. despite the rising death toll, the authorities have made it clear — alcohol will remain prohibited. parham ghobadi, bbc news. "it's just not cricket" — that famous phrase reflects the continuing fallout from the second ashes test match between england and australia over the weekend. rishi sunak has waded into the row today. just to recap what happened, an english batsman, jonny bairstow, was dismissed in a controversial way.

bairstow had assumed that the ball was dead and he couldn't be dismissed because all six balls in the over had been bowled. but because the umpire had not announced that, technically, the game was still live. he then wandered out of his ground and wicketkeeper alex carey threw down the stumps. it infuriated the england team, who implied it was unsporting, and australia went on to win the test match. well, today, rishi sunak�*s spokesperson was asked if what happened was in keeping with the spirit of the game. the reply... our cricket reporter henry moeran was at lord's our cricket reporter henry moeran was at lords and told me what that moment was like. it was quite extraordinary, given the significance of the moment and given the fact that england are hanging on to this ashes series by a thread. it really felt as though something was brewing in that day and that england perhaps could find

the momentum to get back into the match. and that momentjust brought about silence — silence originally, and then gasps, and then suddenly an incredible reaction around loads of fury, real anger at what australia had done. and let's make it very clear — what happened was not against the laws of the game. absolutely, jonny bairstow was out. the question is whether the australia captain pat cummins acted in the spirit of the game, because he could have withdrawn the appeal. he could have said, "do you know what? "actually that's not how we want to see a dismissal. "clearly, bairstow is confused. "he thought the over had come to an end and we don't want to take "a crucial wicket in this way." he said, "no, do you know what? "you step out of your ground, you weren't paying attention, "it doesn't matter. "this is ashes cricket and we're going to take the wicket "and consequently take the win." goodness knows if it would have played out differently, but england furious. i was talking in the last hour to one of our australian producers, who said, "you shouldn't grumble because the english wrote the rule "book and the australians simply carried it out." she of course has now been escorted out of the building, but in terms of what it underlines,

is that perhaps it shows just the ruthlessness of this australian team. it does, and of course there's so many questions that have been asked about this australian cricket team coming into this series, about whether they'd be able to cope with how england approached the way that they have in the last 12 months — bazball, as it's known, this ultra—aggressive brand of cricket — and they've done so. they've played really well, better than england have, really, across the first two test matches. and they were winning so many supporters by the way that they were playing. pat cummins is an inspirational leader and has been someone that has really rebuilt the image of australian cricket. after everything that happened five years ago with the sandpaper incident in south africa, australia have been lauded, held up as an example of how to play the game, and this has rather turned the narrative a little bit. and, goodness, england won't mind that at all because they've played under—par in these two matches. but suddenly it feels as though the whole cricketing—supporting nation is right behind ben stokes and his team, and everything has shifted with one tiny, fractional decision that has totally changed it all. cricket throws these things up.

i remember the underarm delivery that was so controversial all those years ago. i've only got about 30 seconds left, but it really sets up the third test. it's going to be quite tasty. and the western terrace at headingley is just about the noisiest stand in all of cricket. and i think it's going to be quite a lively reaction for pat cummins and his side when that game gets under way. when he stepped up for the post—match presentation yesterday, i've never heard boos like it. henry moeran, talking to me a little earlier. it was not a long time ago that the average high street had every possible shop you would need. now, in a world of online shopping, and with many smaller shops disappearing, that's no longer the case. but a museum in the west midlands has recreated an authentic row of shops, from the 1940s to �*60s, to give people a chance to step down memory lane, as david sillito reports. # it's a lovely day today # so whatever you've got to do # you got a lovely day...#

welcome to dudley and a reminder of what so many of our high streets used to be like. # whatever you've got to do...# some of the black country's best loved shops are once again open and looking their best. and if a packet of spangles is a much loved memory for you, this place is going to be an aladdin's cave of chocolate nostalgia. why have you done this? so, what we're trying to do with this project is is recreating so, what we're trying to do with this project is recreating the high street from the �*40s to the �*60s. so burgin�*s newsagents was the real heart of the community. it was famous. it wasn't a place you just came to buy a newspaper, was it? absolutely not. it was the place for all the gossip. it also makes you feel quite... it's quite a sad feeling as well, isn't there, about what's happened? yeah, i suppose there's a melancholy there that, you know, the high street as it was doesn't exist in the same way it did. but, yeah, i think that's the beauty

of recreating something like this. you've got that nostalgia that's within living memory. people still remember these buildings very fondly. indeed. so much has gone. stanton�*s is now a betting shop. brierley hill's marsh & baxter is a nail bar. the next door bank is standing empty. and burgin�*s, on wolverhampton street in dudley, closed for good seven years ago. but cynthia burgin, here in the middle, who ran it for 56 years, is rather pleased her little shop will live on in a museum. well, i started... i came here in 1959, aged 29. and you retired aged... 85. wolverhampton street was an extremely busy area, where the trolley bus used to come along from wolverhampton into dudley. and there was lots of shops.

i'm sorry i'm the last one, but i knew these small shops, no, they wouldn't. .. we couldn't carry on. and now? there is nothing. and while these are all shops from dudley and its neighbours, this is also a story of hundreds of similar places. the chit chat and charm of the high street, now a museum exhibit. david sillito, bbc news, dudley. lovely story. a worrying video has emerged from a theme park in the us state of north carolina after a visitor filled a roller coaster running on a support that appeared to be complete the broken. have a look at this, it really takes your breath away, because you can see the beam right there in the middle of the shot with what looks like a crack running from the top left to the bottom right, and as you can see, when roller coaster cars go

round, the whole structure shifts by a noticeable amount, with daylight visible through it. the ride is now shut down, obviously, for inspection by maintenance crews and there are no reports of anyone being hurt, but extraordinary footage there that is circulating on social media. that is almost at from today's programme. before we go, i want to take you back to the pictures ofjenin, as the sun sets there after a terrible day in terms of the start of that day, with the israelis launching a military attack inside of the refugee camp. they say they were targeting terrorists, people who have launched attacks against israel over the last few days and weeks. the palestinians hitting back, saying it was less a military operation, more like an invasion. so those of the pictures coming to us from jenin. at least eight people having been killed and about 50

others being wounded, and that operation apparently likely to continue for another day. that's it from here on verified alive. thanks for watching. see you next time. hello there. we start off with the news thatjune was the hottest on record and we absolutely annihilated the previous record. normally we see these records broken by a tenth of a degree or so. this year, we beat the previous record by nine tenths of a degree celsius. and scientists at the met office tell us that the likelihood of beating the previous record had doubled as a result of the emissions of greenhouse gases in recent decades, and if we carry on like this, junes like the one just gone will come round once every two years by the time we're into the 1950s. now, today's been a very showery kind of day. some heavy deluges, some thunderstorms rumbling away across parts of the midlands, parts of northern england as well. and we've got more of those showers to come overnight as well. now, some lengthy spells of rain push southwards across scotland, reaching the central belt by dawn. some showers for northern ireland. and we'll start to see an area

of rain move back in across parts of south—west england and southern wales as well. on into the forecast for tuesday. well, it is going to be an unsettled day as these two weather fronts kind of merge together to give some longer outbreaks of rain, i think, across parts of eastern england. so, expect rain at times. i think this area of rain could end up being a lot more extensive, working across east anglia, southern england and could be very slow to let up as well. further northwards we've got our band of rain sliding southwards across scotland and northern ireland, probably turning a bit more showery in nature. and those temperatures still a little bit disappointing for the time of year, 17 to 19 celsius. but i fear, although we saw some interruptions to play at wimbledon on monday, i suspect we'll have much lengthier interruptions around for tuesday, so the weather could get in the way of play for some time. by wednesday, low pressure still with us but it's weakening and although there will be some showers around the majority of those, i think, will be across parts of west scotland and northern ireland.

elsewhere, probably a dry morning. theremight be a few showers building through the day across england there might be a few showers building through the day across england and wales but pretty isolated, i think there will be much bigger gaps between any showers and that means more in the way of dry weather, more sunshine, and that should help boost temperatures into the low 20s. now, towards the end of the week we're going to see a slow—moving weather front across the west bringing heavy rain, might see some flooding issues across parts of northern ireland. this rain band looks really intense. but further eastwards, suddenly winds will start to drag up some much warmer air and so temperatures could hit 27 degrees in london towards the end of the week.

at six — why supermarkets have been overcharging drivers for fuel on their forecourts. last year motorists were paying 6p more per litre — meaning hundreds of millions more pounds for the supermarkets. i think it's absolutely disgusting. they should be supporting us, not trying to make it worse. ijust put in whatever i can. but i don't normally fill the car right up cos it costs too much money. now the government says it'll change the law to try to get prices down. also on the programme... the met office says last month was the hottestjune in the uk since records began in 1884 — we look at the impact