this is bbc news. the headlines... 15 asylum seekers spend their first night on board a barge off the south coast of england as 20 others refused to board. a last goodbye to sinead o'connor as fans gather ahead of her private funeral. and live at the edinburgh fringe festival where comedians, performance and other creators from around the world descend on the city. a small group of asylum seekers have spent their first night on the government's new accommodation barge in dorset.

ministers want to move hundreds more on to the bibby stockholm this week, but about 20 have refused to go. speaking on bbc breakfast, the justice secretary alex chalk accepted there were legal challenges ahead for those who refuse to go on board. the position as they have made illegal objections to that process will need to go through its normal course, through our independent courts. we are very clear that if people don't have a right to be in the uk, that it is no longer sustainable for the british people to be spending £6 million a day on up to be spending £6 million a day on up to fourstar to be spending £6 million a day on up to four star accommodation, so of course we will be fair to people and ensure they are put up an appropriate accommodation which is safe and clean and decent and so on but we also have to be fair to the british people as well, and that means ensuring where there are alternatives to expensive hotel accommodation, be it a part of a disused army bases and so on, we as

the budget you would expect use that alternative to make sure the british taxpayer is not being exploited. of course it's frustrating. i mean, it requires a huge amount of time and effort and organisation to procure these alternatives. i think the british people would expect their government to do that if these are cheaper alternatives. and we will do that, we are committed to doing it. as i say, it's notjust about barges, there's plenty of other alternatives as well. we will continue to be absolutely focused on being fair to individuals prepared for the british people as well, so of course it is frustrating but that does not mean that we in any way, does not diminish our resolve to solve this, we do want to solve it, we are committed to doing so, the work continues. this is a fair nation, an opening nation, if over 400,000 people since 2015, whether people from ukraine people fleeing persecution in hong kong and so on, we will do all this. what we want to do is to ensure that we are

taking advantage of by those who seek to jump the queue by arriving illegally, because it's not fair that those who play by the rules and do the right thing are watching the queue being jumped by those who have arrived illegally, it's not fair on the british people, that's why we will do everything we can to drive down the cost of accommodation. more now only funeral _ down the cost of accommodation. more now only funeral in _ down the cost of accommodation. more now only funeral in ireland of sinead o'connor and let's bring you some live pictures. you can seejust how popular sinead o'connor was. hundreds of people lining the streets now. we do expect the funeral cortez to travel along the seafront, i believe this is the seafront, i believe this is the seafront just seafront, i believe this is the seafrontjust here seafront, i believe this is the seafront just here for you seafront, i believe this is the seafrontjust here for you can see people standing. it started at the harbour bar and continuing to the other end of strand road before continuing to a private burial. the

cartridge will pass by her former home on the strand where she lived for 15 years and people have been going all through the morning to the floral tributes, going all through the morning to the floraltributes, paying going all through the morning to the floral tributes, paying their respects. we've also seen several gatherings that are being held in the days since sinead 0'connor�*s death in london, belfast, dublin, members of the public of come to pay respects and you can see so many people there lining the streets. ahead of sinead 0'connor�*s funeral. let's leave ireland and head to scotland there worth three hill walkers have been found dead after failing to return from a trek from a trek trek

in glen coe. 0ur scotland correspondent alexandra mckenzie reports. the mountains of glencoe. stunning, exhilarating, but often dangerous. the search focused on the aonach eagach ridge. thought to be one of the narrowest in the uk, it runs for around six miles. it is exposed and challenging for those who attempt it. at its most sort of exciting point, it breaks into a series of sharp, rocky pinnacles. making progress at that stage is more akin to mountaineering or rock climbing than a walk, as most laypeople will understand it. you're using your hands and you're climbing up and over these these rocky pinnacles. so it's spectacular, but also quite an uncompromising location. the search and recovery operation was hampered by mist and fog. it involved coastguard helicopters and the raf and glencoe mountain rescue teams. the alarm was raised on saturday evening, but the terrain was difficult. a coastguard helicopter

from prestwick provided additional support, before the bodies of the two men and a woman were recovered. many walkers and climbers traverse the ridge safely every year, but this is a sad reminder that lives can so easily be lost. alexandra mckenzie, bbc news, glencoe. a man is due in court over the death of a 12—year—old boy who was hit by a car whilst crossing a motorway. callum rycroft died on the m62 in west yorkshire on saturday. 36—year—old matthew rycroft will appear at leeds magistrates�* court today charged with causing or allowing the death of a child. alice key reports. a larger than life character who brought laughter and noise into any room. that's how callum rycroft�*s mother described her much loved son. the 12—year—old was hit by a car while crossing

the m62 near cleckheaton on saturday evening. police think he was walking on the road with another man after an earlier crash on the slip road near to the services. a 36—year—old man is due to appear at leeds magistrates�* court later today, charged with causing or allowing the death of a child. that man, matthew rycroft, has also been charged with failing to provide a specimen. another man from bolton, who'd previously been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, has been released on bail. in a statement, callum's mother paid tribute to him, saying, "he was a beautiful,

happy soul who was unique, great fun and larger than life. he brought light, laughter and noise into any room. he had a massive impact on everyone who met him, and the house is so quiet without him here." as callum's family try to come to terms with such a devastating loss, officers are still trying to piece together what happened on this stretch of motorway. alice key, bbc news. there's been an increase recently in shoplifting, with supermarkets like the co—0p targeted by armed gangs. now, some shop workers are claiming that self—checkout tills are making stores more vulnerable to theft. newsnight s uk editor, sima kotecha, has the full story. a co—0p store in london in february of this year. cctv footage shows how men jumped over the counter to steal alcohol and cigarettes. the retailer says attacks like this one are on the rise, with criminal gangs sometimes physically assaulting staff or threatening them with weapons. i have worked in retail for the past 12 years. you know, when i have worked in stores i have had knives pulled out at me, verbalabuse, homophobia. recently when i was in a store,

two men came in with machetes trying to steal cash. it is frightening, and it is frightening for all my colleagues across manchester. cases of shoplifting are estimated to have risen from 2.9 million in 2017 to 7.9 million in 2021, while the value of the thefts during this time has risen from £663 million to £953 million. like in other stores, co—0p staff are now using body—worn cameras to deter rising levels of theft. in our high risk stores, colleagues have these body cameras and when they feel threatened they can press a button on it and it goes straight to our security centre where they can see what's happening live, they can call the police and gather evidence.

this is a way of supporting the police as well but also it's a deterrent. when colleagues are wearing this, we do see less abuse because people think twice before doing it. convenience stores are notjust a place where people buy a pint of milk and a loaf of bread. it sometimes acts as a place for locals to congregate, grab a coffee, have a chat with the shop assistant. so when they are under attack it can often feel like the local community is under attack too, building a sense of fear and trepidation. now several shop workers from various supermarkets have told us self—checkout tills are making stores more vulnerable to theft. this shop worker from one of britain's most popular supermarkets doesn't want to be identified over fears he will lose his job for talking to us. shoplifting used to be a weekly occurrence. sadly now it's a daily occurrence. what we see in the supermarket chain, we see lots of automation and less and less members of staff, so they can pay less and less wages. the less people there are on the shop floor, the easier it is for the shoplifter. we only have one set of eyes. if there is only a bare minimum of staff working, it is so much easier

for the shoplifter to walk in and out without being seen. the british retail consortium said automated checkouts make shopping faster and more convenient for many customers. at the same time, it says, retailers are spending hundreds of millions on security staff, cctv, security tags and other anti—crime measures. but research shows 93 retail stores surveyed around the world, including some in the uk, said self—checkout systems accounted for almost half of what they call their malicious business losses, such as people leaving without paying. self—checkout tills have changed the dynamic of the shop floor, but there are concerns they have created opportunities for some serious crimes. sima kotecha, bbc news, manchester. many of us would be happy to win a bottle of wine or some

chocolate in a raffle — but imagine winning a trip to space! that's exactly what happened to 18—year—old ana mayers, who's bagged a voyage on virgin's unity spacecraft. she's now set to make history, along with her mum — as louise hosie reports. welcome to space. it's a once—in—a—lifetime adventure few of us will ever experience. but for kisha and ana... fire, fire. ..their dream is on the edge of becoming a reality. they're about to become the first ever mum and daughter in space. they'll be on board virgin galactic�*s vss unity spacecraft. to just have the experience

to actually go to space and look at our amazing planet from that high, and to just breathe that in and to just be in that energy isjust super amazing. it brings out a lot of emotion in me because it's something that i've wanted for so long and it's happening. i know that we'll get to experience weightlessness and be able to see the planet from outer space. i have no words to describe how i feel about experiencing that. originally from antigua in the caribbean, ana is currently studying physics at aberdeen university and hopes to eventually work for nasa. hi, ana. you and your mother are going to space. ana, we won! her mum won the seats on the rocket after entering a competition she saw advertised on a flight, as they travelled to get ana's student visa. ana believes it was written in the stars. had i not randomly chosen aberdeen university and had we not had to take a massive detour to get my visa, we wouldn't be going to space. ana hopes her example will inspire aspiring astronauts, like some young people at this

event in aberdeen. i think that's really cool that people, like, from aberdeen can go off into space. it's, like, really, like, amazing. how does it make you feel seeing the rockets and everything? it's great because i see the earth really well. i can see my house from the earth. you're going to be the first mother and daughter to ever go into space, how does that feel? it is so much more reassuring and so connecting to be able to do this with someone i love so much. the virgin space flight takes off from new mexico on thursday. louise hosie, bbc news. a whole cast of comedians, theatrical performers and other creatives have descended on edinburgh for this year's fringe festival. 2023 marks the festival s 76th year — and over that time the event's

grown from a handful of performances to a sprawling extravanganza. live now to our reporter courtney bembridge who is there. we've seen some we've seen some some we've seen some some fantastic performances here on bbc news, what happening today? the element we have international acts from across the globe and someone who is bringing the best of korea isjoining me right now. angela, tell me about this year's offering.— right now. angela, tell me about this year's offering. thank you for introducing _ this year's offering. thank you for introducing us. _ this year's offering. thank you for introducing us. we _ this year's offering. thank you for introducing us. we are _ this year's offering. thank you for introducing us. we are bringing i this year's offering. thank you for. introducing us. we are bringing the best korean work to the largest international festival in the city of edinburgh, so from 2015 and this yeari of edinburgh, so from 2015 and this year i brought them! this of edinburgh, so from 2015 and this year i brought them!— of edinburgh, so from 2015 and this year i brought them! this is key pop sensation, mixing _ year i brought them! this is key pop sensation, mixing k-pop_ year i brought them! this is key pop sensation, mixing k-pop with - year i brought them! this is key pop i sensation, mixing k-pop with comedy, sensation, mixing k—pop with comedy, first time in edinburgh, how are you finding it? first time in edinburgh, how are you findin: it? . . , . first time in edinburgh, how are you

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absolutely incredible. i'm thinking i should have got them to the —— to beatbox the bbc theme. we are having a lot of fun here, this is the best job in the world, thank you, cocoon! it does look like they are having so much fun. let's just go back to one of our main stories now because crowds are building in bray in ireland, where the funeral of sinead o'connor will be taking place shortly. let's speak to sara girvin, who's there for us now. we can see so we can see so many we can see so many people lining the streets, it really does show what impact kabul had on so many people's lives. it impact kabul had on so many people's lives. ., , ., , ., impact kabul had on so many people's lives. ., , ., ,

lives. it does, thousands of people linin: the lives. it does, thousands of people lining the seafront _ lives. it does, thousands of people lining the seafront road _ lives. it does, thousands of people lining the seafront road here, - lives. it does, thousands of people lining the seafront road here, just| lining the seafront road here, just opposite the home that she lived in for 15 years. i hope that you can hear me, a lot of music is playing, and just in the last while abels —— and just in the last while abels —— a volkswagen van pulled up outside a home covered in chinese lanterns and displaying some of her music. within the last few minutes, they played her arguably biggest hit, nothing compares to you. many of the fans who have gathered here were singing along, clapping, very emotional, and they were holding flowers, the plan to share with the cortez as it passes through. a very traditional funeral bar what about —— not a traditionalfuneral but funeral bar what about —— not a traditional funeral but what about sinead o'connor has ever been traditional? the private service going on but here as we speak and within the next we are expecting the funeral cortez to pass through here, at a private burial. if

funeral cortez to pass through here, at a private burial.— at a private burial. if you can hear me, i at a private burial. if you can hear me. i know _ at a private burial. if you can hear me. i know it's — at a private burial. if you can hear me, i know it's very _ at a private burial. if you can hear me, i know it's very noisy - at a private burial. if you can hear me, i know it's very noisy out - me, i know it's very noisy out there, it feels more like a celebration anyway, lots of people dressed in lovely colours. this was such an important place for her wasn't actress—mack such an important place for her wasn't actress-mac!- such an important place for her wasn't actress-mack yes, this very fair to say- — wasn't actress-mack yes, this very fair to say. lots _ wasn't actress-mack yes, this very fair to say. lots of _ wasn't actress-mack yes, this very fair to say. lots of fun _ wasn't actress-mack yes, this very fair to say. lots of fun speaking i wasn't actress-mack yes, this very fair to say. lots of fun speaking to| fair to say. lots of fun speaking to us today have been deeply saddened that she died at the age of 56 last month. they wanted to come here to celebrate her music and her activism, many of them saying they wanted to stand today as she stood for those that could not speak in her past. they stood up for people who were abused and people who suffered misogyny and hypocrisy and they want to stand and be with her now. she lived here for 15 years, very happy 15 years by everyone who reported to us, somewhere she be normal, a normal life away from

press, and we are told the council are used to stop paparazzi running around the place and phoned sinead o'connor to want her. perhaps even 0'connor to want her. perhaps even more important by the fact that this is the place people are gathering to say final goodbyes to her today. we will keep you updated on bbc news is that funeral happens. now, it's a prickly issue — hedgehog numbers are falling in the uk because they're losing safe places to live. charities have opened many sanctuaries in recent years, ?but none are quite like the "secret garden" in devon, which treats disabled hedgehogs and gives them a secure and beautiful new home. janine jansen went to visit. this baby has just arrived. there we go, my darling, you're not a very old chap. he's dehydrated and needs urgent care. everywhere you look injudy�*s house,

you'll find hedgehogs — almost 200, in fact. who have we got here? this is fergus — he needs to be weighed and his wound checked. judy's a part—time nurse in the nhs but has been rescuing hogs for 16 years. i love everything about hedgehogs. they say your animal chooses you. i also think i'm beginning to look a bit like a hedgehog because i'm short and i'm round, i love my food and i can be a bit particularly on occasion. sorry! she chuckles. hedgehogs have been placed on the red list of vulnerable species in the uk. it's thought populations have fallen by around a third since 2000. they're in decline due to habitat loss and it's estimated hundreds of thousands die on our roads each year. the two most important things that

anybody can do is make a hole in yourfence, only four and a half inches by four and a half inches and allow the hedgehogs passage between your gardens, so you've linked them up, and a dish of water out all the time, all year round, because they're incredibly thirsty little creatures. the other thing you can do is to stop using slug pellets. well, this charity is so overrun with hedgehogs, they've actually transformed their garage into a hedgehog hospital. if i can find herfirst, and here she is. so, jemima, she's quite a big girl. she had a very bad strimming injury and she lost some of her face because of it. you'll be able to see she's got one eye missing completely. sadly, jemima's remaining eye is infected and will have to be removed, but with no sight, she wouldn't survive in the wild. and that's where the secret garden at powderham castle comes in. here, disabled hogs can live safely within a two—acre walled garden with no predators, like badgers or vehicles. one of the residents here is miracle. she lost an ear when she got caught up in garden wire. one of herfriends is missing a leg. and then we have another one that was unfortunately caught by a strimmer. so she has half a set of teeth, so she needs to have softened food. so we just have the hedgehogs here, which are just... need a little bit more

love and attention. so they're down at the far end of the walled garden here. we've got several sort of, like, hedgehog houses and a food station, and we check on them and feed them every day to make sure that they're all 0k. the hogs getting a second chance at life in the secret garden. just time to show you this. this is hank the tank — a huge, and notoriously mischievous black bear in california — who has been captured after more than a year on the run. hank — who is female — is believed to have broken into 21 homes since last year. she has now been moved

to a sanctuary in colorado. some live pictures from ireland before we go. 0ur —— where crowds have been building through the morning as the funeral of sinead o'connor is due to take place 0'connor is due to take place shortly and in the next hour we will be taking you live there, talking to a corresponding amongst the crowds in bray. plenty more on our website, don't forget, i'm also on twitter.

0ver over the next few days our weather is changing, going to turn warmer more or less across the board, initially from the south and others will feel the benefit on thursday. we have this clutch of weather fronts crossing southern parts of england and wales. introducing a lot of outcomes and recce conditions, patchy light rain and drizzle, it may brighten up later in the afternoon for example in somerset, but for most it will remain cloudy. sunny spells developing in northern england, also northern ireland and scotland, but a few shower is peppering the far north of scotland where it's also going to be pretty windy, gusting up to 15 miles an hour. these are our temperatures, 12 in lerwick, house of about 21 as we speak down. through this evening and overnight, the rain eventually clears away from the southeast. clear skies following on behind, but it will still be windy across the northeast of scotland and by the end of the night, more cloud and spots of rain will be

coming in across northern ireland and quite murky and humid across parts of wales and southwest england, especially on the coast. through the course of tomorrow, a lot of dry weather, sunshine around. still windy across the northeast, especially in shetland. towards the west, there will be a bit more cloud at times, the odd spot of rain, but temperatures climbing — 24 in london, 22 in hull, 20 in newcastle. then as we move from wednesday into thursday, all of us will really be feeling the benefit of that warmth as the wind travels further north, taking the warm continental air with it. these are the kind of temperatures we could see — 25 in northwest scotland, 27 in london for example. what is going to happen during thursday is there will be a fair bit of cloud in some western areas. through the day, some of that could be thick enough for the odd spot of rain, but it should stay dry for most with bright skies are indeed sunny spells. these are the temperatures in towns and cities but we could get a little bit higher than that — 26 in london. as we move forward from thursday towards the latter part of the week, this this weather front sweeps in.

it's a cold front. it will bring rain with it, but as well as that, it's going to introduce some fresher conditions so you can see how the temperature slides in the ensuing few days.

with exam authorities warning the system still hasn't fully recovered from the covid pandemic. i don't know if i was expecting it, but i got it, and that's all that matters. i'll take it. so happy. it's unbelievable. i'm all right with these, yeah. i'm pleased enough, yeah. i'll take it _ also in the programme, 15 asylum seekers have spent their first night on board the bibby stockholm accomodation barge in dorset. britain's summer wash—out hits retail sales with the wet weather dampening demand in the high street. crowds gather in ireland for the funeral of the singer sinead o'connor. taken by usme! and now england know who they'll face in the quarterfinals of the women's world cup. it'll be colombia who have just beatenjamaica 1—0.