this is bbc news, your headlines... the death toll from wildfires in hawaii climbs to 36. politicians are set to question senior police in northern ireland over a major data breach of officers and civilian staff details. an eight—year—old former olympian with parkinson's disease and a mother and daughter board virgin galactic�*s first space tourism flight which blasts off today. we can bring you breaking news today, you will remember there have been concerns over the high street chain wilko and the breaking news, it has now said it has appointed administrators after failing to secure a rescue deal. it's estimated thatis secure a rescue deal. it's estimated that is putting about 12,000 jobs at risk. that breaking news once again,

high street chain wilko says it has appointed administrators after failing to secure a rescue deal. you will remember this chain has been in the news for the last couple of weeks with concerns over whether it will be rescued. it looks like the rescue deal has fallen through and they have appointed administrators. 12,000 people, it looks like, at risk potentially, following the news that wilko has appointed administrators. we will bring you any more detail when we get the story but the breaking news, wilko, the high street chain, has appointed administrators. here in the uk, police and the west midlands say they are treating a fire at a well—known18th—century pub near dudley as arson. the cricket house,

described as britain's one ovest pub was largely destroyed by the blaze, it was then bulldozed with the local council said was unauthorised, unacceptable and possibly unlawful. here is louisa pilbeam. what's left of the 250—year—old pub has now been searched by a specialist fire service dog that can sniff out accelerants used in arson. it's now a crime scene, with police confirming they believe the fire was started deliberately. this is what "britain's wonkiest pub" used to look like — an 18th century landmark, famous for its leaning walls, that became a favourite with tourists and locals. people in the black country want answers. access was blocked to the fire brigade. we need answers as to why that happened and how the fire started and who started the fire and for what reason. and we also need answers on why they demolished what was left of the site. the crooked house pub caught fire late on saturday night.

on monday, footage emerged of the remainder of the building being demolished. the local council says it didn't agree to this and are investigating if it was unlawful. police say they understand the shock and upset from local people, and are leading the criminal investigation. the bbc has approached the owners of the pub for comment but has not received a response. some historical organisations have called for it to be reconstructed. but others believe that's unrealistic and that this damage is too severe to pick up the pieces now. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. just to return to the breaking news i told you about a couple of minutes ago, to do with wilko, one of the uk's biggest discount retailers. it has gone into administration. 12,000 jobs are at risk. i'm sure you are

familiar with the store, it sells household and garden products, starting with a single store in 1930 and now has around 400 stores across the uk. the business had been struggling. it warned last week it was potentially on the brink of collapse in the face of mounting cash pressures. this morning we have had a statement from the ceo of wilco, markjackson. to redo that statement, over the past six months, we have been open with all stakeholders, including team members, that we have been considering options to accelerate a turnaround plan given we need to make significant changes. we left no stone unturned but when it came to preserving this incredible business we must concede that with regret we have no choice but to take the difficult decision to enter into administration. once again, a statement from the ceo of wilko. he says, i would like to take this

opportunity on behalf of the directors and wilco family to thank customers and hard—working team members across the store and those people who have remained loyal to wilco. the news once again, wilko, one of the uk's biggest discount retailers, has gone into administration, putting something like 12,000 jobs at risk. we will bring you more as we get it on that story. halifax is set to sharply cut rates on some of its fixed mortgage deals. it will reduce rates by up to 0.71 percentage points from friday with a five year fixed price deal at 5.39%, from 6.1%. other lenders like hsbc, nationwide and tsb have all cut some rates. with more on this, our cost of living correspondent kevin peachey. hello. can we say it's good

news? . , ., , ., ., ., news? certainly a situation that the uk housin: news? certainly a situation that the uk housing market _ news? certainly a situation that the uk housing market has _ news? certainly a situation that the uk housing market has really - news? certainly a situation that the uk housing market has really been | uk housing market has really been under pressure. the activity in the housing market has been falling and so what lenders are doing is trying to pick up some custom. as a result they are cutting some rates. some of they are cutting some rates. some of the biggest lenders, the biggest, halifax, cutting its rates by up to 0.71 percentage points. other lenders too, hsbc, nationwide, also making cuts. is it good news? maybe it's a case of less bad news for homeowners because they will be looking at their previous mortgage deal, and that would have been a lot cheaper in terms of repayments. now it's a case of when they come to re—knew their mortgage, and hundreds of thousands of people will be doing that, they will see much higher repayments. if this trend continues

of a bit of a fall in rates, maybe not quite as bad as it would otherwise have been.- not quite as bad as it would otherwise have been. cost of living correspondent _ otherwise have been. cost of living correspondent kevin _ otherwise have been. cost of living correspondent kevin peachey, - otherwise have been. cost of living. correspondent kevin peachey, thank you. a trip to outer space, do you fancy it? there will be three people going up there today, including an 80—year—old former olympian with parkinson's disease, this is on board the virgin galactic first space tourism flight that will blast off from new mexico later today. john goodwin from newcastle will board after purchasing a ticket 18 years ago. i've been waiting a quarter of my life on this earth to go into space. at 80 years old, jon goodwin is an olympian, an accomplished adventurer, and now almost an astronaut. this has been a long time coming. he bought his ticket for $200,000 nearly 20 years ago. jon goodwin...

here he is talking to bbc breakfast in 2014. i was never...envisaged wanting to go into space, but the opportunity as a bit of an adventurer to actually go to 70 miles high, see the curvature of the earth, the blackness of space, going weightless, and all these things, was an opportunity that i couldn't miss. the news he received that same year made him think he might. jon was diagnosed with parkinson's disease, which damages parts of the brain, and its progression is impossible to predict. i was pretty convinced that they were going to turn round to me and say, "you're not able to go." but they have been fantastic. the fact that i can defy my parkinson's... three years ago, i climbed kilimanjaro and cycled down, just to prove that it wasn't going to get me.

and this is the same thing. going to space despite the parkinson's... and sojon is now finally preparing to board the spaceship unity. he'll bejoined on his mission by keisha schahaff from antigua and her daughter, ana mayers, who studies in aberdeen. they'll be the first mother and daughter to travel together to space. such an interesting man. he is one of the most incredible people i've ever met. he's such a daredevil. this guy lives. as we re—enter the atmosphere, it creates a very loud noise. - the three have undergone four days of training at spaceport america. the pilots who will be in control, much more. so this is the flight simulator where the pilots do the vast majority of their on—the—ground training, and they'll actually come in here hours before the actual mission itself and do one last flight profile with all the latest data to hand. at the moment, conditions look perfect. all three hope their adventure will be an inspiration to others to reach beyond what they think is possible.

some 800 people have already bought tickets in the hope of following in their footsteps and their flight path. the sky is no longer the limit. sophie long, bbc news, spaceport america, new mexico. that virgin galactic flight takes off at 3:30pm bst, and we will follow it all here on bbc news. first, the 2023 pokemon world championships will start this friday and continue until the 13th, in yokohama japan. the top qualifying pokemon go players from around the world will compete to determine who will be crowned in the 2023 pokemon go world championships. we can go live to yokohama where i am joined by cbbc�*s rhys stephenson. thank you forjoining us. potentially our younger viewers will be very excited by this. how do they do a pokemon go

championship, how does it work? it’s championship, how does it work? it�*s actually the pokemon world championships, notjust pokemon go. there are four different tournaments where players from all over the world come to compete. the video game championships, played on the nintendo switch consoles. the trading card game, the cards your kids collect, there is actually a game for it. who knew? there is a teen video game and then pokemon go, though video game on mobile that took over the world in 2016. people from all of the world coming to compete to be the very best. there is an age division as well with adults and kids.— is an age division as well with adults and kids. and prizes, how seriously do _ adults and kids. and prizes, how seriously do people _ adults and kids. and prizes, how seriously do people take - adults and kids. and prizes, how seriously do people take it? - adults and kids. and prizes, how. seriously do people take it? there is a main prize. — seriously do people take it? there is a main prize, and _ seriously do people take it? there is a main prize, and it's _ seriously do people take it? there is a main prize, and it's pretty - is a main prize, and it's pretty serious. some parents play the games with their kids and every day they are training to get ready. we spoke to a kid competing and he and his father played together every single

day to make sure they are ready for any trump card their opponents play. it is pretty serious, like the pokemon olympics.- it is pretty serious, like the pokemon olympics. it is pretty serious, like the pokemon ol mics. ., . ~ ., pokemon olympics. you talked about pokemon olympics. you talked about pokemon go — pokemon olympics. you talked about pokemon go being _ pokemon olympics. you talked about pokemon go being a _ pokemon olympics. you talked about pokemon go being a big _ pokemon olympics. you talked about pokemon go being a big thing - pokemon olympics. you talked about pokemon go being a big thing in - pokemon go being a big thing in 2016. i have been on holiday with my two kids and they spent quite a lot of it wandering around beautiful areas watching to see where the latest pokemon would be. it is such a phenomenal and enduring success. it really is. i had the same thing, although i was 20 when it came out. probably less sensible! but it truly has grown. it has captivated the imagination of people around the world for 20 years. being here in yokohama you can see that it isn't slowing down. people arejust yokohama you can see that it isn't slowing down. people are just as excited to be involved with pokemon. give us statistics, how the people are going, from all over the world. there are thousands of competitors for each tournament and tens of thousands of spectators as well. on

the streets you can see families, and the diversity is amazing. we have japanese families who are excited, families from the usa, from the uk, south korea, evenjamaica. pokemon has a lot of reach at the moment. a lot of people are having amazing battles in this tournament. i think you will have fun over the next few days. enjoy, cbbc �*s rhys stephenson, thank you for talking to us. farmers across britain have been struggling to harvest their crops after wheat, struggling to harvest their crops afterwheat, barley struggling to harvest their crops after wheat, barley and hay have been flattened by the wind and rain, and the soil is waterlogged. one farmer in wiltshire says losses are heartbreaking. our reporter liz beacon has the story. so this is our wheat that's been damaged by the wind and the rain, as you can see... for a farmer, august should be one of the busiest times of year, harvesting crops. this year, the unrelenting rain

has put paid to that and everything's ground to a halt. it's pretty depressing and it's pretty heartbreaking because we've gone to lot of effort to grow this wheat and, of course, we've spent all the costs on it, so we're completely cost stacked now, and without selling it, we can't, you know, we can't reclaim those costs. so we are... yeah, it's actually a lot worse than i thought. tom collins is a fourth—generation farmer here on his family farm. he knows it can rain in august but, after one of the wettestjulys on record, he believes climate change is having huge consequences for his business. what we really want is a level price at a time like this. if you worked in a shop and you earn £30,000 one year, then £40,000, then £25,000, and you're trying to pay your mortgage every month as a flat line and run a business, so we're just trying to shake out all the volatility and try and get a flat, you know, a flat price for our grain, which is much better to run a business. then you can budget and go forward and make investments and etc, etc. and do you think this prolonged spell of wet weather will impact grain prices and consumers, ultimately?

domestic probably will go up £3 or £4 a tonne. i don't think it will have a huge effect, i think it can be absorbed in the supply chain, but if it continues, it will have an effect. if we don't get some nice weather at the end of august, if august is all wet, a wetjuly then a wet august, it will start to have an effect. this section of his crop has been totally flattened by the wet weather. when it starts to seed, it's getting to the point where it may no longer be salvageable. tom needs dry weather in the next 48 hours before it'll all go to waste. on another part of the farm, tom is using a dryer to dry out the grain. it's costing him an extra £300 a day. once the grain has been harvested and dried, it's stored in this grain store. at this time of the year, it would normally be half full. as you can see, it's completely empty. the nfu says farmers are used to working in unpredictable weather. what they do need, it says, is better support from the government.

and without it, farmers like tom are left looking to the sky. with the downpours we have had through the last month, many people have tired of waiting for the sunshine and booked a last—minute trip abroad instead. that's good news for travel agents, but the latest clamour for the beach and warmer weather, latest clamour for the beach and warmerweather, my latest clamour for the beach and warmer weather, my colleague katy austin went to eastbourne to gauge the holiday mood there. it hasn't exactly been sunbathing weather here in eastbourne. if the wash—out british summer has got you dreaming of a last—minute escape to somewhere a bit warmer and sunnier, you are not the only one. tour operators and travel agents say they have seen a definite trend as customers seek the sun in the likes of spain, turkey and greece. we ourselves have seen a 25% increase in last—minute bookings

and that's from pre—pandemic levels, so i think it's a combination of things, the weather is obviously a big one because we have seen a big increase since we have been forecasting that we are not really getting a summer. just round the corner at this hairdresser, the weather, or how to escape it, is a hot topic. we are just going to book a last—minute holiday because i don't want to book time off for me and my family and it be raining the whole week. i am not fussy as long as it is hot, good cocktails, good food, bit of a play area for my little boy, i don't mind. the weather was looking pretty iffy for the week my daughter is off school so, rather than herjust lay around being on her phone all day, we decided to do a quick five—day trip. a holiday isn't an option for everyone, especially during a cost of living squeeze, plus the price of flights and hotels is generally up on last year. and if you can go away, you might find there is not much choice left. because this year in particular,

many more people booked early because they hadn't been away, in some cases for three years, there aren't too many last—minute deals at very good value, but you can get them if you are flexible, not too fussy about which country's destinations you go to, but i also recommend going in september, october, even november. that is a trend one travel agent, who is on her own 11th—hour break in portugal, told us is happening. i think people have been put off by the cost of holidays in august because they are higher than they have been in previous years, but also the heat and the fires that we have seen abroad, so people are waiting until september and we're actually getting a lot of those last—minute requests for then. package holidays, especially all—inclusive, have become very popular as people try to stick to their budgets. the miserablejuly here may not have been great for uk tourism but it has provided a boost for international travel after a tough few years. katy austin, bbc news.

lets ta ke lets take you back to one of our big stories that has broken this morning regarding wilco, one of the uk's biggest discount retailers. you will know it from the high street. we have learned this morning it has gone into administration putting at risk some 12,000 jobs. let's go to our business correspondent peter ruddock to bring us up—to—date on the latest. in ruddock to bring us up-to-date on the latest. ., , ., , the latest. in the last few moments we have learned _ the latest. in the last few moments we have learned that _ the latest. in the last few moments we have learned that wilco, - we have learned that wilco, wilkinson's founded in 1930 in leicester, one store but now covers around 400 stores across the country, has gone into administration. we knew they were in trouble, a few days ago they said they had given themselves some time to find a buyer and sought a rescue deal but today the ceo of the company has written to 12,000 employees are essentially saying we have run out of time. we did all we

could but we have not been able to find a buyer and save the business without it going into administration. this morning twc have been appointed administrators of the company. what follows now is an effort to save as manyjobs in stores as possible. —— pwc have been appointed administrators. they will attempt to find buyers but the future is uncertain for not only one of the most well—known brands on the high street up and down the uk but also for those 12,000 employees whose jobs and careers rely on such a well—known brand. d0 whose jobs and careers rely on such a well-known brand.— whose jobs and careers rely on such a well-known brand. do we have any sense as to — a well-known brand. do we have any sense as to why _ a well-known brand. do we have any sense as to why this _ a well-known brand. do we have any sense as to why this has _ a well-known brand. do we have any sense as to why this has happened, l sense as to why this has happened, what was it specifically about wilko that meant it hasn't for whatever reason been able to avoid administration? figs reason been able to avoid administration?— reason been able to avoid administration? �* , _, , administration? as ever with company colla ses administration? as ever with company collapses there _ administration? as ever with company collapses there is _ administration? as ever with company collapses there is almost _ administration? as ever with company collapses there is almost always - administration? as ever with company collapses there is almost always are i collapses there is almost always are several things going on. wilko has very much filled the gap woolworths

created, when woolworths went bust in 2008, that one stop shop for everything from pick and mix, homeware and diy. the reality is that over the last few years that offer has been superseded by companies that do the same things at a cheaper cost. a lot of the wilkinson stores were quite large units on the high street. plenty of people if they shop for diy and home ware go to retail parks now. and there have been the similar problems that high street retailers have suffered in recent months, high interest rates, high costs, paying their suppliers, as well as low consumer confidence on the high street. a worrying time for 12,000 employees but also anyone on the high street that has perhaps seen units close and doesn't want to see wilko go. units close and doesn't want to see wilko no. . ., units close and doesn't want to see wilko no. . ~' ,, units close and doesn't want to see wilko no. . ~ i. ., units close and doesn't want to see wilko no. . ~' ,, ., ., wilko go. thank you for that. worrying _ wilko go. thank you for that. worrying times _ wilko go. thank you for that. worrying times for _ wilko go. thank you for that. worrying times for the - wilko go. thank you for that. l worrying times for the 12,000 wilko go. thank you for that. - worrying times for the 12,000 people currently employed by wilko, which as we have been saying, has gone

into administration. peter ruddock, business correspondent, thank you. as we heard earlier in the programme, the terrible weather currently experienced across many parts of the cake means lots of people want to go abroad but that isn't for everyone. —— parts of the uk. what can you do if you want to stay in this country? we have been taking a look at breaks closer to home. jayne mccubbin has been on the hunt for some sunshine. something altogether out of the ordinary has appeared over the north wales coastline. i want you all to look up into the sky and tell me if you could see something rather unusual. hallelujah chorus. what is that? the sun. hallelujah chorus. clouds? yeah. and the sun. hallelujah chorus. yes, joshua. we're lucky, really, because we're all pre—shrunk and waterproof. we're used to the rain here. nothing's going to hold you back. i was five foot ten.

the walking group is making the most of this because when you've holidayed in one of the wettest julys on record, even this is cause for blind optimism and celebration. so 19, 20 degrees today. i think that's a bit optimistic. we're looking at 15, to be honest. but we're from the northeast. so we're used to cold weather. but businesses here in prestatyn have found little to celebrate. this summer, the beach bar has had to move many of its beach parties indoors. you were meant to be holding ibiza beach parties here. on a perfect day, you'd have 1,000 people on the beach, probably about 500 people in here, we'd have our djs here. we'd have entertainers, we'd have dancers. the reality is, on a wet day, you're losing how much money? on a wet day, as a business, we lose about £10,000 a dayjust here. it's easy to see the cost to business when beaches that should be teeming with holidaymakers

are almost empty. and the cost of wet weather holidays hits families hard, too. avril and bill, you're here with the grandkids. yes, there's kelsey, nathan, darcy and ellie mae. a big brood. fourof them. so when it's raining, it's going to cost you a lot of money. yeah, well, bad weather means you need a lot of cash. i mean, there's lots of things you can do without money, but places like this can be very expensive. yeah, it's money, money, money. yeah. but, bill, you must have noticed the sun is out in the sky today. i know. and what the hell are we doing in here? we should be out there sunbathing. choral music.

the met office has confirmed this has indeed been the uk's wettest summer for 100 years. it's been an absolute horror. combine that with the cost of living crisis and so many people, like sue and herfamily, couldn't afford to dodge the rain by going abroad. it's too expensive. too expensive. we're on holiday with our family and our friends, and we're here for the week, come rain or shine. mostly rain. just don't let it get you down. at the end of the day, whatever the weather throws at you, you come and you enjoy it. you've got to with the kids. the great british holidaymaker is adaptable and ever—hopeful, just as businesses are. with the likes of the amusement park, we only actually trade for 120 days of the year. so it counts. every day counts. and the six—week holidays count

for over 50% of our trade. so if you lose a day, it's a big loss. you get like four seasons in one go. if it rains too much, _ there's not enough footfall on it, then we have to close. how many days have you closed this summer, do you think? we've had about seven early finishesjust in the summer. | so just from the summer holidays, about seven early finishes - and about three days we've had to close. _ so if we have a nice sunny day, you'll see me smiling. - summer isn't over yet, but bright spells like this might be as good as it gets, so make the most of it. charlene, be our carol kirkwood. what's on the way? we have got a lovely 25 degrees and we're going to have some sunblock on the beach. it is on the way. yeah. — can't wait for thursday. bring it on.

if you are on holiday or if you are not, here is the all—important weather forecast with carol kirkwood. hello again. for many of us today, the weather will be settled. we will see a change coming in from the west a bit later on in the day. that is courtesy of the weather front wrapped around the area of low pressure that will come in late afternoon and early evening, cross us overnight, bring some rain and fresh conditions. before that, the cloud across scotland, northern england, northern ireland and the south will continue to break, sunny spells, some will be hazy, a chance of an isolated shower in the midlands, wales, northern ireland, central and southern scotland, but that is all. it will feel muggy today. southerly winds, top temperatures roughly 22 to 27 degrees, not as windy in shetland. you can see the progress of the front pushing

northwards and eastwards, picking up across northern ireland and scotland, where the rain will be heaviest and thundery, the tail end of the weather front across southern areas will not do much more than produce clouds and the odd shower. it will be a muggy night, subtle change in the wind direction from southerly to south—westerly. tomorrow, rain in north—east scotland pushes into shetland, dry day, some showers, fairly isolated, the cloud on the english channel on the coast adjacent to it, and the temperatures are fresher in central and western areas than today but quite muggy with higher temperatures in the east and south—east of england. saturday and sunday, low pressure close to us, areas closest to it in the north and west will see some rain and also some showers. the rain coming in from the west, pushing further east, it could miss the south—east of england during daylight hours

or we could see one or two showers, and here are the temperatures. coming down, fresher air, 16 to about 24 degrees. on sunday, low pressure to the north—west, some showers coming in across the north and west but fewer than we were expecting on saturday. many are getting away with a dry day and sunshine, temperatures 15 in lerwick and a high of 23 as we push down to norwich. live from london. this is bbc news. the death toll from wildfires in hawaii climbs to 36. a candidate in ecuador�*s upcoming presidential election

is assassinated at a campaign event. west africa leaders hold emergency talks on the coup in niger — homeware chain wilco collapses into administration putting jobs at risk. the number of people in england waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to 7.6 million — a record high. within the last hour, it's emerged that the death toll from the wildfires in the us state of hawaii has risen to at least 36 people. large parts of the tourist town of lahaina, on the island of maui, have been burned to the ground. firefighters are still trying to get the fires under control. there were reports some people had jumped into the ocean to escape the fast—moving flames. james tokioka, director of the department of business, economic development and tourism

in hawaii, hasjust given this update.