bird will carry. i bespeak to the bird photographer of the year competition winner. all of that is coming up in the coming minutes. let's round up for the sport for the day, here is sarah mulkerrins. we start with developments in spain where it's been announced that the wolrd cup winning coach jorge vilde has been sacked. it comes amid ongoing controversy surrounding the head of the spanish fa rules will be ahlez who was criticised for kissing jenni hermoso after the final, he had been provisionally suspended by fifa, the world governing body of the sport. most of the team had resigned and refused to play for spain in the aftermath. there had been concerns over the regime ofjorge vilda, they were reported to have been a key

factor in 15 spanish players refusing to play for the spanish national team last year. one castro underlies reasons why she feltjorge vilda had to go. the underlies reasons why she felt jorge vilda had to 90-— vilda had to go. the reasons are very clear- _ vilda had to go. the reasons are very clear. the _ vilda had to go. the reasons are very clear. the new _ vilda had to go. the reasons are very clear. the new federation l vilda had to go. the reasons are i very clear. the new federation has nothing to do with all that bad smell to little bls. jorge vilda was one of the main assistance of luis rubiales. the new federation does not want to mix rubiales with the new federation. second thing, the government. the government is pushing a lot to sackjorge vilda. with vilde now spanish women play will go to the spanish national team so no way for him to be national coach. w, , . so no way for him to be national coach, ,,., , , ., ., so no way for him to be national coach. , ., ., ., ., . coach. says that an announcement we have heard that _ coach. says that an announcement we have heard that montse _ coach. says that an announcement we have heard that montse tome - coach. says that an announcement we have heard that montse tome will. coach. says that an announcement we have heard that montse tome will be | have heard that montse tome will be the new women's national team coach,

becoming the first woman to hold the position, the former spain and levante player will take charge of upcoming games against sweden and switzerland later this month. england's mens foootball squad have been training at st george's park ahead of their euro 2024 qualifier with ukraine. amongst them jordan henderson, who has given his first interview to the media after leaving liverpool to join the saudi arabian pro league. the interview was with the athletic website. in it, henderson says... he was "really hurt" after being criticised forjoining al—ettifaq. henderson has been a vocal ally of the lgbtq+ community same—sex sexual activity is illegal in saudi arabia. in the interview he says... "my intention was never, ever to hurt anyone. i do care about different causes that i've been involved in, and different communities. and for people to criticise and say that i'd turned my back on them really, really hurt me. all i can say is that i apologise, i'm sorry that i've made them feel that way. but i haven't changed as a person.

quarter—finals day continues at the us open today, with the women's game between number 6 seed coco gauff and number 20 seed jana ostapenko under way. coco gauff is the first american actor back with a finalist in serena williams 20 years ago. ostapenko knocked out eva swiatek in the first round and is on the verge of losing the first step to coco gauff who is leading 5—0 at the moment. there was live commentary on 5live sports extra on bbc cells. —— on bbc sounds. tour of britain, the dutchman olaf cory was the first to cross the finish line in beverley in yorkshire, and has now won the first three stages of the race which and

thatis three stages of the race which and that is all the sport at the moment. let's return to that story that we have been concentrating on for the last couple of hours, europe's biggest local authority birmingham city council effectively filing for bankruptcy today, it has issued a section iii; notice that prevents all but essential spending. today is linked to the need to pay £760 million bill to settle equal pay claims. back in april 2010 5000 mainly female council staff won their case for equal pay at an employment tribunal. in october 2012 the council lost an appeal over that case. the supreme court rejected his argument is that the claim should have been made within six months of staff leaving those jobs. between that time and now the council has paid out £1.1 billion in settling the pay claims. in may of this year a new council leader was chosen,

john cotton replacing ian ward, after a report criticised the "dysfunctional climate" at the labour run authority. onjune 28, £46.53 million was reported to be needed to fix issues with a new it system. eight days later the council said it was in talks with the government after revealing it has to pay an additional £716 million over those equal pay claims. on the 5th ofjuly all nonessential spending was halted by the council. rishi sunak ruled out a bailout for the council onjuly 24. sunak ruled out a bailout for the council on july 24. last sunak ruled out a bailout for the council onjuly 24. last month the council launched a voluntary severance scheme asking more than 10,000 staff if they wanted to leave, which brings us to today and the council effectively declaring itself bankrupt. that is the long backdrop, let's talk to terry travers, a director of the lse and

professor in the department of government, thank you, denny, for being with us. it is quite a dramatic move today. what does it now mean in practice?— dramatic move today. what does it now mean in practice? certainly for birmingham _ now mean in practice? certainly for birmingham it— now mean in practice? certainly for birmingham it means _ now mean in practice? certainly for birmingham it means real- now mean in practice? certainly for birmingham it means real change. | birmingham it means real change. because the council is now committed not to spending any extra money during the current year because their books will otherwise not balance, that is what a section 114 notice is issued to deliver glitches that the director of finance realises that unless something is done then this year's income will not cover this year's spending and councils are required to do that so no more spending other than on emergencies. some aspects of social care for older people and children, any other emergency spending but everything else frozen. i think the real implications will feed into the budget for next year, 2024—25, council is preparing those budgets now and i suspect that will mean that, unless the government comes up

with a bailout and as you rightly said they have so far said they will not, then council spending will have to fall on everything that is discretionary, where there is not a legal requirement to spend money and that in the end, less library service, perhaps fewer libraries, fewer refuse collections, less road maintenance, less park maintenance, all of the things that you would see in birmingham across the city will now be, almost everything the public sees will be under pressure. that sounds potentially _ sees will be under pressure. that sounds potentially pretty savage in the year ahead. you mentioned it in terms of any sort of government bailout. given what you have just described there will be significant pressure that central government somehow helps. do you think that current position is a fixed position? it current position is a fixed position?— current position is a fixed position? current position is a fixed osition? , position? it is a very good point. negotiations _ position? it is a very good point. negotiations involve _ position? it is a very good point. negotiations involve people - position? it is a very good point. l negotiations involve people taking hard positions then changing them.

in the past the government has allowed westminster to in effect borrow money in the short term to pay off some of these accrued equal pay off some of these accrued equal pay claim spending needs, and that is sort of breaching the rule about whether councils borrow within the year to fund this year's spending, they mount allow more of that to happen but one way or the other, birmingham local taxpayers may be faced with bigger council tax rises, as happened in for example croydon and thurrock this year. the government has, i checked on the department for levelling up website, 30 minutes ago, nothing to say the government has reacted but the council will have to talk to the government, the local government association that represents all councils, to see what, if any help, evenif

councils, to see what, if any help, even if not financial, room to manoeuvre, the government can give the city council to try to take the pressure of spending in the city for notjust next pressure of spending in the city for not just next year pressure of spending in the city for notjust next year but pressure of spending in the city for not just next year but for the pressure of spending in the city for notjust next year but for the years to come. not just next year but for the years to come. �* ., ., to come. birmingham not the only kelso running _ to come. birmingham not the only kelso running a — to come. birmingham not the only kelso running a deficit, _ to come. birmingham not the only kelso running a deficit, many - to come. birmingham not the only l kelso running a deficit, many others in a similar position but not as bad a position, tony travers —— not the only counsel. let's turn to that bbc investigation we were showing earlier suggesting that three major water companies in the uk illegally discharged sewage hundreds of times last year on days when it was not raining. that practice is known as dry spilling and it is banned because it can lead to higher concentrations of sewage and water ways. raw sewage can legally be discharged if the system is overwhelmed but only after heavy rain or snow. let's speak now to henry swithinbank, policy manager at

surfers against sewage. why has this become such a major issue? become such a ma'or issue? because of such chronic become such a major issue? because of such chronic underinvestment, - of such chronic underinvestment, from water companies for decades. they have relied on using storm overflows when it is dry and when it is wet to compensate for their lack of investment to improve the sewage infrastructure. in of investment to improve the sewage infrastructure.— infrastructure. in terms of solutions. _ infrastructure. in terms of solutions, obviously - infrastructure. in terms of solutions, obviously there infrastructure. in terms of. solutions, obviously there is infrastructure. in terms of- solutions, obviously there is a lot of pressure on water companies themselves but what would you like to see government doing? yesterday we watched launched _ to see government doing? yesterday we watched launched a _ to see government doing? yesterday we watched launched a sewage - we watched launched a sewage pollution manifesto is setting out key policies that we want this government to adopt to turn the tide on sewage pollution and top of that list is for the government to enforce the law. as you have some highlighted these dry spells are illegal under current legislation so we want the government to provide

regulators with the enforcement they need to hold water companies to account when they are polluting. where is the sewage mainly being discharged? i know that you have researched this in great depth. we researched this in great depth. - looked into these dry spells as part of the water quality report last year and we found that it is happening all over the uk in our rivers but also on our beaches and we saw that the majority of dry spills last year are going into excellent bathing water sites, so precious swimming and surfing spots around the country which have the highest rating from the environment agency are still being polluted. when you say still being polluted were you able to record exactly or roughly how much?— roughly how much? using the parameters — roughly how much? using the parameters reasonably - roughly how much? using the parameters reasonably the i roughly how much? using the i parameters reasonably the same roughly how much? using the - parameters reasonably the same as what the bbc have used we found

there are 141 dry spills in 2022, looking at coastal areas and 91 of those were on these excellent bathing water locations. i mention -ressure bathing water locations. i mention pressure on _ bathing water locations. i mention pressure on the _ bathing water locations. i mention pressure on the water _ bathing water locations. i mention pressure on the water companies. | pressure on the water companies. their position is that potentially they will have to raise prices for consumers. have you effectively given up on the notion that actually the money comes from those water companies themselves, the investors, because over the years we have seen dividends and bonuses but, is it too late to be having that argument now? absolutely not. we held a petition last year that called on an end to dividends where water companies are not meeting their environmental requirements, and that got over 173,000 signatures. we have seen that water companies have the money to pay out to shareholders and executives, so they can start to use that money to invest in

infrastructure and clean up our rivers and our seas for the benefit of people and the planet. we rivers and our seas for the benefit of people and the planet. we have to leave it there. _ of people and the planet. we have to leave it there, henry _ of people and the planet. we have to leave it there, henry swithinbank, i leave it there, henry swithinbank, thank you forjoining us. turning to that development, a further 1300 staff at the collapsed retailer wilco to lose theirjobs, the administrator overseeing the chain's sale. the locations will be made public tomorrow once the affected staff have been told. earlier a rival retailer b&m said it would buy up rival retailer b&m said it would buy up to 41 of the 150 wilco shops but the fate of a further 300 stores remains uncertain. let's talk to our business correspondent emma simpson whojoins us live business correspondent emma simpson who joins us live from the newsroom. a further 1300 staff going and that is another hammer blow, isn't it? it is. it is nearly a month since the collapse of wilco and now we have

the first store closures. to do, to close by the end of next week. staff will be informed tomorrow, there affected, then the locations will be published. these are stores that the administrators pwc say that none of the potential buyers they are still working with are interested in. so this was sad but necessary. meanwhile, b&m, a rival to wilco, discount retail chain is snapping up 51 stores in a deal worth £13 million, but not the brand, critically, and it is unclear what will happen to the staff in those stores. meanwhile things look very uncertain. the big question is whether wilco as a brand will survive on the high street. that really all hands on a potential rescue deal with the canadian businessman doug putnam, the owner

of hmv. at the end of last week it is thought to be edging towards a deal but now it seems that there are issues with suppliers, and you need them on board to provide stock on them on board to provide stock on the shelves and finalising funding. there are lots of moving parts that need to come together. that is still very much hanging in the balance. the administrators are said to be keen to try to give us a bit of time to get it over the line to see if they can save as many shops and stores as possible.— they can save as many shops and stores as possible. thanks very much for now, stores as possible. thanks very much for now. emma _ stores as possible. thanks very much for now, emma simpson, _ stores as possible. thanks very much for now, emma simpson, more - for now, emma simpson, more developments expected no tomorrow. turning to a visual treat for the next few minutes, the winners of this year's bird photographer of the year have been announced, this dramatic shot of a female peregrine forking attacking a large brown pelican attacking her young. the talk of a said he had been trying to capture that moment for four years.

there were 20,000 entries to the competition, pictures taken injust about every corner of the world. two of the photographersjoin me on about every corner of the world. two of the photographers join me on the programme earlier. they picked up gold and silver awards, and i spoke to them and asked them where they took their individual photos. i5 to them and asked them where they took their individual photos. is an took their individual photos. is on a reserve run _ took their individual photos. is on a reserve run by— took their individual photos. is on a reserve run by locals, _ took their individual photos. is on a reserve run by locals, like - a reserve run by locals, like indigenous people and they are very humble people. they do their best to conserve this area. and we were shooting where they place some food and other birds come to feed, and i saw that a few metres away from the feeders, this lovely leaf shape was there, and one of these birds was foraging, so i thought it was a good idea to point my camera in this

direction and wait for it to appear and we were so lucky that after only five minutes it appeared in the middle of the leaf and showed us this great display. it middle of the leaf and showed us this great display.— this great display. it could not be more perfect. — this great display. it could not be more perfect, henry— this great display. it could not be more perfect, henry levy, - this great display. it could not be more perfect, henry levy, we - this great display. it could not be | more perfect, henry levy, we will bring you in and put your picture on the screen. take me through that. i come from a completely different angle _ come from a completely different angle as — come from a completely different angle as an underwater photographer so my— angle as an underwater photographer so my challenge, my passion is to capture _ so my challenge, my passion is to capture seabirds in those fleeting moments — capture seabirds in those fleeting moments when they are beneath the waves _ moments when they are beneath the waves in _ moments when they are beneath the waves. in this case a blue footed booby— waves. in this case a blue footed booby hunting in a shoal of sardines and it_ booby hunting in a shoal of sardines and it is— booby hunting in a shoal of sardines and it is rising with one of them and it is rising with one of them and it's — and it is rising with one of them and it's. there are quite a few unsuccessful dives to,... | and it's. there are quite a few unsuccessful dives to, . .. i love every part _ unsuccessful dives to, . .. i love every part of — unsuccessful dives to, . .. i love every part of this _ unsuccessful dives to, . .. i love every part of this photo - unsuccessful dives to, . .. i love | every part of this photo because unsuccessful dives to, . .. i love - every part of this photo because you can see the sardine and a peak, you can see the sardine and a peak, you

can see the dive zone that has been left in the seconds before. when you're trying to take a picture like this you are obviously the water. can you see the birds preparing to dive? ~ , ,., , can you see the birds preparing to dive? ~ , ., can you see the birds preparing to dive? ~ ,,., , ., ., can you see the birds preparing to dive? ~ , , ., ., , dive? absolutely not! i had visited this location _ dive? absolutely not! i had visited this location for _ dive? absolutely not! i had visited this location for a _ dive? absolutely not! i had visited this location for a number- dive? absolutely not! i had visited this location for a number of - dive? absolutely not! i had visited | this location for a number of years. i had _ this location for a number of years. i had a _ this location fora number of years. i had a look— this location for a number of years. i had a look at the surface and thaught— i had a look at the surface and thought i— i had a look at the surface and thought i would love to capture one of these _ thought i would love to capture one of these booby hurtling into the sardines, — of these booby hurtling into the sardines, because the sardines are quite _ sardines, because the sardines are quite common at this time of year. but it— quite common at this time of year. but it felt— quite common at this time of year. but it felt like an almost zero chance — but it felt like an almost zero chance encounter. so ijust sat in among _ chance encounter. so ijust sat in among the — chance encounter. so ijust sat in among the sardines and waited and prayed _ among the sardines and waited and prayed that one of these birds would choose _ prayed that one of these birds would choose to _ prayed that one of these birds would choose to come and punt right next to me _ choose to come and punt right next to me because the other challenge of underwater photography is, we cannot see very— underwater photography is, we cannot see very far— underwater photography is, we cannot see very far so all of the subjects have _ see very far so all of the subjects have to _ see very far so all of the subjects have to he — see very far so all of the subjects have to be within about two metres in order— have to be within about two metres in order to — have to be within about two metres in order to do it successfully.

suddenly— in order to do it successfully. suddenly to —— that brings me to where i want to ask you, i will put another couple of photos from the competition, all of the entries, and what i love about both of these, the picture on the right, from spain, an abandoned farmhouse with a painting on the door, a european stone chap perched on it, you have sunrise, the door at a perfect angle, the flash is to illuminate the door, and on the left you have that snapshot from antonio guti of a purple heron, gobbling a carp, so you have two different types of photograph, the carefully planned and prepared and a snapshot of something happening in the moment so, nicholas, in terms of use and your description a moment ago, it sounded like you were prepared. you had a look at that leaf, and hope that that moment might come. i

leaf, and hope that that moment might come-— leaf, and hope that that moment miaht come. ., , ., , , ., might come. i had been many times to this country and _ might come. i had been many times to this country and i _ might come. i had been many times to this country and i knew _ might come. i had been many times to this country and i knew how— might come. i had been many times to this country and i knew how they - this country and i knew how they moved and i thought it was a possibility. the other thing we could lose was some time. so we took the risk and it was really worth it. in terms of the difficulties of shooting underwater, take me through the major things that you are trying to contend with. it is the major things that you are trying to contend with.— to contend with. it is that proximity _ to contend with. it is that proximity point, - to contend with. it is that - proximity point, photographically to contend with. it is that _ proximity point, photographically we have to _ proximity point, photographically we have to he _ proximity point, photographically we have to be very close because the water _ have to be very close because the water otherwise renders everything very blurry. so a lot of bird photography would occur with zoom lenses, _ photography would occur with zoom lenses, whereas i have to shoot with that big, _ lenses, whereas i have to shoot with that big, wide lens and hope that i -et that big, wide lens and hope that i get the _ that big, wide lens and hope that i get the bird very close to me and then— get the bird very close to me and then i— get the bird very close to me and then i think nicholas and i are both at the _ then i think nicholas and i are both at the mercy of wildlife. that is the issue — at the mercy of wildlife. that is the issue with our subjects. we are not in _ the issue with our subjects. we are not in control. we hope that they will somehow cooperate with the image _ will somehow cooperate with the image that we have in mind. the

winners of _ image that we have in mind. the winners of gold _ image that we have in mind. iia: winners of gold and image that we have in mind. "the: winners of gold and silver image that we have in mind. ii9 winners of gold and silver in image that we have in mind. ii9: winners of gold and silver in that bird photography competition. one more story to tell you about this half—hour, because the government has announced that laughing gas will be classified as a class c drug, possession of nitrous oxide will carry a sentence of up to two years in prison. the government says it is part of a crackdown on anti—social behaviour. we can speak to a senior policy analyst at a charity that advocates for safer and legal regulation of all drugs. thank you for being on the programme. your reaction first of all to the smooth. it is disappointing. all of the advice the government received drama the advisory council on the misuse of drugs, its own expert body was not to criminalise it. there was a group of health experts last week reported on

the bbc actually, saying that criminalising this possession of this drug would harm young people, would actually increase health risks, not decrease them because they would be less willing to come forward for health support. so all of the expert advice was against this. it does feel like it was political theatre.— this. it does feel like it was political theatre. are you sure about that? _ political theatre. are you sure about that? experts _ political theatre. are you sure about that? experts have - political theatre. are you sure i about that? experts have warned political theatre. are you sure - about that? experts have warned that laughing gas can harm users, cause headaches, make some users anxious and paranoid, too much use can make people lose consciousness. there is a long list of these sorts of symptoms it can generate. ila a long list of these sorts of symptoms it can generate. no one is dis-cutin symptoms it can generate. no one is disputing the — symptoms it can generate. no one is disputing the risks. _ symptoms it can generate. no one is disputing the risks. as _ symptoms it can generate. no one is disputing the risks. as with - symptoms it can generate. no one is disputing the risks. as with any i disputing the risks. as with any drug there are risks. the question is, is criminalising a million young people and threatening them with prison, is that the way to address

the risks? we do not do it with other health risks, drinking, smoking, unsafe sex, unhealthy diets, we use public health... stand diets, we use public health... and that is the — diets, we use public health... and that is the point _ diets, we use public health... and that is the point here. they do do that is the point here. they do do that approach with other drugs and that approach with other drugs and thatis that approach with other drugs and that is the point, here. iloathe that approach with other drugs and that is the point, here.— that is the point, here. who does what approach? _ that is the point, here. who does what approach? in _ that is the point, here. who does what approach? in terms - that is the point, here. who does what approach? in terms of i what approach? in terms of criminalising _ what approach? in terms of criminalising it. _ what approach? in terms of criminalising it. they i what approach? in terms of criminalising it. they do i what approach? in terms of| criminalising it. they do not what approach? in terms of i criminalising it. they do not with alcohol and _ criminalising it. they do not with alcohol and tobacco, _ criminalising it. they do not with alcohol and tobacco, we - criminalising it. they do not with alcohol and tobacco, we do i criminalising it. they do not with alcohol and tobacco, we do not l alcohol and tobacco, we do not criminalise eating kebabs because young people put on weight, or having sex without condoms, we educate young people about making good health choices. criminalising drug simply doesn't work. cannabis has been illegal 50 years, use has gone up tenfold, getting in was made a class c drug —like nitrous oxide is about to be, in 2015 and use of get a mean has trebled since then. there is simply no evidence of a

criminaljustice approach is the right one. this is a health issue and we should deal with it as one. putting lots of criminaljustice resources in is a waste of resources, it is counter—productive as all of the experts have said. lawmakers would argue with you. let me ask you a final kick point in terms of four people watching, give them an idea of the scale of the use here of this. it them an idea of the scale of the use here of this-— here of this. it is the second or third most _ here of this. it is the second or third most used _ here of this. it is the second or third most used illegal - here of this. it is the second or third most used illegal drugs. l here of this. it is the second or| third most used illegal drugs. it here of this. it is the second or. third most used illegal drugs. it is already illegal. under the psychoactive substances act. it is illegal to sell. a lot of the government's push on this was about litter, but littering is also already illegal. if you want to crack down on litter they should have a recycling scheme, to crackdown on the risks associated with nitrous oxide usually spent money on educating young people about risks and making sensible decisions, not criminalising them and threatening them with prison. we

know that doesn't work because we have tried it with lots of other drugs. and it has been a generationalfailure so drugs. and it has been a generational failure so this is the wrong approach and one that has not been recommended by the government's own experts. taste been recommended by the government's own exerts. ~ :, been recommended by the government's own exerts. ~ ., :, been recommended by the government's own exerts. . ., :, :, own experts. we are out of time, thank you — own experts. we are out of time, thank you for— own experts. we are out of time, thank you for your _ own experts. we are out of time, thank you for your time, - own experts. we are out of time, thank you for your time, and i own experts. we are out of time, i thank you for your time, and see you next time. hello. there was another hot day today, particularly across central and southern parts of the uk. it looks like temperatures will build further over the next few days. the peak of the heat wednesday and thursday and will also see the humidity increasing as well. and that's going to make it feel a bit more uncomfortable, both day and night. our area of high pressure sitting over scandinavia is drawing up the heat from the near continent. low pressure sits out towards the west. we're drawing this heat up from france, mainly where we're seeing some pretty high temperatures at the moment. now, as we head through the evening and overnight period, it looks like more extensive low cloud, mist and fog will roll into parts of eastern scotland, eastern england, maybe around the irish sea coast as well.

elsewhere, it's going to be largely clear and dry and quite a muggy night developing particularly towards southern counties. wednesday then we start off with early mist and fog. low cloud across eastern areas will tend to burn back to the coast. it could linger across some eastern coast of scotland, but it's a dry, sunny day for most of us, and a hot one. england and wales high 20s widely, could be up to 32 celsius or so across the south—east. mid 20s there for scotland, northern ireland. as you move through wednesday night, there's a chance we could see some showers and thunderstorms moving through central and western areas, though most places will stay dry again with clear skies. but it's going to be a warm and a muggy night. pretty uncomfortable for sleeping across parts of england and wales into thursday. then a bit of a difference. we will see the chance of further thundery showers out towards western areas in response to the high humidity. but i think for most thursday it's going to be another dry and sunny one with temperatures again reaching the 30 celsius mark or so across southern areas, but again, mid to high 20s,

widely across england and wales. friday, a similar story, a bit of a misty start, that mist melting away quickly and then it's going to be dry. plenty of sunshine again. chance of some thundery showers out west, particularly for northern ireland. but again, you can see it's going to be another hot day, high 20s for many, again, 30s or low 30s across some south—eastern areas. into the weekend, low pressure starts to edge in a bit closer to the uk, so destabilises the atmosphere for northern and western areas. so this is where we'd like to see the temperatures start falling, increasing chance of showers or thunderstorms, but it stays hot and sunny for most of england and wales this weekend. it's not until we get into next week, things start to cool down.

good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. birmingham goes bankrupt. the city council which provides services for more than1 million people council which provides services for more than 1 million people says council which provides services for more than1 million people says it can no longer balance the books, and all but essential spending has stopped. i all but essential spending has sto ed. :, ., all but essential spending has stoned. :, ., :, ,. stopped. i have never heard of such a thin in stopped. i have never heard of such a thing in my _ stopped. i have never heard of such a thing in my life! _ stopped. i have never heard of such a thing in my life! how— stopped. i have never heard of such a thing in my life! how can - stopped. i have never heard of such a thing in my life! how can the i a thing in my life! how can the council be bankrupt? it is a thing in my life! how can the council be bankrupt?— council be bankrupt? it is a dynamic and vibrant — council be bankrupt? it is a dynamic and vibrant city, _ council be bankrupt? it is a dynamic and vibrant city, but _ council be bankrupt? it is a dynamic and vibrant city, but this _ council be bankrupt? it is a dynamic and vibrant city, but this should i and vibrant city, but this should never— and vibrant city, but this should never have _ and vibrant city, but this should never have happened. the council sa s vital never have happened. the council says vital services _ never have happened. the council says vital services will _ never have happened. the council says vital services will be - says vital services will be protected. we will be asking whether the government could step in. also on the programme— that a further 1300 jobs are to go at the high street chain wilko following its collapse. a bbc investigation finds three major water companies are illegally discharged sewage last year when it was not raining. the

grandfather of 12—year—old sara sharif says the little girl's father claims it was an accident. and we tell the story of a hollywood actor, and are and coming up in sport on bbc news... spain sack their women's world cup winning coachjorge vilda, amid the ongoing scandal involving football federation president luis rubiales. hit health warning is in place as london heats up. —— a heat health warning. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. birmingham city council — the largest local authority in europe — has declared itself effectively bankrupt. it says all new council spending in the city must stop — except for services that it has to provide by law — schools, social care, waste collection, protecting the vulnerable, for example.