it is unlikely that review will be completed until december. the education secretary gillian keegan said the problem for the government is that 5% of schools have not filled in surveys about raac in their buildings, despite being asked since march, to "get off their backsides". we've got some which we'll be surveilling in the next two weeks. every one that's found with raac, we will put the mitigations in place — so we're not going to do the "critical", "noncritical" thing, i'm going to treat everyone as "critical". and then, the annoying bit — and this was probably a bit of my frustration yesterday — is, despite asking since march 2020, there's 5% of schools�* responsible bodies that have not responded to the survey. now, hopefully all this publicity will make them get off their backsides. laughter but what i would like them to do is to respond, because i want to be the secretary of state that knows exactly in every school where there is raac and takes action. james saunders, a head

teacher in essex, says he did fill in the survey, but the government's policy on raac changed mid—way through the process. i will tell you my comment about yesterday's comment. it's, well, hey, we aren't all monks, are we? we've probably all had our own discretions at times, but they aren't always recorded. however, i quite like a compliment when i cook a nice dinner for my wife, but i usually fish for the compliment at the end of the meal, not before i've finished cooking it. so let's wait until we are at the end of this crisis and then we'll decide who deserves a "thank you" at the end. that's really my take on it. with regard to the more recent comment that you just spoke about, well, i don't think that that's aimed at me particularly because i am a school that did fill out the questionnaire that then was then put in touch with the dfe and then the dfe kindly surveyed the school for us and kindly commissioned a report. that report is what identified the fact that we had raac. however, i think the issue is that the policy changed

so our raac was deemed high, medium and low. a combination of those three. there is a higher rating called "critical", we didn't have any "critical". and the policyjust going into the summer holiday was that only raac rated "critical" needed some immediate attention. so, we were following that policy right up to mid—august where we were still engaging with the dfe to organise an additional survey and then an action plan for the remedial work over time. and then the policy changed to be any room with raac could no longer be used. let's bring in our panel — paul waugh, political editor there is reporting that it closed you and right ovary and went for the most hostage often —— unilaterally. the bad news is it's notjust

schools, its public buildings like social housing. all sorts of different buildings that have been built with cheap material. i different buildings that have been built with cheap material.- built with cheap material. i think what the big _ built with cheap material. i think what the big problem _ built with cheap material. i think what the big problem here - built with cheap material. i think what the big problem here is - built with cheap material. i think| what the big problem here is that for the government overall politically, this is a timing issue that's the timing nightmare. pupils are heading back to school, and it looks like they may have to do remote learning or go in for prefabs. on the political level, the pm was due to be back to school at hogwarts in westminster and he was trying to reset his equipment. the real problem is as a result, the unseemly blame game that's taking place where the minister suggests that the schools are to blame and the schools are saying they're doing their best leads only to one direction, which is ultimately the person responsible — rishi sunak

when he was chancellor didn't provide schools enough money to repair themselves and build new schools to avoid this problem or rectify it. i think it's a really difficult start to the new terms, because ultimately, you can get away with this kind of thing in a new government, but when you've been in powerfor 13 years, it government, but when you've been in power for 13 years, it feeds into this metaphor of britain being broken and public fabric falling around her ears. ithink broken and public fabric falling around her ears. i think that's the real political difficulty for the prime minister, no matter how well his education secretary may not have handled it. the former prime minister was —— secretary said he asked for money he didn't get. scott, it's a legacy issue. these schools were built in the 1950s and

current governments make decisions under budget constraints. it's a similar debate in america. i remember back injune, the us government gave $58 million in grants to schools to remove lead from drinking water, which is extraordinary in this day and age. but that's a similar type of example where governments know about it, they could have changed it, they sit on their hands and public infrastructure isn't improved. is there a broader point about the way governments, particularly central, approach public for structure and buildings? inaudible it appears the uk the same path. we not only— it appears the uk the same path. we not only have increasing including but influence. a record number of students — but influence. a record number of students are being pulled out of public— students are being pulled out of public schools by wealthy parents to

be put _ public schools by wealthy parents to be put in _ public schools by wealthy parents to be put in private schools, and there's — be put in private schools, and there's less appetite for investment. literally we had a condominium collapse at 1:30am with no explosion. it was a lack of regulatory— no explosion. it was a lack of regulatory oversight and investment. within_ regulatory oversight and investment. within walking distance of that collapse is the four seasons at surfside — collapse is the four seasons at surfside that is selling condominiums that £4000 a square metre _ condominiums that £4000 a square metre if_ condominiums that £4000 a square metre. if you insist on the aggressive policy in the 1% does not pay their_ aggressive policy in the 1% does not pay theirfair share, the aggressive policy in the 1% does not pay their fair share, the easiest place _ pay their fair share, the easiest place to— pay their fair share, the easiest place to cut is around infrastructure. wealthy people have their own _ infrastructure. wealthy people have their own health care, their own schools. — their own health care, their own schools, their own transportation. i worried _ schools, their own transportation. i worried that — schools, their own transportation. i worried that the uk is heading down the same _ worried that the uk is heading down the same place we are, and that is our bridges — the same place we are, and that is our bridges and infrastructure, disasters. _ our bridges and infrastructure, disasters, bridges collapsing — that youte _ disasters, bridges collapsing — that

you're heading down the same dangerous path. the people who are most influential and have the most power— most influential and have the most power by— most influential and have the most power by frankly don't need infrastructure.— power by frankly don't need infrastructure. w ., , infrastructure. scott makes a really aood infrastructure. scott makes a really good point. — infrastructure. scott makes a really good point, paul. _ infrastructure. scott makes a really good point, paul. as _ infrastructure. scott makes a really good point, paul. as you _ infrastructure. scott makes a really good point, paul. as you just - infrastructure. scott makes a really good point, paul. as you just said, | good point, paul. as you just said, there is a history to this. you put it in the context of covid in the money the government was troubling out the door. obviously the finances the government had and decisions being made, the first thing that's been cut is the safety of our children in schools. that's how it would appear. find children in schools. that's how it would appear-— would appear. and that's the difficulty. — would appear. and that's the difficulty, unlike _ would appear. and that's the difficulty, unlike the - would appear. and that's the difficulty, unlike the us, - would appear. and that's the i difficulty, unlike the us, where would appear. and that's the - difficulty, unlike the us, where - difficulty, unlike the us, where — to be fair to the us government, president biden�*s act are pumping billions into infrastructure right now. there's a boom that there hasn't been since fdr. over here, we've had 13 years of withered capital budgets, whether it's not just on buildings, but also things

like diagnostics, that keep people out of hospital. so, those are things that you need to spend money on, but it's the first thing that any government cuts if it comes under pressure. this isn'tjust the conservative the last labour chancellor's plans in the wake of the financial crisis when pressure was really, really heavy on public finances, his first resort was to cut some capital budgets. that was his plan for the 2010s if labour had won. the question is how long—term all they —— are they and their politics? is where a lot of the projects need to be done. whether or not the treasury changes its brain to long—term, just as the city of london has a problem with that as well. , , ., ., . well. just one thing that occurred

to me, well. just one thing that occurred to me. scott. _ well. just one thing that occurred to me, scott, talking _ well. just one thing that occurred to me, scott, talking in - well. just one thing that occurred to me, scott, talking in the - well. just one thing that occurred to me, scott, talking in the uk. to me, scott, talking in the uk about birmingham city council, it's effectively bankrupt. it doesn't have enough money to do extra curricular activities like building projects. is there a dichotomy here? i don't know, is there a split between federal and local government that needs to be solved when it comes to capital projects like building schools? comes to capital pro'ects like building schools?_ comes to capital pro'ects like building schools? yes, but it all comes from _ building schools? yes, but it all comes from the _ building schools? yes, but it all comes from the same _ building schools? yes, but it all comes from the same place. i building schools? yes, but it all- comes from the same place. fortunate companies _ comes from the same place. fortunate companies in _ comes from the same place. fortunate companies in the us are paying no tax rates — companies in the us are paying no tax rates. when those plummet, whether— tax rates. when those plummet, whether the pie gets split up between state and federal, at the end of— between state and federal, at the end of the — between state and federal, at the end of the day, it's a resource problem _ end of the day, it's a resource problem. and it all began with thatcher— problem. and it all began with thatcher and reagan in the 805 with the scourge of its government where we decided _ the scourge of its government where we decided if we are all up5et or...

we can— we decided if we are all up5et or... we can ail— we decided if we are all up5et or... we can all agree on the federal government. this notion of demoni5ing our in5titution5, government. this notion of demoni5ing our institutions, which makes _ demoni5ing our institutions, which makes no — demoni5ing our institutions, which makes no sense, because these federat— makes no sense, because these federal governments are u5 — and when _ federal governments are u5 — and when we — federal governments are u5 — and when we don't fund them, when we defund _ when we don't fund them, when we defund them to the extent, when we can't afford _ defund them to the extent, when we can't afford infrastructure and the incentives — can't afford infrastructure and the incentives are so short—term, there are a _ incentives are so short—term, there are a few_ incentives are so short—term, there are a few people with 5tatute5 built for them _ are a few people with 5tatute5 built for them to ensure there was no raac _ wini win ijust think it's a resource issue. win i just think it's a resource issue. ~ ., ., issue. if... when reagan took office, issue. if... when reagan took office. the _ issue. if... when reagan took office, the top _ issue. if... when reagan took office, the top income - issue. if... when reagan took office, the top income tax - issue. if... when reagan took. office, the top income tax rates were _ office, the top income tax rates were somewhere between 70—80%. by the time _ were somewhere between 70—80%. by the time he _ were somewhere between 70—80%. by the time he left office, they were down _ the time he left office, they were down on — the time he left office, they were down on the high 205. iju5t 5ee down on the high 205. iju5t see this simply— down on the high 205. iju5t see this simply as a down on the high 205. ijust see this simply as a resource issue and a decision— this simply as a resource issue and a decision rather we buy into this notion _ a decision rather we buy into this notion as — a decision rather we buy into this notion. as long as the top 1% are killing _ notion. as long as the top 1% are killing it. — notion. as long as the top 1% are killing it, that is tripling

economics that will continue. we had 'u5t economics that will continue. we had just appeared to not want to learn the same — just appeared to not want to learn the same lessons over and over. tiers; the same lessons over and over. very interesting- — the same lessons over and over. very interesting. let's _ the same lessons over and over. very interesting. let's talk _ the same lessons over and over. - interesting. let's talk about another pressure. a new law has taken effect in new york city that restricts short term rentals through platforms such as airbnb and vrbo — affecting both hosts and guests. thousands of bookings across various sites will no longer be able to offer stays of less than 30 days unless property owners have registered with the mayor's office. implementation of the law was delayed after airbnb sued, claiming the restrictions made it difficult for hosts to do business, but the case was dismissed last month. nada tawfik is in new york. to me, it looks tantamount to a ban. airbnb has called it a de facto ban, christian. not only do not have this process where they have to register with the mayor's office, but the

restrictions include the host having to be present during the entire stay. they're limiting it to just two guests in each rental. when you look at hosts who want to continue, they said these are severe restrictions. already, if you look, the numbers of postings on airbnb — there was 15,000 hosts last month with several listing. now the city has only approved registrations for 260 properties so far. this will be a long process and it will greatly impact anyone who is coming to look for properties for short—term stays in the city and certainly for hosts. i'm reading a quote on social media, someone reacting to the story. "speaking as a vancouver resident, the sounds reasonable to me." to the 67% of new yorkers who are renters

will applaud the decision. keep 67% of new yorkers who are renters will applaud the decision.— will applaud the decision. keep in mind that this _ will applaud the decision. keep in mind that this has _ will applaud the decision. keep in mind that this has been _ will applaud the decision. keep in mind that this has been a - mind that this has been a decade—long battle between new york city and airbnb. new york is such a tight real estate market, and when you look at the fact that many people were taking their second homes or even a room of their primary residences and saying that, "i could get more money, i could be more profitable if i use this for airbnb for these short rentals." what the city has argued is that that has left rentals skyrocketing again in this very tight market. it's exacerbated this shortage in the city. for many people who see this as relief from those issues and for those who were complaining about noise complaints and what it was doing to their buildings and communities, for them, this is a positive. it'sjust communities, for them, this is a positive. it's just really interesting to see the kind of pro

and against for this law.- and against for this law. nada, thank you _ and against for this law. nada, thank you very _ and against for this law. nada, thank you very much. - scott, good idea or bad idea ? i'm also a shareholder 7 i'm also a shareholder in airbnb. ? i'm also a shareholder in airbnb. but our ? i'm also a shareholder in airbnb. but your guest _ ? i'm also a shareholder in airbnb. but your guest summarised - ? i'm also a shareholder in airbnb. but your guest summarised it - but your guest summarised it perfectly. this is a transfer of weaith— perfectly. this is a transfer of wealth from renters who were getting additional— wealth from renters who were getting additional monetisation of their property— additional monetisation of their property by letting it out via airhnh _ property by letting it out via airbnb. it's bad for them and it's good _ airbnb. it's bad for them and it's good for— airbnb. it's bad for them and it's good for the hospitality industry that want less competition, and also fron1~~~_ that want less competition, and also from... , �* ., ., , ., from... isn't it dangerous to tell --eole from... isn't it dangerous to tell people what _ from... isn't it dangerous to tell people what they _ from... isn't it dangerous to tell people what they should - from... isn't it dangerous to tell people what they should do - people what they should do with their flat in a capital economy? that's a fair point. private property— that's a fair point. private property has very strong protection. just to play the other side, when housing crisis _ to play the other side, when housing crisis is _ to play the other side, when housing crisis is are _ to play the other side, when housing crisis is are so extraordinary, and some _ crisis is are so extraordinary, and some of— crisis is are so extraordinary, and some of the _ crisis is are so extraordinary, and

some of the rentals are off the market. — some of the rentals are off the market, tojust some of the rentals are off the market, to just strictly. some of the rentals are off the market, tojust strictly. how we reached _ market, tojust strictly. how we reached a _ market, tojust strictly. how we reached a point where there needs to be reached a point where there needs to he more _ reached a point where there needs to be more stock? i reached a point where there needs to be more stock?— be more stock? i think many city would say _ be more stock? i think many city would say yes- — be more stock? i think many city would say yes. quick— be more stock? i think many city would say yes. quick break. - be more stock? i think many city i would say yes. quick break. you're watching bbc. around the world and across the uk. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. tucked away in a quiet corner of the malvern hills is this little green oasis. valerie and jane are visually—impaired members of the well bean gardening club, which runs every tuesday and friday. when people offer you these little things, and you think, "oh, i'll try it." oh, i can do it. there is a way. where there's a will, there's a way. and suddenly, a new world opens for you. and you think, right, that door�*s closing, but yesterday's yesterday. it's today and tomorrow, and i can live my life again. that's the main aim of the centre, to use the healing power of plants to help people from all backgrounds. there's reams and reams of evidence to say that

gardening, being in nature, helps to calm a person. it helps in reducing stress. it gives people a meaningful activity that's outside, in nature. a sense of belonging. part of a family, if you like, a community. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're watching bbc news. it's time for the panel. scott, i want to turn to you first. i haven't seen you on twitter. you haven't been posting, why? first of all, i'm addicted _ haven't been posting, why? first of all, i'm addicted to _ haven't been posting, why? first of all, i'm addicted to twitter, - haven't been posting, why? first of all, i'm addicted to twitter, so - haven't been posting, why? first of all, i'm addicted to twitter, so i'ml all, i'm addicted to twitter, so i'm trying _ all, i'm addicted to twitter, so i'm trying to— all, i'm addicted to twitter, so i'm trying to go— all, i'm addicted to twitter, so i'm trying to go cold turkey. you are referring — trying to go cold turkey. you are referring to _ trying to go cold turkey. you are referring to a story where, through a mutuai— referring to a story where, through a mutual friend, referring to a story where, through a mutualfriend, elon referring to a story where, through a mutual friend, elon musk asked to meet _ a mutual friend, elon musk asked to

meet with— a mutual friend, elon musk asked to meet with me and felt unfairly attacked. i declined the meeting. i tell you _ attacked. i declined the meeting. i tell you what i told my friend. i think— tell you what i told my friend. i think mr— tell you what i told my friend. i think mr musk engages in homophobic and anti—semitic conspiracy theory and anti—semitic conspiracy theory and i_ and anti—semitic conspiracy theory and i had — and anti—semitic conspiracy theory and i had no desire to meet with him _ and i had no desire to meet with him 0r— and i had no desire to meet with him. 0r eight hours later, i was locked out— him. 0r eight hours later, i was locked out of twitter. it did seem awfully _ locked out of twitter. it did seem awfully coincidental. when i talked about _ awfully coincidental. when i talked about it _ awfully coincidental. when i talked about it on the podcast, the media picked _ about it on the podcast, the media picked it— about it on the podcast, the media picked it up. i heard from twitter saying _ picked it up. i heard from twitter saying that's how you get out on the network _ saying that's how you get out on the network i_ saying that's how you get out on the network. i have decided not to do it. i network. i have decided not to do it hust— network. i have decided not to do it. ijust don't want to paint the fence _ it. ijust don't want to paint the fence of— it. ijust don't want to paint the fence of someone who i don't think is acquitting themselves well and i5 i5 acquitting themselves well and i5 engaging _ i5 acquitting themselves well and i5 engaging in this type of conspiracy theory _ engaging in this type of conspiracy theo . ~ ., ., , engaging in this type of conspiracy theo .~ ., theory. what does he say if the owner is able _ theory. what does he say if the owner is able to _ theory. what does he say if the owner is able to censor- theory. what does he say if the owner is able to censor the - theory. what does he say if the i owner is able to censor the people he doesn't particularly like ? i think it's his right, i 7 i think it's his right, i think ? i think it's his right, i think ou ? i think it's his right, i think you should — ? i think it's his right, i think you should stop _ ? i think it's his right, i think you should stop with - ? i think it's his right, i think you should stop with the - 2 | think it's his right, ithink- you should stop with the nonsense around _ you should stop with the nonsense around free speech. of this blather,

this hypocritical nonsense around his fidelity to this free speech, he should _ his fidelity to this free speech, he should just stop it.— his fidelity to this free speech, he should just stop it. should 'ust stop it. what would you sa to should just stop it. what would you sa to him should just stop it. what would you say to him if— should just stop it. what would you say to him if he's _ should just stop it. what would you say to him if he's watching? - should just stop it. what would you say to him if he's watching? i - say to him if he's watching? i mean, he says he's unfairly maligned. ilrrui’itli he says he's unfairly maligned. with someone with _ he says he's unfairly maligned. with someone with his _ he says he's unfairly maligned. with someone with his blessings and weaith— someone with his blessings and wealth has an obligation with those who are _ wealth has an obligation with those who are grand much, he should stop hurting _ who are grand much, he should stop hurting people and stop spreading 5p conspiracy— hurting people and stop spreading 5p conspiracy theories that further fray at — conspiracy theories that further fray at the fabric of our society. someone — fray at the fabric of our society. someone with these blessings should act like _ someone with these blessings should act like more of a man. he�*s someone with these blessings should act like more of a man.— act like more of a man. he's taken ou off act like more of a man. he's taken you off but — act like more of a man. he's taken you off but put political _ act like more of a man. he's taken you off but put political ads - act like more of a man. he's taken you off but put political ads on. . you off but put political ads on. you like the way he's running the company? i you like the way he's running the com an ? ., �* ~' you like the way he's running the coman ? ., �* ~ ., ., , company? i don't think anyone does. nobody but — company? i don't think anyone does. nobody but far— company? i don't think anyone does. nobody but far right _ company? i don't think anyone does. nobody but far right red _ company? i don't think anyone does. nobody but far right red pill - nobody but far right red pill americans. these debtors don't like it. americans. these debtors don't like it his _ americans. these debtors don't like it. his business is all for 60%, racial— it. his business is all for 60%, racial servers —— rachels '5 slurs have _ racial servers —— rachels '5 slurs have exploded, and this is the worst application — have exploded, and this is the worst application. it would be difficult

to find — application. it would be difficult to find another company over $1 billion— to find another company over $1 billion of— to find another company over $1 billion of revenue that has seen a 60%_ billion of revenue that has seen a 60% decline in revenue within 90 days of— 60% decline in revenue within 90 days of a — 60% decline in revenue within 90 days of a new owner. this is been a disaster.~ _ days of a new owner. this is been a disaster,. �* . ., . ., days of a new owner. this is been a disaster,. �* _, . ., , disaster,. i'm concerned that i put a nail in disaster,. i'm concerned that i put a rrail in that _ disaster,. i'm concerned that i put a nail in that coffin _ disaster,. i'm concerned that i put a nail in that coffin and _ disaster,. i'm concerned that i put a nail in that coffin and you - disaster,. i'm concerned that i put a nail in that coffin and you will. a nail in that coffin and you will get back on twitter! let's hope he wasn't watching. paul, we've talked about all the bad news, but you've got a nice story. we about all the bad news, but you've got a nice story-— got a nice story. we heard all the dire stuff about _ got a nice story. we heard all the dire stuff about what's _ got a nice story. we heard all the dire stuff about what's come - got a nice story. we heard all the dire stuff about what's come out | got a nice story. we heard all the i dire stuff about what's come out of english schools that's been discovered over the summer. something that's nice that's been discovered is an old copy of the first harry potter novel. this school, which was in oxfordshire near whitney, school, which was in oxfordshire nearwhitney, bought school, which was in oxfordshire near whitney, bought an original proof coffee for just £1 near whitney, bought an original proof coffee forjust e1 in 1997. they then lost it, but the summer, they rediscovered it. it was worth a lot of money. today, they put it up

through auction. one guy bid £13,000 for this addition of this harry potter book, the philosopher's stone. that wasn't enough to meet the bid price. they're going to auction again. i'm sure they're going to meet that price. it's just a nice new story. we going to meet that price. it's 'ust a nice new storyi a nice new story. i've got to say, i'm a nice new story. i've got to say, i'm absolutely — a nice new story. i've got to say, i'm absolutely amazed _ a nice new story. i've got to say, i'm absolutely amazed it's - a nice new story. i've got to say, i'm absolutely amazed it's still i a nice new story. i've got to say, | i'm absolutely amazed it's still in the library. i could never get the book i wanted. scott galloway and paul, we'll be back in time tomorrow. hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm sarah mulcair. we'll start with the news that world cup—winning coach jorge vilda has been sacked as women's national team manager. he has been replaced by montse tome, who becomes the first woman to hold the position. vilda's sacking comes amidst the ongoing controversy surrounding the president of the spanish football federation luis rubiales.

he was widely criticised for kissing playerjenni hermoso after the final, which she said was not consensual. rubiales has refused to resign, but has been provisionally suspended by fifa, football's world governing body. most of vilda's coaching staff resigned and 81 players refused to play for spain in the aftermath. concerns over vilda's coaching methods and regime were reported to have been a key factor in 15 spain players refusing to play for the national team last year. marca journalistjuan castro outlines the reasons why he feels vilda had to go. the research was clear. —— reasons were clear. let's say the new federation has nothing to do with all that to rubiales. build—up was one of the main systems of rubiales. the new federation doesn't want to mix rubiales

with the new federation. second thing, the government is pushing a lot to sack vilda. third, with vilda, no one spanish world player will go to the national team, so no way for him to be national coach. so, it's montse tome who will now take charge — she had been part of vilda's coaching team. the former levante midfielder won four caps with spain and will take charge of their upcoming games against sweden and switzerland this month. england's men's football squad have been training at st george's park ahead of their euro 2024 qualifier with ukraine on saturday. amongst them isjordan henderson. he has given his first interview to the media after leaving liverpool tojoin the saudi pro league. in the interview with the athletic, henderson says he was "really hurt" after being criticised forjoining al—ettifaq.

he has been a vocal supporter of the lgbtq+ community — same—sex sex activity is illegal in saudi arabia. in the interview, he says... new zealand have beaten england by six wickets in the fourth t20 at trent bridge, meaning the series ends in a 2—2 draw. the home side won the toss and chose to batjohnny bairstow and willjacks opened for england with the former soon laying into the kiwi bowling attack. bairstow hit an unbeaten 86 in the second match of the series and the sixes again began to flow. he was out for 73 as england finished on 175—8. but the kiwis have their own big

hitters and tim seifert rose to the challenge with 48 runs. rachin ravindra hit the winning runs for new zealand as they won with 16 balls to spare. next up is a four—match one—day series starting in cardiff on friday. to the us open tennis, where the men's world number two novak djokovic is into his 47th grand slam semifinal. that is more than any man in history. the 36—year—old was up against american ninth seed taylor fritz, who he has beaten in all seven previous meetings. and he wrapped up the first set quickly, 6—1, before fritz rallied to battle a little more in the next two. but it's the 24—time grand slam winner who progressed in straight sets. and in the women's draw, american teenager coco gauff stormed into the semi—finals for the first time with a superb, dominant victory over latvia'sjelena ostapenko. the 19—year—old won 6—0, 6—2,

in just 67 minutes to become the first american teenager to reach the last four since 2001. defending men's doubles champions joe salisbury and rajeev ram reached the semi—finals with a straight—set win over maximo gonzalez and andres molteni. aiming to win their fourth major title together at flushing meadows, the third seeds have won three of their four matches in straight sets. sepp kuss saw his lead over marc solar at the vuelta a espana cut to 26 seconds after he could only finish 13th in today's individual time trial. italy's felippo ganna won stage ten. meanwhile, at the tour of britain, dutchman olaf coy was first across the finish line in beverley in yorkshire. he's now won the first three stages of the race, which finishes in wales on sunday. and that's all the sport for now. bye— bye.

hello there. it 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 we'll 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 coasts 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 that 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 we 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 it destabilises the atmosphere for northern and western areas. so this is where we're likely 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 that things start to cool down.

tonight at ten — europe's biggest council, birmingham, goes bankrupt. it means more than a million people will be served by a council where all but essential spending is stopped. i have never heard of such a thing in my life! how can the council be bankrupt? it's a dynamic, vibrant city, but this should never have happened. we'll be looking at how birmingham's finances have reached this parlous state and whether there are other councils which could follow suit. also on the programme... at least 13 schools in england confirmed to have crumbling raac concrete had funding to rebuild withdrawn. torrential rain engulfs parts of north east greece causing flash

floods and misery for residents and holidaymakers alike. and the actor, the earl, and the portrait commissioned to acknowledge their shared history. on bbc london... on newsnight at 1030 we'll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today's big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow's front pages. good evening. the largest local authority in europe, birmingham city council, 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 such as schools, social care and waste collection. and there are fears that roads, parks, libraries and cultural projects will now face cuts.