the headlines... kenyan groups call for action against femicide as an olympic runner dies after being set on fire by a former boyfriend. a member of the british royal navy dies in a helicopter crash during a training exercise over the english channel. the british government says it's unacceptable there are still homes covered in potentially dangerous cladding — seven years after the grenfell tower fire. water company bosses in england and wales could be jailed — under new government legislation to combat pollution. after charlie xcx says goodbye to brat summer — could she say hello to a mercury prize? the winner is being announced shortly.

those stories coming up, but let's pause and check out the sport. jane, good evening. we'll start with cricket and england head coach brendon mccullum has been setting out his expectations as he prepares to take over all of england's cricket teams. he's extended his contract by two years to take control of both the test and white—ball teams. this week he'll be coaching the test team at the oval, where the series against sri lanka will conclude. over the last two years, it would have been nigh on impossible for anyone to do all three formats, and i think hence why, you know, we went down the split coaches route. now, this, with the schedule easing, i would say slightly easing, but easing enough, i think it gives you the ability to be able to have one person in the role. northern ireland and scotland begin their nations league campaigns tonight. northern ireland host luxembourg, while steve clarkes�* side are looking for an improved performance in their match against poland at hampden later. it's scotland's first competitive game after their early exit

from the euros in germany. i think all the games are important. obviously i've touched on the summer being disappointing. we have to move on. this is ourfirst game. for the players that have been playing at the start of the season, they have a little freshness about them. for me, it has been a long summer, and i look forward to the game and see what we get from the players. obviously this time we have a significant number of injuries that have probably impacted my squad selection a little bit. which means i've had to dip down into the under 21 squad probably too many times. at that brings us its own freshness. it's important and i've mentioned it before that we respect the core group that have managed to qualify for back—to—back european tournaments. but then within that core group, you have to try to add a little bit more. but i'm looking at this campaign in the nation �*s league and thinking this is a chance to try to evolve the group so that

when we do get to the world cup qualifiers we are in a bit of shape ready to go again and ready to qualify for our third tournament. world athletics has paid tribute to the ugandan marathon runner rebecca cheptegei who has died at the age of 33, saying "she was a talented athelete with lots left to give". cheptegei died in hospital after being brutally attacked by a former boyfriend on sunday. world athletics president sebastian coe said "our sport has lost a talented athlete. adding... and the medals continue to stack up for paralymics gb in paris. in the last hour, 13—year—old iona winnifrith — the youngest member of the paralympicsgb team out in france — hasjust won a silver in the pool. the teenager was just a few seconds behind gold medallist, mariia pavlova who finished with a world record time. winnifrith battled hard to take second place in the sb7 100m breaststroke.

olivia broom is a bronze medallist again in the para powerlifting. having won bronze last time out in tokyo in the under 50 kilograms event — broome did the same again to take britain's 77th medal of the games. meanwhile, clara fuentes mona—sterio broke the paralympic record to win venezuela's first para powerlifting gold. and there was a second bronze medal for britian�*s 14—year—old tennis star bly twomey. the teenager — who is ranked fourth in the world — had already picked up a medal in the doubles alongside team—mate fliss pickard earlier in the week, but has now won another in the women's singles. anna nicholson took bronze in the women's f35 shot put final, winning herfirst career paralympic medal. the 29 year old came third with a second—round throw of 9.1mm — a distance she was unable to better in herfinalfour throws. cycling, and stage three of the tour of britain has been won by stevie williams, who got his second stage win of the race. williams outpaced day one's stage winner paul magnier and edoardo zam—banini over

the sheffield to barnsley route, extending his overall lead in the general classification to 16 seconds, ahead of oscar on—ley. in the general classification to 16 seconds, ahead of oscar onley. more on all of those stories on our website, but that is all the sport for now. matthew? jane, thanks very at a rowing club on the banks of the thames, eanane, ent minister at a rowing club on the banks of the thames, eanane, ent mir very for now. matthew? jane, thanks very much. much. water company executives could be water company executives could be sent to prison and banned sent to prison and banned from getting their bonuses under from getting their bonuses under new government legislation new government legislation to cut sewage spills. to cut sewage spills. a bill that applies to england a bill that applies to england and wales would give regulators more and wales would give regulators more power to impose penalties. power to impose penalties. but activists say the system but activists say the system is broken, and that current is broken, and that current regulations aren't enforced. regulations aren't enforced. here's our environment here's our environment correspondentjonah fisher. profits and pollution. correspondentjonah fisher. profits and pollution. for years, our water companies have of the thames, environment minister for years, our water companies have paid out dividends to shareholders paid out dividends to shareholders and bonuses to executives and bonuses to executives while at the same time, while at the same time, discharging sewage into our discharging sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. rivers, lakes and seas.

but could that be about to change? but could that be about to change? at a rowing club on the banks at a rowing club on the banks of the thames, environment minister steve reed outlined new legislation to end what he called the disgraceful behaviour of the water companies and their bosses. this new bill is a significant step forwards in fixing our broken water system. it is an immediate down payment on the wider reform that is needed after years of failure and environmental damage. it holds polluting water companies to account after years where there has been no accountability. the new bill will give the regulator greater powers to take action against the water companies when they pollute. executives who block investigations could be sent to jail. bonuses will be conditional on the company meeting environmental and financial standards. watching on, the chief executive of severn trent water, liv garfield. last year, she took home more than £3 million. miss garfield, are you worried you won't be getting

£3.2 million next year? introducing these new laws and tougher penalties certainly looks like a step towards cleaning up our waterways. but there is plenty of evidence that the water companies have been breaking the rules around sewage spills for years. many campaigners say the real problem is that the regulators have been letting them get away with it.

they are supposed to be doing. the water companies say they know the current system isn't working. they say the best way to stop the sewage spills is for more than £100 billion to be spent on new infrastructure, paid for by a sharp rise in customer bills. let's speak to the liberal democrats�* sarah olney. sarah, welcome here to the programme. what is the liberal democrat position and their reaction to what the government has announced on the state? that to what the government has announced on the state?— on the state? that the liberal democrats — on the state? that the liberal democrats obviously - on the state? that the liberal| democrats obviously welcome on the state? that the liberal- democrats obviously welcome this new bill as a step in the right direction but, really we think this is a job half done. what we were calling for throughout the general election campaign is to completely look again at the whole way the water industry is regulated. we want to scrap off watch and bring in new regulators. a regulator that not only regulates the water companies for their services to consumers but

also to ensure that water companies maintain their responsibilities to the environment. because we know from speaking to voters up and down the country during the general election campaign that this issue of sewage spills into our rivers and our beaches is an issue that really, really concerns many people and we need to see urgent action. you really concerns many people and we need to see urgent action.— need to see urgent action. you are not wrong — need to see urgent action. you are not wrong about _ need to see urgent action. you are not wrong about that _ need to see urgent action. you are not wrong about that in _ need to see urgent action. you are not wrong about that in terms - need to see urgent action. you are not wrong about that in terms of i not wrong about that in terms of when you talk to people, their views on this. you accept this as progress what has been announced. absolutely. it's only a step in the right direction. this is a job half done and what we need to see is a complete overhaul of and what we need to see is a complete overhaul of regulation to ensure that _ complete overhaul of regulation to ensure that water _ complete overhaul of regulation to ensure that water companies - complete overhaul of regulation to ensure that water companies are l ensure that water companies are taking their responsibilities to consumers and to the environment seriously. we consumers and to the environment seriousl . ~ ., consumers and to the environment seriousl . ~ . ., , . seriously. we heard in that piece the call for _ seriously. we heard in that piece the call for exactly _ seriously. we heard in that piece the call for exactly what - seriously. we heard in that piece the call for exactly what you - seriously. we heard in that piece | the call for exactly what you were saying, better enforcement from the regulators, how do you get to that particular point where the regulators enforce the laws that already exist on the statute book? what we have been calling for and

what the liberal democrats have been saying throughout the general election campaign and indeed for many months before that is that we need an entirely new approach to regulation. we need to bring in a new regulator. we simply don't have the powers as they are currently constituted to do the work that people really need to see them doing. we are seeing water company bosses take home huge bonuses in your piece there. not getting to grips with this whole issue of sewage spills and something has to change. there is a clear message from the public that they want to see that change. as i say, today's bill is a step in the right direction but we want to see the government go much further and when the bill comes before the commons, the bill comes before the commons, the liberal democrat mps will be pushing for amendments to really strengthen the provisions. you talked about _ strengthen the provisions. you talked about the _ strengthen the provisions. you talked about the bonuses. in a sense, i know there is a lot of public anger out there about that, but isn't it a distraction because you talk to the water companies and they talk about that figure, jonah used in the piece, 100 billion or so

to improve infrastructure. when you look at the figures, what is required, even if you get rid of all of those bonuses for failing, you are not anywhere when it comes to the central issue.— the central issue. that's right. everyone _ the central issue. that's right. everyone accepts _ the central issue. that's right. everyone accepts that - the central issue. that's right. everyone accepts that there i the central issue. that's right. - everyone accepts that there needs to be investment into infrastructure. what our message, with the liberal democrats are saying is we need to start with overhauling the regulation regime to make sure the water companies are being held properly to account for how they are using their resources, how they are using their resources, how they are using customer money to provide the service that they provide and that the regulation once we have got that in place, that is only really the first step in terms of cleaning up our water companies, cleaning up our rivers and our beaches and ensuring that everyone gets the service that they need to. that everyone gets the service that they need to-_ they need to. sarah, we have to leave it there, _ they need to. sarah, we have to leave it there, but _ they need to. sarah, we have to leave it there, but thank - they need to. sarah, we have to leave it there, but thank you - they need to. sarah, we have to leave it there, but thank you for joining us on the programme. thank you for your time. month after the

riots, a man says he is still traumatised and that he feared for his life. he's since discovered that they attack was recorded and shared to millions on social media. he has been speaking to our reporter. tiara been speaking to our reporter. two thins, been speaking to our reporter. two things. you — been speaking to our reporter. two things. you are _ been speaking to our reporter. twr things, you are dying, it is very this is the moment marious, not his real name, and his two cousins were attacked during the violent unrest in hull a month ago.

he and his two cousins managed to escape, taking refuge in a nearby hotel housing asylum—seekers, which moments before was also under fire. while marious, a delivery driver, tried to get back to work, his cousins fled to romania. what about you ?

why do you thank you were targeted? ——why do you think you were targeted? these are just a couple of the people who have been jailed for their part in the disorder and the attack on marious and his cousins. but for the young father, the sentences are not enough to tackle the underlying tensions that sparked the underlying tensions that sparked the riots.

royal mail could be allowed to end saturday deliveries for second class letters, under plans being considered by the regulator ofcom. second class deliveries would also be reduced to only every other weekday. the first class post would continue as a six day a week service. our business reporter ben king has more details. six days a week, rain or shine, a visit from the postie has been part of everyday life for 100 years, but we might seem see them less often. we send fewer letters these days and royal mail says the daily visits are unaffordable. a visit every other day could save up to £300 million per year, according to the regulator, who sets the rules for royal mail. if this change goes ahead, and we will be doing a lot of work now to assess whether it really meets user needs, lots of consumer research before we launch a full consultation, it will then be down to royal mail to actually implement the change for their workforce, to achieve those efficiencies, and critically, to invest

in their network so that postal services become a lot more reliable and we all get what we pay. under the proposals, postal workers will visit every other day, bringing first and second class letters. they will come on monday, wednesday and friday one week, then tuesday and thursday the next. on days they don't come, including saturdays, first class letters and magazines will come with the van that delivers parcels. a second class letter should still take three working days, just as it does now. i suppose it is just a decline in service but i'm not particularly bothered about it. if you still have friends who write letters to you, i think you are extraordinarily privileged and it is lovely to receive them. but i think it isjust a movement, you know, that can't really be stopped. the changes will hitjobs. less than 1000 redundancies, all voluntary, according to royal mail. the union says it is concerned. we are not saying we are opposed to this change. what we want to make sure is the impact on jobs, the impact on service, the impact on quality,

has all been addressed. we are even suggesting to royal mail that we might want to trial this, to see how it works. it could take a couple of years before these changes take effect but the fewer letters we send, the harder it will be to fund the service that delivers to every address in the country for the same price. ben king, bbc news. back to paris, france has a new prime minister. and michelle barney a next to him there, the two together and that man on the rights, familiarface, the eu's chief negotiator through brexit the incoming prime minister, hugh schofield a little earlier saying, not that he is the new prime minister, how long can he last? —— michel barnier. given the internal split of french politics with the

left recognising that he is from the right of french politics and vehemently against. interestingly, downing street congratulating michel barnier on the appointment. number 10 saying we wish him all the best in his new role. the uk enjoys a strong relationship with france and underlining that the prime minister visited paris only last weekend are committed to working collaboratively on our shared priorities and point to illegal migration, with the support of ukraine and delivering sustainable economic growth and also underlying, sir keir starmer, wanted to reset relations with the eu, but the reforms leader, nigel farage, scathing about mr michel barnier�*s appointment describing him as an eu fanatic that will suit, sell—out starmer. that was the quote from nigel farage. sir keir starmer, the shutter brexit secretary through the bitter brexit negotiations, and certainly impressed to mr michel barnier, he wrote in his diaries backin barnier, he wrote in his diaries back in 2018, "i get the feeling

that keir starmer will one day be the uk's prime minister." so those are the live pictures from paris as michel barnier becomes france's new prime minister. the winner of the mercury prize — a music award recognising the best british or irish album of the past 12 months — is being announced tonight at the abbey road studios in london. eight of the twelve shortlisted nominees are solo women, orfemale—fronted bands — a record high. this year's favourite is british musician charli xcx for her album "brat", which caught the public�*s attention this summer. to find out more about tonight's ceremony — and what a �*brat summer�* actually means — i spoke to news editor at music publication nme, andrew trendell. you are never too old for an brat summer. charli xcx's whole athletic and energy around this i delete that album is about independence and being yourself and you consent

to 20 showed up at glastonbury. it also blend into american politics with kamala harris announcing that she was so brat and charli xcx supporting her. that album has become such a huge pop culture for so i would be very surprised if she did not wayne. i would be surprised if she didn't win, but we know that it is putting up win, but we know that it is putting up a few surprises. and if it is not her, who else might it be? it is interesting, we spotlight new talent on the cover every week on nme. i would really like to see in english teacher win, that is a five star album for me. really inventive, they really deserve it and pushing music into new places. i think near archives has been doing things with jungle that hasn't been done in a while.

i would like to see the last dinner party, they have had a lot of buzz around them. beth gibbons, it is nice to see her come back but i don't know if the mercury prize has moved on a bit from legacy acts even though she is amazing. i would say my money is on english teacher if it is not charli xcx. why have they changed venues to abbey road? i don't think there will be a live segment as there normally is. are these all linked in terms of explanations? usually around this time, i would be putting my suit and making my way over hammersmith apollo, red carpet, a couple of drinks and then sit down to dinner and then some performances from whoever is available. but it is a lot more low—key this year. my understanding is there is not a headline sponsor, they kind of give it the weight and pizzazz in normally has. it is a much more intimate affair

this year with most of the nominees gathering at abbey road to watch some archive performances and see what happens. andrew talking to me a little bit earlier. one more story. just over 50 years ago, a journalist called nancy friday wrote a book — my secret garden — all about women's sexual fantasies. it was a best—seller. now actor gillian anderson — known for playing the sex therapist in the tv series sex education — has compiled her own collection of women's fantasies, called "want", which were emailed to her anonymously by women from all over the world. our culture editor katie razzall has been talking to her. "i found it so difficult to understand what truly my own fantasies are. so much of what is played out in pawn is geared towards men, ——so much of what is played out in porn is geared towards men, and so many expectations set on us as women." gillian anderson, reading from her new book, want. a collection of women's sexual fantasies sent to her from across the world.

why don't you start by telling me how you feel? viewers of sex education will be used to gillian anderson talking about sex in her role as a sex therapist. the new book is a modern take on a cult classic that put women's sexual fantasies centre stage back in 1973. i wonder whether you came to any conclusions about how our attitudes to sex and women and sex have changed in the 50 years, 50—odd years since nancy friday? i think one of the things that surprised me was that there is still so much shame. women still struggle to talk about it, struggle to share even, you know, in the western world where we have access to it all the time. i wonder how you view it. has porn changed our sex lives and perception of sex, particularly amongst younger people? i think the book would probably be quite a good read for youth of today, because there are so many different versions of how sex can be that is outside what one might see,

handed to them by the pawn industry. ——that is outside what one might see, handed to them by the porn industry. there's a lot of tenderness and women really wanting to be seen for themselves and who they are. actually, i'm looking forward to working with you. it's 30 years since anderson shot to fame as dana scully in the x—files. she's played powerful and interesting women ever since — miss havisham in great expectations, real—life journalist emily maitlis in scoop. many of the fantasies are from older women. they have insight, they have appreciate their emotional maturity. so the ageing process, i'm glad to hear it as i'm very much ageing, does have its benefits. but as an actor in the public eye, i wonder how you deal with it and how you approach ageing. i've certainly gone through periods where it's struck me quite harshly that i too am ageing, and one needs to go through a mourning of, you know, mourning youth at various stages. but being on camera, there are certainly times where i see the final product

and thinking, oh my god, is that really... is that really what i look like? and going through some feelings around that, but then also realising that that's, you know, going to be the youngest that i look like from here on out. so i'd better, you know, embrace it. i just want to go back to your book, want. yes, please. the fantasies are anonymous. yes. and as you said, one of the fantasies is yours, and i have to ask any clues, which one? yeah, well, i thought actually, today i might, um, let you know which one it was. no! shut up. what's great is that they're anonymous. i don't think we would have gotten the honesty and breadth of what we got had it not been anonymous. and so mine will stay anonymous. thank you so much for talking to us, gillian anderson. thank you for having me. that's it from today's programme. thank you for watching verified live. see you at the same time tomorrow. goodbye.

hello there. a real mix of weather around this afternoon. we could have a few flooding problems to come across southern parts of england, but for northern ireland and west scotland, the skies look like this. no chance of flooding here. it's a beautiful, warm and sunny day. it's across the south of england that we've already seen some rain, and the rain is set to get a lot heavier over the next few hours because this area of rain that's been across northern france, that's brought 24mm of rain in just the space of one hour. and that intense zone of rain is rotating in now across southern england. so coastal parts of sussex, isle of wight, hampshire, into parts of wiltshire, somerset and perhaps gloucestershire as well, these areas i'm most concerned about, with that torrential rain potentially bringing some localised flash flooding, where we see that very intense rain over the space of a few hours. so there could be some problems this afternoon. now there will be some rain across southern parts of wales too, further northwest for west scotland and northern ireland, it stays beautiful, fine, settled and sunny, probably seeing the weather brighten up across east anglia for a few as we go

through the afternoon. but underneath that rain in the south, for some temperatures just around 1a or 15 this afternoon. overnight tonight more rain is forecast across these southern areas. elsewhere it will turn quite humid. that humidity will build in some areas of low cloud. bit of drizzle, some mist and fog patches. so for some for east scotland and eastern areas of england it could be quite a murky start to the day tomorrow. slow improvements as well. eventually most of us will see some warm spells of sunshine, but not in the south. here we've got further outbreaks of rain and again, that rain is set to be heavy and potentially thundery. away from the far south, though overall it's a much warmer day tomorrow. temperatures quite widely between around 22 and 27 c. the weekend, same area of low pressure still on our weather charts. the system is weakening somewhat, so rather than the persistent rain, we are looking at showers. the showers could be heavy and thundery and won'tjust be affecting southern portions of the uk, the risk extends across the midlands, north wales and into northern england, to the north west of

scotland and northern ireland, probably having the driest and the brightest of the weather both through saturday and sunday. but that said, most of us, i think, will see at least some sunshine at times, but still hefty downpours around for england and wales into sunday. the main risk, though, over the next few hours — watch out for that very heavy rain in the south.

who died days after appearing on his show five years ago. you have failed it, absolutely and utterly failed it. steve dymond is believed to have taken his own life after being accused of lying. the inquest into his death is shown this previously unseen footage. also tonight: one person has died after a royal navy helicopter ditches in the sea off the coast of dorset. after the chaotic scramble for oasis tickets, an investigation is launched into ticketmaster. the case that has shocked france — the woman whose husband is on trial accused of inviting dozens of strangers to rape her while she was drugged. and 13—year—old iona winnifrith, the youngest member of the paralympicsgb team, wins silver in paris. and coming up on bbc news, the nations league gets underway this evening,

with scotland saying they want to "feel the love again" from fans after a poor