welcome back to bbc news. let's turn to our main headlines here. prime minister keir starmer says the government is working to crack down on criminal smuggling gangs days after 12 died in an attempted channel crossing. ahead of a new early release scheme to ease prison overcrowding, the bbc gets special access to one of britain's most dangerous prisons. a man who set fire to asylum seeker hotel has been handed the longest sentence yet over the uk riots. and good news in northumberland in the uk — as a puffin population is declared "stable" despite fears about bird flu. all of those stories are coming up and at first it's sports. ollie, good evening. evening to you matthew. england's raiders are trying to make up for lost time on the first day of the final test against sri lanka bad weather with a

bit of drizzle. sri lanka has bowled first and they took a wicket dan thomas standing in for the injured player. failing to make double figures again. he fell cheaply. ben duckett was enjoying himself, raising himself to a rapid half—century he did not slow down but he's tried one scoop shot too many and he was eventually out for 86, he did not quite get hold of that. ollie pope, he trusts —— struggled for runs. he is assured, unbeaten on 83 england 194—3. another wicket to fall. england has already won the series. they have got australia in matches and five one days, starting next wednesday. england are preparing for that with a t20 series of their own against scotland in edinburgh. they easily

won the first match on wednesday, batting first at this time. they posed 190—4 of their 20 overs. they smashed 103 just 49 deliveries. scotland struggling in their reply, eight now. at the paralympics, in paris, another gold medalfor eight now. at the paralympics, in paris, another gold medal for sarah storey, winning the road race to claim her 19 parrot title. she beat the french rival. 27 years her junior. in sprint finish in the road race. she is 46 and in her ninth paralympics, she won herfirst race. she is 46 and in her ninth paralympics, she won her first gold in barcelona back in 92. sophie unwin with another gold medal with her pilot in the women be road race. just before the finish, fellow brits took bronze. that is unwin�*s second goal, fourth medal of the games. in

the stade de france, the new world record was set claiming a 1500 metres gold for athletes with intellectual to impairments. the fifth british gold in the power athletics programme so far. to the tennis, jack draper is only a couple of hours away from the biggest match of hours away from the biggest match of his career, the 22—year—old british number one preparing to face the world number1 is preparing to face the world number one jannick sinner in the us open semifinal. he's due on court at around eight our time, a short time ago, we heard from his coach away trying to keep the routine the same. it's it's not another match,... it's about being mentally fresh, mentally prepared to pay the match with your level on form and to make life as difficult as we can

today. we know who's in the women's final, jessica pegula was a set and break down in her match against the czech karolina muchova but roared back to reach her first grand slam final, the sixth seed finally achieving her childhood ambition. aryna sabalenka has made it through to the final for the second year running, beating the american emma navarro in straight sets, the two—time australian open champion won a second set tie—breakthat�*s four grand slam finals in a row on the hard courts of new york and melbourne there are more nations league matches today, craig bellamy�*s first match in charge of wales is in cardiff against turkey this evening. they then travel to montenegro for a game on minday he says he's determined to enjoy it and also put his stamp on the team over time the way i am looking to try and play, it may be a little bit different to what they have done

with wales before. it's not a lot. so, for me to be true to me as well, but also with the talent of players that we have, i believe that if we can just tweak and adapt one or two little bits, it will give us a benefit. going into the games of the future. and that's all the sport for now. don't forget to sports day is coming up don't forget to sports day is coming up at 6pm this evening. ollie, thank you very much. let's turn to news coming into us from the royal navy because we knew about the death of a royal navy pilot, we have reported on that over the last 48 hours with the royal navy putting out a statement and tributes to lou tennant rhodri, who passed away following a tragic incident in the english channel. we talked about for the last 18 months, he served on

royal navy squadron, he was one of the commando helicopter forces, royal navy squadron, he was one of the commando helicopterforces, one of the most trusted and capable helicopter captains that we had. he honed his skills undertaking some of the most specialist aviation tasks. in addition to that, there has been a statement from his family, too. a tribute saying rod was so immeasurably loved by his parents, siblings, partner, family, friends. that he was devoted to them. our lives will never be the same without him and we are also very proud of the passionate, strong, loyal man that he was. we will always have in his heart —— in our hearts. they are requesting privacy at this extremely painful time. those tributes just been released. the children's commissioner for england has called for mandatory

background checks for private tutors after bbc news found that more than 90 of them have been convicted of sex offences against children over the last 20 years. currently, there's no legal duty for private tutors to have a criminal records check. 30% of secondary school pupils in the uk are thought to have used them. angus crawford has more. i guess i kind of assumed there was some sort of protection in place. imagine finding out the man who tutored your daughter for years had also abused her. do you remember when your daughter told you what had been happening? very clearly, yes. it was one of those bottom falling out of your world moments that as a parent, you know, you never, ever want to think. you feel like you really failed as a parent in your kind of most basic duty of keeping your child safe. but how do you keep them safe? private tutors are unregulated. they don't have to undergo any criminal record checks. when you are hiring a tutor, you're hiring a tutor to help your child.

it's like this dreadful irony that actually, you know, you can be putting them in the worst danger, you know, of your life. that's no exaggeration. look — the faces of private tutors convicted of sex crimes involving children. our investigation found 92 over the last two decades across the uk. men like thomas rogers, a music tutor. and here, conducting a choir, found guilty of abusing two boys aged under 11. he's never admitted what he's done. he's been in complete denial, so that's been quite hard. george was one of those boys. now an adult, he's horrified that even after conviction, rogers was able to carry on giving private music lessons to children. you got the conviction, but then you realised that he could still teach privately. yeah. and that's. .. to this day ijust don't understand.

he's free to go and teach other children. and if people don't have the capabilities to, you know, read the internet or have missed the story or anything like that's happened, they can literally open up a door and send their kid in with someone that's done these horrific crimes. it's just insane. but how can abusers be free to offer tutoring? the answer? the law does not demand qualifications or criminal record checks. parents may have no way of checking. there are now urgent calls for change. look, i think it's deeply concerning. anyone who is working with a child one—to—one should really have gone, had their dbs and gone through proper vetting. and it seems to me obvious that if there's one—on—ones with children and adults, whether that's a music lesson, whether that's a catch—up, we need to make sure that that child is safe. what do you think of the system? it's broken. the system'5100% broken, and it needs change before there's serious damage done to other children.

the system is not fit for purpose. it's not safeguarding children. it's not helping parents. it's appalling, frankly. this whole industry is unregulated, and you have no idea who you're handing your child over to. so when will a child in a tutor�*s home get the same protection as in the classroom? angus crawford, bbc news. let's speak to tanvir muktar, founder of scholar hub a digital learning hub which ensures all teachers are criminally checked. thank you so much forjoining us here on the programme. i wonder if you could just start by telling people who are watching why you actually founded and set up your charity. actually founded and set up your chari . . ~ actually founded and set up your chari . ., ~ ,, actually founded and set up your chari . ., ~ i. ., actually founded and set up your chari . ., ~ ., ., ., charity. thank you for having me on. well, 'ust charity. thank you for having me on. well, just to — charity. thank you for having me on. well. just to go _ charity. thank you for having me on. well, just to go back _ charity. thank you for having me on. well, just to go back a _ charity. thank you for having me on. well, just to go back a little - charity. thank you for having me on. well, just to go back a little bit - well, just to go back a little bit about ten years ago i went through a similar experience but obviously

slightly different from the lady in your interview. it absolutely sent chills down my spine as any parent who has had to deal with something like that. i got my... both my children were tutored and one day the police called me out of the blue and asked me about their tutor who had been caught abusing several other children. i was absolutely horrified, i had to sit down and had have a conversation with my children and thankfully, they were absently fine, and i'm fully confident of that. they were actually taught together in a room so i think that mitigated a lot of the circumstances around it. and then, as a professional, i sat down and thought, how did that happen? as a parent, the guilt of bringing a man like that into my home was so strong that i really started doing some research around private tuition. at that point in time, i did not know

that point in time, i did not know that there is no legal obligation, and it still isn't to this day, no legal obligation for tutors to get background checked, there is no vetting at all, it is all down to the parents to do all the checking. around the tutors. and, you know, parents need to be more informed. i would say that 99% of parents that i've spoken to just did not know that tutors are not criminally background checked. they had absolutely no idea. [30 background checked. they had absolutely no idea.— background checked. they had absolutely no idea. do you know what? i did _ absolutely no idea. do you know what? i did not— absolutely no idea. do you know what? i did not know _ absolutely no idea. do you know what? i did not know until- absolutely no idea. do you know what? i did not know until i - absolutely no idea. do you know what? i did not know until i saw| what? i did not know until i saw this report at the start of the day the study must�*ve been horrifying for you. you must employ this person without all almost thinking twice about it. if you look at statistics, so we parents must do the same thing? so we parents must do the same thin ? ~ , ,., , , so we parents must do the same thin? ~ , ,~ , thing? absolutely, they are. it is something _ thing? absolutely, they are. it is something bad, _ thing? absolutely, they are. it is something bad, especially- thing? absolutely, they are. it is something bad, especially on - thing? absolutely, they are. it is something bad, especially on a l something bad, especially on a recommendation, parents tend to work on recommendations from school or other parents at school. when you get a recommendation you feel like

it's a safety net. i had recommendation. and that safety net did not work. therefore, i always tell people, you have to do the czechs yourself because there is no legal obligation around it. the reason why set up my charity is because the government were not closing that loophole. as your video mentioned, the theory is the teacher can go on and teach privately quite easily and i'm sure many who are nefarious do tend to do that. just let me ask _ nefarious do tend to do that. just let me ask you — nefarious do tend to do that. just let me ask you a _ nefarious do tend to do that. just let me ask you a couple of questions because in what you are trying to change, the whole notion of it being mandatory here, i'll come to your conversations with mps in a moment but i assume you just don't mean those tutorials one—to—one in person, to online sessions because tench elite that potentially there is a routine as well?— is a routine as well? potentially. it absolutely _

is a routine as well? potentially. it absolutely is _ is a routine as well? potentially. it absolutely is a _ is a routine as well? potentially. it absolutely is a routine - is a routine as well? potentially. it absolutely is a routine was - is a routine as well? potentially. it absolutely is a routine was at. it absolutely is a routine was at once a tutor and a child is having one—to—one communication, and many online sessions are in a room with the door shut. potentially parents have left the house. there are many really, really good tutors in this country. we are talking about a small minority but they are there. it is importantjust to small minority but they are there. it is important just to focus small minority but they are there. it is importantjust to focus on that as well. online, absolutely online, as well. fix, that as well. online, absolutely online, as well.— that as well. online, absolutely online, as well. a final thought, i know you've _ online, as well. a final thought, i know you've had _ online, as well. a final thought, i know you've had conversations i online, as well. a final thought, i i know you've had conversations over the years with mps, how receptive or otherwise are they to actually bring in something that would make this mandatory?— mandatory? there have been discussions. _ mandatory? there have been discussions. i— mandatory? there have been discussions. i have _ mandatory? there have been discussions. i have done - mandatory? there have been discussions. i have done a i mandatory? there have beenj discussions. i have done a lot mandatory? there have been i discussions. i have done a lot of lobbying some years ago, i also did some interviews with national newspapers, and it's been very frustrating for me that itjust has

not brought about any change. the government a couple of years ago have made changes around how tutors... also vat treatment around tuition, at that point in time, they should have also closed the loophole. it's not that tutors are... they are definitely there especially when it comes to financial issues. i don't have... i have a lot of frustration around this. i do know a lot of good tutor agencies that require their tutors to get dbs are checked and their help with that. there are thousands of tutors on facebook, for example, from all over the world, and tutoring through agencies is a more expensive than going straight to someone on facebook and thatjust creates more risk. we someone on facebook and that 'ust creates more riski someone on facebook and that 'ust creates more risk. we have to leave it there but — creates more risk. we have to leave it there but a _ creates more risk. we have to leave it there but a lot _ creates more risk. we have to leave it there but a lot of _ creates more risk. we have to leave it there but a lot of focus _ creates more risk. we have to leave it there but a lot of focus and - it there but a lot of focus and publicity on this report today so perhaps there may be movement on this story. thank you for coming in

and talking to us. thank you so much for your time. the prison population has reached a record high for the... that arise almost 1205 weeks. around half of those, are cases linked to this summer's riots. in a few days' time the government's temporary release scheme will begin and some offenders will be able to leave jail at an earlier point in their sentences. a senior uk correspondent has had special access to pentonville in north london. alarm blares. chaos in hmp pentonville. we're the only broadcast journalists given access... it's a code red. ..to one of britain's most dangerous jails since the current crisis. ok, come on, folks. and some prison officers are so frightened of being targeted on the outside that we've had

to blur theirfaces. hmp pentonville. staff are overstretched. another alarm here. and on the verge of breaking point. you worry about, you know, opening the door in the morning and making sure that they're alive. anything can happen. there's been deaths in prison. all right, what have we got coming in this afternoon, then? _ each day, more bus—loads arrive, making this jail one of the most crowded in the country. can you stand in the middle of the black and yellow box for me? most of the inmates are on remand, so they're waiting for their trial or sentencing. others are doing time for crimes such as murder, robbery and rape. and anything can happen. alarm blares. there's an alarm gone off. yeah. i'm going to go and see. it's a code red. a code red alarm involves blood or burns. an inmate has self—harmed.

a moment of apprehension as they assess the situation. can you talk me through what's happened? yes, we've got a prisoner who's self—harmed here. he's made superficial cuts to his arm. staff say overcrowding is leading to an increase in self—harm and violence... ..because of inmates' frustration with being locked up for longer. across the wing, michael's inside for drug offences. there are some people who simply don't care about prisoners. they're like, "they broke the law, they should be locked up. shouldn't be a hotel." but you are supposed to be rehabilitated inside. do you think prison is providing a rehabilitation? no. it's a punishment, it's not a rehabilitation. it's hard to rehabilitate yourself in a place where you've got gang violence, postcode wars, drug violence, money wars.

if you've got beef there, violence there, drugs there, people collapsing here, the staff, they're outstretched. they're trying to do this, this, this and this. but now you want help, as well. moments later, another alarm. the fifth of the day. yesterday, there were more than 30. they'vejustjumped on the netting. prison officers are running up the stairs to try and get them down. what the staff are saying is that it can turn really quickly. a quiet moment can become chaotic within a matter of seconds. as one prison officer said, it's like the flick of a switch. staff do what they can to calm things down. gang violence is an ongoing threat at pentonville and has had some serious consequences for staff. this prison officer broke both her wrists while separating two gang members during a fight.

yeah, itjust gets really messy sometimes in that quite small space. stressful? stressful. yeah, stressful. sima kotecha, bbc news, hmp pentonville. let's speak live to the chief executive of the prison reform charity. thank you and welcome. record prison numbers, we werejust watching what it is like in one prison, i mean it, the prison service is at breaking point, isn't it? , , ., ,_ service is at breaking point, isn't it? , , , it? yes. it is a system completely on it's it? yes. it is a system completely on its knees- _ it? yes. it is a system completely on it's knees. the _ it? yes. it is a system completely on it's knees. the kind of- it? yes. it is a system completely i on it's knees. the kind of problems in your piece just then are typical of the whole system and frankly their prison said a significant us and pentonville. it is a prison system at breaking point. [30 and pentonville. it is a prison system at breaking point. do you su ort system at breaking point. do you support one _ system at breaking point. do you support one of — system at breaking point. do you support one of the _ system at breaking point. do you support one of the options - system at breaking point. do you support one of the options that l system at breaking point. do you l support one of the options that the government is going to put into effect next week, which is the early release scheme? irate effect next week, which is the early release scheme?—

effect next week, which is the early release scheme? we do. next tuesday the government _ release scheme? we do. next tuesday the government will _ release scheme? we do. next tuesday the government will release _ release scheme? we do. next tuesday the government will release a - the government will release a significant number of people at 40% of their sentences rather than 50% of their sentences rather than 50% of their sentence length. we do support that if only because there is no alternative. the government has rightly said that when it has a system it is at breaking point, and if the government does not do this, we will very soon be in a position where courts will have nowhere to send anyone who has been convicted of a serious offence or people who need to be protected from the community for public protection. there we know and for them to go. we do welcome this move although we do have cut some concerns, obviously, about the burden it puts on probation services particularly. exactly that point was where i was going to go because in a sense, every solution throws up another problem, you mention the probation service, if you have more people that they have to oversee, we already know the pressure that they are already under.— are already under. absolutely. and every single _ are already under. absolutely. and

every single one — are already under. absolutely. and every single one of _ are already under. absolutely. and every single one of the _ are already under. absolutely. and every single one of the people - are already under. absolutely. and every single one of the people who are going to be released early next tuesday will be under the supervision of operations that is a burden currently on the prison service that is moving directly to the probation service. and that's also breaking point. after years of entrenchment after support of probation and whilst government has promised another set of probation officers they won't be imposed by next tuesday. they will be need to be real attention paid to easing the workload of probation officers so they can focus on those people that really do need the support. you would have _ really do need the support. you would have heard _ really do need the support. you would have heard through the course of the day another idea that is being be reported on, which is the government potentially outsourcing prison places to estonia because their prisons are half of all, they have a lower crime rate, if there was to be a plan like that, would you support that or would you oppose it? irate you support that or would you oppose it? ~ ., ., ,

you support that or would you oppose it? ., it? we would oppose it. i can say wholeheartedly _ it? we would oppose it. i can say wholeheartedly we _ it? we would oppose it. i can say wholeheartedly we would - it? we would oppose it. i can say wholeheartedly we would oppose j wholeheartedly we would oppose it and we would probably want to stop it. it is a ridiculous proposal when it. it is a ridiculous proposal when it was put by the last secretary of state to the conservative party conference last october and at the time our new secretary of state pilloried it and said it was a terrible proposal, it shows how acute the crisis is and the levels of desperation of the new government. it would not be workable, it will cost an absolute fortune, the one thing we know about supporting people to move away from crime and offending, is that they need to have connection to family members and communities. unless we have 600 or 1000 people with family in estonia, it is very hard to imagine how you could identify those people that would actually benefit from being sent to estonia. so i think it will be caught up in legal litigation and i've no doubt it

would fail as a proposal. thank you very much- — would fail as a proposal. thank you very much. downing _ would fail as a proposal. thank you very much. downing street - would fail as a proposal. thank you | very much. downing street has been playing down all that talk about estonia but thank you forjoining us and giving us your thoughts on that very important story in the course of the day. just time for one more story before we close because the puffin population has been declared stable after fears that bird flu might have had a more devastating effect. the first full count for five years, on the farne islands off northumberland in the uk, has revealed the endangered species has in fact increased by 15% since 2019. there are now thought to be 50,000 breeding pairs on the site, which is cared for by the national trust. fiona trott has more.. it was a very pleasant surprise. it's been such a tough time for birds around the country and bad storms and climate change and many of them are declining so we are really overjoyed that the numbers are doing pretty well. why do you think about the puffin is in terms

of all those threats the numbers have been sustained?— of all those threats the numbers have been sustained? well, i suppose it's a few factors, _ have been sustained? well, i suppose it's a few factors, we _ have been sustained? well, i suppose it's a few factors, we lost _ have been sustained? well, i suppose it's a few factors, we lost many - it's a few factors, we lost many birds of other species due to bird flu over 9002 years. the parthians did quite well on that front because they nest in burrows underground so they nest in burrows underground so they were protected from it to an extent. it's been a summer of quite good weather and that has really affected species on quite to... if the weather is too bad to fish for them effectively. that's it from me, thanks so much watching, and see you next time. hello there! we had some enormous contrasts in weather fortunes

across the uk on friday. many of you saw some warm afternoon. spells of sunshine felt quite humid and temperatures surged as high as 28 celsius in cambridge. that was one of the highest temperatures. it was pretty hot elsewhere in east anglia and also the northwest of the uk, west through in dumfries and galloway. ten degrees above average and 27 degrees here set a new temperature record for september at this particular site, with records going back 40 years in the south. different story. cloud and rain once again worked its way in, and have been totting up all of those rainfall totals both through thursday and friday. in farnborough. in hampshire, we've recorded 56mm of rain that's only three millimetres away from the entire average rainfall for september we would normally expect, so it's been nearly a month's worth of rainfall that's come our way. now, looking at the weather picture overnight tonight, it turns murky again with low cloud becoming extensive. some mist and fog patches with that spots of drizzle. but finally the weather fronts in the south will give up the ghost. the rain will ease off in intensity. just a few patches of damp

and drizzly weather left over on into the weekend. the same area of low pressure that brought the soaking to the south is still going to be bringing the threat of heavy, thundery showers or some longer spells of rain to england and wales. now it's going to be a murky start to the day for many. watch out for these showers as they work into parts of eastern england. they could be quite heavy through the morning. elsewhere, a few thundery showers could pop up into the afternoon. hit or miss in nature, but one or two of those could be quite intense. scotland and northern ireland. the cloud will tend to thin and break with sunshine coming through, and it should stay dry here. we'll have some of the highest temperatures in the uk again across northwestern areas. for sunday it's a case of showers or some longer spells of rain, probably some thunderstorms mixed in. we might see some localised surface water flooding from some of the heaviest downpours across england and wales, and again hit or miss in nature in terms of how much rain that we get from this system. scotland and northern ireland having the drier weather but probably turning a bit cloudier. the jet stream next week is going to change.

it's going to pull in a slab of colder air from the north west, and with that will come some rather unsettled and showery weather conditions. temperatures dropping across the board and some chilly nights developing from midweek on.

at six: a man is jailed for nine years, the longest prison sentence so far after the wave of riots in england and northern ireland last month.

27—year—old thomas birley, a painter and decorator, helped fuel a fire outside a hotel housing hundreds of asylum seekers in rotherham. also tonight: tonight: britain's most successful ever paralympian — dame sarah storey wins her 19th gold in paris. a huge rise in the cost of a first—class stamp to £1.65 for a letter from next month. top gear's chris harris criticises the bbc as he speaks for the first time about the crash that left his fellow presenter freddie flintoff badly injured. and good news from the farne islands. northumberland's puffin population is on the up despite being hit by bird flu. and coming up on bbc news, in the next couple of hours, jack draper will take on the world number one, jannik sinner, for a place in the us open final.