the inquiry has shown lord carey some of the correspondence he received from victims, and proceedingsto being the tv easily duped by a manipulative child abuser, he does not accept that the church might have been able to stop peter ball from offending. but he struggled to explain why he never handed those letters from victims of abuse to the police, and just now he admitted that that was effectively fobbing them off and said that with hindsight it was a terrible mistake. martin bashir, thank you. our top story this lunchtime... it is1:20pm... wildfires ravaging parts of greece have killed at least 60 people — most of the victims were trapped in their homes or their cars. and coming up... climbing leaps into the tokyo olympics in two years' time, but what's the sport all about, and what are team gb‘s chances? coming up on bbc news, the divisions widen — a legend of german football says mesut 0zil has been playing badly for years, after the arsenal forward retires from the international game, citing racism and disrespect. a week after being released from hospital following their two wee

two years later he was allowed to return to christian ministry by lord carey. lord carey said he struggled to believe that ball was a predatory abuse. i could not believe that a bishop in the church of god and do such evil things, so i actually believed him for quite a time. lord carey was reminded of seven letters that he was sent by victims of abuse, but instead of counselling then, he arranged for ball to receive £12,500 in financial support. seems particularly galling that peter ball should be sent money to go on holiday when the victims and survivors were not given any counselling. i have already said i regret the treatment of the victims. the only time he showed remorse was about the loss that peter ball had suffered. there was so much consideration given to peter ball and his brother and virtually nothing for the victims. after five hours of testimony, lord carey conceded that the church had failed to many. the home of the red arrows raf scampton is to be sold. 600 people currently work at the site near lincoln, which was also where 617 squadron prepared

that was position the back permission given directly from archbishop lord carey at the time. took a pa5toral role towards peter ball, a man who he decided not to discipline further after the caution he was given in the early 19905. because peter ball was sick. he said that he had been manipulative by peter ball, a man he called a consummate actor. he made reference to the fact that in the early 19905, it was a different time with a different type of thinking. the inquiry into peter ball is not over and there will be more evidence heard about a case which is being called one of the mo5t which is being called one of the most significant cases of abuse in the church of england's history. at least 20 people have been killed, and hundreds are missing, after a dam collapsed in south—east laos near the borders with cambodia and vietnam. the hydroelectric dam had been under construction as it gave way late on monday, sending fla5h floods through six villages. more than 6,500 people have been left homeless. the dam that collapsed is part of a project, which involves laotian, thai and

lord carey will give evidence to the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse, which is examiningaged to evade justice for more than 20 years. the department for transport will release figures this morning showing which train services in the uk are the most overcrowded. the data is based on rail passenger counts provided by train operating companies and is intended to monitor crowding levels. the government requires rail companies to use the information to plan timetables in a way that reduces over—crowding. millions of so—called "just about managing" families are no better off today than they were 15 years ago, according to research from the resolution foundation. the not—for—profit social—policy think tank estimates that middle and low—income families were £100 worse off last year than they were in 2003. it also estimates child poverty has increased by 3%. the use of anti—depressants for children is on the rise. in the past three years, 950,000 prescriptions were handed out in england, scotland and northern ireland. children, aged 12 and under, saw the largest increase of 24%. o

lord carey told the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse that he'd struggled to believe a bishoptory abuser. peter ball was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing boys and young men. for the first time teenage boys in england are to receive the hpv vaccine, which protects against some forms of cancer. it's been offered to girls since 2008, but last week an expert panel recommended extending the programme. scotland and wales are already due to offer the vaccine to boys. the home of the red arrows, raf scampton in lincolnshire, is to be sold. 600 people currently work at the site, which was also where 617 squadron prepared for the dambusters mission in world war two. the ministry of defence in order to cut costs, is also closing raf linton—on—ouse in north yorkshire, 300 people will be affected there. the man who donated millions of pounds to the pro—brexit campaign is under scrutiny for paying thousands of pounds to a leading politician in the small african kingdom of lesotho. arron banks has mining interests there and in neighbouring south africa. in a bbc interview, mr banks admitt

these sentiments were echoed by lord carey today.ing about him? i didn't know these people. most of us took a little time to catch on to what this man was doing to younger people. i wasn't aware of this but in the church there were rumours around no one did anything about it, with regard to the cac in norwich, for example, where people did do something about it. so after much questioning, lord carey did admit that perhaps child protection was not at the forefront of the church of england's agenda back in the early 1990s, and the inquiry will continue for the rest of this week. as we've been reporting, it's going to be another hot day for parts of the uk — and if you think the weather is causing you problems with a parched garden or a wilting hanging basket, try being a farmer. ricky boleto has spent the morning in lancashire now, where they've had a little respite from the heat. we've just had a little bit of rain here, would you believe? but they haven't had much rain, not enough to make sure that the grass is nice and lush and gree