colletta smith, bbc news. let's take a look at some of today's other top stories. set by two exam boards, have been leaked on social media, a day before results are published. the documents reveal that maths candidates needed little more than 50% to get an a, in papers set by e—dexcel and 0cr. britain is experiencing a cauliflower shortage, brought on by bad weather. heavy rainfall injune destroyed crops in lincolnshire, and alternative european supplies wilted in last month's heatwave. the brassica growers association, says broccoli and brussels sprouts may also be affected. the environmental activist greta thunberg, has set sail from plymouth, bound for un climate summits thousands of miles away in new york and chile. the 16—year—old is travelling on board a solar—powered racing yacht to raise awareness of the pollution caused by flying. 150,000 members of the public have signed a petition backed by health leaders, calling on boris johnson to take urgent action, and put more money into social care. health campaigners say "swingeing cuts" have left nearly 1.5 mill

colletta smith, bbc news. 150,000 members of the public have signed a petition backed by health leaderssocial care. health campaigners say "swingeing cuts" have left nearly a million and a half people, without the support they need. 0ur social affairs correspondent, alison holt reports now, from hertfordshire. hot food delivered to your home, a simple but vital part of helping people who are older or disabled stay independent and well. here in hertfordshire, they believe meals on wheels help keep people out of hospital. but in the last decade, many councils have cut this sort of early intervention service as they have struggled to balance their books. hi edna! got your lunch for you. 79—year—old edna clarke started getting these visits after spending four months in hospital. she ended up there after falling ill and losing a lot of weight. because she is partially sighted, she was struggling to prepare food. i couldn't see the gas ring, and if i used the front one, i could have crossed over and burned my arm, or set me clothes alight. so when i was in the hospital i told them, and they s

colletta smith, bbc news, in huddersfield.ents for women than men. women's twenty20 cricket, beach volleyball, and para—table tennis have all been confirmed as additional sports. our correspondentjo currie reports. the games for every financial every little star, the ethos of the 2022 commonwealth. plenty of little stars we re commonwealth. plenty of little stars were shining at edgbaston this morning, helping to celebrate the news that women's t20 will be included, along with para table tennis and beach volleyball. england with a chance, palmer takes it. provided made its debut at the gold coast last year and will return for birmingham, albeit without the sandy beaches. many people expect you have to play it on a beach, we have played in 70 venues around the world, some of the best tournaments have been in cities, we have been in city centres, car parks, all around. for us, we're really excited to see what can bring. the inclusion of these sports means it will be the biggest para and women's sport programmes ever seen at a co

colletta smith reporting there.anned for tomorrow has been called off. the unite union and the airport have reached a deal over pay for support staff, including security guards. two further strikes later in the month are still scheduled to go ahead. a british airways cabin was filled with smoke minutes before it was due to land. the plane was near the end of the journey when the problems started. 0ne passenger described it as terrifying, saying a detector was ringing as the cabin filled with smoke. they then had to exit the plane via emergency shoots. ba says it is assisting customers in the airport terminal. we can speak to one of the passengers on the flight at her home in valencia. it sounds terrifying, tell us what happened? yes, it was very frightening. it was about ten minutes before we were due to land and we noticed the cabin starting to fill up really quite quickly with smoke, almost like it was coming through the air conditioning system. and people sort of started shouting, trying to remain calm, and very

colletta smith, bbc news. of aberdeenshire. isla and eilidh noble, who are 15 and 14, swam out on a lilo to help them. lorna gordon has more. they are the two teenage sisters whose quick reactions saved a man and his young son from drowning. we were just swimming and we were, like, into knee height, and we heard the little boy screaming. so we thought his dad was dunking him under the water and wetting him and stuff, but then the dad started shouting "help!" and we realised he was in trouble. the beach here is known for its undercurrents and with the water cold, the man was tiring quickly. isla swam out and lifted the toddler onto an inflatable lilo before getting the man to lie his head across it as best he could. to be honest, i wasn't thinking. i wasjust like, i need to get on it, because i saw him going under the water and then trying to come up for breath, but because his son was on top of him and he was trying to keep him up, he wasn't getting any breath, so it was like, get out of there as quickly as yo

here's our consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith.a is still not spot, things improved dramatically in sabden two months ago. when the phone mast got put up, i was actually working and suddenly all the locals realised that they had signal. i think somebody got a call through, and everybody had a little mini celebration as finally we have a call. it had a big impact on everyone in the village. i didn't use to bring my phone out of my bag, usuallyjust stay in my bag because nobody could reach and they had to ring the landline but now i can put my phone out and get a signal. my son is with one of the major networks and has gone from one bar to five bars and taken walk around happily in the house on his mobile, not hanging out the back door trying to get a signal. that's still just a pipe dream for will. i don't even have one bar. we don't get 3g, and they are talking about 5g. just two miles down the road from sabden, but the new mast has not helped connection here. we are a rural community, and we seem to be ignored. the government say

colletta smith, bbc news, in huddersfield. with herfamily on while on holiday in malaysia with her family on the 11th of august. we are getting reports a body has been found in the search for the 15—year—old. these are live pictures you can see on screen, there have been around 350 people involved in this search and a rewards has recently been offered, a £10,000 reward offered anonymously from northern ireland. just looking at a reaction to this news, the lucie blackman trust has tweeted, you can see the handle, we are aware of reports that a body has been found in the search for nora quoirin. we are urgently seeking clarification. so no confirmation that this is her, i must stress that, but a body has been found in connection with that appearance —— met with the disappearance of 15—year—old nora quoirin, who disappeared while on holiday with her family on the 11th of august. more details on this as we get it. ebola may soon be a "preventable and treatable" disease after a trial of two drugs showed significantly improved survi

our consumer affairs correspondnet colletta smith is at manchester piccadilly station for us. this figure today is particularly important, it is because, effectively, it gets frozen in time, and that snapshot, a higher—than—expected rate of 2.8%, is then used as the basis for the increase in rail fares is then used as the basis for the increase in railfares for commuters who are on those annual tickets that will come in injanuary. i've been to the commuter town here to find out what impact that will have. nestled in the pennines between leeds and manchester. there are plenty of workers heading in either direction. elaine serves up welcome caffeine to the commuters facing the price rise. it does add up. and, the thing with it, they're not getting anything extra for it. it is not an improved service, no extra carriages, so you're not seeing benefits other than that it will cost you more. obviously, they keep going up. they could do with holding them down really. the prices go up but we don't see any improvement of service. if service is improved surely the prices should reflect

our business correspondent colletta smith is in wythenshawe in greater manchester.ddle ofa this, for tesco staff, is the middle of a couple of very turbulent years. injanuary, of a couple of very turbulent years. in january, we heard of a couple of very turbulent years. injanuary, we heard about 9000 jobs being cut from tesco's biggest superstores. now the focus is the medium sized stores. they have announced that 153 metro stores up and down the uk are now the ones to be facing the axe. we are talking about big redundancies from those stores, because the store behind me openedin stores, because the store behind me opened in the 90s, and tesco said at the time people used to come in and do their weekly shop here, but the way we shop has changed dramatically. they say 70% of customers in tesco metros are p°ppin9 customers in tesco metros are popping in and buying what they need for that evening. it is a convenience store, so the the way they operate needs to change. they wa nt fewer staff, they operate needs to change. they want fewer staff, so 4500 jobs are now at r

colletta smith, bbc news, in huddersfield.ing to us. how did you decide there was a need and how did you go about creating your swa p how did you go about creating your swap shop? it was in may 2017 our local council decided they were going to axe the school grant for the that they to used to give to the lower income families and there are groups on facebook and there were so many people panicking when they announced they were axing the grants. how are they going to manage to afford the uniforms in september? i thought, is there something i could do about this? there was a saying eye so a few years ago, i a lwa ys saying eye so a few years ago, i always wondered why somebody didn't realise about that, and then i realised i was somebody. i got on the phone to my mum and i said what do you think about a food bank for uniforms? she said, go for it. we got a team going. we got the feelers out on facebook asking how people felt about a swap shop and the response was good. in a couple of days, we had about 50 items donated and now w

colletta smith is at manchester airport for us. why is ryanair so confident?ew days, waiting for this down to the wire decision by the high court who voted in favour of the pilots union, allowing the strike to go ahead of ryanair pilots allowing the strike to go ahead of rya nair pilots based allowing the strike to go ahead of ryanair pilots based here in the uk. it is due to begin at midnight tonight and last for 48 hours but as you said, the company have put out a lot of information saying that actually most peoples flights will be completely unaffected. they expect to run a full schedule for the next two days and people should turn up at the airport as normal, checkin turn up at the airport as normal, check in as normal and they will be able to operate those flights will stop the company have a significant number of pilots in other countries and they say they will be able to field the flights or man them on that basis. the union had been fighting over pay and conditions, ryanair say that pilots are already very well paid but the concern for passengers is to

our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith is in manchester.y difficult few years for tesco staff and they are now coming out of the end of a big restructure for the company as they battle to retain that crown as the uk's biggest supermarket. we saw backin uk's biggest supermarket. we saw back in january at uk's biggest supermarket. we saw back injanuary at 9000 job losses. they were at the really big tesco superstore is pulled up next for the a cts superstore is pulled up next for the acts are these smaller tesco metro stores that tend to be on high streets. there are 153 of them up and down the uk and they are all under question as of today. the company say that they were designed for a weekly shop when we would go in with our trolleys but actually most customers these days have com pletely most customers these days have completely changed the way they shop and they say that 70% of customers in metro stores are nowjust picking up in metro stores are nowjust picking up ingredients for that night's dinner, doing convenience shopping, so they ha

colletta smith, bbc news, in huddersfield. late injune. arriving across the south of india. but it has pretty much got its act together and it is pretty much on time now as well. pretty average rainfall. some areas have been better than others, we usually see big variations. parts of the southeast, china has been quite dry, but the west, mumbai in particular has been very wet —— parts of the south—east of india have been quite dry. would you bother with an umbrella ? have been quite dry. would you bother with an umbrella? it seems quite pointless. when you look at that it quite pointless. when you look at thatitis quite pointless. when you look at that it is pretty normal for some parts of the world. it is extraordinary. some parts of the west coast, maharaja, have seen over a metre of rain fell. 0ver west coast, maharaja, have seen over a metre of rain fell. over a metre and a half of rainfall in some areas. a couple of inches causes so much disruption and flooding here. can you imagine a metre? no, but it is that part of the

colletta smith reports. finally surfing on high speed, ag has arrived in the village.still a not—spot, things improved dramatically in sabden two months ago. when the phone mast got put up, i was actually working. and suddenly, all the locals realised they had signal. i think someone got a phone call through, and everybody had a little mini—celebration. it has had a big impact on everyone in the village. i didn't use to bring my phone out of the bag, it used tojust stay in the back because nobody could reach me. they always had to reach the landline. but now i can put my phone out and get a signal. the government say they want to make it easier to turn this into a taller, wider, stronger mast without extra planning permission. making masts taller and stronger gives it a better capacity. and that can only help, because as technology gets better and better, the more you invest in it. but dan thinks is notjust about improving what we've got. millions more masts will still be needed. councils have to be coming onside more and more, but i think a lot of them are a bit caref

inflation injuly — and passengers groups say that's unfair. 0ur consumer affairs correspondnet colletta smith heading in either direction. elaine serves up welcome caffeine to the commuters facing the price rise. it does add up. they are not getting anything extra for it. it is not an improved service, no extra carriages, so you're not seeing benefits other than that it will cost you more. obviously, they keep going up. they could do with holding them down really. the prices go up but we don't see any improvement of service. if service is improved surely the prices should reflect it, really. a handful of things have been pushing up bills injuly, hotel prices, toys and computer games have all gone up. making it more expensive to look after the kids in the holidays. six week holidays are a bit of a nightmare as it gets more and more expensive. the rail ticket prices will hit hard. you have to get to work. so they impact on your quality of living. it is constantly going down and down. it is an essential need. they use the trains a lot to get to work, a lot of my friends, and to university. and i

our business correspondent, colletta smith says today's news is the latest in a series ofjob cuts fromjust in january, we have our 9000 jobs being cut from tesco's biggest superstores. now it's the medium—sized stores, so 153 stores right up and down the uk are not the ones to be facing the acts which we are talking about big redundancies from those stores because the story behind me opened in the 90s and tesco set at the time that people used to do their weekly shopping here but the way we shop has changed dramatically. they say 70% of those are actually just dramatically. they say 70% of those are actuallyjust popping in and buying with the need for that evening as a convenience store, so the way they operate needs to change, they want less product behind the stores they want fewer staff sell 4500 jobs are now at risk as you say, the company wants to try to redeploy staff within the company still, but there's absolutely no guarantee of that at the moment. even the more popular tesco express stores are also facing scrutiny today, the company are now announcing a percent of the stores

colletta smith is our consumer affairs correspondent., to try and get your head around that, break it down per child, as you suggested, a survey of parents showed that on average pa rents survey of parents showed that on average parents are spending around £230 per child, a little bit less for primary school students and a little bit more for secondary school stu d e nts little bit more for secondary school students but it's a lot of money for any family, really, at the moment and anyone with more than one child, that racks up pretty quickly. the reason for the big bill is often logoed clothing, anything with an emblazoned, a sewn on a badge that is actually part of the uniform itself whether that's a blazer or jumper or shirt, that makes the item more expensive and because a lot of schools specify a number of those products, that's why the price often increases. clothing has to be bought from a specific supplier which causes problems in a lot of areas. we've done some research here at the bbc shows parents can save as much as £118 from

colletta smith, bbc news in huddersfield. i know that scotland is closer to going back to school.m bbc news. still to come this morning: could opening up more of britain's countryside footpaths to cyclists help improve relations between riders and other users? tim muffett is in llandegla forest for us this morning to find out more. morning, tim. i love this forest. we are west of wrexham, near the 0neplanet cycling park. so, there are some confusing rules about where it is ok to cycle. bc sometimes cycling arise between cyclists and walkers. it depends on whereabouts you are in the uk. do you think the rules are too confusing? i don't know. ithink they're quite simple, realistically, in wales. we have footpath data for walking only. but, within the uk, scotland has open access, so you can go in many different places. i've been to conferences there and i like the way they do it because the fact that their developing freedom for everybody. but, there is always going to be conflict over the land and that's why we've got this centre here. we've got walking, running, cycling within the