u nfortu nately, this sort of treatment for alfie?e seriously ill. the cannabis plant works in the entourage affects so the cannabinoids are needed to get the best results and if we talk about research into individual cannabinoids so companies can make specific drugs, they will not be as effective as whole cannabis. i am carrying on working as an ambassador to carry on this work and ensure people like my son will be able to get these products on prescription, as other people do in other countries, and not have to go through arduous fighting to get medication, because they are well used around the world and should be available under prescription in this country. why are we lagging behind other countries, if it is so effective? that is a good question and it has puzzled me why politicians are so slow. the evidence they say is enough to reschedule the drug has been out two years. i think it comes back to the confusion between street cannabis and medicinal cannabis. they are different products and we need to recognise that difference and

. —— alfie dingley. no change in the law.|j in lee's family. —— alfie dingley.ot california yet or anywhere else in the state... but european countries seem to be ahead of us in terms of medicines. of countries are ahead of us. going to the daily mail now, i think this is for you. the daily mail now, i think this is foryou. —— a the daily mail now, i think this is for you. —— a lot of. the daily mail now, i think this is for you. -- a lot of. i wrote about this today. you are an expert! what is that we —— mean to live beyond oui’ is that we —— mean to live beyond our means? this is from the office of national statistics, we take anything they generally say quite seriously because it has come from them. essentially, they have found for the first time in 30 years since 1988, households are spending more than they are bringing in, to the tune of £900 a year. last time it happened in 1988, there was a shortfall of about £300 million, yes it was a while ago, but this time it is pretty £5 billion, equating to about one fifth of the nhs budget and it means that the poo

success to tell you about the latter stages of singles but gordon reid and alfie hewitt doubt winning doubles. that about wraps things up. on day 12 of these wimbledon championships. i will hand you back to lizzie greenwood hughes in salford for the rest of the day ‘s sport. lizzie. thank you, john. england's bidders are on the brink of levelling the one—day series with india. 0ne nil down before today's much. they have india on the ropes. they're trailing by 96 runs with less tha n they're trailing by 96 runs with less than three overs to go. jo route scored an unbeaten century. india's usually rock—solid batting line—up crumbled earlier on. serena match in england's weber it looks like tuesday's final will be the decider. it is still the same man wearing the leader's yellow jersey at the tour de france after stage eight. an overall advantage of seven seconds ahead of wales's athlete. another sprint finish today but mark cavendish is struggling for form and ended up in seventh place. he still hasn't won a stage this year. this page was run by the a dodge sprinter. his second in a row

let's turn our attentions to the wheelchair doubles with alfie hewett in action today.o date alongside his doubles partner gordon reid. they are through to another doubles final. they came through against cuneda and fernandez. he couldn't translate that into the doubles having lost —— he couldn't translate that to the singles having lost a olsson this morning. he won the french open last year, semifinals in the singles at wimbledon last year but he lost 6—2, 6—4 in that one. as far as the doubles goes, alongside alfie hewett and gordon reid against fernandez and kuneda, they came through. good news for the british interest in the wheelchair doubles. that is all from wimbledon and semifinals day. but epic opening semifinals day. but epic opening semifinal between kevin anderson and john isner going the distance. for now, back to salford. england's dream in russia may be over but their world cup's not. it's the game nobody wants to play in as they battle it out with belgium for third place in st petersberg tomorrow afternoon. victory for gareth southgate's side would make

alfie is now doing well, his mum said the rule—change will help other families with sick children.n in that situation hope that they can try this medication and that itjust might work. i've always been clear that it doesn't always work for everyone, but when it works, it works like a miracle. the government is adamant that this will not lead to the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use. cannabis remains an illegal class b drug. so the production, possession and dealing of cannabis are still criminal offences. anyone trying to grow this lot at home would risk a jail term. there are more than 100 active compounds in the cannabis plant. this change in the rules should make it easier for researchers to investigate their potential benefits, as well as harms. fergus walsh, bbc news. the former pakistan cricket captain imran khan has claimed victory in the country's general election. his political party has won the most seats and he's set to become prime minister. but his opponents claim there was widespread vote—rigging and interference from the armed forces. 0ur pakistan corresp

alfie is now doing well, his mum said the rule—change will help other families with sick children.person in that situation hope that they can try this medication and that itjust might work. i've always been clear that it doesn't always work for everyone, but when it works, it works like a miracle. the government is adamant that this will not lead to the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use. cannabis remains an illegal class b drug. so the production, possession and dealing of cannabis are still criminal offences. anyone trying to grow this lot at home would risk a jail term. there are more than 100 active compounds in the cannabis plant. this change in the rules should make it easier for researchers to investigate their potential benefits, as well as harms. fergus walsh, bbc news. we can talk to charlotte coldwell, one of the parents who very much campaigned on this issue. her son billy has epilepsy and it was his 30th birthday today. i presume, a very happy 13th day. incredible. -- 13th. billy had three present today. celebrating his birthday. he had presence from the fam

alfie won 10—0! my one bounce and alfie‘s two bouncers. got involved in the sport, it wasn't just to be here, it was to get involved with sport and playing with friends and family and being inclusive. golden, today you are hopefully going to watch the men‘s single final, how are —— how do you think it will go? i have a feeling that anderson will win. i'm going to go with novak. is for your futures, hopefully soon you will crack the singles title, that‘s the next on the agenda, and a bruising encounter on friday against stefan, but that next step. for sure, i want to win in singles and doubles. i was disappointed not to make it through to the final. but they played some great tennis out there and they deserve to be in the final. this man's already won it. what can alfie do to make that next step to the singles title? i'm not going to tell him! congratulations on winning a third year running, fantastic. an afternoon watching the tennis for a change this afternoon. let‘s get the thoughts of andy murray‘s former coach, mark petchey, also a com

britain's alfie hewett is through to the semi finals of the british open wheelchair tennis championshipser coming back from 5—2 and four set points down. britain's hannah moore has won gold at the european para—triathlon championships in estonia, two years after paying to have her leg amputated after struggling with a rare and painful condition. she was one of nine british athletes to win a medal on day one of the championships. kazakhstan‘s 0lympic medal—winning figure skater denis ten has been stabbed to death at the age of 25. ten — who won bronze in sochi in 201a — was stabbed in the thigh after two men tried to steal his car mirrors. he later died from his injuries in hospital. this weekend, england's hockey players begin their bid for home glory at the world cup in london — but this year two members of the squad will miss out while they recover from concussion. olympic gold medallist shona mccallin is among them after taking a shoulder to her head during a match in february and has described her injury as "overwhelming" and "relentless". katie shanaghan has been to meet her. harder

alfie evans and charlie gard were severe cases, too ill to survive, but more babies with serious medicalblems do now survive. are we willing, though, to give them a decent quality of life? many families have said to me that they feel more and more they're fighting for their child, they're fighting for the health assessments, they're fighting for equipment. three extraordinary families let panorama into their lives to show us the battles they fight and what it takes to give their children the care they need, or simply to keep them alive. happy birthday, dear logan. happy birthday to you. yay! i didn't in all honesty think we would reach four. are you going to have some? that's it. yeah! when he was first born, they gave him 2a hours. do you want me to take cake? you could go weightlifting with it. look at that. can you feel it? do you need help to open it? logan lives with his three older siblings and his mum, a full—time carer and dad, an ambulance driver. it says, "to logan, have a very special day. lots of love from batman, #hayden." he's due a nebuliser and he's due his meds. logan ha

but a series of sick children like alfie dingley were denied access to cannabis medicines because theergone rigorous clinical trials. he ended up rigorous clinical trials. he ended up in hospital, having multiple seizures until his mother was granted a special licence to import the drug. now parent power has persuaded the home office to reschedule cannabis products, to make it easier ball specialists here to prescribe them. this announcement today gives every person in that situation hope that they can try this medication and that itjust might work. i have always been clear that it doesn't always work for everyone , that it doesn't always work for everyone, but when it does work, it works like a miracle. the government is adamant this will not lead to the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use. cannabis remains an illegal class b drug. so the production, possession and dealing of cannabis are still criminal offences. anyone trying to grow this slot at home would risk a jail term. there are more than 100 active compounds in the cannabis plant. this change the rules should make i

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british duo alfie hewitt and gordon reid are aiming to defend the title they won in 2016 and 2017.efan 0lsson. chelsea have confirmed the appointment of maurizio sarri as their new manager on a three—year deal. the former napoli boss replaces antonio conte in charge as said he hoped to "provide some entertaining football for our fans, and that they'll be competing for trophies at the end of the season" as he gets to work, gareth southgate might be planning a couple of weeks off but before that he's got one more match in russia. not the one he wanted to be in but it's the 3rd ath placed playoff against belgium this afternoon. it's a repeat of the group stage game, when both teams fielded their second strings. our sports correspondent david 0rnstein is at the st petersburg stadium. an unforgettable journey, but this final match, can they get up for it? i think sojudging final match, can they get up for it? i think so judging from training yesterday, all 23 players were involved, and gareth southgate will be making changes, we still think he'll include the likes of harry caine, going

alfie hewitt and gordon reid continuing their successful partnership once again at these wimbledon championshipsy've one of the games this year. their third successive title. it came through 61, six four. they won against germany and sweden. i guess they just need to against germany and sweden. i guess theyjust need to decide who will keep it and which trophy cabinet thatis keep it and which trophy cabinet that is going to be stored in because they're getting used to collecting trophies, i read that? great news for them today and they dwell. we look forward to the men's final outcome tomorrow. kevin anderson up against novak djokovic asi anderson up against novak djokovic as i was saying. kerber triumphant today on ladies finals day. that is all from wimbledon for the moment on what has been another beautiful day here in south—west london. i will hand you back to salford with the rest of the day's sport. well, what a difference a couple of daysin well, what a difference a couple of days in cricket makes. after their heavy defeats to india on thursday england have bounced back to level the one—da

alfie hewett and his british partner gordon reid have just won the men's wheelchair double title fore for a third year in a row. and of course with so many of the top seeds in the women's draw going out in the early rounds, at least with an julie cooper going out in the early rounds, at least with anjulie cooper and serena williams we have a ladies final to come of real significance —— with angeli kerber. final to come of real significance -- with angeli kerber. thank you. now, football might not be coming home, but england are still in russia for one more match this afternoon — the third—place play—off against belgium, their fellow losing semi—finalists. our sports news correspondent, david 0rnstein, is in st petersburg. david, what would england say to those who think that this is a match that doesn't really matter? shaun connor welcome inside the st petersburg stadium, kick off at 3pm. many would argue this is a match that nobody wants to play in. but for england, it represents a chance to secure their highest race finish of the men's world cup since lifting the trophy in 1966 and

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also gordon reid and alfie hewett with the winners of the wheelchair doubles for the third yearin wheelchairoubles for the third year ina wheelchair doubles for the third year in a row. age 30 angelique kerber has plenty of time for more of this. england's world cup has come to an end, with more disappointment. they suffered a second defeat to belgium, losing by two goals to nil, in the playoff to decide third and fourth place in the competition. from st petersburg our sports editor dan roan reports. it's the match no team really wants to play in, a reminder ofjust how close you came to the main event. but for england this was at least a chance to end a stiring campaign on a high. they say no one remembers who finishes third at the world cup. but belgian‘s hunger was immediately apparent. less than four minutes gone when thomas meunier stole in. despite still being the tournament's top scorer, harry kane had failed to find the net in his last two matches and here again it was not quite happening. eric dier then denied by a desperate goal—line clearance from tottenham team—mate toby alderweir

alfie all good? he is wonderful, thank you, very happy little boy. it was a wonderful experience.e had a lovely day and i wasjust... he is doing really well. this has been a miracle for him. i wa nt this has been a miracle for him. i want all of the parents who are suffering like we did to ensure they don't have to suffer if they don't have to. he is doing really well. thank you. it is coming up to 7:18am and carol has a marvellous view from south bank this morning. it is stunning. but the skyline, what's behind it, is soon to change. it could indeed because there are fun to reach our i5 it could indeed because there are fun to reach our is in the forecast. it is beatable at the top of city hall looking over the city of london andi hall looking over the city of london and i don't know if you can see the tao of london behind me. it is quite a muggy start to the day —— tower of london. in the last hour in the 5outh london. in the last hour in the south coast of lincolnshire there was 12 south coast of lincolnshire there was12 millimetres of rain. that is a lot of rain in a small amo

but a series of six children mike alfie word denied access to cannabis medicines because the drugs, producede rigorous clinical trials. he ended up rigorous clinical trials. he ended up in hospital having multiple seizures until his mum was granted a special licence to import the drug. now adamant parent power has made it easierfor specialists here to prescribed them. this announcement today gives every person in that situation hope, that they can try this medication and that it just might they can try this medication and that itjust might work. i've always been clear that it doesn't always work for everyone, but when it does work for everyone, but when it does work it works like a miracle. the government is adamant this will not lead to the legalization of cannabis for recreational use. cannabis remains an illegal class b drug, so the production, possession and dealing of cannabis are still criminal offences. anyone trying to grow this lots at home would risk a jail term. there are more than 100 active compounds in the cannabis plant. this change in the rules should make it easierfor resear

jamie murray is in the mixed doubles final today, hoping to emulate the feats of gordon reid and alfieett, who took a third straight title in the wheelchair doubles. lucy shuker will take part in the mixed doubles final later today, too. and so, 2pm this afternoon, before the football begins, it'll be all eyes on novak djokovic and kevin anderson in the men's doubles final. both came through the longest semi—finals in wimbledon history to make it this far. djokovic outlasted rafa nadal in a match split over two days before prevailing 10—8 in the final set. he says he doesn't have much to lose as he chases a 13th major title. anderson, playing in his second grand slam final, says he knows what to expect this time around. on the subject on marathon semi—finals, this was jack draper in the boys' event. he needed ten match points against colombia's nicolas mejia before winning 19—17 in the final set. the 16—year—old will play top seed chun hsin tseng on court number one today. in a couple of hours, england will fly home after five weeks in russia that exceeded expectatations. they matched

in the men's wheelchair singles, alfie hewett is through to his second wimbledon semi—final in a row.next. but the 2016 champion, gordon reid, is suprisingly out. he lost to belgium'sjoachim gerard in straight sets. hewett and reid begin their doubles campaign today as they aim for a hat—trick of wimbledon doubles titles. so it is men's semi—finals day at wimbledon today. up first is the man who knocked out roger federer, kevin anderson. he is up against another big server in john isner. then it's time for rafael nadal against novak djokovic. it's their 51st meeting, more than any other two men in the open era. they know each other better than anyone else. coverage starts on bbc two at 12:30pm. we will have all the rest of the sport, the football news about co nte, sport, the football news about conte, at 7:30 a.m.. but callisto has had to go. hejust missed me, he had a really big shot, luckily missing my suit. taken away before it got messy. you fell out with kalisto already. a blue peter moment. the blue peter elephant moment, just missed, literally by that much!|j think that's enou

it follows the high—profile cases of two young sufferers of epilepsy — alfie dingley and billy caldwelless to cannabis oil because it appeared to help their condition. our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, gave us the background to this decision. parents were denied the right to bring in cannabis oil products produced overseas. their children had severe epilepsy and then ended up in hospital having seizures. it was one case after another that led sajid javid to announce a review which had been very quickly done. and he has now said that, by the autumn, there will be a decision, product by—product, on which ones are going to be allowed to be prescribed by specialist doctors. the department of health and the medicines regulator will individually look at each product. the thing is about cannabis medicines is there is no doubt that some of them do work. there are two products, in fact, the uk is the biggest producer of cannabis—licensed medicines. 300 tonnes of cannabis plants a year produced legally in the uk. the problem has come from these products produced overseas which are not phar

he announced this review the day we received our license for alfie, on the 19th ofjune, and today theyrescribing medical cannabis, so it‘s a momentous occasion for us, and i‘m completely overwhelmed by this, because it‘s very special that we help this to happen. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is? the us government scrambles to meet a court—ordered deadline to reunite migrant children separated from their parents. one of colombia‘s most powerful criminal organisations has put out a hit on a sniffer dog. sombra, or shadow, has sniffed out almost 10 tonnes of the urabe os gang‘s cocaine over the course of her career. after the gang put a $70,000 price on sombra‘s head, she was moved to ensure her safety. one of our most read articles online — a zoo in egypt has denied painting black stripes on a donkey to make it look like a zebra. the article also lists other instances of alleged zoo fraudery — such as when in 2013, a chinese zoo tried to pass off a tibetan mastiff dog as an african lion. just to update you on the deadly dam collapse in laos, the torren

end though, 0lsson and his partner, belgium'sjoachim gerard were beaten by britain's gordon reid and alfieday's men's final, and both novak djokovic and kevin anderson will have to dig deep into their energy reserves after the two longest semi finals in history. after anderson took 6.5 hours to win his semi, djokovic took more than five hours to beat rafael nadal in a five set epic. he's now one match away from winning his first grand slam title since 2016. there's british interest in today's boy's final. jack draper beat the colombian nicolas mejia in the longest match in wimbledon's boys history to book his place in the final, the three setter went on for four hours 24 minutes. standing between draper and his dream of becoming the first british boy to win the title since 1962 is world junior number one, chinese taipei's chun hsin tseng. after a month of highs and lows, in which they banished the nightmare of penalty shoot outs, and allowed the country to dream again, england head home later this morning. they finished the tournament with a pretty disappointing 2—0 defeat to belgium in th

. —— alfie.. the big day at wimbledon today of course and mike looks like he is in prime position. they have let you in the commentary box, have they? i tell you what, you know how small i am,i tell you what, you know how small i am, ithink tell you what, you know how small i am, i think this ox is for a hobbit because if i stand by head goes into the ceiling but it is so hot and cramped in here, but nostalgia! i have a touchscreen, 6.5 hours here, you can tell, they have left a few grapes. and we have found a packet of biscuits. russell and many biscuits you can have. just imagine concentrating for all of that time during that match, of course nothing compared to what it was like for the players! the physical exhaustion of this history making match. the dust is still settling on last night's epic semifinal between kevin anderson and john isner — anderson won it 26—24 in the fifth set — but it was a truly gruelling encounter. the covers are coming off on centre court. it's the second longest matc

the british pair gordon reid and alfie hewitt have won the men's wheelchair doubles title for a thirdee just what it means to them. they are a great duo when they get together out on court. and they lifted the title once again. as i say, their third wimbledon doubles title. adding to the two that they won last year and the year before that. unfortunately no british interest in the singles. in both the men's and women's but great to see them doing the business in the wheelchair doubles. that is all for wimbledon on ladies final day. another beautiful day here at the all england club. i will hand you back to the studio. we will start with cricket. one nil down they currently have india and in 64-5, down they currently have india and in 64—5, needing 159. jo root scored an unbeaten century to help a decent target. the test captain showing he is back on form after some question marks. in reply, india's use the rock solid backing crumpled. but there was an incredible catch. england's captain has just been bowled. we'll have more for you and give you the update on that score. in the lead. a

and from our newcastle studio, we'rejoined by alfie's hospital consultant mike barnes. weeks because we have to go and get it. when we do that, hopefully he will be back to where he was when he was in holland which was seizure free. is gone from having 300 seizures torn to none. the impact is quite incredible in terms of what difference it makes. it's been a miracle. our doctor said to us, if you carry on the way you are, you will die or lapse into psychosis. i'm going to do all i can to keep him alive and i found i'm going to do all i can to keep him alive and ifound medical cannabis. we used a paediatric neurologist and was prescribed medication which was used throughout the world and as far as i'm concerned, the world and as far as i'm concerned , every the world and as far as i'm concerned, every family out there watching this it has a child who is sick should have this medication and that's what i'm going to work, what i'm paid to do is their ambassador. having been apparent in gone through what i've gone through, what we've gone through and my daughter, no family

it comes as the mother of another six year old, alfie dingley, has legally brought medicinal cannabisime in 52 years? dramatic new pictures emerge of the thai cave rescue operation. the 12 boys were heavily sedated to help bring them out safely. they are all recovering well in hospital the man poisoned by novichok speaks to police for the first time. could he hold the clue to where the nerve agent was found? the bidding warfor sky heats up, after 21st century fox increases its offer for the uk broadcaster to £24.5 billion. however, some analysts are expecting a counter offer from fox's rival comcast, who bid £22 billion for sky in febuary. fox is expecting to obtain regulatory approval in the uk for the deal this week. the global trade war escalates after the united states hits china with fresh tariffs worth £150 billion. beijing's not happy and neither are financial markets. facebook recieves a slap on the wrists by uk's watchdog. the social media firm is fined £500,000 — which is the maximum amount — for serious data breaches. so here's the big question, is the world cup good for th

and 6—year—old alfie dingle was treated with cannabis oil in the netherlands and his mother had beensm. he is packing it in over the next ten years, ten days. among his stop offs is press heath, home of a rare butter fly that lives on an old airfield. at each side the team will be helped by species specialists and volunteers. it is a wonderful thing. it shows fir5t hi5 volunteers. it is a wonderful thing. it shows fir5t his commitment to wildlife. he is getting around 50 nature reserves in ten days. i don't know how he is doing that. it shows he has highlighted coming here to look at all the fantastic wildlife thati5 look at all the fantastic wildlife that is here and the work that has been done to restore the site back to heathland. it does have a serious purpose. the results of 2018 audit will be recorded to create a bench mark to help measure the rise and fall in the numbers of different species. what will be recorded? just about everything. all forms of life will be investigated in this snapshot of the country‘s wildlife. the aim is to pin point the winners and loser. chris packh

the dogs are looking forward to seeing them, maisie and alfie, they love the dogs when they are overdoesn't even look after his own child, he dumps them on the grandparents, which is them on the grandparents, which is the only source of money the grandparents have, is the son, the brother paying for them to look after the children. and we want them home. i am really gratefulfor after the children. and we want them home. i am really grateful for your time to stop i think we may have interrupted your holiday to hear your story, but i am grateful you had time to do that. thank you very much. thank you for giving me the time. let's catch up with the weather now and tomasz schafernaker has forecast. some very big changes on the way to the weather pattern we have been used to for so long now. today is still very hot in east anglia and the south—east with temperatures in excess of 30 degrees and we could see violent thunderstorms erupting, a bit like the last 24 hours, and storms moving northwards. it is starting to freshen up now across western parts of the uk. this evening is still pretty