you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. . bye for now. is trying to break into the music industry and leave hello — you're watching the bbc news channel. a little more of the details on our top story this hour that the actor chadwick boseman has died from colon cancer at the age of a3. tributes have been paid to him on social media since the news of his death broke overnight. the democratic vice presidential candidate kamala harris attended the same college as him has taken to twitter. the actor chris evans, known as captain america, tweeted: and the actor dwayne johnson tweeted — joining me now is professor pat price — an oncologist and chair of the charity "action radiotherapy". thank you for being with us. talking of colon cancer. it is one of those subjects we don't talk a great deal about, i guess anything about our bottom half tends to be sensitive for a lot of people. they are a bit shy add a bit a barrister about it. i don't think that's the reason chadwick boseman didn't share it, he just wanted to keep his private

you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. m. bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. more now on our top story. the further easing of restrictions in england has been postponed for at least two weeks amid concerns over an increase in coronavirus cases. casinos and bowling alleys will remain shut, with borisjohnson saying it was time to "squeeze the brake pedal". it comes as a member of the government's scientific advisory group said pubs in england could have to shut in order for schools to reopen in september. earlier i spoke to allyson pollock, the professor of public health at newcastle university and asked her what she made of the idea of such a trade—off. my view is that it shouldn't come down to having a choice. of course it is a disgrace that children have missed out on six months of education, and they absolutely need to be a priority, but i don't think it's helpful to talk about choices. much more important is to be assured that the government is putting in place the public health measures, and we st

bbc witness history". next, we go to cuba. gita watts, who had to begin a new life in britain. remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel along with more than 1,000 radio programmes, in our online archive. just search online for "bbc witness history". next, we go to cuba. in july 1989, four top cuban army officers were sentenced to death and executed after being convicted of drug trafficking. but critics of the regime believe the case was, in fact, a political attempt to punish the officers for advocating change in fidel castro's communist cuba. we hearfrom ileana de la guardia, the daughter of one of the executed men. it was the show trial that shook havana. general arnaldo 0choa, a comrade in arms of fidel castro and hero of the revolution, was sentenced last friday to be shot by firing squad, along with three other army officers. translation: when they read out that my father, antonio de la guardia, as well as 0choa and the others were all sentenced to death, it came as a massive shock. my father looked over to where i was sitting, but i did not want to start crying. some of the other relatives broke down and cried,

remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel, or you can catch up on all with more than 1,000 radio programmes in our online archive. just search online for bbc witness history. now to central america, and the civil war in el salvador. throughout the 1980s, left—wing rebels were fighting the us—backed government. in 1989, government soldiers dragged six jesuit priests from their beds and murdered them. it changed the course of the war. the salvadoran government tried to blame the killings on the rebels. but one brave woman stood up to the authorities, providing important testimony that contradicted the official version. lucia cerna told her story to witness history. the priests' funeral took place at the university where they were murdered. that's how they were.

news on bbc one is at 17:50. bye for now. good afternoon, it has been a dramatic last few days at least for some in the uk hello. you're watching the bbc news channelth anniversary of vj day, which marks the surrender ofjapan and the end of the second world war. prince charles acknowledged the courage and fortitude of all those who had been part of the campaign. ladies and gentlemen, today, 75 yea rs ladies and gentlemen, today, 75 years after the hard—won victory over to renee, i am proud and humbled to be able to join you all in expressing my profound respect and admiration to the veterans and survivors of that interminable and terrible campaign —— terra name. above all, however, let us remember all those who never returned and who would never grow old. we pray that their stories will be passed on to their stories will be passed on to the generations of today and tomorrow, so that we can learn from their example. all too often, those who fought in the far east have been labelled the forgotten army in the forgotten war. many of the soldiers, nurses and other personnel felt anger and disappointment at how they we re anger and disappointment at how

there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. nment s eat out to help out scheme to subsidise meals in restaurants comes to an end tomorrow. under the scheme, millions of people have enjoyed discounted dining on mondays, tuesdays and wednesdays in august. with 50 per cent off food and non—alcoholic drinks up to ten pounds. one of the restauranteurs who has taken part is fash khalili, owner of borge restaurant in stockton—on—tees. as well as serving italian food, borge has been named home of the world's best parmo four times — that's the special teesside delicacy made from chicken and melted parmesan. fash spoke to my colleague tim willcox about how well the scheme has worked. it's been a great help. after several months, people are waiting for a good meal and this is a fantastic deal, the deal for lifetime and it's been busier. because of it, we've managed to employ more staff and i've brought all my staff back now and it's really good, it has helped us tremendously. that's great because the hospitality sector, under 1.5 million p

you‘re watching the bbc news channel. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre.ts in just over an hour, with lewis hamilton favourite to win it for the seventh time. he broke the track record twice on his way to pole position — the 91st of his career. he‘ll be joined on the front row of the grid by his merdedes team—mate valtteri bottas, with red bull‘s max verstappenjust behind. f1 journalist chris medland can‘t see past hamilton for victory today — and beyond. lewis is clearly the favourite for both the title, but also for today and probably for next year‘s title as well, because these regulations we are racing under this year have been frozen to help save money with the current climate so everything is looking really good for hamilton to equal michael schumacher‘s record and then break it next year. arsenal will be more determined than ever to keep hold of their captain pierre emerick aubameyang, after he led them to victory over chelsea in the fa cup final. the win secures arsenal a place in europe next season. he‘s been linked with a move away this summer, b

there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, but now on bbc one, time for the news whereross wales, who've been shielding because of coronavirus, can leave their homes again. the change in welsh government advice means around 130,000 people can now go to work, school or out shopping. but some charities are warning that they still need to socially distance, and keep up high levels of hand hygiene. nick palit reports. this is the first time paddy murphy has set foot outside her front door since the pandemic began. the 80—year—old academic editor has been in lockdown in her newcastle emlyn home because of a heart and lung condition. today, she ventured down to her local shop and was filmed by her grandson on his mobile phone. she says the whole experience was very strange indeed. i have been down that high street hundreds of times, but it felt like a new experience. so i was feeling quite nervous. by the time i got to the shop, less so and i had a conversation with a neighbour, which was quite heartening and so on the way back i felt better. around 130,000 people like paddy

remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel, or you can catch up on allore than 1,000 radio programmes, in our online archive. just search for "bbc witness history." our next story takes us to germany, where in 1995 a public art project was seen by millions. it became a symbol for berlin's renewal after the fall of the wall and the collapse of communism. it's the story of the couple who wrapped the reichstag. newsreel: it's an eccentric dream, but one that a husband and wife team have cherished for nearly a quarter of a century, and this weekend the bulgarian—born artist christo and his wife jeanne—claude began rubbing the german parliament building in silver fabric. it is very difficult to explain if you don't see it. no drawings, no sketch, no scale model can match the complexity of the project. the fabric isactually, it's not completely touching the stone, the surface of the structure. the project started in 1972. the cold war is still in full speed, you know, the berlin wall was built. permission to wrap the reichstag was refused three times. if the w

remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel or you can catch up on alle than 1,000 radio programmes in our online archive. just search online for bbc witness history. now to a story of triumph over injustice. for over 200 years, soldiers from the small south asian country of nepal fought and died for the british armed forces. the soldiers are known as gurkhas and more than 200,000 fought in the two world wars. it is only in 2009 they were actually given the right to settle in the uk. one major remembers the long campaign for equal treatment for gurkhas. outside parliament, the home secretary finally ran up the white flag, government surrender on the gurkhas terms. all former gurkhas who have served more than four years will now be eligible to apply for settlement in the uk. when the announcement was made in 2009, everyone was really happy, exuberant with the news. i would call it a half baked victory. i served in the brigade of gurkhas for that he one years. ——i served in the brigade of gurkhas for 31 years. nepal allows recruitment into the british army

bbc news, in sydney. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. .30, bye for now. good afternoon. first to the third and final test in southampton, where as you've been hearing england are in total control against pakistan on day three. and have taken another wicket on day three. henry morean has been watching — james anderson picked up where he left off yesterday and is closing in on history? he is. 600 test wickets inside. he is under 597 and has taken all four wickets that have fallen so far. pakistan coming out to bat after lunch at 111—4. a frustrating day with the weather. more showers in southampton so an early lunch was taken and we got people to start again and then we it has been one of those days. the forecast of the afternoon is better so we hope we will get plenty of play and hopefully james anderson can will get plenty of play and hopefullyjames anderson can take the three wickets he needs to join the three wickets he needs to join the 600 club. what a remarkable achievement it would be if he was able to do that. for pakistan it is al

news on bbc one is at 6:35pm. have a good afternoon. you're watching the bbc news channel. , here's gavin. good afternoon. we start with cricket and there's been some play... ..and more rain, on day four of the second test between england and pakistan in southampton. pakistan added just 13 quick runs this morning before losing their final wicket — all out for 236. but england have lost an early wicket of their own — rory burns out for a duck after just four balls. england were on 7—1 before the covers came on — as rain stopped play. time very much running out for both sides to try and get a result. after disappointment for manchester city in the champions league, tonight, manchester united will hope to fare better, as they play five time winners sevilla for a place in the europa league final. united have lost both their semi—finals this season — in the fa cup here and league cup — but ole gunnar solskjaer says his team are ready for tonight's match in cologne and called for his players to deliver. when you come to a semifinal, you're playing against big teams, good teams wit

remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel, and catch up online withine for bbc witness history. next, the remarkable story of tete—michel kpomassie, the boy who ran away from his village in togo to live in the arctic. tete—michel kpomassie spoke to witness history about his odyssey. i started a journey of discovery, only to find that i was being discovered. i was one of them. i became the ‘african eskimo'. i was born in 19111. in togo, west africa. i grew up as an ordinary african boy. but one day i was on top of a tree, and suddenly there was a snake... ifell, and i was badly injured. after my convalescence i went to the missionary bookshop. and i saw a book — eskimos from greenland to alaska. and i learned that it is so cold in greenland that there are no snakes. "oh, where is that paradise?" i was obsessed with the eskimos. people said, "you are completely mad." i ran away from togo. i was 16 and a half. it took me eight years to get to greenland. i was the first black man they had ever seen. as soon as they saw me, all talking stopped. the childre

remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel, or you can catch up on all 1,000 radio programmes in our online archive. just search online for bbc witness history. now to central america, and the civil war in el salvador. throughout the 1980s, left—wing rebels were fighting the us—backed government. in 1989, government soldiers dragged six jesuit priests from their beds and murdered them. it changed the course of the war. the salvadoran government tried to blame the killings on the rebels. but one brave woman stood up to the authorities, providing important testimony that contradicted the official version. lucia cerna told her story to witness history. the priests' funeral took place at the university where they were murdered. they were el salvador‘s leading left—wing intellectuals. thousands came to mourn, not just for the dead men, but because they'd symbolise for the hope that el salvador might on day become a country where power came from the ballot box and not from the barrel of a gun. translation: the priests were always on the side of the poor. that'

the next news on bbc one is at 6:20pm this evening. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel.tions is warning of a humanitarian disaster in lebanon, with widespread medicine and food shortages, after this week's explosion in the capital, beirut. 154 people are now known to have died in the blast and thousands more were injured. more than 300,000 people have been made homeless. three—quarters of lebanese people needed aid even before tuesday's explosion. thousands of people are expected to take to the streets in beirut to express anger about the devastating explosion. i've been speaking to pierre zalloua, who lives in beirut — and who for a time, thought he had lost his brother—in—law in the explosion. we struggled for about seven hours. so, we found him at about 1am on that day. it is hard for any of us to imagine what that must have been like as you searched, but can you talk us through what happened 7 well, it was traumatic. it was apocalyptic. there are no words to describe the horror that we actually felt. people talk about resilience and hope. i don't think we have any of

remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel or you can catch up withms along or you can catch up with all of our films along with more than 1000 radio programmes on our online archive. just search online archive. just search online for bbc witness history. next, the remarkable story of the boy who ran away from his village in togo to live in the arctic. he spoke to witness history about his odyssey.” started a journey of discovery only to find that i was being discovered. i was one of them. i became kind of the african eskimo. i was born in 19a1 in togo, west africa. i grew up in just an ordinary african way, an ordinary african boy. one day i was on top of a tree, and suddenly there was a snake. i fell. and i was badly injured. after my convalescence, i went to the missionary bookshop, and i saw to the missionary bookshop, and isawa to the missionary bookshop, and i saw a book — eskimo is from greenland to alaska. i learnt it was so cold in greenland that there are no snakes. where is that paradise? i was obsessed with eskimos. people said, yeah, you

bbc news, in portsmouth. great to hear from great to hearfrom sir ben great to hear from sir ben ainslie there. that's all the sport for now. more from us here on the bbc news channel now it is time for the papers. here's a quick look at what still to come on bbc one after this programme. coming up on sunday morning live, this week saw packed beaches but lots of empty workplaces — we will discuss if we have got our priorities right. also, we will be speaking to not one but two comedy legends, as lesley joseph and tamsin greig join us. and the kingdom choir, who performed at harry and meghan's wedding, tell us about the impact of lockdown on their art. join us at ten. 0h, go on. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rosamund urwin, senior reporter at the sunday times, and james rampton, features writer at the independent. welcome to you both. thank you for being with us. let's go through the front pages. the mail on sunday leads on plans to return to the classroom, with the prime minister, borisjohnson, writing in the paper that it's a moral duty to reopen schools next month. and according to the sunday time

thank you very much for talking to was on the bbc news channel along with some of the vips that we hear family of course, members of the government. they were the veterans here, very much centre of today's commemorations of the whole make—up of the service. it was also aviary multicultural, a very multinational service, 40 nations fought the japanese during the second world war so japanese during the second world war so that was very much represented today and some of the readings, some of the speeches that we heard so certainly talking to people in very moving, a very poignant day and of course many other commemorative services and events throughout the rest of the day. back to you in the studio. john, thank you so much. let's speak now to lord dannatt — the former chief of the general staff for the british army. it was indeed an extraordinarily moving service, wasn't it? tell us what this day means to you. well, as you say, it was a very moving event at the national arboretum which is a marvellous place in a very fitting place for a commemoration like today and today means to meet wel

and tomorrow, on the bbc news channel, we'll be answering your questions on why coronavirus cases aree pandemic. we'll be speaking to professor chris smith, consultant medical virologist, and professor of public health linda bauld at 9:30 tomorrow morning. you can email your questions to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or tweet them to the hashtag bbc your questions. all passengers who were on a flight to cardiff from the greek island of zante have been told to self—isolate, after some on board —— new research suggests care homes in england experienced the highest increase in excess deaths at the height of the covid19 pandemic, compared with those in the rest of the uk. the stirling university study shows overall that care home residents accounted for 40% of all britain's coronavirus deaths. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. at least 26 residents at melbury court in durham are believed to have died from covid—19. it is understood to be the highest death toll in a single care home in the uk. but today's research underlines how death has become too common at too many ca

that takes the total number, across the uk, to 41,499 and tomorrow on the bbc news channel, we'll being to rise, but deaths remain relatively low in comparison to earlier in the pandemic. we'll be speaking to professor chris smith, consultant medical virologist, and professor of public health linda bauld at 0930 tomorrow morning. you can email your questions to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or tweet them to the hashtag bbc your questions. all passengers who were on a flight to cardiff from the greek island of zante have been told to self—isolate, after some on board tested positive for coronavirus. health officials say seven people from three different parties on tui flight 6215 on tuesday have tested positive for covid—19. public health wales is now contacting the rest of the passengers. and staying with coronavirus — new research suggests care homes in england experienced the highest increase in excess deaths at the height of the covid19 pandemic, compared with those in the rest of the uk. the stirling university study shows overall that care home residents accounted for 40% of all brita

remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel all you can catch up on alltch up on all of our films all you can catch up on all of ourfilms along all you can catch up on all of our films along with more than 1000 radio programmes in our online archive. just search online archive. just search online for bbc witness history. next, go to cuba. injuly 1980 next, go to cuba. injuly1980 nine, four top next, go to cuba. injuly1980 nine, fourtop cuban next, go to cuba. injuly1980 nine, four top cuban officers we re nine, four top cuban officers were sentenced to death and executed after being convicted of drug trafficking. but critics of the regime believe the case was in fact a political attempt to punish the officers for advocating change infidel castro's communist cuba. we hear from infidel castro's communist cuba. we hearfrom iliana de laguardia, the daughter of one of the executed men. it was the show trial that shook ivana, general ochoa, a comrade in arms of cost and humour of the revolution, sentenced last friday to be shot by firing squad, along with three

send them to us. 0n the bbc news channel this afternoon at 2:30pm, we‘ll be putting your questions toor study involving home antibody testing suggests nearly 3.5 million people may have had covid—i9 in england, far more than the 270,000 confirmed cases. separately, the number of people waiting longer than 18 weeks for routine hospital treatment in england has hit a record level. the figure stood at 1.85 million in june, as the nhs continued to deal with the challenges of coronavirus. here‘s our health correspondent, lauren moss. the virus has changed the way of life for so many. now it‘s thought 3.4 million people in england may have been infected. the findings come from a study of 100,000 volunteers who were tested for antibodies. the results indicate just 6% of the population may have had covid—19 but still higher than previously thought. we are not saying that each of those people is immune. they‘ve been in contact with the virus and their body has mounted a response to that, that we can detect. five months after going into lockdown, the impact of the pandemic is still being felt a

bbc news. we'll bring you the latest from the first day of the democrat convention in delaware — that's from 9 o'clock on the bbc news channel mounts on the government over england's exam results fiasco. and still to come — the young talent failing to break through — could it leave a once—favoured game snookered? coming up in sport on bbc news: ronnie 0'sullivan reflects after a sixth world snooker championship victory — and says he wants more success at the crucible. the foreign secretary dominic raab says the british government does not accept the result of what he described as a fraudulent presidential election in belarus. it comes as more protests have been taking place demanding that president alexander lukashenko — who has been in powerfor a quarter of a century — steps down. sarah rainsford reports. chanting alexander lukashenko is used to being greeted by crowds, but never one like this. they are factory workers, once loyal, now demanding he should go. so, mr lukashenko flew in today, and inside the factory was no better. booing as he tried to speak, the workers shouted "leave". notjust not just the tribune notjust t

there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, and i'll be back with the late news at ten could appeal their allocated grades, just hours after making the advice public. the government has been under fire since thursday, when a level results were awarded and nearly 40% of teacher assessments were downgraded. earlier, tim willcox spoke to the barristerjolyon maugham. he's the director of the good law project, a not—for—profit membership organisation which uses the law to protect the interests of the public. they are helping six pupils to bring a claim against quual. tim asked him whether he had any sympathy with the regulator. so, quual have a number of statutory objectives. they have statutory objectives, as you rightly point out, to protect against grade inflation but they also have statutory objectives to retain public confidence in the a—level system, and they also have a statutory objective to ensure grades are accurate. basically, what they have done is prioritising protecting against grade inflation even at the cost of inaccurate grades which, as we have heard and ar

stay with us on the bbc news channel for a special programme at 10.30 as the royal british legion holdsmorial arboretum thousands of holiday—makers have arrived back in the uk after a last—minute dash to avoid a mandatory two—week quarantine, which came into effect at aam this morning. the new rules, which apply to france, the netherlands and four other countries, follow concerns about the rising numbers of coronavirus cases there. caroline davies has the story. as night set in, the finalfew ferries to arrive before the deadline were ready to leave calais. british visitors from across france rushed to make them. at the eurotunnel there were tense delays. it's 2:a5am. trains are running 90 minutes late. the signs say, at passport control, to get this far, they told us we should be fine to get back to the uk for the aam deadline. some knew it would be tight. the 11:59pm ferry from dieppe was due to get into newhaven at a:00am. the ferry's really quiet. everyone's been really calm. just like a normal crossing, really. but everyone around us, obviously, with face masks on and social distanc

and tomorrow on the bbc news channel, we‘ll be answering your questions on why coronavirus cases areparison to earlier in the pandemic. we‘ll be speaking to professor chris smith, consultant medical virologist, and professor of public health linda bauld at 0930 tomorrow morning. you can email your questions to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or tweet them to the hashtag bbc your questions. thousands of anti—government demonstrators have gathered in the belarusian capital minsk, for a third sunday of protests at what they believe is the rigged re—election of the belarus president alexander lu kashenko. these are the latest scenes — which havejust come in to us this afternoon — with security forces lining up to face protestors . the interior ministry says its detained 125 people. authorities have also been removing accreditation from more than a dozen journalists ahead of the protests — in an effort to stop foreign media covering them. a short while ago we managed to speak to our correspondent in minsk steve rosenberg — who is for the moment still able to broadcast. well, sundays has become th

more from us on the bbc news channel at 1215.ry to its list of "travel corridors". ministers have imposed quarantine measures on holidaymakers returning from croatia, austria and trinidad and tobago — which come into effect from 4am tomorrow. you've been sending in your questions, and here to answer some of them is the editor of which travel, rory boland, and felicity hannah, personal finance journalist on bbc radio 5 live's wake up to money. jill says we have returned from portugal and within 24 hours the country has been taken off the list. do we have to quarantine when we know we have come from the sea is pa rt know we have come from the sea is part of portugal? a common question when these are introduced. the very correct answer is when these are introduced. the very correct answer is yes you will need to quarantine. i know that feels very arbitrary as you see when the quarantine rules are about to be lifted but there is not really a way around that for the government. the bill has to be introduced are lifted at some stage an

welcome to bbc one and the bbc news channel.n left out of his team's squad for the tour de france, which starts in ten days' time. he's won the most prestigious of the grand tours four times, but he was badly injured in a crash a year ago and there had been some doubt that he would make the team ineos line—up. also missing out is geraint thomas, who won the tour two years ago. the team is focusing on last year's winner egan bernal, and richard carapaz, who won the giro d'italia last year. it really shows you how much this football season has been disrupted when you realise that we're still playing one champions league, when the next has already started! let's begin with this year's competition, and paris saint—germain have reached the final for the first time after beating rb leipzig 3—0. angel di maria was man of the match, setting up their first goal, before he was set up himself by a spectacular neymar flick to score the second. so, on sunday they'll face either lyon or bayern munich, who play tonight. and qualifying for this

that's all from us for now, more sport on the bbc news channel at 12:15.nue later. she was found dead at her flat in london in february. lisa hampele reports. caroline flack became synonymous with the show love island over her tv career and back 20 years. she won strictly come dancing in 2014 and also appeared in the x factor. and it does she was arrested last year and charged with assaulting her partner lewis burton, she pleaded not guilty in court and her boyfriend said he did not support the prosecution. weeks before she was due to span trial she was found deadin was due to span trial she was found dead in her london flat. the lawyer for herfamily dead in her london flat. the lawyer for her family said she dead in her london flat. the lawyer for herfamily said she had taken her own life. the inquest today into her own life. the inquest today into her death is expected to last for two days. womens‘ charities and unions representing parliamentary staff have called on parliament to suspend a conservative mp who's been accused of rape. in a joint statement,

watch an extended version of the bbc 5 interview with harry maguire at 9.30pm tonight on the bbc news channelatjobs and "american greatness" would be at risk if his rival, joe biden, wins. japan's prime minister — shinzo abe — has announced he will step down from the position due to ill health. the world's largest study of patients with covid—19 has confirmed that children's risk of needing hospital treatment for the virus is "tiny". three new uk—wide studies will look at answering key questions on how the immune system interacts with coronavirus, in an attempt to determine when and how immunity persists, or whether people can become re—infected. the uk coronavirus immunology consortium will receive £6.5 million to bring together leading immunologists from 17 uk research institutions. one of those immunologists is the project lead, professor paul moss from the university of birmingham. hejoins us now. thank you he joins us now. thank you very much for joining he joins us now. thank you very much forjoining us todayjust tell is a little bit more about the purpose of this, the questions that yo

bbc news, new york. and this evening on bbc wews we'll bring you the latest from the first day of the democrat convention in delaware. that's from nine o'clock on the bbc news channelbeing verified by the us national weather service. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. we continue with the threat of some intense thunderstorms for england and wales well into the next 2a hours. the met office has a warning out for the potentialfor quite a lot of rain in a short space of time, shower clouds here piling across the rhondda a little earlier on in the day. showers will migrate their way northwards late into the afternoon, on into the evening. more persistent rain will pull away from northern ireland into the small hours of tuesday and then push towards wales and the north west of england. by then the thunderstorms will have cleared. pretty muggy night, lows of 1a or 15 celsius. into tuesday, this more organised area of cloud and rain will drift further north, bringing wet weather through the morning to northern england, thickening the cloud across southern scotland and bringing some rain in here through the afternoon. generally a cloudier day

simon jones, bbc news, on the channel. 0ur europe correspondent gavin lee is in calais. happening there right now, gavin? well, there, we are told, about 1000 migrants here at the moment. it is interesting that at the moment you can probably see 50 01’ so over my the moment you can probably see 50 or so over my shoulder, waiting for distribution, waiting for some of the charity workers who bring food here every day. the dynamic has changed quite a bit. i have been covering this story from calais for a number of years now. about three yea rs a number of years now. about three years ago there were 13,000 migrants here in the so—called jungle, just a stone's throw from here. now we are told there are about 1000, but the dynamics have changed. this morning the police came at about eight o'clock, and move people on, and every two days they have been doing that for the past month, we are told. but the migrants have worked out that the rhythm ends about midday so they come back in the afternoon and try again. about a 30 mile stretch of coastline is where the boats are leaving f

the mail on sunday talks about rupert murdoch's plans for a rival news channel to the bbc, that they is being spearheaded by a former bbc employee and downing street adviser. r , with the independent, and the front page mark—up there that they've done, a photograph of chadwick boseman, who has died at the age of a3. so shocking, penny, that a man so young and so ill had kept working throughout his treatment. exactly, through surgery and chemo, and there he was, and i was listening to an interview earlier, and i hadn't realised he had done that tour while he was still having chemo. i think when you have got the former president of the united states in chadwick came to the white house to work with kids when he was playing jackie robinson, you could tell right away that he was blessed, to be young, gifted and black, to use that power to give them heroes to look up to, to do it all is whilst in pain, what our use of his ears. i think that is what many people what many people would i 90, many people what many people would i go, just to say what an extraordinary young man, and he was a you

bbc news. it really is incredible, isn't it? worth checking out the bbc news channelg their lives crossing the busiest shipping lane in the world. this group of migrants paddled across the channel on thursday on the day a record 202 people made the crossing in a single day. their boat dwarfed by passing ships. these pictures show the true scale of the issue. dubbed the migrant boat graveyard, this is a storage facility on the outskirts of dover where the inflatable dinghies intercepted in the channel are stacked up. more than 1100 people made the crossing last month bringing the total for the year to more than 3500, far higher than the whole of last year. on a recent visit to calais, the home secretary priti patel told her french counterpart that the number of crossings is unacceptably high. the uk has given the french authorities millions of pounds to try to tackle the issue. britain says france must take tougher action to turn the boats back at sea to act as a deterrent, but the french seem reluctant to do this claiming that migrants who don't want to be stopped on

news channel, a to us. this is to rival the walk, white bbc we are reading.sad, this. murdoch towards the end of his time backing what we have been told elsewhere will be a fox news for the uk, which apparently murdoch land thinks is vitally needed now. now, given the performance of fox news, especially over the latest events in the presidential race in america, do we really wa nt presidential race in america, do we really want that? the fact is that the bbc‘s standards are still there, i salute my erstwhile colleague and friend, still a friend, tony hall was sticking to impartiality and some kind of attainment to a rule of objectivity in news reporting. are we going to have biased news? are we going to have the shop jocks? are we going to have the shop jocks? are we going to have the shop jocks? are we going to have the hallidays of this world who have praised the 17—year—old sniper. i think it is very worrying. i wrote a long article about reaction to local news, either way i do not think it is going to work. that is pretty conclusive. let's go to the obser

and the mail on sunday talks about rupert murdoch's plans for a rival news channel to the bbc — theyby a former bbc employee by a former bbc employee and downing street adviser. we will talk about that in a minute. andrew on twitter says if we run out of things to talk about our guests can help us tonight with pensions advice and sewing tips. you can, can't you 7 we advice and sewing tips. you can, can't you? we got it all covered, really, which is these rival channels, they won't have that. let's start with the sunday telegraph. bombshell tax hikes to pay for the virus. we know, baroness ros altmann, there has been a huge amount of spending, rishi sunak has really pushed the boat out to try to keep businesses afloat, and he has got to pay for it somehow. certainly there is talk of tax hikes, but i would be very surprised if we had a massive increase in taxes at a time when the economy is on its knees. you know, we have got a really difficult economic environment and quite frankly the bank of england has been pretty much buying up all the new debt that the government has issued. it m

thank you for staying with us or flicking over to the bbc news channel.h the eastern side of the high pressure. out towards the west, the high pressure is coming in, trying to settle things down nicely. but the wind is still noticeable on the eastern shores. some of the class this morning about a0 miles an hour. still speckling up showers, some on the yorkshire coast and scotland —— some of the gusts. all of the breeze is coming from the north, not a warm day. moving over to the evening and overnight, some of the cloud that has built up begins to dissipate, another chilly one, some spots were sub—0 last night, may be notjust as cold as that, but still on the ghoulish side. high pressure drifts a little bit towards the east, just in time for the bank holiday —— on the cool side. frontal system working its way in from the west. don't worry about that, the veil of cloud getting into northern ireland later on in the afternoon, but for many, decent dry day. if you have a plan to get out and about, i think we have the weather to suit you. the remnants of the we

bbc news, i'mjane hill. we have been talking about the record number of migrants crossing the wrecker channel.o some tweets that the home secretary has put out in the home secretary has put out in the last little while. —— crossing the last little while. —— crossing the english channel. france and other eu states are safe countries. genuine refugees should claim asylum player, not risk their lives and break the law by coming to the uk. she goes on to say: she adds: this is a recent thread from priti patelin this is a recent thread from priti patel in just the last few moments. we will keep you up—to—date with all of this, because we seen that yesterday was a record daily number of the number of people trying to ci’oss of the number of people trying to cross in small boats. there was a pregnant women among the hundreds that were trying to cross. i very large number of people already this year, getting on for 4000 people, this year who have tried to cross. we will bring you any more reaction that we get. we'll take a look specifically at coronavirus. it appears that cases of covid—i9 in homes in

bbc news. an australian endurance swimmer has completed 4 channel swims in 16 days.the men's record in the process. john mcmanus reports. this was a midnight swim with a difference. chloe mccardel stepped into the water near folkestone in kent at 8pm last night to start her fourth crossing of the channel in 16 days. it took her ten hours and 40 minutes, swimming through the dark and the busiest shipping lane in the world. her safe arrival at calais just before seven this morning means miss mccardel moves to second on the list of those who have achieved the most channel swims but she's surpassed the male record holder, leaving her one place behind briton alison streeter. the australian's already been renowned for endurance swimming but this triumph was also a different kind of challenge for her. as a survivor of domestic abuse, mccardel wanted to raise awareness of those who may have suffered under lockdown. now, back on british soil, she says she's been reassured that, unlike other arrivals from across the channel, she won't have to quarantine for two weeks. john mcm

even busier this year, total of 1120 people have crossed the channel in channel in boats in august so far. you are watching bbc newsr thousands of a—level and gcse students in england, as the exam regulator withdraws its guidance on appealing against grades — hours after publishing it. the search for two teenage brothers who went missing in the sea near lytham st annes in lancashire is called off by the coastguard. and a huge crowd of opposition supporters gathers in the centre of the belarussian capital minsk — to protest last weekend's disputed election. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. lewis hamilton has extended his lead in the formula one drivers' championship after dominating the spanish grand prix. the world champion started from pole and lead every lap at the circuit de catalunya to claim his fourth win of the season, ahead of red bull's max verstappen. valtteri bottas was was third in the other mercedes. hamilton's lead is now 37 points over verstappen after six races. ronnie 0'sullivan is now just one frame away from winning a 6th world title at the world snooker championship. des

news channel. hello, this is bbc news, with carrie gracie.e rolled out in the uk, with some care homes having it available from next week. eat out to help 0ut: diners across the uk can enjoy a discount of up to 50% off their bills from this morning, in a bid to boost the struggling hospitality sector. europe's biggest bank, hsbc, has seen its half—yearly profits plunge by two—thirds, as it battles the coronavirus downturn. institutional racism may have contributed to the disproportionate impact of covid—i9 on ethnic minorities in wales, according to a top judge. nearly two years on from the collapse of genoa's morandi bridge, killing 43 people, the italian city prepares to inaugurate its replacement. john hume — the former sdlp leader in northern ireland and nobel peace prize winner has died. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dugal. good morning. good morning. a hugely dramatic end to the british grand prix, with both world champion lewis hamilton and his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas suffering punctur