laura kuenssberg, bbc news, blackpool.of that interview on the bbc iplayer. south africa's louis 0osthuizen heads the leaderboard after the second day's play at the open championship in kent. his 36—hole total of 129 is the lowest in the history of the open. 0ur sports correspondent, andy swiss, has more. it's the closest most of us will get to the trophy — the 0pen�*s favourite photo op doing a roaring trade. but others here are chasing the real thing. louis 0osthuizen�*s already won it once, 11 years ago. commentator: oh, my word! and after another stunning display, he just might do it again. on a remarkable 11—under par. but in the sandwich sunshine, he wasn't the only one making hay. this is collin morikawa's debut at the open. as first impressions go, not bad. oh, yes. what a day he's having! he's two shots back, while hopes of a home winner are led by andy sullivan, another impressive day keeping him in contention. announcer: rory mcllroy. cheering. the rory mcilroy fan club was out in force, and they got a few decen

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, blackpool. laura's film, starmer: the voters' verdict, on the bbc iplayer or download the latest episode of newscast on bbc sounds. our top story this evening... more than 120 people have died in the worst flooding to hit western europe for several decades. coming up... ten years since the death of amy winehouse, we talk to her parents about the daughter they knew. coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel... mark cavendish has to wait until the final day of the tour de france if he's to make history by winning a record 35th stage at the tour. the coronavirus pandemic has prompted many people to re—evaluate how they live their lives and, with covid restrictions expected to be lifted in england on monday, waiting lists for homes in more rural parts of the country are set to get longer. in east lindsey in lincolnshire, the number of sales agreed is up 56% in two years, compared to a uk average of 26%. danny savage has been to meet some of those who've made the move. # because we both know i p

the labour leader in blackpool, working on his own offerfor labour leader in blackpool, working on hissmissive. the words levelling u . was dismissive. the words levelling u- with no was dismissive. the words levelling up with no substance _ was dismissive. the words levelling up with no substance are _ was dismissive. the words levelling up with no substance are not - was dismissive. the words levelling up with no substance are not going| up with no substance are not going to get us anywhere. they are no substitute for a regional strategy that brings money, resource, infrastructure, skills, all together around a regional plan. that is what labour would do.— around a regional plan. that is what labour would do. back in nuneaton, --erhas labour would do. back in nuneaton, perhaps the — labour would do. back in nuneaton, perhaps the only _ labour would do. back in nuneaton, perhaps the only measure _ labour would do. back in nuneaton, perhaps the only measure of - labour would do. back in nuneaton, | perhaps the only measure of success for many will be when they feel it a material differ

to the quarterfinals of the 2021 world matchplay darts beating johnny clayton 11 legs to three in blackpoolpatriot who's the premier league champion to ease into the last eight. and that's all the sport for now. hello. the heat goes on and it will do for a couple more days and indeed nights. because of the persistence of the heat to the met office have issued in extreme heat warning. two particular areas have been identified, this one to the south west of england covering part of the midlands and wales, this one across northern ireland which comes into force on wednesday. it doesn't mean that these are the areas exclusively affected by the heat but these the two areas identified as potentially having the biggest impacts. you can see the heat an issue really from first thing on wednesday. we start our day with temperatures around 20 celsius in many areas. it will be a little cooler through wednesday perhaps down from the north sea coast. just because we will pull a little bit more cloud in here but overall, still a very hot day lies ahead. temperatures across the southern uk widely in the hi

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, blackpool. to our music reporter, mark savage at the jazz cafe in camden, where amy often performed. what am i scared of? myself. # love is a losing game. it is ten years since amy winehouse died of alcohol poisoning at the age of 27. i will always remember our last words. i said, "i love you, amy". she said, "i love you, mummy. " i can always remember the love she had for me, always there. since then, amy's story has been told countless times but now her parents janis and mitch want to tell their side. people's idea about amy, the very black—and—white image of amy was that she was struggling with addiction to alcohol and drugs. they thought she was a certain way, she wasn't. i knew amy. in a bbc documentary, the couple and amy's friends look back on the ups and downs of her life. she wanted to be famous, she wanted to be successful. when she got it, it was like, oh, god, it all kicked off, it all kicked off. at one point you say mistakes were made when amy was ill. what were the mistakes? the m

scot who was 2018 champion here, and is also a two—time former world champion was beaten 11—9 in blackpoole. everything else you can head to the bbc sport website. and that's all the sport for now. what a scorcher and it certainly was in northern ireland on wednesday. provisionally the highest temperature on record in northern ireland. 31.3 celsius. the extreme heat warning is still in force from thursday into friday for northern ireland. notjust the daytime set a hot, it's a night—time stew. so through the course of thursday we've got lots of hot sunshine across the uk, might be a little bit cloudy for a time in the morning. maybe into the afternoon in the north face of the afternoon in the north face of the uk. summertime thunderstorms are likely to be sparked, often one or two areas due to the sea. again, the hotspot could be northern island possibly around 32 celsius in the extreme. it's going to be another very warm day on friday, the temperatures won't be quite so hot but come the weekend saturday and sunday we are expecting slow—moving thundery downpours. welcome to newsday, live fr

has an average _ man in glasgow or blackpool has an average of— man in glasgow or blackpool has an average in rutland. and i don't _ hardin hampshire or in rutland. and i don't know— hardin hampshire or in rutland. and i don't know what people do in rutland, — i don't know what people do in rutland, who knows? but they do. arguably, — rutland, who knows? but they do. arguably, almost any politician over the last 30 or a0 years could've made exactly the same statements and we have probably been in a room with politicians saying the same exact things, but after more than a decade in charge, why is that the drug party feels the need to be sing these kinds of things and the critics would argue they are responsible for not having done very much to change it over the years and maybe even exacerbated some of the left of claim. what is the point of him spelling this out again without being quite so hot on the solutions? the difficulty of the media is that it is often— the difficulty of the media is that it is often asking for new, always asking _ it is often asking for new, always asking for— it i

the labour leader, in blackpool, working on his own offer for the country, said the plan lacks substancey happened and it's not on his watch. back in nuneaton, the measure of success for many may be whether they feel a material difference in their own lives. alex forsyth, bbc news, warwickshire. the england footballer bukayo saka has criticised the social media giants instagram, twitter and facebook for not doing enough to stop racist and abusive messages on their platorms. in his first public comments since missing a penalty at the euro 2020 final he thanked people for all their support but said he hoped no—one would receive the kind of hateful and hurtful messages that he and his teammates were sent after the defeat. the information commissioner has seized computer equipment after two homes were searched in connection with leaked cctv footage that led to matt hancock resigning as health secretary. mr hancock stood down after the release of the footage by the sun newspaper showing him kissing his aide in his office, in breach of covid rules. police are hunting the driver of a stolen car

while awake in blackpool, scarborough instead, the beach is a fabulous. all right. ok for now. it all to shout. edwards dash the thank you. next, the pentagon says it won't pursue action against a retired navy salesman after he admitted in a podcast that he'd killed and iraqi captive military officials say they con, confirm his claims, that fighter was killed by us and that nobody at that time at a problem we killed that guy, our intention was to kill. everybody was on board. it was to do medical scenarios on him until he died at gallagher was charged in 2017 with war crimes, including shooting at anom civilians and killing a 17 year old prisoner in iraq. 2 years later, he was acquitted of the most severe charges, but found guilty of posing for a photograph of the captain's dead body for which he was demoted. but then president donald trump intervene, restored gallagher's rank and kind of his case over the death of the 17 year old prisoners long been disputed. a fellow's sale had originally accused his former boss of the killing before abruptly taking the blame himself. but ant

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he was also filmed taking questions from former labour voters in blackpool.here. people think he's toxic. trust is invaluable. if you lose trust in something, or somebody, oran organisation, to get the trust back, is so difficult. you're on a kind of a death spiral. i mean, we lost really badly. in 2019, we lost 60 seats in a i row, we've got a lot of work to doi to rebuild and we've got to change. you can't lose that badly and say, we i will keep things pretty well as they were, i which is what we're doing. and for more from those voters, and laura kuenssberg s interview with sir keir starmer go to the bbc news website — or download the latest episode of newscast. it's available on on bbc sounds and is on the bbc news channel tonight at 9.30. the second round of golf�*s open championship is underway at royal st george's in kent. the world's best players are competing to win the famous claretjug over the weekend. our sports correspondent andy swiss is watching. it's about the closest most of us will get to the trophy, the open's favourite photo op doing a roa

. - take life expectancy, i even before covid hit, it is an outrage that a man. in glasgow or blackpool years lessl on this planet than someone growing up in hampshire - or in rutland and i don't know what people do in rutlandj to live to prodigious ages, who knows, but they do. now, arguably, chris and bim, almost any politician over the last 30, maybe a0 years, could have made almost exactly those same statements. i dare say that you and i have both been in a room listening to politicians of different stripe saying almost exactly the same things, but tap on, after more than a decade in charge, why is it that your party still feels the need to be saying these kind of things when their critics would argue they are responsible for not having done very much to change it over the years, maybe even exacerbate it, some people on the left would claim, what is the point of him spelling this out again, without being quite so hot on the solutions? so, and i say this very gently, the difficulty with a lot of modern media is that it is always asking for a new, always needing the new thing, what is

scot who was 2018 champion here, and is also a two—time former world champion was beaten 11—9 in blackpooland northern island was up has been hot and northern island was up hotspot in county tyrone, 31.3 a provisional record for northern island only beating saturday's value butjust .1 of a degree. in the satellite picture we could see some clouds to the best of our neighborhood. that's a developing area of low pressure. and it will be nearing us over the next few days pushing the high pressure away. and this is going to bring some slow moving thunderstorms was that we will talk about that just a 2nd. i have to mention the met office warning of extreme heat for the southwest of the uk. and for northern ireland lasting into friday. and this is to highlight also the high temperatures overnight, notjust by day. in fact you could see how warm it is still through the middle of the night on thursday it will have been around 18 to 20 c. through the night and into the early hours of the morning is clear skies, the early hours of the morning is clearskies, maybe the early hours of the morning is cle

to the quarterfinals of the 2021 world matchplay darts beating johnny clayton 11 legs to three in blackpoolt will do for a couple more days and indeed nights. in response to this the met office haveissued in response to this the met office have issued an amber level heat warning. two particular areas have been picked out for the greatest risk of impact. but that does not necessarily mean very high temperatures. widely across the uk we are looking at a hot wednesday. to pick out some cooler areas scotland with cloudless day in the cooler side and the north sea coast after starting out with some cloud on the north east of england that cloud will tend to cling to the shoreline on into wednesday afternoon. temperatures in the low 20s here. perhaps 31 the southwest of northern ireland, low 30s across south wales and southern england. if you are waiting for things to turn fresh or friday is the day. we pick up fresh or friday is the day. we pick up an easterly breeze, start to usherin up an easterly breeze, start to usher in fresher air, showers for england and wales come the weekend to cool thin

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, blackpool. why is rape so infrequently prosecuted?like they were investigating me. ijust thought, "why am i the one that's being judged?" after a while i kind of lost faith. they even described him, the suspect, as "an upstanding member of society." wendy williams, her majesty's inspector of constabulary, who worked on the rape response report, has said that the police and prosecutors need change in how they work together to prosecute rape cases in england and wales. we talk about a vicious cycle where everyone has concerns about the low numbers of prosecutions, but that concern can lead to a much more cautious approach to rape cases than other cases, which can result in considerable delays and in victims feeling that the focus is principally on them and their credibility, rather than on the suspect and building strong cases. as a result of those delays and apperception, that can lead to victims withdrawing their support for cases, which in turn contributes to low prosecutions, so we've highlighted that vicious cycle and we have said

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, blackpool.ews channel tonight at 9:30. the headlines on bbc news: more than 100 people are known to have died in the worst flooding to hit northern europe for decades — many more are injured or missing. after 500,000 people were advised to self—isolate by the test and trace app — businesses are warning it's becoming impossible to operate because of the impact on staff numbers. the cost of severe covid — new research shows that half of patients admitted to hospitals during the first wave developed at least one extra complication. more than 100 people are now known to have died in a week of violence in south africa following the imprisonment of the former president, jacob zuma. after visiting the province of kwazulu—natal — one of the worst—hit by the violence — the current south african president, cyril ramaphosa, has described the unrest in the country as an assault on democracy. we obviously, as a government, are extremely concerned about what happened here. and we are doing everything to deal

the labour leader in blackpool, working on his own offerfor the country, was dismissive.g to get us anywhere. they're no substitute for a regional strategy that brings money, resource, infrastructure, skills, all together around a regional plan. that is what labour would do. back in nuneaton, perhaps the only measure of success for many will be when they feel a material difference in their own lives. alex forsyth, bbc news, warwickshire. well, we can speak now to the former conservative education secretary, justine greening. she's also a joint—founder of the charity, the social mobility pledge. what did you make of the intention the prime minister set out in the practical hurdles for turning that into a levelled up country? i practical hurdles for turning that into a levelled up country? i always welcome the _ into a levelled up country? i always welcome the prime _ into a levelled up country? i always welcome the prime minister - into a levelled up country? i always welcome the prime minister giving | into a levelled up country? i alwaysl welcome the prime minister givin

growing up in blackpool, kirsty mckell lived for dancing.tor clayton mark sandlin while performing in a summer show. 20 years on, she took her abuser to court, helped by evidence in teenage diaries kept by her friend. last week, sandlin was jailed for eight years. kirsty has waived her right to anonymity to encourage other abuse victims to speak out. abbiejones reports. oh, my gosh. hello. it's nearly 20 years since kirsty and hannah last saw each other. i'm shaking. brought together because of kirsty�*s determination to confront, in court, the man who abused her when she and hannah were teenage dancers growing up in blackpool. now, she has given up her legal protection of anonymity to speak out publicly to help others shamed into silence. there is so much shame attached to sexual assault. there is shame attached with being a sexual assault victim. that i want to remove that. and shame grows in the shadows. i want to bring light to the victims. i want to encourage other women to come forward. in the summer of 2002, kirsty and hannah were in

take life expectancy, even before covid hit, it is an outrage that a man in glasgow or blackpool hasing fact that 31 years after german unification, the capita gdp of the north—east of our country, of yorkshire, these midlands, wales and northern ireland is now lower than in what was the former east germany. folks, some of you may remember going to former east germany in the era of communism. i went in 1990, just after the wall had gone down. remember being amazed how far behind west germany it was without funny 2—stroke engine cars and their fake coffee, but we have to be honest with ourselves, to a large extent, germany has it succeeded in levelling up where we have not and it is vital to understand that these imbalances and inequalities are found within the regions of the uk and notjust between them. a woman from york has on average a decade or longer of how free life expect to see than a woman in doncaster. —— healthy life expect to see. in pre—set why does it need to have one in five working age people rose in bradford next door at the number is one in three? no one believes, i