caroline davies, bbc news. it's an extreme sport — but not as you might think.a canadian winning the coveted trophy. and victory for stirling hart was extra special, as lebo diseko reports. it is said to be the toughest competition of its kind. this timber sports championship testing acts and saw skills with competitors racing against the clock and each other. more than 1000 people packed a sold—out arena to watch the 12 logger sport athletes go head—to—head, testing their insurers, precision, and strength. —— endurance. in the end, it was canadian stirling hart to one, with a time of one minute, —— one minute 3.4 seconds. it was great to be up there with the company that i was. i am extremely happy with the way it went. so an extra sweet victory for this deserving winner, but he is not going to be resting on his laurels. sterling says he will soon be looking to the next championship and testing his lumberjack skills once more. “— testing his lumberjack skills once more. —— stirlilng. lebo diseko, bbc news. and they celebrated with a big fire afterwards. this si

caroline davies, bbc news.shman beatjohn higgins from scotland in a dramatic final in sheffield. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss reports. ina in a sport note the dapper clothing, this was a night her naked ambition. as mark williams celebrated his title, his winning streak was not finished. i wonder whether you will make good your promise to bare all the media conference afterwards? i have to do it, i have to do it. just moments later, there he was to face the world's media, with only a bath towel to protect his modesty. williams never dreamt he would have to carry out his promise, he watch the tournament last year on television in his caravan. it is fairto television in his caravan. it is fair to say this triumph was barely believable. 12 months ago i am thinking about chucking it, here i am doing an interview having just won the 2018 world championships. bleep. an unbelievable 12 months. briefly it seemed he might be able to keep his cloves on. that pink would have given him the title, but instead john hi

caroline davies, bbc news. thank you so much, it was lovely singing for you.ou forjoining us. how long have you been doing this? for about six years. how have you found it? really amazing. i would not keep doing it if i did not love doing it. it's a really great way for me to promote my music and share my music and makea promote my music and share my music and make a little bit of money to help support what i'm doing. is busking and means to an end or a love for the performance, the art? great question. i started off doing it as great question. i started off doing itasa great question. i started off doing it as a means to an end, trying to promote my music and share it, but now i realise busking it self is an art. it's a really wonderful way of sharing music and it's a surprise gig in the streets for people who we re gig in the streets for people who were not expecting it and that's what i love about a. paying with your card. are you comfortable with that? you have worked with this project, you are behind it. how do you feel about that sort of handing over the

our correspondent caroline davies is in walsall and joins me now. it is quite a sunny day but it would have been a very different scene yesterday. behind me you might be able to see a wooden gate over there. according to an eyewitness that we spoke to, this is where the water that flooded the bridge came out. if you follow that road down, you will see the railway bridge. that was the spot where this gentleman was caught in his car and where he later died. we understand that the ambulance services at one point had to swim to rescue him, he was then put on a raft and floated away from there. the clear up operation is of course under way. here you can see the water has almost entirely receded but it was a very different picture yesterday afternoon. wading through floodwater this is selly park in birmingham and across the city residents struggled to get help after sunshine chant to downpours. after sunshine turned to downpours. we saw through social media that there was flooding in the selly park area so i left a little bit of time and took a drive back

of handing over loose change, passers—by can use card readers to make contactless payments, as caroline daviess to snow # only know you love her when you let her go # not your normal busking gig, waterloo station, packed out to hear chart—topping artist passenger. it blows my mind. you know, i used to busk on street corners to five people, if i was lucky. yeah, i don't think i'll ever forget that. he wasn't the only one performing today. charlotte has been busking for six years. john, for two. it can be difficult, particularly when fewer people are carrying change. doing it for so many years, previously cash donations were so much more common. whereas, now, it is so much more common that people say i don't carry cash. but now there's a new way to pay buskers in london. contactless with a preset fee. will taking cash out become a thing of the past? currencies are becoming more digital. but experts say we need to be careful to make sure people aren't locked out of a cashless society. bank accounts need to be completely inclusive, that doesn't just mean that they're available to everyone, but it

caroline davies talking to me a short time ago. conference justifying that collusion with state authorities which led the world to believe he had been shot dead, but the finger pointed firmly at the kremlin. ukraine staging the murder, in what it said was a sting operation to thwart a russian assassination plot. he is talking about his decision. not even his wife knew he was faking his own murder, she is facing some fairly tough questions and we will listen tough questions and we will listen to that to you, and if any news comes from out of that we will bring that to you. here, nhs trusts in england have reported a combined financial deficit of nearly £1 billion — almost double the amount patient demand, especially at a&e departments. ministers have promised a new long—term financial plan for the nhs, which is expected within weeks, as our health editor hugh pym reports. the figures covering hospital, ambulance, mental health and other trusts in england show the finances getting worse. the regulator nhs improvement said a surge in

residents should be consulted over decisions affecting the safety of their home. 0ur correspondent caroline daviess be published in the past few hours. take us through enmore detail what damejudith take us through enmore detail what dame judith had to take us through enmore detail what damejudith had to say. take us through enmore detail what dame judith had to say. good morning. this is the 156 pages of the report published by damejudith hackitt. we heard from this morning talking about this particular report. in the entire report, there is no ban of combustible she said in her belief high—rise buildings should be clad only with materials which are not combustible. she believes her proposals will stop that from happening. the reason she said she stopped short of recommending a ban on them is that in her belief she is dealing with the system she calls a broken system which led to these materials being used in the first place, these noncompliant materials. she wants to stop that happening at the root cause and therefore she doesn't want to be as prescriptive. she wants the industry to step up and t

courses, some of which will be taught from september 2020, are being brought in too quickly, as caroline davieshe new colleges that will teach the new technical qualifications to 16 —year—olds, t—levels. they are more vocational. courses are planned in construction, education and childcare, and finance and accounting. they are meant to be giving industry is what they want. a panel of employers to create what stu d e nts panel of employers to create what students study. the government wants t—levels to be given the same level as an t—levels to be given the same level asana t—levels to be given the same level as an a level, something which could make a huge difference. people understand a—levels as the route to university but they don't understand there are excellent routes into technical professional qualifications that get people into jobs. so the t—levels will tidy that up jobs. so the t—levels will tidy that up and make it simplerfor people jobs. so the t—levels will tidy that up and make it simpler for people to navigate. some courses are due to start in september 2020 but there are worries

earlier i asked caroline davies from bbc london, if the city has been seeing a big spike in violent crimes these events to cluster together. the one thing we saw when the police released stats in march, they suggested that gun crime might have actually gone down. looking at the picture overall, does anyone have any explanation why london's murder rate has been so high recently? what are authority saying is behind it all? plenty of different theories that people have come out with to explain this increase in violence on london streets, some saying there's not enough funding going into youth groups, others are suggesting that these young men feel unsafe, they carry a weapon because they feel they would otherwise be vulnerable. others say these people maybe feel they do not have a stake in society, so it is a way of making themselves feel powerful. it will talking about politicians, sadiq khan has suggested a connection to fewer police officers in london, and the rise in violent crime, something that the government have specifically said they do not think those two things are connected, that

our correspondent caroline davies has the latest from walsall.real that this happened last night. if you follow that road down, you will see the railway bridge. this gate, eyewitnesses say it got stuck in the death underneath the railway bridge. we have seen some photos about how high it got. you can see there are some blossoms stuck about that level of order. the man was stuck there at about two o'clock in the morning. the emergency services were called to help him. he was rescued on a wrap. paramedics had to swim to reach him. he was taken to hospital but u nfortu nately he was taken to hospital but unfortunately he died later on. this seems a very unusual unfortunately he died later on. this seems a very unusual situation. it looked very different yesterday afternoon. wading through floodwater this is selly park in birmingham and across the city residents struggled to get help after sunshine turned to downpours. we saw through social media that there was flooding in the selly park area so i left a little bit of time and took a drive back up. t

let's talk to our correspondent caroline davies in central london.ng this morning from damejudith hackitt. as you say, she hasftzfg-z-é— from damejudith hackitt. as you say, she hasfté—ee-‘eé short 77 $ the 2,5 ' itself those 2,5 ' itself those 2,5 ' it were being andf—be is iff— ”’ - 5 so there so 5:1{47’ . .. .- ,, there should ifs: . .. .- ,, there shoulc you. 57:77:25.7; . ., .. .. .- ,, 72:272‘3 a727; ez’ 525555251, ,,,. . ., . . we. safety and building regulations. antonio roncolato lived on the 10th floor of grenfell tower and is still in temporary accommodation. fiona greaves lives in a 12—storey block in manchester. conservative peer lord porter chairs the local government association, which speaks on behalf of councils. and lucy grove from the national housing federation, who gave evidence to the hackitt review. how do you react to watch dame judith hackitt has concluded?” how do you react to watch dame judith hackitt has concluded? i am not happy at all, to be honest. she is talking about a system that needs to be changed and fire regulati

from walsall, caroline davies reports.g through floodwater this is selly park in birmingham and across the city residents struggled to get help after sunshine chant to downpours. we thought through social media that there was flooding in the selly park area so i left a little bit of time and took a drive back up the road was closed and eventually i ended up getting a lift home on a kind of raft with the fire service who kindly brought me to my front lawn. in some areas who kindly brought me to my front lawn. "1 some areas a who kindly brought me to my front lawn. in some areas a months worth of rain fell in a few hours. west midlands fire brigade attended over 100 weather—related incidents. there we re 100 weather—related incidents. there were so many 100 weather—related incidents. there were so many calls that at times they were dealt with by the london fire brigade. cars and houses com pletely fire brigade. cars and houses completely flooded out, cars, up to about four foot right up to the windows and houses completely f

caroline davies reports. wow! unbelievable.flow. which can be deadly. it is next to impossible. as fire and lava edge ever closer. caroline davies, bbc news. for today. next the bbc news at five with huw edwards. time for a look at the weather. here‘s darren bett. today and early on we had blue skies on the thames in surrey. on the thames in surrey. yesterday but getting colder as the day goes ahead. day goes ahead. rain with temperatures nearly normal by the middle part of the week. by the middle part of the week. for the time of year and we will see some spells of rain around as well. some spells of rain around as well. where temperatures will hit 26 or 27. 27. showers and the rain is moving eastwards. peters out. dropping before the next band of cloud arrives in western scotland. cloud arrives in western scotland. night, notably so across scotland and the north—east of england. and the north—east of england. get another push of cooler air from the west. the west. the north—west of england and parts of wales. of wales. highs