is arrested on suspicion of the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of another six in cheshire. the arrest follows a long—running investigation into a high number of baby deaths at the countess of chester hospital in 2015 and 2016. we'll be live at the hospital. also on the programme: how many of you? 13? brilliant! the 12 children and their football coach found alive in a cave in thailand — the authorities say it may take months to get them out. two british rescue divers who had flown out to join the search found the boys last night, nine days after they disappeared. england expects — gareth southgate says tonight's game is the biggest in a generation as his team takes on colombia for a place in the world cup quarterfinals. i'm inside the spartak moscow stadium where tonight england hope to win theirfirst stadium where tonight england hope to win their first knockout match in 12 years. an action plan to tackle discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people — the government promises £4 million to drive greater inclusion. and both british number ones, johan

cheshire police won't reveal the role of the person who's been arrested. dave guest reports. began investigating the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital in may of last year. they'd been called in by the hospital management to look into the deaths of 15 babies who died betweenjune 2015 and june 2016. but their investigation was then expanded to cover 17 deaths and 15 non—fatal collapses. this morning, detectives announced that they'd arrested a female health worker, and that she was being questioned on suspicion of murdering eight babies and the attempted murder of six others. they've given no details as to her job, whether she's a doctor, a nurse, a midwife or some other form of health worker. but detective inspector paul hughes said that while the arrest is significant, this is still very much an ongoing investigation, and there's no timescale as to when it will be completed. a hospital spokesman said that they were continuing to cooperate fully with the police, and that calling detectives in in the first place was not a move that the hospital had taken lightly

we have had quite a lengthy statement from cheshire police revealing what has been going on but it isking any past few months so bring us up to date. this is part of something called operation hummingbird launched in may last year looking at the neonatal unit specifically at the cou ntess neonatal unit specifically at the countess of chester hospital. it is described as a highly complex and very sensitive investigation. when it was first launched and was looking at the deaths of 15 babies between june 2015 and 2016 looking at the deaths of 15 babies betweenjune 2015 and 2016 but looking at the deaths of 15 babies between june 2015 and 2016 but also at six nonfatal collapses of babies in the unit. the skipped that widened considerably and now is looking at the deaths of 17 babies and the nonfatal collapses of 15 others. is that any information as to what was causing the deaths of these babies? what we have run today crucially is that the health care professional, nothing more than that, has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder in relation to

our main story at 5:00 — a health care professional has been arrested in cheshire, on suspicion of murderingand trying to murder six others. the woman's arrest is part of an investigation into the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital, between march 2015 and july 2016. our correspondent sarah walton is at the hospital. this is a complex investigation. they were called in last year because of an unusual spike in the depths of newborn babies and babies under the age of four weeks. they we re under the age of four weeks. they were looking at the depth of 15 babies also the near death of six other babies. they have expanded their investigation and are looking at the depths of 17 babies and the near depths of 15 others in the period of just over near depths of 15 others in the period ofjust over a year. it led to the arrest yesterday of a woman described as a health care depression will we have no more details on that on her exact profession but she is being questioned on suspicion of the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of six others. police say this is a significant s

a healthcare professional has been arrested in cheshire, on the suspicion of murdering eight babies and murder six others. the woman's arrest is part of an investigation into the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital, between march 2015 and july 2016. judith moritz reports. managers at the countess of chester hospital called in the police because they couldn't explain the unusual number of baby deaths and near death emergencies on the neonatal unit. detectives initially focused on what had happened to 21 babies. now the investigation has widened to examine the cases of 32 babies — of whom 17 died. this morning, a woman who is described as a health care professional, was arrested on suspicion of murder. this morning, forensic searches began at a house in chester, which police have confirmed is related to the murder enquiry. a car was also being searched and items taken away for examination. neighbours on the same street woke up to the scene. i got up to go to work about 8am and the police were all there and i didn't see many people there. and i came back about 11:30 and there

introduced only after a triple rape and murder by parolees stunned the quiet new england town of cheshire raising serious questions about the competence of the connecticut parole system. police say the suspects entered the pettit house as the family was sleeping the mother was raped and strangled the eleven year old daughter also sexually assaulted both girls were eventually tied to their beds downs do with gasoline and set on fire. when people found out that hayes or towers we just had recently been on parole not only had been. relatively recently that just made it worse davoud to mari is a crime reporter for the hartford current who covered the infamous cheshire murders and. subsequent trials of steven hayes and joshua komisarjevsky. page was a really or to be criminal and had been arrested twenty something times. she had been in jail the last time literally for stealing purses and out of cars. joshua was a different story she was a burglar he wanted to break into people's houses at night. used to use night goggles when he broke into people's houses and sometimes you literally would wat

introduced only after a triple rape and murder by parolees stunned the quiet new england town of cheshire raising serious questions about the competence of the connecticut parole system. police say the suspects entered the pettit house as the family was sleeping the mother was raped and strangled the eleven year old daughter also sexually assaulted both girls were eventually tied to their beds downs do with gasoline and set on fire. when people found out that hayes or towers would have to have recently been on parole not only had been. relatively recently that which made it worse davoud to mari is a crime reporter for the hartford current who covered the infamous cheshire murders and. subsequent trials of steven hayes and joshua komisarjevsky. page was a really or to be criminal and had been arrested twenty something times. he had been in jail the last time literally for stealing purses and out of cars. joshua was a different story she was a burglar he wanted to break into people's houses at night while they were used to use night goggles when he broke into people's houses and sometimes y

introduced only after a triple rape and murder by parolees stunned the quiet new england town of cheshire raising serious questions about the competence of the connecticut parole system. police say the suspects entered the pettit house as the family was sleeping the mother was raped and strangled the eleven year old daughter also sexually assaulted both girls were eventually tied to their beds down with gasoline and set on fire. when people found out that hayes or thomas who just had recently been on parole not only had been let out relatively recently and i just made it worse davoud to mari is a crime reporter for the hartford current who covered the infamous cheshire murders and. subsequent trials of steven hayes and joshua komisarjevsky. paige was never really or to be criminal and had been arrested twenty something times. she had been in jail the last time literally for stealing purses and out of cars. joshua was a different story she was a burglar he wanted to break into people's houses at night. used to use night goggles when he broke into people's houses and sometimes you literally

showers today, down the spine of wales, working across cheshire.the day, this was what one of those downpours look like, thanks to our weather watch or sending that end. showers across the northwest and across wales will slowly fa d e northwest and across wales will slowly fade away during this evening. we will be left with dry weather and some clear spells, and still on one side. the eventual overnight lows will be between 11 and 15 degrees. quite comfortable for sleeping. it will be cloudy across scotland and northern ireland. another cloudy start on friday, but some sunny spells. the best of the morning sunshine across england and wales, but as we head to the afternoon, it is then we will see showers form. the showers will turn out to be heavy and thundery, down the western side of england and wales. parts of the midlands and central and southern england. the thing with these downpours, they could bring is 20—30 mm of rain, or half a months worth of rain in the space of one hour. given the ground is completely baked dry, that could bring some lo

on bail, cheshire police say.on of the attempted murder of six other infants. the babies died at the countess of chester hospital over the last several years. a 16—year—old boy will appear in court today in connection with the death of six—year—old alesha mcphail. alesha's body was found in woodland, hours after she went missing from her grandmother's house, on the isle of bute on monday. the nhs in england is promising to provide an extra 22 million pounds to help people with learning disabilities to leave care and receive increased support in the community. a recent review into deaths of people with learning disabilities found they can die up to 29 years earlier than other people. speaking to our disability correspondent nikki fox, nhs england's learning disabilities director, ray james, described how they want overhaul patient treatment. there is always more that we can and should be doing, crucially as part of that we need to be listening to families. but we have reduced the number of inpatients by 18%, we are

kate grey caught up with her as she made herfinal preparations at a timetrial in cheshire.ing babies, bikes and business. britain's most successful female pa ralympian certainly enjoys life in the fast lane. i'm a mum first, i'm an athlete, and if i can do other things around that, then that's always a bonus. it's about finding the best version of you, whether it's in your personal life, your working life, in your sporting life. at the rio paralympics, her first child louisa was still a toddler — but that didn't stop herfrom winning three golds at those games. last october, charlie was welcomed into the family. but sarah was faced with some unexpected challenges. well, i think this time i got back onto the track a little bit quicker, albeit that was a little bit in vain because then i couldn't go to the track world championships because of the yellow fever outbreak that happened in brazil. i was breast—feeding him, so that's why i couldn't be vaccinated. i had to try to make sure that i'm being cautious with my own diet, so that i didn't try and starve myself, and that affe

police in cheshire say they are working ‘as quickly as possible' to provide families with answers, after of murdering eight babies at a hospital in chester. officers are investigating the deaths of 17 newborns at the neonatal unit of the countess of chester hospital between march 2015 and july 2016. the metropolitan police are investigating three more claims of sexual assault against the hollywood actor kevin spacey. the allegations were made between february and april this year. spacey, who was artisitic director of the old vic theatre between 2004 and 2015, has now been accused of sexual assault by more than 30 men since november last year. police on the scottish island of bute say they are now treating the death of a six—year—old girl there earlier this week as murder. the body of alesha mcphail was found in woodland on monday morning just a few hours after she was reported missing. officers believe members of the public involved in the search for her may have vital information: the association of school and college leaders have written to the prime minister and education secretary, w

that's exactly what one couple from cheshire have decided to do, but they won't be travelling on a luxuryjetm jones will be flying the small two seater aircraft himself, and his wife dot will be navigating. mark edwardson has been to see them before they set off. jim has been a pilot for more than 50 years. right, 0k, everything all right, yeah? fuel on. and he understands the importance of checking and rechecking. dot is navigating. as a fallback in case something goes wrong and the electronics aren't working. their odyssey will start at liverpool airport, it will head across europe to turkey, central asia and china will follow. from russia it's a hop to alaska, canada and the united states, before heading back to liverpool. all flying of this type is described as hours of boredom punctuated by seconds of sheer terror. that's a good description. jim and dot have been daredevils most of their lives. they're accomplished dirtbikers. jim, a former champion, only gave up last year. i cartwheeled the bike at about 65 on rock and i thought time to take up darts or bingo. and my son said, "well, w

that's exactly what one couple from sandbatch in cheshire have decided to do, but they won't be travellingbe navigating. mark edwardson has been to see them before they set off. jim has been a pilot for more than 50 years... right, 0k, everything all right, yeah? yes, fine. fuel on? yep, fuel on. yeah. and he understands the importance of checking and rechecking. dot is navigating. it's a fallback, in case something goes wrong and the electronics aren't working. their odyssey will start at liverpool airport. it'll head across europe, to turkey. central asia and china will follow. from russia, it's a hop to alaska, canada and the united states, before heading back to liverpool. all flying of this type, it's described as hours of boredom, punctuated by seconds of sheer terror. that's a good description. jim and dot have been daredevils most of their lives. they're accomplished dirt bikers. jim — a former champion — only gave up last year. i cartwheeled a bike at about 65 on rock and i thought, time to take up darts or bingo. and my son said, well, what are you going to do? i thought, i'll fl

that's exactly what one couple from cheshire have decided to do, but they won't be travelling on a luxuryjetk edwardson has been to see them before they set off. jim has been a pilot for more than 50 years. right, 0k, everything all right, yeah? fuel on.

we've seen showers today down the spine of wales, some more recently have been working in a cross cheshireier, this is what one of the downpours looked like in powys thanks to gail, our weather watcher, for sending that photo. showers in the and wales will fade away this evening and we will be left with dry weather in england and wales with clear spells and when you're heading to bed, perhaps still warm, the eventual overnight lows almost between 11 and 15. quite co mforta ble almost between 11 and 15. quite comfortable for sleeping. cloudy in scotla nd comfortable for sleeping. cloudy in scotland and northern ireland, another cloudy start on friday but brightening up with some sunny spells. the best of the morning sunshine in england and wales, but through the afternoon we will see showers forming. the showers will turn out to be heavy and thundery, stretching from the southern uplands, dumfries and galloway, down the western side of england and wales, through the midlands, central and southern england with the risk of showers. the downpours could bring 20 or 30 millimetres of rain, half

that's exactly what one couple from sandbatch in cheshire have decided to do, but they won't be travellingll be navigating. mark edwardson has been to see them before they set off. jim has been a pilot for more than 50 yea rs. jim has been a pilot for more than 50 years. right, 0k, everything all right, yeah? fuel on. he understands the importance of checking and rechecking. dot is navigating. as a fallback and in case something goes wrong and the electronics artwork in. they will start at liverpool airport, head across europe to turkey, central asia and china will follow and from russia it is a hop to alaska, canada and the us, before heading back to liverpool.m to alaska, canada and the us, before heading back to liverpool. it is described as hours of boredom. punctuated by seconds of sheer terror. that's a good description. jim and dot have been daredevils for that most of their lives. they are accomplished dirtbike riders. that most of their lives. they are accomplished dirtbike riderslj thought accomplished dirtbike riders.” thought time to take a guide on bingo. i thought i would fly

arrested on suspicion of the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of another six, in cheshireeration. the 12 children and their football coach found alive in a cave in thailand — the authorities say it may take months to get them out. two british rescue divers who had flown out to join the search found the boys last night — nine days after they disappeared. an action plan to tackle discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people — the government promises four million pounds to drive greater inclusion

that is what one couple from cheshire have decided to do, but they won't be travelling on a luxury jett they won't be travelling on a luxuryjet. jimjones do, but they won't be travelling on a luxuryjet. jim jones will be flying the small two seater aircraft himself and his wife dot will be navigating. mike edwards and went to see them before they set off. —— edwardson. jim has been a pilot for more than 50 yea rs. jim has been a pilot for more than 50 years. right, 0k. everything all right? fuel on? he understands the importance of checking and rechecking. dot is navigating. a fallback in case something goes wrong and the electronic sound working. there odyssey will start at liverpool airport. they will head gci’oss liverpool airport. they will head across europe to turkey, central asia and china will follow. from russia, it is a hop to alaska, canada and the united states before heading back to liverpool. all flying of this type, it is described as hours of boredom, punctuated by seconds of pure terror. it is a good description. jim and dot have been daredevils most of their lives. th

and i am live atjodrell bank 0bservatory and i am live atjodrell bank observatory in cheshire as hopefullyblows away the clouds with the longest lunar eclipse of the century happening tonight. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: sebastian vettel is fastest in practice for the hungarian grand prix while lewis hamilton struggles in the dust. with 19 gruelling stages completed geraint thomas remains in a commanding position as he attempts to become the first welshman to win the tour de france. the team sky rider kept all his rivals at bay in today's final mountain stage, in the pyrenees. it means that only one race day stands between him and the trophy on sunday. our sports correspondent natalie pirks was watching. in the picturesque pyrenees, a vision of calm. just perhaps not in the mind of geraint thomas. you could forgive him some nerves. this final day in the mountains was key toa final day in the mountains was key to a long held dream, but like the heat, the climes where rising, and the worst was yet to come. now they are on to the slopes. it is the big one, the beast. this is a 17: the

not just scotland, but wales who have come from all over the uk, notjust scotland, but wales and cheshireh, and a few months ago we saw donald trump playing golfjust a few metres from here. as they did that, protesters started shouting and calling him racist. he came over and calling him racist. he came over and waved to some of the protesters as he carried on his golf game, and that happened just over the crest. you can't see the golf course at the moment. if we walk along, you can see more police officers all along the beach. they've been here for a number of days and they'll continue to stay here. speaking to some of the protesters there, you've been here for how long? about 15 minutes. not long then! why have you come down? what does your sign says? not long then! why have you come down? what does your sign say57m says bairns not bombs, because donald trump is an idiot. what you think that? i think everybody should be equal and i think he's making the world a bad place. thank you for joining us on bbc news. amanda, you are half american and you come down. why have you come down? what

kate grey caught up with her as she made herfinal preparations in cheshire.ale pa ralympian certainly enjoys life in the fast lane. i'm a mum first, i'm an athlete, and if i can do other things around that, then that's always a bonus. it's about finding the best version of you, whether it's in your personal life, your working life, in your sporting life. at the rio paralympics, her first child louisa was still a toddler — but that didn't stop herfrom winning three golds at those games. last october, charlie was welcomed into the family. but sarah was faced with some unexpected challenges. well, i think this time i got back onto the track a little bit quicker, albeit that was a little bit in vain because then i couldn't go to the track world championships because of the yellow fever outbreak that happened in brazil. i was breast—feeding him, so that's why i couldn't be vaccinated. i had to try to make sure that i'm being cautious with my own diet, so that i didn't try and starve myself, and that affect how i was feeding charlie. so it was just about being open

lucy letby, who's 28, was detained by cheshire police earlier this week in connection with the deaths. more than 2a million tuned in to see england win their world cup match on tuesday night, and tomorrow it could well be even more. the match against sweden is england's first world cup quarterfinal since 2006. our sports correspondent natalie pirks is in samara where the match will take place. they do seem in great spirits, and they have got a few injuries to the likes of ashley young and jamie vardy, but after that blistering game against colombia, they are actually coming into this match all looking like they are raring to go. now, samara is quite difficult for va ns to now, samara is quite difficult for vans to get to, but those we have spoken to don't mind the distances at all. they are very much riding a wave after a night that went against all the odds. commentator: and dier does it! england win a world cup penalty shoot—out for the first time ever. england don't win on penalties, and we won on penalties! my heart was pounding. it was awesome. everyone together, it was brilliant

hospital has been released on bail, cheshire police say.ed at the countess of chester hospital over the last several years. a thai diver has died while delivering supplies to 12 boys and their football coach, who have been trapped in a cave for nearly two weeks. former navy diver, saman gunan, was part of a team of volunteers working to free the group from the cave, before heavy monsoon rains arrive in the area on sunday. he lost consciousness on his way out of the cave system and could not be revived. cabinet ministers are gathering at the prime minister's country retreat, chequers, this morning, for what are expected to be showdown talks about the brexit deal the uk will present to the european union. ministers will have to surrender their phones when they arrive at the talks. it's understood the main proposal is for the uk to remain closely aligned to the eu when trading goods, but not services. but that's expected to be challenged over 12 hours of talks by those who want the uk to take a much tougher line. the us has imposed its first w

breaking news from cheshire police.tigation of the neo—natal unit at the countess of chester hospital. that is just in from cheshire police. more to come throughout the day. and england is preparing for a nail—biting game against columbia in moscow tonight. we‘ll speak with one of england‘s — and also gareth southgate‘s — biggest fans and the guardian‘s chief sport reporter, martha kelner in russia. it is supposed to be a method of last resort, when mental health patients are seen as a risk to themselves and others. but research has found that 32 women have died after being restrained in mental health units over a five—year period. the charity agenda, which works with vulnerable women, has gathered information for the five years leading up to april 2017 and says the trauma of being held — sometimes face down — can bring on physical problems like heart attacks, as well as causing some people to become more likely to self—harm and even take their own lives. this week parliament is looking at reducing restraint siutations,

this is cheshire we have had a change in the weather today.atening some showers as it will do over the next few days, but the next few days will see some sunshine and if anything it will be turning warmer again although we won‘t have the humidity that gave rise to some storms across northern england. the showers are ha rd to northern england. the showers are hard to find for england and wales, mostly north of the border. this is where we will see most of the showers through the rest of the day, a few of them will be heavy. it is fresher air, so 25 degrees in london compared with 31 yesterday, about 19 in scotland and northern ireland. but very few showers coming into in —— england and northern ireland. north—east england, some heavy showers not far away, all the way up the eastern side of scotland, especially around aberdeenshire and some scattered showers for northern ireland. these are the heavy ones in the north—east, they will fade away in the evening, and the lighter ones will also dedicate so essentially we will also dedicate so essentia

the lection, said that 25,000 factory workers in new york city jobs as a ost their crisis.of the cheshire republican had an article entitled "hard times." "hard times" keeps coming up up in newspapers during this period. he complaint was general throughout the country that the times are hard and are daily growing worse. t's probable that before the winter closes most of the manufacturing establishments in new england will suspend of ations and thousands laboring people will be thrown out of employment. on the other per side of the state two days later, in a town that was both a making town and a shoe town reported that the workmen generally towns are without employment. this is january 4. and there seems for them a prospect for the remainder of the winter. the "philadelphia inquirer," 22, 1860, 1861, said 40% of the factory workers in that city were either out of working enough to support themselves. and that continued, would you xpect the material production for the war would kind of that tart the economy but didn't happen immediately. there was so much backlog of inventory that it didn'

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cheshire police say they are working ‘as quickly as possible‘ to provide families with answers, as partcountess of chester hospital. police on the scottish island of bute say they are now treating the death of a six—year—old girl there earlier this week as murder. the body of alesha mcphail was found in woodland on monday morning just a few hours after she was reported missing. officers believe members of the public involved in the search for her may have vital information and have appealed for information. our correspondent james shaw is on the isle of bute. what is the latest? just to give you a sense this is a very live police investigation, you can see there is a line of police vans outside that house. somewhere in this area is where alesha mcphail was staying before she disappeared on monday morning. they have been police reinforcements arriving all through the last three days but one of the most significant things that came up in the police news conference yesterday was a warning to the public to be vigilant, to keep an eye on their loved ones, to make sure they had good security

a healthcare professional has been arrested in cheshire, on the suspicion of murdering eight babies andneonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital, between march 2015 and july 2016. judith moritz reports. managers at the countess of chester hospital called in the police because they couldn't explain the unusual number of baby deaths and near death emergencies on the neonatal unit. detectives initially focused on what had happened to 21 babies. now the investigation has widened to examine the cases of 32 babies — of whom 17 died. this morning, a woman who is described as a health care professional, was arrested on suspicion of murder. this morning, forensic searches began at a house in chester, which police have confirmed is related to the murder enquiry. a car was also being searched and items taken away for examination. neighbours on the same street woke up to the scene. i got up to go to work about 8am and the police were all there and i didn't see many people there. and i came back about 11:30 and there was a lot more activity going on. didn't know until we drove down this morn

>> i suspect that vladimir putin has a big cheshire cat grin on his face as he's watching this, and he thinks he has scored two major goals this week, one with the world cup, the other with the nato summit, where donald trump, the candidate that he backed for the american presidency, is sowing -- i'm sure putin was also encouraged by the comments donald trump made where he was asked about putin, when he was asked if putin was an enemy, a threat. he said putin is a competitor, which is pretty much the way he thinks of germany. >> appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you. >>> now the breaking news that we mentioned a short time ago. there's a lot of it, all from the interview that president trump did with the british tabloid, the sun. front page news as you can see in. in it he slammed the mayor of london, criticized the prime minister of the uk, who was also his host for dinner tonight when the article broke. he endorsed one of her ex-cabinet members who is now perhaps a future rival, and that's not all. details from jeff zeleny who joins us from london. jeff, exactly what did the preside

meet sweden in the quarter finals at the world cup a health care professional has been arrested in cheshirehe suspicion of murdering eight babies and trying to murder six others. the woman's arrest is part of an investigation into the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital, between march 2015 and july 2016. judith moritz reports. managers at the countess of chester hospital called the police, because they could not explain the unusual number of baby deaths and near death emergencies on the neonatal unit. detectives initially focused on what had happened to 21 babies. now, the investigation has widened to examine the cases of 32 babies, of whom 17 died. this morning, a woman who was described as a health care professional, was arrested on suspicion of murder. this morning, forensics searches began at her house in chester, which police have confirmed is related to the murder inquiry. a car was also being searched and items taken away for examination. neighbours on the same street woke up to the scene. i got out to go to work about eight, and the police were all there and i did not

brazen question about whether or not the russians have compromised on donald trump, and he gave a cheshire cat grin and said, no, we don't have anything of course. it was hard to read between the lines. president putin said you can't really believe anything. it was none of those surreal moments in the press conference. but, you know, whether or not they have something on donald trump or not, the important thing is that the president today behaved like someone who is a puppet to vladimir putin, who they might have something on. he behaved like he might be compromised because it's inexplicable to most people who have watched american foreign policy for deck identifiades to president acting this way, cowing to russia, denying his own intelligence agencies, findings on the election. really just stunning, the words that i'm hearing back from people. a lot of times they are not words you can put in print. i think, you know, yes, it's his ego, but donald trump is a very stubborn person as you know from the campaign. this is a guy who when aides say you have to be tough on putin, there is an inves

kate grey caught up with her as she made herfinal preparations in cheshire.hether it‘s in your personal life, in your working life, in your sporting life. at the rio paralympics, her first child louisa was still a toddler — but that didn‘t stop herfrom winning three golds at those games. last october, charlie was welcomed into the family. but sarah was faced with some unexpected challenges. well, i think this time i got back onto the track a little bit quicker, albeit that was a little bit in vain because then i couldn‘t go to the track world championships because of the yellow fever outbreak that happened in brazil. i was breast—feeding him, so that‘s why i couldn‘t be vaccinated. i had to try to make sure that i‘m being cautious with my own diet, so that i didn‘t try and starve myself, and that affect how i was feeding charlie. so it was just about being open minded and not rushing into it. the road world championships in italy will be the start of sarah‘s elite competition comeback — with all roads leading to tokyo and her eighth paralympic games. dame sar

heavy showers at the moment in parts of lancashire, wales and cheshire and further showers developing. in scotla nd through the morning as well. in scotland this afternoon, expect showers in the highlands and around lothian and the borders and the southern uplands. where you see them on the charts isn't necessarily exactly where they will fall, there could be hit and miss and not eve ryo ne could be hit and miss and not everyone will get one. the north—west is prone to the showers across the north, you can see them across the north, you can see them across wales, shropshire and also to the south coast and some will drift east, which is why wimbledon is at risk of some showers. again, heavy and thundery and slow—moving, not much of a breeze around. temperature—wise, highs of up to 26. cooler along the east coast. actually quite pleasant in the west and south coast. through this evening we hang on to some showers, still heavily in nature, but fading through the night. by which time a new weather front will show its hand. that's across north—west scotla nd hand. that's across north—west

lucy letby, who's 28, was detained by cheshire police earlier this week in connection with the deathslive — and theresa may is holding crucial brexit talks at chequers, as she hopes to bridge divides in her cabinet over the future shape of the uk's relationship with the eu after brexit. well, speaking to the bbc earlier, scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon reiterated her call for the uk to stay in the single market and customs union. let's wait and see what happens. we shouldn't gloss over the fact that more than two years after the brexit vote, the cabinet is still trying to find a way forward. in many ways, the best outcome of today would be the hard brexiteers walking out of government, because that might mean that then there's a glimmer of hope that common—sense stance to prevail. probably the worst outcome of today is if they all emerge from chequers 11 o'clock tonight arm in arm saying they've agreed, because that means there's another helping of fudge being served up. and what's being put forward is likely to be rejected by europe and we are no closer to a common—sense re

lancashire, merseyside, cheshire, greater manchester and parts of cumbria — if you live there — tell you think about the hosepipe ban. we want to talk to you on the programme in the next hour — so send us an email with your details on and what you think and we'll get back to you. they'll fine you if you break the ban — would you report your neighbour? and it's our top story today...almost seven million of you in north west england will be affected by a hosepipe ban early next month. united utilities says the restrictions are due to weeks of dry weather, which has caused reservoir levels to fall. jayne mccubbin reports. for most, the weather is a joy, but many reservoirs are under pressure. this is howden in derbyshire. water levels at haweswater in the lake district are so low that the long—ago flooded village of meldon is once again visible. in response to these pressures, many have already been doing their bit. what are we doing to save water? well, we are not watering plants, that's for sure. we shower together now! we just water the plants in the evenings using the waste water ou