damian grammaticus speaking to us there. expected at the high court this morning. the 12—year—old has been in a coma since suffering a brain injury at his home in essex in april. archie's mother says she wants him transferred to a hospice, so he can die with dignity, but doctors argue that he's too ill to be taken out of hospital. a hosepipe ban will come into force in parts of southern england later today, as recent extreme temperatures and a lack of rainfall continue to put pressure on waterways and water supplies. southern water said the move, which affects the isle of wight and parts of hampshire, was a "vital step". other bans will follow later in the month in kent, sussex and parts of wales. zoe conway has this report. i've actually used the hosepipe more... frances and john are neighbours, friends, and very keen gardeners. from today, people living here near alresford in hampshire will be banned from using a hosepipe in their gardens. frances, do you think people will follow the rules? absolutely not. a garden gives p

our political correspondent damian grammaticus is here — what more do we know about this interview missbe taking part in? with the bbc office of said is that she pulled out because she could no longer spare the time is what we have been told. this was agreed about two and a half weeks ago or so and so, liz truss of the time was scheduled to happen tomorrow, seven p:m., s2 to be recorded but nick robertson and presenter of the day today programme as part of the series in the next prime minister, the next explanation given was that she could not. rishi sunak dated about a week before liz truss confirmed that she was going to do this one and she is also done many interviews and has spoken to greater news the questionnaire. she has done events and rishi sunak was on channel 4 with andrew neil and he said at the time of the bbc interview that he was repeating his messages and think you would rather be telling people the unvarnished truth rather than what they wanted to hear. ,, . , , ., to hear. she has been the front runner, according _ to hear. she has been the front runner, according to _

our political correspondent, damian grammaticus, spoke to us earlier.lso inflation 13% now, peaking at that level, it says. so the really critical question, what are the two candidates going to do about that? and we see their very different visions. interesting today, i think, though, that what we saw was liz truss had very clearly, actually, said in her financial times interview yesterday that... the wording she said was, "the way i would do things would be lowering the tax burden, not giving hand—outs" — pretty clear, it seems. today that really came under criticism and fire from rishi sunak, who said that was entirely wrong and you should be giving hand—outs, or he would look at the possibility of giving hand—outs, and today we see penny mordaunt responding as a truss—backer, saying, "no, that has been over interpreted and liz truss potentially would look at some help." but i think sort of perhaps feeling that in this context the criticism and looking to moderate that. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's fr

our political - correspondent damian grammaticus there. of representatives, nancy pelosi has given a press conference in tokyo where she defended her recent visit to taiwan. she said her tour of asia was not intended to change the status quo in the region. the chinese military is conducting large—scale live—fire drills around taiwan in response to this week's visit. they may try to keep taiwan from visiting or participating in other places but they will not isolate taiwan by preventing us to travel there. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in taiwan and has been speaking to the country's foreign minister, joseph wu, who has condemned china for ramping up its military drills around the island. this kind of behaviour is highly dangerous and is provocative and is threatening regional peace and stability. and it is also disrupting the international trade and international transportation. and for that matter, the taiwanese government seriously condemns the chinese government for such actions. well, china says that taiwan has brought th