dan whitworth, bbc news.ars after three wild bison were released into the kent countryside to help restore the area to its natural state, their numbers have doubled. it's the first time the species has roamed free in the uk for centuries, and it's hoped the project will serve as a blueprint for similar wilding initiatives, as claudia sermbezis explains. three bison have now become six, including two calves — one being a happy surprise. it's been described as a ground—breaking rewilding project because these creatures help us manage our woods in a natural, sustainable way. you go to europe and there are wild animals that people live with. people live with wolves and lynx and bison. you know, in america, people go camping in yellowstone, where there are american bison, which are very, very similar to the bison we've got here. they're not dangerous animals, but we're not used to living with them in this country. and it's so important for them to be out in the wild, to act as ecosystem engineers. you know, bison

dan whitworth, bbc news.on penalties. after a late equaliser from bukayo saka, and a stalemate in extra time, it was five goals forfive in penalties, and victory in gareth southgate's 100th game as england manager. earlier, i spoke with football journalist frida fagerlund and expert in swiss football craig king, to talk about that result. i asked whether the england performance met their expectations. i thought england played better than what they had done previously during the tournament. at least as good as they did in the first half against serbia, in the first game, but at the same time, it wasn't the best we've seen from england. the three at the back certainly improved things, i thought, especially phil foden who seemed way more comfortable playing a bit more centrally and that opened up space for bukayo saka as well to thrive in, but this england team, yes, they are through to in other semifinal, it is gareth southgate's third in four tournaments but at the same time, this wasn't the most entertaining

dan whitworth, bbc news. let's speak to dan whitworth now.come and is it getting worse? very widesoread and _ become and is it getting worse? - widespread and yes, it is getting worse. i will give you some details, figures from uk finance which is the banking and trade industry body here in the uk. they say that last year, more than 20,000 victims had £a5 million stolen this way. in victims, thatis million stolen this way. in victims, that is an increase of two thirds and the money being stolen, and increase of third. certainly in terms of the reports are to banks, yes, problem is getting bigger and thatis yes, problem is getting bigger and that is a huge amount of money. the next obvious — that is a huge amount of money. the next obvious question is, you say that in your report, but to go through it again, how can people protect themselves?— through it again, how can people protect themselves? there are some clear ste -s protect themselves? there are some clear steps and _ protect themselves? there are some clear steps and this _ protect the

dan whitworth, bbc news. off on a 500—mile cycle from manchester to paris. they're due to arrive in the french capitaljust in time for the opening ceremony next friday. but they're currently in berkshire and we can go live to them now where sarah dawkins has stopped for a break. they five of the cycle from manchester to paris. more than 500 miles we have to compete and we are halfway through so we are getting there. spreads are high, legs are starting to feel it. our. this morning is at the home of british rowing. we are spending time with athletes here, watching them train and have their finest race practice on the water before they travel to paris tomorrow on the train. we are also talking about the key climate and sustainability issues around these games. we have partnered with sport england and the chair, chris boardman, hasjoined us, as is dame katherine grainger who is turning us from today. i katherine grainger who is turning us from toda . ., katherine grainger who is turning us from toda . . ., kathe

dan whitworth, bbc news.e french capitaljust in time for the opening ceremony next friday. but they're currently in berkshire — and we can go live to them now where sarah dawkins has stopped for a break. earlier i spoke to our sports reporter, sarah dawkins. day five of this cycle from manchester to paris, we havejust about covered half of those 500 miles, so still a little while to go. the athletes here at the home of british rowing have been out on the water, you can see behind me, getting some final practice in before the games start next week, and one of those athletes that will be on the train tomorrow to paris is double 0lympic be on the train tomorrow to paris is double olympic champion helen glover, and we are also joined by husband steve batchelor, whojoined us on the right this morning. how did enjoy that? i us on the right this morning. how did enjoy that?— did en'oy that? i have 'ust cycled 13 did enjoy that? i have 'ust cycled 13 miles chatting i did enjoy that? i have just cycled 13 miles chatti

dan whitworth, bbc news. were rescued unharmed by their mother and a neighbour at around 11pm on thursday, in the tong way area in the west of the city. they were checked over by paramedics at the scene. just two years after three wild bison were released into the kent countryside to help restore the area to its natural state, their numbers have doubled. it's the first time the species has roamed free in the uk for centuries, and it's hoped the project will serve as a blueprint for similar wilding initiatives, as claudia sermbezis explains. three bison have now become six, including two calves — one being a happy surprise. it's been described as a ground—breaking rewilding project because these creatures help us manage our woods in a natural, sustainable way. you go to europe and there are wild animals that people live with. people live with wolves and lynx and bison. you know, in america, people go camping in yellowstone, where there are american bison, which are very, very similar to the bison we've got her

dan whitworth, bbc news. 7:17am is the time.ill doing it. have you seen him live? never. _ that stuff. still doing it. have you seen him live? never. i— that stuff. still doing it. have you seen him live? never. ithink- that stuff. still doing it. have you seen him live? never. i think it i that stuff. still doing it. have you seen him live? never. ithink it is su osed seen him live? never. ithink it is supposed to _ seen him live? never. ithink it is supposed to be — seen him live? never. ithink it is supposed to be really _ seen him live? never. ithink it is| supposed to be really impressive. louise is taking a look at the weather for us this morning. louise is taking a look at the weatherfor us this morning. i'm going to provide the caveat for you, because, obviously, and i think you might be the same, i enjoy the hot weather. i love it. but a lot of people don't enjoy it and think it can be too hot. yesterday was a day you could say was a hot day. lt can be too hot. yesterday was a day you could say was a hot day.- you could

dan whitworth, bbc news.more than 800 acres of land and destroying 74 structures. 0fficials warn that people should brace themselves for the fire season as excessive heat and dry weather feeds the wildfires. sabrina carpenter, the american singer behind two of this summer's biggest songs, has broken a uk chart record. the 25—year—old has become the first female artist to hold simultaneously both the number one and number two slots on the singles chart for three consecutive weeks. her track please please please remained in the top spot, with her previous single espresso holding on at number two. stay with us here on bbc news. let's get update the weather. hello there. we've seen a developing area of low pressure moving across england and wales in the last 24 hours. in fact, one or two spots of south—east england have been very wet indeed. the rest of the weekend promises to be a little bit brighter. we should see sunny spells, but further scattered showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery. now, this i

dan whitworth, bbc news.world is now a more volatile place. this will take a while. but have no doubt that the work of change begins immediately. his new cabinet includes a record 11 women, including rachel reeves, who's become the uk's first female chancellor. she says she's got a challenge on her hands though, issuing a damning assessment of the state of the uk's finances. meanwhile, new health secretary wes streeting says the nhs is "broken", warning that it cannot be fixed overnight. when we said during the election campaign that the nhs was going through the biggest crisis in its history, we meant it. when we said that patients are being failed on a daily basis it wasn't political rhetoric, but the daily reality faced by millions. from today, the policy of this department is that the nhs is broken stop that is the experience of patients who are not receiving the care they deserve and of the staff working in the nhs who can see that despite giving their best this is not good enough. the election was notab

we are joined now by radio 4's money box reporter dan whitworth, and the cyber security expert anish st year, £115 million were stolen this way. that is an of nearly a third. there were more than 20,000 victims when that number is “p 20,000 victims when that number is up two thirds. this type of crime is going sharply. one person who is part of those numbers, a victim i was speaking to who had his phone stolen last year, it was pickpocketed from him on a night out. police believe he was targeted beforehand. they were looking over his shoulder, watched him type in his shoulder, watched him type in his pin numberand his shoulder, watched him type in his pin number and then later stole his pin number and then later stole his phone. he had £7,500 stolen from him. we are calling this person lewis and he took me through the impact the moment he realised all that money had been stolen. ianthem impact the moment he realised all that money had been stolen. when i realised it had _ that money had been stolen. when i realised it had gone, _ that money had been stolen. when i realised it had gone

abc news reporter kayna whitworth is near the fire lines with the latest dan and ama. >> what you canee right there. oh, that tree is just topping off in flames here. it's crowning. that's a major concern because the wind can then throw those flames further and create spot fires. so not only are firefighters battling the flames here, but they're battling triple digit heats as well. and dan and ama, i'm told this fire is burning aggressively and angry in all the right places tonight. apocalyptic scenes of destruction as the fast moving park fire rages out of control. california fire officials say at least 134 homes and other buildings have been burned to the ground. thousands more threatened the fire, doubling in size overnight. cal fire, using every available asset, these massive dc tens dumping waves of retardant on flames look at right there. so they're doing major phos-chek drops in this area because this fire continues to jump its major containment lines. >> so they're relying heavily on this air attack right now more than 4000 already under evacuation orders. >> and that number g

initially dan and ama, they had to open up logging roads just to allow people to escape. >> so intense it really is. >> thank you. kayna whitworth. okay, so let's get a look at the conditions that firefighters are facing. >> yeah. abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian is here. and spencer obviously could be worse, but it's not. there's not a lot of good news on the fire line. >> not yet dan yeah, that is correct. as we get later into the evening, maybe the relative humidity will increase as it typically does in the evening. but right now we are looking at classic fire weather conditions near the fire near chico. it was just 102 degrees a few minutes ago. it's down to 98 now. relative humidity dangerously low at 12%. winds generally out of the southeast at 17mph, and we have seen stronger gusts over 20mph. now, let me take you to a satellite image of this fire to give you a better view. whoops. here we go. give you a better view of what's going on as you as seen from above. and you can see a huge plume of smoke being generated by this fire. and it's swinging mainly to the northeast over toward susanville and over toward