hugh schofield, bbc news, paris.games and a sport britain tends to do well in — kayaking. but what are our chances for paris? john maguire has been at the lee valley white water centre to find out. every day, twice a day, joe clarke goes to work at the lee valley white water centre north of london. and this is his office. joe took gold in the kayak slalom at rio in 2016. commentator: the time of 88.7 could be beaten. i it is! 0h, sensational! the winning margin — a fraction of a second, a blink. the margins are so tight in this sport and that's why the training is so intense. since rio, joe's been through more twists and turns than a slalom run. he failed to qualify for the last olympics in tokyo 2020 and, in recent months, has become a father to hugo, giving him a new focus. i'm doing this to put food on the table for hugo and for belle. so it's very much a case of it's notjust me any more — if it doesn't quite go to plan, i can eat some beans on toast. i'm not sure that's going to go down very well, is it, mate? so

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris.p—to—date with all the days sports storis on the bbc sport website and app, but from all of us here at the bbc sports centre, good bye for now. the number of people living in temporary accommodation in england has hit a record high. official data shows that, at the end of march, 104,510 households were living in temporary accommodation. the figure includes a record 131,370 children. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has been looking at the figures. they started collating the number of people living in temporary accommodation in 1998 and the numbers have never been this high. almost 105,000 households, 131,000 children officially classed as homeless. just under 1a,000 of them living in hotels or in bed and breakfasts. not quite a record high, but close to a record high. it shows the pressures on the housing system in england at the moment and the problems that councils having and trying to help people who can find accommodation for themselves. ah, big accommodation for t

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris.iously attributed to an unknown artist, until teams from the universities of nottingham and bradford used new technology to compare it to another raphael, the sistine madonna altarpiece, and found the similarity between the faces of the madonnas and the children in the two paintings to be identical, and therefore highly likely to have been created by the same artist. now it is being displayed publicly for the first time. the tondo is being shown at cartwright hall art gallery in bradford for two months. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. this is the weather picture, a familiar one. we start in europe. temperatures in sicily reached a6.5 degrees today. the blues are where it's cooler than normal, the reds are where it is hotter than normal. if we follow the next few days, the heat is getting pushed into the south—east of europe. tomorrow, a significant drop in temperature across southern parts of italy. the heat lasts longer in greece, but even here, ten bridges will be

hugh schofield, bbc news, northern france.lanted a massive field on sunflowers as a surprise gift for his wife. lee wilson from kansas planted 1.2 million sunflowers on 80 acres of land for his wife, renee, to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. he got his son to help secretly plant the field back in may. tourists have flocked to the field to take pictures of the state flower in bloom. hello. it has been a promising start to the day with some sunshine and a few showers around two but if we look out in the atlantic, this weather system is pushing in the cloud and that will be bringing some rain to some parts of the country. around that first area of low pressure, we have had the showers swirling across scotland and northern england. the worst of those are moving away, so fewer showers and still some sunshine into the afternoon. the wetter weather arriving and pushing into northern ireland and also across to the south—east of england. it could be quite windy for the time of year across england and wales. lighter winds for

hugh schofield, bbc news, northern france. much more on the bbc website.en a promising start to the day with some sunshine and a few showers around two but if we look out in the atlantic, this weather system is pushing in the cloud and that will be bringing some rain to some parts of the country. around that first area of low pressure, we have had the showers swirling across scotland and northern england. the worst of those are moving away, so fewer showers and still some sunshine into the afternoon. the wetter weather arriving and pushing into northern ireland and also across to the south—east of england. it could be quite windy for the time of year across england and wales. lighter winds for scotland and northern ireland. in the sunshine in scotland, it should not feel too bad. highest temperatures in eastern england ahead of the rain but it looks like the rain will be heading towards the oval for the morning session which sees the best of the weather. if we don't get the weather in the afternoon session, it will be arriving after tea. that steady rain p

i spoke to our paris correspodent, hugh schofield, who told us how things are shaping up.f anything going wrong, but what use hear from the organisers and there are a couple of voices in that package, they are upbeat, things are on track, they promised to hold down carbon emissions, it is apparently holding good. certainly, it is true that the ambition... the ambitious remodelling of the city, which has been the hallmark of so many previous 0lympic been the hallmark of so many previous olympic games, that is not there today. they are using existing infrastructure, by and large, with just a couple of big projects. redevelopment is very much needed in the city, and so many would say that the city, and so many would say that the mood in the city is one of expectation and the mood in the organisers of�* camp is one of, fingers crossed, but so far, so good. fingers crossed, but so far, so aood. �* ., ., , , . .,~ good. and how are the public taking to the message _ good. and how are the public taking to the message of _ good. and how are the public taking to the message of the

from paris, hugh schofield sent this report.a diving competition. you could say they're testing the water. it's more than eight years since there have been competitive events in the river seine. now, thanks to the improved water quality, they're back. it wasn't just that swimming in the old seine was illegal — no—one in their right mind would have taken the risk. and now... we try to not drink it too much, but a few sips, it's kind of ok. it's beautiful water — soft and hot. for us, it's the best. the story of paris is also the story of the seine. but, over a century, thanks to industry and human waste, it became little more than a picturesque channel. the turnaround began 20 or 30 years ago and, now, regular tests carried out by the city show bacteria levels well within safety norms. it's taken time, commitment and a lot of money. and here, just by austerlitz station, is the result in concrete. if you want an idea of the scale of the effort that the french are putting in to cleaning up the river seine, take a look at this. the

hugh schofield, bbc news, northern france. sunflowers as a surprise gift for his wife. lee wilson from kansas planted 1.2 million sunflowers on 80 acres of land for his wife, renee, to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. he got his son to help secretly plant the field back in may. tourists have flocked to the field to take pictures of the state flower in bloom. what a great effort. that is all from us for now. goodbye. hello. well, the weather started off so bright and sunny in many parts of the uk and now it's mostly going downhill. very disappointing. the outlook for the week ahead, cool, rain at times, surprise, surprise. if i move out of the way, i want to show you this daisy chain of weather systems sweeping across the atlantic and where they're heading, heading straight for us. and the reason for it is this jet stream, which is also pointing right at us. and in fact, at times it will be south of us, which means that cooler air will be streaming in from the north. back to the here and now, though, through the course

hugh schofield, bbc news, northern france. stay with us here on bbc news. hello.t is not far away. here is the outlook for the week ahead. there is no let—up to the kind of weather we have been experiencing for the last few weeks. more unsettled weather on the way. if you look at the satellite picture, you can see a daisy chain of weather systems sweeping off north america and across the atlantic and heading in our direction, propelled by quite a strong jet stream, which will also be rippling across the atlantic and at times it will even be south of us as we see these troughs developing, and that will also allow cooler air to sweep in from the north. let's have a look at the forecast then for the evening and overnight. plenty of cloud, here is the weather front with the rain sweeping northwards. it should reach the lowlands later in the evening or through the early hours. the north of scotland may stay dry through the night but for many of us it is cloudy, with rain at times, mist and murk and low cloud. breezy, if not windy, conditions, but mild — 17 celsius in c

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris.is about to get underway. the group stages continue with japan taking on costa rica, spain play tournament debutants zambia, and olympic gold medallists canada face off against ireland. katie silverjoins me now from sydney. lets start with colombia 2—0 win to south korea on tuesday. there were some moments for the history books. talk us through them. first of all i would like to talk to you about a structure for the colombian team scoring the second goal and has a remarkable tale, when she was 15 she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and was already selected for the colombian national team, selected for the colombian nationalteam, her selected for the colombian national team, her career was in full swing and she basically thought it was all over. she was derailed by his surgeries and treatments and she thought that was it but she's really managed to turn things around. her cancer is information and she plays for real madrid and yesterday she scored the second goal of the game that secu

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris.r out from the olympics, what is the sense of the mood there?— olympics, what is the sense of the mood there? well, i would say that --eole are mood there? well, i would say that people are expectant _ mood there? well, i would say that people are expectant and _ mood there? well, i would say that people are expectant and excited, l mood there? well, i would say that people are expectant and excited, i think people would be wrong outside of paris to they the city is trans forming itself in any major way, there is a limited amount of new work that is going on related to the olympics, there is a new aquatic centre, a new olympic village north of the city but in terms of the city as a whole, it is not changing much. there are changes afoot, a lot of more cycle lanes, there are new metro lines, but they were happening any way, without the games, part of the watch word of the games has been it would be one with a limited kind of environmental impact and that is a result of that, so i would

hugh schofield reports. >> the police control room in the paris suburb of massey's a pioneer in a.i.oring. there are 250 cameras, too many for the small team to keep a watch on so a computer program does it for them. >> so we have a new device, it informs them when something happens. it can detect here are the big group of people and it is not normal, so please watch the camera number 21 because you will see. >> the operator enters a parameter like buyer or a person on the ground or as here, bag left unattended. the ai knowing now what an unattended bag looks like after being fed thousands of different images spots it and alerts the team. it is exactly that kind of computer enhanced camera monitoring that the french government now wants to use in next year's olympic games one for example at the opening ceremony, there will be half a million spectators watching the boats go by on the river. it is a special security challenge taylor made some would say for the new ai tech knowledge he. but not everyone. some agree with the use of ai security and are determined to fight it on the ground

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hugh schofield, bbc news, paris.hat, a year out from the olympics, give me a sense of the mood there? well, i would say that people are expectant, and excited, i think people o would be wrong outside of paris to think the city is transforming itself in any may orway, there is a limited amount of new work that is going on related to the olympics, there is a new aquatic centre, a new village north of the city but in term of the city as a whole, is not changing much. there are more cycle lane, new metro lines and so on but they were happening any way, without the game, part of the watch word of the games has been it would be one with a limited environmental impact. so with a year to go, the organiser, they say they are ready, focussed on three big challenge, transplant, security and the big issue of the russian presence, boycott, a big issue that, none of these issues, transport, security, the russian question are, have a resolution, but they are in everyone's minds and i think the year anniversary which is falling toda

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hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. fa ncy fancy a fancya dip? fancy a dip?hat happen? in the next few years. we are on course to make sure we have delivered the new homes in the lifetime of this parliament. it is difficult for everyone in the market because inflation meant interest rates and mortgage costs have risen but we are getting inflation down and the proposals you kindly mentioned at the beginning of the interview will ensure we have an additional supply of new homes and we are making sure we direct efforts in buildingm where want them. it is the kind of homes being created. we hear this morning 1 million people are on waiting lists for council housing. how many of these new homes will be council accommodation? tens of thousands- — will be council accommodation? tens of thousands. we _ will be council accommodation? tais of thousands. we need will be council accommodation? tezis of thousands. we need homes will be council accommodation? tez“i3 of thousands. we need homes of every kind and, in the past, when this country has managed to hit housing tar

now with recent scandals like scandals involving people like hugh elle edwards, phillip schofield meghan the markle, all have now used the mental health card, but are they using as a scapegoat to using it as a scapegoat to escape scrutiny? then at 450, it's royal round—up time. escape scrutiny? then at 450, it's royal round—up time . angela it's royal round—up time. angela levin will be live in the studio to the latest from to give us all the latest from behind palace walls on the behind the palace walls on the menu the wedding bells in menu are the wedding bells in the house of house of windsor. what's going on there? angela will us the latest. then at will give us the latest. then at five, it's this week's difficult conversation . lawyer and ceo of conversation. lawyer and ceo of save the asian elephants, duncan mcnair will be in the studio live to discuss why he's written a bill which passed a second reading in the house of lords yesterday to end the advertising of cruel animal activities abroad. if you've ever been on an ride or anything an elephant ride or anything like , you want t

will reiterate, i'm thinking of the wife of hugh edwards and his children right now, because one thing i thought was very distasteful with the phillip schofielda is that the wife and kids sort of got pushed for aside this amazing, brave story . brave story. >> you know, obviously, this is an amazing isn't an amazing, brave story. this is a scandal. but we must think about his wife and his kids. it must be a terrible, terrible situation at home. >> one wonders when she knew . >> one wonders when she knew. >> one wonders when she knew. >> right. so, again, look , do we >> right. so, again, look, do we have to think about him too, though? we've got a man in hospital. >> has he suffered a sort of trial by media? >> we've got a man in hospital, which is not good. it is a well known man. and if the allegations that the allegations have to be addressed when he comes of hospital, they're comes out of hospital, they're going to be addressed by going to have to be addressed by the right. they're the man right. whether they're true they're not. one thing true or they're not. one thing l, true or they're not. one thing i, i want to speak about is if the

hugh. i just don't think there is a way forward, particularly with the fresh allegations . and there are fresh allegations. and there are so many similarities to the phillip schofieldase, not least in the way that there was so much criticism of the way itv handled that and the number of young staffers who had felt quite unable to come out about it . it. >> well, sally, really appreciate you setting the scene on this today as to where we take things next and providing your commentary and your experience as a former bbc presenter and someone who, as you say, briefly worked with r alongside hugh edwards and indeed alongside me. so we at this time of the morning, sally would do the sport and i would do the sport. that's right. so we yeah, that's right. so listen really appreciate you doing that. and what we're going to do, sally, is to get reaction now from viewers and listeners as to what they think should happen next and their whole opinion on this. but we'll say goodbye to you and thank you very much indeed. thanks very much, sally jones. >> know, in all of this >> you know, in all of this really is worth saying, how incredibly and brave incredibly dignified and bra

both with schofield and with , what you're with edwards, what you're looking at is something which has allegedly has happened and allegedly happenedin has happened and allegedly happened in hugh'sminal, which is, you is not criminal, which is, you know , affairs of the heart , in know, affairs of the heart, in effect, which , you know, we can effect, which, you know, we can take a moral stance , but none of take a moral stance, but none of it's actually any of our business. this is it. i mean, can we still use public interest as an almost an excuse for the papers and everybody else to run all of this? shouldn't we reach all of this? shouldn't we reach a point now in the 21st century? well, if someone has an affair, happens every day of the week, it's a private matter . it's a private matter. >> it's a very, very thin dividing line between respecting the privacy of individuals and what's in the public interest. my personal view is that we're veering dangerously into exploiting what's in the public interest when in really we should be respecting ing privacy . and it's a bit fraught lightning when the sun seems to become the arbiter of what is right and wrong for celebrity behavio