force 7 how did it affect the west midlands force?eally catastrophic effect. you know, they have investigated homicides where intelligence is key to resolving those kind of issues, mr thompson touched on the supply of drugs, everybody is aware of county lines and that level of exploitation. but we're not getting the intelligence in that we used to because we are not out patrolling, not out there speaking to people. we are true —— too busy trying to mop up what is going on. all that community intelligence dries up. you can't progress to serious investigations. if you haven't got the grassroots intelligence of what is going on in different communities. so how has the west midlands force had to change its way of your being to reports of crime? —— reacting to. change its way of your being to reports of crime? —— reacting tom has been difficult. mr thompson users the noble user today, we have less offices now than we had in 1974, when west midlands police was formed. well, the world is a com pletely formed. well, the world is a completely

it is just rising crime in the west midlands. it isjust a rising crime in the west midlands.ter, saying that the government is saying it is putting more money into policing, so why do you have these cuts when my money is going on? we have not seen a significant increase in funding and the west midlands. we have actually seen a decrease in funding. £175 million has been lost from our budget since 2010. over 2000 police officers have been lost from our police force. we have actually seen a significant decrease in our funding. have actually seen a significant decrease in ourfunding. a significant impact that is having on the number of police officers that we can be quite as well in the west midlands. so, iwould we can be quite as well in the west midlands. so, i would call for the government to put additional money, more money, into policing, that is really needed to try and tackle some of the significant increase in crime that we are facing. we are hearing from some of the others involved in that letter this morning and the times that they see it, notjust that letter this morni

in east anglia, the midlands and north wales, brightening up.t warmer than recently. —— western scotland. one or two showers in the east of scotland in the evening. that weather front will still be lingering across the same areas as we go into sunday, stretching back into increasing cloud in the south—west. there might be the odd isolated shower elsewhere, but the vast majority have a day of sunny spells. not as warm as it has been, but it should feel pleasant in the sun. a reminder of our top story. the uk's biggest ever modern slavery gang is broken up after a four—year investigation. eight people from poland have been vindicated of offences. that's all from the bbc news at six. 0n bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. goodbye. this is bbc news. the headlines. the biggest network of modern—day slavery is exposed in the uk. eight people are convicted after forcing more than 400 victims

and we in the west midlands police, the most deprived, the youngest and most diverse area, and actuallye've seen biggest cuts. and so i think putting the money back into the area those challenging crimes are won't only make the public of west midlands safer but actually will avoid that ripple out that we've seen into other parts of the country. but there are questions about how realistic the timetable is. we'll bring you all the latest. also this lunchtime: after the record—breaking heat come the storms, halting trains and planes, and causing chaos for passengers. the lack of communication was the biggest issue for us, not wanting to speak to us. they also have our bags, so we're off to the wedding with nothing to wear! arsenal players chase off armed carjackers and escape unharmed, tweeting this morning, "we're fine." and could ireland inflict a shock defeat on england in their test match at lord's? and coming up on bbc news, promoter eddie hearn has asked fans to wait for the facts before judging heavyweight boxer dillian whyte. it's after whyte tested positive for a banned substance.

sunshine articles wales and the midlands, southern england, and the midlands, southern england, a lovelyclose to the south—west later on. a paramount of the four northern ireland. not as wet as it will be on sunday. —— eight paramount. 0n tuesdayit sunday. —— eight paramount. 0n tuesday it will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain. sunshine for the northern half of the country furthering the day. storms developing widely across south—east england, wales, the midlands, strong and gusty winds. not a great day to be setting up a tent —— south—west. for the rest of the week, warm in the sun is out. thundery showers will develop widely. goodbye for now. this is bbc news, i'm simon pusey. our top stories: more than 1,000 arrested at an opposition demonstration in moscow, weeks before local elections. tens of thousands of hong kongers march against gang violence, despite a police ban on protest. they've already fired tear gas and so street by street, they're coming through, clearing the way. in sudan, at least eight military officers set to be charged with crimes against humanity over last month's

the midlands can be a benchmark...ed this morning to hear an announcement which appears to make the future of the castle bromwich factory much more secure. today is the day of electrifying the plant and honouring our people who are going with us to define a new, electrified future, and that we will have a complete shift in production, that we have to transform production in the way that we go now, in the electrified era. 2,500 people work at the plant and at a time when the company is cutting thousands ofjobs elsewhere they at least have cause to celebrate. this is fantastic news, not just for today's workforce here at castle brom, but for the next generation, those that want to come into stable, decent work in a fantastic industry. it is a confidence boost for a world—class workforce. we have all been concerned with the changes in the industry and the changes on the rules on the environment which have been put in by the government. it is good news that we have got a good future ahead of us. are you going to be celebra

the midlands can be a benchmark...morning to hear an announcement which appears to make the future of the castle bromwich factory much more secure. today is the day of electrifying the plant and honouring our people who are going with us to define a new, electrified future, and that we will have a complete shift in production, that we have to transform production in the way that we go now, in the electrified era. 2500 people work at the plant and at a time when the company is cutting thousands ofjobs elsewhere, they at least have cause to celebrate. this is fantastic news notjust for today's workforce here at castle bromwich, but for the next generation, those that want to come into stable, decent work in a fantastic industry. it is a confidence boost for a world—class workforce. we have all been concerned with the changes in the industry and the changes on the environment which have been put in by the government. it is good news that we have got a good future ahead of us. are you going to be celebrating tonight? i cer

former high courtjudge launched operation midland. court judge sir launched operation midland. former high courtjudge sir richard henriques wrote a damning report about the investigation. and today he said the met may even have broken the law when applying for search warrants. officers told a district judge beech's story remained consistent, but to be —— but he had previously given different accounts to another force. there previously given different accounts to anotherforce. there is no allegation any officer deliberately misled the court but that is little comfort for harvey proctor. it has been very difficult if, for me, my partner, my friends and obviously for others caught up in this mania. i was effectively ruined by what happened. i lost myjob. i lost my home. i have a civil action against the metropolitan police, which they are resisting. in 2014, beech's fantasies about a high—profile paedophile ring were taken at face value by police. i had puppies pinned to my chest whilst they did whatever they wanted to do. but his claims

there is a limited benefit to the west midlands not having the event.'s campaign now has the backing of their olympic association and birmingham 2022 has its first big problem. now to football where jill ellis is stepping down as head coach of the us women's team after guiding the team to back—to—back world cup titles. the 52—year—old, who was born in the english city of portsmouth but moved to the us as a teenager, was appointed in 2014 and led the team to their first world cup victory in 16 years in 2015 before repeating the feat this year in france. there was an upset in the european champions league on tuesday as basel overturned a first leg deficit to knock out the former champions psv eindoven. basel were 3—2 down from first leg — but eray cumart rifled in the opening goal of the second leg, afterjust 8 minutes, to wipe out psv‘s lead. midway through the first—half, bruma's powerful header made it i—all on the night — and the dutch side were back in front on aggregate. but they were knocked out by a dutchman — ricky van wolfswinkel with the goal t

they track their way further north and east, through the midlands, north wales, northern england, partsscotland, try for northern ireland, try across central and southern england but another muggy night, temperatures not lower than 14 night, temperatures not lower than 1a or 15. here is the area of low pressure responsible for these heavy showers, still with us tomorrow. by this stage it's pushing further north and east, the main focus of the showers will be through north wales, midlands, northern england, starting to work into scotland, not so starting to work into scotland, not so many starting to work into scotland, not so many across starting to work into scotland, not so many across northern ireland, crucially a much drier day across central and southern england and wales. still some gusty winds, they will have lost some of the strength especially near the showers, we will see lively gusts at times. like today, where we have the sunshine across central and southern england, it's 2425, in across central and southern england, it's 21125, in the showers, 19 — 21. this area of low pres

it has been heavy and persistent across north midlands into part of north—west england.n the roads and minorflooding to come standing water on the roads and minor flooding to come and without well. whether in mind if you are heading up this morning. it is not doom and gloom everywhere. lots of brightness to start the stage in the south—west. a fairly human note in scotland, north—east england. some mist and fog. heavy showers will develop in the day. some warm sunshine in the day. the best will be in the northern ireland is. we see the rain pulling away from the south—east of england, it will continue to be quite heavy across parts of the midlands into north—west england. cool under the rain band but generally the low 20s in the sunny spots. overnight, it stays wet and damp across dental northern parts of the uk as the weather front migrates north. northern parts of the uk as the weatherfront migrates north. a northern parts of the uk as the weather front migrates north. a dry night to come across north southern and south—western areas of temperatures around the low to m

david james, west midlands police and crime commissioner there.ritain on a collision course with the eu and ireland. the statements of the british prime minister yesterday in the house of commons were very minister yesterday in the house of commons were very unhelpful to this process. i think he seems to have made a deliberate decision to set britain on a collision course with the european union and with ireland in relation to the brexit negotiations. and i think only he can answer the question as to why he is doing that, but i think it has been made very clear from the taoiseach, from michelle barnier, from presidents task and junker, that the approach that the british prime minister now seems to be taking is not going to be the basis of agreement, and that is worrying for everybody, and it means that our no—deal brexit contingency planning and preparations bat well, they're already pretty intense, quite frankly. it's a big, big priority in government and has been for quite some time, but we will continue to really focus a lot of effort and resou

west midlands police began looking into what was happening four years. victims, for example, that they were unlawfully in the country, that if they left the house that the traffickers provided for them, that they would be arrested by the police. sometimes, they were given a debt, so they were told that they owed the traffickers £5,000 and they had to work off that debt. so there's a lot of these methods the traffickers would use to make them feel trapped. 0ne slave was given a chicken as payment for redecorating a house. another man had to wash in a canal because he had no other water. the gang was discovered after charities identified victims. this man works undercover and wants to remain anonymous. very withdrawn, physically shaken, disorientated. we had victims presenting with black eyes, one victim presented with a broken arm, so his broken arm had re—set itself out of alignment. ripped clothing, emaciated. while the victims suffered, the gang bosses lived an opulent lifestyle, driving lavish cars and buying designer clothes. over five years, they ma

a beautiful weather watcher picture sent in a long that dorset coastline, but for parts of the midlandskend. cloudy, with some persistent, and at times, heavy rain, a couple of inches of rain falling. now this weather front really quite slow—moving, as you can see, and this is where the recent rain is sitting through the midlands, northwest england, into northern ireland, with the scattering of showers ahead of it, into western scotland. now that's going to continue through the night, but it will gradually drift its way northwards, at the same time, we could see a few sharp and thundery downpours across the far northeast of scotland. but to the south of that weather front, it stays relatively quiet, a more comfortable night for getting a good nights sleep, with overnight lows of 12—16 degrees. so we start off the new working week, still with that weather front there, but it is drifting its way into scotland, and it will weaken all the time to a band of showers, as we go through the day. a ridge of high pressure builds across england and wales, that's where the best of the weather is lik

this will ease through the overnight period and showers become concentrated through the midlands andnly across central and southern england but a muggy night, the temperature around 14 or 15. this area of low pressure is responsible for all the heavy showers and thunderstorms. still with us tomorrow and it looks like most of the showers will be through the midlands and north wales and into northern england. more across scotland through the day, perhaps not up to the far north. northern ireland is much drier come the afternoon, some sunshine with the afternoon, some sunshine with the temperature up to around 2324. where we have the showers, just 18 or 19. this is bbc news. the headlines. prime minister boris johnson meets farmers in wales — and says it's up to the eu to make the next move in the brexit negotiations. if they cannot compromise, it really cannot do it then clearly we have to get ready for a no deal exit. but the welsh first minister tells the programme that he wants a serious conversation with the prime minister to talk about brexit preparations. complaint of bluff and b

same areas continue to see the rain tonight, parts of the south—east and the midlands into towards northt england and scotland and into northern ireland keeping the odd rumble of thunder along those weather fronts. to the rumble of thunder along those weatherfronts. to the north—east some warmth to the sunshine, a humid night, fresher, temperatures down to single figures. sunday, we will do it allagain, single figures. sunday, we will do it all again, wetter in the north—east of northern ireland, more persistent rain in the north east midlands, but brighter towards the south—east corner and while we stick with some humid and sunny conditions in the easterly wind through northern scotland, a greater chance of one or two heavy showers. temperatures into the 20s in scotla nd temperatures into the 20s in scotland and still in the 20s in the south west with sunny spells continuing into the afternoon. beyond that, some warmth and sunshine on monday increasing risk of thundery showers developing as well. hello. this is bbc news, the headlines. prime minister boris johnson pledges to fund and hi

mainly try for northern ireland, but heavy frequent showers developing in the midlands, east anglia,n england and scotland, bringing a lot of rain in a short amount of time. thunder and lightning, warnings in place and a cool feeling day, 19—20dc. by the end of the week, thursday, feather showers across the areas which saw them on wednesday, but on friday and saturday, all of us turn drier and the winners slowly ease as well. back to you. thank you. a reminder of our top story... the owner of vauxhall warns it will pull out of the uk if brexit hits profits, as the cbi says neither the uk or the eu are ready for a no—deal. but the government remains confident. there won't be any delays, we are determined to ensure that we leave on october the 31st, and it's my job to make sure the country is ready. and borisjohnson is in scotland, calling for unity, but he faces opposition to a no—deal brexit from the first minister and the scottish tory leader. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me. and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon,

west midlands police began looking into what was happening four years.r example, that they were unlawfully in the country, that if they left the house that the traffickers provided for them, that they would be arrested by the police. sometimes they were given a debt, so, you know, they were told that they owed the traffickers £5,000, and they had to work off that debt. so there's a lot of these methods the traffickers would use to make them feel trapped. 0ne slave was given a chicken as payment for redecorating a house. another man had to wash in a canal because he had no other water. the gang was discovered after charities identified victims. this man works undercover, and wants to remain anonymous. very withdrawn, physically shaken, disorientated. we had victims presenting with black eyes. 0ne victim presented with a broken arm, so his broken arm had reset itself, out of alignment. ripped clothing, emaciated. while the victims suffered, the gang bosses lived an opulent lifestyle, driving lavish cars and buying designer clothes. over five years, they ma

the midlands can be a benchmark...his morning to hearan employees gathered this morning to hear an announcement which appears to make the future of the castle bromwich factory much more secure. todayis bromwich factory much more secure. today is the day of electrifying the plant and honouring our people who are going with us to define a new, electrified future, and that we will have a complete shift in production, that we have to transform production in the way that we go now, in the electrified era. 2500 people work at the plant and at a time when the company is cutting thousands ofjobs elsewhere, they at least have cause to celebrate. this is fantastic news notjust for to celebrate. this is fantastic news not just for today's workforce here at castle bromwich, but for the next generation, those that want to come into stable, decent work in a fantastic industry. it is a confidence boost for a world—class workforce. we have all been concerned with the changes in the industry and the changes on the environment which hav

this will majorly affect the east midlands trains and thameslink services, also trains running to thend scotland as well. we are being told to check before you travel and only travel if you need to. elsewhere, with the airports, you are being asked to check before you travel there because flights have been delayed and cancelled. we have had a statement from heathrow which has apologised, saying it is down to the severe weather. as you can see it is getting pretty busy at saint pancreas. it is friday, the school holidays, and you should only travel if you have too. we have even had passengers feinting because it is so hot on trains. if you have to make a journey, carry plenty of water. matt taylor from bbc weather can tell us more. how is it looking? has the heatwave gone? it has peaked. the problems at heathrow this morning and in the south—east due to intense thunderstorms working northwards and eastwards. the heat peaks yesterday, reaching 38.1 in cambridge. some spots could be higher today. within a whisker of the all—time record, a july record at that. we saw national records brok

uk that has outstayed its welcome in some areas, still some heavy rain to come for parts of the midlandsorth west of england through the evening, drifting further north into scotland through the small hours of monday. misty and murky to the north, and a humid night with lows in the mid teens. clear skies to the south, those of 12 or 13. for monday, that front continues to make its way north, and brings drier prospects for many as we sit between weather systems. the tiny ridge of high pressure, and later in the day this area of low pressure will come into play and is quite a deep feature. first thing on monday, quite a lot of cloud, misty and murky conditions to the north. as the front drifts north, showers for scotland, brightening across northern england. sunny spells for many, temperatures in the mid 20s, strong and gusty winds later in the day around the coasts. gusting up to 45 mph for a south wales two. for a south wales ——too. that low will be a feature through much of the remainder of the week ahead. monday into tuesday it drifts further eastwards, and we will see strong winds on

quite a lot of damage between this station and at the east midlands and houston and the east midlands scotland. passengers left waiting. if you're travelling by train in those areas, make sure you check before you travel. elsewhere, we are expecting further disruption because the chaos and left some of their trains and drivers out of their usual positions so now they will have to try to reshuffle as fast as ican. it have to try to reshuffle as fast as i can. it is friday, it is also the school holidays, it is going to be very, very hard. passengers are fainting on trains so make sure you pack your bags and travel safely with plenty of water. matt, are we past the hottest weather? it was exceptional. we did not beat the old—time record as a country, we did seea the old—time record as a country, we did see a lot of records disappear. some humid airaround. did see a lot of records disappear. some humid air around. the greatest problem could be lightning strikes particularly across parts of eastern england but things are beginning to change. if things become too hot and uncomfortable, thi

rain, some of it heavy, maybe even thundery across southwest england, moving its way up wales, the midlandsshowers into scotland. sheltered eastern areas will see the best of the weather, with highest values of 2a degrees. now, as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, that low continues to drift its way steadily eastwards, so that's where the real emphasis of the showers are likely to be, and stretching up into southwest scotland. it means a better day for northeast scotland, and for wales and southwest england. highest values by wednesday of 22 degrees. so our week ahead looks a little different from the weekjust gone, much fresher, and some pretty sharp showers at times. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. riot police in hong kong clash with thousands of protesters who defied a ban and marched through the streets for an eighth weekend. part of the riot police coming in here. tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper spray, and every week it seems to get worse. firefighters are trying to rescue a man whose leg got trapped in rocks when the tide is coming in off the norfolk coast. michael gove,

of it heavy, maybe even thundery across southwest england, moving its way up through wales, the midlandsd showers into scotland. sheltered eastern areas will see the best of the weather, with highest values of 2a degrees. as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, that low continues to drift its way steadily eastwards, so that's where the real emphasis of the showers are likely to be, and stretching up into southwest scotland. it means a better day for northeast scotland, and for wales and southwest england. highest values by wednesday of 22 degrees. so our week ahead looks a little different from the weekjust gone, much pressure, and some pretty sharp showers at times. hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first the headlines. riot police in hong kong clash with thousands of protesters who defied a ban and marched through the streets for an eighth weekend. part of the riot police coming in here. tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper spray, and every week it seems to get worse. michael gove, the minister who has to prepare

south—west scotland through north wales, northern england, particularly north—west england, the midlandso the south—east. further heavy rain here, some standing water, localised flooding in places. to the north of it, sunny spells, a few showers, some of these heavy, the best of the sunshine in the far north and glorious conditions across south wales and the south—west of england where it'll be warm. now, overnight, that weatherfront will migrate northwards, fizzling as it does, but still bringing cloud and showery bursts of rain around. it will be quite humid. a dry story, though, further south. so we start monday off on a glorious note in the south, but it's a better—looking day i think across the board. that weather front will be moving northwards. a few showers on it, a bit of cloud, but elsewhere, a few showers but elsewhere a warmer day with more sunshine around, highs reaching about 2a to 26 degrees. it will start turning windy and showery across the south—west into monday night. hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines. no—deal brexit planning is now the govern

continue overnight becoming more widespread for southwest england and wales, working towards the midlandsd northern ireland. elsewhere aside from a bit of patchy rain across northern scotla nd of patchy rain across northern scotland it's mainly dry mixture of the above amounts of crowd and also clear spells. it's a fairly muggy night, temperatures across central and southern england not much lower than 16 or 17 celsius and parts of scotla nd than 16 or 17 celsius and parts of scotland going up to 1a or 15 as well. this area of low pressure is the driving force behind our weather through the working week. notice how they are quite close together as well, not just to they are quite close together as well, notjust to become a thing to be showers, some windy conditions as well and to tuesday, showers initially across wales, southwest england in the midlands will slowly become more widespread across england and wales extending into northern ireland, parts of southern scotland, northern scotland as well when we see the showers they would bring a lot of rain in a short amount of time. thunder, l

parts of northern and eastern england a shower, but on saturday, one or two drifting across the midlandsd southern england but the vast majority will avoid those and will stay dry. maybe a bit cooler towards north sea coasts with the breeze. it's looking settled as we go through part two off the weekend. the showers are dying away and it looks like that high pressure will stay with us into the start of next week. look at these temperatures. if you don't like summer temperatures. if you don't like summer heat we temperatures. if you don't like summer heat we are temperatures. if you don't like summer heat we are talking pretty much the summer comfort zone. low to mid 20s. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. drama in the gulf — a royal navy warship, hms montrose, warns off three iranian gunboats who were trying to intercept a british oil tanker. that's all from the bbc news at one. it's goodbye from me. on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have good afternoon, i'm here with your latest sports news. it has been a genetic day at edgbaston where england are playi

west midlands police began looking into what was happening four years ago.ey were unlawfully in the country, that if they left the house that the traffickers provided for them, that they would be arrested by the police. there's a lot of these methods the traffickers would use to make them feel trapped. the gang was discovered after charities identified victims. this man works undercover, and wants to remain anonymous. we had victims presented with black eyes. 0ne victim presented with a broken arm, so his broken arm had reset itself, out of alignment. ripped clothing, emaciated. while the victims suffered, the gang bosses lived an opulent lifestyle, driving lavish cars and buying designer clothes. over five years, they made at least £2 million. after sentencing, thejudge, mary stacey, told the court the harm in this case was at the very highest level, and she warned that all too often such offences were being carried out in plain sight. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham crown court. the conservative leadership contender borisjohnson has denied he was preven

the east coast, west coast, midlands or blocked by rush—hour., midlands or blocked by rush-hour. journeys took twice and long and ended in failure and fury. all of a sudden, bank, these failing ca bles all of a sudden, bank, these failing cables hitting windows, people screaming on the train. and they kept putting the on and turning it off to preserve the power. it was at least 45 degrees in that trade, unlike me. stuck in a tunnel. precautionary speed restrictions across a network meant problems all day but the wise coming down because the real problem. king's cross is cancelled as well. i live in the midland so my wife is getting my two daughters out of bed and i am heading west and we catch up somewhere there. how do they manage oi'i somewhere there. how do they manage on the continent when it is really hot. it is not quite but almost unprecedented. i have been working for the railways for ten years and i've never encountered temperatures like this. some set out early to enjoy the weather. brighton beach with plenty of people trying to cool o

six flood warnings are in place across the midlands, the north—west and the east of england. of police forces in some european union countries detaining refugees and migrants who've reached the continent, then expelling them to prevent asylum claims. an officer in the croatian police says the expulsions are being carried out under official orders. the bbc has also seen evidence that police forces, particularly in croatia, are subjecting refugees to violence and stealing money from them. damian grammaticas has travelled to both sides of the border. they've fled wars, bloodshed and oppression in their own lands. now, just beyond the eu's frontiers, they're forced to camp out amid bosnia's war graves. asylum seekers who've become victims of new violence, this time meted out by the eu countries they thought would protect them. who did this? croatian police, they tell me, using batons, fists, boots. they catch refugees who cross the eu's frontier... assault them while in custody, then illegally expel them from eu territory. mustafa is just 17. they hit me. i tell him, "what you do

front line policing still goes on, but over the past decade in places like the west midlands, it has and violence is on the up. there has been a surge in knife crime here in the past five years, so the announcement of more investment is welcome news. the force is short of officers, no question, a quarter of the budget is gone, fewer police officers than 1974, and i have been clear we don't have the number or officers and i think sometimes the service feels that. there are currently 122,000 police officers in england and wales. in 2010, when theresa may became home secretary, there were 143,000 officers, so the extra 20,000 promised by mrjohnson over the next three years would see a return to levels of a decade ago. the prime minister has set out this very ambitious target of hitting 20,000 over the next 36 months. now, it is going to be a challenge to get there, the whole policing family will have to come together to see what will be the largest expansion in policing for some time. it is the rise in violent crime that is giving most concern in places like birmingham and other urban a

the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain across parts of the midlands, the north westlice in cyprus have arrested a british teenager who had accused 12 israeli men of raping her in the popular resort of ayia napa. the arrest came as all the men she had accused of assault were released from custody. the 19 year—old claimed that the attack happened last week, at the hotel where she was staying. the woman will appear in court tomorrow, and according to a police source, is thought to be facing charges of giving a false statement about an imaginary offence. the iranian president says he hopes boris johnson's "familiarity" with the islamic republic will help improve relations between iran and britain. in a message posted on the official iranian presidency website, hassan rouhani said he hoped mrjohnson could get rid of obstacles preventing the growth of relations between the two countries. earlier this month, british royal marines seized an iranian tanker near gibraltar which was suspected of breaking eu sanctions. later in the month a british—flagged oil tanker was seized b

the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain across parts of the midlands, the north westo had accused 12 israeli men of raping her in the popular resort of ayia napa. the arrest came as all the men she had accused of assault were released from custody. the 19 year—old claimed that the attack happened last week, at the hotel where she was staying. the woman will appear in court tomorrow, and according to a police source, is thought to be facing charges of giving a false statement about an imaginary offence. a network described as "the linkedin for black professionals" has attracted more than 30,000 members. kite 0niwinde set up the business in 2017 to help black professionals advance their careers. dougal shaw reports. this is a networking event aimed at young black professionals. this business woman has been organising gatherings like this for two years now. there's a lot of negative stereotypes in terms of black people are all in crime, or we are just musicians or rappers, or we are not doing very well in the educational system. but actually there is a lot of black talen

king's cross is cancelled, i live in the midlands and we always struggle to get back to the midlands, getting our two daughters out of bed andi getting our two daughters out of bed and i am heading west and she will catch me at newbury. we are so used to dealing with the heat, but how do they manage on the continent when it is hot? this is not quite but almost unprecedented. i have been working oi'i unprecedented. i have been working on the railway for ten years and i have never encountered temperatures like this. some set out early to enjoy the fine weather. brighton's beach was busy with plenty of people try to cool off. it is lovely. take the baby down the beach every day. some international visitors were not so impressed. back home in argentina it is hotter. hotter than this? yes, 47 degrees, so this is like heaven for me. cambridge topped the temperature chart at 38.1 degrees, the highest ever recorded injuly. the heat was on at the royal welsh show. and scotland saw its hottest day of the year so far. london lie dos were also packed, police had to manage the queues. after the he

our midlands correspondent sima kotecha reports. parkfield community school.fferent relationships. they can't tell you when and how they should be taught. its equality programme, called no outsiders, involves story books with pictures of same—sex couples. in march the school suspended the programme after protests escalated. now the woman in charge of parkfield says it's been a tough experience. i think there's only one word, and from inside school looking out it has been horrendous. i have felt, sadly, rather isolated. and she accuses the department for education of pressurising her to stop teaching about equality. the government has told me several times that it did not place pressure on parkfield. that is untrue. we experienced extreme pressure to stop, but we agreed on suspend the programme, to stop no outsiders, and we feel it was only with one aim, and that was to keep the protests out of the papers and to stop the protests. how did you feel about that? totally compromised. the department for education said no pressure had been applied on parkfield to sto

. 12-16 midlands, many counties stay dry. 12—16 into tomorrow morning's rush hour.ing commute, most of those will fade away eastwards. —— afew of those will fade away eastwards. —— a few showers. most of us will turn drier, several sunny spells breaking through the murky low cloud in the morning. by the afternoon, more showers brewing here and there. friday, humid once again, but part of scotland, may be north—east england, we could see severe thunderstorms developing later in the day to take us into the night. that could cause minorflooding the day to take us into the night. that could cause minor flooding and travel problems. shower is becoming less potent, though, as we go through friday and did the weekend with prices becoming dry. that are many places becoming dry. you're watching beyond one hundred days. britain's ambassador to washington resigns after his emails are leaked, the president trashes him and borisjohnson fails to stand upfor him. it all became too much — and sir kim darroch stepped down saying it was impossible for him to carry out his role as he'

overall, though, cloudy quickly in the north midlands northwards and will continue to see rain at timesto the afternoon which also cumbria into the evening. temps for tuesday afternoon or in the mid teens in the mid—teens and all have a scotland and could get to mid 20s towards a southwest. humid air will start to work its way with this apostolate went into wednesday, greater chance of some rain close to the southeast and east anglia and still fairly cloudy though england, scotland on the southeastern east anglia and still fairly cloudy though with over england, scotland and northern ireland and of the sunshine with immunity levels giving up and it will feel quite warm out there and that many rape pushes uses when northwards into thursday, showers to north and west across scotland and the fun of them england were no showers could become pre—severe with its rental thunderstorms and the risk of some minor flooding. we'll keep you updated of course, bye for now. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00: president trump says he'll no longer deal with the uk ambassador to washington followin

efiggflz‘uzr northern ireland, northern england into the midlands and it will feel warmer, too. 24—26.howers across northern scotland in the hands of some showers and a stronger wind pushing into the south of the country later in the day. hello. welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. and this week... banish doomsters and gloomsters, celebrate the awesome foursome. if optimism packaged in a soundbite was the key to breaking brexit deadlock, then boris johnson would be the choice of many. but is it enough? today we devote the whole programme to the challenges facing the new british prime minister. and my guests: british political commentator alex deane, us television journalist, well, us—canadian journalist, geoffrey kaufman, irish broadcaster brian o'connell, and frenchjournalist nabila ramdan. welcome to you all. so if the ball comes loose from the back of the scrum, that is a rugby phrase borisjohnson himself once used to talk about the opportunity to become party leader and prime minister. the ball came loose, it's now in his hands, but there is a lot standing between this pl

we'll have a cloudy side to saturday across much of england and wales, some patchy rain through the midlandslia, putting down towards the london region through the afternoon, could be a shower at wimbledon. further north, it is looking like a fine, sunny day. a bit of a northerly breeze down towards the north—east and temperatures in the north—east and temperatures in the north around 14—19, still 22—23, but more cloud further south. as we had through into saturday evening, we have the cloud and a few showers gci’oss have the cloud and a few showers across part of southern and south—east england, that should clear away and then we are all in the clearer fresher hour, so less humid through saturday night and on into sunday. we have a fairly weak ridge of high pressure keeping things are settled for another day or weather fronts waiting to the west, but sundy looks like a fairly settled and dry day with some long spells of sunshine. some showery rain across parts of southern and south—eastern england for a time, more cloud later works in from the west. the head of that, in the sunny spells, 13

the bright colours indicating torrential downpours affecting wales, england's south—west and the midlands along the south coast, 30—a0mph in other areas. it may bring some branches down as the trees of course are in full leaf. temperature wise, not that great, certainly cooler than monday, with temperatures reaching 19 to maybe 22 or 23 degrees. best of the sunshine across the north and east but as we head on into tuesday evening and overnight the showers will continue to move northwards and eastwards and again, some of them will be heavy in places and still windy in some areas. but a cold night but drawing up some warm airfrom the near continent. that area of low pressure pusheing on towards the eastern side of the country, still quite windy but not as windy as we are expecting to see today. the focus of the showers will shift northwards affecting parts of scotland into northern england, perhaps in towards the east of england and maybe the east midlands as well into the south—west southern england, better and a drier day here, perhaps a little warmer. but cooler further north where those

to put all four disciplines of shooting on it would had to have taken place out with the west midlandsney that's supporting this event so there's clearly limited benefit to the west midlands from not having the event in the region. india's campaign now has the backing of their 0lympic association and birmingham 2022 has its first big problem. the new football league season gets underway in just 3 days but for two clubs in league one, their future looks unclear due to financial concerns. bolton's match at wycombe will go ahead on saturday— after they convinced the english football league they could meet the necessary requirements. not such good news for bury though — whose opening game against mk dons has been postponed with the efl stating they're not satisfied the club have suitable funds to meet the requirements of the league. it's another twist for bury who've been in financial difficulty since being relegated from league one in 2018. but there was fresh optimism in december last year when steve dale brought the club. it was reported he paid just one pound to take control. that opti

, and in the west midland ever since his election. can i also thank my honorable friend for highlighting the work we have done for west midlands government working with that combined authority showing benefits of local evolution my honorable friend has referred to. it is a good example of that visionary leadership in improving the lives of people. >> outgoing american presidents get to pardon anybody they want. if she could would she pardon her successor for sabotaging her premiership for his own personal ambition? >> i say to the honorable gentlemen that my successor will continue to deliver the conservative policies that improved the lives of people up and down this country since we were elected in 2010. there was a long list of improvements that have taken place in people's way she does herself as prime minister and the dignified way she has approached the job and her responsibilities, can i ask her to reflect on the fact that when we joined the government in 2010, for every four pounds the government was spending we were borrowing

the overall headcount in the west midlands has dropped by more than 2000 since 2010., dave thompson, said tonight that extra officers were badly needed to make up that shortfall. the police budget down by a quarter, we have over 2000 last obsessive theme being sent —— biggest reduction in the country think introduction placing huge stretches on policing services. if (we want to be done we want to be we its struggles, so that news today is good. do you think is a link between reduced number of offices or decrease number of officers and increasing crime? yes, i think there are some things about how it's changing the change at the numbers, but the type of serious areas of violence we are concerned about like drugs markets, they require practise policing services and really that's ha rd policing services and really that's hard now, so the news is welcomed and will be numbers in that fight against crime. we're going to speak to detective warren, and has been a policeman for 22 years. he joins us live now, and thank you for speaking to us. first off, your reaction to this n

joanne writtle, bbc midlands today, coventry.mbers. for some, it's about cost, for others, childcare. but most say that family trips are a great way to spend quality time with one another, as more families live further apart. here's our consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith. james and jessica are having a ball this summer. but it's notjust mike and his partner claire who are busy keeping them occupied. grandma stella and grandad robert are on hand to help out. oh, no! it's not their first holiday as three generations. in fact, it's becoming something of a family tradition for all kinds of reasons. ohh! we've both got credit cards, so that's always a bonus. grandma is always treating them! they know who to come to if they want anything. to be honest, it is about spending time together as a family, you're making memories for yourselves, for the kids, everybody. now, businesses are adapting to meet the new demand. we need to make sure that the accommodation that's available for holiday makers to choose from is right for the

filtering into midlands and wales. 17 celsius. here is an area of blood pressure that‘s the driving force behind the weather through the working week. i said buys close together, not heavy showers but windy conditions. tuesday shower is initially in the midlands become widespread across england and wales filtering into northern ireland and parts of scotland, shop showers from northern scotla nd scotland, shop showers from northern scotland we see showers bringing rain and short amount of times. wind quite widely about 40 miles an hour and 50% on the western coast areas and 50% on the western coast areas and cooler this is bbc news. the headlines. booze as borisjohnson arrives in edinburgh for talks with nicola sturgeon, he said he will work hard for a deal, she says the brexit approach is dangerous. two mature particle entities, uk and the eu can get this done, i am confident. beyond the bluff and bluster this government and the path it is pursuing is dangerous, i think. a warning from vauxhall that it could move all i

the bright colours indicating torrential downpours affecting wales, england's south—west and the midlandsthose winds gusting to 50mph along the south coast. 30—40mph in other areas. so these in their own right could cause some disruption, and maybe even bring some branches down, as the trees, of course, are in full leaf. temperature—wise, not that great really, certainly cooler than monday, with temperatures reaching 19 to maybe 22 or 23 degrees. best of the sunshine across the northern and eastern areas, but as we head on into tuesday evening and overnight the showers will continue to move northwards and eastwards and again, some of them will be heavy in places and still windy in southern areas. but not a particularly cold night, but drawing up some warm air from the near continent. that area of low pressure pushing on towards the eastern side of the country. still quite windy, but not maybe as windy as we're expecting to see today. the focus of the showers will shift northwards, affecting parts of scotland, into northern england, perhaps in towards the east of england and maybe the east

i'm not expecting huge amounts of rain, that will sink across parts of east anglia, the midlands, walesl day long. temperatures could get to around 2a degrees. but to the north of the band of cloud and patchy rain, it will be cold and fresher although, it will be largely dry with some sunny spells. and all of us get into that fresher regime on sunday. the front will have cleared away by this stage, there will be some fairly large areas of cloud floating around, some spells of sunshine, just a small chance of one or two showers. and those temperatures ranging from 13 degrees in aberdeen to a high of 22 in cardiff. welcome to bbc news, i'm mike embley. our top stories: a special bbc investigation reveals muslim children in china, some as young as two, are being systematically separated from theirfamilies. we uncover evidence of boarding schools surrounded by barbed wire, housing children from the minority uighur community. families of victims of the boeing plane crash in ethiopia speak exclusively to the bbc about their search for justice. his opponents say he has politicised independence