danny savage, bbc news, north yorkshire. the time is a quarter past six. historical evidence of children being tied up, drugged and abused at a hospital for mental illness in derbyshire in the 1970s and 80s. and still to come... the unhappy wife and the court judgment that means she can't force through a divorce from her husband. coming up in sportsday on bbc news, a change to the tackling laws in rugby union to try to reduce head injuries and make the sport safer. this week, we're hearing from people directly affected by what's been called the biggest nhs scandal in history. in the 1970s and ‘80s, thousands of patients across the uk were given blood products from abroad — some of which were infected with viruses such as hepatitis c and hiv. so far, almost 3,000 people have died. now a public inquiry has begun to establish what happened. tonight, we hearfrom tim wratten in ashford in kent. his father, peter, died after being infected with hepatitis c. what can you do to let your anger out? i paint for emotion, to relieve my anger. my name's tim wratten. i'

danny savage, bbc news, north yorkshire. this is the briefing from bbc news.dlines: as the devastation is greece becomes apparent thejob now is to identify the victims of one of europe's deadliest wildfires. president trump and eu chiefjean claude juncker agree a deal to head off a trans—atlantic trade war. the count continues in pakistan's general election — early signs suggest that imran khan could be the next prime minister. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with uk paper the independent. its front page says britain is hoarding food, medicines and blood in case of a no—deal brexit. pm theresa may says people should take reassurance and comfort that contingency plans are in place. the times' front page is leading with the new trade deal between the eu and us. president trump hailed a new phase of relations with the bloc, after both sides agreed to reduce trade barriers and increase trade in sectors like chemicals, medical products and soybeans. staying with that story, in the financial

5: two fifteen—year—old boys who plotted to murder teachers and classmates at their school in north yorkshiree been given custodial sentences of ten and twelve years. donald trump has invited vladimir putin to visit the us later this year — to the surprise of many in washington, including his intelligence chief. the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. say that again? laughter geoffrey wellum, the youngest spitifire pilot to fly in the battle of britain, has died aged 96. and 10 years after the original — mamma mia 2 is out. mark kermode and i will be singing along to that, and talking about the week's other cinema releases, in the film review. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at 5. the european unions chief brexit negotiator michael barnier has said many questions remain about theresa may's vision for future links with the eu. after a meeting with eu ministers he stressed that time is running out for a withdrawal agreement which could avoid a hard irish border. in speaking in brussels, mr barnier said the uk's white paper

two 15—year—old boys who plotted to murder teachers and classmates at their school in north yorkshiremp has invited vladimir putin to visit the us later this year, to the surprise of many in washington. a four week—old baby who was taken during a carjacking in birmingham has been reunited with her mother in hospital. eliza 0'neill was abandoned in her carseat by the carjackers at a health centre three miles from where the incident took place. the baby's mother, who was forced out of the vehicle, was left with facial injuries. sima kotecha reports. a mother who thought the worst, now relieved after being back together with her baby. it was yesterday clare 0'neill pulled up outside her home in south birmingham, two men demanded her car keys and then drove off in her vehicle, injuring her in the process. her four—week—old daughter eliza was still in the back. some of her neighbours saw it happen. we thought at the time, i thought a couple of kids were playing or fighting but when the screaming continued i had to go out and find out. it's disgusting what they've done. it's not the sort of

15—year—old boys who plotted to murder pupils and teachers at their school in northallerton in north yorkshireal sentences. thomas wyllie, on the left, was handed a 12—year custodial sentence while his co—defendant, alex bolland, was given ten years. the teenagers were inspired by the killings of 13 people at the columbine high school in america almost twenty years ago. let's talk to our correspondent phil connell who is outside leeds crown court. why did the judge decide to name? it is unusual when they're this young. during the course of the trial we have not been able to identify either of these two boys, but today after being challenged by the press, those reporting restrictions were lifted and they we re restrictions were lifted and they were named as thomas wyllie and alex bolland, thejudge were named as thomas wyllie and alex bolland, the judge telling the court she believed it was in the public‘s interest. today we have heard how both became obsessed with the columbine shooting and planned a similar one columbine shooting and planned a similarone in columbine shooting and planned a sim

two 15—year—old boys who plotted to murder teachers and classmates at their school in north yorkshirers. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc lizzy. there's a three—way tie at the top of the open leaderboard after today's round two, played in very different conditions to yesterday. rain. zachjohnson shot a li—under par round of 67 to join fellow american kevin kisner on 6—under. south african zander lombard is still out on the course, but is also currently on 6—under. tommy fleetwood is just one shot off the leaders — his 2nd round of 65 — the best of the championship so far. rory mcilroy is one shot further back. defending champion jordan spieth is still very much in contention, three shots off the lead. they are still going. the second round is not done yet. we don't expect the leaderboard to change. danny willett is on 2—under, while tiger woods is even par. let's hear then from the two leading britons — rory mcilroy, and first, tommy fleetwood. it was a strong run of golf. and i think... six under. when you are out there and you hit the shots, and you think "that was re

out in the countryside of north yorkshire this is what some of the dales rivers look like.hem. if you take a closer look at the river bank here you can see all this debris. it shows where the water got to. in the winter and early spring. where it is left is just how high the water got. now compare that to now and the difference is extraordinary. mile after mile of this riverbed is completely dry and an awful lot of rain will have to fall off these hills to get the water flowing again. this is in my memoryjust like it was in 1976, the ground is pretty parched and it is all pretty brown around here. it did rain last week but it has not affected things too much. there is a bit of rain for some of the most parched areas in the forecast but it will be hit and miss. by friday we have some showers coming in, some heavy, thundery showers and some heavy rain. and behind that it turns fresher for the weekend. and how about this, if you've had enough of your lawn looking like brown scrubland 7 artificial surfaces are being rolled out in places, if you really want the green, green, man

danny savage reports from selby in north yorkshire.ield on the edge of the vale of york, all humans are welcome — because they bring food. these cows should be eating the grass, but no rain means it hasn't grown, so they have to eat baled feed — highly unusual in summer and very expensive. i've never known anything as dry as this, in all my time farming. i don't think we've had any significant rain for, oh, it'll be six weeks, i would think. so now we're having to feed the winter forage that we've kept back for winter, and there's going to be a shortage of straw. it could be quite an expensive winter. it is exceptional. the last and we had conditions like this was 1976... a short distance away atjohnson‘s commercial nursery, they grow plants for garden centres and local authorities. the trouble is the hot weather means fewer people are wanting to buy plants, because they don't think they'll last. there has been a tangible slowdown in optics, ever since the talk of hosepipe bans etc, people are not willing to put plants in and just watc

two 15—year—old boys who plotted to murder teachers and classmates at their school in north yorkshire years. 17 people have died and six others remain in hospital after a tourist boat sank in a missouri lake during a firece storm. it's one of the most deadly such incidents in years but the so called duck boats have been involved in a string of fatal accidents. the governor's office says nine of those killed were from the same family and that two others survived. 0ur north america correspondent, james cook, reports. this is not good. this duck boat made it back to the shore. the passengers not wearing life jackets a p pa re ntly passengers not wearing life jackets apparently unaware of quite how much danger they were in. further out, a second duck boat was in bigger trouble, unable to cope with the blast from a severe thunderstorm. i need a rope on the back. of the 31 on board, just 1a survived, brought ashore in shock. among the dead was a one—year—old baby. the emptys, tell one of the emptys, please. it's been a long night, a very trying night, and we'lljust keep all of our families

and this is how it looked in north yorkshire through the afternoon.nt is a cold weather front, and it's been pushing its thundery rain eastwards and northwards through the night. and because it's called a cold weather front, yes, you've guessed it, it is introducing cooler air. so we will notice a fresher feel to the weather into tuesday, except perhaps the far south and east. there will still be some thundery rain around north—eastern areas first thing and certainly through shetland. but a much more comfortable night, i think, will have passed for many of us, and the coming few nights should be a bit more comfortable as well, because not only are we cooling the air down, but we are losing the humidity. a lovely start to the day, plenty of sunshine, which will clear any mist quite quickly. the cloud will tend to bubble up, fair weather cloud, and it will produce a few showers as we go through the afternoon, particularly across northern england. scotland, there could be some heavy ones, slow—moving ones across the north and east with the light winds, b

and this is how it looked in north yorkshire through the afternoon.her front, and it's been pushing its thundery rain eastwards and northwards through the night. and because it's called a cold weather front, yes, you guessed it, it is introducing cooler air. so we will notice a fresher feel to the weather into tuesday except for the far south and east. there will still be some thundery rain around north—eastern areas first thing and certainly through shetland. but a much more comfortable night i think will have passed for many of us, and the coming few nights should be a bit more comfortable as well, because not only are we cooling the air down, we are losing the humidity. a lovely start to the day, plenty of sunshine, which will clear any mist quite quickly. the cloud will tend to bubble up, fair weather cloud, and it will produce a few showers through the afternoon, particularly across northern england. scotland, there could be some heavy ones, slow—moving ones across the north and east with a light winds, but there will be very few showers elsewher

two 15—year—old boys who plotted to murder teachers and classmates at their school in north yorkshirentences of ten and twelve years. donald trump has invited vladimir putin to visit the us later this year to the surprise of many in washington. now on bbc news a look ahead to sportsday at 6.30 tonight. and coming up in sportsday we will have the latest from the open at carnoustie, where tommy fleetwood and rory mcilory have managed to put themselves into contention despite periods of heavy rain. the football world cup may be gone but it is the turn of the best hockey players in the world to entertain at their world cup as england women aim for more medal success in london. there is also news from the tour de france, where geraint thomas still leads and who is fastest in practice for the german grand prix. all of that coming up at half past six. but now, on bbc music is time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. you cannot fail to notice that out this week is mamma mia! here we go again. i

out in the countryside of north yorkshire this is what some of the dales rivers look like.ale, have nothing in them. if you take a closer look at the river bank here you can see all this debris. it shows where the water got to in the winter and early spring. where it's left is just how high the water got. now compare that to now and the difference is extraordinary. mile after mile of this riverbed is completely dry and an awful lot of rain will have to fall over these hills to get the water flowing again. this is in my memoryjust like it was in 1976. the horseflies have just been as bad and biting. the ground is pretty parched and it is all pretty brown around here. it did rain last week but it has not affected things too much. there is a bit of rain for some of the most parched areas in the forecast but it will be hit and miss. by friday we have some showers coming in, some heavy, thundery showers and some heavy rain. and behind that it turns fresher for the weekend. and how about this, if you've had enough of your lawn looking like brown scrubland ? artificial surfaces ar

out in the countryside of north yorkshire, this is what some of the dales rivers look like.he winter and early spring. where it's left is just how high the water got. now, compare that to now and the difference is extraordinary. mile after mile of this riverbed is completely dry. an awful lot of rain will have to fall over these hills to get the water flowing again. and nobody will be surprised if the uk's record high temperature is broken over the next 48 hours. danny savage, bbc news, north yorkshire. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... votes are being counted in pakistan's general election, preliminary results show the the pti party led by imran khan is in the lead. other stories from the bbc world service. islamic state fighters have killed scores of people in a wave of attacks on government—held areas in south western syria. several suicide bombings hit the main city in the region. activists say that up to 150 people have been killed, including civilians and pro—government fighters. the american airlines group has become the latest in

torrential storms on friday, blue sky and lots of sunshine for many of us, this was the picture in north yorkshirer of the weekend that continues for the majority of places, dry and pretty hot. a bit of rain in the forecast particularly for the north—west of the uk, but england and wales not seeing much rain, you may well be hoping for some rain for your gardens. this weather front is a fairly weak affair, heading into the north—west, bringing more cloud to western parts of scotland, heading into the likes of fermanagh and down, you can see that on the satellite image. elsewhere across the country, any cloud is fair—weather cumulus bubbling up, just a small chance of an isolated shower across some areas, but for most of us a dry end to the day, overnight cloud building across scotland and northern ireland with a few splashes of rain working in here, eastern scotland stays dry overnight, dry and clearfurther south, but muggy. temperatures staying in the mid—teens, quite an uncomfortable night for sleeping once again. sunday, similar to what we saw on saturday, particularly for england and wales, lo

north yorkshire, a beautiful start to the day. more cloud in the north and the west because of a couple of week weather fronts with us. couple of week weather fronts with us. what they are introducing is more humidity, more moisture and cloud, but not spoiling what will be a fine day across—the—board. sunshine coming through north east england, brunswick bay, eastern scotla nd england, brunswick bay, eastern scotland and southern areas. there is largely fair weather cloud but a little bit of drizzle around this morning in central areas, more so in the north and west and quite murky with low cloud so not necessarily a day to take to the highlands. further south, with these temperatures, we could break out the odd shower but they will be few and far between. temperatures higher than yesterday. the heat continues to build. looking at the high 20s. the mid 20s for most of us and in the south and east of the highest temperatures. the golf at carnoustie should be fine and dry. then this weather front gives us drizzle further west but a

danny savage, bbc news, north yorkshire.pact and causes of the summer heat wave expecting countries around the world. that is tomorrow evening at 830 here on the bbc news channel. time for a look at the weather. we are facing a of a change to the weather by the end of the week into the weekend. something cooler and fresher with some rain in the forecast. before we reached that point, temperatures are set to rise even further in the next few days with increasing chance of thunderstorms by friday. 0vernight is going to be another warm and muqqy is going to be another warm and muggy one. largely dry with lengthy clear spells. breezy across parts of northern ireland. a little bit of light elsewhere. especially across southern areas. for thursday, the southis southern areas. for thursday, the south is looking dry. as temperature rise very quickly to the morning, hotter still across parts of northern and western england in towards wales. more of her breeze in northern ireland. there will be some showers here. 0thers northern irela

danny savage, bbc news, north yorkshire.in cheddar is livestock farmer, james small. it is good to see you. thank you for being with us. just how is all this hot weather affecting you personally? well personally we're struggling as much as anyone in this weather. you're trying to keep your water intake up and keep the sun after your back. on my farm, the animals are getting heat stressed. we're animals are getting heat stressed. we' re fortu nate animals are getting heat stressed. we're fortunate over the last 70 yea rs we're fortunate over the last 70 years we we're fortunate over the last 70 yea rs we have we're fortunate over the last 70 years we have been here, we have planted lots of trees and they're giving a lot of shade to the animals. but they're still suffering, the grass isn't growing and we have having to feed our winterforage to keep and we have having to feed our winter forage to keep them going through the summer. you're using winter stocks to feed the animals so, so you're going to run out of feed? well there

name two teenagers who were jailed for plotting to kill teachers and students at their school in north yorkshireced to a total of 22 years in prison yesterday. they based their plans on the masarce at colarado's columbine high school in 1999. the judge at leeds crown court said naming them was in the interests of open justice, but lawyers for the boys warned that it could negatively affect their rehabilitation. enver solomon is from just for kids law, a charity that protects the legal rights of children. very good morning to you. thank you for your time this morning. ijust wonder, could you give us your reaction to thejudge's wonder, could you give us your reaction to the judge's decision in this case? good morning. i mean, i think it is the wrong decision. as the prosecution in this case explained, if these teenagers are going to be rehabilitated and reintegrated back into society, then there is absolutely no point in naming them. it serves no purpose. the sentence and the punishment has been very severe. they were going to been very severe. they were going to be locked away for ten and 12 year

this is how it looked in north yorkshire through the afternoon.ds and northwards through the night and because it's called the cold weather front, you night and because it's called the cold weatherfront, you guessed it, it is introducing cooler air so we will notice a fresh appeal to the weather into tuesday except for the far south and east, but still some fund we rain around north—eastern areas first thing and certainly true shape. a much more comfortable night will have passed many of us in the coming few nights should be more co mforta ble coming few nights should be more comfortable because not only are we calling the air down, the timidity. plenty of sunshine which will clear any missed quite quickly. the cloud will bubble up, they were the cloud of produce a few showers through the afternoon, particularly across northern england. scotland, slow—moving mums with a light winds and very few showers elsewhere. but in contrast to monday, temperatures will be notably down across england and wales and it would feel quite so intense. still lovely a

how discerning are these diners in north yorkshire about what is fed to them? see on facebook or on the internet, really. then i get a bit sucked in by it. there is a headline and digesting, oh, i willjust see what there is. i am not very good at having my own opinions, so everything i read will make me believe that, yes. i do find it helpful, but sometimes you don't know if it's true or not. facebook is already highlighting fake news and says it is working on ways to authenticate and label political adverts. meanwhile, ministers are looking at new rules to ensure the source of election material is identified. what we're doing is a couple of measures that we hope will really help to get voters to be well—informed about digital campaigning, but also to be able to be protected from intimidate three behaviour during elections. the digital world has undoubtedly thrown up new challenges for democratic systems. this report says urgent action is needed to make sure fake news doesn't crowd out the real thing. alex forsyth, bbc news. holly hamilton has all the sport. af

and this is how it looked in north yorkshire through the afternoon.pushing its thundery rain eastwards and northwards through the night. and because it's called a cold weather front, yes, you guessed it, it is introducing cooler air. so we will notice a fresher feel to the weather into tuesday, except for the far south and east. there will still be some thundery rain around north—eastern areas first thing and certainly through shetland. but a much more comfortable night i think will have passed for many of us, and the coming few nights should be a bit more comfortable as well, because not only are we cooling the air down, we are losing the humidity. a lovely start to the day, plenty of sunshine, which will clear any mist quite quickly. the cloud will tend to bubble up, fair weather cloud, and it will produce a few showers through the afternoon, particularly across northern england. scotland, there could be some heavy ones, slow—moving ones across the north and east with the light winds, but there will be very few showers elsewhere. but in contrast to

two 15—year—old boys who plotted to murder pupils and teachers at a school in northallerton in north yorkshireomas wyllie and alex bolland were inspired by the killings of 13 people at the columbine high school in america almost 20 years ago. fiona trott reports. thomas wyllie, described as being controlling and devious. his friend, alex bolland, said students needed killing. two children who wanted to carry out mass murder. they never gave evidence in court, so we will never fully understand why. for months, the teenagers collected items and they hit them away. the prosecution called them instruments foran prosecution called them instruments for an explosive device. among them, screws and petrol found in rucksack. police also recovered a series of social media messages between the teenagers. they talked about shooting up the school. most chilling of all was this. a know in the journal of wyllie. if this is found, it says, i have committed one of the worst in british history pop. it was in this hideout where police found the evidence they needed. they soon realised what the children were potti

and this is how it looked in north yorkshire through the afternoon.ain eastwards and northwards through the night. and because it's called a cold weather front, yes, you guessed it, it is introducing cooler air. so we will notice a fresher feel to the weather into tuesday, except for the far south and east. there will still be some thundery rain around north—eastern areas first thing and certainly through shetland. but a much more comfortable night i think will have passed for many of us, and the coming few nights should be a bit more comfortable as well, because not only are we cooling the air down, we are losing the humidity. a lovely start to the day, plenty of sunshine, which will clear any mist quite quickly. the cloud will tend to bubble up, fair weather cloud, and it will produce a few showers through the afternoon, particularly across northern england. scotland, there could be some heavy ones, slow—moving ones across the north and east with the light winds, but there will be very few showers elsewhere. but in contrast to monday, temperatures w

how discerning are these diners in north yorkshire about what is fed to them?k or on the internet really, and then i get a bit sucked in by it. there‘s a headline and you think i‘lljust have a little scroll down and see what that is. i'm not very good at having my own opinion so everything i read can kind of make me believe that, yes. i do find it helpful, but sometimes it can be worrying because you don't know if it's true or not. facebook is already highlighting fake news and says it is working on ways to authenticate and label political adverts. meanwhile, ministers are looking at new rules to ensure the source of election material is identified. what we are doing is a couple of measures that we hope will really help to get voters to be informed, well informed, about digital campaigning, but also to be able to be protected from intimidatory behaviour during elections. the digital world has undoubtedly thrown up new challenges for democratic systems. this report says urgent action is needed to ensure fake news doesn‘t crowd out the real thing. alex forsyth, b

and this is how it looked in north yorkshire through the afternoon. its thundery rain eastwards and northwards through the night. and because it's called a cold weather front, yes, you guessed it, it is introducing cooler air. so we will notice a fresher feel to the weather into tuesday, except for the far south and east. there will still be some thundery rain around north—eastern areas first thing and certainly through shetland. but a much more comfortable night i think will have passed for many of us, and the coming few nights should be a bit more comfortable as well, because not only are we cooling the air down, we are losing the humidity. a lovely start to the day, plenty of sunshine, which will clear any mist quite quickly. the cloud will tend to bubble up, fair weather cloud, and it will produce a few showers through the afternoon, particularly across northern england. scotland, there could be some heavy ones, slow—moving ones across the north and east with the light winds, but there will be very few showers elsewhere. but in contrast to monday,

and this is how it looked in north yorkshire through the afternoon.undery rain eastwards and northwards through the night and because it's called a cold weather front, yes, you guessed it, it is introducing cooler air so we will notice a fresher feel to the weather into tuesday except for the far south and east, but there will still be some thundery rain around north—eastern areas first thing and certainly through shetland. but a much more comfortable night i think will have passed for many of us and the coming few nights should be a bit more comfortable as well, because not are we cooling the air down, we are losing the humidity. a lovely start to the day, plenty of sunshine which will clear any mist quite quickly. the cloud will tend to bubble up, fair weather cloud and will produce a few showers through the afternoon, particularly across northern england. scotland, there could be some heavy ones, slow—moving ones across the north and east with a light winds and very few showers elsewhere. but in contrast to monday, temperatures will be notably down

the mod is also closing raf linton on ouse in north yorkshire where 300 people work, in order to cutte in lancashire has been given final approval by the government. the shale company quadrilateral is being given permission to go ahead with the controversial process at the site in preston new road. —— the company cuadrilla. opponents say it could cause the an untold damage. the boys who were rescued from the cave in thailand —— the divers who rescued the boys from the cave in thailand have been thanked at downing street. this report contains flash the geography. it is just flash the geography. it isjust one flash the geography. it is just one of a series of ceremonies of thanks the rescued boys will now participate in. in thailand, 11 have become novice buddhists. as is customary, the boys have had their head shaved. they will meditate, pray and clean the temple as well as paying tribute to the diver who lost their life to save theirs. the coach and 12 boys spent two weeks trapped in the cave network before a constipated mission to free them was launched. this afternoon at number ten

this is how it looked in north yorkshire yesterday afternoon.eather front, and behind welcome for the garden. a cold weatherfront, and behind it it is introducing fresh air. we have had a heat and we still have a slightly warmer start than elsewhere across southern and eastern areas first thing this morning, but for many, you will notice the fresh in humidity and a fresh deal. some thundery rain around up in shetland, but for many of us, any mist will clear quickly with the strength of thisjuly clear quickly with the strength of this july sunshine and clear quickly with the strength of thisjuly sunshine and plenty of it around this morning. the cloud will bubble up quickly and we will see showers developing mid— morning onwards and they could turn heavy across scotland and north—east england. it is a fresher date, 18 or 19 here as a head yesterday. it is noticeably shared fresher south but it will still be warm. we are losing the humidity which means through the coming nights and into wednesday, it will be quite a comfortable night for most of u

torrential storms on friday, blue sky and lots of sunshine for many of us, this was the picture in north yorkshirejority of places, dry and pretty ha rd. a the majority of places, dry and pretty hard. a bit of rain in the forecast particularly for the north—west of the uk, but england and wales not seeing much rain, may well be hoping for some rain for your gardens. this weather front is a fairly weak affair, heading into the north—west, bringing more clout to western parts of scotland, heading into the light of the manor and down, you can see that on the satellite image. elsewhere across the country, any clouded by weather cumulus bubbling up, just a small chance of an isolated shower across some areas, but for most of us a dry into the day, overnight cloud building across scotland and northern ireland with a few splashes of rain working in here, eastern scotla nd of rain working in here, eastern scotland stays dry overnight, dry and clear further south, but scotland stays dry overnight, dry and clearfurther south, but muggy. temperatures staying in the mid—teens, quite an uncomfortable night was

i love that short of runswick bay and north yorkshire are enjoying the glorious sunshine!land and eastern scotland. looking fine and golf at carnoustie. an exception to the driver rule. in this weather front, north—west of scotland, that produces rain and drizzle. for the most part a nuisance, but some light showers in south—east england. a feature that could be here this afternoon, as temperatures pushed 20s. for most, a temperatures pushed 20s. for most, a temperature a degree up. in eastern scotland, warmer, considerably warmer, then yesterday with that sunshine. further north and west, a breeze, with cloud and rain, it will be cooler. overnight, that does not happen. cloud holds up the temperatures and with the rain, it looks to be humid. misty and hot in the north—west of the uk and northern ireland. tomorrow, sinking self into northern england. quite a muqqy self into northern england. quite a muggy night for most of us. a muggy week ahead. high pressure, a general south—westerly drift. moist, but the difference in the north—west is the north atlantic influence with

the ministry of defence in order to cut costs, is also closing raf linton—on—ouse in north yorkshire,ffected there. the man who donated millions of pounds to the pro—brexit campaign is under scrutiny for paying thousands of pounds to a leading politician in the small african kingdom of lesotho. arron banks has mining interests there and in neighbouring south africa. in a bbc interview, mr banks admitted paying money into the personal account of a lesothan government minister, but denied the payment amounted to a bribe. manveen rana reports. lesotho may be one of the poorest countries in the world, but the lure of diamonds has drawn many to the kingdom in the sky, including the businessman and brexit donor arron banks. but when we found his diamond operation, the machines were silent. and the site was deserted. everything here will be done and labelled by the end of august. the operation is winding up, after three years in which they only found six small diamonds. getting a licence to mine in lesotho isn't easy. the more friends you've got within the government, the more likely it is t

and this is how it looked in north yorkshire through the afternoon.een pushing its thundery rain eastwards and northwards through the night. and because it's called a cold weather front, yes, you guessed it, it is introducing cooler air. so we will notice a fresher feel to the weather into tuesday, except for the far south and east. there will still be some thundery rain around north—eastern areas first thing and certainly through shetland. but a much more comfortable night i think will have passed for many of us, and the coming few nights should be a bit more comfortable as well, because not only are we cooling the air down, we are losing the humidity. a lovely start to the day, plenty of sunshine, which will clear any mist quite quickly. the cloud will tend to bubble up, fair weather cloud, and it will produce a few showers through the afternoon, particularly across northern england. scotland, there could be some heavy ones, slow—moving ones across the north and east with the light winds, but there will be very few showers elsewhere. but in contrast

more on that in a minute with danny savage in north yorkshire, but first, daniela relph on the widerof weeks of this heatwave. a parched, dried out landscape. this is hertfordshire, but it could be pretty much anywhere in england. the advice is obvious but clear. stay out of the sun during the hottest hours and it's the young and the elderly who are the most vulnerable. it's really serious because obviously lots of older people have underlying health problems, perhaps are on many tablets, and the hot weather just tips them are on many tablets, and the hot weatherjust tips them over into not being able to cope. i find sleeping difficult, i find being able to cope. i find sleeping difficult, ifind it's being able to cope. i find sleeping difficult, i find it's very hot. i'm drinking more water and using ice, which we don't usually have to bother about. there was a problem for us, i think this weather is better than cold wind and rain lashed no problem. the hot weather has a wider impact on our own behaviour and productivity. these things become more frequent and become the norm under c

some rain and even thundery downpours at times as you can see from the threatening skies across north yorkshiren the last few hours of the weather front here been drifting off, heavier bursts across the scottish borders. so if you are out on the roads i suspect any showers will be pretty isolated as you can see across england and were, chiefly east anglia. there will be some heavier bursts across the pennines stretching up into the south—east scotland. but more importantly it is all going to be about the feel of things. the good news is it will be a more co mforta ble news is it will be a more comfortable night for sleeping. as the weather front here kin used to push south and east it will continue to bring fresh air with it. so although we have clear skies and a quiet night to come it will certainly be a little more co mforta ble. certainly be a little more comfortable. overnight lows are expected to sit at around 12— 13 degrees in the north, maybe 15 or 16, soa degrees in the north, maybe 15 or 16, so a little bit warm in the south—eastern corner. but different story tomorrow. a fresher feel

more on that in a minute with danny savage in north yorkshire, but first daniela relph on the wider impacts of this heatwave. a parched, dried out landscape. this is hertfordshire, but it could be pretty much anywhere in england. searing temperatures linger. the key thing is the weather is a prolonged period of high temperatures. with no breakfor period of high temperatures. with no break for catherine that is why the met office and public health england haveissued met office and public health england have issued that amber alert. the advice is obvious but clear. stay out of the sun during the hottest hours and it is the young and the elderly who are the most vulnerable. it is serious because people have underlying health problems and perhaps are on tablets and the hot weather just tip them perhaps are on tablets and the hot weatherjust tip them over into not being able to cope. i find sleeping difficult. i'm drinking more water and using ice. no problem for us, i think it is better than in the cold, wind and rain. the hot weather has a wider impact on our own behaviour and product committ

this spectacular one here in north yorkshire.st weather front will continue to move their way northwards and eastwards. the big of low pressure is what is going to continue to drive our weather as the head on into the weekend and this cooler, windier and unsettled spell. across northern and eastern parts of scotland, another pulse of buying pushing into we western areas by night. saturday morning could see another pulse of heavy rain moving its way northwards, becoming confined to scotland during the day. some wet weather into scotland, into northern ireland. possibly sunny spells in the south—east. just to know how will win we need is going to be, 30 mile an hour gust. it is going to feel cooler, particularly in the south—east, which will be about 10 degrees cooler than we saw on thursday and friday. a secondary low is pushing in across the south—west, it will pack quite a lot of punch, just in time for part two of punch, just in time for part two of the weekend. this is likely to bring a dose of really significant, useful rain

we can speak now to les hewitt, who was trapped overnight in a flooded cave in north yorkshire in 1992s now via webcam from stanhope in county durham. les, thank you very much forjoining us les, thank you very much forjoining us to talk about it, it makes me feel queasy because i suffer from claustrophobia but tell us what it was like for you when you got stuck. we got stuck in march 1992, we were ina we got stuck in march 1992, we were in a cave which has a long slope to getting to the vertical, 45 degrees slope, and then a lot of crawling and a huge passage about 25 feet circular. we went to the far end of that. and when we tried to come back, a bit like what happened to them, where we first crawled in, the water had risen from underneath the cave and close it off so we were stuck in a big passage. we ran to the other end where it was highest and sat on a pile of stones and within an hour, the water was up to oui’ within an hour, the water was up to our feet within an hour, the water was up to ourfeet on this within an hour, the water was up to our feet on this pile of stones. how ex

two 15—year—old boys who plotted to murder teachers and classmates at their school in north yorkshireiven custodial sentences of 10 and 12 years. novichok victim charlie rowley, who was found in critical condition in amesbury earlier this month, has been released from hospital. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator giles kenningham and the political correspondent for the guardian, jessica elgot. let's have a look at some of tomorrow's front pages. the daily mail leads on brexit with the headline "now there's a surprise!" after the eu dismissed key parts of the prime minister's latest proposals. it's a similar story on the front page of the express, which reads "brexit plan savaged by eu mafia." the i also leads on the eu's sceptical response to theresa may's brexit plan, and warns of the growing threat of a "no deal." the online independent features a picture of a girl it says is hoping to be gaza's first 0lympic swimmer — but its main story is also the brexit negotiations. "cabinet at war over f

particularly the south—east, temperatures set to soar from monday onwards, the high 20s as far north as yorkshirehe week on the way and the temperatures will keep climbing, look at those values for london, 30 degrees pretty much every single day. this is bbc world news today. president trump attacks his former lawyer in the row over alleged payments to a former playboy model. survivors of a boat sinking that killed nine members of the same family have been talking about how the disaster happened. i couldn't see anybody, i couldn't hear anything. i felt like i i couldn't see anybody, i couldn't hear anything. ifelt like i was i couldn't see anybody, i couldn't hear anything. i felt like i was out there on my own. people urged to take precautions after the death toll in the japanese heatwave rises to 30. and a novel way of getting a bird's eye view of paris.

southern half of the uk, the temperatures are set to soar from monday onwards, high 20s as far north as yorkshire we re maybe only around the high teens were stornoway, warm start to the week on the way, temperatures keep climbing, this doesn't happen often, without those values for london, 30 degrees pretty much every day, mid—20s in cardiff in belfast is not bad either. goodbye. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11:00 — not so smart smart meters? a criticism of delays in the multi—billion pound roll—out scheme which may only save some customers eleven pounds a year. fresh investigations into the novichok nerve agent attack in salisbury as police widen their search, focusing on a park in the city. president trump tweets his response to an alleged tape recording regarding a payment to a playboy model saying he did nothing wrong. police seize 1.6 tonnes of cocaine off the coast of cornwall as two dutch men are remanded in custody. also this hour — hundreds of people have attended a candlelit vigil in honour of the 17 people killed when a missouri tour boat capsized. nine memb

in the north group yorkshire beat leicestershire by 60 runs at headingley.re thunder beat surrey stars by five wickets in the kia super league. the indian held her nerve to smash a six off the penultimate ball to give lancashire their third win in a row. football managers and coaches will be given red and yellow cards for misconduct this season. the new rules will apply to the efl, fa cup and league cup competitions, and can be issued for things like swearing or gesturing at officials, sarcastic clapping and waving imaginary cards. they'll be suspended too when the cards build up. premier league managers will be given verbal cautions. let's round up some of the other sports stories. the scotland rugby union head coach gregor townsend has been given a two—year contract extension. the current deal ended after next year's world cup injapan, but he'll now stay in charge through to 2021. gareth bale looks like he's still wanted by real madrid. out of favour for much of last season, the new manager julen lopetegui has outlined how important the welshman is to the

i think ithinki i think i might have said north yorkshire earlier, a spot of bother. good morning.ets and fields... yorkshire moors, so bleak and old, inspired the heart of emily... displays of falconry because emily bronte had a pet merlin hawk, called nero. with events all centred around the parsonage in haworth, where she wrote her only novel, wuthering heights, before dying from tuberculosis at the age of 30. what she's left behind is this incredible imaginative tour de force of a novel that people have just loved for generations and it continues to inspire artists and writers working today, and that is very much what we wanted to celebrate — her 200th birthday. and people had come from all over. there is this wildness and this beauty to the writing. i don't know, you just get kind of sucked into the story. you've got to come here and pay homage really, because it puts everything into perspective, itjust brings it all to life. the celebrations have also included the unveiling of a tribute stone out in the moors, featuring a new poem by kate bush, who famously had a number one w

across the country, second half of the weekend and 30 degrees is not out of the question as far north as yorkshireurday and sunday, and very warm in northern ireland and scotland as well. beyond that, guess what? next week, a little change, the heat wave continues. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: dawn sturgess and charlie rowley remain critically ill after being poisoned by novichok — the nerve agent used against the former russian spy sergei skripal. dawn sturgess was caught on camera in salisbury last friday, the day before she collapsed. the home secretary has pointed the finger at russia. eurosceptic ministers meet to talk tactics as theresa may faces a cabinet showdown over brexit at chequers tomorrow. pumping out water, rescuers get closer to the dozen children trapped in caves in thailand, but they still can't get them out. and jim fitzpatrick reveals new information on how the dup and vote leave worked together on the eu referendum in spotlight: brexit, dark money and the dup.