sir peter fahy, former chief co nsta ble of sir peter fahy, former chief constable of great amountedmorning. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's 0llie foster. tension mounting ahead of the cricket. certainly, and so much play loss because of the rain over the last four days, the first day was wiped out at lord's, but we could still get a result on the final day of the second ashes test. england leading by 104 runs. they have six wickets in hand as they look to level the series. australia resumed on 80—4 yesterday, steve smith again the chief run scorer, he brought up his half—century. then he was forced off the field for medical checks after this ferocious bouncer from jofra archer hit him on the back of the neck. he returned to make 92, but it was a real scare for all concerned. australia 250 all out in the end. play starts again at 11. if england make a big enough lead, they could declare. that will be brave, see if they can bowl australia out, and steve smith due back in to bat. it could be a very tense final day at lord's, but every thankful that stev

next few minutes we'll be speaking to the former chief constable of greater manchester police, sir peter fahythis. at least 63 people have been killed in an explosion at a wedding reception in the afghan capital of kabul. a suicide bomber detonated the device last night. the blast left nearly 200 people wounded including children. our reporter richard forrest has the details. this is the aftermath inside the wedding hall. it had been packed with people celebrating a marriage, ina minority with people celebrating a marriage, in a minority shia neighbourhood in the west of the city. witnesses say the west of the city. witnesses say the bomb detonated his device in the men's reception area. the bomb detonated his device in the men's reception areal the bomb detonated his device in the men's reception area. i was in the kitchen and was coming to the hall when i heard the huge sound. there we re when i heard the huge sound. there were lots of injured people. everybody was running away. several of our waiters were killed or injured. most of the victims were men or boys. the injured taken to hospita

safe. given through the course of their career in keeping the public safelj was talking to sir peter fahyce about two hours ago and he was saying one of the concerns is obviously that you now have a promise from the government that it will deliver extra officers, making upfor that it will deliver extra officers, making up for the shortfall that has been caused by austerity over the last decade or so. but because of the other changes that will come at the other changes that will come at the same time it might be difficult to meet the target, get those officers trained and give them the support they need and also presumably therefore, give them the incentive to want to stay in the force once they have been trained?” cannot disagree with you, we have lost 20,000 police officers over eight years, trying to bring back 20,000 within a three year period, which is what has been mentioned, is going to be an insurmountable task. but there will always be people who wa nt to but there will always be people who want tojoin but there will always be people who want to join the police service, they will

sir peter fahy is the former chief constable for greater manchester police welcomes talks of introducing i think it's a very good analogy, it's great to see the sacrifice of the military in both terms of soldiers and service personnel that are killed or seriously injured, is now better recognised and supported. but it does mean police officers do feel they don't get the same treatment or the same regard. certainly it seems like when somebody is convicted of the murder of a police officer, life should be life. it is often ceremonial things like last month, we had a national service for the families of officers that have been killed on duty. no ministerfrom the home office attended. it is about the long—term support for families moving forward and particularly also for offices that are injured on duty. there have been some awful cases over the last months where officers have been very seriously injured, the public have shown great concern. but it is inevitable some of those offices will eventually be medically retired out of the police force. that would be a very traumatic experience for t

and we'll be speaking to the former chief constable of greater manchester police, sir peter fahy, justfter 7:00 this morning. borisjohnson will meet angela merkel and president macron in the next few days to present his case for a new brexit deal. it comes as leaked government documents warn that britain could face medicine, food and fuel shortages in the event of a no—deal brexit. let's talk to our political correspondent mark lobel. it's boris johnson's first trip abroad as prime minister, how will he be received? borisjohnson has insisted for the best pa rt borisjohnson has insisted for the best part of a month now that eu negotiations, getting a deal, that is his number one priority. but negotiations have been non—existent, haven't they? the uk not wanting to move forward until progress looks likely. here, in theirfirst meetings to meet angela merkel and emmanuel macron, he will have the chance to sit down face—to—face and discuss a potential deal. but number ten is eager to put forward what borisjohnson will say, which is insisting that the eu will not block a deal, and they shoul