charges have just been dropped against ryan hale, one of the other two defendants. we'll have the latest live from bristol crown court. also this lunchtime: the conservative party is looking into complaints about comments made by borisjohnson about muslim women who wear full—face veils. the us imposes new sanctions on russia, in the wake of the nerve agent attack on sergei and yulia skripal. a damning report says appalling sexual abuse took place for decades at two prestigious catholic private schools, on boys as young as seven. this is a very hard—hitting, very serious report that, as i say, over many years showed that the reputation of individuals and the reputation of the institution itself was far more important to people than the safety and protection of the children. and: cycling's coming home. thousands are expected to welcome geraint thomas back to cardiff, and to celebrate his tour de france victory. coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news: we'll have the latest from the european championships, as katarina johnson—thompson takes the lead in the

ryan hale was knocked out during a brawl by ben stokes, along with the other co—defendant, ryan ali.d at some stage you would expect ben stokes to start giving evidence himself. the trial is expected to finish sometime next week. thanks for the update. the results of an independent investigation into historic child sex abuse at two roman catholic boarding schools during the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s, will be published today. the english benedictine monasteries at ampleforth in north yorkshire and downside in somerset have apologised for past failings. the report is based on evidence given at public hearings in december. our correspondent richard lister reports. good morning, everyone. over two months last year, the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse held hearings into historical abuse at two roman catholic schools. did you ever consider telling the police? i considered the possibility but, again, it was rumour. father leo chamberlain, the headmaster of ampleforth school in yorkshire during the 1990s, was a student there during the 1960s and ‘70s. that was a period when this man,

several times during which he can be seen punching and knocking out two men, geraint —— ryan ali and ryan halede the nightclub in the early hours of the nightclub in the early hours of the morning. he said he denied making homophobic comments to a couple and said it was the other two men who made those comments which is why he stepped in. he felt threatened and he believed a gay couple was being threatened as well. and a quick word about this camera footage, body footage from the police. the court heard and saw yesterday but was released to the media this morning. you have just seen a media this morning. you have just seen a little bit of that and there was about 15 minutes of it in all. the arrest was made a few minutes after the assaults. and you heard her say to ben stokes do you know why you have been arrested and he said he was only defending his friends and pointed off—camera to the two gay men is who he believed we re the two gay men is who he believed were being threatened. both he and ryan ali denied charges of affray. i would expect that ben stokes will be backin would expect that be

all three were described as young men of promise, ben stokes, the international cricketer, ryan hale, the other works for the emergency services. the trial itself is expected to last until next week, and beforejury we re until next week, and beforejury were selected to sit in this case, they will ask a number of questions, one of which was whether or not any of them had an extreme passion for cricket. none of them said they had, and so they were empanelled to sit in this trial. the case will continue after a brief adjournment this afternoon. simon. phil mackie in bristol, thank you very much. new figures show drug deaths involving the misuse of the powerful painkiller fentanyl in england and wales have risen by almost a third. forms of the drug, which is used to treat cancer pain, are often imported illegally and sold to users via the dark web. meanwhile, the office for national statistics says that deaths from synthetic drugs designed to mimic cannabis halved in 2017. police have rescued ii starving and emaciated children from a filthy makeshift compound in the us state of new mexic

ryan hale was acquitted last week.ss accused shouldn't those that ben stokes was lying when he insisted he had merely been acting in self defence when the fight broke out in the early hours of september the 25th last year. it was said that ben stokes 25th last year. it was said that ben sto kes a cted 25th last year. it was said that ben stokes acted deplorably as the red mist came down. for the defence, gordon cole qc suggested that alex hale, the england team—mate ben stokes may have been responsible for some of the injuries. and that ben stokes potentially was not solely to blame maybe he was being singled out for blame because of his status as one of the game's leading all—rounders. the ecb today announced its squad for the third test which gets under way on saturday against india. it is unchanged. ben stokes is not in it the ecb says it will decide on his availability after the outcome of this trial. whatever the outcome of events here at bristol crown court, the independent disciplinary commission of the ecb must

ryan hale on the left, and ryan ali on the right, were both treated in hospital. pc daniel evans socket was fractured. pc daniel eva ns told socket was fractured. pc daniel evans told the court that cctv footage showed the cricketer mocking a 93v footage showed the cricketer mocking a gay couple outside the club and later arguing with a doorman who would not let him back in. dahmen andrew cunningham said mr stokes became angry and abusive. when he was interviewed after his arrest he told detectives he had been defending the gay men and acted in self defence. prosecutors allege that ryan hale and ryan ali armed themselves with makeshift weapons during the fight. there is intense public interest in the case and judge peter blair qc warned it chooses to ignore what he described as biased and inaccurate comments on social media —— judge peter blake qc warned the jury to ignore. all three defendants will get to put their version of events later in the trial, which is expected to last until later next week. phil mackie in bristol, thank you. a woman has been pulled aliv

two other men — ryan ali and ryan hale — are also charged with affray. all three deny the charges.court. ben stokes is arguably england's most talented and high—profile cricketer. but rather than preparing for the second test match against india which starts at lord's on thursday as planned, he finds himself at bristol crown court because of an incident that occurred 11 months ago. having had to swap the cricket field for the court room, ben stokes arrived here this morning for the opening day of his trial. dressed in a navy suit, the 27—year—old sat in the dock alongside ryan hale and ryan ali, the two local men he is accused of punching during a late—night brawl in bristol last year. all three defendants are accused of affray, a charge they deny. the jury was told that having been refused re—entry to this nightclub in the early hours of september 25 last year, just hours after he played for england, stokes acted in a provocative and offensive way. he allegedly mocked two openly gay men and according to a bouncer he insulted, flicked a cigarette but at one of them. the court was t

the dock alongside two local men he's accused of punching during a fight in the city last year, ryan hale

the dock alongside two local men he's accused of punching during a fight in the city last year, ryan haleyan ali. all three are accused of affray, a charge they each deny. the jury was shown this mobile phone footage of a late—night brawl outside a bristol nightclub in september, just hours after stokes had played for england. both hale and ali were knocked unconscious by the cricketer, leaving ali with significant injuries, including a broken eye socket. the court was told stokes lost his control and started to attack with revenge, retaliation or punishment in mind, well beyond the realm of self—defence. not a trivial moment of unpleasantness, but a sustained episode of significant violence that left onlookers shocked. the prosecution said stokes insisted he acted in fear for himself and others, and believed the force he used was reasonable and entirely justified. however, the jury was told that earlier in the night, having been denied re—entry to the nightclub, stokes had acted in a provocative way, a bouncer claiming the cricketer insulted him and mocked two openly gay men, flicking a

and the other two defendants, ryan ali and ryan hale, as well as ben sto kes‘s ali and ryan hale, as prosecution evidence of a trial that will go on until the middle of next week. we don‘t expect the defence to start until later this week at which point we will hear from the defendants including ben stokes, and they will put their side of the story. more than ten thousand people — including tourists — have been evacuated from the island of lombok and nearby islands — after the second earthquake in a week. at least 91 people are known to have died and the authorities say roads and bridges have been destroyed, hampering rescue operations. jane—frances kelly reports. chaotic scenes greeted people waiting to be rescued on the beaches. thousands were on the move trying to get to safety but the authorities struggled to meet demand. translation: most victims were killed by a collapsed buildings, evacuation is being done step—by—step due to a shortage of vessels. tourist mike bennett is stuck on one of the gili islands we heard the authorities had stopped the evacuations because there was so

stokes is accused of losing control and attacking two local men, ryan hale and ryan ali, in the earlyast year, all three denying a charge of affray. head doorman at the mbargo nightclub, cunningham said that earlier, ben stokes had been spiteful, angry and a bully, after he refused the cricketer and his england team—mate, alex hales, re—entry to the venue. the court was shown this cctv footage. cunningham claimed ben stokes, who he described as the ginger one, insulted his teeth and prominent tattoos, and then mocked two gay men, making camp gestures and throwing a cigarette butt at one of them. defence barrister gordon cole qc suggested that cunningham, who said he did not like cricket, had been aggressive towards ben stokes and alex hales. definitely not, said the doorman. cole said the cricketers had been laughing with the two gay men about stokes's gold encrusted shoes, suggesting it was just playful banter. the players were laughing at them, not with them, insisted cunningham. the court heard from then local resident, max wilson, who filmed the fight on his mobile phone. the men,

this afternoon, a third man, ryan hale, was cleared. be killed. the judge said there was no case for him to answer and he was found not guilty of affray. i'm happy. that's all. i'm happy for myself. just got to see what happens now with the rest of the case, so, i won't comment until then. after giving evidence for three hours, the england all—rounder left court with his wife this evening. ben stokes is due to return tomorrow for a fifth day, as this trial continues. jon kay, bbc news, bristol crown court. rain prevented any play on the opening day of the second test between england and india at lord's. the match was due to start at 11am local time, but persistent rain and dark skies meant play was finally abandoned for the day just before 5pm. it's the first time in five years that a whole day's play has been lost in a test match played in england. the home side lead the series 1—0. that is all we have got time for. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, till next time,

moments earlier, he had been involved in this fight, punching both ali and his friend, ryan hale, wholeared of affray last week on the direction of thejudge. the local resident who filmed the violence said the men had behaved like football hooligans. ali left with a fractured eye socket. stokes insisted to police and then in court that he had been acting in self defence, having confronted the pair over homophobic language towards two gay men. cctv footage from earlier in the evening shows stokes and team—mate alex hales, who was not charged with any offence, trying to re—enter a nightclub while out celebrating an england win. the prosecution claimed stokes can be seen mocking the gay men and here throwing a cigarette but at one of them. stokes said it was just banter. these are the two gay men seen chatting to stokes earlier that evening. neither were called as witnesses in the trial. i didn't get involved. i was more on the sideline. but, yeah, it turned into a massive brawl. and obviously i got a bit scared, so i carried on walking on. so you didn't witness the entire fight to the e

ben stokes, 27, ryan ali, 28, ryan hale, 27, all three hour charge with a freight, they all done i thatthe trial continues at bristol crown court tomorrow —— all three are charged with affray. the second test of the series between england and india gets underway on thursday with the hosts having claimed the opener last weekend in a thrilling finish. the two captains will once again be influential with virat kohli's two innings almost guiding his side to victory in the first test, but ultimatelyjoe root‘s team were victorious and head into the lords match with the upper hand and a new player. patrick geary has more. batsmen, like policemen, are getting younger it seems. meet the latest to play for england, 0llie pope, 20, honestly! england have seen another in only 15 first—class matches for surrey to call him up in place of dawid of dawid malan and bat him at four, that's a mark of confidence. really exciting prospect, these done exceptionally well for surrey this year and excited to see him go out there and see him be himself more than anyone else and play how he has in the county cham

stokes and the other men — ryan ali and ryan hale — all deny the charges.sinesses in the monchique area of the algarve. more than 900 firefighters and soldiers along with 12 aircraft, have been fighting the flames for more than three days. meanwhile, president trump has declared a major emergency in california — as wildfires there continue to rage across the state. thousands of firefighters have been deployed, tackling blazes which have been spread by high temperatures and strong winds. so far, seven people have died and thousands have been evacuated. 0ur north america correspondent, chris buckler reports. for more than a week, parts of california have been in a state of urgency. and now, as a result of the damage, destruction and deaths caused by these ferocious wildfires, the white house has declared this a major disaster. slowly they are containing more and more of the biggest blazes, there has been about 1300 plus homes that have been destroyed, but on the good part, we've repopulated many areas and got people back in to their homes, skylines across a s

the dock alongside two local men he's accused of punching during a fight in the city last year, ryan halell three are accused of affray, a charge they each deny. the jury was shown this mobile phone footage of a late night brawl outside a bristol nightclub in september, just hours after stokes had played for england. both hale and ali were knocked unconscious by the cricketer, leaving ali with significant injuries, including a broken eye socket. the court was told stokes lost his control and started to attack with revenge, retaliation or punishment in mind, well beyond the realm of self—defence. not a trivial moment of unpleasantness, but a sustained episode of significant violence that left onlookers shocked. the prosecution said stokes insisted he acted in fear for himself and others, and believed the force he used was reasonable and entirely justified. however, the jury was told that earlier in the night, having been denied re—entry to the nightclub, stokes had acted in a provocative way, a bouncer claiming the cricketer insulted him and mocked two openly gay men, flicking a cigarette

stokes is accused of losing control and attacking two local men, ryan hale and ryan ali, in the earlyll three denying a charge of affray. head doorman at the mbargo nightclub, cunningham said that earlier ben stokes had been spiteful, angry and a bully, after he refused the cricketer and his england team—mate, alex hales, re—entry to the venue. the court was shown this cctv footage. cunningham claimed ben stokes, who he described as "the ginger one", insulted his teeth and prominent tattoos, and then mocked two gay men, making camp gestures and throwing a cigarette butt at one of them. defence barrister gordon cole qc suggested that cunningham, who said he didn't like cricket, had been aggressive towards ben stokes and alex hales. "definitely not", said the doorman. cole said the cricketers had been laughing with the two gay men about stokes's gold—encrusted shoes, suggesting it was just playful banter. the players were laughing at them, not with them, said cunningham. the court heard from then local resident, max wilson, who filmed the fight on his mobile phone. the men, he said, wer

stokes is accused of losing control and attacking two local men, ryan hale and ryan ali, in the earlyng a charge of affray. head doorman at the mbargo nightclub, cunningham said that earlier, ben stokes had been spiteful, angry and a bully, after he refused the cricketer and his england team—mate, alex hales, re—entry to the venue. the court was shown this cctv footage. cunningham claimed ben stokes, who he described as the ginger one, insulted his teeth and prominent tattoos, and then mocked two gay men, making camp gestures and throwing a cigarette butt at one of them. defence barrister gordon cole qc suggested that cunningham, who said he did not like cricket, had been aggressive towards ben stokes and alex hales. definitely not, said the doorman. cole said the cricketers had been laughing with the two gay men about stokes's gold encrusted shoes, suggesting it was just playful banter. the players were laughing at them, not with them, insisted cunningham. the court heard from then local resident, max wilson, who filmed the fight on his mobile phone. the men, he said, were clearly dr

stokes and the two men that he knocked unconscious in the fight, ryan alli and ryan hale, were chargedall three men deny that accusation and all three are in the dock here at bristol crown court during this trial, which started today. how long is he expected to be in court and will this affect his participation for england beyond the second test at lord's? well, he was meant to be preparing 110w well, he was meant to be preparing now for that second test match that sta rts now for that second test match that starts on thursday. he has been ruled out of that. this is a case of course which even though it happened 11 months ago, the ramifications are still being felt. he meant the ashes and lost the vice captaincy. and it is important to add something else that came out from today, was the allegation that he had mocked two openly gay men and flicked a cigarette but at one of them, as well as insulting a doorman. stokes said to the police the force he used was reasonable and he was acting in self—defence or the defence of others. tomorrow we will hear from the doorman and the trial is due

two other men — ryan ali and ryan hale — are also charged with affray; all three deny the charges.ll three defendants are accused of affray, a charge they deny. the jury was told that having been refused re—entry to this nightclub in the early hours of september 25 last year, just hours after he played for england, stokes acted in a provocative and offensive way. he allegedly mocked two openly gay men and according to a bouncer who he insulted, flicked a cigarette butt at one of them. the court was told that later stokes lost his control and started to attack with revenge and retaliation or punishment in mind, well beyond the realm of self defence. not a trivial moment of unpleasantness, but a sustained episode of significant violence that left onlookers shocked. for the prosecution, the barrister said the incident left both hale and and alli unconscious. the latter had a broken eye socket. the jury was shown cctv and mobile phone footage of the incident along with an audio recording of a 999 call from a witness. just two days ago, stokes was starting for his country at edgbaston,

this is the same gay couple, together with ryan hale, moving away from the club. ali had shouted homophobic abuse at them and he had stepped in. from the witness box you said —— he said he was threatened by mrali. he said —— he said he was threatened by mr ali. he took the decision to get involved. the brawl followed next ending in ryan hale and ryan ali both being knocked out. then stokes and ryan ali deny the charge of affray and a trial is expected to continue into next week. —— then stokes. our correspondent, phil mackie, is outside bristol crown court. this is the first day that ben stokes has been heard from directly. explain a little bit more about the proceedings today. as you remember, during the prosecution case that we have seen a lot of phone footage of the fight itself will stop you have seen more the fight itself will stop you have seen more of it there. this is where stokes is seen throwing punches. the man who was cleared today in a police statement said he felt he could die under attack from stokes. we heard evidence from the doorman who had refus

two other men, ryan ali and ryan hale, are also charged with affray.editor dan roan reports. having had to swap the cricket field for the court room, ben stokes arrived here this morning for the opening day of his trial. dressed in a navy suit, the 27—year—old sat in the dock alongside ryan hale and ryan ali, the two local men he is accused of punching during a late—night brawl in bristol last year. all three defendants are accused of affray, a charge they deny. the jury was told that having been refused re—entry to this nightclub in the early hours of september 25 last year, just hours after he played for england, stokes acted in a provocative and offensive way. he allegedly mocked two openly gay men and according to a bouncer he insulted, flicked a cigarette but at one of them. the court was told that later stokes lost his control and started to attack with revenge and retaliation or punishment in mind, well beyond the realm of self defence. not a trivial moment of unpleasantness, but a sustained episode of significant violence that left onlookers sh

the dock alongside two local men he is accused of punching during a fight in the city last year, ryan halei. all three are accused of affray, a charge they each deny. the jury was shown this mobile phone footage of a late night brawl outside a bristol nightclub in september, just hours after stokes had played for england. both hale and ali were knocked unconscious by the cricketer, leaving ali with significant injuries, including a broken eye socket. the court was told stokes lost his control and started to attack with revenge, retaliation or punishment in mind, well beyond the realm of self—defence. not a trivial moment of unpleasantness, but a sustained episode of significant violence that left onlookers shocked. the prosecution said stokes insisted he acted in fear for himself and others, and believed the force he used was reasonable and entirely justified. however, the jury was told that earlier in the night, having been denied re—entry to the nightclub, stokes had acted in a provocative way, a bouncer claiming the cricketer insulted him and mocked two openly gay men, flicking a cigare

the 27—year—old, along with two other men, ryan hale and ryan ali, all deny the charge of affray. in this late—night brawl outside the city's mbargo nightclub in the early hours of september 25th last year. the court was taken through the events leading up to the incident as some of england's players visited the venue after winning a one day international. cctv footage showed stokes and team—mate alex hales try to re—enter the club. the court heard from doorman, andrew cunningham, who said stokes had been abusive to him and then mocked two gay men, throwing a cigarette butt at one of them. the defence insisted it had just been playful banter. mobile phone footage of the fight that followed was played in court. the jury heard both ali and hale had bottles on them initially. ali appearing to threaten hales with his. an off—duty community police officer who saw the violence described stokes as the main aggressor. he knocked both hale and ali unconscious, the latter left with significant injuries, including a fractured eye socket. these are the two gay men seen chatting to stokes outs

this afternoon, a third man, ryan hale, was cleared.tander, who had feared he was going to be killed. the judge said there was no case for him to answer and he was found not guilty of affray. i'm happy. that's all. just got to see what happens now with the rest of the case. i won't comment until then. after giving evidence for three hours, the england all—rounder left court with his wife this evening. ben stokes is due to return tomorrow for a fifth day, as this trial continues. so the transfer window closed just over 90 minutes ago. chelsea the big spenders, premier league new boys wolves also busy. nothing today from manchester united, and nothing at all from spurs. the former premier league defender stephen warnock‘s here. it's been an interesting transfer window. who do you think out of the premier league sans has done the best business? i think liverpool will be happy, fulham fans will be delighted with the intent they have shown to stay in the league. my view is liverpool fans should be happiest but do you think is a former player

this afternoon, a third man, ryan hale, was cleared.rt was told the former soldier felt he was an innocent bystander, who had feared he was going to be killed. the judge said there was no case for him to answer and he was found not guilty of affray. i'm happy. that's all. i'm happy for myself. just got to see what happens now with the rest of the case. i won't comment until then. after giving evidence for three hours, the england all—rounder left court with his wife this evening. ben stokes is due to return tomorrow for a fifth day, as this trial continues. jon kay, bbc news, bristol crown court. an independent report into sexual abuse spanning four decades at two leading catholic schools says the attacks on children were likely to be more widespread than previously thought. it found "appalling" abuse at ampleforth in north yorkshire and at downside in somerset, and says both institutions tried to cover up numerous allegations. the children as young as seven were sexually abused by a number of monks, who were described as being "secreti

this afternoon, a third man, ryan hale, was cleared. soldier felt he was an innocent bystander, who'd feared he was going to be killed. the judge said there was no case for him to answer and he was found not guilty of affray. i'm happy. that's all. i'm happy for myself. just got to see what happens now with the rest of the case, so, i won't comment until then. after giving evidence for three hours, the england all—rounder left court with his wife this evening. ben stokes is due to return tomorrow for a fifth day, as this trial continues. jon kay, bbc news, bristol crown court. the county council facing a funding shortfall of around £50 billion has held a crisis meeting where they voted for cuts. critics say they will affect services for vulnerable children and adults. it's people like roxanne who relies on 24—hour a day care, paid for by northamptonshire county council, and families like the bakers who will feel the pain of the action plan approved by councillors today. the baker children have a range of learning and physical disabiliti

moments later he was involved in a fight, punching ryan ali and ryan hale. bubble hooligans. ryan ali left with a fractured eye socket. stokes said he was acting in self defence having confronted the pa rent self defence having confronted the parent the homophobic language towards two gay men. footage showed stokes and alex howells tried to re—enter a nightclub while celebrating an england win. the prosecution said stokes could be seen prosecution said stokes could be seen mocking the gay men and throwing a cigarette at one of them. stokes claimed it was just banter. these are the two gay men seen chatting to stokes. neither were called as witnesses in the trial. chatting to stokes. neither were called as witnesses in the triallj did not get involved more on the sideline. it turned into a massive brawl and i got scared and walked off. so, you didn't witness it? i witnessed most of it. when the guy was on the floor that is when i thought it was too much for me.“ found guilty, stokes could have faced a suspended prison sentence. instead he was cleared. that al

moments earlier, he had been involved in this fight, punching both ali and his friend, ryan hale, whoion of the judge. the local resident who filmed the violence said the men had behaved like football hooligans. ali left with a fractured eye socket. stokes insisted to police and then in court that he had been acting in self defence, having confronted the pair over homophobic language towards two gay men. cctv footage from earlier in the evening shows stokes and team—mate alex hales, who was not charged with any offence, trying to re—enter a nightclub while out celebrating an england win. the prosecution claimed stokes can be seen mocking the gay men and here throwing a cigarette but at one of them. stokes said it was just banter. these are the two gay men seen chatting to stokes city that evening. neither were called as witnesses in the trial. i didn't get involved. i was more on the sideline. but yeah, it turned into a massive brawl. and obviously i got a bit scared so carried on walking on. so you didn't witness the entire fight to the end? i witnessed most of it. yeah. when the guy

moments earlier, he had been involved in this fight, punching both ali and his friend, ryan hale, whothe direction of thejudge. the local resident who filmed the violence said the men had behaved like football hooligans. ali left with a fractured eye socket. stokes insisted to police and then in court that he had been acting in self defence, having confronted the pair over homophobic language towards two gay men. cctv footage from earlier in the evening shows stokes and team—mate alex hales, who was not charged with any offence, trying to re—enter a nightclub while out celebrating an england win. the prosecution claimed stokes can be seen mocking the gay men and here throwing a cigarette but at one of them. stokes said it was just banter. these are the two gay men seen chatting to stokes earlier that evening. neither were called as witnesses in the trial. i didn't get involved. i was more on the sideline. but, yeah, it turned into a massive brawl. and obviously i got a bit scared, so i carried on walking on. so you didn't witness the entire fight to the end? i witnessed most of it. ye

this afternoon, a third man, ryan hale, was cleared.oldier felt he was an innocent bystander who had feared he was going to be killed. the judge said there was no case for him to answer and he was found not guilty of affray. iam happy. that's all. i am happy for myself. just got to see what happens now with the rest of the case, so, i won't comment until then. after giving evidence for three hours, the england all—rounder left court with his wife this evening. ben stokes is due to return tomorrow for a fifth day as this trial continues. jon kay, bbc news, bristol crown court. a county council facing a funding shortfall of around £70 million has approved a plan for huge cuts to jobs and services. the conservative—run northamptonshire county council backed the proposals at a crisis meeting. campaigners against the cuts say they'll hit services for children and vulnerable adults. from northampton, our social affairs correspondent, alison holt, reports. it is people like roxanne who relies on 24—hour a day care, paid for by northamptonshire

ben stokes, 27, ryan hale, ryan ali, all deny the charge and it will be back here as the trial continuesm the international space station. german astronaut alexander gerst took this pictures showing the devastating impact of weeks of record temperatures on the planet. on twitter he says: "after several weeks of night flying, i was able to take the first day pictures of central europe and germany. the sight is shocking. everything that should be green is parched and brown." now it's time for a look at the weather with helen. hello there. for many, it's been a more bearable day, particularly in the south and east. of course, we had the fresher weather further north and west yesterday. and the rest of the week, it will remain a little cooler, a little bit more bearable, with some rain in the forecast. not guaranteed for all, because it is in the form of showers, but those showers will continue to push into western parts of scotland and northern ireland overnight. they will tend to peter out elsewhere ahead of what looks like a cloudier spell of weather coming back into the south and east. s

ben stokes, 27, ryan hale, ryan ali, all deny the charge and it will be back here as the trial continuese in the uk. let me give you an update on the wildfires ravaging california. firefighters say the biggest one, the mendocino fire, will burn into september, with barely a third of it under control. there are now 18 major blazes across the state. here are the main ones. the mendocino fire is so big, it‘s nearly the size of los angeles. the carr fire has killed at least seven people and destroyed more than 1,500 structures. firefighters have nearly contained half of it. and south of la is the so—called "holy fire", which has been spreading fast and is only 5% under control. let me show you how fierce it is. these aerials of the holy fire show the hot flames speading over dry bushland on the hillsides of the cleveland national forest — it‘s close to a residential development. the fire started on monday, and within an hour exploded from 75 to 700 acres. it‘s now burnt more than 4,000 acres. i also want to show you how bad the smoke is from the air. this thick, vast amount of smoke is throw

the 27—year—old along with two other men, ryan hale and ryan ali, all denied the charge of affray.ghtclub in the early hours of september 25th last year. the court was taken through the events leading up to the incident, as some of england's players visited the venue after winning a one—day international. cctv footage showed stokes and team mate alex hales trying to re—enter the club. the court heard from doorman, andrew cunningham, who said stokes had been abusive to him and then mocked two gay men — throwing a cigarette butt at one of them. the defence had insisted it was just playful banter. mobile phone footage of the fight that followed was played in court. the jury heard both ali and hale had bottles on them initially — ali appearing to threaten hales with his. an off duty community police officer who saw the violence, described stokes as the main aggressor. he knocked both hale and ali unconscious. the latter left with significant injuries, including a fractured eye socket. these are the two gay men seen chatting to stokes outside the club earlier that evening. neither were

the 27—year—old, along with two other men, ryan hale and ryan ali, all deny the charge of affray.night brawl outside the city's mbargo nightclub in the early hours of september 25th last year. the court was taken through the events leading up to the incident as some of england's players visited the venue after winning a one day international. cctv footage showed stokes and team—mate alex hale try to re—enter the club. the court heard from doorman, andrew cunningham, who said stokes had been abusive to him and then mocked two gay men, throwing a cigarette butt at one of them. the defence insisted it had just been playful banter. mobile phone footage of the fight that followed was played in court. the jury heard both ali and hale had bottles on them initially. ali appearing to threaten hale with his. an off—duty community police officer who saw the violence described stokes as the main aggressor. he knocked both hale and ali unconscious, the latter left with significant injuries, including a fractured eye socket. these are the two gay men seen chatting to stokes outside the nightclu

ryan hale on the left, and ryan ali on the right, were both treated in hospital.ck in. the doorman, andrew cunningham, said mr stokes became angry and abusive. when he was interviewed after his arrest, he told detectives he'd been defending the gay men and acted in self defence. and had acted in self defence. prosecutors allege that mr hale and mr ali armed themselves with makeshift weapons during the fight. there is intense public interest in the case and judge peter blair qc warned jurors to ignore what he described as biased and inaccurate comments on social media. the trial is back under way and we will be hearing further evidence from the doorman and some of the eyewitnesses to the event. we just saw the footage which was filmed by a student called max wilson who lived above the nightclub. this is a story which very much focuses on the events outside the club in the early hours of the 25th of september last year, particularly around half past two in the morning, when the fight broke out. what we've been seeing todayis broke out. what we've been seeing today i

ryan hale on the left, and ryan ali on the right, were both treated in hospital., in the red tie, today told the court that cctv footage showed the cricketer mocking a gay couple outside the club and later arguing with a doorman who would not let him back in. the doorman, andrew cunningham, said mr stokes became angry and abusive. when he was interviewed after his arrest he told detectives he had been defending the gay men and acted in self defence. prosecutors allege that mr hale and mr ali armed themselves with makeshift weapons during the fight. there is intense public interest in the case and judge peter blair qc warned jurors to ignore what he described as biased and inaccurate comments on social media. this afternoon during cross—examination by the representative for ben stokes, mr cunningham was asked whether what happened outside the nightclub was just playful banter and he said it was not. he was also asked why he refused to shake the hands of ben stokes and he said he did not like bullies. we have also been hearing from max wilson, the student who lived

all free men, ben stokes, ryan ali and ryan hale, all deny this charge of affray and the trial will continuebritish gas customers are facing an increase in their bills for the second time this year. the energy supplier is putting up its standard variable tariff by 3.8%. centrica, which owns british gas, said the rise was due to the increasing cost of energy on the wholesale market. a man has appeared at stafford crown court via videolink, charged with murdering the midwife samantha eastwood. michael stirling, who's the brother—in—law of her former finance, spoke only to confirm his name. he'll return to court for a plea hearing in october. the body of samantha eastwood was found in a rural area of staffordshire eight days after she went missing. self—testing hiv kits are to become available on the high street for the first time. the retailer, superdrug, says the kits will be sold in its 200 pharmacy stores across the uk. the self—testing product, which manufacturers claim has a 99.7% accuracy rate, was previously only available to buy online. it was legally approved back in 2015. a scientist

the durham all—rounder and two other men — 28—year—old ryan ali and ryan hale, who's 27 — deny a chargetol crown court. you have we been hearing from so far? today it'sjust been the case for the prosecution which was opened, they have been faring too much of the evidence we will hear over the subsequent days of the trial and concentrating on a lot of the cctv and phone footage which shows the events of that night on september 25 last year. particularly footage filled by a student who lived in a flat above the nightclub which is in the triangle in the centre of bristol. he described two police officers to hearing a row developing outside, going to the window, seeing men acting like football hooligans including the three defendants, as well as alex hales. he filmed the fight, a struggle on the pavement before the three defendants moved into the street. it alleged ben stokes knocked his two codefendants unconscious and those two other men had armed themselves during the fight. there has been testimony from people living close by to wear the fight happened, what emerged from that? the next

detained in mum is earlier he had been involved in this fight punching both aley and his friend ryan halent who filmed the violets said the man had behaved like football hooligans. ryan left with a fractured eye socket. stokes insisted he had been acting in some defence after confronting a pair over homophobic language. cctv footage showed them earlier in the evening trying to reenter a nightclub after celebrating an england winter. eat pussy asian said he be seeing mocking the game and but stokes claimed it was just banter. these the two men seen chatting to stokes and other were called as witnesses in the trial. i was more on the sideline. it was turning into a massive brawl and i got scared so i carried on walking on. i witnessed most of the fight, when the guys we re most of the fight, when the guys were on the floor a thought it was too much for me. had he been found guilty he could have a suspended prison sentence, instead after almost two and a half hours of deliberations a jury cleared him, a decision that allows a controversial career to resume. it has been a cost the episode for

this afternoon, a third man, ryan hale, was cleared.e former soldier felt he was an innocent bystander, who had feared he was going to be killed. the judge said there was no case for him to answer and he was found not guilty of affray. i'm happy. that's all. i'm happy for myself. just got to see what happens now with the rest of the case. i won't comment until then. after giving evidence for three hours, the england all—rounder left court with his wife this evening. ben stokes is due to return tomorrow for a fifth day, as this trial continues. jon kay, bbc news, bristol crown court. an independent report into sexual abuse at two leading catholic schools, says the attacks on children, were likely to be more widespread than previously thought. it found "appalling" abuse which occurred over four decades at ampleforth in north yorkshire, and at downside in somerset. it also says both institutions tried to cover up numerous allegations. ten people have been convicted or cautioned for the abuse. our religion editor, martin bashir, reports. do

stokes and the other men, ryan ali and ryan hale, all deny the charge. makeshift compound in the us state of new mexico. officers searching for a missing toddler raided the site near the state border with colorado. the child was not there but the others were, along with five adults. two men have been arrested. us pop star demi lovato has spoken for the first time since she was taken to hospital after suffering a suspected overdose last month. in an instagram post, the 25—year—old singer said that she has always been transparent about herjourney with addiction, and that it is something she will continue to try to overcome. plans to build homes on land soon to be released from the green belt will not help young families get on to the property ladder, according to the campaign to protect rural england. it says 78% of planned developments on greenfield sites do not fall under the government's "affordable" definition. ministers say green belt protections are being strengthened. tim muffett reports. the first green belts were designated in the 19505 to stop to