>> reporter: but scotland yard detectives don't believe lugovoi's denials.kill litvinenko more than once. that's because they found polonium on the table in a conference room where he and litvinenko had met two weeks before the pine bar encounter. was anything spilled on the table? >> richard, you are asking questions. i remember some things, i don't remember other things. i cannot answer these questions because these can be used against me in the court, which is done frequently. >> reporter: as for his last meeting with litvinenko at the pine bar, lugovoi says there's no way he brought polonium on that trip because his wife and children were with him. >> a person's weakest spot is his family, and i'm a rational man. even if i had taken part in an operation, even if i had known what was in the container, would i take my family along? i am a rational man. i couldn't do it. >> reporter: not only did he continue to maintain his innocence, he offered his own theory about who poisoned the tea. could someone have put something in there without you noticing? >> no,

scotland yard won't discuss press association reports that police have identified several russians they suspect of involvement in the nerve agent attack in salisbury in march. meanwhile, the inquest into the death of dawn sturgess, who was poisoned by novichok, opens. the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, promises to increase the pace of negotiations with the eu. we will be starting to step up some of those preparations and some of it will become more publicly facing in the weeks and months ahead. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with chris mitchell and news of the open golf championship. kevin kisner leads at carnoustie but tiger woods has not teed off yet and rory mcilroy is just starting out. and chris fawkes has all the weather. after such dry weather through may andjune, we after such dry weather through may and june, we could see decent falls of rain tonight and tomorrow. but we are looking further afield as well. the weather has been even more extreme across parts of scandinavia and finland, where they are feeling the consequences of that drug. i will be telling you m

amesbury house died in hospital her partner charlie rally still remains in a critical condition scotland yard police have now launched a med inquiry this is now become a murder investigation and police and security officials are working around the clock to establish the full facts of the incident but he had of the u.k.

security footage and travel records to pinpoint the suspects these be no official comment from scotland yard so far. and we now bring in. joining us from london so what exactly do we know from the police so far what have they found out. well the police have not said anything official the president station which is a renowned and trusted source of news agency has to have said that they have spoken to somebody close to the investigation and according to that source it's several russian proper traitors have been linked to the case of sergei street and u.s. crew paul so no official confirmation yet but this is a source close to the investigation that's being quoted in british media and based on the information that we have so far do we know what led police to the suspects. well according to that source it was c.c.t.v. footage in the u.k. not only here in london where. there are security cameras really everywhere and it's this footage of the security cameras then checked with border traffic so people who traveled in and out of the country this is according to the source or lead to the identificat

there live at scotland yard for us with this ongoing breaking story tonight.ore reaction now from doctor richard guthrie. he is an independent expert on biological weapons. think you forjoining us. what you make of what you heard? it seems there have been further contamination with novichok around the area of salisbury. what you make of what you have heard? what we've from daniel is correct. there may be, he referred to equipment, there may be for example gloves or a jacket the person who is using the poison in the skripal case may have tried to put away somewhere that might not be easily found and it may not have been spotted as people were looking for things to clean up. how alarmed at think people will be or should be in this area? given this is several miles from salisbury, they were reassured at the time of course that the clean—up had taken place. we have seen people on—site from the army and in special sues for weeks after that attack. how concerned should people be now that it has not been contained? some of this material was obviously somewhere unexpe

i want to hear that from scotland yard or from the foreign office.rsions that we hear in the newspapers, they are not supported by the statements of the foreign office. every time we read a new version in the british newspapers, we are asking the foreign office to confirm or not, to confirm whether it is true or not. on most of our notes, we did not receive any replies, so for me, the statement of scotland yard is an official statement. so we are looking forward to getting this information from the british authorities, not from the media, with all my respect to the media. has the new british foreign secretary got in touch with you? not yet, but i got a letter from mralan duncan, i was told by my people from the embassy. and i am planning to ask for a meeting with mr hunt. i will be happy to brief him on the major directions of the russian foreign policy, and then i would like to discuss with him the russian—british relationship, and of course, the skripal case. russia's ambassador to the uk is speaking to our correspondent. the police watchdog is war

was heavily criticised bya scotland yard was heavily criticised by a judge in a report and in theice, a separate force, to investigate nick himself and whether he had actually been telling the truth. so the replication is from this case have already been pretty significant —— repercussions. what do you think is likely to be the further fall out now that he has actually been charged with allegedly lying about some of these very powerful allegations which he made? this is going to be a case which will go to trial. we expect nick will go to trial. we expect nick will appear in court in september. the allegations that he faces are serious, 12 counts of perverting the course of justice serious, 12 counts of perverting the course ofjustice and they include claims that he falsely claimed to have witnessed three boys being murdered, that he provided sketches of places where the abuse took place, falsely claiming he had memorised those locations, and it is also alleged he falsified an e—mail account providing false information from a man he named as having witnessed the abuse. in addition,

also on the programme: scotland yard won't discuss reports that police have identified several russians they suspect of involvement in the nerve agent attack in salisbury in march. the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, promises to step up the pace of negotiations with the eu. the former chair of the bbc trust, lord patten, says the corporation would be crazy to appeal against the ruling in the sir cliff richard privacy case. heroes of the london bridge terrorist attack, including two people who died, are being honoured for their bravery. and the 147th open championship is under way at carnoustie — can britain's top golfers break the americans‘ grip on the sport's majors? and coming up on bbc news... lewis hamilton signs a new deal with mercedes worth up to £40 million a year over at least two more seasons. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there has been a big rise in violent crimes recorded by police in england and wales — with murder, manslaughter and knife crime all up in the 12 months to march. official figures for the year to march also show a 30% increase in rob

scotland yard won't discuss press association reports that police believe they've identified several russians suspected of involvement in the nerve agent attack on the skripals in salisbury. the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, promises to increase the pace of negotiations with the eu, as he arrives in brussels for talks with the eu's michel barnier. michelle has told us the clock is ticking and so i'm looking forward to intensifying, heating up the negotiations and making sure we are in the best position to get the best deal. and could the end of trafficjams be in sight? we travel to las vegas where a new flying car has been developed. it's five o'clock. our main story is the sharp rise in violent crimes, recorded by police in england and wales, with murder, manslaughter and knife crime all increasing in the 12 months to march. official figures also show a 30% increase in robberies, but offences involving firearms are down. the crime survey, which is an indicator of longer—term trends, suggests no change in overall crime levels, as our correspondent richard lister reports. dawn r

scotland yard's counterterrorism chief also said the victims must have handled a contaminated container which police all still searching for meanwhile a meeting of the government's cobra emergency committee is being held over the poisoning incident in amesbury and us to see a child going to take his through the events as they unfolded as well as some of the reaction this been treated. one of the two people that were taken to hospital last weekend from injury which is just miles away from seoul's bre where sergei and yulia script all were said to have been poisoned by the child back in march was indeed been pronounced dead we do know that forty four year old john sturgis died on sunday night and we know that the british prime minister has expressed that she was appalled by this development indeed the partner of this woman who was also taken to hospital remains in critical condition and scotland yard have now announced they will be treating this as a murder investigation and despite the fact that this lead a separate incident following the one with sergei and. is indeed being in its early

no we see only leaks to british media and official statements from the interior ministry or scotland yard and nobody in this world has official information concerning what exactly happened in the u.k. . and in a way there you can see the russian diplomat really upping the ante saying well go on then give us these names if you're going to make these allegations we want to see evidence of it and we've just got a line from the russian foreign ministry as well they've said that if the u.k. keeps these alleged russian suspects classified if this case becomes secret well then moscow will regard it as a cover up of the perpetrators so there's clearly a sense of increasing frustration here i would say from the russian side that the british media can sort of go on making these allegations almost indefinitely without a shred of evidence from the or thora season without any official statements from the police investigation to back it up. in other news a u.s. court has refused bail to russian citizen. after she pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to the kremlin agent earlier prosecutors relea

daniel sandford in new scotland yard with breaking news. this is newsday. confirmed a couple who were critically ill in hospital in the city of salisbury we re hospital in the city of salisbury were exposed to a novichok nerve agent, the same toxin used to poison sergei skripal. antiterrorism officers are leaving the enquiry. they say there is no evidence the couple were deliberately targeted. the government would chair an emergency session chaired by the home secretary, sajid javid, on thursday. stay with us. we will have more to come with this breaking é hello. 29 degrees celsius was the high yesterday. that was in northern ireland. there will be a dramatic dip in the temperature here during the day ahead. we had and will have a dramatic drop in temperature for pa rt a dramatic drop in temperature for part of scotland. you can see we had a few shallow clouds yesterday. a few light showers across the southern half of the country. a smattering of rain for some of the gardens. we will see a little bit more during the day ahead. the change in scotland and nor

the latest from scotland yard. in a moment business news. but first of all our headlines.resigned, saying the government was pursuing a dangerous strategy in negotiations with the european union. reports say at least eight people have been rescued from flooded caves in thailand, and have been taken to a local hospital. a murder investigation begins into the death of dawn sturgess, who died after being exposed to the nerve agent novichok. in the business news. financial markets are shaking off worries over brexit, despite the departure of david davis as the uk's brexit secretary. he'll be replaced by dominic raab. experts say investors are instead concentrating on better than expected jobs figures from the us, which themselves overshadowed the start of trade tarriff war between the us and china. car giant nissan says it falsified emission tests in japan. it hasn't yet said how many cars are involved in the scandal, but shareholders are worried — the firm's shares are down 4.5%. it follows the recall of more than one million vehicles last year, over incorrect inspection proc

the bbc‘s daniel sandford was at scotland yard for that press conference, here's his analysis.d yard suddenly find themselves in a very uncomfortable position, they had this extraordinarily unusual attack back in march. in which sergey skripal was attacked, his daughter too. he was a former russian intelligence officer who turned to the british. his daughter may have been attacked by accident or part of the attack. the policeman who investigated that became contaminated. it was reasonably contained. four months later and two ordinary members of the public with no obvious motive for them to be attacked have suddenly gotten ill from being contaminated with what is the same nerve agent but not necessarily the same batch of that nerve agent. detectives now have to work out whether there is an area of contamination they were not aware of. perhaps a parkland or a bench or some object — a glove, some of the equipment, and they may have to find it. perhaps less likely but more unnervingly, some kind of second attack, this time not on somebody with a motive, but on two ordinary members

well as we've already mentioned scotland yard says there is no connection at this stage between it this new poisoning case and the script was poisoning last march however the name not be chopped became known around the world after the former russian spy was poisoned pile more aghast look deeper into the story behind the deadly substance there was no trial no discussion no evidence no proof there was only judgement and punishment is highly likely that russia was responsible we do polls russia culpable culpable culpable for the attempted murder the pundit needed even less than a movie chock sounds russian means russia did it establish that it is not a chaka matter is by definition of the translation of the name which means newcomer part of a program in a soviet union in the late seventy's and eighty's the points made there are a lot of questions to ask of this whole mess but over the last few weeks we've interviewed dozens of chemists experts and military specialists and hear their biggest gripes. the new nerve agents a new she crit they haven't been so in decades there's many well publis

i want to hear that from scotland yard or the foreign office.ported by the statements or the foreign office. the attack ended up taking dawn sturgess's life. she is thought to be contaminated by a perfume bottle which somehow ended up in her partner's flat. the inquest into her death opened and adjourned at the local coroner's court today. the coroner confirmed that police had recovered a bottle of liquid novichok. one of the last places dawn sturgess went before falling ill was the queen elizabeth gardens in salisbury. that has been the focus of the police searches for the last two days. detectives now have a bottle of the possible chemical weapon and may have images of two suspects to work with. this unique investigation appears to be edging gently forward. daniel sandford, bbc news, salisbury. students have painted over a muralfeaturing rudyard kipling's poem ‘if‘ — in a stand against what they say is his racist work. students at manchester university replaced the poem with a piece by maya angelou. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley h

from new scotland yard. —— corrupt police officers. a debate on the party's new rules dealing with anti—semitism, until september. the wording of the new guidelines has been heavily criticised by some jewish leaders and mp5. mr corbyn wants a meeting delayed so that more people can attend. a three—year—old boy, who was seriously injured in a suspected acid attack in worcester, has been discharged from hospital. police have released cctv image5 of three men they want to question. a 39—year—old man from wolverhampton has has been arrested, on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievou5 bodily harm. millions of virgin media customers have lost access to some of their favourite tv channels, over a row between virgin and the broadcaster uktv. popular stations like dave and gold are among all ten of uktv‘s channels, cut in a row over fees. here's our business correspondent, joe lynam. 90% of all foreign tourists come from abroad, so we've got to speak their lingo, ain't we? we?! french, i like it! already, you're picking up the lingo! they ho

our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, is outside scotland yard.? the allegations made by this man, nick, led to a £2.5 million investigation at scotland yard and initially the head of that enquiry described his claims as credible and true. nick claimed that when he was younger he was the victim of an alleged paedophile ring and he named alleged paedophile ring and he named a prominent figures and under investigation, was the former chief of the defence staff, lord bramble, lord brittan, who served as a cabinet minister and a former mp, harvey proctor. no one was charged and lord britain did not live long enough to know he would not face charges. now nick has been charged and he is facing 12 counts are perverting the course ofjustice, making false allegations and falsely claiming compensation. thank you. a quick look at some of tonight's other stories.. more than two thirds of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people avoid holding hands in public — that's according to a survey of more than 100 thousand people. the government's produced a 75—po

tom symonds at news got a job, thank you. —— at new scotland yard.st boat sank on a lake in the american state of missour has been describing what happened. in all, 17 people died when the duck boat capsized during a thunder storm on table rock lake on thursday. caroline davies reports. out of her hospital bed, in public for the first time. last week, tia coleman was on a pleasure cruise with her family when the duck boat she was on started to sink. when that water came over the boat, i didn't know what was happening. i had my son right next to me. but when the water filled up the boat, i could no longer see. and i just remember kicking and swimming, swimming up to the top. and as i was swimming ing. isaid, "lord, please let me get to my babies, i've got to get to my babies". i've got to get my babies. tia was rescued, but 17 people didn't survive, including her husband, three children and five other relatives. the boat has life jackets, but tia says the family didn't wear them because she was told they wouldn't need them. if i was able to get a life

scotland yard tried to reassure residents that areas decontaminated after the skripal htack are safe,ut now whvestigators will have to determine just how, where, and when these new victims were exposed. bianna? is golodryga: another quiet british town once again on edge. thank you. in thailand, 12 boys and a chccer coach are spending a 13th day trapped deep inside a flooded cave. ben tracy is outside the cave near chiang mai. >> reporter: new video of the young boys from inside cave shows them flashing peace signs and smiling. one by one they look at the camera and state that they are in good health. but outside the cave, rescuers are struggling to come up with a plan to bring the boys out safely. , e local governor says the children are being given a crash course in swimming. they have tried on dive masks that would allow them to breathe underwater if rescuers decide to attempt what would be a very dangerous and long swim through the dark and narrow cave. im if you don't know how to swim and you're in a very black environment which could kill you r side a cave, that's not a good envi

our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is at scotland yard.test on the police response. we heard about the statement, what more can you tell us about what police are saying? the assista nt about what police are saying? the assistant commissioner from the counterterrorism unit only finished making that statement as you came on airand he said making that statement as you came on air and he said indeed making that statement as you came on airand he said indeed best making that statement as you came on air and he said indeed best people had been contaminated with the same kind of nerve agent that sergei and yulia skripal were contaminated with a novichok agent, but it was not possible to tell if it was from the same batch at this stage. there is no evidence that these two people who have been freshly contaminated had visited the sites which had previously been decontaminated after the attack on the skripals is that leaves the police with two options. one is that somehow some leftover knob attack from the attack on the skripalfamily had knob attack

used security footage and travel records to pinpoint the suspects is the north fishel comment by scotland yard so far. as now being indeed. who is joining us from london so very get the british security minister saying that these reports that police have identified those responsible are wildly speculated what else are you hearing. well he's also said the reports were ill informed however the press agency that has reported this is normally a trusted source so i guess we will just have to wait a little bit longer and see how they back this up and then we can we can judge the full picture but as you say at the moment we don't have any official confirmation not from the british government or from the police and do we know why these reports or other reports suggested that those responsible had been caught. well according to these media reports it was c.c.t.v. footage everywhere not just in london but really in the u.k. you've got c.c.t.v. cameras that really follow people wherever they go and they took a long time to look at this footage and then red cross run for instance with border patrols and c

quite vocal on this subject has said that he wants to have something that's formal something by scotland yard by the by the british government before he makes an official statement we do know that this has really soured u.k. russian relations and it will be a subject that they will have to walk out the question is even if the british do release the name of the suspects if they think they have found a proper trade is the question is will russia believe it because russia has so far denied any involvement in this case because most reporting there from london a little earlier on now in bosnia-herzegovina they're known as the invisible children conceived when anime fighters raped their mothers during the bosnian war of the ninety's many have found themselves stigmatized by society and overlooked by the government now in their mid twenty's some of them are fighting for their rights we have this exclusive report now from the bosnian capital sorry for. twenty four year old usage was conceived when a croat soldier raped her mother during the war in bosnia growing up after the conflict without a father

i want to hear that from the scotland yard or from the foreign office. the newspapers, they're not supported by the statements of the foreign office. the attack ended up taking dawn sturgess's life. she's thought to have been contaminated by a perfume bottle which somehow ended up in her partner's flat. the inquest into her death opened and adjourned at the local coroner's court today. the coroner confirmed that police had recovered a bottle of liquid novichok. one of the last places dawn sturgess went before falling ill was the queen elizabeth gardens in salisbury. and that has been the focus of the police searches for the last two days. detectives now have a bottle of the possible chemical weapon and may have images of two suspects to work with. this unique investigation appears to be edging gently forward. daniel sandford, bbc news, salisbury. sport now. for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah mulkerrins. it's been an intriguing first day's play at the open championship, with the dry conditions at carnoustie proving tricky for man

quite vocal on this subject has said that he wants to have something that's formal something by scotland yard by the by the british government before he makes an official statement we do know that this has really soured u.k. russian relations and it will be a subject that they will have to work on the question is even if the british do release the name of the suspects of a thing they have found of have betrayed is the question is will. russia believe it because russia has so far denied any involvement in this case they get mass reporting from london thank you. saved eleven of the till the forest was the relatively short one hundred eight kilometer right through the all of us from there the two levels yeah well team skies thomas made an impressive attack on the final climb which saw him cross the finish line first snatch the yellow jersey and put himself in perfect position to win his maiden tour. with the tour now heading deep into mountain territory it's time to weed out the serious contenders from the also rans team sky set the pace at the front of the peloton happy to let a breakaway group

with her death, a murder investigation has been launched by scotland yard.erly appalling that a british citizen has died having been exposed to a novichok nerve agent. but make no mistake, we are determined to find out how dawn and her partner, charlie rowley, came into contact with such a deadly substance. and we will do everything we possibly can to bring those responsible to justice. the couple's last journey together was on a bus from salisbury to amesbury. tonight, the police said there were no traces of novichok on the bus they took. it's understood charlie rowley‘s flat in amesbury is regarded as the key location, as police search for a container which was the source of the nerve agent. the work of the teams in their specialist heavy suits is being made harder by the heat. it was novichok which was used in the attempted murder of sergei and yulia skripalfour months ago. here in salisbury, the hostel which was dawn sturgess‘ last home has been closed, and is now one of the decontamination sites. people in this area believed the novichok crisis had pass

this is the report that the police have identified suspects in the case in salisbury, scotland yard iind everyone, not commenting on this. what is your ta ke commenting on this. what is your take on this? we are not entirely clear about this, it is the press association, the wire agency that got the story suggesting that they did have suspects, identified suspects. the security minister described this as coming from the ill informed and wild speculation folder, that people like chris and i who look at government and ministerial statements can normally tell if a denial is an absolute one and that is certainly not one. it seems likely that they are getting much closer to being able to identify who was responsible. thank goodness. because it is terribly alarming for anyone living in salisbury the fact that someone could pick up a vial of this stuff and then someone dies. it is shocking. world cup over and... in a way, i interviewed ben wallace and his do not be fooled by the pr from the world cup, because this country still has an agenda and is still a threat and we are back to where we

security footage and travel records to pinpoint the suspects there's been no official comment by scotland yard so far. and now bringing. us who is in london burkett it's good to see you so what exactly have the police found out. we have to really bear in mind that this is nothing that's confirmed by the police or by the british government it's created by the press association which is a trustworthy news agency here in the u.k. that they have interviewed a source which is close to the investigation and according to this source says the process is the asian investigators are sure that several russians are there have been the perpetrators and they really sure that they are that they are russians of course is very political and we would need to wait for confirmation by the police official confirmation also by the british government so break it bearing that in mind does the source explain how the police got a break in the case what exactly led the police to the suspects. well apparently it's been c.c.t.v. footage which is very very prevalent here in the u.k. everywhere you go around you all securit

tom symmonds gave us the detail from scotland yard.onal standards, the bit of the met which investigates when its own police officers either break the law or break the force's rules. now, the police watchdog, the iopc, says that individual officers within that directorate may be guilty of serious corruption or malpractice. this is about the allegation that those officers may have interfered with or prevented investigations into met officers. and so far, three middle—ranking officers within the directorate have been told that they face investigation, and the iopc is looking at the cases of another dozen or so. it is a highly controversial announcement, a highly controversial thing for the iopc to say. the met has had a long history of dealing with corruption within the force. in the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s, it was about corrupt links between criminals and the police. now, it seems to be about potentially corrupt links between police and other police officers. hello, i'm marc edwards and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. c

contaminated when they handled the poison, according to scotla nd handled the poison, according to scotland yardinvestigation. counterterrorism officers ohl working with the local wiltshire force and four months on from the script now poisoning, police here are trying to reassure the public. our top priority now and a lwa ys the public. our top priority now and always will be the safety of every body in our community. to that end, people in a mystery and salisbury will see a significant increase in the amount of police officers and the amount of police officers and the resources we have available. charlie was at this church social event on saturday in the hours before he collapsed. he looked at it out of sorts, you could sense something was not right one would have a she and it was possibly alcohol, we don't know fish or. this footage shows him being taken into salisbury district hospital. dawn stu rg ess ha d salisbury district hospital. dawn sturgess had already been admitted, asa sturgess had already been admitted, as a friend who didn't want to appear on screen, described. she is appear on s

reporter: we've just heard from the lead police command er behind me here at scotland yard.hrase, it is "not clear" if a crime has been committed. the focus is what happened to the former russian spy and his daughter just down the road from where this occurred. but the events we heard in that press conference are having. one of these two people, both british nationals, have cast aside the idea of this being another attempt of some kind of russian double agent here in the uk. these two british nationals, together on the same property. the woman, age 44, fell ill in the morning on saturday, the man fell ill later that day. they're both critically ill in hospital. but the key question is what was the substance, called an unknown substance at this stage, that caused hthem to fall ill. five separate places have been sealed off in that area, and of course britain deeply on alert and deeply troubled by this. still the key question, whether it was a narcotics substance or something much more chilling like a nerve agent that tried to kill the double agent and his daughter. >> nick, a

nick paton walsh is outside scotland yard. what have we been learning about this today?ilarities here. the biggest one frankly is the geography, so close to where sergei skripal and his daughter julia were struck down by that russian nerve agent. also the response of british officials and police. they are, of course, on hawaigh highest alert after what happened to the skripals. the terrorism police have been trying to work out what this unknown substance is and the government is dealing with this with the utmost seriousness. that's where the similarities end. those two individuals, 45 and 44 years old respectively, are locals to wilshire. and it's still unknown at this stage exactly what the substance is, meaning that a long time has elapsed now with british police on higher alert than they were before for them to identify what the substance was. and it took for them to identify the novachuk nerve agent. this is an incident that seems to have happened on saturday where this couple were at home. the younger of the two, dawn, was made ill in the morning. charles fell ill l

four months on from the poisoning of surrogate end yulia skripal, marland yarde will not —— scotland yardl not confirm reports that they know who is involved. our books back in fashion? sales rose by 5% last year but there are warnings by book—sellers that they are seeing less and less of those profits. ina in a moment, it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up on bbc news this evening. coming up on beyond 100 days, as the fallout from president trump and resident putin's helsinki meeting continues, we look at how worried those wanted by the kremlin should be, and looking at a rise in reported crime in england and wales, the police superintendent on what he thinks is behind the spike and we will take a look at the front pages with lance price, political commentator, and the cheap —— chief political commentator at the telegraph, chris hope. now, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome along to sportsday, i'mjohn hello and welcome along to sportsday, i'm john watson live at carnoustie. is day one of the open championship and it draws to a close. we have an

scotland yard took 18 months to carry out their investigation and it resulted in no criminal chargesing of a boy named scott. that he provided sketches of locations of which he had been physically and sexually abused, falsely claiming he produced those images from memory. it also says he provided a penknife and two military epaulettes, falsely alleging he had retained them from when he was abused as a child. it gives you an idea of the kind of allegations he faces in terms of perverting the course ofjustice. he will next appear in court at westminster magistrates' court in due course. danny, thank you very much. the government wants to ban gay conversion therapies as part of an ‘action plan‘ to tackle discrimination. it comes after the largest national survey of lgbt, lesbian, gay, bisexual and tra nsgender people. ministers are also promising to improve sex education in schools, and give police more training to identify hate crime. campaigners have welcomed the plans, but insist there is still a long way to go before lgbt people achieve full equality. joining me now is bex stinson,