many thanks, simon jones that has caused so many problems. many thanks, simonjones there.arged with attempted murder and weapons offences following a shooting in leytonstone's lascelles close on thursday night involving police. no—one was hurt in the exchange. the men were found in possession of a shotgun, an axe and a zombie knife and will appear in court on monday. tens of thousands of people have fled their homes in northern california as a huge wildfire continues to burn out of control. two people have been killed and hundreds of buildings have been destroyed. firefighters are battling to control the blaze that's been likened to a tornado of fire. courtney bembridge reports. firefighters say they are battling a fire tornado. fuelled by high temperatures and large pockets of dry vegetation. the fire has destroyed 500 homes in california, and threatened thousands more. oh, my goodness. the blaze has been burning for six days. so far it has scorched more than 118,000 acres of land, an area larger than the city of san francisco. further south, another fire rages, this one

simon jones, thank you.f today's other news: facebook has suspended an american data analytics firm while it investigates claims it built surveillance tools with users' information. the company, crimson hexagon, is said to have worked with a group linked to the kremlin, and us government agencies. two men have appeared in court in bristol following what's been described as a "significant seizure of cocaine" from a boat in the english channel. the dutch nationals were charged after a yacht was intercepted off the coast of south—west cornwall on thursday. the national crime agency says the exact quantity of cocaine is not yet known. injapan, at least 20 people have died in heat related deaths. weeks after being hit by floods, parts of the country are now experiencing a heatwave. temperatures have risen above a0 degrees, more than 2,000 people have been taken to hospital. the girl guides have launched a selection of new badges which they say reflects the modern world. they include vlogging, human rights, mixing

simon jones, bbc news. now on bbc news, t‘s time for the travel show., it's time for the travel show. hello, and welcome to the travel show. coming up this week: rajan follows in the footsteps of lawrence of arabia injordan. we swap water for wine and get a soaking at a festival in spain. and our global guru has some tips on where to find the best september sun around the world. this week we are injordan, which is marking the centenary of the culmination of the great arab revolt, when much of the middle east rose up against the ottoman empire. it was also the inspiration for the classic 1960s film, lawrence of arabia. so we sent rajan there 100 years on. head south from the capital amman towards the saudi arabian border, and you find yourself in another world. wadi rum. a natural wonder, a geological phenomenon. a valley that is just basically huge swathes of red sand surrounded by mountains and ridges of really strange shapes made of sandstone and granite. astonishing. so otherworldly is wadi rum that it's actually been used by hollywood as a stand—in

simon jones, bbc news. voters are being systematically manipulated by the spread of fake news.e finding of a group of mps in a leaked report. it warns that the uk is facing a "democratic crisis." our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is here. strong words from mps what is the background? this is a chunky report, it looks for instance at the affair of cambridge analytica and have a harvested the data of millions of people from facebook, did accept the eu referendum campaign and asks how the single biggest donor aaron banks got his money and where his data came from —— it looks at. and it looks at russian involvement in elections. it comes to be contention that we are in trouble and there is a democratic problem and something needs to be done. it comes up with a syriza recommendations for the government, it wants new rules on online campaign —— it comes up with a socceroos recommendations have a targeting, they say that is not transparent at the moment, and it runs a social media attacks, 11 on the social middle companies to help pay for a media literacy programme, to te

simon jones in the future. simon, thank you very much. simonjones in salisbury for us.ed when a boat capsized on a lake popular with tourists in the us state of missouri. 17 people died when the amphibious vehicle, called a duck boat, went down in poor weather. the safety record of duck boats has come under scrutiny. more than a0 have died in accidents aboard them in the last 20 years. sophia tran—thomson reports. hundreds of mourners gather around cars for a vigil in the parking lot where the table rock lake tourist boats depart. it's thought that they belong to the passengers who died. this duck boat made it back to shore. the passengers filming the storm apparently unaware of the danger they were in. oh, my god. it's going under. further out, this boat was sunk in the severe sudden storm. of the 31 on board, less than half survived. among the 17 who died, nine were from one family. this picture has been shared by local media. only the woman on the far left and the boy on the far right are thought to have survived. we'll be working arduously to determine what happened

simon jones certainly anything but dull. simon, thank you. simonjones in folkestone. forecast coming later in the programme. —— a full weather forecast. when the government announced the part privatisation of the probation service in england and wales in 2015, it hoped it would lead to a reduction in reoffending. but now the justice secretary is scrapping a number of contracts, after admitting they're not delivering the benefits they promised. the decision will cost £170 million. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, reports. lunch, shortly to be served at this old and community centre. but back in the kitchen, the staff are also serving sentences. this is community payback. you have criminals working for you. is that a bit odd? what you think of it? it's great, to be quite honest. yeah, it is. we're happy with them. they don't ask us questions and we don't ask them.|j have been sent here because of benefit fraud. it is payback, isn't it? the fact i've been placed here, it's an amazing place. when you have been convicted with something you have to do your time

simonjones, bbc simon jones, bbc news.k to katherine da costa who's at stansted airport. what is happening? in the last half an hourwe what is happening? in the last half an hour we have had an update, more information about what has caused the disruption here and we know that 30 departures were cancelled last night affecting ryanair, thomas cook, easyjet and a few others. cancellations means that planes are in the wrong position and that leads to knock on effects today and that is why we have seen so many delays. we have spoken to many tired and frustrated travellers who have spent the night here at the airport sleeping on the floor, many of them with very young children, and they described last night as chaos. huge crowds and cramped conditions and waiting many hours without any information. today the queues started to subside. the check—in areas were started to subside. the check—in areas we re clear started to subside. the check—in areas were clear about ryanair seems to be worst affected, still suffering from delays a

that was simon jones that was simonjones reporting. the chief constable of england's second largest police force says budget cuts mean the current level of policing in the west midlands is not sustainable. dave thompson has apologised to people who feel they've received a poor service from his officers, whose numbers have fallen by around a quarter since 2010. mr thompson says he's having to prioritise which crimes to investigate. sima kotecha reports. a taxi driver doing hisjob, and then attacked. one of the guys came and smashed the windscreen wipers, threw more bricks, and one of the guys, i did not even see from where he came, he threw a pile of bricks on me and first it hit me, i was like that, in this position, so it hit me on my elbow, and then on this side, then ijust lie down and i saw them running. he says i was repeatedly targeted in a matter of minutes. his arm and waist were severely bruised. i don't feel safe. they are not scared of the police because they feel they will not get caught. that is what they told you to your

among the worst affected have been passengers at stansted airport and those using eurotunnel as simon jonesthe holiday getaway from hell. the queues grew and grew at stansted airport as flights were cancelled. blamed on the thunderstorms that meant planes could not fly safely. ryanair, the main operator at stansted, has apologised to customers. it is incredible how unaccountable they are. there is no one here to deal with it. the queues are neverending and people are supposed to wait. it is ridiculous. we were on board the plane for six hours and then they say, "it's delayed. the flight is delayed." then we come back here. another queue for ten hours. the storms that swept in forcing middlesbrough‘s friendly against sunderland to be abandoned, and heralding the end of the heatwave, are supposed to put a stop to this, too, the chaos at the channel tunnel. for three days, trains had been unable to run at full capacity because it was too hot, the air conditioning could not cope. the queue of cars trying to get into eurotunnel tells the story. some are having to wait six and a half hours to get

simon jones, bbc news.charged with attempted murder and weapons offences in east london following a shooting in leytonstone‘s lascelles close on thursday night involving police. no—one was hurt in the exchange. the men were found in possession of a shotgun, an axe and a zombie knife and will appear in court on monday. a 24—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and sexual activity with a child, following the death of a 13—year—old girl. lucy mchugh‘s body was discovered in woodland in southampton on thursday. she'd been reported missing the night before. the british actor ed westwick won't be prosecuted following accusations of rape and sexual assault made against him in america. investigators say there's "insufficient evidence". after the allegations emerged last year, the bbc cut his performance from the agatha christie drama 0rdeal by innocence. it also halted the recording of a second series of his hit comedy white gold. the 30—year—old, has always denied he did anything wrong. the chief

earlier our news correspondent simon jones, whose been at the scene in salisbury, sent us this updatethat bench, and photos, and took away evidence bags as part of their investigation. what we do know is police are not prepared to give a running commentary on what they are doing. but we understand they have been able to speak to charlie rowley fairly extensively since his recovery has improved in hospital. we know he was released yesterday, we don‘t know where he has been released. he can‘t return to his home in amesbury. that is because that remains part of the police investigation. two men have appeared in court after one—point—six tonnes of cocaine was seized from a yacht off south west cornwall. the men, who are both dutch, were remanded in custody. janine jansen reports. the dutch flags yacht was intercepted 120 miles off the cornish coast on wednesday. the marcia was escorted into newlyn harbour by the border force cutter hmc vigilant. officers found bails of cocaine wrapped in plastic bags in a compartment underneath the decking. we have recovered a significant amount of contro

simon jones, bbc news.ave died including two children, and tens of thousands have fled their homes, after a huge wildfire swept through northern california. 0ffcials say gale—force winds are sucking up the flames, creating "fire tornados" which are uprooting trees and overturning cars. more than 3,000 firefighters are on the scene. 0ur correspondent james cook reports from los angeles. even by the wild standards of rural california this fire is exceptional, driven by galeforce winds it was so intense it created tornadoes of flame, uprooting trees and hurling cars aside. that is a home i believe, some kind of structure. 0n fire right now. nearly 40,000 people were forced to flee. fire on both sides of the road and houses coming down. houses that were already down. hundreds of homes have been destroyed including some built during the gold rush of the 19th century, two firefighters were killed. and this man was searching for his family. i want god to help me out. i just can't see how i can go without them. som

simon jones, thank you. weather. simonjones, thank you.six hours on the way to lourdes carrying six severly disabled passengers. what has been happening for you? well, we arrived in folkestone last night and had a two—hour wait to get to the check—in. 0nce night and had a two—hour wait to get to the check—in. once we got there we we re to the check—in. once we got there we were really looked after and they did give us priority because of the people we are carrying on board. we only had to wait five hours. we are five hours behind. you sound quite sanguine about it. we're really lucky. we are on an air—conditioned bus. we have supplies. it is good to hear you were looked after. what did they do to help you? the driver dealt with the staff. i will let you talk to andy. andy, how did they help you? have to waiting for about two hours ina have to waiting for about two hours in a queue just to speak to a service agent, we have got passengers with special needs, terminal illnesses. they prioritised and we got on the next train. we we re and we g

simon jones, bbc news.her representatives. but the campaign has seen some of the worst political violence in the country for decades. in one state, the entire local police force was arrested after a candidate for mayor was murdered. 0ur correspondent will grant reports. until very recently, 0campo was a town without a police force. still hanging over the streets is the image of a dead candidate, fernando angeles, murdered in his home amid the bloodiest election campaign in modern mexican history. shortly after his killing, the entire force — all 28 officers — were arrested by state police. "it was all a mistake," insists 0fficer garcia. "we are clean policeman. if we weren't, we would still be injail." just 2a hours ago, these officers were under arrest for the alleged involvement in the murder of a political candidate. now they are back on the streets patrolling their town and protesting their innocence. the charges, which still haven't been dropped, were for dereliction of duty over the killing. the mayor

simon jones, bbc news. voters have been systematically admitted related by fake news. facing a democratic races. roy catherine joneses hill. uk is facing a democratic races. roy catherinejoneses hill. —— air. the mps stood amidst their words was a reminds of the background towards this. the select committee has looked far and wide in its inquiry. it looked at cambridge analytical data and with that online advertising during the eu referendum. and with that potential russian indifference in the uk. they come out very worried about a threat to democracy. and they have made a number of recommendations to the government. here arejust number of recommendations to the government. here are just a few of them. they want new rules on online campaign. this is about advertising on places like facebook making it much more transparent who is doing it. so that adverse that pop up and are targeted at particular people to be visited by everyone know what happens. they want a social media tax levied on the social media networks which would be used to fund regulation of them and also to

simon jones, bbc news.looded cave in northern thailand, has entered its ninth day. rescue teams have been trying to reach deeper into the chambers of the tham luang cave in the hope of finding the children, who are all aged between 11 and 16. howard johnson reports. water, gushing out of the tham luang cave complex. earlier this week, engineers began pumping it out from a flooded cavern. other teams have also worked to divert streams from flowing into the area. what we are seeing here is part of a new superjet pump being delivered. it's hoped that when it's fully operational, even more water will be pumped out of the cave complex to the right of me here. the falling water levels have galvanised search and rescue teams. last night, thailand's elite navy seal divers returned to a chamber around a kilometre away from the pattaya beach, a high sandbank where many hope the missing boys and their football coach are sheltering. the team will now use fixed ropes and stockpiled air tanks to attempt to push further i

but we begin our coverage with this report from simon jones, ambulances arrived at hospital, one of theirst signs that hours into this operation the first boys have been rescued after being trapped for more than two weeks. these are rescuers emerging into the darkness, the first part of their mission accomplished. this had been named d—day by the authorities, who declared the boys and their coach were ready to move and amid fears of rising waters, officials decided they could wait no longer. translation: i would like to inform the public and those giving us support all along, after 16 days, today is the day we have been waiting for, we are seeing the boys in the flesh now. the boys were said to be determined and focused, physically and mentally fit. expert divers guided them out through darkness and passageways towards the mouth of the cave. it involved a mixture of walking, wading, climbing and diving. their families agreed they should be moved as soon as possible. emergency vehicles showed progress had been made. the first group out quicker than expected. the operation is over for the

our correspondent simon jones is in salisbury.ring the course of the morning. initially, we saw the public toilets behind me surrounded by barriers. then, in the heat of the sun, we saw a number of police officers put on protective suits and head towards the centre of the park, where they were able to carry out the search of a park bench. we saw them taking swabs, we saw them taking photos, and they also took away evidence bags. now, the police are not commenting why specifically they are looking intensively at the park at this moment, but we do know they have been able to speak at length to charlie rowley since he has been discharged from hospital. now, what we know according to the police is he has been offered advice on his own security. what they're not saying is whether he's been offered any sort of police protection. but they say ultimately what is intensifying this is the fact that they want to get to the bottom of this, and that is why this search is continuing. simonjones reporting. nine members of the same family were am

simon jones, bbc news. it rapidly improves services in the south east of england. hundreds of thousands of passengers have faced weeks of cancellations and delays following the introduction of new timetables in may. a government source said the process of removing franchises could start within weeks. thameslink has refused to comment but apologised for the disruption. mexicans go to the polls today to elect a new president, congress and thousands of other representatives. but the campaign has seen some of the worst political violence in the country for decades. in one state, the entire local police force was arrested after a candidate for mayor was murdered. 0ur correspondent will grant reports. until very recently, 0campo was a town without a police force. still hanging over the streets is the image of a dead candidate, fernando angeles, murdered in his home amid the bloodiest election campaign in modern mexican history. shortly after his killing the entire force — all 28 officers — were arrested by state

simon jones, bbc news. short time ago, i spoke to simonjones in folkestone about the delays there. the queue behind me are people waiting to get into the euro tunnel, and it's inching forward but little more than that. at the moment people are being told they are facing a two hour wait in that queue just to get to check—in. once they get to check in their facing another three hours on the terminal, but they may be slightly relieved, because this morning the total weight was six and a half hours, so the euro tunnel saying things are improving, but it's really not a massive improvement of people heading out on the holidays. desperate to get away. the strange thing is that yesterday we were standing here in glorious sunshine, well above 30 degrees and the company was blaming the tree hot weather for the delays of saying some of the carriages had become simply too hot to use. the acquisition could not cope and for that reason had to be taken out of service. he said as soon as the temperature dipped things shoul

let's look back at the day's events now with this report from simon jones.one of the first signs that hours into this unprecedented operation, the first boys have been rescued after being trapped for more than two weeks. today was named d—day by the authorities who declared the boys and their records were ready to move, and with fears of rising waters, officials decided they could wait no longer. this morning 13 professional cave divers entered the cave to carry out the extraction of the kids, including five navy seals. they have been clearly briefed on how the extraction would be carried out. the boys were said to be determined and focused, physically and mentally fit. expert divers have been guiding them out through darkness and submerge passageways towards the mouth of the cave. it has involved a mixture of walking, climbing and diving. the families agreed they should be moved as soon as possible. seven hours into the operation, the emergency vehicles should progress had been made, the first group out quicker than expected. the relief that the first group

simon jones, bbc news.metown of aneurin bevan to mark 70 years since he founded the nhs. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has been taking part in the celebrations. what nye taught us was that health should be something available for all. he was the founder of the national health service in the post—war labour government. he started his life in poverty. he became a miner, a trade unionist, long before he became a cabinet minister. but he was also a thinker. he was a man of ideas and of principle. he did not go into politics for personal aggrandisement and power. indeed, he was often heard repeating a very powerful maxim, "the purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away". let's get more now one of our top stories — the communities secretary, james brokenshire, has said he's confident the cabinet will reach an agreement on brexit, at a crunch meeting at chequers this week. what will be agreed and how will it be viewed by remain supporters? i can now speak to labour's alison mcgovern, who is campaigning fo

earlier, our news correspondent simon jones, who's been at the scene in salisbury, told me that charlieftey advice by police officers. you have got officers with protective suits who go into the park to try to search for clues. what we had around lunchtime is the officers heading over to that area, toa officers heading over to that area, to a park bench. they took samples from that bench, and photos, and took away evidence bags as part of their investigation. what we do know is police are not prepared to give a running commentary on what they are doing. but we understand they have been able to speak to charlie rowley fairly extensively since his recovery has improved in hospital. we know he was released yesterday, we don't know where he has been released. he can't return to his home in amesbury. that is because that remains part of the police investigation. so, no idea if there are plans to him to speak to the media at this stage? the media are very keen to speak to him, to hear his story. we are being told by the police that what he decides will ultimately be up to him. we know he has

simon jones, bbc news. earlier we spoke to katherine da costa at stansted airport.he had to say about the travel mayhem. sta nsted stansted airport sta nsted airport has stansted airport has confirmed that 30 flights were cancelled yesterday affecting ryanair, 30 flights were cancelled yesterday affecting rya nair, thomas 30 flights were cancelled yesterday affecting ryanair, thomas cook, easyj et affecting ryanair, thomas cook, easyjet and because of those cancellations that means the planes are not where they're supposed to be, and that causes knock on effects into today meaning thousands of passengers have been heavily delayed. we have been hearing from plenty of passengers at stan said who say they're very tired, very frustrated now. some of them waiting 24 frustrated now. some of them waiting 2a hours before the next flight and they have spent the night on the floor. they're not getting information. that seems to be the frustrating thing that they are waiting for many hours. some told me they have made it onto a plane only to sit on the tarmac for six hours wit

simon jones, bbc news. will be protected under new eu rules which come into force today. until now, trips booked via websites like expedia and on the beach did not have the same protection as traditional package holidays from travel agents. our business correspondent joe lynam has more. expedia, lastminute.com, ebookers and on the beach are popular websites for booking holidays, but they are intermediaries. it means if things go wrong, they are not directly responsible. that ends today. more and more people are buying their holidays online but they don‘t get the same protection as they would have got from a traditional travel agent, so thanks to these changes today, anybody who buys a holiday and, for instance, there‘s an ash cloud or a hotel isn‘t up to standard or the airline goes bust, they will be protected, thanks to these new directives. 83% booked a holiday online last year. most of that was through booking sites. but only half of those holidays were financially protected if the hotel, airline or car

simon jones in folkestone.ve a problem with that. we will bring you that clip. that was in the last few minutes. we will bring you that press conference very shortly. you are watching afternoon live. a letter from the prince of wales has been read out at the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse. the inquiry is considering the case of peter ball, a former bishop of lewes, and gloucester, who was convicted of abusing 18 young men. prince charles was in close contact with ball, and it's been claimed he helped to protect him. but in the letter, read by counsel to the inquiry, prince charles says he was misled by ball, who told him he was a victim of a vendetta. jon donnison reports. peter ball was a senior and powerful figure within the church of england for decades. but in 2015, the former bishop of lewis and gloucester — seen here on the left with his twin brother — was jailed for 32 months for sexually abusing teenagers and young men. he'd been cautioned by police more than ten years earlier, and resigned

jones, editor-in-chief, campus reform. wor personality, a big personality here in new york city. mark simone. great to have you all here.ou. >> yes, sure. lou: we have the smoking gun. we have corroboration. we have the evidence. it is carefully cut from the stone as we could imagine it. the fbi corruption is absolutely corroborated. department of justice corruption. but importantly, the incompetence and corruption of the fisa courts. >> you know. this is the thing that you do fear, is that it all comes together. that you're expecting one to balance off the other part, right? at least the court. and yet it is so awful. a lot of people still can't go there to think that this is actually occurred. and the good news is, that we've caught it. we've seen it happen. it was done in a lot of ways in very sloppy way. so we're able to catch it. we have a president who is willing to face it, because he is from the outside. but all these things come together, again, horrible dynamic, but an environment where we can face it and takes it down and recover. that is the key. lou: i'm delighted. we have a sunny outlook. our pastor will b

jones, bbc news. for the next two weeks the eyes of the tennis world will be focused here on sw19 but what makes this tournament the one every player dreams of winning? simoninto the world's most prestigious tennis tournament, the wimbledon championships. nearly half a million people come here, globally 1 billion see it on tv. but to make this grass tournament the best takes attention to every detail. we have a team of guys that go out and do thousands of measurement for hardness readings, chlorophyll plants, they will count grass blades to see how quickly they are wearing out. they count grass blades? yes, they count the baselines, to see how many plants are there and how quickly it's deteriorating. how many grass plants have you got here? for perennial rye grass, 700 seeds to a gram, 750 seeds to a gram, we sow 80 grams per square metre. centre court is 902 square metres. that equation off the top of your head is obviously... 5 million! 5a million. it was close! there will be 600 matches over this fortnight, but not here. this used to be court 19, now a restaurant, part of a two—week operation serving strawberries and 29,000 bottles of champagne, and of