wyre davies, bbc news. warden of nuffield college oxford and chair of the geospatial commission. you concluded in your report over a decade ago for the social care system was not fit for purpose, how can we be in this place in 23? i wish i can we be in this place in 2371 wish i knew, matthew. it is really very distressing. the stories that we have just heard a it's almost not a surprise we've known for almost a decade that there is simply not a resource going into social care. and many of us are living longer that is fantastic and many of us england lately and your package was a clear example when people are cared for it they could have happy and fruitful lives. we need more of it and we need to accept that we all have to pay some more. somehow the political system under both the main parties in england and around the whole of the uk just not has not managed to get proper reform over the line. it's distressing. to get proper reform over the line. it's distressing.— get proper reform over the line. it's dist

wyre davies, bbc news.pitalised with a serious bacterial infection last month. the singer said on social media that she was lucky to be alive after being treated in intensive care. the 64—year—old was due to begin a seven month world tour in the coming weeks but that has been postponed after she fell ill. we are going to take a short break and when we are back we will have more in all of those main stories. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. it looks like summer is going to remain on hold for the rest of this week with low pressure always nearby. it is going to stay unsettled bringing spells of cloud, rain, even strong winds around for the time of year. it has been a wetjuly, many places have seen more than double what we expect in a normal month. parts of northwest england, preston, have seen three times what we expect in a normaljuly. it will stay unsettled into the start of august. this low pressure sitting on top of the country bringing a lot of cloud, outbreaks of pa

wyre davies, bbc news.itical rally which left 45 people dead. more than 150 others were injured in the suicide attack. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies is in islamabad — what's the latest? ben, first a notification we had this morning was from the police confirming this was a suicide bombing, today they confirmed it and said they believe the suicide bomber used about 10 kilograms of explosive and had ball bearings to cause the most destruction. the number of injured is round 150. no group has yet claimed this attack, and the authorities have refuted the idea the so—called islamic state is behind it. what they have said is there are some indications a local chapter with links to the so—called islamic state. that sounds like a contradictory statement, it shows how often these groups are splittered and sometimes operate independently. splittered and sometimes operate independently-— is this month marks 55 years since britain's first black female tv reporter made her debut. in the 1960s, barbara blake

wyre davies, bbc news. 0ur reporter, paul heaney, has been tracking this story.what degree is this issue across the uk, we have heard there from wiwa davis who was in wales, is this an issue that is very similar in northern ireland as well? it certainly appears to be. what is striking about the data that we managed to get hold of, and it was a bit of a dearth of data to begin with until we started asking lots of questions of all of the councils in the uk and northern ireland, is that there are big variations in the time you might expect to wait to be assessed for your needs and then to get to the care you need in order to leave hospital or indeed to remain home i do not need to go into hospital in the first place. which was another really important part of this story. in essence, you can go from waiting a day or two to waiting for months, according to the research that we have done in conjunction with the shared data unit here at the bbc.— conjunction with the shared data unit here at the bbc. what does your data suggest — unit here at the bbc. what does your dat

wyre davies, bbc news.ption this week because of a ban on overtime by train drivers. aslef union members at 15 train companies in england are refusing to work extra hours from today until saturday. they're involved in a long—running dispute about pay. a third firefighter has died in canada while battling the country's worst wildfire season on record. these time—lapse images were filmed in the western province of british columbia, where homes were evacuated as the fires burned out of control. the number of people rescued while kayaking or canoeing more than doubled last year, according to the rnli. the charity says it's also been responding to more calls about paddleboarders — and is urging people to carefully check the tides and weather before getting in the water. madonna has thanked herfamily and friends for their support after she was hospitalised with a serious bacterial infection last month. the singer told her social media followers she was lucky to be alive after her time in intensive care. she postp