scotla nd for england and wales, 16—19 for scotland and northern ireland aren't clear skies through this evening before the cloud starts to gather in the west and that will bring outbreaks of rain into parts of scotland, northern ireland, the far western fringes of england and wales by the end of the night so further west temperature is not much lower than is-mdc, west temperature is not much lower than is—ilidc, further east we could see them dipping into high single figures across parts of eastern england and east anglia, but this is what we've got tomorrow, this fairly deep area of low pressure. isobars are deep area of low pressure. isobars a re close deep area of low pressure. isobars are close together, wet and windy. the rain initially across scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales, south—west england, it will slide south and east through the day, quite persistent. turning dryerfrom the day, quite persistent. turning dryer from the north through the afternoon albeit with blustery showers and it will be a windy day again, those gusts micro quite widely 30—

england and wales, wind picking up, white lagos or a0 wales, wind picking up, white lagos or40 mph, wales, wind picking up, white lagos or a0 mph, deals across the south, 60 mph along the south coast and wales. temperatures lower on saturday, remember that wetter weather in the north. laughter from the audience when you said model that was upsetting! u nfortu nately said model that was upsetting! unfortunately it got a big laugh. said model that was upsetting! unfortunately it got a big laughm all fairness you did win, something like best man in wales! there is no more best man in wales! i cannot believe you're making me say white supremacy, that's the problem. this is a hoax. just like the russia hawks. it's a conspiracy theory used to divide the country and keep a hold on power. that's exactly what's going on. you're watching beyond 100 days. president trump is flying from dayton, ohio to el paso, texas — spending the day in two cities still reeling from mass shootings. before leaving the white house, the president said —— you're watching beyond 100 days. president trump is flying

the most vulnerable kids being found in north wales. obviously we have massive concerns about this north wales link. we have changed the carer's voice to protect the child's identity. yeah, 0k. what's your big worry? he's being exploited 7 these are good kids, really. you've got to understand that these children have been ripped apart by family issues, drugs mainly stuff like that from their parents. it's not their fault. so, today, i've been on duty for three hours and all i've done is missing person cheques. this is the reality for some care children. is that yours? arrested in north wales, this teenager had more than 20 grams of heroin and crack hidden inside his body worth around £3,000. six months later, we're back in st helens outside his supported accommodation. your door's broken. two girls, three girls. come on, guys. why is the window, why is the door smashed? officers are searching for a different child, a 15—year—old missing from care at risk of county lines. have you got a warrant? your door's open. ijust needed to che

ed thomas, bbc news, north wales. drugs offences, particularly those involving violence, are the sort of crimes the prime minister says he wants to target. today, in his latest law and order initiative, borisjohnson ordered a review of sentencing for violent criminals. critics say there is no evidence that more time in prison cuts crime, and that england and wales already has the largest prison population in western europe. here's our home editor mark easton. a drive—by shooting in birmingham, a 20—year—old man killed as he played football. four days on, still no arrests and a community still in shock. i'm feeling nervous, and especially my son, he's scared, he's really, really scared. it's the kind of high—profile crime that is feeding current anxiety and prompting a u—turn in government policy. after years of cuts to the criminal justice system, suddenly there is money and resources. i will be passionately backing the police... more cops with more powers, courts locking up more people for longer. amid hint

that is take straight to wales. do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows. david (n0 audio translation available). chris davis, welsh conservative party (n0 audio translation available). (n0 audio translation available). jane dodds, welsh liberal democrats. (n0 audio translation available). des parkinson, brexit party. liz phillips, ukip make brexit happen, 242. lady lily the pink, the official monster raving loony party, 334. i will repeat that. 334. the total number of ballot papers rejected was 73. and i do hereby declare thatjane dodds is duly elected member of parliament for the said constituency. translation: and i do hereby declare that jane dodds is duly elected member of parliament for the said constituency. good morning. and it is a very good morning here in brecon and radnorshire. 34 years ago last month, richard livesey's victory in a by—election here sparked a liberal revival across wales and the united kingdom. and tonight, we've don

wales spent the week at an alpine training camp. some try, but so close to the world cup these matches are measured in bruises as much as points. gareth anscombe off for wales. the next injury was to welsh pride. the last place he wanted to put the line out was there. 21—7 at half—time. often when wales are lacking direction they head north. his 38th try for his country. next overjones bundling wales to just five points behind. the test england wanted. finishing 33—19. both coaches with much to consider. eddiejones must do his thinking quickly. he names his world cup squad tomorrow. jamie chadwick has become the first winner of the w series — the motor racing championship which aims to provide forfemale drivers into formula one. the 21—year—old from bath started from pole, but soon slipped back to third and eventually finished fourth behind race winner and fellow briton alice powell. however, that was enough to secure the championship by ten points ahead of dutch rival visser. there was a thrilling finish in moto gp at t

often when wales are lacking direction they head north. it only takes a few steps to launch a comeback. next over the captain bundling wales to just five points behind. the test england wanted. they responded. after george ford's penalties, daily put away a volley. finishing 33—19. england have kept wales from the top of the world, their 1a match winning strea k of the world, their 1a match winning streak is over, plenty for coaches to wander. eddie jones streak is over, plenty for coaches to wander. eddiejones most of his thinking quickly. he has to name his world cup squad tomorrow. patrick gearey, bbc news, twickenham. manchester united began their premier league campaign at home to chelsea today. if you've been avoiding the days results because you're waiting for match of the day 2, which follows the news, then look away now. it was an emphatic start to the season at old trafford as frank lampard lost his first league match in charge. united winning 4—0 thanks to two goals from marcus rashford, £80 million summer signing, the defe

the most vulnerable kids being found in north wales. obviously we have massive concerns about this north wales link. we have changed the carer's voice to protect the child's identity. yeah, ok. what's your big worry? he's being exploited 7 these are good kids, really. you've got to understand that these children have been ripped apart by family issues, drugs mainly stuff like that from their parents. it's not their fault. so, today, i've been on duty for three hours and all i've done is missing person checks. this is the reality for some care children. is that yours? arrested in north wales, this teenager had more than 20 grams of heroin and crack hidden inside his body worth around £3,000. six months later, we're back in st helens outside his supported accommodation. your door‘s broken. two girls, three girls. come on, guys. why is the window, why is the door smashed? officers are searching for a different child, a 15—year—old missing from care at risk of county lines. have you got a warrant? your door‘s open. ijust needed to

it is a very strong wales team they are up against. england have had to deal with injuries and also an alleged fight between two of their players, mike brown and ben t'eo at a training camp last week. here's our rugby union correspondent chris jones he is trying to brush it under the carpet i'm saying nothing to say here but there was an incident. that is fact rather than speculation and it has contributed to him not being in england camp. it happened on a team social. it was quite a boozy affair. quite a few players had a fair bit to drink. brown was not drunk... there was certainly an incident. ben was the aggressor but the details are a little bit sketchy. these kind of things always tend to come out in the wash. even though england and eddie jones want to say there is nothing to see here, i'm sure that the full picture will emerge before too long and what eddie jones will be desperate to do is put a good performance out on the pitch this afternoon with a young and inexperienced england side because if they take a beating against wa

the wales captain's been capped 86 times and led wales to the euro 2016 semi finals. manager ryan giggs says he has been left out as he has not had a pre season — he is currently without a club after being released by everton but is now set to join bristol city. borussia dortmund's jadon sancho has agreed a new contract with the bundesliga club worth about £190,000 a week, including bonuses. the england winger — who was the subject of summer interest from manchester united — scored 13 goals last season as dortmund finished second behind bayern munich. sancho also scored in their 5—1 opening league win on saturday's. england have secured a place in the semifinals of the eurohockey championships with a narrow win over belarus... lily 0wsley opened the scoring in antwerp after ten minutes before isabelle petter got her first england goal. belarus struck back in the final quarter to level the score at 3—3, they failed to score in their opening two matches and were beating ii—0 by ireland last time out. england were shocked back into the game, hannah martin re

ed thomas, bbc news, north wales. drugs offences, especially those involving violence, are the kinds of crimes the prime minister says he wants to target. today, in his latest law and order initiative, borisjohnson ordered a review into sentencing for violent criminals. critics say there's no evidence that more time in prison cuts crime, and that england and wales already has the largest prison population in western europe. here's our home editor, mark easton. a drive—by shooting in birmingham. a 20—year—old man killed as he played football. four days on, still no arrests, and a community still in shock. i'm feeling nervous. especially my son, he's scared, he's really, really scared. it's the kind of high profile crime that's feeding current anxiety and prompting a u—turn in government policy. after years of cuts to the criminal justice system, suddenly there's money and resources. i believe in passionately backing the police... more cops with more powers, courts locking up more people for longer. amid hints o

wales have also missed a penalty. but harding scored one, then the faroe islands scored an own goal. it is 5—0, and we are into injury time at the moment. that's on the bbc sport website. the road to a home european championship in 2021 has begun in belgium for england women. they are against belgium. remember, these will all be friendlies. they don't have to go through qualifying. that is live on bbc two. it remains goalless with 20 minutes gone. history is on the line for side linfield right now. they're in action in azerbajan against qarabag — aiming to becomre the first northern irish team to reach the group stages of the europa league. the irish premiership champions started 3—2 up from the first leg — but it took just six minutes for qarabag to make it 3—3 on aggregate. jaime romero with finish. a few minutes ago, they sealed the win. for— three on aggregate, and linfield have just scored win. for— three on aggregate, and linfield havejust scored in win. for— three on aggregate, and linfield have

very few showers in the midlands for wales. it should be dry across southern parts of the month, temperatures may be 20 degrees. as you had for the north with those showers, 15—17 is more likely. so a chilly day. the cloud coming into northern ireland later will bring some showers, and push them eastwards. the heavy ones clearing away from eastern scotland. and at the northeast of england. and chilly night to come as we head into the new week, particularly around aberdeen share, where temperatures could be 2—3d. as we move into monday, we could start to change our wind direction instead of the northwesterly, we get something in from the atlantic west to south—westerly around the top of that area of high pressure. whether front in the north will bring some rain. generally dry start for england and wales with some sunshine, but even here, i think it will tend to cloud over. most of the ring for northern ireland setting and quite widely, and scotland has some heavy rain over the hills of western scotland. 15 degrees in glasg

this area of low pressure pushes in on tuesday night, died wales wet and particularly windy. if you have plans, do not forget there will be a bit of sunshine at times. this is bbc news i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 11am. the prime minister pledges £2.5 billion to create 10,000 new prison places and says all police forces in england and wales will be given extended stop and search powers. we hear again and again from police. i was in london yesterday and essex today. our police need to be empowered. the former prime minister gordon brown warns that under borisjohnson the union of england, scotland, wales and northern ireland is, in his words "sleepwalking into oblivion". police in hong kong fire tear gas at pro—democracy protesters in the tenth consecutive weekend of anti—government demonstrations. lawyers for the alleged victims of the multi—millionaire businessman and convicted sex offender — jeffrey epstein — say his apparent suicide in his prison cell — shouldn't stop the investigation

the winds remain strong across the midlands, wales and southern england throughout. the showers perhaps becoming fewer in number with a bit more sunshine around. temperatures this afternoon, down on recent days — 22, 23 in the south and east, mid—teens across parts of scotland. into tonight, we continue with some dry weather across the far south, but more in the way of rain for the north of england, into parts of north wales, and rain comes and goes across scotland and northern ireland. a strengthening breeze in the north of scotland. temperatures here around 9 or 10 degrees, but most in the low to mid—teens as we start sunday. it will be not quite as windy across southern areas compared with today, but northern areas feeling a bit breezy. clearing away some of the early rain in northern scotland, and brightening up as well in northern ireland, but for central and southern scotland, the far north of england, there is potentially heavy and persistent rain, which could cause further issues. some thunderstorms brewing across central and western parts of england an

heavy showers in the midlands, south wales, and wet weather to the west of scotland. the north and west of scotla nd of scotland. the north and west of scotland and northern ireland actually brighten up to this afternoon by turning chilly up in the breeze coming down from the north. showers across central and southern areas. more widespread, heavy and thundery. at apm, we will see sunshine in the farnell for scotla nd see sunshine in the farnell for scotland it will feel cooler. central belt of scotland, lanarkshire, lothian and borders, cumbria, here is where rain could cause further problems and downpours in this hub could be lively. sunshine across the south—east corner, it will be warmer. 22 or 23 degrees. 13 or 1a in the north. hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: the prime minister has pledged £2.5 billion to create 10,000 new prison places and has said that all police forces in england and wales will be given extended stop and search powers. former prime minister gordon brown has warned that under borisjohnson the union of england, scotland

almost 3,000 people died from illicit drugs in england and wales last year. that is a rise of 17% on the previous year. throughout the week here on bbc news, we have been reporting on one of the key factors behind this crisis, the supply of drugs from the cities to britain's towns and even villages, what police call the county lines. all too often, children are involved, and today our special correspondent ed thomas has been showing the police what he has discovered. as heroin deaths reach record highs, for three months, we've investigated the rise in county line drug dealing — exploited teenage drug runners, vulnerable, long—term users. just taking it to feel normal. with heroin and crack cocaine, trafficked hundreds of miles every week. oh, my god! put your legs down. having watched that footage, it's quite distressing, really, because it's bringing home the reality. you can't not be shocked. as a police officer of 25 years' experience, that is the harsh reality of what is happening in towns and cities across our country. we showed our report to assista

england and wales the focus, even inland gusts of a0-50 wales the focus, even inland gusts of a0—50 mph. not unusual at other times of the year but august commentary is in full leaf, there could be the tree down, some damage, bridge restrictions, ferries cancelled. keep abreast on bbc local radio throughout the day. notjust the wind, some rain, wet conditions. wettest the borders of and england. two inches, 50 millimetres across parts of cumbria. lots of surface water, minorflooding parts of cumbria. lots of surface water, minor flooding through the day. some might ease off. we will see heavier showers developed across parts of scotland into the afternoon. the breeze. to pick up in the hebrides, scotland and northern ireland ina the hebrides, scotland and northern ireland in a light wind today. in the sunshine, pleasant, you might stay dry to stop but get caught in the thundery showers that will develop, could be torrential, causing further problems. they went will pick up in northern england, staying busy throughout the midlands, wales and southern england. for the around here but a gr

stop and search powers across england and wales? i welcome it. no great surprise. what this is doing is, there were several forces piloting a softening of the rules around waters being called section 60 and this is where there is a fear of significant violent crime within a certain community, an area and the police can target that area using stop and search powers. it is right that this reduces the assessment for police officers and allows us to use the stop and search in a much more effective way. this is rolling that out across england and wales to every force which is long overdue. it must also be said that we used to have this ability a number of years ago but the lens home secretary theresa may reduce it, took it away, so theresa may reduce it, took it away, so i'm glad this prime minister and this home secretary seem to have a bit more faith in our police officers. in terms of what that means, as you said, this is only when an area has been designated to meet these additional powers, so it is not a routine to do the stop and search as it was 25—30 years ago

almost 3,000 people died from illicit drugs in england and wales last year. that's a rise of 17% on the previous year. throughout the week we've been reporting on one of the key factors behind this crisis — the supply of drugs from the cities to britain's towns and even villages — what police call the county lines. all too often children are involved, and today our special correspondent ed thomas has been showing the police what he's discovered. as heroin deaths reach record highs, for three months we've investigated the rise in county line drug dealing, exploited teenage drug runners, vulnerable, long—term users. just taking it to feel warmer. with heroin and crack cocaine, trafficked hundreds of miles every week. oh, my god! put your legs down. having watched that footage, it's quite distressing, really, because it's bringing home the reality. you can't not be shocked. as a police officer of 25 years experience, that's the harsh reality of what is happening in towns and cities across our country. we showed our reports to assistant chief constable chri

much of england and wales are staying dry. right at the end of the week, high—pressure is poised to move in for the weekend, even killer on friday. we are weekend, even killer on friday. we a re interested weekend, even killer on friday. we are interested in development with hurricane dorian on the other side of the atlantic, steaming towards the bahamas, no be afforded. still a lot to play for in what hurricane dorian will do in the usa. and any potential impact in the uk, because if we follow the forecast forward in time, this is what is left of hurricane dorian. it may get caught in thejet hurricane dorian. it may get caught in the jet stream and be close to the british isles bite monday, probably in the northern ireland. any info is a way off.

scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales. one of those days where most places have seen downpour after downpour today. southward, showers will continue overnight, driven by the brisk, westerly winds. some bigger gaps between the showers, the further said that you are. temperatures overnight between 10—13 celsius. another breezy start to the day as we look at the forecast into monday. we have still got northwesterly winds coming in. they will be bringing plenty of heavy, thundery showers. some of the heaviest downpours on monday are likely to move into northern ireland, southern scotland and northwest england as well. it is going to start to get cooler as well because the winds in scotland and northern ireland are coming down from polar regions, whereas for england and wales, the air from the mid—atla ntic is going to england and wales. a cool 16 in edinburgh, 17 in belfast. across england and wales, still generally around 19—22 celsius. tuesday, the supply of really cold air gets cut off. a ridge across the uk ahead of

wales seems relentless. this is not just a saint helens problemm wales seems relentless. this is not just a saint helens problem. it is a national problem. there are children on the street today who have gone missing and who we cannot keep safe. there are children today who are in the type of houses that you featured in yourfilm. the type of houses that you featured in your film. they are at risk. we cannot keep all of them safe at the moment. so at the moment in saint helens we have three... we discovered a network of children's homes in saint helens targeted by cou nty homes in saint helens targeted by county lines gangs. it is chaos. if it gets bigger then there is just not enough of us. criminal exploitation is a crisis and i think the funding is a crisis. mental health services are at breaking point, schools are at breaking point, schools are at breaking point, social care is at breaking point, social care is at breaking point, social care is at breaking point, so we need more resources put in the. as we filmed in north wales, one officer told us he no longer arreste

wales, england and ireland all play by wales, england and ireland all play rug by world wales, england and ireland all play rugby world cup warmup matches this weekend, as preparations continue out of the world cup next month. ireland ta ken out of the world cup next month. ireland taken six nations strugglers italy in dublin first, before england than face wales at twickenham tomorrow. it is an exponential irish side, with 12 players cut from the squad before the tournament gets under way in japan next month. —— experimental. we would like momentum. it isn't the be all and end all. the important thing is that we are ready when we get on the plane. but we are confident, refreshed and ready to go forward for the world cup. justin rose is three shots off the lead at the halfway point of the northern trust in newjersey. he made six birdies on friday to move to nine under par. dustin johnston heads the field on 12—under. ian poulter sits four shots off the lead on eight under with rory mcilroy a further shot behind. tiger woods didn't even start the second round after more injury pro

northern england and north wales. further south and east you are, misty and dry, temperatures in double figures if not mid—teens. sunday night as when the four southern areas, still breezy but not as strong. some showers but more sunshine. heaviest rain parts of northern england, southern and central scotland. causing a few issues. brighterfor central scotland. causing a few issues. brighter for northern ireland, northern parts of scotland tomorrow. cool breeze, temperatures only in the mid—teens. 23 in the sunniest parts of the south east. we can head looking fairly mixed and still on the cool side. adding the tropics to a otherwise disappointing saturday. i am having a great time! the tie is making all the difference. there is one in the post for you, charlie. that, difference. there is one in the post foryou, charlie. that, i difference. there is one in the post for you, charlie. that, iwould so like to see. at the age of 15, nabila tejpar got her first rally car. motor sport is in her blood — she's following

up to 50 must per hour or england and wales up to 50 must per hourora england and wales up to 50 must per hour or a touch —— inland across. travel problems. could cause issues for outdoor events as well. the winds slowly ease during time day, but it turns very cool in the north. —— during sunday. this is bbc news i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 7pm: a major powerfailure across many parts of the uk — affecting trains, airports and traffic lights. thought to be caused by a problem on national grid's network. growth fell by 0.2% in the three months tojune, but the chancellor says the fundamentals of the economy, remain strong. a churchwarden found guilty of murdering an author he had tricked into changing his will. now police warn he'd drawn up a list of future targets. here is a cold calculating devious man who took pleasure from inflicting both physical and mental torture on his victim. the family of a policeman who survived a "frenzied" machete

heavy downpours could cause problems in wales and the south—west,

wales came backin england at half—time. wales came back in the second half with george north and alun wynjones scoring and it seemed to set up a big comeback but england held them. george ford's penalties and elliot daly‘s drop goal when they came through the test well but eddie jones goal when they came through the test well but eddiejones has some thinking to do. he names his squad for the rugby world cup on monday. that's all the sport for now. more on the website including the latest from the rogers cup in tennis where serena williams had to pull out. that was due to back spasms, and an emotional result for her. more on the website. that is all for me “— more on the website. that is all for me —— from a corner. thanks a do stay tuned. —— thanksa —— thanks a lot, do stay tuned. further reports of flooding today and it's no surprise because in southern scotland and northern england we had a month of rain in the last two or three days. the rain is slow to clear away and the sharp showers we have seen in s

as offers up so wales and across england as offers up so no—one wales and across england as offers up so no—one is immune from seeing downpours, it's just that they have your showers will be across scotland, northern ireland, northern parts of the north of wales. that's where the showers will be widespread. some of them with a rumble or to widespread. some of them with a rumble ortoa widespread. some of them with a rumble or to a thunderbolt option but it is avoiding it's got them, 16 edinburgh, a cooler kind of day, around 22 in southern england at the best of any sunshine. do sunday night and into monday, showers continue to affect north—western areas but the area of the pressure in charge is going to continue to so push its way eastwards and that means as we head into monday itself, the low will be getting to work towards and away, still increasingly north—western wins, but mental start to knock the temperatures down further across northern and western areas of the country. sapwood is after a sunny start to the day, showers will get going, the majority of these across norther

ed thomas, bbc news, north wales. drugs offences, especially those involving violence, are the kinds of crimes the prime minister says he wants to target. today, in his latest law and order initiative, borisjohnson ordered a review into sentencing for violent criminals. critics say there's no evidence that more time in prison cuts crime, and that england and wales already has the largest prison population in western europe. here's our home editor, mark easton. a drive—by shooting in birmingham. a 20—year—old man killed as he played football. four days on, still no arrests, and a community still in shock. i'm feeling nervous. especially my son — he's scared, he's really, really scared. it's the kind of high—profile crime that's feeding current anxiety and prompting a u—turn in government policy. after years of cuts to the criminal justice system, suddenly, there's money and resources. i believe in passionately backing the police... more cops with more powers, courts locking up more people for longer. amid h

and wales especially. 40—50 mph. nothing on towards for winter or autumn but in full leaf, trees could come down, disruption to travel plans. the wind will pick up later across the hebrides, touching gale—force, much of scotland and northern ireland, lighter wind today but losing the protestant rain across the far south of scotland. —— persistent rain. caught underneath understands, the risk of flash flooding, slow—moving, some of you will sit under sunny spells the rest of the day. the wind picking up in the north of england, rain remains in the midlands throughout. temperatures this afternoon down in recent days, 22—23 to the south and east, mid teens across parts of scotland. it is a night, dry weather across the far south, more in the rain of rain in the far north of england, into north wales, rain comes and goes across scotland and northern ireland, strengthening breeze in the north of scotland. temperatures here at 9—10, most in the low to mid teens as we start sunday. not as windy on sunday compare

it keeps being the kids that have got links to north wales. in st helens, searching for missing children. by the time it gets to the sixth or seventh address, you start to feel sick. you're just thinking that these kids are not here, they are not anywhere they should be. it's becoming a daily routine. give you some information on the county lines. with searches from day to night. right, we are going to another address of a missing child, but this is the care home, this is their home address. and in those children's homes, police are hearing the same story — the most vulnerable kids being found in north wales. obviously, we have got massive concern about this north wales link. this is what it's worrying about now? yes, of course it is. we have changed the carers voice to protect the child's identity. so, today, i've been on duty for three hours. and all i've done is missing persons checks. this is the reality for some care children. arrested in north wales, this teenager has more than 20 grams of heroin and crack hidden inside his body, worth

but borisjohnson crime in england and wales. but boris johnson wants to crime in england and wales. but borisjohnson wants to talk crime in england and wales. but boris johnson wants to talk today at downing street to those involved in the criminal justice downing street to those involved in the criminaljustice system. judges, police officers and also probation officers, to get an idea from to how they can improve the system, because what he thinks is that there are too many violent criminals who are let out from prison to early, and there are too many criminals, also, he says, who go on to reoffend. we also heard yesterday him announcing 10,000 more prison places and also extending their use for police officers to be able to stop—and—search people. very much speculation that this could all be gearing towards an autumn general election. thank you for that. we will be speaking to thejustice secretary at 7:40am about some of those policy announcements. thank you for that. we will be speaking to the justice secretary at 7:40am the family of the 15—year—old school girl with spec

ed thomas, bbc news, north wales. drugs offences, particularly those involving violence, are the sort of crimes the prime minister says he wants to target. today, in his latest law and order initiative, borisjohnson ordered a review of sentencing for violent criminals. critics say there is no evidence that more time in prison cuts crime, and that england and wales already has the largest prison population in western europe. here's our home editor mark easton. a drive—by shooting in birmingham, a 20—year—old man killed as he played football. four days on, still no arrests and a community still in shock. i'm feeling nervous, and especially my son, he's scared, he's really, really scared. it's the kind of high—profile crime that is feeding current anxiety and prompting a u—turn in government policy. after years of cuts to the criminal justice system, suddenly there is money and resources. i will be passionately backing the police... more cops with more powers, courts locking up more people for longer. amid hint

lighter winds of scotland and wales. lighter winds of scotland and northern ireland, if you mist and northern ireland, if you mist and fog patches, 13— ill degrees, very much warmerfurther and fog patches, 13— ill degrees, very much warmer further south across england and wales, 16—17. a few showers around overnight as well, more of those to come on saturday, quite a few across wales and the south—west in the morning, southern areas of the uk should she fewer showers in the afternoon, some heavy and thundery downpours if you have the north, perhaps not so many in the north—west of scotland but we will see some more downpours arriving in eastern scotland and again notfar arriving in eastern scotland and again not far away from southern scotland, very much all day. also some downpours very close to southern parts of northern ireland, into the isle of man, the north—west of england. still some showers elsewhere, but they will be fleeting, those other wind gusts, 40-50 fleeting, those other wind gusts, 40—50 mi

if wales can go up years, since 2009. if wales can go up to top spot, that will be a huge boost for the welfare head of the world cup, and as you say, warren gatland is coming to twickenham fully loaded, while england are still trying new combinations and no—one is quite sure if eddiejones knows his best 23. warren gatland is saying here are my best players, let's go out and start this campaign with a big win at twickenham. if they were to lose with this team thatis they were to lose with this team that is pretty much the grand slam winning team, that would be a setback for the welsh, but warren gatland is clearly thinking let's get this schedule up and running and start building up ahead ofjapan. eddiejones says don't set too much store by these warmup games. he was noting the result of that game in the rugby championship yesterday, and when he saw the score he said something like, flipping heck, warmup games boys, don't get too excited about warmup games. he is bound to say that, but it is a good indicator. yes, the w

the showers reach in across parts of northern england and the north—west of wales. the driest weather across south—eastern areas of the uk. temperatures below par for the time of year in scotland, 15 in stornoway, 16 in edinburgh, but in the best of the sunshine further south, temperatures will reach the low 20s. looking to the weather further ahead in the week, it is set to get warmer and drier. temperatures could reach 25 in london by friday and showers eventually ease off in scotland and northern ireland later in the week. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... detectives investigating the death of a police officer have said he died of "multiple injuries" as they were given more time to question 10 suspects. within an hour of the incident happening we had arrested ten males aged between 13 and 30 on suspicion of murder. i can confirm that the males were arrested from a local authority—run caravan and mobile home site. a 17—year—old has been charged with the murder of lawyer peter duncan, who was stabbed with a screwdriver in newcastle on wednesday. pro

pass rates and those getting top grades have increased in northern ireland and wales. this year, clearing into universities is expected to be busier than ever, and that's partly down to the fact that students don't have to wait for their uni to release them to enter clearing. they can simply head online and decline their place and pick somewhere else to go. the government, however, has expressed concern over the rise in unconditional offers. that's where students are guaranteed a place, regardless of the grades they get. there's something like 8% of offers were unconditional this year, compared to under half a percent just six years ago. we need to make sure that the admissions system into universities is geared to delivering what's in the best interests of students, not simply filling places at university. hey! yeah, i didn't do bad. whilst the number of those accepted on to university courses had dipped slightly, it's still a dream for those who didn't believe they'd get there. gobsmacked, to be honest, i don't really know what to do. the hospital said i'd never be a

the showers reach in across parts of northern england and the north—west of wales. the driest weather across south—eastern areas of the uk. temperatures below par for the time of year in scotland, 15 in stornoway, 16 in edinburgh, but in the best of the sunshine further south, temperatures will reach the low 20s.

england and wales face each other at twickenham. they'll play again in cardiff next weekend. england name their 3i—man squad for next month's tournament tomorrow, almost a month before the deadline, but they've had to deal with injuries and also an alleged fight between two of their players, mike brown and ben t'eo, at a training camp last week. 0ur rugby union correspondent chrisjones tried to get to the bottom of it with the england head coach. what can you tell us about mike brown and ben t'eo? i'm not sure what people are talking about, so i don't really have much to say. but there was an altercation between the two? i cannot deny or confirm that. you can't deny it? as i said, i'm not making a comment. was what happened any reason why ben and mike weren't in camp this week? what happened 7 i understand there was a fight between them. i'm not saying whether there was an incident or not. it's the final day of the european athletics team championships in poland. the british team are fourth in the table. the men won their 4x100—metre relay heat. that victory was only conf

if figures show that england and wales criminaljustice syste m england and wales criminaljustice system is 1.59 million last year, and that's lowest on record and the country according to express that that serve rubbing hands in glee. it's not clear from the story why that happened, and may well be to do with following police numbers, but we did not know. we don't have any more information at the moment. it's going to be interesting how the tough my online order will adjust that. i think for a long time the criminal justice system that. i think for a long time the criminaljustice system is in a state of crisis and politicians have turned their attention elsewhere, they had not wanted to address it. partly because i can connect comes back to resources. but there is no doubt that the lack of magistrates and cuts to the courts and criminal justice system had been absolutely draconian. we have had ministers of justice who have willingly played along with substantial cuts expecting the criminaljustice system to cope, because very good people and the well—intentioned people and the well—i

this is bbc news live from mid wales. we had a crucial electoral test for the new uk prime minister, borisjensen. a win here in wales for the liberal democrats in a coalition, a pro remain... a coalition, a pro remain... a coalition intended to support remaining in the eu. and anti— brexit coalition. a win for the liberal democrats over the conservatives. they have a majority of 1400 conservatives. they have a majority of moo in this seat overturning a conservative majority ofjust over eight thousand in the 2017 election. this is a by—election in between general elections and it means that the new uk government of boris johnson has a working majority of one and that has implications for him and possibly for brexit. one and that has implications for him and possibly for brexitm should be said he took office with a working majority of two, including the confidence and supply partners, the confidence and supply partners, the dup. they were hoping they could hang on here or at least keep the majority of the lib dems down.

for england, wing ruaridh mcconnochie will make his england debut against wales on saturday. mcconnochie was named in the starting 15 last weekend before pulling out with injury. maro itoje returns as eddiejones makes three changes to the starting side. george ford again captains with owen farrell a replacement. the slovenian climberjanja garnbret continues to dominate the world championships injapan. the sport makes its debut as an olympic discipline next year. garnbret‘s become the first woman to win two individual world titles at the same championships after winning gold in the women's lead. that victory, comes after she won the bouldering event earlier in the week. in the men's event, there was another victory for the czech climber adam 0ndra. it's his third world lead title. now, he shocked the world with his victory over world heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua. but the mexican andy ruinr isn't conviced by the terms of their rematch, claiming nothing has been signed ahead of their december bout in saudi arabia. as our boxing reporter ade adedoyin explains. the backgro

a warm and muggy start across england and wales, too. rain should clear away in the morning from eastern england, rain band marching northwards into northern scotland, showers develop out across western parts of the uk. heavy, thundery, gusty winds. gusts in the south—west later on in the afternoon, winds really start to pick up. quite warm, though, for eastern parts of england, where it's going to be driest of all in the afternoon. highs mid—20s. low pressure is continuing to push its way northwards, and the winds continue to strengthen during the evening, overnight and into saturday. the low pressure is focusing the wettest weather in the northern half of the uk, with showers or longer spells of rain for scotland, northern ireland, perhaps the far north of england, risk of thunder. south, the showers that come in will be more fleeting. there'll be lengthy spells of sunshine, and that's because it's going to be very windy for england and wales. widespread gales, and we'll be looking at gusts of 60 mph around some southern coasts of

almost 3,000 people died from illicit drugs in england and wales last year. that's a rise of 17% on the previous year. throughout the week we've been reporting on one of the key factors behind this crisis — the supply of drugs from the cities to britain's towns and even villages or what police call the ‘county lines'. all too often children are involved — and today our special correspondent, ed thomas, has been showing the police what he's discovered. as heroin deaths reach record highs, for three months we've investigated the rise in county line drug dealing, exploited teenage drug runners, vulnerable, long—term users. just taking it to feel normal. with heroin and crack cocaine, trafficked hundreds of miles every week. oh, my god! put your legs down. having watched that footage, it's quite distressing, really, because it's bringing home the reality. you can't not be shocked. as a police officer of 25 years experience, that's the harsh reality of what is happening in towns and cities across our country. we showed our reports to assistant chief consta

high winds will hit the south—west and south wales later today. heavy rain, along with strong winds, are forecast for almost everywhere on saturday. that forecast because the cancellation of the boardmasters festival in newquay. police and organises felt the summer storm was too big a risk for the 50,000 people due to attend most of them were expected to be camping. a hot air balloon festival was also hit. and this is the site of the houghton dance music festival in norfolk. despite the nice weather in these pictures, heavy rain and high winds forecast for saturday led organisers to cancel it. drivers have been warned to expect difficult conditions and have been advised to consider delaying journeys. train services between edinburgh and dunblane have already been disrupted by flooding, but travellers are being warned that heavy rain over the next few days could cause problems on the railways elsewhere, during this most unseasonal weather. keith doyle, bbc news. a man has been charged with attempted murder and possessing an offensive weapon after a

national grid says it will "learn lessons" after nearly a million people across england and wales were affected by yesterday's power cut. wet and windy conditions cause disruption to travellers, with the west coast mainline hit by flooding. the family of a 15—year—old girl missing in malaysia make a fresh appeal for information to help find her. and coming up at 10.30pm... we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers jane merrick and martin lipton. stay with us for that. the billionaire businessman and convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein has died in prison in new york. he's believed to have taken his own life. epstein once counted among his friends bill clinton, donald trump and prince andrew, and was charged last month with trafficking dozens of underage girls for sex. he was due to stand trial next year. earlier we got reaction from the new york times journalist, ali watkins, who has been covering the case so far. we were all stunned. this comes on the heels of thousands of documents being unveiled on a related case and it has been working its way throug

further south across england and wales temperatures holding up to high teens to low 20s. from there temperatures begin to rise and towards the end of the week in edinburgh those temperatures should be up to 20 degrees but across southern counties of england it could be won by friday and into next weekend as well. that is your weather. —— warm. welcome to bbc news, i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: warnings of shortages of fuel, food and medicine if britain leaves the eu without a deal. a leaked government report sets out the aftershocks of a no—deal brexit. a suicide bomber targets a wedding reception in kabul. officials say a number of people have been killed and injured. hundreds of far—right supporters hold a rally in the us city of portland, as police try to keep them away

very few showers coming into wales and the midlands. it may be dry over southern england, temperatures snaking up to 20 degrees but for many, a cool 15—17. further cloud coming into northern ireland bringing showers, pushing them east, with heavier showers over eastern scotland and north—east england fading away. some breaks in the cloud overnight as we move into monday. the start of the new week, it may start rather chilly in north—eastern scotland, temperatures only two or three degrees. going to replace the north—westerly breeze with a west to south—westerly wind from the atlantic again, around this area of high pressure, the weather fronts focusing some rain for northern england. a chilly start, some sunshine to start the day but cloud increasing, some rain perhaps for northern ireland, the bulk of it pushing over scotland. heavy rain over the hills of western scotland. quite windy. temperatures may be 15 degrees in glasgow, 22 in london and the home counties. for the start of the week, continuing a blustery westerly wind,

thunderstorms mixed in across england and wales. but look at the black wind arrows, gusts widely of 35—45mph, potentially up to 55mph across the south—west of england. so even though you've got the sunshine and it is going to feel warm in the sunshine, it is the wind which will pick up and potentially cause a few issues. there have been some cancellations of many events. there is the area of low pressure, moving further north and east as we go into the weekend, you can see the white lines are still close together, its unusual to see this kind of pressure pattern in august, it is more usual in autumn and winter. it is going to bring heavy showers across northern and western areas during saturday. some sunny spells in between the showers. but for england and wales, the winds could be stronger, up to 45—55mph inland. further north, across scotland and northern ireland, the winds will be lighter. that's compared to today. temperatures, 21—23dc, but again if you have got outdoor plans, be prepared for them to be cancelled or post