at his training base in yorkshire, a man with history in his sights. markjohnston started out as a vet in his hometown of glasgow but switched his attention to racing with extraordinary results. this win on sunday was his 4,190th as a trainer, the brink of a new british record. west end charmer eventually coasts home. it has been some journey. johnston's first—ever winner was hinari video back in 1987 and three decades on, times have certainly changed since then. the most abiding memory of it is coming home and watching teletext all night, just putting the results on teletext and having nothing else on the television all night, because there were obviously no racing channels in those days. i had huge ambitions to train lots and lots of good winners but i don't know that i was thinking about 4,194. well, the key to markjohnston's remarkable feat has been consistency. he has trained more than 100 winners here in each of the last 25 years, sustained success the like of which british sport has rarely seen. johnston's state—of—the—art facilities, in

then from harrogate is running a lap of the yorkshire boundary, 470 miles. is running a lap of the yorkshire boundary, 470 mileslj is running a lap of the yorkshire boundary, 470 miles. i am surprised how much i have settled into it. you have a good 10—15 miles and everything falls to pieces. you cope with the sense of solitude? it gets lonely on the tops when the weather comes in and can be disorientating. ido comes in and can be disorientating. i do not have a lot of navigational skills. i have chucked myself in at the deep end. as well as the running and navigating there is camping to content with. it is tiny, like sleeping in a coffin. then set off from scarborough 15 days ago. he followed the yorkshire boundary along the coast to redcar and crossed into the dales and then south over the pennines to sheffield and east over the humber bridge. 400 miles, so this next bit should be easy. back to scarborough to com plete easy. back to scarborough to complete the challenge on saturday. it feels superhuman when you are smashing the miles out. an incredible feeling. there is extra motivation

next getting up into yorkshire are pretty high. 26 or 27. next week, getting up into yorkshire are pretty high. 26 or27. next week, it getting up into yorkshire are pretty high. 26 or 27. next week, it is a very similar picture. we keep the cool conditions, that pleasant conditions in the north, but the heat stay, it will start to the way further south. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm ben brown. today at 2. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has warned that the possibility of a "no deal" brexit is "uncomfortably high". i think the possibility of a no deal is uncomfortably high at this point, yes. you say quite clearly a no deal brexit would be a disaster?fl yes. you say quite clearly a no deal brexit would be a disaster? it is highly undesirable. zimba bwe's opposition vows to challenge the result of the presidential election after emmerson mnangagwa is declared the winner. nelson chamisa is due to give a news conference — which has been delayed by riot police. the sister of a midwife missing for a week has ma

and these the first tentative steps into their new home in yorkshire. they could do very little on the concrete floor. it all started two years ago when this animal welfare expert saw the bears in japan. if they could express happiness, this would be it. bears spend up to 18 hours foraging. he hasn't been able to do that. they are really powerful. for the first time he was able to use his claws and dig. well, kai is 17 and it is the first time in his entire life he has ever been able to take a bath. getting out, well, that proved a little more problematic. this is his new, permanent home. so he has a lifetime to master it. fiona landing, bbc news. she described it as her "dream come true". england's georgia hall won herfirst golf major by two strokes at royal lytham yesterday. now, the 22—year—old from bournemouth hopes her succes will inspire more young girls to take up golf, and attract new sponsors to the ladies european tour. david ornstein reports it was the performance that gave georgia hall lift off. at royal lytham, one of the great sporting

—— around yorkshire's perimeter. we'll speak to the man who — in the last few minutes — has just finished doing just that. a very good evening to you. there have been tributes from around the world for the former secretary—general of the united nations, kofi annan, who's died at the age of 80. he spent his career with the organisation, leading it for 10 years, and won the nobel peace prize in 2001. the current secretary general described him today as a "guiding force for good". james robbins looks back at his life, and there are flashing images in his report. i, kofi annan. .. the softly—spoken lifelong diplomat from ghana was sworn in to lead the united nations back in 1996. he was already a hugely respected figure, but this was an age of relative innocence — 9/11 was still five years away, the iraq war seven years in the future. congratulations, sir. kofi annan tried to prevent this — the invasion and toppling of saddam hussein by george bush and tony blair without the support of the un security council

a nine—year—old girl is killed after rocks fall from a cliff at a beach in north yorkshire. bad news for holidaymakers as the pound tumbles to its lowest value against the dollar in nearly a year. 2 it's another gold for adam peaty in glasgow and another european championship record as he wins the 50m breaststroke. a big row on giant's causeway. are some people paying to visit the world heritate site when they don't need to? good morning from rhs wisley in wokingham. you can see we've got some beautiful marigolds around me, that's because it's the year of the marigold. it is damp, though, and for many the forecast is sunshine and showers with heavy rain in the south—eastern quarter. i'll have more in 15 minutes. it's thursday the 9th of august. our top story: the united states has announced new sanctions on russia for its alleged role in the poisoning of the former spy sergie skripal and his daughter, yulia, in salisbury. the move was welcomed here by the home secretary, sajid javid, who tweeted that russia's use of chemical weapons has been reckless and would not go uncha

at his training base in yorkshire, a man with history in his sights. mark johnston started out as a vet in glasgow but switched his attention to racing with extraordinary results. this win on sunday was his 4190th as a trainer, the brink of a new british record. it has been some journey. johnston's first winner was backin journey. johnston's first winner was back in 1987 and, three decades on, times have changed since then stop the most abiding memory is coming home and watching teletext, putting the results on teletext and having nothing else on the television or might. because there were no racing channels in those days. i had huge ambitions to train lots of good winners but i don't know i was thinking 4194. he has trained more than 100 winners here in each of the last 25 years, sustained success the likes of british sport has rarely seen. the state—of—the—art facilities including an equine swimming pool have also helped and those who know him best say his spirited innovation has made the difference. he would not accept what others were doing,

the police were also called in, and north yorkshire police confirmed this evening that in a nine—year—old girl has died as a result of that of rock fall. she was treated here at this scene, but unfortunately died. the police tell us that her family are being supported by specialist officers. now, this is obviously a very popular holiday village at this time of year. there were a lot of people about, and clearly for those here this evening, this has come as a terrible shock. they just said there's been an incident on the beach, and that was all we know. it's a tragic thing to happen, isn't it, really? in a place like this, it's mad. there is obviously considerable shock. we spoke to people even from the rnli this evening they were just too upset to talk about what they had seen. but to confirm, the police tell us that a nine—year—old girl has died asa result of the rock fall here. as a precaution, we notice that the beach here has been completely sealed off by the police. usually, this would still be popular at this time of the evening, but given the rock fall that has taken place, tha

and these the first tentative steps into their new home in yorkshire. they could do very little on the concrete floor. it all started two years ago when this animal welfare expert saw the bears in japan. if they could express happiness, this would be it. bears spend up to 18 hours foraging. he hasn't been able to do that. they are really powerful. for the first time he was able to use his claws and dig. well, kai is 17 and it is the first time in his entire life he has ever been able to take a bath. getting out, well, that proved a little more problematic. this is his new, permanent home. so he has a lifetime to master it. now the weather. temperatures got up to 31 degrees in london. further north—west we had a front. the front will continue to bring that strip of cloudier weather across wales and also northern england through the night. with some patchy rain developing. although the rain won't amount to much, it is a weak front. some showers for the north—west and another warm night in east anglia and south—east england. the front will push east.

police we re slide in north yorkshire. police were called at 4:15pm this afternoon. 0ur correspondent is in newcastle. what more can you tell us? it's very upsetting news from north yorkshire this morning because what we understand from local people in that small village is that this was a family visiting on holiday with their nine—year—old daughter who was hit by these falling rocks and received that fatal head injury. we are also hearing from local people that this was a very serious rock fall which probably explains the emergency response, the fire and rescue service, ambulance, air ambulance, coast guard, rnli, rushing to that small village this evening. we had also hearing that the area of seaton garth has signs warning them as the public about falling rocks so it is known to be potentially dangerous but what we have from north yorkshire police this evening, what they're confirming, is that tragically, this nine—year—old girl, who was on holiday at staithes, has died after this rock fall in seaton garth area t

and these the first tentative steps into their new home in yorkshire. they could do very little on the concrete floor. it all started two years ago when this animal welfare expert saw the bears in japan. if they could express happiness, this would be it. bears spend up to 18 hours foraging. he hasn't been able to do that. they are really powerful. for the first time he was able to use his claws and dig. well, kai is 17 and it is the first time in his entire life he has ever been able to take a bath. getting out, well, that proved a little more problematic. this is his new, permanent home. so he has a lifetime to master it. cumber, he is the older bears in their tos are being kept a bit up there, you can't see them from here but a they there a run up there, what is interesting is they have been inside in a cage, even though they have this space, they are new to it so you can see they are new to it so you can see the bear, he has been stung by a wasp and he is nervous, a minute ago he was outside playing but he has come back in side because he isjust gett

and west yorkshire police today, for legal reasons, haven't released all of the names of those who are facing prosecution. there's very extra detail. but what i should say is because of the numbers of people who are being prosecuted, they will be dealt with by the court over two days. they are expected to appear before magistrates here in huddersfield at the start of next month, on the fifth and sixth of september. the headlines on bbc news: the number of dead after the genoa bridge collapse is now 39, with emergency crews still searching for survivors. police have been given more time to question 29—year—old salih khater, the man arrested after the suspected terror attack in westminster. the bbc will not appeal after losing a high court privacy case brought by sir cliff richard over its coverage of a police raid on his home. rail passengers are facing a rise in the cost of train tickets, after a jump in inflation. regulated fares in much of the uk will increase injanuary by 3.2%, in line with the retail price index. but that's more than the government's preferred inflation measure

father leo chamberlain, the headmaster of ampleforth school in yorkshire during the 19905 was a student there during the 19605 and ‘705. that was a period when father piers gra nt—ferris was abusing boys in ampleforth‘s prep school. he was jailed for two years in 2006 after admitting 20 assaults. another monk from ampleforth, gregory carroll, on the right,

two yorkshireman on yorkshire day. but the lesson of the past 999 england tests is that where there is peace, trouble may lurk. root run out by kohli for 80. one captain seeing off another. jonny bairstow at the other end could only watch and was almost as helpless here. now we had a different game. jos buttlerfollowed them indoors. so often it is contagious. so much rested on ben stokes who played a shot that even confused the camera operator. in their thousandth test, an english batting collapse. perhaps for old times sake. patrick geary, bbc news, at edgbaston. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willets. it has been great weather at the cricket. it should stay that way. not too hard but it will get hotter in general are england and wales. a

not to appeal the judgment of the case brought by sir cliff richard against the corporation and south yorkshire police. the high court ruled the bbc infringed sir cliff's privacy. the bbc said at the end of the trial last year, the case last month, there was an important point of principle. is it surprising the bbc is not pursuing this? it was fran unsworth, the director of news and current affairs who said on the steps of the court that the case represented a dramatic shift against

in yorkshire. exactly, yes. the animal charity wild welfare says the bears will receive rehabilitation, enrichment and lifelong care at the wildlife park in doncaster. they will have plenty of space outdoors and indoors and they have even got a bath. the charity says it is much more like their natural habitat and they already seem at home. bears can spend up to 18 hours a day foraging and he has never been able to do that and they have really powerful front claws, and for the first time just now, he was able to use those front claws and dig. happy ending for these four beautiful creatures and the charity really hope this can raise the profile of the species, people seeing them at the park will secure a better long—term future for the species overall. thank you, both, very much indeed. if you would like to see more on those stories, you can access them via the bbc iplayer. we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm here afternoon live. there‘s a warning that plans to build half a million homes on gree

father leo chamberlain, the headmaster of ampleforth school in yorkshire during the 19905 was a student there during the 19905 was a student there during the 19905 was a student there during the 19605 and 705. that was a period when this man, was abusing boysin period when this man, was abusing boys in ampleforth's prep school. it was jailed for two years in 2006 after admitting 20 assaults. another month, gregory carol, wa5 after admitting 20 assaults. another month, gregory carol, was jailed in 2005 offences against boys there. police say there are enquiry expo5ed three other paedophiles at the school but they had already died. the other school focused on by the enquiry i5 down5ide, near bath. six month5 here either assaulted children or viewed abu5e images between 1960 and the early 2000. one was richard white who was given a five—year sentence in 2012. both school5 say conference if reform5 have been put in place since the abu5e scandals and have been put in place since the abuse scandals and safeguarding children in their care is paramount. however, today, the enquiries chair is

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nowhere closer than yorkshire? it was looked at and closer than yorkshire? it was looked atandi closer than yorkshire? it was looked at and i worked with japanese experts, veterinarians but it was decided at the time that nowhere was suitable for them. coming over to you, davie, what was it like, when they were kept all their life in captivity, what was it like when you saw them move? really exciting, the bears, when we saw them on the trucks, they seemed to come alive and get sparked up, especially the younger ones, they were nervous and very inquisitive. and the female, hanako, very inquisitive. and the female, hana ko, was very very inquisitive. and the female, hanako, was very inquisitive, grabbing hold of the hose at any opportunity, anything she could get her claws around, she was in. thank you. if we can come in, he is scratching on the post, he is having a gorgeous t|me. scratching on the post, he is having a gorgeous time. anyway, we have to leave it. now, the news, travel and weather wherever you are watching brea kfast weather wherever you are wat

two yorkshiremen on yorkshire day. but the lesson of the past 999 england tests is where there is peace, trouble may lurk. root run out by kohli for 80. one captain seeing off another. bairstow at the other end could only watch and was almost as helpless here. now we had a different game. jos buttlerfollowed them indoors. so often, it's contagious. ben stokes played a shot that even confused the camera operator. he knew the significance. there was little beneath him. england marked their 1,000th test with a batting collapse. almost for old times‘ sake. newsnight is coming up on bbc two, here's emily. tonight, the mp keith vaz is accused of bullying staff in the house of commons. full details of a newsnight investigation, join me now on bbc two. here on bbc one, time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm tim hague. here's what you're in for this evening. england are in trouble on day one of the first test against india as they collapse in the final session at edgbaston. it's a big d

andy swiss, bbc news, north yorkshire. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello, and welcome to sportsday. our main headlines this evening. england fly—half danny cipriani is remanded in custody after being arrested injersey. manchester city's kevin de bruyne faces a spell on the sidelines after a training ground injury. and we have the latest from another brilliant evening for great britain the european para—swimming championships in dublin. hello, and welcome to sportsday. england rugby union international danny cipriani has been arrested at a nightclub injersey. his club gloucester confirmed that he was involved in an incident in the early hours of wednesday morning at a venue in st helier. the former sale and wasps fly half will appear at a magistrates‘ court tomorrow morning. here's more from our sports news correspondent david ornstein. window danny cipriano was arrested in the capital ofjersey, the police released a statement saying this morning, danny cipriani it was charged with assault o

part of a popular beach in north yorkshire remains cordoned off, after a nine—year—old girl was killed by a rock fall yesterday afternoon. police say the girl suffered serious head injures after a section of cliff collapsed at seaton garth north of whitby. it's believed the girl was on holiday with her family. rya nair says it will cancel about one in six of its flights tomorrow because of a strike by pilots in several european countries. the industrial action is part of an ongoing row about pay and conditions. 400 flights are currently affected, including more than 200 between germany and the uk. a strong aftershock has struck the indonesian island of lombok, four days after an earthquake killed more than 150 people. officials say 230 people are now known to have died after sunday's tremor. more than 150,000 people have been displaced. senators in argentina have voted by a narrow margin to reject a bill that would have allowed abortion during the first 14 weeks of a pregnancy. campaigners on both sides gathered outside the parliament for the crucial vote. currently, abortion is only l

what west yorkshire police have done is to name publicly 19 of those charged but withheld the names of 12 of the defendants for legal reasons, they cannot publicly be named at the moment. thank you. the roman catholic church in the us state of pennsylvania has apologised after it was found to have covered up the widespread sexual abuse of children. an official report revealed that more than 1,000 children were groomed, molested and raped by more than 300 priests over a 70—year period and it said that people who protected paedophile priests were often promoted. our top story this lunchtime. at least 38 people are now known to have died after a motorway bridge collapsed in the italian city of genoa yesterday. and coming up — studying for success. the rise in popularity of btecs. we report from a college where students have been picking up their results. coming up on bbc news, celtic manager brendan rodgers criticises the club's lack of spending as they miss out on the lucrative group stage of the champions league. 20 years ago today, a bomb exploded on a shopping street, on a saturda

and these the first tentative steps into their new home in yorkshire. they could do very little on the concrete floor. it all started two years ago when this animal welfare expert saw the bears in japan. if they could express happiness, this would be it. bears spend up to 18 hours foraging. he hasn't been able to do that. they are really powerful. for the first time he was able to use his claws and dig. well, kai is 17 and it is the first time in his entire life he has ever been able to take a bath. getting out, well, that proved a little more problematic. this is his new, permanent home. so he has a lifetime to master it. that is a long wait for a bath! now the weather with ben. good evening. another hot and sunny day in south eastern areas today. things have been changing though further north and west. while the scene in hampshire was one of blue skies and sunshine, further north it was a cloudier affair. that is fifejust earlier on. you can see from the satellite we have this stripe of cloud, a slow—moving front across northern ireland, southern sc

protests over the weekend calling for yorkshire water to ban the practice on the thousands of acres of more land it owns. it will also look at the raids by west midlands police as it aims to close down the shops they say are fuelling an increase in car that. later on, we will be reviewing tomorrow's newspapers with kate proctor and chakrabarti from newspapers with kate proctor and chakra barti from the telegraph. newspapers with kate proctor and chakrabarti from the telegraph. that is all ahead this evening. now time for sports day. you're live at the bbc sport centre. i'm chris mitchell. coming up on sportsday for you... the test in court is almost at an end. now ben stokes awaits the verdict of the jury. will europe face a woods like this at the ryder cup? tiger will need a wild card to make it. i realise tiger is a story for that he is playing very well and i am excited to see that. home already. dina asher smith finds herself in the fast track after triple gold in europe. also coming up in the programme... and on the 25th anniversary of the kick it out campain, we ask the man be

eastern scotland, the lake district, yorkshire, wales, the south—west. the rain will eventually tear away from east anglia and the south—east. a nasty area of weather sweeping across low countries and into denmark overnight. some ferocious winds and heavy rain. we are in the wa ke winds and heavy rain. we are in the wake of that and we have cooler conditions, a nippy night on the way, single figures out of town centres. tomorrow we have a day of sunshine and occasional big clouds with one two showers. take a brolly just in case. in the sun it feels warm enough. in the showers and the shade, in the breeze, it will feel a bit on the cool side. a classic bag. —— mixed bag. good afternoon. ten for the latest headlines. there are two other guys who have gone. what about the two other lads? they have gone. body cameras footage of when the cricketer ben stokes was arrested. he is due to take the stand at his trial in bristol. the court heard that he could have killed one of the men he knocked unconscious during a fight. a historic child—abuse sex abuse

and these, the very first tentative steps into their new home in yorkshire. lin they could do very little, it was a concrete floor. it all little, it was a concrete floor. it a ll started little, it was a concrete floor. it all started two years ago and is animal welfare experts all the bears injapan. animal welfare experts all the bears in japan. is a bear could express happiness, that would be it. bears again can spend up to 18 hours a day foraging, please never been able to do that and they are really —— really powerful front claws and for the first time does not he was able to use them and it did. he's 17, to use them and it did. he's17, this is the first time in his entire life he's ever been able to take a bath. getting out, well that proved a little more problematic. but this is his new permanent home, but he's got a lifetime to master it. now it's time for a look at the weather —— with chris fawkes. ican i can barely believe it but the hot weather looks like it set to come to an end. nothing too drizzly. signs ofa an end. nothing too drizzly.

the heaviest of the showers will be in yorkshire and lincolnshire. the will be some heel and thunder and heavy downpours of rain. higher pressure and more sunshine than we have seen today. temperatures around 23 degrees. on shoes day the next front will work and across northern ireland and to the west of scotland, bringing in some rain. in the south and east you are unlikely to stay dry. temperatures will be up a degree two. highs of 26 celsius. it looks like it will continue to see low pressure in the north—west, bringing in showers and edinburgh and belfast. after a warm middle part of the week, it will turn colour. —— cooler. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. police are treating a shooting in manchester's moss side area as attempted murder after ten people, including two children, were wounded. none of the injuries are thought to be life—threatening. nasa's daring solar probe mission has successfully launched from cape canaveral in florida, after the launch was called off yesterday. the mission will analyse the sun's atmosphere for t

maybe 22 in yorkshire as well. in the lowla nds 22 in yorkshire as well. in the lowlands of scotland, a shade cooler, 18 degrees or so. on saturday and his sunday, we will see warmeraircoming saturday and his sunday, we will see warmer air coming out of the southern parts of france, and with high pressure very close by to the uk, it does mean that the weather is going to be settled. so the high pressure is here and the low pressure is here and the low pressure is here and the low pressure is just behind pressure is here and the low pressure isjust behind me there, would that weather front. the weather front cannot march in because this high pressure system is stopping it from progressing any further towards us. i think it. somewhere around western areas of the uk and the winds will be pretty light as well. so with sunshine and is light winds it is actually going to feel pleasant. as we go through the course of sunday and the rest of the course of sunday and the rest of the weekend it is just going to be warming up and up and up. by the time we get to sunda

this is the north yorkshire coast earlier on. not a huge amount of rain, most places dry. extensive cloud on the satellite picture, the best breaks to the east of high ground, some parts of eastern england and eastern scotland. and in the far south as well. thicker cloud in the far north—west of scotland. high—resolution weather model, more detail, you can see the rain in the western side of scotland, brightness for eastern scotland, northern ireland pretty cloudy with outbreaks of rain. england and wales, large areas of cloud but mostly dry and particularly on the south coast, late brightness. this evening, southern areas prone to seeing one oi’ southern areas prone to seeing one or two showers, some on the heavy side. and the rain moving out of northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland and eventually into northern england and parts of wales. ahead of the rain, warm. behind it, cool and. tomorrow, wet weather going south and east, but the wet will fizzle as the day goes on. showery rain in parts of kent and coastal parts of suffolk

the report says both institutions, ampleforth in north yorkshire, and downside in somerset, tried to cover up "appalling" abuse. children as young as seven were sexually assaulted by a number of monks, who are described as "secretive, evasive and suspicious of anyone outside their benedictine order." this from our religion editor, martin bashir. they decorate some of england's most attractive landscapes. downside school, here in somerset, and ampleforth in yorkshire — described as resembling a harry potter world of beguiling charm. but within these golden monastic buildings from the 1960s onwards, some teachers sexually abused children as young as seven. piers grant—ferris was described as a sadistic and violent abuser at ampleforth's prep school, where he taught for ten years from 1965. seen here on the right in 2006, he was found guilty on 20 counts of indecent assault and was one of ten staff at the schools to have been convicted or cautioned in the last 50 years. but, today's report said the true scale of abuse at ampleforth and downside is likely to have been much higher. th

, evenin celsius, 16, 15— 16 in yorkshire, even in newcastle around 1a celsius, soa even in newcastle around 1a celsius, so a relatively warm start to the day and this is the humid air, you can see the arrows from the south—west here, streaming towards the uk. but when we see this weather pattern we often get a lot of cloud that shrouds the coastlines, we get mist and that shrouds the coastlines, we get mistand murk that shrouds the coastlines, we get mist and murk and even drizzle in places as well. the real weather front is to the north of us, the north—west, but we are in the murky area. however, late in the morning the clouds will break up a little bit and we will get some sunshine. so if the second half of the day on tuesday, that's when we are going to get the best of the weather. very warm, hot in the south—east, 26, 2a expected in merseyside and into the 20s as far north as scotland. there isa 20s as far north as scotland. there is a change on the way. those weather fronts will reach us and we are expecting rain to fall in northern ireland and scotland by the time we get

ben dave, whose just run all the way around yorkshire. let's check on the weather forecast with lucy martin. hello there. predominantly close and cloudy for most this weekend. we also have an area of low pressure working in from the west that is going to make its way east through tonight and tomorrow. bringing some outbreaks of, at times, fairly heavy and more persistent rain. turning windy as well with that.

it found "appalling" abuse at ampleforth in north yorkshire and at downside in somerset, and says both institutions tried to cover up numerous allegations. the children as young as seven were sexually abused by a number of monks, who were described as being "secretive, evasive and suspicious of anyone outside their benedictine order". ten people have been convicted or cautioned for the abuse. our religion editor, martin bashir, reports. downside school in somerset, like ampleforth in north yorkshire, described as resembling a harry potter world of beguiling charm. within these golden monastic buildings, from the 1960s onwards, predatory teachers sexually abused children as young as seven. piers grant—ferris, a former officer in the irish guards, was described as a sadistic and violent abuser at ampleforth‘s prep school from 1965 to 1975. in 2006, he was found guilty on 20 counts of indecent assault. he was one of ten staff at the schools to have been convicted or cautioned in the last 50 years. but today's report said the true scale of abuse at ampleforth and downside is likely to

a former chief constable of merseyside police and west yorkshire police who was accused of trying to blame liverpool fa ns accused of trying to blame liverpool fans for the hillsborough disaster has had all charges against him dropped. sir norman bettison was facing four counts of misconduct in a public office, but the crown prosecution said it decided there was no realistic prospect of a conviction. families of the 96 people who died say they have grave concerns about the decision and they have plans to call for an independent review. five other men all facing separate charges in connection with the disaster and its aftermath. sir norman bettison says he's been the whipping boy for revenge. his name long linked with hillsborough. accused of lying and blaming the fans. he was facing prosecution but, today, the announcement that he won't stand trial. my involvement in the events around hillsborough has often been misrepresented, even in parliament. since then, i've been forced to deny strenuously that i have done anything wrong, in the aftermath of the disaster, and today's outcome vi

in the kia t20 super league england's tammy beaumont was the star as the southern vipers beat yorkshire diamonds by 16 runs. our cricket reporter henry moeran was watching at the aegeas bowl. this was a crucial match for both sides. at the bottom of the table, they knew that victory yesterday opened up the possibility they could push their way towards final day with victory today. winners in 2016, finalists in 2017 butjust one win so far in this competition this year and a series of injuries has left them on the back foot. today, four wickets for the captain and a good run rate, it was a good game. and the end, the southern vipers on top. let's catch up with some of today's other sports news stories. england's match against brazil at the women's under—20 world cup ended in a draw. a penalty from manchester city's georgia stanway put england ahead in the 11th minute. but substitute ariadina struck in injury—time to snatch a point for the south americans. england top group b and need just a point against mexico on sunday to reach the quarter—finals. team sky rider gianni moscon has

many parts of gold were actually shot here in the uk, particularly in yorkshire. what was it about that area in particular that enhanced your film? well, we wanted it to look like 19118, and we got this stadium also which looked like that. and obviously there are effects and cg and things. plus, a lot of areas were still untouched and it was looking like that era. what is it that draws you to these scripts? it's not fun to just read in a book. it is so much fun to watch it visually, to bring the whole thing alive. in gold i'm playing this bengali drunk guy. so, they enjoy the visual of it, they enjoy if there's a song, they enjoy to watch it. so that is what inspires me to do these kind of films. gold explores the relationship between britain and india during colonial rule. there have been other films about the freedom struggle, the fight for independence. what makes gold unique? well, it's not about india—british only, it is about india—german also. it is about india—netherlands also, india—pakistan also. there are many, many aspects which are not known t

into friday we are expecting rain for a time across yorkshire, but other than that it is hot and dry, 32 in london, in the low 20s across scotla nd 32 in london, in the low 20s across scotland and northern ireland. into the weekend, saturday, high pressure builds, the exhaust time because it builds, the exhaust time because it builds which is a roundabout here and a lot of fine weather developing across the uk. england, wales, with across the uk. england, wales, with a bit more clout across scotland and northern ireland and see the wind blowing off the ocean, these yellow colours, temperatures not quite so high in the west. talking around 15, whereas in the south on saturday it will be around 30 degrees mark in london and comfortably into the mid— 20s or i 20s across the midlands and into yorkshire. high pressure is still with us on sunday, covering most of the uk, but we do have low pressures which are starting to nudgein pressures which are starting to nudge in and these are going to bring some slightly cooler rider into next week ‘s topic lets summarise the second half of the w

those at the bottom end of the table, the yorkshire diamonds and the southern vipers, face—off against each other tomorrow and it means we have competition still with plenty of life left in it. let's just catch up wiuth some of today's other news. there was a heavy defeat for kyle edmund in the first round of the toronto masters in canada. the british number one was beaten 6—1 6—2 by argentina's diego schwartzman. after two seasons on loan at torino and west ham, joe hart has moved to burnley from manchester city for a fee in the region of £3.5 million. he's signed a two year deal at turf moor. and a study of last season's premier league matches has found that liverpool were the unluckiest side, dropping 12 points in games affected by wrongly disallowed goals or incorrect penalty decisions. manchester united were the luckiest team. the study also found that huddersfield should have been relegated and not stoke. serena williams has revealed that the struggle to balance motherhood and professional sport was behind her decision to pull out of this week's rogers cup in canada. the 23â

it found "appalling" abuse at ampleforth in north yorkshire, and at downside in somerset, and says both institutions tried to cover up numerous allegations. the children, as young as seven, were sexually abused by a number of monks, who were described as being "secretive, evasive and suspicious of anyone outside their benedictine order." 0ur religion editor, martin bashir, reports. they decorate some of england's most attractive landscapes. downside school, here in somerset, and ampleforth in yorkshire — described as resembling a harry potter world of beguiling charm. but within these golden monastic buildings from the 19605 onwards, some teachers sexually abused children as young as seven. piers gra nt—ferris was described as a sadistic and violent abuser at ampleforth's prep school, where he taught for ten years from 1965. seen here on the right in 2006, he was found guilty on 20 counts of indecent assault and was one of ten staff at the schools to have been convicted or cautioned in the last 50 years. but, today's report said the true scale of abuse at ampleforth and downside is

tuesday morning, temperatures in the south will be around about 17 degrees celsius, i6, 15—16 throughout yorkshire, even in newcastle there around ia celsius, so a relatively warm start to the day. and this is that humid air. if you squint you can see those arrows there, all the way from the south—west here, streaming towards the uk. but when we see this weather pattern, we often get a lot of cloud that shrouds the coastlines. we get a bit of mist and murk, and even drizzle in places, as well. the real weather front‘s away to the north of us here, the north—west, but we're in that sort of murky area. however, later on in the morning the clouds all break up a little bit, and we'll get some sunshine. so it's into the second half of the day on tuesday, that's when we are going to get the best of the weather. really very warm indeed, hot even in the south—east, 26, 2a expected in merseyside, and into the 20s as far north as scotland. there is a change on the way. those weather fronts will reach us, and we're expecting rain to fall in northern ireland and scotland by the time we get to wednesda

we will see a spell of rain across yorkshire, south of the weather front is hot, across yorkshire, south of the weatherfront is hot, north across yorkshire, south of the weather front is hot, north of the weather front is hot, north of the weather front is much weather front is hot, north of the weatherfront is much more co mforta ble, weatherfront is much more comfortable, temperatures will be typically in the low 20s. that father —— hot weather will continue into next week, the north will be a bit fresher. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: for only the second time in a decade, the bank of england has raised interest rates. the rise to 0.75% will make some mortgages and loans more expensive, but savings accounts should grow. keeping the peace in zimbabwe, a new president could be announced this evening following the disputed election. a report finds chances were missed to 18—month—old baby elsie scully—hicks, who was murdered by her father, just two weeks after he adopted her. i'm andre, and i have a smartphone. i'm kirsten, and i have a smartphone. i'mjake, and i have a

it is that west yorkshire police have charged 31 people, 30 of the men and one woman, today, with a variety of offences, but, broadly, they are child sexual offences that date back to the period between 2005-12 and date back to the period between 2005—12 and the alleged crimes are said to involve five victims, now women, but vain girls aged between 12 and 18. the defendants, most of them are believed to be of british pakistani heritage. they face a range of charges but at least one count of rape. three men are also charged with trafficking. a woman is accused of facilitating the commission of the child sex offence. all of the defendants by one come from huddersfield or towns nearby. one man is from north london. together they will appear in front of magistrates here at the start of september on the fifth and sixth and west yorkshire police have not said anything other than detailing the charges and for legal reasons they have not released all names of those accused because they cannot do that legally but they released some of the names and that is where they are legally. we can talk more

but tom hicks, from royston in south yorkshire, still plays three times a week and has no intention of giving up the sport he loves. dave edwards has been to meet him. for more than a0 years, tom hicks has been coming to this tennis club near wakefield. now aged 99 he still plays three times a week all year round. for me it is the fresh air, the friendship and it is good for you. it is good for my figure, as you. it is good for my figure, as you call it. how hard is it on the body at 99? i never noticed, ijust kept going. the final of the men's singles. there are not many people left who remember this. tom was 15 when fred perry won his first wimbledon in 193a. ten years later during world war ii, he was part of the assault on an. it was only after returning home that he took up a sport that he has loved ever since. in those days it was all wooden rackets and the court was all rough and we had coloured balls instead of yellow and grey. playing three times a week at 99 is pretty impressive, but tom has still got some way to go if he is going to get into the record books. according to gu

high pressures with us on into yorkshire. high pressures with us on sunday, pretty much covering most of the uk but we do have low pressures , most of the uk but we do have low pressures, which are starting to nudge him and these blood pressures will bring some cooler weather into next week. but let's summarise these have the weekend and into monday. temperatures in the north mostly into the 20s, should be dried with sunny spells and in the south, we still have the heap. in fact, in london it looks like it will hover around 30 degrees into next week. monday, quite possibly tuesday as well. so monday's forecasting, this high—pressure tend to fizzle out across the south of someone and we start as a low—pressure developing in these blobs of blue here. this is an indication we will see front moving in. so on tuesday, it looks as though the levaquin. or to drag in cloud and some rain later on tuesday into wednesday. we expect he across the southeast, two brochures of around 32 degrees but in the western islands, mostly around

former industrial region have long been shuttered now there's very little work in the county of west yorkshire a lot of the young have moved away only the local social club offers a little distraction run by former rail worker paul green like green many here feel left behind and forgotten they don't see any benefits in european union membership . you think. that your. so if you're looking me over for. your. next door a few women are playing bingo a popular game here almost everyone here voted leave to leave the european union so it can't happen fast or hard enough. to go away. to stay out. yourself. like i've said earlier what cat would come out is because. why do we have the players well. interesting questions indeed others here also can't understand why things can't go back to what they once were but the age of cole is over the north of england with hardly any investment in new industry to replace it with leaving you change all that here not only many at least think the years after breaks it will offer them plenty of chances. are. slashing fairy lights toys and electronic gadgets daisy one s