And Greater Manchester as heavy rainfall leads to flash flooding. Borisjohnson heads to Northern Ireland, urging its politicians to share power once again and hearing concern about brexit and the border. At 11 30 p. M. , we will look at the papers with baroness ros altmann, former pensions minister, and broadcaster mihir bose. Stay with us for that. Good evening. Hundreds of Vulnerable Children were physically and sexually abused over a period of decades in nottinghamshire by people who were supposed to be caring for them. The finding by the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse came after it received 350 complaints relating to care homes and foster carers. That was in nottingham and the surrounding area s. The report says the true scale of the abuse could be even higher. Both nottingham city council, and the county council, were found to have failed in their duty to protect children in their care and still hadnt learned from their mistakes. Our Midlands Correspondent sima kotecha reports. For some, it was here where the nightmares began, at beechwood Childrens Home in nottingham, where Vulnerable People who were to be protected were instead abused. I was petrified. I was absolutely. In all fairness, there was a few times id actually peed myself in fear. Claire was one of them. She was 11 at the time. I still suffer flashbacks. Im 42 now. My children have witnessed me sleeping and fighting in my sleep. Ive never been able to cuddle my children at night when theyve been ill because if i fall asleep and i have one of my nightmares, i cant risk them being there. So. No, its not any easier. And having no help to try and see to it, to try and get over what happened isnt any easier, because there isnt anything, there still isnt anything. Todays report says that from the late 1970s to earlier this year, 16 staff were convicted of sexually abusing children. This report makes clear that child abuse was widespread in residential and foster care in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Children were repeatedly raped, sexually assaulted and sometimes beaten. It says abusers were allowed to flourish and in one home, every single child was abused over a 12 month period. I think this was probably, in terms of scale, the most shocking that weve seen. And actually if you think about it, were not talking here about one individual that either blocked or actively participated in the sexual abuse of children, were just talking about a regime that, over many years, just didnt recognise what they needed to do to protect children. 350 people told the inquiry about sexual abuse, some dating back almost 60 years. The true scale is likely to be considerably higher. The report said perpetrators were allowed to carry on working with children even though there were doubts about their conduct. Both councils have apologised. It causes me professional embarrassment, yeah. We can see from the report that children and young people in our care were failed by the county council and other agencies over a long period of time. Of course, that causes me embarrassment. But the chair of the inquiry has said that neither of the councils have learned from their mistakes, despite more than 30 years of evidence of failure to protect children in care. I think the people that were in charge need to be held accountable. They knew, and they hid it. Sima kotecha, bbc news, nottingham. The government will double funding for the consequences of leaving the eu without a deal with a further £2. 1 billion announced by chancellor sajid javid. Half of that has been allocated for 500 new border officers, and Advertising Campaign and the provision of extra cross channel freight capacity for vital medicines. Shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell has criticised what he called an appalling waste of taxpayer cash. Lets get more from political reporterjessica parker, who is at westminster. Jessica, how significant is this announcement from the government . Quite significant in that sense its a meaty sum of cash. Earlier this week we had a lot of speculative reports that the new chancellor sajid javid would be announcing somewhere in the region of £1 billion looking at no deal brexit funding, but actually what weve got is £2. 1 billion. Important to note, as you outlined, half of that has already been assigned to specific projects, and the other £1 billion is there for departments to bid for as they think they need it as we approach the 31st of october deadline. Its quite a big sum of cash. Theresa may already allocated around £4. 2 billion during her time in office, so it brings it all up to 3. 6 billion dollars overall. Labour say this is a monumental waste of cash £6. 6 billion. They say it will be a terrible idea. How do we think the money will be spent and how far will it go to help as noses, farmers and others who are deeply worried about a no deal . A good question to ask and a difficult one to a nswer question to ask and a difficult one to answer because i guess the test will be, on the 31st of october should the uk leave without a deal . Sajid javid is trying to allay fears theres going to be chaos at the ports, they will look at Infrastructure Spending in areas like kent, where there is fears of major queues on the motorways and extra Border Force Officials for smooth running there and a Massive Public Information Campaign so businesses and people feel prepared. The government trying to say to people, yes, well be prepared by the 31st of october but some will ta ke the 31st of october but some will take that with a pinch of salt and be sceptical, but the other message the government is trying to send is one aimed at brussels with the uk government trying to say we mean business when we say were leaving the eu on the 31st of october. If there was to be a deal and this money has been spent, how politically damaging might that be . Might bea politically damaging might that be . Might be a small chance as we go into the autumn people will say that money could be used for other things like schools and hospitals. Thats what labour are saying. A really good point, because one of the things the government is talking about in terms of preparing for a no deal is buying up freight capacity on ferries to ship in things like crucial medical supplies. Youll probably remember there was a whole saga around then transport secretary Chris Grayling when he bought out a number of very contracts to prepare for the march deadline and those very contracts, the government still spend money on them but werent used because we didnt leave on the 29th of march. Its possible down the line there could be rain price to pay but from the perspective of the government, they think they have to show they are taking no deal preparations are seriously on a practical and political level as well. Could be a price. Practical and political level as well. Could be a price. Jessica parker, thanks very much. Boris johnson has urged Northern Irelands politicians to step up their efforts to restore devolved government, more than two and a half years after it was suspended. The Prime Minister met the five main parties at stormont today, and also reaffirmed his commitment to leave the eu on october 31st come what may. Our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. Finding middle ground here is hard. Borisjohnson hopes to unite bitterly divided parties but progress to restore power sharing has been slow. Clearly the people of Northern Ireland have been without a government, without stormont, for two years and six months so my prime focus this morning is to do everything i can to help that get up and running again. You wouldnt come to us, boris, weve come to you. Theres a cacophony of issues to resolve. A row over the Irish Language has become the biggest dispute. The democratic unionists were the only party to dine with borisjohnson last night. They welcome his plans to ditch the so called backstop which could have kept Northern Ireland tied to eu rules to avoid checks on the irish border. What we want to see is a sensible way forward that recognises that the whole of the United Kingdom are leaving the european union, the republic of ireland are staying in the Single Market and therefore we have to find a way of dealing with that. We can do that, i believe firmly we can do that, but there has to be a willingness on both sides to be able to achieve that. Nice to meet you, very nice to meet you. Borisjohnsons cosiness with the dup has deepened the divide with sinn fein. He tells us he will act with absolute impartiality. Weve told him that nobody believes that. Nobody believes that because there are no grounds to believe that there is any kind of impartiality, much less strict impartiality. There was no breakthrough in the talks today and many feel borisjohnson leaves this island with its Economic Future in his hands. The relationship between the uk and ireland is now under strain, the chasm between their positions deepening. The potential severing of trading links because of no deal is predicted to bring 50,000 job losses to the irish republic alone, with Boris Johnson treading a new harder line. A hard border, no deal, no backstop. No, no, no. Naughty, naughty boy. I would like to put him on that island and leave him there. Youve got to give the guy a chance, havent you . Im a dairy farmer from southern ireland, i would be concerned about what the outcome will be. So important steps ahead then . A bit like us right now. Big steps ahead and we dont want to make a false one. For any Prime Minister, at the best of times Northern Ireland is tricky ground and with a promise to leave the eu in october come what may, there are crucial months ahead. Emma vardy, bbc news, county antrim. Ryanair boss rya nair boss Michael Ryanair boss Michael Oleary has warned staff to prepare forjob cuts in the coming weeks, saying the airline has 900 too many pilots and cabin crew and he said the redundancies would be announced at the end of august. He blamed planned cuts to flights, falling profits, higher oil prices, brexit uncertainty and the 737 max issue. Six people died and in what are thought to be drug related deaths in essex. They all died within three days of each other and police are trying to establish what they took. Theres an investigation into class a drugs stop there is major disruption tonight for roads and Rail Services in the north of england, as well as homes being flooded, as intense rain affects many areas. A Major Incident has been declared in cheshire. Parts of yorkshire has had a month of rain in four hours. Our correspondent Judith Moritz reports. Using inflatable dinghies to get to flooded homes, rescue crews help 11 people and four dogs to safety this evening in bramall, south of manchester. With force enough to pick up this being, water in the area has been raging all afternoon. In nearby cheadle hume, the floods moved along roads, across driveways and energy back gardens. In poynton, a Major Incident was declared as people grabbed whatever they could to bail out the water. The last 2a hours in North Yorkshire have been atrocious. This toddler carried out of the torrent, his family in the car when rescuers reached them. They came around the field and waded through to the back of our car and rescued us and a few other people from the boot of the car. From the boot of the car . In the boot of the car, yes, i guess we were on a slope and it is where the water seemed the slowest and the lowest that way. Hailstones hammer down on this Housing Estate in leyburn. Hailstones hammered down on this Housing Estate in leyburn. You couldnt believe what you were filming . Allison was amazed. Today she was left to reflect on what happened. There was a carpet of hailstones across everywhere, it was like winter, it was like it had snowed. The next thing i heard was gurgling up my plug hole in the bathroom which i had never heard before, and the rain started. I went downstairs to make a cup of tea and realised the water was coming through the door. There has been disruption to travel across the north today. The settle to carlisle train line suffered a landslip and will stay closed until tomorrow. This new bypass road near Manchester Airport has been blocked for hours. And this part of buxton in derbyshire was a no through route. With so many roads blocked some commuters got creative, urban canoeing the most effective way to get across town. Our correspondent was in manchester and told us about what they are dealing with there. There have been some pretty dramatic scenes here since around teatime. Asjudith was saying, the real shock is the amount of rainfall, the speed at which it came down, and the number of small streams and rivers that broke the banks streams and rivers that broke the ba n ks pretty streams and rivers that broke the banks pretty quickly. Five miles away is the small town of poynton, where a number of homes have been evacuated as the water pours through the homes from the back to the front straight out into the roadways. Here, a number of members of the fire service have been rescuing individuals from their homes, from their cars, as people got stranded because of the sudden deluge of water. Things have definitely improved within the last hour or so. The water level around here has dropped pretty dramatically. But it is only tomorrow that we will really see the damage, particularly in peoples homes, and that clean up operation can really begin. And there is more rain forecast for the north west tomorrow, so people are still very much on tenterhooks. The headlines on bbc news coal and a damning report into the abuse of hundreds of children in care in nottingham, sexually abused by the people who are supposed to be looking after them. The chancellor says more than £2 billion has been earmarked to brexit earmarked to spend on no deal brexit preparations, as the government stepped up efforts ahead of the 31 october deadline. Collapsed bridges, flooded homes and hounds underwater in North Yorkshire and Greater Manchester after heavy rainfall leads to flash flooding. More than a Million People were admitted to hospital in england last year with alcohol related problems. Some had been drinking heavily for such a long time that they had alcohol related brain damage, which can affect balance and memory. One charity says the condition is poorly understood, under diagnosed, and often unrecognised. In his second report looking at the harm alcohol can cause, here is our social Affairs Correspondent michael buchanan. I was in a coma at the hospital. They told my family, hes not going to make it, hes not going to wake up. I was in hospitalfor six months. Couldnt walk, i was in a wheelchair. Forgotten everything, basically. By the time roy realised he had a drink problem, it was too late. His daily intake for several years, eight cans of cider and a bottle of vodka, left him unable to recall the most simple details. I didnt know me mum, i didnt know me sister. Disappointed in myself, you know. Ashamed of myself, you know how it affected other people. This is what a healthy brain looks like. But look what happens to the same brain after the person has spent several years drinking heavily. There are more white areas, gaps where the brain has shrunk. It means that this is definitely going to affect their ability to function on a day to day basis, around things such as planning, organising, sequencing tasks, making difficult decisions. Dr cecil says another consequence of the brain injury is that the patient sometimes cant remember being told that continuing to drink could kill them. People with alcohol related brain injuries suffer a particular difficulty not being able to understand information, useful and helpful information, thats being relayed to them. Having drunk up to 12 pints a day for years, christopher is in danger of developing a brain injury. We just want to make sure your brain is as healthy as it could be, all right . At the Royal Liverpool hospital they have adapted a test for dementia for problem drinkers. Ijust want i just want you to follow along in a logical order of where it is going to go next. Christopher starts well, but then begins to struggle. But his brain is fine. He has cut down to about five pints daily. Just tallied up your score, ok . Just tallied up your score, 0k . 0k. So theres absolutely nothing worry about. Last year, however, this hospital treated 79 people with an alcohol related brain injury. While the effect on each person varies, there is a common thread. There is not enough help for them when they leave hospital. Unfortunately, at the moment, the patients can be excluded from certain services. And equally, the services arent specialised, so they might not look at alcohol addiction in relation to how someone is going to function, or their health. One consequence for roy was that he forgot how to cook, but two years of rehab have helped the 43 year old improve some lost skills, though there is more hard work ahead of him. I feel perfectly ok, but. But obviously i wouldnt be in the brain damage unit or getting sent to another brain damage unit if i was perfectly ok. So i dont know how bad i am. His fervent wish now is that others recognise the damage that alcohol can cause. The United States has imposed sanctions on the Iranian Foreign minister. A Senior Trump Administration official, steve mnuchin, said that he had helped to carry out the reckless agenda of the uranian government. Iranian. Americas central bank, the Federal Reserve, has cut Interest Rates this evening for the first time in more than a decade. The last cut was in 2008, amid the Global Financial crisis. Our north America Business correspondent Michelle Fleury is in washington. The Federal Reserve is looking at international matters, rather than domestic concerns, in making this decision. But the last time those inside this building cut Interest Rates, it was, as you pointed out, in the depths of the financial crisis. Since then, america has enjoyed its longest period ever of uninterrupted growth. But the fed felt it was necessary to act now, to cut rates by 0. 25 , because of trade tensions and also a weakening Global Economic picture. Now, explaining the decision, jerome powell, who is the decision, jerome powell, who is the chairman of the Federal Reserve, talked about a midcycle adjustment. That is how he characterised todays decision. One way to think of it is that its a bit of an outpatient procedure rather than a full surgery, but that disappointed both the Financial Markets and donald trump, who wanted to see more aggressive action by those here. Boris johnson faces his first electoral test for a parliamentary constituency tomorrow, when voters go to the polls in the brecon and radnorshire by election. It was triggered after a recall petition unseated the conservative mp chris davies after he was convicted of a false expenses claim. Our Political Correspondent alex forsyth reports. It has got all the signs of a standard by election. Good morning. Hi, chris davies, good to see you. Candidates vying for every vote. But the outcome of this contest could have consequences well beyond this constituency. The tories last held this seat, but the liberal democrats, always strong here, are hoping for a win now. Well, if im elected, the first thing i would do is demand that a no deal brexit is taken off the table. To give the lib dems the best chance, plaid cymru and the green party arent standing here, a remain alliance tested, where a majority voted to leave. Lots of people voted remain, as well, and people have changed their minds in three years. And for us, a no deal brexit is what the focus should be. But, in this brexit backing area the tories hope to capitalise on their partys new firm line. What this constituency needs is a deal delivered, but we must not take no deal off the table, and not use that as a good bargaining chip. This by election was triggered after chris davies was convicted for a false expenses claim. He was chosen to stand again for the conservatives. I will feel responsible if this seat isnt properly represented. This is where i live, this is where im from, this is where my children go to school. Clearly the people of brecon and radnorshire who voted out want me to support the new Prime Minister, who will deliver brexit. In any by election, local issues play a part, but the result here will be seen as an important first test of Boris Johnsons do or die brexit policy. And, if the conservatives dont win, the new Prime Ministers working majority in westminster will be down to one. The brexit party is hoping for exactly that outcome. They polled well here in the recent european elections, and although ukip is standing, they are keen to hold the brexit ground. The conservative government now, of course, is taking a very firm line on brexit under borisjohnson. Hes already softening his line in the last day or so. Hes talking about maybe two years staying in with some sort of theresa may type deal, maybe slightly changed. People want convincing, and i dont think theyre convinced. Labour, meanwhile, is convinced it is a wider offer that matters on the doorstep. Its not all about brexit, as much as people tried to paint it that way at the start of the campaign. The momentum has shifted to the real issues, such as austerity and everything that comes with it. Tomorrow, the people of this constituency will make their choice. The ripples could be felt well beyond mid wales. Alex forsyth, bbc news. And here are all six of the candidates who will be standing in the brecon and radnorshire by election tomorrow. One of broadways most successful direct is, hal prince, has died at the age of 91. He made the unusual move into directing. Huge hits followed including phantom of the opera, cabaret, evita, and sweeney todd. Hal prince carried on working into his 80s and made a show of greatest hits called prince of broadway. A First Edition copy of harry potter and the philosophers stone which was bought for £1 were sold at auction today for £28,000. A world record for a First Edition by jk rowling. She had struggled to find a publisher and 300 copies of the book were sent to libraries. This is it. Its wonderful to handle something so rare that in time will be an investment beyond any investment, im sure. From Humble Beginnings to a global phenomenon, it was jk rowlings beginnings to a global phenomenon, it wasjk rowlings original novel harry potter and the philosophers stone which captured the imagination of audiences all around the world, through literature, and later on a blockbuster film. I can start this book are £12,000. And so bidders from every continent competed this morning at hansens auction in staffordshire, all hoping to snap up a rare copy. This First Edition is more than 20 years old, and was stopped by one of the staffordshire libraries. It was then purchased in a tabletop sale forjust £1. This is the genesis of the entire harry potter phenomenon. Long before harry potter phenomenon. Long before harry potter world and all the movies, jk rowling famously couldnt get a publishing deal. When she finally did, only 500 were produced, and it is actually on the back of the title page, that magic number, ten 98765432 one, blastoff. That is the number that seals the deal. Are you bidding for that today . Afraid not. It isa bidding for that today . Afraid not. It is a childrens classic, isnt it . It is the next big landmark after tolkien, i guess. £28,500. Fairwarning, it after tolkien, i guess. £28,500. Fair warning, it really is yours. Congratulations. Knowing the interest this book would create, it was a real find. Interest this book would create, it was a realfind. It interest this book would create, it was a real find. It was like a Willie Wonkas chocolate bar with that Golden Ticket and it is a world re cord that Golden Ticket and it is a world record price for a harry potter First Edition. Possibly made even more spellbinding for the uk by on the day ofjk rowlings birthday. I would love to know who got that, i would have loved it, i would have to say. But not quite in my budget. Lets get the weather now. Hello there. The past week has seen the weather lurching from one extreme to another, from record heat to flash flooding. Over the next few days the weather is going to come down just a little bit. It should be turning drier. The showers should be turning fewer and also later. But over the past 24 36 hours, this swell of cloud has been pushing across the uk, around an area of low pressure that brought the torrential rain on tuesday. Still some heavy downpours on wednesday. But thats well of cloud in the centre of the low pressure is heading out into the north sea as you can see for thursday. We will start dry out with some sunshine. Some showers will bubble up again across scotland, northern england, southern counties of england as well. But the showers should be fewer. There will be more places drier, with some sunshine, and temperatures on thursday a shade higher than they were on wednesday. There is still the potential for some heavy showers around, even the odd rumble of thunder continuing into the early evening as we head towards nightfall. Those showers begin to fade away. By the end of the week that area of low pressure in the bulk of the showers is in the near continent. Another big glow coming slowly and from the atlantic but we have this weak ridge of High Pressure a cross but we have this weak ridge of High Pressure across us on but we have this weak ridge of High Pressure across us on friday. It is not going to prevent the showers forming, mind you. We will see a few developing through the day, perhaps across northern england, again across northern england, again across southern counties of england, probably a drier day in scotland. But the showers should be lighter by this stage, and once the sunshine comes out it will feel quite warm, temperatures quite widely into the low 20s. Heading into the weekend we have another area of low pressure to contend with. It will set out here for a while, it will push ahead these weather fronts from the atlantic. And we will see this patchy rain coming in to southern ireland, maybe into the far south west of england. But ahead of its sunny spells. But cloud bubbling up its sunny spells. But cloud bubbling up through the day and we could trigger one or two late showers, more especially across the western side of the uk. Warmer conditions in the south east, where it is likely to stay dry right the way through the weekend. These weather fronts coming in through the atlantic a lwa ys coming in through the atlantic always more active further north and west across the uk. This continues to make inroads on sunday, wetter weather for scotland, a few heavy bass perhaps in the north west of england but much drier further south and east. And with light winds and sunshine it may turn out to be quite warm in the south east of england heavy bursts. Temperatures around 27, for example, in london stop that first weather front is just going to fade away and get swallowed up by the next one that is coming in from the next one that is coming in from the atlantic. Still got that area of low pressure out to the west for the time being. This is all that is left of the first weather front, bringing patchy rain across northern scotland. The next one, some wetter weather
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