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To prevent Food Shortages in the event of a no deal brexit. And theres a warning of long delays for more than 5,000 lorries crossing the channel every day if britain leaves without a deal. President trump visits 0hio and texas after the weekends Mass Shootings amid continuing accusations his rhetoric has helped spread violence. Severe weather warnings for cornwall leads to a Music Festival for 50,000 people being cancelled at the last minute. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Thousands of passengers have been left stranded after it problems with the airlines check in system. There were long queues as more than 100 flights were cancelled at heathrow airport. With more than 300 delayed at heathrow and gatwick. Leaving around 15,000 passengers affected. Ba say the problems have been resolved but there will be a knock on effect. Its not the first time the airline has experienced it problems. It suffered major computer failures last may. Lucy manning reports. This is not how the start of a holiday should look. Queues, cancellations, frustration. This is not how the run up to a wedding should look. Alex and chloe get married on saturday. They were flying with 25 family members but got stuck on the runway in newcastle, missing theirflight to venice and on to slovenia. We got on the flight from newcastle at 6am and then they started telling us there were delays, and youre expecting it to be around 20 minutes, half an hour, and it kept getting more. Its unlikely we will get on a flight tonight. We could possibly get one tomorrow. There are no hotels. We are from newcastle. Ive got elderly people. How do you feel about how you have been treated by ba . Im actually gutted, gutted. We booked with the best airline in the world. We could have gone with wizz air, but we booked with the best airline in the world because of how important it was, and they dont care. How has it left you feeling about whats going to happen with the wedding . Terrified. It should be such a happy occasion. She was so. Its going to be happy. The brides message to the boss of ba. Have a hard look at whats happened and sort it out, not just for me but for others. This family have lost their flight to las vegas, wishing they hadnt bet on ba to get them there. Also delayed in newcastle. How do you feel about the help you are getting from ba . Pretty frustrated. Not getting any help at all. So, yeah, im not sure if i am frustrated, angry or. I dont know. Weve got everything booked and paid for at the other end so, if we cant get there, we are just kind of stranded, really, arent we . I want someone to take some responsibility. Passengers on short haul flights are affected, mainly flying in and out of london. Computer systems dealing with check in and departure is down, delaying thousands. Some passengers were stranded abroad. Sam and julie were stuck in cyprus. Its the height of summer and people are going on holiday with their kids, and this is a multi billion pound company. You cant blame things on it systems. Its a joke. Not the best summer for travellers or British Airways, with some flights already cancelled this week because of fears of a strike at heathrow, and a looming threat of a strike by British Airways pilots. After a day of disruption, this family managed to rebook. We are off on holiday the Wedding Party will get new flights tomorrow night. Where are you going to put us tonight . Ive got no hotels. With me to discuss todays disruption is the travel expert, jill starley grainger. Thank you forjoining us, and not flying, first of all let this because its not the first time that they have experienced problems with they have experienced problems with the ip system. Its quite surprising that this happened again. They had said it something completely different and when it happened in 2017, it was a power outage and they have now installed a back up power supply. However this was an it glitch, so there is nothing to add that to prepare for that and im sure they will investigate thoroughly to find out what happened. The last time this happened, chief executive alex cruz aig bad the owner is would take steps to make sure never happened i mean tonight with a brave full hearted comment to make. Yes, the statement is its not a full Computer System only to little parts, but you can never guarantee Computer System failures will not happen, that seems quite not a wise statement. In the end they went back to manual assistance, which at least they could get people moving. I moving. I mean, isuppose long time questionnaires as they rely more and more on people checking in themselves and their baggage in, wa ke themselves and their baggage in, wake up at your own label design, all of this depends on computer infrastructure that is robust. Yes, it goes to show how humans are co nsta ntly it goes to show how humans are constantly being replaced by ai and robots and this is a feature, but reality is that sometimes humans are better and what you really want when it happened just like you meant that you can speak to at their either at the end of the phone or airport providing you with that crucial information. Trying to log into the system that is not working its just infuriating. And one of the most infuriating. And one of the most infuriating things reflected in the package, the sense of it surprising all the effort thats made to improve customer relations, that the airline, particularly the airlines, where people are physically one place, has not seen the benefit of actually having real people there to talk to people at one place. Yes, it is infuriating. However, airline margins are incredibly slim now and i know its like to take when executive pay is incredibly high. But somehow if you look at the Profit Margins for airlines, they are very tight. So they do everything they can to combat money. You do hope that with certain carriers, such as quality carriers, flagship carriers, that they have more people. And i think in some ways, some days i had seen it reflect that. So when it happens that Small Airlines or ones that are seen at the budget and, it can be even more frustrating. But nonetheless, its infuriating. Theres the question of whether airports themselves need to do more since its in there ability and interest to not have those pictures on the screen. But in terms of compensation, i saw a figure saying a babbling claims what they are entitled to claim, they could be looking at Something Like £8 million just for the disruption today. They said they dont know exactly the number of passages affected yet but i think its time to thousands and i encourage everyone to claim compensation, because he why did that conversation if your flight is cancelled or delayed by more than three hours short haul or for the hours long haul. And its deemed to be the airline passs, which it certainly is in this case. You did not need to go to a third party for this, or painting when both its very simple. Go to the Civil Aviation authority website, it has all the information and tells you what to do. Actually, its a very straightforward process. Very straightforward, you just send a letter but that doesnt mean you will not have to chase. Never as simple as it looks, thank you very much. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 40 and 11 30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are sam lister, the deputy Political Editor at the daily express, and anand menon, whos director of the non partisan think tank uk in a changing europe. Pilots at ryanair are to stage a series of strikes after voting in favour of industrial action in a dispute over pay and conditions. Members of the British Airline Pilots Association will walk out on august 22nd and august 23rd and then again on september second. The union says its members have been left with no choice. Meanwhile, a planned strike by security workers at Gatwick Airport has been suspended after workers were offered an dramatically improved pay offer. Members of the unite union were due to hold a 48 hour strike from saturday morning and a further four day walk out next week. Workers will be balloted on the new offer which they have been advised to accept. Other news now, and there could be long delays and disruption for more than 5,000 lorries crossing the channel every day if the uk leaves the European Union without a deal. Thats the warning in government plans for the worst Case Scenario that have been disclosed to the bbc. It comes as the Food Industry called on the government to waive aspects of competition law so that companies can co ordinate supplies in the event of a no deal brexit. Tonight michael gove the minister responsible for brexit no deal planning said he was confident that the uk had a very resilient food supply system 0ur economics editor, faisal islam reports. They call it a rolling motorway the 20 minute turnaround of a channel tunnel freight train. Fresh fish, medical products, car parts, even thoroughbred horses, are exported and imported in a system built on zero checks but that is now changing. Vladimir is picking up a trailer of fresh food thats come overnight from spain to be imported into britain. Estas frutas these fruits peaches. Uno es carga par tesco, y otro tesco. This lorry park at the mouth of the channel tunnel in france is full of refrigerated trucks, the embodiment of britains dependence on fresh food, and its even more at the end of october, just when the uks scheduled to leave with an increasingly likely no deal brexit. The government says the overall food supply will be fine. If we leave without a deal on october the 31st, there will inevitably be bumps in the road, but its myjob to make sure we are as ready as possible for all contingencies, and one reason i am in dover today is that i have been talking to the people who manage the port, people responsible for the freight that travels to europe and to those who manage other ports in order to make sure that goods can flow, that people can receive in supermarkets and shops everything they need. The Food Companies are rather sceptical about what they see as the governments optimism about the impact of a no deal brexit on the supply of fresh food. They anticipate having to coordinate where trucks like these go in the united kingdom, together. That would be illegal under competition law. They want some guarantees from government. In the event of a no deal brexit, if were going to co operate to smooth out shortages of food, retailers with retailers, manufacturers with retailers, we need a cast iron assurance from the secretary of state for business that that wont be seen as a breach of competition law. But till now the government has not deemed it necessary. One reason it is getting a little less pessimistic. Bbc news has learnt that the government has now twice lowered the secret assumption about the disruption to cross channel freight from a no deal brexit. Why . Because of this facility, unused at the moment, never before needed, to check british exports into the eu. This is all Contingency Planning 13 Million Euros worth of buildings and truck storage space, inspection facilities, just in case there are additional controls required after no deal brexit day. The perfect solution is that this never goes into active service. Last year, the governments reasonable worst Case Scenario for no deal was that, for three to six months, only one or two in every ten freight lorries crossing the channel would make it through normally, with the restjoining queues. In april, this secret assessment shared with industry, but not the public, was up to around four in ten on account of new preparations made of the french side of the border. In the past few days, that has been further raised to around half of all lorries. Better than it was, but it still means thousands of lorries stuck on motorways in kent and around calais. We are not going to have frictionless trade on day one no deal, in spite of some progress that has been made on preparedness and contingency plans on all sides. This tunnel was built on franco british cooperation. For trade to continue to flow smoothly through it, as much depends on what happens here in france as preparations back home. Faisal islam, bbc news, calais. With me is lance forman, a brexit mep and owner of h forman and sun, a salmon smokehouse in east london. And also im joined byjames cook, managing director of the Seafood Producers d. R collin and sun based in eyemouth in the scottish borders. James, let me ask you first, what is it thats calling you most concerned about the uncertainty at the moment and what potential nokia brexit could mean for your business . As we get closer to this deadline, its becoming apparent we could have major problems in terms of the cross of france and gaining access to markets, its very evident that now there are more and more people who are fully understanding this, that was denial at first, now its going to happened and i think its a pa rent to happened and i think its a parent is going to be some major problems in accessing and getting out of the country, and i think because of that, its been done for our sake because of that, its been done for oursake and because of that, its been done for our sake and there is a statement by the french fishing sector saying going to relocate the crates and shellfish cannot be allowed, so we are very shellfish cannot be allowed, so we are very concerned shellfish cannot be allowed, so we are very concerned and feel very exposed and is not a lot of support coming our way our direction apart from some very coming our way our direction apart from some very vague coming our way our direction apart from some very vague statements that everything has a bump in the road, but thats just embarrassing. Everything has a bump in the road, but thatsjust embarrassing. How many vehicles carrying your fish leave your business every week would you say, that can go out of the uk . We have three vehicles with our products today, and on a very busy day we could have about five lorries leaving from our companies with products. So could be anywhere from 1520 products. So could be anywhere from 15 20 lorries a week, and we are very concerned because of the huge impact on us and our trading partners, its a huge exposure and am very partners, its a huge exposure and am very concerned partners, its a huge exposure and am very concerned that parliament is actually not going to resume until september, one thing thats apparent, that only leaves at 35 parliamentary working days to try before leaving on this deadline, which is to try because its ridiculous parliament is actually having a holiday at the moment given the gravity of what we are facing. 0k,james, thank you. The gravity of what we are facing. 0k, james, thank you. Lets bring in former lands, your businessman and former lands, your businessman and former mp, and your business because back at more than a century producing secret products and smoked salmon. You export as well. We do, we export to deq and in fact outside the eu as well. And in fact, i we expect of america, american customers have to pay 5 to be on our product and yet we spell sell more to the us than europe, but its not difficult to export outside ee. That could be maybe an extra form to failand, so that could be maybe an extra form to fail and, so businesses, that could be maybe an extra form to failand, so businesses, its that could be maybe an extra form to fail and, so businesses, its not all about prizes and carrots. You know, i must say, ive never met a businessman that ever thought right, where does my hat country have a trade deal thats where mike customers will be. James is a step back of that, right now he is less worried i think, about that. He is more worried about the immediate question about if there is no deal in various come down, that french are saying they would they will not landing in, and if there are additional difficulties, at the difficulty is that youre dealing with the fresh and perishable product and thats the issue. They have said they are not going to stop goods coming in and they will want to export, but i saw a news report literally six week ago, jamess own business and received a seven figure loa n business and received a seven figure loan to invest in their production and build the new plants. Why would they make that investment at that that life is going to be difficult. They convinced lender is that business will be fine and of course it will be fine. We got the two world wars. Its fine, business can be done because the proper motive is an extremely powerful want to make sure business continues. Lets bring james back in here. James and i write in your immediate concern is about practicality of getting things in and out and what do you say to lances point that you do have confidence in this and whatever happens otherwise he would not seek a loan and get one. First i think thats been quoted out of context, business is done well consistently because we enjoyed access to european markets for a0 years. We spent 20 plus years building up trade partnerships and associations with very strong winds, and a lot of the high volume scottish product, and we do very well. We had supply from various components, so we know them well and i understand he is in a unique position dealing with a product that does not have, it has an exit date and he has no problems but we deal with shellfish, 3a hour delay can be tied problems for us. Money bring lance in, so that they there for hours and it can be ruined, and now if youre sitting in a queue even governments owned said that it would be better if they feared, but he sang as the lord think its got to step through an. Luck, we have brought and live fish from his company exported to usa. Imagine having that full situation today, and since its on the plan, and the plane delays. This is the nature business, there is always, we had snow a few years ago that the delay things, this is the nature of stuff, but we are looking at a one long term change here, and i do not think there will be any problem. That could be an immediate glitch but once its up i think we could start it and what you have to really consider as you dont actually need a trade beer to trade. America sends more goods to the uk eu than we did. They have a nokia situation for eu. You dont need to have a deal to trade and i think thats where people are missing the point. But isnt the point if the question of going from one situation where you do not have any restriction on terrorist a one way you do, and like the american situation where its already highly traded for years, its the change thats a problem. Will not but its not a big deal because if you look at currency, the last few years. The parent has become 30 weaker against the euro. And thats great news for Companies Like jamess company, its fantastic. 0n exports its great for us fantastic. 0n exports its great for us to do, so even if there was a tariff put on a 30 tariff put on his seafood, and to deq, all it does is put his price back of the years and they will still buy it then, so theres lots of talk and peer mongering, the business will carry on subject could be immediate glitches, but they will adjust quickly. James, your response . I would like to respond to that because i would like to ask him how long the shelf life is on his products i guess maybe 20 days of that shelf life. We only get a two day window of opportunity to deliver it from source to the user. And thats the shelf life. You can understand why we are dealing with two different environments, with different constraints and problems. We are aware that we have the same problem because us problems than his love. But just before, problem because us problems than his love. Butjust before, today, we have a closed marginal operations that actually get staff and the redundancy thats not today because we are now regressing from what we see is marginal business because there is no way we could support that going forward. Now, we are very positive company, very bright at £50 million, i think 58 now even. Why are we closing operations, its because of lack of confidence and we know there will be some very material problems for us from day one. If we had struck a deal and problem that managed to negotiate a deal, and transition period, now we have, we dont even have that luxury any more, and unfortunately its going to be a day when problem for us, we are already taking steps to try to mitigate this and we are closing some sites and putting for sale signs, so im not over quoting this. Im resting micro staff which is over 210 staff members, but we are trying to make sure that any marginal business is. We are sorry to interrupt but we are out of time. Lance and james, thank you forjoining us. The headlines on bbc news. British Airways Flight returns to normal after technical problems causing cancellations and severe delays for passengers. Derbyshire Police Announce a for residents to return home in Whaley Bridge. After that time was evacuated last week of her fears of that time was evacuated last week of herfears of a that time was evacuated last week of her fears of a damaged that time was evacuated last week of herfears of a damaged dam. And it is Food Industry calls for competition lots to relax to prevent Food Shortages at the nokia brexit. No deal. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. However, we start with celtic who scored a crucial away goal in the champions a qualifying type tonight, currently one all against the romanian champions and the first leg in romania, thats up to 68 minutes. Home site to the league as they scored in the first 30 minutes, i stayed on site. Ten minutes later, James Forrest equalised, beating the right hand post. 0ne now after 68 minutes. Less than 2a hours to go until the primarily transfer window closes and there is a frenzy of speculation. We know tottenham had ended their interest in signing philip patino, they were pursuing season long loan at dl, but they say he can leave despite onlyjoining from river pulp or £1a0 million a year and from river pulp or £1a0 million a yearand a from river pulp or £1a0 million a year and a half ago. Manchester united called on taking sprays Christian Eriksen to old trafford. United had halted transfer talks with the players, because he is believed to favourite move to spain. Close to signing rommel of the capital after submitting improved bed, and july they rejected the interest for £5a million dead, who was fined by the cloud after missing training without permission yesterday. You can follow that rumourand yesterday. You can follow that rumour and gossip and the dandy house did a smart website. Export website. He spoke to the bbc for the First Time Since replacing the start of year. He was that the candidate after two of this in turn the job down. He spoke on a number of issues including let the ball can do to tackle racism and that primarily grounds. We are determined to tackle discrimination and you are correct, we had some nice season and one incident is one too many. And i think they make you step back and ask whether you are doing right or enough and thats why we are working with the at bay and efl and government to work on the edges where we can be better in this area. Rugby now, jack remains well kept injury concerned with the angling camp unable to put a timeframe on his return. The extra playerflew home from training clap camp in italy the gas lingering over that availability with their boss eddie jones naming the man squad on monday. They played four games that in the upcoming week. Hes rocked jed trump not in the upcoming week. Hes rocked jed trump not the current World Champion out reaching defeat after the quarterfinals at the International Champion ship in china with a 6 to victory. Six years since he was last number one. Farmer champion carl fenton has been talking about the freak accident that saw him break a bone in his hand. Rendering in his hand. Rendering him unable to fight next weekend. The northern irishman says he was lucky not to be my seriously injured after a freestanding pillar and his Philadelphia Hotel fell on top of him. I was feeling sorry for a moment but now im angry, why it happened, not angry exactly, just, why is that thing hanging around and not screwed in the floor. Ive lost a potential shot at the well title and 12 weeks away from my wife and kids. So im angry now more than anything. Update on tenant. Its raining in mantra where they number two in the game has been suspended. Thats us bye for now. Mark coming up thats us bye for now. Mark coming up later. Around 1500 people who had to leave their homes in derbyshire last thursday because of fears a dam would collapse have finally been allowed to return home. Emergency services say the dam wall at the toddbrook reservoir is now stable after it was damaged following heavy rain last week. Last thursday hundreds were evacuated from their homes in Whaley Bridge after the dam threatened to collapse following heavy rainfall. On friday the raf chinook were brought in to shore up the dam and fought to save the damaged reservoir. By saturday, a00 tonnes of sandbags had been dropped on the collapsed section of the dam in the hope of preventing it from caving. On sunday police, the environment agency, and the canal and river trust continued their battle to release water from the reservoir, warning that there still remained a risk to life. Around 20 residents chose to avoid advice from the Emergency Services across the weekend to evaucate their homes and go to the safe point at Chapel En Le Frith high school and remained in their homes. By yesterday engineers had build two roads so that pumps could get closer to the dam and has successfully reduced the water by 5 . This afternoon it was announced that the water levels had been reduced by 10 , and that Police Cordons would begin to be removed. Around 1500 residents who had left their homes because of fears the dam would collapse were told this afternoon that they can finally return home, with many businesses starting to open. Well our correspondentjudith moritz joined residents as they returned. This is the moment the whole town was waiting for. Without ceremony, roadblocks lifted, Whaley Bridge open again. The streets empty for a last moment, and then the first residents began to reappear. Amongst them, margot and dave graham, back home for the first time in nearly a week after waiting all morning for the green light. Looking at your phone every five minutes, and then happily, the police just came and said, the cordons off, go home. When you come in and realise this could all have gone. Its more than bricks and mortar, its the whole town, its the community. Ive just come back down now to be hugged by one of my neighbours. Whaley bridge is back open for business too. Moments after the cordon lifted, the first haircut was under way. Couldnt wait, desperate for a haircut so normal lifes back on . Thank goodness and, to everyones relief, the pubs been unlocked too. Landladyjennifer back behind the bar, and counting her blessings that disaster has been averted. You can see the relief. Its emotional, though. It is very emotional. We got in the car to come down, weve only been staying on chapel road, and i drove the car down in floods of tears. Butjust to be in here isjust the best feeling in the world. With sandbags being cleared up all around them, people are hugely grateful for the emergency effort. It is amazing. We cant thank this lot enough. If it wasnt for this lot and their quick actions, we wouldnt have a home to come home to. Where have you been over the last few days . Weve been staying in a friends attic. Not ideal, but we were safe and we were all together, so thats all that matters. There was some disruption with bridge repairs closing one road, but the Police Working to smooth any problems, themselves pleased to see normality returning. Its made it completely worthwhile. This is what its been all about for us each day and now im sorry for what everyones had to go through, but weve worked extremely hard to do a good job for everyone. The dam on the towns doorstep will be monitored closely from now on. After a week, Whaley Bridge would like to forget, no one wants to go through this experience again. Police searching for a 35 year old british woman who disappeared on the greek island of ikaria say they have found a body. Natalie christopher, an astrophysicist from london, was reported missing by her partner on monday afterfailing to return from a run. Police leading the search for a missing british teenager in malaysia say they have found several fingerprints at the window ledge of the hotel room she was staying in. Police say they believe 15 year old nora, who has special needs, is most likely to have wandered off and got lost. Noras parents believe she must have been abducted as she would not have left her room alone. Noras aunt gave a statement to the bbc on behalf of the family. Naras family wish to express our deepest gratitude to the Royal Malaysian Police force, search and rescue teens and Emergency Services for all they have done for us in this difficult time. We would like to thank our embassies, local community, and the staff here at the hotel and anyone else who has offered to help find nora. He also welcomed the assistance of the french, british and irish police. We are so completely overwhelmed by the support we have received from all over the world. This is an extremely traumatic for the whole family. They are understandably devastated and too upset to speak themselves at this time. So we are thankful to the Lucie Blackman trust for their ongoing support. They are handling all Media Inquiries for us and everything should be directed to them. Ifamily everything should be directed to them. I family is everything should be directed to them. Ifamily is unable everything should be directed to them. I family is unable to deal with this at the moment. But we must remain hopeful and we ask everyone to keep nora and their thoughts and to keep nora and their thoughts and to continue to support the ongoing search for her. Nora is still missing and that she is very vulnerable. And we need to do everything we can to bring her home. Bats noras aunt and cousins making that statement on behalf of the family after her disappearance in malaysia. Now its time for a look at the weather with darren. That evening, at the thunder and showers today, most of them focused on scotland and Northern Ireland where its been wet in places, the showers training and fading away this evening about midnight must place is dry the clear skies developing but the northern breeze feels cloudy and scotland with the shower through the night, temperatures 30 degrees. The many places a good day tomorrow with lots of sunshine around, if you showers mainly for scotland and Northern Ireland but not as many as today. Southern counties in england had cloud with the peace spots of rain this afternoon, but more sunshine and wind quite like getting one as well with the temperatures into the mid 20s. Weather changes, thursday into friday we had a rather deep area of low pressure for this time of year. That will sweep heavy rain northeast followed by strength that wind and conditions on saturday for england and wales and we had had an impact that there could be more in the next day. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. British airways says flights are returning to normal, after technical problems caused cancellations and severe delays for passengers. It is my wedding but there will be people who are trying to get to relatives and theyre trying to get there first. It was very important and were just not going. Derbyshire police say its now safe for residents to return to their homes in Whaley Bridge, after the town was evacuated last week, overfears of a damaged dam. The british Food Industry calls for Competition Laws to be relaxed to prevent Food Shortages in the event of a no deal brexit. Donald trump is visiting texas after the weekends Mass Shootings with continuing accusations that his rhetoric has helped spread violence. Severe weather warnings for cornwall leads to a Music Festival for 50 thousand people being cancelled at the last minute. Texas tonight with 31 people were killed in two separate shootings over the weekend. The shooting of the border town of el paso, texas is being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism. The fbi has announced that theyll be investigating another deadly attack in the weekend in north america editor reports. First stop on the president ial gun crime tour, dayton, ohio, where nine people were killed at the weekend. The president again floated the idea of tightened background checks but dismissed any ban on assault weapons. Before leaving the white house, he denied his fiery rhetoric on immigration had contributed to the problem. I am concerned about the rise of any group of hate, i dont like it. Any group of hate, whether its white supremacy, whether its any other kind of supremacy, whether it is antifa, any group of hate, i am very concerned about it, and i will do something about it. Whats going on . This shooting at a garlic festival in gilroy, california two weeks ago is now also being investigated as domestic terrorism, like el paso. White supremacy, an old problem, rearing its head again. From the fbi over the last two years, the number of their investigations are racially motivated and, within that category, the majority are white supremacist extremist motivated. This makeshift shrine, alongside the walmart here in el paso, probably stretches for Something Like 100 yards. Theres always the hope on occasions like this that something good might emerge out of something so dreadful. But in America Today the problems of hate, of guns, of racism, seem as intractable as ever. These two nurses, erin and stephanie, were working at the local hospital last saturday. Everything was chaotic, nurses getting called in. Things are different, and you can feel sombre in the hospital. And what do you feel about the president coming today . I think its probably had timing for him to come right now. And emotions are still incredibly raw. I would prefer if you ask my daughter. I cant talk. I would like him to bring unity, not only to el paso, texas. But to our country. Its a unity that everyone yearns for, but its proving incredibly elusive. Of the two control guns or terrain in his own rhetoric due to the accusations that he fuelled animosity. Tweeted this lashing out at democratic president ial candidate, beto orourke, who claimed trumps racism was responsible for the shootings. Beto phoney name to indicate hispanic heritage orourke, who is embarrassed by my last visit to the great state of texas, where i trounced him, and is now even more embarrassed by polling at 1 in the democrat primary, should respect the victims Law Enforcement be quiet the shadow chancellor, John Mcdonnell has been criticised by mps in his own party after saying that a future Labour Government would not block a second Scottish Independence referendum. His comments were contradicted by the scottish labour leader, richard leonard. He said his party would refuse to grant holyrood the power to hold another vote. Our scotland editor, sarah smith reports from edinburgh. Striding deeper into controversy today, John Mcdonnell once again completely contradicted the scottish labour leadership when he said a Labour Government should not try to block a second independence referendum. Im not being set up by Nicola Sturgeon, because thats what shes trying to do. Shes trying to say its the big, bad english yet again, trying to prevent us having a referendum. No, were not. What were saying is its unnecessary, well campaign against having a referendum, but were not using parliamentary devices to block it its as simple as that. This was after he had been clearly told by labours scottish leader thats not the policy. I met with John Mcdonnell this morning to put to him the very clear view that the people of scotland do not want a second independence referendum, and also to remind him that the last independence referendum was supposed to be a once in a generation referendum. Many more senior scottish labour figures are furious with mr mcdonnell, saying hes ignorant of the political situation in scotland. John mcdonnells appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe have set off a bitter fight within the labour party over a second scottish referendum. One other important thing he has just said is that a Labour Government would not enter any kind of pact with the snp because, he said, theyre not socialists in fact, he compared them to tories. Hard hat on to deflect thatjibe, Nicola Sturgeon is both delighted by scottish labours disarray and prepared to support a minority Labour Government. I would want, if the circumstances lent themselves to this, the snp to be part of a Progressive Alliance to keep the tories out of office and, particularly now, to avert brexit. Festival fever grips edinburgh every august. The scottish political scene is now equally engaging, especially as one poll this week suggested more scottish voters would now say yes to independence than stick with the united kingdom. Pension rules for senior nhs staff in england and wales look set to be reformed after many doctors were landed with big tax bills after working extra shifts. The current rules have been blamed for making it difficult to fill staffing rotas and bring down waiting lists. Heress our Health Editor hugh pym. Dr amyjones feels shes been hit hard by the pension tax rules. Shes an intensive Care Specialist in south wales and does extra hours to help the air ambulance, as well as being an army reservist. All of that means unexpected tax bills, one for nearly £1a,000. Youve got two options, really. You either cut your work down to the absolute minimum and take on no additional work, which lots and lots of doctors have done. I dont feel i can do that because id have to cut out all of the bits of myjob that make it enjoyable for me, so ive ended up not doing that. So, ive ended up taking the other option, which is to withdraw from the Pension Scheme. If i dont withdraw from the Pension Scheme and i dont cut my hours, ill get a £15,000, £20,000 tax bill every single year. Tougher rules on pension tax relief for high earners have hit doctors on a salary above £110,000 a year. Theyve affected extra shifts worked, which can currently be taxed at anything between 75 and 100 . Many hospitals say its often been difficult getting enough doctors to do extra shifts to help bring down waiting lists because of the pension issue, and its come at an awkward time, with all the existing pressure on the nhs. The governments now planning to change the rules for doctors like amy, so they can cut their pension contribution and ask for the employers payment to be moved into their wage packets, and thats been welcomed by the profession. Its a step in the right direction, theyre actually listening to us, that there is a problem, giving us flexibility. But she isnt convinced yet it will make a big difference. While she keeps up her hours, shes concerned that colleagues will continue to turn down extra work and the nhs will struggle, with winter not far off. Allowing people to travel along gear. From january 2020 it would no longer be covered by the parties. Entrance tickets but to be separate to get to the uk. The railroad Delivery Group claim or dispute with the euro rail group which maintains the euro rail group which maintains the scheme. Taking a look at the headlines and bbc news. Technical problems called cancellations and severe delays for passengers. Derbyshire police said that is safe for them to return after the town was evacuated over fears that its damaged dam would be breached. Competition laws will be relaxed around Food Shortages in the event ofa around Food Shortages in the event of a no deal brexit. An update on the market numbers for you heres how londons and frankfurt ended the day. And in the the United States this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. Uk viewers are rapidly switching from traditional broadcast tv to Online Streaming Services such as netflix, according to new research. The media regulator ofcom says the fall in tv viewing is accelerating, as our technology correspondent, rory cellanjones, reports. Heres how tv works in a modern family. Mum madeleine is in command of the main television. Daughter freya is on her laptop, browsing online video. While son aiden is watching some youtube. Have you got something on telly that you want to watch . And, every now and then, they get together to discuss their various viewing options. Well, exactly. If Something Else crops up that you need, you can disappear off and watch it upstairs in your bedroom. Theres been a leap in the numbers using streaming services such as netflix. Last year, just over 11 million homes paid for them. This year, thats grown to over 13 million, nearly half of all homes. While traditional broadcast tv still dominates viewing, its falling sharply from 2a2 minutes a day on average in 2010 to 192 minutes last year. In the online world, new players are giving viewers a dizzying array of choices, posing a tricky challenge for traditional broadcasters. Major tv events like the finale of line of duty can still attract a major audience more than 9 Million People tuned into this but uk broadcasters are being massively outspent. Netflix will have 15 billion thats over £12 billion to spend this year on new content. Thats many times whats available for new uk programming. The media regulator says Public Service broadcasting is worth preserving. I think we are getting huge benefits from uk home grown and produced content, which reflects the lives of british people back to them. The Research Shows viewers are still pretty satisfied with the quality of tv, but more and more say that Online Services are their main way of viewing. Many younger people are already giving up on Old Fashioned broadcast television. 15 million gas and electricity customers will see their bills reduced as a result ofa change in the energy price cap. The typical annual charge from october will go down by £75, because of lower prices in the wholesale market. Our personal finance correspondent Simon Gompertz explains. The cap on gas and electricity prices was brought in to protect people who stay on High Standard charges. It is actually put up in april to help suppliers cope with rising world prices. Others companies will face a little bit more of a squeeze. 11 Million People are on standard variable tasks and they will find the reduction of about a Million People are on prepayment caps, but again, there will be some reductions for all to help them through the winter months. British gas complaints that it will cost them £300 million this year. But the regulators says it is forcing companies to be more efficient. In applies per unit that you use, its is the typicalfamily pays more than £125a a year for the gas and electricity. I will come down from october two £1179 as a maximum, hence the drop of £75. But it will still be the case and the more energy you use, the more you pgy more energy you use, the more you pay. Does make wonder what theyve been doing up this point to make the change. That doesnt really do much, it does not really save a few pounds, but you can go on holiday for. The cap does not apply to the much cheaper deals available if you look for a fixed Rate Contract usually available for one or two yea rs. Usually available for one or two years. In summary the people will not bother to shop around like this if they know there is a maximum anyway. That they can decide nothing about it, this is a saving of £75, but switching in the market can save 250 to £300 below that price and thatis 250 to £300 below that price and that is what the customer should be doing. The cut wont make much difference before christmas, it is worth less than the £1 50 a week difference before christmas, it is worth less than the £150 a week on average it will be well into the automatic kicks in, but any help with energy bills will be welcome. More than fifty thousand people who have tickets for a music and surfing fesitval in cornwall this weekend have been told its off because of Severe Weather warnings. High winds and heavy rain are expected on friday and saturday. The organisers say the event in newquay has been cancelled after discussions with the police over safety. Fiona lamdin is there. Dismantling the party that never had the chance to get going. A years worth of planning for this Music Festival unravelled within hours, all brought to a sudden halt by strong winds forecast for this weekend. We couldnt guarantee the safety of our customers, given the impending Severe Weather hitting us on friday and saturday. Weve got forecast winds of up to 9a kilometres an hour, and we took the very difficult decision, but the only one we could make, to ensure we put the safety of our guests first. While today the stages stayed silent, crowds instead gathered at the train station. We had an 11 hour coach journey. It was going down the coach, wasnt it . Everyone was suddenly being like, its cancelled, what . it was a complete. People were trying to get off. I think itsjust a bit ofajoke because, i mean, we got told so late last night, what were we supposed to do . People have made bookings. The fact wed planned a route and the fact they did it the night before at 11 30 is just a bit ridiculous. With the festival campsite closed, many had nowhere to go. By mid morning, the tourist board said all campsites were full. But the surfing side of this festival is still very much up and running. As you can see, this beach is packed with spectators, all watching the surfing, and theyll very much be hoping the weather warnings dont interfere with that. But, for many whod travelled the country, todays adventure turned out to be nothing but a waste of time and money. Festival goers have shared their disappointment on twitter with some saying they had already travelled hundreds of miles to get to the festival to then be told it is cancelled. Tom collins tweeted to say just hit the five hours and the 225 mile mark into our road trip to newquay to find out boardmasters has been cancelled. Anyone know a good pub in cornwall . after setting up, youll sorta leave and hejoins after setting up, youll sorta leave and he joins me after setting up, youll sorta leave and hejoins me now he was told to leave. Hes been trying to find somewhere to stay have you had any luck . Just outside of the area. We spent the entire day trying to find one. We have, he has allowed us to stay at his house and charge the vanity above the stock fresh. Good for him to step in like that in cornwall and you are one of a lot of people right there who mustve been spending the day trudging around. Yes, everyone has been running around, we are not told by the organisers at all, we were told by facebook that it had been cancelled so theyre trying to get the stalls down because he did not know about the storms were to get off site and try to find some place to stay, so we are parked up in a campsite where trying to find a campsite for the entire day. How many of your down there at the moment of were you expecting others . We are expecting about a team of eight but theyre only four of us study at the moment, so we did not have to pay for their travel just yet which saves us a so we did not have to pay for their traveljust yet which saves us a bit of money. Were stuck down here and tomorrow will try to head back to cambridge so its a ten hour drive which is not what we wanted. And the organisers have been looking for people with tickets to be fully reimbursed in due course, but do you know where you stand as a commercial operation with costs, ensuring that all the costs youve made for the staff, the product you bought and been able to supply the service do you know what help will be available to you in the compensation . Nothing so far, nothing back yet and we have seeing and hoping that will get that back. No trader stock or anything and everyone was in a sort of state of despair and everywhere around, they have become very commercial with a lot of Big Companies and so they arent losing any money from there, but there are a lot of smaller guys there. Youre presumably in short, but to cover this kind of situation insured. Is closed up because the wind that year but its just we have never known the situation be called off before it is even begun so we dont have any trade whatsoever we have no idea what is going on with that. And asa idea what is going on with that. And as a trader at festivals, this is a big time for you. Where you do to be next . Broke went to victoria and portsmouth, so will be doing back in back back to back shows. So a small break and that is the only week we get off in the season. Thank you very much, glad to see that youve got a place to stay for the night and hopefully the stock keeps cool you have a good journey back to cambridge. You will see you now and the weather just how rough it is going to get. Still the potential for some stormy conditions by the end of the week and parts of the uk, the weatherman sta rts and parts of the uk, the weatherman starts to change thursday night into friday as we get some heavy rain sweeping its way which will then pick up and particularly across wells in the saturday with some further impact. Developing area of low pressure in the atlantic which will be heading our way. Ahead of that, we have had low pressure for the past few days it has still been close to scotland focusing on the heavy thundershowers in the line going to edinburgh for example earlier on. Weather has been a scattering of showers, some quite wet weather in Northern Ireland leaving the streets or wash. Showers are going to be fading away to this evening, but most places will be drives some clear skies. We keep more cloud coming in with the northerly breeze across scotland and those to be some showers across the north and overnight lows from 11 to 13 degrees. Many places will have a dry day with some sunshine and still a few showers mainly for scotland and Northern Ireland, not as many as today we will see the cloud increasing and may be a few spots of rain as well. But otherwise, plenty of sunshine in the wind will be later and we will probably feel a bit warmer as well with temperatures into the mid 20s. But the meek of that area of the pressure getting closer. Unusually deep this time of year end and usually far south and i will sweep this rain northwards and eastwards on the weather front. Some heavy rain at times but it should clear or if Northern Ireland but northwards in scotland, there will be some sunshine and well also see some heavy thundershowers across more western parts of the uk, so with a gusty wind with 60 mile an hour gusts later to be turning quite windy in many places the best of the weather in the afternoon and eastern parts of england where it will be drier and also a bit warmer as well. Without low pressure still with us as we head into the weekend and drifting slowly northwards with the wind not as strong as in the northern half of the uk and also some showers and spas of rain and the wind will pick up and we are looking at gusts of a0 miles an hour, gails class the south around 60 miles an hour across england and wales and temperatures will be lower on saturday and that Winter Weather in the north. Weather weather. Hello, im kasia madera, this is outside source. President trump is visiting the the two cities hit by Mass Shootings at the wekeend. He and the first lady met survivors and emergency workers in dayton, ohio where 9 people died. Hes now on his way to el paso, texas, where 22 were killed in an apparent hate crime. But the rows about his anti immigrant language, and if he will take action on gun control continue. Well be live in el paso as the president continues his visit. Also on outside source. 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