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Seriously so i think thats an issue. Met Office Weather warnings for most of the uk today, with thunderstorms likely to bring more flash flooding and travel disruption. The premier League Season gets under way tonight as european champions liverpool take on promoted norwich city at anfield. Good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Our top story the chancellor sajid javid has said its a challenging time for world economies as new figures revealed the uk economy shrank in the Second Quarter of this year. The gdp figures show a 0. 2 decline between april and june, the worst performance of the uk economy since 2012. It follows a 0. 5 growth the previous quarter, which was largely put down to manufacturers stockpiling before the missed brexit deadline on march 31st. Even the usually Strong Services sector, showed just 0. 1 growth in todays figures, which have led to fears of a uk recession. Lets get more from our correspondent katy austin, katy what do the figures tell us . It had been expected that growth would be flat so is it a point to percent contraction is worse than expected and it comes after a rise for the first three months of the year of for the first three months of the yearof 0. 5 , a for the first three months of the year of 0. 5 , a lot of it due to stockpiling ahead of the original brexit date which boosted the economic output figures. It seems that has not been sustained, the ons things those have been unwound and we have seen a fall in manufacturing and construction production and the Services Sector dead drop slightly but it was much weaker than we have seen and the asked few weeks. Other economies are also struggling but it does not technically mean the uk is into recession, that is thought to be when there are two consecutive quarters of contraction. It does suggest there are weaknesses at the moment and the economy and the cbi has described the contraction as concerning. I have a statement from the chancellor sajid javid who emphasised that is charging across the Global Economy and said the government is determined to provide certainty on brexit which is why we are certainty on brexit which is why we a re clearly certainty on brexit which is why we are clearly a living on october 31 so are clearly a living on october 31 so he is suggesting that brexit being on that date would relieve some of the uncertainty that looks like has been dragging on the economy and areas such as Business Investment which the figures show have also been very strong. Not very strong. Not very strong. With me to discuss this more is ben zaranko from the institute for fiscal studies. Have these figures surprised . dont think we are hugely surprised, there are been signs for some time, there are been signs for some time, the uncertainty around brexit has been weighing on businesses and we are not shocked by the figures although it is worse than expected. When you break them down, manufacturing and other elements, what stands out . The figures are not positive across the board and is particularly worrying for the chancellor because yesterday he announced he will announce spending settle m e nts announced he will announce spending settlements for partners in september before he has updated figures for the economy and at the output for the uk continues to worsen a challenging backdrop without to make spending commitments, he stopped about extra money for schools and the police and nhs and that will mean he makes pics commitments without knowing what the economy will look like daniel im. Down the line. What about the global picture . The chancellor points to the fact there are signs of a slowdown globally and that is correct but we think the uk is suffering particularly badly due to the uncertainty surrounding brexit. A challenge not just the uncertainty surrounding brexit. A challenge notjust for businesses and services and people worrying about their pay packet and what the business may look like. Warnings about a recession, that wouldnt happen until another period of negative growth but doesnt possibly point in that direction . It does but he will have to be until next quarter but we know the risks of a no deal departure from the eu would exacerbate troubles for the uk economy and one scenario was modelled when the economy would enter recession and case of no deal so the chance and primers that may have a headache. Cue the chancellor and Prime Minister. Jeremy corbyn has urged britains top Civil Servant to block the Prime Minister if he tries to force through a no deal brexit during a general Election Campaign. There has been speculation that borisjohnson could call an election at the start of november if he loses a vote of no confidence in parliament. The labour leader has written to the cabinet secretary saying such a move would be an anti democratic abuse of power. Earlier i spoke to the shadow transport secretary Andy Mcdonald who accused mrjohnson of being reckless with the economy. I think it brings into very sharp focus the very unstable territory were entering into. Because if borisjohnson is going to carry through this threat then were into a very difficult constitutional area, this is unprecedented. It is entirely anti democratic to seek to bind an Incoming Administration by an Outgoing Administration once a general election is called, has never been contemplated before, but itjust demonstrates how reckless Boris Johnson is being with our economy. And of course a crash out of the European Union without a deal isnt going to impact upon him or Dominic Cummings orjacob rees mogg. It will impact upon working people, those on low and middle incomes. Theyre the ones who are going to suffer. Lets cross now to the conservative mp andrew bridgen who joins me from leicester. Response to the suggestion that if this were to happen it would be undemocratic. For me what is undemocratic. For me what is undemocratic and unconstitutional is the fact that our parliament overwhelmingly voted for a referendum to give the british people the choice of whether we remained on left the eu, they decided on the referendum by 1. 3 million votes that they wanted to leave and we have a parliament that is blocking that. That is undemocratic and unconstitutional. They didnt want to leave with no deal though. It was made very clear by David Cameron that we would be leaving on wto terms every do not get a deal. What we have now and those are determined to what the democratic will of the people and stop brexit, we have a Prime Minister who is determined to leave the eu and he knows what he has to do, he knows the political currency has to play at home and with the eu and is determined to play them. We have a Prime Minister with a caddis to play those political cards and those who watched with what brexit do not like it. Is breakdown what Jeremy Corbyn is saying because he had affairs to the election per delegate and switched its policy decisions in which a new government make ticket different view should be postponed to after the election. Clearly a Labour Government to take a different view from the current government so that is the point there. The eu have made it clear, we talk about this living with a deal, they are talking about the withdrawal treaty which was negotiated by theresa may and filed in Parliament Three times and not going to go forward. What Boris Johnson has said by saying we have a general election if you force the government to fall it will be after we have left, it is played political masterstro ke we have left, it is played political masterstroke because for those who seek to thwart brexit having a six week general Election Campaign ended on up to 31st of october means they are guaranteed it will be a no deal brexit. They are guaranteed it will be a nodeal brexit. The point i am making is what is in this letter about this guidance, ethic government is different in its view from the current one, that is in theory something that should guide theory something that should guide the way the system is operated. But parliament should always take its guide from the people, they voted to leave over three years ago, that has not been delivered. If the new government and i believe that Boris Johnson would win another majority ethic get out of the eu, and deliver on our promise, an incoming Labour Government could forbid static campaign to have a referendum to join the eu and a western good luck with that but i will be opposing it was. How constitutionally complicated do you fear this is going to get . The fixed Term Parliament act obligates things, there are grey areas i have no doubt that those two wish to thwart democracy will resort to the courts, it has happened many times and im sure it will happen again but ultimately borisjohnson as the Prime Minister and is determined to get us out of the eu, that is the mandate he has a jjuuss in the conservative Party Support in the polls increasing very rapidly to get us polls increasing very rapidly to get us out of the eu and flushing out labour position that they are actually a domain party who have totally went to the London Metropolitan elite and ignored 5 million labour voters any medals at the north wanted to leave. We are Training Like true colours though. We are Training Like true colours though. The constitutional expert professor Vernon Bogdanor is here. Guide us through very are never that could take a while. This letter and what it says, what is your take on it . Jeremy corbyns position is that during the election period no new policies should be implemented, that is the convention. The argument against it is that brexit even a no deal brexit is not a new policy for this reason but in 2017 parliament voted by a majority of nearly 400 for the withdrawal acts to leave the eu which has been rejected by the parliament negotiated. The eu says no other day was possible and therefore logically if you want to leave the eu you have to leave without a deal. Parliament has had two years to alter its mind from 2017, it has not yet done so so you cannot see that leaving without a deal as a new policy, it is implementing a decision of parliament to years ago. The iter is addressed to sir mark, that he have the power to act upon it on the way Jeremy Corbyn would like to . M the power to act upon it on the way Jeremy Corbyn would like to . If a new policy was introduced during the period, mark could advise this was inappropriate. I do not think you can do more than that, he is the top Civil Servant, not the policeman. Im glad weve established that. I am reading what you are writing any newspapers, how common is what Boris Johnson and in our various elements to this, how that the queen could be dragged in, the possibility and we are down the wine of some sort of extension of parliament make up changed. Help us through how the commons would work. In theory the house of commons could take over the order paper. At present the Standing Orders give the government precedents on legislation and that could be altered. It was an april by Yvette Cooper and oliver littman that require theresa may to extend the brexit states. That could be done again to prevent a no deal brexit. It is not an easy thing to do because it means carrying legislation through against the wishes of the government both in the commons and house of lords. He would get a lot of filibusters by brexiteers but it is not very easy. You refer to the possibility of a Southern Parliament legislating respectively with the agreement of the eu to extend the next date and deemed that britain had not left the eu on october 31 even though by then it would have done. Suppose we had a november a, sorry we had an november a parliament returned which was against a no deal brexit or even a remain parliament. Parliament is sovereign, it can do what it likes. It has legislated retrospective in the past for example in the war crimes act of 1991, punishing nazi war terminals. Criminals. What it can do with the agreement of the eu is passed legislation retrospectively extending the next state and deeming that britain had not in fact left the European Union after all. Element can do what it likes. It is unlikely but legally possible to add the eu would have to agree because i do nothing they want agree because i do nothing they want ano agree because i do nothing they want a no deal any more than Boris Johnson does. You may argue this whole process is poetically a negotiating tactic that Boris Johnson thinks if only we are determined to leave work and what may on october 31 then the European Union will alternate stance and say 0k union will alternate stance and say ok we are prepared to amend the deal agreed with theresa may. All this may be a very skilful political game. I mentioned the queen, how could she become involved . M game. I mentioned the queen, how could she become involved . It is very unlikely she would get involved and it is thejob of very unlikely she would get involved and it is the job of politicians to ensure that she does not. The task of politicians is to sort things out and then the palace will endorse whatever they sort out. That has happened for example with hung parliaments, in 2010, 1974, politicians sorted it out and the palace this endorsed the addition. I do not think the queen will or should be involved. Always good to see you, i suspect we will see each other again in the coming weeks. Thank you. News coming in from the court, a man and woman have pleaded guilty to a total of seven charges after a picture of sala in a mortuary appeared on social media. He died injanuary when his plane crashed in the English Channel. His body was found in february taken to bournemouth for a postmortem. A4090 dont and a 62 year old pleaded guilty to charges and will return for sentencing in september. The headlines on bbc news. The uk economy shrank 0. 2 between april and june, its worst performance in seven years, according to figures out this morning. Jeremy corbyn calls on britains top Civil Servant to block the Prime Minister from forcing through a no deal brexit if there were a snap general Election Campaign. A man charged with the attempted murder of a Police Officer is due to appear before magistrates in london. Muhammed rodwan is 56 and from luton. Jeremy corbyn calls on britains top Civil Servant to block the Prime Minister from forcing through a no deal brexit if there were a snap general Election Campaign. A man charged with the attempted murder of a Police Officer is due to appear before magistrates in london. Muhammed rodwan is 56 and from luton. A man charged with the attempted murder of a Police Officer is due to appear before magistrates in london. Muhammed rodwan is 56 and from luton. The premier League Returns tonight, liverpool get under way against norwich at anfield. The Manchester United manager has defended the summer united manager has defended the summer transfer policy, despite losing rob lukaku to enter milan he says cs delighted. And the former wasps winger scored a sensational 65 ya rd wasps winger scored a sensational 65 yard touchdown on his debut last night. He quit rugby union in october to pursue his dream of playing in the nfl. More at half past 11. The met office has issued yellow weather warnings for most of the uk today, with a band of heavy rain and thunderstorms likely to bring flash flooding and travel disruption. With winds forecast to reach 60 miles per hour, a number of festivals have been called off or scaled back, as keith doyle reports. It might be the height of summer, but what the met office is calling unseasonal weather is set to hit nearly all of the uk. West lothian and scotland already got a taste of it, with heavy rain causing localised flooding that halted almost all traffic in places. Separate weather warnings for wind, then for rain, will cover most of the uk over the weekend. High winds will hit the south west and south wales later today. Heavy rain, along with strong winds, are forecast for almost everywhere on saturday. That forecast caused the cancellation of the boardmasters festival in newquay. Police and organises felt the summer storm was too big a risk for the 50,000 people due to attend. Most of them were expected to be camping. A hot air Balloon Festival was also hit. And this is the site of the houghton dance Music Festival in norfolk. Despite the nice weather in these pictures, heavy rain and high winds forecast for saturday led organisers to cancel it. Drivers have been warned to expect difficult conditions and have been advised to consider delaying journeys. Train services between edinburgh and dunblane have already been disrupted by flooding, but travellers are being warned that heavy rain over the next few days could cause problems on the railways elsewhere, during this most unseasonal weather. Keith doyle, bbc news. Police in malaysia say they still believe the irish teenager, nora quoirin, who went missing six days ago, is likely to be near the resort where she was staying with her family. Search teams have been playing a recording of her mothers voice on loudspeakers to try to find the 15 year old. Shed been at the resort for less than a day when her father found her bedroom empty, with the window open. A little earlier i spoke to our correspondent howard johnson, whos near the resort where the teenager went missing in malaysia. Iam i am five minutes from where she went missing near the police station, there will be a press conference next half hour. This is the sex they of search and rescue operations. We flew a drone over the area and you can see this is a very thick and tropical jungle, area and you can see this is a very thick and tropicaljungle, the top layer is so thick no light gets through. One of the Drone Operators from the police has been using thermal imaging scanning this area to find some life says it is impossible at the moment. They will try again at night and cooler conditions they might find something. They are looking for nora quoirin they but family say she might have been abducted so the searching and the jungle might have been abducted so the searching and thejungle might might have been abducted so the searching and the jungle might not be the way to go. Police say they are not ruling that out, they will continue with a missing person approach and then might look into the abduction angle f that is evidence that presents itself that is compelling. We saw a clip of a press co nfe re nce , is compelling. We saw a clip of a press conference, this is dreadful for the family as they try to find a nswe rs. For the family as they try to find answers. Yes, imagine you are on a family holiday and on the first night when you arrive your daughter goes missing in the middle of the night, the window left open on the bottom floor of the villa. They have not seen or heard from her for six days. Today they are handing out leaflets, the police and a picture of nora with details and the local language and with phone numbers for information. This is a critical time to get information that might lead to get information that might lead to more information on where she may have gone missing so today we saw at a mosque on the road police handing out these leaflets. The Electoral Commission has warned that the uk needs laws fit for the digital age because the current ones dont account for the huge growth of political campaigning on social media. It wants Digital Campaign material to carry written information about who is behind it and how much theyve spent. The Cabinet Office has made recommendations for changes to the law but nothing has happened so far. Im joined now by dr kate dommett, senior lecturer in the public understanding of politics at the university of sheffield. Morning. How far behind do you think we are in this process . morning. How far behind do you think we are in this process . I think we are very we are in this process . I think we are very far behind. The call has been made since 2003 and we have to not see any action. Why not . There seems to be a real deadlock. Over recent yea rs seems to be a real deadlock. Over recent years we have seen seems to be a real deadlock. Over recent years we have seen growing consensus in different parts of government have been calling for larger the same changes but the government is not taking action. Specifically what would you like to see change . There are very basic changes that can be made so did digital impotence is a good first step in terms of identifying sources of material digital impotence. It is, very difficult to see adverts placed in a Digital Campaign material online. What would this do in terms of adding to our knowledge . And would tell us the source of the information and funding applications . Yes, that is the focus of the Electoral Commission talk at Funding Forces and coming into elections. You currently have to register if you want to campaign so a nonparty campaign will have to register for spend a nonparty campaign will have to registerfor spend £20,000 but any organisation spending under that does not need to declare which means that activities and source of their funding is not subject to public scrutiny. That is causing questions because it opens the door to unknown actors, individuals who have personal finance actors, individuals who have personalfinance or even actors, individuals who have personal finance or even potentially foreign actors to have their own elections. Particularly if it is on social media. The issue with social media as it is much easier to create and disseminate content and a targeted way so you could theoretically create your own leaflets a nd theoretically create your own leaflets and had them out but it is quite a laborious and work intensive activity. On social media you can log into a computer and set up an account and issue targeted at advertising through platforms such as facebook directory voters. You have talked about your frustration that nothing has happened, who do you now focus on in terms of changing minds . There needs to be a real effort to put pressure on the government to proceed with this legislation. At the moment it has been talked about as being dealt with in the online harm white paper but that is not scheduled for parliamentary time soon so the need to bea parliamentary time soon so the need to be a push and theres already work from the Electoral Commission calling for this change but also the Information Commission and other organisations such as ofcom and advertising standards talking the same language and that is to be a strong push to the government to move on legislation much more urgently and especially the case given we might be facing a general election and going into it with very much information about what is happening online. Thank you. Thousands of pro democracy activists are staging a peaceful rally at hong kongs international airport, as the territorys leader warned that their campaign was hitting the economy likea tsunami. The protesters, dressed in black, are sitting in the airports arrivals hall, handing out leaflets to travellers explaining their actions. But, at a news conference, hong kongs chief executive, carrie lam, struck out at demonstrators, saying the recent violence was causing big economic damage. This is the scene live at the airport now. The protests a re the protests are entirely peaceful and there is a suggestion they will continue tomorrow and into sunday. Now its time for a look at the weather. We have some pretty windy weather on the way, heavy rain this morning which has gradually moved north, still very wet across northern scotland. Heavy and thundershowers developing across Western Areas, pushing north and east but for eastern parts there will be sunshine into the afternoon, feeling quite warm but it is the wind that picks up warm but it is the wind that picks up during the afternoon, gusts of 35 to 45, 55 in the south west of england. Those are unusual gas for this time of year but it will feel quite warm, temperatures for many into the mid 20s. Through tonight the main reign clear to the north with further showers behind that and thunderstorms through saturday, writer spells in between but the wind is getting stronger for england and wales, gusts widely up to between 45 and 55 even inland, further north of scotland and Northern Ireland little bit lighter during saturday but wind speeds and some disruption is likely. Hello. This is bbc newsroom live with julian worricker. The headlines the uk economy shrank by 0. 2 between april and june, according to figures just released the worst performance in seven years. The chancellor says it was expected. The important thing is that the fundamentals of the uk economy remain very strong. Jeremy corbyn calls on britains top Civil Servant to block the Prime Minister from forcing through a no deal brexit if there were a snap general Election Campaign. A man charged with the attempted murder of a Police Officer is due to appear before magistrates in london. Muhammed rodwan, who is 56 and from luton, also faces a charge of possessing an offensive weapon. Deaths from asthma in england and wales are the highest they have been in more than a decade. More unseasonal weather is set to sweep across the country, according to the met office with torrential rain and winds up to 60mph. A string of Outdoor Events have been cancelled. Sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres holly. Good morning. The new premier League Season kicks off tonight as liverpool host newly promoted norwich at anfield. Liverpool finished second last season, just a point behind champions Manchester City but with a club record total of 97 points. Jurgen klopps side went on to win the Champions League and have since had a quiet summer transfer window. It the premier league, as you mentioned there, which is the holy grail for us. Mentioned there, which is the holy grailfor us. It was mentioned there, which is the holy grail for us. It was a great performance that in half again city. Another ten or 15 minutes, we probably would have been outright winners instead of going to penalties. They have nothing to fear, there was not a great deal of recruitment in the summer, but getting Oxlade Chamberlain back, getting Oxlade Chamberlain back, getting fit, we have everyone in the squad will need to be utilised throughout the season because they have all played a lot of football, international is an someone, but we have the right manager to pick and choose when it is right. He knows what he doing and hopefully we can have a season like last season. One big change that the players, managers and fans are going to have to get to grips from tonight in the premier league is var. The video assistant referee will make its debut in the top flight tonight at anfield, and ahead of its rollout a guide to how it works has been sent out. Var is in the premier league this season and it will help our referee make good decisions. It would be 100 accuracy. Some will be subjective decisions and not eve ryo ne subjective decisions and not everyone will agree, but the var will be checking every key decision. There are four match changing decisions that var can be used for. My decisions that var can be used for. My favourite, goals. The var will check every ball that is scored. If the var spot something, it will tell the var spot something, it will tell the referee to not restart play. This could be an offside or a foul in the build up. Penalties, either penalties awarded or not awarded. Red cards, direct red cards, not a second yellow is. The var and tell the referee if they have missed a clear red ca rd the referee if they have missed a clear red card and also let the ref know if they have incorrectly given a red. Mistaken identity. The var can tell the referee if they have sent off or booked the wrong player. Their premier league are setting a high buyerfor a their premier league are setting a high buyer for a var their premier league are setting a high buyerfor a var involvement. The philosophy our minimum interference, maximum benefit, keeping the pace and passion we all know and love. Manchester united manager ole Gunnar Solskjaer has defended the clubs summer transfer policy. Striker romelu lu ka ku was sold to inter milan yesterday. Solskjaer says he is delighted overall with uniteds transfer business but understands the frustrations of supporters. Of course, theres always going to be fans out there wanting to sign players. Thats just part and parcel of being here, so the players are here now, they have been shown that trust and we believe in them. Now how about this for an impressive debut . Former wasps and england winger Christian Wade only quit rugby union in october last year to pursue his dream of playing in the nfl. Well, he made his debut for the Buffalo Bills last night afterjoining them in april, and scored a sensational 65 yard touchdown as his team beat the indianapolis colts. Wade remains third in the all time premiership try scorers list with 82 and now hopes to earn a place on the bills squad for next year. Before we go, some breaking Rugby Union News and in the last few minutes its been confirmed that gloucester scrum half willi heinz and bath wing rory mcconnochie will make their england debuts against wales at twickenham on sunday. You can find more on that plus all the other stories on the bbc sport website. I will have more for you in the next hour. Holly, thank you very much. The chancellor sajid javid has been speaking in the wake of the latest set of economic figures which show the uk economy shrank between april and june. Lets listen in. No one will be surprised by these figures. There was a general expectation that growth in this quarter will be slower than the previous quarter and the important thing is that the fundamentals of the uk economy remain very strong. Weve got record employment, weve got unemployment at its lowest level for 44 years. Wages are growing at their fastest rate for a decade. Weve got natural debt falling as a proportion of gdp. In fact, the imf is forecasting that we will grow faster this year than germany, italy, japan, as fast as france and so the fundamentals of the uk economy remain resilient and strong. Youve announced a new spending plan but not a spending review. It was said by the Prime Minister and yourself but that extra money would come from the proceeds of a growing economy and an economy that is not growing any more. We are going to have a fending round up very soon, next month, and one thing i have done is that i want to make sure that all departments including my own are very that all departments including my own are very focused on our priority which is to make sure that we leave the European Union on october 31. That is why i am having a one Year Spending router so we can get focused on our priority but i am confident that in that spending round, which i will not set out today, we will be able to meet all of our priorities and that certainly means increased focus on the nhs come on police in our schools. Chancellor, youve promised to turbo charge everything in your first days as chancellor and the first days as chancellor and the first figures that come out to show an economy that is contracting. What is happening . This is notjust down to global factors, there are specific factors in this. to global factors, there are specific factors in this. I dont think you will find any forecast that was not expecting weakening. They are clearly weakening versus the previous quarter but, first of all, there are global factors. The previous quarter but, first of all, there are globalfactors. We are seeing a significant slowdown in major global economies and just this week, we had some very poor figures from germany, one of the other european powerhouses alongside the uk, and that shows you there are globalfactors. There uk, and that shows you there are global factors. There are fears of a trade war that have been around now for months which is certainly having an impact but what everyone knows in these particular figures is an impact but what everyone knows in these particularfigures is in the previous quarter, we saw significant stockpiling by British Businesses in anticipation of the brexit that never was and now they are using those stockpiles, they are coming down, and so we are seeing volatility in the figures are one of the best ways to actually end this volatility is to bring certainty around brexit and make sure we weave on october 31. But there are a numberof on october 31. But there are a number of things there and it is pretty clear that there is a brexit factor here. Would you deny that brexit has weighed down this economy and because this first contraction in seven years . Businesses are taking brexit into account when making decisions and that is why in the First Quarter of this year, the number, i think its fair to say, was unexpectedly higher than was expected in terms of growth because of stockpiling and it is not a surprise that it is lower in the Second Quarter and so we are seeing this kind of volatility, but at the same time, everyone also knows that the fundamentals of our economy are very strong. You are talking about some of the growth figures compared to the past. Today our economy is 19 bigger than it was in 2010. It shows you that the hard work the british people that make the hard work of british people is paying off and our economy will remain strong as we exit the European Union. Can you roll out a recession . as we exit the European Union. Can you roll out a recession . I am not expecting a recession at all. Do not ta ke expecting a recession at all. Do not take my word for it, not a single forecaster out there is expecting a recession. The bank of england is not expecting a recession and that is because they know that the fundamentals remain strong. The imf is forecasting that we will grow faster this year than germany, italy andjapan. Faster this year than germany, italy and japan. So this was a weakening, somewhat off break breakfast factors, but other factors. You want to be the treble chancellor who terrible things, but this will cause great red tape for businesses that any chancellor could have imagined. Customs procedures, Animal Health checks, all this sort of stuff, how can you contemplate that imposition of red tape on British Business . First of all, i hope to be the chancellor who reduces red tape. These are costs on businesses and where they dont make sense, we should not have them. If we get to a new deal brexit, and it is worth making it very clear that we want a deal, but most of all, we want to bring certainty, and that is why we must leave in october the 31st and if that means leaving with no deal, thatis if that means leaving with no deal, that is what it is going to be. But it is the fear of no deal that is impacting on businesses. What businesses want is certainty around brexit, but they also want to know that the government is preparing and that the government is preparing and thatis that the government is preparing and that is why i announced just last week that we are going to put an extra £2. 1 billion towards our preparation costs on top of the 4 billion that is already there and this shows you i think how significantly we are taking this forward and i am not pretending and the government does not pretend that we are in control of everything that happens in a no deal because we do not know what france is going to do, but we are in control of what we do andi but we are in control of what we do and i am confident that we can be ready, including for a first make brexit and we will notjust get through it but at the end of a no deal brexit, if it does come to that, our economy will remain very strong and we will have a strong future. And you as chancellor, having championed austerity, that signs the cheques for Boris Johnsons spending splurge . Austerity means living within your means andi austerity means living within your means and i will make sure that our country continues to live within its means and the good thing is that because of the expected growth that, again, look at the leading forecasts of expected growth, our economy remain strong and that means we can continue to invest in the priorities for the british people. The chancellor theyre talking for the british people. The chancellor they re talking about those latest gdp figures that came out earlier this morning. A man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of a Police Officer in leyton in east london. Richard lister is at Thames Magistrates Court for us. What has happened this morning, richard . 56 year old appeared in court for less tha n 56 year old appeared in court for less than five minutes this morning. He is 56, from luton, he spoke only briefly to confirm his date of birth. He said he is of no fixed address, confirmed he is british and he faces two charges. They are one of attempted murder of that Police Officer. The other is possession of an offensive weapon in public. These relate to an incident in the small hours of thursday morning just after midnight when it is alleged that the car in which he was travelling was pulled over by a traffic patrol officers and he is alleged to have attacked one of the Police Officers with a machete causing him at cuts on his head and to his hand. That officer was named in court today as pc stuart elton, 28. He is said to be in pc stuart elton, 28. He is said to beina pc stuart elton, 28. He is said to be in a serious but stable condition in Royal London Hospital where he is recovering from surgery and the way the procedure happens now is that this has been referred to trial at the old bailey and he will appear next at the old bailey on september six. Thank you, richard. Families are paying a huge variation in costs to cremate loved ones, according to new figures. Research by the bbc shows that charges at council owned sites have risen by almost a fifth since 2015, and bereaved families are paying hundreds of pounds more depending on where they live in the uk. Poppy mardell is the director of the funeral company, poppys. Good morning. Good morning. How do you explain these huge variations in costs . You explain these huge variations in costs . I think the only way to explain them is to say that the funeral sector has been charging what it can get away with. The competition and markets Authority Investigation which is going on at the moment has shown the largest private operators, crematoria, have been raising their prices by 6 8 for the last eight years which is more than twice inflation. I think the reason for that is because when you are organising a funeral, you could not be less empowered. You could not be less empowered. You could not be less empowered. You could not be less of an empowered consumer if you tried, so what is happening is most people live in an area where they do not get a choice of crematorium. They have a local crematorium and the next one might be 30 or 40 miles away, so they pay what they pay and then people who happen to live in, for example, london, where there is a lot of choice, people dont realise they have a choice of people are not shopping around and i suspect that Funeral Directors are not doing as much as they could to inform clients about their options. You talked about their options. You talked about their options. You talked about the fact that this is already being looked at. Would you anticipate change in the sector soon . I really hope so. You know, i think it is a sector that hasnt been very well thought through for a long time and i think i am really thrilled that the competition and markets authority i doing this investigation. I think Funeral Directors themselves, crematoria, we all need to question whether we are doing everything we can to provide the best possible service. I will be charging afair the best possible service. I will be charging a fair price . Innovating as we should be . Are we giving us choices to our clients or are we allowing the lack of power that families exert to allow us to kind of remain comfortable with how things have been . This focus specifically has been on council run sites, by and large, and those running them have said, look, you know, yes, the figures do look high in some cases, but there are costs of maintaining these places. If you go to of maintaining these places. If you gotoa of maintaining these places. If you go to a council run crematorium, you wa nt go to a council run crematorium, you want it to look as beautiful as it can because it is a place that carries such poignancy to people. There is a point there, isnt there . For sure, there is a point there, isnt there . Forsure, andi there is a point there, isnt there . For sure, and i think if it felt like those price rises were being justified by massive changes in the quality of the experience then they would be justified. Quality of the experience then they would bejustified. There are quality of the experience then they would be justified. There are also lots of local authority crematoria that are still offering cremations ata that are still offering cremations at a very reasonable price. I am concerned that some of the local authorities have been following the private operators and thinking, well, they are charging that, i think we could, too. Thank you very much. The number of people dying from asthma attacks in england and wales is the highest it has been in ten years, according to a leading charity. More than 1,400 adults and children died from asthma attacks in england and wales last year. Asthma uk says the deaths are unnecessary, as too many people are failing to get the basic level of care. Im joined now by asthma uks head of polichoe farrington douglas. Good morning. I highlighted the figures that you are airing today. How come we are suddenly seeing this rise, do you think . Well, asthma uks investigation has seen the shocking rise of death, upper third in the last decade and that means over that period, over 12,000 people have very sadly died from asthma attacks. That is a really shocking wake up call, we think, for everybody and the nhs to take asthma much more seriously, so there is a real problem of complacency and not taking asthma seriously enough which has to stop. How does that play out, realistically . You say it is not being taken seriously enough, what is not happening that should be happening . Well, five years ago, the department of health commissioned some experts to look into asthma deaths and they came into recommendations on how to prevent deaths. Those recommendations have not been implemented. With basic care, not been implemented. With basic ca re, two not been implemented. With basic care, two thirds of deaths could be prevented, things like having a regular checkup with your gp or asthma nurse, you having your asthma inhaler technique checked and having a written action plan. Everyone should have one of those in place and if they did, we would be able to bring these very sad deaths are back down again as they were coming down in the first decade of this century. What of wider causes here . Clearly there are some who are raising the issue of air quality and air pollution. How much is that a part of the story . There are lots of factors involved in causing asthma and lots of causes that trigger asthma attacks which can be fatal, so air pollution is going up and thatis so air pollution is going up and that is a real concern. There is also air quality in peoples comms that can trigger asthma attacks. Extremes that can trigger asthma attacks. Extre m es of that can trigger asthma attacks. Extremes of weather can be very dangerous for people with asthma, so there are lots of figures at play here. We cannot ignore the fact as well but asthma deaths were going down while more resources were going into the nhs in the 2000s, and in the last decade those deaths have been rising again, so we think pressure on hospitals and gps is making it harder for people to get the basic care they need. A word of advice, then, if people are watching this and have asthma and are understandably worried by these figures, what is the best advice you can offer them . Take your asthma seriously. Asthma is a life threatening condition. Many people are able to manage it well, but even if it feels that your asthma is well managed, you need to keep maintaining, keep following your action plan, keep up that basic care, make sure you are taking your preve nter care, make sure you are taking your preventer in here on a regular basis and the government could also make that easier by making preventer in hilo is free of charge. At the moment, people have to pay prescription charges which prevent them from taking that medication, so there is a lot that people with asthma but also the nhs could do to improve the statistics. Thank you very much for coming on. In a moment well have all the Business News, but first, the headlines on bbc news the uk economy shrank 0. 2 between april and june, its worst performance in seven years, according to figures out today. Jeremy corbyn calls on britains top Civil Servant to block the Prime Minister from forcing through a no deal brexit if there were a snap general Election Campaign. A man charged with the attempted murder of a Police Officer has appeared before magistrates in london. 56 year old Muhammed Rodwan was remanded in custody. Good morning. In the Business News as weve been hearing, the uk economy contracted 0. 2 between april and june, its worst performance since 2012. The numbers are official government statistics but may be revised at a later date. It follows an uptick in Economic Growth in the first three months of the year because of stockpiling ahead of the expected brexit date in march. The news sent the pound falling to just below 1. 21 to the dollar and 1. 08 against the euro, but has recovered some of the lost ground in the last hour or so. Malaysia has charged 17 former and current Goldman Sachs bankers including richard gnodde, goldmans most senior banker in london over the corruption and Money Laundering investigation at its state Development Fund 1mdb. Goldman helped raise 6. 5 billion through Bond Offerings for 1mdb. The bank said it would vigorously defend the charges. Lets have a look at those Economic Growth figures. Gdp shows the size of the economy, and here we are looking at how much it is growing quarter on quarter. This is the historic charge, that takes us back to 2012, the last time that gdp actually contracted. Rather bizarre figures here, actually. That there is the olympics. But on either side of it, you see the economy actually contracted there. Then we return to fairly substantial growth. The general trend, though, is slowing growth. As i say, each one is how much the economy grew every quarter. The other interesting thing to notice is these, the last quarter, usually to do with christmas at the end there, but last year, towards the end of last year, we did not see very much growth. Still some, but not as much. The other thing to look at is the Third Quarter. Again, it is usually quite strong. Not so strong there, but strong there. The reason for that is often to do with weather. It often to do with the summer, how much we spend in the summer. Lets have a look at why we have gone into negative growth. Lets go over to there was a lot of stockpiling in the First Quarter. That has come off in the First Quarter, mainly on the business since the investment side which is shrinking and if you look at imports which is also engaged with demand especially on the corporate side, that are shrinking as well. Hopefully things can improve a bit, at least not deteriorate in the next quarter. This next quarter, the Third Quarter which we are in at the moment, you would expect things to start coming back . We are spending a bit more, stockpiling more ahead of the top of the 31st . There is a possibility and that Business Activity in q1 will be repeated in q3, but in the spending side, it interesting that personal and Government Spending figures were slightly above market expectations, so there are patches of optimism for the economy but, again, uncertainty abounds not just in the economy but, again, uncertainty abounds notjust in the economy but everywhere. I cannot ask you to stick your neck out and go right through to christmas and ask you what kind of growth you would expect then. For the whole year, we are looking at just below then. For the whole year, we are looking atjust below 1. 5 , so they should average out to about 0. 3 expansion every single quarter. So no recession quiz make a recession, as we know, is to quarters of contraction. That is a technical recession. You cannot rule anything out. In global terms, recession. You cannot rule anything out. In globalterms, europe recession. You cannot rule anything out. In global terms, europe is not doing so well, the trade what is affecting people, but no recession, not a prolonged recession in the uk. We are ruling that out. What about in comparison to other countries of a similarsize . In comparison to other countries of a similar size . If you look at european numbers, numbers out of germany in particular, not great right now. There are different reasons, of course. The Auto Industry are suffering right now which is hurting germany and also global trade. The export driven economies are hurting as well. The big concern for the boe right now, the bank of england, in addition to the bank of england, in addition to the economy, all Central Banks globally are all cutting rates. Can the bank of england stay where they are right now . That is a very open question. Thank you very much. Wpp shares have jumped around 7 this morning after it surprised the market with some good numbers. Wpp is the Global Advertising group that owns agencies such as ogilvy, grey and finsbury. The Massive Company employing 130,000 staff is in the middle of a restructuring. Its sales still dropped 1. 4 in the Second Quarter, but most people were expecting a fall twice as large. Losses at the Bookmaker William Hill and its blaming it on its decision to close 700 betting shops following the governments decision in april to reduce the maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals to £2. It made a £63. 5 million loss in the first half and has cut the dividend it pays out to shareholders by over one third. There is a fundraising event for us President Donald Trump reportedly being planned by the billionaire owner of the fitness chains soulecle and equinox, stephen ross. But customers have protested and now the firms are disowning it. A spokesperson for the companies said, we have nothing to do with the event and do not support it. Quickly the markets, they not really changed. You can see there, up 7 . William hill, despite those bad figures, but i think that is because the market was expecting a lot worse, managing to go up 4 there. And weve gone below zero point one. 08, so we are below the level we we re one. 08, so we are below the level we were at before are probably probably against the dollar down as well. I will you do not want to mistake in the value of the pound lets have a look at the weather now with simon. You do not want to say whips as your gazebo goes over into next door. It looks lovely from the satellite imagery, swirling around the centre, but as you can see it is bringing heavy rain as it spread northwards to out this morning. Is that rain clears north, we have some showers across wales and the north west of england, thundering through the afternoon, saw thunderstorms making their way north and east words. Further east, though, you will notice there is some sunshine and it will feel quite warm in that sunshine but for all of us, the winds are continuing to pick up, so for scotland during this afternoon, while we have the heavy rain across northern areas, we will see gusts of wind up to 40 or 45 mph. Heavy showers in southern scotland and across england and wales, thunderstorms and Western Areas. Further east, drier and brighter, but look at the wind arrows. Gusts of wind, 45 55 mph gusts later this afternoon, so if you have travel plans later today, they are those in mind. Through the rest of the afternoon, we will continue with the storms in the west, but temperatures will be getting up to about 25 or 26 degrees across eastern areas. As i mentioned, it will be pretty warm and muggy for most of us. That area of low pressure will continue to move north eastwards as we go through into saturday, but it means the white lines here, the isobars are closer together for england and wales, so widely it will be windier across england and wales and we will have further showers which will be heavy and thundery across mainly these northern and Western Areas of these northern and Western Areas of the uk. Further south and east, drier with sunny spells, but still very windy. Gusts of 55 mph in land, really unusual for this time of year to have the sort of wind gusts. Lighter wins for scotland and Northern Ireland, temperatures not as high as today, about 20 23 celsius. Into sunday, there goes our area of low pressure. The white lines of the isobars become a bit more stretched out during a sunday, so that means the winds will be lighter, but there will still be heavy showers throughout the day on sunday, particularly across scotland, into Northern England, wales, showers breaking out across southern areas wales, showers breaking out across southern areas are wales, showers breaking out across southern areas are not a complete dry weekend. Some sunny spells here and there with a maximum temperature on sunday, lower again for scotland and Northern Ireland but in england and Northern Ireland but in england and wales, up into the 20s. We have already seen lots of events cancelled or postponed. Likely to see more impact over the next couple of days. Goodbye. Youre watching bbc newsroom live its midday and these are the main stories this morning. The uk economy shrank 0. 2 between april and june, its worst performance in seven years, raising fears of a recession. The chancellor says the dip was expected. The important thing is the fundamentals of the uk economy remain very strong. Jeremy corbyn calls on britains top Civil Servant to block the Prime Minister from forcing through a no deal brexit if there were a snap general Election Campaign. A man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of a Police Officer in east london. Muhammed rodwan, who is 56 and from luton, was remanded in custody. Deaths from asthma hit a ten year high in england and wales campaigners blame pollution and lack of awareness. The premier League Season gets underway tonight as european champions liverpool take on promoted norwich city at anfield. Good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Our top story the chancellor sajid javid has said its a challenging time for world economies as new figures revealed the uk economy shrank in the Second Quarter of this year. The gdp figures show a 0. 2 per cent decline between april and june, the worst performance of the uk economy since 2012. Even the usually Strong Services sector, showed just 0. 1 per cent growth in todays figures, which have led to fears of a uk recession. Speaking this morning, sajid javid insisted the announcement was no surprise, and he didnt expect the uk to go into recession. No one will be surprised by the figures, there was a general expectation that growth in this quarter will be slower than the previous quarter and the important thing is the fundamentals of the uk economy remain very strong. We have record employment, unemployment at its lowest level for 44 years, wages growing at their fastest rate for a decade, National Debt falling as a proportion of gdp. The imf is forecasting we will grow faster this year than germany, italy and japan, as fast as france and so the fundamentals of the uk economy remain resilient and strong. With me is our Business Correspondent katy austin, katy what do the figures tell us . Band b and expected that growth would be flat, so the 0. 2 contraction is worse than expected but on the other hand sajid javid has been quick to point out some people would have expected things not to have been as buoyantin expected things not to have been as buoyant in the first three months of the year because a lot of the growth we saw then was boosted by companies are stockpiling ahead of the original brexit deadline. That stock seems to be being a wild down, that pace has not continued but there are warning signs particularly about the service sector, in the past three yea rs service sector, in the past three years that has been fairly strong but very small growth in the last quarter and manufacturing and production and construction seeing dips. Manufacturing would have been affected by specific phenomena like car factories affected by specific phenomena like carfactories bringing affected by specific phenomena like car factories bringing ahead affected by specific phenomena like carfactories bringing ahead their shutdowns as part of contingency plans over brexit. Analysts are divided over what the risk of a decision is, it is usually defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth. The chancellor seems very negative growth. The chancellor seems very confident that will not happen but some see underlying wea kness happen but some see underlying weakness in the figures. One of the arguments from the chancellors with the bodicejohnson arguments from the chancellors with the bodice johnson government arguments from the chancellors with the bodicejohnson government in place he would say there is greater clarity about 31st october being the duane our dying that will help. We have had a lot of uncertainty over the past years that it has on business, todays figures show investment is not very strong either by government on business so his argument is that once it is certain we are leaving, businesses will have confidence again, they will not feel we have to be concentrating on contingency and audio, they will be cover that investing in people and growing the business and investing in equipment. Predicting the future asa in equipment. Predicting the future as a difficult and impossible arts are much depends on where things go politically as much as anything. What about the Product Global context . What about the Product Global co ntext . H e what about the Product Global context . He highlights that globally there are hints of economic problems or how does this fit against that . The uk is not the only economy seeing signs of a slowdown, other Major Economies like france, germany, italy, japan are all seeing signs the Global Economy is not turbo charging at the moment. Actually the chancellor has pointed out the uk is doing better the uk is doing better than those other Major Economies. Jeremy corbyn has urged britains top Civil Servant to block the Prime Minister if he tries to force through a no deal brexit during a general Election Campaign. There has been speculation that borisjohnson could call an election at the start of november if he loses a vote of no confidence in parliament. The labour leader has written to the cabinet secretary saying such a move would be an anti democratic abuse of power. Earlier i spoke to the shadow transport secretary Andy Mcdonald who accused mrjohnson of being reckless with the economy. Of being reckless with our Political Correspondent mark lobel is in westminster. The Cabinet Office has received a letter and they are going to reply in due course but it is the issue at the heart being debated around westminster. Jeremy corbyn is asking for the most senior Cabinet Civil Service member in the country to advise the government and the scenario and a big if that is an Election Campaign taking place over the at which britain would leave the eu with no deal to say an extension to article 50 so we do not clash with no deal as in place before that happens. The big argument investments that is whether that is considered new policy and whether the Civil Service head would have the Civil Service head would have the power to mandate that that is not carried through. At the moment this is a politicalfootball and here is what the conservative mp had to say about the letter. For me what is undemocratic and unconstitutional is the fact that our parliament overwhelmingly voted for a referendum to give the british people the choice of whether we remained on left the eu, they decided on the referendum by 1. 3 million votes that they wanted to leave and we have a parliament that is blocking that. That is undemocratic and unconstitutional. In essence this is a policy that many are arguing has already been agreed so it would not be a new policy but we have had people including a professor of government on the news channel saying what could make a difference at their was a change in legislation that is the only thing that experts are pointing towards that could take the prospect of no deal of the table and that would have to happen very quickly when mps returned to the commons in september. Joining me now is conservative mp dominic grieve, who is in brittany. What difference at any does this letter make . It clearly highlights an important issue because generally speaking a government that loses a motion of confidence becomes a ca reta ker motion of confidence becomes a caretaker government, it is either a ca reta ker caretaker government, it is either a caretaker government, it is either a caretaker government in anticipation ofa caretaker government in anticipation of a new administration being formed by somebody else or for the duration of the general election that is going to follow. Caretaker governments should not take any decisions that have unimportant impact on our future as a country. Cussing a shout of the eu in the middle of an Election Campaign crashing us out which is a fraught with risk because it is going to require careful handling and it is not a suitable activity for a ca reta ker not a suitable activity for a caretaker government. There is perfectly logical sense for arguing that a government should postpone the date of brexit effort can do that with its European Partners until the election is over. But it wouldnt necessarily be actively taking that decision because that consequence is where we will go f nothing else happens before now. entirely agree and doubtless this is the argument to government will put forward. It is not a very good one because when you look at it rationally the whole reason behind the action taking place would be the issue of should believe with no deal. For the government to say actually are going to do this in the middle of the Election Campaign despite the fact they are only a ca reta ker despite the fact they are only a caretaker government and furthermore not even have a parliament to pass or sanction emergency not even have a parliament to pass or sanction emergency measures not even have a parliament to pass or sanction emergency measures that may have to be taken as quite frankly a reckless act. I entirely accept that argument can be made by the Prime Minister, itjust happens not to be a rather bad one. What is your position with regards to a confidence vote question about what will you do . The question as to where i vote depends on where we are in respect of no deal brexit. I add a number of other mps, conservative mps have made our position pretty clear. I have been a conservative Member Parliament for many years and i wish to remain in the conservative party if possible, i didnt want to go anywhere else but equally i take the view that a no deal brexit is going to be uniquely damaging to our country. It is going to have appalling consequences for our agriculture, financial sector, manufacturing annual have Immediate Repercussions for everybody in this country. In those circumstances if we get to a point it is clear i cannot persuade the government by other means to avoid a no deal brexit i am going to have to consider bringing the government down if i think that was from happening. But not necessarily do it. I almost certainly will be doing it, the only circumstances i would not as if i thought it would not serve a useful purpose. Clearly at that point you thought it would send a useful purpose. I think you have a nswered a useful purpose. I think you have answered the question. I put that in asa answered the question. I put that in as a because i didnt what will happen in the course of the two months of september and october when clearly heading for a major particle crisis. We get to this point there isa crisis. We get to this point there is a vote and the government is defeated and that is via the period another government to be formed, what partridge you conceive you might in that . I have no idea what pa rt might in that . I have no idea what part i would play but obviously to kill the in light of what the Campaign Minister has been saying taking us out in the middle of a campaign, there are strong arguments for trying to set up an alternative administration that would act on that because fashion. And if Jeremy Corbyn is part of that . That is a hyper hypothetical question. Mr corbyn and i disagree on many issues but always matters which have to be factored in and it is not the National Interests to create a Labour Government in downing street from my point of view. But leaving with no deal it is important to understand, in my judgment with no deal it is important to understand, in myjudgment is likely to lead to the break up of the United Kingdom in diameter unionist politician and quite frankly the chaos at is going to ensure is a pretty fertile breeding ground for an extreme government whether it has the right on the left, both those things ought to be avoided. There is a Bigger Picture within your own party, you highlight the particle differences that exist between you and Jeremy Corbyn but another conservative mp was on this programme and arrival pointing out that back in 2016 there was a referendum, a clear result and it is your duty as a member of parliament to honour that. I understand the point but i cannot get away from the fa ct point but i cannot get away from the fact that i am sent to westminster to exercise my judgment fact that i am sent to westminster to exercise myjudgment to the National Interest and what was not debated in 2016 was the likelihood he would end up leaving the eu with no deal in the midst of a political and economic crisis that is going to affect everybody in this country. Four recently to turn round and say there is nothing i can do, this decision was made in 2016, over three years ago, when i do not know what the opinion of the public is andi what the opinion of the public is and i do see real risk from continuing with this policy, i would be failing in my duty and a sympathy i understand the point, it is not an improper one but it has to be balanced against the reality risk and if that means it has to bring my career as a conservative mp to an end in order to prevent something from happening which i think is very potentially damaging for the country then i am afraid that is the place that has to be paid. Thank you. Two people have been warned they face jail, after they admitted accessing cctv footage of the post mortem examiniation of footballer emiliano sala. Sala, who was 28 when he died, had just signed for cardiff city when the plane he was travelling in crashed into the English Channel in january. His body was recovered in february. Sherry bray and Christopher Ashford have admitted they illegally accessed and photographed mortuary footage of the argentine strikers body. A man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder of a Police Officer in leyton in east london. The officer suffered multiple injuries in a machete attack in the early hours of yesterday. Richard lister is at Thames Magistrates Court for us. 56 year old Muhammed Rodwan appeared in court for less than five minutes, he is from luton and spoke to confirm his name and date of birth and the fact he is a british and of no fixed address. He is facing two charges, the first of attempted murder, the second of the possession ofan murder, the second of the possession of an offensive weapon in public. Both those charges write to this incident in the early hours of thursday morning when the car in which he was travelling was pulled over by traffic patrol officers and he was spoken to and then it is alleged that he slashed at the officer with a machete cutting his head and hands and causing serious injuries. He was arrested shortly afterwards. The officer was named in court, 28 and said to be any serious but stable condition, not life threatening and he is recovering from surgery. As for Muhammed Rodwan he will appear next at the old bailey on september six but he has been remanded for a trial and remains in custody. The headlines on bbc news. The uk economy shrank 0. 2 between april and june, its worst performance in seven years, according to figures out today. Jeremy corbyn calls on britains top Civil Servant to block the Prime Minister from forcing through a no deal brexit if there were a snap general Election Campaign. A man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of a Police Officer in east london. Muhammed rodwan, who is 56 and from luton, was remanded in custody. Sport now, heresjohn watson. The new premier League Season kicks off tonight as liverpool host newly promoted norwich at anfield. Liverpool finished second last season, just a point behind champions Manchester City but with a club record total of 97 points. Jurgen klopps side went on to win the Champions League and have since had a quiet summer transfer window. It is the premier league which is the holy for us, it was a great performance second half against city, another ten minutes we would have run out winners rather than penalties. They dont have anything to fear but there was not a great deal of recruitment and the summer but getting players back and fit and we still have everyone, the squad will need to be utilised throughout the season because the played a lot of football but we have the right manager to pick and choose, he knows what he is doing and hopefully we can have a season like last season. Manchester united manager ole Gunnar Solskjaer has defended the clubs summer transfer policy. Striker romelu lu ka ku was sold to inter milan yesterday. Solskjaer says he is delighted overall with uniteds transfer business but understands the frustrations of supporters. Of course it is always going to be fa ns of course it is always going to be fans out there wanting to sign players, that is part and parcel of being here. The players are here now, they have been shown that trust and we believe in them. Eddiejones has named his england squad for sundays Rugby World Cup warm up match against wales at twickenham on sunday. With the tournament injapan nowjust a little over a month away jones has handed debuts to gloucester scrum half willi heinz and bath wing rory mcconnochie as they make a late bid for Rugby World Cup selection. Englands head coach said his focus for the four warm ups is on developing a team capable of winning. Now how about this for an impressive debut . Former wasps and england winger Christian Wade only quit rugby union in october last year to pursue his dream of playing in the nfl. Well, he made his debut for the Buffalo Bills last night afterjoining them in april, and scored a sensational 65 yard touchdown as his team beat the indianapolis colts. Wade remains third in the all time premiership try scorers list with 82 and now hopes to earn a place on the bills squad for next year. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in the next hour. More on the contracting uk economy. Rickles figures down for us, what do they look like and tell you . Rickles figures down for us, what do they look like and tell you . The figures show the uk economy shrank by 0. 2 in the three months tojune and when we did below the surface and when we did below the surface and look at him or detailed breakdown we see manufacturing fell at its fastest rate since the depths of the downturn in 2008 9 and construction also fell. Probably also of note is the Services Sector which makes up a large part of the economy and is seen as one of the most dominant sectors which failed to show any Significant Growth over the last three months. How much was this anticipated and how much is it a surprise . External expectations about the figures are somewhat weaker, we had based on looking at the First Quarter of the year businesses bring forward activity in advance of anticipating departure from the eu at the end of march. What be them and want to see as an unwinding of that activity in people who built up stocks selling those and using them. People expected a wea ker and using them. People expected a weakerfigure but and using them. People expected a weaker figure but perhaps and using them. People expected a weakerfigure but perhaps not and using them. People expected a weaker figure but perhaps not as wea k weaker figure but perhaps not as weak as this morning showed. Does this inform the future at all . We are very this inform the future at all . We are very much here to produce figures about the here and now and not forecasting but there are a couple of things we can look at from today, one as i would encourage people to see through the volatility and look at the picture over six months which presents a more balanced view. A couple of key Economic Indicators beneath the surface are Economic Indicators beneath the surface are consumers are Economic Indicators beneath the surface are consumers are still spending money, that remains resilient and buoyant and looking at Business Investment which is another bellwether indicating what people look towards that tells a more challenging story and committed to surveys concerns that has been broadly flat since the referendum. More significantly five of the last six quarters we have seen Business Investment for so a mixed picture, spending more positive by consumers about businesses failing to show significant pick up. About businesses failing to show significant pickup. How about the International Context . Countries you would naturally compare the uk with . The Global Economic conditions have been deteriorating more generally, these are a particular week set of figures today and a number of countries have not yet reported their Second Quarter figures. The performance up to now is broadly compatible with similar economies but we will wait and see what those figures rang from the rest of the developed world. Like you. Police in malaysia say they still believe the irish teenager, nora quoirin, who went missing six days ago, is likely to be near the resort where she was staying with her family. Search teams have been playing a recording of her mothers voice on loudspeakers to try to find the 15 year old. A short while ago police in malaysia updated the media on the progress of their search. This is day six and we have almost a square around the missing place and are now almost all the places within six map square have been checked and we are now focusing and getting any information which we can go back to the place and pinpoint an exact spot around including the building and the chalet to check again. A little earlier i spoke to our correspondent howard johnson, whos near the resort where the teenager went missing. This is the sixth day of search and rescue operations. We flew a drone over the area and you can see this is a very thick and tropical jungle, the top layer is so thick no light gets through. One of the Drone Operators from the police has been using thermal imaging scanning this area to find some life and says it is impossible at the moment. They will try again at night in cooler conditions they might find something. They are looking for nora but the family say she might have been abducted so the searching in the jungle might not be the way to go. Police say they are not ruling that out, they will continue with a missing person approach first and then might look into the abduction angle if there is evidence that presents itself that is compelling. We saw a clip of a press conference, this is dreadful for the family as they try to find answers. Yes, imagine you are on a family holiday and on the first night when you arrive your daughter goes missing in the middle of the night, the window left open on the bottom floor of the villa. They have not seen or heard from herfor six days. Today they are handing out leaflets, the police with a picture of nora with details in the local language and with phone numbers for information. This is a critical time to get any information that might lead to more information on where she may have gone missing so today we saw at a mosque down the road police handing out these leaflets. Derby countys signing of wayne rooney has caused controversy over the club and the footballers ties with the online betting firm 32red. Rooneys 90,000 pound weekly wages are reportedly being paid by the betting firm. Hes also been assigned the number 32 shirt as an apparent nod to the clubs lead sponsor. Gambling watch have called for the move to be investigated by the fa, while the church of england have also criticised the multi Million Pound deal. The bishop of st albans is with me now. Why church concerned about this . This seems to be an emerging Public Health problem with gambling in this country, you will be aware of the statistics that show 55,000 teenagers affected by gambling related harm, 430,000 people in this country and that is affecting about 2 Million People who have someone about 2 Million People who have someone in their home or immediate family who has lost theirjob or home on very sadly in some cases taking their own life because of their addiction. We are rather puzzled why wayne rooney who is such an inspiration to many people with an inspiration to many people with an incredible pleasure to many people and done it what a Good Charitable work seems unaware of the other side of what is going on with gambling. Obviously do not know how aware he is, you highlight the issues of the problems with gambling which as you rightly say have been well documented. What would you like to do about this on the cop to do . S what would you like the club to do . My what would you like the club to do . My question is someone who has been so my question is someone who has been so amazing are doing Good Charitable work is why wouldnt you like to think about standing up for the victims of people affected by gambling related harm. When you meet afamily as gambling related harm. When you meet a family as i have done where typically it is a young man has committed suicide because he has got up committed suicide because he has got up to his eyes in debt and does not know what else to do, you realise whole lives been pulled apart and when i first started looking into this because a family like that came to seem you, i was incredibly struck by the pain and anguish and harm it was causing so i would like to say to wayne rooney, cant you help us and the people who are really suffering because that is the key issue for some many people. Suffering because that is the key issue for some many peoplem suffering because that is the key issue for some many people. It is a difficult balance because if you are a derby county fan then presumably you are rather pleased that wayne rooney is now going to have an active role at your club and i wonder whether you might regard that as being more significant, doesnt mean you do not acknowledge some of the points you made but how do you convince those passionate derby cou nty fa ns convince those passionate derby county fans that this is a key issue for them . I do not think it is my job to convince them, i am somewhat trying to raise the issue. This is a growing problem and our nation. The application of sport has been growing and all the evidence shows and growing and all the evidence shows a nd lettu ce growing and all the evidence shows and lettuce public by academics pointing out that children remember logos and ants influenced by heroes and any little boy said a few love football than betting as part of wanting your team to win. Theres another side to this and of course derby county may be delighted but of those funds will know people themselves who have problems with gambling. You might find actually when they start thinking about it not everyone is quite so keen. Thank you. As we head towards the weekend we have seen wet weather in places, more of that to come, heavy downpours but also extremely strong winds for the time of year, this is a recipe that could cause some travel problems. Into the evening persistent rain pushing north across gotham, lots of showers from the south west, winds increasing across england and wales but through the night winds easing for scotland and Northern Ireland and was at the overnight list, between 13 and 17. Enter tomorrow, spells of sunshine but also heavy thundery shower is, they could crop up anywhere but for Northern England and Northern Ireland and scotland could be slow moving circa deliver a lot of rain and places, towards the south very strong and gusty winds, an excess of 50 mph, even inland perhaps stronger than that around the coast, that could cause problems for outdoor offence, temperatures between 19 and 23. A bit, and cr1 for sunday. Hello. This is bbc newsroom live with julian worricker. The headlines the uk economy shrank by 0. 2 between april and june, the worst performance in seven years raising fears of a recession. The chancellor says it was expected. Im not expecting a recession at all, but dont take my word for it, there is not a single leading forecast out there that is expecting a recession. Jeremy corbyn calls on britains top Civil Servant to block the Prime Minister from forcing through a no deal brexit if there were a snap general Election Campaign. A man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of a Police Officer in east london. Muhammed rodwan, who is 56 and from luton, was remanded in custody. Deaths from asthma in england and wales are the highest they have been in more than a decade. More unseasonal weather is set to sweep across the country, according to the met office with torrential rain and winds up to 60mph. A string of Outdoor Events have been cancelled. Lets return now to the news that Jeremy Corbyn has urged britains top Civil Servant to block the Prime Minister if he tries to force through a no deal brexit vote during a general Election Campaign. Earlier i spoke to the constitutional expert Vernon Bogdanor who explained the labour leaders position. During the election period, the pardo period, no new policies should be implemented. That is the convention. The argument against him is that brexit, even a no deal brexit is not a new policy for this reason, that in 2017, parliament voted by a majority of nearly 400 for the notification of withdrawal act to leave the European Union. Now, three times, parliament has rejected the deal that has been negotiated. The European Union says no other deal as possible, therefore, logically, if you want to leave the European Union, you have to leave without a deal. Now, parliaments had to leave without a deal. Now, pa rliaments had two to leave without a deal. Now, parliaments had two years to alter its mind from 2017. It has not yet done so, so you cant say that leaving without a deal is a new policy. It is implementing a decision of parliament two years ago. The letter specifically is addressed to sir malcolm said well. Does he have the power to act upon it in the way thatjeremy corbin would like him to . If a new policy was to be introduced during the pardo period, so mark could advise that this was inappropriate. I do not think you could do more than that. If the nation that make he is the nations top Civil Servant, not their nations top policeman. the nations top Civil Servant, not their nations top policeman. I am reading what you are writing in today cosmic newspaper, how the commons could thwartjohnson, and there are various elements to this. Iam there are various elements to this. I am struck by whether the queen could be dragged into this whole process at some point, i am struck by the possibility, some way down the line here, of some sort of extension if the parliament make up changed. Help us through how the commons could thwart this. In theory, the house of commons could ta ke theory, the house of commons could take over the order paper. At present, the Standing Orders give the government precedent on legislation. That could be altered. It was in april by Yvette Cooper, the labour backbencher Andrew Oliver letterman, tory backbencher, and the required theresa may to extend the brexit date. There could be done again to prevent a no deal brexit. It is not an easy thing to do because carrying legislation through against the wishes of the government but in the comments and in the house of lords and, of course, you get a lot of filibustering by enraged brexiteers, so it is possible, but not very easy. You also refer here to the possibility of a Sovereign Parliament legislating retrospectively with the agreement of the eu so as to extend the brexit date and deem that britain had not left the European Union on the 31st of october even though it would have done. Suppose we had in november a no deal. Suppose we had in november a parliament returns that was against the no deal brexit or even a remain in parliament. Now, parliament is sovereign and can do what it likes. It has legislated retrospectively in the past, for example, in the war crimes act of 1991 punishing nazi war criminals living in britain, so it could do so again and what it could do, with the agreement of the European Union, is to pass retrospective legislation extending the brexit date and deeming that britain had not in fact left of the European Union after all. Parliament can do what it likes. It is an unlikely scenario, but it is a legal possibility. Likes. It is an unlikely scenario, but it is a legal possibilitym would require eu involvement . Yes, but they probably would, because i do not think they want a no deal any than Boris Johnson does. Do not think they want a no deal any than borisjohnson does. You may argue that this whole process is a negotiating tactic, that Boris Johnson thinks that if we show we are determined to leave, come what may, on the 31st of october, then the European Union will alter its sta nce the European Union will alter its stance and say, ok, we are prepared to amend deal that has been agreed with theresa may. So all this may be a very skilful political game, if you like. I mention to the queen as well. How could she become involved . I think it is very unlikely that the queen would get involved. It is the job of politicians to ensure that she does not. The task of politicians is to sort things out and in the palace will endorse whatever they sort out. That has happened, for example, with hung parliaments in 2010, 1974, the politicians sorted it out and the palace then endorsed the decision they came to. I do not believe the queen will or should be involved. News coming from Oxford Crown Court. This is the case that focuses on the backin this is the case that focuses on the back in some sheer village of maine morton. Concerning the murder of Peter Farquhar and conspiracy to murder ann moore martin. Verdicts arejust coming verdicts are just coming in as i speak. Benfield has been found guilty, unanimously, of the murder of peter parker. Martyn smith has been found not guilty of that murder. On fraud, been found not guilty of that murder. Onfraud, committed been found not guilty of that murder. On fraud, committed against peter parker, martyn smith again not guilty. Field had already admitted that a charge of fraud. On a conspiracy to murder charge, the victim there, neither of the two accused were found guilty. They were both not guilty of that conspiracy to murder charge. Mr farr kurt died in 2015. The other victim died of national causes. They lived three doors away from each other in that buckinghamshire village. There has been quite a long process of deliberation by thejury been quite a long process of deliberation by the jury at Oxford Crown Court. Benfield guilty unanimously according to the jury of the murder. We will bring you more from Oxford Crown Court in the next little while. Let me bring you more from this court appearance, Muhammed Rodwan, 56 from luton charged with attempted murder of a Police Officer in east london. In the last few moments, we have had a statement from the family of the injured Police Officer. They said we have been overwhelmed by the amount of support we have received from the public. Stuarts colleagues and the wider policing family. We are incredibly proud of the bravery he showed during this incident. His injuries could have been fatal and we are thankful that he is stable and recovering in hospital with his loved ones around him. Stewart joined the met are straight from school and loves being a Police Officer and protecting the public, although there are risks associated with hisjob, we would never have expected Something Like this to happen. We are so grateful, they say, to the London Ambulance service, paramedics and hospital staff for their care and compassion. They add, we have been made aware of images circulating showing injuries and stuarts recovery in hospital. We would ask the public and the media not to publish these images at what is already a distressing time for us as a family and they also request privacy at this difficult time from the media. Families are paying a huge variation in costs to cremate loved ones, according to new figures. Research by the bbc shows that charges at council owned sites have risen by almost a fifth since 2015, and bereaved families are paying hundreds of pounds more depending on where they live in the uk. I spoke to poppy mardell, whos the director of the funeral company, poppys. She explained why there was such a big variation in costs. The funeral sector has been charging what it can get away with and the competition and market Authority Investigation which is going on at the moment has shown that the largest private operators, crematoria, have been raising their prices by 6 8 for the last eight yea rs prices by 6 8 for the last eight years which is more than twice inflation and i think the reason for thatis inflation and i think the reason for that is because when you are organising a funeral, you couldnt be less empowered, you couldnt be less of an empowered consumer if you tried, so whats happening is most people live in an area where they dont get a choice of crematorium. They have a local crematorium and the next one might be 30, 40 they have a local crematorium and the next one might be 30,40 miles away, so they pay what they pay and then people who happen to live in, for example, london, where there is a lot of choice, people do not realise they have a choice, so people are not shopping around and i suspect that Funeral Directors are not doing as much as they could to inform clients about their options. You talked about the fact that this is already being looked at. Would you anticipate change in the sector soon . I really hope so. You know, i think its a sector that hasnt been very well thought through for a very long time and i think im really thrilled that the competition and markets authority are doing this investigation. Funeral directors themselves, crematoria, we all need to question whether we are doing everything we can to provide the best possible service. Are we charging afair best possible service. Are we charging a fair price . Ill be innovating as we should be . Are we conveying those choices to our clients or are we allowing the lack of power that families exert to allow us to kind of remain co mforta ble allow us to kind of remain comfortable with how things have been . This focus specifically has been . This focus specifically has been on council run sites, by and large, and those running them have said, look, you know, yes, the figures do look high in most cases, but there are costs of maintaining these places. If you go to a council run crematorium, you want it to look as beautiful as it can because it is as beautiful as it can because it is a place that carries such poignancy for people. There is a point there, isnt there . For sure, and i felt if it felt like those price rises were being justified by massive changes in the quality of the experience, then they would be justified. There are also lots of local authority crematoria that are offering cremation at a very reasonable price. I am concerned that some of the local authorities have been following the private operators and thinking, well, they are charging that. I think we could too. Poppy my dell speaking to me earlier on. Church warden benjamin field, 28, has been found guilty at Oxford Crown Court of murdering 69 Year Old University lecturer peter fa rquhar in the village of maids moreton. Co accused martyn smith, 32, was found not guilty. Our reporterjo black has been following the case at Oxford Crown Court. Bring us up to date on the events of the last few moments. Yes, hello, good afternoon. The verdicts have just come through, as you have said, here at Oxford Crown Court after a trial that lasted around three months. It started at the beginning of may and the jury were on day 13 of may and the jury were on day 13 of their deliberations. It has been a very long and complex case for them to consider. As you say they arejust a moment them to consider. As you say they are just a moment ago, they have just found ben field guilty of the murder of Peter Farquhar, but he has been cleared of conspiracy to murder 83 year old and more martin. His co defendant, martyn smith, a 32 year old magician, a friend he met at the university of buckingham, he has also been cleared of murder and cleared of conspiracy to murder. Ben fields younger brother, tom field who was also here in this trial, facing one charge of france, has been cleared of that charge. It has been cleared of that charge. It has been cleared of that charge. It has been a very long running investigation, a long and complex court case. You are some of the detail. Peter farquhar, peter fa rquhar, vulnerable Peter Farquhar, vulnerable and confused. He thought he was losing his mind and suffering from a mystery illness. He would often fall and injure himself. But all along, he was secretly being drugged by his partner ben field, who was targeting him to try to inherit his house. He got massive pleasure from other peoples misery and pain. And it was all about financial gain or gain in some way, shape or form to ben field. A nasty, cruel man. Field was one of Peter Farquhars students. They met at the university of buckingham and during their relationship, even pledged to marry ata relationship, even pledged to marry at a betrothal ceremony. As Peter Farquhars health at a betrothal ceremony. As peter fa rquha rs health declined, at a betrothal ceremony. As Peter Farquhars health declined, field suggested dementia or alcoholism could be to blame and when the lectu rers could be to blame and when the lecturers body was discovered next day empty bottle of whiskey, even a coroner thought he had drunk himself to death. The police now believe suffocated him. Ben field did inherit peter fa rquha rs suffocated him. Ben field did inherit Peter Farquhars house. He then switched a few doors down to an 83 year old, his next target. Despite the 57 year age gap, they had a sexual relationship, but for field, it was more pretense. His sketchbook shows one of his tactics, writing religious messages on her mirrors, one saying she should leave her house to him. She was deeply religious and believed they were m essa g es religious and believed they were messages from god. Then there was this. Hello, i think i messages from god. Then there was this. Hello, i think am messages from god. Then there was this. Hello, ithinki am going messages from god. Then there was this. Hello, i think am going to withdraw the money from my accounts. She released £27,000 from her bank and gave it to field after he said his brother was ill and needed his own dialysis machine. It was another lie. Its actually quite urgent. In life, one must not be selfish. She died of natural causes, but before her death, she confided in her niece about her relationship with ben field and about the mirrors. The court heard he gave her white powder to help her sleep. A Police Investigation revealed ben fields links to both neighbours and after his death, Peter Farquhars body was exhumed. There were drugs in his system. There was a very high chance that ben field would have gotten away with that death if it were not for the suspicions once and moore martin was removed from his control. He had already gotten away with it. In ben field, they thought they had found someone they could love, but motivated by greed, he preyed on their loneliness and vulnerability. So, in court, ben field spent many days during this trial in the witness box giving evidence. He did say that he had been mean and done terrible things to Peter Farquhar and denied his murder and denied planning to kill anne moore martin. He has been found guilty of Peter Farquhars murder but cleared of planning to kill anne moore martin. Some information coming in from Manchester Airport. A plane at Manchester Airport. A plane at Manchester Airport. A plane at Manchester Airport has been put, quote, in quarantine after coming in from paris. Apparently a woman on board has been taken ill and passengers have not been allowed to leave the plane and according to those on the scene, there are a large number of Police Officers who are parked up near to the plane. It isa are parked up near to the plane. It is a flybe plane, in a remote part of the airport. Currently in quarantine according to the information coming to us from Manchester Airport. Obviously, more on that and we have it. The passenger in question, i am told, originally came from sierra leone. We will obviously keep an eye on that for you. The Electoral Commission has warned that the uk needs laws fit for the digital age because the current ones dont account for the huge growth of political campaigning on social media. The Cabinet Office has made recommendations for changes to the law but nothing has happened so far. Our media editor amol rajan reports. Theres a lot of talk around about a possible snap election. Well, who knows . But while there is such chatter, youre going to see a lot more political ads such as these recent ones from facebook and other social media. Facebook, twitter and all the rest arose out of the 20th Century Advertising industry. They are advertising companies. Giant persuasion machines which use thousands of data points to let advertisers microtarget all of us in a very cheap way. That could be for commercial campaigns or for political ones. Heres a reason facebook ad from the conservatives that targets younger people. And heres a similar one that was aimed at older women. Many of the uks election laws were designed when Mark Zuckerberg was still at school. And now there are calls for election laws which are fit for the digital age. Now weve been calling for changes to the law to make political campaigning online more transparent and to make the funding of it known much more quicker than it currently is. The Electoral Commission wants to make sure that Digital Campaigns follow the current electoral rules in the uk. It wants an imprint on the screen to make it clear whos behind a campaign. It wants spending returns broken down to show how money is being spent. It wants a ban on foreign individuals or organisations spending money here on the uk, and it wants more powers and biggerfines. Facebook have made more information about who is advertising publicly available through their ads library. But there is plenty we still dont know. The number of people dying from asthma attacks in england and wales is the highest it has been in ten years, according to a charity. Asthma uk says the deaths are unnecessary, as too many people are failing to get the basic level of care. Heres our health correspondent, dominic hughes. Nearly 5 Million People in england and wales suffer from asthma, which can cause coughing, wheezing, a tight chest and breathlessness. Treated properly, it should be easy to manage, but the number of asthma related deaths is now at a 10 year high. It may be the result of people not getting really good, very basic care, which we know is a problem. I think there is an issue of complacency. People with asthma dont themselves take it terribly seriously, so i think thats an issue. And then maybe things like weather and different weather patterns and pollution that could be also causing have led to those deaths. So i think its really difficult to pin it down to one single thing. More than 1,400 people died from an asthma attack last year. Thats equal to 2. 5 people out of every 100,000, dying from asthma. The number of deaths is up by 8 when compared with the previous year. Overall, more than 12,700 people have died from asthma in england and wales over the last decade. Asthma uk acknowledges there are signs that care is getting better. And nhs england says its worked with asthma uk to improve standards. But it warns the link between air pollution and asthma shows the challenge is not one the nhs can meet on its own. Now for some upsetting pictures out of america. Theyre from the state of mississippi where on wednesday Us Immigration officials raided seven Food Processing plants, arresting nearly 700 mostly latino workers suspected of not having the correct documentation. Around 300 have now been released. The raids left some parents separated from their children. One was 11 year old Magdalena Gomez gregorio who was left alone without her father. Cbs news Laura Podesta reports. 11 year old magdalenas father is now in ict custody. I need my dad. My now in ict custody. I need my dad. My dad didnt do anything. Hes not a criminal or something. They took him. Please, let him free. Im not going to have nothing. He did everything for me to live over here. I dont know what im going to eat. He is one of 680 undocumented workers rounded up by agents in six cities throughout mississippi. One of the raids took place outside this Food Processing plant. Us attorney mike hurst delivered a stark warning to employers. To those who use illegal aliens for a competitive advantage, if we find that you have federated criminal law, we are coming after you. Last month, President Trump had threatened raids in many cities throughout the country. They came in illegally, they have to come out. This operation took 11 months of planning and more than 600 special agents and they say it was not directed by the president. Campaigners have welcomed a review by nhs england into the use of medicinal cannabis. Health officials have recommended that more Clinical Trials take place into the drug, which can be used to treat illnesses like severe epilepsy. They also say that doctors need more advice about prescribing it. Shares in the taxi hailing firm, uber, have fallen after the Company Posted record quarterly losses of more than four billion pounds. The losses are more than five times as much as the same period last year. Competition has forced uber to hold down prices, while costs for research and development and marketing remain high. Thousands of pro democracy activists have gathered at hong kongs airport terminal. This is as the city braces for another weekend of unrest. We can show you the scene live at the airport at the moment. The protesters have been allowed inside the arrivals hall for the first day of what they say will be three days of what they say will be three days of rolling protests and, of course, those demonstrations began as far back as june and those demonstrations began as far back asjune and there has been violent at times since. Now the Weather Forecast with ben reg. We have seen heavy rain moving northwards across the uk during last night and this morning and there are more heavy downpours to come for most of us during the weekend which could car travel problems. Also some very strong winds for the time of year. This is the culprit, it looks beautiful on our satellite picture. This swell of cloud, an area of low pressure. Notice the speckled clouds pushing in from the south west. Those are shower clouds, some really heavy downpours pushing across parts of the uk through this afternoon, some thundery ones with pretty squally, gusty winds. The winds are generally increasing for many areas. Not as many showers across east anglia and the south east this afternoon, warm and muggy at 25 or 26 degrees and cooler further north and west. Through this evening and tonight, we see further showers and thunderstorms just flinging themselves from the south west to themselves from the south west to the north east across the uk. Some clear spells in between. When speaking up across england and wales, winds easing a touch for scotla nd wales, winds easing a touch for scotland and Northern Ireland with overnight lows of 14 17d. Our weather maker for the weekend, this area of low pressure. On its southern flank, the white lines, isobars, squashing together. Very strong winds tomorrow across england and wales which could cause some disruption. Further north, the winds will not be a strong, but there could be some problems here as well courtesy of slow moving, heavy, thundery downpours. They will be quite hit and miss. Some places across scotland will avoid them but where they show up, they could give a lot of rain in a short space of time. Asimilar a lot of rain in a short space of time. A similar story for Northern Ireland and the far north of england. Further south, the black wind arrows show wind gusts in excess of 40 mph, up to 50 or more for england spots and may be 60 mph or more around the course. That is very unusual for the time of year are likely to have an impact on some Outdoor Events. Temperatures generally between 19 and 23 degrees. During saturday evening, when seeing very brisk across the south, further showers or even longer spells of rain but on sunday, things begin to calm down. We will see some showers pushing erratically south eastwards. Some spells of sunshine as well. Winds later especially by the time we get into the afternoon, but wind coming down from the north, so a really cool day across the northern pa rt really cool day across the northern part of the uk. The uk economy shrinks for the first time in more than six years it contracted by 2 between april and june, raising fears of a recession. The chancellor says the dip was expected. Im not expecting a recession at all. In fact, dontjust take my word for it, theres not a single, leading forecaster out there that is expecting a recession. Well hear more about the reasons for the fall. Also on the programme a Church Warden is found guilty of the murder of University Lecturer Peter Farquhar in the village of maids moreton. A man appears in court charged with the attempted murder of pc Stuart Outten in east london. Heavy rain and strong winds cause disruption across the uk