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Allegedly struck in a london pub. Ajudge will decide later a judge will decide later today where the terminally ill baby charlie gard will die. At least 10,000 people have been evacuated from areas threatened by the fire, along british holiday makers. The brother of diana, princess of wales, has said he still has nightmares about the harrowing experience of her funeral. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Iam ben i am ben brown. All sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040, as part of efforts to reduce Air Pollution. The government is also expected to announce more than £250 million of funding for local councils to tackle emissions from Diesel Vehicles. The government will publish later its clean air strategy, favouring electric cars as part of a global shift towards replacing the old combustion engines. As our reporter Holly Hamilton explains. He drives up in a 1908 model t. Weve come a long way, in terms of design, but for 100 years weve been relying on vehicles with an internal combustion engine, burning petrol or diesel, but is that about to change . Several major car makers, including bmw, volkswagen and volvo, have already announced ambitious plans for electric cars, seen as a key way of tackling Air Pollution, and now the government is signalling the end of petrol and Diesel Engines in the uk, with a ban on sales by 2040. We have to get rid of petrol and diesel cars off our roads if were going to make sure not only that we deal with the Health Problems that Air Pollution causes, but also that we meet our Climate Change targets. And the good news is that the car industry is already moving in this direction. Its part of a £3 billion air quality strategy that also includes £255 million to help local authorities cut pollution. It will mean a ban on sales and production of new petrol or Diesel Vehicles in the uk, as well as a consultation on a diesel scrappage scheme. The move follows a similar pledge earlier this month by president macron of france, where the ban will also be introduced in 2040. Campaigners are likely to complain that the government hasnt gone far enough or fast enough, while labours saying nearly a0 Million People are living in areas with illegal areas of Air Pollution, and action is needed now, and not in 23 years time. Holly hamilton, bbc news. Simonjones is simon jones is in simonjones is in Oxford Street where there is no shortage of emissions. The maker of london points out that on certain days this particular street in the heart of Central London has the worst pollution not just in Central London has the worst Pollution Notjust in the uk but in the entire world. The reason is it is used exclusively almost by buses and taxis. Some are beside me and they tend to use diesel which are emitting nitrogen dioxide fumes. In london they say they are introducing environmentally friendly buses and encouraging people to use bikes. And changing the road layout and charge people, starting to charge people who use older vehicles for coming into the city centre. That is in addition to the Congestion Charge. You get a sense from the government that there is no great appetite to start charging people to come into city centres. The reason is looking at pollution maps, rather than whole towns or cities, particular streets seemed to have an issue with pollution. That is why the government is making £235 million available. The idea is local councils will be able to apply for pa rt councils will be able to apply for part of the money to change the road layout, Traffic Lights so Traffic Lights run more smoothly, improve Public Transport and remove speed bumps. You dont get a great sense that charging is the way forward but they are looking at ways to improve particular hotspots like this one. The uk economy grew by 0. 3 in the Second Quarter of this year, official figures show. Its thought the growth was due to a booming Film Industry and support from the Services Sector. With me is our Business Correspondent ben bland. An improvement . Still being described as sluggish . We are talking about the three months between april to june. The talking about the three months between april tojune. The uk economy grew 0. 3 , estimated. The office for National Statistics say. That is a slight increase on the first tee months of the year, 0. 2 . Always closely watched, an indicator of how much activity in the economy. Gdp, the total number of goods and services the country produces. If increasing, that is economic activity, more people injobs, ad spending, paying taxes. It is a positive circle. But it is perhaps sluggish, as you say. Not growing as quickly as some might like. What factors a re quickly as some might like. What factors are driving it . Which sectors outperformed well and badly . The sector is doing best, the Services Sector, banking, it, restau ra nts. Services sector, banking, it, restaurants. Retail. The performance by shops was not so great in the first three months. In the second treatment, it picked up. That is positive. That affects the overall figures because services make up the biggest part of our economy and the strong growth as offset the fall in construction and manufacturing activity. These figures relate to the three months between april june. It is worth putting them in context, the graph shows annual growth. How the economy has grown year on year. The debt is after the financial crisis of 2007 2008. It has recovered but sort of a faltering performance in recent yea rs. Faltering performance in recent years. Implications for the wider economy, what about the implications for Interest Rates . The Bank Of England meets next week. The expectations are, among most economist, they will leave Interest Rates unchanged at 0. 25 , a record low. Partly because of this, positive but slightly sluggish Gdp Growth Figure for the three months untiljune. We have had the slowdown of inflation last week, the figure. And the eye downgrading its forecast for annual growth for the uk from 2 toi. 7 for annual growth for the uk from 2 to 1. 7 imf. Good for annual growth for the uk from 2 to 1. 7 imf. Good news for borrowers, people with a mortgage, not so good for savers looking for a better return. We can get more on this now with Darren Morgan from the office for National Statistics. Hes in our studio in newport. Is this figure roughly in line with your expectations . Good morning. We looked at the Consensus Forecast around the uk. Most of them for getting around 0. 3 . The official estimate is broadly in line with the consensus. What do you see as the Driving Factors . We were hearing from ben about the Service Sector in particular. Services did dominate the growth between april and june. Within services, the two biggest where retail after a slightly disappointing start of the year, recovering somewhat. What helps retail was the good weather injune on the high street. Sunny weather helped boost the sales. The second was Motion Picture and distribution. They had a bumper quarter. Blockbuster releases such as guardian of the galaxy, fast and furious eight, pirates of the caribbean. A good quarter. The movie industry, ingesting it can make a lot of difference . You have different activities. Distribution, and you and i going to the cinema, and you and i going to the cinema, and lots of different activities within the sector. With the releases all within one quarter, a big impact on the economy. This is a very slight improvement, what is the Bigger Picture . Like many others, i would love to have a crystal ball, economically. I do not. It is not ourjob to make forecasts. I think commentators will be looking at in particular, the reporting this morning already, is consumer spending. A rise in prices over the last six months. Wage growth is not keeping up. The amount of money people have to spend house falling. Is people have to spend house falling. Is falling. In 2016, people are spending on goods and services boosted economic growth. If that does not continue, looking at whether other parts of the economy will make up the difference. The Supreme Court has ruled the government acted unlawfully and unconstitutionally when it introduced new fees for taking claims to an Employment Tribunal. The case was brought by the union, unison, which argued the charges, which were brought in in 2013 Prevented access to justice, and were discriminatory. Dave prentice from unison says it is hugely significant. This is four years work. We knew from the beginning that these fees were unlawful because what they do is prevent low paid workers, vulnerable workers having access to justice. And in doing that, this government has acted according to the Supreme Court, its not only broken common law, its broken the constitutional law of the united kingdom, its even broken the 1215 magna carta as well as European Union law. This is an absolutely tremendous victory, its probably the biggst victory of a court in the whole history of Employment Rights in this country. Here is keith doyle at the Supreme Court. In landmarkjudgment . Absolutely. A significant and unanimous win for the union unison. These products by the conservative lib dem government. Fees from £390 to £1200, or even more if you wanted to £1200, or even more if you wanted to appeal that. The idea was to weed out unscrupulous or unreasonable claims. Unison said what happened as a result was the number of claims over all went down by 70 and the proportion of those that were successful, not successful, the wins and losses, pretty much the same as before. Real cases where not being brought before these tribunals and they say that is why they took this case to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court unanimously agreed with unison saying that they broke eu, uk and equality laws. In the words of the court saying the fees interfere unjustifiably with the right of access to justice. I am joined by the Assistant General Secretary of the union and a lawyer involved in the case. Why did you win it . The evidence was overwhelming, the court said there was a sharp and sustained drop in Employment Tribunal fees that it was clear they were interfering with the Constitutional Rights to go to the court, adding to discrimination because women who were discriminated against because they were pregnant, for example, did not have a right to go to court. What are the wider implications . Firstly, all workers, notjust Unison Implications . Firstly, all workers, not just Unison Members, implications . Firstly, all workers, notjust Unison Members, will benefit. Anyone who has a claim because they have not been paid, denied holiday pay or refused a rest break can go to tribunal without paying a fee. But there are wider constitutional implications, the Supreme Court unhappy with the way the government had used a these order. Secondary legislation used to ta ke order. Secondary legislation used to take away rights. Feed order. For workers, someone aggrieved by the employer today, what implications . The Supreme Court says fees where an novel from 2013 when they were introduced. A feed should not be charged today. If you paid a tribunals dont in the past, it was unlawful. Those kind of cases were not being brought and it is not bad only for employees but for employers. 0ne only for employees but for employers. One of the positive aspects of the court was my decision is that how important laws made by parliament are if omitted. Good employers cannot be undercut by bad employers. Unison saying one of the most significant victories in Employment History . A huge victory. Employment rights matters to love us. Employment rights matters to love us. Getting the right pay, allowed to take holiday, allowed to a break if you want time for an antenatal appointment if you are pregnant. If you want time for an antenatal appointment if you are pregnantm you had taken a case in the last four years, you did not get the fees, pay them back. £32 million will have to be paid back to people who have already paid the fees. The headlines on bbc Newsroom Live new diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned in the uk from 2040 in a bid to tackle Air Pollution. The uk economy has grown by 0. 3 in the Second Quarter of the year thats up 0. 1 . A Landmark Legal judgment which means people will no longer have to pay hundreds of pounds to take a claim to an Employment Tribunal. And in sport adam peaty continues to push the boundaries in a swimming pool. The olympic champion beat his own world record in the 50 metre breaststroke twice in one day, breaking the 26 second mark for the first time. He goes in the final today looking to set an even faster time. Casey stoney available against portugalfor england casey stoney available against portugal for england after training following a Hamstring Problem. Super League Leaders Castleford Tigers will host st helens in the first match of the super 8s next thursday. The tigers need five points from their final seven games to win the League Leaders shield for the first time. Thats all the sport for now well have more on the bbc news channel throughout the day. A High Courtjudge will decide today whether charlie gard should be allowed to die at home. His parents want to take him out of hospital. But lawyers for Great 0rmond Street say a hospice would be a more appropriate place for charlie, given the level of medical support he needs. Alan clayton reports. 0ur correspondent lisa hampele is at the high court in Central London and we can speak to her now. What are we expecting today . Another desperately sad and emotional day in court. Very tense here yesterday. Relations between the parents and the hospital have completely broken down. The parents have not accepted mediation. Thejudge down. The parents have not accepted mediation. The judge says down. The parents have not accepted mediation. Thejudge says he does not want to make a core group court ruling, he wanted mediation. He said, come back at 2pm. He will rule whether charlie can go home, die in hospital or go to a hospice. We were told yesterday by the judge that he thinks the best option at the moment is a hospice. Great 0rmond street hospital have said they think it is the best option. They found a hospice, one they say where the team from great and to can be part of the transfer, go with charlie, and he can be taken off the ventilator at the hospice. The pa rents says ventilator at the hospice. The parents says they want to spend their last moments with their precious angel, their warrior, in their home, with him in his own cot. They want to give them a bath. They wa nt they want to give them a bath. They want days not hours with charlie. They say if he goes to a hospice it is brutal that he would die within a few hours. They want longer. Great 0rmond street hospital says itjust isnt physically possible. They say a ventilator was not fit through the front door, he would have to be taken off the ventilator when the annual unspools up to the door and they got inside. When the ambulance pulled up to the door. And they need an Intensive Care Team to be with him through the process. His pa rents be with him through the process. His parents have been appealing last night for a Paediatric Team to come and help them and allow him to die at home. France has appealed for help to fight the fires that are raging through the south of the country. There are reports that 10,000 people have been evacuated. One of the worst fires is raging in the hills above the popular resort of saint tropez, more than 4000 firefighters and troops have been mobilised to extinguish the flames, backed up by 19 aircraft. 0n The Line Isjohn Grant in Bormes Les Mimosas where hes been staying in a caravan with his family. We have been here ten days, we come regularly. We have for many years. I landed back yesterday. I didnt think much of it at first. At midnight we were woken up. I went down to the station. I got a Emergency News. 180 degrees of my vision was like dantes inferno. It was a scary sight. The police told as likely to stay where we were. If you want to vacate, they said, heads towards saint tropez. We were aware that there were other fires. We stayed on site last night. At 5am i was watching the fires raged and got the family out in the morning. I have the seat behind me, eight hills around. We worry about fire here. Lots of action taken but we have never seen lots of action taken but we have never seen anything like this. It is scary. Not good for the area and tourists. Stay safe, john grant. He is in the midst of the forest fires. The communities secretary sajid javid has announced details of the independent Grenfell Recovery Taskforce that will assist in developing and implementing a long term Recovery Plan following the tower block fire. The taskforce is made up of people with experience in local government, housing and the voluntary sector. Their focuses will include addressing residents Housing Needs and working with the local council to improve Housing Management and ensure that a Recovery Plan for the community is in place. It comes as residents have again expressed their anger at thejudge leading the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire ahead of the final consultation on what the investigation should cover. Dan johnson reports. This meeting was impassioned. Shut up. Heated. Were not here to fight each other, brother. And more than once, the inquiry chair, sir martin moore bick, had to appeal for order. We are not going to get anywhere if you all talk at once. Well, this meeting has broken up now after almost three hours of talking. It has been fractious at times, emotional too. I think what the Inquiry Panel cant have failed to take away is the frustration and anger that still exists here and the fact that some people dont have faith in their ability to do thejob properly. Its an exercise in futility. You know, quite honestly, i dont know why we have an inquiry that the so called chair, whos a judge, cannot compel witnesses to come and give evidence. We need to see that they are representative, that they are going to understand the pain, the humanitarian issues, because theyre all very relevant in this as well. The main reason people are angry is because theyre not getting answers. Now whether that was the right forum to get those answers is questionable, but the fact is that people are still entitled to them. There is a lot of anger. There is a lot of emotion and i entirely understand why it should be so. Were going to continue to work with them and hope that by careful preparation and discussion, and so on, we can make them realise that we can give them justice by finding out what the facts really were. Today, theres another meeting, when residents can question the Response Team about new homes. But six weeks after this fire, theres little sign of things getting much easier, here. Two men have been treated in hospital after a suspected acid attack at Bethnal Green in east london last night. The pair are believed to be in their late teens. Video footage shows one man pouring water over his face and torso while the other is treated by paramedics. No arrests have been made and inquires continue. Scientists are warning humans could become extinct if male sperm counts continue to fall at current rates. According to the human reproduction update, sperm counts among western men have fallen by more than 50 percent in less than 40 years. It has been linked to exposure to chemicals, diet and stress although some experts remain sceptical about the findings. The owner of Newcastle United and Sports Direct mike ashley has won a High Court Battle with an Investment Banker jeffrey blue over a £15 million deal alleged to have been made in a london pub. With me is our Business Correspondent emma simpson. Della us more. This was a colourful case. It centred on the horse and groom barb. Public house. He was promised £50 million if he could double the values. He was sued. It was lively, colourful, he said it was lively, colourful, he said it was just banter, drinks down the pub and nothing more. Boy, did they drinka and nothing more. Boy, did they drink a lot. He drank so much, mr ashley, he couldnt remember the next bar and dismissed the claim as nonsense. Thejudge says no next bar and dismissed the claim as nonsense. The judge says no would have thought that what was said in the public house was serious and found in his favour. Ifeel that mr fees had an uphill struggle. The moral of the story, get it in writing. Thank you, emma. Not looking great. Some are on hold for many of us. This morning, very heavy rain moving from west to east across the uk. You can see from the latest Radar Picture the heavy bursts of rain. Moving eastwards, pushing toward east anglia. Behind this area of rain, things improving for the afternoon. Sunny spells across Northern Ireland, eventually scotland, western england and wales. Blustery conditions, stained grey and damp across the south east well into this evening. Eventually, the Weather Front associated with the wet weather will clear away. The low pressure System Associated with the Weather Fronts will stick with us. Into thursday. Blustery conditions across the north. Frequent showers moving into scotland and Northern Ireland. Elsewhere, scattered showers on thursday. In the afternoon. Some heavy, some thundery in places. In between the showers, good spells of sunshine and top temperatures 17 20dc. Goodbye. This is bbc Newsroom Live with ben brown. The headlines. The government has outlined plans to ban sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040, to encourage motorists to switch to all electric vehicles. Clea n clean aircampaigners clean air campaigners say the government is using the announcement to distract from feelings in its short term policy. The latest figures show the economy grew by 0. 3 between april and june. Thats up slightly on the first three months of the year. Fees for bringing Employment Tribunal claims have been ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court. The government will now have to repay up to £32 million to claimants. Sports direct boss mike ashley has won a High Court Battle with an Investment Banker over a £15m deal allegedly made in a london pub. Mr ashley had told the court he had no recollection of the deal, because he had drunk so much. Ajudge will decide today whether11 month old charlie gard should be able to leave Great 0rmond Street hospital to die at home. Great 0rmond street say a hospice would be a more appropriate place for Charlie Given the level of medical support he needs. Wildfires in south eastern france have forced the evacuation of 10,000 people including british holidaymakers overnight. The fires have spread over almost 40 Square Kilometres along the mediterranean coast. Those are the headlines. Lets check out the sport with you. Adam peaty was left stunned by his own performances as he continues to set the standard for Great Britain at the world aquatics championships. The olympic champion beat his own world record in the 50 metre breaststroke twice in one day, breaking the 26 second mark for the first time. He goes in the final today looking to set an even faster time. Honestly, that is. This morning i went 26. 1 and i thought it was going to be hard to beat that. Coming out there tonight i was a bit down because its been such an emotional few days but i thought, right, get up for it and do what i do and mel said dont waste an opportunity because you dont know when is going to be your last so ijust went out and did what i do. England will have defender casey stoney available for their final group game at the european championship. Stoney missed the win over spain on sunday with a Hamstring Problem but trained today in utrecht. England face portugal tomorrow looking to make it three wins from three in group d. Midfielderjade moore missed training but should also be available. Manchester united manager Jose Mourinho says that some clubs are paying far too much for players this summer. His team of course spent 75 million on Romelu Lukaku earlier this month, last summer they spent 89 million on paul pogba but mourinho believes smaller clubs are overspending. We spent a lot of money in the striker, and if you dont do that then we have no striker, thats obvious that nowadays especially for the strikers the amount of money is amazing. Every club is getting players, every club is investing a lot. I think some clubs obviously they are paying too much and by paying too much they create a very strange and Out Of Control market. But this is the reality now. Is River Manager at Manchester City has been commenting on transfer fees. Pep guardiola need is signed by players this summer at a cost of more than £200 million. City are currently on tour in los angeles. Why says he can see that those prices are set to rise. All clubs spend a lot of money, we are going to see until the 31st the amount of new tra nsfers to see until the 31st the amount of new transfers coming, so we will seek 70, 80, new transfers coming, so we will seek 70,80, 90, new transfers coming, so we will seek70,80, 90,100, more than that. Maybe one day it. And we will see. Super League Leaders Castleford Tigers will host st helens in the first match of the super 8s on thursday of next week. The tigers need five points from their final seven games to win the League Leaders shield for the first time. The other first round games see Wakefield Travel to huddersfield, hull fc host salford and leeds take on wigan at headingley. Englands cricketers will look to regain the series lead when they face south africa in the third test at the oval which starts tomorrow. Theyll have debutant tom westley in the side, who comes in to replace the injured gary ballance. The essex batsman will be making his england debut at the age of 28. Its probably started to sink in now, its been quite a surreal few days. I suppose its just the build up really. Come thursday im going to be nervous, as expected, but i think the challenge for me is to replicate what ive been doing for essex and hopefully do that for england. That is all the sport for now. Back with more in the next hour. Lets talk a little more about the governments plans to ban at the end of next month it will be 20 years since the death of diana princess of wales an anniversary marked by her sons this week when they spoke in an itv documentary. At her funeral watched by millions all over the world the eulogy was delivered by her brother earl spencer, words that were more direct than anyone had expected, and which are even been taught as part of the gcse english syllabus. Earlier earl spencer told radio 4 about the funeral. There are aspects of royal life in those days which even 20 years on dont really make sense, and i have been a passionate advocate for william and harry not to have to walk behind their mothers body. I thought it was a very bizarre and cruel thing for them to be asked to do. Do you remember when you were told that that was the plan . I was liaising with some courtier at Buckingham Palace and he mentioned it, and i went, well, of course not, and of course they are not going to do that. He said, well, it has been decided. And i said, shejust would not want them to do this. And there was lots of sort of embarrassed coughing the other end, and various other conversations, and then eventually i was lied to and told that they wanted to do it, which of course they didnt, but i didnt realise that. With me is our royal correspondent peter hunt. Strong words there. Saying it was bizarre and cruel to make them walk behind the coffin that he was lied to about all of this. It very much echoes what prince harry had said in a previous interview where he questioned why he was made aged 12 to walk behind the coffin. Harry said he didnt think that would happen now and Alistair Campbell was tony blairs spin doctors saying in one of his diaries that his belief was that the boys were put there in order to protect Prince Charles because there was a worry he would because there was a worry he would be booed as he walked behind his ex wifes often by those who support the bayonet, so that has been around for some time and there is an abc documentary coming which might provide more light on what was the reasoning as to why these men walked behind the coffin, something harry said he didnt want to do and earl spencer, said it should never happened and he said their mother would not have wanted it. |j happened and he said their mother would not have wanted it. I suppose there wont be reaction to this from Buckingham Palace. On these occasions they stay silent. As we approach this anniversary it is interesting that this kind of thing is resurfacing, some of these concerns and anxieties from the time. We have had the Itv Documentary Where William and harry talk about their mother. What is striking is in various interviews william has made clear his deep regret that as a child he was not able to protect his mother maud and i think he is now out as an adult trying to protect her memory and present people with his image of his mother and he is doing that from these documentaries and with the unveiling at some stage of a statute in kensington palace. The other interesting thing about the spencer interviewed is he has looked at the eulogy again. He is defined by that eulogy again. He is defined by that eulogy and defined by being dianas. It eulogy and defined by being dianas. It is eulogy and defined by being dianas. It is interpreted as a robust criticism of the royal family, they wouldnt be steeped in tradition. In the interview with the bbc earl spencer doesnt accept that committee does not accept that he said we did things and that he felt that every word was true and that he was honest and speaking up for his sister and he says that someone he knows who knows the queen told him that in the queens knew he had every right to say what he felt because it was his sisters been robust up thank you. Lets return to news that the uk economy grew by 0. 3 in the Second Quarter of this year. Lets talk to jonathan portes, professor of economics at Kings College london. He is in our Central London studio this morning. Thank you for being with us. What do you make of this . A bit of an improvement on the previous quarter though not much . Not much and in fa ct though not much . Not much and in fact this is the lowest, the slowest uk economy has been growing for the last five years in the last two quarters and it comes at a time where growth is growth is picking up where growth is growth is picking up around the world in the eurozone. We are not in recession, this doesnt show a huge ball in economic growth, but there are not particular buoyant figures. Just put them into longer term context if you like, where do you think we go from here . I think what this shows clearly is the ball and the Exchange Rate and the ball and the Exchange Rate and the fault in the pound that followed brexit and the resulting rise in the price of imports and inflation has clearly reduced consumer spending, dented confidence and led to a slowing in growth. That we knew, that predictable short term effect. But we know much less about is the medium to long term impact of brexit. It does now appear to be having an effect on business and Consumer Confidence and business investment, but we havent really seen investment, but we havent really seen that affect of brexit in the data yet so the real question is are we going to be singing those possible medium to long term effects of brexit coming through in the next year as a negotiation proceeds . Part of the reason we have had this growth in the figures is the Services Sector did pretty well. Retail, even things like the Film Industry we are hearing. That is right. The Film Industry showed very sharp growth in the last quarter. Guardians of the galaxy did quite well apparently, the sequel did quite well and that has boosted growth by a bit, so services is proceeding 0k and tourism of course, the flip side of the ball of the Exchange Rate which has pushed up prices of imports is it makes the uk are cheaper destination for people coming from abroad, so tourism and the hotels and restaurants are having a good time at the moment. Jonathan portes professor of economics at Kings College london, thank you for thoughts. Lets talk a little more about the governments plans to ban all diesel and petrol cars by the year 2040, as part of efforts to tackle Air Pollution. The move would herald a shift to all electric vehicles, which now account for only about 1 of the market. Therell also be a fund of £255 million to help local councils speed up efforts to combat emissions from Diesel Vehicles. With me isjim holder, editorial director of what car and auto car. Thank you for being with us. It sounds quite a dramatic target to get rid of all diesel and petrol vehicles, cars and vans by 2040, is that achievable and deliverable . Vehicles, cars and vans by 2040, is that achievable and deliverable7m is highly ambitious. They are aiming to have every new vehicle bought from 2040 being fully electric, so that was still be the fate of around 40 million cars that will highly likely be powered by a combustion engine, so they will still be in use and on our roads, but they are looking to make that switchover from 2040 so every new vehicle is fully electric and they haventjust got to get the new vehicles available to consumers in time, but they have to get the infrastructure right and arguably that is the greater challenge, today there are around 5000 public Charging Points compared to 8500 fuel stations. To get that up to 8500 fuel stations. To get that up to to 8500 fuel stations. To get that uptoa to 8500 fuel stations. To get that up to a number where you can recharge thousands of millions of electric vehicles every day is an incredible challenge. Who needs to do that and who will pay for that to increase the number of Charging Points . Is that down to the government . It is largely down to the government, i am sure they would look to the car industry to try and support them and that person great ideas coming out of the car industry around ways to get Charging Points in accessible places and more cheaply, but to do it is a huge undertaking and the government must spearhead that campaign. Is the car industry ready for this . We have heard people like volvo talking about the switch and making that announcement already. Yes, they had been planning for it for a long time and some of them are already launching the Second Generation of fully electric car this year so they are quite advanced and they are certainly ready and planning for it. Whether we will have the same breath of vehicle as today available in fully electric form by 2040 is debatable because todays announcement is bringing forward expectations. I suppose one of the issuesis expectations. I suppose one of the issues is the question of fuel tax, because tax on fuel raises so much money for the chancellor of the exchequer every year. Around £40 billion a year comes from peel takes aitis billion a year comes from peel takes a it is absolutely massive, now they have to replace that and the ways to do that are not clear at present. Are there any possibilities on that . You can charge to put a charge on electric charge points, so potentially you could tax from that source but to redefine what is an electric car charging compared to just home electricity consumption. To be able to define when you are charging your car to be able to define when you are charging yourcaror to be able to define when you are charging your car or using electricity otherwise will be an incredibly tough challenge. Good to talk you. Thank you for coming in. The European Court ofjustice has ruled that migrants must apply for asylum in the first eu member state they reach a judgement which could see many Asylum Seekers being asked to relocate. It applies even in exceptional circumstances according to them. During the Migration Crisis in 2015 and 2016 when borders were opened many people applied for asylum in other countries. Today the court accepted austrias and slovenias argument that they had the right to return Asylum Seekers to their point of entry. Lets go to our correspondence Bethany Bell In Luxembourg for us this morning. Just talk us through the significance of this. This morning. Just talk us through the significance of thislj this morning. Just talk us through the significance of this. I am on the significance of this. I am on the austrian border was slovenia where some of those Asylum Seekers pass through trying to get into austria and filed a claim for asylum. The court ruled today that austria and slovenia were right to send two afghan women and their children back to croatia and also to send a syrian man back from slovenia to croatia, because it said the Eu Rules On Asylum Apply even in very exceptional circumstances like the migrant crisis, when hundreds of people were passing through this border where i am every day. It is interesting though, because the court also reminded both austria and slovenia that they could show solidarity with eu Border States like croatia which were basing the brunt of rivals. Arrivals. Like croatia which were basing the brunt of rivals. Arrivals. Thank you. Bethany bell was on the austrian slovenian border. In a moment a summary of the Business News this hour, but first the headlines on bbc Newsroom Live. New diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned in the uk from 2040 in a bid to tackle Air Pollution. A Landmark Legal judgment which means people will no longer have to pay hundreds of pounds to take a claim to an Employment Tribunal. A High Courtjudge will decide later today where the terminally baby charlie gard will die. Here are of the business headlines. The uk economy grew by 0. 3 in the three months from april tojune. Thats an initial estimate from the 0ffice thats an initial estimate from the office for National Statistics. Its up office for National Statistics. Its up slightly on the previous three months, when it grew at 0. 2 . The growth was driven by an expanding Services Sector which includes banks, shops and leisure. Retail showed the strongest growth along with film production. But there was a slowdown in construction and manufacturing. The car industry has warned moves to ban diesel and petrol cars could cost jobs. The society of Motor Manufacturers and traders said that the sector supports 800,000 jobs and these could be at risk if enough time isnt given for the industry to adjust. Environment campaigners said the ban due by 2040 does not come quickly enough. Itv is feeling the love from love island the programmes success helped the broadcaster attract more viewers aged 16 to 34. Coupled with good growth at itv studios which makes poldark and the voice it was enough to cheer investors despite Advertising Revenue falling 8 in the first half of the year. Itv also home to popular programmes like x factor blamed the ad fall on ongoing economic and political uncertainty. Now more on the latest signs of the health of the uk economy. The uk economy grew by 0. 3 in the three months tojune, driven in part by a booming Film Industry thats up from 0. 2 in the First Quarter of 2017. Vicky pryce is Chief Economist at the centre for economic and business research. This was largely in line with what a nalysts this was largely in line with what analysts were expecting, the chancellor Philip Hammond has said we have now had four years of consistent growth, the labour shadow chancellor says it is sluggish. Who do you view towards more . chancellor says it is sluggish. Who do you view towards more . I think it is true we have grown for a large number of quarters and that is good news, but also occurs at the same time there has been a very substantial slowdown. What is more worrying in fact is the composition of that growth. You mentioned that in the bulletin anyway. It has basically seen consumers still borrowing an awful lot of money to spend and continue to spend, whereas the rest of the economy has been sluggish. It is notjust the manufacturing, industrial and construction have grown, they had balls in the quarter. It is theyre worried given we have a very weak pound, manufacturers should have done better on the back of exports, but it suggests there is a lot of disinclination of businesses to be doing anything much more in terms of the type of growth they are looking to have in this country given the uncertainty of brexit. It is interesting because it is the Server Secretary section that growth and when you look at it in the wider context work prices are growing up and wages arent going up, borrowing is going up, does it all suggest that it is going up, does it all suggest thatitis is going up, does it all suggest that it is precarious growth or do you think that is putting it too strongly . I would say the composition of growth is unsustainable. We have already seen the Bank Of England worry quite a lot about the increase in borrowing, Record Levels. They have already tightened the monetary environment for the banks in terms of any lending that they give to consumers from here on, so that is a concern and of course savings have come down again, record low levels, again not sustainable. The question is if Inflation Stills high or higher than wages which so little sign of backing up, a little bit but not as much as they should have done, then submersible incomes will go down and we have seen the reduction in real wages which means that is a limit the consumer can sustain the economy and we need to look at other areas and we need to look at other areas and it is good that businesses are directly involved in talking to the government about the issues relating to brexit so if there is any improvement in sentiment and we can see perhaps that the composition of gdp moves to areas that can help the economy continued to grow. Many thanks indeed. In other Business Stories weve been following. The supervisory boards at two big german carmakers are to hold Emergency Meetings later today, after they were accused of breaching eu cartel rules. Volkswagen and daimler have declined to comment on the allegations that they and other german car giants colluded to fix the price of diesel emissions treatment systems. Shopping centre Landlord Hammerson has reported Half Year Results and they are quite healthy profits are up 6 to £120 million. Chief executive david atkins says retailers are changing their priorities from Online Shopping back to retail purchasing in the next few years. Hammerson owns more than 50 centres and retail parks across the uk, including birminghams bullring, Londons Brent cross and cabot circus in bristol. Nestle is to open its First Factory injapan in more than 25 years. Thats because of demand for exotic flavours of kit kats. Traditionally the wafer snack has been made using Milk Chocolate now dozens of different flavours are proving popular in asia, with flavours like wasabi and green tea helping kit kat Sales Injapan grow by 50 since 2010. Company earnings were front and centre of the Market Action as shares in itvjumped. Its one of the top gainers on the ftse100 after the broadcaster released its latest trading statement. Consumer stocks were among the top risers, with British American tobacco, ab foods and diageo all helping underpin gains. Also worth noting Metro Bank Plc posted a pretax profit in the first half, driven by growth in lending and customer deposits. The lender is britains first new high street bank in over 100 years. Its share price is up, helping lift the ftse 250 this morning too. Thank you. Well, just as President Trump has been trying to improve relations with russia, the us house of representative has voted in new sanctions against moscow and theyve done so in a way which makes it very difficult for mr trump to do much about it. In retaliation for interference in last years us election, and in eastern ukraine. There are also further sanctions announced for north korea and iran. Sarah corker reports. I, donald john trump, do solemnly swear. Throughout his First Six Months in office, President Trump has been dogged by allegations that moscow interfered to help get him elected. This new bill is likely to antagonise the kremlin and complicate mr trumps plans to improve relations with russia. On this vote the yeas are 419, the nays are 3. These tougher sanctions passed overwhelmingly by the house expand restrictions on doing business with Russian Companies and limit the president s authority to roll back the sanctions. We simply cannot allow any foreign power to interfere in our electoral process. Given our president s complete unwillingness to hold russia accountable for their attack, lets not mistake it for anything else, it was an attack on america, it has become necessary for congress to assert its role in this area and ensure that russia will be held accountable. Russia has denied any meddling in the election, and prior to tuesdays vote its Foreign Ministry said. And this comes as three separate investigations look into whether Donald Trumps Campaign Team concluded with the russians over the elections, something he strongly refutes. On tuesday jared kushner, the president s son in law, was questioned by the house intelligence committee. The new sanctions also target north korea and iran over Ballistic Missile tests. The bill must now pass the senate before it can be signed or vetoed by the president. The white house says they are reviewing the legislation, but yet again the intense focus on russia is overshadowing mr trumps agenda. We have all made our friends and familiesjealous we have all made our friends and families jealous with Holiday Photos and videos but nothing quite co m pa res to and videos but nothing quite compares to this. Nasa astronaut jack fischer captured this footage of the Northern Lights from the International Space station while it was 250 miles above earth and travelling at more than 17,000 miles an hour. Jack was clearly impressed with the time lapse shots describing the footage as a burrito of awesomeness smothered in awesome sauce. It is pretty good anyway. Fantastic. Lets see what the weather is doing to us here on earth. Simon has the details. Nothing also about the weather and i dont think we will be sending our holiday snaps today to make anyone jealous because we have got lots of rain across the uk. This was from our Weather Watchers in staffordshire. It is teaming it down here and bobby the cat not keen about venturing out of his box. You can see on the radar of The Rain Moving East with some heavy bursts across scotland, Northern England but it is moving east. There will be an improvement in the weather the further west you are. They could still sees some patchy rain into the afternoon for central and South Eastern Areas but further west the skies will brighten up and there will be sunshine. At 4pm we could see 12 showers across Northern Ireland but on the whole it is dry here and sunny. Temperatures up to around 19. Becoming quite sunny across wales and the South West Of England as well to end the day. Temperatures about 19. Still quite blustery conditions. Notice it more around the coasts of south wales and South West England but i think for the Isle Of White towards east anglia it will remain cloudy and dampened drizzly into the afternoon. Still a few showers possible across northern parts of england but generally across Northern England it will dry generally across Northern England it willdry up and generally across Northern England it will dry up and brighten up with some sunshine. Sunny spells developing across scotland and the rain continuing in the far north east of scotland and some showers moving into the west. Quite blustery conditions but as we go through this evening and tonight the rain clears away. Showers continuing in northern and Western Areas into the early hours of thursday morning and overnight temperatures down to about 12, 13, maybe 14. During thursday we have still got some fairly breezy conditions. From many parts it should be largely dry. Showers start to get going and some could be heavy across england and wales and the odd rumble of thunder. Quite frequent showers in the far north west. Gusty winds. Top temperatures into the high teens to low 20s. Into friday still this area of low pressure giving fairly breezy conditions and showers but in the south west this cheeky chap will move into the south west. Still some uncertainty as to how far and east and north that will move on friday. Many probably starting dry but then that rain starts to spread into South West England and across wales. Showers ahead about across the far north west. Again quite breezy conditions with ties around 17 21 again. As the rain moves in i suspect not feeling too pleasant. This is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at 12. The government has set out plans to ban sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040 to encourage motorists to switch to all electric vehicles. We have to get rid of petrol and diesel cars off our roads. Not only must we deal with the Health Problems from Air Pollution but also meet our Climate Change targets. The uk economy has grown by 0. 3 in the Second Quarter of 2017, slightly up on the First Quarter of the year. This is a steady performers in the Second Quarter, we have grown for 4. 5 years, creating Record Levels of employment. We should be proud but not complacent. Described as the biggest victory for Employment Rights in this countrys history, the Supreme Courtjudgment ending Employment Tribunal fees. The government says it will refund those who have previously paid. Sports direct owner mike ashley wins a legal battle over a Sports Direct share deal worth £15 million allegedly struck in a london pub. With an Investment Banker. At least 10,000 people have been evacuated from areas threatened by the fire, along british holiday makers. The brother of diana, princess of wales, has said he still has nightmares about the harrowing experience of her funeral. Iam ben i am ben brown. Welcome to bbc news. All sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040, as part of efforts to reduce Air Pollution. The government is also expected to announce more than £250 million of funding for local councils to tackle emissions from Diesel Vehicles. The government will publish later its clean air strategy, later, favouring electric cars as part of a global shift towards replacing the old combustion engines. As our reporter Holly Hamilton explains. Clea n clean aircampaigners clean air campaigners say the government is using the announcement to distract from failings in its short term policy. He drives up in a 1908 model t. Weve come a long way, in terms of design, but for 100 years weve been relying on vehicles with an internal combustion engine, burning petrol or diesel, but is that about to change . Several major car makers, including bmw, volkswagen and volvo, have already announced ambitious plans for electric cars, seen as a key way of tackling Air Pollution, and now the government is signalling the end of petrol and Diesel Engines in the uk, with a ban on sales by 2040. We have to get rid of petrol and diesel cars off our roads if were going to make sure not only that we deal with the Health Problems that Air Pollution causes, but also that we meet our Climate Change targets. And the good news is that the car industry is already moving in this direction. Its part of a £3 billion air quality strategy that also includes £255 million to help local authorities cut pollution. It will mean a ban on sales and production of new petrol or Diesel Vehicles in the uk, as well as a consultation on a diesel scrappage scheme. The move follows a similar pledge earlier this month by president macron of france, where the ban will also be introduced in 2040. Campaigners are likely to complain that the government hasnt gone far enough or fast enough, while labours saying nearly 40 Million People are living in areas with illegal areas of Air Pollution, and action is needed now, and not in 23 years time. Holly hamilton, bbc news. 0ur Reporter Simonjones is on Oxford Street in Central London and we can speak to him now. No shortage of emissions . No shortage of taxis, people, buses. According to the mayor of london, this particular street in Central London has the worst pollution on certain days, not just london has the worst pollution on certain days, notjust in the capital, the uk, but in the entire world. Because there are so many taxis and buses. We encourage cyclists to be less polluting, but the taxis and buses are using diesel, purchasing carbon monoxide. I have some shoppers here. How bad do you think the Pollution Levels are . It is getting worse as time progresses because a lot of cars coming into the centre. We have to do something about it. Do you feel it in your throat . Yes, certain times of the day, it would be. You can feel it, yes. What do you think should happen . People should take more Public Transport. Like, buses should run on low, like, fuels. And the maybe electric and people should walk more and not strive so much. If they do drive, they should do car shares. You have quite a plan for the future. How old are you . 12. I think it is going to be more of an issue as i get older because as time goes by, more people are getting cars, more fossil fuels, and it will get worse if we dont do something. She is well clued up. What about from 23 years time, in the distance, not able to buy new diesel or petrol cars, just electric . Whether people can afford to do that, what the government are doing, subsidies or not. Of course, it is a goodidea subsidies or not. Of course, it is a good idea moving forward. We cant just let things be as they are. Because we dont feel it because we are getting used to it, but the organs do. Do you want an incentive to getan organs do. Do you want an incentive to get an electric vehicle . organs do. Do you want an incentive to get an electric vehicle . I think financial restrictions is the big issue. Any kind of incentive would be encouraging for people to use the substitute. Otherwise, things will go on like that. We need to take some responsibility and i believe. Thank you for braving the rain. Thank you for braving the rain. Thank you. The government is not really very keen on the idea of introducing charging on particular streets, a bit like the Congestion Charge but for pollution. But they seem more charge but for pollution. But they seem more keen charge but for pollution. But they seem more keen on charge but for pollution. But they seem more keen on the idea of having the £255 million for local councils to apply for to improve pollution on particular streets. Often when you look at the pollution maps, it is not just those cities look at the pollution maps, it is notjust those cities or towns, it is particular streets in individual towns or cities. Money could be there to improve road layout, Public Transport. Perhaps change Traffic Lights so traffic flows more smoothly. Critics say we are talking about this idea of a ban on new petrol and diesel cars in 23 years. They say actually what we need is action now because we cannot go on like this. Thank you for braving the rain, simonjones. The uk economy grew by 0. 3 in the Second Quarter of this year, official figures show. Its thought the growth was due to a booming Film Industry and support from the Services Sector. With me is our Business Correspondent ben bland. An improvement in growth but only marginal . The figure we are talking about for the second three months of the year, april untiljune, the figure we will put up here. 0. 3 . When we talk about gdp, gross domestic product, the total value of all goods and services that are produced, created in the economy. A figure in positive territory suggests the economy is growing. The reason that is watched is because its the economy is growing more people likely to be employed, more people likely to be employed, more people owning, more people paying taxes, spending money, causing the economy to grow further. So goes the theory. That is an improvement on theory. That is an improvement on the first three months. January march, 0. 2 growth. A slight improvement. What is driving the improvement . The Film Industry, we have heard . Improvement . The Film Industry, we have heard . Sector improvement . The Film Industry, we have heard . Sector by sector, the Film Industry boom has contributed toa Film Industry boom has contributed to a lot of the growth and the biggest driver of the Economy Growing is from services. That makes up growing is from services. That makes up the bulk of the economy. Four fifths. That group, especially retail. We are out spending more in the shops according to the official statistics. Banking, restaurants, it, shops, film production. On the other hand, construction fell, shrank by 0. 9 , manufacturing by 0. 5 . Because they make up less of the economy that was offset by the Services Sector. I would also like to show you this figure relating to the second three months of the year, putting it in context of the way the economy has grown. The depth was after the financial crisis, the economy shrank sharply. It began to recover, fairly rapidly, but stabilised in recent years. It is worth hearing from the chancellor, Philip Hammond, because this is vitally important, this kind of statistic, for the treasury and the Bank Of England. This is a steady performance in the Second Quarter. We have grown for 4. 5 years now. Creating Record Levels of employment. We should be proud but not complacent. Obviously, there is more we can do on productivity, Productivity Growth is well below are long run trend and all our effort has to be into technology, infrastructure, skills, getting our Productivity Performance back towards that trend. That is how we create higher real wages and Living Standards and that is our priority. Shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell has said that growth for the first half is below expectations, follows continued data showing Working Families squeezed by wages not keeping up with prices. When you look at this modest growth in the economy, coupled with the fa ct in the economy, coupled with the fact that prices have been rising, albeit there was a slowdown, it suggests when the Bank Of England meets next week to make the latest decision on Interest Rates, most a Nalysts Decision on Interest Rates, most analysts expecting those will be kept at their record low level of 0. 25 . Good news for Mortgage Holders and borrowers to stop keeps the costs low. Not so good news for savers. The Supreme Court has ruled the government acted unlawfully and unconstitutionally when it introduced new fees for taking claims to an Employment Tribunal. The Ministry Ofjustice has taken it said it would take immediate steps to pay back those who have paid the fees in the last few years. The case was brought by the union, unison, which argued the charges, introduced in 2013 Prevented access to justice, and were discriminatory. We can go live to the Supreme Court. Here is keith doyle. A Landmark Legal ruling . This was a significant and unanimous win for unison, the union. Stemming the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favour, saying the fees were unlawful, saying they break the equality laws, eu laws. Interviews unjustifiably by the right of access to justice. Unjustifiably by the right of access tojustice. I unjustifiably by the right of access to justice. I am joined unjustifiably by the right of access tojustice. Iam joined by unjustifiably by the right of access tojustice. I am joined by Sue Unjustifiably by the right of access to justice. I am joined by sue from the equality and. A huge decision and damning verdict on tribunal fees. A green light for unscrupulous employers to discriminate. What were the implications . It was a huge barrier to many groups of people and stopped them accessing justice. As the equality and human rights commission, we gave evidence about the discriminatory impact on women disabled people. The claims and numbers of planes dropped off a cliff. Why this committee against these particular groups . Discriminatory . They had to pay up to £1200. We know from our work particularly with pregnant women and new mothers that this is a time people are saving for their children, saving for new babies. People are short of money at this time. They cannot afford £1200. Cutting into peoples reasonable lending. The cases reasonable spending. People prevented taking to tribunal on points of principle even if they werent going to win . For many, small sums, hundreds of pounds people stood to win. But asked to pay up people stood to win. But asked to pay up to £1200. The barrier really put some people off. They would rather let the case go and spend the money . Sue, thanks for braving the rain outside the Supreme Court. The Ministry Ofjustice has said it will pay back the money, anyone who has paid fees to take a case to an Employment Tribunals since 2013 when the conservative and lib dem government body freezing, they will get the money back. Estimated to be Something Like £32 million. More on the news that new petrol and diesel cars will be banned by 2040, the sale of them. Here is caroline lucas, joint leader of the green party. Please . A step forward. Not happening fast enough and what worries me we do not have 23 years to wait around for the band to come into force. We should have seen the Environment Secretary announcing a paradigms, assistantship to put people at the heart of our towns and cities. We needed a massive investment in Public Transport, a proper network of clean air zones where people would be charged as necessary to enter them. We needed to seek a proper scrappage scheme, a full, fully costed scheme. Instead of that, waving the carrot of action in 20 of that, waving the carrot of action inzod of that, waving the carrot of action in 20 d 23 of that, waving the carrot of action in 20 d 23 years time, trying to get off the hook. I am sure the public will not let him. In terms of switching to electric vehicles, you have to get the industry ready for the roads. Only 5000 electric Charging Point in the whole country, for example. Listen, we can put people on the moon. If we decide this is an overwhelming priority, given that 40,000 people are dying prematurely every year as a direct result of this, if we choose to do that, we can really step up action here. There are Nordic Companies moving more quickly on this. But it is not just simply moving more quickly on this. But it is notjust simply changing from diesel and petrol to electric, it is redesigning towns and cities to be people friendly. This is an opportunity to do that and we mustnt let the Secretary Of State get away without facing up to the opportunity and enabling local authorities up and down the country to move in that direction. One of theissues to move in that direction. One of the issues about getting rid of petrol and Diesel Vehicles is what happens to Government Revenue because it raises so much tax, the tax on petrol and diesel . That is an issue. If you set that against the cost to the economy, cost to the nhs, all of the ill Health Associated with petrol and diesel, i think you can put that into perspective. I do not think that should be a block in terms of moving us should be a block in terms of moving us forward in this area. We need to see an agenda that combines what is good for our health, our towns and cities, good for Climate Change. If we move in that direction, the economics will follow. Thank you, caroline lucas. Adam peaty. Sue has the latest on him. England have casey stoney available again for their final group game at the womens european championships in the netherlands. She missed the win in spain with a Hamstring Problem but trained in utrecht. Looking to make it three from three any group d. Jose mourinho says some clubs are paying far too much for players this summer. 75 million was spent on obama. They spent 89 million on pogba. But very new thing is the smaller clubs are overspending. we dont do that, we have no striker. Especially for the strikers, the amount of money is amazing. Every club getting good players, investing a lot. Some clubs paying too much. They create a very strange and Out Of Control markets. This is a reality now. The Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has added five signings, commenting on the spiralling transfer fees. City are currently on tour in los angeles and he can see the fees continue to rise. It is notjust us. The amount of the new transfers is coming. We will see 70 100, more than that. We will see 70 100, more than that. We will see. Castleford tigers will welcome st helens in the first match of the super eights. They need to win to win the League Leader shield for the first time. Adam peaty was left stunned by his own performances as he continues to set the standard for Great Britain at the world aquatic championships. The World Champion defeated his own record twice in one day in the 100 meter breaststroke. He beat 26 seconds for the first time. He goes again today. Well have a full at about 1 30pm. Round up. A High Courtjudge will decide today whether charlie gard should be allowed to die at home. His parents want to take him out of hospital. But lawyers for Great 0rmond Street say a hospice would be a more appropriate place for charlie, given the level of medical support he needs. Our correspondent lisa hampele is at the high court in Central London and we can speak to her now. What are we expecting this afternoon . Charlies parents have pleaded for a paediatric intensive ca re pleaded for a paediatric Intensive Care Unit dr to come forward so they can take Charlie Hunter died. The judge has given them a window, saying find someone this morning otherwise he will make a court order at 2pm was he will decide where charlie will die and taken off mac the ventilator. He said yesterday a hospice seems to be best. Great 0rmond street hospital said they have been moving Heaven And Earth to allow him to go home but the practicalities will not allow that. They cannot get the ventilator in the parents front row. They say taking the ambulance to the kerb side means taking charlie off the ventilator before he got the house. That is not in the best interests of him, they say. It is looking like he will die in a hospice and the decision will be made 2pm. Thank you, lisa. According to michael gove, the uk should not take chlorinated chickens from the us. It is said that they will not compromise on the standards. Leave campaigners have viewed a possible trade deal with the us as one of the big prizes once we leave the European Union, but today the new Environment Secretary michael gove signalled clearly that there will be no deal with the us if it involved, mice on food safety and hygiene standards. And this involves the question of chlorinated chickens which is the practice in the uk of Cleaning Chicken Carcasses in colin, a practice in a chlorine, banned by the eu. If that was part of a deal, the us could kiss goodbye to such an arrangement, he said. Should they be allowed . Chlorinated chickens . No. I made it perfectly clear and the government is agreed that we will not violate our high Animal Welfare standards or Environmental Standards in present ofa Environmental Standards in present of a trade deal. If the americans say, the super great deal, whatever donald trump might say, michael gove says, kiss goodbye to your trade deal. We need to ensure we do not, might those standards. Why this matters is because a trade deal with the us would be a hugely lucrative outcome for britain after brexit. There appears to be a divide in the cabinets with the minister in charge of the trade negotiations reaching these sort of agreements, liam fox, Last Night On Newsnight Adopting A Su Btly last night on newsnight adopting a subtly different approach when he was pressed over whether he would rule out importing chlorinated chickens from the united states. Rule out importing chlorinated chickens from the United Statesm is fine. We dont need the regulation. Thats the eu has. We will be prepared to accept whatever the chicken is washed in, makes for a cheaper, deal with the us . The chicken is washed in, makes for a cheaper, dealwith the us . We the chicken is washed in, makes for a cheaper, deal with the us . We want to make sure the scientific advice we have ensures proper protection for british consumers. Dropping our standards is not the way for britain to proceed. The eu does not believe that chlorine washed chicken is the back thing to have in the eu. Best thing. Can we rule that out . We will be dropping standards on consumer protection, environmental protection, these are perfectly reasonable thing is for people to look at. Michael goves determination to speak out is not just a determination to protect Food Standards but also because he represents the british Farming Industry and the poultry sector are particularly alarmed at the prospect of chlorinated chickens being imported from the us. If similar standards would be introduced in britain, the eu might ban their exploits to europe which could damage the british Poultry Industry and the man in charge want of a sell out of british farmers. Warned of a sell out of british farmers. The old bailey has been told that four pipe bombs built by a serving royal marine were deployed in Northern Ireland. Ciaran maxwell, 31, who has now been discharged from the marines, pleaded guilty earlier this year to preparing terrorist acts, linked to dissident republicanism. The case against him is being outlined ahead of his sentencing. Our home affairs Correspondentjune Kelly is at the old bailey now. Fees joined at the Royal Marines in 2010. Within months of signing up, involved in terrorist activity. Ciaran maxwell. It was said he researched the manufacture of explosives, acquired the items needed to make explosive devices and built 14 pipe bombs. Amassing a basque terrorist arsenal. Vast terrorist arsenal. The visions, explosives, chemicals, and kept his stash in a series of hides some close to his base in the west country and some in Northern Ireland. It was a member of the public in Northern Ireland who stumbled across some of these and became concerned by materials and raised the alarm and contacted the police. The court was told that pipe bombs had been used by dissident republican groups in Northern Ireland and for of maxwells bombs had been deployed there. The ad signing of the evidence against them is continuing this afternoon and expected to run into the next day or so. Heres the weather. Im settled look over the next few days and today. Lady of rain across the uk. Heavy in northern parts. Patchy further south. Moving from west to east. Brighter skies follow behind, sunshine coming through, showers into the north and west through the afternoon. 17 in glasgow, 20 in london. Overnight, clearing away from the south east. Further east, mostly dry overnight, temperatures dipping to 13 or 14 for cardiff and london. Ten or 11 for aberdeen and belfast. Bright and breezy for the east tomorrow. Showers across the Western Areas moving away across most areas. Sun and showers through the afternoon, top temperatures 17 in glasgow, 2021 in top temperatures 17 in glasgow, 20 21 in london. This is bbc Newsroom Live with ben brown. The headlines. And new diesel and petrol cars and va ns and new diesel and petrol cars and vans are to be banned from 2040 under Government Plans to try to combatair under Government Plans to try to combat Air Pollution is to encourage motorists to switch to all electric vehicles. But green campaigners say the plan does not go far enough. The crucial thing is not just the plan does not go far enough. The crucial thing is notjust changing from petrol or diesel to an electric car. The crucial thing is to redesign our towns and cities so they are people friendly. The economy grew by 0. 3 between april and june. Thats up slightly on the first three months of the year. This is a steady performance in the Second Quarter, we have grown from 4. 5 years now, created Record Levels of employment so we should be proud of employment so we should be proud of that but we shouldnt be complacent. Fees for bringing Employment Tribunal claims have been ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court. The government will now have to repay up to £32 million to claimants. Sports direct boss mike ashley has won a High Court Battle with an Investment Banker over a £15 million deal allegedly made in a london pub. Mr ashley had told the court he had no recollection of the deal, because he had drunk so much. Wildfires in south eastern france have forced the evacuation of10,000 people, including british holidaymakers. The fires have spread over almost 40 Square Kilometres along the mediterranean coast. Princess dianas brother earl spencer has said he still has nightmares about being part of the procession behind his sisters coffman on the day of her funeral. In an interview on radio 4 he said it was the most horrifying half hour of his life. As weve been hearing, the government has been told by the Supreme Court that it must scrap fees for bringing Employment Tribunal claims, because theyre unlawful. Ministers were taken to court by the trade union unison which argued that the charges prevented access to justice. A short while ago our correspondent keith doyle explained unison had been campaigning for four years to overturn tribunal fees. This is a significant and a unanimous win union unison. This comes from fees that were brought in by the conservative lib dem government in 2013. So, if you wanted to take a case against your employers these were anything from £390 right up to £1200 or even more if you wanted to appeal that. The idea was to weed out in effect unscrupulous or unreasonable claims, but the union unison said what happened as a result of that is that the number of claims overall went down by 70 and the proportion of those that were successful or not successful, wins and losses, they were pretty much the same as they were before, so what they were saying was that real cases were not being brought before these tribunals. They say that that is why they took this case to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court unanimously agreed with unison, saying that they broke eu, uk and equality laws, and in the words of the court saying that the fees interfered unjustifiably with the right of access to justice. I am joined by the Assistant General Secretary of the union and a lawyer involved in this case. Why did you win this case . We won this case because the evidence was overwhelming. The court said that there was such a sharp and sustained drop in Employment Tribunal fees that it was clear that fees were interfering with the Constitutional Rights to go to the courts. They were adding to discrimination because women for example who were discriminated against because they were pregnant didnt have the right to go to court. But what are the wider implications though for this win . This decision has very wide implications. Firstly all workers, notjust Unison Members will benefit. Anyone who has a claim because they havent been paid, they have been denied holiday pay or they have been refused a rest break can go to a tribunal without paying a fee. But there are wider constitutional implications. The Supreme Court was unhappy with the way that the government had used a fees order, had used secondary legislation to take away rights given to citizens by parliament, and i think that will have implications for lawmaking post brexit. So it is quite a constitutional matter, but for actual workers, and, as someone who today is feeling aggrieved by their employer, what might the implications be for them . It has implications, because fees are unlawful, not just for today, the Supreme Court has said that fees are unlawful from 2013 when they were introduced. That means if you have put in an Employment Tribunal claim today, a fee should not be charged. It also means if you have paid an Employment Tribunal fee in the past you should be refunded that money. The other cases that the judge pointed out were that some of the cases where people were not necessarily after money but they were trying to show a point, that they felt they were being aggrieved by their employers. Those kind of cases werent being brought. Those kind of cases werent being brought and that isnt just bad for employees, but it is also bad for employers. And one of the positive aspects of the courts decision is it has stressed how important it is that laws that are made by parliament are implemented. Good employers cant be undercut by bad employers, so it is in the employers interest also that claims can take place. Unison, your union, saying this was one of the most significant victories in Employment History. It is a huge victory. Employment rights, they matter to all of us, whether you make sure you are getting the right pay, you are allowed to take holiday, you are allowed to have a break when you want, you are allowed time off for an antenatal appointment if you are pregnant. So it is a very, very significant decision. 0k, thank you. If you had taken the case in the last four years and you did pay those fees, you will get them back and it is claimed that the government will have to pay something in the region of £32 million back to people who have already paid those fees. From here are the Supreme Court back to you. The uk economy grew by 0. 3 in the Second Quarter of this year according to the latest official figures. It is thought the growth was due to a booming Film Industry and also support from the Services Sector including the retail sector. Joining us from cardiff is Patrick Minford the economist. Thank you. What you make these figures . They are little bit slower i expected but it isa are little bit slower i expected but it is a healthy slowdown in the sense that we have now got the brexit devaluation and that has cooled down consumption and is pushing up exports which are 10 up on volume since the referendum. And so on volume since the referendum. And so that is really what the devaluation is supposed to do, to push demand in exports and into profits and put money into industry and take it away from consumers, so it is pretty much playing according to the post brexit plan really. You we re to the post brexit plan really. You were a big supporter of brexit. Those who oppose brexit might well say this sort of Sluggish Performance is as a result of the referendum decision. In a way they are right because we had a huge devaluation of 15 and what every student of economy knows, is that when you get that there is a diversion of demand away from consumers through a reduction in their incomes, higher Consumer Prices from the devaluation and move into profits and into industry and so into profits and into industry and so into exports and investment and thatis so into exports and investment and that is really something people have wa nted that is really something people have wanted to happen for a long time and it has happened through the devaluation and it is now working its way out and the whole business of exports rising and investment rising is a much longer drawn out than the effect on consumption so i think it is a good thing, it is a Healthy Development and people have got to be sensible about understanding that brexit is a Big Change In Regime and has brought about this big change in the Exchange Rate which is part of the process. A big change as you say of course but we still dont know exactly what kind of brexit it is going to be, negotiations with the next 18 months or so, how do you think that uncertainty is going to impact on future Growth Figures . M is very interesting because the cbi survey which was just a couple of days ago is incredibly bullish, the most bullish for two decades according to the cbi, and that is indicating that industry is doing very well from the ddr laotian of the surge in orders it is getting a shrapnel devaluation. Exports and domestic with. That is all good news. It tends to dominate what you call the uncertainty. However the uncertainty is not that im certain i dont think. What will happen is we move towards free trade, that is clear. What is certain is whether the European Union is going to be accommodating and negotiations but to be truthful they are just one element in the whole situation. The key thing lies in our own power, what tyrants would put on the rest of the world, what policies we pursue, tara we put on the rest of the world. What Policy Agreements with that on the rest, it is in our own hands and a dominant factor into the outlook for business and that is what we will i think increasingly understand. Thank you forjoining us. Lets talk a little more about the governments plans to ban all diesel and petrol cars by the year 2040, as part of efforts to tackle Air Pollution. The move would herald a shift to all electric vehicles, which now account for only about 1 of the market. Therell also be a fund of £255 million to help local councils speed up efforts to combat emissions from Diesel Vehicles. Earlier on i spoke tojim holder, editorial director of what car and auto car, who said that one of the biggest questions is whether the uk infrastructure will be ready in time. They are aiming to have every new vehicle bought from 2040 being fully electric, so there would still be the fleet of around 40 million cars that will highly likely be powered by a combustion engine, so they will still be in use and on our roads, but they are looking to make that switchover from 2040 so every new vehicle is fully electric and they haventjust got to get the new vehicles available to consumers in time, but they have to get the infrastructure right and arguably that is the greater challenge, today there are around 5000 public Charging Points compared to 8500 fuel stations. To get that up to a number where you can recharge thousands of millions of electric vehicles every day is an incredible challenge. We can also talk to Simon Allcock from the Environmental Lawyers group client earth. What do you make of this announcement . We welcome the steps to cleaner vehicles but it is far too long away into future to have any effect on the Air Quality Crisis that we have today. I am afraid it seems we have got another Secretary Of State that doesnt get the urgency of this public emergency. He is Devolving Authority to local authorities, passing the buck to them, he is ignoring his own evidence and has given us the Headline Grabbing Measure for something 20 years away and is actually cheating people of the cleaner air today. You say it is too far away but actually it is a huge switch from petrol and diesel to electric cars and vehicles. You have to get industry, the Car Industry On Board First of all and we were hearing earlier there is only 5000 electric Charging Points. It is definitely the right thing to do but we also need measures to take the Public Health crisis of Air Pollution today. We need a National Network of clear air zones which would take the dirtiest cars from our most polluted cars towns and cities now but well and need support for people to switch to cleaner forms of transport, such as a scottish scenes or changes to the tax system, this needs to happen now. We have £40,000 your debts associated with Air Pollution, which is crazy in this day and age and we have to do something about this now, next week, tomorrow, not in 2040. Those changes would have an economic impact, wouldnt they . Yes, but they would also be an investment. Their pollution is costing our economy. The governments own figures say Something Like £27 billion in terms of what it would cost the nhs, days lost at work, productivity, if the water we were drinking was as dirty as the airwe water we were drinking was as dirty as the air we are breeding in now we would be doing something about it. There are measures now to bringing in more hybrid vehicles. It is not like nothing is being done. In more hybrid vehicles. It is not like nothing is being donem in more hybrid vehicles. It is not like nothing is being done. It is pretty much like nothing. We have been breaking the law for seven yea rs now on been breaking the law for seven years now on Air Pollution, this is the third plan we they have come up with and we will have to see the detail in the plan, there is nothing in there that will change anything, it is passing the buck to the local authorities, ignoring his own evidence that shows cleaner zones of the right thing to do, and he has got a Headline Grabbing Measure for 2040 when we should be reading the air today. Reading cleaner 2040 when we should be reading the airtoday. Reading cleanerair today. Thank you for your time. France has appealed for help to fight the fires that are raging through the south of the country. There are reports that 10,000 people have been moved. One of the worst fires is raging in the hills above saint tropez, more than 4000 firefighters and troops have been mobilised to extinguish the flames, backed up by 19 aircraft. John grant is a british tourist on holiday with his family in borme les mimosas. He described the fires still raging in the hills in front of him. We have been here are some days and we come here regularly and we have been coming for many years. I landed on monday, i saw some of the fires, ididnt on monday, i saw some of the fires, i didnt think much of it, akin to the motorway and then left it at about midnight, we would then woken up about midnight, we would then woken up andi about midnight, we would then woken up and i went down and we were given Emergency News which is quite rare andi Emergency News which is quite rare and i looked up and hundred and 80 degrees of my vision was like dantes inferno, degrees of my vision was like da ntes inferno, it degrees of my vision was like dantes inferno, it was orange in sky. It was a very scary sight to see. We were told we had two options, local authorities were telling us to stay where we were it was inland, but we also were told if we wa nted was inland, but we also were told if we wanted to vacate, there were other fires elsewhere, we stayed on site last night and i stayed until about 5am watching this internal thing and out towards the sea now but if you imagine missing in the moment, i have the see behind me and paid hills in front of me, seven are on fire, i have never seen anything like it. There is a lot of action taken but we have never seen anything like this. This is very scary. It is not good for the area corporate tourists, it really is not. The headlines. New diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned in the uk from 2040 in an effort to tackle Air Pollution. A Landmark Legaljudgment tackle Air Pollution. A Landmark Legal judgment means people tackle Air Pollution. A Landmark Legaljudgment means people will no longer have to pay hundreds of pounds to take a claim to an Employment Tribunal. The government says it will refund those who have already paid. A High Courtjudge will decide later today where the terminally ill baby charlie gard will spend his final days. The owner of Newcastle United and Sports Direct mike ashley has won a High Court Battle with an Investment Banker jeffrey blue over a £15 million deal alleged to have been made in a london pub. Our Business Correspondent emma simpson has been following the case. This was a very colourful case and it centred on the horse and groom pub around the corner from here. This Investment Back jeffrey pub around the corner from here. This investment Backjeffrey Blue said mike ashley promised to pay him £15 million if he could double the share price of Sports Direct over three years and he claimed mr ashley renege on this deal and he sued him. Mr ashley went into the witness box. It was very lively and colourful and he said this was just banter, it was drinks down the pub and nothing more. And boy did they drink a lot down the pub, in fact he drank so much that he couldnt remember the next bar that he went to and he dismissed the claim is nonsense. Today we have had the written judgment and the judge said that no one would have thought that what was said in the pub was serious and found in his favour. They think jeffrey blue had a bit of an uphill struggle trying to prove that he had a verbal agreement so i guess the moral of the story is get it in writing. At the end of next month it will be 20 years since the death of diana princess of wales an anniversary marked by her sons this week when they spoke in an itv documentary. At her funeral watched by millions all over the world the eulogy was delivered by her brother earl spencer, words that were more direct than anyone had expected, and which have even been taught as part of the gcse english syllabus. Earlier earl spencer told radio 4 about the funeral. There are aspects of royal life in those days which even 20 years on dont really make sense, and i have been a passionate advocate for william and harry not to have to walk behind their mothers body. I thought it was a very bizarre and cruel thing for them to be asked to do. Do you remember when you were told that that was the plan . I was liaising with some courtier at Buckingham Palace and he mentioned it, and i went, well, of course not, and of course they are not going to do that. He said, well, it has been decided. And i said, shejust would not want them to do this. And there was lots of sort of embarrassed coughing the other end, and various other conversations, and then eventually i was lied to and told that they wanted to do it, which of course they didnt, but i didnt realise that. Earlier today i spoke to our royal correspondent peter, he began telling me that princess dianas funeral was a challenging time for prince harry, who has previously questioned certain aspects of his involvement in his mothers funeral. In a previous interview where he questioned why he was made aged 12 to walk behind the coffin. Harry said he didnt think that would happen now and Alistair Campbell who was tony blairs spin doctors saying in one of his diaries that his belief was that the boys were put there in order to protect Prince Charles because there was a worry he would be booed as he walked behind his ex wifes coffinn by those who support diana, so that has been around for some time and there is a bbc documentary coming which might provide more light on what was the reasoning as to why these men walked behind the coffin, something harry said he didnt want to do and earl spencer, said it should never happened and he said their mother would not have wanted it. I suppose there wont be reaction to this from Buckingham Palace. On these occasions they stay silent. As we approach this anniversary it is interesting that this kind of thing is resurfacing, some of these concerns and anxieties from the time. We have had the Itv Documentary Where William and harry talk about their mother. What is striking is in various interviews william has made clear his deep regret that as a child he was not able to protect his mother more and i think he is now out as an adult trying to protect her memory and present people with his image of his mother and he is doing that from these documentaries and with the unveiling at some stage of a statue in kensington palace. The other interesting thing about the spencer interview is he has looked at the eulogy again. He is defined by that eulogy and defined by being dianas. It is interpreted as a robust criticism of the royal family, they wouldnt be steeped in tradition. In the interview with the bbc earl spencer doesnt accept that and does not accept that he said we did things and that he felt that every word was true and that he was honest and speaking up for his sister and he says that someone he knows who knows the queen told him that in the queens view he had every right to say to say what he felt because it was his sisters funeral. The European Court ofjustice has ruled that a law requiring refugees to seek asylum in the first country they reach applies even in exceptional circumstances. During the Migration Crisis in 2015 and 2016 when borders were opened many people applied for asylum in other countries. Today, the court accepted austrias and slovenias argument that they had the right to return Asylum Seekers to their point of entry. The number of people aged over 90 holding a driving licence in britain has topped 100,000 for the first time. Figures from the dvla also show more than 4. 5 million of the 39 Million People Holding Valid driving licences are aged over 70. Well, Victoria Derbyshire has been speaking to 84 year old Colin Bradbury whos been driving for more than 65 years, and 17 year old jack davies who passed his test three weeks ago to see what they can learn from each other. So, colin, you have all these decades of experience including where things have gone wrong and you have learned from it, what would you say to jack the past only three weeks ago . I would say firstly you are at the beginning of a long road, andi are at the beginning of a long road, and i wasnt as sound boring when i say this experience does count for quite a lot. But also if you can do earlier on what i did more recently, and that his take driving more seriously. Who has got the radio one 0h, seriously. Who has got the radio one oh, the radio came on automatically in this amazing convertible car. Dont worry about it. Jack, although you past only three weeks ago but have not been in a car yet have you . No, not yet. I wanted to have a look around first and see what was the red car and insurance for me sol and see what was the red car and insurance for me so i am just having a look right now. Are you nervous . Abet, in different ways because i am new to all this even though i passed my test. Everything is still quite new to me. There are different roads, in specific places i would have to go down, but i like challenges and pushing myself to learn new things. What do you think about the fact there are now 100,000 people over 90 with a british driving licence . That isjust demographics. I am driving licence . That isjust demographics. Iam much driving licence . That isjust demographics. I am much more concerned about the fact that sometimes people think that age in itself makes one a worst driver. It can be, but it doesnt necessarily. The biggest danger on the road is people between 17 and 24 as i was myself at that age. You will know, colin, people say once you get over a certain age you should have to reta ke your a certain age you should have to retake your driving test. |j a certain age you should have to retake your driving test. I am not sure about that. I have to think a lot about it. People should be examining their own driving and thinking of it more as a skill in itself, not as a chore. Now the weather. Now the weather. It now the weather. It is now the weather. It is the now the weather. It is the last now the weather. It is the last week now the weather. It is the last week now the weather. It is the last week injuly but now the weather. It is the last week in july but sadly now the weather. It is the last week injuly but sadly the now the weather. It is the last week in july but sadly the weather is disappointing. A lot of cloud across most parts of the uk. It has moved through Northern Ireland but it is bringing afair through Northern Ireland but it is bringing a fair bit of rain right up and down the country as you can see on the radar, some radar some heavier bursts, light rain further south but a bit of the breeze pushing it from west to east. Brighter skies following. Also with some showers getting into the western side of scotland. Some sunny spells for Northern Ireland but show is coming in from the west as well for the afternoon. Top temperatures of 18 or 19 for glasgow and belfast. Still some rain left over east anglia and the south east into the middle of the afternoon. 18 or 19 here but further west it is brightening up quite nicely. Some cells of sunshine but still quite breezy and 1819 will stop there will still be some showers but the south east through this evening and overnight across the north and west of the uk. A few sharp bonds. Further east should be mostly dry overnight and temperatures could be from ten or 14 south. For thursday we still have the pressure in charge. Lots of white lines on the chart and that means it will be blustery. A bright and breezy start of the eastern side of the uk but showers from early on will spread from the west to the east. Itll be quite an unsettled day. A little bit of sunshine in between but when the showers, long they could be heavy with the odd rumble of thunder. Temperatures about 16. 20 or 21 further south. The third test at under way tomorrow. Make your browsing start but i think we will see some showers into the afternoon. A little bit of sunshine will stop a bit of a breeze from the south and west. Towards the end of the week we still have low pressure in charge of the weather. Still some isobars. Still quite breezy. This weather system will spread some rain in across the southern half of the uk as you get onto the day. Scattered showers cos the area of low pressure in the north and west. Here is the area of rain coming in from the south and west turning things quite wet. As we get into the weekend it looks like it. Barely unsettled. Quite cool and breezy. Some showers around but a bit of sunshine in between. A drive towards cleaner air the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040. The government wants to reduce emissions and encourage the use of electric vehicles. We have to get rid of petrol and diesel to help Health Problems from emissions and meet our Climate Change targets. But environmental campaigners says the move wont address current levels of Air Pollution. Well ask whether towns and cities are ready to adapt to all electric vehicles. Also this lunchtime. Thousand people in the south of france, including many british holiday makers, have been moved to safety to escape raging wildfires. It was quite a precarious situation. The fire was very close to the campsite. Very strong winds, it couldve spread very, very quickly