With the reported wage, a Million Pounds a week. There will be some rain around but not a complete wash out for all of us. Not a complete wash out for all of us. Jointly later for all the details. Its saturday 27th july. Our top story. Donald trump says the uk and United States are working on what he called a very substantial post brexit trade deal. The president spoke with borisjohnson on the phone yesterday and claimed trade could be worth up to five times higher than current levels. Boris and i just spoke. I congratulated him and hes all set to go. Hes gonna be i think hell be do a greatjob. Were working already on a trade agreement. And i think it will be a very substantial trade agreement. You know, we can do with the uk we can do three to four times we were actually impeded by their relationship with the European Union. We were very much impeded on trade. Lets get more on this now from our Political Correspondent tom barton whos in our london newsroom this morning. What is the reality when comes to this trade deal . This is all about building that relationship between the new Prime Minister and the american president. As wejust heard, some are pretty big promises from donald trump there. The two men agreeing to start negotiations as soon as possible after the uk leaves the eu. That is the earliest that they are allowed to start in law. But these trade deals can prove very tricky. Negotiations have not even started yet on this between britain and the United States and yet already there is controversy about american businesses accessing the nhs, about whether British Consumers will want to eat meat that is imported from the United States. The two men are clearly keen to put together a strong personal relationship. Weve heard donald trump referring to borisjohnson as a britain trump. Yet these trade negotiations can take years and they are very often much more about the technical detail than they are about how well the two leaders get on. That was the phone call that happened last night between Boris Johnson and donald trump. Today the new Prime Minister is in manchester talking about improvements to train services, specifically the link between manchester and leeds, and also improving unglamorous services. What can we expect . This is Boris Johnson, keen to highlight the fact that yes, he has campaigned on brexit, he has lots to say about brexit, he has lots to say about brexit but he also has a domestic agenda to push. The speech in manchester committing to building fast rail lines between manchester and leeds and improving bus services around the country. It has been welcomed by business groups, the northern power has a partnership and in the last few minutes, George Osborne said that it was good after three disappointing years. Labour says this money has already been promised to build this real line and they have been questioning whether borisjohnson is they have been questioning whether Boris Johnson is able they have been questioning whether borisjohnson is able to deliver it. Sports direct says it regrets rescuing house of fraser and warned that there will be more store closures. Sports direct boss mike ashley said the problems at the Department Store were nothing short of terminal. Andy moore reports. For house of fraser staff worried about their future, theres little reason for optimism in this set of results. The chain of stores employed around 17,000 people when mike ashley rescued it last year, and saved 31 of its 59 stores from closure. A handful of shutdowns since, but now, theres the prospect of more closures to come. The Smaller Stores are especially at risk. Mike ashley said about the house of fraser buyout mr ashley said some stores were still losing money, even though their rent had been cut to nothing. Sports direct results were due to be published 11 days ago, but they were delayed time and time again. The reason for that now appears to be this huge £605 million tax bill demanded by the belgian authorities. The Company Believes its unlikely it will actually have to pay that full amount. And theres also been a loss of £55 million at house of fraser since that company was taken over. Mike ashley said with the gift of hindsight, he mightve made a different decision about stepping to rescue the chain. Andy moore, bbc news. Railway passengers planning journeys between london and nottingham and sheffield have been urged not to travel as disruption caused by hot weather enters a third day. East Midlands Trains customers have been told to expect a significantly reduced service to and from st pancras due to repair work on overhead lines damaged by the heat. A revised timetable will also operate on several local routes because of industrial action by the rmt union. A balcony and a staircase have collapsed at a nightclub in the south korean city of gwangju killing two people. At least 17 were injured, nine of them competitors in the world swimming championships being held there. The injured athletes are from the us, new zealand, the netherlands, italy and brazil. The two People Killed are understood to be south koreans. Fresh demonstrations are taking place in hong kong, in protest at the Police Response to attacks on pro democracy campaigners by alleged gang members. More than a0 people were injured in the assault last week. Its the latest escalation in weeks of clashes between police and protestors. Lets join our correspondent Stephen Mcdonell in hong kong now. Explain the significance of this illegal gathering. As you can see, there are now many thousands, probably tens of thousands of people at least defying this police order not to come here today, the scene of last weeks triad gang attacks on pro democracy demonstrators. To give you an idea, i will get the cameraman to move. This is the other side of the platform im standing on. If we swing around the other way, we can see them coming as far as the eye can see. Many protesters dressed in what has become the traditional black of this protest movement. They are saying that they wa nt movement. They are saying that they wantan inquiry, movement. They are saying that they want an inquiry, they want to know why the police took so long to get here last week. Some are accusing certain officers of colluding with the mafia, they want the government to popular account for this even though weve had the number two figure in the Hong Kong Government apologise but that has not been enough of these protesters and what is more, this protest movement that started out as something opposing a very unpopular extradition bill, despite todays emphasis on those events of last week, the more general demand is democracy here, this calls for a free hong kong. They want to be able to vote for their local government, they want to choose their own leader. It is not something beijing is going to give them ina something beijing is going to give them in a hurry and yet they say they wont stop protesting like this u nless they wont stop protesting like this unless they get something approaching that. We are in our eight week this political crisis in hong kong and there is no sign of it slowing down, it isjust hong kong and there is no sign of it slowing down, it is just as letting. We got the high is stuff on the because when these people are marching, apart from being a specific site where those triad gangs attacked activists last week, it is also where some of those triad gang members live. One of the reasons please denied permission for this march was they feared they could be violence if the triad gangs faced such a large number of protesters with them in the middle and so we are prepared for what probably is the inevitable here later on today. At some point or other, riot police will come out and clear this illegal gathering and there are a lot of people here who say they will not go unless forced. A big increase in people from the last time we spoke to stephen. Very few signs that it will lessen anytime soon. We will keep right that for you. The summer heatwave has broken records across the world, and not even the arctic has escaped the dramatic rise in temperatures. There have been hundreds of wildfires within forests in the arctic circle, including siberia, alaska and greenland. Plumes of smoke from the fires can be seen from space. Its been a big week in politics, with borisjohnson and his new cabinet setting out their promises on brexit and policing. Today the new Prime Minister will pledge a new high speed rail line between manchester and leeds. It comes a day after the labour leader Jeremy Corbyn announced he would make a multi billion pound investment in tidal power on the river mersey if he was elected. I caught up with him during his visit to the region yesterday, and started by asking him about his investment plans. The river out here, the mersey, has a huge river flow the river out here, the mersey, has a huge riverflow anyway the river out here, the mersey, has a huge river flow anyway but also a tidal rise and full so the possibilities for a barrage across the mersey would generate a lot of literacy but also create a lot of jobs in its construction and management of it. Also, create a whole Technology Centre and it is pa rt whole Technology Centre and it is part of the green industrial revolution. We cannot go on pumping Carbon Dioxide into the air without expecting consequences. The thing will make a difference here is spending on roads, those other things that change peoples lives every day, why not prioritise those . This is not an either or situation. Itll take some time to develop and construct. It will not happen in a couple of years. Studies have to be done, commitments have to be made and we are here to make those commitments but at the same time we need the dedication of the relay lines across the north from hull to liverpool and to manchester, we need much better interconnectivity across the north and we have already said we will invest in the crossrail for the north. You will appreciate the scepticism about this. We heard about the Northern Powerhouse and it didnt happen, why should people believe you . We are absolute are committed to it and our transformation plans will be regionally based, not all based in whitehall. When the government set its power horse, will be moving the treasury to the north in order to ensure that that fairness of National Investment begins to be a reality. I wanted took about brexit because Boris Johnson reality. I wanted took about brexit because borisjohnson yesterday reality. I wanted took about brexit because Boris Johnson yesterday said i have a clear plan for brexit. He said he had turned into a remunerative all he has offered during his Leadership Campaign is a cliff edge brexit and behind that, a trade deal with United States which will mean lots of regulations, loss of our rights and indeed, the danger to the National Health service. We are saying, if he comes back to parliament with a new deal brexit, we will absolutely vote against it and do our best to block that. Many people are confused about where you stand on this issue, it is not clear, youre not coming out for remain or clearly coming out for leave. If he comes out for a new deal brexit, that is dangerous for our jobs, deal brexit, that is dangerous for ourjobs, all our regulations and rights. That would be a disaster. In those circumstances, we would put against that and ask that a referendum be held and in those circumstances, we would vote for remain. There is going spec edition we are getting into calling for a general election. I wonder if it is better for you to fight a general election in or out of the European Union . I want a general election as cenozoic and so we can guide our own future. Mike as soon as we can. I wa nt future. Mike as soon as we can. I want us to have an election soon. This is a government, a right wing government, and aggressive government, and aggressive government with the free market economic ideas at its heart and i think they should have a general election to the people of this country can decide, do they want to go down the road of investment and inclusion with labour which they wa nt to inclusion with labour which they want to go down the road of tax cuts for the richest under the tories . Lets talk now to jennifer williams, politics editor at the manchester evening news, who was at an event in lets talk now to jennifer williams, the city with mr corbyn last night. It really feels like we are in general election territory, despite what Boris Johnson might general election territory, despite what borisjohnson might say, that he is not going to call a general election. All these commitments to spend money, it feels like an election. Absolutely and the event last night, Jeremy Corbyn was very much talking about putting labour on election footing. Although Boris Johnson has ruled out calling an election, that is not to say one could be forced upon him because his majority is wafer thin and clearly labour are still pushing for an election themselves. So, everyone is talking the language of a general election, everyone is behaving as if we have one coming soon. Possibly you have seen this before, promises further north from Jeremy Corbyn and borisjohnson. £39 further north from Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson. £39 billion further north from Jeremy Corbyn and borisjohnson. £39 billion as the figure quoted as to what is needed, that coming from . We dont know. It is difficult. At the manchester evening news, we have been campaigning to bring investment in resources and power to the north and this is what we want. We want these transport upgrades. We have long been underfunded, the per relation when it comes to the star. What is difficult is, when these things are promised and you dont know how they will be paid for, obviously people will be paid for, obviously people will treat that with some caution and scepticism probably. This speech that Boris Johnson and scepticism probably. This speech that borisjohnson is delivering todayis that borisjohnson is delivering today is exactly five years after George Osborne made his Northern Powerhouse speech in the city. In fa ct, powerhouse speech in the city. In fact, a lot of the things he will speak about today are the things George Osborne spoke about and we have not seen about those. The government would point to the fibre changes have been made, there has been the election of these mayors and statistics suggest 50 of the north is governed by a mayor but what it comes down to is money. When it took about this, it is investment in things that will make a difference day today, namely roads, railways, public services. One of the reasons andy burnham talks about needing power and resources is, at the moment they dont have the ability to raise any money themselves other than by putting up council tax and council tax is a kind of outdated, backwards, unfair attacks. We are already seeing our tax burden going up. Mayors dont have any way of raising money for services apart from this so either you need the government to give a substantially more funding where they need to find some way or mayors to raise money themselves. There is only so much that mayors can do. To raise money themselves. There is only so much that mayors can dolj was only so much that mayors can do. was talking about taking Corporate Tax revenues and spend them locally, so generated in a city and spent in a city . When Boris Johnson was mayor of london, this is something he called for but it would be interesting to see whether he Still Believes that now he is a number ten. He talked about areas being able to keep far more control over their Business Rates but also other taxes and physical devolution which is essentially keeping hold of the taxes that are raised here rather than sending them down to london and being read disputed. Obviously if you do that, there are slightly to be winners and losers in that as well so it would be interesting to see whether or not he Still Believes in that in comparison to where he was five years ago. You can understand why people would be cynical, we have been hearing about the Northern Powerhouse for years. George osborne made a point, this is not about closing the gap between north and south but creating a global hub in its own right. What do you think needs to be done, what should the approach be . Is it about closing the gap between north and south . It is about closing gap between london and the north. The gap we have with london is similar to the midlands with london and it is about the government fundamentally looking to getting investment differently at not ploughing it all into the capital. L busy time for you, good to see you. The weather is next. Im starting this bulletin off again because this is pretty important that in Cambridge University botanical gardens, they reached