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against pro—democracy demonstrators as they demonstrated for the ninth weekend in a row. if we come down here we can see they have built a barricade here. another place in the street with a flashing light socket with the police are at. more talks are held to try and avert a strike by thousands of workers at heathrow next week. cheering. and england take control of the first ashes test at edgbaston. after building a first innings lead of 90, they've taken a couple of early australian wickets. we'll have the latest in half an hour. good afternoon. efforts to prevent a derbyshire dam from collapsing close to the town of whaley bridge have entered a third day. emergency services are in a race against time to pump water out of the toddbrook reservoir and reinforce the dam. there are fears that more wet weather tomorrow could see water levels breach the dam, causing serious flooding and a danger to life in whaley bridge. this morning, some residents, who'd spent a second night away from their homes, were being allowed to return, briefly, to collect essential items. our correspondent charlotte gallagher is in whaley bridge. military operations to protect whaley bridge enter the third day. an raf chinook helicopter now a familiar sight and sound here. crews using sandbags to try to stop homes and businesses below the dam being engulfed. these were the scenes on wednesday outside margot graham's home. a stream turned to a torrent. within 2a hours, she was one of the 1500 people evacuated. she was allowed to return home today for 15 minutes to collect valuables. it was really, really bizarre. the whole of the road is blocked with bags of concrete. it's like a ghost town. we were advised by the police we were going in at our own risk and, yes, all right, it's a calculated risk, really. we sort of knew we needed to get things, we knew we had to do things and as long as you moved quickly... i was saying "listen" all the time because they told us if we hear three blasts on a horn, we were to just run. bricks and mortar can be replaced, books can be replaced, cds can be replaced, furniture can be replaced, but if my grandmother's ring had just disappeared off in the water, that would be it. i could never replace that. millions of gallons of water still needs to be diverted, and pumps are working around the clock. this is a major incident, make no mistake. and if you pan across, you can see the brick level, or these stones. that was underwater when we arrived. so, as you can see, it's quite visibly come down. small businesses are also suffering. every day closed is a loss of earnings in that respect. i had some builders staying with me that had to get out quick when they started the evacuation, so they are obviously losing, as well. so, yeah, just not really knowing when i can open back up and take bookings. i've had to advise people that we are closed for the foreseeable future and i don't know when we'll be open and they need to find alternative accommodation, really. this is still a critical situation, and with storms forecast for tomorrow, everyone is hoping enough can be done today to save the dam. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. let's talk to our reporter luxmy gopal, who's in whaley bridge. first off, a lot of tension regarding the weather that is coming tomorrow, potentially could cause problems for efforts there. how are residents feeling that they could had to deal with yet more wet weather? of course residents here are preparing for their third night away from their homes and this behind me if the police cordon zone at the edge of the evacuation zone. asa at the edge of the evacuation zone. as a cacique, the last few dribs and drabs of residents coming in and using their 50 minute window to come and pick up essential items. they had been very understanding considering but there have been one resident who was not happy about it. there was a bit of a governor tatian with police here because he felt that he was unhappy about being away from home yet again and felt that actually there was not that much risk of the dam collapsing. that the authorities are making it very clear there is still a potential risk to life if the down bridges and it is still a reticle condition, especially as you mentioned because of that weather warning that is set to come into force over the next 24-40 to come into force over the next 24—40 hours, that warning of heavy rain and storms that are going to hamper the efforts but also add to the water levels because what they need to do is to bring the water levels down in the reservoir to make it say people to return home. levels down in the reservoir to make it say people to return homelj understand ruth george was speaking to you earlier. and it had dropped two or three metres but it needs to drop 8—10 metres. there are lots of services on side all working. what's with the challenges of a facing in those conditions? obviously today it was a bit of a race against time because they are working against the clock. before the severe weather sets in because that will make a difference to what they are doing. today, they have a continuing effort and stepping up efforts in fact to move water away from the reservoir, after emergency service teams have been drafted in from surrounding areas to help up out that water using high—volume pumps and of course you have seen pictures of the helicopters to drop ballast to shore up helicopters to drop ballast to shore up parts of the dam. they have been continuing with that to drop that work today. any ever they can do to wards reducing that water level is going to help give them a bit of a head start ahead of that severe weather. ok, thank you very much for that. yesterday, we saw boris johnson visit the chapel, one of the evacuation centres. we understand the environment secretary teresa viliers has been at wiley bridge today. she is a meeting and seeing things for herself. i prefer everyone who has moved out of their home. he must be so frustrating and others amended by flooding around the country as well are going through a difficult time. but i have been heartened by the determination of the big team of people and organisations doing everything they can hear to try and make the dam safe. we all want to get to a stage where you can safely return to your home. i would ask residents to bear with us but i know that every possible effort is being made to try and resolve the problem in enable them to return safely to their homes. how important is that this down stabilised as much as possible by tonight because tomorrow we have this under storm forecast and for the area tomorrow, how concerned are you about potential impact and the conditions might have tomorrow? there are lots of uncertainties and as you say the weather forecast for tomorrow is bad. but it is going full pace, it really is. people see the tv pictures of the helicopters in action. the military here are doing a greatjob but actually in action. the military here are doing a great job but actually they are just one element of a wider effort to pump out and pump levels down to safe levels and to repair the damage to the dam whilst we cannot say yet when this work will be finished, there are still serious risk to be grappled with full some i can provide reassurance that he will —— every thing is being done but the situation say. that was the environment secretary theresa villiers at whaley bridge. she chaired the cover meeting on friday. large crowds of pro—democracy activists are holding another mass rally in hong kong, and police have fired tear gas at protesters in kowloon, where there's a stand—off between the two sides. others, among them people from mainland china, have attended a rival demonstration in support of the territory's police force. stephen mcdonnell is in hong kong. talking of the police force, there have been a lot of concerns about the pla getting involved. have been a lot of concerns about the pla getting involvedlj have been a lot of concerns about the pla getting involved. i think the pla getting involved. i think the government has tried to water down those concerts by saying although technically the pla could be called out, that they will not be at this stage was that they are try to say we have this under control. where we are at the moment, though, for example, there was a very large protest here with protesters throwing bricks and other projectiles into a police compound, smashing up police vehicles. the police came out hard tear gas, baton charges, shields and the like and clear them away. it is pretty quiet here. you can see how many right police are still here as we pan along. you will notice that although they are still here, strangely, more va ns they are still here, strangely, more vans have just turned up with more police and even around here, we can see how many more there are. like another 15 or so vans follow police turned up and the reason for that is a short while ago, we had a standoff here. all of the protesters had been cleared out, it was local residents sorted standing off to the side here and heckling the police. calling and abuse them, singing songs making fun of them. we move as a police car comes through. singing songs saying the police to come on and join in with the summit is mickey fun of them and just shows the level of disrespect if you like a monthly community here for the police was they will have to have a big job in front of them trying to regain that respect for the mess with the protesters who have mostly all now disperse, it was ordinary residents hassling the police until recently. the protesters i suppose thought we have another full day of demonstrations tomorrow. and then what they hope on monday is brought it strike. so lovely to see many more of these running street battles before this weekend is over. that new strategy of strike action, how popular has that been in the past and successful? it will be interesting and depends on how many people take part of course. go to the subway here or somewhere like that, people are chanting out and handing out flyers and sayjoin the strike. you know, you cannot underestimate the level of dissent here at present. on friday night, there was a protest in the heart of there was a protest in the heart of the city from civil servants. the government told them to not attend that, you are supposed to be neutral in matters political. instead, thousands of them exhorted this and turned out. and now you see here the police have finally try to get these local residents at of this area. they have had enough and they think they should not be hanging around here hassling them any more. but every where you go in hong kong at the moment, there is this political crisis. so many sectors in the committee have joined in. crisis. so many sectors in the committee havejoined in. the airline sector, finance workers, barristers, all manner of different sectors have their own types of small protest wherever you go. this is why it just small protest wherever you go. this is why itjust keeps building as a crisis. these call for democracy are growing louder and the government is showing less and less inclination to cave into the protesters. so at the same time the government in beijing a saint no way you are getting to vote for your later, on the other hand, the demonstrators are saying we will not give up until we get summing approaching that so on and on this crisis goes. some are saying this could be the new hong kong, this could be the new hong kong, this could be the new hong kong, this could just be the way things are going to be from now on. is it not interesting when you say caving in from beijing? not interesting when you say caving infrom beijing? if not interesting when you say caving in from beijing? if anything, they are beginning to point the finger of blame at ill intentioned outside western forces. absolutely. they are blaming the british government, the us government, the cia for inflaming all this tension and yet really when you talk to you most here, i think it all boils down to many different concerns of people have in hong kong, everything from the way in which the government has handled a price of real estate to the fact that they feel in their own city, they are having their freedoms taken away from them. the independence of the judiciary away from them. the independence of thejudiciary is being away from them. the independence of the judiciary is being threatened. and it did not take much more it also just and it did not take much more it alsojust come to and it did not take much more it also just come to the surface once that extradition bill was proposed in very unpopular bill allowing for people to be sent to mainland china's courts control of the commonest party. on one hand, protesters won that battle effectively. that is dead politically. most serious observers know that. and yet they have been emboldened now, the protesters think we won that in a way. now we want something else, we want more than that. we will defend our own freedoms but will get to decide who governs us was of freedoms but will get to decide who governs us was of this is the nature of the problems of this is why it just keeps going on and on. ok, thank you very much for that. the headlines on bbc news: emergency workers are in a race against time to prevent a catastrophic collapse of the damaged dam in whaley bridge amid fears of more storms. the hong kong police have fired teargas at anti—government protesters as they demonstrated for the ninth weekend in a row. talks aimed at averting strikes by thousands of heathrow airport workers have been adjourned for the day and will resume tomorrow morning. more than 170 flights scheduled for monday and tuesday have been cancelled. the home secretary, priti patel, has said she wants criminals to feel "terror" at the thought of committing an offence. in herfirst interview since being appointed last month, she said her mission was to restore public confidence in policing. ms patel also distanced herself from her past comments supporting the death penalty. our political reporter mark lobel says the new prime minister and the home secretary are very keen to enforce the traditional image of the conservative party as one of law and order. we have seen cuts in police numbers that have been heavily criticised over the last nine years, since 2010, and borisjohnson's first big policy on the streets of downing street was to recruit 20,000 police officers. he says over the next three years, they will spend over £1 billion in recruiting that number of police officers in england and wales, starting in september. and priti patel‘s main message from her first interview since this surprise return journey back into the cabinet after being sacked by theresa may for unofficial meetings with senior israeli ministers, was to establish that at a time when we're seeing, you know, recorded crime up and violent crime up, she wants to announce this policy and also underline it by saying that, you know, criminals should feel terror at the prospect of being convicted, and taking a hard line on drugs as well. you would think that labour and the lib dems would support these moves because they're far more police officers, they all agree, but the tone has not gone down well with labour. they say they'd rather a public health approach and they talk about how it is about building trust with the police and with the community and this will actually backfire, what they call draconian powers will backfire. the lib dems agreed, saying the conservatives are out of touch. priti patel is out of touch taking this line. they point specifically to young people who get caught up in knife crime who are afraid of what is going on in other gangs, get caught up in knife crime and look to the police for help. if they don't feel they can trust the police, it will also backfire. there is this question of trust, project fear, stop and search. it is there. you mentioned draconian powers. how's she handling the return of the comments she made in 2006 and ‘10 about capital punishment? you don't hear much about hanging and capital punishment in britain these days. but for priti patel, she was quite clear that she would support the reintroduction of capital punishment as a deterrent, but nonetheless the reintroduction of it back then on question time. now she's been keen to row back from that and say she was misquoted and says she's not actively supporting capital punishment. she would far rather frame the debate about robust police powers, not about something she says she will not pursue anyway. riot police in russia have detained hundreds of protesters during disturbing scenes today in moscow. images show officers forcibly removing demonstrators, who are protesting against the exclusion of opposition candidates from upcoming local elections. among those being held is the prominent activist lyubov sobol, who was picked up as she left her office to join the unauthorised protests. ms sobol is a long—time ally of russia's leading opposition figure, alexei navalny, who's serving a jail sentence for encouraging the demonstrations. talks to avert a strike by thousands of workers at heathrow next week have been adjourned for the day and will reconvene tomorrow. the planned strike is due to take place after workers rejected a revised pay offer. more than 170 flights from the airport on monday and tuesday have been cancelled as a precaution. aviation analyst sally gethin explained why heathrow rejected unite's request for about £3.75 per worker, per day. heathrow airport is saying, we actually pay you very well, more than a junior police officer, above the rpi. more compared to gatwick. so, heathrow airport is saying, you're doing fine, we are paying you very generously and we don't believe we need to pay you any more. normally, a lot of these strikes affect crew and pilots. this is slightly different. just explain it to us, the background, please. this is very different, it will feel different if you're going to heathrow. if you've got a flight booked and you are expecting to go ahead on monday, you may not notice it immediately because the strike is affecting security personnel mainly. so, those are the people you see putting your bags through the scanner and when you go through a passenger portal. they are the people that will be handling you at that point, and that's where they are being decimated at heathrow. they're expecting possibly bottlenecks to form and heathrow airport is asking people to go at least three hours earlier, especially on a long—haul flight. now, heathrow has also told me they will be having welfare teams and people in purple uniforms walking around to help and support people. i asked them if they might provide refreshments and so forth. they said, well, basically, we'll do everything we can to support people and minimise the impact. is this what they are describing as contingency plans? because i'm sure a lot of travellers would like to get on their flight rather than having food and water provided. exactly. this is contingency planning, they say. i think it's a moving target at the moment. everything is on the table, it could be averted, talks at acas will continue on into tomorrow if they need to. yeah, when i asked heathrow, can you actually stop the flight cancellations, for example? they were not absolutely specific. concerns would be if the strike is called off, will airlines be able to adapt? heathrow‘s saying, it's up to those airlines if they can reinstate those flights. obviously, airlines have to put their own contingency planning into place as well. could travellers be allowed to claim for compensation? this could potentially be very damaging to the heathrow brand, couldn't it? yes, it could be, especially as heathrow posted incredible profits, it earned £1.11 billion in the last half — the first half of 2019. also, heathrow polls very high normally in passenger satisfaction, in particular with a service called skytracks. so, yes, it could damage them. the telecommunications industry says the prime minister will have to take fast and far—reaching action if his promise to deliver full fibre broadband years ahead of schedule is to be met. in an open letter, three trade bodies tell borisjohnson, "100% fibre coverage, requires a 100% commitment from government." our business correspondent katy austin reports. good internet is now a priority for hotel guests like those in southend. the manager here says the speed and reliability of full fibre broadband have been game changing. we've been able to increase our bandwidth, and this is giving the customers a much, much faster and better, much more consistent experience throughout. at the moment, most of the country can get superfast broadband. that's a mixture of fibre and copper technology that results in a download speed of 2a megabits per second or more. full fibre uses fibre—optic cables to connect the exchange directly to properties, and that results in download speeds of one gigabit per second or more. at the moment, only about 7% of the uk can get full fibre. borisjohnson has said there should be full fibre for all by 2025, eight years before the current target. three industry bodies have said the ambition is welcome, but in a letter to number 10, they've said four specific problems need solving first within 12 months. there just aren't sufficient quality people to be able to dig up the streets and work on this stuff, and as well as that, we also need a reduction in the amount of red tape and regulation thatjust slows everything down. one of their demands is for plans allowing providers access to land when landlords aren't responding. a difficult ask according to one analyst. it requires a carefully worded piece of legislation, which takes into account business owners, building owners, landowners, as well as telecommunication service providers, and let's face it, the government has other things, other pressing, urgent issues that they need to deal with. the telecoms industry is setting a challenge to the new prime minister. the government told us it's committed to creating the right opportunities for investment and speeding up digital infrastructure roll—out. katy austin, bbc news. russia's military hasjoined efforts to try to contain fires burning across thousands of square miles of forest in the north and east of the country. some of the fires have been burning for weeks in what environmental groups have described as an ecological catastrophe. our correspondent steve rosenberg reached the villlage of podymakhino in siberia. well, this is where the fairy tale russian forest has been reduced to a wasteland. the fire has caused a lot of damage here. and, as you can see, it's still smouldering. and part of the problem is deadwood — dry wood — like this, because even if you drop a0 tonnes of water from a military plane up there, if it's still burning inside here — if there's still flames — then that's going to continue. what the local forestry company has tried to do is to localise the fire, to keep it that side and stop it spreading. so, to do that, it sent a bulldozer here to remove everything that could potentially catch fire. so, for example, moss, old leaves and twigs. in other words, to create a barrier here. but if you look over there, you can see that the barrier isn't working. the food bank charity the trussell trust is expecting more families than ever to apply for their food boxes over the school summer holidays. the trust says it's preparing nearly 100,000 food parcels for children living in hunger. hayley hassell gave gave children the chance to meet the children's commissioner and to share their experiences of going without food. child poverty action group estimates that 4.1 million children are currently living in poverty. i'm paige. i'm christopher. hi, christopher, paige. paige and christopher have struggled at times to get the food and other things that they need, but they've got some great ideas to help other kids like them. so, they've come to meet the children's commissioner to tell her their ideas. so, anne, christopher and paige have come to see you today because they'd like to tell you a little bit about what life is like for them. life is sometimes hard. if i haven't got enough food, then it'll be hard because we just have to put up with it. and itjust gives me a headache or chest pains, stomachache. life for me is very hard when i don't have food because i can't concentrate when i'm hungry. it makes me feel sick and, like, it makes me feel like i can't do anything without food. and what about in school holidays? do you think it's going to change in school holidays at all? it's hard because you don't know... like, you don't know what you're going to have in your cupboards. it will be harder. do you think there's something schools could do if they stayed open during the school holidays? yeah. and what do you think would help? my idea was to, like, may be have, like, rent cheaper because housing is, like, really hard for people. supermarkets and shops should... if they've got food that's past its best—by date, they should give it to some charities. i'm just really sorry that, you know, it is so tough, and part of what i want to do is make sure those that can change thingsjust know how tough it is for you guys. and how do you feel that you've got to speak to anne and talk about your situation? i'm proud to be speaking to anne because if someone wants to say something to someone and they can't say it to someone, we're speaking up. and you're right about speaking up, so, you know, carry on doing that. you should be really proud. but then, you know, people like me, i have to go and tell the ministers what you're saying and make sure that we carry on getting your message heard and also to schools and school holidays — about school holidays and the like. so, it's really great you're doing this. thank you. thank you so much. hayley hassell with that report. the irish prime minister leo va radkar has joined thousands of people on belfast‘s pride parade. as well as a celebration, the parade aimed to highlight that way people in northern ireland still have fewer rights in comparison to the rest of the uk or the irish republic. last month, mps voted for a move which will see same sex marriage legalised in northern ireland if a government is not in place by the end of october. steam trains may have all but disappeared from our rail network more than half a century ago, but our love affair with steam has never really ended. heritage railways are hugely popular. but now, enthusiasts fear that they could become collateral damage in the war against climate change as coal production in the uk ends and importing it becomes more difficult. nina warhurst reports. horn toots. they came from hong kong, they came from morcambe. some of the 13 million passengers who hop on board a steam train every year. i think it's the history and we cannot find it in hong kong or somewhere else in the world. i think this is very traditional. when you live in such a nice area, it's nice to make the most of it, yeah. it's coal that keeps these heaters of history burning, but that has become a dirty word. and some question whether cutting it out in this country can save our climate. do we think we're wasting our time, really, or isjust us making a small effort going to be the be all and end all of our existences? i don't know the answer to that. so, do you feel like the heritage industry is being punished unfairly? yes, i do feel like our business is going to be punished because we're so visible. mike's wife karen works the kitchen here. his sons james and patrick work the trains. injobs and spend, the heritage railways are worth around 400 million to the uk economy. well, it might look impressive, but coal is packed with more carbon than any other fossil fuel. and so environmentalists say that emissions have to stop. it's the biggest threat to our climate. the government plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions almost completely by 2050. as part of the plan, coal—fired energy plants will be phased out over the next six years. demand will be cut, supply will reduce and heritage railways say that will drive up prices. that could put off even the coolest of customers. so, it's £26 for the whole trip, which i think was a reasonable price. i think if it was any more, then we probably wouldn't have gone for it. you'd have thought twice? yeah, definitely. a cross—party committee is now asking the government to help protect the industry while keeping to climate targets. nina warhurst, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. it was the north and the east of the uk which fared best with the drier and brighter weather through saturday. further west, we had more cloud with outbreaks of rain thanks to these weather fronts associated with an area of low pressure to the west of northern ireland. so, overnight, it will stay rather damp here, with further outbreaks of rain for northern ireland around some irish sea coasts. the day's showers will tend to fizzle away from scotland and northern england overnight, so here it should be largely dry with clear spells, a little bit of mist and fog, temperatures no lower than 13—15 degrees. we start sunday off pretty similar to how saturday started off, with some early mist and fog, which will clear away. plenty of sunshine around, cloudier across western areas. and then into the afternoon, we're likely to see scattered showers and thunderstorms develop across parts of scotland and into northern england. and it will be a warm day for many, 22 to maybe 26 or 27 across the south—east. the met office have issued a lower level yellow warning for the heavy showers and thunderstorms across northern parts of britain as some of these showers will be falling over the flood—sensitive areas of northern england, so stay tuned. hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines... emergency workers are in a race against time to prevent a catastrophic collapse of the damaged reservoir in whaley bridge in derbyshire. there are fears of storms tomorrow that could cause water levels to breach the dam. we cannot say yet when this work will be finished, there are still serious risks to be grappled with but i can make the reassurance that everything is being done to make the situation safe. the hong kong police have fired teargas at anti—government protestors as they demonstrated for the ninth weekend in a row. tens of thousands of people are taking part. talks aimed at averting strikes by thousands of heathrow airport workers have been adjourned for the day and will resume tomorrow morning. more than 170 flights scheduled for monday and tuesday have been cancelled. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's lizzie greenwood hughes. good evening. lots going on today, we're starting in birmingham where the opening ashes test appears to be firmly in england's favour. after eaking—out a 90 run first innings lead — england have taken three australian wickets. our correspondentjoe wilson is watching the action at edgbaston and has the story of the day so far. on saturday, dress code optional but try to be eccentric, some may think why? some of them how but even on fa ncy dress why? some of them how but even on fancy dress day it is about cricket, no ashes without fire and no england without burns. he was back, stretched, refocused and trying to find inspiration again but it took a sharp catch up to finally get rid of rory birds them experience but his 123 it was an immense contribution and he would add to it? chris loucks attacked in the context of the match, the shot seemed worth more than six. nice try in the stands. crowd fully engaged, the empty pockets, he showed them. the crowd was loud enough, even for a passer—by to hear as england bold 90 ru ns passer—by to hear as england bold 90 runs ahead. david warner tried not to hit this one but on england's reviewed there was the evidence, it brushed the bat, he without. james anderson out and pressure on australia's batsmen and england's feel there's. the match was living like an inflatable president pursued by mexicans. stokes came on to bowl and a wedge to the wicketkeeper and three wickets down. joe wilson, bbc news. so this is the latest from edgbaston — australia are 101—3 but crucially steve smith is still at the crease and as we saw in theirfirst innings — until he's out, this match could go in any direction. max verstappen will start on pole for the first time in his formula one career at tomorrow's hungarian grand prix. the dutchman will also become the 100th different driver to start from the top spot when the lights go out tomorrow. nick parrott reports. after winning two of the last three races, he is formula 1's man of the moment especially as he started them from second on the grid. pole position is always the goal and to get it he would have to avoid putting a foot wrong and he was quick with red bull breaking the track record in the first session. they would've loved the flawless start but the for our eight mechanics were battling to get the car in the second session and he qualified and after the home race, mercedes needed cheering up. there was no joy mercedes needed cheering up. there was nojoy for a lewis hamilton who had to settle for third. once again it was the last laugh, breaking the record twice more to follow up the race when with the first pull of his career. it hasn't been a good day three for britain's hopes at the women's british open. defending champion georgia hall double bogeyed the eighth and then dropped a further two shots to move down to three under par. a long way behind the leader ashleigh buhai who's extended her lead to 15 under. the south african, who's led throughout the tournament at woburn, made two birdies in herfront nine. local girl charley hull has picked—up three birdies in a row to move to eight under par, tied with bronte law they are the highest placed britons. the scottish premiership got underway today with a hugw in for defending champions celtic. they thrashed stjohnstone 7—0. hibs scored late on to beat st mirren. livingston v motherwell was a goalless draw. and newly promoted ross county beat hamilton 3—nil. meanwhile the english football league properly got underway today. two of the relegated premier league teams started with defeats — fulham lost at newly promoted barnsley — and cardiff were beaten at wigan. another newly promoted side — charlton got off to a good start with a win at blackburn. there were also wins for birmingham city, millwall, sheffield wednesday, qpr and swansea. in the late kick off nottingham forest have just kicked off against west brom. they have taken the lead nine minutes on the clock there. salford city made a winning start to their football league debut, beating stevenage 2—nil. the club owned by manchester united's class of 92 are already one of the favourites for promotion to league one. rhia chohan reports. the new season opener and special for any football club but for suffered city who were in the ht or five years ago, it marked their debut in the english football league, an occasion indeed. with hopes of another promotion starting off on the right foot? early signs in the first half that they were up and running but almost. all it took was for the right back to set at the right moment and it was his first league goal to mark the home side rifle and a career milestone. he pounced on another and it became his day, even if he did not get that hat trick he was so hungry for. stephen h bailey turned up and it was graham alexander's side who holds today's limelight. whether their success continues this is a new beginning for it this old town. britain's four—time tour de france champion chris froome says competing in next year's race is his only goal. froome is still recovering from a serious crash in which he broke his neck, leg, elbow, hip and ribs after hitting a wall during the criterium du dauphine. he's been speaking about the accident for the first time, and just to warn you — there are some pictures of his injuries coming up in this interview. i think my first question was can i get up? can i get back on my bike and ami get up? can i get back on my bike and am i going to be ok? and they made it clear i was in and i was not moving anywhere and i should lie still. and that i would not be carrying on the rest of the race. i think one of my first questions was ami think one of my first questions was am i going to be all right for the tour de france and a few weeks' time? and a very quickly put that out of my mind and they could not give the prognosis but they said it looks like your leg is broken and your arm does not look good either. so now, you are not going to be on your bike and i think those first moments where the moments that really hit home and i took it on board that i am not going to be raising the tour de france this summer. and had not quite sunk and at that point just summer. and had not quite sunk and at that pointjust how summer. and had not quite sunk and at that point just how serious summer. and had not quite sunk and at that pointjust how serious it was. as soon as all my injuries were actually fully explained to me, that was where i took on board exactly what they said the injuries were and understood... i mean i could barely even breathe after surgery, my lungs had been damaged by blank broken ribs and sternum as well so i was coughing up blood and having helped to breathe as well so it was scary when i did come around the morning after the operation and felt how hopeless i was lying in that bad and obviously 2a hours previously i was hoping to win. polar opposites and that was quite hard coming to terms with that. meanwhile — ride london is going in the capital this weekend. the women's elite race is taking place in the capital right now. these are the live pictures. it's the richest race in women's cycling culminating in a frantic sprint down the mall. dutch rider kirsten wild is favourite to win the event for an unprecedented third—time, whilst olympic gold medallist elinor barker leads a young group of british riders in the drops cycling team. seven laps out of 20 gone at the moment. marc marquez has equalled the record for the most pole positions in moto gp after qualifying fastest at the czech grand prix. the championship leader shaved a second and half off his time on his penultmate lap, risking click tyres in the wet conditions to finish over 2 seconds quicker than his nearest rival — jack miller in brno. marquez now equals mick doohan's record of 58 premier class pole positions. it's the final day of glorious goodwood and the big race — the stewards cup was won by khaadem. the 4—1 favourite romped home in the 6 furlong handicap sprint to become the shortest priced horse ever to win the stewards' cup. it was another good day for trainer charlie hills and jockeyjim crowley who won the king george stakes yesterday. that's all the sport for now. now it's time for click. sports day will be back at 6:30pm and 7:30pm. i love food. who doesn't? and like everything else in our lives, food has become globalised. we have access to a multitude of cuisines. out of season, a thing of the past. but the true cost of this indulgence is becoming apparent with a spiralling public health crisis and environmental destruction. i've been to a facility in north london where our discarded food ends up. in this country, household waste makes up for at least 70% of what's thrown away. currently only half the uk's food waste is being processed. if it all came to a place like this it could power 350,000 households. this place receives about 30 lorries a day. full of waste, mostly coming from homes. this whole operation is powered by the waste that comes in here. and, surprisingly, there is actually only one machine. that's because what arrives here is just food waste in plastic bags. so all that needs to happen is the plastic be separated from the food. but that shows just how important it is that we do our bit at home first. after the food is removed from the bags, a kind of soup is created. it even has its own recipe to make itjust right for the next bit of the process. these tanks behind me are actually called the digesters and they work like the human digestive system, breaking down food in just the same way. in fact, the temperature inside there is 37 degrees — the same temperature as the human gut. once the food is broken down, the gas produced is turned into electricity and the rest is sent as manure to the surrounding farms. but there is no denying that aside from the waste, we need to be creating more food to be able to feed the world's growing population. and to be able to do that, we need to find ways of creating sustainable and efficient farming. so we took a trip to the orkney islands off the coast of scotland to see how 5g is being used to do just that. 5g networks are starting to pop up in uk cities. but for many rural areas, even getting a basic signal remains a challenge. including in the orkney islands off the north coast of scotland, with a population of just 22,000 people. in the past, an argument against setting up mobile networks in remote locations was the high cost of infrastructure, relative to low population. but this could all be about to change. in a revolutionary move, the uk's communications regulator, ofcom, is opening up part of the airwaves, or spectrum, to anyone who wants to use it. at cost price on a first—come first—served basis. mobile operators want to provide service right across the country. some places don't use all the spectrum, sometimes it might be available for others to use. we are hoping innovations will come out of it and new industries will develop. industries will not be constrained by bits of wire, and will be able to use radio. experiments to build local networks are already under way. the 5g rural first trial has brought 5g capabilities to different projects across the orkney islands. one of the most remote and under—connected parts of the uk. but while remote, the islands contribute significantly to uk exports of salmon and whiskey. salmon is one of the uk's biggest food exports, worth more than £700 million a year. many salmon farms are located offshore in scottish waters. with up to 25,000 fish in each cage, there is a lot of data that needs to be collected. this box monitors sensors in the water that include temperature sensors, salinity sensors and oxygen sensors, so it is seeing how oxygen is going to the fish. the oxygen levels affect when and how much the fish are fed. automatic feeding systems work off that data on a wi—fi network  benefit to us because we can be out on site and ready to feed the fish

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