as they demonstrated for the ninth weekend in a row. if we come down here, we can see they've built up a bit of a barricade here, these protesters. this is where they've retreated to because at the other end of the street, where these flashing lights are, is where the police are at. talks aimed at averting strikes by thousands of heathrow airport workers are adjourned for the day and will resume tomorrow. more than 170 flights scheduled for monday and tuesday have been cancelled. and coming up in sportsday in half an hour, we'll have the latest from birmingham as england take control of the first ashes test at edgbaston. good evening. 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 endangering 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 a 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. well, yeah, 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're obviously losing, as well. and, 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. we just wejust ended we just ended that report with the side of that helicopter that has been dropping the aggregate on the down wall. is that still ongoing or have they completed that process yet? there isjust the last few drops to go and a few seconds ago we heard the thundering noise of the helicopter over all heads so they are nearly at the end of that job for today. just a few more drops together and i enjoyed now by raf wing commanderjohn coles. tell me the raf has been doing to keep the dam ferment? pretty much a joint effort. army personnel are sitting in the headquarters and are liaising with the sewer level who are putting requests in. the most obvious is the helicopter with a continuous stream of aircraft coming in since early friday morning. supported byjoint helicopter support squadron who were up helicopter support squadron who were up on the hill lifting the bags of aggregate and hooking it onto the aircraft. and then also on the ground, we have got military liaison teams for logistics and they are providing that critical interface between the engineers, the experts oi'i between the engineers, the experts on the ground who understand with the dam is doing and asking us what we can do for them. dropping those bags of aggregate require such precision, like that board game operation. the helicopter now has got a new digital control system that assist the pilot with a lot of manual skill. the aircraft of the aircrew are trained to do extensively with operations overseas and in the uk in this environment where we assisted military authorities all the time. do you think you have done nothing keep the down firm against the prospect of severe weather warnings i had? that's the question everyone is asking. maybe we are not expert in dam design or construction so we are taking that advice from engineers who are up in the dam itself, critically understanding to they are asking for a very precise point, by the foot when they want the next back to go. very much taking our lead from them. and the police say it remains a critical situation. how long will the raf need to be involved? the military is on standby for that we have additional helicopters back at the base. there are ci’ews helicopters back at the base. there are crews and aircraft ready and additional support personnel and additional support personnel and additional army personnel on standby to assist the police are they require them. so we are here to be reacting to whatever request comes in foras reacting to whatever request comes in for as long as it needs be. thank you very much. as i've mentioned there, we have got that prospect of severe weather to come over the next 24 severe weather to come over the next 2a hours with the met office warning of it severe it rains and storms which is why it residents here have been told that they will not be able to return to their homes for good for at least another week and in the meantime all they can do is wait and hope that the dam stays intact. thank you. the environment secretary theresa villiers has been to whaley bridge today and says every possible effort is being made to make the dam safe. i really feel for everyone who's had to move out of their homes. this must be so frustrating, and, of course, others affected by flooding around the country as well are also going through a difficult time. but i've been heartened by the determination of the big team of people and organisations doing everything they can here to try and make the dam safe. we all want to get to a stage where people can safely return to their homes. i would ask residents to bear with us, but i know that every possible effort is being made to try and resolve the problem and enable them to return safely to their homes. how important is it that this dam is stabilised as much as possible by tonight, cos obviously tomorrow, we've got this thunderstorm forecast and for the area tomorrow? how concerned are you about the potential impact the weather conditions might have tomorrow? well, there are lots of uncertainties, and, as you say, the weather forecast for tomorrow is bad. but work is going at full pace, it really is. i mean, people have seen the tv pictures of the helicopters in action. and the military here are doing a greatjob, but actually they're just one element of a wider effort to pump levels down to safe levels and to repair the damage to the dam. and whilst we can't say yet when this work will be finished, there are still serious risks to be grappled with, i can provide the reassurance that everything possible is being done to try and make the situation safe. that was the environment secretary theresa villiers there. large crowds of pro—democracy activists have been holding another mass rally in hong kong, and police have fired tear gas at protesters in kowloon, where there's been 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. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent stephen mcdonnell, who was in hong kong amongst the protesters. right now, in that same area they have cleaned at the protesters. i cannot count how many advance of a right police have turned up given there are this many officers still here. the reason for that is that although the protesters have gone, we have had local residents here heckling the right police so there isa heckling the right police so there is a large standoff here for about an hour where the right police were in formation and protesters, not protesters but local residents, many of whom have now left with the many police around here and there were just standing there as i say heckling the police, they were looking straight at them and singing songs to make fun of them, asking the police tojoin in songs to make fun of them, asking the police to join in and songs to make fun of them, asking the police tojoin in and itjust shows there is a sort of general attitude from many in the community here of disrespect for the police here. they are going to have a lot of work to do to somehow regain that respect. and actually this is interesting. the seriousness of that if these police have turned up here, here they are the raptors as they are called, the serious right police. they are the ones dressed in black who come in when the situation gets especially serious. and they come in fast and hard. and it could be because they are worried of the situation getting out of hand. as i say, locals just gathering around making front of the police, just calling stuff out at them and for that reason, alone, police fl they cannot leave here. where have the protesters gone now?|j cannot leave here. where have the protesters gone now? i think the protesters gone now? i think the protesters have left. they were faced as you saw earlier on the roman forcing the police who came through with a shield and baton charges with lots of tear and big numbers. they were not able to resist. they push them back in different directions. and for a while there, they sort of haled out in inverted commas and built barricades and through the tear gas back at them but now they seem to have drifted away. of course, they have drifted away. of course, they have another full day of protests tomorrow and then what they hope is a widespread strike the day after so we could see many more of these street battles in the days to come. the home secretary, priti patel, has said she wants criminals to feel "terror" at the thought of committing an offence. in herfirst interview since her appointment 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. now, uou would think that labour and the lib dems would support these moves because they're for more police officers, they all agree on that, 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's 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. and they point specifically to young people who get caught up in knife crime who are afraid of what's going on in other gangs, get caught up in knife crime and look to the police for help. and if they don't feel they can trust the police, it will also backfire. there's this question of trust, project fear, stop and search. it's there. you mentioned draconian powers. how's she handling the return of the comments she made in 2006 and ‘10 about capital punishment? well, 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 capital punishment 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. the headlines on bbc news: work to prevent a damaged dam in derbyshire from bursting continues as the met office warns of thunderstorms and possible flooding tomorrow. the hong kong police have fired tear gas at anti—government protesters as they demonstrated for the ninth weekend in a row. talks resume, aimed at averting strikes by thousands of heathrow airport workers. 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 about that. so, 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. riot police in russia have detained hundreds of protesters during disturbing scenes today in moscow. these distressing images show officers forcibly removing demonstrators who are protesting against the exclusion of opposition candidates from upcoming local elections. police in russia say 600 people have been arrested. 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. our correspondent oleg boldyrev in moscow explains why protesters are taking to the streets. it started in earlyjuly after it became apparent that authorities in moscow are not leading into the race which will happen between now and september a bunch of prominent opposition activists who decided to contest the seats in moscow city council. normally moscow city council. normally moscow city council is not such a big deal but this time around, the opposition made it there point they would campaign and they followed all very intricate and help rules for gathering support. but disregarding this, the elected officials said they will not let them into the race. and so the protests started last week. most of those candidates would be leaders of the protest and we re would be leaders of the protest and were picked up even before they were able to go onto the street and of course as you said today, one woman cannot be detained because she is a mother of a young child was picked up mother of a young child was picked up once again and currently is in a police station. 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 01’ 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 that just 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 dead wood — 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 and 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. 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's 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. 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 two 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's like for them. life is sometimes hard. if i haven't got enough food, then it'll be hard cos 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'll 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. a 55—year—old ultra—runner has become the fastest woman to travel by foot between john o'groats and lands end. sharon gayter covered the 822 miles in 12 days, 11 hours,

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