like to thank my team for their loyalty and continued damages doing that dedication for supporting me and my constituents. that is the statement they are from margaret ferrier, x mp. let's get the sport now. hello. we're starting with football and the latest news from the women's world cup. and european champions england are through to the knock out stages — they finished top of group d after a thumping 6—1 win over china. laurenjames scored twice in the victory in adelaide — this her second goal to make it 4—1 — her third of the tournament so far and she's also had several assists. england as a whole haven't faced a top ranked team yet at this world cup, but head coach serena wiegman is understandly pleased with her squad. i'm very delighted. what i said before the game, where going to do things a little different than we did before. and we did really well. it shows how adaptive this team is. it shows how adaptive this team is. i think they are enjoying themselves on the pitch. what we expected from china that they would press a little harder because they had to win to make a chance to go through. but they stayed in shape, i don't think they stayed in shape, i don't think they expected us to play this way. and they didn't find a solution. denmark go through as the runners—up in group d after their 2—nil win over haiti which was sealed with a 100th minute goal for sanne troelsgaard in perth. they also had two goals disallowed... it means haiti are out of their first world cup without a point or a goal. so this is how group d finished — three out of three for england who are top. they'll play nigeria in the next round in brisbane on monday while denmark face co—hosts australia in the last 16. in group e — the defending champions the usa are also into the knockout stages but onlyjust. they drew 0—0 with portugal to go through as runners—up in that group. portugal was so close. they hit the post in stoppage time and had back on and they would've put the most successful team in the tournaments and streaks out in the group stages. heartbreak for portugal. the netherlands finished top of group evil that beating vietnam, joe root and as may scored twice for that is the biggest win of the tournament so far. and the final group e standings show it would have been enough for the netherlands to go through as group winners on goal difference even if the usa had won their game. a match with the runners up from group g awaits them... from group g awaits them, that's currently italy. sadio mane has become the latest player to join the exodus from europe to saudi arabia after just one season with the bundesliga champions bayern munich. mane willjoin the saudi pro league club al—nassr, joining up with cristiano ronaldo and marcelo brozovic. financial details haven't been released but media reports say the saudi club paid over $15 million for the mane who's 31 and had two more years left on his bayern contract. tiger woods has agreed to join the pga tour's policy board as a sixth player director. the is—time major winnerjoins rory mcilroy, patrick cantlay, and webb simpson on the board. the move is part of new governance and transparency measures announced by the pga. he takes the future of the pga tour very seriously and he wanted to be in the best chance possible. and it should be in the best position possible. i think it would be very easy for someone like him, all he's donejust kind of, what i need done just kind of, what i need to do? i've made the tour what it is, where it's at financially, all sponsors, tv deals and whatever and it would be pretty easy for him to hide under a rock the rest of his life and bejust hide under a rock the rest of his life and be just fine but that's not who we is. he wants to continue to see the pga tour grow and succeed. time for an update in the women's world netball. australia still have a 100% record this tournament, with their latest win over malawi in cape town. the world's top team have won four out of four despite being held at half time by malawi, 70—16 the final score... currently in action are england they're playing fiji. england meet australia on thrusday. elsewhere there were wins for barbados, tonga and zimbabwe. and that's all the sport for now. here in uk — changes to cost of living. first — food. there's a bit of hope for the cost of our weekly shop. prices are still going up but not as fast. in fact, prices rising at their slowest since december. the british retail consortium says food inflation was 13.4% last month, partly because of the falling cost of cereals, fish and oils. our business correspondent emma simpson has the details. two grapes. grapes, grapes. would you like the grapes? they're buying, but they're also watching the pennies. at this fruit and veg stall in high wickham, they used to charge a £1 a bowl. it's £1.50 now, although some items are coming down. they's still customers who come along and say, "really"? because they haven't noticed, we actually bought some of our prices down or we try as much as possible. like with the onions, they used to be £5, but they're down to £4.50. so it's slowly, but they still think it's quite steep. that's because money's tight. it's very hard. even both of us, me and my husband working, it's hard. i do feel a bit optimistic now that maybe things will ease, - but they need to come down, notiust go up _ let'sjust come down. well, that's not likely to happen any time soon. but let's look at the bigger picture. food inflation was on a downward trend up until two years ago, but you can see here how prices then started to creep up. and this was happening before the invasion of ukraine. it wasn't until last summer, though, when food inflation really started to soar, heading to record—breaking levels. on this survey, the rate peaked at nearly 16% in april this year, but it has been falling ever since, down to 13.4% forjuly, as lower costs and supply chains start to filter through. the brc says some products like cereals, fish and cooking oils have now fallen in price since last month. we have passed the peak of food price inflation now. we are still seeing price rises, but nowhere near the levels that we saw earlier in this year. and i think the trajectory that we're on is downwards. the question is just how quickly? wheat prices, for instance, are on the rise again after russia pulled out of a deal allowing the safe export of grain here in ukraine. and today's figures are unlikely to prevent another rise in interest rates this week. unfortunately, the bank of england probably still will have to press ahead with higher interest rates on thursday. services inflation still is far too high relative to their target, and so they need to squeeze the economy a bit harder to get that down, too. consumers are trying to cope by changing what they buy in the aisles. for now, overall food prices are still going up. it's just that they're not going up quite as fast as before. emma simpson, bbc news. changes to the cost of booze too — drinking will now be taxed according to how strong they are. dan johnson reports. 0verall, taxes are going up, but by different amounts in different places. and the cost of a pint at the pub is supposed to stay level to draw more drinkers in. the general person who drinks a nice pint deserves to have a lesser spend. and they say they're supporting the pubs? i hope it will. i hope it'll encourage people to come because pubs like this need it. do you think it's a good idea? no. why? i think there's already too much tax on wine. you've got a choice, haven't you? don't drink or pay the money. from a health point of view, it's got to be right. does it feel like it's helping you? potentially. but at the moment, everything's going up. so obviously it might have a knock on effect later on. but at the moment, we're not seeing that change at the moment. this is the biggest shake up of alcohol taxes in a fairfew years. and the government says this system is more sensible and fairer, too, because it says having left the eu gives it the freedom to charge different taxes here in a pub to somewhere like a supermarket. but the stronger the alcohol content, the higher the tax and spirits have seen some of the biggest increases. around 80p a bottle. so a significant rise for sure. i think when you combine that with all the other increases in costs that we've we've seen recently, then it leaves producers in a position where most are going to have to pass that that increase on to their customers. so, yeah, it'll definitely have an effect. these duty changes are welcome. they hopefully will make for a fairer system. recognising lower strength products should receive lower duty. however, there is still an increase overall for the beer category for your bottles and your cans. they will be going up 10.1% and unfortunately that costs the industry some 225 million. how are you feeling about this increase, simon? well, i think we're just confused. and not everyone's clear yet what their new tax bill will actually be. we're currently paying £2.97 in tax on a bottle of wine. i think we're going to be paying £3.56, which i think is a 59p increase, not the 44 that's being bandied around. and you'll have to pass that on? we'll have to pass that on or absorb it. these are fragile industries and alcohol prices are a sensitive topic. these increases follow a three year duty freeze and they could still take time to filter through. donjohnson, bbc news dorset. house prices in the uk have fallen by the largest annual amount since 2009, according to the building society nationwide — down by nearly 4%. an average home now costs just over £260,000. but higher interest rates mean affordability is still a challenge for many people. with the details, here's our cost of living correspondent, thank of living correspondent, you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme. let's look at this as simply as we can. house prices are falling therefore is that good news for people trying to get onto the property ladder? for people trying to get onto the preperty ladder?— for people trying to get onto the property ladder? well, not really at the moment — property ladder? well, not really at the moment because _ property ladder? well, not really at the moment because interest - property ladder? well, not really at the moment because interest rates| the moment because interest rates remain so high. and actually, they more affected by the affordability prices is people renting privately. and of course house prices falling is irrelevant to them. even if they were able to get out of private renting, because of interest rates being so high it still incredibly difficult to get on the property ladder. to be honest, house prices falling isn't really helping anybody at this point. it might have an impact later on but at the moment with interest rates as they are and rents increasing at the fastest rate that we've ever seen. the private renters say that's nearly 3 million people are constantly struggling to pay their rent. this isn't going to make any difference to them. mb? pay their rent. this isn't going to make any difference to them. why are those rents rising? _ make any difference to them. why are those rents rising? is _ make any difference to them. why are those rents rising? is it _ make any difference to them. why are those rents rising? is it because - those rents rising? is it because the interest rates are going up and therefore mortgages are going up and landlords arejust therefore mortgages are going up and landlords are just passing those costs on? it’s landlords are 'ust passing those costs on? v , landlords are 'ust passing those costs on? �*, , ., landlords are 'ust passing those costson? �*, , ., �*, costs on? it's partly that. it's also partly — costs on? it's partly that. it's also partly because _ costs on? it's partly that. it's also partly because there - costs on? it's partly that. it's also partly because there is l costs on? it's partly that. it's . also partly because there is such costs on? it's partly that. it's - also partly because there is such a drastic dire shortage of there are a lot of people in the private rented sector who really need social rent, not private rent. and so you've got in an enormous squeeze, particularly at the bottom end of the rental market. so you've just got demand as well which is fuelling the price of renting. it's both of those things. of course this isn't to do with of course this isn't to do with landlords. mortgages going up, they have to pay those mortgages. inevitably the rent is going to go up. but the impact on homelessness is very severe now.— is very severe now. what are the kind of things — is very severe now. what are the kind of things you _ is very severe now. what are the kind of things you would - is very severe now. what are the kind of things you would like - is very severe now. what are the kind of things you would like to i is very severe now. what are the i kind of things you would like to see happen? the kind of things you would like to see ha en? . kind of things you would like to see ha . en? ., ., happen? the main thing we need to see as a matter— happen? the main thing we need to see as a matter of— happen? the main thing we need to see as a matter of extreme - happen? the main thing we need to see as a matter of extreme urgency| see as a matter of extreme urgency is the government do something about social housing. we have got to... there are changes in the affordable housing programme that can be made, changes to the definition of so—called affordable housing, so data today shows exactly how unaffordable so—called affordable homes are, even for people on £30,000 a year, still can't afford so—called affordable rent. we really need proper decent social homes. that is the most urgent thing that needs to happen.— needs to happen. what are the chances of _ needs to happen. what are the chances of that _ needs to happen. what are the chances of that happening? - needs to happen. what are the i chances of that happening? well, needs to happen. what are the - chances of that happening? well, i think they are _ chances of that happening? well, i think they are better _ chances of that happening? well, i think they are better than - chances of that happening? well, i think they are better than they - chances of that happening? well, i l think they are better than they have been. so we've got more people speaking out on this issue than ever before. even the prince of wales recently spoke about how urgent this is was up and the fact that we simply... the government had declared they want to solve homelessness, that can't happen. you can't solve homelessness without homes and social homes are the only solve it. michael gove is absolutely aware of this he's also said it many times. we do need the prime minister and the chancellor to get on the work on this though.— and the chancellor to get on the work on this though. thank you for cominu work on this though. thank you for coming on the _ work on this though. thank you for coming on the programme. - around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. # the blaze family are absolutely potty about teapots. they've spent a quarter of £1 million on the biggest collection in the uk, everything from politicians to pop culture and some wild and wacky creations. i've got a favourite, which is a harley davidson teapot that's made, i saw the man make it and i'll see how hard it was for him to make it. and your one is? diana. because diana was my favourite person. people say, why collect pots? and i always say, well, why not? there's so many different weird and wonderful things. and once people get into the museum and they can actually see the different things that we do, we've got ones that are size at this sort of size, and we've got a 12 foot teapot in the garden. you never can believe the things that people can make. for more stories from across the uk. head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. the uk could soon be able to launch its first rocket into space — from a tiny island north of the scottish mainland. the land is on unst, one of the shetland islands. a husband and wife team bought the land around 15 years ago. they could be weeks away from securing a spaceport licence. 0ur correspondent laura goodwin has the story. as you might imagine, getting to the most northern point in the uk is a bit of a mission in itself. first up, a flight from mainland uk. then onto one ferry and then onto another ferry before you reach your final destination. but its remoteness is just one of the reasons unst in shetland could soon become something of a superhighway — that way. 0nce part of an raf radar base, the land was bought by frank strang and his wife around 15 years ago. never in my wildest dreams did i think we'd be building a spaceport. it's all about geography and location, location, location, and we're the most northern tip of the united kingdom, so when we launch, we're launching over sea. we've got a clear trajectory into the orbits that we're trying to get to and the airspace itself is very uncongested, so there's very little civilian air traffic flying overhead, so from this location here, we can get the satellites into the orbits they need to be. also, because of our location, we're two and a half kilometres away from human houses, human habitats, so it's a very safe location. this is the first of three launch pads, with the site hoping to get their orbital licence in the next few weeks. eventually, up to 30 rockets could be launched each year, carrying a number of small satellites, and that's attracted interest from companies across the globe. there are so many applications from space. the biggest two dimensions are connectivity and earth observation, right? we are talking lots about climate change and understanding our planet, but we are not even halfway there of understanding it properly. so we really need a live—data climate model of our planet, and that's only possible with supervision and monitoring from space. that is what we need these satellites for. less than 700 people live on unst, and it's hoped the spaceport might bring morejobs and more people to the island. speaking as an islander, i'm just really, really keen for this project to happen. i'm giving it everything i can to ensure that this build happens and the spaceport is operational, because for the islanders, it's sort of a lifeline. the population has gone down, and down, and down. it's halved since 1999, and we need economic and social activity on the island to ensure its viability. unst is already a place of immense natural beauty and ancient heritage. this burial site was recently discovered not far from the launch pad. few places in the world can boast bronze age and space age sitting side by side. let's speak to matthew archer — director of launch at the uk space agency. thank you for coming on the programme. this seems a remarkable story. first of all, is this going to happen, are we going to be watching rockets launched into space from this island just like we watch launches at cape canaveral in the us now? , , ~ launches at cape canaveral in the us now? , , . �* , launches at cape canaveral in the us now? , , . now? yes, very much so. it's an excitin: now? yes, very much so. it's an exciting prospect _ now? yes, very much so. it's an exciting prospect that _ now? yes, very much so. it's an exciting prospect that we - now? yes, very much so. it's an exciting prospect that we hope l now? yes, very much so. it's an l exciting prospect that we hope to see the first launch this year and similarly multiple launches next year. it's an exciting time and the programme that's taking a good few years to get to this point and make sure we have all the things we need in place to allow launches to take place in the uk. the in place to allow launches to take place in the uk.— in place to allow launches to take place in the uk. the hook for that sto at place in the uk. the hook for that story at the _ place in the uk. the hook for that story at the beginning _ place in the uk. the hook for that story at the beginning clearly - place in the uk. the hook for that story at the beginning clearly is l story at the beginning clearly is this, a husband—and—wife team that bought the land not ever imagining a spaceport would be built on it. so remote, so difficult to get to. but there is clearly a serious side to all of this, which it clearly does hit the criteria and it's clearly a demand for it.— hit the criteria and it's clearly a demand for it. absolutely. it's one ofthe demand for it. absolutely. it's one of the space _ demand for it. absolutely. it's one of the space sector _ demand for it. absolutely. it's one of the space sector has _ demand for it. absolutely. it's one of the space sector has grown - demand for it. absolutely. it's onej of the space sector has grown year on year even through covid. and we are seeing demand for launching small satellites continue to rise. i think it's the untold story that the uk produces more satellites and anywhere outside of the united states. it's expertise that we have particularly in scotland and it's great to build and launch from scotland in the weeks and months ahead. , ~ scotland in the weeks and months ahead. , . , , . ., ahead. very exciting prospect for us. can ahead. very exciting prospect for us- can you _ ahead. very exciting prospect for us. can you make _ ahead. very exciting prospect for us. can you make money - ahead. very exciting prospect for us. can you make money from i ahead. very exciting prospect for - us. can you make money from building and owning a spaceport? yes. us. can you make money from building and owning a spaceport?— and owning a spaceport? yes, you can. and owning a spaceport? yes, you can- that's — and owning a spaceport? yes, you can. that's the _ and owning a spaceport? yes, you can. that's the big _ and owning a spaceport? yes, you can. that's the big change - and owning a spaceport? yes, you can. that's the big change that. can. that's the big change that we've seen. where as traditionally other countries and spent a lot of money developing for other purposes, not military purposes the launch technology has made it much more affordable. we've been able to create conditions for spaceports and also sutherland in scotland and cornwall as well. to create commercial conditions for them to be successful. there is definitely demand for them to launch and that what we see come through. a nice healthy economy that will generate jobs for rural communities up and down the uk. jobs for rural communities up and down the uk-_ jobs for rural communities up and down the uk-— jobs for rural communities up and down the uk. ~ . ~ ., , ., down the uk. what kind of things are we auoin to down the uk. what kind of things are we going to see _ down the uk. what kind of things are we going to see launched _ down the uk. what kind of things are we going to see launched from - we going to see launched from the spaceport? we going to see launched from the s--aceort? ., ., , , spaceport? predominately satellites for that were _ spaceport? predominately satellites for that were not _ spaceport? predominately satellites for that were not expecting - spaceport? predominately satellites for that were not expecting human l for that were not expecting human travel from the uk. they can range from a small car in size anywhere down to a small shoe box. they could be taking a range of technologies into space, whether that's telecommunications, broadband access to remote areas in the uk or providing satellite navigation services or earth observation, which is critical to our ability to combat climate change. i5 is critical to our ability to combat climate change.— is critical to our ability to combat climate change. is there a desire to foster that kind _ climate change. is there a desire to foster that kind of, _ climate change. is there a desire to foster that kind of, our _ climate change. is there a desire to foster that kind of, our whole - foster that kind of, our whole generation that grew up with seeing man walk on the moon things like that? is there an attempt to harness what's going on in the uk and bring about that level of enthusiasm, especially young people or space and all that goes with a? yes. all that goes with a? yes, absolutely. _ all that goes with a? yes, absolutely. i'm _ all that goes with a? yes, absolutely. i'm from - all that goes with a? yes, absolutely. i'm from a - all that goes with a? yes, - absolutely. i'm from a generation where i came after many of the big launches that were ultimately in cape canaveral in the 60s and 70s. it's a really important part that the launch economy to be able to see that visibly from the uk for the first time, post cornwall will be in amazing opportunity for children up and down the country to be inspired about all the things that they can look to achieve or be part of the space sector. that is why we've sponsored the space for everyone tour. it's important that everyone is aware that it's going to aberdeen later this week. you will be able to see what a rocket looks like, how it works and all the different careers available. so young children wanting to get the space centre it's not just about mathematics, being a physicist or engineer there are so many more opportunities for others to get involved please go and visit that. a to get involved please go and visit that. n, ~ . to get involved please go and visit that. ~ . ., ,. ., that. matthew archer, fascinating stuff. that. matthew archer, fascinating stuff- thank— that. matthew archer, fascinating stuff. thank you _ that. matthew archer, fascinating stuff. thank you so _ that. matthew archer, fascinating stuff. thank you so much - that. matthew archer, fascinating stuff. thank you so much for - that. matthew archer, fascinating i stuff. thank you so much for coming on the programme. just before i go. i want to keep you up—to—date without developing story in my share. what we are looking for, we have got these pictures in of the airport because people —— and i share. people have been told to get to the airport if they want to get to the airport if they want to get out after the military coup last week for some it's evacuation operation is under way. we are told flights in the air, people being told to get to the airport there. not all european countries, us are launching theirflights not all european countries, us are launching their flights right now. some european countries are saying effectively get on board the french flights. 0ther effectively get on board the french flights. other countries like the uk are not putting off flights, that is what we are tracking right now. we will keep you across those details from niger. iam lewis vaughan jones, this is bbc news. hello there. it looks like it's going to remain unsettled for the rest of this week. thanks to low pressure, we'll see showers or longer spells of rain, some windy weather in the short term and it will generally feel on the cool side for early august. now, there's a new area of low pressure for the time of year, will continue to push across the country tonight and into tomorrow, so conditions go downhill across pretty much all areas. heavy rain starts to spread in. the winds begin to pick up across southern and western areas as the centre of the low edges closer towards our shores. 0n the plus side, though, it will be quite mild and muggy across the country with temperatures in the low—to—mid—teens celsius range. so, tomorrow, then, we'll see the winds picking up with gales across southern england, certainly through the channel, 50—60 mph gusts in their own right could cause some disruption, some heavy rainfall. and into the afternoon, across england and wales in the centre of the low weather, the winds will be light, we'll see some slow moving, heavy and thundery downpours as well. could see temperatures reach 20—22 degrees in the warmest spots, but i think for most mid to high teens sums it up. now, that area of low pressure starts to pull out eastwards into the north sea and the near continent, takes the heavy rain with it and we start to see a northerly wind develop across the uk. so it's a little bit drier, i suppose, to start thursday, but there'll be plenty of showers across southern areas. this is the pressure chart, then, for thursday. we're in a run of northerly winds and it will be one of sunshine and showers, and we'll have those pretty heavy showers from the word go across some southern parts of britain. some sunshine around as well — more cloud, though, for the northern half of scotland, showers or longer spells of rain here. some of the heaviest of the showers through the afternoon could be across central and western parts of the uk. and those winds fairly brisk and cool, temperatures at best, ranging from around 14—20 degrees from north to south across the country. for friday, it's a similar story. we've got northerly winds, sunshine and showers — most of the showers affecting south east scotland down in towards east anglia and the southeast. again, there could be the odd thundery one mixed in there, but some better sunny spells, i think, towards the west. but again, feeling cool for the time of year. it remains unsettled into the weekend. low pressure always nearby, showers or longer spells of rain, and again, it's going to feel pretty cool for early august. see you later. hello and welcome to the context, i am louis marvinjones, we will start by looking at the issue of climate change. now — when it comes to climate change — the warnings become ever more dire — and the list of records smashed — grows longer — almost by the day. july was hot — so hot in fact that before it was even over — scientists said it was "virtually certain" to have been the hottest month on record. that would have been all but impossible — they say — without human—induced climate change. southern europe sweltered — in temperatures above a0 degrees celsius — in spain, greece, italy and beyond. in the us — phoenix arizona recorded a record streak of temperatures. canada — no stranger to wildfires — saw four times as much land burned than in any other similar period since 1990. that's 20 million acres scorched — with smoke spreading across the border into the us. further south — in uruguay — there's drought, on the banks of the river plate. it's the worst period of extreme heat and low rainfall — in fact — in 7a years. and in asia — a different problem — intense rain — causing floods and landslides across several countries including india, japan and — most recently — china — as powerful monsoons sweep across the continent. a warmer atmosphere holds more water — say the scientists — and that means global warming makes flooding — more likely.