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Bowlers channelling australian bowlers chanbeling beyonce. Good morning. Its wednesday, 2nd august. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live recent unrest in english and welsh jails is causing grave concern, according to the Prison Governors Association. In an open letter, the president of the organisation said governors were facing unacceptable stress. The letter comes after two days of unrest at the mount establishment in hertfordshire. Mark lobel reports. There have been days of disorder at prisons in wiltshire and hertfordshire where riot trained officers were deployed to subdue unruly prisoners. This past year has brought an average of 20 attacks a day on staff in prisons in england and wales, following a decline in the number of Prison Officers over the past few years and complaints over pay. Now the president of Prison Governors Association is publicly blaming the government for what she calls a crisis in many jails and unacceptable stress and anxiety amongst workers. In an open letter to Prison Governors, Andrea Albutt says the state has failed to help them cope with Population Pressures in prison, having changed the way the prisons are run for the worse. Ms albutt says the governments decision taken earlier this year to separate operational control of the Prison System from responsibility for policy was madness, leaving a gaping hole in operational intelligence. The Ministry Ofjustice says it recognises the long standing challenges facing prisons and that its recruiting more officers. But with only 75 more in place since last year, ms albutt said recruitment remains in a critical condition. In the open letter by the president of the prison governs association, Andrea Albutt, she says unrest is causing grave concern. Speaking to us just before she attended a prison she told us that governors faced unacceptable stress and anxiety. The violent statistics that came out last week were the worst ever. I dont expect them to be improved in the next quarter so the situation is bad and until we get sufficient staff in prison the situation we have and will continue so we will continue to try to control the situation but we will not be delivering in a significant number of our presence is good quality we have a list of resumes. Good quality regimes in a rehabilitation. The Ministry Ofjustice said we know that our presence have faced a number of long standing challenges which is why we have taken immediate action to boost Prison Officer numbers. The number of deaths in england and wales from Drug Poisoning reached a record level last year, according to new figures. The office for National Statistics says there were 3,744 Poisoning Deaths involving both legal and Illegal Drugs in 2016. Around two thirds of these were down to drug misuse. People in their 40s have now overtaken those in their 30s as the age group with the highest Mortality Rate from drug misuse. There were 371 deaths involving cocaine a i6 year on year increase. And as in previous years around two thirds of the deaths were men. North east england saw 77 deaths per Million People which is the highest Mortality Rate from drug misuse while the East Midlands had the lowest. Our Home Affairs Correspondent nick beake joins me now. Put these figures into context. These are record figures because more than 3700 deaths were registered in 2016, people dying from drug related illness or a dependency on drugs. The increase was actually 2 year on year but it isa was actually 2 year on year but it is a record breaking figure. The number of deaths from cocaine. Why is that . The office for National Statistics seems to think it is people taking a more pure form of the drug which is contributed to that category rising. There is this geographical category. In wales and the north east we have seen a rise. Has there been any reaction to this figure . Drugs charity has said that the government need to do more and young people going to nightclubs, potentially testing at those venues. Also making people aware that the purity of some drugs is getting stronger. We have seen the government ban psychoactive substances, known as legal highs. That remains active too. About half of all these deaths are people taking heroin, the most strong form of drugs. A short while ago the government outlined a strategy to try to tackle this problem. Some interesting trends emerging and some for concern. The Duke Of Edinburgh will carry out his final Public Engagement before he retires from royal duty this afternoon. Prince philip, whos 96 years old, will attend a parade by the Royal Marines. In may it was announced he would be retiring after spending more than six decades supporting the queen as well as attending events for his own charities and organisations. Heres our Royal Correspondent, nicholas witchell. He has been a familiar and sometimes forthright feature of National Life ever since his marriage to the then Princess Elizabeth in november 19117 and although his robust approach to people and events has sometimes got him into trouble, few can criticise his devotion to royal duty, most often in support of the queen, but also in pursuit of his own separate programme, supporting issues like the environment and the Development Of The Awards Programme for young people which he created and which is named after him. But this afternoon it will come to an end. The duke, who was 96 injune, will attend his last solo engagement, a parade by the Royal Marines on the forecourt of buckingham palace. Its not a complete retirement from public life. The duke may still accompany the queen to certain events, but after more than 22,000 Solo Engagements and 600 solo overseas visits since the queen came to the throne, it does mark a significant moment both for the duke and for the queen. No longer will she have her husband at her side for most of her public appearances, other younger members of the royal family will take his place, as the self declared leading Plaque Unveiler in the world finally takes things a little easier. With me is the historian and friend of the Duke Christopher lee. 96 is not a bad age to retire. When you think about it, he gets 96 and has a bit of a rest. You have to retire because if you have got 750 organisations Europe Region of they are now planning so they are saying in two and a half years time can come to this festival or pull a bit of cloth of a black something. In two and a half years time you really do not know weather you want to be there. This is by the to relax but he still looks good in the grenadier guards tunic. He still asks the right questions. When you meet him he asks what is keeping you busy and it is the standard thing that can end up in a quick remark or a half hour that can end up in a quick remark or a half hour conversation. That can end up in a quick remark or a halfhour conversation. It has been an incredible life of service. Thousands of events attended and speeches made. Think about where it all began. 1947. The country has been at warand all began. 1947. The country has been at war and the state of the country is broken. That is a lot of hardship around. One of the first things that starts to appear, he starts to pop up in the interval in cinemas on the screen saying support the playing fields association. This comes a long time before the award scheme. He was determined that this was his part to help get organisations involved in getting things for people who couldnt do it themselves. Get the kids out and get themselves. Get the kids out and get them playing football and cricket and rugby. This was it. Applying the systems he had learned as Naval Officer. So very likely to carry on doing it. Seeing what do you do . Anti acts upon it. The World Wildlife fund for nature. Peter scott sent five pages and asked him to bea scott sent five pages and asked him to be a patron, this is what you will be doing. He wrote back and said no you will not, this is what i am doing. In the duke of Edinburgh Award scheme i did the silver. 4 Million People have taken part in that. 4 Million People are connected. The idea that what ever you do you feel connected but theres still something missing. Every time i see him i think that is one thing he didnt do that is you did not be a Naval Officer with all the thrilling times of wondering weather he would get promoted get a command and what happens next and where youre going to serve. He once was a fool Naval Officer. I asked lord mountbatten if he would have become an admiral had not been for the queen. I think today is very important. There have already been two captains general and he has lived with them all that time, understands them, the Royal Marines. They call him the boss. A fine way to bow out. Thank you so much for your memories. Some newsjust coming into us. Members of a Terrorist Cell who call themselves The Three Musketeers have been found guilty of plotting an attack in the style of the lee rigby attack following a partly secret trial at the old bailey, the Central Criminal Court in london. The three men convicted after the jury deliberated for some 22 hours. Those members of a Terrorist Cell who call themselves The Three Musketeers have been found guilty of plotting an attack after that partly secret trial at the old bailey. We will bring you more on that as it comes in us. British Airways Passengers have faced long queues at airports this morning after the glitch in the check in system. The airline said it had to use a manual Check In Process that ta kes use a manual Check In Process that takes longer than the computerised system. The governments been urged to do more to persuade eu countries to increase Staffing Levels at their airports, after british tourists reported long waits at border controls. Some holidaymakers say they were forced to queue for hours, because additional Security Measures have been imposed on travellers from outside the Schengen Free Movement zone. Lets cross to brussels and speak to Aage Dunhaupt thomas from airlines for europe, which is europes Largest Airline association. In the last weeks weve seen hundreds of flights delayed but more importantly our passengers have been stuck queueing up for Border Checks for a sometimes to four hours in traffic going from non showing in areas including the uk. Schengen areas into schengen areas. What is the answer to this . This all comes from a new European Regulation that was put in place governments of the schengen countries are few weeks ago. The plans to check more Border Equipment and staffing has been a trend weve seen coming for longer than that. Certain countries, National Governments have simply not committed to what they said they would do which is put in place a Proper Staffing and resources at airports at Border Checks and that is causing the problem in addition to the fact that we have huge peaks. As we speak we have a crossover weekend now and people are travelling a lot this week coming up from the uk and also non schengen countries. Countries like france and italy and spain and portugal and we have seen in some of airports in most countries the massive queues and it is not Getting Better, u nfortu nately. And it is not Getting Better, unfortunately. And it will not get better quickly because even if that is our commitment to hire more staff that will take some time . Some of the airports in malaga and parma and majorca and lisbon and paris orderly airport are Getting Better but it is not getting quick enough. We are asking governments to do all they can. It is notjust problems of staffing but a question of some of these airports not having the proper equipment in place because it is the responsibility of the Immigration Services to fund the appointments and the staffing. Im afraid it may do on for at least a couple of more days. Thank you very much indeed. 0ur days. Thank you very much indeed. Our latest headlines. Members of a Terrorist Cell who call themselves The Three Musketeers have been found guilty of plotting a lee rigby style attack. Prison governors attack the governments management of prisons in england and wales saying the service is in complete decline. Drug Poisoning Deaths surged to a record level. And in sport the biggest transfer in Football History moves a step closer. Brazilian Superstar Neymar has told his team mates at training today that he wants to leave barcelona. He was then given permission by the club not to train and to sort out his future. Paris st germain are reportedly ready to pay £198 million for his services. Ahead of his final major competitive races. 8 time olympic champion usain bolt has told the bbc that if athletes continue to use drugs the sport will die. Bolt competes in the 100 metres and the the 4 by 100 metres relay at the World Athletics Championships starting in london on friday. Robert kubica is taking part in testing in hungary this morning. Its more than six years after a Rally Crash Cut short his formula one career. Ill be back with more on those stories. Registered last year. And now over to the old bailey. The jury and now over to the old bailey. The jury have reached unanimous verdicts in three of the four men. Three guilty of preparing terrorist acts. They have been dubbed The Three Musketeers because this Setup A Messaging Group Cold The Three Musketeers on the messaging app telegram. 0ne Musketeers on the messaging app telegram. One mans car was found by officers in the West Midlands last year. 0fficer sets set up a fake Career Service and when they went about his car last year they found a machete and a pipe bomb. The arabic word for infidel was scratched onto the blade of the machete. There were shot Gun Cartridges to. Thejulius delight considering a verdict on the fourth accused who denies preparing terrorist acts. This trial has been going on for some time . It has been a trial of several months. It has had a huge amount of Police Resources , had a huge amount of Police Resources, the operation in this trial. Police set up this company, it was an elaborate scheme. These three men who have been found guilty today were well known to m15 and the police. Two of the member and next door neighbours, ali and hussein. They had travelled to an Extremist Islamist Training Camp in pakistan and in prison they met the third defendant. When the buy back in the uk out of prison they displayed dash macro when they were back in the uk they displayed tactics of avoiding surveillance. They would sometimes leave their Mobile Phones ata sometimes leave their Mobile Phones at a safe distance while they talked and all simultaneously switch off their Mobile Phones. That is what led the police to set up this courier company, this fake company and birmingham with fake courier vans. They were then basically carrying out fake deliveries. The idea was for m15 to bug the car of ali on his first day of work. When they went into his car in august of last year they found the weapons under the seat. On the same day of four men were arrested. Three men we re four men were arrested. Three men were found guilty but the jury is still considering their verdict on aziz. He denies preparing terrorist acts. The us secretary of state, rex tillerson, has insisted that america is not seeking to topple the north korean government and wants dialogue. But mr tillerson warned pyongyang that its Ballistic Missile tests were presenting an unacceptable threat to the us. President trump has already stated hes Very Disappointed in china for not putting more economic pressure on its neighbour and ally. Secretary tillerson has now softened that line. We do not seek a Regime Change and we do not seek a collapse of the regime and we do not seek an accelerated reunification of the peninsula. We are trying to convey to the north koreans we are not the threat but you are presenting an unacceptable threat to us. The white house has confirmed reports that President Trump helped draft what turned out to be a misleading statement about a meeting his eldest son had last year with a russian lawyer. There is a Growing Shortfall in the number of beds needed to care for the elderly across the uk according to a bbc investigation. By the end of next year up to 3,000 people wont be able to find a place in a care home. The association of directors of Adult Social Services is calling for more money to be spent on nurses and carers so people can receive care in their own homes for longer. Samantha fenwick reports. Sam kirkby visits his nanjean in this care home every day. She moved into this Home Care Centre 12 months ago after her dementia deteriorated and sam could not look after her at home. She is really looked after, they provide her activities and take her on trips, she recently went to blackpool. Thats her favourite place. She was really happy with that. But in june, Bradford Council decided to close the home. It was supposedly too expensive to maintain, they are now looking for another place forjean to live. This is not an isolated case. One in 20 care home beds have closed in the uk in the past three years. In ten months time, work will be complete. I am standing in what will be a television room. There will also be 70 bedrooms with en suites. Research for the bbc suggests we are not building enough care homes like this, and we are facing a huge shortfall. The data suggests that by the end of next year, there will be a shortfall of 3000 beds. By 2026, they predict the industry could be 70,000 beds short. There are more People Living for longer. Next decade, there will be 2. 5 million more people over 65. That means there will be anticipated demand for care homes. To fix that, we need to double the rates of delivery. As capacity decreases, there will be more pressure on nhs beds as elderly people are admitted to hospital because they cant cope at home. This Company Builds more care homes than any other provider. Every year they add 600 beds per year. But it isnt enough. In the future, those that need help might not be able to get it. Potentially, the commissioners will raise Eligibility Criteria to justify entry to care homes, so increasingly, we will see only the most dependent clients will meet the criteria in future. The government say they have given local authorities an extra £2 billion to help, but the fear is that they will end up in a similar situation to sam and his nan. This care home will close in the autumn, and they are struggling to find a new one. She is going to have to move. She has been crying in her bedroom. She is going to have to move. It is a question of, is this going to be my bedroom . When is this going to be my bedroom . Their worries that that care home is closing, and that is around the corner from where sam lives. His worry is that the new care home could be a long way away. Germanys Car Manufacturers could agree a plan to slash Diesel Emissions at a summit later today. Its now two years since some of the countrys biggest manufacturers were found guilty of cheating emissions tests. With me now is our berlin correspondentjenny hill. This subject is usually politicised. The summit is about restoring the tarnished image of the german car industry and tackling Diesel Emissions. Many german cities no experience in Pollution Levels which are regularly exceed the legal limit and that is starting to lead to legal action so in stuttgart the city authorities are having to look at Banning Diesel cars outright from the city after an Environmental Group took action through the courts there. Other cities may follow suit. It isa there. Other cities may follow suit. It is a political headache but also our problem for the german Car Manufacturers. That is why today you have Industry Leaders and politicians from high levels sitting together at the table to try to come up together at the table to try to come up with some kind of deal and plan to reduce those in Pollution Levels. Some might say it is too little too late and others very firmly expect a bit of compromise going on so youre likely to see some of those Car Manufacturers agreeing to retrofit softwa re manufacturers agreeing to retrofit software in some of the worst polluting diesel cars already out in german roads. Youre unlikely though i think to see any kind of commitment like youve seen britain and france to actually end the production of Combustion Engined ca rs. Production of Combustion Engined cars. Britain and france have pledged to do so by 2040. It is a subject often talked about in germany but i dont think you will ta ke germany but i dont think you will take a moment here from germany with a love affair with a Motor Vehicle is very strong and has a cultural significance. You are unlikely to see that kind of commitment coming out of the summit today. If you are watching us on freeview or youview some Channel Numbers are changing this afternoon. Bbc news is moving to channel 231, whilst bbc news hd will remain at 107. Some tvs will update automatically but you may need to retune your freeview or youview tv or box. For help on how to retune you can go to freeview channel 100 or visit freeview. Co. Uk retune. Sky, freesat and virgin media viewers are unaffected. Low pressure is bringing rain from many of us today. It is windy out and about and we have seen heavy weather out and about. This was the scene in dorset. Strong winds with 40 mph scene in dorset. Strong winds with 40 mph gusts scene in dorset. Strong winds with 40 mph gusts likely scene in dorset. Strong winds with 40 mph gusts likely in scene in dorset. Strong winds with 40 mph gusts likely in the scene in dorset. Strong winds with 40 mph gusts likely in the north coast. Northern scotland hanging on to the bright weather for daylight hours. There will be highs of 15 to around 20 celsius. The rain band will gradually clear into the north sea and behind it a few showers coming into Northern Ireland and Northern Parts of england and wales. Temperatures tonight will range from 12 degrees to 60 celsius. Tomorrow isa 12 degrees to 60 celsius. Tomorrow is a day of sunshine and blustery showers and some of the child is heavy. The potential for localised flooding across eastern scotland. The best dry in bright weather the further south and east you are with highs of 22 celsius. This is bbc Newsroom Live. Three men from the West Midlands have been found guilty of planning a lee rigby style Terror Attack. Prison governors have attacked the governments management of the Prison Service in england and wales, warning that prisons are in complete decline with recruitment in a critical condition. The number of deaths by Drug Poisoning has risen to a record high, with the figures driven in part by a rise in cocaine fatalities. An investigation by the bbc has shown a huge shortfall in available care home beds, with up to 3,000 people set to be unable to find a bed by the end of next year. The Duke Of Edinburgh will today retire from public service, after meeting Royal Marines in his final royal engagement lets get all the sport news. Yes, well start with football because neymar, one of the worlds footballing superstars, looks likely to leave barcelona and join the french side paris st germain. The brazilian is reported to have told his team mates that he wants to leave the spanish side. He was then given permission by manager Ernesto Valverde not to train today and to sort out his future. England goalkeeper Karen Bardsley will miss the rest of womens euro 2017 after its been revealed she broke her leg. The Manchester City keeper was injured in the second half of sundays Quarterfinal Win over france but managed to walk off the pitch. Siobhan chamberlain, who came on for bardsley, is now likely to face the netherlands in tomorrow nights semifinal. The camp was a bit down, but from kbs Point Of View were all rallying around her and support her. We know she did a fantasticjob to get to this point, in the last tournament and the last three years, and shell play a big part of the field. Shell be with us, supporting her team mates from the sidelines rather than the field. Liverpool Managerjurgen Klopp says he hopes Daniel Sturridges thigh injury isnt serious after the striker went off injured in a pre season friendly last night. Sturridge scored his sides last goal in a 3 0 win against Bayern Munich in germany but he immediately pulled up and was subbed just before full time. Injuries have limited sturridge to 46 League Appearances in the past three seasons. Ahead of his final major competitive races, eight time olympic champion usain bolt has told the bbc that if athletes continue to use drugs the sport will die. Bolt, who will run the final races of his career at the World Championships in london which start this weekend, says after hitting rock bottom, athletics is now beginning to move forward. Were going in the right direction. I think we made changes and i said earlier that Sports Hit Rock Bottom last season, so now its moving forward. I think its going in the right direction now. As long as athletes understand that, if they keep this up, the sport will die and they wont have a job. Hopefully they will understand that and help the sport move forward. Britains kyle edmund is through to the second round of the washington 0pen. He beat hyeon chung of south korea in straight sets. Heather watson is out of the womens singles. She was beaten in straight sets by Patricia Maria tig from romania, whos ranked 134 in the world, 59 places below watson. Tig took both sets on tie breaks as watson double faulted on match point. He can win more medals and he can swim faster, thats according to adam peaty, despite the fact hes already five times World Champion by the age of 22. Peaty has been reflecting on his two gold medals at the recent World Championships in budapest and says what he needs now is a rival to push him further. Ive got probably ten years left in the sport. I am still young which is a good thing to have on my side. Im hoping someone will come out the woodwork and challenge me because thatis woodwork and challenge me because that is what sport needs. People need libraries and matters what makes sport successful. I hope it will push me on even more. Former england captain Alastair Cook believes englands experience as a test side should help them when it comes to consistency as they prepare for the fourth test against south africa which starts on friday. They need to avoid defeat to win the series which they currently lead 2 1. As their side develops, we are getting to that stage where a lot of the players have got experience. 30 test matches is a benchmark. If you played 30, you understand the rigmarole of test cricket and you are better than you did. This is the challenge for this side now, back consistency. 0ver Challenge for this side now, back consistency. Over the last 12 months, there hasnt been that. Thats all the sport for now well have more on the bbc news channel throughout the day. The charity, save the children, says more than a million children in yemen, the poorest country on the arab peninsula, are at higher risk of dying from cholera. Two years of civil war have led to severe humanitarian crisis, with the country on the brink of famine and nearly half a Million People infected with cholera. Shabia mantoo told us what she sees on a daily Basis Working for the Un Refugee Agency in the countrys capital sanaa. We are seeing more and more suffering and death and misery. Every day, 75 people are killed or injured because of conflict and now we are dealing with that cholera outbreak. We see the elderly, women, children, they are suffering the most. Lots of them are susceptible to cholera and disease. They are trying to escape to safety. They are on the move multiple times and they are living in unsanitary conditions wet cholera is easily transmitted. It is unsafe and people are going on hungry. We just see everywhere, people just dont have enough food to eat and they are lucky to get one meal a day and they dont know where their next meal is coming from. It is an inventory of misery in all aspects. Joining me is our Global Health correspondent tulip mazumdar. This is terrible scenes we are seeing there. She is saying it has been preventable and this is a man made crisis. Been preventable and this is a manmade crisis. This is a dire situation. A senior un official in yemen has described it as a train racing towards the edge of a cliff. It is because of these two years of conflict and it is one of the poorest countries in the middle east. Half the countrys Health Facilities have been damaged or destroyed. We have Sewage Systems, water and sanitation not working. Rubbish is piling up on the streets. All of this provides the perfect storm for cholera to thrive. Added to that, we have much of the country on the brink of famine. What we have been hearing is that1 million children underfive been hearing is that1 million children under five years old are severely malnourished. That makes them at least three times more likely to die of cholera because they are weak and have weakened Immune Systems and cant fight it off themselves. If you think cholera causes diarrhoea, even the small amounts of food is passing through them and they are not able to keep it in and this makes it deadly for them. It seems hopeless. Is there anything outside world can do . When you were in the country, it can feel that way but there are so many people working so hard to overcome this. Cholera can go away if you have access to clean water. The key things are they need to get their Water Treatment plants up and running of the Sewage System back up and running and people need to have access to clean water. This war has beenin access to clean water. This war has been in stalemate for two years and it can be a long way off. Diarrhoea centres have been set up. There is rehydration corners. Cholera is easily treated. You just need a rehydration salts and you can be well again within hours. If you dont get that help coming you can die within hours. The health system, doctors, nurses as well as water and sebastian sanitation employees, they havent been paid for almost a year now. They are having to find other ways to provide for their families. That needs to be dealt with. This situation is incredibly difficult. The un has asked for 60 million to deal with this and say so far they have been given 10 million. There is a massive shortage and the people suffering are the ordinary yemeni people. Supplies are being stemmed from coming in. There are blockades on ports and flights coming in and that is causing a problem which is why this is being described as a man made problem. This doesnt need to be the case. Un agencies and charities are calling foran agencies and charities are calling for an immediate ceasefire and for those blockades to end. Very grim situation. Thank you very much indeed. President trump has warned venezuelas leader, nicolas maduro, that he holds him personally responsible for the safety of two top Opposition Politicians who are being held in a military prison. One of them is antonio ledezma. He was dragged from his home by secret intelligence agents in the early hours of Tuesday Morning in caracas. His daughter, 0riette, has been speaking to our south america correspondent katy watson, who asked what life has been like for herfather, whos been under house arrest since 2015. He cant talk and no videos, no interviews. Dont talk to phone, nothing. More than two years. But in the last days, he talked to his family and he say he cant stay quiet and in silence when i saw more than 120 policemen in the street. I cant stay quiet and silence. With almost 500 Political Prisoners right now. He knew it is a big risk to take a video himself but he thought, id take the risk. Because venezuela, i speak the truth. Now you and your stepfather were the only members of the family who live in caracas. Your mother is in madrid. Do you feel scared . Yes, but day after day, their regime becomes more week, 0k . Weak. And we expect more and more people open their eyes in the international community. We know that the venezuelan people, we stay in the streets and fight for our country. The Conservative Mp and Foreign Office minister, alan duncan, has criticised Jeremy Corbyn for stance on venezuela. Speaking earlier, mr duncan said venezuela is being brought to its knees and that Jeremy Corbyn, who had previously shown support for the countrys leadership should publicly condemn what is happening in the country. Jeremy corbyn really has to have a Reality Check on his own politics and realise that venezuelan is being brought to its knees and he should realise that venezuela is not. Nicolas maduro, the president , is not the poster boy of World Politics. Indeed, he is the poster of what should be condemned in World Politics and its time that Jeremy Corbyn said so explicitly or we will be able to form a very, very clever value of whatJeremy Corbyn would ever do in this country if ever he were prime minister. The labour shadow minister, andy mcdonald, has said the labour party have given a quite clear condemnation of what is happening in venezuela. He was then asked if mr corbyn would personally condemn the venezuelan government. Well, i know people are very interested in venezuela. It is an important issue but quite frankly, when i go around my constituency, its not the first thing that people ask me about. Whats going on is unacceptable, weve said so and the labour party have made it abundantly clear that that is their position. In a moment a summary of the Business News this hour but first, the headlines on bbc Newsroom Live. Members of a Terrorist Cell from the West Midlands who call themselves The Three Musketeers have been found guilty at the old bailey of planning an attack against police and military targets. Prison governors warned that many jails military targets. Prison governors warned that manyjails in england and wales are in crisis, saying recent and worst unrest is linked toa recent and worst unrest is linked to a poor regime. A number of drug Poisoning Death including legal and Illegal Drugs reached their highest level on record in england and wales last year. Hello. Asda says sales fell 5. 7 last year faced with tough competition in the grocery market. Pre tax profit were down nearly 19 to £792 million. The supermarket said its performance was behind expectations but saw an improvement in the final quarter of last year. Growing demand for ipads and new Services Like apple pay and apple music helped the Tech Giant Apple report more than £6. 6 billion in profit for the last three months. It was enough to send apples shares soaring to a new record high. The firm also forecast strong sales for the new iphone expected next month. More than a million women in their early 60s have become poorer after delays to their state pensions. The Institute For Fiscal Studies says, on average, women aged between 60 and 62 were now £32 a week worse off. It says Poverty Rates among that group have risen sharply. Uk Economic Growth will slow to 1. 7 this year according to the latest forecast from the National Institute of economic and social research. It says the prediction is a fall from the 1. 8 seen last year. It reflects the rise in inflation since last years brexit vote and the subsequent fall in the value of the pound. Its also forecasting that the Bank Of England will raise Interest Rates in the First Quarter of next year earlier than previously expected. Jagjit chadha is from the National Institute of economic and social research. Let us pick up on the factors behind it. I touched on the fact that the pound has weakened since the boat from brexit. Good for businesses but not all. The pound going down helps exporters. It has an impact on consumers. Expenditure is driven by their wages minus the inflation to inflation rate. We expected it to peak around 3 at the end of the year and it will be higher than the increase on wages. Consumers will find credit lines drying up as they have been able to raise finance late last year and the early part of this year but that is more problematic as the year continues. I wanted to ask about these things come to a head. If you look at the state of the economy, we know there are problems but most consumers are managing to ride it out. Maybe they are putting more on the credit card. Are we going to get to a point where these things come together and it is a tough place to be . The central risk is the household, on the numbers we have from the 0fs, the Savings Ratio is as low as it has been. If households decide to save more combat will withdraw to man from the economy and lead to a downward movement in output compared to where we expected to be. Those numbers, we expect to be revised over the next few months in an upward direction. The Savings Ratio might not be as bad. If households feel they are overextended, there is a concern they will start save more abruptly and it will lead to a further downturn in the economy. In other Business News. Bookies william hill says first half came in strongly with its Online Business doing particularly well. Sales were up 5 and profits rose 32 to £57. 2 million. Sales at its high street shops were down. Europes biggest defence company, bae systems has reported profits of £865 million for the six months to june. Thats up 10 on the first half of 2016. The firm says it got a boost from rising Government Defence spending and the weak pound. And profits at mining giant rio tinto have almost doubled to 3. 3bn for the six months to june. The company was helped by rebound in the price for iron ore. And Johnston Press has reported a 30 drop in half year profit as it said Trading Conditions for regional newspapers in the uk continue to be difficult, especially in classified advertising. But the publisher of the the scotsman and the Yorkshire Post said the monetisation of its digital audience continued to gain momentum. This is the financial markets. Banking stocks have moved. There is a real thought that the Trump Administration may rein back some of that. They are quite happy and that is why the dow has risen. Apple shares, record sales for them. Keeping a very close eye on mat for you. The bbcs announced details of a new tv cookery competition. Britains best cook will be hosted by Claudia Winkleman with mary berry as head judge. She left the Great British bake 0ff last year when it was announced the show was moving from the bbc to channel 4. We can talk to tara, media reporter at the guardian. Is this going to be another hit show on cooking . At the guardian. Is this going to be another hit show on cooking7m at the guardian. Is this going to be another hit show on cooking . It is a great line up. Mary berry, Claudia Winkleman, what is not love . Because of the Great British bake 0ff Story Last Week last year, stories todayis last week last year, stories today is saying is this the Great British take off . It is a shame because it sounds like it would be a great show. Will be substantially different . I think channel 4 and the makers of Great British bake 0ff will be looking very closely at it. Im sure the bbc will make sure it is very different because the productions that make Great British take off previously challenged the bbc about another show that they made about hairdressing. There was a settle m e nt made about hairdressing. There was a settlement that was reached there. Im sure there will be differences. No one company owns cookery. Personally, i think maybe masterchef might be worried. The idea of this is generally about home cooking, how to do is generally about home cooking, how todoa is generally about home cooking, how to do a traditional roast or a Chicken Curry or a chocolate pudding. That seems to be the idea. Exactly. The difference will be on the home kitchen. You wont get the tent. The focus will be looking at recreating and trying to find new ways of making modern british food. There is a difference there and there is only one presenter, claudia. There would be two judges, mary and somebody else. Im sure the bbc will make sure there are enough differences between the two. I think It Isa Differences between the two. I think it is a good move because sales of Bacon Products have slumped a bit recently and stop it is good to look at other kinds of food. It has mary berry will who is a National Treasure with an extraordinary following. Absolutely. She is seen. Following. Absolutely. She is seen. The name following. Absolutely. She is seen. The name sums following. Absolutely. She is seen. The name sums her up. Britains west cork. There are other shows out there and there are other cooking shows that the bbc is doing. Fee people will follow mary and the format. I think there is real warmth and chemistry between claudia and mary. I think there will be Good Chemistry there. Tara, thank you very much. More now on the trial we we re very much. More now on the trial we were hearing from the old bailey. Three men convicted of plotting a Terror Attack. The three musketeers Terror Attack. The three musketeers Terror Conspiracy as it was known. The final defendant has also been found guilty as well as three other men from the West Midlands who were found guilty at the old bailey of preparation of terrorist acts. Much more on this at the top of the hour. Three Australian Women trying to save their bowls club from closure have become overnight internet stars, after posting a video of themselves performing a parody of the beyonce song Single Ladies. The women, who are in their 70s and 80s, made the video after their local council said it wanted to bulldoze their bowls lawn to build a stadium. A warning there is some Flash Photography at the very start of sarah corkers report. What does the queen of pop, beyonce, and the genteel sport of lawn bowls have in common . Well, nothing, until this all the bowling ladies. Meet terri, janine and wyn, from melbourne. Their parody of beyonces Single Ladies has been watched at least one million times online. It is our life. You cant be evicting me. They are hoping the video will persuade the council to rethink plans to build an Indoor Stadium on this site. One of our younger members, denise, shed obviously been in pr, just cottoned on to the song, beyonces song, and two of us had heard of beyonce, but two of us had not any idea about that song. Put your hands up. The council says no final decision has been made, but it is struggling with demand for sporting facilities. Now the ladies hope their Fancy Footwork may just catch beyonces attention let us look at the weather now. Low pressure is bringing rain across the British Isles and we have strong winds to deal with. This was the scene winds to deal with. This was the scene early in dorset. We have more rain as we go through the afternoon with strong winds accompanying the rain. Northern parts of scotland enjoying the best of the brighter weather. Further south, we have the heaviest rain. It will lose intensity as it moves. Gusts of 40 mph on the south coast. Scotland enjoying the best of the sunshine today. Through the central and Southern Belt and we have a bit more rain. Northern parts of england will see patchy rain also. For wales and Northern Ireland, a bit of Practice Regulator with temperatures around 20 celsius. Starting to clear devon and call by five oclock this evening. Intense downpours into dorset and kent. The rain will push its way into east anglia food tonight. Strong Winds Continuing and once that rain clears, we have some heavy showers making their way from the west. It will be a muggy night with temperatures not dripping too much. Ranging from 12 to 16 celsius. Tomorrow, a blustery data, thanks to low pressure sitting across the north of the British Isles. The further north and west you are, more showers to come. Again, another u nsettled showers to come. Again, another unsettled day and the risk of some low localised flooding across scotland. The temperatures tomorrow well will range between 14 to 22 celsius. As we had on towards the end of the week, High Pressure is trying to build from the south. Hopefully things will start to settle down by the time we get into the weekend. That is your latest forecast. Can and this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at midday. Can and this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at midday. Members of a Terrorist Cell from the West Midlands who called themselves The Three Musketeers are found guilty of plotting an attack against police and military targets. Prison governors warn the service is in crisis in england and wales due to a toxic mix of pressures. Drug Poisoning Deaths surge to a record level more than 3700 were registered last year. A Growing Shortfall in the number of beds needed to care for the elderly across the uk, according to a bbc investigation. Also after 65 years of royal duties the Duke Of Edinburgh will retire today after a service for the Royal Marines at buckingham palace. He was on the 22,000 or so engagements. He has performed more than 22,000 engagements. Barcelona forward neymar looks set to become the worlds most expensive footballer hes discussing a record 198 million transfer to paris st germain. And the australian Bowlers Channelling Beyonce in a bid to save their green. Members of a Terrorist Cell who called themselves The Three Musketeers have been found guilty of plotting an attack similar to that carried out on the soldier, fusilier lee rigby. The old bailey heard how the three men naweed ali, Khobaib Hussain and mohibur rahman, who are from the West Midlands were poised to Strike Police and military targets on british soil. A fourth defendant, tahir aziz, was also found guilty of preparing terrorist acts. Lets talk to our correspondent tom burridge whos following the case West Midlands Counterterrorism Police set up a stink organisation last year and created our fake call your organisation and recruited hussain. In august ali turned up first day up work. Sting operation. They found in his car and meat cleaver whether the word infidel in arabic on the blade. And they find a pipe bomb. The three men who were known as The Three Musketeers, ali hussein and rahman set upa musketeers, ali hussein and rahman set up a Messaging Group on the app telegram and called it three musketeers. It was said in court that they basically began to plot on that they basically began to plot on that Messaging Group and they wanted to carry out an attack. The court heard that the possible target for that until it was not specifically determined in terms of evidence, the target was not to be a member of the British Police the british military. This trial has been going for months now, hasnt it . It has been going on for months. Some of the witnesses have been cross examined. 0ne Undercover Police officer who was is called Vincent In Court was cross examined for two weeks which is quite extraordinary. He was cross examined because the defence tried to imply he had planted the evidence in ali s car. The police also found a Samurai Sword in a car belonging to aziz. He was a member of banned Islamist Group and owns an elderly men. Ali and hussein to a terrorist Training Camp in 2011 in pakistan. They were convicted when they return to the uk and their families were incredibly angry that they had gone. When they returned to they had gone. When they returned to the uk when they were convicted and put in Belmarsh Prison they met the third man in the group, rahman who was convicted previously for possessing Extremist Islamist propaganda. We have just possessing Extremist Islamist propaganda. We havejust had a statement from the crown prosecution service. The prosecution in this case says the cps was able to show that these men shared the same radical belief in violentjihad and had reached a stage they were planning to take action. Cps goes on to say recent attacks have demonstrated the kind of horror these defendants could have caused had they not been stopped. Recent unrest in english and welsh jails is causing grave concern, according to the Prison Governors Association. In an open letter, the president of the organisation said governors were facing unacceptable stress. The letter comes after two days of unrest at the mount establishment in hertfordshire. Mark lobel reports. There have been days of disorder at prisons in wiltshire and hertfordshire where riot trained officers were deployed to subdue unruly prisoners. This past year has brought an average of 20 attacks a day on staff in prisons in england and wales, following a decline in the number of Prison Officers over the past few years and complaints over pay. Now the president of Prison Governors Association is publicly blaming the government for what she calls a crisis in many jails and unacceptable stress and anxiety amongst workers. In an open letter to Prison Governors, Andrea Albutt says the state has failed to help them cope with Population Pressures in prison, having changed the way the prisons are run for the worse. Ms albutt says the governments decision taken earlier this year to separate operational control of the Prison System from responsibility for policy was madness, leaving a gaping hole in operational intelligence. The Ministry Ofjustice says it recognises the long standing challenges facing prisons and that its recruiting more officers. But with only 75 more in place since last year, ms albutt said recruitment remains in a critical condition. In the open letter, the president of the Prison Governors Association Andrea Albutt said unrest was causing grave concern. Speaking to us on the way to a prison visit, she told us that governors faced unacceptable stress and anxiety. The situation, the Violence Statistics that came out last week we re statistics that came out last week were the worst ever. I do not expect them to improve in the next quarter. So the situation is bad. Until we get sufficient staff in our prisons the situation we are in will continue so we will continue to try and control the situation in our prisons but we will not be delivering in a significant number of our prisons good quality rehabilitate resumes. We will be Holding People and care and is unacceptable. Regimes. A Ministry Ofjustice spokesperson issued this statement we know that our prisons have faced a number of long standing challenges, which is why we have taken immediate action to boost Prison Officer numbers and have created her majestys prison and Probation Service. The former prisoner turned penal reformer, mark leech, Edits The Prisons Handbook and happens to be in chiang mai in thailand. How bad do you think the crisis in these presences . I dont think it has ever been any worse than it currently has. The creation of Her Majesty S Prison and Probation Service which lets operational control from policy makes absolutely no sense to have done that. What we have seen is that the people in charge of policy in the Ministry Of Justice now add a large group of generalist Civil Servants with no operational experience of prisons. In order and to plug that gap members from around the country have had to be seconded to the Ministry Ofjustice had to be seconded to the Ministry Of Justice and that had to be seconded to the Ministry Ofjustice and that has left our presence in an even more critical state than they currently are. We have had a lot said about the state of prisons but this statement from the present governors themselves saying the phasing unacceptable stress is very strong words. And crucially at the right time. These are the people with the most experience. I experienced last week i discovered last week that in the 12 months to june i discovered last week that in the 12 months tojune 2017 every present inspected by the Statutory Regulator failed all fire safety test. This is not a case of present governors is treating s health and safety with contempt. It is governors with a small number of staff pegs and a large number of holes in terms of operations to fill and the Prison System that is just about to flip into complete self destruct. That is the reality we have. While we are getting more staff, that is true, they are very experienced and be the wrong people. Recruitment is the hands of the Ministry Ofjustice recruitment is the hands of the Ministry Of Justice and recruitment is the hands of the Ministry Ofjustice and not hm pps. That is the organisation that has the train them. It makes common sense to me that they should be the people who choose to employ and trained in the first place and not Civil Servants. You probably have a Statement Read out the Ministry Of Justice who said we understand our prisons have faced a lot of challenges that is why we have taken what they call immediate action to boost Prison Officer numbers. Having done enough in your view . We have certainly seen an increase this year but the last 12 months numbers are Prison Officers have risen by 75 in total. It is not good enough. I have been editor of the Prisons Handbook for 20 years. For that was the wrong side of the cell door. I quickly learned through with it experienced and inexperienced staff. I saw and experienced staff staff who were not experienced in dealing with prisoners who ran rings around them. They face problems in terms of decisions they make when they lock people up in common they make and it is often the innocent Prison Officer who next opens the cell door who pays the price that an experience. 0ur prisons are in absolute crisis and we are in fourth secretary of state forjustice in three years. 0ur Prison System is completely disorientated with abrupt policy changes. The Austerity Policy of Chris Grayling was reversed by michael gove and then deleted by liz trust and we do not know where we are with david luddington. We lost 7000 front line staff. A haemorrhaging of what really experienced custodial skills that are never needed more than they are right now and that is why i welcome what Andrea Albutt has done, i will commit 100 . I what Andrea Albutt has done, i will commit100 . I welcome what Andrea Albutt has done, i will commit 100 . I welcome it. Members of a Terrorist Cell who call themselves The Three Musketeers have been found guilty similar to that carried out of the soldier feasibly lee rigby. The men were poised to strike at police and military targets on british soil and a fourth member was also found guilty of preparing terrorist acts. The raid in birmingham last august. An area near the city centre was evacuated and a bomb Disposal Unit called in. It was the end of an elaborate operation in which the four men were observed meeting each other and birmingham four men were observed meeting each otherand birmingham and four men were observed meeting each other and birmingham and stoke. They we re other and birmingham and stoke. They were already well known the authorities. Ali and hussein had been jailed after travelling to a terror Training Camp in pakistan in 2011. Injail the mets rahman. Terror Training Camp in pakistan in 2011. Injailthe mets rahman. They met rahman. He had been in jail. To him at the met aziz. The Police Became suspicious. They were very Police Became suspicious. They were very aware Police Became suspicious. They were very aware of surveillance and carried out contests of bill and strategies. The used under regulated phones and use social media apps to exchange extremist material. They often exchange extremist material. They ofte n m et exchange extremist material. They often met In Public Open Spaces such as parks so they could not be listened to. We needed to be one stage ahead of them and put together an operational as bold and ambitious while keeping communities safe and providing enough evidence. The company there was a front. The boss was an Undercover Police officer. Hussein and ali were given jobs and higher ali went out on a delivery they searched the car and found a partially reconstructed pipe bomb and a meat cleaver with the arabic word for it blade and a handgun. This plot was foiled but the release of more terrorist from prison could lead to future problems. People are being released that are terrorists and have been convicted of Terrorist Offences and they are released back into society. There is no reason to suggest they have been the radicalised. Ali and hussein come from sparkle and birmingham. A local Charity Works with the home office on radicalisation. Can some of his views become more extreme after they have been to prison . If they have bumped into somebody inside who is radicalising them then yes but if they are provided with the right support then no. Is there any hope for somebody with an absolute commitment to an extremist view . We believe that is always hope and the right practice of support and the right practice of support and the right programmes, then there is always hope. The four men will be sentenced later, three of them for a second time. Tom burridge has been following the case. With recent Terror Attacks this year we have heard a lot about terrorists who have slept through the net of the authorities that these men were very much on the radar of the police and mi5. It is much on the radar of the police and m15. It is an incredibly important result for the police. These men we re result for the police. These men were known to m15 and the police for a long time. Three out of the four previous terrorism related convictions. To love the men spent time ina convictions. To love the men spent time in a terrorist Training Camp in pakistan and were imprisoned in Belmarsh Prison where they met rahman. The police mounted a fake Delivery Firm operation and birmingham and a Courier Service and Thatis Birmingham and a Courier Service and that is when they try to bug the car of ali when they employed at the company. That is when they found the weapons. The Text Messages and the evidence found on laptops and the multiple mobile these guys had, it paints a picture of four ben itching to carry out the ballinger had. They wa nted to carry out the ballinger had. They wanted to kill people and follow islamist extremist ideology. They we re islamist extremist ideology. They were also very difficult for the police to content within the months leading up to the arrest. For example when they were watched by the Security Services at certain points they would put their Mobile Phones as safe distance away from themselves while they would talk of it would simultaneously all switch off their Mobile Phones. That was painted in court as attempts to counter surveillance by m15 and the police. 0ne Counter Surveillance by m15 and the police. One of the three actually said in court that m15 had tried to recruit him. These men were not strangers to the Security Services. It is an important conviction with all four guilty of preparing terrorist acts. They will be sentenced tomorrow. The headlines on bbc Newsroom Live members of a Terrorist Cell from the West Midlands who dubbed themselves The Three Musketeers are found guilty of plotting an attack against police and military targets. Prison governors warn many jails in england and wales are in crisis saying recent unrest in some establishments is clearly linked to a poor regime. The number of drug Poisoning Deaths involving both legal and Illegal Drugs reached their highest level on record in england and wales last year. The number of deaths in england and wales from Drug Poisoning reached a record level last year, according to new figures. The office for National Statistics says there were 3,744 Poisoning Deaths involving both legal and Illegal Drugs in 2016. Around two thirds of these were down to drug misuse. People in their 40s have now overtaken those in their 30s as the age group with the highest Mortality Rate from drug misuse. There were 371 deaths involving cocaine a 16 year on year increase. And as in previous years around two thirds of the deaths were men. North east england saw 77 deaths per Million People which is the highest Mortality Rate from drug misuse while the East Midlands had the lowest. Earlier i asked our correspondent nick beake about the year on year increase. The increase was actually 2 year on year but it is a record breaking figure. The number of deaths from cocaine. Why is that . The office for National Statistics seems to think it is people taking a more pure form of the drug which has contributed to that category rising. There is this geographical breakdown. In wales and the north east we have seen a rise. Has there been any reaction to this figure . Drugs charities have said that the government need to do more and with awareness for young people going to nightclubs, potentially testing at those venues. Also making people aware that the purity of some drugs is getting stronger. We have seen the government ban psychoactive substances, known as legal highs. That remains active too. About half of all these deaths are people taking heroin, the most strong form of drugs. A short while ago the government outlined a strategy to try to tackle this problem. Some interesting trends emerging and some a cause for concern. The worlds biggest Football Transfer is set to go ahead after barcelona confirmed that it was letting its star neymar go. Hes now likely to leave for Paris Saint Germain in a deal thought to be worth £198 million. Ernest macia is a spanish football pundit. Hejoins us now from barcelona. He appeared at barcelona practice that have passed nine then tour the rest of his team mates he was going to leave barcelona and would not stay here any longer. Then he left the practice before even going to the practice before even going to the pitch so it seems very and evident that hes not going to stay here. We have to remember that some days ago he had arrived a player in Training Facilities and it was not co mforta ble Training Facilities and it was not comfortable in barcelona with the situation probably will go to partners. Almost £200 million is a Staggering Amount of money for any footballer. Is he worth it in your opinion . The money comes from qatar and inflation is just opinion . The money comes from qatar and Inflation Isjust starting opinion . The money comes from qatar and inflation is just starting so of course it is not worth it but is a good player in one on one and nobody can do the things he does on both sides. He is technically very good and in the next years i think the best neymar is still to be seen. Paris st germain think they are buying the new messi. I do not think he will be the new messi. Who will bea he will be the new messi. Who will be a very useful player. But messi has won a place in history. How will the fans miss them . The fans are very fed up with neymar and i think they are happy the story ends. Nobody was comfortable with the situation but of course no one escapes that without Neymar Messi Willie Selman on the side who will attract players because with neymar messi had more freedom and barcelona but probably try to sign a good player. There are not as good players as neymar on the market. The Duke Of Edinburgh will carry out his final Public Engagement before he retires from royal duty this afternoon. Prince philip, whos 96 years old, will attend a parade by the Royal Marines. In may it was announced he would be retiring after spending more than six decades supporting the queen as well as attending events for his own charities and organisations. Heres our Royal Correspondent, nicholas witchell. He has been a familiar and sometimes forthright feature of National Life ever since his marriage to the then Princess Elizabeth in November 1947 and although his robust approach to people and events has sometimes got him into trouble, few can criticise his devotion to royal duty, most often in support of the queen, but also in pursuit of his own separate programme, supporting issues like the environment and the Development Of The Awards Programme for young people which he created and which is named after him. But this afternoon it will come to an end. The duke, who was 96 injune, will attend his last solo engagement, a parade by the Royal Marines on the forecourt of buckingham palace. Its not a complete retirement from public life. The duke may still accompany the queen to certain events, but after more than 22,000 Solo Engagements and 600 solo overseas visits since the queen came to the throne, it does mark a significant moment both for the duke and for the queen. No longer will she have her husband at her side for most of her public appearances, other younger members of the royal family will take his place, as the self declared leading Plaque Unveiler in the world finally takes things a little easier. 0ur Royal Correspondent Sarah Campbell is outside buckingham palace. 96 is not a bad age for retiring. |j doubt he will be putting his feet up and he still remains a fairly fit an active 96 and all. Nicholas mentioned some of the statistics about the number of Solo Engagements, nearly five and a half thousand speeches given and the patron of 785 organisations and has managed to write 14 books. He has been a huge Public Figure for britain and Around The World for the last 65 years and that comes to an end today, perhaps appropriately with a celebration of the Royal Marines. He has been Captain General for 64 years and was appointed in june 19 53. A royal Naval Officer himself. There will be a ceremony here later this afternoon with celebrating and some fund raising the Royal Marines have been carrying out the last two months. He will shake a few hands and meet some vetera ns shake a few hands and meet some veterans and have a chat with some cadets. All these things hes done some great times over the last six decades. Then there will be a march past that the royal salute and three cheers for the Duke Of Edinburgh which im sure will be even louder than usual. He has been at the side of the queen for all these years and all these decades. It will be difficult for her now, wont it . Without him by her side. Herfamous quote, she referred to him as her strength and her stay and he has accompanied her most although not all of our Public Engagements. She is used to carrying out engagements so is used to carrying out engagements so low. I think we will also get used to seeing other members of the royal family accompanying her and taking their possession of the Duke Of Edinburgh. We will see more of the prince of wales at her side and Prince William has just given up his job of flying Air Ambulances so it is likely we will see more of him. And the other members of the royal family will now step up to the plate. We will now pause and look at the weather. Not a great day out there. The Satellite Sequence shows a lot of cloud. Rain. Northern scotland is a place to be for sunshine and elsewhere cloud and rain spreading ever northwards. Temperature is a bit disappointing on the whole but if you places will get around 20 degrees. This Evening Rain Moves across scotland and moves east across scotland and moves east across england with brisk winds as well. 0vernight we see a whole rash of showers coming on the breeze to the western side of the uk. Temperature will hold up quite nicely at 12 to 16 degrees. Another u nsettled nicely at 12 to 16 degrees. Another unsettled today was showers around and showers in scotland with thunder and showers in scotland with Thunder And Lightning and maybe some thunder Northern England. A brisk wind. Not too many shows and the South East Corner Winner will be largely dry with temperatures around 21 or 22 degrees but you have to factor in the wind. It is still there on friday but that will be mainly a better day. Showers mainly in the north and west. This is bbc Newsroom Live. The headlines four men from the West Midlands have been found guilty of planning a lee rigby style Terror Attack against police and military targets. Prison governors have attacked the governments management of the Prison Service in england and wales, warning that prisons are in complete decline with recruitment in a critical condition. The number of deaths by Drug Poisoning has risen to a record high, with the figures driven in part by a rise in cocaine fatalities. An investigation by the bbc has shown a huge shortfall in available care home beds, with up to 3000 people set to be unable to find a bed by the end of next year. The Duke Of Edinburgh will today retire from public service, after meeting Royal Marines in his final royal engagement. As weve been reporting theres fresh concern about the state of our prisons warnings that Prison Officers are under intolerable strain and that the situation is really reaching a breaking point. Mark fairhurst from the poa union which represents Prison Officers is in our Central London newsroom. We have heard the Prison Governor speaking their anguish in the decline of prisons in england and wales. Do you welcome what they had said today . This is too little, lu late too. They sold the savage staff and reductions. Now it is affecting their members and they have suddenly found a voice. Surely if you are campaigning for more staff and more resources for more staff and more resources for the prisons, you need the governors as your allies, dont you . We would like to think they have been our allies but where have they been our allies but where have they been for the last five years . It is not their men being used as punch bags, it is ours . What do you want to happen now . We have had a statement from the Ministry Of Justice that there has been a boost in officer numbers. We have lost many offices since 2010 and we want those staff replaced. To replace 2500, is not going to make any difference. We need the Staff Members in place to regain order, discipline and control and to have a chance of rehabilitating offenders. If the service is in crisis, which is what they say, what else needs to be done . Give us the resources to do ourjob and quell violence. Give us the same level of protection as police constables. We want taser s, sta b police constables. We want taser s, stab proof vests and spray. We need to deal with byland is that they face on a daily basis. Notjust resources , face on a daily basis. Notjust resources, it is the tools for the job, you are saying. We need to get back to basics and get rid of the drugs, weapons and Mobile Phones in our prisons. We need to unlock business and engage with them or so we can pull that build those relationships like we have before. We need a safe and purposeful regime. Are there too many people sentenced to prison for too long . That is not a view i would like to comment on. There is too much overcrowding. 80 of our prisons are overcrowded. It doesnt make sense to keep prisons open. What we are getting off this government is a com plete getting off this government is a complete closure programme. We have had 20 prisons closed over the past four or five years and we need those spaces now. Thank you so much for being with us. There is a Growing Shortfall in the number of beds needed to care for the elderly across the uk according to a bbc investigation. By the end of next year up to 3,000 people wont be able to find a place in a care home. The association of directors of Adult Social Services is calling for more money to be spent on nurses and carers so people can receive care in their own homes for longer. Samantha fenwick reports. Sam visits his nanjean in this care home every day. She moved into this Home Care Centre 12 months ago after her dementia deteriorated and sam could not look after her at home. She is really looked after, they provide her activities and take her on trips, she recently went to blackpool. Thats her favourite place. We are really happy with that. But in june, Bradford Council decided to close the home. It was supposedly too expensive to maintain, they are now looking for another place forjean to live. This is not an isolated case. One in 20 care home beds have closed in the uk in the past three years. In ten months time, work will be complete. I am standing in what will be a television room. There will also be 70 bedrooms with en suites. Research for the bbc suggests we are not building enough care homes like this, and we are facing a huge shortfall. The data suggests that by the end of next year, there will be a shortfall of 3000 beds. By 2026, they predict the industry could be 70,000 beds short. There are more People Living for longer. Next decade, there will be 2. 5 million more people over 65. That means there will be anticipated demand for care homes. To fix that, we need to double the rates of delivery. As capacity decreases, there will be more pressure on nhs beds as elderly people are admitted to hospital because they cant cope at home. This Company Builds more care homes than any other provider. Every year they add 600 beds per year. But it isnt enough. In the future, those that need help might not be able to get it. Potentially, the commissioners will raise Eligibility Criteria to justify entry to care homes, so increasingly, we will see only the most poorly off clients will meet the criteria in future. The government say they have given local authorities an extra £2 billion to help, but the fear is that they will end up in a similar situation to sam and his nan. This care home will close in the autumn, and they are struggling to find a new one. She is going to have to move. It is a question of, is this going to be my bedroom . When is this going to be my bedroom . Where am i going . It is a really sad situation, what will happen to people like them . Germanys Car Manufacturers could agree a plan to slash Diesel Emissions at a summit later today. Its now two years since some of the countrys biggest manufacturers were found guilty of cheating emissions tests. Earlier our correspondent jenny hill sent us this update todays summit is aimed at restoring that tarnished image of germanys Automotive Industry but secondly, tackling Air Pollution and Diesel Emissions. The problem is starting to become clear. Many german cities experienced air Pollution Levels which regularly exceed the legal limitand which regularly exceed the legal limit and that is starting to lead to legal action. In stuttgart, the authorities are having to look at Banning Diesel cars out right from the city after an Environmental Group took action. 0ther the city after an Environmental Group took action. Other cities may follow suit. It is a political headache but also a problem for germanys manufacturers and that is why the Industry Leaders and politicians from high levels are sitting together at the table to come up with some kind of deal, some kind of plan to reduce those air Pollution Levels. Some might say it is too little, too late. 0thers expect a little bit of compromise going on. You are likely to see some of those Car Manufacturers agreeing to retrofit software in some of the worst polluting diesel cars which are already out on german roads. You are already out on german roads. You are unlikely to see any kind of commitment like you have seen in britain and france to end the production of Combustion Engine ca rs. Production of Combustion Engine cars. Britain and france have pledged to do so by 2040. It is a subject often talked about in germany but i think you are not going to see a commitment like that today where the love affair with the Motor Vehicle is very strong indeed. It has a cultural significance and warren likely to see that commitment coming out of the summit today. The us secretary of state, rex tillerson, has insisted that america is not seeking to topple the north korean government and wants dialogue. But mr tillerson warned pyongyang that its Ballistic Missile tests were presenting an unacceptable threat to the us. President trump has already stated hes Very Disappointed in china for not putting more economic pressure on its neighbour and ally. Secretary tillerson has now softened that line. We do not seek a Regime Change, the colla pse we do not seek a Regime Change, the collapse of the regime. We do not seek an accelerated reunification of the peninsular and we do not excuse to send a Military North of the 38th parallel. Were trying to convey to the north koreans we are not your enemy, not your threat. You are presenting an unacceptable threat to us. The white house has confirmed reports that President Trump helped draft what turned out to be a misleading statement about a meeting his eldest son had last year with a russian lawyer. Donald trump junior initially denied his talks with Natalia Veselnitskaya were about the president ial election, but his account later changed. A white house spokeswoman said the president had weighed in, as any father would, but denied there were inaccuracies in the initial account. President trump has warned venezuelas leader, nicolas maduro, that he holds him personally responsible for the safety of two top Opposition Politicians who are being held in a military prison. One of them is antonio ledezma. He was dragged from his home by secret intelligence agents in the early hours of Tuesday Morning in caracas. His daughter, 0riette, has been speaking to our south america correspondent katy watson, who asked what life has been like for herfather, whos been under house arrest since 2015. He cant talk and no videos, no interviews. Dont talk to phone, nothing. More than two years. But in the last days, he talked to his family and he say he cant stay quiet and in silence when i saw more than 120 policemen in the street. I cant stay quiet and silence. With almost 500 Political Prisoners right now. He knew it is a big risk to take a video himself but he thought, id take the risk. Because venezuela, i speak the truth. Now you and your stepfather were the only members of the family who live in caracas. Your mother is in madrid. Do you feel scared . Yes, but day after day, their regime becomes more weak, 0k . And we expect more and more people open their eyes in the international community. We know that the venezuelan people, we stay in the streets and fight for our country. The Conservative Mp and Foreign Office minister, alan duncan, has criticised Jeremy Corbyn for stance on venezuela. Speaking earlier, mr duncan said venezuela is being brought to its knees and that Jeremy Corbyn, who had previously shown support for the countrys leadership should publicly condemn what is happening in the country. Jeremy corbyn really has to have a Reality Check on his own politics and realise that venezuelan is being brought to its knees and he should realise that venezuela is not. Nicolas maduro, the president , is not the poster boy of World Politics. Indeed, he is the poster of what should be condemned in World Politics and its time that Jeremy Corbyn said so explicitly or we will be able to form a very, very clever value of whatJeremy Corbyn would ever do in this country if ever he were prime minister. The labour shadow minister, andy mcdonald, has said the labour party have given a quite clear condemnation of what is happening in venezuela. He was then asked if mr corbyn would personally condemn the venezuelan government. Well, i know people are very interested in venezuela. It is an important issue but quite frankly, when i go around my constituency, its not the first thing that people ask me about. Whats going on is unacceptable, weve said so and the labour party have made it abundantly clear that that is their position. The headlines on bbc Newsroom Live four men from the West Midlands are found guilty of plotting a Terrorist Attack against police and military targets. Prison governors warn many jails in england and wales are in crisis saying recent unrest in some establishments is clearly linked to a poor regime. The number of drug Poisoning Deaths involving both legal and Illegal Drugs reached their highest level on record in england and wales last year. Lets get more now on the retirement of the Duke Of Edinburgh, whos carrying out his last Public Engagement this afternoon. Joining me now from our westminster studio is the editor of majesty magazine, ingrid seward. 96 and he is retiring. Its been an extraordinary life of service. 96 and he is retiring. Its been an extraordinary life of servicem has and the fact that he is still walking about that right and healthy looking is quite extraordinary. Most people of 96 are bent and lame and he is there and all his faculties are there. Wilber queen miss him very much at her side because the decades come he has been at her side on royal engagements . Let me let you put your earpiece in. I was asking if you could hear me. How much will the queen miss him at her side . He will still be there when she comes back from engagements and will be around and he will make and will be around and he will make a few comments about what she has been doing. I think they will be relieved to think he isnt having to a jaw relieved to think he isnt having to ajawa relieved to think he isnt having to a jaw a constant and tedious role. Endure. He will be back home doing what he wants to do. This is the beginning of handing over a lot of royal duties to the younger generation. It is the middle of handing over. It has taken a long time and it is not something matt philip wouldve decided overnight. He wouldve thought long and hard about it. He has said there may be some royal engagements a does still attend. He is not coming to way. In terms of duties, royal duties. He will do what he wants, when he wants to. At the age of 96, it is his supreme effort for him to be out doing these royal engagements and he has to get very early in the morning and get himself ready and together. It is absolutely exhausting and he does it all by sheer bloody minded willpower. I dont think he needs to get on doing that. It has been an extraordinary life of service and thousands of events attended speeches made and the odd gaffe here and there which have given the Headline Writers a lot fun. We love the gaffes. The queen is a very shy and humble person and Prince Philip got used to the idea of stepping in and trying to loosen up the atmosphere a bit and relax her. That developed into the gaffes and we love to hear them now. Irritatingly enough him, that is probably one of the things people will remember him for. Thanks for being with us. Thank you. Former spitfire pilot Ken Wilkinson has died, he was 99. Ken was one of the last surviving Battle Of Britain Pilots who were known as the few after Winston Churchills famous phrase that never was so much owed by so many to so few. The battle of Britain Memorial trust said ken would be dearly missed. Well, because he doesnt fly proper aeroplanes, he flies choppers. And i said to him, theres nothing like the sound of a merlin and he hasnt got that pleasure. Can who has sadly died at the age of 99. The bbcs announced details of a new tv cookery competition. Britains best cook will be hosted by Claudia Winkleman with mary berry as head judge. She left the Great British bake 0ff last year when it was announced the show was moving from the bbc to channel 4. I asked if tara from the guardian thought it would be a hit. It is a great line up. Mary berry, Claudia Winkleman, what is not love . Last year, stories today is saying is this the Great British take off . It is a shame because it sounds like it would be a great show. Will it be substantially different . I think channel 4 and the makers of Great British bake 0ff will be looking very closely at it. Im sure the bbc will make sure it is very different because the productions that make Great British ba ke off previously challenged the bbc about another show that they made about hairdressing. There was a settlement that was reached there. Im sure there will be differences. No one company owns cookery. Personally, i think maybe masterchef might be worried. The idea of this is generally about home cooking, how to do a traditional roast or a Chicken Curry or a chocolate pudding. That seems to be the idea. Exactly. The difference will be on the home kitchen. You wont get the tent. The focus will be looking at recreating and trying to find new ways of making modern british food. There is a difference there and there is only one presenter, claudia. There would be two judges, mary and somebody else. Im sure the bbc will make sure there are enough differences between the two. I think it is a good move because sales of Baking Products have slumped a bit recently. It is good to look at other kinds of food. It has mary berry will who is a National Treasure with an extraordinary following. Absolutely. She is seen. The name sums her up. Britains best cook. There are other shows out there and there are other cooking shows that the bbc is doing. People will follow mary and the format. I think there is real warmth and chemistry between claudia and mary. I think there will be Good Chemistry there. Tara, thank you very much. Road safety to remove road bumps say they will not help. Children are vulnerable to polluted air. It can harm the development of their lungs. But the governments plan to combat pollution includes paying councils to rip up speed humps installed to protect those same children. Here is why. Cars will typically break as they reach a hump and then accelerate their way out of it, increasing pollution in the process. Safety campaigners say if councils remove humps without replacing them with Something Else to slow traffic it will simply increase the risk for children. Rachel is a Safety Campaigner based in cardiff, where she walks her two year old to nursery. Her organisation is writing to ministers, criticising the decision to remove speed bumps. Its a really weak plan based on really weak evidence. Getting rid of speed bumps and spending that money is not going to improve our air quality. Its going to increase the likelihood of accidents in urban areas like this and the money could be spent elsewhere. The challenge over humps created confusion in whitehall, with different departments saying they werent responsible for the policy. A government spokesman said later that he would ensure that any changes on roads didnt reduce safety. Three Australian Women trying to save their bowls club from closure have become overnight internet stars, after posting a video of themselves performing a parody of the beyonce song Single Ladies. The women, who are in their 70s and 80s, made the video after their local council said it wanted to bulldoze their bowls lawn to build a stadium. A warning there is some Flash Photography at the very start of sarah corkers report. What does the queen of pop, beyonce, and the genteel sport of lawn bowls have in common . Well, nothing, until this all the bowling ladies. Meet terri, janine and wyn, from melbourne. Their parody of beyonces Single Ladies has been watched at least one million times online. It is our life. You cant be evicting me. They are hoping the video will persuade the council to rethink plans to build an Indoor Stadium on this site. One of our younger members, denise, shed obviously been in pr, just cottoned on to the song, beyonces song, and two of us had heard of beyonce, but two of us had not any idea about that song. Put your hands up. The council says no final decision has been made, but it is struggling with demand for sporting facilities. Now the ladies hope their Fancy Footwork may just catch beyonces attention now, the weather. I start with the Satellite Sequence which shows a lot of cloud over the uk that has bringing some rain with it. Not a great day for early august. In northern scotland, we have some decent weather to be had. Some sunshine in shetland earlier on and that will linger into the afternoon. Further south, this is dorset. You can see the rain which has been piling into the south of england. We have some Rain Drifting its way across Northern England and its way across Northern England and it continues northwards into Central Scotla nd it continues northwards into Central Scotland by the middle of the afternoon. Northern ireland should begin to brighten up a 12 showers will get going. There is a lot of cloud into the afternoon and a few breaks. There will be some reasonable temperatures into the upper teens. Underneath the rain, it is the middle teens are many places. Wet and windy as well. Not too much rain in east anglia. As we go through the evening, it will turn wetter in east anglia. Brisk winds go with it. The rain will make his way up into the Northern Parts of scotland. Thursday, lots of showers coming in from the west. Not a particularly cold night. Around 16 celsius. Thursday, our weather is dominated by low pressure. Brisk winds in the south but lighter winds across scotland. They could be heavy with some Thunder And Lightning. The showers will be moving swiftly across much of england and wales. Not too many showers in the south eastern corner. 22 celsius. Glasgow has some frequent showers. The low pressure is moving away and things are beginning to settle down. Still some showers around. It is largely dry in the south east. Thursday friday, some fabrics of rain and largely dry in the south and south east. Four men have been found guilty of plotting a Terror Attack on British Police and military targets. A gang calling themselves The Three Musketeers, along with another man, wanted to commit an atrocity similar to that carried out on the soldier lee rigby. Part of the trial, at the old bailey, had to be held in secret. Well have the latest. Also this lunchtime Prince Philip will make his final solo appearance on royal duty today, after 65 years of official engagements. The number of people dying due to drugs reached record levels last year. British tourists have faced hours of delays at airports across the eu, because of increased Border Checks. All the bowling ladies, all the bowling ladies. All the bowling ladies, all the bowling ladies. And the three Australian Women in their 70s and 80s