The Botswana Athlete came out of quarantine and powered his way into tonights showpiece. Good morning. When it comes to household bills, people with Money Problems are likely to end up on the worst deals, so says the boss of one of the uks biggest Comparison Sites, who ill be talking to a little later. Our very own 0re Hotstepped his way to the strictly crown last time around, but who will be trying to take the title when the Series Returns in september . Well reveal the fourth contestant in the line up live on the programme when theyjoin us just after 08 30am. And carol has the weather. Good morning. After yesterdays deluge In The South East we have the dregs left in the far south east corner, that will clear with a few showers behind it, cloud and result in the north but in between a lot of dry weather and a lot of sunshine. More in 15 minutes. Carol, thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. Northumbria police has defended Paying Thousands of pounds to a convicted child rapist to gather information in an abuse investigation. The force has defended its actions after 17 mostly asian men and one woman were convicted of grooming vulnerable girls in newcastle. Critics said it could have put victims at greater risk. Dan johnson reports. The faces of just some of those who abused young women across newcastles west end. Vulnerable girls are given drinks and drugs and passed around for sex. The gang was caught in one of the biggest Child Abuse Investigations the north of england has seen. But now there are questions, outrage even, oversome of the police tactics. Was it right to pay a convicted child rapist £10,000 to be an informant . to pay a convicted child rapist £10,000 to be an informant . I get entirely that for some people it would be morally republican, the very very thought that we would, but if you put it in the context of we have paid money to somebody and as a result of that we know that we have safeguarded Vulnerable Women and girls and we know that there are dangerous men behind bars that would not be behind bars for lengthy terms of imprisonment, that would not have happened were it not for the information that we have gathered. Still, some of those helping abused children feel its unacceptable, even dangerous. Perfectly reasonable to resume this individual presented an ongoing risk and the police didnt know what he was doing when he was out there providing information to them, he could himself be involved in grooming and abusing those Vulnerable Children. Northumbria police have stressed that the informant was not sent to gather direct evidence of abuse. The forces Police Commissioner said she was uneasy about playing the rapist but old she was satisfied everything was done properly. Visa complex cases and difficultjudgements have to be made. Danieljohnson, bbc news these are. Were joined now by allison freeman, who is at Northumbria Polices headquarters this morning. The force facing difficult questions . It does and they have been overshadowed by the use of this informant, which you have heard has been defended robustly by the Chief Constable but the force is saying this has been very significant in a numberof this has been very significant in a number of ways, not least because it sends a message that these vile crimes by evil men were simply not tolerated. The force said the largest investigation it ever carried out, so out, so much so it has grown the kitchen sink at it Resource Wise since the first complaints were made at the end of 2013. Theyre saying they spoke to more than 700 potential complainants, arrested more than 450 people and this investigation is very much ongoing. Theyre also saying it has created a cultural shift within the force and the way they deal with these kinds of crimes. 0ne officer was in fact sacked during the investigation for not investigating one of the suspects correctly. 0ne of the girls involved in this was actually in the care of the local authority when she was being abused, so authority when she was being abused, so now a authority when she was being abused, so now a Safeguarding Review is going to be carried out to ensure or to find out whether these girls could have been protected much sooner. Could have been protected much sooner. Allison, for the moment, thank you. Well be speaking to Northumbria PoliceChief Constable steve ashman later in the programme. North korea has dismissed President Trumps warnings that it will face Fire And Fury as a load of nonsense in the latest escalation of tension between the two leaders. Last night, pyongyang said it was drawing up plans to launch four Ballistic Missiles towards the sea off the coast of guam. 0ur correspondent Yogita Limaye has more. A show of strength in pyongyang. North Korean State Television showed a mass of people marching in support of the leadership in the country, even as the government made more threats. Visa details of its plan to attack guam. Four rockets will fly overjapan and land in the Pacific 0cean near the island, it says. s drills by us Bomber Aircraft like these which are stationed at once that have angered pyongyang its. While a fierce reaction from north korea is expected, this time it is matched by a aggression from the us president. After saying pyongyang would be met by Fire And Fury, donald trump boasted about Americas Nuclear arsenal, a message which will be perceived as another threat by north korea. Its making people around the world nervous and many countries have urged restraint. Our strong wish is the United States keeps calm and referring is from any moves that would provoke another party into actions that might be dangerous. The border isjust dangerous. The border is just about 50 kilometres from here, but things on the streets are not tense. This country has dealt with threats from its neighbourfor a country has dealt with threats from its neighbour for a long country has dealt with threats from its neighbourfor a long time now and thats why perhaps now people here are unlikely to believe just yet that this war war of words is likely to turn into something more. Yogita limaye, bbc news, seoul. Police hunting a jogger who knocked a pedestrian into the path of a london bus say they have received a good response to their appeal for information, and they are following up several lines of enquiry. Cctv footage of the incident, on Putney Bridge, show the man appear to barge into the 33 year old woman without warning. She escaped serious injury thanks to the quick reactions of the bus driver. A new trial in the treatment for type 1 diabetes has displayed encouraging results, according to scientists in london. The therapy aims to slow down the advance of the disease by retraining the Immune System and so far tests show the treatment is safe. Its now hoped the therapy could lead to a cure for type 1 diabetes and free people from taking daily insulin injections. A widow has spoken of her shock and horror after a private gp who treated her late husband admitted failings in the case. Doctor Peter Wheeler, who was princess dianas doctor, has acknowledged he failed to properly monitor his patient by not arranging the recommended blood tests. 0ur health correspondent, jane dreaper, has the details a mother and son seeking answers. Stefanos vavalidis died from Liver Failure after spending the last eight months of his life in hospital. His widow is suing the private gp who was the familys trusted doctor over the prescribing of a drug mr vavalidis took for a Skin Condition for over a decade. Its heartbreaking enough to lose your partner of 45 years. But the complete shock and horror when we found out that it had been totally avoidable. That last period of his life was horrifying, so wed like to prevent it from happening to other people. Dr Peter Wheeler continues to practise at this private surgery, which was declared safe when audited four years ago. But hes since admitted in legal papers for this case that there were no systems at the time for flagging up the need for regular blood tests in cases like this, and that he failed to properly monitor mr vavalidis. Had he done so, his patient could have lived up to two years longer. The lawyer working on the familys legal claim says it is one of the worst cases he has known. Private healthcare does have certain advantages over the nhs. Its more convenient, generally, and it is more comfortable. But it certainly is not better care. Dr wheeler states in legal papers that stefanos would still have died from Liver Failure because of his diabetes and obesity. The doctor is under investigation by the general medical council. Jane draper, bbc news. Facebook is to launch a new service that will compete with tv networks and Online Platforms like youtube and netflix. Social media users will soon see a watch tab on their feeds, which will offer a range of shows, some of which have been funded by the social network. It will also allow people to see what their friends are watching and start conversations with others who are interested in the same videos. Can you imagine doing that, charlie, sitting there while were both on facebook, watching the same programme and commenting every evening. I dont know but i try to keep an open mind about new technology. We could try. Its not going to happen, though the botswa nan athlete, Isaac Makwala, has qualified for the final of the world Athletics 200m after running his heat alone against the clock. He was unable to take part in the heats on monday night because the athletics authorities said he had the norovirus. Meanwhile, mo farah qualified for the 5000m final. Andy swiss has more. 24 hours ago his dream seemed tonight he could be World Champion. Isaac makwalas remarkable evening began with a race against the clock after the athletics authorities said he could finally run his 200 metres heat two days after his rivals. After meeting his qualifying time he hardly seemed to be suffering. And barely two hours later he roared through on the inside to reach the final with britains athlete also threw. Afterwards makwala thanked the authorities for his chance but said the crowd also inspired him. |j wa nt to said the crowd also inspired him. |j want to thank the iaaf for giving me another chance and the crowd is so amazing. They didnt need to believe, the crowd being british, just want to thank this crowd, so amazing also a good evening for sir mo farah as he is through his 5000 metres heat in second place. Hell bejoined in metres heat in second place. Hell be joined in saturdays final by fellow briton andrew prichard. But tonight, the focus here will be on the mens 200 metres and four Isaac Makwala, after an extraordinary few days, there just might bea extraordinary few days, there just might be a fairytale finish. Andy swiss, bbc news, at the London Stadium. It really was good to watch yesterday. All the rain on the track and they were constantly moving it away. It might get better tonight is that an official term . Squuegy . Squeegy to me means a little bit wonky. A whole new meaning for it this morning we are off to a fine start, in rural areas it is quite chilly but for many parts of the uk it will be dry with some lengthy sunny spells and where we have the torrential rain yesterday, its going to be much drier. You can see this Weather FrontIn The South East, this is the dregs of the rain yesterday, a bit more cloud and also spots of light rain and drizzle but that will move away through the morning. Across the far north of scotland, more cloud, in the northern isles, a bit damp with a few showers flirting with the north and west but a lot of dry weather and west but a lot of dry weather and sunshine. In Northern Ireland you can see we are also looking at a dry and sunny start to the day, as we are across the bulk of england and wales. A little bit of mist and fog first thing but that will lift readily and heres our Weather Front, the remnants of that rain yesterday. Through today that will continue to weaken and move away, Clearing Kent probably last. Could catch a few heavy showers around kent, essex, sussex, but they will be the exception rather than the rule. For most, dry and fine. Temperatures, 20 or 21, what a different day its going to be today for the south east compared to yesterday and that holds true for the athletics. It should stay dry, we should see some decent amounts of sunshine with temperatures 20 or 21. Through the evening and overnight, again there will be a lot of dry weather around but weve got a more active Weather Front coming in across the north west, bringing in some rain and some strengthening winds. Move away from that and there is some cloud around and clear skies and in towns and cities, temperatures falling to around 11 or 13. As we head into tomorrow, we start on this dry note across central and eastern areas, you can see our Weather Fronts coming in, look at the squeeze on those isobars again, telling you its going to be windy. The rain is going to advance from the north west in the direction of the south east. It will always be heaviest in the west with height and ahead of it the cloud will continue to build, so parts of the south east during Daylight Hours getting away with a dry day and highs once again up with a dry day and highs once again up to about 21. But as we go further north, still 17 to 19 so temperatures roughly where they should be at this stage in august. Then friday into saturday, we still the Weather Fronts cross us taking the Weather Fronts cross us taking the rain to the south east and clearing away. Things settle down with a ridge of High Pressure across us on with a ridge of High Pressure across us on saturday so again the weekend looking pretty fine, a lot of dry weather, fair bit of sunshine, just a few showers dotted around here and there with the breeze coming in from there with the breeze coming in from the north west and again temperatures up to 21. A very quick look at sunday, again a lot of dry weather with High Pressure still across us weather with High Pressure still across us and a few showers with temperatures around 17 to 21 but worth noting it will be chilly first thing, and surely if youre heading out in the evenings this weekend, charlie and lagat. Jacket on, jacket off. Thank you. Shall we look through the front pages . The front of most of the papers today is our lead story, Northumbria Polices actions in the case of investigating a paedophile gang. They were grooming young girls, and also the polices use of an informant who was a convicted paedophile as well. We will discuss that through the programme. And the picture you see here is supporters of the kenyan president ial candidate raila 0dingo protesting in nairobi after he said he was hacked and the election result currently under way has been manipulated. The U Nsuccessful has been manipulated. The unsuccessful prosecution of the gang on the sunday mail, asking how many more lives will be torn apart. And the summer money paid to a child rapist who was an informant to the police, £10,000 paid for information without enquiry. Another story is on korea, we have seen this escalation in words when it comes to President Trump and kimjong un as in words when it comes to President Trump and kim jong un as well. The trumpet Trump Administration warning to de escalate. Kim jong un threatening his Missile Capability could reach guam, which is american territory. Sean, what have you got . The front of the times, going more in depth. The front of the times, going more indepth. This one here . Yes, the hosts attacking the clampdown on airbnb. If you own a flat in majorca, one of those islands, you need a licence to be able to put the flat on airbnb, which makes it more complicated. Those that own it are kicking off because they say it will limit the amount of business they can do. It is a higher standard required, that kind of stuff. Airbnb said it has brought loads of tourism to these islands. They have helped bring people in, more affordable, more competition, so that is changing things are little bit. If you wanted to go on airbnb and get some of those things, that will change over the next 12 months. Quite interesting. 0ne change over the next 12 months. Quite interesting. One in the ft which has been going along the last couple of days, disney, at the moment, on netflix,