in the transfer market, the real action starts as arsenal take on leicester at the emirates. and, strange flotsam giant segments of pipe wash up on a norfolk beach the longest measuring nearly 500 metres. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. eleven members of the same family have been convicted in a series of trials involving modern slavery thought to be the largest of its kind in british legal history. members of the rooney family from lincoln ran a company called lincolnshire driveways that specialised in tarmacking and block paving. but their ‘workforce‘ were vulnerable slaves who they picked up from the streets some of which were alcoholics, homeless or suffering learning difficulties. our correspondent linsey smith reports. patrick rooney, seen posing for pictures with staff at the family business, lincolnshire driveways. it looks professional, offering tarmacking and block paving, but some of the workers were slaves, kept in appalling conditions and paid
some surprises tonight, because sta rgazers some surprises tonight, because stargazers are hoping to get a good view of the perseid meteor shower. hundreds of meteors will streak gci’oss hundreds of meteors will streak across the sky in a display that may be visible around the world. it should peak at 11pm, clear skies permitting, and it can be seen in most parts the uk. if you see everybody lying down on the grass as you head home tonight, that will be the reason! let s look at the weather prospects. it won t be a bad weekend overall gci’oss it won t be a bad weekend overall across the british isles, that this not to say that there are not a couple of flies in the ointment. through the morning, we have had two weather fronts bringing cloud through the morning, we have had two weatherfronts bringing cloud and the chance of some rain to some parts of the british isles. through the afternoon, the front will drag out of scotland s and push into the eastern side of the pennin
around here. it s not completely dry. we have showers moving across scotla nd dry. we have showers moving across scotland an they ve settled in gci’oss scotland an they ve settled in across northern england and parts of wales as well. towards the south and east, largely dry with sunshine. a decent end to the day likely. towards the latter part of the afternoon, still a few showers around but not so for the south west of england, nor indeed for the south east. should be turning sunnier. a lot of the cloud we have at the moment is convicted cloud so it s developed as the heat‘s built up it s developed as the heat‘s built up through the day. the temperatures drop and the cloud will break up. fewer showers gci’oss drop and the cloud will break up. fewer showers across wales. still some heavier showers across parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire and into scotland. not many showers for northern ireland. northern and eastern scotland and eastern england will have most of the sho
the uk government pushes for a frictionless trade deal to help ease its transition towards a post brexit future. putting america first. donald trump calls for an investigation into whether china is stealing intellectual property from american companies. welcome to world business report. i m ben bland. the british prime minister theresa may has this morning, published a blueprint for future trade relations between the uk and the european union. in the first of a series of brexit papers, the government suggested creating an interim period of trade, saying one possible approach would be a temporary customs union between the uk and the eu. that means they would continue applying the same tariffs to goods from outside the union which can then move between them without more tariffs being added. the government s brexit committee hopes a time limited transition period will give importers and exporters enough time to adjust to the realities of brexit. in a bid to create what it call
in sport, liverpool manager, jurgen klopp, says he has nothing to say about phillipe coutinho‘s future as his side prepare for theirfirst game in the champions league and can you be fat and fit? i have been down to this gym every day for the last 20 years and have never had a day off. i am full of fitness. scientists say the idea s a myth, and being overweight can increase your risk of a heart attack by around a quarter. more from them later. and the weather. good morning. rain going east and into the north sea. behind that, sunshine and showers. some will be heavy and thundery. in the sunshine, it will be quite pleasant. i will have more in 15 minutes. thank you, carol. good morning. first, our main story. the government is pushing for a temporary customs union to be put in place when britain leaves the european union to try to smooth the way for business and prevent chaos on the uk s borders. there ve been warnings about the extra pressure ports could be under if they f