we have a special investigation. it has been for months been since those business rate changes affected millions of companies. didcot has seen some of the biggest rises. in sport, as usain bolt get set to race for the final time, a time 0lympic race for the final time, a time olympic champion has told us the sport will die if athletes keep doping. and plans to rip up speed bumps in a an effort to tackle speed bumps. for many of us it s a dry and bright start, with a couple of showers. but we have rain coming to the south west. that will be moving north east. some will be heavy and possibly thundery as well. it will be accompanied by casting wins. more details on 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the duke of edinburgh will carry out his final public engagement before he retires from royal duty this afternoon. prince philip, who is 96 years old, will attend a parade by the royal marines. in may it was announced he would be retiring after spending more than
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 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 government s decision taken earlier this year to separate operational control of the prison system from respon
bowlers channelling australian bowlers chanbeling beyonce. good morning. it s 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. i
a £198 million deal for neymar tojoin paris saint germain from barcelona. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. four men from the west midlands have been found guilty of plotting an attack similar to that carried out on the soldier lee rigby. a gang calling themselves the three musketeers, along with one other man, were planning to attack police and military targets on british soil. some of the trial had to be held in secret, at the old bailey. our midlands correspondent, phil mackie, reports. the raid at hero couriers in birmingham last august. an area near the city centre was evacuated and the bomb disposal unit called in. it was the culmination of an elaborate undercover operation in which the four men were observed meeting each other in birmingham and in stoke. they were already well known to the authorities. naweed ali and khobaib hussain had been jailed after travelling to a terror training camp in pakistan in 2011. in prison, they met mohibur rahman, who
i need that to come through now. and the australian bowlers channelling their inner beyonce in a bid to save their green. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. after 65 years of official public engagements, the duke of edinburgh will make his final solo appearance on royal duty today. prince philip will attend a parade by the royal marines, of which he s the captain general. now 96, he s the longest serving consort in british history. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. he s 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 have 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