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economy, the Chancellor warned that it is too early about the effects of

the Brexit vote. It's far too early to say how

the economy is responding yet - inevitably people's reaction

to a surprise is caution. We'll be asking what this stronger

than expected performance means Fresh pictures emerge

of the siege at the French church where a Catholic

priest was murdered. The soaring cost to the NHS

of consultants' overtime - one doctor last year

got ?375,000 extra. Labour leadership contender

Owen Smith says he wants a revolution in the workplace -

to reduce inequality. And a glass ceiling

really is shattered - Hillary Clinton is the first woman

ever chosen by a major party Coming up in the sport Vladimir

Putin questions the worth of Olympic gold with no Russian athletes on the

track. Economic growth across

the UK speeded up ahead Official figures showed an increase

of 0.6% in the three months to the end of June -

a stronger performance The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, said

the figures showed the UK now had a "position of strength"

from which to negotiate But he also warned that it was

"far too early" to say how the economy was responding

to the Referendum result. He was speaking to our Economics

editor Kamal Ahmed, who now Better figures than expected

today and an announcement by London City Airport

that it was expanding. For the Chancellor, Philip Hammond,

not exactly blue skies ahead, The UK economy is fundamentally

strong as we go into the challenge That gives us the tools

and the scope to respond Do you really think,

as some have suggested, that we could be heading

for a recession? Well, I think it's far

too early to say how Inevitably, people's reaction

to a surprise is caution. No such caution today

from pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, which announced

a ?270 million investment But the maker of Night Nurse

and Panadol did lace it's good My guess is we are probably

going to see some choppy signals I don't think we are going to see

a dramatic shift to the left or the right, but we will see some

choppiness, we are going to see some things which are indicative

of a bit of a slowdown. And it's likely we are going to see

some signals of early inflation. With business investment

still continuing like here at London City Airport,

some might wonder what all the fuss was about the economy

in the referendum. I think there are two big

things worth considering. Firstly, we are still largely

looking in the rear-view mirror. Most of the economic

information published today is actually from April,

when business confidence And many senior economists I have

spoken to who are very close to the government,

warn against a false Britain is still facing

uncertain times. Uncertainty has been an issue

for this leather company in Oxford which has found the post-Brexit

world a more difficult proposition. The weaker pound helps exporters

like GSK, it is not so good Everything that we buy

is in dollars from South America. This means there is an immediate

effect if the pound is very weak, so everything since the night

of Brexit is costing us 14% more. So this has an immediate

effect on our costs. Put simply, selling purses

becomes more difficult. And the figures post the referendum

do suggest business Well, the data suggests

that the economy was performing well What we have seen since the Brexit

vote is quite a significant slowdown in business sentiment,

in consumer sentiment, and this will have an impact

on the economy over Next week the Governor of the Bank

of England will announce his latest The bank may even agree to cut

interest rates to boost growth, a move that will only come

if the economic news has indeed , it is with me now, most of the

data refers to be for the EU vote, what does this mean? It has been

sparse and somewhat contradictory, sadly economics is never that simple

but on issues like manufacturing and services, a part of the UK economy

and consumer confidence most of the data we've had since the referendum

vote has been worse than it was before the referendum. But there are

some contradictory signals also. The stock market has recovered after a

dramatic fall after June 23, Sterling although it fell against

Romney has stabilised and of course that is

good for British export. I think we will have to ask for patience from

our viewers as to how the economy is doing. It may be until later,

perhaps in October, and the big report on the performance of the UK

economy in the Autumn Statement at the end of November before we can

have a feel, good or bad, on how the UK economy is performing since that

momentous vote on June 23. Thank you.

The French President Francois Hollande has met

religious leaders for talks - after a Catholic priest was murdered

One of the men who stabbed Father Jacques Hamel

was on probation and wore an electronic tag which was turned

The man, 19-year-old Adel Kermiche, had twice previously tried to join

so-called Islamic State - also known as Daesh - in Syria.

Our correspondent Lucy Williamson reports.

The words that follow these attacks have lost their power to console.

They used to give France strength, now they highlight its betrayal.

In the streets where he grew up, Adel Kermiche is remembered

as a troubled man whose radical views had already alerted his

TRANSLATION: He was clearly pro-Daesh.

Once his parents took him to the police station,

they said, lock him up, he's going to commit a crime.

The police said they were already monitoring him, but couldn't

Last year he was arrested in Germany while trying to reach Syria.

Two months later, he was caught again in Turkey and

In March this year he was released with an electronic tag,

which allowed him to leave his house between 8:30

During that window yesterday morning, he came here

and together with an accomplice, carried out his assault while elite

The moment filmed by a local resident who was woken by the noise.

With every new target and every new location,

So that the death of a local priest in this small suburban church

becomes a test of national resilience, an attack

In Paris, the government was left defending itself against

the charge that its defence of France had failed.

But was this a failure of intelligence, security or judgment?

Or simply the result of freedoms the country wants to protect.

TRANSLATION: Everything that can be done under the rule of law

There can still be some changes, discussions.

We are open to suggestions from the opposition.

But you cannot protect the rule of law by rejecting the rule of law.

And on a visit to Italy today, the Prime Minister said

that the threat from these attacks crossed borders,

Yesterday's attack in northern France on an innocent Catholic

priest in a place of sanctuary and peace was yet another brutal

reminder of the threat that we all face.

Following on from the atrocities in Nice and Germany,

it reinforces the need for action both in Europe and on

In the Church of Notre Dame tonight, prayers have begun to honour

Father Jacques Hamel and the hostages of Saint Etienne.

But faith in France's protectors is harder now,

with the country divided over what protection means.

Some of the media here have began to rebel against the wall to wall

coverage that follows these attacks. The French daily newspaper Le Monde

and one of the most popular radio stations in the country have said

they will not publish any more photographs of attackers and one of

the main radio stations has said it will not broadcast their names.

Thank you, Lucy Williams on. The overtime bill for hospital

consultants has risen by more than a third in the past two years

across the UK. A BBC investigation has found that

one doctor in Lancashire earned an extra ?375,000

pounds over 12 months. The Department of Health says it's

working to reduce overtime costs. Here's our Health

correspondent Dominic Hughes. A specialised eye examination

under way in Wigan. Here, they've changed

the way they work. Saving money that was paid

to consultants to do extra shifts. So, instead of a doctor,

an expert nurse now sees That keeps the hospital's finances

under control and frees up consultants to treat

the really complex cases. The main benefit is that we as

an organisation have less financial pressure because we're not having

to pay out these premium pay rates. By working together, we can solve

some pretty tricky problems. And the bottom line is,

it's the patients who benefit. But many other hospitals

are facing a rising bill The average basic salary

for a consultant is ?89,000 a year. Across the UK, extra overtime cost

?160 million last year. One doctor made nearly ?375,000

in 12 months at a Trust where a shortage of consultants

means a heavy workload. There's too much demand

and there aren't enough consultants. So what you're trying to do

is to ask a workforce that is already stretched

to and sometimes beyond its limits It's simply an effect of too much

demand, too few consultants. Specialist nurses like Ewan now

carry out procedures that once That's better for patients

because they can get to see Ewan a lot more frequently and it saves

the hospital an awful lot of money. At present each hospital trust can

make its own arrangements on how it NHS employers want more continuity,

with a common approach to how extra The changes put in place at Wigan

demonstrate it is possible to cut But health service managers

in England hope a new contract for consultants currently

being negotiated will help end Police in Pakistan have begun

a murder investigation following the death of a woman

from Bradford last week. Samia Shahid, who was 28,

died last week in Northern Punjab. Her husband believes she was killed

because her family disapproved The Labour leadership contender

Owen Smith has set out plans to strengthen workers'

rights as he campaigns to Speaking in Sheffield,

he promised to abolish zero hours contracts and to end

the public sector pay freeze. Mr Smith announced a packed

list of policies - and said he wanted to bring

about a revolution Our Political correspondent

Vicki Young has more details. Owen Smith needs to make an impact

and he only has a few weeks to do it. Ladies and gentlemen, Owen

Smith. Today he made a direct pitch to those who last year propelled

Jeremy Corbyn to the leadership. We need a revolution. Not some misty

eyed romantic notion of revolution where we will overthrow capitalism

and return to a socialist nirvana! I don't know who I'm referring to! But

A cold eyed, practical socialist revolution. And Mr Smith showered

his audience with new policy ideas. And under a Labour government that I

hope to lead the public sector pay freeze would end. We would spend an

extra 4% per annum on the NHS. Inequality busting wealth tax in

Britain. The ?200 billion promise to borrow funds at historic low rates

in order to invest in the future. The task for Labour is daunting.

They've lost dozens of seats in Scotland and elsewhere Ukip are

breathing down their neck. What would you do about Ukip voters,

those who have left Labour in the north, particularly of England? I

would give them hope that there is a Labour government that gets why they

are angry. That understands why they feel Britain is very unfair. But

understands why they feel that some people get a fairer

crack whip and they are getting. That's what maybes about. Bread and

butter issues, building the houses we need, making sure people can

afford them. Simple things Labour needs to hang onto. They are our

ideas, we should be delivering them. What do voters make of the party 's

problems? I don't like Jeremy Corbyn. I feel he isn't good enough.

I don't really like Corbyn, I like his ideas but I don't think he's got

the charisma. I'm a bit dissolution with them all. The stuff they come

out with this coming in here and going out of there. One Owen Smith

wants to be Prime Minister. Before that he must convince Labour Party

members to back him. He hopes that they will look at his

long list of left-wing policies and be persuaded that he would present

them more effectively than Jeremy Corbyn. But his supporters say he

has set the agenda, not Owen Smith. Jeremy was the person who stood

alone in that when it wasn't fashionable and started putting

forward these policies. It's easy for people to jump on the bandwagon

now because it's popular. Owen Smith made his speech today on the site of

a former coking plant, now a business park. He believes his

vision will regenerate the Labour Party. Vicki Young, BBC News,

Sheffield. A growth spurt for the UK economy -

official figures say it expanded faster than expected in the run-up

to the vote to leave the EU. We're with world champion

Matt Whitlock, under pressure Celtic score a crucial away goal

as they draw 1-1 against Astana of Kazakhstan in the first leg

of their Champions League qualifier. For the first time in history

a woman has been nominated by a major party to become President

of the United States. The Democratic Party has formally

backed Hillary Clinton as its candidate, at its

Convention in Philadelphia. It comes 23 years after she first

entered the White House - as First Lady to her husband

President Bill Clinton. Our North America Editor

Jon Sopel has more. You felt history in the hall

as the votes were cast. It is 96 years since women got

the vote in the US. And 51 votes for the next President

of the United States of America, Then it was the turn of Vermont,

home of Senator Bernie Sanders. And in a move which delighted

the Clinton camp he called for the rules to be suspended

so she would be elected unanimously. I move that all votes,

all votes cast by delegates be reflected in the official record

and I move that Hillary Clinton be selected as the nominee

of the Democratic Party The keynote speaker

was an ex-President who might just Those of us who have more

yesterdays than tomorrows seem to care more about our

children and grandchildren. The reason you should

elect her is that in the greatest country on earth we have always

been about tomorrow. Your children and grandchildren

will bless you forever if you do. The one advantage the Democrats have

over the Republicans is glitz. Eight years ago Hillary Clinton

famously said she had made millions of cracks in the glass ceiling

when she fought Barack Obama for If there are any little girls out

there who stayed up late to watch, let me just say I may become

the first woman President, Thank you all, I cannot wait to join

you in Philadelphia. Some in the hall cried

with joy and relief, but the polling data showed that

Hillary Clinton has The glass ceiling which awaits her

in November will not A lot of the speeches we heard

yesterday were reminding America about what Hillary Clinton had

achieved, for personal qualities. Today the headline act is Barack

Obama and I would expect him to focus on the strength of character

and intellect that you need to be president and I am sure he will say

that Hillary Clinton has it and Donald Trump doesn't. Donald Trump

has given a news conference recently in which he almost sort of seemed to

be urging the Russians to commit cyber espionage against Hillary

Clinton to find out what is in some of deleted e-mails. That has swift

condemnation from the Hillary Clinton campaign and I would not be

surprised if it formed some of Barack Obama's speech later this

evening. Parents are being warned that

children are almost twice as likely to trespass on the railway in summer

than in winter. Network Rail and the

British Transport Police have released these pictures

of people narrowly avoiding accidents on the tracks -

in an effort to highlight Over the past decade,

almost 170 young people have been killed after trespassing

on the railway. More than two-thirds

were hit by trains. Police investigating the attempted

abduction of an RAF serviceman in Norfolk last week have released

e-fits of the two men The victim fought off the attackers

who tried to bundle him into a vehicle, as he was jogging

outside RAF Marham. Police said both attackers

were of "Middle Eastern appearance". Let's join our correspondent

Robert Hall who's outside A week on the incident which

unfolded a short distance from where I am currently standing still

preoccupies many of the thousands of people who live and work here at RAF

Marham. Today they found fresh police checkpoints on every road

leading to and from the base. Uniformed officers and detectives

trying to gather new information which would enable them to establish

why this attempted abduction took place, who was responsible and where

they are now. Were you in this area

between 1pm and 4pm? It was an instant which lasted less

than a minute, but which has led to another day of intense activity

on the lanes of Norfolk. The focus has been on these faces,

created from the memories of the young serviceman who ran

for his life a week ago. Investigators believe someone

from the RAF community may have seen the men as they prepared or fled

from their attempted abduction. The serviceman had told police

that he became aware of a dark vehicle, possibly a people carrier

on the other side of the road. He said in a matter of seconds a man

had jumped out of that vehicle, If he had not reacted as he did

by head-butting that man and knocking him to the ground

the outcome would have The landscape here illustrates

the challenge of tracing that Empty farmland, quiet roads

and little CCTV. That is why information from those

who live and work at RAF Marham is so important.

Last weeks incident has added to concerns over security

Police say that the motives for this attempted abduction

We said last week that there was no credible evidence of it

being a terrorist related incident but we couldn't discount it,

But if it is not a terrorist related abduction, attempted abduction,

I am looking at other possibilities, could this be a case of mistaken

identity, could this be something entirely unconnected?

Norfolk police are in close touch with anti-terrorism specialists

but they believe key information will emerge locally.

They have warned anyone spotting the suspects

Robert Hall, BBC News, at RAF Marham.

It's a little over a week to go to the Rio Olympics -

where Team GB are looking to win 48 medals.

One of the squad's best hopes is 23 year old Max Whitlock.

The world champion gymnast was just a teenager when he unexpectedly won

team and individual bronze at the London 2012 Games.

Since then he's battled illness, but also won a host of other medals.

He met Katherine Downes at his training base in Essex.

That's what strikes you when you meet Max Whitlock.

Since bronze in London he spent the last four years working to make

I was an underdog going in there, I was only 19 years old,

I helped with the team result, that's the first time we've

And then for me to get an individual bronze medal,

I was so pleased with my achievement and what I produced on that day.

While his friend and rival silver medallist Louis Smith became

a household name after London, for Max it was straight back to the gym.

The pair will go head-to-head again in Rio.

At the end of the day, that's pushing us both even more

which is the best thing for our team.

The highest scores we have on those individual apparatus,

the better scores we hopefully come out with as a team.

So, you know, it's healthy competition.

While the rivalry might be healthy, Max himself has been anything but.

Glandular fever laid him low for three months last year

but through sheer grit he fought back to become the first British man

Makes a pirouette, what a super, super challenge!

So how many times a day are you here?

We usually do two sessions with a lunch break in between.

Well, this is my strongest piece, yes.

It's a piece that a lot of my focus is on most of the time.

I do double sessions on the pommel horse every day.

I use that as a lot of my motivation to push me even harder.

To get to the highest level that I possibly could.

What's it like going into an Olympic Games

It calms me, knowing that I've got that title behind me.

You know, some people can see it as a lot more pressure,

but I see that as a result I've got in the bag now,

I need to move forward, I need to go in and produce the best

And with that, it's back to training.

Something for everyone over the next few days, sunshine and somewhat in

for the gardens, some rain around at some stage. A few showers just now

notably across some parts of south-east England. As you can see a

lot of us enjoying a fine end to the day, showers continuing across the

North of Scotland and then later on in the night we will see cloud and

eventually some rain turning up across Northern Ireland. It will

take much of the night before that rain arrives and for most other

places it will be a dry night. Not assume it as last night, fresher

feel across the South, better for sleeping. It will be a wet start to

the day for Northern Ireland, some questions about how far north the

rain extends as it pushes into Scotland but certainly south of the

central belt. The rain will push into Westergaard 's of England and

Wales, breakfast time many western coastal areas will be damp but

elsewhere it will be dry with some morning sunshine to enjoy across

many central and eastern counties of England. It will feel nice out there

indeed but want last for ever because it will move its way west to

east across England and Wales. More persistent across Northern Ireland,

Scotland and England. It will brighten up buying the rain across

parts of Wales, central and southern England and it might spark the odd

heavy thundery shower. Muggy across the South and fresher further north.

We will see the band of rain, showery rain pushing its way

southwards and by Friday it. Be there or thereabouts across central

and southern parts of England but behind that brighter skies again,

sunshine and one last day of relative humidity across the South.

Fresher air in the north and it will push its way down across the whole

country as we hit the weekend. A growth spurt for the UK economy -

official figures say it expanded faster than expected in the run-up

to the vote to leave the EU. That's all from the BBC News at Six

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