03/08/2017

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:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight at ten, the Bank of England

:00:07. > :00:08.cuts growth forecasts for the economy,

:00:09. > :00:12.saying the squeeze on family incomes will continue.

:00:13. > :00:14.As demonstrators, including the Bank's own employees,

:00:15. > :00:18.protest over wages, the Governor Mark Carney says

:00:19. > :00:22.uncertainty around Brexit is hitting businesses and households.

:00:23. > :00:25.As the consequences of sterling's fall have shown up in the shops

:00:26. > :00:28.and squeezed their real incomes, they've cut back on spending,

:00:29. > :00:36.The Bank has kept interest rates on hold at 0.25%,

:00:37. > :00:39.to ease pressure on what Mr Carney calls a "sluggish economy."

:00:40. > :00:45.A judge has condemned mental health support for young people in England

:00:46. > :00:47.as "disgraceful and utterly shaming," as the authorities

:00:48. > :00:54.struggle to find suitable care for one suicidal teenager.

:00:55. > :00:57.A British computer expert who helped shut down the recent hacking of NHS

:00:58. > :00:59.systems has been arrested in America, accused of links

:01:00. > :01:04.A damning report details how the poorest children in England fall

:01:05. > :01:10.behind more affluent pupils all the way through school.

:01:11. > :01:13.Tributes have been paid to the stage and screen actor Robert Hardy,

:01:14. > :01:29.And England's Lionesses are tamed by the Dutch at the women's Euros.

:01:30. > :01:31.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:

:01:32. > :01:34.Brazilian striker Neymar becomes the world's most expensive player,

:01:35. > :01:57.moving from Barcelona to PSG at a cost of just over ?200 million.

:01:58. > :02:02.The Governor of the Bank of England has warned that the economy

:02:03. > :02:05.will remain "sluggish" because uncertainty over Brexit

:02:06. > :02:07.is hitting businesses and affecting households.

:02:08. > :02:12.Today, the Bank downgraded the UK's growth forecasts

:02:13. > :02:15.for this year and the next, with Mr Carney saying a lack

:02:16. > :02:17.of clarity about the UK's future relationship

:02:18. > :02:19.with the European Union is holding back investment

:02:20. > :02:25.He added that real income growth was at its weakest since the middle

:02:26. > :02:28.Interest rates will remain at the record low of 0.25%.

:02:29. > :02:32.Here's our business editor, Simon Jack.

:02:33. > :02:35.There hasn't been much summer cheer on the beach in Margate this week,

:02:36. > :02:38.the weather overcast and some bracing headwinds -

:02:39. > :02:41.much like the UK economy, and there was precious little

:02:42. > :02:44.sunshine shed when the Bank of England Governor delivered

:02:45. > :02:52.He said the post-referendum fall in the value of the pound was now

:02:53. > :02:55.Households looked through Brexit-related uncertainties

:02:56. > :03:03.initially, but more recently, as the consequence of sterling's

:03:04. > :03:06.fall have shown up in the shops and squeezed their real incomes,

:03:07. > :03:08.they've cut back on spending, slowing the economy.

:03:09. > :03:11.The Bank cut its growth forecast for this year from 1.9% to 1.7%.

:03:12. > :03:18.It also downgraded its estimate for the next year from 1.7% to 1.6%.

:03:19. > :03:21.Meanwhile, it pushed up its inflation forecast,

:03:22. > :03:25.saying it will rise from 2.6% now to peak at around 3%

:03:26. > :03:30.later this year, while wage rises remain stuck at 2%.

:03:31. > :03:33.That widening gap is being felt in Margate.

:03:34. > :03:35.The price of food has definitely gone up.

:03:36. > :03:40.Butter, cheese, bacon, those things have gone up.

:03:41. > :03:43.And yeah, wages aren't going up in line with inflation.

:03:44. > :03:46.Bus, transport, everything is so expensive now.

:03:47. > :03:49.I drive now and even then, car insurance has gone up.

:03:50. > :03:51.It's getting ridiculous now, ?140 a month.

:03:52. > :03:58.For the same amount of money, you're getting about two thirds

:03:59. > :04:02.of the goods that you used to, so you're cutting back all the time.

:04:03. > :04:07.In another year's time, I'll be sitting here a litle skeleton.

:04:08. > :04:09.Brexit was the theme that ran through everything

:04:10. > :04:18.The post-referendum fall in sterling has pushed up prices.

:04:19. > :04:19.That in turn is affecting consumer confidence,

:04:20. > :04:21.and businesses faced with uncertainty are not

:04:22. > :04:23.making the investments they otherwise would have made.

:04:24. > :04:26.And all of those pressures are combining to affect the UK

:04:27. > :04:32.Business investment is still likely to grow below historic averages,

:04:33. > :04:33.with adverse consequences for productivity,

:04:34. > :04:39.For many, however, the Bank's pronouncements are not only too

:04:40. > :04:43.downbeat, but also stray too far into politics.

:04:44. > :04:46.We should take the Bank of England's forecast with a pinch of salt.

:04:47. > :04:48.They are notoriously bad at forecasting.

:04:49. > :04:50.Then, of course, we have Project Fear mark two.

:04:51. > :04:53.The Bank of England, the CBI and the Treasury Department

:04:54. > :04:57.are all ganging up again to make us frightened of Brexit.

:04:58. > :05:01.Even the Bank's own staff are unhappy about wages.

:05:02. > :05:04.It's only when pay starts to catch up with prices that we may see

:05:05. > :05:14.One of the most senior judges in Britain says society will have

:05:15. > :05:17."blood on its hands" if a 17-year-old girl who's tried

:05:18. > :05:20.to kill herself several times is released from custody

:05:21. > :05:26.The President of the Family Division in England and Wales,

:05:27. > :05:28.Sir James Munby, says it's "disgraceful" that it's been

:05:29. > :05:31.so difficult finding suitable provision for her

:05:32. > :05:35.when she's released in 11 days' time.

:05:36. > :05:37.NHS England says it's making "every effort" to find appropriate care.

:05:38. > :05:41.Our Home Editor Mark Easton reports on a case which highlights a crisis

:05:42. > :05:48."A disgraceful and utterly shaming lack of proper provision for young

:05:49. > :05:52.mental health patients in England" - the words of one of England's most

:05:53. > :05:55.senior judges, Sir James Munby, head of the Family Division.

:05:56. > :05:58.He issued an extraordinary statement after being unable to find any

:05:59. > :06:00.suitable hospital bed for a suicidal 17-year-old girl, due for release

:06:01. > :06:24.The girl in question is from the north-west of England

:06:25. > :06:27.and is currently so disturbed that she's dressed in clothes she cannot

:06:28. > :06:31.use to hang herself, in a youth custody centre with just

:06:32. > :06:36.a mattress on the floor and no personal belongings.

:06:37. > :06:39.The solicitor representing the interests of the 17-year-old,

:06:40. > :06:41.named only as X, says she's at significant risk.

:06:42. > :06:44.X is a girl who at the moment has a determined wish,

:06:45. > :06:53.The big problem we've got is that we don't fully

:06:54. > :06:56.understand those needs, and it's on that basis that she needs

:06:57. > :06:59.to be in a clinical setting to be assessed properly.

:07:00. > :07:03.That's part of the frustration of the case.

:07:04. > :07:33.That frustration spilled into public from the judge today.

:07:34. > :07:36.The Government offered no comment on the judge's remarks.

:07:37. > :07:40.All questions were referred to NHS England, which said tonight that

:07:41. > :07:44.three potential beds have now been identified for the 17-year-old,

:07:45. > :07:46.with a care assessment being conducted tomorrow.

:07:47. > :07:53.But mental health professionals say the problem is not an isolated one.

:07:54. > :07:56.Every day we talk to children, young people, parents and carers

:07:57. > :07:58.who are in the community, worried about how they're

:07:59. > :08:02.There isn't enough support in the community, and there

:08:03. > :08:05.are really high thresholds to get into hospital care.

:08:06. > :08:09.Meanwhile, people are left without support.

:08:10. > :08:12.A recent survey of people working in child and adolescent mental

:08:13. > :08:15.health services in England found 62% had seen adolescent patients held

:08:16. > :08:24.77% said young high risk patients were left in the community

:08:25. > :08:32.because of the shortage of beds, with 14% saying young patients

:08:33. > :08:34.had attempted suicide while waiting for a suitable bed.

:08:35. > :08:36.The report urged Government to prioritise investment in young

:08:37. > :08:39.people's crisis care as a matter of urgency.

:08:40. > :08:42.The system for people with those sorts of needs is simply

:08:43. > :08:50.The nationally commissioned services don't join up with locally

:08:51. > :08:53.commission services, there is no strategic oversight

:08:54. > :08:57.and as far as I can see, and I've been trying to push this

:08:58. > :08:59.at various levels for a number of years, there doesn't seem

:09:00. > :09:02.to be any strategic plan to resolve the matter.

:09:03. > :09:04.The Government has said it will increase the number of mental

:09:05. > :09:07.health staff working in the NHS in England by 21,000

:09:08. > :09:11.and the Prime Minister has promised a revolution in mental health care,

:09:12. > :09:19.but the agonies of a judge unable to help a suicidal young woman

:09:20. > :09:25.suggest the revolution has some way to go.

:09:26. > :09:31.These are some of the most candid and toughest words many have heard a

:09:32. > :09:35.judge at. What do you think his motivation for such stark language

:09:36. > :09:40.is? I think his immediate motivation was the welfare of a very troubled

:09:41. > :09:44.17-year-old girl who will be released into the community in 11

:09:45. > :09:50.days' time without, as it stands, a care package for her. And in that,

:09:51. > :09:56.perhaps, he appears to be successful after months of frustration. Within

:09:57. > :10:00.hours of his statement and the news stories associated with it, the NHS

:10:01. > :10:04.said, we have now found three potential beds. One must hope that

:10:05. > :10:08.that works out. But the judge also demanded that his remarks also be

:10:09. > :10:11.sent to government ministers, to the Ministry of Justice and the

:10:12. > :10:15.Department of Health, because he is determined that this lack of proper

:10:16. > :10:19.provision of mental health services, as he sees it, should not be

:10:20. > :10:24.forgotten. The government is already promising specifically on child and

:10:25. > :10:28.adolescent mental health care 2000 nurses, consultants and therapists,

:10:29. > :10:32.and that is part of a wider ?1 billion package for mental health

:10:33. > :10:35.services. But none of this can of course be done overnight.

:10:36. > :10:40.Recruitment and training will take time and meanwhile, many families

:10:41. > :10:45.will be just as frustrated as Sir James at the failings of a system

:10:46. > :10:47.that as we have heard, senior practitioners say is not fit for

:10:48. > :10:50.purpose. Mark, many thanks. A British computer expert

:10:51. > :10:55.who shut down a world-wide cyber attack that crippled the NHS in May

:10:56. > :10:57.has now been arrested Marcus Hutchins, who's 23

:10:58. > :11:01.and from Devon, is said to have stopped the WannaCry ransomeware

:11:02. > :11:03.virus from spreading further, but is now alleged to be linked

:11:04. > :11:06.to other malicious software, Our North America Correspondent

:11:07. > :11:12.James Cook reports. Marcus Hutchins was hailed as a hero

:11:13. > :11:16.for stopping an attack which crippled the NHS and spread

:11:17. > :11:19.to tens of thousands His arrest is not related

:11:20. > :11:26.to his role in neutralising the so-called WannaCry ransomware,

:11:27. > :11:28.which he discussed in this I checked the message board,

:11:29. > :11:36.there were maybe 16, 17 reports of different NHS organisations

:11:37. > :11:41.being hit, and that was the point where I decided "My holiday's over,

:11:42. > :11:44.I've got to look into this". In the past week, Mr Hutchins

:11:45. > :11:46.had been in Las Vegas for the DefCon Cybersecurity

:11:47. > :11:47.Conference. He was apparently arrested

:11:48. > :11:50.at the airport minutes before Better known as Malware Tech, his

:11:51. > :12:00.most recent tweets were prescient... "Priority boarding so you can add

:12:01. > :12:04.to the time you're sat on a plane that is nowhere near ready

:12:05. > :12:06.to fly", he wrote. We've now obtained

:12:07. > :12:09.a copy of the indictment against Marcus Hutchins

:12:10. > :12:11.and another unnamed defendant. It reveals they are facing charges

:12:12. > :12:16.in the US State of Wisconsin. They're accused of creating

:12:17. > :12:22.and selling a programme to harvest online banking data

:12:23. > :12:24.and credit card details. Prosecutors say the arrest

:12:25. > :12:27.here in Las Vegas came at the end Cybersecurity remains a top

:12:28. > :12:31.priority for the FBI, Marcus Hutchins may now

:12:32. > :12:35.face his biggest challenge yet Let's take a look at some

:12:36. > :12:46.of the day's other top stories... A surgeon given a 15

:12:47. > :12:49.year prison sentence for carrying out needless breast

:12:50. > :12:51.operations has had his jail term Ian Paterson was jailed in May

:12:52. > :12:56.after being convicted of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three

:12:57. > :12:59.counts of unlawful wounding Three men convicted of terror

:13:00. > :13:05.offences, who called themselves The Three Musketeers, have been

:13:06. > :13:07.jailed for life for plotting an attack on a police

:13:08. > :13:10.or military target. Naweed Ali, Mohibur Rahman

:13:11. > :13:19.and Khobaib Hussain, who are all from the West

:13:20. > :13:21.Midlands, were told they'd A fourth man, Tahir Aziz, was given

:13:22. > :13:26.a minimum term of 15 years. A man who died after a police chase

:13:27. > :13:29.in London last month had swallowed a package of paracetamol

:13:30. > :13:31.and caffeine, according to the Independent Police

:13:32. > :13:32.Complaints Commission. Rashan Charles, who was followed

:13:33. > :13:35.and restrained by police, became ill after putting an object

:13:36. > :13:43.in his mouth. The investigation into allegations

:13:44. > :13:45.of Russia's interference in last year's US election took

:13:46. > :13:51.a significant turn tonight. The Wall Street Journal is reporting

:13:52. > :13:54.that the Special Counsel Robert Mueller has convened a Grand Jury

:13:55. > :13:56.as part of his investigation. Our North America Editor Jon Sopel

:13:57. > :14:09.is in Washington for us tonight. How significant is all this? It is

:14:10. > :14:13.significant, but let me add a couple of caveats. It doesn't mean that

:14:14. > :14:17.prosecutions are imminent. It doesn't mean there will ever be a

:14:18. > :14:21.prosecution, but that can't be prosecutions without the setting up

:14:22. > :14:25.of a grand jury. What it means is that they will now be able to take

:14:26. > :14:29.sworn statements from witnesses. They will be able to subpoenaed

:14:30. > :14:34.documents. So if you like, this is the logical next step in this

:14:35. > :14:38.investigation. But it also means, if you ask the simple question, is this

:14:39. > :14:43.inquiry winding down or is it ramping up, there was only one

:14:44. > :14:46.conclusion. It is ramping up. There has been a conciliatory statement

:14:47. > :14:49.from Donald Trump's lawyers tonight about this. The White House favours

:14:50. > :14:55.anything that accelerates the conclusion of the work of Robert

:14:56. > :14:59.Mueller. The White House is committed to co-operating with Mr

:15:00. > :15:02.Mueller's investigation. But my guess is that Donald Trump will be

:15:03. > :15:05.spitting tacks about this, firstly because he believes it is a

:15:06. > :15:10.witchhunt, secondly because he believes it could go on for months,

:15:11. > :15:14.even years, when he wants to get on with the rest of his business, and

:15:15. > :15:19.thirdly because this investigation could sprawl from Russia into Donald

:15:20. > :15:23.Trump's financial activities, and that is something the president has

:15:24. > :15:28.expressed deep concern about. Jon Sopel, live in Washington.

:15:29. > :15:30.Children from the poorest families in England,

:15:31. > :15:33.can end up two years behind their more affluent

:15:34. > :15:36.classmates, by the time they finish secondary school.

:15:37. > :15:38.The findings from the think tank, the Education Policy Institute,

:15:39. > :15:40.suggest youngsters who've been eligible for free school dinners,

:15:41. > :15:43.which is a key measure of poverty, are increasingly lagging behind

:15:44. > :15:46.Our Education Editor Branwen Jeffreys reports from Darlington,

:15:47. > :15:51.one of the areas judged to be failing to close the attainment gap.

:15:52. > :15:57.Nicole Gibbon isn't afraid of tough jobs.

:15:58. > :15:59.She took on a Darlington school in crisis, worked

:16:00. > :16:09.Some families, and Darlington certainly isn't unique

:16:10. > :16:12.to this by a long stretch, social mobility is incredibly low

:16:13. > :16:16.Schools here get less funding than London, and Nicole told me

:16:17. > :16:19.many families have never moved from Darlington.

:16:20. > :16:22.I have to take Mum, Dad, Nan, Grandpa with me on that journey,

:16:23. > :16:25.so that we're all working together and there's nobody behind,

:16:26. > :16:30.What are the kind of fears they might have?

:16:31. > :16:34.The unknown, the lack of experience and lack of opportunities

:16:35. > :16:36.that they perhaps didn't have themselves, through no

:16:37. > :16:42.But it is the unknown and that fear of "We're all right as we are".

:16:43. > :16:46.Some parts of England have reduced the education gap.

:16:47. > :16:49.It's seven or eight months in Tower Hamlets,

:16:50. > :16:52.Hackney and Southwark, all of them London boroughs.

:16:53. > :16:54.But it's 25 to 27 months in Darlington, Derby

:16:55. > :17:01.?72 million of extra money to improve social mobility

:17:02. > :17:07.But that money won't reach these streets in Darlington,

:17:08. > :17:11.or other areas highlighted in today's report.

:17:12. > :17:13.This isn't just about the cash that schools get, although that

:17:14. > :17:24.communities where the belief in education as a passport

:17:25. > :17:29.to a different, better life has simply been lost.

:17:30. > :17:32.These teenagers are learning life skills on a national scheme,

:17:33. > :17:35.but already, at 16, set on very different directions.

:17:36. > :17:37.I'm Sinead, and I want to be an actress.

:17:38. > :17:40.I'm Jess and I want to be in the Military Police.

:17:41. > :17:42.I'm Nicole and I want to go to the Navy.

:17:43. > :17:45.I'm Dave and I want to be a professional chef.

:17:46. > :17:47.The people who were doing better more likely had

:17:48. > :17:55.They've got more money than some of us.

:17:56. > :17:58.But it all depends on how much you want to learn as well.

:17:59. > :18:01.Do you think it would have made a difference if,

:18:02. > :18:03.when you were little, you believed you were

:18:04. > :18:06.Probably, because then you're determined to

:18:07. > :18:12.The gap matters for their future and for ours too, because failings

:18:13. > :18:22.Branwen Jeffreys, BBC News and Darlington.

:18:23. > :18:27.During the EU referendum, many of Scotland's whisky producers,

:18:28. > :18:29.supported the remain campaign, worried that Brexit

:18:30. > :18:34.But now it seems some are having a change of heart,

:18:35. > :18:37.buoyed by the prospect of one-off trade deals with countries

:18:38. > :18:39.like India, where they currently face tariffs of 150%.

:18:40. > :18:48.Our Scotland Editor Sarah Smith has the story.

:18:49. > :18:52.The barley, the water and the weather make Islay Malt

:18:53. > :18:55.unique, and on this small island, whisky is very big business.

:18:56. > :18:58.Almost 90% of Scotland's amber liquor is exported overseas,

:18:59. > :19:02.so Brexit will certainly be felt here.

:19:03. > :19:06.Small distilleries, like Kilchoman, don't want to lose the protected

:19:07. > :19:10.status for Scotch whisky offered by EU law, and they worry

:19:11. > :19:13.about the bureaucracy that leaving the single market might entail.

:19:14. > :19:16.Whereas it was very easy to export into Europe,

:19:17. > :19:18.it's now going to be a little more difficult.

:19:19. > :19:20.Certainly for smaller companies, I think, that will have an impact,

:19:21. > :19:23.because of the amount of people we have to comply with all

:19:24. > :19:30.Many of the island's distilleries are owned by big firms that

:19:31. > :19:33.supported remaining inside the EU, but they're now eyeing

:19:34. > :19:37.up the opportunities Brexit could bring.

:19:38. > :19:41.The whisky industry is hoping to expand sales in countries outside

:19:42. > :19:43.the EU, countries like India, for instance, which currently

:19:44. > :19:50.slaps a whopping great 150% tariff on Scotch.

:19:51. > :19:52.If a new bilateral trade deal could eliminate

:19:53. > :19:58.or slash those tariffs, sales would increase enormously.

:19:59. > :20:00.The UK Government can't guarantee tariff free trade,

:20:01. > :20:05.but say there is now the opportunity to try.

:20:06. > :20:10.As part of this new arrangement in a post-EU world,

:20:11. > :20:13.where we are negotiating the terms, we're not bound in by EU terms,

:20:14. > :20:16.we're able to negotiate our own terms, getting the right deal

:20:17. > :20:19.for the whisky industry is one of our priorities.

:20:20. > :20:28.Contributing about ?5 billion a year to the UK economy,

:20:29. > :20:31.supporting 30,000 jobs and making many drinkers happy.

:20:32. > :20:33.It's an industry that first feared Brexit,

:20:34. > :20:37.and now hopes to make it work for them.

:20:38. > :20:40.Once we leave the EU, we would be the UK negotiating free-trade deals,

:20:41. > :20:42.rather than a block, and so that simplifies

:20:43. > :20:47.So yes, we hope that it will be easier for the UK to negotiate

:20:48. > :20:54.a free trade deal with, for example, India.

:20:55. > :20:57.The economy of Islay runs on whisky, much of Scotland's economy relies

:20:58. > :21:00.on this water of life, and they're now looking

:21:01. > :21:04.beyond the shores of Europe, to try and make the best of Brexit.

:21:05. > :21:13.The worldwide Anglican communion counts many more worshippers

:21:14. > :21:19.And while there are disagreements over homosexuality, the Archbishop

:21:20. > :21:24.of Canterbury has been trying to find some common ground

:21:25. > :21:30.on the refugee crisis in South Sudan, with one of the most

:21:31. > :21:32.conservative African archbishops, Stanley Ntagali, in Uganda.

:21:33. > :21:36.Our Religious Affairs Correspondent Martin Bashir reports.

:21:37. > :21:40.Above the lush plains of Uganda, two archbishops are on a mission,

:21:41. > :21:46.heading north toward refugee camps on the border with South Sudan.

:21:47. > :21:49.The welcome they receive in Moyo is rapturous.

:21:50. > :22:08.There are nearly a million South Sudanese living in camps

:22:09. > :22:11.like this, after fleeing a brutal civil war, with many families

:22:12. > :22:15.rushing to the border carrying only their children.

:22:16. > :22:19.While the archbishops are of one mind in their support for these

:22:20. > :22:27.refugees, there is another issue about which they are deeply divided,

:22:28. > :22:29.and it concerns not one country in one continent,

:22:30. > :22:33.but the entire unity of the Anglican Communion.

:22:34. > :22:38.Your Grace, shouldn't you be in the middle?

:22:39. > :22:43.Stanley Ntagali, a conservative evangelical, walked out of a global

:22:44. > :22:46.gathering of archbishops last year after the American Episcopal Church

:22:47. > :22:52.He says the Bible teaches that marriage is between a man

:22:53. > :22:55.and a woman, and that the growing Ugandan church will not remain

:22:56. > :23:02.in fellowship with those who support same-sex unions.

:23:03. > :23:04.You have been invited to the Primates' meeting in October.

:23:05. > :23:11.I have made it clear I am not attending because of the position

:23:12. > :23:14.And that is that homosexuality is wrong?

:23:15. > :23:16.I thought you wanted to ask about the refugees,

:23:17. > :23:19.but now you are concentrating on that subject.

:23:20. > :23:25.Stanley Ntagali says he remains committed to the Anglican Communion

:23:26. > :23:29.and will not be pulling the Ugandan church out.

:23:30. > :23:36.Although we have differences of opinion over issues

:23:37. > :23:40.around human sexuality, when we were dealing with refugees,

:23:41. > :23:50.Archbishop Justin Welby concluded his visit by praying

:23:51. > :23:54.for peace and reconciliation in South Sudan, a prayer

:23:55. > :23:59.that he probably repeated privately for the Church that he leads.

:24:00. > :24:16.Martin Bashir, BBC News, in northern Uganda.

:24:17. > :24:18.The Brazilian footballer Neymar has signed a five-year

:24:19. > :24:22.The French club paid a world record fee of ?198 million to release him

:24:23. > :24:26.He will be introduced to fans on Saturday at PSG's first

:24:27. > :24:31.It's reported he'll earn after-tax half ?1 million a week.

:24:32. > :24:33.The 2017 World Athletics Championships begin tomorrow

:24:34. > :24:35.in London, and will see the final appearance of Usain Bolt

:24:36. > :24:39.So who'll be athletics' next big star?

:24:40. > :24:41.Our sports Editor Dan Roan has been speaking to one man

:24:42. > :24:44.who believes he can fill the void, the 400 metres star

:24:45. > :24:57.Final preparations at London's Olympic Stadium,

:24:58. > :24:59.as it becomes the focus of the athletics world once again.

:25:00. > :25:01.The man charged with organising track and field's

:25:02. > :25:03.World Championships telling me the sport should

:25:04. > :25:09.It's a huge city, passionate about sport, the world's

:25:10. > :25:15.greatest athletics stadium, and it's going to be full.

:25:16. > :25:17.Possibly going forwards, you need to see slight

:25:18. > :25:20.changes to the format, the compression of the Championships.

:25:21. > :25:21.So, this could be the last great, great,

:25:22. > :25:29.Once again, the world's finest athletes will be on show here -

:25:30. > :25:31.a fitting farewell to the sport's greatest star.

:25:32. > :25:33.Wayde van Niekerk smashed the 400m world record at last

:25:34. > :25:38.A man in demand, we managed to spend some time with the South African

:25:39. > :25:40.as he took a cab ride through London.

:25:41. > :25:43.So, is he ready to fill the void left by Usain Bolt?

:25:44. > :25:46.I definitely believe that I can reach the heights

:25:47. > :25:51.I mean, I'm only 25 now, so I still have a lot of time left.

:25:52. > :25:53.Confident words from a young man who admits he has

:25:54. > :25:58.I've had a lot of mental challenges when it comes to confidence and...

:25:59. > :26:02.And believing myself, in myself, as an athlete.

:26:03. > :26:08.So, this last two years has been a massive, massive boost to myself.

:26:09. > :26:14.These Championships will, of course, evoke memories of London 2012,

:26:15. > :26:17.which for many at the time seemed like the ultimate

:26:18. > :26:22.But since then, the sport has been engulfed in crisis and,

:26:23. > :26:26.as it prepares to say farewell to its biggest star,

:26:27. > :26:31.there is a real sense that if integrity and popularity is to

:26:32. > :26:32.be recovered, this represents an opportunity which

:26:33. > :26:37.There was no Russian team preparing here this afternoon -

:26:38. > :26:38.the country suspended for state-sponsored doping.

:26:39. > :26:42.And tonight, two Ukrainian athletes were provisionally suspended

:26:43. > :26:45.from the Championships for the use of prohibited substances -

:26:46. > :26:47.a reminder of the challenge the sport now faces.

:26:48. > :26:52.Often you'll get a rotten apple in a barrel.

:26:53. > :26:55.What you have to try to do is change the culture,

:26:56. > :26:58.so that people who are competing are not tempted

:26:59. > :27:04.That doesn't take five minutes - it takes some years.

:27:05. > :27:07.The enthusiasm which surrounded the 2012 Olympics appears undimmed,

:27:08. > :27:09.with record ticket sales for a World Championship.

:27:10. > :27:11.But at a crucial moment in athletics history,

:27:12. > :27:20.London 2017 must now stand for a new start.

:27:21. > :27:29.The Odyssey is over for England's footballers at Euro 2017.

:27:30. > :27:31.They reached the semi finals, but were beaten

:27:32. > :27:38.Our Sports Correspondent Katie Gornall reports.

:27:39. > :27:40.The Dutch certainly know how to get their team.

:27:41. > :27:47.England fans may be feeling a little outnumbered here in Enschede today,

:27:48. > :27:50.These semifinalists were a perfect match, because the only two teams

:27:51. > :27:53.to have won all their games, something had to give.

:27:54. > :27:56.And early on it was those in orange who shone brightest.

:27:57. > :27:58.Miedema heading them in the direction of the final.

:27:59. > :28:02.With England behind for the first time in this tournament,

:28:03. > :28:04.Jade Moore almost mustered the perfect response.

:28:05. > :28:09.And as half-time approached, Ellen White had a strong

:28:10. > :28:11.claim for a penalty, but the referee thought

:28:12. > :28:13.differently, much to the frustration of Mark Sampson.

:28:14. > :28:16.For a team that has captured the imagination back home,

:28:17. > :28:21.What was needed in such a cauldron was a cool head,

:28:22. > :28:23.but Fara Williams usually so reliable, did nothing

:28:24. > :28:26.Double delight for the Dutch, and England only had

:28:27. > :28:36.With time running out, Jody Taylor nearly gave her side hope, but it

:28:37. > :28:42.would get worse for England. An own goal with the last kick of the game

:28:43. > :28:45.the Millie Bright summed up the miserable night for Mark Sampson's

:28:46. > :28:49.side. Overwhelmed in the stands,

:28:50. > :28:52.overwhelmed on the pitch. Against expectations, it's the Netherlands

:28:53. > :29:01.who advanced to the final, England are back to square one.

:29:02. > :29:05.This was a dark and disappointing night for England. Rankin,

:29:06. > :29:10.reputation or flavoured Mark Sampson's side coming into this, but

:29:11. > :29:13.although they made progress on how they've played and reached the

:29:14. > :29:17.semifinal they were woefully ineffective against the Netherlands,

:29:18. > :29:21.who fully deserve to go through to the final against an narked.

:29:22. > :29:23.Although Mark Sampson's players may struggle to find the positives

:29:24. > :29:28.tonight, this tournament and the profile it's been given will have

:29:29. > :29:31.boosted the women's game back home, even if they weren't able to take

:29:32. > :29:34.those final steps. Thank you for that.

:29:35. > :29:37.The actor Robert Hardy, best known for his role

:29:38. > :29:40.in All Creatures Great And Small and the Harry Potter films, has died.

:29:41. > :29:44.His family have described him as "gruff, elegant, twinkly

:29:45. > :29:46.and always dignified, and celebrated by those

:29:47. > :29:49.who knew him, loved him and enjoyed his work."

:29:50. > :29:54.David Sillito now looks back on his life.

:29:55. > :29:57.It was All Creatures Great And Small that truly made Robert

:29:58. > :30:00.For 12 years, he played the vet Siegfried Farnon.

:30:01. > :30:07.Well, I hold you responsible for Biggins, James.

:30:08. > :30:08.The character mirrored his own personality,

:30:09. > :30:11.which was described today by his family today as a bit gruff,

:30:12. > :30:18.And it was a role that needed a bit of grit.

:30:19. > :30:23.I remember a day when we did a lambing sequence all

:30:24. > :30:27.through the night, in the dead ice-cold of winter, deep

:30:28. > :30:32.Our own agency - an international feature service.

:30:33. > :30:39.In the '60s, he'd appeared opposite Richard Burton,

:30:40. > :30:42.his old friend from his days at Oxford, in The Spy

:30:43. > :30:45.Often, I don't know who does publish, I confess.

:30:46. > :30:55.His early career was rather Shakespearean.

:30:56. > :30:57.He revelled in the grand patriotic speech and will

:30:58. > :31:01.forever be linked with one particular patriotic character.

:31:02. > :31:04.Mr Speaker, those Germans are not looking for equal status!

:31:05. > :31:13.Now, they will soon be looking for war.

:31:14. > :31:21.And when the Harry Potter films needed a pompous Minister for Magic,

:31:22. > :31:25.it was a part that could have been written for Robert Hardy.

:31:26. > :31:31.You will escort Dumbledore to Azkaban.

:31:32. > :31:33.Or am I talking the most absolute nonsense?

:31:34. > :31:35.Like Siegfried, it was what he was best at -

:31:36. > :31:40.characters full of bluster and grand gestures that were trying

:31:41. > :31:45.desperately hard to hide the softer, more vulnerable person within.

:31:46. > :31:59.But we do understand each other, wouldn't you say?

:32:00. > :32:04.The actor Robert Hardy, who's died at the age of 91.

:32:05. > :32:06.Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.