:00:00. > :00:18.new homes as leasehold in England. could be banned from selling
:00:19. > :00:20.The leases often result in extra charges and can make it
:00:21. > :00:29.It's completely and morally,ethically wrong. I'm pretty
:00:30. > :00:32.sure they're aware of this. The number of vacancies in the NHS
:00:33. > :00:38.in England rises by 8,000 in the first quarter of the year,
:00:39. > :00:41.with the highest proportion among A warning that UK animal welfare
:00:42. > :00:45.standards could be jeopardised Happier passengers -
:00:46. > :00:52.more rail travellers say they're satisfied with their train services
:00:53. > :01:01.than last year. Great Britain's Adam Peaty's
:01:02. > :01:05.obliterated the others... And Adam Peaty breaks his own world
:01:06. > :01:09.record in the heats of the 50m breaststroke and hints there's
:01:10. > :01:45.more to come. Good afternoon and welcome
:01:46. > :01:50.to the BBC News at One. Housebuilders may be banned
:01:51. > :01:52.from selling new houses in England as leasehold,
:01:53. > :01:55.under new government proposals. A public consultation
:01:56. > :01:57.has begun on the issue, after it emerged some housing
:01:58. > :02:03.developers have been selling leaseholds onto investment firms,
:02:04. > :02:05.leading to extra costs or rising Newly built houses in the UK used
:02:06. > :02:12.to be almost totally freehold - you buy the property and the land
:02:13. > :02:15.it's built on - but increasingly house-builders have been selling
:02:16. > :02:18.them leasehold, meaning you don't own the land and have
:02:19. > :02:30.to pay them annual fees. It's a way for builders
:02:31. > :02:32.to make more money. Often the annual fees rise regularly
:02:33. > :02:35.and buying the freehold Katie Kendrick owns a leasehold
:02:36. > :02:39.house in Ellesmere Port near Liverpool and wants to buy
:02:40. > :02:42.the freehold but the company which owns it has increased
:02:43. > :02:45.the price from ?4000 I've asked the company
:02:46. > :02:48.for a breakdown of how the freehold is calculated,
:02:49. > :02:51.their methodology to the valuation, which they failed
:02:52. > :02:52.to provide me with. They have said I could either go
:02:53. > :02:56.with it or if I challenge it, I will have to take
:02:57. > :02:58.on their legal fees. Owners have also found
:02:59. > :03:01.that the ground fees are increasing rapidly, which often
:03:02. > :03:04.makes their property unsaleable. Baz Jaafar owns a one-bedroom
:03:05. > :03:07.flat in North London. I would go on the record to say that
:03:08. > :03:11.it's completely morally I'm pretty sure they are aware
:03:12. > :03:18.of this and I think they have an obligation
:03:19. > :03:22.to their customers, whether that's the people who bought houses
:03:23. > :03:27.or flats, in order to Legal experts believe that
:03:28. > :03:32.as a result leasehold sales have no It's just the tip of
:03:33. > :03:37.the iceberg, really. There's all these people
:03:38. > :03:39.who are stuck in this leasehold trap and unfortunately the developers
:03:40. > :03:42.are just using this as another way
:03:43. > :03:47.to profiteer and make money. But house-builders say in some
:03:48. > :03:51.cases leasehold is best. I think a blanket ban
:03:52. > :03:54.could be problematic. If you're a council wanting to build
:03:55. > :03:58.homes, perhaps wanting to retain the value of the land,
:03:59. > :04:14.if you are a National Trust with heritage products or maybe
:04:15. > :04:16.you're a landowner looking to give discounts to local community land
:04:17. > :04:18.trusts or groups trying to purchase that land,
:04:19. > :04:20.actually the leasehold model It wants to ban leasehold contracts
:04:21. > :04:27.for newly built houses. What we're talking about here
:04:28. > :04:29.is houses that are being sold on leasehold, thousands of them,
:04:30. > :04:32.for no good reason and then once they are sold, the people
:04:33. > :04:35.who purchased them are exposed It's not acceptable,
:04:36. > :04:38.it's wrong, enough is enough But that leaves thousands of people
:04:39. > :04:41.who bought new leasehold properties stuck with contracts that means
:04:42. > :04:44.they face increasing annual bills Several building firms have set up
:04:45. > :04:48.compensation schemes to cover claims of mis-selling and bad legal advice
:04:49. > :04:51.but a ban on future sales of leasehold houses will do nothing
:04:52. > :04:54.to help homeowners already More than 86,000 NHS posts
:04:55. > :05:03.were vacant in the first three months of this year,
:05:04. > :05:07.according to the latest figures. Statistics from NHS Digital,
:05:08. > :05:11.which collates data, shows the number of vacancies
:05:12. > :05:16.climbed by almost 8,000, compared to the same
:05:17. > :05:19.period the year before. With me is our health
:05:20. > :05:29.correspondent Smitha Mundasad. Talk us through the figures and what
:05:30. > :05:34.they mean? This is the third time we have had access to two years worth
:05:35. > :05:38.of this data and it counts vacancies and add veries on the NHS job
:05:39. > :05:42.website. That isn't perfect but it does suggest a system under strain.
:05:43. > :05:49.Let's take a closer look at the firs themselves. It suggests there were
:05:50. > :05:53.86,000 vacant positions in England between January 2017 and March 2017.
:05:54. > :06:00.That went up 8,000 compared to the year before. Now, these vacancies
:06:01. > :06:04.include doctors, dentists, clerical staff, admin staff, scientific
:06:05. > :06:09.staff, for example. One of the most interesting figures is the 11,000
:06:10. > :06:14.nursing staff, for example, and midwifery staff that they were short
:06:15. > :06:18.of in March 2017 alone. Now, the Royal College of Nurses say these
:06:19. > :06:22.11,000 nursing and midwifery staff that are short, there could be many
:06:23. > :06:25.more, they say that people are leaving the profession because of
:06:26. > :06:29.the pay cap that's been put on by the Government. The Department of
:06:30. > :06:34.Health in turn says, look, staff shortages are a huge priority and
:06:35. > :06:37.they say actually, since 2010, the number of nurses and doctors have
:06:38. > :06:39.gone up in their thousands and they say they'll continue to work on it.
:06:40. > :06:46.Thank you very much. A parliamentary committee is warning
:06:47. > :06:49.that animal welfare standards in the UK could be threatened
:06:50. > :06:52.if farmers have to compete against cheaper, less-regulated
:06:53. > :06:54.rivals from outside the EU, A House of Lords committee is urging
:06:55. > :06:59.the Government to insist on similar standards in any free trade
:07:00. > :07:02.agreements to avoid what it calls Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy is
:07:03. > :07:17.in Brockenhurst in the New Forest. Good afternoon, Jane, from the New
:07:18. > :07:21.Forest show where they are expecting something like 100,000 people over
:07:22. > :07:27.the next three days, many coming to see beautiful livestock like this.
:07:28. > :07:31.But today's report makes clear, farmers worried about what is going
:07:32. > :07:35.to happen with Brexit. Some say animal standards might fall, as
:07:36. > :07:43.consumers seek out cheaper imports. It's day one of the New Forest show
:07:44. > :07:47.and just time for a last-minute bovine competition. Meanwhile, some
:07:48. > :07:52.may need a hair cut more than others. World class quality of the
:07:53. > :07:58.livestock to be seen here is undisputed. Farmers like Mike say
:07:59. > :08:07.after Brexit, that quality might fall if Britain is opened up to food
:08:08. > :08:15.imports from around the world. The downward spiral to get food cheaper
:08:16. > :08:18.is there. Something has to give toe make animal welfare cheaper?
:08:19. > :08:22.Hopefully not in this country. Today's report by the Lord's says
:08:23. > :08:27.after Brexit, the British public may have to choose between the quality
:08:28. > :08:31.and the price of their food. What is your priority, higher welfare for
:08:32. > :08:37.animals or cheaper food? Combination of both. Welfare of animals.
:08:38. > :08:43.Combination of both. Why can't they do both? That is a tricky one. Not
:08:44. > :08:48.at all. Why not? Animal welfare, definitely. The Government today
:08:49. > :08:57.dismissed the farmers' fears, saying:
:08:58. > :09:03.But animal welfare groups point to other issues like this, poultry
:09:04. > :09:07.being washed in chlorine in the United States. They say British
:09:08. > :09:12.consumers might have to accept this if we do a trade deal with America.
:09:13. > :09:17.Britain has to insist on the inclusion of a clause that allows it
:09:18. > :09:20.to require imports to meet our animal welfare and food safety
:09:21. > :09:25.standards because if you haven't got that, there's going to be a race to
:09:26. > :09:29.the bottom. Welfare versus price, it's a debate that's underpinned
:09:30. > :09:37.Britain's food industry since the Second World War. Brexit will
:09:38. > :09:40.redefine it once again. The international trade secretary Liam
:09:41. > :09:43.Fox is already in the US working on a trade deal this week. Other
:09:44. > :09:47.countries will follow in a post-Brexit world and the question
:09:48. > :09:52.for all of us, Jane, is what price the quality of food like this will
:09:53. > :10:10.put price over animal welfare or animal welfare or price?
:10:11. > :10:15.The parents of Charlie Gard will return to court today. It comes
:10:16. > :10:19.after the couple ended their legal battle to try to take him to the
:10:20. > :10:27.United States for experimental treatment.
:10:28. > :10:30.Satisfaction appears to have improved among rail
:10:31. > :10:35.The latest National Rail Passenger Survey shows that a period of more
:10:36. > :10:37.stable performance has led to improvements in passengers'
:10:38. > :10:40.experiences, even though there's been a lot of industrial action
:10:41. > :10:43.Our Transport Correspondent Richard Westcott is at
:10:44. > :10:53.Does it vary depending on where you live in the country, Richard? It
:10:54. > :10:56.does a bit, yes. It comes down to punctuality in effect so if you
:10:57. > :11:01.strip out the biggest franchise of all, the one that includes southern,
:11:02. > :11:04.where they've been plagued by aier of strikes and great northern which
:11:05. > :11:10.goes from Cambridge and Thameslink where they have had engineering
:11:11. > :11:13.works and terrible punctuality across those companies, then
:11:14. > :11:16.actually, satisfaction is going up because punctuality is getting that
:11:17. > :11:20.little bit better. So it's a mixed view when you look across the
:11:21. > :11:27.country. These passengers in Birmingham weren't sure what they
:11:28. > :11:30.thought. In my view, more trains at peak hours. The capacity just about
:11:31. > :11:35.copes, the capacity is poor on the way home at night, but that's to be
:11:36. > :11:39.expected with rail. I don't use the train very much but I've never had
:11:40. > :11:47.any problems with them at all, no. No. There's perhaps we could do with
:11:48. > :11:51.another carriage on a lot of trains, especially when people are coming
:11:52. > :11:54.with loads of cases. The service I've had has been certainly very
:11:55. > :11:59.good over the last year. I travel a lot by train and I can't remember
:12:00. > :12:06.being delayed meaningfully in the last 12 months. It's improving
:12:07. > :12:11.definitely. I know that they're kind of moving the time down to being
:12:12. > :12:14.able to get cheaper tickets so it starts about half nine now you can
:12:15. > :12:22.get the cheaper rate. It's getting better. Interestingly across
:12:23. > :12:24.Scotland as well, as one franchise covers the whole country,
:12:25. > :12:29.satisfaction's gone to record levels. I spoke to the boss and he
:12:30. > :12:32.basically told me again, it's because punctuality is getting
:12:33. > :12:36.better. But there is a warning here - the warning is that this is
:12:37. > :12:39.fragile, it doesn't necessarily mean that things are getter better all
:12:40. > :12:44.the time because there are lots of major engineering projects coming
:12:45. > :12:47.down the line and there's still the spectre of industrial action. That's
:12:48. > :12:50.still not sorted out on several different services across the
:12:51. > :12:53.country because there's a big row about what the second person, the
:12:54. > :12:57.conductor does on board the train so. The rail industry's had some
:12:58. > :13:02.good news today but it's not necessarily going to last.
:13:03. > :13:05.Israel has removed metal detectors from the entrance to the al-Aqsa
:13:06. > :13:08.Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City, saying it will replace them
:13:09. > :13:13.The new security measures were put in place after two Israeli
:13:14. > :13:15.policemen were killed, but their installation raised fears
:13:16. > :13:18.among Palestinians that Israel was extending its control
:13:19. > :13:21.at the holy site, and days of deadly violence followed.
:13:22. > :13:31.This report from our Middle East Correspondent, Yolande Knell.
:13:32. > :13:35.Relative calm restored at the gates to the third holiest site in Islam.
:13:36. > :13:39.Palestinian worshippers now hope to enter after a week of protests
:13:40. > :13:46.So Israel's removed the metal detectors that were just there.
:13:47. > :13:51.Instead, it says it's going to do what it calls smart checking,
:13:52. > :13:54.using more surveillance around the old city.
:13:55. > :13:57.It follows over a week of violence and tensions that
:13:58. > :14:04.The removal of all these cameras and the removal of all these gates
:14:05. > :14:07.prove that there were not needed for security.
:14:08. > :14:12.It was a political measure by Israel to impose fact on the ground
:14:13. > :14:22.Guns were taken inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque grounds and used
:14:23. > :14:25.to kill two Israeli policemen at the Gates.
:14:26. > :14:29.When the mosque was re-opened with new metal detectors,
:14:30. > :14:34.Palestinians continued praying outside, accusing Israel
:14:35. > :14:41.of using security as an excuse to extend its control over the site
:14:42. > :14:46.In clashes with Israeli Security Forces, five
:14:47. > :14:51.And in this West Bank settlement, a Palestinian stabbed to death three
:14:52. > :14:57.Then an Israeli embassy guard killed two Jordanians,
:14:58. > :15:03.Jordan is the custodian of Jerusalem's mosques.
:15:04. > :15:06.Overnight, amid fears of a wider escalation, the metal detectors
:15:07. > :15:22.Israel is making sure there is a real freedom of Jerusalem. That is
:15:23. > :15:28.what we'll continue to do, enable everybody to come to pray on the
:15:29. > :15:33.Temple Mount. 50 years after Israel captured the old city of Jerusalem,
:15:34. > :15:38.recent pictures have shown once again how it remains at the heart of
:15:39. > :15:41.this conflict. Yolande Knell, BBC News, Jerusalem.
:15:42. > :15:46.House-builders could be banned from selling new homes
:15:47. > :15:49.And coming up - why are the Vatican's famous fountains
:15:50. > :15:54.in St Peter's Square no longer flowing?
:15:55. > :15:56.Coming up in sport, Olympic champion Adam Peaty
:15:57. > :16:00.After 100m breaststroke gold last night, he set a new world record
:16:01. > :16:16.in the 50m breast stroke heats this morning.
:16:17. > :16:18.Raging fires across the South of France and Corsica
:16:19. > :16:20.are being fanned by high temperatures and strong winds.
:16:21. > :16:24.Thousands of firefighters are battling the blazes.
:16:25. > :16:28.One forest fire has swept through 1,600 acres
:16:29. > :16:32.of the Luberon national park in Provence, and people have been
:16:33. > :16:33.moved to safety from the town of Biguglia
:16:34. > :16:44.Firefighters battling a fierce blaze on the holiday island of Corsica.
:16:45. > :16:47.It ripped through 900 hectares of forest.
:16:48. > :16:50.People left their houses and could do little more than watch
:16:51. > :16:56.as the fire came threateningly close to their homes.
:16:57. > :16:59.TRANSLATION: We were woken up by the smoke.
:17:00. > :17:07.It was stifling so we stayed in the house and then they evacuated
:17:08. > :17:09.the children and my sister-in-law, who is pregnant.
:17:10. > :17:11.A combination of heat and high winds are making the fire
:17:12. > :17:15.A BBC journalist on the island says people are becoming
:17:16. > :17:20.increasingly concerned about their homes and businesses.
:17:21. > :17:23.It's still burning, pockets keep lighting up as this wind continues.
:17:24. > :17:26.There is a real sense of worry that perhaps they won't be able to get
:17:27. > :17:31.this under control and livelihoods and lives could be threatened.
:17:32. > :17:34.In Karos in the hills above Nice, planes sprayed
:17:35. > :17:54.And crews the ground damped down amid the damage.
:17:55. > :17:56.TRANSLATION: We were up to 70 hectares of fire.
:17:57. > :17:59.The particularity of this far is that we had hundreds and hundreds
:18:00. > :18:03.of houses that were threatening the forest areas.
:18:04. > :18:04.Elsewhere in France, fires also raged near Lubron
:18:05. > :18:09.Another battle to stop fires spreading just ten kilometres
:18:10. > :18:14.from the seaside resort of St Tropez.
:18:15. > :18:21.This mobile phone footage gives a sense of the high winds feeding
:18:22. > :18:23.the fires intensity, winds that are not expected
:18:24. > :18:30.The number of fatal shootings by police, and deaths
:18:31. > :18:31.following police pursuits, rose significantly in England
:18:32. > :18:36.A report by the Independent Police Complaints Commission
:18:37. > :18:38.says that in 2016-17, there were six fatal police
:18:39. > :18:40.shootings, including that of the Westminster attacker,
:18:41. > :18:52.Our home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw is with me.
:18:53. > :19:00.What is the significance of these figures? On the police shooting
:19:01. > :19:05.figures it is difficult to see whether this is a pattern or a blip.
:19:06. > :19:11.Six shootings is the highest number the IPCC has recorded since it was
:19:12. > :19:14.founded in 2004 but they are spread across six police force areas and
:19:15. > :19:19.when we looked into them investigators have found no evidence
:19:20. > :19:23.of misconduct on the part of the armed police involved in at least
:19:24. > :19:27.four of the cases. You also have to look at it in the context of armed
:19:28. > :19:33.operations police are carrying out each year, last year it was 14,700
:19:34. > :19:38.so six deaths need to be seen in that context. As far as the pursuit
:19:39. > :19:42.figures, there were 28 deaths of people involved in incidents in
:19:43. > :19:47.which police were following them in a police car, following a suspect
:19:48. > :19:52.vehicle. In the majority of those cases, the drivers of the vehicle
:19:53. > :19:55.were not those who died, it was pedestrians or passengers and that
:19:56. > :20:00.will be a concern. This is the highest figure for 11 years, there's
:20:01. > :20:04.been a concerted effort to strengthen police driver training
:20:05. > :20:09.and rules around police pursuits but the IPCC has said today it will look
:20:10. > :20:12.again at that with the National Police Chiefs Council.
:20:13. > :20:14.One of the Pope's most senior advisors is due to appear
:20:15. > :20:17.in an Australian court tomorrow to face charges of sexual assault.
:20:18. > :20:19.Cardinal George Pell has returned from Rome saying
:20:20. > :20:21.that he is innocent, and will clear his name.
:20:22. > :20:24.As our Sydney correspondent Hywel Griffith explains,
:20:25. > :20:26.the case is the latest controversy to hit the Catholic
:20:27. > :20:33.In George Pell's hometown, people have become used
:20:34. > :20:40.to confronting the past, and dealing with the spectre of abuse.
:20:41. > :20:42.Ribbons mark the places in Ballarat where members
:20:43. > :20:44.of the Christian Brothers Order sexually assaulted children
:20:45. > :20:52.Dozens ended their lives prematurely.
:20:53. > :20:59.Phil Nagle was abused as an eight-year-old.
:21:00. > :21:01.It took more than 20 years for his abuser to be
:21:02. > :21:05.Decades on, he still feels the Catholic Church has not
:21:06. > :21:06.acknowledged the suffering of victims.
:21:07. > :21:10.They don't make any admissions, they make it as hard
:21:11. > :21:13.You know, when you go to court, they're putting
:21:14. > :21:18.They're backing the guys, the perpetrators, they don't back
:21:19. > :21:21.Cardinal Pell was brought up in Ballarat and became
:21:22. > :21:26.As an Archbishop, it became his responsibility to deal
:21:27. > :21:33.with the allegations of abuse against Ballarat's bretheren.
:21:34. > :21:35.Now, he is the one accused of sexual assault, allegations
:21:36. > :21:43.As they wait for the legal process to unfold, there is a feeling
:21:44. > :21:45.here in Ballarat that people need answers.
:21:46. > :21:48.The details of the charges against Cardinal Pell won't be made
:21:49. > :21:52.public until his first court hearing.
:21:53. > :21:56.A moment which is likely to put the spotlight back on this town.
:21:57. > :21:59.Those who work with abuse survivors say every headline has an impact.
:22:00. > :22:02.Coverage over the last few years has already caused more people
:22:03. > :22:09.It was really difficult, because it was exhausting.
:22:10. > :22:16.It would be in the local papers, it would be on the local news
:22:17. > :22:21.Across Australia, nearly 2,000 figures from the Catholic Church
:22:22. > :22:29.A four-year Royal Commission enquiry has helped to break the silence.
:22:30. > :22:32.It has also made the head of Ballarat's Catholic College speak
:22:33. > :22:34.out, giving a formal apology to the victims and striking
:22:35. > :22:41.the names of convicted abusers from its walls.
:22:42. > :22:43.There's no question that, as a Church, we've got
:22:44. > :22:47.to do to build trust with victims and survivors in the wider
:22:48. > :22:49.community, but also within the Catholic community,
:22:50. > :22:54.And the only way to do that is to come to the table to say
:22:55. > :22:59.that we acknowledge this openly, we are so very sorry.
:23:00. > :23:02.That can only happen when people here feel they have found the truth.
:23:03. > :23:07.They hope that is what the courts can deliver.
:23:08. > :23:14.The decision not to renew contracts for England rugby's
:23:15. > :23:16.World Championship winning 15-a-side women's team has been strongly
:23:17. > :23:23.The Rugby Football Union says its focus will switch
:23:24. > :23:26.to the sevens game, after this year's World Cup in Ireland,
:23:27. > :23:31.Our sports correspondent Richard Conway is at the team's
:23:32. > :23:49.That's right. The team preparing in Aldershot, that World Cup in Ireland
:23:50. > :23:52.gets under way in two weeks, but this news about the contracts is
:23:53. > :23:55.potentially threatening to overshadow the preparation for the
:23:56. > :24:00.opening game against Spain that England have. They have been
:24:01. > :24:04.training here this morning and the situation with the contracts is such
:24:05. > :24:08.that late last year 48 contracts were handed out, 16 concentrating on
:24:09. > :24:14.the 15 aside version of the game, and 16 handed out on a short-term
:24:15. > :24:18.basis to be brought in for specific competitions such as the Six
:24:19. > :24:24.Nations. The contracts focused on the 15 aside game will end and no
:24:25. > :24:28.matter what at the end of the World Cup next month. The Rugby Football
:24:29. > :24:32.Union saying the focus will be on the seven aside game and the team
:24:33. > :24:36.were told about this some time ago back in April. Nevertheless it has
:24:37. > :24:46.attracted criticism from former players, one saying it's a kick in
:24:47. > :24:50.the teeth for women's sport. But one former player points to the fact
:24:51. > :24:54.that there is investment going into the women's game.
:24:55. > :24:57.As a former player it's disappointing but I also have
:24:58. > :24:59.to to the fact that the RFU are investing a large amount
:25:00. > :25:02.of money into the women's game, especially at the community level.
:25:03. > :25:05.But I think now, looking at the success of the England
:25:06. > :25:06.women's cricket team, it's important to ensure
:25:07. > :25:09.that there's further investment poured into the England women's side
:25:10. > :25:20.So the focus of attention here in Aldershot is very much on that World
:25:21. > :25:25.Cup. Speaking to some players before we came on air, they didn't want to
:25:26. > :25:28.be distracted about the stories about the contracts, nevertheless
:25:29. > :25:32.there will be questions coming up, members of the RFU will be talking
:25:33. > :25:37.to us this afternoon about that but the focus is very much that this is
:25:38. > :25:41.a cyclical nature, the focus will be on the seven aside World Cup next
:25:42. > :25:48.year then the focus will switch back to the 15 aside game. Given the
:25:49. > :25:52.success of women's sport we have seen this summer, many think the RFU
:25:53. > :25:55.should make a greater commitment towards this team. Thank you.
:25:56. > :25:56.Richard Conway. Adam Peaty has broken his own world
:25:57. > :25:59.record in the 50 metres breaststroke, winning a heat
:26:00. > :26:01.at the world swimming championships Afterwards, the British swimmer said
:26:02. > :26:05.he hadn't set out to break a record and there could be more to come
:26:06. > :26:08.later in the competition. Our correspondent Nick
:26:09. > :26:11.Hope sent this report. Another morning in the pool,
:26:12. > :26:14.another world record for Adam Peaty, his first at these
:26:15. > :26:16.World Championships but the sixth world record
:26:17. > :26:22.of his incredible career. 2016, he has smashed the world
:26:23. > :26:33.record, he has taken 0.32 off it. All the more impressive,
:26:34. > :26:35.given it came just over 12 hours since claiming
:26:36. > :26:39.the 100-metre breaststroke title. This morning I came in nice
:26:40. > :26:41.and relaxed, literally, wasn't even up for it that much,
:26:42. > :26:44.it's crazy but in breaststroke you How much did you want
:26:45. > :26:51.that world record? I wanted it, but I don't know
:26:52. > :26:55.if I wanted it in the heats! But you can't pick and choose,
:26:56. > :26:58.but I'm so grateful to be in front of that crowd and hopefully again
:26:59. > :27:02.tonight we will push it on further. Peaty became a household name
:27:03. > :27:05.by winning Team GB's first real Olympic gold medal last year
:27:06. > :27:09.but he wasn't content Since then, Peaty says he has been
:27:10. > :27:17.pushing the boundaries of the human body every day in a bid to swim
:27:18. > :27:21.faster than ever. At just 22, there's still so much
:27:22. > :27:24.Adam Peaty can achieve in the next two years but his repeated success
:27:25. > :27:27.on the world stage here has not only cemented his status as one
:27:28. > :27:30.of swimming's superstars but also He has become a world superstar
:27:31. > :27:37.in the swimming world. The other thing about Adam
:27:38. > :27:39.which everybody loves, especially the media,
:27:40. > :27:42.is that he is such a nice guy and he has an aura
:27:43. > :27:44.which literally is infectious, particularly amongst
:27:45. > :27:46.the men's team at the moment, He was talking about winning three
:27:47. > :27:52.medals so he has one for nan, one for himself and one
:27:53. > :27:57.for the public, for his fans, and he does genuinely want to see
:27:58. > :27:59.young people being Peaty is at home on the podium,
:28:00. > :28:06.and with the 50-metre semifinal tonight and final tomorrow
:28:07. > :28:08.expected to be formalities, this is set to become something
:28:09. > :28:17.of a familiar sight. For the first time in living
:28:18. > :28:19.memory, the fountains in St Peter's Square and the Vatican
:28:20. > :28:24.are being turned off. A Vatican spokesman said the move
:28:25. > :28:26.is an act of solidarity with the people of the city,
:28:27. > :28:29.who face severe water shortages You can look up to the sky
:28:30. > :28:39.as much as you want, but right now rain isn't
:28:40. > :28:44.coming to Rome. During this dry summer, the Vatican
:28:45. > :28:49.is taking emergency steps. It's no good looking for water
:28:50. > :28:53.flowing here in the Vatican. The Pope has switched
:28:54. > :28:55.off his fountains, hoping to set a good example for
:28:56. > :29:00.the rest of the city. This is the Vatican's way of living
:29:01. > :29:02.solidarity with Rome, trying to help Rome get
:29:03. > :29:06.through this crisis. Essentially the water that comes
:29:07. > :29:10.into the Vatican comes from the same place as where the water
:29:11. > :29:12.comes that goes to Rome, and this is our way of trying
:29:13. > :29:15.to help out. But right next to the Vatican,
:29:16. > :29:17.someone's forgotten to switch off the drinking fountain,
:29:18. > :29:19.to the clear relief of thirsty The water shortage has affected
:29:20. > :29:27.large parts of Italy. Farmers think the lack of rain has
:29:28. > :29:32.already cost the country Lake Bracciano outside Rome
:29:33. > :29:37.is one of the city's The lack of rain has
:29:38. > :29:43.stopped it from refilling. The capital now measures
:29:44. > :30:08.its worries by the inch. Not quite the same dilemmas as in
:30:09. > :30:16.Italy, Sarah? Yes, mixed fortunes across Europe. It's really drive --
:30:17. > :30:20.dry there but there are storms in Germany at the moment. Today will be
:30:21. > :30:26.the best day of the week if you like the warm and sunny weather. It was
:30:27. > :30:30.the view taken by one of our weather watchers in Wiltshire. Warming up
:30:31. > :30:34.quite nicely, particularly across many western parts of the country.
:30:35. > :30:38.Through the afternoon most of us staying dry and there will be spells
:30:39. > :30:44.of sunshine, even towards the east where we have more cloud. The cloud
:30:45. > :30:48.is then today so allowing more sunshine and temperatures a few
:30:49. > :30:51.degrees warmer than yesterday. Across the country this afternoon we
:30:52. > :30:56.could see the odd shower cropping up across parts of south Wales towards
:30:57. > :31:05.Devon and Dorset, looking drive over the south-east of England and East
:31:06. > :31:07.Anglia. Dry too across parts of northern England and Northern
:31:08. > :31:12.Ireland with spells of sunshine around. Northern and eastern
:31:13. > :31:16.Scotland keep a bit more cloud and the odd shower as we had through the
:31:17. > :31:21.course of the afternoon. Most of those showers will fade away this
:31:22. > :31:25.evening. Some late sunshine but then overnight our attention turns to the
:31:26. > :31:29.west where this band of rain roles in from the Atlantic so it will be a
:31:30. > :31:36.wet and windy start to Wednesday morning across Northern Ireland and
:31:37. > :31:39.western parts of England, Wales and south-west Scotland too. This
:31:40. > :31:43.weather front will move gradually from west to east with quite close
:31:44. > :31:47.isobars meaning it will be a blustery day on Wednesday. Initially
:31:48. > :31:53.the wet weather in the west will arrive towards the south-east in the
:31:54. > :31:57.middle part of the day, followed by drier weather with sunshine from the
:31:58. > :32:03.west later but that spell of blustery, damp weather working its
:32:04. > :32:07.way across all of the country. And temperatures nothing great, feeling
:32:08. > :32:12.cooler where you have the breeze. But not a complete wash-out, that
:32:13. > :32:15.area of rain clears away as we move into Thursday, but low-pressure
:32:16. > :32:20.staying close by sitting to the north-west of the UK. With the wind
:32:21. > :32:24.is rotating around that pressure, another blustery day on Thursday
:32:25. > :32:32.with a mixture of sunshine and scattered showers for most places. A
:32:33. > :32:36.similar sort of day into Friday as well, again quite breezy with a mix
:32:37. > :32:41.of sunshine and showers. Low-pressure still in charge and not
:32:42. > :32:47.particularly warm, at best around 17-21d. The week ahead will not be a
:32:48. > :32:50.wash-out but there will be spells of rain at times or showers too and
:32:51. > :32:54.temperatures for the time of year not doing all that well. You are
:32:55. > :32:56.still smiling but only just! A reminder of our main
:32:57. > :33:05.story this lunchtime... House-builders could be banned from
:33:06. > :33:08.selling new homes as leasehold in England after it's emerged some
:33:09. > :33:09.developers have been selling the leaseholds on leading to extra gusts
:33:10. > :33:11.for homeowners. That's all from the BBC News at One
:33:12. > :33:14.so it's goodbye from me - and on BBC One we now join the BBC's
:33:15. > :33:18.news teams where you are.