:00:07. > :00:09.A drive towards cleaner air - the sale of new petrol and diesel
:00:10. > :00:15.The government wants to reduce emissions -
:00:16. > :00:21.and encourage the use of electric vehicles.
:00:22. > :00:24.We have to get rid of petrol and diesel to help health
:00:25. > :00:32.problems from emissions and meet our climate change targets.
:00:33. > :00:34.But environmental campaigners says the move won't address current
:00:35. > :00:38.We'll ask whether towns and cities are ready to adapt
:00:39. > :00:45.Thousand people in the south of France, including many
:00:46. > :00:47.British holiday makers, have been moved to safety
:00:48. > :00:57.The fire was very close to the campsite.
:00:58. > :01:08.Very strong winds, it could've spread very, very quickly.
:01:09. > :01:14.the UK economy grew by 0.3% in the second quarter of the year, driven
:01:15. > :01:14.by retail and a booming film industry.
:01:15. > :01:17.The Supreme Court rules that charging to bring an employment
:01:18. > :01:19.tribunal case is unlawful - the government says it will now
:01:20. > :01:30.And, the funeral is being held of the youngest victim
:01:31. > :01:33.of the Manchester Arena bombing - Saffie Roussos was 8 years
:01:34. > :01:39.old and was at the concert with her mother.
:01:40. > :01:43.And coming up in the sport on BBC News, record-breaker Adam Peaty says
:01:44. > :01:45.he cannot believe how fast he is swimming as he aims
:01:46. > :01:48.to defend his 50 metre breaststroke title at the World Aquatic
:01:49. > :02:10.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:02:11. > :02:14.New diesel and petrol cars and vans are to be banned from 2040,
:02:15. > :02:16.under government plans to try to combat air pollution.
:02:17. > :02:18.The proposals include a fund of more than ?250 million
:02:19. > :02:20.for local councils, to speed up efforts to combat
:02:21. > :02:23.emissions from diesel vehicles - though there is no commitment
:02:24. > :02:27.At the end of March this year, there were 37.5 million cars
:02:28. > :02:29.licensed in the UK - fewer than 100,000
:02:30. > :02:33.Around the country, there are just over 4,000
:02:34. > :02:34.charging locations - which compares with more
:02:35. > :02:44.Our first report, about what the government hopes
:02:45. > :03:03.to achieve, is from our Environment Analyst Roger Harrabin.
:03:04. > :03:07.Air pollution is linked to 40,000 premature deaths a year.
:03:08. > :03:09.The government was ordered by the court
:03:10. > :03:14.to publish a full strategy to clean up the air this month.
:03:15. > :03:15.The biggest problem is toxic NO2 emissions
:03:16. > :03:20.I go down the gym every day of the week, but I
:03:21. > :03:27.would not dream of running down here.
:03:28. > :03:30.I see guys and women running, etc., smog levels are too much.
:03:31. > :03:35.But there is nothing I can do about it personally.
:03:36. > :03:39.There is data coming out showing the effect on
:03:40. > :03:41.respiratory health, mortalities, in newspapers all the time.
:03:42. > :03:48.Electric vehicles are seen as the long-term solution.
:03:49. > :03:50.The government confirmed today its policy of banning the sale
:03:51. > :03:54.of new diesel and petrol cars by 2040.
:03:55. > :03:58.We have to get rid of petrol and diesel cars from our roads if we
:03:59. > :04:03.are going to make sure not only do we deal with the health problems air
:04:04. > :04:06.pollution causes, but also that we meet our climate change targets.
:04:07. > :04:10.The good news is the car industry is already
:04:11. > :04:13.moving in this direction, so Volvo and indeed just yesterday,
:04:14. > :04:18.It is critically important we provide
:04:19. > :04:20.encouragement from government to help the car industry
:04:21. > :04:27.In the short-term, local roads will be altered
:04:28. > :04:32.With a ?255 million additional package for cleaner transport.
:04:33. > :04:35.London has deterred cars from coming into town with its
:04:36. > :04:39.In the autumn that will become a toxic charge for
:04:40. > :04:46.We may see zones like that in other towns and cities in the country
:04:47. > :04:50.is councils cannot sort out their own problems.
:04:51. > :04:57.But neither councils nor government want to take the rap for
:04:58. > :05:00.charging diesel drivers for using cars that the government originally
:05:01. > :05:05.To reduce emissions that fuelled climate change.
:05:06. > :05:08.What we need now is some robust action taken by governments and not
:05:09. > :05:12.just relying on local authorities to make unpopular decisions.
:05:13. > :05:15.Paying drivers to scrap old diesel cars is another idea
:05:16. > :05:17.but the Treasury said it is bad value for money.
:05:18. > :05:26.It will not happen, at least for now.
:05:27. > :05:31.So how useful is the government's new air strategy?
:05:32. > :05:38.vehicles, it is too long in the future to do anything
:05:39. > :05:40.about the air quality crisis we have now.
:05:41. > :05:42.It seems we have another Secretary of State
:05:43. > :05:45.failing to grasp what even he calls a public health emergency.
:05:46. > :05:47.We should've seen the Environment Secretary
:05:48. > :05:52.announcing today a paradigms shift, a system shift to put people at
:05:53. > :05:54.the heart of towns and cities and not more cars,
:05:55. > :05:58.And we need him to talk about a massive investment in public
:05:59. > :06:01.transport, about a proper network of clean air zones.
:06:02. > :06:03.Much more investment is needed in cleaner
:06:04. > :06:10.They will be looking to the Chancellor and his
:06:11. > :06:13.Autumn Statement to see how much the government is willing to spend
:06:14. > :06:29.-- Norman Smith is with me. This is a bold headline. How dramatic is
:06:30. > :06:32.this politically? It sounds like there should be a
:06:33. > :06:38.drum roll with this announcement, the end of an era, the end of the
:06:39. > :06:43.internal combustion engine on our roads. When you strip it down this
:06:44. > :06:47.is a much more cautious and careful and calibrated announcement. For a
:06:48. > :06:50.start, there will not be the big, great, Bonanza giveaway of a
:06:51. > :06:56.scrappage scheme to help all of us trade in our old. In part because
:06:57. > :06:59.ministers take the view that it tends to benefit people who are
:07:00. > :07:05.better off, those who are more likely to have a second-hand diesel
:07:06. > :07:09.as they ran around. Secondly, the hard work, the heavy lifting will be
:07:10. > :07:14.left to local authorities who are already under huge financial
:07:15. > :07:17.pressure. They are the ones who will have to introduce new transport
:07:18. > :07:21.systems to minimise congestion where most of the pollution is caused.
:07:22. > :07:26.They are the ones who are going to have to ban diesel cars from town
:07:27. > :07:30.centres. They are the ones who might have to look at charges for diesel
:07:31. > :07:34.cars. In other words they are the ones who motorist will be fuming at
:07:35. > :07:41.for doing all of these things. But above all, it isn't happening any
:07:42. > :07:46.time soon. It is 25 years away. That, when some countries like
:07:47. > :07:52.Norway are looking at introducing this ban by 2025. Put all that
:07:53. > :07:55.together and it seems like going on on the M6 in second gear. You will
:07:56. > :08:01.get there in the end but it is going to take a long time and you are
:08:02. > :08:02.probably going to upset a lot of motorists along the way.
:08:03. > :08:04.Thank you. So what do these proposals mean
:08:05. > :08:08.for the car industry? Is it ready to produce electric cars
:08:09. > :08:11.only in less than 25 years? Our correspondent Theo Leggett has
:08:12. > :08:25.been examining whether the motor Anglo-American Corporation has
:08:26. > :08:29.resulted in a new small car... The internal combustion engine has
:08:30. > :08:33.been powering cars for more than 100 years, but is it nearing the end of
:08:34. > :08:39.the production line? The government wants to ban petrol and diesel cars
:08:40. > :08:45.by 2040, and make electric vehicle is the norm. Major manufacturers,
:08:46. > :08:47.such as Volkswagen, BMW, and Renault already have big plans for
:08:48. > :08:53.battery-powered models. But they still make up a small share of the
:08:54. > :09:03.market. Last year we sold 10,000 pure electric battery-powered
:09:04. > :09:06.vehicles in the UK out of a market of 2.7 million. It is a huge shift.
:09:07. > :09:08.That is what you need a good framework to encourage that shift.
:09:09. > :09:11.Britain isn't alone in planning a ban. France also wants to get rid of
:09:12. > :09:16.petrol and diesel cars by 2040. India wants to phase them out by
:09:17. > :09:22.2030. And Norway is even more ambitious, its target is 2025. If
:09:23. > :09:25.the government want us all to be one-day driving electric cars like
:09:26. > :09:30.these that it will have to give some thought as to how to provide more of
:09:31. > :09:38.these, charging points. There are 37 million cars on the road today. If
:09:39. > :09:41.all of them will one day be electric powered we are going to need a lot
:09:42. > :09:44.more places to plug them in. Can it be done? Industry insiders have
:09:45. > :09:48.their doubts. It is an incredibly vicious target. One that will be
:09:49. > :09:51.hard to hit. Car-makers are a long way down the road, they have
:09:52. > :09:55.electric cars on sale today and many more in the pipeline. We are getting
:09:56. > :10:00.the infrastructure together to allow people to use these cars as a
:10:01. > :10:04.potential will be incredibly difficult. Here is a car that does
:10:05. > :10:08.not need gas... Electric cars have had a bright
:10:09. > :10:13.future for many years but they are still a rare sight. There is little
:10:14. > :10:17.doubt that will change. But the road to complete infrastructure change
:10:18. > :10:20.will be a long way ahead. As we've heard, many of the measures
:10:21. > :10:23.announced today will require major changes to infrastructure
:10:24. > :10:25.and transport policies. Our correspondent Sima Kotecha has
:10:26. > :10:27.been to Dudley to find out whether the area is able
:10:28. > :10:33.to implement the changes. There are currently only three
:10:34. > :10:43.charging points there. Wet weather, a day many need their
:10:44. > :10:50.car the most. What you think that diesel cars not being on sale in
:10:51. > :10:55.2040? What were they doing ten years ago? Trying to get people to buy
:10:56. > :11:01.them. Why do that and now decide it is wrong. What do you think about
:11:02. > :11:11.those cars that you have to plug in? Clean. They need to get plenty of
:11:12. > :11:16.power points. We can't keep using diesel. There is evidence that it is
:11:17. > :11:21.medically bad for us. It is the way forward, really. The government's
:11:22. > :11:25.plans are about improving air quality. Those who need to drive for
:11:26. > :11:30.work have passion these. This man describes himself as a handyman and
:11:31. > :11:36.uses his diesel van to transport all of his materials. Drills, hammers,
:11:37. > :11:42.wood, plasters, bags of sand. It is quite a lot. In 2040 diesel vans
:11:43. > :11:51.went beyond sell any more. How do you feel about that? Good News for
:11:52. > :11:57.me. It makes things cheaper. Diesel prices are going up. Anything that
:11:58. > :12:00.is electric, plug it in, then I am away for the day. Ministers say it
:12:01. > :12:05.is up to councils to decide what steps they take in their area to
:12:06. > :12:10.make the air cleaner. Councils say their plans depend on how much money
:12:11. > :12:13.they get from government. There are just three of these charging point
:12:14. > :12:16.into the town centre. The council says it wants to increase that
:12:17. > :12:22.number significantly over the next few years. Every new housing
:12:23. > :12:29.development that is done in Dudley has to have an electric power point
:12:30. > :12:34.to charge cars on every property. I know there are 100 going through the
:12:35. > :12:39.present time in planning and we've been doing that for 18 months. Some
:12:40. > :12:42.of the council ideas are unpopular, like charging certain vehicles were
:12:43. > :12:47.travelling on the busiest roads. But they are being told action must be
:12:48. > :12:48.taken now. That is why they are already implementing significant
:12:49. > :12:52.changes. More than 10,000 people
:12:53. > :12:54.in the south of France, including many British holiday
:12:55. > :12:56.makers, have been moved to safety to escape rapidly
:12:57. > :12:58.spreading wildfire. A new blaze overnight has
:12:59. > :13:00.spread over a vast area, France has asked its EU neighbours
:13:01. > :13:05.for more help to fight the fires. The latest fire devouring swathes
:13:06. > :13:19.of forest in southern France. Firefighters overnight
:13:20. > :13:20.have been trying to keep More than 40 square kilometres
:13:21. > :13:24.of land has been affected Around midnight we were woken up
:13:25. > :13:33.and I went down to the station at our site and there
:13:34. > :13:37.was an emergency news I just looked up and it
:13:38. > :13:41.was like an inferno. It was amazing and a very,
:13:42. > :13:53.very scary sight to see. Holiday-makers staying close
:13:54. > :13:55.to the popular St Tropez holiday Including British tourists
:13:56. > :14:00.on a nearby campsite where some have There would have been a good
:14:01. > :14:09.thousand people on the beach. They had to stay there
:14:10. > :14:12.overnight, some of them with sleeping bags and it was quite
:14:13. > :14:14.a precarious situation. The fire was very
:14:15. > :14:16.close to the campsite. It could have spread
:14:17. > :14:26.very, very quickly. These wildfires have
:14:27. > :14:27.been raging here in They've also affected
:14:28. > :14:30.parts of Corsica where hundreds of homes
:14:31. > :14:35.have been evacuated. France has already asked
:14:36. > :14:37.for Europe's help to 4000 firefighters and troops backed
:14:38. > :14:45.with water bombers have been Officials say at least 12
:14:46. > :14:50.firefighters have been injured and 15 police officers affected
:14:51. > :14:57.by smoke inhalation. The head of the Fire Service
:14:58. > :15:00.in the south-east of France has said extra firefighters have been drafted
:15:01. > :15:03.in to keep the flames at bay. The British economy grew by 0.3%
:15:04. > :15:09.between April and June, according to the Office
:15:10. > :15:10.for National Statistics, boosted by retail and
:15:11. > :15:12.a booming film industry. But this is the economy's weakest
:15:13. > :15:15.six-month period for 5 years. Our Business Correspondent Joe
:15:16. > :15:24.Lynam has more details. This building company
:15:25. > :15:29.in Buckinghamshire is busy. But the future pipeline
:15:30. > :15:32.of confirmed work is starting to dry up as budgets
:15:33. > :15:40.tighten for its customers. We have been given
:15:41. > :15:43.orders for jobs and at the last minute the clients have
:15:44. > :15:45.pulled away from us. GDP is the sum of all goods
:15:46. > :15:52.and services in Britain, that number grew by 0.3%
:15:53. > :15:56.from April to the end of June. But the figure for the
:15:57. > :15:58.construction sector was down Thankfully the services
:15:59. > :16:06.sector which includes all our shopping and dining
:16:07. > :16:08.out, was up half of 1%. It is a good thing we're
:16:09. > :16:12.still growing but of course we are Interestingly if you look
:16:13. > :16:18.at the first half of the year, it is the slowest growth in five
:16:19. > :16:22.years for the first half. What is more is the position
:16:23. > :16:28.of GDP is concerning. All the growth has come from
:16:29. > :16:31.the consumers spending more and very And the Chancellor
:16:32. > :16:33.acknowledged that Brexit may have played a role in
:16:34. > :16:36.the sluggish economic performance. We always knew that
:16:37. > :16:38.this was going to be a year in which there
:16:39. > :16:40.was a certain amount of uncertainty around the economy as we go
:16:41. > :16:44.through the EU exit negotiations and
:16:45. > :16:46.businesses and consumers perhaps unsurprisingly
:16:47. > :16:47.are What our future relationship with
:16:48. > :16:54.the European Union is going to look But Labour said that the weak GDP
:16:55. > :17:00.figures exposed the last seven years of Conservative economic
:17:01. > :17:04.failure which it says showed that working families
:17:05. > :17:08.were being squeezed. One of the best performing parts
:17:09. > :17:11.of the economy during the Film production here as well as box
:17:12. > :17:15.office receipts from the cinemas, grew much faster than
:17:16. > :17:20.the rest of the economy. After a relatively weak first
:17:21. > :17:23.quarter, it looks as if consumers returned to the shops
:17:24. > :17:26.between April and June. That meant the weakness
:17:27. > :17:29.in manufacturing and construction was balanced by
:17:30. > :17:51.an uptick in retail spending which The sale of new petrol and diesel
:17:52. > :17:53.cars will be banned from 2040. The government wants to reduce emissions
:17:54. > :17:55.and encouraged the use of electric vehicles.
:17:56. > :17:58.We have to get rid of petrol and diesel to help health
:17:59. > :18:03.problems from emissions and meet our climate change targets.
:18:04. > :18:07.England have been boosted by the return of defender
:18:08. > :18:10.Casey Stoney from a hamstring injury, ahead of their final group
:18:11. > :18:22.game of the European Championships against Portugal tomorrow.
:18:23. > :18:26.The funeral of the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena bombing
:18:27. > :18:30.is taking place this lunchtime at the city's Cathedral.
:18:31. > :18:33.Saffie Roussos was eight years old, and had been given a ticket
:18:34. > :18:37.to the Ariana Grande concert as a Christmas present.
:18:38. > :18:40.She'd gone to the show with her mother, who was seriously
:18:41. > :18:49.Our correspondent Judith Moritz is at Manchester Cathedral.
:18:50. > :18:58.As you say the last of the funerals for the 22 people who died in the
:18:59. > :19:02.Manchester attack, the last in part because the family of savvy results
:19:03. > :19:06.have had to wait until her mother Lisa was well enough to attend. We
:19:07. > :19:10.understand she will be brought here today from hospital. She is still
:19:11. > :19:14.recovering from very serious injuries and has had multiple
:19:15. > :19:19.operations. I spoke to the family a few weeks ago and they told me they
:19:20. > :19:24.were staying strong for Lisa was also believing for Saffie. That she
:19:25. > :19:27.was a fun loving child who love singing and dancing and they really
:19:28. > :19:31.want the service today to be a celebration, that it will come
:19:32. > :19:36.across in the service and also that we will hear from those who knew her
:19:37. > :19:39.best. The eulogy from headteacher and tributes from her classmates
:19:40. > :19:44.will take place, some of whom have already been arriving here. And the
:19:45. > :19:48.family have chosen to have the service here at Manchester
:19:49. > :19:53.Cathedral, not an easy decision for them, they say. Just yards away from
:19:54. > :19:58.the arena where the bomb claimed her life. But this is a venue in which
:19:59. > :20:02.they want as many people as possible to attend. They invited the public
:20:03. > :20:06.to come, they said anyone who felt they had been affected by the death
:20:07. > :20:11.of their daughter should come to the Cathedral and they also have asked
:20:12. > :20:18.people to bring arose in memory of Saffie, personal name was Saffie
:20:19. > :20:23.rose. Just a few minutes ago the mayor of Greater Manchester came
:20:24. > :20:26.along and the Chief Constable and we expect the family to arrive in the
:20:27. > :20:31.next few minutes themselves. Then after the public service at
:20:32. > :20:37.Manchester Cathedral there will be a Private service. Judith, thank you.
:20:38. > :20:39.The Supreme Court has ruled that the government's decision
:20:40. > :20:42.to introduce fees for bringing employment tribunal claims
:20:43. > :20:48.The Court said the practice of charging up to ?1,200
:20:49. > :20:53.The government says it will now halt the charges -
:20:54. > :21:01.Our Legal Affairs Correspondent Clive Coleman reports.
:21:02. > :21:07.A massive victory for Unison at the highest court in the land.
:21:08. > :21:15.Workers fees for bringing claims to Employment Tribunals gone.
:21:16. > :21:17.Tribunals hear a wide range of claims by workers including unfair
:21:18. > :21:18.dismissal, pay disputes and discrimination.
:21:19. > :21:21.Bringing a claim was free until July 2013 when the
:21:22. > :21:23.coalition government introduced fees.
:21:24. > :21:26.A claim for things like unpaid wages would cost a total of almost
:21:27. > :21:31.For more serious crimes such as unfair dismissal, this rises to
:21:32. > :21:46.Appeals against decisions can cost a further ?1600.
:21:47. > :21:47.Fees faced by people like Ronnie, a courier
:21:48. > :21:50.taking his employer to task over his employment status, they are
:21:51. > :21:54.He could only pay to bring it with the help of his
:21:55. > :21:59.I do not earn a lot of money at the moment and I think I would
:22:00. > :22:02.never have gone to court if it wasn't for the help I received.
:22:03. > :22:05.I do think there are a lot of people in
:22:06. > :22:09.Unison argued that the fees were discriminatory and denied
:22:10. > :22:17.The fees order is unlawful under both domestic and EU law.
:22:18. > :22:20.Because it has the effect of preventing access to justice.
:22:21. > :22:25.It means that not only the order which
:22:26. > :22:29.introduced tribunal fees back in 2013 is quashed, it also means
:22:30. > :22:32.everyone who paid those fees, a sum amounting
:22:33. > :22:33.to some ?32 million, will
:22:34. > :22:40.After a four-year legal struggle, Unison
:22:41. > :22:47.We knew from day one this was not just unlawful but
:22:48. > :22:51.That low-paid workers should be put in this position, that
:22:52. > :22:55.Small amounts involved but it may include racial discrimination, sex
:22:56. > :22:59.Obviously we're disappointment to get a
:23:00. > :23:01.judgment against us but we respect the judgment.
:23:02. > :23:03.We're going to take it fully on board, and comply with it
:23:04. > :23:08.and already today we are taking immediate action.
:23:09. > :23:12.Workers across the country will be delighted that they
:23:13. > :23:14.can now bring claims without paying a fee.
:23:15. > :23:21.The brother of Diana Princess of Wales, Earl Spencer,
:23:22. > :23:24.has told the BBC that he still has nightmares about being part
:23:25. > :23:26.of the public procession behind his sister's coffin
:23:27. > :23:31.He described the walk - alongside his nephews,
:23:32. > :23:34.Princes William and Harry - as the most horrifying
:23:35. > :23:43.Our royal correspondent Peter Hunt is with me.
:23:44. > :23:51.Watmore has he been saying in this interview # in the war, that has
:23:52. > :23:54.been in the public domain recently because Prince Harry also questioned
:23:55. > :23:59.why a 12-year-old should be made to walk behind the Coffin. And in this
:24:00. > :24:02.interview Earl Spencer said he was lied to and Palace officials
:24:03. > :24:06.suggested to him that the young princes wanted to walk behind the
:24:07. > :24:09.coffin. We now know that Harry did not and other suggested, including
:24:10. > :24:14.Alastair Campbell, the spin doctor for Tony Blair, but they were there
:24:15. > :24:19.to give protection to their father Prince Charles, there was concern
:24:20. > :24:25.that he could be booed. There is also the issue of the eulogy, seen
:24:26. > :24:30.by many as a criticism of the Royal Family. He insists in the interview
:24:31. > :24:34.it was not, he said everything he said was true and he was trying to
:24:35. > :24:39.celebrate Diana. And this coming at a time when there is enormous focus
:24:40. > :24:45.on the late Princess because of the passage of time now. Yes, it is the
:24:46. > :24:47.20th anniversary, we also heard that ITV documentary where Prince Harry
:24:48. > :24:52.Prince William spoke about their mother and the impact of her death.
:24:53. > :24:56.And a BBC documentary in August will look at the week between the death
:24:57. > :25:03.and the funeral and perhaps we will get more insight into why the two
:25:04. > :25:07.princes walked behind the Coffin. And they believe they were too young
:25:08. > :25:09.to protect her life and now they are very much about protecting her in
:25:10. > :25:12.death, protecting her memory 20 years on. Thank you.
:25:13. > :25:14.A judge will decide this afternoon whether the terminally-ill baby
:25:15. > :25:16.Charlie Gard should be allowed to leave Great Ormond
:25:17. > :25:19.Street Hospital to die at home with his parents.
:25:20. > :25:22.The hospital's lawyers say a hospice would be more appropriate.
:25:23. > :25:32.Our Medical Correspondent Fergus Walsh is at the High Court.
:25:33. > :25:41.I expect that two o'clock Mr Justice Francis will rule that Charlie
:25:42. > :25:44.should be transferred to a hospice where his life support will be
:25:45. > :25:48.withdrawn. One of the key issues then will be how long before that
:25:49. > :25:54.life support is withdrawn. His parents Connie and Chris still want
:25:55. > :25:57.him to go home with them and have a period of days outside of hospital
:25:58. > :26:03.so they can build some memories together with him. But there were
:26:04. > :26:08.concerns from Great Ormond Street hospital that Charlie has complex
:26:09. > :26:11.needs and they are intending to provide an intensive care team who
:26:12. > :26:16.would take him to a hospice where there would be a period of hours. It
:26:17. > :26:20.is that period, how long he spent at the hospice, before his ventilator
:26:21. > :26:21.is switched off, that will be something for discussion this
:26:22. > :26:26.afternoon. The owner of Sports Direct,
:26:27. > :26:29.Mike Ashley, has won a legal case against an investment banker,
:26:30. > :26:31.in connection with an alleged ?15 million deal made
:26:32. > :26:33.in a London pub. Jeffrey Blue told the court that
:26:34. > :26:36.Mike Ashley reneged on a promise to pay him a multimillion pound sum
:26:37. > :26:38.if he increased the Our business correspondent
:26:39. > :26:52.Emma Simpson is here. Explain a bit more about this. Well
:26:53. > :26:58.the case is centred around a conversation in a pub four years
:26:59. > :27:02.ago. Jeffrey Blue was a corporate financier, working for Mike Ashley
:27:03. > :27:09.at the time and he said Mike Ashley promised him ?15 million if he could
:27:10. > :27:12.double the share price of Sports Direct in three years. He walked
:27:13. > :27:16.away from the pub that night thinking he had a deal. Well Mike
:27:17. > :27:21.Ashley had a different version of events saying this was just a few
:27:22. > :27:26.drinks and nothing more, that the talk was banter and he dismissed the
:27:27. > :27:30.claim as nonsense. It has been a pretty colourful few days of
:27:31. > :27:35.evidence including a night down at the pub itself, drink fuelled. Mike
:27:36. > :27:38.Ashley, one of the wealthiest controversial bosses in retail had
:27:39. > :27:42.drunk so much that night that he could not remember the next puppy
:27:43. > :27:46.went to but today the judge ruled in his favour comprehensively. He
:27:47. > :27:49.concluded that no one would have thought that what was said in the
:27:50. > :27:54.pub that night was serious. Adding the fact that Jeffrey Blue had
:27:55. > :27:58.convinced himself that it was and legally binding agreement had been
:27:59. > :28:03.made, showed only that the human capacity wishful thinking you no
:28:04. > :28:08.bounds. So he faces an uphill struggle in this case and I think
:28:09. > :28:10.the moral of is get it in writing. Thank you.
:28:11. > :28:13.From finding bombs to catching drug smugglers, a dog's sense of smell
:28:14. > :28:17.has long been used to help people do difficult jobs.
:28:18. > :28:20.Now a trial has begun to see if it could help doctors diagnose
:28:21. > :28:21.Parkinson's Disease earlier by detecting subtle changes
:28:22. > :28:29.in a person's smell triggered by the symptoms of the condition.
:28:30. > :28:31.The degenerative disease affects over 10-million people worldwide,
:28:32. > :28:36.but is often only identified years after symptoms appear.
:28:37. > :28:40.Tim Muffett has been to see the dogs in action.
:28:41. > :28:44.Kiwi is demonstrating a remarkable skill.
:28:45. > :28:47.The ability of dogs to sniff out cancer has been
:28:48. > :28:52.But now Kiwi and other medical detection dogs
:28:53. > :28:58.What we're hoping to do is to train them to find the odour associated
:28:59. > :29:04.If they can do this, they could revolutionise the way
:29:05. > :29:09.Parkinson's can cause body tremors and leave sufferers
:29:10. > :29:14.But as there's no diagnostic test, in its early stages sufferers often
:29:15. > :29:19.miss out on medication that can help.
:29:20. > :29:21.We didn't understand what was happening.
:29:22. > :29:24.Joy, however, has a highly developed sense of smell.
:29:25. > :29:27.She noticed something different about Les ten years before doctors
:29:28. > :29:34.I started complaining about his smell.
:29:35. > :29:38.So what was this smell like you could detect on your husband?
:29:39. > :29:42.It was, I describe it as a very strong musky smell.
:29:43. > :29:44.Joy's sense of smell is so strong doctors say
:29:45. > :29:50.For dogs, however, it's a different story.
:29:51. > :29:54.Some breeds of dog have more than 200 million scent
:29:55. > :29:58.receptors in their nose, that's compared to around
:29:59. > :30:03.And many believe that by harnessing that incredible sense of smell,
:30:04. > :30:06.more medical conditions could be sniffed out earlier.
:30:07. > :30:09.These medical detection dogs live with families and come
:30:10. > :30:13.to the testing centre during the daytime.
:30:14. > :30:15.Backed by the charity Parkinson's UK, swabs from Parkinson's sufferers
:30:16. > :30:21.will be introduced to see if the dogs can identify them.
:30:22. > :30:23.People might present at a neurological clinic
:30:24. > :30:27.or they might go to casualty because they have had a fall.
:30:28. > :30:30.Or because they have had some other event not usual for them.
:30:31. > :30:32.And very rarely would they would they think
:30:33. > :30:37.But if we could develop an early test, it really improves
:30:38. > :30:40.the patient's well-being if they know what's going on.
:30:41. > :30:44.The research and training will take six months.
:30:45. > :30:47.But 200 years after the condition was identified, it is hoped that
:30:48. > :30:49.dogs will soon help doctors diagnosed Parkinson's earlier.
:30:50. > :31:12.Quite a bit of rain so far today but not all doom and gloom. This was
:31:13. > :31:18.taken a little bit earlier in North Wales. But for many of you is a bit
:31:19. > :31:23.more like this. Here is the satellite sequence showing an
:31:24. > :31:29.extensive band of cloud right across the UK and belief that there has
:31:30. > :31:33.been quite a bit of rain so far. All moving west, from west to east and
:31:34. > :31:38.some of the heaviest rain so far has been across more northern parts of
:31:39. > :31:43.England and Scotland. It will continue to move north and east.
:31:44. > :31:46.Brighter skies following on behind. Some brighter weather developing in
:31:47. > :31:54.Scotland but showers coming through as well. Dry and bright for a time
:31:55. > :31:58.in Northern Ireland but showers developing major. Some patchy rain
:31:59. > :32:06.through the afternoon across southern parts of England. Quite
:32:07. > :32:10.breezy as well, the breeze blowing that rain away from the south-east
:32:11. > :32:16.this evening. By the end of the night it will be quite fresh. A
:32:17. > :32:22.pretty unsettled look to the day tomorrow with low pressure in charge
:32:23. > :32:27.of the lots of white lines, that means it will be quite a blustery
:32:28. > :32:30.day. And the wind coming in from the West once again. Breezy start for
:32:31. > :32:34.the eastern side of the UK but further west from early on some
:32:35. > :32:39.showers around which spread to pretty much all parts through the
:32:40. > :32:46.day. So breezy with some sunshine and also some sharp showers. Top
:32:47. > :32:51.temperatures around 16, 17 degrees across Scotland, 17 in Cardiff and
:32:52. > :32:54.Belfast, 21 in the London area. And the third test gets off to a
:32:55. > :33:00.promising start but we could see some showers moving through on the
:33:01. > :33:05.breeze. And it stays breezy towards the end of the week with no pressure
:33:06. > :33:10.still in charge. And this feature brings yet another spell of heavy
:33:11. > :33:12.rain. Further north it is windy with scattered showers and then wetter
:33:13. > :33:21.weather spreading in from the south-west. So pretty unsettled and
:33:22. > :33:22.that continues for the weekend, cool and breezy with some showers but
:33:23. > :33:24.also a little bit of sunshine. A reminder of our main
:33:25. > :33:34.story this lunchtime. The sale of new petrol and diesel
:33:35. > :33:37.cars will be banned from 2040, the government wants to reduce emissions
:33:38. > :33:38.and encourage the use of electric vehicles.
:33:39. > :33:42.That's all from the BBC News at One - so it's goodbye from me -
:33:43. > :33:44.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.