:00:00. > :00:08.The United States and North Korea are urged to show restraint,
:00:09. > :00:11.as tension increases around the threat to hit a US airbase
:00:12. > :00:17.The Trump administration has defended its strong
:00:18. > :00:21.It says the President had to use language
:00:22. > :00:26.They will be met with fire and fury the likes of
:00:27. > :00:41.US Secretary of State has now arrived in Guam.
:00:42. > :00:43.We'll have the latest from Washington and Seoul.
:00:44. > :00:47.Six French soldiers have been hurt after a car drove
:00:48. > :00:50.The local mayor said it was a deliberate act.
:00:51. > :00:52.Athletics' governing body defends its decision to stop
:00:53. > :00:54.a medal favourite competing at the World Championships
:00:55. > :01:04.The runner tells us he's heartbroken.
:01:05. > :01:13.If this thing had been for Mo Farah like now, I do not think the British
:01:14. > :01:15.people would allow it. They know that Mo Farah could get a medal with
:01:16. > :01:20.them. Or anyone, even Usain Bolt. It's exactly ten years since
:01:21. > :01:22.the start of the biggest financial We ask whether lessons
:01:23. > :01:26.have been learnt. Sky is struggling to cope with an
:01:27. > :01:39.influx of tourists. And coming up in the
:01:40. > :01:41.sport on BBC News. At the World Athletics championships
:01:42. > :01:44.Mo Farah goes for gold - he starts his campaign for the 5,000
:01:45. > :02:02.metres later tonight. Good afternoon and welcome
:02:03. > :02:06.to the BBC News at One. The United States and North Korea
:02:07. > :02:09.are being urged to show restraint, after a growing war of words
:02:10. > :02:13.between the two nations. Last night President Trump said
:02:14. > :02:17.threats from Pyongyang would be met with fire,
:02:18. > :02:20.fury and power. The communist state says it's
:02:21. > :02:33.considering a missile strike The US Secretary of State Rex
:02:34. > :02:36.Tillerson has just arrived on the island.
:02:37. > :02:39.Guam is a small island in the Pacific Ocean where US
:02:40. > :02:42.We'll have the latest from Korea in a moment,
:02:43. > :02:44.but first this report on the increasing tension
:02:45. > :02:54.US military exercises on Guam. This was earlier in the summer. With
:02:55. > :02:59.several thousand American troops based here and US bombers, North
:03:00. > :03:08.Korea has chosen to pinpoint this tiny American island as a potential
:03:09. > :03:12.target. North Korean state TV said its armed forces are considering
:03:13. > :03:18.hitting Guam and the American airbase there with medium to long
:03:19. > :03:23.range ballistic missiles. It came after an uptake in rhetoric from
:03:24. > :03:28.President Trump last night. It will be met with fire, fury and frankly
:03:29. > :03:36.power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. Thank you.
:03:37. > :03:39.North Korea threatens... Few US presidents have fused cells in
:03:40. > :03:43.showing Jerry language against another nation. It echoes President
:03:44. > :03:50.Truman's warning to Japan when he announced an atomic bomb had fallen
:03:51. > :03:54.on Hiroshima during World War II. If they do not accept our terms they
:03:55. > :04:00.may expect rain from the air and the like of which has never been seen on
:04:01. > :04:05.this earth. But the US Secretary of State, who has just arrived in Guam,
:04:06. > :04:09.said the President's language was deliberately tough. He is sending a
:04:10. > :04:14.strong message to North Korea in language that Kim Yong Moon will
:04:15. > :04:17.understand because he does not seem to understand diplomatic language.
:04:18. > :04:24.The president wanted to be clear to the North Korean regime that the US
:04:25. > :04:28.has an unquestionable ability to defend itself and its allies and it
:04:29. > :04:33.is important that he delivers that message before any escalation on
:04:34. > :04:39.their part. Guam sits right out in the Pacific ocean. It is closer to
:04:40. > :04:45.Asia and both South and North Korea and it is to the US mainland. On TV
:04:46. > :04:51.in Guam the threat is portrayed as real, but the people there are calm.
:04:52. > :04:57.I am not nervous, I am confident in our military capability. The first
:04:58. > :05:02.thing that comes to mind immediately is my family, to come up with a plan
:05:03. > :05:08.if anything happens. The stakes do not come higher than nuclear war.
:05:09. > :05:12.Even now after North Korea's nuclear missiles test, few see that as a
:05:13. > :05:15.risk, but the cost of potential warfare for the Korean peninsula and
:05:16. > :05:20.Well, the bellicose language between the US and North Korea has
:05:21. > :05:24.The Chinese government has urged both sides to avoid
:05:25. > :05:27.Our correspondent Yogita Limaye reports from the South
:05:28. > :05:34.This is what North Korea's threatening to attack.
:05:35. > :05:36.The island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean that's home
:05:37. > :05:43.In its latest message Pyongyang says it's a response to drills conducted
:05:44. > :05:47.by US nuclear bombers stationed in Guam.
:05:48. > :05:50.For the people in South Korea, a country that has perhaps the most
:05:51. > :05:53.to lose if a war breaks out, threats from its neighbour
:05:54. > :05:58.Yet the latest war of words between Pyongyang and Washington
:05:59. > :06:05.TRANSLATION: If Kim Jong-un miscalculates and fires first,
:06:06. > :06:07.we will be the ones to face destruction.
:06:08. > :06:14.TRANSLATION: It's scary, I wonder why Kim Jong-un
:06:15. > :06:20.I hope everyone lives in peace, but North Korea consistently does
:06:21. > :06:29.This country has been preparing for the worst.
:06:30. > :06:32.About 60 kilometres from Seoul is the Osan airbase where American
:06:33. > :06:37.and South Korean troops work jointly on a defence programme.
:06:38. > :06:42.It's just one of many such military stations in the country.
:06:43. > :06:45.But while it's been ramping up its defence capabilities,
:06:46. > :06:48.South Korea knows that this can't be its only approach
:06:49. > :06:51.and so it has been trying the diplomatic route as well.
:06:52. > :06:53.Last month President Moon Jae-in proposed military
:06:54. > :07:06.And on Wednesday, South Korea once again spoke of mending ties.
:07:07. > :07:13.TRANSLATION: These comments by North Korea do not help the relationship
:07:14. > :07:16.between South and North Korea. We will continue to seek peace in the
:07:17. > :07:19.Korean peninsula and reconciliation between the two countries.
:07:20. > :07:21.There has been no response to Seoul's offer from
:07:22. > :07:25.And no indication that these missile tests will stop any time soon.
:07:26. > :07:31.In a moment, we'll get the latest from Yogita Limaye
:07:32. > :07:39.But first, to Washington and our correspondent Jane O'Brien.
:07:40. > :07:47.We hear that the US Secretary of State has recently landed in Guam.
:07:48. > :07:51.What more are we going to be hearing from him there, possibly from the
:07:52. > :07:55.president as well? The most important thing is the clarification
:07:56. > :07:59.of what he made of what the president said, this fire and fury
:08:00. > :08:03.that he was threatening North Korea with, saying this was simply a way
:08:04. > :08:07.of talking directly to the North Koreans in words they would
:08:08. > :08:11.understand. But more importantly, he clearly does not think that
:08:12. > :08:17.diplomacy has been exhausted. In fact, he said it is working,
:08:18. > :08:22.witnessed by the sanctions imposed unanimously with China at the UN at
:08:23. > :08:29.the weekend. The object of those is to bring North Korea to talks. He
:08:30. > :08:32.also said he does not think the situation has changed significantly
:08:33. > :08:36.over the last 48 hours because it has been pretty much of a given that
:08:37. > :08:40.North Korea has got nuclear capability. What has rattled
:08:41. > :08:45.Washington more is the speed at which they have been able to develop
:08:46. > :08:46.weapons that at some point may be capable of striking mainland US.
:08:47. > :08:52.Yogita Limaye is in the South Korean capital Seoul.
:08:53. > :09:01.We have had strong language like this in the past, how serious is it
:09:02. > :09:07.this time? This aggression from North Korea is not unexpected. In
:09:08. > :09:10.the month of August, the US and the South Koreans conducted joint
:09:11. > :09:15.military exercises and analysts say we hear this sharp rhetoric from
:09:16. > :09:20.Pyongyang every year. That this year you have a US president who is also
:09:21. > :09:25.talking in fierce language and all of that put together has heightened
:09:26. > :09:28.tensions beyond what we have seen in recent years. In South Korea they
:09:29. > :09:33.have been nervous about this war of words going on between the US and
:09:34. > :09:37.North Korea, so when the South Korean president spoke to Donald
:09:38. > :09:43.Trump for almost an hour over the phone two days ago, while he did
:09:44. > :09:47.back the US sanctions, whilst he talked about strengthening defence
:09:48. > :09:51.capabilities of the US and the US troops here, along with the South
:09:52. > :09:55.Koreans, what he also said is he believes the diplomatic route is the
:09:56. > :09:58.only way out and what he hopes is all of this puts pressure on North
:09:59. > :10:01.Korea to come to the negotiating table. Thank you.
:10:02. > :10:05.Six French soldiers have been hurt after a car drove
:10:06. > :10:07.into them near their barracks in a suburb of Paris.
:10:08. > :10:10.Police say they are still looking for the driver and the car.
:10:11. > :10:12.The incident happened in Levallois-Perret,
:10:13. > :10:18.The local mayor says he has no doubt it was a deliberate act.
:10:19. > :10:30.The immediate aftermath of the attack.
:10:31. > :10:33.The emergency services at the scene helping the injured.
:10:34. > :10:35.All of them soldiers, targeted as they left their barracks.
:10:36. > :10:37.The incident happened just after eight o'clock
:10:38. > :10:40.this morning in a suburb in the north-west of Paris.
:10:41. > :10:43.It is believed the car was parked in an alley nearby.
:10:44. > :10:47.It then accelerated towards a group of six soldiers as
:10:48. > :10:54.they walked out of their barracks in Levallois-Perret.
:10:55. > :10:56.One local resident said they see soldiers around all the time.
:10:57. > :10:59.She told reporters it was a popular area
:11:00. > :11:09.for families but luckily none of them were around this morning.
:11:10. > :11:11.There's now an increased security presence in the area.
:11:12. > :11:13.The major concern is finding the vehicle and
:11:14. > :11:19.its driver which sped off after hitting a group of soldiers.
:11:20. > :11:22.TRANSLATION: This attack proves that the terror threat
:11:23. > :11:25.is still present which requires more and more vigilance and this
:11:26. > :11:33.counterterrorism operation which is essential.
:11:34. > :11:38.The soldiers were part of the heightened the counterterrorism
:11:39. > :11:40.The soldiers were part of the heightened counterterrorism
:11:41. > :11:42.operation following the high number of attacks in France in
:11:43. > :11:47.In 2015 militants targeted offices of the satirical magazine
:11:48. > :11:55.Later that year 130 were killed in the attacks on Paris
:11:56. > :12:02.And on Bastille Day, in July last year,
:12:03. > :12:05.a truck was driven through the crowd on the Nice promenade.
:12:06. > :12:11.There have also been other lower-level incidents.
:12:12. > :12:19.Today's event, yet another attack on those trying to protect France.
:12:20. > :12:29.The local mayor has described it as incomprehensible and odious.
:12:30. > :12:32.The governing body for international athletics has defended its decision
:12:33. > :12:35.to deny medal contender Isaac Makwala entry
:12:36. > :12:37.to the World Championships because of concerns
:12:38. > :12:51.The sprinter says he is heartbroken and feels he has been treated
:12:52. > :12:56.The Botswanan sprinter tried to get into the London Stadium last night,
:12:57. > :12:58.but was barred from competing in the 400 metres final.
:12:59. > :13:03.Our Sports Correspondent Natalie Pirks has the details.
:13:04. > :13:06.Gold for Wayde Van Niekerk should've been a triumphant moment.
:13:07. > :13:10.But as he crossed the line it was clear something was missing.
:13:11. > :13:13.In lane seven, an empty space where major rival Isaac Makwala
:13:14. > :13:19.This morning in his hotel room, Issac Makwala was still visibly
:13:20. > :13:21.upset and told me explicitly that he feels something
:13:22. > :13:37.If this thing had been for Mo Farah like now, I do not think the British
:13:38. > :13:42.would allow it. They would not allow it. They know Mo Farah is the one
:13:43. > :13:43.who could get medals for them. Or anyone, even Usain Bolt.
:13:44. > :13:46.The facts of the Makwala case are very confused.
:13:47. > :13:50.He was pulled out of the 200 metres heats on Monday after vomiting
:13:51. > :13:52.on the bus on the way to the stadium.
:13:53. > :13:55.Last night though the governing body said there was a strict 48-hour
:13:56. > :13:57.quarantine in place and the IAAF medical chiefs confirmed a doctor
:13:58. > :14:02.said Makwala was suffering from the same virulent Norovirus
:14:03. > :14:13.that has swept through one of the athletes' hotel.
:14:14. > :14:19.We had taken him, examined him, his pulse, and his history was clear
:14:20. > :14:22.that he had similar symptoms to all the other athletes that have also
:14:23. > :14:25.been classed as having this gastrointestinal disease.
:14:26. > :14:28.But today Makwala reiterated that he had only been sick once,
:14:29. > :14:32.not twice, and that he was not only fit to run in the 200 metres heats
:14:33. > :14:36.but also ready to run last night in the 400 metres final.
:14:37. > :14:42.If they came to meet with the result and the test and they said, here is
:14:43. > :14:50.the result, I would not have that problem. But they just assumed I was
:14:51. > :14:51.sick because others in the hotel were sick.
:14:52. > :14:54.In Britain elite athletes receive government and lottery funding,
:14:55. > :14:59.He expected to wake up today with a medal by his side
:15:00. > :15:01.and to be receiving calls about sponsorship deal.
:15:02. > :15:03.Instead he had to watch the race on TV, pondering
:15:04. > :15:21.My emotion came when they crossed the line. I looked at that time.
:15:22. > :15:24.That time was the normal time that I can do. I was in shape to do that
:15:25. > :15:31.Even Van Niekerk himself felt sympathy for his stricken rival.
:15:32. > :15:37.It is disappointing, I would love him to have his opportunity, he was
:15:38. > :15:42.in great form. I believe he would have done very well at these
:15:43. > :15:46.championships. Like I said, I have so much sympathy for him. I really
:15:47. > :15:50.wish I could give him my middle to be honest with you.
:15:51. > :15:53.Issac Makwala told me Issac Makwala told me he wants
:15:54. > :15:56.to leave Britain now but will stay to race again with his
:15:57. > :15:58.team-mates in the four by 400 m relay on Saturday.
:15:59. > :16:01.For that he must find reserves of mental strength he never
:16:02. > :16:08.Our Sports Correspondent Andy Swiss is at the London Stadium now.
:16:09. > :16:15.Where does it go from here? Well Issac Makwala clearly feels he has
:16:16. > :16:20.been harshly treated. There is still the relay at the weekend with his
:16:21. > :16:24.quarantine period over and he is hopeful he can compete in that. But
:16:25. > :16:29.really little consolation. He came here with such high hopes of a medal
:16:30. > :16:32.in the 200 and 400 metres and he feels that those hopes have been
:16:33. > :16:39.snatched away from him. He has also suggested the hopes were sabotaged
:16:40. > :16:41.by the eye WRAF. And in the last few minutes they responded to those
:16:42. > :16:48.claims saying there's nothing that they want more than extraordinary
:16:49. > :16:55.competition in these championships. -- IAAF. That they are freed up the
:16:56. > :17:00.competition allowing these athletes to double up a 200 and 400 metres.
:17:01. > :17:03.Well we cannot forget the championship as well of course, what
:17:04. > :17:10.else in store for the rest of the day? Later today Mo Farah returns to
:17:11. > :17:16.the track in the heats of the 5000 metres. He was a gold medal winner
:17:17. > :17:21.in the 10,000 metres and this is his last major track Championships. Also
:17:22. > :17:24.the semifinals of the 200 metres for the men, and of course Issac Makwala
:17:25. > :17:31.was meant to be competing in that. Three British people involved in
:17:32. > :17:36.that. Still no sign of an end to the medal drought being suffered by a
:17:37. > :17:41.British team, still the only gold medal by Mo Farah and another near
:17:42. > :17:46.miss last night with Kyle Langford finishing fourth in the 800 metres.
:17:47. > :17:49.A lot of fourth, fifth and sixth places. They need to convert those
:17:50. > :17:52.into medals, and fast. Many thanks. The United States and North Korea
:17:53. > :17:56.are urged to show restraint, as tension increases around
:17:57. > :17:59.the threat to hit a US airbase The Women's rugby World Cup starts
:18:00. > :18:09.today with England looking They take on underdogs Spain
:18:10. > :18:35.in Dublin in the opening match. Today is the tenth anniversary
:18:36. > :18:37.of the start of the biggest financial crash since
:18:38. > :18:41.the great depression. The French bank BNP Paribas
:18:42. > :18:44.announced that it couldn't pay investors who wanted
:18:45. > :18:46.to withdraw their money - sparking a crisis which spread
:18:47. > :18:49.around the world, as banks revealed they had racked up billions
:18:50. > :18:53.of pounds of toxic debts. Our economics correspondent
:18:54. > :18:55.Andy Verity looks at what's changed a decade on,
:18:56. > :19:08.and whether lessons It was a quiet summer holiday
:19:09. > :19:19.Thursday when the markets began to panic. And we're still living with
:19:20. > :19:23.the consequences. Down 242... The French bank called BNP Paribas
:19:24. > :19:27.announced it had hundreds of millions invested in mortgage-backed
:19:28. > :19:30.investments and now had no idea how little they were worth. Banks and
:19:31. > :19:33.hedge funds should have put trillions into similar investments
:19:34. > :19:37.without checking whether the mortgage borrowers whose payments
:19:38. > :19:40.they depended on could afford to keep up the repayments. Now they
:19:41. > :19:49.were defaulting in ever greater numbers. There is going to be a soft
:19:50. > :19:56.landing in housing. He has no clue about the economy. What more do you
:19:57. > :20:04.need to know. Housing is going to be a disaster. That warning was given
:20:05. > :20:10.in March 2000 seven, five months before the crisis was foreseen by
:20:11. > :20:15.some. No one was listening then? They all thought I was crazy and I
:20:16. > :20:20.had some good comments. I was called chicken on social media. Pretty
:20:21. > :20:23.scary times. The credit crunch happened because banks have that
:20:24. > :20:27.trillions on mortgage-backed investments in the US housing
:20:28. > :20:31.market. They now had no idea how much they or their competitors have
:20:32. > :20:37.lost. They normally lend money to each other every day and now the
:20:38. > :20:40.banks they were lending to, they will not sure if they would still be
:20:41. > :20:44.in business so they stopped lending and start hoarding cash, forcing up
:20:45. > :20:48.the cost of borrowing. The European Central Bank immediately intervened
:20:49. > :20:52.offering to lend up to 95 billion euros to banks are now could not
:20:53. > :20:56.borrow from anyone else. Then the Chancellor of the Exchequer Lord
:20:57. > :20:59.Darling spent the rest of his time in office dealing with the financial
:21:00. > :21:04.crisis the like of which had not been seen for 80 years. MPs lament
:21:05. > :21:10.the lack of personal responsibility from bankers who helped to cause the
:21:11. > :21:12.calamity. When just one bank, Barings bank, there were more
:21:13. > :21:19.prosecutions and finds and misconduct charges as a result of
:21:20. > :21:24.that one bank going down them with RBS, HBOS, Northern Rock. So instead
:21:25. > :21:30.of going forwards, we have gone backwards. The underlying reason for
:21:31. > :21:33.the credit crunch was a massive build-up of private-sector debt and
:21:34. > :21:37.according to the Bank of England numbers for today we still have not
:21:38. > :21:42.lost that habit. Take a look at this, the consumer credit numbers.
:21:43. > :21:45.That purple line showing how much we're borrowing. Growing up more
:21:46. > :21:53.than 10% per year, far faster than wages. And borrowing to buy cars is
:21:54. > :21:58.growing by more than 15% a year. Reforms since the crisis are meant
:21:59. > :22:00.to allow banks to fail without breaking the financial system but
:22:01. > :22:04.the Bank of England recently said that will not be achieved until
:22:05. > :22:09.2022, 15 years after the credit crunch began.
:22:10. > :22:11.More details have been given about the 500 new medical school
:22:12. > :22:13.places which are being made available in England
:22:14. > :22:16.in the next academic year, as the government attempts to boost
:22:17. > :22:20.The target is to increase the total number of training places
:22:21. > :22:22.by a quarter by 2020 - but the British Medical Association
:22:23. > :22:26.says it won't address the immediate shortage of medics.
:22:27. > :22:40.The government has given more details today on what it says
:22:41. > :22:45.will be the biggest ever expansion of the medical workforce in England.
:22:46. > :22:51.What we are doing is ensuring that we train enough home-grown
:22:52. > :22:53.doctors so the NHS becomes self-sufficient in doctors over the
:22:54. > :22:58.And we think that's the best way to ensure we have the doctors
:22:59. > :23:02.Next year an extra 500 medical School places
:23:03. > :23:09.By 2020 the number will grow to 1500.
:23:10. > :23:13.Representing a 25% increase in yearly intake over all.
:23:14. > :23:18.And medical schools will have to win many of those extra places
:23:19. > :23:21.by showing that they can get graduates to work in rural
:23:22. > :23:23.or coastal areas where recruitment is more of a struggle.
:23:24. > :23:24.And by bringing trainees from diverse
:23:25. > :23:29.We welcome the government's approach looking at how they can get more
:23:30. > :23:31.people from poorer backgrounds to study medicine, it is something
:23:32. > :23:35.the BMA has been talking about for many years.
:23:36. > :23:37.But there are lots of questions about how these medical school
:23:38. > :23:40.places are going to be funded and how the government
:23:41. > :23:42.is going to tackle the immediate recruitment and retention crisis
:23:43. > :23:57.Barts and the London School of medicine will get 23 you places next
:23:58. > :24:00.year and is likely to bid for war. It is understood news because
:24:01. > :24:03.medical schools are oversubscribed but we want to see government when
:24:04. > :24:08.they allocate places looking at making sure each medical School
:24:09. > :24:13.provides a comprehensive average starting as a young age with
:24:14. > :24:17.schoolchildren. The government also wants universities to encourage
:24:18. > :24:19.students to take up jobs in rural coastal communities where there has
:24:20. > :24:24.been more of a struggle to graduates. All part of a wider NHS
:24:25. > :24:25.recruitment drive. The Labour Party says it
:24:26. > :24:28.doesn't add up to any But ultimately it will be patients
:24:29. > :24:32.who decide whether this extra dose of doctors proves to be
:24:33. > :24:33.an effective medicine. The Women's World Cup begins
:24:34. > :24:41.in Dublin is less than an hour. England - the defending champions -
:24:42. > :24:44.are first up, before Wales It's already been a great summer
:24:45. > :24:49.of sport for Britain's women, and with England the favourites
:24:50. > :24:51.to retain their title, Our sports correspondent Katherine
:24:52. > :24:58.Downes reports from Dublin. Defending champions,
:24:59. > :25:12.Six Nations Grand Slam winners, It's no wonder England
:25:13. > :25:17.are favourites here. But they're not resting
:25:18. > :25:20.on their laurels. What has gone before has gone before
:25:21. > :25:23.and everyone is proud of it Everyone is fighting and vying
:25:24. > :25:26.for that trophy come England may be the defending
:25:27. > :25:31.champions, but it was Ireland who pulled off the biggest shock
:25:32. > :25:35.of the tournament last time round, knocking out the four-time world
:25:36. > :25:38.champions New Zealand. As hosts this year they're looking
:25:39. > :25:45.for more glory on home soil. Ireland play Australia this evening,
:25:46. > :25:49.a perfectly timed kick-off for home I'm just excited, I suppose
:25:50. > :25:56.it is like Christmas Eve. We have been waiting
:25:57. > :26:00.three years for this. So it is a really long
:26:01. > :26:02.Christmas Eve, really! As opening matches go it
:26:03. > :26:05.doesn't get much tougher Rowland Phillips is the Welsh coach,
:26:06. > :26:12.his daughter Charis A family of Dragons hoping to take
:26:13. > :26:18.down the Black Ferns. There is enough things to do
:26:19. > :26:20.here without worrying too much Only when no-one
:26:21. > :26:30.laughs at his jokes! And have you got to meet
:26:31. > :26:33.any of your heroes yet? It's been a summer
:26:34. > :26:42.for heroes so far. Johanna Konta blazing a trail
:26:43. > :26:45.to the Wimbledon semifinals, the first British woman to do
:26:46. > :26:49.so in 39 years. Then England won a thriller
:26:50. > :26:52.at Lord's to win the women's The Euros followed,
:26:53. > :26:56.no trophy for England, only the eventual champions
:26:57. > :27:01.could stop them in the semis. The Rugby World Cup
:27:02. > :27:04.completes the set. The end of a summer of sport that
:27:05. > :27:07.has seen Britain's women send a message to the rest of the world,
:27:08. > :27:10.we are the ones to beat. Catherine Downes,
:27:11. > :27:14.BBC News, in Dublin. With its rugged mountains
:27:15. > :27:16.and pristine lochs, it's no surprise that the Isle of Skye attracts large
:27:17. > :27:20.numbers of tourists. But the island has now become
:27:21. > :27:23.so popular that its services are being stretched to the limit -
:27:24. > :27:26.and Police Scotland is warning visitors to stay away
:27:27. > :27:28.unless they already James Shaw is in Portree,
:27:29. > :27:47.the largest town on the island. It is a stunning location, you have
:27:48. > :27:51.the main town, the harbour over there and often the distance the
:27:52. > :27:56.mountains, one of the main draws. This is a busy day on the island,
:27:57. > :28:01.the busiest perhaps of the year with the Highland games happening behind
:28:02. > :28:03.us. And there is no question at all the infrastructure is creaking under
:28:04. > :28:07.the pressure of mass tourism. Skye has a unique and stunning
:28:08. > :28:09.combination of rivers, But now under it's under increasing
:28:10. > :28:23.pressure from drive-through tourism. Some of Skye's most stunning
:28:24. > :28:25.locations are victims Suffering increasing
:28:26. > :28:30.road and path erosion, but still visitors are
:28:31. > :28:33.drawn to them. What do you think of
:28:34. > :28:35.what you've seen so far? I mean, just the landscape,
:28:36. > :28:41.the colours are beautiful. Something you don't
:28:42. > :28:44.see anywhere else. I didn't imagine it was so many
:28:45. > :28:47.people, but yeah, I think But you know, you have the vast
:28:48. > :28:53.landscape and you know, you just Not so much space on Skye's
:28:54. > :29:02.single-track roads. Incidents like this
:29:03. > :29:09.are surprisingly common. And more people are coming to Skye
:29:10. > :29:16.because they've seen it on film. The problem at the moment
:29:17. > :29:19.is the car parking. And yeah, people come
:29:20. > :29:25.to where the films were made, jump out of the car or the coach,
:29:26. > :29:28.take a quick picture, And you know, nothing coming
:29:29. > :29:33.into the island economy from some Who wouldn't want to come
:29:34. > :29:39.to Skye to be surrounded But it's clear that the pressures
:29:40. > :29:44.are growing and some people on the island believe that they need
:29:45. > :29:47.to be solutions, sooner The biggest challenge
:29:48. > :29:54.on the single-track roads... Shirley Spear runs one of Skye's
:29:55. > :29:59.most famous restaurants. She's also setting up
:30:00. > :30:02.an organisation which will pitch for government grants to improve
:30:03. > :30:05.the island's infrastructure. We need the Scottish Government
:30:06. > :30:10.to get right behind tourism, which is now recognised
:30:11. > :30:13.as being a major economic driver We need to get them onside
:30:14. > :30:16.and perhaps supporting us with extra funding for the development
:30:17. > :30:21.of tourism as an industry. Or even making all or part
:30:22. > :30:28.of the island a national park. But the consensus is that there
:30:29. > :30:44.should be action soon. We know the Scottish Government in
:30:45. > :30:48.fact is not in favour of a tourism tax but they have said they are very
:30:49. > :30:54.keen to talk to local business leaders here on Skyw. The question
:30:55. > :30:56.really I suppose is whether action will happen quickly. Will it happen
:30:57. > :30:59.quickly enough for the summer season next year.
:31:00. > :31:13.If the weather is not looking quite as bright as this today then hold
:31:14. > :31:17.fire as things should improve by tomorrow. But for some especially
:31:18. > :31:21.towards the south-east there is a lot of cloud around. This was in
:31:22. > :31:26.Hertfordshire. And from that cloud we have some heavy bursts of rain.
:31:27. > :31:31.You can see those bright colours on the radar picture, intense downpours
:31:32. > :31:35.moving painstakingly slowly south and east. So through East Anglia and
:31:36. > :31:39.much of the south-east it will stay wet right through the afternoon.
:31:40. > :31:45.Some heavy bursts of rain and the odd flash of lightning and thunder.
:31:46. > :31:49.That could cause some transport disruption or even localised
:31:50. > :31:54.flooding. Further west and north a different story. A fair amount of
:31:55. > :32:00.cloud but dry through this afternoon and up to 19, 20 degrees in places.
:32:01. > :32:04.Also Scotland and Northern Ireland enjoying some spells of sunshine.
:32:05. > :32:09.For the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, looking good for the rest of today
:32:10. > :32:13.and tomorrow. Temperatures in the high teens. And through this evening
:32:14. > :32:17.many places fine but the rain clinging on for a good part of the
:32:18. > :32:23.night across the south-east with some very soggy conditions. But as
:32:24. > :32:26.the rain clears away and the sky is clear turning into quite chilly
:32:27. > :32:35.night especially out in the countryside. Even cold enough for
:32:36. > :32:38.some grass frost in some of the lens of Scotland. But a promising day
:32:39. > :32:44.tomorrow because high pressure is building in from the south-west
:32:45. > :32:48.meaning a fairly light wind. Some good spells of sunshine, more cloud
:32:49. > :32:52.bubbling up as the day goes on. Some early rain in the south-east corner
:32:53. > :32:59.which should clear quickly and some patchy rain in the far north of
:33:00. > :33:03.Scotland. In the sunshine, 19, 20 degrees, feeling quite pleasant. But
:33:04. > :33:09.notice wet weather beginning to push into the north-west on Friday.
:33:10. > :33:12.Another band of rain working in from the West. Some heavy bursts in
:33:13. > :33:20.western areas, patchy across eastern parts. Quite windy as well, girls
:33:21. > :33:25.for a time in the north-west. But the prospects for the weekend better
:33:26. > :33:29.than you might expect because we lose the wet France on Saturday and
:33:30. > :33:33.the story for the weekend is a largely dry one with some spells of
:33:34. > :33:34.sunshine. So the weather not too bright at the moment but hold fire
:33:35. > :33:36.and it should improve. A reminder of our main
:33:37. > :33:39.story this lunchtime. The United States and North Korea
:33:40. > :33:42.are urged to show restraint, as tension increases around
:33:43. > :33:53.the threat to hit a US airbase Steve Alker and reports that French
:33:54. > :33:56.security forces have shot and arrested a man suspected of being
:33:57. > :33:59.behind that attack on soldiers near Paris.
:34:00. > :34:04.That's all from the BBC News at One - so it's goodbye from me -