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For more to be done. The man you can see in this cctv has been attacked dozens of times since owning his shop. Hes broken a nose, ribs, fingers and lost a tooth. Well ask him what he want to see changed. They have had their warning here is lucy bronze. What a goal englands women roared into the world cup semi finals with a 3 0 win over norway, with that goal from lucy bronze that even David Beckham was proud of. Unbelievable. I think we know now, usa or france, theyre going to be a top team. Were going to have to raise our game again, another level. But were excited. We know we can match up against either of those teams. But were excited to head to lyon tomorrow and get our rest, and watch the rest of the quarterfinals. And lions will hopefully be roaring quietly in rural nottinghamshire where a man has won a legal battle to keep two of them and a puma in his back garden. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until i this morning. Were you one of the millions of people watching last night as england got through to the semi finals of the world cup, beating norway 3 0 . Are you or your kids inspired by the lionesses success . Julian on twitter says i totally believe lionesses can make the final they can go the whole way, absolutely amazing to see. Do get in touch use the hashtag victoria live. If you text, youll be charged at the Standard Network rate. First Annita Mcveigh has the news. Good morning. Theresa may is demanding justice for the victims of the salisbury nerve agent attack at a meeting with Vladimir Putin at the 620 summit injapan. The uk believes two officers from Russian Military intelligence were behind the poisoning of former spy saga scribble and his daughter in march 2018. Weve set out the evidence, charges have been laid against two russian individuals, i want to see this individual is brought to justice. Russia does not allow the extradition of its nationals but european arrest warrants are out for those individuals and if they set foot outside russia we will be making every effort to ensure they are brought to justice. Making every effort to ensure they are brought tojustice. Meanwhile making every effort to ensure they are brought to justice. Meanwhile mr putin has condemned as obsolete the liberal ideas that have for decades dominated the thinking of western democracies. In an interview with the Financial Times ahead of the 620 summit the russian president said liberalism had come into conflict with the interests of the majority of people on issues such as immigration and he said it has outlived its purpose. England have reached their second consecutive womens world cup semi final as they produced a decisive performance to beat norway. Heres lucy bronze. What a goal lucy bronze s superb second half strike sealed the victory that sees the lioness has become the first Senior England Team to reach the semis at three consecutive major tournaments. The british designer who helped turn apple into the world s most valuable company is leaving to set up valuable company is leaving to set up his own business. Sojony ive designed a range of instruments during 30 years with the firm, his new venture will be called love from and will reportedly focus on wea ra ble and will reportedly focus on wearable technology. A californian senator has put in a Strong Performance in the second of two micro Us Democratic Party President ial debates. She attacked the front runnerjoe biden over his actions during the Civil Rights Movement and made hard hitting points on immigration and health care. Twitter is to introduce new rules for the tweets of politicians and other important sources that it says will strike a better balance between free speech and accountability. Its plans would label and de prioritise tweets from verified politicians who break twitter rules. Social media firms including twitter have faced pressure to limit hate speech, conspiracy theorists and extremist propaganda. The remains of the morandi bridge in the italian city of genoa have been destroyed in a controlled explosion. Its nearly a year since the structure partially collapsed in a storm killing 43 people. Part of the bridge fell nearly 50 metres into the valley below. The disaster prompted a fierce debate about the safety of italy s infrastructure. Thats a summary of the menus. Back now to joanna. Thank thats a summary of the menus. Back now tojoanna. Thank you. The government announced yesterday that developers are to be banned from selling new build houses as leasehold, ending what ministers say are exploitative arrangements. But what about those who live in the four million plus Leasehold Properties that already exist in england and wales . Leasehold is when a homeowner leases their property from a freeholder or landlord. But in recent years, a groundswell of complaints have emerged that some developers and freeholders are doubling ground rents and imposing high or unclear Service Charges and one off bills. Now a group lobbying to abolish leasehold homes in england and wales says its having a negative impact on Peoples Mental Health and wellbeing. Together with silence on suicide, the National Leasehold Campaign have told this programme that 72 of leaseholders say they feel very anxious and worried about theirfuture, while more than two thirds said they have feelings of worthlessness. Colleen harris has the story. When you fight for something and again, its just taken away from you just like that, so you think like, what else can just be taken away from me . It came to a point where i, you know, i did want to commit suicide. Theres anxiety and ive never had anxiety before, but its all linked with the property. Where we live can influence our health and well being. There are more than four million Leasehold Properties in england and wales, but in recent years a groundswell of complaints have emerged that some developers and freeholders are imposing doubling ground rents, high or unclear Service Charges and one off bills. Leasehold is the main form of tenure forflats in england and wales. That means the freeholder owns the land and everything on it, and owning a lease allows you to live in a property for a set period of time with many restrictions. Even though leaseholds are typically between 99 and 125 years, the value of the lease reduces over time, and it can cost the leaseholder tens of thousands of pounds to extend it. In effect, a Leasehold Owner is in a tenant and landlord relationship with the freeholder, and some leaseholders say theyve been charged unreasonably high fees to make alterations to the property. I will never purchase something in these conditions. Wow im meeting lisa, whos asked us not to use her real name. The flat she bought in 2007 is being repossessed, and shes found the experience traumatic, so doesnt want to be identified. In 2013, all 21 flats in lisas block were served an invoice for major works, initially totalling just short of £100,000 between them. But she says damp problems appeared and progressively got worse once the works began. I was in the process of actually selling my flat. I had a buyer. I exchanged. And november 2013, the same week i exchanged, they sent another letter, an invoice about works, and from £100,000, it went up to roughly 600,000. My buyers, you know, they didnt want it any more, and i couldnt afford to go to court for that, because i was already in an emotional state. Lisas portion of the £600,000 came to around 50,000. By law, leaseholders must be consulted on Service Charges before any works are carried out. But the freeholder of lisas block took them to tribunal. They won the case, which allowed them to do away with the consultation and enforce the works due to the condition of the building. So we lost the case, unfortunately. And then what happened was, my Mortgage Company paid them. You know, my mortgage went up another about £600. Theres no equity to the flat because the flat is not even fixed yet. So how long can i do this for . I couldnt even be in that flat any more because its depressed me so much. In the meantime im struggling. Im on antidepressants. Im going to a therapist. Everythings just drowning me. And im still trying to avoid losing the flat. It came to a point where i, you know, i did want to commit suicide, and my anxiety went completely off the rail. And if i didnt have the support of my friends, i think i would have done it. The National Leasehold Campaign is a group lobbying to abolish leasehold homes in england and wales. Together with silence of suicide, they surveyed more than 1,150 people about the impact Leasehold Ownership is having on their mental health. Of the leaseholders who answered the survey, 72 of people said they feel very anxious and worried about their future. More than two thirds said they had feelings of worthlessness as a direct result of their leasehold situation. And more than 90 sometimes feel theres nowhere to turn to for help and support. Its got as bad as it can get, to be honest, you know. I take phone calls daily. Ive taken phone calls from people that have wanted to end their lives over this. Its literally the icing on the cake for people, you know, when youve worked really hard for your home that you think that you own, and have that penny drop moment to realise that you actually own nothing, is absolutely devastating. And, you know, people are trapped and they need to be released from this. The House Builders federation says conditions, including ground rents, are set out in sales contracts and leases, and buyers should receive advice from their legal adviser. I want to get out. I dont want anything to do with these freeholders theyve not been nice to me. Theyve come in and put me in a position where i have anxiety. My anti depressants have doubled in dosage because i sometimes i just cant cope. 6ary bailey bought his victorian conversion flat in 2006. Initially he says he was paying about £270 a year for ground rent and management fees. But when the freehold was sold to another freeholder, he received an annual Service Charge invoice for £1,240. If i pay them im going to be short my mortgage or short bills, so the pressure thats been put on me is absolutely horrible. I had to save for that deposit like anyone buying a freehold property would. I pay my mortgage exactly the same as somebody that would have a freehold. But im treated like a rental tenant. Stories like lisas and 6arys have prompted calls for leasehold reform. The competition and markets authority says it will investigate potential unfair terms and claims of mis selling. And a Cross Party Group of employees has called on government to adopt a number of recommendations, including a threshold of £10,000 per leaseholder for major works, and anything above that should be agreed by a majority of leaseholders in the building. Some Companies Set up as both freeholders and management agents. The agents are people that collect money on behalf of freeholders, even though they dont decide what charges are set. The association of Residential Management agents represents firms who choose to sign up to its code of practise. It is, for me, crying out for regulation. It is crazy that i use myself an example. I set up with a Business Partner in a back bedroom, and a week later i was handed half a Million Pounds of somebody elses money, and all i had to do was form a company. It should be mandatory to have a licence to operate. We believe it should be criminal to operate in that market if you dont have that licence to operate. Pebbles here have blocked the drains. As of yesterday, the government said all new build houses will be sold as freeholds and ground rents on new leases will be reduced to zero. It says its made it clear that exploitative and unfair leasehold arrangements have no place in a modern housing market. It absolutely drains you. I have to go for an mri scan. I woke up and my whole left side wasnt numb, i was slurring, i thought i was having a stroke, but its not a stroke. Im not sleeping, im having about three hours sleep. Its affecting my work. By speaking about this, what is it that you want people to understand 7 what do you want to change . There should be solutions to this. They dont care. Money does talk in this situation. They do pick on Vulnerable People because they know they can. And theres no support in that. Even though the government now says all new build houses will be sold as freehold, leasehold campaigners say this doesnt help people in existing leasehold homes, like gary and lisa. We can speak about this now with kate kendrick, a nurse who started a National Campaign against what she says is a leasehold scandal and carolyn mandelson, a leaseholder and shared owner who was evicted from her property when she could no longer afford rising rents and charges. Carolyn is speaking to us from israel where she moved when she was made homeless. And in our exeter studio is nigel 6len from the association of residential managing agents. Welcome all of you. Katie, youve carried out this survey and youre concerned how stressful the situation is for some who are affected by leaseholds. Tell us the situations youve encountered. Its become evident the human impact on all of the scandal has been missed in the press and thats why i launch the survey to see how its impacted on people s Emotional Health and well being and its having huge impacts. I take phone calls daily from people either wanting to end their own lives are asking me how cani their own lives are asking me how can i get out of this . And its really difficult to tell them what to do because there minimal options at the minute for existing leaseholders to be able to escape all these unknown fees and the stress is unbelievable. Sorry to interrupt, there are millions of People Living in Leasehold Properties and it works absolutely fine in the majority of cases. You say it works fine but people are yet to have that penny drop moment and it may not be until that unknown bill comes through the letterbox or you know, they want to sell or need to sell their property that they realise, actually, this impacts on them and this is what we are trying to do, raise awareness of the bigger leasehold issue that people dont realise impacts on them and will impact on their future. Lets bring in carolyn, you are in israel now, you moved because she were evicted from your home. Tell us what happened. I was indeed. I from your home. Tell us what happened. Iwas indeed. I purchased a shared ownership over ten years ago, 2008 which i thought was my dream come true in a new build. And at the time it seemed affordable and everything was going fine and i moved in the week my first grandson was born i was in heaven. It didnt ta ke was born i was in heaven. It didnt take very long before everything we nt take very long before everything went rising and rising, first of all went rising and rising, first of all we have to pay three things assured owners, rent, mortgage and Service Charges. And initially when i moved in the total of the three together came to about £890. Which was doable and fairenough for came to about £890. Which was doable and fair enough for london, a one bedroom flat sol and fair enough for london, a one bedroom flat so i was ecstatic. 0ver one bedroom flat so i was ecstatic. Over the years in fact, just as i moved in i was told Service Charges are more and then they were a bit more and every year they became a bit more and a bit more until i was 259 , just my Service Charges were more than when i moved in and basically, ten years past, the services that we received word nell from the housing association. At that point, you were paying 890 a month initially, what did it go up to . 1560 at the last count. Are you seeing anything for the Service Charges . I wish we were, i wish we were. All i can say is if someone visited the new build today its a slump. Its a pure slump. Lets bring in nigel, you are from the association of residential managing agents which effectively acts as an intermediary between landlords and te na nts. At intermediary between landlords and tenants. At your perspective of whats happening in some cases particularly like the ones we were hearing in our report . This kind of difficult to go into specifics, Service Charges are necessary to keep the building in the condition that youd like to keep it in, Building Sitesjust as that youd like to keep it in, Building Sites just as we do that youd like to keep it in, Building Sitesjust as we do so that youd like to keep it in, Building Sites just as we do so for example, a lift will probably last 15 years. When you replace it it will cost around £60,000 so you should ideally be putting money aside each year. I think one of the problems that we have is that when people buy into leasehold, i think right at the beginning, it should be explained to them what it means, but there will be some Service Charges and ideally, when you go to an estate agent, you say i like the look of that lack of the estate agent should be able to say the Service Charge and that is x, the reserve fund is why, and therell be major works over the next four years which will total set and then you can an informed decision for us what tends to happen is people move into the flat and they are unaware that they have to pay these charges. I used to own a managing agent and the numberof times used to own a managing agent and the number of times people would send a Service Charge demand outward replied saying im sorry, you dont understand, i bought my flat, i dont have to pay these charges and its awful to have to tell them, im sorry, you signed this lease and you have to find two or £3000 every year to pay. What you are outlining are legitimate charges that need to be paid at some stage in buildings for p. Paid at some stage in buildings for upkeep. It seems that some of the stories that are being reported go far beyond that. You suspect that there are some companies that are profiteering here . What is going on and how do you explain the suddenly huge bills . If there isnt a reserve charge and im sorry, ive got feedback from microphone which makes talking a little difficult, if the lift breaks, if you havent heard that 4000 aside for the 15 years, you are faced suddenly with a £60,000 bill. To us, many leases are different, all leases are different but a lot of you dont allow you to collect reserve funds so what would be sensible, if the government to change that and it should be part of every building, sensible reserve fund is set by an independent party so fund is set by an independent party soa fund is set by an independent party so a Surveyor Fund is set by an independent party so a surveyor would come in, look over the building and give you a plan that every seven years you have to re decorate the outside, thats 28,000, every five years according to the lease you have to do the interior thats 5000, the lift will la st interior thats 5000, the lift will last you and so on. Let me put that point to katie, does that sound like a that point to katie, does that sound likeafairway that point to katie, does that sound like a fair way to go forward . There are so many like a fair way to go forward . There are so many unfair unjustified Service Charges that people experience, everything falls on the leaseholder lap and in terms of where they needed, people will dispute these works are needed but you dont have a relationship with your managing agent because the managing agent works for the freeholder, there is no requirement to have a freeholder if you have a common whole system so you know, they are there but on the point of the charges that are being put to leaseholders. Nigel saying effectively, if someone is going to be responsible about it, the charges will not be very low at the beginning because its about building up reserve funds. In the end, if there are repairs, they need to be done. You are not expecting to get money for nothing but theres so many rogue, the industry has just gone rogue and there is far too many people that are getting away with far too many things for far too long and the ultimate bill lies with the leaseholder all the time. They talk about it written within the lease, yes, and weve got evidence that they have written very cleverly worded leases to maximise what they can claim back of the leaseholder, you know. We arent legal experts and we were never told any of this and we were never told any of this and nigel was correct in that people should be more open and transparent about it right from the very start. But lets come up we are in the situation now, people are trapped and we cant get out of it. Nigel, these are companies doing it to make money. What about the idea that katie likes which is about commonhold for flats which is that residents decide, the residents in control and theres absolutely no marginfor control and theres absolutely no margin for profiteering in that situation. Well, we have similar to commonhold at the moment because people cant fall form rtm claim, they can buy the freehold out but what we talk about, the major works, that lift is going to die after 15 years whether its a commonhold, freehold or an rmc, its the physical thing for the building. What you do get is if you are in control of your own destiny for example, you have more say over the contractors but again, under the section 20 process you have that so its a bit difficult to see how you can avoid the charges of an ageing building. Carolyn, ultimately for you its a situation that cost you so you its a situation that cost you so much you its a situation that cost you so much pressure you its a situation that cost you so much pressure you ended up leaving. Can i say about the reserve fund nigel was talking about. Might building, 33 flats shared owners had a reserve fund of over £100,000 and the building as a slump. So im not convinced the reserve fund has got anything to do with this. Thank you all. Its a situation that is being looked at. The government yesterday made that announcement, all new build homes will not be allowed to be sold with leasehold and the ministry of housing, communities and local government said weve been clear exploitative leasehold arrangements have no place in a modern housing market. We announce the industry pledge in the competitions and markets authority has launched an investigation into leasehold practices. If youve been affected by issues in this discussion there is a range of organisations that can help you with advice and support and you can find them listed on the action line website. The address is on screen. Theresa may has met with russian president Vladimir Putin this morning at the 620 injapan. Before she went in, the Prime Minister said she would have tough words with him particularly about the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter yulia last year in salisbury. In an interview with the Financial Times, president putin said. Treason is the gravest crime possible and traitors must be punished. Mrs may said if the two russians, who are suspected of carrying out the attack which led to the death of british woman dawn sturgess, stepped foot outside russia the uk would make every effort to bring them to justice. Mrs may spoke with our deputy Political Editor of bbc newsjohn pienaar in osaka. We saw an innocent british citizen die as a result of the use of this nerve agent. Weve been clear. Weve set out the evidence. Charges have been laid against two russian individuals. I want to see those individuals brought tojustice. This is a despicable act. Were very clear about the evidence. And that evidence has been recognised by people around the world. Russia needs to recognise its acts, and stop acting in this way, and stop its other destabilising activities around the world, including, for example, the use of disinformation and cyber attacks. 0ur moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford is at the summit in osaka 110w. Strong words from theresa may, sarah. How are they going to go down . Well, strong words and a very stern look from theresa may as she headed into this meeting with Vladimir Putin. Thats all weve seen so Vladimir Putin. Thats all weve seen so far, the image of the two of them shaking hands ahead of the short meeting on the sidelines of this summit. Theresa may doing her best to look extremely stern faced as she met the man who she believes is responsible for, russia is responsible for the attack in salisbury. She was going into this knowing Vladimir Putin has denied time and again any written responsibility for the attack and he did that again in this interview with the Financial Times. I dont think that position is going to change it all in fact it seems to have got stronger from the russian side but mrs may was determined she said, to use this meeting to meet mr putin face to face and to put the uk s position to him as clearly as she possibly could so i imagine it was a fairly tense meeting, certainly wasnt a meeting of minds in any sense at all. Shes obviously an outgoing Prime Minister which might embolden her to speak more strongly than otherwise. But she is outgoing. And, as you say, russia because my position is clear so is it likely to make any difference . Well, its difficult to see how it possibly can. Vladimir putin plus my position going into this was if theresa may is an outgoing Prime Minister perhaps she can be more free in her actions as how he saw it. From any political consequences from what she has to say or do in this meeting but of course, in fact, she will be staging strongly the government position on this and that position is very clear. As for the relationship moving forward, mr putin in his comments to the Financial Times, he was interviewed just before this meeting, talked about and called on britain to be pragmatic in its relationship, talking about the need to focus on business and saying this whole spy story was just a big fuss about nothing. So it suggesting the relationship to move forward, the uk and russia are interested in improving the relationship but mr putin obviously hoping that could be done without any consequences for russia. Mrs may came here with the message that things cannot change u nless message that things cannot change unless russia accepts its role in the salisbury attack and she has come here calling for the two key suspects to be brought to justice. Sarah, thank you. Still to come. England go through to the semi finals of the womens world cup. Well be speaking to fans who were at the match last night. The man who won a fight to keep two lions and a puma in his nottinghamshire back garden. Well be talking to him live. Large parts of europe continue to swelter under a heatwave today with temperatures in france expected to reach record breaking highs. More than half the country is on alert as meterologists predict temperatures which may exceed 45 degrees, a high never seen before in mainland france. In some cities, the most polluting cars have been banned from the roads. In spain, a forest fire in the catalonia region is still burning, having destroyed vasts amount of land despite the efforts of hundreds of firefighters. Its thought the fire began when an improperly managed pile of manure self combusted in the extreme heat. With temperatures expected to reach up to 42c today, the country has issued a red level warning in several areas. In italy, a 72 year old homeless man was found dead at milans train station after falling ill due to the heatwave. And here in the uk police have issued warnings after a 12 Year Old Girl drowned in a river in bury. The east of the country is expected to get unseasonably warm today and tomorrow. Were joined by helen park a british expat, living in southern spain, and dylan saberton whos from dorset, but currently inter railing in europe. Thank you forjoining us. How hot is it where you are now . I live in a village in southern spain. Yes, it is warm. I was in 6ranada this morning and it was hot and unpleasant. Here where i am we have mansions and greenery and we are inside. We will not be going out this lunchtime. I am assuming you are going to stay there because of this weather . We more or less to do as locals do, which means closing the shutters, closing their doors and windows during the day, and keeping nice and cool inside, only going out if you have taken drinking lots and lots of water, and relaxing. No exertion whatsoever. We are seeing pictures of the wildfires come some way away from where you are, in the north east, in catalu nya. Are, in the north east, in catalunya. How concerned are you with what is going on and the impact of these temperatures . We have had buyers in this area as well. It is a lwa ys buyers in this area as well. It is always a danger and, yes, of course we are concerned. always a danger and, yes, of course we are concerned. Had buyers. We a lwa ys we are concerned. Had buyers. We always ta ke we are concerned. Had buyers. We always take the precautions that they can bet it is always a concern because it happens very quickly. A discarded cigarette end and it happens with horrible consequences. Is that potentially a threat where you are in the mountains . Yes, it is, for example, illegal here if you are driving a car to throw a cigarette out of the window, which i think is a wonderful thing. We are not allowed in the mountains to have barbecues or open fires at this time of year. It is forbidden to burn waste at this time of year. Some precautions are taken. They had to be. You are into railing. You are now in switzerland, which looks gorgeous, but you have come from italy. What have you been experiencing in terms of temperatures . It was boiling in italy, around 40 degrees. We were in bologna yesterday. It was so hot. We could not really get out at all. We had to spend all day in the apartment. A lot of places were closed due to the heat. A lot of places not doing the siesta in bologna decided to do one just because of how hot it was. I spoke to the owner of the apartment and it was much the same sort of thing. It was much the same sort of thing. It was very hot. He wanted to be hot when you are into railing but not quite as hot. You want it. What is it like where you are now . They are up in the man teens at a gorgeous campsite. We are a bit less shielded from the sun. The sunlight is incredibly hot here. You can really feel it when you go out. We decided to take some respite underneath this wonderful parasol. Has it impacted on your travel plans, the weather . I started inter railing last tuesday. Up till now it has not really been an issue for us. We were not able to do what we wanted in bologna. We had to wait till it was dark to go out, the heat was far too hot. It has really impacted us. We are joined by a french meteorologist who joins us from paris on the phone. Thank you for joining from paris on the phone. Thank you forjoining us. What is the situation in france . Well, this is the hottest day of this heat wave. Especially in the south east of france. Today will be a historical extreme of heat. Near montpellier. We are expecting temperatures up to 45 degrees this afternoon. This will bea 45 degrees this afternoon. This will be a historical day. We have never had such high temperatures in any months. We are very likely to beat the all time record of august 2003 which was 44. 1. Obviously, crazily hot temperatures. A red alert has been issued for four regions hot temperatures. A red alert has been issued forfour regions in hot temperatures. A red alert has been issued for four regions in the south and an orange warning for most of the country. What today warnings mean in terms of what measures get taken, what mean in terms of what measures get ta ken, what precautions . Mean in terms of what measures get taken, what precautions . The orange level stands for 80 regions in france. As you said, four regions in the south of france are on red and that means everybody can be affected by the heat, not only the french people but everybody can feel the danger of heat stroke and they need to be very cautious and drink a lot of water, keep away from the heat if possible, and this red warning will last until tomorrow morning because the following night will also be very hot. In some places the temperatures will not go down below 28 degrees, for example, in neem. The light will be very difficult. The light will be very difficult. The comparisons are being made with the heat wave in 2003 when the highest temperature recorded was 44. 1. That heatwave saw thousands of people die, what are your concerns this time around . We have to be prepared that this heatwave is also as intense as 2003 but it does not last as long. Very much more short lived. So we expect the impact to be lower than 2003, which was also more widespread over all of france. But we have to be very cautious because 45 degrees, these temperatures have never been experienced never been felt in the history of france. We dont really know what the consequences can be. Helen, you are in the mountains, which obviously there is always a risk of forest fires you are talking about. You are cooler. You are talking about 6ranada cooler. You are talking about granada and other inland cities just sweltering. What is being done in spain to make sure that people keep themselves safe and protected in this hot weather . Andalusia tends at this hot weather . Andalusia tends at this time of year to send out letters to elderly people, giving them good, sound advice on how to look after themselves and how to protect themselves. And there are also Television Campaigns to help people understand the dangers. Are you concerned for neighbours, anyone that you know in the city . |j you concerned for neighbours, anyone that you know in the city . I am only familiar with village life here. I know grenades are of course. In a village like this one, people tend to very much look out for each other. Grenada. There is always someone popping their heads into particularly the elderly neighbours, to make sure they are ok. Thank you very much forjoining us. Stay cool. And well be speaking to a man who won a legal battle to keep big cats in his back garden, despite protests from his neighbours. Every day, 115 shop staff are violently attacked at work, according to the british retail consortium. Over the course of a year, the average shop worker is verbally or physically abused 21 times a year. Now a group of businesses and trade bodies have written to the home secretary, calling for more to be done to tackle the violence and abuse, and for the police to improve their responses to retail crome. 0ne shopkeeper was attacked three months ago by two men who punched him in the head, and took off with his cash register. Jonathan dunkin tried to fight off the attackers, and despite a serious heart condition, managed to come away from the experience with only minor injuries. Jonathan from that video is with us now, the day after the sentencing of the two men who attacked him. Also with us is paul cheema. Hes come down from his shop in coventry. His parents moved to the uk 36 years ago and set up their own business running a Convenience Store but now he says he told his son to stay away from the Family Business of shop keeping. Welcome both of you. Thank you very much for coming in. Jonathan, that video is really shocking to see. It must have been very frightening. You seemed to stay quite cool in it that tell us about your experiences over the years, culminating in that one . It is getting worse. Abuse, especially from young kids, going all the way up now. Abuse like verbal abuse . Spitting at you and throwing bottles of drink over you. Why are they doing it . They are going feral. Nobody says they cannot. We are seeing the video of the attack which saw the two people that did it sentenced to four years each. They physically attacked you, they rob to you. It must feel incredibly intimidating to be in that environment. They robbed. It is intimidating but there is nothing as he can do on the frontline. Is intimidating but there is nothing as he can do on the frontlinem looked like you did not retaliate. I guess you cant. You do not know if somebody is armed. Would you ever retaliate . I did not go into it to become a cage fighter. I am not there to attack people. If they are attacking me i am there to protect what is mine. My actions are to safeguard the money on that hill on the property. Over the years he had had all sorts of injuries. And the till. I have had broken ribs twice now. A broken tooth, a broken nose, a broken finger on the hand, wasnt it . You name it, it goes on. It isa wasnt it . You name it, it goes on. It is a regular and consistent. Paul, what have you experienced . From my point of view, it is the last day of the consultation today. Ifi last day of the consultation today. If i did not have the Convenience Stores association to go to as my body, we would be lost as an independent retailer. We have had two armed robberies last year. That has an impact. If you put your business to one side, because we are insured, what impact does it have on the community . Our team are employed from the community. It is notjust about our team, it is a major impact on the community. When people come in with steel bars, a carjack, a member of our staff has been thrown on the floor and a customer held on the floor as well. There was a big Armed Robbery at eight oclock in the evening. You push the panic button and police do not respond. Send a half minutes. It is almost like an open shop. We are facing these problems every day. Is it that . I used to taking spirits away from your shelves and reselling them on to wherever . It is a burden on oui on to wherever . It is a burden on our business every single minute of the day we get there. My dad still goes at 6 30am every morning to open one of the stills. He is passionate about his business and he feels he needs to be that all of the time. The stores. If something happens to the stores. If something happens to the team, it is a burden on the family as well. Me and my brother, my whole family, we work in the business. There are six of them from the family. My mum and dad work in the family. My mum and dad work in the business, myself, my wife, my brother and his wife. My son graduates fisher and he will probably go and work outside. You think it should be a legacy we should be running but the way retail has led to poor support, it could be from the Police Crime Commissioner 01 from the Police Crime Commissioner or the local police. This letter has been written asking for tougher sentences for those who attack shop workers. This big bit of media that came out the other year, saying it is under £200 and we will not pursue that. The police would not come out. That needs to come down. What is the big fix . £40 is the limit now. That is where it should be. If you are taking it to 40 we need sentencing for that. We are going to arrest you and take you away. What is a sentencing for that . I think that is where it all breaks down. The guys yesterday, four year sentence. Where it all breaks down. The guys yesterday, four year sentencelj where it all breaks down. The guys yesterday, four year sentence. I am quite pleased with that. I think it is quite reasonable. Would you stop what you do due to the danger . No, dad is a youngster yet. You could be retiring. You will keep going . Why . Do not worry it is too dangerous . Gives me something to do. Keeps me off the streets. You need the excitement at my age. You are still smiling through it. All my bits are still here. Thank you. A Home Office Spokesperson said shop workers have the right to feel safe at work and for them to experience violence or abuse is totally u na cce pta ble. That is why we launched a call for evidence in april, to enable us to learn more about the scale and extent of this issue and inform our response. England are through to the semi finals of the womens world cup after a stunning 3 0 win over norway. There were goals from jill scott and ellen white, and this final impressive one from lucy bronze in the second half. They have had their warning. Here is lucy bronze. What a girl once they tried it, twice they tried it. Norway did not learn. Now they have paid the past. England are 3 0 up in this quarterfinal. A School Chapel that David Beckham loved every second of it. David beckham loved every second. I loved every second. What a fantastic strike from lucy bronze it prompted manager phil neville to pay her the highest compliments. I think what youve seen tonight, youve seen that lucy bronze is the best player in the world, without a shadow of a doubt. Ive said it once, ive said it three times. There is no other player like her in the world. There is no player that has her athleticism, her quality, and i am very lucky. I played fullback, but never, never, ever to that level that she plays at. She is the best player in the world. England midfielder georgia sta nway appealed to the organisers of glastonbury to screen the game, as her brother was there. They did just that, and music fans sang a familiar song, as the goals went in. Footballs coming home. Its coming home, its coming home, its coming. Footballs coming home. Its coming home. As you saw, David Beckham and his daughter harper were at the match last night. They met the lionesses before the match in le havre. Beckham told his instagram followers. England will now face either hosts france, or defending champions the United States, on tuesday. Deborah dilworth is running the first three lionesses embassies in the host cities around france. Helen nicholls and her 10 year old daughter zoe, who plays football. Carol bates, who set up a Football Team for women over 30, and arranged an unofficial older girls world cup in france. Thank you all very much forjoining us. Thank you all very much forjoining us. I will come to you, zoe, you are the youngest band there. We saw that David Beckham with his daughter, harper. Great to see the girls out supporting the team. It was really good. Really fun. We were really close to the pitch. It is good to see how good they are. You persuaded your mum to take you, is that right . She is not really a fan herself. No, she is not. She is obviously a dead man to be persuaded to take you. Helen, this is a big deal. That is a good mother. She has been playing since she was five years old. To have a world cup on our doorstep we could go to. It is a family event i feel comfortable taking her to. It was a no brainer. We bought some tickets when they first came out in decemberand we tickets when they first came out in december and we felt it would work out the logistics nearer the time. We have had a fantastic time. It was great fun. We had neville describing lucy great fun. We had neville describing lu cy bro nze great fun. We had neville describing lucy bronze as the best player in the world. Not the best womens pair, the best player. How does what we are seeing with the women that will compare with the mens . Womens football. There was brilliant football, not only last night, but they are inspiring a generation. There is such togetherness in the team. It was brilliant to watch the women playing. Working together as a team and getting results and getting through to a semifinal. and getting results and getting through to a semifinal. I think when lucy through to a semifinal. I think when lu cy bro nze through to a semifinal. I think when lucy bronze was just 11 she was told she had to stop playing in her local tea m she had to stop playing in her local team because she was a girl. To see whether women are now and the level of support is just amazing, isnt it . It is absolutely amazing, long may it continue. To show how brilliant women are at football. To watch the support coming in at home, the Glastonbury Festival getting onto the back of the womens game as well, it is brilliant. Long may it continue because it is totally and utterly deserved. We had to make sure we credit the trailblazers who have paved the way for the girls to have paved the way for the girls to have these opportunities. Having an england team performing as it is now. Carol can make you where there last night and i know you are in spy particularly by the womens world cup in 2015. Carol, you were there. Tell us how you are feeling about it all . Last night was absolutely incredible. The way that women played, their work and tempo of the game is second to none. I think there has been a massive input in sponsorship and input from the fa into the lionesses since the world cup and they have pushed to get the girls playing and the young girls playing, young women playing. What we had done, i set up the old girls in 2015 to get older women active and to get them to learn to play football. Basically, it is since that time. We started with ten women. We had a session at crawley town football club. Since that time till now we have three sessions a week, we have beginners, intermediate classes and an advanced session. On the back of starting up, there has been lots and lots of other womens recreational Football Teams that had started for women stop i want to hear from serie. Do you have a preference as to who they face in the semi, france or the United States . Zoe. Face in the semi, france or the United States . Zoe. I want them to play france. Will you be there . Hopefully. We will be at the semi finals but ironically we cannot go to the finals because zoe is playing that day. So we cannot go. Do you wa nt to that day. So we cannot go. Do you want to be a professional footballer . Yes, definitely. Do you look at the to most now . Jo scott. She is in the same position as me and she is a Cross Country runner like me as well. Good luck in your own match on the seventh. Thank you will very much forjoining as. Thank you. A man has been given permission from his local council to keep two lions and a puma in an enclosure in his back garden. Reece oliver says he rescued the animals from the illegal pet trade and a circus. Planning officials in broxtowe in nottinghamshire objected to the idea, but they were overruled by elected councillors. Mr oliver had said without the approval the animals could have been put down. We can talk to him right now. Thank you forjoining us. I do want to keep lions in your back garden . They are not quite in my back garden. They do have a big farm. It is not like i have a little enclosure in the back garden. Basically, they we re the back garden. Basically, they were rescued. I worked in germany for a number of years and basically somebody offered me them as a rescue. The pima came from the illegal pet trade. If they did not find him a home, they would put him to sleep. The lions, the same thing. I was contacted by another colleague. They were in a circus. The lioness died and they were going again to put down their cabs. I drove all the way to the czech republic, picked them up and brought them back. Cubs. You have two lyons and a puma. Will you add to that . I do not have enough. I have tried to do things quality and not quantity. Lions. I cannot rescue everything. It is better to do things properly and to try and do loads of different things. Well give them the life possible. Did they get out . There had been complaints from their neighbours. You would be pretty worried if you had lions living on your land your back garden. Do they get out . What happens to them . It is a near impossibility to keep them in. For the safety of the public and the welfare of the lions, they would be shot. I would never that would never happen. We never get into a situation where that could even be a minute possibility and we literally, we are 100 behind the keeping of them, keeping them safe. Security is absolutely paramount. What about a danger to you . They are wild animals. There is always a danger if anything, like dogs and things like that. We handle them with caution. It is not a thing we had to handle them. That way they had been brought up, they have been brought up as if i were their mother that they see me in that way. You have to be vigilant and aware at all times. It comes with training and experience, so you know what to do. Are they noisy . No they are not. The puma does not make any noise. Some villagers did not wa nt any noise. Some villagers did not want it that many did. We got a huge petition together. They are not noisy and they do not smell. We are very on top of the waste. Their food goes to buy products and we dispose of the waste that they have. From the perspective of smell and noise, there is no worry about that. Thank you very much indeed forjoining us. Thank you. The owner of two lions who live on his back yard. A lot of you have been getting in touch about leaseholds. I have had endless fighting to get the leasehold for the price stated by the developer. One viewer on twitter says that my house will be taken by the council in the next 25 years. Why so much . What did they do to deserve that . Nothing. The low itself is a trap. None of the end result is explained or understood. Another viewer has texted to say our houseis another viewer has texted to say our house is falling apart bit by bit every year. House is falling apart bit by bit every yea r. Lots house is falling apart bit by bit every year. Lots of noise transparent and services charged for that have not been done for eight yea rs. That have not been done for eight years. With a private landlord we could take them to court. Why are Housing Associations different . Thank you for your company today. Enjoy the weekend. It is going to be hot. Goodbye. Good morning. Many of us started off this morning with more sunshine. Others had a bit of cloud across central and eastern parts. The cloud is quickly disappearing that lingering around the coastal parts of the north sea. For most of us it will be another sparkling day. The sunshine will continue in the north and west. Yesterday around the coasts of the north sea we can hold on to some cloud. Uv levels will be high, if not very high, for many of us across england and wales. The temperatures will be higher than yesterday, 30 in the highlands. Elsewhere in the west temperature is 25 to 27. Always pressure on the north sea coast. Tonight the claddagh me back out to the north sea. Much sunnier in the east tomorrow. The cloud move back out. Widely across england and wales in the high 20s. On sunday, if you do not like the heat, the temperatures will come down with a few showers. Goodbye. Youre watching bbc newsroom live. Its11am and these are the main stories this morning. 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