Fact that turkey defend the right of islam as much as it defends its own national rights. Inside, 500 invited guests attended prayers. In a vast space revered by muslims and christians alike. The pope has called this moment painful but mr ada gunn says christians have nothing to fear. Hagia sophia will remain open to all, he says. Depictions of the virgin mary will be covered but only during prayers. In an address full of references to the countrys ottoman glories, tu rkeys the countrys ottoman glories, turkeys top muslim cleric said a long period of national heartbreak had come to an end. Its certainly a day for a zip erdogan to save a bit for all the sense of the celebration todays move does little to foster unity ina todays move does little to foster unity in a country full of divisions. Paul adams, bbc
unity in a country full of divisions. Pauladams, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather. Heres nick miller. Cast your mind back a year, the uk was about to get extreme heat, 39 degrees in cambridgeshire. Today, the son is having difficulty getting through the cloud in cambridge. Its not the coldest day out there but its worth noting injuly so not the coldest day out there but its worth noting in july so far this year we havent had a temperature in the uk of 30 degrees and if it stays that way for the rest of the month it will be the first time thats happened since backin first time thats happened since back in 2011. Its not cold out there and if you dont like the heat you may be finding the sunny spell is very pleasant at the moment. Look at the cloud out to the west. It wouldnt be the weekend without another area of low pressure coming oui another area of low pressure coming our way and thats the case had before the day is done in Northern Ireland we will see some rain moving m, ireland we will see some rain moving in, whereas elsewhere at least through this afternoon well continue with those sunny spells and the pleasant warmth, many of us in temperatures into the low 20s. Towards the mid 20s in the warmer
parts of the east and south east of england. We are seeing the test match under way, what about the weather . Today we are ok but showers on the way tomorrow, possibly on sunday as well, and monday could turn out to be quite wet. It looks like the weather will begin play at old trafford and here comes the rain for us into this evening. Northern ireland first, the western side of britain with a breeze picking up the first part of the night. It spreads a overnight. Most of us will see some rain at some stage of what will be quite a warm and muggy night. O nto be quite a warm and muggy night. Onto the weekend. July, summer, flow pressure, lots of weather fronts, the breeze will have picked up tomorrow and again there will be some showers around. Its not going to bea some showers around. Its not going to be a wash out. There will be a lot of cloud to start the day, particularly in the parts of scotla nd particularly in the parts of scotland and northern england, some heavier bursts of rain but many others will be brightening up. There will be some sunny spells coming through but we are expecting some heavy and possibly thundery showers to break out, especially through the east and south east of england. They may merge to give longer spells of
heavy rain at times. Temperatures down compared with today. The breeze is as well. If you are out and about on saturday evening there is the risk of torrential downpours, especially across parts of the east of england but not necessarilyjust here. For part two of the weekend on sunday, sunny spells, yes, but blustery showers. Most frequently towards the north and west of the uk. Afew towards the north and west of the uk. A few will track further east during the day but not as many across the east and south east of england. Throughout the weekend its looking quite windy. These are your average speeds on sunday, on saturday and sunday gusts of 30 110 miles an hour. Sunday is a little cooler and rain on monday. Its summer, but not as wed like to know it you are not wrong. A reminder of our top story. Three teenagers have been convicted of the manslaughter of pc Andrew Harper, killed while on duty in berkshire last summer just harper, killed while on duty in berkshire last summerjust a month after his wedding. Thats all from the bbc news at one. Its goodbye from us. On bbc one we nowjoin the bbcs news teams where you are. By by bi. Live to the old bailey where the Crown Prosecution Service our where the Crown Prosecution Service main story in so our main story in the last hour or so has been the conviction of three teenagers for the manslaughter of pc Andrew Harper. We havejust teenagers for the manslaughter of pc Andrew Harper. We have just heard teenagers for the manslaughter of pc Andrew Harper. We havejust heard in the last little while from the Crown Prosecution Service. Lets hear their reaction. Todays a guilty verdicts mark the end of what has been an extreme the difficult trial for pc harpers friends, family and colleagues. The Crown Prosecution Service worked closely with Thames Valley police to bring this case to court, we examined hundreds of cases and
relied on dozens of witnesses to be able to bring the strongest case we could to trial. Juries accepted that when the teenager set out that night to steal the quad bike, they were prepared to go to any cost to get away with their crime. Tragically, pc Andrew Harper was killed as he bravely tried to stop them. Based on what he has heard in court, thejury has banned all three men were responsible for the death of pc Andrew Harper and have convicted him of manslaughter. This has been an extremely challenging case and my thoughts and those of the cps remain with pc harpers family and friends who have shown great strength, courage and integrity throughout the trial. Thank you. We recognise that there was a murder count before the court today and the jury count before the court today and the jury have made their decision, they have considered all the evidence available and we are really pleased to say the three people responsible for pc Andrew Harpers death have been convicted. Reflecting on the jurys decision of manslaughter in the case of two of those teenagers, one had already weeded guilty to the manslaughter of pc Andrew Harper, just 28 years old, killed whilst on duty last summer pleaded guilty. We will have more on that story to come, we will have much more on all the rest of the days news over the course of the afternoon but we will pause and catch up with all the latest sports
news. Jofra archer and James Anderson are back in the england side, for the third and final test against west indies at old trafford. They shouldnt feature for a while, though, as england were put into bat but they made a dreadful start, dom sibley out for a duck in the first over. Captainjoe root was also dismissed before lunch england now 66 2. Remember, the series is level at 1 1 so this is the decider. Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has been named footballer of the year by the football writers association. He lifted the clubs First Premier League trophy on wednesday and hes skippered his team to the champions league, european super cup and Club World Cup in the last 1a months. He was very humble in accepting the honour, saying he didnt feel anything hed achieved this season had been done on his own, in particular paying tribute to his team mates. Fifa has given approval for this seasons womens fa cup to be completed. Manchester city will continue the defence of their title against leicester, on the weekend of 26th and 27th of september, with the final at wembley on 31st october. Its not clear whether fans will be
allowed in the stadium by then, so Ticket Holders for the postponed final in may will be refunded. Kelly simmons, director of the womens game at the fa, said the competition was a showpiece in the calendar and theyd worked hard to make sure it could go ahead. Imola will stage a grand prix for the first time in 1a years, after formula one bosses abandoned hopes of holding the us, mexican and brazilian races this year, because of soaring coronavirus cases in the americas. Imola was the home of the san marino grand prix from 1981 to 2006, with Michael Schumacher winning there seven times. Its expected the race will be held on the 1st of november. Theres also a return for germanys nurburgring and an f1 debut for Portugals Portimao track. The bbcs boxing pundit steve bunce says he fears for the safety of former heavyweight world champions mike tyson and royjones junior, whove announced an exhibition fight in september. Tyson is 5a years old now, withjones not far behind him at 51. I personally fear for the two and i will tell you why, they are both to pray for their own good and lots of people, especially the people in california, the Athletic Commission that have sanctioned the fight, have said it is ok, they have given me their word they are not going to hurt each other. They are boxing, you idiot what do you think they are going to do . Forget the slightly larger gloves, the tight head guard, they will hit each other, it is that simple, it is boxing snooker legend jimmy white says hes confident in his game, as he moves closer to reaching the World Championship for the first time in 1a years. The whirlwind is 58 now, and after beating Michael Georgiou 6 4 in sheffield, he now faces rob milkins tomorrow night at the crucible, in the penultimate round of qualifying. White reached the World Championship final six times in his heyday, but never won it. The Tokyo Olympics should have started today but well have to wait another year, after the postponement due to the coronavirus. Max whitlock is one of the Team Gb Squad who shouldve been there, defending his two olympic titles. When i do think about it, yeah, of course it feels so strange to think now the olympics would be going on and we would be out there, they would be kicking off. It is what it is, nothing can be done. Everybody is, nothing can be done. Everybody is in the same boat and it has been delayed. The challenge i find is i will be that youre older, i am 28 now instead of 27. Every year gets tougher and tougher, recovery gets harder. Ijust tougher and tougher, recovery gets harder. I just have tougher and tougher, recovery gets harder. Ijust have to use this time to learn and utilise and that is what i have been doing to try and put myself in the best position i can when tokyo does come around. Thats all the sport for now. You can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. Thats bbc. Co. Uk sport thank you very much, gavin. It would be nice if steve bunce just thank you very much, gavin. It would be nice if steve buncejust said what he really meant. Absolutely, no holding back. Someone should tell him a very good afternoon, you are watching bbc news. We will take you through all the afternoons main news stories. One is all about face coverings, talking plenty about that today because they are now compulsory in shops in england. New coronavirus rules came into force within just 12 hours of the government releasing their new guidelines. That is already the rule in scotland of course. In another move the government is planning to announce measures to tackle high levels of obesity in the uk next week in the hopes that a healthier population can better fight a future coronavirus outbreak. And the biggest Flu Vaccination Programme in history has been announced to help protect the Health Service in england this winter. Borisjohnson has been visiting a gp surgery in east london he said its vital to keep protecting the nhs amid concerns about a second wave of the virus. We want everybody to get a flu jab in the run up to this winter and thats why we are rolling out the biggest ever programme of flu immunisation, flu inoculation, and we are aiming first of all for schoolchildren for up to year seven, for pregnant women, for people over 65 and people being shielded. But then we will be extending it to people from 50 to 65. Now, the reason for doing this is to protect the nhs in the winter months. Because obviously we have still got covid, we have still got the threat of a second spike of covid and it is vital therefore to keep that pressure off the nhs by everybody getting a flu jab and i really hope everybody will. Today in england it is facemask day, where the regulations come in. How long can we realistically expect to be wearing face masks for . This is going to be in place for a year, for 18 months, for two years, isnt it . Well, it depends, sam, the use of face masks, the use of all the social distancing measures it really does depend on our ability, collectively, to get the pandemic right, right down and to keep it down. Im not going to make a prediction about when these various social distancing measures will come off. Obviously we have been able to reduce some of them. You know, we no longer ask people to stay at home, we are trying to get back much closer to normal. But our ability to dispense with the social distancing measures will depend on our continued ability to drive down the virus. Im not going to give you a trigger point, a trigger moment, but we need to make sure that we have really, really got it under control. We are able to stamp on the local
outbreaks and we have really greatly reduced the risk of a second spike. So my message to people over the next few months is, you know, we have done very well. The virus is under control in this country to a very large extent. But it is still there. And if you look at what is happening in other countries, there is clearly a risk that it could come back again. So we do need to maintain those social distancing measures. We do need to keep washing our hands. In shops, on public transport, in places where you are going to be closer to people that you dont normally meet, face coverings are a good idea. And that will remain the case until we have made a lot more progress. You know, i am not normally a believer in nannying or bossy type of politics but the reality is that obesity is one of the real
co morbidity factors. Losing weight is frankly one of the ways that you can reduce your own risks from covid. And actually, it is one of the ways that you can generally improve your health and protect the nhs. So, yes, i certainly would encourage people to do that. And to answer your question, im on the way. Ive lost about a stone and a bit. Borisjohnson talking about a number of Health Issues there on a visit to agp of Health Issues there on a visit to a gp surgery in east london. We are going to talk much more about coronavirus and face masks in particular. Just after 2 30pm we will be doing another your questions section about face coverings again today. President donald trump has cancelled the pre Election Republican Party convention in florida, blaming the coronavirus spike in the state. Part of the convention will go still go ahead in north carolina,
where mr trump will be formally nominated as the republican president ial candidate. Opinion polls suggest he is facing an uphill battle for a second term in office, with many people critical of his handling of the pandemic. The bbcs nickjohnson reports. President trump had wanted nothing more than to accept his party accepting his partys nomination. In front of a packed flag waving confetti strewn arena, four years ago. President trump wanted a repeat performance this year. Coronavirus has now put paid to that, as it has many other aspects of american life. The delegates are going to north carolina. They will be doing the nomination and were going to do some other things with tele rallies and online, in the week that we are discussing, which will be really good. I think we will do it well. And i will still do a Convention Speech in a different form, but wont do a big, crowded convention per se. It is not the right time for that. Officials injacksonville in florida where the main Republican Convention was due to be held have expressed relief, thanking the president for putting Public Health and safety first. Party conventions are huge events, in which democrats and republicans formally approve their nominee for the president ial election. Cancelling such an event could hurt donald trump in a crucial election Battle Ground in which he is trailing his rival joe biden in the polls. Trump simply cannot win re election without winning florida. And florida is the biggest swing state in the country. In the last four or five state wide elections, including the last couple of president ial races, the margin of victory for the winner
in florida hasjust been 1 . So this is a very tight, competitive state. It is a must have the trump and a really wanna have for democrats. Joe bidens Campaign Announced plans to scale back their convention several weeks ago, in the interest of public safety. With the president ial election almost three months away, there is uncertainty and concern over how the coronavirus will affect voter turnout, introducing another element of unpredictability into an election that already promises to be anything but normal. 12 minutes till two. The headlines on bbc news. Three teenagers are convicted of killing Police Constable Andrew Harper who was dragged along a road bya car as they tried to avoid being arrested. He died just a month after his wedding. The cars driver henry long admitted manslaughter, but was found not guilty of murder at the old bailey. His passengers Albert Bowers and jessie cole were cleared of murder but found guilty of manslaughter. In other news. Face coverings become mandatory in shops, banks and take aways in england breaking the rules could mean a £100 fine. The rules already apply in scotland. One of the most prominent windrush campaigners Paulette Wilson has died at 64. She came to the uk from jamaica as a ten year old to live with her grandparents but in 2016, the home office told her that she was here illegally and she was threatened with deportation. Last year, she spoke to the bbc about her experience. I couldnt eat, i couldnt sleep. It was terrible. There is no price you can put on my life and compensation isnt going to make my life that much better anyway, so there is no price on my life. That is it. My colleague geeta guru murphy spoke to patrick vernon, who campaigned alongside Paulette Wilson, about his thoughts after her death. Still in complete shock even now, talking to the family, to her daughter and she is devastated. I want to say thank you to everyone in britain who has supported paulette over the last few years, but she feels she has lost her mum down to the hostile environment and the governments policies. Why does she feel that . Because i met paulette over the last few years and essentially she had
two spells in a detention centre. When she came out, she decided to campaign and share her story and inspire hundreds of thousands of other windrush victims to do the same thing, which then led to the expose of the scandal. But even after that, she was still fighting for compensation and i think she experienced post Traumatic Stress and that had an impact on her physiology of her body and in many ways, her spirit was broken. The government broke her spirit. She was feisty and full of life, and if you speak to any of the victims or see them, their spirit has been broken by this government because the dedication, the disrespect, the mental impact on trying to stay in britain as a british citizen and been told youre not, has a massive impact. That is the sad thing about that. You said obviously her daughter is shattered, but they have drawn strength from the public support. Absolutely and the family really respect everyone who has supported them over the last few years. The government has still not learnt the lessons of the impact of the scandal. The lockdown period may have proved challenging for many of us. But not for one of britains rarest birds. For the first time in 400 years a family of cranes has successfully hatched a chick in lincolnshire. The Wildlife Reserve they live on was completely closed to the public during the pandemic perfect conditions for the reclusive birds to start a family. Our enviornment correspondent paul murphy reports hidden in the long grass of this lincolnshire fen, a secretive new family
are setting up home. They are wandering with their heads down feeding most of the time. They are called common cranes but with just 56 breeding pairs in the uk, they are far from common. This fluffy chick is thought to be the first to hatch in lincolnshire since henry v was on the throne and the closure of the site during lockdown has proved ideal for these shy birds. Cranes are, i wouldnt say anti social, but they dont like disturbance and ordinarily here there would be people walking and enjoying the site which is what we would want, but it was that peace and quiet that first attracted them, that brought them down to the site and just made them think, actually, this is a big enough, quiet enough area for us to nest. Hunting and habitat change saw cranes become extinct in the uk 400 years ago, but the creature, known for its elaborate courtship dance, is bouncing back. So significant is this birds arrival, that the Wildlife Trust
is now planning to redesign this Nature Reserve in order to give the crane family more peace and quiet. It can take hours, just to catch a glimpse but some have managed it. This is the first time i have seen them as close as i have here and certainly the first time i have seen a chick with them. It has been a wonderful experience, fantastic. The Wildlife Trust has been trying to lure a breeding pair of cranes to lincolnshire for many years. We bought the site in 2009 with the express purpose of creating lost fenland habitat and these were one of the missing pieces that we really wanted to bring back. Well, this very private family is here now and blissfully unaware that they are at the heart of a shining conservation success story. Its a uk seaside icon
dating back to the 1930s, but for the past four months, butlins has been in shutdown for whats understood to be the longest time since the second world war. From today, though, the famous red coats will be welcoming holiday makers again ross pollard reports on the preparations at the largest of the resorts in minehead in somerset. The covid effect, a Holiday Resort with no holiday makers. There have been no visitors at butlins in minehead since march. On a good day in the summer there can be as many as 9000 visitors on site. Its not going to be as busy as that, but staff have been working very hard for the return of the crowds. Were focusing on real touch points, the different chemicals that were to use. So these are our seal of approval stickers, so once the cleaners finished doing everything in the unit, sanitising everything, the sticker will go on then and it will say which cleaners done it and no one will enter this unit then until the guests arrive. Entertainment has been moved outside and theyll be praying for Better Weather than this. When the guests are coming on, theyll be able to sanitise their hands, and when theyre leaving, theyll be able to sanitise their hands on the way out as well. All staff here say these are unprecedented times. Butlins, as far as i can tell, hasnt been shut since the second world war. Rather than having those multi touch points, our team members will be serving the food meals from behind screen counters, so thats obviously a much safer way of doing it. And they can go to the actual refrigerated counters for dessert, starters, where everything will be individually packaged, labelled with the allergen information. The challenge now is winning the confidence of the people to book future holidays. Bookings are up, so thats great news, and the guests that are coming, they are coming expecting a butlins experience, and were going to give them a butlins experience, but make sure its done in a safe manner as well, and as youve seen round the resort, we are taking it very seriously with some of the protocols that weve put in place, from accommodation, to the venues, to our food outlets. Only 2000 visitors will be allowed on site initially. We had to agree to have
all our sidewalls lifted, social distancing, down from 1100 to only 400 seats, and the vents open on the top of the big top so weve got air flow within the big top to make it covid secure. The performers here hoping they can give people as normal a holiday as possible. Have a great show, guys cheering. Ross pollard, bbc news, minehead. Now its time for a look at the weather with nick miller. Hello, this time last year we were gearing up for extreme heat, a year ago tomorrow took the uk to its highest temperature on record where today the sunshine is struggling to get through the cloud, it is not a cold day but not warm either for july. Injuly so far we have not had any 30 degrees days, if it stays that date that will be the First Time Since 2011. A lot of places are having a pleasant afternoon with
broken cloud, some sunny spells but rain pushing into Northern Ireland and it will turn wetter across the uk as we go into tonight. Ahead of that rain arriving, many of us are seeing temperatures just into the low 20s, but mid 20s across the warmest parts of the east and south east of england. This is a promising start for the third test match at old trafford but rain will play a part over the weekend, certainly tomorrow, we cannot rule out showers on sunday as well. You are considering this evening. Northern ireland gets at first but will push east across the uk, quite patchy, showery nature of the further south you are but later in the night, some heavier bursts and ra m parts of the night, some heavier bursts and ramparts of scotland, Northern Ireland and northern england. The temperatures overnight are holding up. It is going to be a warm and muqqy up. It is going to be a warm and muggy night. Welcome to a july weekend, low pressure in control, lots of weather fronts showing up as well. A breezier picture as well. We will see some rain at some point on saturday but it is going to be
showery in nature. Some sunny spells but some heavy and thundery showers will break out as we go on through the day, merging to give some longer spells of rain across parts of southern and Eastern England later on. Could give some torrential downpours and places. As you might imagine, temperatures are a bit down compared with today. The breeze has picked up as well. If you are heading out and about on saturday evening, there will still be some heavy downpours around and some longer spells of wet weather towards the east and south east of england. Pa rt the east and south east of england. Part two of the weekend, on sunday, low pressure close to scotland, quite windy in north west scotland, some rain here. Showers elsewhere, mainly towards the north and the west of the uk but some will creep further east towards the east and south east of england, but lets showers here compared with elsewhere. If anything sunday is looking a bit windy, average speeds in excess of 30 mph and a touch cooler for many of us on sunday. This is bbc news. The headlines three teenagers are convicted of as the of dizzy Andrew Harper, killed in month after his wedding. The defendants drag doting that drove the car which dragged pc harper after it for half a mile. He suffered catastrophic injuries. This has been an extremely challenging case, my thoughts and those of the cps remain with pc have as family and friends who have strain the neck showed great strength, courage and integrity throughout the trial. In the rest of the days news, face coverings are now compulsory in england and wales for most people, filling to where one could mean a £100 fine. 30 Million People in
england will be offered the flu jab
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