g re nfell tower donations made to the victims of the grenfell tower fire are not reaching survivors quickly enough, according to campaigners in west london. also: holiday hold ups where in the uk sees the longest delays? passengers heading off from gatwick are worst affected, as research reveals how long travellers spend twiddling their thumbs at airports. ready for the end of an era? usain bolt will run his final competitive race this weekend at the world athletics championships. good morning. it s friday, 11th august. i m ben brown. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the us defence secretary, james mattis, says america is still trying to use diplomacy to resolve the growing tension with north korea and that war would be catastrophic. his remarks contrasted with those of president trump, who said his threat to unleash fire and fury against north korea might not have been tough enough, but secretary mattis insisted diplomatic efforts were yielding results, though military opt
spells and what we have got for the next couple of nights is the perseid meteor shower so given that we get some lengthy clear spells overnight you mightjust some lengthy clear spells overnight you might just about some lengthy clear spells overnight you mightjust about catch a meteor oi’ you mightjust about catch a meteor or two. not literally, hopefully! across the weekend, mostly dry, some sunny spells on the way, not looking too bad. the morning might start cloudy particularly across eastern and southern areas, but eventually the sun should be out, scattered clouds, maybe a few showers here and there on saturday. overall not a bad day. sunday is looking a little bit better. this is saturday night, first of all, if you want to catch the meteor showers this is the night to do it, saturday night into sunday we have got clear weather. he is sunday, looking pretty good, fewer showers, lots of sunshine around, but noticed the blobs of blue, rain from the atlantic, a quick out
and a friendship forged through football. one month after the death of bradley lowery, jermain defoe speaks for the first time about how they met. for me, there is no bigger motivation to think, if he can go through that and fight, then i can go through anything. and, strange flotsam giant segments of pipe wash up on a norfolk beach the longest measuring nearly 500 metres. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has said the rhetoric from washington and pyongyang has now gone over the top and he helps now gone over the top and he hopes common sense will prevail. he has also said there is a russia chinese plan to defuse the crisis. the intervention follows president trump stepping up the rhetoric against north korea. he warned that us military options are locked and loaded , should pyongyang act unwisely. the united states and north korea have been engaged in a war of words for days with pyongyang threatening to fire missiles tow
in the transfer market, the real action starts as arsenal take on leicester at the emirates. and, strange flotsam giant segments of pipe wash up on a norfolk beach the longest measuring nearly 500 metres. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. eleven members of the same family have been convicted in a series of trials involving modern slavery thought to be the largest of its kind in british legal history. members of the rooney family from lincoln ran a company called lincolnshire driveways that specialised in tarmacking and block paving. but their ‘workforce‘ were vulnerable slaves who they picked up from the streets some of which were alcoholics, homeless or suffering learning difficulties. our correspondent linsey smith reports. patrick rooney, seen posing for pictures with staff at the family business, lincolnshire driveways. it looks professional, offering tarmacking and block paving, but some of the workers were slaves, kept in appalling conditions and paid
have underperformed at the world championships in london. and coming up on bbc news, as the premier league gets ready to begin, liverpool s star player philippe countinho hands in a transfer request, amid interest from barcelona. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. 11 people from the same family have been convicted of running a modern slavery ring in lincolnshire and keeping vulnerable people in conditions that police have described as truly shocking for decades. members of the rooney family picked up victims from the streets and kept them in squalid conditions in caravans with no running water or toilets. using threats and violence, including punishment beatings to keep them in line. victims were forced to work in the family s construction business for little or no wages. our north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. yes, the ronneys were flashy with their money. they went on holiday to barbados, they had cosmetic surgery, they shelled out thousan