we have doors to knock on, we have people to talk to, we have phone calls to make and we have an election to win. cheering. 3000 violent crimes against women and girls every day. police chiefs warn it's become a national emergency. the race to replace rishi sunak as conservative leader begins tomorrow but we won't find out the winner until november. what happened to homeowners trapped in expensive mortgages? today the so—called mortgage prisoners. some of them will get their day in court. we hear from of them will get their day in court. we hearfrom them. graeme souness will tell us about his new charity challenge, raising money for those like 16—year—old isla, living with the chronic skin condition eb.

there will be sunny spells developing later. most of us will see sunshine today with a few scattered showers. all of the details shortly. it's tuesday, the 23nd ofjuly. kamala harris has launched her campaign for us president, promising to take the democrats to victory against donald trump in november. she launched her bid last night — just a day after presidentjoe biden dropped out of the race. here's our north america correspondent david willis. 24 2a hours into her new role and kamala harris was already on the verge of becoming the first black and asian women to win the presidential nomination of a major party. the first event is presidential candidate was at campaign headquarters. from the

former california prosecutor, a taste of how she tends to set about attacking donald trump. the president — attacking donald trump. the president will _ attacking donald trump. tue: president will abuse attacking donald trump. tte: president will abuse women, fraudsters ripped off consumers, cheetahs who broke the rules for their own gain. so hear me when i say, i know donald trump's type. we have people to talk to, phone calls to make and we have an election to win. ,, . , to make and we have an election to win. ,, ., , ., to make and we have an election to win. ,, .,, ., ., , _ ., win. she was “oined remotely by a man whose — win. she was joined remotely by a man whose departure _ win. she was joined remotely by a man whose departure from - win. she was joined remotely by a man whose departure from the i win. she was joined remotely by a. man whose departure from the rest thrust her into the spotlight. t thrust her into the spotlight. i know you are still on the call, joe. we have been talking every day. we love you, we really do. you are like family to us. i knew you would still be here, you are not going anywhere.

i am watching you, i love you. i love i am watching you, i love you. love you. i am watching you, i love you. i love you. within _ i am watching you, i love you. i love you. within hours - i am watching you, i love you. i love you. within hours it - i am watching you, i love you. i love you. within hours it was i love you. within hours it was reported _ love you. within hours it was reported kamala _ love you. within hours it was reported kamala harris- love you. within hours it was reported kamala harris had i love you. within hours it was - reported kamala harris had secure the support of sufficient party delegates to ensure her nomination ahead of the democratic convention set to get under way on the 19th of august. other candidates could in theory still emerge, triggering a contest over the presidential candidate that that now seems increasingly unlikely as ——. assuming she is a party's candidate, she will face donald trump. the daughter of ajamaican she will face donald trump. the daughter of a jamaican father an indian mother he moved to america in search of a better life. prominent party figures including bill clinton and nancy pelosi are among those supporting a bid for the party's presidential nomination. having relied on ridiculing joe biden know

that his age, her candidacy is prompting a reset for the donald trump campaign. his new running mate has settled on accusing her of covering up concerns about the health of the president. this covering up concerns about the health of the president.- covering up concerns about the health of the president. this is not ok, ladies and _ health of the president. this is not ok, ladies and gentlemen. - health of the president. this is not ok, ladies and gentlemen. you . health of the president. this is not - 0k, ladies and gentlemen. you cannot ok, ladies and gentlemen. you cannot put three and a half years take a guy who clearly didn't have the mental capacity to do thatjob. kamala harris lied about it, my democrat colleagues lied about it for every single person knewjoe biden was incapable of doing the job and for three years they said nothing until he became political dead weight. that is not a way to run a country, that is not a way to run a country, that is not a way to run a country, that is not a way to run a political party, that is an insult to voters.— run a political party, that is an insult to voters. kamala harris is not et insult to voters. kamala harris is not yet the _ insult to voters. kamala harris is not yet the candidate _ insult to voters. kamala harris is not yet the candidate for - insult to voters. kamala harris is not yet the candidate for the - insult to voters. kamala harris is | not yet the candidate for the party but events are moving at breakneck speed. the prospect of a nomination has energised the democrats campaign and they are hoping it will bring more supporters to the polls. david

willis, bbc news, washington. our north america correspondent david willis joins us now from washington. hard to believe, isn't it? only 36 hours sincejoe biden pulled out of the race and kamala harris going at pace. the race and kamala harris going at ace. , ., ., ., , pace. events are moving really raidl . pace. events are moving really rapidly- it _ pace. events are moving really rapidly- it has _ pace. events are moving really rapidly. it has emerged - pace. events are moving really rapidly. it has emerged at - pace. events are moving really rapidly. it has emerged at the | pace. events are moving really . rapidly. it has emerged at the end of herfirst full day rapidly. it has emerged at the end of her first full day of campaigning, kamala harris already has the democratic delegates that she needs in order to gain her party's nomination for the presidency. she needed about 2000 of the less than 4000 democratic state delegates that are available. according to the associated press in the poll, she has surpassed that number already. the poll, she has surpassed that numberalready. now the poll, she has surpassed that number already. now it is not certain of course those delegates will vote for her but there is every chance that they will go ahead and

the list will prove accurate, probably in a virtual roll call to be conducted in the next couple of weeks. but ahead of the democratic national convention, due to take place on the 19th of august. all of this a sign that the democratic party is coalescing around the candidacy of kamala harris, following support from nancy pelosi, the former speaker of the house, who is at the very powerful member of the democratic party and the fact that kamala harris's campaign has raised a lot of money. it said about $80 million in the first 24 hours. for now, thank you very much indeed. david willis in washington. now for the rest of this morning's news. at least two million women and girls are victims of violence every year, according to police chiefs. they say that 3,000 of these crimes are recorded every day, but the figures don't

show the true scale of the issue, as many victims are too frightened to come forward. our senior uk correspondent sima kotecha reports. stalking, child sexual abuse, domestic violence, sexual violence — some of the key threats facing women and girls, according to an alarming report by the national police chiefs' council. it outlines the scale of violence, calling the problem a national emergency. it says more than a million violent crimes against women and girls were recorded over the last year in england and wales, accounting for 20% of all crimes recorded by the police. that's a 37% increase from 2018 to 2023. some of that rise will be down to an increase in reporting and more awareness of these crimes. nobody in industry and in other sectors and across the public understand just the scale and impact of these crimes. so what we're putting out today is just the scale — one in 12 victims, one in 20 perpetrators, a significant growth in domestic abuse, in rape.

and we're really pleased that women and girls are coming forward to report. but at the same time, we just need to set out from our policing judgment, just the scale of this epidemic. the mpcc says it's creating a centralised hub which will support forces by providing specialist knowledge and training. the government says it welcomes the hub and aims to halve violence against women and girls over the next decade. it's likely those affected by these crimes willjudge whether enough is being done to make sure others don't go through what they have. sima kotecha, bbc news. the government is to hold its first formal talks with junior doctors in england later — in a bid to resolve the long—running dispute over pay. it follows a meeting between the health secretary, wes streeting, and the british medical association

earlier this month. mr streeting said both sides have shown a "willingness to negotiate", but that ending the dispute would "not be easy". a woman in her thirties has died after being attacked by a pet dog in coventry. paramedics found her in critical condition at a propertyjust after midday, and she died a short time later. the breed of the dog is yet to be confirmed but police say it's not believed to be a banned breed. a boy who was shot dead in a park in west london has been named as 15—year—old rene graham. emergency services were called to ladbroke grove on sunday evening, where a caribbean music event was taking place. four men have been arrested on suspicion of murder. police have identified two children who died in a crash in west yorkshire on sunday as nine—year—old rubie morgan—roller and four—year—old lillie morgan—roller. their parents and two other people also died. our reporter oli constable is at the scene. oli, what more do we know?

good morning, this row behind me has been closed for almost two days following the crash on sunday afternoon. the police described the crash is truly horrendous. it claimed the lives of six people when a car and a motorbike collided. in the car was a family, shannon and shane and their two young girls. they were just four shane and their two young girls. they werejust four and shane and their two young girls. they were just four and nine years old. yesterday, the head teachers had their primary school said the girls were an asset to the school and a much loved part of the community. their deaths have shocked many people here who have seen some of the flowers and tributes left on the edge of the police cordoned. the man who saw what happened came over to speak to us. he says it was the worst thing he has ever seen. the man and woman on the motorbike were also killed in the crash. they have

yet to be named. the fundraising campaign has been set up to support the family of shannon and shane. the target of £3000 was set and this morning it is now £200,000 with people from across the country donating. police say their investigation is in the early stages of the families of those affected, desperate for answers of how their loved ones died.— desperate for answers of how their loved ones died. thank you very much indeed. the conservative party has set out a timetable for the leadership contest to replace rishi sunak, two and a half weeks after suffering a crushing defeat at the general election. the winner will be confirmed in november. let's find out more with our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. henry, how is a new leader selected? we know how long it will take but what is the process? it is we know how long it will take but what is the process?— what is the process? it is a slow rocess, what is the process? it is a slow process. sally- _ what is the process? it is a slow process, sally. it _ what is the process? it is a slow process, sally. it begins - what is the process? it is a slow i process, sally. it begins tomorrow but it doesn't conclude until early november. what happens tomorrow? well, nominations will formally open

among the conservative parliamentary party. conservative mps, only about 120 of them after the election evisceration, will begin to sign the nomination papers are potential candidates. those nominations will close on monday, monday the 29th of july. we will know at that point and list of people, one of whom will definitely be the next leader of the conservative party. it will still be some time from than before we know who that is. then the candidates will go out to the country ground to conservative party members and others all over the summer. they then return to parliament in september. at that point conservative mps were whittled the number down to four. those four remaining candidates will give speeches at the conservative party conference. that is between the 29th of september and the 2nd of october. after that mps will whittle them

down to two and there will be an online ballot of party members with the next leader of the conservative party announced on the 2nd of november. he will it be? we don't know. there still isn't a single publicly declared candidate that various people are expected to stand like kemi badenoch, priti patel, in recent days mel stride and kevin holinrake have said they might stand. it means rishi sunak will still be acting leader of the conservative party until early november, four months after his election defeat. the conservative party has clearly decided they would rather focus on getting this done right and getting it done quickly. thank you very much. one namejust mentioned, james cleverly, is on the programming about half an hour. we will ask that question. the last original member of the motown group, the four tops —

abdul "duke" fakir — has died aged 88. # nobody else.# the four tops were one of motown�*s most popular acts in the 1960s, and were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 1990. a family spokesperson said he died of heart failure at his home in detroit surrounded by loved ones. what a career! what a life! that song would be in our heads all day. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. for the next couple of days meant many of us will see some sunny spells. there are some showers around and on thursday we will see more rain. the first part of england —— across parts of england and wales it will be cloudy. it will break up

and for most of us it will be a day of sunny spells, variable amount of power. cooler on the north sea coast because of the onshore breeze. temperatures 15 to about 24 degrees north to south. as we had on through the course of this evening, any showers will fade away. some clear skies and mist and fog patches forming. by the end of the night kick cloud coming in from the west. even a spot or two of drizzle. —— stick a cloud. into tomorrow we start off with a lot of dry weather. tomorrow largely sunny, a few isolated showers here and there in scotland and north—east england. the weather front from the west will introduce thicker cloud and patchy light rain. temperatures up to 25

degrees and in the west, 17 to 19. as we head on into thursday, that front coming in from the west will progress east, bringing some potentially heavy rain across some parts of england and also wales, later time when coming into scotland. in between variable amounts of cloud but a bit drier with variable amounts of brightness. temperatures 15 to 21.— temperatures 15 to 21. thank you very much _ temperatures 15 to 21. thank you very much indeed. _ temperatures 15 to 21. thank you very much indeed. see _ temperatures 15 to 21. thank you very much indeed. see you - temperatures 15 to 21. thank you very much indeed. see you later. last summer, former footballer graeme souness, took part in a gruelling swim across the english channel to raise money for people who live with a rare skin condition called epidermolysis bullosa. graeme was inspired by 16—year—old isla, who has lived with eb since birth — and he's now set himself an even bigger challenge for this september, asjohn maguire has been finding out. a lifetime of competitive sport means never giving up. despite surgery on an injured

shoulder following last year's cross—channel charity swim for the first time in seven months, graeme souness is getting back in the water. i'm a wee bit apprehensive, but i'll be fine. as i said earlier, i'm hoping that, you know, by swimming it's actually going to free up even a wee bit more. their plan for this summer is for the relay team to swim to france and back. no mean feat, especially following his injury. nice and steady with the shoulder. yeah, seriously. yeah. any twinges or anything just ease back and we'll just paddle back in, ok? right. the first swim raised more than £1.5 million for debra, a charity that helps people with the rare genetic disorder epidermolysis bullosa, eb. a devastating condition that causes constant chronic pain and severe blistering of skin, both internally and externally. back on shore, it's clear the enforced months of rest have taken their toll.

not great. it was, um... i felt as if i was slapping with this arm, i couldn't get up. but let's see where i am in the next couple of days, hopefully that's freed up a wee bit even more. any pain? a wee bit, but that's to be expected. part of the team once again is andy ghrist, whose daughter isla has eb and who is such an inspiration to them. it's fantastic, notjust for me, but for isla too, she gets a lot from this. so get ready for this, uh, new challenge and it's going to be much tougher. missed it though, really missed it but looking forward to raising some more awareness for eb and hopefully a bit more funds to, uh, to progress what we're doing and finish the fight against eb. and just when he thought it was safe to get back in the water, once they've tackled the channel both ways, they'll then cycle from dover to london.

once again, the trepidation is outweighed by determination. as a kid, i was either playing football or on a bike. 0k. so that's the least of my worries, biking. i've asked myself more than once, "what are you thinking? but. what's the answer? well, i had a long time to train for the first one, it was the best part of nine months. but this one, we're squeezing it into three months because of the injury i've had. and that... but listen, what's the saying, "hen the going gets tough, —— "when the going gets tough, the tough get going?" i think so. i shouldn't dispel that. this is where they lay their eggs. it's two months on and graeme has come to see isla at her home near inverness with an update on the challenge. it's not good news. so how is your shoulder? you know i had an operation injanuary, so it's better, but it's not up to the swimming that the guys are going to do

again in september. i had a scan last week and it's shown that it's not completely healed, so ijust can't risk it. yeah. i never want it to be - there for your whole life. well, i'm kidding myself on, i think i'm still 21. and, um, i did try and get back in the water, but i felt it too much. yeah, you're going on the boat? oh, yeah, i'm going to go on the boat and i'll be dishing out lots of, um... encouragement? i wouldn't use the word encouragement, no. i'll be giving them stick at every opportunity. and it's easy, it'll be easy for me because i won't be in the water. as important as the money raised is the increased awareness of eb. they've all made an enormous difference. recent months have been tough for isla, frequent, arduous trips to london for surgery, and three times a week her bandages are changed. it's extremely painful and can take up to five hours each time. we only have about 20 minutes now, i think we should go in. the sun's not yourfriend, is it? no, it's not really-

a friend to anyone with eb. because i've got, like, _ four layers of bandages on my legs, two on my arms and one on my upper body. - it's a lot of layers that i can'tjust take off. i so the sun, you get very, - very hot when it's very sunny. so, like, i have a portable air conditioner in the house - for the really hot days, - and i have multiple fansjust to keep me comfy when it's hot. mm, let's get you in. let's get you in. the epic challenges are a huge boost for isla. she's now 16 and an ambassadorfor debra. for them, and another charity cure eb, the awareness graeme and isla are leading is priceless. jon maguire, bbc news, inverness. graeme, isla and her dad, andy will be joining us here on the

sofa at quarter past 8 to tell us more about their latest challenge to support people living with eb. i know that is something they are all very keen to do. such a special friendship they have. they are great with each other, aren't they? let's take a look at today's papers. us politics dominates the front pages today, as vice—president kamala harris secured a wave of endorsements from leading democrats in the presidential race. the times says ms harris declared "we're going to win this" in a message on x, whilst her campaign received a record amount of donations in 24 hours. they are talking about tens of millions of dollars pouring in. the guardian features a warning from police chiefs that every year at least two million women and girls in england and wales are estimated to be victims of violence, in an epidemic they're describing as a "national emergency". and the daily mirror's front page

focuses on a tragic car crash on a rural road in west yorkshire, in which an 11—year—old girl lost both her parents and two younger sisters. lots of stories on the inside pages previewing the olympics. this is about the olympic village where everyone will be staying. you might remember, when the olympics wherein london, mcdonald's was very popular. one of the sponsors. no longer a sponsor. now the french have a michelin star chef providing food for the village. they will have things like croissants, poached egg, shavings of shapes cheese topped with truffle... it all sounds a bit much but sounds like they are going to have very posh food. one of the chef's signature dishes is chickpea

with a seafood broth. i love this story and the sun newspaper. story and the sun there with a seafood broth. i love this story and the sun there have been so many complaints from neighbours about windows and cars getting smashed by batters that they have been banned from hitting sixes. they have told them if you go beyond the boundary any more you cannot get a score article. you cannot do that. you cannot stop them doing that. they say they have had to because there been so much damage. for the batter, getting a six as part of the glory of the sport. i don't think there will should be tinkered with in this fashion. what is the alternative? smashed windows.

after a decade long campaign forjustice and compensation, the first of thousands of so—called mortgage prisoners, will take their case to the high court today. nina can explain the background to this case. it isa it is a big day for these homeowners. theirfinancial circumstances were thrown in euro per night through no fault of their own. all issues after the financial crisis they are still paying for it. good morning. what are mortgage prisoners? they took out a mortgage before 2008 when lending rules were more relaxed. when the financial crash happened, things were tightened and if they did not pass the new strict affordability tests they were. take out pricey mortgage deals. this was at a time when other homeowners were enjoying interest rates close to 0%, something they were not being offered. it is thought more than 200,000 people were trapped in these circumstances and when proceedings begin at the

high court today will be former northern rock customers. it is likely you recognise that name because when the bank collapsed their mortgages were transferred to tsb. we spoke to rebecca from leeds. she is a self—employed hairdresser and is paying more than £2000 a month on her variable rate mortgage, double what she was paying two years ago after being told she cannot afford to switch to a cheaper deal. she says todayis switch to a cheaper deal. she says today is about much more than compensation. i today is about much more than compensation.— today is about much more than compensation. i want to be put in the position _ compensation. ! want to be put in the position i— compensation. i want to be put in the position i should _ compensation. i want to be put in the position i should have - compensation. i want to be put in the position i should have been i compensation. i want to be put in the position i should have been in all those — the position i should have been in all those years ago. at the moment, i all those years ago. at the moment, i have _ all those years ago. at the moment, i have overpaid circa £124,000. i would _ i have overpaid circa £124,000. i would like — i have overpaid circa £124,000. i would like a _ i have overpaid circa £124,000. i would like a money back and then we can talk— would like a money back and then we can talk about compensation for the years— can talk about compensation for the years i_ can talk about compensation for the years i have — can talk about compensation for the years i have not been able to take my children on holiday and working till eight— my children on holiday and working till eight o'clock or nine o'clock in the — till eight o'clock or nine o'clock in the evening to pay what is owed that month —

in the evening to pay what is owed that month because it can change. it can change _ that month because it can change. it can change buy anything from £50 to £80 in _ can change buy anything from £50 to £80 in a _ can change buy anything from £50 to £80 in a month.— £80 in a month. rebecca says her only option _ £80 in a month. rebecca says her only option is _ £80 in a month. rebecca says her only option is to — £80 in a month. rebecca says her only option is to sell— £80 in a month. rebecca says her only option is to sell the - £80 in a month. rebecca says her only option is to sell the house. i her solicitor says she is not alone. these people are bearing the brunt of the financial crisis for the rest of the financial crisis for the rest of us. , ., ., , of the financial crisis for the rest of us. ., , of the financial crisis for the rest of us. ,., .,, ., , ., of us. the government was able to sell the mortgages _ of us. the government was able to sell the mortgages for _ of us. the government was able to sell the mortgages for quite - of us. the government was able to sell the mortgages for quite a - of us. the government was able to sell the mortgages for quite a highj sell the mortgages for quite a high price bid _ sell the mortgages for quite a high price big purchases new the charge for these _ price big purchases new the charge for these customers was high and they could — for these customers was high and they could not get away. everybody's mortgage _ they could not get away. everybody's mortgage has a term which allows the mortgage _ mortgage has a term which allows the mortgage owner to sell it to another company _ mortgage owner to sell it to another company if— mortgage owner to sell it to another company. if the purchaser of a mortgage _ company. if the purchaser of a mortgage is free to charge what it likes then — mortgage is free to charge what it likes then it could happen to anybody. it isa it is a worry. tsb have sent us a statement. it says "whistletree customers are not mortgage prisoners. since we took over the management of these mortgage they say, over two—thirds of whistletree customers have either moved to a new mortgage or closed their mortgage with whistletree."

today they started the beginning of a long legal process. it today they started the beginning of a long legal process.— a long legal process. it has already one on a long legal process. it has already gone on long _ a long legal process. it has already gone on long enough. _ a long legal process. it has already gone on long enough. four - a long legal process. it has already gone on long enough. four than i a long legal process. it has already gone on long enough. four than it| gone on long enough. four than it has been a _ gone on long enough. four than it has been a long _ gone on long enough. four than it has been a long time. _ gone on long enough. four than it has been a long time. thank - gone on long enough. four than it has been a long time. thank you. | still to come on breakfast, we'll have an exclusive interview with paralympian will bayley, who's shared details of his experience as a disabled contestant on strictly come dancing and how a training injury caused him to pull out of the show in 2019. that's coming up at 8:30. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm tolu adeoye. the criminaljustice system is failing victims of stalking, that's according to a new report by london's victims' commissioner. the first ever london stalking review has found two thirds of stalking offences

are being carried out by repeat offenders. the review calls for legislation to be strengthened and simplified to better protect victims. the government has said it's "drastically improving the police and criminaljustice response while ensuring sustained support for victims. a man's been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 32—year—old woman was stabbed to death in walthamstow. she died at the scene at an address in lynmouth road in the early hours of yesterday morning and detectives say she knew the man who's been arrested. a new charity initiative is being launched to donate surplus essential goods to 40,000 families in need across london. the capital's first so—called multibank will provide essentials like toiletries, baby products and cleaning supplies. it's being led by the felix project, with support from amazon, former prime minister gordon brown, and the mayor of london. the average rent in london has hit a new record of £2,661 per month according to the property website rightmove.

the website says despite overall rental supply slowly improving from last year, the number of available properties is still below pre— pandemic levels. the paris olympics begins this week, with the opening ceremony on friday. one of our medal hopefuls isjoe choong from orpington. joe heads to france as the defending olympic champion in the modern pentathlon. athletes take part in four events, combining five sports — riding, fencing, swimming, running, and shooting. joe's confident he can bring the gold back once again. the last two years since tokyo i've been world champion and number one in the world. i've had a tough season with a few injuries this time, but i'm coming good at the right time and i'm going out there to defend my olympic title. let's take a look at the tubes now. now onto the weather with kawser. hello there, good morning. well, it's a mild, muggy start to the day with a lot of cloud around and some outbreaks of showers.

now these showers will continue on and off throughout the day, but by the afternoon it should become drier and brighter gradually. but for the time being, a lot of cloud, some of these showers may be heavy in places. we have a cooler north to north westerly airflow, but despite this, by the afternoon temperatures quite widely, reaching the low to mid 20s. there will be more in the way of sunny spells developing quite widely this evening. still a few showers, but overnight tonight it will become drier with some clearer skies, but also the odd patch of mist and fog — but temperatures holding up at around 14 to 16 celsius, so still quite mild conditions in store. looking ahead and wednesday tomorrow should be largely dry, just a few showers. but for thursday we have this frontal system arriving in from the west and this will bring some outbreaks of rain so becoming more unsettled for a time. but at least for tomorrow a lot of sunshine in store, just a few showers around, especially further towards the east and it will still be warm. a bit cooler on thursday, becoming drier and brighter on friday. i'll be back with another update in half an hour. now it's back to breakfast

with sally and jon. hello this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. kamala harris says she intends to "earn and win" the democratic nomination. in her first speech, she outlined her priorities for office including tighter gun control, and protection for reproductive rights. she is already known on the national and international stage, after serving asjoe biden's vice president — but can she beat donald trump in the race to the white house? we're joined now from washington by political strategist, calvin dark. good morning. well, you're night time but we appreciate you staying up time but we appreciate you staying up and talking to us. what do you make up the pace at which kamala harris is getting going with this campaign? harris is getting going with this cam-iain? , harris is getting going with this camaiun? ., campaign? good morning, everyone. i think it shows — campaign? good morning, everyone. i think it showsjust _ campaign? good morning, everyone. i think it showsjust how— campaign? good morning, everyone. i think it shows just how wise _ campaign? good morning, everyone. i

think it showsjust how wise of- campaign? good morning, everyone. i think it shows just how wise of a - think it shows just how wise of a decision it was for presidentjoe biden to step aside. when we see that within a day or so she already raised $81 million, i think it was at the last count. not even from big donors, grassroots donations. she just announced on social media a couple of hours ago she has secured the delegates that she needs to officially be the nominee. we expect the democratic national committee to have some kind of process over the next few days to make that official. i think she is off to a really good start. ., , .., start. for viewers in the uk, can ou start. for viewers in the uk, can you explain _ start. for viewers in the uk, can you explain how _ start. for viewers in the uk, can you explain how important - start. for viewers in the uk, can| you explain how important those donations are?— donations are? they are very important — donations are? they are very important because _ donations are? they are very important because one, - donations are? they are very important because one, we | donations are? they are very - important because one, we have a very complicated campaign system here. but the simple answer is $81 million means no one was giving over 3000 apiece. most of the donations

were 100, 150, 200 dollars. it means a lot of folks came together. one of the biggest signs of support, there is a group called win with black women and they had a group and he endorsed kamala harris and 140,000 black women got together and pledged support and they raised $1 million on their own on zoom. it shows she has the support she needs from leadership and grassroots to go against donald trump in november. it is one thing getting support of the grassroots and the donors, the democrats, it is another thing entirely getting the support of floating voters across the united states to beat donald trump. if you look at the whole election, how likely is she to do that because she wasn't far offjoe biden in the polls against trump? you wasn't far off joe biden in the polls against trump?- wasn't far off joe biden in the polls against trump? you are right and this is still— polls against trump? you are right and this is still going _ polls against trump? you are right and this is still going to _ polls against trump? you are right and this is still going to be - polls against trump? you are right and this is still going to be a - polls against trump? you are right and this is still going to be a very i and this is still going to be a very difficult race. donald trump is

leading in the polls. but this is something that is interesting. in this country there is not a majority of this country that wants donald trump as the republican candidate. i think the maximum is around 44,40 5%. and there is a higher, want the democratic candidate in this case which in this case will be kamala harris. but there is a majority, 50% who don't want to see donald trump return to the white house. if kamala harris can support the support from the democratic base and the group of republicans that never like donald trump, then she has a good chance of winning. trump, then she has a good chance of winnina. �* , trump, then she has a good chance of winnina. v ., ~ trump, then she has a good chance of winnina. �*, ., ,, ., trump, then she has a good chance of winnin.. �*, . ~' . , winning. let's talk about the trump cam aiun, winning. let's talk about the trump campaign. what _ winning. let's talk about the trump campaign, what difference - winning. let's talk about the trump campaign, what difference is - winning. let's talk about the trump campaign, what difference is this i campaign, what difference is this going to make for them now? they surely have to change tack? it going to make for them now? they surely have to change tack?- surely have to change tack? if you to b the surely have to change tack? if you go by the former— surely have to change tack? if you go by the former president's - surely have to change tack? if gm. go by the former president's social media feed, they are freaking out. we have seen everything from

understand where to attack kamala harris, for not being honest about what they claim joe biden's health condition was. the former president said the republican party should be reimbursed for the money they said planning a campaign againstjoe biden. i think now they are going to see that the enthusiasm gap that existed on the democratic side, the republicans had it, now the democrats have it. the democratic ticket has something to mobilise voters and it is donald trump who is the oldest nominee of a political party for president, so they will figure out what they are going to do. ., , , , . ., do. the one missing piece of the 'iusaw, do. the one missing piece of the jigsaw. who _ do. the one missing piece of the jigsaw, who kamala _ do. the one missing piece of the jigsaw, who kamala harris - do. the one missing piece of the jigsaw, who kamala harris pics l do. the one missing piece of the - jigsaw, who kamala harris pics stebe have vice presidential candidate, how important that decisions of her. it is very important because it is the first decision she is going to make. we always say here that it is an indication of what choices you make for the future. i won't go through the list of folks that are

well known outside the us, but it will be a white male, most likely going to be one of ourfine democratic governors from key states that kamala harris needs to win. we imagine we will know who that is going to be pretty soon. tqm. imagine we will know who that is going to be pretty soon. 0k, leaving us on tenterhooks _ going to be pretty soon. 0k, leaving us on tenterhooks there. _ going to be pretty soon. 0k, leaving us on tenterhooks there. the - us on tenterhooks there. the cliffhanger. we will speak to you soon, thank you for staying up. thank you. good morning, this promises to be a very spectacular start to the next olympics? glamorous and stylish? we hope so. we won't have seen an olympic opening ceremony like that. we have had the euroes, wimbledon and we are waiting for the next big thing, the olympics. we have the football and the handball getting under way, football and the handball getting underway, not football and the handball getting under way, not the most glamorous,

no team gb involved in men of the women's football but we will have some action tomorrow and on thursday, we have the archery and the handball that gets under way on thursday as well. the opening ceremony on friday which, in a first for the games, will not be held in a stadium but instead on the river seine, with over 100 boats carrying more than 10,000 athletes and dignitaries. they”ll sail past paris' iconic landmarks and over three hundred thousand spectators who will line the route. french president emmanuel macron says paris is ready. you will have an opening ceremony which is unique because one, paris can precisely have the olympic games. but it is once in the history of the olympic games that we will have such an opening ceremony, not in a stadium but on the seine river. the paralympics will follow in august and paralympics gb have named an experienced cycling squad. among the 17 riders is dame storey

who'll compete at her ninth games. the 17—time gold medallist is now 46, and she began her paralympic career as a swimmer aged just 14 back in barcelona in 1992. she says she's as excited as ever to be heading to paris. the idea of being able to pull a paralympics gb kit on again, is so thrilled. it is a pinch me moment, it is a dream i didn't know i had as a kid but it has been such a great motivation since the lockdown games to get to paris and have all those spectators there again. it feels almost like home games again. one man who won't be competing in paris is the tour de france winner tadej pogarcar who has pulled out because of extreme fatigue according to the slovenian olympic committee. the 25—year—old, who completed his victory in this year's tour on suday, was scheduled to take part in the olympic road race on. he won the giro d'italian back in may and is the first man to win

cycling's two biggest races in the same year for over 25 years. teams in the hundred could be part—owned by american nfl franchises, after the england and wales cricket board contacted them about investing in the competition. stakes in the eight teams in the hundred will be sold later this year. the fourth edition of the competition starts today with an oval invincibles against birmingham phoenix double header. meanwhile the tournament might be without one of its marquee players — england white ball and manchester originals captain jos buttler could miss the whole tournament through injury. he is one of those players that young kids look up to, they want to be about like him. so if he does miss the hundred and he is about for the series later on in september it will be a huge blow. the ecb want the big stars playing and we haven't actually had the names that we want. no jos buttler would actually had the names that we want. nojos buttler would be a real

shame. and we've seen many people upset about the use of var in football, but maybe nothing quite like these scenes in norway. a top—fight game between rosenborg and lillestrom was abandoned after both sets of fans threw tennis balls, flares and even fish cakes onto the pitch. after several stoppages, with the players going off, the game on sunday was called off afterjust 32 minutes and the game at 0—0, as fans held up a banner reading 'we will never give up, var will go away�*. tennis balls and fishcakes, they are not happy. who has a fishcake in their pocket? was it frozen? we need answers. so many questions. the countdown to the paris olympics is on — and with just three days to go until the opening ceremony — team gb hopefuls are setting off for the french capital. badminton players ben lane and sean vendy have been competing together

since they werejuniors, and it's their childhood dream to win olympic gold. their family and friends gathered to give them a surprise send off, as james burridge reports. one final training session before they leave for paris. but upstairs a farewell party was getting ready, posters drawn by local schoolchildren, plenty of bunting and friends and family are british badminton's olympic and paralympic stars. it badminton's olympic and paralympic stars. , , , �* stars. it is everything isn't it because the _ stars. it is everything isn't it because the boys _ stars. it is everything isn't it because the boys have - stars. it is everything isn't it because the boys have put l stars. it is everything isn't it| because the boys have put in stars. it is everything isn't it - because the boys have put in so much but they need support as well. the sendoff like this is lovely. really, really nice and we are lucky to be able to come and do it with them. i have been excited for the last eight months. _ have been excited for the last eight months, my back has been packed for a couple of— months, my back has been packed for a couple of weeks now, so we are going _ a couple of weeks now, so we are going out— a couple of weeks now, so we are going out to — a couple of weeks now, so we are going out to this olympics. it is tou:h, going out to this olympics. it is tough. when — going out to this olympics. it is tough, when he _ going out to this olympics. it is tough, when he has a bad week it is difficult _ tough, when he has a bad week it is difficult to _ tough, when he has a bad week it is difficult to pick— tough, when he has a bad week it is difficult to pick him _ tough, when he has a bad week it is difficult to pick him up. _ tough, when he has a bad week it is difficult to pick him up. all- tough, when he has a bad week it is difficult to pick him up. all we - tough, when he has a bad week it is difficult to pick him up. all we can l difficult to pick him up. all we can do is _ difficult to pick him up. all we can do is be _ difficult to pick him up. all we can do is be there _ difficult to pick him up. all we can do is be there for— difficult to pick him up. all we can do is be there for him _ difficult to pick him up. all we can do is be there for him and - difficult to pick him up. all we can do is be there for him and cheer. difficult to pick him up. all we can i do is be there for him and cheer him on. do is be there for him and cheer him on we _ do is be there for him and cheer him on we will— do is be there for him and cheer him on we will be — do is be there for him and cheer him on. we will be there _ do is be there for him and cheer him on. we will be there next _ do is be there for him and cheer him on. we will be there next friday- do is be there for him and cheer him on. we will be there next friday so i on. we will be there next friday so hopefully— on. we will be there next friday so hopefully the — on. we will be there next friday so hopefully the saturday _ on. we will be there next friday so hopefully the saturday when - on. we will be there next friday so hopefully the saturday when they i on. we will be there next friday so i hopefully the saturday when they are playing. _

hopefully the saturday when they are playing. we _ hopefully the saturday when they are playing. we can — hopefully the saturday when they are playing, we can cheer— hopefully the saturday when they are playing, we can cheer them - hopefully the saturday when they are playing, we can cheer them on- hopefully the saturday when they are playing, we can cheer them on and i playing, we can cheer them on and hopefully— playing, we can cheer them on and hopefully get — playing, we can cheer them on and hopefully get the _ playing, we can cheer them on and hopefully get the results _ playing, we can cheer them on and hopefully get the results they - playing, we can cheer them on andl hopefully get the results they want. ben lane _ hopefully get the results they want. ben lane and — hopefully get the results they want. ben lane and sean— hopefully get the results they want. ben lane and sean vendy— hopefully get the results they want. ben lane and sean vendy have - hopefully get the results they want. | ben lane and sean vendy have been playing doubles together since they were kids. now they are off to their second olympics. it were kids. now they are off to their second olympics-— second olympics. it 'ust shows how many people _ second olympics. it 'ust shows how many people — second olympics. itjust shows how many people are behind _ second olympics. itjust shows how many people are behind us. - second olympics. itjust shows how many people are behind us. there i second olympics. itjust shows how i many people are behind us. there are so many people here, people i haven't seen in a long time, they haven't seen in a long time, they have come without telling me. so a bit shocked, but obviously really nice and i am happy. it bit shocked, but obviously really nice and i am happy.— bit shocked, but obviously really nice and i am happy. it means so much to have _ nice and i am happy. it means so much to have everyone _ nice and i am happy. it means so much to have everyone here. - nice and i am happy. it means so much to have everyone here. it i nice and i am happy. it means so| much to have everyone here. it is amazing — much to have everyone here. it is amazing to — much to have everyone here. it is amazing to see everyone and it is such— amazing to see everyone and it is such a _ amazing to see everyone and it is such a nice — amazing to see everyone and it is such a nice sendoff for all of us. are we — such a nice sendoff for all of us. are we ready? i such a nice sendoff for all of us. are we ready?— are we ready? i feel ready. last weeks has _ are we ready? i feel ready. last weeks has gone _ are we ready? i feel ready. last weeks has gone how— are we ready? i feel ready. last weeks has gone how we - are we ready? i feel ready. last weeks has gone how we wanted | are we ready? i feel ready. last i weeks has gone how we wanted it are we ready? i feel ready. last - weeks has gone how we wanted it to lo, weeks has gone how we wanted it to go. so _ weeks has gone how we wanted it to go. so we _ weeks has gone how we wanted it to go, so we feel ready. what expectation _ go, so we feel ready. what expectation should - go, so we feel ready. what expectation should we - go, so we feel ready. what l expectation should we have? go, so we feel ready. what - expectation should we have? the opportunity _ expectation should we have? the opportunity to grasp at the olympics this year— opportunity to grasp at the olympics this year is— opportunity to grasp at the olympics this year is there _ opportunity to grasp at the olympics this year is there and _ opportunity to grasp at the olympics this year is there and we _ opportunity to grasp at the olympics this year is there and we are - opportunity to grasp at the olympics this year is there and we are behindl this year is there and we are behind them _ this year is there and we are behind them all— this year is there and we are behind them all the — this year is there and we are behind them all the way. _ this year is there and we are behind them all the way. i— this year is there and we are behind them all the way. i will— this year is there and we are behind them all the way. i will be - them all the way. i will be screaming _ them all the way. i will be screaming all— them all the way. i will be screaming all the - them all the way. i will be screaming all the way- them all the way. i will bel screaming all the way from them all the way. i will be - screaming all the way from the stands — screaming all the way from the stands for— screaming all the way from the stands for them _ screaming all the way from the stands for them to _ screaming all the way from the stands for them to win. - screaming all the way from the stands for them to win. it - screaming all the way from the stands for them to win. it is i stands for them to win. it is doable. _ stands for them to win. it is doable, anything _ stands for them to win. it is doable, anything can- stands for them to win. it is l doable, anything can happen, stands for them to win. it is - doable, anything can happen, it is the olympics _ doable, anything can happen, it is the olympics. we _ doable, anything can happen, it is the olympics. we all— doable, anything can happen, it is the olympics. we all know- doable, anything can happen, it is the olympics. we all know those.

the olympics. we all know those moments. — the olympics. we all know those moments, those _ the olympics. we all know those moments, those special- the olympics. we all know those i moments, those special moments happen— moments, those special moments happen at— moments, those special moments happen at the _ moments, those special moments happen at the olympics _ moments, those special moments happen at the olympics let's - moments, those special moments happen at the olympics let's hope| happen at the olympics let's hope their special— happen at the olympics let's hope their special moments— happen at the olympics let's hope their special moments will- happen at the olympics let's hope their special moments will be - happen at the olympics let's hope i their special moments will be about badminton — their special moments will be about badminton. ., ._ ., their special moments will be about badminton. ., ., , badminton. today might have been fun for them but — badminton. today might have been fun forthem but in — badminton. today might have been fun for them but in a _ badminton. today might have been fun for them but in a weak's _ badminton. today might have been fun for them but in a weak's time - badminton. today might have been fun for them but in a weak's time it - badminton. today might have been fun for them but in a weak's time it is - for them but in a weak's time it is down to business against the best in the world. james burridge, bbc news. we will be following them and all the other athletes over the next few weeks. looking forward to that. it is 6.44. the mother of missing student jack o'sullivan says the four months since his disappearance have been "hell" — particularly following the discovery of two bodies in a suitcase in bristol, near where jack was last seen. the 22—year—old left a house party in the city on the 2nd of march, and his family are still appealing for help to find him. our reporter laura jones has more. it is the question being asked across the city, where is jack? it

is now nearly five months since the 23—year—old student went out to a party and didn't come home. for his desperate family at their home just outside bristol, it is a living nightmare and events over the past fortnight when human remains were found in six places on the clifton suspension bridge, not farfrom suspension bridge, not far from where jack suspension bridge, not farfrom where jack was last seen, have been difficult to cope with.— difficult to cope with. every day is reall , difficult to cope with. every day is really. really _ difficult to cope with. every day is really, really difficult _ difficult to cope with. every day is really, really difficult but - difficult to cope with. every day is really, really difficult but the - really, really difficult but the last two weeks especially have been quite extraordinary. certain things that have been in the news that obviously, thank god didn't relate to being anything to do with jack. but, you know, in the first few hours we didn't know that wasn't the case and it has just been horrific. recently, a facebook group set up to help has taken off, with nearly 35,000 members and hundreds of new posts every day. an army of people

online offering emotional and practical support, putting up posters, searching local areas, doing all that they can to try and find jack. it doing all that they can to try and find jack. , ., ., , find jack. it is totally overwhelming. - find jack. it is totally overwhelming. i- find jack. it is totally overwhelming. ifind find jack. it is totally _ overwhelming. i find sometimes it is too much to look at. because people are so kind and so caring, it is keeping us going at a time where sometimes you just don't want to keep going. sometimes you 'ust don't want to keep going.— keep going. jack's family say this level of engagement _ keep going. jack's family say this level of engagement and - keep going. jack's family say this level of engagement and support keep going. jack's family say this - level of engagement and support has not been matched by that of the police. early on they say crucial cctv footage was missed, mistakes were made and questions aboutjack�*s phone still remain unanswered. this is granby hill, just a few hundred yards up the road from where jack was last caught on cctv cameras having left the party. it was right here on this street that jack's phone was pinging in the early hours of the morning on his mum's family

locator app. of the morning on his mum's family locatorapp. police of the morning on his mum's family locator app. police said they had searched the area but jack's mum was not convinced, especially when she discovered this entrance to an overgrown electricity substation just the road. it overgrown electricity substation just the road-— overgrown electricity substation just the road. it was very quickly realised that _ just the road. it was very quickly realised that this _ just the road. it was very quickly realised that this area _ just the road. it was very quickly realised that this area hadn't - just the road. it was very quickly i realised that this area hadn't been looked at by the police. we went back there with our own pathetic equipment of golf clubs, which the whole thing, itjust seemed extraordinary that we were doing this. 50 extraordinary that we were doing this, , ., extraordinary that we were doing this, extraordinary that we were doing this. i. ., , . ., . , extraordinary that we were doing this. i. ., , i ., . , ., ., this. so you as jack's mum or having to search this _ this. so you as jack's mum or having to search this area _ this. so you as jack's mum or having to search this area with _ this. so you as jack's mum or having to search this area with your - this. so you as jack's mum or having to search this area with your bare i to search this area with your bare hands because it hadn't been done by the police? it hands because it hadn't been done by the oolice? ., , , , the police? it almost seems beyond the police? it almost seems beyond the oale, the police? it almost seems beyond the pale, doesn't _ the police? it almost seems beyond the pale, doesn't it? _ the police? it almost seems beyond the pale, doesn't it? it— the police? it almost seems beyond the pale, doesn't it? it is— the pale, doesn't it? it is exaggerated, that cannot be possible? i promise you, that is exactly what we were doing. nothing was found at — exactly what we were doing. nothing was found at the _ exactly what we were doing. nothing was found at the site _ exactly what we were doing. nothing was found at the site but _ exactly what we were doing. nothing was found at the site but the - was found at the site but the episode has left the family shaking. in a statement, the police say extensive searches of both land and

water using specialist units have been carried out and are continuing on the advice of experts. they also say they recognise the family's concerns and an assistant chief constable has been in direct contact to discuss how best we can support the moving forward. forjack�*s family, the nightmare continues. there are so many questions that 20 weeks on, still no real answers. laura jones, bbc news, bristol. the determination of that family, hopefully they will get some answers very soon. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. let's go to carol with the weather. good morning. we are starting off at some sunshine this morning, as you can see from this lovely picture taken earlier in morecambe. it is not a cold start, if you haven't

been outside, these are the kind of temperature values. london, 18 degrees, porthmadog in north—west wales, 15 degrees, aberdeen is 13 and glasgow 11. we have the dregs of yesterday's weather front to clear away which is producing cloud from many and also splashes of rain, notably across parts of wales and also england. as we go through the day you will find that will continue to push your way towards the east and it'll stopped to break up. a fair bit of cloud initially for some, that cloud breaking up leading to some lengthy sunny spells. it is also going to be quite a breezy start to the day, a brisk breeze but the breeze will ease as we go through the day. but it is on show across the north sea coast line is that it will feel cooler. but some blue skies in the east coast today and also the west coast, with temperatures 15 to about 24 degrees. as we head on through the evening and overnight, they will be clear

skies initially, light winds, mist and fog patches forming and by the end of the night cloud will thicken up end of the night cloud will thicken up out towards the west and we could even see some spots of drizzle from that as well. overnight lows, nine to about 15 degrees. tomorrow we start with a fair bit of sunshine, a lot of dry weather but as temperatures rise, that in itself could spark off a few showers across south—east scotland and north—east england, for example. the weather front makes a bit more progress coming in from the west, introducing thicker cloud than to gain some patchy light rain and drizzle. temperatures 14 to 25 degrees but the wind direction slowly changing along the north sea coastline so it will feel warmer tomorrow. wednesday evening, overnight and into thursday, a clutch of weather fronts move from the west towards the east taking thicker cloud and rain with them. some of this rain has the potential to be heavy across southern parts of england and wales, vertically the south—east. and then

a second weather front brings in some rain across northern ireland and western scotland a bit later. in between something drier and brighter, even a bit of sunshine here and there with temperatures 15 to about 21 said the temperatures dipping a little bit. but conversely along the north sea coastline because the wind has changed direction to more of an offshore direction, it will feel warmerfor you. into thursday night this is the weather front pulling away from the south—east. showers across the north west and that is how we start on friday. this could be slow to clear but when it does a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine around and some light winds to boot as well and temperatures, as a result are a bit higher at 15 to 23. so it is looking a bit so it is looking a bit brighter, so it is looking a bit brighter, carol? yes, into the high part of next week, high pressure should settling so we should see some

sunshine and warm weather as well but still a few showers. good news, thank you and see you later. keanu reeves is best known for his performances in the matrix and john wick franchises, but now he's stepped away from the screen and put pen to paper. the actor has come together with the british science fiction author china meayville to create his first novel, which is published today. the pair sat down with our culture editor katie razzall. from an fbi agent riding a wave in point break, to a celebrated cop in speed... point break, to a celebrated cop in seed. .. , ., point break, to a celebrated cop in seed... ,., ,., , speed... there is a bomb on this bus. to speed... there is a bomb on this bus- to a — speed. .. there is a bomb on this bus. to a hacker— speed... there is a bomb on this bus. to a hacker and _ speed... there is a bomb on this bus. to a hacker and the - speed... there is a bomb on this bus. to a hacker and the matrix| speed... there is a bomb on this i bus. to a hacker and the matrix on screen key — bus. to a hacker and the matrix on screen key on _ bus. to a hacker and the matrix on screen key on a — bus. to a hacker and the matrix on screen key on a reef— bus. to a hacker and the matrix on screen key on a reef is _ bus. to a hacker and the matrix on screen key on a reef is more - bus. to a hacker and the matrix on screen key on a reef is more than i bus. to a hacker and the matrix on i screen key on a reef is more than an action hero. in real life he is the creator and co—writer of a comic series which is now a new novel, the book of elsewhere. what made you want to write a novel? i book of elsewhere. what made you want to write a novel?— want to write a novel? i didn't write a novel, _

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look at the violent film... i hope that they don't start ripping i that they don't start ripping people's arms off and chopping the heads off. qt people's arms off and chopping the heads off. . ., , people's arms off and chopping the heads off._ there - people's arms off and chopping the heads off._ there is i people's arms off and chopping the heads off._ there is also | heads off. of course. there is also a love story _ heads off. of course. there is also a love story in _ heads off. of course. there is also a love story in it. _ heads off. of course. there is also a love story in it. real— heads off. of course. there is also a love story in it. real violence i a love story in it. real violence troubles me — a love story in it. real violence troubles me but _ a love story in it. real violence troubles me but i _ a love story in it. real violence troubles me but i get - a love story in it. real violence troubles me but i get irritated | troubles me but i get irritated about — troubles me but i get irritated about the way this question is posed about— about the way this question is posed about the _ about the way this question is posed about the relation between depicted violence _ about the relation between depicted violence and real violence because what _ violence and real violence because what it— violence and real violence because what it abstracts out. we have this relationship to like soldiers and war and — relationship to like soldiers and war and then it's like, but my 12—year—old is reading a violent comic — 12—year—old is reading a violent comic. ln — 12-year-old is reading a violent comic. ., ., comic. in the novelthe main character — comic. in the novelthe main character doesn't _ comic. in the novelthe main character doesn't want i comic. in the novelthe main character doesn't want to i comic. in the novelthe main. character doesn't want to die, comic. in the novelthe main i character doesn't want to die, he wants mortality, a crucial distinction. i wonder what you have both learnt about man's mortality, is it something you think about a lot? , ., ' , ., is it something you think about a lot? , ., ' ., ~ lot? yes, i am 59 so i am thinking about death _ lot? yes, i am 59 so i am thinking about death all _ lot? yes, i am 59 so i am thinking about death all the _ lot? yes, i am 59 so i am thinking about death all the time. - lot? yes, i am 59 so i am thinking about death all the time. still- about death all the time. still ouno. about death all the time. still young. thinking _ about death all the time. still young. thinking about - about death all the time. still young. thinking about death i about death all the time. stilll young. thinking about death is about death all the time. still- young. thinking about death is good, ho oefull it young. thinking about death is good, hopefully it sensitises _ young. thinking about death is good, hopefully it sensitises to _ young. thinking about death is good, hopefully it sensitises to an - hopefully it sensitises to an appreciation of the breath we have and the relationships we have the

potential to have. i and the relationships we have the potential to have.— potentialto have. i am 51 and consider death _ potentialto have. i am 51 and consider death something i potentialto have. i am 51 and consider death something to l potential to have. i am 51 and i consider death something to be ruminated on with great respect. i think— ruminated on with great respect. i think one — ruminated on with great respect. i think one of the things hopefully, you can _ think one of the things hopefully, you can have it both ways. you can have _ you can have it both ways. you can have a _ you can have it both ways. you can have a book— you can have it both ways. you can have a book that has these fun and explosive _ have a book that has these fun and explosive sequences but seriously talk about death and what that means to be human. talk about death and what that means to be human-— talk about death and what that means to be human. what you have managed is to build this — to be human. what you have managed is to build this fancy _ to be human. what you have managed is to build this fancy world, _ to be human. what you have managed is to build this fancy world, but - is to build this fancy world, but you are trying to escape from the real one, is that what creativity is all about? ., , real one, is that what creativity is all about? . , ., ., ,i all about? ultimately, the fantasy of buildin: all about? ultimately, the fantasy of building another— all about? ultimately, the fantasy of building another world - all about? ultimately, the fantasy of building another world bring i of building another world bring some kind of comfort in some way.- kind of comfort in some way. do you feel ou kind of comfort in some way. do you feel you have _ kind of comfort in some way. do you feelyou have been _ kind of comfort in some way. do you feel you have been getting - kind of comfort in some way. do you feel you have been getting that i feel you have been getting that comfort from your creative process? it is good, clean fun and i recommend it for everyone. creating stuff is great. feline recommend it for everyone. creating stuff is great-— stuff is great. one of the things oeo . le stuff is great. one of the things people know — stuff is great. one of the things people know about _ stuff is great. one of the things people know about you, - stuff is great. one of the thingsl people know about you, whether stuff is great. one of the things i people know about you, whether it is true or not, you don't own lots of stuff, known as very generous in giving lots away. when it comes to the proceeds of the book, what is your plan for that, are you someone who doesn't like to own anything or

keep anything?— keep anything? absolutely not, i love owning _ keep anything? absolutely not, i love owning things. _ keep anything? absolutely not, i love owning things. i _ keep anything? absolutely not, i love owning things. i love i keep anything? absolutely not, i love owning things. i love havingj love owning things. i love having stuff. ke love owning things. i love having stuff- key on _ love owning things. i love having stuff- key on a — love owning things. i love having stuff. key on a reeves, - love owning things. i love having stuff. key on a reeves, an i love owning things. i love having i stuff. key on a reeves, an enigma to the end. i don't know what to say. it is such an enigma, we are lost for words. i love owning stuff, too. it is great. we will have all the headlines for you in a moment, but it is time now to join the teams around the uk to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. i'm tolu adeoye. the criminaljustice system is failing victims of stalking — that's according to a new report by london's victims�* commissioner. the first ever london stalking review has found two thirds of stalking offences are being carried out

by repeat offenders. the review calls for legislation to be strengthened and simplified to better protect victims. the goverment has said it's "drastically improving the police and criminaljustice response while ensuring sustained support for victims. a man's been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 32—year—old woman was stabbed to death in walthamstow. she died at the scene at an address in lynmouth road in the early hours of yesterday morning and detectives say she knew the man who's been arrested. the average rent in london has hit a new record of £2,661 per month according to the property website rightmove. the website says despite overall rental supply slowly improving from last year, the number of available properties is still below pre—pandemic levels. an article on the royal parks website reportedly calling the albert memorial "offensive" has been taken down. according to the evening standard, the blog said the monument at kensington gardens contained "racial sterotypes" that are considered offensive

by modern standards. in a statement the royals parks said... "we acknowledge that there are differing views on the historical context of many memorials. we will review the online information we have provided to tell the story of the albert memorial." the paris olympics begins this week, with the opening ceremony on friday. one of our medal hopefuls isjoe choong from orpington. joe heads to france as the defending olympic champion in the modern pentathlon. the last two years since tokyo i've been world champion and number one in the world. i've had a tough season with a few injuries this time, but i'm coming good at the right time and i'm going out there to defend my olympic title. let's take a look at the tubes now. there's a good service — just a part suspension for planned work on the overground. now onto the weather with kawser. hello there, good morning. well, it's a mild, muggy start to the day with a lot of cloud around and some outbreaks of showers.

now these showers will continue on and off throughout the day, but by the afternoon it should become drier and brighter gradually. but for the time being, a lot of cloud, some of these showers may be heavy in places. we have a cooler north to north westerly airflow, but despite this, by the afternoon temperatures quite widely, reaching the low to mid 20s. there will be more in the way of sunny spells developing quite widely this evening. still a few showers, but overnight tonight it will become drier with some clearer skies, but also the odd patch of mist and fog — but temperatures holding up at around 1a to 16 celsius, so still quite mild conditions in store. looking ahead and wednesday tomorrow should be largely dry, just a few showers. but for thursday we have this frontal system arriving in from the west and this will bring some outbreaks of rain so becoming more unsettled for a time. but at least for tomorrow a lot of sunshine in store, just a few showers around, especially further towards the east and it will still be warm. a bit cooler on thursday, becoming drier and brighter on friday. i'll be back with another update in half an hour.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. our headlines today... kamala harris launches her bid to be us president and insists she will beat donald trump. we have doors to knock on, we have people to talk to, we have phone calls to make and we have an election to win. cheering. here, 3,000 violent crimes against women and girls every day. police say it's a national emergency. the race to replace rishi sunak as conservative leader begins tomorrow but we won't find out the winner until november. the cost of school uniform. more than half of parents say it's unaffordable. a say it's unaffordable. parody start to the day for m. with a parody start to the day for many with rain over parts of england and wales. that will move away and ease. most of us enjoying a dry and sunny

day with a few isolated showers. all of the details later on in the programme. it's tuesday, the 23nd ofjuly. kamala harris has launched her campaign for us president, promising to take the democrats to victory against donald trump in november. she launched her bid last night — just a day after presidentjoe biden dropped out of the race and has attracted the support of enough democrats to become the party's nominee for president. here's our north america correspondent david willis. 2a hours into her new role and kamala harris was already on the verge of becoming the first black and asian woman to win the presidential nomination of a major party. her first event as presidential candidate was at campaign headquarters. from the former california prosecutor, a taste of how she intends to set about attacking donald trump.

preditors who abuse women, fraudsters ripped off consumers, cheaters, who broke the rules for their own gain. so hear me when i say, i know donald trump's type. we have doors to knock on, people to talk to, phone calls to make and we have an election to win. cheering. she was joined remotely by the man whose departure from the race thrust her into the spotlight. i know you are still on the call, joe. we have been talking every day. we lovejoe and jill, we really do. you are like family to us. it's mutual. i knew you would still be here, you are not going anywhere. i am watching you, i love you. i love you, joe.

within hours it was reported kamala harris had secured the support of sufficient party delegates to ensure her nomination ahead of the democratic convention set to get under way on the 19th of august. other candidates could in theory still emerge, triggering a contest over the presidential candidate but that now seems increasingly unlikely. assuming she is the party's candidate, she will face donald trump on 2nd november. the daughter of a jamaican father an indian mother she moved to america in search of a better life. prominent party figures including bill clinton and nancy pelosi are among those supporting her bid for the party's presidential nomination. having relied on ridiculing joe biden over his age, her candidacy is prompting a reset for the donald trump campaign. his new running mate has

settled on accusing her of covering up concerns about the health of the president. this is not ok, ladies and gentlemen. you cannot for three and a half years take a guy who clearly didn't have the mental capacity to do the job. kamala harris lied about it, my senate democrat colleagues lied about it. every single person knewjoe biden was incapable of doing the job and for three years they said nothing until he became political dead weight. that is not a way to run a country, that is not a way to run a political party, that is an insult to voters. kamala harris is not yet the candidate for her party but events are moving at breakneck speed. the prospect of her nomination has energised the democrats�* campaign and they are hoping it will bring more of their supporters to the polls. david willis, bbc news, washington.

earlier, we spoke to our north america correspondent david willis, who said kamala harris�* campaign had raised around tens of millions of dollars in the first 2a hours. events are moving really rapidly. it has emerged at the end of her first full day of campaigning, kamala harris already has the democratic delegates that she needs in order to gain her party's nomination for the presidency. she needed about 2,000 of the less than 4,000 democratic state delegates that are available. according to the associated press in their poll, she has surpassed that number already. now, it is not certain of course those delegates will vote for her but there is every chance that they will go ahead and that this will prove accurate, probably in a virtual roll call to be conducted in the next couple of weeks. but ahead of the democratic national convention, due to take place on the 19th of august. all of this a sign

that the democratic party is coalescing around the candidacy of kamala harris, following support from nancy pelosi, the former speaker of the house, who is at the very powerful member of the democratic party and the fact that kamala harris�*s campaign has raised a lot of money. it's said about $80 million in the first 2a hours. it is notjust in america where they are voting — it is notjust in america where they are voting. here as well. the conservative party has set out a timetable for the leadership contest to replace rishi sunak, two and a half weeks after suffering a crushing defeat at the general election. the winner will be confirmed in november. let's find out more with our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. this is going to take a little bit of time. quite a lot of

time. nominations _ little bit of time. quite a lot of time. nominations are - little bit of time. quite a lot of time. nominations are open i little bit of time. quite a lot of - time. nominations are open tomorrow but it doesn't mean you are going to know who the next leader of the conservative party is any time soon. what you will have tomorrow is candidates finally formally publicly declaring, mps declaring their support for different candidates. those nominations will close on monday, the 29th ofjuly. at that point we will have a list of candidates, one of whom will definitely succeed rishi sunak as leader of the conservative party. over the summer it is out to the country. candidates will be travelling to meet conservative activists to try to persuade them their vision for their party is the right one. when mps of all stripes come back to parliament in september, that is when conservative mps were whittle the list down to four, a finalfour mps were whittle the list down to four, a final four leadership contenders. those four will go to the conservative party annual conference at the end of september,

start of october and they will all have the opportunity to deliver a speech and while the conservative party activist and when them over. they will whittle the four down to two and there will be an online ballot of party members with the new leader of the conservative party announced on november the 2nd. that means rishi sunak will still be acting leader of the conservative party almost four months after he lost the general election. he will do prime minister's questions against keir starmer and have to respond to labour�*s first budget. they conservative mps say they would rather get it right and get it done fast. . ~ , ., the government is to hold its first formal talks with junior doctors in england later — in a bid to resolve the long—running dispute over pay. it follows a meeting between the health secretary, wes streeting, and the british medical association earlier this month. mr streeting said both sides have shown a "willingness to

negotiate", but that ending the dispute would "not be easy". police have identified two children who died in a crash in west yorkshire on sunday as nine—year—old rubie morgan—roller and four—year—old lillie morgan—roller. their parents and two other people also died. a boy who was shot dead in a park in west london has been named as is—year—old rene graham. emergency services were called to ladbroke grove on sunday evening, where a caribbean music event was taking place. four men have been arrested on suspicion of murder. birmingham has won the bid to host the 2027 invictus games. it will be the first time the event has come to the uk since it was in london in 2014.

at least two million women and girls are victims of violence every year, according to police chiefs. they say that 3,000 of these crimes are recorded every day, but the figures don't show the true scale of the issue, as many victims are too frightened to come forward. our senior uk correspondent sima kotecha reports. stalking, child sexual abuse, domestic violence, sexual violence — some of the key threats facing women and girls, according to an alarming report by the national police chiefs' council. it outlines the scale of violence, calling the problem a national emergency. it says more than a million violent crimes against women and girls were recorded over the last year in england and wales, accounting for 20% of all crimes recorded by the police. that's a 37% increase from 2018 to 2023. some of that rise will be down to an increase in reporting and more awareness of these crimes. nobody in industry and in other sectors and across the public understand just the scale and impact of these crimes. so what we're putting out today is just the scale — one in 12 victims, one in 20

perpetrators, a significant growth in domestic abuse, in rape. and we're really pleased that women and girls are coming forward to report. but at the same time, we just need to set out from our policing judgment, just the scale of this epidemic. the mpcc says it's creating a centralised hub which will support forces by providing specialist knowledge and training. the government says it welcomes the hub and aims to halve violence against women and girls over the next decade. it's likely those affected by these crimes willjudge whether enough is being done to make sure others don't go through what they have. sima kotecha, bbc news. now the weather with carol. the

weather is _ now the weather with carol. tue weather is getting now the weather with carol. tte weather is getting better. still when to clear in the next couple of days. a pair bit of sunshine in the forecast, notjust this week but into next as well. this morning it's fairly grey. a wet start to the day across parts of england and wales. also some showers in the far north of scotland. the reigning england and wales also breaking up and pulling away. for most of us it will be dry with sunny spells. as temperatures rise you could just catch the odd shower across parts of wales, the midlands go into the south—east, east anglia, northern england and parts of scotland. they will be the exception rather than the rule. most of us will have a dry day. on the coast in the east and west there will be a fair bit of sunshine. there will be on shoflo and it will feel cooler than if you are inland. temperatures 15 to 24.

as we head through this evening and overnight clear skies initially and patchy mist and fog forming. by the end of the night and new weather front will start to show its hand in the west, introducing thicker cloud and drizzle. temperatures nine to 15. tomorrow we start off with a lot of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine. one or two daytime showers developing. the thicker cloud will come in from the west. some patches like rain and drizzle. temperatures 14 to 25. ., ~ _, as we've been reporting — the conservative party has laid out the timetable for finding its next leader. nominations open tomorrow and rishi sunak�*s replacement will be announced on the 2nd november. one of the names that's circulating in westminster is shadow home secretary, james cleverly who joins us now.

morning. james cleverly who joins us now. let's ask the obv question morning. let's ask the obvious question first of all, will you be the next leader of the conservative party? the next leader of the conservative pa ? , , , the next leader of the conservative pa ? , ,, the next leader of the conservative pa ? ,, , the next leader of the conservative pa ? , party? the process has only 'ust been announced. i party? the process has only 'ust been announced. people i party? the process has onlyjust been announced. people will. party? the process has onlyjust been announced. people will be | been announced. people will be having conversations with colleagues and a number of people will put themselves forward and we will have a competition in the summer and a new leader of the conservative party by november. but i have since becoming home secretary focused predominantly of course on holding the new labour government to account on my old portfolio, something that is incredibly important. that is what i will continue to do and we will see what happens once those nominations are open. that will see what happens once those nominations are open.— will see what happens once those nominations are open. that is not a now? it is — nominations are open. that is not a now? it is not _ nominations are open. that is not a now? it is not a _ nominations are open. that is not a now? it is not a no. _ nominations are open. that is not a now? it is not a no. i _ nominations are open. that is not a now? it is not a no. i many - nominations are open. that is not a now? it is not a no. i many here - nominations are open. that is not a now? it is not a no. i many here to | now? it is not a no. i many here to talk about — now? it is not a no. i many here to talk about the _ now? it is not a no. i many here to talk about the disastrous _ now? it is not a no. i many here to talk about the disastrous start - now? it is not a no. i many here to talk about the disastrous start the | talk about the disastrous start the labour government has had in the home affairs portfolio. i took my

job very seriously as home secretary and i take myjob holding the new home secretary in the new government to account just as seriously. home secretary in the new government to accountjust as seriously. we home secretary in the new government to accountjust as seriously.— to account 'ust as seriously. we are auoin to to accountjust as seriously. we are going to talk _ to accountjust as seriously. we are going to talk about _ to accountjust as seriously. we are going to talk about their _ to accountjust as seriously. we are going to talk about their new- going to talk about their new government in a moment. you have five days now to make up your mind. you have been in politics for a long time. you must surely know now what you are going to do. deep time. you must surely know now what you are going to do— you are going to do. deep thinking i and others will _ you are going to do. deep thinking i and others will have _ you are going to do. deep thinking i and others will have done _ you are going to do. deep thinking i and others will have done and - you are going to do. deep thinking i and others will have done and will. and others will have done and will do over the next couple of days about the leadership of the party is important. there is a timescale for that. i am not going to rush ahead of that timescale. today's work, for me, is the response to the king's speech debate i will be making later on today and the ongoing work of holding the labour government to account. the leadership stuff is important and starts tomorrow, today, the work is about holding

labour to account. ti today, the work is about holding labour to account.— today, the work is about holding labour to account. if not you, he would you _ labour to account. if not you, he would you support? _ labour to account. if not you, he would you support? that - labour to account. if not you, he would you support? that is - labour to account. if not you, he - would you support? that is tomorrow. i'm auoin would you support? that is tomorrow. i'm going to — would you support? that is tomorrow. i'm going to talk— would you support? that is tomorrow. i'm going to talk about _ would you support? that is tomorrow. i'm going to talk about the _ i'm going to talk about the catastrophic start by the labour party in the home affairs portfolio. the leadership is important that what is myjob at the moment is holding labour to account and that is incredibly important because they are dropping the ball and it is being messed because of course there are other events going on, the conservative leadership contest for example. they are making terrible mistakes and it is not being noticeable is that it should be noticed because it goes to the heart of security of the borders and ability to make the country safe. we are going to come on to the new government in a moment. how concerned are you for the future of your party? would you work with reform uk? t your party? would you work with reform uk?— reform uk? i have said what we should do _ reform uk? i have said what we

should do as — reform uk? i have said what we should do as a _ reform uk? i have said what we should do as a party _ reform uk? i have said what we should do as a party is - reform uk? i have said what we should do as a party is set - reform uk? i have said what we should do as a party is set out | reform uk? i have said what we i should do as a party is set out our values, our principles can make it very, very clear what we got wrong when we were in government but also we should not lose sight of the fact we should not lose sight of the fact we did achieve a lot whilst we were in government and we should make sure we are once again a broad appeal party so that people who had voted reform at the last election or lib dems or neighbour all stayed at home can once again feel confident in voting for the conservative party. how we do that, that will be the discussion we had through the leadership campaign. that is a parallel piece of work. our primary function as his majesty's royal opposition is to make sure this country is governed well. when we are in government it is ourjob to govern well. when we are in opposition it is to make sure we hold the government of the day to account so they do better than they

are doing. that is what today for me is about. , ,., , , are doing. that is what today for me is about. , , , . ~ is about. this sounds very much like a itch to is about. this sounds very much like a pitch to be — is about. this sounds very much like a pitch to be leader. _ is about. this sounds very much like a pitch to be leader. you _ is about. this sounds very much like a pitch to be leader. you are - is about. this sounds very much like a pitch to be leader. you are the - a pitch to be leader. you are the one asking _ a pitch to be leader. you are the one asking questions _ a pitch to be leader. you are the one asking questions about - a pitch to be leader. you are the one asking questions about the l one asking questions about the leadership i am desperately trying to talk about the failures of the labour party in government. if you had not asked me about the leadership i would have talked about how they have already admitted to de facto amnesty, something they said they would not do and the fact they have scrapped the deterrent element of the morgan—roller agreement. the fact they created a diplomatic incident by failing to inform the rwandan government neighbour scrapping it so they had to read about it in the british press. the fact they are trying to create a new border command even though one already exists under leading candidates one after another are refusing to put themselves forward for the leadership of that shadow organisation that doesn't have a

function because that function is already being discharged. these are the things i want to talk about. you are asking about the conservative leadership. are asking about the conservative leadershi -. , ., ~ are asking about the conservative leadershi. , ., ,, ., are asking about the conservative leadership-— are asking about the conservative leadershi. , . ~' . . leadership. lets talk about what you want to talk — leadership. lets talk about what you want to talk about. _ leadership. lets talk about what you want to talk about. he _ leadership. lets talk about what you want to talk about. he were - want to talk about. he were responsible for overseeing the rwanda scheme. the successor of home secretary had this criticism of cost. have a listen to this. it criticism of cost. have a listen to this- it has _ criticism of cost. have a listen to this. it has already _ criticism of cost. have a listen to this. it has already cost - criticism of cost. have a listen to this. it has already cost the - this. it has already cost the british— this. it has already cost the british taxpayer £700 million. in order— british taxpayer £700 million. in order to — british taxpayer £700 million. in order to stand just for volunteers. those _ order to stand just for volunteers. those costs — order to stand just for volunteers. those costs include £290 million payments to rwanda, chartering plates _ payments to rwanda, chartering plates that never took off, detaining people and releasing them and getting thousands of civil servants _ and getting thousands of civil servants to work on the scheme. a scheme _ servants to work on the scheme. a scheme to— servants to work on the scheme. a scheme to send four people. those numbers are _ scheme to send four people. those numbers are staggering, _ scheme to send four people. those numbers are staggering, aren't - scheme to send four people. ttr"e numbers are staggering, aren't they? they are completely made up. my

advice to yvette cooper, if you are going to make numbers up, do not pick nice round numbers because she has plucked them out in the air. you are sa inc has plucked them out in the air. you are saying those numbers are wrong. what she has to remember is until recently i was home secretary and i know exactly how much it has cost. she is including the salary up civil servants, who are always going to be on the payroll, she is including the cost of flight she has cancelled because she chose to scrap the scheme. the fact people are being released is because the scheme is being scrapped by her government. the fact is that the money that she has spoken about and the projected future cost she has spoken about our not because i recognise and i had complete oversight of the costs, both the historic past and ongoing

cost of that scheme a few weeks ago and they are not figures i am familiar with. the point is there is also a huge cost for inaction. when i was home secretary i was able to close accommodation, hotels, we closed well over 100. i have absolute certainty this new labour government will have to increase the number of asylum hotels. also, the cost of keeping people in this de facto amnesty because having scrapped rwanda as a safe third country partner, i asked at the dispatch box and so did others and she failed to answer, wherewith they send people whose asylum applications fail healer from afghanistan, syria or iran? has she started return to negotiations for example with the taliban or the in tehran? oral—assad in

example with the taliban or the in tehran? or al—assad in damascus? example with the taliban or the in tehran? oral—assad in damascus? it isjust tehran? oral—assad in damascus? it is just not credible. she is claiming a labour government would do less. they are scrapping things we put in place and claiming some how they would do more. small boat arrivals will increase and deaths in the channel will increase. the cost of asylum accommodation will increase because of the appalling decision—making made in the first few weeks and the diplomatic insult of not even bothering to inform the rwanda government of the scrapping is arrogant beyond belief. i have no doubt labour would not have done if the partnership had been whether country. the partnership had been whether count . ., ., , country. forgive me for interrupting ear. you country. forgive me for interrupting year- you said _ country. forgive me for interrupting year. you said till— country. forgive me for interrupting year. you said till recently - country. forgive me for interrupting year. you said till recently you - country. forgive me for interrupting year. you said till recently you had l year. you said till recently you had insider knowledge of all the figures unlike yesterday the home secretary got those figures are wrong. what are the right figures? how much did it cost per person?— it cost per person? there were u front it cost per person? there were

upfront costs _ it cost per person? there were upfront costs in _ it cost per person? there were upfront costs in the _ it cost per person? there were upfront costs in the public - it cost per person? there were - upfront costs in the public domain. the upfront costs are in the region of 270 million. upfront costs... per erson. of 270 million. upfront costs... per person- we — of 270 million. upfront costs... per person. we asked _ of 270 million. upfront costs... per person. we asked the _ of 270 million. upfront costs... per person. we asked the rwandan - of 270 million. upfront costs... per person. we asked the rwandan to| of 270 million. upfront costs... per- person. we asked the rwandan to make preparations. — person. we asked the rwandan to make preparations, having _ person. we asked the rwandan to make preparations, having buildings _ person. we asked the rwandan to make preparations, having buildings and - preparations, having buildings and recruiting judges. they responded and did what we asked as part of the treaty we signed. what is completely inappropriate is for the government to publicly scrap that agreement and not even have the courtesy of calling the rwandan government and notifying them directly. i asked the home secretary how long after the public announcement did the government actually get round to calling the rwandan government and informing them they were tearing up

this bilateral treaty? she did not answer. it is a discourtesy, and gross discourtesy to a sovereign state, a commonwealth partner. it would never have happened late had it been a european country. we can all see this labour government has an appalling attitude towards rwanda and the rwandan government and i find that disgusting. the summer holidays are now starting in england — but while children celebrate — lots of mums and dads are already be thinking about the new term in september — and how they are going to pay for a new school uniform. the government set out plans in the king's speech to limit the number of branded uniform items — in an effort to bring down costs. for many schools, it could mean scrapping branded pe kits. our education reporter

vanessa clarke has more. the first lesson of the day for the pupils here at ninestiles will certainly wake them up. it's dodgeball. students here need four branded items as part of their uniform — a blazer, a tie and the branded pe kit. morning. i think that would be a step that we'd have to think very carefully about. we'd obviously want to review the guidance and the policy and make sure that anything we did would be in line with that. but i do think what you'd be likely to see is families going out and buying branded items from some of the big sportswear manufacturers, and that that might actually create less unity amongst our community. one of the key things with uniform is that it brings that equality and fairness for everybody, and makes sure that nobody�*s stigmatised or stands out from not having the latest item or the most branded kind of sportswear. two years ago, schools were given new guidance, which said the number of branded items on their school uniform list needs to be kept to a minimum.

so that's anything with a logo or that needs to be bought in a specific shop. they were also asked to provide second hand uniforms, either within the school like this or from another provider. but the government now plans to introduce an exact cap on how many branded items schools can require. welcome news to some. what we find in our poll is that two thirds of secondary school parents still think they're paying too much for uniform, and half of primary school parents believe that they're paying too much for uniform. and despite the changes in the law, parents are still being required to pay for three, four orfive branded items. and we think that needs to change. at this second hand charity in huddersfield, 7,000 bags of uniforms are expected to be handed out this year to localfamilies. we need to fill these gaps where there's no shorts and there's no pe t—shirts. but there are fewer pe kits on the shelves because many schools have already changed their policies. if they took it even tighter, we would see less donations come in, so we wouldn't have as much to give to those families struggling.

instead, kate would like to see tighter rules on changing uniforms. we've seen schools change their logos three times in five years. that's frustrating for the parents. for the parents, and for us, because we're ragging hundreds of items of quality uniform that really has a lot of life left in it. yeah, socks branded — name on back of shirt. you know, you couldn't even you couldn't even pass it down because it had a name on that. in halifax, mum of two helen rutherford agrees with the idea of a uniform but says it can add up. it has to be from a certain shop and it does cost money and, you know, it's hard, but i suppose the kids are all the same, so nobody�*s, you know, making fun out of people for not having a decentjumper on or whatever else. so this one's a plain one. this probably we will, um, we'll put a badge

on this before it goes, we can embroider it here as well. but the industry feels the rules have gone far enough. i think a lot of schools were already doing the right thing. i think schools in general are very responsible in terms of their uniform policy. um, but changes have been made, and we can see that the number of — the number of compulsory school branded items has gone down about 7% since 2022, which is quite significant reduction. if you get tagged, what do you do? the government has not made a decision yet on what the new limit will be, but it's something both schools and parents will be keeping a close eye on. vanessa clarke, bbc news, birmingham. we can speak now to sadie coventry, who's the director of merry go round — a community venture that sells pre loved school clothes. i don't know how loved those school uniforms whether i will take your word for it. how busy are things for you now? it

word for it. how busy are things for ou now? , , , , , word for it. how busy are things for ounow? ,, ,, ,., you now? it is stepping up now we have one you now? it is stepping up now we have gone into _ you now? it is stepping up now we have gone into the _ you now? it is stepping up now we have gone into the school - you now? it is stepping up now we l have gone into the school holidays. parents are thinking about the new school term. we will have hundreds of customers coming in to our store because we did this free of charge. lots of standard items. a grey skirt and shorts and trousers and white polo shirts. and then we do get donated by branded items. probably from about 15 local schools, which we obviously used to help people struggling to afford school uniform. we are expecting it to be busy for the next six weeks. hour we are expecting it to be busy for the next six weeks.— the next six weeks. how much ressure the next six weeks. how much pressure is — the next six weeks. how much pressure is that _ the next six weeks. how much pressure is that on _ the next six weeks. how much pressure is that on parents? i the next six weeks. how much| pressure is that on parents? in almost every case, their children just have to have these things. you

kind cannot get out of it. thea;r just have to have these things. you kind cannot get out of it.— kind cannot get out of it. they do. m child's kind cannot get out of it. they do. my child's school _ kind cannot get out of it. they do. my child's school have _ kind cannot get out of it. they do. my child's school have ditched - my child's school have ditched blazes with logos. they have now gone back to playing polo shirts. they have lost that high. it is now just a sweatshirt with a logo. everybody within the entire school will have started. the pe kit has changed as well not that long ago. the pe kit alone was costing when you had to by the school uniform. the pe kit alone would cost £53 if you go for a bare minimum of a short sleeved polo top and the socks, plain shorts and a long—sleeved

training top. there are many more items, rugby boots or footwear. the pe kit actually is going to be more expensive buying school uniform. thank you for explaining that. have a not to busy few weeks. we would love to hear your stories at home on this issue. it affects so many. how many branded items do you have to buy for your child? would add three item limit make a difference? are even supported uniforms? maybe you think you should get rid of them altogether. should students wear their own clothes? that would be worse. get in touch, the methods on the screen. give us your name and tell us when you are getting in touch from. time now to get the news, travel and weather where

you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm tolu adeoye. the criminaljustice system is failing victims of stalking — that's according to a new report by london's victims' commissioner. the first ever london stalking review has found two thirds of stalking offences are being carried out by repeat offenders. the review calls for legislation to be strengthened and simplified to better protect victims. the government has said it's "drastically improving the police and criminaljustice response while ensuring sustained support for victims." a man's been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 32—year—old woman was stabbed to death in walthamstow. she died at the scene at an address in lynmouth road in the early hours of yesterday morning and detectives say she knew the man who's been arrested. a new charity initiative is being launched to donate surplus essential goods to 40,000 families in need across london.

the capital's first so—called multibank will provide essentials like toiletries, baby products and cleaning supplies. it's being led by the felix project, with support from amazon, former prime minister gordon brown, and the mayor of london. the average rent in london has hit a new record of £2,661 per month according to the property website rightmove. the website says despite overall rental supply slowly improving from last year, the number of available properties is still below pre—pandemic levels. the paris olympics begins this week, with the opening ceremony on friday. one of our medal hopefuls isjoe choong from orpington. joe heads to france as the defending olympic champion in the modern pentathlon. athletes take part in four events, combining five sports: riding, fencing, swimming, running, and shooting. the last two years since tokyo i've been world champion and number one in the world. i've had a tough season with a few injuries this time, but i'm coming good at the right

time and i'm going out there to defend my olympic title. let's take a look at the tubes now. there's a good service — just a part suspension for planned work on the overground. now onto the weather with kawser. hello there, good morning. well, it's a mild, muggy start to the day with a lot of cloud around and some outbreaks of showers. now these showers will continue on and off throughout the day, but by the afternoon it should become drier and brighter gradually. but for the time being, a lot of cloud, some of these showers may be heavy in places. we have a cooler north to north westerly airflow, but despite this, by the afternoon temperatures quite widely, reaching the low to mid 20s. there will be more in the way of sunny spells developing quite widely this evening. still a few showers, but overnight tonight it will become drier with some clearer skies, but also the odd patch of mist and fog — but temperatures holding up at around 14 to 16 celsius, so still quite mild conditions in store. looking ahead and wednesday tomorrow should be largely dry, just a few showers. but for thursday we have this frontal system arriving in from the west and this will bring some outbreaks of rain so becoming

more unsettled for a time. but at least for tomorrow a lot of sunshine in store, just a few showers around, especially further towards the east and it will still be warm. a bit cooler on thursday, becoming drier and brighter on friday. i'll be back with another update in half an hour. hello this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. the government says it wants to 'make work pay�* — incentivising those who are unemployed to rejoin the labour market, by removing job insecurity and low pay. work and pensions secretary liz kendall will set out later her plan to improve employment opportunities across the country. shejoins us now. good morning to you. so many people watching right now will be affected

by benefits, by tensions. so many questions for you in your newjob, can we start with the two child benefit cat where parents cannot claim universal credit or child tax credits if they have more than two children. you have said you would like to get rid of it, and obviously you can't afford to do that right now but can you give parents a timetable, timescale about when you hope to get rid of it tackling child poverty is a priority for the government and a personal priority for me and the education secretary, bridget phillipson. t am for me and the education secretary, bridget phillipson.— bridget phillipson. i am very proud ofthe bridget phillipson. i am very proud of the track — bridget phillipson. i am very proud of the track record _ bridget phillipson. i am very proud of the track record of _ bridget phillipson. i am very proud of the track record of the _ bridget phillipson. i am very proud of the track record of the last - of the track record of the last labour government which lifted half a million children out of poverty. i think the contrast with the conservatives, where we saw 700,000 more children in poverty, that couldn't be greater. that is a really big challenge. we cannot solve it overnight but we have taken

immediate action. within my first week we called in child poverty experts and campaigners on the prime minister launched a really bold new cross government ministerial task force and a new child poverty unit within the cabinet office. the work is under way, we are determined to take action because child poverty blights families now and risks their future life chances. it is not good enough for them and it is not good enough for them and it is not good enough for the country. by, enough for them and it is not good enough for the country. a timescale? we will be setting _ enough for the country. a timescale? we will be setting out _ enough for the country. a timescale? we will be setting out more - enough for the country. a timescale? we will be setting out more details i we will be setting out more details about the task force and that will be in the coming weeks. we will be talking to people across the country, including the families and children who have been affected. there are so many huge challenges that we have inherited from the tories. notjust child poverty but theissues tories. notjust child poverty but the issues i'm raising today about the issues i'm raising today about the record numbers of people locked out of work due to poor health, the

fact that one in eight of our young people are not in education, employment or training. people are trapped in low—paid, insecure work. 70% of children growing up in poverty are in a household where somebody works. we need to help people notjust to get into work but get on in work. we are saying today we have a bold ambition to get an 80% employment rate in this country. and evidence suggests that if we looked at that now that would mean 2 million more people in work, creating over £20 billion in terms of growth for the country and £8 billion that we could put into the public services. my department is the h are department of the government's growth mission and that is what we are going to focus on. == is what we are going to focus on. -- h r. can is what we are going to focus on. —— h r. can we get some clarity on the two child benefit cap, the conservatives introduced it... that

we voted against. _ conservatives introduced it... that we voted against. puts _ conservatives introduced it... that we voted against. puts a _ conservatives introduced it. .. that we voted against. puts a well- conservatives introduced it... that we voted against. puts a well says j we voted against. puts a well says ou we voted against. puts a well says you should — we voted against. puts a well says you should get _ we voted against. puts a well says you should get rid _ we voted against. puts a well says you should get rid of _ we voted against. puts a well says you should get rid of it _ we voted against. puts a well says you should get rid of it and - we voted against. puts a well says you should get rid of it and nigel. you should get rid of it and nigel farage from reform uk says you should get rid of it, the lib dems say... let mejust should get rid of it, the lib dems say... let me just go through... all talk at once nigel farage says get rid of it, the lib dems say get rid of it, the snp say get rid of it, some of your own mps are prepared to put forward an amendment to say get rid of it. you are choosing not to get rid of it, this is a political choice. if you wanted to prioritise it and get rid of the two child benefit cap, you could write now? tl is of the two child benefit cap, you could write now?— could write now? it is a political choice to prioritise _ could write now? it is a political choice to prioritise driving - could write now? it is a political choice to prioritise driving down child poverty and driving up opportunity. look, idon't child poverty and driving up opportunity. look, i don't need anyone telling me about the impact that child poverty has, i have a third of children in my city in leicester growing up poor. i have

chaired feeding lester the programme to end hunger in my city. but i have also seen people dying waiting for nhs treatment and the council budget cut by a third. the appalling state of housing, millions of people written off who want to work and who could work, but have been denied support and then blamed for their position they are in. we face a dire inheritance from this government. we cannot change overnight but we have rolled up our sleeves and taken action to drive down child poverty in our country. we are absolutely determined to make a huge difference here. it is notjust an issue for children and families now, it harms the future chances of their aspirations and the country as a whole. we will act and we will always, always show that if we make always, always show that if we make a commitment, how we will spend for it. that is the focus of this government.— it. that is the focus of this government. it. that is the focus of this rovernment. ., ., ., ., government. you have got a huge buduet in

government. you have got a huge budget in your — government. you have got a huge budget in your department, - government. you have got a huge budget in your department, the i budget in your department, the social security spending is over £300 billion for the year ahead. i notice it is due to be 1.5 billion lower than was expected in the autumn statement last year. i wonder, does that 1.5 billion give you some money that would allow you to do what you said you wanted on the two child benefit cap, could you put that towards making it happen now? , ., , put that towards making it happen now? , .,, . . put that towards making it happen now? , . ., ., now? just to be clear for the viewers. _ now? just to be clear for the viewers, around _ now? just to be clear for the viewers, around half- now? just to be clear for the viewers, around half of - now? just to be clear for the viewers, around half of that| now? just to be clear for the l viewers, around half of that is now? just to be clear for the - viewers, around half of that is on pensions and that is absolutely right. because pensioners deserve security and dignity in retirement after they have worked hard and contributed and saved all their lives. i want to make sure we get more people into work and on in their work. this huge problem of 2.8 million people, a record number trapped out of work due to long—term sickness. there is clear evidence that most of those actually come if they got the right help and support,

skills, childcare and other health actually want to have a job at some point now or in the future. whereas the conservatives wrote people off, denied them the support they need and then blamed them for the position they are in. this government will act, we want to overhaul thejob centres government will act, we want to overhaul the job centres to make sure they help people get work and get on in work. we will deliver a new youth guarantee to make sure every young person is earning or learning. we have one in eight young people who are not earning or learning at the moment and that is not good enough. we want to push down power to local mayors and local areas with new wealth and skills linked to the grey. the man or woman in white hole can never know what is best in —— whitehall. i think that

is the key to changing the aspirations and hopes of people across the country but also driving growth which is the only way we are going to get the men she put back into people's pockets and transform the public services. you into people's pockets and transform the public services.— the public services. you mentioned the public services. you mentioned the woman — the public services. you mentioned the woman in _ the public services. you mentioned the woman in whitehall, _ the public services. you mentioned the woman in whitehall, can - the public services. you mentioned the woman in whitehall, can we . the public services. you mentioned l the woman in whitehall, can we talk about the so—called waspi women. they want a simple compensation system and you have said you want to help them, will you? this system and you have said you want to help them, will you?— help them, will you? this is another roblem help them, will you? this is another problem that _ help them, will you? this is another problem that the _ help them, will you? this is another problem that the conservatives - help them, will you? this is another| problem that the conservatives have shamefully ran away from. this issue has been going on for years. it is a serious... report has been produced by the ombudsman. it requires serious consideration and we are going through all of the details of that at the moment. we will continue to engage with the waspi women and campaigners, that is something the

ministerfor pensions campaigners, that is something the minister for pensions will be working on. but we are determined to deal with these problems and not run away from them and leave us to deal with the mess the conservatives have left and we will take action and set out our plans as soon as possible. overpaid carers and other issues viewers have talked about. you listin: all viewers have talked about. you listing all the _ viewers have talked about. gm, listing all the problems they have left us with. listing all the problems they have left us with-— listing all the problems they have left us with. , ., ., ., , left us with. they have got the 'ob, ou are in left us with. they have got the 'ob, you are in government, * left us with. they have got the 'ob, you are in government, fort left us with. they have got the job, you are in government, for how - left us with. they have got the job, | you are in government, for how long can you keep blaming the conservatives and say, we will get there in time?— there in time? after 14 years of this government, _ there in time? after 14 years of this government, the _ there in time? after 14 years of this government, the last - this government, the last government, it will take time for us to turn this around. carers, i have long argued that carers are the unsung heroes and heroines of this country. they give their all to look after the person that they love and i have asked officials to provide urgent information about what has

happened and what went wrong so we can put it right to make sure this never happens again. i know that carers are pushed to breaking point. we need to resolve this problem and they have demanded action from the department and we will be coming forward with more information soon. two weeks after the election, two weeks in yourjob i am sensing you are really frustrated? t am are really frustrated? i am impatient. _ are really frustrated? i am impatient, that _ are really frustrated? i am impatient, that is - are really frustrated? i am impatient, that is for - are really frustrated? i am| impatient, that is for sure. are really frustrated? i am i impatient, that is for sure. i are really frustrated? i am - impatient, that is for sure. i am frustrated that having had the privilege of being in government the tories have left this country in such a mess. they pushed all the problems onto us, they have run away but we will take action. we are determined to make serious plans so we can show people that if we make a promise, we will deliver it. we want to drive up the opportunity, help people work, get on in their work, drive down poverty. there is a big

job, but i know we can make a difference. we job, but i know we can make a difference-— job, but i know we can make a difference. ~ ,, .,~ ., ., difference. we will speak again, thank ou difference. we will speak again, thank you for— difference. we will speak again, thank you for now. _ difference. we will speak again, thank you for now. i _ difference. we will speak again, thank you for now. i am - difference. we will speak again, thank you for now. i am sure . difference. we will speak again, j thank you for now. i am sure we will. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. she has been mentioning sunshine. yes, some of us are starting on a sunny note. the other thing worth mentioning is high levels of pollen across northern england and southern scotland. still talking grass and nettle for most of us. today we have the dregs of yesterday's front draped across parts of england and wales, meaning a cloudy start the day with some rain but that will tend to ease, as indeed will the showers we have across north—east scotland. some of this has been heavy this morning but it will continue to push eastwards and break up. the cloud we currently have will also tend to break up and there will be sunny spells developing as we go

through day. but there strong winds are easing the breezy coming from another direction down the north sea coastline and that will take the edge off the temperatures but looking at blue skies across the east coast and west coast today, with temperatures 15 to 24 degrees. if that will tempt you to the beach, these are the sea temperatures at these are the sea temperatures at the moment. roughly 16 to 18 degrees, compare that to the mediterranean where west to east it is roughly 21 to the high 20s. heading into the evening and overnight there will be clear skies around, mistand overnight there will be clear skies around, mist and fog patches forming. overthe around, mist and fog patches forming. over the front late in the night coming in from the west is going to introduce thicker cloud and some drizzle. temperatures nine to about 15 degrees in light winds. tomorrow, we start with dry weather around, a fair bit of sunshine and have a different out towards the west will introduce the thick cloud with patchy light rain. the winds

will change direction so it will feel warmer along the east coast compared to today. these are the temperatures, 14 to 25 degrees north to south. heading into thursday then, the weather front eventually does make it towards the east. some of the rain on it across parts of southern england and wales could prove to be heavy. we have another weather front coming from the west introducing splashes of rain across northern ireland and western scotland. in between it will be dry and bright with sunny spells at times. but as the daytime heating occurs, that could spark some showers. temperatures 15 to 21, 20 three degrees depending where you are. so warming up along the north sea coastline. on friday we have the dregs of the weather front to clear, which it will do. high pressure starts to building and things start to settle down, particularly so after saturday. on saturday itself

there will be a few showers around, especially the north and west but as we head into sunday and beyond that into the early part of next week, high pressure looks like it will establish itself which means that we'll see more settled conditions, more sunshine and potentially a little bit warmer as well. but remember, as temperatures rise that can spark a few showers but by no means is it going to be a wash—out. hurray! thank you. barbie has been everything from an astronaut to a president, and most recently a blockbuster movie star played by actor margot robbie. but her latest role might be her most important yet. the toy maker mattel has created the first ever blind barbie, as it continues to increase diversity across its doll range. the broadcaster and disability activist lucy edwards was invited to be the first blind person

in the uk to meet the new barbie. oh, my gosh, barbie, have you got a little cane? oh, my gosh, i absolutely love your cane barbie. that's so cool that it like slots into your hand like that. oh, my gosh, look at your rah rah skirt, girl. i love it and i love all the different textures, all the different layers that are so gorgeous to feel. oh, my gosh, barbie, you've got glasses! they are so cool! can you take them off? yes you can, look! so cute! this makes me so emotional. i so wish that i would have had this when i was a little girl. lucyjoins us now, alongside guide dog miss molly, and debbie millerfrom the royal national institute

of blind people. good morning all of you. wejust good morning all of you. we just saw that gorgeous clip of you there and really quite an emotional moment for you? really quite an emotional moment for ou? ., , really quite an emotional moment for ou? . , ., ., ., really quite an emotional moment for ou? ., ., ., ., you? really emotional, i can't believe i am _ you? really emotional, i can't believe i am the _ you? really emotional, i can't believe i am the ambassador. you? really emotional, i can't. believe i am the ambassador for blind barbie, it is a pinch me moment. it is so gorgeous we have this representation. i know when i lost my eyesight nearly 12 years ago now, it would have been to have a little blind barbie to play with and i think growing up with visual impairment i didn't see myself represented. i think this is a massive landmark moments. b5 represented. i think this is a massive landmark moments. as well as ou, we massive landmark moments. as well as you. we have — massive landmark moments. as well as you, we have barbie _ massive landmark moments. as well as you, we have barbie herself— massive landmark moments. as well as you, we have barbie herself on - massive landmark moments. as well as you, we have barbie herself on the - you, we have barbie herself on the coffee table this morning. when you got the call telling you about this new edition of the doll, what did you think? t new edition of the doll, what did ou think? ., �* new edition of the doll, what did you think?— you think? i don't think i could possibly- -- _ you think? i don't think i could possibly- -- l — you think? i don't think i could possibly... i didn't _ you think? i don't think i could possibly... i didn't believe - you think? i don't think i could possibly... i didn't believe it. i possibly... i didn't believe it. when aged to google the word

blindness, nothing came up and are suddenly in 2024, the most popular doll in the world now has a long white cane and they can be cool. i am so excited. when i was at school, i didn't want to use my long, white cane and they to do a lot of pro bono work and go into schools now and i say they are cool, mine is glittery. it is about owning it and if barbie can own it, i can own it, you know?— if barbie can own it, i can own it, ou know? , , , ., ., ., you know? debbie, we are hearing how im ortant it you know? debbie, we are hearing how important it is — you know? debbie, we are hearing how important it is that _ you know? debbie, we are hearing how important it is that things _ you know? debbie, we are hearing how important it is that things like - important it is that things like this, toys, things that kids play with are really inclusive and things children can recognise themselves in? , . , , children can recognise themselves in? , , , . in? yes, absolutely. it so it is. we are know there _ in? yes, absolutely. it so it is. we are know there are _ in? yes, absolutely. it so it is. we are know there are over— in? yes, absolutely. it so it is. we are know there are over 25,000 i are know there are over 25,000 children— are know there are over 25,000 children in— are know there are over 25,000 children in the uk with a visual impairment. to have a toy that represents them is so important, especially— represents them is so important, especially barbie. when i was growing — especially barbie. when i was growing up, you gave your barbie

apart— growing up, you gave your barbie apart and — growing up, you gave your barbie apart and you want to be part of that, _ apart and you want to be part of that, and— apart and you want to be part of that, and enjoy. and i think it is great _ that, and enjoy. and i think it is great for— that, and enjoy. and i think it is great for visual impaired children and cited — great for visual impaired children and cited children to play together with their— and cited children to play together with their visually impaired friends and also _ with their visually impaired friends and also for parents, adults and carers _ and also for parents, adults and carers who— and also for parents, adults and carers who can engage and play with children— carers who can engage and play with children representative with partially sighted people, it is brilliant. , , , , ., ., brilliant. debbie, did you have barbie when _ brilliant. debbie, did you have barbie when you _ brilliant. debbie, did you have barbie when you were - brilliant. debbie, did you have barbie when you were little? i brilliant. debbie, did you have - barbie when you were little? yes, i had lots, barbie when you were little? yes, i had lots. we _ barbie when you were little? yes, i had lots, we still _ barbie when you were little? yes, i had lots, we still have _ barbie when you were little? yes, i had lots, we still have them - barbie when you were little? yes, i had lots, we still have them in - barbie when you were little? yes, i had lots, we still have them in the| had lots, we still have them in the house _ had lots, we still have them in the house as _ had lots, we still have them in the house as well.— house as well. what would it have meant to a _ house as well. what would it have meant to a young _ house as well. what would it have meant to a young debbie - house as well. what would it have meant to a young debbie to - house as well. what would it have meant to a young debbie to have | house as well. what would it have i meant to a young debbie to have one like this? 50 meant to a young debbie to have one like this? . ,, _ like this? so much, like lucy i experienced — like this? so much, like lucy i experienced deteriorating - like this? so much, like lucy i i experienced deteriorating vision like this? so much, like lucy i - experienced deteriorating vision as a teenager and experienced deteriorating vision as a teenagerand i experienced deteriorating vision as a teenager and i didn't see any more people _ a teenager and i didn't see any more people like _ a teenager and i didn't see any more people like me. a lot of my experience was hospital—based. being able to— experience was hospital—based. being able to have a role model and talk to other— able to have a role model and talk to other people about barbie and dolls that can have sight loss and vision _ dolls that can have sight loss and vision impairments, it is so

important _ vision impairments, it is so important and it would have meant a hu-e important and it would have meant a huge amount to me.— huge amount to me. lucy, i know there is a — huge amount to me. lucy, i know there is a serious _ huge amount to me. lucy, i know there is a serious eye, _ huge amount to me. lucy, i know there is a serious eye, but - huge amount to me. lucy, i know there is a serious eye, but it's - huge amount to me. lucy, i knowj there is a serious eye, but it's fun as well because barbie has a great outfit, which isjust as important, whether she has a white stick or not and the texture of it means you can feel what it is like. it is buying into the dream in a way, isn't it? t into the dream in a way, isn't it? i think so. when i lost my vision i remember thinking, think so. when i lost my vision i rememberthinking, oh, my gosh, i cannot look at myself in the mirror any more. but redefining the way i saw my sense of self and feeling different textures, that is what i value now. and barbie's outfit is so easy to change, this colour contrast, herarms easy to change, this colour contrast, her arms move, which is really cool, so she can swipe their white cane and it is detachable. having this is representative. my right eye does fear a little bit and i think that is typical. her glasses, i rememberwearing

glasses, i remember wearing sunglasses glasses, i rememberwearing sunglasses and thinking, it is not cool sunglasses and thinking, it is not cool. but barbie has them now, so it just becomes cool. just cool. but barbie has them now, so it just becomes cool.— just becomes cool. just looking at the doll itself, _ just becomes cool. just looking at the doll itself, the _ just becomes cool. just looking at the doll itself, the fact _ just becomes cool. just looking at the doll itself, the fact it - just becomes cool. just looking at the doll itself, the fact it has - the doll itself, the fact it has been made specifically with tactile materials, which will make it more fun for kids who cannot see her, but they will be able to feel every bit of her? ,, , ,., ., of her? super important, the textures and _ of her? super important, the textures and tactile - of her? super important, the textures and tactile feedbackj of her? super important, the - textures and tactile feedback and having the interaction with her. her little ra ra skirt has different textures. it is the main thing that stood out to me when i first felt her, i thought, stood out to me when i first felt her, ithought, she stood out to me when i first felt her, i thought, she dresses like i would like to dress as a blind person. and her individuality is coming out there and it is easy to change her clothes. as visually impaired individuals it is hard to see things. when i was losing my

vision i found it harder to play with toys because you know, i did nowhere my vision was going to be from one moment to the next. you don't need to see barbie to play with her and that is what is so amazing about this moment. she would be veryiealous — amazing about this moment. she would be veryiealous of _ amazing about this moment. she would be very jealous of your _ amazing about this moment. she would be very jealous of your white _ amazing about this moment. she would be veryjealous of your white cane. - be veryjealous of your white cane. it is very glittery. if you turn it, you can catch the light and it is fantastic. why does that matter to you? fantastic. why does that matter to ou? ~ ., ., , , fantastic. why does that matter to ou? . . ., , , . you? when i am doing red carpets and stuff, m you? when i am doing red carpets and stuff. my stylist _ you? when i am doing red carpets and stuff, my stylist saying _ you? when i am doing red carpets and stuff, my stylist saying you _ you? when i am doing red carpets and stuff, my stylist saying you have - you? when i am doing red carpets and stuff, my stylist saying you have to - stuff, my stylist saying you have to match... ~ ., ., match... when i am doing red carets! carpets! laughter. and barbie, iam laughter. and barbie, i am telling laughter. and barbie, iam telling her she needs to glam up her white cane and some accessories. this is the start and this is what is so amazing. miss molly looks — and this is what is so amazing. miss molly looks completely underwhelmed by the whole experience. she is so

gorgeous. debbie, barbie has come a long way, from those days when the dollars may be criticised for presenting an unrealistic idea of what a girl or woman should look like, things have changed a lot, haven't they?— like, things have changed a lot, haven't they? they really have. i think she represents _ haven't they? they really have. i think she represents inclusivity i haven't they? they really have. i | think she represents inclusivity in so many— think she represents inclusivity in so many different ways now. and it is a really _ so many different ways now. and it is a really inspiring role model. there _ is a really inspiring role model. there is— is a really inspiring role model. there is a — is a really inspiring role model. there is a huge range of barbies that represent different disabilities, blind barbie is brilliant and she looks fab. the first time — brilliant and she looks fab. the first time i_ brilliant and she looks fab. the first time i saw her, i thought she looked _ first time i saw her, i thought she looked so — first time i saw her, i thought she looked so normal, it is great. so looked so normal, it is great. exciting. you looked so normal, it is great. ’sr exciting. you have looked so normal, it is great. 5r exciting. you have got a teenage daughter? t exciting. you have got a teenage dau:hter? ., ., exciting. you have got a teenage dau:hter? . ., ., exciting. you have got a teenage dau hter? . . . . daughter? i have a teenage daughter, a seven-year-old _ daughter? i have a teenage daughter, a seven-year-old daughter _ daughter? i have a teenage daughter, a seven-year-old daughter and - daughter? i have a teenage daughter, a seven-year-old daughter and son i daughter? i have a teenage daughter, j a seven-year-old daughter and son as a seven—year—old daughter and son as well, _ a seven—year—old daughter and son as well, so _ a seven—year—old daughter and son as well, so we _ a seven—year—old daughter and son as well, so we have barbies in our life _ well, so we have barbies in our life. ~ ., , ~' well, so we have barbies in our life. ~ ., , ~ ., well, so we have barbies in our life. . . , ~ ., , life. what will they think of this barbie? they — life. what will they think of this barbie? they will— life. what will they think of this barbie? they will love - life. what will they think of this barbie? they will love her, - life. what will they think of this barbie? they will love her, andj life. what will they think of this i barbie? they will love her, and it is ureat barbie? they will love her, and it is great for _ barbie? they will love her, and it is great for children _ barbie? they will love her, and it is great for children who - barbie? they will love her, and it is great for children who have - is great for children who have parents — is great for children who have parents or— is great for children who have

parents or carers with a visual impairment that use adaptions like white _ impairment that use adaptions like white canes and it will support their— white canes and it will support their extremes as well, so they will love her~ _ their extremes as well, so they will love her. . , their extremes as well, so they will love her. , , ,, ., their extremes as well, so they will loveher. , ,,, ., ~,, love her. lucy, debbie and miss moll , love her. lucy, debbie and miss molly. thank— love her. lucy, debbie and miss molly, thank you _ love her. lucy, debbie and miss molly, thank you all. _ love her. lucy, debbie and miss molly, thank you all. and - love her. lucy, debbie and miss molly, thank you all. and i'm i molly, thank you all. and i'm forgetting barbie. iam molly, thank you all. and i'm forgetting barbie. i am distracted by the dog. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. loved hello, good morning from bbc loved london. i'm tolu adeoye. the criminaljustice system is failing victims of stalking — that's according to a new report by london's victims' commissioner. the first ever london stalking review has found two thirds of stalking offences are being carried out by repeat offenders. the review calls for legislation to be strengthened and simplified to better protect victims. the goverment has said it's "drastically improving the police and criminaljustice response while ensuring sustained support for victims." the average rent in london has hit a new record of £2,661 per month,

according to the property website rightmove. the website says despite overall rental supply slowly improving from last year, the number of available properties is still below pre—pandemic levels. the paris olympics begins this week, with the opening ceremony on friday. one of our medal hopefuls isjoe choong from orpington. he heads to france as the defending olympic champion in the modern pentathlon. the last two years since tokyo i've been world champion and number one in the world. i've had a tough season with a few injuries this time, but i'm coming good at the right time and i'm going out there to defend my olympic title. let's take a look at the tubes now. there's a good service. just a part suspension for planned work on the overground. now on to the weather. cloudy with a few scattered showers. these will be heavy locally but are expected to clear in the evening. highs of 24 celsius. i'll be back with another update in half an hour.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. our headlines today... kamala harris launches her bid to be us president and insists she will beat donald trump. we have doors to knock on, we have people to talk to, we have phone calls to make and we have an election to win. cheering. 3,000 violent crimes against women and girls every day — police say it's a national emergency. strictly under the spotlight. we'll chat to former contestant will bayley about his experience on the show. what happened to the homeowners trapped in expensive mortgages after the 2008 crash pushed them out of good deals? today, some of the so—called "mortgage prisoners" get their day in court.

we hearfrom them. graeme souness will tell us about his new challenge — raising money for those like 16—year—old isla, living with the chronic skin condition eb. morning. a cloudy start for many of us this morning _ morning. a cloudy start for many of us this morning with _ morning. a cloudy start for many of us this morning with wayne - morning. a cloudy start for many of us this morning with wayne across l us this morning with wayne across parts of england and wales. most of us will end up with a sunny day and a few scattered showers. all of the details shortly. it's tuesday the 23nd ofjuly. kamala harris, has launched her campaign for us president, promising to lead the democrats to victory against donald trump in november. she launched her bid last night — just a day afterjoe biden dropped out of the race — and has attracted the support of enough democrats to become the party's nominee for president. here's our north america correspondent david willis. 24 hours into her new role

and kamala harris was already on the verge of becoming the first black and asian woman to win the presidential nomination of a major party. herfirst event as presidential candidate was at campaign headquarters. from the former california prosecutor, a taste of how she intends to set about attacking donald trump. preditors who abuse women, fraudsters ripped off consumers, cheaters, who broke the rules for their own gain. so hear me when i say, i know donald trump's type. we have doors to knock on, people to talk to, phone calls to make and we have an election to win. cheering. she was joined remotely by the man whose departure from the race thrust her into the spotlight. i know you are still

on the call, joe. we have been talking every day. we lovejoe and jill, we really do. they truly are like family to us. it's mutual. i knew you would still be here, you're not going anywhere, joe. i am watching you, kid, i love you. i love you, joe. cheering. within hours, it was reported kamala harris had secured the support of sufficient party delegates to ensure her nomination ahead of the democratic convention set to get under way on the 19th of august. other candidates could in theory still emerge, triggering a contest over the presidential candidate but that now seems increasingly unlikely. assuming she is the party's candidate, she will face donald trump on 2nd november.

the daughter of a jamaican father an indian mother she moved to america in search of a better life. prominent party figures including bill clinton and nancy pelosi are among those supporting her bid for the party's presidential nomination. having relied on ridiculing joe biden over his age, her candidacy is prompting a reset for the donald trump campaign. his new running mate has settled on accusing her of covering up concerns about the health of the president. this is not ok, ladies and gentlemen. you cannot for three and a half years take a guy who clearly didn't have the mental capacity to do thejob. kamala harris lied about it, my senate democrat colleagues lied about it. the media lied about it. every single person knewjoe biden was incapable of doing the job and for three years they said nothing until he became

political dead weight. that is not a way to run a country, that is not a way to run a political party, that is an insult to voters. kamala harris is not yet the candidate for her party but events are moving at breakneck speed. the prospect of her nomination has energised the democrats' campaign and they are hoping it will bring more of their supporters to the polls. david willis, bbc news, washington. sally has more of this morning's news. at least two million women and girls are victims of violence every year, according to police chiefs. they say that 3,000 of these crimes are recorded every day, but the figures don't show the true scale of the issue — as many victims are too frightened to come forward. our senior uk correspondent sima kotecha reports. stalking, child sexual abuse, domestic violence, sexual violence — some of the key threats facing women and girls, according to an alarming report by the national police chiefs' council. it outlines the scale of violence,

calling the problem a national emergency. it says more than a million violent crimes against women and girls were recorded over the last year in england and wales, accounting for 20% of all crimes recorded by the police. that's a 37% increase from 2018 to 2023. some of that rise will be down to an increase in reporting and more awareness of these crimes. nobody in industry and in other sectors and across the public understand just the scale and impact of these crimes. so what we're putting out today is just the scale — one in 12 victims, one in 20 perpetrators, a significant growth in domestic abuse, in rape. and we're really pleased that women and girls are coming forward to report. but at the same time, we just need to set out from our policing judgment, just the scale of this epidemic. the mpcc says it's creating a centralised hub which will support forces by providing specialist

knowledge and training. the government says it welcomes the hub and aims to halve violence against women and girls over the next decade. it's likely those affected by these crimes willjudge whether enough is being done to make sure others don't go through what they have. sima kotecha, bbc news. the conservative party has set out a timetable for the leadership contest to replace rishi sunak. candidates have a week to get their nominations in, but the winner won't be confirmed until early november. conservative members will vote on the final two candidates following the party's conference in september. rishi sunak will remain as acting leader throughout the process. the government is to hold its first formal talks with junior doctors in england later — in a bid to resolve the long—running dispute over pay. it follows a meeting between the health secretary, wes streeting, and the british medical association last week. our health correspondent nick triggle joins us now.

is there confidence a deal can be struck? i would say cautious optimism that a deal could be reached. wes streeting the health secretary says it is time for a reset of these talks. negotiators from the government and the british medical association are meeting in london this morning, they will bejoined by meeting in london this morning, they will be joined by the meeting in london this morning, they will bejoined by the health secretary this afternoon. they are working to a tight deadline. the bma says it wants a deal to be put forward by mid—august. it is clear there is still a lot of work to be done. the bma once at 35 year increase to make up for what it says our 15 years of below inflation pay rises. the health secretary has seemed more sympathetic to pay restoration, calling it a journey

and not an event. restoration, calling it a 'ourney and not an eventh a woman in her thirties has died after being attacked by a pet dog in coventry. paramedics found her in critical condition at a propertyjust after midday, and she died a short time later. the breed of the dog is yet to be confirmed — but police say it's not believed to be a banned breed. specialist teams searching a farm in hertfordshire, where muriel mckay was murdered, have failed to find her body. mrs mckay was kidnapped and held hostage by two brothers in 1969, after being mistaken for the then—wife of newspaper tycoon rupert murdoch. scotland yard said the case is now inactive following the failed third attempt to find her remains. a boy who was shot dead in a park in west london has been named as 15—year—old rene graham. emergency services were called to ladbroke grove on sunday evening, where a caribbean music event was taking place. four men have been arrested on suspicion of murder. police have identified two children who died in a crash in west yorkshire on sunday as nine—year—old rubie

morgan—roller and four—year—old lillie morgan—roller. their parents and two other people also died. our reporter oli constable is at the scene. oli, what more do we know? the row behind me has been closed for almost two days following the crash on sunday afternoon. the police described the crash as truly horrendous. it claimed the lives of six people when there was a collision between a car and motorbike on da 60 a 61 between barnsley and wakefield. in the car was a family. a man and woman with two young girls, four and nine years old. yesterday the head teachers of the primary school said the girls were an asset to the school and a

much loved part of the community. bad debts have caused shock for people living here. you can see some of the flowers. —— bear gaps have caused shock. a man and a woman who were on the motorbike were also killed in that crash. they are yet to be identified to the public by police. a fundraising campaign has been setup to raise money for the family of shannon and shane. the target was set of £3000. this morning it will almost hit £200,000 with donations coming in across the country. police say they are in the early stages of the investigation. people closest to the families are desperate for answers as to how their loved ones died. fiuch desperate for answers as to how their loved ones died.— desperate for answers as to how their loved ones died. such a sad sto .

here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. this morning to starting off cloudy but the cloud will break through the day and sunny spells will develop with isolated showers. tomorrow will be similar and on thursday some of us will see when. this morning we have a fair bit of a cloud around. when will ease. the showers across the north of scotland will also ease. you can see how more sunny spells developed. as temperatures rise there will be more isolated showers. the cloud slows to break across parts of the south—east compared with the rest of the country. the west coast and east coast are favoured for a lot of sunshine. what you will find it inland will be much warmer than it will be on the coast. if you are

tempted to go to any of the posts to these are the sea temperatures, 14 to 18. average at the moment in the north sea and the english channel. in the mediterranean, west to east, the average for the time of year is roughly the low 20s to the high 20s. back to our shores, through this evening and overnight, what you will find is the showers will ease and there will be clear skies with mist and fog patches forming. in the west pick a cloud arrives with drizzle. it will not be cold, overnight lows nine to 15 degrees. we stopped off with a lot of dry weather tomorrow, a fair bit of sunshine. showers developing across parts of south to scotland and north—east england. eventually the weather front will make more inroads into the west with thicker cloud and patchy light rain. some people we are going to hear

from now will be pleased with the water temperatures. from now will be pleased with the watertemperatures. for from now will be pleased with the water temperatures. for good reason. last summer, former footballer graeme souness, took part in a gruelling swim across the english channel to raise money for people who live with a rare skin condition called epidermolysis bullosa. graeme was inspired by 16—year—old isla, who has lived with eb since birth — and he's now set himself an even bigger challenge for this september, asjohn maguire has been finding out. a lifetime of competitive sport means never giving up. despite surgery on an injured shoulder following last year's cross—channel charity swim for the first time in seven months, graeme souness is getting back in the water. i'm a wee bit apprehensive, but i'll be fine. as i said earlier, i'm hoping that, you know, by swimming it's actually going to free up even a wee bit more. their plan for this summer is for the relay team

to swim to france and back. no mean feat, especially following his injury. nice and steady with the shoulder. yeah, seriously. yeah. any twinges or anything just ease back and we'll just paddle back in, 0k? right. the first swim raised more than £1.5 million for debra, a charity that helps people with the rare genetic disorder epidermolysis bullosa, eb. a devastating condition that causes constant chronic pain and severe blistering of skin, both internally and externally. back on shore, it's clear the enforced months of rest have taken their toll. not great. it was, um... i felt as if i was slapping with this arm, i couldn't get up. but let's see where i am in the next couple of days, hopefully that's freed up a wee bit even more. any pain? a wee bit, but that's to be expected. part of the team once again is andy ghrist, whose daughter isla has eb

and who is such an inspiration to them. it's fantastic, notjust for me, but for isla too, she gets a lot from this. so get ready for this, uh, new challenge and it's going to be much tougher. missed it though, really missed it but looking forward to raising some more awareness for eb and hopefully a bit more funds to, uh, to progress what we're doing and finish the fight against eb. and just when he thought it was safe to get back in the water, once they've tackled the channel both ways, they'll then cycle from dover to london. once again, the trepidation is outweighed by determination. as a kid, i was either playing football or on a bike. ok. so that's the least of my worries, biking. i've asked myself more than once, "what are you thinking?" but... what's the answer? well, i had a long time to train for the first one, it was the best part of nine months. but this one, we're squeezing it into three months because of the injury i've had. and that...

but listen, what's the saying, "when the going gets tough, the tough get going?" i think so. i shouldn't dispel that. this is where they lay their eggs. it's two months on and graeme has come to see isla at her home near inverness with an update on the challenge. it's not good news. so how is your shoulder? you know i had an operation injanuary, so it's better, but it's not up to the swimming that the guys are going to do again in september. i had a scan last week and it's shown that it's not completely healed, so ijust can't risk it. yeah. i never want it to be - there for your whole life. well, i'm kidding myself on, i think i'm still 21. and, um, i did try and get back in the water, but i felt it too much. yeah, you're going on the boat? oh, yeah, i'm going to go on the boat and i'll be dishing out lots of, um... encouragement? i wouldn't use the word encouragement, no. i'll be giving them stick

at every opportunity. and it's easy, it'll be easy for me because i won't be in the water. as important as the money raised is the increased awareness of eb. they've all made an enormous difference. recent months have been tough for isla, frequent, arduous trips to london for surgery, and three times a week her bandages are changed. it's extremely painful and can take up to five hours each time. we only have about 20 minutes now, i think we should go in. the sun's not yourfriend, is it? no, it's not really- a friend to anyone with eb. because i've got, like, _ four layers of bandages on my legs, two on my arms and one on my upper body. - it's a lot of layers that i can'tjust take off. i so the sun, you get very, - very hot when it's very sunny. so, like, i have a portable air conditioner in the house - for the really hot days, - and i have multiple fansjust to keep me comfy when it's hot.

mm, let's get you in. let's get you in. the epic challenges are a huge boost for isla. she's now 16 and an ambassadorfor debra. for them, and another charity cure eb, the awareness graeme and isla are leading is priceless. jon maguire, bbc news, inverness. we're joined now by graeme and isla. you go again, another challenge. tell us all about it. this you go again, another challenge. tell us all about it.— tell us all about it. this time we are, can tell us all about it. this time we are. can i _ tell us all about it. this time we are. can i say — tell us all about it. this time we are, can i say we... _ tell us all about it. this time we are, can i say we... we - tell us all about it. this time we are, can i say we... we are - tell us all about it. this time we - are, can i say we... we are swimming from doverto are, can i say we... we are swimming from dover to calais. calais to dover. , from dover to calais. calais to doven- and _ from dover to calais. calais to dover.- and cycling - from dover to calais. calais to dover. yes. and cycling from...

parliament _ dover. yes. and cycling from... parliament square. _ dover. yes. and cycling from... parliament square. but - dover. yes. and cycling from... - parliament square. but unfortunately as was said in — parliament square. but unfortunately as was said in the _ parliament square. but unfortunately as was said in the film _ parliament square. but unfortunately as was said in the film that _ parliament square. but unfortunately as was said in the film that you - as was said in the film that you can't swim, can you?— as was said in the film that you can't swim, can you? due to in'ury. that is not _ can't swim, can you? due to in'ury. that is not like i can't swim, can you? due to in'ury. that is not like you. i can't swim, can you? due to in'ury. that is not like you. as i can't swim, can you? due to in'ury. that is not like you. as i i can't swim, can you? due to in'ury. that is not like you. as i am i can't swim, can you? due to in'ury. that is not like you. as i am 1h can't swim, can you? due to injury. that is not like you. as i am i was i that is not like you. as i am i was rarely injured. after my shoulder was playing up, that wasjune, i left it tilljanuary thinking it was a decent amount of time to recover. i tried it again and it was not right. i went for another scan and thought i could push through it. was five months after i the operation. but doesn't let you off the hook. —— i had the operation. t but doesn't let you off the hook. -- i had the operation.— i had the operation. i am 'ust going to do the cycling. h i had the operation. i am 'ust going to do the cycling. i _ i had the operation. i am just going to do the cycling. i should - i had the operation. i am just going to do the cycling. i should be - i had the operation. i am just going to do the cycling. i should be ok. i |

to do the cycling. i should be ok. i should be ok. to do the cycling. i should be ok. i should be 0k-_ to do the cycling. i should be ok. i should be ok. what do you think of the fact i know _ should be ok. what do you think of the fact i know he _ should be ok. what do you think of the fact i know he is _ should be ok. what do you think of the fact i know he is injured - should be ok. what do you think of the fact i know he is injured but - should be ok. what do you think of the fact i know he is injured but he | the fact i know he is injured but he is still determined to push through the injury and do the cycling. tt is the injury and do the cycling. it is amazinu. the injury and do the cycling. it is amazing- the _ the injury and do the cycling. it is amazing. the determination that graham — amazing. the determination that graham has got to help the cause, today— graham has got to help the cause, today and — graham has got to help the cause, today and tomorrow... isla graham has got to help the cause, today and tomorrow. . ._ today and tomorrow... isla is the ca tain today and tomorrow... isla is the captain of — today and tomorrow... isla is the captain of the — today and tomorrow... isla is the captain of the team. _ today and tomorrow... isla is the captain of the team. we - today and tomorrow... isla is the captain of the team. we have - today and tomorrow... isla is the i captain of the team. we have made today and tomorrow... isla is the - captain of the team. we have made so many people aware of this disastrous disease, what it does for the children and the families who have to live with it. she has been a true trooper, she has led from the front and put yourself out there. she has not shied away from any challenge. this is our inspiration. she is exceptional. she is a warrior. itruihat

exceptional. she is a warrior. what is that like to — exceptional. she is a warrior. what is that like to hear? _ exceptional. she is a warrior. what is that like to hear? you _ exceptional. she is a warrior. what is that like to hear? you are - is that like to hear? you are inspiring guys like graeme. tt is is that like to hear? you are inspiring guys like graeme. it is a little bit surreal, _ inspiring guys like graeme. it is a little bit surreal, graeme - inspiring guys like graeme. it is a little bit surreal, graeme has - little bit surreal, graeme has become _ little bit surreal, graeme has become a _ little bit surreal, graeme has become a good friend. he will all try your— become a good friend. he will all try your best on this challenge. i will try your best on this challenge. will try my try your best on this challenge. i will try my best. after two try your best on this challenge. t will try my best. after two glasses, three glasses of wine i am up for anything. iam not three glasses of wine i am up for anything. i am not a good swimmer, i am a poor swimmer. this group i am involved with an ex military, they are hard—core. earlier on, they said to me you are the wrong shape for swimming. to me you are the wrong shape for swimminu. ., to me you are the wrong shape for swimming-— to me you are the wrong shape for swimmin.. ., ., ., , ., , swimming. you are the wrong shape fulsome in- — swimming. you are the wrong shape fulsome in. that _ swimming. you are the wrong shape fulsome in. that night _ swimming. you are the wrong shape fulsome in. that night was _ swimming. you are the wrong shape | fulsome in. that night was described as a diesel engine while they were

ferraris. it is like back in the liverpool dressing room where it was hard school. we do it for this young lady. as i have said already, if you saw what she goes through on a daily, hourly, by minute basis, for us and showing the cold water and a few hours on a bike, it has nothing to what this lady goes through on a daily basis. we know how tough things are, graeme has talked about it. tell us what life is like and what you have to do to keep yourself healthy and well.— healthy and well. every morning i have to get _ healthy and well. every morning i have to get dressed _ healthy and well. every morning i have to get dressed and - healthy and well. every morning i have to get dressed and checked | healthy and well. every morning i i have to get dressed and checked my bandages _ have to get dressed and checked my bandages are still in place, they are still— bandages are still in place, they are still there. bandages are still in place, they are stillthere. it bandages are still in place, they

are still there. it takes about 20 minutes— are still there. it takes about 20 minutes every morning. three times a week and _ minutes every morning. three times a week and i_ minutes every morning. three times a week and i had to change my bandages, every single one and that takes _ bandages, every single one and that takes about five hours. even though i takes about five hours. even though i -o takes about five hours. even though i go into— takes about five hours. even though i go into london with graeme after this, _ i go into london with graeme after this, i_ i go into london with graeme after this, i had — i go into london with graeme after this, i had to go to my mum in the hotel _ this, i had to go to my mum in the hotel there — this, i had to go to my mum in the hotel. there is no rest. you cannot put it— hotel. there is no rest. you cannot put it to _ hotel. there is no rest. you cannot put it to the — hotel. there is no rest. you cannot put it to the side when you are busy — put it to the side when you are busy it— put it to the side when you are busy it is— put it to the side when you are busy. it is 24/7 every day. i have had sleepless nightsjust with busy. it is 24/7 every day. i have had sleepless nights just with the itch and _ had sleepless nights just with the itch and the pain. there are so many people _ itch and the pain. there are so many people in— itch and the pain. there are so many people in the — itch and the pain. there are so many people in the uk and the world who have this _ people in the uk and the world who have this and no one knows about van that no— have this and no one knows about van that no one _ have this and no one knows about van that no one knows about it.— that no one knows about it. graeme was saying. — that no one knows about it. graeme was saying. you _ that no one knows about it. graeme was saying, you have _ that no one knows about it. graeme was saying, you have taught - that no one knows about it. graeme was saying, you have taught all - that no one knows about it. graeme was saying, you have taught all of i was saying, you have taught all of us. we were not aware of the

condition before you started telling us. lots of other viewers feel the same. you have had people coming up to you. what do they say? thea;r same. you have had people coming up to you. what do they say?— to you. what do they say? they say, i have seen — to you. what do they say? they say, i have seen you _ to you. what do they say? they say, i have seen you on _ to you. what do they say? they say, i have seen you on tv, _ to you. what do they say? they say, i have seen you on tv, on _ to you. what do they say? they say, i have seen you on tv, on bbc- i have seen you on tv, on bbc breakfast. — i have seen you on tv, on bbc breakfast. someone in london stopped me. breakfast. someone in london stopped me it _ breakfast. someone in london stopped me it is _ breakfast. someone in london stopped me it is a _ breakfast. someone in london stopped me. it is a big city compared to what _ me. it is a big city compared to what i — me. it is a big city compared to what i am — me. it is a big city compared to what i am used to. it isjust like, wow _ what i am used to. it isjust like, wow, people are starting to notice! we have _ wow, people are starting to notice! we have raised awareness which is equally important. people have been sending £10, £15 to have gone without something that week to donate. a big thank you to all those people. we have a corporate donator actually in manchester. they have put a a lot of money into helping

us. hopefully people will stick with us. hopefully people will stick with us. this is not going away, her condition is not going away. we have to keep it going and haven't we? its, to keep it going and haven't we? a way that people can help is by donating at gift.as.challenge.24. we talked donating at gift.as.challenge.24. , talked about the money and the awareness. i was at a luncheon. children were being isolated and not welcomed into the group. one day, at school, one kid said is that the

disease that old boy and isla were talking about on television? that ha en to talking about on television? that happen to me — talking about on television? that happen to me at— talking about on television? that happen to me at secondary school when _ happen to me at secondary school when i _ happen to me at secondary school when i transferred from primary school — when i transferred from primary school. ., ., , ., school. you have put it out there. you have made _ school. you have put it out there. you have made so _ school. you have put it out there. you have made so many - school. you have put it out there. | you have made so many children's lives easier. you have made so many children's lives easier-— you have made so many children's lives easier.- no _ you have made so many children's lives easier. you. no kamate you. we think they have _ lives easier. you. no kamate you. we think they have done really well. —— no, you. we go unsure. i tell it goes, i have been waiting for you ages. —— isla goes, i have been waiting for you ages. you ages. -- isla goes, i have been waiting for you ages.— ages. -- isla goes, i have been waiting for you ages. you have to kee than waiting for you ages. you have to keep than on _ waiting for you ages. you have to keep than on their _ waiting for you ages. you have to keep than on their toes. - waiting for you ages. you have to keep than on their toes. i - waiting for you ages. you have to keep than on their toes. i love i waiting for you ages. you have to | keep than on their toes. i love the

way he calls you team captain because he was quite a good captain himself. the friendship between you both torc—macro t himself. the friendship between you both torc- macro— both torc-macro i am on the receiving _ both torc-macro i am on the receiving and. _ both torc-macro i am on the receiving and. i _ both torc-macro i am on the receiving and. iwill- both torc-macro i am on the receiving and. i will go - both torc-macro i am on the | receiving and. i will go home both torc-macro i am on the - receiving and. i will go home with my tail between my legs. —— the receiving end. she might look angelic lady but she is fiery, full on. she is one determined cookie. how is training going for you? t’d how is training going for you? i'd like how is training going for you? t�*c like to play golf. that is what i have to take into consideration. i want to play golf ever. i am going to back of golf and i have certainly backed off swimming until i am free of pain. i speak to people all the time, people volunteer information. it is a long old hall. maybe i was

too optimistic that after five months i could get back into the water and go for it. there are questions to be asked about our swimming coach. i have had my operation. our lady swimmer, a proper swimmer, operation. our lady swimmer, a properswimmer, both operation. our lady swimmer, a proper swimmer, both her shoulders are a problem so she has an operation pending. i think it is all to do with sean. he will be watching this. ., . . to do with sean. he will be watching this. ., ., ., , _ , ., this. you have a busy summer of trainini this. you have a busy summer of training ahead. _ this. you have a busy summer of training ahead. what _ this. you have a busy summer of training ahead. what has - this. you have a busy summer of training ahead. what has the - this. you have a busy summer of - training ahead. what has the summer got in store for you, isla? tlat training ahead. what has the summer got in store for you, isla?— got in store for you, isla? not too much. got in store for you, isla? not too much- avoid _ got in store for you, isla? not too much. avoid the _ got in store for you, isla? not too much. avoid the sun. _ got in store for you, isla? not too much. avoid the sun. if— got in store for you, isla? not too much. avoid the sun. if it - got in store for you, isla? not too much. avoid the sun. if it turns i much. avoid the sun. if it turns out. as much. avoid the sun. if it turns out- as up _ much. avoid the sun. if it turns out. as up and _ much. avoid the sun. if it turns out. as up and i _ much. avoid the sun. if it turns out. as up and i do _ much. avoid the sun. if it turns out. as up and i do not - much. avoid the sun. if it turns out. as up and i do not know i much. avoid the sun. if it turns out. as up and i do not know if| much. avoid the sun. if it turns. out. as up and i do not know if it will turn up. tt out. as up and i do not know if it will turn up— will turn up. it was lovely in your carden.

will turn up. it was lovely in your garden- we _ will turn up. it was lovely in your garden- we got _ will turn up. it was lovely in your garden. we got the _ will turn up. it was lovely in your garden. we got the one - will turn up. it was lovely in your garden. we got the one day. - will turn up. it was lovely in your i garden. we got the one day. thank ou for garden. we got the one day. thank you for supporting _ garden. we got the one day. thank you for supporting us. _ garden. we got the one day. thank you for supporting us. we - garden. we got the one day. thank you for supporting us. we are - garden. we got the one day. thank you for supporting us. we are in i garden. we got the one day. thank you for supporting us. we are in al you for supporting us. we are in a fight. it is never ending. we will win. , ., ., fight. it is never ending. we will win. . , . fight. it is never ending. we will win. ., , ., ., fight. it is never ending. we will win. good at being a captain and iuite win. good at being a captain and quite good _ win. good at being a captain and quite good at — win. good at being a captain and quite good at baking _ win. good at being a captain and quite good at baking as - win. good at being a captain and quite good at baking as well. - you will be fine. always good to see both of you. it is a pleasure to support you. bring on september. you need those words of encouragement and criticism. lovely to see you. thank you. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm tolu adeoye. the criminaljustice system is failing victims of stalking — that's according to a new report by london's victims' commissioner. the first ever london stalking review has found two thirds of stalking offences are being carried out by repeat offenders. the review calls for legislation to be strengthened and simplified

to better protect victims. the government has said it's "drastically improving the police and criminaljustice response while ensuring sustained support for victims." a man's been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 32—year—old woman was stabbed to death in walthamstow. she died at the scene at an address in lynmouth road in the early hours of yesterday morning and detectives say she knew the man who's been arrested. a new charity initiative is being launched to donate surplus essential goods to 40,000 families in need across london. the capital's first so—called multibank will provide essentials like toiletries, baby products and cleaning supplies. it's being led by the felix project, with support from amazon, former prime minister gordon brown, and the mayor of london. an article on the royal parks website reportedly calling the albert memorial 'offensive' has been taken down to be reviewed. according to the evening standard, the blog said the monument at kensington gardens contained 'racial sterotypes' that are considered offensive

by modern standards. ina in a statement they said... the paris olympics begins this week, with the opening ceremony on friday. one of our medal hopefuls isjoe choong from orpington. joe heads to france as the defending olympic champion in the modern pentathlon. athletes take part in four events, combining five sports, riding, fencing, swimming, running, and shooting. the last two years since tokyo i've been world champion and number one in the world. i've had a tough season with a few injuries this time, but i'm coming good at the right time and i'm going out there to defend my olympic title. let's take a look at the tubes now. minor delays district line — just a part suspension for planned work on the overground. now onto the weather with kawser. hello there, good morning. well, it's a mild, muggy start to the day with a lot of cloud around and some outbreaks of showers.

now these showers will continue on and off throughout the day, but by the afternoon it should become drier and brighter gradually. but for the time being, a lot of cloud, some of these showers may be heavy in places. we have a cooler north to north westerly airflow, but despite this, by the afternoon temperatures quite widely, reaching the low to mid 20s. there will be more in the way of sunny spells developing quite widely this evening. still a few showers, but overnight tonight it will become drier with some clearer skies, but also the odd patch of mist and fog — but temperatures holding up at around 14 to 16 celsius, so still quite mild conditions in store. looking ahead and wednesday tomorrow should be largely dry, just a few showers. but for thursday we have this frontal system arriving in from the west and this will bring some outbreaks of rain so becoming more unsettled for a time. but at least for tomorrow a lot of sunshine in store, just a few showers around, especially further towards the east and it will still be warm. a bit cooler on thursday, becoming drier and brighter on friday. i'll be back with another update at 9.15.

hello this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. the treatment of contestants on strictly come dancing remains in the spotlight, as celebrities speak out about their negative experience on the show. paralympian will bayley is among those to share his story. he took part in 2019, but was forced to withdraw from the competition following an injury during training. he has also expressed concerns about the programme's aftercare and accessibility for disabled contestents. willjoins us now. good morning. it is good to see you. thank you for choosing to talk to us this morning. people will remember you leaving injured, they will have seen reports in the newspapers over the last couple of days, how do you reflect on what happened to you?

thanks for having me on. i am at a training camp at the moment training for paris, so it is good to be on the show. overall, i have to be honest i think some of the reports are sensationalised and it is in the papers. first of all, ijust are sensationalised and it is in the papers. first of all, i just want to say my time with jeanette, everything about her, she was incredibly supportive, hard—working, incredibly supportive, ha rd—working, she incredibly supportive, hard—working, she had a will to win like me. we were an amazing team and we got on so well, we were ultra—professional, we wanted to win. i wanted to win and we went for the win. obviously there are things that could have gone better. like, my injury could have been avoided. i think may be professional dancers need extra training if they are dealing with

someone with a disability. my disability, some days i am better than i am on other days. lessons can be learned. but i am accused of being woke if i say something like that or controversial but that is not a difficult thing to ask. i think it should be a priority. if the bbc are brilliant enough to get some people in the disabilities, they have to make sure they are safe. it is not like i am bringing it up now, i have brought it up in writing as well and i have brought it many times because i think the other stories have come out that are getting listen to, but i have brought it up before.- getting listen to, but i have brought it up before. what would have made _ brought it up before. what would have made you — brought it up before. what would have made you more _ brought it up before. what would have made you more safe? - brought it up before. what would | have made you more safe? some professionals _ have made you more safe? some professionals in _ have made you more safe? some professionals in terms _ have made you more safe? some professionals in terms of - have made you more safe? some| professionals in terms of watching the training, someone taking me out of that position. to put everything

on the dance professional, who has not got a great understanding of disability, they shouldn't have, theirjob is hard enough as it is to get me through a routine. for someone to may be overlooking, every disability is different and it needs to be taken into consideration. it is very serious, if someone gets an injury like mine, it will affect them for the rest of their life. i will never get over this knee injury. if someone was looking over me, if my daughter was in that position, someone be looking over her and taking her out of that position and going, looking from a distance, you shouldn't be doing that. especially with your disability, you need to be really, really careful. it is quite a dangerous situation for you to be in. i think that is fair enough. i don't really know how that is controversial to say, but maybe i am deluded. i don't know, i think that

is fair enough. you deluded. i don't know, i think that is fair enough.— is fair enough. you have made it clear already _ is fair enough. you have made it clear already you _ is fair enough. you have made it clear already you don't - is fair enough. you have made it clear already you don't blame i clear already you don't blame jeanette, who was your professional dancing coach on strictly. are you still in touch withjeanette, are you still in contact? tt still in touch with jeanette, are you still in contact?— still in touch with jeanette, are you still in contact? it was such a hiih you still in contact? it was such a high emotional— you still in contact? it was such a high emotional experience, - you still in contact? it was such a high emotional experience, what | you still in contact? it was such a | high emotional experience, what i went through. we had a professional relationship and we got on so well. it is a bit like being in a football dressing room, you can spend years with someone and be their best friend and then you don't hear from them again, but i have heard from her a few times since and it was a hard time for both of us and emotionalfor both of hard time for both of us and emotional for both of us and we both wanted to move on at the time. because it was really stressful, i think for everyone involved. especially to have to deal with that, someone getting that kind of

injury and there was a lot of emotion around it. i totally get that as well. ibm;r emotion around it. i totally get that as well.— emotion around it. i totally get that as well. �* , . ., ., ., that as well. by imagining a lot of emotion and _ that as well. by imagining a lot of emotion and stress _ that as well. by imagining a lot of emotion and stress after- that as well. by imagining a lot of emotion and stress after it - that as well. by imagining a lot of emotion and stress after it has i that as well. by imagining a lot of. emotion and stress after it has been in the newspapers over the past couple of days, what kind of response have you had from those headlines? just response have you had from those headlines? , ., response have you had from those headlines? , . , . ., , headlines? just what i expect, to be honest. headlines? just what i expect, to be honest- you — headlines? just what i expect, to be honest. you know, _ headlines? just what i expect, to be honest. you know, i— headlines? just what i expect, to be honest. you know, i have _ headlines? just what i expect, to be honest. you know, i have been - headlines? just what i expect, to be honest. you know, i have been up i headlines? just what i expect, to be i honest. you know, i have been up and down, you get some people writing... i am not going to get anything from this, ijust wanted to make a positive impact. i really wanted to be positive and i don't see it as a negative. if people listen and try to take it on board what i'm saying, it is more to get something positive out of it rather than to complain. some people think i am justjumping on a bandwagon and that is absolutely not the case. i have written letters and i have said things before i buy things that can be improved. it is only because this stuff coming out now that my voice is actually getting listen to. i

think what i'm saying is, it is fair enough and if it does help one person from getting a severe injury like mine, that is definitely amazing. because i went through a really tough time mentally for about a year afterwards, i could hardly walk and it was so hard to come back from that injury. so if i can help one person from getting an injury like that then that is absolutely amazing, it is brilliant. tie like that then that is absolutely amazing, it is brilliant.- amazing, it is brilliant. he said ou have amazing, it is brilliant. he said you have spoken _ amazing, it is brilliant. he said you have spoken about - amazing, it is brilliant. he said you have spoken about what i amazing, it is brilliant. he said - you have spoken about what happened to you, written about what happened to you, written about what happened to you, written about what happened to you, what response have you had? i got a response, had the injury in 2019 and i wrote to the bbc. i got someone to help me write to the bbc about the problems i had and basically the things i felt could have been improved and stuff and i wasn't a bit of the depression when i read it back. i it really

depressing, it was like, we have done everything we can do and we support you. it felt like it was kind of, i was making a mountain out of a mole hill, but it's how i fell. it was what it was, i'm glad i have moved on with that and i tried to get back fit and get on with my life, really. idon't get back fit and get on with my life, really. i don't know if any changes are getting may, i am just a table tennis player and i don't know if this would have been... i don't even think this would have been on the news. ijust hope some adaptions will be made because of my story. t will be made because of my story. i wonder if people at home might be shocked to hear you talk about your experience? because when we watch strictly on a satellite receiver glitter, the smiles and it is all very happy family viewing. you talk

about a lot of people don't appreciate how very, very competitive has become. were you surprised by that yourself? tt is surprised by that yourself? it is extremely _ surprised by that yourself? te 3 extremely competitive and when you have someone like me and some are likejeanette have someone like me and some are like jeanette together it will have someone like me and some are likejeanette together it will be really competitive because we are both winners. i was not very good at dancing but i said, we have got to win this, find a way to win and do the best we can. i think coming from a paralympic background you don't have any idea of the scrutiny on you. and the critics and everyone has an opinion about you and i was so surprised about how much scrutiny is on everyone on the show. you go

into training and people are taking photos of you going into training and people trying to take photos of you coming out and trying to get photos of you having arguments with your partner and trying to create drama. i did find that, ifound that the difficult side of strictly. but there are really happy and amazing moments. i loved every second are performing the dances withjeanette and there was a couple of dances we did and i was thinking, i cannot believe i have been given this opportunity as a tennis table —— table tennis player in front of all these people. if the safeguarding and things were put in place better, i would definitely relish that opportunity again, orany i would definitely relish that opportunity again, or any disabled person, i would encourage them to do that because it is inspirational. i

didn't have many disabled people to look up to when i was growing up, to have those people, it is important in the media and given opportunities. the paralympics is coming up and as much coverage of that that is possible, it needs to be in the mainstream media and it needs to be shown and people with disabilities need to be shown. it is getting to the point where you get called woke for saying it. it is important to have that inspiration. that is just my opinion. brute important to have that inspiration. that isjust my opinion.— that isjust my opinion. we are so excited about _ that isjust my opinion. we are so excited about watching _ that isjust my opinion. we are so excited about watching you - that isjust my opinion. we are so excited about watching you in - that isjust my opinion. we are so excited about watching you in the | excited about watching you in the paralympics and that is why you are in slovenia, getting ready to head to paris. you described yourself as just a table tennis player, you are notjust just a table tennis player, you are not just a table just a table tennis player, you are notjust a table tennis player, you are awesome, how are you feeling looking ahead to the competition in paris? t looking ahead to the competition in paris? ., looking ahead to the competition in paris? . ,., ., ., ., paris? i am feeling so good. i have iiven paris? i am feeling so good. i have given everything — paris? i am feeling so good. i have given everything to _ paris? i am feeling so good. i have given everything to this _ paris? i am feeling so good. i have given everything to this game. - paris? i am feeling so good. i have i given everything to this game. since

my injury, again, 2019 and 2020 i was recovering in didn't play for two years. then i played in tokyo and won the silver medal in tokyo. since then i have won the championship is the year after. the year after that i won the european. i have never been so dedicated to the sport as i am now and i feel ready to go and compete for my country and make everyone proud. that is all i have ever wanted to do and this is what i am built for. i have been through a lot in my life and everyone knows my childhood and what i went through in my childhood and it has all come down to this. i am ready to make everyone proud in paris and please put it all over the bbc if i win gold. you paris and please put it all over the bbc if i win gold.— bbc if i win gold. you have said that old bbc if i win gold. you have said that gold word, _ bbc if i win gold. you have said that gold word, that _ bbc if i win gold. you have said that gold word, that was - bbc if i win gold. you have said that gold word, that was my . bbc if i win gold. you have said i that gold word, that was my next question. that gold word, that was my next iuestion. . . that gold word, that was my next iuestion. , , , ., , , that gold word, that was my next iuestion. , , , , ., ., question. this is probably one of the last chances _ question. this is probably one of the last chances at _ question. this is probably one of the last chances at being - question. this is probably one of the last chances at being at - question. this is probably one of the last chances at being at the l question. this is probably one of. the last chances at being at the top of my game. i feel good, the last chances at being at the top of my game. ifeel good, i have lost... ifeel in

of my game. ifeel good, i have lost... i feel in the best shape of my life and i feel 100% lost... i feel in the best shape of my life and ifeel100% ready lost... i feel in the best shape of my life and i feel 100% ready to bring out the best ever performance. let's see what happens. thank you everyone who has supported me and please get behind the paralympians. it is coming up soon and i am really proud to represent my country. brute proud to represent my country. we wish you well, thank you for talking to us. that is the sort of glittering prize we want you to bring home, a nice medal. that will do. now after a decade long campaign forjustice and compensation, the first of thousands of so—called 'mortgage prisoners' will take their case to the high court today. nina can explain the background. imagine having your mortgage in place, a financial crash happens you have had nothing to do with and you

are still playing the lee mack are paying for that 16 years later through no fault of your own. good morning. what are "mortgage prisoners. well they are homeowners, who took out a mortgage before 2008 at a time when lending rules were more relaxed. when the financial crash happened, rules were tightened and if they didn't pass the new, strict affordability tests, they were forced to take pricey mortgage deals on variable or interest only rates. and this was at a time when other home owners were enjoying interest rates close to 0% — something they weren't being offered. it's thought more than 200,000 people have been trapped in these circumstances. when proceedings begin at the high court today it will be former northern rock customers — it's likely you recognise that name. when the bank collapsed, their mortgages were transferred to tsb and its whistle tree arm. rebecca from leeds is among them. she's a self—employed hair dresser and is paying more than £2,000

a month on her variable rate mortgage — double what she was paying two years ago after being told she couldn't afford to switch to a cheaper deal. she says today is about more than compensation. iam asking i am asking for financial redress, i want to be put in the position i should have been in all those years ago. at the moment i have over paid around £124,000. i would like that money back. and then we can talk about compensation for the years of not being able to take my children on holiday, working until nine o'clock of an evening to make sure every month i have enough to pay what is going to be out that month. because it can change and it can change by anything 50, 80, £100 a month. the stress has been so bad that rebecca says her only option now is to sell the house. and her solicitors say she's not alone. these people are bearing the financial— these people are bearing the financial crisis for the rest of us. the government was able to sell

these _ the government was able to sell these mortgages for quite a high price _ these mortgages for quite a high price because the purchasers knew they could — price because the purchasers knew they could charge these new customers high rates and they couldn't— customers high rates and they couldn�*t get away. everybody�*s mortgage has a term in it that allows— mortgage has a term in it that allows the mortgage owner to sell it to another— allows the mortgage owner to sell it to another company. if the purchaser of a mortgage is free to charge what it likes, _ of a mortgage is free to charge what it likes, then it could happen to anybody — it likes, then it could happen to an bod . ~ ., , it likes, then it could happen to anbod. tsb told us "whistletree customers are not mortgage prisoners. more than two—thirds of those affected have either ended their mortgage or moved to a new one". and the fca, the watchdog for lenders, agrees tsb hasn't broken any rules. today marks the beginning of a long legal battle and it is due to conclude in the autumn and it would be difficult to ascertain who, if anyone was to blame for this and how much compensation mortgage holders are entitled to. thank you. if you're wondering where all the bumblebees

have gone this summer, you're not alone — the wettest spring on record has left the number of nests and colonies in decline. many of our plants and crops rely on bees for pollination, so protecting their numbers is vital forfood production. scientists at the university of oxford are now studying bee—behaviour to work how best to protect them. our reporter brennan nicholls has more. the bumblebee, vital to ourfood chain but numbers and even species in the uk are in decline. bumblebees are one of the essential insects for pollination, so about 70%, or at least 70 crops in the uk rely on bumblebees. all bumblebees are extremely important for pollination, so that's a lot of things that we eat and if we didn't have them there'd be a lot fewer foods for us to eat. that's why scientists from oxford's bee lab are studying them. anything that we can learn about their bio gene behaviour

is important to helping conserve the species. so knowing how they are making their foraging decisions is the one additional piece of what is quite a complex story. in this latest research, bumblebees were offered two choices... ..horizontal artificial flowers with nectar and vertical ones. and which one they chose depended on how much nectar they got back from the energy needed to collect it. if there was a really big difference in rewards then the bees would forage on the much more rewarding vertical flowers. if there was only a small difference then they would switch to foraging on the horizontal flowers. and what we found was that bumblebees were foraging in a way which suggests they are trying to maximise the rate at which they get energy back to the colony. studies like this are unlocking the learning of how to help our pollinators and protect them from the client.

pollinators and protect them from decline. and that, in turn, helps protect ourfood chain, too. if you know more about how these are likely to be deciding between different flowers, why they are visiting the flowers they do visit, you can hopefully optimise the crops that you grow to make them more attractive for bees, which would hopefully be better for the bees, but also improve the pollination of your crop and better pollination typically leads to better yield. that was brennan nicholls reporting. we're joined now by bee expert damson tregaskis. you have your bee hotels. explain the difference between a bumblebee, that we saw there and honeybees? they are both social species of bee but honeybees live in massive colonies. we are talking 50 to 80,000 individual bees where as a bumblebee colony usually maxes out at about 400 bess but can be less

than that. also honeybees are the only bee to overwinter as a colony so that means the whole colony, the queen and all of their workers last through the winter. where as bumblebees and most wasps and a lot of other insects, it is only the queen to hibernate overwinter. so the clean hibernate and in the spring she sets up a new colony, finds someone new to live and does the whole process from scratch on her own. d0 the whole process from scratch on herown. , , , ,, the whole process from scratch on herown. , ,, ,, ,.,. her own. do bumblebees still produce hone in her own. do bumblebees still produce honey in quantities? _ her own. do bumblebees still produce honey in quantities? not _ her own. do bumblebees still produce honey in quantities? not really, - her own. do bumblebees still produce honey in quantities? not really, no. i honey in quantities? not really, no. honeybees — honey in quantities? not really, no. honeybees do _ honey in quantities? not really, no. honeybees do that _ honey in quantities? not really, no. honeybees do that because - honey in quantities? not really, no. honeybees do that because they - honey in quantities? not really, no. i honeybees do that because they need their winter stores, they need enough food in the pantry, as it were, to feed the whole family. whereas with bumblebees, it is only the queen that hibernate is on her own, she burrows down, goes to sleep and shuts down for the winter, she doesn't need that much food. 50 and shuts down for the winter, she doesn't need that much food. so that is the basics — doesn't need that much food. so that is the basics covered, _ doesn't need that much food. so that is the basics covered, why _ doesn't need that much food. so that is the basics covered, why are - doesn't need that much food. so that is the basics covered, why are some l is the basics covered, why are some bees in decline?—

bees in decline? there is a whole m riad of bees in decline? there is a whole myriad of reasons. _ bees in decline? there is a whole myriad of reasons. when - bees in decline? there is a whole myriad of reasons. when we - bees in decline? there is a whole myriad of reasons. when we talk| myriad of reasons. when we talk about things like save the bee. we're not talking about honeybees. it is many honeybees are managed by humans and if there's not enough nectar or then humans will take steps to mitigate that. for bumblebees and solitary bees, if it is raining all summerand bumblebees and solitary bees, if it is raining all summer and they cannot get to the flowers to get their food, cannot get to the flowers to get theirfood, then cannot get to the flowers to get their food, then they will starve to death. if they don't have anywhere to live they are not going to thrive, so the main problem at the moment when we are talking about declining bees is the lack of forage, the lack of habitat, pesticide use, weather changes, all sorts of things that are causing issues. t sorts of things that are causing issues. . . sorts of things that are causing issues. , , . ., , ., sorts of things that are causing issues. , , .. , ., ., , issues. i guess we can plant flowers in a gardens — issues. i guess we can plant flowers in a gardens that _ issues. i guess we can plant flowers in a gardens that would _ issues. i guess we can plant flowers in a gardens that would encourage i in a gardens that would encourage them? what else can we do? t

in a gardens that would encourage them? what else can we do? i brought some props. — them? what else can we do? i brought some props. so — them? what else can we do? i brought some props, so this _ them? what else can we do? i brought some props, so this is _ them? what else can we do? i brought some props, so this is my _ them? what else can we do? i brought some props, so this is my bee - them? what else can we do? i brought some props, so this is my bee si - them? what else can we do? i brought some props, so this is my bee si bee i some props, so this is my bee & bee here. this is filled with paper straws, so this is an easy thing you can do at home, do with your kids and it is a good rainy day activity. you cut the paper straws, put their in. that's a bit of pva glue in the bottom and then stick that in your garden somewhere mostly sunny with a little bit of shade, ideally south facing. you will get bees moving into that. and then at the end of the year it is all recyclable. itruthat the year it is all recyclable. what is the block? _ the year it is all recyclable. what is the block? similar— the year it is all recyclable. what is the block? similar thing, - the year it is all recyclable. what is the block? similar thing, it - the year it is all recyclable. what is the block? similar thing, it is l the year it is all recyclable. what | is the block? similar thing, it is a bit more hard _ is the block? similar thing, it is a bit more hard wearing, _ is the block? similar thing, it is a | bit more hard wearing, obviously. is the block? similar thing, it is a - bit more hard wearing, obviously. so this is an old cut—off bit of block of wood and i have just drilled a bunch of holes in it. ideally you want them to be eight to ten millimetres, but you are placing it in the same place, warm, sheltered

and sunny. over here we have a makeshift bumblebee nests. if you want to attract bumblebees to your garden, this is how to do it. we have got a standard terracotta pot. you can use any, something nice and heavy so it keeps the weather. what you would do is make a bowl out of chicken wire or something. fill it with dry moss, straw or grass cuttings. you wanted to be dry but it can be virtually anything. and then you are going to place a bit of garden hose into the middle of that. you are going to bury this in the soil so that the lip is sort of covered and you are going to leave... if ijust place this here. you will leave the end of the hose exposed so they can crawl in. so it

cannot get wet inside? exactly in the pipe means it is protected from predators. tqm. the pipe means it is protected from redators. ,., the pipe means it is protected from redators. , ., predators. ok, so so brilliant ideas, predators. ok, so so brilliant ideas. so _ predators. ok, so so brilliant ideas, so people _ predators. ok, so so brilliant ideas, so people watching, i predators. ok, so so brilliant- ideas, so people watching, saying don't want bees my garden, they can go next door, especially if they have kids, worried about getting stung? t have kids, worried about getting stun ? ., have kids, worried about getting stun ? . ., , stung? iwill admit, it does hurt, i am a beekeeper— stung? iwill admit, it does hurt, i am a beekeeper and _ stung? iwill admit, it does hurt, i am a beekeeper and i _ stung? iwill admit, it does hurt, i am a beekeeper and i get - stung? iwill admit, it does hurt, i am a beekeeper and i get stung i stung? iwill admit, it does hurt, i am a beekeeper and i get stung a| am a beekeeper and i get stung a lot. it always hurts, i will admit that. but you do want them in your garden, you want all sorts of wildlife in your garden. you are not going to have flowers in your garden if you don't have bees and other pollinators in your garden. and some of them we think of as nicer than others, a lot of people don't like wasps but they do eat spiders and tests you might have on your garden, aphids. so you do want bees, and the thing i always tell people to remember is you are not a flower. they don't want anything from you. if you just stand still...

they don't want anything from you. if you just stand still. . .— if you 'ust stand still... lovely to meet if you just stand still... lovely to meet you. _ if you just stand still... lovely to meet you, these _ if you just stand still... lovely to meet you, these giant _ if you just stand still... lovely to meet you, these giant bees - if you just stand still... lovely to meet you, these giant bees are l meet you, these giant bees are freaking out behind. you do want bees. i am freaking out behind. you do want bees. iam not freaking out behind. you do want bees. i am not a flower! stay with us, you are watching bbc breakfast. live from london. this is bbc news. kamala harris says she's proud to have secured pledges from enough democratic delegates to become the party's nominee for president. we have doors to knock on, we have people to talk to,

we have phone calls to make, and we have an election to win. cheering. 3000 violent crimes against women and girls every day in england and wales — police say it's a national emergency. deadly air strikes hit southern gaza — as the israeli prime minister travels to washington for high—level meetings. and andy murray confirms he's retiring from tennis after competing at the paris olympics. we start in the us — where the us vice president, kamala harris, has said she's proud to have secured the broad support needed to become the democratic party's nominee for president. she was speaking after surveys found she'd won pledges from enough party delegates. earlier, ms harris made herfirst pitch for the presidency. speaking to supporters at her campaign headquarters in delaware — who until sunday had been working there to re—electjoe biden —

she promised more gun control and protection