afi-year-old laid flowers overnight. a17—year—old is in police custody. a cut to winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners— as chancellor rachel reeves says difficult decisions are needed. we'll be looking at the reaction and what might come next. it was medal monday for team gb as they picked up six, including golds for mountain biker tom pidcock and the eventing team. today will be dry and sunny more or less across the board and it will be warm or hot and potentially the hottest day of the year so far in the south—east. all the details shortly. it's tuesday 30th july. our main story. police are trying to establish the motive of the attacker who targeted a children's dance workshop in southport, killing two children and injuring nine others. six children and two adults are still in a critical condition

as a result of the knife attack, which is not being treated as terror—related. a 17—year—old boy has been arrested, as our correspondent tom symonds reports. in southport, they've been bringing flowers — an instinctive response to an incomprehensible act of violence against children on a summer's morning. something like this doesn't happen around here. it's something that is very...very like hit our community very hard, i think, as well. and, obviously, it's still very raw, as well, everything that's going on. the prime minister's response echoed those from southport. the events are truly awful and i know the whole country is deeply shocked at what they've seen and what they've heard. and i know i speak for everybody in the whole country in saying our thoughts and condolences are with the victims, theirfamilies, theirfriends and the wider community. and, last night, the king said

he and the queen had been profoundly shocked to hear of the utterly horrific incident in southport. and so many will have been affected. organisers of the summer—holiday dance class and the children who were taking part, the parents who came to pick them up and those who saw the aftermath. it was like a bomb had gone off. you know, girls�* bodies all over the place. me, one of my colleagues that works with me, james, he brought one of the girls out of the building. she didn't look good at all, poor kid. i checked in on my girls, and ijust ran to the crowd because i just thought... you put your nhs head on, don't you? and the mother that i wasjust consoling, just the look on her face because she knew something had happened to her child. it's like, oh, my gosh, how do you even comprehend? there's nothing you can do. this is like the worst thing

you can ever imagine. my daughter was there on saturday. ourfriends' kids were here and they've just got slain, massacred. there were so many witnesses, police were able to quickly describe what happened. the children were attending a taylor swift event at a dance school when the offender, armed with a knife, walked into the premises and started to attack, inside, the children. we believe that the adults who were injured were bravely trying to protect the children who were being attacked. as a mum and a nana, i can't begin to imagine the pain and suffering that the families of the victims are going through at this moment in time. 13 were stabbed, ii of them children, two were killed. six children and two adults remain in a life—threatening condition. but why did it happen? a question now being asked notjust

here but across the country. police continue to hold a 17—year—old boy from a nearby village, banks. they have yet to suggest any motive, but they're not treating the attack as terror—related. this will likely be a long investigation in a deeply traumatised community. tom symonds, bbc news. let's go to our correspondent lauren moss who's at the scene for us. you could tell from the report, the sense of shock and grief. tell us about the community where you are. i am in southport. it is very quiet all around and that sums up the area iam in. all around and that sums up the area i am in. it is residential, people are still in bed. they are at —— there are cafe is and pubs and community centres, newsagents around. it was here in the row

behind me in the hart street when the attack took place with two children left dead and others in a critical condition in hospital. the police keeping watch over night. the road is cordoned off at both ends and it is eerily silent. yesterday we heard from eyewitnesses the horrendous accounts, that what they saw was like something out of a horror film, saw was like something out of a horrorfilm, the saw was like something out of a horror film, the worst thing they had seen with children crying and screaming when the attack took place around lunchtime yesterday. people have laid flowers overnight. there are flowers and children's doll by the side of the road and someone has written a poem entitled hope and sent condolences to the families. this is an area completely in shock and grieving and trying to work out what happened here and why. we know a 17-year-old — what happened here and why. we know a 17-year-old is — what happened here and why. we know a 17-year-old is under _ what happened here and why. we know a 17-year-old is under arrest. _ what happened here and why. we know a 17-year-old is under arrest. have - a 17—year—old is under arrest. have police given any indication about a

potential motivation and what circumstances might have led up to what happened. circumstances might have led up to what happened-— what happened. there was a press conference — what happened. there was a press conference yesterday _ what happened. there was a press conference yesterday evening - what happened. there was a press| conference yesterday evening when the chief constable said the 17—year—old was in custody. they are keeping an open mind as to motive of the attack. they do not believe it to be terror —related. the 17—year—old is held on suspicion of attempted murder and murder and will be questioned throughout the day. police were at the scene of an address in a village called banks where the arrest was made and i think more details will emerge as the next steps of the investigation but currently the 17—year—old in custody on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.— our reporter dave guest is outside alder hey children's hospital. dave, do we know any more about the condition of the children being treated there? good morning. we know this morning

six children remain in a critical condition, as do two adults. those adults apparently trying to protect the children when that person started stabbing people at random yesterday. the building behind me is used to seeing trauma. staff here deal with trauma daily. but even experienced staff i suspect here were shocked by what they faced. the children they were seeing had not been involved in a terrible accident, had developed a life changing illness. these were children who had gone to a summer dance school and were due home by lunchtime but did not make it because just before the class ended, someone started attacking people with a knife at random, leaving nine children injured, two children dead and two adults injured. we have six children in a critical condition and some being treated here and some at

other hospitals in the north—west, as are the adults. for the parents involved, there are so many questions. why did it happen to our children, why was the dance school picked on, why did it happen? questions the police will aim to answer in the next days and weeks as they continue to question that 17—year—old. the question for parents and families affected by this terrible incident will be when will our children recover from all of this? studio: thank you. and now the rest of the main stories. charities have warned that pensioners will face a choice between heating and eating after the chancellor announced plans to tackle what she says is a £22 billion overspend by the previous government. rachel reeves set out a £1.5 billion cut to winter fuel payments for pensioners in england and wales.

in the future, only those receiving means—tested benefits will be entitled to help. the government has also made a 22% pay offer over two years to junior doctors to prevent further strike action impacting the nhs. ms reeves also annnounced other pay deals for some public service workers including teachers and nhs workers who will get a 5.5% increase. we can go now to our political correspondent harry farley in westminster. harry, what has the reaction to these announcements been? good morning. as you say, caroline abrahams from the charity age uk described the cuts to winter fuel payments as a disastrous outcome and said it was the wrong policy decision and that is because she says many of those entitled to receive the benefits, pension credits, do not claim them either because they do not know they are eligible, they do not know how to

claim them. she said the decision will potentiallyjeopardise pensioners' health as well as their finances which is the last thing the nhs needs. rachel reeves the chancellor said it was a decision, it was not a decision i wanted to make nor is it one i expected to make nor is it one i expected to make but her argument is she was forced into these decisions and they were necessary and urgent in her words because she said there is a 22 billion black hole, a gap between government spending and how much it brings in. she made those claims in the house of commons and sat opposite wasjeremy hunt, the former chancellor, whose decisions and government she was criticising. jeremy hunt said the claims were spurious and rachel reeves was making political choices to justify upcoming tax cuts. part of that is

true because as you say, almost half of that £22 billion overspend is a political decision, the decision to increase public sector pay, but independent experts say there does appear to be genuine overspend the chancellor could not be expected to know about. crucially, she said that difficult decisions were coming in the budget and i think that means we can expect tax cuts to come in october. olympic organisers have postponed the men's triathlon by a day because of concerns about water pollution in the river seine. our sports correspondent katie gornall is there for us. what is going on? you join mejust in front what is going on? you join me just in front of a bridge on the river seine, which would have been the start of the men's triathlon is scheduled to take place in just under an

men's triathlon is scheduled to take place injust under an hour. but it has been postponed. they tested the water in the early hours and found the quality of the water was not good enough to ensure the safety of the athletes along this 1.5 kilometre stretch of the swimming leg so they postponed the men's event and it is rescheduled until tomorrow, taking place after the women's event. they have a contingency day on the 2nd of august built in. there are doubts as to whether it will go ahead on those days because there is rain scheduled. they have had two practice sessions for the swimming cancelled. they were confident it would go ahead despite that. the rain has caused disruption here and british athletes face an anxious wait to see when they could hope to add to britain's medal tally. it was add to britain's medal tally. it was

a britain —— brilliant day yesterday. and now my colleague can show us how it unfolded. blazing saddles — this was the day great britain rode triumphantly into these olympics. not that there weren't bumps in the road. in fact, one caused britain's tom pidcock, the defending mountain bike champion, to have a puncture. time was lost, but never hope. from a0 seconds back, pidcock began the chase of frenchman victor koretzky. in a frantic scramble, he picked his moment to pass. commentary: and that has taken koretzky out of the peddles! - that brief contact lingered with the locals. so there was no warm welcome, as pidcock completed a sensational recovery. he's normally a road racer, but had conquered quite some mountain. you know, the olympics is so special. and i think it'sjust like a... you know, i wanted to show like, what sport is, not giving up.

it's a shame the french were, er, booing me. but, you know. earlier, the british three—day eventing team had come to the final showjumping routine on the brink of gold. laura collett had room for error, but didn't need much of it. a clipped final fence was barely a footnote on an impressive defence of their olympic title. collett later won an individual bronze too. sometimes, though, small margins matter. in the froth and fury of the final stages of the men's 200 metre freestyle, great britain's matt richards, on the top of your screen, had the edge, but one of the sport's new sensations, romania's david popovici, was with him. commentary: there's the touch. oh, i think has gone to popovici. i nothing between gold and silver but two 100ths of a second and an athlete's respect. those fractions can be powerful. adam burgess was denied a medal by a sliver of a second in tokyo, a frustration that helped drive him along the turbulent waters

of the canoe slalom course in a breathtaking time. commentary: adam burgess cannot believe it! _ it took him to silver and closure. motivation is especially important to a diver. it pushes you over the edge. a force that brought tom daley back to the sport with a new partner, noah williams, preparing for the last dive of the ten metres synchro olympic final. commentary: yes! it won them the silver. watching in the stands was daley�*s husband, dustin lance—black, and for the first time at an olympics, his sons phoenix and robbie. i think we're alljust very emotional, because this has been such an impossible dream. a year and a half ago, we were in colorado springs awaiting the birth of our second child, and tom and robbie here saw this olympic video in the museum. and tom said, "i think i need to do one more." so robbie's idea rewarded on a day when so many british plans came together. patrick gearey, bbc news. the public inquiry

into the 1998 omagh bombing will hold its first hearing later this morning. 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were murdered in the real ira attack. it was the single worst atrocity of thirty years of violence in northern ireland, known as the troubles. police are urgently searching for a six—year—old girl who has gone missing in greenwich. eudine was last seen alone on cctv at around midday yesterday. she is thought to be wearing light pink pyjamas and carrying a white shoulder bag. officers say they are extremely concerned for her welfare. the deputy prime minister, angela rayner, is expected to set out proposals today to overhaul planning rules in england. she'll say the government is reinstating local house—building targets scrapped under the conservatives. she'll also explain how some parts of the green belt will be redefined as grey belt, to allow for more developments. riot police in venezuela have fired rubber bullets at protesters

in the capital as thousands demonstrate against the official outcome of sunday's presidential election. tyres and vehicles have been set alight over accusations that president nicolas maduro's declaration of victory is fraudulent. here's our south america correspondent ione wells. the election result has set this city alight. police, the armed forces tasked with defending the result. thousands of protesters who say they are defending democracy. the day began with less violent bangs, people hitting pots and pans. chanting "freedom". protesting president maduro's claimed victory. translation: it's terrible. a fraud. we won with 70% but they did the same thing to us again. they took the elections from us again. we want a better

future for the youth because, if not, they'll leave the country, one where they can work well and earn well. we have a rich country and he is destroying everything. it's a fraud. it was the first time i voted in my life. l i was there from six in the morning till. nine in the morning and i saw a lot | of people mobilising in the street. j there was a lot of discontent towards the government. - the majority of peoplel were voting for change. as the day went on, thousands of people walked towards the presidential palace to protest the result, some walking for miles from slums in the mountains surrounding the city. cars and rubbish set alight around government buildings. posters of president maduro ripped down. a statue of his predecessor and mentor hugo chavez, to. hugo chavez, too. this is something that will be worrying president maduro. this is not opposition parties, this is not foreign governments disputing the result of this election, this is thousands and thousands

of normal people from poorer neighbourhoods around the city coming down to protest at the presidential palace, disputing the result of this election, disputing his claimed victory and, quite literally, setting the city alight this evening. the police, military and armed paramilitaries sympathetic to the government hit back. tear gas was fired at protesters. rubber bullets, too. translation: this is not the first time we are _ translation: this is not the first time we are facing _ translation: this is not the first time we are facing what _ translation: this is not the first time we are facing what we - translation: this is not the first time we are facing what we are i time we are facing what we are facing today. there is an attempt to impose a fascist and counterrevolutionary coup in venezuela once again. the opposition say they have obtained more than 70% of the receipts from electronic voting machines and claim

that this proves they've won. translation: this is a miracle, a miracle. today, _ translation: this is a miracle, a miracle. today, i— translation: this is a miracle, a miracle. today, i want _ translation: this is a miracle, a miracle. today, i want to - translation: this is a miracle, a miracle. today, i want to tell - translation: this is a miracle, a miracle. today, i want to tell all l miracle. today, i want to tell all in venezuela in the country and abroad, to all the democrats of the world, we now have proof of the truth of what happened yesterday in venezuela. we did it. we did it. this war of words between the government and opposition the spark for these clashes on the streets now engulfing this city. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. will it continue to stay sunny? what can ou will it continue to stay sunny? what can you tell— will it continue to stay sunny? what can you tell us? _ will it continue to stay sunny? what can you tell us? it _ will it continue to stay sunny? what can you tell us? it is. _ will it continue to stay sunny? what can you tell us? it is. certainly today. good morning. today's some

mist will disperse in many will see it very warm heart. if it reaches the forecast temperature in the south—east it will be the hottest day of the year so far. in northern part some showers but they will fizzle, the cloud break—up and another weather front across the far north of scotland is bringing cloud and the odd shower. here it is windy. the rest looking at a dry, sunny and very warm or hot day. the temperature is 21 in aberdeen, 19 in belfast, 2a in hull and potentially 32 in london. overnight, you will find clear skies around. showers developing across the english channel. some of those could be thundery into the south—east. and cloud coming in from the north sea.

humid in england wales overnight. these are the temperatures. but a cold night in parts of scotland, where, in ruralareas, cold night in parts of scotland, where, in rural areas, temperatures fall away to about four degrees, so a contrast in those temperatures. tomorrow, thundery showers move away from the south—east and again a lot of dry weather. a breeze coming in from the north sea across north—east england. in north—east scotland more cloud and the odd shower in northern england and north wales, but that is the exception. thundery showers could be heavy across the channel islands, the isle of wight, southern counties. tomorrow not as hot as today but still hot with a high of 30 in london. 22 in glasgow.

overnight wednesday into thursday we start to see a thundery breakdown. is it nice to be able to give most of us good news for a change? yes. at last. of us good news for a change? yes- at last-— of us good news for a change? yes. at last. ., ., , ., yes. at last. you have been waiting a lona yes. at last. you have been waiting a longtime. — yes. at last. you have been waiting a long time, delivering _ yes. at last. you have been waiting a long time, delivering us _ yes. at last. you have been waiting a long time, delivering us lots - yes. at last. you have been waiting a long time, delivering us lots of. a long time, delivering us lots of rain with a smile. finally, those numbers are looking good. thank you. a pleasure. some good news for a change. it was gorgeous yesterday. let's take a look at today's papers. many of this morning's papers, including the daily express, are leading on the attack in southport in which two children were killed and another nine injured at a dance workshop. the headline describes it as like a scene from a horror movie. the guardian also carries the story on the front page, quoting the police who have called it a "ferocious attack", which also left two

adults critically hurt. along with the same lead, the telegraph looks at chancellor rachel reeves' announcement winter fuel payments being scrapped for millions of people, as the government says it's attempting to plug a £22 billion fiscal hole. and the daily mail pictures team gb's tom pidcock, who defied a puncture to retain his olympics mountain bike title. the paper asks the question was this the greatest comeback in britain's olympics history? we'll be chatting to tom on the programme at 8:50. really overcame the odds yesterday. it was so dramatic. the crowd not on his side so it must take mental strength. there was booing. that must have been upsetting. one story struck me

this morning. two good ones. when you were little, if you are stung by nettles what would you do? rub a dock leaf. do you remember what a dock leaf looks like? you probably did the right thing because a lettuce leaf is just as good for nettle stings. where would you find a lettuce leaf when you are out and about. you are more likely to find a dock leaf. when you are stung by a nettle, it provokes a reaction and releases histamine. the cure is to rub a leaf over it but the same effect comes from the sap evaporating from a crushed leaf of a lettuce. who knew? we know now. but casually finding a lettuce when you are out... probably unlikely. some scientific

facts. cutting sugarfrom probably unlikely. some scientific facts. cutting sugar from your diet is good news. but it can make you younger. sugarages is good news. but it can make you younger. sugar ages you. is good news. but it can make you younger. sugarages you. california university said taking ten grams of sugar out of your diet could reduce your biological clock by 2.4 months. you might have to cut more off if you want to get really younger. it says people who eat less sugar biologically younger despite their actual age. shall we try it? you don't need to, i will try it. who knew? what about if you are a sugar addict? a bar of chocolate 25 grams of added sugars so you would have to lose two of those a day. it would still leave me with two a day. when you're choosing a place to go out for dinner, or ordering food online do you ever check the hygiene rating? new analysis by the bbc�*s shared

data unit has found that one in five restaurants and takeaways have not been inspected for more than two years and it could be putting people's health at risk. here's our reporter rachel stonehouse. rats, cockroaches and very dirty kitchens. these are some of the worst places food hygiene inspectors have been into. and forjulie and her family, a sunday roast at a restaurant injune ended in disaster. unfortunately, when we got home that evening, we both, immediately — well, the whole family — er, immediately became ill, all through the night and, uh, for the next few days. yeah. so, i mean, it really was rotten, really felt rotten. she contacted the restaurant afterwards, which hasn't been inspected for almost two years, and the manager said he'd investigate. so he promised that he would call me back within the next few days, and didn't.

so, i thought that was very poor. and that's what, about six weeks ago now? yeah. and you've not heard anything since? no, i don't expect to. so do you have a food safety management system available for me to look at? yes, i have this file. yep. every place serving food in the uk should have an up to date hygiene rating. inspectors come in, they check how food is prepared, how it's stored, and, in worst cases, they can shut places down. egg patty and cheese? i'lljust get the boss. yeah, please, yeah, thank you. food standards guidance says most places should be inspected every six months to two years, depending on the risk. but analysis by the bbc shared data unit has found almost one in five have not been checked for more than two years. but are food hygiene ratings something people look out for when they're eating out or getting a takeaway? yeah, i do think it's

important to pay attention to and it should be inspected. ijudge aesthetics, to be honest, more than i do the menu, so if it looks a bit rough on the outside, i sort of, yeah, i think the kitchen is probably not in the best shape. not particularly. as long as the place looks ok, then i'll eat there. _ but if you've had quite a few- drinks, then you will eat anywhere! uma's restaurant has a five star hygiene rating. like, i've been in the food game for the last ten years now, and it's quite a daunting place to be, especially for young entrepreneurs as well, especially people who want to get into the food game. we're cleaning down properly. with food, the way we make it, it's all made correct at the right temperatures, storage. and obviously, for them to make food to a level of safety is our main priority. so i'm just going to have a look around, just checking for your cleaning, any pest issues. i'm going to do some temperatures as well for your fridges and freezers, just to have a check. great. thank you. environmental health teams

are employed by local councils, who say the backlog of inspections is partly due to the pandemic and also because of difficulties recruiting in the industry. nicola recently qualified as an inspector. do you know the signs to look for if you did have pests? yeah, the droppings and stuff. yeah — people probably don't know how to get into it, because even me, wanting to do it from being so young, i did struggle like, well, how do you go about it? what do you do? i spoke to a careers advisor to help me, but i think there's not really a lot of information about it. what is the worst place that you've been into so far? the business had a cockroach infestation. and i think the business, it's like, they know there's an issue, but what do they do about it? they don't want to be bad and serve food that's not safe to the public, but they don't know how to go about it. so when you go in businesses that are quite bad, you just need to help them

out and educate them. like, you're not punishing them for it. you just need to help them out and push them in the right direction. and situations like this are a growing concern for the food standards agency. this ability to do inspections around food businesses is a really important part of how we stop people from getting foodborne disease, and if it gets depleted, and if that's done over time, which we feel that it is at the moment, the risk to the public gets worse and then people lose trust in british food, and that's just not good for the country. in response, the government told us plans to change the way councils budget would help alleviate the situation. forjulie, it's made her more wary about eating out. you have to think about these things more, when it's happened to you, and be more cautious about where you eat. and, you know, perhaps look at the standard of is it a five, or is it a three?! you know, ithink that's very important. rachel stonehouse, bbc news.

let's return to our top story this morning. two children have been killed and nine injured in a knife attack in southport. two adults are also in hospital in a critical condition. details are still emerging. but this is what we know so far. the incident happened at a taylor swift—themed dance and yoga event. police were called to hart street after reports of a stabbing at about ten to 12 yesterday morning. officers found multiple people has been subjected to what they called a ferocious attack. they later confirmed that two children were killed, let's return to our top story this morning. they later confirmed that two children were killed, and nine more injured. this morning, six children and two adults remain in a critical condition. the victims were taken to a number of hospitals in the north—west, including alder hey children's hospital, which declared a major incident. a few hours later, merseyside police arrested a 17—year—old boy and seized a knife following the incident. they say he was originally from cardiff, but now lived in banks — a village five miles to the north of southport. reaction has been coming in since the attack from leaders and public figures,

including the prince and princess of wales. in a statement they said they were sending "love, thoughts and prayers" to the victims, and as parents, they "cannot begin to imagine what the families, friends, and loved ones of those killed and injured are going through". last night, merseyside police chief constable serena kennedy gave more details at a news conference. my my officers were called to reports of a stabbing at 11:47am this morning at an address in southport. when they arrived they were shocked to find that multiple people, many of whom were children, had been subjected to a ferocious attack and had suffered serious injuries. it is understood that the children were attending a taylor swift event at a dance school when the offender, armed with a knife, walked into the premises and started to attack inside the children. we believe that

the adults who were injured were bravely trying to protect the children who were being attacked. as a mum and a nanna, i can't begin to imagine the pain and suffering that the families of the victims are going through at this moment in time, and i wish to send my heartfelt condolences to them. our specialist family liaison officers are providing support to the families of the deceased children, and the children who are injured at this moment in time, and we will be working with our partners, including sefton council, to provide that wider trauma support to those affected by this incident. the investigation is in its early stages and the motivation for the incident remains unclear. however, counter—terrorism police north—west have offered their support to merseyside police as the full circumstances of what has happened are being established. at this moment in time the investigation is not being treated as terrorist

related. our reporter dave guest is at alder hay children's hospital. morning. this is the sort of scenario they were planned for, but one day hope they will never have to use? , ., ., ., ., ., use? yes, good morning. you are absolutely — use? yes, good morning. you are absolutely right. _ use? yes, good morning. you are absolutely right. this _ use? yes, good morning. you are absolutely right. this is _ use? yes, good morning. you are absolutely right. this is a - use? yes, good morning. you are absolutely right. this is a huge i absolutely right. this is a huge facility. it is a world leading facility, treats about 450,000 children every year. they do have plans in place when something really horrendous happens. and yesterday they did declare a major incident here for several hours, which meant they were asking people not to come to the a&e department unless it was absolutely necessary. that has been lifted. the staff here are used to dealing with very traumatised children and their parents on a daily basis. but i think that even the most experienced staff who yesterday will have been shocked by what they faced. because the children they were seeing yesterday had not been involved in a terrible

accident, they had not developed a life changing illness. these were children who had simply gone out during the school holidays to a dance event. they were due home at lunchtime and they didn't because somebody went into that dance class and begin stabbing people at random. so this morning we have six children in a critical condition. nine children in all required hospital treatment. two adults also in a critical condition. according to police, they were apparently trying to shield the children as that person was wielding the knife. of the six critically injured, some of them being treated here at alder hey hospital, others at hospitals across the region. today the question for parents, the families, and the wider community, why did this happen? why did it happen in southport? why was that place chosen? police will continue to answer these questions as they continue to investigate this terrible crime in the coming days and weeks. dave, thank you. dave, thank you. dave guest in alder hey. that is a

story we will continue to cover. as we've been hearing this morning, millions of pensioners in england and wales will lose their winter fuel payments under new plans announced by the chancellor. nina's been looking at the details for us. good morning. big change? it is a big change. and quite often you know in advance about fees, either deliberately or otherwise the news trickles out. but i think it is fair to say that they stop most people by surprise. yes, good morning. rachel reeves said she needed to make urgent cuts to help fill a massive black hole in the public finances. among other things, changes to winter fuel payments — that's an annual payment to those born before september 1958 to help with heating bills. the scheme isn't going entirely, but from now, it'll only be available to those receiving means tested benefits. that directly impacts around ten million pensioners in england and wales. the policy is devolved in scotland and northern ireland, so it's not yet clear whether things

will change there too. it represents a loss of up to £300 per household. some have long argued that wealthy pensioners should never have been entitled to that money, but others say this is a worry for pensioners on tight budgets. we were really surprised and quite shocked by this announcement. we feel that it's far too short notice for older people to prepare for. the winter is just around the corner. and we know that many older people plan their budget very carefully. we are concerned that the appropriate levels to help people pick up the additional pension credit benefit really are not in place, and so we are really concerned about this as a short—term response to something which really needs much more longer term looking at. the chancellor argues that cuts will save £1.4 billion. that is a small

dent in the £22 billion or oh that rachel reeves claims labour inherited from the previous government. gone too are some big rail and road projects, such as the stonehenge tunnel and a scheme to reopen closed railway lines. but there was some good news for public sector workers, with above inflation pay rises for millions. what might this mean for what comes next? doctors have been offered 22%. these are significant decisions. what can we read into what might come next? well, during the election campaign, the chancellor pledged not to raise taxes for working people. but some economists think that's now unrealistic. it's quite clear from looking at the numbers, we have this £22 billion of extra spending pressures. they have made some savings likely winter fuel payment that will partially fill that gap, but there is quite a

significant gap still to come. we can assume there will be further tax rises, absolutely. also yesterday, the scrapping of plans to cap social care costs — something that will affect millions of families. so the conservatives say the government is paving the way for tax hikes at the next budget, which happens on october 30th — a date for your diary. there is some analysis going on at the moment about who knew what and when, by the extent of the hole in public finances. this will be, by the conservatives saying they misled you during the election campaign, and labour saying, you during the election campaign, and laboursaying, no, you during the election campaign, and labour saying, no, we you during the election campaign, and laboursaying, no, we didn't, because we didn't know how bad things were correct or how bad things were correct or how bad things were. we can put those points to the chancellor who is on the programme at half past seven. it was the greatest single loss of life in the troubles. the omagh bombing in 1998, carried out by the real ira, left 29 people dead, including a woman expecting twins. bereaved families have spent more than two decades campaigning for an inquiry, and today it finally begins. our ireland correspondent sara girvin has been speaking to the father of one of the victims.

this is aiden's place on the stone. it was a war crime what happened here. but the people that done it were never charged with a war crime. aiden was in omagh shopping on the day of the bomb, but the 21—year—old never came home. in what was the darkest single day in northern ireland's troubles, 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were murdered in the real ira attack. no one has ever been convicted of the atrocity. brave families have spent years fighting for a public inquiry. after a lengthy legal delays, it finally opens today. we've worked so hard for this for such a long time. i think it's hugely important. this is the worst single failure of intelligence and security in the history of northern ireland.

what do you want to get out of the inquiry? well, first of all, we need answers. we need to know was there anything that could have been done to prevent this bomb from happening? that is probably the most important question that we could ask. it's also important that we learn the lessons so that others will have a better chance than what the families here in omagh had. the inquiry, chaired by lord turnbull, will not call witnesses or hear evidence until next year. but for those who lost loved ones, it's an important step forward in a journey that started nearly 26 years ago. ijust feel that, um, aiden's life was totally and absolutely wasted in order that some people wanted to make a political point. he was just a young person that wanted to enjoy his life. of course, we will be thinking of aiden as we walk down the street to the inquiry and hopefully have a lot of answers to the questions that we've all been

asking for the past 25 years. sara girvin, bbc news, in omagh. a new method of growing food, known as vertical farming, which sees crops grown in laboratory conditions instead of fields, could provide a sustainable solution to food production. fischer farms in norfolk is home to the world's largest automated verticalfarm and can produce up to 1,000 tonnes of leafy greens a day. our reporter maria veronese has been taking a look. preparing to see a new way of farming. biosecurity is tight — no risks taken that could threaten the billions of seedlings inside. four acres of growing space producing as much as a traditional 1000 acre farm. chive seeds are laid on rock wool before they are sent to germinate in a dark, humid room. the growing tunnels are kept

at a constant 24 degrees. led lights and air conditioning mean this company believes commercial growing in the uk is viable. they are emulating wind and sunlight. so we can have a day and a night cycle for the plants. the wind makes the plants stronger and the sunshine obviously helps them grow. up to seven tonnes of salad and herbs can be harvested each day, sold to food retailers, and used in meals for pubs and restaurants. until now, our chive imports have mainly come from africa. strawberries will be tried here soon. eventually, it will be grain and cereal crops. the tallness of wheat comes from the fact that outdoors, it has to be tall to enable it to manage the environmental factors. it has to reach up to the sun, it has to get the wind around it. but actually, because we can manage all those environmental factors, we can actually grow wheat to be this big. because, actually, you only need the head. some in the industry disagree

and think instead of growing low—value crops like wheat, they should target high value ones for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. these crops aren't affected by volatile weather. there's no need for a large labour force. and they don't need spraying with chemicals. and because the water is purified and the nutrients sterilised, there's a low risk of bacteria like e coli. so why, if they're so good, are so many start—up verticalfarms going bust? it's been really difficult to get the business model right. these are very expensive facilities to build. now, increasingly, there are some that have been grown in shipping containers, but the very sophisticated systems are expensive. our park is going to be developed just behind these fields here. in norfolk, the biggest commercial challenge is the cost of energy, but that's being addressed with a 130 acre solar farm about to be built next door. this company believes it's

got its business model right. it's going to provide a significant amount of food stability around the world, and that is very hopeful. that's really exciting for a lot of people who are worried about climate change, how are we going to survive in a world which is getting hotter and hotter? and so being able to address directly this specific problem, which is how do we feed the world without trashing the planet at the same time, is something which fischer farms has been set up to do. an emerging industry nurtured in our region that its developers believe will eventually help feed the world. those plans don't need to be real son. i will tell you who does need the real sun. all of us! are we going to get some, carol? yes, we are. today is going to be hard or very warm and sunny across the board. there are a couple of

nuances where we will see some cloud and the odd shower. it will also feel humid. if we look at how long it will stay warm or very hot, in the next few days we hang onto the amber colours. various fronts coming across bringing showers. as we go into the weekend things freshen up as indicated by the yellow. today we have a fizzling weather front moving across southern scotland, northern ireland and northern england. the cloud will break up, more sunshine will come through, and we have another weather front in the north of scotland introducing some cloud, the odd shower. it would be quite windy here. but for the bulk of the uk, dry, sunny and warm sums it up. always cooler on the coasts where we will see sea breeze is developing. these are the temperatures. 21 in aberdeen, 19 in belfast, 27 in

cardiff, 32 in london. if we make 32 it will be the warmest day of the year so far. as we head on through the evening and overnight are still a lot of dry weather. at times there will be areas of cloud coming in from the north sea. and there is also a little system coming up from france which could clip the south—east of england, bringing in some heavy, thundery showers. it will be muggy across england and wales, particularly into the south. overnight lows falling away to 17 or 18 degrees. in sheltered lines in scotland it is going to be chilly for you, with temperatures falling away to about 4 degrees. tomorrow we say goodbye to the thundery showers from the south east early doors. with an onshore breeze from the north sea at times there will be cloud in north—east england and north—east scotland. some showers could pop up across northern england and north wales, but they will be

the exception rather than the rule. we could see thundery showers crossing the channel islands, getting in towards the isle of wight, hampshire and across southern counties. again, they will be the exception rather than the rule. tomorrow, still a hot or warm day. 30 degrees in london is quite possible. 22 in hull, 22 in glasgow. it is overnight we start to see some thunderstorms coming in, and more especially during the course of thursday, with this weather front bumping into the hot and humid air. you can see where roughly we are expecting the thunderstorms. don't take this as gospel. the met office actually has a weather warning out for this. actually has a weather warning out forthis. it actually has a weather warning out for this. it is a yellow warning. we could see some torrential downpours in a short amount of time. we won't all see them. some places will stay dry. but if you get a recurring one it does mean it could lead to some issues with flash flooding. further north we have a lot of dry conditions. a weather front waiting

in the wings bringing in more cloud and some showery outbreaks of rain later. these are the temperatures. 21 in aberdeen, 23 in belfast, 27 in cardiff and london. if you're remember, we have this clutch of weather fronts coming in. remember, we have this clutch of weatherfronts coming in. behind this cold front we started to introduce the fresher conditions as represented by the yellow. as we head on through friday becomes fresher from the west. and generally into the weekend it also turns that bit more unsettled. there will be some rain, some showers, equally some rain, some showers, equally some dry weather, but the temperatures will be going down. as you can see in london we go from 27 on friday, the 22 celsius on sunday. it looks like it could be unsettled even into the beginning of next week. if you like it hot and sunny, and not everybody does, make the most of it as we no and not everybody does, make the most of it as we no throu-h and not everybody does, make the most of it as we go through the and not everybody does, make the most of it as we go through the next few days.

carol, i am loving your phrase thundery breakdown. is that because of the humid air? is that why it happens, after a period of hot weather we get thunderstorms? yes. weather we get thunderstorms? yes, isn't that that — weather we get thunderstorms? yes, isn't that that typical? _ weather we get thunderstorms? 1a: isn't that that typical? we see three days of sunshine and it breaks down in a thunderstorm. boom, the whole lot goes up. good to know. we boom, the whole lot goes up. good to know- we have — boom, the whole lot goes up. good to know. we have been _ boom, the whole lot goes up. good to know. we have been warned. - boom, the whole lot goes up. good to know. we have been warned. thank i know. we have been warned. thank you. a retired solicitor who has been diagnosed with dementia has unexpectedly struck a chord with audiences after performing on the channel four show, the piano. 81—year—old duncan goodwin decided to take part in the contest to raise awareness of his condition, and is now planning a number of concerts, as cathy killick reports. playing a tune he composed for his wife fran, duncan goodwin shows a remarkable skill

he's been honing since the age of four. all i have to do is to hear a piece of music and recognise the melody. and then, ijust deal with the harmony situation. and that is absolutely fine and off you go. duncan's playing is all the more remarkable because he has dementia. his story was picked up by channel 4 and featured on the piano, with duncan playing at manchester's piccadilly station. and then, onto the finals. you wrote the song? it's beautiful. it sounds like a piece from another time. l yeah, but it's beautiful though. it's very beautiful. yes! very romantic. music is so incredible. with all forms of dementia, or evenjust general- memory problems, you hear a song that, you know, you loved in - your teens, and you know every word.

it's just that incredible thing, because - its like music is part of your soul. and so, that's what comes through. it's almost as though - it's a magical something. the moment came when i'd finished. the fact of the applause at this stage, now that appealed to me a lot! yeah, duncan loves performing. she calls me a diva. _ well, why not? you are. - the experience was so positive the couple have decided to stage two concerts in harrogate and ripon to raise money for the dementia forward charity. i i think dementia forward alwaysl makes sure that anyone they know about is not alone. and itjust seemed such an amazing opportunity| to be able to do this- concert to raise awareness and funds for them.

saturday the 3rd of august at the wesley chapel in harrogate is the date for your diary. tickets are selling fast. cathy killick, bbc news. that is talent. i could listen to that all day. yes, very relaxing. we have beautiful music. and next, we have got beautiful scenery. it's finally starting to feel like summer but the unusually wet and windy spring, coupled with the colder than usual temperatures, could be the reason why we're seeing less butterflies. sophie long is at a nature reserve for us this morning. look at that! beautiful. good morning, silly, good morning

ben. —— sally. we are having a lovely quiet morning at magdalen hill reserve, where we are listening to the sounds of crickets and warblers and all the iconic sounds of the british countryside, while we wait for butterflies to wake up. the big butterfly count is very much on the way. i am joined here by dr dao hall, director of conservation for butterfly conservation. as ben was saying, the big butterfly count is under way but the numbers have been lower this year, is that right? yes. lower this year, is that right? yes, that's right- _ lower this year, is that right? yes, that's right. the _ lower this year, is that right? yes, that's right. the big _ lower this year, is that right? yes, that's right. the big butterfly counl— that's right. the big butterfly count is_ that's right. the big butterfly count is the citizen project where people _ count is the citizen project where people can get involved in going out for 15_ people can get involved in going out for 15 minutes in a sunny space recording — for 15 minutes in a sunny space recording what you see, sending the data in_ recording what you see, sending the data in either through the website or an _ data in either through the website or an app — data in either through the website or an app and that helps us take the temperature of the british countryside. butterflies are a great indicator_ countryside. butterflies are a great indicator species. the numbers go up and down _ indicator species. the numbers go up and down depending on the weather. in and down depending on the weather. in the _ and down depending on the weather. in the longer term they tell us important things about the state of

the british countryside, about habitats. _ the british countryside, about habitats, climate crisis and how it is affecting — habitats, climate crisis and how it is affecting wildlife. it is really helpful— is affecting wildlife. it is really helpful for people to go out, spent 15 minutes— helpful for people to go out, spent 15 minutes having fun with nature and generate brilliant data. you do this every year- — and generate brilliant data. you do this every year. it _ and generate brilliant data. you do this every year. it is _ and generate brilliant data. you do this every year. it is in _ and generate brilliant data. you do this every year. it is in its - and generate brilliant data. you do this every year. it is in its 14th - this every year. it is in its 14th year. what have you found so far? you are quite a way through. it ends on sunday — you are quite a way through. it ends on sunday. people have got hopefully this sunny _ on sunday. people have got hopefully this sunny week to get more accounts _ this sunny week to get more accounts. so for the numbers are worrying — accounts. so for the numbers are worrying. they are down compared to other— worrying. they are down compared to other years _ worrying. they are down compared to otheryears. so worrying. they are down compared to other years. so far at this point in the survey— other years. so far at this point in the survey these are the note —— lowest _ the survey these are the note —— lowest numbers we have seen. that is a worrying _ lowest numbers we have seen. that is a worrying sign that things are going — a worrying sign that things are going wrong in our countryside. we need _ going wrong in our countryside. we need help— going wrong in our countryside. we need help to find out if this is a blip because june was so wet and cold, _ blip because june was so wet and cold, which species can cope, which can't _ cold, which species can cope, which can't that — cold, which species can cope, which can't. that kind of information can tell is— can't. that kind of information can tell is very— can't. that kind of information can tell is very important thing that can help — tell is very important thing that can help us make decisions about where _ can help us make decisions about where to— can help us make decisions about where to do active conservation and how we _ where to do active conservation and how we can — where to do active conservation and how we can build a brighter nature for all— how we can build a brighter nature for all of— how we can build a brighter nature for all of us — how we can build a brighter nature for all of us— for all of us. and are you finding that across _ for all of us. and are you finding that across the _ for all of us. and are you finding that across the board? - for all of us. and are you finding that across the board? i - for all of us. and are you finding that across the board? i was - that across the board? i was speaking to a friend in somerset

last night who said she has been followed around by butterflies all summer. . followed around by butterflies all summer. ,, , followed around by butterflies all summer. . , ., followed around by butterflies all summer. ,, , ., ., . summer. she is one of the lucky few. i have summer. she is one of the lucky few. i have seen — summer. she is one of the lucky few. i have seen fewer— summer. she is one of the lucky few. i have seen fewer this _ summer. she is one of the lucky few. i have seen fewer this spring - summer. she is one of the lucky few. i have seen fewer this spring and - i have seen fewer this spring and summer— i have seen fewer this spring and summer that i have seen in my time. there's_ summer that i have seen in my time. there's about — summer that i have seen in my time. there's about 50 species in the uk. they have _ there's about 50 species in the uk. they have different life cycles. that _ they have different life cycles. that is — they have different life cycles. that is why it is very important for people _ that is why it is very important for people whether you are in southern england. _ people whether you are in southern england. in— people whether you are in southern england, in scotland, northern ireland— england, in scotland, northern ireland or— england, in scotland, northern ireland or wales, to get out, do the count. _ ireland or wales, to get out, do the count. and — ireland or wales, to get out, do the count, and that will tell us whether species _ count, and that will tell us whether species are — count, and that will tell us whether species are doing better in some places— species are doing better in some places than others. if you live in southern — places than others. if you live in southern scotland you might be seeing — southern scotland you might be seeing species like holly blue and peacock— seeing species like holly blue and peacock moving north with climate change _ peacock moving north with climate change. you might see more butterflies than you're used to. if you are _ butterflies than you're used to. if you are in — butterflies than you're used to. if you are in the south you may see some _ you are in the south you may see some of— you are in the south you may see some of those species disappear. that is— some of those species disappear. that is why— some of those species disappear. that is why it is crucial for people to take _ that is why it is crucial for people to take part. that is why it is crucial for people to take part-— that is why it is crucial for people totake-art., to take part. absolutely anybody can do it, right? — to take part. absolutely anybody can do it, right? even _ to take part. absolutely anybody can do it, right? even if— to take part. absolutely anybody can do it, right? even if you _ to take part. absolutely anybody can do it, right? even if you don't - to take part. absolutely anybody can do it, right? even if you don't have l do it, right? even if you don't have a mobile you can do it on paper, no green space is too small? absolutely riuht. if green space is too small? absolutely right- if you — green space is too small? absolutely right- if you are _ green space is too small? absolutely right. if you are lucky _ green space is too small? absolutely right. if you are lucky enough - green space is too small? absolutely right. if you are lucky enough to - right. if you are lucky enough to have _ right. if you are lucky enough to have a _ right. if you are lucky enough to have a garden, go out and see what is in there — have a garden, go out and see what is in there. go to your local green

space, _ is in there. go to your local green space, local— is in there. go to your local green space, local park. school playing fields, _ space, local park. school playing fields, anywhere you can get access to. fields, anywhere you can get access to spent _ fields, anywhere you can get access to spent 15— fields, anywhere you can get access to. spent 15 minutes in sunny conditions, you can download an app or go— conditions, you can download an app or go on— conditions, you can download an app or go on the — conditions, you can download an app or go on the website, download a free it) _ or go on the website, download a free id chart, record what you see and send — free id chart, record what you see and send the data in. it is a really exciting — and send the data in. it is a really exciting fun _ and send the data in. it is a really exciting, fun way to spend time close _ exciting, fun way to spend time close to — exciting, fun way to spend time close to nature.— exciting, fun way to spend time close to nature. lovely, thank you so much- — close to nature. lovely, thank you so much- we _ close to nature. lovely, thank you so much. we are _ close to nature. lovely, thank you so much. we are waiting - close to nature. lovely, thank you so much. we are waiting for- so much. we are waiting for butterflies to wake up. hopefully we will have some helpers lighter. see you later. looking forward to that. sophie, thank you. gorgeous and when sister this morning. —— sophie, thank you. gorgeous and when sisterthis morning. —— in winchester. stay with us, headlines coming up.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. our headlines. shock and grief after two children were killed and nine others injured in a knife attack in southport. this is like the worst thing you can ever imagine. my daughter was there on saturday. ourfriends' kids were here, and they've got slain and massacred. people have laid flowers overnight. the home secretary will meet merseyside police and community leaders later today.

after the chancellor scraps the winter fuel allowance for millions of pensioners, charities warn many old people will have to choose between heating or eating. it was medal monday for team gb as they picked up six, including golds for mountain biker tom pidcock and the eventing team. but here in paris, the men's triathlon will not go ahead as planned. it has been postponed until tomorrow due to pollution in the river seine. it will be dry, sunny and very warm or hot for the bulk of uk, reaching 32 celsius, if it does in the south—east is forecast, it will make it the hottest day of the year so far. it's tuesday, 30th ofjuly. our main story. police are trying to establish the motive of the attacker who targeted a children's dance workshop in southport, killing two children and injuring nine others. six children and two adults

are still in a critical condition as a result of the knife attack, which is not being treated as terror—related. a 17—year—old boy has been arrested, as our correspondent tom symonds reports. in southport, they've been bringing flowers — an instinctive response to an incomprehensible act of violence against children on a summer's morning. something like this doesn't happen around here. it's something that is very, very like hit our community very hard, i think, as well. and, obviously, it's still very raw, as well, everything that's going on. the prime minister's response echoed those from southport. the events are truly awful and i know the whole country is deeply shocked at what they've seen and what they've heard. and i know i speak for everybody in the whole country in saying our thoughts and condolences are with the victims, their families, their friends and the wider community.

and, last night, the king said he and the queen had been profoundly shocked to hear of the utterly horrific incident in southport. and so many will have been affected. organisers of the summer—holiday dance class and the children who were taking part, the parents who came to pick them up and those who saw the aftermath. it was like a bomb had gone off. you know, girls' bodies all over the place. me, one of my colleagues that works with me, james, he brought one of the girls out of the building. she didn't look good at all, poor kid. i checked in on my girls, and ijust ran to the crowd because i just thought... you put your nhs head on, don't you? and the mother that i wasjust consoling, just the look on her face because she knew something had happened to her child. it's like, oh, my gosh, how do you even comprehend? there's nothing you can do.

this is like the worst thing you can ever imagine. my daughter was there on saturday. ourfriends' kids were here, and they've just got slain, massacred. there were so many witnesses, police were able to quickly describe what happened. the children were attending a taylor swift event at a dance school when the offender, armed with a knife, walked into the premises and started to attack, inside, the children. we believe that the adults who were injured were bravely trying to protect the children who were being attacked. as a mum and a nana, i can't begin to imagine the pain and suffering that the families of the victims are going through at this moment in time. 13 were stabbed, 11 of them children, two were killed. six children and two adults remain in a life—threatening condition. but why did it happen?

a question now being asked notjust here but across the country. police continue to hold a 17—year—old boy from a nearby village, banks. they have yet to suggest any motive, but they're not treating the attack as terror—related. this will likely be a long investigation in a deeply traumatised community. tom symonds, bbc news. let's go to our correspondent lauren moss who's at the scene for us. it isa it is a community coming to terms with what has happened this morning. yes, it is a very quiet street in southport with people very much waking up this morning into a sense of continuing disbelief and shock that something like this could happen here. there is still very much a strong police presence behind

me and hart street is cordoned off and police have been coming and going. people have been laying flowers overnight. and a dull, as well and someone has written a poem entitled hope. hope for those fighting for their lives in hospital and hope for the community. this is and hope for the community. this is a quiet residential neighbourhood and it is here in southport the home secretary is due to meet with merseyside's chief constable, the mayor of southport and community leaders. yvette cooper called it a truly devastating attack. questions will continue to be asked as to how and why this happened. a 17—year—old boy is in custody on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, he was arrested yesterday. police said last night the motive for what happened is unclear but at the moment it is

not being treated as terror —related. but they are keeping an open mind as to the motive. people have paid respects overnight as we heard in the report. the king and queen and prince and princess of wales, also saying as parents they cannot imagine what people are feeling here this morning. very much people starting their day, as the summer holiday continues, much like yesterday, but coming to terms with the scenes of horror that unfolded here yesterday lunchtime.- the scenes of horror that unfolded here yesterday lunchtime. thank you. now the rest — here yesterday lunchtime. thank you. now the rest of— here yesterday lunchtime. thank you. now the rest of the _ here yesterday lunchtime. thank you. now the rest of the main _ here yesterday lunchtime. thank you. now the rest of the main stories. - charities have warned that pensioners will face a choice between heating and eating after the chancellor announced plans to tackle what she says is a £22 billion overspend by the previous government. rachel reeves set out a £1.5 billion cut to winter fuel payments for pensioners in england and wales.

in the future, only those receiving means—tested benefits will be entitled to help. the government has also made a 22% pay offer over two years to junior doctors to prevent further strike action impacting the nhs. ms reeves also annnounced other pay deals for some public service workers, including teachers and nhs workers who will get a 5.5% increase. we can go now to our political correspondent harry farley in westminster. harry, what has the reaction to these announcements been? good morning. age uk the charity said it is a disastrous outcome, to restrict winter fuel payments only to those receiving pension credit, and she said it is largely because many of those entitled to receive pension credit don't because they do not know about it or know how to claim it. rachel reeve said it is not a decision she wanted or expected to make but says she has

been forced into it by what she says is a £22 billion black hole in the inheritance between government spending and how to pay for it. is that true? almost half of the £22 billion black hole is taken up with increasing public sector pay, which is a political choice rachel reeves has made. she did not have to do that and it includes a 22% pay increase forjunior doctors. independent experts from the institute for fiscal studies said there are genuine unfunded spending commitments like the rwanda asylum policy, so the key point is that rachel reeve said there is more difficult decisions to come in the autumn and from that we can take it to mean either tax rises or spending

cuts in the budget in october. the public inquiry into the 1998 omagh bombing will hold its first hearing later this morning. 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were murdered in the real ira attack. it was the single worst atrocity of 30 years of violence in northern ireland, known as the troubles. police are urgently searching for a six—year—old girl who has gone missing in greenwich. eudine was last seen alone on cctv at around midday yesterday. she is thought to be wearing light pink pyjamas and carrying a white shoulder bag. officers say they are extremely concerned for her welfare. riot police in venezuela have fired rubber bullets at protesters in the capital as thousands demonstrate against the official outcome of sunday's presidential election. tyres and vehicles have been set alight over accusations that president nicolas maduro's declaration of victory is fraudulent. olympic organisers have postponed this morning's men's triathlon by a day because of concerns about water pollution

in the river seine. our sports correspondent katie gornall is there. katie, what more can you tell us? this is the bridge where the triathlon was due to start around ten minutes ago. we should have been looking out across the river seine to see them swimming their 1.5 kilometre stretch but hours before the men's triathlon was due to start we received the news it was postponed and organisers had tested the water quality and it was not good enough to ensure the safety of the athletes. what happens next? they have rescheduled the men's event for tomorrow the same day as the women's. otherwise there is a contingency day on the 2nd of august and the worst—case scenario is it becomes a dual event. organisers

have spent more than £1 billion since 2015 trying to clean up the river seine to ensure it is safe to swim in. they were confident it would go ahead as planned despite two days of cancelled practice. now athletes face an anxious wait to see when their games will get under way. in the meantime, it has been a fantastic day so far yesterday for team gb with six medals won with two gold medals including a dramatic one for tom pidcock in the mountain biking. and we can see now how the drama unfolded. blazing saddles — this was the day great britain rode triumphantly into these olympics. not that there weren't bumps in the road. in fact, one caused britain's tom pidcock, the defending mountain bike champion, to have a puncture. time was lost, but never hope. from 40 seconds back,

pidcock began the chase of frenchman victor koretzky. in a frantic scramble, he picked his moment to pass. commentary: and that has taken koretzky out of the pedals! - that brief contact lingered with the locals. so there was no warm welcome, as pidcock completed a sensational recovery. he's normally a road racer, but had conquered quite some mountain. you know, the olympics is so special. and i think it'sjust like a, you know, i wanted to show like, what sport is, not giving up. it's a shame the french were, er, booing me. but, you know. earlier, the british three—day eventing team had come to the final showjumping routine on the brink of gold. laura collett had room for error, but didn't need much of it. a clipped final fence was barely a footnote on an impressive defence of their olympic title. collett later won an individual bronze, too. sometimes, though, small margins matter. in the froth and fury of the final stages of the men's 200m freestyle, great

britain's matt richards, on the top of your screen, had the edge, but one of the sport's new sensations, romania's david popovici, was with him. commentary: there's the touch. oh, i think has gone to popovici. nothing between gold and silver but two 100ths of a second and an athlete's respect. those fractions can be powerful. adam burgess was denied a medal by a sliver of a second in tokyo, a frustration that helped drive him along the turbulent waters of the canoe slalom course in a breathtaking time. commentary: adam burgess cannot believe it! _ it took him to silver and closure. motivation is especially important to a diver. it pushes you over the edge. a force that brought tom daley back to the sport with a new partner, noah williams, preparing for the last dive of the ten metres synchro olympic final. commentary: yes! it won them the silver. watching in the stands was daley�*s husband, dustin lance—black, and, for the first time

at an olympics, his sons phoenix and robbie. i think we're alljust very emotional, because this has been such an impossible dream. a year and a half ago, we were in colorado springs awaiting the birth of our second child, and tom and robbie here saw this olympic video in the museum. and tom said, "i think i need to do one more." so robbie's idea rewarded on a day when so many british plans came together. patrick gearey, bbc news. incredible stories from yesterday and we will talk to tom pidcock on the programme at ten to nine. the medal haul is growing every day. here's carol. the weather is looking lovely once again but it might change, is that right? again but it might change, is that riuht? ., , again but it might change, is that riuht? . , ., right? that is right. good morning. the weather _ right? that is right. good morning. the weather will _ right? that is right. good morning. the weather will change _ right? that is right. good morning. the weather will change as - right? that is right. good morning. the weather will change as we - right? that is right. good morning. the weather will change as we go l the weather will change as we go through wednesday night and thursday with thunderstorms and fresher by

the weekend. this morning, a warm start. luton is already 20 degrees. newcastle is 12. we have two weather fronts in this across southern scotland, northern england and northern ireland is fizzling and the sun will come out. the second across the north of scotland producing showers and here it is windy. the rest of scotland, dry and sunny. temperatures up to 22. more cloud at times across northern ireland. in england and wales, a lot of sunny weather with the top temperature likely to be up to 32 in london. overnight, dry weather, clearskies. cloud at times across north—east england. the odd shower in south—west england. in the south—east, thundery showers could clip parts of kent. humid in the

south overnight. in sheltered glens, the temperature could be four degrees in scotland so here feeling quite cold to start tomorrow. tomorrow, a lot of dry weather, sunshine. a breeze coming in from the north sea and at times more cloud in north—east england and scotland. the odd shower in northern england and north wales. and a more cloudy day in northern ireland. we will also see thunderstorms developed through the channel islands and southern counties but they are the exception. temperatures 22 in glasgow. 27 in birmingham to about 28 or higher in london. the government has offered junior doctors in england a 22% pay rise over two years in the hope of ending long—running strike action. the british medical association has agreed to put the offer to its members.

we're joined now by the organisation's deputy chair, dr emma runswick. good morning. what do you think of this offer? latte good morning. what do you think of this offer? ~ ~ , this offer? we think it is reasonable _ this offer? we think it is reasonable and - this offer? we think it is . reasonable and recommend this offer? we think it is _ reasonable and recommend members vote for it. it is not pay restoration but a step towards that. over the two years, 22.3% means four percent last year and recommendations this year which is about average 8%. it will put us in about average 8%. it will put us in a position where newly qualified doctors currently earning £15 an hour will earn £17 60. it is not the 20-21 hour will earn £17 60. it is not the 20—21 we were seeking but a good step. 20-21 we were seeking but a good ste -. ., 20-21 we were seeking but a good ste n _ ., ., , ., 20-21 we were seeking but a good stet, ., .,, ., ,': ' 20-21 we were seeking but a good stet, ., ., ,': ' . 20-21 we were seeking but a good stet, ., ,': ' . step. that was a 35% increase you are askin: step. that was a 3596 increase you are asking for? _ step. that was a 3596 increase you are asking for? a _ step. that was a 3596 increase you are asking for? a reversal - step. that was a 3596 increase you are asking for? a reversal of - step. that was a 3596 increase you are asking for? a reversal of pay i are asking for? a reversal of pay cuts. are asking for? a reversal of pay cuts- having _ are asking for? a reversal of pay cuts. having been _ are asking for? a reversal of pay cuts. having been almost - are asking for? a reversal of pay cuts. having been almost 3096 i are asking for? a reversal of pay - cuts. having been almost 3096 down, cuts. having been almost 30% down, now, if the offer is accepted we

will be 20% down compared to 2008. explain that pay cut element. people will say everyone is facing a squeeze and costs are going up and we have less cash in our pocket. with; we have less cash in our pocket. why are doctors — we have less cash in our pocket. why are doctors any _ we have less cash in our pocket. teeny are doctors any different? we have less cash in our pocket. “any are doctors any different? doctors have faced more severe real terms pay cuts than most groups in society including especially amongst public—sector workers. the real term erosion has been caused mostly by pay freezes against inflation that over time, we have had a series of real terms pay cuts that led us to only a couple of years ago to be down 30% compared to 2008 on rpi. this change is a positive one but takes us back to about a 20% cut. in your first answer you said step, a step on the way. will 22% make everybody happy and resolve everything? i

everybody happy and resolve everything?— everybody happy and resolve eve hina? ., �* ~' everything? i don't think it will. we are in _ everything? i don't think it will. we are in a _ everything? i don't think it will. we are in a position _ everything? i don't think it will. we are in a position where - everything? i don't think it will. - we are in a position where australia and canada and ireland, we can earn 70% more than we do in the uk and many colleagues have left. i do not think yet it will be a change that will bring people back but it might be a step that encourages people to stay, because it highlights a shift in approach from the government. the previous government, we had a series of stalled talks, and offer that excluded colleagues are nonstandard contracts that left some of us still behind inflationjust contracts that left some of us still behind inflation just this year alone. now we have something that uplifts the pay of everyjunior doctor in england. it will take us a step closer towards being valued the same as we were in 2008. hour step closer towards being valued the same as we were in 2008. how were the negotiations _ same as we were in 2008. how were the negotiations with _ same as we were in 2008. how were the negotiations with the _ same as we were in 2008. how were the negotiations with the new- the negotiations with the new government? three weeks in and it seems a deal has been done very quickly, something that may be

escaped the previous government. the escaped the previous government. iie: difference escaped the previous government. tie: difference is escaped the previous government. ti2 difference is the speed at escaped the previous government. ti2; difference is the speed at which they are taking place and the political will. wes streeting rang us on the first day of the new government and we have had meetings last week, many hours and days. we never had that approach from the previous government because their political interest was not in this. this time, they wanted to get the offer into the fiscal statement. stand offer into the fiscal statement. and that is what — offer into the fiscal statement. and that is what they _ offer into the fiscal statement. and that is what they have done. did theyjust that is what they have done. did they just cave that is what they have done. did theyjust cave in and say you can have what you want? irlat theyjust cave in and say you can have what you want?— have what you want? not at all because we _ have what you want? not at all because we wanted _ have what you want? not at all because we wanted £21, - have what you want? not at all because we wanted £21, £20 . have what you want? not at all| because we wanted £21, £20 an have what you want? not at all - because we wanted £21, £20 an hour for newly qualified doctors and this gets us £17 64 newly qualified doctors. our demand is more than reasonable. we hope members accept this and we can take those steps. there are other changes in the deal around over time. around the way we

train, rotate between rotations, training posts. we hope it is acceptable to members and that is why we have put it to them. the contract for _ why we have put it to them. the contract for gp _ why we have put it to them. the contract for gp services with a proposed strike coming on thursday this week. what is the status of that? it this week. what is the status of that? ., , ., , ~ ., that? it will not be a strike from gps. gps that? it will not be a strike from gps- gps are — that? it will not be a strike from gps. gps are making _ that? it will not be a strike from gps. gps are making changes i that? it will not be a strike from l gps. gps are making changes that enabled them to practise safely. gps have had a huge number of cuts and transfer of work load into general practice predominantly from secondary care, where secondary care is in collapse which puts additional workload on gps and are looking therefore at actions by limiting the number they see each day. many see more than 50 a day and work more than 12 hours a day. they see huge amounts of work from secondary care and are looking at actions that keep patients safe and enable them to control their workload until they get a contract that suits them, the

profession and patients so people can see their family doctor when they need to. d0 can see their family doctor when they need to— can see their family doctor when they need to. can see their family doctor when the needto. ., , , ,., they need to. do you worry it sets a dan . erous they need to. do you worry it sets a dangerous precedent? _ they need to. do you worry it sets a dangerous precedent? you - they need to. do you worry it sets a dangerous precedent? you have - dangerous precedent? you have something close to what you asked for. do you worry by the government agreeing to your demands to try to stop strike action it sends a message to other public sector workers that if you do not like what you have got, go on strike and you can get it, which could be detrimental to other public sector workers and services? i do detrimental to other public sector workers and services?— workers and services? i do not wor . i workers and services? i do not worry- ithink— workers and services? i do not worry. i think it _ workers and services? i do not worry. i think it is _ workers and services? i do not worry. i think it is clear- workers and services? i do not| worry. i think it is clear doctors have won the shift through strike action. and it shows the power trade unionism can bring. i5 action. and it shows the power trade unionism can bring. is it action. and it shows the power trade unionism can bring.— unionism can bring. is it go on strike and _ unionism can bring. is it go on strike and you _ unionism can bring. is it go on strike and you get _ unionism can bring. is it go on strike and you get what - unionism can bring. is it go on strike and you get what you i unionism can bring. is it go on - strike and you get what you want? i think that happened here. we have beenin think that happened here. we have been in dispute almost two years and taken 11 rounds of strike action. doctors, the membership, have demonstrated their value. it has been costly for the nhs and

incredibly disruptive to patients, none of which is something we wanted. it could have been prevented by negotiations like we had this week, in october 2022, by negotiations like we had this week, in october2022, but unfortunately, if you have an intransigent government then strikes on the way to improve your offer. nice to see you. thank you. as we've been hearing this morning, another announcement by the chancellor yesterday was to end winter fuel payments for pensioners who don't receive pension credit or other mea ns—tested benefits. rachel reeves said it was a difficult decision but would save £1.5 billion. but it has been criticised by charities and the conservatives. let“s speak now to former pensions minister baroness ros altmann. good morning. just your reaction to the announcement by the chancellor yesterday. i the announcement by the chancellor esterda . ., , ,.,

the announcement by the chancellor esterda . , ., yesterday. i was so disappointed and uuite yesterday. i was so disappointed and quite shocked _ yesterday. i was so disappointed and quite shocked that _ yesterday. i was so disappointed and quite shocked that this _ yesterday. i was so disappointed and quite shocked that this decision - yesterday. i was so disappointed and quite shocked that this decision was | quite shocked that this decision was announced with virtually no notice. i know how much pensioners, poorer pensioners, and there are millions who are simply not well off, rely on every penny of their state pension. and although the government says it will be protecting the triple lock, actually, this move on its own, is worse than just taking away the minimum 2.5% guarantee of the triple lock because it amounts to a 3% cut in the basic state pension for over—80s and a 2.5% cut for those on the new state pension. if you are over 80 and lose £300. in my view, this is not a decision that should have been taken and i hope there might be a chance it will be

reversed. might be a chance it will be reversed-— might be a chance it will be reversed. ., ., , ., reversed. you have 'ust said you are shocked. your — reversed. you have just said you are shocked. your reaction _ reversed. you have just said you are shocked. your reaction is _ shocked. your reaction is interesting. are you shocked at the speed of the announcement or by the announcement itself because there might have been other options that could have been taken? i am shocked the chancellor _ could have been taken? i am shocked the chancellor has _ could have been taken? i am shocked the chancellor has chosen _ could have been taken? i am shocked the chancellor has chosen to - could have been taken? i am shocked the chancellor has chosen to take - the chancellor has chosen to take money away from some of the poorest people in our country, the elderly, who have not got the chance of working more to make up for anything, may be looking in forward in future to a better standard of living. my inbox is already full of messages from worried pensioners saying how could the chancellor do this to us. if you are not on pension credit, it does not mean you are not well off. if you are not on means testing you might be just above the limit and these particular people are much worse off than those who get all the added benefits that

means testing entitles people to. 800,000 or so do not claim pension credit because they are too proud, evenif credit because they are too proud, even if they are entitled to it, they do not go through the process of claiming. even if everybody who was entitled to pension credit claimed it, what the chancellor is doing, and it sounds, £300, £200, it does not sound a lot of money to those people who are not struggling to make ends meet, but, unfortunately, with the state pension we have being so very low and pensioners trying to eke out a living and having already faced the prospect of losing the extra cost of living payments, and that i do understand, the winter fuel payment has been part of the state pension deal for decades. has been part of the state pension dealfor decades. many has been part of the state pension deal for decades. many many years, since the early 2000s. so what you

are saying is with the old state pension, if you are over 80, your pension, if you are over 80, your pension will be cut by 3%. if you are under 80, pension will be cut by 3%. if you are under80, it pension will be cut by 3%. if you are under 80, it will be cut by 2.2%. even those on the new state pension, it amounts to a 2.5% cut for the older ones and 1.7% cut for those who are younger. it makes it even more difficult, especially as it is expected energy bills will start to increase just as these payments would normally have been increased, paid out in november. a lot of pensioners were expecting this money to come in and suddenly it will not be there. i this money to come in and suddenly it will not be there.— it will not be there. i am sorry to interrupt- _ it will not be there. i am sorry to interrupt- we — it will not be there. i am sorry to interrupt. we have _ it will not be there. i am sorry to interrupt. we have to _ it will not be there. i am sorry to interrupt. we have to move - it will not be there. i am sorry to interrupt. we have to move on i it will not be there. i am sorry to| interrupt. we have to move on at this point. thank you so much for talking to us this morning.

a busy morning. and a lot to bring you up—to—date with. we want to return to the top story. two children have been killed and nine injured in a knife attack in southport. two adults are also in a critical condition in hospital. merseyside“s police and crime commissioner emily spurrelljoins us now. good morning. first of all, obviously we saw the reaction from the emergency services to the incident late yesterday. just, your reaction this morning if you could give us to what you know about what happened? to give us to what you know about what ha ened? 2. , give us to what you know about what ha ened? ., , ., , give us to what you know about what hauened? ., , ., , happened? to be honest, it has uenuinel happened? to be honest, it has genuinely been _ happened? to be honest, it has genuinely been hard _ happened? to be honest, it has genuinely been hard to - happened? to be honest, it has genuinely been hard to find - happened? to be honest, it has genuinely been hard to find the| genuinely been hard to find the words for what has happened. this has been such an awful, awful attack, absolutely atrocious. these attacks are always awful but particularly when there are children involved. it isjust particularly when there are children involved. it is just heartbreaking. my involved. it is just heartbreaking. my heart goes out to the family, the friends, the whole community, who i know are absolutely reeling from what happened yesterday. i would like to thank the emergency

services. they walked into what was a very traumatic scene and they behaved incredibly well, with professionalism, and tried to provide the vital support for the families there. thank you to them for the work they have done and are continuing to do. do for the work they have done and are continuing to do.— continuing to do. do you have any more information _ continuing to do. do you have any more information about _ continuing to do. do you have any more information about the - more information about the circumstances surrounding what happened yesterday?— circumstances surrounding what happened yesterday? there's still a lot to be figured _ happened yesterday? there's still a lot to be figured out. _ happened yesterday? there's still a lot to be figured out. the _ happened yesterday? there's still a lot to be figured out. the police - lot to be figured out. the police have obviously said they have arrested 117—year—old individual. they are not currently looking for anyone else. —— one 17—year—old individual. it is obviously a complicated investigation and they will have to take time to figure out what happened, why it happened, what motivated this individual to commit these acts. obviously i would encourage everybody to give them the space to do that and not speculate about how it happened. latte space to do that and not speculate about how it happened.— space to do that and not speculate about how it happened. we know that obviously this — about how it happened. we know that obviously this is _ about how it happened. we know that obviously this is a _ about how it happened. we know that obviously this is a situation _ about how it happened. we know that obviously this is a situation that - obviously this is a situation that is ongoing, an individual is in

police custody at the moment. and a lot of still emerging over the last few hours. but do you know if this individual was already known to the police? individual was already known to the olice? , ., ., individual was already known to the aolice? , ., ., ~' , individual was already known to the olice? , . ., ~ , ., police? these are all the kinds of thins police? these are all the kinds of thin . s the police? these are all the kinds of things the police _ police? these are all the kinds of things the police will— police? these are all the kinds of things the police will obviously i police? these are all the kinds of| things the police will obviously be looking at, to figure out whether he was known to them, whether there is any previous history, all of that. i don't know at this point. these are inquiries police are making right now. i would encourage people to lead the police do theirjob. it“s lead the police do theirjob. it's important we come together as a community, support families affected by such an offer act, and i'm hopeful we will get some answers in due course as well. hopefully, ultimately get justice for the families. i ultimately get 'ustice for the families. ~' . , , ultimately get 'ustice for the families. ~ ., , , ., ultimately get 'ustice for the families. ~ ., , ., ~ ., , families. i think anybody who knows the area, anybody _ families. i think anybody who knows the area, anybody who _ families. i think anybody who knows the area, anybody who isn't - families. i think anybody who knows the area, anybody who isn't perhaps familiar with the area but was watching yesterday, will look at the road and say, this is a really, you know, it looks like a really lovely, quiet residential place. we do say this, the sort of place where you can imagine this sort of horror happening. i wonder this morning,

what is your message to that community, to those people living nearby, and to the people who will have been so badly affected by what happened? i have been so badly affected by what ha--ened? ~ have been so badly affected by what ha ened? ~ , , ., have been so badly affected by what hauened? ~ , , ., , happened? i think this is what is particularly _ happened? i think this is what is particularly shocking _ happened? i think this is what is particularly shocking and - happened? i think this is what is i particularly shocking and triggering a rounded, is that these were children doing exactly what they should be doing, having a dance party on the summer holidays in a nice quiet seaside town. there is absolutely no expectation something that this should happen. one of the big challenges for the community and what they're trying to get grips with. .. what they're trying to get grips with... when i was there yesterday i was so impressed with how the community has come together, they are doing food parcels, fundraising, community spaces for people to be with each other. this is one of the things that communities like southport do so well, they come together in times of crisis, and i know that will continue over the next days and weeks. i would encourage the community to keep supporting each other while we try to get to grips with what happened. i also want to flag as well we do

have our victim karen merseyside service available, so if anybody does want to have a chat with one of our special councillors, they are available to talk as well. merseyside police and crime commissioner, thank you very much indeed for your time. we can speak now to the chancellor rachel reeves, who joins us now from westminster. good morning, ms reeves. we will be speaking to you about changes to government spending injust a moment. but first, can we start by asking for your reaction to the events in southport? it's beyond the worst nightmare of any parent to see what unfolded yesterday in southport. unlike the rest of the country my thoughts and prayers are with the families affected and with the children who are still in a critical condition. everybody will be thinking as well of the emergency services, particularly those in the nhs at alder hey hospital, who were responding yesterday to terrible scenes. and i'd like to give my thanks to all of the emergency

services responded so quickly, including the police, yesterday. yes, absolutely. as we said, yesterday was a busy day as far as announcements were concerned three weeks into the job and you have laid out what you say is a bleak —— big black hole in the finances of the country. let“s black hole in the finances of the country. let's start with one which has got a lot of people very angry this morning. a decision to remove the winter fuel payments on those not claiming pension credit. we know one of the biggest costs to people right now is energy and food, particularly for older people. you have chosen to remove support for older people when it comes to energy. why that decision? yesterday i set out a energy. why that decision? yesterday i set out a £22 — energy. why that decision? yesterday i set out a £22 billion _ energy. why that decision? yesterday i set out a £22 billion black _ energy. why that decision? yesterday i set out a £22 billion black hole - i set out a £22 billion black hole in the public finances this year. and not acting on that was not an option. because it is essential to preserve economic and financial stability in our economy. without that we have a repeat of what liz truss achieved in her short time as

prime minister, financial market turbulence, putting pensions at risk, sending mortgage rates and rents through the roof. i was not willing to put our economic stability at risk. and so it was necessary yesterday to take tough decisions to bring stability back to our public finances and to get a group of these spending pressures. the decisions i made on winter fuel payment yesterday are not decisions i wanted to make. they are not the seasons i expected to make. but when confronted with a £22 billion black hole i had to act. i have preserved winter fuel payments for pensioners and pension credit. a single pensioner with an income ofjust below £12,000 will continue to receive the winter fuel payment. and a pensioner couple on an income of just under £18,000 will continue to receive the winter fuel payment. it is important to preserve those payments for the pensioners who need it most. and in addition to that, i will be working with the department for work and pensions to ensure that

we increase the take—up of pension credit, so that everybody who is entitled to it, and winter fuel payment, gets that support. it was a difficult decision yesterday, but in the circumstances that i faced, the circumstances i inherited, it was the right decision, alongside other difficult decisions that this new government was forced to make yesterday to fix the mess left by the previous government. you talk about the people _ the previous government. you talk about the people who _ the previous government. you talk about the people who do _ the previous government. you talk about the people who do not - the previous government. you talk about the people who do not claim the previous government. you talk. about the people who do not claim it currently. we were talking to a former pensions minister making it clear that 800,000 pensioners who could be entitled to claim that pension credit do not do so. we know it is a blunt instrument being able to offer to a everybody. what is it the right decision? it will save you £1.5 billion. yet at the same time you have handed a public sector pay increase with 9.4 billion. you are taking money off pensioners that saves you 1.5 billion, and handing 9.4 billion to public sector workers. that“s 9.4 billion to public sector workers. that's not fair, is it? in workers. that's not fair, is it? i�*i terms of the pension credit, we are going to be merging pension credit with housing benefit, and we will be

working with older people because my charities and local government to identify people who should be getting pension credit because i want everybody who is entitled to pension credit to get it and also to be getting the winter fuel payment. if you're right, yesterday we accepted the recommendations of the independent pay review bodies. these independent pay review bodies. these independent pay review bodies. these independent pay review bodies were given the remit by the previous government. and extraordinarily, the last government did not give them a remit for what was affordable. and so the independent pay review bodies have come back with recommendations in line with private sector pay increases, and we have accepted that. the cost of inaction, and not accepting those recommendations, is not zero. the analysis i published yesterday shows that just last year the cost of industrial action within our national health service cost our economy £1.7 billion and resulted in 1.4 million lost appointments and

operations in our national health service. we can't carry on like this. we had to fix the mess the previous government left, including the terrible situation in the national health service with waiting lists of 7.6 million. i hope the announcement yesterday will draw a line under the industrial unrest and will mean that patients of all ages, but particularly the elderly, are able to get the appointments when they needed them in our national health service, so we have functioning public services again. the £9.4 billion figure, the pay deal you have handed to public sector workers, you talk about a £20 billion black hole in ourfinances, but at the same time handing nearly half of that public sector workers. one of those difficult sector —— choices could have been not offering that money to public sector workers? we have asked government departments to absorb £3.2 billion of that £22 billion. we will do that by cutting

down consultancy spend, reducing government communications bill and making 2% efficiency savings in back office. so that we can properly reward our front line office. so that we can properly reward ourfront line public reward our front line public services. reward ourfront line public services. we all know there is massive recruitment and retention problems in our public services, whether it is the armed forces that keep us safe, our police officers and prison staff, who protect us, our nhs front line workers, who keep us well and healthy, and indeed our teachers, who keep us educated. there is a huge recruitment and recruitment —— retention crisis because pay has fallen behind public sector pay this last decade or so. at the beginning of this programme we talked about the emergency services. we owe a huge amount to our public sector workers who kept our public sector workers who kept our economy and society going through the pandemic. they are there with us some of the most challenging times. i think it is right that public sector workers are rewarded properly for the work that they do. and i make no apology for yesterday, ensuring that the independent pay review body recommendations were

accepted. we make difficult decisions to cut money spent in the back office, to be able to pay for those pay increases. latte back office, to be able to pay for those pay increases.— back office, to be able to pay for those pay increases. we have 'ust s - oken those pay increases. we have 'ust soken to those pay increases. we have 'ust spoken to the�* those pay increases. we have 'ust spoken to the deputy i those pay increases. we have 'ust spoken to the deputy chairfi those pay increases. we have 'ust spoken to the deputy chair ofh those pay increases. we have just spoken to the deputy chair of the | spoken to the deputy chair of the british medical association here on the programme this morning and essentially she told us that if used right, you get what you want. essentially what you are saying to a workers right now is, if you don't like it, strike, and we will pay you. you will have a queue of people asking for more money, won“t he? latte asking for more money, won't he? we need asking for more money, won't he? 2 need to treat public sector workers with respect. i5 need to treat public sector workers with respect-— with respect. is that the right message? — with respect. is that the right message? look, _ with respect. is that the right message? look, the - with respect. is that the right| message? look, the previous government _ message? look, the previous government didn't _ message? look, the previous government didn't even - message? look, the previous- government didn't even negotiate, didn't even talk to the junior doctors. that“s didn't even talk to the junior doctors. that's why for months and months we were in a situation where people pass hospital appointments and their operations were cancelled at the last minute. that caused huge pain and agony. people voted for change. part of that change was public services that actually work, that people could send their children to school because there wasn't industrial action, so people

wasn“t industrial action, so people could have hospital appointments and operations, so people could phone a gp and get an appointment. we are determined to deliver that to change. part of that change is treating public sector workers with respect. and failing to implement the independent recommendations of those pay review bodies, afraid, would have resulted in further disruption and would have made it even harder to recruit and retain the nurses, the doctors, the teachers, the soldiers, the army officers, that we need to keep our country safe, educated and healthy. and so that's why we accepted those independent pay review body recommendations. the previous government, they had the recommendations from the teachers“ pay review body before the election. they didn't act. they could have rejected it and said it was not affordable. they didn't do so. they left it to the new government to fix the mess they had created. that is what i am starting to do. that's what i am starting to do. that's what the difficult announcements were made yesterday are all about, fixing the mess the previous

government have left for us to clear up. government have left for us to clear u n . 2, government have left for us to clear u -. ., ., ~ government have left for us to clear up. you talk about honesty and takin: up. you talk about honesty and taking difficult _ up. you talk about honesty and taking difficult decisions. - up. you talk about honesty and taking difficult decisions. one | up. you talk about honesty and | taking difficult decisions. one of the other things you announced yesterday with the scrap and social care costs. the health secretary, wes streeting, speaking to the bbc just six weeks ago said, one of the things we are committed to is the cap on care costs, we are not planning to come in and unpick and scrap that. you are three weeks into this newjob and you have done exactly that. this new job and you have done exactly that-— this new job and you have done exactly that. why should people trust you? _ exactly that. why should people trust you? when _ exactly that. why should people trust you? when we _ exactly that. why should people trust you? when we came - exactly that. why should people trust you? when we came into l exactly that. why should people - trust you? when we came into office i asked officials to do an urgent review of the state of public spending and public finances. i published that analysis department yesterday. and i have to tell the country that we previous government made commitments without having any money to pay for them, including on social care, including on the hospital programme, including road and rail upgrades. you hospital programme, including road and rail upgrades.— and rail upgrades. you have made that point- — and rail upgrades. you have made that point- i'm _ and rail upgrades. you have made that point. i'm interested - and rail upgrades. you have made that point. i'm interested to - and rail upgrades. you have made that point. i'm interested to knowj that point. i'm interested to know why people should trust you now given that you promised to do things on the campaign you have reversed

three weeks into the job?— three weeks into the 'ob? because the previous h three weeks into the job? because the previous comment _ three weeks into the job? because the previous comment did - three weeks into the job? because the previous comment did not - three weeks into the job? because the previous comment did not put| three weeks into the job? because i the previous comment did not put any money behind these things. we did not know that going into the election campaign. we did not know that until this analysis has been conducted. the institute for fiscal studies, the independent institute, said that some of the things we announced yesterday were not known by the public, were not known by the opposition, were not known by them during the election campaign. this is new information yesterday. and i've got a very simple principle. if you can afford it, you cannot do it. and there were difficult decisions yesterday. but if the previous government did not put money behind schemes with a £22 billion black hole this year alone in our finances, that necessitates difficult decisions. these were not decisions i wanted to or expected to make, but we have to clear up this mess. we cannot leave on site at £22 billion black hole in ourfinances. we saw what happened when the

previous prime minister, liz truss, left a hole in our finances. mortgage rates went through the roof. it caused huge anxiety and distress for working families and pensioners up and down the country. i“m pensioners up and down the country. i'm not going to make those same mistakes. i am clearing up the mess that was left. that does involve difficult decisions but government involves difficult decisions and i'm determined to put our public finances and our public services on a firmer footing after the chaos and a firmer footing after the chaos and a responsibility that the previous government presided over. chancellor rachel reeves. _ government presided over. chancellor rachel reeves, good _ government presided over. chancellor rachel reeves, good to _ government presided over. chancellor rachel reeves, good to talk _ government presided over. chancellor rachel reeves, good to talk to - government presided over. chancellor rachel reeves, good to talk to you. i rachel reeves, good to talk to you. thank you. thank you. thankyou. thank ou. , ., ., ., , thank you. it is 7:44am. carol is the weather- _ thank you. it is 7:44am. carol is the weather. and _ thank you. it is 7:44am. carol is the weather. and there - thank you. it is 7:44am. carol is the weather. and there is - thank you. it is 7:44am. carol is the weather. and there is some | thank you. it is 7:44am. carol is i the weather. and there is some good news in this forecast. good morning. yes, if you like your whether that bit hotter, well, today is the day. in fact, the next couple of days it is going to be very warm or hot, depending on where you are. it will also feel quite humid as well. and mostly dry with a lot of sunshine. to look at the temperatures here, where we have got

the amber, orange colours, that is indicating their —— they are still high. we have showers at times but it is this cold front as we head towards the weekend that will introduce fresher colours as indicated by the yellow, so the temperatures will be different at the weekend. this morning we are starting with some high cloud in southern areas. that will melt away. we have also got a weather front draped across northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england. that will fizzle through the day. the sunshine will come out. pretty sunny at the moment. across the far north of scotland there is another weather front producing cloud, the odd spot of rain, and is windy. a lot of dry weather. the temperatures responding. 21 in aberdeen, 23 in newcastle, 27 in birmingham, 32 in london. if we reach 32 that will make it the warmest day of the year so far. these are the sea temperatures. 19 at best. still a bit on the nippy

side. so, as we head through the evening and overnight, a lot of clear skies. evening and overnight, a lot of clearskies. low evening and overnight, a lot of clear skies. low cloud at times from the north sea across north—east england. some showers across the and south wales. and you could catch thundery showers coming in from france across the far south—east. it will be humid once again in the south—east. in sheltered grounds in scotland it will be chilly. temperatures falling away here to about 4 degrees. tomorrow we start off with a lot of dry weather. thundery showers clearing. with the onshore breeze it does mean we will see some low cloud coming in at times across north—east england and parts of eastern scotland. some showers or getting across northern england and also wales. a bit more cloud tomorrow across northern ireland. these are the temperatures. 18 in aberdeen, 22 in glasgow, 20 in belfast, and up to 30 in london. now moving through thursday, we have another weather front coming in.

moving through thursday, we have another weatherfront coming in. it will bump into the hot and humid conditions. that will spark off some thunderstorms. it could be torrential downpours. we will not all see them. some areas will stay dry. there could be localised flooding. towards the west something drier and brighter, and these are the temperatures. up the temperatures. up to 27 degrees. the temperatures. u- to 27 decrees. 2. ~ british military veterans who were affected by a long—running toxic water scandal in the us, say they feel let down by a lack of support from the ministry of defence. hundreds of british personnel — and civilians — who spent time at the camp lejeune base in north carolina, were exposed to cancer—causing chemicals from a polluted water supply, as john maguire explains. the value of this land to the marine corps has grown over the years, as men and women have trained to fight wars in the pacific islands, korea, vietnam, kuwait, afghanistan and iraq.

the land at camp lejeune may have been valuable to train us marines to fight a known enemy, but there was also a hidden threat there — drinking water that was contaminated. archive: implicit warning i that the united states defences are never down is given i in marine corps manoeuvres at camp lejeune, north carolina. from 1950s to the 1980s, it“s estimated that around one million service personnel, civilians and their families were posted there, and more than a thousand were british. the water at the base in north carolina was found to contain pollutants linked to an increase in parkinson's disease and some cancers. richard york, a former soldier in the royal anglian regiment, was posted there in 1985, and four years ago, was told he had cancer. they kept on asking how much have i smoked, and when did i stop smoking,

and how long i have been smoking? well, i've never, ever, ever smoked in my life. which, uh, it didn't — at the time because i didn't know about camp lejerne at this time, that that came later — we came out shaking our heads and didn't know what could have caused it, or, you know, or what it could have been. for years, victims in the us have been fighting a major legal action, seeking compensation. but richard believes many this side of the atlantic will never have heard about the case. i think it's absolutely disgusting, the fact that, uh, you know, as we know, uh, a lot of british soldiers, and even more royal marines, uh, have served there during that time period. and i am almost certain that there are people who have either passed away,

or suffered severe, uh, injuries, you know, and cancer, from being there, who actually don't know, or theirfamilies don't know about it. richard says he's never received any official contact about the scandal, and the ministry of defence says it takes the safety of its personnel very seriously. two years ago, president biden announced a scheme to help veterans and families affected by toxicity while working with us forces, which extends to people from around the world. this is the most significant law our nation has ever passed, to help millions of veterans who are exposed to toxic substances during their military services. but the window is closing. applications must be submitted by august the 10th. those who served, many putting themselves in harm's way, but who were struck

down by an invisible enemy, now face a race against time forjustice, for recognition, and for compensation. john maguire, bbc news. we are joined now by chris lear, whose husband jonathan was diagnosed in 2002 with kidney cancer and died seven years later. joe house, whose wife, carol, passed away in 2021 from a rare form of leukaemia. and military lawyer andrew buckham. thank you all very much indeed for talking to us this morning. chris, this is something that not many people will know about. tell us a little bit about your history and how you and your husband came to be in the circumstances? mr; how you and your husband came to be in the circumstances?— in the circumstances? my husband jonathan, in the circumstances? my husband jonathan. he _

in the circumstances? my husband jonathan, he was _ in the circumstances? my husband jonathan, he was posted _ in the circumstances? my husband jonathan, he was posted to - in the circumstances? my husband jonathan, he was posted to campl jonathan, he was posted to camp lejeune in 1980, and we were there for two years. we left in 1982. we had a good two years there. obviously none of this was known to us. i travelled out there with a six—month—old baby and a 22—month—old toddler. and so, yeah, this is quite a worry, the fact that we were living with such high toxicity in the water. and we were living with such high toxicity in the water. and joe, you have been — toxicity in the water. and joe, you have been brought _ toxicity in the water. and joe, you have been brought together, i toxicity in the water. and joe, you have been brought together, you| toxicity in the water. and joe, you i have been brought together, you have got to know each other in these most awful circumstances. tell us about your wife, carol? latte awful circumstances. tell us about your wife, carol?— awful circumstances. tell us about your wife, carol? we took over from the leos in — your wife, carol? we took over from the leos in 1982. _ your wife, carol? we took over from the leos in 1982. two _ your wife, carol? we took over from the leos in 1982. two years - your wife, carol? we took over from the leos in 1982. two years out i the leos in 1982. two years out there. — the leos in 1982. two years out there. a — the leos in 1982. two years out there, a different environment out there _ there, a different environment out there from — there, a different environment out there from the uk. as far as we knew, _ there from the uk. as far as we knew, there was no problem until carol— knew, there was no problem until carol was—

knew, there was no problem until carol was diagnosed in april 2021, after— carol was diagnosed in april 2021, after a _ carol was diagnosed in april 2021, after a pre—op for a carol was diagnosed in april 2021, aftera pre—op fora hip replacement. there were four months in hospitat _ replacement. there were four months in hospital. it was an agreement, the treatment wasn't working. so she came _ the treatment wasn't working. so she came home, — the treatment wasn't working. so she came home, we had a family —— fairly normal— came home, we had a family —— fairly normal existence. as happens with these _ normal existence. as happens with these things, when you can't fight infection. — these things, when you can't fight infection, that kicked in at the end of novemberand infection, that kicked in at the end of november and she died at home on the 13th _ of november and she died at home on the 13th of— of november and she died at home on the 13th of december, 2021. and andrew, the 13th of december, 2021. and andrew. talk— the 13th of december, 2021. and andrew, talk to _ the 13th of december, 2021. and andrew, talk to us _ the 13th of december, 2021. fific andrew, talk to us about the 13th of december, 2021. elic andrew, talk to us about how this connection has been made, to be able to trace what has happened to these two families back to that camp? 50. two families back to that camp? so, there is information out there, particularly _ there is information out there, particularly in _ there is information out there, particularly in the _ there is information out there, particularly in the us, - there is information out there, particularly in the us, because there is information out there, i particularly in the us, because it was a _ particularly in the us, because it was a us— particularly in the us, because it was a us based _ particularly in the us, because it was a us based compensation. particularly in the us, because it- was a us based compensation system, very sadly— was a us based compensation system, very sadly we — was a us based compensation system, very sadly we have _ was a us based compensation system, very sadly we have not _ was a us based compensation system, very sadly we have not seen _ was a us based compensation system, very sadly we have not seen a - was a us based compensation system, very sadly we have not seen a huge i very sadly we have not seen a huge amount— very sadly we have not seen a huge amount of— very sadly we have not seen a huge amount of engagement _ very sadly we have not seen a huge amount of engagement from - very sadly we have not seen a huge amount of engagement from the i very sadly we have not seen a huge i amount of engagement from the mod in terms of— amount of engagement from the mod in terms of getting — amount of engagement from the mod in terms of getting the _ amount of engagement from the mod in terms of getting the message _ amount of engagement from the mod in terms of getting the message in - amount of engagement from the mod in terms of getting the message in and i terms of getting the message in and the communication— terms of getting the message in and the communication out _ terms of getting the message in and the communication out there - terms of getting the message in and the communication out there to i terms of getting the message in and the communication out there to the|

the communication out there to the uk veterans' — the communication out there to the uk veterans' community. _ the communication out there to the uk veterans' community. so - the communication out there to the uk veterans' community. so in i the communication out there to the. uk veterans' community. so in some respects— uk veterans' community. so in some respects with — uk veterans' community. so in some respects with joe _ uk veterans' community. so in some respects with joe and _ uk veterans' community. so in some respects with joe and chris, - uk veterans' community. so in some respects with joe and chris, it - uk veterans' community. so in some respects withjoe and chris, it has i respects withjoe and chris, it has almost _ respects withjoe and chris, it has almost been — respects withjoe and chris, it has almost been luck. _ respects withjoe and chris, it has almost been luck. we _ respects withjoe and chris, it has almost been luck. we have - respects withjoe and chris, it has almost been luck. we have been. almost been luck. we have been trying _ almost been luck. we have been trying to— almost been luck. we have been trying to push— almost been luck. we have been trying to push out _ almost been luck. we have been trying to push out on _ almost been luck. we have been trying to push out on social i almost been luck. we have been. trying to push out on social media platforms — trying to push out on social media platforms and _ trying to push out on social media platforms and through _ trying to push out on social media platforms and through websites i trying to push out on social media i platforms and through websites and newsletters — platforms and through websites and newsletters with _ platforms and through websites and newsletters with the _ platforms and through websites and newsletters with the veterans' - newsletters with the veterans' community _ newsletters with the veterans' community to _ newsletters with the veterans' community, to try— newsletters with the veterans' community, to try to - newsletters with the veterans' community, to try to get - newsletters with the veterans' community, to try to get the i community, to try to get the information— community, to try to get the information and _ community, to try to get the information and this - community, to try to get the information and this key i community, to try to get the | information and this key date community, to try to get the i information and this key date of community, to try to get the - information and this key date of the 10th of— information and this key date of the 10th of august. _ information and this key date of the 10th of august, but _ information and this key date of the 10th of august, but it _ information and this key date of the 10th of august, but it has _ information and this key date of the 10th of august, but it has been i 10th of august, but it has been difficult — 10th of august, but it has been difficult. and — 10th of august, but it has been difficult. and obviously- 10th of august, but it has been difficult. and obviously no i 10th of august, but it has beenj difficult. and obviously no time 10th of august, but it has been i difficult. and obviously no time is ticking _ difficult. and obviously no time is ticking we — difficult. and obviously no time is ticking. we want— difficult. and obviously no time is ticking. we want to _ difficult. and obviously no time is ticking. we want to try— difficult. and obviously no time is ticking. we want to try and - difficult. and obviously no time is ticking. we want to try and get i difficult. and obviously no time isj ticking. we want to try and get as much _ ticking. we want to try and get as much as— ticking. we want to try and get as much as we — ticking. we want to try and get as much as we can _ ticking. we want to try and get as much as we can in _ ticking. we want to try and get as much as we can in terms - ticking. we want to try and get as much as we can in terms of - much as we can in terms of engagement— much as we can in terms of engagement with _ much as we can in terms ofj engagement with veterans, much as we can in terms of i engagement with veterans, so much as we can in terms of - engagement with veterans, so they have an _ engagement with veterans, so they have an opportunity _ engagement with veterans, so they have an opportunity to _ engagement with veterans, so they have an opportunity to consider- engagement with veterans, so they have an opportunity to consider thej have an opportunity to consider the information— have an opportunity to consider the information and _ have an opportunity to consider the information and make _ have an opportunity to consider the information and make an _ have an opportunity to consider the information and make an informedl information and make an informed decision— information and make an informed decision as — information and make an informed decision as to— information and make an informed decision as to whether _ information and make an informed decision as to whether they- information and make an informed decision as to whether they want i information and make an informedl decision as to whether they want to apply— decision as to whether they want to apply for— decision as to whether they want to apply for compensation. _ decision as to whether they want to apply for compensation. so - decision as to whether they want to apply for compensation.— decision as to whether they want to apply for compensation. so what have ou apply for compensation. so what have you learned? — apply for compensation. so what have you learned? i— apply for compensation. so what have you learned? i learnt _ apply for compensation. so what have you learned? i learnt about _ apply for compensation. so what have you learned? i learnt about this i you learned? i learnt about this onl 13 you learned? i learnt about this only 13 weeks — you learned? i learnt about this only 13 weeks ago. _ you learned? i learnt about this only 13 weeks ago. and - you learned? i learnt about this i only 13 weeks ago. and obviously it came out in august 2022. i had a call from a journalist, from edinburgh, who found me in woodbury and found my e—mail in a local magazine. and he e—mailed me to see if he could have a chat with me. so,

it was an absolute bombshell. it was an absolute bombshell on the 5th of may to be told this. and i feel that this is not the way i should have been informed of such a catastrophe. it has affected the family so greatly. but i have to thank him for finding me and giving me the news. i have to thank owen rachel for everything they have done to get me as far as i have got in 13 weeks. —— owen rachel. if we had been told originally by the mod we would have had two years to get the claim in. joe, make that connection when you were first made aware that it was a contamination with the water, and later then discovering that the us military had been very clear about offering compensation, thatjust offering compensation, that just wasn't offering compensation, thatjust wasn't available here? mr;

offering compensation, that 'ust wasn't available here?i offering compensation, that 'ust wasn't available here? my story a sli . htl wasn't available here? my story a slightly different _ wasn't available here? my story a slightly different because - wasn't available here? my story a slightly different because i - wasn't available here? my story a | slightly different because i happen to see _ slightly different because i happen to see a _ slightly different because i happen to see a newsletter in february, march _ to see a newsletter in february, march 2023, just through luck, and it said _ march 2023, just through luck, and it said if— march 2023, just through luck, and it said if you — march 2023, just through luck, and it said if you had served that camp leieune _ it said if you had served that camp lejeune during this time contact irwin_ lejeune during this time contact irwin mitchell. i agree with what chris— irwin mitchell. i agree with what chris has— irwin mitchell. i agree with what chris has said. richard has been very— chris has said. richard has been very good — chris has said. richard has been very good indeed. as have the bbc subsequently. i also contacted what i subsequently. i also contacted what i thought _ subsequently. i also contacted what i thought would be the appropriate authorities at the mod to get support~ _ authorities at the mod to get support. and to put it bluntly, we have _ support. and to put it bluntly, we have received no support. so then, with irvin _ have received no support. so then, with irvin mitchell we did the podcast _ with irvin mitchell we did the podcast. —— irwin mitchell. from that— podcast. —— irwin mitchell. from that we— podcast. —— irwin mitchell. from that we got— podcast. —— irwin mitchell. from that we got some traction. chris was found, _ that we got some traction. chris was found, others i am not sure about. i don't _ found, others i am not sure about. i don't know— found, others i am not sure about. i don't know what numbers have been found _ don't know what numbers have been found and _ don't know what numbers have been found. and here we are now. andrew,

how many more _ found. and here we are now. andrew, how many more people _ found. and here we are now. andrew, how many more people might - found. and here we are now. andrew, how many more people might there i found. and here we are now. andrew, | how many more people might there be with these stories?— with these stories? well, we don't exect the with these stories? well, we don't expect the numbers _ with these stories? well, we don't expect the numbers to _ with these stories? well, we don't expect the numbers to be - with these stories? well, we don't expect the numbers to be as i with these stories? well, we don't expect the numbers to be as high | with these stories? well, we don't i expect the numbers to be as high as they are _ expect the numbers to be as high as they are in _ expect the numbers to be as high as theyare in the — expect the numbers to be as high as they are in the us. _ expect the numbers to be as high as they are in the us. i— expect the numbers to be as high as they are in the us. i think— expect the numbers to be as high as they are in the us. i think there - 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still to come, rats, cockroaches and dirty kitchens. these are some of the examples of bad food hygiene in residence. we will be speaking to the food standards agency. goodbye to viewers on bbc one. we are heading over to bbc two.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. our headlines. shock and grief after two children were killed and nine others injured in a knife attack in southport. this is like the worst thing you can ever imagine. my daughter was there on saturday. ourfriends' kids were here. and they've just got slain, massacred. people have laid flowers overnight and the home secretary is due to

meet merseyside police and community leaders later. the chancellor tells bbc breakfast that cutting winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners was the right decision. we look at other measures announced yeserday and ask if tax rises are coming. it was medal monday for team gb as they picked up six, including golds for mountain biker tom pidcock and the eventing team. here in paris the men's triathlon has not gone ahead. it has been postponed until tomorrow due to pollution levels in the river seine. today will be dry, sunny and very warm or hot for most. if temperatures reach 32 celsius as forecast in the south—east, it will be the hottest day of the year so far. all the details shortly. it's tuesday, 30th ofjuly. police are trying to establish the motive of the attacker who targeted a children's dance

workshop in southport, killing two children and injuring nine others. six children and two adults are still in a critical condition as a result of the knife attack, which is not being treated as terror—related. a 17—year—old boy has been arrested, as our correspondent tom symonds reports. in southport, they've been bringing flowers — an instinctive response to an incomprehensible act of violence against children on a summer's morning. something like this doesn't happen around here. it's something that is very, very like hit our community very hard, i think, as well. and, obviously, it's still very raw, as well, everything that's going on. the prime minister's response echoed those from southport. the events are truly awful and i know the whole country is deeply shocked at what they've seen and what they've heard. and i know i speak for everybody in the whole country

in saying our thoughts and condolences are with the victims, their families, their friends and the wider community. and, last night, the king said he and the queen had been profoundly shocked to hear of the utterly horrific incident in southport. and so many will have been affected. organisers of the summer—holiday dance class and the children who were taking part, the parents who came to pick them up and those who saw the aftermath. it was like a bomb had gone off. you know, girls' bodies all over the place. me, one of my colleagues that works with me, james, he brought one of the girls out of the building. she didn't look good at all, poor kid. i checked in on my girls, and ijust ran to the crowd because i just thought... you put your nhs head on, don't you? and the mother that i wasjust consoling, just the look on her face because she knew something had happened to her child.

it's like, oh, my gosh, how do you even comprehend? there's nothing you can do. this is like the worst thing you can ever imagine. my daughter was there on saturday. our friends' kids were here, and they've just got slain, massacred. there were so many witnesses, police were able to quickly describe what happened. the children were attending a taylor swift event at a dance school when the offender, armed with a knife, walked into the premises and started to attack, inside, the children. we believe that the adults who were injured were bravely trying to protect the children who were being attacked. as a mum and a nana, i can't begin to imagine the pain and suffering that the families of the victims are going through at this moment in time. 13 were stabbed, ii of them

children, two were killed. six children and two adults remain in a life—threatening condition. but why did it happen? a question now being asked notjust here but across the country. police continue to hold a 17—year—old boy from a nearby village, banks. they have yet to suggest any motive, but they're not treating the attack as terror—related. this will likely be a long investigation in a deeply traumatised community. tom symonds, bbc news. let's go to our correspondent lauren moss, who's at the scene. lauren, a community in shock this morning. very much so. people this morning waking up still with that sense of shock and disbelief and overwhelming sadness something like this could happen. it has been very quiet this

morning, almost eerily quiet in this residential area. the only movement of people coming and going, starting to leave their houses and being escorted by police so very much still an active crime scene. people have laid flowers and tributes to those impacted by what happened. a card over there says "we cannot comprehend the emotions and heartbreak you and your families must be going through right now". i think that sums up the feeling of everybody here. a teddy bear has been left and a poem of hope for those fighting for their lives in hospital and for the community. ai7—year—old male is in custody on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. the merseyside police and crime commissioner said the area is heartbroken. crime commissioner said the area is heartbroken-— heartbroken. investigations will continue today. _ heartbroken. investigations will continue today. there - heartbroken. investigations will continue today. there is - heartbroken. investigations will continue today. there is still. heartbroken. investigations will continue today. there is still a l heartbroken. investigations will i continue today. there is still a lot to be _ continue today. there is still a lot to he figured out. the police have said they— to he figured out. the police have

said they have arrested a 17—year—old individual. they are not looking _ i7—year—old individual. they are not looking for— 17—year—old individual. they are not looking for anybody else, they do not believe anybody else is related to this _ not believe anybody else is related to this it— not believe anybody else is related to this. it is a complicated investigation say they will take time _ investigation say they will take time to— investigation say they will take time to work out what happened and why and _ time to work out what happened and why and what motivated this individual to commit these acts. i encourage — individual to commit these acts. i encourage everybody to give them sbace _ encourage everybody to give them space to _ encourage everybody to give them space to do that and not speculate how this _ space to do that and not speculate how this might have happened. the home how this might have happened. the: home secretary will how this might have happened. tt9: home secretary will meet the merseyside chief constable and community leaders. yvette cooper said what has happened is truly devastating. people will start their day here trying to pick up the pieces and come to terms if that is possible with what has happened. it is quiet. the dance studio where the attack took place is a few hundred metres behind me. there are cafe is nearby, a local pub. this is a quite

area at the start of the holiday. everybody reeling and trying to come to terms with what happened —— it is a quiet area. the investigation continues. our reporter dave guest is outside alder hey children's hospital. what do we know about the condition of the children being treated where you are? irate of the children being treated where ou are? ~ ~' :, of the children being treated where ou are? ~ ,, :, . , you are? we know there are six children still— you are? we know there are six children still in _ you are? we know there are six children still in a _ you are? we know there are six children still in a critical- children still in a critical condition and two adults, adults who in the words of the police bravely fought to try to save the children. when this person started stabbing people at random. a number of children at this world leading centre for paediatrics. it treats around 450,000 children a year but what staff face yesterday is something probably they have not faced before. these children were not involved in an accident, were

not involved in an accident, were not suffering life changing illness. they went to a dance festival and had been stabbed. they have worked around the clock. they declared a major incident yesterday. they have protocols in place for such an incident. others are treated at the royal manchester children's hospital and still very poorly this morning as are the adults who did their best to save children in the most horrendous, unimaginable circumstances.— horrendous, unimaginable circumstances. let's have a look at the other main stories. charities have warned that pensioners will face a choice between heating and eating after the chancellor announced plans to tackle what she says is a £22 billion overspend by the previous government. rachel reeves set out a £1.5 billion cut to winter fuel payments for pensioners in england and wales. in the future, only those receiving means—tested benefits will be entitled to help.

the government has also made a 22% pay offer over two years to junior doctors to prevent further strike action impacting the nhs. ms reeves also annnounced other pay deals for some public service workers, including teachers and nhs workers who will get a 5.5% increase. we can go now to our political correspondent harry farley in westminster. what is the reaction to the latest announcements?— what is the reaction to the latest announcements? : . , , : announcements? some charities such as a . e announcements? some charities such as are uk announcements? some charities such as age uk criticised _ announcements? some charities such as age uk criticised the _ announcements? some charities such as age uk criticised the decision - announcements? some charities such as age uk criticised the decision on i as age uk criticised the decision on winter fuel payments to limit them only to those receiving pension credit benefit as a disastrous outcome and the wrong policy decision. rachel reeves earlier defended that decision. it was necessary yesterday to take tough decisions to bring stability back to our public finances and to get a grip of the spending pressures. the decisions i made on winter fuel payments yesterday are not decisions i wanted to make,

they were not decisions i expected to make. but when confronted with a £22 billion black hole, i had to act. is it true she was forced out by overspending by the previous government? experts say there were funding commitments around housing and asylum seekers for example but it is true the single biggest spending the £22 billion black hole rachel reeves talked about was a political decision, to increase public sector pay and forjunior doctors, to increase it by 22%. she did not have to but she chose to do that. that is a political choice she made. the key point is that the cuts rachel reeves announced yesterday will not be enough to cover that gap in spending and rachel reeves was candid in saying there are more

difficult decisions to come on tax and spending and i think that means when the budget comes we can expect tax rises and possibly spending cuts. :. ~ tax rises and possibly spending cuts. . ,, , :, riot police in venezuela have fired rubber bullets at protesters in the capital as thousands demonstrate against the official outcome of sunday's presidential election. tyres and vehicles have been set alight by people who believe president nicolas maduro's declaration of victory was fraudulent. a number of western and latin american countries, as well as the un, have called on the venezuelan authorities to release voting records from polling stations. at least 45 people have been killed by landslides caused by heavy rain in the southern indian state of kerala. soldiers have been deployed to rescue hundreds of people who are thought to be trapped, but efforts are being hindered by heavy rain and the collapse of a crucial bridge. police are urgently searching for a six—year—old girl who has gone missing in greenwich.

eudine was last seen alone on cctv at around midday yesterday. she is thought to be wearing light pink pyjamas and carrying a white shoulder bag. officers say they are extremely concerned for her welfare. olympic organisers have postponed this morning's men's triathlon by a day because of concerns about water pollution in the river seine. our sports correspondent katie gornall is there for us. this is exactly what they did not want to happen. you this is exactly what they did not want to happen.— this is exactly what they did not want to happen. you are absolutely riuht. want to happen. you are absolutely right. circumstances, _ want to happen. you are absolutely right. circumstances, if— want to happen. you are absolutely right. circumstances, if they - want to happen. you are absolutely right. circumstances, if they had i right. circumstances, if they had been different you would have joined me in these beautiful surroundings and this area would be teeming with people and they would interview athletes and set up for the men's medal ceremony but in the early hours of the morning organisers said the event would have to be postponed. they tested the water and pollution levels were too high to allow the event to go ahead safely.

they have rescheduled it for tomorrow, after the conclusion of the women's event and if that does not work, there is an option of a contingency day, the 2nd of august. worst—case scenario, we are looking atjust worst—case scenario, we are looking at just the cycling worst—case scenario, we are looking atjust the cycling and running legs. it is a massive and dare i say embarrassing blow for organisers who have spent more than £1 billion trying to clean up the river seine to get it ready so people could swim in the river for this event. they said it was circumstances outside their control like the heavy rain we saw that raised pollution levels. a lot of anxiety now around this event and whether it will go ahead. british athletes, including alex yee, a favourite for the men's event, will be waiting to see when the games will get for them. team gb

yesterday had six medals. two gold medals. so much drama. and now we can all about it. blazing saddles — this was the day great britain rode triumphantly into these olympics. not that there weren't bumps in the road. in fact, one caused britain's tom pidcock, the defending mountain bike champion, to have a puncture. time was lost, but never hope. from 40 seconds back, pidcock began the chase of frenchman victor koretzky. in a frantic scramble, he picked his moment to pass. commentary: and that has taken koretzky out of the pedals! - that brief contact lingered with the locals. so there was no warm welcome, as pidcock completed a sensational recovery. he's normally a road racer, but had conquered quite some mountain. you know, the olympics is so special. and i think it'sjust like, you know, i wanted to show, like, what sport is, not giving up.

it's a shame the french were, er, booing me. but, you know. earlier, the british three—day eventing team had come to the final showjumping routine on the brink of gold. laura collett had room for error, but didn't need much of it. a clipped final fence was barely a footnote on an impressive defence of their olympic title. collett later won an individual bronze, too. sometimes, though, small margins matter. in the froth and fury of the final stages of the men's 200m freestyle, great britain's matt richards, on the top of your screen, had the edge, but one of the sport's new sensations, romania's david popovici, was with him. commentary: there's the touch. oh, i think has gone to popovici. oh, i think it has gone to popovici. nothing between gold and silver but two 100ths of a second and an athlete's respect. those fractions can be powerful. adam burgess was denied a medal by a sliver of a second in tokyo, a frustration that helped drive him along the turbulent waters of the canoe slalom course in a breathtaking time. commentary: adam burgess cannot believe it! _ it took him to silver and closure.

motivation is especially important to a diver. it pushes you over the edge. a force that brought tom daley back to the sport with a new partner, noah williams, preparing for the last dive of the ten metres synchro olympic final. commentary: yes! it won them the silver. watching in the stands was daley�*s husband, dustin lance—black, and, for the first time at an olympics, his sons phoenix and robbie. i think we're alljust very emotional, because this has been such an impossible dream. a year and a half ago, we were in colorado springs awaiting the birth of our second child, and tom and robbie here saw this olympic video in the museum. and tom said, "i think i need to do one more." so robbie's idea rewarded on a day when so many british plans came together. patrick gearey, bbc news. we will speak to tom pidcock later.

in about half an hour. as the medal haul gets bigger. currently, great britain, two gold medals, five silver, three bronze, seventh in the table. but still a lot of events to go. i reckon they will get higher than that. here's carol. you have been bringing sunshine all morning. good morning. starting with the beautiful picture taken in henley earlier. some cloud, fairly high. across some parts of the south. it will tend to break up. if you have an allergy to pollen, levels are low today, or moderate. we have two weather fronts, one in the north of scotland producing some rain and it is windy. in southern scotland, northern england and

northern ireland, that is fizzling. the cloud will break. blue skies across england and wales. if you like it cooler, head to the coast and a sea breeze will do that for you. claudia northern ireland and scotland but in between dry and sunny conditions. temperatures, very warm or hot. 21 in aberdeen. 19 in belfast. 32 in london. if we reach 32 it will be the hottest day of the year so far. overnight, 32 it will be the hottest day of the yearso far. overnight, again, dry weather. cloud coming in from the north sea. the odd shower in south—west england and south wales. a chance we will catch thundery downpours in the far south—east coming up from france. feeling humid in the south. colder in sheltered glens in scotland with the overnight low around four. tomorrow, dry weather. cloud in north—east england

and parts of eastern scotland. some thundery showers across the channel islands and some southern counties. temperatures up to 28. wednesday night and especially thursday, we see some thunderstorms develop. thank you. when you're choosing a place to go out for dinner or ordering food online, do you ever check the hygiene rating? new analysis by the bbc�*s shared data unit has found that one in five restaurants and takeaways have not been inspected for more than two years and it could be putting people's health at risk. here's our reporter rachel stonehouse. rats, cockroaches and very dirty kitchens. these are some of the worst places food hygiene inspectors have been into. and forjulie and her family, a sunday roast at a restaurant injune ended in disaster. unfortunately, when we got home that evening, we both, immediately —

well, the whole family — er, immediately became ill, all through the night and for the next few days. yeah. so, i mean, it really was rotten, really felt rotten. she contacted the restaurant afterwards, which hasn't been inspected for almost two years, and the manager said he'd investigate. so he promised that he would call me back within the next few days, and didn't. so i thought that was very poor. and that's what, about six weeks ago now? yeah. and you've not heard anything since? no, i don't expect to. so do you have a food safety management system available for me to look at? yes, i have this file. yeb _ every place serving food in the uk should have an up to date hygiene rating. inspectors come in, they check how food is prepared,

how it's stored, and, in worst cases, they can shut places down. egg patty and cheese? i'lljust get the boss. _ yeah, please, yeah, thank you. food standards guidance says most places should be inspected every six months to two years, depending on the risk. but analysis by the bbc shared data unit has found almost one in five have not been checked for more than two years. but are food hygiene ratings something people look out for when they're eating out or getting a takeaway? yeah, i do think it's important to pay attention to and it should be inspected. ijudge aesthetics, to be honest, more than i do the menu, so if it looks a bit rough on the outside, i sort of, yeah, i think the kitchen is probably not in the best shape. not particularly. as long as the place looks ok, then i'll eat there. _ but if you've had quite a few- drinks, then you will eat anywhere! umer�*s restaurant has a five—star hygiene rating. like, i've been in the food game for the last ten years now, and it's quite a daunting place to be, especially for young entrepreneurs, as well,

especially people who want to get into the food game. we're cleaning down properly. with food, the way we make it, it's all made correct at the right temperatures, storage. and obviously, for them to make food to a level of safety is our main priority. so i'm just going to have a look around, just checking for your cleaning, any pest issues. i'm going to do some temperatures, as well, for your fridges and freezers, just to have a check. great. thank you. environmental health teams are employed by local councils, who say the backlog of inspections is partly due to the pandemic and also because of difficulties recruiting in the industry. nicola recently qualified as an inspector. do you know the signs to look for if you did have pests? yeah, the droppings and stuff. yeah — people probably don't know how to get into it, because even me, wanting to do it from being so young, i did struggle, like, well, how do you go about it? what do you do? i spoke to a careers adviser

to help me, but i think there's not really a lot of information about it. what is the worst place that you've been into so far? the business had a cockroach infestation. and i think the business, it's like they know there's an issue, but what do they do about it? they don't want to be bad and serve food that's not safe to the public, but they don't know how to go about it. so when you go in businesses that are quite bad, you just need to help them out and educate them. like, you're not punishing them for it. you just need to help them out and push them in the right direction. and situations like this are a growing concern for the food standards agency. this ability to do inspections around food businesses is a really important part of how we stop people from getting foodborne disease, and if it gets depleted, and if that's done over time, which we feel that it is at the moment, the risk to the public gets worse and then people lose trust in british food, and that's just not good for the country. in response, the government told us

plans to change the way councils budget would help alleviate the situation. forjulie, it's made her more wary about eating out. you have to think about these things more, when it's happened to you, and be more cautious about where you eat. and, you know, perhaps look at the standard of is it a five, or is it a three?! you know, ithink that's very important. rachel stonehouse, bbc news. we can speak now to katie pettifer from the food standards agency. some images in the report were quite disturbing, scary. how worried should we be about hygiene standards? irate should we be about hygiene standards?— should we be about hygiene standards? ~ :, :, . . standards? we are worried that local authorities are _ standards? we are worried that local authorities are not _ standards? we are worried that local authorities are not managing - standards? we are worried that local authorities are not managing to - standards? we are worried that local authorities are not managing to get. authorities are not managing to get through the backlog of inspections from covid as quickly as we would like but i say on the whole, food hygiene standards are good in the uk. when businesses are inspected,

97% get a three or above which means adequate or above and three quarters get a top rating and we are not seeing standards decline. we are not seeing standards decline. we are not seeing worrying levels of foodborne disease going up. it is still safe to eat out in the uk. but the worry is that if local authorities do not have resources and staff to get through the backlog is, in the long—term, we might see a deterioration. long-term, we might see a deterioration.— long-term, we might see a deterioration. are there more resources _ deterioration. are there more resources and _ deterioration. are there more resources and staff _ deterioration. are there more resources and staff to - deterioration. are there more resources and staff to do - deterioration. are there more | resources and staff to do these inspections?— resources and staff to do these insections? :, , . . inspections? the worry we and local authorities have _ inspections? the worry we and local authorities have is _ inspections? the worry we and local authorities have is they _ inspections? the worry we and local authorities have is they are - inspections? the worry we and local authorities have is they are not - authorities have is they are not enough people training into environmental health and trading standards and particularly specialising in food to meet needs in the future so i think there is a job for all of us to encourage people into these professions. it is a great profession, you get out and about and working businesses. he saw the officer. to help keep people

safe. :, :, i. . the officer. to help keep people safe. :, :, . , the officer. to help keep people safe. :, :, :, , :, safe. how do you encourage people to do that? it is — safe. how do you encourage people to do that? it is perhaps _ safe. how do you encourage people to do that? it is perhaps not _ safe. how do you encourage people to do that? it is perhaps not a _ safe. how do you encourage people to do that? it is perhaps not a choice - do that? it is perhaps not a choice people would think of. i do that? it is perhaps not a choice people would think of.— people would think of. i was at leeds beckett _ people would think of. i was at leeds beckett university - people would think of. i was at leeds beckett university who i people would think of. i was at - leeds beckett university who offer an environmental health degree. they said they get practically nobody coming from school. people come into the profession because they have worked in the food industry or local authority and realise it is interesting. part of it is about awareness. people leaving school do not see it as a profession to go into. ~ :. , not see it as a profession to go into. . . , , ., not see it as a profession to go into. . i, . , into. what exactly is it that people check to get _ into. what exactly is it that people check to get that _ into. what exactly is it that people check to get that standard? - into. what exactly is it that people check to get that standard? you i into. what exactly is it that people i check to get that standard? you said three or above the majority get. that is deemed adequate. you would be happy to eat at anything three and above. g0 be happy to eat at anything three and above. ,:, :, be happy to eat at anything three and above-— be happy to eat at anything three and above. ,:, :, . . ,:, and above. go for three and above. if ou no and above. go for three and above. if you go for _ and above. go for three and above. if you go for anything _ and above. go for three and above. if you go for anything less - and above. go for three and above. if you go for anything less you - and above. go for three and above. if you go for anything less you are i if you go for anything less you are twice as likely to get food poisoning. what do they measure? you saw the officer, they look at whether the kitchen is clean, look

for evidence of pest infestation. they look at the layout, where there is somewhere for staff to wash hands. and things like the cooked, raw meat, is kept separate from cooked food. i have been in places where they have had a raw bacon and cooked bacon touching each other and the officer said chuck that away, never do it again. they look at systems and processes. do they know when food goes out of date? do they throw it away? do they have confidence, dinner management know what they are doing? if a business gets five they are doing really well on those things. hagar gets five they are doing really well on those things.— gets five they are doing really well on those things. gets five they are doing really well on those thins. :, : . :, on those things. how much warning do businesses get — on those things. how much warning do businesses get about _ on those things. how much warning do businesses get about inspections? - businesses get about inspections? they do not. they are unannounced. businesses will be inspected between every six months and three years depending on how risky they are. risky ones like a big manufacturer will be seen every six months and

local authorities are on track with that, they do the inspections. places like care homes that serve vulnerable people, they are back on track. the problem is the backlog in lower risk businesses. the other thing that goes into the risk level is the compliance history so a restaurant can be a year and three years, six months and three years depending on whether they have a good track record.— depending on whether they have a good track record. when you look for somewhere. — good track record. when you look for somewhere, how _ good track record. when you look for somewhere, how do _ good track record. when you look for somewhere, how do you _ good track record. when you look for somewhere, how do you know - good track record. when you look for somewhere, how do you know how. somewhere, how do you know how up—to—date their inspection is? if you want to know the rating, many display it and you can also go on the website and search for food hygiene ratings and see the ratings of every business. there is a problem for us if ratings are not up—to—date enough and that is why we want to make sure local authorities have resources to do the job. i was have resources to do the 'ob. i was not have resources to do the 'ob. i was rrot aware — have resources to do the 'ob. i was not aware you t have resources to do the 'ob. i was not aware you do h have resources to do the 'ob. i was not aware you do not _ have resources to do the job. i was not aware you do not have - have resources to do the job. i was not aware you do not have to - have resources to do the job. i was not aware you do not have to display the rating of the window because you

do see this sign with the number 1-5, but do see this sign with the number 1—5, but not everywhere. it is do see this sign with the number 1-5, but not everywhere. it is not mandatory _ 1-5, but not everywhere. it is not mandatory in _ 1-5, but not everywhere. it is not mandatory in england. _ 1-5, but not everywhere. it is not mandatory in england. it - 1-5, but not everywhere. it is not mandatory in england. it is - 1-5, but not everywhere. it is not mandatory in england. it is in - 1-5, but not everywhere. it is not i mandatory in england. it is in wales and northern ireland and we would like to make it mandatory in england but that needs a change to the law so is something for the government to think about.— them all it was the greatest single loss of life during the troubles. the omagh bombing left 29 people dead, including a woman expecting twins. bereaved families have spent more than two decades campaigning for an inquiry. today, that inquiry finally begins. sarah given has been speaking to the father of one of the victims. this is aiden's place on the stone. it was a war crime that happened here. but the people that done it were never charged with a war crime.

aiden was in omagh shopping on the day of the bomb, but the 21—year—old never came home. in what was the darkest single day in northern ireland's troubles, 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were murdered in the real ira attack. no one has ever been convicted of the atrocity. brave families have spent years fighting for a public inquiry. after a lengthy legal delays, it finally opens today. we've worked so hard for this for such a long time. i think it's hugely important. this is the worst single failure of intelligence and security in the history of northern ireland. what do you want to get out of the inquiry? well, first of all, we need answers. we need to know was there anything that could have been done to prevent this bomb from happening? that is probably the most important question that we could ask. it's also important that we learn the lessons so that others will have a better chance than what the families

here in omagh had. the inquiry, chaired by lord turnbull, will not call witnesses or hear evidence until next year. but for those who lost loved ones, it's an important step forward in a journey that started nearly 26 years ago. ijust feel that, um, aiden's life was totally and absolutely wasted in order that some people wanted to make a political point. he was just a young person that wanted to enjoy his life. of course, we will be thinking of aiden as we walk down the street to the inquiry and hopefully have a lot of answers to the questions that we've all been asking for the past 25 years. sara girvin, bbc news, in omagh. we have been talking this morning about the announcements from the chancellor at rachel reeves yesterday about the change in winter fuel payments to pensioners. we had the chancellor on a short time ago.

we're nowjoined by shadow chancellorjeremy hunt. morning. rachel reeves said she believes you knew the state of public finances as you left government a few weeks ago, and spending pressures, but you, in her words, chose to ignore the situation, chose to ignore it. how do you respond to that? morning, sall . do you respond to that? morning, sally- well _ do you respond to that? morning, sally- well i'm — do you respond to that? morning, sally. well i'm afraid _ do you respond to that? morning, sally. well i'm afraid it's - do you respond to that? morning, sally. well i'm afraid it's absolutej sally. well i'm afraid it's absolute nonsense. it's actually a very disappointing way for the new government to do politics. we knew about the pressures on public finances and we had a very good plan to deal with them. i spent a good part of the budget talking about public sector productivity. i gave the nhs £31; public sector productivity. i gave the nhs £3.4 billion to modernise its it systems. we have zero and a plan to deal with the growing cost of illegal migrants i the channel. —— the rwanda plan. we also wanted to do welfare reform, the biggest

part of public spending. and what happened is the new government has arrived and quite legitimately they have chosen to scrap many of those policies. scrap the rwanda scheme, which means there will be many more people coming over the channel. big public sector pay rises without asking for any productivity improvements in return, even though most of the public sector have had between two and three times inflation pay rises. and the result is there is a black hole. now, she should be honest about that. it is her decisions. indeed, she knew about that before the election. and she should have, you know, no plans to address those, not try and blame it on the previous government, which is frankly the oldest trick in the book and i thought more highly of her than that she would try this kind of trick. in her than that she would try this kind of trick.— her than that she would try this kind of trick. in your own words, there is a _ kind of trick. in your own words, there is a black _ kind of trick. in your own words, there is a black hole. _ kind of trick. in your own words, there is a black hole. so - kind of trick. in your own words, there is a black hole. so there i kind of trick. in your own words, there is a black hole. so there is kind of trick. in your own words, i there is a black hole. so there is a black hole in public finances. what were you going to do to try to solve

the black hole after all those years in government?— the black hole after all those years in government? what i said was that i was a black — in government? what i said was that i was a black hole _ in government? what i said was that i was a black hole as _ in government? what i said was that i was a black hole as a _ in government? what i said was that i was a black hole as a result - in government? what i said was that i was a black hole as a result of - i was a black hole as a result of decisions that labour made when they came into office. when i was chancellor we had pressures, but we had a good plan to deal with them. and let me tell you why this notion of a black hole left by the conservative say such nonsense. if you say in the one breath there is a £22 billion black hole, and then in another breath that you are going to give a 22% pay rise to junior doctors, something is not right. and what isn't right is that actually, there was a plan in place. labour didn't like elements of the plan. for example, an asylum we had projections that the cost of housing asylum seekers could rise to £13 billion a year. so we put a plan in place, the rwanda plan. we had flights ready to go. when labour cancelled it, they crystallised all the costs but prevented us getting

any of the benefits. so, we didn't get the reduction in costs that would have happened if people had been flung to rwanda. most importantly, we are now not deterring people from crossing the channel, which is why the people smugglers told the daily telegraph two days before the election, we are waiting for keir starmer to get elected so we can ship more people over to the uk. those are decisions that labour have made that have caused the black hole that rachel reeves is talking about. let’s caused the black hole that rachel reeves is talking about. let's talk about asylum- _ reeves is talking about. let's talk about asylum. paul— reeves is talking about. let's talk about asylum. pauljohnson, - reeves is talking about. let's talk i about asylum. pauljohnson, director about asylum. pauljohnson, director of the ifs, said the £6.4 billion overspend on asylum this year was, in his words, a huge number. and i'm quoting directly from him, it does genuinely appear to have been underfunded. so where was that money going to come from? itrrui’eiii. underfunded. so where was that money going to come from?— going to come from? well, it wouldn't have _ going to come from? well, it wouldn't have cost _ going to come from? well, it wouldn't have cost that - going to come from? well, it. wouldn't have cost that money if we'd had the rwanda policy, because that was our way of reducing that. but as all governments do, at the start of the year we had a reserve

for unexpected claims. that is £14 billion at the start of the year for revenue, £4 billion for capital. so we had provision for unexpected costs. and we had good plans in place that would have meant... as chancellor i delivered two budgets, two autumn statements, all of them we met our fiscal rules. two autumn statements, all of them we met ourfiscal rules. i two autumn statements, all of them we met our fiscal rules. i would have been able to continue meeting our fiscal rules, taking the books add up. but what will make people angry is that labour knew they were going to cancel rwanda, they knew they would want to ask for anything from the unions in return for pay rises because the unions are frankly in the election, they election, they knew they wanted to soft pedal and welfare reform, which is why it was not in the king's speech, they knew all of those things but they did not plan for it. that means they are going to have to do tax rises, and it is very cynical indeed to try and blame those tax rises on a fictional

black hole left by your predecessors, when actually, your decisions have caused those pressures. decisions have caused those pressures-— decisions have caused those pressures. decisions have caused those ressures. �* .: , pressures. but in fact, 'ust in the run-u pressures. but in fact, 'ust in the un-up to — pressures. but in fact, 'ust in the un-up to the h pressures. but in fact, 'ust in the run-up to the general _ pressures. but in fact, just in the run-up to the general election, i pressures. but in fact, just in the i run-up to the general election, we run—up to the general election, we know that the conservatives said you can save £12 billion from the welfare budget. so cuts in welfare? yes, we believe that a system in which 100,000 people are being signed off work, too ill to work every year, is wrong, because most of those people, many of them anyway, will be much happier and healthier if they were helped to get back into work. that's why i had a back into work. that's why i had a back to work programme. we were spending £1 billion. we spent £2.5 billion to help1 million people get back into work. we had big plans to reform the welfare state. and we were going to use the savings to reduce national insurance contributions further. that would

have further increased the incentive for people to work, because we believe in a society that rewards hard work. so that is a different approach to the current government. but welfare reform, public sector productivity, the rwanda plan, that was how we were going to make sure that we lived within our means. it is perfectly legitimate for a new government. we lost the election, they are the new government, they get to make these choices. what they shouldn't then do is blame the conservatives will be choices that they themselves have made. rachel reeves herself _ they themselves have made. rachel reeves herself said _ they themselves have made. rachel reeves herself said she _ they themselves have made. rachel reeves herself said she is _ they themselves have made. rachel reeves herself said she is now - reeves herself said she is now cleaning up what you left behind, which was a state of chaos and irresponsibility. you seem, i would say, i know you are being very calm in this interview, but you seem quite angry about those accusations? i am angry because i don't think it's the right way to do politics. i had to take very difficult decisions when i became chancellor. i had to increase taxes, cut spending. cut

spending by £3o increase taxes, cut spending. cut spending by £30 billion a year. increase taxes by £2o spending by £30 billion a year. increase taxes by £20 billion a year. much bigger sums than we have been talking about yesterday. i didn't go round the studio is blaming labourfor it. ijust said, we've had a pandemic. but blaming labour for it. i 'ust said, we've had a pandemic._ we've had a pandemic. but you couldn't have _ we've had a pandemic. but you couldn't have blamed - we've had a pandemic. but you couldn't have blamed labour. we've had a pandemic. but you - couldn't have blamed labour because you were in power? yes. couldn't have blamed labour because you were in power?— you were in power? yes, but i took responsibility _ you were in power? yes, but i took responsibility. i— you were in power? yes, but i took responsibility. i didn't— you were in power? yes, but i took responsibility. i didn't blame - you were in power? yes, but i took responsibility. i didn't blame any i responsibility. i didn't blame any of my predecessors. i took responsibility for the situation we face that i think that is honest politics. and i thinkjust having a trumped up black hole, which is largely caused by the seasons you yourselves have taken, and then trying to blame that on your political opponents... trying to blame that on your political opponents. . .- trying to blame that on your political opponents... after 'ust a few political opponents. .. after 'ust a few weeks— political opponents... after 'ust a few weeks in i political opponents... after 'ust a few weeks in power? * political opponents... after 'ust a few weeks in power? after h political opponents... afterjust a few weeks in power? afterjust i political opponents... afterjust a | few weeks in power? afterjust 24 few weeks in power? after 'ust 24 da s in few weeks in power? after 'ust 24 days in power. * few weeks in power? after 'ust 24 days in power. nothing _ few weeks in power? after 'ust 24 days in power. nothing to h few weeks in power? afterjust 24 days in power. nothing to do - few weeks in power? afterjust 24 days in power. nothing to do with | days in power. nothing to do with the previous _ days in power. nothing to do with the previous administration? - days in power. nothing to do with the previous administration? in i days in power. nothing to do with | the previous administration? in 24 da s he the previous administration? in 24 days he set _ the previous administration? in 24 days he set up _ the previous administration? in 24 days he set up the _ the previous administration? in 24 days he set up the national- the previous administration? t�*t 24 days he set up the national wealth fund, £8 billion, gd energy getting £8 billion, public sector pay rises,

£9 billion, that is nearly £1 billion in spending for every day labour has been in government. she is going to have to increase taxes. she should be upfront and not say these tax rises are something as a result of the conservative government, which had very good plans in place to live within our means. , , plans in place to live within our means. , y . , means. jeremy hunt, i am sure we will discuss — means. jeremy hunt, i am sure we will discuss this _ means. jeremy hunt, i am sure we will discuss this again. _ means. jeremy hunt, i am sure we will discuss this again. for - means. jeremy hunt, i am sure we will discuss this again. for now, i means. jeremy hunt, i am sure we | will discuss this again. for now, we have to leave it there. thank you. let's return to our top story this morning. two children have been killed and nine injured in a knife attack in southport. two adults are also in hospital in a critical condition. details are still emerging. but this is what we know so far. the incident happened at a taylor swift—themed dance and yoga event. police were called to hart street after reports of a stabbing at about ten to 12 yesterday morning. officers found multiple people has been subjected to what they called a ferocious attack. they later confirmed that two children were killed, and nine more injured. this morning, six children and two adults remain in a critical condition.

the victims were taken to a number of hospitals in the north—west of england, including alder hey children's hospital, which declared a major incident. a few hours later, merseyside police arrested a 17—year—old boy and seized a knife following the incident. they say he was originally from cardiff, but now lived in banks — a village five miles to the north of southport. reaction has been coming in since the attack from leaders and public figures, including the prince and princess of wales. in a statement they said they were sending "love, thoughts and prayers" to the victims", and as parents, they "cannot begin to imagine what the families, friends, and loved ones of those killed and injured are going through". last night, merseyside police chief constable serena kennedy gave more details at a news conference. my my officers were called to reports of a stabbing at 11:47am this

morning at an address in southport. when they arrived they were shocked to find that multiple people, many of whom were children, had been subjected to a ferocious attack and had suffered serious injuries. it is understood that the children were attending a taylor swift event at a dance school when the offender, armed with a knife, walked into the premises and started to attack inside the children. we believe that the adults who were injured were bravely trying to protect the children who were being attacked. as a mum and a nanna, i can't begin to imagine the pain and suffering that the families of the victims are going through at this moment in time, and i wish to send my heartfelt condolences to them. our specialist family liaison officers are providing support to the families of the deceased children, and the children who are injured at this moment in time, and we will be working with our partners, including sefton council, to provide that wider trauma support to those affected by this incident.

the investigation is in its early stages and the motivation for the incident remains unclear. however, counter—terrorism police north—west have offered their support to merseyside police as the full circumstances of what has happened are being established. at this moment in time the investigation is not being treated as terrorist related. chief constable of merseyside police there. there is full coverage on the bbc news channel throughout the day. it is 8:44am. let's go to carol, who has the weather. good morning. today is going to be very warm or very hot, depending on where you are. it is pretty much across the board. it will be humid, dry and sunny. how long is this heat going to last? you can see where we have the amber colours as we go

through the next few days. at times we will have weather fronts crossing us, especially on thursday, bringing in sundry downpours. on friday into the weekend we see a return to fresher, more unsettled conditions. this morning we have a weak weather front draped across northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland, producing some cloud. that will continue to break up. we have another across the far north of scotland, you might get the odd splash of rain, it will be windy. but across the board for the bulk of the british isles it will be dry, sunny and very warm. the highest temperatures in the south—east reaching 32 celsius. if we do get to that point it will negatively hottest day of this year so far. 20 in glasgow, 23 in newcastle, and 27 in cardiff. it will be cooler along the coast, where we have sea breezes developing. these are the temperatures you can expect if you dip your toes into the sea. it is still a bit on the nippy side. into this evening and overnight a lot of

clear skies. at times they will be low cloud coming in from the north sea across north—eastern parts of england. a few showers in south wales and the south west. it looks like we will see sundry downpours moving in across the fat south—east. it is going to be humid in the south. chilly in the north, the overnight low following a weight of 4 degrees. you will notice that first thing in the morning. tomorrow morning early we will lose the thundery showers from the south—east. at times with the onshore breeze we will see some cloud coming into the north—east end and, parts of north—east scotland. we could get the chair in northern england and north wales. they will the exception. —— some showers. most of us will miss them altogether. temperatures tomorrow, 22 in glasgow, 20 in belfast, 28 in birmingham, and still 30 in london. as we move beyond that, overnight

wednesday into thursday there will be some thunderstorms and we will see even more as this weather front classes with the hot and humid air. the met office has a yellow weather warning out for much of england and wales for this. not all of us will catch a thunderstorm but if you do it could be torrential, it may even lead to localised flooding. as the first batch move away and temperatures rise, we could see more coming into central and southern england. a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine. temperatures are not as high, but we're still looking at 22 in glasgow, 23 in belfast and 27 in london. as we head into friday, fresher conditions. we have a weather front coming in from the west introducing some rain. it will very slowly pushed eastwards as we go through the day. fresher conditions coming in from the west, still quite hot out towards the east. but as we head into the weekend it east. but as we head into the weekend it remains east. but as we head into the weekend it remains fresher east. but as we head into the weekend it remains fresher and unsettled. thank you.

that weather also causing havoc, it seems, with wildlife. the weather is warming up a little bit, but it was cold, wet and windy at the start of the year. it could be one of the reasons why we are seeing fewer butterflies. shall we show you something really rather beautiful? let's go straight to winchester, to a nature reserve. somewhere in there is sophie long. morning. yes, it is an absolutely beautiful morning here in south downs national park. it is hard not to feel happy when you are experiencing the british countryside like this. but there is a problem. there are fewer butterflies. that's notjust bad for butterflies, it's bad for us. i am out here with a whole team of young people who have got up early to count butterflies despite the fact it is the school holidays. and also with dr dan hoare

from butterfly conservation. why is it a problem if there are fewer butterflies?— butterflies? butterflies are indicators _ butterflies? butterflies are indicators of _ butterflies? butterflies are indicators of the _ butterflies? butterflies are indicators of the state - butterflies? butterflies are indicators of the state of l butterflies? butterflies are i indicators of the state of the natural — indicators of the state of the natural world. 80% of british butterflies have declined since the 1970s _ butterflies have declined since the 19705. that butterflies have declined since the 1970s. that is a warning sign something is going wrong and how we manage _ something is going wrong and how we manage habitats, in how we use pesticides. one of the things driving — pesticides. one of the things driving them as the climate crisis, changing — driving them as the climate crisis, changing the temperatures they can cope with _ changing the temperatures they can cope with. taking the temperature butterflies, working out which ones are doing _ butterflies, working out which ones are doing well and badly, that is really— are doing well and badly, that is really important and that is where the big _ really important and that is where the big butterfly count comes in. what _ the big butterfly count comes in. what can— the big butterfly count comes in. what can we do to help butterflies help us? what can we do to help butterflies hel us? . what can we do to help butterflies hel us? , , :, , what can we do to help butterflies hel us? , , :,, :. help us? the first thing people can do is take part _ help us? the first thing people can do is take part in _ help us? the first thing people can do is take part in the _ help us? the first thing people can do is take part in the big _ help us? the first thing people can do is take part in the big butterfly| do is take part in the big butterfly count _ do is take part in the big butterfly count. visit the website, download the and _ count. visit the website, download the and it— count. visit the website, download the app. it is easy to take part. a great _ the app. it is easy to take part. a great fun— the app. it is easy to take part. a great fun activity in the summer holidays — great fun activity in the summer holidays. we have got a good forecast — holidays. we have got a good forecast for this week. the count ends _ forecast for this week. the count ends on — forecast for this week. the count ends on sunday. the more data we can -et ends on sunday. the more data we can get the _ ends on sunday. the more data we can get the more _ ends on sunday. the more data we can get the more we can understand where species _ get the more we can understand where species are _ get the more we can understand where species are doing well. there is also _ species are doing well. there is also loads— species are doing well. there is also loads of information on the website, — also loads of information on the website, what to plant your garden,

how to _ website, what to plant your garden, how to look — website, what to plant your garden, how to look in your local area for butterflies — how to look in your local area for butterflies and moths.— how to look in your local area for butterflies and moths. when we first not here butterflies and moths. when we first got here this — butterflies and moths. when we first got here this morning _ butterflies and moths. when we first got here this morning it _ butterflies and moths. when we first got here this morning it was - butterflies and moths. when we first got here this morning it was a - butterflies and moths. when we first got here this morning it was a bit - got here this morning it was a bit chilly and they were sleeping. they needed to be a certain temperature to start flying around? yes. needed to be a certain temperature to start flying around?— to start flying around? yes, that's riuht. to start flying around? yes, that's right. butterflies _ to start flying around? yes, that's right. butterflies are _ to start flying around? yes, that's right. butterflies are basically - right. butterflies are basically solar— right. butterflies are basically solar powered. until it gets to about— solar powered. until it gets to about 13 — solar powered. until it gets to about 13 degrees in bright sunshine they can't— about 13 degrees in bright sunshine they can't do anything. it's perfect for them — they can't do anything. it's perfect for them. although it is still quite early— for them. although it is still quite early it— for them. although it is still quite early it is— for them. although it is still quite early it is the hottest day of the year _ early it is the hottest day of the year so — early it is the hottest day of the year so far— early it is the hottest day of the year so far and butterflies are already — year so far and butterflies are already active now, so we are doing some _ already active now, so we are doing some counters. the heat of the data can be _ some counters. the heat of the data can be hard — some counters. the heat of the data can be hard to see because many butterflies— can be hard to see because many butterflies will go into hiding. they— butterflies will go into hiding. they may be more active again in the afternoon _ they may be more active again in the afternoon. we would love people to take part _ afternoon. we would love people to take part. and importantly, tell us, even _ take part. and importantly, tell us, even if— take part. and importantly, tell us, even if you — take part. and importantly, tell us, even if you see many butterflies because — even if you see many butterflies because that is valuable data as well _ because that is valuable data as well. : :, :, �* because that is valuable data as well. ::, :, �* :, :, :, well. ok, cool. i'm going to trot over here- _ well. ok, cool. i'm going to trot over here. we _ well. ok, cool. i'm going to trot over here. we have _ well. ok, cool. i'm going to trot over here. we have got - well. ok, cool. i'm going to trot over here. we have got some i well. ok, cool. i'm going to trot - over here. we have got some veteran butterfly counters. hares over here. we have got some veteran butterfly counters.— butterfly counters. how old are you? i am 11. butterfly counters. how old are you? i am 11- you — butterfly counters. how old are you? i am 11. you have _ butterfly counters. how old are you? i am 11. you have been _ butterfly counters. how old are you? i am 11. you have been doing - butterfly counters. how old are you? i am 11. you have been doing this - i am 11. you have been doing this for quite a few years? i am11. you have been doing this for quite a few years?— i am 11. you have been doing this for quite a few years? yes, with my arandad for quite a few years? yes, with my grandad and — for quite a few years? yes, with my grandad and brother _ for quite a few years? yes, with my grandad and brother mostly, - for quite a few years? yes, with my grandad and brother mostly, sincei for quite a few years? yes, with my grandad and brother mostly, since i moved _ grandad and brother mostly, since i moved to— grandad and brother mostly, since i

moved to england. if grandad and brother mostly, since i moved to england.— grandad and brother mostly, since i moved to england. if you have done it for a few — moved to england. if you have done it for a few years _ moved to england. if you have done it for a few years in _ moved to england. if you have done it for a few years in a _ moved to england. if you have done it for a few years in a row, - moved to england. if you have done it for a few years in a row, what - it for a few years in a row, what kind of trance are you finding? therer kind of trance are you finding? they are definitely _ kind of trance are you finding? they are definitely less. _ kind of trance are you finding? they are definitely less. it _ kind of trance are you finding? they are definitely less. it is quite disheartening really. they are a si-n disheartening really. they are a sign of— disheartening really. they are a sign of summer. not seen as many. it's sign of summer. not seen as many. it's quite _ sign of summer. not seen as many. it's quite sad. — sign of summer. not seen as many. it's quite sad, really. oh. sign of summer. not seen as many. it's quite sad, really.— it's quite sad, really. oh, dear. show me _ it's quite sad, really. oh, dear. show me your _ it's quite sad, really. oh, dear. show me your little _ it's quite sad, really. oh, dear. show me your little board. - it's quite sad, really. oh, dear. j show me your little board. that it's quite sad, really. oh, dear. - show me your little board. that will show you the species you are after, right? show you the species you are after, riuht? :. show you the species you are after, riuht? . :, , : . show you the species you are after, riuht? . :, , : �* :, right? yeah, it does. we've got meadow browns, _ right? yeah, it does. we've got meadow browns, we _ right? yeah, it does. we've got meadow browns, we have - right? yeah, it does. we've got| meadow browns, we have found right? yeah, it does. we've got - meadow browns, we have found ten of those _ meadow browns, we have found ten of those we _ meadow browns, we have found ten of those. we have found two different moths~ _ those. we have found two different moths. and also, the second art gatekeepers. we actually seen any of these _ gatekeepers. we actually seen any of these either. normally you would probably— these either. normally you would probably expect to see quite a few of those — probably expect to see quite a few of those. haven't seen any of those. would _ of those. haven't seen any of those. would you _ of those. haven't seen any of those. would you recommend it to other people, for people who have not done a big butterfly count before, what do you say?— a big butterfly count before, what do ousa ? , ,~ do you say? definitely a good thing to net do you say? definitely a good thing to get involved _ do you say? definitely a good thing to get involved in. _ do you say? definitely a good thing to get involved in. it _ do you say? definitely a good thing to get involved in. it makes - do you say? definitely a good thing to get involved in. it makes you i do you say? definitely a good thing|

to get involved in. it makes you get out in _ to get involved in. it makes you get out in nature, makes you feel good about— out in nature, makes you feel good about yourself, and also, knowing that you _ about yourself, and also, knowing that you are helping nature and organisations that also want to help nature, _ organisations that also want to help nature, it _ organisations that also want to help nature, it does make you feel good. thank— nature, it does make you feel good. thank you _ nature, it does make you feel good. thank you so— nature, it does make you feel good. thank you so much for sharing that. let's go back for a quick last word with doctor or dan. we have been talking about butterflies a lot today. share your favourite butterfly fact?— today. share your favourite butterfly fact? today. share your favourite butterfl fact? . . butterfly fact? the butterflies we see here are _ butterfly fact? the butterflies we see here are an _ butterfly fact? the butterflies we see here are an amazing - butterfly fact? the butterflies we | see here are an amazing indicator butterfly fact? the butterflies we i see here are an amazing indicator of what is _ see here are an amazing indicator of what is going on in the wider world. some _ what is going on in the wider world. some years — what is going on in the wider world. some years we get a massive influx of red _ some years we get a massive influx of red admirals. some of them come from southern spain or morocco. it shows— from southern spain or morocco. it shows us— from southern spain or morocco. it shows us we — from southern spain or morocco. it shows us we are connected to the wider— shows us we are connected to the wider world. when butterflies are doing _ wider world. when butterflies are doing well, it sends a fantastic signal— doing well, it sends a fantastic signal that we are doing something i’ilht signal that we are doing something right to _ signal that we are doing something right to look after nature.— right to look after nature. lovely. thank you — right to look after nature. lovely. thank you so _ right to look after nature. lovely. thank you so much. _ right to look after nature. lovely. thank you so much. thank - right to look after nature. lovely. thank you so much. thank you i right to look after nature. lovely. thank you so much. thank you to j right to look after nature. lovely. - thank you so much. thank you to the team. if you have got 15 minutes over the next few days, it doesn't finish until sunday, get

he fought his way back, and then — with just 400 metres to go — this was the move that won him a gold medal. tom pidcock moves. oh, that has taken kerensky out. here we go. he will come through to take the win. tom pidcock is the olympic champion. tom joins us now from paris. congratulations. look at that fabulous gold medal. that race, it

must have felt a little bit like a dream sequence at times? you could sa that, dream sequence at times? you could say that. yeah- _ dream sequence at times? you could say that. yeah. lt _ dream sequence at times? you could say that, yeah. it was _ dream sequence at times? you could say that, yeah. it was a _ dream sequence at times? you could say that, yeah. it was a bit _ dream sequence at times? you could say that, yeah. it was a bit of- dream sequence at times? you could say that, yeah. it was a bit of a - say that, yeah. it was a bit of a whirlwind, that's for sure. yeah, it didn't go to plan, as you are just explaining. but it was... didn't go to plan, as you are 'ust explaining. but it was. . .* didn't go to plan, as you are 'ust explaining. but it was... yeah, some race. ok, explaining. but it was... yeah, some race- ok. maybe _ explaining. but it was... yeah, some race. ok, maybe a _ explaining. but it was... yeah, some race. ok, maybe a nightmare, - explaining. but it was... yeah, some race. ok, maybe a nightmare, noti explaining. but it was... yeah, some race. ok, maybe a nightmare, not al race. ok, maybe a nightmare, nota dream! race. ok, maybe a nightmare, not a dream! . . , . , dream! yeah, it was, it was... sor , dream! yeah, it was, it was... sorry. this _ dream! yeah, it was, it was... sorry, this earpiece _ dream! yeah, it was, it was... sorry, this earpiece is - dream! yeah, it was, it was... sorry, this earpiece is echoing| dream! yeah, it was, it was... i sorry, this earpiece is echoing in my ear. sorry, this earpiece is echoing in m ear. . y sorry, this earpiece is echoing in m ear. . , :, . my ear. oh, i am so sorry, tom. i am auoin to my ear. oh, i am so sorry, tom. i am going to ask— my ear. oh, i am so sorry, tom. i am going to ask you — my ear. oh, i am so sorry, tom. i am going to ask you a — my ear. oh, i am so sorry, tom. i am going to ask you a question _ my ear. oh, i am so sorry, tom. i am going to ask you a question while - my ear. oh, i am so sorry, tom. i am going to ask you a question while we| going to ask you a question while we try to sort that out. i know it was hugely challenging because the home crowd weren't particularly kind, were they?— crowd weren't particularly kind, were the ? :, . , . were they? no. there was a little bit of booing _ were they? no. there was a little bit of booing going _ were they? no. there was a little bit of booing going on _ were they? no. there was a little bit of booing going on as - were they? no. there was a little bit of booing going on as i - were they? no. there was a little bit of booing going on as i was i

bit of booing going on as i was coming through, back from that puncture. and then again at the finish line. so, yeah, it was not nice. but i understand, they wanted the french rider to win. but i don't think there is any place for that in the olympics, really. talk think there is any place for that in the olympics, really.— the olympics, really. talk us throuuh the olympics, really. talk us through what _ the olympics, really. talk us through what went _ the olympics, really. talk us through what went wrong. i the olympics, really. talk us - through what went wrong. puncture, what were you thinking? we could see other riders going pashey. what goes through your mind? you must be impatient to get going? actually, no. ithink impatient to get going? actually, no- i think it— impatient to get going? actually, no. i think it was _ impatient to get going? actually, no. i think it was all— impatient to get going? actually, no. i think it was all going - impatient to get going? actually, no. i think it was all going for - impatient to get going? actually, no. i think it was all going for a i no. i think it was all going for a well. ijust had a kind of feeling that something was going to happen like that. and that it happens. there is nothing i can do. it happened. ijust have too, firstly, get to be safely and take the time to recover. —— pit. the race starts

again. i am where i am. i have the puncture. all i can do is focus on, yeah, trying to get back to the front as far as possible. all the information i wanted to know was how far it was to the front.— far it was to the front. tom, 'ust talk us through i far it was to the front. tom, 'ust talk us through that i far it was to the front. tom, just talk us through that moment, i far it was to the front. tom, just. talk us through that moment, the overtake, when you had your one opportunity to go for it and you decided to go for it, talk us through what was happening then? yeah. i think that is exactly what it was. it was the one opportunity. i knew that victor is super fast in the final lap, probably the fastest in the world at this sort of thing. so i knew it was going to be difficult. but if i could stay close and an opportunity arose, i was not going to hesitate for one millisecond. i went for the gap. yeah, now i have a gold medal around

my neck. it's exactly as i'd hoped. it looks good on you, that gold medal. we have talked to a lot of olympians as they talk us through their preparation and clearly loads of work goes into getting you where you are right now. covid was not in your plans, iassume. you are right now. covid was not in your plans, i assume. how much of a setback was that a couple of weeks ago? setback was that a couple of weeks a . o? . . , setback was that a couple of weeks ao? ., ., , :, ago? yeah, well, i was in the tour and i ago? yeah, well, i was in the tour and| not ago? yeah, well, i was in the tour and i got covid. _ ago? yeah, well, i was in the tour and i got covid. after _ ago? yeah, well, i was in the tour and i got covid. after a _ ago? yeah, well, i was in the tour and i got covid. after a few - ago? yeah, well, i was in the tour and i got covid. after a few days i | and i got covid. after a few days i had to abandon with that. yeah, of course it was not the plan. my plan was to finish the tour de france and then come to paris and then compete. it was completely not ideal, but a big thank you to the team around me who all kind of rallied around me. we all went away, we kind of took ourselves away from everything and

just focused on recovering and training. and we still achieved my biggest goal of this season. and that's, yeah, really special that we were able to still do that. i am were able to still do that. i am assuming _ were able to still do that. i am assuming that _ were able to still do that. i am assuming that you _ were able to still do that. i am assuming that you won't - were able to still do that. i am assuming that you won't have | were able to still do that. i am assuming that you won't have been out having huge celebrations last night because you are not finished yet. you have got another race coming. yet. you have got another race cominu. . yet. you have got another race cominu. , . . . :, coming. tell us about that? yeah, on saturda i coming. tell us about that? yeah, on saturday i am — coming. tell us about that? yeah, on saturday i am racing _ coming. tell us about that? yeah, on saturday i am racing the _ coming. tell us about that? yeah, on saturday i am racing the road - coming. tell us about that? yeah, on saturday i am racing the road race. i saturday i am racing the road race. 280 kilometres. i saturday i am racing the road race. 280 kilometres. lam saturday i am racing the road race. 280 kilometres. i am letting myself kind of enjoy today, doing some media and telling my family. and from tomorrow, i will be focused on the road race. from tomorrow, i will be focused on the road race-— the road race. how good is it to be able to spend _ the road race. how good is it to be able to spend time _ the road race. how good is it to be able to spend time with _ the road race. how good is it to be able to spend time with the - the road race. how good is it to be| able to spend time with the family? yeah, yeah, it is super nice. in tokyo they were not able to come. and in cycling the season rolls on. this, the olympics, isjust one part

of the season. now we move onto the next thing. i spent so much time away from home, just to spend a few moments with them after the finish means a lot. moments with them after the finish means a lot-— moments with them after the finish means a lot. tom, great to see you. the best of _ means a lot. tom, great to see you. the best of luck _ means a lot. tom, great to see you. the best of luck for _ means a lot. tom, great to see you. the best of luck for saturday. - means a lot. tom, great to see you. the best of luck for saturday. thank| the best of luck for saturday. thank ou ve the best of luck for saturday. thank you very much- _ the best of luck for saturday. thank you very much. that _ the best of luck for saturday. thank you very much. that gold _ the best of luck for saturday. thank you very much. that gold medal- the best of luck for saturday. thank i you very much. that gold medal looks cool. congratulations. _ you very much. that gold medal looks cool. congratulations. hopefully- cool. congratulations. hopefully many more to come. that's all from breakfast for today. we'll be back on bbc one from six o'clock tomorrow. until then, enjoy your day. goodbye.

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