hello, this is breakfast, withjon kay and mega munchetty. tough questions for both theresa may and jeremy corbyn, as they face a television audience of voters. my wage slips from 2009 reflect exactly what i am earning today, so how can that be fair? we will put more money into the nhs but there isn't a magic money tree. would you allow north korea or some idiot in iran to bomb us and say we better start talking? the idea of anyone ever using a nuclear weapon in the world is utterly appalling and terrible. good morning, it's saturday 3rd june. ariana grande returns to manchester and visits children in hospital who were injured in the arena bombing. hope for ovarian cancer patients, as the early trial of a new drug

shows promising results. in sport, the british and irish lions‘ tour of new zealand has begun. jonny sexton with a early penalty. would you have known how to spell "marocain". we'll be joined by some spelling bees, and put a man from the oxford english dictionary to the test. and ben has the weather. good morning. a cooler fresher weekend, with spells of sunshine and a few passing showers, all the details coming up. first, our main story. theresa may and jeremy corbyn have faced tough questions from a tv audience, just days before the general election. they were challenged separately in a special edition of question time in york. mrs may faced uncomfortable questions about nhs funding. while mr corbyn faced a robust

exchange over whether he would use the uk's nuclear deterrent. our political correspondent vicky young was there. they came here hoping to persuade people that they have what it takes to lead the country. no one expected an easy ride but from the start it was clear that this would be a testing evening. theresa may was accused of being untrustworthy, of changing her mind on calling an election and on policies like social care. others were angry about funding for schools and hospitals. my wage slips from 2009 reflect exactly what i am earning today so how can that be fair? we have had to take some hard choice across the public sector in relation to public sector pay restraint. we did that because of the decisions we had to take to bring public spending under control because it wasn't under control under the last labour government. brexit is why theresa may says she called this election. she said she was

determined to deliver. we take this opportunity of brexit, new trade deals around the rest of the world, actually seeing how we can build a more prosperous, stronger and fairer britain. i think we can do that and i think we can do that because i believe in britain and i believe in the british people. forjeremy corbyn, this was a chance to prove he's ready to take the topjob in politics. he was unapologetic about plans to raise taxes for companies and higher earners. where are the skilled workers going to come from tomorrow? where are going to be the consumers of tomorrow? i think it's time that we looked at inequality in our society and used public investment in order to improve services and give real chances to everybody. poverty is a waste. but mr corbyn had his most difficult moment when he was pressed to say whether he'd ever use nuclear weapons to defend britain? would you allow north korea or some idiot in iran to bomb us and then say, oh, we better start talking? you would be too late?

you would have to do it first. of course not. the general election is less than a week away and this was a great opportunity for voters to see both the people who want to be prime minister. yes, setting out their vision, but also coming under real pressure over policies and both hope that this will be the moment when the public swings behind them. one of theresa may's most senior ministers has said a future conservative government would not raise income tax — even for high earners. the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, told the daily telegraph that the party was not in the business of punishing people for getting on. our political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster for us this morning. let's talk about tax first, is this a change in policy from the ma nifesto for a change in policy from the manifesto for the tories?|j a change in policy from the manifesto for the tories? i think it's more of an appendix, but not a

firm promise, pledge, commitment, not there in black and white. theresa may had scrapped david cameron's previous promise not to raise income tax, vat, or national insurance, the only mention of tax in the conservative manifesto was a promise to try to keep taxes low and not to raise vat. so that left the door open for rises in income tax and national insurance. now i think these comments from sir michael falline and from borisjohnson last night saying there are no plans to raise income tax, this is a signal really to the core tory support base to try to shore up the vote in these final days. labour are saying there's still no guarantees of no income tax rises for lower and middle income earners, but i think that with recent wobble in the polls for the tories this is a signal out there to their support base they should get behind the party and turn out. five full days of campaigning

left, it's going to be a frantic weekend, what do you think we can expect from all sides?|j weekend, what do you think we can expect from all sides? i think we can expect a dash around the country really. a dash around key constituencies, nicola sturgeon is going to be in a helicopter this weekend touring scotland. we have labour and the liberal democrats going on the attack over the conservatives social care policy, all the parties will be out on the campaign trail this weekend. i think it's their final chance to get their key m essa g es it's their final chance to get their key m essa 9 es a cross it's their final chance to get their key messages across and to capitalise on the perceived wea knesses capitalise on the perceived weaknesses of the other parties. thank you. the singer ariana grande has visited fans in hospital who were injured in the terror attack at her manchester concert. the star spent time with youngsters at the royal manchester children's hospital in a surprise appearance ahead of a benefit concert in the city tomorrow. simonjones reports. the smiles say it all. fans like this eight—year—old lily harrison who was still recovering from her injuries in hospital, meeting the singer who means so much to them.

the children had been getting ready for bed when the star arrived unexpectedly, bringing gifts and signing autographs. we were the last room on the ward she came to visit so the excitement was building and heap came skipping in and as you can see, she's made up. and tomorrow she will perform at a concert to raise funds for the victims and their families. the 22 lives lost have been remembered at saint ann's square which has become the focal point for those wish to pay tribute, to contemplate and to grieve. manchester city council says that this may be the last weekend the flowers remain in place as it needs to look at relocating them respectfully. it will now consider setting up a permanent memorial in the city. it is a must. the 22 who died... just have to have something that is a testament to what happened. i think people will want

to come forever, just to pay their respects, really because, as i say, it should not have happened and they were babies, weren't they? and should have been the night of their life and it wasn't. it is sad. a big heart with all of the names on the date of birth of all of them would be a good idea. alongside the remembrance, the police operation goes on. last night a car was taken away which they say could be significant to their investigation. police will be out again in force for tomorrow's concert. statins — which are usually prescribed to lower cholesterol — could help reduce the risk of dying from breast cancer by 27%, according to a new study. scientists in china who analysed research involving 200,000 women, found patients who took the drug were less likely to see their cancer return. charities have welcomed the news but say more clinical trials are needed. a huge police and security operation is being deployed across cardiff

as the city prepares for the champions league final. more than 170,000 football fans are due to visit the welsh capital this weekend for the match between real madrid and juventus. south wales police say 6,000 police officers will be deployed in the city. our wales correspondent is there for us. our wales correspondent is there for us. sun shining, but security is what is at the forefront of many people's minds. yes, significant police presence across the welsh capital this morning as we have been walking around here, you can see armed police on every corner of the blocked off streets of the centre of cardiff. there's a ring of fence around the millennium stadium and the main street that encircles two oi’ the main street that encircles two or three of the main gates of the stadium to help segregate fans as they go into the stadium later this evening. they've advised fans to get in at least two hours before as

there will be additional security checks to get into the national stadium of wales. around 1500 police officers are on the ground this morning to help out in this operation. it was already always going to be a huge security operation, even before the tragedy that happened in manchester over a week ago now but it's now been confirmed by the football association of wales on thursday that this is now the largest security operation in any sporting eventin security operation in any sporting event in the uk. thank you very much. if you think that's a major competition forget % ananya vinay correctly spelled the word marocain —

a type of dress fabric — to win over £30,000. she says she will split the money with her younger brother. ifi if i had known there was that kind of money in spelling i might have tried better at my spelling. we will try some spelling later. ovarian cancer affects more than 7,000 women every year in the uk. survival rates are lower than other forms of the disease and only a third of patients live beyond ten years. now a new drug could offerfresh hope for some patients who have stopped responding to standard treatment, as our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. marianne heath has advanced ovarian cancer. there are very few drugs to treat this type of cancer and the ones that exist can no longer help her. so she says when she was asked to take part in a trial for a new drug shejumped at the chance. well, i decided to go on the trial because there were no

other way out for me, there were no options presented so it was the trial orjust radiotherapy so i decided to do the trial first. the trial, run by the institute of cancer research and the royal marsden, aims to test the safety of the new drug known as onx—0801. it involved just 15 women all with advanced ovarian cancer. the result, tumours shrank significantly in almost half of the women over the course of five weeks. one of the fantastic things about this new drug that's being developed here is that it has so few side—effects, compared to traditional chemotherapy. and that's because it specifically targets cancer cells, leaving healthy cells unharmed. this drug attacks the tumour and you see very encouraging tumour responses but you don't see the common side—effects like hair loss or sore mouth or diarrhoea

or susceptible to infections as seen with other chemotherapy. but the scientists are urging caution. they say it was a very small study and it's too early to know whether the success could be replicated in a larger group of patients. they now want to plan the next phase of the trial. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. we're joined now by florence wilks, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2010, and professor stanley kaye from the institute of cancer research who carried out the trial. morning to both of you. florence, tell us, it's going back seven years ago you were first diagnosed. yeah, 2010, although i was ill for probably two years before that. when i was diagnosed it was advanced t spread to the abdomen which meant it wasn't curable, it was just treatable. i think 43% of women get to five years and i am seven years

on, i have had four lines of chemotherapy, two major surgeries andi chemotherapy, two major surgeries and i am currently under a drug considered end of life care which has great results, but i had a lot of treatment and my prognosis now is poor really i would say. to hear this news this morning about this trial and possible new links? it's amazing news. i know it's a small study and only 15 women but a drug that can treat women with advanced cancer may be in the situation i am in is always welcome. it sounds amazing. could make a difference to amazing. could make a difference to a lot of women because the majority of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer are diagnosed when it's advanced. therefore, it's much more difficult to treat, you can't cure it, it's more difficult to treat. inspirational drug potentially, a life—changing drug potentially. professor, tell us what you know about this drug and the likelihood, when we talk to people like florence and there will be other women

watching who are concerned or may have been diagnosed thinking what can this drug do for them and how quickly can it get to market? well, thanks, what we have been looking for, for many years, are treatments that will target the ovarian cancer cells specifically. chemotherapy does work well but the effect does wear off. what we are learning more about ovarian cancer is it's a series of different sorts of cancer. florence actually sounds as if she has a particular kind of ovarian cancer where the drug mentioned is effective, i am cancer where the drug mentioned is effective, iam pleased cancer where the drug mentioned is effective, i am pleased to hear she is on that. the drug we are discussing targets something different and it offers the possibility of selective targeting which is a real clue to improving cancer treatments. what we found is this drug works best of all in those

women that have high levels of this thing called receptor, it takes into folic acid into cancer cells but it mimics it, and although it's early, the fact we are seeing the best results in those women with high selves of the receptor gives us hope we are beginning to see what we are looking for, which is a truly targeted treatment. how long before this drug is approved or deemed ok to come to the market and for women to come to the market and for women to be treated? well, that's a good question. we have to do next, the trials that compare this with standard treatment, and that might ta ke standard treatment, and that might take six months, 12 months, the process of getting a drug that would have to be a positive trial and if thatis have to be a positive trial and if that is positive and that could get to the regulatory stage, that might be within the next couple of years, it obviously depends on a number of factors, the drug has to be tested in other sites and we have to get

the targeting testing done but i am hopeful that this could be within a couple of years that we might see a drug getting towards the stage of being put forward for regulatory approval. florence, in the meantime, you were saying we have to get better at dying knowing ovarian cancer “— better at dying knowing ovarian cancer —— dying better at dying knowing ovarian cancer -- dying part of my role is to get the symptoms out to the general public and health professionals. the symptoms are persistent, severe and out of the ordinary, could be bloating, could be stomach and pelvic pain, needing to wee more frequently and when you eat you feel full. extreme tiredness, which is what i had. you said you were ill for a couple of yea rs before. said you were ill for a couple of years before. yeah and everything i went to the doctor with was treated on an individual basis, it wasn't put together as a whole. symptoms can be vague and diagnosis can be difficult. eventually i had a scan

and it showed one of the ovaries, and it showed one of the ovaries, and a scan weeks later looked like cysts on both ovaries. they found they did other scans and a specific blood test which was above what it should have been and then i had a diagnosis. by that stage it had spread from the abdomen and that's not curable, it's treatable. we need early diagnosis. if you had early diagnosis, do you think it could be different? my situation could be com pletely different? my situation could be completely different. 95% of women with an early diagnosis, can get to five years—plus. whereas with a late diagnosis, 43% of women get to five yea rs. diagnosis, 43% of women get to five years. it's the most common — this cancer kills more women than any other cancer. women's cancer. we wish you well with the treatment. thank you so much. thank you for talking to us. professor, thank you very much for your time. a pleasure,

thank you. ben has the weekend weather. good morning. a coolerfresherfeel to our weather for this weekend. despite that we will see some sunshine. however, shower clouds already beginning to build across northern ireland and that really is the story. yes, sunshine but there will also be some showers. some of those on the heavy side. a bit of cloud still to get rid of across parts of eastern and south—east of england, that's starting to clear 110w. england, that's starting to clear now. a nice slice of sunshine. out west the showers already starting to work in towards northern ireland and then will spread across scotland. some showers across northern and western parts of england and wales as well. let's take a closer look, this afternoon there will be hefty showers across northern ireland. the heavier showers will probably be around lunchtime. by this stage the showers might ease a little bit but the middle of the afternoon will bring very heavy thundery showers

across scotland, slow—moving, they could give a lot of rain in a short space of time. one or two showers into northern england. it should be fine with sunny spells across the south—east. cooler and fresher than yesterday. a few showers creeping into wales and the south—west. they will tend to work eastwards. into the evening cardiff should be dry. spells of sunshine, a big match of course tonight, the champions league final. sunny skies to start the match. as the match goes on, i suspect it will turn rather cool. a cool night in prospect forjust about all of us. the showers will fade from northern ireland and scotland. the vast majority will be dry with clear spells and temperatures in towns and cities around 9—11. tomorrow, essentially we do it all again. a day of sunshine and showers. probably more showers across northern england than today. northern ireland and scotland seeing lots of showers, again they will be heavy, tending to cloud over across the south—west, wales, parts of the midlands with showery rain

here. away from these areas a lot of dry weather and sunshine, again that fresher feel. but a dry weather and sunshine, again that fresherfeel. but a change dry weather and sunshine, again that fresher feel. but a change as we head into the start of the new week. areas of low pressure swarming and gathering out west ready to throw bands of rain towards us. monday could bring pretty wet weather from west to east across the country and with that the potential for strong winds. not the weather chart you expect to see injune. those temperatures around 14—20. before we get there, we have a weekend of sunshine and showers. you are watching breakfast. it's time to look at the papers. the guardian's northern editor helen

pidd is her. you picked a story from the times. muslims are offered a cause to die for, i'd give them something to live for. this is a regular and paper reviewer here for us, what is he saying? so, he was forced to resign this week as the chief executive of the association of police and crime commissioners. his crime was to appear on bbc question time talking about the manchester bomb attacks and the aftermath. in this interview he is defending his decision to go on tv saying what was needed at that point was a muslim voice from manchester, he lives in north manchester, talking about these quite difficult issues. in the aftermath of the attacks there's been a lot of discussion about prevent, the government's sort of grass roots anti—extremism policy, and it's come under criticism, it emerged that the bomber was not known to prevent and

the new mayor for greater manchester has come out and said prevent doesn't work. but what nasir is saying, it does, he says it stopped at least 150 people going to syria and 50 of them children. and says what's needed is to offer a positive alternative, rather than the sort of death, the glamour and death peddled, particularly on the internet by fundamentalists and nasir rose to fame i suppose, he prosecuted the mainly muslim pakistani grooming gangs. the reason he resigned i understand is that in his role he wasn't supposed to be political and he thought i have to speak out. he thought it transsended politics and it was about getting that voice out to a wide audience. let's look at a very different story. the guardian. handbags. yes,

i have never spent more than £100 on a handbag. yet, it's talking about handbags as the new gold, a great investment. there was an auction in hong kong this week and a handbag, hermes went for £293,000. apparently... what? it's the most difficult handbag to make. they make two of them a year. it's got 18,000 white and gold diamonds. imagine if you bought it and turned up at a party and the other one that existed was also at the party?|j party and the other one that existed was also at the party? i am always spilling things in my handbag. was also at the party? i am always spilling things in my handbaglj was also at the party? i am always spilling things in my handbag. i was shocked by your £100. £293,000! it's the hot investment birkin, a famous handbag has beaten the stock market and gold as an investment over the

past 33 years and it's gone up an average of 1a. 2% every year. but you have to look after it. instead of putting money into property or shares, put it... you wouldn't want to leave that on a train. no, you wouldn't. talking of waste of money, that's my view on those expensive handbags, the landlocked swiss write off millions on ships. i did not know that they had a fleet, a deep sea know that they had a fleet, a deep sea fleet, the reason that they have this is not that they can fight because they're neutral, it's more that they can maintain trade links s0 that they can maintain trade links so they want to be able to ensure they can still get food and other essential supplies. it was an embarrassment for the swiss this week in parliament because the government had to ask for a write—off on the sale of 13 of these

ships worth £173 million. it's basically the ramifications of the global downturn in international shipping. it's one of those fancy fa cts . shipping. it's one of those fancy facts. i am trying to work out how many handbags you could get for that. no ship in the fleet has been deployed on the government's behalf since 1959 and yet they're always on stand—by. since 1959 and yet they're always on stand-by. who knew? all life is here. we are with you until 10 am. then we will hand you over to matt and saturday kitchen. it's that moment again. what have you got for us moment again. what have you got for us this morning? our special guest todayis us this morning? our special guest today is a brilliant actress, currently starring in jamestown. sophie, good to have you here. thank you for getting up so early. food heaven or hell, what is heaven? anything with chocolate, melting puddings, love it. girls and chocolate, that's unusual! what

about hell? food hell anything creamy, fish pies. too much cheese, that kind of thing. got the memo. two great chefs are also here. what's on the menu. tony, newly appointed mbe, no less. i would ask what are you cooking but i would rather know how you got the mbe? that's another show entirely. i am doing langoustines. lime juice. that's another show entirely. i am doing langoustines. limejuice. no chillies. and jane our wine expert, all sounding good? lots of summery dishes today, so zingy whites. the decision of heaven or hell is in your hands. go to the website to see how to vote. all that and we are talking expensive handbags. can i

put you on—the—spot, how do you speu put you on—the—spot, how do you spell chocolate? i can't spell! please don't. spelling and dancing, two things i don't do. you do now, chocolate? chocolate. well done, you can. i was going to give you pappiote... can. i was going to give you pappiote. .. let's can. i was going to give you pappiote... let's not can. i was going to give you pappiote. .. let's not do that, that's french. we are leaving matt to it. you have taken so long i can't remember where you started. coming up remember where you started. coming up later this is why we are talking about it. congratulations. it's a whole new league, 12 hours of spelling they do competing against 11 million other entrants and it

came down to one word. it's the spelling bee in america and there is big money on it. we are going to find out before ten how she won. coming up the headlines. see you soon. hello this is breakfast, withjon kay and naga munchetty. coming up before ten, ben's got the weather. first, a summary of this morning's main news. theresa may and jeremy corbyn have faced tough questions from a tv audience, just days before the general election. they were challenged separately in a special edition of question time in york. mrs may faced uncomfortable questions about nhs funding. while mr corbyn faced a robust

exchange over whether he would use the uk's nuclear deterrent. one of theresa may's most senior ministers has said a future conservative government would not raise income tax — even for high earners. the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, told the daily telegraph the party was "not in the business of punishing people for getting on". labour has already said it would increase income tax rates to 45 pence in the pound for those earning more than £80,000. the pop star ariana grande has made a surprise visit to fans in hospital who were injured in the terror attack at her manchester concert. the singer spent time chatting to patients and posing for photographs at the royal manchester children's hospital ahead of a benefit concert in the city tomorrow in aid of the victims‘ families. we were the last room on the ward that she came to visit. the

excitement was building and building. she came skipping in and as you can see, she building. she came skipping in and as you can see, she is made up! meanwhile, police investigating the attack have arrested a 24—year—old man in the rusholme area of manchester. 17 people have so far been arrested in connection with the investigation, of which six have been released without charge. a new drug to treat ovarian cancer has been described as very promising after a small clinical trial. charities have called it an important step in treating a cancer with few drug options. developed by the institute of cancer research and the royal marsden nhs foundation trust, the drug shrank tumours in almost half of the 15 women in the advanced stages of the disease who took part in the trial. statins — which are usually prescribed to lower cholesterol — could help reduce the risk of dying from breast cancer by 27%, according to a new study. scientists in china who analysed research involving 200,000 women, found patients who took the drug were less likely to see their cancer return. charities have welcomed

the news but say more clinical trials are needed. those are the main stories this morning. mike is here with the sport. you have been having spelling issues of your own! yes, the place where the british and irish lions are playing, it is spelt as "?whangarei. it is half—time in whangarei. and an early wake—up call for the british and irish lions. losing 7—3. it was a guy who works as a maintenance engineer, who's scored the first try against the british and irish lions, on their tour, at whangarei. the lions had been leading 3—0 thanks tojohnny sexton‘s penalty, he had missed an earlier one, but then it was part time player

sam anderson heather, who had the tools to engineer a way through the lions defence — he's the captain of the provincial barbarians today and has recently been playing club rugby in dunedin. the try was converted by bryn gatland, and if the name sounds familiar. . . he is the son of the lions head coach warren gatland. the boot of his son making it 7—3 to the barbarians side who have been on top. cardiff is hosting european club football's biggest night of the season — the champions league final. a lot of speculation it isa it is a great stadium in the middle of the city. it is good for cardiff to host a champions league final and with such a good one withjuventus and real madrid, it is great. when wembley was being rebuilt, so many

big games and fa cup finals, and league cup finals as well. it is tremendous, to hold a final. it was a positive evening for northern ireland as they beat new zealand1—0 in belfast last night. the friendly had been organised as michael o'neill‘s side warm up for next week's world cup qualifier in azerbaijan. the only goal of the game, was the first international goal, for ross county's liam boyce...the scottish premiership's leading scorer. i am pleased with what we got from the game. we won the game. that's important, for liam to get his excellent goal. slightly disappointed we only go to 1—0. physically it was a challenge, a demanding game which is what we wanted. as i said, it leaves us in a good place in terms of what we have and one week of preparation to go and play in baku. england all rounder chris woakes has been ruled out of the rest of the champions trophy, due to a side strain, he picked it up early on in the opening match of the tournament. england are unlikely to name his replacement, until this afternoon, after the england lions match,

that's the cricket match, which involves two of the possible candidates: steve finn and tom curran. at the french open, britain's andy murray and kyle edmund are in action later today... while defending mens champion novak djokovic is through to the fourth round, but he had to fight for it. argentine diego schwartzman, the world number a1, took djokovic, argentine diego schwartzman, the world number a1, took djokovic to five sets yesterday. the world number two though had enough, to see out the victory... a much easier ride for rafael nadal. the nine—time champion at roland garros through in straight sets against his opponent dropping only one game in the entire match. the defending women's champion, garbine muguruza, is safely into the fourth round. she beat yulia putinseva, in straight sets. and finally, have a thought for this man tonight. he's walked — and sung — his way to cardiff for the champions league final all the way from madrid. singing

well, if you can understand the spanish there, you will know that he isa spanish there, you will know that he is a real madrid fun. he started out from the capital city on the 3rd of may, he walked to santander before reaching bristol by foot on friday. he said that real madrid was his life. he was getting hoarse by the end, his feet and his boys would have gone. walking from cardiff is enough, but from madrid? he is between bristol and cardiff, they will be in wales now, given the time that they started. let's hope he gets there in time, he has all day... but it will take a while to get across the bridge! he does not have to pay the toll! see you soon. building flood defences can be a complex and expensive task,

but scientists say they have found an army of expert engineers from the continent willing to do it forfree — european beavers. they are controversial with farmers who say they damage fields, but as our environment analyst roger harrabin reports, their re—introduction could help clean up polluted water. he gets very excited! in an ordinary devon field, signs of the extraordinary. a toilet, and an electrified fence powered by solar. this site is a scientific experiment reintroducing beavers. in six years, a pair of sharp—toothed beavers has re—engineered this woodland into a wetland. they fell the willow trees to lie horizontally because they like to chew the bark off the vertical sprouts. their stick dams have recreated the sort of landscape that existed before beavers were hunted to extinction. this is another of the ponds created by beavers. this demonstrates how much they can re—engineer the landscape. here, it looks like there is grass growing

out of the ground. wrong. this is a beaver stick dam, right underneath me. the place has been shaped by the teeth of rodents. these are beaver sticks. you can see the teeth marks where they have cut them off the tree. they use these to create the dams, and the way that they have manipulated the site has been dramatic. we have had a whole range of different species coming in, bats, amphibians, lots of wetland plants. it has been incredible. this site used to have 11 clumps of frogspawn. since the dams appeared, there are 681 clumps. the frogs are food for grass snakes and herons. then there is the benefit to soil and water quality, monitored by this equipment. what we are looking at here is the quality of the water entering the beaver site. as we can see from this sample taken at the end of the last heavy rainfall event, there is lots of soil and water. it is leaving this farmland. downstream, with all the beaver dams, we see much cleaner

water. the beaver dams have filtered the water and captured all the soil running from the farm. we see much better water quality downstream. this is not without controversy. in scotland, where beavers have brought back, some landowners have angrily complained that they have damaged farmland, trees and water courses. the nfu fear unintended consequences of beaver reintroduction but they say they are awaiting the formal publication of results from the devon trial site. we return to the wetlands at dusk. here is a treat. a male beaver has come out of hiding. what a fantastic privilege. i have just seen my first beaver. they have not had a sighting like this for 18 months. he seems completely unafraid. the scientists working here say the beavers have notjust improved water quality. they have also helped to protect downstream areas from flooding by slowing heavy rainfall with their dams. they want creatures like this reintroduced nationwide. not all are convinced,

but the beavers here are making their own watery case. do you remember that moment? when you saw your first one? do you remember that moment? when you saw your first one ?|j do you remember that moment? when you saw your first one? i have never seen one. you saw your first one? i have never seen one. that is why roger was so excited. they are rare? yes. let's move on. . . donald trump's decision to withdraw the united states from the paris climate change agreement has been met with widespread criticism around the world. the deal was hailed as a major step forward when it was signed two years ago but, by pulling out, president trump says he is "putting america first". joining us from our london newsroom is political commentator and donald trump supporter charlie wolf and in here in the studio is alex their from

the overseas development institute all sides have been attacking his decision, shows their leadership and progress? it is the opposite, you have someone with a bad deal and they say no, i am not having it. first duty is for the american people. the treaty has little to do with the climate, to tell the truth. the little bits it does, it cost 6 millionjobs and the little bits it does, it cost 6 million jobs and billions the little bits it does, it cost 6 millionjobs and billions in economic development and profitably bringing as down to two tenths of a degree. —— possibly. it is a sham, looking at it. each country makes its own targets, nothing binding to it. of course the chinese are bragging about this. they do not have to do anything. the same with india. they don't need to do anything. why should we be on this unlevel playing field ? anything. why should we be on this unlevel playing field? the first duty is to the american people, isn't the first duty to the world? that means staying in an accord like

this? his first duty is for the people of the usa. frankly, by doing that, we help the world. meeting our targets in the past, because the free market meets the needs of the people. this is essentially a soviet style five—year plan for the climate and will do for the climate exactly what the soviet style bread. rather than dictating to people how to live their lives, meet their needs, and have the innovation that you find in the usa, and we will probably come up the usa, and we will probably come up with solutions. alex is with us. what is your response to what charlie said? i think pulling out of paris is fundamentally against america and against the world. what president trump has done here is save the united states can no longer lead the world in creating new technologies and new and clean

energy futures, bringing along hundreds of nations together to confront major challenges affecting the planet today. this is not a far—off consequence but instead, we are better off sticking dirty rocks out the ground and burning them, thatis out the ground and burning them, that is what he sees as the american future. but from around the world, we have seen people saying that is not the future that they envision. look at the antarctic ice crack, which has grown by 70 miles in the la st which has grown by 70 miles in the last couple of days. i was in uganda and kenya, many parts are facing increasing droughts and the impacts of climate change are real and need to be responded to. american leadership will be missed. you save people across the country, this is not what they want. they voted him in. he has not been shy about his views on global warming. he called ita views on global warming. he called it a hoax, he has always been clear he does not believe it. he hasn't

done anything no one expected him to do? public opinion in the usa shows that even in the most republican districts, there is not a single area where people do not support regulating climate change and c02. 70% of americans overall support action on the climate to reduce global warming. it may be that president trump managed to get in the white house by a fluke of the electoral college and not even a majority of votes cast that it was not a majority of americans who wanted him to do this. the response we have seen from cities and states across the country, from business leaders, has been unanimous. this is something the usa needs to do to protect its own jobs and futures. charlie wolf, president trump says this is aboutjobs and the economy, others say his decision is economically illiterate and it does not make long—term financial says.

—— financial sense. i think it does, by limiting co2 production, they wa nted by limiting co2 production, they wanted to be dropped by 27%, to 2005 levels, which hampers our economy and ability to produce and the ability to lead in the world. i a lwa ys ability to lead in the world. i always find it rich when people use these polls, when activists want to sell something they take a complex issue and boil it down to a simplistic and emotive fact, i don't even know if they are facts. of course people will answer in such a way that they are against climate change per se. someone last night was arguing against us polluting rivers, confusing pollution with climate. one has nothing to do with the other. i don't go by polls, it is important that we take care of the climate and rivers and streams, america has always led on that. a bad deal is a bad deal. it's not the first time we've heard that phrase

in the last few weeks on a different sort of deal. for now, thank you to both of you. here's ben's here with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to you both. it is one of those weekends blue skies overhead may tempt you outdoors and then a big cloud may come along and bring a heavy downpour. sunshine and showers, that is the story. heavy showers, that is the story. heavy showers likely across northern ireland initially, they turn heavy through the morning. also setting in across scotland whereby the afternoon sun could be slow—moving with thunder and lightning. when the early cloud has cleared away from the south—east, dry with sunshine. dry in the south—west as well, the odd shower this afternoon and a little cooler and fresher than it has been, 17—22d. some showers continue from northern ireland and scotland, a dry night with clear spells. a cool night as well and what it means for tomorrow is that we do it all again! some spells of

sunshine but showers as well. more across northern england, especially in the morning. lots across northern ireland and scotland, with breaks in between, more cloud later in the day, rain here as well. a fresh feel of 16-20d. i day, rain here as well. a fresh feel of 16—20d. i was debating whether to show you this... returning to work on monday, heavy rain with strong winds, temperatures of 14—20d, not what we want to see injune. enjoy the sunshine, if you get it, at the weekend! studio: ben, thank you. lets talk spelling, how about "meteorological"? it is a word! how's your spelling? you might think it's pretty good but are you as sharp as the top performers in america's spelling bee competition? tv viewers were gripped as youngsters battled with obscure words from the depths of the dictionary as david eades reports.

could you repeat the word? from 11 million entrants, a 12 hourfinal and it all came down to this one word. marocain. and with victory... how do you spell dumbstruck? you could be forgiven for thinking it mattered less to the 12—year—old girl and more to herfather. spelling bee is an institution in the united states and a monopoly for indian—americans. this was the 13th time in a row an indian—american took the trophy. how difficult can it be? he was the showman this year. cocky does not always mean correct. and when this young boy stumbled over this word the game was up. so the trophy, the kudos and the $40,000 first prize

goes to ananya. it leaves the rest of us trailing in the wake ofjunior genius. here is one more for you. can you spell inadequate? inadequate? no! my spelling is inadequate! no, it is quite good! we're joined now by two excellent young spellers. matilda and matthew recently came first and second in a spelling bee featuring ten schools around bolton. it is difficult to know where to look, you can see yourselves on the monitors but then you have to talk to us. it is tricky, we haven't yet managed it! they're joined by their headteacher karen graham and senior editor of the oxford english dictionary, jonathan dent. looking nervous! tell us about the contest, what was it about and why did you get involved? we got

involved because of the spellings. with spelling it is more of a task and you had to learn it. if you can spell, it is good because you can do it in your writing, messages and e—mails. it in your writing, messages and e-mails. absolutely. matilda, what we re e-mails. absolutely. matilda, what were the trickiest words you remember? the trickiest words you remember? the trickiest words you remember? the trickiest word i spelt was soliloquy. soliloquy? iwill probably get it wrong... soliloquy? correct! one down, 25 to go! spelling bees, it is very american, we saw the pressure the kids were under, can you see a situation, you have done a local one but will it ever get like that here? it would be good to think that. i know that maybe spelling is about the press, people may think we have such a

media —— social media, we need to spell when we have our own codes. spelling is universal, and we all share that and understand it. celebrating that is a really good thing. it makes spelling fun. is it really? seeing those poor kids, it looked stressful to me! sometimes it can be fun, but sometimes it is a bit boring! a bit boring? you said about learning for it, can you prepare for it? it depends, if you know which words are coming, if you practice them over and over you rememberthem. you get practice them over and over you remember them. you get them stuck in your brain and can't forget them! they are in there for ever! there must be a way, when i was at school we we re must be a way, when i was at school we were told to read the dictionary! you are laughing! just to be more familiar with words. i don't know if you read the whole dictionary?” have not! 20 volumes, it's quite a lot! how important is it that we can

spell? sometimes we say words correctly. when you are in school, how much writing of essays do you do in real life? it is a common code, something that we all share. it is an important one. when you are writing something, it depends on your audience. you do not want to miss spell an important letter but if you are texting or on facebook, and you want to use a short cut, as long as your audience knows what you mean and they went think it is an error and peloton is one, it is all the same. we are writing, it is all done on screens. and it is spell checked, will we have to learn to speuin checked, will we have to learn to spell in the same way in future? people still need to write by hand in exams and in other situations, like postcards. ithink spellcheckers help, but autocorrect,

i turn it off because it is wrong most of the time. it is helpful.. shall we do some more tests? you said yes! let's test your teacher, is that mean? miscellaneous... very good! miscellaneous! and accommodation? that is possibly the top misspelled word, the most lookups a c c 0 m lookupsacco m m lookupsaccommodat! lookupsaccommodation.. it was that double m that was catching people out! well done. fifty years after its release, the beatles‘ ‘sergeant pepper‘s

lonely hearts club band‘ is still considered to be one of the most important albums of all time. it turned the group from a touring phenomenon into the world‘s most innovative recording artists. now, the composer howard goodall has made a new documentary, featuring rare footage showing how the record was made. let‘s take a look. let‘s start the sergeant pepper story at the beginning. a momentous decision taken in august 9066. # i'm decision taken in august 9066. # i‘m going to decide... —— 1966. the beatles had been touring the world for three years but the fun had drained away, along with the audibility of their music. they had had enough so decided to give up touring altogether. this looked like madness, a pop group dawes success depended on playing their music live so depended on playing their music live so that the audience would buy the records, made quickly and cheaply. paul, can i have a brief word with

you? performance has gone downhill, we cannot develop so for us to perform gets more difficult each time. you don't want to do that? we wa nt time. you don't want to do that? we want to but if we are not listen to, and we cannot hear ourselves, we cannot improve all get better. composer and presenter howard goodalljoins us now. good morning. what is it about this album that makes it so revered, so loved still 50 yea rs album that makes it so revered, so loved still 50 years on? in my view it is still the music, notjust how they created at a test song by what they created at a test song by what they did in the studio. they made they did in the studio. they made the record instrument by instrument, track by track, and created a soundscape for the whole thing. they we re soundscape for the whole thing. they were in the studio for five months every day for hours and hours, excessively working on this music. nobody had done this before. this

affect that they did, instrument by instrument, is what everybody did. they took the music you already had and went in as quickly as you code. you make a whole album, and get back on the road. why did they do it that way? one of the things from the documentary is not only the tensions between the band members, but also from record companies or the expectation to create something wonderful? yes, but being the beatles at the time, they were given the freedom to be in the studio for months on end. a very expensive for —— a very expensive thing for anyone to be allowed to do. they were so curious. why don‘t we tried this? let‘s do an indian song! their curiosity was enormous. they were erupting musically. they needed to find an outlet which turned into this album. it is extraordinary. every song is imaginative and

inventive, and the ideas coming out left, right and centre, every track is so different from the one before. what they needed to do was have time on their own, shut the doors and leave the world outside. and concentrate on making something extraordinary in their music. thank goodness it lives up to expectations after a ll goodness it lives up to expectations after all of that time and pressure! i don‘t think we would be talking about it 50 years later if we had not. i was nine years old and my older brother bought a copy, put it on the turntable and played only that for three or four weeks. it blew people‘s minds. we need to get back in that world before the huge diversity music we now take for granted, you listen to all stars all the time, and they went, why can‘t this be what pop music sounds like? 50 yea rs this be what pop music sounds like? 50 years on, is it even possible to find anything undiscovered in terms of footage? what we do, we were given access to all of the original

recordings with them talking to each other and rehearsing, improving, saying do it like this, not that. we have access to them talking. there is not a lot of footage because people did not from everything then like we do now on our phones. we can hear them talking and working and trying things in different ways. trying to mind down into the multi—tracks, winding all of those first recordings and instruments, seeing how the collage was put together. ‘sergeant pepper‘s musical revolution with howard goodall‘ is on bbc two tonight at 9pm. that‘s it from us today. ben and sian will be here tomorrow from six. until then, have a lovely weekend. another spelling for you "committee"? goodbye! this is bbc news. the headlines. theresa may and jeremy corbyn are both challenged on a special edition of question time. the prime minister was questioned on nhs funding with the labour

leader heckled when he avoided questions about using nuclear weapons. my my wage slips from 2009 reflect exactly what i am earning today so how can that be fair? we will put more money into the nhs. but there isn't a magic money tree. would you allow north korea or some idiot in iran to bomb us and say we better start talking? you have to do it first. no, of course not, of course i would not do that. senior conservative cabinet members say that a future tory government would not raise income tax even for high earners. labour say low earners have had no guarantee from theresa may over tax. ariana grande makes a surprise visit to fans injured in the terror attack