firefighters tell the bbc that they didn't have the equipment needed to tackle the blaze at grenfell tower. crews say radio problems, low water pressure — and a lack of tall ladders hindered their rescue attempts. good morning, it's saturday 8july. also ahead: doctors apply for a fresh court hearing for charlie gard, as experts claim there's a treatment that could help prolong his life. quite happy with today's outcome. there is a chance that charlie may get a chance now. theresa may will come face—to—face with president trump at the 620 summit, as protests continue in hamburg. good morning, in sport, we arejust 90 minutes away now from the lions date with destiny, a chance to make

history in the deciding test in auckland. here at wimbledon, from four britons, we are down to two, as johanna konta and andy murray will roar their way into the second week of the singles. and helen has the weather. a little more cloud in the south today and a little less in the north, but it looks like a decent day, we will have all the weekend weather details, in around 15 minutes. first, our main story. low water pressure and insufficient equipment are among a set of reported failings the bbc has uncovered which may have hampered firefighters‘ efforts to tackle the grenfell tower blaze. a newsnight investigation has found london fire brigade has now changed its procedures after a tall ladder did not arrive on site for more than half an hour. john sweeney reports. firefighters say they experienced problems with water pressure and equipment that was either lacking or did not arrive on scene before the fire got out of control. they also described problems

with radio reception inside the tower and that they lacked enough of the extended duration breathing apparatus they needed, especially when reaching the higher floors of the building. 0ne firefighter described conditions on some floors as: newsnight has learnt the so—called aerial or high ladder did not arrive until more than half an hour after the first fire engines were dispatched, at 12:55 in the morning. an independent fire expert said having a high ladder available earlier would have given firefighters a better chance of stopping the blaze when itjumped from the 11th floor flat and began to race up the side of the building. i have spoken to aerial appliance operators in london who operate and drive those appliances and who attended the incident, who think that having that on the first attendance might have made a difference because it allows you to operate a very

powerful water tower from outside the building. the london fire brigade said that following the grenfell tower fire it had changed its procedures, and an aerial ladder would now automatically be sent to a fire in a tower. thames water said: it is a truth worth retelling, that firefighters rushed into harm's way on that terrible night. they were heroes, no question. but was their kit up to scratch, and did arrive in a timely fashion? we won't know the full answers until a public enquiry, but already it is safe to say that those in charge of keeping the capital safe from fire have serious questions to answer. newsnight‘s john sweeney with that report — we'll speak to him later in the programme. the case of the terminally—ill baby, charlie gard, will return to the high court after great 0rmond street hospital applied for a new hearing.

seven clinicians and researchers wrote to doctors at the hospital saying experimental therapy may be able to help him. simonjones is outside the hospital. simon, what exactly does this hearing mean? the case goes back to court now?m will be back in court on monday afternoon in front of a high court judge. charlie's parent has said it potentially offers him one last hope. the hospital here though maintains their position that it wa nts to maintains their position that it wants to withdraw treatment so that he can die in dignity. but the hospital says is right now that the high court should look once again at apparent new evidence, this is that independently and objectively, and that a judge should make a final decision. —— assess that. it follows a dramatic intervention yesterday from seven medics who wrote to the hospital claiming that the treatment that charlie's parents wanted him to

have in the united states had actually achieved dramatic result in data yet to be published on patients with a similar condition to baby charlie, but not exactly the same condition. now these medics do point out that in an ideal world they would do some tests on mice first, the court —— before administering the court —— before administering the treatment to baby charlie, but they simply do not have time to do that. this case has been hugely emotive, pity —— pitting charlie's pa rents emotive, pity —— pitting charlie's parents on one hand against medics here at the hospital on the other, and it has had independent —— interventions from donald trump and also the pope, but the power now is not in the hands of the pope or of donald trump, it is in the power of that high court judge, donald trump, it is in the power of that high courtjudge, and i think he will be under some pressure to reach a decision quickly to determine what will happen in this very sad case. thank you. theresa may is due to meet president trump at the g20 summit in hamburg this morning to discuss a post—brexit trade deal

with the us. the prime minister will also urge the president to reconsider his decision to take america out of the paris agreement on climate change. it follows another night of protests in the city, as greg dawson reports. another night of violence on the streets of hamburg. a number of demonstrators against the g20 were set on confrontation with police. they built barricades and lit firees. chancellor merkel‘s insistence on bringing controversial world leaders to a city centre, not a secure countryside retreat, has come at a cost. the sound of rioting was drowned out by the music of beethoven in a special concert last night. but this is far from a relaxed atmosphere with major disagreements on trade and climate change. those are the two topics likely to dominate the one—on—one meeting theresa may will have with donald trump later, as the prime minister seeks to work on a dealfor a post—brexit britain. the president's decision to withdraw from the paris treaty on climate change is also

set to be discussed. i believe the collective message that will be given to president trump around the table is the importance of america coming back into that agreement. and i hope we will be able to work to ensure that will happen. but it is notjust conversations around the summit table that have attracted attention in hamburg. for more than two hours yesterday, the us and russian presidents discussed terrorism, syria and cyber security during the first face—to—face meeting. the alleged russian hacking of last year's us presidential election also came up. reporter: mr president, will you raise the election hacking? us officials admitting it is unlikely the two countries will ever agree on what happened. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james robbins is in hamburg this

morning. let's focus on president trump and what he is likely to achieve, he is ina big what he is likely to achieve, he is in a big stage now with the world watching. he is absolutely the odd man out, if this is the g20 then it is 19 against one on the two biggest issues, on trade and on climate change. and that is part of the message the prime minister will want to put to him when she has talks with him later today. and that is that she really wants to protect the paris climate agreement and she hopes that it will be prevented from unravelling why america's repudiation of that agreement to limit global warming. repudiation of that agreement to limit globalwarming. she repudiation of that agreement to limit global warming. she will say to the president that it is not something that can be renegotiated, and everyone else is committed to it, and on trade the prime minister is very eager to stress that she believes the united states should press on, press ahead with what they believe, the british believe is a commitment to negotiate free—trade

deal with britain, a post brexit free—trade deal. but there are bigger splits here, the majority of countries, frankly, just don't understand the non— global approach that president trump takes, they don't understand that he is not signed up to what they regard as open free trade, and they have to try and find language to the end of this meeting that somehow accommodates the america first isolationist views of the americans, both on trade and climate change. it is interesting to see considering how the other leaders view donald trump, how he is determined to put across his image, for when he goes back home, because he has almost flies the track thrived on this maverick america first approach. that's right, donald trump likes nothing better than campaigning, and as part of the reason he was elected to office, on the slogan of "america fi rst". to office, on the slogan of "america first". but that leave the rest of the world? used to see america as a

central part of global bargaining, and this is a bargain which he is deeply suspicious of, that clash of god is coming into very sharp focus in this meeting. james, thank you. —— clash of cultures. police officers in england and wales now have to fill out a 10—page form every time they use any kind of force — including using handcuffs, cs spray or drawing a baton. the police federation has likened it to "writing an essay" — but the home secretary amber rudd says the new rules, which were introduced in april, will create "unprecedented transparency". train passengers across england are facing three days of strike action from today. it's part of an ongoing row over driver—only—operated trains. the rmt union says it would be unsafe and lead to widespread job losses. arriva rail north staff will walk out for three days from today, while merseyrail staff will strike today and on monday. southern workers also plan to walk out at the start of the working week. police in florida say new evidence shows venus williams was driving lawfully when she was involved

in a car crash in which a man died. an initial police report had described her as being at fault. a 78—year—old man, jerome barson, died in the collision. his family have filed a lawsuit against ms williams, alleging she was "negligently operating" her vehicle. the rspca has confirmed it is seeking new powers in england and wales to allow its inspectors to enter private property and seize pets. it says it wants to be able to rescue animals in distress without having to wait for the police and a vet. similar laws are already in place in scotland and northern ireland. it's a big day for the british and irish lions who take on the all blacks in new zealand. the series is poised at 1—1 and the deciding test kicks off in just under two hours. there is a lot of hype around these things. it is a very big day in new zealand. 0ur sports correspondent katie gornall is at eden park stadium in auckland. there is a lot at stake, isn't

there? there is, you're right. if you think back six weeks ago, very few people gave the lions even a chance of getting anything from this series, to the fact that they have ca ptu red series, to the fact that they have captured alive until this point, the fa ct captured alive until this point, the fact that they won in wellington, has subjected —— injected a real sense of excitement and enthusiasm into this series. adding the fans a genuine belief, there are tens of thousands of fans screaming into the stadium behind me, there is talk that the lions fans could actually outnumber the all blacks supporters here at eden park, it will be an incredible atmosphere inside. you wonder whether that will give the bit ofan wonder whether that will give the bit of an edge because they will need all the talk —— all the help they can get. you cannot imagine that the new zealanders will make the same mistakes as they made in wellington, they are quite dominant position, they very rarely lose, they are the double world

championships, the reigning world champions for a reason, they have not lost here at eden park since 1994. it is quite a challenge ahead of the lions, and i will be speaking about that to shane williams. new zealand have been the best in the world from a long time, and to beat them in new zealand, at eden park, would be such a great statistic and re cord would be such a great statistic and record they have, it would be one of the biggest upsets in world rugby, it is like a world cup to some of these players. shane williams was pa rt these players. shane williams was part of that lions side that toured new zealand back in 2005, they left with a tail between their legs, humiliated, a series whitewash, and there was some talk about whether they would ever return, but they are back and have won back respect in terms of the way they have gone about this test series and taken it to this final weeks, which is an achievement in itself. but they are not finished, they are on the verge

of making history here tonight, and if they can do that it will be the first time that they have won the series in new zealand since 1971. thank you for that, the kick—off varies at 8:35 a.m.. more news on that later on. the time now is coming up to 715 a.m.. but first, the case of family you'll charlie gard will be once again taken to the high court. great 0rmond street hospital asked for another hearing after what it says are "claims of new evidence relating to potential treatment" for charlie's condition. simonjones reports. just 11 months old but in his short life charlie guard has been the focus of several court cases. he can't breathe or move without a machine. doctors say he suffered catastrophic brain damage. every

court so far has backed the hospital's you, that his condition would improve. his parents raised over £1 million for experimental treatment in the us, but doctors say he should be moved. the pope has offered a place in rome and donald trump says he would be happy to help the family. there is no evidence that he could be help with the therapy, which would ideally be tested on mice first but there isn't time in this case. rate 0rmond street has asked the high court to consider any fresh evidence, but says its view has not changed. charlie's mother is relieved. we are quite happy and hopeful that charlie may get a chance. ahead of monday's court hearing, baby charlie remains in intensive care. let's talk a little bit more about this now. dominic wilkinson is a professor of medical ethics. we know the court

date is set for 2pm on monday. give us date is set for 2pm on monday. give usa date is set for 2pm on monday. give us a sense date is set for 2pm on monday. give us a sense of what the court will be looking at on that occasion. well, the ethical issues are exactly the same as those that the court has looked at previously. the question is what will be best for charlie. how should we... how should they weigh up the risks and benefits of continuing life support and this proposed experimental treatment? the ethics haven't changed, but the claim is there is new evidence and because of that it is appropriate and vital that the court looks at that to see and reach a decision urgently about whether this treatment could help charlie, in which case it should be provided, or whether in fact this doesn't change the picture for charlie and the evidence doesn't change the basic fax, which is that sadly he has a

very serious illness and that remains unlikely to improve. that's a question the court address. great 0rmond street, you mentioned the word ethics, that's your area of expertise. great 0rmond street is following what they consider to be an ethical procedure in this, inasmuch as they think it is the right thing to do to put this new evidence out hands, effectively, into that of the court? one of the important roles of the court in these cases of disagreement is to act as an impartial decision—making. the family and doctors at great 0rmond street haven't been able to agree about what would be best for charlie and in that situation it is helpful, it is appropriate, to seek the court to make a careful assessment of the evidence and to make the best decision that we can.

i think the critical thing is to look carefully at this evidence, to understand whether the treatment offers a realistic chance of benefit and to look at the specific details of charlie's situation. 0ne and to look at the specific details of charlie's situation. one of the difficult things for those looking from the outside, looking at the media reports, is that we don't know the medical details. but the doctors who are caring for charlie do. they have been caring for him in intensive care since october last year and they have all the relevant medicalfacts. the question isn't whether this treatment could in theory work for other patients, it is whether it offers a realistic chance of helping this baby at this point in time. one of the things many people struggle with, looking at it again from the outside, is where fundamentally does the rights

ofa where fundamentally does the rights of a child lie in terms of their treatment and what happens to them? a lot of people still think that... why shouldn't it be the parents who have the final decision as to whether their child should be given treatment elsewhere, either with different drugs here in the uk or as has been offered overseas? why should the decision be taken by someone should the decision be taken by someone other than the parents? pa rents a re someone other than the parents? parents are right at the centre of decisions that are made for children, medical decisions, and appropriately so. in the vast majority of these decisions parents are the final decision makers for decisions about medical treatment. however, there are limits to the decisions that parents can make. pa rents decisions that parents can make. parents can't refuse treatment. that would certainly be of benefit to a child, for example if parents were

refusing blood tra ns— child, for example if parents were refusing blood trans— that would certainly help a child, we don't think as a society it is reasonable to allow parents to refuse that —— blood trans—. similarly, it is similar in this country that legally and ethically parents can't demand medical treatment that has no realistic chance of helping a child and would do more harm than good. that's the disagreement, the central issue, that doctors feel it would be unethical to continue to provide intensive care and the parents understandably have been reluctant to give up hope and have sought this experimental treatment, this last hope for charlie. the question now for the courts is does this new evidence change what would be in charlie's best interests? if it means the treatment would be in his best interests, it should certainly

best interests, it should certainly be provided. thank you very much for your time this morning. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: there are claims firefighters were under—resourced as they tackled the grenfell tower fire. reports say a high ladder took 30 minutes to arrive and there were problems with water pressure. and as you've been hearing, the case of the terminally—ill baby charlie gard will return to the high court after great 0rmond street hospital applied for a new hearing into the decision not to treat him. here's helen with a look at this morning's weather. 0ne one thing i've noticed is talking to people across the country there is a real disparity in some of the temperatures from north to south and i don't know if it seems bigger than it usually is but i don't know if it seems bigger than it usually is but it i don't know if it seems bigger than it usually is but it does i don't know if it seems bigger than it usually is but it does seem significant. it has been significant the last couple of days and at this time of year it often depends on the type of

cloud we have and the type of air. it has been different air in the southern half of the country, hence the high temperatures. but today it will be a little bit more even as the north will have more sunshine. we wa nt the north will have more sunshine. we want to take you back to new zealand. i want to show you the fog. that was a real issue in auckland this morning. for people flying in perhaps at the last minute it has cleared now but it was an issue this morning. this range is waiting in the wings. it looks like for the third test between the irish lions and new zealand. it should be fine. just the outside chance of a shower. here we've also got the outside chance of a shower. warmer than in new zealand. so we've got that cloud in the south and west across the south—west of wales, giving the odd spot of drizzle. more cloud than yesterday, which is why we won't see temperatures soaring quite as much. but there is already sunshine in the south. it isn't reliable and when we

have the brakes continuing through the day we will have mid to high 20s again. it will still be warm. further north we are getting off to a cooler start so we have to get that difference first. we have had a chilly night. temperatures will get up chilly night. temperatures will get up across chilly night. temperatures will get up across scotland and northern ireland. getting into the low 20s, high teens and low 20s, although it will be cooler in the far north—west because we have a weather front approaching for the highlands and north—west highlands. for most of the uk it looks decent. noticeably more sunshine in the north. strong sunshine. in the south cloud is coming and going. just a little bit drizzly around the hills and coasts. 0vernight we pick up more cloud. humidity in the south. comfortable for sleeping. not as chilly in the north because we have the weather front advancing, which means tomorrow. full and southern scotland there is much more cloud. in the

north of scotland it gets back into the sunshine. northern ireland sees more cloud. elsewhere in england and wales, it will brighten up and there will be good spells of strong, warm sunshine, which could trigger sharp showers, but basically this weekend doesn't look too bad. at least in the uk. thanks very much! access to education for gypsy, roma and traveller pupils has long been a concern. now a new study has revealed the scale of the problem. just 3—4% of 18—to—30—year—olds from gypsy, roma and traveller backgrounds accessed higher education in 2014. that's compared to nearly half of the national population. nine out of ten gypsy, roma and traveller pupils leave school without five good gcses, whereas 60% of the national population achieve that level. today's study says young people are worried they won't fit into university life and are put off by debt, and prejudicial language allegedly still in use at universities. ellie mulcahy is the author

of the study and joins us now alongside lisa galloway, who is of irish traveller heritage, and is working to improve access to higher education. good morning to both of you. why did you feel the need to commission this report and make this assessment? king's college london commissioned the company i work for the do this research. they are trying to take an evidence —based approach to their participation, where university is trying to get underrepresented groups into university and support them to be successful there. how does the phrase used for this group of people, grt, how does that differ from say children in homes where pa rents from say children in homes where parents aren't interested in their education or perhaps in rural areas where they are seeing as detached from mainstream education?m where they are seeing as detached from mainstream education? it is important to recognise that it isn't just a way of life, it is an

ethnicity, being gypsy, roma or traveller. it differs because they are not valuing education. it is in the case of them not wanting their children to be successful, or they have isolated themselves purposefully, it is the extreme prejudice they face from mainstream society and a lot of institutions that are supposed to support them and it's a case of wondering whether the education that mainstream schools offer is what is going to make their children successful. this is very much your life we are talking about. you are from a travel background and of course you yourself had formal education. how was it for you personally? and you have children. i do have children. 19 and 16, so well—placed to say how it works. my focus is very much education for who, by who and for what purpose? education for who, by who and for what purpose ? if education for who, by who and for what purpose? if we can go back to that idea of what is education? why do we value curriculum—based education over life skill vocational

education? what was your education? i was at school at 15. i was home educated. my father was a very intelligent man and he created this fantastic learning school for myself. lots of books. but i was a fiofi‘ myself. lots of books. but i was a non— achiever at 16. i went back at 20 andl non— achiever at 16. i went back at 20 and i am now doing a doctorate in education. so you took your exams subsequently. so the examination pa rt subsequently. so the examination part of your education slipped by the wire? yes. the same for many children who are perhaps disengaged. we use that phrase a lot. i think the system disengages from those children and young people and due to perhaps that idea of travellers and gypsies not wanting an education. that's changing. that landscape is changing now. what was the experience of your children in

school? 0ne experience of your children in school? one of the things brought up by this report, and as you mentioned, is bullying, ora by this report, and as you mentioned, is bullying, or a lack of understanding from institutions and also perhaps from inside schools as well, from teachers and other pupils. there are a lot of schools in blackpool that cater well for children is now from grt backgrounds, but it is important to recognise... i recognised straightaway that my children, my daughter in particular, who is very much friends with the traveller community, may not take to the idea of formal education, sitting behind a desk. bells ringing, et cetera, and everything being timetabled to perfection. doesn't suit everyone from different backgrounds. indeed, it was a struggle to try to instil in herto it was a struggle to try to instil in her to stay, the reasons to stay, et cetera. she did feel very different, asi et cetera. she did feel very different, as i did, and never really understood why. however, she

is now a blacksmith at 16 and loves college. she loves further education. it is this idea that gypsy education. it is this idea that gypsy children sometimes drop out of education, yes, but they very often come back. therein lies the challenge for the education system, to try and engage those people, given what you are describing about maybe the way they don't like the idea of the formalities around some of the system. absolutely. it's about working with those children as individuals and working with the families and gaining trust, to say, these are the rules, this is how we have to operate, but not in the kind of way where we are trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. also, something we need to communicate, further education is a huge range of things that young people and older people can do and perhaps that's not communicated very well, especially the children, perhaps parents or extended family, who haven't been to university. so there is something that needs to be sent there. we were

talking about non—traditional routes. in education. winnie to be telling all young people —— we need to be telling people about their options and how it can be tailored to them. thank you very much. coming up in the next half hour: charlie tried his best to put off the latest contestant in our tennis challenge, game, set, mug. the competitive edge coming through! see how britain's number two, kyle edmund does a bit later on. headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast

with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. coming up before 8:00, helen will have the weather for you. plus mike is at wimbledon and we are talking tennis and rugby. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. a series of failings which may have hampered firefighters' efforts to tackle the grenfell tower blaze have been uncovered by a bbc investigation. newsnight has learned a tall ladder did not arrive on site for more than half an hour, while crews reported low water pressure and insufficient equipment. the london fire brigade has confirmed a longer ladder will now automatically be sent to any fire in a tower. great 0rmond street hospital has applied to the high court for a fresh hearing into the care of the terminally ill baby, charlie gard. judges had ruled against the child's parents who wanted to take him to america for treatment. but the hospital now wants the case reopened to consider new evidence about a potential treatment. theresa may will speak with donald trump this morning, at the g20 summit.

the prime minister will discuss a post—brexit trade deal with the us and raise president trump's decision to pull out of the paris climate accord. the meeting comes after a second night of violence in hamburg with demonstrators throwing stones, looting shops and burning cars. police officers in england and wales now have to fill out a 10—page form every time they use any kind of force — including using handcuffs, cs spray or drawing a baton. the police federation has likened it to "writing an essay" — but the home secretary amber rudd says the new rules, which were introduced in april, will create "unprecedented transparency". train passengers across england are facing three days of strike action from today. it's part of an ongoing row over driver—only—operated trains. the rmt union says it would be unsafe and lead to widespread job losses. arriva rail north staff will walk out for three days from today, while merseyrail staff will strike today and on monday. southern workers also plan to walk out at the start of the working week. the rspca has confirmed it is seeking new powers in england

and wales to allow its inspectors to enter private property and seize pets. it says it wants to be able to rescue animals in distress without having to wait for the police and a vet. similar laws are already in place in scotland and northern ireland. police in florida say new evidence shows venus williams was driving lawfully when she was involved in a car crash in which a man died. an initial police report had described her as being at fault. a 78—year—old man, jerome barson, died in the collision. his family have filed a lawsuit against ms williams, alleging she was "negligently operating" her vehicle. members of the emergency services will officially launch the pride parade in london today. the event will mark half a century since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality. for the first time in the event's 45—year history, a rainbow flag will be projected on to

the palace of westminster. and those are the main stories, the time is 7:34 a.m., mike and those are the main stories, the time is 7:34a.m., mike is in wimbledon for us. where are you, i can't see you. wimbledon has hosted some amazing bits of sporting history over the years, hasn't it. 0ur eyes cast to new zealand first, aren't they, for this lions match against the all blacks. it is quite surreal air this morning, you saw my friends going past there, it is a hive of activity. everyone is getting the courts ready, making sure their looks picken span, the cove rs sure their looks picken span, the covers have just come. sure their looks picken span, the covers havejust come. i have spoken to so many people who have admitted they will be keeping a little lie on their phones, the bbc sport website, following events in auckland in about now, the huge day of destiny, about now, the huge day of destiny, a chance to make history to the british and irish lions in this deciding test against the all blacks. the lions captain sam warburton says years of sacrifice come down to this, it really

matters, at least to the organisers it will be over before the gates open here on the big day of tennis which we will talk about in a moment. 38 matches since new zealand lost at eden park,. lions assistant coach rob howley, says they will unleash some new attacking moves in auckland, as they attempt to upset the odds and seal a first series win in new zealand since 1971. there is a glint in their eyes, since saturday night in wellington. that glint has not gone away, because they know they can create history on the weekend, and that is the challenge. the realisation of where we are at it this moment in time. soak the tennis. —— so to the tennis. there were four british players in the singles here at wimbledon, now we're down to two. andy murray admitted it wasn't the best tennis at times, after he beat fabio fognini, butjohanna konta had it much easier against maria sakkari, as ben croucher reports.

and then there were two. we started the week with 12 brits, now they are onlyjohanna konta and andy murray remaining. murray is used to such a stage. centre court is his amphitheatre. he was bending the ball like... well, him. his opponent fabio fognini with skulls on his bandanna and skills on his racquet pushing hard, within five times murray's empire was at about to crumble. the four set win and murray through to round four fullerton here in a row. for the 10th year in a row. hopefully have myself in a good place for the weekend and can play some good tennis on monday. obviously i am happy to get through the first week and anything can happen from there.

familiar territory for murray but against greece's maria sakkari, konta was diving into the unknown. she has never carried british hopes this far. 0n court1 she drops just five games and showed why she is favourite to win the whole thing. everyone is a potential winner here, so i'm here to hopefully be involved until the very end, but one match at a time, i'm very happy to have come through today and i will have another battle coming up next. if she wins that match she could meet match back from having a son, aljaz bedene also went through, the furthest he has got here at the all england club. rafael nadal continued his solid form, he is yet to drop a set after

winning his match on centre court. he did not drop a set either when he w011 he did not drop a set either when he won the french open a few weeks ago. another phase we are used to seeing in the second week of wimbledon is venus williams, who came through as well. against the japanese player naomi asarco. —— asarco. —— 0saka. england's cricketers are just about on top heading into the third day of the first test at lords. moeen ali and stuart broad took two wickets apiece as south africa's batsmen struggled in reply to england's 458 all out. and a late wicket from james anderson left them trailing by 244 runs with five first innings wickets left. lewis hamilton already knows he faces a five place grid penalty for tomorrow's austrian grand prix after making a gearbox change. he did set the pace in practice though — just ahead of championship rival sebastian vettel. chris froome is still wearing the leaders yellow jersey as the tour de france heads towards thejura mountains. he finished safely in the peloton on stage 7, with marcel kittel —

in blue — winning the sprint finish byjust six millimetres. manchester united have competition for the signature of romelu lukaku — his former club chelsea have matched united's bid of of around £75 million . but chelsea say they aren't willing to pay the same fees to his agent. scotland's women go into the european championship in high spirits after beating the republic of ireland 1—0 in theirfinal warm—up match — christie murray scoring four minutes from time. the euros start in less than two weeks — and scotland's opening match is against england. it is a huge weekend of athletics as well, you have the anniversary games live on the bbc tomorrow, all building up to the world championships at the london 0lympic stadium early next month. for sirmo farah, he is getting ready foran emotional few weeks as he prepares to run on the track in front of his home fans for the last time. he was back in london yesterday and he gave breakfast an exclusive look at him as he joined a school

in battersea for a pe class. the luckiest pe lesson in london. with mo farah dropping in on his return to his home city. for some warmup tips and five laps of the playground. take us back to your school playground days when you were young, do you remember this? i do, i couldn't wait for lunchtime, around 11 o'clock or 10:45, to get a little break, to run around and play football, and it always kicking the ball. he is back for the anniversary games tomorrow and in the world championships at london's 0lympic stadium next month. where he won his first 0lympic double. one last run before he says goodbye

to his home fans as his track racing career comes to an end, he hopes, with more gold. it has been an amazing journey, it has been incredible there is no word to really describe it. ijust have to go out there, take that moment, enjoy it, do what i can. mo farah! for great britain! it's gold! to be able to step in that stadium one more time, and that's it. tea rs ? who knows. back in the playground, for once, mo is left behind as those he inspired were determined to put him to show. very exciting. it is like the best day of my life. i think that was great and i think he is my biggest celebrity. he told me that if you go on and be resilient, never give up, it would be easy to do everything you want. beyond the summer, mo plans to focus on longer road races like marathon, which will mean fewer actual races per season, and more time at home forfamily things.

kick the ball with my son, going swimming, just being a big kid and enjoying family life. i miss my kids, i see them growing up and pictures and stuff like that, and you want to be there. it is not all child play since returning home, after a hacking group leaked documents that suggested some of his test results once aroused suspicion. the actual data later showed his results were normal. i was telling my agentthe other day, it has been quiet for a couple of weeks, what is happening? and this comes out. i'm never going to fail the test, i know that, and everybody knows that, who knows me. that is what i do, and i have to keep working hard,

keep grafting, and go out there and do it well for my country. determined to the end, and as he gets ready to switch from tractor road, the message to all aspiring athletes is the same. —— from track to road. thank you so much guys, it has been fun. keep doing what you're doing, keep believing in yourself, keep working hard, yeah? what a day for the kids there, they will never forget it. you can watch mo farah run live on bbc tomorrow afternoon at around 1:15p.m., the actual race is at 340. he actually also had a go at our game, set, mug game. that is going to be on show tomorrow. thank you for taking part in our game set mug challenge. the rules

are as many tennis balls into the brea kfast are as many tennis balls into the breakfast mug as you can in 30 seconds. how are you feeling? feeling pretty good. you have 30 seconds. ready, steady, go. he has gone for the overhead technique. we have seen that once or twice already today. the concentration in the eyes. he is pulling a face, i do know it he normally does that. quite a few going in, you had a bit of a run. you have 18 seconds o'clock. ten seconds. getting closer now, that is time up. what do you think? that count them up. do you feel good about it? where you counting? no. seven. seven. not bad. that puts you in second place,

you lot are fiercely competitive. thank you very much. that must have been painful for you, charlie! he hasjoined you injoint second. we havejohanna konta on two, heather watson on four, milos raonic on four and up a joint second kyle edmund and andy murray! but can james ward, another tennis player, do better than andy murray? we will find out later. at least you've got some company in second place now, charlie. i still feel pretty good about that. when are you going to have a go and what about naga ? we all need to be involved! i've got to be honest, mo farah had his go yesterday and we will show you that tomorrow. he had the stopwatch for

my official go. so it has happened, but i'm not going to reveal anything until next week. we look forward to that. now you are half as good as andy murray and equal to britain's number two tennis player. yes, ina player. yes, in a silly bit of nonsense in which you hit balls... here's helen with a look at this morning's weather. are you impressed ? are you impressed? iama! iwould love to have a go. i was a badminton specialist in my time. very impressed. and i am impressed with this photograph from the highlands of scotland. isn't it beautiful? don't you want to be there? beautiful cumulus cloud in the sky. a bit more grey further west. we have morning fog and more cloud and yesterday in the south of wales and southern england. also more cloud

further east, in suffolk. that's generally the story today. more cloud to the south than yesterday, less in the north. temperatures shouldn't be as different as they were. we've got this massive cloud waiting in the wings. the concern for southern parts. the sunshine will come and go. we've also got this cloud coming into the north—west. we have seen the spot of drizzle around the coast of wales and the south and west of england. a little bit more cloud in east anglia and the south—east, but a good deal of sunshine as well. warm already. temperatures shooting up. more sunshine than yesterday for northern england and the northern ireland and for most of scotland. we've still got drizzly rain in the east and we've got this change to come as the afternoon wears on. that's mostly for 0rkney and the hebrides and later the north—west highland, together with our rain. a strengthening breeze. as i say, the cloud will meander across southern

areas. lowell across the hills. mostly giving bright skies in the west rather than sunshine as it gets inland, but still warm. warmer as a result of more sunshine further north compared to yesterday. through the evening and overnight a fine evening, a fine day at wimbledon. the chance of a drizzly shower. 0vernight the weather front advances in the northern island, so a different day. a warm night again. that will be notable in the south. a cloudy start again for england and wales, but the sunshine breaks through. more cloud tomorrow morning and more sunshine as the day goes on. that could trigger a shower. look at the rain in the north. in contrast as a result. 27 in the sun. 0nly contrast as a result. 27 in the sun. only 14 in the rain. that is a big contrast. thank you. now it is time for newswatch. hello, and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed. bbc news through a virtual

reality headset? audiences take to experiencing news events this way. and what questions do the new technologies pose for journalists? first, though, one of 22 people killed at a pop concert in manchester on may 22, her ninth birthday would have been on tuesday. to mark the occasion, we spoke to safi rousos's parents. she loved the limelight. ijust wanted to celebrate safi's birthday through doing this. what has your family lost? 0h... we have lost everything. we have lost everything, we have. life will never be the same. this couple were among a number

of viewers to pick up on one aspect of the interview, writing: versions of the report ran on bbc news all day, leading the news at six. it provided powerful and moving television, but some people had concerns about the prominence given to the item. here's mark eaton: linda dell also contacted us about the coverage,

leaving us this telephone message. i find this mawkish in the extreme. like rubbing salt in people's wounds, to show the video clips again of the people panicking outside the concert hall. surely the bbc can find better news than this, than bringing up old hurts and deliberately finding people in anguish to put on our screens. i'm fed up with it. now the bbc‘s director—general lord hall announced the corporation's annual plan this week and he addressed what he called "the huge competition presented online" by companies such as amazon and netflix. one of the responses he proposed was the development of virtual reality content, including in news and current affairs. there had already been some work in this area,

including we wait, a short vr film which dramatises a syrian family's journey to europe on smuggler boats. he's tired. we are all tired. the film, based on real accounts, gathered by bbc news and animated by the makers of wallace and gromit, won an industry award this week. it may not be news as we know it, but could it be the future? virtual reality footage like that is only properly experience by wearing a headset. but a simpler version, 360 degrees video, can be viewed online or on mobiles. the first such report was filmed following the terrorist attacks in paris on november, 2015. this is what it is like in paris today. this is the place de la republique. the correspondent, matthew price, is holding the camera on a selfie stick, the intention to provide an immersive type of reporting,

which puts the viewer at the heart of the story. but what questions do these technologies raise for the bbc and could they revolutionise the way viewers consume news? to discuss this i am joined by the head of the bbc‘s new virtual reality hub. can you explain first the difference between vr and 360? well, 360 video allows you to look all the way around. so you can either watch it on your phone like this and move it all the way around. but when you watch on a virtual reality headset like this, you feel like you are there, you are much more immersive. but true vr is actually made from computer graphics and it really does trick your head into thinking that you are somewhere else. so if a giant pit for example opens up for you your heart might start beating faster and you really would get that fear of being in a real situation where you are scared.

and we should say that the audiences seeing some 360 degrees footage of the large hadron collider, you get a sense of your scale, you can project graphics over it, it's more than just getting a sense of some news footage. but vr is different. you have a film that has been made for bbc news on it, what's the benefit? this is a film we made about what it was like to be a firefighter, this was a firemen at rescued six children from a house fire in 2012. you can almost smell and feel the sight and sound you are standing in. that's why it offers such amazing opportunities. this is aimed at a different audience, perhaps one that don't use regular bulletins orjust reading stories or watching videos on the website?

tv news tackle long time to take off in the early television service, and we are at that stage right now where we have not even really worked out how you would deliver this regularly to an audience, it is still highly experimental. we are starting to understand the stories that really benefit from it, it is early days. to an audience, it is still highly experimental. we are starting to understand the stories that really benefit from it, it is early days. the bbc has obviously developed content for new technologies before, and there is stuff with mobile phones when they were a new way to deliver news, only 2 million people have vr headsets, and the bbc presumably is spending a lot of money developing stuff for them. is that really a smart investment at this stage? we're not spending a lot of money and we're investigating it and trying to see what audience benefits we can achieve through it. there would be no point in the bbc spending an enormous amount of money until there is an audience, but it is a chicken and egg thing. if we can start to find really extraordinary ways to tell stories using virtual reality that do allow people to step in and understand the world in completely new ways, that's completely justifiable.

because things like that film about the refugee experience, which has won awards, i wonder how many people have actually seen it, ordinary people? they won't yet. but eventually more people will be able to. and that was a very early prototype, really, to see whether you could, through virtual reality, put people in a place where they would see what it was like to be refugees trying to travel across the mediterranean in the boat with them, feeling the splashes as the waves pass by the boat, and feeling the terror as they try and cross the sea. that's what it was trying to achieve. that was a reconstruction based on reports, but if you're filming in 360, you get issues about privacy and whether distressing images might be caught up in that wider sweep of things. you have less control over what you are filming, don't you? absolutely and there would be lots of things we have to address as this technology develops further. but they're not really any different from a reporter filming something on a mobile phone. it's just that it's all the way around, and you might be filming things that you don't even see and only spot later. but in the rush to give an immediate experience,

which is what a lot of social media does, things like periscope, is the bbc in danger of throwing away editorial thinking and decision—making that distinguished bbc news? i think most foreign reporters get really excited about virtual reality, because in the end one of the bbc‘s missions is to help people to understand what's going on in the world. and so if you go back to those principles of what we are all about and work out how virtual reality or 360 could enable you to achieve those, i don't think those issues will be so difficult. thank you so much. finally, while we are looking towards the future, professor stephen hawking was taking the long view on sunday, when he met us ahead of a conference to mark his 75th birthday. in an exclusive interview with bbc news, professor hawking told me that he was worried about the future of our species. what are your views on president trump's decision to withdraw from the paris

climate agreement, and what impact do you think that will have on the future of the planet? we are close to the tipping point, where global warming becomes irreversible. trump's actions will push the earth over the bridge, where it becomes like a planet that rains acid. that decision ran at the end of the sunday night bulletin. stephen hawking, one of the greatest physicists of all time, gave an interview to the bbc where he basically said the end of the world is nigh because we are close to the tipping point at which global warming...we won't be able to stop it. and earth will end up becoming another venus.

and you put it as a minor item at the end of the news. things are grim, and you're treating it as a minor item on the news. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs, or even appear on the programme, you can call us: 0re—mail us: you can find us on twitter and do have a look at our website. there you can catch up with previous discussions we have recorded. and if you ever miss an edition of the programme you can catch up on the bbc iplayer or via our website. that is all from us, we will be back to hear thoughts about bbc new coverage next week. $:/enfeed. hello this is breakfast, with

naga munchetty and charlie stayt. firefighters tell the bbc that they didn't have the equipment needed to tackle the blaze at grenfell tower. crews say radio problems, low water pressure — and a lack of tall ladders hindered their rescue attempts. good morning. it's saturday the 8th ofjuly. also ahead — doctors apply for a fresh court hearing for charlie gard, as experts claim there's a treatment that could help prolong his life. quick today but outcome. and we are hopeful charlie may get his chance now. in sport the british and irish lions have a date with destiny —