hello, this is breakfast, with rogerjohnson and sian lloyd. acid attack offenders could face tougher sentences — as the government says they should feel the full force of the law. a review will consider restricting the sale of corrosive substances and classifying them as dangerous weapons. good morning, it's sunday the 16th of july. warnings of a "dangerous moment" in british politics because of the level of abuse and intimidation aimed at mps. the final weekend of wimbledon has seen a new women's champion after spain's garbine muguruza beat venus williams on centre court. but what will today have in store? mike is there. yes good morning. we have the sofa appear on the hill. a special final

day, we are guaranteed a british winner in the mixed doubles, either heather orjamie murray. and it could be a record breaking day for roger federer as he attempts to become the first player in history to win the men's singles title eight times. the seaside menace that has been tormenting tourists in north yorkshire — and how one special team is trying to tackle them. and we have the weather. good morning. something of a north south split with the weather today. the best of the sunshine will be in the northern half and further south, more cloud, not a lot of rain but also quite humid. good morning. first, our main story. the home secretary, amber rudd, has said those found guilty of acid attacks should "feel the full force of the law", after last week's series of attacks in london. there were more than four—hundred assaults involving corrosive substances in england and wales in the six months to april, according to the latest official figures suggest. the home office also wants to work with retailers to restrict sales of the products. you may find some images in danny shaw's report distressing. the effects can be devastating.

this is 21—year—old resham after acid was thrown at her through a car window while she waited at traffic lights. her cousin jameel also suffered severe burns in the attack in east london last month. a man has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent. attacks like this seem to be on the increase. police provided data for acid attacks between last november and april this year. 408 incidents were recorded by police in 39 forces. most commonly used substances were bleach, ammonia and acid. one in five offenders was younger than 18, where the age of the suspect was known. the home secretary amber rudd has described acid attacks as sickening. she has now ordered a review to ensure that everything possible is being done to prevent them happening, and catch those responsible.

the review will examine whether the 1972 poisons act should be widened to cover more substances and if the powers available to the courts are sufficient. the home office says it will also consult retailers about measures to restrict sales of corrosive substances. in addition, police are to be given new guidance about searching people for harmful chemicals and responding to victims at the scene. just after eight o'clock we will speak to a former chief count prosecutor. —— chief crown prosecutor about whether the new strategy goes far enough. police investigating the five acid attacks in london on thursday have charged a 16—year—old boy with fifteen offences, including robbery and grievous bodily harm. he's been remanded in custody and will appear before stratford youth court tomorrow.

a 15—year—old boy who was also arrested on friday has been released on police bail. british politics is at a "dangerous moment" because of the abuse and intimidation of mps, according to the chairman of the committee on standards in public life. lord bew told bbc radio 4's the westminster hour that new laws may be necessary to protect politicians. emma vardy reports. during an hour—long debate last week, mps described how they faced physical intimidation and threats during the general election campaign from supporters of rival parties. we are talking about mindless abuse. labour's diane abbott said she had a torrent of racist and sexist abuse including death threats. the conservative simon hart said colleagues were targeted by people intent on driving them out of politics altogether. in an interview for tonight's westminster hour on radio 4, lord bew says today's heightened levels of abuse, particularly via the internet, turned people off from standing for parliament or in local elections. it is particularly difficult to see

what can be done about social media. we cannot afford to lose people of quality in our political life. we may be approaching a tipping point. this is a dangerous moment. we do not want to slide down a path, which was the case here in northern ireland for decades, of a culture of intimidation. he added that while public debate must be vigorous it must avoid what he called the tinge of nastiness and hatred that he said had emerged in more recent times. he said not enough had been done to condemn abusive behaviour by some activists during the general election and the new laws could be considered to protect candidates. in just a couple of minutes we'll speak to a conservative mp and a former labour candidate who have both been victims of this kind of abuse. eight people have been killed, and at least 49 were seriously injured — in a stampede that broke out after a football

match in senegal. a wall at the demba diop stadium in dakar collapsed after fans of two local clubs clashed — prompting the police to fire tear gas cannisters. the turkish president has addressed two huge rallies overnight, on the anniversary of a failed coup in which more than 250 people were killed. mr erdogan has seen significant gains in his presidential powers since the coup was defeated. thousands of suspected supporters of the plot have since been arrested and the president has now backed the death penalty for coup plotters. roger federer could make history today at wimbledon as he attempts to become the first player to win the men's singles title eight times. it's the 11th time he's got through to the final — this time he'll take on croatian marin cilic, as alex gulrajani reports. it's a feelingnot many people have

experienced as many times as roger. 18 grandslam titles, seven here at wimbledon, the first 14 years ago. while the ponytail has disappeared, his love affair with trophy has not. his last win came five years ago. 2012, was the first time i won as a father, that was a huge dealfor me. i was playing some of my best tennis, i returned to world number one and that with the family and for all my friends and my country was a huge deal. if i were to win here again, with family, with my first wimbledon win with my boys this time around, it would be something very special. after winning the australian open in january, he skipped the clay—court season to focus on wimbledon. at 35, he has shown what is what. six matches played, not a single set dropped. today he faces a player hungry for the first wimbledon title.

i do have that belief i can win the title here, even before i began to play a tournament here i felt that my game is really at the top level. cilic‘s path to the final far more treacherous. now he is here, he will not want to let it slip. his opponent is more than just another player. a following like no other. for roger federer, wimbledon is a home from home. it will be an exciting climax to the fortnight. we will be live at the all england club with mike just after half past seven this morning. it is time for regeneration. it's a big day for doctor who fans who will find out the secret identity of the thirteenth time lord, following a lot of speculation about who will take on the lead role. no—one seems to have a clue.

the big reveal will take place after the wimbledon men's singles final this afternoon. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has more. in the six months since peter ca paldi announced he was stepping down from the role, there has been a huge amount of speculation about who his replacement will be when he regenerates in this year's christmas special. regeneration was first introduced on doctor who in the 1960s. an ingenious solution to the problem of how to continue a show after the departure of the actor playing its lead role. since the show returned, it has consistently been one of the bbc‘s biggest hits. a successful combination of a proven sci—fi format and a charismatic lead actor. expectation for the new doctor is certain to be high. emily, you are from doctor who magazine, do you know who it is? i honestly do not know. so few people know, it is a big top—secret. whoever it is, they have massive shoes to fill.

taking over from peter capaldi, he has been a great doctor and an established actor. whoever it is, i imagine they are feeling quite nervous now. for over 50 years, the person playing the doctor has always been two things, white and male. many will be disappointed if that again turns out to be the case. others say they should simply cast the best performer available. fans will find out who has the role later today. a quick straw poll in the studio tells us that it is neither me nor my co—host we will find out after wimbledon. vitriolic, turbo—charged, mindless, racist, sexist. just some of the terms used to describe the abuse that mps received during last month's general election. now a government committee has told the bbc that british politics is at a "dangerous moment" — and there's a need reset the tone of public debate, removing nastiness and hatred.

rehman chishti is a conservative mp and emily owen stood for labour — both were abused during the election. thank you both very much for coming on this morning to discuss this. if i may start with you, emily, some of the views that you received were obscene and horrendous. can you give us obscene and horrendous. can you give usa obscene and horrendous. can you give us a sense of what you went through? when i announced i would stand, i am young and female and that sparked a lot of attention. it was about one week after that i announced my nomination that i started receiving messages. they quickly became quite explicit with people saying exactly explaining and great detail what they wanted to do to me with or

without consent, asking questions about what i would do to get votes, lots of things. i spoke out about this quickly because i think it is important. we should not get those kind of messages. it is not something we should be a part of. so i spoke out about that quite quickly. that led to a whole other issue altogether. the media picked up issue altogether. the media picked up on it, and that was great, and i had many young girls messaging me and saying oh, this is happening to us as and saying oh, this is happening to us as well. it was quite normal. they were saying it happened all the time. it is not normal behaviour. you are quite diplomatic on the way you described it. is that the kind of thing anything of that anyone ever said yourface? of thing anything of that anyone ever said your face? no, no it is not. most of it is through social media. i think it is an important tool to use in this day and age in politics and it is a good way of engaging and having a conversation with people. at the same time, it gives them the idea that you a

person. and then i was quite frustrated, afterwards i spoke out, the media obviously got hold of it which is... find but some of the media then chose to frame it, which was disappointing. that point i was making was eight valid point. i don't buy was being unreasonable in asking for no sexual threats of. they grabbed photos of me when i was 18 on nights out. nothing to do with the campaign. d bring rehman in. emily was speaking there is a woman but it is notjust women. we know you were subjected to it as well. now we're being told that is a dangerous moment for politics. yeah, ithink... i dangerous moment for politics. yeah, i think... i am sad to hear what emily '5 experiences and i think... i am sad to hear what emily 's experiences and i believe it unacceptable. what we are now experiencing is that there are

certain individuals out there some linked to political parties, some not linked, who think it is ok if they disagree with your point of view that it is ok to intimidate, to arouse, to threaten and to use violence against you. we have to all come together, all political parties, and ensure that this culture changes because it undermines our democratic system. for the first time, for me, in free elections in which i have been elected, this was the most negative experience i have seen. for example you get shouted down at hustings, i had a scenario where i do is street movements across the constituency, speaking to people 1—to—1, and you get individuals trying to get you in the face, grab you by the collar. you get individuals, when you make your acceptance speech, shouting offensive remarks which then are being investigated by the police. you get a situation where a video

comes to light where a third party tells a political opponent how to smear you with militias and grossly offensive remarks. it is interesting point you raise, because emily was talking about very much threats and abuse in a social media contacts. what you are now describing, in terms of legal bletchley physically grabbing you in the street when you are engaging 1-to-1, the street when you are engaging 1—to—1, there is a line, isn't there, at which a bit of rigorous debate and discussion, which is what politics is all about, be transgressed. of course, yes, i welcome that. that is the great thing about democracy, where you can have that firm debate, that rigour, that accountability. but when you then come across a scenario where that has now been crossed into a culture where some people think it is ok to then threatened, intimidate or incite violence, or use violence, thenl or incite violence, or use violence, then i think that is when we all have to come together, whether it is on social media, whether it is in

public, whether it is 1—to—1, it is completely unacceptable. so of course i welcome the review being carried out by the committee into public life. i think that is important. but i think we have also seen the all— party important. but i think we have also seen the all—party group on anti—semitism, which has put forward recommendations. i think john anti—semitism, which has put forward recommendations. i thinkjohn mann is the chair of that committee, saying all party should sign up to a kind —— code of conduct on what is acceptable. just briefly, as it put you off running in the future? no, it hasn't put me off, because i think it is a really important thing to speak about, to say this is not a kick, and not acceptable. but it has made me do things differently, where even to the point of going out with friends, eight avoid the imac to avoid, because —— i avoid, and it is

not just a political avoid, because —— i avoid, and it is notjust a political debate coming up, but we should be doing that naturally. it was interesting throughout my experience, the only person to call out, candidate wise, with me, was the other female candidate who is experiencing the abuse as well. so i think it is important that, from cross—party perspective that is great, but we need to be practising what we are preaching, putting it into practice now and not just preaching, putting it into practice now and notjust doing it because there is a debate up. thank you both very much indeed for taking the time to talk to us this morning. you can hear more on the abuse suffered by mps when lord bew, chairman of the committee on standards in public life, talks to the westminster hour at 10:00pm tonight on bbc radio 4. here is jay with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. it is brightening up from the north through the day to day, so that is where the best of the sunny spells will be. but it is

something of a north—south split with the weather today, because the further south you happen to be, we do have some thick cloud around producing a little bit of rain across parts of wales in the north—west midlands as well. it is also quite warm start to the day, 19 oi’ also quite warm start to the day, 19 or 20 degrees already but pretty grey in the south and west. further north is where the best of the sunny spells will be through the morning and into the afternoon. one or two showers in scotland, and quite pretty into the north as well. as you head further south, sunshine developing across much of northern england. we run into that cloud further south and there is some rain to be had in parts of wales, the north—west midlands, a little bit of drizzle towards the south—west where the cloud is quite low. some mist in fog on the hills but largely dry the further south you go. and then through the day that weather front makes slow progress southwards. any rain on that front becomes increasingly light and patchy, but still a little bit as it drifts its way south and some sunshine breaks out along the south or sunshine following along in the north wales and the north midlands into the afternoon. it is warm quite widely,

2526 in the eastern corner. further north, 19 or 20 degrees. a lot of cloud at wimbledon today. maybe a spot or two of rain later on, but generally speaking it will be a dry if not typically strong winds. through the evening our weather front makes its way out to the english channel. clearing skies behind, there might be a little bit of rain in northern scotland overnight. it is still quite windy but not a cold night by any stretch. 13 or 1a degrees. with the clear skies overnight, a good deal of sunshine on monday. looks like a lovely summers day across the board, just a few showers in the northern isles. elsewhere, light winds and plenty of sunshine and those temperatures will respond. we will go to 2223 degrees in aberdeenshire. similar in northern ireland, 2425 in cardiff, as much as 26 or 27 in the south—eastern corner. a sunny day the most leases on tuesday but we have to look down towards the south and west. the potentialfor some thundery showers to creep their way in from the south. back to you. some

holidays, and lots of us will be having a staycation, after a day of fresh sea air. for lots of us, a trip to the coast often involves a good portion of fish and chips after a day of fresh sea air. but the seagulls of north yorkshire have become notorious for mobbing and robbing tourists fish suppers. but now a special team, with one expert member, is being deployed to target the seagulls‘ nests in an attempt to try drive them away. danny savage reports. they are the noisy muggers in the seaside resorts of north yorkshire. herring gulls have a bad reputation here. so there is a new top bird in town. made the hawk is here to scare off the bad boys —— meg. she scare scours goal territory. off the bad boys —— meg. she scare scours goalterritory. last off the bad boys —— meg. she scare scours goal territory. last year there were 34 attacks in varying severity. the birds are two or three times the size of meg. and when they

do hit they can hit with some force. and it is very distressing. and when you have got families with kids, it can cause a lot of issues, and ultimately what seaside towns want to do is generate tourism, and if you have colour tax on a regular basis it is going to have an impact on that. the gulls are particularly aggressive when they have got youngsters in the numerous nests on whitby ‘s route rooftops. so another pa rt whitby ‘s route rooftops. so another part of the operation involves destroying nest is before eggs hatch. the many visitors to whitby and scarborough, this is where the danger begins. it is within a few seconds of coming outside, you are definitely being watched, you can quickly be mobbed, and if you are really unlucky, you could be marred. there are some photos of me on here, iam there are some photos of me on here, i am getting mobbed by seagulls. local people are trying to deter visitors from feeding the birds, with many a tale to tell. people getting swooped, you can't live a ta keaway getting swooped, you can't live a takeaway without you being attacked

for whatever food you are eating. they are attacking children in pushchairs for sausage rolls. it is crazy. don't feed the seagulls, because itjust crazy. don't feed the seagulls, because it just makes crazy. don't feed the seagulls, because itjust makes them worse. this man had to fight off a goal which attacked his bacon sandwich. he had come back around again, and he was literally hovering in front of my face. and he went to go and get it again, but i have pushed it away. it is ultimately a man-made problem, us feeding them leads to trouble. so keep an eye on the wildlife if you are visiting. this is a problem in towns and cities as well, and certainly in cardiff, in one of their shopping centres, they have introduced a hawk because of seagulls. centres, they have introduced a hawk because of seagullslj centres, they have introduced a hawk because of seagulls. i have had my chips pinched by naughty seagulls. because of seagulls. i have had my chips pinched by naughty seagullslj chips pinched by naughty seagulls.” know lots of people have those stories. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. it is time now for a look at the newspapers. science writer dr stuart farrimond

is here to tell us what has caught his eye. you started with a story on the sunday telegraph about stores being told to extend food shelf life dates. this whole use by, fell by is a big debate. —— sell by. dates. this whole use by, fell by is a big debate. -- sell by. this report was put together by a group of agencies recommending that guidelines are changed so that best before dates are changed to use by dates, which to most of us seems like a good idea. i am one of those people who goes to the supermarket andi people who goes to the supermarket and i go to wear the yellow labels, and i go to wear the yellow labels, and the reduced section. my wife calls me a cheapskate, but there is so much food they which is ok. fruit and vegetables, it is not going to

disintegrate after a day. i thought this was really sensible. that said, i think that it is important that it is only certain foods this is done for. there are often foods that we think are safe, because we can't smell that they are bad, but actually they can be. so one here, if you have... it has got a lovely sort of graphic that explains about ways you keep different foods, in the fridge or not, or in the cupboard. this caught my eye, ijust finished writing a book on the science of cooking, and this was one thing in particular that i looked at. never keep bread in the fridge. it makes it go stale, and they make a good point that it makes it go stale up to six times faster. which is counter intuitive, because lots of things you do keep in the fridge to keep the pressure for longer. one thing i see is when they are doing a reduced thing, they put the bread in the fridge. ijust

reduced thing, they put the bread in the fridge. i just think... reduced thing, they put the bread in the fridge. ijust think... take it out. and cooked rice is the other one to be aware of. that is the thing to be aware of. again, it doesn't smell of but it can be dangerous. bacteria grows in its when you reheat it it can be extremely toxic and cause a nasty tummy bug. it is a really user—friendly article, in that respect. very tactical. thanks for drawing our attention to that one. heading to the sunday times, you have chosen a story about charlie gard, and we have been following this story very closely on breakfast and across the media.” this story very closely on breakfast and across the media. i picked this one out, it is only a little piece. it is the first article that i have spotted that questions this 10% chance that the american professor has said that he thinks this new experimental gene therapy could improve charlie's life, a 10% chance of some kind of medical improvement.

and ifound of some kind of medical improvement. and i found this of some kind of medical improvement. and ifound this interesting because it raises the fact that this is a really nuanced case, and that we need to look past this idea of black and white and nhs as the bad guys and white and nhs as the bad guys and the parents are the good guys, and the parents are the good guys, and that, as somebody who is trained asa and that, as somebody who is trained as a doctor, when i first read that 10%, i thought, as a doctor, when i first read that 10%, ithought, how as a doctor, when i first read that 10%, i thought, how on earth do you get 10% from something that is truly experimental, has never been tried on this particular condition, and so i think that this is good that this brings to the debate that 10%, can reuse those absolute figures when we try and break things up —— can we use. and you can imagine the heartache they are going through, desperation to try anything. yes, you have to empathise with them, you do. this is a story about anorexia, which is in the mail on sunday. tel isa which is in the mail on sunday. tel is a bit about this. a film called

to the bones, to be aired on netflix. it has caused polarised opinions, there is an online petition asking netflix not to show it because it glorifies anorexia. this comment was from liz truss jones, who has suffered from anorexia, and she brings up some good points about the film. she says that the headline is that it be assured in every school across written. and personally, when i was at medical school, i had struggles with eating, an eating disorder. so this really triggered me and i thought how accurate is this? is this going to trigger people? she makes... it is well worth reading, she makes a really good points about what it doesn't show, how in some ways it sympathise the whole issue. so it says lily's character laughs

often, and i never laughed. an artist sketches food and imagines her favourite candy bar, this never happens. it shows mainly women and it doesn't highlight that it is not just white, middle—class, young women and teenagers that suffer from it. your own experience would bet that out. absolutely, absolutely. but i think that it reminded me of when we heard the film break back mt come out and it first raised the to—do of two men falling in love —— brokeback mountain. this is the first serious attempt at showing at the mainstream. it is good that it is the first time it has been done, it has broken that to do and it is something that should be explored further, like other mental health issues. thank you for being so open about your personal experience, thank you. really appreciate that. the andrew marr programme is on bbc one this morning at 9am. andrew, what have you got coming up?

well, i have been covering politics for 30 years, following it for 40 yea rs, for 30 years, following it for 40 years, andi for 30 years, following it for 40 years, and i cannot remember a morning when cabinet level briefings and poisoned and feuds in the morning papers were quite as bad as they are today. and the guy at the centre of it all, the target of many other cabinet ministers, seems to be the chancellor, philip hammond. he will be among my guests, as will his opposite number, john mcdonnell, i have a great musician, and other events i am not yet at liberty to divulge. it will be interesting, and interesting hour, i can promise you, at nine a.m.. andrew was referring to philip hammond. the front page of the sunday times is talking about exactly those briefings andrew was discussing. we will hear it from philip hammond himself later. stay with us. headlines are on the way.