hello, this is breakfast, with ben thompson and rachel burden. police in australia say they've foiled a terror plot to bring down an aircraft. a number of people have been arrested and security has been stepped up at airports across the country. good morning, it's sunday 30thjuly. also ahead: a record number of criminals have had their sentences increased after victims and members of the public asked for them to be reviewed. 20,000 music fans are evacuated after a huge blaze broke out at a festival in spain. 100 years on from the battle of passchendaele, we join the belgian bomb disposal teams who are still dealing with 200 tons of munitions every year. in sport the rain can't dampen england's optimism as they chase victory in the third test against south africa — extending their lead yesterday

before bad weather stopped play. and sarah has the weather. good morning. another unsettled day today. there is sunshine in the forecast but also some heavy downpour as well. i will have the details in 15 minutes. police in australia say they've foiled an islamist—inspired plot to bring down an aircraft with an improvised device. the prime minister, malcolm turnbull, said the plot appeared to be "elaborate", rather than planned by a lone wolf. phil mercer reports. investigators in australia say they had information about a plot to blow up an aircraft involving the use of an improvised device. four men have been detained following raids across sydney by heavily armed police and members of australia's domestic spy agency. it is reported the operation was not planned, but a rapid response to a tipoff. the prime minister,

malcolm turnbull, said the authorities have foiled what appears to be an elaborate conspiracy. i can report last night that there has been a majorjoint counterterrorism operation to disrupt a terrorist plot to bring down an aeroplane. the operation is continuing. a woman who said her son and husband were among those arrested in sydney has denied they had any links to extremism. but senior police commanders say the raids were part of an alleged islamic inspired plot. additional security measures have been put in place at domestic and international airports around the country. australia's national terror threat level remains at probable, which means the intelligence agencies believe that groups or individuals have the intent and capability to carry out an attack. since 2014, 70 people have been charged as a result of over 30 counterterrorism raids across the country. a record number of criminals have

had their sentences increased under a scheme which allows members of the public to ask for them to be reviewed. last year mi criminals in england and wales had their sentences increased. the government says it wants to extend the scheme to include a number of terror related charges. aisling mcveigh reports. sarah stabbed a man to death in november 2014. she was convicted of manslaughter and given a 3.5—yearjail sentence. her neighbour, michael, was a convicted paedophile and sarah, a mother of five, claims she lost control, stabbing him 8 times. it was in january last year that the punishment was considered to be unduly lenient. judges at the court of appeal ruled that because she took a knife to his flat she must have intended to cause serious harm and her sentence was doubled to 7.5 years. 1111 criminals have had

their sentences increased in the last year, according to the attorney general‘s office. the unduly lenient scheme allows them to the public to query sentences for serious offences and more people are doing just that. increases are up 17% on the previous year. sex offences are the highest number of cases where sentences were increased and 1a sex offenders who had originally escaped prison time are now serving time behind bars. from next month, the scheme will be widened to include an extra 19 terror—related offences. the attorney general say in the fast number of cases, the judges do get it right. the number of sentences that are increased represent a tiny proportion of the 80,000 cases heard every single year. we'll speak to the attorney general about this at around ten past seven. donald trump has again criticised china over its relations with north

korea. on twitter he accused china of making hundreds of billions of dollars from trade but doing nothing to tackle north korea's nuclear threat. his comments come after north korea carried out its second major missile test in a month. the us air force says two of its bomber planes have flown over the korean peninsula in response. more than 20,000 people have been evacuated from a music festival in spain after a huge fire engulfed part of the main stage. the fire broke out at the tomorrowland unite festival near barcelona, organisers say it was caused by a technical malfunction. no injuries have been reported. tim allman reports. this was not the sort of spectacle that thousands who had come here had been expecting. this stage at this dance music festival in barcelona lit up by a giant fire. initially some took photos, perhaps they thought it was part of the show.

but if these were pyrotechnics, they appeared to have gone badly wrong. very soon, the audience was cleared. thousands quickly moved to safety. there are no reports that anyone was injured. people ran towards the exit. there was no panic but many people were inside the festival at this hour. the firefighters took 30 minutes or so to put the fire out and the police also took time to get all the people off the stage. tomorrowland unite is a multi—venue festival held in eight different countries including spain. the location there was barcelona, the concert taking place in can zam park in the north of the city. an unfortunate end to what should have been a great night. but with no apparent death or injury, things could have been so much worse. another day and more tensions over

brexit. 0ur political correspondent is in our studio. mr, differences about the approach to migration? that is correct. it is a big one. freedom of movement was a key aspect of the brexit campaign. ending the right for european citizens to come and live in the uk in unlimited numbers. all that talk of taking back control of our borders. what seems much less clear now is whether freedom of movement can end when we brexit in march 2019 or whether ending it immediately, in reality, is just not ending it immediately, in reality, isjust not going ending it immediately, in reality, is just not going to be possible. the chancellor, philip hammond, has said it will be sometime before we able to introduce formal migration controls between the uk and the eu, suggesting there will need to be a period of up to three years where things are phased in gradually. in an interview with the sunday times

today, the international trade secretary, liam fox, makes clear that his position is actually rather different. he said well, hang on. if we keep freedom of movement after brexit, in his opinion that would not keep faith with the result of the eu referendum, meaning that, hang on, if immigration rules do not change then in his view it is not really delivering what the voters voted for. liam fox also said he has not been party to any cabinet discussions about an arrangement which keep immigration rules the same 01’ which keep immigration rules the same orsimilarto which keep immigration rules the same or similar to those that we have now. it does rather seem as if we are seeing ministers contradicting each other. there does seem to be agreement that some transitional deal is needed, but divisions over exactly what that will look like. thank you. we will talk more about that in the paper review in a little while. it is in many of the newspapers today. the scottish government has called for scotch to be defined in uk law in order to protect whisky exports after brexit. holyrood is concerned that any future trade deal

with the united states might allow american firms to brand their whiskies as scotch. our business correspondent joe lynam reports. under eu rules of origin, any spirit described as scotch whiskey must be aged released three years and matured in scotland. but the scottish government says the us negotiators during the recent trade talks with the eu had wanted this definition to be relaxed to accommodate its whiskey makers. so now holyrood wants the eu definition of scotch to be incorporated into uk law after brexit. that is because whiskey making supports 20,000 jobs and is worth £4 billion to scotland. we have to make absolutely certain that any deal done with the us protects scottish jobs. if that deal does not protect the definition of whiskey as a spirit matured for three years or more, it weakens that definition and we will lose scottish jobs in the whiskey industry. 10,000 jobs depend on it, another 10,000 in the supply chain. so we tell liam fox, don't tangle with the scottish whiskey industry, protect it.

don't sell it away. a spokesperson for the department of international trade which co—ordinates future deals says that scotch is a uk export success is story and will support the industry so it continues to thrive to thrive and prosper post brexit. whiskey may be the water of life but it might also give london and edinburgh a headache — in trade terms at least. honolulu has become the first major us city to ban pedestrians from looking at their mobile phone, texting or using digital devices while crossing the road. the measure, which will take effect in hawaii's largest city in october, is aimed at reducing injuries and deaths from "distracted walking". fines start at 11 pounds and go up to 75 pounds for repeat offenders. urgent calls to the emergency services are exempt from the ban.

i know one person has already been in touch this morning to say that we need these ban introduced right across the world. and this is only while you are crossing the road. you can actually be here walking down the pavement. in some cities you should have a slow lane and a fast lane. yes. a phone lane for people. will be a for disaster, people would fly in all directions. good morning. it is 12 minutes past seven and this is bbc breakfast. more now on the unduly lenient sentencing scheme which allows members of the public in england and wales to ask for the sentences for some serious crimes to be reviewed. a record 1111 criminals had their sentences increased last

year following complaints that the punishments were too soft. we speak 110w punishments were too soft. we speak now to the attorney general who joins us from birmingham. thank you very much for your time. one conclusion you may draw from this is that, well, judges are not getting the sentences right and they are not being harsh enough. but this is actually a tiny proportion of the entire number of sentences being handed out. you are correct. if you look at the total number of sentences that have been passed, cases heard by the crown court last year we re cases heard by the crown court last year were about 77,000. of that, as you say, about 140 ended up with higher sentences as a result of our intervention under this scheme. it isa intervention under this scheme. it is a small minority. judges, generally speaking, get this right. when they do get it wrong and m ista kes when they do get it wrong and mistakes are made, and it is possible for a judge to make a mistake, when that happens it is important that there is a mechanism to correct the mistake and that is what the scheme does. can anybody, evenif what the scheme does. can anybody, even if they are not directly affected by the case, ask for one of

the sentences to be reviewed? yes they can and yes they do. whether you are a lawyer in the case, affected by, a victim, or someone com pletely affected by, a victim, or someone completely unconnected to it you can make a reference to the law officers for us to consider whether to pass the case under the court of appeal. we will not always do that. some cases are not within the scheme at the moment in some cases that i'll come when we look at them, we do not consider them unduly lenient. this not a consider them unduly lenient. this nota an consider them unduly lenient. this not a an exercise in deciding whether or not we would have given a little more, it has to be one where the sentence passed was unduly lenient. if was then we can pass it on for the court of appeal and they are the ones who decide on the end of the sentence should be increased. there had been cases where someone had a suspended sentence and then after the review was actually imprisoned. it can be a significant adjustment. it can. you are correct. in some cases where a suspended sentence was passed it resulted in the median sentence in. one case that i know, a suspended sentence

that i know, a suspended sentence that after the review the sentence imposed was an immediate sentence of seven imposed was an immediate sentence of seve n years imposed was an immediate sentence of seven years imprisonment. in another case, we had an increase from 3.5 yea rs case, we had an increase from 3.5 years to 12 years imprisoned. some changes can be significant i stress, again, this is a very small minority of cases. where mistakes are made we must be able to correct them. sometimes the mistakes are serious, but rarely. i don't want people to have the impression thatjudges are routinely getting things wrong. they are not. but this is an important valve and assistance is give people confidence in the system. valve and assistance is give people confidence in the systemlj valve and assistance is give people confidence in the system. i think it is interesting that a significant number of the cases involve child sex cases. perhaps that is the strength of —— sign of public —— the strength of —— sign of public —— the strength of —— sign of public —— the strength of public feeling about the sort of cases. certainly. and if you talk to anyone involved, they will tell you that a very large proportion of their workload is sexual offences, particularly child

sexual offences, particularly child sexual offences. it is not surprising that a large proportion of this scheme's cases will be sex offences as well. i don't think it does you a great deal about what is particularly wrong in sentencing about those offences. are mostly tells you what is prevalent. about those offences. are mostly tells you what is prevalentlj about those offences. are mostly tells you what is prevalent. i know this is about affirming public trust in the wholejudicial this is about affirming public trust in the whole judicial system and sentencing process but it is interesting. 0ne tweet to breakfast this morning said it is not the sentence that is the issue, it is that the sentences are not served in full. for example, you may be sentenced for 20 years but you will be on parole after five years. are not sure it works quite simply a fa ct not sure it works quite simply a fact that there is an issue there, isn't there, that sometimes the length of time it likely spend in prison in relation to their sentences significantly different. and it is not as simple as that. there is a real benefit to us all in

there being a period of time after someone there being a period of time after someone is physically released from prison over which we have a hold on them. if they behave badly there is something that can happen, the remainder of their sentence can be activated, they can return to prison. there is a real benefit in the system when it works like that. we do need to think about that when we consider the way in which prison sentences operate. judges know that when they pass a sentence, how long someone when they pass a sentence, how long someone will physically serve inside a prison. and so theyjudge... someone will physically serve inside a prison. and so theyjudge. .. they ta ke a prison. and so theyjudge. .. they take that into account. can ijust ask, the extension of this scheme to include terror related offences, will that be a more complex area of law, and their four will that be a more complex area of law, and theirfour is will that be a more complex area of law, and their four is the review system going to be slightly more difficult? i don't know. the process will be the same. we will consider when they are referred to us whether the sentences are duly lenient or not, we are talking about 19

offences, all terror related, and it is important that where we can we do it would —— extend the scheme to include sentences that the public are genuinely concerned about. this isa are genuinely concerned about. this is a good start, and it will mean that some of the offences that previously the law officers have not been able to intervene on, where they have been far too low, we can now intervene, and i hope very much that that will repeat the point that the public can have more confidence in the way in which the system works. thank you very much. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. a pretty unsettling story with the weather, a case of deja vu, a day of sunny spells and 20 of showers around. we had some heavy rain overnight which has been clearing away from the coast in suffolk, is beautiful sunrise was captured just an hourorso ago beautiful sunrise was captured just an hour or so ago by one of our weather watchers at this is what has happened over the past few hours, that heavy rain that passed across

southern and south—eastern and eastern england are now clearing away from the east coast but it has left a lot of standing water on the roads, with some flooding problems around london. scotland and northern ireland, it is a picture of clear spells and also those showers, this is not a clock in the morning, still some rain lingering off the coast of northumberland, across england and wales, many will start off that on a dry note with some sunshine but all ready some showers cropping up across western parts of wales in temperature down towards cornwall. —— in pembrokeshire. it is looking quite promising at the oval, at least through the morning, sunny spells, a bit more clout and we could see a few of those passing showers interrupting play at times. plenty of showers in the north and west as we head through the second half of this morning, some heavy and thundery, but they are moving through quite quickly on this brisk south—westerly breeze for most of us, some showers reaching the south—east, it remains dry in east

anglia, 21 or 22, that should feel relatively pleasant in between the showers. still breezy and showery as we head through into this evening, overnight slightly dry conditions but we will keep the showers across the north—west of the country, and temperatures falling to around 12 to 14 degrees. to start the working week we have got this area of low pressure to the north—west, it has been with us for several days, it is not going anywhere. another day of sunshine and showers tomorrow, the showers not quite as frequent or heavy and they would more confined to the north—west of the uk, fewer showers heading towards the south—east, a little more dry here, 17- 22, south—east, a little more dry here, 17— 22, one of two degrees warmer. a slightly quieter day on tuesday but then the next area of low pressure moves in from the atlantic to bring us moves in from the atlantic to bring us further wet and windy weather into wednesday. it is changeable, certainly. thank you, we will have

more a little later. later today the belgian city of ypres will pause to remember one of the most costly battles of the first world war. by the end of the three month campaign, half a million men were dead, injured, or missing, in the mud of no mans land. now, a century later, the land is still yielding deadly reminders of the fighting. our special correspondent robert hall reports. drie, twee, een. this is a corner of europe where first world war shells explode every working day. the belgian bomb disposal team is based in poelkapelle and they deal with at least 200 tons of unexploded munitions each year. you may think that after 100 years this iron harvest would be reducing. it's simply not true.

during the first world war, along the western front, 1.5 billion shells were fired and of those, one in three failed to explode. that left 500 million still in the ground. a few miles from poelkapelle, another call. a farmer has left several unidentified shells for the squad to collect. this is a 4.5 inch british. another 4.5 inch. if we look at the length and the fuse, this is an explosive. this as well. we have no chemical shells here. one third of the munitions that the team recover contain chemicals such as mustard gas. the firstjob is to clean them up, and not always that gently, for a rough idea of how dangerous they might be. here we look for characteristics and then for an exterior marking. they do that with a hammer

or a copper brush and, it sounds old —fashioned, but it is still much safer than using a sandblaster or high—pressure water. the next step is an x—ray. you can see now the bottom. this is chloride and cyanide or arsenic. around is explosive. even after 100 years, lives are at risk here. the chemical shells are eventually destroyed in a sealed chamber. conventional explosives follow a separate path. shells, bombs, grenades and bullets forced to the surface of local farmland by frost action and ploughing. how much explosive is in one crate, do you think? always around 50

kilos of explosives. more than 50 kilos, even deeply buried, would risk damage to buildings. and so this meticulous operation rolls on. a legacy of a distant war that will provide these lethal reminders well into another century. extraordinary pictures in that story of the work that is still being done. let's pick up on that story and the theme of that story, across the bbc today. time now for a look at the newspapers. historian tessa dunlop is here to tell us what's caught her eye. the commemorations have caught the eye of the newspapers, and this

follows the author of war horse, traditionally a children's author, but the weight in which he weaves more into the stories without lionising military events, getting into the ocean and the half of it, and war horse was award—winning on so and war horse was award—winning on so many fronts, and this is the story ta ke n so many fronts, and this is the story taken from a different angle, it isa story taken from a different angle, it is a father telling the son of the grandfather's story and he will be reading extracts, i believe. big immigration events. the duke and duchess of cambridge are going to be there, others from europe and there needs to be on these occasions, an element of artistic interpretation to really get to the heart, the guts of what this war meant. and where it leaves us, because i think it is all well and good having commemorations and centenary anniversaries, so important, and we had several them, dayboro cameron was a big believer in them, but we need you to get it

back and say, 100 years on, what does this tell us? on both sides nearly half a million young men died in mind and for a couple of kilometres, it was revolting. people came out out of that post—1918, unable to articulate, there were no words, which is why we have a two minute of silence. people said never again, this was the war to end all wars, and it was scarcely two decades letter and we had world war two, and what we had was a rise of nationalism, polls —— populism, fascism, we have to be so careful, peaceis fascism, we have to be so careful, peace is so fragile and i think that should be the takeaway message. life is so fragile. a conflict over europe on a completely different contact, also in many of the papers this morning, —— contacts. this is talking about the divisions over the

future of brexit. you have michael barnier, just in case you think will he is leaving one of the british parties, he is not. the pullout people talking about the single market, who are apparently going to create, well, a bit of a problem the jeremy corbyn, and the eurosceptics who are kind of leading the labour party. white is interesting is we hear lots from the conservative party who are against what the eurosceptics in the tories are doing, chris patten, john major, they are all standing up and saying, what has happened? it is not the direction we should be taking the party of the country. and i think today labour has got away with skating, —— obfuscating, not being clear, not putting its cards on the table, this defies party lines and you have to go back to the 1975

referendum, which i don't think we do really enough, where we reviewed whether we should be, it was promised by harold wilson's labour party that this would happen if they we re party that this would happen if they were voted in, so in 1975 there was a vote, and what we saw there was harold wilson fighting to stay in the european commission, alongside margaret thatcher. and on the other side, the hard left, they were naturally of course, jeremy corbyn is at home there. so the khan came yesterday and said there may be a way that we could manage this without getting out of the eu. sadiq isa without getting out of the eu. sadiq is a very little and popular character but only within one win. that is what is so fascinating about this brexit maelstrom. and another controversy. theresa may on holidays, in this dress, it is an

unusual thing, any celebrity or politician, it is cheaper to buy in europe on the same website. you say the familiar tale, this is... we are so the familiar tale, this is... we are so used to british retailers charging more, on things like technology, laptops, ipods, and it is... the case is, where did theresa may by this dress? before it became the cost—cutting nightmare and controversy, everything theresa may seems to touch turns to dust, but it was lauded by various commentators, but aside from her and her pale pins on the italian seafront, or was it the mountains, the question is lord wilson, who is the chief executive of next and was a key leave campaign, which again ties into brexit, is selling distress or more in britain than you can get it on

the continent. and the question is why vat is the same, it is not because of domestic vat, and it seems that the buying power of the euro now outgun is the buying power of the pound, in each country, and there for you will get better bargains. does that mean you should go online, apparently not, because it might be hard at to return the goods if they don't look as good as they do on theresa may. thank you very much, savvy advice, see you again later on. coming up in the next half hour, can england beat france for the first time in over 40 years this evening to make it to the semifinals of the euros? we'll be live in the netherlands ahead of a crucial game for the lionesses. stay with us — headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast, with ben thompson and rachel burden. coming up before eight, we'll get the weather from sarah. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. police in australia say they've foiled an islamist—inspired plot to bring down an aircraft with an improvised device. the prime minister,

malcolm turnbull, said the plot appeared to be "elaborate", rather than planned by a lone wolf. phil mercer reports. ican i can report last night that there has been a majorjoint counterterrorism operation to disrupt abe terrorist plot to bring down an aeroplane. the operation is continuing. at this stage, four people have been arrested and a considerable amount of material has been seized by police. a record number of criminals have had their sentences increased under a scheme which allows members of the public to ask for them to be reviewed. last year 141 criminals in england and wales had their sentences increased. the government says it wants to extend the scheme to include a number of terror—related charges. the attorney generals as in most casesjudges get the the attorney generals as in most cases judges get the sentencing right. cases heard by the crown

court last year were about 77,000. of that, as you say, about 140 ended up of that, as you say, about 140 ended up with higher sentences as a result of our intervention under this scheme. it is a very small minority. judges, generally speaking, get this right. when they do get it wrong and m ista kes right. when they do get it wrong and mistakes are made and it is possible forjudges to make mistakes, when they do it is important there is a mechanism to correct those mistakes and that's what this scheme does. more than 20,000 people have been evacuated from a music festival in spain after a huge fire engulfed part of the main stage. the fire broke out at the tomorrowland unite festival near barcelona, organisers say it was caused by a technical malfunction. no injuries have been reported. donald trump has again criticised china over its relations with north korea. on twitter he accused china of making hundreds of billions of dollars from trade but doing nothing to tackle north korea's nuclear threat.

his comments come after north korea carried out its second major missile test in a month. the us air force says two of its bomber planes have flown over the korean peninsula in response. events to mark the 100th anniversary of the battle of passchendaele, one of the bloodiest of the first world war, get under way later today. half a million allied and german soldiers were killed, wounded or went missing during the campaign. the duke and duchess of cambridge will be among those attending the commemorations over the next two days. i know a lot of you enjoyed this story. honolulu has become the first major us city to ban pedestrians from looking at their mobile phone, texting or using digital devices while crossing the road. the measure, which will take effect in hawaii's largest city in october, is aimed at reducing injuries and deaths from "distracted walking". fines start at 11 pounds and go up to 75 pounds for repeat offenders. urgent calls to the emergency services are exempt from the ban.

there are certain parts that are exempt, like ringing the emergency services. you will not be fined for that. we were saying as well it would be good to have one on the pavement as well, if you were walking down the pavement. but what if you are checking sports scores? that is important. it is the fourth a emergency service. by now we will start with a cricket but the women's euros tonight, a massive game. yes, and we will speak to our correspondent in the netherlands just after this bulletin she has rachel to talk to us as well. it is huge. they have not beaten france in 40 yea rs huge. they have not beaten france in 40 years and here they have a chance to get through to the semifinals. a big chance to england, they seem to be going well and are quite relaxed. ah samson will speak later. wet

weather seemed sports bulletin today. the rain at the oval yesterday and the amazing picture of the groundsman at the euros yesterday wiping out. that comes up for you at a moment. that we will start with a cricket. england's cricketers will start day four of the third test against south africa in a strong position, despite rain wiping out most of the afternoon's play at the 0val yesterday. debuta nt bowler toby roland—jones took his fifth south african wicket in the morning session as the tourists were dismissed for just 175. as expected the weather took a turn for the worse after lunch, and in that time alistair cook became the only home wicket to fall. the day's play was abandoned because of rain — england will start this morning on 74 for one, a lead of 252 runs. if we can get up towards the 400 in reasonable time and then we will be happy with that. i would hope that we could bowl them out in a session, but in a day, in a session, we still have big hitters coming in that will speed up the run rate. that is how we will look to go about it.

sebastian vettel will be confident of increasing his formula 1 drivers‘ championship lead over lewis hamilton after claiming pole for today's hungarian grand prix. the german broke the track record as he secured only his second pole of the season. ferrari team—mate kimi raikkonen will line up alongside him. hamilton struggled with the balance of his mercedes and will start from fourth. i like this track a lot. sun shining, people around, that is what it is about. it was a lot of fun. front row for us which is incredible. ben proud has won a bronze at the swimming world championships in budapest. proud came third in the 50 metre freestyle final with caeleb dressel from the usa winning gold. it's proud's second medal of the championships, after winning gold in the 50 metre butterfly. 50 freestyle really is the event to win. it was a fast race, and it was

50 freestyle really is the event to be battling in. it was a fast race, and it was difficult but there was almost nothing, between me and a fifth. britain's james guy won bronze in the 100 metre butterfly, he was tied in third with joseph schooling. caeleb dressel from the usa also won that final. jonny brownlee's hopes of becoming world triathlon champion look to be over after he finished fourth in edmonton, canada overnight the 2012 champion missed the last leg of the championship in hamburg through illness. he is well down the points list after only completing four races this year. spain's defending champion mario mola won the race & is on course to successfully defend the title once again challenge cup holders hull fc are into another wembley final, after running in seven tries against leeds rhinos. after an even first 40 minutes, hull ran away with it

in the second half. jamie shaul scored the pick of the tries, a seventy five yard sprint. mark snead also kicked 15 points. hull will meet the winner of today's semi—final between wigan and salford. we have spoken about it all season, making sure we defend our trophy as hard as we can and we did that today. it has been quite a week for you, married a few days ago and now you are in a challenge cup final. i have told my missus i don't know which is best, last saturday or this one. after going on a crash diet of water and white fish to get down to the necessary weight to ride the horse ‘enable', frankie dettori won the prestigious king george vi and queen elizabeth stakes at ascot. he'd already ridden the three—year—old filly to win the oaks and the irish 0aks, and the effort of getting down to eight stone seven was all worth it. the 5—4 shot, trained byjohn gosden, cruised to victory.

isaid we i said we had a wet weather seemed for you, let's return to the women's euros. the match was delayed and have a look of the ground staff here... how e! he is on his back!l very wet condition that. i know we should not laugh but this has cheered me up no end this morning. was at about ten o'clock last night when the decision was made to cancel the match which is, you know, for this and is that is a long... it never gets old. aliso got a little bit of entertainment thanks to that poor ground work at. brilliant stuff. thank you for that and the rest of the sport. spectacular

stuff. in fact we will stay with the euros now because 3s we euros now because as we have been hearing, england will need to defeat france for the first time in over 40 yea rs if france for the first time in over 40 years if they are to make it to the semifinals tonight let's hope the weather is on their side. yes, but none of that is worrying the managers. he says his team could win the match even if they are not at their very best. 0ur sports court of spondon and is out there for as and the big question is about confidence that it they think they can do, the managers as they can but can they deliver? that is the big question. we heard mark samson sounding quite confident in his press conference yesterday. he made those comments and went on to say that if england we re and went on to say that if england were at their best they will defeat france comfortably. england have won their group games, scored ten goals and are on a roll. but history and experience is very much on the stade de france. we are talking about this

now with the former england goalkeeper who has joined this year in the sunshine and is part of our tea m in the sunshine and is part of our team here in the netherlands. rachel, you are in the press conference room yesterday. what did you make of mark samson's comments. isa you make of mark samson's comments. is a confidence all mind games?” was taken aback but i think it it truly is genuine confidence. it is a situation and divide that he has maybe not felt as intrinsically before and it is maybe spelling out a little bit. is this england team feel different to the last one to play france in a major tournament? haven't spoken to the girls, absolutely. i would agree with that. there was a cup earlier this year that england lost in the last few minutes to france but as far as the major tournament, the girls are quite confident going into the world cup quite confident going into the world cu p two quite confident going into the world cup two years ago and came out with a bronze medal, having defeated germany for the first time ever. so

there is certainly gaining momentum but it nine years down the line and nine years further into the grand master plan that mark samson implemented 3.5 years ago.” mentioned this great record that france have. england have not defeated them since 1974. i don't need to remind you of that. they have lost the last three major tournaments as well. you think there isa tournaments as well. you think there is a psychological barrier to overcome? possibly there has been previously. psychological barriers are in your head. history is one thing but what the england team are really building, as i mentioned, they defeated germany two years ago for the first time ever. so it is just another... i for the first time ever. so it is justanother... i imagine for the first time ever. so it is just another... i imagine they will have the same sort of mindset. nothing different for this game, it is just part of the momentum in the building process that he and the tea m building process that he and the team have been a part of for the last six months. i have seen them mentality and that real internal

drive step up a gear. france, one of the pretournament favourites are ranked third in the world. they struggled in the group. that's a surprise you? in some ways. but then we saw germany who have won six from the last eight european championships and we saw them struggle their way through the group stages and they are just keeping a little bit in reserve. i would not look at the group stage for either of those teams and think that that was the best. france have come through the group stages and have lost big players, two of them are suspended and i think that, other than their not so convincing form, their two players who they would have wa nted their two players who they would have wanted to have at the tonight an unavailable. mark samson had the luxury of wresting ten of the starting 11 and the last game against portugal. do you think we will see a lot of changes coming

into this france game? you may refer back to the teams we thought in the earlier stages of the group? i think so. earlier stages of the group? i think so. we saw something quite convincing against the tracks —— straightaway against scotland. spain was a different performance, not in quality but in the opponents, they we re quality but in the opponents, they were up against they played in quite a different way. they needed to prepare differently and play differently. executing, once again, that gameplan quite well. i expect that gameplan quite well. i expect that the majority of that starting line—up in the first two games to be back in. that was part of his plan. he mentioned that in the press conference. this is why they wanted fresh legs. they have all had a week ‘s rest. fresh legs. they have all had a week 's rest. confidence here as well. thank you very much indeed. the blockbuster quarter—final tonight against france. the winner will play the host nation, the netherlands, in the host nation, the netherlands, in the final four. thank you so much.

does look lovely on sunny there are so does look lovely on sunny there are so hopefully that will in their favour. don't forget you can follow the match follows 5 live. full commentary tonight was kicked off at 745. many of you are getting in touch this morning about the story we are covering about texting and whether there should be a rule stoush you. getting in touch to say it is a great idea. harvey says i have recently great idea. harvey says i have rece ntly ha d great idea. harvey says i have recently had two new mrs with some people walking out while texting. it is easy to do. you are never quite sure as a motorist, another one here, "ridiculous." this is ian in tunbridge wells. " far worse are people listening to music on headphones. " a list of you are texting you are still a little bit aware of what is around you. there should be a lawful pavement as well.

nonetheless, keep them coming in. it is just after nonetheless, keep them coming in. it isjust after 7:45 a.m., nonetheless, keep them coming in. it is just after 7:45 a.m., you are watching bbc news breakfast. the main stories this morning: counter—terrorism police in australia say they've stopped a suspected plot to bring down an aeroplane. a record number of criminals in england and wales have had their sentences increased after people complained that they were too lenient. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. sarah, are you guilty of texting while walking? i have possibly symbiont —— sent the odd tax by walking but i did see someone do it the other day and walk straight into a lamppost, it does happen. perils of thejob. this picture a lamppost, it does happen. perils of the job. this picture was taken by someone on a walk this morning, a dog walkerfrom sheldon in devon, we have beautiful blue skies. it is a lovely morning across many past of the country, but the weather will not stay that glorious all day. here

is the satellite picture, here is sheldon in devon, there is a lot of clout around the east coast, the rain is now clearing away and quite a speckled nature to the cloud across many parts of the country, it will be another day of sunny spells and some heavy showers. this is 9am, 20 of showers across north—west scotland, northern parts of northern ireland as well, heading further south, fewer showers, down towards pembrokeshire and cornwall there are some showers. some sunny spells for central wales and devon and towards the midlands. it should be a fine start to the day as the third test continues at the oval, later this afternoon there will be a bit while cloud and that could bring just the odd passing shower. lots of showers developing today in the north and west initially, some thunderstorms likely with those heavy showers as well, they will be drifting their weight eastwards across the country but i think the far south—east into east anglia could stay drive past the good —— piter good part of the

day. —— quite a good part of the day. —— quite a good part of the day. showers rattling through on the brisk breeze overnight it tends to ease colour particular across the north—west, clear towards the south—east, on monday we still have this low pressure lingering in the north—west, it has been with us for several days now, but i think during monday we will see fewer showers compared to today and there will be more confined to north—western parts of the country, central and south—eastern areas. 20 degrees, one or two degrees up on what we have seen over or two degrees up on what we have seen over the past few days. quite a day for tuesday and then to the middle of the week the next area of low pressure, further west and windy weather in time for wednesday. really unsettled and plenty of showers over the next few days. if

only i could get some undivided attention from this young man. i'm not crossing the road, i'm allowed to text. 0n the weather, this nice tweet from chris says "i am laying in bed watching the show, listening to the rain and think i will not finish building my shed today." there might be a few outdoorjobs that don't get done today. not shed building weather. we've got the latest headline coming up at eight, but first, it's time for the travel show. coming up on this week's travel show: we are taking a trip through pakistan's biggest city on a bus. this might be a bit crazy along the way. and we are crossing the great canadian prairie on a train. pakistan, this is a country that some governments say you shouldn't visit as a tourist. terror related incidents, kidnappings and political turmoil have all taken their toll on the country's reputation. and as the country prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary

of independence, the travel show‘s benjamin zand packed his backpack and headed for karachi. pakistan is in the news almost constantly but coverage of this area is pretty one—dimensional. if it is not focusing on the taliban, it is about the country's differences with india or cricket. but there is a lot more to it than that. the country is home to over 190 million people and 63% are under 25. many of these are fun loving, forward—thinking individuals who are changing the world. so i am on my way to meet some. karachi is pakistan's most dangerous and notorious city, but a security crackdown over the last few years means it has got a lot safer, and for a traveller like myself that means an experience like few others. itjust might be a bit crazy along the way. all right, so i have changed into more suitable clothing

because i want to get a taste of karachi and when you think of a tour you usually think of a friendly tour guide, some foreigners, a casual stroll around the city. but in karachi it is much different. it is done on one of these things. this is the super safari express. this is the super savari express. in a city linked more with bombs and guns than tourist trips, the super savari seems a strange choice. but this is a unique kind of tour bus, created to change the image of karachi not only locally but also around the world. it's main aim — to help karachi's population reconnect with their city. and help the rich meet the city's poorest members. in its early days each tour will come with an armed guard, but as the situation has improved, it is nowjust this big, beautiful bus. i love this bus, it's incredible. don't we all? what is the history of it? you see them everywhere in karachi. well, you know, the concept works on the lines of this actually being a representation of the brides of the guys who drive them. obviously you can climb on the roof

and who doesn't want to climb on the roof of a bus? why do you think in a city like karachi it needs something like this? there has been a disconnect between educated classes in karachi and the general population. what we have tried to do is eliminate that disconnect and show everyone that the culture that you have, the history that you have and the city that you live in is for everybody, whether you live in a mansion or you live in a slum. and do you do this because you think karachi is misrepresented and it has a reputation it doesn't deserve? i will just say that there is so much more to karachi than we know. the cityjust has so much depth. it has depth in terms of the people who live here, the cultures that exist, the lifestyles, the architecture, there is just so much to see. there is something special about this mosque that i have

to show you. the tour takes visitors around the city in an attempt to show its diversity. you visit mosques, hindu temples, churches, karachi's version of the big ben and then it is time for food. sorry. i am going to ruin your tea party. what is this? this guy says traditional pakistani breakfast. yes, a traditional pakistani breakfast is essential. so you get chai and a type of an omelette, essentially most things in pakistan are made spicy, so the same with omelettes. i have noticed. my stomach noticed that a few days ago. you dip some of that in the chai. you actually dip it in the tea? yes. i am just ruining your tea. i have got soggy pieces of dough in your tea. i kind of want to hear some rock.

rock music plays. so this really could not be more different from the image most people get when they think of pakistan. and finally this week, the last of our films marking ca nada's 150th anniversary. this week we are in manitoba visiting communities that rely on a fragile rail link to the rest of the country. but that line has been closed by damage from storms. its owners say they cannot afford to repair it and the communities may have to take over the railway themselves. oh, my goodness, i can't see the communities surviving without the train. it has been the mode of travel for years. because it is an isolated community,

so you have only got the train or a plane, but usually everyone uses the train. they rely on it, right, because how are you going to get food? it would cost too much for aeroplane charters or helicopters to come in. yes, in the winter, providing you have a good winter season, we can have the winter road from january to march, three months, but that is it. spring and summer, fall, it is by rail. 0ur elders, they all worked on the rail and i was born up north by the railroad tracks.

growing up here i used to go out and go fishing with my grandparents and my grandmother and i would go berry picking and she would cook me rabbit every morning for breakfast. pretty good. we have grandchildren. we enjoy watching them grow up here, it is quiet. it has its challenges, this is where we actually started where ourfamily is, where it actually began. can bears eat ants? yeah. what is that? a little creek. oh, yes. you know a giant mountain,

like that mountain? me and noel nolan could be walking over it. there is a lake. this is the kids' playground. they know every inch of this land. all this used to be a lake at one time. we are surrounded by swamp and we can't build a road there because sometimes we would say bottomless, but it isn't feasible for us to put a road in there and put in half a mile of dirt in the ground. some of the challenges are getting our food, our gas, our vehicles. everything is a challenge up here.

what i like is that the children here are able to go out anywhere and they are always watched by the whole community. especially after the school is over, they go out biking, they go out hunting. they really learn a lot from it because it was our way of life a long time ago also. owning the railroad, i know that our leadership has been pushing and have been staunch believers in the rail. it has been here four years. it has been here for years. i believe it will be here for a lot more years. i am hoping that we will get partners who will want to help get the needs and necessities into the communities. that is all the time we have this

week, but coming up next week: i only knowjustin bieber. you are a belieber? i am a belieber. ben is getting in tune at a festival in pakistan. # what are you waiting for? i am about to step in the ring with momo who is a top contender. i am in thailand learning the art of kicking. join us for that if you can, but in the meantime, you can follow us on the road byjoining our social media feeds. all the details are on your screens now. but from me, henry golding and the rest of the travel show team here in singapore, it is goodbye.

hello this is breakfast, with ben thompson and rachel burden. police in australia say they've foiled a terror plot to bring down an aircraft. a number of people have been arrested and security has been stepped up at airports across the country . good morning it's sunday 30thjuly. a record number of criminals have had their sentences increased after victims and members of the public asked for them to be reviewed.