hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and steph mcgovern. the biggest names in athletics gather in london as the 16th world championships get under way. sir mo farah and usain bolt are both in action as they aim to bring their careers on the track to a close with gold medals. the action gets under way later here at the london stadium, five years to the day since the 2012 olympics super saturday. 0rganisers will be hoping for more memorable moments. good morning, it's friday fourth august. also this morning: a record breaking heatwave hits large parts of southern europe. authorities issue urgent warnings as

temperatures go above 43 celsius. this is the scene this morning in sicily, which has had some of the hottest temperatures. we'll be hearing how locals and holiday makers there are coping with the heat. iam here i am here at the queen elizabeth 0lympic i am here at the queen elizabeth olympic park, where i will bring more details on the temperatures in southern europe, as well as a full uk forecast, in about 15 minutes. it's normally one of the busiest times of year for retailers, but clothes shops had their worst july in eight years. so why aren't we spending? i'll be finding out. also this morning: disappointment for england's women at the european football championship, as they are knocked out in the semi finals by hosts netherlands. and charlie's in edinburgh welcome to the edinburgh festival. for 70 years people have been flocking to this amazing city. in the distance it's a little cloudy, but magnificent nonetheless. we've

got acrobats, performers, singers, comedians, warming up now. they are already in action this morning. we've got a mini festival right here on breakfast. thanks. good morning. first, our main story. sir mo farah and the fastest man on the planet, usain bolt, will be in action this evening on the first day of the world athletics championships in london. it will be the last time both athletes compete in a major competition. a record 650,000 tickets have been sold for the ten day event. 0ur sports news correspondent, andy swiss, has more. five years on from london 2012, they are back. the world's top athletes chasing global glory, including britain's best. tonight mo farah could once again light of the stadium as he goes on the 10,000 metres in his last major championships. the emotion comes pouring out! it's a

once—in—a—lifetime to have the olympics at your doorstep and do what i did and then you come back years later and it is the world championships and i'm like, you know what, i'm going to end it at that track. while mo farah is back in beating here, the other stars of 2012 armed. greg rutherford is in —— injured, jessica ennis—hill retired, the hosts will have to find new heroes. for the sport meanwhile it is goodbye to the greatest. tonight usain bolt will begin his quest for the final 100 metres title before he retires. this is a moment i've been looking forward to. after the race 01’ looking forward to. after the race or during the race the emotions will come out, it depends on how the crowd reacts. if there is applause and cheering i'll be happy, but they will find ways to get emotions out of you. it will be the fondest of farewells and as we athletes arrive once again the stage is set for some golden moments. —— as the athletes. we'll be at the london stadium

throughout the morning, as we gear up for the event. it's great when we have a summer of sport. it is, although it doesn't feel like summer it is, although it doesn't feel like summer at the moment. but that's gorgeous sunrise. parts of europe are experiencing their hottest sustained heatwave in more than a decade. several countries have issued health warnings, as temperatures continue to soar and some regions are having to contend with droughts and forest fires. yeah, the highest recorded temperature was 43 degrees celsius in cordoba, in southern spain. sicily experiencing highs of 42 degrees. this idea —— the sardinian coast had 46 degrees. gavin lee is in sicily.

a lot of people are finding this very unpleasant. good morning. this is the northern part of sicily and it looks amazing. but this isn't your average sunny, it looks amazing. but this isn't your average sunny, hot, it looks amazing. but this isn't youraverage sunny, hot, be it looks amazing. but this isn't your average sunny, hot, be careful in europe, this is extreme heat. this is once... these are the highest temperatures we've seen in southern europe since 2003. 42 degrees here yesterday. on average most parts of southern europe are seeing ten or 15 degrees higher than usual. today this may well be the hottest pa rt usual. today this may well be the hottest part of europe. 44 degrees. compare that to an all—time high in 1999, it was 48.9 degrees in sicily. so it is extremely hot. if you go across elsewhere in europe there are forest fires. we've seen them in the south of france. mid— 30s again bet

today. it was 30 degrees. we drove through parts of the forests, at least two fires are being put out. there's the risk of dehydration. when it comes to government warnings, seven countries have issued what they call red heat stress warnings. so emergency services are on standby. it looks great, 3 million tourists come to italy, most during the summer period, but it is to stay in doors in the afternoon. let me show you the basics. this is part of the warning government is giving. drink plenty of this, where one of these, 20 of this. stay in doors during peak times 20 of this. stay in doors during peaktimes in 20 of this. stay in doors during peak times in the afternoon. it isn't comfortable, even at night. this isn't just isn't comfortable, even at night. this isn'tjust silly isn't comfortable, even at night. this isn't just silly season sunshine weather, this is serious extreme heat that they haven't seen before in many years in sicily. thanks very much for bringing us up—to—date. we will have more on the

heatwave. sarah will keep us up—to—date with the temperatures in europe shortly. one of the world's tallest residential buildings, the torch tower in dubai, has caught fire for the second time in two years. firefighters say the 79—storey building was evacuated and the blaze is now under control. a previous fire in 2015 was blamed, in part, on flammable cladding. a british computer expert, who helped stop the cyber attack that crippled the nhs, has appeared before a judge in the us over alleged links with other malicious software. marcus hutchins, aged 23 and from devon, appeared in a las vegas court charged with creating a programme designed to steal bank and credit card details. our north america correspondent james cook has more. marcus hutchins was hailed as a hero. in an attack which crippled the nhs and spread the tens of thousands of computers in 150 countries. his arrest is not related

to this role in neutralising the so—called wannacry ra nsomwa re to this role in neutralising the so—called wannacry ransomware which we discussed in this interview. so—called wannacry ransomware which we discussed in this interviewlj check we discussed in this interview.” check the message board and there we re check the message board and there were maybe 60 or 70 reports of different nhs organisations being hit. that was the point where i decided my holiday was over and i had to look into this. in the past week marcus hutchins had been in las vegas for a cyber security conference. he was apparently arrested at the airport minutes before he was due to cry home. we've 110w before he was due to cry home. we've now obtained a copy of the indictment against marcus hutchins and another unmanned defendant. it reveals they are facing charges in the us state of wisconsin. they are accused of creating and selling a programme to harvest online banking data and credit card details. prosecutors say the arrest here in las vegas came at the end of the year—long investigation. cyber security remains a top priority for the fbi, says the special agent in charge. marcus hutchins may now face

his biggest challenge yet in an american court room. police in australia say two men charged with plotting to bring down a plane were taking directions from a senior commander in the so—called islamic state group in syria. investigators believe they had made a bomb using military—grade explosives. described as one of the most sophisticated terror plots ever on australian soil, officers say they have ended a plan which could have caused catastrophic loss of life. they believe khaled khayat and his son, mahmoud khayat, were sent high—grade military explosives by the so—called islamic state through air cargo and say they then put together a bomb packed together into a meat grinder. onjuly 15th, it's alleged the men planned to take the improvised explosive device, or ied, on to an etihad airways flight out

of sydney but officers say it was never checked in. we will be alleging in court that a fully functioning ied was to be placed on that plane on the 15th ofjuly. one thing that is important to state, though, is it did not get through security. having aborted the first attack, it's alleged the men took apart the bomb to create a chemical device instead which would emit poisonous hydrogen sulphide. officers say the men were arrested before that plot became advanced. detailed forensic searches are continuing. a third man is being questioned by police. airport security routines have now returned to normal. passengers are being assured the threat has been disrupted, but new questions have been raised over how explosives could be sent into australia by the islamic state and how the terror threat is evolving. hywel griffith, bbc news, sydney. the england women's football team were knocked out of the euros last

night by the hosts, the netherlands. you were watching, were due? i was. i was watching the end of it. the lionesses suffered a 3—0 defeat in the semi final, bringing an end to their hopes of lifting the trophy. still proud of them though. of course! katie gornall was watching the action for us. three for the netherlands. their european dream is over. mark sampson's site convince themselves they were good enough to win this championship at instead the netherlands advance. england are back to square one. there were tears and hugs, because they gave absolutely everything in the last 12 months to try to come here and achieve something special. overall the emotion from my end is a huge sense of pride. throughout the match it was those in orange juice sense of pride. throughout the match it was those in orangejuice —— sense of pride. throughout the match it was those in orange juice —— who shone brightness. medina heading in

the direction of the final midway through the first half. with england behind for the first time in the tournament, ellen white had a strong claim fora tournament, ellen white had a strong claim for a penalty but the referee was unmoved must do the frustration of mark sampson. what was needed was a cool head. pharrell williams might usually so reliable, did nothing to settle the nerves. double delight for the dutch and england only had themselves to blame. it would get worse for england. and on —— and own goal summed up worse for england. and on —— and own goalsummed upa worse for england. and on —— and own goal summed up a miserable night and there was disappointment for fans backin there was disappointment for fans back in the dead to believe this tea m back in the dead to believe this team might end england's will wait for a major corrective. the players will leave the netherlands thinking what might have been. this was a dark and disappointing night for the side. all the progress they've made in getting here they were ineffective against the netherlands. ona ineffective against the netherlands. on a positive note this tournament will give a boost back home, even if england were able to take the final step. we will be talking about that more corrupt programme.

they did do us proud. they did. a supermarket in greater manchester has received a number of complaints from customers who accused builders of wolf—whistling at them. it turned out the local workmen were very right to protest their innocence, because look with was! we couldn't believe it. we kept telling the customers when they came in and they think it is hilarious. i have people looking at me when he's whistling and they go —— and i go, no, it's the parrot! it later turned out that this chap is the actual culprit. a local, called ted, and that was his owner. he's a cheeky parrot who lives in a pet shop just across the road. that must have being quite funny. i wonder how many workmen got berated for being so rude! shall we have a look at the papers? the front pages, lots of different

stories, real variety. the front pages, lots of different stories, realvariety. picking up on the news which came out about the death of robert harvey at the age of 91, and of course his famous role in all creatures great and small. and the chaos, the daily mail has described, at the airports, always this time of year when you are panicking. sometimes there can be trouble at the airports. some stories on the front of the daily telegraph to look at. scrutiny into the former french president. prosecutors are investigating links sarkozy prosecutors are investigating links sa rkozy had prosecutors are investigating links sarkozy had with qatar's 2022 bed, with suggestions he benefited from deals linked with the state bid. —— bid.. and mo farah taking a selvie in the london stadium. this is how important it is to him. it is his

last major appearance. he will be running the 10,000 metres tonight. we will be there of course. usain bolt having his swansong. the times has a story on the nhs, saying the nhs doesn't deserve more money because it wastes so much on poor ca re because it wastes so much on poor care according to a senior surgeon who has the job of driving up standards. what have you got for us this morning? yesterday we were playing the game of trying to decipher what the governor of the bank of england was trying to say. it was the inflation report yesterday. we had no rise in interest rates. the question is when they might go up. the bank of england playing the balancing act. they know that inflation is rising. when it rises you would normally raise rates to cool it and stop us spending. they are worried about economic growth in the wake of the brexit vote. they say that it could happen ina

brexit vote. they say that it could happen in a year. i was in the city yesterday and most are expecting that to happen next year. and a great story in the sun. let me see if you can see it. one way of dealing with pollution on roads is for these weird plastic tunnels over the most polluted roads. the idea is the most polluted roads. the idea is the tunnels are made from a material to absorb nitrogen dioxide and protect people who live nearby. quite rightly someone makes the point about not wanting to drive through a tunnel full of car fumes. you would have to be in your car with the aec switched on. it would be like being in a polluted greenhouse. should the drivers have to pay for it? if the tunnel will suck up the pollution, then it won't be bad. just to indulge, thank you, i love this. why did you thank him? he gave me the picture. karate

kermit impersonating the crane. that is the other leg. just in case you can't see it. the famous karate kid pose. your legs would go through the roof! he will have to try it now. maybe later. we heard gavin out in sicily talking about the brits flying to the continent experiencing record breaking heat. sarah has the details. she's in the olympic park ahead of the athletics. good morning. iam good morning. i am at the queen elizabeth olympic park in east london standing in front of the london standing in front of the london stadium. this was the hub of activity five years ago the olympics. today we see the start of the athletics world championships. above the london stadium we have

blue skies. it is quite a fresh start to the day. it is quite cool and breezy. that is in contrast to what is happening in southern europe. so, across europe we have heat wave conditions persisting. yet again we expect temperatures of around 40 degrees or more across greece, through the balkans and into italy. another day 40 degrees or more. the heat extends across sardinia, corsica, the western mediterranean and spain, where we might see 43 degrees today. closer to home, a contrast. it is a fresh and breezy start. it will be another day of sunshine and showers. most of the showers will be across northern and western parts. especially in scotla nd and western parts. especially in scotland and northern ireland. england and one or so see few of the showers through the day. in the afternoon in scotland, plenty showers through the day. in the afternoon in scotland, plenty of showers. one or two rumbles off under possible. across northern

england, showers fewer and further between with sunshine. east anglia and the south—east, it is looking dryer with a couple of isolated showers. we continue to see the mix of sunny spells and scattered showers. temperatures ranging between 18 in newcastle to around 22 in london. further west across the country in the south—west of england and wales, one or two isolated showers. most places should avoid them. it will be bright and breezy with temperatures in the high teens. further north—west into northern ireland the showers quite frequent through the afternoon. there could be the odd heavy one and maybe an isolated chance of a thunderstorm. temperatures around 17 degrees. as we move through this evening in two tonight across the country we keep the showers for northern and western parts. england and wales mostly dry with some clear spells but it will feel chilly tonight with temperatures falling to around about

11- 14 temperatures falling to around about 11— 14 degrees in towns and cities. it is call in the countryside. through the day tomorrow we start the morning with heavy showers across parts of wales. they will develop more widely across england and why is. there might be some heavy ones with hail and thunder and the chance of surface water flooding. they will be hit and miss. the far south likely to stay dry. scotla nd the far south likely to stay dry. scotland and northern ireland have the mix of sunshine and heavy showers. temperatures around 16— 21. so the scene continues through the weekend into sunday with some showers. it will be an improved day on sunday. rain in northern and western parts of the country. much of england and wales has a dry day, slightly lighter winds with temperatures around 15— 21 degrees. that's it for now. back to you both. it definitely feels as if it's getting better, doesn't it, after the rain? things are looking up. good, see you later. and guess is

inside the stadium as well with all of the latest on the action from the world athletics a little bit later on. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: the world athletics championships will begin in london this evening. two of the sport's biggest names, usain bolt and mo farah, will be in action during the opening session. temperatures reaching 45 degrees celsius in parts of italy and the balkans have led several countries to issue special warnings for residents and tourists. why were safety concerns apparently ignored in the run up to the grenfell tower disaster? that's one of the issues residents want the public inquiry to consider, with today being the deadline for suggestions of what it should cover. the disaster also raised questions about high—rises elsewhere in the country. graham satchell has been to meet the residents of a tower block in salford, which was refurbished with cladding that's since been deemed unsafe. how can somebody put something like

that on a block that was combustible? it is unbelievable. that on a block that was combustible? it is unbelievablem is not fireproof. it has failed all of the tests. so, no matter what they say, you feel uneasy now. ask us they say, you feel uneasy now. ask us what we want doing with our homes. do you feel safe? no. thorn court in salford, it is 22 stories high, the cladding and installation here has failed a series of fire safety tests. we're still up in the airabout safety tests. we're still up in the air about what's going on. residents

likejohn had air about what's going on. residents like john had been air about what's going on. residents likejohn had been told the cladding on their block will be removed but as yet they don't know when. so have you got a timetable? no. what you think about that? discussed it, ‘cause everyone is on edge. three people on the 20th floor, to people on the 19th floor in wheelchairs, how are they going to get down? dawn has lived here for 26 years. she used to work as a security officer and fire marshal in manchester.” did a risk assessment, i brought a fire service here and we failed, and we are still failing. fire doors that don‘t shut properly on the corridors. fire doors that don‘t shut properly in our house. this is our lies that they are a messing about with and we are potentially living in a death trap, all of us. and they don‘t seem to care. they just... they just don‘t and they don‘t seem to care. they just... theyjust don‘t seem to care. an independentjudge has been

appointed to examine the cause of the fire at grenfell tower in london. public consultation on the terms of reference to that enquiry closes today. many here want it to look not just at the fire but the way more broadly council tenants are treated. when that council tenants and there is a stigma with council te na nts. and there is a stigma with council tenants. —— we‘re council tenants. we‘re not looked after in a sense you ring up for something to be done, or have a complaint, and they don‘t listen to us. done, or have a complaint, and they don't listen to us. do you think they care about you? obviously not. if this was a private block, it would be much better. there would be a sprinkle system, to start with. there would be and whatnot. they should change the way we are treated. we are second—class citizens at the moment. you can't... you can't actually see people. they are faceless. pendleton together,

who manage thorn court for salford council told us work to remove the cladding will start as soon as further tests have been completed. they say the safety of residents is their primary concern and that extra fire prevention measures have been put in place, including 24—hourfire marshal patrols. but the residents we spoke to are still living with uncertainty, anger and fear. pendleton together, which manages thorn court and a number of other tower blocks in salford, insists the safety of its residents is the primary concern. a spokesperson told the bbc, "our priority is the safety of our residents and we urge anyone who has any concerns to contact us to discuss them." throughout the morning we will be going to edinburgh for the festival. the 70th edinburgh festival gets under way today. thousands of performers will fill hundreds of venues, while even more people flood to the city to watch them take to the stage.

charlie is there for us this morning. there is loads of action already? yes. it is early for performers, this time of day. we have some people here with us. i am looking at the sky hoping it won‘t rain. we are at the edinburgh festival this morning. such an amazing place, 70 yea rs morning. such an amazing place, 70 years it has been running. around 8000 tickets sold when it first started. that is up to half a million. now, you can hear the noise to my left. let‘s introduce you to the magnets. good morning, gentlemen. you are going to sing for us gentlemen. you are going to sing for us this morning. will you take us back to the 80s? 1982 to the rocky three theme song, the eye of the tiger. #itis tiger. # it is the eye of the tiger, it is the thrill of the fight. # wising up to the challenge of our arrival. # and he is watching us all

with the eye of the tiger. now, come with the eye of the tiger. now, come with me over this side of the performance centre and you can see this in action right now. careful up there. this is not ideal weather. i am no expert. four acrobatics, it is am no expert. four acrobatics, it is a little chilly this morning. they have come from canada to perform at the festival. flying a way to the slightly cloudy skies of edinburgh. we will be hit through the morning this morning with acrobat is, with jugglers, with contortionists and we have authors as well as comedians all joining have authors as well as comedians alljoining us a little later —— acrobats. i am watching that very carefully because... we are safe on the ground. thank you very much. we have lots of guests joining us on

the so far. a minifestival here on brea kfast the so far. a minifestival here on breakfast this morning. right now, as they come to a perfect ending, the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i‘m claudia—liza armah. thousands of commuters using the country‘s busiest station are set to face of severe disruption as half of waterloo will close for three and half weeks. after tonight‘s last train ten platforms will shut down so that improvement works can take place to increase capacity. the £400 million pound project will see engineers extending platforms to allow longer trains to run. five of the former eurostar platforms will temporarily re—open to ease congestion. there will be busier trains. there may be queues at some of the busiest stations. we are putting a huge amount of work, particular you over the last 12 months, to minimise the impact on passengers as much as possible. we have been honestly passengers as well that if they travel 43 one half weeks the journey

may be different and disruptive. if they are travelling at the busiest times they may face queues at some the stations. a leading children‘s charity says that some london councils need to do more to support young people when they leave the care system to stop them becoming unemployed or even homeless. bbc london‘s been told by some young people that they fall into heavy debt they can‘t pay and end up in court. well, five london councils have now made care leavers exempt from paying council tax until they turn 25 years old. despite that, the children‘s society is calling for more to be done. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. there‘s a good service on the tubes this morning. on the trains, a signalling problem is preventing southern trains leave the selhurst depot, so many trains have been cancelled. tickets are being accepted by other train companies, london buses and the tube. on the roads, as you can see on the traffic camera, freeflowing on the m25 at the dartford tunnel. while in kennington, no access from kennington park road

to kennington road northbound for gas works. there‘s still access for bikes. let‘s have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it will feela little bit more like august today, so little bit more like august today, so you probably won‘t be needing one of these. and the wind will be a lot lighter than they were yesterday, and they will continue to ease as we head through the day. most of us are going to stay dry. there will also be decent spells of sunshine too. we start the day on around 14— 15 degrees. a bright and breezy start but the winds light and through the afternoon. i won‘t totally rule out the possibility of one or two light and fleeting showers. it will feel pleasa ntly warm and fleeting showers. it will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine. once more we will see highs of around 23— 24 degrees. so, an improvement of where we have been for the last couple of days. overnight tonight we keep the clear skies. it should stay dry. overnight lows of 14— 15 degrees. a bit more

chilly away from towns. tomorrow you might well be needing your brolly again. we are likely to see some sunny spells and showers formed through the afternoon some of the showers toward northern home counties could turn out to be heavy and even thundery in nature, so not and even thundery in nature, so not a completely dry we can. quite a chilly night on saturday into saturday. temperatures away from the towns could even get back into single figures. sunday should be dry with some sunshine and temperatures will peak in the low 20s. plenty more on our website at the usual address. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and steph mcgovern. sir mo farah and the fastest man on the planet, usain bolt, will be in action this evening, on the first day of the world athletics championships in london. it will be the last time both athletes compete in a major competition. a record 650,000 tickets have been sold for the ten day event. jess will have the sport from the london stadium injust

a few moments‘ time. there it is, leading in sunshine this morning. —— beating. parts of europe are experiencing their warmest sustained heatwave in more a decade. temperatures peaked at more than 40 degrees in parts of italy, spain and the balkans. several countries have issued health warnings, as temperatures continue to soar and some regions are also contending with drought and forest fires. this is the situation in sicily at the moment and we‘ll have more on the heatwave with sarah in the weather shortly. a british computer expert, who helped stop the wannacry cyber attack that crippled the nhs, has appeared before a judge in the us over alleged links with other malicious software. marcus hutchins, who‘s 23 and from devon, was arrested in las vegas on suspicion of distributing malware designed to steal bank and credit card details. police in australia say two men

charged with plotting to bring down a plane were taking directions from a senior commander in the so—called islamic state group in syria. investigators believe they had made a bomb using military—grade explosives. a third man is still being questioned. hmrc has pledged to make "significant improvements" to its new child benefit website after complaints from thousands of parents. the treasury select committee has demanded the change. the site is meant to help parents access the tax—free childcare scheme and free childcare for all three and four—year—olds. one of the world‘s tallest residential buildings, the torch tower in dubai, has caught fire for the second time in two years. firefighters say the 79—storey building was evacuated without any injuries and the blaze is now under control. a previous fire in 2015 was blamed, in part, on flammable cladding. the great and good of athletics

will descend on london for the world championships, which begin today. we‘ve got so mo farah, usain bolt, a host of others. it‘s going to be a great day and a great week. jess is at the london stadium for us this morning. the sunny speaking —— son is picking through. it looks like it will be a good day? the weather is ok at the moment. welcome to the london stadium. home to so many special memories from the london olympics, five years ago. doesn‘t time fly? i am on the 100 metres start line and looking at the finish it‘s a lot further than it looks on tv. this is where some of the world‘s top athletes will begin their world athletics championships. this event is expected to be very

well attended. 250,000 fans are expected to pass through the stadium this weekend alone and if they are lucky to have tickets for this evening they are in for a treat. sprint legend usain bolt will be in action. he starts on the 100 metres preliminary rounds and this will of course as you say be his last major championship before he retires. he hangs up his spikes after this. also on the tracks tonight, so mo farah goesin on the tracks tonight, so mo farah goes in the final of the 10,000 metres. this very track was what propelled mo farah into the british limelight, becoming a superstar back in london five years ago when he won his first olympic medal. it will be a fitting end to his track career because he focuses on the marathon after this. if he could do the double gold again. the scottish runner laura miller

also goes in 1500 heats. there is also a cloud hanging over scottish athletics at the moment. russia has apologised for the first time over the doping scandal uncovered by the mclaren report. athletics‘ governing body, the iaaf, banned russia in november 2015 over evidence of state—sponsored doping. the head of russia athletics says the ban was correct and has said sorry to those athletes beaten by dopers. 19 russians will be competing as neutral athletes here at the world championships. onto football and england women‘s hopes of a first major title ended last night when they were beaten by hosts the netherlands in the semi—finals of the european championship and, despite being the highest ranked team left in the competition,

the lionesses were beaten 3—0 in enschede. the dutch now face denmark in the final. we arejust we are just trying to do each other up we are just trying to do each other up still. we‘ve worked really hard and deserved to get as far as we have. we deserve to get further but it was advice on the night. i think eve ryo ne it was advice on the night. i think everyone is just trying to stay positive and look towards the world cup. brazil forward neymar has signed for paris saint—germain for a world record fee of around $200 million. —— £200 million. the deal smashes the previous record set by paul pogba‘s transfer when he returned to manchester united last year. neymar will earn over £40 million a year as part of a five year deal. everton are through to the europa league play—offs after they beat slovakian side ruzom—berok. a goal from dominic calvert—lewin was enough to give them a 2—0 aggregate win. but aberdeen are out, beaten 2—0 in the second leg of their qualifier by cypriot

side apollon limassol, 2—1 on aggregate. englands cricketers hold a 2—1 series lead over south africa as the fourth and final test starts at old trafford. it‘s been announced that the pavilion there will be renamed after england‘s record wicket takerjames anderson. a plaque will be unveiled before play starts. very well deserved for anderson.” wonder what usain bolt will have named after him when he finally retires ? named after him when he finally retires? probably a few stadiums around the world. that‘s a good question. what would you want named after you? i would want a street in middlesbrough or something like that. a chocolate bar. munch on munchetty. so i‘m planning the evening with the schedule. iam schedule. i am still distracted by the

chocolate bar. go on. it would be tasty! anyway, i‘m planning the evening. there‘s so much going on, i have the plan what iam cooking, much going on, i have the plan what i am cooking, two—time food with chocolate and athletics. we could go through the schedule, but someone else can explain it better. britain‘s laura muir begins her quest. she won the 1500 and 3000 metres gold at the indoor european championships in march. she suffered a stress fracture to her foot in june but still intends to double up. it isn‘t goodbye usain bolt yet, but the finish line is definitely insightfuljamaican sprinter. he‘s not running the 200 metres this year, so this is his individual swansong year, so this is his individual swa nsong and final year, so this is his individual swansong and final act will be part of the 4x100 metres relay next week. both are also browse out from the

tracks seen later this month. he‘s not been beaten in a global championship final since 2011 and will look to cap his track career with another two titles in london. he will race in the 5000 metres eight days from now. that‘s next saturday and mo farah will be determined to make it another super one. coverage of the opening ceremony starts at its pm on bbc two and the action will be on bbc one from seven p.m.. there you go. your weekend can be planned out now. let‘s talk is less. ben, what would you want named after you? surely a building. a skyscraper. there you go. the ben. good morning. we are talking about retail. we have retail results from

next. we did better than predicted but other retailers are struggling. new figures this morning show sales on the high street fell 3.5% last month. summer is the time when they should be going up. so what‘s going on? kate hardcastle is a retail expert at insight with passion. what is going on? this is the time when you would expect retailers to be flogging all of that summer stuff before the autumn stuff comes in. they aren‘t managing to do it. it is driven by as in part because we are the tail wagging the dog. as consumers we want everything insta ntly consumers we want everything instantly now, we want more personalised offers, we want trends to be in shops sooner, so we don‘t buy that traditional calendar of things coming to the shops and hanging around for six months, then picking them up on sale at the end, we wa nt picking them up on sale at the end, we want them fast moving, items we have perhaps been on social media and we want them in our house

quickly. we have a talent on the high street but also a rise of brands that can turn around things quickly. if you talk to those traditional brands, that still have the high street stores, they all have an online presence as well but they are still not managing to quite get it right. so everything you say is true, clearly, that we want things quicker and we want things we have seen online. how do they hope to compete? we will have to take a small part of the market. part of it has got to be that got to get products in sooner and they‘ve got to identify trends. i personally believe retailers still think too much from the inside out and everything is out there. the consumer is giving you information and you‘ve got to bring it in. they‘ve got to realise it‘s a different market, much more die looted, and shoppers have the strength, confidence and knowledge to find what they want and they will try different rant and new retail, so try different rant and new retail, so it won‘t be the same again —— different brands. try to work to be a better retailer for the future and

stop white all that said, summer is traditionally the period when retailers do well. they aren‘t doing that. what will autumn and winter bring? before long we will be talking about christmas sales. things like black friday have come in. three out of stores have sales on before we even get to december, so on before we even get to december, so they‘ve got to realise it is about being on trend, getting faster moving products, realising consumers have been taught to buy at discount or with codes so they won‘t go in and think full price is acceptable u nless and think full price is acceptable unless it is something they can‘t live without. one example of that is next sold full price merchandise really well during the hot weather. the t—shirts went well. so it‘s about having the right product at the front of the store, which is what online does well. zooming out of it. underlying all of these issuesis of it. underlying all of these issues is the fact that things have gotten more expensive if you are importing them from abroad. a lot of

stuff is made in other countries, so the cost of that for these retailers is more expensive because of the week pound. is there a way they can offset it? we‘ve spoken to a lot of businesses who think, maybe we can buy british again. the idea of buying british is growing, and it is environmental as well. that solves the problem of maybe getting it quicker, because if it is made here it can get in the shops quicker. the cosmetics industry has seen huge growth because of things like instagram and tutorials, so it is about finding those trends in fashions and getting on top of them straightaway. the other thing is trying to make sure you preserve a good price point and be fair to customers. they want to be respected. if you are a shopper do you do it now or hang on? will it get cheaper? it won't get cheaper but you will find deal of the deal, to be savvy and if you can don‘t buy

on impulse because you will always pay a greater price. good tips as always. thank you. i will have the results from rbs for you just after 7am and of course it is the bank that is majority owned by us as taxpayers, so i will have the details just after 7am. by us as taxpayers, so i will have the detailsjust after 7am. it has been interesting lately. they have. with all of the pp! payments. it is 70% owned by taxpayers, so when it does well we might see a better return on the investment. you would hope. thank you. see you later. you‘re watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: record crowds are expected at the world athletics championships in london later, as usain bolt and sir mo farah race in their last major competition together. temperatures are expected to reach 44 degrees celsius today in parts of europe, in the hottest sustained heatwave in more than a decade. so, we‘ve got the heat wave going on

in europe. the world athletics championships get under way today. sarah‘s at the queen elizabeth olympic park for us this morning. sarah, we‘re looking forward to seeing the likes of usain bolt, but are we safe from the lightening variety? terrible pun. terrible pun! there are could be some bolts around england and wales with heavy showers around. this morning, blue skies, quite a fresh field to the weather above the london stadium. this part of east london was transformed between 2005 and 2012 in time for the olympics, of course, five years ago now, and we are left with world —class ago now, and we are left with world—class sporting facilities within this beautiful park, which is the size of 300 football pitches. it

is free to visit through the year. it is quite bright and breezy with a chilly morning. a real contrast with what is happening elsewhere across europe. in southern europe and other hot day and the heatwave continues through greece and the balkans, temperatures around 40 degrees. and italy, we have an ongoing drought situation. and another day of temperatures above 40 degrees. very hot and temperatures above 40 degrees. very hotand humid temperatures above 40 degrees. very hot and humid and uncomfortable. further west across the mediterranean to heat continues into spain with temperatures topping around 43 celsius once again. closer to home in the uk and other day of sunshine and showers around. it won‘t be as windy as yesterday. quite pleasant feeling. this morning most of the showers are across northern and western parts. scotland, northern ireland, wales, and much of wales and england have a dry and fine day with a lot of sunshine. less blustery than yesterday so it will feel a little bit warmer. into the afternoon

showers in scotland will be heavy and persistent with the odd isolated rumble of thunder mixed in. further southin rumble of thunder mixed in. further south in northern england, sunny spells, one or two showers and temperatures around 18 degrees. into east anglia and the south—east most of us avoid most of the showers. it will feel a little, so fairly fine but again fairly breezy. to the south—west of england and wales, a minister of sunny spells and showers but not as frequent as yesterday. for northern ireland today the showers will be frequent with some heavy burst of rain. it won‘t be raining all the time with some sunshine in between. temperatures around 17 or 18 degrees. into this evening and overnight we continue to see the showers for northern and western parts of the country. england and wales mostly dry and clear. it will feel quite chilly with temperatures around 11— 14 degrees in towns and cities. and at at cooler in the countryside. so a

fresh start to saturday morning. some heavy showers initially in wales. they will be more widespread in england and wales on saturday. somehow and thunder mixed in with the chance of some surface water flooding particularly through wales, the midlands and east anglia. elsewhere across the country the showers are fewer and further between, mostly dry in the south—east with temperatures between 16- 21 south—east with temperatures between 16— 21 degrees. through to the second half of the week and on sunday it will be an improved day on central eastern areas. many of us avoid the showers and it will feel a little bit warmer as well in the sunny spells, less breezy and temperatures on sunday afternoon between around 15— 21 degrees, so that‘s how the weekend is looking. thanks very much, sarah. it looks sunny. not so great in edinburgh. the umbrella is out. it is the start of the edinburgh festival. there is

tap dancing going on behind you. good morning. iam i am twirling my umbrella as if i am going to do a routine myself, but i am not. it is sort of raining. not much. let me introduce you to someone much. let me introduce you to someone who will do a performance. this is david and the act is velocity. you are under cover, you are in the right place. you are going to do some tap dancing for us. yes, we will introduce you to velocity. you have brought some tap dancing shoes for me? yes, i definitely have. ok, please go ahead. one, two... now, we‘re gonna leave david. i‘ve

got to tell you, every time he has done the rehearsal, he has put a bit more into it. i want to take your —— and moment to introduce you. they are celebrating 70 years today and some of the stories around this festival are remarkable. it was set up festival are remarkable. it was set up by festival are remarkable. it was set up bya festival are remarkable. it was set up by a man who had fled the nazis from germany and we are going to meet ingrid and henry, 93 years old. you will love henry‘s bowtie. they fled the nazis in 1935 and they have been to every edinburgh festival — they have just finished — they have been to every edinburgh festival other than one since that date. let‘s hear what they had to say. may, 1939, | may, 1939, i came back in the transport, a traumatic germany

through holland and eventually we landed in great britain. the child refugees from germany... 92. 93. i am not 93, and my? we were all interested in music. when music was going on, we said, can we afford to go? the first music and drama festival in scotland's capital come 120,000 visitors. we were young, we had very little money. but we didn't mind standing up the back. orchestras from many countries, from europe, even america within the first couple of years. all of a sudden there was life, there was a rekindling of life, art and music. people were determined. people determined to lead a better life, and it did work, it did. because it

had been... ithink and it did work, it did. because it had been... i think they were determined that it should change, and should be better. this iconic singer, kathleen ferrier, who became a star in a very short time. it was fantastic. and once, having tasted that, of course, there was no stopping us. we were hooked from that moment. i saw stopping us. we were hooked from that moment. i sanonathan miller and michael pailin. i mean, it was absolutely outstanding. we only knew these people vaguely now and again on television. here they were there. no, they were there. it really made it. and they are also bringing back this year, they are bringing back la boheme, because they played it in 1947, so they are bringing things back that for 70 years ago. the festival is changing. it has to change, and it has to grow. so, that was ingrid and henry. it is

a fantastic story. it sort of symbolises what this festival is all about. milton jones is symbolises what this festival is all about. miltonjones is with me this morning. i feel as if i hasjust got up. you have dressed very rightly for us. there is a uni cyclist coming byjust for us. there is a uni cyclist coming by just now. for us. there is a uni cyclist coming byjust now. do you do that work? no, he knows what he is doing, he is no pushover, although he could be. very good! what is so special about edinburgh? you do stand up. how is it for you? it has been very good over the years. i have only been here ten times which is not much for a comic with some contemporaries coming 20 odd times. what you do is lot of gigs in a row. you suddenly get a lot better quickly when you are younger. and also it gives people a chance to see things before they get beat. ok. people, famous people. —— big. and a lot of people who are never seen again. it gives them a chance to have a go at what they are good at,

what they think they are good at.l moment ago you were explaining how it gets nasty at the end. is it a comedian thing? i come here for a couple of weeks. sort of third week in people know who the good shows are and then a lot of shows don‘t have people and i call it the international leaflet festival as well. everyone has... it is like 1000 egomaniacs in a city saying, look at me. at the end of three weeks, people are not looking at certain people who are here. so they can get better. presumably people are desperate to see you. you are one of the big names. do you ever when it wasn‘t like that for milton jones? ireland are having to go to the street today people to come in. —— i remember. what is harder is when there are two or three people in the audience. it is hard to play. it has changed now fortunately into a lead in. then i go onto that. it is really difficult when you start. you learn to do it on the job. and

is there a theme to your show, something that is a particular thing? i am imagining what it would be like if i was in power. the all politics is quite low. i thought, i should a go myself. i don‘t want to make the donald trump mistake that mexicans make good fighters went it is actually pronounced fajitas. mexicans make good fighters went it is actually pronounced fajitasm is actually pronounced fajitasm is dream material. if you fancy going on the uni cycle, can we arrange that? if you want to? i am going back to bed. it is lovely to see you. have a great festival. we have plenty more this morning. and we have more live performances as well. the rain, you can probably hear, is coming down hard. we will have more later. right now, the news, travel and the weather where you are. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news.

i‘m claudia—liza armah. thousands of commuters using the country‘s busiest station are set to face of severe disruption as half of waterloo will close for three and half weeks. after tonight‘s last train ten platforms will shut down so that improvement works can take place to increase capacity. the £400 million pound project will see engineers extending platforms to allow longer trains to run. five of the former eurostar platforms will temporarily re—open there will be busier trains. there may be queues at some of our busiest stations. but we have put a huge amount of work, particularly over the last 12 months, to minimise the impact on passengers as much as possible. we have been honestly passengers as well that if they travel three and a half weeks the journey may be different and disruptive. if they are travelling at the busiest times they may face queues at some the stations. a leading children‘s charity says that some london councils need to do more to support young people when they leave the care system to stop them becoming unemployed or even homeless. bbc london‘s been told by some young people that they fall into heavy

debt they can‘t pay and end up in court. well, five london councils have now made care leavers exempt from paying council tax until they turn 25 years old. despite that, the children‘s society is calling for more to be done. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. there‘s a good service on the tubes this morning. iam afraid i am afraid there it is an issue on the dlr, severe delays, actually, so make sure you check up on the details before you go. on the trains, a signalling problem is preventing southern trains leaving the selhurst depot, so many trains have been cancelled. tickets are being accepted by other train companies, london buses and the tube. on the roads, there‘s some congestion building on the m25 at the dartford tunnel. it was quite heavy before, it seems to be clearer this morning. however, in the city, the a1 is closed southbound because of gasworks. in hook, hook road closed between the a3 and gladstone road for gas works. let‘s have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it will feel a little bit more like august today, so you probably won‘t be

needing one of these. and the winds will be a lot lighter than they were yesterday, and they‘ll continue to ease down as we head through the day. most of us are going to stay dry. there‘ll also be decent spells of sunshine too. we‘re starting off the day on around 14—15 degrees. a bright and breezy start but the winds lightening through the afternoon. i won‘t totally rule out the possibility of one or two light and fleeting showers. it will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine. once more we will see highs of around 23—24 degrees. so, an improvement on where we have been for the last couple of days or so now. overnight tonight we keep the clear skies. it should stay dry. overnight lows of 14—15 degrees. but a bit chillier of course away from towns. tomorrow you might well be needing your brolly again. we are likely to see some sunny spells and showers form through the afternoon. some of the showers toward northern home counties could turn out to be heavy and even thundery in nature,

so not a completely dry weekend. quite a chilly night on saturday into saturday. temperatures away from the towns could even get back into single figures. sunday should be dry, there‘ll be some sunshine and temperatures will peak in the low 20s. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and steph mcgovern. the biggest names in athletics gather in london as the 16th world championships get under way. sir mo farah and usain bolt are both in action as they aim to bring their careers on the track to a close with gold medals. the action gets under way later here at the london stadium, five years to the day since the 2012 olympics super saturday.

organisers will be hoping for more memorable moments. good morning, it‘s friday fourth august. also this morning: a record breaking heatwave hits large parts of southern europe. authorities issue urgent warnings as temperatures go above 43 celsius. this is the scene this morning in sicily, which has had some of the hottest temperatures. we‘ll be hearing how locals and holiday makers there are coping with the heat. i am here at the queen elizabeth olympic park, where i will bring more details on the temperatures in southern europe, as well as a full uk forecast, in about 15 minutes. i‘ll have more on how hot those temperatures could get in europe —

and on the forecast for the uk where its going to be... bank of scotland have told us that they plan to move some staff to amsterdam after brexit. they also reported their first half year profit in 3 years. also this morning: disappointment for england‘s women at the european football championship, as they are knocked out in the semi finals by hosts netherlands. and charlie‘s in edinburgh welcome to the edinburgh festival. for 70 years people have been flocking to this amazing city. you can see the castle behind me, the castle is in shadow in the rain. you can see the performers and acrobats behind me right now. we‘ve got acrobats, performers, singers, comedians, warming up now. they are already in action this morning. we‘ve got a mini festival right here on breakfast. thanks. good morning. first, our main story. sir mo farah and the fastest man on the planet, usain bolt, will be in action this

evening on the first day of the world athletics championships in london. that is my evenings faltered, absolutely. —— evening sorted. —— evening it will be the last time both athletes compete in a major competition. a record 650,000 tickets have been sold for the ten day event. our sports news correspondent, andy swiss, has more. five years on from london 2012, they are back. the world‘s top athletes chasing global glory, including britain‘s best. tonight mo farah could once again light up the stadium as he goes on the 10,000 metres in his last major championships. the emotion comes pouring out! it‘s once—in—a—lifetime to have the olympics at your doorstep, and to do what i did, and then you come back yea rs later and it‘s the world championships and i‘m like, you know what, i‘m going to end it at that track. while mo farah is back competing

here, the other stars of london 2012 aren‘t. greg rutherford is injured, jessica ennis—hill retired — the hosts will have to find new heroes. for the sport, meanwhile, it‘s goodbye to the greatest. tonight, usain bolt will begin his quest for the final 100 metres title before he retires. this is a moment i‘ve been looking forward to. after the race or during the race the emotions will come out, it depends on how the crowd reacts. if there is applause and cheering i‘ll be happy, but they will find ways to get emotions out of you. it will be the fondest of farewells and as the athletes arrive once again the stage is set for some golden moments. will the sun be shining down? it is at the moment. we will be checking in throughout this morning and looking at the schedules of who is running and when —— sun. parts of europe are experiencing

their hottest sustained heatwave in more than a decade. several countries have issued health warnings, as temperatures continue to soar and some regions are having to contend with droughts and forest fires. the highest recorded temperature was 43 degrees celsius in cordoba, in southern spain. rome experienced 40 degrees. sicily experiencing highs of 42 degrees. that‘s where our europe correspondent, gavin lee, is — in sicily. a lot of people are finding this very unpleasant. good morning. this is the northern part of sicily and it looks amazing. it may be the hottest part of the country. this is a pattern we have

seen country. this is a pattern we have seen not just country. this is a pattern we have seen notjust in italy but in spain, florence, but a pest, hungry, across the balkans and serbia. forfour days now, temperatures have been hitting 40 degrees or more. to bear this in mind, we are talking about the record temperature in europe which was 48.9, we are almost going to touch that. you can see that there were some forest fires last night. trees in the distance, quite beautiful. we are going to talk about how people are coping with this. and you girls, you are both aged six? yes! tell me about what has been happening for you? since we

arrived, it has been really hot. we expected that, that was what we wanted from the holiday, but it is probably slightly hotter than what we expect did. but we have had fun, made fun of it and obviously been taking care. putting the sunscreen on, making sure the girls are protected. eating lots of ice cream and swimming in the paul. there are seven government warnings, so being careful is very important. —— pool. have you stayed inside? we have stayed in the shade most of the time, there is a nice breeze because we are close to the coast. we have not had that much to worry about in terms of staying inside. let me bring you to win. what has your dad said about the best things to do in this type of really hot weather? he

says that you can have a drink, that could call you down. and he said that you could have some ice cream to call you down. ice cream and drinks to call you down, some very good things. and you were told you should yet in the swimming pool as well? yes! 3 million people come to italy from britain every year, mostly in the summer. so, this is going to continue at least until the middle of next week. we‘ve had an update from rbs this morning — ben‘s here with the details. well documented problems at rbs of course, so we have

well documented problems at rbs of course, so we have kept a close eye on what they are doing. they have had a profit, however, for the full year they expect to make a loss. we have talked about the litigation problems, putting things right that they have done wrong before. they are changing the way that the bank operates. they need to split from their image problems, a lot of high—street branches are closing. great news for the half—year, but they have told us this morning that they have told us this morning that they are putting out their plans for brexit. what do financial institutions do when we leave the european union? they have said they would choose amsterdam as its base outside of the uk and it may relocate some staff, only talking at about 150 at the moment. some will be relocated from headquarters. it really does show how the banks are having to think about what happens

next. amsterdam is rbs‘s choice. that is a little bit closer to home in terms of how it affects us. we ca re in terms of how it affects us. we care about it a bit more because we or in 71% of it. we don‘t get a choice, but the government did bail it out. it is interesting, you compare this to lloyds, they are in a very similar position. that has been returned to the private investors. we have still got nearly three quarters of rbs, so when it does well, we see a better return. we are getting closer to be able to start thinking about returning to private hands, but it is still a long way off. the first half—year profit in three years, a profit of £939 million. so that is good news. police in australia say two men

charged with plotting to bring down a plane, were taking directions from a senior commander in the so—called islamic state group in syria. investigators believe they had made a bomb using military—grade explosives. a third man is still being questioned. a british computer expert, who helped stop the cyber attack that crippled the nhs, has appeared before a judge in the us over alleged links with other malicious software. marcus hutchins, aged 23 and from devon, appeared in a las vegas court charged with creating a programme designed to steal bank and credit card details. do you get offended if someone gives you a wolf whistle? yes, although i must admit it happens quite aware —— rarely. a supermarket in greater manchester has received a number of complaints

from customers who accused builders of wolf—whistling at them. turns out the local workmen were right to protest their innocence. we keep telling the customers when they come in, i think it‘s valerius. i have to say, it‘s not me, it‘s the parrot. it later turned out that this chap is the actual culprit — a local, called ted, and that was his owner. he‘s a cheeky parrot who lives in a pet shop just across the road. i wish they could teach him how to serve things, that would be quite funny as well. i don‘t think we need you teaching him how to say anything! i promise i will never do that accent again. the england women‘s football team were knocked out of the euros last night by the hosts, the netherlands. the lionesses suffered a 3—0 defeat in the semi final, bringing an end to their hopes of lifting the trophy. still proud of them though.

i bet you feel pretty good this morning? yes, we were watching it last night and we were like, creeping. but it didn‘t quite work out for us. have you spoken to nikita? i haven't, but i sent her a text. what we would really like to know, obviously they were hugely disappointed afterwards, we will talk about the performance. but they must have gone out and commiserated, how were they feeling as a team? when you are facing a competitor, they have trained and worked hard. they wanted to get that win and get into the final, make a bit of history. it didn‘t quite work out,

so history. it didn‘t quite work out, so they will be commiserating. talking about working out, we were watching some of the coverage in the run—up to it. they have worked so much harder than they ever have before, so much training has gone into this? yes, even for the home clu bs, into this? yes, even for the home clubs, the soccer league is tough. a lot of training and a lot of tournaments before. it has proved that it works, they‘ve gone further than they‘ve borne in the tournament before. but it is just one of those things. had it nikita feel about not being played? just very similar, she wa nted being played? just very similar, she wanted to be there and be involved. but she knows she is part of the tea m but she knows she is part of the team —— how did. she has to establish herself, and that will only come in time. she scored the

winning goal against portugal? yes, she did. she has had a brilliant tournament. it is inevitable that after the progress that has been made, and the disappointment, england were the favourites. mark sampson, the head coach, has said, in tournament football, small things can makea in tournament football, small things can make a big difference. i made some mistakes, i will go away and reflect. i will do a betterjob next time. what do you think it could have done differently? it's always easy to say that and blamed the coach when something doesn‘t go... he said he has made some mistakes. the team would get some criticism, but in terms of him saying that... people... coaches are always going to ta ke people... coaches are always going to take the slack. it is good of him to take the slack. it is good of him to say that, because looking back, there were some things that i

thought could have been changed. it is easy to say that in hindsight. everyone thinks it is going to go a certain way when you are starting out. it is also just the luck of the draw. the support was brilliant behind the lionesses this time, something like 300 million watched, and that must make a difference. it does, and like i say, from the growth of the women‘s league and itjust being out there, it makes the sport grow, and it makes people want to play it and build it from the ground. the whole country has been behind so... top family as well, you guys. so competitive in our house, everything isa competitive in our house, everything is a competition. i don't want to be at your house at for christmas with boardgames, it would be dangerous.

it has been lovely to have you. thank you. and send our best to nikita. we are proud of the team. sarah‘s at the queen elizabeth olympic park all morning as we look ahead to the world athletics. they be concerned about whether the sun is going to shine? it is a beautiful start here at the london stadium with blue skies and sunshine. certainly, the anticipation is building. it is a beautiful setting here at the queen elizabeth olympic park. it is the size of 300 football parks and it is free to visit. it is a bright and blustery start with a fresh feel to things. a real contrast to southern europe. we have heard about the ongoing heatwave conditions. across europe through the day it is another hot day. the heat continuing through greece, the balkans and across italy today. we are likely to see temperatures across the region up to

around 40 degrees or even more. and of course as the ongoing drought situation across many parts of italy as well. he continues further west into spain, with top temperatures reaching around 43 degrees, so another hot day. there is the hint that things will turn fresher gradually through the course of the weekend. it is a day of sunshine and showers today across the uk. we will see showers mainly across northern and western areas. south and east, fewer showers, further between as well with more sunshine and less 20. —— less windy. showers for scotland and northern ireland into northern wales. this afternoon. when some of the showers could be heavy with the odd rumble of thunder mixed in. further south into northern england, sunshine between the showers will be hit and miss. sunshine between the showers will be hitand miss. many sunshine between the showers will be hit and miss. many places avoid them. across east anglia and the south—east the showers are few and

far between with temperatures 22— 23 degrees. fairly breezy. it will be pleasa nt degrees. fairly breezy. it will be pleasant in between the showers. elsewhere, sunny spells, scattered showers. for northern ireland, showers. for northern ireland, showers will be quite frequent. one or two heavy bursts of rain. through the evening and overnight tonight we will keep the showery theme for many northern and western areas. further south and east across england we are likely to see clear skies and it will be quite fresh first thing saturday morning. temperatures around 11 214 and fresher in the countryside. after that another day of showers, especially heavy across wales —— 11— 14. in east anglia they could be very heavy at times. hail potentially and surface water flooding. the far south is mostly dry. further north in scotland and northern ireland, some sunshine in between the showers. temperatures

around 16— 21 degrees. through the second half of the weekend, showers on sunday for scotland, northern ireland and north—western england and wales. elsewhere it is an improved day with more sunshine and less breezy than sunday with temperatures around about 15— 21 degrees. thank you. it looks lovely. what a great day for it. the time is 7:20am. why were safety concerns apparently ignored in the run up to the grenfell tower disaster? that‘s one of the issues residents want the public inquiry to consider, with today being the deadline for suggestions of what it should cover. the disaster also raised questions about high—rises elsewhere in the country. graham satchell has been to meet the residents of a tower block in salford, which was refurbished with cladding that‘s since been deemed unsafe. how can somebody put something like that on a block that was combustible? it is unbelievable. it's not fireproof.

it's failed all the tests. so, no matter what they say, you feel uneasy now. ask us what we want doing with our homes. do you feel safe? no. thorn court in salford, it‘s 22 stories high, the cladding and installation here has failed a series of fire safety tests. we‘re still up in the air about what‘s going on. residents likejohn have been told the cladding on their block will be removed but as yet they don‘t know when. so, have you got a timetable? no. what do you think about that? disgusting, ‘cause everyone‘s on edge.

three people on the 20th floor, two people on the 19th floor all in wheelchairs, how are these people going to get down? dawn lewis has lived here for 26 years. she used to work as a security officer and fire marshal in manchester. i did a risk assessment, i brought the fire service and we‘ve failed, and we are still failing. fire doors that don‘t shut properly on the corridors. fire doors that don‘t shut properly in our house. this is our lives that they are a messing about with, and we are potentially living in a death trap, all of us. and they don‘t seem to care. they just. .. theyjust don‘t seem to care. an independentjudge has been appointed to examine the cause of the fire at grenfell tower in london. a public consultation on the terms of reference for that enquiry closes today. many here want it to look notjust at the fire but the way more broadly council tenants are treated.

we‘re council tenants and there is a stigma with council tenants. we‘re not looked after, in a sense. you ring up for something to be done, or have a complaint, and they don‘t listen to us. do you think they care about you? obviously not. if this was a private block, it would be much better. there'd be a sprinkle system, to start with. there'd be alarms and whatnot. they should change the way we are treated. we are second—class citizens at the moment. you can't... you can't actually see people. they're faceless. pendleton together, who manage thorn court for salford council, told us work to remove the cladding will start as soon as further tests have been completed. they say the safety of residents is their primary concern and that extra fire prevention measures have been put in place, including 24—hour fire marshal patrols. but the residents we spoke to are still living

with uncertainty, anger and fear. pendleton together, which manages thorn court and a number of other tower blocks in salford, insists the safety of its residents is the primary concern. a spokesperson told the bbc, "our priority is the safety of our residents and we urge anyone who has any concerns to contact us to discuss them." so we are talking comedy, culture, festivity and actors, that is just what charlie gets up to. no. the 70th edinburgh festival gets under way today. charlie is there for us this morning. lots going on. where are you? morning. we have been in and out of the tents because of the rain. you would have heard it in the forecast.

we area would have heard it in the forecast. we are a little worried about the forecast. it is ok. you can see behind me on stage we have david. he would do a performance in a moment. lovely to see you this morning. if you come this way with me for a moment as well, we have a variety of a cts moment as well, we have a variety of acts here. it is comedy, it is authors as well. if you look this way, rather bravely, in a fairly gloomy conditions, we have the contortionist act, and, given the conditions, slightly damp and cold, they are doing a little of their routine this morning. and we are just watching. we have the music behind us. and, rather bravely, they carry on regardless. come back with me. iam carry on regardless. come back with me. i am going to disrupt david. you have brought some shoes for me. they are the wrong size. by polished them

for you! steffi is in the studio. she is good at dancing herself. i will let you do your thing. —— steph. we are live from edinburgh through the morning this morning. 70 years of performances we are celebrating. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i‘m claudia—liza armah. thousands of commuters using the country‘s busiest station are set to face of severe disruption as half of waterloo will close for three and half weeks. after tonight‘s last train ten platforms will shut down so that improvement works can take place to increase capacity. the £400 million pound project will see engineers extending platforms to allow longer trains to run. there will be busier trains. there may be queues at some of our busiest stations. but we have put a huge amount of work, particularly over the last 12 months, to really try and minimise the impact

on passengers as much as possible. we have been honest with passengers as well that if they travel during those three and a half weeks the journey may be different and disruptive. if they are travelling at the busiest times they may face queues at some the stations. today is the deadline for people to have their say over what the public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire should look into. survivors and relatives of those who died have until five o‘clock. hundreds of suggestions have already been received and the total‘s expected to hit around 300 by the deadline, which has been extended twice. a leading children‘s charity says that some london councils need to do more to support young people when they leave the care system to stop them becoming unemployed or even homeless. bbc london‘s been told by some young people that they fall into heavy debt they can‘t pay and end up in court. well, five london councils have now made care leavers exempt from paying council tax until they turn 25 years old.

despite that, the children‘s society is calling for more to be done. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. i am afraid there it is an issue on the dlr, severe delays, there‘s a good service on the tubes this morning. on the trains, a signalling problem is preventing southern trains leaving the selhurst depot, so many trains have been cancelled. tickets are being accepted by other train companies, london buses and the tube. let‘s have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it will feel a little bit more like august today, so you probably won‘t be needing one of these. and the winds will be a lot lighter than they were yesterday, and they‘ll continue to ease down as we head through the day. most of us are going to stay dry. there‘ll also be some decent spells of sunshine too. so we‘re starting off the day on around 14—15 degrees. a bright and a breezy start but the winds lightening through the afternoon. i won‘t totally rule out the possibility of one or two light and fleeting showers. but it will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine. once more we‘ll see highs of around 23—24 degrees. so, an improvement on where we‘ve been for the last couple of days

or so now. now, overnight tonight we keep the clear skies. it should stay dry. overnight lows of 14—15 degrees. but a bit chillier of course away from towns. now, tomorrow you might well be needing your brolly again. we‘re likely to see some sunny spells but also some showers form through the afternoon. some of the showers toward northern home counties could turn out to be heavy and even thundery in nature, so not a completely dry weekend. quite a chilly night on saturday into sunday. temperatures away from the towns could even get back into single figures. but sunday should be dry, there‘ll be some sunshine and temperatures will peak in the low 20s. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now, though, it‘s back to naga and irish dancing steph. hello this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and steph mcgovern. sir mo farah and the fastest man on the planet, usain bolt, will be in action this evening, on the first day of the world athletics

championships in london. it will be the last time both athletes compete in a major competition. a record 650,000 tickets have been sold for the 10—day event. and jess will have the sport from the london stadium injust a few moments time. it looks like the weather is going to be good for the competitors today. sarah will be keeping us up today. sarah will be keeping us up to date. parts of europe are experiencing their warmest sustained heatwave in more a decade. temperatures peaked at more than 40 degrees in parts of italy, spain and the balkans. several countries have issued health warnings as temperatures continue to soar, while some regions are also contending with drought and forest fires. police in australia say that two men charged with plotting to take down a plane were taking orders from a senior commanderfrom

plane were taking orders from a senior commander from a member of islamic state. a third man is still being questioned. one of the world ‘s tallest buildings have scored fire for the second time in two yea rs. fire for the second time in two years. the torch tower, 79 stories high, was evacuated without any injuries. the blaze is under control. a previous fire in 2015 was blamed in part on flammable cladding. coming up on the programme, sarah will have a round up of today‘s weather from the queen elizabeth olympic park. that‘s because the world athletics championships begin today. and jess is at the london stadium for us with this morning‘s sport. still a bit chilly, but expected to warm up? i hope so. i am very chilly! we have moved up into the stadium where the world‘s best athletes are back at the venue of the london olympics. such special

memories were created. we are not getting under way tonight, but the staff are hard at work here. they are sweeping, cleaning the seats to make sure everything is in tiptop condition for when the fans arrive tonight. there are expected to be quite a number of fans. a quarter of a million are expected to pass through. they are in free real treat, they will get see usain bolt. —— fora. it treat, they will get see usain bolt. —— for a. it is his last major run of his career, retiring at the end of his career, retiring at the end of the season. you have to wonder how much the sport of athletics will miss this special character. mo farah will also be in this stadium,

the final of the 10,000 metres. it would be fantastic if he could win a double gold in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. what a fitting end to his track career it would be. we have also got a possible future british star in laura muir. she goes in the heat of the 1500 metres and she could be an outside the that for a medal. lots to look forward to as we get under way on the bbc tonight. leaving you onto the football, where english women are heartbroken. they are out of the european championship at the semi—final stage. crossing live to our reporter in the netherlands. the likes of germany, long considered the queens of europe. they were already knocked out, it seems like this was very

much a missed opportunity?‘ out, it seems like this was very much a missed opportunity? a huge opportunity missed. the cleanup operation is getting up into full swing. england have a real feeling of deflation. the netherlands have a feeling of elation, they will return to face denmark in the final. england came into this tournament with huge expectations. they wanted and planned to win the tournament. by and planned to win the tournament. by the semi—final stage, they were the highest ranked team in the tournament, fifth in the world. they had won four matches, scoring 11 goals and conceding just one. but it all went wrong on the night in front of 30,000 fans. it was a record for women's would all in the netherlands. the dutch really turned on the stars, england hit the post. after half—time, the dutch made it two, and no team in women's european

champion history has come back to win from 2—0 down. and so, the dutch got a third goal in virtually the la st got a third goal in virtually the last kick of the match. the english team were in tears at the end. as they were being interviewed at the end, they were devastated. england will now plan ahead for the world cup in france in 2019. they are out of the semi—final stage. cup in france in 2019. they are out of the semi-final stage. no success for the british women. we are back at the london stadium. we are just thinking, what would usain bolt do once he has finished his track career? any ideas? he is retiring at the end of the season. hasn't he tried all sorts of things? he has turned his hand to so many different sports. i would turned his hand to so many different sports. iwould hate turned his hand to so many different sports. i would hate to be the person to say he could do something because he is just

person to say he could do something because he isjust so person to say he could do something because he is just so talented. person to say he could do something because he isjust so talented.” think he has plans of being a professional footballer. he was training at one of the german clubs. he isa training at one of the german clubs. he is a huge fan of manchester united as well. what do you think? he would still entertain us. it would be great. i am preparing he would still entertain us. it would be great. iam preparing my evening, i cannot stay up too late, but the last race based on the schedule is at 20 past nine. i have got it all planned, when i am going to eat in between each race. and planning for me, i am coming around for dinner. you will want to plan your evening as well, take a look at this. britain‘s laura muir begins her quest. she won the 1500 and 3000 metres gold at the indoor european championships in march. she suffered a stress fracture to her foot injune

but still intends to double up. it isn‘t bye—bye bolt yet, but the finish line is definitely in sight for the jamaican sprinter. he‘s not running the 200 metres this year, so this is his individual swansong and his final act will be as part of the 4x100 metres relay next week. sir mo farah will also bow out from the track scene later this month. he‘s not been beaten in a global championship final since 2011 and will look to cap his track career with another two titles in london. he will race in the 5000 metres eight days from now. that‘s next saturday and mo farah will be determined to make it another super one. coverage of the opening ceremony starts at 6pm on bbc two and the action will be on bbc one from 7pm.

i bet the athletes would really like good weather this morning! and sarah is there for us this morning to tell us if the weather‘s likely to match the atmosphere. it was very chilly first thing this morning, but now it is warming up. blue skies. anticipation is building ahead of the start of the world athletics championships later on today. there have been 60 million visitors to this park since the olympics. 660,000 tickets have been sold. certainly above the london stadium at the moment, blue skies and sunshine. a fresh start to the day, but certainly a different story though the south across europe. we have got heatwave conditions continuing for another few days. right across greece and the balkans, we could see temperatures at around 40 degrees or so. that continues

into italy where we have the ongoing drought situation. in the mediterranean, the heat continues into spain. temperatures could reach around 43 celsius. a mix of sunshine and showers in the uk today. most showers across northern and western areas, particularfor showers across northern and western areas, particular for scotland, northern ireland, and wales. further south and east, fewer showers to be seen. south and east, fewer showers to be seen. a bit more sunshine. slightly lighter winds, feeling a bit warmer. this afternoon across scotland, some showers could be quite heavy. the odd rumble of thunder. temperatures 17- 18 odd rumble of thunder. temperatures 17— 18 degrees. further south, sunny spells. a few showers cropping up. heading to east anglia and the south—east, showers hit and miss. many places staying dry altogether. it will feel quite pleasant in the sunshine today. showers fairly hit

and miss in wales. temperatures in the high teens. across to northern ireland, plenty of showers in the afternoon. temperatures around 17 celsius in belfast. this evening and tonight, continuing with the showery theme. though the south and east, under clear skies, feeling quite fresh and chilly this morning. temperatures 11— 14 in the towns, cities a little bit colder and countryside as well. the weekend sta rts countryside as well. the weekend starts on a fresh note. heavy showers across wales, drifting through the midlands and east anglia. could be heavy and potentially thundery, could be some hailand potentially thundery, could be some hail and surface water flooding. far south avoiding most of those, scotla nd south avoiding most of those, scotland seeing a mix of sunshine and showers. temperatures 16— 21 degrees. sunday brings more rain

across the north—west of the country. an improved picture further south and east. light winds dry with some sunshine, temperatures 15— 21 degrees. that does look better. very nice. so what sort of shape will the sport be in once the party is over? another man bidding farewell to his post is the outgoing chairman of uk athletics, ed warner. hejoins us now. how do you think this is going to compare to the olympics?” how do you think this is going to compare to the olympics? i think it is going to knock it sideways. when you look at the athletics in rio, it was ina you look at the athletics in rio, it was in a crumbling old stadium. now, we‘ve got the greatest stadium in the greater city in the world. we will be watching top—class athletics, it is going to be sensational. what do you think will be the highlights? you look at it day to day and you see that every night there is something fantastic.

all i can do at the moment is look at the weekend. tonight, we‘ve got to mo farah. he is the favourite, but then tomorrow, through the heats in the semifinals, it is usain bolt‘s last race. then we see a lot of british medal prospects. any night to tune the bbc and watch it, there is going to be something great to look forward to. usain bolt and mo farah, both of them seeing their last major competitions. how big of a loss will that be? it is a big loss, but it is always the case that there are young people coming in to replace them. sometimes stars pop up when you least expect it. ten years ago, usain bolt was bursting onto the scene. mo farah was in the middle of the pack with championship

races, and now he is right at the front. new talent is coming through britain and we have got some very exciting 200 metre runners. they may well win a gold medal. people at home may not have heard of them yet, but they will have in two weeks time. that is one of the best things about this sport, it is so diverse. male and female, you have got a whole smorgasbord. one of the controversies surrounding the sport is doping. we have heard usain bolt said that the sport will die if they do not stop doping. do you think thatis do not stop doping. do you think that is right? that is right. in any walk of life, you find cheats around any corner. there are 200,000 athletes here, will they all be clea n ? athletes here, will they all be clean? i doubt it. but authorities are working to weed them out. two sprinters were banned yesterday as a result of a failed drug test. i think that is good, because if there we re think that is good, because if there were no failed test, you would not

be thinking they were working hard enough. they are gradually winning that battle and ed, you are heading out the door soon, and ed, you are heading out the door soon, you and ed, you are heading out the door soon, you have been in thejob 11 yea rs. soon, you have been in thejob 11 years. and i know thatjessic ennis—hill‘s coach has been critical of your time ennis—hill‘s coach has been critical of yourtime in ennis—hill‘s coach has been critical of your time in charge. he has taught about you not doing enough to support british coaches. haven‘t you been supportive? we have done huge amounts. we have a different philosophy to the way coaching should be structured. we have fantastic coaches coming through. kelly‘s arvesen and christian malcolm are on the coaching team here with athletes in the team and thatis here with athletes in the team and that is all well and good. tony is a great guy. he is a really heavy weight intellectual thinker. there is more way than one to skin a cat and we are doing it slightly differently. he will be in the bbc commentary box over the coming days to listen to tony because he is a

renaissance man. he is a great thinker about the sport and he issued listen to him. thank you for your time. the chairman of uk athletics, in charge of the world athletics, in charge of the world athletic championships beginning today. time to talk about rbs and a hint of what is happening with our stake. rbs, the bank that‘s about 70% owned by the taxpayer, says it‘s made a profit for the first time in three years. yep, a first half—year profit for the bank in three years, but it‘s just for the last six months. it‘s still on track for a loss for the year overall. that‘s because of the cost of litigation and restructuring. it‘s also said it will relocate some staff to amsterdam after brexit, as part of its preparations to make sure it can still access the lucrative eu market if we lose what‘s known as passporting rights. laith khalaf is from the investment

firm hargreaves la nsdown. on the face of it, decent figures for the first half of the year. it is the full year that we will look at. that is still posing some big problems. we should acknowledge we have a rare bit of good news for rbs. almost £1 billion of profit, thatis rbs. almost £1 billion of profit, that is ahead of expectations. the bank is saying we expect to be profitable within 2018. we don‘t expect to be profitable in 2017. the reason is there are litigation issues. the bank is dealing with those. it has done a lot of deals in the first half. a lot of those have been consigned to the past. there is still an outstanding fine from the department ofjustice in the us, which has estimated somewhere between £4 billion and £19, that is a huge fine, set to hit this year. interesting that once again the

banks are paying, cleaning up the mess they have been in since 2008, and such a familiar tale. and as such slow progress for the bank. there are litigation problems all across the sector. you only have to look at barclays and lloyds recently. they also put money aside for ppi. we have been hearing about that for years. it is still an ongoing risk. in many ways they were the same in that they needed a bailout. lloyds and rbs were bailed out by taxpayers. lloyds is back in private hands. it has been returned to the private sector. rbs nowhere near yet ready to be sold off. to the private sector. rbs nowhere near yet ready to be sold offm to the private sector. rbs nowhere near yet ready to be sold off. it is simplistic to say that lloyds has done a good job and rbs hasn‘t. rbs had more problems to start with. that has set it back a lot. it has been a long process. lloyds hasjust this year got back into private hands. rbs is a long way from that. the current share price is around

£2.50, which taxpayers paid five lb. amsterdam, in the announcement they might move on and 50 people there. it is quite a change. why do they need to do that? the banks have to put in contingency plan. we don‘t know what will happen with brexit. it makes sense to prepare for the worse. if you look at the numbers, it is not huge competitive total number of staff. i would see this as a toehold on the continent in case they need to give it a cross in the event of brexit negotiations not going to plan. so many ifs and buts and maybe. thank you. more from me on rbs after 8am. i will see you then. have you been to the edinburgh festival? i would love to go. we have never been either. it has been going for 70 years. 70 years it has

been going on. not that you're that old. between us we might add up to 70. charlie is in edinburgh this morning as the 70th edition of the world‘s largest arts festival gets under way. talking to people who have been to almost every single one. there is so much to see. he has some of the performers with him as well. thank you. these guys you are watching, it is mesmerising, they do a combination ofjuggling, is mesmerising, they do a combination of juggling, these is mesmerising, they do a combination ofjuggling, these ball tricks, and close—up, the noise, they are weaving into each other, it is absolutely immaculate. they are performing at the edinburgh festival. 70 years it has been going on. follow me through. i have to talk ina on. follow me through. i have to talk in a hushed voice while they are performing. i don‘t know why. it is slightly damp and cold this morning. it is not ideal weatherfor the contortionists. i am not an expert. they are very bravely taking

to the main stage this morning. thank you. we are here all morning showing you some of the acts and talking about the history. we will try to walk around these guys. 70 yea rs try to walk around these guys. 70 years people have been flooding to edinburgh for this festival. 1947 is when it was started. it was started bya man when it was started. it was started by a man who fled from the nazis in the 1930s and we will meet a remarkable couple, ingrid and henry. in 1939 they fled from nazi germany and came to the uk. since then they have been to all but one of the edinburgh festival is. it is an extraordinary achievement and they are real characters —— festivals. look out for the bowtie. may, 1939, i came back in the transport, a traumatic trip from germany through holland, and eventually we landed in great britain. the child refugees from germany...

i'm 92. 93. lam not 93, am i? yes, you are, dear. we were all interested in music. when we heard there was music going on, we said, can we afford to go? to the first music and drama festival in scotland's capital come 120,000 visitors. we were young, we had very little money. it was pretty well sold out. but we didn't mind standing up the back. orchestras from many countries, from europe, even america within the first couple of years. all of a sudden there was life, there was a rekindling of life, art and music. people were determined. people determined to lead a better life, and it did work, it did. because it had been... i think they were determined that it should change, and should be better.

this iconic singer, kathleen ferrier, who became a star in a very short time. it was fantastic. and once, having tasted that, of course, there was no stopping us. we were hooked from that moment. i sanonathan miller and michael palin. i mean, it was absolutely outstanding. we only knew these people vaguely now and again on television. here they were there. no, they were there. it really made it. and they are also bringing back this year, they are bringing back la boheme, because they played it in 1947, so they are bringing things back that for 70 years ago. the festival is changing. it has to change, and it has to grow. ingrid adam henry there. good

morning. —— and henry. that little peace and it ago, both 93 years old. you get a sense of history in this place. newcomers, relatively, in those terms. amazing, isn‘t it? place. newcomers, relatively, in those terms. amazing, isn't it? yes, only 80 theatre groups came in the first show. there are eight in the next ten minutes. the festival has developed. it has been a real honour. we were looking through one of the original programmes. of course, i don‘t like to use the word highbrow. it was very much a bout the classical music. compared to what i am doing, it is highbrow. the things people associate now with comedy in the fringe festival, it has changed. now and, i would like to see malcolm sargent.” has changed. now and, i would like to see malcolm sargent. i don't think he did a comedy act.” to see malcolm sargent. i don't think he did a comedy act. i think he whipped peasants. people might have seen you on tv recently. you are ina

have seen you on tv recently. you are in a satirical programme which is brand—new. are in a satirical programme which is brand-new. gas, the mash report is brand-new. gas, the mash report is like a modern satirical show with a newsdesk. and it takes on new spaced satire and satire on the way that we live. your stand-up act is linked to your self declaration as an upfront conservative. and leave voter. since the show has gone out, you sort of remember that you are running the gauntlet of people shouting at you outside of pubs. my show this year is about trying... we have a very difficult political period. i am trying to make it funny and turned the gun on myself. we have had enough political discourse. what about you, joe. is there a theme? the thing is myself. i talk a lot about myself, family, friends. if you know me, it is dangerous. i will use your life. to the family come to see the show? they are not

very interested in that way. i talk about my husband. quite exciting for me at the moment. a lot of my friends have been through divorce. i find it very interesting. i am getting divorced. it is a secret. it isa getting divorced. it is a secret. it is a surprise for my husband. they are sort of dating. obviously i can‘t date because i am married. i don‘t think a husband would be enjoying that. i am investigating what they are up to. it is interesting to me. they have different approaches. one friend is very all the most about it. she has a list of what she is looking for in a list of what she is looking for in a man. she wants into how thejob. she wants him to be well dressed and kind and caring and considerate. that is a good approach. you take different approaches to comedy. yours is very personal. there is not a great deal of family stuff for you? i have tried to get some stories in to try to personalise it. i have done previous shows this

year. it may be the impact of the mash report that there is no middle ground with the audience. the slightly older people, or the younger people. they are either coming because they are sympathetic with the politics, or they have a box on their to—do list which says get outside of the echo chamber.” am terribly sorry that time is up. i have to shut you up now. thank you for coming in early this morning and enjoy your run. and it is back to steph and naga. 70 years! can't believe it. see you soon. good morning from bbc london news. i‘m claudia—liza armah. thousands of commuters using the country‘s busiest station are set to face of severe disruption as half of waterloo will close for three and half weeks. after tonight‘s last train ten platforms will shut down so that improvement works can take place to increase capacity. the £400 million pound project

will see engineers extending platforms to allow longer trains to run. there will be busier trains. there may be queues at some of our busiest stations. but we have put a huge amount of work, particularly over the last 12 months, to minimise the impact on passengers as much as possible. we have been honestly passengers as well that if they travel during those three and a half weeks the journey may be different and disruptive. if they are travelling at the busiest times they may face queues at some the stations. today is the deadline for people to have their say over what the public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire should look into. survivors and relatives of those who died have until five o‘clock. hundreds of suggestions have already been received and the total‘s expected to hit around 300 by the deadline, which has been extended twice. a leading children‘s charity says that some london councils need to do more to support young people when they leave the care system to stop them becoming unemployed or even homeless. bbc london‘s been told by some young people that they fall into heavy debt they can‘t pay

and end up in court. well, five london councils have now made care leavers exempt from paying council tax until they turn 25 years old. despite that, the children‘s society is calling for more to be done. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. problems on dlr and overground: minor delays highbury & islington to crystal palace — west croydon because of a signalfailure. on teh trains, a signalling problem is preventing southern trains leave the selhurst depot, so many trains have been cancelled. tickets are being accepted by other train companies, london buses and the tube. busy on the a13 in to town at goresbrook. let‘s have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it will feel a little bit more like august today, so you probably won‘t be needing one of these. and the winds will be a lot lighter than they were yesterday, and they‘ll continue to ease down as we head through the day. most of us are going to stay dry.

there‘ll also be decent spells of sunshine too. we‘re starting off the day on around 14—15 degrees. a bright and breezy start but the winds lightening through the afternoon. i won‘t totally rule out the possibility of one or two light and fleeting showers. it will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine. once more we will see highs of around 23—24 degrees. so, an improvement on where we have been for the last couple of days or so now. overnight tonight we keep the clear skies. it should stay dry. overnight lows of 14—15 degrees. but a bit chillier of course away from towns. tomorrow you might well be needing your brolly again. we are likely to see some sunny spells and showers form through the afternoon. some of the showers toward northern home counties could turn out to be heavy and even thundery in nature, so not a completely dry weekend. quite a chilly night on saturday into saturday. temperatures away from the towns could even get back into single figures. sunday should be dry, there‘ll be some sunshine and temperatures will peak in the low 20s. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty

and steph mcgovern. the biggest names in athletics gather in london as the 16th world championships get underway. sir mo farah and usain bolt are both in action as they aim to bring their careers on the track to a close with gold medals. it starts here at the london stadium, five years to the day to the day after the 2012 olympic‘s super saturday — organisers will be hoping for more memorable moments. good morning, it‘s friday 4th august. also this morning... a record—breaking heatwave hits large parts of southern europe. the authorities issue urgent safety warnings as temperatures soar to 43 degrees celsius. this is the scene this morning in sicily which has had some of the hottest temperatures —

we‘ll be hearing how locals and holidaymakers are coping with the heat. i‘ll have more on how hot those temperatures could get in europe and a full uk forecast. royal bank of scotland has just reported its first half year profit in three years, and announces plans to move some staff to amsterdam after brexit. i‘ll have the details. also this morning — disappointment for england‘s women at the euros as they are knocked out in the semi finals by hosts netherlands. and charlie is getting festive in edinburgh this morning. 70 years of the edinburgh festival, we are celebrating today with a number of performances here in edinburgh. we showed you a shot of

the castle this morning, a little overcast but it looks dramatic as a lwa ys overcast but it looks dramatic as always and if i show you around here we have a troop of acrobats doing more routines for us later on, we have a more routines for us later on, we havea mini more routines for us later on, we have a mini festival this morning on brea kfast. thanks, charlie, we will see you later. first, our main story. sir mo farah and the fastest man on the planet, usain bolt, will be in action this evening on the first day of the world athletics championships in london. it is special, this. it will be the last time both athletes compete in a major competition. a record 650,000 tickets have been sold for the 10—day event. our sports news correspondent andy swiss has more. five years on from london 2012, they‘re back. the world‘s top athletes chasing global glory, including britain‘s best. tonight mo farah could once again light up the stadium as he goes in the 10,000 metres in his last major championships. the emotion comes pouring out! it's once—in—a—lifetime to have the olympics right on your doorstep,

and to do what i did and then come back years later and it's the world championships and i'm like, "you know what? i'm going to end it at that track." while mo farah is back competing here, the other stars of london 2012 aren‘t. greg rutherford is injured, jessica ennis—hill retired — the hosts will have to find new heroes. for the sport, meanwhile, it‘s goodbye to the greatest. tonight, usain bolt will begin his quest for the final 100 metres title before he retires. this is the moment i‘ve been looking forward to. after the race or during the race the emotions will come out, it depends on how the crowd reacts. if it‘s applause and cheering, i‘ll be happy, but they will find ways to get emotions out of you. it will be the fondest of farewells, and, as the athletes arrive, once again the stage is set for some golden moments.

so lots to look forward to over the coming days, but earlier on breakfast the outgoing chairman of uk athletics, ed warner, told us that some athletes have already been banned. in any walk of life, you find cheats around every corner. there‘s 2200 athletes here. will they all be clean? i doubt it. but are the authorities working really hard to root them out? yes. only yesterday, two ukrainian sprinters were banned provisionally, as a result of failing a drugs test. i think that‘s a good thing, because if you were getting no failed tests right now, i‘d say the testers weren‘t working hard enough. and the sport has a fight on its hands. i think it‘s gradually winning that battle, but it‘s going to be a long—term process. that echoes concerns we have heard from usain bolt about his worries about doping. you are looking at the london stadium and in about ten minutes we bejoined london stadium and in about ten minutes we be joined from there by the two—time world champion hurdler colin jackson for his view the two—time world champion hurdler colinjackson for his view on the championships. some interesting financial

results from the royal bank of scotland this morning — ben is here. profit? it is not often we talk about profit with rbs. no, but there is a caveat. a profit of £939 million but it is a familiar tale that we have talked about a lot, litigation and restructuring costs still wearing on the bank, they have to pay a lot of money to clea n they have to pay a lot of money to clean up past mistakes. but also restructuring because the way we bank is changing they are reducing branches and investing more online but also they have to ring fence the two parts of the bank and separate them, so retail banking, the high—street branches, customer accounts, they have to separate fact from the investment part, which is seen as from the investment part, which is seen as risky, so they are separating the two in the wake of

the financial crisis. nonetheless, they say they are on track to return it to private hands because remember it to private hands because remember it is still in huge part owned by taxpayers. we will keep across that, then, thank you very much. police in australia say two men charged with plotting to bring down a plane were taking directions from a senior commander in the so—called islamic state group in syria. investigators believe they had made a bomb using military—grade explosives. a third man is still being questioned. one of the world‘s tallest residential buildings, the torch tower in dubai, has caught fire for the second time in two years. firefighters say the 79—storey building was evacuated without any injuries and the blaze is now under control. a previous fire in 2015 was blamed in part on flammable cladding. the england women‘s football team were knocked out of the euros last night by tournament hosts, the netherlands. good match, nevertheless. and they had done brilliantly to get to the semifinals. the lionesses suffered a 3—0 defeat in the semi finals, bringing to an end their hopes of lifting the trophy.

our sports correspondent katie gornall was watching the action. three for the netherlands. their european dream is over. mark sampson‘s side had convinced themselves they were good enough to win this championship, but instead the netherlands advance to the final. england are back to square one. the players were on the floor of the dressing room. there were tears and hugs, because they gave absolutely everything in the last 12 months to try to come here and achieve something special. overall the emotion from my end is a huge sense of pride in the players. throughout the match it was those in orange who shone brightest. vivianne miedema heading in the direction of the final midway through the first half. with england behind for the first time in the tournament, ellen white had a strong claim for a penalty, but the referee was unmoved — much to the frustration of mark sampson. what was needed was a cool head. but fara williams, usually so reliable, did nothing to settle the nerves. double delight for the dutch, and england only had themselves to blame. it would get worse for england.

an own—goal with the last kick of the game from millie bright summed up a miserable night and there was disappointment for fans back home, who believed this team might end england‘s long wait for a major trophy. the players will leave the netherlands thinking what might have been. this was a dark and disappointing night for the side. for all the progress they‘ve made in getting here, and they were woefully ineffective against the netherlands. on a positive note, this tournament will have boosted the game back home, even if england weren‘t able to take the final step. parts of europe are experiencing their hottest sustained heatwave in more than a decade. several countries have issued health warnings as temperatures continue to soar, and some regions are having to contend with droughts and forest fires. the highest recorded temperature was 43 degrees celsius in cordoba in southern spain. rome in italy experienced 40 degrees, while the sardinian coast saw highs of 36.

not far behind was sicily, where temperatures peaked at 42 degrees. that‘s where our europe correspondent, gavin lee, is. it looks beautiful but i bet it does not feel particularly nice in that heat? no, it might look like one of the best jobs you could no, it might look like one of the bestjobs you could have but believe me, trying to sleep in these conditions, for 3 million british tourists that come to italy, and here in sicily, we might see one of the top temperatures for the whole year, one of the highest temperature since 1999 today, expected to reach 46 degrees in sicily. walk with me, we can see the spectacular view for a minute, because it is notjust italy, rome, florence, you have cordoba in spain, hungary, the balkans, serbia, belgrade, croatia, the dalmatian coast, all seeing conditions over 40 degrees, so much so conditions over 40 degrees, so much so that seven governments have issued an extreme

heat warning, red heat warning, meaning emergency services are on stand—by, fires are a big risk in the forest, we sought two overnight last night, but advice for tourists is to stay indoors in the afternoon. we can meet a family who are trying to heed that advice, they are from leeds. mone, tell me what it is like for you being here right now. we arrived here about a week ago and it has been extremely hot, we did not expected to be difficult. we came out for the sun but we have tried to stay in the shade, as you can see, right now. trying to stay call all times with the swimming pool next to us times with the swimming pool next to us here. let me bring in two of the keep cool and carry on—ers.” us here. let me bring in two of the keep cool and carry on-ers. i am layla. i and gabriella. what has your dad said about what you should

be doing? drinks coke. go in the pool and have fun. put ice cubes on your head and drink lemonade and water. i'm not sure that is the official advice! but essentially, mo, we are talking about suncream but more than that, staying indoors in this extreme heat. it looks fantastic but for the next few days it will be more than 40 degrees, well into next week. gavin, thank you very much. looks hot there, doesn‘t it? really, really hot. what bull story to bring you, we have enjoyed this morning. —— one more story. a supermarket in greater manchester has received a number of complaints from customers who accused builders of wolf—whistling at them. but the local workmen were right to protest their innocence. it later turned out that this chap is the actual culprit. we couldn‘t believe it.

i keep telling the customers when they come in and they think it‘s hilarious. i have people looking at me when he‘s whistling and i go, "no, no, no, it‘s the parrot!" ted is the name of the culprit. we have had some messages about this since we did the story, amy sent in a tweet saying, my dad has the same problem with his parrot, his elderly neighbour was walking past and thought my dad was hitting on her! it could be cared the matchmaker! parrots could be matchmakers, you never know. those paul workman, though. i would just want to teach them things to say, i would want the parrot to say comedy things as it was going past. you would never be allowed a parrot! over 2000 athletes from more than 200 teams are descending on london for the world championships. the event is likely to bring back fond memories of the london olympics five years ago. but the party will have a bittersweet note for fans

and competitors alike, as two of the sport‘s greatest stars are preparing to hang up their spikes. we are, of course, talking about sir mo farah and usain bolt. # we‘ve come a long long way together... # i have to celebrate you, baby. # i have to celebrate you, baby. # i have to celebrate you, baby. # i have to praise you like i should. # i have to praise you. # i have to praise you like i should... # i have to praise you.

from those two legends to another. two—time world champion hurdler, colinjacksonjoins us from the london stadium. good morning, how are you? good morning, excited to be here again.” am not surprised, the atmosphere is going to be amazing, tell us what it‘s like, how many medals did you win in the championships, five?” think so, something around there. couple of goals, couple of silvers and the bronze. so five, yes. the atmosphere is always amazing. how important are these championships? often we build up to the olympics, in the sporting and athletics calendar, it is quite prominent. but

why are the championships important, particularly for the athletes? this is the individual athletics. while the olympics is great, this is a focus on verse sports, so each and every one of the athletes take this very seriously. they don‘t treated any differently to an olympic games. you will see the best of athletics and athletes performing very well here. hopefully, fingers crossed. we have two that will be competing tonight. we have got sir mo farrah commie hasn‘t lost a majorfinal since 2011, this is part of his swansong, last since 2011, this is part of his swa nsong, last major competition since 2011, this is part of his swansong, last major competition he is in, what do you think his chance is? his chances are good, but it won‘t be like the tour de france. just like you come to the finish you can cruise in and everyone can celebrate, he has some tough competition so he will have to be at

the top of his game to win. he will have worked hard, studied the form and hope all things play to him, of course. 2%, he will get from the cloud. as he is getting round, they will be cheering his name. to take a title away from him would be fantastic. if someone could be usain bolt, can anyone do it, stop him winning on saturday night? his fellow jamaican, blake has winning on saturday night? his fellowjamaican, blake has a good chance. he has won world titles before. but usain bolt is a strong competitor. when it comes to the focus and delivering the performance at the highest level, he has done it time and time again. and why should we ever doubt, he is here to take those titles. he is magic, when you

have characters like sir mo farrah, usain bolt, you and daley thompson, loads of great characters that people can look up to and relate to, when they go, do they take a bit of the magic away with them?” when they go, do they take a bit of the magic away with them? i think for a moment, you mentioned daley thompson, as soon as he retired, we questioned what would happen to the sport. it happens in cycles. at the moment we are gutted we are losing two icons of the sport, but in reality, there will be somebody to replace them. i am looking forward to whom it may be. i know you are thinking about asking me who that is, right? i have no idea. laura muir, you spoke about before the olympics. someone, long—distance runner, someone to olympics. someone, long—distance runner, someone to keep olympics. someone, long—distance runner, someone to keep an olympics. someone, long—distance runner, someone to keep an eye on. adam gemili was disappointed at the last big event, but he is determined. we have names like that

to look too? we have, you are right. when it comes to british athletics, we have an array of talented athletics. i would say to people, if you look at some of the young talent, if they feature fourth and fifth at these championships, don‘t think it is disappointing because a lot of the world is going through a transition. it will be tough to get on the podium. anybody in a british rest who get on the podium, we should celebrate because it is not going to be easy. enjoy the atmosphere, enjoy the party and enjoy it all. thanks for being with us on enjoy it all. thanks for being with us on breakfast. that coverage sta rts us on breakfast. that coverage starts on bbc two from six o‘clock this evening and on bbc one from seven. it is also on radio five live. we will be watching. sarah‘s at the queen elizabeth olympic park all morning as we look ahead to the world athletics. beautiful day here at the london

stadium, five years ago this was the home to the olympics. all those magical memories from five years ago and a feeling of anticipation building for the start of the athletics world championships later. it isa athletics world championships later. it is a bright and breezy morning, quite fresh first thing. the contrast compared to what is happening further south across europe. we have the ongoing heatwave situation, a drought continuing across parts of italy. today will be another hot day. across greece and the balkans, temperatures likely to reach about 40 degrees and that he continuing across the mediterranean for italy, sardinia, corsica and towards spain, where we could see temperatures similar to yesterday at around 43 degrees, or even a little bit higher. different story closer to home. has been cool for the time of year. sunshine and showers is the story today, it will be a little bit

less windy so fine weather mixed into the forecast. showers mostly for northern and western part of the country through much of the day. further south and east across england, a lot of dry weather with brightness around. although it is bright, it is not as windy. could be the odd rumble of thunder in scotland. showers fewer and further between across northern england with sunshine in between. for east anglia and the south—east of england, just the odd passing shower but most will avoid them. towards the south—west m '~‘; “ north ’ '~‘; “ north west ’ '~‘; 2 north west into 2 we move further north west into parts of ireland, qgifilof—merthemf! reta fig, we are frequent during afternoon. 2 belfast— ~ ~ .7 7 t _ i, belfast later. across the ithrough; later. across the ig'i‘g'fl-‘é‘ and toniht, we kee- the

evening and tonight, we keep the showery theme for many northern and western areas. further east, clear the night with temperatures falling quickly. fresh start to the weekend with saturday morning seen temperatures around 11, two 14 degrees but cooler in the countryside. a fresh start, already showers across wales initially but move their way to the midlands, east anglia and there could be rumbles of thunder and hailstones mixed in with the heavy bursts of rain across england and wales. some surface water flooding possible. england and wales. some surface waterflooding possible. but not everywhere will see the showers, mostly dry along the south coast of scotla nd mostly dry along the south coast of scotland and ireland seeing a mixture of sunshine and showers. temperatures will be 16 to 21. on sunday, rain in the north—west, but for the rest of the country it is a largely dry and improved a across parts of central england where we . e e w lost 157~ ' 15 to ' 2 to 15 to 21 ' ‘i to sunday between 15 to 21 degrees. sarah, thank you very much. looks

like it is warming up. todayis today is the deadline for what the enquiry into the grenfel enquiry should,. graham satchell has been to a tower block in salford that has been refreshed with cladding since it was deemed unsafe. how can somebody put something like that on a block that was combustible? it‘s unbelievable. it's not fireproof. it's failed all the tests. so, no matter what they say, you feel uneasy now. ask us what we want doing with our homes.

do you feel safe? no. thorn court in salford, it‘s 22 stories high, the cladding and installation here has failed a series of fire safety tests. we‘re still up in the air about what‘s going on. residents likejohn have been told the cladding on their block will be removed but as yet they don‘t know when. so, have you got a timetable? no. what do you think about that? disgusting, ‘cause everyone‘s on edge. three people on the 20th floor, two people on the 19th floor all in wheelchairs, how are these people going to get down? dawn lewis has lived here for 26 years. she used to work as a security officer and fire marshal in manchester. i did a risk assessment, i brought the fire service here, and we've failed, and we are still failing.

fire doors that don't shut properly on the corridors. properly in our house. this is our lives that they are a messing about with, and we are potentially living in a death trap, all of us. and they don't seem to care. they just. .. theyjust don't seem to care. an independentjudge has been appointed to examine the cause of the fire at grenfell tower in london. a public consultation on the terms of reference for that enquiry closes today. many here want it to look notjust at the fire but the way more broadly council tenants are treated. we‘re council tenants and there is a stigma with council tenants. we‘re not looked after, in the sense of you ring up for something to be done, or have a complaint, and they don‘t listen to us. do you think they care about you? obviously not.

if this was a private block, it'd be much better. there'd be a sprinkler system, to start with. there'd be alarms and whatnot. they should change the way we are treated. we are second—class citizens at the moment. you can't... you can't actually see people. they're faceless. pendleton together, who manage thorn court for salford council, told us work to remove the cladding will start as soon as further tests have been completed. they say the safety of residents is their primary concern and that extra fire prevention measures have been put in place, including 24—hour fire marshal patrols. but the residents we spoke to are still living with uncertainty, anger and fear. the management company manage a number of other tower blocks and

their spokesperson told us, the safety of residents is our priority and anyone with any concerns, contact us to discuss them. edinburgh is gearing up for the biggest arts festival in the world. charlie is there with a host of people to talk about what is going on. but coming up later. now the news, travel and weather where you are this morning. good morning, low pressure still in charge of our weather so we are

looking at another day of sunny spells and showers. across england and wales, dry and bright weather, lots of sunshine to be seen, one or two showers but they should be light and fleeting, similar for northern ireland but the showers could be happy into the afternoon. a cloudy start for scotla nd happy into the afternoon. a cloudy start for scotland with outbreaks of more persistent rain. that will come increasingly showery through the day, and north—westerly breeze taking the edge off the temperatures. into the south—west with lighter winds than yesterday. if you are heading to the gulf, it looks like it will be a cloudy day with the risk of one or two showers, which could be quite heavy as we move into the afternoon, highs of 20 celsius. through this evening and overnight, rain in scotland will tend to ease, a few showers speeding into wales as we move into the early hours which

sets us up for saturday, a day of sunny spells and showers. you could see a shower pretty much anywhere but the majority of those showers across wales, the midlands, later in the day in east anglia, they could be fairly happy, the rumble of thunder not out of the question, lighter winds than today. it will feel a touch cooler. into sunday, the ridge of high pressure building from the south—west but this next weather front approaching brings outbreaks of showery rain so it will be a fairly fresh start to the day on sunday, plenty of brightness across england and wales first thing, one or two isolated showers not out of the question, outbreaks of rain feeding from the west into the afternoon with highs of 21 celsius. this is business live from bbc news with ben bland and jamie robertson. getting caught in the traffic — toyota‘s profits are down as the japanese car—maker fights to get back into pole position.

live from london, that‘s our top story on friday 4th august. toyota‘s finances are hit by a huge drive to catch up with its rivals on electric and autonomous cars, so can it be a bestseller once again? also in the programme... uber feels the heat in singapore. the ride—hailing company admits it should have acted quick to fix overheating parts on cars it gave its drivers.