to be crowned britain's brightest child tonight. stay with us — headlines are next. hello. this is breakfast, with tina daheley and ben thompson. police say the man who carried out the barcelona van attack could still be at large. one key suspect has been shot dead, but a new search has begun for the man it's now believed was behind the wheel. 1a people died and more than 130 were injured during two separate attacks on the spanish coast. candlelit vigils have been held late into the night in tribute to the victims. good morning.

it's saturday, 19th august. also ahead: professor stephen hawking warns of an nhs crisis in england as he clashes with the health secretary, jeremy hunt. remembering a tv legend: the king of saturday night television, sir bruce forsyth, dies at the age of 89. nice to see you, tcu dart—mac audience: nice. nice to see you, tcu dart-mac audience: nice. we'll look back on a career that spanned eight decades of showbusiness. in sport, an alastair cook masterclass puts england in control of the day night test against west indies. and matt has the weather. after the heavy showers and thunderstorms of yesterday, you will be glad to hear the rather fewer

showers today. the full forecast coming up. good morning. our main story. police in spain believe the driver of the van which ploughed into pedestrians in barcelona — killing thirteen people — could still be at large. a man—hunt is now underway for moroccan—born younes abouyaqoub. a teenager shot dead by police after a second attack in cambrils had previously been identified as a key suspect. investigators now think that he was responsible for hiring the van, but wasn't behind the wheel. last night crowds gathered to pay their respects to the victims, as simon jones reports. on the boulevard where, on thursday, bodies lay, last night a vigil. flowers and candles to mark the lives lost and those injured from 3a different countries. the disbelief and grief etched on people's faces. i was scared and nervous to come here. i didn't know what it would be like and if everybody was going to be kind of mourning and upset

over what happened. it's good, though, to see everybody come together and just kind of remember what happened. through the window of a museum, new footage has emerged, appearing to show the van speeding along las ramblas. people ran for their lives. hours later a car was driven into pedestrians in cambrils. five suspects were shot dead, four by a single officer. among them, moussa oukabir, the man believed to have rented the van used in the barcelona attack. police say they are still looking for the man they now believe was driving it, younes abouyaaqoub. the task of identifying the dead and injured is continuing. fears are growing forjulian cadman, who is seven, and has dual british and australian citizenship. he was separated from his mother during the attack. he is now missing, much to the concern of his great aunt. of course i am really worried.

i can't hear anything with them, i want to hear what's happening. 15 people are in a critical condition in hospital. the mourning and the police operation continue. a line of news has come in about the attacks in finland. police say they are treating the stabbings on friday, when two people were killed, asa friday, when two people were killed, as a terrorist attack. confirmation within the last few minutes, the police in finland confirming that the attacks in turku are being viewed as a terrorist attack. the physicist, professor stephen

hawking, has accused the health secretary, jeremy hunt, of "cherry—picking" evidence to support his policies. he has praised the nhs, but attacked the provision of private health care in england. mr hunt has described the scientist's claims as wrong. here's our health correspondent, jane dreaper. he is one of the world's best—known scientists. professor stephen hawking was diagnosed with motoneuron disease at the age of 21. he turned 75 at the start of this year. a milestone celebrated at a scientific conference last month. # happy birthday to you...# professor hawking says he wouldn't be alive without the large amount of high—quality nhs treatment he has received. but he is concerned about the future of the health service in england, defending it as the most efficient and cost—effective system. in a speech which describes his medical history and how he sometimes had to challenge doctors, professor hawking said: quoting the use of private agency staff as an example. he also accusesjeremy hunt of "cherry picking" research papers

to support his case for changing weekend services. professor hawking says that while he wants more weekend services, he believes there has been no due diligence done in the case of the so—called seven—day nhs. the government says it makes no apology for being the first to tackle what it describes as "unacceptable variation in care" across the week. and ministers believe patients in england should be able to access the best treatments based on the quality of care, rather than who's providing them. donald trump's former chief strategist, steve bannon, has vowed to go to war against the president's opponents, after being fired from his job. he's the fourth member of mr trump's inner circle to leave in the last month. the right—wing nationalist was a key adviser to the president and helped shape the "america first" message of his presidential election campaign. our north america correspondent, david willis, has more. steve bannon, widely credited

for helping steer donald trump to victory, he was one of the most powerful men in the white house. if you think they will give your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken. every day — every day, it is going to be a fight. he is not a racist, i can tell you that. he is a good person. he actually gets a very unfair press in that regard. but, we'll will see what happens with mr bannon. by the time that donald trump had made that less than ringing endorsement of his special advisor this week, the die was cast. steve bannon‘s clashes with more moderate forces in the west wing, chief among them the president's son—in—law, jared kushner, and his daughter, ivanka, coupled with renewed accusations following the violence at charlottesville of white nationalist sympathies, sealed his fate. he has now returned to right—wing website breitbart news, which he left to work for the trump campaigna yearago.

he has said that he intends to keep fighting on the president's behalf, but in an interview with the conservative magazine the weekly standard, he has said that the troubled presidency that they fought for and won is now over. leading members of the white house inner circle shown here just seven all of which leaves the president and increasingly lonely and isolated figure. while steve bannon‘s departure is a victory for those who wanted to see an end to the more extreme elements in the west wing, whether it will lead to a better functioning white house remains to be seen. david willis, bbc news. let's return to the event in barcelona. we can speak to our correspondent, gavin lee, from las ramblas come over the incident took place. there has been confusion over night about whether the police managed to shoot the person they thought was responsible for these

attacks. just explain this for us, because there is a lot of confusion. there are reports of controlled explosions taking place in a town. police are saying this is where on wednesday night there was an explosion at a house, and they later discovered there were 105 butane canister and bomb—making equipment that were discovered there. that has led to the attack that we saw here on las ramblas. there was also the kara attack in cambrils. 13 people killed here, one woman killed in the car attack. it was an operation... inaudible gavin, we will interrupt your there,

because we are having a few problems hearing you on that line. a line from catalan police, warning to local residents, saying they would make several controlled explosions in the town of whether were explosions earlier in the week of which we believe were some of the bomb—making equipment that was potentially going to be used for a bigger attack in barcelona and elsewhere in spain. policejust issuing a warning, saying, if you hear detonations, do not be alarmed. it is now ten minutes past nine. this morning we're remembering the life and work of sir bruce forsyth. arguably one of his greatest successes was the generation game — the saturday evening show where teams from the same family competed for prizes. sir bruce hosted the series for two long stints during the 1970s and ‘90s. in a moment, we'll speak to his co—star rosemarie ford.

but first, let's take a look back at some moments from bruce's long career. # when i look at you... what am i going to do?#. i said, i want to become a star and buy my mum a fur coat. i used to go and see fred astaire films, or any with dancing in them, and i would be intrigued by the dancing, and i would come home and dance away sometimes for hours all by myself. if i didn't make it, i wanted to get out, maybe go more into the musical side of the business. along came the palladium, which turned everything around. welcome to the generation game. it's nice to see you, to see you, nice. the first bit about audience participation is, you've got to enjoy it. i've always loved it.

i've loved it because you never know what is going to happen. i'm dying for a night off! i love getting out of the situation. if somebody says something, i like to come back at them. or if they do something, i like to pounce on it. after i did that radio show with you, i did have i got news for you. and here is bruce at 74, 75, and you blew away all the other guest hosts. tony blair insists that weapons of mass destruction will eventually be found in iraq. it would be nice to see them, to see them... audience: nice! professional dancers with celebrities learning how to dance. my headmaster said, i can't give you a very good report because you've had so little schooling. i said, don't worry,

i'm going into a business where they go by what they see you can do, not what you've done. he said, what business is that? i said, show business, sir. he said, lord help you. and that was it. applause we will just establish we willjust establish the line to rose mary ford, his co—host on the generation game in the 1990s. before that, we spoke earlier tojimmy tarbuck about his memories of sir bruce. he has had a wonderful career, and i can't think of anyone

in our side of the business who has had a career like he has. the palladium, strictly, play your cards right, keep going... tell us about the last time you saw him. it was at the house about two or three months back. i went over, and when ella, the love of his life, said, i've made some sandwiches, boys, and a large lot of tea, go and reminisce. and for an hour and a bit, wejust talked and laughed about things that have happened. he was getting recognised all the time, and we went to the open championship, and kenny lynch got an envelope, sealed it, and got the wet bit, put it on his back, saying this is bruce forsyth. he kept saying, i don't understand why people are recognising me, then he found out. we just roared laughing. he took it all in good part. in thisjob, we made a lot of people who are maybe very different on screen from how they are off—screen, and the tributes we have heard about bruce are that he

was simply the man that everyone saw and loved. he was the same off—screen as on, and you will know that only too well. of course he was. i mean, it is in the press and everything. you all have a job to do. they say people are national treasures. well, he was one. i was at school when he first came on the telly, in ‘56, ‘57, and then hejust took the country over in everything he did. he was so good. i think one of the great regrets of his life was that he didn't conquer america. he wanted that very much. but in the rest of the world, wherever he went, he could perform and put you at ease and have a laugh. he was mischievous. he was all for taking the mick and all that, but also, he was just good. sorry to interrupt, i wanted to get to what his enduring appeal is. as you say, working over so many years, people come and go, celebrities come and go, but he was there for the duration.

well, i think that's easy — likeability. there are very few people in this business blessed with it. harry secombe had it, eric morecambe, tommy cooper — you can pick them out, the ones that people like and love. and they loved bruce, and it is understandable why. he was the utter professional. he was always very well—dressed. he loved fred astaire, a bsolutely love sammy davis junior, and they got on great. he could work at that height, with the best. if you had to pick one favourite memory, what would it be? he was an old moaner on the golf course. i'm sorry to bring golf up. we were on the first tee, and i said, no moaning today. and he hit a shot to the green, and there was a rake stood up on the green like this, and the ball hit the rake and bounced off, and we all

thought, here we go. he didn't moan. and he said, i didn't moan, not at all. he said, because i could have. and we were all on the floor laughing. he was just good fun. ijust want i just want to show you some of the front pages, because it does dominate, many making use of some of his most famous catchphrases. lots of the papers are running special editions with pull—outs inside, paying tribute to sir bruce. didn't he do well? that's the front of the son. and then those two stints on

the generation game, in the 1970s and the 1990s. after that, of course, on itv shows, the price is right, play your cards right. james on facebook says: rip sir bruce forsyth. thank you for entertaining oui’ forsyth. thank you for entertaining ourfamilies for all forsyth. thank you for entertaining our families for all those years when we were growing up. saturday night will no longer be the same. didn't he do well? bobbie says: i grew up watching cerberus. he quickly became one of the people who inspired me to pursue a career in the performing arts. rip, brucie. rob says: really saddened by this

news. legend is a hideously overused word, but bruce was exactly that. and this onejust word, but bruce was exactly that. and this one just sums up his enduring appeal: at least five generations of my family have been entertained by sir bruce, a legend and a very talented entertainer. rip, from steph. it is just approaching 20 past nine. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. police have confirmed that an earlier suspect in the terror attacks in spain was shot dead. sta rs of stage attacks in spain was shot dead. stars of stage and screen are paying tribute to sir bruce forsyth, who died yesterday at the age of 89. there is rain in the forecast, but i will let matt do the rest of the bad news. and some good news, hopefully! yellow might get people turning off even before they started! ——

yellow might get people turning off even before they started! -- get people turning off... there will be some rain in the forecast, producing some scenes like this one in gateshead. it will be hit and miss showers again. low pressure to the north is bringing in north—westerly winds. showers in western areas at the moment pushing east. across england, wales and northern ireland, not as heavy as they were. the most frequent showers across scotland. it will be a better day than yesterday, particularly to the north and east. through the afternoon, fewer showers across central and southern england. some will get through the day without a shower insight. high temperature will be 22 celsius. chavez will play

tonight, one or two remaining in northern scotland. —— showers will... this northern scotland. —— showers will. .. this next low—pressure northern scotland. —— showers will... this next low—pressure front is making its way in any afternoon tomorrow. it will turn grey, misty and damp. for most of the uk, tomorrow will see light winds and a cool stuff. it will feel pleasantly warm. some of the warmest weather to be found will be across the mediterranean. there will be a few storms through the balkans and northern parts of greece. the hottest weather of all will be down to words —— towards south—west spain

and portugal. i'll be back in half and portugal. i'll be back in half an hour. you redeemed yourself, matt! i had some sunshine as well! you can come back! you're watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. justin barker stewart is here to tell us what caught his eye. a good picture in the ft here of the eclipse, what it will look like. the impact the eclipse will have on power generation — 20 years ago, it wouldn't have an impact at all, but a p pa re ntly wouldn't have an impact at all, but apparently they will lose enough power in the states for 6 million homes. just from the eclipse? from

the eclipse going across the whole of america like that. it is really remarkable. it will have other impacts elsewhere. a higher proportion of power is coming from the renewable energy. half of the power for california will soon come from renewables. it will be the worst hit. even though the eclipse does not go directly across california, it is affected by it. io0,000 california, it is affected by it. 100,000 people will go to a place call hopkins ville, which will be called eclipseville for the duration. imitation is this an serious form of flattery, justin. this is a great story — supermarkets in copycat con. there are well—known brands, and they have won almost identical

coming from a well—known supermarket. then another brand of butter looking and sounding very similartoa butter looking and sounding very similar to a known brand. do me a favour! i don't want to advertise... is this intentionally confusing customers to buy something or is it a cheap way of branding? you don't need to say what it is... it looks roughly the same, therefore it is probably the same, but i'll buy it. and it is cheaper. are they allowed to do that? it must be close to infringement with some of them. it will be interesting this year they get taken to court. the lawyers are on it already, so we are skirting a very fine line. this is entirely different, in the telegraph. lenin is no more. in this week where we have been going on about statues, one country has taken this to a strange extreme. ukraine has decided

to re m ove strange extreme. ukraine has decided to remove 2389 monuments and statues, not just one to remove 2389 monuments and statues, notjust one or two, of which 1320 are lenin. many will be melted down, because they are metal, but a lot of them will go to political parks, history parks. they will put them there so that they no longer have the symbolism, but they say, this is part of our history. sort of museum park? exactly, which is quite a good way of addressing the issue. the statues don't have to be destroyed, but they can be put in the right position. in a different context. we have been talking about the very high temperatures in europe and wildfires, but look at this — kuwait feels the heat, and it will get worse. 50 celsius! i was digging in about a0 degrees, and that was bad enough. 50 celsius, that is another. —— that is an oven.

5a celsius, they are saying here. one of my friends told me that his feet were melting to the pavement. you could fry an egg on the pavement. you could not be outside in that weather. not for long. you would just curl up. we have in that weather. not for long. you wouldjust curl up. we have hot temperatures in europe, in the gulf, and yet we have floods in bangladesh. it is not the heat, it is the erratic behaviour, the extremes. that temperature is a frightening level to deal with. on the front of all the papers, of course, sir bruce. do you have a favourite memory? what was your

experience of him? generation game? i thought, thank heavens i was never asked to go on one of those programmes. it would have been so humiliating. we were just leaving, we have all grown up with him. i can just remember sunday night at the london palladium. i don't think i was paying much attention, but i can hear the tune in my head. it is part of your life, and it's gone. a rare thing to begin in television in black—and—white, and also just to stay relevant. we spoke tojimmy tarbuck this morning and a host of other people who came into contact with them. people come in and out of fashion. it is fascinating, isn't it? every single decade, he was still there. it wasn't a matter of reinventing himself something corny, it was the same character coming

through, and his own wonderfully corny way of doing things. the highlight has to be have i got news for you, because they take themselves quite seriously. and a different type of humour. absolutely, and he just different type of humour. absolutely, and hejust rip different type of humour. absolutely, and he just rip them apart. i thought it was glorious. you're watching breakfast. still to come this morning: it all comes down to this... the 13th book of revelation. the trophy is now within touching distance for the child genius finals. we will be joined by one of the contestants hoping to be crowned britain's brightest child tonight. no questions this way! stay with us, the headlines are next. hello, this is breakfast, with tina daheley and ben thompson. coming up before ten, matt will have the weather.

but first, a summary of this morning's main news. police in spain say they now believe the driver of the van which ploughed into pedestrians in barcelona — killing 13 people — could still be at large. they're looking for younes abouyaaqoub, who's 22 and originally from morocco. earlier, reports had suggested the main suspect was one of the men shot dead by police, following a second attack in cambrils. meanwhile, police in finland say they are treating yesterday's stabbing rampage in the southwestern city of turku as terrorism. two finnish people were killed in the assault and eight were wounded — including one italian and two from swedish. including one italian and two from sweden. police shot the suspect — an 18 year—old moroccan national — in the leg, before arresting him. overnight, authorities also raided a flat and made a number of further arrests. more tributes have been paid to sir bruce forsyth — the entertainer‘s career spanned more than 70 years and he fronted many popular tv shows including

sunday night at the london palladium and the generation game. many celebrities have been taking to social media to share their memories. her strictly co—host described him as a friend and true legend. stephen hawking has attacked the privatisation of healthcare in england and accused the health secretary of "cherry picking" evidence to support his policies. the world renowned scientist, who suffers from motor neurone disease, will deliver a speech at the royal society of medicine in london later today. jeremy hunt has responded by saying recent research is the "most comprehensive ever".

donald trump has removed steve bannon from his post as chief strategist. he becomes the fourth member of the president's inner circle to leave in the last month. the right—wing nationalist was a key adviser to mr trump and helped shape the "america first" message during his presidential election campaign. mr bannon has returned to a senior role at the ultra—conservative website, breitbart news. two men have been charged with murder after a woman's body was found in a burning car near sunderland. firefighters discovered the remains in the village of shiney row on tuesday. 39—year—old stephen unwin and 50—year—old william mcfall are due to appear at newcastle crown court today. officials say more than 16 million people have been affected by severe flooding in parts of nepal, india and bangladesh. 500 people are thought to have been killed, with conditions expected to deteriorate further over the weekend. the red cross and red crescent say it is becoming one of the worst

regional humanitarian crises in years. the team this morning have forced me to look at these pictures, because i don't like snakes. if you are squeamish, look away now. i am not able to, but you can see it. one mum in australia found this in her living room among her child's toys. utterly terrifying. the eastern brown snake measured around two metres long and was found hiding among a lego set. it's the second most venomous snake in the world, and is responsible for two thirds of all snakebite deaths in australia. but you will be pleased to know that this particular one was safely caught and removed. it's not happy, though. it puts up a fight. one

brave handler lilly knows what he's doing. the second most venomous snake in the world — in your house. that is not a claim to fame that you want. it makes me itchy. that still gives me the creeps. from snakes to sport. i don't know what it is. that was awful! less talk cricket. that is more happy. especially for this quy- is more happy. especially for this guy. he has spent the last ten hours batting for england, making a double sentry. fantastic score for him. after he gave up the captaincy at the beginning of the year, people would be worried over whether he would be worried over whether he would be worried over whether he would be as good as he was forced alastair cook seems to be in good

form, which bodes well for the ashes. the batsmen have done their bit at edgbaston, and now it's the bowlers' turn to shine against west indies on day three of the first day—night test. alastair cook was the star for england. his mammoth innings of 2a3 — with some help from west indies fielders — pushed england towards 51a for 8 declared in their first innings. as the natural light faded, james anderson removed opener kraig brathwaite. west indies will resume this afternoon trailing by a70 runs, with nine wickets remaining. in the t20 blast, the remaining quarter—final places have been decided. derbyshire, leicestershire, surrey, birmingham and somerset have all qualified for the knockout stage. somerset qualified at the expense of sussex, whose win over essex wasn't enough for them to go through. liverpool have rejected a third offer from barcelona for phillipe coutinho. it's understood the latest offer for the brazilian midfielder is in the region of £11a million. the club has already rejected two

bids from barcelona. they insist coutinho won't be sold, despite his transfer request. tottenham have signed defender davinson sanchez from ajax in a reported club record £a2 million deal, subject to a medical and a work permit. the colombia centre—back has agreed a six—year deal and will be the premier league club's first summer signing. in the lunchtime kick—off today, manchester united travel to swansea. burnley host west brom, liverpool are at home to crystal palace, while stoke city host arsenal in the late kick—off. in the solheim cup, team usa made a clean sweep of the four—balls, to take a 5 and a half to 2 and a half lead over europe. not once during the entire afternoon was there blue on the board, withjulie inkster‘s side holding on to any lead they gained, thanks to some fine putting performances. it was a disappointing afternoon for europe, who had led

after the morning foursomes. we got off to a pretty good start. the afternoon didn't turn out the way we have planned, but i'm proud of the players. they fought really hard. it just didn't happen, mostly on the greens. you need to make birdies against this really tough team, and we just didn't have it this afternoon. so we're going to close the chapter on friday and open the next one on saturday. great britain's johanna great britain'sjohanna konta it out of the cincinnati open. she was beaten by romania's simona halep overnight. she lost the set and the match on a tie—break. just before i go, burnley manager sean dyche has been talking about why he wants the transfer window to close before the premier league starts.

burnley sold striker andre grayjust three days before their opening game. time is pressing for dyche to replace him, but he remains in good humour as he considers the type of player he wants to bring in... one that gets the ball and whacks it in the net a lot. really helpful in a game of football. slightly more rounded qualities as well? no, one that whacks it in the net even more than the bloke i said before. that's really helpful, i've found. that is what psg must have said before they spent millions on neymar. i have no problem with that. it's really clear. we can't accuse him of hiding his intentions. clear, concise. and the reporter asked him to expand on that? no. thank you, jess. they are young, smart, competitive and have demonstrated

intelligence far beyond their years. from memorising bus maps to unscrambling anagrams — they appear to know it all. as channel a's child genius approaches its finale, we'rejoined by one of the competitors hoping to be crowned britain's brightest child. we'll speak to him in a moment, but first, here's a clip to whet your appetite ahead of tonight's final. today is the final of this year's child genius competition. i want to win a lot. a lot. from all over the country, hundreds applied. 20 were chosen. may the best man win. having fought their way through the week's gruelling rounds... that was deeply impressive. absolutely yes, he can win. nowjust five remain. winning is important, and there's no shame in saying that. crunch time, yeah? overseen by british mensa,

with quizmaster richard osman. it all comes down to this. for these exceptional children... 13th book of revelation. and their parents... my ticker! it's all in here. block everything out, get in the zone and answer the questions. the trophy is within touching distance. my heart is beating so fast. who will be crowned britain's brightest child ? you are the child genius champion. one of the child genius finalists is dylan. and hejoins us now along with his mum emily and step—dad, rob. dyla n, dylan, did you enjoy it? yeah. we we re dylan, did you enjoy it? yeah. we were looking at some of the questions earlier, and they are pretty tough. how do you prepare?

just reading, studying. you get the subjects in advance, so you find out as much as you can. and how many subjects are there to choose from? well, the first few rounds up to the final, which is the specialist subject, it's all preset, like spellings, maths, history, science. ancient greece, the victorians, romans. let's go back to the beginning. who decided you were going to enter? it was you! were you worried about being put up against other clever 12—year—olds? worried about being put up against other clever 12-year-olds? not too much. i am in the same position as eve ryo ne much. i am in the same position as everyone else. i think you wanted to test your ability. you wanted to see how clever you are. how do you handle being under that had

pressure? at your age, people can find any kind of testing quite stressful. i'm not sure. for me, it's fairly natural. the more nervous you are, the worst you will perform. before we go on, we should see you in action. this was last night's semifinal. this has got you to where you are today. which eight letter word beginning with the letter word beginning with the letter i is a variety or form of a language used by an individual person? india lacked. -- idiolect. what is one part of the word printed in instalments? incorrect. so far, he's made us proud. but it's going

to bea he's made us proud. but it's going to be a tense day. he was your first anagram. quotient. correct. well done! mum, we could see you in the audience. you must have been on the edge of your seat. who was more nervous? i think i was. all the parents were more nervous. especially in the semifinal round. it is that last stage before the final and they have put in so much work to get to that point. how do you support dylan going through all of this? clearly, you have to do the revision and the learning. what can you do as parents? we just have to ta ke you do as parents? we just have to take the pressure off. it is quite a pressurised programme and there is lots to learn. just keeping dylan happy. lots to learn. just keeping dylan happy, keep him calm. if you watch

la st happy, keep him calm. if you watch last night's episode, dylan says, i wish my parents were more pushy! when did you realise that dylan had this aptitude for soaking up information and was very good at learning? i remember reading picture encyclopaedia is with dylan when he was about three, and he would look at these pages and you would go through them once with him and then he would remember them and save pictures back to me. there were all the military planes and things like that. does it run in the family? well... ! as that. does it run in the family? well... !as a family, we are quite intelligent. we have watched all the previous seasons of child genius, and that was where we got the idea. we thought, we can do that. we should say that last night's semifinal left some contestants in tea rs. 11—year—old nerissa ran off stage after getting the wrong answers —

let's take a look. which nine letter word beginning with the letter 0 describes something of all relating to proper names? pass. it is onomastic. that is your last pass. which eight letter word beginning with the letter v is a wish or desire that is not very strong? can i go, please? of course you can, nerissa. that is heartbreaking to watch. how do you feel watching that? well, we we re

do you feel watching that? well, we were obviously there at the time. nerissa was quite nervous in the morning, but if you watched the whole programme, she goes away at lunch and starts chatting to the kids. outside of the programme, a you see all the kids interacting. and in the afternoon, nerissa comes back. it is just and in the afternoon, nerissa comes back. it isjust an intense pressure for a short period of time. and sometimes, the nerves get the better of them. many would say that kids at 11 or 12 should not be under this pressure. it's a competition. there is always going to be a deal of stress involved. if it is being filmed, there will be no way of not having nerves. talking of nerves, tonight is the final and you have one particularly tough competitor. here's another finalist, rahul, in the semi—finals last night. which tell at a word beginning with

the letter f is a plant of the lily family with purple or white drooping bell shaped flowers? fritillary. correct. which eight letter word beginning with the letter is the explanation of a text, especially of the bible? exegesis. correct. he's very good. are you worried? well, all the competitors are big threats. they have done enough to get to the top five. what do your friends think of you taking part? are they watching? yeah. and when you look at the questions that rahul had, do you think, iam the questions that rahul had, do you think, i am glad i didn't get those, or, i could have got that? all the questions are of equal difficulty. but they are still very hard questions. you can say that again!

we didn't get any of those. really nice to see you all and best of luck. i wish i was that dedicated at your age. our exams would have been a breeze. you can see the child genius final tonight on channel a at 8pm. matt will be relieved that we are not going to throw him any questions. here is a well known whether the phrase which sums up today. s—s—. whether the phrase which sums up today. s-s-. this is like a bruce forsyth game. you can do this. sun and showers! perfect. that does sum up the story for today but at least fewer showers than we

saw yesterday and the breeze is not as strong. showers will be closer to the area of low pressure driving them to the north—east of scotland. the showers, whilst heavy and thundery across northern ireland and wales, they are not as heavy as they we re wales, they are not as heavy as they were yesterday. more of you will spend the day mostly dry if not com pletely spend the day mostly dry if not completely so. lots of sunshine between the showers and it will feel warmer by several degrees. if you do see a shower in northern ireland, england and wales, it will not last long. if anything, we see things turn dryerfrom long. if anything, we see things turn dryer from the south so what showers you do see will fade quickly. this evening and overnight, the showers completely stuck to disappearfor all but the showers completely stuck to disappear for all but the north of

scotland. that leads to quite a chilly night. it is august, but we are getting used to this now. temperatures just in double figures in the towns and cities, but in the countryside, down to single digits as we start the morning. but there isa as we start the morning. but there is a lovely sunday in store for many of you. this system will push away later. this one contains the re m na nts of later. this one contains the remnants of what was hurricane gert. nothing to worry about, but it will introduce some drizzle. we stayed dry for most of you, with sunny spells and increasing amounts of cloud. it will feel warmer but by the end of the afternoon, cloudy fabrics of rain in northern ireland, western parts of wales, south—west england. in the evening, that will push south and eastwards across parts of the midlands towards the south—east corner. it will work northwards as we go through monday and tuesday, and with it we will drag in some humid air. there will be rain across the north—west of the

uk, but with sunshine developing to the south and east, a bit of warmth is on the way, with temperatures in the mid to high 20s, particularly across the south—east corner. enjoy the rest of your saturday. matt owes me a coffee now for getting that little puzzle. this morning, we've been remembering sir bruce forsyth, who died yesterday at the age of 89. we can speak now to the broadcaster and writer gyles brandreth, who first met sir bruce in 1968. we have been speaking about bruce all morning and hearing so many wonderful memories. share your memories of him. i was a student when i first met him. i was at oxford university and he was performing in pantomime and i went to interview him. the first thing that surprised me was that he said he hated pantomime. you would have

thought he was a natural panto entertainer, but he didn't like the restrictions of pantomime. as soon as he could afford not to do annual pantomime, he stopped doing panto. the other intriguing thing he told me was that you have to realise if you are going into show business that only half of the audience will never liked you. don't worry, just please the half who will like you and forget the rest. what struck me most when i met him was the energy. it's not for nothing that when he began as a child performer, he was known as the mighty atom, because he was a bundle of energy. what was unique about his career was notjust its length, but the way he brought the world of variety into the television studio. he took a tv studio and used it as though it was a variety stage, which is one reason why he would sometimes express frustration at the configuration of the set on strictly come dancing, because he liked to play to an audience and the audience were at one side of him and the cameras were

in front. he sometimes found that frustrating. he was very much a song and dance man who could handle an audience like nobody else. and dance man who could handle an audience like nobody elsem and dance man who could handle an audience like nobody else. it makes you realise that we probably won't have another performer like sir bruce in our lifetime. he appealed to generation after generation. you have described him as a hero of yours. what is it about him that has made him sustain that long career and be so successful? connection with the public. he was the ultimate professional. he began as a child. he first appeared on bbc television in 1939 he first appeared on bbc television in1939 ina he first appeared on bbc television in 1939 in a talent show called come and be televised. from the age of 14, and be televised. from the age of 1a, he was earning money doing it. hejust 1a, he was earning money doing it. he just gave off energy and charm and he was a family entertainer who was cheeky, but never rude or unkind, no bad language. and he had downs as well as ups. we remember the great hits, but in between, i remember meeting him during fallow yea rs remember meeting him during fallow years when things were not going as

well and he always came back. he was the consummate professional who was conscious of his own talent and his own worth, and he knew he had to work hard. it is a unique career. in a way, it connects us with a lost world of music hall and variety which he brought to the world of television. 70 glorious years. he really did we define saturday night television, light entertainment. he put his stamp on it like no other. it is interesting, because celebrity comes it is interesting, because celebrity comes and goes. apart from the eu fallow years you mentioned, he was enduring. celebrity comes and goes, but talent doesn't. anyone you meet, whether it is a great actress like damejudi whether it is a great actress like dame judi dench or an whether it is a great actress like damejudi dench or an entertainer likes a bruce forsyth, they have stayed famous in the public eye for decades because they can do it. he could deliver. the thing about bruce

was that he came into the room and the energy was there and he pulled it all together and his connection was with you, the audience. it was about you. nobody could handle an audience better than bruce forsyth. and what huge audiences they were. the christmas special of the generation game could attract 20 million people. we don't see figures like that any more. absolutely not. what is interesting is that he wa nted what is interesting is that he wanted to be a film star. when i first got to know him, he was making movies, and they didn't work for him. the reason is that there wasn't an audience for him to feed off. what he did was a two—way process. he needed people in front of him to make it work. and he didn't make it in america. he didn't. he saw himself as a song and dance man, an entertainer. he could do the game shows, but that was only part. he wa nted shows, but that was only part. he wanted us to be remembering all that he could do, the singing, the dancing, the acting. he wants all of

that to be remembered in his legacy. we were at home on those saturday nights, knowing you could sit down with your children, your grandchildren and one man and feel co mforta ble grandchildren and one man and feel comfortable and amused by a fellow who seemed to like you, and therefore, we like him. if it were possible to sum up bruce in one sentence, how would you do it? the ultimate professional, a man of extraordinary energy, talent, charm, who just kept extraordinary energy, talent, charm, whojust kept going, extraordinary energy, talent, charm, who just kept going, and you couldn't resist him. when he came on you beckoned him in. that is a very long sentence! well, there you are! thank you for speaking to us. that's almost it from us this morning. we'll be back tomorrow from 6. but for now, we'll leave you to enjoy some memorable moments from sir bruce forsyth — one of britain's best—loved entertainers. # that's why the lady is a tramp! i do an impression of you and all of a sudden, you keep changing your style. don't blow the whistle

until it's all in the basket. i did write some rhythmical numbers. at one time in my early twenties, i used to write a song a day. # the mere idea of you... loud trumpet. laughter. thank you very much. we drop in on the starfamilies of bruce forsyth's generation game. nice to see you, to see you... audience: nice! # life is the name of the game, and i want to play the game with you. you have a5 seconds to have a look, starting from now. didn't he do well? you're married to a civil engineer.

good, he's not bad tempered. sorry. this could be the finish of my career. # cheek to cheek! ho, ho, ho! this is bbc news. the headlines at ten: the manhunt continues — police mount a major operation to find younes abouyaaqoub, the man now believed to have driven a van into crowds in barcelona, killing 13 people. relatives of a seven—year—old boy missing in in the city have flown to spain to search for him. british—born julian cadman became separated from his mother

during the van attack. steve bannon has vowed to go to war with president trump's opponents after being fired from his job. also in the next hour: we'll get the latest on major flooding across south asia which has left as many as 500 dead. the situation is expected to worsen this weekend. and stars from stage and screen have continued to pay tribute to sir bruce forsyth, who died yesterday at the age of 89.