hello. good morning. this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. hurricane irma batters florida, as strong winds and storm surges leave at least three people dead. long stretches off the coast are flooded as the hurricane reaches the city of tampa. millions of homes are without power and authorities say the situation is still very dangerous. we are letting people know they have live power wires down in the backyards and frontyards. don't go outside. latest pictures show the devastation in the caribbean where at least 25 people died. homes and boats have been destroyed and a state of emergency declared. good morning. it's monday the 11th of september. also this morning: a warning to labour. "back the government or risk a "chaotic" exit from the eu."

a postcode lottery in psychiatric care across the uk. medical experts claim people with mental health problems are losing out because of a lack of specialist consultants. good morning. we are at a gardening exhibition. it is an industry worth £5 billion in the economy, and one thatis £5 billion in the economy, and one that is growing. i will have information shortly. in sport, chris froome creates more history on two wheels. he adds the tour of spain to his four tour de france titles in a year he calls he's best ever. from a rocket on two wheels to the future of space travel. we'll be live ahead of the launch of the uk's largest rocket. and matt has the weather. good morning. good morning. while irma weekends, a blustery week in store for england. —— weakens. i will have the forecast for you coming up in 15

minutes. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. hurricane irma is battering the west coast of florida, bringing with it intense rainfall, severe flooding, violent winds and tornadoes. at least three people have died since the storm made landfall on sunday, hitting miami and the florida keys, before heading for tampa. power supplies have been cut to more than three millions homes and businesses. overnight, our correspondent, jane o'brien, sent this report from miami. miami may have dodged the eye of hurricane irma, but the city was still inundated by water to be torrential rain swamp the financial district. 0h torrential rain swamp the financial district. oh my god. all day on sunday, people were told to seek shelter from the wind is. 90 sunday, people were told to seek shelterfrom the wind is. 90 miles per hour! up here on the fourth floor balcony, they are more like

100 miles per hour. just to give you an idea of the force of the impact of the combined rain and wind, look at this late behind me. it has com pletely at this late behind me. it has completely flooded. —— lake. the water has pushed up over the bank and is now over the car park. the florida keys took the first direct hit as irma strengthened to category 1l hit as irma strengthened to category 4. relief efforts are under way for those who decided to stay. we have thousands of offices and army members to rescue people as soon as it is safe. but they cannot help you until the storm has passed. you need to stay in a safe place. weakened to category two but no less dangerous, it is sweeping over florida. president trump promised to visit the state later this week. jane o'brien, the state later this week. jane 0'brien, bbc news, miami. let's speak to bbc weather‘s tomasz schafernaker who's in tampa in florida.

what's the situation there now? we can see the wind and the rain. what does it feel like over there?” can tell you it is quite an experience. in the last few hours, the wind has dramatically died down. the rain has eased. the visibility has improved. were just the rain has eased. the visibility has improved. werejust an hour or so, especially two hours ago, this place was roaring with. it wasn't like the uk, it was a persistently powerful wind with occasional higher gusts. and then the windward final between the buildings, causing a roaring sound. there is a tree down here. it is a big palm tree. the

power is often the hotel. i have been riding out the storm in it. we have been given flashlights. some of oui’ have been given flashlights. some of our equipment has been affected. we are using torches to light me up. i am looking at the app to see where the eye of irma is. initially it looked like it was pulling away. but 110w looked like it was pulling away. but now i see we are looked like it was pulling away. but 110w | see we are on looked like it was pulling away. but now i see we are on the edge of the eye. that is why the wind has died down. i can see eye. that is why the wind has died down. i can see some eye. that is why the wind has died down. i can see some clear and blue sky. the weather made once again deteriorate sometimes in. -- may again deteriorate some time soon. later we'll be speaking to major richard rand from miami police, who'll update us on the situation there. he was the one talking about live

power lines. that's at 6:30. we will talk to people in florida as well. borisjohnson says there has been an "unprecedented" relief effort from the uk to support british people whose carribean homes were ripped apart by hurricane irma. in addition to the £32 million already set aside following the disaster, the government has pledged to match public donations to an appeal by the red cross. the foreign secretary said british troops are also working with local police on the british virgin islands amid reports of looting. we have been discussing the situation in the overseas territories where things continue to be very grim indeed. but we are getting a lot of aid. 500 uk troops are in the region now. as we speak, i think we have more than 50 british police going on their way to the

british virgin islands and other places. throughout the programme we will keep you up—to—date on what is going on with hurricane irma and the path as well. the brexit secretary, david davis, has warned mps that voting against the european union withdrawal bill later today would amount to backing a "chaotic" exit from the eu. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason, joins us now from westminster. what is the revolt likely to be and when will we know? there has been opposition from labour and the lib dems and the scottish national party. any revolt from the conservatives will be next to non—existent. the government should be absolutely fine getting this through at this stage through the house of commons. but there is a lot of anxiety and rows still to come on this. david davis, the brexit secretary, making the argument this is crucial to make sure that on the

day of brexit, all of the loss from the eu are cut and paste here. labour say they understand that but call it legislative garbage, saying it takes away opportunity to scrutinise the detail of all of this and throws away the history of what they fought for for the last 100 yea rs. they fought for for the last 100 years. now, in terms of the results, that will come at around about the time, almost the time, you are springing like gazelles out of bed to present tomorrow's breakfast, because they will not take place until the early hours of the morning. this isjust the until the early hours of the morning. this is just the very beginning, as! morning. this is just the very beginning, as i say. plenty more talking for this ill before it becomes the law of the land.” cannot wait until tomorrow morning. i think he has no concept of how exhausting it is. well...

the general secretary of the tuc, frances 0'grady, has described the government's negotiating position on brexit as a "letter to sa nta . " at the organisation's annual congress, she will urge political parties to consider staying in the single market after britain leaves the eu. people with mental health problems are suffering due to a huge variation in access to specialists across the uk according to new analysis. the royal college of psychiatrists says that more nhs psychiatrists need to be recruited to improve care. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, reports. the royal college of psychiatrists says the research suggests widespread inequalities in access to senior medical health officials exists. the college says this undermines the need for more specialist to deliver improved services. the research reveals that whereas in scotland there are ten co nsulta nt whereas in scotland there are ten consultant psychiatrist for 100,000

people, in wales there are six. northern ireland and england have eight. parts of london have 13. the east of england and yorkshire and humber have more than half of that. research also says while the number in england's rose barely overfive yea rs, in england's rose barely overfive years, there was an increase in other areas of the nhs. there are shortages in psychiatry. it has been actually getting worse over the past few years. there has been what we call an explosion over interest and understanding of mental health problems, but the services in place to help people have not really kept up to help people have not really kept up with that. the department of health said there were plans to create 21,000 new mental health posts in england, including doctors bite 2001. the welsh government said there was a commitment to improve access there was a commitment to improve a ccess services there was a commitment to improve access services with the extension ofa access services with the extension of a recruitment campaign. hugh pym, bbc news. new figures revealed to the bbc‘s

panorama programme show sepsis, or blood poisoning, isn't being picked up or treated quickly enough in some hospitals. the health secretaryjeremy hunt says more needs to be done to reduce the number of preventable deaths. alistairjackson reports. molests has been urging the nhs to improve sepsis care since her son died two years ago. —— melissa. he died two years ago. —— melissa. he died after the condition was not prevented. her battle to get to the truth led to the government vowing to make changes. but it came at a personal cost. at a time when i just wa nted personal cost. at a time when i just wanted the ground to swallow me up, i had to look at william's death objectively and put my emotions to a side. patients expecting it should get intravenous biotics quickly. nhs data analysed by panorama shows that overall, just over 60% of cases are getting

the treatment within that time. 0verall, across the nhs, we are screening 85% of people with potential sepsis who go into a&es. that's an increase from just over half, just over two years ago. the number of people who are getting antibiotics within an hour has gone up from half to just over 60%. now, there's still 40% who are not, so there's lots more work to do. nhs england estimates that with better treatment, 111,000 lives might be saved. it says hospitals are continuing to improve. alastairjackson, bbc news. and you can hear more about this story on panorama. "why mum died: britain's sepsis crisis." that's on bbc one at 8.30pm tonight. we have been following this for a month. it's been described by nasa as one of the most successful space missions of all time, but all good things must come to an end.

that is very true. the cassini space probe is preparing to make the final manoeuvre of its 13—year mission. the craft, which has been sending back images of saturn, will fly close to the giant moon, titan. this will send it crashing into the atmosphere of the ringed planet on friday, when it's likely to be destroyed within seconds. that sounds a bit dramatic. that sounds a bit dramaticm that sounds a bit dramatic. it has been my favourite story we have followed. presumably we will get more data, i like data, and information as well. they say it will come to an end, but it will carry on for me. i heard someone call it a suicide mission. it is that, yes! nobody will be hurt, thankfully. 13 years of data which

louise has enjoyed, and many others as well. we know more about water on saturn. i love the name titan. sounds like a movie. froome has gone through data in the last few weeks. what a body to be able to go through that workout. he started the tour of spain 27 days after finishing the tour de france. incredible. not satisfied with wining one grand tour in a year, chris froome has won two after sealing victory at the tour of spain. that was him. less than two months after winning a fourth tour de france, froome picked up a maiden win in the vuelta. he says he's hungry to keep adding to that tally too. rafael nadal has won the us open title for the third time. the spaniard beat kevin anderson in straight sets in new york to win his 16th grand slam title,

to leave nadaljust three short of roger federer‘s all time record of 19. between them, nadal and federer have won all the major titles on offer this season. he's not running on the track any more but there's no stopping mo. mo farah wins the great north run for a fourth year in a row. he says he's living the dream. kenya's mary keita ny wins the women's race. i love how we said he is still hungry for more success. if it was me, i would just the hungry. well done to the runners yesterday, so many thousands taking part in that. probably a bit sore today. people moan about chris froome never winning sports personality of the, he's probably got the best chance this year. yes. -- sports

personality of the year. we are talking about hurricane irma through the programme this morning. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. where might she go next? good morning, a quick update, the storm has moved inland across florida, to the east of tampa, because it's not over the water is any more you're taking away its energy source so it will decay through the rest of the day. —— waters. may be 75—100 mph in the short term and damaging winds will push with flooding rains into florida and georgia. with the decay we have to keep a close eye on hurricanejose, we have to keep a close eye on hurricane jose, you might we have to keep a close eye on hurricanejose, you might have heard of it, that has the small chance of pushing to the bahamas and maybe florida later in the week, we will keep you updated. to the uk, speckled cloud on the satellite, a sign of showers. a real autumnal feeling week ahead, that includes today, schoolie and at times thundery showers and particularly lively winds. —— squalling.

especially this morning in parts of south wales and south—west england, gusts in excess of gale force wind they will extend to the english channel so a few branches here and there and certainly big puddles from there and certainly big puddles from the lively showers and lots of showers in england and wales in particular, northern ireland and the north of scotland. with winds from the north and north—west it favours parts of southern scotland and north—east england. the showers where you see them will be heavy with hail and thunder. moving across quickly thanks to the strength of the breeze, sunshine in between. in sunny moments not feeling too bad but when the showers come through and you're stuck with the breeze a rather cool feeling day. staying blustery through the night with the winds easing down a bit, western areas still seeing showers, eastern areas still seeing showers, eastern areas drier and clearer and to the south—east in rural parts we could see temperatures dropping 27 or eight, most places around ten or 11 as start tomorrow morning —— dropping to seven or eight.

tomorrow, still breezy, not as breezy as this morning. while we have showers mainly in the west to start with, one or two further east, more will have a dry day on tuesday and if you see a shower it might be and if you see a shower it might be a brief portion of the day before the cloud thickens up and use the rain in ireland later. temperatures tomorrow look on the face of it the same as today —— you see rain. we finished the day with a deep area of low pressure pushing in. not developed yet so some uncertainty, will push across central uk and england and wales in particular could see tales if not severe gales to ta ke could see tales if not severe gales to take us into wednesday and that could cause some damage, also disruption to start wednesday morning and a blustery day will follow again with sunshine and showers. a typical week in autumn. back to you both. i know you'll be with us through the morning so thanks very much for the moment. little grim where we are this morning but let's have a look at the papers. pictures

of what's been happening with hurricane irma. millions flee. we will be there through the morning and we will speak to some police chiefs from miami shortly. this is the main story on the front page of the main story on the front page of the guardian. the front page of the times talking about irma, a dramatic picture and dramatic pictures of the night of the road is turning into rivers and they are talking about their story from coral springs, they've got a correspondent there, irma slammed us with rain like bullets —— roads. the pope with a shiner after he lost his balance in the popemobile in columbia. bleach is linked to fatal lung disease, using bleach and other common disinfectants to clean the house puts people at risk of fatal lung conditions. let's have a look at another few, the front page of the mirror talks about north korea. britain could soon be in range according to sir michael fallon,

they've been talking to him. the sun are talking about the rooneys, they we re are talking about the rooneys, they were talking about him last week as well. the daily mail, torment of the hurricane brits, and paul hollywood 14 hurricane brits, and paul hollywood 1a or 15 years ago at a fancy dress party that got him involved over the weekend and he has talked about his regret trying to explain that situation. what have you got, sally? i love it when they do this at the end of the tours. we know so much about the team for cyclists, chris froome has been part of a team that supported other riders and here he is in the middle, victorious yesterday with the rest of his teammates who helped him win. as simple as that. it's a real team effort. interesting piece from matt dickinson about froome saying a lot of the time people say he isn't particularly warm or emotional but over the weekend he broke down crying at the effort of what he had done and the emotion of doing that incredible achievement of winning in spaina incredible achievement of winning in

spain a couple of weeks after he won the tour de france. 0ne spain a couple of weeks after he won the tour de france. one more little story that i hope you will love, dan, really quickly, mark hamill, know who he is? star wars. mark hamill has accidentally become a fan of wolverhampton wanderers. he is luke skywalker. someone tweeted him saying do you like wolves. he liked the tweet and he took that as saying, yes, i'm a fan of walls, he thought they meant the animal. as soon as you said that that's what i thought —— walls. soon as you said that that's what i thought -- walls. everyone thinks he isafan thought -- walls. everyone thinks he is a fan of the west midlands club, which of course he has been. a spokesman from wolves has said the force is strong with us at the moment after a strong start to the season. thanks very much. a growing number of people are seeking treatment for mental health issues but a new study by the royal college of psychiatrists has found access to specialists can vary hugely across the uk. so what's it like for patients trying to get help? we spoke to sarah, who was referred for care 300 miles away

from her home. at my darkest moment itjust... every day felt like a fortnight, you know? it was like things were never, ever going to change. i remember a couple of month where every week i was in hospital after another serious accident. i was self harming three, four times a day. it got to a point where i wasn't just self harming a day. it got to a point where i wasn'tjust self harming because i wasn'tjust self harming because i was distressed, i was self harming because i was obsessed with it. to get the right help was really

difficult, but i got sent to east sussex for treatment, which was over 300 miles away. when i was local, my mum used to come three orfour times when i was local, my mum used to come three or four times a week, you know, and she'd just sit there and talk to us, even if i didn't want to see her she'd be there reminding us what i had to live for. when i was down south i didn't have that. you know, there's not enough people to help. i think the problem is more and more people are getting into crisis because they don't get the help when they need it.

and, do you know what's scary? it's really scary not having the right people, not having enough people kambiri lee, really damaging. we'll be speaking to doctor kate lovett from the royal college of psychiatrists after 7am this morning. steph wasn't in the studio for the paper review because she is out and about today. i noticed. the uk's biggest garden industry trade show starts today. steph‘s in birmingham for us this morning to dig for more information. good morning. good morning, the macro “— good morning. good morning, the macro —— the puns are going to be terrible this morning. i'm at the

nec for this exhibition, 500 suppliers will be showing off their wares, it's for garden centres next year and it is thejob of wares, it's for garden centres next year and it is the job of trevor to decide which up—and—coming new things we should expect to see in garden centres next year. what have we got so far? we have interestingly got a fire bowl that's been sold as a planter and it's picking up on the fantastic trend at the moment of people planting more plants in pots. then we've got a mini tour area to encourage children to grow house plants at home, particularly carnivorous plants. solar lighting has been a great growth area for garden centres and here's three solar apples from a company that specialise in solar products. rather huge penny? for the business breakfast deco pack we have launched a1p breakfast deco pack we have launched a 1p steppingstone —— penny. breakfast deco pack we have launched a 1p steppingstone -- penny. we will be speaking to you later. it's an

industry worth around £5 billion to the uk economy and is expected to grow 8% over the next five years. it's only half of what they sell is plans and things so the rest they are making money from things like this, garden chairs, and the products they sell in the cafes. 0ver 50—year—old home—owners, they spend about £247 a year per household. 3 compare that with young renting couples with little or no garden, they only spend about £41; a year per household on their outside space. and gardens are getting smaller, or non—existent. a quarter of british adults under 45 have nowhere, not even a window ledge or balcony, in which to grow outdoor plants. we will have more on this later. first the news, travel and weather

where you are this morning. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. a campaign to teach drivers how to open their car doors so they don't hit cyclists has been launched. cycling uk says motorcyclists and pedestrians are also being injured and killed by drivers and their passengers carelessly opening doors. four people have died in as many years on our roads as a result. so there's a call to open car doors using the opposite hand giving a better view of the road. two men, one from wimbledon and the other from tunbridge wells, have died after the vehicle they were in struck pedestrians in east sussex. the accident happened in the village on ringmer near lewes on saturday evening. both men were aged 31. the pedestrians who were from south and south—west london suffered minor injuries. the singerjames blunt thought it was a nice day to go out in a dinghy yesterday. but unusually, it was in hyde park on a sea of people. he was performing at radio 2 live in hyde park and when he finished his set he went crowd surfing in his inflatable.

let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning. 0n the trains, there are delays on southwestern trains between clapham junction and surbiton because of a problem with the track. and at the airports, hurricane irma has led to the cancellation of at least 17 flights at heathrow and gatwick to and from florida. the advice is to check with your airline if you are due to travel in the next few days. and on the roads, if you're on way to heathrow, nene road is closed for repairs to a burst water main. the outside lane on the a4 is closed as a result. if you were looking up at the skies yesterday, you may have seen this. if not, this is what you missed. 27 hot air balloons which lifted off from london city airport as part of the lord mayor's hot air balloon regatta. lord mayor andrew parmley is fundraising for campaigns which promote education and music in the community. let's have a check on the weather now with kate.

good morning. we're looking at a week of sunny spells and scattered showers. today's showers potentially could be quite heavy and you may even hear a rumble or two of thunder and it is going to be quite breezy as well. the wind is going to strengthen through the morning into the afternoon, blowing through these heavy showers. again we could get a little bit of hail, rumbles of thunder mixed in there, not feeling too warm with the wind as well as specially as those showers blow through but in the sunny spells between we're looking at thames between we're looking at thames between 17. into the evening those showers will become fewer and further between adventure lee fizzling out. the wind gradually falling lighter overnight leading to clear spells and a minimum temperature of 11 or 12. tomorrow it does look like a better day, a drier day at least. less showers, still the chance of one or two maybe tomorrow afternoon but the wind is

that little bit lighter for tuesday. the wind picks up again as we head into wednesday but still we'll get some sunny spells and those scattered showers continue through the week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. the necessary will be on bbc radio london from 7am. by bye for now. hello. this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: simply opening your car door can be deadly for cyclists. we'll show you a dutch technique to avoid these type of collisions and hear about the campaign for it to be taught here. eat your heart out, nasa. we'll be live in northumberland ahead of the launch of the uk's largest rocket, which could pave the way for tourists to visit space. and we'll have a fascinating interview with a relative of one of the majorfigures of the 20th century. arun gandhi will be here to share the lessons he learnt

from his grandfather, mahatma gandhi. it is all about anger. that is coming up. also richard dormerfrom game of thrones. but now a summary of this morning's main news. hurricane irma has slammed into the west coast of florida, bringing with it intense rainfall, severe flooding, violent winds and tornadoes. at least three people have died since the storm made landfall on sunday, hitting miami and the florida keys, before heading for tampa. power supplies have been cut to more than three millions homes and businesses. president trump said he would visit florida as soon as possible and said

he was happy with the response so far. every group is co—ordinating very well. the bad news is this is some big monster. buti well. the bad news is this is some big monster. but i think we are very well co—ordinated. let's speak now to major richard rand and deputy chief kevin prescott from the north miami beach police department. good morning to both of you. evening in yourtime. good morning to both of you. evening in your time. how are things at the moment? what is the latest situation? right now we have a team of officers out looking at the damage. we are going house—to—house in some areas and checking alleyways and businesses and looking for looters and live wires that are

down, and flooding. is that you're main concern at the moment, these live wires? correct. they are the main concern. no one can come out to fix them because of the amount of wind blowing. we do not send any first responders out over a certain wind limit. it is unsafe for them. so we try our best to mark the areas and make sure they are safe. presumably if there are live wires and people step in the water, they are in serious danger. yes. we are telling everyone to stay home. there isa telling everyone to stay home. there is a curfew. 0nce telling everyone to stay home. there is a curfew. once the wind dies down we will have patrol officers

patrolling to warn people to go home safely. give us an idea of the kind of things you have been dealing with over the past few days and hours. we have been here in the emergency operations centre for 36 hours straight, myself and the deputy chief. around 430 we got reports of a single mother and her four—month—old infant trapped in their home with rising water unable to get out. the neighbours were calling very concerned. they could not get to them. we sent a unique vehicle we purchased many years ago for situations like this. we were able to go out in the middle of the storm and rescue them and get them out safely and take them to a shelter and... sorry, go out safely and take them to a shelterand... sorry, go ahead. out safely and take them to a shelter and... sorry, go ahead. no, you go ahead. we also responded to a stabbing. two people were stabbed.

fire rescue and police couldn't get out there due to weather. so we used this unique vehicle. we transported the victims to the local trauma centre and were able to catch the person responsible for the stabbing. we have been very, very productive today. now it is just a matter of getting boots on the ground to make sure all of the residents are safe and we can get business back to normal. deputy chief, wendy you think you will be able to start doing that? -- when do you. right now it is night—time. 1:30am. when the sun comes up tomorrow, it is going to be a different day. many lives will have changed. we will do our best to make sure we help all the citizens of this community to adjust and try to get them back to a sense of normalcy. we are looking at

working with fire rescue, all the public services, to get things back to normalfor public services, to get things back to normal for everyone. public services, to get things back to normalfor everyone. i am hoping it will be as soon as possible. we are assessing damages. hopefully everything will be, you know, we hope it works in our favour to get everything back to normal. good luck to all of you. thank you for talking to all of you. thank you for talking to us at this really busy time. thank you very much indeed for your time. best of luck. thank you. while florida is reeling from the effects of hurricane irma, latest pictures from the carribean show the extent of the damage across the region. in tortola, houses have been devastated, leaving many without roofs and contents scattered for miles. look at that. residents are in desperate need of food, clothing and clean water. the foreign secretary said british troops are working with local police on the british virgin islands amid reports of looting. we will keep you right up—to—date

with events unfolding on the programme. the general secretary of the tuc, frances 0'grady, has described the government's negotiating position on brexit as a "letter to sa nta . " at the organisation's annual congress, she will urge political parties to consider staying in the single market after britain leaves the eu. and actually we will be speaking to her soon here. people with mental health problems are suffering due to a huge variation in access to nhs psychiatrists across the uk according to new analysis. the royal college of psychiatrists is calling for more to be recruited to improve care. a department of health spokesperson said its ambition is to create 21,000 new posts by 2021. it is time to talk to sally. shall we talk about cycling? how amazing for chris froome is. he said it was the best year for him and for chris froome is. he said it was the best yearfor him and it for chris froome is. he said it was

the best year for him and it will be ha rd to the best year for him and it will be hard to top. good morning, everyone. chris froome says it'll be hard to top what he described as the best year of his career after winning his maiden tour of spain title. froome could enjoy a glass of bubbly or two on yesterday's procession into madrid. perhaps it was beer. despite winning the tour de france four times, froome had been runner—up at the vuelta on three occasions before finally taking top spot on the podium. rather ominously for his rivals, he's no plans on stopping anytime soon. it is just the dream. to win two grand tours like this, i'm still coming to terms with it. it is an amazing feeling. i still have a lot to wa nt amazing feeling. i still have a lot to want to achieve in my career. i am not thinking of retiring anytime soon. but it will be hard to top this, for sure. the tour of britain also came to a close in cardiff. the final stage went from worcester to the welsh capital. norway's edvald boasson hagen won the stage but he couldn't stop the overnight leader, the netherlands‘ lars boom winning his second tour of britain title. geraint thomas was the best placed briton in seventh. rafael nadal has won the us open for the third time, beating kevin anderson

in straight sets overnight. the world number one was rarely challenged in the match to win the 16th grand slam title of his career. he's nowjust three short of roger federer‘s all time record of 19. there is no better way to finish the grand slam season for me. that was a very emotional season in all aspects. i am very emotional season in all aspects. iam happy very emotional season in all aspects. i am happy with the way that i played, happy with the way that i played, happy with the way that i played, happy with the way that i managed the pressure. the whole event was great. crystal palace manager frank de boer has admitted he "doesn't know" if he'll be given time to try and turn around the club's fortunes. palace have had the worst start to the season in premier league history after they were beaten 1—0 at burnley yesterday. they've lost all four of their games and are yet to score a league goal. de boer was asked about his future after the match. i don't know. the only thing i can control, you know, is to work very ha rd control, you know, is to work very hard with the boys. hopefully i can

do that for a long period. newcastle are in the top half of the table afterjamaal lascelles‘ goal gave them a 1—0 win at swansea. newcastle's manager rafa benitez missed the match as he's recovering from surgery, but had planned a dramatic arrival by helicopter. at the end, he decided the weather conditions were not the best. he had to stay at home. we tried to convince him. and finally we could. he has been resting. he has been watching on tv and has been keeping in touch with us. a thrilling burst of speed from sir mo farah took him to a record breaking fourth great north run in a row. farah moved into the lead with 200 metres to go and then burst clear to finish in a time of one hour, six seconds. he's retired from track racing so he can concentrate his efforts on competing on the road. you want to retire, then you look

back and say, oh my god. now it is time to move to the road and relax and really enjoy it, really. the women's race was won by kenya's mary ketarny. it was her third great north run victory and she finished with the third fastest women's time in the race's history. new zealand's jake robertson finished second behind mo farah, but he probably had other things on his mind. straight after the race he asked his girlfriend and fellow runner magdalena masai to marry him. as you can probably tell, she said "yes." that is literally on the finish—line. that is literally on the finish-line. that is gorgeous. i did not know that. did he carry a ring around with him? i don't know. i wonder if he did. you don't want any extra weight. some people get married and go for a run. it goes without saying that she said yes.

wonderful way to end it. and fitzpatrick 23! we will show you some pictures soon from the golf. public sector pay, zero—hours contracts and the challenges of brexit are just some of the issues on the agenda at the annual trade unions congress. do you know what... good morning. there is a lot of stuff here where you think, i love that, i love that, but i don't have a garden. the gardening industry wants to capitalise on people who have no outdoor space. this is an oxygen bubble. it is an area of tranquillity where you can absorb the oxygen produced by the plants. it is one of the many products. there are 550 suppliers exhibiting

wares. it is an industry worth £5 billion to the uk economy, growing at 8% over the next five years. that is the prediction. of course, as we get more people without outdoor space, garden centres have to think about how to make money for people without gardens. tell us a bit about how the industry is doing. pretty good. 5% up this year. started well. it has gone down as the weather has gone down. pretty good. we are looking hard to see how we can bring back market. how do you attract the younger market? well, we are looking at succulents and cafes and trying to get greener and more ethical which is what younger people are looking for. what is interesting is how garden centres have to adapt. they don't come to buy plants now,

it is the experience. i remember that as a child, i wasn't bothered about the plans, but you get a nice drink. that is part of it. definitely. the younger gardener is the holy grail to get here. to do that you have a lovely cafe and a soft play area for the children. it is an afternoon out. much of this is stuff we will see in garden centres in 2008 in. what should we expect? -- 2018. in 2008 in. what should we expect? —— 2018. natural chemicals are the way we are exploring and exploiting the vegan and natural market. getting away from harsh chemicals and moving to natural solutions for pla nts and moving to natural solutions for plants and diseases. what about the products around? i was talking to someone who said it is about

pla nters someone who said it is about planters and pots to put things in. there's a whole load of things about indoor potting and gifts and putting your cacti in. we got one of the bosses from the garden centres, why ville, the biggest one, how business goes for you this year? we've had a good year and we are optimistic for the autumn, which is almost upon us. what are the trends we are seeing, we had from matthew about the move towards ethical gardening, what are you seeing? there's a real move towards more conscientious gardening, customers are buying more natural products of the chemical alternatives and there's a trend coming through in organic gardening so people fertilise their plants are now opting for more organic plant seeds as opposed to traditional chemical based seeds. what about attracting young people, what about

young gardeners, matthew said that the holy grail, a young person in a garden centre? younger people are already coming to visit us. when you look at how customers behave in the garden centres, it's no longer about collecting a plant and a bag of compost, people are coming for a real day out and they're looking for experienced. we have restaurants in most of our garden centres so they are coming for tea and coffee with the family and children, stopping for lunch and using the soft play area is —— experienced. we're seeing area is —— experienced. we're seeing a real change in the demographic of customers coming through the doors —— soft play areas. customers coming through the doors -- soft play areas. thanks for coming down. so much to show you off here, i'm going to try and take you around but it is obviously huge. we'll try later on. there's something about garden centres, you go in and you think you wa nt centres, you go in and you think you want one thing and you come out with four normally for me. coakley! cloverlea! and you don't even have space for it but you just buy loads of things —— totally! ! totally!”

know, you go in and want one thing and you come out with a ten kilograms bag of cashew nuts. one of my favourite birthday presents was a wheelbarrow. you are easily pleased! ifi wheelbarrow. you are easily pleased! if i got my wife a wheelbarrow i think that would be the end of my marriage! here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. some of our viewers will be lucky enough to start the day like this, dry with sunshine coming up and blue skies overhead but it is not the same everywhere , skies overhead but it is not the same everywhere, more of you are starting with a day like this, ple nty of starting with a day like this, plenty of showers around and fairly light showers in nottinghamshire re ce ntly light showers in nottinghamshire recently but for some those showers are particularly heavy and squally and they come with strong and gusty winds. the strongest winds in the south—west this morning, we've seen winds in the south coast of wales near cardiff around 55 or 56 mph with widespread gales and gusts in the south and south—west this morning. blustery elsewhere and while many in parts of eastern

england start dry the showers push in here and showers possible anywhere. grab some waterproof than before you head out in case. potentially heavy showers with hail and thunderand potentially heavy showers with hail and thunder and they will wipe across the sky quickly given the strength of the wind and sunshine in between. the likes of glasgow, edinburgh and dundee, the wind direction could favour you for a dry days of the best spot to stay dry but in the breeze wherever you are, especially with the showers, a cool day by and large. breezy tonight, showers in many eastern areas fade away but continue in the west, especially western scotland and north—west england, north—west midlands and north wales but with clearer skies in the east, if the winds fall light enough especially in east anglia and the south—east we could see temperatures around six or seven to start tomorrow. a call start to tuesday morning but sunny scenes for most —— call start. largely dry for central and eastern areas. some showers in the west, not as many as today, but they will progress further east but more will

stay dry especially in the south and if you get a shower it won't be for much of the day. cloud gathering in the west later, temperatures feeling warmer than today given the fact the winds are lighter but they pick up on tuesday night, nasty area of low pressure in the central swathe of the uk, parts of northern england, north wales and north midlands could see widespread gales if not severe gales around the coasts. 0n wednesday you could have some degree on the roads, large puddles after heavy rain through the night, especially in the northern portion of england, the midlands and north wales. that whips out into the north sea during the day. staying windy on wednesday, sunshine and showers but we dragged in the winds from a colder direction, temperatures in scotland only around 12 or 13 —— drag. we continue with that cool, autumnal feel through the rest of the working week. back to you both. certainly does feel autumnal, see you later! the general secretary of the tuc,

frances 0'grady, joins us from brighton this morning. plenty to discuss, thanks for coming on the programme. we understand the government will formally breach 1% pay cap for the first time in a while this week, this is something you've been campaigning for for a while, you seeing this as a victory? there's 5 million hard—working public servants and they have put up with seven long years of this pay 93p- with seven long years of this pay gap. rather than teasing us through the pages of newspapers, the prime minister should just tell the treasurer to get on with it, get rid of the cap and give nurses, firefighters the pay rise they deserve. it was explained originally as being due to the recession, can

the government actually afford the rises? iss put the cost at between 1% and 2% of public spending —— ifs. but remember, families can't afford this pay cap. we've seen public serva nts this pay cap. we've seen public servants out of pocket to the tune of thousands of pounds in real terms. now, families haven't got a magic money tree either and people should be paid a fair rate for the job. it's all very well politicians talking about how much they value emergency workers and public serva nts emergency workers and public servants in general but it's about time they got that pay rise. and across—the—board by the way, pay shouldn't be a popularity contest, all public servants deserve the rise. one of the things you're going to be talking about today is brexit and specifically you're going to say the uk should stay in the single market after brexit. this not only flies in the face of the referendum result but also the feelings of many of your members?

well, don't forget, we are of course leaving the eu, but there are countries who are members of the single market who aren't in the european union. what i'm saying is keep all options on the table. we've set some tests to protectjobs, livelihoods and workers' rights. we know if britain stayed in the single market it would make those tests, it's not perfect, but it would meet those tests. if there are better options i would like to hear them. 0ver options i would like to hear them. over the weekend it emerged many union bosses are paid over £100,000 a year, are you one of those? about iam. i'm a year, are you one of those? about i am. i'm on a good wage. not as good, of course, as the average for top bosses, which is now £5 million. we are doing a job here on behalf of working people. of course one of our

priority is tackling low pay and unfair pay in britain —— priorities. you are working for those who are less fortu nate you are working for those who are less fortunate on a lower wage, do you feel there's a whiff of hypocrisy of the high wages you command? i'm on a good wage. i wouldn't argue with that. but, as i said, ithink wouldn't argue with that. but, as i said, i think the real problem in britain is top bosses are now earning 160 times what the average worker earns. i'm on 11.5 times what our workers earn. i'm not denying him ona our workers earn. i'm not denying him on a good wage. let's concentrate... we've seen in the media what's happening at the top there and we know in ftse100 companies, top bosses are on £5 million on average per year. i think greed at the top should be focused on where the problem lies, in the

boardroom, and that's why we have been calling on the government to hold good on what they had promised, which was workers on boards and on remuneration committees to start getting a grip at the top. francis, thanks for your time, frances 0'grady from the tuc. —— frances. our next story is about a childhood dream which has turned into a lifelong career. steve bennett has always been fascinated with rockets and space. now he is preparing for the launch of his latest rocket, that he hopes will take him a step closer to his goal of taking tourists into space. dave guest is in northumberland for us, near to where the launch will take place later this morning. dave, tell us more about this rocket? welcome to the 0tterburn ranges, a hive of activity at the moment where they get ready to launch a 27 foot rocket which they hope will go thousands of feet into the sky. this is the latest venture for steve

bennett, britain's own rocketman, he has been more than 25 years trying to make sure britain has its place in the space race and this is his latest effort. he may have spent 25 yea rs on latest effort. he may have spent 25 years on this but his love affair with space and began far, far earlier. asa as a boy, steve bennett became accessible with rockets and space travel. as a man, he turned a childhood passion into a career. his mission, 21—day launch a rocket that could carry people into space. when i first started this project off 25 yea rs i first started this project off 25 years ago people thought i was mad but these days there's lots of people talking about space tourism and lots people doing this kind of thing. so, yeah, it's not if we'll 90, thing. so, yeah, it's not if we'll go, it's when we'll go. he spent more than 25 years building and testing rockets of various sizes and testing rockets of various sizes and complexes the. some have proved successful. this one soared over morecambe bay in the early years of the 21st—century. 0thers haven't

quite lived up to expectations. but as steve will tell you it is rocket science and it's rarely straightforward. this on two years ago didn't quite behave as it should. didn't quite go as planned, but we know what went wrong, we're going to fix it and we're going to go again. a problem with the rocket propellant, it didn't ignite properly, it over pressurised the rocket motor, damaged the rocket nozzle and the proponent went out, the rocket fuel just shut down. nozzle and the proponent went out, the rocket fueljust shut down. but steve has high hopes for this one. stybar will be launched over northumberland later this morning. it's going to go rehire, really fast, lots of fire and spoke and there's lots of on—board experiments and it systems we need to test, that's why we're doing this. and as the countdown begins, steve will be keeping everything crossed for a trouble—free launch. he willjoin us later to see how

preparations are going and i will tell you about a special passenger on board. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. a campaign to teach drivers how to open their car doors so they don't hit cyclists has been launched. cycling uk says motorcyclists and pedestrians are also being injured and killed by drivers and their passengers carelessly opening doors. four people have died in as many years on our roads as a result. so there's a call to open car doors using the opposite hand giving a better view of the road. two men, one from wimbledon and the other from tunbridge wells, have died after the vehicle they were in struck pedestrians in east sussex. the accident happened in the village on ringmer near lewes on saturday evening. both men were aged 31. the pedestrians who were from south and south—west london suffered minor injuries. the singerjames blunt thought it was a nice day to go out in a dinghy yesterday.

but unusually, it was in hyde park on a sea of people. he was performing at radio 2 live in hyde park and when he finished his set he went crowd surfing in his inflatable. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning. 0n the trains, there are delays on south west trains between clapham junction and surbiton because of a problem with the track. and at the airports, hurricane irma has led to the cancellation of at least 17 flights at heathrow and gatwick to and from florida. the advice is to check with your airline if you are due to travel in the next few days. and on the roads, if you're on way to heathrow, nene road is closed for repairs to a burst water main. the outside lane on the a4 is closed as a result. if you were looking up at the skies yesterday, you may have seen this. if not, this is what you missed.

27 hot air balloons which lifted off from london city airport as part of the lord mayor's hot air balloon regatta. lord mayor andrew parmley is fundraising for campaigns which promote education and music in the community. let's have a check on the weather now with kate. good morning. we're looking at a week of sunny spells and scattered showers. today's showers potentially could be quite heavy and you may even hear a rumble or two of thunder and it is going to be quite breezy as well. the wind is going to strengthen through the morning into the afternoon, blowing through these heavy showers. again we could get a little bit of hail, rumbles of thunder mixed in there. it's not going to feel too warm with the wind as well as specially as those showers blow through but in the sunny spells between we're looking at temperatures of around 17. into the evening, those showers will become fewer and further between, eventually fizzling out.

the wind gradually falling lighter overnight leading to clear spells and a minimum temperature of 11 or 12. tomorrow it does look like a better day, a drier day at least. less showers, still the chance of one or two maybe tomorrow afternoon, but the wind is that little bit lighter for tuesday. the wind picks up again as we head into wednesday but still we'll get some sunny spells and those scattered showers continue through the week. va nessa vanessa feltz has just gone on air with her breakfast show and she is on until 10am. hello. this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. hurricane irma batters florida, as strong winds and storm surges leave at least three people dead. long stretches off the coast are flooded as the hurricane reaches the city of tampa. millions of homes are without power and authorities say the situation is still very dangerous. we are letting people know if they have live power wires down in the backyards and frontyards, don't go outside. latest pictures show the devastation in the caribbean where at least

25 people died. homes and boats have been destroyed and a state of emergency declared. good morning. it's monday the 11th of september. also this morning: a warning to labour. "back the government or risk a "chaotic" exit from the eu." a postcode lottery in psychiatric care across the uk. medical experts claim people with mental health problems are losing out because of a lack of specialist consultants. good morning. we are at a gardening exhibition. it is an industry worth £5 billion in the economy in the uk. it is growing 8% in the next five years. i will

look at how it is doing that. in sport, chris froome creates more history on two wheels. he adds the tour of spain to his four tour de france titles in a year he calls he's best ever. and matt has the weather. good morning. while irma weekends, a blustery week in store for england. very autumnal. sunshine and heavy downpours. i will have the forecast for you coming up in15 i will have the forecast for you coming up in 15 minutes. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. hurricane irma is battering the west coast of florida, bringing with it intense rainfall, severe flooding, violent winds and tornadoes. at least three people have died since the storm made landfall on sunday, hitting miami and the florida keys, before heading for tampa. power supplies have been cut to more than three millions homes and businesses. 0vernight, our correspondent, jane 0'brien, sent this report from miami. miami may have dodged the eye

of irma, but the city was still inundated by water from the sea and sky. 0cean surges and torrential rain swamped the financial district. oh my god. all day sunday, people were told to seek shelter from the hurricane—force winds. wind speeds here are still in excess of 90 miles per hour! and up here on the fourth floor balcony, they are more like 100 miles per hour. and just to give you an idea of the force of the impact of the combined rain and wind, take a look at this lake behind me. it has completely flooded. the water pushed up over the bank and is now approaching the car park. the florida keys took the first direct hit as irma strengthened to a category 4. a relief effort is under way

to reach those who decided to stay. we have thousands of officers and officials on hand to rescue people as soon as it is safe. but they cannot help you until the storm has passed. you need to stay in a safe place. weakened to a category two but no less dangerous, irma is now sweeping over florida's west coast. president trump has promised every assistance and plans to visit the state later this week. jane 0'brien, bbc news, miami. let's speak to bbc weather‘s tomasz schafernaker who's in tampa in florida. what's the situation there now? this is real. 0ne

this is real. one hour ago i said the wind and visibility got better. before i spoke to you, it went down to zero, the wind, for a few minutes. then we had an hour of calm weather. and then the wind has come backin weather. and then the wind has come back in 15 minutes, doing a complete 180. ican back in 15 minutes, doing a complete 180. i can prove it. look at that street at a pedestrian crossing, you can see sheets of rain going from one direction to the other. i can tell you that about an hour ago, it was going in the was going in opposite tell you that about an hour ago, it was going in opposite direction. it sounded like there was a train in

the distance. things were roaring and crashing and smashing. in the distance, we could see the sky lighting up with big, blue light, probably transformers blowing, not being able to stand the test of the wind. thank you very much. he was in tampa. soon we will speak to a british tourists caught up in the storm along with her young family. —— tourist. residents are in need of food and clothing and more importantly food and clothing and more im porta ntly clea n food and clothing and more importantly clean water. the foreign secretary said that his troops are working with british police on the virgin islands. there have been some reports of looting. we have been discussing the situation in the overseas

territories where things continue to be very grim indeed. but we are getting a lot of aid. 500 uk troops are in the region now. as we speak, i think we have more than 50 british police going on their way to the british virgin islands and other places. the brexit secretary, david davis, has warned mps that voting against the european union withdrawal bill later today would amount to backing a "chaotic" exit from the eu. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason, joins us now from westminster. chris, how many mps are expected to vote against the bill and when should we know the result? is it going to be a nervous, awkward day? plenty of debate to come. in terms of awkwardness, there will be some of that. but the government does not really run any risk of losing today. why is that? labour and the lib dems and the scottish national party will vote against the conservatives, but, those

conservatives, but, those conservatives have shown reservations but will not revolt. and there are some labour mps who may defy and there are some labour mps who may denyeremy corbyn and actually vote with the government because they don't want to appear to be going soft on the whole idea of delivering brexit. it is essential to make sure there is a smooth brexit, says david davies, and this deal goes through. labour says they are not opposed to the idea of brexit, more the idea of the way it is managed, as it means there will not be enough scrutiny of the data. it will happen tomorrow very early. not happening until well after midnight, we are told. thank you. it will happen early. i set four

alarms. i was close to sleeping in last night as my phone ran out of battery. the general secretary of the tuc, frances 0'grady, has described the government's negotiating position on brexit as a "letter to sa nta . " at the organisation's annual congress, she will urge political parties to consider staying in the single market after britain leaves the eu. 5 million hard—working public serva nts 5 million hard—working public servants have put up with seven long yea rs of servants have put up with seven long years of this pay cap. and i think rather than teasing us through the pages of newspapers, the prime minister should just tell the chancellor to get on with it, scrap that cap, and give nurses and midwives and firefighters the pay rise they deserve. people with mental health problems are suffering due to a huge variation in access to specialists across the uk according to new analysis. the royal college of psychiatrists says that more nhs psychiatrists need to be recruited to improve care.

0ur health editor, hugh pym, reports. new figures revealed to the bbc‘s panorama programme show sepsis, or blood poisoning, isn't being picked up or treated quickly enough in some hospitals. the health secretaryjeremy hunt says more needs to be done to reduce the number of preventable deaths. you can hear more of that story on panorama. "why mum died: britain's sepsis crisis." that's on bbc one at 8.30pm tonight. we have been following this for a month. we give you lots of updates. it has been incredibly successful. it's been described by nasa as one of the most successful space missions of all time,

but all good things must come to an end. the cassini space probe is preparing to make the final manoeuvre of its 13—year mission. the craft, which has been sending back images of saturn, will fly close to the giant moon, titan. this will send it crashing into the atmosphere of the ringed planet on friday, when it's likely to be destroyed within seconds. and that will be it. some scientists this weekend will be getting emotional. it has been theirjob for many years. thank you for being with us this monday morning. we have been talking about what is happening in the path of hurricane irma, which has gone further north to orlando. it has been weakening, but is still going over 100 miles per hour. we will talk to a tourist and her family. how are you doing? what is

the situation? it is quite hairy and scary. still very strong winds, lots and lots of rain. worrying. but we are ok. you are in a house. has been boarded up? no, we are in a villa. we are not boarded up, though some houses on this street are. we have been told to sit tight and get some water and food and sleep in a cupboard if necessary. have you planned for that? what have you told your children? we made it more exciting for them and told them we would be camping in the garage. we did not want to worry them. as far as you understand, as the storm passed you? as you understand, as the storm passed you ? where as you understand, as the storm passed you? where is it? we lost it

on the television. the television stopped working about an hour and a half ago. we are not sure what is going on at the moment. we heard it might be here by three. eight, your time. good luck when that happens. what are your plans afterwards? would you have gone home if you could? yes. if we had known it would hit this strong, as we are in davenport, we would have come home. but they have evacuated florida keys people as a priority. we are not due to come home on the wednesday. whether the airport will be open by then, we have no idea until it has gone past, what kind of devastation it will cause. have you got supplies and petrol in the car? we were told to fill up the car with gas. that is full. after we did that, it

com pletely full. after we did that, it completely ran out. there was nowhere to get any more. every petrol station has run out. luckily we got the last bit of water on the shelves two days ago. and then everywhere shot. it is just a case of sitting it out and riding it out. 0k. thank you. good luck to you. thank you. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. we were talking to charlotte in 0rlando there, where is the storm heading now? heading towards the west of orlando at the moment. this was the storm 2a hours ago as it reached florida, then pushed north, the storm is south—west of 0rlando but it's now a category one. we've taken away the heat source of the sea, now it is overland it will weaken, still damaging gusts and rain and potential flooding weaken, still damaging gusts and

rain and potentialflooding but weaken, still damaging gusts and rain and potential flooding but it will go north into parts of georgia by the end of the day but not quite over potentially for florida or the bahamas. this is hurricanejose and there's the chance that could go towards the likes of bahamas and florida through the latter pages of the week —— stages. 0ur florida through the latter pages of the week —— stages. our own shores, speckled cloud on the satellite indicates we have shower clouds today, a typical autumn day in much of the uk. some showers heavy and squally, squally in that they come with strong and gusty winds, thunder and hail can't be ruled out. strongest winds in south wales and southern england this morning seeing gusts in excess of a045 southern england this morning seeing gusts in excess of 4045 mph —— 45 and 45 mph and we've seen heavy gusts in parts of cardiff. strong gusts in parts of cardiff. strong gusts easing but blustery across the board. bright enough in eastern england, you're not immune from showers here, anyone could see showers here, anyone could see showers through the day. pushing through quickly in the breeze, sunshine in between, in scotland,

longer spells of rain in the north—east, glasgow, edinburgh and dundee, you could be lucky, the wind direction could favour fewer showers and you could stay dry all day but cool in those showery conditions, temperatures in the mid—teens for many. tonight blustery conditions for many, showers bathing in the east, in the west they keep going all night and keeping temperatures up all night and keeping temperatures up with the winds, but with lighter winds in east anglia and the south—east, rural parts could see six or seven on tuesday morning. tomorrow we start on a cool night. still breezy and not a strong with the winds as today, a few showers in the winds as today, a few showers in the west, not as many or as frequent. 0ne the west, not as many or as frequent. one or two will go east in the breeze. 0n frequent. one or two will go east in the breeze. on tuesday if anything, fewer showers, more will be dry, feeling less chilly given the lighter winds at least to begin with, by the end of the day there's rain into ireland and that will be coming by strengthening winds. 0n tuesday night into wednesday, a heads up, low pressure system could

track anywhere, the southern flank, northern england, the midlands and northern england, the midlands and north wales could see severe gales through the night into wednesday. heavy rain with it. lots of big puddles and surface debris around to start wednesday morning and wednesday will still be another blustery day, sunshine and showers. note the temperatures, 12 or 13 in the northern half of the country. autumn is definitely with us. thanks very much, matt, thanks very much for that! a growing number of people are seeking treatment for mental health issues but a new study by the royal college of psychiatrists has found access to specialists can vary hugely across the uk. so what's it like for patients trying to get help? we spoke to sarah who was referred for care 300 miles away from her home. at my darkest moment itjust... every day felt like a fortnight, you know? it was like things were never, ever going to change.

i remember a couple of month where every week i was in hospital after another serious accident. i was self harming three, four times a day. it got to a point where i wasn'tjust self harming because i was distressed, i was self harming because i was obsessed with it. to get the right help was really difficult, but i got sent to east sussex for treatment, which was over 300 miles away. when i was local, my mum used to come three or four times a week,

you know, and she'd just sit there and talk to us, even if i didn't want to see her she'd be there reminding us what i had to live for. when i was down south i didn't have that. you know, there's not enough people to help. i think the problem is more and more people are getting into crisis because they don't get the help when they need it. that was sarah telling us her story. joining us in the studio now is doctor kate lovett, dean of the royal college of psychiatrists. good morning and thank you for joining us. that gives you the sense of one individual‘s story, what's going on and why are people not getting access to psychiatrists?

well, we have historically under produced psychiatrists in this country. we are 700 short at the moment. what is very, very exciting about mental health at the moment is that there is a commitment from the current government to reform services. so they've pledged 570 additional psychiatrists, but we're already short. we're launching a campaign. we're very keen to encourage young people to choose psychiatry. it's amazingly rewarding asa psychiatry. it's amazingly rewarding as a speciality. i consider i have the best job as a speciality. i consider i have the bestjob in the world frankly. i've been at consultant now for around 16 years, but we haven't got the number of medical students coming through that are deciding to choose a speciality, to choose psychiatry, and we need to be doing a lot more than we have been to encourage people to come in. that's for a lot of historic reasons. medicine, along with the rest of society, has really suffered from

stigma. a lot of people are very, very scared about mental health and psychiatry‘s traditionally been downplayed by the rest of medicine. there's a bit of a pecking order. things like cardiology and surgery have traditionally been seen as attractive specialties, whereas things like general practice and psychiatry has been a little bit undermined and downplayed, so we're keen to, you know, highlight the benefits of the speciality both for patients... i can talk for ever about how fantastic myjob is, but what is really compelling is to hear patients' stories and to hear what patients' stories and to hear what patients say about the difference having a good psychiatrist made to their care. what sort of effect is it having on patients? we heard sarah's story, what stories have you been hearing? the stories i hear and the things i see in my clinical practice are, you know, if there isn't a permanent consultant in post

then we are very grateful there are local and psychiatrists that come and help out but one of the problems with that is a, many locums are very good but they haven't gone through the same rigourous training sometimes and interview process that permanent doctors have, but importantly for patients, they suffer from lack of continuity of care. i've heard stories about patients just having repeated locums. the thing about mental health and the thing about psychiatry is you really need to trust somebody to be able to tell them your story. we very often hear things for the first time that people haven't ever told anybody before. you're more likely to trust somebody if you only see them a couple of weeks at a time or every month. it really impacts on patients and their family, trust is month. it really impacts on patients and theirfamily, trust is an important part of this too. really briefly, it's a long time to study, isn't it? yes. you talked about

government investment, when might we see these new psychiatrists? the governorate has pledged £1.2 billion of additionalfunding governorate has pledged £1.2 billion of additional funding by 2020/21. we recommend 350 psychiatrists a year to the gmc so there's a long—running plan. we're not going to be able to change psychiatrists overnight to produce these 570 but what's good is there's now a recognition of the problem and there is a commitment to a longer—term strategy. we're working very closely to encourage people to choose psychiatry with our partners in organisations in the nhs in terms of health education england, nhs improvement and so on. we're also working very closely with medical schools. ok, very interesting to talk to you, doctor kate lovett, thanks for your time this morning. 0ne one thing we're talking about today is the uk garden industry. a massive trade show going on today. steffan

lupp it, you can understand why she was there straightaway as soon as the opportunity arrived —— steph‘s loves it. she is in birmingham this morning. it is fabulous here, so many amazing pla nts to it is fabulous here, so many amazing plants to see and you don't realise how many different varieties there are, notjust how many different varieties there are, not just about how many different varieties there are, notjust about plants because the gardening industry, worth about £5 billion to the economy, and it's all the added extras they sell as well, all the plant pots, they are big business at the moment, if we don't have a garden we put more plant pots in our houses and balconies. it's an industry expected to grow by 8% over the next five yea rs to grow by 8% over the next five years so to grow by 8% over the next five yea rs so one to grow by 8% over the next five years so one that is doing well at the moment. they are trying to get more young gardeners interested in joining the industry and being part of it, but also having more plants at home. george has set up his own app to try and do that. tell us about your app, george? the smart plant at allows

anyone to blow don macro beautiful plants. you can identify pests and chat to over 100 experts about your plant problems and your plans —— the smart plant app allows anyone to grow beautiful plants. how did you come up with the idea? there was an obvious customer problem and lots of people want their plants looked after but they don't know how. that is made! x for your time. we're going to have a good look round through the morning —— thanks for your time. let me leave you with this beautiful scene. let's get the news, travel and weather where you are this morning. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. a campaign to teach drivers how to open their car doors so they don't hit cyclists has been launched. cycling uk says motorcyclists and pedestrians are also being injured and killed by drivers and their passengers carelessly opening doors.

four people have died in as many years on our roads as a result. so there's a call to open car doors using the opposite hand giving a better view of the road. two men, one from wimbledon and the other from tunbridge wells, have died after the vehicle they were in struck pedestrians in east sussex. the accident happened in the village on ringmer near lewes on saturday evening. both men were aged 31. the pedestrians who were from south and south—west london suffered minor injuries. the singerjames blunt thought it was a nice day to go out in a dinghy yesterday. but unusually, it was in hyde park on a sea of people. he was performing at radio 2 live in hyde park and when he finished his set he went crowd surfing in his inflatable. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning. 0n the trains, there are delays on south west trains between clapham junction and surbiton because of a problem

with the track. and at the airports, hurricane irma has led to the cancellation of at least 17 flights at heathrow and gatwick to and from florida. the advice is to check with your airline if you are due to travel in the next few days. and on the roads, if you're on way to heathrow, nene road is closed for repairs to a burst water main. the outside lane on the a4 is closed as a result. if you were looking up at the skies yesterday, you may have seen this. if not, this is what you missed. 27 hot air balloons which lifted off from london city airport as part of the lord mayor's hot air balloon regatta. lord mayor andrew parmley is fundraising for campaigns which promote education and music in the community. let's have a check on the weather now with kate. good morning. we're looking at a week of sunny spells and scattered showers. today's showers potentially could be quite heavy and you may even hear a rumble or two of thunder and it is going to be quite

breezy as well. the wind is going to strengthen through the morning into the afternoon, blowing through these heavy showers. again we could get a little bit of hail, rumbles of thunder mixed in there. it's not going to feel too warm with the wind as well as specially as those showers blow through but in the sunny spells between we're looking at temperatures of around 17. into the evening, those showers will become fewer and further between, eventually fizzling out. the wind gradually falling lighter overnight leading to clear spells and a minimum temperature of 11 or 12. tomorrow it does look like a better day, a drier day at least. less showers, still the chance of one or two maybe tomorrow afternoon, but the wind is that little bit lighter for tuesday. the wind picks up again as we head into wednesday but still we'll get some sunny spells and those scattered showers continue through the week. va nessa vanessa feltz is on bbc radio

london. she's talking about sepsis and new figures that have been released about that. hello. this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning. hurricane irma has slammed into the west coast of florida, bringing with it intense rainfall, severe flooding, violent winds and tornadoes. at least three people have died since the storm made landfall on sunday, hitting miami and the florida keys, before heading for tampa. the storm has now been downgraded to a category1 hurricane, but forecasters say it remains very powerful with winds of around 85 miles an hour. the damage has been extensive with power supplies cut to more than three millions homes and businesses. earlier, we spoke to major richard rand and deputy chief kevin prescott from the north miami beach police department. they told us how dangerous the situation still is and the possibility of live

electrical wires in the water. the live wires are the main concern because power and light are not coming out to fix it because of the wind currently blowing. anything over 30 miles per hour we do not send any first responders out. it is very u nsafe. send any first responders out. it is very unsafe. what are you doing? presumably if there are live wires, the water is dangerous to people. presumably if there are live wires, the water is dangerous to peoplem is hugely dangerous. everyone should stay home. there is a curfew in effect at the time. tell us about what you have been trying to deal with in the last few days and hours. we have been in the emergency

operations centre for 36 hours straight, me and the deputy chief. now it is about getting boots on the ground and making sure all of the residents are ground and making sure all of the residents a re safe ground and making sure all of the residents are safe and getting business back to normal. wendy you think you will be able to start doing that? right now, it is night—time. —— when do you. possibly 1:30am. when the sun comes up tomorrow, it is going to be a different day. many lives are going to be changed. we are going to do our best to make sure we help all of the citizens and residents in this community to adjust and tried to get them back to a sense of normalcy. a really interesting insight into what is going on at the moment. while florida is reeling from the effects of hurricane irma, latest pictures from the carribean show the extent of the damage across the region. in tortola, houses have been devastated, leaving many without roofs and contents scattered for miles. residents are in desperate need of food, clothing and clean water. the foreign secretary said british

troops are working with local police on the british virgin islands amid reports of looting. we will keep you up—to—date with that. the brexit secretary, david davis, has warned mps that voting against the european union withdrawal bill later today would amount to backing a "chaotic" exit from the eu. the general secretary of the tuc, frances 0'grady, has described the government's negotiating position on brexit as a "letter to sa nta . " at the organisation's annual congress, she will urge political parties to consider staying in the single market after britain leaves the eu. we will speak to her in about 50

minutes. people with mental health problems are suffering due to a huge variation in access to specialists across the uk according to new analysis. the royal college of psychiatrists says that more nhs psychiatrists need to be recruited to improve care. bangladesh has said it is facing a massive challenge in providing shelter and humanitarian assistance to some 300,000 rohingya muslim refugees from neighbouring myanmar. the refugees are fleeing violence following a military crackdown in which hundreds have died and entire villages have been burned to the ground. the myanmar government has also rejected a truce offer by a rohingya militant group. you are now up—to—date with all the latest news. in ten minutes, we will have all of the weather. we haven't

had a panda story in a while. have we got one? no. we have cassini. since i've been here, it's been one panda story every three weeks. we are sadly lacking this monday morning. i have a beast for you though. chris froome. chris froome says it'll be hard to top what he described as the best year of his career after winning his maiden tour of spain title. froome could enjoy a glass of bubbly or two on yesterday's procession into madrid. it says bubbly but i think it was a beer. despite winning the tour de france four times, froome had been runner—up at the vuelta on three occasions before finally taking top spot on the podium. rather ominously for his rivals, he's no plans on stopping anytime soon. it is just the dream. to win two grand tours like this, i'm still coming to terms with it. it is an amazing feeling.

i still have a lot to want to achieve in my career. i am not thinking of retiring anytime soon. but it will be hard to top this, for sure. that is the smile of a champion, everyone. the tour of britain also came to a close in cardiff. the final stage went from worcester to the welsh capital. norway's edvald boasson hagen won the stage but he couldn't stop the overnight leader, the netherlands‘ lars boom winning his second tour of britain title. geraint thomas was the best placed briton in seventh. rafael nadal has won the us open for the third time, beating kevin anderson in straight sets overnight. the world number one was rarely challenged in the match to win the 16th grand slam title of his career. he's nowjust three short of roger federer‘s all time record of 19. there is no better way to finish the grand slam season for me. that was a very emotional season in all aspects. i am happy with the way that i played, happy with the way that i managed the pressure. the whole event was great. crystal palace manager frank de boer has admitted he "doesn't know" if he'll be given time to try and turn around the club's fortunes. palace have had the worst start to the season in premier league history after they were beaten 1—0

at burnley yesterday. they've lost all four of their games and are yet to score a league goal. de boer was asked about his future after the match. i don't know. the only thing i can control, you know, is to work very hard with the boys. hopefully i can do that for a long period. newcastle are in the top half of the table afterjamaal lascelles‘ goal gave them a 1—0 win at swansea. newcastle's manager rafa benitez missed the match as he's recovering from surgery, but had planned a dramatic arrival by helicopter. at the end, he decided the weather conditions were not the best. he had to stay at home. we tried to convince him. and finally we could. he has been resting. he has been watching on tv and has been keeping in touch with us. wasps made it two wins out of two in rugby union's premiership

with a 17—10 win over worcester. willie le roux got the decisive score for wasps at sixways. they go top of the early league standings, worcester have lost both their opening matches. england's matthew fitzpatrick has won the european masters after a dramatic play—off victory over scott hend of australia. 23—year—old fitzpatrick shot a closing six—under 64, to finish on 14 under par. hend had led by three shots going into the final round. but missed several chances to win as fitzpatrick closed out for his fourth european tour title. a thrilling burst of speed from sir mo farah took him to a record breaking fourth great north run in a row. farah moved into the lead with 200 metres to go and then burst clear to finish in a time of one hour, six seconds. he's retired from track racing so he can concentrate his efforts on competing on the road. you want to hang up your spikes, retire, then you look back and say, "oh my god, i did all that?"

now it is time to move to the road and relax and really enjoy it, really. the women's race was won by kenya's mary ketarny. it was her third great north run victory and she finished with the third fastest women's time in the race's history. new zealand's jake robertson finished second behind mo farah, but he probably had other things on his mind. straight after the race he asked his girlfriend and fellow runner magdalena masai to marry him. as you can probably tell, she said "yes." i wonder if he was nervous while running. look at him. perhaps he was not thinking about it. he must have planned that for some time. in front ofa planned that for some time. in front of a crowd! congratulations to them

both. and to everyone who ran yesterday. thousands of runners. anyone feeling sore today, world and. it's estimated that around a dozen labour mps could defy the orders of their leader, jeremy corbyn, and vote in favour of the government's european union withdrawal bill later today. we can speak to the labour mp and former whip graham stringer who joins us from westminster. good morning. can you tell us which way you will vote today and why?” will vote for the second reading of the bill. the bill is necessary for the bill. the bill is necessary for the united kingdom to leave the european union. that was the commitment the labour party gave during the eu general election only three months ago. it is necessary to rescind the 1972 act to join the european union. it is important to ta ke european union. it is important to take european law into english law

when we actually leave. although the bill is deeply flawed in detail, we need it to improve it. to do that we need it to improve it. to do that we need to vote for the second reading. there are calls forjeremy corbyn to sack frontbenchers voting against the party. are you concerned about repercussions? well, we fought the general election on the basis that we would leave the european union, leave the market, and leave the customs union. to do that, we have to vote for this bill. what the labour party does with people on the front bench who defied the whip is up front bench who defied the whip is up to them. but i think the whole of the labour party and shadow cabinet has made a big mistake in opposing the second reading. it will leave us with nothing in the run—up to 0ctober with nothing in the run—up to october and november. certainly,

there are parts of this bill which are unacceptable, giving too much power, undoubtedly a power grab. that is true criticism. but it needs to be changed. i don't want to put words in your mouth, do you think this is a breach in trust of the electorate? i think i have already said that. it is straightforward. the manifesto is clear, we are leaving the european union. the labour party has said that is what we are going to do. if this bill was defeated, defeated by labour votes, we are not doing what we said we would do. do you have concerns about the future of the party over this particular issue? there is a long way to go. there will be some very complex issues. there is no doubt in the 2010 and 2015 elections some

people left the party and stopped voting for them because of the decision on the european union. 0ne thing the electorate does not like as someone who says one thing at election time and does another thing later on. i don't think on this vote there will be many votes on this bill that there is a major threat. 0verall, bill that there is a major threat. overall, the labour party has secured a commitment to get us out of the european union as the people decided in the referendum last year. thank you very much. and now to speak to the other side of this camp. we can speak now to shadow brexit ministerjenny chapman who joins us from our westminster studio. iam i am voting against the bill because it gives sweeping powers to the government which is bad for my constituents. he said this bill is

necessary for the uk to leave the european union. why would you vote against it? a bill is necessary for us to leave the eu, that is true. and if this bill was appropriate and gave ministers power to make technical changes rather than change primary legislation or amend any law that they don't like the look of, then we would be supporting it. we said in our manifesto that we respect the outcome of the referendum and would not obstruct brexit. we are not doing that today. we voted for article 50. this is not even about the terms on which we leave, it is about the process. the government has chosen to engage in a huge power grab. it does not need to do that. it just huge power grab. it does not need to do that. itjust needs to bring forward a sensible bill that does thejob forward a sensible bill that does the job without these, you know, excessive powers for ministers. you said you would not obstruct brexit, but if you got your way to date it would halt the process.”

but if you got your way to date it would halt the process. i don't think so. the government could bring forward a slimmed down bill that does what it needs to do. we said in our manifesto and two david davis before recess that we had concerns with this bill and we would not support it in its current form. we have to stand by what we said at the election and before the summer. what did you say... this is legislated garbage, we will not vote for it. he said he is in your party, you are not standing by what you said. we are, actually. that does not mean to say, just because you put the name withdraw at the top of appeal and put any old rubbish in it it will be supported. ——a bill. of course the tories will call us brexit traitors. but we have been leo with the government about this, you do not need ministers to have sweeping powers to change primary legislation

they don't like without any justification to do a brexit. it is not needed. take those bits away and you have got something to labour party could support. tell us about this division in the labour party, do you think this is a fault line that you're going to be able to get across? the thing i'm finding with breakfast is every month there is a high noon moment and a career defining vote and a massive schism in one way or another —— brexit. really we've got to take the drama out of this and just the adult and mature about it. i don't see this as a huge divide within the labour party at all. sure there are people who take different views, that's the nature of politics, that's the nature of politics, that's the nature of politics, that's the nature of brexit. i don't think this is going to beat, you know, anything like the divisions you see within the conservative party. what happens

if labour mps defy the whip? that's a matter for the chief whip and the leader of the party, that is way above my pay grade. jenny chapman, shadow brexit minister, thanks for your time. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. what's happening over the next few days, looks like a lovely picture behind you. but miserable in places this morning? it isa it is a bit, thanks very much. let's start with some positives, some sunshine today, like our weather watcher in northumberland shows, but as dan has hinted at, not looking great for some. wherever you're going this morning or this afternoon, take your waterproofs just in case. already seeing showers in stone in staffordshire, some have been heavy and some will be widespread. squally showers but attached will be very strong and gusting winds. windiest conditions at the moment, south wales and southern england, gas well in excess of 40 mph and getting close to 50

mph in some spots —— gusts. showers widespread in southern england and wales, northern england as well. in northern england and east anglia, dry but is showers this morning and later in the afternoon. you could get hail and thunder. longer spells of rain in 0rkney, shetland and the far north—east of scotland but with the wind direction, parts of central and southern scotland including glasgow, edinburgh and dundee, you might get away with a dry day. not warm in the breeze but could be one of the drives the spots of the country, temperatures never really we re country, temperatures never really were you want them at this time of year —— driest. the breeze will be there all night. the further east you are the showers will fade away and clear skies around. with lighter winds, east anglia and the south—east and rural parts down to six or seven to start your tuesday. a fresh start to tuesday, not quite as windy as this morning out there but still enough of a breeze. showers across in some western parts

of scotland, england and wales and northern ireland to begin with. nowhere near as many war as heavy as today and showers will push east but if anything, tuesday, fewer showers, more of the day will be dry and with winds slightly lighter we will have warmer temperatures. winds slightly lighter we will have warmertemperatures. more winds slightly lighter we will have warmer temperatures. more persistent rain in towards ireland towards the end of the day. uncertainty about the track of this low pressure, could be england, northern england, wales, the midlands, maybe northern ireland could see severe gales into wednesday morning and that will bring down du preez on the roads to start wednesday. lots of surface water around after eddie ray routh —— bring down the breed. sunshine and showers again —— —— bring down debris. not particularly impressive. at least there's some sunshine. good news, matthew, thanks very much. see you later on. would it be fair to say we are a

nation of gardeners? a bit of wet weather as well, we need that for the garden. gardening is big business in the uk turning over billions of pounds a year. steph has gone all green fingered for us this morning. she's at a garden industry trade show in birmingham. hello, iam hello, i am at the trade centre here, the nec, where there a massive gardening exhibition. here you have 550 suppliers showing off their wares in the hope they can sell them to the retailers who will be putting them in the shops next year. if you look at the industry, its worth about £5 billion to the uk economy that's expected to grow by about 8% over the next five years. if you look at the sales in the garden centres, about half of it is made up from the plants but the rest of it is things like garden furniture but also the food and bits and bobs they sell in the cafes. it's really about and experience now going to a garden centre, not just picking and experience now going to a garden centre, notjust picking up your

plans —— an experience. whose spending money? —— plants. 0ver50s who own their own homes, they spend on average £250 a year. compare that to young people, their only spending about £45 a year on gardening bits and bobs and that's because a lot of people don't have garden space. if you look at the stats on that, it's about a quarter of people under 45 don't have any outdoor space at all. it's an industry that needs to think about how it's going to sell stuff no matter what's going on with trends with houses. sheena is from scots miracle grow, you manufacture of products and sell a lot of them, tell us about your business. it's a uk—based organisation, we are about healthy and beautiful lawns and plants. we have four factories in the uk and we employ 450 people. your viewers will love our brands, miracle—gro, amongst others, so

everything we do is designed to get people gardening and make it as easy and enjoyable as possible. how is business at the moment? is this has been really strong. we've just come out of a good season where the market's been up about 4% and that's been down to call gardening —— business has been. fruit and veg amongst other things is a strong trend. we've talked about how the trends are changing in terms of what people want to put in their garden in terms of the chemicals, what's happening? we see two really key trends in the marketplace, the first one is natural is. about 35% of purchases are now in the naturals category —— naturals. purchases are now in the naturals category -- naturals. what does that mean? it means consumers are looking for natural alternatives to synthetic gardening products. chemical fertilisers, synthetic gardening products. chemicalfertilisers, people synthetic gardening products. chemical fertilisers, people are looking at natural alternatives with

naturally occurring ingredients so basically what consumers are looking for are more environmentally friendly naturally sourced products. that's a key trend and we see that asa that's a key trend and we see that as a way of getting new users into the market because millennials, they're the big target market we're all looking for, are twice as inclined to go after this type of product. interesting. given your age uk manufacturer, how is the political situation with brexit and what's going on with the currency markets, how is that affecting you quys markets, how is that affecting you guys at the moment? like many uk businesses we're facing the challenge of the currency impact. we do source materials from europe and we do find goods from europe so we have to absorb the rising costs as a result of that and doing the best weekend to review all costs in the business. may be putting up prices? that's a possible possibility for next season. thanks for your time, appreciate it. i'm going to show off as much as i can this morning but i might have a bit of a swing. why

not? it is quite fun here i go on the trampoline. go for it. yeah, you're right. have a go! go, go, go! 0h, steph! brilliant! you're right. have a go! go, go, go! oh, steph! brilliant! trampolining live on television. i envy you! see you soon! she'd definitely pulled it off! she can get away with anything! our next story is about a childhood dream which has turned into a lifelong career. steve bennett has always been fascinated with rockets and space. now he is preparing for the launch of his latest rocket, that he hopes will take him a step closer to his goal of taking tourists into space. dave guest is in northumberland for us, near to where the launch will take place later this morning. dave, tell us more about this rocket? this is skybolt, it is 27 feet long and at10:30am the this is skybolt, it is 27 feet long and at 10:30am the plan is it will launch from 0tterburn in

northumberland and go thousands of feet into the sky and come back down to earth majestically. it's the latest creation of the uk's own rocketman, steve bennett, he's spent ofa rocketman, steve bennett, he's spent of a quarter of a century designing, building and launching various rockets with his quest to eventually put a person in space. he may have been working on this for a quarter ofa been working on this for a quarter of a century but his love affair with space goes even further back. as a boy, steve bennett became accessible with rockets and space travel. as a man, he turned a childhood passion into a career. his mission, to one day launch a rocket that could carry people into space. when i first started this project off 25 years ago, people thought i was mad, but these days there's lots of people talking about space tourism and lots people doing this kind of thing. so, yeah, it's not if we'll go, it's when we'll go. he's spent more than 25 years building and testing rockets of varying sizes and complexity. some have proved successful. this one soared over morecambe bay in the early years of the 21st—century.

0thers haven't quite lived up to expectations. but as steve will tell you, it is rocket science and it's rarely straightforward. this one two years ago didn't quite behave as it should. didn't quite go as planned, but we know what went wrong, we're going to fix it and we're going to go again. it was just a problem with the rocket propellant, it didn't ignite properly, it over—pressurised the rocket motor, damaged the rocket nozzle and the propellant went out, the rocket fuel just shut down. but steve has high hopes for this one. skybolt will be launched over northumberland later this morning. it's going to go really high, really fast, lots of fire and smoke and there's lots of on—board experiments and systems that we need to test, that's why we're doing this. and as the countdown begins, steve will be keeping everything crossed for a trouble—free launch. well, 10:30am is the lunchtime. the

one worry here is the weather, the rain keeps sweeping in and out, high winds or rain could scupper the launch, we're keeping ourfingers crossed. this is an unmanned flight but there's a passenger on board this rocket, a small toy dog called sam. his brother, also called sam, went on a similar expedition to the edge of space last year. he was launched on a helium balloon by children from morecambe bay primary school in lancashire. he went to the edge of space and we've got pictures of this and the balloon and camera came back to earth and they found the balloon and camera thanks to gps but sadly no sign of sam, let's hope his namesake on this rocket is actually rather more successful. as isaid, actually rather more successful. as i said, they're going to be looking for good weather today in order to launch this. there's a rainbow over

there that you can't see but hopefully that's a good sign. you will bejoining us here later as preparations continue. time for the news, travel and weather where you are. qpac good morning, i'm asad ahmad. a campaign to teach drivers how to open their car doors so they don't hit cyclists has been launched. cycling uk says motorcyclists and pedestrians are also being injured and killed by drivers and their passengers carelessly opening doors. four people have died in as many years on our roads as a result. so there's a call to open car doors using the opposite hand giving a better view of the road. two men, one from wimbledon and the other from tunbridge wells, have died after the vehicle they were in struck pedestrians in east sussex. the accident happened in the village on ringmer near lewes on saturday evening. both men were aged 31. the pedestrians who were from south and south—west london suffered minor injuries. the singerjames blunt thought

it was a nice day to go out in a dinghy yesterday. but unusually, it was in hyde park on a sea of people. he was performing at radio 2 live in hyde park and when he finished his set he went crowd surfing in his inflatable. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning. 0n the trains, there are delays on south west trains between clapham junction and surbiton because of a problem with the track. and at the airports, hurricane irma has led to the cancellation of at least 17 flights at heathrow and gatwick to and from florida. the advice is to check with your airline if you are due to travel in the next few days. and on the roads, if you're on way to heathrow, nene road is closed for repairs to a burst water main. the outside lane on the a4 is closed as a result. if you were looking up at the skies yesterday,

you may have seen this. if not, this is what you missed. 27 hot air balloons which lifted off from london city airport as part of the lord mayor's hot air balloon regatta. lord mayor andrew parmley is fundraising for campaigns which promote education and music in the community. let's have a check on the weather now with kate. good morning. we're looking at a week of sunny spells and scattered showers. today's showers potentially could be quite heavy and you may even hear a rumble or two of thunder and it is going to be quite breezy as well. the wind is going to strengthen through the morning into the afternoon, blowing through these heavy showers. again we could get a little bit of hail, rumbles of thunder mixed in there. it's not going to feel too warm with the wind as well as specially as those showers blow through but in the sunny spells between we're looking at temperatures of around 17. into the evening, those showers will become fewer and further between, eventually fizzling out. the wind gradually falling lighter

overnight leading to clear spells and a minimum temperature of 11 or 12. tomorrow it does look like a better day, a drier day at least. less showers, still the chance of one or two maybe tomorrow afternoon, but the wind is that little bit lighter for tuesday. the wind picks up again as we head into wednesday but still we'll get some sunny spells and those scattered showers continue through the week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. hurricane irma batters florida as strong winds and storm surges leave at least three people dead. long stretches of the coast are flooded as the hurricane reaches the city of tampa. millions of homes are without power and authorities say the situation is still very dangerous. we are letting people know that they

have live power wires down in their front yard and backyards and not to come outside. latest pictures show the devastation in the caribbean where at least 25 people died. homes and boats have been destroyed, and a state of emergency declared. good morning. it's monday 11th september. also this morning: a warning to labour — back the government's eu withdrawal bill or risk a "chaotic" brexit. a postcode lottery in psychiatric ca re a cross a postcode lottery in psychiatric care across the uk — medical experts claim people with mental health problems are losing out because of a lack of specialist consultants. good morning from this garden trade exhibition. it's an industry where £5 billion to the uk economy are

expected to grow 8%, and we will look at how they are doing it. in sport, chris froome creates more history on two wheels. he becomes only the third man to win the vuelta a espana in the same year as winning the tour de france. from stand—up to children's author — david baddiel will be here to tell us about winning a whole new generation of fans. and carol has the weather. and matt has the weather. while hurricane irma continues to wrap up, in the uk, the winds are weakening. good weakening. morning. first, our main story. hurricane irma has slammed into the west coast of florida, bringing with it intense rainfall, severe flooding, violent winds and tornadoes. at least three people have died since the storm made landfall on sunday, hitting miami and the florida keys, before heading for tampa. the storm has now been downgraded to a category! hurricane, but forecasters say it remains very powerful, with winds of around 85 miles an hour.

the damage has been extensive, with power supplies cut to more than three million homes and businesses. 0ur correspondent jane 0'brien sent this report from miami. miami may have dodged the eye of irma, but the city was still inundated. torrential rains swamped the financial district. oh, my god. all day sunday, people were told to seek shelter. wind speeds here are still in excess of 90 miles an hour and up here on the fourth floor balcony, there are more like 100 miles an hour. to give you an idea of the force of the impact of the combined rain and wind, look at this la ke combined rain and wind, look at this lake behind me. it has completely flooded, the water pushed up to the bank and is now approaching the car

park. the florida keys took the first direct hit as irma strengthened to a category four. a relief effort is under way. we have thousands of national guard members on stand—by to help with search and rescue as soon as it is safe. but they cannot help you until the storm has passed. you need to stay in a safe place. president trump plans to visit the state this week. let's speak to bbc weather‘s tomasz schafernaker who's in tampa in florida. what's the situation there now? what is the situation? well, tampa

found itself in the eye of the storm about an hour found itself in the eye of the storm aboutan houror found itself in the eye of the storm about an hour or two ago. the wind suddenly felt light and soon after that, the winds came back. they did a 180. the winds are not as strong as what we were experiencing earlier. the backside of the storm is much weaker. we have been hearing that the storm is starting to fall apart. it is down to category one. just a few hours ago, winds were roaring in this part of tampa. sheets of rain coming through. it sounded almost like a train in the distance. in terms of the damage here, it is difficult to say exactly, and there is some scattered tree debris, but we will have to find out once the sun rises are the

areas that are not so sheltered closer to the coastline have further. the worry is that the storm surge remains a threat, even after the eye passes and the winds died down. tomasz, thank you. in around five minutes, we'll speak to a storm chaser who's been following hurricane irma's path through florida. while florida is reeling from the effects of hurricane irma, latest pictures from the carribean show the extent of the damage across the region. in tortola, houses have been devastated, leaving many without roofs and contents scattered for miles. residents are in desperate need of food, clothing and clean water. the foreign secretary said british troops are working with local police on the british virgin islands amid reports of looting. we have been discussing the situation in the overseas territories where things continue

to be very grim indeed. but we are getting a lot of aid. 500 uk troops are in the region now. as we speak, i think we have more than 50 british police going on their way to the british virgin islands and other places. the brexit secretary, david davis, has warned mps that voting against the european union withdrawal bill later today would amount to backing a "chaotic" exit from the eu. 0ur political correspondent chris masonjoins us now from westminster. this, we have spoken to two labour mps with opposing views. and that will be interesting, how the parties break down in terms of how they vote. the conservatives under democratic unionists will back this bill and most labour mps, democratic unionists will back this billand most labour mps, liberal democrat mps and scottish national party m ps democrat mps and scottish national party mps will oppose it. in all

likelihood, the government will not have a problem clearing this stage of the bill's passage through the houses of parliament. but it is there some splintering away amongst there some splintering away amongst the big two parties? will some conservative mps rebel against their position of supporting the bill? perhaps not, but maybe one or two. as we have discovered, there are some labour mps who have defied jeremy corbyn. they are feel that opposing the bill will leave the impression that labour have gone soft on brexit and do not want to deliver the will of the people from the referendum result from last year. if the whole process of delivering brexit and making it happen is like driving from cornwall to aberdeen, tonight it effectively pulling at that first service station somewhere in devon. it feels important at the time because you need to nip to the loo and buy a sandwich, but there is rather a long

way to go. i know that drive while! thank you, brilliant analogy!” usually stop gloucester services.” know most of them. the general secretary of the tuc, frances 0'grady, has welcomed plans to lift the public sector pay cap for some workers. the bbc understands that the government intends to remove the 1% cap for police and prison officers. but the tuc leader told breakfast that this should lead to the lifting of pay restrictions for all public sector workers. five million hard—working public servants have put up with seven long years of this pay cap. and i think rather than teasing us through the pages of newspapers, the prime minister should just tell the chancellor to get on with it, scrap that cap, and give nurses and midwives and firefighters the pay rise they deserve. people with mental health problems are suffering due to a huge variation in access to nhs psychiatrists across the uk according to new analysis.

the royal college of psychiatrists is calling for more to be recruited to improve care. the royal college of psychiatrists says the research suggests widespread inequalities in access to senior medical health officials exists. the college says this undermines the need for more specialists to deliver improved services. the research reveals that whereas in scotland there are ten consultant psychiatrists per 100 , 000 people, in wales there are six. northern ireland and england have eight. parts of london have 13. the east of england and yorkshire and humber have less than half of that. the research also says that while the number in england's rose barely over five years, there was a five—fold increase in other areas of the nhs. there are shortages in psychiatry.

it has been actually getting worse over the past few years. there has been what we call an explosion in interest and understanding of mental health problems, but the services in place to help people have not really kept up with that. the department of health said there were plans to create 21,000 new mental health posts in england, including doctors, by 2001. the welsh government said there was a commitment to improve access to services, with the extension of a recruitment campaign. hugh pym, bbc news. new figures revealed to the bbc‘s panorama programme show that sepsis — or blood poisoning — isn't being picked up or treated quickly enough in some hospitals. health secretaryjeremy hunt says 40% of sepsis patients in england don't receive antibiotics within an hour of arriving at a&e and more needs to be done to reduce the number of preventable deaths. melissa mead has been urging the nhs to improve sepsis care since her son william died two years ago. he passed away after gps failed

to spot the condition that stems from the body overreacting to infection. her battle to get to the truth led to the government vowing to make changes, but came at a personal cost. at a time when i just wanted the ground to swallow me up, i had to look at william's death objectively, and almost put to one side my feelings, my emotions. patients suspected as having life—threatening sepsis should get intravenous antibiotics quickly. the government has set a target of within one hour. nhs data analysed by panorama shows that overall, just over 60% of cases are getting the treatment within that time. 0verall, across the nhs, we are screening 85% of people with potential sepsis who go into a&es. that's an increase from just over half, just two years ago. the number of people who are getting antibiotics within an hour has gone up from half to just over 60%.

now, there's still 40% who are not, so there's lots more work to do. nhs england estimates that with better treatment, 14,000 lives might be saved. it says hospitals are continuing to improve. alastairjackson, bbc news. and there is more about that story on panorama tonight. it's been described by nasa as one of the most successful space missions of all time, but all good things must come to an end. the cassini space probe is preparing to make the final manoeuvre of its 13 year mission. the craft — which has been sending back images of saturn — will fly close to the giant moon, titan. this will send it crashing into the atmosphere of the ringed planet on friday, when it's likely to be destroyed within seconds. i'm going to miss cassini. i heard a

nasa scientist on saturday getting quite emotional, because it's been doing a dedicated job for many yea rs, doing a dedicated job for many years, processing data. i know you like your data. now back to our main story. hurricane irma is continuing to push north through florida. in the past hour, the storm has been downgraded to a category one, but still poses a major threat with wind speeds of around 85mph. let's speak now to alec scholten. he's a storm chaser and has been following hurricane irma through florida. how does this compare with other storms you have seen? it was the most intense storm i have chased. we are currently in naples, florida,

riding out the end of the storm. it was definitely the most windy storm i have ever been in. and what sort of things have you seen? we are watching pictures of the effects of the storm from naples, where you are at the moment. we have seen a lot of branches and things like that flying around in this storm. why do you do this job? why do you follow the hurricanes? is ita why do you follow the hurricanes? is it a case of learning for future experiences? it is kind of a mixture ofa experiences? it is kind of a mixture of a lot of things. me and my chase partners who i do this with have been interested in the power of mother nature. just the incredible force that mother nature can bring whether it is tornadoes or hurricanes. we like to do this for the journalistic purposes and you know documenting footage. and what

have you learnt from this storm? from the way that it is active and the way it has moved and where do you think it might be going next?” definitely learnt from the storm that hurricanes are something to not be taken that hurricanes are something to not be ta ken lightly. that hurricanes are something to not be taken lightly. you don't want to under prepare for something like this or under estimate something like this and we will be riding out the rest of this storm in naples, florida and at 3am, we will be getting up and surveying the damage and seeing what kind of damage the storm has caused before we start making our way home. we have been hearing, in the introduction to you, we mentioned it has gone down to a category one storm, but high winds and the storm surge is again, some of which we are seeing now in wick tu res of which we are seeing now in wick tures as we are talking to you, that's going to cause real damage in large parts of florida? yeah, correct. we're still getting winds probably gusting up to 60mph even though the storm made its most intense land fall about six to seven

hours ago and the beach behind the resort that we are riding this out at has been completely eroded away. the water surged up to 12—feet and now it is receding as the storm moves further north. alex, thank you very much for talking to this morning. you were speaking to the police chief and the deputy police chief from tampa who said stay in your homes because electrical wires may have come down. they are in the water and there is a real threat. they were saying stay inside until we can address that situation and make sure that things are safe. so very much ongoing. matt can look at where is this storm going? what do you know, matt? category 4 when it landed on mainland in florida, but it has since tracked its way inland and in doing so you have taken away its

energy source. it needs the warm waters around the state to survive and it is starting to decay rapidly. winds of 85mph. still damaging winds. the core of the storm is just to the west of orlando. intense rain with it. potential for to the west of orlando. intense rain with it. potentialfor tornadoes and that works its way through the rest of florida into georgia before the rest of the day before fragmenting and breaking up through monday morning and into tuesday, but it has potential to cause a lot of damage and even then the residents of florida will be keeping a close eye on what's happening. hurricanejose is set to do a bit of a loop the loop out in the atlantic and there isa loop out in the atlantic and there is a chance that could push its way west regards towards the bahamas and florida later in the week. back to our shores, we have got strong winds ofa our shores, we have got strong winds of a different nature. it is a gusty morning out there. squally winds to go with the showers. the winds nowhere near the levels of florida, but enough to bring down a few branches. 40mph, maybe 50mph gusts.

some of you are starting the day dry. it has not been too bad across east anglia and eastern scotland too. rain in the far north of scotland. elsewhere across the country grab something water proof before you leave. showers possible just about anywhere. pushing through quickly on the brisk winds. so there will be sunshine following on and one of the best spots for fewest showers probably central and southern scotland, glasgow, edinburgh, the dundee area you might avoid the showers. uk—wide, it will feel cool. and that cool breeze continues tonight. showers still in the west. many eastern areas become dry and clear. as winds fall light, we could see temperatures in rural spots drop down to six or seven celsius. it shapes up for a fresh start to tuesday. fewer showers. a breeze. the breeze not as strong as today's, whilst we have showers, one

or two push their way eastwards. the bulk of the day dry and feeling a little less chilly given the winds will be lighter. the temperatures the same as today, but not feeling as cool. things change across ireland. this is theia of low pressure responsible. its track has a few question marks, but it could bring severe gales to northern england, the midlands and wales and maybe even northern ireland as we go through tuesday night and into wednesday. again there could be quite a bit of debris around to start wednesday. lots of puddles on the roads and pavements and it is back to sunshine and showers on wednesday, but what you will notice the winds are colder still. 0nly wednesday, but what you will notice the winds are colder still. only 11 to 13 celsius across scotland and northern ireland. dan and louise, autumn is most definitely here. matt, thank you very much. we've probably all done it, but opening your car door without looking can be dangerous, especially for passing cyclists.

now campaigners are calling for new measures to make our roads safer. joining us in the studio is duncan dollimore from cycling uk. good morning. this is a dutch idea, isn't it? just explain to us what the idea is. kids are taught from a young age to use their far hand when they open a car door. if you were opening your car door you'd open it with your left—hand. you turn to open the door, that swivels you across and you are already looking behind as you open the door. that reduces the amount that you open the door, the distance, you've only partially opened it and you're looking behind before you open it. if you have got kids in the back, you turn around and open the door. it is not just you turn around and open the door. it is notjust about drivers. this about people on the passenger side and the people in the rear of the car don't have a mirror. this is a

technique that people pick up and use and it has been coined the dutch reach and it is about using your opposite hand to reach across. this isa opposite hand to reach across. this is a clip of a cyclist. they had a camera. somebody opened a car door. we will show you the clip now. he was ok by the way. the cyclist was ok. the passenger of the car was 0k. was ok. the passenger of the car was ok. i'm not sure about the bike and the car. you can see there is no warning at all, is there? if you're for example, either the cyclist or the person getting out of the car? well, we deal with the relatives of people who have been killed in these incidents. nobody intends to cause harm when they open a car door in this way, but the relatives of the people who died in these incidents

say this is avoidable. it is avoidable if there is public awareness which is why we've called on the government to have some think—style campaign where they have a road safety campaign. we are not directing that people must do this, but it is a common sense idea and sometimes the best ideas are the simplest ones and this is something that's worked abroad and other places. you have demonstrated it for us there. you called it the dutch reach because it is used in holland. you're not dutch, are you? i'm not. before we open the door, we have to look at what's happening around us so inside, the outside. and we look over the shoulder to the blind spot. reach. just like this. holding your right hand on the door. before we go, we look again, holding

with the left— hand before we go, we look again, holding with the left—hand with the wind and then we open it the door. it is common sense. it is a normal way to open the door. he says it is common sense, but it is about changing the way you do something, but i suppose once you have changed, do you think people start remembering? we tell kids that when they cross the road they look and listen and we have these things that we instil at a young age. i credit that if you are elderly early and been using the same technique for years, it is against the grain. it is about making people think about this because the consequences of doing it without thinking are tragic for too many people and we want to get some awareness and some education and make people realise this is a serious issue, but yes, it is a habit forming issue. i've tried it already and it changes the whole way... i've not met anybody who, having tried it, has said i don't see how this works. i met people who said, i shouldn't be told how to

open my car door. yes. it is not just for cyclist, motorbikes and pedestrians and other cars, you might see another car also, mightn't you? it is a good habit for kids. i would imagine most parents would wa nt would imagine most parents would want their children sitting in the back seat of a car leaving the car getting out of the car to get in the habit of looking behind before they step into the road. let's all try it today. thank you very much, duncan. i'm going to do it. the hand furthest away. the uk's biggest garden trade show has opened today. we sent steph there to dig for more information. she has got some pals! good morning to you. good morning, everyone. you might not be thinking of christmas, but the garden retailers are because they are thinking about what they can sell at this exhibition that can be in the shops ready for people to buy in the run—up to christmas. i'm sorry to bring christmas up so early. but it

is worth £5 billion to the uk economy. expected to grow 8% over the next five years. if you look at what who is spending the money, it is the big spenders the over 50s with their own homes, they are spending £250 a year on gardening things and it is notjust plants, of course, you've got the lovely stuff like this which you might see this people's gardens. it is quite posh. it's lovely. if you compare that to younger people, they are spending £45 a year on gardening things and a lot of it is to do with the fact that younger people don't have much space for all of these types of things and thinking about gardening. that's the challenge for the industry, how can they make sure that they can sell and bring through the next generation and sell stuff to them. i will be talking to them, so some of the people in the industry about how they're doing that, but first, let's get the news, travel and weather where you are this morning. a real autumnal feel

out there this morning. not only do we have heavy showers, but also some really strong winds. that could impact your journey this morning across wales and south—west england. gusts of 50 to 60 miles an hour quite widely across the south—west. the highest gusts will be around the coasts, but even inland, gusts of 35 to 40 miles an hour. with that, we have heavy rain and showers which could add to the misery here this morning. showers elsewhere across the uk as well, some heavy and thundery as we go through into this afternoon. there are sunnier spells between the showers, but towards northern and western areas, those showers are ongoing right through the day. if you get frequent showers,

temperatures may only be 12 or 13. this evening, a lot of showers clear away, but there will still be some around western areas, accompanied by the blustery wind into tuesday morning. so again for tomorrow morning, a cool, damp and blustery feel to the day. starting with a bit of sunshine, but showers across western areas, gradually drifting eastwards. for many, tuesday will be a dry day compared with today. but then we see the cloud increasing, with rain moving into the west. temperatures will feel a bit more pleasant. tuesday night into wednesday, this area of low pressure will sweep across the united kingdom. as it does, it will bring particularly strong winds. for wednesday, for many of us,

that mixture of showers and blustery winds. temperatures at best in the mid—teens. this is business live from bbc news, with ben thompson and sally bundock. hurricane irma is blasting up the west coast of florida after buffeting the city of miami, with dangerous flooding along long stretches of coast. live from london, that's our top story on monday 11 september. the economic fallout of irma — the insurance industry braces itself and the president pledges whatever resources are needed — we assess what's at stake.

and the boss of uber in asia speaks exclusively to the bbc, admitting that the culture at the scandal—hit company has not kept up with its growth.