hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. a senior conservative calls for the prime minister to stand aside. the former party chairman grant shapps has admitted to leading a group of 30 mps who want theresa may to quit. he says it's time for a leadership election. also this morning: ryanair promises pilots better pay and conditions as it tries to put and end to its flight cancellation crisis. the gun control debate steps up in the us. the national rifle association admits tougher rules are needed for rapid—fire devices like the one used in the las vegas massacre. in sport, england book their place at next year's world cup but they needed an injury time goal from captain harry kane to qualify after a night of frustration against slovenia

at wembley. good morning. can we improve productivity without just asking everybody to work a bit harder? here at this firm in the lake district they've done just that. i'll find out what they did and how they did ita out what they did and how they did it a little later. hello from the birthplace of concord, and also now the home of the last supersonic airliner ever to fly back in 2003. it's now the centrepiece of a fantastic new aerospace museum about to open its doors in the last couple of —— next couple of weeks. a fresh start to the day but for most a fresh start to the day but for m ost pla ces a fresh start to the day but for most places things are set to remain dry and sunny. i'll bring you the full forecast for today and the weekend in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the former conservative party chairman, grant shapps, has admitted to leading colleagues in a plot to force theresa may to stand down as prime minister. he said up to 30 mps

supported the move, including five former cabinet ministers. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster for us this morning. leila, what more do we know? was this a matter of time that we would see allah to like this emerge in public? naga, the discontent against theresa may dates back to the election, when she gambled away the majority and lost it. but what we have here is one of the plotters breaking cover, as it were. they think the speech, her performance in the speech, is a catalyst. this is a moment perhaps for them to make a move. it's pretty extraordinary hearing grant shapps declaring himself as the ringleader, saying he has the support of two dozen awed mps who want her to go. it's clear that the plotters don't wa nt it's clear that the plotters don't want their ideas to run out of stea m, want their ideas to run out of steam, they still want to garner support. they don't want this moment

to pass. they think this is the opportunity for a leadership election. they think they should be bypassing the formal process to make ana bypassing the formal process to make an a more informal approach to downing street to try to persuade theresa may to go. there are plenty of conservative mps, including the entire cabinet, rallying round theresa may to her defence, saying a cold, a prank, all those factors in the speech shouldn't be the thing that forces her to go. she showed resilience and there is no appetite for a leadership contest or a general election. there's always mutterings on the tory backbenches according to some loyalists. we have according to some loyalists. we have a situation where the plotters if you like have declared their colours but theresa may still has plenty of support for now. we will talk about this a lot more through the morning. thanks very much. we'll speak to grant shapps atjust after 7:30am this morning. ryanair has promised its pilots significant improvements to their pay and conditions, this after the airline was forced to cancel thousands

of flights in recent weeks. in a three—page letter, chief executive michael 0'leary said he'd beat the deal for pilots offered by other carriers if they remain loyal. keith doyle reports. ryanair‘s boss was not known for apologising, but recently, he's said sorry a lot after more than 700,000 passengers' journeys were cancelled after a problem rostering pilots. i want to, on behalf of ryanair and on my own behalf, apologise. i want to apologise. i also want to apologise. once again, i say sorry, and i sincerely apologise. now it is the pilots' turn to get an apology. in a letter addressed to all ryanair pilots puportedly from chief executive, michael 0'leary, he apologises for the problems of the airline, and pleads with them not tojoin rival airlines, promising improved pay,

conditions, and prospects. last month, the irish low—cost airline announced it was cancelling as many as 50 flights a day and grounding 25 planes for the winter, affecting the travel plans of 715,000 people. it was then forced to improve compensation to passengers, issuing yet another apology. the airline says it has enough pilots, and this letter shows it desperately wants to hold on to them. in it, pilots are offered pay increases of up to 10,000 euros, better payments for extra work, improved conditions and career prospects and a loyalty bonus of 12,000 euros if they do not move to a rival airline. the letter ends with a plea to pilots, "i urge you to stay with ryanair," says michael 0'leary. he hopes passengers will also. keith doyle, bbc news. the royal navy could lose its ability to attack enemy—held beaches under plans being considered in the ministry of defence the bbc understands. two specialist landing ships would be taken out of service as part of a proposed package of cost—cutting measures. the mod told the bbc that no decisions have been made yet

and that discussion of options was pure speculation. the powerful us gun lobby, the national rifle association, has backed calls for tougher regulations on a rapid fire device used in the mass shooting in las vegas. the group said that so—called bump stocks, which allow semi—automatic rifles to fire like fully—automatic rifles, should be subject to additional rules. republicans have said they would consider banning the tool despite years of resisting any gun control. spain's constitutional court has suspended a session of catalonia's regional parliament on monday in an attempt to stop it declaring independence. it follows the protests and violent scenes last sunday, when police tried to stop a referendum on independence which the spanish government labelled illegal. the sale of almost all ivory, including antique items, would be banned under plans set out by the government to help end elephant poaching. the environment secretary michael

gove has announced a three—month public consultation on the proposals. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. a bonfire of tasks taken from 6000 elephants slaughtered in kenya for their ivory. their number has declined by almost a third in the last decade. around 20,000 are killed each year. the current rules allow ivory older than 19117 to be sold within the uk and the eu. the government says it wants to ban ivory sales no matter how old it is and has launched a 12 week consultation on its plan. the new proposals would still allow the sale of works of art or objects of cultural or historical value. there's some concern that such exemptions could become loopholes for antique dealers. but overall conservation groups are pleased. we really want to see this put in

place within a year so that when they host of the london conference on illegal wildlife trade next year they can demonstrate that they are a global leader in tackling illegal wildlife trade. if the government does ban ivory sales, britain willjoin the us and china, who have made similar commitments recently, a move that could help save elephants from extinction in many parts of africa. palla b extinction in many parts of africa. pallab ghosh, bbc news. the hollywood producer, harvey weinstein, has been accused of decades of sexual harassment against young women. mr weinstein produced hit films like pulp fiction and the king's speech. actresses told the new york times that harvey had pressured them, in return for help making them famous. mr weinstein says the way he behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain, for which he apologised. he's now taking a leave of abscence. last night you might have caught sight of a very large and very bright moon in the sky.

it's called the harvest moon as it's the first full moon since the autumn equinox, which is when the sun shines almost directly over the equator. and it caught your eye from scotland to surrey and you've been sending in pictures of that harvest moon in your droves! this one came from jon in hampshire, who took it while night fishing on the river hamble. molly sent us this beautiful picture, looking at the moon through the london eye. while emma in surrey sent us this fantastic close up which really shows the yellow colour of the harvest moon. if you got some pictures last night you can e—mail us at bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk. and you can tweet about today's stories using the hashtag #bbcbreakfast. it would be fair to say it did not light up the england team last night, albeit they've done it, they are on their way to the world cup. here's stat for you, few teams can boast this that, 38 games unbeaten in qualifying match, the last time they lost a world cup or euro qualifying match was october, 2009.

quite some run. it's like the arsenal run when they went the whole season unbeaten. boring but frustrating and they got there in the end, they are on the plane and england fans can get their russian maps out. another late show for scotland, they are still in with a shout of the play—offs, on top of that league of the play—offs at the moment. england manager gareth southgate says his side have a lot of work to do before next year's world cup. but they've guaranteed their spot at russia 2018 thanks to a hard fought 1—0 win against slovenia. captain harry kane scored a late winner, but the performance was hardly one to scare the world's best. scotland kept alive their hopes of qualifying, they beat slovakia 1—0 thanks to an own goal. another win on sunday should seal a play—off spot. but northern ireland aren't guaranteed a play—off spot yet, they lost 3—1 to world champions germany in belfast. they still have a chance against

norway next week. and castleford tigers will be without prolific full—back zach hardaker for tomorrow's super league grand final. he's been dropped after breaching club rules. more in the papers in a couple of moments. thank you. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. did you manage to get a glimpse of the harvest moon? i did as i was coming in in the taxi this morning. for many places we've had clear skies overnight so a great view of the harvest moon last night and with the harvest moon last night and with the clear skies around this morning, quite a fresh and chilly start to the day for some. but there will be some sunshine on offer and for most places it is staying dry and sunny through the day. looking at the atlantic, we've got this bulk of cloud starting to move into the far north—west, that will be more of a player into the weekend but for the here and now, high pressure is going to be dominating the weather today. a weather front and tight isobars in the east bringing a few showers potentially to the far north—east of

scotla nd potentially to the far north—east of scotland this morning. for the bulk of scotla nd scotland this morning. for the bulk of scotland and northern ireland, sparkling sunshine, although those temperatures well down in the mid single figures in towns and cities, colder in the countryside. fresh but sunny as we go south across england and wales. we could catch an isolated shower around the coast of norfolk, but moving further south and west and it's a dry morning to come with light winds, so feeling different from head to the breezy day we had yesterday. three today we keep the sunshine and the light winds, just an isolated shower or two in the east but the bulk of the country will be dry for much of the day. no heat wave at the moment, temperatures a bit below average for the time of year, between 11 in aberdeen and 16 in london but with the light winds in the sunshine that shouldn't feel too bad. later today we see the cloud arriving in the north—west, bringing rain this evening in northern ireland and scotla nd evening in northern ireland and scotland with the wind is picking up. moving through the night, the

rain and weather front will shift south, during the early hours of saturday the cloud and rain sitting through central england and wales, and a mild night compare to the night we've just seen with all the cloud, outbreaks of rain and the breeze. a bit more unsettled as we start the weekend. during saturday this frontal system will ease southwards and eastwards, bringing that rain in the south, followed by some brighter spells but quite cloudy with scattered blustery spells moving from the north. a breezy, cloudy day with showers or perhaps longer spells of rain where you see the front. temperatures between 1a to 16 degrees. as we head into the second half of the weekend, on sunday, the winds should ease so less breezy and the drier day of the weekend, still only around 13 to 17 and the chance of some isolated showers in the north and west. to summarise the weekend, fairly cloudy skies, a bit of rain for many on saturday, but some brighter

conditions likely by sunday. enjoy the weather today, blue skies and light winds for most of us. definitely worth enjoying. thank you! let's have a look through some of the papers with mike. sport in a moment but first the front page of the daily telegraph, amber rudd, the home secretary, front and centre, pledging her allegiance to theresa may —— amber rudd. the mps asking her to step down have gone public. grant shapps, a former... he was with the party for a long time and still a serving mp. he will be talking to us later on and he is the man who is leading up to 30 mps who are suggesting openly that theresa may should be standing down, we'll talk about that through the morning. the former conservative party chairman accused of leading dozens of rebel mps. that on the front page of rebel mps. that on the front page

of the times as well. this is boris becker and his wife, lily, saying he has been forced to sell his wimbledon trophies because of rising debts. the front page of the daily mirror, all we want for christmas is a new p.m., saying rebels will confront theresa may in the next three days. mike? it is weird in the back pages, downbeat about england qualifying, i remember 1994 when they missed out. they should be jubilant. in the netherlands missed out last time around. fans want to see a strong performance, they want a hint of what england can do. they're not going to beat slovenia four nil orfive nil. 90 minutes without a goal last night. 60,000, good attendance. but

a lot of empty seats. that is still good for a thursday night against slavonia. i was always good at making paper planes. i cannot fly this one because of health and safety. bobby charlton turns 80 on wednesday. when he got the ball, eve ryo ne wednesday. when he got the ball, everyone took a breath. he got faster when he got to the goal. was there evidence that happened?m just felt like that. this was yesterday over the 02 arena in london. doing a few wheelies and

travelling 150 feet through the air. looks like a cartoon. that's actually him. he had a 150 foot run—up to land on a platform on the other side. whenever you go out, did you come back with everything safe and sound? i once went to cover a crime story and left my briefcase in the car and never saw it again. did you put a surcharge for it? it was 20 years ago. -- search out. you never know. a woman in the 805 went toa never know. a woman in the 805 went to a club in manchester. her purse was found down the back of a radiator. it was a black and white photo id, a top, and a cheque card. that was 30 years ago. it was found down the back of a radiator in the

ritz in the 805. just 12p.|j down the back of a radiator in the ritz in the 80s. just 12p. i left everything in that briefcase. my keys and wallet. i don't know if i had a phone at the time. important stuff. it could be down a back of a sofa. while we are talking about paper planes, we will go to a really impressive plane. for nearly 30 years, concorde was the way to travel, flying the rich and famous at faster than the speed of sound. but by 2003, rising maintenance costs and falling passenger numbers brought the age of supersonic travel to an end. now, the last concorde ever to fly is going on display at a museum in bristol, near to where it was originally built. breakfast‘sjohn maguire is there. of course, john, it remains one of the most extraordinary profiles. absolutely right. it was designed and built at the large airfield

behind these brand—new hanger built to house it. this museum in bristol will open in two weeks' time. the noseis will open in two weeks' time. the nose is up but it used to drop so the pilot could see during the ru nway the pilot could see during the runway taxi. we will introduce you toa runway taxi. we will introduce you to a pilot of the concorde soon. good morning. why here? why did you bring it back to its birthplace? this is the last supersonic aircraft that flew in every single uk airport. concorde was largely designed here and manufactured. the engines were made locally. tens of thousands of people were involved in it. friends and family could look up and see it overhead. fantastic. it i5 and see it overhead. fantastic. it is so pleasing after so many years since it last flew in 2003. we now

have a home for it. everyone has a story about concorde. every house in bristol has a picture of it on the wall. yes, and schools as well. it i5 wall. yes, and schools as well. it is deep in the hearts of the people who live around here. it is the icon of british design, science, technology. it still captures people. you have an incredible display. i saw a sneak preview. you allow people to go on board and really feel the concorde experience. yeah. everyone who comes can go on board. down below there is a fantastic projection which goes on it showing the design and history of it showing the design and history of it and what it was like the flight it and what it was like the flight it and what it was like the flight itand an it and what it was like the flight it and an exhibition as well. people get a full sense of what it was like. we will give you a history and evoke some memories. 20 degrees. 36

seconds. shall we take a look inside, walk in the footsteps of movie stars and royalty? the first being strikes you concorde —— thing that strikes you is that it feels quite small. it feels quite small. leather seating. it has a real aircraft smell, even all of these years later to be used to fly at mach two, twice the speed of sound and three times faster than anything you would fly on these days. it takes you where you want to go so quickly. i have never seen so many buttons. we will say good morning to colin, a former pilot. how does it feel to be back in the driving seat? like going into a cupboard and finding an old boy. i would sit in the cockpit, the sharp

end of this plane, and i cannot stop myself fiddling with all the buttons. i could stay in here quite happily for the rest of my life. what was she like to fly? is it different to anything else? she handled beautifully. but she required great accuracy. she was a different aeroplane from others. if you were taught to fly her properly, she was beautiful to handle, but she would turn around and bite you if you miss handled her. what do you mean by that? is it like a sports car compared to a family one? yes, she is a very slippery aeroplane. if you let yourself get behind the curve when you are operating her, you have not got the time to catch up you have not got the time to catch up and you will make more mistakes because you are in a rush. that is

what made her different. but the speed and not enough time to do what you want to do, like eating brea kfast. you want to do, like eating breakfast. such a glamorous time when we look back at the pictures. it brings back all those memories. you had a job to do driving this thing. did it feel glamorous? is certainly. i never thought of it as a job. it was untold fine. the whole thing was terrific. —— fun. you had a continuous stream of lovely people coming up. drop some names. drop some names. that is tricky. i could spend all day reading them to you. my spend all day reading them to you. my favourite was frank sinatra. he was very keen on aeroplanes. i slew him several times. —— flew.

eventually he would sit up with me and we would talk about planes instead of him sitting in the back. we would talk about his songs and how i used them when courting. show business was quite a large part of it. politicians as well. i would not affect ordinary people, no one is ordinary. dasher would not say. in the early days, people would spend life savings to go on this. it was the everyone. thank you very much, colin, frank sinatra's favourite pilot. i am sure you sang come fly with me to him. london to new york

in three hours. it would expand and contract as it landed. extraordinary british engineering. we will talk about it more later. incredible. if you are going to drop a name, frank sinatra is the one to drop. three hours remains an extraordinary thing even after all these years. much more later on. and now we will take a look at how british businesses trying to solve biggest problem, productivity. how do we work more hours but less work? we will look at that. good morning. good morning. we will try to solve that puzzle with this. we are at a mackerel and it is absolutely boiling. —— glass factory. we will show you what they

do. they are blowing the glass and creating things like this. last year they have improved productivity, putting doors on the furnace to save money. it has made a huge difference. we will find out what they did and how it has helped. but first, the news, travel, and weather, wherever you are waking up this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. an east london council is giving £3 million of its money to the met police to increase the number of officers in the borough. tower hamlets has raised concerns that cuts to the force's budget has reduced the number on the beat. it says it's going to pay for 39 officers to protect neighbourhood policing. we would prefer not to spend it, but we have issues with antisocial behaviour and crime in the borough.

it is on and upward path. —— an. the mother of a young man, who was shot dead in croydon a year ago, has called on the community to put a stop to gun and knife violence. detectives are offering up to £20,000 for information to help catch akeem moore's killer. he was shot in the back garden of a house where he'd gone to meet a friend. his mother says his three young children still ask if their father is coming back. new research suggest the number of people looking for work in london is continuing to fall sharply, putting pressure on companies keen to fill vacancies. the recruitment and employment confederation says the biggest shortfalls exist amongst low—skilled workers, blue collar trades and the accountancy sector. it says it's driven by the fall in the number of eu nationals coming to work here and record employment levels in the uk. let's have a look at the travel

situation now. the tube is looking good so far this morning. there is an accident on the m25 this morning. slower than usual. traffic is building up. let's take a look at the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. good morning. a chilly start to the day. temperatures in towns back in single figures. a pleasant day. similarto single figures. a pleasant day. similar to yesterday afternoon. blue skies and sunshine through the day and it will stay dry. more light winds than yesterday. the best of the sunshine will be in the morning. more cloud developing in the afternoon. wind in the north—west and then back to a westerly. it will lighten. filling warm in sunny

spells. —— feeling. highs of 16. 0vernight, clouding over. 0utbreaks of rain coming in from the west as well. a mild night than last night. nine degrees. then this weather front on saturday will give us outbreaks of rain. light and patchy most of the time. possibly some brightness towards northern home counties through the afternoon. windy tomorrow. sunday is the best looking day of the weekend. more reliable. stray showers. sunny spells and lighter winds. that is all from us. back in half an hour. more on the website. now, though, it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: we'll ask the former conservative party chairman grant shapps why he's demanding that theresa may steps down as prime minister.

it's certainly eye—catching. it's certainly eye-catching. mrs duckworth... the unforgetable vera duckworth. we'll look back at the life and career of liz dawn with one of her coronation street co—stars. and after england limply qualified for the world cup finals last night, we'll ask if they have any chance of success in russia next summer. good morning, here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news: the former conservative party chairman grant shapps has admitted to leading colleagues in a plot to force theresa may to stand down as prime minister. he said up to 30 mp5 supported the move, including five former cabinet ministers. after her difficult conference speech the first secretary damian green has defended mrs may, saying

she is as determined as ever to get on with herjob. ryanair has promised its pilots significant improvements to their pay and conditions after the airline was forced to cancel thousands of flights in recent weeks. in a three—page letter, chief executive, michael 0'leary said he'd beat the deal for pilots offered by other carriers if they remain loyal. the royal navy could lose its ability to attack enemy—held beaches under plans being considered in the ministry of defence. the bbc understands two specialist landing ships would be taken out of service as part of a proposed package of cost—cutting measures. the mod says that no decisions have been made yet and that discussion of options was pure speculation. the powerful us gun lobby, the national rifle association, has backed calls for tougher regulations on a rapid fire device used in the mass shooting in las vegas. the group said that so—called bump stocks, which allow semi—automatic rifles to fire like fully—automatic rifles, should be subject to additional rules. republicans have said they would consider banning the tool, despite years of resisting any gun control. latest pictures show the panic as

stephen paddock opened fire. the frenzy of gunfire magnified by a commercially available device called a bump stock, capable of turning a rifle into a machine—gun. there are now growing calls for such devices to be banned, a move which even has the backing of the most powerful lobby group in america, the national rifle association. in a statement, the nra said: caught in the middle of sunday's carnage were these british shoulders based at swanton morley in norfolk. they helped several of the wounded, including a young woman shot in the back. the gun had gone in and stayed tn, back. the gun had gone in and stayed in, we put pressure on and assured her everything would be all right. i told her what i did in the army and

i was told her what i did in the army and iwasa told her what i did in the army and i was a bit like her myself. how was she? i would say 30. very young, very scared? yeah, try to reassure her as best as possible. an ordeal many here are still trying to come to terms with as the search continues for an accomplice and any motivation for a motive for such a terrible attack. david willis, bbc news. more than half of us are paying extra for goods and services because we are not willing to wait, and impatience is costing some people up to £2,000 a year. that's according to a new survey. upgrading postage for a faster delivery, taking a taxi instead of public transport and opting for fast food over a home—cooked meal are among the common added expenses

for impatient people. the study, by the financial services compensation scheme, found that 25 to 34—year—olds are most likely to pay extra. there's a celebration. 0n on paper england are up there with germany and spain, unbeaten, 23 points, cruising their way. germany and spain, unbeaten, 23 points, cruising theirway. but germany and spain, unbeaten, 23 points, cruising their way. but in terms of the performance, the papers are moaning it was boring, fans making paper aeroplanes and the likes of gary lineker saying that kind of performance won't scare anybody. they in, they have got to get there first of all and england have the amazing qualifying run —— they are in. and scotland could make it and also maybe northern ireland getting to the play—offs and wales, could be a fantastic qualification campaignfor could be a fantastic qualification campaign for all the whole nations. well, it wasn't pretty but it was enough. england have qualified for next year's world cup, labouring to a 1—0 win over

slovenia last night. just as the headline writers were putting the finishing touches to slating england's display, harry kane popped up in stoppage time to score the game's only goal and fire england to russia 2018. the players took to social media to celebrate. kane himself said: while fellow strike marcus rashford tweeted: but former england forward gary lineker seemed less impressed with a rather sarcastic sounding tweet: let's hear from goal let's hearfrom goal scorer harry kane. it wasn't an amazing performance but the most important thing was getting a win and qualifying for the world cup and we've done that. we should be proud as a team, as a nation, we should all be enjoying tonight. it's

an amazing feeling any time you score, no matter in the last minute to send out into the world cup. the late drama wasn't reserved for wembley as scotland kept alive their hopes of reaching russia with a late 1—0 triumph against 10—man slovakia. it was an own goal from former liverpool defender martin skrtel that sent hampden park into pandemonium. victory in slovenia on sunday should see scotland into the play—offs. everyone makes you feel better about yourself. and the performance makes yourself. and the performance makes you feel better about yourself. the goalkeeper was outstanding. crossbar wasn't too bad either. so there was a lot going on that we can be pleased with. now we have to regroup and go again. northern ireland were already guaranteed second in their group but they haven't quite made sure of a play—off spot after losing 3—1 to the world champions germany in belfast. manager martin 0'neill described the german side as breathtaking. sesbastien rudy's goal

certainly worthy of that. josh magennis‘ late header lifted the crowd and northern ireland should still make the play—offs. germany took six off norway, the game can go that way if you don't play with the right attitude. i thought the character of the players, the spirit they showed in the second half was fantastic, still have the mentality of something to play for, not many teams come from 2-0 play for, not many teams come from 2—0 down against germany so to play as hard as they did was a huge positive for us. three home nations down, one to go. wales are away to georgia tonight. they'll be without their talisman gareth bale, who has a calf injury. they're expected to win this one and go into a winner—takes—all match with the republic of ireland on monday for the play—off spot. syria's football team can't play their matches at home because of the conflict

there but they still have a chance of reaching the world cup after drawing the first leg of their qualifying tie 1—1 with australia. a late penalty levelled the game, which was held in malaysia. the return leg is in sydney on tuesday and the winner faces another play—off to make it to russia. zac hardaker has been one of castleford tigers‘ star players this season, but he's been dropped for tomorrow's super league grand final, against his former club, leeds. castleford say he's breached club rules, but they haven't gone into detail. hardaker scored 13 tries as castleford, topped the table during the regular season. formula 1 is injapan this weekend. first practice early this morning saw the championship rivals sebastian vettel and lewis hamilton top the charts but they've been stuck in the garage since. no action in second practice as the rain sweeps over suzuka. some fans still braving it though. practise has been delayed indefinitely. the track is flooded right now. drivers occupying themselves by making paper boats, and floating them down the pit lane!

at the world gymnastics championships, nile wilson finished sixth in the all around final. a quite remarkable achievement for the 21—year—old considering he snapped ankle ligaments in january. all looks to be in working order now for the olympic bronze medallist, who is delighted to be back competing. regardless of the result i wanted to enjoy it and i've had a beaming smile on my face, a few fist bumps and that was the outcome, my highlights were my high bar and the floor routine last couple of pieces. like i say, six in the world, couldn't be happier, mixing with the best gymnasts in the world, a great feeling, i know i'm capable of more. i've believe i could stand on the top of the podium one—day. and finally, he's knocked out some

of the hardest men in boxing, been world champion for a decade but we seemed to have found wladimir klitschko's cryptonite, bunkers. he's playing in the alfred dunhill links pro—am in scotland and got a bit stuck on the 16th. his first attempt didn't escape, his caddy suggested knocking it out sideways but klitschko ignored the advice and, well, it didn't end well! irishman paul dunne leads the main tournament alongside nicolas colesarts. i think he is still there! set up camp overnight! a brave caddie to tell klitschko you did that wrong, should have listened to me. you should have listened to me. you should have listened to me. you should have been there! i have played chess against klitschko, he's got a very logical mind, you would think he could get out of a bunker. did he beat you? of course! naturally! you say you let him be you now, but did you say that to him? hopefully he's not watching! we

will have the weather shortly and looks like there could be some sunshine this weekend. america's gun laws have been subject to much debate over the years, and despite numerous mass shootings and various demands for stricter laws, very little has ever changed. now the country's most powerful gun rights lobby, the national rifle association, has called for the regulation of bump stocks, like those used in the las vegas massacre. these can allow semi—automatic weapons to fire like fully automatic machine—guns. let's discuss this further with antonia 0kafor, an nra commentator. good morning to you, antonia. thank you for your time. you are a member of the nra, do you own guns yourself, just to establish your interest. yes i do, i am an nra member and i own severalfirearms. you will understand for a british

audience, we are always curious about people who own guns in the united states, what guns do you own? my united states, what guns do you own? my first son was a shotgun used for hunting. it is a 70 express. i have a45 hunting. it is a 70 express. i have a 45 calibre handgun and i have a nine millimetre, which i use for concealed carry and i conceal carry in texas. i also have an ar 15. what is that? ar 15 is an automatic rifle. holds about 32 rounds in the magazine and it is used for sports. the nra is now saying that they would like a review of access to the so—called bump stocks, these are the devices that turn a semiautomatic weapon into a much more dangerous weapon. what do you think about that? really it is going into the fa ct that? really it is going into the fact that republicans, well, first

of all democrats right after this massacre were calling for more gun control, a pretty predictable thing for democrats usually. but then republicans over the last day or so starting with leadership john gorman, the senator for my home state, texas, and then paul ryan, the speaker of the house, said they are going to look into it. the freedom caucus also saying they would probably say yes to something like that. i think it is going with the grain that the republican party is willing to look at something like that, but clearly it's not the nra saying there's an all—out ban on bump stocks. really it is just telling them that they are wanting batf, the federal trojan agency that looks into this, they are going to looks into this, they are going to look into it to see if it meets the measures that maybe would have been something that would have been

looked at all looked over when it comes to fully automatic weapons. explain if you could, sorry to interrupt, i was going to ask, i understand one of the most popular manufacturers of bump stocks are saying they have now sold out because of extreme high demand following the las vegas shooting. can you help us with the mindset, which is having seen the damage a weapon like that can do, people would want to buy one? why would you wa nt would want to buy one? why would you want one more now than you did before? the same happened with ar—15s when california restricted them. it was almost impossible to get them because they were sold out. the same with ammunition when they thought hillary clinton was going to be president. she is fond of gun control. if you are going to

restrict something, more people are going to want to get it. i don't think it has to do with the massacre. law—abiding citizens are using them at gun ranges. i see people who use these stocks once or twice a month. it is not unusual. people use them for sport and in the right way. unfortunately, like any criminal, they will use it. anything supposed to be fun and recreational can be harmful if they don't follow the law. that is the issue. people are afraid and overreact. the nra is not calling for a ban on bump stocks. they decided they will

overlook regulation notjust once but twice during the 0bama administration. this is just something to see if there is any update that should be made after this massacre, and if not, move on. you say you have been on gun ranges seeing them use bump stocks. are you tempted to get one yourself for whatever reason because they could potentially be banned? is it something you are likely to do? from the uk, perhaps you are aware, there isa the uk, perhaps you are aware, there is a sliding scale. a handgun, automatic rifle, rifle, why would you want that? then goes to another level when you think someone having something that's deadly. would you consider that? what is in the mindset of those who owned them?” think the mindset is that americans, they are unique in that the second

amendment was there and implemented for self defence. it is to protect us for self defence. it is to protect us from a tyrannical government, but also other people who are criminals. to have a handgun, semi—automatic, people think of that as a basic handgun for many people. itjust means quick shooting. i have a semi—automatic handgun and a semi—automatic handgun and a semi—automatic rifle to protect myself from someone who wants to harm me. i am a law—abiding citizen in every aspect you can think of. the problem with these situations is people start demonising law—abiding citizens. i am people start demonising law—abiding citizens. iam more people start demonising law—abiding citizens. i am more the face of a gun owner than the face we have seen in the past week. statistically, thatis

in the past week. statistically, that is the truth. thank you very much for your time this morning. speaking to us from las vegas. just talking to us about the issues raised by the bump stocks. this is brea kfast. raised by the bump stocks. this is breakfast. the main stories. the conservative party chairman has confirmed he is leading efforts by tory backbenchers to get theresa may to step down as leader. ryanair promises better pay and conditions to pilots in an attempt to retain staff following a troubling month for the budget airline. some sunshine around this weekend. sarah is going to tell us where to find it. a glorious view. this is a sunrise over the lake district. we will see similar conditions today.

clear skies and a bright autumnal day. after a chilly start to the day, sunshine on offer. most places, dry. cloud waiting in the atlantic. it will move in during the day on saturday in particular. turning cloudier and more damp tomorrow. a front in the north sea. a few showers around the east coast. the northern isles of scotland, aberdeenshire as well. scotland and northern ireland this morning, sunshine to wake up to. temperatures on the chilly side first thing. a similar picture in northern england as wealth of the south of england and wales, some showers. —— as well. a few far north wales. the bulk of places, a dry morning and lighter winds than recent days. through the day, conditions sticking around. dry across the board with light winds and sunshine. a decent day. late in

the day, cloud moving in from the north—west ahead of the arrival of some rain during this evening. temperatures today, 11— 16. below average for the time of year. feeling pleasant with sunshine and light wind. into the evening hours, thatis light wind. into the evening hours, that is when we see the cloud and rain moving in across northern ireland and overnight sinking south into central part of england and across wales. the far south, staying largely dry through the day —— night. temperatures in double figures. through the day tomorrow, not a complete washout. the frontal system will clear to the south and east. a bit of rain on that. a return to showers from the north—west. during tomorrow, rain in wales and south of england. cloudy and breezy. the north and west, showers. brighter spells. a cloudy

day all in all. temperatures, 14— 16. the second half of the weekend, the weather will get better. sunday is the better day for most of us. a return to sunny spells. showers in the north and west. less windy than saturday. a touch more warm. not a bad weekend. fairly cloudy. some rain, especially on saturday. for many of us, a return to brighter conditions by sunday. back to you, naga and charlie. are you productive? this morning? i do my best. would you be more productive if you worked more hours‘s not necessarily. -- hours? do you know we lag behind other countries in terms of productivity? how long you are working compared to productivity. we are in cumbria

where they are looking at improving that ratio. good morning. welcome to the lake district. i am at a glass factory. we are getting molten glass out by hand and shaping and cutting it. fascinating. it is an old industry but one that has not changed much, except for recently. relatively small changes have had a big impact on productivity. let me in the boss here, chris. relatively small changes. they make a big difference. we have had many changes. incremental changes. it adds up. we engage the staff better

and we ince ntivise adds up. we engage the staff better and we incentivise through bonuses. we have new doors which retain heat in the furnace. we are trying to get everything right the first time. it i5 everything right the first time. it is impossible in the industry as it i5 is impossible in the industry as it is handcrafted and artisan, but having better focus massively increases productivity. you talked about very small changes. it might sound obvious, extra thick doors on a furnace, but that means the gas and electricity bill comes down. 3096 production in the electricity bill. that is phenomenal. and introducing a time for the staff to resolve issues over coffee has helped. we really tried to embrace technology,

allowing us to reach out beyond the traditional market. we are reaching out around the world. thank you very much. you are seeing some of this in action. there is a lot of hot glass soi action. there is a lot of hot glass so i will go this way. this is a business adviser. we heard from the boss about the changes they have made. he talked about moving the toaster closer to the cattle to make brea kfast toaster closer to the cattle to make breakfast more efficient. —— kettle. relatively small changes. it is. many people think it is about big things, getting big new equipment, new computers, but it is about marginal gains in each individual process. finding what is of value to the customer and delivering only what the customer needs and eliminating the rest. why is the uk so bad at productivity? we are down

on the table. i think it is cultural. we tend to look at things in terms of... if you look at the business equation, it is simply profit equals cost... sorry, price equals costs plus profit margin. if you turn that around, it is the same equation. look at it in terms of delivering a profit through cost reduction and the right price. delivering a profit through cost reduction and the right pricem delivering a profit through cost reduction and the right price. it is about focusing on what you deliver to customers, not just about focusing on what you deliver to customers, notjust about how much money you can make out of it? yeah. you have to forget how much you make out of it and talk about the value the customer is getting and deliver processes to meet that need. 0k. for now, good to see you. thank you for explaining that. let

me show you what they are making. you might have had an idea, but this is what it looks like. i will find out more about how they make it, and crucially, about gains in productivity. i will be back a little bit later. thank you. we will talk about that later on. time to get the news, travel, and weather, wherever you are waking up this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. an east london council is giving £3 million of its money to the met police to increase the number of officers in the borough. tower hamlets has raised concerns that cuts to the force's budget has reduced the number on the beat. it says it's going to pay for 39 officers to protect neighbourhood policing. we would prefer not to spend it, but we have got issues with antisocial behaviour and crime in the borough. crime is on an upward path. when i was elected we said it would go down.

we will have 39 officers paid for by local people. the mother of a young man, who was shot dead in croydon a year ago, has called on the community to put a stop to gun and knife violence. detectives are offering up to £20,000 for information to help catch akeem moore's killer. he was shot in the back garden of a house where he'd gone to meet a friend. his mother says his three young children still ask if their father is coming back. new research suggest the number of people looking for work in london is continuing to fall sharply, putting pressure on companies keen to fill vacancies. the recruitment and employment confederation says the biggest shortfalls exist amongst low—skilled workers, blue collar trades and the accountancy sector. it says it's driven by the fall in the number of eu nationals coming to work here and record employment levels in the uk. let's have a look at the travel situation now. an accident on the m25. even slower

than usual. let's take a look at the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good morning. it's a chilly start to the day with temperatures even in the towns back in single figures this morning. a pleasant day. similar to yesterday afternoon. blue skies and sunshine through the day and it will stay dry. more light winds than yesterday. the best of the day's sunshine will be in the morning. more cloud developing in the afternoon. the wind still come in from the north—west and then back to a westerly. it will lighten. feeling warm in sunny spells. despite winds feeling cooler than yesterday,

highs of 16. then overnight tonight, clouding over. outbreaks of rain coming in from the west as well. a mild night than last night. nine degrees. and then this weather front on saturday will give us outbreaks of rain albeit quite light and patchy most of the time. possibly some brightness towards northern home counties through the afternoon. but it will be quite windy tomorrow. sunday is the best looking day of the weekend. more reliable. perhaps some stray showers here and there. sunny spells and lighter winds. that is all from us. back in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. a senior conservative calls for the prime minister to stand aside. the former party chairman grant shapps has admitted to leading a group of 30 mp5 who want theresa may to quit. he says it's time for a leadership election. also this morning:

ryanair promises pilots better pay and conditions as it tries to put and end to its flight cancellation crisis. running towards danger. we meet the british soldier who helped people injured in the las vegas massacre. in sport, england book their place at next year's world cup but they needed an injury time goal from captain harry kane to qualify after a night of frustration against slovenia at wembley. good morning. can we improve productivity without just asking everybody to work a bit harder? are there easier ways to do it? i'm ata are there easier ways to do it? i'm at a glass factory in the lake district this morning finding out what they did and how they did it. this airliner used to take

passengers from london to new york injust three hours. it is passengers from london to new york in just three hours. it is of course concorde and we're at its brand—new home, this was the last buying supersonic passengerjet. a chilly start to the day but for most places things are set to remain dry and sunny. i'll bring you the full forecast for today and the weekend in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the former conservative party chairman, grant shapps, has admitted to leading colleagues in a plot to force theresa may to stand down as prime minister. he said up to 30 mp5 supported the move, including five former cabinet ministers. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster for us this morning. worth establishing in case people aren't aware, grant shapps is a former conservative party chairman, had the role for five years, he's a significant political person and he says he has the support of others. this is quite a significant moment?

yeah, this is a ringleader of a plot to potentially try and oust theresa may, basically breaking cover, declaring his hand. he's saying i've got the support of two dozen odd conservative mps, up to 30, including five former cabinet ministers, he says, who think that theresa may should go. these feelings, these sentiments date back to the election about the loss of the parliamentary majority. he says after the election she showed contrition, said that she would only serve as long as her mps wanted her to, but since then he thinks she has failed to have a relaunch, failed to stamp her authority on the party and the speech, the pretty disastrous conference speech, the plotters think, is a catalyst to try to make her go. they're thinking about approaching downing street in a bit more of an informal way, not the formal mechanism for triggering a

leadership contest, but there are plenty of cabinet ministers and backbenchers who have come out in strong support of theresa may saying this is not the time for a leadership election and there is no intention to have another general election and theresa may is the best person for thejob. election and theresa may is the best person for the job. although the plotters are person for the job. although the plotters a re now person for the job. although the plotters are now in the open as it we re plotters are now in the open as it were and they think they're drumming up were and they think they're drumming up support, they do not have the numbers yet, although i don't think that necessarily means the threat to theresa may has gone away. for the moment, thank you. worth pointing out, we will speak to grant shapps at around out, we will speak to grant shapps ataround 7:30am. also in the next few minutes we will speak to michael gove, the environment secretary, that's coming up environment secretary, that's coming up shortly. ryanair has promised its pilots significant improvements to their pay and conditions, this after the airline was forced to cancel thousands of flights in recent weeks. in a three—page letter, chief executive michael 0'leary said he'd beat the deal for pilots offered by other carriers if they remain loyal. keith doyle reports. ryanair‘s boss was not

known for apologising, but recently, he's said sorry a lot after more than 700,000 passengers' journeys were cancelled after a problem rostering pilots. i want to, on behalf of ryanair and on my own behalf, apologise. for which again i want to apologise. i also want to apologise. once again, i say sorry, and i sincerely apologise. now it is the pilots' turn to get an apology. in a letter addressed to all ryanair pilots puportedly from chief executive, michael 0'leary, he apologises for the problems of the airline, and pleads with them not tojoin rival airlines, promising improved pay, conditions, and prospects. last month, the irish low—cost airline announced it was cancelling as many as 50 flights a day and grounding 25 planes for the winter, affecting the travel plans of 715,000 people. it was then forced to improve compensation to passengers, issuing yet another apology. the airline says it has enough pilots, and this letter shows it

desperately wants to hold on to them. in it, pilots are offered pay increases of up to 10,000 euros, better payments for extra work, improved conditions and career prospects and a loyalty bonus of 12,000 euros if they don't move to a rival airline. the letter ends with a plea to pilots, "i urge you to stay with ryanair," says michael 0'leary. he hopes passengers will also. keith doyle, bbc news. the powerful us gun lobby, the national rifle association, has backed calls for tougher regulations on a rapid fire device used in the mass shooting in las vegas. the group said that so—called bump stocks, which allow semi—automatic rifles to fire like fully—automatic rifles, should be subject to additional rules. republicans have said they would consider banning the tool despite years of resisting any gun control. latest pictures show the panic as stephen paddock opened fire. the frenzy of gunfire magnified

by a commercially available device called a bump stock, capable of turning a rifle into a machine—gun. there are now growing calls for such devices to be banned, a move which even has the backing of the most powerful lobby group in america, the national rifle association. in a statement, the nra said: caught in the middle of sunday's carnage caught in the middle of sunday's carnage were these british soldiers based at swanton morley in norfolk. they helped several of the wounded, including a young woman shot in the back. the gun had gone in and stayed in, we put pressure on and assured her everything would be all right. i told her what i did in the army and i was a bit like her myself. how old was she? i would say 30. very young, very scared? yeah, i tried to reassure her

as best as possible. difficult as best as possible. enough for anyone to go through difficult enough for anyone to go through as you could imagine. an ordeal many here are still trying to come to terms with as the search continues for an accomplice and any indication of a motive for such a terrible attack. david willis, bbc news. spain's constitutional court has suspended a session of catalonia's regional parliament on monday in an attempt to stop it declaring independence. it follows the protests and violent scenes last sunday, when police tried to stop a referendum on independence which the spanish government labelled illegal. the oscar—winning hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein, says he's taking leave of absence and seeking the help of therapists. this follows a report that eight women have made sexual harassment claims against the 65—year—old stretching back over nearly three decades. mr weinstein is reported to have reached settlements with the women. the sale of almost all ivory, including antique items,

would be banned under plans set out by the government to help end elephant poaching. the environment secretary michael gove has announced a three—month public consultation on the proposals. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. a bonfire of tusks taken from 6,000 elephants slaughtered in kenya for their ivory. their number has declined by almost a third in the last decade. around 20,000 are killed each year. the current rules allow ivory older than 1947 to be sold within the uk and the eu. the government says it wants to ban ivory sales no matter how old it is and has launched a 12—week consultation on its plan. the new proposals would still allow the sale of works of art or objects of cultural or historical value. there's some concern that such exemptions could become loopholes for antique dealers. but overall, conservation groups are pleased.

we really want to see this put in place within a year so that when they host of the london conference on illegal wildlife trade next year they can demonstrate that they are a global leader in tackling illegal wildlife trade. if the government does ban ivory sales, britain willjoin the us and china, who have made similar commitments recently, a move that could help save elephants from extinction in many parts of africa. pallab ghosh, bbc news. we can talk about the proposed ban on all ivory with michael gove, the environment secretaryjoining us from our london newsroom. i can see you're having problems with your earpiece, it is naga. good morning, i was trying to fiddle so i could hear you. no problem. all clear? yes, thank you. we were running a piece on the proposed ban on all ivory, including antique ivory. why

has this been announced and now that labour is putting this consultation in place, why wasn't it in the general manifesto? i'm sorry, i missed the last of that. the piece p°pped missed the last of that. the piece popped out again. technical problems a lwa ys popped out again. technical problems always blighting us at times. —— earpiece. why is this proposed look at this ban on all ivory, why was this not in the general election ma nifesto ? this not in the general election manifesto? it was in 2015, i don't know why it wasn't in 2017, but we are moving quickly to deal with an emergency. there are thousands of african elephants killed every year for their ivory, it is an evil trade and we need to do everything we can to stop it. in the past conservative governments have shown leadership on this. i have to say thank you to william hague and owen paterson, they convene a conference in 2014 to demonstrate to the world the vital need to take action on this and i'm delighted to be able to announce today that following their leadership we are consulting on as

close to a total ban on ivory as possible. in practicalterms, how would this work in terms of pianos that already have ivory, classic pianos which need to be traded, with they be banned from being moved from country to country? we are consulting on certain exemptions. there are some antique items that contain a small amount of ivory as pa rt contain a small amount of ivory as part of the larger item itself. for example, as you rightly point out, either even ears on piano keys or a bit of ivory on a beautiful desk —— ivory veneers. there should be exemptions for works of artistic, historical or cultural works, things you would find in the british museum or that anyone would realise is a work of real artistic importance. we wa nt work of real artistic importance. we want these exemptions are drawn as narrowly as possible so the current ivory trade is shut down. michael gove, it would be a disservice if we

had the environment secretary on this morning and didn't talk about what's happening with the conservative party leadership. you're well aware of the reports now that up to 30 tory mps are supporting a move to ask theresa may for a leadership election, this has been said in the papers to be led by grant shapps, former conservative party chairman. what would you say to grant shapps today? what i would say to anyone is the prime minister showed real grace and grit earlier this week, and we need to insure that, as i'm doing today, we concentrate on governing, not speculating about leadership elections or anything like that. we have a job to do. a few months ago theresa may secured more votes as conservative leader than any conservative leader than any conservative leader than any conservative leader since 1983. i think the instruction from the british people was clear, and that is make sure we get a good brexit deal, carry on governing making the

announcement is we are making today, showing britain on the global stage is leading in a very important area, dealing with the illegal wildlife trade and also during the course of the conference this week the prime minister announced a series of practical steps to make life easier for people, including for example helping people get on the housing ladder and dealing with some of the questions surrounding student at. regardless of that, the last general election was not the decisive win many expected in the conservative party and potential conservative party and potential conservative party voters. —— student debt. now you have 30 mps, you need 48, which isa you have 30 mps, you need 48, which is a possibility, to demand a leadership election. it's a real possibility now. i don't think it is. i think the overwhelming majority of... certainly my collea g u es majority of... certainly my colleagues i have spoken to are strongly of the view we should put this speculation to one side and what we should concentrate on doing is getting behind the prime minister, chancellor, foreign

secretary, home secretary and the strong leadership team we have. i think the prime minister's performance earlier this week showed she has the grit, determination and courage to lead this country and she's also demonstrated notjust this week but through her premiership the vision this country needs. the fact in the general election so many people voted conservative, as i say, more than any time since 1983, is a reflection of the bank the priority is the prime minister has said, making sure britain is more productive, making sure the economy works for everyone, dealing with broken markets like the housing market and energy market. —— the fact. that's the agenda that people in the conservative party and people in the conservative party and people in the country wants to follow. it's not easy that the conservative party is united when you get 30 mps, five former cabinet ministers reportedly who want a leadership election. usain reported leak, i've been a journalist myself,

i would never want to criticise the media but these numbers are sometimes plucked out of the air. -- eusebio reportedly. grant shapps has said this. the overwhelming majority of conservative mps and members, indeed the people of the country, don't want to be diverted by speculation of the kind you sometimes get in the newspapers. what they want to see is the business of government going on. for example, earlier this week the prime minister and jeremy hunt announced we we re minister and jeremy hunt announced we were going to have thousands more british trained nurses to improve the nhs. it's far more important to concentrate on recruiting more people in the nhs than worrying about this or that piece of speculation in our accident newspapers. grant said this exists, the mp, said it exists. at least he is saying there are problems the conservative party, with belief in theresa may's

leadership. do you respect him?” respectfully disagree. the conservative party has a lot of talent. 0n conservative party has a lot of talent. on this occasion, i profoundly disagree with anyone who argues that we should concentrate on an introspective bout of leadership manoeuvring, when we just want to build on the policy announcements this week and make a difference. every day there are a team of people dedicated to making sure the air is purer, water is clearner, farm productivity can improve. that is what motivates me every day. i want the uk to be a better place to live in. that is where everyone should concentrate on. if theresa may was

forced to step down, would you put yourself up as leader?” forced to step down, would you put yourself up as leader? i want to concentrate on being the environment secretary and theresa may to be the prime minister. if she is forced to step down... my aim is to make sure given this chance to serve, i want to concentrate on making a difference. i want a return schemes when it comes the plastic waste checking the oceans, i want practical steps to deal with that. we need to take steps to improve the lives of people. it is the most important thing. thank you for your time this morning on bbc breakfast. thank you very much. we will talk to grant schapps in 15 minutes to put those questions to him. and now the

weather. beautiful pictures of the sunrise coming in from weather watchers this morning. this was from p°ppy watchers this morning. this was from poppy in bristol. clear skies. a fine autumnal day up and down the country. not a lot of cloud this morning. it is out country. not a lot of cloud this morning. it is out on country. not a lot of cloud this morning. it is out on the country. not a lot of cloud this morning. it is out on the atlantic. that will be a play on saturday in particular. a front in the north sea. some showers on the east coast during the day. the chance of a showers the northern isles down to coastal aberdeenshire. scotland and northern ireland, a chilly morning. sunshine in the morning. northern england, dry and bright, crisp and fresh, first things to be echoes the showers norfolk. england and wales, dry and settled after a chilly start. light winds and sunshine lasting through the date. that is

the theme. a glorious autumnal day. lots of sunshine in light winds. more breezy around the east coast. later in the day, cloud increasing from the north—west ahead of rain arriving this evening. a scattering of that, 16 degrees. it will feel pleasa nt of that, 16 degrees. it will feel pleasant in the sunshine. things change during the night. things will change during the night. things will change in northern ireland. the breeze will pick up. a frontal system is going south across england and wales tonight. the far south of england starting dry on saturday. a lot of cloud elsewhere. a breezy start to the weekend. rain around as well. saturday, this weather system will go to the south and east. scattered showers behind. 0utbreaks of rain on the front across wales and central and south—western england as well. cloudy and breezy

in the south to be further north, bright spells. quite cloudy. a breezy day with temperatures in 14— 16. once the front goes away, light winds and more dry conditions for most winds and more dry conditions for m ost pla ces winds and more dry conditions for most places on sunday. more in the way of sunshine. 13— 17. showers towards the north and west. not a bad weekend. quite cloudy. rain around during saturday. for most of us, sunday will be the best day of the weekend. thank you. it was faster than the speed of sound. the concorde. the last concorde that ever flew is now in a museum concorde. the last concorde that everflew is now in a museum in bristol. john maguire is there. it

was an amazing plane. quite small, though. that is right. not many people flew on the concorde over its life as an airliner. we will go on it later to talk to the pilot. i don't think the pilot is allowed to turnit don't think the pilot is allowed to turn it on. the delta wings, so innovative. and now, the flying spanner, the engineer on the fleet for many years. what was she like to work on? unbelievable. iwas for many years. what was she like to work on? unbelievable. i was there for the prototype right until the end. hot trials, entering into

service in january 1976 in end. hot trials, entering into service injanuary1976 in bahrain and london. how many flights, how many miles, did you go?” and london. how many flights, how many miles, did you go? i never added it up. later that year, we toured around the south—east, france, and hong kong, manila demonstration flights with marcos. who's who of the 70s. lovely to talk to you. we will talk to you later on. and now, we will look at concorde during its heyday. coming up concorde during its heyday. coming up to 20 degrees. airborne in 26 seconds. we are cleared for boarding, ladies and gentlemen. here is the cabin of

the concorde. the first thing that you realise is it is not as big as you realise is it is not as big as you would think compared to a 747, the a380. it flew from london to new york in three hours. elizabeth taylor, david frost. it cost a lot of money. the cockpit. all sorts of dials and buttons. what were the concorde days like? it was great fun. it was showbiz. 0f concorde days like? it was great fun. it was showbiz. of course, i heard you talking about all of the personalities that flew one it. there were lots of ordinary people

as well. the royalfamily, of course. and politicians, it is politicians. and unusually, american politicians. and unusually, american politicians. do you remember george schultz, the secretary of state. he rushed back to take over the job. i had half an hour with him and his wife discussing what life would be like him as secretary of state in america. not many people get that opportunity. not many were brought up opportunity. not many were brought up front. well, actually, there were a continuous stream of enthusiasts. that is what made it showbiz. the aeroplane was the real star. thank you. what a convivial host. pretty cramped, but what an office. later

we will talk more about it. thank you. ben is looking at how british business can solve productivity problems. how do we improve it? good morning. we are at a glass maker in cumbria. it is fascinating. i am finding out how they do things. you have been here are quite a while.- years. what are you doing? i am putting the guidelines on the crystal. the cutters follow those lines. we start with blank glass. this is the prototype which i take a copy of. it has three rings. there

and there. and this is how it ends up. that is the finished product. we will talk more to you in a little bit to find out how you do it. i don't know how you do it without your eyes going funny. we will find out about how this works and how they are improving productivity around the world. before that, the news, travel, and weather, wherever you are waking up this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. an east london council is giving £3 million of its money to the met police to increase the number of officers in the borough. tower hamlets has raised concerns that cuts to the force's budget has reduced the number on the beat. it says it's going to pay for 39 officers to protect neighbourhood policing. we would prefer not to spend it, but we have got issues with antisocial behaviour and crime in the borough. crime is on an upward path. when i was elected we said it would go down. we will have 39 officers paid for by local people. the mother of a young man,

who was shot dead in croydon a year ago, has called on the community to put a stop to gun and knife violence. detectives are offering up to £20,000 for information to help catch akeem moore's killer. he was shot in the back garden of a house where he'd gone to meet a friend. his mother says his three young children still ask if their father is coming back. new research suggest the number of people looking for work in london is continuing to fall sharply, putting pressure on companies keen to fill vacancies. the recruitment and employment confederation says the biggest shortfalls exist amongst low—skilled workers, blue collar trades and the accountancy sector. it says it's driven by the fall in the number of eu nationals coming to work here and record employment levels in the uk. let's have a look at the travel situation now. although you cannot see it, works on

barking. and finally, this is the a13. fairly busy. traffic building in the path to town. hello. good morning. it's a chilly start to the day with temperatures even in the towns back in single figures this morning. but it will be a very pleasant day of weather. similar to yesterday afternoon. blue skies and sunshine through the day and it will stay dry too. more light winds than yesterday. the best of the day's sunshine will be through the morning. more cloud developing in the afternoon. the wind still coming in from the north—west and then back to a westerly. and it will lighten. feeling pleasantly warm in sunny spells despite winds feeling cooler than yesterday, highs of 16. then overnight tonight,

clouding over. we will start to see outbreaks of rain coming in from the west as well. a milder night than last night. lows of nine degrees. and then this weather front on saturday will give us some outbreaks of rain albeit quite light and patchy most of the time. possibly some brightness towards northern home counties through the afternoon. but it will be quite windy tomorrow. sunday is the better looking day of the weekend. more reliably dry. perhaps some stray showers here and there. sunny spells and lighter winds. that is all from us. back in half an hour. more on the website. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news: the former conservative party chairman grant shapps has admitted to leading colleagues in a plot to force theresa may to stand down as prime minister. he said up to 30 mps supported the move,

including five former cabinet ministers. after her difficult conference speech the first secretary damian green has defended mrs may, saying she is as determined as ever to get on with herjob. we'll speak to grant shapps soon. ryanair has promised its pilots significant improvements to their pay and conditions after the airline was forced to cancel thousands of flights in recent weeks. in a three—page letter, chief executive, michael o'leary said he'd beat the deal for pilots offered by other carriers if they remain loyal. the royal navy could lose its ability to attack enemy—held beaches under plans being considered in the ministry of defence. the bbc understands two specialist landing ships would be taken out of service as part of a proposed package of cost—cutting measures. the mod says that no decisions have been made yet and that discussion of options was pure speculation. the powerful us gun lobby, the nra,

has backed calls for tougher regulations on a rapidfire device used in the mass shooting in las vegas. the group said the so—called bump stocks, which allow semiautomatic rifles to fire like fully automatic weapons, should be subject to rules. republicans have said they would consider banning the tool despite years of resisting any gun control. antonia kafor is from the nra and she said... it's not something unusual, they normally use it for sport or in the right way. like any criminal they use anything that is meant to be used in a fun, recreational way and they turn it into something harmful because they're not going to follow the law anyway. the sale of ivory will be banned under plans from the government.

20,000 elephants are killed by poachers each year. the environment secretary michael gove has announced a three—month public consultation on the proposals, which have been welcomed by wildlife charities. more than half of us are paying extra for goods and services because we are not willing to wait, and impatience is costing some people up to 2,000 pounds a year. that's according to a new survey. upgrading postage for a faster delivery, taking a taxi instead of public transport and opting for fast food over a home—cooked meal are among the common added expenses for impatient people. the study, by the financial services compensation scheme, found that 25 to 3a—year—olds are most likely to pay extra. coming up, sarah will have the weather but right now, joining us on the sofa to talk, mike. sounds very dramatic, like a stadium announcer. this morning is a significant date, world cup qualifying success for england. football is a funny old game, 2001 england were losing to

greece, looked like we would miss out on the world cup, david beckham's freekick and then we've got to the world cup, people dancing on the streets like never before. tumbleweed with a game to spare and do it with ease, strange. what do the fans want? maybe they want some style or excitement. the best thing is they are in the world cup. one of the best qualifying records, they haven't lost in a qualifying match since 2009. at times it was like tumbleweed last night. well, it wasn't pretty but it was enough. england have qualified for next year's world cup, labouring to a 1—0 win over slovenia last night. just as the headline writers were putting the finishing touches to slating england's display, harry kane popped up in stoppage time to score the game's only goal and fire england to russia 2018. the players took to social media to celebrate. kane himself said: while fellow striker marcus rashford tweeted: but former england forward gary lineker seemed less impressed with a rather sarcastic sounding

tweet: let's hearfrom goal scorer harry kane. it wasn't an amazing performance but the most important thing was getting a win and qualifying for the world cup and we've done that. we should be proud as a team, as a nation, we should all be enjoying tonight. it's an amazing feeling any time you score, no matter in the last minute to send our team into the world cup. the late drama wasn't reserved for wembley as scotland kept john murray was in the commentary box for 5 live last night and he is with us this morning in london. good morning. thanks for getting up early. i do suppose you and fellow commentator chris waddle ended up making paper aeroplanes like some of the fans, but chris said it was one of the worst england performances he

had ever seen. i heard what you were saying about 2002, i would go back further, i remember 1981 when england qualified for the world cup finals in 82 having not been there since 1970. similar to 02, finals in 82 having not been there since 1970. similarto 02, that finals in 82 having not been there since 1970. similar to 02, that was real national celebration time. last night, i'm not sure there could have ever been a more low—key reception to england qualifying for a world cup. that's because, let's not forget, there were over 61,500 people at wembley last night, but they go to wembley to be entertained. i thought gareth southgate was honest in his assessment. he didn't try and cover it over, paper over what was really a disappointing england performance for long periods. he will bejudged on how his england team do when they get to the tournament. eight months to work with, he's almost going to

have to work wonders in terms of the way his england team are playing at the moment. any hope in terms of doing better than they did at the last world cup in brazil? are there signs they go to russia better equipped than that side?|j signs they go to russia better equipped than that side? i think they will go there with the expectations almost lower than they have ever been. whatever happens... next month england will play germany and brazil at wembley. there are other high—profile friendlies being lined up, italy and the netherlands have been talked about. but whatever they do in those matches, it will be qualified with the fact they are friendly internationals and really the real thing begins when they get to russia. that is the target. yes, the way that england play has to improve, they have to simply play better football. i'm not improve, they have to simply play betterfootball. i'm not sure improve, they have to simply play better football. i'm not sure gareth southgate has yet reached the stage where he's got his thumbprint on england's style of play. he wants

them to move the ball quickly in possession and we've just not seen enough of that so far from them. but what happens when they get to russia, and how they fare there, thatis russia, and how they fare there, that is what it comes down to. charlie in the studio, good morning to you, john. the thing about excitement, the buildup to a world cup should be magical homage and it? it should be so exciting for the fa ns it should be so exciting for the fans and the players. —— should be magical, shouldn't it? it doesn't feel bill that way, does it? even though england get big attendances at home, there will always be loyal away support as well, there's been a bit of a disconnect because of the way england have played and because of the recent tournament record and what happened against iceland at the euros last summer, the fact england went out at the group stage of the last world cup and before that it was last 16 exit. that is around

england's level. time will come again one day, however far england's level. time will come again one day, howeverfar in england's level. time will come again one day, however far in the future, england will do well at a tournament again and i think when that happens you will then see a rekindling of the excitement and interest around the england team, but it has to come from the team first. john, we will have to leave in there, fantastic psychology of football chat. england fans have got used to qualifying for major tournaments and now they get used to qualifying. the late drama wasn't reserved for wembley as scotland kept alive their hopes of reaching russia with a late 1—0 triumph against 10—man slovakia. it was an own goal from former liverpool defender martin skrtel that sent hampden park into pandemonium. victory in slovenia on sunday should see scotland into the play—offs. everyone makes you feel better about yourself. and the performance makes you feel better about yourself. the goalkeeper was outstanding. crossbar wasn't too bad either. so there was a lot going on that we can be pleased with. now we have to regroup and go again.

northern ireland were already guaranteed second in their group but they haven't quite made sure of a play—off spot after losing 3—1 to the world champions germany in belfast. manager martin o'neill described the german side as breathtaking. sesbastien rudy's goal certainly worthy of that. josh magennis‘ late header lifted the crowd and northern ireland should still make the play—offs. germany took six off norway, the game can go that way if you don't play with the right attitude. i thought the character of the players, the spirit they showed in the second half was fantastic, still have the mentality of something to play for, not many teams come from 2—0 down against germany so to play as hard as they did was a huge positive for us. three home nations down, one to go. wales are away to georgia tonight. they'll be without their talisman gareth bale,

who has a calf injury. they're expected to win this one and go into a winner—takes—all match with the republic of ireland on monday for the play—off spot. we have been talking about this this morning, a lee leading conservative mp says he is gathering support within his party to ask theresa may to hold a leadership election and step down. former party chairman grant shapps says that the mps back the move and we can speak to him 110w. the move and we can speak to him now. thanks for your time this morning. it's one of those occasions where the first question is for you to lay out exactly what it is you're saying. quietly and behind—the—scenes colleagues were contacting each other, adding themselves to a list... this is

actually a process number 10 knew about. i tell you what we're going to do, we have problems with grant shapps, let's come away from that and check our links to make sure everything is working and we will go back to it because it's clearly a significant moment. grant shapps, former tory party chairman, he is the politician who has broken cover to suggest theresa may should stand down. we will sort out that link and go back to it in a moment. let's give them around 2.5 minutes to sort out the gremlins but let's speak to sarah and looking at the weather, things are brightening up?l sarah and looking at the weather, things are brightening up? a decent looking morning, here's the sunrise in east sussex, captured by our weather watcher, craig and we have scenes like this up and down the country. clear skies around, a chilly start to the morning but for most of us we stick to those sunny conditions through much of the day.

some cloud is always lurking in the winds out to the north—west and the atlantic, that will become more of a player through the night and into saturday. but for the here and now, high pressure dominating for most. we have a frontal system in the north sea, that is bringing a few showers into the east coast low aberdeenshire, norfolk as well, but for much of the country you will avoid any of those showers, looking dry and bright with light winds so a glorious autumnal day. later in the day the cloud will increase from the north—west. temperature is not doing great for the time of year, 11 or 12 in scotland this afternoon but it should feel pretty decent with the sunshine and light winds. cloudier skies in northern ireland by around 4pm but in all of england and wales there will be some fairweather cloud here and there but dry with some sunshine, temperatures 15 or 16, a little below par but certainly feeling decent with the light winds and the sunshine on offer. into the evening, clear conditions for much

of the country but from the north—west, cloud and rain moving in. overnight, quite soggy in northern ireland and scotland at first but the rain pushes into central parts of england and wales. not as cold as last night with temperatures widely in double figures on a cooler in a few spots but we have the cloud and outbreaks of rain and also freshening wind. that is down to this frontal system which makes its way further southwards and eastwards during saturday. it will bring spells of rain into south—west england, parts of wales, slowly easing from southern england, that of wet and windy weather and then a return to some brighter spells, still quite cloudy with showers, especially in northern and western parts on saturday. around 1a to 16. on saturday. around 1a to 16. on saturday evening the rain clears from the south, things will dry up and the winds will ease. that takes us and the winds will ease. that takes us into the second half of the weekend. sunday will be the better day for most places. the king drier with the chance of a few showers in

northern and western parts. temperatures 13 to 17, a touch warmer compared to saturday. through the weekend it is looking pretty cloudy. some rain for some on saturday, but it should be a bit brighter and by sunday. time to talk to grant schapps. we we re time to talk to grant schapps. we were interrupted a time to talk to grant schapps. we were interrupted a short time to talk to grant schapps. we were interrupted a short while time to talk to grant schapps. we were interrupted a short while ago. this is important politically. what is your message in connection to theresa may? you are asking her to stand down. she is a decent person who took a gamble during the election and it did not pay off. mps feel it would be right to have a change. they wa nted be right to have a change. they wanted privately and in a not

embarrassing way to want to have the conversation. she said she would get us conversation. she said she would get us out of the mess and she said she would lead as long as we wanted her to, so we thought it would be best to, so we thought it would be best to talk about it. it was entirely private. number 10 knew it was going on. they told us to keep it quiet. i was interesting to see the whips talking to the papers about it. you have broken cover. you are the one fronting it. what support is there? i would not say broken cover. the party whips decided to make it known. it is true, so there is no reason not to tell you that. 30 collea g u es reason not to tell you that. 30 colleagues believe it would be better if we went to a leadership election. they include people who are actually interested in remain and leave and people in the middle,

like me. we simply recognised if you look at previous elections, gordon brown tried to struggle through, you saw the same thing withjohn major, and in the end, it does not end well. it is not the way to do it. actually, it is better to enable us to move on as a party by having a full leadership election now. since you have spoken openly about this, however it has come about, have you had more people contacting there? has that happened ? had more people contacting there? has that happened? yeah. i had another colleague this morning text me. we also know a couple of ministers feel the same way. there are five former cabinet minister is indeed on this list. some, but not many necessarily, have contacted the chief whip in the formal route, contacting the chair of the 1922, which becomes a public process when they get the numbers. many have not

gone down that way, myself included. i thought it would be much better and more polite to have that conversation privately. i wish it could have stayed that way is to be nonetheless, the point is the country needs leadership at this timea country needs leadership at this time a particular. —— way. i think the conference has shown that is not going to happen. i am afraid i think it is time we have a leadership election, now, or at least let it is time we have a leadership election, now, orat least let us set up the timetable. you said something significant, current cabinet members have indicated to you that they agree with you, who are they? i will not get into that for certain other than the fact someone for certain other than the fact someone asked me last night and i had a conversation with boris johnson to rule it out. he is the one making all the noise. how many are there? how many people first—hand do you know are on your side with this? how many? we think

there are about 30 people on the list. i am talking about cabinet members specifically. oh, i see. i will not get into detail with the cabinet. but do some support it, yes. they will not say that in public today. people will be asked to explain otherwise. can ijust put this to you, yesterday we spoke to the energy minister in connection with policy. one of the questions was about this, whether there is a plot, and he said no one spoke to him, he had not even heard anything. what is going on? is this a lie? idea cabinet ministers, michael gove included, we can hearfrom him right now, about what he is hearing from your colleagues. —— are the. now, about what he is hearing from your colleagues. -- are the. these are plucked out of the air. the

truth is that the overwhelming majority of conservative mps, conservative members, indeed the people in the country, they don't wa nt people in the country, they don't want to be diverted by regulation of the kind that you sometimes get in the kind that you sometimes get in the newspaper. what they want to see if the business of government going on. michael gove said you got numbers out of the air and is dismissing entirely the notion you have a serious proposal to make to the party, and indeed, it goes beyond that, about the country. yeah. that is not the case. as i said, this list has built over a long period of time before the summer. long period of time before the summer. the important thing is to not have another election, he thinks, by theresa may. she herself said that initially and then went back on it. the back. is the thousand and 19 after brexit. after

the summer and the conference in particular, people said actually really we could do with it being sooner. we don't think things are going to turn around. it is absolutely real. i think it is perfectly legitimate for people to have views on these things. that is what we are supposed to do as politicians. and you will find there are some politicians. and you will find there are some in the party, including ministers, who will stay in public it is fine and say different privately. i won't talk about the ministers you have mentioned this morning. you will have read newspaper briefings from some who feel that is the case. it is time to put that to an end. it is time we actually tackle this issue of leadership. many colleagues believe that. we want to present that it theresa may privately. i think it has been done more publicly, i am afraid. you are presenting yourself as an honest broker. i am looking at

your recent comments in his paper articles. you talked about boris johnson. he has set out his swashbuckling vision at the same time you suggested the fragility of theresa may was a problem. do you have a favoured candidate? that was an article over the weekend supportive of theresa may saying that we need a great visionary... that has changed? ijust talked about boris johnson to that has changed? ijust talked about borisjohnson to get a comparison about what she said she would do at the conference. just... this is what the question goes to. i can absolutely assure you this is not a cover for borisjohnson. can absolutely assure you this is not a coverfor borisjohnson. i have not spoken to him at all about this. i want to see a leadership election, but i don't know who i would support. i want the best people with the best ideas. i am being party chairman. i know these decisions are difficult. sometimes

it is better to stick with what you know already. my observation is that rarely works out in practice. we are kidding ourselves to think it is going to work out now. it is better to make that change and have a free and open democratic leadership election and that will put us in a better position. i expect some will agree and others disagree. that is the nature of politics. can i ask you one more thing. it is difficult tojudge these things, you one more thing. it is difficult to judge these things, but give us a timeline. is in the next three days you don't have the numbers, a8, the key number, if in a couple of days that does not happen, do you go away, back to where you work, and say everything is fine, this did not happen? not at all. this list has been gathering over months, many months, now. colleagues have expressed concerns which initially meant they thought it could carry on

for perhaps a couple of years. they now perhaps think sooner. we have never intended a timescale and it would not be in the news is the whips did not talk to the papers about it. number 10 pleaded for it to be kept quiet and confidential. there is no timescale. it will take as long as it takes. i think we are kidding ourselves if we think things will get better magically. time will tell. thank you very much, grant schapps. he is the former chairman of the conservative party. later in the programme, we have some great places to go. we are out and about with concorde seeing where it first began. a privileged position. the first one that ever flew is in bristol and it is open to the public. john has been listening to

great stories from the pilot of the concorde. and the other place we are at which is fascinating and slightly scary if they glass blowing factory as well. ben is looking at productivity. —— is a. we are lagging behind and working hard but it is not translating into productivity. and one of the former pilots we are speaking to this morning, everyone knows very famous people travelled on concorde, and he was asked who was his favourite, and he said frank sinatra, who would come and sit in the cabin and just be there and have a chat while he was flying. you would not be able to resist if frank sinatra was there saying "come fly with me." that is all you would have to say. and now for the news, travel, and weather,

wherever you are waking up this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. an east london council is giving £3 million of its money to the met police to increase the number of officers in the borough. tower hamlets has raised concerns that cuts to the force's budget has reduced the number on the beat. it says it's going to pay for 39 officers to protect neighbourhood policing. we would prefer not to spend it, but we have got issues with antisocial behaviour and crime in the borough. crime is on an upward path. when i was elected we said it would go down. we will have 39 officers paid for by local people. the mother of a young man, who was shot dead in croydon a year ago, has called on the community to put a stop to gun and knife violence. detectives are offering up to £20,000 for information to help catch akeem moore's killer. he was shot in the back garden of a house where he'd gone to meet a friend.

his mother says his three young children still ask if their father is coming back. new research suggest the number of people looking for work in london is continuing to fall sharply, putting pressure on companies keen to fill vacancies. the recruitment and employment confederation says the biggest shortfalls exist amongst low—skilled workers, blue collar trades and the accountancy sector. it says it's driven by the fall in the number of eu nationals coming to work here and record employment levels in the uk. the problems with the northern line have cleared up. the m20 heading into kent is closed. and you can see the knock—on effect. that is after an accident. the a13, queues into

town. and now the weather. hello. good morning. it's a chilly start to the day with temperatures even in the towns back in single figures this morning. but it will be a very pleasant day of weather. similar to yesterday afternoon. lots of blue skies and sunshine through the day and it will stay dry too. more light winds than yesterday. the best of the day's sunshine will be through the morning. more cloud developing in the afternoon. the wind still coming in from the north—west and then back to a westerly. and it will lighten. feeling pleasantly warm in sunny spells despite winds feeling cooler than yesterday, highs of 16. then overnight tonight, clouding over. we will start to see outbreaks of rain coming in from the west as well. a milder night than last night. lows of nine degrees. and then this weather front on saturday will give us some outbreaks of rain albeit quite light and patchy most of the time. possibly some brightness towards northern home counties through the afternoon. but it will be quite windy tomorrow. sunday is the better looking day of the weekend. more reliably dry. perhaps some stray showers here and there. sunny spells and lighter winds.

i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. a senior conservative calls for the prime minister to stand aside. in the past few minutes, the former party chairman grant shapps has told brea kfast party chairman grant shapps has told breakfast there is a growing number of mps breakfast there is a growing number of mstoining breakfast there is a growing number of mps joining his breakfast there is a growing number of mstoining his campaign to breakfast there is a growing number of mps joining his campaign to force theresa may to quit. good morning. also on the

programme. . . good morning. also on the programme... ryanairand good morning. also on the programme... ryanair and misses pilots better pay and conditions as it tries to put an end to its flight cancellation crisis. running towards danger, we meet the british soldiers who helped people injured in the las vegas massacre. in sport: england booked their place at the world cup but they needed an injury time goal from captain harry kane after a night of frustration against slovenia at wembley. good morning, how do you improve productivity without just asking all staff to work harder? we are here at a glass—maker in cumbria to make sure that find out how they did it and what changes they have put in place. good morning, ladies and gentlemen,

welcome on board concorde, don't worry, we will have you in new york by lunchtime today(!) we are showcasing the showpiece of a brand—new aerospace museum near bristol, last flying supersonic airliner, concord. fairly fresh start to the day, things will be bright and sunny for most of us all day, we will bring you all the forecast for today and the weekend in about 15 minutes. our main story this morning, former conservative party chairman grant shapps has admitted to leading collea g u es shapps has admitted to leading colleagues in a plot to force theresa may to stand down as prime minister. he said that up to 30 mps supported the move, including five former cabinet ministers. we are learning a little more about

those people grant shapps is in contact with, what do you see as the significant elements of what he is outlining? he has been unwittingly brought into the open, he was named asa brought into the open, he was named as a ringleader of a potential plot to try to oust the prime minister, now he's being forced to declare his hand, now he's openly calling for theresa may to step aside and for a leadership contest to begin. he believes he has the support of two dozen mps, five former cabinet ministers, and he thinks that this isa ministers, and he thinks that this is a feeling that has been gathering stea m for is a feeling that has been gathering steam for some time, really, since the election, the lost majority, and he thinks theresa may has not been able to prove herself, has not been able to prove herself, has not been able to prove herself, has not been able to relaunch and reassert authority. he says colleagues are now realising it is not about burying heads in the sand, theyjust wa nt burying heads in the sand, theyjust want a new start. there has been plenty of theresa may basil allies

coming out in her support, the entire cabinet, senior members, including michael gove, this morning, the environment secretary, saying that she is the person for thejob, she has displayed resilience, courage, the overwhelming majority of the parliamentary party, of the cabinet, wa nt parliamentary party, of the cabinet, want her to stay in post. the rebels, the opponents of theresa may, are now out in the open, they are seeing if she can garner enough support to make a move. —— if they can garner enough support. but having been forced into the open it does appear that there is enough support behind theresa may to keep her in place for now. it is worth saying, you mentioned michael gove a moment ago, he said that this is pure speculation about the numbers but at the same time, grant shapps has told us, and he has been very clear, along with those 30, possibly 31 mp5, clear, along with those 30, possibly 31 mps, he now knows signed up to what he is saying, he says there is cabinet members, but he will not be

specific. he says there are cabinet members he has spoken to who are on board. this is going to be a war of words, we will be hearing more of the same between the two sides over the same between the two sides over the next couple of days. in public, i think that the cabinet is rallying around theresa may full of we know there has been disunity in the cabinet in recent weeks in terms of competing views on brexit, potential cabinet ministers eyeing the leadership for themselves. at the moment we have seen a leadership for themselves. at the moment we have seen a strong show of support from the cabinet for theresa may, and grant shapps claims he has the numbers behind him, but at the moment, this is a tense time. it has exposed it into the public domain. not exposed it into the public domain. n ot cloa k exposed it into the public domain. not cloak and dagger situation, as you might imagine a parliamentary plot being. now we have the ringleader, the apparent ringleader coming out and saying this is where we are. so of course we will hear

competing arguments from both sides but it is clear that theresa may has enough allies, both within the cabinet publicly, and within the parliamentary party, and her own backbenches. to be in place for now but it does not mean that she is not significantly under pressure. the powerful us gun lobby, the national rifle association, has backed calls for tougher regulations on a rapid fire device used in the mass shooting in las vegas. stephen paddock, who killed 58 people in las vegas at the weekend, used the devices, called bomb stocks, on his guns. —— bump stocks. voiceover: latest pictures show the panic as stephen paddock opened fire, the frenzy of gunfire, magnified by a commercially available device called a bump stock, capable of turning a rifle into a machine gun. there are now growing calls for such devices to be

banned, a move which even has the backing of the most powerful lobby group in america, the national rifle association. in a statement, they said such access it should be subject to additional regulations. caught in the middle of sunday's carnage, these british soldiers, based in norfolk, they helped several of the wounded, including a young woman shot in the back. we have gone in, we have applied direct pressure, assured them they would be all right. i told her what i did in the army, i was just trying to keep her spirits up. she was 30 years old. very young, very scared. yet, just trying to reassure her, difficult thing for anyone to go through. it is an ordeal that many there are still struggling to come to terms with as the search continues for an accomplice and any indication of a motive for such a terrible attack. after weeks of cancellations, the

chief executive of ryanair has promised better conditions for aircrew and better paid. simon colder, always good to see you, good morning, have you seen this letter? i have a copy of the letter! who says the art of letter writing is dead(!) last week, after ryanair cancelled 20,000 dead(!) last week, after ryanair cancelled 20 , 000 flights dead(!) last week, after ryanair cancelled 20,000 flights and wrecked the travel plans of 800,000 people, the travel plans of 800,000 people, the civil aviation authority wrote to michael o'leary saying, you have got to abide by the law on passengers rights. and, now, late last night, this letter emerged, written to the flight crews at ryanair, three pages long and it goes into an enormous amount of detail about the reasons for the shortage of pilots, the fact this is only a short—term thing, but then it sta rts only a short—term thing, but then it starts a carrot and stick approach, offering a bonus of up to 12,000

euros, £10,000, over the offering a bonus of up to 12,000 euros, £10,000, overthe course offering a bonus of up to 12,000 euros, £10,000, over the course of the year, two captains, half as much to first officer, terms and conditions, you will not be surprised, because this is ryanair, applied, not quite clear what they will bleed but it will be to do with attendance and flexibility over leave. he then goes on to warn, we area leave. he then goes on to warn, we are a security employer in a very insecure industry. that is a reference to the collapse on monday morning of monarchy airlines, which cost the jobs of 2000 people and wrecked the travel plans of about 800,000 more. —— monarch airlines.|j wonder how the contents of this letter will have been received, without going into the detail, it is more about the tone, considering how michael o'leary was fairly critical of pilots last week. he said, effectively, no one can tell me it isa effectively, no one can tell me it is a difficultjob or you are overworked, he said that pilots were full of self—importance. this is an

attempt to retrench on that, he said the comments were misreported, and in any case, he was referring to pilots at other airlines. one pilot has said that this letter reeks of desperation, the airline says it is in good shape, does not intend to make any more cancellations, and is on course to make a profit of well over on course to make a profit of well over £1 billion in the year. is there actually a concern that there isa there actually a concern that there is a pilot shortage, and two, that ryanair pilots that are in the job are being tempted away by rivals? well, from this letter, most definitely there is, he makes a specific reference, to norwegian and jet2 and the reason he picks those out is because they have bowing 37s, the same planes as ryanair. he says, in any of your bases, if you can see that norwegian orjet2 pilots are paid more than you, then we will meet it and beat it. and he says

that he is looking —— boeing 737s. to bring those pilots to a more secure airline. —— boeing 737s. you'll said talks about the financial status of norwegian, a graph showing the share price over the course of the year, he says, we are not sure about financial robustness but norwegian says they had very good financial circumstances, they reported record passenger numbers and increased passenger numbers and increased passenger travel. this is a charm offensive by michael o'leary, not just for pilots but two passengers and shareholders as well, how successful, in new year is as travel editor, how successful do you think this is going to be? beneath all this, the fact ryanair is by far the biggest and most successful airline in europe by any measure, whether thatis in europe by any measure, whether that is profitability, safety or whatever. it will be flying 129 million people this year, twice the

population of britain, and all the evidence is that lots of people will say, i would evidence is that lots of people will say, iwould never evidence is that lots of people will say, i would neverfly evidence is that lots of people will say, i would never fly ryanair again, aren't they beastly to their crew. and then a deal comes around and you think, that is good value, next month, edinburgh two to lose, £10 return, it would cost more than that to get to the airport on the tram. it is a time of very good value, prices going up by little bit a nyway value, prices going up by little bit anyway because of the collapse of monarchy airlines —— monarch airlines. this is an attempt at contrition by someone who potentially finds that a little tricky! simon colder am good to speak with you. the funeral of liz dorn, the much loved coronation street actress, will take place at salford cathedral this afternoon. she played vera duckworth formal than 30 years and was one of weatherfield's most popular characters.

it is certainly eye—catching. it is certainly eye—catchinglj it is certainly eye-catching. i can get him to prize every bit of it off again, using a coat if necessary, you have an open and shut case. —— use the courts if necessary. get back to the gutter from where you crawled, go on! you will be laughing on the other side of your face. get off me! now, vieira, be reasonable. i'll give you be reasonable, come back here! i have never loved anybody else... here, say you have never loved anybody else.|j

anybody else... here, say you have never loved anybody else. i have never never loved anybody else. i have never loved anybody else. i have never loved anybody else. i have never loved anybody else, zeljko ivanek get your slippers... ? never loved anybody else, zeljko ivanek get your slippers. . . ? please! —— shall i go and get your slippers. i firstjoined in 1984, —— shall i go and get your slippers. ifirstjoined in 1984, 19 —— shall i go and get your slippers. i firstjoined in 1984, 19 85. —— shall i go and get your slippers. i first joined in 1984, 19 85. what was she like when she joined. -- 1984, 1985. lovely lady. there is a couple of people within the cast, ladies, who you could say were probably the mothers of the cast, because we were very much a family, and liz was always one of those, would sit with you, have a cough, ask about the children stop what was she as much as she seems —— as much fun as she seems. -- was she as much fun as she seems. -- was she as much fun is much vanishes in question might yet, and you had to be kind of careful when you are working with their because they were busy characters. coronation street went

from two episodes a week when i first joined from two episodes a week when i firstjoined and from two episodes a week when i first joined and when from two episodes a week when i firstjoined and when lizjoined, and the network wanted more and more, went to five episodes a week, and bill and liz were really integral to the show. 21 million viewers, four channels, things completely different nowadays. a lot of pressure on them. so, when you we nt of pressure on them. so, when you went to do a scene with them, i would be in the same, i would went to do a scene with them, i would be in the same, iwould be blacks, it is nice to work with them, i would blacks, it is nice to work with them, iwould pick blacks, it is nice to work with them, i would pick something up and they would say, don't pick that up. they would say, look underneath, and there were lines! laughter they planted lines? yes, the key of the cornflakes... they planted lines? yes, the key of the cornflakes. .. don't they planted lines? yes, the key of the cornflakes... don't touch the cornflakes! the the cornflakes... don't touch the cornfla kes! the pair of the cornflakes... don't touch the cornflakes! the pair of them would do that. —— picking up the cornflakes. i do that. —— picking up the cornfla kes. i would do that. —— picking up the cornflakes. i would say to them, it is more difficult to do what you are doing, then learning the lines, it was quite complicated, what they we re was quite complicated, what they were doing, it was like a set full

of little incendiary devices(!). million audience, watching those scenes that we saw a moment ago, some scenes that we saw a moment ago, some of the soaps have changed in terms of the storylines have become more elaborate, that was a time when there was a lot of scenes involving just the two of them, domestic... helen worth and i would say some of the best episodes were when not very much happened. they would go to the shop and be chatting, they would go to the pub and someone would get a job or how was the baby? those episodes were allowed to happen. that relied so much on the chemistry between the two? yes, but coronation street was very like that. producers allowed episodes like that occasionally. today it needs to be more high octane to keep up. she left the programme in 1988, i think,

because of illness. i think it may have been 2008. 2008, did you all keepin have been 2008. 2008, did you all keep in touch? do you know what, i did think we do keep in touch enough. it was like then quite high octane, family, work, lines, family, work, lines, sleep occasionally. it was berry much that way. once you're out of the loop, you're out of the loop. i am looking at that picture, you must love that picture! ie do that day. was she picking up an award? it would not surprise me. liz deserved all the awards coming her way. liz was a yorkshire lady and she never really gave herself the opinion that she was their intelligent. i thought she was a very intelligent actress. she was

very intelligent actress. she was very astute and picked things up. she was working on a weekly basis. to keep the character as interesting as she did for all that time, with the spotlight on her, i used to say you have so much going into this character, i don't think you realise how much you are giving to british drama. you say when you leave you almost step out of the loop but i don't think the impact she had in coronation street will ever not be felt. today is a celebration of her life. she had a big smile, she was a very compassionate lady. she was great, great fun. ithink very compassionate lady. she was great, great fun. i think that needs to be celebrated and i think the character was very much loved by the british public and will still be remembered for years and years to come. thank you for sharing those stories with us. the funeral will be held this afternoon at two o'clock. you are watching breakfast from bbc

news. a reminder of our main stories this morning. former conservative party chairman grant shapps has confirmed he is leading efforts to get theresa may to step down as leader. ryanair promises leader. rya nair promises better leader. ryanair promises better pay and conditions for pilots in an attempt to retain staff following a troubled month at the budget airline. let's ta ke let's take a moment to look at the weather. good morning. we have a sparkling sunrise in blackburn, this picture was taken by one of our weather watchers. it is a chilly morning. quite fresh if you are stepping out first thing. with the sun shone around it should fill pleasant with light winds as well. there are some cloud lurking out to the west. that will be more of a player for cloud lurking out to the west. that will be more of a playerfor tonight and tomorrow. today, it is high pressure which dominates things. we

have a front moving south across the north sea. behind that, the chance of one or two isolated showers around. perhaps up to norfolk, the northern isles and scotland as well. elsewhere, it is dry and find with lots of sunshine and light winds as well. the cloud does creep in from the north west as we move in to the afternoon. at four o'clock this afternoon, still lots of dry, sunny weather across scotland. some rain for the western isles. for northern ireland, perhaps some drizzle this afternoon. for england and wales who are looking at a dry afternoon to come. temperatures are little below parfor come. temperatures are little below par for the come. temperatures are little below parfor the time of come. temperatures are little below par for the time of year. it is looking decent across the bulk of england and wales for much of the day. into the evening, for scotland and northern ireland, we see the cloud, the rain moving in and the wind is picking up as well. this front shifts further south overnight and in the early hours of saturday. it will bring patchy rain into

england and wales as well. it will not be as cold as the night we have just seen, with temperatures pretty much in double figures. through saturday we have this frontal system which will be edging its way southwards and eastwards. some rain on the front in the south. some rain for wales and southern england which had gradually clear later on in the day. elsewhere, a return to a few bright intervals but also some scattered blustery showers blowing in as well. the temperature 14 to 16 degrees. the rain in the south will eventually clear into the evening hours. then the winds tend to fall a little bit lighter as well. that marks a change into the second half of the weekend. for sunday, it is looking like a dry day. the chance of the odd shower across northern and western parts of the country. for most of us we will avoid the showers and temperatures around 13 to 17 degrees. a touch warmer for saturday. here is your weekend

summary. saturday. here is your weekend summary. it is looking fairly cloudy. there should be some rain around and it should promise some warmer around and it should promise some warmer and drier weather as well. thank you. for nearly 30 years, concorde flew passengers across the world faster than the speed of sound. now, the last concorde ever to fly is going on display at a new museum in bristol, close to where it was originally built. breakfast‘sjohn maguire is there. it is our flight crew today. morning, john. morning, john. morning, captain. morning, both. chicken orfish on morning, captain. morning, both. chicken or fish on the flight to new york? you will be there by lunchtime. concorde in all its pomp, this was the last concorde to fly. it landed here at filton, where the story started. the coalition between

french and reddish engineers. this is about to go on public display once again. we are going to talk to one of the engineers in a moment. what is it like to be back home? one of the engineers in a moment. what is it like to be back home7m was outside for many, many years. there was a real drive for many decades to get concorde into a permanent home. thanks to all the trustees and volunteers, this is finally happened. this is where she took off for the first time. back in 1969. not this one. but the first one of the fleet. richard, you were one of the fleet. richard, you were one of the guys who was tasked with making sure she kept flying. what have you got there? the permanent location handbook. we needed to know where every piece of equipment was. if there was a failure, a tank fired

failure. this was my bible, it was with me everywhere. it does not look big enough! i knew a lot because i was involved in the build from day one, from scratch. fantastic. when it did fly it flew incredibly quickly, twice the speed of sound and flew some very important people around the globe. let's take a look at its history now. coming up to 20 degrees. airborne in 26 seconds. so then concorde is ready for boarding. let's go inside the cabin now. you will be able to do this when the museum opens in a couple of weeks. it is tidy this morning. it is smaller than what you would be used to these days on an a380 or

737. a reminder the wall, mac too, twice the speed of sound. there is the skipper, colin morris, shouting at me from the cockpit. all right, colin! lots of dials and bells and whistles. this is colin's offers. what were the concorde base like? welcome to my golf buggy! i have been dying to do this.|j welcome to my golf buggy! i have been dying to do this. i thought we we re been dying to do this. i thought we were going to take off there!m feels so good. my golf buggy. i am a golfer, some would dispute this. tell us the story. this is my original idea, others have laid claim to it later. i took my putter and a golf ball down the back of an aeroplane when we were ferrying and in the aeroplane back from new york one day. i thought we would time from the putter when we hit the ball

to win it came to a stop, that would be the world's longest putt. i thought it would hit eight feet and come to a stop. but what i did not realise was when it is a flight the floor gets a bow in it. i gave it a good cloud because it has to go uphill because the aeroplane is flying with 5 degrees, nose up, sort of up the hill. i gave it a good cloud and it kept coming back to the middle. it hit the dip in the middle of the flight deck, hit the galley, into the ceiling. the rest of the crew thought what is going on here?! i was not terribly popular. i forget what the distance was but it was definitely the world's longest putt. because the plane used to expand and contract in flight. and it you are travelling twice the speed of sound so travelling twice the speed of sound so it is the distance you are travelling from the time leaves the putter and the aeroplane travel and the length of the aeroplane. anyway.

i used to take my golf clubs with me over to new york and i would board the aeroplane through the lounge and the aeroplane through the lounge and the passengers would stop me and say, do you want a game of golf, captain? i made lots of good golfing friends! colin, you could talk all day, as you are probably aware. fascinating to revisit the heydays of concorde. i hope you have enjoyed our tours this morning. from it is time to head out to the regional newsrooms now to time to head out to the regional newsrooms now to check out the news, travel and weather you are. see later. temperatures will lift steadily. apart from the odd shower from the northern isles, it looks fine and dry. we will enjoy some sunshine this morning. the winds lighter with more sunshine. it should feel as chilly. we are seeing the few

showers around the liverpool bay area. the sunshine should continue for many parts of england and wales this evening. it will be chilly in the south—east where we keep the clear skies. for most of us given the strengthening wind and the cloud and the rain, it will be mild as we go into saturday morning. it will therefore be cloudier and grey and down for a time. it is quite a stiff breeze which follows on behind. the best chance of any brighter weather will be sheltered. temperatures will be higher than today. i doubt it will feel better because we will not have as much sunshine. the weather front clears out of the way. we get a little bump on pressure on saturday night. still some showers. at least given some sunshine, it will feel pleasant enough. 17 will be the high. business live, the question is can

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