hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. the data which highlights sweeping inequalities between ethnic in britain — a government study reveals how the public sector treats people from different backgrounds, affecting their education, housing and job prospects. good morning. it's tuesday, the 10th of october. also this morning: a major breakthrough in crimefighting technology — the new fingerprint technique which tells if a suspect has taken drugs and even what they've eaten will soon be used in court. wildfires raging across california's wine region have killed at least ten people and destroyed hundreds of homes. a new dealfor

a new deal for yorkshire's economy will be debated in parliament today. steph will be there to see what it will mean for the economy. in sport, heartbreak for wales. their dreams of playing in the world cup end with defeat to the republic of ireland in cardiff. i've been chatting to michael fassbender about his gripping new film, the snowman, his love of surfing, and his incredible impersonation of a red—breasted robin. birds. he tweets. to the birds either? they do actually. that is quite good, that, isn't it? very good. and matt has the weather. thankfully, no snowman in the forecast today, fairly mild across the country, some rain but overall it isa the country, some rain but overall it is a brighter day than yesterday. all of the details coming up in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. sweeping inequalities between different ethnic groups in areas such as education, housing and health are expected to be exposed in a government study later today.

the findings will show that people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds are twice as likely to be unemployed and that white working—class students at state schools are less likely to attend university. our social affairs correspondent elaine dunkley reports. it will highlight some of the things... it was theresa may's promise when she became prime minister, to make a fairer britain for everyone. today's audit of race shows inequality and divisions. parina is a maths teacher. she won a race discrimination tribunal and believes we are far from an equal society. the fact i have to be ten times better than my white colleagues in order to go forward and make any progress, although i was the most qualified and the most experienced, i was still looked over by a white male, who was eventually put into the position. today the government will introduce extra help for getting minorities trying to find a job in 20

areas across britain, where there are the greatest inequalities. but is it enough to tackle what the government calls uncomfortable truths? there should be a coherent strategy where government actually appoints one individual, ideally a secretary of state, to lead on the development, the implementation and the delivery of a coherent race strategy. the government says it's highlighting burning injustices, but there's also the burning question, can the government deliver radical measures that will get under the skin of racial and social inequalities? and communities secretary sajid javid willjoin us later to talk about this at 7:40am this morning. iam glad i am glad we know the running order and we can remember. pioneering fingerprint technology that can tell if a suspect has handled or taken drugs, their gender, and even what they've eaten will soon be used in court. sounds incredible.

researchers from sheffield hallam university and west yorkshire police are piloting a technique which means material from prints up to 30 years old can be broken down and analysed. spencer stokes has been to sheffield to find out more. a crime—fighting method that's barely changed over the last century, fingerprints are unique marks of human identity. at crime scenes, they're dusted, lifted and sent away to be scanned, but experts at sheffield hallam university are reinventing the process, with fingerprints now being analysed for their chemical composition. chemicals that can show, amongst other things, whether a suspect is a drug user or if they've been drinking. a fingerprint is nothing else than sweat, and sweat is a biological matrix, so the amount of information there, potentially to be retrieved, is huge. it's called "mass spectrometry", with the fingerprints offering an insight into the lifestyle of the suspect at the time a crime was committed. so, as well as gender and foods eaten, the prints can show if drugs

have been taken, alcohol consumed, what cosmetics have been used, including different types of hair gel. this is only months away from being used on case work. there's a lot of scientific work gone on with sheffield hallam university and west yorkshire police. and we're going to be convicting people that previously may have got away with it. for decades, fingerprints have helped secure convictions. now those almost invisible traces left at scenes of crime could be about to offered up more clues than ever before. the brexit secretary, david davis, willjoin the fifth round of deadlocked negotiations between the uk and the eu today, with both sides insisting it's up to the other to make the next move. yesterday, theresa may told the commons the government was preparing for the possibility of failing to reach a deal. our political correspondent chris masonjoins us from westminster. ding ding, roudn five. and no deal is something we're being told to be

prepared for if necessary? morning to you, and moving from boxing to tennis, i am no expert on tennis, but to put it this way, even ican tennis, but to put it this way, even i can work out there is something going wrong in the game if neither player can decide which side of the net the ball is on, and that is where we are at the moment. both sides said the ball is in the other one's court, no sense of movement towards some sort of arrangement. the hope had been from the british side that the discussions about untangling the current relationship with the eu would be progressed enough they can move to talks on the future relationship. that doesn't look likely to happen in the next couple of weeks, as was expected at one stage, so, yeah, we have details one stage, so, yeah, we have details on the planning going on in the background, moving into the foreground on what happens with no deal, with all sorts of terminology, one of them is project battler, the

best alternative to a negotiation agreement, or plan b, which is where it is at the moment. neither side wa nt it is at the moment. neither side want no deal and planning is under way in case it happens. meanwhile, as if to prove a brexit row across the horizon, some conservative mps are nervous if there is a deal and then some sort of transitional arrangement to get us from being in the eu to totally out of the eu, it might still mean being looked over by the european court ofjustice, which some people are not keen on. so, yeah, the brexit rows rumble on. it is row after row. i enjoy that tennis and allergy. slightly pointless when you can't decide which side of the court the ball is m, which side of the court the ball is in, but anyway. wildfires in the us state of california have killed at least ten people and forced about 20,000 from their homes. it's not known how the fire was started. 0ur reporter regan morris joins us from los angeles. morning to you. just tell us, they

seem to be really out of control. what's going on? they are out of control, it is actually 14 different fires burning, and they all started right around the same time yesterday, last evening, around 2a hours ago. and they have moved so quickly. just the force of it, some of the pictures and images coming out are horrific. entire neighbourhoods are burnt down. more than 20,000 people have evacuated. ten people have lost their lives. that is the greatest number of civilian lives lost in more than... ina civilian lives lost in more than... in a decade in california. and there are some people reportedly missing. this could end up being one of the deadliest fires in california's history. 0k, regan, thank you very much indeed for bringing us right up—to—date. much indeed for bringing us right up-to-date. 14 fires, not one. yeah. some of the pictures are horrendous as well. unions are demanding urgent

talks with bae systems, following news the defence company is expected to confirm more than 1000 job losses. it's thought the majority of those roles at risk will be in north—west england. an official announcement is due later today. hospitals, care homes and other parts of the health and care system are "straining at the seams" — that's according to the care quality commission's annual report out today. the cqc says urgent action is needed to find a long—term solution to funding. the department of health says the government is investing more in services and staff. inmates serving sentences of less than 12 months should be released early to ease pressure on the prison system in england and wales, according to the prison governors' association. the group's president, andrea albutt, will tell its annual conference that jails are "full to bursting". the ministry ofjustice says it's modernising prisons and recruiting more staff. there is intense speculation the catalan president, carles puigdemont, could announce a unilateral declaration of independence from spain later today. after days of demonstrations both for and against independence,

he will present the results of a disputed referendum, which the spanish government ruled illegal. nicola sturgeon will announce plans to double spending on childcare in scotland in her keynote speech at the snp party conference today. she will say spending will increase to £840 million a year by the end of parliament. the snp leader is also expected to say the case for scottish independence has never been greater but won't be promising a second referendum anytime soon. that's exactly what she told us yesterday when she was on the programme. there you go. there you go. 0ne programme. there you go. there you go. one day ahead, we are. not obvious, though. with less than a week to go before the round pound coins stop being legal tender, shoppers are complaining they're still being given the money in change. you? i you ? i haven't you? i haven't been given any oldies, but a checking. quite right.

the old one pound coins will be fully replaced by monday. after that, the old ones can be traded in at banks, builing societies and post offices, adding to our list, but some stores like tesco will still accept them for another week. it is like everyday we have around pound news. people care because it is the most read story. people also ca re is the most read story. people also care about this. sta rwa rs fans can finally get their first look at the trailer for episode eight, the lastjedi. it was released in the last few hours. the film, which is out in december, marks the final appearance of the late carrie fisher in her most famous role of princess leia. 0h, oh, and there she is. morning, where are you going to start this morning with white only one place to —— where are you going to start this morning? i really hope the bubble hasn't burst on this kind of welsh

surge for their football. it has been such a brilliant 12 months for them. and heartbreak. it was so difficult to watch yesterday. there was little boys in the crowd crying, it was just horrible. that was little boys in the crowd crying, it wasjust horrible. that is was little boys in the crowd crying, it was just horrible. that is why we love sport, isn't it? a great night for the irish. absolutely, but it would have been great to see wales ata would have been great to see wales at a world cup. 1958 was the last time wales featured at a world cup. they'll not be in russia in 2018 though. a 1—0 defeat at home to the republic of ireland left them third in their qualification group, while the irish reach the playoffs. harry kane is the sole english nominee for the ballon d'0r, the prize given to the world's best footballer. he's joined by six other premier league players as well as the usual suspects such as messi, ronaldo and neymar. england's rugby league world cup squad has been announced with no place for castleford's zac hardaker. he's been suspended after failing a drugs test. and britain's gold medal winning hockey coach is targetting more 0lympic success after returning to work following his heart attack. danny kerry says he's asking his players to "go to the moon" again.

0bviously he means that figuratively. going as far as they possibly can, winning gold in tokyo 2020, it would be incredible, wouldn't it? seen those pictures overnight or iceland celebrating? 0h, overnight or iceland celebrating? oh, yes. we will have them at 6:30am. they're very good at celebrating, aren't they? they have very good football structure, but still. the smallest nation to reach a world cup in terms of population. and they're a really good team as well, makes you wonder what we are doing in this country. anyway, carry on! that's a question for another programme. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, similar to yesterday to start with at least, good morning. things looking rather grey and cloudy out there but skies will gradually brighten and here is the satellite picture. you can see the white areas where we have the cloud across the uk. rakes in the north

and west edge across scotland and northern ireland introducing some sunshine —— breaks. still, showers here and there. at the moment to the next few hours they will be in southern parts of scotland and northern ireland with the odd heavy burst too. breaks in the crowd in northern england, essentially very grey outside with the early rain across east anglia and the south—east edging away. splashes of rainy north—west england and wales and the south—west in the westerly wind, so it mayjust be worth grabbing an umbrella before you head out. 0verall not a thoroughly wet day. still a couple of showers in england and wales through the day but most of the cloud will break up with sunny spells coming through for the vast majority, more than yesterday, feeling pleasant when the sun is out, just the odd shower. it is across central western scotland in the afternoon and evening where the rain will return. temperatures 13- 18 the rain will return. temperatures 13— 18 degrees today, pleasant enoughin 13— 18 degrees today, pleasant enough in the sunshine. the breeze

picks up in the rain becomes more expensive in scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, north and west wales, gale force winds in the north—west of the country, with the north—west of the country, with the wind is coming from the south—west it means it will be a mild night with temperatures tomorrow morning starting late this morning in double figures for most. the weather front pushing south will bring rain tomorrow with south—westerly winds as well, piling moisture into parts of cumbria, the la kes moisture into parts of cumbria, the lakes district, north lancashire and the pennines, 100 millimetres before the pennines, 100 millimetres before the day is out with minor flooding before you finish wednesday. just notice how the blues don't move a great deal, so it is wet here, wet to the north and west wales, it is brightening in scotland, with sunshine and one or two showers. and eventually ran ships from northern england through the afternoon, spreading towards the midlands, and parts of east anglia and the south—east will be dry, with some sunny breaks it will feel quite pleasa nt sunny breaks it will feel quite pleasant but even into the evening the rain will work its way across, leaving us with clear skies to take

us leaving us with clear skies to take us into thursday morning. a chilly start to your thursday morning with a touch of frost around the past and in some rural areas but it is shaping up to be quite a nice day with dry and reasonably sunny weather. cloud will increase across the north and west scotland to bring some outbreaks of rain at times that is it. i will have more details later. he is in a very cheery mood. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: the prime minister wants to challenge society over differences in how public services treat people of different races and ethnicities. parts of california's wine region are being hit by fast—spreading fires, that have killed at least ten people. let's take a look at today's papers. i started with the daily telegraph yesterday, so i will go with a different one. the front page of the

daily mail, meryl streep and judi dench condemn movie mogul‘s horrifying offences. this is harvey weinstein, and there has been quite a bit of criticism about some of the big hollywood stars who have not commented on this. that has been happening in the last 24 hours or so. happening in the last 24 hours or so. and bad lifestyles crippling the nhs is their main story. and a junior doctorfaces nhs is their main story. and a junior doctor faces banishment from the nhs after the country's head medic backed a campaign to change job titles which have been condemned as confusing. i suppose it is demeaning to call someone a junior doctor. and we have interviewed richard. this is a british—born office worker jailed richard. this is a british—born office workerjailed in tehran. we have spoken to the family over the last couple of years or so and she could now be separated from her daughter, gabriella, and her husband for a further 16 years, apparently. she could face three new charges of

plotting to topple the regime. again, the nhs in the daily mirror. it is the last interview with george michael and don't let the nhs die on its 70th birthday. the global cost of obesity to hit $1.2 trillion by 2025 on the guardian. health bills will be an enormous burden without further steps. and another actress who has spoken about harvey weinstein and called it an abuse of power. on the daily telegraph, dame judi dench talking about harvey weinstein and their main story is about theresa may, and we mentioned earlier with our political correspondent, talking about possible plans for a no deal on racks that. where are you taking us with the papers? i thought they would take you through a couple of the headlines about whales and their demise in their quest to reach the world cup —— deal on brexit. and

they are calling james mcclean the dragon slayer. the irish player scoring the goal which meant that ireland go through to the play—offs and wales do not. and in the guardian, an interesting piece about bobsleigh, the latest british 0lympic bobsleigh, the latest british olympic sport in the dock. winter sport in the spotlight at the moment, with the games just around the corner. lots of accusations flying around about how british bobsleigh is being run. accusations of racism, accusations of sexism, accusations of mismanagement. an interesting fact that the guardian have at the bottom. they say the amount of money spent on a mclaren designed bobsleigh was about £500,000. it was left to gather dust after the gb 0lympic £500,000. it was left to gather dust after the gb olympic team found they could not all fit inside it. that is

kind of sort of basic, isn't it? can we all fit in the car? i don't want to ask you about the state of your marriage is this morning, but there is an interesting things saying that men are at a greater risk of a heart attack if their marriages going downhill, but women are not affected, the study found. men's ups and downs depends a lot on where the marital relationship is. and they believe this is because men are more reliant upon their wives, but women have larger social networks and other ways of coping. have larger social networks and other ways of copinglj have larger social networks and other ways of coping. i would say thatis other ways of coping. i would say that is probably true, isn't it?|j always think there is more to be done. more studies to be done. always think there is more to be done. more studies to be donelj always think there is more to be done. more studies to be done. i am going to read the rest of this. maybe we should revisit this later. very interesting research. you very much. —— thank you very much. there are now more prosecutions and convictions for sexual offences across england and wales than ever before, according to new figures from the crown prosecution service. reports of these offences, along with domestic abuse,

now account for one fifth of the cps cases. we are joined now by the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders. good morning to you. so what do you think is the most significant change? well, i think over the last ten yea rs change? well, i think over the last ten years we have seen the number of reports go up in the number of prosecutions and convictions for all strands of violence against women and girls go up. i think that shows people are prepared to come forward. it shows the improvements we have made in both training and the way in which prosecutors approach these cases. ok, and just which prosecutors approach these cases. ok, andjust talk which prosecutors approach these cases. ok, and just talk to a specifically, would you, about coercion. the law has changed on that, hasn't it? it has, and we have seen more prosecutions for coercive and controlling behaviour. i think it isa and controlling behaviour. i think it is a new way prosecutors approach domestic abuse and we have seen prosecutions where we have used social media, for example. we have seen people who have had their phones tracked and their friends effectively, friends and families,

alienate him. and that is quite a difficult case to prosecute. but prosecutors have been able to put very strong cases before the court and the numbers of those are going up. it is still early days because the legislation has only been in place for a year or so. talk to us also about domestic abuse and the amount of prosecutions for that. again, that is one of our significant increases over the last ten years. and we have seen the numbers grow considerably. so in fa ct, numbers grow considerably. so in fact, now, prosecutors... it makes up fact, now, prosecutors... it makes up about 20% of our work. violence against women cases, and the majority of that our domestic abuse prosecutions. it is fair to say in the last year we have seen a reduction in the number referred to us reduction in the number referred to us by the police. so we are looking at the reasons behind that. but it is quite staggering over the last ten years, the number of referrals and prosecutions and convictions that have gone up for domestic abuse. and going back to what you

said, that there has been a drop in the number of referrals. why do you think that might be? it is difficult to know, because the number of reports to police have gone up but the number of referrals has gone down. so we are working with police and government to try and understand why that is. is it something about the way the data is collected? is it something about people being willing to report but not prosecutions going through. sometimes people want the violence to stop, but they don't necessarily want a prosecution to follow. so we are looking at all of those reasons with police colleagues, to try and find out if there is something more we should be doing. and let's talk a little bit about people feeling able to come forward. do you find that you are seeing more people able to do that? yes, i think the fact that we have more reporting than ever before, we have seen more prosecutions than ever before, shows that people are

prepared to come forward. they know that we are able to support them, so we have special measures that we can put in place to help them through the court system. so whether that is giving her evidence behind screens or on giving her evidence behind screens orona giving her evidence behind screens or on a video link, and the support of people like independent domestic violence advisers, idvas, are crucial to helping people go through the court system. and all of those together show that more people than ever before are reporting, we are getting more prosecutions and convictions. you talked about the internet and social media, and you talked a little bit about the changes. is it becoming more permanent, do you think, people being targeted through the internet? yes, and certainly in our report last year we concentrated heavily on the difference that social media makes. so people are either being... 0ffences a re makes. so people are either being... 0ffences are being perpetrated online, so particularly coercive, controlling, but you also see them

domestic violence and harassment and stalking being committed online. so while it opens up different ways to commit the offences, what it also does is give us evidence that we can use in court to prosecute and prove the offences. thank you so much. we are talking about mental health a little later on. we have taken the sofa out into birmingham shopping centre and talking to people, saying have you ever struggled with mental health? some of the conversations are fascinating. it is a really good way of... i suppose when you first get approached by someone about that you think why are you asking the question? at some people are giving really interesting feedback. and we are talking about mental health and exercise. and your interview with michael fassbender is coming up.

indeed, we talked about surfing! you are watching breakfast. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. police are looking for six robbers after they fled from a smash—and—grab raid in central london on a single moped. the gang raided mappin & webb on regent street at around 7:30pm yesterday evening, armed with a machete and a hammer. they arrived on three scooters, but abandoned one at the scene and crashed another on oxford street. they then escaped on the remaining bike, with high—value stolen items. no arrests have been made. a grieving mother has condemned islington council for ordering her to take down a shrine to her murdered son, while his killer remains at large. michelle mcphillips lost her 28—year—old sonjj in february, after he was stabbed outside the town hall by a group of youths wearing hoods. since then, the temporary memorial has taken shape. but the council has now given 30 days to clear the site, suggesting a permanent memorial like a park bench instead. a pedestrian crossing of the future

that can quickly react to large groups and risky situations has been unveiled in london. the technology can change road markings if a child suddenly runs into the street, or if a large crowd suddenly arrives. the royal society for the protection of accidents has welcomed the trial, but has questioned the cost, saying cheaper, traditional signs are also effective. let's have a look at the travel situation now. if we look at the tube board, lots going on. signal failures if we look at the tube board, lots going on. signalfailures are if we look at the tube board, lots going on. signal failures are the word of the morning. the district line has minor delays due to a signalfailure, that line has minor delays due to a signal failure, that signal failure is also causing delays on hammersmith & city lines. the overground has severe delays on lines heading south because of a signalfailure at lines heading south because of a signal failure at new crossgate. 0n the trains, south—west services had no service between barnes after a

signalfailure, again, no service between barnes after a signal failure, again, over a no service between barnes after a signalfailure, again, overa 80 cancellations on services via south—west london and heading west of london. moving on to the roads, in new southgate, the north circular is down to one lane westmount due to emergency waterworks at bounds green. let's have a check on the weather now, with georgina. good morning. well, we have got little bit of cloud around today but they should be some brightness as well. cloudy start, certainly, with a bit of mist and fog in some places but becoming brighter. always the chance of a bright and even sunny speu chance of a bright and even sunny spell during the day. a few showers drifting through, but i think you will be fairly unlucky if you are one of the ones to catch those. and they are quite light were now falling. temperatures getting up to 18 celsius, though, so prewarned

that time of year and also that south—westerly breeze. that continues through the night. it is dry to start with but we have a few showers are filtering through later on. temperatures down to about 12 or 13 degrees, so really quite mild. for tomorrow, again, some brightness on offer but there will be cloudy moments. a few showers threatening and that south—westerly wind continuing. at but still getting up to about 18 degrees celsius. and those temperatures are only up as we drag in some warmer air from the south. by the weekend we could even see temperatures getting up to the low 20s. at a largely dry week ahead with some brightness, but quite a lot of cloud at times. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. coming up on breakfast today: a massive government study showing racial inequality is going to be published today. we'll ask communities secretary sajid javid what he plans to do about the results. shops are still giving out old one—pound coins a week before they're no longer legal tender. and...

# i will never rest... this took me by surprise. he has got some pipes, hasn't he? comedianjason manford's taken his nan's advice and made an album. can't go wrong with a bit of les miserables, can you ? here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. hospitals, care homes and other parts of the health and care system are straining at the seams, that's according to the care quality commission's annual report out today. the cqc says urgent action is needed to find a long—term solution to funding. sweeping inequalities between different ethnic groups in areas such as education, housing and health are expected to be exposed in a government study later today. the findings will show that people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds are twice as likely to be unemployed and that white working—class students at state schools are less likely to attend university.

pioneering fingerprint technology that can tell if a suspect has handled or taken drugs, their gender, and even what they've eaten will soon be used in court. researchers from sheffield hallam university and west yorkshire police are piloting a technique which means material from prints up to 30 years old can be broken down and analysed. the brexit secretary, david davis, willjoin the fifth round of deadlocked negotiations between the uk and the eu today, with both sides insisting it's up to the other to make the next move. yesterday, theresa may told the commons the government was preparing for the possibility of failing to reach a deal. wildfires in the us state of california have killed at least ten people and forced about 20,000 from their homes. a state of emergency has been declared in three counties in the wine producing region with 1500 properties destroyed and it is not yet known how the fires started on sunday night. hospitals, care homes and other parts of the health and care system are straining at the seams, that's according to the care quality commission's annual report out today. the cqc says urgent action is needed to find a long—term solution to funding.

alison holt reports. from the doors of emergency departments where they cope with rising numbers of people needing help to nursing home beds closing and care homes struggling to find the staff they need, today's report says this is a health and care system under huge pressure. the regulator that care quality commission says it is thanks to the ha rd commission says it is thanks to the hard work of staff that most care is good but it warns that the future quality of care looks precarious. extra money has helped ease some pressures in the short—term but the man who runs the cqc says it is vital there is a long—term plan to support the ageing population soon. there is an urgent need to have some stability and security in the system so that the future generations can begin to receive high—quality care. at the minute we haven't got the

security and the stability of knowing what the future holds. there is no date yet for the government's promised green paper on social care but it says that it is investing more in both services and staff. unions are demanding urgent talks with bae systems, following news the defence company is expected to confirm more than 1,000 job losses. it's thought the majority of those roles at risk will be in north—west england. an official announcement is due later today. supermarket giant tesco confirmed it will accept the old around £1 coins after they stop becoming legal tender. the £1 coins will be replaced by monday. after that the old ones can be traded in at banks and post offices but some stores like tesco will still be accepting them for another week. a record number of overseas visitors came to the uk for their holidays last year, according

to visit britain's annual report. the tourism body found there were 23.1 million visits to the uk betweenjanuary and july this year. they spentjust over £13 billion, an increase of nine —— 9% from last year. excellent news. brits aren't missing out on holidaying close to home either. over 20 million people stayed somewhere overnight in england during the first half of this year, spending a record £4.6 billion. where are you going on your holidays? i am going somewhere. send in your pictures of your favourite places. ready to you spend your time? i spent mine in cornwall? we are going to wales later on and do sendin are going to wales later on and do send in your pictures of your favourite holiday spot in the uk. wales is my favourite place. there is an ice cream... i know it isn't really u p is an ice cream... i know it isn't really up a dozen, but there is an

ice cream shop which is spectacular down on the front on the way to end —— borth. massive congratulations to the irish. it would have been great to see wales. a 1—0 defeat at home to the republic of ireland last night means the welsh 59 year wait for a world cup appearance continues. ben croucher reports. the end of the road to russia. as they gave out points for passion, wales wouldn't have had a problem. the national anthem sung a cappella, spine tingling singing on the night that didn't end on a happy note. the stirring start was matched on the pitch as aaron ramsey was inches

away from a goal but without their pitch as aaron ramsey was inches away from a goal e; the crunch . —— pitch as aaron ramsey was inches away from a goal e; the crunch of —— the tie a: the tie i firmly felt. passion was the tie was firmly felt. passion was replaced by tension. they had the best openings but darren randolph shot them. the tension then turned to turmoil as welsh hopes were ended with this pinpoint counterpunch, as time ticked painstakingly on. wales we re time ticked painstakingly on. wales were reduced to half chances, reduced to tears. the final whistle for their world cup ambitions. but the irish journey isn't over yet. i feel like i have ifeel like i have come up i feel like i have come up short. ifeel like i have come up short. we haven't quite got there. no use talking about who we have playing, we are all in the same boat at the end of the day. it has been a hell ofan end of the day. it has been a hell of an effort. itjust hasn't been enough. i am absolutely gutted that we haven't made it, absolutely devastated. performance of the players was

fantastic, absolutely fantastic. we had to withstand a lot of pressure, which you would expect. wales put us under that pressure, as befits a team that did so well in the euros. we had to come here to win tonight in cardiffand we had to come here to win tonight in cardiff and we have come through and we have done exactly that. disappointment for wales but another of last summer's surprise successes have qualified. the famous icelandic thunderclap will reverberate around russia after they became the smallest nation in terms of population to reach a world cup. a 2—0 win over kosovo last night saw them top their group. a decent few weeks for harry kane has just got a bit better. after scoring the winning goals in the last two england games, scoring 11 for spurs last month and captaining his country, he's been named on the shortlist for the world footballer of the year award. he'll face some stiff competition for it though from messi, neymar and ronaldo to name but a few. zak hardaker has apologised for what he called an enormous error ofjudgement, after being provisionally suspended by castleford tigers and dropped

by england for the world cup. hardaker tested positive for cocaine after a super 8s game against his old club leeds and missed saturday's grand final defeat, also to leeds. he said he'd let everyone down. british number three kyle edmund beatjiri vesely in the opening round of the shanghai masters yesterday. the 22—year—old suffered an early break in the first set before coming back to win in straight sets in china. edmund will face fourth seed and wimbledon runner—up marin cilic in the second round this afternoon. less than three months after suffering a heart—attack, olympic gold medal winning hockey head coach danny kerry has returned to full—time work with the england women's squad. kerry, who's 46, was in south africa with the team when he fell ill but he says he never considered walking away from the sport, and even his kids can see he's leading a healthier lifestyle now. they don't really get it, they can't know that i'm very diligent about what i eat now and so they will be

tucking into sausages and i will look on enviously and my seven—year—old is going, sorry, daddy, but i like sausages, i know you can't eat them, so, yes, there are funny moments. now, for any footballer, missing an open goal is hard to take, but down in the dutch fourth division, dennis van duinen may have provided the worst miss of the season. the harkemase boys player managed to steer the ball from midfield, manoeuvre around the goalkeeper and with the empty goal staring him in the face, he ballooned the ball over the bar. to make matters worse for his side, they went from 2—0 up to lose 3—2. laughter. that is a terrible day's work. it is one of those ones you will relive. it didn't even bobble. he just completely stuffed it up. thank you. just coming up to 6:40am.

hollywood has been reacting to the news that prominent producer harvey weinstein, whose work includes pulp fiction and shakespeare in love, has been sacked by the company he founded following allegations he sexually harassed women over three decades. we are showing you the front page of the papers this morning. the actress meryl streep has called his alleged behaviour disgraceful, saying those who have spoken out are heroes. damejudi dench has also said she was completely unaware of the horrifying claims, offering her sympathy to those who have suffered. and emma thompson said speaking out is the only way we'll tackle it urging people to support those women who don't have the confidence to speak out. his lawyer says many of the allegations are untrue. let's talk to ryan fonda, entertainment reporter with the la times. thank you forjoining us on brea kfast thank you forjoining us on breakfast this morning. these allegations under standard have caused a real storm in hollywood. yes, this is the biggest story that we've seen in hollywood in a long time. when the allegations came out

in the new york times, everyone kind of had a sense of who harvey weinstein was, he was always prone to berating employees, but no one had ever come up with the paper trail to show the allegations of sexual abuse and harassment that he was allegedly doing. there has been criticism, it has changed in the last 12— 24 hours, criticism not many big names in hollywood were speaking about this. also, some of the talk shows, which we watch in the talk shows, which we watch in the uk as well, which are very quick to go after donald trump on allegations about his private life, we re allegations about his private life, were not mentioning what was going on with harvey weinstein, is there a reason for that, and is the criticism fair? it is fair and it shows how powerful weinstein has been for the last 30 years in this

industry. we are talking about the quy industry. we are talking about the guy who was primarily responsible for shaping a lot of the independent film business for a lot of the last decades. and he even was known as the kingmaker in terms of 0scars, watching people get a modern stage thinking harvey weinstein for the 0scar. he basically invented the modern 0scar campaign when it came to not only supporting his own movies, also denigrating other companies' movies. where do you think it will go from here, a wide investigation as well? the company said it was taking an investigation into harvey weinstein's actions. it is not clear where that stands now that the company has officially fired him. what is next for the weinstein company is up in the air because his brother, bob weinstein, also co—founder of the company, is

still in charge. and so is his right—hand man, david glasser, so will there be a wide investigation into sexual harassment in hollywood? that is what we are kind of waiting to find out. really good to talk to you, thank you, and as we were saying it is a story on many of the front papers as well, quite a view of the quotes coming out, damejudi dench on the front of the daily telegraph this morning. and a number of other actresses on the front of the daily mail as well. wholehearted support to those allegedly sexually assaulted by harvey weinstein and says that it was horrifying. m illstreet says that it was horrifying. millstreet and dame judi says that it was horrifying. millstreet and damejudi dench on the front of the daily mail this morning, so it is a story which, as ryan has said, because he was so powerful, seen as a kingmaker and queen maker in hollywood, it is all hollywood is talking about at the moment. it is mild at the moment.

not a horrendous start to your tuesday morning. lots of cloud and pretty grave first thing. you can see cloud on the satellite imagery and noticing a few breaks ahead of the next weather system. those sunny skies will work and across parts of scotla nd skies will work and across parts of scotland and northern ireland as well as northern england fairly quickly. we have some rain pushing southwards through central and southern scotland same in northern ireland. the rain we have at the moment across northern england in the former showers will ease off eastwards. there will be a few to move in the rush hour but the rain will quickly depart. 0ne move in the rush hour but the rain will quickly depart. one or two spots of rain and showers. lots of cloud than a pretty grey start to tuesday morning but not a desperately cold one. compared with yesterday there will be more breaks in the cloud and more sunshine developing at times. a few spots of rain here and there across england and wales and later on western

scotla nd and wales and later on western scotland will start to see heavy and more persistent rain work its way in. for most, still a pleasant afternoon with sunny spells. quite a bit of cloud at times, but where the sun is out it is feeling nice enough. temperatures in the mid—to—high teens. into the night it can get wet and windy across scotla nd can get wet and windy across scotland and northern ireland. eventually the heavy rain across western scotland and northern ireland spreads its way across north—west england and wales. the further south and east of you are, it will stay dry overnight temperatures staying in double figures for most on wednesday morning. a big area of low pressure to the east of iceland. this weather front only slowly moving its way southwards and eastwards initially. with that we have some very moisture laden south—west winds and as they hit the lacks of the lake district and cumbria and the pennines, we could see 100 millimetres of rain fall before the days through. it stops thoroughly wet. for some northern ireland, quickly brightening up the sunshine and one or two showers. through much of the day, the western side of the pennines, before brighter conditions

but in later. rain spreading quite widely across wales through the date and by the afternoon we will see that rain in parts of the midlands as well. east anglia and the south—east staying dry, but even here we will see some rain pushed into the evening. temperatures in the mid—to—high teens. a clearer skies in the north and west as we finished wednesday. a bit of rain in the east, and it turns clear and cold. frosty for some, to start thursday, but the state looking like the brightest day. a bit of rain in the brightest day. a bit of rain in the north—west highlands and islands of scotla nd the north—west highlands and islands of scotland but most will have a dry day with sunny spells and temperatures around 13 to 17. we have been seeing wildfires in california. i want to show you this satellite picture. this was taken through the night across california. you will notice the bright colours. these show up the towns and cities. this one is san francisco. to put in perspective, these blobs are wildfires burning. huge, huge showers in california at the moment. weather conditions haven't been great, of course, and there is a

little bit of welcome news on the way for those in california. they will still be burning, but the winds, instead of being those dry easterlies which have been fanning the fires, the winds are going to more westerly and north—westerly direction is under temperatures dropping. that should hopefully have the firefighters coming down the fires but the wildfire risk continues as long as it stays dry and you will notice it does stay dry here through the rest of the week. interesting to hear that 14 wildfires burning at the moment. good to keep us updated. you know you were working why matt was so perky. is it true they delivered pastries early on? someone in my office brought pastries at five a.m.. you can't argue with that, can you? no wonder he is smiling! what kind of pastries worth a? a mixture. cinnamon, harman, croissants... ——

almond. more independence for yorkshire will be debated in parliament later today. steph is in york to find out what it will mean for the economy. iam right i am right in the heart of yorkshire here in york, and this chart is the history of the vikings there was an archaeological dig in the 1970s, and they found loads of artefacts and developed this site. a lot of these houses are where it was. you cannot smell it this morning, because an absolutely reeks. they have smells they create as well, so at the moment i am smelling a lot of beef which is not great at this time of the morning. this is an amazing sight, and a really good tourist attraction in the area. they get around 500,000 people here every year and you

around 500,000 people here every yearand you might around 500,000 people here every year and you might remember i was here not that long ago talking about when they were hit by the flooding. so it is great to see that they are back open again and thriving. so this is very much about york's history, but what we are also talking about today is the future of yorkshire. because it is a very big county, has something like 5 million people who live here, and if you look at the income it generates, it is twice that of wales when you look at the regent combined. so what they wa nt at the regent combined. so what they want is more autonomy. so they want more control over their spending, so they can look at things like their housing planning, their taxes, and basically have more control over at all. so today there is going to be a debate in parliament about this and so we have a couple of guests we are going to chat to about it. susan is the chair of the west yorkshire combined authority, and jonathan is from the institute of directors. so susan, tell us a bit about what you actually want for this region. we wa nt actually want for this region. we want yorkshire evolution, which essentially is more muggy and power to the region. if we got that we reckon we could double the size of

our economy over a 30 year period. that would make us like an english powerhouse, never mind the northern powerhouse. why do you want that combined and not in a separate part parts of yorkshire? there was a deal put on the table for south yorkshire, and that has not happened, has a? there is a sense of identity with the yorkshire brand. we are known internationally. we won more medals in the rio 0lympic stand canada. people feel strongly about the yorkshire brand. i am proud of being from yorkshire and that really resonates with people. what are the thoughts of business on this? business is very supportive. we have been consistently supportive of rebalancing the economy by getting the northern powerhouse developed. devolution is an important part of that. at the moment the government is saying there is not a deal on the table in terms of combined yorkshire deal. what are you going to do about this? well, 17 out of 20 authorities have come together in yorkshire through a one yorkshire devolution deal. and they have asked us to

think grassroots, talk to the local authorities. that is what we have done. we're across party, coming together, and we have a real case to make and getting the government to talk to on that basis. is there a chance that it could be too bureaucratic? this could take so long and in the meantime you have the likes of manchester, who have the likes of manchester, who have the combined authority, earning moving on. is there a danger this could hold you back? well, i agree with susan that yorkshire is the unit that works for us, and i think we need to do that. absolutely agree with you that manchester and birmingham will be moving ahead, and we need to get a deal agreed as soon as possible. we are going to talk more about this throughout the morning, so thank you very much for your time. this is such an amazing location to be in this morning. it is so interesting, the any more tronics, and also the real vikings who are here this morning. i didn't know there were real ones here as well. 0r know there were real ones here as well. or do you reckon they are

robots? i can't tell! they are definitely people. he looks a bit like jack whitehall, the fellow on the left. i can see steff is going to have a fun day. it looks like they are actors, and we have another actor. although the snowman may sound like it is a movie made for children, michael fassbender‘s new film is anything but. it is a story about a serial killer who has been operating for years in norway. i caught up with michael to talk about the film, surfing, and his uncanny impression of a robin. this film, the snowman, it sounds... it is not about cooking. this film, the snowman, it sounds... it is not about cookinglj this film, the snowman, it sounds... it is not about cooking. i know it sounds like an fluffy, it is not that either, is it? the snow is as light and fluffy as it gets. he is

playing games. if anyone is familiar with the scandinavian nor our genre, it is very much part of that. the sort of centralise around serial killers —— noir. and this detective, harry hole, who was somewhat of an expert in terms of tracking them down, understanding them. expert in terms of tracking them down, understanding themm expert in terms of tracking them down, understanding them. it doesn't matter who you are. tell him. i think it is the falling snow that says the killer. had you read the books before you got the script is? no, i had no idea. i didn't know anything about them, to be honest. did you go and read the books?|j did you go and read the books?” did,i did you go and read the books?” did, i read pretty much... well, i read pretty much all of them except the snowman, because i knew the script had been, you know, very sort of —— various sort of plot elements had been altered, and tomas had

worked with a rider in doing that, andi worked with a rider in doing that, and i didn't want to be going, in the book, tomas, this happens. so wa nted the book, tomas, this happens. so wanted to see who harry hole was in the script. i know how much you want this, but you can't force the pieces to fit. he is a great character, isn't he? what did you like about him? he is a very human character, you know, in terms of a detective story, he is so far away from any bit ofan story, he is so far away from any bit of an action hero. you know, if he gets into a tussle with somebody he gets into a tussle with somebody he usually comes out the worse for wear in the exchange. and he doesn't have any friends, except for one quy- have any friends, except for one guy. and yes, he is brilliant at what he does, but he also... i feel like he hates what he does, and he becomes obsessive about his job. and he is an alcoholic. and what was it like filming there? because the scenery is so much part of the

movie, isn't it? for sure. definitely, i think, movie, isn't it? for sure. definitely, ithink, you know, again with the sort of scandinavian thrillers, the landscape, and i think especially because it is winter going into the dark winter months, it seems to be a very sort of calm and ordinary sort of scenario becomes quite sinister very quickly. because the serial killer gets activated, as it were, by the first falling of the snow. the superhero role, and this role, they are hugely different and both equally enjoyable? yes, a very different process. i mean, if you are working... i mean, this is nota low—budget film, by any means, but when you are doing the bigger films, you know, £100 million plus, they moved slower. your sound effects, which are quite spectacular, including harley—davidson, i have heard. that is not so good. i could pull the dewer formula one car better than a harley—davidson.

birds, red breasted robin... when you do that, do the birds answer? they do, actually. at again, they could have been talking to another bird, iam could have been talking to another bird, i am not sure. could have been talking to another bird, iam not sure. but! could have been talking to another bird, i am not sure. but i take it that i am communicating with them. thank you forjoining us. thank you, cheers. birdcalls. the snowman is a great film, but as i say, do not go and sit with your children, it is really quite scary. the title is misleading. and more from that interview a little bit later. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. police are looking for six robbers after they fled from a smash—and—grab raid in central london on a single moped. the gang raided mappin & webb on regent street at around 7:30pm

yesterday evening, armed with a machete and a hammer. they arrived on three scooters, but abandoned one at the scene and crashed another on oxford street. they then escaped on the remaining bike, with high—value stolen items. no arrests have been made. a grieving mother has condemned islington council for ordering her to take down a shrine to her murdered son, while his killer remains at large. michelle mcphillips lost her 28—year—old sonjj in february, after he was stabbed outside the town hall by a group of youths wearing hoods. since then, the temporary memorial has taken shape. but the council has now given 30 days to clear the site, suggesting a permanent memorial like a park bench instead. a pedestrian crossing of the future that can quickly react to large groups and risky situations has been unveiled in london. the technology can change road markings if a child suddenly runs into the street, or if a large crowd suddenly arrives. the royal society for the protection of accidents has welcomed the trial, but has questioned the cost,

saying cheaper, traditional signs are also effective. let's have a look at the travel situation now. if we look at the tube board, lots going on. the district line has minor delays eastbound due to a signal failure. that signal failure is also causing severe delays on hammersmith & city lines. 0n the trains, south—west services had no service between barnes, after a signal failure, again. over 80 cancellations on services via south—west london, and heading west of london. moving on to the roads, then, in southgate, the north circular is down to one lane westbound, due to emergency waterworks at bounds green. it is causing long delays. let's have a check on the weather now, with georgina. good morning. well, we've got little bit of cloud around today, but there should be some brightness, as well. cloudy start, certainly,

with a bit of mist and fog in some places, but becoming brighter. always the chance of a bright and even sunny spell during the day. a few showers drifting through, but i think you will be fairly unlucky if you are one of the ones to catch those. and they are quite light where they are falling. temperatures getting up to 18 celsius, though, so pretty warm for the time of year. and also that south—westerly breeze, that continues through the night. it is dry to start with, but we have a few showers are filtering through later on. temperatures down to about 12 or 13 degrees, so really quite mild. for tomorrow, again, some brightness on offer, but there will be cloudy moments. a few showers threatening, and that south—westerly wind continuing, but still getting up to about 18 degrees celsius. and those temperatures are on the up as we drag in some warmer air from the south. by the weekend, we could even see temperatures getting up to the low 20s. but a largely dry week ahead with some brightness, but quite a lot of cloud at times. paul blake queen mary university of london has found 90% of londoners do not engage know who their london

assembly member is at city hall, so va nessa assembly member is at city hall, so vanessa feltz is asking if it is because of apathy towards politics ora because of apathy towards politics or a lack of engagement by politicians. that is on bbc radio london in the next few minutes. hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. the data which highlights sweeping inequalities between ethnic groups in britain — a government study reveals how the public sector treats people from different backgrounds, affecting their education, housing and job prospects. good morning. it's tuesday, the 10th of october.

also this morning: a major breakthrough in crimefighting technology — the new fingerprint technique which tells if a suspect has taken drugs and even what they've eaten will soon be used in court. wildfires raging across california's wine region have killed at least ten people and destroyed hundreds of homes. good morning from the heart of yorkshire, this place is much about the history of the region but today in parliament they're gonna talk about its future and the calls for more autonomy and power in terms of what they make doing in the region. in sport, heartbreak for wales. their dreams of playing in the world cup end with defeat to the republic of ireland in cardiff. the first person i spoke to was prince harry and i hadn't spoken to my mates about it because they

thought my life was great. opening up thought my life was great. opening up about mental health — iwan thomas and jamelia take the sofa on the road to see if people are co mforta ble road to see if people are comfortable talking about their problems. and matt has the weather. today starts as we finished yesterday with lots of cloud and murk, laying around, but they will clear through with bright skies on the way for many in the afternoon, i will have that and the rest of the full forecast in 15 minutes. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. sweeping inequalities between different ethnic groups in areas such as education, housing and health are expected to be exposed in a government study later today. the findings will show that people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds are twice as likely to be unemployed and that white working—class students at state schools are less likely to attend university. 0ur social affairs correspondent elaine dunkley reports. it will highlight some of the things... it was theresa may's promise when she became prime minister to make a fairer

britain for everyone. today's audit of race shows inequality and divisions. perena is a maths teacher. she won a race discrimination tribunal and believes we are far from an equal society. the fact i have to be ten times better than my white colleagues in order to go forward and make any progress, although i was the most qualified and the most experienced, i was still looked over by a white male, who was eventually put into the position. today the government will introduce extra help for getting minorities trying to find a job in 20 areas across britain, where there are the greatest inequalities. but is it enough to tackle what the government calls uncomfortable truths? there should be a coherent strategy where government actually appoints one individual, ideally a secretary of state, to lead on the development, the implementation and the delivery of a coherent race strategy. the government says it's highlighting burning injustices,

but there's also the burning question, can the government deliver radical measures that will get under the skin of racial and social inequalities? pioneering fingerprint technology that can tell if a suspect has handled or taken drugs, their gender, and even what they've eaten will soon be used in court. researchers from sheffield hallam university and west yorkshire police are piloting a technique which means material from prints up to 30 years old can be broken down and analysed. spencer stokes has been to sheffield to find out more. a crime—fighting method that's barely changed over the last century, fingerprints are unique marks of human identity. at crime scenes, they're dusted, lifted and sent away to be scanned, but experts at sheffield hallam university are reinventing the process, with fingerprints now being analysed for their chemical composition. chemicals that can show, amongst other things, whether a suspect is a drug user or if they've been drinking. a fingerprint is nothing else

than sweat, and sweat is a biological matrix, so the amount of information there, potentially to be retrieved, is huge. it's called "mass spectrometry", with the fingerprints offering an insight into the lifestyle of the suspect at the time a crime was committed. so, as well as gender and foods eaten, the prints can show if drugs have been taken, alcohol consumed, what cosmetics have been used, including different types of hair gel. this is only months away from being used on case work. there's a lot of scientific work gone on with sheffield hallam university and west yorkshire police. and we're going to be convicting people that previously may have got away with it. for decades, fingerprints have helped secure convictions. now those almost invisible traces left at scenes of crime could be about to offered up more clues than ever before. wildfires in the us state of california have killed at least

ten people and forced about 20,000 from their homes. a state of emergency has been declared in three counties in the wine producing region with 1500 — have a look at these pictures coming in — properties destroyed and it is not yet known how the fires started on sunday night. david davis will begin talks in the eu today, with both sides insisting it is up to both of them to make the moves. theresa may said yesterday that they must consider that there may not be ideal. unions are demanding urgent talks with bae systems, following news the defence company is expected to confirm more than 1,000 job losses. it's thought the majority of those roles at risk will be in north—west england. holly hamilton is that the company planned this morning. i imagine the

mood will be something of anticipation and worry? that's right, we're talking about one of the uk's largest manufacturing contract is in defence with more than 80,000 employees worldwide, more than half, nearly half based in the uk. those job more than half, nearly half based in the uk. thosejob cuts, which haven't yet been confirmed by bae are expected to affect this plant here in wharton, and it is at this plant where the typhoon fighter aircraft is manufactured, with around 5000 working on the manufacturing line, and there is a lot of uncertainty around the aircraft, particularly at large orderfrom saudi aircraft, particularly at large order from saudi arabia, aircraft, particularly at large orderfrom saudi arabia, and that has led to this news this morning. as you say, unite union talked about huge talks to take place later today and they have described it as a major blow for the uk defence capabilities with bae systems saying they are reviewing their operations

to make sure they are performing as effectively as possible, and it could not have come at a worse time for theresa may with the ongoing brexit negotiations. it is not believed rex is a factor in the decision. i would believed rex is a factor in the decision. iwould imagine believed rex is a factor in the decision. i would imagine later today when theresa may talks with business leaders this is something that will be discussed. thank you very much. hospitals, care homes and other parts of the health and care system are "straining at the seams" — that's according to the care quality commission's annual report out today. the cqc says urgent action is needed to find a long—term solution to funding. the department of health says the government is investing more in services and staff. inmates serving sentences of less than 12 months should be released early to ease pressure on the prison system in england and wales, according to the prison governors' association. the group's president, andrea albutt, will tell its annual conference that jails are "full to bursting". the ministry ofjustice says it's modernising prisons and recruiting more staff. it is the final day of the snp party

conference. nicola sturgeon will announce plans to double spending on childcare in scotland in her keynote speech. she will say spending will increase to £840 million a year by the end of parliament. lorna gordon, just like yesterday, is at the conference today. i suppose it is an opportunity for nicola sturgeon to say there is a lot more to the snp than just independence. yes, she will really focus on domestic policy, i think, in this speech and i think the theme of the conference can be summed up in the word you see behind me, progress, what they see as their good record in government over the last ten years and today she will say in an ambitious statement of intent that the snp want to focus on the next ten years and beyond. that

she wants to put scotland in the driving seat, pursuing radical policies, transformational policies she says will equip scotland for a rapidly changing world. there will be this big emphasis on childcare. some of the details we already know in scotland with parents of three and four —year—olds getting a morning or afternoon every day each week or roughly 16 hours of free childcare, that is expected to be up to 30 hours by 2020. of course, that will cost. it will double the cost of childcare in scotland from around 420 million to £840 million, so a big increase in public spending. the question is whether the money come to pay for it all? nicola sturgeon is expected to say detailed work has been done to assess the investment needed. the suggestion being money has been found to pay for it all. thank you, >> later on. sta rwa rs fans can finally

get their first look at the trailer for episode eight, the lastjedi. here it is. become what you meant to be. the film, which is out in december, marks the final appearance of the late carrie fisher in her most famous role of princess leia. that is one of the main thing is people talk about, the other is where she reaches out her hand, which has got people very excited. i haven't ruined it for you. you genuinely haven't. 7:11am. you would much rather watch a michael fassbenderfilm. much rather watch a michael fassbender film. you haven't ruined it. let's return to our top story and the prime minister says there will be "nowhere to hide" when it comes to dealing with racial inequalities.

her comments come as the findings of a massive study of how people of all ethnicities are treated are published later today. joining us now is zubayda haque from the racial equality think tank the runnymede trust and head teacher gregory logan. good morning. lovely to have you with us this morning. what do you think, first up, that this is going to show, at what sort of, i suppose, glaring realities we will see? in one way it is wonderful that the prime minister two weeks into herjob introduce the race disparity unit, because we know that has been raced disparity for many decades across all the public sectors, so we are really excited about the fact that what this is is this will be data across all the sectors looking at where all the key gaps are and that is really important because for a long time a lot of critics were saying there is no evidence of racial disparity, and hopefully what the unit will reveal is that there are gaps across all

public sector groups, all public sectors, and there are gaps across different ethnic groups including white working class groups. lets pick up some other thoughts, and we have talked to you on the programme before, so it is lovely to have you. fewer than one in 100 head teachers are from a non— white background. what are your personal experiences? i have been very fortunate to be supported by a local authority and an executive head who is very supportive of my career in the last ten years, taking me from learning support assistant on the lowest rung on the latter through all of the runs to being head of schools, so appreciative of that. however i think there is no local authority in the uk that has addressed the diversity of students within the local authority with teachers in the local authority with teachers in the local authority with teachers in the local authority even in a progressive borough such as hackney. yes, i agree. going back to 2011

there was research done, 21,600 state maintained schools in the country and only 30 blackmail head —— black male head teachers. country and only 30 blackmail head -- black male head teachers. are there a lack of candidates, how do you see it in terms of the interview process ? you see it in terms of the interview process? i was speaking with a research and when we interview we often find in the last pool of interviews around late june july we find that the bme candidates turn up, often quite often female hijab wherein women who turn up, graduate after everyone else, they have gone for the round of interviews and they end up in the last pool. they turn out to be outstanding teachers, so why were they not recruited earlier on? interesting, because this is not new data, it has been correlated in a different way at this point. yes,

a different way at this point. yes, a lot of it hasn't been shared. what they don't seem to do is sort of set out, what will we do about this. and there is no easy fix, but do you think there are key issues to be targeted? absolutely, and that is the important thing to remember, in some ways it is a data dumping exercise in the sense that the government is saying to the public, here is the data, to commercial companies, do something about it, but it is important, with concrete policies with this. we need to move from rhetoric to what we are going to do, but what we need to do is look at quality impacts assessments and targets, which is a really interesting one. they have had it for gender but they have never had enforcement or policing and they have left it voluntarily to companies to put women on boards but if you leave it voluntarily people wiggle out of it. the other thing of course is we need to also look at

ourselves. this isn'tjust about government. we need to start looking at ourselves and thinking what do we do about everyday racism? it has a massive and profound impact on lives, sorry. i just massive and profound impact on lives, sorry. ijust wanted to pick up lives, sorry. ijust wanted to pick up on lives, sorry. ijust wanted to pick upona lives, sorry. ijust wanted to pick up on a point you mentioned earlier before you run out of time, i know you mentioned white working class is an issue on this as well, and from your own experience this is saying white males from state schools are the least likely to go to university -is the least likely to go to university —is it the least likely to go to university — is it backed up with your experience? we are fortunate in hackney to have a shift in demographics, so where historically we have a white working class cohort it has shifted to more middle—class cohort. the fact remains across the country white working class boys are significantly underperforming compared with their peers, almost akin to black caribbean boys, which is something to be addressed in various ways. one of the thing we talk of a data dumping exercise, in the academic year 2014—15 the

graduate from bme backgrounds only 1596 graduate from bme backgrounds only 15% were in teacher training programmes versus 15% were in teacher training programmes versus 54% in medical or law and one thing we could do is try to make teaching much more attractive for those from bme backgrounds. you talked about class, and that's a really important thing. i mentioned quality impacts exercise, one of the important pieces of research was done with a women's budget group where we looked at the impact of austerity policies on different groups, and it is really interesting, as it was one of the areas where the government have put —— would have carried out an impact exercise to see what the cuts would do for different groups, and we found this, really interesting, these policies have affected poor people, but it is notjust poor people, but it is notjust poor people, it has a second win in more than men and it has affected ethnic minorities more than white people. and in particular ethnic minority lone parents, there have been significant cuts in their living

standard and that is why it is quite important to sort of link that with the race disparity audit because if the race disparity audit because if the race disparity audit because if the race disparity audit forces companies and government to think about the sort of intentional impact of policies as well as the unintentional impact of policies, then we will have more fairness in then we will have more fairness in the level playing field. thank you very much indeed. and we will be speaking to the communities secretary, sajid javid, in about 20 minutes' time. on behalf of many of my colleagues, thank you so much. here is matt with a look at this morning's weather. there is more wild weather to come, actually, more mild weather as well over the coming days. a bit cold through wednesday night and thursday, as i will show you. temperatures in double figures to

start with. we start today likely finish yesterday, with grey skies. splash of the rain coming from that as well. heavy showers easing across parts of northern england, and brighter skies starting to edge their way in. more sunshine developing quite widely across scotla nd developing quite widely across scotland during the next few hours. a zone of cloud and outbreaks of rain pushing through central scotla nd rain pushing through central scotland and northern ireland, getting into the rush hour. heavy showers becoming fewer in number as we go through the morning and we will start to see the cloud break up. sunny conditions developing. not a lot of sunshine of further east you are. the same for south—west and wales, and spots of rain and drizzle around first thing. but they will become less abundant as we go through the morning, and we will see a bit more sunshine break through the cloud. still a bit of cloud at times but more sunshine than we saw yesterday. most places will be dry through the afternoon, the exception being parts of western scotland where we will start to see the rain return and the breeze pick up.

temperatures widely into the mid if not high teens, and once the sun is on your back it should feel quite pleasant. into the night, the breeze picking up in the rain becoming more expensive. scotland and northern ireland in particular, heavy rain. most persistent on the hills of western scotland and later into the far north—west of england and the far north—west of england and the far north—west of wales. further south and east, it will be predominantly dry night with temperatures in the mid—teens. quite easy, and it will be a breezy wednesday. the winds coming in from the mid atlantic ahead from this weather front. mixed in the mid atlantic ahead from this weatherfront. mixed in with the mid atlantic ahead from this weather front. mixed in with a weather front. mixed in with a weather front. mixed in with a weather front we will see a lot of heavy rain across the cumbrians fels, the north pennines, maybe 100 millimetres of rain before the days through. it will be a thoroughly 5°99y through. it will be a thoroughly soggy start tomorrow. southern scotla nd soggy start tomorrow. southern scotland and the south—east of england, wet for the morning commute. brightening up with the sunshine and a few hours later cumbria gets into the soggy weather. 0utbreaks cumbria gets into the soggy weather. outbreaks of rain pushing down towards the midlands, south—west england during the second half of the day. it won't be until the evening before the rain arrives properly across parts of east anglia

and the south—east. we will finish the day on a wet note. clearer skies elsewhere after a bit of sunshine before the sun disappears below the horizon. through the night it will be quite chilly. there could be a touch of frost on the ground in rural areas to start thursday morning. thursday shaping up to be quite pleasant day. by the winds, a bit of rain for the highlands and islands. most places will be dry with sunny spells, and temperatures like today at around 13 to 17 or 18 celsius. a few across eastern england, especially friday, saturday and sunday, could get into the high teens and low 20s. that is how it is looking. almost sounds like summer. when world mental health day was first marked, 15 years ago, it was designed to increase awareness and end stigma surrounding issues like depression and anxiety. since then, many famous faces, including prince harry and dame kelly holmes have gone public about their struggles. so how receptive are we becoming to the idea of opening up? breakfast invited singer jamelia and former athlete iwan thomas, who have spoken publicly about their mental health issues, to birmingham to find out. hello. fancy seeing you here. now,

you do realise, the last time i saw you do realise, the last time i saw you we were twirling around. it was a dance off on strictly. and you know there was only one winner. we are still friends. i don't know, the start of my depression, you know! we are in your manner, in birmingham, let's get people to open up and talk. absolutely, let's do it. i think when people see me on tv, we see someone confident, happy, smiley, and a little bit weird. cheeky chappie. smiles a lot. a go—getter in life. cheeky chappie. smiles a lot. a go-getter in life. what people don't see my bad days, my days where i find it very hard to get out of bed.

i certainly have down days. the days when i would much rather spend in bed crying. people might be surprised to hear i have had a lot of depression in the past.” surprised to hear i have had a lot of depression in the past. i had post—natal psychosis of depression in the past. i had post— natal psychosis and of depression in the past. i had post—natal psychosis and post—natal depression after having both of them, and during my second pregnancy had antenatal depression as well. we are talking about mental health. have you ever struggled with anything like that, depression, yourself? yes, i have. i did 30 years in the fire service, and basically i had depression problems, dental health issues, and that is why in the end i came out of the fire service. was that hard to do at the time for your? yes. to stand up and say yes, i've had problems, and all this business, yes. i have doormat was diagnosed with depression at the age of 12. i studied self harming, i didn't understand what was happening to me, ididn't understand what was happening to me, i didn't understand what i was going through. the thoughts and feelings

and how lonely i was, i didn't feel like i was part of this world, i didn't feel human. i ended up having this really quite severe social anxiety where i would end up sometimesjust shutting myself anxiety where i would end up sometimes just shutting myself and my bedroom and not wanting to come out. it was beer, living in fear and shame. at my lowest, ijust felt despair. ijust didn't know what i was going to do with my life, and i couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel. i wish i had said to me sooner. i wish i had known that there was help out there. talk about it. talk about it. you never know what is around the corner.” it. talk about it. you never know what is around the corner. i can remember saying to my husband you can't tell anybody, you cannot tell anybody. and he gave me such a great piece of advice. he said you know, you need your friends and family to get through this. you can't tell over the phone, write an e—mail. so i wrote an e—mail to them all and told them. no matter how alone you think you are, there is always some help, even if itjust means the tiniest small step. thank you very much for talking. thank you so much,

thank you. here is to happiness. the weirdest thing for me is the first person i spoke to was prince harry. my person i spoke to was prince harry. my mates would be like, what have you got to be depressed about? i was ata you got to be depressed about? i was at a barbecue with the royal and we started chatting, and i said you know what? i'm going to talk to him. it was almost easier to talk to a stranger, even though he was famous. lam stranger, even though he was famous. i am really glad you did that. i think it is really important to say, and hopefully today we can encourage others to do the same.” and hopefully today we can encourage others to do the same. i hope so. yes? all right. do you guys have burgers? you can't talk unless there isa burgers? you can't talk unless there is a barbecue around. it is in my contract. and thank you to iwan thomas and the good people of birmingham.” and thank you to iwan thomas and the good people of birmingham. i think anybody with a hug from her is going to feel something. details of organisations offering information and support with mental health are available

at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free at any time to hear recorded information on 08000 564 756. i like the excellent and heartfelt advice given by everybody we spoke to. they have all this leading through it and they know how important it is notjust to talk about it but for other people to be able to see how they have come through those problems as well. you are watching breakfast. still to come this morning: should yorkshire get more independence? 21 million tourists from overseas visited last year. good morning everybody. i fit in very well with the vikings, i think. i am at the jorvik centre in the heart of yorkshire. they found loads of a rtefa cts a nd yorkshire. they found loads of artefacts and essentially this is a lot of the artefacts which they developed into this wonderful

museum. i have to say, as well as all the things you can say, they also create a smell experience through here. so there are a few moments when i felt a bit sick, especially when i hit the meat section. it is incredible, because you can see the any more tronics that they have here. i think this fella needs a bit of a shave. this centre has over 500,000 visitors every year. it is a top attraction, especially here in the yorkshire region, and certainly they have seen their figures region, and certainly they have seen theirfigures go region, and certainly they have seen their figures go up. region, and certainly they have seen theirfigures go up. you might remember i was here a couple of yea rs remember i was here a couple of years ago when they were hit by flooding so they had to close for quite a long time in order to get prepared for that. they have opened again, and this baby freaks me out. it is all about explaining the history of this region. we're also talking about the future of the regional little bit later in the programme as well. what i can't get over is how realistic they are. have a look at this. look at this! there we are. let's get the news, travel and weather where you are this

morning. you are real? good morning, i'm asad ahmad. police are looking for six robbers after they fled from a smash—and—grab raid in central london on a single moped. the gang raided mappin & webb on regent street at around 7:30pm yesterday evening, armed with a machete and a hammer. they arrived on three scooters, but abandoned one at the scene and crashed another on oxford street. they then escaped on the remaining bike, with high—value stolen items. no arrests have been made. a grieving mother has condemned islington council for ordering her to take down a shrine to her murdered son, while his killer remains at large. michelle mcphillips lost her 28—year—old sonjj in february, after he was stabbed outside the town hall by a group of youths wearing hoods. since then, the temporary memorial has taken shape. but the council has now given 30 days to clear the site, suggesting a permanent memorial like a park bench instead. a pedestrian crossing of the future that can quickly react to large

groups and risky situations has been unveiled in london. the technology can change road markings if a child suddenly runs into the street, or if a large crowd suddenly arrives. the royal society for the protection of accidents has welcomed the trial, but has questioned the cost, saying cheaper, traditional signs are also effective. let's have a look at the travel situation now. if we look at the tube board, lots going on. the district line has minor delays eastbound due to a signal failure. that signal failure is also causing severe delays on hammersmith & city lines. 0n the trains, south—west services had no service between barnes, after a signal failure, again. over 80 cancellations on services via south—west london, and heading west of london. moving on to the roads, then, in new southgate, the north circular is down to one lane westbound, due to emergency waterworks at bounds green. it is causing very long delays.

and chelsea embankment is partly blocked at chelsea bridge road following a three vehicle collision. let's have a check on the weather now, with georgina. good morning. well, we've got little bit of cloud around today, but there should be some brightness, as well. cloudy start, certainly, with a bit of mist and fog in some places, but becoming brighter. always the chance of a bright and even sunny spell through the day. a few showers drifting through, but i think you'll be fairly unlucky if you are one of the ones to catch those. and they are quite light where they are falling. temperatures getting up to 18 degrees celsius, though, so pretty warm for the time of year, but also that south—westerly breeze. that continues through the night. it is dry to start with, but we have a few showers are filtering through later on. temperatures down to about 12 or 13 degrees, so really quite mild. and for tomorrow, again, some brightness on offer, but there will be cloudier moments. a few showers threatening, and that south—westerly wind continuing, but still getting up to about 18 degrees celsius. and those temperatures are on the up

as we drag in some warmer air from the south. by the weekend, we could even see temperatures get up to the low 20s. but a largely dry week ahead, with some brightness, but quite a lot of cloud at times. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. sweeping inequalities between different ethnic groups in areas such as education, housing and health to be exposed in a government study later today. the findings will show that people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds are twice as likely to be unemployed and white working class students at state schools are less likely to attend university. west yorkshire police pilot technology that can tell if a suspect has used drugs,

alcohol and even what do they have eaten from a fingerprint. scientists at sheffield university developed a technique that can analyse a print up technique that can analyse a print up to 30 years old. the home office says it is months away from being used to help convict criminals in court. wildfires in california have killed at least ten people and forced 20,000 people from their homes. a state of emergency has been declared in three counties in the wine producing region with 1500 properties destroyed and it is not yet known how the fires started on sunday night. david davis will join david davis willjoin the fifth round of deadlocked negotiations between the uk and eu today. both sides insist it is up to the other to make the next move. theresa may yesterday told the, and the government was prepared for the possibility of failing to reach a deal. unions are demanding talks

with bae systems following news of the compa ny‘s confirmed with bae systems following news of the company's confirmed 1000 job losses. it is thought the majority of roles at risk will be in the north—west of england with an official announcement due later on today. a record number of sex offenders are being brought to justice in england and will so according to the crown prosecution service. allegations of sexual or domestic abuse make up a fifth of cases pursued by the cps. the director of public prosecutions has some crimes are still widely under reported. it is fair to say in the last year we have seen a reduction in the number referred to us by police, so we are looking at the reasons behind it. it is quite staggering over the last ten years the prosecutions and convictions up for domestic abuse. tesco has confirmed they will accept the old round pounds after they stopped becoming legal tender. the old £1 coins will be replaced by monday.

after that the old ones can be traded in at banks and post offices but some stores like tesco will accept them for another week. a record number of overseas visitors came to the uk for their holidays this year with 23.1 million, that is a lot, isn't it, betweenjanuary and july a lone. and staycations are up with record people staying in england for the breakaway. he hoped —— you have been sending in your pictures of borth, which we were taking —— talking about earlier on. aberystwyth, favourite place to staycation. is it constitution hill? super steep, yes. it has a thing at the top, anyway, moving on. this was sentin the top, anyway, moving on. this was sent in by paul on his 50th

birthday. thank you very much for sending in some lovely pictures.” am going to check what that hill is called in aberystwyth. within seconds, eu will no. it is not called that, you goon! down the back as you are heading to the supermarket. what has been handy is every time we talk about wales, we end up talking about wales. beautiful scenery and beautiful places to visit. unfortunately no places to visit. unfortunately no place in the play—offs. no one likes a national anthem quite like wales. a 1—0 defeat at home to the republic of ireland last night means the welsh 59 year wait for a world cup appearance continues. ben croucher reports. the end of the road to russia. if they gave out points for passion, wales wouldn't have had a problem. singing. the national anthem sung a cappella,

spine tingling singing on the night that didn't end on a happy note. the stirring start was matched on the pitch as aaron ramsey was inches away from a goal but without their talisman, gareth bale, the crunch of the tie was firmly felt. passion was replaced by tension. they had the best openings but darren randolph shot them. the tension then turned to turmoil as welsh hopes were ended with this pinpoint counterpunch, as time ticked painstakingly on. wales were reduced to half chances, reduced to tears. the final whistle for their world cup ambitions. but the irish journey isn't over yet. i feel like i have come up short. we haven't quite got there. no use talking about who we have playing, we are all in the same boat at the end of the day. it has been a hell of an effort. itjust hasn't been enough. i am absolutely gutted that we haven't made

it, absolutely devastated. performance of the players was fantastic, absolutely fantastic. we had to withstand a lot of pressure, which you would expect. wales put us under that pressure, as befits a team that did so well in the euros. we had to come here to win tonight in cardiff and we have come through and we have done exactly that. disappointment for wales but another of last summer's surprise successes have qualified. the famous icelandic thunderclap will reverberate around russia after they became the smallest nation in terms of population to reach a world cup. a 2—0 win over kosovo last night saw them top their group. zak hardaker has apologised for what he called an enormous error ofjudgement, after being provisionally suspended

by castleford tigers and dropped by england for the world cup. hardaker tested positive for cocaine after a super 8s game less than three months after suffering a heart—attack, olympic gold medal winning hockey head coach danny kerry has returned to full—time work with the england women's squad. kerry, who's 46, was in south africa with the team when he fell ill but he says he never considered walking away from the sport, and even his kids can see he's leading a healthier lifestyle now. they don't really get it, they can't know that i'm very —— they don't really get it, they kind of know that i'm very diligent about what i eat now and so they will be tucking into sausages and i will look on enviously and my seven—year—old is going, sorry, daddy, but i like sausages, i know you can't eat them, so, yes, there are funny moments. now, what could well be the worst miss, for any footballer,

here he goes, missing an open goal is hard to take, but down in the dutch fourth division, dennis van duinen may have provided the worst miss of the season. the harkemase boys player managed to steer the ball from midfield, manoeuvre around the goalkeeper and with the empty goal staring him in the face, he ballooned the ball over the bar. if he had left it, it might have gone in. he didn't even need to touch it. to make matters worse for his side, they went from 2—0 up to lose 3—2. just a terrible day at the office. i would like people to send in if they have had any worse sporting failures than that. it is up there with ronnie rosenthal, isn't it? we have all been there, i think.” ronnie rosenthal, isn't it? we have all been there, ithink. iwould have sent myself off immediately. thank you, see later. more independence for yorkshire to be debated in parliament later today. steph is in yorkshire to find out what it will mean for the economy. i

am slightly concerned about this. wake—up. am slightly concerned about this. wake-up. good morning. i need to explain that i am, in a fantastic museum in the heart of yorkshire, where they found lots of artefacts and information about the houses that would have been here, in basically the setup of that here, where you can learn all about it. this tells the history of the region, and as you mentioned what we talk about in parliament today is the future of the region because yorkshire, if you look at it combined, has around 5 million people who live in the region. if you look at the income that has generated, it is double that of wales, so they want more independence over what they do they pay for healthcare and who uses it. so like we have seen with manchester and birmingham, they want

a one yorkshire setting. so we have some who can talk about this, you should be able to tell the difference between them and the vikings, hopefully. not sure. that is have a chat with susan, chair of the west yorkshire combined authority. what is it you want? more powerless and more funding to punch its weight in the economy, we reckon with the right investment we could double the size of the economy over a30 double the size of the economy over a 30 year period. that makes us a real english powerhouse even more so than a northern powerhouse. why would you like it combined rather than individual parts of yorkshire? iama than individual parts of yorkshire? i am a yorkshire women and we are proud of our yorkshire roots. yorkshire had more medals in rio than canada. we have real heritage and real identity. and we work as a whole. we have a great coast, great cities at it all comes together to create a fantastic home. you spend

with a lot of businesses from the institute of directors, what do business think? it is a great idea. business works best when authority power delegated down to the lowest levels, those who are doing the job, and what devolution will do is enable us to build infrastructure, get the resources and education we need. kate, you do a lot of business globally, how do you feel about it? two minds, i want to see more power, i want to see more persuasion, but i am slightly concerned on what it looks like, who will deliver it? in yorkshire we are really diverse, and it needs to be a true story and a true picture of what we all need, especially in the business community, because business has changed so much of late. you spend a lot of time travelling around the country, is there a danger yorkshire might get left behind while other

authorities are powering ahead with their combined authorities, this could be left behind? that worries me, absolutely. it will be two or three years before it is sorted out. we saw manchester flourish with it. i want something to happen quickly but it is with the right place and person or people at the top of it. that makes me nervous and i don't wa nt to that makes me nervous and i don't want to see another layer of bureaucracy. given this will be talked about, what are your thoughts on the timeframe on this? we are talking with government now. 17 authorities across yorkshire ready to do authorities across yorkshire ready todoa authorities across yorkshire ready to do a deal and we are really positive about it and need government to come to the table to talk about how it happens. thank you for your time this morning. what you won't know is it absolutely stinks, so these guys have been brave breathing in this nor behind you. it is rotting meat. just to give you the full experience they also punt in smells and, yes, that is my

honest view. authentic bit of history. realistic. this might be incorrect, i am going to throw another one out, queen elizabeth was one of the first people to use deodorant. was she? why have you got your arm... deodorant. was she? why have you got yourarm... your hand deodorant. was she? why have you got your arm... your hand under your arm? she would cut a quarter orange and put it in her armpit.” arm? she would cut a quarter orange and put it in her armpit. i am so sorry. historians will be shouting at their telephone screen? have you chucked an orange in your underrun? no. weatherwise, let's deal with what is happening at the moment. this tells the story quite widely across the uk. grey skies across many parts at the moment but things will brighten up the moment but things will brighten up compared to yesterday. looking at the satellite imagery, here is the cloud we have at the moment, breaks ahead of the next weather system for

following on hot on its heels. sunshine developing over the next few hours in parts of scotland, central and northern scotland in particular. if you are heading in the southern parts of scotland, an area of rain pushing through at the moment. take an umbrella just encase. in the central and southern of northern ireland. 0utbreaks encase. in the central and southern of northern ireland. outbreaks of rain wales will start to become a little less abundant but it is another area where we are likely to see some wet weather to begin with. 0vernight rain has now cleared away from east anglia and the south—east. there will be a few splashes of rain in the far south—west. patchy rain and drizzle and one ought to make showers here and there across england and wales. for most, the cloud will break up. more sunshine around compared with yesterday. enjoy it tomorrow in parts of scotla nd enjoy it tomorrow in parts of scotland because rain arriving to ta ke scotland because rain arriving to take us into the evening. for most, once you have the sunshine, not feeling too bad. temperatures around 13 to 18 celsius. winds picking up later and through the night, more rain on the way. parts of western

scotla nd rain on the way. parts of western scotland and northern ireland, a wet and windy night with gales in places and windy night with gales in places and eventually that rain becomes more widespread and persistent in parts of northern england. the further south and east you are, the night you should stay dry. temperatures in the tomorrow morning, like this morning, in double figures. some heavy rain around. strong and gusty winds coming in from the south—west. and with those south—westerly winds piling into cumbria and the northern parts of the pennines, it is here where throughout wednesday we could see 100 millimetres of rain. the potential for some see 100 millimetres of rain. the potentialfor some rain before the through. for those in southern scotland, the south—east and northern ireland, brightening up. 0utbreaks northern ireland, brightening up. outbreaks of rain continued in lancashire, great anglia, merseyside and much of wales. sunniest conditions to the north of it. a bit more sunshine breaking through the cloud in east anglia and the south—east. you might get through the day completely dry until you get to the evening, when we are likely

to the evening, when we are likely to see some rain working its way eastwards a cross to see some rain working its way eastwards across the region. with clearer skies tomorrow night, and in the thursday morning a little bit on the thursday morning a little bit on the chilly side. could be a touch of frost on the grass in rural areas for thursday. a bit of rain in northern scotland, but for much of the country not a bad day on thursday. temperatures like today, 13 to 18 degrees and feeling quite pleasant. just before i go, that is how the uk weather is looking. a quick shower of the satellite picture in california. the bright lights showing the towns and cities. i have marked out similar sorts of sizes, huge fires burning and there you can see smoke plumes as well having a big impact on the to see those fires on the satellite images. there is less than a week to go to spend the old £1 coins before they are no longer legal tender, but with many still in circulation,

smaller stores are saying they will continue to accept them until the end of the month. and tesco says you can spend them in its stores for an extra week. monetary valuer richard beale is here to tell us how we can get rid of the old £1 coins, and how complicated it is to phase them out. what are some of the issues that shops are facing, and us as well, as we try not to use the old round pound? it is not that complicated, really. it is just that if people are using the old round pounds, getting them back and change, you will need to get the new £1 coins in change. the old ones will be legal tender anyway, so there is no need to panic. in fact, you can redeem coins and notes from as far back as the 1930s. so don't panic is the main theme. so what should be happening? when shops for example are getting in the old pounds, they

should be exchanging them? what should be exchanging them? what should actually be happening? they should actually be happening? they should not give you back the old £1, but people with coin jars are spending them and they are in the till, in the shop assistant gets them out and give them back. for clarity, in december, if louise finds a pot of round pounds in her house? she takes those to the bank and asked to take them back and exchange them for 40 quid? shouldn't be any problem at all. they were give you money back for them but they can pay them into your bank account. are their coins, for example, that are worth more than the pound ? example, that are worth more than the pound? again, the answer is if you found it in your pocket change, then no, not really. because it would never have got there. no, if you can find it in your pocket change it will be a normal coin.

there are all kinds of commemorative 50p, £2, and they have changed the design of the £1 point every year for 30 years, so there are lots of different coins you can find in your pocket change but if it has been knocking around in your pocket for ten years, it will be its face value. there are some which are worth more, the commemorative coins, for example? yes, but you would have to purchase them from the royal mint. they make them in silver and gold and sometimes platinum versions, just for sale to collectors. it is big business for the royal mint and if you bought everything they produced in any particular year you would spend £100,000, literally. it is amazing. imean, i £100,000, literally. it is amazing. i mean, i know we are talking about ita i mean, i know we are talking about it a lot and this is the most read story on the bbc website yesterday, bearing in mind what you said, it is a sort of nonstory, isn't it? even if you can't use pound in a shop eventually, you can still take it to the bank at any point, in a few yea rs' the bank at any point, in a few years' time, even, and ask to have

it put in your account. that is what has happened in the past, and it should happen again. it is a storm ina teacup, should happen again. it is a storm in a teacup, really. you can still redeem them, the panic. the royal mint want them back, though. yes, trying to get out of circulation, just for clarity. it is unusual to see them in your pocket change. i think people are finding things in pocket change jars and thinking they'd to get rid of them, so they are going in the tills. the -- theresa may will call on society to eradicate racial inequality. most data shows black and ethnic minority communities are disadvantaged compared to white british people when it comes to education, employment, housing and health. the communities secretary, sajid javid, joins us. this is a massive exercise to put together all sorts of

different data. you have seen what it says. what are you most worried by? well, they are just start by saying that i think we live in one of the most open, tolerant and welcoming societies on earth. it is something i am personally very proud of, but also as a minister. what this data does show is that despite that there is still more work to be done. if we are going to build that country that works for everyone, this data is evidence that there are areas where we do need to do more work. it is all very well having the data, some of it says more than nine in ten head teachers are white and british. what can you do to make a difference? this is the first part ofa difference? this is the first part of a very big piece of work. you might recall when theresa may became prime minister, she stood up on the steps of downing street and said that she wants this country to be that she wants this country to be that country that will work for everyone, but also tackle burning injustices. and what she ordered was this big audit. it is groundbreaking in what it is, in terms of its brats and its transparency, looking at

every public service we have any data on and looking at the outcome by ethnicity. so what we are publishing when this website goes live is that data in an understandable form, for everyone, so they can look at it, analyse it, but we're not saying today that we have all the answers to this. we are saying the we must take is one of explaining. there may be a perfectly rational, sensible explanation as to why there is a disparity in a certain area, or to challenge, if it is something we would find unacceptable. and that is the purpose of today. after cabinet today the prime minister will be holding a roundtable with a number of people who have rightly taken an interest in this data and to work with them on what steps we can take now that the data is out there. with respect, how can you explain, then, that more than nine in ten head teachers are white and british?” that more than nine in ten head teachers are white and british? i am not sitting here today telling you i have an explanation. there are thousands of sets of data being published, i am thousands of sets of data being published, iam not thousands of sets of data being published, i am not here saying that

i have the answers to all this. there are some areas that i would be much more involved in. this is a cross government effort. but my department, for example, also looks at housing policy. so one of the things that the data does show is that if you are from a black or minority ethnic background you are more likely to be in social housing, you are more likely to rent, and you are you are more likely to rent, and you a re less you are more likely to rent, and you are less likely to own your own home. some of the explanations might be reasonably straightforward, for example, the black and minority ethnic population is on average younger, and therefore perhaps more likely to rent rather than owned. it is... the number of people from that background in london is much higher than other parts of the country. in london we know it is an expensive city to own end. but that is not good enough. that might be part of the answer, but what i also want to know, for example, is social housing. why are more black and minority of people in social housing, what more can we do about that? that is one of the reasons i

have ordered a green paper into social housing. ok, so you order the enquiry. as you say, theresa may said this right at the beginning of her premiership. i am confused that when you get data and you have the figures, you can't give me concrete exa m ples of figures, you can't give me concrete examples of what you are going to do about it? i can in some areas, but not in all areas. you ask me about the whole data, and i have given you an example about housing. perhaps i can share with you in other areas. we know that we need this data to tell us that the unemployment rate is high. it is more than twice the national average. we have known that for a while. it has been self—evident in other pieces of data before. what the department of work and pensions is doing, for example, if they are looking at the 20 hotspots, as it were, of high unemployment for black and minority ethnic people around the country, and they will be putting in place some men touring and extra skills programmes and speaking to people

and employers in those communities to see what more they can do. that action is already happening. in the criminal justice system, action is already happening. in the criminaljustice system, for example, we have known there have been issues for a while. that is why the justice secretary been issues for a while. that is why thejustice secretary ordered months ago and independent enquiry which led to review and we will be adopting many recommendations. there isa adopting many recommendations. there is a lot of work going on, but this shows us there is more to do. can i ask you another question which comes out of it. why working class stu d e nts out of it. why working class students at state schools are less likely to attend university. again, this is not a surprise, this data. what can be done about that? the good news is that since 2010 and the changes we have had in the higher education system, we have more people of all backgrounds to higher education, particularly into our leading universities. but you are quite right. what this does show is that if you are from a white british background you are less likely to go. and that is why already one of the priorities for what is called the priorities for what is called the director of fair access is to

make sure that these disparities disappear over time and work with the university sector. a lot of that work is already in place. but again, this data is not a 1—off exercise. this data will be published regularly and updated so we can monitor the progress. that is an important aspect of dealing with these challenges. sajid javid, our communities secretary, thank you very much for your time. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. police are looking for six robbers after they fled from a smash—and—grab raid in central london on a single moped. the gang raided mappin & webb on regent street at around 7:30pm yesterday evening, armed with a machete and a hammer. they arrived on three scooters, but abandoned one at the scene and crashed another on oxford street. they then escaped on the remaining bike, with high—value stolen items. a grieving mother has

condemned islington council for ordering her to take down a shrine to her murdered son, while his killer remains at large. michelle mcphillips lost her 28—year—old sonjj in february, after he was stabbed outside the town hall by a group of youths wearing hoods. since then, the temporary memorial has taken shape. but the council has now given 30 days to clear the site, suggesting a permanent memorial like a park bench instead. a pedestrian crossing of the future that can quickly react to large groups and risky situations has been unveiled in london. the technology can change road markings if a child suddenly runs into the street, or if a large crowd suddenly arrives. the royal society for the protection of accidents has welcomed the trial, but has questioned the cost. let's have a look at the travel situation now. if we look at the tube board, lots going on. the district line has minor delays eastbound due to a signal failure.

that signal failure is also causing severe delays on hammersmith & city lines. 0n the trains, south—west services had no service via barnes, after a signalfailure. over 80 cancellations on services via south—west london, and heading west of london. moving on to the roads, then, in new southgate, the north circular is down to one lane westbound, due to emergency waterworks at bounds green. it is causing very long delays. and chelsea embankment is partly blocked at chelsea bridge road following a three vehicle collision. let's have a check on the weather now, with georgina. good morning. well, we've got little bit of cloud around today, but there should be some brightness, as well. a cloudy start, certainly, with a bit of mist and fog in some places, but becoming brighter. always the chance of a bright and even sunny spell through the day. a few showers drifting through, but i think you'll be fairly unlucky if you are one of the ones to catch

those, and they're quite light where they're falling. temperatures getting up to 18 degrees celsius, though, so pretty warm for the time of year, but also a south—westerly breeze. now, that continues through the night. it is dry to start with, but we have got a few showers filtering through later on. temperatures down to about 12 or 13 degrees, so really quite mild. and for tomorrow, again, some brightness on offer, but there will be cloudier moments. a few showers threatening, and also that south—westerly wind continuing, but still getting up to about 18 degrees celsius. and those temperatures are on the up as we drag in some warmer air from the south. by the weekend, we could even see temperatures get up to the low 20s. but a largely dry week ahead, with some brightness, but quite a lot of cloud at times. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. the data which highlight sweeping inequalities

between ethnic groups in britain. a government study reveals how the public sector treats people from different backgrounds, affecting their education, housing and job prospects. a major breakthrough in crime—fighting technology. the new fingerprint technique which tells if a suspect has taken drugs and even what they have eaten will soon be used in court. wildfires raging across california's wine region have killed at least ten people and destroyed hundreds of holmes. hundreds of homes. here in yorkshire it is tell the history of the vikings and we are talking about tourist numbers. we

have had more visitors from overseas to the uk than ever before. in sport, heartbreak for wales. the dreams of playing in the world cup and with defeat to the republic of ireland in cardiff. louise has been chatting to michael fassbender about his gripping new film the snowman, his love of surfing and his incredible impersonations. she won a race discrimination tribunal and believes we are far from an equal society. the fact i have to be ten times better than my white colleagues in order to go forward in making progress. although i was the most qualified and the most experienced i was still looked over by a white male who was eventually put into the position. today led government will introduce extra help for ethnic minorities trying to find a job in 20 areas across britain where there are the

greatest inequalities. but is it enough to tackle what the government has called uncomfortable truths. there should be a coherent strategy where the government appoints ideally a secretary of state to lead on the development, the implementation and the delivery of a coherent race strategy. the government says it is highlighting burning injustices, but there is also the burning question, can the government deliver radical measures that will get under the skin of racial and social inequalities? west yorkshire police are piloting new technology that can tell if a suspect has used drugs, alcohol and even what food they have eaten or just from a fingerprint. developed by scientists at sheffield hallam university, the new technique can analyse prints that are up to 30 yea rs analyse prints that are up to 30 years old. the home office says it is months away from being used to commit criminals in court. wildfires in the us state of california have

killed at least ten people and force about 20,000 from their holmes. a state of emergency has been declared in three counties in northern california's wine producing region. at least 1500 properties have been destroyed. it is not yet known how those fires began. unions are demanding urgent talks with bae systems following news that is it is expected to confirm more than 1000 job losses. it is thought the majority of those at risk will be in the north—west of england. 0ur reporter is there this morning. i expect they are very worried. that is right. we are seeing people arrive this morning and they are still awaiting that official announcement from bae systems. we are talking about the uk's largest defence manufacturing contract is. half of the employees are based in

the uk. half of those cuts, we are still waiting for the figures and it is in this plant that manufacturers the typhoon fighter aircraft. there has been a level of uncertainty around that aircraft, in particular it is an order from around that aircraft, in particular it is an orderfrom saudi arabia that may or may not materialise. that is what is being connected to this announcement this morning. the unite union are calling for urgent talks with bae and they have described this as a major blow for britain's defence capabilities. they have not given us any details as to how many cars are lightly, but they have released a statement to say they are continually reviewing their operations to make sure they are performing as effectively as possible. brexit is not thought to be linked to this decision, but it could not come at the worst time for theresa may. this is happening during the level of uncertainty over the brexit negotiations. but i do

think that during talks between theresa may and business leaders that are taking place later on today, i think this is likely to be discussed. after nine o'clock this decision will be made official and we will have a better picture of how many people will be affected. thank you very much for that, holly hamilton. the brexit secretary, david davis, willjoin the fifth row of deadlocked negotiations between the uk and the eu today, with both sides insisting it is up to the other to make the next move. yesterday theresa may told the commons the government was preparing for the possibility of failing to reach adeal. 0ur political correspondent chris mason joins us from westminster. and no deal is something we are now seriously been told to be prepared for? there is certainly a lot more conversation about that here at westminster and there was. yes, the government has said it has kicked

around this idea privately for some time, but some of that is looking a bit more likely. i am not claiming to be an expert on tennis, any sue barker or boris becker, but even i know there is something going wrong ina game know there is something going wrong in a game of tennis when neither player can agree which side of the net the ball is on and that is where we are at the moment. the uk is saying the ball is in your court, the european union. the european union is saying, no, it is in your court. in other words, there is a disagreement about where we are. so the government is saying we have to prepare in case there is no sort of deal. there is talk of a project, preparing for no sense of agreement, in other words plan b. at the same time there is also disagreement at westminster about a possible transition deal. if there is some

sort of arrangement, some sort of agreement that gets us towards that long—term settlement. this is all about the row at the european court ofjustice. some are saying if there isa ofjustice. some are saying if there is a transition agreement and we are still subject to the european court ofjustice, that still subject to the european court of justice, that is still subject to the european court ofjustice, that is not proper brexit. wherever you scan along the political horizon at the moment there is a row about brexit. what is that project? the best alternative toa that project? the best alternative to a negotiated agreement, or to you and me it is plan b. let's stick with plan b. hospitals are straining at the seams according to the cqc annual report today. it says urgent action is needed to find a long—term solution to funding. the department of health says the government is investing more in services and staff. it is

the final day of the snp party conference debate and nicola sturgeon will set out plans for spending on child care which she says will be unrivalled over the rest of the uk. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon is at the conference. good morning. what can we expect? what we will see with her speech where she closes of the snp party conference this afternoon is a continuation of what we have seen over the last couple of days. the snp banner behind me says progress, looking at the achievements over the last ten yea rs. the achievements over the last ten years. down towards the bottom, the queensferry crossing, so a look at some of the achievements as they see it over the last decade in power, and a pretty ambitious statement of intent as to what they would like to achieve in the next ten years to come. nicola sturgeon is expected to say she would like to put scotland

in the driving seat by pursuing radical policies, transformational policies. there will be a focus on childcare, some of those details we already know. they hope to increase the amount of childcare parents can pick up for their three and four—year—olds from 16 hours a week up four—year—olds from 16 hours a week up to 30 hours a week by 2020. that will cost a lot of money. there will be an increase in the money spent on this public service of childcare. but where is the money going to come from? there will be speculation there might be tax rises on the way. lorna, thank you very much. you might be excited by the news of the latest trailer for star wars. have a look. that is the only way

you are to become what you are meant to be. we are at the spike... we are watching it and getting excited. i was in! the last appearance of the late carrie fisher as princess leia and there are already loads of people talking about that. what is going to happen, who does what. we are going to talk about fingerprinting. in 1982 in1982a man in 1982 a man was convicted of burglary after leaving his fingerprints on a windowsill in london. since then, please have been using fingerprinting techniques in much the same way. now they are pioneering new fingerprint technology which can tell us whether people have had alcohol or drugs and even which hair gel they have used. joining us now is the development

technologist at sheffield hallam university and the police officer. this really sounds like an amazing breakthrough. what can you see now? we have been developing protocols for the past eight or nine years. for example, we can tell the difference between a drug dealer and a drug abuser, which is quite substantial in a forensic scenario. everything that you ingest somehow comes through your fingerprints and potentially it is @ comes through your fingerprints and potentially it is m we! comes through your fingerprints and potentially it is m we can patentiall‘? it is detectable; we can. , about sstsistisllsi it is detestabls; ssls ssis , about contaminants, for example tell about contaminants, for example in rape cases if the assailant has won a condom, we can tell what type of co nte nt won a condom, we can tell what type of content and we can link the identity of the suspect to the molecules that are interesting fore nsically molecules that are interesting forensically speaking and provide the circumstances of the crime. we provide associated evidence. even

down to the brand of condoms that was used? yes, in the range that we have analysed we can pin down which one has been used. that is an example, but taking that more broadly, that sounds like a real breakthrough. it is. for over100 years we have been using fingerprints through that form of identification, to be able to pick out from the sweat glands, as you say condom usage, alcohol, it helps support cases, or helps corroborate evidence both for the prosecution and the defence. we have an example of how it used to look and what we can see now. talk us through the kind of differences. what you see here is very clearly some finger marks that are overlapping. when i talked to experts, the question they ask is how many can you see? the best educated guess would be between

four and five. but with this technology we can actually distinguish the different fingerprints, so you can see there are actually six. byjust picking up the different molecules contained in each, then you can separate the finger marks and you can submit each one of them to a database search and identification. it just one of them to a database search and identification. itjust looks impressive looking at it like that. cost will be an issue. how much does this cost in comparison to it is a costly technology and the initial investment is quite significant. but in terms of, you have to have a balance between the cost of analysing a certain sample and the prospect of actually making a difference and convict a person to justice. it is expensive, but i don't think it is prohibitive. are

you willing to spend three—quarters ofa you willing to spend three—quarters of a million pounds for the technology. it is about £2,000 per print. is that decisions that need to be made, martin? yes, very much so in the changing climate that we had and the reduction of police budgets. yeah, but this has always been the case and with dna it was very costly in the past, but now it is very cheap and i'm sure this technology will be the same and if you use it in the most serious cases it will be a benefit to the justice system. it is fascinating how it works. did you say it was to do with the sweat? yes, so, what a fingerprint is, as unsexy as it may sound is sweat. so it's fingerprint is, as unsexy as it may sound is sweat. so its present on your fingertips. sound is sweat. so its present on yourfingertips. whatever sound is sweat. so its present on your fingertips. whatever are the molly coals that are within your body and they come through sweat and they land on a fingerprint, you can detect and the way we do this is by

using technology which measures the weight of the molecules and identifies them through how much they weigh. so you can tell for example what somebody ate, can you? so we've started — this is an interesting concept. we haven't quite nailed down if somebody had roast dinner yet! right. but for example, idrank roast dinner yet! right. but for example, i drank a roast dinner yet! right. but for example, i dranka cup roast dinner yet! right. but for example, i drank a cup of coffee and i have taken my fingerprinter marks at different times and as i was getting higher and higher on caffeine, i could actually see caffeine, i could actually see caffeine in my fingerprints getting higher and higher and higher. potentially you could detect food.” had peanut butter on toast this morning. i wonder if that would come through on the fingerprint. martin, do you think there will be more cases it would be more applicable too? serious sexual offences and obviously, you know serious cases in relation to terrorism and murder would be important. it would take us back 30 years. you can retrace old

fingerprints and reassess those? yes, there are, we have looked at very old marks like 30—year—old marks and we've detected very minute and visible traces of blood and we cannot only say that's blood, but it is from a human provenance which is fore nsically to is from a human provenance which is forensically to make this difference. so yeah, you could hope for court cases to be reviewed. let's be specific. he had peanut butter on toast. if we took his fingerprint today. would you see that in ten years' time? possibly, only if there was a specific signature for peanut butter. ok. i do have peanut butter every morning! it's fascinating. thank you very much indeed for coming in and explaining all that. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning:

the prime minister wants to challenge society over differences in how public services treat people of different races and ethnicities. parts of california's wine region are being hit by fast spreading fires that have killed at least ten people. throughout the morning matt has been able to show us the satellite pictures of the fires in california. you can tell us about the weather here, matt. lovely shades of grey out there. different clouds and as alistair found on the coast in north yorkshire, brightness too and there is more brightness coming through the clouds today compared with yesterday. 0n the satellite imagery, the white clouds showing that it is extensive, but there are breaks coming into the north—west. for scotla nd coming into the north—west. for scotland and particularly central and northern scotland, sunny spells to ta ke and northern scotland, sunny spells to take you through the morning. the early cloud starting to break up. we

it will continue to affect dumfries and galloway. industrial across greater manchester and into the peak district, and north midlands and across wales. there will be showers here and there as we go through the latter stages of the morning and into the afternoon. still lots of cloud to begin with. misty over the hills in the south—west, but as i mentioned, more cloud breaks starting to appear through the morning and certainly into the afternoon. so a better chance of seeing the sunshine. more often through today than we did yesterday. there will be changes for scotland. enjoy your morning sunshine. western areas clouding over. 0utbreaks enjoy your morning sunshine. western areas clouding over. outbreaks of rain becoming widespread. a little bit cool to the north of scotland, but elsewhere, 13 to 18 celsius. a bit of sunshine on your back and that should feel pleasant. now, the breeze not too strong today, but tonight it will pick up. touching gale force across parts of scotland and northern ireland and rain becomes more extensive. a wet night in western scotland and western parts of northern ireland and later into the north—west of england and north—west wales. temperatures 12 or 14 celsius and that's because our

winds ahead of the weather front are coming up from the south—west. they are laden with moisture. combining with that weather front particularly across the cumbrian fells and the la ke across the cumbrian fells and the lake district could see tomorrow in excess of 100 millimetres of rainfall through the first—half of the day. that could cause minor flooding. it starts off soggy. quickly brightening up, sunshine and we will get into the far north of england before the rain is out. tomorrow, east anglia and the south east, other than one or two isolated showers, you might get through the day dry until we hit the evening rush hour and which this stage we will see outbreaks of rain push from west to east. it does mean, clearer skies develop and wednesday night and into thursday, back to chilly conditions. there could be frost on some cars and on the grass. certainly in the countryside anyway. a lovely fine day on thursday. sunny spells. cloudiest in the far north

of scotla nd spells. cloudiest in the far north of scotland with outbreaks of rain. temperatures 12 to 13 celsius. that's the weather. i have been showing satellite images of the fires in california. this is the night—time image taken in california. the bright colours showing up with the lights are, the towns and cities. this is san francisco, to compare the size of the fires, huge, huge fires and these are the smoke flumes coming from it. having a big, big impact. there is good news for california, the winds will ease a little bit and it will help contain the fires more over the next few days. that's how it's looking, back to dan and louise. thank you, matt. today is world mental health day. it was set up 15 years ago to increase awareness and end stigma surrounding iruse like depression and anxiety. and one way of doing that is to get people talking. so we thought we'd take the sofa out and listen to some

of your experiences. singerjamelia and former athlete iwan thomas, who have spoken about their own issues with mental health, took it down to the bull ring in birmingham. hello, fancy seeing you here. now, you do realise, the last time i saw you we were twirling around. it was a dance—off on strictly... and you know there was only one winner. we're still friends. i don't know — the start of my depression, you know! we're in your manor, in birmingham. let's get people to open up and talk. absolutely, let's do it. i think when people see me on tv, they see someone confident, happy, smiley, and a little bit weird. cheeky chappie, smiles a lot, a go—getter in life. but people don't see my bad days, my days where i find it very hard to get out of bed. i certainly have down days. the days when i would much rather spend in bed crying.

people might be surprised to hear i've had a lot of depression in the past. i had post—natal psychosis and post—natal depression after having both of them, and during my second pregnancy, had antenatal depression as well. we are talking about mental health. have you ever struggled with anything like that — depression, yourself? yes, i have. i did 30 years in the fire service and basically i had depression problems, mental health issues. and that's why, in the end, i came out of the fire service. was that hard to do at the time for you? yes. to stand up and say yes, i've had problems, and all this business, yes. i was diagnosed with depression at the age of 12. i started self harming. i didn't understand what was happening to me, i didn't understand what i was going through. the thoughts and feelings, and how lonely i was — i didn't feel like i was part of this world, i didn't feel human. i ended up having this really quite

severe social anxiety, where i would end up sometimesjust shutting myself in my bedroom and not wanting to come out. it was fear, living in fearand shame. at my lowest, ijust felt despair. ijust didn't know what i was going to do with my life, and i couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel. i wish someone i had said to me sooner. i wish i had known that there was help out there. talk about it. yeah. talk about it. you never know what is around the corner. i can remember saying to my husband, you can't tell anybody, you cannot tell anybody. and he gave me such a great piece of advice. he said, no, you need your friends and family to get through this. if you can't tell them over the phone, write an e—mail. so i wrote an e—mail to them all, and told them. no matter how alone you think you are, there is always some help, even if itjust means the tiniest small step. thank you very much for talking. thank you so much, thank you. here's to happiness. the weirdest thing for me is the first person i spoke

to was prince harry. i had not spoke to my mates would be like, what have you got to be depressed about? i was at a barbecue with a royal, and we started chatting, and i said, you know what? i'm going to talk to him. it was almost easier to talk to a stranger, even though he was famous. i'm really glad you did that. i think it's really important to say, and hopefully today we can encourage others to do the same. i hope so. yeah? all right. do you guys have burgers? i can't talk unless there's a barbecue around. it's in my contract! thank you to everybody who took part in that conversation. details of organisations offering information and support with mental health are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline or you can call for free at any time to hear recorded information on 08000 564756. we will put that on our facebook

page and twitter handle, etcetera. let's get the news, travel and weather wherever you're watching. the weather frank clearing south eastwards, so brighten it up from the north. the reverse in northern ireland, scotland and northern england. we will see more in the way of cloud, so some sunny spells in the morning, a few outbreaks of rain scotland, but stayingdqdnflm a drier picture the further east. a drier picture the further south you come. for northern england, plenty of brightness around. brighter than this morning, temperatures in the mid—teens. we will hold onto a bit more in the way of cloud in the south west. highs around 16 in plymouth. as we move further south and east, a chance of

some isolated showers and temperatures reaching a maximum of 18 or 19. this evening and overnight this weather fronts starts to edge its way southwards. northern england, wales and the midlands seeing some outbreaks of rain. further south dry story with clear spells. 0vernight highs of 9—14. the rain is with us first thing tomorrow and there will be heavy bursts as it ta kes and there will be heavy bursts as it takes its time to clear eastwards. south—west scotland, cumbria and the far north of wales, some heavy bursts of rain. behind it, brightening up with sunny spells and showers. a few outbreaks of rain for the east and a maximum of 13 degrees. this is business live from bbc news

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