you can find us on twitter @newswatch bbc, and do have a look at our website — the address for that is bbc. co. uk/newswatch. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. tougher sentences to tackle the threat of acid attacks. after a surge in violent crime, the government says anyone repeatedly caught carrying acid could face a minimum of six months injail. good morning. it's saturday, 14th october. also this morning: desperate efforts to tackle the california wildfires. at least 36 people have now been killed. we hear first—hand how whole neighbourhoods have been reduced to ash. it's like a bomb was dropped

and entirely roads are gone, thriving neighbourhoods that were active parts of our community are gone. hollywood grapples with the harvey weinstein scandal as the organisers of the baftas meet to discuss their response. in sport — two old foes reunited on the pitch this lunchtime. liverpool host manchester united at anfield as the premier league returns after the international break. it is the largest infrastructure project outside of london in england and with a £600 million price tag we will find out more about the mercy gateway bridge in cheshire. and darren has the weather. hello, good morning, there is a lot of unusual weather over the coming few days. this weekend, even into monday, some warm conditions for many of us and then by the beginning of the week, we've got the arrival of 0phelia and some damaging winds. join me laterfor all the details. good morning.

first, our main story. tougher prison sentences are being planned for people who are repeatedly caught carrying acid or other corrosive substances. the government wants to introduce a minimum six month jail term in england, wales and scotland. it's after the number of acid attacks across the uk more than doubled in the past five years. here's our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. convicted this week, two robbers who sprayed a chemical on their victims. joshua jordan and sadik kamara were part of a gang that attacked a shop assistant in east london. the woman in her 50s was squirted with ammonia at least three times. herface burning, she bravely fought back. later, jordan and kamara sprayed another woman with ammonia. they will be sentenced next month. the government wants to give police greater powers to prevent attacks with substances like ammonia. in future it will be an offence to carry harmful chemicals in public, unless there's a reasonable explanation.

it's really important that we send out a very strong message that carrying a corrosive substance in a public place, unless you've got a really good reason to have it, is just totally unacceptable. you speak to any victim of an acid attack and they will be living with lifelong scars. under the home office plans on violent crime, there will be a four—year maximum prison term for possession of harmful chemicals. people convicted twice or more will face an automatic prison sentence. ministers also want a knife ban in sixth form colleges, further education centres and universities — just as there is in schools. in london, police are being issued with test kits to check the contents of suspicious bottles of liquid. they're also being given protective gloves and water bottles, so they can treat victims quickly. together, with the proposed new laws, officers hope it will help prevent more attacks.

at least 36 people have died in the wildfires that continue to spread in northern california. authorities say 9,000 firefighters are tackling i7 separate wildfires in a wine region to the north of san francisco which are among the worst in the area's history. three smaller fires have been contained. dave lee reports. sir, you've got to go! this breathtaking footage shows a police officer's view on sunday. he was in the city of santa rosa helping terrified residents evacuate. the next day, the city looks like this. these fires have choked california, displacing 90,000 people and destroying more than 5,000 buildings. it's burning an area that's almost the size of new york city. as some areas reopen after being deemed safe, other parts of this region are being told to get ready to get out quickly.

there is some good progress being made, however, some of the biggest fires are showing signs of being contained, thanks to the efforts of more than 8,000 firefighters drafted in to help. some have come from as far as australia to offer expertise, but with the weekend upon them, these firefighters are bracing themselves. weather forecasts suggest more high winds are on the way. in areas where the fire has already been and gone, police are also having to deal with looters seeking to capitalise on block after block of empty homes. we walk and see our neighbourhood flattened. it looks like a bomb has gone off on a neighbourhood. off in our neighbourhood. it's so heartbreaking. the smoky air can be smelt as far as 100 miles away. in nearby san francisco, air quality has been measured as the poorest on record — worse than beijing. the strongest theory as to what may

have caused this fire points to fallen powerlines. this is already the deadliest wildfire in the state's history and it's not over yet. earlier we spoke to emmy eichner whose home was completely destroyed by the wildfires. it has been a whirlwind. it has been a nightmare. it has been the most surreal experience i have ever been through. we have seen these things happen on television. we never think that they are going to happen in our hometown let alone our neighbourhood. itjust happened so fast and going back and looking at it now it looks like a bomb was dropped, entirely roads are gone. thriving neighbourhoods that were active parts of our community are gone. britain has said it will defend the international nuclear deal with iran, after donald trump decided he would no longer endorse it. all the other signatories including france, china, and germany have said they remain

committed to the agreement. the us president said iran had already violated the deal and has threatened to abandon the agreement altogether. as we have seen in north korea, the longer we ignore a threat, the worse that threat becomes. it is why we are determined that the world's leading sponsor of terrorism will never obtain nuclear weapons. the former presidential candidate, hillary clinton has predicted that there could be serious disruption for britain if brexit talks conclude without a deal. in an interview with the bbc‘s andrew marr she warned that no deal could see some businesses leaving the uk for mainland europe. let's get more detail now from our political correspondent, jonathan blake. good morning. when you get the chance to interview hillary clinton there is a lot to talk to her about. yes, there was. and we get a sense of what might have been had things turned out differently in the us presidential election with hillary

clinton being in the white house. but as it turns out she isn't. we have her thoughts on brexit though and with no breakthrough in brussels there is more talk of the new deal scenario whereby the uk leaves the eu without a special, specific trade agreement in place. that could mean reverting to tariffs, charges on imports into the uk and also exports from the uk to the eu set by the world trade organisation. now, nothing wrong with that as far as a lot of conservative mps are concerned and the prime minister said no deal is better than a bad deal, but hillary clinton disagrees and she has said this could put the uk at and she has said this could put the ukata and she has said this could put the uk at a serious disadvantage. you're making a trade deal with someone who says he doesn't believe in trade. so i'm not quite sure how that's going to play out over the next few years. these will have real world economic consequences. these will have real world economic consequences. they will have an impact on people's incomes. so hillary clinton there with her thoughts as well on the uk's future

relationship with the united states which she is pessimistic about saying there that donald trump doesn't believe in trade, referring to his protectionist policy of putting americanjobs to his protectionist policy of putting american jobs and american companies first, when looking to strike trade deals with other countries. he, of course, sees it very differently and has talked about a new chapter for stronger trade between the uk and us. now, whatever deal is put in place, talks on that cannot formally start until we leave the eu in march 2019. jonathan, thank you for going through all of that. and you can see that full interview with hillary clinton tomorrow at 9am on bbc 0ne's andrew marr show. some of hollywood's most powerful figures behind the oscars are to hold emergency talks later to discuss claims of sexual misconduct against the film producer harvey weinstein. the academy of motion picture arts and sciences, which has awarded 81 0scars to films produced by his company, says the allegations of sexual assault were "repugnant". adina campbell reports. facing possible expulsion

from the organisation that catapulted him to stardom, harvey weinstein's future is hanging in the balance. normally known for its glitz and glamour, the academy which organises the oscars will hold an emergency meeting later, rocked by allegations that the man behind some of hollywood's biggest films sexually harassed and assaulted dozens of women. he is someone who is different from the person i knew and the person who was involved for many years in democratic politics for me and for barack 0bama and so many of us. he was very helpful and it is just appalling, what is coming out now, and i want to commend the women who are finally stepping forward. the us actress rose mcgowan is the latest woman to accuse harvey weinstein of rape, while some of hollywood's other names have made sexual assault,

groping and harassment allegations, leading to police investigations in both the uk and us. it has opened up questions about what young aspiring actors are faced with in a fierce industry with a cutthroat culture. before you even step into the room, do i have the right look? are they going to like me because of this? i don't have that. but what if they ask me to do that? i can't do that! ok, maybe i shouldn't go. it sounds crazy, but that is literally the conversation that goes on in your head. harvey weinstein has denied allegations of nonconsensual sex and is now believed to be getting therapy in arizona. rumours are swirling that his film production company could soon be closed or sold, but in a statement his brother bob has rejected those claims, saying business is continuing as usual. 65—year—old weinstein has already

been suspended from the british film academy, bafta, and may face the same fate or worse from the academy later. the time is 8.12am. we will have the weather with darren and mike will be here with the sport. jack and sarah hawkins baby daughter, harriet died during labour, they were told that she had died from an infection. the couple challenged the cause of death and an external review uncovered failings on the part of nottingham university hospitals trust which has since apologised. they are now calling for a change to the law in england and wales to allow coroners to investigate stillbirths. they join us now. good morning to all of you. thank you very much for coming in for us, jack, sarah, such a personal story for you this, but it is a legal argument. first of all, just tell

people what happened to harriet? well, the day after my due date i started contractions. i had continuous contractions for six days, over those six days i had 12 contacts with the hospital and i had two admissions during those six days. the last admission i got a massive dose of opiates, opiate painkillers. i wasn't reviewed by a midwifery team or obstetics, i was discharged home and told i could ring up and say i will come back, i can come back in. i phoned up and i was told it doesn't work like that. so, i stayed at home. again, more phone calls. i phoned up and i was told i wasn't in labour. i never got the diagnosis of labour and it was only when i went to the bathroom and something started to hang out of me that jack had to phone the hospital and we were told to come in. then

you went into hospital after many contacts with people at the hospital. you went into hospital. knowing you were in labour? well, again, ididn't knowing you were in labour? well, again, i didn't know what was happening, you know, the diagnosis of labour was never made. i didn't know what was going on. and then when we went in and i was assessed, they said we can see the baby's head. the baby is about to come, you're too late for any painkillers so you're too late for any painkillers so what we will do is we will set—up the water bath so at that time, the midwife took, examined me and took my heartbeat, not harriet‘s heartbeat which we knew at the time, but we didn't say anything because sometimes you don't want to interfere and we had no reason to think it wasn't, we thought it was a mistake on her behalf. jack, we have

a catalogue of mistakes that were made and you lost harriet. what happened subsequently is in many ways what you want looking forward as to what may change. take us through the problems you faced. what you wanted was information, wasn't it? so the death of a child in labour, of a it? so the death of a child in labour, ofa baby it? so the death of a child in labour, of a baby in labour or the unexpected death after 37 weeks is what is categorised is a serious u ntowa rd what is categorised is a serious untoward incident and that sets a chain in motion of a particular type of very significant forensic investigation. and that should be declared within 72 hours of the event. hours, after much argument, was declared after 159 days and we we re was declared after 159 days and we were surprised at that. it is part of why we are on the news is because that, we work in the hospital, we are both senior clinicians and that's the response that we got and we we re very that's the response that we got and we were very worried about the response that other people must have

got then. what's the implication of how the law stands now in terms of a child that is born, a baby that's born after 37 weeks, but is not examined so to speak? so if they ta ke examined so to speak? so if they take a breath in law they are a person and then become a deceased person. and that is therefore, it is available for the coroner to conduct an inquest. so a coroner couldn't conduct an inquest on harriet? because she died hours before she was born. and because of that then you believe, if a coroner was able to conduct the inquest then perhaps information would have come out and this could have been prevented for other couples? yes. we will come to you ina other couples? yes. we will come to you in a moment. 0ne other couples? yes. we will come to you in a moment. one of the awful consequences of this is that you are asi consequences of this is that you are as i understand it unable to bury harriet even to this day after this time? yes. yes. we felt for a variety of reasons that we have not

been able to have harriet's funeral. some of the things that the hospital have relied on as reasons for her death are far outside what actually happened and therefore, we need to keep her body around in case further examination would be helpful, but we have got to the point now where we can have her funeral because we have had better news. it is so distressing. the reality of a family who have been through this. take us through what the law is saying and how, what proposals, having been through it with these people, what you think should change? currently there is a private members' bill which is going through parliament for a second reading in 2018. if that becomes law then coroners will be able to investigate the deaths of babies who are stillborn if they are born after 24 weeks. in northern ireland, the law allows the coroner

to investigate those deaths. there is pressure from coroners and from many individuals and groups who are looking to change the law because it seems bizarre that the coroner can investigate a death where the baby takes a couple of breaths and lives for a few seconds, but if the baby dies after it is delivered the coroner can't investigate. if the law is changed then we believe that coroners will undertake independent investigations in deaths where there are thought to be untoward events. so, not all still births arise from a problem during labour, but in a case such as harriet's where there have been problems in labour, and where there is an avoidable death in labour, then the coroner could investigate, could call for the medical staff involved and trust managers to be accountable before him or herand managers to be accountable before him or her and could recommend changes to be made to practise. i

think if this had happened before harriet was born, there would have been changes made at nottingham which would have potentially avoided harriet's death. jack, sarah, you referenced this a moment ago, you both work within the health industry and you made the point that people who don't maybe would be afraid to ask questions and it goes very much to the heart of the trust, the faith you have in either doctors or the system, doesn't it? it really goes to that question. it is so important at this time in people's lives that they trust, not only the decisions that are being made, but the information that's being made avableable to them ? information that's being made avableable to them? absolutely. one of the things that's come out from out of the things that's come out from our constant trying to get information from nottingham is there are 35 such deaths, so deaths after 37 weeks and in labour in the two—and—a—half years proceeding harriet and just after harriet that have not been investigated in the appropriate manner. so hopefully

this change will mean that couples like you have to go through this horrendous experience and loss, at least get the information and some peace in that sense. yes. thank you for coming in. thank you very much, thank you. the time is 8.20am. darren has the weekend weather for us. good morning. normally when we talk about the azores, we talk about high pressure. to the north of the azores we have an area of low pressure. it is deep enough to be a hurricane. this is hurricane 0phelia and it is a category two hurricane, sustained winds100mph. now, that, orthe re m na nts of winds100mph. now, that, orthe remnants of it will be heading our way by the beginning of next week. of course around a hurricane there isa of course around a hurricane there is a lot of warm air and some of that warm air is getting dragged a long way northwards over biscay, up towards the uk, that warm air coming into the south of that band of

thicker cloud, which will continue to bring some outbreaks of rain, but where we get the sunshine coming through and it is dependant on the sunshine then over the next few days we could see temperatures as high as 24 celsius, but we have more cloud around and we have rain moving away from north wales, petering out in northern england and southern scotland, this weather front taking rain into northern scotland later on. south of that, the cloud should break up more and more and there will be more sunshine across england and wales than there was yesterday and wales than there was yesterday and it is here that we will see the highest temperatures, 20, 21 celsius or could be 22 or 23 celsius in the south east. not as warm for scotland and northern ireland. we will have rain overnight in the north—west of scotland. the rain is going to be heavy as well. elsewhere, it is going to be dry. there will be areas of low cloud and mist out towards the west as well, but another very mild night. temperatures no lower than 12 or 13 celsius. it will warm up than 12 or 13 celsius. it will warm up again quickly where we get the sunshine, but we will have a bit of cloud to clear away and it may linger around western parts of england and wales and the cloud will

thicken up again in scotland and northern ireland, and the rain comes back southwards into scotland and northern ireland so that will limit the temperatures here, but across england and wales temperatures will be similarto england and wales temperatures will be similar to saturday. so those numbers likely to be a bit higher and it will be warm in the sunshine as well. but then, of course, we have to look out for 0phelia. this is the position on sunday. weakening as 0phelia moves northwards, however, it is going to bring damaging winds and there will be rain around as well, but it is the winds that we need to focus on initially across the south—west, gusts of 70mph, 70mph, possibly 80mph through the irish sea and across parts of northern ireland and 70mph across the western side of scotland. this is where we have got the warnings. head further east, across england and here, the winds won't be as strong and we could see the peak of the temperatures, so 24 celsius is likely on monday. so what we are seeing by monday, huge differences in the weather across the uk. some warmth, but some damaging winds out to the west.

that's it, back to you two. darren, thank you very much. it is 8.2am. it's time to look at the papers. historian, tessa dunlop is here. what an extraordinary time we are in. you think of iran and what is happening with brexit. it is the most extraordinary time. happening with brexit. it is the most extraordinary timelj happening with brexit. it is the most extraordinary time. i find it deeply alarming actually. and funnily enough i work with women who are 100 at the moment and these are women who were old enough to be fighting with us during the war. they worked, two of them worked as temporary civil servants during the warand temporary civil servants during the war and they shake their head and one of them who happens to be mary beard's tutor, she is an honorary

fellow at cambridge. she said, "i'm glad i didn't have children." they are worrying times, but it is up to us are worrying times, but it is up to us to remain level—headed. let's go to— us to remain level—headed. let's go to — forgive the newspaper, but it does have the best pictures. this is television! we are going to go... hold it up here. the daily mail. they make a big hoo—ha about the lobster pot. this is philip hammond. some people, the ken clarke brigade would say he is the least headbangy of the cabinet. do you want to explain the lobster plot? it is easier when stories have a tag. this is because... theresa may's old nemesis, george osborne has been dining with philip hammond. if you live in london you will know that george osborne has been running a campaign against the government's sta nce campaign against the government's stance on brexit. so they were dining over lobster? the parallel is when gordon brown and tony blair

used to dine together in islington, now we have, they are conservatives, so they were dining in chelsea. that's an ally for hammond, but he is not an ally in cabinet, george 0sbornejoined is not an ally in cabinet, george 0sborne joined fleet street and hammond is isolated at the moment, away in america and feeling the pressure from the hart lined eurosceptics who think the chancellor is doom, gloom, bucket about the prospects of brexit. and to sort of, i think, compensate for that, when he was overseas in america, philip hammond called the eu, "the enemy." he had to apologise and is ironic given that he is one of the ones that is soft on brexit. a lot of politicians were asked about that line, the enemy. they said, "a slip of the tongue. " you know why? they know philip hammond is on their side. he wants some kind of two year brokerage deal. he doesn't want to fall off a cliff. sometimes a word gaffe can have

enormous implications? journalists ta ke enormous implications? journalists take the top line, "enemy" it makes a good headline. it was a sporting reference, but what's, i think, really interesting about this whole debate and it goes back to the bigger position as to where we are at as bigger position as to where we are atasa bigger position as to where we are at as a country, is that do we expect our leaders to be led by us the constituents? so, do we want them to do what we the mass say or do we vote in our leaders to lead us according to their conscience and what they know or believe is best for the nation? it is the debate is, is ita for the nation? it is the debate is, is it a direct democracy? a referendum is a direct democracy. all the people get a say, but in the end, the execution of that referendum has to be done through representatives, representative democracy. so where do you place... big issues those. where are you going to take us next? this is -

people are talking there will be change. there will definitely be change. there will definitely be change. i'm very much hoping there will be now constructive narrative and change, but it's incredibly important that the weinstein case generates as much light as it does heat. this garners headlines on every paper, sexy actresses and a bull bullish man who has clearly abused his position of power. rose mcgowan who accused weinstein of rape, says that amazon, the company whose employ he was and she was, ignored her when she cried this as foul play. this is key, women had a purging if you like of their stories of when men have annoyed them or pestered, but for me the crux of the matter here is when the man and it invariably is a man, the man is in the position of power and the woman is within his hierarchy and is weak and fearful for her job is within his hierarchy and is weak and fearful for herjob and does things, or feels and fearful for herjob and does things, orfeels she

and fearful for herjob and does things, or feels she should do things, or feels she should do things, texting, touching, whatever, in order to hold her position, but are against what she actually wants to do. how do you govern that? how do you make sure that doesn't happen and the onus is on the employer? we should say that harvey weinstein has denied the allegations of rape. the bigger issue is not the weinstein, there will be pesterers, annoying men sniffing around, the issue is how we govern those men and how we deal with accusations when they are brought to the fore. you have a picture of a step ladder. this is a cheerful story. children are smarter than us. yes. and nicer. because they are the future. this is something really interesting where we always grew up believing children are selfish and they behave badly and pushing the envelope, aren't they all the time especially when they all the time especially when they are teenagers, but according to this research actually children are capable of delayed gratification, ie, if you put a sweetie on the

table and say leave it and if you don't touch it, you will get another one in half an hour, more children are able to hold out for longer than they were this the 60s. maybe there was less good food. well, there were less sweets. there is an interesting, maybe we need to regear slightly on the way we think about the generations. is it really any surprise we might find a softer, more tolerant generation coming up before us? a report was only acted, homosexuality was only legalised 50 yea rs homosexuality was only legalised 50 years ago, race relation and sex equality, all these things have come in the last 50 years, encouraging people to regard each other as equals or at least try to. if you think before that, we were britain. quarter of the world, we were brought up to believe we were somewhat superior. it is very important to think, and that doesn't breed the nicest type of mentality. we were brought up to think there

was a difference between people with different coloured skins or people we re different coloured skins or people were criminals who wanted to act in a certain way. so we finish on a high and a very good use of elbows. the big hug and the embrace. you get the award for the morning so far. thank you very much. designed to ease congestion and improve access to jobs, the mersey gateway bridge between runcorn and widnes opened for business at midnight. 0ur reporter, holly hamilton is there for us. good morning. this is the largest infrastructure outside of london. it's meant a lot with congestion here as you mentioned, but it does come at a price. this will be a told bridge. people are a little bit upset about that, but it will improve congestion, so is it worth it? that is what we will be

discussing, what a difference it will make on why people are upset that they have to pay tolls at all. the open with a bit of a bang last night. we will see some of those pictures and we will be asking what difference it will make to the local area. thank you, holly. the headlines are coming up. we'll see you soon. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. people caught carrying acid twice in public will receive a mandatory six—month prison sentence under plans proposed by the government. the move is aimed at curbing the number of attacks involving dangerous liquids which has more than doubled in five years. earlier, the home office minster sarah newton told this programme more about the proposals. i think the police will be able to use the good common sense and good

judgment to see the context in which that person is caught in possession of the corrosive substance and they will be able to make an exercise theirjudgment to will be able to make an exercise their judgment to make will be able to make an exercise theirjudgment to make a good decision about that. at least 36 people have died in the wildfires that continue to spread in northern california. authorities say 9,000 firefighters are tackling 17 separate wildfires in a wine region to the north of san francisco which are thought to be among the worst in the area's history. three smaller fires have been contained. earlier we spoke to emmy eichner whose home was completely destroyed by the wildfires. it has been a world winter. it has been a nightmare. it has been the most surreal experience i have ever been through. we see these things happen on television, but we never think they will happen in our hometown, let alone our neighbourhood. it just happened hometown, let alone our neighbourhood. itjust happened so fast. going back and looking at it now, it looks as if a bomb was dropped. entire neighbourhoods have

gone. thriving neighbourhoods that we re gone. thriving neighbourhoods that were active parts of our community have gone. britain has said it will defend the international nuclear deal with iran, after donald trump decided he would no longer endorse it. the us president said iran had already violated the deal and has threatened to abandon the agreement altogether. all the other signatories, including france, china, and germany have said they remain committed to the agreement. the organisers of the oscars are to hold emergency talks later to discuss claims of sexual misconduct against the film producer harvey weinstein. the academy of motion picture arts and sciences, which has awarded 81 0scars to films produced by his company, says the allegations of sexual assault were repugnant. he denies the allegations. the duchess of cambridge's uncle has been charged with assault. gary goldsmith was charged with assault on friday following an incident in the early hours of the morning, according to the metropolitan police. he was bailed and is due to appear at westminster magistrates court later this month. those are the main stories this

morning. there is a big game happening today, apparently. yes, so big that dan is here already. we are quite early in the season, but there are already seven points between the two sides. we have spoken to david lovren. liverpool defensively have the issues. manchester united is top of the table with man city. lovren has spoken about how much he knows and how much of the huge game basis. — — manchester city. and how much of the huge game basis. -- manchester city. there is a different atmosphere around the stadium. people talk straightaway when they found out about the fixtures, especially now, the last ten days, people have been talking

about this game and the demands for tickets is crazy. i wish i could give them away to everyone, but it is not possible. he said that he has changed his mobile phone number because so many people have phoned him. jose mourinho has been asked whether or not he will part the bus, but i hate using that term because my daughter thinks it's literally parking the bus. it means you are super defensive. it is confusing because clearly the actual bus does have to be parked. yes, normally outside the stadium. and mourinho won't be driving the coach. let's hear from won't be driving the coach. let's hearfrom him. i've played with nine strikers one

defender. don't about it. so, who is doing the predictions? wretch 32. a very good young musician. look him up. ifeel as if it is an education for everyone! whiteford are —— watford are level on points. pelle greenough... in the

championship there is an east midlands derby. we are live at burnley with tom heaton as well. we did a piece yesterday aboutjuan mata, asking people to donate 1% of their salary. 0ther other players have donated 10%. there are lots of things that sportsmen and women do that don't get publicity. manchester united, sent some of their big names to anfield yesterday to honour former liverpool manager and player kenny dalglish. sir alex ferguson, and sir bobby charlton, were among a host of former united players and managers who joined up with liverpool greats as the grounds centenary stand

was renamed after dalglish. around 12,000 fans will sit in the stand later, with more tributes to be paid before kick off. what time is football focus on? at top 30 pm. —— at 12:30pm. scotland have put malky mackay in charge of the team for the friendly against the netherlands next month, while one of the potential long term targets, david moyes, told bbc radio 5 live last night that he wouldn't turn down the job, although he would prefer to return to club football. the former manchester united boss left sunderland in may, following their relegation from the premier league. no approach from scotland, but i work closely with the sfa. two weeks ago i was working with the colleges in scotland, so they know what i have if they wanted to speak to me. i don't think you would turn down a national team opportunity, but it's also got to be the right time. my first choice would be to go back into club management, but if scotland wanted to talk somewhere along the line i'd be

happy to help or speak with them and see what they have to say. 0n the domestic front, rangers won 3—0 at stjohnstone to stay in touch with the two leaders of the scottish premiership. carlos pena got two. this his second after stjohnstone had a man sent off. rangers move to within three points of celtic and aberdeen. a new manager and a new dawn for birmingham city, who are out of the bottom three in the championship after beating the leaders cardiff city. che adams scored the only goal for steve cotterill in his first game in charge. meanwhile, bristol city moved up to third after a goalless draw with burton albion. european rugby is back this weekend and the champions cup got off to a raucous start as ulster came from behind to beat injury—hit wasps 19—9 in belfast.

wasps led at the break, but ulster turned it around in a couple of second half minutes. jakob stockdale's try was followed by another from stuart mccloskey to give the ulstermen victory. britain's natasha jonas maintained her perfect record as a professional with a third—round stoppage of hungary's marianna gulyas last night. jonas knocked her opponent down three times before the contest was stopped in the third round for her third win as a pro. the 33—year—old retired from boxing in 2015, but changed her mind and turned professional in april 2017. now cue the music, it's time for strictly 0n horseback. well, almost. dressage has been described as dancing with your horse and is regarded as the highest form of horse training and so you'd think out of reach for most of us. but multiple paralympic champion natasha baker has spent her life proving how accessible it can be. i've been tojoin her in training. she has cleared more hurdles than most and now five—time

paralympic champion natasha baker faces a new challenge. grooming time for fred... the dressage star is on a mission to find a new horse for the next paralympics, while also trying to persuade beginners like myself that this sport is more accessible than you may think and that we can all move with the grove, even if it's not a foxtrot. what makes natasha's story remarkable is that she lost all feeling in her legs when she was young. you need to be upright but relaxed... and yet it's with your legs that you communicate with your horse. i can't use my legs at all when i ride. i'm pretty much useless from here down, so i have to rely on my voice. so i tell a horse what to do. and then i can use my seat as well, so i can turn this way to turn left and that way to turn right.

i can lean forward if i want to go more forward and lean back if i want them to come back to me. i love dressage, it's like freedom for me, because i'm restricted with my legs. they kind of lend me theirs and i can get on the horse and do things that a lot of able—bodied people can't. i can't dance on the dancefloor, so i can dance on my horse instead! she says a flight to america gave her the confidence to dance at paralympic level and is now inspiring others. now trot the other way as well... i quite like that it's sort ofjust about you and your horse and about the relationship between you and your horse. good! it can seem a rather impossible sport to novice riders, or those with a chequered history of horseriding. and i know bungle here is not going to be fooled

by my smart appearance. it's going to be how i communicate with this horse that means all the difference. sitting up tall. don't forget to smile! you have to concentrate so hard to keep the rhythm of the trot. even with the trainer holding onto bungle, it was asking a lot of him in the first lesson to do moves like this. and here we are trying a sideways move. i always say you've got to imagine you are queen of england. and with any good performance ends with a grand finale, as the music reaches a climax and you come graciously to a halt and await the judge's verdict. that was good, but i'm not quite sure if you would be winning one of these, but good try. it's a dream! she is a good teacher. she returns

to action on monday. she is looking for a new horse because sadly, the horse she rode to win all those gold medals, he has sadly died away. thank you very much. it is going to be sunny and then windy, but darren will do a better forecast. just south of the azores you can see this world of cloud. it is a category two hurricane. sustained winds of around 200 miles an hour.

there is a lot of warm air with the hurricane and we are drawing some of that up all the way from the azores across the bay of biscay and into the uk. it will bring some brain across northern parts of the uk, but when we get the sunshine does different. free rein in north and scotla nd different. free rein in north and scotland later. the cloud will break in many areas and we will get some sunshine. it will be warmer here, temperatures 20 degrees or so. it won't be as warm for scotland and northern ireland, although there will be some sunshine away from the rain. it will be a very mild night,

temperatures no lower than 12 or 13 degrees of warming up very quickly tomorrow but we have the sunshine. across scotland and northern ireland the rainbow comeback. it will move down across scotland into northern ireland. some areas of cloud towards western parts of england and wales. further east, the best of the sunshine. those temperatures could be higher, 22, maybe 23 degrees. then we have to take note of 0phelia. the centre of the store will be heading northwards on monday. it will be the western side of the uk that there is the worst of the winds. initially in the south—west, we could get gusts of 80 miles an hour. stronger winds will head into scotland. further east it will be drier and we will have some sunshine and a peak of the heap.

paul lewis from radio 4's moneybox is here to talk about tax evasion. it seems that hms revenues and customs have had quite a success. yes. if you dream up some clever wheeze to help people pay less tax and you market this, you sell it, you have an obligation to tell hmrc this particular firm failed to do that and hmrc say they could face a fine of up

hmrc say they could face a fine of up to £1 million. that story emerging this morning. 0n up to £1 million. that story emerging this morning. on your programme later this morning you will be talking about that boxes, devices used by young people in the cards to help cut the insurance premiums. yes. we discovered that they use different software that measures your acceleration and braking, etc. they then give you a score for your driving. what we have established with road smarts, they've done differentjourneys and have banned all be devices gave a different school for exactly the samejourney different school for exactly the same journey and exactly the same driving. insurers use different software, so they want a standard because as they put it, safe driving

should be safe driving. they can reduce your premiums, but if you don't like the score you get comic you can change insurer or perhaps query it with the insurance company. it's a fascinating test, but as a consumer, there's not a lot you can do. you can try different ones out. we spoke to air in —— to an apprentice engineer and when he change cars, it gave a different reading. he queried it and he found that it had been installed improperly and it gave the wrong reading. he managed to challenge it. people who think that they are a good driver, and we all do, if they challenge the scores, there could be

something wrong with the device or the way it was fitted. they can work and they can be the only way that young people can afford to have insurance. are you a good driver? i am an excellent driver! i'lljust leave it hanging there for a moment. if you are driving you might be interested in the new £600 million toll bridge. the mersey gateway route is the largest infrastructure project outside of london. holly hamilton is the. good morning.

good morning. if you are a fan of bridges, you will appreciate this one. it is a bit of a stunner. it cost £600 million. it has been three and a half years in the making. the whole idea is to help congestion. it officially opened just after midnightand officially opened just after midnight and andy gill was there. hundreds of people lined the banks of the mersey to watch a spectacular firework display a few hours before the new bridge opened. it links widnes on the north bank and runcorn on the south. tolls aside, the locals approve. it's very smart. it reminds me of the one in america. i think it's brilliant. a long—time overdue. it's a fantastic development. and just past midnight the bridge was opened. hundreds of bikers among the first to cross. the mersey gateway bridge is the biggest civil engineering project in the country, outside london.

the total cost is more than £1.8 billion. 20 million vehicles every year are expected to use it and its 810 miles of cable would stretch from lands end tojohn 0'groats. the old runcorn—widnes bridge now closes for the year for repairs. when it opens, both mersey crossings will be tolled. locals can travel free if they pay a registration fee, but there's real anger among the individuals and businesses who'll have to pay. the transport secretary says the bridge should be free to use once it is paid for in 2042. there is a hefty price tag with this bridge to pay off. we will speak now to the leader of the local council. there has been an issue about this being a toll bridge. it was either a toll bridge or no bridge. the other one isjiggered, quite frankly toll bridge or no bridge. the other one is jiggered, quite frankly and has been close for 12 months. if this bridge was not here, it still would have had to be closed and mayhem would be unthinkable. it's amazing to have this level of

infrastructure. how much difference will it make to congestion. it is free—flowing. lots of people are looking forward to using it. i think people on monday morning after about half an hour extra in bed, because it will be so quick to get to work, they will look forward to using it. are you concerned there may be delays if people are concerned about some of the changes? it can be a bit confusing, but hopefully it will ta ke confusing, but hopefully it will take a short while to get used to it and i'm sure it will work properly. there was a protest taking place on sunday, people concerned about the bridge. what is your message for

them? i didn't know about that. if there is, we have asked that government about free tolls, but they have said no. we will continue to ask, that is our desire to have a free bridge. this is good for the immediate region and beyond. and it looks great as well. it's absolutely fantastic. i can tell you that the bridge is 25 metres deep. yes! i won. bridge is 25 metres deep. yes! iwon. i bridge is 25 metres deep. yes! i won. i was 20 metres. bridge is 25 metres deep. yes! iwon. iwas 20 metres. i bridge is 25 metres deep. yes! i won. i was 20 metres. i guess the one slightly deeper. i thought

it went 40 metres down but if the water there, so there you go, now we know. you need a bigger bridge. we will have lots of bridge facts today. that is what we are here for. we will see you later. it is the second—best—selling videogame of all time and now ‘minecraft‘ which allows players to build things using cubic blocks is about to take centre stage in a new theatre production in what organisers describe as a ‘world first‘. playcraft live premieres tonight in londonderry. the show combines both real and virtual worlds. it will be performed by actors on stage and their digital avatars. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page went along to the playhouse in derry to see rehearsals. 0h, oh, my god. i am so relieved. oh, my god. i am so relievedlj nearly oh, my god. i am so relieved.” nearly died out there. this is a play which brings the idea of translating page to screen onto another level. who is there. hello? not funny. meet me at the entrance

to the museum of natural history. what? there is a screen in the auditorium that shows what happens when the video switches. each chapter have an avatar. in 1869 they we re chapter have an avatar. in 1869 they were digging up rock structures... putting the characters into the minecraft world means they can be transported to any location or there. the audience will experience this is one seamless stream, so will many thousands more who are expected to watch online. it is incredible. the whole project is inspiring. i love that we are trying to make this new form of theatre and interesting people who may not have been interested before. gamers being interested before. gamers being interested in theatre and merging

the communities together. getting the communities together. getting the opportunity to mix minecraft with this. it is blowing my mind because i am a big sci—fi buff. i am so proud to be on thisjob. because i am a big sci—fi buff. i am so proud to be on this job. so it is merging two of your greatest loss, theatre and sci—fi? you better believe it. this pioneering fusion has posed an imaginative challenge for the cast and crew. you have got the old lady of theatre and the new digital ballet dancer of the gaming world coming together. the writer has written a good story and it is about time travel. so the approach with actors is to allow them to have the idea of what it will be like to be able to time travel. these are the minecraft artists who make the time travel possible. the digital

puppeteers will be operating the avatars in the green room next to be staged during the show. we will be listening and waiting for and having cu es listening and waiting for and having cues from actors on stage and we will be preparing our themes. in minecraft there are no woolly mammoths, so we have had to create the mouse cells. minecraft is a brilliant game because it allows us to do these crazy things. it allows us to be creative. you have to undo what you just did. in this production boundaries are blurred between the future and past, graphics and theatrics. play craft live will take its audience to new places. chris page, bbc news, derry. we'll be back in a few moments with the headlines. see you then. hello, this is breakfast, with

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