hello — this is breakfast, withjon kay and steph mcgovern. northern ireland's abortion debate heads to the uk's highest court. in the next few hours judges will decide whether tougher rules on terminations are a breach of human rights. good morning — it's thursday 7th june. also this morning: another bump in the road in the brexit negotiations as tensions between theresa may and david davis put the brakes on proposals for the uk's backup customs option. plastic pollution reaches the antarctic — one of the earth's last wildernesses. the cost of carillion‘s collapse. the financial watchdog says it could cost taxpayers at least £150 million and the final bill could be even higher. in sport, england defender danny rose admits he's

suffered from depression. in a candid interview, he says he was hit by a combination of injury and family tragedy, and until he now, he hasn't told anybody. and the extraordinary tale of the salamander, the conservationists and the mexican nuns who could hold the key to its survival. the salamander, the conservationists and the mexican nuns who could hold the key to its survival. and carol has the weather. i'm not sure you have any salamanders. i don't. good morning from the south of england show, one of the uk's longest running agricultural shows and we are in west sussex, in the sheep shed, and there is bonnie with lizzy before they have a final trim. but the weather, not to bonnie for most of us. weather, not to bonnie for most of us. a lot of cloud around which will give way to some sunshine and some sharp showers in the forecast, some of which will be happy but i will have more in 15. good morning.

first, our main story. the supreme court will today rule whether northern ireland's strict abortion laws are a breach of human rights legislation. unlike other parts of the uk, a termination is only permitted if there's a serious or permanent risk to a woman's health. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. we made history! last month, people in the republic of ireland voted overwhelmingly to repeal the eighth amendment of the irish constitution. here, abortion is now expected to be legalised up to the 12th week of pregnancy but in northern ireland, the law on abortion remains one of the law on abortion remains one of the strictest in york. terminations are banned including in cases of rape, incest or fatal foetal abnormality is. the controversial laws have been the subject of a 3— year battle through the courts. in 2015, belfast high court ruled northern ireland's abortion with

human rights however this was overturned by judges at human rights however this was overturned byjudges at the belfast court of appeal and it's now being considered by the highest court in the uk. whatever the outcome, northern ireland is currently unable to consider changes to the law because power—sharing in the stormont assembly collapsed 17 months ago. the supreme court will deliver itsjudgement months ago. the supreme court will deliver its judgement later this morning which has the potential to increase the pressure on westminster politicians to act. emma vardy, bbc news. some breaking news. the british businessmen and nightclub owner peter stringfellow has died at the age of 77, best known for establishing the world —famous gentlemen‘s club in london died of cancer. he was a flamboyant character, one of those places you would remember. he has been on the radio for many yea rs. he has been on the radio for many years. and you know who interviewed him recently, our very own then.

later viewed him just over six months ago, he came in for another programme we work on an to talk about is big business empire and we know him for all the clubs he ran in london and around the world, big expansion plans at the time but of course he also talked about a change in the error of how his clubs operate. any try to talk about doing things differently, whether that era of clubs known for girls in clubs had changed and they were trying to refocus what they had offered. struggling to do so. the empire he ran was really struggling. the numberof ran was really struggling. the number of people going to those clubs had fallen. a man from a business point of view with an amazing empire built up over decades, one that he has been personally involved in but he was tried to step back in little bit from that and say that maybe it's time for a new, younger generation

to take over. a really interesting chat we had with him. sad news this morning, dying at the age of 77. we will speak to a bit later. theresa may will meet with senior ministers later in an attempt to resolve tensions over the government's brexitbackstop' plan. (steph) in the proposal, the uk would match eu tariffs —— in the proposal, the uk would match eu tariffs temporarily in order to avoid a hard irish border post—brexit. number 10 had been expected to publish the plans today, but faced resistance from brexit secretary david davis. let's get more on this from our political correspondent, ben wright. this is at the heart of the whole debate about how the british government tries to go forward, isn't it? that's right. this question is critical right now because if theresa may doesn't produce a plan that the eu thinks is plausible, by the end of the month, when there is a crunch summit with

eu leaders, it is unlikely the eu will start to talk about the future trading relationship. this is a hurdle the government have got to clear. we are talking about the insurance policy the government has to put in place. if there is into long—term trade solutions sorted out with the eu to prevent a hardboard and developing between the republican northern ireland. this is what the backstop is all about, but it's bringing simmering cabinet tensions write to the boil. it's clear that theresa may and some of her ministers are at odds with david davis. especially how explicit the uk should be about the time limited nature of this backstop agreement. if there is a declared time limit, this default temporary arrangement could be the long—term solution that we have with the eu and they hate that idea because they think it would constrain the ability of the uk to its own trade deals. we asked david davis about this yesterday.

have you personally signed off all the details about the government's backstop proposal and if it comes out without your explicit approval, can you stay in yourjob? that's a question, i think for the prime minister. the detail of this is being discussed at the moment and is going to another one. it would be properly needed for a pre—emptive negotiations. the cabinet committee will meet at lunchtime. we don't know if we will see that backstop proposal published or not. it seemed certain that be would yesterday but this is further evidence that with time running out, this is a cabinet negotiating with itself even before it takes its proposal to brussels. there's been a 60 percent increase in the number of children with autism being excluded from schools in england over the past five years. government data shows autistic children are far more

likely to be sent home from school than their peers. the department for education says it is currently conducting a review of all exclusions. marc ashdown reports. you need to give us two thumbs up. the rice cooling belts and less —— west london. 0rbost in some 0rtiz —— autism but in more mainstream settings, autistic pupils are being excluded at an alarming rate. in 2011, just 2800 autistic children in england were excluded from school. in 2016, that figure had risen to 4500, up 59%. in the same period, the overall number of exclusions only rose 4%. the number of children's with an autistic diagnosis has been rising and that doesn't count with the whole rise for inclusion —— exclusions for people with autism and there is not

a fixed capacity. but there are more children coming through we need to work out a better way to make sure they get the education they have a right to and they deserve. the government is conducting a review of all exclusions and this charity wa nts all exclusions and this charity wants changes to see schools more financially accountable for school —— children may exclude and training to better understand autistic children. also calls for school inspectors to be given more powers to intervene. politicians in guatemala say the country's emergency response agency should be investigated for criminal negligence after sunday's volcano. opposition parties say the head of the conred body failed to evacuate the area despite advance warnings ahead of the deadly eruption of the fuego volcano. 99 people are now known to have died and many others remain unaccounted for. new figures suggest that 1.5 million people in the uk were destitute last year. the findings have been published

in a report by the charity, thejoseph rowntree foundation. the government is now being urged to reform the welfare system but ministers insist work is the best route out of poverty. here's our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan. a 100—year—old woman has died, nine days after being injured in a robbery on a street in derby. zofija kaczan was pushed over from behind and broke her neck, when her handbag was stolen. a 39—year—old man arrested in connection with the incident has been released under investigation. an investigation‘s under way after a luxury hotel caught fire in central london. it took 120 firefighters and 20 fire engines to bring the flames under control at the mandarin oriental hotel, which is near harrods in knightsbridge. nobody is reported to have been injured. the 115—year—old building had only just been renovated. an american grandmother jailed in 1996 on a non—violent drugs charge has been released from prison after she was granted clemency by president trump.

tv footage showed alice johnson running towards family members after leaving the prison in alabama. her case was highlighted by kim kardashian west, who met mr trump last week to lobby for her release. i want to thank kim kardashian west. thank you! kim, thank you. thank you, kim. there are so many people to thank. i just want to... you, kim. there are so many people to thank. ijust want to... i'm so thankful. i feel like my life to thank. ijust want to... i'm so thankful. ifeel like my life is starting over again. the first of britain's new f—35 lightning stealth jets have landed at raf marham in norfolk, where they will be based. four of the jets, which cost 92 million pounds each, made the journey from the us, and landed yesterday evening. five more of the supersonic planes are expected by the beginning of august. the defence secretary called them the most advanced jets in british history, and said they would

keep the country safe from the "gravest of dangers". if you enjoyed hearing the dawn chorus this morning, spare a thought for the residents of burnopfield, near newcastle, where the bird—song is being drowned out by a love—sick peacock. trevor the peacock used to live in the grounds of a care home but he's now roaming the village hedgerows and rooftops in search of a new mate. people there have started an online fundraiser to buy a peahen for him. it's called "let's get trev a lass". we will let you know how his love life is going. poor chap. i know an easy way to find a p n.

there is a reality show in it. peahen island. england's final warmup game is tonight and we are hearing this morning quite an astonishing interview with danny rose has been talking about his own personal battle with depression over the last year or so. and just to put this into context, when you see footballers talking in press conferences, this is not normally what you hear. really brave statement from him and testament to how much things have changed and how the england camp must be feeling. they must be feeling quite confident and relaxed. he has been suffering and relaxed. he has been suffering and treated for depression and until this point, he hadn't even told his family. he said he had a testing time at tottenham and a long—term knee injury plus the death of his uncle during his rehabilitation had been the trigger. he also said that playing for england had simply been his salvation. manager gareth

southgate says they'll has —— also have a strategy to deal with racism in russia. rafa nadal was thankfulfor a rain delay at the french open. he trailed by a set and a break to diego schwartzmann in their quarter—final, before the interruption — they'll resume at noon. and expect more sledging from australia's cricketers in their one—day series in england this summer — their coach says the verbals are all part of the fun of the game and that there's a difference between banter and abuse. it's such a fine line, though, isn't it? how do you tell the difference. somebody‘s banter is somebody‘s abuse. the australians are back. carol's at the south of england show with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. iam

good morning. i am wondering good morning. iam wondering if nick, who is trimming this sheep can do anything with my french? look up precisely is. this sheep will be on show later on. it is looking mighty fine, particularly along his. these are lambs, born in february. they look like teddy bears, so cuddly! 0ver look like teddy bears, so cuddly! over here we have some more in their coats because it is a chilly start. temperatures falling close to freezing during the night and this morning too. some mist and fog around and we also had showers, some across southern counties and those have been thundery overpass of sussex and can. but the forecast for todayis sussex and can. but the forecast for today is generally sunshine and showers. we will get there because at the moment there still is a fair bit of cloud around. you can see in the pressure chart, high pressure is still much dominating our weather and has been for quite a while now. we have a weather front coming from

the south—west and that is what is producing all the showers in the south. this morning there is lot of cloud around. through the day what you will find is much of that will burn away, hang onto some of it across the north sea, but it will be cooler. and we will have some showers across southern counties of england, some into south wales, one or two england, some into south wales, one ortwo in england, some into south wales, one or two in northern ireland and also scotland. they could be heavy and thundery if you catch one. temperatures today up to around 20 celsius but always cooler on the north sea coast, because of an onshore breeze. here we are looking at temperatures between 13— 15 celsius. as we had onto the early evening, some early evening sunshine, but at the same time the cloud already in the east will move england and we will see a lot of cloud. —— inland. cloud across north—west wales, england and ireland. temperature wise, most of us ireland. temperature wise, most of us will be staying in double figures with a few exceptions when we see

them return to single figures because once again, a lot of cloud around, mistand because once again, a lot of cloud around, mist and merck. particularly on the hills where we are looking at some fog as well. and then for tomorrow we start off on the cloudy note, but that will again pushed back towards the north sea coastline, more showers around tomorrow. the north—west of scotland, northern ireland and also south—west england and the midlands, we won't all see them, to purchase up we won't all see them, to purchase up to 23. saturday, drier with the cloud is pushing away and once again we are looking at a few showers in western scotland and northern ireland. i will have the pollen levels in half an hour. hi very high for many of us, i can already feel it in my throat. thanks, can't wait to see more animals. so cute!|j think if carol had matched their coats. she had that one on the. --

pink one. it's 6:17 and you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: talking about peter stringfellow‘s. he was such an iconic figure. -- death. he was talking about changing the times, were talking about so many different things, the smoking ban changing perceptions of the clu bs, ban changing perceptions of the clubs, what that meant to him and the fact that very few people go out clubbing, they would try to come up with different ways of doing it. a hugely successful businessmen born in sheffield in the 1940s, leaving school at the age of 15. is big break was booking the beatles to come and play in a church hall that he had hired for the night. such was the demand that they packed out the church, had to hire a bigger venue,

that was his first big rake and from then he opened clubs —— break. he was looking at ways to revive reve nu es was looking at ways to revive revenues at the clubs as things went on, but nonetheless a hugely successful businessman. whatever you thought of what he did, in the business world, hugely successful. thought of what he did, in the business world, hugely successfullj am business world, hugely successful.” am sure we will be talking more about that this morning. looking at the front pages... the telegraph going with the brexit line, these divisions between the brexit secretary david davis and theresa may just that the moment when they are getting those crucial talks about what happens to northern ireland after we leave the eu. there are quitea ireland after we leave the eu. there are quite a few papers talking about this tragic story of the widow, aged 100, who was mugged and has now died a few days later. she became the

latest casualties of the sickening violent street crime. that is what the sun is saying this morning and is also on the front of the express. carrying on from that, looking at new figures saying that violent crime is up by 50% in some parts of the uk, a chilling reality of the wild west uk, it says. on the front of the guardian, an exclusive saying that theresa may will give the nhs a significant budget increased. that is what the health secretary revealed, a picture of demonstrators marching on number ten, palestinian supporters following the arrival of benjamin netanyahu. the daily mirror with a couple of fantastic photos of. they are asking why mary berry and mick jagger are copping of. they are asking why mary berry and mickjagger are copping one another‘s style. two ventures of the pink scarf and the jacket or low.

seems to be a bit of a trend.” think it is definitely mick following mary. staying -- saying stone and this gone. didn't mary talk recently when she said she says strong. —— stone. —— scone. not another one of these! how do you say baaaa with the sheep? we talked about danny rose already, he is on all the papers of. i wanted to show you this. john mcenroe talking about andy murray, he says he risks semi— humiliation, recovering from injury and surgery, he has had a hip problem and has pulled out of a tournament this week and he is basically saying don't come back to

wimbledon unless you are absolutely sure that you are ready. you have to say at this point in the season there is a reasonable chance that he won't be because he has had such a terrible few months. hugely disappointing if he did not make it. what have you got? the boss of psp forced to apologise again. the problem with their it systems, that huge meltdown made even worse because 10,600 attacks of fraud on its network as a result of that. it has apologised again and is still not right. talking about that in the business news a little later. is that time of year where we and they'll, the papers and they'll... —— unveils. i am they'll, the papers and they'll... —— unveils. lam pleased to they'll, the papers and they'll... —— unveils. i am pleased to announce these are the business poised. 200 days to go but these are the toys that everybody will be asking for this year. some familiar faces are back, including the fingerlings are.

parents out there, get your orders in the soon because i have a feeling we will be doing that story when some of that stuff has run out.” we will be doing that story when some of that stuff has run out. i am not sure we do that story injune, thatis not sure we do that story injune, that is really early. you can announce it another time. thank you for now. it is 6:23 a.m., you are watching breakfast. dying patients in the north of england are not receiving the same level of care as those in the south, according to new research. the study found that terminally ill people are not getting palliative care early enough, with those in the north being referred far later than those in the south. nicola rees reports. tell me when to stop. jenny doesn't have long to live, lung cancer has spread to her bones.” have long to live, lung cancer has spread to her bones. i have been fighting it best i can, but there are some days when it, yeah, you

wonder why you are still here. at saint gemma ‘s hospice in leeds, she is getting expert and of life care. everybody has time to talk to you and make you feel wanted again, so there is a reason to keep going. palliative care isn'tjust about there is a reason to keep going. palliative care isn't just about the final days of life, according to the latest clinical trials research, people need to be referred three — six months before death to have their quality of life improved. but thatis their quality of life improved. but that is not happening and for many terminally ill people, crucial end of life ca re terminally ill people, crucial end of life care comes far too late. terminally ill people, crucial end of life care comes far too latem should be before you get a point where you are in that stressful situation. suzanne white's mother hilary was diagnosed with stomach cancer 18 months ago, but her referral for a cancer 18 months ago, but her referralfor a one cancer 18 months ago, but her referral for a one came just a few weeks before she died. it would have been brilliant to access that information so that i could hold

supported mum a bit more. it did upset me that in the last few weeks which lost medication, i couldn't speak to her about anything and didn't know how to speak to her about it and i am sure they would have been people here that could have been people here that could have supported me with that six months ago. today a national survey of hospices was published, it found that patients in the south were only referred for palliative care on average 55 days before death. in this situation is worse in the north of england. here, terminally ill people were referred on average, 35 days before death. it could be that healthcare professionals in the north are more reluctant to refer until the very late stage is. it may be that patients are reluctant to accept referrals. it could be that hospices are not as well integrated, potentially, in the community as they might be to encourage earlier access they might be to encourage earlier a ccess or they might be to encourage earlier access or facilitate that. in a statement, the government said: but with more older people living

for longer than ever before, today's report shows there is still away to go to insure all of us live well before we die. how much of a difference did it make you are in here? complete, immediate relief. we had all the support here and everybody was amazing. it hasjust been, yeah, total different experience to anywhere else that i've ever been. it's incredible. we will be talking more about that in the programme with a doctor who led the research on that. it is coming up to 6:30am, time to get the news, travel and weather where you are watching breakfast. see you and

the headlines in just are watching breakfast. see you and the headlines injust a couple of the headlines injust a couple of the next. —— minute. good morning to bbc news. research suggests that some gang members are suffering ptsd equal to soldiers in wa rs suffering ptsd equal to soldiers in wars are. study say that abuse at home can lead to paranoia and oppression. it is understood that understanding it could reduce knife crime in london. ptsd is a form of mental illness, a reflection on the extent of trauma that an individual has experienced. so it is a parallel that can be drawn between young gang members who are living in a co nsta ntly members who are living in a constantly violent dynamic world and perhaps a soldier who might be on the frontline in afghanistan, for example. young indigenous cricket

members are touring london to retrace the step of the first visitors are. they will be playing at surrey ‘s ground as they learn about and share the story of the aboriginal team who played here in 1868. i remember the first time i actually let about the first australian cricket team playing internationally and learning that it was an ear aboriginal team, i was like what? i couldn't leave it. i am guessing in those times it probably is in exactly 100% accepted, but i reckon the boys would have done their country proud and definitely it has given us a link to aspire to. —— something. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. a good service across all lines on the tube. slow going in knightsbridge, which remains closed after the fire yesterday. in

barking, problems on the a 13 ripple rd at the lodge avenue fly over following heavy flooding at the roundabout. how is the weather looking? erie ‘s kate with the forecast. a reasonably mild start out there. we have a bit patchy cloud around but bright and sunny spells. we will see today one or two isolated showers of. these are few and far between but could be quite sharp locally quite heavy, you may hear a rumble sharp locally quite heavy, you may heara rumble or sharp locally quite heavy, you may hear a rumble or two of thunder. some sunny spells could make things hot and some sunny spells could make things hotand humid. some sunny spells could make things hot and humid. we still have the gentle north—easterly breeze, perhaps a bit cooler on the essex coast. overnight, some clear spells but the cloud will develop, leading toa but the cloud will develop, leading to a great start on friday, remaining muggy overnight, between 12-14 remaining muggy overnight, between 12— 14 celsius. that cloud tomorrow morning will quite regularly break up, leading to a day of sunny

spells. feeling quite humid. can produce at 23, a dry day for saturday, again, feeling quite humid. a chance of some further south but for monday that was when the frame increases or little further. plenty more on our website, including the death of peter stringfellow. hello — this is breakfast withjon kay and steph mcgovern. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: we'll be hearing how an order of nuns are hoping to bring a critically endangered amphibian back from the brink of extinction. we've been talking to sir richard branson about electric motorsports — or "forumla e" — and why for him the race is on to ditch petrol and diesel cars. she's best known for

playing poldark‘s demelza, but eleanor tomlinson will be here tell us how singing on the programme led to her releasing her debut album. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the british businessman and nightclub owner peter stringfellow has died at the age of 77. the yorkshireman, who is best known for establishing the world famous gentlemen's club in london, was suffering from cancer. he died in the early hours of this morning according to the spokesman. known as the king of clubs, he opened a string of venues right across the world. theresa may will meet with senior ministers later in an attempt to resolve tensions over the government's brexit backstop plan. in the proposal, the uk would match eu tariffs temporarily in order to avoid a hard irish border post—brexit. number 10 had been expected to publish the plans today,

but faced resistance from brexit secretary david davis. the supreme court will today rule whether northern ireland's strict abortion laws are a breach of human rights legislation. unlike other parts of the uk, a termination is only permitted if there's a serious or permanent risk to a woman's health. the ruling follows last month's referendum in the republic of ireland in which voters decided to repeal the country's near total ban on abortions. there's been a 60 percent increase in the number of children with autism being excluded from schools in england over the past five years. government data shows autistic children are far more likely to be sent home from school than their peers. the department for education says it is currently conducting a review of all exclusions. marc ashdown reports. politicians in guatemala say the country's emergency response agency should be investigated for criminal negligence

after sunday's volcano. opposition parties say the head of the conred body failed to evacuate the area despite advance warnings ahead of the deadly eruption of the fuego volcano. ninety—nine people are now known to have died and many others remain unaccounted for. a 100—year—old woman has died, nine days after being injured in a robbery on a street in derby. zofija kaczan was pushed over from behind and broke her neck, when her handbag was stolen. a 39—year—old man arrested in connection with the incident has been released under investigation. an investigation's under way after a luxury hotel caught fire in central london. it took 120 firefighters and 20 fire engines to bring the flames under control at the mandarin oriental hotel, which is near harrods in knightsbridge. nobody is reported to have been injured. the 115—year—old building had only just been renovated. an american grandmother jailed in 1996 on a non—violent

drugs charge has been released from prison after she was granted clemency by president trump. tv footage showed alice johnson running towards family members after leaving the prison in alabama. her case was highlighted by kim kardashian west, who met mr trump last week to lobby for her release. i want to thank kim kardashian west. thank you! kim, thank you. thank you, kim. there are so many people to thank. i just want to... i'm so thankful. i feel like my life is starting over again. really interesting to hear from danny rose over the last couple of days. danny rose, incredibly open

about his struggles with depression. that is not something you would normally hear in an england football press co nfe re nce . normally hear in an england football press conference. at a time like this, to be so open and honest. he is due to start anyjust decided to talk about it really openly. he said he was done with depression during a testing time, and knee injury which kept him out. and after the death of his uncle, he said he hadn't told anybody how his mental health had suffered including his mum and dad. he also said playing the england had been a salvation but has said for his family not to travel to russia where racism is a major problem. i know danny and his quota said we

cannot change the world but maybe he cannot change the world but maybe he can have a small impact on the way we conduct ourselves. the guys, all the communities they came from, our fantastic role models for kids in terms of the way they are able to show what is possible and the way they interact with each other so there is a possibility to change people ‘s thinking and have an impact. in england's world cup group are belgium, who beat eygpt last night in a friendly. manchester united's maurane felliani scored their third and final goal. england face belgium in their final group match on the 28th ofjune. it's going to be a huge day for the defending french open champion rafa nadal as he bids for a record 11th title at roland garros. he's up against it in his quarter—final with diego schwartzman — nadal was a set and a break down when play was abandoned because of rain — they resume at 11 o'clock. maria sharapova is out though, wimbledon champion garbine mugurutha ruthless in their quarter—final, dropping only three games. she'll play world number one simona halep in the semis. after all the problems

in australia cricket — not least the ball—tampering scandal — are they coming to england this summer to be nice? not quite. head coach justin langer says they won't be cutting back on the sledging — that's the verbal jibes they aim at opposing players — although he doesn't want it to go to far. call it banter or sledging or whatever you want. everyone talks about this word sledging but there is difference between banter and abuse. abuse is no good, no matter if you are four on the field. there is no room for abuse anywhere but there is room for banter, or what we call sledging. it's a fun part the game and it's actually part of the game. and finally, one fan at the baseball in the us got a great souvenir and went viral in the process. so here we are at the san diego padres against the atlanta braves game in california, a foul ball flies into the crowd straight into a spectator‘s beer.

a great catch — and cheered on by the crowd, she did actually finish the drink. then what do she do? but stay with these pictures. any minute now. she does eventually drink the beer. very impressive. brilliant. iwish i does eventually drink the beer. very impressive. brilliant. i wish i was that call. during the yoghurt cups with tissues? beer pong, where you catch things in your beer, like a drinking game from university. the antarctic is one of the most remote and pristine places on earth, and with no towns

or cities, you'd think there'd be no pollution. so, when a group of scientists undertook an expedition there earlier this year, they were shocked to discover that nearly 90 percent of the sea water samples they tested contained tiny microplastics. there were even traces of man—made chemicals in freshly fallen snow. here to tell us more about the findings is will mccallum, greenpeace's head of oceans, who took part in the expedition. so when you soared, the amount of plastic, you were shocked? labour is devastating to see the plastic in this remote wilderness. we can say —— we can see seals, albatrosses and in all of these samples, these tiny bits of plastics. we thought the antarctic was much more protected. all the samples? 90% of the water

samples. and what are micro- plastics? have they been broken down to that level? micro- plastics is any plastics under five millimetres. we saw things like fishing waste, tarpaulins, things like that which are broken down. things like microfibres from synthetic clothing. how dangerous are they? they can attract toxins and can become toxic to small creatures. until the top of the food chain, they can be presenting quite a problem. you see some pictures of the work you did, just a clean looking that environment is. it's shocking when you think there is plastic there.

last year we took an exhibition —— an expedition up to the coast of scotland. we are seeing plastic in every corner of the ocean. but not much of a surprise. is it too late to do something about it? absolutely not. also, countries can ditch the throwaway plastic, the single use plastic. the plastics that are there already, what can be done about that? unfortunately, the scale of the problem is so big, we can clean up the problem is so big, we can clean up wherever we the problem is so big, we can clean up wherever we can the problem is so big, we can clean up wherever we can but the problem remains the source. really, our focus has got to be on taking that number down. has neither plastic come from us, the uk and europe?

it's something we are very interested in. we found uk plastics up interested in. we found uk plastics up in the arctic before we know the ocean currents, the deepest trench in the ocean, the mariana trench was found to have a plastic bag in it. henderson island in the pitcairn group was found to have huge quantities of plastic from all over the place. the currents are taking it around the place. the currents are taking itaround in the place. the currents are taking it around in ways we don't really understand. and it's in snow now. is that because it's in the water cycle ? that because it's in the water cycle? potentially. it certainly thing that was most shocking. man—made pollutants which may have been brought in over cloud cover and fallen in the snow onto this absolutely stunning landscape. that must be tiny, tiny micro particles. there is been so much off the back of david attenborough, blue planet.

ijust wonder, if of david attenborough, blue planet. i just wonder, if there is a of david attenborough, blue planet. ijust wonder, if there is a danger that interest pea ks ijust wonder, if there is a danger that interest peaks and then starts to sink again. people become addicted biggest. how do you as campaigners try to keep us wherein tried to make change and keep up momentum? one way is by telling these stories. there are many places which capture the hearts and imaginations of the uk public. this yearin imaginations of the uk public. this year in october, governments have a chance to come together and create the world pot —— the wall‘s largest protected area and that is something greenpeace is campaigning for. the ocea ns greenpeace is campaigning for. the oceans would be more resilient to problems like plastics. this plastics the only material we need to worry about? all throwaway packaging can find its way into the ocean. we have such a gerald —— had terrible plan of dealing with it, that it terrible plan of dealing with it, thatitis terrible plan of dealing with it, that it is a good one to focus on. the main stories this morning. the nightclub owner peter

stri ngfellow the nightclub owner peter stringfellow has died at the age of 77 which has just been announced in the last hour, he was diagnosed with cancer. theresa may will meet with senior ministers today to tackle tensions to avoid a hard border in ireland after brexit. carol is having a haircut today, apparently. wait till you see this. it's so cute. isn't this gorgeous. this is caspian, owned by lovely lizzie here and georgia was only 2.5 himself. caspian is actually a lamb. caspian isa caspian is actually a lamb. caspian is a boy. he's only months old. lizzie comes from a long line of farmers and george will be the sixth

generation and you can see loads of other southdown sheep here this morning just chilling before they have their show later on. i am at the south of england show in west sussex and it is quite a cloudy start to the the forecast will be one of showers but we have to get rid of this cloud. the pollen level, today's levels are very high across all of wales and most of england. northern england, levels are low. for northern ireland, higher, for scotla nd northern ireland, higher, for scotland they are low. today's forecast is one of sunshine and some showers are. showers at the moment across southern parts of england, some of those are thundery. high—pressure still much vary much in charge of the weather that you can see the weather front coming up from the south, which is producing go showers. as we go through the morning showers will continue, they

are hitand morning showers will continue, they are hit and miss. cloud that we currently have will burn back to the north sea coastline, but it will also be breezy, but there will be a also be breezy, but there will be a a lot of sunshine around. temperatures today away from the north sea coastline are a two about 23, but generally the high teens and low 20s. —— up to. into the evening, some early evening sunshine but overnight what you will find is that cloud coming from the north sea will push across most areas and we will probably have some clear skies by the end of the night across north—west wales and england and northern ireland. for many of us, temperature wise we will stay in double figures. but luckily we will see temperatures dip down into single figures. tomorrow we start off with all this cloud and like today, it is going to push back towards the north sea coastline once again, allowing sunshine to develop. morrow, still some showers across northern ireland and also western

scotland. we could see some two across south wales and south—west england, most of the heavy ones. and isolated shell or two across the midlands and east anglia. on saturday when we lose the cloud, it will be drier, he said that sunshine around, still just a will be drier, he said that sunshine around, stilljust a if you showers across the north of scotland and also western parts of northern ireland and bridges once again in the low 20s. to swing you quickly around if you don't mind, look at caspian. the indignity of what is happening to him their! anyway, you are looking beautiful for your show later on the. do you agree?” are looking beautiful for your show later on the. do you agree? i love how still he is, casually sitting there. one of my colleagues hasjust asked me on the phone, was the other sheep real because it was so still? ican sheep real because it was so still? i can assure you, they are all real. you are next getting a head chopped? laughter. off to the baaaabers? oh

no. it is 6:48 a.m.. carillion — the construction firm with hundreds of government contracts — went bust injanuary with the loss of thousands ofjobs and hundreds of building contracts on hold. this morning, a financial watchdog says the cost to taxpayers will be at least £150 million. ben has more. the figures are £150 million that it will cost all of us? it is difficult to and pick what they were supposed to and pick what they were supposed to do and get other companies to ta ke to do and get other companies to take them. yes, the collapse raised a lot of questions about companies like this. carillion was one of the uk's biggest construction and services companies working in the private and the public sector. but it had been undercutting competitors to win contracts and hid it's true financial position until it finally went into liquidation at the start of the year. it collapsed with

debts of nearly £7bn. at the time, it employed around 20,000 people. and was involved in around 420 contracts with the uk public sector. unpicking those contracts, renegotiating them with new construction firms has so far cost the taxpayer around £150m but the final cost could be even higher. let's talk to the financial expert russ mould from aj bell investments. where do they even start? the first thing, that 150 million is the cost to the tax —— to the taxpayers. so thatis to the tax —— to the taxpayers. so that is an initial estimate. the good news is, it is less than the

first gas which was more than £300 billion of. the bad news is, it will ta ke billion of. the bad news is, it will take several years to work out what the ultimate final cost is but least at the first sign that cost directly could be a bit less. the ongoing issue now is trying to make sure that these projects get ill and also, some clarity for both pension holders, people have got a pension, or have investments with carillion and for the people who used to work there. the good news from the national audit report is that the receivers inherited about 250 contracts, that is coming down to zero byjuly. most of that business has been transferred to new suppliers, which means the services are being delivered. but there are still other people where there could cost. customers, suppliers, employees, pensioners and we know investors have lost their money. the cost will run into much bigger figures. that is why it is so hard

because there are so many. are there any chance that investors will get their money back? the shares are suspended, investors in shares are right at the bottom, they should know that risk, if they didn't before, they know now. in the case ofa before, they know now. in the case of a bankruptcy, you will be bottom of a bankruptcy, you will be bottom of the pecking order. copies will get something, lenders should get something, hmr sea, the taxman will get something. but overall, shareholders, definitely not. are there any winners out of this at all because there was a suggestion that private companies might be able to pick up contracts on the cheap. the government says we really need this hospital, please build it for us. the fact that the liquidator is getting £50 million, considering that they were a part of the audit office from that will not go down well. there was a partner of

carillion and the highways project, it has had to put more money into that but at the same time the boss has said a competitor has now been removed, they were undercutting and very aggressive on price. that may help the remaining companies to get a better price and potentially more profits themselves. most important thing, from the governance it, is that those services are being delivered. there are only two or three hospitals where there are delays and thankfully most of it continues to be delivered.” delays and thankfully most of it continues to be delivered. i have a feeling we will talk about this again. again and again. thank you, really good to talk to. —— talk to you. how cute is that? i thought you meant then the. —— ben. how cute is that? i thought you meant then the. -- ben. this is an act orfull. meant then the. -- ben. this is an

act or full. —— axolotl. meant then the. -- ben. this is an act orfull. —— axolotl. scientists have teamed up to try and keep this from going extinct. it is a salamander that is unique to mexico, but has almost been wiped out by pollution and overfishing. our science correspondent has been to mexico to find out more. central mexico. the only place in the world where you just might find a typically endangered axolotl. this vast la ke a typically endangered axolotl. this vast lake used to be teeming with this species, but now scientists studying them have set out traps to catch them and this is a half column along line with 100 traps and they are hoping to find just two or three that they can take sample from. scientists are here on a mission to prevent these strange amphibians

from being wiped out completely. deforestation, which is dragging down sediment to the lake. we have pollution. we are making it official that the species is close to extinction. is great that right at the last minute. this emergency effort involves a rearing the axolotls in captivity and that is where unexpected experts come in the. the sisters of the immaculate health, who run a century for this species. translation: it is a lot of work and a great deal of sacrifice, but it is worth it to work with nature and protect what god has given us a. we are going to take dna from rubbing the tongue. but while conservationists and their collaborators were together to save a species disappearing from the wild, axolotls are bred in their thousands in laboratories around the world. like this one in nothing can stop it they represent the very first vertebrate on the land. most

study them because of their ability to regenerate, it is remarkable. let's say berlin gets bit of here, above the elbow, what would happen is it willjust regenerate a perfect mirror image of the limb on the other side. many people have that we can identify some ability to regenerate in human tissues by studying and understanding how a axolotl regenerate. does it work? is regenerative abilities are the reason that people here have consumed the lakes axolotl‘ for remedies. and the original recipe for this remarkable medicine, developed at the convent by the sisters themselves. the nuns actually started breeding the animals 30 years ago to sustain a supply of their ancient remedies key ingredient. translation: well, we

have used it as a food and as a medicine, so now we are providing it with the same things it has given to us. now, it is the quiet dedication ofa us. now, it is the quiet dedication of a religious community that could provide a future for a unique animal from which we still have so much to learn. iam i am totally mesmerised by that! i am totally mesmerised by thanm is kind of bizarre, fascinating. you can see a more about victoria's trip to mexico on the bbc news youtube channel. it is just it isjust coming up it is just coming up to it isjust coming up to 6:57 a.m., time to get the news and travel and weather wherever you are this morning. good morning to you. research suggests that some london gang members are extremes levels? extra

is the sort. —— levels of post traumatic stress disorder. a criminologist says exposure to violence on the streets of london, can cause ptsd similar to soldiers in a war zone. it's thought understanding the condition could reduce knife and gun crime in london. ptsd is a form of mental illness, a reflection on the extent of trauma that an individual has experienced. so it is a parallel that can be drawn between young gang perhaps a soldier who might be on the frontline in afghanistan, for example. young indigenous australian cricketers are in london — retracing the steps of the first australian side to tour here 150 years ago. the indigenous men's and women's teams will play at surrey‘s ground, the oval, today. learning and sharing the story of the aboriginal team, who played in 1868. i remember the first time i actually let about the first australian cricket team playing internationally and learning that it was an ear

aboriginal team, i was like what? i couldn't believe it. i am guessing in those times it probably wasn't exactly 100% accepted, but i reckon the boys done their country proud and definitely it has given us something aspire to. let's have a look at the travel situation now. a good service on the tube, slow going in knightsbridge, which remains closed after a fire yesterday. heading into kubrick, the agent is down to one lane wes brown following a collision. at viking, problems on the a 13 ripple rd due to heavy flooding at the roundabout. let's lets have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. a reasonably mild start out there. we have a bit patchy cloud around but bright and sunny spells.

we will see today one or two isolated showers. these are few and far between but could be quite sharp locally quite heavy, you may hear a rumble or two of thunder. some sunny spells could make things hot and humid. we still have the gentle north—easterly breeze, perhaps a bit cooler on the essex coast. overnight, some clear spells but the cloud will develop, leading to a grey start on friday, remaining muggy overnight, between 12—14 celsius. that cloud tomorrow morning will quite readily break up, leading to a day of sunny spells. feeling quite humid. dry day for saturday. again, feeling quite humid. a chance of some further south but for monday that was when the frame increases or little further. i'm back in half an hour.

there's plenty more on our website, inlcudng more coverage on the death of peter stringfellow. isa hello — is a this is breakfast, withjon kay and steph mcgovern nightclub owner peter stringfellow has died at the age of 77. his death was announced in the past hour. known as the king of clubs, he opened a string of venues across the world in a career that spanned 5 decades. good morning — it's thursday 7th june. also this morning: another bump in the road. theresa may clashes with her brexit secretary, david davis, over the government's plans for customs. plastic pollution reaches the antarctic — one of the earth's last wildernesses. six weeks on, and another apology from tsb's boss as its it problems continue. he says the bank was hit by a surge in fraud after its computer systems failed.

i'll look at what's being done to sort it. in sport, england defender danny rose admits he's suffered from depression. in a candid interview, he says he was hit by a combination of injury and family tragedy, and until he now, he hasn't told anybody. and it's fast, furious and powered entirely by electricity — we'll hear how motorsport could hold the key to developing environmentally friendly cars. i think this is the future set to have this kind of technology tested out here and invented here is fantastic. and carol has the weather. good morning. iam in the good morning. i am in the south of england with these beautiful saddleback piggies. they are only five weeks old. it was mayhem here a minute ago. outside, it is really

cloudy as it is across much of the uk. afew cloudy as it is across much of the uk. a few showers forecast but the many of us, the cloud will break. i will have more in 15 minutes. for now, thank you. first, our main story this morning. it's been announced in the last couple of hours that the nightclub owner peter stringfellow has died at the age of 77. known as the king of clubs, his most famous venue — stringfellows — is one of london's longest—running clubs having first opened its doors in 1980. the businessman had been suffering from cancer which he had decided to keep private. ben interviewed him recently and joins us on the sofa. you interview him on one of the other programmes you presented. really interesting discussion about his life, his career, the ups and downs, and the controversy. peter stringfellow, never short of

controversy and would be you think of his business, he was a self—made businessman, born in sheffield in 1940, the king of clubs. he'll started from very humble beginnings. he would hire church all venues and a cts he would hire church all venues and acts to come and play at those clubs and sign up people to pay for the tickets. he described one of the earliest events, booking a church hall, and he signed up a relatively unknown band called the beatles. when i was 21 years old, i decided, as per usual, i was chasing money, anything to get extra and i started looking in sheffield which i renamed the black cat club and just on fridays only it cost me £3, ten shillings from the friday night. a new record came called love me do in

a couple of girls asked me and nobody bothered about records in those days so bought this from the beatles, from brian epstein, and we took three days, negotiated £85 and i never pay that kind of money and i came out sweating, saying, i can always cancel them. i didn't cancel them. february 1963, their second record, please please me was number one in the play to me and the rest is history. the rest really is history. a self—made man. he left school at the age of 15. he said in his words he was always chasing the money and everything was a business opportunity. hugely successful in what he did. that business proves to be very difficult. clearly a lot of controversy about gentlemen ‘s clubs and the women that worked in them but he never shied away from dealing

with that and he said, look, people still want to go out with friends and what i do is an option. he opened his famous club in london in 1980. as well as the beatles, which you heard. he was often described as outrageous but it was a name that he liked. king of clubs certainly summed up his life. theresa may will meet with senior ministers later in an attempt to resolve tensions over the government's brexit ‘backstop' plan. in the proposal, the uk would match eu tariffs temporarily in order to avoid a hard irish border post—brexit. number 10 had been expected to publish the plans today, but faced resistance from brexit secretary david davis. let's get more on this from our political correspondent, ben wright. this crucial word seems to be

backstop. it so people took to the whole state of these negotiations. we will hear a lot about the backstop today. you got to think about it like an insurance policy, the uk tried to come up with a plan that would ensure there is no hard border on the island of ireland between the north and the republic. if, in the end, the eu and the uk cannot agree on a long—term customs arrangement, it's like the back of a pocket option in case that final trade deal can't be sorted out. that is what the uk are under pressure to deliver. the eu say they will not continue these negotiations until they put on a plan to this island backstop. behind the scenes, this has been controversial for months. brexit is in particular are worried about one thing which is writing an explicit expiry date. the theory is, if there is no long—term trade

solution, this backstop could become the de facto trading relationship with the eu. they think that would mean sticking to eu customs and trading rules for the long—term, never really leaving the eu. that is what is at stake. david davis, clearly not happy. i was asked by the bbc‘s laura kuenssberg what he felt. heavy sign up for the details of the backstop proposal and if it comes out without your explicit approval, can you stay in yourjob? that's a question i think the prime minister, to be honest. the detail of this is being discussed at the moment. it would be improper of me to pre—empt the negotiations. moment. it would be improper of me to pre-empt the negotiations. what's clear is, this is further evidence of cabinet negotiating. taking this

plaintive fossils to be talked about. it's going to be an interesting day. there's been a 60 percent increase in the number of children with autism being excluded from schools in england over the past five years. government data shows autistic children are far more likely to be sent home from school than their peers. the department for education says it is currently conducting a review of all exclusions. the supreme court will today rule whether northern ireland's strict abortion laws are a breach of human rights legislation. unlike other parts of the uk, a termination is only permitted if there's a serious or permanent risk to a woman's health. the ruling follows last month's referendum in the republic of ireland in which voters decided to repeal the country's near total ban on abortions. politicians in guatemala say the country's emergency response agency should be investigated for criminal negligence after sunday's volcano.

opposition parties say the head of the conred body failed to evacuate the area despite advance warnings ahead of the deadly eruption of the fuego volcano. ninety—nine people are now known to have died and many others remain unaccounted for. new figures suggest that 1.5 million people in the uk were destitute last year. the findings have been published in a report by the charity, the joseph rowntree foundation, which funds research into social policy. the government is now being urged to reform the welfare system, to ensure that fewer people are living in destitution. ministers insist that work is the best route out of poverty. a 100—year—old woman has died, nine days after being injured in a robbery on a street in derby. zofija kaczan was pushed over from behind and broke her neck, when her handbag was stolen. a 39—year—old man arrested in connection with the incident has been released under investigation.

an investigation's under way after a luxury hotel caught fire in central london. it took 120 firefighters and 20 fire engines to bring the flames under control at the mandarin oriental hotel, which is near harrods in knightsbridge. nobody is reported to have been injured. the 115—year—old building had only just been renovated. an american grandmother jailed in 1996 on a non—violent drugs charge has been released from prison after she was granted clemency by president trump. tv footage showed alice johnson running towards family members after leaving the prison in alabama. her case was highlighted by kim kardashian west, who met mr trump last week to lobby for her release. i want to thank kim kardashian west. thank you! kim, thank you! thank you, kim. there are so many people to thank. i just want to... i'm just so thankful.

i feel like my life is starting over again. scientists at greenpeace were shocked to find micro plastics in the antarctic and chemicals and freshly falling snow. unfortunately the scaled the problem is so big that all we can do is up when we can. there is up to 12.7 million tons of plastic going into the ocean every year. our focus tons of plastic going into the ocean every year. ourfocus has tons of plastic going into the ocean every year. our focus has got to be on taking the number down. when the people of ireland last month voted overwhelmingly to repeal a law banning abortion, it reignited the debate north of the irish border where having a termination remains illegal.

today the supreme court will rule if northern ireland's abortion ban is a breach of human rights. it follows an emotional debate in the house of commons this week on whether the law should change. we have people today in northern ireland who are rearing families, who are contributing to society, who are building their businesses, who are building their businesses, who are working in our factories, are building their businesses, who are working in ourfactories, who are working in ourfactories, who are sitting in our schools, who otherwise if we had the legislation that exists here, would have been discarded and put out before they we re eve n discarded and put out before they were even born. i discarded and put out before they were even born. | was discarded and put out before they were even born. i was ill when i made the incredibly hard decision to have a termination. i was having seizures every day. i wasn't even able to control my own body that alone careful. so, mr speaker, you seriously telling me that in a civilised world, rape, incest or a fetus that is so sadly deformed that

it can't live aren't sufficient grounds for a woman to have the power to decide for herself that she shouldn't make that decision? no, enough. some emotional testimony. joining us now from outside the supreme court is katherine o'brien from the british pregnancy advisory service, a pro—choice charity, and alithea williams who represents a pro—life group: the society for the protection of unborn children. thank you both are joining us this morning. such a significant day. capron, let me start with you. your organisation is of the coalition, what you expecting to hear today? we heard some incredibly moving testimony from women who have been deeply affected by the abortion ban in northern ireland. women forced to continue a pregnancy to term that had no chance of survival. we heard ofa had no chance of survival. we heard of a 13—year—old girl forced to travel for a termination in england after she was raped by a family member so i think whatever the

outcome of the case today, politicians in westminster have heard enough now and they have decided that action needs to be taken in westminster if northern ireland will do nothing to enter this injustice. on that note, this is the highest court in the land deciding this. will you accept the judgement? what we are seeing here is the courts trying to force northern ireland to legislate abortion in northern ireland and this is a decision which is problem properly the mandate of the northern ireland executive and it's particularly worrying, the court is trying to make out there is some international right to abortion. there is no write anywhere. there is a right to life and the people in northern ireland uphold that right to life. do you think it's something thatis to life. do you think it's something that is fair to be decided in the supreme court? i don't because it is

the proper place of the northern ireland assembly. the government in northern ireland hasn't sat since 2017. there is no form theirfruit to be debated. doesn't it have to be in the court in order for to be debated. doesn't it have to be in the court in orderfor it to be debated. doesn't it have to be in the court in order for it to move forward ? in the court in order for it to move forward? it's true that the assembly has not sat since 2017 but it's important to remember that in 2016, the assembly debated these issues. both of these were overwhelmingly rejected by the elected, locally accountable politicians of northern ireland and i think there is a cross— party, ireland and i think there is a cross—party, cross community consensus that the will of westminster or indeed the courts should not be imposed on the people of northern ireland in this sensitive issue. it's clearly politically sensitive. you think theresa may should intervene, don't

you? how do you want to do that? while the law, in fact, it that governs abortion in northern ireland is the 1861 offences against the person act passed here in westminster and i believe it is right and proper that westminster looks to repeal the sack actions for women in northern ireland accessing abortions. she should listen to those incredibly moving speeches, indeed from her own mps, and should listen to the voices of people in northern ireland. polling repeatedly shows people in northern ireland support abortion in many of these cases so support abortion in many of these cases so she should listen to those in take action. would you agree this is politically sensitive? absolutely. but lastly we saw the government taking decisive action in allowing women in northern ireland

access abortion care. said there has been a precedent set for the. as you said, there is no assembly in northern ireland to make these decisions, so it is right and proper. these are uk citizens, our government should take action. one of the things, we were listening to the testimony in parliament yesterday. can i ask you, hearing that the testimony given by that mp, how does that make you feel? it was very raw emotion they are. —— there. it was very moving to hear that in the pro—life movement are aware of how difficult it is and its effect on women. we run a counselling service for women who have experienced abortion and who deeply regret it. i think we need to be hearing those voices as well. but what we need to remember in this is that the courts are trying to impose

a form of lethal discrimination against disabled people and it is not something that westminster has the right to impose on the people of northern ireland. we obviously heard the other side in testimony, another powerful thought given there. how does that make you feel about hearing the people who wouldn't have been here if they had been aborted? well, i mean, ifind thatargument slightly spurious. i found well, i mean, ifind thatargument slightly spurious. ifound it well, i mean, ifind thatargument slightly spurious. i found it quite shocking, actually, the way that some mps were discussing this yesterday and the complete insensitivity that they showed to their fellow mps who talked about not very emotional experience for having an abortion, but there are incredibly emotional and difficult experience of being faced with an unplanned, and wanted pregnancy that was affecting their health and well—being. those are the voices that i listen to. i listen to the voices of the women we see every day

in our clinics voices of the women we see every day in ourclinics and voices of the women we see every day in our clinics and it is heartbreaking to hear women forced to travel overseas to access healthcare in deeply tragic situations. thank you very much for your time this morning. it is nearly 7:20 a.m., you're watching bbc news breakfast. the main stories this morning: the nightclub owner peter stringfellow has died at the age of 77. he had been diagnosed with cancer. theresa may will meet with senior ministers today to tackle tensions over her back—up plan to avoid a hard border in ireland after brexit. i cannot believe how close to harrell was near the pigs. remember when they were chasing the? —— chasing me. they found your biscuit

stash! i know. good morning. aren't they gorgeous? they are cross breeds, at the south of england show. off my coat! these are cross breeds. their parents, one of them was an oxford sandy and the other was an oxford sandy and the other was an oxford sandy and the other was a gloucester, and aren't they gorgeous? seven weeks old, just left their mum, seven boys and seven girls. the boys are called laws and the girls are called gilts. when they have babies they become a sour. be grew 11 times their birth rate in the first week of life. that is the equivalent of having a £9 baby which would be seven stone at the end of two months. now, the weather this morning, well it is quite cloudy

outside and we have a future ours across the south of england. some of them overnight have been thundery, particularly across kent and essex. as we go through the day it is going to bea as we go through the day it is going to be a similar story. the showers will be hit and miss and for many of us, the cloud will break and we will see sunshine develop. chartered high pressure is still further in charge but we do have a weather front coming from the near continent and thatis coming from the near continent and that is what is producing the showers. so this morning, what is happening is we have all this cloud around and that through the day will go towards the north sea coastline where it will remain a. we also have a onshore breeze, feeling cooler, with cabbages between 13— 15. where we have such and the temperatures will get up into the 20s but we are not immune to showers. southern counties of england, south wales and also parts of northern ireland and western scotland, predicts every and

hungry too. into the evening and overnight, early evening sunshine and the cloud will come back in from the north sea coastline across many areas. the clear skies will be across north—west scotland and also north—west england, northwest wales and also northern ireland. anyway, temperature wise it will be down to about eight or nine, or in the cities and towns, double figures. as we go into tomorrow, starting off with extensive cloud and will will see a lot of that turn back towards the coast and there will still be some showers because —— in north—west scotland and northern ireland, we could also see showers in south—west england and isolated ones across the midlands and also east anglia. by the time we get to saturday, there will be cloud to start the day but what you will find is that it will brighten up and

there will be sunshine around the. still a future ours and they are likely to be in northern ireland and western scotland. i am being eaten alive! like i said, don't put diskettes in your pocket is! —— biscuits. you are a rascal! just wa nts a biscuits. you are a rascal! just wants a stroke, he wants your attention. you are lovely. look at this one over here, he has nowjust to. he is probably exhausted after munching on my coat.” to. he is probably exhausted after munching on my coat. i love the fact that it has literally closed its eyes and gone to sleep just from a fuse scratches from carol. the pig whisper! do you know, they really do hurt. i remember when they got me to my wellingtons and i could feel his pain in my legs. yeah, i had little

bites on my legs afterwards. you should have listened to steph. we'll see where she will be with the weather in 20 minutes time. the papers have an interview with jeremy hunt, suggesting theresa may will give syndicate amounts of money to the nhs. the government keen to move away beyond brexit and look at theissues move away beyond brexit and look at the issues they are trying to own. lot of the papers this morning are leading with a story of a widow, aged 100, who died after being left with a broken neck high a mugger who stole her hand then. —— by a. with a broken neck high a mugger who stole her hand then. -- by a. that leads to this dramatic front page on the daily mail, the chilling realities of wild west uk. it says that new figures reveal violent

crime is up 50% in parts of written. —— britain. crime is up 50% in parts of written. -- britain. and the front of the times has a picture of a new wilson, who has died. a picture from 1966, who has died. a picture from 1966, who wrote poetry and oppose her husband ‘s decision to enter the european community. emirates are setting —— said to be looking at developing a plainly get rid of the windows. you can't look out and civic clouds or the views down there. they have replaced them with led screens, so you might get a broadcast image of what is going on outside. the reason is because the planes in windows —— the windows in planes in windows —— the windows in planes are so heavy, it allows them to go higher and faster and get there soon. is not a case of watching things in the window. that could potentially be your screen.

you're would be killing. would you missed the window? —— your neck.” like the view. it is 7:26 a.m., time to get the news and weather where you are this morning. hello. good morning. research suggests that some london gang members are experiencing —— levels of post traumatic stress disorder. a criminologist says exposure to violence on the streets of london, can cause ptsd similar to soldiers in a war zone. it's thought understanding

the condition could reduce knife ptsd is a form of mental illness, a reflection on the extent of trauma that an individual has experienced. so it is a parallel that can be drawn between young gang perhaps a soldier who might be on the frontline in afghanistan, for example. young indigenous australian cricketers are in london — retracing the steps of the first australian side to tour here 150 years ago. the indigenous men's and women's teams will play at surrey‘s ground, the oval, today. learning and sharing the story of the aboriginal team, who played in 1868. i remember the first time i actually learnt about the first australian cricket team playing internationally and learning that it was an ear aboriginal team, i was like what? i couldn't believe it. i am guessing in those times it probably wasn't exactly 100% accepted, but i reckon the boys would have done their country proud and definitely it has given us something aspire to. let's have a look at the travel situation now.

a good service on the tube, slow going in knightsbridge, which remains closed after a fire yesterday. heading into kubrick, the a1 is down to one lane wes brown following a collision. in barking, problems on the a 13 report rd at the flyover, following flooding at a roundabout. a reasonably mild start out there. we have a bit patchy cloud around but bright and sunny spells. we will see today one or two isolated showers. these are few and far between but could be quite sharp locally quite heavy, you may hear a rumble or two of thunder. some sunny spells could make things hot and humid. we still have the gentle north—easterly breeze,

perhaps a bit cooler on the essex coast. overnight, some clear spells but the cloud will develop, leading to a grey start on friday, remaining muggy overnight, between 12—14 celsius. that cloud tomorrow morning will quite readily break up, leading to a day of sunny spells. feeling quite humid. dry day for saturday. again, feeling quite humid. a chance of showers for sunday but for monday that was when the frame increases or little further. i'm back in half an hour. see you then. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and steph mcgovern. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. it's been announced that peter

stri ngfellow it's been announced that peter stringfellow has died. known as the king of clubs, stringfellows, that he founded, is one of london's longest running clubs. the businessman had been suffering from cancer which he decided to keep private. and we'll be talking to mr stringfellow‘s publicist matt glass just after 0800. theresa may will meet with senior ministers later in an attempt to resolve tensions over the government's brexit ‘backstop' plan. in the proposal, the uk would match eu tariffs temporarily in order to avoid a hard irish border post—brexit. number 10 had been expected to publish the plans today, but faced resistance from brexit secretary david davis. the supreme court will today rule whether northern ireland's strict abortion laws are a breach of human rights legislation.

unlike other parts of the uk, a termination is only permitted if there's a serious or permanent risk to a woman's health. our ireland correspondent emma vardy is at the supreme court now. emma, what happens next if the court rules in favour of those that want the law changed ? this is a debate which is so full of raw emotions. there is so much emotion in this. the supreme court judges will have to make a judgement whether laws are compatible with human rights. this has been the subject of a three—year legal battle in northern ireland because back in 2015, that laws are compatible with human rights but that was overturned by the court of appeal. it's now gone up the chain even further and we are expecting thatjudgement to be delivered today. if the supreme court were to uphold that appeal, it

would be a decision to rule against the court of appeal to say that these laws are incompatible with human rights. it would increase the pressure further on theresa may and the government to act. it comes at a time when this is the subject already of a heated political battle and that is because at the moment, in northern ireland, the devolved assembly there is no longer functioning. there are many mps from all parties which say that westminster should intervene in the absence of a storm want assembly. if the supreme court upholds that judgement, it increases pressure on westminster further. there's been a 60 percent increase in the number of children with autism being excluded from schools in england over the past five years. government data shows autistic children are far more likely to be sent home from school than their peers. the department for education says it is currently conducting a review

of all exclusions. politicians in guatemala say the country's emergency response agency should be investigated for criminal negligence after sunday's volcano. opposition parties say the head of the conred body failed to evacuate the area despite advance warnings ahead of the deadly eruption of the fuego volcano. 99 people are now known to have died and many others remain unaccounted for. an american grandmother jailed in 1996 on a non—violent drugs charge has been released from prison after she was granted clemency by president trump. tv footage showed alice johnson running towards family members after leaving the prison in alabama. her case was highlighted by kim kardashian west, who met mr trump last week to lobby for her release. if you enjoyed hearing the dawn chorus this morning,

spare a thought for the residents of burnopfield, near newcastle, where the bird—song is being drowned out by a love—sick peacock. trevor the peacock used to live in the grounds of a care home but he's now roaming the village hedgerows and rooftops in search of a new mate. people there have started an online fundraiser to buy a peahen for him. it's called "let's get trev a lass". i love it. my fellow north—eastern is -- i love it. my fellow north—eastern is —— my fellow north—eastern is,

congratulations are coming up with that. hopefully it will have a happy ending. the noise is quite unbearable. carol is coming up a bit later. all the will of the un some pigs amid a bit later.” later. all the will of the un some pigs amid a bit later. i smell you before i saw you. it's the perfume. it's amazing. it's new, it's delicious. i will tell you what it is later. you are going to like it. the last couple of days have been really interesting, very open and relaxed. all the players were at a desk and basically journalists relaxed. all the players were at a desk and basicallyjournalists went out and spoke to them. danny rose is really dominating the headlines because of the admission he has made for his mental health. that being so honest. he's admitted he was

diagnosed with depression. he believes it was triggered by a knee injury which kept him out of the game for eight months and the death of his uncle during rehabilitation. he said he hadn't told anybody how his mental health had suffered at the time. he said, you are the only people who know about a lot of this stuff. they are probably going to be really angry reading this. but i've ke pt really angry reading this. but i've kept to myself and said it had been his salvation. he told his family, and england take on costa rica. in the final warmup game. i know danny said that we can't change the world. i know danny in his quote said we

cannot change the world but maybe he can have a small impact on the way we conduct ourselves. the guys, all the communities they came from, our fantastic role models for kids in terms of the way they are able to show what is possible and the way they interact with each other so there is a possibility to change people ‘s thinking and have an impact. in england's world cup group are belgium, who beat eygpt last night in a friendly. manchester united's maurane felliani scored their third and final goal. england face belgium in their last group match on the 28th ofjune. defending champion rafa nadal has some work to do, in his bid for a record 11th french open title. he's was a set down in his quarter—final against diego schwartzman when play was abandoned for the day because of rain — although he was fighting back and he'll be serving for the second set when they resume at 11 o'clock. maria sharapova is out though, wimbledon champion garbine mugurutha ruthless in their quarter—final, dropping only three games. she'll play world number one simona halep in the semis. after all the problems

in australia cricket — not least the ball—tampering scandal — are they coming to england this summer to be nice? not quite. head coach justin langer says they won't be cutting back on the sledging — that's the verbal jibes they aim at opposing players — although he doesn't want it to go to far. call it banter or sledging or whatever you want. everyone talks about this word sledging but there is difference between banter and abuse. abuse is no good, no matter if you are four on the field. there is no room for abuse anywhere but there is room for banter, or what we call sledging. it's a fun part the game and it's actually part of the game. it's very difficult because of what point does ban to stop and sledging start? sledging sounds harsher. some

of it, you can't broadcast and it's designed to put everybody. after all the controversy, the australians are back. the number of children with autism who have been excluded from school has risen by 60 percent over the last five years, according to new figures. the government says it is currently conducting a review of all exclusions. we can speak now to leah webster, whose sons have autism, and alison worlsey, director of external affairs for the charity ambitious about autism, who joins us from our london studio. it's been a difficult pathway to them. we've been struggling to get their input and support. that was a small village school. there were

issues surrounding a limited budget. they fell further and further behind their peers. they were fulfilling their peers. they were fulfilling their academic potential. it was affecting their mental health. what do they need in school. they needed the curriculum to be adapted to suit their needs. they do have what they call individual learning plans, education plans. however, it's not enough. there is a lot of blanket policies in a mainstream setting, such as behavioural policies, et cetera. these don't take into account the daily struggles and challenges of children with autism.

i guess this is a familiar story. as you've referenced, the statistics show autism exclusions have risen by (50% show autism exclusions have risen by 60% across england over the last five years, compared to 4% over the la st five years, compared to 4% over the last —— five years, compared to 4% over the last — — overall five years, compared to 4% over the last —— overall numbers of exclusions and behind those statistics are thousands of children. they are being denied their right to an education and are suffering in terms of mental health and their ability to learn and progress academically. what would you say is behind that 60% rise? why is it happening? there are a number of factors. is it true that the number of children —— it is true the number of children —— it is true the number of children with a diagnosis has increased but that in no way accou nts has increased but that in no way a ccou nts of has increased but that in no way accounts of the dramatic rise that we have seen. there are some perverse incentives that mean for some schools, it may well be its

financially beneficial. there are some incentives. kind of teaching support in a way, that understanding of what autism is, some of those behaviours, and tell other teachers and support staff can help those children to thrive within the school environment. what did you end up doing? i did some research on the website and also the framework, the new educational framework. it became apparent that the boys needed more input. i decided to request an educational healthcare input. i decided to request an educational healthca re plan input. i decided to request an educational healthcare plan an assessment. it is denied by the

local authorities. at first, however we did persevere with this. we got private psychology reports, et cetera. it became clear you did need further input. by this time, it had broken down with the mainstream setting. there was no going back. baroness specialist school. barrass salute the thriving. within a 2— year period, within that timeframe, they've gone up the academic level. we never thought they would ever be able to sit the gcse a few years ago. what do you say to people who

are not autistic. maybe a specialist education to some of these. when they can get the support and backing they can get the support and backing they need. specialist education is by far very beneficial, without a doubt. as a society, we need to come to terms with inclusion and if we are going to say we are inclusive, we need to do so. we need to ensure that the schools as a whole are inclusive and the policies are made. alison, can i ask you one final question? was there will be people who have children in classes where our autistic children who think they shouldn't be there because there is too much pressure on teachers. what are your thoughts? every child deserves a right to education and every pa rent deserves a right to education and every parent wants the best of our child. teachers have a lot to do. it's not easy to them to balance the needs of 30 children but inclusion

doesn't have any kind of limits to it. we should be looking at ways to support teachers. and it's very small steps sometimes. so the children know what is coming up next, providing structured activities around times of the day that are normally quite unstructured which children with autism can find challenging some are simple ways to make inclusion within mainstream reality these children. thank you very much. it's 7:45 and you're watching breakfast from bbc news. we have sent carol out. she has been attacked by a pigs, shearing sheep and now she is with the cows. is that a cow or a bull? it is a cow. she is not happy about being called a ball. i am alsojoined she is not happy about being called a ball. iam alsojoined by she is not happy about being called a ball. i am alsojoined by the ceo

of the show, the kids are joining us. this is snowdrop and i am with her daughter. they are a sussex breed, yes. is always happens to us! what is so special about the show? this is the livestock that started the show, all together in convocation, you are seeing the best of the livestock farming community and it is a fantastic day out for everybody to enjoy and it really helps us as a charity show what agriculture is all about. starts to -- it agriculture is all about. starts to — — it starts agriculture is all about. starts to —— it starts today and everybody is excited, everybody is in their best dressed gear. including the animals. you can see some of the other cows and hear them as well. now outside, it is dry at the moment, a little bit of a shower but it is fairly cloudy. not just here bit of a shower but it is fairly cloudy. notjust here in sussex, but across many parts of the uk it is a cloudy start. however it is going to

brighten up for many of us, that cloud will push back towards the north sea coastline. you can see high pressure is very much in charge, we also have a weather front thatis charge, we also have a weather front that is coming from the south and that is coming from the south and thatis that is coming from the south and that is producing showers. we will have them today across southern england and also south wales. it will be hit and despite it could be heavy and possibly thundery. as the cloud pushes to the north sea coastline the sun will come out. we could see some showers develop across northern ireland and also western parts of scotland, they too could be heavy. in the sunshine, temperatures getting up into the high teens, low 20s, if you are under the cloud under the north sea, it will feel. the adding the onshore breeze, temperatures roughly 13— 15 celsius. into the overnight, some early morning sunshine and the cloud comes in and who's inland, —— moves

england, across north—west wales, north—west england and northern ireland and amongst that there will be some drizzle and murkiness and misty and foggy conditions on the hills. tablature misty and foggy conditions on the hills. tablatu re is misty and foggy conditions on the hills. tablature is falling to around 7— 13 degrees. tomorrow we start off on the grey note, a lot of cloud around but like previous days that will push back towards the north sea coastline again, allowing some of —— sunshine to develop. still showers across western scotla nd still showers across western scotland and northern ireland. some heavy across south england and wales as well and it could pop up in the midlands and east anglia. for saturday when we lose the morning cloud we are back into a dry day with a feather the sunshine, but still some showers across western scotla nd still some showers across western scotland and also northern ireland. highs up to around 23. just before i 90, highs up to around 23. just before i go, the other thing is poland levels today, very high across most of england and wales and the local across northern england. high in northern ireland, low across scotland. if you have an allergy to

grass pollen, bear that in mind.” think it is important this morning, given all of the animals, that you need to keep moving! that was a shocker. see you later. looking forward to see where you end up next to. it is 7:50 a.m.. it's six weeks since tsb moved its five million customers onto a new it system — but failures in the changeover mean some are still facing problems accessing their accounts. yesterday, the bank's chief executive paul pester apologised again for the issues — and said the bank had been overwhelmed by a huge surge in fraud attacks that saw 1,300 people lose money. it is chaos at the moment. you might

imagine a few days and you give the banks are bit of time, but six weeks and it is going on. some people struggling to get access to their money. yes, six weeks on and the disruption continues. yesterday was the second time tsb boss paul pester faced mps at the treasury committee to give an update on what's being done to help customers. the problems arose when the bank changed its it systems in april and meant up to 1.9 million customers had problems accessing their accounts. fraudsters then took advantage of the situation — with a 70—fold rise in attacks. 1,300 customers lost money as a result — and there are still lots of people reporting problems with their accounts. we spoke to one customer who says he still can't see his mortgage account or access his online statements. there has been, as far as i am concerned, no change since that first day. i can't see my mortgage, i can't see any old statements

beyond about two or three months. there are differences in what i can see on my mobile app versus what i can see on the web. that makes you not trust the entire system. i don't know whether payments are going to be made properly, i don't know whether my mortgage payments are being made correctly. you are left com pletely being made correctly. you are left completely in limbo not knowing what on earth is going on. this is so far beyond unacceptable. it is really difficult to think of an accurate word to describe it. just a taste of the customer is still a second. —— customer service. i'm joined now by sarah coles, a personal finance analyst from financial services company hargreaves lansdowne. we heard this is beyond acceptable, six weeks on it is still happening. this shouldn't be happening and people's patience has run out. this shouldn't be happening and people's patience has run outm this shouldn't be happening and people's patience has run out. it is something that when the ceo went to the treasury select committee, this was something that run alarm bells because at that point he couldn't say what the problem was and how long it would take. yesterday he

still reiterated that there was no idea when he would see an end. how has this happened? how can we have an it system that has failed so catastrophically? one of the problems that you have with these large banks that have been formed out of little banks is that they have all of these legacy systems and different systems that are trained to talk to each other. when you make a move, it is not a clear case of what has caused the problem. you have to be back in and what they are finding isa have to be back in and what they are finding is a whole heap of problems that they never thought they would be. remember, people overseas were not allowed to get money out of atms. one of the problems is that as we are going long more issues are being uncovered. also being affected, while struggling with that, a big increase in cyber attacks because criminals have thought now is the time to get in why they are facing the chaos of. they are talking about a think 10,600 accounts they are talking about a think 10 , 600 accounts have they are talking about a think 10,600 accounts have fraud watches on them. there were 2200 attacks and 1000 32 people lost money. they have

compensated people and are talking about the fact that they are compensating anyone affected directly and they have paid out over £11 million so far. there is a big backlog. personally i have a claim because i was able to pay a bill. they said they will deal with that in due course. there is a lot of people who will not be able to afford more substantial bills are. that is a problem. they need to put it right. there have been big delays on the payment problem and they haven't been meeting deadlines, they are sophisticated by the end of the following day and they have said that they have missed those deadlines. they have had this 93,000 people complain and they have only dealt with 24,000 of them and as you say, people are disappointed and frustrated not because of the problems, but the terrible service they have had since. they were talking yesterday, about 40% of calls being unanswered and people trying to report fraud when it was

at its highest, only one in ten calls were going to. these are the things that people find unacceptable. thank you. if you are still having trouble is get in touch with them if you can get through. more from me after a a.m.. ——8 a.m.. the race is on to develop electric vehicles before 2040, when the production of new petrol and diesel cars is due to come to an end. and it's the world of motorsport where that new technology is being put to test, as radio1 newsbeat‘s eleanor roper has been finding out. formula e is the future of motorsport. ten teams travel the world to compete on street tracks, it is all electric and claims to be fighting climate change.” it is all electric and claims to be fighting climate change. i think this is the future and to have this turn of technology here is fantastic. even if you are not fast

for racing, you'll notice that all of the big car manufacturers are getting behind the sport. jaguar is one of the many names involved and this, they are bringing out their first electric road car. it is the technical transfer of the technology we develop that we apply to our road ca rs we develop that we apply to our road cars to make them better cars to drive. we have been following the sport for the past seven months, the condition is taken teams from europe to south america as temporary tracks p0p up to south america as temporary tracks pop up in city centres are. we are in marrakesh, it is a really amazing place for a race. oily hot, palm trees everywhere and behind us is the atlas mountains. the exciting thing about this is obviously the technology they are developing for the cars on the track which is moving at a very rapid pace and will impact on everything we see at home, which will have a great effect on the environment. from 2040, the governor has banned the sale of new natural and diesel cars, sir richard

branson is one of those investing in formula e and he thinks the state needs bringing forward. personally i think it is too long. there are governments in europe that have said that by 2025 all new cars must be battery driven. and that is what i would really hope that every government around the world does. but the government doesn't agree. they are not giving much away on what this deadline of 2040 will mean for drivers, but say that more detail is imminent. what we have got at the moment is obviously car industry, very much based around conventional diesel and petrol, we are improving and investing to go towards electorate ‘s —— electric and that is to allow them to make the transition and trading that off against ourair the transition and trading that off against our air quality. with car manufacturers continue to set up to the championship and drivers also coming overfrom formula 1, it looks like the sport is just getting started. all eyes a re like the sport is just getting started. all eyes are now on formula

eas it started. all eyes are now on formula e as it helps the car industry to make this change. noise free, fumes free. good, isn't it? time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm alpa patel. research suggests that some london gang members are experiencing levels of post traumatic stress disorder. a criminologist said exposure to violence on the streets of london, can cause ptsd similar to soldiers in a war zone. it's thought understanding the condition could reduce knife and gun crime in london. ptsd is a form of mental illness, a reflection on the extent of trauma that an individual has experienced. so it is a parallel that can be drawn between young gang perhaps a soldier who might be on the frontline in afghanistan, for example. young indigenous australian

cricketers are in london retracing the steps of the first australian side to tour here 150 years ago. the indigenous men's and women's teams will play at surrey‘s ground, the oval today. learning and sharing the story of the aboriginal team, who played in 1868. i remember the first time i actually learnt about the first australian cricket team playing internationally and learning that it was an aboriginal team, i was like what? i couldn't believe it. i am guessing in those times it probably wasn't exactly 100% accepted, but i reckon the boys would have done their country proud and definitely it has given us something aspire to. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service across all lines on the tube. in new southgate the north circular

is down to one lane westbound, following a burst water main near the rail bridge. knightsbridge remains closed eastbound after the fire yesterday at the mandarin oriental hotel. in barking — problems on the a13 ripple road at the lodge avenue flyover — following heavy flooding at the roundabout. in pakenham, queens road is closed in both directions following a collision there. —— pakenham. —— peckham. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. a reasonably mild start out there. we have a bit patchy cloud around but bright and sunny spells. we will see today one or two isolated showers. these are few and far between but could be quite sharp locally quite heavy, you may hear a rumble or two of thunder. some sunny spells could make things hot and humid. we still have the gentle north—easterly breeze, perhaps a bit cooler on the essex coast. overnight, some clear spells

but the cloud will develop, leading to a grey start on friday, remaining muggy overnight, between 12—14 celsius. that cloud tomorrow morning will quite readily break up, leading to a day of sunny spells. feeling quite humid. dry day for saturday. again, feeling quite humid. a chance of showers for sunday but for monday that was when the frame increases a little further. i'm back in half an hour. hello this is breakfast, withjon kay and steph mcgovern. nightclub owner peter stringfellow has died at the age of 77. his death was announced in the past couple of hours. known as the king of clubs, he opened a string of venues across the world in a career that spanned five decades. good morning, it's

thursday, 7th june. thankks for joining us. also this morning: another bump in the road — theresa may clashes with her brexit secretary, david davis, over the government's plans for customs. good morning. the last minutes... —— in the last few minutes... house of fraser says it wants to close 31 stores, with the loss of up to 6,000 jobs. the deal still needs approval from landlords. in sport, england defender danny rose admits he's suffered from depression. in a candid interview, he says he was hit by a combination of injury and family tragedy, and until he now he hasn't spoken about it. # like an old—time movie... #.

eleanor tomlinson will be here to tell us why she's swapped the rugged coast of cornwall for the recording studio. and carol has the weather. good morning from the south of england, in west sussex. you are looking at nemo, who is only 18 months old and has already been used for breeding. cloudy across the uk and a lot of that will fall back towards the north sea coastline. the sun will come out but a few showers in the forecast. i will have more than 15 minutes. we will see you then, carol! first, our main story this morning. it's been announced in the last couple of hours that the nightclub owner peter stringfellow has died at the age of 77. known as the king of clubs, his most famous venue — stringfellows — is one of london's longest—running clubs having first opened its doors in 1980. the businessman had been suffering from cancer which he had decided to keep private. jon donnison reports. have i got the bestjob or what?

peter stringfellow, the self—declared king of clubs, was a feature on the british entertainment scene for half a century. he opened his first club in his hometown of sheffield in 1962, after trying his hand as a barber, a car mechanic and a merchant seaman. when i was 21 years old, i decided, as per usual, i was chasing money, anything to get me some money extra, and i started booking a church hall called s aidan's in sheffield, which i renamed the black cat club. his move into adult entertainment in the 19905 with table dancing and lap dancing sometimes brought him into conflict with the authorities. calling it... sexual encounters establishment is a derogatory term, it is kind of penalising. "we don't like what you do so we are

going to give you a nasty name." he preferred to call his establishments gentleman's clubs and eventually opened venues in new york, paris and beverly hills. he famously once claimed to have slept with more than 2000 women. critics accused him of objectifying women. undoubtedly, peter stringfellow built his life and business around them. studio: peter stringfellow, whose death has been announced a couple of hours ago. some breaking news this morning — struggling retailer house of fraser has announced a major restructuring proposal which will see it close 31 of its 59 stores. ben is here with more. this is big news, such a big name. yes, pretty drastic numbers, talking about it there. 59 stores and they wa nt to about it there. 59 stores and they want to close 31 of them and that could affect thousands ofjobs. it is pretty complicated because house of fraser employ 5000 staff and they said 2000 of those will go. it also

has what is known as concession, in other stores, house of fraser departments, and they‘ re other stores, house of fraser departments, and they're there are a lot more staff, 12,500, and they said 4000 of those will go. in total 6000 jobs at risk in this restructuring. and we should be clear that this needs the approval of landlords, something we have become familiar with recently, which is why basically the retailer goes to the landlord says, look, we can't afford to pay you the rent and you need to cut what we owe you. so the landlords will have to agree, but from a house of fraser point of view they said it is the only way they will be able to survive. although the well—documented things we have talked about, the downturn in the high street, cutting consumer spending, changing how we shop and whether we stuck with the department stores, that is the big problem at the moment, debenhams facing the same sort of problems but in a financially better position. house of fraser's problems, well—documented. they want to close 31 stores, leaving just 28 on the high street, and affecting about

6000 jobs. very worrying times, whether you are involved, an employer, in supply, oran whether you are involved, an employer, in supply, or an employee. this is the last thing we need right now. the high street is changing so much, the world of retail. go and it is about trying to do things differently. a website, but are we using it in the same way, probably not. they have failed to keep up, a lot of critics would say. thank you. theresa may will meet with senior ministers later in an attempt to resolve tensions over the government's brexit "backstop" plan. in the proposal, the uk would match eu tariffs temporarily in order to avoid a hard irish border post—brexit. number 10 had been expected to publish the plans today, but faced resistance from brexit secretary david davis. let's get more on this from our political correspondent, ben wright. he is in westminsterfor us. we will

be talking about brexit for so long and this is another stumble on the road? good morning, yes. we have been talking about crunch days for a long time as well, but i think today could be important. this very important meeting of theresa may's in brexit cabinet at lunchtime where they will try to thrash out this decision around what backstop option the uk government will give to the eu, trying to negotiate with brussels towards the end of this month. we will hear about a backstop today and what that means is effectively an insurance policy put forward by the uk, a plan in case there is no long—term trading partnership agreed between the eu and the uk, this would be the backstop that kicks in to prevent a ha rd backstop that kicks in to prevent a hard border developing between northern ireland and the republic and it has been the focus of real disagreement within theresa may's cabinet, specifically because the brexiteers, people like boris johnson, david davis, the brexit secretary, are anxious that this

proposal has a time limit to it, that it can'tjust be the default trading agreement for the long—term. they think that would inhibit the capability for our own trade deals in the future. so they want a time limit on it and theresa may is pushing back against it. it is all coming toa pushing back against it. it is all coming to a head and laura kuenssberg the bbc‘s political editor asked david davis about this last night. have you personally signed off all the details of the government backstop bossel we expect to be published tomorrow? and if it comes out without your approval, can you sustain yourjob?” comes out without your approval, can you sustain yourjob? i think that isa you sustain yourjob? i think that is a question for the prime minister to be honest, the second one. the detail of this is being discussed at the moment. it has been through one cabinet committee, is going through another one, and it would be improper of me to pre—empt the negotiation. as i said, that cabinet committee will meet at lunchtime. yesterday all sorts of rumours in westminster that david davis himself might quit over this. he is still in hisjob now might quit over this. he is still in his job now and

might quit over this. he is still in hisjob now and we might quit over this. he is still in his job now and we will see where we are by the end of the afternoon. but this is further evidence of a cabinet negotiating amongst itself on the course brexit is going today, even just about the plan it is going to ta ke even just about the plan it is going to take the brussels. all very messy. then, thanks very much. —— ben, thanks very much. the supreme court will today rule whether northern ireland's strict abortion laws are a breach of human rights legislation. unlike other parts of the uk, a termination is only permitted if there's a serious or permanent risk to a woman's health. our ireland correspondent emma vardy is at the supreme court now. she is waiting for that ruling. it could have really serious implications, couldn't it? it absolutely good. —— absolutely code, and really stimulate this he did with debate further. if the court we re with debate further. if the court were to rule that northern ireland's abortion laws as they currently stand were incompatible with human rights that would increase the pressure eve n

rights that would increase the pressure even further on theresa may in westminster politicians to intervene and change the law in northern ireland. of course, that is already subject to a very heated political battle at the moment, because there is no devolved assembly in storm on, so no opportunity there in northern ireland for politicians to debate and potentially reform the law. don't forget, northern ireland is the only place in the uk which has a new ban on abortion. abortion is there remain illegal, including in cases of rape, incest or fatal veto abnormality. so it has been an extremely emotive debate with extremely emotive debate with extremely strong voices on both sides —— fatal abnormality of the foetus. this is the outcome of a three—year political battle, from about quarter

to ten this morning, but the outcome could add weight to the pressure on westminster politicians in this heated debate. for now, emma vardy at the supreme court, thank you very much. go were further coverage of that supreme court decision and its implications on the bbc news channel and on bbc news throughout the day. —— emma will have further coverage. there's been a 60% increase in the number of children with autism being excluded from schools in england over the past five years. government data shows autistic children are far more likely to be sent home from school than their peers. the department for education says it is currently conducting a review of all exclusions. politicians in guatemala say the country's emergency response agency should be investigated for criminal negligence after sunday's volcano. opposition parties say the head of the body failed to evacuate the area despite advance warnings ahead of the deadly eruption of the fuego volcano. horrifying numbers.

99 people are now known to have died and many others remain unaccounted for. new figures suggest that 1.5 million people in the uk were destitute last year. the findings have been published in a report by the charity, thejoseph rowntree foundation, which funds research into social policy. the government is now being urged to reform the welfare system, to ensure that fewer people are living in destitution. ministers insist that work is the best route out of poverty. an american grandmother jailed in 1996 on a non—violent drugs charge has been released from prison after she was granted clemency by president trump. tv footage showed alice johnson running towards family members after leaving the prison in alabama. her case was highlighted by kim kardashian west, who met mr trump last week to lobby for her release. we have talked a lot about the

impact plastics can have on the environment, and scientists at greenpeace who have led an expedition to the antarctic have found tiny particles of plastic in one of the most remote areas on earth. the team reported that nearly 90% of the sea water samples they tested contained microplastics, and there were even traces of man—made chemicals in freshly fallen snow. unfortunately, the scale of the problem is so big that what we can do is clean up we can, but actually, the problem remains at source. there's up to 12.7 million tonnes of plastic still going into the ocean every year so really our focus has got to be on taking that number down. earlier this week we heard how materials used in the refurbishment of the grenfell tower played a significant part in how quickly the fire, which killed 72 people lastjune, had spread. this morning the tv presenter and architect, george clarke is calling

for an urgent government debate on the continued use of combustible materials in some high—rise buildings, hospitals and schools. hejoins us now from central london. good morning, george. thanks for joining us. you were there that night, weren't you quit it you saw that our burning and how quickly it spread. taking you back there for a moment, what are the thoughts and feelings that stay with you, nearly a yearon? —— feelings that stay with you, nearly a year on? —— weren't you? you saw it burning. yes, i live near g re nfell tower it burning. yes, i live near grenfell tower and it is amazing to think it was a year ago. obviously it was horrific, ripped the heart out of the area, but it has also brought a lot of people together. today i have launched a big online position which has a simple question. let's ban combustible flammable materials on the outside of high—rise tower blocks, high—rise buildings, and also buildings with a massive risk to public safety like schools and hospitals. from everything that has come out,

although reports that have been done, and the work on the inquiry, we have seen that the spread of fire across that building contributed massively to the tragic death of so many people, and we have to stop it. we haven't stopped anything. we haven't changed any legislation in the last year whatsoever in response to what happened at grenfell. quite often people say, " let's grenfell. quite often people say, "let's wait for the results of the inquiry." this is something really simple the government could do today to prevent the loss of life. it was claimed even yesterday that there are 297 tower blocks that have similar cladding to that which g re nfell similar cladding to that which grenfell had on the outside, which is outrageous, if you think about it. as school and are hospital today, even i could build and put combustible materials on the outside. it doesn't make sense. if eve ryo ne outside. it doesn't make sense. if everyone could sign up to the petition i have that on social media in the last few minutes, that would be fantastic to make a difference and a change of government. the issue you raise about waiting until the inquiry is over, i suppose the

danger, if the government was suddenly to announce this and go with your petition right now, it would kind of undermine the inquiry which is already. you can see why the government might want to wait?” don't think it would. this is an easy and fast fix the government can do, we know the testing procedures were inadequate and people are concerned that some of the testing does not take into account real circumstances on buildings. let's get rid of those problems by not having flammable, combustible materials on the outside, i don't think it diminishes the work of the inquiry whatsoever. the report that came out recently from dame judith hackitt the report that came out recently from damejudith hackitt said that banning combustible materials would not get to the cause of the problem, and it wouldn't because it is a systematic problem but it would have been a fantastic start and four may, that made a massive issue in terms of not reacting quickly enough to a simple problem. —— and for me, that made a massive issue. we know the

spread of fire was caused by combustible materials on the outside of the building so let's ban them now, it is that easy. i think everyone, whether you live 100 metres or 100 miles away, is still haunted and horrified by those images from lastjune and what you are talking about would be a huge change in the way we build and the way we have to build in some cases, to try to keep budgets down. what you are suggesting sounds potentially very expensive. how much ofa potentially very expensive. how much of a price do you want to put on people's lives? honestly, we are the laughing stock of the rest of the world when it comes to building regulations on high—rise buildings. in new york and singapore and tokyo, they just wouldn't allow this to happen so why are we doing it? you can't put it down to cost and price, thatis can't put it down to cost and price, that is one of the fundamental problems with grenfell tower it was a cost—cutting exercise, it was literally putting lipstick on the base of the building. the cutbacks we re base of the building. the cutbacks were so deep and so bad that we have

lost the lives of 72 people. that is not acceptable. i think all of us are shocked that the fabric of the outside of the building was flammable, all of us, and it's a very simple thing the government can act on right now and ban those materials. it is so simple, i can't tell you. the government had suggested they are minded to do something like this even though they have not said exquisitely, they are waiting for the results of the inquiry pretty much. do you get the sense from the conversations you are having already that this is the way it will go ultimately? yes, it will but why should we have to wait? i think there's members of parliament in govan —— in government who were shocked by the damejudith hackitt report who said that banning combustible materials would not get to the core of the problem. they we re to the core of the problem. they were shocked by that but people in the building industry and cladding industry, there are some fantastic please do great work out there, they we re please do great work out there, they were shocked by it. the industry is going to change, the construction industry has been calling for tighter regulations when it comes to

fireproofing on the outside of buildings, certainly, since 2005, 2006, and the government have done nothing so it is really time to change. george clarke, thank you for us this morning. it's just coming up to 20 past eight. carol's at the south of england show with a look at this morning's weather. you with some sheep this time. i certainly you with some sheep this time. icertainly am, you with some sheep this time. i certainly am, the sheep you were looking at our hampshire ‘s but this is bonnie and we're going for a walk. but she's not walking, come on, good girl! she is a southdown, 18—month—old and she was being clipped earlier. she's taking part ina show clipped earlier. she's taking part in a show later. we are at the south of england agricultural show. this is one of the biggest agricultural shows in the uk and one of the longest running. lots of sheep in here, making lots of noise. outside, it's a different story, fairly cloudy but the cloud will break,

cloudy but the cloud will break, cloudy across many parts of the uk today and the forecast for today is one of sunshine and showers. you can see on the pressure chart that high pressure is still very much in charge of the weather and we have got a weather front coming in from the south which is producing some showers. it has been doing so for a little while, it has come from france where we have seen lots showers recently. this morning, lots of cloud with showers in south. through the day, the cloud will tend to burn away, pushed back towards the north sea coastline where it will remain and with an onshore breeze, feeling cool but when the sun comes out, it will be a beautiful sunny day with lengthy sunny spells but the risk showers so the shower risk continues across southern england and south wales, some of which will be heavy and thundery although we will not all see them. showers across north—west scotla nd see them. showers across north—west scotland and northern ireland. temperatures generally in the high teens and low 20s but along with the north sea coastline, here, temperatures 13, 14 or 15. through this evening, still some early

evening sunshine but overnight, more cloud coming from the north sea and it will be quite expensive. some mirk, drizzle and hill fog with that. in the north west, north west wales and northern ireland, clear skies. temperatures falling to between nine and 13 celsius. tomorrow we start off on a grey note with all of this cloud around but it will again burn back towards the north sea coastline and the sun will come out once again tomorrow, showers across north—west scotland, northern ireland, some in south wales and south—west england. some of those could be heavy and possibly thundery. you could also get the odd isolated shower for example across the midlands and also into east anglia. on saturday, we are looking at again cloudy start but a dry one and for many of us, a fair bit of sunshine but still the risk of some showers across northern ireland and also western scotland. just before we go, the pollen levels today are very high across most of england and

all of wales. they are moderate across parts of strathclyde, for example, high in northern ireland and low in the rest of scotland and also northern england. i don't know what it is about myjacket but every animal we've met today wants to eat it! you rascal! that's because they know it is where you keep the biscuits. carol is like an animal whisperer, every animal, the other sheep in the pen are going, "my turn, i'd like a stroke from carol kirkwood!" they are very cute, she's like a teddy bear. we're not doing badly with cute creatures here as well this morning. you have your sheep. we have a rather more exotic. it is an axolotl, a salamander. it is a good scrabble name. how's this for an unlikely partnership? conservationists from chester zoo have teamed up with some mexican nuns to save an endangered

amphibian from extinction. the axolotl is a salamander that is unique to mexico, but it has been almost wiped out by pollution and over—fishing. our science correspondent victoria gill has been to mexico to find out more. lake patzcuaro, central mexico. the only place in the world where you just might find a critically—endangered axolotl, local known locally as the achoce. this vast lake used to be teeming with this species of axolotl, but now the scientists studying them have set out traps to catch them and this is a half—kilometre long line with 100 traps and they're hoping to find just two or three that they can take some samples from. scientists are here on a mission to prevent these strange amphibians from being wiped out completely. deforestation, which is dragging down sediments to the lake, and we have as well pollution. we are talking now to make it

official that the species is close to extinction, so it was really we arrive right at the last minute. this emergency effort involves rearing the axolotls in captivity. and that's where some unexpected experts come in — the sisters of the immaculate health, who run a true sanctuary for this species. translation: it's a lot of work and a great deal of sacrifice. but it's worth it, to work with nature and to protect what god has given us. we're going to take another dna from rubbing the tongue... but while conservationists and their devout collaborators work together to save a species that's disappearing from the wild, axolotls are bred in their thousands in laboratories around the world. like this one in nottingham. babe represent the first vertebrates to move represent the first vertebrates to m ove o nto represent the first vertebrates to move onto land. most people study them because of their ability to regenerate, and it's remarkable. so let's say the limb gets bitten off here, above the elbow.

what will happen is, the limb willjust regenerate a perfect mirror image of the limb on the other side. many people hope that we can identify some latent ability to regenerate in human tissues by studying and understanding how the axolotl regenerates. this is real good. does it work? for the cough? its regenerative abilities are the reason people here have consumed the axolotl for centuries as a folk remedy for everything from anaemia to asthma. and the original recipe for this remarkable medicine? developed at the convent by the sisters themselves. the nuns here started breeding the animals 30 years ago to sustain the supply of this ancient remedy‘s key ingredient. translation: we have used it as a food and medicine so now we are

providing it with the same things it has given to us. now, the quiet dedication of this religious community could provide a future for a unique animal from which we have so much to learn. that's incredible! the salvation of the axolotl, it's amazing. just the sound of the choir singing, the scenario. you can see more about victoria's trip to mexico on the bbc news youtube channel. we have had a lot of animals on the show this morning. we are going to go back to a few more because there's nothing like seeing a couple of piglets in action. don't talk about yourself like that! here they come, this is the west sussex south of england show taking place today and carol is there, just underneath that pile of pigs! she will have the weather of it later. they are fabulous, cute little things. we

will be back with carol later. she has been with cows, pigs, sheep, the lot. time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello there. it's a bit of a story of mixed fortunes in terms of the weather out there today. high—pressure keeping things largely dry and settled for most of the country. blue skies here in carmarthenshire this morning and many places seeing similar conditions, but we have got a few sharp showers in the forecast, particularly towards the far north—west and the far south. elsewhere, sunny spells and it will feel warm but there is the chance of a few scattered showers. here is the satellite image over the past few hours, showing where we have had the cloud pushing in, particularly across southern counties of england. overnight last night there were some really heavy downpours and we still have some sharp showers anywhere from kent and essex, right along the south coast, towards devon as well. further north, sunny conditions through the course of the day. you will notice one or two showers

cropping up to the far west of scotland and also for western parts of northern ireland. in the sunshine for most, it will feel pleasantly warm with temperatures generally 20—23, a bit cooler around the east coast where we have a breeze coming in from the north sea and bringing a bit more cloud. those sharp showers tend to wase down thought the night. still cloudy conditions drifting in from the north sea, that cloud making its way a bit further west through the early hours of tomorrow morning. temperatures are staying on the mild side, most of us in double figures by friday. friday fairly similar to what we have seen today, again, most places dry with some spells of sunshine. probably a bit more cloud tomorrow than we are seeing today, particularly across eastern and southern parts of britain. further west, you are likely to see a bit more sunshine. sunny spells for belfast, another warm day, 24 degrees. —— 20 degrees here.

temperatures always a bit cooler around the east coast. but as we look ahead towards the weekend, it is looking like a mix of warm sunshine, and still a few sharp showers, particularly towards the south, with the risk of the odd rumble of thunder. goodbye. this is business live from bbc news with maryam moshiri and sally bundock. where will the buck stop? a rising us dollar piles the pressure on emerging economies from india to turkey to argentina. live from london, that's our top story on thursday 7th june. the strength of the dollar is wreaking havoc around the world, but does the us central bank have a duty to protect more vulnerable economies?

also in the programme — who needs iran when you have asia? boeing tells us it's flying high — despite the ban on its multi—billion dollar airliner deal with tehran.