hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. a day of drama, as theresa may escapes a damaging brexit defeat. but the prime ministerfaces more pressure from her own mps over the terms of a deal struck with tory rebels. good morning, it's wednesday 13th june. the other headlines this morning: coming to america. north korea reports that kim jong—un has accepted an invitation to the white house. meghan markle stunned the world wearing this dress by stella mccartney. in an exclusive interview, the fashion designer tells breakfast about her role in the royal wedding. pru was happy, her mum is happy, i ama pru was happy, her mum is happy, i am a huge fan. as long as they were happy, iam happy, but the

am a huge fan. as long as they were happy, i am happy, but the response was completely kind of, you know, brilliant. —— oprah. in sport, england touchdown in russia ahead of the start of the world cup. there are concerns though over the fitness of marcus rashford. good morning. the tech industry is worth around £180 billion to the uk economy. today, some of the big players will be meeting with the prime minister. i'll be looking at why. and carol has the weather. good morning. a fairly quiet start to the day. a lot of dry weather and sunshine, that is a quiet before the storm because tonight we have very heavy rain and very strong wind which will affect the northern half of the country. i will have more in about 15 minute. good morning. first, our main story. theresa may has avoided an embarrassing brexit defeat in the commons, but the pressure remains firmly on the prime minister this morning from members of her own party. conservative rebels backed the government's brexit plans yesterday after striking a last—minute deal with ministers. but they're now warning the prime minister that she has to stick to her side of the bargain. our political correspondent chris mason has the story. this is what bludging together a

victory in the house of commons looks like. the mp wandering up the stairs on the left of your screen is the government's chief whip, the man response will fall ensuring the government doesn't lose. he is for a casual chat with possible rebels. those casual chats were, as did promise of a compromise. but did the government really offer very much? there is an expectation, that a discussion will yield some fruit. i am not saying it won't. it could very well end up with a further amendment in the lords. but for me to speculate about the size and shape of that, i think, would be wrong. the former attorney general

dominic grieve, the leader of the would—be rebels said he expected the government to honour its commitment to. ultimately i am there to improve piece of legislation and inevitably, whether there are differences, you have to negotiate and compromise and i hope have to negotiate and compromise and ihope in have to negotiate and compromise and i hope in much that is going to happen. if it doesn't happen, then obviously this isn't the end of the matter. today there will be further wrote —— vote on bricks in the commons, it is an expected government would be defeated but the debates are likely to highlight yet again, two years on from the referendum, how both the conservatives and labour are deeply divided on what the uk's future relationship with the eu should look like. our political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster for us this morning. we were able to see negotiations going on right there and then the. how crucial is this and what about this deadline, which gets closer

every day? yes, and the government has done what it needed to do, only for now. because it is a question, as you heard, of mps taking the prime minister's word for it over this key issue, as they see it, over what should happen if that clock ticks down to 29 march 2019 and there is no deal with brussels, when there is no deal with brussels, when the uk formerly lee's the eu, or there is a deal which comes back to there is a deal which comes back to the uk and mps vote against it. there are several conservative mps who think parliament should have more power to take control of the process and forced ministers back to negotiate with a to—do list to kick off. but the government does not wa nt off. but the government does not want its hands down in that way, and it is very keen to avoid defeat as we saw yesterday. so there is a period of time now, where ministers will likely meet mps to hear their concerns, but it is a question of what has been promised. the government says it has only promised

to keep talking, no specific concessions have been made, but a lot of mps are expecting a new eminent, which will put into law there wish to see parliament being given more power “— there wish to see parliament being given more power —— more power. there is more brexit legislation coming down the tracks which will give mps and other opportunity to pick this fight and try and win it again the. more votes than the house of commons tonight, but an easy ride for the government with no defeat expected today. thank you very much. we will be speaking to sarah wollaston, one of the mps supported the government following the of the prime minister. french president emmanuel macron has accused the italian government of cynicism, for refusing to let a stranded migrant ship dock in the country. ‘the aquarius', carrying 629 migrants, had been drifting off the coast of malta but will now be rescued and taken on a three—day journey to the spanish port of valencia. the italian president says his country has already done its fair share to help migrants. slightly—raised blood pressure in middle age could lead

to an increased risk of getting dementia in later life, according to a new study. researchers at university college london analysed the medical records of almost 9,000 civil servants. they found that 50 year olds with higher than average blood pressure have a 45% greater risk of dementia than someone with a lower measurement. north korea's state news agency says kim jong—un has accepted an invitation from president trump to visit the united states. the offer was reportedly made at yesterday's summit in singapore. the north korean regime also claims mr trump has agreed to drop some sanctions against the country. asia correspondent robin brant is in seoul. robin, could china and russia now follow the us in dropping sanctions? 0n the one hand we have a gesture element of it, on the other hand, the serious issue of the sanctions are. explain a little more for us. the serious issue of the sanctions are. explain a little more for us]

it has come from the mouthpiece of north korea, they talk about the sanctions and they say that president trump agreed in those discussions in singapore yesterday to lift sanctions. it will come, apparently, when the relationship progresses but nonetheless i think this speaks to the ambiguity in that agreement yesterday that the north koreans can report this topic we have heard from the president saying that sanchez will be in place until the nuclear weapons are dismantled 01’ the nuclear weapons are dismantled or no longer a factor. we have had other officials saying that the sanctions regime was tough and it will stay in place until there is complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearisation. nunavut was mentioned yesterday. ambiguity and you got the north koreans for now telling their people that donald trump has agreed to lift sanctions on their country. donald trump did mention, one of the walk—through

moments, an offer of a visit to the white house. that has now been accepted? yeah, they have accepted the formal the gauche —— invitation. they have been accepted in principle, as and when they will happen we don't know. were often happens in discussions like this is they are used as a carrot and stick. for click —— clearly, for kim jong—un to go to the white house that would be a hugely historic moment, normalising his relationship not just with the moment, normalising his relationship notjust with the us but also the world and giving added legitimacy. would have to say that there would be some who find that unpalatable. stella mccartney says it "means a lot" to have been asked to design one of meghan markle's wedding dresses. the fashion designer was speaking for the first time after creating three dresses worn at the royal wedding. she was responsible for oprah winfrey and amal clooney‘s outfits as well as the duchess of sussex's evening dress.

i thought it was great they wanted a british designer, and female, to dress them for that occasion. i was surprised by that response, i was thrilled obviously. ijust wanted them to be happy. 0prah was happy and amal was happy, i am a huge fan, as long as they were happy i was happy. at their response was com pletely happy. at their response was completely kind of, really and. i have made a lot of wedding dresses for a lot of high profile people, known as high—profile as this obviously, i have always felt very protective over that moment and it isa protective over that moment and it is a funny thing. it is me and i don't know what is wrong with me, it is such a private experience and as a designer and a woman who has been married, i had to design my dress, it is such a big deal. to be entrusted with that moment, it means a lot to me and so i am very protective of it. and she did design some beautiful dresses for that wedding. what is going on? is that a world cup around

the corner? are their fireworks in the corner? are their fireworks in the studio? good morning. yes what? a day to go. excited! are you excited? yes, the opening ceremony tomorrow. it is wednesday today. thursday, is that match? and the first match. russia versus saudi arabia. there's just a day to go to the start of the world cup, and england's players could well be tucking into their first breakfast in russia right now. they flew into st petersburg yesterday for a minimum sixteen day stay in the country, which covers their three group games. they'll be hoping to stay for much longer at their hotel in the village of repino. there is an injuries he —— there is an injury concern over marcus rashford, who picked up a knock. there have been pictures from social media from the players, who have been told it will not stop. i like that. they will be able to go into

saint petersburg with their families on their days off too. it is great, isn't it? while many of us enjoy the pre—tournament optimism, for young fans, who may not remember previous defeats, this build—up is particularly exciting. we sentjohn maguire and the big breakfast mug to meet some primary school footballers in liverpool. yes, the big reckless muggy challenge is back for another summer of sport. this year, it is all about how many foot walls, rather than tennis balls you can get in. and as always, it is harder than it. we are at the school in liverpool, the mug maybe little bit too big for the year 6 foot walls, so the head teacher and i give it a go. —— footballers. we need to work on aceh liberation, mr king. i have dragged them off 80 minutes to ask them what they are expecting for the next four weeks. why are we not supporting

england? they haven't won a world cup in 1966. why are england not going to win? because theyjust won't. why do you think germany? they won the last four cups they the chances. who will be the best goalscorer? harry kane? who is good on flags? let's find a. will build ourselves a human world cup world flag. grabbed the tunisia flag. panama. poland. we will play tunisia, panama and belgium in gruchy, if they progress they may face colombia or poland. here is the bad news. win that match and they are likely to go up against germany or brazil in the quarter—finals. for the optimists among you, a win here will probably mean france, portugal, spain or argentina in the

semifinals. . we are getting well ahead of ourselves. there will no doubt be the odd committee shootout along the way. not england's strongest point historically. so what advice do they have? what is the best way to take a penalty? stop, do the floss and score. the best way to take a penalty? stop, do the floss and score] the best way to take a penalty? stop, do the floss and score. , to see this. he's getting warmed up. —— i can't wait to see this. watch the ball and don't look at the eyes of the penalty taker. he has got another one so far. he has stopped another one so far. he has stopped another one! if they adopt some of those tactics, forcing essential and beat some of the best teams in the world, england would return home from russia with a lot of love. was in that really and?” was in that really and? i loved all

of that. —— brilliant. was in that really and? i loved all of that. -- brilliant. i like how he got the last england flag spending. a premonition. i have done the sweepstake. a premonition. i have done the sweepsta ke. i a premonition. i have done the sweepstake. i have got friends. imo came about. —— france. —— i sweepstake. i have got friends. imo came about. —— france. —— lam happy about that. here is carol with a look at this morning's weather. stormy conditions on the way. today for many of us, we are starting off ona for many of us, we are starting off on a quiet and. a chilly start of the day. parts of the uk, to richer slipping down to three or four. later on, the wind will strengthen and heavy rain coming our way and some of us will have gales or severe gales. you can see the arrows on the chart, this representsjetstream and what is happening is a low pressure has already formed on it now. we have two areas and they are both coming our way, but it is the second one that is the potent won the. the first one coming our way will introduce rain across scotland later on and then we have got this next

one and this one is what will bring in some gales or severe gales for some. this morning it is a quiet start, some sunshine to look forward to. cloud building to the day particularly in scotland and northern ireland. there is the rain across western scotland, so that getting into the west of northern ireland as well. a view scattered showers developing, but if you are in the sunshine, up to 32 celsius. you can see the next area of low pressure just waiting in the wings. -- 22 pressure just waiting in the wings. —— 22 celsius. 0vernight, it will come our way. the deep blue indicating the rain will be heavy. is moving southwards and eastwards and the wind will continue to strengthen as well. you can see quickly the heavy rain moves into scotla nd quickly the heavy rain moves into scotland into northern england and wales where it will not be as heavy but behind it there are showers and we will still have more rain coming our way through tomorrow. it won't bea our way through tomorrow. it won't be a cold night, most of us staying in double figures. burst into my morning, we will have the strength

of the wind, you can seek wind gusts 59 kilometres per hour. gusts inland as well. through central england and northern ireland, if you are travelling, bearing in mind it could lead to disruption. you might find bridges" speed restrictions, small trees out and there is the chance of cuts. tune into your bbc radio station. as we go through the course of tomorrow, the second batch of showery rain moves across scotland, the first batch, clear southern england it won't be rainy. a bright and breezy day, some sunshine and windy but not as many as it is going to be first thing in the morning. temperature wise, around about 21, 22 in the south. looking to friday, much quieter. cloud will do it in from the north through the course of the day. rain coming from the west in scotland and northern ireland. conditions for the longest period of

time will be in the south—east and here is where we will hang on the highest temperatures. reiterating, the heavy rain and the strong wind going to come in across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. the latter part of tonight and first in tomorrow. if you are travelling, bear that in mind. we have been talking about sports days, and everyone will be watching out. we will have to watch closely. everyone is on the sofa for a look at the newspapers. looking at some of the front pages first, this image is very much dominating the front pages this morning. this time yesterday morning was that extraordinary meeting. a lot of analysis today of just what extraordinary meeting. a lot of analysis today ofjust what it means, and question marks over how much detail there was, and just how it will all work going into the future. it is interesting that most of the papers really focusing on those two stories, donald trump and

kim jong—un meeting yesterday at what happened in parliament. looking at the metro, kim heart donald. pretty much one picture all the papers have used, and that is the same one the daily express is using, talking about brexit and england, so pretty much three stories. looking ahead to some of our chats this morning, it is interesting what the sun have done here. one of the confusing elements, and we will try and unravel some of it for you today, is that remain mps involved in that vote saying the prime minister has given us exactly what they have wanted. they want a veto on the exit, and leave mps say that is not what theresa may has promised. the daily mail have a different story to everybody else. 40 different story to everybody else. a0 out of a00 british jihadis different story to everybody else.

a0 out of a00 britishjihadis have been prosecuted on their return home. and the mirror is talking about internet safety, i think it is stand up to bullying day to day. and a couple of years ago, when bhs went into administration, there was a lot of controversy because sir philip green had sold it to a serial entrepreneurfor green had sold it to a serial entrepreneur for £1. green had sold it to a serial entrepreneurfor £1. since green had sold it to a serial entrepreneur for £1. since then there has been loads of analysis about how it was able to happen. yesterday, pwc, the huge consultancy firm which does auditing and all different kinds of accountancy services, has been fined a record fine for its involvement in the audit of the accounts of bhs. it is to be fined £10 million and the main auditor has been banned from working in auditing for 15 years and fined £500 million as well —— £10 billion. this is what caught my eye this

morning. this is incredible. this is a building site where the people working on it were told when they turned up for work one day in 26 degrees heat that they were not allowed to wear shorts because of health and safety reasons, but they realised that there were women on the site is wearing skirts, so they all went home and raided their wives, partners‘ wardrobes and came into work in dresses and skirts the next day. this is a picture of the lads in dresses on the site. you know what, it strikes me that why not? he would look perfectly nice, and all the rest of it, why not?l bit of a shock from what you see at the usual building sites. one worker says he has had a few wolf whistles since he has been in his leopardprint. you look confused, charlie. there might be one or two practical reasons why you would not wa nt practical reasons why you would not want to wear a skirt on a construction site, a lot of ladders... the latter issue. but the

point is... they are making a point. yes, and they say they were boiling injeans and yes, and they say they were boiling in jeans and things. i can see the story that louise has to talk about. and the papers are basically full of pictures of the england team leaving for russia. they were all in those really smart suits. do you remember we said shouldn‘t they get changed into their tracksuits to go on the flights, and of course they did. and the lads on the plane in their tracksuits, ready to go to russia. as we said in the bulletin, social media is absolutely fine for gareth southgate, he says you can post what you want as long as you make your own decision about it. charlie, can i ask you to give me a hand. the tracksuits are a bit boring.|j i ask you to give me a hand. the tracksuits are a bit boring. i think thatis tracksuits are a bit boring. i think that is fine. look at this. this is gareth southgate as a child. this is a great piece about... what year was this image here? that was 1990, and

this image here? that was 1990, and this is a great piece about whether gareth southgate has what it takes to be the manager, and going back to crystal palace days, when he was working there, and it wasn‘t the most glamorous place to be at the time. he worked really, really hard, and you would have say he has what it takes —— you would have to say. he has never been too nice, he can be mean when he needs to be. we have nearly run out of time, but i want to tell you about this story. a lady who lives in devon has written an e—mail saying i who lives in devon has written an e—mailsaying i am who lives in devon has written an e—mail saying i am writing on behalf of local businesses and your neighbourhood to ask you, with kindness, not to put your washing out at the front of your house. she was asked basically not to hang her knickers outside, and lots of people in the village have taken exception to somebody writing this e—mail, and they are having a knickers revolution. and they are basically all hanging all the washing,

knickers, pants, socks, all over the village. good for them. nothing better than a good drying day. and good weather for it as well. some parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities are going through hell to get the right support — that is according to the chair of the education select committee, which is launching an inquiry into the issue. conservative mp robert halfon is urging families to submit written evidence before tomorrow‘s deadline. we took four people who have spoken to breakfast about their struggles to get help to westminster to meet him. the people we are bringing together are angry. the system is broken, and we wa nt are angry. the system is broken, and we want to highlight the fact that, ina we want to highlight the fact that, in a broken system, you end up with broken children, and that is just not good enough. numerous fixed term exclusions, two permanent exclusions, two permanent exclusions, two permanent

exclusions, two periods of over 12 months each out of school completely. the only way of making the year—on—year cuts that i have to make is to lose staff. we have brought them here to westminster to meet the conservative chair of the education committee, robert halfon, the man leading an enquiry into what many say is a crisis in send provision. i can't promise you it is going to make a dramatic change overnight. i can‘t promise that, but ican overnight. i can‘t promise that, but i can promise you that we will highlight these injustices, and try to get the government to change certain policies. there are a lot of parents and a lot of families who need this to change, and they are desperate for things to change. this is the first face—to—face evidence the committee has heard. victoria is a single mum who has spent £12,000 on assessment and reports to help her autistic son find the right support. without success. he has been given the message by his school and by the wider community that he

is not welcome. do you think there should be a proper appeals mechanism? why should the owner is beyond me to appeal? you know, that provision should be the right provision. send appeals are indeed ata provision. send appeals are indeed at a record high. exclusions are rising, demand for special school places is also rising. the pressure on head teachers and teachers these daysis on head teachers and teachers these days is all about results, and anyone who doesn‘t fit into that 1—dimensional, that is all we‘re interested in, just get sidelined. and that is when services like mine then come under enormous pressure to start working with youngsters that i should never have seen. graham says that they can‘t meet demand, nor can they make ends meet. he talks of a funding crisis. parents talk of a personal. you delay the assessment, you delay the diagnosis. you delay the diagnosis, you delay to help. he has sat on suicide watch for the last six years. an enquiry is simply

away to talk around things that people already know, take the heat out of the situation and kick it into the long grass. the hope is that the government respond to be some of the recommendations. now, it seems to me entirely wrong that people are being excluded from having a good education, and parents have to go through absolute hell, often. as i say, what i call bureaucracy. i want people to act, i wa nt bureaucracy. i want people to act, i want people to make noise, i want people to not let this go, i want people to not let this go, i want people to not allow the government to ignore it. it is interesting listening in on that encounter, where people get the chance to put their issues directly to someone who might be able to change things. jayne mccubbin with that report. the department of education said it has introduced the biggest reforms in a generation to put families at the heart of the system, with plans tailored to their needs. it added that it has given councils more than £252 million of extra funding to help them introduce the reforms. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

good morning from bbc london news, i‘m tolu adeoye. figures obtained by bbc london show councils have spent nearly £100 million on safety measures since the grenfell disaster. money has gone towards things like removing cladding and operating waking watches on buildings that were found to be at risk of fire. some councils say they have had to delay refurbishing flats to pay for fire safety work. as it stands, only cladding replacement will be government funded. body scanners are being used in a crackdown on drugs and violence at belmarsh prison. the device is being trialled in the reception area of the jail. the prisons inspector says it has led to the discovery of mobile phones, weapons and drugs which would not have been detected during strip searches. it has emerged waltham forest council is holding more than £a million owed to its tenants who were wrongly overcharged for their water bills.

eight local authorities across london were found to be illegally reselling water to their tenants, having secured reduced rates from thames water. two years on, some are still fighting a high court ruling. waltham forest says it has set money aside to repay tenants, but is still taking legal advice. powerboat teams have started preparing on london‘s royal docks ahead of the capital hosting a round of the formula 1 world championship event this weekend. teams will race at speeds of up to 1a0mph at the international motorboat racing competition. it is the first time there has been a stage in london for 30 years. we will be joining them on the water tonight on our programme at 6:30pm. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. there are minor delays on met line, 0verg round, ba kerloo, tfl rail. 0n the railway, there is disruption to greater anglia and tfl services to and from london liverpool street via stratford, due to a track fault. turning to the roads, if we look at the camera, traffic building up on the a2 london

bound towards the kidbrooke interchange. in hackney, roadworks on lower clapton road at the junction with clarence road could cause delays. finally, in finchley the north circular road has one lane closed for gas main works near to henly‘s corner. let‘s have a check on the weather now, with kate kinsella. good morning. it‘s a bright start out there this morning. variable amounts of cloud but some decent spells of sunshine to enjoy today, as well, and it is feeling just a little bit warmer than it did yesterday. we‘ve lost the northerly, chilly breeze from yesterday, and picked up a south—westerly. through the afternoon, again, still a little bit of cloud around, but should stay dry. the temperature backup in the low 20s, so feeling warmer. 22 celsius the maximum in central london. now, overnight tonight the

wind will slowly start to strength and has a deep area of low pressure sweeps and has a deep area of low pressure swee ps a cross and has a deep area of low pressure sweeps across the north of the uk. we get the cloud, there be one or two up rates of rain, nothing too significant on the rain front. a humid, mild night, between 12 and 1a celsius. but the wind is becoming quite gusty, especially as we head into thursday morning. gusty wind, but it will fall light in the afternoon. we will see the clouds clear and the sunshine return. a decent, warm day for friday, and then some heavy showers, potentially, for saturday. i‘m back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to lousie and charlie. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. it‘s 6:30 on wednesday 13thjune. we‘ll have the latest news and sport injust a moment. also in the programme: what next for theresa may‘s brexit plans? after narrowly avoiding defeat in the commons yesterday, we‘ll look ahead to another day of eu battles in parliament. greg rutherford lea pt into the public eye six years ago, as he took gold on london 2012‘s super saturday. he‘lljoin us a little later

for his first tv interview since announcing his retirement. and on long tours of duty, thousands of miles from home, the companionship of a stray cat or dog can bring some much needed joy into a soldier‘s life. but what happens when their tours finish? we‘ll meet the man reuniting servicemen and women with their four—legged friends. all that still to come. but now a summary of this morning‘s main news. theresa may has avoided an embarrassing brexit defeat in the commons, but the pressure remains firmly on the prime minister this morning from members of her own party. conservative rebels backed the government‘s brexit plans yesterday after striking a last—minute deal with ministers. but they‘re now warning the prime minister that she has to stick to her side of the bargain after a senior minister raised doubts about what deal had actually been offered.

i understand there is an expectation that the discussion will yield some fruit. i am that the discussion will yield some fruit. iam not that the discussion will yield some fruit. i am not saying it won‘t, it could end up with a further amendment in the lords. for me to speculate about the size and shape of that, i think, would the wrong. —— would be wrong. north korea‘s state news agency says kim jong—un has accepted an invitation from president trump to visit washington. the offer was made at yesterday‘s summit in singapore. north korea also claims mr trump offered to lift sanctions on the country during the talks but that‘s not been confirmed by the white house. slightly—raised blood pressure in middle age could lead to an increased risk of getting dementia in later life, according to a new study. researchers at university college london analysed the medical records of almost 9,000 civil servants. they found that 50 year olds with higher than average blood pressure have a a5% greater risk of dementia than someone with a lower measurement. current petrol prices are too high and can‘t be justified, according to the motoring organisation the rac. the group says petrol retailers should cut forecourt prices by

2 pence a litre. however, the fuel retailers association said wholesale prices and the volatility of the us dollar were putting pressure on petrol stations. almost 20% of the uk‘s wild mammal species face a high risk of extinction, according to a new report. the red squirrel, the wildcat and the water vole are all listed as facing severe threats to their survival, with the blame being placed on climate change, loss of habitat and the overuse of pesticides. a video has been released highlighting the dangers of the misuse of level crossings. network rail say cyclists and pedestrians are risking their lives by ignoring warning lights and alarms.

this level crossing on poole high street saw 30 near misses last year. it‘s hoped this video will discourage others from acting in a similar way. the barriers are coming down and people are still trying to make the journey across and then get caught and obviously, moments later there will be a train coming through. that is just... will be a train coming through. that isjust... staggering, really, isn‘t it? it certainly is. sally is here now. can you believe it might be boring to go to a world cup? it has beena boring to go to a world cup? it has been a problem for some of the squad. away from home long—time. in previous years they have had rigid rules about what is allowed and what isn't. sometimes they are in a country miles away from anywhere, they can't go to a local shop or see anything. not this time. so we're on the eve of the world cup, and england are now in russia. they flew into st petersburg yesterday and then went on to their hotel in the village

of repino for a minimum sixteen day stay. their first game is against tunisia on monday, and we know that boredom has been a problem for previous england squads, but the manager and captain say they've got it sorted this time around. players and their families will have the opportunity to go into saint petersburg when they are not working. we like the fact that we can take the hoteljust for ourselves. i think that is good for the balance of working, but also players being able to relax and have some time for themselves. so we are really pleased with the base and we are looking forward to meeting the community there are a bit more. lot of the lads have been playing fortnite or table tennis. yeah, just chilling. we have a great one, lot of us are similar ages. yeah, we get on the. who is the best that table tennis? i am up there. raheem

sterling is decent. a feud that once. loads of pictures from the players on social media yesterday, we're told that they're not going to be stopped from using it whilst they're at the tournament, as gareth southgate gives the players more freedom and more responsibility. they'll be allowed to go into st petersburg with their families on days off too. wales beat russia last night to leap—frog england to top their qualifying group for the women‘s world cup. three second half goals in newport — including a brilliantly worked second from kayleigh green — moved wales one point above england. the two will meet at the end of august, and wales will qualify for next years finals in france if they win. scotland‘s women meanwhile came back from 2—0 down to beat poland 3—2. that keeps them in the hunt for world cup qualification, just three points behind group leaders switzerland, who they play next. britain‘s greatest long jumper, greg rutherford, will retire at the end of the season. he‘ll be best remembered for winning olympic gold during super saturday at london 2012 alongside mo farah and jessica ennis—hill. he also won bronze at the rio games in 2016, but has struggled with injury since.

he plans to appear at the london anniversary games before ending his thirteen year career at the european championships in berlin in august. and he‘ll be live on the sofa just after 8 o‘clock. in the studio this morning, we measured out one of his jumps at eight metres. it is a long way!|j don't eight metres. it is a long way!” don't think we have a camera in the right place to show how far, that is a long, long way. scary. england's women have levelled their three—match series against south africa, after a convincing 69 run victory. there were centuries for tammy beaumont and sarah taylor in what was a much—improved batting performance after their seven—wicket defeat in the first test. the final match of the series takes place on friday at canterbury. england's men meanwhile start their five test one day international series against australia at the oval today. it's the first time the two sides have met since the ball tampering scandal, which saw three

key australia players banned. but england captain eoin morgan says england won't use the scandal to sledge the aussies, as they'd rather concentrate on their own performance. we need to expose some of our weaknesses in order to be in contention for the world cup this time next year. we can‘tjust keep cruising along and doing ok or getting over the line just about. we want to learn as we go along between now and next year and there is still a lot we need to learn. and let's finish by going back to the world cup, because one thing we do know is that footballers, on the whole, are big kids. 0ne squad looking cheery is the brazilian squad. here they are pelting the former liverpool forward phillipe countinho with eggs, flour and water on his 26th birthday yesterday. there is a mark, what does he have

down the back of his pants. a hacker one and they smash it. then there is a flower and a bit more water. watch what he does with his short. stay on it! squelching. obviously nice and relaxed. you would be if you are brazilian. they know how to do this, they know how to prepare for this. they know to not let any pension get to them. already enjoying it. -- pension. —— tension. this morning, tech industry bosses are heading to downing street to meet the prime minister. steph has more. yes, the industry is worth an estimated £180 billion to the uk economy. just over 2 million people work in it, with a newjob created

in the sector every hour. but that growth is not without problems. according to tech nation, a government—funded body that promotes start—ups, a shortage of talent and funding is holding them back. gerard grech is the boss of tech nation. hejoins me now. can you tell us a bit about this investment that we will be hearing about today? the key investment is that salesforce is making an investment of 1.9 —— £1.9 billion over the next couple of years. there is also an announcement for a new investment fund of £300 million, they will be based in the uk, which is great news. and what does it means in practical terms? how many jobs and what type ofjobs? means in practical terms? how many jobs and what type of jobs? about 1900, also other announcements by other companies, looking to list

potentially on the london stock exchange stock,. what we are seeing is tremendous growth. look at the command is investment of last year, it was double what it was in 2016. when you look at the number of technology unicorns, these are $1 billion valued businesses in technology, 38% are based in the uk. so the momentum is with the uk right now and i think this is a very welcoming announcement to ensure we continue being at the forefront of digital technology. obviously, continue being at the forefront of digitaltechnology. obviously, given the growth we are seeing and as i mentioned in my introduction, it means it is an industry that is looking for lots of people and there isa looking for lots of people and there is a sense that there is a bit of a skills gap. talked me through that. the industry is in a growth spurt right now. unique talent, investment, infrastructure and political leadership. i think on the

investment side, as i said, even when we look at the investment side. 0ver when we look at the investment side. over 7 billion euros, was more than france, germany and sweden combined. clearly, you need to attract the best and brightest talent. unique founders, ambitious founders who are looking to build great businesses and products from around the world. heart of the announcement today is very much about eight start—up visa thatis very much about eight start—up visa that is an extension of the graduate visa to ensure that people who do just necessarily have a degree. secondly they need access to talent. the engineers, the people who make the products happen. product designers, commercial salespeople. the founders need those people in order to grow their businesses which then that tracks the money. so are you saying we are going to need to bring other people in from other countries? not necessarily. of course you do, because the industry is in course you do, because the industry isina course you do, because the industry is in a growth spurt and you need the best and brightest talent that

is all around the world. unique investment in home—grown talent and technology nation has an academy, over 50,000 people in training learning the latest skills in digital technology because the industry has grown so quickly you need to be able to stay ahead. industry has grown so quickly you need to be able to stay aheadm industry has grown so quickly you need to be able to stay ahead. it is great to hear about all of the investment, but all of —— this meeting about the prime minister is about getting help from the government and one of the criticism was the tech industry as backpacks and how much tax they pay years. —— they pay here. should they be asking for help when there is criticism around that? big companies should pay become —— should pay the tax that they are. the good news is that there is a £2.5 billion fund that is being announced for technology companies as they grow. unique start—up growth capital but as you grow and scale your company, you need growth capital. the government todayis need growth capital. the government today is an outing £2.5 billion that

will be leveraged by the private sector in order to create more money to be generated and going into tech companies are. this is essential because you don‘t want companies to sell out too early. you want companies to actually grow and keep on having, continue growing jobs in the uk. thank you for your time. here is carol with a look at this morning‘s weather. we were talking about whether it is a good day, is it? that picture tells me no. as always, it depends very much where you are. in the south—east of england i would say yes, but there are showers in the forecast. tomorrow morning we have some stormy weather coming our way. todayit some stormy weather coming our way. today it is a dry and chilly start, but the wind will strengthen, and that will take place initially across scotland and northern ireland. the wind will also be potent across northern england

later, as well. you can see the arrows which represent the jet stream, and when there is a dip in the jet stream you tend to find low pressure forming. we have two at the moment and the second is the potent one which will bring stormy conditions tomorrow. this second one knocking on the door of northern ireland will introduce rain across northern ireland in scotland, moving east, and it will turn patchier in nature as it moves east. at the breeze will pick up today. chilly start where we have had clear skies by night, the cloud building through the day producing showers across southern england, south—east wales, for example, east anglia and the midlands. if you mist them, 23 celsius, will feel quite doesn‘t. the rain coming in from ourfirst area of low pressure across northern ireland in scotland. either time it gets to the east, it will be patchy. this one we are keeping a close eye on, it is bringing heavy and persistent rain through the course of the night. the met office has a yellow weather warnings at the wind. the wind will also be a salient feature of this. but it will move

quite quickly through scotland, moving across england and wales, and as the rain comes south it will tend to turn more patchy in nature. it will not be a cold night, most of us staying in double figures. let‘s ta ke staying in double figures. let‘s take a look at the kind of wind gusts we are looking at, and that the met office is warning about. we could have gusts up to 50 or 60 mph. inland gust, severe gales, and more than that with exposure. that level of gusts can do some damage, it can uproot small trees and cause power cuts, that kind of thing. you could see your wheelie bin scooting down the road. it is notjust scotland, but northern ireland and northern england. that means travel disruption is quite likely, so if you are travelling you can find out what is happening where you are by tuning into your bbc local radio station. we will be here as well, tomorrow morning. for the rest of us, you will find the rain continuing to edge slowly towards the south—east, becoming more patchy in nature. behind it, the sun will come out. it will be a bright and

breezy day with a few showers across northern england. in scotland and northern ireland, and the far north of northern england, it will be windy, but not as windy as it will be in the morning. we will have more rain moving across, the tail end of this. this area of rain pushing towards the east, but friday is looking much quieter. it looks like it might be quite dramatic. some of our best—loved british wildlife, including red squirrels, wildcats and bats, are facing a bleak future according to a major new survey of our native mammal species. but there is still hope that many of these species can be brought back from the brink. breakfast‘s tim muffettjoins us from a wildlife park in kent. good morning to you. good morning to you, from this wildlife re— homing centre in kent. some of the news from this huge mammal survey isn‘t quite so good. it is the biggest survey of mammal populations in 20

yea rs, survey of mammal populations in 20 years, and it would seem that around one in five of british mammals are at risk of extinction. amongst those which are not in a good state, it would seem, offer example water vole, red squirrels, a lot of those under threat. however, it vole, red squirrels, a lot of those underthreat. however, it is vole, red squirrels, a lot of those under threat. however, it is not all bad news. some species of mammal, for example otter, have been spotted in broader parts of the uk. peter has in his hands water vole, which has in his hands water vole, which has been rescued and will be re— homes. this is one of the species which is really under threat, it would seem. what is your take on the mainfindings would seem. what is your take on the main findings from this report?m is good we are studying these things and we know what goes on. wildlife in britain has been dying out, that is why our charity exist, and we breed things like water voles for reintroduction, red squirrels, wildcats, a whole range of animals. but why are they dying out? we are losing animals because there is

nowhere for them to live. we are using more land, we are destroying our rivers, still, we haven't stopped. and that is the problem. they have got nowhere to live. and you re— home animals, this water vole will be released back into the wild. what do you pick up on the animals that you see every home? the problem of water voles, here, is that they are losing habitats to development, roads, where they destroyed water vole habits, and then we help recreate habitats where we can reintroduce them. at the real problem is farmland. rivers in the countryside, that is where most of the water voles are dying. it is how we use land in this country. some of the species, according to this report, are actually increasing in number. and you have the likes of grey squirrels increasing at the expense of red squirrels. red squirrels you rehouse here as well. that‘s right, we breed red squirrels

for release, and we will do that more, and that is because we tamper with wildlife, so we murdered all of our poor little mammals, and they allowed the grey squirrels to outcompete the red squirrels. now that we have reintroduce them to some areas in wales, we can reintroduce red squirrels and the numbers come back. our reintroduce red squirrels and the numbers come back. 0urjob is to put all those little bits back into our wildlife ecology, our web of life, and we can make... 0tters are coming back, because we are not polluting the river so much. when will he be released? well, he will be bred and the string will be released, and they will be released in a few months' time —— offspring. they will be released in a few months' time -- offspring. and one of the challenges in actually tracking where these mammal populations, the mammal society have

launched a spotting at last month, and they want to encourage people to report sightings of different mammals. that kind of information is so important to create this bigger picture. it is a very, very big study, the biggest in some 20 years. 0ne study, the biggest in some 20 years. one in five mammals, it would seem, really facing the potential threat of extinction. i am not sure if your friend the water vole is still there, but can we get a close—up... is he still there? i think our water vole has been put back into his little home, just off camera. i think he is a bit camera shy. but we will get him out later on, we will reconnect with the water vole. thank you, because we did love seeing the water vole. for a fashion designer, there can‘t be many career achievements greater than creating a dress for the biggest wedding of the year. last month stella mccartney managed this not once, but three times when a trio of her dresses were worn at harry and meghan‘s big day.

fresh from designing for the duchess of sussex, amal clooney and oprah, the businesswoman has now opened an eco—friendly store in her name. 0ur arts editor will gompertz has been given a guided tour. as you walk in, you get living plants, and you get rocks from... partially from the farm i grew up m, m partially from the farm i grew up in, in scotland. the reality is, as you know, it is 1% of fashion is recycled, and so that means that every single second we are talking, a truckload of fashion is either burnt glenfield. so we using no animal products here. we are not killing any animals, which means we are not cutting down forests, we are not taking water. so that is great, but you must have some nights where you just feel really awkward about the whole thing, where you just think this is a nonsense. i am making stuff which people don‘t necessarily need. i really genuinely believe about the environment i shouldn‘t be doing it.

believe about the environment i shouldn't be doing it. absolutely, i am not perfect, we are not perfect here. but i am trying to make change in an industry. and i am a fashion designer. i didn‘t start out trying to be an eco— warrior, that wasn‘t my intention. itjust came about. but you had a good beginning, and your name cropped up. are you surprised? your name cropped up. are you surprised ? clu ny, your name cropped up. are you surprised? cluny, 0prah your name cropped up. are you surprised? cluny, oprah winfrey... people talk about them with some of the most famous women in the world wearing them. i felt very privileged to have amal and oprah, it is always a joint effort when you‘re working with that magnitude of women. i thought it was great they wanted a british designer and a female to dress them for that occasion. i was surprised by the response, i was thrilled, obviously. iwanted surprised by the response, i was thrilled, obviously. i wanted them to be happy. 0prah was happy, and amal was happy, and as long as they were happy, i was happy. the response was completely kind of brilliant. and the duchess

of sussex, meghan markle, as she was. at what point did you get the call that you are going to be making her going away dress? my seniors, i have made a lot of wedding dresses for a lot of high—profile people, as high—profile as this, obviously, but i have always felt very protective over that moment. and it is funny thing, i don‘t know what is wrong with me, but i feel like it is such a private experience, and as a designer, and as a woman who has been married, i had to do my dress, it is such a big deal. and to be sort of entrusted with that moment, it means a lot to me. and so i am very protective of it. and because it isa very protective of it. and because it is a very personal, private thing, getting married, and having a wedding dress, it will be an incredibly public setting. what was it of her that you wanted to help her project to the world, and to her family? i thinkjust her sort of human side, the role that she has taken on, it is very austere, it is

very sort of serious. and i think there is a great weight that she has sort of acquired through that, and she takes it very seriously. and i think it was the last moment, probably, that she could reflect sort of the other side to her, and her, you know, thejoy and the human within her. were you disappointed not to be... i am not answering that question. it is ridiculous. i‘m not answering the question. not answering that question. reflecting on other things as well. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i‘m tolu adeoye. figures obtained by bbc london show councils have spent nearly £100 million on safety measures since the grenfell disaster. money has gone towards things like removing cladding and operating

waking watches on buildings that were found to be at risk. some local authorities say they have had to delay refurbishing flats to pay for fire safety work. as it stands, only cladding replacement will be government funded. it has emerged waltham forest council is holding more than £a million which is owed to tenants who were wrongly overcharged for water bills. eight local authorities across london were found to be illegally reselling water to tenants, having secured reduced rates from thames water. two years on, some are still fighting a high court ruling. waltham forest council says it has set money aside to repay tenants, but is still taking legal advice. powerboat teams have started preparing on london‘s royal docks ahead of the capital hosting a round of the formula one world championship event this weekend. teams will race at speeds of up to 1a0mph. it is the first time there has been a stage in london for 30 years. and we‘ll be joining them on the water tonight on our programme at 6:30pm.

it is absolutely dynamic, full of power, full of excitement, and not shy of the crash as well. there is no better race to see. —— the odd crash as well. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. lots of problems this morning on the tubes. there are minor delays on the bakerloo, metropolitan, northern, 0verground and tfl rail. 0n the railway, there‘s disruption to greater anglia and tfl services to and from london liverpool street via stratford due to a track fault. turning to the roads, if we look at the camera, it‘s very slow on the north circular road near to palmers green. in hackney, roadworks on lower clapton road at the junction with clarence road could cause delays. finally, in finchley, the north circular road has one lane closed for gas main works near to henly‘s corner. lets have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it‘s a bright start out there this morning. variable amounts of cloud,

but some decent spells of sunshine to enjoy today, as well, and it‘s feeling just a little bit warmer than it did yesterday. we‘ve lost the northerly, chilly breeze from yesterday, and picked up a south—westerly. through the afternoon, again, still a little bit of cloud around, but should stay dry. the temperature back up in the low 20s, so feeling warmer. 22 celsius the maximum in central london. now, overnight tonight, the wind will slowly start to strengthen, as a deep area of low pressure sweeps across the north of the uk. we get the cloud, maybe one or two outbreaks of rain. nothing too significant on the rain front. a humid, mild night, between 12 and 1a celsius. but the wind becoming quite gusty, especially as we head into thursday morning. a blustery wind, 35—a0mph gusts potentially through tomorrow morning, but it will fall light in the afternoon. we‘ll see the clouds clear and the sunshine return. a decent, warm day for friday, and then some heavy showers, potentially, for saturday. i‘m back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website. bye for now.

hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. a day of drama, as theresa may escapes a damaging brexit defeat. but the prime ministerfaces more pressure from her own mps over the terms of a deal struck with tory rebels. good morning, it‘s wednesday 13th june. also this morning: coming to america. north korea reports that kim jong—un has accepted an invitation to the white house. meghan markle stunned the world wearing this dress by stella mccartney. in an exclusive interview the fashion designer tells breakfast about her role in the royal wedding. 0prah was happy, amal was happy, i am a huge fan. as long as they were happy, i am happy, but the response was completely kind of, you know, brilliant. in sport, it‘s a happy camp as england touchdown in russia ahead of the start of the world cup.

but there are concerns though for gareth southgate over the fitness of this man, marcus rashford. there‘s been a big rise in the number of people abusing their power of attorney, which is when you take over control of someone‘s money when they don‘t have the mental capacity to do it themselves. i‘m looking at why. and carol has the weather. good morning. it is a fairly quiet day, weatherwise. dry weather, some showers, rain coming from northern ireland and scotland will be replaced later by some stormy conditions in the north. i will have more details in 15 minute. good morning. first, our main story. theresa may has avoided an embarrassing brexit defeat in the commons, but the pressure remains firmly on the prime minister this morning from members of her own party. conservative rebels backed the government‘s brexit plans yesterday after striking a last—minute deal with ministers. but they‘re now warning the prime minister that she has to stick to her side of the bargain. 0ur political correspondent chris mason has the story.

this is what bodging together a victory in the house of commons looks like. the mp wandering up the stairs on the left of your screen is the government‘s chief whip, the man responsible for ensuring the government doesn‘t lose. he is for a casual chat with possible rebels. the ayes to the right, 32a. the no‘s to the left, 298. those casual chats worked, as did promise of a compromise. but did the government really offer very much? there is an expectation, that a discussion will yield some fruit. i am not saying it won‘t. and it could very well end up with a further amendment in the lords. but i think, for me to speculate about the size and shape of that, i think, would be wrong. the former attorney general dominic grieve, the leader of the would—be rebels — said he expected

the government to honour its commitments. ultimately, i am there to improve piece of legislation and inevitably, whether there are differences of view, you have to negotiate and compromise. and i hope very much that is going to happen. if it doesn‘t happen, then obviously this isn‘t the end of the matter. today, there will be further votes on brexit in the commons, it isn‘t expected government would be defeated, but the debates are likely to highlight yet again, two years on from the referendum, how both the conservatives and labour are deeply divided on what the uk‘s future relationship with the eu should look like. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster for us this morning. what is interesting about watching thatis what is interesting about watching that is that you can almost see the negotiations going on. this was right down to the wire.

a dramatic day in parliament yesterday, with a very delicate operation for the government to keep their mps operation for the government to keep theirmps in line. operation for the government to keep their mps in line. and it seems like they have done enough, for now. because it is a question of mps who we re because it is a question of mps who were thinking about rebelling and voting against the government, having to take the prime minister‘s word for it on this key issue as they see it, on what would happen if there is no deal with brussels at there is no deal with brussels at the end of the brexit negotiations. several conservative mps and many labour mps as well want parliament to effectively take control of that process and be able to send ministers back. but the government doesn‘t like that idea at all. they say it would be restricting and would like ministers hands too closely in the negotiations from here on in. so what exactly has been agreed to! as you heard in chris because report, the governor have guarantee no concessions, only to keep talking about this. but the

would—be rebels say and seem certain, that there would be another amendment which would give them what they want to. on the other hand, you have brexiteer mps, fearing that the government has caved in. neither side has won, we can call it 0—0 at half—time, but there is the potential this could flare up again when the bill goes back to the wards in the coming days. the government pursuing its brexit strategy and negotiations inch by inch and a bite a. —— day by day. we‘ll be speaking to sarah wollaston, one of the mps who supported the government following assurances from the prime minister in around 10 minutes. slightly—raised blood pressure in middle age could lead to an increased risk of getting dementia in later life, according to a new study. researchers at university college london analysed the medical records of almost 9,000 civil servants. they found that 50 year olds with higher than average blood pressure have a a5% greater risk of dementia than someone with a lower measurement.

french president emmanuel macron has accused the italian government of "cynicism" for refusing to let a stranded migrant ship dock in the country. ‘the aquarius‘, carrying 629 migrants, had been drifting off the coast of malta but will now be rescued and taken on a three—day journey to the spanish port of valencia. the italian president says his country has already done its fair share to help migrants. for more on the situation, we can speak to leonard doyle from the international 0rganisation for migration whojoins us from geneva. this story of this ship has been quite extraordinary in many ways. can you tell us the latest? where are they going at the moment?- can you tell us the latest? where are they going at the moment? at the moment, the ship the aquarius, has put many of its passengers, its migrants, onto italian ships. these

ships are now heading towards spain where the migrants will be disembarked, having been invited the spanish government. —— invited by. tell us about those migrants, as you understand that there were very many young children on board. how are they doing? they are obviously a lot happier now that they are not in sinking rubber vessels that the smugglers put them in. there are 120 or so unaccompanied minors, there are seven pregnant women. these are all people who have been probably living in desperate conditions in libya, potentially in slavery, potentially in detention. they have certainly not had an easyjourney. they will be relieved at the prospect of getting to spain. whether there is a happy ending for them, that is the question. a diplomatic row seems to be going on. 0n diplomatic row seems to be going on. on one hand the italians have rejected the ship, on the other hand

a separate italian coastguard boat with over 900 on board has arrived. you can see it here, it has arrived ona you can see it here, it has arrived on a port. it is accepting migrants, but only the ones it is rescuing? we need to recognise that italy has taken an enormous and continues to, continues to take with open arms, the migrants coming across. 0bviously the migrants coming across. obviously it has created a big backlash in italian politics and that has changed that government. nonetheless, i think they are committed to sticking to the law and maintaining their search and rescue operation, which has been going on for a long, long time. many of the other european countries have kind of look away and said get on with it. in many ways they have criticised it. there is no air easy answer. no quick fix. what you think could help the situation? that is a

tough one to. it is all about demographics and it is all about economics. neither of those are going the right way. you can expect to see another billion people in africa in the next 20 years and the economics are not going well. ins could change rapidly. we had similar fears about asian migration, look what economic growth did there. it produced enormous rises in standards of living. with some good leadership and good governance, and that british government, i have to say, is putting a lot of effort into u pstrea m is putting a lot of effort into upstream aged, helping the country ‘s sort themselves out and that they have a future in their own countries. thanks very much for your time on request this morning. —— brea kfast. north korea‘s state news agency says kim jong—un has accepted an invitation from president trump to visit the united states. the offer was reportedly made at yesterday‘s summit in singapore. the north korean regime also claims mr trump has agreed to drop some sanctions against the country. 0ur asia correspondent

robin brant is in seoul. robin, could china and russia now follow the us in dropping sanctions? some of this we got a hint of yesterday, after those extraordinary events. donald trump says something about the invitation to the white house. but the issue around the sanctions, the comments from north korea this morning, just talk us around a. —— around that. korea this morning, just talk us around a. -- around that. this is the front page of north korea‘s workers daily newspaper mouth piece of the ruling communist party. smiles and handshakes. in those four pages of text there are also reports that donald trump agreed to lift sanctions on north korea. there are conflicts, the reporting says an agreement was made alongside an investment in the mutual relationship, but nonetheless an author at korea is reporting to it. sanctions could be lifted and that

the president has agreed to that. that is different to what president trump said in public. he has talked in interviews in the last few hours about staying in place until the nuclear weapons are dismantled a. more senior members of his administration have gone much further and what to see what is known as complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearisation before those are lifted. we have three versions and i think this shows you how ambiguous it was and how much of a lack of detail there was. for the moment, thank you. it is 7011a.m.. —— 7:11am. a video has been released highlighting the dangers of the misuse of level crossings. network rail say cyclists and pedestrians are risking their lives by ignoring warning lights and alarms. this level crossing on poole high street saw 30 near misses last year. it‘s hoped this video will discourage others from acting

ina similarway. it does seem extraordinary, people would take that risk. it means a train is coming, obviously. the big question in westminster this morning is what did theresa may offer tory rebels to stop a rebellion over the prospect of a no—deal brexit yesterday? mps said the prime minister offered real parliamentary input if no deal with the eu was done by december. butjust hours after the vote, a senior minister told the bbc nothing specific had been agreed. let‘s speak to one of those mps, sarah wollaston. she‘s in our westminster studio. very good morning to you. to put it lightly, you were there, i wasn‘t, what happened ? lightly, you were there, i wasn‘t, what happened? we had a very frank discussion with the prime minister and at that point, we made it clear that we want parliament to have a

meaningfulfinal vote on that we want parliament to have a meaningful final vote on this deal because we do not want to see britain crashing out with a no deal cliff edge brexit. that is what this is about. is try to protect us from that situation and rather than is being obliged to produce a written statement about what has happened, it would in that parliament would have a say and we would expect the government to come back with a motion that we could vote on as to whether we were happy for that to happen or not. and there is the parliamentary majority for us to crash out with no deal at all because of the consequences of that. have you been in duped a little bit here? officially, downing street is saying this morning they have promised no concessions, they have promised no concessions, they have promised nothing. so, were you given some words of reassuring that in the harsh light of day and away from the drama of yesterday, are completely meaningless? not at all. we don't feel that was a meaningless promise. the point is, if that doesn‘t translate now into an amendment that

we are culpable with, the lords will be able to put back the amendment that was contentious yesterday and i think it is very likely that that would pass. ithink think it is very likely that that would pass. i think the point of the onusis would pass. i think the point of the onus is now on the government and we will approach that in a very constructive spirit because we would much rather reach agreement on this, but we have to be absolutely clear that this process is not finished. there is an opportunity in the lords for the amendment to be back on the table that dominic didn‘t press to a vote yesterday. as i say, what matters now is not the war of words over this, it is what the final amendment looks like. this matters because this goes beyond and internal party dispute. there are divisions on brexit on both sides of the house, let‘s be real as it. this is about what happens at the very end of this process, whether or not parliament does get a meaningful vote or not. we are confident that that will be in place, but it is now absolutely essential that number ten

on the assurances that we were given yesterday and at that amendment put in place. this is confusing, all of the things brexit are confusing. you keep saying the words the assurances you are given yesterday. could you give me the clearest, in layman ‘s terms, the clearest understanding you have of what that assurance is? first of all, we accept that it isn‘t right for parliament to try and micromanage the negotiations. we absolutely except that. we are prepared to come to a compromise which makes it clear that it will still be the government conducting the negotiations come it will be down to the government to come back to parliament, not just down to the government to come back to parliament, notjust with a statement that we can do nothing about, but with something that we can about, but with something that we ca n vote about, but with something that we can vote on to say whether we are happy not. that is the important difference here. the crux of this is a will parliament have a meaningful final vote or will itjust be a meaningless final vote? the purpose

of this is to protect us from crashing out with no deal on a com plete crashing out with no deal on a complete cliff edge, and all the chaos that would consume, to build —— which we believe would be very harmful, not just for the —— which we believe would be very harmful, notjust for the economy but for people to like things that matter to people in everyday life. it is inescapable to watch events as they unfolded. people scurrying around the chamber, these conversations that were happening in front of the cameras in the common. there was an error of desperation about what was happening yesterday. clearly the government wants to get its way but when they realise that they don‘t have the numbers, because there is the parliamentary —— there is no parliamentary majority. when they realise they really don‘t have they realise they really don‘t have the numbers, then actually a process happens where there is a negotiation to state where can we reach agreement? that is what we all want. none of us want to prime minister suffer a defeat us before she goes back to europe to negotiate. but

equally, it is really important, this is our very last opportunity as a parliament to hold government to account and save we really don‘t wa nt to account and save we really don‘t want to have a scenario at the end of this where we are left between a choice between what we consider could be a bad deal and actually no deal at all. crashing out, chaotically with no deal. it is about having a process in place, recognising that we all hope spirit of goodwill, that the private that will actually get a good deal with brussels. that is what we all want to see. we are looking ahead and saying what happens towards the end of this process, if that hasn‘t happened? and as i say, there is the parliamentary majority to have a crashed out, no deal scenario. we just want to make that clear that there are protections in place so that the parliament can make that clear at the end of the process. as i say, we want to make sure the prime minister can go to brussels without having had a commons defeat. we do want to try and reach an agreement. did anyone during those clandestine

chats and whispers in years ask you if you understood that theresa may‘s future as prime minister could be at sta ke future as prime minister could be at stake if you carry on voting against? no, as i say, this isn't about trying to force that. if anything, those who are wanting to see compromise here and wanting to reach agreement, we are absolutely clear that we do not wish to threaten the prime minister‘s position at all. we want to reach an agreement. that is the way these things happen. but there was a jeopardy of that, yesterday, wasn‘t there? had the vote gone against, there? had the vote gone against, there was real jeopardy. there? had the vote gone against, there was realjeopardy. but the point is that the chief whip‘s job was to make sure the prime minister had the numbers, and to reach agreement where that is not the case. and all i would say it is it

has been clear for case. and all i would say it is it has been clearfor some case. and all i would say it is it has been clear for some time there is no parliamentary majority for us to crash out with no deal. this isn‘t about trying to frustrate brexit, which is how it is portrayed in the paper. this isn‘t about that at all. it is not about wanting to stop the process, but about whether or not we reach the agreement we all hope we do with brussels. what we don‘t want to see at the end of this process is a chaotic departure. we feel, and what the majority of mps in parliament feel is that that would be very damaging. thank you very much for your time this morning. it is clear we will continue to talk about this. here is carol with a look at this morning‘s weather. good morning, all. a fairly quiet weather day. sunshine, a few showers

in the forecast and a band of rain coming in from the west. the night and first thing tomorrow we start to see stormy conditions coming our way. i will show you the jet stream as represented by all these arrows. in the deeps of the jet stream you tend to find low pressure forming, and we have two coming our way. it is the second one coming in tonight and tomorrow which is the potent one, which will bring some heavy and persistent rain and also some strong winds. gales and severe gales for some parts of the north of the uk. this morning it is a chilly start where the cloud has broken overnight, but equally it is a sunny one. through the day we will see some cloud developing, producing some cloud developing, producing some showers in wales, south—east england, the midlands, east anglia and possibly into the south—east. you can see how the cloud builds across scotland and northern ireland, with the first band of rain coming towards northern ireland, pushing eastwards through the day. by pushing eastwards through the day. by the time it gets the eastern scotla nd by the time it gets the eastern scotland it will be fairly patchy in nature. in any sunshine, highs of

22. worth mentioning the pollen levels will be high or very high across england, wales and northern ireland, low or moderate in scotland. through the evening and overnight, a potent area of low pressure comes our way. it will introduce some heavy rain as indicated by the deep blue you can see. living into northern ireland and sinking south eastwards. with it will come a strengthening winds. it will come a strengthening winds. it will not be a cold night. it will be a fairly will not be a cold night. it will be afairly mild will not be a cold night. it will be a fairly mild one, with all this going on. if we focus on the wind as we move through the latter part of the night, early tomorrow, into the rush hour, across scotland, northern ireland and northern england, we could have gust of wind, 50 to 60 mph, more with exposure. we are looking at inland gales as well, this could lead to some disruption. if you are travelling, bear that in mind. you might find bridges closed, small trees uprooted and even power cuts. your bbc radio station will keep you informed what is going on, as will i tomorrow morning, as well.

torquay tomorrow morning, our band of rain continues down towards the south—east. by then it will be fairly patchy nature. behind at the sun will come out and it will be a breezy day. in the north of the country, especially scotland, we have our next band of rain moving across and it will still be windy here. through the course of the day the will moderate. temperatures in the will moderate. temperatures in the high teens, in the southern parts of england we are in the low 20s and the mid—teens as we push up towards scotland. for friday, a much quieter day with a fair bit of cloud around, afair quieter day with a fair bit of cloud around, a fair bit of sunshine, the cloud building so we are looking at sunny spells. our next system comes in across western scotland and northern ireland, and that will also bring some rain. thank you very much. some parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities are going through hell to get the right support — that is according to the chair of the education select committee, which is launching an inquiry into the issue. conservative mp robert halfon is urging families to submit written evidence before tomorrow‘s deadline. we took four people who have spoken to breakfast about their struggles to get help to westminster to meet him.

the people we are bringing together are angry. the system is broken, and we want to highlight the fact that, in a broken system, you end up with broken children, and that is just not good enough. numerous fixed—term exclusions, two permanent exclusions, two periods of over 12 months each out of school completely. the only way of making the year—on—year cuts that i have to make is to lose staff. we‘ve brought them here to westminster to meet the conservative chair of the education committee, robert halfon, the man leading an inquiry into what many say is a crisis in send provision. there are going to be a lot of eyes on this inquiry, robert. i can‘t promise you it‘s going to make a dramatic change overnight. i can‘t promise that, but i can promise you that we will highlight

these injustices, and try to get the government to change some policies. there are a lot of parents and a lot of families who need this to change, and they're desperate for things to change. this is the first face—to—face evidence the committee has heard. victoria is a single mum who has spent £12,000 on assessment and reports to help her autistic son find the right support, without success. he has been given the message, by his school and by the wider community, that he is not welcome. do you think there should be a proper appeals mechanism? why should the onus be on me to appeal? you know, that provision should be the right provision. send appeals are indeed at a record high. exclusions are rising. demand for special school places is also rising. the pressure on head teachers and teachers these days is all about results, and anyone who doesn‘t fit into that, you know, one—dimensional, "that‘s all we‘re

interested in," just gets sidelined. and that‘s when services like mine then come under enormous pressure to start working with youngsters that i should never have seen. graham says they can‘t meet demand, nor can they make ends meet. he talks of a funding crisis. parents talk of a personal crisis. you delay the assessment, you delay the diagnosis. you delay the diagnosis, you delay the help. we‘ve sat on suicide watch six times in the last three years. they are glad he is listening, but there is cynicism too. an inquiry is simply a way to talk around things that people already know, take the heat out of the situation, and kick it into the long grass. the hope is that the government respond to some of the recommendations. now, it seems to me entirely wrong that people are being excluded from having a good education, and parents have to go through absolute hell, often. as i say, what i call a treacle— bureaucracy. i want people to act, i want people to make noise, i want people to not let this go, i want people to not allow

the government to ignore it. it is really interesting seeing those people who have such personal issues, they want answers to these questions, and it is a step in that direction. jayne mccubbin with that report. the department of education said it has introduced the biggest reforms in a generation, and has given councils more than £252 million of extra funding to help them introduce those reforms. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i‘m tolu adeoye. figures obtained by bbc london show councils have spent nearly £100 million on safety measures since the grenfell disaster. money has gone towards things like removing cladding and operating waking watches on buildings that were found to be at risk. some local authorities say they have had to delay refurbishing flats to pay for fire safety work. as it stands, only cladding replacement will be government funded. body scanners have been successful

in helping to crack down on drugs and violence at belmarsh prison. the x—ray devices, which costs around £100,000, have been trialled in the reception area of the jail. the prisons inspector says it has led to the discovery of mobile phones, weapons and drugs which would not have been detected during strip searches, and early signs are encouraging. powerboat teams have started preparing on london‘s royal docks ahead of the capital hosting a round of the formula one world championship event this weekend. teams will race at speeds of up to 1a0mph. it is the first time there has been a stage in london for 30 years, and we will be joining them on the water tonight on our programme at 6:30pm. it is absolute dynamic, full of power, full of excitement, and not short of the odd spill and crash, as well.

so if someone wants excitement on the water, there‘s probably no better race to see. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. there are minor delays on the metropolitan and northern lines. on the railway there are delays of up to 15 minutes on greater anglia and stansted express services from liverpool street to tottenham hale due to over—running engineering works. turning to the roads, if we look at the camera, lane one is closed on the north circular between the clockhouse interchange and the junction with brownlow road causing delays from north middlesex hospital. in hackney, roadworks on lower clapton road at the junction with clarence road could cause delays. finally, in finchley, the north circular road has one lane closed for gas main works near to henly‘s corner. lets have a check on the weather now, with kate kinsella. good morning. it‘s a bright start out there this morning. variable amounts of cloud, but some decent spells of sunshine to enjoy today as well, and it is feeling just a little bit warmer than it did yesterday. we‘ve lost the northerly, chilly breeze from yesterday, and picked up a south—westerly. chilly breeze from yesterday,

through the afternoon, again, still a little bit of cloud around, but should stay dry. the temperature back up in the low 20s, so feeling warmer. 22 celsius the maximum in central london. now, overnight tonight, the wind will slowly start to strengthen, as a deep area of low pressure sweeps across the north of the uk. we get the cloud, maybe one or two outbreaks of rain. nothing too significant on the rain front. a humid, mild night, between 12 and 1a celsius. but the wind becoming quite gusty, especially as we head into thursday morning. a blustery wind, 35—a0mph gusts potentially through tomorrow morning, but it will fall light in the afternoon. we‘ll see the cloud clear and the sunshine return. a decent, warm day for friday, and then some heavy showers, potentially, for saturday. i‘m back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. plenty more news, travel and weather on our website. bbc radio london is also on air now, with vanessa feltz. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin.

the time is coming up to 7:30 a.m.. here‘s a summary of this morning‘s main stories from bbc news. theresa may has avoided an embarrassing brexit defeat in the commons, but the pressure remains firmly on the prime minister this morning from members of her own party. conservative rebels backed the government‘s brexit plans yesterday after striking a last—minute deal with ministers. but they‘re now warning the prime minister that she has to stick to her side of the bargain after a senior minister raised doubts about what deal had actually been offered. it will be down to the government to come back to parliament, notjust with a statement that we can do nothing about, but with something that we can vote on to say whether we are happy or not. and that is the important difference here. that is, the crux of this is will parliament have a meaningful final vote or will it just be have a meaningful final vote or will itjust be a meaningless final vote? purpose of this is to protect us from crashing out with no deal on a com plete from crashing out with no deal on a

complete with age and all the chaos that would in siew, which we believe would be very harmful, notjust for the economy but for things that really matter to people in their everyday lives. north korea‘s state news agency says kim jong—un has accepted an invitation from president trump to visit washington. the offer was made at yesterday‘s summit in singapore. north korea also claims mr trump offered to lift sanctions on the country during the talks but that‘s not been confirmed by the white house. slightly—raised blood pressure in middle age could lead to an increased risk of getting dementia in later life, according to a new study. researchers at university college london analysed the medical records of almost 9,000 civil servants. they found that 50 year olds with higher than average blood pressure have a a5% greater risk of dementia than someone with a lower measurement. almost 20% of the uk‘s wild mammal species face a high risk of extinction, according to a new report. the red squirrel, the wildcat and the water vole are all listed as facing severe threats to their survival, with the blame being placed on climate change, loss of habitat

and the overuse of pesticides. worth saying as well we are going to get a closer look at wildlife this morning in kent, because one of our reporters are down there this morning. look at this! is there a world cup happening? we are nearly there. we have the graphics and everything. so we're on the eve of the world cup, and england are now in russia. your head is in the middle, it is like a target, look at that! don't say it is a target! i would say it is like a halo because i am so well— behaved. the england squad flew into st petersburg yesterday and then went on to their hotel in the village of repino. we know that boredom

has been a problem for previous england squads, but the manager and captain say they've got it sorted this time around. players and their families will have the opportunity to go into saint petersburg when they are not working. we like the fact that we can take the hoteljust for ourselves. i think that is good for the balance of working, but also players being able to relax and have some time for themselves. so we are really pleased with the base and we are looking forward to meeting the community there are a bit more. a lot of the lads have been playing fortnite or table tennis. yeah, just chilling. we have a great bond, lot of us are similar ages. yeah, we all get on. who is the best at table tennis? i am up there. raheem is decent. a few good ones. loads of pictures from the players on social media yesterday — we‘re told that they‘re not going to be stopped from using it whilst they‘re at the tournament,

as gareth southgate gives the players more freedom and more responsibility. they‘ll be allowed to go into st petersburg with their families on days off too. sounds like they will get pocket money and go to the shop. maybe suites, if they have been good. —— sweets. our sport news correspondent david ornstein is at the team‘s training base in repino for us. david, what‘s the feeling out there? it's it‘s very nice out here. the climate is good, i think gareth southgate —— gareth southgate picked this spot for that reason so england can train at the intensity to get them ready for match day. harry kane speaking about what the team might be up to. this is a much more relaxed camp that we have seen in previous years, it isa that we have seen in previous years, it is a quiet town and this training ground here is pretty unspectacular,

on assuming. there is not a great deal, although it looks like i might be drenched either scripless system. there is not a great deal of scrutiny, not too many fans around, it isa scrutiny, not too many fans around, it is a forest location not too far from the beach. this is england‘s third youngest squad they have ever taken. they can go down to the beach. the families will be able to come on the day after matches to visit saint petersburg and maybe some of the players will go themselves. there is not a great deal to do otherwise. plenty of leisure and entertainment facilities within the hotel and they have brought their own chefs to get home comforts in terms of food and drink. we have heard that marcus rashford picked up a knock in their last training match, any indication how serious or not serious it may be? hi david, just asking you how serious the marcus rashford knock maybe, if

you know? i presume that is it. we have lost david! i was hoping we could keep on those pictures. i think the water got into his microphone. the sprinkler was doing his business. i must apologise, i wasn‘t listening to what he was saying, i just saw the water approaching. we have got him! i was asking you what you know about marcus rashford, how is he? all we know is that marcus rashford is carrying a knock from a behind closed doors friendly that the england team played amongst themselves on monday, before flying out yesterday. we will see marcus rashford and potentially if he is fit enough, training behind us on this pitch today in just a couple of hours time. it is an open training session, the media are allowed in,

local schoolchildren and dimitris. gareth south date of the opinion that everybody should be able to see this first training session. we will be able to look at england‘s only injury concern in marcus rashford and then ins get a bit tighter. tomorrow we will only have a sneak peek, same with friday and then it isa peek, same with friday and then it is a closed session on saturday before england fly to their first match against tunisia on monday evening. not long to go now. it has been a long buildup, but they are almost there. really quickly, the question on everybody‘s lips is what has your first russian reckless team like? -- has your first russian reckless team like? —— breakfast. has your first russian reckless team like? -- breakfast. amazing. we were not sure about it but it has been great. lovely. lovely to talk to use up great. lovely. lovely to talk to use upi great. lovely. lovely to talk to use up i think he moved that sprinkler! what happened to the sprinkler? he

scuttled back. his magical powers. wales beat russia last night to leap—frog england to top their qualifying group for the women‘s world cup. three second half goals in newport — including a brilliantly worked second from kayleigh green — moved wales one point above england. the two will meet at the end of august, and wales will qualify for next years finals in france if they win. scotland‘s women meanwhile came back from 2—0 down to beat poland 3—2. that keeps them in the hunt for world cup qualification, just three points behind group leaders switzerland, who they play next. britain‘s greatest long jumper, greg rutherford, will retire at the end of the season. he‘ll be best remembered for winning olympic gold during super saturday at london 2012 alongside mo farah and jessica ennis—hill. he also won bronze at the rio games in 2016, but has struggled with injury since. he plans to appear at the london anniversary games before ending his thirteen year career at the european championships in berlin in august. and he‘ll be live on the sofa just after 8 o‘clock. we will give you an indication of

just how far he can actuallyjump. it is terrifying. we have got a tape measure. took us a while to find it, actually. the one tape measure in the building, we have got it. england‘s women have levelled their three—match series against south africa after a convincing 69 run victory. there were centuries for tammy beaumont and sarah taylor in what was a much—improved batting performance after their seven—wicket defeat in the first odi. the final match of the series takes place on friday at canterbury. i feel like it is all starting now. i have spoken to someone in russia, it is all happening! it looks gorgeous! they will be training in the next couple of hours, we can see how everyone looks at. the time is 7:39 a.m.. a mother has accused the government of signing her son‘s death warrant, after she was refused the right to treat his severe epilepsy with cannabis oil.

charlotte caldwell‘s 12—year—old son billy had gone 300 days without a seizure after being prescribed the oil on the nhs last year, but his gp was then ordered to stop the prescription by the home office. charlotte joins us now. thank you so much forjoining us. tell us that little bit about your son and how the cannabis oil was helping him. billy has a condition called intractable epilepsy. it is where the seizures cannot be controlled eye medication or die at. —— diet. by. it means when he goes into a seizure, he can‘t stop on his own. he requires a rescue made and sometimes oxygen as well. the cannabis oil that was prescribed by a doctor in canada, a world ranking specialist in epilepsy and a

neurologist, it was prescribed as an anti— epileptic medication and as for helping billy, that is the actual anti— epileptic medication thatis actual anti— epileptic medication that is controlling his seizures. how‘d different has it made him? when he was able to take this oil, how much difference did it make?m just made an amazing difference to billy and the control of the seizures was absolutely incredible. it also made a huge difference to billy, he is also on the higher spectrum of autism, his eye contact started to improve, reacting more, taking more interest in his toys and orcs et cetera. —— books. what it actually did was, it gave me back my right as a mother to hope, but the

most important thing was, the cannabis oil has given billy back his right to life. tell us a little bit about what happened at heathrow, you brought some back and declared it and then what happened? yes, we landed, flew in from canada yesterday morning. the morning before. and i wanted to be open and honest and transparent, so we went through and declared billy‘s anti— epileptic medication at customs. i have to say, the customs officers we re have to say, the customs officers were really nice, they were absolutely amazing. they said they had to take the medicine away to check it, that is ok. i showed them an analysis of what was actually inside the bottles of the medicine and also a report from a rather huge clinical trial that has taken place at the moment in canada, clinical

data from that report where the trial is for kids with epilepsy and they are using this particular product to treat the children. but u nfortu nately product to treat the children. but unfortunately and sadly for billy, the customs officer had to come back and tell me that his medicine had to be confiscated. he was upset, he was sad about that, he was actually crying and their was tears and obviously i was as well because i knew the consequences for my little boy, his anti— epileptic medication has taken away from him, the consequences are much likely that billy will pass away. due to the fa ct billy will pass away. due to the fact that the medicine was actually stopped abruptly. and there is no doctor at in this world that would actually stop and anti— epileptic

medication abruptly. normally the medical process is... i feel for you. you seem to be locked in an impossible situation. i know you met with the policing minister, is there a way out of this? did he say to you? can he make any difference? no. based on his decision, the decision that he made on outdated laws and outdated policies in our country, so u nfortu nately outdated policies in our country, so unfortunately he said he can‘t help. he is not a doctor. he is a minister, a minister of the crown. but what he has done is, which is extraordinary, he hasjust signed my little boy ‘s death warrant. extraordinary, he hasjust signed my little boy 's death warrant.” extraordinary, he hasjust signed my little boy 's death warrant. i feel from what you are telling us that you get a sense that time is really running out. absolutely. absolutely. you cannot remove a child anti—

epileptic medication abruptly.” appreciate you talking to us, thank you very much. we will keep in touch with you as well. the home office says it is sympathetic to the rare situation that billy and his family are faced with. the family have been urged to explore licensing options with the department of health in northern ireland. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: tory mps are to discuss with ministers what will happen in the event of a no—deal brexit, following a deal struck with backbench rebels yesterday. north korea‘s state news agency says kim jong—un has accepted an invitation from president trump to visit the united states, following yesterday‘s singapore summit. here is carol with a look at this morning‘s weather. how are you, carol? very well, thank

you for asking, charlie. this morning it is quiet weatherwise. the chilly start to the day. some of us with some sunshine, rain knocking on the door of northern ireland will cross northern ireland in scotland and later we are in for some stormy weather, especially across the north of the country. you can see why, the jet stream illustrated by those wind arrows and in the deeps of the jet strea m arrows and in the deeps of the jet stream you will find low pressure forming. we have two areas of low pressure coming our way today, the first knocking on the door of northern ireland. the second one is a potent one, it will bring us stormy conditions as we go through the course of the night and also first thing tomorrow morning. first thing this morning it is a nippy start. we have some sunshine, the cloud building through the day but there will be lengthy sunny spells. showers in parts of south—east wales, south—east england, the midlands, east anglia and lincolnshire, for example, but many of us will mist them altogether. a

dry and sunny day with high is up to 22. in scotland and northern ireland we will have increasing amounts of cloud with the rain coming through. it is moving eastwards. over time it gets into eastern scotland it will be fairly patchy. the breeze will strengthen, and then we will see the stormy conditions coming our way. so here they come. first of all, we have this band of heavy and persistent rain as indicated by the dark blues. moving across northern ireland in scotland, sinking south eastwards a cross ireland in scotland, sinking south eastwards across england and wales. the rain will turn that bit lighter as it does so. behind it, the wind is really going to strengthen, and actually, around it. the strongest winds will be across scotland, northern ireland and the far north of northern england. so we are looking at the latter part of the night and into tomorrow morning‘s rush—hour. gusts of 50 or 60 mph, even inland gust. with exposure there could be that it higher. that could lead to the some disruption in those areas so things like restrictions on bridges, small trees

being uprooted and power cuts, that kind of thing. your bbc local radio station will keep you posted with what is happening where you are, as well i tomorrow morning, as well. our band of rain tomorrow morning makes makes its way to the south—east. for much of england and wales, northern ireland, we will have some sunshine coming through with a few sharp showers. for scotland, if we follow this curl all the way around, we have the tail end of that rain moving eastwards as well. it will still be windy for you in scotland and northern england and northern ireland, not as windy as it will be first thing in the morning. in the wind will start to moderate across england and wales. by the time we get to friday, much quieter. a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, cloud bubbling up through the course of the day, so sunny spells rather than wall—to—wall blue skies. the next band of rain comes in across western scotland and northern ireland. temperatures into the 20s in the south. friday is the

day for gardening. thank you very much. we will get the business news. just looking at a story which has just broken, dixons saying they have uncovered what they say is unauthorised access to data. 6 million cards in all were accessed. it has only come in the last few minutes. and we are on the case to find out, and this is the statement they have put out this morning, saying they have become aware of an incident to do with customer details. so we are on the case of explaining exactly what it means and i will let you know once we have that information, very shortly. we will have more on that. do you want me to tell you what else we are doing? go on then. more people are taking out power of attorneys, a legal process that allows a relative or close friend to manage your financial affairs if you lose the mental capacity to do it yourself. yes, this is when someone else has the power to make decisions on your behalf, if at some point

in the future you lose the mental capacity to do it yourself. there are different types — one covering financial matters, another which covers health and welfare. there are 2.3 million people registered to do this in the uk. last year, there was a a5% rise in the number of people investigated over the way they used that power. helen morrissey is personal finance specialist at royal london, who did the research that revealed this rise. good morning to you. good morning. can you explain in simple terms what this is and what could have happened in terms of abuse? ok, so the most important thing to say first of, there are 2 million powers of attorney placed in the uk and the vast majority are done in a law—abiding way and the amount of people who are willingly financially abusing people is tiny. what my concern is is that because you are dealing with somebody‘s health and welfare, there are no hard and fast rules, and if people don‘t fully understand the true nature of their responsibilities, sometimes they can

go over the boundaries of what they can and can‘t do completely inadvertently and find themselves subject to an investigation. so it could be essentially ignorance on the part of someone. give us an example of what you mean. it could be the case of giving a gift to somebody on behalf of the person you are acting as attorney for, and that might not eat... you might think you are doing a bit of inheritance tax planning by giving away some of their property, for instance, whereas when the office of the public guardian, who monitor these things, come and look at that transaction, they might ask why you have done that and you might not have done that and you might not have the evidence in place to show why you made that decision. that can land you in hot water. so how do you know what you can and can‘t do? land you in hot water. so how do you know what you can and can't do? said the office of the public guardian has some advice about what you can and can‘t do. the most important thing i would say is when you are acting as an attorney for somebody, put themselves in their position and ask what they would have done. you are acting in their interests, if you make a decision for them, make

detailed notes so you can justify to anybody who asks you the rationale behind why you made that decision. it can be such a tough time for people when they are dealing with that, so you can understand why people might struggle with what to do. as well as what you are saying, the guidance as written, is there anywhere that people can get advice? the office of the public guardian are people who monitor people who act under power of attorney, so a lwa ys act under power of attorney, so always make them your first port of call, i would say, if you have any issues. we have also written a guide on our website which also gives some advice as to guidance about what you can do on a day—to—day basis. advice as to guidance about what you can do on a day-to-day basis. has there been a rise in the number of people getting power of attorney? yes, we have seen a massive rise. the current power of attorney system came in in 2007 and since then we have seen an exponential growth to well over 2 million people and climbing looking to put these in place. thank you for your time this

morning. if you have your thoughts on that, do get in touch with us. i will have more on that dixons story as soon as i get out of this chair and go back on the phone. i will be backin and go back on the phone. i will be back in about ten minutes. some of our best—loved british wildlife, including red squirrels, wildcats and bats, are facing a bleakfuture, according to a major new survey of our native mammal species. but there is still hope that many of these species can be brought back from the brink. breakfast‘s tim muffettjoins us from a wildlife park in kent. good morning to you from kent, our wildlife and re— homing centre, and this survey out today is one of the biggest studies of mammal populations in 20 years. almost one in five british mammals face the threat of extinction. some of the species under threat are the wildcats, the red squirrel, and many others besides. however, it is not all bad news, it would seem. some

species of animals are actually increasing in numbers, for example, the otter is being spotted in more places. and charlie was very keen to see the water vole again, i am delighted to say the water vole is here with peter, its handler, and a beautiful creature. what do you make of this survey? it is vital research, the sort of data we need to show that what many conservationists know, we are losing wildlife like the water vole. numbers are dropping, we are still losing them and it is a terrible thing and something we really need to start changing. and you re- home than here. we do. we rescue them, we re— home them, we helped create nature reserves and build habitat pack which has been destroyed. thank you very much indeed, water vole. and hazel has in her hands a type of bat, and one of the species, de grey, long eared bat is related to this kind of bat. unfortunately the

grey long—eared bat, this kind of bat. unfortunately the grey long—ea red bat, there this kind of bat. unfortunately the grey long—eared bat, there are properly only around 1000 left in the uk, and that is really sad. they area the uk, and that is really sad. they are a species which moths and flies over meadows, and in the last decade we have lost over 90% of our meadows. such a delicate creature, aren‘t they? such a fascinating creature, as well. you dedicate your life to them. why do you love them so much? they are amazing species, very long—lived, important pest control, because they eat insects we don‘t like thomas so it is important we have them around. they are part of our ecosystem, and they are just very intelligent creatures. how hard is it to actually track mammal populations? that would seem to be one of the big challenges. populations? that would seem to be one of the big challengesm populations? that would seem to be one of the big challenges. it is, species like this are very small, they are nocturnal, so it is quite ha rd to they are nocturnal, so it is quite hard to find out what is going on. so we doa hard to find out what is going on. so we do a bit more research so we can find out how many there are, and

how we can help them. and as we were saying, tracking these populations is one of the key challenges. the mammal society, which is behind this report, launched last month, and citizen science, as it is known, is one of the key methods by which a lot of this research is collated. and one in five british mammals facing potentially the threat of extinction. and it was lovely to see that bat and the water vole up close. they are such beautiful animals. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i‘m tolu adeoye. figures obtained by bbc london show councils have spent nearly £100 million on safety measures since the grenfell disaster. money has gone towards things

like removing cladding and operating waking watches on buildings that were found to be at risk. some local authorities say they have had to delay refurbishing flats to pay for fire safety work. as it stands, only cladding replacement will be government funded. it has emerged waltham forest council is holding more than £a million which is owed to tenants who were wrongly overcharged for water bills. eight local authorities across london were found to be illegally reselling water to tenants, having secured reduced rates from thames water. two years on, some are still fighting a high court ruling. waltham forest council says it has set money aside to repay tenants, but is still taking legal advice. powerboat teams have started preparing on london‘s royal docks ahead of the capital hosting a round of the formula one world championship event this weekend. teams will race at speeds of up to 1a0mph. it is the first time there has been a stage in london for 30 years, and we will be joining them on the water tonight on our programme at 6:30pm. it is absolute dynamic, full of power, full of excitement, and not short of the odd spill and crash, as well. so if someone wants excitement on the water, there‘s probably no

better race to see. and we‘ll be joining them on the water tonight on our programme at 6:30pm. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. there are severe delays on the metropolitan line. on the railway, there are delays of up to 15 minutes on greater anglia and stansted express services from liverpool street to tottenham hale. that is due to over—running engineering works. turning to the roads, if we look at the camera, lane one is closed on the north circular road westbound between the clockhouse interchange and the junction with brownlow road causing delays from north middlesex hospital. in hackney, roadworks on lower clapton road at the junction with clarence road could cause delays. finally, in finchley, the north circular road has one lane closed for gas main works near to henly‘s corner. let‘s have a check on the weather now, with kate kinsella. good morning. it‘s a bright start out there this morning. variable amounts of cloud, but some decent spells of sunshine to enjoy today as well, and it is feeling just a little bit warmer than it did yesterday.

we‘ve lost the northerly, chilly breeze from yesterday, and picked up a south—westerly. through the afternoon, again, still a little bit of cloud around, but should stay dry. the temperature back up in the low 20s, so feeling warmer. 22 celsius the maximum in central london. now, overnight tonight, the wind will slowly start to strengthen, as a deep area of low pressure sweeps across the north of the uk. we get the cloud, maybe one or two outbreaks of rain. nothing too significant on the rain front. a humid, mild night, between 12 and 1a celsius. but the wind becoming quite gusty, especially as we head into thursday morning. a blustery wind, 35—a0mph gusts potentially through tomorrow morning, but it will fall light in the afternoon. we‘ll see the cloud clear and the sunshine return. a decent, warm day for friday, and then some heavy showers, potentially, for saturday. i‘m back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. plenty more news, travel and weather on our website. bbc radio london is also on air now, with vanessa feltz. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast,

with charlie stayt and louise minchin. a day of drama as theresa may escapes a damaging brexit defeat. but the prime minister faces more pressure from her own mps over the terms of a deal struck with tory rebels. good morning it‘s wednesday 13th june. also this morning, some breaking news as dixons reveals details of a huge data hack. the details of over 6 million customer have been hacked in two seperate incidents within the last year. i‘ll have the details shortly. coming to america. north korea reports that kim jong—un has accepted an invitation to the white house. in sport... it‘s a happy camp as england touchdown in russia ahead of the start of the world cup, but there are concerns though for gareth southgate over

the fitness of this man, marcus rashford. hejumped into british sporting history with long jump gold on super saturday at london 2012, but will be retiring at the end of this season. greg rutherford will be with us. meghan markle stunned the world wearing this dress by stella mccartney. in an exclusive interview the fashion designer tells breakfast about her role in the royal wedding. oprah was happy and janet was happy and i‘m a huge fan so as long as they were happy i was happy. but the response obviously was completely kind of, you know, brilliant. and carol has the weather. for many of us we are off to a quiet start with some sunshine in the forecast, some rain across scotland and northern ireland but it is later tonight and tomorrow morning when we have got some stormy conditions coming into the north of the uk. more in 15 minutes. good morning.

first, our main story. theresa may has avoided an embarrassing brexit defeat in the commons, but the pressure remains firmly on the prime minister this morning from members of her own party. conservative rebels backed the government‘s brexit plans yesterday after striking a last—minute deal with ministers. but they‘re now warning the prime minister that she has to stick to her side of the bargain. our political correspondent chris mason has the story. this is what bodging together a cover victory in the house a victory in the house of commons looks like. the mp wandering up the stairs on the left of your screen is the government‘s chief whip, the man responsible for ensuring that the government doesn‘t lose. he is off for a casual chat with possible rebels. the ayes to the right, 32a, the noes to the left, 298. those casual chats worked, as did the promise of a compromise. but did the government really offer very much? there was an expectation that a discussion will yield some fruit

and i‘m not saying it won‘t. we could very well and up with a further amendment in the lords. but i think for me to speculators about the size and shape of that, i think would be wrong. the former attorney—general dominic grieve, the leader of the would—be rebels, said he expected the government to honour its commitments. ultimately i'm there to try to improve a piece of legislation and inevitably, where there are differences of opinion, we have to negotiate and compromise and i hope very much that that's going to happen. if it doesn't happen then obviously this isn't the end of the matter. today there will be further votes on brexit in the commons. it isn‘t expected the government will be defeated but the debates are likely to highlight yet again, two years on from the referendum, how both the conservatives and labour are deeply divided on what the uk‘s future relationship with the eu should look like. our political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster

for us this morning. in terms of the drama, there was theatre within the commons yesterday but give us your sense of what‘s changed as a result of what happened yesterday? well, i am tempted to say very little, charlie, because we really don‘t know at the moment exactly what has been agreed. it depends who you speak to. we have been hearing this morning from those mps who were poised to rebel against the government, because they want parliament to have more of a say and mau power if there is a no deal scenario with brussels at the end of the brexit negotiations. they think they have got an assurance from the prime minister direct leak that there will be a new amendment which will give them what they want. but the government is saying, we have not agreed any specific concessions, all we have agreed is to keep

talking about this. so there is limbo. the government did just about enough to get through the day yesterday and avoid an embarrassing and damaging defeat in the house of commons. but it hasn‘t put off the fight, it hasn‘t ended the fight, or it has done is delayed it for another day. so, when this bill goes back to the house of lords in the coming days, if there is no amendment, then the one which mps voted down yesterday could come back and we could see this whole drama, this whole fight, play out again. there are more votes in the house of commons later, but it should be an easier day for the government, with no defeats expected. the electronics retailer dixons carphone has revealed that it has suffered a data breach. steph is here — what can you tell us? we can tell you that they say their customer details have been hacked in two separate incidents in the last year. the first one

involved the details of 6 million cards being taken. in the second, the personal details, so things like your name and address, were taken for over a million people. so it is a lot of people we are talking about here whose data has been come from eyes to. the precise time when this happened is under investigation at the moment but the company have only just found out about it and they said they had to tell us because it is market sensitive information. as you say there was a lot of data out there — could these details have been used fraudulently? that's what you‘re going to be worrying about if you‘re going to be worrying about if you are one of their customers at the moment. the company says there is no evidence that they have been used for fraud and that‘s because the hackers did not have the information like the pin number you would use on your card or the security code on the back of your ca rd to security code on the back of your card to buy things online. so, the hackers did not have those details. the company are saying, there is no evidence that the details have been used fraudulently. they also say

that they closed the loophole and they put out a statement about this this morning saying they are extremely disappointed for any upset that may have been caused but protection of data has to be at the heart of their business. investigations are ongoing. we have also spoken to the information commissioner‘s office this morning and they say they are investigating it. so, 6 million customers of dixons carphone but includes companies like curries and others as well. it is all part of the group. and it is another story of a big company, where the security system has not been up to scratch and somebody has got in. north korea‘s state news agency says kim jong—un has accepted an invitation from president trump to visit the united states. the offer was reportedly made at yesterday‘s summit in singapore. the north korean regime also claims mr trump has agreed to drop some sanctions against the country. our asia correspondent robin brant is in seoul. robin, could china and russia now follow the us in dropping sanctions? and what is the most important thing

to come out of all of this? well, i think it is sanctions and it is the cancellation for now by the president of these us militaryjoint exercises. i am talking to you from the warmer warrior or in the of seoul, which is a very moving reminder of that war which still pretty goes on between the north and the south and also the enduring alliance between the us and south korea. but for now these joint exercises which happened twice a year are going to end according to the present and mainly because they cost too much, he said. we also know that north korea hates these exercises, it sees them as an incendiary reminder of the possibility of an invasion from the south. but many people here think it is an important show of strength. but they are going to stop for now. mike pompeo will be coming to meet this country‘s president and he will have quite a lot of explaining to do, i think. on the sanctions, the

north koreans are reporting this morning that president trump agreed to lift the sanctions. it will come when the neutral relationship progresses in an advantageous way. but that is not what the president said yesterday. he talked about dismantling the nuclear weapons. some in his administration have gone much further with the demands as well. so, three different versions bridget shows you the ambiguity there was yesterday, the lack of detail in that comprehensive agreement. french president emmanuel macron has accused the italian government of "cynicism" for refusing to let a stranded migrant ship dock in the country. the aquarius, carrying 629 migrants, had been drifting off the coast of malta but will now be rescued and taken on a three—dayjourney to the spanish port of valencia. the italian president says his country has already done its fair share to help migrants. italy has closed its ports to boats that are linked to charities but it is still accepting boats from its

own coastguard. these are live pictures from the port of catania, a coastguard boat with almost 1000 migrants on board has arrived and in all, more than 600,000 people have reached italy by boat from africa in the past five years, and it is estimated as many as half a million are still in the country. a video has been released highlighting the dangers of the misuse of level crossings. network rail say cyclists and pedestrians are risking their lives by ignoring warning lights and alarms. this level crossing on poole high street saw 30 near misses last year. it‘s hoped this video will discourage others from acting in a similar way. the bells are going off and the

lights are flashing and you can literally see the gates coming down and people are still thinking, let‘s try and make it across. when greg rutherford began his run up in the long jump final at the london 2012 olympics he was already an athletics success story and the national record holder. however, just a few seconds later, he jumped the eight metres and 31 centimetres needed to make him a british sporting legend as part of the unforgettable super saturday. now, greg has announced that he plans to hang up his athletics spikes at the end of the season. we‘ll speak to him in a moment. first, let‘s have a reminder of his golden career. 0h, oh, it is big! has he got a white flag...? he has! # you can be a hero, you can get the

gold #do it gold # do it for your people, do it for your pride # you‘re never going to know if you never even try... commentator: he has now won everything you can. # and the world‘s going to know your name... and here he is, former european, world and commonwealth champion in the long jump, greg rutherford. it is lovely to see you. and you! you have been such an inspiration to watch, this cannot have been an easy decision? yes and no. from my point of view, pain has been where i have been for a while now. i had these two rather large

surgeries last year and it has taken me quite a long time to get back from them. whereas i used to bounce back from injury is pretty quickly, lam in back from injury is pretty quickly, i am in pain pretty much all the time now and it starts to wear you down a little bit and you start to think about the wider world and the future and everything else. and i think it was the natural progression. i got to this point and i needed to retire just to let my body recover properly. the way things are going i am not letting it re cover well. things are going i am not letting it recover well. i lead a fantastic life style, recover well. i lead a fantastic lifestyle, travelling the world and training in lovely exotic places and competing in all these nice places but i won't always be at the top of my game. i wanted to be winning still and doing everything else when i walked away. and i'm risking holding on a bit too long if i keep going. sometimes even when you know you‘re doing the right thing and you know the reasons, that moment, i don‘t know what it is, when you‘re typing the message or you‘re making the first phone call, to say, i‘ve done it, now i know, was there moment, who was the first person you

said, this is the moment and we i spoke to suzy, my partner, and we sat down, she does not have a sporting background at all so i think she sees it a bit more black and white. one more time, it'll be fine... and she was very honest with me. and then for me the most important person was to speak to my coach and he is a guru of the sport and somebody who has experienced it from donovan bailey now through to myself. talking to him, straightaway he said! myself. talking to him, straightaway he said i agree, i think this is the right time and the best thing to be doing so when he says it is well then you realise that it is definitely the right decision and it is the right thing to be doing, so here i am! you must have various psychological processes as well because this has been your life, it is so important to you, isn‘t it? yes. it is all well and good right now saying i'm completely fine, i'm happy, i'm going to move on and do

other things. but when it comes to the point where i no longer have to worry about running and jumping into a sandpit, which of course is an absolutely ridiculous job that i have had for the past 12, ia years, whatever it is, then i think it might hit me a bit more. it's like when you have success within sport, even when i was olympic champion in 2012, you don't really... it does not really settle in properly, you never really take it for what it is. ijust see it as another competition. can we ask about the legacy thing? we‘re seeing those amazing images, that incredible time when jess ennis—hill, mo amazing images, that incredible time whenjess ennis—hill, mo farah, you, doing your thing and winning gold medals and we‘re thinking, we‘ve arrived! this country has arrived in athletics, we‘re really in the ballpark — what about after that?” think we have missed the boat slightly, to be honest. ithink there was a slight panic in the buildup to london that we needed to make sure that people were really interested and excited by the sport

— and they were, obviously. super saturday has become one of those moments when people say, i remember where i was. one of the most interesting things was someone listening to this on a digital radio nearly falling into the water. so it has become an iconic moment. but what i don't think we have done is put athletics into the psyche of the general, it who tune injust put athletics into the psyche of the general, it who tune in just the olympics. because it is notjust about the olympics, we have commonwealths and worlds and all of these other major championships but people don't realise they're on, we need to do more to promote sport. how long is it...? well, iwill get to go back for the anniversary games so to go back for the anniversary games soi to go back for the anniversary games so i willjump in the london stadium at least one more time. and then we will have the european championships. if i can get where i need to be, and i am still hopeful, thenl need to be, and i am still hopeful, then i will be looking to retain that title. i want to give a sense at home to inspire young people out there, this is the only tape measure we have got in the building, but it

is 30 metres. that's definitely big enough! what is your...? 8.51. you stay there, i‘m going to carry on. it has been a while since i've done it! and when you put it into perspective in this way, or away from a track, than even to me it looks a bit longer. when you put it in that context, it is a very odd thing. but it is incredible. i love looking at this. you reach a considerable height, which is key, isn‘t it? considerable height, which is key, isn't it? well, speed is probably the most important. with the long jump the most important. with the long jump you don't want to go to high. the angle has to be something, at

the apex of yourjump you are as far along as possible. some people just go straight up in the air and come down and it looks very impressive but you do not go very far. i'm rewinding! i think for the world record, for example, it was 18 degrees, the angle of takeoff. so it is about that. so you are getting some height, nothing like the high jump some height, nothing like the high jump or whatever. it is so technical, isn‘t it? going back to the moment when you do those extraordinaryjumps the moment when you do those extraordinary jumps and you the moment when you do those extraordinaryjumps and you look at it and you think, how did that happen? do you know, the moment you takeoff... obviously every time you‘re trying to do something exceptional, do you straightaway know this is a big one? absolutely, yeah. it is a feeling. the feeling is one of ease because once you get everything right, it feels wonderfully easy and you're just sailing through the air. often it is that realisation. when it is going awful you just hit the sand and you think, goodness me, i've got to try

and do that again. but when you hit and do that again. but when you hit a nicejump and do that again. but when you hit a nice jump you realise in the air what's going on and there is this wonderfully feeling that you're sailing through the air, you get a moment of realisation. because you are only in the air for six seconds or so. are only in the air for six seconds or so. it is a wonderful feeling. quite a few athletes say that when you‘re doing something very fast or whatever, you sometimes have moments of incredible clarity, when almost time stands still and you‘re in the air, do you have that sense? yeah. the problem i have had is when clarity has hit at the wrong point, when for example the first round of the olympic games in london i was running down the runway and all of a sudden the clarity hit me of, this isa very sudden the clarity hit me of, this is a very loud crowd and i am in london for the olympic games and i completely messed up my first—round jump! but when things are going incredibly well, you have these moments and all of a sudden you realise why you love it as much as you do. his heirs with a kind of... it is so lovely, thank you so much

for coming in to see us and good luck in whatever you‘re going to do next. people will get the opportunity to see you in events coming up. yeah, i will be in the birmingham diamond league, the london diamond league and then i'm hoping to finish, my final competition in newcastle on september the 8th. good to see you this morning. thank you for dealing with the tape measure! let‘s catch up with the tape measure! let‘s catch up on the weather with carol. if you have an allergy to grass pollen, just to let you know, the levels today are higher. most of the country except scotland, where they are country except scotland, where they a re low country except scotland, where they are low to moderate. bear that in mind. it is going to be mainly dry that that is the calm before the storm again this area of low pressure is coming our way. and it is going to bring some stormy conditions overnight and tomorrow morning. the first area of low pressure is already showing its hand across northern ireland. this is

where we‘ve got some rain this morning, coming in across western scotla nd morning, coming in across western scotland as well, pushing eastwards. as it gets towards eastern scotland it will be patchy in nature. we have got a lot of blue sky at the moment but there will be more cloud building through the day, producing showers across the midlands, east anglia and the south—east of england. also parts of wales and the south—west of england. but most of us will miss those showers. and the breeze is going to start to pick up, heralding the arrival of the area of low pressure. tonight, as that comes m, low pressure. tonight, as that comes in, it is going to deposit some heavy and persistent rain across scotla nd heavy and persistent rain across scotland and northern ireland at it is going to be sinking slowly southwards, turning a little bit lighter across the north of england and wales. that is half the story, because the other half of the story is the wind — strong winds are coming our way tonight, particularly across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. gusts could be up and northern england. gusts could be up to 60mph, even through the central lowlands. these are damaging

gusts potentially and could lead to some travel disruption. if you‘re travelling through the early part of tomorrow morning, do bear this in mind. it could uproot trees, for example. we are likely to have restrictions on bridges, power cuts could be possible. your local radio station will keep you updated as we go through tomorrow morning. the first band of rain sinks south as it crosses the south—east, patchy nature. not brilliant for the gardens but better than nothing. behind it there will be some sunshine. the winds will not be as strong as they are going to be across the very far north of england, northern ireland and scotland. but we will also have this rain moving across from the west to the east. it is the second part of this great egg area. but it will be quieter on friday. greg rutherford and nearly lept

across the camera there as he was leaving! for a fashion designer, there can‘t be many career achievements greater than creating a dress for the biggest wedding of the year. last month stella mccartney managed this not once, but three times when a trio of her dresses were worn at harry and meghan‘s big day. fresh from designing for the duchess of sussex, amal clooney and oprah, the businesswoman has now opened an eco—friendly store in her name. our arts editor will gompertz has been given a guided tour. as you walk in, you get living plants and you get rocks from... partially from the farm that i grew up on in scotland. the reality is that as you know, 1% of fashion is recycled, and that means that every single second that we‘re talking, a truckload of fashion is either burnt or landfilled. so, you know, we‘re using no animal products at all, obviously, we don‘t kill any animals which means we‘re not cutting down forests to create grazing for them, we‘re not using chemicals to tan them.

we‘re not taking water to inefficiently... that‘s all great but you must have some nights where you just feel really awkward about the whole thing, where you just feel, come on, this is a nonsense, i‘m making stuff which people don‘t necessarily need, i really genuinely feel about the environment, i shouldn‘t be doing it. i absolutely do, i agree, look, i am not perfect, we are not perfect here. but i‘m trying to make change in an industry. and i‘m a fashion designer. i did not start out trying to be an eco—warrior, that wasn‘t my intention, it just came about. but you had a good beginning of summer, your name cropped up a lot, were you surprised? amal clooney, oprah winfrey wearing your dresses on telly, people were talking about it, with some of the most famous women in the world weearing them. i felt very, very privileged to have amal and oprah come to me and asked me to make those dresses. it is always a joint effort, when you‘re working with that kind of magnitude of woman. i thought it was great they wanted a british designer, and a female, to dress them for that occasion.

and i was, i was surprised by the response, i was thrilled, obviously, ijust wanted them to be happy. oprah was happy and amal was happy and i am a huge fan. so as long as they were happy and i was happy but the response obviously was really kind of, you know, brilliant. and the duchess of sussex, meghan markle as she was, at what point did you get the call that you were going to be making her going away dress? my thing is i‘ve made a lot of wedding dresses for a lot of high—profile people, none as high—profile as this obviously but i‘ve always felt very protective over that moment. and it‘s a funny thing for me and i don‘t know what‘s wrong with me but i feel like it‘s such a private experience and as a designer, as a woman who‘s been married, i had to do my dress, it‘s such a big deal. and to be sort of entrusted with that moment, it means a lot to me. and so i‘m very protective of it. and because it is a very personal and private thing, getting married and having a wedding dress, albeit

in an incredibly public setting, what was it of her that to project to the world and to her family? i thinkjust her sort of human side. of the role that she has taken on it is very austere, it‘s very sort of serious and it is a great weight that she has acquired through that and she takes it very seriously. and i think it was the last moment probably that she could reflect on the other side to her and her, you know, thejoy and the human within her. were you disappointed not to be part of the actual...? i‘m not answering that question, it‘s ridiculous, i‘m not answering that question. and the link between fashion and football, on their way out there,

they get fashion designers and everything. this tracksuits. and there they are, they‘ve been designed specially abrupt they‘re quite low—key. designed specially abrupt they‘re quite low-key. and when they are there, they are going to be allowed to be on social media, apparently, they are going to be allowed to go and visit st petersburg, for example, with their families so it is slightly different to perhaps in the past. we will be going live with the past. we will be going live with the team in a few minutes‘ time. now, the news, travel and weather wherever you are. we are looking at some strong winds overnight and into tomorrow. today, a good deal of dry and bright weather across england and wales. some showers are possible. showery outbreaks of rain working in from the north—west of scotland and northern ireland. the winds will be freshening as well and where they will be increasingly like an patchy as they work eastwards. in the south—east it will not feel too bad with a high of about 22 celsius. going through this evening and overnight in the next area of low

pressure works its way in from the north and west and heavy, persistent rainfor north and west and heavy, persistent rain for northern ireland, parts of northern ireland and scotland. the rain will be a little bit patchy the further south you can. as we start the day tomorrow, it will be very windy in the north. these are the windy in the north. these are the wind gusts as we move through the rush—hour. locally they could be a bit higher than that. there is the potential for some disruption. i will keep you up—to—date. as we go through the day, that rain working towards the south and east, it will be fairly patchy across england and wales. behind it will some sunny spells feeding in. some more persistent rain feeding in in scotla nd persistent rain feeding in in scotland and working its way towards the east. the wind will tend to ease as we move through the afternoon with temperatures, a maximum of 22 celsius. this is business live from bbc

news with ben thompson and sally bundock. it is on! us telecoms giant at&t finally gets the go ahead to merge with media conglomerate time warner, it‘s a deal worth $85 billion. live from london, that‘s our top story on wednesday the 13th ofjune. a federaljudge overruled objections from regulators who feared the merger would hurt consumer choice. also in the programme: shares in chinese telecoms equipment firm zte plunge nearly a0%. we‘ll cross to our asia business hub to find out why.