good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: the tories in turmoil — another tough day for theresa may as she prepares to face down her backbenchers on brexit. donald trump backtracks — the president admits he mis—spoke about russian interference in american elections. the sentence should have been, i don't see any reason why it wouldn't be russian. sort of a double negative. the 12 thai boys trapped in a flooded cave for 17 days are to be discharged from hospital today. when we buy our next car, we might have electric dreams of. but not all of us are keen on the reality. in sport, joe root inspires england to a one day series win over india. he scored a centrury on his home ground in the process. iamata i am at a flower show as we see how the plants and the wildlife are coping with the lack of rain, not

much rain in the forecast with most places dry. join me for all the details here on breakfast. it's wednesday 18th july. our top story. theresa may will address conservative mps later, following two days that have already shown up divisions in the party over the issue of brexit. last night, ministers saw off a bid by tory rebels to create a customs union with the eu if a trade dealfailed. the rebel amendment to the trade bill was defeated byjust six votes as andrew plant reports. the ayes to the right, 301. it was yet another close contest that theresa may's government needed to win, and it did, byjust six votes, sidestepping a push by pro—eu mps for a customs union clause in the brexit contract. so, the noes have it. the noes have it. if that was a tuesday of turmoil for theresa may, next will surely come a worrisome wednesday. first, she will face last

prime minister's questions before parliament breaks for the summer after two tumultuous days that will have provided opposition mps with ample ammunition. the brexit strategy has already cost her two cabinet ministers. boris johnson, the ex—cabinet secretary, could break his silence in a speech many expect would be seriously critical of the prime minister's plans. and that is just the am. in the pm, she has to face the liaison committee, where senior mps of all parties will grill her on brexit strategy. or perhaps the toughest test of all, a meeting with the 1922 committee of backbench tory mps, with the ever possibility of outright internal mutiny. theresa may will be all too ready for next week's summer recess, but must survive one of the toughest days of her premiership yet. our political correspondent iain watsonjoins us now from westminster.

iain, a tough day for the prime minister yesterday, and an even tougher one today? yes. everyday is a tough day for the prime minister at the moment. before we won through what she is facing, it is worth emphasising how to yesterday was. run. she scraped through on that customs union, only because mps thinking of rebelling that were told if they were successful there will be a confidence vote, in other words there was a risk they could be a general election and they could be responsible for putting jeremy corbyn in downing street. today she will facejeremy corbyn in downing street. today she will face jeremy corbyn corbyn in downing street. today she will facejeremy corbyn in the last questions of the session, she has got the most senior mps at westminster quizzing her as she ta kes westminster quizzing her as she takes lots of questions from them

and then she bases her own back ventures and then she bases her own back ve ntu res — — and then she bases her own back ventures —— back ensures. after that cheque is agreement on the eu, many are sceptical about what she's try to achieve and some of them want to oust her. will be speaking to conservative mps either side of that debate a little later on in the programme. “— debate a little later on in the programme. —— we will. in a sharp u—turn, president trump says he misspoke earlier in the week at his summit with vladimir putin. president trump had supported mr putin's assertion that russia did not interfere in the 2016 us election, despite american intelligence saying it had. president trump says he got his words mixed up and he had meant to say he saw no reason why it was not russia that meddled. here's our washington correspondent chris buckler. with president trump, nothing comes without a little drama. even what some might regard as an apology. i have a full faith in our intelligence agencies. oops, theyjust turned off the light.

that must be the intelligence agencies. after so much outrage, he had little choice but to shed some new light on what he said in helsinki, as he appeared to support vladimir putin's claim that russia didn't meddle in america's presidential election. i would like to clarify just in case it wasn't. in a key sentence in my remarks, i said the word ‘would' instead of ‘wouldn't‘. president putin, hejust said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. the sentence should have been, ‘i don't see any reason why i wouldn't‘, or ‘why it wouldn't be russia'. but what mr trump did yesterday was to betray the women and men of the fbi, the cia, nsa and others, and to betray the american public, and that is why i use the term that this is nothing short of treasonous. former intelligence chiefs, political opponents and even several senior members of his own republican party had lined up to criticise the president. i understand the desire and the need to have good relations, that — that's perfectly reasonable, but russia is a menacing government

that does not share our interests or our values. and i think that should be made clear. so should president trump be rebuked? i just... that was a question he didn't answer. germany is a captive of russia... but republicans were embarrassed by the stark contrast of the combative trump who angrily challenged old allies at the nato summit, compared to the president who appeared all too cosy with the old enemy and sided with president putin over his own intelligence agencies. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. the 12 thai boys and their football coach, who endured more than two weeks stranded in a flooded cave in northern thailand, are expected to leave hospital later today. their extraordinary rescue was followed the world over. once they are discharged, they will be meet the media at a press conference at the chiang rai provincial office. howard johnson is there for us now. it is currently really carefully managed to day. that is right. the

press co nfe re nce managed to day. that is right. the press conference will take place in this local covenant office here and what we have heard is that questions from the media to the boys will be vetted in advents by psychiatrist to make sure it doesn't generate any sort of trauma with the boys. we have heard their parents will be there, the thai navy seals will be in attendance. it will be around 45 minutes long and will be broadcast around thailand, the programme will be called thailand moves forward. it will be watched keenly by people in this country who have gotten behind this country who have gotten behind this story. after the press conference when all of the questions have been asked, the pet —— the boys will get a police convoy back to their village and after a month of waiting there will be able to return to theirfamily waiting there will be able to return to their family homes and be with their friends to their family homes and be with theirfriends and to their family homes and be with their friends and family. thank you very much, will be following that throughout the day. researchers say there is virtually no evidence to suggest taking omega—3 fish oil supplements prevents heart disease or strokes.

a review, which examined trial data from more than 100,000 people, concluded the chance of getting any meaningful health benefit from the supplements was one in a thousand. a high courtjudge will rule this morning in the case brought by sir cliff richard against the bbc for breach of privacy following coverage of a police investigation and raid of the star's home in 2014. the ruling is expected to give guidance on the contentious issue of whether a suspect who has not been charged, can be lawfully named by the media. our legal correspondent, clive coleman reports. when south yorkshire police raided sir cliff richard home in 2014, he was in portugal, but the bbc was outside with a helicopter. it broadcast pictures and named him as a suspect in an alleged historical sexual assault. its corresponding

glenjohnson had sexual assault. its corresponding glen johnson had arranged sexual assault. its corresponding glenjohnson had arranged the bbc‘s attendance in their vans with south yorkshire police. cliff richard denied the allegation, he was questioned but never arrested or charged. he sued south yorkshire police and the bbc for breach of privacy. the four settled its case and apologised to the staff or that show circulation caused by disclosing his private information to the bbc stopped we. the court understood they had an unreasonable level of suspicion and if it did, there was an overriding public interest in its coverage of the investigation and search. the judgement is likely to give clear guidance on whether any suspect can lawfully be identified by the media before they are charged. it has massive implications for the coverage of police investigations.

clive coleman, bbc news. video streaming services such as netflix and amazon now have more subscribers in the uk than traditional pay tv services, like sky and virgin, that's according to new data from ofcom. the media regulator says the change marks a major shift in viewing habits and british tv will have to change the way it operates to compete with the internet giants. a celebrity plastic surgeon in brazil has gone on the run after a woman died following injections to enlarge her bottom. dr denis furtado, who appears regularly on brazilian tv, is also known as dr boom boom. he took the patient to hospital in rio dejaneiro before he vanished, and a warrant is now out for his arrest. with temperatures soaring in recent weeks even animals are looking for ways to cool off — imagine going outside to find this. a large black bear decided to take a dip in a swimming pool in los angeles where temperatures are around 30 degrees. the bear was later spotted under the shade of a tree

in a nearby garden. it is thought to be around 5 years old and weighs about 250 pounds! the animal was later captured and released back into the wild in the local national forest. i love the way that there seems totally at home in that stunning pool totally at home in that stunning pool, very happy. you swim in the wild? i have not swum with bears. people get excited about swimming with dolphins, what is wrong about swimming with bears? you would be slightly nervous to go for a swim. holly's here with the sport. is such an unrelated ball problem. i hate when i get a bearing most important! —— in my swimming pools. no issue with england's cricketers.

this test was supposed to be on a knife edge, evenly matched but in the end it was a covetable victory for england, which is good news heading into the world cup next year. if you look at that picture behind you, joe root has invented something. you heard of the mic drop? it is the bat drop. a really impressive in performance. less than a year until the start of the cricket world cup and england certainly look they are kicking form at just the right certainly look they are kicking form atjust the right time. joe root certainly look they are kicking form at just the right time. joe root was the star, completing his century at the star, completing his century at the same time. tiger woods says he's confident he can add to his 14 major titles at the open championship at carnoustie this week. he hasn't won one in 10 years, but reckons his game is now suited to links golf.

wayne rooney has spoken to the bbc for the first time since making his move to the united states to player for dc united and says the timing was right to take his family state side. geraint thomas and chris froome remain second and sixth respectively as they finish alongside their major rivals. race leader gregg van avermaet, added nearly two minutes to his lead though. it has been an impressive tour to france so far and we had the women's version of that going on yesterday too. still no women's version yet. when are we going into full open golf mode as well? if you have it your way we would have been talking about it this time last week ‘s topic i have had a fortnight ‘s buildup to this. let's have a look

at some front pages of. the front page of the telegraph, talking about a tricky day for theresa may. four labour mps say that her premiership is in labour mps say that her premiership isina labour mps say that her premiership is in a crunch vote. the front page of the daily mail. a picture here are of elle macpherson, the supermodel dating is disgraced mmr doctor and his wife is shocked. front page of the financial times, this is what the wit ‘s were telling mps yesterday and this is a tragic story about a family who were on holiday in greece and one of their young sons was killed after falling off a speedboat in greece. the daily express has criminal on

its front page. they are asking questions. and pictures of the new x factor. car or card? i did say it card. and expected judges, it is robbie williams, his wife, they will be on the panel together. i have forgotten his wife's name, and not being rude. mrs williams. just a little bit more on that story at the front of the mail, interesting because unemployment rate is at the lowest for 43 years. employment record highs, but wages. if you are thinking great, employment is low, people will need to pay more because they want people like me to work for them, wages are not going up so much, a real puzzle for economists and one that caught

my eye in the mirror this morning. a grandmother who has welcomed her 100th grandchild into the family. that includes great green kids, great great ran kids. 14 kids. 100 is. -- great great ran kids. 14 kids. 100 is. —— kids. there is a finance angle because if you want to go on holiday. at one point the extended family grew so much that when they went on holiday to black all they had to get a 52 seater coach to get everybody there. —— blackpool. had to get a 52 seater coach to get everybody there. —— blackpoollj had to get a 52 seater coach to get everybody there. -- blackpool. i am taken by the picture on the back. manchester united have launched their new kit yesterday and there has been a bit of a furore around the price of it. they say it is a rip—off. if you get the official kit, shorts, sock and shirt, it could cost £193. it is worth pointing out... i understand why

people are attacking it. that is the full kit. there is a replica kit of £60. yes. most people would buy the £60. yes. most people would buy the £60 one. still, it is still expensive. the shorts. yes, and if you want a name on the back as well. the full kit... you've got to be really... everybody likes kit. they are onto a winner. write that down. everybody likes kit.|j are onto a winner. write that down. everybody likes kit. i love this. i have a shetland are neither looks like this. my labrador has not learnt to ride a shetland and if. —— shetland pony. he leaps over the fence with his little friend, the horse, spank, he is called. ——

spanky. the dog does lie on its back and the horse tickles its tummy in real life. you are like doctor do little. we need pictures -- doctor doolittle. holly doesn't do that. there is too much information. we need to have a look at the weather. matt is at tatton park with the weather this morning. good morning. yes, iam at good morning. yes, i am at tatton park which opens to members today and the general public tomorrow. lots of exhibits to show you throughout. at the moment i am in thejungle throughout. at the moment i am in the jungle fever garden designed throughout. at the moment i am in thejungle fever garden designed by pip probert. the jungles thejungle fever garden designed by pip probert. thejungles need rain and rain is a hot topic at the moment for gardeners and wildlife experts with a severe shortage. yesterday we were talking about the hosepipe ban across north—west england. i thought i would remind

you how dry it has been. if we look ata map you how dry it has been. if we look at a map of thejune rainfall across the uk. this is from the met office. wherever you see brown colours on the map, this is where the rainfall is below average injune and most notable across england and wales, some have the most dryjune, even drier than 1976, continuing into july with north—east england having half the amount we would expect by this time. we need that little bit more desperately but there is not much more in the forecast. showers in the coming days. one or two today but this familiar story of dry and sunny spells continues. if you see showers for the morning commute across western parts in central and southern scotland, heavy ones in the morning and afternoon, the odd one in northern ireland. for the vast majority it will be dry in the uk, especially in central and eastern areas. eastern scotland might have

the odd heavy one with sea breezes developing but compared to yesterday temperatures up one degree or so with more sunshine around. temperatures peaking at 26, and the high teens, low 20s in scotland and northern ireland. tonight, any showers we have will fade away with a dry night with some lengthy clear skies. temperatures will be on the co mforta ble skies. temperatures will be on the comfortable side. not too hot and humid. double figures for the vast majority. midteens for east anglia and the south—east. that takes us into tomorrow. we will see high pressure on the map building more from the south. and that means more will have a dry day. fewer showers around. most likely across eastern parts of scotland. sea breezes could set them up. note the temperatures on the rise even further. we could get close to 38 and in the south—east corner. thursday into friday, outbreaks of rain, scotland and northern ireland, pushing into england and wales, by no means

guaranteed rain, but in the south is —— south—east corner. for the vast majority in the country we continue with the dry story and into next week temperatures may rise further into the low 30s in parts of central and eastern england. the heatwave is not done with yet. i will have more throughout the morning and we will talk about how to deal with gardening in the dry weather but for the time being it is back to dan and louise. it looks lovely. i look forward to that. thank you. i will tell you more about the tatton park later in the programme. let me remind you. i can't wait. let's return to the main story this morning. the government narrowly avoided defeat in the commons last night over it's legislation for exiting the eu. theresa may had to rely on labour votes to prevent tory rebels overturning the brexit plan that has has cost her two cabinet members. today could present more turbulence for the pm before she reaches the relative safety of the summer recess next week. first up, the final prime minister's questions.

jeremy corbyn will be keen to take advantage of the divisions within the conservative party. the prime minister will appear before all 35 select committee chairs in the liaison committee. it is expected they won't give her an easy ride when she presents her brexit plan. it is a busy day. then this evening she will give a speech to the 1922 committee, a group of powerful backbench mps. if all that wasn't enough, borisjohnson might make a statement in the commons following his resignation. you might recall, the last time a former foreign secretary delivered a bruising eu related speech, it didn't go well for the prime minister of the day. geoffrey howe's damning address after he quit margaret thatcher's cabinet in 1990 was followed by her own swift exit. quite a day and head. —— ahead. kathryn simpson is an associate professor in political economy at manchester metropolitan university.

shejoins us now. good morning. we have run you through the day for may. yesterday was bruising in the commons, wasn't it? really difficult for her and the government, as was monday, and as you said, the government were propped up by four labour mps yesterday on the trade bill. this is a very difficult time for theresa may going forward. as you correctly mentioned she needs to get to the summer recess which will be next week and not earlier, as originally thought, or planned, orvoted week and not earlier, as originally thought, or planned, or voted on, but this is the brexit rubik's cube. the problem is that since the chequers deal of the prime minister knows brexit means brexit is now soft brexit for the prime minister and the government, but it is too soft for the brexiteers and not soft enough for the remainers and that is the difficulty. you have highlighted the difficulty. you have highlighted the problem, so what is the way out, if you can't make either side happy, where can you go? she is between a

rock and a hard place and this was a lwa ys rock and a hard place and this was always going to be the case since the general election last year when she was propped up by majority government and the dup and since the resignation of boris johnson government and the dup and since the resignation of borisjohnson and david davies it has amplified things more. it is a difficult one with talk of a second referendum, maybe one option going forward. generally speaking if she can get to the recess, work on the uk— eu relationship and the future relationship and the future relationship with the european union going forward, that is the main thing. and they went big with the rebels yesterday. we understand they said that if it did not go through that there would be no brexit deal and there would be a confidence vote and there would be a confidence vote and potential general election as well. the looming prospect of a general election is always there. i think that was obviously touted out yesterday and perhaps that might be one way of trying to tease the deadlock. the importance is getting

to the summer recess and preparing for the really crucial european council meeting in october when we will outline the future relationship with the european union. let's talk about theresa may as well because it isa about theresa may as well because it is a tricky day. if she can get to the recess, is everything going to be ok? i think it might be. if she can get to the recess i think she will survive the summer and i think come september that then we will be planning for the european council meeting which is absolutely crucial in navigating that future uk— eu relationship. the european union have been relatively quiet on what they think of the white paper, the chequers deal, and reports they have upped the ante, telling the 27 member states of the eu to prepare for a no deal, so this is not over as of yet. and what would be the toughest thing today? last week she met the 1922 committee and they gave

a slamming of the table. not sure she will get that today. could it be the speech of borisjohnson if it comes? i think it might be a little unpalatable, but she can weather that storm. the most difficult thing might be prime minister's questions, the last opportunity to ask the prime minister key questions before the summer recess and, given what happened over the last two days, it might be quite an entertaining episode in the house of commons. thank you very much indeed. always fascinating to talk to you. people can watch that if they fancy, prime minister's questions, on the bbc. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we will have the national headlines for you injust a we will have the national headlines for you in just a few minutes' time. good morning from bbc london news. i'm tolu adeoye. mps are calling on the government to do more to ban dangerous cladding following the grenfell disaster. current proposals only affect new buildings over 18 metres.

but a report by the commons housing committee says any ban should include existing buildings and those under construction. it also recommends sprinklers for all high—rise buildings and changes to fire regulations. a teenage girl who was killed in camberwell has been named by police. 17—year—old katrina makunova was found with a stab wound to the chest last thursday at a house on brisbane street. 21—year—old oluwaseyi dada has been charged with her manslaughter and is due to appear at the old bailey today. a new app is being used in london classrooms to help teachers better communicate with parents. messages telling passengers to look up will be displayed on transport for london electronic tube boards to encourage them to offer their seats to those less able to stand. it comes after a passenger highlighted that she was often forced to stand on trains because other passengers were staring at their phones. a new app is being used in london classrooms to help teachers better communicate with parents.

class dojo allows teachers to send pictures and videos of a pupil's work home. it also translates messages and alerts into different languages to help parents who don't speak english. we have had now hundreds of thousands of teachers and kids and pa rents thousands of teachers and kids and parents starting to use class dojo used around the uk and it has been one teacher telling another because they choose to use it and that is really cool. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. on the roads, looking at the blackwall tunnel, it is slow following a police incident earlier. and in gants hill it is loath southbound. and the south circular is slow following a collision. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it is another mild

start this morning. we have patchy cloud around and that is going to stay with us throughout the day, breaking up from time to time, leading to sunny spells. we have a gentle south—westerly westerly breeze, stay largely dry, with a chance of a light shower later on. most chance of a light shower later on. m ost pla ces chance of a light shower later on. most places avoiding it, stating dry, and temperatures getting up to 26 degrees. that starts to disappear into the evening. some sunshine before it sets. overnight it becomes clear. a dry night. minimum temperature quite warm for the city, 15 degrees. out of the suburbs, around 11 or 12. so tomorrow, sunny spells, temperatures a little bit warmup, up to 30 degrees. friday, the chance of some showers, which could be quite sharp, heavy, you may hear the odd rumble of thunder, rumbling on through the night and into saturday morning, clearing through the afternoon, leading to a

dry, sunny and warm sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london in half an hour. hello this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. coming up: school's out for summer, but at a price. holiday childcare has shot up to more than £130 per week. find out why and what parents can do to keep costs down. we'll hear andy grant's remarkable story. he was blown up whilst on patrol in afghanistan. after choosing to amputate his leg, he's gone onto break world records and even motivate the 2018 england world cup team. as georgie lane's tour of duty comes to an end, the star of ‘our girl‘ michelle keegan will be here to tell us what's next for the army medic. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. theresa may faces and other date

facing questions of her own mps about exit. —— brexit. last night ministers saw off a bid by tory rebels to create a customs union with the eu if a trade deal failed. it was defeated byjust with the eu if a trade deal failed. it was defeated by just six votes. president trump says he spoke earlier in the week at his summit with vladimir putin. president trump had supported mr putin's assertion that the russians did not interfere in the 2016 us election, despite american intelligence saying they had. president trump says he got his words mixed up and had meant to say that he saw no reason why it was not rush. —— brusher. —— rush. —— russia. the 12 young footballers trapped in a cave in thailand are due to be released later today. some of the

boys contracted pneumonia, during which a former thai navy diver died. they are set to meet the media at around about midday hour time. a high courtjudge will rule this morning on a case brought by sir cliff richard brought against the bbc after coverage of a police raid in his home in 2014. he denied a claim of historical sexual assaults was never arrested or charged. the judgement is likely to have major implications for the way media is allowed to report on the early stages of a criminal investigation. video streaming services such as netflix and amazon now have more subscribers in the uk than traditional pay tv services, like sky and virgin, that's according to new data from ofcom. the media regulator says the change marks a major shift in viewing habits and british tv will have to change the way it operates to compete with the internet giants. traffic could increase by more than

60% in the next five years, according to a government report. critics say this is a huge over estimate that will lead to a controversial boom in roadbuilding. they say that forecasters are failing to take into account that people are generally driving much less. there is virtually no evidence that taking omega three tablets could lead to any health benefit. they said the chance of any health benefits was one in a thousand. holly's here with the sport. i was thinking about this, it would be difficult to. mic drop we have heard of, but bat drop i don't even think it would land rights. he deserved to do it, a convincing

victory over india yesterday. for captain eoin morgan, this was more he wanted to see off and this should have been on a knife edge, they are quite closely matched, the world number one and two, but you would think beating the world number two puts you in a good position looking ahead to next year. england have won their one—day series against india after a dominant performance in the third one—dayer at headingley. england brilliant with the ball — look at this absolute beauty from adil rashid to remove the indian captain virat kholi. the look says it all. the batting excellent too, the winning runs came from joe root who completed his century in the process. england in great form with a home world cup now less than a year away. it's another good step forward towards that world cup. but ultimately we need to keep playing well, keep driving at home and we

need to keep pushing ourselves to keep getting better because it is the only way that we are going to be in the best place possible going into that tournament. tiger woods says he's confident of adding to his haul of 14 major titles at the week's open championship. he hasn't won a major in a decade, and hasn't even played at the open since 2015 because of injury. but the 42 year old reckons the links at carnoustie will suit his game, and says there's no reason why he can't follow other open champions and continuie playing into his 50's. look what tom did at turnberry at 59, i believe he was. it is possible. greg was there at birkdale around 54, somewhat wary around that. it can be done. you get to places like augusta national, the golf course outgrows you, but links styal golf course, you can roll the ball. —— style. how much do you trust your friends?

this is phil mickelson and what he calls his flop shot. absolutely ridiculous, i am sorry to my friends, i don't trust them enough to give anything close to that. straight into the sinn. -- sinn. i love it, even though he knows exactly what he is doing, he is friend went back. wayne rooney says he moved tio america, because he didn't want to "hang around and be a dead weight" at everton. he made his debut for dc united this week after singing a three and a half year contract with the major league soccer club. speaking exclusively to bbc sport, the former england captian says his family played a big part in his move to the us. ijust i just felt the time was right for us i just felt the time was right for us to have a new challenge and obviously in this league. i have said before i wouldn't have come out if my family didn't want to come

over because obviously they are my priority, so it was important to ta ke priority, so it was important to take them over with me. rangers are through to the second qualifying round of the europa league after a goalless d raw with shkupi in macedonia. steven gerrard's side won the first leg 2—0 and and didn't have to sweat too much in the second — the only scare coming two minutes from time with alan mcgregor keeping the home side at bay. couple of other football lines to bring you — and liverpool have bid of £62 million to buy the brazilian keeper allison from roma. if the deal goes through it would be a world record fee for a goalkeeper. and arsene wenger says he might have made a mistake by staying at arsenal for too long. the frenchman left at the end of last season after 22 years in north london. he told the french broadcaster rtl that he "neglected a lot of people", and became a "prisoner of his own challenge". chris froome and geraint thomas are still right in the mix at the tour de france ahead of the first mountain top finish of this year's race.

they finished stage 10 yesterday alongside their main rivals — on what was the first day in the alps. frenchman julien alaphillipe took the stage victory. the action on the road was actually almost upstaged by a biker in the air. this is a mountain biker jumping over the pellet in yesterday. looks impressive from that angle. what a landing! making it look easy. there was a dramatic finish to the women's race — la course. annemiek van vlueten overhauled her dutch compatriot anna van der breggan in the last 25 metres for her second straight win in the race. it looked very exciting. it looked like she had nothing left to give. alljammed like she had nothing left to give. all jammed into one like she had nothing left to give. alljammed into one day. thank you. thank you for getting some gulf in

as well. —— golf. some of the world's best track and field athletes will be in london this weekend for the anniversary games. among those competing will be sprint star, zharnel hughes and pole vault world champion, sam kendricks. they join us now. good morning. how lovely to see you. is it early? for me it is. depends where you're coming from. tell us a little bit about how your how excited you are. i am feeling well, looking forward to the anniversary games this weekend. definitely there will be great performances, i will be doing my best in the 100 metres for sure. it depends where you come from, when did you arrive? the nature of a travelling professional athlete is that you compete in several forms all around the world. lam glad several forms all around the world. i am glad to be going back to london for the anniversary games. it is really exciting because i get the best seat in the house to watch guys

like zharnel hughes. tell us a little bit about pole vault because it is extraordinary. what is going through your head, to people who are not athletes, when you're taking the run—up? not athletes, when you're taking the run-up? well, imagine there is a few less smoke and mirrors than you would then. is like highjump, as much as you put into it you get out of it. maybe it takes 10,000 hours of it. maybe it takes 10,000 hours of training to get to the olympics, but it is about trusting your equipment, training and your coach. how did you get into it in the first place ) how did you get into it in the first place) someone say to you try this? were you given a chance to try it out and think i could have a go at this. i don't think they gave me another shot because i was in the best athlete starting and my father was eight track coach and said i think a boy like you can have an advantage doing something like this one day. when i was 13 maybe i

wasn't the best, but when i was pretty fight i had a lot more. zharnel hughes, you are the second fastest british sprinter of all time. to lasalle you started. i started in angola at the age of ten. ireland are running at the grass track a comb and used to beat all of the kids my age and at the age of 11 are represented angola and i moved to jamaica when i was 16 and i broke the high school record injamaica when i was 18 years old. then i started running the 100 metres a bit more. sam said he was in the best athlete when he was younger, you were. i have heard you say that you wa nt were. i have heard you say that you want to get even faster, what is your record? 9.91. can you get inside the record? i definitely think it can be possible, as long as igo think it can be possible, as long as i go out there and focus on myself,

executing, good conditions, the field is going to be really pack. is expected to be one of the hardest 100 metre races in the london stadium, iam 100 metre races in the london stadium, i am definitely looking forward to it, it will be great competition. you mentioned training injamaica, the competition. you mentioned training in jamaica, the runners competition. you mentioned training injamaica, the runners who come from jamaica, let's face it, are amazing. did you train alongside usain bolt? yes i did. what does he bring to the camp? the same guy you see on tv is the same guy in training. he is always running, rolling and all of us are doing the same thing. he is very motivational as well. if i am dying on the track he will pull me up and say, on, finished the programme, at least get in the last wrap. very inspirational. for athletes, when they have achieved something they have built up over a long time, how do you motivate yourself? how soon after ci lla do you motivate yourself? how soon

after cilla breaking that you think what is next? being world champion is not a mantle everybody gets the chance to bear. everytime you go on a troublesome and special is expected of you and you have to be willing to give a little bit of yourself. when i come to london, this is the site of one of my greatest victories, a gold medal at the world champions —— world championships here in london, i am really hoping to give one of my best effort. just in the last week i attended my american record and i am hoping to get even better this weekend. so you are both hoping to break records this weekend! what i love about you are doing is you putting pressure on yourself, is that an important part of your psychology? for me, iwouldn't that an important part of your psychology? for me, i wouldn't say i am putting pressure on myself, i know what i and capable of doing. with the way training has been going, it is a matter of executing it. there are milliseconds to do it. there is, but that is because of the

ha rd there is, but that is because of the hard work you have been putting in over the months leading up to this one the. as exciting as it seems, what can you do in that space of time? have we messed up your routine, is this breakfasttime normally? what is your breakfast? for me, i have bacon, post, scrambled eggs. for me, whatever my wife wants to cook at a. —— that day. thank you very much, so great to see you, good luck this weekend. let's get the weather. matt can bring us all of the details. morning! at don't ask me either. i am at tatton park flower show celebrating the 20th anniversary. and i am at

buzz of manchester garden, designed by andrew walker, celebrating the vibrancy and culture of the city, centred around manchester's famous symbol, the bee, and it is notjust the plants suffering in the dry weather, the wildlife and insects as well. and these need water to produce honey, but they can drown in deep water. if you want to leave out some water, a shallow trough of gravel with a shallow layer of water is best, because we haven't had enough rain around, there is not enough rain around, there is not enough standing water for them or many insects and wildlife and let's have a look at how dry it is. in june, this met office rainfall chart shows where the driest conditions have been. the deeper the brown, the dry the weather compared to normal and many parts of england and wales had less than half the normal rainfall, some even drier than in

1976 and it continues intojuly. in north—west england we have had half the rainfall we would expect by this time of the month and so we have a hose pipe band coming in the next few weeks. there is no sign of huge amount of rainfall today with high pressure building from the south, killing off showers we saw yesterday. there are a few in western areas, especially in central and southern scotland, and more p°ppin9 and southern scotland, and more p°pping up and southern scotland, and more popping up through the day. scotland and northern ireland have the odd heavy one but for england and wales most heavy one but for england and wales m ost pla ces heavy one but for england and wales most places will be dry across the country and in eastern areas some sunny spells as well. it will be warm once again in the sunshine and temperatures up a degree on what we saw yesterday with a gentle breeze, in the mid—20s in the south—east corner, the high teens in the north and west. tonight we will see any showers that develop in the day gradually fade away with clear skies across the country and temperatures in rural parts in single figures, like last night, though most places

in double figures to start thursday. on thursday with the high pressure in the south building it means even fewer showers on the charts and so more of you will have a day of sunny spells on thursday, and if you see a shallow, the sea breeze developing eastern scotland, inland one or two showers in the afternoon, but look at the temperatures into the 20s in scotla nd at the temperatures into the 20s in scotland and northern ireland, maybe into the 30s in the south—east corner. it is a little bit cooler into friday because scotland and northern ireland have some rain and that will turn quite showery, pushing across northern england, wales, but we could have thunderstorms developing to the south—east corner, so maybe a greater chance of showers and the odd rumble of thunder, some welcome rainfor odd rumble of thunder, some welcome rain for the gardens on friday, but as we go into the weakened the showers become few and far between and commandant anne louise, next week the temperatures could go into the low 30s in eastern parts of england —— few and far between and,

dan and louise, next week the temperatures could go into the low 30s. temperatures could go into the low 305. i temperatures could go into the low 30s. i can see on your right side, over here, you are going to talk to us over here, you are going to talk to us about how to look after the gardens, about so much —— with so much dry weather. i love how you asked him the question, and he is not allowed to answer it. that is because we are trying to talk to sean. that's right. we need to protect the time to talk to sean about electric cars and not many people are buying them at the moment. i have rachel with me talking about why, even though people seem to want them, we don't seem to be making those purchases. the rising price of diesel and petrol might have made you think about buying a car but it seems we are a long way off the electric dream is becoming a reality. people were concerned about things like the range of electric cars and the lack of charging infrastructure.

this was a survey conducted by radio 4's consumer programme you and yours. it found that nearly 60% of people say they aren't likely to buy an electric car when next purchasing a vehicle. if you look at the numbers this attitude seems to be reflected in actual sales, hybrid, that's cars that partly run on electricity, and electric—only vehicles, made up just over 5% of new car sales in the first six months of this year. that's up slightly on the same period in 2017. it is not whether government wants to be. in 22 years, it seems a long time, but it will come around, new diesel cars and petrol cars will be banned. let's talk to rachel burgess, news editor of autocar and what car? good morning. when you look at the list of electric cars, is itjust that they are too expensive? they area bit that they are too expensive? they are a bit more expensive than petrol and diesel at the moment but we expect comparative pricing in three to five years, so vw have a hatchback called the id and they say it will be the equivalent to the

golf diesel. people in the second—hand car market, they would think that a new car is expensive, so there is not a car in second—hand electric cars out there. you are totally right and of course as the demand grows, there are more in the used market, so traditionally used market values of electric cars are not great because people were not sure about them and they are improving and because of that there area improving and because of that there are a lot of bargains in the used car market for electric vehicles. you have to make a plunge, like when the smartphones came about, you might question buying an old smartphone because the new one you are told is the strongest battery. do people have similarfears are told is the strongest battery. do people have similar fears as they had with phones? absolutely, because people don't know the battery life ofan people don't know the battery life of an electric car, and so far they have held up well. naturally, the older car, the range will be slightly depleted. talking broadly about electric cars, the range is growing as battery technology improves, so the new generation of

vehicles coming out in the next year or two will be at least 300 miles on a single charge. is that on an affordable electric car? that is the vw id, 23 or 24 grand. so you have the range, people might think about going on holiday in the car without having to stop to charge up along the way. but the number of charging points around the country is still a big problem, surely, because you can't just rely big problem, surely, because you can'tjust rely on wherever you go having points. it's better than some people think, there are 17,000 points in this country and it is growing and growing with more carmakers realising they need to invest to make sure that customers buy the cars and the electric cars. a lot of people we must remember charge at home and it is only the occasional journey where charge at home and it is only the occasionaljourney where it charge at home and it is only the occasional journey where it will be a problem and of course going to the comments about the mile range is, as they get better and better in distance, the infrastructure will

become less relevant. interesting last week the report came out said more than half of young people are up more than half of young people are up to buying an electric car, so is ita up to buying an electric car, so is it a matter of time, with the mentality changes, so young people can mentality changes, so young people ca n start mentality changes, so young people can start to afford to buy cars, is that what we are waiting for, as opposed to the car industry? that what we are waiting for, as opposed to the car industry7m that what we are waiting for, as opposed to the car industry? it is a mixture of price and probably knowledge and just cultural awareness, so jaguar launched the ipace last year and that has a lot of coverage and people have gone, we have the jaguar car now, and people understand mainstream manufacturers are doing this. audi will launch an all electric suv, and vw are following, which are perhaps a little more affordable, so as they come into the market place, people who don't consider the radical tesla will go, oh, it is a vw, maybe i can consider that, so maybe we will see a step change in terms of people's

attitudes. interesting. rachel, thank you very much. are you tempered? i haven't got one yet. i have regular conversations with friends who would go for it if the price came down, and i know it is easy to put in a point in your house these days, so not that i have any expertise, in 12 months it might change a lot of people's ideas on it —— tempted? change a lot of people's ideas on it -- tempted? dan has called it. thank you both. i realise i was waiting into this territory, not an expert at all, but anyway. members of the royal family and barrack obama are among those to have paid tribute to nelson mandela ahead of today, which would have been his 100th birthday. to many, he is a hero, who led the fight against apartheid in south africa, he spent 27 years in prison before he became the country's first black president. elaine dunkley has been to a school named after him to find out how his legacy is inspiring a new generation. he said boxing taught him to stand

up he said boxing taught him to stand up to bullies. getting ready to celebrate the legacy of nelson mandela. everyday these children are taught his values. nelson mandela was an extremely inspirational person. today they will commemorate his life and —— on what would have been his 100th birthday. his life and —— on what would have been his 100th birthdaylj his life and —— on what would have been his 100th birthday. i have been learning about nelson mandela since nursery and i learnt that he fought for our writes, he fought for black people. we have to remember what he did, so the same stupid mistakes don't happen again —— rights. did, so the same stupid mistakes don't happen again -- rights. he is a really good role model, especially for little kids, because little kids, when you introduce them to it, they follow it and if they've seen

it, they will become him and become a really good person. if you could have met nelson mandela, what would you say to him? thank you for changing the world. from prisoner to president, he was incarcerated for 27 years for his belief in equality. after 10,000 days injail the world's most famous prisoner walked out from the prison gates. after his release he continued to fight against apartheid and built a new democracy in south africa. it was a long and painful walk to freedom. never again shall it be that this useful earth will again experience the oppression of one or another. what was it like nelson mandela being here? it was excellent. this school was named in his honour and the librarian met him when he visited in 1993. and he shook everybody‘s hands and he shook mine and he took mine and i didn't want to let go. he was this tall person

andi to let go. he was this tall person and i was so happy and he said it was a pleasure meeting you and i was like, it is an honour to meet you. and then he went to the next person and that was my little bit of fame with him. every day we say his name. everyday we are part of nelson mandela community. # nelson mandela. in life he fought for freedom. after his death he still gives hope for the future. a life and legacy that continues to inspire. # nelson mandela. elaine dunkley, bbc news. and we will remember nelson mandela as well later in the programme. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we shall have the national headlines just after 7am for you. good morning from bbc london news. i'm tolu adeoye. mps are calling on the government to do more to ban dangerous cladding following the grenfell disaster.

current plans only affect new buildings over 18 metres. but a report by the commons housing committee says any ban should include existing buildings and those under construction. it also recommends sprinklers for all high—rise buildings and changes to fire regulations. a teenage girl who was killed in camberwell has been named by police. 17—year—old katrina makunova was found with a stab wound to the chest last thursday at a house on brisbane street. 21—year—old oluwaseyi dada has been charged with her manslaughter and is due to appear at the old bailey today. messages telling passengers to ‘look up' will be displayed on transport for london electronic tube boards to encourage people to offer their seats to those less able to stand. it comes after a passenger highlighted that she was often forced to stand on trains because other passengers were staring at their phones. the messages will be on most of the boards during peak times. a new app is being used in london

classrooms to help teachers better communicate with parents. class dojo allows teachers to send pictures and videos of a pupil's work home. it also translates messages and alerts into different languages to help parents who don't speak english. we've had now hundreds of thousands of teachers and kids and parents starting to use class dojo, used around 70% of classes in the uk and it has been one teacher telling another because they choose to use it and that is really cool. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. on the roads, looking at the blackwall tunnel, it is slow following a police incident earlier. the m20 is down with traffic back to junction 6. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella.

good morning. it is another mild start this morning. we have patchy cloud around and that is going to stay with us throughout the day, breaking up from time to time, leading to some sunny spells. we have a gentle south—westerly—westerly breeze today, stay largely dry, with a chance of a light shower later on this afternoon. most places avoiding it, stating dry, and temperatures getting up to 26 degrees. that cloud starts to disappear as we head into the evening. some sunshine before it sets. overnight it becomes clear. a dry night. minimum temperature, again, quite warm for the city, 15 degrees. out of the suburbs and beyond, around 11 or 12. so tomorrow, sunny spells, temperatures a little bit warmup, up to 30 degrees. for friday, the chance of some showers, which could be quite sharp, heavy, you may hear a rumble of thunder, they will rumble on through the night

and into saturday morning, clearing through the afternoon, leading to a dry, sunny and warm sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london in half an hour. now, though, it's back to dan and louise. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: the tories in turmoil — another tough day for theresa may as she prepares for a showdown with her backbenchers on brexit. donald trump backtracks — the president admits he mis—spoke about russian interference in american elections. the sentence should have been, "i don't see any reason why it wouldn't be russian. " sort of a double negative. the 12 thai boys trapped in a flooded cave for 17 days are to be discharged from hospital today. the summer holidays are great news for kids but with childcare costs up 4%, who is going to look after them? in sport, joe root smashes a century as england thrash

india at headingly to win the third one—dayer, and with it the series. good morning. iam good morning. i am at hutton park flower show, finding out how the pla nts flower show, finding out how the plants are coping with the dry weather. not much rain in the forecast, i will have all of your details here on brick. —— breakfast. it's wednesday 18th july. our top story: theresa may will address conservative mps later, following two days that have shown up divisions in the party over the issue of brexit. last night, ministers saw off a bid by tory rebels to create a customs union with the eu if a trade dealfailed. the rebel amendment was defeated byjust six votes, as andrew plant now reports. the ayes to the right, 301. it was yet another close contest that theresa may's government needed to win, and it did, byjust six votes, sidestepping a push by pro—eu mps for a customs union clause in the brexit contract.

so, the noes have it. the noes have it. if that was a tuesday of turmoil for theresa may, next will surely come a worrisome wednesday. first, she will face last prime minister's questions before parliament breaks for the summer after two tumultuous days that will have provided opposition mps with ample ammunition. the brexit strategy has already cost her two cabinet ministers. boris johnson, the ex—cabinet secretary, could break his silence in a speech many expect would be seriously critical of the prime minister's plans. and that is just the am. in the pm, she has to face the liaison committee, where senior mps of all parties will grill her on brexit strategy. or perhaps the toughest test of all, a meeting with the 1922 committee

of backbench tory mps, with the ever possibility of outright internal mutiny. theresa may will be all too ready for next week's summer recess, but must survive one of the toughest days of her premiership yet. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminsterfor us. i hope the prime minister had a good sleep because if yesterday was difficult today will be just as tough. it is the toughest day for her since yesterday and probably there will be very tough days ahead. that is probably why she wanted an early summer break but that is now off the agenda. for we concentrate on what she was facing today, let's be clear just how on what she was facing today, let's be clearjust how tough it was yesterday because there was a rebellion by people who wanted to see britain, if need be, stay inside the customs union, something that went against her manifesto commitment and wasn't prepared to do. but potential rebels were

threatened with the prospect of putting jeremy corbyn in downing street. they were told it would be a confidence vote in the government if she was to lose that crucial customs and amendment. she scraped why on the six votes, close indeed. she facesjeremy the six votes, close indeed. she faces jeremy corbyn today at the six votes, close indeed. she facesjeremy corbyn today at prime minister ‘s question time. she faces the way asian committee's senior mps and then she has to meet her own back ventures and convince them her brexit plan is on track. —— lay asian committee. some of them are thinking about ousting her. —— liasion committee. will be discussing with two conservative mps, cheryle wollaston, who is in favour of a soft brexit and another on hard brexit, we will get both sides of. in a sharp u—turn, president trump says he misspoke earlier in the week at his summit with vladimir putin.

president trump had supported mr putin's assertion that the russians did not interfere in the 2016 us election, despite american intelligence saying they had. president trump says he got his words mixed up and had meant to say he saw no reason why it was not russia. here's our washington correspondent chris buckler. with president trump, nothing comes without a little drama. even what some might regard as an apology. i have a full faith in our intelligence agencies. oops, theyjust turned off the light. that must be the intelligence agencies. after so much outrage, he had little choice but to shed some new light on what he said in helsinki, as he appeared to support vladimir putin's claim that russia didn't meddle in america's presidential election. i would like to clarify just in case it wasn't.

in a key sentence in my remarks, i said the word ‘would' instead of ‘wouldn't‘. president putin, hejust said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. the sentence should have been, ‘i don't see any reason why i wouldn't‘, or ‘why it wouldn't be russia'. but what mr trump did yesterday was to betray the women and men of the fbi, the cia, nsa and others. former intelligence chiefs, political opponents and even several senior members of his own republican party had lined up to criticise the president. i understand the desire and the need to have good relations, that — that's perfectly reasonable, but russia is a menacing government that does not share our interests or our values. and i think that should be made clear. so should president trump be rebuked? i just... that was a question he didn't answer. germany is a captive of russia... but republicans were embarrassed by the stark contrast of the combative trump who angrily challenged old allies at the nato summit, compared to the president who appeared all too cosy with the old enemy and sided with president putin over america's own intelligence agencies.

chris buckler, bbc news, washington. a high courtjudge will rule this morning on the case brought by sir cliff richard against the bbc, for the way it covered a police raid at his home in berkshire in 2014. sir cliff, who denied a claim of historical sexual assault, was questioned but never arrested or charged. the judgement is likely to have major implications for the way the media is allowed to report the early stages of a criminal investigation. the 12 thai boys and their football coach, who endured more than two weeks stranded in a flooded cave in northern thailand, are expected to leave hospital later today. their extraordinary rescue was followed across the world. once they are discharged, they will be meet the media at a press conference — howard johnson is in chiang rai. this is all heavily choreographed for the boys benefit. yeah, this is

the first time they will meet the media since their ordeal and it will ta ke media since their ordeal and it will take place in this building at 6pm local time. it will be all across the thailand tv stations here, lot of interest. we can already see teams turning up to cover this story. what we have heard is that the tight media and the international media have had their questions vetted by a team of psychiatrists and they will be on standby during a press conference to make sure the boys that suffer any trauma when entering these questions. what we have heard is that the boys are in good health, we have seen them in hospital getting better and after this press conference they will receive a police convoy which will take them towards their villages and then finally after nearly a month away from the homes they will finally get to be with their friends and family again the. i know that news conference is expected at about 12pm

ourtime conference is expected at about 12pm our time here. thank you. if you are taking this morning, this might be of interest to you. —— taking supplements. researchers say there is virtually no evidence to suggest taking omega—3 fish oil supplements prevents heart disease or strokes. the cochrane review which examined trial data from more than 100,000 people, concluded the chance of getting any meaningful health benefit from the supplements was one in a thousand. video streaming services such as netflix and amazon now have more subscribers in the uk than traditional pay tv services, like sky and virgin, according to new data from ofcom. the media regulator says british tv will have to change the way it operates to compete with the internet giants. our arts correspondent david sillito reports. this was far from scientific, but the results to reflect something of two—day's research. we asked people to pick a favourite. one or two went for sky and the bbc, more went to youtube. i watch it every single day. but the clear winner,

especially with the young, was netflix. subscriptions for online video streaming services such as netflix and ofcom prime now exceed those for traditional pay—tv operators such as sky and virgin. viewing of traditional tv services has dropped by more than 40% and ofcom says british broadcasters need to work together if they are going to work together if they are going to compete. we would love to see british broadcasters, the bbc working collaboratively with itv, channel 4 and channel five thomas said they have got that scale to compete globally, making shows together, coproducing great shows that all of us can watch. creating a british netflix, a british amazon?” think it would be great to see a british netflix. the average twentysomething now watches an hour a day of youtube. the one group

whose habits haven't changed much are people at the age of 65, who still watch an average of more than five and a half hours of traditional tva five and a half hours of traditional tv a day. the average page of viewers to bbc one, two and itv now over 60. —— aged. it is the 11 minutes past seven. theresa may had to rely on votes over the brexit plan that has already cost her two cabinet members. today could face more toy of turbulence. let's go through her day,. first up, the final prime ministers questions, jeremy corbyn will be keen to take advantage of the divisions within the conservative party.

the prime minister will appear before all 35 select committee chairs in the liaison committee. it is expected they won't give her an easy ride when she presents her brexit plan. then this evening she will give a speech to the 1922 committee — a group of powerful backbench mps. if all that wasn't enough, borisjohnson may make a statement in the commons following his resignation last week. sarah wollaston will chair the meeting of senior mps and voted against the government yesterday. she joins us now from westminster. thank you so much for giving us some of your time this morning. can i ask you, how much pressure were you and others under yesterday to vote with the government, what was threatened to you? clearly there was a very considerable whipping operation last night and threats were made that there would be a vote in confidence if the government fails. the primus would have won that vote of confidence. we were told, i don't know if you can confirm this, some threatened with no brexit deal, a vote of no confidence and a general election. was that mentioned to you? not me personally because i was

clear that how we should vote because i think what we are seeing here is we are heading towards a ha rd here is we are heading towards a hard walk away brexit and what we wa nted hard walk away brexit and what we wanted to put in place is a backup plan. we all wish the primus of the best of her negotiations, this was to make sure that if that failed that there would be a backstop position that could help to avoid us actually crashing out with no deal at all. did you consider changing your position at all based on that pressure yesterday? as i say, i wasn't personally subjected to that pressure. i did see others certainly having some pressure put upon them. it was a tight vote and only got through with the help of labour party members rebelling against the labour party vote. in terms of balancing lease it on issues like this, obviously you are aware that pressure you are putting on the prime minister and the situation that many are reporting that she gets wea ker that many are reporting that she gets weaker by the day. the problem here has been that those who want us

to crash out with no deal had tabled some fatal amendments to her white paper that had been accepted and i think that is the problem. it remains the case that there are divisions within both main parties and across the country, about the type of brexit we should have. we all know that we are leaving the eu, this is about whether we leave and maintaining some links with the eu or completely walking away with no deal at all. there are many of us who feel that there would be a huge number of serious unintended consequences were that to happen. so really, this debate is about how close our links should be, the deal we have after we leave the eu and very many of us wish her the best of luck with her white paper but we are very worried that that now has been fatally undermined by having accepted the amendments earlier in the week. you said you have accepted that there will be a leading of the eu and yet yesterday you spoke about a second referendum? the point is

that there is deadlock at the moment in parliament. it of this issue about do we crash out with no deal at all or do we try to maintain some links with ourformer at all or do we try to maintain some links with our former european union members? and if we cannot reach any agreement they are and you have the issue about the only cheating that happened during the campaign from vote leave that was revealed yesterday, i think you have to ask yourself is it reasonable now to go back to the public and say do you feel, which of these choices that is now ahead of us, do you feel is most appropriate or indeed, if for many people you feel like having close ties you may as well remain, that should be one of the choices as well. i feel that we should be one of the choices as well. ifeel that we have just reached a complete political impacts about this. what will you be asking the premise that today? you play that your position quite clearly and you will get the opportunity in that lay asian to question her, what will

you be asking question act the key issue here is the contingency planning for no deal. we are heading ever closer to that question of brexit. we want the consequence of that laid out as clearly as possible, but importantly for us to see the contingency planning that is in place to try and mitigate some of those effects. we need to have much clearer pictures of contingency planning in my view. a number of committee chairs will be pressing the prime minister on the implications of brexit in the different forms of brexit in a number of different areas where they have been collecting evidence over the past couple of years within their departmental select committees. will also be asking her aboutair committees. will also be asking her about air quality issues around defence spending and social care, how we go to pay for social claire. do you think she will survive the summer recess? i do. the last thing we need is a general election. the

instability it would create would be appalling. i think we want to get behind the pm to see that she can deliver a pragmatic way through with the white paper. personally i am disappointed we don't have a backstop position to prevent crashing out with an ideal and the priority is it looks as if that is where we are heading and we need to see some genuine planning for it and an explanation to the public about what this means. you say you think she will survive. given the answer to the question, do you think that today would be at difficult day for borisjohnson to give the speech if he makes it? i hope he doesn't give that speech. i think it's time for borisjohnson to retire to his newspaper column. have you made that opinion clear to him and would he listen? we are all glad to have a more sensible foreign secretary and he isa more sensible foreign secretary and he is a greatjournalist and that is where his talents lie, but

undermining the prime minister right now would be a huge mistake. he has designs on higher office, doesn't he. that's finished. i don't think that his performance as foreign secretary has shown him to be fit for higher office. won more on that, do you think that he won't make that speech, or do you think that he may, you fear that it might do? that is a matter for you fear that it might do? that is a matterfor him you fear that it might do? that is a matter for him and the question is which he will deliver. he would be better now to maintain a low profile and we need to all move on and it is about focusing on what are the contingency plans in place if we are heading towards a hard brexit and making the consequences of that clear to the public. i don't think it will washed to save we will hand is out because the other side of the negotiations already know what the consequences will be. it is for the

british public who need to have it spelt out to them as clearly as possible. and more importantly for ice to see the contingency planning now given we are so close to accepting. what is the contingency planning if we crash out with no deal at all? that is where we need to be absolutely clear. sarah wilson, thank you very much for talking to us on bbc breakfast. it will be interesting to see if boris johnson chooses to make that speech. sorry if the sound was a little bit strange. i think we have the wrong microphone. you could hear the background noise. i could hear perfectly. hopefully you could hear. i certainly did. matt is at tatton park with the weather this morning. good morning. yes, iam certainly among the sunshine field at tatton park flower show. the beautiful yellows, looking quite fresh at the

moment, considering how dry it has been, and it would have been a challenge to put the show on in the hot and dry conditions. here to tell us more hot and dry conditions. here to tell us more is the rhs director of horticulture. thank you forjoining us, tim. lovely start here. it must bea us, tim. lovely start here. it must be a challenge in such hot and dry weather. it has certainly been a great challenge for the exhibitors. they have risen to it and they have a fantastic range of plants to come to see. it has been a challenging year as well for all exhibitors at the flower shows with the cold start and then the dry weather. how did you cope with it? it's suddenly snuck up on us that this dry weather... this dry weather. and you see the plants begin to suffer. remember, they are resilient, they are tough. they may wilt, they may look stressed, they might not flower as well, although if they are established they will survive ok. what about practical tip for those

gardeners at home wanting to keep the garden tiptop in the dry weather? just remind you how precious water is, so use as little as you can, it is a watering can to get it right to the roots of the plants, which is where it really matters. fantastic. thank you for joining us this morning. good luck. the 20th anniversary as well. joining us this morning. good luck. the 20th anniversary as weltm joining us this morning. good luck. the 20th anniversary as well. it is. thank you. yes, the 20th anniversary. the flowers are in tiptop form despite the dry weather. there have been unbelievably dry it conditions to start the summer. if we look at the rainfall map from june for the met office and the brown colours show how dry it has been. the brown of colours, the dry out the conditions. so less than half the usual rainfall across many parts of england and wales and some even drier than it was in 1976 and the dry weather continues into july. in north—west england we have seen half the amount of rainfall that we would expect so far this month and not much really in the forecast over

the coming days. there will be some showers around on friday. today only isolated showers. that is because of the ridge of high pressure building up the ridge of high pressure building up from the south through the day. that will move further in tomorrow. this morning one or two showers to get the day under way across western areas of the country. fairly light and isolated. central, southern scotla nd and isolated. central, southern scotland and northern ireland, the odd heavy one continuing on and off through the day. england and wales, very few gardens getting rained from the skies. it will be dry with long sunny spells and temperatures up a degree or so. i teams, low 23 in scotla nd degree or so. i teams, low 23 in scotland and northern ireland. into this evening and overnight the showers will fade away —— high teens. most towns and cities around 10- 15 teens. most towns and cities around 10— 15 degrees as we start thursday. so tomorrow, the ridge of high pressure m oves so tomorrow, the ridge of high pressure moves north, so fewer showers, more dry weather and sunshine across the country. we

could see the cloud thickening into the hebrides later on, bringing slashes of rain and showers into eastern scotland, but under sunny skies it will be even warmer with temperatures it widely into the 20s, the low 30s even in the south—east corner of the country. rain in the forecasters is a note into friday forecasters is a note into friday for scotland and northern ireland and on friday it will turn showery as it pushes into england and wales, soi as it pushes into england and wales, so i cannot guarantee rain for your garden, and at the same time one or two thunderstorms, feeling quite humid here, and temperatures into the 20s, a little more fresh in the end of the week. over the weekend, more dry weather to come with temperatures in england and wales in the high 20s and low 30s yet again. 0k, the high 20s and low 30s yet again. ok, so it is still washing—up water on the flowers. thank you very much for the top tip. i was about to speak. you have silenced him. i had a blue hand at the flower show once.

because? i was hosting a garden in —— hosting a show in the garden show and the guy in the garden said it was permanent, industrial dye, don't put your hand in it, so i did, and i had a smurf hand for a week. last month the bodies of three graffiti artists were found at a station, near brixton, they died after being hit bya train. in the last year, seven people under the age of 18 lost their lives on railway lines across the uk. now, network rail has launched a campaign, aiming to highlight the dangers and risks of venturing on to train tracks, as brea kfast‘s graham satchell reports. viewers might find some images upsetting. 0h, oh, no. this is a campaign film oh, no. this is a campaignfilm by network rail. it tells the story of tom hobbled. is anyone there? of the day it happened we had just finished exams at school, so it was a lot of free time. we were playing football

right next to the lines, it really, andi right next to the lines, it really, and i pinged the ball over the fence and i pinged the ball over the fence and without a second thought you go and without a second thought you go and just get it back. when i went to do that, i spotted a stop, stationary freight train. and i don't know why but i saw the opportunity and i just went on to the carriages and i pulled myself up. iwas the carriages and i pulled myself up. i was aware of the the electricity on the line. i wasn't aware of the arc. it can go up to three metres in the wrong conditions. tom didn't even touch the overhead lines, but was hit by 25,000 volts. he was left with third—degree burns on 50% of his body. i am his mum. ijust went and damaged my biggest organ like that ina damaged my biggest organ like that in a split—second of not really thinking straight, yeah. i could have been dead in a split—second, of thing. tom was lucky to survive. the

number of young people trespassing on the railway has risen steadily in recent yea rs, on the railway has risen steadily in recent years, up from just over 1000 incidents in 2014 to more than 2000 last year and in the last 12 months seven young people under 18 have died, 48 have received life changing injuries. network rail say they are doing all they can to maintain fences to keep people off the railway, but... 70% of all trespassed happens at all within 100 metres of a station so it is not all about fencing. this is about everybody being responsible and pa rents everybody being responsible and parents helping to make sure their children understand the dangers if they choose to step on the track. tom spent 11 days in a coma, two—month in hospital and is still having treatment for years on. the impact of what happened has been severe for the whole family, as well

as the physical injuries, tom won't leave the house unless he is covered up, even in the hot weather. he is not the old tom, he is never going to look how he did before. as much as the scarring has gone so well it isa as the scarring has gone so well it is a huge impact, it changes your life for ever. it is not like a broken bone, as we say. it is therefore ever. — — broken bone, as we say. it is therefore ever. —— it is their forever. tom knows he is lucky to be alive but he knows that it will scar him for ever. and thank you very much for tom foretelling gram and asked his story as well. and the national headlines for you injust a as well. and the national headlines for you in just a few moments' time. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm tolu adeoye. mps are calling on the government to do more to ban dangerous cladding following the grenfell disaster. current plans only affect new buildings over 18 metres. but a report by the commons housing committee says any ban should include existing buildings and those under construction.

it also recommends sprinklers for all high—rise buildings and changes to fire regulations. a teenage girl who was killed in camberwell has been named by police. 17—year—old katrina makunova was found with a stab wound to the chest last thursday at a house on brisbane street. 21—year—old oluwaseyi dada has been charged with her manslaughter and is due to appear at the old bailey today. a new app is being used in london classrooms to help teachers better communicate with parents. class dojo allows teachers to send pictures and videos of a pupil's work home. it also translates messages and alerts into different languages to help parents who don't speak english. we've had now hundreds of thousands of teachers and kids and parents starting to use class dojo, used around 70% of classes in the uk and it has been one teacher telling another because they choose to use it and that is really cool. messages telling passengers to look

up will be displayed on transport for london electronic tube boards to encourage them to offer their seats to those less able to stand. it comes after a passenger highlighted that she was often forced to stand on trains because other passengers were staring at their phones. the messages will be on most of the boards during peak times. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. on the trains, signalling problems are causing delays of 15 minutes on thameslink and great northern services via cambridge. on the roads, northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel is slow following a police incident at the northbound tunnel exit. finally, the m20 is down to one lane westbound approaching junction to following a breakdown and traffic is all the way back to junction 6. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it is another mild start this morning. we have patchy cloud around and that is going to stay with us

throughout the day, breaking up from time to time, leading to some sunny spells. we have a gentle south—westerly—westerly breeze today, stay largely dry, with a chance of a light shower later on this afternoon. most places avoiding it, staying dry, and temperatures getting up to 26 degrees. that cloud starts to disappear as we head into the evening. some sunshine before it sets. then overnight it becomes clear. a dry night. minimum temperature, again, quite warm for the city, 15 degrees. out towards the suburbs and beyond, around 11 or 12. so tomorrow, sunny spells, temperatures a little bit warmup, up to 30 degrees. for friday, the chance of some showers, which could be quite sharp, heavy, you may hear a rumble of thunder, they will rumble on through the night and into saturday morning, clearing through the afternoon, leading to a dry, sunny and another warm sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london in half an hour.

now, though, it's back to dan and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. it is 7:30am. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. theresa may faces another gruelling day of questions from her own mp's about her plans for brexit. she will attempt to unify members of the 1922 committee of backbench mps before next week's summer recess. last night, ministers saw off a bid by tory rebels to create a customs union with the eu if a trade dealfailed. the amendment was defeated by just six votes. let's talk about this in more detyail with the conservative mp, andrew bridgen who has already submitted a letter declaring no confidence in the prime minister over her plans for brexit. he joins us now from westminster. first question is, do you still stand by that latter? -- letter. i do, as long as the prime minister

stands by her checkers proposals. they are currently taking founders from all over the country and what they will find is that 70% of our conservative membership opposed the proposals put forward. they will keep us shackled in a single market for goods which means we are recipients of expensive overpricing and unable to do free trade deals. we understand that the whips were saying yesterday that if this vote doesn't go through then there will bea doesn't go through then there will be a vote of no—confidence. is that what you want? i voted with the government last night. the rebel amendment supported by the labour party would have put pressure on negotiating position if we haven't gotten a free trade deal by the 21st of january would have to join the customs union, that would have guaranteed the eu's position. let's be clear. sego signed a letter of no

confidence, the whips as far as we understand were saying that if this doesn't go through there will be a vote of no confidence. do you want one or not? you are completing two separate items. what the viewers should have seen last night what a narrow majority in the house of commons we have four mps willing to deliver on the mandate we were given a referendum to deliver brexit. what happens from here? it seems that the prime minister is not able to please either side of the conservative party. well, no. be eurosceptics carried the day. the eurosceptic wing is larger than you might think, we wa nt wing is larger than you might think, we want to deliver the brexit we promised. there is no doubt that the rebels who titus close to the eu, calling for a second referendum, despite their protests saying that

we are not seeking to block brexit. they are showing their true colours. they are showing their true colours. the vote was carried on for labour mps. by a vote of 61 we said we will be giving their decision on staying or leaving the eu to the british people but there were only 307 mps out of 360 willing to support that. this is about democracy. can i ask you about your letter again because we know there are other letters, do you know how many there are? only graham brady knows how many. here's a man high integrity. i understand even mrs brady doesn't know. i believe he keeps them in a safe in his office. you are going to the 1922 meeting today, what atmosphere do you think there will be? well, i think we are rather confused. i started out three years ago as a rebel asking for a referendum, vote

leave won the referendum. i then became a loyalist for two years, supporting theresa may, her mansion house speech of leaving the union. and then on friday, last friday when we had the checkers arrangement, i am suddenly a rebel again the. i haven't gone anywhere. what we need to do is deliver the brexit we promised the british people and i am here to do that. said you have no confidence in the pm, who then would you like to see delivering the steel? we have got to deliver the dealfor the british people. this is the parliament of brexit. we either deliver the brexit they voted for all we will be suffering badly. this is about democracy. a decision has been made by the british people and it is up to our parliament to it and as you saw last but we only have a narrow majority of mps willing to deliver on that. thank you to joining us on breakfast this morning. —— forjoining.

in a sharp u—turn, president trump says he ‘misspoke' earlier in the week at his summit with vladimir putin. president trump had supported mr putin's assertion that the russians did not interfere in the 2016 us election, despite american intelligence saying they had. president trump says he got his words mixed up and had meant to say he saw no reason why it was not russia. the 12 young footballers and their coach who spent more than a fortnight trapped in a cave in northern thailand are due to be discharged from hospital later today. some of the boys were treated for pneumonia following the operation to rescue them, during which a former thai navy diver died. they are set to meet the media at a press conference later. a high courtjudge will rule this morning on the case brought by sir cliff richard against the bbc, for the way it covered a police raid at his home in berkshire in 2014. sir cliff, who denied a claim of historical sexual assault, was questioned but never arrested or charged. the judgement is likely to have major implications for the way the media is allowed to report the early stages of a criminal investigation.

google is facing a fine from the eu. it could be up to £8 billion, it will be a big hit if that is announced. it is all to do with the anger at operating system on smart phones. —— android. the way they use that to make people use their search facilities, which is what google is most famous for. they think they are making smart phone and public manufacturers who are using that and it operating system, saying you need to have google search as your default search. —— android. there are other search companies out there. the european commission has

not been impressed with how google has used its power. google says that actually we provide all of this the free and that allows people to have these services, so that is why we can do that. and it will stifle innovation. interesting to see how it plays out, they have been fined before and are in the middle of an appeal, it won't end to day but it will be another clampdown on the way google are working. researchers say there is virtually no evidence to suggest taking omega—3 fish oil supplements prevents heart disease or strokes. the cochrane review which examined trial data from more than 100,000 people, concluded the chance of getting any meaningful health benefit from the supplements was one in a thousand. coming up on the programme, matt will have the weather from tatton park. also advice on how to deal with your

garden with no rain. holly is here with the sports news. england with a victory over india, the should have been on a knife edge but a strong performance. joe root has seemed to make another celebration, not a bat drop, but a bat drop. he deserves to celebrate as well. —— not a mic bat drop. he deserves to celebrate as well. —— nota mic drop, buta bat drop. england have won their one—day series against india after a dominant performance in the third one—dayer at headingley. england brilliant with the ball — look at this absolute beauty from adil rashid to remove the indian captain virat kholi. the look says it all. the batting excellent too, the winning runs came from joe root who completed his century in the process. england in great form with a home world cup now less than a year away. tiger woods says he's confident of adding to his haul of 14 major

titles at the week's open championship. he hasn't won a major in a decade, and hasn't even played at the open since 2015 because of injury. but the 42 year old reckons the links at carnoustie will suit his game, and says there's no reason why he can't follow other open champions and continuie playing into his 50's. here's a question — how much do you trust your friends? enough to do this? this is phil mickelson and what he calls his "flop shot". ridiculous. there is no way are would let even you, with your golfing skills, take a shot like that at me. i would probably take a leg off. square in the face. you can hear behind him. he has got crazy rests. —— wrists. wayne rooney says he moved

to america, because he didn't want to "hang around and be a dead weight" at everton. he made his debut for dc united this week after signing a three and a half year contract with the major league soccer club. speaking exclusively to bbc sport, the former england captian says his family played a big part in his move to the us. i just felt the time was right for us to have a new challenge and obviously in this league. i have said before i wouldn't have come out if my family didn't want to come over because obviously they are my priority, so it was important to take them over for me. rangers are through to the second qualifying round of the europa league after a goalless d raw with shkupi in macedonia. steven gerrard's side won the first leg 2—0 and and didn't have to sweat too much in the second — the only scare coming two minutes from time with alan mcgregor keeping the home side at bay. couple of other football lines to bring you and liverpool

have bid £62 million to buy the brazilian keeper allison from roma. if the deal goes through it would be a world record fee for a goalkeeper. chris froome and geraint thomas are still right in the mix at the tour de france ahead of the first mountain top finish of this year's race. they finished stage 10 yesterday alongside their main rivals — on what was the first day in the alps. frenchman julien alaphillipe took the stage victory. there was a dramatic finish in the women's race. the last 45 metres for the second straight win in the race. -- 25. so frustrating, but clearly a fantastic race. nothing left in the tank. one of the greatest finishes

in women's cycling. changing attitudes towards alcohol, education and family time have contributed towards a sharp decline in the number of teenagers becoming pregnant, that's according to a new report. research by the british pregnancy advisory service suggests teen pregnancies have dropped by 55% since 2008. katherine o'brien is the report author and she joins us now. good morning to you. were you surprised by what you found?” good morning to you. were you surprised by what you found? i think i was quite surprised by the real profound shift in teenage lifestyles, teenage behaviour is. it is not that long since i myself was a teenager but i really didn't recognise, to some extent, the lights fails that young people are leading to day. increasingly family—oriented, less time socialising with their friends and really shunning a stereotypical behaviour of teenagers such as binge drinking. do you think, i am not

casting aspersions, are they telling you the truth? these were online focus groups, completely anonymous. it was a survey of over 1000 young people and the trends were quite significant. so it has gone down by 50% since 2008, but we are still not doing very well in some ways compared to other parts of western europe. of the need to be more education, what you think needs to be changed? absolutely. our research found that good, high quality sex and relationships education has a real impact on young people's sexual behaviour is. so, a young people ‘s who's sre was good are less likely to have had sex than others. i think it puts impetus to government plans for mandatory relationships and sex education and shows that really we need to continue investing in contraceptive purposes. -- services. we are expecting plans in the next

few days, what you think they will say? we are not sure at this point but what this report makes clear is that s r e needs to be delivered to a high standard otherwise itjust might have the effect that we all wa nt might have the effect that we all want it to have. we talk about teenagers all the time and the image. do you think they're as being quite a seachange in what they are up to in the last ten yea rs ? they are up to in the last ten years? absolutely. the image that we got was one of a generation who are prioritising their education. for these young people, studying, working towards career goals was of high importance than spending time with their friends or spending time on hobbies. and this is also a generation of young people who really enjoy spending time with theirfamilies. they really enjoy spending time with their families. they are certainly not shutting themselves in their bedroom or running off to the park at the first opportunity. they enjoy spending whole weekends with family members, which... you look so surprised! whole weekends with your

family? i know. and my dad is watching this and i feel terrible but that was not my experience. that goes against lots of things we hear about social media and the rest of it. it is quite a contrast to some of the things we hear. absolutely andindeed of the things we hear. absolutely and indeed social media does also seem and indeed social media does also seem to play a role in the decline in teenage pregnancy rates because young people are kim yuna katie much more online with their friends —— because young people are communicating much more online with their friends communicating much more online with theirfriends and communicating much more online with their friends and that limits opportunities for social interaction. i wonder if the fitness and health accession helps with this as well because of the healthy lifestyle and maybe not as much alcohol as previously thought. yes, young people we spoke to were conscious of the impact on health and well—being and the potential dangers of binge drinking and had a very responsible attitude towards alcohol. indeed, a number of young

people we spoke to mentioned the idea of alcohol being a responsibility to be taken seriously. yes, that is a real factor. thank you very much indeed. some parents will be having a chat with their teenage children. thank you. matt is at tatton park with the weather this morning. it is looking lovely. good morning. yes, it certainly is. i am at the school gardens. designed of course by youngsters, inspired by different artists. this one by the textile designer william morris. the young gardeners are having as much trouble as the older ones thanks to the lack of rainfall. let me remind you of the rainfall totals in june of rainfall. let me remind you of the rainfall totals injune and what it should be for the time of year. the met office map of thejune rainfall across the uk shows, compared to the average, how little the rain fell and hear the brown colours show how dry it was with many parts seeing between 1% and 5% of the june rainfall total and

many parts seeing between 1% and 5% of thejune rainfall total and some had even drier weather than they did in1976, had even drier weather than they did in 1976, which continues intojuly. north—west england has had half the rain that we would normally have by this time. and only one or two showers here and there. that is the story today with most places drier than wet with only isolated showers. sunny spells and pleasantly warm in the sometime. we still have high pressure close by. a common theme through the last six weeks. it is building a game from the south, leading to fewer showers. there are some for commuters this morning in the west of the uk —— again. especially central and southern scotla nd especially central and southern scotland and northern ireland with one or two heavy ones through the day. most places will avoid them. staying dry will be the case in eastern areas and temperatures up a degree or so on yesterday, 25— 27 in the south—east, 17— 21 in scotland and northern ireland. into tonight,

showers fade away, it will be dry and clear into tomorrow morning. temperatures dropping a way to single figures in the north. most towns and cities 15 degrees into tomorrow morning. it will be a commute with a freshness about it but nothing desperately cold. when the sun is on your back it will warm up the sun is on your back it will warm up quickly. most places drier tomorrow with a little rain in the highlands at the end of the day. look at the temperatures, creeping towards 30 in the south—east of the country. the low 20s in scotland and northern ireland. after overnight rain in scotland and northern ireland on friday it pushes into england and wales, so the greater chance of downpours, the odd thundery shower in the south and east, temperatures down because of the clout and rain, but they climb into the weekend and next week and we will have more of that later. thank you very much. 7:50am. good

morning. school's out for summer but while that's music to the ears of children across the uk, it can be a real financial headache for their parents. sean has more. people know about this already. i don't see i can bring them news. what can you do? childcare costs over the summer. morning, what can you do? childcare costs overthe summer. morning, everybody. yes, figures out this morning show the cost of holiday childcare has gone up 4% on last year. that a big headache for a lot of parents, like the one's we spoke —— that a big headache for a lot of parents, like the ones we spoke to at a school in manchester. the very first we thought she would go to the theatre school, £120 a week, then we take annual leave, my husband and i. it can cost a lot of money in the holidays if you don't have any family members to look after your children or to help you out. you have to take the time off work. if i weigh up the alternatives and went to work for the six weeks i would just about cover the cost of

childcare anyway. so it quite a lot for us. so a couple of different solutions for us. meganjarvie is head of policy at the family and childcare trust. good morning. we had one example at the end, working, you know, the question of whether it is worth it isa question of whether it is worth it is a dilemma for people. is it more or less frequent? it is a struggle forfamilies. not or less frequent? it is a struggle for families. not only is or less frequent? it is a struggle forfamilies. not only is it or less frequent? it is a struggle for families. not only is it really expensive, there is not enough childcare. only one in four local areas have enough childcare in the holidays for working parents. that makes it a real struggle for parents to stay in work over summer. i think the average is £133 a week. yes. when you look at the cost, what is the knock—on effect and why is it such a big issue, parents can'tjust fork out that money? they have to make decisions about if it is worthwhile compared to what they are earning. can it work? there is help to pay for childcare. sometimes it doesn't work during the holidays. it is paid later. parents will have to

pay the full bill, £800 for summer. that is before they get support back through this benefit system. what should you do if you are looking to reduce the costs, are there some simple things you can do to cut that down? the most important thing is to know what you are entitled to. find out information about what childcare is out there and what support, what help to pay for it is out there. the local council has family information services help with that. has anything changed year on year because it feels like a problem that we talk about regularly, and yet the cost doesn't seem to go down? two yea rs cost doesn't seem to go down? two years ago the government introduced a right to request to get more childcare in schools for schoolchildren. our research has found it has only had a positive impact in 4% of areas. how does it work? parents can ask their school to provide childcare during the holidays and wraparound, so before and after care, and xhaka providers

can say that, they can say we would like to provide that. -- childcare providers. and they don't have to do that. not enough parents know about the right to request. when they do they ask for it and also more schools taking action as well.“ they don't have to, why would the schools take on the burden? it is tough enough. it really makes a difference to family life, and that can help children. the holidays can be really stressful. there is 13 weeks of holidays for children. we only have four or five weeks. pa rents only have four or five weeks. parents need a solution for the rest of that time. to businesses need to be more flexible about that? the numbers don't add up, do they? 13 weeks holiday and four or five weeks annual leave, so do you see the business is changing? some can have term time only contracts to make a real difference balancing family life and working life. we also know that there has to be the childcare out there if parents want to work

through the year. they should be able to make sure that their children are well looked after, they can children are well looked after, they ca n afford children are well looked after, they can afford high—quality childcare so that they can go to work. what is pushing the costs up? 4%, we heard the wages have gone up two and a half % so what is changing its? the rent rises, the rise to the minimum wage, but these acute shortages will cause a problem around prices, and like i said, one in four areas only have enough childcare, which is a valuable asset. what other things pa rents valuable asset. what other things parents have to do now because the costs are a little bit too big? so at the holidays parents tell us it isa at the holidays parents tell us it is a real struggle and they will patch together different solutions, they will call on family and friends to do some childcare, swap around the annual leave so that they can do some of it themselves. what it is is a patchwork of different things to try to get it together to make it work for the long holiday. and you

have to make sure the kids are up for it. yes, exactly, and older children have strong views about what they want to do. that is a different problem all over. thank you. it is a tough one every summer. he isa you. it is a tough one every summer. he is a tough onejust you. it is a tough one every summer. he is a tough one just to get the kids to do what you want them to do anyway, never mind the cost of doing that. i like the description that it isa that. i like the description that it is a patchwork. spot on. thank you both. thank you. i put hours in a tennis club for a week. and they are at the age where they will agree to all go. theyjust have to. just welcome to the teenage world. wait till they are that old. i look forward to it. still to come:, wimbledon and the world cup played havoc on our girl. the head of the series finale, we have michelle keegan to find out what is next for georgi lane and itjust draws you

in. you love it, don't you? how she copes with that, i just don't in. you love it, don't you? how she copes with that, ijust don't know. you know it is a drama, not real—life? time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we have michelle and plenty more this morning. see you in a couple of minutes. good morning from bbc london news. mps are calling on the government to do more to ban dangerous cladding following the grenfell tower fire. current plans only affect new buildings over 18 metres. but a report by the commons housing committee says any ban should include existing buildings and those under construction. it also recommends sprinklers for all high—rises and changes to fire regulations. a teenage girl who was killed in camberwell has been named by police. 17—year—old katrina makunova was found with a stab wound to the chest last thursday. 21—year—old oluwaseyi dada has been charged with her manslaughter and is due to appear at the old bailey today. an app which is being used at schools in london is said to be transforming communication

between teachers and parents. the class dojo app lets teachers send pictures and videos of a pupil's work home. it also translates messages into different languages to help parents who don't speak english. we've had now hundreds of thousands of teachers and kids and parents starting to use class dojo, used around 70% of classes in the uk and it has been one teacher telling another because they choose to use it and that is really cool. messages telling passengers to look up will be displayed on tfl boards to encourage people to offer their seats to those more in need. it comes after a passenger highlighted that she was often forced to stand on trains because other passengers were staring at their phones. the messages will be on most boards during peak times. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there are minor delays on the

overground, otherwise there are minor delays on the overg round, otherwise it there are minor delays on the overground, otherwise it is a good services morning. on the trains — signalling problems are causing delays of 15 minutes on thameslink and great northern services via cambridge. turning to the roads — northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel is slow from the woolwich road flyover. in battersea, this southbound bus lane is closed following a collision, leading to queues. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it is another mild start this morning. we have patchy cloud around and that is going to stay with us throughout the day, breaking up from time to time, leading to some sunny spells. we have a gentle south—westerly—westerly breeze today, stay largely dry, with a chance of a light shower later on this afternoon. most places avoiding it, staying dry, and temperatures getting up to 26 degrees. that cloud starts to disappear as we head into the evening. some sunshine before it sets. then overnight it becomes clear. a dry night. minimum temperature, again, quite warm for the city, 15 degrees. out towards the suburbs and beyond, around 11 or 12. so tomorrow, sunny spells, temperatures a little bit warmer, up to 30 degrees.

for friday, the chance of some showers, which could be quite sharp, heavy, you may hear a rumble of thunder, they will rumble on through the night and into saturday morning, clearing through the afternoon, leading to a dry, sunny and another warm sunday. i'm back with the latest in half an hour. now it's back to dan and louise. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today:

the tories in turmoil — another tough day for theresa may as she prepares for a showdown with her backbenchers on brexit. donald trump backtracks — the president admits he misspoke about russian interference in american elections. the sentence should have been, "i don't see any reason why it "wouldn't" be russian". sort of a double negative. the 12 thai boys trapped in a flooded cave for 17 days are to be discharged from hospital today. google is facing a record fine of more than £8 billion over its domination of the android market. in sport, joe root smashes a century as england thrash india at headingley to win the third one—dayer, and with it the series. and i am at rhs tatton park flower show, finding out how to garden in such dry weather, with precious little rain in the forecast today.

it's wednesday 18th july. our top story: theresa may will address conservative mps later, following two days that have shown up divisions in the party over the issue of brexit. last night, ministers saw off a bid by tory rebels to create a customs union with the eu if a trade deal failed. the rebel amendment was defeated byjust six votes, as andrew plant now reports. the ayes to the right, 301. it was yet another close contest that theresa may's government needed to win, and it did, byjust six votes, it was yet another close contest that theresa may's

government needed to win, and it did, byjust six votes, sidestepping a push by pro—eu mps for a customs union with the eu in the event of a no—deal. in the brexit contract. so, the noes have it. the noes have it. if that was a tuesday of turmoil for theresa may, of turmoil for theresa may. next will surely come a worrisome wednesday. first, she will face last prime minister's questions before parliament breaks for the summer after two tumultuous days that will have provided opposition mps with ample ammunition. the brexit strategy has already cost her two cabinet ministers. boris johnson, the ex—cabinet secretary, could break his silence in a speech many expect would be seriously critical of the prime minister's plans. and that is just the am. in the pm, the pm has to face the liaison committee, where senior mps of all parties will grill her on her brexit strategy. or perhaps the toughest test of all, a meeting with the 1922 committee of backbench tory mps, with the ever present possibility of outright internal mutiny. theresa may will be all too ready for next week's summer recess, but must survive one of the toughest days of her premiership yet. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminsterfor us. who are the rebels now? it's been

extraordinary. that's right. a dozen conservative mps voted against the prime minister last month, but others who are more pro—brexit on the other side of the argument within her party threatened to oust her ina within her party threatened to oust her in a vote of no—confidence in the prime minister. she has two address some of those today at a meeting of the backbench1922 committee, as it's called. if 48 of them want her to go, she is in potential trouble. so she has to resell her brexit plan to her own mps to bring them together. she is also facing a quizzing by some of the most senior mps in parliament, including some of those who rebelled against her last night. some will be asking her what plan she has in place for a no deal brexit. she also facesjeremy place for a no deal brexit. she also faces jeremy corbyn place for a no deal brexit. she also facesjeremy corbyn at prime minister's questions, the last one of the session. and perhaps the most

challenging thing of all for the prime minister, she also has two address politicaljournalists at the end of term lobby drinks this evening, something which is usually pretty socially awkward on both sites. it sounds it! thank you. in a sharp u—turn, president trump says he "misspoke" earlier in the week at his summit with vladimir putin. president trump had supported mr putin's assertion that the russians did not interfere in the 2016 us election, despite american intelligence saying they had. president trump says he got his words mixed up and had meant to say he saw no reason why it was not russia. here's our washington correspondent chris buckler. with president trump, nothing comes without a little drama, even what some might regard as an apology. i have a full faith in our intelligence agencies. oops, theyjust turned off the light. that must be the intelligence agencies. after so much outrage, he had little choice but to shed some new light on what he said

in helsinki, as he appeared to support vladimir putin's claim that russia didn't meddle in america's presidential election. i would like to clarify just in case it wasn't. in a key sentence in my remarks, i said the word "would" instead of "wouldn't". president putin, hejust said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. the sentence should have been, "i don't see any reason why i wouldn't", or "why it wouldn't be russia". but what mr trump did yesterday was to betray the women and men of the fbi, the cia, nsa and others. former intelligence chiefs, political opponents and even several senior members of his own republican party had lined up to criticise the president. i understand the desire and the need to have good relations, that — that's perfectly reasonable,

but russia is a menacing government that does not share our interests or our values. and i think that should be made clear. so should president trump be rebuked? i just... that was a question he didn't answer. germany is a captive of russia... but republicans were embarrassed by the stark contrast of the combative trump who angrily challenged old allies at the nato summit, compared to the president who appeared all too cosy with the old enemy and sided with vladimir putin over america's own intelligence agencies. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. a high courtjudge will rule this morning on the case brought by sir cliff richard against the bbc, for the way it covered a police raid at his home in berkshire in 2014. sir cliff, who denied a claim of historical sexual assault, was questioned but never arrested or charged. the judgment is likely to have major implications for the way the media is allowed to report the early stages of a criminal investigation. the 12 thai boys and their football coach who endured more than two weeks stranded in a flooded cave in northern thailand are expected to leave

hospital later today. their extraordinary rescue was followed across the world. once they are discharged, they will be meet the media at a press conference, howard johnson is in chiang rai. i know they will be answering questions, but all those questions will be preprepared and everything is being carefully choreographed, with good reason today? that's right. we submitted questions on behalf of the bbc. those are being vetted by a team of psychiatrists who will also attend this news conference today. it will be around midday, uk time. we are expecting to see the boys arrive shortly with the psychiatrist, theirfamily see the boys arrive shortly with the psychiatrist, their family and the thai navy seal divers who supported this rescue operation. they will be answering these questions for around 45 minutes. the psychiatrist will be on hand in case any of the boys feel any trauma reliving their ordeal. after that, we can expect to see a police convoy take the boys through

chiang rai to their villages for the first time, they will be with their friends and families for nearly a month. we look forward to seeing that a bit later. i am sure they can't wait to return to some sort of normality. that news conference is at 12 o'clock, our time. researchers say there is virtually no evidence to suggest taking omega—3 fish oil supplements prevents heart disease or strokes. the cochrane review, which examined trial data from more than 100,000 people, concluded the chance of getting any meaningful health benefit from the supplements was one in a thousand. a celebrity plastic surgeon in brazil has gone on the run after a woman died following injections to enlarge her bottom. dr denis furtado, who appears regularly on brazilian tv, is also known as dr bumbum. he took the patient to hospital in rio dejaneiro before he vanished, and a warrant is now out for his arrest. video streaming services such as netflix and amazon now have more subscribers in the uk than traditional pay tv services,

like sky and virgin, according to new data from ofcom. the media regulator says british tv will have to change the way it operates to compete with the internet giants. our arts correspondent david sillito reports. this was far from scientific, but the results do reflect something of today's research. we asked people to pick a favourite. one or two went for sky and the bbc, more went for youtube. i watch that every single day. but the clear winner — especially with the young — was netflix. i'm netflix too. subscriptions for online video streaming services such as netflix and amazon prime now exceed those for traditional pay—tv operators such as sky and virgin. viewing of traditional tv services has dropped by more than 40% amongst the young and the media regulator ofcom says british

broadcasters need to work together if they are going to compete. we would love to see british broadcasters, the bbc working collaboratively with itv, channel 4 and channel 5, so they have got that scale to compete globally, making shows together, co—producing great shows that all of us can watch. creating a british netflix — a british amazon? i think it would be great to see a british netflix. the average twentysomething now watches an hour a day of youtube. the one group whose habits haven't changed much are people over the age of 65, who still watch an average of more than five and a half hours of traditional tv a day. the average age of viewers to bbc one, two and itv is now over 60. now, brace yourself. this is not for the squeamish... a man from new york has set the world record for slicing the highest number of watermelons

on his stomach in a minute. why would you? i love the way he has protected his hand, not his stomach. was that a samurai sword? ashrita furman approached guinness world records with the idea, who then came up with the rules and set him a target of 20. during the challenge, he missed two but managed to slice open 26. afterwards — a little relieved — he told onlookers not to try this at home... i would agree. that is one of the most daft things. at what point do you think, you know what, i think i'm going to slice a watermelon on my gut with a massive sword? never. we've heard a lot about the role played by psychologists in preparing the england football team for the world cup — but perhaps their most memorable motivational speech was made by a former soldier.

andy grant was blown up nine years ago while serving as a royal marine in afghanistan. he lost his lower leg, altering his beloved liverpool tattoo from "you'll never walk alone" to "you'll never walk". since then, he's used the message as a motivator, winning gold at the invictus games and breaking world records along the way. andyjoins us now. i have met you on various triathlon adventures and it's lovely to see you back. tell us about how you got to be doing a motivational speech which clearly worked for the england world cup team ? which clearly worked for the england world cup team? gareth southgate decided to take the england squad down to where the royal marines trained 18 months ago, and kept the relationship going with the marines. a friend of mine, scotty mills, said to me, we want to put on another campfor to me, we want to put on another camp for them before they go off. can you give us one of your talks? and we picked a few of the guys and

went and spent the afternoon with them and gave a talk and had some one—on—one time with them, played a bit of football with them, barbecue, brea kfast, bit of football with them, barbecue, breakfast, and just immerse ourselves in the culture and had a great time. having spent that time with them, were you surprised at how they performed in the world cup or did you see something? everyone has spoken about the team ethic being different at this tournament.” spoken about the team ethic being different at this tournament. i feel for where everyone felt about it into the semifinal stage, that it was amazing. i got that feeling maybe a week before. i thought, i have real confidence in these guys. you could see the confidence they have in each other, the banter they we re have in each other, the banter they were having with each other. they wa nt to were having with each other. they want to fight for each other. so it didn't come as much of a surprise for me. i had a sneaky feeling they might do well. white what did you talk to them about? two things i tried to focus on was, fight for each other. try to forget everything back home, just fight for the guy to the left and right of you. in

afghanistan, that was all i was thinking about. keep them alive, thatis thinking about. keep them alive, that is what makes the teamwork. the other thing for me was ownership. when i got blown up, i didn't lose the league at the time. i chose to haveit the league at the time. i chose to have it amputated later. you take ownership of the situation you find yourself in and make the most of it. how big a decision was that to make? you could have survived with the leg, but to say, i'm going to have it amputated and start again? probably the hardest six months of my life. if a doctor had told me, you have cancer in your big toe and if you don't amputated, you will die, but the fact that one doctor had said maybe keep it, and another will take amputate it, that was the real crux of it. it came down to me wanting to live a better quality of life and it was the right decision. we have done triathlons. i have done many things i would not have been able to do if i had kept the leg.

you have had some extraordinary achievements. fastest ten k amputee. amazing. my best is 51 minutes. still a good time! you have a book called "you'll never walk". and you talk honestly about the sort of psychological difficulties you have been through. when you were doing motivational speeches and going back in the cab home thinking, my life is ina bad in the cab home thinking, my life is in a bad way? it was writing the book that brought all those emotions out. it can be a big problem for men. mental health is spoken about more now, but i was struggling a lot. i lost the ability to have children when i got injured and i never spoke about that. everyone thought the leg was the worst thing

about my injuries. i harboured this feeling of sadness about not being able to have kids. and i wasn't in the marines any more, i lost that brotherhood. i lost my family and my worth. i was making a successful career out of motivational speaking, but my whole life was going rapidly downhill. i was gambling and drinking too much. relationships we re drinking too much. relationships were breaking down around me and i was just putting on a face in trying to bluff my way through. i think this book is given me a a platform to share my story and hopefully other people won't make this a mistake. it make sense it resonated with gareth southgate because he has spoken a lot about being open and honest in that group. did you find an inspirational leader? absolutely. you can see why people think that from the outside, but then he comes across when you meet with the sort of confidence you

would want. i love that quote, following a great leader out of curiosity, and he seems like that sort of character. he says do it, you do it. you have a girl. yes, i was lucky enough to have her and she has made it all worthwhile. i can live a normal life. there she is. the next time i see you i will be following you far behind in the race. lovely to see you. thank you. andy's book is called "you'll never walk". but you will run it in 37 minutes laughter matt is at tatton park with the weather this morning. looking glorious as a little drive. yes, good morning we are at tatton park flower show, the 20th anniversary, and this is the always this garden, one which probably resonate with many at the moment. it is designed around thinking people —— helping people think about what

they are planting —— the oasis garden. who better to talk about it than the excellent dave green, the designer himself? thanks for letting us designer himself? thanks for letting us into this garden, a stunning garden and want to promote thought as well. talk about the design a little. we have designed these known structures, and the slopes face south, and they capture the early morning sun, the sun for the whole day, then it is cut in half and on the back of the pyramids on the shady side we have planted living walls and shady plants where they will have a bit more cover and a bit more moisture. so it is about using aspects, different orientations, to be able to grow different styles of plans. just showing people how to use the sunshine and shading for a bit of variety in the garden. yes, that's the idea. to show that even if it warms up it doesn't all have to be dry gravel gardens, there is still opportunity for a greener plants. a very quick tip for

gardners dealing with the dry weather at the moment? what is the best thing to do? one of the best thing, the planting beds, here we have the bit covered in gravel, but it could be bach or compost or something, so that stops the water evaporating and helps the plants grow a bit stronger. thank you very much. thanks for the tips and good luck for the rest of the flower show. thank you very much. yes, circular tricky for gardeners at the moment dealing with the dry weather. —— certainly tricky for gardeners. the deeper brown colours on the map here, the drier it was. some parts of zero wood england's all—new 1% of their normal rainfall throughout june and that has continued throughoutjuly june and that has continued throughout july as well june and that has continued throughoutjuly as well —— some parts of england only saw 1% of their normal rainfall. this is

probably the reason we are seeing that hosepipe ban in the next few weeks. just one or two max show is expected in the forecast today. high pressure is starting to strengthen again through the day —— two showers expected. there will be a few drops of rain here and they are, most likely in scotland and northern ireland on and off through the day heavy for some. but for northern england, showers mainly in the west in the morning and very few will move eastwards, most staying dry and temperatures are pedigree or so and yesterday. eg at 27 in the south—east corner, perhaps low 20s across parts of scotland —— peaking at 27 in the south—east. it will be at 27 in the south—east. it will be a dry night with some skies. in the north temperatures drop back to single figures. most towns and cities around 10—15d in the thirsty morning. tomorrow, high pressure building even further so even fewer

showers in the forecast —— on thursday morning. for most, with some dry conditions, lots more sunshine, it will be hotter than today, and in the south—east corner we could be back to 30 degrees once again. drop a little in temperatures on friday. we will see scotland and northern ireland, and the showers also push into england and wales. we could see some thunderstorms on friday, even across the south—east, too. those showers will become few and far between into the weekend. once again, dan and louise, back to dry weather, so certainly gardens like this could be welcome advice for how to deal with the dry conditions we are experiencing. studio: that would be the perfect garden, wouldn't it quick snack thanks very much, matt. —— wouldn't it? thanks very much, matt. last month the bodies of three young graffiti artists were found at a station, near brixton. they died after being hit by a train. in the last year, seven

people under the age of 18 lost their lives on railway lines across the uk. network rail has launched a campaign, aiming to highlight the dangers of venturing on to train tracks. viewers may find some of the images in graham satchell‘s report upsetting. oh, no. he gives it away... this is a campaign film by network rail. it tells the story of tom. is anyone there? on the day it happened, we had just finished exams at school, so it was a lot of free time. we were playing football right next to the lines, really, and i pinged the ball over the fence and, without a second thought, you just go and just get it back. when i went to do that, i spotted a stopped, stationary freight train. and i don't know why, but i saw the opportunity and ijust went on to the carriages and i pulled myself up. i was aware of the the electricity on the line. i wasn't aware of the arc.

it can go up to three metres in the wrong right conditions. tom didn't even touch the overhead power lines, but was hit by 25,000 volts. he was left with third—degree burns on 50% of his body. i'm his mum. ijust went and damaged my biggest organ, like that, in a split—second, of not really thinking straight, yeah. i could have been dead in a split—second, sort of thing. tom was lucky to survive. the number of young people trespassing on the railway has risen steadily in recent years, up from just over 1000 incidents in 2014 to more than 2000 last year. and in the last 12 months, seven young people under 18 have died. 48 have received life—changing injuries. network rail say they are doing all they can to maintain fences to keep people off the railway, but... 70% of all trespass

happens at or within 100 metres of a station, so it is not all about fencing. this is about everybody being responsible, and parents helping to make sure their children understand the dangers if they choose to step on the track. tom spent 11 days in a coma, two months in hospital and is still having treatment four years on. the impact of what happened has been severe for the whole family. as well as the physical injuries, tom won't leave the house unless he's covered up, even in this hot weather. he's not the old tom, he's never going to look how he did before. as much as the scarring has gone so well, but it's a huge impact. it changes your life forever. it's not like a broken bone, as we say. it's there forever.

tom knows he is lucky to be alive. what happened has changed his life for ever. bbc news. studio: you really get an impact of that from tom. thanks to him for talking to us. google is braced for a huge fine from the eu — sean is here. what's it for? it could be £8 million if the commission decides to go as far as it can and it is all because of google's domination in the search market. they are using their android operating system which is one of the smartphone operators, basically android or apple that most people have, isn't it? there using that to dominate that search market even more, so telling those people who make the phones that you have to have google as your default search on there. there are other search facilities are available, like bing for microsoft, and they are forcing users effectively to use google and

their app store without giving them an alternative to go elsewhere. so they are telling consumers to do too much and not giving them enough choice. they say, "you get it all for free, that's why we do it." choice. they say, "you get it all for free, that's why we do it. " so you are talking google and noodles today. yes, the bad news is bisto, sales down, but they also said there are super noodles and pasta sauce things, sales up. what is going on? i have no idea about the economic consequences of that, but super noodle sales are up. very quick. yes, generally running out of time, working too hard, as we are now! laughter tend to get the news, travel and weather wherever you're watching. good morning. yesterday was quite a fresh day

for many of us, but we had lots of dry weather. there were some sunny intervals and that's really how it's going to play out today. there will be some cloud, some sunny spells and just the chance of some showers. those showers will be mainly focused, i think, towards scotland into the afternoon, northern ireland and perhaps the odd shower across wales and the midlands. otherwise, a fair amount of cloud but some lengthy sunny intervals in between that cloud and temperatures get to about 18 to 21 degrees in northern and western areas. 23 to 26 degrees further south and east. overnight tonight, any showers will tend to disappear and then we are left with a largely dry night really with some clear spells. thursday, we see the cloud

thickening up across the north and west of scotland. there will be lots of sunshine throughout thursday and the heat is going to start to build up the heat is going to start to build up again. so you will notice the oranges and the daka reds across england and wales. still fresh across the north and west. temperatures are widely into the mid to high 20s. that rain is associated with this weather system, and that will gradually sink south and eastwards as we go through friday. it isa eastwards as we go through friday. it is a weakening band of rain, so just scattered showers from wales and south—west england into northern england. no rain guaranteed, but certainly the risk of rain. in the south—east, the chance of heavy thundery showers, where it is hot and humid again. a bit fresher north and humid again. a bit fresher north and west. this is business live from bbc

news with maryam moshiri and sally bundock. d—day for google in europe. the us tech giant could be in for a record fine over allegations that its android operating system gives it an unfair commercial advantage. live from london, that's our top story on wednesday 18th july. the eu says google is using its dominant position to keep people in the googleverse — while the tech giant maintains alternatives are just a click away. also in the programme... theresa may will face another day of grilling over brexit as deep divisions continue in the party over the future trade relationship.