good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: at least 20 people have died as huge wildfires rage across greece. a state of emergency has been declared. the troubled generation. a big increase in the number of children being given anti—depressants. satellite images appear to show north korea has begun dismantling a key ballistic missile site. the hottest day of the year so far with the mercury hitting 33.3. today in the south and east, another hot and humid one. in the north—west, something fresher with some showers. i'll have more in 15 minutes. good morning. despite the hot weather, lots of people are jetting abroad for their holidays. i'll be looking at how to make the most of your muggy. —— money.

in sport, we have a welshman scaling new heights. just a week to go in the tour de france, can geraint thomas climb his way into the history books? it's wednesday the 24th ofjuly. today, our top story: at least 20 people have been killed in deadly forest fires raging across greece. more than 100 people have been injured and hundreds more evacuated near the capital athens. most of the victims have died in the coastal area of mati where people were trapped in their homes and cars. the greek authorities have asked for international assistance to cope with the fires as andrew plant reports. homes engulfed in flames on the outskirts of athens as greece fights some of its worst forest fires for years. prime minister alexis tsipras has declared a state of emergency here, with several people killed and dozens more injured. translation: we will do whatever is possible in order to control the fires. i'm very concerned at the outbreaks around athens. we will do whatever it takes. police are now searching for a boat

with ten tourists on board but set sail to escape the fire. in the height of the tourist season, hundreds of firefighters battling to control the blaze here. the smoke visible above the acropolis as countries across the globe bake with soaring summer temperatures. sweden is battling some of its worst forest fires the decades, with almost no rainfall since mid—may, an area twice the size of paris already destroyed. experts warn it will continue, with the potentialfor even higher temperatures towards the end of this week. andrew plant, bbc news.

meanwhile, people here are being warned to stay out of the midday sun today as most of the uk swelters in heatwave conditions. a level three heat alert is in place for much of east and south—east england, which saw the hottest day of the year yesterday in suffolk, where the temperature reached 33 point three degrees celcius. the met office says the first half of this summer is the driest since 1961. and the hot weather is also causing problems forfarmers. later we'll be live in lancashire to find out how they're coping. let us know as well, it was a hot night last night. it was 18.5 at 4am. i read hate it yesterday. have you got a fan? no. if you put a ball of ice in front of the fan it blows the cold. -- bowl of. did you try it? i'm saving it until later in the week. the use of anti—depressants for children is on the rise. in the past three years 950,000 prescriptions were handed out in england, scotland and northern ireland. children aged 12 and under saw the largest increase of 24%. 0ur reporter, paul

connelly, has more. antidepressants can have a powerful and often positive impact for people suffering from mental health issues, and a bbc investigation conducted by radio 4's file on 4 has discovered that in britain, more children than ever before are being described the drugs. the figures were obtained by freedom of information requests and relate to a group of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or ssris. they show that in england, over the past three years, there was a 15% rise in the number of these antidepressants prescribed to under—18s. in scotland, there was a 10% rise, whilst in northern ireland, the number rose by 6%, and there were 950,000 prescription items between april 2015 and march 2018. this is a very stressful time for young people. with the pressures of social media

and some of the very distressing news articles around at the moment, we need to remember that young people have a lot of pressures on their wellbeing and it's actually a very positive thing if young people are stepping forward and asking for help with their mental health. the department of health in england say they have pledged £1.7 billion to transform child and adolescent mental health services whilst both northern ireland and scotland say it is a priority issue and they are increasing funding. paul connelly, bbc news. a million public sector workers are expected to get a pay rise in the biggest round of wage hikes for nearly a decade. teachers, doctors, police and prison officers could receive as much as a three and 0.5% increase. the salary boost will be annouced later and is thought to be paid for by individual departments rather than the treasury. north korea appears to have begun dismantling a key rocket launch site in the country's north—west. satellite images seen by a us monitoring group suggest the pyongyang regime

is complying with a promise made to president trump in talks injune. 0ur seoul correspondent, laura bicker, joins us now. how do we know this is happening? well, these are satellite images monitored by the site 38 north, a reputable site that monitors all the activity going on throughout north korea. now, what they've spotted is action happening in this usually space satellite launching site in the north—west of the country near the north—west of the country near the chinese border. what they believe is part of it is being dismantled. pyongyang has always said this is simply a space rocket launch area, however, the us has long suspected this site was significant in helping them build ballistic missiles and developing fuel for ballistic missiles, and it

looks like that test stand is part of the site being dismantled. in terms of the long—term goal of denuclearisation, this is but a small step. but in terms of what was promised between kim jong—un and donald trump in singapore, this is one of the sites mr kim said he would dismantle so it looks like on the surface at least, this is a pledge that is being met. that's very interesting because of course we watched that summit in detail, in so many ways extraordinary, presumably there's lots of other things as well that need to happen? well, there are hundreds of sites connected to north korea's weapons programme throughout north korea. so in terms of trying to establish exactly what they have and exactly what can be done to get rid of it, then they need to let independent inspectors in. that would be the key sign they're willing to denuclearise. but remember what they signed up to, the denuclearisation

of the korean peninsulas. that means the us has to act too. the us, president trump, has made some concessions. they've stopped the military exercises, the so—called wargames, but it may well be that north korea is looking for more. they want a peace treaty but the us says they won't get it until they fully denuclearise. laura bicker, thank you very much, thank you. the suspect in the toronto shooting that left two dead and 12 people injured has been named by police as faisal hussain. the 29—year—old gunman fired into restaurants and cafes in the canadian city's greektown district, killing student reece fallon and a 10—year—old girl before allegedly turning the gun on himself. millions of so—called just about managing families are no better off today than they were 15 years ago, according to research from the resolution foundation. the not—for—profit social policy think tank estimates the finances of middle and low income families were £100 worse off last year than they were in 2003. it also estimates child poverty has increased by 3%. labour mps are to vote in september

on whether the party should adopt an internationally—recognised definition of anti—semitism. it follows strong criticism of a decision by labour's ruling committee last week to approve an alternative wording, which they say better protects free speech about israel. critics say failing to adopt the international definition erodes the jewish community's trust in the party. members of the thai youth football team, who were trapped underground for two weeks before being rescued, are to begin the process of becoming temporary buddhist monks. later today, the boys will have their heads shaved before spending nine days in a monastery. they'll be joined by their coach for meditation and prayer to cleanse their souls and thank those who helped to free them. good morning to you. chris is here

again with the sport and we are building up to what could be quite a week for geraint thomas in the tour de france. unbelievable, he has the yellow jersey, meaning he's de france. unbelievable, he has the yellowjersey, meaning he's in the lead overall and only four real climbs left and he has to get through those and he could win the tour de france. i've been re—reading the previews before the tour de france began, nobody mentioned geraint thomas winning. it's all about chris froome, his team sky teammate, the defending champion and 110w teammate, the defending champion and now chris froome, we have the situation where froome is playing second fiddle to geraint thomas. so an incredible situation and nobody saw it coming. geraint thomas starts the final week of the tour de france wearing the leader's yellowjersey. the welshman is over a minute ahead of his team sky team—mate and race favourite chris froome. the german football association have denied allegations of racism made by the arsenal forward mesut 0zil, but say they could have done more to protect him from abuse. 0zil has retired from interational football citing racism and disrespect from within german football. a new british record

transferfee has been paid for the england and manchester city midfielder izzy christiansen. she'sjoining the european champions lyon in france where she'll play alongside her england team—mate, lucy bronze. and the american swimming star ryan lochte has been banned for 1h months for posting this picture on instagram. he's hooked up to an iv line getting vitamins, something that athletes are only allowed to do if they're in hospital or given special permission. quite an incredible story. an incredible story. big star in swimming as well, no doubt about it, we've all heard of michael phelps, he is second only to him in terms of what he's done. an awkward phone call as well, you know the picture

we just posted about being in a spot of bother. he wasjust banned for ten months because of shenanigans in rio. that's why i remember his name. a late—night outing to the garage to get some crisps. he tried to blame the locals and then he had to apologise. plenty more on geraint thomas and the tour de france in a moment. thanks very much for that moment. if you've had a restless night you will know it is warm. extraordinary temperatures. it looks like it'll be another scorcher today. 33 was the top yesterday. carol will be able to tell us. this is london today to. it looks rather sultry. shall we see how that compares to outside the studio? this will burn off. we should check with the chief, though, shouldn't we? carol is on the roof at new broadcasting house in central london with the weather this morning. carol, good morning. good morning.

you are both right. lou, when you said the top temperature yesterday was 33.3, you were quite right. that was 33.3, you were quite right. that was in santa and down in suffolk. today's temperatures are going to be quite high but not quite as high as we had yesterday stop it if we look at the chance, you can see what i'm talking about, 33.3 was the top temperature —— we had yesterday. if we look at. public health england issued a health alert for yesterday, a heat health alert for yesterday, a heat health alert, level three, for the midlands and parts of england and they are triggered when the temperature is 30 degrees by day, 15 by night on two consecutive days. if you are out and about, bear that in mind. they're saying to stay out of the sun between 11am and 3pm and drink plenty of water, all the normal precautions you would take for a day normal precautions you would take fora day in normal precautions you would take for a day in the sun. a bit of a

north—west, south—east split in the weather and we can see why, weather fronts coming in from the north—west through the night. they are cold fronts and they've been bringing in fresh conditions. for this morning, afair bit fresh conditions. for this morning, a fair bit of cloud around, showers in north—west scotland. showery outbreaks of rain in parts of north—west england and in through wales, most showers fading, except for the north—west. a bit of cloud around and the top temperature today likely to be 31 somewhere around london or the south—east and fresher going further north. through the evening and overnight period, again, we have a lot of the showers fading. we could see showers in east anglia 01’ we could see showers in east anglia or the south—east, they will go, but we hang onto them in the north—west and it will be another sultry night, temperatures falling to ten and 18. lower in parts of the highlands, more comfortable for sleeping. tomorrow, again the risk of the odd shower in parts of the south—east and also east anglia. the chance,

should say, because of course many wanting this now. some of the showers in the north—west will tend to merge inbetweener lot of sunshine and temperatures in the low 30s down to the south—east. thursday could be the hottest day of the week so far —— in between a lot of. we could have 3a, possibly more in the south—east, but we're hanging our hat on 3a at the moment and lots of sunshine around with a few showers in the north—west, where it will be fresher. we hang on to the high thames for now. into the weekend, looks like something fresher will come oui’ looks like something fresher will come our way but we're still talking about the mid—20s —— high temperatures. next week it looks like the temperatures will once again picked up so the summer is by no means done with asked by a long shot. will be with you through the morning. thank you. —— we will. i have just touched the

paper. you will access to the papers, i didn't know what you are doing. the daily telegraph is talking about the death penalty, borisjohnson warning that helping the us prosecute two killers and undermining others spare the death penalty. my arms are not long enough. of course, it is very hot. representing the heat yesterday hello, i am representing the heat yesterday hello, iam reading representing the heat yesterday hello, i am reading this. there are loads of pictures, the daily says britain in meltdown. stay out of the sun until friday. what you think of this advice? in cornwall, there is a

lovely sea breeze. this fellow was sweating a bit. we are talking to tourism bosses about that warning. the guardian warning the threat from isis women. suggesting that the number returning to britain from syria and iraq has been underestimated. children playing on west wittering beach near chichester. are you with us? good morning. i chichester. are you with us? good morning. lam chichester. are you with us? good morning. i am here. chichester. are you with us? good morning. lam here. let's start chichester. are you with us? good morning. i am here. let's start of the tour de france. i quite like

this in the times. it's quite a small graphic but you can see that. it gives you an indication of what is left, really. there are four main climbing days and you can see, they are going up into the mountains, in the pyrenees. at the bottom here, froome vows to help thomas. he has said he is prepared to play second fiddle to geraint thomas. there was an audible gasper in the room. that is the thing. if it was somebody else, one of the other big riders, you think that froome would have a chance, a chance to attack. he is actually said he may not well attack. he is worried about the

attacks that might come from the public. he goes down some very narrow streets. getting very close to the riders. and the leeds legend paul madeley has died at the age of 73. they called him rolls—royce because he was a utility player. he can play anywhere as a defensive field striker. he turned down the england captaincy. i have a few things for you. carrot crop, extreme weather will cut the carrot crop by a third and this could affect your easter lunch next year. an unusual carrot fact. the uk is usually almost entirely self—sufficient in

carrots and 97% of carrots with each eye supplied by british farms. i've tried growing carrots, it doesn't go well. they end up small. mine will turn into super carrots which won't taste nice. look at that famous short, there is paul mccartney again. remember louise brown, the world's first ivf baby? she is celebrating her 40th birthday. more than 6 million infants have been born using in vitro fertilisation. generally quite worried about sharks. this is a smiling shark. is the headline of the day. how do smiling shark? , jaw blimey. that is

the headline. i believe it is an elephant shark? perfectly snapped, the little fish underneath it. i can change my opinion of sharks. raising a child with special educational needs or a disability comes with many extra challenges. today a group of parents in bristol are taking the city council to the high court, over its decision to cut spending for children like theirs by £5 million. it's the first case of its kind but at least two other councils will soon face similar challenges. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin reports. local authorities are feeling falling budgets and rising demands the services, especially when it comes to the support of children with special education needs, like kyan. it was hard to focus on

concentrating and lessons for a certain amount of time at school beforehand. but now you are doing really well? yeah. he wants to work here on the steam train and now he is working towards his gcse but the 1-to-1 is working towards his gcse but the 1—to—1 support in speech and language therapy which make it possible is costly and his counsel, surrey, says it is to make savings of £21 million on its budget. a move the family will soon fight in the high court. if they don't have the funding in mainstream schools than a teacher in a mainstream school is that with 28 children and the two children with sen don't get support and they need time to help their behaviour and that kind of thing in all the children lose out. surrey council sent, we are defending this claim, our main focus is making sure children get the support they need. but thatjudicial children get the support they need. but that judicial review children get the support they need. but thatjudicial review is one of three going to the high court this year. the first will be heard here in bristol today. a court order means we can't identify the family

behind that challenge. one of my boys has missed a whole term last six days because his additional needs aren't being met because they haven't got the funding to meet them and it's a sad, scary place to be. and you know that bristol has the worst exclusion rate in the whole country, in primary school and secondary school. what is that tell you? that we need funding for our children. not cuts, no. bristol is one of 39 local authorities which have signed this letter to the secretary of state for education. it's as they are deeply concerned by lack of adequate funding and far reaching reductions to provision. that lesson —— that letter has also been signed by hackneyed. there common protests have been held in the face of cuts to tackle a £6 million overspend. their parents are also taking the council to the high court but now that council is considering a legal challenge of its own. ajudicial review

considering a legal challenge of its own. a judicial review against the government. you are having this conversation is right now? yes, we have two, with other councils about possibly taking the government to court. what would that look like and how would you do that? what would it look like? a pretty seven out of 32 london councils who between them a £100 million overspend because the government isn't giving the funds we need. the department for education told us we recognise there are pressures on high needs budgets and thatis pressures on high needs budgets and that is why funding is rising to £6 billion this year, the highest on record. but medical advances and better diagnosis means that demand for services is rising at an even faster rate. these are thought to be the first legal challenge to broad sen cuts. they are unlikely to the last. jayne will have more on this issue on the programme tomorrow, when we'll discuss an education committee report looking at an increase in send exclusions from mainstream schools. we will speak to the minister of

children and families about all that. as millions of us grab our buckets and spades, steph's on the piazza hosting a travel clinic with everything you need to know before setting off on your holiday. steph. hang on, hang on, there we are. millions of us. they turned them into on holiday in this programme. just outside the studios in the piazza our wonderful breakfast deckchairs. my goodness. no expense spared here. we are talking about holidays, 2.5 million peoplejetted off the weekend. spain is one of the most popular destinations with the likes of turkey greece, the usa and the caribbean as well. it's been

gorgeous here. carol will give you more. the number of people going an all—inclusive holidays. lots of people thinking, we know what we are spending. also, we are seeing growth in places that went popular before. bold gerry has done well, croatia, that's another one where they are seeing growth. a lot of you will be wondering about money. this is changed quite a lot over the last few years. back in 2015, on monday, £1 would get you about 1.12 euros. you'll probably hear people saying, talking about ten years ago. you are

looking at $1.13 to the pound. i'll have lots of experts here to talk to you about how to make the most of your money and a little bit more about currencies, when is the best time to buy, all thatjazz and if someone time to buy, all thatjazz and if someone is at an airport and you might be waking —— waiting for the flight. all might be waking —— waiting for the flight. all of that to come a bit later. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. the speed limit on london's roads is to be cut from 30 miles an hour to 20 if plans from transport for london, the mayor and the police go ahead. it could come into effect in 2 years time to improve road safety. currently the average driving speed in london during the day is less than 20 miles an hour while in central london it's less than 10. to begin with, roadsjust within the congestion charge zone will be affected.

and tell us what you think about that on twitter or facebook. will it make london's roads safer, or is itjust being anti—car? some people have suggested that it's a step towards preparing london's roads for driverless cars. share your thoughts with us. while debate continues in london over whether cuts to police numbers have any link to the rise in violent crime in new york, officers there say pouring resources into neighbourhood policing — has been one of the main ways they've reduced violent crime to a record low. they've told bbc london, it could work here too, as community policing, has delivered results. we've had a couple of, we had a double murders —— double murder—suicide, we had a triple shooting, we receive the countless amount of tips from the community of who did it and what's going on and thatis who did it and what's going on and that is attributed to the ngo programme and the neighbourhood policing model. workers in london's chinatown,

upset about tougher immigration rules, are protesting today as they say it threatens their historic area. recently, several immigration raids have taken place, with tensions boiling over last month, resulting in clashes. the home office insists immigration officers were acting on intelligence received and no—one was injured in the raids. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. strand underpass remains closed because of a lorry that crashed last night. police on the scene and waterloo bridge remains shut both ways to accommodate recovery. it and is —— this was another very warm and uncomfortable night last night, this unit air when the temperature did not go below 18 celsius in central london is with the warm start this morning and again, it's going to remain hot and sunny. we could see that a patchy cloud bubbling up this afternoon and

within that cloud, it could spark offa within that cloud, it could spark off a sharp shower but most places are staying dry. the showers are isolated. temperatures reaching 30, 30 one celsius by the end of the afternoon. again, sunshine this evening. a hot and humid night. uncomfortable for sleeping. temperatures in london unlikely to drop below 18 celsius on the warm start tomorrow and on a hot day. temperatures on the climb as we head into wednesday and thursday. 31, maybe 32 celsius as we had through. because he want to showers developing. some heavy, thundery downpours and something a little bit fresher for the weekend. if you want to know how animals are coping in the heat at london zoo, tune into vanessa feltz on bbc radio london from 7:00. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: the hot weather is causing

problems forfarmers, we're looking at the impact the rising temperatures are having on livestock and crops. as the world's first ivf baby celebrates her 40th birthday this week, we'll take a look at developments in fertility treatment. we thought they'd never ever get back together, but ‘90s girl band all saints will be here on the sofa ahead of the release of their new album. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. at least 20 people have been killed in deadly forest fires raging across greece. more than 100 people have been injured and hundreds more evacuated near the capital, athens. most of the victims have died in the coastal area of mati, where people were trapped in their homes and cars. the greek authorities have asked for international assistance to cope with the fires. meanwhile, people here are being warned to stay out

of the midday sun today as most of the uk swelters in heatwave conditions. a level three heat alert is in place for much of east and south—east england, which saw the hottest day of the year yesterday in suffolk, where the temperature reached 33.3 degrees celsius. the met office says the first half of this summer is the driest since 1961. carol will have all the details in just under 15 minutes. the use of anti—depressants for children is on the rise. in the past three years, 950,000 prescriptions were handed out in england, scotland and northern ireland. children aged 12 and under saw the largest increase of 24%. nhs england, nhs scotland and the health and social care board in northern ireland all say they are committed to improving child mental health services. a million public sector workers are expected to get a pay rise in the biggest round of wage hikes for nearly a decade. teachers, doctors, police and prison officers

could receive as much as a 3.5% increase. the salary boost will be annouced later and will be paid for by individual departments rather than the treasury. north korea appears to have begun dismantling a key rocket launch site in the country's north—west. satellite images seen by a us monitoring group suggest the pyongyang regime is complying with a denuclearisation promise made to president trump in talks injune. the suspect in the toronto shooting that left two dead and 12 others injured has been named by police as faisal hussain. the 29—year—old gunman fired into restaurants and cafes in the canadian city's greektown district, killing student reece fallon and a 10—year—old girl before allegedly turning the gun on himself. millions of so—called just about managing families are no better off today than they were 15 years ago, according to research from the resolution foundation. the not—for—profit social policy think tank estimates the finances of middle and low income families

were £100 worse off last year than they were in 2003. it also estimates child poverty has increased by 3%. members of the thai youth football team, who were trapped underground for two weeks before being rescued, are to begin the process of becoming temporary buddhist monks. later today, the boys will have their heads shaved before spending nine days in a monastery. they'll be joined by their coach for meditation and prayer to cleanse their souls and thank those who helped to free them. it's not so much hot, hot, hot, but more ho, ho, ho, for this band of santas who are gathering in denmark for the father christmas convention. it's very hot in denmark at the moment as well. very hot. i was there. when? ten days ago.

triathlon? aqua bike... doesn't matter what i was doing, it was very hot. more than 150 sa ntas from around the world braved the soaring temperatures and donned their red suits and beards for the annual conference. the three—day event will see them undertake challenges including going head—to—head in the santa 0bstacle course world championships. maybe it's a theme in denmark. when i was cycling on the route there we re i was cycling on the route there were people dressed as santa. it struck me as a bit strange. maybe they were preparing for that event. maybe they were. get there early and loosen up for two days before the sa nta loosen up for two days before the santa world championships. you should have stayed on for the santa event. i would have loved that. very exciting in the tour de france? we could have a british winner.m looks like we will do, chris froome was the defending champion and going into it the favourite to win the tour de france, he is second to the man leading with the yellowjersey, the welshman, geraint thomas.

froome has said he will play the second man if you like and allow geraint thomas to go on and win. it's incredible, would you do that? if you have the chance to win another tour de france. it's all about teamwork. it is but these guys are fierce competitors. dan?|j about teamwork. it is but these guys are fierce competitors. dan? i agree with louise. people in cycling are shocked at chris froome has said it is ok shocked at chris froome has said it is 0kfor shocked at chris froome has said it is ok for him to come second. he has won it four times already. another one and he gets himself up with eddie motes and indurin and the others. he is great already. —— eddie macro merx. —— eddie merx. geraint thomas and chris froome say there's absolutely no rivalry between them, as the sky team—mates both go for the tour de france title. we're into the last week of the race, and thomas has the leaders yellowjerseyjust ahead of four—time winner, froome. the pair say they're in the ideal scenario. it's quite funny because everyone's

so keen to try to talk up this rivalry between myself and g but it just doesn't exist. we're not looking at each other as rivals, we're looking at the other guys, the quys we're looking at the other guys, the guysin we're looking at the other guys, the guys in third and four and fifth, they're the ones that could put us under pressure but between us, it just doesn't exist like that. obviously you have the odd thought, oh, it would be nice to stand like this in paris but it's so long to go. people are talking about like it... it is next weekend, which seems really close, but when you look at all the racing we've got to do, there'sa look at all the racing we've got to do, there's a hell of a lot to come. so, yeah, not getting carried away at all. sat side—by—side but that rivalry must be so intense. the german football association has denied allegations of racism made by the arsenal forward mesut 0zil, but admit they could have done more to protect him from abuse. this story goes back to may when 0zil was pictured with the controversial turkish president erdogan in london. 0zil is of turkish heritage, and says that meeting wasn't about politics but about respecting the highest office of his family's country. there were calls at the time

for him to be dropped from germany's world cup squad, he wasn't. but when they were knocked out at the group stage for the first time this summer, 0zil says he was the victim of unfair criticism, including from the head of the german fa. he's retired from international football, citing racism and disrespect within german football. the german football journalist rafael honigstein says the row will have serious repurcussions. you just wonder what would happen the next time somebody of turkish background, and we have loads of them in germany, of course especially in football, about 20% of youngsters have some migrate to read background in germany, the next time somebody is forced to play for the country of his ancestors or play for germany, will he be thinking twice and thinki germany, will he be thinking twice and think i might be subjected to that kind of criticism, if i don't perform i might be scapegoated, i might be reduced to my other nurse

and they're serious questions no one in the german fa has so far seriously contemplated. now, we've heard lots about the success of england's youth teams in recent years but the under 19s side won't be defending their european title this summer. they were thrashed 5—0 by france in their last match of the group stage. it was their first defeat of the competition, but means they finish third and are heading home. just over two weeks to go until football's transfer window closes, and there are plenty of deals to be done. watford's brazilian forward richarlison looks set to complete a massive £50 million move to fellow premier league side everton later today. richarlison worked with everton's new manager marco silva when he was the boss at vicarage road. in the women's game, a new british record transfer fee's been paid for the england and manchester city midfielder izzy christiansen. she's joining the europeann champions lyon in france where she'll play alongside her england team mate lucy bronze. now, yesterday we heard all about francesco molinari's

triumph at the open but there was another big winner lower down the field at carnoustie. sam locke, the 19—year—old from scotland picked up the silver medal as the leading amateur player, and throughout the open his dad was working with him as his caddy. sam says he's turning professional in the sport from now. the chance to caddie for your son in the open is something we talked about, make sure it was the right decision and, yes, very, very emotional. very nervous. i think i was more nervous than sam going on to the first feed on thursday. it was just an amazing experience. it's a really nicely ling obviously to get a silver medal and win it in the open and make the cut in my first major championship, but i've got to keep working hard and keep doing what i'm doing and who knows what the future holds. bizarre story from the world of swimming. the american ryan lochte has been banned for 1h months for posting this picture on instagram.

he's hooked up to an iv line getting vitamins, nothing illegal. but athletes aren't allowd to do that unless they're in hospital or have an exemption. lochte has 12 olympic gold medals and is the second most decorated american swimmer behind michael phelps. that is a bizarre story. he has got himself into controversy before? that is a bizarre story. he has got himself into controversy before 7m rio, yeah, going out, late night shopping at the garage and it all turned a bit ugly. extraordinary story. thank you. we know it's going to be another scorcher today. if you think the hot weather is causing you problems with your parched garden, wilting hanging baskets, try being a farmer. we heard about the carrot crop being hit in the papers. ricky is at a

farm. good morning. good morning, in the last half an hour it has started to rain here this morning. we are live on this farm this morning, heckling farm, 500 sheep and other animals and the real big problem for the farmer here has been the sustained hot weather. it is looking quite green and... inaudible studio: we are going to have to leave ricky. he has found the only place in the uk where there is not any sunshine. that was clear the road, where, as he said, it has started raining and we have a few technical problems —— clitheroe. let's look at london, no rain there, looking glorious. carol has been telling us about various parts of the country that have been experiencing high temperatures against be another view of the

thames as as well, which gives you an idea... it is past sunrise -- high temperatures again. another view of the thames as well, which gives you an idea. we have had meltimo and scorchio as words to describe what's been going on. it isa it is a warm start to the day. parts of northern england, hull fc, at liam, was 20, didn't get lower than that in hull. you probably heard in the news that the met office and public health england have a level three heat health alert in force at the moment, in force for the next few days until friday morning when it will be reviewed. basically it is offering some good advice, things like drink plenty of fluid, keep your curtains and windows closed by date, open them at night to keep your house is nice and cool and look after your pets —— by date. it's not

surprising because yesterday's top temperature was 33.3dc in santon downham in suffolk. in old muggy thatis downham in suffolk. in old muggy that is 91.94df. downham in suffolk. in old muggy that is 91.9lidf. pretty hot. the trigger point for that particular health alert, heat health alert, is 30 celsius by date, 15 by night over two consecutive days and it's for the midlands and parts of eastern england. we have a north—west south—east split today, fresher in the north—west and still hot and humid in the south—east. we have two weather fronts producing some showers. ricky is under one of them. showers in the north and west of scotla nd them. showers in the north and west of scotland in places, but not eve ryo ne of scotland in places, but not everyone seeing of scotland in places, but not everyone seeing the showers. in parts of northern england and northern ireland but for the rest, a dry start with variable amounts of cloud and low cloud and patchy mist and fog, lifting readily, and a fair bit of sunshine and through the day we could see further showers developing, is anglia and the

south—east of london but as they are showers, not everyone will see them -- is showers, not everyone will see them —— is anglia. 31 is the top temperature in the —— east anglia. through the evening and overnight we will lose the showers in the south—east, hanging on to them in the north—west, some merging and lots of dry weather around but another mighty one, temperatures falling to between ten and 18. —— muqqy falling to between ten and 18. —— muggy one. that's tomorrow. the showers in the north—west merging to give heavy outbreaks in the northern and western isles, for example. for most of us it's going to be dry that we could see showers breaking out anywhere from eastern scotland to the coast of eased in england as well, but not everyone will see them again, sea breezes cooler on the coastline as well —— eastern england. temperatures up to 32 but fresher the further north you travel. by the time we get to thursday, we expect this to be the hottest day of the week so far with temperatures peaking at about 3k somewhere in the south—east. again,

temperatures rising across much of the uk, so northern england again looking at about 28, 29, 30. for parts of scotland, we're looking at the mid—20s as well. we're going to have a lot of dry weather around but still the risk of showers, particularly across the far north—west. so all in all, we're not done with the summerjust yet, although it turns a little bit fresher in comparison to what we're looking at in the next few days as we head into the weekend. as we head into next week, the temperatures once again are set to rise. thanks very much, carol. carol will be with us through the morning with the latest for you. a story picked up the latest for you. a story picked up by the latest for you. a story picked up by many of the papers. this story, britain in 95 fahrenheit meltdown. the daily express talking about staying out of the sun until friday. essentially between the hours of 11 and three, the warning is to stay out of the sun. you

mentioned quite a few of those involved in the tourist industry, to stay out of the sun. others are saying it is a good thing. and others talking about the nanny state gone mad. ? are under threat because of crops. firms being told by the tuc to let staff work flexible hours. of course, there are warnings for dogs as well. dog owners are warned to walk their pets in the morning or evening. lots of different things about the heat. some of you and i imagine are enjoying it. i was struggling last night to the first time. i've been in russia. its hot there but i was in the hotels are there was a conditioning. we are not prepared in that way. we are not prepared for these sorts of things. we sent step outside to cool down a bit. it's

lovely out here, there is a lovely reviews. you can see the studios just finders. i get the pleasure of being outside and it's because we are talking about holidays. 2.5 million people jetted off are talking about holidays. 2.5 million peoplejetted off the weekend that our summer holiday and there will be lots more the course of the next couple of months. we wa nted of the next couple of months. we wanted to talk to you about money and about what happens. so first up, we are going to talk about money from fidelity with tom. you know everything that is going on. tell me what's happening at the moment with the pound and the euro. the pound has been weak against a lot of currencies but particularly weak against the dollar. it's not been too bad against the euro but compared to two or three of years ago, it is weak. you will get a euro 12 for your pound that you got three

yea rs 12 for your pound that you got three years ago, he would have got more than euro a0. it makes a holiday much more expensive. what about the dollar? the dollar has been almost worse over the long run. derek felt like a halfprice sale frankly but now you are getting about $1 30 and that's a reflection of worries about the economy in the uk but also interest rates. we expect them to save low —— stay low. interest rates. we expect them to save low -- stay low. if you are someone save low -- stay low. if you are someone has got a holiday coming up, not necessarily this week but in the next few weeks, when is the best time to get your money. it would make you a rich man if he knew exactly the day. judging which weighs currencies go, the health of the economy, interest rates, inflation, demand for goods and

services which we want to sell. it's very difficult tojudge. services which we want to sell. it's very difficult to judge. there is so much uncertainty at the moment. the pound is likely to stay relatively wea k pound is likely to stay relatively weak for the rest of summer. i think for the rest of the summer, it will probably stay quite weak. excellent advice is ever. there are a lot of flies out here. tom is holding a good cup of tea. in terms of eve ryo ne good cup of tea. in terms of everyone is going, spain is still one of the most popular places, greece and turkey that growth in places like bulgaria and croatia so if you are about to head off, we have a bit of advice on when to buy but where should you borrow your money. you know about personal finance, tells a bit about how to make sure you get a great deal. finance, tells a bit about how to make sure you get a great dealm really co m es make sure you get a great dealm really comes down to what is in your wallet. the ordinary debit card will

be the most expensive way to pay overseas to it's about thinking of the most cost—efficient way to get to spending in. a prepaid travel ca rd to spending in. a prepaid travel card be a good way to lock it in for a special travel credit card. if you're going to go for currency, the key is not to leave it until you get to the airport, it could really cost you, you could wasting hundreds of pounds. pre— book your travel money evenif pounds. pre— book your travel money even if you're on your way to the airport, you should be able to go on to your phone and do it and you will still get a better deal. if you have a couple of hours and you think, i've got no money, you a couple of hours and you think, i've got no money, you can? you will not get as decent a rate as if he had done it earlier but you still can. a bit later on we will talk about compensation because people stuck, flights cancelled, you will give us some tips. hopefully that

won't happen but it does, you will know your rights seen what you are entitled to. i want to to show behind. this is one of the wonderful bees that have been made and dotted around the city of manchester. they we re around the city of manchester. they were made after the awful tragedy, the terror attack and made to commemorate the work of the net symbol became a big part of everyone after that attack. they are critical. we will talk a little bit later on in the programme. steph, hopefully you can go and have a look for me. are you telepathic? yes, iam. a look for me. are you telepathic? yes, i am. we a look for me. are you telepathic? yes, iam. we both a look for me. are you telepathic? yes, i am. we both know what each other is thinking. i've got to get it on the louvre. other is thinking. i've got to get it on the louvrem ta kes a i've got to get it on the louvrem takes a lot of work. the world's first ivf baby is celebrating her a0th birthday this week.

the arrival of louise brown at oldham general hospital stunned the world, but was a defining moment in fertility medicine and paved the way for around eight million ivf births across the world. our reporter fiona lamdin has been to a new exhibition at the science museum in london looking at the challenges faced by ivf pioneers. the most public of arrivals into this world. at £5 lbs. 12 oz., believes joy brown this world. at £5 lbs. 12 oz., believesjoy brown proved that the very first time in vitro fertilisation actually worked. very first time in vitro fertilisation actually workedlj very first time in vitro fertilisation actually worked. i was ashley down in town christmas shopping in the post came. four decades on, i met her in the science museum in london. an exhibition charting the journey of ivf, one which the wheeze brown has been on all her life. it's all here. luis's hospital tags, the letter sent to her mother telling her she was in the early stages of pregnancy and

the early stages of pregnancy and the very jar the early stages of pregnancy and the veryjar which the early stages of pregnancy and the very jar which held the early stages of pregnancy and the veryjar which held the petrie dish of the embryo that was to become the wheeze. dish of the embryo that was to become the wheezelj dish of the embryo that was to become the wheeze. i mean, of all those people who were in the room, there are only two of us still alive. i feel it is sort of mind duty to go around and prove to people that i'm normal, prove there is no problem with ivf children. the other person is still alive is 82—year—old doctorjohn webster. he helped deliver the wheeze. 82—year—old doctorjohn webster. he helped deliver the wheezem 82—year—old doctorjohn webster. he helped deliver the wheeze. it was all done under a certain amount of secrecy, all done under a certain amount of secrecy, only of the essential people involved had been told. 0h, she cried straightaway. she cried, which is great, when any baby is born, that is the first thing your listing for, whichever way they are born but she cried lustily. as the browns return home and as a family of three, a flood of congratulations after her birth. over a00 cards,

letters a nd after her birth. over a00 cards, letters and telegrams from all over the world. the bbc filmed with the wheeze 30 years ago on her 10th birthday. even then, she could explain the science behind her life will stop an egg was took out and then put into this funny dish. and he put it back in and then told mummy to go and them here i am. as she approaches her a0th, despite the attention of every milestone of life, she's thankful for the team who brought into the world. very special. without them, i wouldn't be here, my sons wouldn't be here, 6 million others wouldn't be here. i are my life to those three people. they are just fantastic. for most

people, it takes two to make a baby. luis's case, countless other people and history went into making her. it's quite striking what she says, only to people in that room in 1978 are still alive, her into one of the other doctors. 6 million others as well. time to get the news, travel and weather where you are, headlines back here at seven o'clock. good morning from bbc london news, i'm asad ahmed. the speed limit on london's roads is to be cut from 30 miles an hour to 20 if plans from transport for london, the mayor and the police go ahead. it could come into effect in 2 years time to improve road safety. currently the average driving speed in london during the day is less than 20 miles an hour — while in central london it's less than 10. to begin with, roadsjust within the congestion charge zone will be affected.

and tell us what you think about that on twitter or facebook. will it make london's roads safer, or is itjust being anti—car? some people have suggested that it's a step towards preparing london's roads for driverless cars. share your thoughts with us. while debate continues in london over whether cuts to police numbers have any link to the rise in violent crime, in new york, officers there say pouring resources into neighbourhood policing — has been one of the main ways they've reduced violent crime — to a record low. they've told bbc london, it could work here too, as community policing, has delivered results. we've had a couple of, we had a double murder—suicide, we had a triple shooting. we receive the countless amount of tips from the community of who did it and what's going on and that's attributed to the nto programme and the neighbourhood policing model. workers in london's chinatown upset about tougher immigration rules are protesting today as they say it threatens their historic area.

within the past few weeks, immigration raids have taken place, resulting in some clashes with police. the home office insists immigration officers were acting on intelligence received — and no—one was injured in the raids. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning on the roads, a lorry crash last night has closed the strand underpass and waterloo bridge in both directions. police are at the scene. let's have a check on the weather now with kate. good morning. it was another very warm and quite uncomfortable night last night, this humid air meant the temperatures didn't drop below 18 celsius in central london so it's a warm start this morning and again, it's going to remain hot and sunny. we could see a bit of patchy cloud bubbling up this afternoon and within that cloud, that in turn could spark off a sharp shower but most places

are staying dry. those showers are isolated and few and far between. temperatures reaching 30, maybe 31 celsius by the end of the afternoon. again, sunshine this evening. and another hot and humid night. uncomfortable again for sleeping. minimum temperatures in central london unlikely to drop below 18 celsius so another warm start tomorrow and another hot day. temperatures on the climb as we head into wednesday and thursday. 31, maybe 32 celsius as we had through thursday itself. we could see one or two showers developing on friday. coming up from the south, some heavy, thundery downpours and something just a little bit fresher for the weekend. and the hot weather is also causing problems forfarmers. we'll be live in lancashire to find out how they're coping. good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today:

at least 20 people have died as huge wildfires rage across greece. a state of emergency has been declared. the troubled generation. a big increase in the number of children being given anti—depressants. satellite images appear to show north korea has begun dismantling a key ballistic missile site. yesterday's top temperature was 33.3dc in santon downham in suffolk. today we're looking at a high of 31 as the country is split into, the south—east will be hot and humid. the north—west, cloudy with some sunshine but also some showers. i'll have more in 15 minutes. the weather might be gorgeous here but lots are heading off makoun our foreign holiday, so i'll be here looking at how to make the most of your money and what to do when things go wrong. in sport, we've got a good old fashioned british head to head. but sky team—mates chris froome and geraint thomas say there's no rivalry as they both go

for the tour de france title. good morning. it's wednesday the 2ath ofjuly. today, our top story: at least 2a people have been killed in deadly forest fires raging across greece. more than 100 people have been injured and hundreds more evacuated near the capital, athens. most of the victims have died in the coastal area of mati where people were trapped in their homes and cars. the greek authorities have asked for international assistance to cope with the fires as andrew plant reports. homes engulfed in flames on the outskirts of athens as greece fights some of its worst forest fires for years. prime minister alexis tsipras has declared a state of emergency here, with the death toll rising and scores of people killed. with the death toll rising and scores of people injured. translation: we will do whatever is possible in order to control the fires. i'm very concerned at the outbreaks around athens.

we will do whatever it takes. police are now searching for a boat with ten tourists on board but set many say they had to jump into the sea many say they had to jump into the sea to escape the flames. translation: what can i say, it's over. we are alive and that is what's important. thankfully the sea was there and we went into the sea because the flames were chasing us all the way to the water. it burned our backs and we jumped into the water. in the height of the tourist season, hundreds of firefighters battling to control the blaze here. the smoke visible above the acropolis as countries across the globe bake in soaring summer temperatures. sweden is battling some of its worst forest fires the decades, with almost no rainfall since mid—may, an area twice the size of paris has already been destroyed. and experts warn it will continue, with the potentialfor even higher temperatures towards

the end of this week. andrew plant, bbc news. you really get a sense of the danger and the drama from some of those pictures as well from greece. meanwhile, people here are being warned to stay out of the midday sun today as most of the uk swelters in heatwave conditions. a level three heat alert is in place for much of east and south east england, which saw the hottest day of the year yesterday in suffolk, where the temperature reached 33 point three degrees celcius. the met office says the first half of this summer is the driest since 1961. this is how it's looking in central london this morning. it likely to be another scorcher today. inafew in a few minutes we will talk to public health england about their latest health advice, and carol will have the weather forecast just after 7:15am. and if you found it hard to sleep last night, spare a thought for farmers

and their livestock who are struggling to cope with the rising temperatures. ricky was telling there was a bit of rain around in clitheroe. a lovely sheepdog on the tractor! we will be there finding the name of that dog out, we will get to the bottom of that, and we will find out about the weather disruption. i could watch that dog for ages. we love dogs on brea kfast that dog for ages. we love dogs on breakfast but that as an extremely well trained sheepdog, isn't it? one whistle and that dog would be off. magnificent! the use of anti—depressants for children is on the rise. in the past three years 950,000 prescriptions were handed out in england, scotland and northern ireland. children aged 12 and under saw the largest increase of 2a%. our reporter, paul connelly, has more. antidepressants can have a powerful and often positive impact for people suffering from mental health issues, and a bbc investigation conducted by radio a's file on a has discovered that in britain, more children than ever before are being described the drugs. the figures were obtained by freedom

of information requests and relate to a group of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or ssris. they show that in england, over the past three years, there was a 15% rise in the number of these antidepressants prescribed to under—18s. in scotland, there was a 10% rise, whilst in northern ireland, the number rose by 6%, and there were 950,000 prescription items between april, 2015 and march, 2018. this is a very stressful time for young people. with the pressures of social media and some of the very distressing news articles around at the moment, we need to remember that young people have a lot of pressures on their wellbeing and it's actually a very positive thing if young people are stepping forward and asking for help with their mental health.

the department of health in england says they've pledged £1.7 billion to transform child and adolescent mental health services, whilst both northern ireland and scotland say it is a priority issue and they're increasing funding. paul connelly, bbc news. we will talk more about that later on as well for you. a million public sector workers are expected to get a pay rise in the biggest round of wage hikes for nearly a decade. teachers, doctors, police and prison officers could receive as much as a 3.5% increase. the salary boost will be annouced later and will be paid for by individual departments rather than the treasury. the suspect in the toronto shooting, that left two dead and 12 others injured, has been named by police as faisal hussain. the 29—year—old gunman fired into restaurants and cafes in the canadian city's greektown district, killing student reece fallon and a 10—year—old girl, before allegedly turning the gun on himself. millions of so—called just about managing

families are no better off today than they were 15 years ago, according to research from the resolution foundation. the not—for—profit social policy think tank, estimates the finances of middle and low income families were £100 worse off last year than they were in 2003. it also estimates child poverty has increased by 3%. north korea appears to have begun dismantling a key rocket launch site in the country's north—west. satellite images seen by a us monitoring group suggest the pyongyang regime is complying with a promise made to president trump in talks injune. our seoul correspondent, laura bicker, joins us now. laura, i suppose importantly this is from quite a reputable source as well, isn't it? of its from 38 north, they are used to monitoring sites right across north korea and

they say they've seen images that show activity and facilities being dismantled at this site. pyongyang has always said it's for a space programme. the us has always maintained this site is used to test missiles and create fuel for those missiles, so this dismantling could be quite significant. in terms of what was agreed in singapore in june, this was a pledge made by kim jong—un to donald trump, and on the face of it it appears to have been kept. however, there's a couple of caveats to this and pouring cold water on it, analysts say, well, hang ona water on it, analysts say, well, hang on a second, independent experts aren't be being allowed to see this site and the punggye—ri site that's been destroyed, and they could be... when it comes to the

promise made, promise kept, donald trump will be able to say this is what kim jong—un is trump will be able to say this is what kimjong—un is doing, he promised me he was doing it and it's been fulfilled. experts and analysts will say that's well and good, but this overall aim of getting north korea to give up its nuclear weapons is not being fulfilled by this one site being dismantled. laura bicker, thank you very much, in seoulfor us this laura bicker, thank you very much, in seoul for us this morning. labour mps are to vote in september on whether the party should adopt an internationally—recognised definition of anti—semitism. it follows strong criticism of a decision by labour's ruling committee last week to approve an alternative wording, which they say better protects free speech about israel. critics say failing to adopt the international definition erodes the jewish community's trust in the party. members of the thai youth football team, who were trapped underground for two weeks before being rescued, are to begin the process of becoming temporary buddhist monks. later today the boys will have their heads shaved before spending nine days in a monastery.

they'll be joined by their coach for meditation and prayer to cleanse their souls and thank those who helped to free them. it's been the image in all of the papers this morning, paul mccartney was spotted back at abbey road, where he's recreated a famous beatles photo. he walked the iconic crossing on his way to an intimate gig at abbey road studios while his daughter mary filmed as fans looked on. the original picture was taken in 1969 by photographer iain macmillan. clearly no idea they have just walked past sir paul mccartney. the traffic on that road is a nightmare apparently. people stopping all the time. just standing in the middle for the iconic photo. there you go. you're up to date. cast your mind back a few months to the long, hard winter. remember the beast from the east?|j

remember the beast from the east?” do. snow... snow... most of us would have relished the thought of a warm summer day, with the mercury nudging 2a degrees celsius. 2a degrees is nothing now. that was the temperature in parts of suffolk at 11pm. today is going to be another scorcher, with a level three heat alert still in place for much of east and south—east england. doctor will welfare from public health england is here to tell us more. good morning. good morning. you have issued a warning, what are you saying to people? we know certain groups of people, the older, young children and those with pre—existing health conditions struggled to adapt to heat so we encourage people to keep an eye on the vulnerable and their friends keep an eye on the vulnerable and theirfriends and keep an eye on the vulnerable and their friends and family. what are their friends and family. what are the major concerns when the temperature is as hot as it is? it's the key part in the middle of the day, between 11am and 3pm. that part of the day is when it is hottest and the sun is at its strongest, so we're encouraging people to stay out

of the sun during that period. if you're out and about in that period, sunscreen on and wearing a hat with loose, cool clothing and if you're travelling, take water. is the stay out of the sun message to everyone? everyone is at risk of sunburn, that can have long—term health risks, but our focus is on those most at risk. the papers have written it up this morning, saying tourism chiefs fury at summer killjoys. that is the headline from the mail. this is about encouraging people to enjoy the sun safely, we are all at risk of sunburn, so we need to take sensible measures to avoid sunburn with sunscreen and hats and loose clothing. most can enjoy it with taking sensible precautions, but those who are most at risk, we want people to keep an eye out for them. on that point, millions of brits will be going away to very hot weather at this time of year on their summer holiday and they aren't told to stay out of the sun. quite a

few people will say, hold on, this isa few people will say, hold on, this is a bit nanny state. we know how to enjoy the sun and put our suncream on when needed, especially when looking after children and those vulnerable, we don't need to be told to stay out of the sun between 11am and 3pm. it's difficult when you're on holiday because you think about that a lot more then when you're going about your day to day life, it's about encouraging people to apply what they do on holiday to in the uk, because we're not used to that. sunburn is a clear indicator you have been in the heat too much, but what other things might you notice if someone is getting into trouble with the heat? it is looking out for people who are starting to get very thirsty. they are becoming... having to change their behaviour, looking very hot, whatever, whatever people look like when they're hot and it is about

spotting them early, giving them a cool drink and getting them out of the sun. will hospitals get extra preparation for this? hospitals might see an increase in people presenting and people also can call 111 . presenting and people also can call 111. what about dangerous levels of hydration? if you start getting muscle cramps, that is an early sign of having problems. that's about keeping cool again, having a drink and if things don't go away in half and if things don't go away in half an hour, seek medical attention. thank you forjoining us today. some people will be out there thinking, this is lovely, i don't have to go abroad for my holiday but thank you very much for the advice. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the headlines: forest fires have killed at least 2a people in greece and more than 100 others have been injured in coastal areas close to athens. the number of antidepressants prescribed to children in england, scotland and northern ireland has risen over the past three years according to figures obtained by the bbc.

it looks like it'll be another scorcher today. i'm looking for another worthless scorcher. scorchissimo? the front pages of some of the papers. loads of pictures of the record temperatures. the front page of the times this morning. saint pauls cathedral, is that a weighted against the backdrop of a spectacular sunset. as they out of the sun. the heat 70 35 degrees. and may willing to let two britons face execution, the fate of two

terrorists which is sparking a human rights row. boris johnson warning that it will prevent britain demanding others be spared the death penalty. it has got lots of people having to work throughout. you have to spare a thought for the members of the queen ‘s guard. look at them with their bearskins. you can see the sweat dripping. that is hard work, isn't it? sweltering uk to hit 98 fahrenheit. britain in 95 fahrenheit meltdown. tube passenger fanning herself to try and cool off. early signs of dementia being

spotted and being able to stop it. also, we looked a little bit yesterday on gardens and how they we re yesterday on gardens and how they were being affected by the sunshine. an update on the brown grass, it is still brown. louise has this technique whereby she throws washing—up liquid on a patch of the garden to try and see if she can get it green. it's still not working. we will be live on a farm a a bit later. we also know that one of the stories in the papers is that carrots are under threat. a third of the carrot pharmacist under threat. how about this. put down your phone and talk to children, parents are told. they need to spend more face—to—face time with their teenage children to avert the mental health crisis in young

people. it's based on research done in iceland. there were a generation of icelandic children drinking an awful lot, spending will not so much time with their parents and drink and drug use and they are trying to reverse that by spending time at home, getting involved in local activities, sports clubs. it did actually worked. between 1997 and 2007, the proportion of adolescents who said they had been drunk dropped from a2% to 20% in the space of a month and a drop of cigarettes used. pa rents month and a drop of cigarettes used. parents need to drive this. daniel smart phone and ashley talk to your children. let's talk about the weather in further detail. it is warm already, isn't it? it certainly is. at four o'clock in the morning in hull, the temperatures were still

20 celsius and hadn't fallen any lower. the top temperature was in suffolk, 33.3 and in old money, 91.5adf. temperatures high today across the south—east. it's not quite that higher. 31. recorded got a bit ofa quite that higher. 31. recorded got a bit of a north—south split. in the north—west, we have to weather fronts. here, it's fresherand north—west, we have to weather fronts. here, it's fresher and as we move further south, we are still under the influence of high pressure. it's the south—east we are looking at seeing highs of about 31. you can see on the map, the two areas we have clout. a particular line down towards the south—west of

england. that's where we have the clout and the showers as well. in that second front, we lose the showers. you may not see them at all. the mid to high 20s, and pressure. looking at the high teens to the low 20s. showers will fade and will hang on to them in the north—west. another muggy night. we start on that money note tomorrow. showers across the north—west of scotland, some of those merging to give longer spells of rain. we could see one or two showers pop—up anywhere across eastern scotland and england and again, they are hit and miss. a dry day and a sunny one and

also a warm one. tomorrow's top temperature up to about 32 but again, a bit fresher as we travel further north. by the time we get on thursday, we expected to be the hottest of the week. someone the south—east, a lot of dry and sunny weather. the warmth creeping further north. and we have a low 20s, we are looking at the high 20s and where we have had the high teens, we are looking at the low 20s. as we come to friday, still a bit of uncertainty but we think there may be thunderstorms. a bit fresher over the weekend as it warms up. i don't know if you can hear my musical company meant. i'm sorry, i couldn't hear you. it has to be the loudest that of scaffolding ever erected. as

soon as that of scaffolding ever erected. as soon as they start whacking the polls, they know she is on air. raising a child with special educational needs or a disability comes with many extra challenges. today a group of parents in bristol are taking the city council to the high court, over its decision to cut spending for children like theirs by five million pounds. it's the first case of its kind but at least two other councils will soon face similar challenges. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin reports. local authorities are feeling the heat of falling budgets and rising demands for services, especially when it comes to the support of children with special education needs, like kian, who has adhd and autism. it was really hard to focus and concentrate and stay in lessons for a certain amount of time at school beforehand. but now you're doing really well? yeah. kian wants to work here on the steam train and now he is working towards his gcses but the one—to—one

support and speech and language therapy which maketaht possible is costly and his council, surrey, says it is to make savings of £21 million on its send budget, a move the family will soon fight in the high court. if they don't have the funding in mainstream schools then the teacher in a mainstream school is left with, say, 28 children, two with send, the two with send don't get the support so that teacher has to direct the time for the two with send to help them understand, maybe help with their behaviour, that kind of thing, and all the children lose out. surrey council said, "we are defending this claim, our main focus is making sure children get the support they need." but that judicial review is one of three going to the high court this year. the first will be heard here in bristol today. a court order means we can't identify the family behind that challenge. one of my boys has missed a whole term, bar six days, because his additional needs aren't being met because they haven't got the funding to meet them and it's a sad, scary place to be. and you know that bristol has

the worst exclusion rate in the whole country, in primary school and secondary school. what does that tell you? that we need funding for our children. not cuts? not cuts, no. bristol is one of 39 local authorities which have signed this letter to the secretary of state for education. it says they are deeply concerned by a lack of adequate send funding and far—reaching reductions to provision. that letter has also been signed by hackney. there, protests have been held in the face of cuts to tackle a £6 million overspend. there, parents are also taking the council to the high court, but now that council is considering a legal challenge of its own — a judicial review against the government. you are having those conversations right now? yes, we have two, with other councils, about possibly taking the government to court.

what would that look like, how would you do that? what would it look like? the 27 out of 32 london councils who between them a £100 million overspentjr'ing the government because the government isn't giving us the funds we need. the department for education told us we recognise there are pressures on high needs budgets and that is why funding is rising to £6 billion this year, the highest on record. but medical advances and better diagnosis means that demand for services is rising at an even faster rate. these are thought to be the first legal challenge to broad send cuts. they are unlikely to the last. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. jayne will have more on this issue on the programme tomorrow, when we'll discuss an education committee report looking at an increase in send exclusions from mainstream schools. and at 8:10 we'll speak to the minister for children and families, nadhim zahawi. still to come on breakfast:

we thought they'd never ever get back together, but ‘90s girls band all saints will be here on the sofa ahead of the release of their new album. it's about a0 minutes until 8:10 a.m.. don't go away, just stay. good morning, i'm asad ahmed. the speed limit on london's roads is to be cut from 30 miles an hour to 20 if plans from transport for london, the mayor and the police go ahead. it could come into effect in 2 years time to improve road safety. currently the average driving speed in london during the day is less than 20 miles an hour while in central london, it's less than 10. to begin with, roadsjust within the congestion charge zone will be affected.

and tell us what you think about that on twitter or facebook. will it make london's roads safer, or is itjust being anti—car? some people have suggested that it's a step towards preparing london's roads for driverless cars. share your thoughts with us. while debate continues in london over whether cuts workers in london's chinatown upset about tougher immigration rules are protesting today as they say it threatens their historic area. within the past few weeks, immigration raids have taken place leading to hostile stand—offs. the home office insists immigration officers were acting on intelligence received and no—one was injured in the raids. while debate continues in london over whether cuts to police numbers have any link to the rise in violent crime, in new york, officers there say pouring resources into neighbourhood policing has been one of the main ways they've reduced violent crime to a record low.

they've told bbc london it could work here too, as community policing has delivered results. we've had a couple of, we had a double murder—suicide, we had a triple shooting. we received a countless amount of tips from the community of who did it and what's going on, and that's attributed to the nto programme and the neighbourhood policing model. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. on the roads, a lorry crash last night has closed the strand underpass and waterloo bridge in both directions. police are at the scene. let's have a check on the weather now with kate. good morning. it was another very warm and quite uncomfortable night last night, this humid air meant the temperatures didn't really drop below 18 celsius in central london so it's a warm start this morning and again, it is going to remain hot and sunny. now, we could see a bit of patchy cloud bubbling up this afternoon and within that cloud,

that in turn could spark off a sharp shower but most places staying dry. those showers isolated and few and far between. temperatures reaching 30, maybe 31 celsius by the end of the afternoon. again, sunshine this evening. and another hot and humid night. uncomfortable again for sleeping. minimum temperatures, central london, unlikely to drop below 18 celsius so another warm start tomorrow and another hot day. temperatures on the climb as we head through wednesday and thursday. 31, maybe 32 celsius as we head through thursday itself. we could see one or two showers developing on friday. coming up from the south, some heavy, thundery downpours something just a little bit fresher for the weekend. if you want to know the ten hottest uniforms you can wear a heatwave, look at our website. number three will surprise you. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. greek media is reporting that up

to 50 people have been killed in deadly forest fires raging across greece. more than 100 people have been injured and hundreds more evacuated near the capital athens. most of the victims have died in the coastal area of mati where people were trapped in their homes and cars. the greek authorities have asked for international assistance to cope with the fires. people also have been struggling in rafinha on the coast. we hope to speak to somebody about that shortly on bbc breakfast. meanwhile, people here are being warned to stay out of the midday sun today as most of the uk swelters in heatwave conditions. a level three heat alert is in place for much of east and south east england, which saw the hottest day of the year yesterday in suffolk, where the temperature reached 33.3 degrees celsius. the met office says the first half of this summer

is the driest since 1961. we're encouraging people to stay out of the sun during that period. if you're out and about during that period, sunscreen on, wearing a hat, loose, cool clothing. and if you're out and about, take some water with you. that was will welfare speaking to us about half an hour ago. and if you found it hard to sleep last night, spare a thought for farmers and their livestock who are struggling to cope with the rising temperatures. we're on a farm in clitheroe all morning to find out about the disruption the hot weather is causing. that gorgeous dog is back on the quad bike. the use of anti—depressants for children is on the rise. in the past three years 950,000 prescriptions were handed out

in england, scotland and northern ireland. children aged 12 and under saw the largest increase of 2a%. nhs england, nhs scotland and the health and social care board in northern ireland all say they are committed to improving child mental health services. a million public sector workers are expected to get a pay rise in the biggest round of wage hikes for nearly a decade. the bbc understands teachers, doctors, police and prison officers could receive as much as a 3.5% increase. the salary boost, a one year—deal backdated to april, will be paid for by individual departments rather than the treasury. north korea appears to have begun dismantling a key rocket launch site in the country's north west. satellite images seen by a us monitoring group suggest the pyongyang regime is complying with a denuclearisation promise made to president trump in talks injune. let's return to our top story, the

latest on those fires in greece, over 50 people have died as a result. we can speak now to journalist elinda, who is in athens. what is the latest? we know many people have died, what are the latest numbers? the confirmed information we have remains as 2a dead and 150 injured. as time passes, fears have been expressed there's many more dead and the greek media are porting rescuers may have found more bodies, possibly up to 26 near a restaurant on the greater athens coast. again, this is all unconfirmed information. most of the confirmed victims were trapped in the seaside resort of mati, very close to athens, about a0 kilometres, and they died either in their homes or in their cars while

trying to flee. from what we've seen, we've seen dozens of houses com pletely seen, we've seen dozens of houses completely burned down. many dozens of cars as well. basically we're looking at images of complete destruction in the area and the greek media are already talking about a national tragedy. we have very hot temperatures and strong winds. it's a very green area, where many athenians have their summer homes. many people, including families with children, who are now on school holidays, were at their summer homes at the time and this partly explains the number of dead, the number of injured, which are over 150 from what we've seen. hundreds of people trapped in their homes still as well. so things went very, very quickly. absolutely. clearly we've seen the terrifying pictures as well and you've explained why some of them have been unable to escape. what's the situation now, are the fires under control? at the moment we have

three large fronts, in greater athens, that is, this is according to the latest official update less than half an hour ago. there are hundreds of firefighters battling the blazes, helicopters, all means available, and the country has asked for international assistance, that is now pouring in. the situation remains very difficult. we understand it's going to bea difficult. we understand it's going to be a very tough day for the operation because hot temperatures are set to continue along with very strong winds, which, as you understand, make it very difficult to put out those fires. elinda, thank you very much indeed for bringing us up to date with that latest situation from greece, with this set of fires causing great amounts of damage. we here in sweden and area twice the size of paris has been burned from fires there —— we hear that. we will

bring you the situation from greece this morning and carol will have the weather is about the uk from the roof of new broadcasting house in about ten minutes' time. an amazing story coming out of the tour de france, chris? a wonderful battle, a british one as well, chris froome against geraint thomas of wales. chris froome, the defending champion, and the favourite. geraint thomas with a week to go is leading. he was 1a/1 before the tour, he had good form coming in but nobody foresaw the situation. geraint thomas and chris froome says there is no rivalry between them... the two of them says the situation is ideal. it's quite funny because everyone's so keen to try to talk up this rivalry between myself and g but itjust doesn't exist. we're not looking at each other as rivals, we're looking at the other guys, the guys in third and four and fifth, they're the ones that could put us under pressure but between us,

itjust doesn't exist like that. obviously you have the odd thought, "phwoar, it would be nice to stand like this in paris," but it's so long to go. people are talking about like it... well, it is next weekend, which seems really close, but when you look at all the racing we've got to do, there's a hell of a lot to come. so, yeah, not getting carried away at all. they are friends, they have raced together a lot but the body language is interesting. i'm not sure they actually looked at each other that much. the german football association has denied allegations of racism made by the arsenal forward mesut 0zil, but they admit they could have done more to protect him from abuse. this story goes back to may when 0zil was pictured with the cotroversial turkish leader, president erdogan. 0zil is of turkish heritage, and says that meeting wasn't about politics but about respecting the highest office of his family's country. there were calls at the time for him to be dropped from germany's world cup squad, he wasn't. but 0zil says he was the victim of unfair criticism from the german fa when they were knocked

out of the world cup. he's retired from international football, citing racism and disrespect. the german football journalist rafael honigstein says the row will have serious repurcussions. you just wonder what would happen the next time somebody of turkish background, and we have loads of them in germany, of course, especially in football, about 20% of youngsters have some migratory background in germany, the next time somebody is forced to play for the country of his ancestors or play for germany, will he be thinking twice and think, "i might be subjected to that kind of criticism. if i don't perform i might be scapegoated, i might be reduced to my otherness," and they're serious questions no—one in the german fa has so far seriously contemplated. england's under—19s side are out of the european cup, the defence of their title is over. they were thrashed 5—0 by france in their last match of the group stage.

it was their first defeat of the competition, but means they finish third and are heading home. just over two weeks to go until football's transfer window closes and watford's brazilian forward richarlison looks set to complete a £50 million move to fellow premier league side everton later today. john ruffini called him a class act and a rolls royce, he died —— don revie. he could play in any position on the pitch. this was him scoring against wolves in 1970. he only ever played for leeds united, he made 727 appearances in an18 played for leeds united, he made 727 appearances in an 18 year career and he made 2a appearances for england. don revie calling paul madeley and rolls right. —— a rolls royce. bizarre story from the world of swimming. the american ryan lochte has been banned for 1a months for posting this picture on instagram. he's hooked up to an iv line getting vitamins, nothing illegal.

but athletes aren't allowd to do that unless they're in hospital or have an exemption. lochte has 12 olympic gold medals and is the second most decorated american swimmer behind michael phelps. that is an extraordinary story. extraordinary indeed. chris, thank, very —— thank you very much. geraint thomas went to the same school as gareth bale and sam warburton. brilliant stuff. it's going to be another roasting day, and if you think the hot weather is causing you problems with a parched garden or a wilting hanging basket, try being a farmer. ricky boleto is with one in lancashire now. you've got dog news for us, haven't you? i certainly do, yes. i was going to wait but you have spoiled it. there is gorgeous poly, polly and her owner, thomas, he is the

farmer. we will be talking to you in a moment because lots of farmers through the uk having a really difficult time at the moment because of the weather, it's been so incredibly hot. we just had a bit of rain here, would you believe, but they haven't had enough rain here to make sure the grass is nice and lush and green. behind me, some of the grass further up is scorched, that brown, dingy colour and where it is green, it is... this site has been really difficult for this particular farmer, but right across the uk, the national farmers union have told us especially in the south and in wales, some farmers are having to tap into their extra resource, their extra reserve and resource of feed, which you can see behind me, the bales of hay, that's what they normally use in the winter, that's normally use in the winter, that's normally double the height so at the moment there isn't enough of the

winter feed, which could moment there isn't enough of the winterfeed, which could be catastrophic for farmers later in the year when winter approaches. thomas, thank you forjoining us, and beautiful polly. this is a serious problem for many farmers? really serious, this morning it looked greener than it has done for many weeks. the shortage of fodder is difficult for the farming industry throughout the country. what about in other parts? you have said in some farms your friends have found it really difficult to the point where they can't feed their livestock. they will feed them and maintain theirlife to livestock. they will feed them and maintain their life to the best of their abilities. maintain their life to the best of theirabilities. growing maintain their life to the best of their abilities. growing forage crops in hot conditions doesn't help because they don't grow. now they are digging into their winter stock. what about for you here, how bad has it got? we've had to manage around the circumstances and farmers are used to managing the weather and volatile situations. we have weaned

the ewes onto the hill and the lands have gone on to supplementary food —— lambs. have gone on to supplementary food -- lambs. supplementary drizzle, is it enough? a swallow doesn't make a summer, a little bit of grizzle doesn't make a crop of grass. we will be spending the morning here with polly and the team. it's been a very difficult time for lots of farmers but hopefully there will be a bit more rain here today. i know many other parts of the uk will be dry. i know i shouldn't many other parts of the uk will be dry. i know! shouldn't ask, i need details about polly, how old is she, you know, stuff. how old is polly? and you should never ask a lady her age. never ask a lady her age, louise. how dare you. how old is she? we think roughly around seven years old. she is gorgeous and so well—behaved. well done, polly. she isjust

absolutely lovely! ricky has a special friend there. absolutely lovely! ricky has a specialfriend there. do absolutely lovely! ricky has a special friend there. do you think she should go to the top of the breakfast dogs chart? it's a hard one. in typicalfarm breakfast dogs chart? it's a hard one. in typical farm fashion, the farmer said we estimate around seven yea rs farmer said we estimate around seven years old. we know the weather is going to be really hot. carol will give us the details. don't forget the police dogs at wimbledon, they are gorgeous. temperatures have shot up. highs for example in norfolk, already 21 celsius. other parts of london, 18. belfast, again, 13 or 14. london, 18. belfast, again, 13 or 1a. you can see the trend. in the south, temperatures are higher. in the north and north—west, but that a

bit fresher. yesterday's top temperature was 33.3dc in suffolk. today, we are not expecting temperatures quite that high. nonetheless, 31 degrees somewhere in the south—east. got a bit of a northwest southeast split. a bit more cloud around. still some sunshine. showers and drizzle as we have already seen. hot and humid conditions once again. producing some showers, the second across northern england, wales, across the northern england, wales, across the north of devon and cornwall. also producing some showers. that one will tend to weaken. as temperatures rise, showers across parts of south—east england. not all of us will see them. temperatures in the

south, 31. northern ireland, northern england and scotland, the high teens to the low 20s. any showers in the south will fade. some clear spells. muggy night once again. especially in the south. tomorrow we start off with those showers. some longer spells of rain. a lot of dry and sunny weather tomorrow. the chance of a shower anywhere across eastern scotland. again, that's all it takes. many of us again, that's all it takes. many of us will miss them. really, there is not much rain in the forecast. temperatures peaking tomorrow in the south—east once again. as we move into thursday, still a lot of dry weather around. thursday will be the hottest day of the week. 3a, possibly a little bit more but the heat will travel that bit further north. the low 20s, the high 20s and

in scotland, where there were high teens, the low 20s. on friday, just to give you a heads up, we think we could well see some thunderstorms. it heats up again next week. thank you very much indeed, carol, you interrupted dan's singing. but some reason, i had the theme to golden girls in my head. he was probably thinking about you, carol. thanks, louise! you are half the age of those golden girls, carol. how dare you? she is well off my christmas list. carol, we will exchange gifts later. can you stop singing? you know!

exchange gifts later. can you stop singing? you know i love exchange gifts later. can you stop singing? you know! love you, carol. wow, that was... last weekend saw 2.5 million british holidaymakers head overseas for their summer holiday with spain being the top destination. as glorious carol was saying. steph, save us! steph is in our own tourist hot spot here in salford with a group of experts with tips on what pitfalls to avoid this summer. carol is a golden girl, i am up for being a golden girl. who doesn't wa nt to being a golden girl. who doesn't want to be like carol? i have come outside to enjoy the sunshine. it's not quite out yet but it is going to be sunny. come outside to talk holidays. what we try and get out of this chair. there we are, that is delicately done. we are talking about where people are going. what to do if you have any problems. i

have wonderful guests with me this morning. kate, you are an independent travel expert. where is eve ryo ne independent travel expert. where is everyone going? are we changing habits? us brits are stuck to our favourite destinations. still the enduring popular destinations that we typically go to. spain topping the list, france, greece, italy, portugal, the algarve hugely popular, slightly cooler than spain. the resurgence of some of the cheaper baht to destinations such as turkey, tunisia and egypt because they are deemed to be slightly safer. —— cheaper, hotter. good, cheap, low—budget holidays and guaranteed sunshine. beyond that, we've got direct flights going into south america, the food scene in south america, the food scene in south america, the food scene in south america is hotting up. it was a fairly popular destination as well. there are many deals and

vikings in the mediterranean and the uk, the staycation that has had another bumper year. you think the hot weather is encouraging us not to go abroad? we've had such a lovely period of sunshine in hot weather and we were teed up a little bit, we knew we would get a decent summer so people who loved a holiday in the uk, i've seen stats were demand for holiday homes with pools in the uk have gone up so there is definitely a hankering for a hot uk summer holiday. what would you say is your top tip? if you want to get a good deal when it comes to money and a decent time? if you want a guarantee that the sunshine is going to stay, hop on a plane and hit the mediterranean. the huge deals out there at the moment will stop discounts of up to £2000 on villas

in the med. camping in france and less tha n in the med. camping in france and less than £300 per person and discounts on the uk as well. hannah, there are some people have thought they were going on holiday who have seen they were going on holiday who have seen their flights cancelled. what happens if you suffer that?“ seen their flights cancelled. what happens if you suffer that? if your flight happens if you suffer that? if your flight is cancelled, if the airline's job flight is cancelled, if the airline'sjob to get flight is cancelled, if the airline's job to get it right and give you a refund or offer you an alternative flight that gets you to your destination. if the cancellation is within two weeks of when you are meant to depart and you have a significant delay, you could be entitled to compensation, check your rights and speak to the airline. obviously you have booked as part of a package, that is on the tour operator's job. as part of a package, that is on the tour operator'sjob. you get to go on your holiday. there have been some changes to packaged travel regulations which means if you book on an online website, now that can

be included as a package.” on an online website, now that can be included as a package. i got delayed on a flight recently that i got £250, i delayed on a flight recently that i got £250, i didn't pay that much from the flight from belfast, so there is compensation to be had.“ your flight is delayed by over three hours, you could be entitled to anything between £250 and £530 per person for the delay and how much you are entitled to is dependent on the length of the delay or how late you are arriving, the length of the delay or how late ou are arrivin it's the length of the delay or how late you are arriving, it's got to be over three hours and it is over for hours, you get more significant money. the duration of the flight. the key thing it is an eu airline or you are flying out of an eu airport. if you got any questions, do get in touch with others. you are literally over there. look at you the outside. we are not allowed the window so we

can't wave. iam imagining can't wave. i am imagining you out there. we'll be back on the roof in london with carol. about! in 10 children and young people in the uk need access to mental health support services but waiting times are at record highs. mental health charities and clinicians say this has led to an increase in the number of under—18s being prescribed anti—depressants. we're joined now by dr louise theodosiou from the royal college of psychiatrists and also by tracey key and simon banks whose son reece burrowes took his own life while studying for his a—levels. good morning, all. thank you for joining us. just tell us a little bit about reece what he was going through. he was studying for his a—levels, he had just started going through the second year of sixth form. this is all things we found out and we

didn't have any of this information beforehand but in late november, he was suffering from low mood and oppression so went to the doctors. spoke to the doctors, he was also self harming quite recently. he spoke to the doctors and wanted to go onto antidepressants. the doctor at the time said no, that he wanted to see him again in a week ‘s time. he went back in a week's time and saw different doctor and the doctor put onto antidepressants. and also contacted his school to talk about services so he could have some kind of therapy but unfortunately, the guidelines would follow because the therapy should happen before the antidepressants. the schools contacted but you won't. it's great

to have your new talking about this but when you look on it, how dubai thing is to have been done differently. we have a view of the pa rent differently. we have a view of the parent is not part of the problem, they are part of the solution. you need to build that support around a child and it needs to include pa rental child and it needs to include parental care. we didn't have the opportunity, he managed to hide it from us very well. we just didn't get the opportunity to help them. the amount of antidepressants going on, are you worried by? thing it's really important that we are talking about this topic today. there was a really big study out last year that showed one in four girls and one in four boys are experiencing low mood. we know that our society, there are lots of very distressed young people and that is something that we need to understand properly as a society and need to be working on. in that

context, i don't think the rates of antidepressants are higher but i think that we need to make sure that people offered a full package of ca re people offered a full package of care and absolutely agree therapy is a key pa rt care and absolutely agree therapy is a key part of the solution.” care and absolutely agree therapy is a key part of the solution. i know your frustration is directed towards the drugs themselves but the situation that you and reece found ourselves in but is it concerning that sami people of that age are being prescribed antidepressants? definitely. there's also another that says double the amount of children on antidepressants from 2005 until 2000 fit in, something like 60,000 children. what concerns us like 60,000 children. what concerns us from our experience with what happened, we believe he had a reaction to the antidepressant and on day seven of taking the antidepressant, took his own life. therefore, people need to be informed and parents need to be

informed and parents need to be informed that they can take care of their child lost out taken. really briefly in one of the figures is their children under 12 given antidepressants. might there be particular reasons? what we know is we have day to about antidepressant prescribing. we don't know why they are being prescribed. for example, children under 12, sometimes it might be used for pain relief. sometimes it might be to bedwetting. it might be worth having a look at that date. file on a, counting the cost of antidepressant use in children is on bbc radio a at 8pm tonight. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmed.

the speed limit on london's roads is to be cut from 30 miles an hour to 20 if plans from transport for london, the mayor and the police go ahead. it could come into effect in 2 years time to improve road safety. currently the average driving speed in london during the day is less than 20 miles an hour while in central london, it's less than 10. to begin with, roadsjust within the congestion charge zone will be affected. and tell us what you think about that on twitter or facebook. will it make london's roads safer, or is itjust being anti—car? some people have suggested that it's a step towards preparing london's roads for driverless cars. share your thoughts with us. workers in london's chinatown upset about tougher immigration rules are protesting today as they say it threatens their historic area. within the past few weeks, immigration raids have taken place leading to hostile stand—offs. the home office insists immigration officers were acting on intelligence received and no—one

was injured in the raids. while debate continues in london over whether cuts to police numbers have any link to the rise in violent crime, in new york, officers there say pouring resources into neighbourhood policing has been one of the main ways they've reduced violent crime to a record low. they've told bbc london it could work here too, as community policing has delivered results. we've had a couple of, we had a double murder—suicide, we had a triple shooting. we received a countless amount of tips from the community of who did it and what's going on, and that's attributed to the nto programme and the neighbourhood policing model. let's have a look at the travel situation now. delays on the victoria line, but it doesn't sound very serious. on the roads, a lorry crash last night has closed the strand underpass and waterloo bridge in both directions.

police are at the scene. let's have a check on the weather now with kate. good morning. it was another very warm and quite uncomfortable night last night, this humid air meant the temperatures didn't really drop below 18 celsius in central london so it's a warm start this morning and again, it is going to remain hot and sunny. now, we could see a bit of patchy cloud bubbling up this afternoon and within that cloud, that, in turn, could spark off a sharp shower but most places staying dry. those showers isolated and few and far between. temperatures reaching 30, maybe 31 celsius by the end of the afternoon. again, sunshine this evening. and another hot and humid night. uncomfortable again for sleeping. minimum temperatures, central london, unlikely to drop below 18 celsius so another warm start tomorrow and another hot day. temperatures on the climb as we head through wednesday and thursday. 31, maybe 32 celsius as we head through thursday itself. we could see one or two showers developing on friday. coming up from the south, some heavy, thundery downpours then something just a little bit fresher for the weekend. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom

in half an hour. more on the heatwave with vanessa feltz. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: at least 50 people have died as huge wildfires rage across greece — a state of emergency has been declared. the troubled generation, a big increase in the number of children being given anti—depressants. satellite images appear to show north korea has begun dismantling a key ballistic missile site. yesterday's top temperature was in norfolk. today's top temperature likely to be about 31. hot and humid

in the south—east. more details than 15 minutes. despite the hot weather, millions of us are jetting off to foreign holidays, i will be looking at how to make the most of your money on what to do if things go wrong. the hills are alive with froome and thomas. team—mates chris froome and geraint thomas say there's no rivalry, as they head into the final week of the tour de france. it's tuesday, 2athjuly. today, our top story... greek media is reporting that up to 50 people have been killed in deadly forest fires raging in areas close to athens. more than 100 people have been injured and hundreds more evacuated near the capital. most of the victims have died in the coastal area of mati where people were trapped in their homes and cars. the greek authorities have asked for international assistance to cope with the fires, as andrew plant reports. homes engulfed in flames

on the outskirts of athens as greece fights some of its worst forest fires for years. prime minister alexis tsipras has declared a state of emergency here, with the death toll rising and scores of people injured. translation: we will do whatever is possible in order to control the fires. i'm very concerned at the outbreaks around athens. we will do whatever it takes. police are now searching for a boat with ten tourists on board. many say they had to jump into the sea to escape the flames. translation: what can i say? it's over. we are alive and that is what's important. thankfully, the sea was there and we went into the sea because the flames were chasing us all the way to the water. it burned our backs and we jumped into the water. in the height of the tourist season, hundreds of firefighters battling to control the blaze here.

the smoke visible above the acropolis, as countries across the globe bake in soaring summer temperatures. sweden is battling some of its worst forest fires for decades, with almost no rainfall since mid—may, an area twice the size of paris has already been destroyed. and experts warn it will continue, with the potentialfor even higher temperatures towards the end of this week. andrew plant, bbc news. a little earlier on breakfast, we spoke to journalist elinda who is in athens. most of the confirmed victims were trapped in the seaside resort of mati, very close to athens, a0 kilometres. they died in their homes or cars while trying to flee. we have seen dozens of houses being

com pletely have seen dozens of houses being completely burnt down. many dozens of cars as well. we are looking at images of complete destruction. the greek media are already talking about a national tragedy. we have very hot temperatures and strong winds. it is a very green area where many athenians have some homes, many people including families with children now on school holidays, they were at their summer homes at they were at their summer homes at the time, and that partly explains the time, and that partly explains the number of dead and injured. we will keep you right up to date with that situation. meanwhile, people here are being warned to stay out of the midday sun today as most of the uk swelters in heatwave conditions. a level—three heat alert is in place for much of east and south—east england, which saw the hottest day of the year yesterday in suffolk, where the temperature reached 33.3 degrees celsius. the met office says the first half of this summer is the driest since 1961. we are encouraging people to stay

out of the sun in that period. if you are out and about, sunscreen, wearing a hat and loose, cool clothing. take water with you. the use of anti—depressants for children is on the rise. in the past three years, 950,000 prescriptions were handed out in england, scotland and northern ireland. children aged 12 and under saw the largest increase of 2a%. our reporter paul connelly has more. antidepressants can have a powerful and often positive impact for people suffering from mental health issues, and a bbc investigation conducted by radio a's file on a has discovered that, in britain, more children than ever before are being described the drugs. the figures were obtained by freedom of information requests and relate to a group of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or ssris.

they show that in england, over the past three years, there was a 15% rise in the number of these antidepressants prescribed to under—18s. in scotland, there was a 10% rise, whilst in northern ireland, the number rose by 6%, and there were 950,000 prescription items between april, 2015, and march, 2018. this is a very stressful time for young people. with the pressures of social media and some of the very distressing news articles around at the moment, we need to remember that young people have a lot of pressures on their wellbeing and it's actually a very positive thing if young people are stepping forward and asking for help with their mental health. the department of health in england says they've pledged £1.7 billion to transform child and adolescent mental health services, whilst both northern ireland and scotland say it is a priority issue and they're increasing funding. paul connelly, bbc news. 1 million public sector workers are expected to get a pay rise in the biggest round of wage hikes

for nearly a decade. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, joins us now from westminster. can we have a bit more detail? the highest pay increase will be 3.5% but for most it will be less than that. there are about! million people affected, police officers, prison staff, doctors, teachers, the armed forces. they are in line for a pay rise agreed that the next year alone, it will be backdated from april. the first question, where is the money coming from? no new cash the money coming from? no new cash the treasury is putting up so government departments will have to find the money from their existing budgets which will of course mean savings have to be made elsewhere. we can expect some criticism of that because the view ritz public services are stretched in many cases

to the limit —— the view is that public services are stretched. the pay rises themselves, it will be welcome news this morning for those getting them, but do not forget, public sector workers have had wages cut in many places at 1% increases year—on—year, the cost of living has been going up by significantly more than that. for many, they might think it is long overdue. thank you very much. north korea appears to have begun dismantling a key rocket launch site in the country's north west. satellite images seen by a us monitoring group suggest the pyongyang regime is complying with a denuclearisation promise made to president trump in talks injune. they estimate the finances of middle

low—income families were £100 worth of last year than they were back in 2003. members of the thai youth football team, who were trapped underground for two weeks before being rescued, are to begin the process of becoming temporary buddhist monks. later today, the boys will have their heads shaved, before spending nine days in a monastery. they'll be joined by their coach for meditation and prayer to cleanse their souls and thank those who helped to free them. remember the famous photo of the beatles on abbey road? how could we forget? well, sir paul mccartney has recreated the iconic scene. you could say he has just crossed the road! behind the black van there. this video of him walking along the crossing was filmed by his daughter, mary. unsuspecting ladies there. no idea it was paul mccartney!

the original picture was taken in 1969 by photographer iain macmillan. a group of parents of children with special educational needs, or disabilities, are taking their local authority to the high court today to challenge cuts in spending. today's case is against bristol city council, but at least two other authorities — surrey and the london borough of hackney — face similar actions, and they all blame a lack of funding from central government. brea kfast‘s jayne mccubbin has been to meet one of the families involved. local authorities are feeling the heat of falling budgets and rising demand for services, especially when it comes to the support of children with special education needs, like kian, who has adhd and autism. it was really hard to focus and concentrate and stay in lessons for a certain amount of time in school beforehand. but now you're doing really well? yeah. kian wants to work here on the steam trains. and right now, he is working towards his gcses. but the one—to—one support and speech and language

therapy which make that possible is costly. and his council, surrey, says it has to make savings of £21 million on its sen budget — a move the family will soon fight in the high court. if they don't have the funding in mainstream schools, then the teacher in a mainstream school is left with, say, 28 children, two with send, the two with sen don't get the support, so the teacher has to direct the time for the two with sen to help them understand, maybe help with their behaviour, that kind of thing, and all the children lose out. surrey council said, "we are defending this claim. our main focus is making sure children get the support they need." jayne mccubbin, bbc news. we're joined now from westminster by nadhim zahawi mp, minister of state for children and families. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. how has it come to that mothers like that are having to go to the high court to get support for children? local authorities have to

make the decision as to how they spend the money for children with special educational needs. we have increased the budget, the budget this year is £6 billion. it was 5,000,000,02013. we have made available additional investment —— it was 5 million, in 2013. in bristol, which you mentioned, this year, they are getting 51 million. in hackney, a2 million. in surrey, 1a2 million. they are also inspected now. we have made probably the largest m ost now. we have made probably the largest most ambitious change in terms of the legislation and how we look after children with special educational needs, 3a0,000 children... thank you for telling us. children... thank you for telling us. it is the local authority that has to decide how those children actually received the best possible support with their needs. thank you

for telling us. it sounds like an extraordinary amount of money but we have been covering this story for some time on breakfast and it is clear the families, whatever the numbers, they are not getting the help they need. what can be done about it and done about it soon? very good question. the way the system works is now children have an educational health and care plan, local authorities are inspected by the cqc and ofsted. we have had 63 inspections, 35 local authorities have been found to be doing a really good job. leeds, for example, wiltshire, doing a very good job for their children and families. u nfortu nately, their children and families. unfortunately, in areas like surrey, they have been found to be wanting and they have had a written statement of action. 28 in total have required a written statement of action to improve services. we will continue those inspections. i have written to ofsted to say it is not the end of the process, so we make

sure the child's needs are at the heart of this and quality is what we go after. are you saying it is the councils that are not spending the money properly? no, i cannot comment on specific cases. hackney has had a good inspection, bristol has not been inspected, surrey has required a written statement of action, meaning they have to improve. i do not know the specific cases you have highlighted today, but it is important we listen to parents, we have the parent forums, and we put the child at the heart of our reforms, which they are. most practitioners and stakeholders would agree that the plans are the right way forward but it is the beginning of the process not the end. you have mentioned the plans, ten one plans, we have been told the policy is not adequately funded —— the ehcp plans. if you look at the numbers, £6

billion a year, now being spent on children with special educational needs and disabilities. i have made available another 1a0 million this year and available another 1a0 million this yearandi available another 1a0 million this year and i will continue to keep a close eye and review the funding pressures on the local authorities. iam not pressures on the local authorities. i am not going to sit here and arrogantly say, that are no pressures . arrogantly say, that are no pressures. that is why we review it all the time. the local authorities doing well like leeds and wiltshire, we have to learn from them and spread good practice across the country. one might you have a result of the review? i review it all the time. it is not... i look at the funding pressures, we have the spending review next year will stop i have to make sure that my department understands where the pressures of what good practice looks like, which local authorities are doing really well for those children and how we can spread good practice. in the newspapers today, in the news at least, there may be a pay rise for public sector workers,

where will the money come from?“ is good news, you have not got long to wait to find out the figures. the secretary of state, as he said on the weekend, you cannot have great schools without great teachers. we have to make sure they are paid properly and ultimately, we have to find the money from budgets in government. i think you would agree the prudent management of the economy by this government, by this chancellor, this prime minister, it has allowed us to hopefully put our best offer forward to teachers so they are paid properly and get a rise that is cameron stewart with the hard work they are delivering. —— that is in stuart. the hard work they are delivering. -- that is in stuart. budgets will have to be squeezed in other places? we have to manage the economy and maintain, you have seen the jobs figures but came at the last few weeks, the economy is dynamic,

delivering for people, but at the same time, we are still having to deal with a mountain of debt left to us deal with a mountain of debt left to us by the last labour government. minister for children and families, thank you for your time this morning. my pleasure. the weather has been a topic of some debate over the last few weeks and this week, particularly hot. carol has been telling us about record temperatures yesterday and a mixed picture. central london this morning, gorgeous looking over the thames. another picture from london. i think carol is in the middle of the screen, top middle of the screen. there she is! beautiful vision. morning. lovely to see you. lovely to see you too. this morning it is really warm. across many parts of england and wales. northern ireland and scotland, a bit fresher. probably more comfortable night for

sleeping than further south. yesterday's top temperature was 33.3 celsius, the warmest day of this year so far. that was in suffolk. today's highest temperatures likely to be somewhere in the south—east, around about 31. not quite as high but still not to be sneezed at. we have a bit of a north— west, south— east split going on. northwest, couple of weather fronts, more cloud and showers. in the south—east, remaining hot and humid. and showers. in the south—east, remaining hotand humid. on the charts, you can see nicely. showers in the north—west, a line of cloud and showers extending across northern england, wales, skirting the north devon and cornwall into the north devon and cornwall into the isles of scilly. though showers will fade. but other showers could develop in the south—east, london. but they will be hit and miss. away from those weather fronts, a lot of

dry and sunny weather. northern ireland, scotland and northern england, high teens to low 20s. the rest of england and wales, low to mid 20s, a few exceptions likely in the south—east. this evening and overnight, remaining showers in southern england will tend to fade. the showers will continue across the north west of scotland. in between clear spells but another muggy night, particularly in the south. fresher in some rural parts for example of scotland. tomorrow we start on the muggy note, dry and sunny weather, showers in the north and west tending to merge to give longer periods of rain and sea breezes developed. cool on the coast. you can make it the coast if you do not it so hot inland. top temperature likely to be 32 in the south—east. thursday, top temperature likely to be about 3a,

possibly a little bit more, somewhere in the south—east. a lot of dry and sunny weather, still showers across the north and west, you could catch a shower in parts of the east. again, hit and miss. the heat will travel that bit further north. in the north of england, low 20s, you are now looking at the height 20s. in scotland, low 20s. it looks like we will have thunderstorms developing from the south on friday. temperature is cooling down a touch on the weekend and picking up again next week. 3a will be quite something. we will see when half an hour. thank you. we will talk about the temperature on another planet now. i am intrigued. when neil armstrong set foot on the moon in 1969, it was thought to be the first time it had ever hosted life. now, almost 50 years later, scientists in london and the us believe conditions would have been suitable for simple life forms around a billion years ago —

roughly the same time life was beginning on earth. we're joined now by astrophysicist chris copperwheat from liverpooljohn moores university. good morning. while we were listening to carol talking about the temperature, we were talking about the temperature on the moon. we will get the back later. what are the findings and what do they tell us about what might have happened on the moon? we think of the moon as a dead airless, lifeless rock, a very unpleasant place blasted by solar radiation. in the past, it was different. there was a lot of water on the moon below the surface, and we know in the past, it had a magnetic field. the earth has a magnetic field. the earth has a magnetic field. the earth has a magnetic field protecting us from solar radiation, the highly energetic particles that kill life. the new finding ours there is evidence there were periods when the moon had a fairly thick atmosphere. in the past, it was very volcanic. you see the light and dark patches,

the dark is iron compounds thrown up by volcanic activity in the past. enough for a thick blanket around the moon insulating it and inside the moon insulating it and inside the surface, you would have liquid water. and the conditions potentially for life. we talk about life but what sort of form might it have been? on the earth at that time, we are talking very simple single celled organisms. quite interesting, the period of time in which the moon would have been able to retain this atmosphere, quite short in planet tree scales, i am talking millions of years, but that is the short part of the planet was my life. probably not enough time for the moon with the atmosphere to have evolved life on its own. this isa have evolved life on its own. this is a process we think takes billions of years. but life might have travelled there from the earth.

quite interesting. the question is, where did life on the earth come from? we do not understand it. one of the theory says it is extra terrestrial in origin. we are bombarded by meteors and the first primitive building blocks of life could have common on the comic and landed on the earth and that is how it originated. it is possible if the moon had the conditions, chunks of rock and ice from the earth would have impacted on the moon and ceded the moon would fly from the earth. essentially the moon is not a big enough planet to have the gravitational pull to maintain an atmosphere for a period of time? we know that the gravitational pull is feeble. we saw them bouncing around. the conditions are not right for the atmosphere to be maintained. mars as well has a very thin atmosphere, smaller body. the more we find the a nswers ? smaller body. the more we find the a nswe rs ? we smaller body. the more we find the answers? we have been investigating it for so long, when will we know?

we might never know, we may be alone, who knows. whenever i talk to people about the search for life, people about the search for life, people say, there are so many planets, there must be life somewhere. but we do not know. the probability of the steps in the chain leading to us, there may be one event, the movement from simple organisms to complicated organisms, staggeringly unlikely, billions to one, so it may have only happened here, we may be the lottery winners. this is new research, is there much disagreement between astrophysicists? you said, we are not sure, we do not know, about what might happen and where research might happen and where research might take us 25,50 years down might happen and where research might take us 25, 50 years down the line? it is such a strange field, a new field. this appeared in a journal called astrobiology. astronomers specialise in this, the study of life in space. it is very active. two different strands for

this, looking at the moon and the planet in the solar system, simple life, and looking at stars further away in the galaxy, earth type planets around them, maybe we will see something more complicated. the two different avenues we are pursuing separately. it is an interesting time. there are a number of nations planning manned missions to the moon within the next 20 yea rs. to the moon within the next 20 years. the us often talk about a return to the moon. the chinese as well are pushing towards the space programme. this might inform what they do with those manned missions, digging down and potentially looking for signs of life, fossilised re m na nts of for signs of life, fossilised remnants of primitive moonlight. looking forward to that, aren't you? fascinating stuff. thank you. lovely to see you again, thank you. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. the heat continues

to make the headlines. yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far in the uk, 33.3 celsius recorded at santom downham in suffolk. temperatures not quite so high today, but parts of southern, central and eastern england could well still exceed 30 celsius. still drawing that warm and humid air up from the south. but further north and west, notice how we've got more yellow colours, something a little bit cooler and fresher here because we have some fronts around. they're fairly weak, but they're generating more in the way of cloud. some showery outbreaks of rain, too, for southern scotland, northern england and into parts of wales. it will tend to fizzle out. cloud thinning and breaking, some spells of sunshine, but still a few showers around in that cloudy zone, switching down into wales, south—west england and also for the far north of scotland. certainly a cooler—feeling day here compared to further south and east where temperatures, as i mentioned, could still exceed 30 celsius. you just can't rule out the chance of a shower across east anglia

and south—east england. but any showers will tend to fade away through this evening. clear spells and mainly dry overnight. save for the far north—west of scotland. here, some showery rain could become a little bit more persistent by dawn. but ten or 11 celsius the overnight low here, a cooler and fresher night, but still quite warm and humid further south and east where temperatures in places won't get much lower than 15 or 16 celsius. here's how wednesday pans out. for most, another dry day with plenty of sunshine. still some showery rain affecting the far north west of scotland but temperatures on the rise again across much of england, wales and northern ireland. and the very warm, if not hot, and humid day as it will be on thursday across a large swathe of england and wales. just a chance, as we go into friday, a few thundery showers pushing across, introducing something a little bit fresher for the weekend. but most places, particularly in the south—east, largely dry. it will be a cooler feel as we head towards the end of the week for scotland and northern ireland. with some showery rain around at times. this is business live from bbc news with ben thompson

and ben bland. google's parent company shakes off a massive eu fine to report profits of more than $3 billion. live from london, that's our top story on tuesday, 2athjuly. we are live in london. google's results were better than expected but a record fine from europe knocked $5 billion off its profits. we will talk about that. also in the programme... the us—china trade war begins to bite. beijing introduces new measures to boost its economy. and markets look like this... there's a lot to digests.