so, the battle is over. i think i lost it miserably, but i loved it because i had a great time and i will come back next year. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: voters are being manipulated by "fa ke news", according to a group of mps. they're calling for a tax on social media networks. after more than 50 days of heat, now comes the hail, as storms cause disruption across the uk. good morning. the heat and humidity has left us with a bang overnight. lots of thunderstorms and, as those clear through this morning, we've got a much fresher and windier weekend, with some more rain around. i'll have all the details in about 15 minutes. on the verge of history. after extending his lead, geraint thomas is set to become the first welshman to win the tour de france, withjust one competitive stage left today. we'll be live in liverpool

for the end of the clipper race, where wendy tuck has become the first female skipper to win a round—the—world yacht race. good morning. it's saturday, july 28th. our top story. voters are being systematically manipulated by the spread of fake news, according to a group of mps. a leaked report from the commons media select committee warns the uk is facing a "democratic crisis", and is urging tighter regulation of social media networks. our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones, reports. this report pulls together the story of an inquiry which has roamed far and wide, looking into the scandal over cambridge analytica's harvesting of facebook data, examining the use of data during the eu referendum campaign, and the extent of foreign interference in uk politics. it's the language used which is most striking — there's talk of the relentless targeting of hyper—partisan views,

which play to the fears and prejudices of people. it warns that our democracy is at risk and calls for action to protect it. among the measures the mps demand are new rules to make online political campaigning more transparent, and greater powers for the electoral commission. they are also fiercely critical of the former director of vote leave, dominic cummings, who refused to appear before them. his decision to leak their report two days before they planned to publish it is unlikely to improve relations. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. many will welcome some cooler weather today, but strong winds could cause travel disruption, as temperatures drop across the uk. two months of sunshine and dry weather means that some parched trees are at risk of falling down when hit by anticipated gusts of a0 to 50 miles per hour. ben ando reports. from sunshine by the sea... to hailstones in the streets... and lightning overhead.

man: whoa! it may have felt like four seasons in one day for parts of the uk, as storms swept in to bring the heatwave to an end. cooler temperatures may have brought some relief to those feeling the heat of the last few weeks, but for travellers, they have seen little respite, with ongoing problems with air—conditioning equipment leading to long queues at the channel tunnel and bad weather creating hazardous conditions on the road. in york, storms caused signalling problems on the railways and caused the singer sir tom jones to cancel a comeback show at the city's racecourse. the organisers said... bad weather overnight is causing delays and cancellations for other flights at airports including edinburgh, birmingham and luton. looking ahead, forecasters say temperatures will stay lower today, but the big issue could be high winds, with gusts of up

to 50 miles an hour — and that could be more of a problem than usual because dried—out trees have branches and trunks that are more brittle and prone to breaking which could, in turn, lead to more disruption, delay and disgru ntlement. ben ando, bbc news. an international arrest warrant has been issued for a man who killed a woman in a speedboat accident on the river thames in london in 2015. jack shepherd, who has been on the run since may, was found guilty of the manslaughter of charlotte brown, and sentenced to six years in prison at the old bailey yesterday. we'll be speaking to charlotte's mum and sister at just after 9:00 this morning. a 24—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and sexual activity with a child, following the death of a 13—year—old girl. lucy mchugh‘s body was found in woodland in southampton on thursday, after she was reported missing. the man remains in custody. the chief constable of england's second largest police force has admitted it sometimes provides a poor service that fails to meet

public expectations. in an interview with the bbc, west midlands police chief dave thompson said budget cuts meant a full range of policing could not be delivered. sima kotecha reports. a taxidriver in birmingham. he says one afternoon, a group of men threw some bricks at him. he claims the police response was nil. i don't feel safe. they are not scared of police because they feel they will not get caught. that's what they told you on yourface. like other police forces across the country, west midlands police admits at times, it's struggling. the man in charge says sorry. the demand on the service is going up because, actually, local authorities and other services have been reduced, so more vulnerable people come into the place and we are absolutely at a point where that is not a sustainable position for policing anymore, and i'm sorry about that, but that's the reality of where policing is now. all the forces across the uk have seen their funding cut since 2010. new figures show the number of frontline police officers

in england and wales has reduced by 20,000 over the same period. the government says this force will get millions of extra cash over the next year and that it expects the police to investigate every crime properly. but according to the officer who leads the force, that's simply not possible. sima kotecha, bbc news, in the west midlands. it's expected that around half the train services run by south western railway will be cancelled today. members of the rmt union are going on strike in a disagreement about the role of guards on trains. there'll be a separate strike over working conditions by station staff at london st pancras international, but eurostar says services will run as normal. delays of up to six and a half hours are being reported on eurotunnel services between folkestone and france. the train operator says the hot weather is to blame and that technicians are working to repair problems with a faulty train. it comes after reported delays on thursday of more than five hours, in 30c heat,

caused by air—conditioning problems on eurotunnel‘s trains. labour party members in birkenhead have passed a motion condemning their pro—brexit mp, frank field, for supporting the government in the commons last week. they also urged the party at westminster to withdraw the whip from mr field. earlier, the constituency party of kate hoey at vauxhall, in south london, took a similar decision. it might have been a bit of a damp squib here in the uk but, last night, in less cloudy parts of the world, people gathered to watch the longest lunar eclipse this century. for an hour and 43 minutes, the night sky was home to a striking red ‘blood moon'. 0ur correspondent, stefan levy, takes a look at some of the best pictures. it was a spectacular sight for stargazers across the globe. the moon bathed night skies with its red glow for one hour and 43 minutes, as it was totally

eclipsed by the earth. the display was visible from most of the southern hemisphere, but the best views were across eastern europe, east africa, and asia, where the entire eclipse was visible. the moon is passing right through the centre of the earth's shadow, so it's where the earth's shadow is at its widest, and so it lasts the longest. and the only light from the sun that can reach it is actually the light that has been filtered through the earth's atmosphere, and that's why it goes this beautiful dusky red colour. catching a glimpse of the eclipse was hit—and—miss for stargazers in the uk due to cloudy conditions, but the lucky ones managed to see the moon go fully red. stefan levy, bbc news. the cast for the next star wars film has been revealed, with a mixture of veteran stars and new faces set to appear. the late actress carrie fisher will also feature, using previously unseen footage. fisher, who played princess leia in the film series, died suddenly in 2016. veterans mark hamill,

who plays luke skywalker, and anthony daniels, who plays c—3p0, have also been confirmed. it is nine minutes past eight, the sport and the update on the changing weather conditions a little later. one of britain's most successful businessmen is pledging to give the nhs more than £1 million if it commits to funding research into the prevention and treatment of lyme disease. john caudwell, who founded ‘phones for u', was diagnosed with the disease — along with his son, two daughters and his former wife. we'll speak to him in a moment, but first, let's get up to speed on lyme disease. it's a bacterial infection, spread to humans by infected ticks. it can happen anywhere in the uk, but high—risk areas include grassy and wooded areas in southern england and the scottish highlands. sufferers will often develop a ‘bullseye‘ rash and the symptoms can range from flu—like aches to serious pain, memory issues, facial paralysis and even heart failure. health officials say there are 3,000

new cases of the disease every year, although campaigners say that's a gross under—estimate. good morning, this has affected four members of your family, what happened? well, my son, when he was ten yea rs happened? well, my son, when he was ten years old, suddenly developed an acute agoraphobia, a phobia, anxiety. all sorts of mental issues. we obviously could not understand why because he had been a happy, incredibly confident young man, and all of a sudden, for no apparent reason, he completely collapsed within the space of weeks. and we had psychiatry, psychotherapists, huge amounts of medical attention, as you would imagine, to find out what was wrong with him. they took him through all sorts of aggression,

back to childhood, and there was nothing that could be found that could have caused this mental state. we struggled with this, he struggled with it dramatically for many, many yea rs with it dramatically for many, many years and became a recluse. really have no life whatsoever. and eventually, through my work with autism and my charity, we started interviewing doctors for our autism centre and to that interview process , we centre and to that interview process, we hit on the idea that maybe rufus's mental illness was something to do with an antagonist, rather than just a pure something to do with an antagonist, rather thanjust a pure mental collapse. after months of further investigation, we found lyme disease, diagnosed with lyme disease. that started to explain why the sudden collapse in his health. we have been trying to treat rufus ever since. but at the same time, the rest of the family many members

of the family have got issues like migratory arthritis, but problems and brainfog, memory migratory arthritis, but problems and brain fog, memory problems. and hot difficulties. we didn't understand why we had all got these various health problems. it was not just one symptom, it was multiple symptoms, and that is one of the ways you do diagnose lyme disease i multiple symptoms. it does not mean you have got lyme disease, but if you have got lyme disease, but if you have got lyme disease, but if you have multiple symptoms that fit with lyme disease, there is a chance you have got lyme disease. we eventually started testing the rest of the family and it was a real shock horror. because one after another, people were diagnosed with lyme disease and we started all the appropriate treatment. so it ran riot through my family. but in a way, as tragic as that was, at least i have got the money and the ability to make a difference to my lives and the lives of my family. there is all

of those thousands, tens of thousands of people out there, that suffering absolutely dreadful symptoms, where their lives are com pletely symptoms, where their lives are completely and utterly destroyed and up completely and utterly destroyed and up to yet, the government and the department of health have done nothing. there is no research, meaningful research, there is nothing done by the health service to help these people. can ijust interrupted for a moment? it such compelling story the way it has affected your family, or are you clear as to why it is that your family has been affected? the obvious question, why? i don't know and that is a very good question, but what i have found out over the yea rs, but what i have found out over the years, there are endless families badly affected by it. there are other people where there are, they only have one person affected, so what is the connection, is it something genetically that makes somebody more predisposed to suffer the symptoms of lyme disease, is it the symptoms of lyme disease, is it the methylation process of the body, that the detoxification process? we don't know and that is the problem,

we don't know, the government don't know. the nhs doesn't know. and it is really time for some research to be done on this devastating illness, to help tens of thousands of people out there suffering the most dire consequences. there is a review that has been commissioned by the government. does that satisfy you to any degree? no, not at all, because all those reviews have done really is say, we don't know very much about lyme disease, we don't understand how to test for it, we don't understand the symptoms and we don't understand the symptoms and we don't really understand how to treat it. that is a step in the right direction at least admitting that you'll must exist and they don't do what to do. what needs to be done 110w what to do. what needs to be done now is proper research into how to test conclusively for lyme disease, how to recognise the clinical symptoms and then how to treat these clinical symptoms. to make this person better. you have rightly

raise the point that many other families and individuals may be affected and don't even know about it, in terms of the treatment, how has it been for you and your family since the diagnosis and since you know you have lyme disease, what about the treatment, how has it been? it has been extremely difficult. not so bad for the rest of the family, but from rufus, my son, it has been extremely difficult because the disease also embedded in his system. the one thing that has become very obvious over the years, the more the disease is allowed to develop, the more difficult it is to move and the more it causes what the doctors like to call post lyme symptom. it could be lyme disease thatis symptom. it could be lyme disease that is chronic lyme or it could be damaged on by the lyme disease and you get rid of the lyme disease but you get rid of the lyme disease but you have damaged various organs that continues to give you problems after. this is an illness that can

cause complete devastation to the human body. and eventually, dep. it can cause suicides and all manner of impossible to cope with chronic illnesses. it really needs stamping out at the early stages because when it is in the acute phase, it can be cured and it can be cured very successfully and very quickly and at very low cost. and because of the health service's lack of knowledge, what we are allowing is thousands of people every year to go from acute lyme disease which is curable to chronic lyme disease which then becomes a real battle to make people better. thank you very much for your time. it is interesting to torture you. —— it is interesting to chat with you. here's alina, with a look at this morning's weather. expecting strong gusts of wind is today. we had frequent lightning and

thunder and hale and torrential rain. in places, starting to clear. spells of sunshine. and much fresh appeal this weekend and some strong winds which we have not seen for some time. i can't underestimate the strength of the wind. further showers and spells of rain and still some number —— bonder. particularly across scotland and also northern england. and parts of the midlands and southern england as well. we have heavy rain. heaviest across northern ireland, northern england, you've ignored pleas scotland. and again here. across england and wales, some cells showing —— sunshine. and thunder and lightning here. that east across england, not so here. that east across england, not so many showers and more sunshine. these are the main strengths of the winds and the costs will be higher, 40 winds and the costs will be higher, a0 mph and some places up to 50 in western and southern coasts. and the

temperature will notice the difference then, yesterday, places got close to 35 celsius. today, a top temperature between 18—22 and 2a 01’ top temperature between 18—22 and 2a or 25 top temperature between 18—22 and 2a or25 in top temperature between 18—22 and 2a or 25 in east anglia. showers this evening fade but we will keep heavy and persistent rain across north west scotland before the next band of rain arrives in south—west england and wales later in the night. the cooler and fresher night with lows between the 11th and 16th celsius. still quite an unsettled day tomorrow. more rain. notice the squeeze on isobars so another windy day. a dry day in northern ireland with some rain around but overall much drier. heavy rain extending from south—west england through the midlands and into northern england. eventually into scotland with drier weather for a eventually into scotland with drier weatherfor a time. the rain does peter out but it will be windy day. these are the means bees and the gusts could reach a0—50 mph so windy

spewing day and fresher. temperatures between 17 and 22 celsius. the winds slowly ease through monday and tuesday with showers around. it certainly will not be as hot as it has been recently and through the latter half of next week, it slowly becomes drier and eventually, temperatures rise by the weekend. back to you. thanks very much. what's the perfect way to celebrate your 80th birthday? a gathering of friends or a cake? are you thinking that far ahead? that's exactly what one couple from sandbatch have decided to do, but they won't be travelling on a luxuryjet. jim jones will be flying the small two—seater aircraft himself, and his wife dot will be navigating. mark edwardson has been to see them before they set off. jim has been a pilot for more than 50 years. right, 0k, everything

all right, yeah? yes, fine. fuel on. and he understands the importance of checking and rechecking. dot is navigating. it's a fallback in case something goes wrong and the electronics aren't working. their odyssey will start at liverpool airport, heading across europe to turkey, central asia and china will follow, then from russia it is a hop to alaska, canada and the us before heading back to liverpool. all flying of this type is described as hours of boredom, punctuated by seconds of sheer terror. that's a good description. jim and dot have been daredevils most of their lives. they're accomplished dirt bikers, jim — a former champion — only gave up last year. i cartwheeled a bike at about 65 on rock and i thought time

to take up darts or bingo. my son said, what are you going to do? i said, i'll fly around the world and that is when i decided i would do this flight. jim and dot have got previous. they've already been on a round the world trip, that was seven years in a minibus and on motorbikes. this one, a mere a0 days. the motivation really is the fact that we are old, but we don't want to sit at home and watch telly. we'll have some arguments, discussions and a few laughs, but most importantly, we want to enjoy ourselves. jim and dot want to raise a quarter of a million pounds for the alzheimer's society, in memory of a close relative who suffered dimentia. sponsors will have their name displayed on the piece of the fusiliage. ideally, we'd like company to come along and say, can we have the whole plane? that would be wonderful. but realistically, people are just making small donations and i say every little helps.

wouldn't it be lovely if you said i'll fly around the world on 100? no. it's out of the question. if you do it, i'll come with you because i'll be 70. i'll take you up on that deal. preparations are well under way forjim and dot‘s world tour. smooth bureaucracy and a strong tail wind is what they need now. mark edwardson, bbc news. and we wish them all the best. we will catch up with them as the journey progresses and see how they get on. let's look at the newspapers 110w. professor cary cooper is here. you will tell us what you have found on the inside pages, but the front pages first. the daily mirror leads on the ‘summer of chaos', pointing to the wildfires, floods, travel delays and thunder storms of recent days and weeks. 90,000 lightning bolts. in the

guardian, climate change. a lot of talk about what the weather tells us about climate change more generally. the daily telegraph says mike 0'brien, who served as energy minister under gordon brown, removed his smart meter because he said he "barely looked at it". and the daily express leads on dame esther rantzen thanking readers for raising £150,000 for the silver line helpline for lonely pensioners in just two weeks. cary, good morning. ministers ready to support the reform of archaic divorce laws and we have spoken about that with the woman in the supreme court who cannot divorce her husband. yes, she wa nted cannot divorce her husband. yes, she wanted to divorce her eight—year—old husband and couldn't do it. archaic,

i see the downsides for this and their children and stepchildren, all of it, it really is problematic. the good news is, what i found funny about this story was the supreme courtjustice said, well, and wish i could change the law. yes, it was thrown back. it has been thrown back and the ministers will work with baroness butler sloss, who was a family courtjudge. really into this area, she wants to change the law. i don't know what you know about other countries and the rules around that. a lot of people are saying if somebody wants out of the married and it has not happened over the night, it is crazy. where do we look to for places that have this? this isa to for places that have this? this is a parliamentary democracy. i come from the us and if the supreme court in the us ruled this law was unconstitutional, that you are right to determine your own personal

circumstances, guess what, it changes, it is done. the supreme court in this country has to look at the existing law and to determine weather, given the assisting law, or they can do is go back and hope, the ministers, that is why it has gone on for years. anyway, i think it is really good news that baroness butler—sloss will be doing something with ministers. the background to this case, we were discussing it this case, we were discussing it this week. there is some pressure on political parties who don't want to appear antifamily. and that is also playing into this. absolutely. this is right up your alley about children learning how to win and lose. i loved the story, this is great. this is geraint thomas, who is wonderful, we are praying for him. he has got to do the business. he is leading in the tour de france. you will do the business but we don't want to put too much pressure on him. his pe teacher at school, he

was the pe teacher to not only him but sam warburton, the british lions. and gareth bale, can you |magine? lions. and gareth bale, can you imagine? ilove lions. and gareth bale, can you imagine? i love what he says. this is the kind of pe teacher we should happen in every school and he says, you will learn a lot more when you lose than when you win. so the business of this is, in life, we do, don't we? we make a mistake, we learn from that mistake and we get on. and he is saying that in a sense, life is competitive and the reality is to have games in schools which are non—competitive, there is no winner, it it's kind of silly. isn't it odd we have got to this point and it has happened over 20 yea rs point and it has happened over 20 years that it is now interesting that pe teachers are saying this before, that is what we were told at school, you compete. life is about competition. the think you are learning by competing is not that you get the accolades of winning,

but you lose and if you look at geraint thomas, he broke his pelvis, fractured his pelvis in 2013, right? guess what? in the first stage of the tour de france, he went through the tour de france, he went through the whole race. the only thing i would say and i think a lot of people would go along with that, especially if you are a bit older from a different mentality, in the same breath, cycling in particular had a very bad press for some of the stuff that went on in the past within the teams. those extremes of demands on people and how they were treated to get to that, to win at all treated to get to that, to win at a ll costs, treated to get to that, to win at all costs, that mentality. that is a different issue, but you are right, charlie. i do like seeing that in football or in other sports where winning is so important that you ignore the people trying their best to win —— i do not like. ignore the people trying their best to win -- i do not like. it leads into the story you have picked out. university on conditional offers can harm a level results. it is almost

like if you have been given an offer when you want to get into university, it is like, of course we will take it. and we will do it on these grades, but perhaps people ta ke these grades, but perhaps people take their foot orange macro the gas. the reason i did this is because it is topical, next week, they get their a—level results, a lot of people out there and a massive increase in the number of unconditional offers throughout many universities. the universities are doing it because they want certainty about the students they get and they are being criticised by the press. the reason they are getting criticised is because it will affect a—level is and it is against their self—interest. because one major criteria for determining whether you are ina criteria for determining whether you are in a top ten university and where you are in the rankings is the average a—level scores. but you know what? the relationship between your a—levels and your performance at university is very tenuous. you work ina university is very tenuous. you work in a university and if you see a

potential student for university entry thing, i want them in my university, that is a good thing, isn't it? get their men. it is a good thing and the people who get the unconditional offers, they are frequently interviewed, it is not just on paper, you look at what their teachers have said about them over a period of years. and why? what this does for me, for me, as somebody who came from the states but i have been here a long time, should we be having the stress tests called gcse and a—levels, or should we be doing a continuous assessment? how we be doing a continuous assessment? h ow ofte n we be doing a continuous assessment? how often in life will two weeks make such a difference to your life? do we need to put the pressure on the kids? it is about learning, for me, it is about learning, it is not about passing a stress test. next week, we get a—level results, is that right? yes, it think it is next week, or the weeks after. yes, gcse

results at the end of august. we will see you in one hour's time. iam will see you in one hour's time. i am nervous about the gcse results because i did my must gcse again for this programme. did you? yes. headlines coming up, we will see you $0011. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. coming up before 9: alina will be here with the weekend weather forecast. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. voters are being

systematically manipulated by the spread of fake news, according to a group of mps. a leaked report from the commons media select committee warns the uk is facing a "democratic crisis." it's urging tighter regulation of social media networks. earlier, the director of independent fact—checking charity, full fact told us there needs to be greater transparency about how targetted advertising works. it should not be possible for people to target adverts and just one set of voters so that the other sets of voters cannot see what is going on, and cannot react to what is being said in those adverts, because democracy and election has to be a shared experience. the level of targeting we see on political advertising and that no one is aware of what is going on during a campaign is not ok anymore. many will welcome some cooler weather today — but strong winds could cause travel disruption as temperatures drop across the uk.

rain will sweep across most of the country, but two months of sunshine and dry weather means that some parched trees are at risk of falling down when hit by anticipated gusts of a0 to 50 miles per hour. an international arrest warrant has been issued for a man who killed a woman in a speedboat accident on the river thames in london in 2015. jack shepherd, who has been on the run since may, was found guilty of the manslaughter of charlotte brown, and sentenced to six years in prison at the old bailey yesterday. one of the police officers involved in the case told us that there was no sign shepherd was planning to disappear: it was a long process and during the process he was 01’ was it was a long process and during the process he was or was in contact, he attended when he was due to attend, he may be appropriate appearances at court. as i say, it was right at the very last minute that we actually found out that was going to be the case, that he would not appear. we'll be speaking to charlotte's mum and sister atjust after 9am this morning. the chief constable of england's second largest police

force has admitted it sometimes provides a poor service that fails to meet public expectations. dave thompson said budget cuts had left west midlands police at a point where it was not sustainable to tackle everything. the home office said every crime and allegation should be investigated. it's expected that around half the train services run by south western railway will be cancelled today. members of the rmt union are going on strike in a disagreement about the role of guards on trains. there'll be a separate strike over working conditions by station staff at london st pancras international, but eurostar says services will run as normal. delays of up to six and a half hours are being reported on eurotunnel services between folkestone and france. the train operator says the hot weather is to blame and that technicians are working to repair problems with a faulty train. it comes after reported delays on thursday of more than five hours in 30c heat, caused by air conditioning problems on eurotunnel‘s trains. labour party members in birkenhead have passed a motion condemning their pro—brexit mp,

frank field, for supporting the government in the commons last week. they also urged the party at westminster to withdraw the whip from mr field. earlier, the constituency party of kate hoey at vauxhall in south london took a similar decision. those are the main stories this morning. let's get the sport. a bit of history could be made today. so geraint thomas, is within touching distance of becoming the first welshman to win the tour de france. so, he two minutes ahead, just over two minutes. but the man chasing him who goes out before is currently the fastest man? yes, and there are some

research thing that if you average their performances against each other in time trials, the dutchman tech like is 1.8 kilometres per hour faster, so on that form, if everything goes as it has done, he should eat into thomas's lead, but it won't be enough. if you go by the science. what of course anything can happen, it is a very hilly time trial. so, he has extended his lead over tom dumoulin, to two minutes and five seconds, with just today's time trial to get through.. drew savage reports. he began yesterday with mountains on his mind. 0n the start line in lourdes, welsh cycling fans were hoping their man's time had finally come. thomas and team sky weren't expecting an easy ride, and they didn't get one on the final day in the pyrenees. he does have the strongest team in the race, including chris froome, but eventually their numbers dwindled and as fourth—placed

primoz roglic attacked, froome fell behind, leaving thomas potentially exposed without his last remaining ally the yellow jersey under threat, but the welshman held firm, his rivals couldn't break him. roglic tried again on the way down, and this time made it stick. froome had recovered and led the chase on thomas's behalf — ensuring roglic couldn't threaten the overall lead, although he did win the stage to take third place overall from froome. but the four—times champion had done his bit for thomas, setting up the man in yellow to sprint home for six bonus seconds. notjust defended his lead, but extending it. congratulations, well earned. now, remember the hashtag #itscominghome? rife all over twitter during the world cup, and you couldn't avoid hearing it in every chant or interview. well, now they might be hearing it in wales this weekend. welsh triathlete non stamford is clearly excited about the prospect of a first welshman to win the tour. she used itscominghome with the welsh flag next to it.

wonder if the english will loan their song to the welsh for the weekend? now, priorities have changed for the four—time olympic champion laura kenny. she is, however, ready to compete on the track again, at the european championships in glasgow. since laura and her now husband jason kenny won golds in rio two years ago, they've welcomed baby albert into the world. he's now one year old, and laura's back, in the gb team in the velodrome. i still really, really care about cycling and i always will, like, it's been my life to such a long time but all of a sudden i don't think about, you know, everything being perfect. i'm thinking about going home because i want to with albee and the funny thing actually when i get on my bike and i'm finding it hard, i do think "0h, just think how proud albie would be, though, if you can get through this effort" and so, it does put a completely different spin on it and, i guess, one that i never thought would happen, in a way. britain's 0lympic bronze medallist vicky holland has won the edmonton leg

of the world triathlon series, for her second win of 2018. it was an imperious performance from holland, who led out of the water, and the bike, before breaking clear, of a number of athletes on the run, and adding to her win in the city in 2015. a trio of british athletes, followed her in third, fourth and fifth, so well done too to georgia taylor—brown, jess learmonth and jodie stimpson. jonnie brownlee finished 5th in the men's race sebastian vettel was fastest in second practice ahead of qualifying today for the hungarian grand prix. the ferrari driver wentjust quicker, than max verstappen's red bull. lewis hamilton, who has a championship lead of 17 points over vettel, was three quarters of a second off the pace at the hungaroring. meanwhile, overnight it's been announced that the force india team, based near silverstone, have been placed into administration. the team believe new investment is imminent, but that they're also facing a "critical period" in their history. even a rain delay couldn't dampen spirits at the women's hockey world cup yesterday. the coaches, for the netherlands and china, enjoying a friendly game of rock, paper, scissors whilst torrential

rain, and lightening caused play to be suspended. that game seemed to be a rehearsal, for the match, with the dutch cruising to a 7—1 win over the chinese. in the other match in pool a, italy scored with just five seconds to go to beat south korea. hull kr, held off a second half fightback from rivals hull fc as they hung on to win 20—16 in the super league. rovers were 16 points up at half time, thanks largely to two trys from craig hall. hull levelled in the second half, but this penalty from danny tickle, sealed the derby win. elsewhere there were victorys for huddersfield, salford and wigan. there's a big fight at the 02 arena tonight with britain's dillian whyte up againstjoseph parker. a warning that there is some flash photgraphy coming up both fighters, need to prove a point, after they were beaten by anthonyjoshua, the only defeat in both their careers. new zealander parker, is looking to re—establish himself, after losing tojoshua in march, while whyte has won seven fights in a row

and is nearing a title shot. it's a very risky fight, it's a dangerous fight, you know, and like i say, he's gonna come and bring it and he's gonna come and bring it and hope that he does. he said he's gonna come and throw punches at the others so we'll see what is gonna go down. it's gonna jump off at some point, you know, i don't know — first round, third round — me and him's gonna to trade leather, me and him we're gonna trade some serious leather at some point. women's boxing has long lived in the shadows of the sport, but ever since it was included in the london 2012 olympics it has been growing from grass roots upwards. it's led a club in merseyside to start girls only nights and they're proving a huge success. i've been to knowesley to find out more. nobody is allowed. this class was

put on the girls who want to get fit and boxing classes but don't want to be in the minority. boys have a lot more power, so be in the minority. boys have a lot more power, so it is easier to get some on here you can work better with. it's much better here because boys won't be sweating around you. you think they will never down. one of the mental obstacles is boys being in the gym, "they are looking at me." taggart obstacle out of the way and you're one step closer to overcoming your main fear ofjust getting in the gym. the coaches want to spread the word that girls can join boxing clubs across the country, and it is not the male dominated world it used to be. the main problem has been girls don't wa nt to main problem has been girls don't want to going into and three into a male dominated gym. we are changing. they're trying to meet increasing demand. a recent survey showed that over half of the people now taking pa rt over half of the people now taking part in boxing classes are female

and stop professional boxer natascha has certainly seen how the sport has changed. from the days when i started, i boxed the same person to win titles the first few years. we had only one category. that schoolgirls, we have used, we have a gb development squad. but it's also nice to see young girls coming in because they want to have a go, and joining in the boxing. those that then want to go on and get into the live export boxing can do so from the age of ten, it is a very controlled skills —based sport at this age. it is mostly about footwork, it's not about punches. this age. it is mostly about footwork, it's not about puncheslj like footwork, it's not about punches.” like being there with my friends because it'sjust like being there with my friends because it's just fun to do with everyone. most here will not want to fight at the level of 1a—year—old pollok who competes at british junior level. for most this isjust afun junior level. for most this isjust a fun way to get fitter. for me it

is time for us padding. you can see the speed and power here. i can't get up! ifeel like the speed and power here. i can't get up! i feel like a turtle! if you just try and throw a big heavy shot you will see it coming from my lauret. so you need to be fast.” didn't even see it! stop boxing! i wonder who the winner is? ! the thing is, or that is in training for her next big fight. so i didn't want

to injure. i tripped over my own feet. i wasn't much of punchbag for her. it seemed like there was a great atmosphere in the gym. her. it seemed like there was a great atmosphere in the gymm her. it seemed like there was a great atmosphere in the gym. it was fantastic. you can understand it, one of the barriers in the past has been that girls didn't necessarily wa nt to been that girls didn't necessarily want to be whether it's a load of sweaty boys. we feel much more co mforta ble, sweaty boys. we feel much more comfortable, at least getting over the initial hurdle of getting into the initial hurdle of getting into the club. thanks, mike. well, the weather has changed! that's an understatement. here's alina with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. today will be more like 22 degrees. this was taken around 10pm last night. thunder, torrential rain. this morning we have a lot of showers. not far from

the south—west of england but also spells of sunshine. change through this weekend. it will be windier and will feel fresher. for the spells of rain with some thunder and lightning. particularly this morning in parts of scotland and northern england. we also have showers further south and showers piling in through wales and the south west of england. but the wettest rob lee in northern ireland and scotland. that will push northwards through the day. behind that we have sunny spells and showers, further east not many showers, some sunshine, but look at the strength of the wind. these are the main strengths, some gusts will be even higher. a0—50 mph possible. and we will all noticed the temperature. in places it has been over 30 celsius, today, most places just over 20. northern ireland is fairly cool in the breeze

and rain. east anglia might get up to 2a-25. and rain. east anglia might get up to 2a—25. still showers around this evening and overnight. persistent rain across north—west coquelin. and this next band of rain coming into south—west england and wales overnight. for most appropriate more co mforta ble overnight. for most appropriate more comfortable and fresher night. another unsettled day tomorrow. more rain to come across england and wales and later into scotland. northern ireland will have quieter day with the wind is not so strong. but elsewhere some windy conditions. and wet conditions in england and wales pushing up into the midlands and northern england and eventually into scotland. i had that some dry conditions for a time. again, very windy. in fact, windier tomorrow than today. southern and western coasts getting strong gusts of 250 50 mph in places. temperatures 18-22. it will

50 mph in places. temperatures 18—22. it will feel pleasant in the sunshine but breezy if not very windy. those wins will ease, not as hot as it has been. showers monday to wednesday. and then high pressure builds, it becomes drier and temperatures start to rise later in the week and into the weekend. more than a million parents are not claiming a government tax break which could wipe a fifth off the cost of their summer holiday childcare. the scheme began in april last year, but radio a's money box has discovered that only about one in six of those eligible are claiming it. i think over a million parents who could climb this might be surprised. 0nly just under a quarter of could climb this might be surprised. 0nlyjust under a quarter of a million are climbing it. 1.25 million are climbing it. 1.25 million could be climbing it. it ta kes million could be climbing it. it takes up to a fifth of the cost of childcare. average childcare is £800

for the whole six weeks, and the government would they just for the whole six weeks, and the government would theyjust under £200 of that if you claim it. it is free money, it is money that i pay through my taxes, i would like people to claim it if they can. how does it work? if they put in £8 the government will top it up with £2? yes, but you have to go through a process. you have to register online for the government website. that ta kes for the government website. that takes about five days. you will not give the whole summer holidays paid for, that takes about five days. you have to put money in, and then hmrc will top it up and then you can tra nsfer will top it up and then you can transfer it to a registered childcare. the childcare has to be registered on the website itself.

when it started last april, 2017, there were some problems with the website that may have put people off. but i'm told those have been resolved and it is fairly straightforward. and it will help you save straightforward. and it will help you save money. 0ne colleague, jugglers, tweeted recently, i have sorted out all the childcare for my children for the summer, and all that cost was all i had! the government have moved from childcare vouchers to this tax—free childcare. what prompted the move? the new system is better. childcare vouchers, your employer had to be pa rt vouchers, your employer had to be part of the scheme. it only help people who were employed with the right employer. and there were other restrictions. it worked for the people that worked for. but this new system applies to every parent. both pa rents system applies to every parent. both parents have to be working, or one

pa rent if parents have to be working, or one parent if it is a single—parent family. they have to earn more than the minimum wage for 16 hours, and less tha n the minimum wage for 16 hours, and less than £100,000 a year, and then they can get this top up. it is better than vouchers because self—employed people are included for the first time. potentially there is a big group out there and people just don't know about it. you will do more on this on money box at midday? yes, and hmrc says they will have an advertising campaign, but after the holidays, that will be ready for next term. i'm on radio four at noon as ever. the round the world yacht race in liverpool. ian haslam is in liverpool's albert dock for us this morning ahead of the final sprint up the river mersey this morning. it has been an unusual race, the

weather conditions have changed. i promised 100,000 people, maybe not quite, but still some time to go before this final sprint race of the round the world challenge. 0ver here, on the horizon, that is where all these yachts will be coming from. they will emerge from the bay of liverpool down along the river mersey. they will finish up around here. lots of supporters here, many coming to cheer on relatives to have been gone for the best part of a year, including these noisy people. you have to calm that cowbell down. it's a nice touch of whose on—board? cathy. she has done to lex, from china to seattle, and then from new york to hear. she will be so pleased to see you. with your pink and all

your cowbells. nicky henderson is a britain, the youngest skipper in the challenge, 25, from guildford, here is her dad graham. you must be so proud, she is second overall. it's brilliant, she's the youngest skipper of sale in the race, she has come in second, winning three the 12 races. she has impressed everybody with her skill at sailing and team—building, and we are really proud. she's finishing second, and the winner, the australian, is the first ever female to win a round the world race. we have a female one, too, and given that some people in sailing can be a bit sniffy about the fairersex, i sailing can be a bit sniffy about the fairer sex, i think it is a brilliant achievement. how much have you missed her? well, do you want your 25—year—old daughter hanging around the house? no, she has done

brilliantly, so much better than even she expected and we are so proud. you might have to get used to having her around the house? lots to celebrate. 0ne having her around the house? lots to celebrate. one more set of people with relatives on board. this is duly. it is your husband on—board. yes, gareth. we saw him off on the 25th ofjune yes, gareth. we saw him off on the 25th of june in yes, gareth. we saw him off on the 25th ofjune in new york. you please use returning home, or is the house nice and quiet? it is quiet but i will be glad to see him back. they have travelled a0,000 nautical miles, cramped conditions, all kinds of weather. he has never sailed before? no, he is a chartered surveyor. before? no, he is a chartered surveyor. the only professionals are at the skippers. all cows are professionals on there. it makes it more difficult, doesn't it? yes, but an amazing achievement, we are so proud. it is a huge achievement. and not for the faint—hearted. the

yachts will come down the river mersey in about 15 minutes. join us in aboutan mersey in about 15 minutes. join us in about an hour if you can because we should get to finally see them. it should be quite a sight. looking good there. thanks. it's the big, age—old question — what is the key to a long and happy relationship? well, researchers from the university of exeter have spent 10 years following more than a0 married couples to find out what really makes or breaks a relationship. joining us now from our london newsroom is the university of exeter‘s jan ewing — she's one of the researchers who worked on the project. and here in the studio, we'rejoined by relationship expert sam 0wen. can you give us a sense of what we've discovered that we didn't know before? we follow these couples for over ten years, and what we found was that people fundamentally chose

quite well in the first place. they chose someone who they were... had a good relationship with, a really strong friendship with, that was very important. and they had quite realistic expectations. they hadn't bought into the disney ideal of a relationship. they knew that it would require work, and so they did work on it. it wasn't hard work for them, but he nurtured that relationship well. some of the couples did split up, but they continued to be part of the research group? that's right. what did you learn from them? again, a few of them, even when they were happy in their early years, the doctor but their early years, the doctor but the fact it has been quite fickle to first. they almost had to make themselves fit. they didn't almost realise that they did not fit and perhaps should not have got together in the first place. and also because

they lacked the basis of friendship, when things got hard, they didn't have that to fall back on. the ones that had difficulties but worked through them spoke very explicitly about the fact that they fell back on theirfriendship, about the fact that they fell back on their friendship, whereas the couples are separated just did not have that strong basis to fall back on. we introduced this by saying it is an age—old question. is there anything from this research that you think is new? i think the focus on being a friend israeli key because i think often people think there should be an instant romantic spark between you, and it'sjust not always like that. and when there is always like that. and when there is a friendship basis to the marriage it means you bring certain elements such as compassion, empathy, and desired to be a great team—mate for

that person. life will challenge you and you need to have someone who will help you through those moments, and research shows that our resilience is boosted by positive relationships and life. and also through life what helps your mental health and well— being through life what helps your mental health and well—being is being able to fulfil your potential. if you have a supportive partner, research shows you're more likely to take advantage of that unity is for personal growth, whereas if you don't have a supportive partner you will more likely forego those opportunities. and jan talked about picking the right one in the first place. it's kind of glaringly obvious, but... step one? yes, and i love that she said that because it is about trusting your intuition. if it feels easy and natural, that is a good sign. i say to clients come the feeling that you get with somebody because that tells you a great deal. jan, these couples were monitored over ten years. part of the thing

about when you dive into a relationship, yes, you may feel co mforta ble, relationship, yes, you may feel comfortable, sam, as you said, and connected, but you are still changing. we change all the time. there is no guarantee, is there, that you will change in the same ways and keep the same ideas or ambitions that you had when you first met. that's right. and lots of couples, where they ended up was very different to the life that they thought they were going to have. but it was the couples that changed together and adapted well, the anticipated change, and they pulled together through those times. the life of the envelope with might have been quite different, but the kind of grew together. jan, will you stick with them? you're done ten yea rs. stick with them? you're done ten years. the plan for ten or 30 years? i hope so. you get a lot more from longitudinal research instead of just a snapshot in time. i'm hoping

that we will follow them up in due course. fascinating, thanks for your time. stay with us, headlines coming up. good morning. welcome to breakfast. with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: voters are being manipulated by "fa ke news", according to a group of mps. they're calling for a tax on social media networks. after more than 50 days of heat, now comes the hail, as storms cause disruption across the uk. good morning. the heat and humidity has left us with a bang overnight. lots of thunderstorms and, as those clear through this morning, we've got a much fresher and windier weekend, with some more rain around. i'll have all the details in about 15 minutes. someone not to be blown off course. after extending his lead, geraint thomas is set to become the first welshman to win the tour de france, withjust one