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. 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 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. 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. earlier, the director of independent fact—checking charity full fact told us there needs to be greater transparency about how targeted advertising works. it shouldn't be possible for people to target adverts atjust one set of voters so that the other sets of voters can't see what's going on and can't react to what's being said in those adverts, because in a democracy, an election has to be a shared experience. so the level of targeting we're seeing on political advertising, and the fact that no—one is aware that that's going on during a campaign — is just not ok any more. 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. 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 your face. 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

of 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've also urged the party at westminster to withdraw the whip from mr field.

earlier, the constituency party of kate hoey — in vauxhall, south london — took a similar decision. we talked yesterday about what you might see last night and the clips of the moon. in many parts of the uk, idon't of the moon. in many parts of the uk, i don't think you could have seen much. no, iwas seen much. no, i was disappointed, most others missed out on the longer lunar eclipse in less than a century. an hour and a0 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‘s 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's 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. we will pick up more on the weather later. the weather, as you know, is changeable today. we have seen pictures of those storm conditions in some parts of the uk and temperatures dropping, with concerns about high winds in some parts of the country and with everything being so dry will keep you up—to—date with that. it is nine minutes past nine, good morning. an international manhunt has been launched to find the man responsible for the death of 24—year—old charlotte brown, who died after falling off a speedboat into the river thames on a first date in december 2015.

yesterday, jack shepherd was sentenced to six years in prison for manslaughter by gross negligence, but did not spend the night behind bars. he has been on the run since may. charlotte's mum, roz, and her sister, katie, have been at the old bailey for the duration of the trial, and have appealed for him to turn up and face justice. they're here with met police family liaison officer gavin seeley. good morning. thank you for, again and speaking to us. the verdict was passed down six years, manslaughter. what is your opinion of that and how do you feel about that verdict? 0riginally, we was told that due to the way the courts are, it probably would not be even as much as six yea rs would not be even as much as six years and to prepare for much lower. so when the six years came out we we re so when the six years came out we were quite surprised. and for you?

yes, you can't help for manslaughter, that is unusual, high centres, so we're pleased about that. -- you can tell that. i want to sq that. -- you can tell that. i want to s0 about the that the man who omitted this crime, sentenced to six yea rs, omitted this crime, sentenced to six years, jack shepherd, was not in court for the entire preceding and for that moment you heard the verdict is read out. can you give a sense of how that was for you?m was pretty devastating, to be honest. at the end of the day, he has brought devastation to our family, that is an understatement. we must not lose sight of the fat cha rlotte has lost we must not lose sight of the fat charlotte has lost her life. it was totally unnecessary, the loss of life. she had everything to live for, she was young, she had been to university, she had got very good job. she literally had everything live for and he didn't give that one second consequence in his mind that night. that his actions would take

her life. had he been given any reason, katie, any explanation as to why he has not been in court? we didn't have any indication of why really. 0ur opinion was that he is a coward. which was confirmed in a statement he had written earlier this week. and the judge read it out yesterday. and he said the reason was that he didn't want to face us and that he was a coward. gavin, you have been the liaison officer for katie and roz and your role is to keep them informed and make sure they are comfortable with the process and understand what is going on. at what point did you know that he wasn't going to turn up? we knew on the friday before trial. we were going to trial on the monday morning and chris and i went to the old bailey, to an admin hearing, we had an inclination something was going

on. in that hearing, we head for the first time that jack shepherd is most unlikely to attend his trial. christopher davis, detective sergeant, who has been working on this trial. exactly. you had that information at that point and it is yourjob to it —— to determine whether that is passed on to the family. i have a big decision to make at that point, it is a friday and the family have geared up three years to get this monday of trial, doi years to get this monday of trial, do i tell the family on that friday by phone call because they are out of london and risk losing their weekends or worrying over the weekend, or do we tell them face—to—face? i made the decision to talk to the mum roz and graham the dad face—to—face on the monday morning because the next question is, what happens? with then have illegal logging on the monday morning, is it a manslaughter case at the old bailey, do we this trial in his absence or we instructed by

the judge to find him and we have the judge to find him and we have the trial when we find him? the risk is it could have been suspended. yes, it was at the time, we didn't know. we said to the judge independently through gavin that we wa nted independently through gavin that we wanted it to go ahead because we have waited so long. also, on the back of that, all the way through this, regardless of the outcome, guilty or not guilty, the way i want to go forward and wanted to go forward and have been for the last two mcrae years is to start campaigning and change the legislation, there is no legislation on our legislation, there is no legislation on oui’ waterways. legislation, there is no legislation on our waterways. and the fact that you can drink and you can speed and you can drink and you can speed and you can drink and you can speed and you can do whatever you want and there is no law, they have bylaws which are not police ball. we will go back to better a moment. katie, i am assuming and you have been through something very few people tha nkfully through something very few people thankfully have to go through, these

court proceedings, i assume in the run—up to this in your mind is the thought you will be able to come face—to—face with the person who did this. and when you hear that it is not going to be the case, i am trying to get a sense of what that was like? disappointing. itjust felt really unfair. because finally, we we re felt really unfair. because finally, we were getting to a point where we thought, 0k, he has to face it in the trial and there will be consequences if he is found guilty. and then it is like he has been able to choose not to turn up. it is just, it didn't seem fair. and we wanted him to face that. we had seen him at three of the previous court hearings. so we had seen him and we had looked at him. he had been no further than sometimes five, ten put away. so he had seen us. had you had any away. so he had seen us. had you had a ny co nta ct away. so he had seen us. had you had

any contact with him, has he had any sense of the most? no, none whatsoever. —— remorse. we have not had a letter of condolence or a message of condolence and that was my statement yesterday, we have never had that. but they did say that he had written it and he had sent it to his solicitor. gavin, we heard from one of your colleagues, a detective involved in the investigation and during the trial, it emerged that he was in touch with his defence team. almost virtually following the course of the trial, you presumably knew that. we did not know immediately. it was mentioned because if somebody does not go to trial, something does go to trial, sorry, and adverse influence can be given to the jury. it got to the point in the trial were the judge conceded to draw the adverse inference and what happened was, the legal team said, we up in regular update with him. so from the

courtroom, it appeared his legal team were communicating with him. roz, you have mentioned the legislation on the rivers and i know you want to talk about that and appealfor this you want to talk about that and appeal for this man to appear, but what was charlotte like? we were just saying this, this is the most difficult question because it is so emotional. 0ut difficult question because it is so emotional. out of all the questions, this is the hardest. she wasjust emotional. out of all the questions, this is the hardest. she was just an amazing person. she was funny, loving, outgoing, intelligent. she had been to university and she got herself a good job. she was learning to drive and she had just bought her first car and she had a promotion at work. she wasjust the best company and the best automotive. you are talking about someone who lost her life to young —— and the best daughter. you want to make sure nobody else goes through this.

single—handedly, i have been driving to do this with meetings with mps andi to do this with meetings with mps and i would like to appeal, any mp that would back as to change the legislation, we need support. we have had support from one mp, who has been supportive. 0nly have had support from one mp, who has been supportive. only the last couple of months. and also, i have got support with the rnli eventually and there is support there. so it has taken a long time, it has been a very difficult, hard road. it is amazing how many people i have spoken to have not been interested. katie, i imagine, on a final note, there are two mcrae things, that campaign you are talking about now become so important for you —— two things. in terms of getting some form of settlement and feeling about this which is better, jack shepherd finally being found and brought properly to justice, that will presumably be the other part of the

equation. yes, i think that that would be the right thing to happen. hopefully. the way this has gone now, we are hopeful that he will be found. but, yes, that part of it. and then there is the legislation. that would be justice for charlie. we like the sound of charlie's law for the waterways, that has got a good ring to it. but to bring in proper safety measures that could be policeable. thank you for coming in and talking to us this morning. thank you. it is 80 minutes past nine, you are watching breakfast this morning. here's alina, with a look at this morning's weather. talking to your colleagues earlier in the week and over the last few weeks, they said, same old. the same thing over and again. now it has all changed. yes, we have lost the heat and humidity and we have thunderstorms

last night and torrential rain. this is just last night and torrential rain. this isjust one in durham. still thunder storms today and spells of sunshine although showers not far—away in cornwall. and behind the thunderstorms, something much fresher. much windier this weekend. further showers and long spells of rain and feeling quite a bit cooler. the front pushing north and east this morning. generating the heaviest rain across scotland and northern ireland. behind that, further showers. persistent rain across northern ireland through the day, pushing north into scotland and not reaching shetland until the afternoon. behind that, sunny spells and showers, showers most frequent in wales, south—west england. further east, showers and more scattered some staying largely dry in the afternoon. look at the strength of the wind, these are means speed and the gusts will be even higher, whiteley a0 mph and 50 in western and southern coasts. temperatures close to 35 celsius

across part of the country. this weekend and this afternoon, i8—22 for many, the caulfield for northern ireland given the breeze and persistent rain, 2a, 25 in the rest of the sunshine. but the showers this evening. they will fade but we keep heavy and persistent rain in north west scotland. further rain in wales and south—west england later in the night. foremost, fresher and more comfortable night with lows between 11 and i6 celsius. more rain tomorrow and strong winds. you can see the squeezing the isobars and the spell of rain extending north and east across the country through the day. a drier day for northern ireland and the winds slightly later. persistent rain for a time across england, wales, pushing into scotland, although drier for central and northern scotland before the rain settles them. blustery and squally showers and a lot of cloud and not much brightness. a gain, strong winds, gusts even stronger.

a0-50 strong winds, gusts even stronger. a0—50 mph along the coast. temperatures, much fresher, i7 a0—50 mph along the coast. temperatures, much fresher, 17 to 23 as the top temperature tomorrow afternoon. we begin the new week with showers around. winds easing the way, not nearly as hot as recent weeks. showers eventually fade. through the latter half of the week, most through the latter half of the week, m ost pla ces through the latter half of the week, most places become dry and eventually, temperatures starting to rise again although they will not get to 35 celsius we have seen in recent days. thanks very much. the billionaire businessman john caudwell, who founded the phones au empire, has pledged more than £1 million to researching lyme disease, after he and three of his children developed the illness. he told us earlier that a review into the disease — commissioned by the department of health last year — should be just the start. all those reviews have done really is said, we don't know very much about lyme disease, we don't

understand how properly to test for it, we don't understand the symptoms, and we don't really understand how to treat it. that's a step in the right direction at least admitting that the illness exists and they don't know what to do. what needs to be done now is proper, 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 try and make this person better. sophie ward is from the lyme disease uk support group and she has the illness herself. good morning. interesting hearing john caudwell talk about the symptoms, what are they? early-stage symptoms, what are they? early-stage symptoms, fever, chills, a bullseye rash, only 50% get that. that is like a red circle? a red point with a circle around it. only 50% get that. migraines, joint pain. and when it gets to the later stage,

debilitating symptoms. worse migraines. even seizures. neurological problems. heart problems. matt dawson had two heart operations not long ago because of lyme disease and it attacks all the organs. and how did you get it? i was bitten in beijing, china, in 2008. i went to watch my friends in the olympics and i did sight seeing afterwards. i went to the panda sanctuary and i was hugging the panda and i came back with a fever. i thought it was a fever, got two days worth of antibiotics. then i felt fine. i came home, four years later, i started with migraines, water infections, joint pains, food intolerances, it snowballed. we were hearing from john caldwell, a number of members of his family have contracted it, it is not contagious. but there are questions about why

that should happen. it has been reported that sometimes, it could be transmitted as the bacteria can eat its way through the placenta. but there is no research behind that really. that is when it is being carried during pregnancy. but not a young child and an adult, can it be transmitted that way? not as reported. of course, that is wider research needs to be done because it is such a complex disease and we don't want more people affected. and what about treatment? treatment is very, very expensive. and again, there is no one effective treatment. if it is caught early and you have antibiotic treatment over a long period of time, you might be able to make a full recovery, but if it goes beyond that, because of the different infections ticks do carry, eve ryo ne different infections ticks do carry, everyone presents different symptoms. you said, john said he is

a wealthy man, he could do that testing privately. if you think, if you were bitten and you are worried, what to do? you go straight to the gp and demand antibiotics. definitely. a lot of the time, the symptoms can mimic other illnesses. if you have a child and they are presenting a fever, as a parent, you might think it is just a fever and it will pass. you need to go and think back, where you rolling in grass, could you have been bitten? really demand antibiotics. grass, could you have been bitten? really demand antibioticsm grass, could you have been bitten? really demand antibiotics. it could be anyone, eat go out and you play in the park or you take a walk, it could be anyone. i wonder how easy it is to go toa gp could be anyone. i wonder how easy it is to go to a gp and say, i think i have lyme disease, give me antibiotics? you cannot south diagnose. exactly, it is very difficult and you don't want to jump to conclusions and we're not here to brighten people but people need to know the symptoms and be aware the risks. as like you say, it is a big

problem and once it goes past the stage, treatment can be very expensive. thank you very much, sophie ward, thank you. thank you very much, thank you. it is 26 minutes past nine, it is time to look at the papers. professor cary cooper is here to tell us what's caught his eye. he has been looking through the inside pages. the story i found interesting is this one about richard... i am sorry, russell kane, the comedian. he is being treated for, would you believe, addiction to the internet? it looks like a trivial story, but it is not. he has gone through six sessions already. and look at the statistics, 100,000 followers on instagram, 280,000 on facebook, 263,000 on twitter, he is addicted to it. but it raises for me the wider issue of our use of the

smartphone. go for dinner on a friday night and you see a family of four all looking at their knees, the pa rents a re four all looking at their knees, the parents are doing e—mail, the pa rents, parents are doing e—mail, the parents, children doing instagram. i am worried about this an issue. we live so much in the virtual world and we are so addicted to the smartphone will stop when it was just a mobile and you may telephone calls, it was not a problem. it is the bells and whistles. given how prevalent it is, what is the mark a point for when you think that is damaging, rather than just leading a modern lifestyle and you need to do that? i don't think it isjust. .. modern lifestyle and you need to do that? i don't think it isjust... i think we are all suffering in one form or another. we're not spending good communication time with our kids and our friends and listening to them, rather than being always needing to be checking our e—mail. i don't want to throw the baby out with the bath water, i am just saying from time to time, we need to control that. but what is the answer? i cannot remember which

company the ceo was the head of, but one said our biggest enemy is sleep. and the other said, we are there to huack and the other said, we are there to hijack time. that is what apps do. you know what folks working do, at ryder cup at night, they block the e—mails. until the next morning. ryder cup at night, they block the e—mails. untilthe next morning. —— you know what volkswagen do, at five o'clock at night, they block e—mails. i don't want a black —— to block technology, but from time to time, shut the thing gough, listen to your kids and your friends. you could say the same thing about television and here you are on television! you know what i mean? some people watch too much tv. you are right, some of was watch too much television. shot the darn think

off! ice cream? yes, i like that. we have so much doom and gloom around, particularly in trumpland. this entrepreneur has created a new ice cream business, a couple blocks away from the white house. and he did launch of the ice cream. it is cold, make america sweet again. he has taken six—year—old kid from atlanta, georgia, a six—year old who can recite nine presidential inaugural addresses, and he had him launch it. listen to his flavours. i love this, we need a good news story. nixon ice cream. cookies and cream crumble. lincoln has decadent pretzel. jfk's american birthday cake and that is to do with marilyn monroe. monticello is wherejefferson house

is outside of washington. carter's patriotically peanut. reagan's raspberry truffle. i love this, trump's extra rich chip, meaning the chip on the shoulder. donald trump gets two scoops of ice cream at the white house when everybody else gets one. i didn't know that. it is a fun story because we have the other stuff about trump and his lawyer michael cohen and everything that will go on with that and teflon trump, will he survive or not? and just finally, about generations only. —— generation lonely. just finally, about generations only. -- generation lonely. shoot percentage of people are by themselves, they have no partner, not married, they have no

relationships. that has real implications. esther ra ntzen, relationships. that has real implications. esther rantzen, what she is doing, it's really important, it is not just she is doing, it's really important, it is notjust 65 and over, people are getting divorced, not being able to find other relationships. it is not just about marriage, to find other relationships. it is notjust about marriage, it is about being with somebody. and the instigation of this report, this is really important, because of so many lonely people, if you get ill, who will help you? normally it is your partner. the applications for social and health care are enormous. if one quarter of people are by themselves in the age 50—6a, and lonely beyond that as one partner dies. the buy someone an that as one partner dies. the buy someone an ice that as one partner dies. the buy someone an ice cream. that as one partner dies. the buy someone an ice cream. i'm not sure what i would call your ice cream, charlie. it would have something to do with hair. we're on bbc one until ten o'clock this morning, when matt tebbutt takes over in the saturday kitchen.

matt — what's on the menu for us? i love this ice cream chat. what's your favourite flavour? rum raisin. we don't like that. there is only one ice cream flavour, that's vanilla. pistachio for me. we could have a brexit ice cream. let's not... a special guest today has two performances later, actor nitin. a very busy man. yes, doing twojobs at once. we will talk about the show and east enders later. you are facing food heaven and hell. heaven isa facing food heaven and hell. heaven is a good potato. versatile. heaven is a good potato. versatile. heaven isa is a good potato. versatile. heaven is a good potato. versatile. heaven is a good potato... it sounds like a song. and what about food hell? you

could not get minear and aubergine. ijust don't like them. it's not an attractive vegetable at all. we've also got two great chefs. what on the menu? coffey roasted carrots with some barat, beetroot, and black truffle. and for the first time in the show, what are you making for us? spinach, feta cheese and pineapple feeler role, that will go with the beautiful tomato salad. traditional turkish? yes, with a twist. and jane is in charge of the triggs. and you guys at home or in charge of nitin's food heaven or food hell. see you at ten o'clock. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. coming up before ten alina will be here with the weather. 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. 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. in the last half hour, charlotte's mum and sister told us they wanted legislation introduced to make waterways safer. absolutely. this is where

single—handedly i have been striving to do this. meetings with mps. i would like to appeal now. any mp at who would back us to change the legislation, we need support. we have had support from one mp who has been supportive, but only in the last couple of months. 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. 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'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. those are the main stories this morning. let's catch up with the sport. all eyes on the tour de france. yes,

huge and geraint thomas, just before he goes out last, because he is the leader, it is it is thomas dumoulin, the main challenger. if you take the times they have against each other in time trials over the last few yea rs, in time trials over the last few years, thomas is only 1.8 punters per second slower... if they have' -- if per second slower... if they have' —— if they perform as they have done, it should be enough for adam thomas to see it through. although the race finishes tomorrow, it is a procession. yes, it isjust to celebrate the new champion. the first welshman, hopefully, to win the tour to france. geraint thomas himself says he has enough in the tank to do what he needs to do

because that lead is two minutes and five seconds, it should be enough, barring disaster, to get through today. today's time trial is the last barrier. 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. he set up the man in yellow

to sprint for six bonus seconds... notjust defended his lead, but extending it. congratulations, well earned. 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 be with albie 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, 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 — including australian ashleigh gentle. 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. i wasn't sure how it would play out. we had a big group together. i know i have been running well, but i know ashley is a class competitor and the other british girls. i kept the pressure on and sensed she had disappeared from my shoulder with about 700 to go, i couldn't look back then. 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. there's a big fight at the o2 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. no boys allowed. this class was put on for girls who want to get fit through boxing classes but don't want to be in the minority. boys have a lot more power, so it is easier to get someone here you can work better with. it's much better here because boys won't be sweating around you. you think they will. one of the mental obstacles is boys being in the gym, "they are looking at me."

take that 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 want to going in twos and threes into a male dominated gym. we are changing that. they're trying to meet increasing demand. a recent survey showed that 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. now we have schoolgirls, we have youth, 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 join in the boxing. those that then want to go on and get into the olympic sport of 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. i like being there with my friends because it's just fun to do with everyone. most here will not fight at the level of 1a—year—old 0rla, who competes at britishjunior level. for most this is just a fun way to get fitter. for me it is time for the padding. you can see 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 a mile away. so you need to be fast. i didn't even see it! stop boxing! i wonder who the winner is?! 0nly1a, 0nly 1a, but 0nly1a, but what a punch. i tripped over my own feet. were you aware that we are all involved and write london tomorrow? i suspect he will be towards the

front. that is a full stop and louise will be leading the way. it will be wet tomorrow, you need your wet weather bike tyres on. at least it will be cooler. can we track you? i suspect cameras will be on those we re i suspect cameras will be on those were cycling properly, that's my guess! were cycling properly, that's my gu ess! ayew were cycling properly, that's my guess! ayew going up box hill, doing the 100 miles? and a shorter route. and you're not allowed to hang onto the cars. unless you're being treated for an injury. here's alina with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. yes, proudly wet tomorrow for ten pack two. and what a change. some choppy seas here of the west coast. never too away

today. and persistent rain for some. there will also be some between the showers. and it will be a windy weekend. temperatures down by 10—12 in some places. it looks like the heaviest rain will be for northern ireland into scotland. sundry ra i nfo rest ireland into scotland. sundry rainforest time in scotland. behind that, some showers, frequent showers likely for wales and north—west england. further south—east fewer showers, but nowhere is immune. a wet and blustery day for northern ireland. the rain extending upwards through northern scotland. these are the main strengths of the winds, gusts will be higher, quite widely a0 mph. we could see gusts up to 50 mph. the drop in temperature is noticeable, we have seen highs of 35, that will be more like 17—22.

quite a cool day. further showers this evening and overnight. they will fade but we will keep some windy weather for the north—west of scotland, and later another spell of rain arrives in south—west england and wales. those between 11—16. tomorrow looks to be wet and quite windy. probably a drier day for northern ireland. the winds easing off. you can see that rain stretching up across much of england and eventually arriving into scotland. behind the rain still some blustery showers. and really strong winds. again, gusts will be even higher than this, touching 50 mph for some southern and western coasts. it will feel cool given the

cloud, wind and rain. the winds will lose some of their strength into next week. still some showers around and more persistent rain at times for scotland and northern ireland. later in the week high pressure sta rts later in the week high pressure starts to build, and so once again it will turn drier. we live in liverpool this morning. we live in liverpool this morning. we know who the two winning yachts are in the clipper race. they are just coming in now. we have seen a couple of shots on board as well. ian haslam is in liverpool's albert dock for us this morning ahead of the final sprint up the river mersey this morning. morning, yes we arrived about 6am,

now there are literally thousands of people here. you might be able to see the river mersey behind us. the race is over, the final race, the 13th, they have had eight legs since the fleet left liverpool 11 months ago. let's stop to some of the supporters. i like some enthusiasm ofa supporters. i like some enthusiasm of a morning! your son is on board. yes, we're from the cayman islands. we sign off and they have come back to see him in. how long has he been away to see him in. how long has he been away for? 11 months. has he done sailing before? he has done some from the caribbean and some offshore things, but this was epic. travelled a0,000 not to go miles over 11 months. it is gruelling stuff. how proud are you? so proud, i cannot

even tell you how proud i am. there are nice, and fetching wigs. and talking of that, look at this! who are you supporting? visit seattle. the team has come second overall. notable for the fact its skipper, the professional, is nicky henderson, 25—year—old from guildford, who was the first... been so guildford, who was the first... been so successful. she made some good decisions and managed to find the wind wen xinyu did it. —— when she needed it. you are breathtaking. joining us now is becks. you are a firefighter, but you have taken part in this. what these billions been? it's been fantastic, it's been great

to see the team coming in. it will bea to see the team coming in. it will be a really good day seeing them come back in. history has been made this year, the australian wendy tuck, the first woman ever to win a round the world yacht race. you must be so proud of her and your team—mate nicky henderson. be so proud of her and your team-mate nicky henderson. yes, to have a female one, two is probably the best outcome. so please my team came second. the woman of domej that, i'm really pleased. our work is done. as you can see, really busy year, fantastic atmosphere, and you can apply to take part in this next year. i thought i was brave going on those giant swan hellos at southport next week. seems i wasn't. that's still achievement, ian! fifty years ago a new sitcom was launched on bbc one. the channel controller was not impressed and planned to ditch it after one series. who did he think he was kidding?

how dare you compare our glorious leader with that clown. i am making notes, captain. your name will go on the list, and when we win the war you will be brought to account. you can write what you like you will win this war. 0h can write what you like you will win this war. oh yes we will. whistle while you work —— hitler is at work #he is while you work —— hitler is at work # he is barmy so is his army... #. what is your name? don't ton-mac! -- don't tell him, pike! dad's army went on for nine series, pulling in audiences of 18 million at its peak. david james is a film and media studies lecturer at

manchester metropolitan university — he spent years studying the show and can tell us more about its appeal. it is 50 years ago, i yet the jokes still work. it is a great programme. 0bviously when it was knew it was new, but now as we watch it, those who have seen it many times, almost the joy of it is you know the joke is coming. when you watch it a lot you know the winds. you know the situation is. but it still has that ability to tackle. absolutely. great comedies can do this. if you watch laurel and hardy, taking the piano up laurel and hardy, taking the piano up the steps, if you like laurel and hardy willis that a million times. fawlty towers. absolutely. part of the pleasure is to anticipate the line, and that when the gag comes, the pleasure is still there. there will be many watching today who have never seen an will be many watching today who have never seen an episode of dad's army.

i can't believe it was 50 years ago, started before i was born. 0bviously i grew started before i was born. 0bviously igrew up started before i was born. 0bviously i grew up with it. how would it appeal to today's audience? it's a gentle comedy, to family comedy. it's appeal still goes right through the generations. families can saddam with their children, parents, grandparents, and there is something there for everybody. there will be something that everybody can laugh at. the driver for the comedy is of course pomposity. and those around who try to deal with the pomposity of one individual, and that is a great theme of comedy, always has been. absolutely, you need some kind of conflict, something to great against something. and in dad's army there are two great conflicting relationships. the first is with

captain mannering and wilson. the grammar schoolboy, who was wilson's boss, and yet in some ways could be seen as a boss, and yet in some ways could be seen as a social inferior. and the other great relationship is between the captain and chief warden hodges. mannering cannot understand how this man is the head of the service, because he's a greengrocer, with dirt under his fingernails. and so these two great relationships,. the actor who played hodges said that hodges was captain mainwairing's private hitler, which i think was a great line. we've heard that the controller at the time after one series was going to end it. and we can hearfrom series was going to end it. and we can hear from the archive, the controller at the time, paul fox,

perhaps admitted he might have got it wrong... i suppose, hutsby old—fashioned, i disliked it. i disliked the title, the title sequence disliked the title, the title sequence but me off. and i said, this would be one series and no more. of course, it became the most successful comedy from the light entertainment department. at what point did they realise this was a hit and it was resonating with audiences? i think into series two and into series three. series one and into series three. series one and two were in black—and—white and series three was the first one in colour. and i think paul fox, as you say, initially he didn't like it very much. but michael mills, the head of comedy at the time, and bill cotton head of comedy at the time, and bill cotto n fro m head of comedy at the time, and bill cotton from light entertainment, they went into bat for it. and by

1970 paul fox sent a letter to david croft saying, i am glad i got it wrong, it is a great successful stop ican wrong, it is a great successful stop i can watch it over and over. still do. lovely to see you this morning. brea kfast do. lovely to see you this morning. breakfast will be back with you tomorrow at six o'clock. whatever you are up to this weekend, have a lovely day. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at ten: mps warn british democracy is in crisis because of targeted campaigns of hate and misinformation on social media. the chief constable of the west midlands admits his police force is, at times, providing a poor service, and apologises. we are incredibly busy at this time. the level of calls we receive in the summer are very, very challenging. sometimes, that service that we provide at those peak times doesn't meet what the public expect. welcome relief for some — as the cool air arrives, but strong winds could cause travel

disruption, as temperatures drop across the uk. also coming up this hour... millions gaze upon the glory of a blood moon, during what was the 21st century‘s longest lunar eclipse. for those lucky enough to see it, the moon passed across the shadow of the earth last night, painting it red.