that is it for the shortcut of click for this week. don't forget the full—length verswion is up on iplayer for you to watch right now, if you fancy. and you can follow us on twitter and facebook throughout the week for loads of tech news and behind—the—scenes photos too. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and babita sharma. our headlines today... geraint thomas is set to become the third briton, and first welshman, to win the tour de france. he came through the last competitive stage yesterday. it'll be champagne on the streets of paris today where victory awaits him. five people have died

in wildfires in california and nearly 40,000 people have left their homes. a state of emergency has been declared in three more counties overnight. a powerful earthquake has struck a popular tourist destination in indonesia, killing at least ten people. stormy weather later cancelled flights and disruption on the roads britain, more coming up in forecast today. good morning. yes, it is another windy day with gusts widely of up to a0 miles an hour, locally 50 on some western and southern coasts. and there is more rain forecast. i will tell you all about it in about 15 minutes‘ time. good morning. it's sunday, 29thjuly. our top story... geraint thomas will ride into paris later today to be crowned winner of the tour de france. tradition dictates that the overall leader is never challenged during the final stage and after more than 80 hours in the saddle, the welshman holds the yellow jersey.

0llie foster has the details. after more than 3,000 kilometres, the tour title rested on this, a 30—kilometre time trial. commentator: geraint thomas, closing in on history. geraint thomas had to protect the lead that he'd fought so hard for in the alps and the pyrenees, keep hold of that precious yellow jersey that he'd worn for over a week. he had a wobble, but he stayed on. and now, 11 years after his first tour de france, the path is clear to his coronation in paris, taking the crown from his team—mate, chris froome. incredible just to be sat here with this jersey. it's insane. a big thanks to froomey as well, because he committed to me and he was really happy to see me do so well and we're good friends, and i really appreciate, you know, having probably the best stage race rider ever, you know, riding for me.

this from a man who's already won so much. olympic and world titles on the track. he was commonwealth champion on the road four years ago, but like the mountains he has conquered here, he's once again at the pinnacle. this is the sixth time in seven years that a british team sky rider will have won the tour, and that rankles with the home crowd. the team has also had to deal with a number of doping investigations, nothing relating to thomas and no wrongdoing has been found, but their reception here on the champs—elysee will still be mixed. and remember, this wasn't the outcome that team sky had been planning for. froome was their leader. he was chasing a joint—record fifth tour title, but he was off the pace. a strong time trial at least dragged him back onto the podium. the dutchman tom dumoulin will finish second overall after winning yesterday's stage, but his time was never going to worry thomas. he said he'll allow himself a couple of beers and a burger last night, but that will just be the first

stage of the celebrations to come. 0lly foster, bbc news, paris. nearly 40,000 people have been forced to leave their homes in california, as wildfires spread across the state. at least five people have died, including two children and their great grandmother, and 12 others are missing. in the last hour, the state's governor has declared a state of emergency in three more counties. here's our north america correspondent, james cook. even by the wild standards of rural california, this fire is exceptional. driven by galeforce winds, the blaze was so intense it created tornadoes of flame, uprooting trees and hurling cars aside. that's a home, i believe, some kind of structure completely on fire right there. oh, my goodness! nearly 40,000 people were forced to flee. fire everywhere on both sides of the roads. there's houses coming down, houses that were already down. hundreds of homes have been

destroyed, including some built during the gold rush of the 19th century. two firefighters were killed, and ed bledsoe was searching for his family. i want god to help me out. help me get ‘em. i just can't see how i can go without them. somebody has to know where they're at. the news was not good. two children and their great grandmother have now been found dead. across the us and canada, 130 major wildfires are now burning, from alaska to texas. oregon has been particularly hard hit. in california, more than 9,000 firefighters are battling seven big blazes. one has closed yosemite national park. a damaging blow to tourism. scientists say human activity, natural weather patterns and man—made climate change are to blame, and the immediate forecast is worrying too — more hot, dry, dangerous weather is on the way. james cook, bbc news, los angeles.

if of lombok in indonesia, killing at least ten people. authorities say the quake hit the island next to bali atjust before 0700 local time this morning. katharine da costa has more. buildings and leaves shaken to the core, this was the scene and dozens we re core, this was the scene and dozens were to just before 7am in northern lombok. the quake measuring 6.4 was followed by more than 60 smaller earthquakes, the distress clear to hear. it is thought around 40 are injured, many still being treated at clinics. the island 25 miles east of bali is a popular tourist destination. india —— indonesia lies on the line of fire, set on the

pacific rim. at least ten people have lost their lives, authorities believe that number could rise. qatar is being accused of running a secret campaign to undermine its rivals during the bidding process for the world cup in 2022. the sunday times claims pr firms and former cia agents were used to discredit australia and the us, breaking fifa rules. qatar says it rejects each and every allegation. 0nline trolls who intimidate election candidates or campaigners could be barred from public office. the government's considering the move after a report found social media abuse was rife in last year's general election. let's get more on this from our political correspondent, susana mendonca. we have heard a lot about the role social media played in elections around the world, but i wonder how

much difference this will actually make? this is about the government responding to the pressure it has been put under. there was a report last year looking into the issue and it showed social media was the most significant factor in driving harassment, abuse and intimidation of candidates and those working for them. they have been under pressure, we have had some quite harrowing accou nts we have had some quite harrowing accounts from mps in a debate in parliament where people talked about the kind of online abuse they were getting, threats of sexual harassment, threats of attacks, damage to property. there is the pressure, but the question is whether it will make a difference because they are talking about banning those who have been found to be online abuse in people from standing for election, a lot of the people not wanting to stand for election, so there will be questions of whether it will deal with the issue. but that is what the government wants to focus on, improving the state of play online,

and this is part of the process. thank you for that. all online election material could include what's known as a digital imprint in future, making clear who produced it. a committe of mps has backed the government proposal after its inquiry into fake news following the cambridge analytica scandal. the parliamentary report, which we discussed here on breakfast yesterday, found the volume of disinformation on the internet was now so big it was starting to crowd out real news. committee chairman damian collins said government should introduce tougher regulation. in a world where people increasingly get their news via social media platforms like facebook, where the volume of disinformation being spread on sites like this is starting to crowd out legitimate sources of news and information, when it's being done in such a sophisticated way that people struggle to tell the difference between the real and the fake news, and that bad actors are deliberately gaming the system to try and make sure their message is spread more quickly than anyone else's, that is creating mess and confusion that during election

periods makes it harder for people to weigh up issues, to get the true facts before they cast their vote. storms and flooding disrupted road travel and caused flights to be cancelled yesterday as the uk heatwave came to an end. some air passengers experienced delays of up to 20 hours, and travellers queued for miles on the m20 to board eurotunnel trains after the air—conditioning failed. the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for parts of england and wales today. we will speak to our travel expert in ten minutes' time, top tips if compensation is due. and if you are going to travel in the next few days, do what that. how the weather has changed! blue badge parking permits are to be made available for people in england with hidden disabilities, such as autism or mental health problems.

the department for transport said people with non—physical disabilities would have an equal right to free parking from next year. the current rules do not explicitly exclude hidden disabilities, but councils' interpretations can vary. similar changes have come into effect in scotland and wales. this story has given me the chills. you might not want to watch this if you are still in bed. look at this. a woman you are still in bed. look at this. awoman in you are still in bed. look at this. a woman in west london had the fright of her life when she woke up on monday morning to this. in her bed. the three foot by ten. horrible! —— three foot titan. the royal python, which is thought to be an escaped pet, curled up next to her in her kensington flat while she was sleeping. the rspca caught the snake later in the day, by which time the python had got out of bed. some people would say it is a beautiful python. but in the right place, not in your bed! fine in its natural habitat. i

wonder if she heard it hissing. imagine the moment... morning! half asleep... horrible. moving on, i just do not know how it got there, it could have gone into the kitchen, bathroom, it didn't. why did it think that was a good place to go? maybe it was warm, they like heat. that really does give me the chills. anyway, you can watch again now, if you were looking away. perfect weather for a python last week. tropical conditions. changing somewhat now. we have lost the tropical feel somewhat now. we have lost the tropicalfeel and we somewhat now. we have lost the tropical feel and we have something much wetter and windier. this is avon beach this morning looking a little bit different than this time last week and we have got more wet and windy weather to come. yesterday, northern ireland, really

wet weather, 99 millimetres in the 24 hours up to 7pm 74 millimetres, three inches, in three hours. flooding caused. today more gusty winds, strong winds, further rain at times, why the change? it is down to the jet stream, the times, why the change? it is down to thejet stream, the ribbon times, why the change? it is down to the jet stream, the ribbon of fast moving winds higher than the atmosphere, shifting further south, coming in off the atlantic, bringing fresh conditions and areas of pressure, two today. the squeeze on the isobars bringing quite windy and gusty conditions and more rain, this is where it has been falling over the past three, four hours. heavy and persistent rain over wales and south—west england, dartmoor and the brecon beacons could see 60—80 millimetres. starting to clear from the south—east of england, the gusty winds could touch 50 miles an hour for southern and western posts. rain initially for the east of northern ireland, that will clear. the rain

extending up into the southern uplands and the borders, still quite wet and windy for the western isles. that will clear. dry for a large swathe of scotland. the rain further south will push north and east. as it does across england and wales. a whole across the midlands and east anglia, but most will seek spells of rain. becoming more patchy in the afternoon. —— will see spousal sunshine. add on the strength of the wind which will continue to be very strong and gusty, and very cool feeling day. showers this evening, most will fade for a time, another speu most will fade for a time, another spell of showery rain arriving into wales, south—west england and the far south—east of england potentially later in the night. cool list for scotland and northern ireland. still in the showery regime in the new working week. the front will linger for a in the new working week. the front will lingerfor a time in the new working week. the front will linger for a time across south—east england for a time. that

will clear. sunny spells and showers, fewer showers and best of sunshine a further south and east. north and west, cooler feeling. sunshine a further south and east. north and west, coolerfeeling. in the best of the sunshine, up to 25. they keep climbing next week. the chance of showers. and in northern ireland, good spells of sunshine elsewhere. temperatures starting to climb again —— the chance of showers for scotland and new —— and northern ireland. are you a gardener? my other half for supposed to be planting this morning. i havejust had a message saying, i am not going out. put on your raincoat, get out there! thousands of holiday—makers are waking up to find out they are

not going anywhere. ryanair has grounded many flights, with many passengers only finding out when they get to the airport. let us speak to simon calder keeping track of the latest developments. let us be really clear. we will break it down. airports first, what is the current state of play, where are the problem is worst? worst where they were worst yesterday as well, sta nsted, specifically where they were worst yesterday as well, stansted, specifically on ryanair. yesterday we saw rhino cancelling 50 flights mainly to and from sta nsted —— cancelling 50 flights mainly to and from stansted —— we saw ryanair. i am now up from stansted —— we saw ryanair. i am now up to 20 ryanairflights of which a dozen are to and from sta nsted and very late which a dozen are to and from stansted and very late notice cancellations. people going to barcelona and to poland and to dublin, probably found out at the airport while they were approaching the desk that their flights had been grounded. we are talking about maybe

up grounded. we are talking about maybe up to 4000 passengers so far but the scale of the cancellations is really, really worrying because ryanair last night was still blaming friday's thunderstorm, air traffic control staff shortages yesterday, i am trying to find out what the reason is today. elsewhere in the country, not looking as bad as yesterday, gatwick had a horrible day, lots of cancellations on british airways, very long delays, people coming in late last night, 20 hours behind schedule. it is looking pretty grim. if you're watching this on the departure lounge, your flight is only an hour or two late, count yourself lucky. words of reassurance! frustrating, as it is, that you only get to the airport to find out, but let us talk about compensation. with the strikes last week, ryanair said they would not

pay compensation, what are passengers entitled to? for the flight passengers entitled to? for the flight cancellations we have seen this weekend, the airlines, the main ones cancelling la rge—scale this weekend, the airlines, the main ones cancelling large—scale flights, ryanairand ones cancelling large—scale flights, ryanair and british airways, they are saying, it is the weather, air traffic control staff shortages, we cannot be held responsible for that, extraordinary circumstances, you cannot get any money. it remains to be seen whether the claims handling company or annoyed lawyer will challenge that, but what is absolutely... passengers are entitled to the duty of care, meaning several things, as soon as an airline cancels a flight, it has to tell you your rights, your rights to tell you your rights, your rights to an alternative flight, if ryanair cannot find you an alternative today, tomorrow, then they have to start looking for other airlines and buy your ticket. hotels,

accommodation, for as long as it ta kes to accommodation, for as long as it takes to get home. and your meals as well. those have to be provided by the airlines. most unfortunately, a cross wide range of cancellations, reports from people saying, we were told there was not another flight until friday, we took a full refund, that should not be happening. airlines are saying on some occasions, the bad weather, we do not have to give you a hotel. again thatis not have to give you a hotel. again that is total nonsense. if you are u nfortu nately ca ncelled that is total nonsense. if you are unfortunately cancelled today, make sure you insist on your rights, the airlines, they know exactly what they are. good advice. i want to mention things on the ground as well, eurotunnel, what is happening there for people trying to get to there for people trying to get to the continent? friday, absolutely horrible, particularly friday evening, build up of delays, up to five hours people were waiting. yesterday we saw queues extending onto the m20 from the eurotunnel

terminal, typical delays of three hours. 0vernight, they cancelled planned engineering works and they ran extra shuttles to clear some of the backlog so we are now looking at a situation where if you turn up this morning and you have a booking for 10am, you will probably be hanging around until about 11, they say things have got a bit better, but the pattern is things have got gradually worse as the day has gone on. i hope it will not be as bad as yesterday. however, as with all things at this time of year, peak—time, very little slack in the system, hopeful the best, peak—time, very little slack in the system, hopefulthe best, be prepared for delays and disruption. was ever thus. thank you, really useful advice. the latest on the transport disruption caused by the weather. get in touch with us if you are affected on twitter and we will ta ke are affected on twitter and we will take a closer look at that for you throughout the day on bbc news as

well. back to our main story this morning. geraint thomas will make history later today when he becomes the first ever welshman to win the tour de france. he's come a long way since his first tour in 2007, and his friends and fellow athletes have been tweeting their delight at geraint‘s success. one of the first to tweet his support was fellow 0lympic champion, sir chris hoy. i love this picture. it is of geraint and the rest of the gb track tea m geraint and the rest of the gb track team at the 2012 olympic training camp watching bradley wiggins winning. and the 2012 winner described geraint thomas as a truly amazing athlete, praising his hard work over the years. close friend mark cavendish rushed to congratulate his pal, applauding his loyalty and work ethic as something to aspire to in life. take a look at geraint thomas's tweet, wow, and no words. what can

you say? how incredible. well, behind every great athlete, there's a great pe teacher, or so it would seem in cardiff. we're joined now by steve williams, geraint thomas' pe teacher, who can also boast to have taught footballer gareth bale and rugby international sam warburton. congratulations on teaching so many so brilliantly. firstly, a few words about this victory today for the welsh boy? i was not the only one that taught them! tremendous achievement. we are so proud of him down here. his commitment over the yea rs down here. his commitment over the years and the hard work he has put m, years and the hard work he has put in, cardiff is buzzing, we're looking forward to going back to school so we can celebrate it together. what are the celebrations going to entail today, do you think? sorry, i could not hear. how are we going to be celebrating in cardiff

today? i know the flyers, they have beenin today? i know the flyers, they have been in the cafe, we have been tagging along with that. we are on the school summer holidays fortu nately, the school summer holidays fortunately, so while we are celebrating as a staff, we have not had a chance to speak to the peoples yet. i have been dying to ask you about whitchurch high school in cardiff, what is it about the school? something in the water? former pupils gareth bale, sam warburton, what is going on, some kind of secret we should know about? ido kind of secret we should know about? i do wish we did have a magic well, we would have a few more. the school has always had a tremendous tradition for sport, has always had a tremendous tradition forsport, going has always had a tremendous tradition for sport, going back to 1937, but we have never had anything of this level. we have always encouraged everybody to take part in as many sports as possible and if we cannot help them in school, we encourage them to take part in

sports outside. there has always been that ethos. i have been in the school a long time, i went there as a people and i can remember myself walking through the gates thinking, i have a real opportunity here to try to do something. i remember 1983, 27junior welsh try to do something. i remember 1983, 27 junior welsh internationals in the school. there has been a long tradition, when people come in, they realise, 0k, a school of excellence, not just realise, 0k, a school of excellence, notjust in sport, in music and academic success. everybody lists one another, really. —— everybody lifts one another. many have mentioned you personally, not only in their memoirs, your name keeps cropping up, can you tell us about the hall of fame getting a lot of attention at the moment? yes, the photographs of the former sports

pupils, really, who have taken part over the years. a long wall of a roundabout 18 metres and there is also the sports hall as well. all of the photographs are there, but it is only 40%, i would guess. it is a huge amount of people who have been very successful in sport and that environment, to actually succeed, it has been in the school. we are expecting geraint to cross the line at 6pm this evening, where will you be? i will be at home and i will be enjoying it with my family. i was there yesterday, i felt as though i did not want to go out, ijust wa nted did not want to go out, ijust wanted to sit there quietly and enjoy it. right at the end when he crossed the line, but more to the point, i think what reflected geraint afterwards, the emotion that

came up with chris brailsford, it showed me what characters they are, tremendous team. we want to be with you when the party comes to cardiff later, but thank you so much. enjoy the day and congratulations again to all of you at whitchurch high school. thank you. we both lived in cardiff, studied there, they know how to party, cannot wait for that later. have a good day however you are celebrating in cardiff today, or on the champs—elysees, it even better! time now for a look at the newspapers. margaret 0liver oliver is with us, former detective at greater manchester police. we will chat in a minute about some of the stories inside the papers, quick look at the front pages. no, we will go straight inside, a story about police cuts. putting the public in

danger in the express. you have got particular experience of this. with my background in the police, any stories about the police grabbed my attention straightaway. this is really relevant at the moment. the west midlands police and crime commissioner david jamieson has said that fewer... fewer officers and other cuts leading to a deadly equation endangering the public. and i know from speaking to ex—colleagues that there is real concern among police officers that the service is now kind of being starved of support and there are not enough police on the ground, we have the rise in knife crime. ifind it quite refreshing someone whose job it is to bring what is going on in

the police service to the public attention is speaking out. how important is the visibility of the police? critics would say, police on the beat, it is a visibility so important, seeing police walking down the street, the biggest deterrent? i probably would not really agree with that, notjust deterrent? i probably would not really agree with that, not just the visibility, it is what they learn from the community. police on the beat now, it is nonexistent. but when we have them unable to attend burglaries and take reports of crime, we have serious problems. there was a case in the wake of a shopkeeper suffering from theft in his shop everyday —— in the week. police were unable to attend. he took the law into his own hands and put pictures of what he said were the offenders, cctv, that is scary, when we have to... when we see people taking the law into their own

hands. we have to support and fund the police. another you picked out this morning, sunday express, editorial comment about teenagers taking holiday jobs editorial comment about teenagers taking holidayjobs to get ready for the workplace. after the work and pensions secretary esther mcvey made the comment before. martin townsend agrees. yeah, he does. i do as well. ido agrees. yeah, he does. i do as well. i do not think it is so much the kids do not want to take the holiday jobs and saturdayjobs, over the yea rs, jobs and saturdayjobs, over the years, my kids and i had a saturday job ina years, my kids and i had a saturday job in a fruit and veg shop and my kids worked on the markets, but we started saying that kids could not have a job without a national insurance number, 16 years old. rules and regulations prevented them from working. they learn really good lessons and my kids loved it, i loved working on a saturday. we have to find a way to do this, but when lots of people on low paid jobs, we

do not have enough full—time jobs anymore. just 18% compared do not have enough full—time jobs anymore. just 1896 compared to 4296 in 1997. how things are changing. definitely. i might need your help with this one. interesting story in the mail on sunday. revelations about meghan markle's family. we have got the negative part of her dad going to the press, but i would focus more on the fact i think after princess diana's death, there was an outcry in the country and there was a suggestion the royal family was on its way out. i think harry and meghan have done a fantasticjob in bringing public support factor the royal family. —— back bringing public support factor the royalfamily. —— back to bringing public support factor the royal family. —— back to them bringing public support factor the royalfamily. —— back to them or family. pretty damning quotes. highlighted there. apparently he is

on record saying, i have reached my limit with the royals, i will not let them silence me, perhaps it would be easier if i was dead. i just want to show you this in the sunday mirror, exclusive, meghan markle's sister, talking about her visiting her father, on markle's sister, talking about her visiting herfather, on a lot of markle's sister, talking about her visiting her father, on a lot of the front pages this morning. families do have problems and i do not know what the family problems are, what is going on behind the scenes, but i think it is important they find a way to bring all the sides together, however they do that, to avoid public bad press. bring all sides together, however they do that, to avoid bad press, really. bring all sides together, however they do that, to avoid bad on cue, lovely to see you, thank you for joining us, we will see you again soon. “— joining us, we will see you again soon. —— thank you. we have headlines coming up for you. stay with us. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and babita sharma. we'll be talking about geraint thomas and his tour de france success with kat in a few moments. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news.

nearly 40,000 people have been forced to leave their homes in california, as wildfires spread across the state. at least five people have died, including two children, and their great—grandmother, and 12 others are missing. thousands of emergency workers, including the national guard, have been deployed. at least 10 people have died and dozens have been injured after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck a popular tourist destination in central indonesia. residents and tourists poured onto the streets and into open fields to escape damaged buildings on the island of lombok. the tremor was felt 60 miles away in the bustling holiday island of bali. qatar is being accused of running a secret campaign to undermine its rivals during the bidding process for the world cup in 2022. the sunday times claims pr firms and former cia agents were used to discredit australia and the us, breaking fifa rules. qatar says it rejects each and every allegation. all online election material

could include what's known as a "digital imprint" in future, making clear who produced it. a committe of mps has backed the government proposal after its inquiry into "fake news" following the cambridge analytica scandal. the parliamentary report, which we discussed here on breakfast yesterday, found the volume of disinformation on the internet was now so big it was starting to crowd out real news. storms and flooding disrupted road —— storms and flooding disrupted road travel and caused flights to be cancelled yesterday as the uk heatwave came to an end. some air passengers experienced delays of up to 20 hours, and travellers queued for miles on the m20 to board eurotunnel trains after the air—conditioning failed. the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for parts of england and wales today. blue badge parking permits are to be made available for people in england with "hidden disabilities" such as autism or mental health problems. the department for transport said people with non—physical disabilities would have an equal right to free

parking from next year. the current rules do not explicitly exclude hidden disabilities, but councils' interpretations can vary. similar changes have come into effect in scotland and wales. lets talk sport, one yellowjersey lying down the champs—elys es today. #colouryellow well, there is always only ever one... that is how it works... ! geraint thomas will ride into paris later today, all but assured of winning the greatest race, the tour de france, tradition dictates the overall leader never challenged during the final stage, and after 80 hours, the welshman holds the yellow jersey. we thought perhaps we would

celebrate a british winner, didn't expect it to be geraint thomas. welcome to a reasonably quiet champs—elys es, close to all but official tour traffic, there may be some clunking in the background in a few minutes, as they set up along the route. we were hoping for a british winner, all the talk before the tour started was about four—time winner chris froome, but he has prove n winner chris froome, but he has proven he was a potential champion in waiting, surviving the mountains and the descent and the sprint finishes, all culminating in the time trial, finishing the stage yesterday in third, more than good enough to give him the breakaway league. late away, thomas, two—time olympic gold medallist on the track in the team pursuit, he will become the first welshman to ever win the tour de france. people sitting at

home thinking, he has still got to get down the champs—elys es there is still one more stage to go, how do we know he is the winner full. these riders have had a gruelling three weeks, over 3500, these riders have had a gruelling three weeks, over3500, it these riders have had a gruelling three weeks, over 3500, it is, these riders have had a gruelling three weeks, over3500, it is, this is very much a celebration of all this hard work, in the last years we have seen chris froome and bradley wiggins, other team sky winners, riding downy champs—elys es, arm in arm with team—mates, i imagine there will be at least a glass or two of champagne. #colouryellow wales will be going

mad, celebrated perhaps not hailed as a hero by all those watching, team sky not universally popular. team sky have not been able to shake off these claims of doping, despite nothing been proven, chris froome, in the vuelta showed that he had more than the allowed level of submit a mile in his system in a test, and the anti—doping test would drop by wada just before. the team sky car has been egged, chris froome has been spat at, but look at this back in wales, where geraint thomas is from,

the cardiff assembly hall, last night, lit up in yellow to celebrate his achievement, seen as a shining light among team sky, you can imagine that when he finally gets back to wales, there will be one or two champagne corks popping as well. at least one or two. thank you for bringing us up—to—date. whilst the men were racing around the south of france, the best female riders were whizzing around london for the ride london classique, which is the richest one day race in women's cycling and it was won by dutchwoman kirtsten vild, who has now been successful twice on the mall, after her triumph back in 2016. away from cycling, lewis hamilton may well be hoping for rain today for the hungarian grand prix as he hopes to extend his formula one championship lead before

the sport's summer break. the world champion put on a masterclass in the wet to claim pole position ahead of his mercedes team mate valtteri bottas and the ferraris of kimi raikkonen and main rival sebastian vettel. hamilton currently leads the championship by 17 points. we could not have expected it, it has been quickest or we can, we were trying our best to be as constant as possible. it is all about give and take, each time you go round, each corner. i was up and down and up and down, it was an emotional roller—coaster. standby for some classic grumpyjose mourinho, because chelsea and manchester city won their pre—season friendlies over night, but manchester united were beaten by liverpool. they ran away with it in the second half for a 4—1win. new signing jerdan shaquiri scoring his first goal for the club. and with united still missing many of their normal first team after the world cup, jose mourinho wasn't too impressed. ifi

if i was them, i wouldn't come, i wouldn't come, i would not spend my money to see these teams. i would not spend my money. i was watching something in television today, chelsea against inter milan, the people decided, the beach is better than this, and they did not go to the game, they did not go, the stadium was empty. motherwell came from behind against clyde to guarantee their place in the last 16 of the scottish league cup. connor sammon secured a 3—1win with his stoppage time header. kilmarnock and st mirren also went through to the next round. you can find all yesterday's other results on the bbc sport website. in boxing, dillian whyte bolstered his claim for a world title shot with a gruelling points victory against new zealand's former world champion joseph parker. white floored parker twice in the contest but couldn't stop his opponent, who rallied in the late rounds. whyte held on and won on the judges scorecards and said he'd be up

for a rematch with anthonyjoshua. his only career loss came againstjoshua in 2015 eight wins on the bounce there, for dili and white. wales will be celebrating today. i love it when wales is celebrating. grand slam winning year, when i was in cardiff, and they know how to party and they love their sport. the pubs will be leaving! -- dillian whyte. the -- the pubs will be heaving. we have lost the heat and the sunshine, instead, wet and windy, this has taken an hour, on the

beach, in dorset, a very different sort of you from this a few days ago, a lot of rain in place, it northern ireland saw a months worth of rain injust 24 hours, around three inches fell in just three hours, some very wet conditions as you can see, more rain to come, if you can see, more rain to come, if you have not had much, there is some on its way to you, strong and gusty winds, particularly for southern and western coasts. this is down to the jet stream, moving south, coming in off the atlantic, bringing in fresh conditions and areas of low pressure, not one, but two. the way the isobars are tightly packed gives an explanation of the heavy wind. it is pushing, and looking at the next hour or is pushing, and looking at the next houror so, to give is pushing, and looking at the next hour or so, to give you an idea of the combination of the heavy rain and the strength of the wind, 50

mph, for some southern and western coasts, that will clear, a better day, that rain already getting into the southern uplands and borders, wet and windy weather, that will clear away, the rain further south will then push further south, if you are dry at the moment, that will arrive later, and that rain pushes northern east through the day, a bit ofa northern east through the day, a bit of a hole in northern east through the day, a bit ofa hole in it, northern east through the day, a bit of a hole in it, but that northern east through the day, a bit ofa hole in it, but that rain northern east through the day, a bit of a hole in it, but that rain will eventually get to most of us, becoming patchy and more showery through the day. bright sunny spells, blustery showers, 17 to 22 celsius, the top temperature, add on the strength of the gusty wind, and the strength of the gusty wind, and the combination of the cloud and rain, it will be a cool feeling day. still some rain around through this evening, pulling away eventually, showers lingering, rain arriving into wales and south—east england later in the night, cool night for scotland and northern ireland, or 10 celsius, 14 to 17 celsius further

south and east. still in a showery regime as we start the working week, outbreaks of rain first thing, that will clear away, and then a day of sunshine and showers, the best across wales, southern, centraland england. in the sunshine, temperatures up to 25,17 england. in the sunshine, temperatures up to 25, 17 to 21 further west. showers becoming mainly confined to scotland and northern ireland and further south and east, sunshine, temperatures rising again through the latter half of next week back with the sunshine. i kind of like it, i liked a bit of rain, when you know it is coming, nothing wrong with that. needed some downtime, not much sleeping done here, it has been described as one of the greatest injuries tests in the world. ——

endurance tests. after almost a year on the water, the yachts finally crossed the finishing line in liverpool yesterday. australian wendy tuck became the first female skipper to win the race. shejoins us now, alongside nikki henderson, who came second, and at 25 is the youngest ever skipper to take part. good morning to you, congratulations to the both of you, wonderful to see you with us, i bet you wanted to have a lie in. that would have been lovely, but just carry on as it have a lie in. that would have been lovely, butjust carry on as it has been for the last year. it has been pretty ha rd been for the last year. it has been pretty hard work. phenomenal experience for you, knowing about new, reading all about you, quite an achievement of course, many people saying you are the first female skipper to have done this but you said yourself, in the post match interview, post competition interview, post competition interview, it is a little more than that for you, it is about the team.

lam the that for you, it is about the team. i am the person at the front who just yells, you can tell by my voice, it is about getting the team to come together and make a winning team, luckily enough we did that. how difficult was it to bring them together? it is a matter of getting an even balance between competitive and not so competitive, we had a wheelie good race, down to uruguay, and those that were not so competitive, this winning does not feel so bad, we have got the team gelled together. took us through the highs and lows, in that year on the water, i imagine there was a lot of both. with the highest council out the lows, do they compensate?” both. with the highest council out the lows, do they compensate? i kind of describe it as type two fund, it is tough at the time, there are some lows, but you look back, you look back at the experience, and all you remember is the good bits, it is about the people you meet and the

things you see. —— type two fun. the places you sail. what are some of the highs? some of the big weather, so privileged to have the opportunity to sail in the southern ocean, the pacific, bases that most human professional sailors would never have the opportunity to sail, and also relationships i have made, when ships i have made, the bonds i have seen with my crew and how that has developed. at 25 you are the youngest to be taking part in this race. for you, did youngest to be taking part in this race. foryou, did you believe youngest to be taking part in this race. for you, did you believe that, looking at all the experience around you, where you intimidated?” looking at all the experience around you, where you intimidated? i don't think intimidated is the right word but i definitely did not think second place was an option! i'm totally overwhelmed that we did so well, and i am really proud of my crew and myself, actually. talk to us about life on board, 40% of the group are not professional sailors in any way, how important is it to

gel as a team and to also learn from each other, because everybody brings a different skill set, whether it is how to sail, or mental agility and resilience, that is really important. just one skip on board, everyone else is sailing round the world, estate couple of legs, some have sail, some have not. life on board, they say that the sailing is 996, board, they say that the sailing is 9%, 10% of what you are teaching and doing, the rest is people management, getting that gelled. we we re really management, getting that gelled. we were really lucky. life on board is pretty much repetitive, wake up, eat, sail, sleep. what does it take, if you could describe an ideal person on that boat, what do you need to have? i think someone who if you are really strongly opinionated, you are really strongly opinionated, you have to turn it down. otherwise she will cause conflict. work hard

at getting on with other people and people from all walks of life. you may have to take orders from someone you would never usually meet, somebody who is a lot younger than you. something that keeps coming up when we speak to sailors or endurance competitors, they say it is about maintaining sanity and mental health, how are you able to do that? do the dark times, it is a struggle to see the other end? you have the battle with what is going on in yourown have the battle with what is going on in your own head, in normal life, you go to head, you have a bad day, you go to head, you have a bad day, you go to head, you have a bad day, you go home, you can decompress and move on and wake up the next day, but you have no break here, no escape. so, yeah, it is a challenge. honestly, it is about building a strong team, and the strong support network. if you give out a lot of

support and love to those around you, they will give it back to you. what did it feel like, to see all the crowds, all the celebration, and also, if i spend now on a cross—channel ferry, ifeel also, if i spend now on a cross—channel ferry, i feel like i am still on the water. do you feel like you are on solid ground? no, doesn't happen any more. has nothing to do with sailing. it was really quite amazing, crowd were incredible, my mother is 80 tomorrow, she had come over from australia. friends there as well, our team has australia. friends there as well, ourteam hasa australia. friends there as well, our team has a really big support base, which is awesome. it is overwhelming, a future years, not just from me but from the rest of the crew. overwhelming sense, now the crew. overwhelming sense, now the emotion can come out, what happens next, how do you recover, what is the next thing on the cards for you? definitely a rest! laughter

arrest, a sleep, see friends, and then i am open to see what comes my way. opportunities, hopefullya then i am open to see what comes my way. opportunities, hopefully a long life ahead, so we will see what happens. and for you? same thing, a couple of holidays, sleep. sailing holiday. —— couple of holidays, sleep. sailing holiday. — — 80 couple of holidays, sleep. sailing holiday. —— 80 rest. —— a rest. couple of holidays, sleep. sailing holiday. -- 80 rest. -- a rest. will there be some sailing? there might bea there be some sailing? there might be a sailing holiday as well! laughter brilliant achievement, and a brilliant achievement for women, too. enjoy the celebrations today. get a lie down. and some lukewarm water for the throat. no, champagne, a lwa ys water for the throat. no, champagne, always champagne! laughter great britain 5 first disabled air display team will take to the skies in the next few weeks. the four person squad is made up of wheelchair users and amputees. a film crew from our disability

unit, bbc ouch, went to meet them. helen, with barry, mike and mark, we will be the first disabled air display team in great britain. i wa nt display team in great britain. i want to be a display team that people want to see rather than look what those disabled people are doing, iwant what those disabled people are doing, i want us to be good. —— allen, with barry, mike and mark. 28 years of being paralysed, i was pretty fed up, with someone turning around and saying, do you want to learn to fly, it was like a light coming on. i have the least experienced of anybody here. i'm very privileged to be in the team but i would always be —— also be quite relieved to be on the ground. what attracts me, it is great fun to sit there and look out the window and see another aeroplane. you are using all the controlled all the time, using the throttle, using the elevator is, the pedals, we both

have difficulties with that, obviously. you are constantly on the go. if! am obviously. you are constantly on the go. if i am honest, obviously. you are constantly on the go. if! am honest, i am uncomfortable flying close to another aircraft, you are taught to see a void, and then all of a sudden you are close enough that there is a huge aircraft next to you, and they are saying, little bit closer, a little bit closer, and all i want to do is run away. the thrill of doing this is unbeatable. i think we both know what pain is, i was paralysed ina know what pain is, i was paralysed in a motorcycle accident, 18 years old, broke nearly every bone in my body, apart from my arms and legs, left me confined to a wheelchair re st of left me confined to a wheelchair rest of my life. same with me, motorbike, hit by a car, almost amputated my leg there and then and the surgeons did the rest of it that night. woke up maria lyle my leg had gone, i realised my ambition to fly might have been gone because i did not know that disabled people could fly. -- woke up and realised my leg

had gone. i made it a goal simply to get a licence to fly. i would never have thought in a million years that i would be able to do formation flying, and who knows what is next. it's not going to be a case of, we are the red arrows with propellers and no legs. i still can't believe that we are doing this, just learning to fly was a privilege. learning to fly formation, that just does not happen, that is something else, let alone disabled pilots. i think there is still a perception that disabled people just aren't capable of living full, independent lives, and i hope that sometimes, by doing something like this, that we help straighten that record a little bit. incredible stories there. founder of the team, charley bickers, joins us now. you are the grandson of douglas

bader. that explains some of the connection for what you are doing this, but talk is about —— talk to us about the genesis of the idea. we wanted to capture the imagination, create something so special that would inspire the disabled and able—bodied community, and remind people of the story of douglas, because what he did is still releva nt because what he did is still relevant today, bringing hope to people even now. training for it, i imagine would be quite something, how long does it take, the operations in this. it is a long process, big ideas do not happen overnight, it started maybe two years ago with the concept, and then, had to find the right people to partnerup then, had to find the right people to partner up with, so partnered up with a great charity, and then we had to whittle down the pilot selection, we were working with the

charity aerobility. i was flying in the lead aircraft, it is dangerous. howdy make the decision about who is going to be the one leading the charge? it came about quite organically, a lot of it is to do with experience and who can hold their nerve, because flying aircraft, you are taught to stay as far from other aircraft as possible, it is not natural to go so close, and safety is paramount, we picked three very experienced and fantastic pilots and could not be more proud of them. after all that training, you said you were with them in the week, what goes through your mind, you look back over your shoulder, they are there, in the sky, flying. it is emotional and humbling, because it is an idea that has taken a long time to get to this point and to see how much they have developed is amazing, when i was up in the

lead aircraft, i could look to the right, there was alan, tucked in, and barry on the left, it is amazing, i cannot think of a better way to honour the legacy. how did you come up with the name, bader bus company? he referred to the squadrons he led as bader's bus company and coming across into france, he would always call back on radio and say, "bader's bus company on—time!" he said it was always a ticket to france, but always a return ticket only. when he had become a real talisman for the raf, when he did not come back from a dogfight, they were so distraught, thought the worst, when word reached three days later that he was alive and well, good old british spirit, johnnyjohnson and the other spitfire pilots, they all spray—painted on their planes, bader's bus company. incredible

work, thank you for coming to tell us about it. good luck with it all. the squad will perform their first display in early september. that's all from us here on breakfast this morning, but louise and dan will be back tomorrow from 6 am. have a lovely day, good bye. this is bbc news. the headlines... wildfires rage in northern california, killing five people, destroying hundreds of buildings and causing thousands to flee their homes. we were not told we were in danger. this was like you see in the movies with tornadoes. one minute, it is fine. the next minute, everyone is screaming. a powerful earthquake on an indonesian tourist island kills at least ten people, injures dozens and damages hundreds of homes. trolls who go online to intimidate election candidates and campaigners could be barred from public office, under new government proposals. qatar is accused of running a secret

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