good morning welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today — from paris to the valleys. celebrations into the night as geraint thomas becomes the first welshman to win the tour de france. what is the first thing you will do when you get back on home soil? have beer, probably. it will be nice to get back into normality, in, watch bbc breakfast in the morning with a coffee. good morning, geraint, if you're watching. we'll hear from team sky and get reaction from the welsh wizard's hometown. back on track? after weeks of misery for passengers, northern rail restarts more than 100 cancelled services. strong winds fan the flames of the california wildfires as they continue to destroy everything in their path. the beano comic was first published 80 years ago today. i'll be looking at whether it still has a future in the world

of ipads and social media. rain at last, and in bucketloads, but did it make or break your weekend? carol can tell us whether there's more on its way. good morning. today, we have a day of sunshine and showers. the heaviest of which will be in the north—west of the country. today's topped bridger about 2k but by the end of the week, it will warm up. i will have more in 15 minutes. —— today's top temperature. it's monday the 30th july. our top story — geraint thomas has spent the night celebrating in paris after becoming the first welshman to win the tour de france, describing it as the "stuff of dreams". the first minister of wales, carwynjones, former british cyclist chris boardman and fellow team sky member chris froome have all congratulated thomas on his achievement. olly foster reports. geraint thomasjust geraint thomas just about kept his emotions in check on the chanson

yze, the british dominance of the tour continues but draped in the welsh flag, he knowsjust tour continues but draped in the welsh flag, he knows just what this big trimmings. —— chomps champs—elysee. big trimmings. —— chomps champs-elysee. it will take a while to sink in. it will be nice to get back into normality. you know, watch bbc breakfast in bed with a coffee. i will certainly enjoy the next couple of weeks. he had warned the yellow jersey for over half the tour. his fellow teammate chris froome realised last week as his legs let him down that the team man who had helped him to so many of his victories will also be taking his title. it was clear that he was the stronger rider in this year's tour de france. getting behind him was the natural thing for me to do. darren thomas has won olympic, and commonwealth gold medals. that

conquering the alps and the pyrenees, he has now reached cycling's summit. i think it is wonderful because it is the underdog in the sense that he has always been working with somebody else, working for somebody else. nobody has a dad we re for somebody else. nobody has a dad were to say about him in the peloton on. he is a very popular guy, both with the fans and the public. —— nobody has a bad word to say. with the fans and the public. —— nobody has a bad word to saym will be like this back home in cardiff as well. that is where it all cardiff as well. that is where it a ll started cardiff as well. that is where it all started for him, chancing across oui’ all started for him, chancing across our local cycling club. the rest was history. we will be talking about his achievements throughout the programme this morning and also talking to his first cycling coach at his old cycling club and his current coach at team sky from paris at around current coach at team sky from paris ataround 7:10. current coach at team sky from paris at around 7:10. he is such a popular winner, it is great news. after months of severe delays and cancellations,

today northern rail will reinstate most of the services it cancelled just eight weeks ago. ministers have described the disruption as unacceptable and the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has accused the government of turning a blind eye to the chaos. dave guest is at preston railway station for us. people will be hoping things get back to normal? yes, they will. as i walked onto the platform about half an hourago, the walked onto the platform about half an hour ago, the first thing i heard was an announcement saying that northern apologises for the service being counselled. —— cancelled. it won't be coming in until 621 so there are still some cancellations and delays this morning. the woes for travellers appeared in may when they introduced the new timetable and found they didn't have enough drivers to run all the services they we re drivers to run all the services they were trying to run. at the beginning ofjune, they introduced an interim timetable, taking out a number of services in the hope of making them more reliable. there were still

many, more reliable. there were still any more reliable. there were still many, many problems. it has led to many, many problems. it has led to many frustrated commuters and a number of mps demanding that northern distributed franchise because the company simply wasn't capable of running an efficient rail service. let's remind ourselves of what they did with that timetable in earlyjune. a sickly, they took out 168 services each day. ——a sickly. they hoped it would make the service more achievable and have drivers has a shrek drivers in the right places. —— basically. businesses have said it has cost then £37 billion. they are trying to have all of the services back in place i september. we will see how the day goes on and how it develops. authorities in northern california are continuing to battle severe wildfires. six people are so far known to have died with 12,000 firefighters currently tackling 17 blazes. here's our north america correspondent, james cook. the devastation wrought by the wildfire which roared

into redding is becoming clear. survivors described an apocalyptic scene as they fled, with swirling tornadoes of flame. some feared they would not make it. homes were exploding, cars were exploding, and i have a wife and kids, and i said i had better facetime my wife, just in case. i didn't let her know why, ijust wanted to see her face one more time. the inferno left hundreds of homes in ruins, and a boy, his sister and their great—grandmother are dead: five—year—old james roberts, his four—year—old sister emily, and their great—grandmother, melody bledisloe. i was talking to my great—grandson, saying, please, the fire is at the back door, come and get us. he said, i'm trying to get in there. i said, i'm right by you. two firefighters were killed too. one who'd been cutting vegetation with a bulldozer, was 81 years old.

the firefighters of the american west are now stretched to the limit. more than 10,000 have been deployed in california alone. 130 major fires blazing across the continent from new mexico to alaska. canada has more than a0 major wildfires. this has become normal for california. fires are now burning year—round, rather than just in the summer. and scientists say the reasons for that are human activity, natural weather patterns, and a warming climate. james cook, bbc news, in northern california. polls have just opened in zimbabwe where voters will take part in the first elections since robert mugabe's removal from power in november after almost four decades. his successor, emmerson mnangagwa, is hoping to legitimise his rule. nomsa maseko is in the capital, harare for us now. tell us in more detail what will

ta ke tell us in more detail what will take place today. polls opened at you minutes ago and they will remain open for the next 12 hours. millions of zimbabweans have registered to vote. they are expected to go out there and cast their ballots because of the next five years, what happens here, will be determined either those who will be voting. they will be given three ballot papers. they will be voting for counsellors, they will be voting for counsellors, they will be voting for counsellors, they will be voting for parliamentary leaders. they will also be voting for the president. we heard also yesterday from the former president robert mugabe saying that he was very angry, very bitter and also that he would not be voting for a —— for the party zanu—pf, that he founded all those years ago. and that would be opposing the movement

for german —— democratic change led by nelson chimneys are. —— nelson chamisa. this is the first time that robert mugabe is not on the ballot paper in as many years and the fact that his name is not on the ballot paper says a lot about the type of direction the country wants to go. thank you for talking to us this morning. safety measures will be in place to protect mourners later at the funeral of dawn sturgess, who died from exposure to the nerve agent novichok. the mother—of—three will be cremated in salisbury, close to where russian former spy sergei skripal‘s wife and son were laid to rest. reverend philip bromiley, who will be leading the service, said the funeral directors have been working with public health england to make sure everything is as safe as possible. they would not comment on the cremation but reiterated the fact that the risk to the public would be low. you are involved in the right to london on the weekend. tough

conditions is probably an understatement. we see downpours all over the country. carol will be giving the weather throughout the morning. on what was one of the busiest weekends for holiday—makers, the heavens opened across the uk bringing with it some mixed emotions to the end of the searing heat as keith doyle reports. what a difference a day makes. after weeks of glorious sunshine which turned this green and pleasant land into, well, a rather scorched, parched one. thunder claps. won! it broke on the weekend and there was thunder storms, hail and rain, broke on the weekend and there was thunderstorms, hailand rain, lots of rain. some parts of the uk saw months worth of rain in a few hours —— month's worth of rain. months worth of rain in a few hours -- month's worth of rain. finally, the rain actually falls in yorkshire. it's nice. just nice. the

change in the weather brought its own problems. organisers of the show in lincolnshire described the conditions as challenging although they managed to keep the show opened. in dorset, 45 mph winds and driving rain forced the early closure of a music festival. many travellers couldn't get away from the stormy weather. there were long delays and many cancelled flights and huge delays for eurotunnel passengers. and the topsy—turvy weather is set to continue with rain, then high temperatures and sunshine later in the week. i mentioned the conditions at ride london were hairy, but having seen that, we got away with it. the rain was at least warm. it was difficult

but some of those pictures are quite amazing. i told you we are going camping. —— we were going camping. the weather broke while we were having a barbecue. i think our youngest is traumatised. the thought of moving to the countryside sounds idyllic — peace and quiet, long walks and a better quality of life. yet, for many, the reality can be quite different. people in rural areas feel they are more isolated than a decade ago, that's according to research from the prince's countryside fund. ricky boleto has been to cumbria to meet one community pulling together to improve their quality of life. my my name is molly and i have lived here for most of my life. it's a lovely place to live. there is a great sense of community which i really love. iwork at the hub.

without it, the community would be very, very sad. ——i work. it is a complete focal point and we are all very proud of it. it is easy to see ona very proud of it. it is easy to see on a day like today why it could be so on a day like today why it could be so appealing to live somewhere like here. but increasingly, those in rural communities say they are feeling left out and invisible. there is no bus. there is no bus at all, there is no trains were stopped the nearest train is in brampton and even that doesn't go to brampton, it goes to brampton junction even that doesn't go to brampton, it goes to bramptonjunction so you have a 20 minute walk. unless you area have a 20 minute walk. unless you are a great week to rest spot like the lakes, you get missed. travel isn't the only concern. weak mobile phone signal and broadband speeds arejust some of phone signal and broadband speeds are just some of the challenges of rural living. but then the people of hall bank date are no strangers to a challenge. the closure of a whopper, the only shop in the village in

2015, was devastating. —— the closure of a co—op. after hard work, it reopened its doors last year. bello we haven't got many facilities in this pallid —— we haven't got many facilities in this area. we have school, a pub and other than that, the shop and that is it. the nearest shop if you go east is another 15 miles away. for some of the older residents, it's just too. earlier this year, hallbank gate with totally shut off from the west of —— rest of the world when the beast from the east came through. we we re beast from the east came through. we were totally cut off. the shop was opened a few hours, it was handy to get your necessities. without them being open? we would have been

totally stuck. but what about the future? young people often have no choice but to leave. i have young daughter who is 15 and i think she is really keen to go to city. she loves the countryside but i know that she definitely wants to experience living in the city. it is lovely. thank you to everyone involved. we have been talking at other weather. it was ferocious in some places. it was wet. we had thunder and lightning. it is all going on this weekend, in contrast to what we've been used to. today it will be slightly different. although there are sunshine and showers today we don't expect it to be as windy. around some of the showers it will be blustery. this week we are looking at mx. yes, sunshine and showers. through the week it won't

be as blustery —— mix. and by the end of the week it will be quite hot once again. what we have this morning is some rain and some showers, some dry weather and cloud around as well. if we start in scotla nd around as well. if we start in scotland we have a weather fine in the west producing some rain. for most of scotland it is right. rain in the west of northern ireland. a lot of dry weather. for northern england, some showers for you. not everywhere. the showers through wales will be heading into northern england before clearing into the north sea later on. showers in the south—east. we expect some in london this morning. they will head eastwards as we go through the day. through the day you can see what is happening. the rain in scotland and northern ireland moves further north. there will be showers ahead of it. some of it will be heavy, potentially thundery. elsewhere, with the rain in wales it will clear

into northern england. in between we will see some sunny spells. temperature—wise today we are looking at 15 in the north to about 25 into the south. the average is around about that. for some it might be lower, for some it might be higher. this evening some pleasant evening sunshine to look forward to. tonight we have rain from the south coming further north. still, rain in the north—west and temperatures dropping to around 10— 15. tomorrow, the rain in the south—east clears into the north sea. we have dry weather around, sunshine and in the north—west we still have some of the rain. temperatures are similar to today. as we had to the end of the week in the south it will start to pick up a little bit sooner but we are looking at temperatures of 30— 31 especially in the south—east. in the north, temperatures about 23. in between the mid—to high 20s. once again it is all change. i don't know it if

you found this, it felt cold at the weekend, especially after the high temperatures we have been used to. thank you very much indeed. let's take a look at today's papers. steph and sally have joined steph and sally havejoined us steph and sally have joined us this morning. the front page of the daily telegraph. geraint thomas crowned tour de france champion as the race endedin tour de france champion as the race ended in paris, the third winner after bradley wiggins and chris froome. may no deal stands as a kamikaze, according to leavers. excuse me, i am going to sneeze. how can you do that with no noise? excuse me, i am going to sneeze. how can you do that with no noise7m excuse me, i am going to sneeze. how can you do that with no noise? it is the first sign of... it is

legendary. i enjoy them off and on the programme. normally i can see you motioning. i was trying not to...i you motioning. i was trying not to... iwas glad it you motioning. i was trying not to... i was glad it was silent, to be honest. carry on. no one noticed. i was going to talk about farm animals. she is back in the game, everyone. the times have an investigation into animal welfare standards. they say one in 1000 farms certified have an unannounced inspection. the front of the daily express, brexit food crisis, claims of scare campaigns. and a girl aged six guys in britain in a freak horror. and carol will have the latest on what's happening today and the next few days on the programme. there is one story that is in all of

the papers, the front, the back, the middle pages. geraint thomas, if you didn't know that earlier, you know now. he is everywhere after a ridiculously confident, calm and successful three weeks at the tour de france, this is on the back of the times. yesterday's stage into paris was a procession. we knew already on saturday night he would win it. he just needed to finish the race. one thing i picked up on the daily telegraph is mark cavendish talking about g, this is what his friends call him, g. mark cavendish talks about the time they shared a house together in yorkshire, they shared a house together in italy, and the only time they fell out was because g got a little bit messy. he didn't tidy up after himself. messy g. and this shot from the guardian,

a fantastic picture of geraint thomas wrapped in the welsh flag. i don't know if you were watching the cove rage don't know if you were watching the coverage yesterday, someone handed him a welsh flag as he was riding through paris and there were lots of lovely pictures this morning of him holding the welsh flag as he is cycling. his wife turned up as well. have you got the picture...? cycling. his wife turned up as well. have you got the picture. . . ? when cycling. his wife turned up as well. have you got the picture...? when he was interviewed in the champs—elysees he revealed to us that he is a man of real taste... laughter. what is the first thing you are going to do when you get blackcomb? probably have a beer. -- back home? watch bbc breakfast in bed with coffee and don't worry about what's to come on the stage or whatever. certainly enjoy the next couple of weeks. good boy. he drinks coffee. i know that you are saying

that you like gareth southgate hugging his wife at the world cup. here is geraint thomas and his wife sarah who you said wasn't expected in paris. yes, she turned up on saturday and he didn't know that she would be here. if you have seen any of the interviews, he is really low— key and doesn't of the interviews, he is really low—key and doesn't make a us at all. she turned up on saturday at the finish line and he didn't know she was going to be there and he had a little weep. and because you are leading you have to do the interview afterwards and he just broke down, whatever question he asked, he started to cry. and it was the realisation that he was so nearly there. there are other things in the papers this morning. yes. starting to kill the buzz. yes, just a couple of stories i have picked up for you. you know everyone now, the shops are trying to be better with plastic, trying to be better with plastic, trying to be better with plastic, trying to use recycled plastic. john

lewis have a range of tales made from recycled plastic bottles. they have now been criticised by campaigners who say the problem is when you wash the towels trillions of plastic microfibres washing to the water systems. although it is good to use recycled plastic, it is actually still a big problem for the ocean. john lewis is in a bit of trouble with campaigners on that. and then the weather has caused chaos for food as you can imagine. i know that we have been hearing that from the farm point of view. rememberwe had a problem from the farm point of view. remember we had a problem with carbon dioxide and not enough for that for drinks and other drinks elm at product. now it is malting barley —— and other products. because of the ingredient, being able to grow it, because of the weather, they say the price of european malting barley, which used to be quite

cheap,is barley, which used to be quite cheap, is at a five—year high. so that'll put some pressure on beer and and onion crisps. what? yes, because of a looming shortage of vegetables because of the weather and they can't get the crops that they want. and i heard that chile is going to be hot because of the weather as well. —— chilli. going to be hot because of the weather as well. -- chilli. does anyone have a virtual assistant? someone has gone through them all and check how much they know. they have asked them 800 questions. things like the nearest coffee shop, paper towels, interestingly the google assistant understood more questions than the others, answered 86% correctly, siri was second behind, and alexa only got 61% of questions understood. and do you remember early on i had to turn off siri because we were talking about syria and it came to life. yes, that

was a bad moment. i learnt my lesson early on. just briefly, we all love the olympics. boulles, should it be an olympic sport? should it be an olympic sport or not? apparently they want to include it in the 2024 paris olympics. come on. it is very french. it seems to be outside the cafe... while partaking and you just fling a ball and then... it isn't an olympic sport. i am going to go on the side of boules. do you have to change your footwear? it should be a test of whether it is a sport.|j think you do. you have to wear boules shooters? you wear bowling shoes. let's find out. give me a moment. i will be right back. thank you very much. 200 years after the birth of the writer, emily bronte, our entertainment correspondent

colin paterson is in north yorkshire where events are taking place to celebrate the life and work of the wuthering heights author. hgppy happy birthday, emily bronte, she wrote wuthering heights and she was born 200 years ago today. we are live at the bronte parsonage museum, where she lived for most of her life. events taking place through the day and i might if you are lucky pay tribute by appearing through the window like cathy. more on the programme. first, the news, weather and travel where you are. good morning. good morning from bbc london news.

as gun and knife crime continue to rise and cause alarm in london, the government says it's doubling the money available for prevention schemes. the home secretary says the fund will get a boost of £11 million nationwide. sajid javid says the cash will support groups helping to educate young people and provide them with alternatives. police and crime commissioners will be responsible for funding projects in their area. new rules come into force today banning drones from flying above 400 feet, and within 0.6 of a mile of airport boundaries. the number of aircraft incidents involving drones has risen sharply in the past few years, with a 25% increase reported in 2017. in 2017, there were eight reported incidents that posed risk to aircraft at gatwick. and earlier this month a drone came within 20 feet of an aircraft that had just taken off from london luton airport. anyone found breaching these new restrictions risks five years in prison or an unlimited fine, or both. a shopping centre in east london is likely to remain closed today, according to the london fire brigade. the stratford centre was closed all day yesterday due to a burst water main outside. around 50 shops inside were affected. 70 firefighters helped tackle the flood. historic england has received hundreds of nominations from the public in their bid to find london's lesser known murals, statues and tributes.

a graveyard that was once a burial ground for paupers and prostitutes, a bench where a marriage proposal took place in the ‘50s, and a mural from the 19th century that commemorates local heroes are among the many memorials that were nominated. let's have a look at the travel situation now. on the tube, a good service across all lines, but goodge street station on the northern line is shut. on the roads, traffic is starting to build on the woolwich road flyover, northbound. on the a13, it's busy heading into town from rainham and the m25. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella good morning. it was quite a refreshing weekend following the heat we had. quite a bit of rain quenching the thirsty gardens. today we still have showers around with some sunny we still have showers around with some sunny spells and over the next few days it looks like the heat is going to build in a game. back to today we have a light breeze compared to the weekend. still

there. south—westerly blowing through the showers. one or two heavy ones potentially. fewer showers this afternoon with sunny spells and temperatures up to 25 in central london. overnight tonight we will get some clear spells at first and then more cloud building in through the second part of the night. one or two showers potentially. you might hear a rumble of thunder. minimum temperature not especially cold, between 14— 16, so a mild start tomorrow morning. some sunny spells and scattered showers on tuesday and look at the temperatures. building up to head towards the end of the week and into the weekend. we will be getting plenty of dry, sunny weather. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin.

coming up — with a holiday operator set to stop selling trips to attractions which keep killer whales, we'll ask how tourists can be sure animal welfare is a priority at the theme parks they visit. the residents of britain's favourite villa have entertained millions of us, we'll find out how the contestants of love island could now earn thousands thanks to social media. and craig cash and phil mealey, the stars of early doors will be on the sofa to tell us about taking their much loved sitcom from the small screen to the stage. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. celebrations have been taking place across wales to mark geraint thomas's tour de france win. castles, libraries and cardiff city hall were lit yellow in honour of the welshman's yellow jersey. the first minister carwynjones said it was a "fantastic achievement" and hundreds of cyclists took part in an evening ride in cardiff. most of the train services withdrawn by northern rail last month

are being reinstated this morning. it scrapped 168 services per day last month to try to relieve the chaos caused by the timetable's introduction in may. ministers have described the disruption as "unacceptable". the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has accused the government of turning a blind eye to the plight of commuters. 12,000 firefighters continue to battle severe wildfires in california. six people are so far known to have died in the town of redding and thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes. four areas have declared a state of emergency. i was talking to my little grandson on the phone. he was saying, "grandpa, please, you have got to come and help us, the fire's at the back door. come and help us". i said, i'm just close by. back door. come and help us". i said, i'mjust close by. i'm right by you. safety measures will be in place to protect mourners

later at the funeral of dawn sturgess, who died following exposure to the nerve agent novichok. the mother—of—three will be cremated in salisbury. reverend philip bromiley, who will be leading the service, said the funeral directors had been working with public health england which reiterated its advice that the risk to the public was low. the people of zimbabwe are going to the polls in the country's first elections since robert mugabe was forced out of office after almost four decades. his successor as president and leader of the ruling zanu—pf, emmerson mnangagwa, is hoping to legitimise his rule. mr mugabe has refused to endorse his former close ally and even hinted he might vote for his opponent. the polls opened about half an hour ago. the uk's longest—running comic, the beano, celebrates its 80th birthday today. first published in 1938, the beano has made generations of children laugh with the exploits of famous characters like dennis the menace, minnie the minx

and the bash street kids. comedian and children's author david walliams has guest—edited a commemorative edition to mark the anniversary. we got one of our kids a beano annual. we have fights about who would read it. i still buy a the beano. it is properly funny. i tell you what, if the beano needed a hero, a new character, can you imagine geraint thomas, paddling away like fury, to become the hero of this summer and winter tour de france. an incredible three weeks. something like 80 hours in the saddle, it is unbelievable. the

picture behind you is the picture of his wife and him she arrived as a surprise. she was standing at the finish line. hejust surprise. she was standing at the finish line. he just wobbled surprise. she was standing at the finish line. hejust wobbled off his bike, through his arms around her and didn't know what to do with himself. i love the fact that his first two are back in 2007, he finished 140. it'sjust ridiculous. and in the last few years, he has had a nightmare. didn't he crack a pelvis and road along? yes, unbelievable. last year, he broken collarbone. it's incredible to think he is even still riding. one thing i did when do when i saw the pictures yesterday, ——1 thing i did wonder. we got a quick little picture of him with a glass of champagne. obviously, they were all enjoying one. these dudes have been riding

three and practically no food, squirrel nuts and this gets the whole time. half a glass of champagne, they must be really quite giddy at that point. can you |magine? giddy at that point. can you imagine? in when you see the riders finished and they are on the podium, they look so skinny and exhausted. yeah, one glass of champagne, partying all night. it was such a great day for geraint thomas, as he was officially crowned tour de france champion. the last stage is very much a procession, tradition means than no—one tries to beat the leader so they can enjoy the final ride into paris — so thomas did just that, having a sip of champagne and waving the welsh flag on the way to the champs elysee. he's a two—time olympic gold medallist, but has always played a support role to other riders like chris froome at the tour. not this time though. never thought about the outcome, it was all about the process and doing all the small things right. thinking about the next day and planning,

just staying calm and collected. suddenly i realised i had one and it's insane. there is a theory doing the rounds that you were planned a long. no, i wish i was. the rounds that you were planned a long. no, iwish i was. -- plan a. i am really happy to have taken the opportunity. i think it is wonderful because it is the underdog in the sense that he has always been working for somebody else. he gets his shot and he brings it home. nobody has a bad word to say about geraint thomas in the peloton. he is always so popular with the other riders and the fans. well geraint thomas is the latest success story, from a very successful school — whitchurch high in cardiff. real madrid's gareth bale was also a pupil at the same school — and he sent his congratulations to geraint thomas. as did another alumni, the former wales and lions captain sam warburton. what are they doing in that pe

department? something good. lewis hamilton can kick back and enjoy formula one's four—week summer break after a pretty routine win at the hungarian grand prix. hamilton had done much of the hard work in qualifying by securing pole position on the narrow track in budapest. he led pretty much from start to finish, with his championship rival sebastian vettel coming through in second. hamilton leads the drivers championship by 24 points. england are through to the knock—out stages of the hockey world cup after finally winning a group game. they beat ireland 1—0, giselle ansley with the all important goal after they struggled to break down the irish defence for much of the game. england now play korea in the knockout rounds on tuesday. despite rain across much of the country yesterday, cricket had its own moment of magic as somerset beat middlesex in the t20 blast in taunton. middlesex were chasing a reduced target of 213 from 18 overs after showers stopped play for a while, a difficult enough target without somerset making catches like this one. let's see it again. brilliant from jamie overton, helping his side win by 38 runs. great catch. that's not the end of

the sport, or is it? should i carry on? sorry everyone. from wimbledon to washington, andy murray's hoping the us capital brings him a bit more luck when he makes his latest comeback attempt in the first round of the washington open. he warmed up over the weekend with wayne rooney who's moved to the us capital to play in major league soccer. did they put the net down as specially for wayne rooney? i thought they were trying to make it easier. murray's still working his way

back from hip surgery. if he wins his first round match against the brilliantly named mckenzie mcdonald, he'll play fellow brit kyle edmund in the second round. that looked like a perfectly normal tennis net to me. if ever there was a man who's a good example of the proverb "if at first you don't succeed try, try again" then golfer richard mcevoy fits the bill. he's 39, he's from essex, and he's finally won a european tour title at the 285th attempt. well done, sir. he birdied the final hole at the european open in hamburg to win by a single shot. along with the trophy, he picked up a cheque for almost 300,000 pounds. not bad, is it? that's more in one weekend, than any whole year since he turned professional in 2001. did you see that bryson gave him some grief because he gave him a very short handshake. considering how much he has been through to get

to that win. not very golf, is it? eight weeks ago, northern rail cancelled 168 of its daily services as part of a new timetable. the result, hundreds of cancellations and severe delays. this morning, many of those cancelled trains are being reinstated. the chaos as the northern powerhouse partnership describes it in a new report claims it has cost businesses 38 million pounds. henri murison is the director of the independent body and hejoins us now. the figures are bustling, isn't it? the figures are bustling, isn't it? the amount of money this has cost businesses. great impact. we still have trains not working at all. i think it is right that northern ireland storing their services. the £38 million that can make northern have cost us, or it is the trans— pennine problems which have got

progressively worse over the summer and we have at least 15% of their trains on average being very late or cancelled in part or entirely. that is causing problems where people can't get to the airport. can buy after you got to that figure, £38 million? they have been helped to calculate the figures. they are trying to learn the lessons of what has gone wrong. the reason we can't give a figure that every train in northern england is we haven't had the figures from the express. it comes to almost 6000 trains that have been severely delayed or cancelled. obviously, lots of people's trains are often delayed and unfortunately that happened but it is not that difficult a problem if you can manage it and get around it. the difficulty is the people in certain communities, there have been limited services like on the lakes signed —— like on the lakes line. a lot of people haven't had any trains at all to get around the north of

england. that is why it we have seen the significant productivity impact which hasn't been a flash in the pan but will have longer term in pact on what is ouraim but will have longer term in pact on what is our aim in northern england which is to try and rebalance the country with london and we are supposed to improve things. it will have made it worse in the end. the pickup on that point and just briefly. it's not going to be sorted out in the future, it is a thing? the problem is, we want the improved services to devolve the north. there isa services to devolve the north. there is a project across the pennines to improve services to manchester and newcastle because that pinch point is so important. it is left —— if it is so important. it is left —— if it is left from the department of transport, i think the way this has been managed, we want transport of the north to take the lead in delivering the upgrade because it is left to the government without the focus of what is important here in

the north, we won't get the upgrade and that is what happened here with and that is what happened here with a lot of the infrastructure not been delivered. it won't be delivered properly. the challenge is we need to give the rail industry space but they need accountability. someone needs to understand what to do to bring together the trains on the infrastructure. this needs to be down better in the future as it was mismanaged. looking at the department of transport, they say the disruption is unacceptable. its vital services continue to improve and customers compensated fully. also there has been and app setup. i brought in adelaide won over the weekend from veide london. very difficult conditions. that is my medal! you are not having it. ——i brought in at ——a metal a1.

medal! you are not having it. ——i brought in at --a metal a1. the weather was really tough out there, carol. good morning. yes, the weather this weekend was different to what we have been used to drink a week. torrential rain in northern ireland at the weekend and strong wind and rain across many parts of the uk. this week we are looking at an extra of sunshine and showers. it won't be as windy through the weekend. and it will turn warmer or hotter depending on which part of the country you are in. what we have this morning is some rain and some showers in the forecast. equally today there will be some sunshine. so we have some rain currently across the west of scotland. some showers ahead of it. a lot of dry weather. that same band of rain into western northern ireland, and showers for northern england. we have showers in wales this morning, some of them heavy, moving into

northern england through the day. outside of those areas, and lot of dry weather. then into southern england, a lot of dry weather, with showers dotted around, not far from london at the moment travelling eastwards. through the course of the day many showers will still be with us, the heaviest across the north—west, western scotland, northern ireland, with the odd rumble of thunder. showers across wales move up into northern england before clearing to the north sea. temperatures roughly 15— 25 top to tail. as we had on through the evening many of the showers fade. a lot of us will have some evening sunshine. as we head through to the overnight period there will be showers around, the rain in the north—west and clear spells, with temperatures falling between 10— 15. into tomorrow, showers in the south—east of england will clear into the north sea. a lot of dry

weather for the rest of england, scotland, northern ireland and wales but you will find we have rain for the north—west scotland in particular. temperatures very similarto particular. temperatures very similar to today, 15— 25. as we head to the end of the week, temperatures start to rise again. roughly, scotla nd start to rise again. roughly, scotland and northern ireland, you have a range of 19— 23. most of england and wales have the mid to high 20s. the south—east will likely see 30— 31. if you found it quite cold this weekend by next weekend it will be a different story once again. goodness me. change again. thank you. sally was talking about her love of beano. 80 years ago today? yes. 80th birthday. it has been going strong for a long time. yes. the beano was first published 80 years ago today. it hit the shelves for the first time on july 30th 1938

and it's now the uk's longest—running comic. in its 19505 heyday it was selling 2 million copies a week. now it's selling 35,000. so does the beano have a future? it's producer by scotland's biggest publisher, dc thomson, david thomson, it's chief operating officer, joins us now from dundee. good morning. good morning. so, beano's birthday, 80 years. a definite success story. tell us how you've kept it going. we are very proud that beano is 80 years old today. the fundamental point of the beano is the humour and the quality of writing has really stood the test of writing has really stood the test of time. dennis the menace, the lead character, is funny, humourous, and naughty boy who can appeal to children of all ages. parents and adults trust beano and respect the

beano as well. we have always believed in the quality of writing and storytelling. we believe that when kids get stories in their hand, they really respond to it. we have supported the uk summer reading challenge and i think 98% of local public libraries have supported the challenge. the comic is selling 40,000 copies a week and the christmas annual is still the number one annual across the whole of the uk. but we have to reach other kids in other ways. the modern media is an opportunity rather than a challenge. and beano .com was launched a couple of years ago. it is the fastest growing uk kids website. we are very proud of that. and the digital reaches 5 million kids and months. there is plenty going on beyond the comic. how do you make money from it? we keep making money from it through continuing to sell the comic,

continuing to sell the comic, continuing to sell the comic, continuing to sell the annual, continuing to sell the annual, continuing to sell the annual, continuing to be relevant for the kids. we have talked about thinking kid. my colleague talked about 4—4—2 thinking, —— four foot thinking. kid. my colleague talked about 4—4—2 thinking, —— fourfoot thinking. and this week we have a new character called mandy. she really addresses the challenges kids have, pressures they have in their lives in the modern world. we are trying to stay very relevant for children today. sounds like you've got lots of different alliances to keep it going and relevant. do you think it will a lwa ys and relevant. do you think it will always be published in paperform? and relevant. do you think it will always be published in paper form?|j think it will always be published in paperform. the think it will always be published in paper form. the importance think it will always be published in paperform. the importance is that the humour continues along the generations and if we continue to be successful online that will help. i am sure it will always be in print. the annual sells 100,000 copies a

year and is very popular. and given you are a big publisher of newspapers, how are they doing at the moment? the newspapers are doing well. we have the dundee courier and the aberdeenjournal well. we have the dundee courier and the aberdeen journal and they well. we have the dundee courier and the aberdeenjournal and they are two of the five bestselling papers in the country. it is about the quality of journalism. in the country. it is about the quality ofjournalism. dt thomson is more than newspapers and magazines and comics. probably almost half of our turnover now comes from businesses that we didn't own 15 yea rs businesses that we didn't own 15 years ago and are not necessarily in the media space. we own a family history web business, we have a gifting business, gifts for gentlemen's hardware, men's range of quality goods, and find my past is an interesting example. it is one of the leading family history website businesses in the uk. it is about

being diverse. it is about being diverse, like sky and itv, we have to diversify a look at other areas. thank you very much for your time. it looks rather fabulous in thank you very much for your time. it looks ratherfabulous in dundee this morning. that is a live shot of dundee. nice. thank you. sharing a birthday with beano, emily bronte. 200 years ago today, emily bronte, the author of wuthering heights was born. her only novel has gone on to inspire readers, writers and even musicians. our arts and entertainment correspondent colin paterson is at her home in haworth where her life and work is being celebrated. are you ok? it is me, colin, let me in, my tribute to emily bronte on her 200th birthday. meet me in the hallway, this is the bronte parsonage museum, where emily bronte lived for almost all of her adult life. if you come into her father's study you can just

see the edge of the piano, retuned at 4pm yesterday because it will be played later today with emily bronte themed music, part celebrations, and then come into the dining room. there is such history in this room. this is the very kuyt on which emily bronte died at the age of 30, three months after catching a chill at her brother's funeral. this dining room table is where she actually wrote wuthering heights. all kinds of celebrations have been going on. i've been having a look. it is a big bronte birthday, the 200th anniversary of emily bronte celebrated with poets and fields... yorkshire moors, so bleak and old, inspired the heart of emily... displays of falconry because emily bronte had a pet merlin hawk, called nero. with events all centred around the parsonage in haworth, where she wrote her only novel, wuthering heights, before dying from tuberculosis at the age of 30. what she's left behind is this

incredible imaginative tour de force of a novel that people have just loved for generations and it continues to inspire artists and writers working today, and that is very much what we wanted to celebrate — her 200th birthday. and people had come from all over. there is this wildness and this beauty to the writing. i don't know, you just get kind of sucked into the story. you've got to come here and pay homage really, because it puts everything into perspective, itjust brings it all to life. the celebrations have also included the unveiling of a tribute stone out in the moors, featuring a new poem by kate bush, who famously had a number one with wuthering heights. at the time, she explained her inspiration. i saw a series in the television about ten years ago, and it was on late at night, and i caught literally the five minutes of the series when she was at the window trying to get in.

ghost: i'm catherine linton, and i've come home. and itjust really struck me. it was so strong. and i read the book. later? yes. another famous fan is lily cole, who has directed a short film exploring the character heathcliff‘s origins as an abandoned baby, but in a modern setting. they'll accept your baby. black balls have to go home. the babies are too sick. white balls get a second chance. why does emily bronte mean so much to you? the fact that she wrote the book at a time when it was very difficult for women to be taken seriously and to become authoresses or authors. the fact that she published it under a pseudonym, ellis bell, has always intrigued me.

and we don't know very much about her. she's really a mystery and most of what we know is kind of hearsay and oral tradition. but it's purely the book, that's the reason i'm fascinated by her, is that she created that work. ana as for what emily would have made of all this... we also know she was an incredibly private writer and so i wonder if she may have also found this level of scrutiny perhaps an bit intolerable. oh, well, happy birthday, emily. let me show you just one more room in the bronte parsonage museum. this is the kitchen where emily bronte spent a lot of time, to get away from reading, she would come and hang out with the servants. she liked to cook and she got a lot of her best ideas in this very room. lots more from the bronchi parsonage museum on the 200th birthday of emily bronte throughout the programme “— emily bronte throughout the programme —— bronte. emily bronte throughout the programme -- bronte. she died at the

age of 30. young. yes, very young. but one novel. and we still remember it. yes. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we will be back here at 8am, seven a.m.? 7am! good morning from bbc london news. i'm alpa patel as gun and knife crime continue to rise and cause alarm in london, the government says it's doubling the money available for prevention schemes. the home secretary says the fund will get a boost of £11 million nationwide. sajid javid says the cash will support groups helping to educate young people and provide them with alternatives. police and crime commissioners will be responsible for funding projects in their area. new rules come into force today banning drones from flying above 400 feet, and within 0.6 of a mile of airport boundaries. the number of aircraft incidents involving drones has risen sharply in the past few years, with a 25% increase

reported in 2017. in 2017, there were eight reported incidents that posed risk to aircraft at gatwick. and earlier this month a drone came within 20 feet of an aircraft that had just taken off from london luton airport. anyone found breaching these new restrictions risks five years in prison. a shopping centre in east london is likely to remain closed today, according to the london fire brigade. the stratford centre was closed all day yesterday due to a burst water main outside. around 50 shops inside were affected. 70 firefighters helped tackle the flood. historic england has received hundreds of nominations from the public in their bid to find london's lesser known murals, statues and tributes. a graveyard that was once a burial ground for paupers and prostitutes, a bench where a marriage proposal took place in the ‘50s, and a mural from the 19th century that commemorates local heroes are among the many memorials that were nominated. let's have a look at the travel situation now. on the tube, minor delays on the

piccadilly line. and the northern line, goods at street station is shut. and on the a13 it is busy heading into town, from the m25. lights on the a315 are not working, which is blocked on both directions due to an accident. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it was quite a refreshing weekend following the heat we had. quite a bit of rain quenching those thirsty gardens. today we've still got a few showers around with some sunny spells. and over the next few days it looks like the heat is going to build back in again. back to today, we have a light breeze compared to the weekend. still there. south—westerly blowing through the showers. one or two heavy ones potentially. fewer showers this afternoon, with some sunny spells and temperatures getting up to 25 in central london. overnight tonight, we will get some clear spells at first and then more cloud building in through

the second part of the night. again, one or two heavy showers potentially. you might just hear a rumble of thunder. minimum temperature, not especially cold, between 14—16 celsius. so a mild start tomorrow morning. some sunny spells, again, some scattered showers around for tuesday. and look at the temperatures. building up to head towards the end of the week and into the weekend. we will be getting plenty of dry, sunny weather. if you are heading out, have a lovely morning. if not, i will be backin lovely morning. if not, i will be back in half an hour. bye for now. good morning welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today — from paris to the valleys. celebrations into the night as geraint thomas becomes the first welshman to win the tour de france. what is the first thing you are going to do when you get back on home soil? have a bit, probably. it will be nice to get back into

normality, too. you know, watch bbc brea kfast normality, too. you know, watch bbc breakfast in bed with a copy. —— have a beer. good morning, geraint, if you're watching. we'll hear from team sky and get reaction from the welsh wizard's hometown. back on track? after weeks of misery for passengers, northern rail restarts more than 100 cancelled services. strong winds fan the flames of the california wildfires as they continue to destroy everything in their path. how can social media make you millions? with the final of itv‘s love island tonight i'll be looking at how reality tv stars cash in on their new found fame. rain at last, and in bucketloads, but did it make or break your weekend? carol can tell us whether there's more on its way. good morning. not at the levels we had on the weekend. what we have todayis had on the weekend. what we have today is a mixture of sunshine and showers. it won't be as windy either. by the end of the week, once again, it will warm up for us all. i will have more in 15 minutes. it's monday the 30th july. our top story — geraint thomas has spent the night

celebrating in paris after becoming the first welshman to win the tour de france, describing it as the "stuff of dreams". the first minister of wales, carwynjones, former british cyclist chris boardman and fellow team sky member chris froome have all congratulated thomas on his achievement. olly foster reports. geraint thomas just about kept his emotions in check on the champs—elysee. the british dominance of the tour continues, but draped in the welsh flag, he knows just what this victory means. it's mental, whenever anybody says it, it's just like, just gotta pinch myself. it will take a while to sink in. it will be nice to get back into normality a bit as well. you know, like watch bbc breakfast in bed with a coffee and just, you know, not worry about what's to come in the stage or whatever, but, i will certainly enjoy the next couple of weeks for sure. thomas had worn the yellowjersey for over half the tour. the former champion chris froome

who toasted thomas with champagne on the road to paris, realised last week as his legs let him down that the team man who had helped him to so many of his victories would also be taking his title. it was clear from the first mountain—top finish that g was the stronger rider in this year's tour de france. getting behind him was the natural thing for me to do. geraint thomas has won olympic, world and commonwealth gold medals. but over three weeks and 3,000km conquering the alps and the pyrenees, he has now reached cycling's summit. i think it is wonderful because it is the underdog in the sense that he has always been working for somebody else, he gets his shot and he brings it home. and nobody has a bad word to say about geraint thomas in the peloton. he is a very popular guy, both with the riders and the public. you can see what it means to the fans here in paris and there were scenes just like this in cardiff as well. cardiff is where it all started for thomas, chancing across a local cycling club. the rest is history.

we'll be speaking to geraint‘s first cycling coach at his old club and his current coach at team sky from paris at around 7:10. i don't imagine they have had a lot of sleep. after months of severe delays and cancellations, northern rail will today reinstate most of the services it cancelled just eight weeks ago. ministers have described the disruption as unacceptable and the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has accused the government of turning a blind eye to the chaos. dave guest is at preston railway station for us. good morning to you. what is the picture like the bed this morning? when you turned up, there was already disruption to the services? that's right. yes, earlier on when i

arrived, the first words i heard were, "northern apologise for the cancellation of a service". indeed, there have been some cancellations and delays. the blackpool north train due at about 728 is also delayed. however, it has to be said, most of the trains listed on the board including the one behind meghan, is currently said to be working on time. ——1 behind me there. they found they didn't have enough drivers to run all the services they were trying to offer so they introduced an interim timetable in june where so they introduced an interim timetable injune where they cut a number of services to try to improve the service that they were offering. that caused further chaos, lots of disgruntled commuters, mps demanded that northern beach stripped of its franchise because it wasn't up to thejob. franchise because it wasn't up to the job. let's franchise because it wasn't up to thejob. let's remind ourselves of what they did in earlyjune, they took 168 services out of the timetable each day in the hope of making the remaining services more

reliable. business is up here, according to the northern kamay —— northern powerhouse partnership. northern powerhouse partnership. northern say as of today, they are introducing 75% of the 168 services that they withdrew at the beginning ofjune. they said the rest of the services will be back on the timetable by september and said they are facing the reintroduction so they can try and make sure that things work properly this time. they say they are now confident they have the drivers trained, the drivers that will be in place, to make the service is run. some services are a p pa re ntly service is run. some services are apparently running on time. safety measures will be in place to protect mourners later at the funeral of dawn sturgess, who died following exposure to the nerve agent novichok. the mother—of—three will be cremated in salisbury. reverend philip bromiley, who will be leading the service,

said the funeral directors had been working with public health england which reiterated its advice that the risk to the public was low. authorities in northern california are continuing to battle severe wildfires. six people are so far known to have died with 12,000 firefighters currently tackling 17 separate fires. here's our north america correspondent, james cook. the devastation wrought by the wildfire which roared into redding is becoming clear. survivors described an apocalyptic scene as they fled, with swirling tornadoes of flame. some feared they would not make it. homes were exploding, cars were exploding, and i have a wife and kids, and i said i had better facetime my wife, just in case. i didn't let her know why i was doing it but ijust wanted to see her face one more time. the inferno left hundreds of homes in ruins, and a boy, his sister and their great—grandmother are dead: five—year—old james roberts, his four—year—old sister emily, and their great—grandmother, melody bledsloe.

i was talking to my little grandson, saying, please, the fire is at the back door, come and get us. i said, i'm trying to get in there. i said, i'm right by you. two firefighters were killed too. one who'd been cutting vegetation with a bulldozer, was 81 years old. the firefighters of the american west are now stretched to the limit. more than 10,000 have been deployed in california alone. 130 majorfires are blazing across the continent from new mexico to alaska. canada has more than 40 major wildfires. this has become normal for california. fires are now burning year—round, rather than just in the summer. and scientists say the reasons for that are human activity, natural weather patterns, and a warming climate. james cook, bbc news, in northern california. polls have opened in zimbabwe

where voters will take part in the first elections since robert mugabe's removal from power in november after almost four decades. his successor, emmerson mnangagwa, is hoping to legitimise his rule. nomsa maseko is in the capital, harare for us now. mr mugabe has refused to endorse his fourformer mr mugabe has refused to endorse his four former ally. mr mugabe has refused to endorse his fourformer ally. we mr mugabe has refused to endorse his four former ally. we saw sudden downpours of torrential rain over the weekend after weeks of soaring temperatures. on what was one of the busiest weekends for holiday—makers, the heavens opened across the uk bringing with it some mixed emotions to the end of the searing heat as keith doyle reports. what a difference a day makes. after weeks of glorious sunshine which turned this green and pleasant land into, well, a rather scorched, parched one. thunder claps. whoa! the heatwave finally broke on friday and in the most dramatic way.

there was thunder, lightning, hailstones and rain, lots of rain. some parts of the uk saw a month's worth of rain in a few hours. however, it was a welcome relief for some. finally, the rain actually falls in yorkshire. yay! it's nice. just nice. the change in the weather brought its own problems. organisers of the heckington show in lincolnshire described the conditions as challenging, although they managed to keep the show opened. in dorset, 45 mph winds and driving rain forced the early closure of the bestival music festival. many travellers couldn't even get away from the stormy weather. there were long delays and many cancelled flights and huge delays for eurotunnel passengers. and the topsy—turvy weather is set to continue with rain then high temperatures and sunshine later in the week. peru lots of us affected by that

over the weekend. —— lots of us of that. —— affected. let's return to our top story and geraint thomas's fantastic victory in the tour de france. he became the first welshman to win the title and only the third british male cyclist ever to arrive on the champs—elysees wearing the yellow jersey. in a moment, we'll speak to some of those who know him best. but first, sally has put together a handy introduction to cycling's new champion. this is geraint in 60 seconds. geraint thomas was born in cardiff. he was first introduced to bikes. his fans have dedicated a famous welsh song to him and he loves to

join in. as well as claiming his yellow jersey, he has two olympic gold medals and three world championship titles on the track. plus a commonwealth win in the 20 fourteen rd race. g wins at the big g for wales. soggy but magnificent. did you know that he runs a wedding venue you know that he runs a wedding venue with his wife and their dog? this is my wife and blanch, the dog. hello. most importantly, he has great taste in tv. what will be the first thing you do when you get back? your mac will be nice to get back? your mac will be nice to get back into normality, you know, watch bbc breakfast in bed with a coffee. every time we hear that, we smile and little bits that he watches bbc brea kfast. we can now speak to one of geraint‘s coaches at team sky. performance manager rod ellingworth

joins us on the phone from paris. how are you all doing? good morning. i saw how are you all doing? good morning. isaw him how are you all doing? good morning. i saw him last about 4am. he looked ina i saw him last about 4am. he looked in a pretty bad way at that time. he was enjoying himself. in a pretty bad way at that time. he was enjoying himselflj in a pretty bad way at that time. he was enjoying himself. i bet he was! i think his drinking was a bit different after he had finished, was it? absolutely. he certainly made the most of it. what a fantastic achievement. tell us a bit about him. it seems, we have heard on this programme, no one has a bad word to say about him. what is he like?” think that is true. most in the peloton are people that work within cycling, i think everybody realises that he is one of those guys who has worked so hard and given so much to

his teammates over the past. this was his time and his moment. i think everybody was super happy for him. at what moment in the tour did it change and the team think, right, this is his turn? traditionally, we a lwa ys this is his turn? traditionally, we always go in with two leaders. not a lwa ys always go in with two leaders. not always at the tour de france but certainly some of the other races. we realised that this time round with geraint thomas, he was in good form. he won one of the other tours. we knew he was there. the difference for chris is he has never come off the back going into the tour. so it was an unknown. but geraint thomas, when he looked at that, we need to have a look every day and really understand what happened, but he never actually put a foot wrong at

all. i don't think he lost any time. it was only in the final time trial that he lost, deliberately lost time because he knew he had it in the bag. an outstanding performance. because he knew he had it in the bag. an outstanding performancem so many ways, it is inspiring. he has been their nine times, has fallen off, had bad luck in the past and that is what is inspiring, he has gone back every time and this was his time to win? yes, absolutely. they raise a lot. geraint will do anywhere between 60 and 70 races a year. they don't win that often. it is a sport that you don't win a lot. as a tiendalli res 250 days a year and we win 30 or 40 races “— 250 days a year and we win 30 or 40 races —— as our team we raced 250 a year. and just very briefly, we know that his wife was there to meet him. did he know that she was going to be

their? no, not at all. the original plan was i was going to be the —— there? so as a team we got him in without geraint knowing, so when he finished the time trial he didn't know she was going to be there. that was a nice moment. it was indeed. it sounds like you might want to get some more sleep. thank you so much for joining some more sleep. thank you so much forjoining us after what was clearly a note of celebrations. i love that. geraint thomas, four o'clock, he will probably suffers at —— surface at some stage today. o'clock, he will probably suffers at -- surface at some stage today. and we saw that geraint was first introduced to bikes at the wales cycling club. there are some people already there? kids here practising, just like geraint would have years

ago, and! just like geraint would have years ago, and i was out at cardiff's only cycle cafe and i have never seen such a buzz for cycling as we saw yesterday, usually reserved for by yesterday, usually reserved for rugby and football in wales but no doubt it has come to the pinnacle of welsh sport. i will turn to someone who knows geraint quite well, coaching him back in the day, alan davies, and an immense sense of travellers. yes, she usually proud of him, what he has achieved. —— sense of proud nurse. he is a global superstar. you have youngsters moving through the ranks, just like he did all those years ago. yes, we still have youngsters coming through, far more than when he was here. when he was here we had 12— 15. we have won her and —— 150 regularly. the welsh system is much

better than it was in geraint's day. i remember you mentioning before that when geraint was coming through he and another famous rider didn't get past the first post of the team gb yes. they tested geraint, young lad from the isle of man, mark cavendish, and rejected both of them. incredible decision, when you think about what's been achieved today. he is already double olympic champion on the track. he won commonwealth gold on the road. three—time world champion on the track. this is no doubt the pinnacle of his career. this is a step up again. this is the biggest bike race in the world. it is the biggest sporting achievement in the world. and, as! sporting achievement in the world. and, as i say, he is a global superstar now as a result of this. thank you. some of the debate has already begun on social media as to where this ranks in terms of welsh

sporting success. no doubt many people will say that this is actually the pinnacle of welsh sporting achievement, but there is no doubt i would say that we are currently in a golden generation of welsh sport. thank you very much for that. and i know rob was telling us that. and i know rob was telling us that team sky have been celebrating, and have been lovely pictures from across wales and the uk celebrating geraint thomas's success. lovely, isn't it, the back story, saying how many tour de france he has been involved in. he fractured his pelvis in 2013 on the first stage and still continued every day to help out the rest of the team. tough, determined, inspirational. and success. ok, shall we find out about the weather, it all went a little bit wrong. depending on your point of view, yes, some had not enough and some had a little bit too

much, and it was windy. this weekend we have an extra sunshine and showers. it will be warm at the end of the week and it won't be as windy. you can see it is blustery this morning. currently we have showers around, heaviest in north wales, western northern ireland and western scotland. at 9am this is the picture we are looking at. so the rain will continue across the west scotland, preceded by some showers, and a lot of dry weather around. northern ireland has rain in the west, cloud around and some sunny brea ks west, cloud around and some sunny breaks before that band of rain. for more than england there are one or two showers and a lot of dry weather. in wales you have some showers this morning. i mentioned those in the north which are currently heavy. they will transfer into northern england through the day. there are showers dotted around devon and some in the south—east, quite blustery. through the day we will hang onto a lot of showers. not all of us will see one. that is the nature of showers. and some of them

will fade. we are still looking at the heaviest across western scotland and northern ireland with the odd rumble of thunder. temperatures roughly between about 18 in the north to about 25 as we think towards the south, so roughly where they should be at this time ofjuly. we will have early evening sunshine to look forward to as showers fade and then overnight what you will find is we will have another system coming from the south, bringing in showery outbreaks of rain and we will hang on to those in the west as well. temperature—wise we have loads of 15 to may be about 16 in the south. in the north we are looking at about 10— 12. tomorrow the rain that comes in overnight to southern areas will clear into the north sea, we will hang onto the rain across the west of the country, especially north of scotland and northern ireland, in between a lot of sunshine. for the rest of england, wales and eastern and central scotland. by the end of the week, though, temperatures rise. to give you an idea, 23 and 31 on the chart.

for scotland and northern ireland we expect about 19 to 23. for england and wales probably the mid—to high 20s. and wales probably the mid—to high 205. it and wales probably the mid—to high 20s. it is the south—east that is likely to see 30 or 31. so if you have found it a bit nippy through the weekend, things will turn warmer or hotter depending on where you are i the end of the week. you very much. thank see you later.” i the end of the week. you very much. thank see you later. i know that carol was saying it is good depending on your perspective. you we re depending on your perspective. you were out riding. i was with 25,000 other cyclists, including naga and charlie at ride london. we have a picture before the rain started falling. naga and i were doing 100 miles and charlie was doing 46 miles. so we didn't meet him. laughter.. anyway, that was before it. the rain started as soon as we started to ride and itjust went on

and on. it was really brutal conditions. what is this? it isjust a finisher‘s medal. conditions. what is this? it isjust a finisher's medal. 100 miles, that is loads, how is your bum?” a finisher's medal. 100 miles, that is loads, how is your bum? i don't really know. i feel fine. is loads, how is your bum? i don't really know. ifeel fine. ifeel fine, honestly. that is the slightly alarming thing. i did think of you when i was at home on my sofa watching the tour de france. laughter talking about the tour de france. cycling, we are an excellent cycling nation. and it is quite recent. if you look at the last decade, in fact, recent. if you look at the last decade, infact, it recent. if you look at the last decade, in fact, it is longer, commonwealth games in manchester, that has changed everything. we saw from chris boardman, at the forefront of the change. and here we are. geraint thomas on the front of the daily telegraph and so many of the daily telegraph and so many of the papers as well. the inside, the back pages, everything. the front of

the daily mail, what a way to run a railway. and this is geraint thomas's wife who turned up, and we we re thomas's wife who turned up, and we were talking with rod ellington, who works with the team that geraint thomas rides with, and no one told him his wife was going to be there. he saw her on the finish line and the tears began to flow. he got a bit emotional. i have been reading through the papers and i wanted to remind everybody of a tweet that his wife sara wrote in 2013 when he broke his pelvis. he broke is pelvis and continued writing in the tour de france. he comes home and he can't pick up his washing from the floor because his back hurts. my goodness me. what an excuse. and you are looking at the papers for us.” me. what an excuse. and you are looking at the papers for us. i do enjoy reading the grocer. do you? yes, it has cracking story. and it is all about what's happening with

veg because of the weather. stop looking at me like that, dan. he is strangely fascinated. this is all to do with the analysis of the heatwave we have had compared with 1976. they have done it from a shopping perspective, from a farmer's perspective, from a farmer's perspective, they said we have had a blanket of snow in march, the wettest day in april, and suddenly loads of sun for a long time, all of which has met the farmers are really far behind with growing veg, so it's really going to impact onion is, they say cheese and onion crisps will be a problem, cabbages, lettuces, leeks, potatoes.” will be a problem, cabbages, lettuces, leeks, potatoes. i have a question, i grow vegetables myself. courgettes this year were massive and lots of them, plentiful. are they narrow? i did wonder. what is it? my vegetables are growing very well. let's take this off-line. yes.

let's ask someone who knows. can i just said one other thing about geraint thomas, talking about his success , geraint thomas, talking about his success, on social media he is geraint thomas 86 and there is geraint thomas 86 and there is geraint thomas, he has had to update... has he? he is welsh as well, lecturer in visual effects, and he says not a cyclist and i don't even own a yellow cardigan. people have been congratulating him over the weekend. i think it is time he got a yellow cardigan. good morning to both geraints this morning. it is a monday morning tradition. yes, i like it. thank you very much. 200 years after the birth of the writer, emily bronte, our entertainment correspondent colin paterson is in north yorkshire where events are taking place to celebrate the life and work of the wuthering heights author. good morning. hello. this is the

bronte parsonage museum where emily bronte parsonage museum where emily bronte lived most of her life, born 200 years ago today. i have just been handed my team emily birthday badge and this is the dining room where emily bronte wrote wuthering heights and we will be going inside later but first, the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm alpa patel. as gun and knife crime continue to rise and cause alarm in london, the government says it's doubling the money available for prevention schemes. the home secretary says the fund will get a boost of £11 million nationwide. sajid javid says the cash will support groups helping to educate young people and provide them with alternatives. police and crime commissioners will be responsible for funding projects in their area. new rules come into force today banning drones from flying

above 400 feet, and within 0.6 of a mile of airport boundaries. the number of aircraft incidents involving drones has risen sharply in the past few years, with a 25% increase reported in 2017. in 2017, there were eight reported incidents that posed risk to aircraft at gatwick. and earlier this month a drone came within 20 feet of an aircraft that had just taken off from london luton airport. anyone found breaching these new restrictions risks five years in prison. a shopping centre in east london is likely to remain closed today, according to the london fire brigade. the stratford centre was closed all day yesterday due to a burst water main outside. around 50 shops inside were affected. 70 firefighters helped tackle the flood. historic england has received hundreds of nominations from the public in their bid to find london's lesser known murals, statues and tributes. a graveyard that was once a burial ground for paupers and prostitutes, a bench where a marriage proposal took place in the ‘50s, and a mural from the 19th century that commemorates local heroes are among the many memorials that were nominated. let's have a look at the travel situation now. on the tube — minor

on the dlr between bank and canary wharf and poplar. and minor delays on the northern line with no service between camden town and oval — southbound. on the roads traffic is building on the marylebone flyover into london. slow on the m25 clockwise between j10 for the wisley interchange and j11 for chertsey, because of a breakdown. on the a13 it's busy heading into town from rainham and the m25. and delays on the m23 at the turn off for gatwick because of an accidentjust after the south terminal roundabout. time for the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. well, it was quite a refreshing weekend following all the heat we had. quite a bit of rain quenching those thirsty gardens. today we've still got a few showers around but some sunny spells. and over the next few days it looks like the heat is going to build back in again.

now, back to today, we have just got a light breeze compared to the weekend. south—westerly blowing through the showers. one or two heavy ones potentially. fewer showers this afternoon, with some sunny spells and temperatures getting up to 25 in central london. overnight tonight, we will get some clear spells at first and then more cloud building in through the second part of the night. again, one or two heavy showers potentially. you might just hear a rumble of thunder. minimum temperature, not especially cold, between 14—16 celsius. so a mild start tomorrow morning. some sunny spells, again, some scattered showers around for tuesday. and look at the temperatures. building up to head towards the end of the week and into the weekend. with, again, plenty of dry, sunny weather. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. in a moment, we'll bring you more on our top story and geraint thomas's fantastic tour de france win yesterday in paris. here's a summary of this morning's

main stories from bbc news. most of the train services withdrawn by northern rail last month are being reinstated this morning. it scrapped 170 services per day last month to try to relieve the chaos caused by the timetable's introduction in may. ministers have described the disruption as unacceptable. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has accused the government of turning a blind eye to the plight of commuters. safety measures will be in place to protect mourners later at the funeral of dawn sturgess, ho died following exposure to the nerve agent novichok. the mother—of—three will be cremated in salisbury. reverend philip bromiley, who will lead the service, said the funeral directors had been working with public health england which reiterated its advice that the risk to the public was low. 12,000 firefighters continue to battle severe wildfires in california. six people are so far known to have died in the town of redding and thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes.

four areas have declared a state of emergency. some breaking news this morning, the final report on what happened to flight mh370 has been published by the malaysian government. the malaysia airlines plane vanished with 239 aboard en route to beijing from kuala lumpur four years ago. with the latest we can speak to our correspondent, karishma vaswani who is in singapore for us this morning. what have they said? the report is just being published now and being released to the international media in the last hour. we understand that family members of those aboard on the flight members of those aboard on the flight have been given the report and have been given the chance in

the capital of malaysia. some family members are saying there is nothing new in the report. however, they have also highlighted the fact the report contains of the mistakes, as they have courted, of protocol and guidelines that were not followed. it is not yet clear what those m ista kes it is not yet clear what those mistakes were. there has been such a great deal of mystery over this particular airliner which disappeared just over four years ago, on its way from kuala lumpur to beijing with more than 200 people on board, most of them from china. from what we understand from the report's findings, some 800 pages, according to media reports, have been published. what the minister of transport had to stay ahead of the report being published is that every single word over the last four years of the investigation would be

apparent in the report and be published in the report. the new government in malaysia have promised full transparency but still many questions remain. only three confirmed fragments of mh370 have been found. all of them in the indian ocean shores including a two metre wing part technically known as a flaperon. this happened after that international search took place, led by australia, the huge surge in the indian ocean. coming up on the programme, carol will have the weather. you took part in ride london yesterday? the rain was intense. yes, but the rain was warm. it was intense. 50 mph gusts in dorset.

shocking. it didn't happen in paris, though. don't know about you two, on saturday, we knew it was his tour but he still has to cross the line. all sorts of things could go wrong. i still wasn't completely relaxed. i don't know about you. it is a bit of a procession but you don't know. he had a bit of a wobble on the corner on saturday but yeah, a great, great day for grant thomas and all the welsh fans who had travelled there. —— make geraint thomas. there was a welsh choir singing when he came home. it was very much a procession. they are enjoying the ride into paris. it is him and chris froome. can you believe the relationship between these two that they get on well enough to do this? they have

kind of swap roles stop thomas is a two—time olympic gold—medallist but has always played a support role for frome —— chris froome. i never thought about the outcome, it was all about the process and doing all the small things right. thinking about the next day and planning, just staying calm and collected. suddenly then realised i had won and it'sjust insane really. there's a theory doing the rounds that you were plan a all along. no, i wish i was. no, froomey was the leader going into it but obviously i had my chance and i'm really happy to have taken the opportunity. being a teammate and a friend of years and being part of the journey of winning the tour de france now, it has been an amazing experience was a bit was cleared that g was the stronger rider at this year's tour de france and getting behind him was

the natural thing for him to do. —— by me to do. i have won the last three of four. i haven't had a bad run so three of four. i haven't had a bad run so to stand on the podium this evening was an amazing experience and looking forward to a bit of downtime now. it is amazing that those two are friends. i don't think you would have seen that with chris froome and bradley wiggins. well, geraint thomas is the latest success story, from a very successful school — whitchurch high in cardiff. real madrid's gareth bale was also a pupil at the same school and he sent his congratulations to geraint thomas. as did another alumni, the former wales and lions captain sam warburton. berries are proud of pe teacher somewhere. i think he told me that geraint thomas was a brilliant sprinter, running. —— there is a

proud. lewis hamilton can kick back and enjoy formula one's four—week summer break after a pretty routine win at the hungarian grand prix. hamilton had done much of the hard work in qualifying by securing pole position on the narrow track in budapest. he led pretty much from start to finish, with his championship rival sebastian vettel coming through in second. hamilton leads the drivers championship by 24 points. england are through to the knock—out stages of the hockey world cup after finally winning a group game. they beat ireland 1—0, giselle ansley with the all—important goal after they struggled to break down the irish defence for much of the game. england now play korea in the knockout rounds on tuesday. from wimbledon to washington — andy murray's hoping the us capital brings him a bit more luck when he makes his latest comeback attempt in the first round of the washington open. he warmed up over the weekend with wayne rooney who's now playing in major league soccer.

murray's still working his way back from hip surgery, but if he wins his first round match against the brilliantly named mckenzie mcdonald, he'll play fellow brit kyle edmund in the second round. got a bit of a restrict did backswing. —— restricted. in the place she used to practise in france, there was a wall behind her. that is why. in wayne rooney mansions, maybe he had the same problem. he hasjust one mansions, maybe he had the same problem. he has just one 300 mansions, maybe he had the same problem. he hasjust one 300 grand ona problem. he hasjust one 300 grand on a weekend. with the holiday season in full swing social media timelines are full of sunny snaps, including those of big cat selfies and elephant rides, but how much thought is given to the welfare of the animals? holiday operator, thomas cook has opened up the debate around animal attractions by announcing that it will stop

selling trips to parks which keep killer whales. fionn davenport is a travel writer and in our london newsroom, victoria bacon from abta. what does the guidelines say? they are very what does the guidelines say? they are very broad ranging and comprehensive and rigourous in terms of looking at a whole range of different kinds of attractions. from dolphins and wales and wildlife watching. —— whales. all the way through to donkey riding. they cut the minimum standards and best of ra ptors the minimum standards and best of raptors requirements in this area to encourage best per is around the world. —— best practice. encourage best per is around the world. -- best practice. so can people check if these guidelines are in place? have information on our website. when we put the guidelines

together we drew from a range of experts, nearly 200 experts. you can imagine there would be some mixed opinions. certainly, somewhat shouts of people. for example, in our advice we say don't ever take pictures of animals with props. monkeys and that sort of thing. also look at the maintenance and welfare of the animal, does it look like it is well fed? if it is pregnant, there are certain things which those animals shouldn't be doing. there is information out there but i would encourage people to ask questions. if you are going to visit some of these excursions and you think something doesn't look quite right or you are not sure, ask some questions. sometimes things might look a certain way and it is not the case. it is definitely worth asking questions. it encourages those attractions to realise it is very important for holidaymakers that these things are addressed. awareness is a big thing. from those who are putting on the surface and

from tourists. yeah, and i think as well as there are guidelines in place is that we, the visitor, really, it is incumbent on us to do the research. generally, the rules are fairly self—evident. if the animal seems to be doing something that shouldn't ordinary be doing like brushing your teeth of painting with its trunk, you have to question or you should question the thing that it took to get them to do that thing. generally, there is a huge amount of animal cruelty that goes on behind the scenes. in malaysia and indonesia, you can get at good photograph of a event at what it takes to get the given to the point where it is not a threat to you, it often involves a huge amount of cruelty. —— gibbon. one of the wildlife protection organisers said, for every gibbon you see, it ten or 15 gibbons have been killed. they

are cute when they are small but as they get older, they become more dangerous so theyjust end up killing them. have you seen things in the past you have been disturbed by? a number of years ago, i was in vietnam's. all is in the south at an old tourist attraction. there was a brown bear in a cage know much of the garden and the bear itself. —— not much of bigger than bear. the pair looked awful. i was there in my role as a lonely planet writer and i spoke to a lot of people. two things came back to me. one, the local operators had no idea that westerners were so horrified. two, to best way to deal with it was to complain. say that you don't want to see it. what happened the next year when i went back and the bear was gone, i would like to tell you that the bear had gone to a nice happy

fun that in truth, the truth is probably something entirely different. —— happy farmer. it leads toa different. —— happy farmer. it leads to a broader point, the more we go to a broader point, the more we go to see the things, the more these things happen. if we start —— if we stopped going, they will realise there is no need. i want to come back to victoria. thomas cook aren't going to see world any more that seaworld passes all of your regulations and standards, doesn't it? -- regulations and standards, doesn't it? —— sea world. regulations and standards, doesn't it? -- sea world. the standards of somewhere like sea world, the orca programme is a small part of the programme. looking at orcas and away they are kept, that is big issue. but our guidelines have minimum

standards and best per this because it is about trying to encourage changes. the other thing i would say is often local communities are financially, if not dependent, they get a lot from these attractions so cutting things off straightaway without trying to encourage best practice and changes and alternative ways of doing things, can have sometimes devastating impacts. it is important we are working together on these issues. the uk travel industry is leading the world in some respects in this area. it's not thomas cook. other operators are doing really good stuff in this area. ithink doing really good stuff in this area. i think the point that your interviewee made, it is important that customers ask questions because the more questions we ask as members of the public, the more likely this is to rise up the agenda and people are actually going to look at treating animals properly and raising standards. thank you both very much. and just

about sea world, there is a statement, millions of uk guests have visited the parks to contribute to the protection of marine animals and they say they have seen first—hand the care they provide all animals and how they are protecting and saving species in the wild. thank you very much for discussing that with us this morning. let's find out what's happening with the weather. good morning. weatherwise today, sunshine and showers, that is the case. some at the moment are heavy, particularly in north wales and the west of northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland but there are showers across other parts of the uk. this week we have a mixture of sunshine and showers. after such a windy weekend it won't be as windy this weekend it won't be as windy this week although at times it will be

blustery and then it will warm up towards the end of the week. and for some in the south—east it will be hot. i will talk about that later on. first thing this morning we have showery outbreaks of rain across western scotland and the west of northern ireland. ahead of this weather front there are showers in scotla nd weather front there are showers in scotland and northern ireland. generally speaking there is a lot of dry weather as well. for northern england you are looking at showers first thing and a lot of dry weather. we have showers across wales migrating into northern england through the day and scattered showers across devon and cornwall, into somerset, parts of the midlands and organised showers across parts of the south—east heading in the direction of the north sea. through the course of the day we will hang on to some showers. not all of us will see them. the heaviest across western scotland and northern ireland. temperature—wise we are looking at roughly 18 to about 25. through the evenings are

showers will fade and many of us will have early evening sunshine to look forward to. overnight we will import more thundery rain from the south. only a few of us might hear the odd rumble of thunder. most of us won't. we still have rain in the west. temperatures falling between 10- 15 west. temperatures falling between 10— 15 degrees. tomorrow we have showery rain in the south. that will clear off into the north sea. it will leave england, wales and scotla nd will leave england, wales and scotland with a dry day and sunshine. still for northern ireland and western scotland we are likely to see some rain and the wind will strengthen. temperatures similar to today. by the end of the week we see a rise in temperatures. you can see 21 on the charts. in scotland and northern ireland we have a range of 19- 23. northern ireland we have a range of 19— 23. for most of england and wales the mid to high 20s. 30 or 31 in the south—east. wales the mid to high 20s. 30 or 31 in the south-east. temperatures are

back on their way again. thank you very much. it has been very sunny in one particular place. it is always sunny one particular place. it is always sunny on, one particular place. it is always sunny on, isn't it? for lots of us, this is perhaps the sound of the summer. but now love island is almost over with the live final tonight. you may, or may not, be watching but regardless of who wins, the contestants stand to make thousands. steph's got more on this. let's have a flavour of the sound of the summer. you might love it or hate it... that made a big difference, didn't it? good morning, everyone. whether or not you love it, it is a huge success story and lots of brands want to be part of the love island way. some retailers are up thanks to a tie—up with the tv show. it is expected contestants will be the one that businesses are desperate tojoin with. we can talk now to elle cuthbert edkins of hopper hq. you work with people to help to

boost social media. thank you for joining us. take us back to basics. how can the contestants make money? we work with thousands of brands in 75 countries and a lot of the brands wa nt to 75 countries and a lot of the brands want to reach out to these influencers because you can see in marketing how we can see through this and we're not taking it in. a lot of brands will reach out to these influencers from love island direct messages and talent management to collaborate with them to create unique feeling content which is the customers selling to their customers. what will they have to do? a lot of it is collaboration. brands have content teams and they market it. these influencers had built up massive following. you look at accounts going into love island, they have hundreds of thousands of

followers before they get going. so they are going to work with them, experts in content creation, they have been doing this for years, they will want to work with them to try out new things, work on new campaigns and just put together something that feels more authentic, that will be easily received by followers. so let's say it is a tanning product and one of these influencers as you call them will talk about it on social media and then they will be paid for that? yes, it might be that they put together a story and they will shout out the product or they will put together a sponsored post which will have a product shot and maybe go into the brand they are working with and the product they are marketing. it isa and the product they are marketing. it is a lot about finding the best way to sell to their followers and ultimately those influencers when they leave will know what followers want. so, how much money are we talking? massively depends, we went

with thousands of influencers and it depends on a number of factors, how many depends on a number of factors, how ma ny followers depends on a number of factors, how many followers you have and how much it will reach, and engagement. so we see brands working exclusively with influencers achieving between ten and 20% engagement per post, then it brea ks and 20% engagement per post, then it breaks down by industry. if you look ata breaks down by industry. if you look at a beauty post, which is massive, you mentioned is tanning, it could have £100 per 100 thousand followers, so georgia steal, whose journey was short, she entered late and left early, she has grown her following to 1.2 million so she is set to make a lot of money. and will it last? yes, you have seen islanders from seasons past and we are still watching them on spin—off tv shows, marketing brands, i don't think the love island aspect ends after 12 months is up, there is

still a lot of buzz, and potential to create your own brand and enter the entrepreneurial space. interesting. thank you very much. will you watch the final? 10096. interesting. thank you very much. will you watch the final? 100%. so will you watch the final? 10096. so might i. i might watch it also. interesting to see the price of a post as well. thank you.” interesting to see the price of a post as well. thank you. i think i will be doing something else, just for reflection. just for balance. yes. 200 years ago today, emily bronte, the author of wuthering heights was born. her only novel has gone on to inspire readers, writers and even musicians. our arts and entertainment correspondent colin paterson is at her home in haworth where her life and work is being celebrated. i think ithinki i think i might have said north yorkshire earlier, a spot of bother. good morning. come inside and let's look inside the bronte parsonage museum where she spent most of her aduu museum where she spent most of her adult life. this is the very couch where she died at the age of 30 from tuberculosis. this, a bit happier,

is the table where she wrote wuthering heights. this is the dining room where the family lived. lots of events going on for the 200th anniversary. i've been finding out. it is a big bronte birthday, the 200th anniversary of emily bronte celebrated with poets and fields... yorkshire moors, so bleak and old, inspired the heart of emily... displays of falconry because emily bronte had a pet merlin hawk, called nero. with events all centred around the parsonage in haworth, where she wrote her only novel, wuthering heights, before dying from tuberculosis at the age of 30. what she's left behind is this incredible imaginative tour de force of a novel that people have just loved for generations and it continues to inspire artists and writers working today, and that is very much what we wanted to celebrate — her 200th birthday. and people had come from all over. there is this wildness and this beauty to the writing. i don't know, you just get kind of sucked into the story. you've got to come here and pay homage really, because it puts everything into perspective, itjust brings it all to life.

the celebrations have also included the unveiling of a tribute stone out in the moors, featuring a new poem by kate bush, who famously had a number one with wuthering heights. at the time, she explained her inspiration. i saw a series in the television about ten years ago, and it was on late at night, and i caught literally the five minutes of the series when she was at the window trying to get in. ghost: i'm catherine linton, and i've come home. and itjust really struck me. it was so strong. and i read the book. later? yes. i read the book before i wrote the song. one little quirk of fate,

todayis song. one little quirk of fate, today is kate bush's 60th birthday. another famous fan is lily cole, who has directed a short film exploring the character heathcliff‘s origins as an abandoned baby, but in a modern setting. they'll accept your baby. black balls have to go home. the babies are too sick. white balls get a second chance. why does emily bronte mean so much to you? the fact that she wrote the book at a time when it was very difficult for women to be taken seriously and to become authoresses or authors. the fact that she published it under a pseudonym, ellis bell, has always intrigued me. and we don't know very much about her. she's really a mystery and most of what we know is kind of hearsay and oral tradition. but it's purely the book, that's the reason i'm fascinated by her, is that she created that work. ana as for what emily would have made of all this... we also know she was an incredibly private writer and so i wonder if she may have also found this level of scrutiny perhaps an bit intolerable. oh, well, happy birthday, emily. and that film will be showing here

at the bronte parsonage museum from today. let's speak to the boss of the museum. how did you go about celebrating someone like emily bronte's 200th birthday? you have to decide which aspects of personality she wanted to celebrate. she was the author of an amazing novel. she wrote poetry. she was very musical. she loved the outdoors. so we thought she was such an all—rounder we needed to celebrate all of those aspects of her personality and her writing. and so we are. and behind you we can see the windows of the dining room where she wrote wuthering heights. just the one novel because she died at the age of 30. why has she still being remembered? i think for the novel and also because people read the novel at a very impressionable age, often on the school curriculum and

it has a huge impact, but we also don't know much about her. we talk about her refusal to give up her secrets. she is an enigma. people love that. from the bronte parsonage museum will have more on the anniversary of her 200th birthday, but first the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm alpa patel. as gun and knife crime continue to rise and cause alarm in london, the government says it's doubling the money available for prevention schemes. the home secretary says the fund will get a boost of £11 million nationwide. sajid javid says the cash will support groups helping to educate young people and provide them with alternatives. police and crime commissioners will be responsible for funding projects in their area. the mayor of london said he was disappointed after an injunction has

delayed construction work on the c511 delayed construction work on the cs11 which was meant to begin today. cyclists say the highway will improve safety at one of the most notorious junctions. improve safety at one of the most notoriousjunctions. westminster council say it is concerned it will lead to a rise in traffic congestion and poorair lead to a rise in traffic congestion and poor air quality. new rules come into force today banning drones from flying above 400 feet, and within 0.6 of a mile of airport boundaries. the number of aircraft incidents involving drones has risen sharply in the past few years, with a 25% increase reported in 2017. in 2017, there were eight reported incidents that posed risk to aircraft at gatwick. and earlier this month a drone came within 20 feet of an aircraft that had just taken off from london luton airport. anyone found breaching these new restrictions risks five years in prison. historic england has received hundreds of nominations from the public ina hundreds of nominations from the public in a bid to find london's lesser—known tributes. a graveyard that was once a burial ground for paupers and prostitutes, a bench where a marriage proposal took place in the ‘50s, and a mural

from the 19th century that commemorates local heroes are among the many memorials that were nominated. let's have a look at the travel situation now. on the tube, the northern line is pa rt on the tube, the northern line is part suspended with no service between camden town. it is slow on the m25 clockwise betweenjunction 10 and 11 because of a breakdown. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. well, it was quite a refreshing weekend following all the heat we had. quite a bit of rain quenching those thirsty gardens. today we've still got a few showers around but some sunny spells. and over the next few days it looks like the heat is going to build back in again. now, back to today, we have just got a lighter breeze compared to the weekend. still there. south—westerly blowing through the showers. one or two heavy ones potentially. fewer showers this afternoon, with some sunny spells and temperatures getting up to 25 in central london. overnight tonight, we will get some

clear spells at first and then more cloud building in through the second part of the night. again, one or two heavy showers potentially. you might just hear a rumble of thunder. minimum temperature, not especially cold, between 14—16 celsius. so a mild start tomorrow morning. some sunny spells, again, some scattered showers around for tuesday. and look at the temperatures. building up to head towards the end of the week and into the weekend. with, again, plenty of dry, sunny weather. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today... from paris to the valleys. celebrations into the night as geraint thomas becomes the first welshman to win the tour de france. what will you do when you get back

on home soil? have a beer, probably. it will be nice to get back into normality a bit as well. you know, like watch bbc breakfast in bed with a coffee. good morning geraint if you're watching. we'll hear from team sky and get reaction from the welsh wizard's hometown. back on track? after weeks of misery for passengers, northern rail restarts more than 100 cancelled services. strong winds fan the flames of the california wildfires as they continue to destroy everything in their path. the price of fruit and veg is going up as the extreme weather we've experienced this year is causing chaos for farmers. i'll have all the details. rain at last, and in bucketloads, but did it make or break your weekend? carol can tell us whether there's more on its way. not to the same extent, but we are looking at sunshine and showers. not all of us seeing a shower. temperatures peaking at 24 or 25, by

the end of the week it will be higher than that for many. more in 15 minutes. it's monday the 30th ofjuly. our top story... geraint thomas has spent the night celebrating in paris after becoming the first welshman to win the tour de france, describing it as the "stuff of dreams". we heard that he was up until four o'clock at least. the team sky rider follows sir bradley wiggins in 2012 and four—time tour champion chris froome as britain's sixth winner in seven years, as olly foster reports. geraint thomas just about kept his emotions in check on the champs—elysee. the british dominance of the tour continues, but draped in the welsh flag, he knows just what this victory means. it's mental, whenever anybody says it, it's just like, just gotta pinch myself. it will take a while to sink in. it will be nice to get back into normality a bit as well. you know, like watch bbc breakfast in bed with a coffee and just, you know, not worry about what's

to come in the stage or whatever, but, i will certainly enjoy the next couple of weeks for sure. thomas had worn the yellowjersey for over half the tour. the former champion chris froome, who toasted thomas with champagne on the road to paris, realised last week as his legs let him down that the team man who had helped him to so many of his victories would also be taking his title. it was clear from the first mountain—top finish that g was the stronger rider in this year's tour de france. getting behind him was the natural thing for me to do. geraint thomas has won olympic, world and commonwealth gold medals. but over three weeks and 3,000km conquering the alps and the pyrenees, he has now reached cycling's summit. i think it is wonderful because it is the underdog in the sense that he has always been working for somebody else, he gets his shot and he brings it home. and nobody has a bad word to say about geraint thomas in the peloton. he is a very popular guy, both with the riders and the public. you can see what it means to the fans here in paris

and there were scenes just like this in cardiff as well. cardiff is where it all started for thomas, chancing across a local cycling club. the rest is history. brilliant stuff. every time i watch it, it makes me smile. that is the of sport. —— the magic of sport. after months of severe delays and cancellations, northern rail will today reinstate most of the services it cancelled just eight weeks ago. ministers have described the disruption as "unacceptable" and the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has accused the government of turning a blind eye to the chaos. dave guest is at preston railway station for us. what is going on? good morning, yes, well, we have seen a number of cancellations and delays this morning, but perhaps not as many as there have been in previous weeks.

the misery began in may, when northern introduced the new timetable. it eventually meant they haven't got enough drivers to service all of the trains they were trying to run. in earlyjune they decided they would withdraw more than 100 services to try to make the service more reliable. it led to lots of frustration, lots of anger from commuters, mps saying that northern should be stripped of the franchise because it was not capable of running the rail service in this pa rt of running the rail service in this part of the world. let's remind ourselves of what northern did at the beginning ofjune. they took out 168 of their daily services. they felt that would mean they could get on top of the very last minute cancellations and delays that caused so cancellations and delays that caused so many problems. however, there we re so many problems. however, there were still problems. the northern powerhouse partnership reckons that businesses in this part of the world have lost about £37 million because the disruption to the train services over the past couple of months. northern say as of today they are reintroducing 75% of the services

that they withdrew in june. they say they will have the rest of those back online by september. they are hoping that will get on top of the problems. there have been a number of cancellations we have seen at preston station today. the app northern fail says there have been 39 cancellations across the network this morning. we have to say we have seen more on—times on this morning. we have to say we have seen more on—times on the boards that have been seen for some time. it depends us that they goes on when we find out how the services have been shaping up and if northern have got on top of this. there is some scepticism among some of the passengers we spoke to today. thank you very much. there is one of the services at least leaving. dave was mentioning northern fail, we will be speaking to somebody from that app and andy burnham soon. safety measures will be in place to protect mourners later at the funeral of dawn sturgess, who died following exposure to the nerve agent novichok. the mother—of—three will be cremated in salisbury. reverend philip bromiley,

who will lead the service, said the funeral directors had been working with public health england which reiterated its advice that the risk to the public was low. authorities in northern california are continuing to battle severe wildfires. six people are so far known to have died with 12,000 firefighters currently tackling 17 separate fires. here's our north america correspondent, james cook. the devastation wrought by the wildfire which roared into redding is becoming clear. survivors described an apocalyptic scene as they fled, with swirling tornadoes of flame. some feared they would not make it. homes were exploding, cars were exploding, and i have a wife and kids, and i said i had better facetime my wife, just in case. i didn't let her know why i was doing it but ijust wanted to see her face one more time. the inferno left hundreds of homes in ruins, and a boy, his sister and their great—grandmother are dead:

five—year—old james roberts, his four—year—old sister emily, and their great—grandmother, melody bledsloe. i was talking to my great—grandson, saying, please, the fire is at the back door, come and get us. i said, i'm trying to get in there. i said, i'm right by you. two firefighters were killed too. one who'd been cutting vegetation with a bulldozer, was 81 years old. the firefighters of the american west are now stretched to the limit. more than 10,000 have been deployed in california alone. 130 major fires blazing across the continent from new mexico to alaska. canada has more than 40 major wildfires. this has become normal for california. fires are now burning year—round, rather than just in the summer. and scientists say the reasons for that are human activity, natural weather patterns, and a warming climate. james cook, bbc news, in northern california.

some breaking news this morning, the final report on what happened to flight mh370 has been published by the malaysian government. the malaysia airlines plane vanished with 239 people aboard en route to beijing from kuala lumpur four years ago. with the latest we can speak to our correspondent, karishma vaswani who is in singapore for us this morning. i know that you are watching the press co nfe re nce i know that you are watching the press conference that is still ongoing, assessing what has been said at the moment. what have you picked up so far? over the last hour orso, picked up so far? over the last hour or so, there has been, as you were saying, a press conference that has been taking place in the administrative capital of malaysia, not too far away from singapore, about an hour's flight. from what officials have been saying, there have been details coming out. we

have been details coming out. we have heard from authorities that air traffic control did not comply with established procedures. we have also heard from officials there that, by and large, from what they can understand or believe, there is no evidence to suggest that there was any remote takeover of mh370. that was a theory floated for some time, whether or not there had been a hijacking of the plane, technologically, through technology, through operators being established elsewhere. at this point in time, the officials in malaysia say they don't believe that to be the case. the report does appear to highlight some of the mistakes with protocol and guidelines that were not adhered to. it is not clear yet what was not paid attention to, if you will. many of the relatives of people on board that flight were actually given a

copy of the report earlier today, at the malaysia minister of transport. they have said there is nothing new in the report. many of them say, according to media reports, that they have yet to find some closure asa they have yet to find some closure as a result of the report, and they are very as a result of the report, and they are very disappointed that, given the malaysia government has been unable to find a conclusive reason as to what happened to this plane and white disappeared in march 2014 —— why it's disappeared in march 2014, why another surge is not taking place. thank you very much for the very latest from singapore. that press conference is still ongoing, and there will be a full assessment of that on the bbc news channel one that is finished. the other story we have been talking about is commuters across the north of england seen the roll—out of a

new timetable today as northern rail brings back 75% of the services it cancelled in may. those changes caused delays and cancellations but before their introduction customers were reporting problems. commuter nick mitchell founded the "northern fail" app, and the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham both join us soon. there were fantastically high temperatures, and then it all broke over the weekend. i was on my bike, riding 100 miles in london with 25,000 other people. conditions were tough. you were in a tent? yes, near scarborough, my children were a bit concerned about fort thunder and lightning is like when it is right above your tent and you are meant to be having a barbecue. it is an important holiday memory. the sudden downpour stopped the high temperatures and one of the busiest

weekends for holiday mochas, mixed emotions for the end of the searing heat. what a difference a day makes. after weeks of glorious sunshine which turned this green and pleasant land into, well, a rather scorched, parched one. thunder claps. whoa! the heatwave finally broke on friday and in the most dramatic way. there was thunder, lightning, hailstones and rain, lots of rain. some parts of the uk saw a month's worth of rain in a few hours. however, it was a welcome relief for some. finally, the rain actually falls in yorkshire. yay! it's nice. just nice. the change in the weather brought its own problems. organisers of the heckington show in lincolnshire described the conditions as challenging, although they managed to keep the show open. in dorset, 45mph winds and driving rain forced the early

closure of the bestival music festival. many travellers couldn't even get away from the stormy weather. there were long delays and many cancelled flights and huge delays for eurotunnel passengers. and the topsy—turvy weather is set to continue with rain then high temperatures and sunshine later in the week. that was a mini weather report. we need the official one. looking behind you, it looks fairly ominous? maybe don't like yourself?m behind you, it looks fairly ominous? maybe don't like yourself? it is starting to rain a little bit in london. good morning to both of you. really this morning we do have some rain and some showers in the forecast. currently the heaviest as across north wales, parts of western scotla nd across north wales, parts of western scotland fringing into northern ireland. there are showers in other parts of the uk as well. as we go

through this week, sunshine and showers in the forecast. it is not going to be as windy as it was, particularly in england and wales. it is also going to turn warmer, or hotter, depending on which end of the country you find yourself in. this morning, a weather front coming into the west is producing rain across western scotland. edging into the west of northern ireland. ahead of that rain come across scotland, a lot of cloud, one or two showers and some sunshine in the north—east. for northern ireland, head of the weather front, you also northern ireland, head of the weatherfront, you also have northern ireland, head of the weather front, you also have some sunshine. northern england, some sunshine. northern england, some sunshine but one two showers. the showers in wales are going to tra nsfer to showers in wales are going to transfer to northern england through the course of the day. we also have some showers peppering the south—west of england, the midlands and into the south—east. some of those are also a bit on the heavy side. but they are hit and miss. through the course of the day, some of the showers will fade, we will see others developing. again, hit

and miss showers. they will be fairly constant on and off i go across western scotland and the rest of northern ireland, notjust heavy but the odd rumble of thunder. temperatures, 15 or 18 in the north, 25 in the south. this evening, a lot of sunshine around. many showers fading. overnight, simply spells, but still showers across western scotla nd but still showers across western scotland and the west of northern ireland. at the same time, a new system bringing showery outbreaks of across southern england. temperature wise, falling to around ten, 15 or 16. tomorrow we start off with showery rain across southern and central england. it clears into the north sea. at the same time, we have a new system coming in across western scotland and the west of northern ireland, bringing in rain and strengthening wind. between both of those, a lot of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine. as we headed towards the end of the week, that is when temperature starts to rise. you can see 23 in the north and 31 in

the south. breaking that down, for scotla nd the south. breaking that down, for scotland and northern ireland, the range will be roughly 19—23 for most of england and wales, looking to the mid—to high 20s. the south—east will have 30 or 31. let's return to the northern rail story. david guest has been at the train station for us, they are bringing back 75% of the cancelled services. commuter nick mitchell founded the "northern fail" app, and the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham bothjoin us. you are a commuter, how bad did it get for you? i was a commuter! he has given up? so, it was really bad. back—to—back has given up? so, it was really bad. back—to— back cancellations, not getting home until 7.30 sundays. it

was continuous, no end in sight. i actually built the app before the introduction of the timetable, because it was bad before the timetable change, just to highlight the daily cancellations, putting that in people's hands, people screenshot the statistics and share that. every cancellation, when your train gets cancelled, saying your train gets cancelled, saying your train has been cancelled, that little arguments don't really mean anything, but when you have the data, you can complain about it. you described it as chaos, andy, will it end? that described it as chaos, andy, will it end ? that is described it as chaos, andy, will it end? that is the fear, there is no end? that is the fear, there is no end to it? it is hard to see how it ends at the moment. as nick said, it was poor before the new timetable, it collapsed when the new timetable came in. since we have the emergency timetable, where there have been fewer trains running, people could have expected things to get better but they haven't. it carried on being poor. the transport secretary said in may that sorting out rail in the north was his top priority, but

there is no evidence he has done anything about that. are you calling him, having conversations? i've tried, but you get nothing from ministers. they just blame tried, but you get nothing from ministers. theyjust blame the rail industry. i'm afraid that isn't good enough. this time last year, chris grayling cancelled the upgrade of the track capacity in central manchester. that is a big part of the problem. to answer your question, no, it's not going to get much better because they have a timetable that doesn't work with the info structure that they've got. until that is sorted out, we will carry on seeing this chaos. the government gave a statement pointing out that view, andy burnham, sit on the board transport for the north, that jointly manages the board transport for the north, thatjointly manages the franchise, could you have not done something? they are always blaming somebody else, i have been on the board for two months and sat there without the power for doing anything. the government would not give them the power. so we sit there with a

limited ability to do anything, as we see services going downhill. it is very frustrating. you have have the northern powerhouse partnership on saying that we need devolved control over the railways, and i would absolutely echo that. you say you have given up on the commute, you have given up on the commute, you have given up on the commute, you have learned to drive, how does that compare? at the moment, it is 0k. driving is cheaper, you get on time. but when the football and schools are back in, the traffic will get worse. i'm not the only one changing from rail. it's frustrating for me to hear that, because a lot of people have done what you have done, and the roads are increasingly congested, and people cannot get around. my point is that this had been going on for a long time. it was the south of england, i have to say, i think ministers would have been sorting things out. they have had problems in the south of england as well. i mean, serious problems?

they have, but not scale that we have here. if the train doesn't work, there is no tube or anything else, you are basically beholden to the system. sometimes i feel in my office that i need to congratulate people when they arrive for work, it has got that bad. it is a lottery, you are turning up with no idea when you are turning up with no idea when you will get to work and you can't carry on like that. a quote from the conservative mayor of tees valley said this, you are an experienced political operator who knows how to grab political operator who knows how to gmba political operator who knows how to grabafew political operator who knows how to grab a few headlines and you are playing politics with this issue. what would be your response?” playing politics with this issue. what would be your response? i would disagree with him completely. it is myjob to be a voice to people in greater manchester. if i don't do it, who will hear about all of this chaos? that is the job of a politician, when things are going wrong, to bring it to the attention of people who can put them right. i don't have the power. the transport secretary still has the power. i have asked him, and asked him, and asked him to intervene. this is not

playing politics, i have said, intervene and do yourjob. it is because i have run out of options that i have had to write to the prime minister. i am just doing my job, speaking up for the long—suffering travelling public and the north of england. if he doesn't feel he has to do that, that is up to him, but i will carry on raising at until the government sorted out. the country is not functioning properly at the moment. ministers need to stop arguing about brexit, get appearance sought the issue out. shall we leave it there for the moment? we will carry on this conversation at another point. thank you very much indeed. i am sure the app will keep going as well. when the welsh cyclist geraint thomas first rode up the champs—elysees in 2007, he was finishing 140th out of 141 cyclists. before this year his best place in the tour de france was 15th. today, he will wake up after a night of celebrations as the champion and a new welsh hero. so where did it all go right? sally has been taking a look.

geraint, or ‘g' to his friends, was born in cardiff in 1986. it was at maindy flyers youth cycling club where the skinny—legged youngster was first introduced to bikes. his fans have dedicated a famous welsh song to him and he loves tojoin in. # tainty thomas, tainty tainty thomas # hey, hey, hey! as well as claiming his yellow jersey, geraint has two olympic golds and three world championship titles on the track. plus a commonwealth win in the 2014 rd race. commentator: g wins the big g for wales. soggy but magnificent. did you know, away from cycling, geraint runs a wedding venue with his wife and their dog? this sara, my wife, and blanche, the dog. say hi. hello. so, yeah, this is st tewdrics. most importantly, he has great taste in tv. what's the first thing you're going to do when you get back on home soil?

have a beer, probably. will be nice just to get back into normality a bit as well, you know, watch bbc breakfast in bed with a coffee. we are using that clip quite a laugh this morning. we are really excited he said that. breakfast of champions! our wales reporter tomos morgan is there for us now. this is where it all started, the youngsters are just going around the track as they have done for the past hour and track as they have done for the past hourand a track as they have done for the past hour and a half. the person that first helped him, debbie, is with me. what was he like back in the day? just like the geraint we saw on the podium yesterday. but you have told me that he didn't have natural, obvious talent? he didn't, he was just like any of these kids riding around the track, he just had a go and joined in. lovely boy. the

attributes that made him stand out? as he got older he was really focused and timid and what he was doing and committed to cycling. after that stage he began to release —— really shine. he came out from the swimming pooljust up there and looked over the fence onto the track, saw some kids riding around, not quite as professionally as these, and decided to have a go a few days later. he does come down here every so often, what is it like having him around? obviously it is different now, but what has it been like? it has been great for the kids, they can see like somebody just like them, he came out and had agoat just like them, he came out and had a go at something off the street and tried it, just like they have, to see what he has achieved, the other riders from the club that have done well, it is great for them to see and to know if they want to do something similar the opportunity is there. what would you like to see from this success? as a club, i

think this club can really grow. a lot more support for them. more kids in cycling, whether it is for fun or for competition. thank you. so, that is the status here in cardiff. let's get a latest local weather news where you are. some parts of the country saw the most significant rain at the weekend. some showers should be using a way later in the week and those temperatures, once again, will be hotting up later on as well. for today we have low pressure sitting well out into the north—west of the uk. but rotating around that,

whether france that will be pushing their way from west to east across their way from west to east across the country. lines of showers, one across parts of north—west scotland, across parts of north—west scotland, across the south—west of inland as well. almost anywhere across the uk could catch some of those passing showers as we look through the course of the day. they will become further and fewer between later in the afternoon, with a bit more sunshine and it will field a touch warmer than yesterday. the highs and the south—east, 25 or 26 degrees. most of the showers are easing away quite quickly to the evening, a largely dry end to the day. overnight, more showery rain working in across southern and south—western pa rt in across southern and south—western part of england. further north, most places dry, reasonably mild with temperatures in double figures across the board. through the day on tuesday, some showers for the south—east of england should ease away by lunchtime. more cloud and a strengthening breeze bringing rain into north—western parts of scotland and to northern ireland. we keep the sunshine for central and eastern

parts, with temperatures in the mid—20s. as we work through towards the middle part of the week, we have a warm front approaching the atlantic. it will bring more cloud in from the west on wednesday. a lot of the uk having a dry day with some sunshine. if you showers for northern and western parts of the country, the sunshine in the east, temperatures up to 27 degrees. this is business live from bbc news with ben thompson and sally bundock. an historic election in zimbabwe — the first in 30 years without robert mugabe on the ballot — but can the country overcome the economic challenges? live from london, that's our top story on monday the 30th ofjuly. after years of instability — zimbabwe wants to show

it's open for business — we'll look at the country's economic health and what's drawing international investors. also in the programme... the mounting cost of trade wars — bmw will increase some prices in china because of tariffs imposed by both beijing and washington.