good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: an end to rough sleeping in england within a decade. the government sets out a plan to help thousands of people turn their lives around. back from holiday, but staying silent. borisjohnson refuses to apologise for his burka comments, as muslim leaders up the pressure on theresa may to act. queuing for up to 2.5 hours. new figures reveal the scale of passport delays faced by passengers at heathrow last month. good morning. even when our shops are open, our high streets are getting quieter. we are spending less as well. in northampton they have had an m&s close at the weekend. i am have had an m&s close at the weekend. iam here have had an m&s close at the weekend. i am here to figure out what is going on. it is a golden hat—trick for dina asher—smith. she caps a stunning european championships with victory in the sprint relay. joe mcfadden danced his way to the strictly crown last year. but who will be trying to get their hands on the glitterball trophy this time around?

we will announce the first of this year's contenders, and they willjoin us just after 8:00am. good morning. the met office has a yellow warning out for some thunderstorms across some northern and eastern parts of the uk. the rest of us are looking at sunshine and some showers. i will have more in about 15 minutes. it is monday 13 august. our top story: a £100 million plan to end rough sleeping in england by 2027 is being set out by the government. the number of people on the streets has been on the rise for the past seven years, with almost 5,000 sleeping rough each night in 2017. charities have described the strategy as a step forward, but still some way from a total fix. breakfast‘s graham satchell reports. we are on the streets of east london with the homelessness charity saint mungo ‘s. outreach workers do this

every night, checking parks, streets and always. this man who didn't want to be identified told us he had drug and mental health problems. he has been sleeping rough for four months. does it feel as though you are getting any help? i don't think i am getting any help? i don't think i am getting help at the moment, no. what will happen to you? what would happen, i don't know. i have been suffering. it is a bit tough and it is quite hard and it is quite scary as well. if you could say one thing to the government, what would you say to them? i would say help the homeless, give them a chance to change their life. the number of people sleeping on the street has more than doubled in a decade. today's announcement by the government promises £100 million to end rough sleeping in england by 2027. it includes £50 million for homes for people ready to move on from hostels, and £30 million for targeted mental health services for rough sleepers. charities like saint mungo ‘s have welcomed today's

strategy, but remained concerned about the causes of homelessness, like a lack of safe, affordable housing. what we are saying is that much more needs to be done. so it is a good start, but it is just the beginning. and actually, the end rough sleeping by 2027 is going to ta ke rough sleeping by 2027 is going to take a lot more investment —— to end rough sleeping. activists say that cuts to services have caused the homelessness crisis, and described today's strategy as people. —— feeble. we will be speaking about the strategy with the secretary for housing, communities and local government just after 7:00am. the muslim council of britain will write to the prime minister today warning her that the conservative party's investigation into comments by borisjohnson about the burka must not be a whitewash. the former foreign secretary is yet to respond to the criticism. our political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminsterfor us. a week on from mrjohnson‘s initial comments, but a story that clearly won't go away. well, borisjohnson himself is clearly trying to defuse this row,

making no mention of his previous comments in today's newspaper column. remember, those comments we re column. remember, those comments were made in his telegraph column last week. he is calling for a cut to stamp duty and has been on holiday for much of the last week. he didn't speak to reporters when he got back over the weekend. he has so far resisted calls from both the prime minister and the chairman of the conservative party to apologise for his comments, in which he compared women who wore the burka or niqab two letterboxes or bank robbers. he does have an internal conservative party investigation hanging over him, though. this was triggered by a number of complaints which came into the party. it has angered many of his supporters, some of whom think this investigation and enquiry is being used to damage him politically. but today, the muslim group the muslim council of britain has said this investigation must be a white wash. this is all to do a

potential breach of the party code of conduct, and there are a number of conduct, and there are a number of stages to this. the complaints are being assessed to see whether they should be taken further or dismissed. in the muslim council of britain have said they mustn't be dismissed at this first stage. they could go on if there is deemed to be a breach of the code of conduct, and it could go all the way to the conservative party board, which would have the power to expel him from the party. i have to say at the moment we are some way from that, but clearly this process has some way to run. police investigating a shooting in the moss side area of manchester are treating it as attempted murder. 12 people including two children were taken to hospital early yesterday, mostly for what officers described as pellet—type wounds. no—one has been arrested. at this point in time our working

assumption is that it was a shotgun. initial reports were of two bangs being heard and that is what our officers responded to. at the moment we can't verify whether that was one, two or three at the moment. we are certainly not considering more than that at this stage. delays at heathrow airport passport control left passengers queuing for up to 2.5 hours last month. on 30 out of 31 days injuly, the border force missed its target of a 45—minute wait or less for 95% of visitors from outside the european economic area. let's talk to our reporter jenny kumah, who is at heathrow for us this morning. so what has been going on? well, you know what it is like. you land at an airport, you are often tired, the last thing you want to be greeted by at the airport terminal is the sight ofa at the airport terminal is the sight of a sea of passengers and long queues for passport control. for passengers landing here on sixjuly, they had faced queues of 2.5 hours,

so well beyond the 45 minute time period that they should have been dealt with. the uk border force has a target of dealing with 95% of passengers from outside the european economic area within 45 minutes, but it only managed to reach that target on one day injuly. so what went wrong? well, the government says there were problems with large numbers of vulnerable adults and children arriving, and also that there were problems with computer failures. and they say that these checks have to be carried out. they don't want the compromises purity, but they are putting forward, deploying a further 200 staff over the summer. meanwhile, the chief executive of heathrow has put forward the suggestion that citizens from countries he describes as safe, such as the us and canada, should be able to use the electronic gates at passport control. because currently they have to go through the more

laborious process of being manually and electronically checked. meanwhile, airlines like ba and virgin atlantic want more resources put into the uk border force. and they say, you know, with brexit on they say, you know, with brexit on the horizon, the uk needs to create a good first impression and show the world that the uk is open for business. 0k, well, we can see the problems. thank you very much indeed for telling us about them. let us know if you have had similar issues at that airport at other airports as well. we would like to hear from you hear on brexit. we will be talking about that later on as well. reports suggest at least 39 people including 12 children have been killed, and many are still missing, following a blast that brought down a building in the syrian province of idlib. the building is said to have contained munitions belonging to an arms trafficker. idlib is the last major rebel—held area, and is expected to be the next target for syrian armed forces. train travel is now the second—least—trusted consumer

industry in the uk, according to new research. surveys by the passengers' watchdog transport focus and the consumer group which show a decline in satisfaction. the government says it is investing in the biggest rail modernisation programme since victorian times. our business correspondent joe lynam has the story. new timetables, thousands of council services, angry commuters, strike action and rising costs — it has not been a happy time for many rail users, and it is evident in a detailed satisfaction survey over the past decade. a study of transport focus data found that overall satisfaction with rail punctuality and reliability has fallen from 79% a decade ago to 73% today, but regular commuter satisfaction fell even further to 62% in that time. on top of that, rail fares could be set to rise by 3.5% next year. that is because train fare increases are tied to the higher measure of inflation, known as rpi. it could add £150 to an average long—distance commuter.

i understand that our passengers have had a really tough time over the last few months. i'm a regular commuter myself. but we have to work together with a long—term plan, that's what companies are doing, rail companies are doing. that plan is going to make journeys better over the coming years. it's going to improve the economy, it's going to better connect communities up and down the country. to compound things for some train users, another strike by rmt rail workers is set for next month, in a very long—running dispute about guards on trains. joe lynam, bbc news. we've got some remarkable pictures out of china for you, a car narrowly escaped being dragged into a sinkhole. it opened up after hours of torrential rain in the north west of the country. local residents helped pull the car to safety. nobody was injured, according to state media. goodness me. did you just learn that

up goodness me. did you just learn that upfor me goodness me. did you just learn that up for me completely? teamwork making the dream work? because... sorry, yes, sally, iwas linking things together perfectly. what a few days dina asher—smith has had. i know this is the european championships, but she is world class. dina asher—smith won a third gold medal at the european championships in berlin. she brought home the baton for great britain with a fantastic anchor leg in the sprint relay. the men's team also won, and laura muir took gold in the1,500m. premier league champions manchester city got the defence of their title off to a winning start with a 2—0 victory at arsenal. liverpool also won 4—0 against west ham. england demolished india at lord's to go 2—0 up in theirfive—match test series. they won inside four days, and didn't even have to bat again. and brooks koepka held off tiger woods to win the us pga championship, his second major

title of the season. and i know lots of you might have been up quite late last night waiting for tiger woods. do you think someone on the sofa may have been watching? i think someone was. it was dan. i may have been involved in an unwise decision. what you are waiting for that moment of redemption. text of the team last night saying if tiger woods wins the uspga, this is a whopper. you still haven't answered, what time did it finished? i have no comment to make. iam here, finished? i have no comment to make. i am here, is the important thing. let's take a look at today's front pages. the telegraph leads on borisjohnson, but not for the row over his burka comments, which have dominated headlines recently. writing his column in the paper, the former foreign secretary has called on theresa may to slash absurdly high stamp duty and ditch

affordable housing targets. the top story in the guardian is about train fares, which it says are expected to rise by 3.5% from next january. the daily mail follows up on its story aboutjeremy corbyn, who it says attended a memorial service at a tunisian cemetery where militants involved in the 1972 munich olympics attack are buried. the newspaper reports that widows of victims killed in the massacre have demanded an apology from the labour leader. and the sun splashes on the duchess of sussex's father, thomas markle, it says he fears he will be locked out from the royal family after giving a series of interviews to the press. the most—read on the bbc news website this morning is about the indonesian capital ofjakarta, which is one of the fastest—sinking cities in the world. researchers say, if this goes unchecked, parts of the megacity could be entirely submerged by 2050. so, 8:10am today we are unveiled

officially the first person who is he strictly contestant for the year. so it is no one on the sofa?” he strictly contestant for the year. so it is no one on the sofa? i was ina spot so it is no one on the sofa? i was in a spot of bother over the weekend. why? i was talking about how i wasn't in strictly, so i sent this, hull on a minute, isent how i wasn't in strictly, so i sent this, hull on a minute, i sent this, can you noticed the word i missed out, which is quite crucial. three letters. i said i am 10096 doing strictly this year, which i wrote at the service station while i was buying a magnum, then i have to correct it quite quickly. 0h buying a magnum, then i have to correct it quite quickly. oh dear, is it like idris elba? did you deny

too much? i am not doing strictly this year — next year? too much? i am not doing strictly this year - next year? i am too busy. where do you fit it in? this year - next year? i am too busy. where do you fit it mm this year - next year? i am too busy. where do you fit it in? it was nice to be asked. exactly. let's look at the rest of the papers, shall we? 8:10am and we have a glitter ball, so we are very excited. can we see the glitter ball? you can'tjust amend ball? you can'tjust -- excited. can we see the glitter ball? you can'tjust -- demand it. a bit of sport? go on. great pictures on the back of the papers of the golden girls, shall we call them the golden girls, shall we call them the golden girls, shall we call them the golden girls, jumping forjoy yesterday, and as you said earlier, dan, world—class, world—class performances from the british athletics team in berlin. the european championships have been great, haven't they, really exciting to watch, thrilling to watch, with a

new generation of stars. in the mirror this morning they are talking about ronaldo who has been hospitalised in ibiza with pneumonia. this ronaldo. not the other ronaldo, he is ok, he has been thanking people for the good wishes, he is going to be fine. scary time, though. absolutely. have you seen these stacks, these stone stacks? no. it is a new craze. people go to the beach and a stackable stones on top of each other and i think they look lovely. environmentalists provoke critical, demanding curbs on the beach—goers who enjoy stacking rocks. what is the character in the night garden? what is their name?

macca pacca? yes! apparently, it is therapeutic. i quite enjoy... knocking them over? flinging the stones on the beach. there is a difference between flinging and skimming. and i hope they were your own. yes, my own. you havejust skimming. and i hope they were your own. yes, my own. you have just come back from holiday. have a nice time? lovely, thanks very much. this man, sam, went to holiday in spain with his wife's passport. no. yes. as the german's say, he has a full beard, his wife hasn't, but he got there and back on his wife's passport. no! i don't think he did it on passport, let's see if i can go on my wife's passport. goodness me. what do you

think of the new mugs?” passport. goodness me. what do you think of the new mugs? i don't like change. lots of people like the new mugs. you can't have one. we only have four! there are only four in the world, ok? have four! there are only four in the world, 0k? what do you think they are worth. at least a pound. it has a full wraparound... they are worth. at least a pound. it has a full wraparound. .. it works rather nicely. again, i wouldn't know. would you like to share my mug? know. would you like to share my 7i know. would you like to share my mug? i have only sipped from one side. my lipstick is on one side. come on! you can't have one. i promised i would get one for carol. we'll have to get you a new one. that is right, you did. it still hasn't materialised. this morning we have a lot of weather on the cards. for some in the east we have thunderstorms. the met office has a warning out for eastern england. if you're in the west it will be dry.

having said that, there will be one or two showers around. as we go three yesterday evening and overnight, you can see the big line of cloud here, which has been producing some rain as it drifts east, which means it is also a damp day, which has produced the rain and also the cloud and the dampness, but also the cloud and the dampness, but a ridge of high pressure from the west will mean for parts of northern ireland, western england and wales, even western scotland, we could see some dry conditions. first thing this morning we have the remnants of the rain across northern england, three east anglia as well and through the course of the day we will see further showers develop and some of those will be heavy —— through east anglia. for many there will be dry weather with a fair bit of cloud around, breaking to allow sunshine to come through yesterday the sunny skies were in shetland and that will be the same today.

temperatures nothing to write home about. 16 in the north, highs of 24 as we pushed to the south. through this evening we will still have some heavy showers, with the potential for them to be thundery as well. but you will we start to see sky is clear. still some cloud around and it is going to be quite humid for many parts of the uk. temperatures down to about 12— 14 or 15. then we start tomorrow on a fine night. for many of us it will be dry. there will also be some sunshine. but a weather front coming across western scotla nd weather front coming across western scotland and northern ireland will bring some rain. now, through the day the rain won't be particularly heavy. not that this stage. as we come further south we are looking at afair bit come further south we are looking at a fair bit of dry weather and some sunshine. and temperatures into the 20s. as we head on into wednesday, if anything, the weather front really peps up, so we will see heavy rain coming into northern ireland, western and northern scotland and

into southern scotland, northern england, sprinkling into north—west wales as well. head of that we have a lot of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine as well. temperatures again responding in the sunshine. we could have 27 for example in norwich. but we are still looking at cooler conditions in stornoway at only 15. now, through the rest of wednesday and into thursday this weather front careers southwards and in doing so the band of rain will narrow and it will weaken into the south—east. behind it a plethora of showers. once again they could be heavy. you may hear the odd rumble of thunder. in between some dry conditions. one thing you will notice is the temperature, particularly in the south—east. remember, norwich on wednesday will be 27. well, we are looking at 18 by thursday. and as we travel further north we are looking at again at temperatures into the midteens. what a difference from last week. did you

acclimatise to the high temperatures last week, by the way?|j acclimatise to the high temperatures last week, by the way? i did, i want it even hotter. laughter. i am fine. ifind ita it even hotter. laughter. i am fine. ifind it a little bit chilly. it even hotter. laughter. i am fine. i find it a little bit chilly.” have packed away my shorts, don't panic. we are not done yet. really? excellent! thank you very much. i promise, now the mug is not in use, i will get you one. 6:22am and we return to the main story this morning. the government's plan to bring about an end to rough sleeping on the streets of england by 2027. let's discuss this with hilary burkitt from the housing and homelessness charity, shelter. and here in the studio, john, who is a former rough sleeper. morning, thank you forjoining us. john, great to see you. thank you very much. you got into a situation where you were having to ruislip. yes. to do with rent arrears, i know

—— rough sleep. in that situation, how difficult is it to get away from it? it is impossible. you just keep going around and around in that same circle and he just seems like there is no escape a better. because you can't get a job. you don't have an income, you can't keep yourself clea n, income, you can't keep yourself clean, hygienic or anything like that, and then when you are trying to sleep, you can't sleep. itjust destroys you. you deteriorate. you we re destroys you. you deteriorate. you were in this situation with your brother and your girlfriend at the time as well. it was just brother and your girlfriend at the time as well. it wasjust hard work really. at the time as well, she was pregnant at the time. and because they don't do nothing for a certain amount of time, how long you are pregnant, it was hard, and she ended up pregnant, it was hard, and she ended up having a miscarriage of. oh, gosh, just one of many stories. john's story is a stark reminder of the realities. the government are

talking about £100 million. how would this help? this would help a lot of people like john. we see thousands of people on the streets at the moment. this is an emergency situation. we need urgent action. the government money will help prevent people getting on the streets in the first place, which is really important, and when people find themselves on the street, provide them with the support they need to help get on their feet and help get into a stable home. people can't start rebuilding their lives until they have a stable home to enable them to get back to working toa family enable them to get back to working to a family life. ultimately, this is an absolutely important step in the right direction, but we can't solve homelessness without homes. so the next step the government needs to take is to look at providing more genuinely affordable social housing which will help people like john get on their feet. you talk about stopping the problem before it happens. how obvious is it that it will happen to people? there are so

many different reasons why people become homeless. there are as many reasons as there are people who find themselves on the street. it is challenging. when people out seek —— seeking support, the benefit system is complicated, the whole system doesn't necessarily help people. it is ridiculously expensive to rent. people, asjohn did, found themselves in rent arrears because there is not the affordable housing available. we have to tackle the recourses and help people getting on the street in the first place when they face the crisis situations. hillary mentioned your issue was rent arrears. how did you get out of it in the end? the only way out was to pay it because it has already gone to court without even then speaking to me or sending me any documents or anything. they took me to court and they added the court costs on. the rent arrears was higher because it wasn't even the cost, it was all rent arrears. you

we re cost, it was all rent arrears. you were at eight months, rough sleeping, what would have made the difference? someone looking into my case to look at everything, to go through everything with me and say, do you know what, you didn't have this, we can help you, but they didn't, it was rent arrears and that was it, they left me with its. so there was no one you could go to to discuss the situation. and i met a charity in the uk who tried to do everything for me to connect me with a shelter, but without a court order they couldn't do anything about it. john, can you talk about what you are going through with your family, and your girlfriend, what's it like, is playing waking up in the morning, did you know what would happen that day, or you sleeping in the same place? we didn't know what was happening, we would go somewhere quiet to set up a tent, sometimes we

would sit in mcdonald's, stay awake if it was raining, proper cold, or we would walk different ways, just a lwa ys we would walk different ways, just always walking, trying to find somewhere quiet. john, i am really glad that you are out of that situation. so am i. is your brother out of that as well? yes, we are all out of that as well? yes, we are all out of that situation. it is a lot better. thank you very much. just to let you know, later we will speak with the community secretary james brokenshire later as well. the recent spell of warm weather has seen us spending money on meals out and holidays, but we've not been flashing the cash on the high street. sean can tell us why. good morning. yes, we will be in northampton today, where there is an issue building, the marks & spencer, bhs, m&s won't open today. even when a lot of the shops are open they

still are seeing us not coming to the high street often. it will be quieter than this time last year. and we are not spending as much. it doesn't mean you can't be a successful retailer. you have h&m here, sports direct and poundland doing well. sports direct bought outhouse or phrase last week. looking at that this morning —— house of fraser. before we do that, here is a look at the news, traffic and weather where you are. good morning. i'm asad ahmed. as you may have heard, uk border force only met its target on one day last month, when it came to dealing with visitors going through passport control at heathrow. but at stansted, bosses say delays are being caused there because of the rising number of people caught with banned items in their hand luggage. the airport says the number of people being stopped has almost doubled in the last two years, and that's causing delays to departures.

a painting bought from a gallery in mayfairfor £165,000 has been deemed to be nearly worthless by a leading authority on the artist. the still life of a glass jug and pears was thought to be the work of british artist, sir william nicholson. but it was examined by the bbc‘s fake or fortune? programme, and expert patricia reed wasn't convinced it was genuine. browse and darby of cork street in mayfair said they were shocked by the opinion, as they believed "the painting couldn't have been done by anyone else." amar koomz, also just known as koomz, was working in mcdonald's just a year ago. but now the 19—year—old has signed a major record deal with sony. he's from brixton, and koomz has made it big, thanks to millions of views on youtube. but he's very much aware of how few people from his ethnicity are doing what he does. height and asian, asian descent and

being asian in the game is a hard thing. ——i being asian in the game is a hard thing. —— i and asian. you wouldn't hear a lot of asian artists coming up hear a lot of asian artists coming up in the uk scene. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. on rough sleep the roads, the outside lane on the is closed between junction 27 outside lane on the is closed betweenjunction 27 and 26, although there is not much of a delay. and there is not much of a delay. and the a3 is closed in both directions at richmond road. let's have a check on the weather now with lucy. it isa it is a day to keep your umbrella close to hand, though not everyone will need it. some variable cloud, sunny spells and scattered showers, some could be fairly heavy. we could see more cloud to begin the day. gradually more sunny spells develop. the best of the sunshine in the

afternoon. scattered showers could be fairly heavy. temperatures maximum around 24 degrees. as we go through this evening, showers for a time. they should tend to die out. overnight becoming dry with patchy cloud and clear spells. temperatures generally in the midteens with a low of13— generally in the midteens with a low of 13- 15. generally in the midteens with a low of 13— 15. tomorrow we have a much drier picture. it will start with more cloud, but some sunny spells developing. temperatures creeping up touch with a maximum of 26 celsius. generally dry with sunny spell is on wednesday. the best of the sunshine late in the day. it turns a little bit breezy. fresh conditions to come on thursday with outbreaks of rain clearing in the morning. there is more travel news every 15 minutes on the radio station bbc london. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. coming up: with one in five

women and one in ten men experiencing stalking, we'll look calls for a court order that would protect them from stalkers when their obsession first comes to light. as we've been hearing, there is turmoil on the high street. the bosses of poundstretcher will tell us why they allowed cameras to follow them as they try to save jobs and shops. the strictly come dancing line—up rumours are well and truly in full swing, but we'll reveal to you the identity of the first celebrity who will don the sequins or dinnerjacket on the dancefloor after 8:00am. we won't be saying anything after 8am. exactly, lips are sealed. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: a £100 million strategy to end rough sleeping in england within the next decade is being launched by the government. ministers have promised investment in long—term housing and extra support for people with addiction and mental health problems. charities have described

the strategy as a significant step, although they say it is not a total fix for homelessness. labour says the plan falls well short of solving a crisis caused the muslim council of britain will write to theresa may today warning her that the conservative party's investigation into comments by borisjohnson about the burka must not be a whitewash. the former foreign secretary is yet to respond to criticism which began a week ago when he likened women wearing the garment to letterboxes and bank robbers. his latest newspaper column he suggests new measures to encourage house—building. police investigating a shooting in the moss side area of manchester are treating it as attempted murder. 12 people including two children were taken to hospital early yesterday, mostly for what officers described as pellet—type wounds. no—one has been arrested. at this point in time, our working assumption is that it was a shotgun. initial reports came in of two bangs being heard,

and that is what our officers responded to. so at the moment we can't verify whether that was one, two or three, at the moment. we're certainly not considering more than that at this stage. delays at heathrow airport passport control left passengers queuing for up to 2.5 hours last month, according to figures obtained by virgin atlantic. on 30 out of 31 days injuly, the border force missed its target of a 45—minute wait. the home office says the delays for those from outside of the european economic area were the result of computer failings and processing of vulnerable adults and children. reports suggest at least 39 people including 12 children have been killed, and many are still missing, following a blast that brought down a building in the syrian province of idlib. the building is said to have contained munitions belonging to an arms trafficker. idlib is the last major rebel—held area, and is expected to be the next target for syrian armed forces. passenger satisfaction with rail punctuality and reliability has

fallen over the past decade, according to new research. surveys by the passengers' watchdog, transport focus, and the consumer group which shows the proportion of people satisfied with those areas of train performance dropped from 79% in spring 2008 to 73% in spring 2018. the government says it is investing in the biggest rail modernisation programme since victorian times. and we were talking about some change in the weather this week. las vegas is associated with the nickname ‘sin city'. it has another, though — the ‘city of lights'. last night, the best show in town was a free one. it may look amazing, but this thunderstorm has caused chaos. it moved in through the east with wind speeds as high as 70mph, and has left tens of thousands of homes across the state without power. america's national weather service warned of flash—floods and dust storms. incredible pictures. i have seen

thunderstorms, but that is really dramatic. that is a proper whopper. you haven't lived until you have been to las vegas with carol kirkwood. tick that one of the list. forget the strictly announcement, you and carol, a ten a.m.. i want details. never! look at these four, the awesome foursome. if you want a role model for any kid in school, there they are. a brilliant performance from the british team over the last few days. dina asher—smith capped off a remarkable european championships by leading the women's relay team to victory, one of three golds for great britain on the final day in berlin. nick parrott reports. dina asher—smith has been making history fast, breaking the british

record to win the 100m, beating the world champion to take the 200m title, and last night, with a little help from her friends, title, and last night, with a little help from herfriends, becoming title, and last night, with a little help from her friends, becoming the first woman to complete the european sprint treble since 1990. asher—smith comes away, comes away bya asher—smith comes away, comes away by a distance. you never, ever know how relays are going to go. that is wave of body loves them. you don't know what is going to happen. sol am grateful for all these girls, doing our best to win for the country, and coming away with the gold medal has been so great. britain's middle—distance runners we re britain's middle—distance runners were showing their strength as well, lorn your winning the 400m with laura weightman digging in for the bronze. it has been more pressure than i have been under in terms of wanting to win, but i think they handled it really well, and painful for all the support i have had back at home and here as well. keeping count of the labs and the 5000 metres is key, lonah chemtai korlima

losing count allowing her opponent to win. suffering in this event is nothing new to great britain, but their luck appears to be changing. old for great britain, a fitting climax. the man matching the achievements of the women, and securing top spot in the athletics medal table. the events in glasgow also finished yesterday, with the men's gymnastics taking centre stage. britain's dominick cunningham took gold on the floor, but olympic champion max whitlock made a mistake on the pommel horse and missed out. gold went to the commonwealth games champion rhys mcclenaghan, giving ireland their first medal in european gymnastics history. and it must be so disheartening, makes it so good at that. new season, new players, a new manager at the emirates. but it was a fimilar story,

as manchester city beat arsenal to begin their title defence with a win. raheem sterling only returned to training last week, after a busy world cup with england. he opened the scoring, before bernardo silva made it 2—0. it isa it is a joy to come back, and, you know, really focus back on the fitness, and try and get up and running. iam really fitness, and try and get up and running. i am really happy i could be involved and do that. that was my main aim, to try and come back with a weak‘s training and get involved. i wanted to start the season really well, and i thought we'd done that. liverpool thrashed west ham 4—0 at anfield. the star of last season, mo salah, got this campaign under way. and their fourth was scored by daniel sturridge, 24 seconds after he came on as a substitue. can you do it? go on, you are doing

it. it was a good day for liverpool old boy steven gerrard, as well, as rangers gave him his first league win as manager. despite playing more than an hour with ten men, they beat st mirren 2—0. it was a busy few days of sport. england's cricketers have a well—earned day off, after they wrapped up the second test against india inside four days. england declared in the morning and set about the indian batsmen at lord's, stuart broad and jimmy anderson taking four wickets each, and chris woakes finished off a real demolitionjob, england winning by an innings and 159 runs, to take a 2—0 lead in the series. they are going for the 5—0. and brooks koepka has won his second major title of the season, with victory in the uspga championship. he had to hold of a really determined challenge from tiger woods, who finished two shots behind, but koepka closed with a round of 66. and finally, the contender for strangest goal of the weekend

is relatively straightforward. it came in england women's under—20s world cup win over mexico. it was scored by lauren hemp, who completed her hattrick by squashing the ball into the goal with her hip. do we have another angle? i'm not sure we have another angle, but we can show it again. so basically she fell onto it. you want the other angle, don't you? iwill have fell onto it. you want the other angle, don't you? i will have a word. i will go and do my homework. the bbc one period drama poldark has made a star not only of the show‘s leading man, aidan turner, but also of cornwall‘s beautiful, rugged scenery. but now, the county's tourist board says it has had to stop promoting

two beaches featured in the series because of problems caused by overcrowding. locals say traffic gridlock on narrow rural roads is making villages unsafe. malcolm bell is chief executive of visit cornwall. he joins us now from truro. good morning to you, malcolm. how big a problem is this? give us an idea of practically what it is like. well, the problem comes when you have a beautiful summer, you have around 200,000 visitors, plus pass 500,000, and it all concurs that too many people want to go to two reticular beaches. we are very fortu nate to reticular beaches. we are very fortunate to have over 400 beaches, and we have a map showing 100 beaches. we are not short of beaches, but what we want people to do is time it properly and come back ata do is time it properly and come back at a quieter time of year to visit these particular beaches. is it entirely the poldark effect? what else is causing this, do you think

hayes well, i think poldark is the spark, but the fire is actually a social media. there has been so many stunning shots of cornwall and especially these two beaches, where it looks like the mall deeds and the caribbean —— maldives. and you have seen people saying i want to go to those beaches, whereas we have so many other beaches which are equally beautiful. and in fact another six locations on beaches where poldark was filmed. there is plenty of choice, it isjust was filmed. there is plenty of choice, it is just that everybody has become obsessed with two beaches all at the same time. and what we wa nt to all at the same time. and what we want to do is make sure that visitors have a great time, but also local people have a great life, and you don't end up with local people and visitors frustrated, trying to get to somewhere where it is difficult to get to at the peak times. so around these two reticular beaches you were mentioning, how difficult is it been for some of the locals in cornel —— particular.”

think what has happened on peak days like last sunday, and they are peak days, is that the car parks are full, the traffic is pouring in —— cornwall. these are beautiful cornish lanes with limited parking, and then other cars can't get through, or even more worrying, although it hasn't happened, i am glad to say, that the emergency services have difficulty. what happens is a temporary gridlock happens is a temporary gridlock happens while people try to negotiate our wonderful lanes. it is at these peak point of maximum visitors, brilliant sunshine, all coinciding with a sunny weekend where everybody wants to go to the beach. how do you balance it up, is it a touch of "not in my backyard", i understand the concerns about safety, about getting to your house, wherever you need to get to, because you want to risk and the money they spend, but you don't want blocked roads and the difficulty along without. that's the case, we have

over 400 miles of coast, over 400 beaches, you can go to the north coast, the south coast, up to south east cornwall, so there is plenty of choice. the message we are trying to get across is to please pick up one of the maps, which features over 100 beaches you can go to, ones with lifeguards and all of the safety. just choose one of a numerous number of beaches, rather than everyone thinking there are only two teachers, or being accessed with those beaches. in spring and autumn they are fine, often in the middle of the week, it is just a bit of information about thinking ahead, listening to the local radio for the traffic, and if you know it is building up, please go to the hundreds of others you go to, the other attractions in britain's number one holiday destination. and a nice little pluck at the end, thank you very much. so spread the

love around. as a big fan of cornwall, there are lots of stunning places to go. you can understand the point he is making, because if you go on social media and you type in cornwall beach, the two beaches, all the time, it use a, ok, let's try that. people wanted to keep the other‘s secret. that. people wanted to keep the other's secret. they were secret beaches. now they are the popular ones. if you are down in cornwall... you like cornwall, don't you? carol is telling us about the weather this morning. another beautiful beach is like barbados when it is sunny, anyway, today we have mixed weather. we have some rain at the moment across parts of the east, we have showers in the west and a fair bit of cloud around, but we will see some sunshine today. you can see this huge line of cloud, which is

what produced the rain overnight, it will edge eastwards, and we have a lot of cloud across scotland this morning with the weather front producing some rain, some drizzle and some hill fog. look at this ridge of high pressure from the west, that will kill off many of the showers in the west and we will see some sunshine. first thing this morning it is quite cloudy start. there is rain across the north—east of england, they will push away and we will see further showers develop, especially in the east. they will be heavy and potentially thundery and slow—moving because there is not much wind around. things will ease, the fog will lift, we will see sunny brea ks the fog will lift, we will see sunny breaks develop in the west, the sunny skies will be in shetland, and for northern ireland, starting off with the showers, the sun will come out, the cloud will build later, and it is similar in wales, sunshine and showers, as you have if you are heading to the beach in cornwall today. through the evening and overnight we hang onto the showers for a time. still the potentialfor

them to be heavy and thundery. then we will see them fade with clear skies developing. still some cloud around. with a combination it will be quite humid with temperatures between 12— 15. tomorrow we start off in the clear skies with a fair bit of sunshine. look at this weather front from the north—west. it is marching across northern and western scotland and northern ireland, bringing some rain. the wrangle ease a touch through the course of the day. no heatwave, mind you —— the rain will ease a touch. 75 fahrenheit in the old money. coming south once again we have sunny spells and temperatures responding up to about 24— 25. on wednesday, eastern areas start on a dry and sunny node. the cloud building before the weather front which has a bit of oomph about it. so you can see how the rain rigid and eight across northern ireland and eight across northern ireland and scotland, heading into shetland, that will be a change for you as it continues to sink south eastwards.

behind it we have sunshine, showers, bright spells and the same ahead of it with the sunny skies in the south—east, which is where we have the highest temperatures, 27 in norwich. make the most of that if you like it warmer because as we head through the night into thursday the weather front comes south. it will be a narrow band of rain and it will be a narrow band of rain and it will be a narrow band of rain and it will be weak when it gets to the south—east. and it will be followed by some showers, some of which will be quite beefy across the north and west. in between some brighter skies. note that temperatures, 27 in norwich, high teens at best on thursday. you are absolutely right. i have been to that beach, how do i say it? moorah, yes. it is one of the most stunning beaches. and it sparkles in the sun. then the sun catches it and it is just beautiful. it is absolutely stunning. it is called carol's beach. we will ruin

it, won't we? i know! fewer of us are going to the high street and parting with our money, according to figures out this morning. sean's on northampton high street for us. is this more bad news for struggling shops? good morning. yes, lots going on at the moment. not necessarily here. the issue is late in the day when the shops are open it might not be as busy. this marks & spencer closed at the weekend and you can see there are so many other m&ss at the high—street that they don't need another one, and there are reports out this morning that look at what is going on, one is consumer spending, which went down injuly, after the heatwave and the world cup, hoping that it might carry on, although it didn't happen, according to visa, and the other one is football. the amount of people

hitting the high street is down as well. we can chat to a couple of people here. jonathan and diane. we will start with you, diane, you look at this, what is fundamentally going on, because it seems like a long stretch of time when people are not coming as much as they were? there is overstatement around the death of the high street, the external environment where we are in northampton is quite resilient, footfall dropped just 0.8% last month, so it's not huge at all. there is a long—term decline across the uk because some of us are spending money online, so that's inevitable. shopping centres, the closed malls, the enclosed managed environments, they are struggling a little bit more with a decline of 3.4% because they have put a lot of their reliance on the big stores like m&s and house of fraser which are undergoing challenges. john, you

are undergoing challenges. john, you are in charge of the city council, what do you do when m&s and bhs next or decide to close their stores? town centres are changing, and we are sorry to see them go, they have beenin are sorry to see them go, they have been in the town for a long time, but as a town and a nation we are not spending enough money in them and we seem to want to do different things. what we have to do in northampton is with the abolition, as it changes, we have a lot of assets in northampton in terms of history and heritage and culture and so on. for a long time we try to compete as a retail town. we had some strong retail offers, we need to give people a different reason to come to northampton. the raw material is available. we have to put it on display. we will talk about that more this morning. before we go, some retailers are doing well. sports direct is here. quick question, to bring injames, you are about innovation. just one question,

sports direct and poundland doing well. what do we need to do well?l whole new industry, high—tech, really attractive store design, store merchandise, and the whole attitude and conduct of the management has to change. we are not getting innovation here. that's why people are not coming. it is not about blaming footfall for the crisis in retail. we need more investment, imagine it did attitude. when debenhams opened in the 1980s, it is in trouble now, it might be taken over, but it was heavily funded, and people looked at each other on the escalator, wonderful, went it is it happening? we need more palaces of fun. thank you. lots of things for the retailers to consider. that is what we will try to get through over the rest of this morning. thank you for that. we will be back at regular intervals. thank you. young british asians are more

socially conservative about issues such as sex before marriage than their peers in the rest of the uk population, that's according to a new survey. the poll, commissioned for the bbc‘s british asian summer season, also found that more than half of them had downplayed their identity to try to fit in. nomia iqbal reports. there are more than 3 million asian people in the uk. this poll looks at the views of mainly indian, pakistani, bangladeshi and sri lanka heritage and it found one third have a socially conservative attitude and don't agree with sex before marriage or same—sex relationships. when it comes to the issue of integration more than half said they had to tone down asian identity to fit in by changing their name, for example.” think that's a really interesting reminder about how integration happens. second generation of british agents often have the educational and professional success

their parents who came as migrants we re their parents who came as migrants were hoping they would have. so they find themselves as pioneers in new places. but for this woman, fitting in is about balancing different identity. i feel very comfortable with my identity. i am very proud to be asian. i like going to asian weddings and wearing asian clothes. iam weddings and wearing asian clothes. i am comfortable with my identity. i don't really feel pressured to be westernised. i come from a modern family in general. that has a big influence on me. religion is also a big influence. the poll which spoke to more than 2000 asians found 46% considered their muslim, sikh or hindu faith importance, compared with the rest of the uk as a whole we re with the rest of the uk as a whole were more than half a religion doesn't matter them at all.” were more than half a religion doesn't matter them at all. i never used to wear a scarf before and i never used to dress in a full on maxi dress. i have gone the other way. i have come to my faith and now

i dress completely modestly. so it is not to adapt. it is because i have got to know my faith more and wa nted have got to know my faith more and wanted to do more for my faith, to be close to god for my own reasons. while some confident of their place in britain, others are navigating how best to fit in, but for those who have made the uk their home there are no regrets. my father was from pakistan, peshawar, coming to uk has been good for him, it is about coming to the uk with opportunities, education, you have the nhs, we have a lot of good things in england. we have even had good weather this year, so, yes, coming to the uk has done really well for dad and for a lot of other asians as well. more than three quarters feel that way and according to the poll they consider the uk a country where they can fulfil their dreams and ambitions. it is interesting. plenty more of

that on the bbc website as well. yes, something else coming up. at 8:10am we have a grand unveiling, the first person... it has something to do with this. we can't see it. the first person who will take part in strictly this year will be with us in strictly this year will be with us at 8:10am. while you think about that or not, time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. wait for the glitter ball. here it is... good morning from bbc london news. i'm asad ahmed. as you may have heard, uk border force only met its target on one day last month, when it came to dealing with visitors going through passport control at heathrow. but at stansted, bosses say delays are being caused there because of the rising number of people caught with banned items in their hand luggage. the airport says the number of people being stopped has almost doubled in the last two years, and that's causing delays to departures. a painting bought from a gallery

in mayfairfor £165,000 has been deemed to be nearly worthless by a leading authority on the artist. the still life of a glass jug and pears was thought to be the work of british artist sir william nicholson, but it was examined by the bbc‘s ‘fake or fortune' programme, where expert patricia reed wasn't convinced it was genuine. browse and darby, of cork street in mayfair, said they were shocked by the opinion, as they believed, "the painting couldn't have been done by anyone else." amar koomz, also just known as koomz, was working in mcdonald's just a year ago. but now the 19—year—old from brixton has signed a major record deal with sony. koomz has made it big thanks to millions of views on youtube. but he's very much aware of how few people from his ethnicity are doing what he does. i'm asian, asian descent, and being asian in the game is a hard thing.

you wouldn't hear a lot of asian artists coming up in the uk scene. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. on the roads, the outside lane on the m11 is closed in both directions between junction 27 and 26. that's for repairs to barriers. it could be closed for several days. there is not much traffic because of the light amount of cars on the road at the moment this morning. and the a3 is closed in both directions at upper richmond road for emergency gas work. let's have a check on the weather now with lucy. it is a day to keep your umbrella close to hand, although not everyone will need it. today, variable cloud, sunny spells and scattered showers, some of those could be fairly heavy. we could see more cloud to begin the day. but gradually more

sunny spells develop. the best of the sunshine in the afternoon. a scattering showers could be fairly heavy. temperatures at a maximum around 24 degrees. as we go through this evening, still a few showers for a time. they should tend to die out. overnight becoming dry with patchy cloud and clear spells. temperatures generally in the midteens with an overnight low of 13—15. tomorrow we have a much drier picture. it will start with more cloud, but some sunny spells developing. temperatures creeping up a touch, a maximum of 26 celsius. generally dry with sunny spells on wednesday. again, the best of the sunshine later in the day. it turns a little bit breezy. freshrt conditions to come on thursday with outbreaks of rain clearing in the morning and highs of 20. dealing much more comfortable than it did this time last week. plenty time last week. more on our website at the usual address. good morning.

welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: an end to rough sleeping in england within a decade. the government sets out a plan to help thousands of people turn their lives around. back from holiday, but staying silent. borisjohnson refuses to apologise for his burka comments, as muslim leaders up the pressure on theresa may to act. queuing for up to 2.5 hours. new figures reveal the scale of passport delays faced by passengers at heathrow last month. good morning. even when all of our shops are open, our high streets are getting quieter. we are spending less as well. i am in northampton where they have had an m&s close at the weekend, to try and find out what is going on. dina does the trick once again. dina asher—smith powers her way to a third gold, leading the sprint relay to victory who will it be? the speculation is rife. in an hourfrom now, we will exclusively reveal the first of this year's strictly contenders, and they willjoin us on the sofa.

this morning it is a fairly cloudy start to the day. we have also got some rain, which will give way to some rain, which will give way to some heavy showers through the day. not all of us will catch one. the brightest skies once again will be in shetland. i will have all the details in 15 minutes. it is monday 13 august. our top story: a £100 million plan to end rough sleeping in england by 2027 is being set out by the government. the number of people on the streets has been on the rise for the past seven years, with almost 5,000 sleeping rough each night in 2017. charities have described the strategy as a step forward, but still some way from a total fix. breakfast‘s graham satchell reports. we are on the streets of east london with the homelessness charity st mungo's. outreach workers do this every night, checking parks, streets, doorways.

this man, who didn't want to be identified, told us he had drug and mental health problems. he has been sleeping rough for four months. do you feel as though you're getting any help? i don't think i'm getting any help at the moment, no. what will happen to you? what would happen, i don't know. i've been suffering. it's a bit tough, and it's quite hard, and it's quite scary, as well. if you could say one thing to the government, what would you say to them? i would say help the homeless, give them a chance to change their life. the number of people sleeping on the street has more than doubled in a decade. today's announcement by the government promises £100 million to end rough sleeping in england by 2027. it includes £50 million for homes for people ready to move on from hostels, and £30 million for targeted mental health services for rough sleepers. charities like st mungo's have welcomed today's strategy, but remain concerned about the causes of homelessness, like a lack of safe, affordable housing. what we're saying is that much

more needs to be done. so it's a good start, but it's just the beginning, and actually to end rough sleeping by 2027 is going to take a lot more investment. labour says government cuts to housing and services have caused the homelessness crisis, and described today's strategy as feeble. we will be speaking to the government about the plan just after 7:00am. the muslim council of britain will write to the prime minister today warning her that the conservative party's investigation into comments by borisjohnson about the burka must not be a whitewash. the former foreign secretary is yet to respond to the criticism. our political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminsterfor us. a week on from mrjohnson's initial comments, but a story that clearly won't go away. this has been going on for some time now. there doesn't seem, from boris

johnson's point of view, anyway to end this speculation. we are more than a week on an borisjohnson has another column out today in which he makes no mention of the row. he talks about cuts to stamp duty and the need to get young people on the housing ladder. he has so far resisted calls to apologise, from the prime minister, the conservative party chairman as well. he has been on holiday, remember, for most of the last week, only returning on the weekend and made no comments to reporters stationed outside his house. he does have this internal conservative party investigation looming over him. that was triggered because the conservative party received some formal complaints and asa received some formal complaints and as a matter of course they have to be assessed to see whether there is any chance boris johnson be assessed to see whether there is any chance borisjohnson could have breached the party's code of conduct. the muslim council does not wa nt conduct. the muslim council does not want this investigation to be a

whitewash, but plenty of boris johnson's supporters think it is being used to damage him politically because he is seen as a leadership threat. this enquiry has a number of stages, it is at its first stage, to determine whether the complaints are trivial and should be dismissed. the muslim council say they should progress to the next stage can be investigated by an independent panel. and that could go, in the event there was a breach of the code of conduct, all the way to the party board, which does have the power to expel borisjohnson board, which does have the power to expel boris johnson from the board, which does have the power to expel borisjohnson from the party, which is what many of his critics have been demanding over the last week. i have to say we are some way off that. clearly boris johnson showing no intention of trying to defuse the row, making no comment on it. police investigating a shooting in the moss side area of manchester are treating it as attempted murder. 12 people including two children were taken to hospital early yesterday, mostly for what officers described as pellet—type wounds. no—one has been arrested.

at this moment in time, our working presumption is that it was a shotgun. initial reports came in of two bangs being heard, and that was what our officers responded to. so at the moment we can't verify whether that was one, two or three, at the moment. we're certainly not considering more than that at this stage. delays at heathrow airport passport control left passengers queuing for up to 2.5 hours last month. on 30 out of 31 days injuly, the border force missed its target of a 45—minute wait or less for 95% of visitors from outside the european economic area. let's talk to our reporter jenny kumah, who is at heathrow for us this morning. there is missing targets and then there is spectacularly missing targets. exactly, so those passengers, it has emerged today,

they had waits of up to 2.5 hours, way beyond the target time of 45 minutes. the home office says they we re minutes. the home office says they were computer problems and they were dealing with large numbers of vulnerable adults and children. so they are investing in 200 extra staff to deal with that backlog, but they say they don't want to compromise security checks. the chief executive of heathrow has put ina chief executive of heathrow has put in a suggestion that citizens from safe countries such as the united states and canada should be able to use the electronic gates, like citizens from the eu, to speed rings up. airlines are not happy with the situation. they say other countries manage their borders more effectively, and they say more resources need to be put into the border force, especially with brexit around the corner. they say the government needs to do more to make sure we are giving a good impression to those visitors from abroad coming to those visitors from abroad coming to stay here. good to talk to you. thank you very much.

reports suggest at least 39 people including 12 children have been killed, and many are still missing, following a blast that brought down a building in the syrian province of idlib. the building is said to have contained munitions belonging to an arms trafficker. idlib is the last major rebel—held area, and is expected to be the next target for syrian armed forces. anti—racism protestors vastly outnumbered white nationalists attending a rally in washington. around two dozen white supremacists took part in the march, while police kept the two opposing groups apart. it came a year after violence in charlottesville, virginia, that left one person dead. hundreds of chanting opponents denounced white supremacy and racism. passenger satisfaction with rail punctuality and reliability has fallen over the past decade according to research by the passengers' watchdog, transport focus, and the consumer group which? the government says it is investing in the biggest rail modernisation programme since victorian times. our business correspondent, joe lynam has the story. new timetables, thousands

of cancelled services, angry commuters, strike action and rising costs — it has not been a happy time for many rail users, and it is evident in a detailed satisfaction survey over the past decade. a study of transport focus data found that overall satisfaction with rail punctuality and reliability has fallen from 79% a decade ago to 73% today, but regular commuter satisfaction fell even further to 62% in that time. on top of that, rail fares could be set to rise by 3.5% next year. that is because train fare increases are tied to the higher measure of inflation, known as rpi. it could add £150 to an average long—distance commuter. i understand that our passengers have had a really tough time over the last few months. i'm a regular commuter myself. but we have to work together with a long—term plan. that's what companies are doing, rail companies are doing.

that plan is going to make journeys better over the coming years. it's going to improve the economy, it's going to better connect communities up and down the country. to compound things for some train users, another strike by rmt rail workers is set for next month, in a very long—running dispute about guards on trains. joe lynam, bbc news. a painting bought for £165,000 has been deemed to be worthless. the still life of a glass jug and pears was thought to be the work of british artist sir william nicholson. the piece was examined on bbc one's fake or fortune? but a thorough forensic case was not enough to persuade a leading art expert that the painting was genuine. you would be disappointed, wouldn't you? does that mean it is definitely not? i don't know what the answer is, but it is a shame for whoever bought it. you would be annoyed, wouldn't you ? let's return to our top story, and the government's £100 million plan to end rough sleeping

on england's streets. in a moment we will speak to the communities secretary, james brokenshire, about the strategy. but first, let's take a look at what life is like for people sleeping rough. breakfast‘s graham satchell has been speaking to one man who has been sleeping rough for months. how long have you been sleeping on the streets? roughly at the moment three 24 months now i have been sleeping rough. what is it like? it's a bit tough, and it's quite hard, and it's quite scary, as well. scary in what way? i have been attacked twice by people that i didn't even know, they came and chucked hot water on my face, and some came to train kick and movie away from the spot. what do you think would help you to get off the street? it would help me, some kind of help from the organisations, any

organisation, from housing office or anything, that could support me and help me to come off the street, and that would be lovely. the communities secretary, james brokenshire, joins us now from westminster. i know that you are listening to that, and it is a stark story. he is not alone, that young man. he talks about it being tough, it being scary. the numbers have almost trebled. why have you not done something sooner? well, louise, i think that story you have just played just underlines that no one chooses to be out on the streets. and i don't think that we have done enough to combat and confront this real challenge of rough sleeping. it is why i am announcing this new strategy today, really looking at some of the complex factors that lie behind why people do end up on the streets. but it isn't acceptable that people are there. that is why we are committed to eradicating this over a nine—year period. this is the

first part, laying the foundations towards that intent, and why we need towards that intent, and why we need to make that difference. we talked to make that difference. we talked toa to make that difference. we talked to a young men here on the programme earlier, and one of the things lots of people talk about is their help. will they actually have a person they can go to, they can take on an individual‘s case? yes, one element is to find navigators, where we will have dedicated people who can advocate and bea dedicated people who can advocate and be a champion for people on the streets because we are conscious that sometimes being able to access help and assistance can be a real challenge. while there are specific funds that are there to support agencies, to ensure people get help quickly, we can move people through, we can get them into the shelters and get the support they need. this is about practical help and assistance and we want to prevent people getting out on the streets —

intervened to get the help they need and to make sure they recover, so you pick —— see people maintain this. we know there are issues with mental health and addiction and people need support. what about housing? labour say they would end it within its first term, making 8000 homes available. it is understanding this is complicated. when we look at issues of mental health, why the strategy underlines, they asked us to spend 30 million on mental health and addiction. it is about supporting people and keeping people in their homes. unlocking more homes through the private rental sector and also "move on accommodation". there is a real commitment in the strategy to act to provide support. building on our existing rough sleeping and initiative, this is about getting people off the streets quickly and we are people off the streets quickly and we a re really people off the streets quickly and we are really meeting this challenge, which is why it is

unacceptable that we see so many people on our streets today. this goes back a bit, let's talk about windsor council putting forward a plan to move people off the streets before the royal wedding. what do you make of that approach? we need to support people into help. this is not about trying to stigmatise or punish people. we know that this is out of desperation, vulnerability. that's what is firmly recognised in the strategy. it is about providing support, it is about providing help and assistance to get people into those elements of care which will make a difference. break this cycle of people being out on the street and that's what ijudge as the right way to approach it. if i could ask you about the former foreign secretary boris johnson you about the former foreign secretary borisjohnson who is back from holiday, to you think he should apologise for his comments about the burqa? there is an investigation in relation to complaints that have been made around his comments from last week and i think that is the right way that that should be

approached, but i am clear that the conservative party has a strong stands about the contribution british muslims make this country and boris johnson has british muslims make this country and borisjohnson has rightly said that there should not be a ban on what women are wearing. it is right that the investigation takes effect. theresa may says she would like him to apologise. would you like him to apologise? i would not have chosen the word he used and it is right that we have robust debate over a number of issues. it would be wrong for me to stray into what is now an ongoing investigation in relation to complaints that have been made. that is the right way that it should be taken is the right way that it should be ta ken forward is the right way that it should be taken forward and it will follow through in its own course. what words would you choose? it is underlining the sense of, yes, the contribution that we do have in our society, from the incredible work of british muslims, equally the role of women, insuring that is reflected across all of our society and country, yes, the right of choice,

the freedom of choice for people to be able to wear what they want to wear, and that underpins the type of country that we are and, yes, there are tough conversations to be had, doing so in a clear way and that is the right way to approach it. thank you for your time. thank you. it is 7:18am and if you have just turned on the tv in just under an hour we should be able to unveil the first person on strictly come dancing. carroll, do you remember the grand unveiling, where were you unveiled? on breakfast. of course, my favourite programme, i watch it every morning. i will tell him, favourite programme, i watch it every morning. iwill tell him, she did a wonderful dance on the piazza. he has never been the same. he is broken. billy was fabulous and he

still is! you are a hoot, dan. get on with it! not in the slightest. we love you too, dan. good morning. this morning we had mixed fortunes with the weather. there is a lot of cloud around to start the day. we also have some thundery showers but some of us will see some sunshine through the day and it will always bea through the day and it will always be a little bit drier in the west. you can see the huge line of cloud, this brought rain last night from the west to the east. we have the re m na nts of the west to the east. we have the remnants of that. we still have some rain across scotland this morning. but we also have a ridge of high pressure building from the west which will kill off the showers in northern ireland, meaning fewer showers in the afternoon across western england, wales and scotland. first thing this morning it is quite cloudy with rain across north—east england starting to clear way from

lincolnshire, some showers in its wake, which will develop widely across eastern england through the date, some of them could be heavy and dun laoghaire. it is a drizzly start across wales —— heavy and thundery. you will see some sunshine before cloud comes in from the west and if the same for western scotland — fine spells with the lion's share of the sunshine across the uk today so it will be once again in shetland. through this evening and overnight we still have the showers for a time before they tend to fade and the clear spells develop, still some cloud around, though, and it'll be quite humid, falling roughly between 12— 15 degrees. tomorrow where we have clear skies at night, that's where we start with sunshine. you can see the extent of that. through the course of the day as the weather front comes from the west, bringing rain across northern and western scotland and northern ireland, the cloud before it will tend to build. although the rain as it approaches will be heavy it will tend to weaken through the course of the morning into the afternoon.

temperature—wise looking at up to 21 for example in aberdeen and as we come further south we have 20 or the low 20 mark. wednesday eastern areas start with sunshine. cloud building through the day as the weather front gathers a bit of steam. and the rain turns a bit heavier as it moves across scotland, northern ireland and into north—west england and north—west wales. shetland will certainly notice the difference after the sunshine. and behind the weather front we are back into the clear conditions with sunshine and showers. ahead of it to cloud built, possibly producing the odd shower, with the bright skies in the south—east will longest period of time. look at the temperature, 27 in norwich. make the most of that. as it sinks south overnight and into thursday, as a narrow band of rain and a weakening band of rain comes m, and a weakening band of rain comes in, fresh conditions will follow behind. there will also be some sunshine and still a packet of

showers, some will be heavy and thundery, across scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales. the temperature in norwich, from 27 down to 18 and generally looking at temperatures in the high teens on thursday. and we love you too, lou. don't worry about that. we are talking about akhror two. what beach is that? beaches. -- moorer. it is called the silver sands? that is right. explain it to us. it is fine sand, like in the egg timers. it just zooms through your fingers at high speed. when the sunshine is on it it sparkles. —— morar. it is gorgeous. what we are trying to do, because there has been a problem in cornwall with the particular beaches, which we are trying to do,

spread them around. go and visit carol's beach, it is stunning. because of poldark and social media they have said that the beaches are crammed with people, so if you have a particular beach that you think people have to visit, so we can get more people. there have been too many cues people haven't been able to get to the beach and from the beach. send us in and we shall get people going around. the danger is, you say this is my favourite beach and then suddenly everybody goes. i am not sharing. it isjust for her. it is not. 7:23am, send in your photos of your favourite beach if you want people to know. for 50 years oil rigs in the north sea have not only extracted the black stuff but created jobs in the north east of scotland. with the easy—to—get—at oil extracted, companies are now looking to make the industry viable for decades to come. our reporter kevin keane is at aberdeen harbour for us this morning.

in this industry, even the most menialjob comes with added risk. but these places, seen by a few of us, are the powerhouse of our carbon driven economy, at least for now. some of these structures have been here almost since the industry was born, but 50 years on its innovation which is driving it into the future. we have to be a lot smarter about how we are getting it out, so they are bringing in a lot more technology, such as online monitoring, digitalisation, predictive analysis. because these platforms are decades old, they are easily accessible —— the easily accessible oil has been extracted. getting the left over will means technology is relied on to get the oil. this area is the sharp end, the well head is here, these are the

christmas trees and if you look at the shape of them you can understand why. after here the product is separated into oil and gas before being piped to the land. it is a real tea m being piped to the land. it is a real team effort, being 140 miles from aberdeen, they have to be self—sufficient. there is some room for relaxation. the industry is past its peak of the late 1990s. the oil is depleting and there is a new focus on shale gas as well as renewables. but the man in charge tells me the industry still has a bright future. it is a declining basin. it is a mature basin. mother nature is a force. the resources get smaller. we are definitely very significant and important. we produce more than two thirds of the primary energy needs of the uk. many of these platforms were never expected to still be around today. the process of removing them is now ramping up and so this seascape will

probably look very different in another 50 years. and we can join and we canjoin kevin now, actually. it really is, in aberdeen harbour, it is an industry with a lot to adapt to. yes, and over the last few yea rs adapt to. yes, and over the last few years it seemed significant change because the cost of a barrel of oil slumped into below $30. it had been around $120 at its peak. that saw tens of thousands ofjobs being lost here. so lots of adaptation on the shore. and a lot of adaptation out at sea. 140 miles from aberdeen is where we were filming that report. the other thing that's going to have to change over the next few years is decommissioning. a lot of those platforms will come to the end of their life. it will have to be removed. it's been forecast that around 200 installations will be decommissioned between now and 2025.

it is 50 years since shale to began production in the north sea. it began earlier with one or two small projects. when shell came in in 1968 that's when things started to ramp up that's when things started to ramp up and we saw the peak in the 1990s. the predictions are that this will still continue, this industry, in some shape or form probably until at least the middle of this century. 0k, least the middle of this century. ok, kevin. thank you very much. thank you. one of my childhood memories was having kippers with my dad in aberdeen, wasn't it. that is a lwa ys dad in aberdeen, wasn't it. that is always food, that is how your memory works. i remember having my legs over the edge of the harbour with a nice bit of kipper action. time now for the news, travel and the weather where you are. we will be back at 7:30am. good morning from bbc london news. i'm assad ahmed. news today that the uk border force only met its target on one day last month

when it came to dealing with visitors going through passport control at heathrow. but at stansted, bosses say delays are being caused there because of the rising number of people caught with banned items in their hand luggage. the airport says the number of people being stopped has almost doubled in the last two years, and that's causing delays to departures. a painting bought from a gallery in mayfairfor £165,000 has been deemed to be nearly worthless by a leading authority on the artist. the still life of a glass jug and pears was thought to be the work of british artist sir william nicholson. but it was examined by the bbc‘s fake or fortune programme, where expert patricia reed wasn't convinced it was genuine. browse and darby of cork street in mayfair said they were shocked by the opinion, as they believed the painting couldn't have been done by anyone else. amar koomz, also just known as koomz, was working in mcdonald's just a year ago. but now the 19—year—old from brixton has signed a major record deal with sony.

koomz has made it big thanks to millions of views on youtube. but he's very much aware of how few people from his ethnicity are doing what he does. i'm asian, asian descent, and, yeah, like, literally, being asian in the game is a hard thing. you wouldn't hear a lot of asian artists coming up in the uk scene. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. let's on the tubes this morning. hope it stays that way. on the roads, the outside lane on the m11 is closed in both directions between junctions 27 and 26. that's for repairs to barriers. it could be closed for several days. traffic moving well with the light travel this week. and the a3 is closed in both directions at upper richmond road for emergency gas work. let's have a check on the weather now with lucy. hello, good morning.

it is a day to keep your umbrella close to hand, although not everyone will need it. today, variable cloud, some sunny spells and also some scattered showers, some of those could be fairly heavy. we could see more cloud to begin the day. but gradually seeing more sunny spells develop. the best of the sunshine in the afternoon. a scattering showers, some of which could be fairly heavy. temperatures at a maximum of around 24 degrees. as we go through this evening, then, still a few showers for a time. but then they should tend to die out. and then overnight becoming dry with patchy cloud and clear spells. temperatures generally in the midteens with an overnight low of 13—15 celsius. tomorrow then we are looking at a much drier picture. it will start with more cloud, but some sunny spells developing. temperatures creeping up a touch, a maximum of 26 celsius. generally dry with sunny spells on wednesday. again, the best of the sunshine later in the day. although it turns a little bit breezy. fresher conditions to come on thursday with outbreaks of rain clearing in the morning and highs of 20.

va nessa vanessa feltz is on bbc radio london and she has more on restaurants taking bookings but peoplejust don't show up. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. a £100 million strategy to end rough sleeping in england within the next decade is being launched by the government. charities describe the strategy as a significant step, although they say it is not a total fix for homelessness. labour says the plan falls well short of solving a crisis caused by conservative cuts. ministers have promised investment in long—term housing, and extra support for people with addiction and mental health problems. i think it's understanding this is complicated. when we look at issues of mental health, why the strategy underlines, the nhs asked us to spend 30 million on mental health and addiction.

it's about supporting people and keeping people in their homes, unlocking more homes through the private rental sector, and also "move—on accommodation". there is a real commitment in the strategy to act to provide support. building on our existing rough sleeping initiative. the muslim council of britain will write to theresa may today warning her that the conservative party's investigation into comments by borisjohnson about the burka must not be a whitewash. the former foreign secretary is yet to respond to criticism which began a week ago when he likened women wearing the garment to letterboxes and bank robbers. his latest newspaper column he suggests new measures to encourage house building. delays at heathrow airport passport control left passengers queuing for up to 2.5 hours last month, according to figures obtained by virgin atlantic. on 30 out of 31 days injuly, the border force missed its target of a 45—minute wait. the home office says the delays for those from outside of the european economic area were the result of computer failings and processing of vulnerable adults and children. reports suggest at least 39 people

including 12 children have been killed, and many are still missing, following a blast that brought down a building in the syrian province of idlib. the building is said to have contained munitions belonging to an arms trafficker. idlib is the last major rebel—held area, and is expected to be the next target for syrian armed forces. passenger satisfaction with rail punctuality and reliability has fallen over the past decade, according to new research. surveys by the passengers' watchdog, transport focus, and the consumer group which shows the proportion of people satisfied with those areas of train performance dropped from 79% in spring 2008 to 73% in spring 2018. the government says it is investing in the biggest rail modernisation programme since victorian times. those are some of the main stories,

but we have to show you this from las vegas. last night, the best show in town was a free one. it may look amazing, but this thunderstorm has caused chaos. it moved in through the east with wind speeds as high as 70mph, and has left tens of thousands of homes across the state without power. america's national weather service warned of flash—floods and dust storms. coming up on the programme: carol will tell you what to expect from the weather. but first, sally is here with the sport. do you have mug envy?” do you have mug envy? i really fancied having my cup of tea in the new bbc breakfast mug this morning. do you like it? did you make it? no. it is beautiful handwriting. let me be clear that this is only on loan to me. it is shared. we are not

allowed to take these away with us. there are only four in existence. you just hope no one gets a cold. lots of people like to take them at the way with them, but they are not allowed. i like ilike mine. i like mine. it took me about ten seconds. anyway, talking about golden girls, dina asher—smith, oh my goodness. she has been great at this european championships. we see her talking really well and being really articulate, butjust her talking really well and being really articulate, but just watch what we are about to show you now. when she is powering home in that last leg, she is a machine. dina asher—smith capped off a remarkable european championships by leading the women's relay team to victory, one of three golds for great britain on the final day in berlin. nick parrott reports. dina asher—smith has been making history fast, breaking the british record to win the 100m, beating the world champion to take the 200m title,

and last night, with a little help from her friends, becoming the first woman to complete the european sprint treble since 1990. asher—smith comes away, comes away by a distance. you never, ever know how relays are going to go. that's why everybody loves them. you don't know what's going to happen. so i'm just so grateful and thankful for all these girls, doing our best to win for the country, and coming away with the gold medal has been so great. britain's middle—distance runners were showing their strength, too, laura muir dominating the 1,500m with laura weightman digging in for the bronze. this is probably the most pressure than i've been under, in terms of wanting to win. but i think i handled it really well, and thankful for all the support i've had back at home, and here as well. keeping count of the laps in the 5,000 metres is key. lonah salpeter losing count allowing her opponent, sifan hassan, to claim the silver. failing to meet the relay final in

the most painful way. suffering in this event is nothing new to great britain, but their luck appears to be changing. gold for great britain, a fitting climax. the men matching the achievements of the women, and securing top spot in the athletics medal table. and a bit of a dancing scene this morning, announcing a strictly contender soon. the events in glasgow also finished yesterday, with the men's gymnastics taking centre stage. britain's dominick cunningham took gold on the floor, but olympic champion max whitlock made a mistake on the pommel horse and missed out. gold went to the commonwealth games champion rhys mcclenaghan, giving ireland their first medal in european gymnastics history. new season, new players, a new manager at the emirates. but it was a fimilar story, as manchester city beat arsenal

to begin their title defence with a win. raheem sterling only returned to training last week, after a busy world cup with england. he opened the scoring, before bernardo silva made it 2—0. liverpool thrashed west ham 4—0 at anfield. the star of last season, mo salah, got this campaign under way. and their fourth was scored by daniel sturridge, 24 seconds after he came on as a substitue, giving manager jurgen klopp a reason to flash that famous grin. it was a good day for liverpool old boy steven gerrard, as well, as rangers gave him his first league win as manager. despite playing more than an hour with ten men, they beat st mirren 2—0. england's cricketers have a well—earned day off, after they wrapped up the second test against india inside four days. england declared in the morning and set about the indian batsmen at lord's. stuart broad and jimmy anderson taking four wickets each, and chris woakes finished off a real demolitionjob. england winning by an innings and 159 runs, to take a 2—0 lead

in the series. and what a finish we had to the us pga championship in st louis, with the american brooks koepka winning his second major title off the season. he had to hold of a really determined challenge from tiger woods, who finished two shots behind. but koepka joins one of the most exclusive clubs in golf. only five players have won the us open and the us pga in the same season, tiger woods and among them. and dan walker might be... no, you are not among them. isn't it great that tiger woods is back in contention. the noise from the galleries, the genuine interest in golf, it is a sport that need to fire up and he provides it at the moment. but of course, we need him to actually finish the job, and at times yesterday that is what eve ryo ne times yesterday that is what everyone was waiting for. it is almost like you want his redemption.

asa almost like you want his redemption. as a golf fan, is that what you are looking for? people always have arguments against tiger woods but he is great for people watching golf, and so many people have written him off, for him to come back and win a 15th major would be huge. we will be watching whatever time of day or night it is, dan walker will be glued to the telly. i don't know how you have the time! and finally, the contender for strangest goal of the weekend is relatively straightforward. it came in england women's under—20s world cup win over mexico. it was scored by lauren hemp, who completed her hattrick by squashing the ball into the goal with her hip. doink. there is a lot of pace and spin on it. well done, lauren. it is called a hip squeeze. take your cheap mug and get off. she

has gone. more than 10,000 stalking offences were recorded in england and wales last year. around 1,700 of those led to charges. now, there are calls for a court order that would curb stalkers when their obsessions first come to light, just one of the measures proposed in a so—called stalkers bill. rachel horman is a solicitor who specialises in stalking. shejoins us now. good morning to you. thank you so much for coming on and discussing this. in terms of finding it when it first happens, is this focused more on the online side of things? well, stalking takes many, many forms, u nfortu nately. stalking takes many, many forms, unfortunately. online stalking is very, now and is probably used in the majority of cases i deal with as a tactic. it might be what we call face—to—face stalking, but also online, because it is so easy to stop people. and this bill is

talking about trying to stop stalkers when their obsessions first come to light. is it obvious when something starts? i think it is to the victim, and the problem is that often when it is reported to the police, the police will look at the individual act, and on their own they might seem like nothing very serious, and what are you bothered about. but on average a victim will have suffered 100 incidents before they even go to the police. it is really important the police don't look at the last incident which has been reported, they look at everything and join the dots. and this is your area of expertise, so what sorts of examples are we talking about? if someone is worrying about a friendship, what sort of incidents are we talking about here? i would say that if you are feeling uncomfortable with the behaviour, then it is probably wrong and it is something that you need to report to the police. so it might be things like rape threats, death threats, it might just things like rape threats, death threats, it mightjust be 100 tweets

a day or 100 contacts on social media, it could be somebody turning up media, it could be somebody turning up at your house, it could be somebody creating a fake profile of view, it could be somebody publishing your address online. and actually, sometimes you don't even know who it is who is doing that. so every time you leave the house you are worried that somebody is going to be waiting, perhaps to stab you, perhaps to rapier, who knows? and i think the really scary thing is we don't vote in our own minds what is making the stalker do that. so we worry about everything. and you made that point, and that is what i was really shocked by, it can take off and 100 contacts before somebody goes to the police, which seems like an extraordinary amount of pressure to ta ke an extraordinary amount of pressure to take as an individual, for starters. yes, absolutely. by the time they go, they are usually on their knees with it. they field very ground down. and what we are u nfortu nately ground down. and what we are unfortunately seeing is that when they go to the police the police are not doing a great deal at that

stage, and they really sometimes give up. andjust stage, and they really sometimes give up. and just go stage, and they really sometimes give up. andjust go back stage, and they really sometimes give up. and just go back to the idea that when their obsessions first come to light, how much difference does it make for example if the police were to intervene much earlier on? i think the police were to get involved earlier on in the victims would have more confidence, they would keep reporting it, and what we see is where action is taken straightaway than stalkers are more likely to stop that. they may move on to somebody else, unfortunately, because what we know is that stalkers tend to be serial perpetrators. the charity i am involved with, the gap paladin, are campaigning —— paladin, are campaigning —— paladin, are campaigning fora campaigning —— paladin, are campaigning for a registry so police can monitor these individuals and put restrictions on them, instead of the focus always being on the victim to... the police are still say, social media, change everything about your routine, and the focus needs to be on the perpetrators. thank you very much for thank you for joining thank you very much for thank you forjoining us. rachelwas talking

about social media. on twitter they say they know the government say that stalking is not dealt with adequately and he should not be up to the victims to try to protect themselves. they say companies like theirs can only do so much illegally and they assist police when they are asked to and the question is whether thatis asked to and the question is whether that is enough. shall we catch up on the weather now? 7:45am and carol has the details. what a lovely, loch. it is, isn't it, but the weather this morning is quite messy to describe, it is quite unsettled with a fair bit of cloud around, rain through the day, thundery showers, a bit dry in the west with some sunshine, so we have it all. i will try to put it in more order in a minute. you can see all this cloud, this is what is producing the rain from the west to the east overnight, we still have rain across scotland, rain moving away from north—east england and lincolnshire, but it will be replaced by showers, then we have high pressure building

in from the west, which will kill off the showers in the west. first thing this morning it is quite cloudy. we lose the rain from the east, clearing to the north sea, the rain eases along with hill fog across scotland, and there will be some showers left, particularly for central and eastern england, into east anglia, and they could be heavy and thundery and slow—moving. the showers mean not all of us will see them. chris lee to start across england and away but it will improve —— drizzly. northern ireland has some showers at the moment. they will fade. the cloud will build later. the same for western scotland. you will see sunnybrae. the lion's share of the sunshine in the uk will be in shell and like yesterday —— you will see sunnybrae. temperatures from the midteens in the north to the low 20s in the south. a lot of the showers will fade overnight with the cloud break, clear spells developing as well and

some showers coming into the west, and it will feel quite muggy, temperatures between 12 and 15 celsius. where we have the clear skies at night is where we start with some sunshine first thing in the morning. the front coming into western scotland and northern ireland will introduce some rain, which will be quite heavy in the morning, weakening into the afternoon and ahead of it we will see some cloud developing. nonetheless we will see some sunny spells, the best of which will be the furthest south and east you travel. as we head into wednesday, eastern area start with sunshine, cloud building through the day as these were the front rejuvenates, and it has a bit more oomph, the rain will be heavier as it crosses northern ireland, scotland, into north—west england and parts west wales. behind it we see a return to cooler conditions with bright spells, sunshine and showers. ahead of it we hang on to a lot of sunshine and as a result we expect

norwich to get up to 27. but watch this space because as this were fun bringing the rain moved southwards, a narrow band and a weakening band on thursday, behind it there will be some sunshine, and plethora showers across the northern half of the country, temperatures dip, so we had 27 in norwich on wednesday, on thursday is more likely to be around 17 or 18. and for all of us we are looking at temperatures in the teens, not the 20s. thank you very much, carol. see you in half an hour. shall we quickly look at some of the papers. the front pages for you, we picked out a couple, the telegraph leading on borisjohnson, not for the row over his burqa comments, which dominated headlines, but writing in the paper he has called on theresa may to slash the high stamp duty and it affordable housing targets. the main story in the guardian is about train fares which it says will rise 3.5% from

next january. the daily which it says will rise 3.5% from nextjanuary. the daily mail following up on jeremy nextjanuary. the daily mail following up onjeremy corbyn which says that he attended a memorial service at a tunisian cemetery for militants involved in the munich attack, and the widows of victims killed in the massacre have demanded an apology from mrjeremy corbyn. the sun splashes on the duchess of sussex's father thomas michael who says he fears he will be locked out from the royal family after giving interviews to the press —— markle. and on the bbc news website this morning, the most read story about the indonesian capital, jakarta, which is one of the fastest sinking cities in the world and researchers say if it is not checked, part of the city could be submerged in the year 2050. i want to talk a little about a tweet you send, but people read some things into things that they shouldn't, this is idris elba with the speculation that he might be the new james with the speculation that he might be the newjames bond, he has

tweeted "my name is elba, idris elba", and people think it is amazing, then he says "don't believe the hype" but no one looks at that. talk about the hype, you're trying to ta ke talk about the hype, you're trying to take it down and then you send this tweet, can you find what it says? i was trying to say, listen, i am not doing strictly, because people asking if i was going to do it, i was in the service station buying a choc ice and i missed out on the word "?not. the rest of it makes it clear that i am not doing it. i had to clear it up —— not. makes it clear that i am not doing it. i had to clear it up -- not. so let's clear it up that you are... not doing it. we will unveil the first person who... who is on strictly. do you know that? so you could be back on the sofa in 20 minutes. it could be any of us. it could be used. it is definitely not

that. one thing we do know is we have a random glitter ball. can i just mention that i love this clickable and i think we should keep it. everyday we should have won on the programme. it looks very glamorous but essentially we keep it in cupboard. laughter. and you can put it on the floor and give it a bit of a spin. there we go. the hand of susan. what else is in the papers, sal? that is showbiz, if everl papers, sal? that is showbiz, if ever i saw it. i want to show you the mirror, golden brit, the bought from the blue. do you remember last year, we wondered who would be the athletics hero, who would be the poster boy or the girl, and we have ple nty of poster boy or the girl, and we have plenty of them, including dean asher—smith, whose performance at the european championships hasjust been fantastic —— dina. she is great and related all, she gives great interviews, oh, and she runs really fast. and she is young and she has

yea rs fast. and she is young and she has years ahead of her. yes, she is great. and we were talking about beaches today because of the beaches that have been starring in poldark because they have got too popular, and we talked a little bit about sharing the love. send in some pictures of your favourite beaches. have you noticed these as well, these stacks of pebbles, stones, this is a craze, environmentalists have been demanding curbs on the number of beach—goers who enjoy this pastime. so what is it, and loading the beach, is that what they are saying? -- eroding the beach. it looks pretty. i think they are really lovely. when you see them they are often in groups. apparently it is very calming to do this.” think... to be by the sea isjust brilliant, isn't it? stone searching is crucial. ijust don't have the patience. you are talking about skimming. yes. i like a light stone

and you get a good swing. it is a rite of passage to go to the beach. to be able to skim a stone. it is hard. send in your favourite beaches as well. it all about that finger, finger flinging. as well. it all about that finger, fingerflinging. you've had enough. laughter. have we finally sent you over the edge? let's talk about the high street. few of us are spending money on the high—street according to new figures. sean is in northampton and can bring us up—to—date. good morning. good morning. yes, i am outside the matchbox cafe on one of the sidestreets off the main high street where i was earlier and you can see see down here. spending and the amount of people going to high street is important for the independent businesses as well. you can see this morning down on the

high street that a lot of the shops are closed. even when they are open there is not many people coming as they were coming in previous years, so footfall is down. and also spending injuly was down 0.9% compared to july last year. that spending injuly was down 0.9% compared tojuly last year. that is despite the heat wave and the world cup. it didn't sustain through the next month. what does it mean? i will chat with a guest who we have been feeding, diane and james. good morning. these figures this morning, a springboard, about footfall, people hitting the high street, why is the trend continuing to be people going to the high street less and less ? going to the high street less and less? long-term of course, the proportion of spending is now online, sophie 0&s proportion of spending is now online, sophie 085 reported at the end of last year we are around 18% of spending is all online, around one in £5 is now online, so

inevitably fewer people will be on the high—street. having said that, the high—street. having said that, the decline we are seeing is listening. we are seeing a 1% decline on average in our high streets which is not a huge amount. it is levelling off now. the key area of decline is shopping centres. they are feeling the pinch because of trading challenges for the big retailers. they are the retailers that dominate the shopping centre. interesting. james, you look at innovation and you were talking about the palace of fun, debenhams, in the 1980s and you can see the innovation on the side street like this one — what more needs to be done? everything this cafe is doing is innovative, colourful, it is attractive, it is different, and the big stores, like m&s, which hasjust closed, should be doing that in fantastic electronic displays, cooking lessons, 3d printing, and, you know, a barrel of laughs in terms of what their employees offer,

in interest, responsiveness, innovation. we are not getting that on the high—street. it is a failure of nerve and an aversion to risk. and it is a refusal to take technology seriously. there is not enough research and development, very little at all, in fact, by the major high—street chain. it is all up major high—street chain. it is all up to someone else to do that. they should do that to make themselves more exciting. interesting. cooking lessons at m&s. thank you. i will have a chat quickly with bing before we go. is this for me? it is for you stop what you have been open a couple of months now, m&s was open on saturday but shut for ever on sunday. how much of a difference did it make? at the different even with the impact of one day, the footfall of the passing traffic has been impacted a lot. and in terms of business generally, you have been open a couple of months, how are things, because we saw that spending was down with people hitting the high—street? was down with people hitting the high-street? business is increasing for us anyway. we have improved.

hopefully with the closure of m&s we can gain some business. what is the big thing when people come in talking about stuff, what's the main thing you need to be going right? just to be innovative and keep moving forward and keep dane the people's interest and what they want. and be honest, what have i got? luxury hot chocolate just for you. thank you, with many calories in it. i will get into that. thank you, bing. we havejonathan with us from the council to talk about what town centres can actually do to try town centres can actually do to try to improve things when we see fewer people hitting the high—street. there are a lot of things in that coffee, thank you very much. very busy this morning. still to come: still to come: the strictly come dancing line—up rumours are well and truly in full swing, but here on breakfast we'll reveal to you, the identity of the first celebrity

who'll don the sequins or dinner jacket on the dancefloor. they will be here in 12 minutes. that is precisely there will be some glitter ball action. i am warning you. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we are slowly pulling out to show the glitter ball of dome and we will show you this in a few moments a costly time. —— moments' time. good morning from bbc london news. i'm assad ahmed. news today that the uk border force only met its target on one day last month when it came to dealing with visitors going through passport control at heathrow. but at stansted, bosses say delays are being caused there because of the rising number of people caught with banned items in their hand luggage. the airport says the number of people being stopped has almost doubled in the last two years, and that's causing delays to departures. a painting bought from a gallery in mayfairfor £165,000 has been deemed to be nearly worthless by a leading authority on the artist. the still life of a glass jug and pears was thought to be the work of british artist sir william nicholson.

but it was examined by the bbc‘s fake or fortune programme, where expert patricia reed wasn't convinced it was genuine. browse and darby of cork street in mayfair said they were shocked by the opinion, as they believed the painting couldn't have been done by anyone else. amar koomz, also just known as koomz, was working in mcdonald's just a year ago. but now the 19—year—old from brixton has signed a major record deal with sony. koomz has made it big thanks to millions of views on youtube. but he's very much aware of how few people from his ethnicity are doing what he does. i'm asian, asian descent, and, yeah, like, literally, being asian in the game is a hard thing. you wouldn't hear a lot of asian artists coming up in the uk scene. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning.

apart on the tubes this morning. from the overground, v minor apart from the overground, with minor delays between stratford and richmond because of a faulty train. on the road, the outside lane on the m25 is closed betweenjunction 27 and 26 because of repairs. and the a3 is closed in both directions for emergency gasworks. let's have a check on the weather now with lucy. hello, good morning. it is a day to keep your umbrella close to hand, although not everyone will need it. today, variable cloud, some sunny spells and also some scattered showers, some of those could be fairly heavy. we could see more cloud to begin the day. but gradually seeing more sunny spells develop. the best of the sunshine in the afternoon. a scattering showers, some of which could be fairly heavy. temperatures at a maximum of around 24 degrees. as we go through this evening, then, still a few showers for a time. but then they should tend to die out. and then overnight becoming dry with patchy cloud and clear spells. temperatures generally in the midteens with an overnight

low of 13—15 celsius. tomorrow then we are looking at a much drier picture. it will start with more cloud, but some sunny spells developing. temperatures creeping up a touch, a maximum of 26 celsius. generally dry with sunny spells on wednesday. again, the best of the sunshine later in the day. although it turns a little bit breezy. fresher conditions to come on thursday with outbreaks of rain clearing in the morning and highs of 20 celsius. there is more on the government trying to tackle rust leaping across the country with vanessa feltz on bbc radio london. i am back in half an hour. good morning, welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today. an end to rough sleeping in england within a decade. the government sets out a plan to help thousands of people turn their lives around. back from holiday, but staying silent. borisjohnson refuses to apologise for his burqa comments as muslim leaders up the pressure on theresa may to act.

queuing for up to two and half hours. new figures reveal the scale of passport delays faced by passengers at heathrow last month. sumption is it was a shot fun, initial reports came in of two bangs being heard and that was what our officers responded to, so at the moment we can't verify whether that was one, two or three at the moment but we're certainly not considering more than that at this stage. when all the shops are open later, the high streets are getting quieter and we are spending less, dina does the trick. dina asher smith powers her way to a third gold at the european championships — leading the sprint relay team to victory who will it be? the speculation is rife. in the next few minutes we will exclusively reveal the first of this year's strictly contenders and they'lljoin us on the sofa. good morning. today we are looking ata good morning. today we are looking at a day of bright spell, sunny spells and shower, the heaviest will

be in central and eastern england, but they will be slow—moving and thundery. more in 15 minutes. it's monday, 13th of august. our top story. a £100 million plan to end rough sleeping in england by 2027 is being set out by the government. the number of people on the streets has been on the rise for the past seven years, with almost 5,000 sleeping rough each night in 2017. charities have described the strategy as a "step forward" but still some way from a "total fix". breakfast‘s graham satchell reports. we are on the streets of east london with the homelessness charity st mungo's. outreach workers do this every night, checking parks, streets, doorways. this man, who didn't want to be identified, told us he had drug and mental health problems. he has been sleeping rough for four months. do you feel as though you're getting any help? i don't think i'm getting any help at the moment, no. what will happen to you? what would happen, i don't know.

i've been suffering. it's a bit tough, and it's quite hard, and it's quite scary, as well. if you could say one thing to the government, what would you say to them? i would say help the homeless, give them a chance to change their life. the number of people sleeping on the street has more than doubled in a decade. today's announcement by the government promises £100 million to end rough sleeping in england by 2027. it includes £50 million for homes for people ready to move on from hostels, and £30 million for targeted mental health services for rough sleepers. charities like st mungo's have welcomed today's strategy, but remain concerned about the causes of homelessness, like a lack of safe, affordable housing. what we're saying is that much more needs to be done. so it's a good start, but it's just the beginning, and actually to end rough sleeping by 2027 is going to take a lot more investment. by 2027 is going to take

labour says government cuts to housing and services have caused the homelessness crisis, and described today's strategy as feeble. earlier, the communities secretary told this programme that the government would invest in housing, and extra support for people with addiction and mental health problems. i think it is understanding that this is complicated, that when we look at issues of mental health, why the strategy underlines are asked of the strategy underlines are asked of the nhs to spend 30 million on mental health and addiction. it is about supporting people and keeping people in their homes, unlocking more homes, through the private rental sector and move on accommodation, there is a real commitment that is contained within this strategy to act, to be able to provide support, pilling on our existing police investigating a shooting in the moss side area of manchester are treating it as attempted murder. 12 people, including two children, were taken to hospital early yesterday, mostly for what officers

described as "pellet—type" wounds. no—one's been arrested. at this moment in time our working presumption is it was a shot gun. initial reports came in of two bangs being heard and that was what our officers responded to, so at the moment we can't verify whether that was one, two or three at the moment, but we're certainly not considering more than that at this stage. the muslim council of britain will write to the prime minister today, warning her that the conservative party's investigation into comments by borisjohnson about the burqa must not be a whitewash. the former foreign secretary is yet to respond to the criticism. our political correspondent, leila nathoo is in westminsterfor us. a week on from mrjohnson s initial comments, but a story that clearly won t go away? yes, borisjohnson yes, boris johnson is yes, borisjohnson is back from holiday, he has been away for most of this last week since his telegraph newspaper column came out

last monday. today he has another column in which he makes no mention of the rover his comments about the burqa, likening women who wear it to bank robber, letter box, he was out over the weekend, journalists were stationed at his house, he made no mention to them either but he does have this internal conservative party inquiry looming over him. that has been triggered because official complaints have been received by the party, now, there are those supporters of boris johnson party, now, there are those supporters of borisjohnson who think the whole inquiry is being used to try to damage him politically because he is seen as a threat in their eyes, as a possible leadership candidate, but critics are saying they quite, the inquiry needs to go ahead, the muslim council of great britain very warning it shouldn't be a whitewash. it is at the initial stages so the complaints are being assessed to see whether they should be seen by an independent panel, that would be the next stage process, within the

conservative party, and the muslim council of great britain are warning that the inquiry, the complaints shouldn't be dismissed out of hand. they should progress on to this next stage. but it is worth saying there is some way to go still in this process , is some way to go still in this process, it could go all the way to the party board, if it is deemed that boris johnson the party board, if it is deemed that borisjohnson breached the conservative party code of conduct, the board would have the power to expel him as some of the critic, some of his critics are demanding but we are a long way off that, but clearly it shows some of his critics are determined to keep delays at heathrow airport passport control left passengers queuing for up to two and a half hours last month. on 30 out of 31 days injuly, the borderforce missed its target of a 45—minute wait or less for 95% of visitors from outside the european economic area. let's talk to our reporter, jenny kumah who is at heathrow for us this morning. this is really is something missing

so many target, morning. good morning. yes, well, these targets the figures show today on 6thjuly targets the figures show today on 6th july people targets the figures show today on 6thjuly people arriving here from outside the european economic area had to wait up to two—and—a—half hours, this is way beyond the target, what went wrong? the government says there were problems with computer failure, there was large number ofs of adults and children arriving with complex cases so it took longer process. it says in general the majority of passengers are dealt with within their service standard but it says is an additional 200 staff are being deployed to help improve the situation, now one suggestion from the chief executive here is that passengers from what he describes as safe countries such as the us and canada should be able to use the celeb ron nick mean, airlines are frustrated with the situation, they

say that more needs to be done, more resources need to be put in, they point to brexit, they say it is really important that the, a good impression is created for visitors coming here and that the, we show that the uk is reports suggest at least 39 people, including 12 children have been killed and many are still missing following a blast that brought down a building in the syrian province of idlib. the building is said to have contained munitions belonging to an arms trafficker. idlib is the last major rebel—held area, and is expected to be the next target for syrian armed forces. anti—racism protestors vastly outnumbered white nationalists attending a rally in washington. around two dozen white supremacists took part in the march, while police kept the two opposing groups apart. it came a year after violence in charlottesville, virginia, that left one person dead. hundreds of chanting opponents denounced white supremacy and racism. passenger satisfaction with rail punctuality and reliability has

fallen over the past decade, according to research by the passengers' watchdog, transport focus, and the consumer group, the government says it's investing in the biggest rail modernisation programme since victorian times. our business correspondent, joe lynam has the story. joe lynam, has the story. new timetables, thousands of cancelled services, angry commuters, strike action, and rising costs — it has not been a happy time for many rail users, and it is evident in a detailed satisfaction survey over the past decade. a study of transport focus data found that overall satisfaction with rail punctuality and reliability has fallen from 79% a decade ago to 73% today, but regular commuter satisfaction fell even further to 62% in that time. on top of that, rail fares could be set to rise by 3.5% next year. that is because train fare increases are tied to the higher measure of inflation, known as rpi. it could add £150 to an average

long—distance commuter. i understand that our passengers have had a really tough time over the last few months. i'm a regular commuter myself. but we have to work together, and with a long—term plan. that's what companies are doing, rail companies are doing. that plan is going to make journeys better over the coming years. it's going to improve the economy, it's going to better connect communities up and down the country. to compound things for some train users, another strike by rmt rail workers is set for next month, in a very long—running dispute about guards on trains. joe lynam, bbc news. we've got some remarkable pictures out of china for you — a car narrowly escaped being dragged into a sinkhole. it opened up after hours of torrential rain in the north west of the country. with the situation, they say this is not a tug—of—war. this is everybody joining this is not a tug—of—war. this is everybodyjoining together this is not a tug—of—war. this is

everybody joining together to this is not a tug—of—war. this is everybodyjoining together to pull the kaer to safety. local residents helped pull the car to safety. nobody was injured, according to state media. major spoiler alert coming up if you are a fan of bbc one's fake or fortune and haven't yet seen last night's episode. i thought we were talking about another spoiler! strictly is coming strictly is coming up later. a painting featured that was bought for £165,000 has been deemed to be worthless. the still life of a glass jug and pears was thought to be the work of british artist sir william nicholson. the piece was examined but a thorough forensic case was not enough to persuade a leading art expert that the painting was genuine. £165,000! earlier we told you that cornwall‘s tourist board has stopped promoting two of the county's beaches because of problems caused by overcrowding. it got us thinking whether you,

at home could come up with some crowd free alternatives. you didn't disappoint. let's start with dan's splendid shot taken at north landing. this picture, sent in by crispy, doesn't look like britain at all — and not a soul to be seen on what looks otherwise tropical. that was taken on the isle of harris. and how about this for a scene — picture—perfect formby, sent in by viewer robin. dean sent us this gem from morar.

carol was explaining how powdery the sand is. i have been there because carol told me about it. and finally, just look at this beautiful picture from lyme regis on thejurassic coast line sent in by lea. you can just make out a sandy haven behind those boats. thank you very much indeed. so there are other beaches available, there are other beaches available, there are hundreds in cornwall, lots if you are tuning in to find how who the first strictly contestant is hold fire. we will get the weather and then do here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. we are starting off fairly cloudy. there is rain and showers, but there is also going to be some sunshine and generally speaking it will be dryer in the west. you can see this

is the rain that crossed last night. continuing to push off into the north sea, still rain in scotland, and we have some showers dotted around other parts of the uk. that is courtesy of this weather front. a ridge of hoo high pressure building in. it will kill off some of the showers. first thing this morning it isa showers. first thing this morning it is a cloudry start. we have got the re m na nts of is a cloudry start. we have got the remnants of the rain clearing away from north east england, moving away nicely now from lincolnshire, only to be replace by showers developing in england and wales throughout the day. in scotland, where we have the cloud, some of that will break, still a few showers in the south. shetland off to a fine day. northern ireland, brightening up and more cloud building and for wales and svelte england again it will start to brighten up with the odd shower. temperature—wise in the mid to high teens in the north. into the low to mid 20s as we come further south. through this evening many of the

showers will eventually fade, we will start to see the cloud break, some clear skies, and it is once again going to feel humid. the temperature range falling to between 12 to about 17. this is 6.00 in the morning not 4.00 as i showed you earlier on, tomorrow we start off with a fair bit of sunshine first thing but we have a weather front coming in in western scotland and northern ireland and that will bring in rain. the rain easing a touch through the course of the afternoon, but the cloud building ahead of it. temperature—wise, in the rain, no great shakes and it is going to be blustery tomorrow, really, where ever you are, but as we head further south we will see higher temperatures in the sunshine. for wednesday a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine. the weather front gathers oomfh. it will bring rain and then across parts of wales as well. behind it drier and brighter with a few shower, ahead of it again the cloud building but the

lion's share of the sunshine will be in the south and south—east. a change for shetland, you had the most sunshine yesterday and you will see that again today. by the time we get to thursday, that weather front will have scooted down to south—east as the rain continues to weaken, fresher conditions and sunshine follow on behind, but still a plethora of showers in scotland, northern england and northern ireland, some of those could be heavy and thundery. you will notice the drop in some of you might be watching especially the papers have been full of rumours as to who will be taking part, in the return of the biggest dance show on television — strictly come dancing. a handful of celebrities will be practicing their pirouttes and dusting off their dance shoes — but here on breakfast we can exclusively reveal the first contestant to take part is... it's television presenter,

model and campaigner, katie piper. katie. congratulations. thank you very much. it has been so hard to keep it quiet. thank you so much. i know lots of people are tuning in to see who will be first this year, tell us about it. congratulations. thank you. how long have you known awe how difficult is it a secret to keep? it have known for a while. it is hard, people are saying i will be getting married in october, i would love you to be there. i might be. hopefully not. what to you mean? it it is so difficult, when you are excited you want to share it. how ha rd excited you want to share it. how hard a decision was it to make, from the initial would you like to take part? did it take you a while to say yes? for me, it is out of my comfort

zone and it is not something i have ever done before. so i was really worried, will i be thefession to go home? the only person i told was my husband and that was through text message, he thought i was joking. husband and that was through text message, he thought i wasjoking. i was like, no, i'm serious, he was like, oh, good luck with that. tell us like, oh, good luck with that. tell us about the dancing, do you like dancing? well, i like having fun and music and party, but dance wise, i went toe a musical on thursday, with my friend toby and he noted i wasn't clapping in time, so in terms of rhythm, i don't know how well that is going to go. i mean, i know you are laughing about it, is that a fear, are you worried about that or just trying to embrace the occasion and enjoy the experience?” just trying to embrace the occasion and enjoy the experience? i mean i think any fear i have is the fact i don't have the natural rhythm, but i like the side of it being a challenge, because i am quite a competitive person, so if i do have

something in my life i can't do, it inspires me to want to learn it.” don't think fitness is going to be annish shepherd's bush. anybody who follows you on social media, you get up follows you on social media, you get up to all sorts in the gym. you have really got balance. that was taken quickly and i fell to the floor. i have been training and doing running and weightlifting, not for strictly, just for life in general, but i think i will have to get more co—ordination and rhythm. think i will have to get more co-ordination and rhythm. are you a big, have you been watching the show for years? i have, and since i knew i was going to be in it i have been furiously going back years on youtube and trying to get sort of hints and stuff. but sometimes watching makes you more nervous, watching makes you more nervous, watching how quickly they move and in the heels and lodge dresses. it is daunting. last year, we will look at debbie mcgee who did brilliantly. she was really good. he was fantastic. one of the things i love

about strictly. they start and some of them were with wearing tame dresses, then they would be, every week, they sort of become involved in this strictly bubble, don't they. i went for a costume fitting and i put stuff on i have never worn before in my life. i was line, i'm going to wear this on telly. you say, because you have had to had a chat with producers and check out costu me, chat with producers and check out costume, is that done in some sort of deep underground vault?m costume, is that done in some sort of deep underground vault? it is. you can't say what you are here for, i had you can't say what you are here for, ihada you can't say what you are here for, i had a code name for months. what was it? brie. everyone was choose. brie is quite a good name it is not too smelly. you have daughter haven't you. i have two. do they know? my eldest, she is four—and—a—half, she loves dancing, she loves glitter, end said mummy is going to go in the ellie and be on a

dancing show, she said can i be on it too? i had to say no. i am going to record it so she can watch it. the youngest is only seven months old. you have to be careful, are you excited about who else might be on the programme with you, do you know the programme with you, do you know the other contestants?” the programme with you, do you know the other contestants? i don't know anything, when there were leaks i was like i wonder if they are in it. when i ask, no—one will confirm any speculation, so, you know, when i was being announced today, i was like i'm the first to be announced, is that good or bad. it is exciting. what about obviously because you will have a partner, have you any clues about that? absolutely nothing. any preferences? am i allowed to say who i want. i would like to be partnered with gee van any but i have no sway. gee van any, i'm coming for you, if you are watching. how do you cope with

nerves? coming on the show, i have been on the show before and i have not been nervous, today i was backstage. i think again it is because it is an unknown territory for me, but i have faced challenged in my life before. you have faced enormous challenges.” in my life before. you have faced enormous challenges. i am going to apply the same psychological mind set to it and whatever happens to me on strictly, i hope to come away with a different confidence in a different area of my life, and i will have learned something new. if evenif will have learned something new. if even if i don't last long i will come away knowing something i didn't before and that is a bonus. it is that intense scrutiny, are you...” don't want to cry. i did think some of thejudges don't want to cry. i did think some of the judges can be quitical and don't want to cry. i did think some of thejudges can be quitical and i was like i really feed to take this on the chin. i have developed thick skin. you talk about the challenge, you know, you in so many ways you inspire so many people if your approach to those challenges and all

the things you have done, presumably, it is also important to be on presumably, it is also important to beona presumably, it is also important to be on a show like strictly as well. yes, absolutely, ithink be on a show like strictly as well. yes, absolutely, i think it gives a wider message that actually, it is a —— irrelevant my pasts or the way i look and go forward and do these things as a bigger wider message, thatis things as a bigger wider message, that is something i am proud of. from a personal point of view it is refreshing to be doing so light—hearted and fun, it is is really nice. when is your spray tan programme begin? tonight. get out the mahogany. listen, it is a really wonderful see you, i am sure you will enjoy the whole thing and we shall look forward to seeing you. thanks for having me. and we will is have you back on the sofa later on in the series. i hope so, yes. take care, and the new series of strictly come dancing will start in the autumn on bbc one. katie is the very first and lovely

to have can we get the glitter ball in? time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello there, good morning. we had some pretty heavy showers through yesterday evening and overnight right across eastern parts of the uk. through this morning, with still quite the rain across scotland, down the eastern side, thundery showers continuing here this afternoon, but also a few sunny spells, particularly the further south and east you are, and then we've got some sunshine this morning. the rain across scotland

will gradually ease off, you can see showers here across much of northern england, down the eastern side of england, some thunderstorms with hail, lightning, something to be aware of. temperatures across the south east — 20—24 celsius, further north and west, those temperatures more like the high teens. now, through this evening, those showers continuing for a while before slowly fading away overnight into tuesday morning, and those temperatures getting down to about 12—14 degrees. now, tuesday will bring a bit more in a way of cloud across the far north—west of the uk, here we have a weather front moving in bringing outbreaks of rain. elsewhere, this ridge of high pressure will keep things mostly dry across southern areas, and again some sunshine for a time during tuesday. feeling quite warm in the sunshine across the south and east, those temperatures getting up into the mid 20s. further north and west, however, that rain moves through scotland, northern ireland, feeling a little bit fresher with highs of about 17—21.

by wednesday, that band of rain willjust intensify gradually, and push its way into the far north—west of england, perhaps into the north—west of wales as well, of wales as well,but heavy rain, slow—moving as it moves south, but pretty warm and sunny to the southeast, temperatures into the mid or high 20s, but fresher further north and west. through this week, when the times, particularly showers today, longer spells of rain, but it will turn fresher for all of us by the end of the. — the end of the week. this is business live from bbc news with alice baxter and tim wilcox. turkey's tumble continues — the lira reaches new lows, as the country's finance minister promises an action plan. live from london, that's our top story on monday 13th august. turkey's central bank says

it's ready to take all necessary measures to ensure financial stability amid growing tensions with the united states and a mountain of debt held by turkish companies. also in the programme, that worry is spreading around the world with the indian ruppee also hitting a record low