good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: two former members of donald trump's inner circle are convicted in separate court cases overnight. but the president denies any corruption in his 2016 election campaign. this is a witch—hunt, and it's a disgrace. this has nothing to do with — they started out looking for russians involved in our campaign. there were none. protecting pets from being reared in poor conditions. the government says puppies and kittens will no longer be sold in pet shops in england. a warning that children risk problems with their sight. optometrists say one in four school pupils haven't had their eyes tested. don't blame the customers. banks are told to treat fraud victims more fairly, after we transferred £240 million to scammers last year, but the banks only paid back a quarter of it. in sport: england battle, but eventually break. india need just one wicket to win

the third test at trent bridge. good morning. something of a split gci’oss good morning. something of a split across the country today. fresher with some outbreaks of rain in the north and the west, warmer and humid again in the south—east. all the details in about 15 minutes. it is wednesday 22 august. our top story: two of president trump's former aides have been found guilty of criminal offences, in separate legal cases. his former lawyer michael cohen has pleaded guilty to tax fraud and violating campaign finance laws. he implicated the president in his testimony. and a jury has found the president's former campaign manager paul manafort guilty of fraud. chris buckler has the details from washington. president trump landed in west virginia to attend a rally, and to face many questions about two men who were once part of his inner circle. in new york, mr trump's former lawyer and fixer michael cohen pleaded guilty to tax fraud and breaking campaign finance laws.

while, just outside washington, a jury found that president's former campaign manager paul manafort guilty of a series of financial crimes, in a case brought by the special counsel, robert mueller, who is assessing allegations of russian interference in america's presidential election. this is a witch—hunt, and it's a disgrace. this has nothing to do what they started out — looking for russians involved in our campaign. there were none. manafort‘s crimes were not linked to the period he worked for donald trump's campaign, but michael cohen claims some of his offences he admitted were committed under the orders of the president, and specifically to try to influence the vote. he says mr trump told him to pay tens of thousands of dollars to stop the porn star stormy daniels from making allegations about a sexual relationship, and to silence the former playboy model karen macdougall

from going public with claims about an affair. mr cohen pled guilty to two campaign finance charges. what he work to pay money to silence to women who had information that he believed would be detrimental to the 2016 campaign. in front of his supporters in west virginia, mr trump avoided talking about his former lawyer, but he made no effort to hide his fury with the special counsel's investigation and the many media reports. mr trump is now himself facing serious allegations, a truth that he might find more difficult to dismiss with his usual catchphrases. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. and we will discuss this story with a political analyst in washington injust a few minutes‘ time. pet shops could be banned from selling puppies and kittens under new government plans to crack down on unethical breeders. the aim is to reduce the number of animals that suffer health problems after being reared in poor conditions. under the proposals, people would have to buy their pets from a registered breeder oi’ a rescue centre, as andy moore reports. it is estimated that tens of

thousands of animals are raised in puppy thousands of animals are raised in puppy farms every year and then sold onto an unsuspecting public. they mightappear onto an unsuspecting public. they might appear for sale in onto an unsuspecting public. they might appearfor sale in a onto an unsuspecting public. they might appear for sale in a pet shop will be advertised privately. the poster girl of a ban on third—party sales was a cavalier king charles spaniel called lucy. she was rescued from a puppy farm in a terrible condition after being kept for breeding ina condition after being kept for breeding in a cramped cage. more than 150,000 people signed a petition calling for what became known as lucy's law. animal charities have generally welcomed this government proposal. we believe that this has been a loophole for a number of years. the rspca has been investigating illegal trafficking of dogs both from the continent and in the uk, and we hope that this announcement will stamp out that trade. the proposed new law won't just apply to puppies. at this animal welfare centre in bristol, there are plenty of kittens available for re— homing. the government hopes that forcing people

to get their pets from animal rescue centres like this will put those who breed them in cramped factory conditions out of business. the environment secretary, michael gove, said he hoped the ban would mean that those who had a complete disregard for animal welfare would no longer be able to profit from their miserable trade. five of england's letting agents actively discriminate against those on housing benefit. almost half of branches who were asked said they had no suitable homes or landlords willing to let to someone on housing benefit, and one in ten had an outright ban on housing benefit te na nts. outright ban on housing benefit tenants. a spokesman for the minister for tenants. a spokesman for the ministerfor housing tenants. a spokesman for the minister for housing said those who feel discriminated against can complain to redress schemes. all letting and management agencies must be part of those. a quarter of school—age children have never been taken for a sight

test by their parents. that is according to a survey by the association of optometrists, which says that children are developing permanent vision problems because they are not being examined early enough. the report reveals that more than half of parents surveyed assume their child will have a full eye test at primary school. heidi tomlinson reports. eyesight cheque for 15—year—old eve. she has one good eye and one lazy eye. it is a condition called embley obr, eye. it is a condition called embley 0br, and affects around 3% of people. well done, let's have a look at the letters with your other eye. if it is not treated early it can lead to permanent sight loss in the week. eve was diagnosed at seven. lead to permanent sight loss in the week. eve was diagnosed at sevenm is just week. eve was diagnosed at sevenm isjust a week. eve was diagnosed at sevenm is just a shock at how much difference there was. i can see, and it is clear, and everything is how it is clear, and everything is how it should be, but as soon as they cover it up and everything is blurry, it is quite scary, because i can't see out of the site. it made me feel like a terrible parent, really, because you want to do your best buy your children, and finding out that there is a problem which

could have been solved earlier, but you won't aware of it, was really ha rd you won't aware of it, was really hard to handle. a survey from the association of 0ptometrist found a quarter of children have never been an eye test at around half of pa rents an eye test at around half of parents believe their child will have a full sight test at primary school. that is not the case. well, it isa school. that is not the case. well, it is a bit ofa school. that is not the case. well, it is a bit of a postcode lottery at the moment, with screening being available in some areas but not universally, across—the—boa rd. available in some areas but not universally, across-the-board. this condition has few symptoms. parents often don't know there is a problem until it is too late. taking their children for a free eye test at around three years of age is key. a bbc news investigation has found that some ryanair passengers who received compensation for cancelled and delayed flights were sent cheques that hadn't been signed. other customers said they had been charged extra banking fees after cheques bounced. rya nair has apologised and blamed the problem on an administrative error. it has been a difficult summer for the airline, who have suffered delays and cancellations at airports across europe. facebook says it has removed more

than 600 pages and accounts linked to iran and russia for what it called inauthentic or manipulating behaviour. it is believed the misinformation campaigns were targeting britain, america and the middle east. twitter says it has also suspended around 300 accounts. it comes a day after microsoft said it had thwarted russian cyber—attacks against us conservative groups. banks have been warned it is not fair to automatically blame customers for money lost through scams. steph has been looking into this. first of all, these scams are so clever. yes, they are. and that is the problem here. i think we all have stories of either us getting e—mails or phone calls, trying to scam money of people you know who have been scammed, and it is really common and if you think about how much money is actually transferred

by us to criminals every year, it is something like £2110 million. there isa something like £2110 million. there is a lot of money going to scammers, and at the moment the problem is that banks are only giving back about a quarter of that to customers, because they think it is the customers' fault in lots of insta nces, the customers' fault in lots of instances, and this is what the financial ombudsman is trying to crack down on. they are the people who deal with any dispute you might have with your bank, whatever it might be. so your mortgage, your ppi. if you think your bank hasn't handled the situation well, you go to the financial ombudsman, so they wa nt to the financial ombudsman, so they want a crackdown on this. so how does the bank decide whether it gives your money back or not? yes, so what they are trying to work out is whether they think you have been grossly negligent. if they think you have, they will not give the money back. and this could be anything from perhaps they think you were careless with your details, maybe you accidentally gave someone your password, and that is what they are looking for. but as you pointed out, louise, the financial ombudsman has

said these scams are getting more and more sophisticated, so it is really unfair to blame the customer. they are really clever. i had an e—mail yesterday which said it was from ba rclays bank, e—mail yesterday which said it was from barclays bank, and it took me ages to work out whether it was it wasn't. the time presses a lot of people have, it can be quite easy to try and convince people that, you know, to give them their money. and the complaints on this have gone up. there were something like 8500 complaints about bank fraud to the financial ombudsman last year. that is up by about a fifth. and what have the banks said? well, the banks are saying they are trying to do as much as they can about this, and they say they actually stopped £1.11 billion worth of unauthorised fraud last year. so they are saying there isa last year. so they are saying there is a lot that doesn't even get to the customer because they are stopping it from happening. but of course, the financial ombudsman is saying more needs to be done about this, and we will be talking to them in about a0 minutes' time, just about what consumers can do and what they can do with their banks to make

sure doesn't happen. banks are a lwa ys sure doesn't happen. banks are always giving e—mail saying don't give anyone your pen. they would never ask for your pin. and i think we will get quite a lot of messages about that. it is good to know what scams that row. and you can find us on social media. —— scams that there are. the british film director danny boyle has dropped out working on the upcoming james bond film due to "creative differences". the 25th film in the series had been scheduled for release at the end of next year. the announcement was made by two of the films producers and the current star of the franchise, daniel craig. we will be talking to our entertainment correspondent about that later in the programme. two of trump's former closest aides have been convicted of criminal offences in separate cases. cohen, trump's personal lawyer, has surrendered to the fbi and pleaded guilty to fraud and campaign finance charges. the president's former campaign manager paul manafort has admitted tax and bank fraud.

the offences predate the trump campaign, but manafort will face further legal proceedings in a few weeks. the us political analyst eric ham joins us live from washington now. for people who are not closely associated with this, let's talk about these two man, and divided up first, and then we will talk about the implications. so michael cohen, how key is he and how serious is this? well, this is very serious. we have seen for a year president trump going after bob mueller, calling this a witch—hunt and saying mueller is painted, but now we see his closest confidant, someone who has worked closely with this president for decades now, actually admit not only to committing a crime but saying that he did it at the direction of president trump —— tainted. so this directly implicate

president trump in a campaign violation, which is serious. and now you are seeing the term being bandied about, the term impeachment, and that could spell trouble for president trump as we look forward to the mid—term elections, where it is now looking like democrats will indeed take control of the house of representatives. 0k, indeed take control of the house of representatives. ok, so that's him. let's talk about paul manafort, he was the president's former campaign manager, and what he has been found guilty of this time predates his association with mr trump. tell us about the significance of that. well, it does predate president trump, but what it does is give gives greater credibility to what bob mueller has been tasked with doing, and that is looking for any criminal activity stemming out of his investigation into russian interference in the us elections. now, the next trial that is scheduled to take place in the coming weeks, here in washington,

dc, that trial will be much more problematic for the president, because that trial specifically paints paul manafort as a foreign agent working directly for both the russians and the ukrainians, and that will, i think, spread russians and the ukrainians, and that will, ithink, spread more russians and the ukrainians, and that will, i think, spread more of a cloud over this white house, as that trial goes forward. and the difference between that trial and this trial, where paul manafort was convicted of eight out of 18 charges, you most likely will not have a judge who will seek to be as aggressive and placing himself at the centre of the trial, much like we saw in the trial thatjust took based in virginia. 0k, we saw in the trial thatjust took based in virginia. ok, so at this point you would say it is serious for the president, but there are many things are still in this story to come, aren't they are? absolutely, and even though it does appearas absolutely, and even though it does appear as though now the legal news is tightening around this president,

thatis is tightening around this president, that is not actually his main concern right now —— legal noose. his main concern is actually the political ramifications. because as long as he is within the office of the presidency, he is actually secure, because it does appear that the policy of the justice secure, because it does appear that the policy of thejustice department is not to attempt to bring charges against a sitting president. however, what could spell trouble for him is if these charges become more and more problematic and get closer and closer to his doorstep, will congress actually act in terms of actually beginning the process of impeachment in the house? and of course, eventually removal from impeachment in the house? and of course, eventually removalfrom his office with the senate. thank you for talking through that with us. it is 16 minutes past six.

sally is here with a look at the cricket. i think a little bit of a bonkers decision about the cricket today. the cricket might last five minute is, i guess. you could literally be one ball. the decision has been made to charge £10 for people to go and watch it. i think, come on, get them in the free, get the kids in. india need just one wicket on the final day of the third test to beat england. a maiden test century from jos buttler plus dogged innings from ben stokes and adil rashid have dragged the hosts into an unlikely final day. they will resume this morning on 311—9, 220 runs short of a win. leeds and swansea both continued their unbeaten starts to the championship season, as they drew 2—2 at the liberty stadium. leeds twice came from behind, and got the point thanks to the former swansea midfielder pablo hernandez. great britain picked up three gold medals at the world para athletics european championships in berlin, with richard whitehead winning the t61200 metres.

serena williams has topped the forbes rich list of female athletes, that's despite her 1a month break to have her daughter 0lympia. the 23—time grand slam champion earned less than fifty thousand pounds in prize money during the last year, but made almost $1a million through endorsements. 14 1a million. incredible. and rightly so. 1a million. incredible. and rightly so. if there is anyone who can really target those endorsements and get sponsorship, it is somebody like serena williams. such an inspirational character for young girls coming any sport. 50,000 in prize money, 1a million. girls coming any sport. 50,000 in prize money, ia millionlj girls coming any sport. 50,000 in prize money, 14 million. i wouldn't say no to the 50,000! here's alina with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to you. a warm, humid

day across central, southern and eastern parts of the uk. but a bit ofa eastern parts of the uk. but a bit of a split across the country because further north and west it is a fresher feel and we have our rakes a fresher feel and we have our rakes a brain. recent picture, you can see how that is affecting parts of scotland, northern ireland, from inverness to portrush, this rain will be sinking its way southwards and eastwards through the day, as it does it will tend to weaken. patchy rain across northern england, wales, the midlands three afternoon from behind it some spells of sunshine, showers and ahead of some sunshine too. parts of england and south wales could stay fairly cloudy but it is ahead of the rain that we can see “— it is ahead of the rain that we can see —— that we are in this humid air mass. temperatures getting up to maybe twitter seven celsius. a cooler field behind our maybe twitter seven celsius. a coolerfield behind our band of cloud and rain and maybe not much higher than 20 or 21 for the south—west coast. through this

evening, spells of sunshine through northern ireland, southern scotland, northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england, walk cloud sinking southwards, not much rain on it, another spell in two north—western parts of scotland and ireland and certainly a fresher feel he. 9— 11 celsius, still in that warm and humid air mass further south and east. this fresh air is plunging its way down across the uk through tomorrow. some outbreaks of rain across east anglia, the south—east, again some spells of sunshine but quite a few showers and longer spells of rain piling into northern and western scotland, northern ireland and northern england. we all noticed the difference in the afternoon temperatures tomorrow. 1a— 17 for the north and 21 or 22 further south. after a cool start, some spells of sunshine with showers, frequent across northern ireland, northern england and

scotland, a much more fresh deal to the day, 15— 19 the top temperature and quite actually start to the day on saturday. we will keep this north—westerly wind to the start of the weekend and that could be feeding showers across on saturday. the further north and west you are the more likely you are to see showers but for most on saturday escaping with a dry day. cloud will build to the day but a chilly start to the day and come the afternoon which is not higher than 18. some changes over the next few days. see you a little bit later, thank you. let's take a look at the front pages of today's papers. the mirror goes with "the end of puppy farming". a new law which will ban third parties such as shops and online dealers from selling pets that have been bred irresponsibly. the telegraph has a picture of lenny henry meeting trevor mcdonald on the eve of the comedian's 60th birthday. the newsreader has interviewed lenny henry about his career. it's mainstory story is how hiring

more magistrates with criminal records could help increase diversity among the judiciary. idris elba is on the front page of the times. he's being tipped to be the next james bond of course. it also covers our top story today about donald trump's former lawyer michael cohen pleading guilty to breaking campaign finance rules. and the express has a story about, what it describes as, a revolutionary cancer treatment which has been shown to shrink tumours by a third. and the most read story on the bbc news website this morning is about ryanair passengers who've received compensation for cancelled and delayed flights have found that their cheques bounced and they've had to pay extra fees. we have been hearing this morning that people on housing benefit are being discriminated against when it comes to renting privately. that's according to

a report exclusively given to breakfast by shelter and the national housing federation. the study also highlights how this disproportionately affects women, who make up 95% of single parents receiving benefits. jayne mccubbin is at the former headquarters of the east london suffragettes, who campaigned for better housing for women. and you have a horse with you. i do. this is arnie and he has said good morning. we are back on the road with our suffrage wagon. looming over us is a mural of sylvia pankhurst, she knew, as well as the women who drove away again as they fought for the right to win that vote, that it was in an end to itself, it was a means to an end, to improve the lives of ordinary women and housing was one of the number—1 issueis and housing was one of the number—1 issue is that they fought for. has changed? issue is that they fought for. has changed ? today, issue is that they fought for. has changed? today, housing charities say nowhere near enough. this woman is a single mother who

works as a in a lady and lives in a 3—bedroom house with her three children. they have been desperate for more space for years. at she tells me she has been refused every home she has seen it as she is on housing benefit. you don't even get your foot in the door. it is almost like in the old days they said no blacks, no irish, no dogs, now it is no dss. in an undercover investigation, six chains were called posing as potential tenants, almost half said they had no homes or landlords willing to let someone on housing benefit, one in ten had a blanket and. this is still a grey area, legally. 60% of benefit recipient —— recipients are in, night but sent a single benefits receivers are women. indiscriminate

—— that commercial laws are in place and we are hoping to bring more test cases which show this isn'tjust immoral, it is notjust from a nation, it is actually also illegal. —— discrimination. nation, it is actually also illegal. -- discrimination. speak to the industry and they say legitimate business reasons are behind this, not discrimination. about half of landlords have a mortgage on the property and many mainstream mortgage lenders will prohibit renting to people in receipt of housing benefit. unfortunately they tend to go with the easier option. but is easy always legal? the very first test case is likely to be heard this autumn, 100 years after women won the vote which they had hoped would give them equal access to housing. if you are a single woman, you couldn't afford the rent and also nobody wanted to take you on. so this is mary higgs, who did something about it. she did. she did something about it. she did. she did something quite radical. berdych is

why from this church in 0ldham set out in rags to find outjust where lone women could find shelter. she toured the slums and the workhouses, she campaigned for better houses for lone women and inspired the national association of women's lodging houses. the great sadness was that after a ll houses. the great sadness was that after all of this, mary herself was made homeless. when her husband died in1907, made homeless. when her husband died in 1907, she had to move out of the parsonage and she had no income, she had no home and she had to make children dependent upon her. she was helped in the way that she helped other women. it wasn't until 1937 when her work was rewarded with an ade, she died two weeks later. her ashes are scattered in the church she once called home. the quality of housing has improved substantially since women won the vote, but mary higgs battle for women to access housing is one which charities say

is still being fought to day. well what would they make a two—day's report? lets chat to the author of two—day's report, polly from shelter, and find out why you think we are still having these battles to day. —— today. think we are still having these battles to day. -- today. believe it or not, women are still disconnected against in housing and that is because letting agents and landlords refuse to let people on housing benefit and women make up the majority, especially single mothers, it one housing benefit. they are still being denied an equal right to a home. your concern is in this blanket ban you are seeing in a lot of cases, you are concerned that this is women who absolutely can pay their way. we are seeing women day m, their way. we are seeing women day in, day out to have an unblemished re cord in, day out to have an unblemished record of paying their rent and yet they are not getting a look in, they are being disconnected against

before they even get through the door. it is impossible for them to find somewhere to live. the letting agents and the landlord say it is a discrimination, there are solid business reasons why we have to do this, we have to make a profit. these are excuses. if they didn't wa nt these are excuses. if they didn't want to do this, they didn't have too. it is prejudging people before they have met them, look at their individual case and that is discrimination. this fight that was big on by champions like this over 100 years ago will go into the courtrooms as soon 100 years ago will go into the courtrooms as soon as autumn. first, the news and travel and weather wherever you are waking up this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i'm tolu adeoye. a manhunt is underway after two men were injured in a shooting in north—west london. it's the third shooting incident in london this week. shots were fired at a group of men outside rayners lane tube station yesterday evening. the suspected attacker fled the scene with an accomplice on a moped. two other men were arrested near the scene. it is the third shooting incident in

london this week. the family of a woman who died after a routine heart test went wrong, has received £700,000 in compensation, after a five—year battle. katejones, who was 35, suffered complications following an angiogram. the princess alexandra hospital in harlow expressed its condolences and said a full investigation had been carried out, but kate's husband says he still hasn't received a proper apology. ididn't take i didn't take kate barrett in a wheelchair and dropped her off and hoped for the best. this was for us, a routine procedure that she wasn't put out for, she was giving a local and we were expecting to be eating stea k and we were expecting to be eating steak that evening. bus routes across the capital could be cut under new plans from transport for london. a consultation on the proposals will open next month. transport for london say they are looking at how they can "adjust and reorganise the network

to ensure it reflects a rapidly changing london." let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the railway, ctc services are suspended between shoeburyness and south and due to a trespassers. south—western railway service i disrupt due to a signalling problem. the m25 is closed anticlockwise between junction 27 the m25 is closed anticlockwise betweenjunction 27 and 25 because —— because of an overturned lorry. in lower holloway, traffic lights are not working on the a5 at three southbound. in mala bone, two lanes are closed on gloucester place between marlborough in road and malcolm street. lets have a check on the weather now with lucy martin. hello, good morning. the last of the very warm weather today before we see a switch to something cooler, fresher and more unsettled. there

will be good spells of sunshine and again feeling very warm, temperatures in the mid— july 20. this morning, one or two patches of this, that should be fairly quickly, could see a little bit in the way of cloud late morning but good spells of sunshine to come through today. feeling warm and that sunshine with highs of around 27 celsius. through this evening it is looking good. good spells of sunshine before the sunsets and overnight if you strive with patchy cloud, tending to increase in the north—west as a move into the early hours, another warm and humid night, overnight lows around 15— 17 celsius. we see a little bit of rain creeping into the top, a sign of things to come. behind that, something cooler and fresher. tomorrow there will be a speu fresher. tomorrow there will be a spell of rain through the morning, becoming dry and bright, behind that cooler and fresher air. cap which is starting to come down, 22 celsius tomorrow and fresher still into the weekend. i'm back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. now though, it's back to dan and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast,

with dan walker and louise minchin. it is 6:30am. we will bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. but also on breakfast this morning: if you can't convince your kid to eat their broccoli, don't panic. researchers from the university of bristol have some advice for parents of fussy eaters. we will speak to them just after 7:30. also this morning: we will discuss the rights and wrongs of police restraint after a video posted on social media shows a teenage girl being struck by an officer. and, after 9:00am, we will bejoined by novelist and cellist patrick gale to talk about his latest work, which explores coming of age and the power of music. good morning. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: donald trump's former lawyer michael cohen, who once pledged to take a bullet for the president, has pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws. he implicated the president in his testimony, and said he broke the law at the direction of the candidate, for the purpose

of influencing the election. his admission was related to hush money paid to mr trump's alleged mistresses. pet shops could be banned from selling puppies and kittens under new government plans to crack down on unethical breeders. the aim is to reduce the number of animals that suffer health problems after being reared in poor conditions. under the proposals, people would have to buy their pets from a registered breeder or a rescue centre. the rspca welcomes this move to stop breeders selling dogs. we believe that this has been a loophole for a number of years. the rspca has been investigating illegal trafficking of dogs, both from the continent and within the uk, and we hope that this announcement will stamp out that trade. letting agents in england actively discriminate against tenants on housing benefit, according to a new report by shelter and the national housing federation.

almost half of branches which were asked said they had no suitable homes or landlords willing to let to benefit claimants, and one in ten banned them outright. the government says those who feel discriminated against can complain to redress schemes, which all agents must be part of. a quarter of school—age children have never been taken for a sight test by their parents. that is according to a survey by the association of optometrists. it says that children are developing permanent vision problems because they are not being examined early enough. the report reveals that more than half of parents think their child will have a full sight test at primary school, but not all schools offer this, and those that do usually only provide a basic screening. a bbc news investigation has found that some ryanair passengers who received compensation for cancelled and delayed flights were sent cheques that hadn't been signed. other customers said they had been charged extra banking fees after cheques bounced. rya nair has apologised and blamed the problem on an administrative error. it has been a difficult summer for the airline, which has suffered delays and cancellations at airports across

europe. facebook says it has removed more than 600 pages and accounts linked to iran and russia for what it called inauthentic or manipulating behaviour. it is believed the misinformation campaigns were targeting britain, america and the middle east. twitter says it has also suspended around 300 accounts. it comes a day after microsoft said it had thwarted russian cyber—attacks against us conservative groups. banks should treat customers more fairly when they fall for scams, according to the financial 0mbudsman. last year, customers transferred nearly £2a0 million to fraudsters, only a quarter of which was refunded by financial firms. the ombudsman says banks too regularly say customers were grossly negligent in giving out their personal information. uk finance, which represents banks, says the industry has introduced new standards on how they respond to victims. the number of english sites on the national heritage list has

reached a00,000 for the first time, with the head office of bike manufacturer raleigh in nottingham the latest to be given protected status. and it isn't just buildings that are listed. the catalogue includes battlefields, shipwrecks and landscapes. plymouth‘s theatre royal and the original terminal of birmingham airport have also been added. the british film director danny boyle has dropped out of working on the upcoming james bond film due to "creative differences". the 25th film in the series had been scheduled for release at the end of next year. the announcement was made by two of the film's producers and the current star of the franchise, daniel craig. that is worrying, because it might delay things. i like having a bond

movie to look forward to. he doesn't like a big budget, that is what has put him off. if you can handle the opening ceremony of the olympics... and they are notoriously terrible. he pulled one out of the bag. although do you think that we look back on 2012, being british, as thinking that was excellent, but a shingle look at their games and think we did a wonderfuljob?” think we did a wonderfuljob?” think that is probably the case. the industrial revolution, amazing. everyone else looking at why have they got nurses they are? give him a bond job immediately. and the strange situation at the cricket today. you had to pay £10 to get in, and you might watch one minute of cricket. india need just one wicket to beat england in the third test, so it could be over in one ball.

but fans will still have to pay a tenner to get into trent bridge. it was always unlikely that england would get anything out of this test, having been set 521 to win, and losing four early wickets didn't help. butjos buttler dug in to score his maiden test century. ben stokes also showed plenty of patience for his 62. it was down to adil rashid to take it into a final day, but in all honesty, this one is done and dusted. it was very important to us today to turn up and show a lot of character and a lot of fight, and not give in to india too easily. we did that really well through the day, even the two guys at the end, making sure we come back tomorrow, showed that no matter what it is, we're not going roll over. leeds and swansea continued their unbeaten starts to the championship season as they drew at the liberty stadium. man of the match 0li mcburnie got a couple for the home side, including this header to put swansea 2—1 up, but it was a former player who came back to haunt swansea. midfielder pablo hernandez scored

a second equaliser for leeds, who move top of the table on goal difference. england women's manager phil neville has recalled captain steph houghton and alex greenwood for their crucial world cup qualifier with wales. centre—back houghton is fit again after a knee injury, while left—back greenwood returns from suspension. they play wales next friday, and the winners will automatically qualify for next year's tournament in france. serena williams has topped the forbes rich list of female athletes, despite her 1a—month break to have her daughter, 0lympia. the 23—time grand slam champion earned less than £50,000 prizemoney during the past year, but made almost £1a million through endorsements. that is £a million more than caroline wozniacki, who is next on the list. eight of the top ten play tennis. described as para—swimming's new rising star, maisie summers—newton won two gold medals for britain at the european championships in dublin last week, setting two world records in the process.

maisie, who isjust 16, swept aside the competition, including her idol ellie simmonds. let's take a look at her in action. here is maisie summers—newton. she is being chased by her opponent, but she is not going to catch up. it's going to be gold to maisie summers—newton, and its gold for great britain. it's a world record time. it's 2:50 9:60, and maisie summers—newton is the european champion. the gold—medallist and the european champion, from great britain, is maisie summers—newton, ina britain, is maisie summers—newton, in a world record time. what a phenomenal swim. maisie summers—newtonjoins us now. iam not i am not surprised... she hasjust given them back. i am not surprised

that louise has already pinched it. i always love looking at medals. congratulations. two thank you. what a stack of medals you have. incredible performance last week we re eve n incredible performance last week were even beating your own idol. going into this competition, did you know how well you could do? not at all. we just worked know how well you could do? not at all. wejust worked really know how well you could do? not at all. we just worked really hard and wa nted all. we just worked really hard and wanted to go out there, and all i wa nted wanted to go out there, and all i wanted to go out there, and all i wanted to do was get pbs, so it was unexpected. and when we talk to swimmers, they talk about the gruelling training regime and how horrific it is, in the hours and hours in the pool. i read a quote from you saying you really like the training. you must be made! some people would say it is a bit crazy, because we wake up at aam in the morning sometimes —— mad. you guys but wobbly wake up at four a.m.. but we don't go for a swim, to be fair —— you guys probably wake up at four

a.m.. and you have also been training, racing, and also you are at school, you have done your gcses this year. how do you manage?m at school, you have done your gcses this year. how do you manage? it is quite crazy. i just this year. how do you manage? it is quite crazy. ijust want this year. how do you manage? it is quite crazy. i just want to thank northampton swimming club and my coach, because we planned it out well, we thought what sessions will well, we thought what sessions will we have on and off, and i think it has really paid off. so i willjust have to wait and see. what are you more nervous about, being on the starting block or getting those gcse results tomorrow? properly tomorrow, because at the end of the day ijust race. i am used to that. gcses are once—in—a—lifetime. you can always reta ke once—in—a—lifetime. you can always retake them if they haven't worked out. exactly. what the folks at home can't see is just off camera here are yourfamily. can't see is just off camera here are your family. hello. can't see is just off camera here are yourfamily. hello. they can't see is just off camera here are your family. hello. they have been so important to you, and so

supportive. yes. and i guess without grandad and mum ferrying you around, none of this would have been possible. no, because swimming is such an expensive sport, and some people are quite unfortunate, like, because they can't afford it. to have the support from them, taxiing me around, is just really supporting me. and they look very proud. look at them! good morning! it is so glamorous, our set. what is their reaction when they know you have done so well? you see them jumping up done so well? you see them jumping up and the crowd, and they probably can't believe it, like i couldn't believe it either. and you beat ellie simmonds. is she your idle? yes, she was the one that many start competitively swimming. —— idol. she is such an inspiration to everyone.

and she thought about giving it up, and is still swimming. and she helped you along the way? yes, i spoke to her before because she has been to the games and loads of european and world championships. it was my first major, so to control my nerves a bit i spoke to her and asked her how she felt, and everything. would you just hold your medals, we always like to get a good look at them. do you get a bit of a break now? yes, three weeks' rake, and then back in the water. and you say back in the water, i am always fascinated. how many hours a week do you do swimming? it is notjust women, presumably, as well. how many hours of training? so the sessions at 2.5 hours, and i do that eight times a week. however that adds up to. good luck tomorrow. andjust

times a week. however that adds up to. good luck tomorrow. and just 16 as well, so many years to come. yes, hopefully. and is grandad driving you home today? my mum is driving me today. all the best for tomorrow. thank you. that is a lot of training. the good thing about swimming, as well, the weather doesn't matter, if you are in doors. no, the water the project is the same. here is alina with a look at this morning's weather. swimming outdoors any time of the year, so long as the water is he did is quite fun to do. today we have this north—west, south—east split. some outbreaks of rain, further south and east spells of sunshine and warm and humid. here is our rain stretching from scotland, behind it are stretching from scotland, behind it a re clear stretching from scotland, behind it are clear skies, this rain will shrink its way —— with its way southwards. by the time gets into northern england and north wales through the afternoon it will be quite patchy. behind it will cease and sunshine, and a bit quite a bit

of cloud remaining, parts of south wales and south—east england but also some warm spells of sunshine. again we are in this warm, humid air across central and eastern parts, cooler and fresher behind the band of rain. ahead of it, we could see that if a property sits across the east anglia and the south—east. into this evening, some clearer skies for time but cloud built across northern and western parts of the uk, some outbreaks of rain. cloud and patchy rain moving to the midlands and maybe into parts of central and southern england and another warm and unite. we will all see that fresh, cooler air through tomorrow's. that fresh air through tomorrow's. that fresh airsinks air through tomorrow's. that fresh air sinks south and eastwards across the country. what we will start with is some clout, outbreaks of rain and that should be drawn by the afternoon and behind it some good spells of sunshine but notice

showers, longer spells of rain piling into northern ireland, western and northern scotland. 1a— 17 celsius for scotland and northern ireland and18— 17 celsius for scotland and northern ireland and 18— 22 for england and wales copy are quite risk north—westerly wind on friday, sunshine around for many but the lanes share of the showers across northern ireland, western scotland and parts of northern england and a much more fresh feel for all of us on friday. 13— 19 celsius. chilly night into saturday, any of us getting into low single figures, that north—westerly wind on saturday, probably fewer showers around to start what is for many a bank holiday weekend. spells of sunshine on saturday, cloud building to the day and we will keep one or two showers the further north—west you are. after a chilly start, cabbages by the afternoon not getting higher than the 17 or 19 celsius. i might rethink that pool

thing. banks are being told they need to be a bit fairer to people who get scammed by fraudsters. we have been getting so many messages. so convincing as well! you read stories about how people have lost money and you understand why. the financial ombudsman seeing a big increase in the number of complaints from victims of bank fraud. about 8,500 people weren't happy last year with how banks responded after they fell victim to scams. the people who deal with those complaints say too often banks are blaming customers. we asked people in manchester who they thought should take responsibility. i think if it happens, like it happens to me where you haven't personally done anything. you have not given your details away, you're not given your details away, you're not lost your card, then i think the banks should do something about it. ultimately it is the customer

because they shouldn't be led into scams, they need to be highlighted more and maybe the banks should do more and maybe the banks should do more to highlight that.|j more and maybe the banks should do more to highlight that. i think i was a little bit naive going into the e—mailand was a little bit naive going into the e—mail and not thinking it could be fraudulent, or checking with the bank. in most cases, if it doesn't sound as though it is plausible it is not plausible. so, ifeel sometimes that if someone is looking for a quick buck and one of these rings them up, they should think twice. well it is the person that gives an information over the phone, so gives an information over the phone, so it has got to beat the customer rather than the bank in that particular case, in the case of somebody using your identity. has got to be the bank. caroline wayman is the chief executive of the financial 0mbudsman service and joins me now. thanks tojoining thanks to joining us. thanks tojoining us. we heard some people we were chatting to yesterday, saying that it depends if you give your details or a. there

are two different types of fraud. tell us about that. there are frauds we re tell us about that. there are frauds were you authorise the payment, that might you authorise payment by something, you buy a caravan and there is none. is hard to get your money back because —— because the bank is following your instructions and if they do something, it wasn't theirfault and and if they do something, it wasn't their fault and you wouldn't think they are responsible. the other type is where you have not authorised it and the fraudster takes control, does the transaction. what if they have knowingly authorised that they have knowingly authorised that they have given details? those are the tricky ones. in some cases you have to work out did or did they not authorise it? different legal tests apply. if you didn't, it is saying where you grossly negligent? that is the test and what we are seeing

todayis the test and what we are seeing today is think that is a high are and banks should be careful in thinking about whether or not custer ‘s thinking about whether or not custer ns __ thinking about whether or not custer ‘s —— customers have been grossly negligent. what is the definition of that? i don't think there is a single way of defining it, an example that people think would count is keeping your card and having a pin number with it. i have seen people scratch the pin number onto the back of the card. most people now would rob a bleak sake in those second —— cert —— mark —— ‘s circumstances that would amount to gross negligent. is all about the environment they create that make it very believable, then those situations we are saying to the banks at times that wasn't grossly negligent, you need to give the money back. it is yourjob, your service to deal with any complaints that customers have if they do not think they have been dealt properly by the banks. tell us about the type of complaints you are getting and what you're doing about it you think

the banks are wrong? if we think they are wrong we will instruct them to give the money back and we published today some examples of that. what we are seeing is relisted his stake —— sophisticated scams, things that people find surprising. you might get a text from a fraudster that is on a chain from your actual bank that is genuine and i think your actual bank that is genuine and ithinka your actual bank that is genuine and i think a lot of people would find that pretty believable. i think it is important to emphasise it is not people being foolish when they fall for things, they are really sophisticated. how do you decide whether a case should be upheld against the bank? overall we have got to decide what is fair and reasonable and we looking at the law, the regular tory rules, but it is about the circumstances and piecing together what happened. —— regular tory. —— regulatory. what will you do if they don't

listen? we have powers to make them pay the money, but if we found they did not do that properly we would report them to the regulator. get in touch with us with morejoy sample is because we will be talking about someone representing the banks little later on in the programme. we love our pets, but what do we know about where they come from? thousands of puppies and kittens are being bred in squalor on illegal farms, then sold to unspuspecting owners. now pet shops could be banned from selling the animals under a new government crackdown on unethical breeders. under the proposals, anyone buying a dog or cat less than six months old will have to deal directly with the breeder or a rescue centre. tim muffett is at an animal hospital in north london for us this morning. and you have a gorgeous kitchen as well. we do. we have three gorgeous cadenza. welcome to thomas, ev and laura. we are at the rspca animal

hospital in north london and we are talking today about a proposed change in the law in england as to how kittens and puppies can be bought. the problem, according to the government and many campaigners at the moment, is that third—party sellers. caroline, you are an officerfor sellers. caroline, you are an officer for the rspca, sellers. caroline, you are an officerfor the rspca, explained to us officerfor the rspca, explained to us what the problem is at the moment and what you think needs to change? 0ver and what you think needs to change? over the last few years will we have found is that the selling puppies and kittens has become big business and kittens has become big business and what that has meant is that the welfare of the animals has called the bottom of the pie all. —— drawn to the bottom of the pie all. they are being bred all over the place, whether in this country, overseas, the condition over there i would hate to think what they are like. then the animals are moved, often too young, arcane diseases, so we are then presented with animals that are then presented with animals that are dumped when their health problems become too much or the owners do the right thing and they

come to the vet with a little puppy or kitten that they have got and it has got really serious health problems that should have been prevented and we are losing some of those animals. and it is the taking away of the puppy or the kitten from the mother at an early plate which isa the mother at an early plate which is a problem and that has been exploited via some traders. is a problem and that has been exploited via some tradersm is a problem and that has been exploited via some traders. it is pa rt of exploited via some traders. it is part of the problem, even if they are taken out at the right age, if they are not in the right environment. we see in breeding with some popular breeds, being bred with extreme shapes, that is a big problem as well. it is a myriad of health and welfare problems copy under these proposed changes, pet shops would not be able to sell young puppies and cities but it is the online sales that is your concern? there are concerns anywhere where pets at a trader that way. 0nline has really grown and traders have become really sophisticated, they build up a story about what you

are getting is a lovely home bred puppy, they are getting is a lovely home bred puppy, they even are getting is a lovely home bred puppy, they even have are getting is a lovely home bred puppy, they even have a pretend mother's day, but the story doesn't stack up and you realise that these puppies have come from many miles, travelling for very long periods. they go home and they are poorly with input before— 48 hours. —— 24. so these are typical of kittens that you find in a bad state? well, we don't know where they have come from because they were just found dumped. they were very underweight, covered in fleas, they hadn't had the preventative treatment that they need. sometimes that isjust people not getting their pets neutered. sometimes they think we can breed them, we can make money out of this. so it is important to get your cats neutered as well because there is an overwhelming number of kittens that do not have homes, but we want them to go to the right homes, read in

the right way in a nice healthy condition. thank you very much. we have linda's law, which was named after a dog, around 70 containers have been pushing. promoters changes —— the post changes announced could seek real change to the way that beautiful kittens like this and puppies are bought in england. campaigners are hoping it will improve the health of a number of animals. we will talk more about this after seven o'clock. here are some beautiful kittens, as well as news, travel and weather, wherever you are. good morning from bbc london news. a manhunt is underway after two men were injured in a shooting in north—west london. shots were fired at a group of men outside rayners lane tube station yesterday evening. the suspected attacker left the scene with an accomplice on a moped. two other men were arrested nearby. it's the third shooting incident in london this week. a suspect police want

to interview over a fatal stabbing outside a gym in south—east london two years ago, has been arrested in cyprus. charles riddington is currently being held over local speeding offences. the met police had offered a £10,000 reward for information leading to his arrest over the death of george barker. there are now calls for him to extradited. what we need now is for northern cyprus to co—operate, to ensure that person is should i did to the uk silicon havejustice. we now have two murders of local men whether people have fled to northern cyprus and it is time that we actually ensure that the northern cypriot authorities work with the uk foreign 0ffice authorities work with the uk foreign office so that these can face justice. bus routes across the capital could be cut under new transport for london plans.

a consultation on the proposals will open next month. tfl says it's looking at how it can "adjust and reorganise the network to ensure it reflects a rapidly changing london." let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the railway: south western railway services are disrupted through staines because of a signalling problem. 0n the roads, the m25 is closed anti—clockwise between junction 27 and junction 25 because of an overturned lorry. there are diversions via the m11 and north circular. in lower holloway, the traffic lights are not working on the a503 southbound at the junction with york way. two lanes are closed on gloucester place between marylebone road and melcombe street due to emergency gas leak repairs. lets have a check on the weather now with lucy martin. hello, good morning. the last of the very warm weather today before we see a switch to something cooler, fresher and more unsettled. today there will be good spells of sunshine and again feeling very warm, temperatures in the mid—high 20s. this morning, one or two patches of mist, that should be fairly

quickly, could see a little bit in the way of cloud late morning, but good spells of sunshine to come through the today. feeling warm in that sunshine with highs of around 27 celsius and light winds. through this evening it is looking good. good spells of sunshine before the sunsets and overnight staying dry with patchy cloud, tending to increase in the north—west as we move into the early hours, another warm and humid night, overnight lows around 15—17 celsius. we see a little bit of rain creeping into the top of the screen, a sign of things to come. behind that rain, something cooler and fresher. tomorrow there will be a spell of rain through the morning, becoming drier and bright, behind that cooler and fresher air. temperatures starting to come down, maximum of 22 celsius tomorrow and fresher still into the weekend. i'm back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. now though, it's back to dan and louise. bye for now. good morning.

welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: donald trump's former lawyer pleads guilty to violating campaign finance laws, and tells a new york court that he did so at the direction of the now—president. protecting pets from being reared in poor conditions. the government says puppies and kittens will no longer be sold in pet shops in england. a warning that children risk problems with their sight. 0ptometrists say one in four school pupils haven't had their eyes tested. don't blame the customers. banks are told to treat fraud victims more fairly, after we transferred £2a0 million to scammers last year, but the banks only paid back a quarter of it. in sport: england battle, but eventually break. india need just one wicket to win the third test at trent bridge. good morning. a bit of a split

across the country today. pressure further north and west with some outbreaks of rain. drier and warmer further south and east. i will have all the details in about 15 minutes. it is wednesday 22 august. our top story: donald trump's former lawyer michael cohen, who once pledged to take a bullet for the president, has pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws. he implicated the president in his testimony and said he broke the law at the direction of "the candidate" for the purpose of influencing the election. meanwhile, mr trump's former campaign manager paul manafort has admitted tax and bank fraud. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler has the details. president trump landed in west virginia to attend a rally, and to face many questions about two men who were once part of his inner circle. in new york, mr trump's former lawyer and fixer michael cohen pleaded guilty to tax fraud and breaking campaign finance laws. while, just outside washington, a jury found the president's former

campaign manager paul manafort guilty of a series of financial crimes, in a case brought by the special counsel, robert mueller, who is assessing allegations of russian interference in america's presidential election. this is a witch—hunt, and it's a disgrace. this has nothing to do what they started out — looking for russians involved in our campaign. there were none. manafort‘s crimes were not connected to the period he worked for donald trump's campaign. but michael cohen claims some of his offences he admitted were committed under the orders of the president. he says mr trump told him to pay tens of thousands of dollars to stop the porn star stormy daniels from making allegations about a sexual relationship, and to silence the former playboy model karen macdougall from going public with claims about an affair. mr cohen pled guilty to two campaign finance charges. what he did was he worked to pay money to silence two women who had

information that he believed would be detrimental to the 2016 campaign. in front of his supporters in west virginia, mr trump avoided talking about his former lawyer. but mr trump is now himself facing serious allegations, a truth that he might find more difficult to dismiss with his usual catchphrases. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. pet shops could be banned from selling puppies and kittens under new government plans to crack down on unethical breeders. the aim is to reduce the number of animals that suffer health problems after being reared in poor conditions. under the proposals, people would have to buy their pets from a registered breeder or a rescue centre, as andy moore reports. it is estimated that tens of thousands of animals are raised in puppy farms every year and then sold on to an unsuspecting public. they might appearfor sale in a pet shop, or be advertised privately. the poster girl of a ban on third—party sales

was a cavalier king charles spaniel called lucy. she was rescued from a puppy farm in a terrible condition, after being kept for breeding in a cramped cage. more than 150,000 people signed a petition calling for what became known as lucy's law. animal charities have generally welcomed this government proposal. we believe that this has been a loophole for a number of years. the rspca has been investigating illegal trafficking of dogs, both from the continent and within the uk, and we hope that this announcement will stamp out that trade. the proposed new law won't just apply to puppies. at this animal rescue centre in bristol, there are plenty of kittens available for rehoming. the government hopes that forcing people to get their pets from animal rescue centres like this will put those who breed them in cramped factory conditions out of business. the environment secretary, michael gove, said he hoped the ban would mean those who had a complete disregard for animal welfare would no longer be able to profit

from their miserable trade. letting agents in england actively discriminate against tenants on housing benefit, according to a new report by shelter and the national housing federation. almost half of branches which were asked said they had no suitable homes or landlords willing to let to benefit claimants, and one in ten banned them outright. the government says those who feel discriminated against can complain to redress schemes, which all agents must be part of. a powerful earthquake has struck venezuela's coast, with tremors felt in many parts of the country including the capital, caracas. us seismologists said it had a magnitude of seven. so far, there are no reports of injuries or damage. there are concerns that the country, in the grip of an economic crisis, would struggle to cope with a natural disaster. facebook says it has removed more than 600 pages and accounts linked to iran and russia for

what it called inauthentic or manipulating behaviour. it is believed the misinformation campaigns were targeting britain, america and the middle east. twitter says it has also suspended around 300 accounts. it comes a day after microsoft said it had thwarted russian cyber—attacks against us conservative groups. banks have been warned it is not fair to automatically blame customers for money lost through scams. steph has been looking into this. iamjust i am just going to print off some of these extra comments to read at the end. so many people getting in touch about all sorts of different and sophisticated frauds. and that is the point here. a lot of the people who get scammed are really careful with money and have really believe the person who might have asked for one detail orjust something that could allow them to access this money. it is such a big problem now, and if you look at how much money we actually have transferred to

scammers, it is something like £240 million last year. money we have transferred from our accounts. in terms of what the banks have done about it, they have only given back about it, they have only given back a quarter of this money to the customers, because there is a whole argument over who was actually responsible for this. is it the customers' fault giving away details, or is it the banks' fault for letting someone impersonate someone from the bank and that is the problem. this is what the financial ombudsman wants to crack down on, the people who look at complaints against banks. so how does the tank decide who gets moneyback? is whether they deem you to have been grossly negligent, giving away personal details very freely, and that is how they assess it. the problem is, as you say, the scams are getting more sophisticated and the financial ombudsman is saying it is not really fair to keep saying it is not really fair to keep saying that and saying that everyone has been grossly negligent. there needs to be more thought which goes into this, and on more occasions

people need to be given their money back. the complaints about this have gone up by around a fifth. there are 8500 complaints in the last year to the ombudsman about bank frauds and about the fact customers feel they haven't been dealt with properly by their bank. crisp says if -- crisp says if chris says let crick to rick internet action be taken to withhold funds from suspected fraudsters, and lots of people saying the onus is on the banks. the banks say they spend a lot of money on this and at the end of the day they still pay out quite a bit of money as well. they say they have spent billions of pounds on this and they say they stopped around £1 billion of fraud last year by all of these measures. they also say they are working with regulators on this, and working with

the police on looking at how to stop this. we have also had messages saying if someone's money is being transferred to another account, why can't you just find out where the money has gone? the financial ombudsman, when we spoke to them earlier, about what they can do when the banks are not doing theirjob, and this is what she said. what we are saying to the banks is you need to look at individually, and not make assumptions. so what will you do if they don't respond? we have powers to make them pay the money back, but if we found them not doing properly we report them to the regulator. so there are things being done and obviously the financial ombudsman coming out to make a big statement about this. we will be talking to someone who represents the banks later in the programme to put some of these comments to them.

and thank you for all your comments about that. sometimes there are themes, there is a scam that goes around. we will look at those. a bbc news investigation has found that some ryanair passengers who received compensation for cancelled and delayed flights were sent cheques that hadn't been signed. other customers said they had been charged extra banking fees after cheques bounced. ryanair has apologised and blamed the problem on an administrative error, asjulian sturdy reports. it has been a summer of chaos, delays and cancellations for ryanair. some water anyone? since april, a million passengers across europe have been disrupted. but, with holidays and work trips ruined, who pays? ryanair blames most delays on bad weather and air traffic control shortages. it has turned down many claims for refunds and compensation. but some passengers thought they had been lucky when their cheques arrived in the post. when i received a cheque, there was no signature on the cheque. so, you know, i took some time away from work to try and bank

the cheque, but was told by the lloyds bank teller that i couldn't use it. gordon fong was flying from the south of spain to bournemouth, but the plane had a problem and had to divert to madrid. after three hours on the ground it took off again, but landed instead at birmingham, around 5:00am the following morning. he had to take a taxi 150 miles home, arriving back over nine hours late. 0ther ryanair passengers also had problems cashing their compensation cheques. i banked the cheque, didn't think anything would be wrong with it, and then it was weeks later when i received a letter from the bank to say that the cheque had bounced. i was absolutely dumbstruck. rya nair has apologised for an administrative error, and said a very small number of cheques were issued without the required signatory. it says these were reissued a week ago, but several passengers we've spoken to haven't received them yet. julian sturdy, bbc news. the british film director danny boyle has dropped out working

on the upcoming james bond film due to "creative differences". the 25th film in the series had been scheduled for release at the end of next year. the announcement was made by two of the film's producers and the current star of the franchise, daniel craig. thank you for watching breakfast this morning. when you were a child, did you have your eyes tested at school, or did you go to an optician? a survey from the associaiton of optometrists has found that children are developing permanent vision problems because they aren't being taken for tests. in a survey with over 1,200 parents, it found that around a quarter of children have never been taken for an eye test, and over half of parents think their child will have a full sight exam at primary school. one in ten parents believe children don't need vision tests unless they start showing symptoms, like straining to see text or tv. we arejoined now byjane,

whose daughter's lazy eye went undiagnosed, and farah topia from the association of optometrists. good morning to you both. thank you very much forjoining us. tell us a little bit about your daughter and when you realise there were problems. it was when she was about seven and she started complaining about the lines on the road being weepy when she was in the car. so we started asking her other questions and we realise there may be a problem, so we took her for a site test. and had you thought that your daughter, eve, had had a test at school at some stage? we knew she had had a partial test at school, but we didn't think anything of it, really. and the fact that neither me or my husband wore glasses, and she was showing no signs up until that point, that there was anything wrongful sochi was doing well at school. and it turned out she had a

lazy eye, is that right? yes, she had a big difference between both of her eyes. just talk to us about the fa ct her eyes. just talk to us about the fact that she didn't realise until she was seven. how important is it... everybody knows, but it seems that lots of pa rents it... everybody knows, but it seems that lots of parents don't know that they should be having a test much earlier. 50% of parents believe their children have a site test at school, which isn't the case. what they have done is something called vision screening, and the sight test isa vision screening, and the sight test is a much more combrinck is a way of testing division and also the high health. so really we are trying to increase the awareness among parents of the importance of regular tests for a child's development —— eye health. and ensuring a child is taken for a sight test from an early age. we can see children from about the age of three. thereafter, they will be called at least every three yea rs, will be called at least every three years, depending on what your

optometrist thinks is appropriate for the child. it is being in a position to pick up on conditions early, and often get treatment early, and often get treatment early, and often get treatment early, and children are entitled to an nhs funded sight test, so it is something that is really easy for pa rents to something that is really easy for parents to achieve. how easy is it to correct lazy eyes when you spot them when kids are three orfour when you spot them when kids are three or four years old ? when you spot them when kids are three or four years old? if you pick it up earlier it is easier to treat. they are more effective the earlier they are picked up. you picked up on you because you noticed that something was going on, it has been something was going on, it has been some years now, how is her site now? it isa some years now, how is her site now? it is a lot better now. sheep is 15, she doesn't need to wear glasses all of the time butjust in the school and when she is reading. looking back, do you wish you had more information? —— she. back, do you wish you had more information? -- she. yes, you are not told by any professional at that

time to take an early for a test and because she was showing no symptoms it didn't cross my mind. the department of health so that there is enough information out there and that parents should know. do you think there is a need for an awareness campaign? exactly. that's what we are trying to achieve with our abc what we are trying to achieve with ourabc campaign. what we are trying to achieve with our abc campaign. the services there, it could just be a misunderstanding between parents and children of what they receive at school compete to what a sight test can offer. really, just increasing awareness, pa rents can offer. really, just increasing awareness, parents know what —— know that they can take in their children for a test. had you chest -- test a child's site when they are three?m isafun child's site when they are three?m is a fun thing to do and if you have a break, it is nice to have a child you interact with. we have got age—appropriate test that we can use, you might have pictures and at the age of three usually kids know that that is a wall and that is the

house and that sort of thing. they are keen to show off how clever they are, they get to wear some funny looking glasses and might even get a sticker at the end of. thank you both very much indeed. here is alina with a look at this morning's weather. morning. the morning. is something of a north and south split across the uk. north much fresher conditions and outbreaks of rain king eastwards puppy t° outbreaks of rain king eastwards puppy to the south is mainly dry and warm and humid. westlock weather rain is at the moment. stretching from murray to tell fast and it will continue to sink its way slowly south and eastwards through the day. as it does it will be, little bit weaker, patchy, by the time it gets into northern england and maybe the far north of wales into the midlands, there won't be very much left on it. behind it are spells of sunshine, one or two showers and away from south—western coast where it could stay cloudy and misty, some

good spells of sunshine. generally we have a white or gentle breeze picking up at times. —— light. ahead of our bed of patchy rain, another warm day with temperatures up to twitter six or 27. behind it, something more fresher, 16— 19. patchy rain continuing to work its way south—east, not much left on it by this stage of. clear skies behind it more rain arriving in two northern scotland, northern ireland later in the night and hear a more fresh night with places getting close to single figures, another warm and monkey and humid nights. but not along, because the cooler and fresher conditions north—west will be slipping south eastwards to all of us through tomorrow. we will all of us through tomorrow. we will all noticed the difference in the temp richer by tomorrow afternoon. 0utbreaks temp richer by tomorrow afternoon. outbreaks of rain tomorrow morning, stretching across east anglia, south—east england and not much for parts of dorset and will share. sunshine behind it and to some

showers behind it piling into western parts of scotland and northern ireland. temperatures tomorrow were generally 1a, 20 two celsius. for friday, a noticeable north—westerly breeze. some sunshine around before cloud builds and once again some frequent showers and longer spells of rain for northern ireland, northern england and in two parts of scotland. temperatures on friday, 13— 19 celsius. chilly start of the day for many of us, we have still got this coolly —— cool north—westerly breeze. although still some showers around to start a bank holiday weekend, most places should have a mainly dry taste of the stalls of sunshine particularly in the morning. cloud gathering through the afternoon but most being largely dry, temperatures problem we won't get higher than 15— 19 celsius are you a cake was that don't worry

a leaner, it are you a cake was that don't worry a leaner, it is are you a cake was that don't worry a leaner, it is not are you a cake was that don't worry a leaner, it is not you! i was trying to find out where she was, i looked over here, looked over there and saw a massive horse. what has happened to the weather and i realised she is over there. i didn't need to explain that because you didn't see it! i saw it! the reason we see the horse is because we have been hearing this morning that people on housing benefit are being discriminated against when it comes to renting privately. that's according to a report exclusively given to breakfast by shelter and the national housing federation. the study also highlights how this disproportionately affects women, who make up 95 per cent of single parents receiving benefits. who make up 95% of single parents receiving benefits. jayne mccubbin is at the former headquarters of the east london suffragettes, who campaigned for better housing for women. there is a link between the horses and this story. we are here with arnie, there are and phil. this is our suffrage wagon. we have been taking this wagon, a replica of a awake and that took part in the great pilgrim is —— pilgrimage i tend to thousands of women who fought for the right to vote. is a

new, just as sylvia pankhurst did, they knew that the vote was a means to an end. to win the rights that they knew women should have, not just the vote, but the better housing, better pay, all of those things that were important that women didn't have. housing was so —— so important to the women. 100 years on, what has changed? housing charities tell us nowhere near enough. you'd like your own bedroom, wouldn't you ? joanne is a single mother who works as a dinner lady and lives in a 3—bedroom house with her three children. they have been desperate for more space for years. butjo tells me she has been refused every home she has seen, as she is on housing benefit. you don't even get your foot in the door. it is almost like in the old days they said no blacks, no irish, no dogs, now it is no dss.

in an undercover investigation, six chains of letting agents were called by researchers posing as potential tenants. almost half of all branches said they had no homes or landlords willing to let someone on housing benefit, one in ten had a blanket ban. this is still a grey area, legally. 60% of benefit recipients are women, 95% of single parents on benefit are women. so indirect discrimination laws, which are there to protect women, are relevant in this case. we are hoping to bring more test cases which show this isn'tjust immoral, it is not just discrimination, it is actually also illegal. speak to the industry though, and they say legitimate business reasons are behind this, not discrimination. about half of landlords actually have a mortgage on the property and many mainstream mortgage lenders will prohibit renting to people in receipt of housing benefit. unfortunately sometimes they just tend to go with the easier option. but is easy always legal?

the very first test case is likely to be heard this autumn, 100 years after women won the vote which they had hoped would give them equal access to housing. if you were a single woman, you couldn't afford the rent and also nobody wanted to take you on. so this is mary higgs, who did something about it. she did. she did something quite radical. the vickars wife from this church in 0ldham set out in rags to find outjust where lone women could find shelter. she toured the slums and the workhouses. she campaigned for better houses for lone women and she inspired the national association of women's lodging houses. the great sadness was that after all of this, mary herself was made homeless. when her husband died in 1907, she had to move out of the parsonage and she had no income, she had no home and she had two children dependent upon her. she was helped in the way that she had helped other women. it wasn't until 1937 when her work

was rewarded with an 0be, she died two weeks later. her ashes are scattered in the church she had once called home. the quality of housing has improved substantially since women won the vote, but mary higgs' battle for women to access housing is one which charities say is still being fought today. so, 100 years ago, women like sylvia, who is painted because these we re sylvia, who is painted because these were the headquarters of the suffragette movement in east london, people like her fought out on the streets for the rights for women to have better housing. nobody fought harder than sylvia because she was jailed perhaps more than other suffragette. fast forward 100 years

and let me tell you that these titles are being fought today in the court by people like rosie, against a sector which kerry is here, you represent. back in february, he went to court, you took your letting agent to court, why? my little boy suffers from asthma and i simply wa nted suffers from asthma and i simply wanted to move to a much smaller and less damp property. wanted to move to a much smaller and less damp propertylj wanted to move to a much smaller and less damp property. i went to register my interest in a property with the letting agent, but i was refused the property on the grounds that i was in receipt of housing benefit. they thought you were a bad that, in return you said... in return, well, i wasjust that, in return you said... in return, well, i was just in that, in return you said... in return, well, i wasjust in rage, i was so angry that they were treating me in this way. he never missed a payment by this point? you are safe bet? yes. the letting agent admitted

that they got this wrong and so they settled out of court. your case didn't become the test case that is hoping goes to court soon, you have given up on the system, happen you? i have no energy for any more litigation but i am hoping that this will further because i started. let me introduce carry. you are very sympathetic to rosie and other women. that is right. landlords and letting agents shouldn't be applying those blanket bans. the difficulty we have is that there are very legitimate is this reasons as to why. we have heard some of those in the report, but shelter said that his nonsense of. i wish it was that simple, i really do come but landlords have secured their mortgages, their insurance and the difficulty is that it is that message that is sent when big institutions such as tanks and insurance providers, if they are saying housing benefit is high risk,

you cannot rent to them, that is a strong message. thank you so much for your time, more on this in the next hour because there are more women out therejust like next hour because there are more women out there just like sylvia making this case to fight for better conditions. more on that later, first the news, weather and travel wherever you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news. a manhunt is underway after two men were injured in a shooting in north—west london. shots were fired at a group of men outside rayners lane tube station yesterday evening. the suspected attacker fled the scene with an accomplice on a moped. two other men were arrested nearby. it's the third shooting incident in london this week. the family of a woman who died after a routine heart test went wrong, has received £700,000 in compensation, after a five—year battle. katejones suffered complications following an angiogram. the princess alexandra hospital in harlow has expressed its condolences and sez there's been a full investigation, but kate's husband says he still hasn't received a proper apology. i didn't take kate there

in a wheelchair and dropped her off and hoped for the best. for us, this was a routine procedure that kate wasn't put out for, she was giving a local and we was expecting to be eating steak that evening that she bought the day before. bus routes across the capital could be cut under new transport for london plans. a consultation on the proposals will open next month. tfl sez it's looking at how it can "adjust and reorganise the network to ensure it reflects a rapidly changing london." let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the railway, south western railway services

through staines are disrupted because of a signal problems. 0n the roads, the m25 is closed anti—clockwise between junction 27 and junction 25 because of an overturned lorry. there are diversions via the m11 and north circular. in lower holloway, the traffic lights are not working on the a503 southbound at the junction with york way. finally in marylebone, two lanes are closed on gloucester place between marylebone road and melcombe street due to emergency gas leak repairs. lets have a check on the weather now with lucy martin. hello, good morning. the last of the very warm weather today before we see a switch to something cooler, fresher and more unsettled. today there will be good spells of sunshine and again feeling very warm, temperatures in the mid—high 20s. this morning, one or two patches of mist, that should be fairly quickly, could see a little bit in the way of cloud late morning, but good spells of sunshine to come through the today. feeling warm in that sunshine with highs of around 27 celsius and light winds. through this evening it is looking good.

good spells of sunshine before the sunsets and overnight staying dry with patchy cloud, tending to increase in the north—west as we move into the early hours, another warm and humid night, overnight lows around 15—17 celsius. we see a little bit of rain creeping into the top of the screen, a sign of things to come. behind that rain, something cooler and fresher. tomorrow there will be a spell of rain through the morning, becoming drier and bright, behind that cooler and fresher air. temperatures starting to come down, maximum of 22 celsius tomorrow and fresher still into the weekend. i'm back with the latest from bbc london. plenty more on our website and over on bbc radio london. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. here is a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news: donald trump's former lawyer michael cohen, who once pledged to take a bullet for the president, has pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws.

he implicated the president in his testimony and said he broke the law at the direction of "the candidate", for the purpose of influencing the election. his admission was related to hush money paid to mr trump's alleged mistresses. meanwhile, mr trump's former campaign manager paul manafort has admitted tax and bank fraud. the crimes predated manafort‘s work for donald trump, but the charges were brought by the special counsel investigating potential collusion between russia and mr trump's campaign team. pet shops in england could be banned from selling puppies and kittens under new government plans to crack down on unethical breeders. the aim is to reduce the number of animals that suffer health problems after being reared in poor conditions. under the proposals, people would have to buy their pets from a registered breeder or a rescue centre. the rspca welcomes this move to stop third—party breeders selling dogs.

we believe that this has been a loophole for a number of years. the rspca has been investigating illegal trafficking of dogs, both from the continent and within the uk, and we hope that this announcement will stamp out that trade. letting agents in england actively discriminate against tenants on housing benefit, according to a new report by shelter and the national housing federation. almost half of branches which were asked said they had no suitable homes or landlords willing to let to benefit claimants, and one in ten banned them outright. the government says those who feel discriminated against can complain to redress schemes, which all agents must be part of. a quarter of school—age children have never been taken for a sight test by their parents. that is according to a survey by the association of optometrists. it says that children are developing permanent vision problems because they are not being examined early enough. the report reveals that more than half of parents think their child will have a full sight test at primary school. but not all schools offer this, and those that do usually only provide a basic screening. a bbc news investigation has found

that some ryanair passengers who received compensation for cancelled and delayed flights were sent cheques that hadn't been signed. other customers said they had been charged extra banking fees after cheques bounced. rya nair has apologised and blamed the problem on an administrative error. it has been a difficult summer for the airline, which has suffered delays and cancellations at airports across europe. facebook says it has removed more than 600 pages and accounts linked to iran and russia for what it called inauthentic or manipulating behaviour. it is believed the misinformation campaigns were targeting britain, america and the middle east. twitter says it has also suspended around 300 accounts. it comes a day after microsoft said it had thwarted russian cyber—attacks against us conservative groups. the number of english sites on the national heritage list has

reached a00,000 for the first time, with the head office of bike manufacturer raleigh in nottingham the latest to be given protected status. and it isn't just buildings that are listed. the catalogue includes battlefields, shipwrecks and landscapes. plymouth‘s theatre royal and the original terminal of birmingham airport have also been added. the british film director danny boyle has dropped out of working on the upcoming james bond film due to "creative differences". the 25th film in the series had been scheduled for release at the end of next year. the announcement was made by two of the films producers and the current star of the franchise, daniel craig. i was just i wasjust reading i was just reading a i wasjust reading a bit more detail about that. i only gave myself and second though. sally, you can tell me what is going on in the cricket.

i thought he was going to say i don't know anything about james bond. the cricket will be over quite quickly, it might take a minute or so today. india need just one wicket to beat england in the third test at trent bridge, so it could be over in one ball. they dragged themselves into a final day thanks to a maiden test hundred forjos buttler, as patrick gearey reports. nottingham loves an outsider. their statue of outlaw hero robin hood was built to last 6,000 years. england's batsmen only had to survive two days. keaton jennings lasted three minutes before ishant sharma got him. brace yourself — we have been here before. alastair cook next — bowl, edge, catch, repeat. what now for england's record run scorer? joe root followed, symmetrically. this had a familiar look. a good four down by lunch. jos buttler made 50 before tea, a full hearted half—century.

just a week ago he walked free from court after his affray trial. this was 100. his first test century, just when england needed it. india needed a change. 0nly only one wicket remaining, not even robin hood could save them now. it was very important to us today to turn up and show a lot of character and a lot of fight, and not give in to india too easily. we did that really well through the day, even the two guys at the end, making sure we come back tomorrow, showed that no matter what it is, we're not going roll over. leeds and swansea continued their unbeaten starts to the championship season as they drew at the liberty stadium. man of the match 0li mcburnie got a couple for the home side, including this header, to put swansea 2—1 up. but it was a former player who came

back to haunt swansea. midfielder pablo hernandez scored a second equaliser for leeds, who move top of the table on goal difference. england women's manager phil neville has recalled captain steph houghton and alex greenwood for their crucial world cup qualifier with wales. centre—back houghton is fit again after a knee injury, while left—back greenwood returns from suspension. they play wales next friday, and the winners will automatically qualify for next year's tournament in france. serena williams has topped the forbes rich list of female athletes, despite her 1a—month break to have her daughter, 0lympia. the 23—time grand slam champion earned less than £50,000 prizemoney during the past year, but made almost £1a million through endorsements. that is £a million more than caroline wozniacki, who is next on the list. eight of the top ten play tennis. there were three gold medals for britain on the second day of the european para athletics championships in berlin. paralympic champion richard whitehead won the t61200m, finishing well ahead of germany's ali lacin and fellow briton luke sinnott. we are just over a month away from the ryder cup,

and tiger woods's return to form has left him in a rather unusual situation. he has already been named as one of us captainjim furyk‘s vice captains for the tournament in france, but because he is in such good form, there is every chance he could also get a wildcard pick to play. wanting to be picked, and wanting to be part of the team, and interesting role here is i am vice captain. so we're talking about myself in the third person a lot. that's one of the more interesting conversations we were having, we're having a lot of fun with it. but yeah, i'm one of the guys on the shortlist, and sometimes i've got to pull myself out of there and talk about myself in the third person, which is a little odd. what has happened to his shoulders?

he has always been a big unit.|j think that is a compliment. he was the first golfer to spend hours in the first golfer to spend hours in the gym. they all must spend hours in the gym, but what is happening with james bond ? in the gym, but what is happening with james bond? they are talking about the fact that danny boyle quit over creative differences, which was announced by some of the producers. filming was meant to start at pinewood in september, and it was meant to come out on 25 october, it was expected that the same 0 would return, and there has been talk about idris elba along with speculation about who will direct it. christopher nolan, who directed inception and batman, is one of the favourites, and he spoke to the

family about being the next director, so it might say that mr nolan, we have been expecting you, will be set at some stage. we will see your little bit later. as dan says, we will be talking about children and picky eating. apparently, according to new research, it just might apparently, according to new research, itjust might not matter. we are talking about bank fraud this morning, and who should take responsibility when customers are scammed. steph has been looking into this one. sharon sent us an e—mail from someone claiming to be from her account, and they read her a list of transactions which made her believe them. they requested a code to tra nsfer them. they requested a code to transfer money, which the actual

bank sent to her, and they took £18,000 over the next few hours. sophisticated, isn't it? and the amount of money people are losing is staggering. like a lost his life savings of £50,000 in transactions of £5,000 but at no time did his bank contact him to query the payments. lots of problems. we have had so many and we all know people who have had bank scams. i remember on my credit card they took £10,000. i managed to get that money back eventually. you see that and you feel you have done nothing wrong, and yet... and then you are on the phone furiously to your bank and sometimes don't get the help you need. and that is the reason we are talking about it today, because the financial ombudsman has come out quite strongly about this. within the last hour, the person in charge of dealing with our complaints about banks, the financial 0mbudsman, told us customers are too often being blamed when they fall victim to fraudsters. so what are the banks doing about it? katy worobec is the managing director of economic crime at uk finance, which represents the banks.

shejoins me from our london newsroom now. do you think banks are too quick to blame customers when they has been fraud on their account? good morning. i think it is a very difficult situation, as you say. and caroline was talking earlier about the difference between authorised and unauthorised fraud, for example when your card is stolen and the fraudster commits the fraud versus the kind of scans that we are seeing where the customer themselves as targeted as the weakest link, if you like —— scams. and the customer is then duped into making the payment themselves. in that second circumstance, it is very difficult for the bank necessarily to spot it is an unusual transaction. it is quite easy with a card transaction but much more difficult when a payment goes out of your account to another account, he just looks like another account, he just looks like a payment is being made. it is

difficult, it is sophisticated, and we are working very closely across the industry to try and tackle these types of fraud. we are returning, we are preventing two pounds in every £3 of fraud in the uk. there is a lot of work and a lot of investment from the banking industry to tackle these kinds of scams. you mentioned that it these kinds of scams. you mentioned thatitis these kinds of scams. you mentioned that it is difficult to assess whether that was just a normal payment going out. if you take, for example, sharon's story, where she was given lots of information about the bank and they took £18,000 in three hours, there have been very few transactions on the account before that. does that not ring alarm bells? it could be 50 quid a week. it is difficult to comment on an individual case without knowing all the facts. i appreciate that, sorry to interrupt... i can generally the banks are looking for suspicious transactions, but it is

not always easy to spot. 0ne person's unusual level of transactions is another person's perfectly normal behaviour. it is very difficult to, you know, be consistent in that respect. you have to look at each customer's different types of spending. i appreciate that the people at fault here are the scammers, so it is the scammers who are the ones who are doing this, not the banks and not the customers. but what are you doing to try and catch them? you what are you doing to try and catch them ? you say what are you doing to try and catch them? you say that you are stopping to pound in every £3, that still leaves the third you are not getting. what are you doing about it? so is one example of what the industry has been doing, we have introduced something called the banking protocol, particularly pertinent because it is about helping of an elderly and vulnerable people who are using the branches. we worked with the police and trading standards to introduce a system whereby branch staff, if they think that the person is under pressure to make an unusual

withdrawal or seems to be being coerced, they can call the police, 999, and get a response and we have managed to save people's money through that nationwide banking protocol campaign. it is good to hear that but the financial ombudsman is worried about that. they say if you are not giving back the money properly and routinely they will report thanks to the regulator. you worried about that? we know there is always more to do. it is important to remember that some of these frauds occur as a result of other people, if you like, in the ecosystem. you mentioned an example of where somebody had information about the customer they phoned them. that doesn't necessarily mean they have got that from the bank. that could have been asa from the bank. that could have been as a result of some kind of data hack. we are seeing data breaches, i think there is another one in the news today, all the time. i think it is just as important that people who are looking after other people's personal and financial information,

other than the banks, also take some responsibility for the social engineering that ends up in these types of scams. that is a fair point. thank you very much for your time this morning. here is alina with a look at this morning's weather. something of a north—south split across the country. some fresher conditions further north, outbreaks of rain sinking south and eastwards and ahead of that rain we are still holding onto the warmth and humidity. is that the weather rain has been falling. piling into northern ireland and scotland, now it is back from murray towards belfast and his band of rain will be slowly sinking its way south and eastwards to the day. as it does so, it becomes more weak and patchy in places. not very much rain arriving in two northern england, wales and

the north midlands. edifice it stays dry, fairly cloudy for some southern and western coasts. some spells of sunshine behind it and a gentle breeze. temperatures today it well ahead of that band of cloud and rain, again still in this humid at, temperatures up to 26 or 27. those at —— noticeably fresher behind it and this band of patchy rain since its way south and eastwards to the overnight, some of that happening at the early hours. clear skies behind it for another spell of rain arrives into parts of north—west scotland and temperatures between nine and 11 celsius, still another monkey and human night had. —— had. this plunges its way south and eastwards, by the end of the afternoon tomorrow it will feel fresher. some rain through the morning, that will tend to ease away through the afternoon. spells of sunshine behind it and

showers developing particular across northern ireland, northern and western scotland, working its way across northern england too. temperatures tomorrow, 1a— 18 celsius. 19— 22 for england and wales. cool start to the day on monday —— friday, though showers get going across the north, particularly the west and north. some sunshine elsewhere before the cloud developed through the afternoon but temperatures will be in the mid—to high teens on friday afternoon. quite a contrast to what we have been seeing. heading into saturday and we have got this north—westerly wind on the little bit lighter than it would have been over the previous days and fewer showers around on saturday. some sunshine to start the day to start, a couple of showers developing but most less is having a largely dry day. it will feel very much cooler on saturday, 1a— 19 celsius, the top ten bridges and changes on the way. —— temperatures. thank you. we are talking about

fussy eating, so many people getting in touch today about this next topic, about getting your children topic, about getting your children toa—— topic, about getting your children toa —— to topic, about getting your children to a —— to eat healthily. having a child that's a fussy eater can be frustrating, but researchers from the university of bristol have reassuring news for worried parents, they've found that most picky eating toddlers grow up to be a healthy height and weight. in fact, their study found that being more relaxed will help your child be less choosy. with that in mind, we've been asking parents about the tricks they use to ensure an empty plate at meal time. let's hear what they had to say. tend to have more vegetables in stews a nd tend to have more vegetables in stews and spaghetti bolognese and home—cooked meals like that, chopped it small. he will eat meat balls but he won't eat spaghetti all is on you

because of this texture of the meat. he won't try lots of fish, not very keen on fish. the biggest thing we found it was to stop stressing about it. if we stressed it made it a whole lot worse. the more we made an issue of it, the worst she would become. i would give him seafood, fish, prawns, anything like that. if he doesn't like something and if he doesn't want it, it doesn't bother me. my mum makes me eat this disgusting vegetable, but says i will give you a treat after. and sometimes she doesn't even give us it. so many interesting things said there. bribery included is one of there. bribery included is one of the things that parents use. we're joined on the sofa by caroline taylor from the university of bristol, and lucy upton, a paediatric dietitian at birmingham children's hospital. lovely to see you both. thank you

very much. let's talk about this research. in some ways there is so much good news, or what have you found? we studied about 300 children who we identified as picky eaters who we identified as picky eaters who were involved in a big study based in the school called the children in the 90s can we identified them as being picky when they are about three years old. we look at factors about their family life or characteristics of their mothers and how they were fed in our early years to see if that had an influence on whether they became a ge to at age three. did it? the most important thing we found was that if the mother was worried about the child having eating difficulties or being choosy, then they were more likely to be picky. really, our message is that parents and mothers should really relax about their child's choosy or picky eating, that will help the child grow true that phase. lots of people contacted on

this one, we will come back later in the programme so feel free to get in touch, but one woman says my daughter was picky since the thai baht, she still doesn't eat anything good for her. we are both happier without the nagging. another saying no potatoes, the only vegetable is carrot, it is only meat and bread but never in a sandwich together. how do you solve problems like that? we were talking before you came on and in our household we said finish your broccoli and then you can have ice cream or chocolate for desert. lots of parents fall into that trap, bribing and coercion and doing anything that clear plate to finish your vegetables. in reality, all food isjust food. once children have finished eating and told you that they have had enough that is a good time to stop. what you need to be doing is keep a relaxed meal time, no pressure. i now you are an

expert and i totally appreciate that, there will be parents watching thinking i cannot get my kids to eat anything other than chicken nuggets andi anything other than chicken nuggets and i am desperate for them to eat carrots or broccoli or something like that. had used a relaxed when you think you're not giving your child what they need? —— how do you. it is extraordinarily difficult, when a seat parents, i say have again face, sit and eat the two that you do children to eat. exhibiting role model behaviours. keep offering. just because they say no ones, twice, that doesn't mean that they would eventually get used to those foods. it is cracked this. it can be hard. —— it is practised. this is a developmental stage you are saying for ages two and three. that is about the time and it seems to emerge and it is part of the

child learning to express themselves and have their own control over their own lives and for most children it is a stage that they go through. we found that it doesn't affect their growth, the height or their weight as they move towards teenage years. does it become problematic if it stays beyond that age? there are very few children in whom it does become a problem and it remains a problem. those are the children for whom it probably wouldn't, would be a good idea to seek health. —— help. wouldn't, would be a good idea to seek health. -- help. we will see both later on. send some specific questions in if you have got them as well and we will try and address those little bit later. i feelthere will be a lot of questions on the way. we love our pets, but what do we know about where they come from? thousands of puppies and kittens are being bred in poor conditions, then sold to unsuspecting owners. now, pet shops in england could be banned from selling the animals under a new government crackdown on unethical breeders. under the proposals, anyone buying a dog or cat less

than six months old will have to deal directly with the breeder or a rescue centre. tim muffett is an animal hospital in north london for us this morning. good morning to you and good morning to sarah here at the animal hospital and we are talking about this proposed change to the law in england as to where you can buy chickens and puppies from. the government is proposing that third—party sellers, shops and many online sellers, should be unable to sell at these and kittens. —— puppies. you are the chief and what is the problem? over the last few yea rs is the problem? over the last few years there has seen the sale of puppies and kittens has become big business and unfortunately there welfare has been forgotten. we see many animals with infections, with preve nta ble many animals with infections, with preventable diseases that have

travelled very long journeys from even overseas, and they are then brought, bought by owners and are being affected, in many cases dying and something needs to be done about it. to the quick chat to chris, a deputy directorfor it. to the quick chat to chris, a deputy director for the rspca. it. to the quick chat to chris, a deputy directorfor the rspca. what impact eating these changes can have? i think it will protect the public usually because as caroline said, there are lots of people who ought very sick puppies or badly socialised puppies that has had a huge impact. it is significant for those animals who now will have to be bred by a licensed breeders, people have to buy them from the breeder, there would be these rogue traders for middlemen capitalising on an unsuspecting public. and lucy ‘s law has been going on, around which many campaigners have been gathering. we will talk more little later, meeting or animals later. big changes potentially for the way

puppies and kittens in england can be bought. first, here is the news, weather and travel where you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news. a manhunt is underway after two men were injured in a shooting in north—west london. shots were fired at a group of men outside rayners lane tube station yesterday evening. the suspected attacker fled the scene with an accomplice on a moped. two other men were arrested nearby. it's the third shooting incident in london this week. a suspect police want to interview over a fatal stabbing outside a gym in south—east london two years ago, has been arrested in cyprus. charles riddington is currently being held over local speeding offences. the met police had offered a £10,000 reward for information leading to his arrest over the death of george barker. there are now calls for him to extradited.

what we need now is for northern cyprus to co—operate, to ensure that person is extradited to the united kingdom, so that we can getjustice. we have got now two murders of local men where the people have fled to northern cyprus and it is time that we actually ensure that the northern cypriot authorities work with the uk foreign office so that these people can face justice. bus routes across the capital could be cut under new transport for london plans. a consultation on the proposals will open next month. tfl says it's looking at how it can "adjust and reorganise the network to ensure it reflects a rapidly changing london." let's have a look at the travel situation then. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. a13 lodge avenue flyover is very slow london bound. the m25 is closed anti—clockwise between junction 27 and junction 25 because of an overturned lorry. and there are diversions via the m11 and north circular. in lower holloway, the traffic lights are not working on the a503 southbound at the junction with york way. finally in marylebone, two lanes are closed on gloucester place between marylebone road and melcombe street due to emergency gas leak repairs. lets have a check on the weather

now with lucy martin. hello, good morning. the last of the very warm weather today before we see a switch to something cooler, fresher and more unsettled. today there will be good spells of sunshine and again feeling very warm, temperatures in the mid—high 20s. this morning, one or two patches of mist, that should be fairly quickly, could see a little bit in the way of cloud late morning, but good spells of sunshine to come through the today. feeling warm in that sunshine with highs of around 27 celsius and light winds. through this evening it is looking good. good spells of sunshine before the sunsets and overnight staying dry with patchy cloud, tending to increase in the north—west as we move into the early hours, another warm and humid night, overnight lows around 15—17 celsius. we see a little bit of rain creeping into the top of the screen, a sign of things to come.

behind that rain, something cooler and fresher. tomorrow there will be a spell of rain through the morning, becoming drier and bright, behind that cooler and fresher air. temperatures starting to come down, maximum of 22 celsius tomorrow and fresher still into the weekend. i'm back with the latest from bbc london. bye for now. good morning and welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today... donald trump's former lawyer pleads guilty to violating campaign finance laws and tells a new york court that he did so at the direction of the president, who's staying quiet. reporter: mr president, what about michael cohen? any comment on michael cohen...? let's go, guys, we've got to move, come on. protecting pets from being reared in poor conditions, the government says puppies and kittens will no longer be sold in pet shops in england.

a warning that children risk problems with their sight. optometrists say one in four school pupils haven't had their eyes tested. don't blame the customers. banks are told to treat fraud victims more fairly after we transferred £2a0 million to scammers last year but the banks only paid back a quarter of it. in sport, england battle... but eventually break. india need just one wicket to win the third test at trent bridge. contrasts across the country today, fresher in the north, warm and humid in the south, details coming up in a few minutes. it's wednesday 22nd august. our top story. donald trump's former lawyer michael cohen, who once pledged to take a bullet for the president, has pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws. he implicated the president

in his testimony and said he broke the law at the direction of "the candidate", for the "purpose of influencing the election". meanwhile, mr trump's former campaign manager paul manafort has admitted tax and bank fraud. our washington correspondent chris buckler has the details. president trump landed in west virginia to attend a rally, and to face many questions about two men who were once part of his inner circle. in new york, mr trump's former lawyer and fixer michael cohen pleaded guilty to tax fraud and breaking campaign finance laws. while, just outside washington, a jury found the president's former campaign manager paul manafort guilty of a series of financial crimes, in a case brought by the special counsel, robert mueller, who is assessing allegations of russian interference in america's presidential election. this is a witch—hunt, and it's a disgrace. this has nothing to do what they started out, looking for russians involved

in ourcampaign. there were none. manafort‘s crimes were not connected to the period he worked for donald trump's campaign. but michael cohen claims some of the offences he admitted were committed under the orders of the president. he says mr trump told him to pay tens of thousands of dollars to stop the porn star stormy daniels from making allegations about a sexual relationship, and to silence the former playboy model karen mcdougal from going public with claims about an affair. mr cohen pled guilty to two campaign finance charges. what he did was he worked to pay money to silence two women who had information that he believed would be detrimental to the 2016 campaign. in front of his supporters in west virginia, mr trump avoided talking about his former lawyer. but mr trump is now himself facing serious allegations, a truth that he might find more difficult to dismiss with his usual catchphrases. chris buckler, bbc news, washington.

pet shops in england could be banned from selling puppies and kittens under new government plans to crack down on unethical breeders. the aim is to reduce the number of animals that suffer health problems after being reared in poor conditions. under the proposals, people would have to buy their pets from a registered breeder or a rescue centre, as andy moore reports. it's estimated that tens of thousands of animals are raised in puppy farms every year and then sold on to an unsuspecting public. they might appearfor sale in a pet shop, or be advertised privately. the poster girl of a ban on third—party sales was a cavalier king charles spaniel called lucy. she was rescued from a puppy farm in a terrible condition, after being kept for breeding in a cramped cage. more than 150,000 people signed a petition calling for what became known as lucy's law. animal charities have generally welcomed this government proposal. we believe that this has been

a loophole for a number of years. the rspca has been investigating illegal trafficking of dogs, both from the continent and within the uk, and we hope that this announcement will stamp out that trade. the proposed new law won't just apply to puppies. at this animal rescue centre in bristol, there are plenty of kittens available for rehoming. the government hopes that forcing people to get their pets from animal rescue centres like this will put those who breed them in cramped factory conditions out of business. the environment secretary, michael gove, said he hoped the ban would mean those who had a complete disregard for animal welfare would no longer be able to profit from their miserable trade. letting agents in england actively discriminate against tenants on housing benefit, according to a new report by shelter and the national housing federation. almost half of branches which were asked said they had no suitable homes or landlords willing to let to benefit claimants,

and one in ten banned them outright. the government says those who feel discriminated against can complain to redress schemes, which all agents must be part of. a quarter of school age children have never been taken for a sight test by their parents, that's according to a survey by the association of optometrists, which says that children are developing permanent vision problems because they are not being examined early enough. the report reveals that more than half of parents surveyed assume their child will have a full eye test at primary school, heidi tomlinson reports. an eyesight check for 15—year—old eve. she has one good eye and one lazy eye. it is a condition called amblyopia, and affects around 3% of people. well done, let's have a look at the letters with your other eye. well done, let's have a look at the letters with your other eye... if it is not treated early, it can lead to permanent sight loss in the weaker eye. eve was diagnosed at seven. it was just a shock at how much

difference there was. my right eye, i can see, and it's clear, and everything is how it should be. but as soon as they cover it up, everything is blurry. it's quite scary, because i can't see out of this eye. it made me feel like a terrible parent, really, because you want to do your best by your children, and finding out that there's a problem which could have been sorted earlier, but you weren't aware of it, was really hard to handle. a survey from the association of optometrists found a quarter of children have never been for an eye test, and over half of parents believe their child will have a full sight test at primary school. that's not always the case. well, it's a bit of a postcode lottery at the moment, with screening being available in some areas, but not universally, across—the—boa rd. amblyopia has few symptoms. parents often don't know there is a problem until it is too late. taking their children for a free eye test at around three years of age is key.

a bbc news investigation has found that some ryanair passengers who received compensation for cancelled and delayed flights were sent cheques that hadn't been signed. other customers said they had been charged extra banking fees after cheques bounced. rya nair has apologised and blamed the problem on an "administrative error". it's been a difficult summer for the airline, which has suffered delays and cancellations at airports across europe. banks should treat customers more fairly when they fall for scams, according to the financial ombudsman. last year, customers transferred nearly £2a0 million to fraudsters, only a quarter of which was refunded by financial firms. uk finance, which represent banks, says the industry is working hard to prevent these scams. speaking to breakfast earlier, the ombudsman said banks were too regularly blaming customers for being "grossly negligent" in giving out their personal information. it's really about the circumstances and piecing together what happens. so, the individualfacts really matter and what we're saying to the banks is, you really need to get

some proper evidence, you need to look at it individually, not just make assumptions. so, what are you going to do if they don't listen to you? so, we have powers to make them pay the money back but if we found that people were just not doing that routinely, weren't doing it properly, we'd report them to the regulator. facebook says it has removed more than 600 pages and accounts linked to iran and russia for what it called "inauthentic" or "manipulating" behaviour. it's believed the misinformation campaigns were targeting britain, america and the middle east. twitter says it has also suspended around 300 accounts. it comes a day after microsoft said it had thwarted russian cyber—attacks against us conservative groups. the british film director danny boyle has dropped out working on the upcoming james bond film due to "creative differences". the 25th film in the series had been scheduled for release at the end of next year. the announcement was made by two of the films producers and the current star of the franchise, daniel craig. police officers face crime and violence every day,

but how far can they go to protect themselves? a video posted on social media yesterday shows a 1a—year—old girl being struck by a male officer after he was called to reports of a fight in lancashire. his conduct has attracted criticism but the force has defended the actions, deeming what they call an "open hand strike" as "reasonable force". let's speak now to lorna wincote, who's a criminal defence lawyer, and former lancashire police detective superintendent mick gradwell. thank you both for being with us this morning. i know you've seen that clip so let's discuss the issue of reasonable force of. would you like to start, was that reasonable force in your eyes? in my view, it is, when i look at the tactics, the circumstances, i do feel that the

actions were justifiable and reasonable and i'm very pleased that the chief constable immediately came out and supported the officer in this case. he said it is very easy tojudge from the this case. he said it is very easy to judge from the sidelines when you have never been in this situation yourself. let's just talk about the technique that i think they use, lancashire police say this involved the use of an open hand strike, what is that? it is about the most minimalamount of is that? it is about the most minimal amount of force you can use. it is not a big strike, it is not a punch, it is kind of to stun. as i understand in this case, was used because someone was trying to grab the taser. lorna wincote, what is your assessment of watching that video? it's difficult to say what happened before, so i can only base it on watching the video and based on that, i think that force was not only excessive but unnecessary. it seemed apparent to me that the

police officers, two of them, seem to have control of the person. and i understand that the officer is saying they had concerns about the taser but i would only imagine it was secure at the time. what should a police officer do in that situation, then, they have turned up atan situation, then, they have turned up at an incident where apparently teenagers are fighting and they're trying to control the situation, if somebody was trying to reach for their taser, what should they do? well, sam byrne reaching for the taser was the first action. i think the police need to consider where they are and consider the group becoming larger because of their actions and try to control it without using any force. what's clear looking at that is that because of the escalation of the actions, the situation got worse and worse. mick gradwell, we were not there. just respond to what she is

saying that perhaps it was too much? i don't agree. from my point of view when i see that video, i'm just glad i'm nota when i see that video, i'm just glad i'm not a police officer anymore dealing with these complicated incidents, the dynamic, you don't have a chance to consider it from distance, your close—up trying to restrain somebody and you are also aware of what is going on around you. i understand what people think that having dealt with these incidents, i would say to anybody, do you want to try it yourself? but ido do you want to try it yourself? but i do feel very strongly that the officers should be supported. what are officers told in their training about how they should deal with those situations? it is a good point, there are home office approved defence tactics, officers will be trained to use their batons and how to de—escalate and escalate, and how to de—escalate and escalate, and we don't know what has happened before as to weather they have actually tried to de—escalate it.

you are given this array of tools and the police officer will do it until the home office says not to. over the years the amount and type of force police officers can use has changed as a result of things that have gone wrong. lorna wincote, do you think there should be other things that police should be able to do? well, i don't think that necessarily they did lawful actions to start with. police do notjust have unfettered powers to detain somebody. i find have unfettered powers to detain somebody. ifind it have unfettered powers to detain somebody. i find it interesting that the statement from the police doesn't include any offence that happened before hand that doesn't include any offence that happened beforehand that enabled this force to be use. there is no explanation for the slap of why any force was being applied. let alone the destruction strike that has

caused the public to be concerned. the chief constable's statement says... officers have been assaulted and they have had to receive medical treatment as a result and they also say that one of them had a bite, for example. so there seems to be a lot of things going on in that situation. yeah, in this particular instance i'm not sure the 14—year—old was responsible for all of that. it doesn't say that she wasn't. .. it of that. it doesn't say that she wasn't... it seems of that. it doesn't say that she wasn't. .. it seems that the police have to be acting in the execution of their duty but i read into what has been said that the police had applied force or detained prior to that assault and they don't have an unfettered power to do that. we have got some comments coming in. this one says. . . got some comments coming in. this one says... extremely difficultjob but if i was dead dad i would be livid at a force used on her. this one. . . livid at a force used on her. this one... they might as well walk with their hands behind their backs. we

would obviously have been aware of those two officers, they were being filmed so they know that everything is going to be out there. i know it is going to be out there. i know it is an incredibly high pressure situation, they're aware that everything they do will be analysed, as we are doing now... most officers are aware that every time they have found on duty now they stand a chance of being caught on cctv or in this case having a mobile phone stuck in theirface. this case having a mobile phone stuck in their face. what i see is, i don't see a red mist, i see people doing what they have been trained to do. obviously, there is a set of circumstances which has led up to this and these officers will be going about their daily business, dealing with people without using any force. on this particular occasion they have used it because they felt it was proportionate and necessary in these particular circumstances. both of you, thank you very much for coming in. georgina says... well done, no kids

these days have any respect for authority. as you would expect, a range of views on this. here's alina with a look at this morning's weather. and it is going to be humid? for some of us, yes. in some areas we have got some mist and some low cloud. for scotland and northern ireland it has been a very wet start to the day. but that rain has been sinking self and yeast and it continues on thatjourney over the next few hours. as it does so it will tend to weaken. by the afternoon, in the midlands, just the odd spot of rain. charm spells of sunshine ahead of it, too. gentle breeze for most but a more moderate breeze, particularly for the western

side of scotland. feeling fresher behind this band of cloud and rain. 1a-20 in behind this band of cloud and rain. 1a—20 in parts of scotland and northern ireland and the far north of england. ahead of it, another warm and humid day. this band of rain may pep up a bit, and to the north of it some rain later in the night in parts of scotland and northern ireland. another warm and muqqy northern ireland. another warm and muggy night airhead. but not for much longer. very slowly, through tomorrow, the fresher air already across the north and the west of the uk will slide south—eastwards to all of us. there will be some rain around, too, in the morning. by this stage it will be clearing away from the midlands, east anglia and the south—east of england as the morning goes on. showers will be coming more frequent across northern ireland and western scotland in the afternoon. a

much cooler night as we go into friday morning. some sunshine to start the day, most of the showers across northern ireland and western scotland. some will filter down into northern england, too. temperatures in the mid—to high teens, quite different to what we have been used to over the past few days. it will be quite a cheerleader night going into saturday, many places in mid to low single figures. —— quite a chilly night. just a bit more on developing through the afternoon. but we have definitely seen the last of the heat and humidity. and actually we are going to be talking about winter shortly but solar wind! thank you very much! just to have a look at some of the

front pages, the mirror have gone on our story about what they call the end of puppy farming. our reporter has gone to a rescue centre in london. the front page of the telegraph, a lovely picture of sir lenny henry talking to sir trevor mcdonald about the highs and lows of being a tv comedian. their story about hiring magistrates with criminal courts, which they say would increase the diversity among the judiciary. would increase the diversity among thejudiciary. idris elba is on the front page of the times. it is all about bail orders. the film which has been directed by idris elba

which comes out at the end of this month called yardie and it was the premiere in london. we know that potentially he might be the next james bond, but we also know that danny james bond, but we also know that da n ny boyle james bond, but we also know that danny boyle will not be directing that forthcoming james bond film. that's due to what have been called creative differences. i'm not sure which newspaper this is from, a holidaymaker. .. i always which newspaper this is from, a holidaymaker... i always wonder about this, taking pebbles and sand from beaches... a holidaymaker who took pebbles from a cornish beach was forced to travel apparently hundreds of miles to return them to avoid a fine. he had a carrier bag full of stones from a beach and he took them to his home and he was warned that he faced a £1000 penalty. pebble plundering becoming a big problem apparently, they have

put signs up warning visitors that it is illegal under the 19a9 coastal protection act. did you know that?” didn't! this man has built a £92 million replica of a us stealth bomber in his garden shed. i think he spent about 30 grand on it. he has got asperger‘s syndrome and it is all off pictures that he has taken of the internet and he has rebuilt the entire thing perfectly. spent a lot of time on it. but a p pa re ntly spent a lot of time on it. but apparently it is a perfect replica. he's got the fuselage and everything. and he has managed to do a perfect copy. well done to him. this one is not a copy! a british—assembled satellite will be launched into space later with the aim of improving the accuracy of our

weather forecasts. once in orbit, aeolus, named after the greek ruler of the winds, will fire a laser that will measure the flow of earth's air current. the original launch date was delayed on monday due, ironically, to high winds. lets get more details from mission scientist anne straume, let's get more details from mission scientist anne straume, who joins us from germany. it's a bit annoying, isn't it, that it has been stopped by high winds, is everything going to plan this time around? it is and yes, it is quite ironic that it is due to high winds but on the other hand i am quite pleased because it shows our mechanisms are in place to make sure that we have a safe launch out there in french guiana, so that's good news. and you want to get it right because this has been 16 years in the making? it's been a very long journey. i started myself on this project in 200a, and we have had lots of hurdles to overcome, because this is the first time we're launching an instrument like this in space and it has been big problems to solve but we have managed every

time to solve them and it's so exciting to be here today and to be able to launch the satellite into space and to get the real data coming down to earth so we can use it. it looks like a giant bulb we can see on our screen at the moment. why is it important to measure the wind in space and what can we learn from it? winds are very important because they are one of the fundamental properties of the atmosphere that you need to measure in order to make weather forecasts. you need to know the temperature, pressure, wind and humidity and you also need to know the temperature of the surface and of the oceans. if you know these parameters you can actually make a forecast into the future of how the weather is changing. and the wind is actually being produced by temperature differences in the atmosphere and it is also driving our weather, so it's very important that we get the winds measured all over the globe from the ground up to high levels in the atmosphere in order to get the forecast right. is itjust about forecasting or are there questions

you think you know the answer to which might change based on what you can learn? we are also going to learn scientific questions from aeolus, indeed. we are using weather modelling equations to work out how the weather is going to change into the weather is going to change into the future. by measuring the wind you understand how you can describe this better. and also, wind measurements are important for insta nce to measurements are important for instance to understand how the climate is going to change in the future, because with the changing climate, the weather will change, too. and we hope by understanding the role of the winds and how they are interacting with the rest of the atmosphere and the earth's surface, that we can then do for instance better climate modelling predictions into the future. i know this is a pan—european project, are you and

others involved in it, are you talking about how things like this might change post—brexit if indeed there is something like this in a few yea rs' there is something like this in a few years' time? no, were not involved in those things. what we are concentrating on is really to measure the winds and to give the weather centres such as the met office and the one which is located in bedding town in the uk data to enable them to do proper productions of the weather but also so that they can understand how the climate is changing into the future and in particular the wind. this satellite is not going to tell us about that in detail because we are measuring for a short time period. but climate modellers can use our observations to check if their models are correct and in that way to be more confident about how they are calculating barnet change. it gets launched about 12 hours from now, is that right? yeah, it will be at 23.20,

central european time, so that will be something like 20 past ten tonight for your timing in the uk. anne straume, thank you very much, and we very much hope the wind stays low enough for aeolus to get up there! thank you very much. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we are going to see some big changes in the weather forecast over the next two days, turning significantly cooler by the end of the week, this cooler, freshening up starts from today, rain moving south—east, across northern parts, also some sunny spells for many, especially

scotland, northern ireland, as rain clears away into northern england and across wales, feeling fresher. sunshine down toward southern and eastern areas of england, that is where we will keep some of the warmth we have had over the last few days. 26, 20 7 degrees. —— 26,27 degrees. this band of rain will continue to move south—east, into the south—east of england into the early hours of thursday morning, showers coming in behind that across scotla nd showers coming in behind that across scotland and northern ireland, fresher still for scotland, northern ireland, northern england, sunny spells and showers. this is business live from bbc news with sally bundock and ben thompson. stepping up sanctions, new restrictions on russia come into force today as america ups its economic battle. more penalties could follow. we're live, we're in london,

that's our top story on wednesday 22nd august. the latest round of us sanctions targets products that could pose a threat to national security as relations between the us and russia show few signs of thawing. also in the programme: uber pays nearly $2 million to settle sexual harrassment and discrimmination claims but will it be enough to change corporate culture?