good morning. welcome to breakfast, with steph mcgovern and mega munchetty. our headlines today: former first minister of scotland, alex salmond, resigns from the scottish national party amid allegations of sexual harrassment, which he denies. a ban on the sale of caffeine—heavy energy drinks to children in england. the government outlines its plan. the nine to five might be a thing of the past, and now researchers say we do so much work on the daily commute it should all count towards our official working hours. andy murray battled through the heat at the us open. but it's not enough. he's been knocked out in the second round by fernando verdasco. and a burst of royal song. # you say... what happened when harry and meghan turned up for a fundraiser at the west end musical, hamilton. good morning. it is a chilly start to the day but for many of us it will be dry with some sunshine. the

cloud will build through the day but it could produce some showers, mostly in the west. i will have more inis mostly in the west. i will have more in 15 minutes. good morning. it's thursday, 30 august. our top story: alex salmond, who led the scottish national party into government and was at the helm during the independence referendum, has quit the party to fight allegations of sexual misconduct. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon said she felt a huge sadness about the situation. mr salmond denies the claims, which relate to his time in office. here's our scotland correspondent lorna gordon. alex salmond's successor as snp leader nicola sturgeon had faced pressure to suspend mr salmond from the snp after sexual misconduct allegations and merged. she had said there was no legal basis to do so, but now mr salmond has taken matters into his own hands. in a statement, he said: mr salmond continues to deny any

wrongdoing and says he intends to reapply for party membership in the future. the former first minister had already announced he was taking the government he used to lead to court over its handling of misconduct allegations. but nicola sturgeon has defended the process. ina sturgeon has defended the process. in a statement of her own, the first minister said: in a statement of her own, the first ministersaid : mr sturgeon added she is upset with the allegation but any legal processes must be allowed to ta ke any legal processes must be allowed to take their course. children in england could be banned

from buying high caffeine, high—sugar energy drinks, as part of efforts to tackle childhood obesity. one issue to be decided is whether sales should be restricted to children over the age of 16 or 18, as ben ando reports. children are told these drinks will give them energy but doctors say drinking them to excess can lead to headaches, sleep problems and upset tummies. evidence from teachers suggest they can even contribute to children becoming unruly and disruptive in the classroom. but more than anything, health experts believe they are part of the reason why britain's children are becoming obese. compared to other soft drinks, energy drinks contain a double whammy of very high caffeine and sugar levels and children in the uk are guzzling half as much again as their counterparts in europe. energy drinks like these are attractive to youngsters, in brightly coloured cans, and often cheaper than regular soft drinks. but the ingredients list tells a different story. each of these cans can contain as much sugar as of this and as much caffeine as this.

the caffeine can cause too much stimulation, the sugar weight gain and tooth decay. as well as hearing from dieticians, doctors and dentists, the government wants to hearfrom the public. many supermarkets already have a voluntary ban on selling energy drinks to children, but the government says most smaller retailers have not signed up. the british soft drinks association does not oppose a ban but believes a voluntary code is enough, stating on its website: this consultation will last 12 weeks and is part of the second phase of the government's childhood obesity plan. ben ando, bbc news. theresa may has landed in kenya on the final day of her three—day tour of africa. she's the first british prime minister to visit the country since margaret thatcher in 1988. let's talk to our africa business editor larry madowo, who is in nairobi. good morning to you, thank you very

much forjoining us, larry. so, tell us much forjoining us, larry. so, tell us what can you hope for in terms of a trade deal with the uk. kenya is one of the uk's largest trading partners in africa, certainly not the top two like nigeria and south africa, where the pm has been, i believe it is the fifth and kenya is looking to continue selling horticultural products in the uk and a lot of agricultural products, kenya a lot of agricultural products, ke nya wa nts a lot of agricultural products, kenya wants to expand the market, because as the prime minister has said, she wants free trade with africa, not just said, she wants free trade with africa, notjust aid, said, she wants free trade with africa, notjustaid, because said, she wants free trade with africa, notjust aid, because it is a new partnership she is building with african countries and kenya will be looking to make sure that kenya products make it to the uk market, which is one of the most important for the country. when she meets with president kenyatta that is something on the top of his mind.

larry, thank you very much. thousands of people have been paying their last respects to the republican senator, john mccain, who died of brain cancer on saturday. his body is lying in state in phoenix in arizona. among those paying tribute was his wife, cindy. former presidents george w bush and barack obama are expected to speak at his funeral service in washington on saturday. researchers are suggesting that the daily commute could be treated as part of the working day, because so many people check their emails on the way to and from the office. ben's been looking into this. we all do it, well, we don't work 9-to-5. we have a journey to the office. the idea that it is expected that we are available because with so that we are available because with so many smart phones and tablets, the idea that we can send e—mails, deal with things at home, on the commute, businesses are used that, so some commute, businesses are used that, so some workers in the survey commissioned today looked at 5000 people on the daily commute and

found 54% did some sort of work, so you would expect we should be paid for that, or include it in the working day. a lot of employers won't be happy about that, but it's also about looking at how that figures into a work—life balance because maybe the commute should be a time to wake up and get used to the day, or if you're going home in the day, or if you're going home in the evening, to switch off. a lot of people in the study said it was an opportunity to catch up on things they hadn't finished during the day. a lot of parents pointing out that was the time they transformed from being parents at home to being a professional at work and that was their transition time. nonetheless it isa their transition time. nonetheless it is a big call for more to be done to regulate that time to make sure that people get paid for it, or to do what they do in european countries, in france there is a law that firms with 50 or more staff have to implement a rule, stating what is and isn't acceptable in terms of sending and receiving

e—mails outside of the 9—to—5. these are the hours you work, these are the hours that you are on. volkswagen have a rule that after 5pm e—mail is switched off entirely. there are calls for that to happen in the uk to make sure that the work—life balance is in check and make sure that we are aware of when we are working and when we should be off. it is tricky. yes, interested to know your thoughts on that, should it be counted as part of your working day? it inevitably is, isn't it? yes. thank you, ben. scientists are searching for a meteorite that is thought to have fallen in western australia, lighting up the night sky. the spectacular sight was caught on camera by multiple spectators, as it soared high across perth. it looks like something out of a film, didn't it? yes. researchers believe it may have crashed near the town of york in australia. the hunt is on for suspected alien rocks, which could help scientists to work out how the solar system was formed. i wonder what an alien rock looks like. well, go to york and you will

find it. there we are then, someone might send us a picture one—day. prince harry has joked about playing his ancestor, king george the third, in a hip—hop musical that mocks the british monarchy during the founding of modern—day america. the duke and duchess of sussex attended a special performance of hamilton at the west end's victoria palace theatre, to raise money for the duke's hiv charity, sentebale. it's thought the evening raised nearly £300,000, and the audience was treated to harry briefly bursting into song at the end of the show. # you say... applause. that's definitely not gonna happen. he did try, but i said no. i love the reaction of one of the cast behind him, literally, "he is actually doing this!" sally, good morning. talking about a

picture behind you of andy murray pulling that phase, which we have seen lots of times, beaten by fernando verdasco at the us open, let me to you something between them, they are good mates on the two are together, andy murray said he thinks fernando verdasco is the most handsome male player on the tour. how sweet. maybe that is why he was so how sweet. maybe that is why he was so distracted. no, he wasn't. andy murray is out of the us open, but there's some cause for optimism after a spirited showing against 31st seed fernando verdasco. murray pushed the spaniard hard in scorching conditions in new york before losing in the second round in four sets. the last surviving brit, cameron norrie is also out. serena williams will play her sister venus next after beating carina witthoft. venus had earlier beaten camila giorgi to set up the 30th tour match between the two. it was a night of late drama at the city ground, with three goals and a penalty appeal turned down in injury time. it ended 3—1 with nottingham forest dumping newcastle united out

of the third round of the carabao cup for the second year running. rafael benitez not happy after that match. and the fourth test between england and india gets underway at southampton's rose bowl later this morning. all—rounder moeen ali has been recalled and sam curran replaces the injured chris woakes asjoe root‘s team aim to bounce back from last week's defeat at trent bridge. thank you very much. we are getting distracted. sorry. we are trying to work this out. it is a story we will come to in a minute on the inside of the papers, which is all about dogs and virtual reality. we were in our are in reality, separate to yours, sorry. i have a dog and a pizza delivery story to tell you. that was

the sally look, like, really? delivery story to tell you. that was the sally look, like, really7|j delivery story to tell you. that was the sally look, like, really? iwill put my glasses on in a minute. the sally look, like, really? iwill put my glasses on in a minutem the sally look, like, really? iwill put my glasses on in a minute. it is 6:12am, welcome back. let's have a look a look at today's front pages. the telegraph leads on the government's proposals to ban under—18s from buying energy drinks which are high in caffeine and sugar. there's a picture of the duke and duchess of sussex at a gala performance of hamilton in london last night. the guardian's main story reports that children and young people with serious mental health problems are being treated far away from home because of bed shortages. the figures come from nhs england, which has pledged to end the practice and is creating more beds. the front of the times is about french president emmanuel macron — the paper says says he is preparing to throw theresa may a lifeline by calling for a new structure for european alliances which would keep britain close to the eu after brexit. the express also has a brexit story — it reports that michel barnier said the eu was ready to offer the uk an unprecedented deal, "such as there never has been with any other third country." and on the bbc news website,

one of the most read stories this morning is that nicola sturgeon has spoken of her huge sadness following the resignation of former snp leader alex salmond from the party. should we do the dog story first, and then...? should we do the dog story first, and then. . . ? yes. should we do the dog story first, and then...? yes. it is should we do the dog story first, and then. . . ? yes. it is a tough act to follow. so, you've heard about dogs nipping at posties, yeah? there isa dogs nipping at posties, yeah? there is a new virtual reality technology helping postal workers overcome their fears helping postal workers overcome theirfears in dealing helping postal workers overcome their fears in dealing with how to deal with nippy dogs and nipped fingers. yeah, they put on this virtual reality mask and it gives them the experience of going to put them the experience of going to put the post through the door, then the dog will come and essentially, you know, scale at him. i wonder if it is scary as your dog with the pizza delivery person. i have a problem with the pizza delivery man, when he

delivers a pizza i have to lock my dog in the back garden, he cut even be in the house, because he is so scared of my dog and i should say at the moment my dog is about this big and looks like a teddy bear. 0r maybe looks like a cross between a dog and a rabbit. it is history, they say. he has explained, look, i am really sorry, i am just terrified of dogs. my dog is more likely to leak into death, but if you have a phobia, it is really difficult. given how often you have pizza deliverer, he should be used to it by now. i know, it is on my speed dial! what have you got? a bit of a car seen. what have you got? a bit of a car seen. aston martin saying that it wa nts to seen. aston martin saying that it wants to list on the london stock market. it is interesting because it has been bankrupt nearly seven times and has come back from the brink. spoke to their boss and they are very excited. james dyson is to move

into electric cars are. he has taken on another race track, they will test his electric cars. also hiring another 2000 staff. a success story and they have that wants —— the ground quickly. speaking of electric and driverless cars. there is a story here talking about weimo talking about its driverless car strategy, but still huge problems when it comes to things like merging with other transport, trying to pull out onjunctions, with other transport, trying to pull out on junctions, traffic lights. still a huge problem for autonomous ca i’s still a huge problem for autonomous cars and even though we think they could be on the road by 2020, clearly if it is finding difficulty pulling out in traffic lights, we have a long way to go. they are built to deal with all sorts of scenarios. human beings have an infinite number. their reasoning is that even if it would work, it will

bea that even if it would work, it will be a computer communicating with another computer, it would be on the same stage. but it is a computer with a human, how many times are you pull out onjunctions with a human, how many times are you pull out on junctions that you base it on pull out on junctions that you base itona pull out on junctions that you base it on a look with other drivers that computers cannot do. do you wink at drivers? i do that little... this story in the times is really interesting. anthony martial was on his way out of manchester united in the summer, he is now on the verge of signing a new five—year contract with them. that is a little bit of a gamble considering that he doesn't necessarily have the best relationship with joe necessarily have the best relationship withjoe is a marine, it tells us that he reckons he will stay longer than renee are well at united. —— jose mourinho. stay longer than renee are well at united. ——jose mourinho. spurs strikers on heung—min, who is

playing away at their asian games, if he wins a gold medal it will mean he is exempt from two years of the terry service. everyone under the age of 28 has to complete a minimum of two and one months of military service, on the issue in a gold medal in the asian games or the 0lympics. —— unless you win the. he is on 0lympics. —— unless you win the. he isona 0lympics. —— unless you win the. he is on a five—year contract, he might be drawn to two years. —— dawn. — gone. cani can i show you a picture? this is a sad picture, iam not trying can i show you a picture? this is a sad picture, i am not trying to bring the atmosphere down. we are a lwa ys bring the atmosphere down. we are always talking about plastic in ocea ns always talking about plastic in oceans and this one really, really ca ptu res oceans and this one really, really captures it. it is a plastic love and a little fish has been caught in the finger. —— glove. and a little fish has been caught in

the finger. -- glove. full disclosure, that fish did suffocate. well you know, you need to know the truth. a couple who met on deal or no deal have got married five years later, that is quite a good story. they won 56 grand, five years later they got married. congratulations to them both. we got to love in the end. 18 minutes past six. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning everyone. this morning if you are just stepping out it is chilly, but we have got clear skies. many of us it will be dry and sunny and for the next few days is actually going to be dry for many parts of the uk. fronts coming in at times introducing rain, more especially in the north—west. this morning you can see there is also a layer of cloud across parts of the south—west of the uk. temperatures

here are not as low as they are across other areas and we have got some shower and missed and fog patches across cheshire and cumbria. these should lift and then lovely blue skies. through the course of the day what you will find is that more cloud will build up, so the sunshine will turn hazy across the midlands. will still have some of that cloud across the south—west and bits of pieces of cloud across scotla nd bits of pieces of cloud across scotland is well. in essence, it will be mostly dry and sunny spells, showers peppering the north and west. witticism showers in northern ireland between a sunny spells as likud across north —— north england, wales and the south—west of the showers would be hit and miss and as we push through towards the south—east can, the emphasis is on dry conditions of. we could see showers across the south—east tonight. under clear skies it will be quite a cool night across the board, some shallow mist and fog at patches forming. you can see a

weather front not too far away, by the end of the night we think this could produce some rain across the isles of scilly and cornwall as well. it will be with us out was the west. this is where we think it will be, this may change, but it will introduce more cloud. after a cool night, or a cold introduce more cloud. after a cool night, ora cold night introduce more cloud. after a cool night, or a cold night depending where you are, we will see a sunny start with sunshine turning hazy as more cloud develops the course of the day study as we had from friday into the weekend, we have a clutch of fronts bumping into this high pressure, further south taking rain with them in doing so. . everywhere will see that rain. 0n with them in doing so. . everywhere will see that rain. on saturday we have got this weak weather front as it bumps into that cloud producing rain. this looks cloudy but it will be bright and for many of us, dry. also sunshine to have as well. temperatures starting to rise particularly where it has been cool on friday. we see tempertaures in wales getting up to 20 or 21

degrees. as we had through sunday and monday, we still have high pressure dominating the weather but it is further south. as this front comes in it will bump into it and we can. there are conditions coming into the north—west. this is where you can expect. capital cities looking at the high teens or the 20s, but for the south, especially on sunday, somewhere like london or the south—east could hit 25 or 20. not looking too shabby either on monday. —— 25 or 26. not too shabby at all. carol, thank you. an unmarried mother who is fighting for the right to claim bereavement payments after her partner's death, will find out later if the supreme court has ruled in her favour. siobhan mclaughlin lived with her partner of 23 years, john adams, and theirfour children, until his death from cancer in 2014. but she's been told she can't claim the widowed parents‘ allowance, because they weren't married.

the commitment was the same when we had children, they took his surname and his name is on the birth certificate. it was a family unit. how dare anyone treat them differently when they are rescued as anyone else's children. it is hard to think that the government is saying that actually, do you know what, they are worth less, their brief and is worth less. and that is not fair. joining us now to explain more is family lawyer emma gill. thanks tojoining thanks to joining us. thanks tojoining us. —— thanks to joining us. this is such an emotional time for anybody to go through, but can you —— explained the rules at the moment? the difficulty she has is that she and her partner, albeit they were living as men and wife hadn't actually gone as men and wife hadn't actually gone a marriage ceremony, so

as men and wife hadn't actually gone a marriage ceremony, so that particular benefit axe in the different ways if you are living together. what affects the case is that a benefit for the children because it is apparent benefit and these children have any say in whether their children were married at are treated differently by the state. wave you say this is a benefit for the children? it is described as a parents benefit, you only get that if you are the mother of father of children. lots of people who are watching might ask why did get married? this is a case in northern ireland, a huge debate in scotland, england and wales. all parts of the uk, about differences between cohabitees. however you wish to describe them. you could just get married, but as a case last month clarified, it is not easy to get out of our marriage. something has to happen. either cohabitees writes me

to be clarified or it needs to be easier to exit a marriage. there is theissue easier to exit a marriage. there is the issue of, if you are a cohabitees, how long do you have to be that to prove you are a solid, committed cop. it your absolutely right. is easy pinpoint when someone is married, it is all publicly available. for cohabitees, is that somebody who was together to two weeks? somebody who has children together? someone who, like siobhan, is akin to all parts of marriage apart from the ceremony. if it is a pa rents apart from the ceremony. if it is a parents allowance, why is that when a couple become parents? really good question. the state are aware when you are together, about where the living together, you got to fill in multitudes of forms online to be able to set out what your relationship is, the number of nights together. why that can'tjust translate that somebody dies? it is

the huge anomaly and that is something the supreme court will come back and say this is discriminatory against children whose parents are not married. this could change it siobhan wins the case? it changes things in a narrow aspect, how that sense ripples across the pond for other issues this something to watch closely on. however, whether there is appetite in parliament to change thing is a different issue. —— things of. if it isa different issue. —— things of. if it is a children's benefit, she asked why shouldn't it apply if you have children, why should apply if you are not living together and you have children? is that the issue on the family unit of that. so this is for children, in that circumstance, but you are right. —— of that. if you are not living together, it still impacts the child. even separated

pa rents a re impacts the child. even separated parents are a unit, so that should flow through. again, it is lead you limit it, how do you contain it and educate on who is entitled to this benefit and who isn't? thank you very much. you can email us at bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk, or share your thoughts with other viewers on our facebook page. and you can tweet about today's stories using the hashtag bbcbreakfast, or follow us for the latest from the programme. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. at least 8000 doctor ships were left uncovered in london's accident and emergency departments last year. reset by this programme has shown the department of health says that the department of health says that the number of emergency medicine co nsulta nt the number of emergency medicine consultant increased since 2010, but the british medical association is warning care can be compromised when doctors are overstretched. we really need this problem to start

be taken much more seriously. we need basic solutions around improvement in implement practices and trade opportunities and until those are taken seriously, the reality is that we are will not see this problem get that we are go to see that patient care is worse because it. a scheme to compensate train passengers disrupted the introduction of new titan —— new timetables on thameslink train services is being extended. a number of trains were either kept cancelled or severely delayed when timetables we re or severely delayed when timetables were changed in may. and housed compensation could only be available to people that season tickets but now anybody who made three return trips ina now anybody who made three return trips in a week during the disruption can claim. the remains of a shakespearean theatre in shoreditch will go on display next year. archaeologists from the scene of london found the site into thousand and eight. it will now be the centrepiece of a new exhibition space which will also feature a rtefa cts at

space which will also feature artefacts at uncovered during the excavations. let's look at the cover situation now. —— travel. a good service on the chips are. there is no step free access to the northern line on tottenham court road. on the roads... let's get a check on the weather. good morning. it is set to be a fairly pleasant day of weather. this seemed taken behind me by weather watchers yesterday but over the next three days you will notice there are good spells of sunshine, variable amounts of cloud, it should state mostly dry and it was at feel warmer too. perhaps the last blast of summa for the first weekend in september. this morning, bit of a chilly start. plenty of high cloud around already. it won't the blue skies all through

the day, good spells of sunshine around but some of that high cloud turning the sunshine hazy at times. the small chance of one or two showers but otherwise dry or light wind, pleasantly warm in the sunshine. cabbages between 19, 20 degrees neighbouring. through the city overnight we will keep clear spells, high cloud, the chance of one of two showers but mostly dry and temperatures ru rally one of two showers but mostly dry and temperatures rurally will drop into superfigures, and temperatures rurally will drop into super figures, perhaps and temperatures rurally will drop into superfigures, perhaps holding at double figures in many of the towns. tomorrow it is more or less the same. some cloud around but also spells of sunshine. look at those averages rise over the weekend or the way into the mid— 20s. be back with the latest in half an hour, plenty more on our website, for now, it's back to the newsroom. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and steph mcgovern. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: are gossip magazines guilty of making women feel inadequate?

tv presenter stacey solomon certainly thinks so after one publication described her as boring and cheap. we'll chat to a showbizjournalist about the role magazines play. should you be given time off work when your pet dies? we'll discuss why so many people find it hard to talk about the death of a pet with their colleagues or their boss. and this is the scene outside our studio this morning, where the team from the antiques roadshow is getting ready to value more family heirloom, and we'll be popping out to say hello. we will see if any gems pop—up. we will see if any gems pop-up. who are we going to say hello to? fiona bruce. excellent. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. alex salmond, scotland's

former first minister, who oversaw the independence referendum, has quit the scottish national party to fight sexual misconduct allegations. he denies the allegations, which relate to his time in office. current first minister nicola sturgeon said she understood his decision. mr salmond's launched a crowd—funding campaign to help with his legal costs, a move criticised by opposition parties. children across england could be banned from buying sugar and caffeine—filled energy drinks, as part of efforts to tackle childhood obesity. one issue to be decided over the course of a 12—week public consultation, is whether a ban should apply to under—16s or under—18s. theresa may is announcing a security pact with kenya on the final day of her tour of africa. she's already visited south africa and nigeria in an effort to increase trade. britain will build a cyber centre in nairobi, to help kenyan police stop child abuse images being shared online. there'll also be increased funding for airport security. an unmarried mother, who is fighting for the right

to claim bereavement payments after her partner's death, will find out this morning if the supreme court has ruled in her favour. siobhan mclaughlin lived withjohn adams, her partner of 23 years, and their four children, until his death from cancer in 2014. she says the family is being discriminated against, because the couple never married. researchers are suggesting that the daily commute could be treated as part of the working day, because so many people check their e—mails on the way to and from the office. they say the growing availability of internet access has effectively extended the working day with extra unpaid hours. they say that employers could rethink what they count as working hours. scientists are searching for a meteorite that is thought to have fallen in western australia, lighting up the night sky. the spectacular sight was caught on camera by multiple spectators, as it soared high across perth. researchers believe it may have crashed near the town of york in australia. you would panic, wouldn't you, if

you are driving down the road, though, and you saw that coming at you. the hunt is on for suspected alien rocks, which could help scientists to work out how the solar system was formed. i think you're going tojoin i think you're going to join this hunt. yeah, i'd love to see what an alien rock looks like, i'm assuming it just looks like alien rock looks like, i'm assuming itjust looks like a rock, but... alien. laughter. any ideas, sally? i really don't know. one more for you. a beach bar on the croatian island of rab has found an unusual way of attracting pet owners, by organising a swimming and running contest for them and their dogs. does this appeal? this would appeal to sally with the tiny dog because she is so friendly. lost to swim, yes. 15 dogs and their owners jumped from a boat 100 metres off the island. they swam to shore and then jogged back to the bar. does it appeal? yes, definitely, i

would love to do that. i think that looks like a poodle mix. this is my bit, the best bit. after the swim, the pets were also challenged to with an eating and drinking contest with dog—friendly ice cream and beer. 0h, 0k. bonnie the white poodle was the winner. the second part appeals to us, sally could do the beginning and we could do the next bit. coverage for the sport as well, and i hate to say it, i think bbc two has done this already. you should do it. should i? yes, my little sadie would be there. she is only that be. she is getting smaller and smaller! i am going to post a picture of her in a minute. yes, she is so cute. i will, and are just want to show you a picture in

the papers, a picture of andy murray that he posted yesterday, i don't know if you can see this, that is andy murray, look at that nosebleed. no, from what? knocked out of the us open". no, from what? knocked out of the us open... literally knocked out. literally knocked out, not because of the nosebleed, that was his ten—month—old daughter who did that to him yesterday. children are dangerous! his daughter hit him in the face and he had a nosebleed. dangerous! his daughter hit him in the face and he had a nosebleedlj the face and he had a nosebleed.” am assuming that was because she wasn't raging because he was knocked out. i am not sure that it was totally accidental. lots of people have probably been punched in the face and have had black eyes from kids, it is quite easily done. andy murray's first grand slam tournament in 1a months has come to an end after he was beaten in four sets by spain's fernando verdasco at the us open. as he still works his way back to full fitness following a year out injured, there were glimpses of his old self but ultimately those glimpses were all too fleeting, as ben croucher reports 0ut out but little need to be down, andy

murray battled hard to return to this stage, and in three and a half sweltering hours he found out what a battle it would be to return to the top. fernando verdasco seldom troubled murray in his hip injury days but pulled forward to take the first set. with the temperature climbing close to a0 this was no place for a hot dog but it was the kind of challenge murray relishes and with his racquet sizzling, three brea ks and with his racquet sizzling, three breaks came and the match was level. with verdasco taking the next, murray was in new territory, a fourth set, which he hadn't tackled since his comeback, and while his heart was in it, his body began to betray him. he is struggling at his us ambitions soon evaporated. there is. only a second win over murray for verdasco who had enough touches to show the sun isn't setting on his career just yet. to show the sun isn't setting on his careerjust yet. you just don't know what exactly is around the corner.

if things keep going smoothly and physically i continue to improve, i believe that i will get back to competing for the biggest competitions, because there is no reason why i couldn't, but you don't know. well... british involvement in the singles draw was ended a matter of minutes after murray's exit. cameron norrie lost his second round match to dusan lajovic. he was beaten 3—1. defending champion and top seed rafael nadal eased into the third round with a straight sets victory over vasek pospisil. the spaniard is looking for a fourth title at flushing meadows. serena williams will play her sister venus next after beating carina witthoft. venus had earlier beaten camila giorgi to set up the 30th tour match between the two. the best part is we bring out the best in each other. i know that when i play her, i play some of my best tennis, and she does too, and it

propels us to continue to play that for the tournament, you know, and it sets a tone for us and i feel that throughout our career we have pushed each other to be the best that we can be. england have made a couple of changes as they hunt for a series win against india in southampton over the next five days all—rounder moeen ali has been recalled after making a double century in county cricket last week. sam curran replaces the injured chris woakes asjoe root‘s team aim to bounce back from last week's defeat at trent bridge even though we struggled last week, one thing you can never say about this team and this group of players isa this team and this group of players is a lack of character, and were neverin is a lack of character, and were never in the past we've had — we haven't had a bad week, we generally bounceback very strong, especially at home, so i expect that to be exactly the case this time round. it was a night of late drama at the city ground with three goals and a penalty appeal turned down in injury time. newcastle had equalised, but two more goals from nottingham forest, the best from gil dias, made it 3—1. it's the second year running forest

have knocked the premier league side out of the carabao cup. no problems for everton, they won 3—1 at home to rotherham in their second round tie. dominic calvert—lewin with two of their goals. there were also wins for watford at reading and millwall at home to plymouth. the scottish football association have delayed a decision on whether to leave hampden park after more than 100 years of international football and cup finals there. the sfa's lease of the stadium ends in 2020. there's an option to buy it from amateur club queens park, but the stadium needs renovating. the alternative option is to move to the home of scottish rugby murrayfield in edinburgh. lots of fans have said that hampden park would need a lot of work and regeneration if they continue to play there. they say that murrayfield is easier to get to. they have delayed the decision, so we don't know. that is the advantage of having good infrastructure, it

does boost the area, so it is about taking the leap and seeing how it goes. lots of people say that getting to hampden park is tricky. what did you make of the row? the tennis player with the top of?” what did you make of the row? the tennis player with the top of? i was showing some of the pictures here, because the top came off and then she was disciplined. she should be allowed to take her top off and change her top. the men can do that. and a picture of djokovic with no top on. one of the problem is that they had was she took off her top instead of taking it off while sitting in her chair. it is the headline that has attracted — grand slam sexism stripped bare — and remember we spoke about serena williams at the french open. the black catsuit. that is even more serious, she was stopped from wearing it and she wears it because of the pressure on her legs, because she gets blood clots, so there is a

real fuss about that, but i think that the alize cornet story is really interesting, and the response says it all. here is response after the match. of course, i was surprised, i didn't expect it and i told him that it was pretty weird, but he just stayed on his position, and then ijust kept playing, i was trying to win my match, i got over it very fast, and now, thinking about it, i am convinced that everybody was making a mistake, but! convinced that everybody was making a mistake, but i don't involve the us in all of this, and they apologised to me for this, so no problem. she has been apologised to, she got over it, and we make clear that she didn't take off her underwear. let's talk to the former british tennis player, amanda owens, who's now a sports psychologist. what do you make of this?m what do you make of this? it is actually ridiculous, isn't it? she discreetly took off her top, yes,

perhaps she should have done it at the changeover, but she was trying to reduce the impact of the match. she had it on the wrong way and as annabel croft has said and others, i ee, annabel croft has said and others, i agree, it is wrong, it was totally unfair. ifa agree, it is wrong, it was totally unfair. if a man agree, it is wrong, it was totally unfair. ifa man had taken agree, it is wrong, it was totally unfair. if a man had taken off his top during play, would he have been paralysed? no, the wta issued a statement yesterday saying that there isn't a rule as such to state that she should have been assessed or disciplined or had a code violation yesterday —— penalised? it is the grand slam us open rules here. and the umpire unfortunately took offence of her taking off her top and! took offence of her taking off her top and i want to make it clear that the men are allowed to take off their tops and i think we need to look at this within tennis. certainly you want make it clear that it wasn't the wta, it is the us open rules and grand slam rules. what is the logic behind the rules?

gosh! laughter you know, the grand slams make their own rules. the umpire clearly acted... it was unfair. it was completely ridiculous. and you know, they are experiencing extreme heat at the moment. if she went off for a heat break, for goodness sake, she went back, came back with the top on the wrong way, rectified it, adjusted it, you know, and she didn't disrupt the play, it was a couple of seconds. but they need to look at this, the us open need to look at it andindeed this, the us open need to look at it and indeed i think we need to in tennis. the reason i have said this has escalated even more is because of the french open, deciding to restrict or new rules on all — or clarify rules on what women players can wear on court after serena williams wore a catsuit which she said was beneficial because she suffered blood clots post— pregnancy, it is building up, and i am going to look at billyjean

king's post, her comment, she has condemned, i quote, the policing of women's bodies on the court. yes, tennis is a wonderful sport in the fa ct tennis is a wonderful sport in the fact that there is the etiquette, indeed, there are rules and regulations, and we respect that, but the fact that, i think the french officials have taken it a little bit too far, in the fact that it isa little bit too far, in the fact that it is a medical reason for serena williams to where the catsuit, and as you said earlier it is to reduce blood clotting, and, you know, gosh, she came back from childbirth, she isa she came back from childbirth, she is a wonderful asset for the game, so we is a wonderful asset for the game, so we need to look at this within tennis, be a little bit more flexible. the us open organisers did say it wouldn't happen again, is it enough, to draw a line under it? yeah, iam enough, to draw a line under it? yeah, i am delighted and glad that there are has been an apology and i am in agreement with the media furore here that we need to look at this really and we hope that it won't happen again, so definitely it needs to be addressed. amanda, good

to talk to you, sports psychologist and former british tennis player from london, thank you. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. i have felt chilly the last couple of days. you are absolutely right. especially this morning. in some parts temperatures fell to just around three degrees. if you are stepping out first thing, do bear that in mind. over the next couple of days what you will become drier for many parts of the uk are not all. but it is also go to warm up. some good news in the horizon. this morning we have this vale of cloud across parts of the south—west, but under clear skies that is why the temperature has fallen and it means first thing we will see spells of sunshine. we have got the cloud, the sunshine. we have got the cloud, the sunshine will be hazy and we have got some self —— shallow mist and fog patches across parts of cumbria and cheshire. more cloud will

develop and again the sunshine turning hazy here brilliant blue skies and the cloud could thicken up in the west to produce the odd shower. in between, there will be a little bit of sunshine. sofa northern ireland you sunshine, just a few showers and could catch some of those across north—west england, was likely across the east and the same for the wales and southwest. through the midlands turning that sunshine hazy. we will lose any brilliant blue skies. through this evening and overnight, while the skies will clear, many of the showers will fade, one or two in the south—east and temperatures will drop. looking at temperatures dipping to two or three degrees. we could see a touch of frost but temperatures low generally. if you are finding it called this morning it will be cool again this time tomorrow morning. we also have rained by the end of the night

across isles of scilly and cornwall. the timing of this could speed up or slow down but what we are thinking is cloud will come in from the west, we will see spots of rain and the cloud ahead of this weather front will start to build a. like today, sunshine will turn hazy. temperatures regime —— ranging from 14 temperatures regime —— ranging from 1a in the north to the low 20s into the south. high—pressure dominating our weather across the weekend, it is dipping south, allowing weather fronts to come in from the north—west. they will bring rain but will weaken as they bump into that area of high pressure. on saturday here comes the cloud with the rain on it. this rain tends to fizzle against the high pressure but you can see what that a lot of cloud. it might be overdoing it in the sense that it will be a bright day rather than a dull day. there will be sunshine further south—east you travel, with temperatures continuing to rise and that will continue into the weekend. rain across the

north—west during the course of the sunday. not particularly heavy but temperatures possibly getting up to the six or 27 somewhere in the south—east and then again another pleasa nt south—east and then again another pleasant day for most on monday. —— a6. -- 26th. you take the weather from your home, your mac —— yeah. there is research about this, the work we do to and from work should be worked. inc is to be interspecific jobs, but be worked. inc is to be interspecificjobs, but now most of us interspecificjobs, but now most of us have a smart phone and you can do it on the go. they say more and more of us are doing valuable work on the move so of us are doing valuable work on the move so maybe it should count as pa rt move so maybe it should count as part of our day and crucially to get paid for it. when does your working day start?

when you log on to your computer? when you walk in the office? or when you send your first e—mail on the bus or train in? researchers from the university of the west of england found that more than half of commuters were using their smartphones to deal with work e—mails. we joined the commute last night in manchester to find out if people were travelling and working. i think if i had the option, i might be tempted to bite it is good not to have the option. i like to check my e—mails from time to time because you know, people, like some people just have with schedules and they like to send e—mails were never.” get the notifications so ijust check it is a bigger might be someone check it is a bigger might be someone else but no, it is a work e—mail. someone else but no, it is a work e-mail. it is nice to switch off when you come home after a day at work. i could do, i try to avoid it if it is at all possible. that is the view from some commuters in manchester. cary cooper is a workplace psychologist and joins me now. good morning to you. hot off the

plane from la, were you doing any work on that flight? no, not at all, thank you very much indeed. this report is really interesting because it confirms something that we all know, which is that we end up having had to do a bit of work on the way in or out of home. should back out as part of the work they? if it does, then we have a real problem, what we do at night when we go home, on the weekends, on holiday? high proportion of people are accessing the e—mail all the time the smartphone drinkers period that. we need the flexibility. the smartphone provides a kind of flexibility if you want to work flexibly. that is the difficulty we have in this context, but the real problem is employers have no guidelines on the use of a mobile phone and accessing your e—mail is the. for example, the french law about once a go, no manager can send e—mails to their subordinate out of office hours,

that means at nights, weekend or on holidays. it is unenforceable but it sends a message. to have a real problem not only for the help of the employees, but for the productivity as well. it is a real issue, the whole business about e—mails. i am not worried about them doing it when they are going to work on the way home, iam more they are going to work on the way home, i am more worried about it when they are doing it at night, with theirfamilies, when they are doing it at night, with their families, on weekends and 30% of people do it when they are on holiday. the truth is that this is quite good for business, they get all of this extra free time, they have got us doing bits and pieces and helps the business keep moving ina2a and helps the business keep moving in a 2a hour wait. business is cashing in, isn't it? as long as people are enabled to work flexibly, thatis people are enabled to work flexibly, that is what people want. but there isa that is what people want. but there is a whole field now called techno stress. it is how technology is

causing overload on people and i think we have two have good worklife alan. if it will working in an office a5— 50 hours per week and in addition to that, accessing your e—mails on the way to work, on the weekend and at night, i do think thatis weekend and at night, i do think that is good news for us. so many people getting in touch. thank you for all your messages of. john makes the point, he says if we had to count the hours we spend working on the commute, then we should deduct the commute, then we should deduct the hours we spend on personal stuff in the office of. tit for tat. we spend a lot of time at work doing personal things too. yeah, we do. spend a lot of time at work doing personalthings too. yeah, we do. i just think we need a better balance of. the swedish experiment they did show that a 30 hour week was more effective than a a0 hour week. a two year study, very interesting. we have to think about the working week a lot now. if we are going to work more flexibly and employers are

going to allow people, we need them, the smartphone, if we are going to work force are to be. is up to employers to ask how do we get people balance? they have families and kids, how did they relate to them? do we really need to work 60 hour weeks. a0 or 50 in an office and then add on time on the mobile when you get home. a fascinating debate. thank you, very nice to see you. go home and get some sleep at the long flight. —— after. will talk about your comments later through the morning. keep them coming in. —— we will. seven —— the time is seven minutes till seven. it's been called a scourge on the environment, but what exactly can be done about the plastic waste that's making its way into britain's waterways? one environmental charity has come up with a unique solution. it's turning more than a tonne of plastic waste, collected from the river thames, into a boat. let's cross to our reporter helena lee who's in richmond, where it's set to launch.

morning. morning. and here, morning from richmond in london, here is the boat, you can see it here this morning. it is one of two boats in the world made from 99% recycled plastic and we followed the journey to see how a boat like this is made. this is the start of the plastic bottle boat journey. this is the start of the plastic bottle boatjourney. these schoolchildren are helping by going out on a plastic fishing trip to clear litter that has ended up in the water. it wasn't long before they found what they were looking for and there was plenty of it. so we found plastic tags, crisp packets, dummies, lots of plastic bottles of. when we fished out

plastic it makes us are satisfied that we are helping out the environment, making the planet that. i think it is quite silly. i think that plastic bottles when they get thrown away, or plastic bags, should just get recycled and used again. rather than being ended up ship abroad, the plastic collected by the children ends up here at this reprocessing plant in dumfries in scotland. we take the bottle and stripped it down to very small parts, then they are melted and turned into sections which are used to make furniture and of course, the boat. plastic has become so prevalent in our society that it has -- it is prevalent in our society that it has —— it is seen as very disposable material now, but actually it is an incredibly valuable material. we wa nt incredibly valuable material. we want to show that the importance of recycling plastic, the important of keeping it in the system and certainly not letting it leak into

this environment and the remaining —— the green environs. this environment and the remaining -- the green environs. the charity hopes to build more recyclable plastic notes over the holidays and get more people involved in their campaign. —— boat. and you can see probably mark edwards mbe here sweeping the boat, he is actually the boat elder, the man who built the boat also likes to be known as a mad boating enthusiast. the boat itself will be put into the river at about 8:20am this morning, join us for that when we see it go into the river with some schoolchildren and mark edwards hopefully on board the boat as well. back to you. helena, thank you very much. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. at least 8,000 doctors shifts were left uncovered in london's

accident and emergency departments last year, research by this programme has shown. the department of health says the number of emergency medicine consultants has increased since 2010. but the british medical association is warning care can be compromised when doctors are overstretched. we really need this problem start to be taken much more seriously. we need basic solutions around improved employment practices, improving trade opportunities and until those are taken seriously, the reality is that we will not see this problem get that we are going to see that patient care is worse because of it. a woman who worked for kensington and chelsea council has been charged with fraud offences after allegedly obtaining money intended for victims of the grenfell tower disaster. 39—year—old jenny mcdonagh from abby wood is accused of obtaining cash meant for survivors of the tragedy. she'll appear in court later this morning. it's been revealed that half of the films in official competition for this year's bfi london film festival

are from a female director or co—director. ten films have been shortlisted for the best film award. the winner will be announced during a special screening in october at vue leicester square. it will be the first time a public audience has been invited to watch the screening and award presentation. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning, however at bank station there is no step free access to the dlr following a faulty lift and it's the same at tottenham court road where there is no step free access to the northern line. on the roads, you got westbound traffic on the a 13 building into barking. in the west end, oxford street is closed between duke street and davies street. also in newbury park, the crossover between the a 12 is an avenue on —— and horns road is closed due to an earlier accident. lets have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it is set to be a fairly pleasant day of weather ahead. bit of grey scene behind me, as taken behind me by weather watchers yesterday but over the next

three days you will notice there are good spells of sunshine, variable amounts of cloud, it should stay mostly dry and it will start to feel warmer too. perhaps the last blast of summer for the first weekend in september. this morning, bit of a chilly start. we've got plenty of high cloud around already. it won't all be blue skies through the day, good spells of sunshine around but some of that high cloud turning the sunshine hazy at times. the small chance of one or two showers over kent and essex, but otherwise dry or light winds, it will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine. temperatures between 19, maybe as high as 21 celcius. through this evening and overnight we will keep clear spells, high cloud, the chance of one of two showers but mostly dry and temperatures rurally will drop back into single figures, perhaps holding at double figures in many of the towns. tomorrow it is more or less the same. there will be some cloud around but also spells of sunshine. look at those temperatures rise over the weekend all the way

into the mid—20s. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and steph mcgovern. our headlines today: former first minister of scotland, alex salmond, resigns from the scottish national party amid allegations of sexual harrassment, which he denies. a ban on the sale of caffeine—heavy energy drinks to children in england — the government outlines its plan. good morning. it started with three airbeds in a san francisco apartment and now aianb has overfive million listings worldwide. ten years on, how has it changed the hotel trade? andy murray battled through the heat at the us open. but it's not enough. he's been knocked out in the second round by fernando verdasco. a burst of royal song.

# you say... laughter a little one. what happened when harry and meghan turned up for a fundraiser at the west end musical hamilton? good morning. it is a chilly start to the day but for many of us it is a sunny to the day but for many of us it is a sunny one. to the day but for many of us it is a sunny one. we could see one or two showers in the west. i will have more, though, in 15 minutes. good morning. it's thursday, 30 august. our top story: alex salmond, who led the scottish national party into government and was at the helm during the independence referendum, has quit the snp to fight allegations of sexual misconduct. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon said she felt a huge sadness about the situation. mr salmond denies the claims, which relate to his time in office. here's our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon. alex salmond's successor as snp leader nicola sturgeon had faced

days of pressure to suspend mr salmond from the snp after sexual misconduct allegations emerged. she had said there was no legal basis to do so, but now mr salmond has taken matters into his own hands. in a statement, he said: mr salmond continues to deny any wrongdoing and says he intends to reapply for party membership in the future. the former first minister had already announced he was taking the government he used to lead to court over its handling of misconduct allegations. but nicola sturgeon has defended the process. in a statement of her own, the first minister said: ms sturgeon added she is upset

by mr salmond's resignation but any legal processes must be allowed to take their course. children in england could be banned from buying high caffeine, high—sugar energy drinks, as part of efforts to tackle childhood obesity. one issue to be decided is whether a ban should apply to under—16s or under—18s, as ben ando reports. children are told these drinks will give them energy but doctors say drinking them to excess can lead to headaches, sleep problems and upset tummies. evidence from teachers suggest they can even contribute to children becoming unruly and disruptive in the classroom. but, more than anything, health experts believe they are part of the reason why britain's children are becoming obese. compared to other soft drinks, energy drinks contain a double whammy of very high

caffeine and sugar levels. and children in the uk are guzzling half as much again as their counterparts in europe. energy drinks like these are attractive to youngsters, in brightly coloured cans, and often cheaper than regular soft drinks. but the ingredients list tells a different story. each of these cans can contain as much sugar as this, and as much caffeine as this. the caffeine can cause too much stimulation, the sugar — weight gain and tooth decay. as well as hearing from dieticians, doctors and dentists, the government wants to hearfrom the public. many supermarkets already have a voluntary ban on selling energy drinks to children, but the government says most smaller retailers have not signed up. the british soft drinks association does not oppose a ban but believes a voluntary code is enough, stating on its website: this consultation will last 12 weeks and is part of the second phase

of the government's childhood obesity plan. ben ando, bbc news. lots of comments coming in about that story as well. we will be discussing it throughout the programme. it is 7:05am. theresa may has landed in kenya on the final day of her three day tour of africa. she's the first british prime minister to visit the country since margaret thatcher in 1988. let's talk to our africa business editor larry madowo, who is in nairobi. good to see you, lots of talk about a potential trade deal with the uk. what would can you hope for post— brexit? kenya hopes it can access the huge uk market and double what it currently exports, and right now kenya sells horticultural products

in the uk, tea and coffee as well, and wants to make sure that continues. if the uk carries over the agreements with the eu as well, that would be very useful for the country. however the prime minister is here to make sure that she can position britain as a truly global britain involved and entrusted in free trade and free markets, and a partner for africa, so she announced away four african countries to raise finance into city of london. right now 111 african countries listed on the index, so that's going to come up the index, so that's going to come up when the pm meets with prime minister kenyatta later in the day. thank you very much. an unmarried mother, who is fighting for the right to claim bereavement payments after her partner's death, will find out this morning if the supreme court has ruled in her favour. siobhan mclaughlin lived withjohn adams, her partner of 23 years, and theirfour children, until his death from cancer in 201a. she says the family is being discriminated against, because the couple never married. thousands of people have been

paying their last respects to the republican senatorjohn mccain, who died of brain cancer on saturday. his body is lying in state in phoenix in arizona. among those paying tribute was his wife, cindy. former presidents george w bush and barack obama are expected to speak at his funeral service in washington on saturday. researchers are suggesting that the daily commute could be treated as part of the working day, because so many people check their e—mails on the way to and from the office. they say the growing availability of internet access has effectively extended the working day with extra unpaid hours. they say that employers could rethink what they count as working hours. there is a warning that the issue certainly won't be straightforward. the real problem is employers have no guidelines on the use of the

mobile phone and accessing your e—mails. for example, the french law, six months ago, no manager can 5.2251 ”1... .. he did try, but i said no. you see the woman's shock. a good reaction from the cast. he is always a good sport, isn't he? it is 7:09am. carol will have the weather with us shortly. energy drinks containing high levels of sugar and caffeine, have long been linked to obesity

and other health issues. now the government is asking if it should be illegal to sell the drinks to children. the restriction would apply across england to either under 16 or under 18—year—olds. let's talk to ursula philpot, a consultant dietitian and senior lecturer at leeds beckett university. good morning. what do you make of this? at the moment, children have access to these drinks, but it is about the potential impact they have formed them physically, emotionally and mentally. can you explain what that is? yes, sure. these are highly concentrated sources of caffeine and sugar, basically, a big sugar and caffeine hit in a drink and, unlike coffee, which is quite small, they come in 500 millilitre bottles, they are sugary drinks that kids can access. do they have more caffeine than a access. do they have more caffeine thana cup access. do they have more caffeine than a cup of sugary coffee? yes, they do, even one small camp is the same as one and a half espressos in

a small camp and a big one can have doubled that. and what would it do in terms of behaviour, or physical change? heart palpitations, high blood pressure, inability to sleep, restlessness, so kids self meditate with them to stay up gaming, those kinds of things, and teachers report problems in school, they go after taking them a preface and they can't sit still all day, and the —— taking them at breakfast and they can't sit still all day. how prevalent is this, because looking at the figures on who drinks energy drinks, from research done on this, the british soft drink association have cited this, they say with under 16s that only account for 6% of consumption of energy drinks, so are we talking big numbers? there is lots of different studies and that's coming

from the soft drinks... it is done from the soft drinks... it is done from an independent company. other studies show at around two thirds of young people drink the drinks, between the age of ten and 16, two thirds of children would be consuming between zero and three ca ns consuming between zero and three cans per day. wow. worryingly, 1896 of three roles to 10—year—olds.l three—year—old drinking and energy drink! that is what it is telling us in the study, and we don't know the effects on children, we can't study that, so we are concerned they are getting doses of caffeine and sugar and it is affecting them. let's think of possible things that could be resolved on this, because i was looking at the labelling of the drinks, they are really garish and attractive and exciting and i am thinking about cigarettes, when they made the labelling one type, so you can't distinguish, would that be an

answer? yes, certainly an option. the government are proposing to go with what european countries have done, which is to ban the sales to under 16 or under 18 —year—olds. done, which is to ban the sales to under 16 or under 18 -year-olds. you can't police it. you can if you ban it completely. at the moment there isa it completely. at the moment there is a voluntary code in supermarkets, but they are available in vending machines, and other areas, so sweden, for example, they are only available in the pharmacy and you can only get them if you are an adult. what about the role of education, in the sense of, shouldn't parents stop young people doing this? quite possibly, but how can you police what your kid gets from a vending machine when you're not around ? boys from a vending machine when you're not around? boys are that night gaming trying to play with mates, it is hard to police what they are drinking at that point, so while access is so drinking at that point, so while access is so easy, drinking at that point, so while access is so easy, they are cheap, you can drink two or three in a row, it is hard to police, so lots of

countries in europe have banned them com pletely countries in europe have banned them completely and that's what the government are consulting on, should we ban them and at what age should we ban them and at what age should we allow children to have them? what reaction were you expecting from the energy drink industry, so to speak, because we have seen the makers of cereal reducing the sugar levels to try to add peas the governments, has it been forthcoming? you could go to map ways, decide it is an adult drink, adults know the risk of caffeine and sugar, it is up to them if they have them, or you can try to reduce the caffeine and sugar content and market them at younger population, but i think most of the, you know, government agencies in other countries have decided these are for adults and caffeine and sugarin are for adults and caffeine and sugar in these quantities should be for adults only. why are they not just taught to drink responsibly, because caffeine is legal, so there is an argument that if you are taught to use it well, when appropriate, it shouldn't be an issue? i agree with that in

principle, we know that knowledge doesn't change behaviour, loads of adults and children know that they shouldn't be eating or drinking things and it doesn't seem to make the difference between whether or not people choose to drink them, so knowing something is bad for you can have the opposite effect on adolescents. i am still shocked at the three—year—olds drinking them.” was shocked at the studies on the way here, actually, it was quite shocking, and i don't know how they are getting them, parents might be supplying them with the naive idea they are the same as soft drinks.” suppose. so much for our viewers to get in touch bit today. talking about these energy drinks and also the reason and then if that some people have been denied. —— bereavement. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. ithink good morning. i think this might be

in the clyde, but i could completely wrong. it is a gorgeous picture and for many of us today it will be a fine day. it is a call start and if you are in granma this morning, the temperature is 1.a celsius. —— cool start. you'll notice that if you are stepping out. over the next few days it will turn warmer and for many it will be dry as well. not everywhere. what we have this morning is a lot of clear sky but we do have this vale of cloud across the south—west, that means temperatures are not as low as elsewhere. we've also got patchy mist and fog around parts of cumbria and cheshire, but that will leave readily. for many, we are off toa leave readily. for many, we are off to a blue sky start. through the day we will see more cloud developed and that would turn sunshine hazy and in the west we could well see one or two showers but many of us will miss them and get away with a dry day. this afternoon across scotland, there will be some cloud around

turning the sunshine hazy and we will have scattered showers in the north and west. you could also catch a shower between the sun spells in northern ireland and north—east england. wales and south—west england. wales and south—west england are not immune to the odd shower, a bit more cloud developing and parts of the south—east, hazy sunshine by the coming into the afternoon. as we moved to the evening and overnight period, many of the showers will fade, could see one or two in the south—east. is go to be another cool night, temperatures very similar to the nightjust gone. and other cold one around granma, balmoral direction. once again, looking at very low single figures. a touch of frost first thing. i the end of the night, looking at rain coming towards the isles of scilly and cornwall. this isa isles of scilly and cornwall. this is a weather front that will be coming our way on friday. you consider cloud associated with it and also some splashes of rain too. —— you can see. the timing of it

could be faster or slower but this is what we think at the moment. after a cold, sunny start more cloud will develop, turning the sunshine hazy. temperatures 1a in the north to about 21 in the south. into the weekend, high pressure dominating our weather but is slipping further south, allowing weather fronts to come in from the north—west, but as they bump into that high pressure it will weaken the. we can offer a cool and dry start with some sunshine, weather fronts from the northwest slipping southwards taking clown and reigns. —— cloud. the rain tends to personal. bright baby home, looking ata dry personal. bright baby home, looking at a dry day rather than sunny. temperatures will —— where we have the sunshine in the south—east looking at about 23. coquitlam at sunday and monday. will still have the weather fronts coming in, at times of the more cloud and reigns. but if we look at the temperatures

in isolation, while we are looking at sunday being the warmest with highs of 19 or 20, somewhere in the south—east we could hit 26 or 27. not too bad on monday. it doesn't look bad at all, you are absolutely right. i was thinking some had torn. —— — gone. winter duvet out for me last night, it was very chilly. i am borderline winter duvet. half on, half off? at the moment. i cannot commit all the way. says a lot about you! talking a lot about heating, this is a perfect segue. in the last few minutes, the regulator has approved a really big merger in the energy market. between sbc and empower. —— ssc and n power.

it would reduce the big six, making them the big five. immediately there is concern that it would affect competition, not as much choice for customers and people will not switch and given free rein to put up prices of. the regulator has been investigating this and look at whether it would have an impact on customers. they said if you are a pet —— a person that switches anyway, they said it is fine because there are is about 70 providers out there are is about 70 providers out there so you can shop around. that is the people who switch, those who stick on —— stay on the standard tariff, yes they need to move around but editing is merger would be a particularly big for them because the two customer bases don't overla p. the two customer bases don't overlap. is fascinating, it is a sense that this would create a company that has a 11.5 million customers, one of the biggest in the country, a merger worth £3 billion.

this is the first stage in quite a long process, but nonetheless regulator says we think it is ok. will hear a lot from customer groups, including other consumer groups, including other consumer groups saying this isn't ok is it cuts choice for consumers. every year we talk about energy prices and house prices going up. the big six would become the big five and that will raise a lot of concern. it is 21 minutes past seven. boring, desperate, cheap. not the way anyone would ever want to be described, particularly not on the front page of a national magazine. but those were the words used to brand tv presenter and former x factor star stacey solomon, on this week's cover of now. yesterday she hit back, calling it the meanest thing she'd ever seen. she told bbc 5 live not only was it hurtful, but it also sent out the wrong message about body image. iama i am a human being. sometimes it does really hurt and i think it is

not so much the comments towards me that really upset me, i think it is the insinuation that nobody is good enough and the message that ends sending out to people, it has an effect on people, it brings me down more than anything. as i continue to read inside the magazine, it isjust the messages we are giving out to people who might not have been able to spend the last ten years building up to spend the last ten years building upa to spend the last ten years building up a thick enough skin to back these away, that is an awful message and it does get you sometimes. you think sometimes i cannot believe this circus and why we are doing this to young people. joining us now from our london newsroom is journalist and showbiz columnist, jessica barrett. good morning jessica, thanks very much thejoining us. this is really mean, what do you make of it?m seems completely unnecessary. stacey solomon is a really well like women and the comments that were made on

the cover were just needlessly nasty. it is just extremely toxic. given how many people buy the magazine though, something like 70,000 copies sold every week, is this what people want? is absolutely not what people want. it is a really archaic attitude, this idea that negativity sells. i think the outpouring of so port —— of support as stacey proves that it is not what people want and it has left people with a really nasty taste in their mouth. the other side to this argument is when you are in the public eye, you got to face as well as love. so is this part of the course? —— criticism as well as love. it is. all she was tragedy was raised body positivity awareness of. guess you will be criticised as a celebrity and there will be negative

stories, this one thing completely out of the blue and i think that is why it has annoyed people some. —— so why it has annoyed people some. —— so much. it is not unusualfor why it has annoyed people some. —— so much. it is not unusual for them to be vitriolic at times, you have worked for magazines. it is not unusual, in the past it has sold magazines, happy copper lines are considered to be weak. a happy story doesn't make the cut, whereas a —1 does. maybe this will change the narrative a little bit, now that we have seen that people don't necessarily want to go along with it any more. as we have seen, stacey has reacted to this. there is some debate as to whether celebrities then make it worse by engaging with this. what are your thoughts on that? i think in this case it would be strange not to say anything and i think it is really good that she has. it is opened up a debate and a discussion about whether this kind of stuff is acceptable. it is obviously not and i think the level

of support that she has been shown has been great, it is really opened up has been great, it is really opened upa has been great, it is really opened up a discussion and people are saying stuff like that is exactly not what they want to read. do you think, given the response she has had to the reaction to it, that there will be some kind of a clash with now magazine?” there will be some kind of a clash with now magazine? i wouldn't be surprised if people who had previously read it didn't necessarily want to buy any more. i think that definitely be held accountable, i know that they did apologise yesterday, but i think perhaps it is time to now take this asa perhaps it is time to now take this as a lesson and try to change the direction and it could definitely be less vitriolic and mean. thank you very much for your time this morning, i appreciate that. you have been writing in with your comments this morning. thank you very much. something that has really grabbed your interest, commuting, should you be doing your work before you get to work as mac should we be reading e—mails, entering phone calls on the

commute? lots of people have been talking. ben earlier said if you have to count the hours on the commute, can we do to the personal time at work i smack one has said. —— can we deduct the personal time. one said that it should cap towards your work early, but there was a body who got to work, read the paper, chatted for the first hour, doing no work while gaining hours for time off work in blue. it is the question of how you balance its. —— in blue. it was said earlier, she saidi in blue. it was said earlier, she said i am a teacher, don't get in until7am, said i am a teacher, don't get in until 7am, don't leave until 6pm, not to mention the work at home. most think teachers have an easy life and she is making that point that it life and she is making that point thatitis life and she is making that point that it is a lot more than that but she is only paid for those hours of. stewart says, simple answer, don't

turn your work phone on until you get to your place of employment! angela makes a good point, saying it gives her, she has got a flexible deal with her employer, she does know 30 a.m. until a:30 p.m.. deal with her employer, she does know 30 a.m. untila:30 p.m.. she should work until 5:30pm but have bass trusts that on the commute she is doing work on the train. —— her loss trusts. —— her boss trusts. get in touch with us, we love your comments. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. at least 8,000 doctors shifts were left uncovered in london's accident and emergency departments last year, research by this programme has shown. the department of health says the number of emergency medicine consultants has increased since 2010. but the british medical association is warning care can be compromised when doctors are overstretched. we really need this problem start to be taken much more seriously.

we need basic solutions around improved employment practices, improving trade opportunities and until those are taken seriously, the reality is that we will not see practices, improving trade opportunities and until those are taken seriously, the reality is that we will not see this problem get that we are going to see that patient care is worse because of it. a woman who worked for kensington and chelsea council has been charged with fraud offences after allegedly obtaining money intended for victims of the grenfell tower disaster. 39—year—old jenny mcdonagh from abby wood is accused of obtaining cash meant for survivors of the tragedy. she'll appear in court later this morning. the remains of a shakespearean theatre in shoreditch will go on display next year. archaeologists from the museum of london found a site in 2008, it will become a centrepiece of a new exhibition space which will also feature a rtefa cts space which will also feature artefacts uncovered during excavations of. let's have a look at the travel situation now.

there's a good service on the tubes this morning, however at bank station there is no step free access to the dlr following a faulty lift and it's the same at tottenham court road where there is no step free access to the northern line. there's westbound traffic on the a13 is building from dagenham into barking. in the west end, oxford street is closed between duke street and davies street following an accident near bond street station. in newbury park, the crossover between the a12 eastern avenue and horns road is closed due to trafficlight damage following an earlier accident. lets have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it is set to be a fairly pleasant day of weather ahead. bit of grey scene behind me, as taken behind me by weather watchers yesterday but over the next three days you will notice there are good spells of sunshine, variable amounts of cloud, it should stay mostly dry and it will start to feel warmer too. perhaps the last blast of summer for the first weekend in september. this morning, bit of a chilly start. we've got plenty of high cloud around already. it won't all be blue skies through the day, good spells of sunshine around

but some of that high cloud turning the sunshine hazy at times. the small chance of one or two showers over kent and essex, but otherwise dry or light winds, it will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine. temperatures between 19, maybe as high as 21 celcius. through this evening and overnight we will keep clear spells, high cloud, the chance of one of two showers but mostly dry and temperatures rurally will drop back into single figures, perhaps holding at double figures in many of the towns. tomorrow it is more or less the same. there will be some cloud around but also spells of sunshine. look at those temperatures rise over the weekend all the way into the mid—20s. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to steph and naga. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and steph mcgovern. here's a summary of this morning's

main stories from bbc news: alex salmond, scotland's former first minister, who oversaw the independence referendum, has quit the scottish national party, to fight sexual misconduct allegations. he denies the allegations, which relate to his time in office. current first minister nicola sturgeon said she understood his decision. mr salmond's launched a crowd—funding campaign to help with his legal costs, a move criticised by opposition parties. children across england could be banned from buying sugar and caffeine—filled energy drinks, as part of efforts to tackle childhood obesity. one issue to be decided over the course of a 12 week public consultation, is whether a ban should apply to under—16s or under—18s. heart palpitations, high blood pressure, inability to sleep, restlessness. kids tend to self

medicate to stay up gaming, those kind of things. teachers are reporting issues in schools, because kids take them at breakfast and can't sit still all day. and the sugar as well, with the dental care needs as well, is a real issue. theresa may is announcing a security pact with kenya, on the final day of her tour of africa. she's already visited south africa and nigeria in an effort to increase trade. britain will build a cyber centre in nairobi, to help kenyan police stop child abuse images being shared online. there'll also be increased funding for airport security. an unmarried mother, who is fighting for the right to claim bereavement payments after her partner's death, will find out this morning if the supreme court has ruled in her favour. siobhan mclaughlin lived withjohn adams, her partner of 23 years, and their four children, until his death from cancer in 201a. she says the family is being discriminated against, because the couple never married. researchers are suggesting that the daily commute could be treated as part of the working day, because so many people check their e—mails on the way

to and from the office. they say the growing availability of internet access has effectively extended the working day with extra unpaid hours. they say that employers could rethink what they count as working hours. are you a good singer? no. you're laughing, because you know that, sally. prince harry has an all right voice. yes. prince harry has joked about playing his ancestor king george the third, in a hip—hop musical that mocks the british monarchy during the founding of modern—day america. that is hamilton, of course. yes. the duke and duchess of sussex attended a special performance of it at the west end's victoria palace theatre, to raise money for the duke's hiv charity, sentebale. it's thought the evening raised nearly £300,000, and the audience was treated to harry briefly bursting into song at the end of the show. # you say...

applause. that's definitely not gonna happen. he did try, but i said no. more! i want to hear more. that was a brilliant reaction. he gave it a good go. not a bad voice, though. i wa nt to good go. not a bad voice, though. i want to hear him more, and we want to see andy murray playing more. he is not singing here. and he was beaten last night in the us open. but it was a great performance. he is coming back from a long period of injury. lots of people suggesting last year that, you know, how fit is he, well, he looked ok despite the fa ct he, well, he looked ok despite the fact that he was beaten. andy murray's first grand slam tournament in 1a months has come to an end after he was beaten in four sets by spain's fernando verdasco at the us open. ben croucher was watching. in only his fifth tournament back

since a year—long hip problem, fernando velasco was simply too strong. you just don't know what exactly is around the corner. if things keep going smoothly and physically i continue to improve, i believe that i will get back to competing for the biggest competitions, because there is no reason why i couldn't, but you don't know. british involvement in the singles draw was ended a matter of minutes after murray's exit. cameron norrie lost his second round match to dusan lajovic. he was beaten 3—1. defending champion and top seed rafael nadal eased into the third round with a straight sets victory over vasek pospisil. the spaniard is looking for a fourth title at flushing meadows. serena williams will play her sister venus next after beating carina witthoft. venus had earlier beaten camila giorgi to set up the 30th tour match between the two. the best part is we bring out the best in each other.

i know that when i play her, i play some of my best tennis, and she does too, and it propels us to continue to play that for the tournament, you know, and it sets a tone for us and i feel that throughout our career we have pushed each other to be the best that we can be. england have made a couple of changes as they go for a series win against india in southampton over the next five days. all—rounder moeen ali has been recalled after making a double century in county cricket last week. sam curran replaces the injured chris woakes asjoe root‘s team aim to bounce back from last week's defeat at trent bridge. even though we struggled last week, one thing you can never say about this team and this group of players is a lack of character, and were never in the past we've had — we've had a bad week, we generally bounceback very strong, especially at home, so i expect that to be exactly the case this time round. it was a night of late drama at the city ground with three goals

and a penalty appeal turned down in injury time. newcastle had equalised, but two more goals from nottingham forest, the best from gil dias, made it 3—1. it's the second year running forest have knocked the premier league side out of the carabao cup. no problems for everton — they won 3—1 at home to rotherham in their second round tie. dominic calvert—lewin with two of their goals. there were also wins for watford at reading and millwall at home to plymouth. the scottish football association have delayed a decision on whether to leave hampden park after more than 100 years of international football and cup finals there. the sfa's lease of the stadium ends in 2020. there's an option to buy it from amateur club queens park, but the stadium needs renovating. the alternative option is to move to the home of scottish rugby murrayfield in edinburgh. and we told you how andy murray has been knocked out of the us open. well, he almost suffered another knockout earlier.

this was his post on social media yesterday — a bloody nose courtesy of his daughter. she is ten months old. oh, no! not quite sure what she did, but they can be dangerous, you know, toddlers, with wobbly heads, a hand straight across the face. you sound like someone who has experienced this. you know when you hold a toddler and they are doing that and you know they are going to bash you in the head. scary, that, isn't it? laughter. carol will have the weather for us shortly. if your pet dies, should you be allowed time off work? they're often considered part of the family — so when you lose a pet, it can be very upsetting. nearly three quarters of pet owners say it can be as difficult to grieve for an animal, as it is for a person. but does that mean your boss should give you time off? it is completely acceptable to ask

for time off. it is like losing a family member. it is understandable to feel distraught, although it is too much, not the same as losing a close relative. people should be given time off if the pet passes away, they are just as important as people, why not? let's talk to dog owner and psychologist nikki brown. good morning. thank you forjoining us. good morning. thank you forjoining us. what do you make of this, it is certainly a very emotional time when a pet dies, especially if it is a key pa rt a pet dies, especially if it is a key part of your family, but should that grief bleed into work time, should employers consider this?m is absolutely should — grief is grief and everybody deals with grief differently. i think that there should be an option. some might like

to deal with their grief and go to work and deal with work and take their mind off what's going on. other people are going to need time to get used to the massive adjustment. and the big hole that is left in your life when the pet goes. you have lost several pets in your past, how did you deal with it? you help people with grief in this area as well. absolutely. my first dog, i was 15, and he got run over, so one minute he was there and the next he died at the vet and it devastated me and turned my life upside down. it was a massive shock. it took me yea rs was a massive shock. it took me years to deal with. jake, my first dog, made me get into starting dog psychology, helping people with these kind of traumas and psychological issues that stem from these issues. and my second dog,

yes, sammy, i put herto these issues. and my second dog, yes, sammy, i put her to sleep two yea rs yes, sammy, i put her to sleep two years ago, and that's incredibly difficult. it is one of the hardest decisions you have to make in your life. yes, i have to have time off work. it devastated me. we were life partners. we were work partners. it was me and her. when she left, yes, i have to adjust to life on my own again. for employees, sorry, for employers to be able to give people the option, if people are suffering with grief, it is, like anything, they won't be able to function properly, so the option should be there, it should be a choice, definitely. grief is grief, human or animal, they are an integral part of the love that you have and the family unit that you have. and i hear the rationale for what you are saying, and i have lost three cats

in two years and i was fortunate when one of them died i was told over the phone by the vet, my boss told me and i was allowed to go home, i was urged to go home because i was so upset, what i also felt was slightly embarrassed about being so upset about a cat when perhaps someone upset about a cat when perhaps someone else wouldn't understand that. where does the line of understanding be drawn? is it the same grief that you have for a hamster or a goldfish as you would have four dog or cat? do you see what i mean, without being unsympathetic, where do you the line? -- for a dog or cat. as i said, we have to look at each case, each person, and what the trauma is behind the death. if you have an animal that lived until 15 or 16 and died a natural death, and you are kind of expecting it, you can deal with the process, if you have a

really close bond with that animal, and it is your best friend, and something traumatic happens around that time of the death, then it is the trauma that needs to be dealt with. any kind of trauma can have a detrimental affect on the way that we run our lives. what advice would you give for people watching less mac —— for people watching? what is the best thing to do if you have to approach your boss, for example?” would explain that, you know, if you are struggling with this grief, say iam finding are struggling with this grief, say i am finding it hard to adjust, i am finding it difficult to be around people, to be able to function, to do myjob properly, could i have some time off, some leave, to attend to this massive adjustment in my life? that is good advice. thank you very much forjoining us. so, it looks quite overcast, but there might be some sun coming out

before the weekend, and carol is going to tell us all about it. there most certainly is a peak of sunshine coming through. it is a cold start to the day. currently it is1.a cold start to the day. currently it is 1.a degrees but temperatures fell toi.2 is 1.a degrees but temperatures fell to1.2 and even is 1.a degrees but temperatures fell to 1.2 and even lower than that in some other areas. wales too, pretty chilly if you are stepping out. singles figures this morning but it will warm up through the weekend is specially by day and foremost it will become dry, not all of us. this morning you can see that cloud across the south—west, some of it getting across towards the south as well. again it will break and have a hazy days of the under clear skies, we have had those temperatures tumble overnight. clear skies for some parts of the uk at the moment but we will see more cloud developed through the day, especially but not exclusively in the west. act could produce one or two showers here and

there. by the time get to the afternoon we are looking at hazy sunshine across much of scotland, a scattering of showers in the north and west. not all of us will catch one and it is the same for northern ireland. we could catch the bus —— chow across north—west england, petr cech are right across the east, for wales and the south—west, more cloud at times reducing showers and a wee bit more cloud building across the midlands and the south—east. temperatures generally down a notch or two temperatures generally down a notch ortwo in temperatures generally down a notch or two in yesterday. as we had pretty evening and overnight we lose a lot of the showers, one or two could come up in the south—east and under clear skies it will be another cold night. temperatures very similarto cold night. temperatures very similar to what we start the day with today, but again if you are in the north, we are looking to down one or two degrees. some of the frost follows but we don't have any cloud cover, a similar story for us. tomorrow once again it starts off on a beautiful note with blue skies,

what we do have a weather front which will bring rain by the end of the night in towards the isle of scillies and cornwall. you can see the extent of that cloud producing spots of rain. the timing of this could speed up or slow down but this is what we think at the moment. as this weather front approaches it will bring more cloud. ahead, the sunshine training hazy. but for many parts of the uk, it will be dry. as we head into the weekend, high pressure is still in charge of our weather, but it is sinking south of allowing these weather fronts to come in from the north—west. they will bring rain and cloud but as they bump into that high pressure they bump into that high pressure the rain will weaken. the further south and east you are the longer you will have the sunshine and the higher the temperatures will be. where we have got the weather front and behind it, it won't —— it will be cooler because of the cloud around but still a bright day. then it will warm up as we head into the weekend. thanks so much, steffe as it out,

she thought it looked so do notice that she would leave the studio already. —— looked so nice. thanks very much carol. it's one of the most loved programmes on british television, valuing more than ten million items over the last a0 years. today, the antiques roadshow is filming outside our studios. in a moment we'll catch up with steph who's popped out to take a look, but first, let's take a look at some of the show‘s most surprising finds. now that is something special. that is the amazing. i would think somewhere around £10,000. you don't mean next mac i do mean it. somewhere around £10,000. you don't mean next maci do mean it. -- you don't mean! really? my goodness! it has perhaps suffered over the years from being stuffed under the bed on occasions at the end of the evening. or miss the odd bread roll. exactly, it is making me utterly breathless asigo

it is making me utterly breathless as i go to tell you, in my opinion, this is worth £1 million. really? goodness gracious. where did you get all of these from? i have been running the tip for 17 years, just over, i got it over the years, i salvage whatever comes in, i pay it and it belongs to me. the main pendant will be worth, i think, something in the region of £1000 to £1500. the opals here must be worth up £1500. the opals here must be worth up to £1000 a. the things i have here range something in the read —— the region of 4000 two £6,000. thank you very much. i have come herejust outside i have come here just outside the studios and here we have the start of the queue. lots of people eager to find out whether what they have found that home is worth something. johnny has come all the way from new

zealand. tommy we have got there.” have got egg cups. i have been collecting them for over 60 years, my first was from my mother when i was nine years old in 1939 and i walked into a shop in new zealand when i got there and there was one andi when i got there and there was one and i have started collecting and never stopped. have you had been valued before? never, no. i now have 9000 altogether. now -- 9000? you don't have all of them.” 9000 altogether. now -- 9000? you don't have all of them. i brought some of this in this book. this is pa rt some of this in this book. this is part of my collection. there they are at home. well, you are quite the collector and i know his eyes lit up when he saw them. —— mark's. you wa nt to when he saw them. —— mark's. you want to give someone a wave? there you go. let's have a chat with mark, one of the presenters. this must be exciting for you because i get saw

your eyes light up. it is like christmas every day, you never know what you go to see and what people will bring in. yuan rabbit and normally it is a surprise. you have any expectations? we always arrived with no expectations but we are delighted by the end of the day. it could be something worth £10 but has a great stories behind it, which is something i have valued, a cool quarter of a million. how do you respond when you see that? you have to keep your poker face on. butjust to keep your poker face on. butjust to see that smile and warmth and the like is magic. tell us what your favourite find has been over the yea rs favourite find has been over the years you favourite find has been over the yea rs you have favourite find has been over the years you have been doing antiques roadshow? i think this series, my favourite find has been bond memorabilia. enthusiasm, the story behind it and it was worth more than £20,000. you get someone who disagrees with you, if they got something and it is worth loads and you tell them it is an. the wonder of the internet. don't trust

everything you read online. , and visit antiques roadshow to speak to a specialist who would have seen something like that any times over. there are ways of breaking the news gently, without a doubt. there are ways of breaking the news gently, without a doubtm there are ways of breaking the news gently, without a doubt. if you are someone gently, without a doubt. if you are someone who has something you think i'd be valuable, what they do? come along and provided you are in the queue by 5pm you will be seen. don't think about coming as early as possible, think about the whole day, provided you are in the queue you will get seen. but wrap it well, there is nothing worse than hearing clinking and clanking when somebody walks up to you. i have brought what i think is an mpeg. what do you reckon? julie have a collectable of the future. it is still early, best —— best thing to do is make yourself a cup of coffee and enjoy it. good luck everybody in the queue. do you wa nt to luck everybody in the queue. do you want to give us a little wave

goodbye. by by! see later. —— see you later. steffe, we are splitting the profits of that muggy if you get to sell at. —— steph. it is nine minutes —— nine minutes until eight. aianb, the website that lets you rent someone's house for a holiday, is ten years old. ben's looking at how it's changed the way we travel. it is quite a transformation, isn't it? the way it has reshaped the way we think about going on holiday. crucially, for big of the —— for the big hotel change —— hotel chains, it has changed the way they do business. it all started with a few air beds. we're talking about a website and app that both people who love it and people who loathe it agree has revolutionised the industry, airbnb. let's take a look at it's story. it all started 10 years ago in august 2008, when its founders decided to take advantage of a lack of hotel rooms for a political conference in the us. they took a whopping 80 bookings. ten years on and the site lists more

than 5 million flats and houses in 191 countries. if you're not familiar with it, the site lets you rent out a room, or your entire house to paying visitors. on average, people earn £3,000 a year. annie rents out three rooms in her place in east london and told us why. we love it, basically. we have fantastic people who come to stay. it isa fantastic people who come to stay. it is a sort of cheap thing to stay in london in a lovely room, which has an ensuite facility. £50 per night. we have other reasons that are cheaper. we are quite busy and we meet fantastic people. people who come to stay with us are people who don't often have big incomes but are interesting, they are artists and academics. quite of families who

come to visit their children who live nearby. the site has clearly had a big impact on how we travel, but it's also hurt profits for traditional hotels and b&bs. there are often worries over safety, taxes and the impact on the local housing market with lots of houses being bought upm, just to be rented out via the site. what could it all mean? pippa jacks is the group editor of the travel trade gazette and joins me now. it isa it is a really interesting one. ten yea rs, it is a really interesting one. ten years, it has flown by, but it has changed how we think about going away. as i said in the beginning, some love it, some hate it. it is love it or loathe it. when the aianb platform works well if this fantastic. you can offer some fantastic, unique places to stay and the idea of homeliness and meeting the idea of homeliness and meeting the locals works great. but because it is unregulated and not a

consistent, reliable provision of that accommodation, it can mean that it doesn't always live up to expectations and you hear the scare stories about big parties being held in those sorts of things. it is not perfect. the traditional hotel industry feels that it is not fair that aianb is able to be largely untaxed and unregulated. we will talk about the hotel response in a minute. i suppose the big benefit of it is that you are staying in someone's house, you get all the facilities and you often get local insights. they will say these are the bars i go to, these are the restau ra nts the bars i go to, these are the restaurants i like. it is that personal touch. you might say that thatis personal touch. you might say that that is where hotels have failed because they became these huge organisations. very anonymous experience of. hotel mysteries responded and try to learn about what aianb was offering so well. we now see hotels tried to bring the local community into the lobby and

create working spaces and organise tours with local artists and those sorts of things to bridge the gap between their b&b was offering a traditional hotel that was offering. or people who rent out homes for visitors coming here, what do in this country, does —— there is money to be made but there is a big question about whether we should pay tax on that money. it has tended to be up to the host to organise paying their tax and what they are liable for, but the treasury now is looking again at what you are allowed to earn as a homeowner. from next april we are expecting that instead of being able to earn up to £7,500 by renting out a second room, but you cannot do it if you are printing out an entire home. there are changes afoot which will make it less lucrative for homeowners in the uk to be using it. big changes now. i suppose it is here to stay. the two

coexist, hotels will always have a place where you want to stay quickly. aianb's and that sort of model are very much it to stay. different travellers have different desires and different trips have different requirements of. i personally quite like to be able to dial zero and speak to reception, but on another trip may be the aianb experience would work at the. i always say that to be fully protected and secure, unique to speak to travel expert, particularly for big trips, special occasions, do you want to take the risk of a aianb cancelling before you travel, which you don't get with a hotel. interesting. i can't believe it is ten yea rs interesting. i can't believe it is ten years of. more from me after eight. iam i am back. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. at least 8,000 doctors shifts were left uncovered in london's accident and emergency departments last year, research by this programme has shown.

the department of health says the number of emergency medicine consultants has increased since 2010. but the british medical association is warning care can be compromised when doctors are overstretched. we really need this problem start to be taken much more seriously. we need basic solutions around improved employment practices, improving trade opportunities and until those are taken seriously, the reality is that we will not see this problem get that we are going to see that patient care is worse because of it. a woman who worked for kensington and chelsea council has been charged with fraud offences after allegedly obtaining money intended for victims of the grenfell tower disaster. 39—year—old jenny mcdonagh from abby wood is accused of obtaining cash meant for survivors of the tragedy. she'll appear in court later this morning. the remains of a shakespearean theatre in shoreditch will go on public display next year. archaeologists from the museum of london found the site back in 2008.

it will become the centrepiece of a new exhibition space which will also feature artefacts uncovered during excavations. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there are minor delays on the northern line, while at bank station there is no step free access to the dlr and it's the same at tottenham court road where there is no step free access to the northern line. on the overground, trains are not stopping at bethnal green, cambridge heath or at london fields stations due to planned engineering works. on the roads there's traffic on the aa06 north circular queueing westbound from the a10 great cambridge interchange towards green lanes in palmers green. in newbury park, the crossover between the a12 eastern avenue and horns road is closed due to trafficlight damage following an earlier accident. lets have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it is set to be a fairly pleasant day of weather ahead. bit of grey scene behind me, as taken behind me by weather watchers yesterday but over the next three days you will notice

there are good spells of sunshine, variable amounts of cloud, it should stay mostly dry and it will start to feel warmer too. perhaps the last blast of summer for the first weekend in september. this morning, bit of a chilly start. we've got plenty of high cloud around already. it won't all be blue skies through the day, good spells of sunshine around but some of that high cloud turning the sunshine hazy at times. the small chance of one or two showers over kent and essex, but otherwise dry with light winds, it will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine. temperatures between 19, maybe as high as 21 celcius. through this evening and overnight we will keep clear spells, high cloud, the chance of one of two showers but mostly dry and temperatures rurally will drop back into single figures, perhaps holding at double figures in many of the towns. tomorrow it is more or less the same. there will be some cloud around but also spells of sunshine. look at those temperatures rise over the weekend all the way into the mid—20s. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom

in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and steph mcgovern. our headlines today: former first minister of scotland alex salmond resigns from the scottish national party amid allegations of sexual harrassment, which he denies. a ban on the sale of caffeine—heavy energy drinks to children in england — the government outlines its plan. good morning. the nine—to—five might be a thing of the past, and now researchers say we do so much work on the daily commute it should all count towards our official working hours. andy murray battled through the heat at the us open. but it wasn't enough. he's been knocked out in the second round by fernando verdasco. a burst of royal song...

# you say... what happened when harry and meghan turned up for a fundraiser at the west end musical hamilton. good morning. it is a chilly start to the day—to—day, but for most of us, it is dry with some sunshine. cloud will build, but could see showers in the west. more details in 15 minutes. good morning. it's thursday the 30th august. our top story. alex salmond, who led the scottish national party into government and was at the helm during the independence referendum, has quit the snp to fight allegations of sexual misconduct. in a statement, mr salmond said he did not come into politics to facilitate opposition attacks on the snp and so he resigned to remove that line of opposition attack. mr salmond added that if the party felt forced into suspending him, it would cause internal divisions. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon said she felt a ‘huge sadness' about the situation.

let's speak to our political correspondent nick eardley from our glasgow newsroom. how much of a surprise was mr salmond's resignation? it isa it is a hugely significant moment of both in the history of scottish politics and the snp itself. mr salmond had led the party for 20 yea rs, salmond had led the party for 20 years, he is its most significant figure. but nicola sturgeon, the current snp leader and first minister was under huge pressure to suspend mr salmond after the sexual misconduct allegations emerged last week. she had said that this is an issue for the scottish government, the complaints were made to them rather than the snp itself, so she had no legal basis to do so. what mr salmond has done now is essentially ta ke salmond has done now is essentially take this into his own hands with that statement last night, saying he wa nted that statement last night, saying he wanted to remove a line of opposition attack, and that if the party had essentially been forced to

suspend him, it would have caused huge internal divisions. mr salmond is taking the scottish government to court over its complaints procedure as part of that, and he has also launched a crowdfunding campaign to help pay for that legal action. nicola sturgeon vigorously defends what the scottish government has done so far. she says she is personally saddened by the situation, but that the allegations which were made, the allegations which were made, the allegations which mr salmond denies, could not be just swept under the carpet. so what happens next? the scottish government is facing that legal action from mr salmond. that is unlikely to start any time soon. it could be months before that heard in scotland's highest court. mr salmond does say that he wants to clear his name, and if he does so, he intends to rejoin the party, but i think that's some way off yet. interesting, nick. thank you very much. children in england could be banned

from buying high—caffeine, high—sugar energy drinks as part of efforts to tackle childhood obesity. one issue to be decided is whether a ban should apply to under—16s or under—18s — as ben ando reports. children are told these drinks will give them energy, but doctors say drinking them to excess can lead to headaches, sleep problems and upset tummies. evidence from teachers suggest they can even contribute to children becoming unruly and disruptive in the classroom. but more than anything, health experts believe they are part of the reason why britain's children are becoming obese. compared to other soft drinks, energy drinks contain a double whammy of very high caffeine and sugar levels. and children in the uk are guzzling half as much again as their counterparts in europe. energy drinks like these are attractive to youngsters, in brightly coloured cans, and often cheaper than regular soft drinks. but the ingredients list tells a different story. each of these cans can contain as much sugar as this, and as much caffeine as this.

the caffeine can cause too much stimulation, the sugar — weight gain and tooth decay. as well as hearing from dieticians, doctors and dentists, the government wants to hearfrom the public. many supermarkets already have a voluntary ban on selling energy drinks to children, but the government says most smaller retailers have not signed up. the british soft drinks association does not oppose a ban, but believes a voluntary code is enough, stating on its website: this consultation will last 12 weeks and is part of the second phase of the government's childhood obesity plan. ben ando, bbc news. theresa may is announcing a security pact with kenya, on the final day of her tour of africa. she's already visited south africa and nigeria in an effort to increase trade. britain will build a cyber centre in nairobi, to help kenyan police

stop child abuse images being shared online. there'll also be increased funding for airport security. thousands of people have been paying their last respects to the republican senator john mccain, who died of brain cancer on saturday. his body is lying in state in phoenix in arizona. among those paying tribute was his wife, cindy. former presidents george w bush and barack obama are expected to speak at his funeral service in washington on saturday. now, a story we have had loads of comments on is whether the working day when you are on your commute should be treated as part of your working day, and therefore should you be paid for it. then, i know you have been bombarded. just taking a look through, there is so many. if

you are checking e—mails, doing work on the train in and out in the morning, should that be part of our day? yes and no, because some of you very keen to point out that you do a lot of personal workers well, so if you deduct that from what you were doing at maybe everyone is even. one of the things, cindy here in her e—mail, she works for a firm of accountants, their policy is not to work extra hours, and not to access the work e—mails out of the office. there is the security aspect, if you are sitting with a laptop on the train, and you are replying to something confidential, that could be out of work policy.” something confidential, that could be out of work policy. i am a perfect journalist, i be out of work policy. i am a perfectjournalist, i will read... me, too. don't open anything on a train. there is a role in some european

countries, it is about work/ life balance. bmw, the car—maker, stops its e—mail service after five o'clock so that you can't send or receive e—mails after that. in parts of france, if you have more than 50 employees, you have to set out rules about when it is and isn't a cce pta ble about when it is and isn't acceptable to be sending e—mails, and that is not going to cover it entirely, we all get those group e—mails go to everyone, so it is not just about being specific, but a lot of you get in touch to say that that is the time that you either switch on for work, especially if you are a parent, you change from your role as a parent your role as a professional in the office, or the end of the day if you need to leave slightly early, flexible work means we can work from anywhere, and if it is 90 minutes or 60 minutes on a train or bus, that can be used. stuart says, just don't

turn on your work phone until you get to the office. and we use our phones are so many things. thank you very much. prince harry has joked about playing his ancestor king george iii during a visit to london's west end. the duke and duchess of sussex attended a special performance of hamilton at the victoria palace theatre, to raise money for the duke's hiv charity, sentebale. and the duke didn't pass up the opportunity to break into song, as tom burridge reports. they arrived to watch a hip—hop musical which mocks the british monarchy. hamilton is about one of america's founding fathers, alexander hamilton, and features the then british king — george iii. the royal couple sat among the audience. the performance raised nearly £300,000 for a charity which prince harry founded. afterwards, the show‘s creatorjoked that a descendant of one of the characters was watching. i thought, you know, it would be funny if i had

king george in the show. you know, british invasion. british invasion music. and i wrote the song on my honeymoon, and smash cut to 2018... laughter and i'm sitting next to his sixth great—grandson. and the prince nearly obliged. # you say... applause that's definitely not going to happen. he did try, but i said no. the duchess knows a thing or two about acting. the prince did have a chat with the king. all of the money raised by last night's performance will help children affected by hiv in lesotho and botswana. not a bad voice. extra performance

there for everyone. carol is going to update us with the weather in a few minutes. an unmarried mother who is fighting for the right to claim bereavement payments after her partner's death, will find out later if the supreme court has ruled in her favour. siobhan mclaughlin lived with her partner of 23 years, john adams, and theirfour children, until his death from cancer in 201a. despite that, she can't claim the widowed parents‘ allowance, because they weren't married. the commitment was the same. when we had children, they took his surname and his name is on the birth certificates. it was a family unit. how dare anyone treat them differently when they as good as anyone else's children. it is hard to think that a government is saying that actually, "do you know what, they are worth less,

their bereavement is worth less". and that is not fair. joining us now to explain more is family lawyer emma gill, along with claire harris, who was denied benefits after the death of her partner, gary, in 2012. thank you for coming in to talk to us. thank you for coming in to talk to us. claire, tell us about your case. my us. claire, tell us about your case. my case is similar, we were together for16 my case is similar, we were together for 16 years, i was only 18 and he was 20 when we met, we were very much in love and planning to grow old together, and marriage was possibly along the line somewhere, but when you've got three children, that takes priority. again, he died of cancer in 2012, we were together for16 of cancer in 2012, we were together for 16 years, three children together. when he died of cancer in 2012, that was a big shock. we weren't expecting it. we had only found out six weeks before that he had cancer, so it was a huge shock

when he died, and he was the main breadwinner in our family. when he died, and he was the main breadwinner in ourfamily. i was essentially a stay at home on looking after the children in the house. so yes, we went from a really good income to nothing. and what we are told about what you might be entitled to when it came to him passing? my son's best friend's dad had died six months before, and his mum had said to me, you are entitled to widowed parents‘ allowance, because i didn't know anything about finances. he did all the finances andi finances. he did all the finances and i didn't have to worry about that kind of thing. so i was told about the widowed parents‘ allowa nce, about the widowed parents‘ allowance, so i applied for it, and found out i wasn't entitled to it just on the basis that we weren't married. emma, how common is claire and siobhan's problems?m married. emma, how common is claire and siobhan's problems? it is

increasing because living together is on the increase, marriage is on the decline. it dates back to when marriage was the norm. questions on the census as recently as 2000 were asking about cohabiting relationships, so certainly the legislation is way behind what we're doing on the ground and how we live our lives in england wales today. claire, you made the point that you we re claire, you made the point that you were busy, you had three children and you didn't get married, but were you not at any point where that there are advantages to being married in terms of the law and legal benefits? why would you be aware of these things? it's not like you're educated in school about these things, so how do you know if nobody‘s telling you? these things, so how do you know if nobody's telling you? and what impact did it have for you, then? obviously so much emotional heartache, and then on top being hit by that financial burden.” heartache, and then on top being hit by that financial burden. i think it is one of those things you can't imagine what it feels like unless you have been in that situation,

your whole world just falls apart. you are just lost, really. your whole world just falls apart. you arejust lost, really. you don't know which way to turn, who do you turn to for advice? it's not like a lot of people have been in the situation and you have a lot of people to turn to for advice, you call, who do you ask? do you think, claire, and emma, you will be able to a nswer claire, and emma, you will be able to answer this as well, it is about attitudes, isn't it. you were with your partner for attitudes, isn't it. you were with your partnerfor 16 attitudes, isn't it. you were with your partner for 16 years, three children, an established relationship people would be happy to say that was, that was, that you had. but what happens if someone has been together with someone for, say, ten months, and then they have a baby or something like that happens, one of the partners is lost. do you think they should be entitled to benefit, or even if children weren't involved? do you see where the lines can be blurred, and how can that be resolved? that is a crucial question, because welfare benefit says one area where the law difference between cohabiting couples and those that are married.

property disputes affect cohabiting couples for more. when you separate, in claire's situation, she didn't have a choice because tragically gary had died. you don't have a choice to change how you have set up your relationship when you separate from each other. so there are so many different pinpoints in somebody's life where fundamentally being married completely changes your legal status towards each other. the interesting thing about this payment, this benefit, is that it is for the children. absolutely, the origin of it is by virtue of you being a parent rather thanjust you being a parent rather thanjust you being a parent rather thanjust you being a partner with somebody. and it replaces effectively the income that you lose when somebody dies. so you are right, the origin as those children, it is to protect those children, it is to protect those children, and you only get it through your status as a parent.” just wanted to say to claire, what

you have been through has been devastating, not only losing your partner, but the situation afterwards. what would you say to anyone now? because the law hasn't changed yet, and whether it does or doesn't, we don't know, so what would you say to someone who is in that situation, before any illness or anything like that, who has thought marriage is not a priority at the moment? i think people should be able to have the choice to get married for the right reasons. people are together in a relationship because they love each other and they want to be with each other. and that is a situation we we re other. and that is a situation we were in, so we didn't really need a piece of paper to say that we love each other and we are committed to each other and we are committed to each other, and if people choose to get married for that reason, then thatis get married for that reason, then that is their choice, but you shouldn't be forced into getting married just because otherwise you will lose out on potentially financial help in the future. how things for you now, claire? they are difficult. i was a stay at home mum, so difficult. i was a stay at home mum, so to build a career when i have been a stay at home mum for most of

my life was hard, so finances are hard, and working, trying to build a better future for my children, but i'm fighting for what my children deserve. it's not a benefit, and that needs to be made clear. you get back what you pay into the system, so back what you pay into the system, so it is based on the person's national insurance contributions, it's not like widowed parents are asking the state hand—outs. we are not, we are simply asking to be provided with what our partners have paid into the system. that is an important issue that people understand, it is not a benefit. that is a very clear point. claire, thank you very much, and emma, thank you, as well. it is just coming thank you very much, and emma, thank you, as well. it isjust coming up to 20 minutes past eight. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. if you haven't yet stepped out, it is a chilly start to the day. many of us are in single figures. in scotland and wales, some

parts of fallen to just over one or 2 degrees, and that is a shock to the system. it is going to become a little drier, and also warm up. the yellows show the nice temperatures here, sunday looks like being the warmest day, and then behind this cold front on monday, we see fresh conditions coming into the north. first thing this morning, it is a fresh start with a variable amounts of cloud, largely dry, but more cloud is going to develop through the course of the morning and into the afternoon, turning the sunshine hazy and producing a few showers. we could see a few showers across the north—western parts of scotland, but a lot of dry weather as well. the northern ireland it is a similar scenario for you, sunny spells with the odd shower. drier in north—east england, though, and for wales in south—west england, once again, one or two showers. temperature wise, a

degree or so lower than we were yesterday. through this evening and overnight, many showers will tend to fade, and we could hang on to a couple in the south—east under largely clear skies, some shallow mist and fog patches forming, temperatures similar to what you would have experienced first thing this morning. this morning for example in braemar the temperature fell to1.2, and it example in braemar the temperature fell to 1.2, and it will be similar tomorrow morning, and it fell to two in wales. this weather front bumps in tomorrow, not making huge amounts of progress during the day. you can see how it is trying to come in, and the timing of this could still change, introducing this cloud and also some splashes of rain. ahead of it, we start off on a sunny note,

but the cloud building, rather like today but turning hazy as we go through the day, with the temperature range 1a in the north to 21 in the south. as we move on to saturday, the high—pressure slips a little further south and we have fronts coming in from the north—west, introducing some thicker cloud and spots of rain, but as they bump into the high—pressure, the rain will tend to weaken. as we head on into the weekend, the high—pressure starts to slip away, but it will still be a warm day ahead of that on sunday, with the front trying to get into the west. this front will slip southwards, introducing cooler conditions behind it for the north—west, but still warm everywhere else. there was a 23 there, that got me

excited! she is teasing us, carol. it could be up to 27 in some parts of the south—east on sunday. you kept those numbers hidden! i told you, you weren't listening! 0k, i told you, you weren't listening! ok, goodbye, carol! you saw them, yes, whatever. might be a nice day to go boating. and on the plastic boat, maybe? made out of plastic bottles? there is a reason for this, this is probably the worst introduction ever. we should just let helena tell us all about it. it is made from old plastic, just explain... just basically save us! i will try. this is one of only two boats in the world made of 99% recycled plastic, and they are about

to launch it. let'sjust recycled plastic, and they are about to launch it. let's just briefly speak to carys who is here and is going to be getting on the boat soon. going to be getting on the boat soon. what do you think of it?” think it is a great initiative, to ta ke think it is a great initiative, to take that plastic and recycle it, and launch a boat that can collect more plastic, and we are really excited to be involved in the future and be able to make the thames or plastic free place. carys will be getting on the boat later on but it launches. we follow the journey of how the boat was made. this is the start of the plastic bottle boat journey. these schoolchildren are helping by going out on a plastic fishing trip to clear litter that has ended up in the water. it wasn't long before they found what they were looking for and there was plenty of it. so we found plastic bags, crisp packets, dummies, lots of plastic bottles. when we fish out plastic it makes us

are satisfied that we are helping out the environment, making the planet better. i think it is quite silly. i think that plastic bottles when they get thrown away, or plastic bags, they should just get recycled and reused again. rather than being eding up being shipped abroad, the plastic collected by the children ends up here at this reprocessing plant in dumfries in scotland. we take the bottles and shred the bottles down into very small parts, then they are melted and turned into sections which are used to make furniture and of course, the boat. plastic has become so prevalent in our society that it is seen as very disposable material now, but actually it is an incredibly valuable material. we want to show that the importance of recycling plastic, the importance of keeping it in the system and certainly not letting it leak into the environment

and into the marine environment. the charity hopes to build more recycled plastic boats over the holidays and get more people involved in their campaign. well, you can see now the boat is about to be launched into the thames, and a short speech there by the defra minister therese cofie who is cutting that rope. there you are, a smooth launch into the river. applause one of the two boats in the world made of 99% recycled plastic. let's have a quick chat with andy craigs hodge, an olympic gold medallist. what are your thoughts about this project in particular in terms of raising awareness? it is great to

see this groundswell of a port from a community to develop support for projects like this, charities and organisations getting involved. things like this highlight the problem of plastic in the river, and we can all enjoy in the future of beautiful green space through the middle of london. this is a small project. do you think people across the country in a wider audience will see the impact of this bode? because it isa see the impact of this bode? because it is a small project, isn't it? it is, but it all start somewhere. hopefully this will be echoed up and down the country, there are lots of water courses around the country which have the same problem, and hopefully he will be inspired to follow what hubbub have started here, and hopefully there will be interaction from the kids in richmond, and also the sister boat, all of these initiatives have to start with small acorns, but we will see what it can grow into, and it is great for us to be part of this. thank you very much indeed, on the

boat is now in the river. some schoolchildren will be getting out on that boat later on today, collecting litter to be made into another boat in the future. back to you. helena, thank you very much. looks lovely. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello there. it has been a rather chilly start to the day, but most of us chilly start to the day, but most of us have woken up with some clear blue skies. as we go through the day, there will be some clear fairweather cloud developing, but there is a chance of catching a shower around western parts of england and wales, the north and west of scotland, but with a light winds, it will feel quite pleasant, temperatures up to 21 celsius. through this evening and tonight,

the cloud that we will see this afternoon will slowly melt away, and then lengthy clear skies means it is going to turn quite chilly again, temperatures down to single figures, look at the blues and greens on the map, so in scotland in rural areas temperatures down to two or three celsius. 7—13 in the cities. lots of sunshine but chilly start on friday. goodbye. this is business live from bbc news with susannah streeter and sally bundock. facebook watch goes global. but can it take on netflix, youtube and amazon in the booming business of video streaming? live from london, that's our top story on thursday, the 30th of august. the world's biggest social media site tries to break into the lucrative video streaming

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