good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and dan walker. our headlines today: the health of the nation. a warning that one million more people will have diabetes in 20 years. a major report on policing says budgets cuts are leading to fewer arrests and forces are struggling to cope. residents are told to evacuate as forecasters warn the biggest storm in decades could be heading towards the east coast of america. prince william is launching a new website to help tackle high levels of poor mental health in the workplace. in sport, bowing out in style. alastair cook signs off with a century for england. good morning. not only am i bringing you the moon this morning from whole minster at the start of the british science festival, a forecast which sta rts science festival, a forecast which starts very mild but wet across

northern england and north wales in particular. joining me for all the details on breakfast. —— joining me. it's tuesday the 11th of september. our top story: public health england has compiled what it calls the most comprehensive picture of the nation's current health and future fitness. it's warning that the number of people with type two diabetes will increase from four million to five million in the next 20 years. obesity, dementia and mental health issues are also on the rise. here's our health correspondent, james gallagher. our health is changing rapidly. a million more people will have diabetes in 20 years' time, dementia is on the cusp of becoming the biggest killer of men. it already causes the most deaths in women. while the chances of dying from a heart attack, stroke or cancer keeps falling. public health england says the nhs will have to adapt faster than at time in its history in order to cope. the report highlights the opportunity for prevention and the role the nhs can play there. but it also shows the changes in nature of illnesses, which the nhs will

need to respond to. and it also highlights the importance of addressing social inequalities. smoking, which is a major cause of cancer and heart problems, is one reason for the changing picture of our health. the smoking ban, plain packs and vaping, have all led to more of us kicking the habit. 15% of adults in england were smokers last year. the report predicts that figure could fall below 10% in the next five years. public health england hopes to achieve a smoke—free society, defined as less than i in 20 smoking, by the end of the next decade. the glaring gap between rich and poor is also highlighted, in the report. the richest in society are enjoying nearly two more decades of good health than the poorest. the findings of this report will be crucialfor the nhs, as it prepares its new long—term plan for the health service. james gallagher, bbc news. the home office is being accused of failing

to understand the impact of cuts to the police service in england and wales. the public spending watchdog, the national audit office, says forces have been cutting staff to save money, while arrest rates have fallen. home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. what do our cops cost, and do they provide value for money? important questions but once the home office is struggling to answer. that's the mainfinding from is struggling to answer. that's the main finding from a report by experts who examined government spending, the national audit office. the report on police finances says the home office is spending £8.6 billion on the police service this year, but it says there are significant gaps in the department's understanding of costs and demand, and it criticises the home office for relying on a formula for funding forces which is ineffective and detached from the changing nature of policing. the funding formula they'd used to allocate money is out of date, and the home office told parliament in

2015 that the formula was ineffective. here we are three years later and there hasn't been an update of that formula, so it's unlikely that the money is going to the right places. the report says since 2010 when budgets were cut, police have carried out less proactive work, like breathalyser tests. it says there are fewer arrests and it's taking longer to charge suspects. the home office denies it doesn't understand the demands on policing. it says its increased overall police funding this year, and sajid javid, the home secretary, will sell superintendents later at their conference that he is doing all he can to support frontline officers. danny shaw, bbc news. north korea's leader kim jong—un has written to donald trump, asking for a follow—up to their historic summit. the white house says it's already looking at scheduling a new meeting. negotiations over pyongyang's denuclearisation programme appeared to have stalled, after the two leaders' historic summit in singapore in june. plans to increase the number

of zero—emission vehicles developed and produced in the uk will be unveiled by theresa may today. she'll promise £100 million for research into new batteries and low carbon technology. electric cars currently account for about 5% of all new vehicles purchased in britain. more than one million people in the american state of south carolina have been told to leave their homes, ahead of the arrival of hurricane florence. it's feared the storm, with winds of up to 140mph, could bring widespread flooding. peter bowes reports. a monster storm that could bring catastrophic levels of rain and flooding. hurtling towards the us east coast with growing wind speeds, the authorities fear hurricane florence could have a deadly impact on several states, with the carolinas and virginia the hardest hit. it'll be dumping water on us in north carolina, all of which will flow come through south carolina, much of what's in north carolina, so we're liable to have a whole lot of flooding, particularly in the pd area. an estimated one million people are fleeing to safety,

not sure whether they'll have homes to return to. we do have a plan to perhaps evacuate. we want to watch it through today and see what's happening. see what happens. hopefully we have a business to come back to. the authorities are taking no chances. this could be the most devastating storm to hit north carolina since hurricane hugo ravaged the state and claimed many lives almost 30 years ago. north carolina is taking hurricane florence seriously, and you should too. get ready now. close on the heels of florence, two other storms are expected to increase in ferocity in the coming days. the atlantic hurricane season is proving relentless. peter bowes, bbc news. russia will today begin what it says is the largest military exercise in its history. the five days of war games

in eastern siberia will involve 300,000 soldiers, more than 30,000 military vehicles, 1,000 planes and 80 warships. a number of troops from china and mongolia will also take part. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, will warn today that workers' rights are as bad as they were during the 1930s. in his speech to the tuc congress, he'll say the government has stripped back employment rights to a level not seen since the economic depression 80 years ago. he'll promise new rights for workers in the so called gig economy. we'll be talking to the shadow chancellor at 8:10am. fans of sir rod stewart have a chance to get their hands on some of the rock star's possessions as they go up for auction today. more than 60 items are up for grabs, including armchairs, side tables and bookcases. it's believed sir rod decided to have a clearout after recently moving home, as tim allman reports. wa ke

wake up, maggie, i think i've got something to say to you... legendary singer, night of the realm, but eve ryo ne singer, night of the realm, but everyone has to downsize eventually. sur rod stewart reportedly put his home up for sale last year, and what do you do when you move house? you get rid of some of the clutter. dozens of household items will go under the hammer, so what's on offer? well, for starters, there's a pairof guilt offer? well, for starters, there's a pair of guilt bronze mounted side ta bles pair of guilt bronze mounted side tables estimated to be worth £2000 to £3000. and italian sideboard to you and me, expected to fetch anything up to £1500. and how about anything up to £1500. and how about a keegan lounge armchair? a snip at £350, and appropriately enough, it comes with a faux leopardskin cushion. do you think it's sexy?

wear it well, sell it well. this should be what the auctioneers have described as a good old—fashioned clear out. tim allman, bbc news. leopardprint chair? always. what makes you think my dining room isn't full of leopardprint? a new arrival has made a playful appearance at chester zoo. a sun bear cub, who is yet to be named, may only be 12 weeks old but she has already made history by being the first of her species to be born in the uk. her mother milli, and dad toni, were both rescued from illegal wildlife traders in cambodia. do you know why they are called sun bears? the patch looks like a son. 0n the front. then they have

something there that looks like a sun “— something there that looks like a sun —— a sun. something there that looks like a sun -- a sun. incredible knowledge. do you know your eyes lit up when you saw the leopardprint chair? no such thing as too much leopardprint! ifi such thing as too much leopardprint! if i sat on it such thing as too much leopardprint! ifisat on iti such thing as too much leopardprint! if i sat on it i would disappear because i own so much! £350, could because i own so much! £350, could be yours! i think rod has really good taste. dan was upset with the idea of them buying a toilet hole rolled —— toilet roll holder. idea of them buying a toilet hole rolled -- toilet roll holder. there isn't one? you just react to the exaggeration. a bit like me yesterday, you we ren't exaggeration. a bit like me yesterday, you weren't here...|j watch yesterday, you weren't here...” watch everyday, sally! wouldn't it be great if alastair cook got a century today but i said it wouldn't happen and! century today but i said it wouldn't happen and i havejinxed it. lo and behold... beautiful is the right word! what a way to finish it off. beautiful. and elegant sportsman

with a gorgeous way to finish his career, his wife in the ground and his daughter as well. they may have their third child today, she was due yesterday i think —— an elegant sportsman. what a day for alastair cook at the oval. a century in his final innings as an england player, an achievement he describes as a dream come true. captainjoe root also got himself 100 as england took control of the fifth test against india. ijust i just love that! ijust love that! i love his reaction from the teammates. banging on the glass. there's his wife and daughter. he is quite understated. not going crazy. everyone knows how important that moment is for him. scotland began their uefa nations league campaign with a much—needed win over albania. steven naismith heading in the second in a 2—0 win. harry kane will be rested when england play switzerland in a friendly tonight. gareth southgate's side keen to avoid what would be a record fourth consecutive defeat. talking of lovely moments...

and justin rose is golf‘s new world number one after finishing second at the bmw championship in philadelphia. it's the first time he's topped the rankings, and says he's realised a boyhood dream. we started with a great sportsman, we end with one. lovely moment when he realised that would happen, he blew a kiss to heaven and he said, thank you, dad. i love that story. when he turned pro 21 cuts on the trot were mist and murk at this all that time later! i remember when he was a teenager. —— were missed and look at this all this time later. 0nly look at this all this time later. only the best on this programme, hey, muscles! matt is so strong. how are you? the always demand the moon from me, naga, so here you go. that was easy! good morning from whole

minster, one of over 100 exhibits pa rt minster, one of over 100 exhibits part of british science festival, which runs over the next four days in hull. it's europe's longest—running science festival and it's here to get you inspired in science. the museum of the moon, designed by a uk artist, it is seven metres in diameter, which represents half a million times smaller than the real moon and it is covered in detail the nasa imagery to give you a feeling and a bit of a clearer look at what the moon looks like. we will look at it through the morning. we are talking what else is here at the british science festival as well. on the walk here to hull minster it was incredibly mild, temperatures across parts of england and wales around 16—18, pretty unusualfor and wales around 16—18, pretty unusual for this and wales around 16—18, pretty unusualfor this stage and wales around 16—18, pretty unusual for this stage in september. it will be a story of things gradually getting cooler. we could almost split the country in three today, much brighter and fresher to

start with in parts of scotland and northern ireland. cloudier in england and we is and separating the two we've got lots of rain linked into a weather front this morning straddling parts of north wales and northern england. it has brought over a0 millimetres through the night in parts of north—west wales and in cumbria. heavy in the morning rush hour, some splashes to the east of the pennines, drizzly in hull at the moment but it goes south through the moment but it goes south through the day, that weather front, so brightening up in north england and north wales. a few showers in scotla nd north wales. a few showers in scotland and northern ireland, blustery, but staying cloudy further southin blustery, but staying cloudy further south in england and wales. by the afternoon, the rain will be in south wales, the midlands, parts of lincolnshire and east anglia. south of that the humid air will stay in place with temperatures around 2a or 25 in some spots, feeling fresher further north but you will have the sunshine to compensate. into the night, our weatherfront sunshine to compensate. into the night, our weather front red sunshine to compensate. into the night, our weatherfront red bulls north a bit once again with

outbreaks of rain pushing across many parts —— wriggles. pushing back towards dawn tomorrow. mild in southern areas, cooler further north with cooler skies —— clearer skies. tomorrow our rain band will push into parts of mid— south wales, to the midlands. working its way to the south coast through the morning, that will sweep away some of the mild airweave got. it means for the vast majority, sunshine around tomorrow —— mild air we've got. not as warm as today, in the teams rather than the twenties. a few showers in the far north and west. 0n showers in the far north and west. on thursday, the coldest start to the week with temperatures widely in single figures after a chilly night. bright start for many with cloud increasing from the west. a few showers, especially in northern and western parts, but not a bad day for many on thursday. the wettest conditions will be today in parts of northern england and wales this morning before it eases southwards,

then the next few days will see a lot of sunshine and a few showers. more details from hull through the morning. back to dan and naga. looking forward to you showing us around. looks fantastic. after holding the moon i don't know what else you can do! i don't know where ican go else you can do! i don't know where i can go from here! you have gone big very early, matthew! angst, we will see you later! shall we take a look at some of the front pages? yes. the daily telegraph is leading on a "staffing crisis" in the police, as the government's spending watchdog warns that forces in england and wales are "struggling to deliver effective services". they have a picture from new york fashion week. the latest in the brexit negotiations leads on the daily express front page. yesterday, the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier said a brexit deal could be made in six weeks. the guardian leads on findings from public health england that show

women in the uk are dying earlier than women in europe, with the uk ranking 17th out of 28 in life expectancy. alastair cook makes the front page after his century yesterday. and finally, the daily mirror reports that debenhams could shut up to 80 of its shops in the latest blow to the british high street. and they are asking about the bodyguard cliffhanger. we shouldn't upset too many people with that. and the story which is the most read on the bbc website this morning is hurricane florence, which is due to hit parts of the us east coast on thursday. about a million people being evacuated in south carolina. now, we mentioned a bodyguard. morning. are we going to do this? if you are catching up on iplayer, look away. 0ur director hasn't seen the latest. she is in the wrong job, but not for

those reasons! this front page of the radio times. 0k? yesterday afternoon i deliberately watched it because i thought there was no way i could survive another day. this is a wadi guard spoil of. ready? frontpage, have a look at that. —— front page. this isjulian montague, played by sally hall, we have the most elaborate explanation about why she is not dead. i am sceptical about this because people haven't watched this. she is called julian montague tomas berdych like juliet, montague tomas berdych like juliet, montague as in gremio and juliet. —— romeo and juliet. juliet faked her owi'i romeo and juliet. juliet faked her own death to trick everybody else andl own death to trick everybody else and i don't know where this goes a.

—— this goes. then her lover obviously then dies, so will that happen to david? he tried, he didn't do very well. remember? yes, i do wa nt to do very well. remember? yes, i do want to give more details away. no one will understand anything i have just said. what should we talk about quest action we talk about debenhams? it is on the front page. that frontpage, in battle for survival, making quite a lot of the papers today. debenhams yesterday had to come out and say, they —— we said yesterday that they have appointed advisers to manage the business, their share price fell by 20%, they came out and said things are not that bad, we are going to announce that our profits and sales

are not as bad. share prices down 10% only. a bit of a defensive play to keep the faith of investors. another one, quite interesting, interview reindeers is. —— brain teasers. sometimes you go for the stock interviews and you think what is that question have to do with the job? how much does an aeroplane way? why a manhole cover is round. explained a chair to an alien. —— explain. how many windows are there in new york and how many cows in canada? what they are saying that these are pointless questions and it tells you more about the interviewer and they tend to be a narcissist or and they tend to be a narcissist or a sadist. and this one, on a scale from one to ten, rate me as an interviewer. i love that one. on a scale from one to ten i wonder how

lori keane would break his players at the moment. a great story all over the papers this morning. is anyone ina over the papers this morning. is anyone in a whatsapp group? have you ever sent a message to the wrong person, talking to someone and it goes to the person you are talking about. there has been a little situation amongst the ireland squad where a whatsapp message has been sent to a group that included roy keane and it has caused h and is falling out. —— tremendous. harry arter was talking about him, there isa arter was talking about him, there is a transcript in the paper this morning. i will read you a bit. so, harry arter, "explain the situation again". roy was going off and he said go on, you are just a leap bleak, you know you are a leap, you don't even care. —— you do not want to bleep train. harry set i am not speaking to you like this, you are

not the manager and cannot say anything. rory, bleep, bleep. it goes on like that. why did he speak like that? he really likes the word bleep! rory keane, assistant manager of ireland, that is something. -- roy. there are very few who stand up to him and. harry arter looks like he has! it is 22 minutes past six. it's thought that although there are up to half a million transgender people in the uk, just 5,000 have changed their gender by law. now the government's asking if it should change the legal process. but the subject's controversial, as breakfast‘s graham satchell has been finding out. i noticed things weren't right when i sort of hit, i would say, primary school. i used to rip my summer school. i used to rip my summer school dresses. any excuse i could

use to get in my pubic hit, just so that i didn't have to wear a dress of. lucas transitioned three years ago, he has had hormone therapy surgery, but to be male in the eyes of the law, he has to get a gender recognition certificate. to qualify, lucas has to prove that he has lived asa lucas has to prove that he has lived as a man for two years, to have a diagnosis of gender dysphoria from a psychiatrist and submit evidence to an anonymous panel. i choose my gender. i am a man. an anonymous panel. i choose my gender. iam a man. who an anonymous panel. i choose my gender. i am a man. who are they to decide? why should i have to prove to them? why should i have to prove to them? why should i have to prove to another person that i am a man? 0fficial estimates that there are up to half a million transgender people in the uk but only 5000 have changed their gender. the current government has omitted it is intrusive and is consulting on how to make it to.”

really thought that the only —— the only other alternative was to kill myself. stephen whittle transferred from a woman to a man in the 19705 and helped to introduce the 200a gender recognition act, but now wa nts to gender recognition act, but now wants to make it much easier gender recognition act, but now wants to make it much ea5ierfor somebody to legally changed their gender. i think the requirement for anybody to have a diagnostic statement by a psychiatrist is no longer even tenable, to be gender different is not a mental illness. people sometimes acquire problems like anxiety and depression because of the stigma associated with it, but it is not a mental illness, why are we being assessed by a psychiatrist? some in the transgender community want to go further, to follow countries like norway, denmark and ireland which have systems of self declaration. all that is required is to sign a form to say that you intend to live

in the preferred genderfor the rest of your life. it is not that i want to go through this, it is the fact that i need to. lucas is meeting debbie, a campaigner who transitioned from a man to a woman when she was in her a05. debbie is worried that self declaration would make it too easy for men for malicious intent to change their gender to get access to the men's changing rooms, prisons, refuges. women especially do have reasonable cause for concern and it cases do come to light than we are the ones that will suffer. there is another reason some worry about self declaration. it puts the onus on us to prove ourselves armless is some other evidence in their, it eggs the question from society is, why should we believe you? the consultation on reforming the law is for another month, the pass will be to design a system that gives more dignity to those people transitioning and one that gives confidence to women's groups in particular, that the

process will not be abused. graham satchell, bbc news. coming up on breakfast: they're the microscopic worms that british scientists are sending into space, to help us understand how our bodies age. do you know, i didn't realise that warne is, muscle mass, was correlated that our bodies? warne is, muscle mass, was correlated that our bodies7m warne is, muscle mass, was correlated that our bodies? it is one of those things that you only learn because you sit here. and of course as you are watching us as well, which we are grateful for. and matt has the mood with him. the whole of the moon. he will bring the stars for me too. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm katharine carpenter. a zero tolerance approach to bad behaviour in some schools is leading to increasing numbers of children

being excluded. that was the recent finding ofa being excluded. that was the recent finding of a group of mps, despite the government saying permanent exclusions should be a last resort. basti, more than a thousand people we re basti, more than a thousand people were expelled, but we have been speaking to a pupil referring school in certain. we don't want them to miss out on education, if that is a barrier, then we want to remove that barrier. a group went on a rampage last night in uxbridge, a dispersion law has been put in place for the next critical hours, but there have been no arrests. a number posts —— art made by the likes of tracey emin and jeremy corbyn is to be auctioned by a school in south east london in a bid to raise funds. a number of celebrities have decorated postcards

for the charter school in dulwich. it wants to raise £20,000 for its art department by selling 500 tickets at £a0 each. an exhibition of the work is to be held next month. if you've ever wondered what the inside of rod stewart's house looks like, now‘s your chance to find out. furniture and art from the rock star's mansion in essex are being sold at an auction later. more than 50 items are going under the hammer, including a gold painted statue of a musician and a leopard print armchair. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the chips and train. 0n the roads, this is the m25 clockwise which is slow between potters bar and enfield, following an accident of a lorry losing its steel and is down to one lane. stretch and is at the kidbrooke interchange on the a2. the relief road partially blocked with a southbound at right turn lane from the a2 into kidbrooke road, that also closed for safety reasons. kidbrooke park road eastbound is

approaching the a2 is reduced to one lane. lets have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning, another mild start out there this monitor vicarages overnight did not. it is breezy this wa nt overnight did not. it is breezy this want and feeling rather human. we have one or two sunny spells, gradually that cloud will increase to the course of the morning, the wind falling a little bit lighter. is to get some sunny spells but it is dry mostly until this evening you will notice this band of rain sinking south. in the meantime, temperatures reaching a warm 23, 20 four celsius. 0vernight that rain continues to move southwards, white rain and rizal, nothing too significant, but rather damp and i'll bite, the minimum around 1a or 15. cloudy, debt started tomorrow morning, that rain will gradually go southwards to the afternoon, leaving fresh air. it will feel much cooler tomorrow, a maximum of 15 celsius. it will feel slightly fresher for thursday, two temperatures making a

bit of a recovery and think bit more in the way of sunny spells and temperatures back into the low 205. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and naga munchetty. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: do you have set—times when your children can spend playing computer games, or sit watching their tablets? we'll be talking about screen time, after kirsty allsopp revealed she smashed her children's devices, when they broke the family rules. whether you're an early bird or a night owl, we'll find out about a new test designed to reveal the secrets of our body clock. it will be all right and it will waft away again. that's not true. and nick knowles is a man with his work cut out. he'll be here to tell us about the diy sos team's biggest build yet, as they give a helping hand to the grenfell community. good morning,

here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. public health england has compiled what it calls the most comprehensive picture of the nation's current health and future fitness. it's warning that a million more people will have diabetes in 20 years' time, and that obesity, dementia and mental health issues are on the rise. it shows england's population is growing in size and people are living longer, but more older women are in poor health. more than one million people in the us state of south carolina have been told to leave their homes, as they await the arrival of hurricane florence. a state of emergency has been declared for virginia as well as north and south carolina. it's feared that with winds of up to 1a0mph, the storm could cause widespread flooding. north carolina is taking hurricane florence seriously, and you should too. get ready now. the home office is being

accused of failing to understand the impact of cuts to the police service in england and wales. a report by the public spending watchdog, the national audit office, says forces have been cutting staff to save money, while arrest rates have fallen. the home office says it has increased funding this year, but it's being warned that the money isn't always spent in the right ways. the funding formula they've used to allocate money is out of date, and the home office told parliament in 2015 that the formula was ineffective. here we are three years later, and there hasn't been an update of that formula, and so it's unlikely that the money is going to the right places. north korea's leader kim jong—un has written to donald trump, asking for a follow—up to their historic summit. the white house says it's already looking at scheduling a new meeting. negotiations over north korea's denuclearisation programme appeared to have stalled, after the two leaders' historic summit in singapore in june. plans to increase the number of zero emission vehicles developed and produced in the uk will be unveiled by theresa may today. she'll promise £100

million for research into new batteries and low carbon technology. electric cars currently account for about five percent of all new vehicles purchased in britain. -- 596. russia will today begin what it says is the largest military exercise in its history. the five days of war games in eastern siberia will involve 300,000 soldiers, more than 30,000 military vehicles, 1,000 planes and 80 warships. a number of troops from china and mongolia will also take part. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, will warn today that workers rights are as bad as they were during the 19305. in his speech to the tuc congress, he'll say the government has stripped back employment rights to a level not seen since the economic depression 80 years ago. he'll promise new rights for workers in the so called gig economy. it's a story that would make ratty smile, as one of the uk's most endangered mammals has been reintroduced to a stretch of river in somerset, where they haven't been seen for 30 years.

what are we talking about? the water vole! the population has dropped drastically over the past few decades, but now conservationists hope they'll begin to thrive again thanks to a special breeding programme run by the national trust. they do look a little bit like big rats, don't be? they looked like the kind of thing that you could have a little bit of fun with. a cross between a rat and a ferret. rats are meant to be quite nice pets. i am quite anti-iraq. i don't know why, i feel a bit unfair cash and he rapped. it isjust from films really —— anti— rat. remember the story about gary mabbutt, he has got diabetes and he can't feel this feet, he was asleep handarat bit of

this toe. my grandad got bit by a rat as well —— and a rat. this toe. my grandad got bit by a rat as well -- and a rat. are you anti— rat now? sally, save us from this discussion! it's not often you can say a sportsman can choose the timing of the end of this career, and also that it ends in such a beautiful way. alastair cook at the 0val yesterday. he's not running around doing cartwheels or anything fa ncy around doing cartwheels or anything fancy like that. he acknowledges the cheer of the crowd, who were all on their feet after a brilliant century. use always been understated, hasn't he —— he's a lwa ys understated, hasn't he —— he's always been understated, hasn't he? i love that, brilliant! it's not often that sporting careers end so perfectly as they did at the oval yesterday. a really brilliant, and lovely day for alastair cook. a century in his final test innings for england, and it came in bizarre circumstances. cook thought he'd got a single whilst on 96, before india messed up their fielding and threw to the ball to the boundary to give cook an extra four runs.

joe root also got a much needed century and jimmy anderson equalled the record for test wickets as a pace bowler, but the day belonged to cook. and here's the reaction from within the england dressing room as cook reached that brilliant last century. i love that! all banging on the glass. everyone on their feet, everyone. one more day to go in this test match. england have already won the series and are in full control of this fifth test. india are a06 runs behind and three wickets down. the most surreal four days of my life really. for all that to happen has just been incredible. you know, i've seen a few people go out on their own terms, it's obviously special, but to go out on your own terms when your last ever innings for england was 100. and obviously tomorrow, if we can top it off with a win, and a a—1win over the number one side in the world, would make it even more special. plenty of praise for cook on social media. gary lineker tweeted: the prime minister said: and sir mickjagger is a huge

cricket fan: when alastair cook was saying it has been neighbours a few days, it could get even more bizarre because this wife is due to give birth to their third child any moment. it will get tiresome! as in they will be tired, that's all i meant! he will be weary. yes, yes. i'm just that's all i meant! he will be weary. yes, yes. i'mjust going that's all i meant! he will be weary. yes, yes. i'm just going to be quiet. she loves kids! yes! scotland got a much—needed win over albania in their opening uefa nations league match. they took the lead at hampden park thanks to this own goal from steven naismith‘s header. naismith definitely got the second in a 2—0 win. they're now top of their group on goal difference. harry kane will be rested when england play switzerland in a friendly tonight. england have been on an upward trajectory under gareth southgate, but saturday's defeat to spain was their third in a row and no england side has ever lost four on the spin.

it's a record that southgate is eager to avoid at the king power stadium tonight. to play three teams of the quality we've played in the last three matches is a very rare occurrence in international football, so we matches is a very rare occurrence in internationalfootball, so we have to focus on our performances, improving as a team. we said the world cup was... that finished, so if we're going to do that from a positive point of view, so, in our camp, we've got to do that in terms of the results moving forward as well. the republic of ireland boss marin 0'neill has played down a row between his assistant roy keane and a couple of players. a whatsapp audio message has been leaked, describing how keane accused jonathan walters and harry arter of feigning injury to avoid training. the row apparently got very heated and the language was choice, but 0'neill says it's all part and parcel of professional football. first of all, the incidents took

place at the end of may when they we re place at the end of may when they were in camp, so they've surfaced now here's some four months later. it wouldn't be the first conversation, it wouldn't be the first tech arteta, and it certainly wouldn't be the first... if i can call it altercation between players and staff. i love that, it wouldn't be the first altercation! justin rose is golf‘s new world number one after finishing second at the bmw championship in philadelphia. rose could've won the tournament if he holed this putt, but it just lipped out and meant he faced a play—off against keegan bradley. the american went onto win it it, but rose had already done enough to become just the fifth briton to lead the men's rankings. and rose paid tribute to his dad, ken, who died five years ago, but played a huge role in rose's rise to professioal golf. we've bookended this sport bulletin

with two of the nicest men in sport. alastair cook at the top, justin rose at the end, just to give us a great feeling for the morning. that isa great feeling for the morning. that is a nice way to sound which the sport. exactly. you're welcome. thanks, sally. that was all very nice! type 2 diabetes, dementia and mental health are all issues which are expected to increase the pressure on the nhs over the next 20 years. a new report into the health of the nation has been put together by public health england. let's talk about it with dr fari ahmad, who's a gp. good morning. good morning. you've looked at this report, does anything surprise you? not much. the one thing that was probably a bit... i think the rates, the life inspection sea of women, we are lower in europe than men. —— life expectancy. we don't put as much muggy into our

healthcare as a lot of europe. i don't know if it's because women are drinking and smoking more. with the smoking thing, didn't it say that... i can't remember the year, 10% of us will be smoking in 20 years or so. that's great, there is certainly good news in this. we are living longer and healthier. the number of people smoking is dropping. there's good news as well as some things we need to face up to long—term and tried to prepare for. the front page of the daily mail this morning, their headline is: —— . a .abig . a big health prediction is the rise of people with type 2 diabetes. could that work? prescribing... five months of that to rain it in? type ii diabetes... when people lose

weight, when they reduced the amount of calories they take in, certainly most people get better on that. i don't know if that's quite the way to approach it. but i think lifestyle changes is going to be the way forward for that. there's things that are very much in your control, you eat, exercise how and live your life. genetic factors and looking after your health are things you can control and things you need to look after. if you're diabetic, the chances of getting dementia, heart disease, strokes or go up and the impact that has on your health increases. the death rate for dementia and alzheimer's disease —— all go up. it's already the leading cause of death in women but that seems to be the more prevalent and concerning health issue, overtaking heart disease? part of that reflects the fact we're living longer, so we're seeing more of it. we're probably better at treating heart disease than we are at treating dementia. at the moment we don't

have a cure or a treatment for it. we're still developing our understanding of it. are we getting better at recognising it?” understanding of it. are we getting better at recognising it? i would say yes, we're also getting better at talking about it. it's complex, as is the care and managing people with it. i think that conversation is starting to happen. understanding where resorts is need to be put and changing to accommodate things, that's a bigger conversation that seems to be taking longer to get going —— resources. seems to be taking longer to get going -- resources. have you seen a change in what people are asking you over the last few years? as gps, the elderly, there's more people living over 85, and they are more frail. they are complex, people often don't come with one problem. they tend to have multiple problems, multiple illnesses, so they do take longer to sort out. we've still got the ten

minutes, and that includes you walking through the consulting room! so it's getting harder and harder for us to do that. i think medicine needs to change its approach to this to be more holistic and to try to accommodate people as they get older. doctor farhat ahmad, good to talk to you. thanks forjoining us on the sciver. nice to see you as ever. it's time to take a look at the weather now and matt is in hull for us this morning as this year's british science festival gets underway. hello! he has got a seven metre moon with him. we have come to the dark side of the moon this time. and amazing exhibit, designed by luke jeremiah, bristol born, travelling around he saw the tides rise and fall quite substantially on his commute and that inspired him to

make this massive structure. that has been touring around the country and will continue to do even after the science festival has finished. it is here for the next four days pa rt it is here for the next four days part of the festival. it is one of just over 100 exhibits over the city, which include rubbish clearing robots, the use of lego to help demonstrate the formation of the stars and exploring exactly what hull's role was in creating liquid—crystal displays. but this so far, i think, liquid—crystal displays. but this so far, ithink, is my liquid—crystal displays. but this so far, i think, is my favourite. liquid—crystal displays. but this so far, ithink, is my favourite. in hull at the moment it is raining, but incredibly mild, temperatures across england and wales around 16— 18 degrees this morning. really splitting the country into three today. bright and fresh weather in the north, cloudy but mild weather further south. separating the two is a weather front which is a cross wales and northern england, bringing

huge amounts of rain for the morning rush—hour, very unpleasant the north—west in particular. that rain will ease a little bit over the next few hours, heading southwards across the midlands and across parts of lincolnshire as well. it means it will brighten up across northern england and north wales into the morning and into the afternoon. we got a few showers across scotland, particular to the north and west, quite a blustery day but always the best of the sunshine. fresher start to the day with temperatures in the low single figures, seeing them climb into the mid— teens, could get into the mid— 205 across southern parts of england with a few breaks of cloud at time. into tonight, the weather front wriggles its way north, seeing a weather front across many parts of the uk. that will ease towards the morning as clear skies develop, turning into a fresh morning, across northern ireland and north wales, certainly a better start across northern england and

north wales compared with this morning. across south wales and the midlands, pushing to the south coast through the day and it will be sweeping away the mild air. tomorrow that can temperatures uk wide by the end of the day will only be in the teens for many of you a good deal of sunshine, a few showers across northern scotland. while breezy, not as strong wind as it was today. a cold night will follow, actually start to the week lots of sunshine, temperatures in single figures of. cloud amounts increasing with a few showers possible partick are we further north and west you are across the country. temperatures in the teens but they could recover a little bit across southern parts of england as the wind switches back into a more westerly direction. of course, our weather is much more benign had what is happening in the mid— atlantic, talking about hurricane florence, currently category four, the windy gusting in excess of 1a0 mph, eyeing the east coast of the us, particularly across

the carolinas, as well as those dangerous winds could see a damaging storm surge, life—threatening floods as that moves across to the eastern united states. we will keep you up dated. anyone who didn't know you from that camera angle would think you are really, really small. amazing, isn't it? he is actually six foot five. thanks matt! prince william is launching a new website to help tackle high levels of poor mental health in the workplace. sean was mentioning it earlier and has a bit more detail. a serious issue that many businesses would not know what to do to handle this if it came to them. morning everybody. this has come from the charity mind. a survey of more than 44,000 employees. it found that about half have experienced a mental health problem at their current job and about half of these havent felt able to talk to their employer about it.

natalie, left her firstjob in retail because her employer didn't know how to support her anxiety and depression. she very kindly shared her story with us. they were saying i need a word with you and i felt like they were saying i need a word with you and ifelt like i they were saying i need a word with you and i felt like i was they were saying i need a word with you and ifelt like i was being they were saying i need a word with you and i felt like i was being told off and! you and i felt like i was being told off and i went to the staffroom. i felt really embarrassed and ijust went out crying and said i have in finding things hard. you don't want people judging finding things hard. you don't want peoplejudging and finding things hard. you don't want people judging and stopping you from doing things because then you think they are thinking, i cannot do that because she has got depression or what ever. just because you have depression or anxiety doesn't mean you are incapable of working, it is just that a lot of people leave theirjob or don't feel they just that a lot of people leave their job or don't feel they can just that a lot of people leave theirjob or don't feel they can do it because of people '5 attitudes. maybe her employers could have been helped by this tool that is being launched i mind this morning. —— by

a. — by. mind has developed an online tool for employers and employees. it's being launched later today by prince william who campaigns to end the stigma around mental health. we can talk to faye mcguinness, head of workplace wellbeing, what kind of a range of issues are you talking about? a range of anxiety, depression and also people dealing with stress. chose a really big impact that poor mental health can have at work on an individual. there is a financial cost as well, a recent report indicated that the cost of employees is about £33 billion per year. because of their staff having mental health, poor mental health? due to absence because of poor mental health, due to people being in work but not performing at their best because they are not getting the right support and also because of staff turnover, before leaving. it is a

tricky game for businesses to play. there is a cost that has been put together. for them to deal with the issues upfront, they need to be putting some investment in, whether it is time or money. lot of small businesses out there will feel like theyjust don't have that time or money to do it. how can they make things work was make —— make things work? we have brought together a whole lot of resources, tools and information for people who work in an organisation. there is a huge amount of resources and tools for small businesses so that they can know how to actually start to implement things that support their staff. it doesn't have to be expensive. some of the things that they can do are quite relatively cheap, but actually it is about making that start. gateway turns it from talking about poor mental health in the workplace to taking action. a lot of people might think that stress in the workplace is what a lot of workplaces are about. is there a fine line at them —— that

end of the spectrum between being a high—pressure job and the employers saying you have got to deal with that, and actually becoming more serious? we know that some stress is good for people. we know that some people thrive off stress but when that stress is long—term and it causes people to feel anxious about going to work and can develop into serious problems, that is only know their is an issue. employers need to be creating the environment where staff are able to talk about if they are feeling the pressure and are starting to feel stressed over long periods of time and hopefully the gateway will help people understand how they can have is conversation. the website is? it is www. mentalhealthatwork. co. uk. thank you. look at this. space travel has led to countless, ground—breaking discoveries, and now a team of british scientists wants to send worms to the international space station, to help us understand

how our muscles can waste away. i wonder who thought of the one. worms in space, sounds like a film! —— thought of the worms. we've been given special access to the scientists as they prepare to launch the worms into space. breakfast'sjohn maguire went to see them at their laboratory in switzerland. when tim peake spent six months aboard the international space station, regular exercise was vital to the float —— floating in zero gravity means astronauts stopped using their muscles to stand and those muscles are then start to waste away. now, a team of scientists from british universities is working to find out more. they have come to switzerland, and on the shore of lake lucern, to this lab. we are hoping to reduce muscle loss into space, this will allow them to undergo really long spaceflight and this will translate to people on earth as well. if we can prevent muscle loss in astronauts we could

potentially avoid muscle loss in the elderly population. this will be the first uk led experiment on the space station. these bags contain thousands of microscopic worms suspended in fluid. they are call the elegance and by sending them up into space the research team can determine how the muscle structure is affected at the perhaps surprisingly, the muscle of a worm that keeps the worm moving in a line is very similar structurally at the molecular level and in the metabolism. is very similar to human. 0f metabolism. is very similar to human. of course it is not directly translatable but an idea of what might be causing the changes in human. they be treated with a drug in an attempt to slow down the muscle wastage of. the long-term strategy looking at year ‘s muscle wastage of. the long-term strategy looking at year '5 two decades, if we can find out the molecular recent as to why worms lose muscle mass in space and we test potential therapies such as drugs, we can apply that to larger organisms such as humans to prevent that topic that allows explorative

spaceflight such as mars for the future. the testing in switzerland isa future. the testing in switzerland is a dress rehearsal, preparations have to be absolutely meticulous because the next time the team can do this will be just ahead of launch in florida. the pressure is really on. this is an opportunity to refine and practice the techniques to make sure everything goes exactly according to plan when the worms are prepared forth spaceflight.“ something doesn't work, there is no fixed. there are other facilities on board where you can say, someone doesn't work, we will repeat or do a change or something like, fought this we can do this. the experiment will last six days, but that equates to around 20 years of human life. they will be frozen and returned to earth for analysis, one microscopic step for the worms that we are hoped could provide a giant leap in

understanding of how our bodies age, not just understanding of how our bodies age, notjust in space, but backed down here on earth. joe maguire, bbc news, switzerland. iam learning i am learning a lot this morning, as well as oestrogen selection process for worms. i would like to think that their old worms out there dreaming ofa that their old worms out there dreaming of a space mission. we are talking about the body like today, now will be talking about the bodyclock. i have been doing reading about this, if you get up early for work shifts then it can mess your bodyclock up. are you an early bird ora bodyclock up. are you an early bird or a night owl? we will find out with our incredibly strange clock, a little later on. there is some science behind the clock. there is a test you can do. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. that is what the clock told us. see and. —— see you soon.

good morning from bbc london news, i'm katharine carpenter. a zero—tolerance approach to bad behaviour in some schools is leading to increasing numbers of children being excluded from school. that was the recent finding of a group of mps, despite the goverment saying permanent exclusions should be a last resort. last year more than a thousand pupils were expelled across the capital but bbc london has been speaking to staff at a pupil referral unit in sutton, where the focus is to keep students in education. we do not want them to miss out on their education. if that is a barrier, then we want to remove that barrier. fights broke out as around 70 school children descended on uxbridge town centre last night. 0ne witness described the group as going on a "rampage", forcing shops to close. local police have put a dispersal order in place for 2a hours, but there have been no arrests. tracey emin and lesser known artist jeremy corbyn are among celebrities

who've contributed work to school fundraiser. they've decorated postcards which will be auctioned off to raise money for the charter school in dulwich. it wants to raise £20,000 for its art department and an exhibition of the work will be held next month. if you've ever wondered what the inside of rod stewart's house looks like, now‘s your chance to find out. furniture and art from the rock star's mansion in essex are being sold at an auction later. more than 50 items are going under the hammer, including a gold painted statue of a musician and a leopard print armchair. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes and trains this morning. but on the roads this is the m25 clockwise which very slow between j2a for potters bar and j25 for enfield following an accident, a lorry has lost it's load of steel and it's down to one lane. and the m25 is down to one lane nt clockwise because of an accident. and there are restrictions on the a2

at the kidbrooke interchange due to faulty traffic lights. lets have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning, it's another mild start out there this morning. temperatures overnight did not drop below the mid teen celcius. it's breezy as well at least for this morning, and feeling rather humid. we have one or two sunny spells, gradually that cloud will increase through the course of the morning, the wind falling a little bit lighter this after. we still get some sunny spells, it's going to feel warm. it is dry mostly until this evening, you will notice this band of rain sinking south. in the meantime, temperatures reaching a warm 23, 2a celsius. 0vernight that rain continues to move south, its light rain and drizzle, nothing too significant, rather damp and again another mild night. the minimum somewhere around 1a or 15 celcius. a cloudy, damp start to tomorrow morning, that rain will gradually sink away southwards, clearing to the afternoon, but leaving fresh air. it will feel much cooler tomorrow, a maximum of 15 celsius. it will feel slightly fresher for thursday, the temperatures making a bit of a recovery. we will see a bit more in the way of sunny spells and temperatures back up into the low 205. i'm back with the latest

from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and dan walker. 0ur headlines today: the health of the nation, a warning that one million more people will have diabetes in 20 years. residents are told to evacuate as forecasters warn the biggest storm in decades could be heading towards the east coast of america. a major report on policing says budgets cuts are leading to fewer arrests and forces are struggling to cope. not all retailers are struggling. i'll be speaking to the boss ofjd sports to see if it is still bucking the trend on the high street. in sport, bowing out in style.

alastair cook signs off with a century for england. i'm at the british science festival at hull minster, not only bringing you the moon but news of an incredibly mild start today for england and wales, but some very wet weather around at the moment. i'll have your full forecast here in 15 minutes on breakfast. it's tuesday the 11th of september. our top story: public health england has compiled what it calls the most comprehensive picture of the nation's current health and future fitness. it's warning that the number of people with type two diabetes will increase from four million to five million in the next 20 years. 0besity, dementia and mental health issues are also on the rise. here's our health correspondent, james gallagher. 0ur health is changing rapidly. a million more people will have diabetes in 20 years' time, dementia is on the cusp of becoming the biggest killer of men. it already causes the

most deaths in women. while the chances of dying from a heart attack, stroke or cancer keeps falling. public health england says the nhs will have to adapt faster than at time in its history in order to cope. the report highlights the opportunity for prevention and the role the nhs can play there. but it also shows the changes in nature of illnesses, which the nhs will need to respond to. and it also highlights the importance of addressing social inequalities. smoking, which is a major cause of cancer and heart problems, is one reason for the changing picture of our health. the smoking ban, plain packs and vaping, have all led to more of us kicking the habit. 15% of adults in england were smokers last year. the report predicts that figure could fall below 10% in the next five years. public health england hopes to achieve a smoke—free society, defined as less than 1 in 20 smoking, by the end of the next decade. the glaring gap between rich and poor is also highlighted, in the report. the richest in society are enjoying nearly two more decades of good health than the poorest.

the findings of this report will be crucialfor the nhs, as it prepares its new long—term plan for the health service. james gallagher, bbc news. more than one million people in the american state of south carolina have been told to leave their homes, ahead of the arrival of hurricane florence. it's feared the storm, with winds of up to 1a0mph, could bring widespread flooding. peter bowes reports. a monster storm that could bring catastrophic levels of rain and flooding. hurtling towards the us east coast with growing wind speeds, the authorities fear hurricane florence could have a deadly impact on several states, with the carolinas and virginia the hardest hit. it'll be dumping water on us in north carolina, all of which will flow come through south carolina, much of what's in north carolina, so we're liable to have a whole lot of flooding, particularly

in the pee dee area. an estimated one million people are fleeing to safety, not sure whether they'll have homes to return to. we do have a plan to perhaps evacuate. we want to watch it through today and see what's happening. see what happens, and hopefully we have a business to come back to. the authorities are taking no chances. this could be the most devastating storm to hit north carolina since hurricane hugo ravaged the state and claimed many lives almost 30 years ago. north carolina is taking hurricane florence seriously, and you should too. get ready now. close on the heels of florence, two other storms are expected to increase in ferocity in the coming days. the atlantic hurricane season is proving relentless. peter bowes, bbc news. the home office is being accused of failing to understand the impact of cuts to the police service

in england and wales. a report by the public spending watchdog, the national audit office, says forces have been cutting staff to save money, while arrest rates have fallen. the home office says it has increased funding this year, but it's being warned that the money isn't always spent in the right ways. we'll be speaking about this to the chief constable of durham in a few minutes' time. they are doing particularly well, one of the best in the country. the eu's chief brexit negotiator has said a brexit deal is possible within six to eight weeks. michel barnier says if both sides are realistic, there could be an agreement on the terms of the uk's exit by early november. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is in westminster. i know you follow every single move on this issue, is that do you think a realistic idea? good morning, dan. it is indeed, i mastered to follow

every utterance and syllable of dominic raab's words and michel barnier‘s, and the prime minister's, it is striking, amid the bluster and fluster, you don't often get these smooth, honeyed, warm words from michel barnier but looking at the content beyond them, i'm not sure things have massively changed. for downing street, a positive tone from mr barnier is better than a —1 and the tone was positive. but we know he has set out reservations about the prime minister's brexit plan, the prime minister's brexit plan, the one signed off at chequers, her country retreat a couple of months ago, and we know we're not quite there yet. we know there's plenty of bluster and fluster on this side of the channel. at westminster among conservative mps who don't like the chequers dior, who think it involves to close a relationship with the eu after brexit than they would be co mforta ble after brexit than they would be comfortable with —— chequers deal. they don't think that chequers is a

go either and they voted remain some of them. william hague, the former conservative leader, in the telegraph said it could be the biggest constitutional crisis for the uk of the last 100 or 200 years if there's a no—deal brexit. warm words but i predict the odd bump in the road ahead. a very wise prediction, mr mason! safe prediction! very safe! north korea's leader, kim jong—un, has written to donald trump, asking for a follow—up to their historic summit. the white house says it's already looking at scheduling a new meeting. negotiations over north korea's denuclearisation programme appeared to have stalled, after the two leaders' historic summit in singapore in june. plans to increase the number of zero—emission vehicles developed and produced in the uk, will be unveiled by theresa may today. she'll promise £100 million for research into new batteries and low carbon technology. electric cars currently account for about 5% of all new vehicles purchased in britain. russia will today begin what it says is the largest military

exercise in its history. the five days of war games in eastern siberia will involve 300,000 soldiers, more than 30,000 military vehicles, 1,000 planes and 80 warships. a number of troops from china and mongolia will also take part. that is a display of power indeed! the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, will warn today that workers rights are as bad as they were during the 19305. in his speech to the tuc, congress he'll say the government has stripped back employment rights to a level not seen since the economic depression 80 years ago. he'll promise new rights for workers in the so called gig economy. we'll be talking to the shadow chancellor john mcdonnell at 8:10am. fans of sir rod stewart have a chance to get their hands on some of the rock star's possessions as they go up for auction today. prepare yourself for a bit of leopardprint on the way! more than 60 items are up for grabs, including armchairs,

side tables and bookcases. not leopardprint on everything! it's believed sir rod decided to have a clearout after recently moving home. tim allman reports. (sings maggie may): # wake up, maggie, i think i've got something to say to you...# legendary singer, knight of the realm, but everyone has to downsize eventually. sir rod stewart reportedly put his home up for sale last year, and what you do when you move house? you get rid of some of the clutter. dozens of household items will go under the hammer. so what's on offer? well, for starters, there is a pair of guilt bronze—mounted side tables, estimated to be worth £2,000 to £3,000 - that's nearly $a000. an italian walnut credenza — a sideboard to you and me, expected to fetch anything up to £1,500 — just shy of $2000. and how about a teak lounge armchair? a snip at £350 or $a50. and appropriately enough, it comes with a faux leopard skin cushion. do you think it's sexy? (sings you wear it well):

# you knew it didn't cost the earth, but for what it's worth you made me feel a millionaire and you wear it well...# wear it well, sell it well — this should be what the auctioneers have described as a good old—fashioned clear—out. tim allman, bbc news. so, if you fancy anything, did anything catch your eye? it's not really my... sally would love the leopardprint. she loves a bit of leopardprint. she loves a bit of leopardprint. she loves a bit of leopardprint. she can't get away from it! returning to our top story this morning: the public spending watchdog has accused the home office of ignoring the strain that police officers are under, and failing to understand the impact of budget cuts. the report from the national audit office says police funding is being spent ineffectively. but ministers insist they do understand the demands on officers. let's talk now to mike barton,

the chief constable of durham. good morning. good morning. ministers say they understand the pressures you're under, is that the impression you get? the current crop of ministers in the home office do get it. as to what they're going to do it, that's sometimes in the hands of the treasury. we look forward to the spending review next year and we are working with the home office to insure the police get a good deal. that's a diplomatic answer, but how have the cuts affected policing?“ has been tough. i'm a bit of an outlier because the cuts in 2010 we re outlier because the cuts in 2010 were the wake—up call policing needed to spend their money wisely. but since then, the austerity, we we re but since then, the austerity, we were told it would finish in 2015 and we thought we could work until then. of course it has continued since. it is that constant strain, especially when you look at the changing crime with the internet and

the new vulnerability. there's a lot more policing to be done. how are our viewers going to see the changes... i suppose what you're not able to do because of the budget cuts, where are the differences? is it bobbies on the beat or what else can't you do that you would like to? that's the first and obvious result, dan. you regularly see some police forces have had to make the decision that they've reduced neighbourhood policing. i think reducing neighbourhood policing is a long—term mistake, i understand why people do it in the short—term, but long—term you dislocate your connection with the public. the police can't solve this on our own, we need the public. you just saw jamie oliver tackling a burglar yesterday, great story for me, but those stories happen every day and if we have the connection with the local member of public, they trust us to be able to work with us. that's the worry for me, we are

dislocating that connection. when the treasury said show us what we're going to get for our money, it is ha rd to prove going to get for our money, it is hard to prove in policing that patrolling officers work, and how do you get paid for preventing crime? if you have prevented crime, how the devil do you prove it? why is your co nsta bula ry devil do you prove it? why is your constabulary doing so well? because we've got great people, so does eve ryo ne we've got great people, so does everyone else, but principally we control all our own software. i recruit it geeks from the northeast universities, everyone wants to work in london, and we write our own software. some of our colleagues have to wait six months to a year for the big companies that they outsource their it too, but if i get a change from government policy tomorrow, the day after my software will change. it is all in-house? all in—house. people look at me and say you can't do that, but that's an urban myth that we've had recently, where everybody gets into bed... not

literally, gets into bed with these big companies, and they say we are efficient because we are with this household name. it is an urban myth frankly. in terms of the budget cuts, when the home office say we are promising £a50 million increase in police funding last december, does that tally with what you've seen? there's no doubt they protected our money as a result of bataclan. we expected significant cuts last time. if you remember the dreadful tragedy happened just before the announcement and it took everybody by surprise that we were protected. however, the home office ta ke protected. however, the home office take 11% money off us and they spend that centrally. i would say that that centrally. i would say that that isn't spent wisely. there's £a00 trans— formation fund taken off us this year. £50 million of that was given back to the treasury because the home office couldn't spend it in time. do you no, i don't

wa nt to spend it in time. do you no, i don't want to paint a picture of doom and gloom, and people want to feel safe, but when things are being investigated, we've talked about burglaries being investigated or not as the case may be because of police time, in the research we have an image of police having partners and they investigate crimes together so they investigate crimes together so they can bounce off each other. that has changed now, hasn't it? it is much more of a solojob, which makes me wonder about the feeling of community and camaraderie in the police force, and how you sustain that? in terms of people being —— that is still, it has a bigger being to in the car. that is a necessarily evil of losing that money. quite frankly, sometimes we are putting people together when they shouldn't we. can i deal with the circular together when they shouldn't we. can ideal with the circular thing? people are thinking why are you not

investigating? it is legitimate for chief constables to say let's investigate the ones where we have got the biggest bang for our buck because a burglar will do five, six, seven, eight burglaries and if we can do to someone that is most soulful bull, we arrest the burglar and try to wrap the others up. it is not as always as it sounds on face value that you don't investigate all crimes are. eight home office spokesman said the decision to empower police to make decisions using their local expertise does not mean that we don't understand that a manned. they also point out the money that we mentioned, the extra money that we mentioned, the extra money that we mentioned, the extra money that they committed to £a60 million back in september. it is 16 minutes past seven. it's time to take a look at the weather. if you were to go to hull, what would you expect? some lovely people. a seven metre moon! saturday

night fever, big voice. it is a. i have regressed from two hands to one finger. very good morning. iam in hull. we are here as part of the british science festival, running over the next four days a. this is the museum of the moon, it is a seven metre diameter moon and is a fusion of imagery and highly detailed nasa imagery. also moonlight and sound composed by dan jones. very exciting. trying to inspire us all into thinking more about science and it is just one of well over 100 exhibits of. if you are having here, at the moment is pretty mild, temperatures across england and wales, but also a fair bit of what were the. we are splitting the country almost into three today. the further south you

are, three today. the further south you a re, lots of three today. the further south you are, lots of cloud around, the further north, quite a bit of sunshine but sandwiched in between heavy rain. there is a front at the moment straddling parts of northern wales and northern england that is producing well over a0 millimetres, about one inch and a half of rain across parts of cumbria and gwyneth. rain is falling quite heavily, lots of surface water around in northway eels. some activity in the pennines, drizzly, south of that, most places bright but the rain will be on the move towards south wales and the midlands later on. north of our rain it will brighten up in north wales and northern england, turning fresher. we have that fresh and bright weather already in northern ireland but this column we will see a few showers and quite a breeze as well, especially the further north you are. temperatures across the north in that fresh air will be around 13— 16 this afternoon, but avoid the rain across southern counties, many of you will, a bit of

sunshine breaking, temperatures of around 23 or 2a. feeling warmer than it did yesterday. through the night, many places will seek to list a little bit of rain, several of which will be on the heavy side and that will be on the heavy side and that will clear away to southern counties as we get rid of my morning. back to dry weather, particularly for northern england and north wales. it does mean the north half of the country, two temperatures into single figures and a mild and muggy night into southern counties. for tomorrow it will be a cloudy day across the far south of the country, rain in south wales, sweeping away the warmer air introducing into fresh conditions of. a bustling link route day for northern wales, sunny spells and only one or two showers, still a little bit breezy and not as strong as today. temperatures in the teams which will be followed by a chilly night. wednesday through thursday the coldest night of the week, temperatures into single figures of. lovely bright start to thursday, many of you will have a

dry day, but more cloud bubbling up but we will see a few showers into north and west later too. temperatures recovering a little bit maybe into 20 celsius across the south. to begin with, if you are in northern england, there is a lot of whether to content with. that is how it is looking. not only do i have the moon, but later injust over an hour '5 time will be listing that trees. the upbringing of the moon and you will be listening to the trees. what have said so far?” and you will be listening to the trees. what have said so far? i am really treating you this morning. lisa wants to know how big is that men to scale? can we have a look at the moon? can you show us the full moon? apparently each centimetre of that beautiful sculpture represents five kilometres of the moon's surface of. that gives you an idea of the scale. i think he could lift

that up with a whole hand. strongman. and one minutes past seven. “— strongman. and one minutes past seven. —— 21 minutes of. —— 21 minutes past seven. let's get an update on the latest business news now. sean's got the latest onjd sports, debenhams and more this morning. jd sports has seen its profits increase what it says this morning is back drop of retail challenges in the uk. i enjoyed his be speaking of —— to the boss ofjd sports in half an hour. not good news for debenhams, they sought its share price fall by more than 20% yesterday and the bosses there had to come out and defended the business strategy. this morning we are hearing the chairman say they are hearing the chairman say they are not actively looking to go through this financial restructuring that we talk about, it often leads to some form of rent reduction. interesting to see how it plays out. network rail, selling its commercial

property portfolio, which to most of us is all these arches across the country, selling it for nearly £1.5 billion, the idea is that it will help fund a railway upgrades around the country. tenants of those properties, over 5000 of those properties, over 5000 of those properties around the country, lots of small businesses have expressed concern over the deal was well. i would back in half an hour with all of that for you. whether you enjoy getting up first thing in the morning, i know you do. i enjoy getting up early for thisjob. ..or prefer keeping busy late into the night, our body clocks control many aspects of our behaviour. but can our bodies really tell the time, and if so, how accurate are they? scientists in the us say the answer might be found in a single blood test. —— let's find out more from qing—jun men, a professor

in biology at the university of manchester. thank you so much for coming in. so talk to us first of all about the blood test and what they could potentially tell us about our body clocks? yes, so this particular test isa clocks? yes, so this particular test is a way of predicting our internal body clock time and it has improved hugely compared to before because now we do two blood draws a. in the past if you had to repeat that accurately you to take samples every hourfor accurately you to take samples every hour for about accurately you to take samples every hourfor about 6—8 accurately you to take samples every hour for about 6—8 hours. accurately you to take samples every hourfor about 6—8 hours. now accurately you to take samples every hour for about 6—8 hours. now you can do to blood test and based on that, the measurement of faulty genes, you can accurately measure the internal body clock time. it is a big improvement. it can tell us two things, one is what is your body clock time and assemblies taken? the second thing is whether and how your body clock is misaligned to the external environment. you need to go one step back for me, when you draw

blood, what are you exactly getting that shows your body clock? so you are getting blood cells, and from these cells you can look at genes and what has been known is that in almost every cell in our body there isa almost every cell in our body there is a molecular body clock and this body clock is capable of generating time and therefore by looking at blood cells you can look at what is happening in the brain and that is what this test is about. it is 7:2aam now, if you did those test on naga and the body clock said it was aam, how does it help? that will tell me that the body clock is about three hours out of sync with the environment. if you do that for a very long period of time, let's say a couple of years, they can be detrimental to your health and that

has been shown in long—term rotating shift workers who do not have a fixed time schedule and their bodyclock struggles to adapt to the external time, therefore there will be some health consequences of. in fa ct, be some health consequences of. in fact, it has been shown that destruction to our body clocks are linked to many diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, depression, sleep disorders, arthritis, back pain and many more. do you think employers would buy into body clocks? in that sense, the world moves, doesn't it? once upon a time you couldn't talk about mental health issues and our employers don't do enough and should do more. but what if i turned up to work or turned up to the big boss at the bbc and said you cannot put me on mornings any more because my bodyclock doesn't work. will they buy into that? they probably wouldn't buy into it right away but i think they need to understand that

as people we have different bodyclock time. some people may be more suited to the morning show and others to the evening show. that is another reason you need to know what is your intrinsic what o'clock, perhaps in a few years time when this test is developed and you can use it to assess your bodyclock time and what is the best time for you to do this show. it goes to show that if you want a particular medicine, knowing exactly when your body wakes up, contrasting to a time of day it is, you could take medicine at exactly the right time. exactly. that is one big implication of this test because we know that if you ta ke test because we know that if you take top 100 most used medications, about 60% of them target rhythmic proteins, therefore timing does matter to treatments. there is this concept, about timing the delivery of medications to not all only increase accuracy but to also

decreased toxicity. to do that you need to know your internal body clock time because what works for you may not work for me if we have a bodyclock time. fascinating. thank you very much for talking to us this morning. it really has been very interesting. what i do know, regardless of what my body clock is saying, it is time to get the news, travel and weather wherever you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm katharine carpenter. a zero—tolerance approach to bad behaviour in some schools is leading to increasing numbers of children being excluded from school. that was the recent finding of a group of mps, despite the goverment saying permanent exclusions should be a last resort. last year more than a thousand pupils were expelled across the capital but bbc london has been speaking to staff at a pupil referral unit in sutton, where the focus is to keep students in education. we do not want them to miss out on their education. if that is a barrier,

then we want to remove that barrier. fights broke out as around 70 school children descended on uxbridge town centre last night. one witness described the group as going on a "rampage", forcing shops to close. local police have put a dispersal order in place for 2a hours but there have been no arrests. te na nts tenants in converted railway arches across capital say that our concern rents will soar, now that network rail has signed a deal to sell off its commercial property. the rail operator says the sale of more than 5000 properties will raise nearly £1.5 billion to shore up its finances and fun railway upgrades are. “— finances and fun railway upgrades are. —— railway upgrades. —— fund. tracey emin and jeremy corbyn are among celebrities who've contributed artwork to a school fundraiser. they've decorated postcards which will be auctioned off to raise money for the charter school in dulwich. it wants to raise £20,000 for its art department and an exhibition of the work will be held next month.

let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes and trains this morning. on the roads, this is the m25 clockwise where there are one hour delays betweenj2a for potters bar and j25 for enfield following an accident. a lorry has lost it's load of steel. and round atjunction 8 the m25 is down to one lane anticlockwise between leatherhead and reigate because of an accident. and there are restrictions on the a2 at the kidbrooke interchange due to faulty traffic lights. lets have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning, it's another mild start out there this morning. temperatures overnight did not drop below the mid teen celcius. it's breezy as well at least for this morning, and feeling rather humid. we have one or two sunny spells, gradually that cloud will increase through the course of the morning, the wind falling a little bit lighter this after. we still get some sunny spells, it's going to feel warm. it is dry mostly until this evening, you will notice this band of rain sinking south. in the meantime, temperatures reaching a warm 23, 2a celsius. overnight that rain continues to move south, its light rain and drizzle, nothing too significant, rather damp and again another mild night.

the minimum somewhere around 1a or 15 celcius. a cloudy, damp start to tomorrow morning, that rain will gradually sink away southwards, clearing to the afternoon, but leaving fresh air. it will feel much cooler tomorrow, a maximum of 15 celsius. it will feel slightly fresher for thursday, the temperatures making a bit of a recovery. we will see a bit more in the way of sunny spells and temperatures back up into the low 205. 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 dan and naga. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and naga munchetty. it's just gone 7:30am. let's bring

you all the main news this morning on bbc: public health england has compiled what it calls the most comprehensive picture of the nation's current health and future fitness. it's warning that the number of people with type two diabetes will increase from four million to five million in the next 20 years. obesity, dementia and mental health issues are also on the rise. it also shows that england's population is growing in size and that people are living longer, but more older women are in poor health. more than a million people in the us state of south carolina have been told to leave their homes, as they await the arrival of hurricane florence. a state of emergency has been declared for virginia as well as north and south carolina. it's feared that with winds of up to 1a0mph, the storm could cause widespread flooding. that's what it looks like. the home office is being accused of failing to understand the impact of cuts to the police service in england and wales. a report by the public spending watchdog, the national audit office, says forces have been cutting staff to save money, while arrest rates have fallen. the home office says it has increased funding this year,

but it's being warned that the money isn't always spent in the right ways. i actually think the cuts in 2010 we re i actually think the cuts in 2010 were the wake—up call that policing needed to say, come on, spend your money wisely. but since then, that austerity, dragging out... we were told that austerity would finish in 2015, and we thought we could work until then, but of course it's we thought we could work until then, but of course its continued since. and i think it's that constant strain, and especially when you look at the change in crime with the internet and new vulnerability, there's a lot more policing out there's a lot more policing out there to be done. north korea's leader, kim jong—un, has written to donald trump, asking for a follow—up to their historic summit. the white house says it's already looking at scheduling a new meeting. negotiations over north korea's denuclearisation programme appeared to have stalled, after the two leaders' historic summit in singapore in june. plans to increase the number of zero—emission vehicles developed and produced in the uk, will be

unveiled by theresa may today. she'll promise £100 million for research into new batteries and low carbon technology. electric cars currently account for about 5% of all new vehicles purchased in britain. russia will today begin what it says is the largest military exercise in its history. the five days of war games in eastern siberia will involve 300,000 soldiers, more than 30,000 military vehicles, 1,000 planes and 80 warships. a number of troops from china and mongolia will also take part. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, will warn today that workers' rights are as bad as they were during the 19305. in his speech to the tuc congress, he'll say the government has stripped back employment rights to a level not seen since the economic depression 80 years ago. let's get more details from our business correspondent colletta smith, who's at the tuc conference in manchester. good to see you. we're going to be

talking tojohn good to see you. we're going to be talking to john mcdonnell a good to see you. we're going to be talking tojohn mcdonnell a little later on, but what is the tuc expecting to hear? good morning, dan and naga and everyone. it's no surprise the shadow chancellor will use his speech today to attack the conservative government, to say they're not doing enough to protect workers can. the particularfocus they're not doing enough to protect workers can. the particular focus of this speech will be about insecure workers, those working in the gig economy and those on zero hours contracts, and that's a theme we've already heard lots about over the last couple of days in manchester at the tuc congress, their annual event. it's an issue that's coming up event. it's an issue that's coming up again and again, the protection of those workers. john mcdonnell today will be talking about the idea that red red want to give those workers exactly the same rights and protections at work that everyone else has, those on more secure contracts —— labour. he says they will deal with that. he talks about securing the rights and voices of unions, preaching to the choir today

i think, something of course the tuc support. the difficulty with those two things is a lot of those workers in the gig economy aren't members of unions, so trying to marry those things together could be more difficult. the government say they are protecting workers' rights, they've increased the minimum wage and we have record unemployment at the moment. the letter, thank you very much. —— colletta. it's a story that would make ratty smile, as one of the uk's most endangered mammals has been reintroduced to a stretch of river in somerset, where they haven't been seen for 30 years. the water vole population has dropped drastically over the past few decades, but now conservationists hope they'll begin to thrive again, thanks to a special breeding programme run by the national trust. i think they are quite cute. they are, a good little mover! we will have the weather with matt at the british science festival in hull. if you've switched on, it's worth watching because he's got a

massive moon, as well as the weather. which he can hold in one hand! he is in hull mr this morning. talking of impressive men. he got a century yesterday, alastair cook. everyone was on their feet at the oval yesterday. all the players, all the families. he is quite understated, isn't he? it was a very emotional moment but he played it very well. a good picture... i don't know what you would be like, but some people would be running around and enjoying themselves. head bowed, acknowledging everyone on their feet. a great summary of him. character in a picture. not often sporting careers end as perfectly as they did yesterday for alastair cook at the oval. a really brilliant, and lovely day for alastair cook as he made a century in his final innings for england. joe wilson was watching. it works like this... they stand, he

delivers. alastair cook turning the fairytale ending others are imagined into his reality. batting the way he's always batted. through 80, past and 90. cook's aim seemed as straight and true as ever before. nervous? well, composure was lost by the indian fielders. 1—run became five when the wayward throw reached the boundary and cook was there. past 100. in his final innings, this defining image. after this, some may wonder why on earth he is now retiring. it'sjust time, it's time for me, it's time for my family. and now it makes it even better, it's always nice wanting you a little bit more than trying to kick you out. to go out on your own terms, makes it even better. among those watching today some who know him as dad, a teammate who is known cook all his career and those who came for one reason.“ was history in the making and i have

to say, i was there. first professional cricket match as well. your first one here today for that? yes. wonderful. couldn't have been better. the england captain joe root made one. cook eventually fell for zika 1a7, he made one. cook eventually fell for zika1a7, he still looked disappointed. his career ended as it had begun, with 100 against india. and here's the reaction from within the england dressing room as cook reached that brilliant last century. one more day to go in this test match, england have already won the series and are in full control of this fifth test. india are a05 runs behind and three wickets down. scotland got a much—needed win over albania in their opening uefa nations league match. they took the lead at hampden park thanks to this own goal from steven naismith‘s header. naismith definitely got the second in a 2—0 win. they're now top of their group on goal difference. harry kane will be rested when england play switzerland in a friendly tonight. england have been on an upward trajectory under gareth southgate, but saturday's defeat to spain was their third in a row and no england side has ever lost four on the spin.

it's a record that southgate is eager to avoid at the king power stadium tonight. to play three teams of the quality we've played in the last three matches is a very rare occurrence in international football, so we have to focus on our performances, improving as a team. we said the world cup was... that finished, so if we're going to do that from a positive point of view, so, in our camp, we've got to do that in terms of the results moving forward as well. the republic of ireland boss martin o'neill has played down a row between his assistant roy keane and a couple of players. a whatsapp audio message has been leaked, describing how keane accused jonathan walters and harry arter of feigning injury to avoid training. the row apparently got very heated and the language was choice...but o'neill says it's all part and parcel of professionla football. first of all, the incidents took place at the end of may when they were in camp,

so they've surfaced now here's some four months later. it wouldn't be the first conversation, it wouldn't be the first tete—a—tete, and it certainly wouldn't be the first... if i can call it altercation between players and staff. he called it an altercation, he is so cool. almost the opposite of roy keane. that's why the relationship works! exactly! justin rose is golf‘s new world number one after finishing second at the bmw championship in philadelphia. rose could've won the tournament if he'd holed this putt, but it just lipped out and meant he faced a play—off against keegan bradley. the american went onto win it it, but rose had already done enough to become just the fifth briton to lead the men's rankings.

i love this... and rose paid tribute to his dad, ken, who died five years ago, but played a huge role in rose's rise to professioal golf. he said: he thanked his family and friends and everyone who supported him. there you go, two of the nicest men in sport at the start and end of the bulletin. setting the tone. the way to end. supertight bulletin. setting the tone. the way to end. super tight at the top of golf at the moment. now he has to stay there! —— lovely way to end. it's great going into the ryder cup having a british number one. it is going to niggle at them! we like that! thanks, sally! debenhams on front pages this morning. they are under pressure. what's the latest, sean? busy start to the week for those in charge at debenhams after it came to light

at the weekend it was seeking more advice on what to do with its 170 stores. it's share price collapsed 20%, so the company announced its latest performance update earlier than expected, and it still didn't make great reading. we're joined now by the chairman of debenhams, sir ian cheshire. good morning. good morning. we heard jd sports doing well, sales and profits up, what isn't going right at debenhams? you're seeing not so much wing is going wrong at debenhams, i wouldn't agree with your numbers —— what's going wrong. we had to bring the numbers forward because we have this bizarre media circus which was like your neighbours looking in to your door and deciding the man going into the house was an undertaker with a suit and deciding that you were dead. we didn't see any new news and the longer term option was better. the new stuff is going well. there's a massive shift on the high street towards the internet, we are

adjusting to that and our internet business is going really well. but with house of fraser going bust and john lewis glaring no profits, that certain sectors are having a tough time. we intend to be around for a long time and we are preparing accordingly —— declaring no profits. the share price was still down a lot despite you not agreeing with my reading of it? it was down on the early—morning. but there's lots of people in the stock market trying to make money on short selling us, which is fine if that's what they wa nt to which is fine if that's what they want to do. as a result, the news flow will be by those wanting to make money on doing us down. what about the people going into the shops, we've talked about debenhams for many months, and what comes up time and time again is customer service isn't where it should be. do you agree with that? any retailer will tell you they're never 100% happy, but we have seen our net promoter score is, which is

customers telling us what they think, has gone up in the last six months —— net promoter scores. the challenge for retailers is that often others are sitting on long leases signed many years ago going into the future that don't reflect the fact we are selling more online, less in our stores, but paying more red. you are shelling out too much for your properties —— more rent. long—term there needs to be flexibility on the property because otherwise leases signed in an environment 15 or 20 years ago don't make any sense. the other costs with businesses and living wage means you put more costs in for fewer customers. things are going up in certain areas, but the shift isn't being reflected in the property and the rates. you mention some of those stores, but they're not struggling like debenhams have been. many like primark have got many properties across the uk and they're dealing

with similar landlords to you, but they're still able to make money and booze. there's something fundamental in the product you're providing that isn't what customers want when they walk in the shop? —— and grow.” disagree. we are opening a store in watford this month and we have a store in stevenage with a successful format we can bring forward. if we update the department store for the 21st—ce ntu ry update the department store for the 21st—century then all retail formats change. we are seeing a business that doesn't have a lot of freehold like m&s, and even primark, there their summer has been tough because of the heat, they haven't signed the long leases or are doing it on selective terms. this is a business that has a great future, we need to get away from the past, and we are working hard to do that. sounds like you will ask landlords for big rent reductions? we've been asking landlords to work with us in a number of places. we've had

successful conversations, we read it our store in uxbridge on that basis. but it doesn't reflect the pressures on retail now —— we read it. we want to be one of the survivors to be there for a longer term but the conditions have to change. would you expect debenhams do have thousands fewer staff tha n expect debenhams do have thousands fewer staff than now in a few years? iam not i am not sure that thousands of. one of my main focus is is that we look after 20,000 people that work with us. we want to make sure they have a long—term future. those jobs will change, we launched yesterday at beauty community, lots more digital jobs coming but the primejob we wa nt to jobs coming but the primejob we want to do is make sure we are doing the right thing for the customer and i think the right thing for the customer and ithink our the right thing for the customer and i think our schools are big customers are improving and that gives us a way forward. thank you very much, chairman of debenhams there. big—time for debenhams, not necessarily talking about thousands ofjob necessarily talking about thousands of job losses that we necessarily talking about thousands ofjob losses that we are potentially seeing at the likes of house of fraser, but clearly not.

you heard there, drop at it, the relationship between retailers and the landlords is a big issue on the high street. we have heard that time and time again. do you like the moon? yes. there you go! it is actually with matt this morning who is at hull. very good morning to you. yes, look at the detail on that, you can almost see each individual crater, the more you look, the more you see. detailed nasa imagery onjust look, the more you see. detailed nasa imagery on just one of the exhibits here at the british science festival. to tell us little bit more for the next —— catherine madison. thank you forjoining. what a stunning exhibit, the longest running science festival in europe, what does it mean to be here in huu? what does it mean to be here in

hull? it is so exciting to bring it to hull for the first time in 96 years. we are the lighted. we want the british science festival to show that science can be part of culture for everybody and this wonderful installation tells the story really well. is authentic scientific data displayed in a really inspiring, artistic installation in a wonderful public space in the heart of the city. it is only one of over 100 events. tell us more about what is going on. there will be 130 free events taking place across the city and on campus at the university of crete three from now until friday, get your ticket, there is something for everybody. —— university of hull. inspired, maybe even dabble into science themselves. thank you very much. good luck. a stunning exhibit, one of well over 100 things going on here in hull over the next four days. i have stepped outside

recently, incredibly mild in hull but it is a little bit on the debt side. let's look at the forecast, we are splitting the country into three. —— damp. very mild, 16 to 18 degrees overnight, further north, fresher and chance of such a. separating the two weather fronts between northern england and north wales is a miserable start to the day. loss of surface water around. we have seen huge amounts of rain overnight, a0 millimetres in parts of cumbria. that rain will be on the move, it is a getting better kind of day, the rain pushing towards south wales and the midlands, although it will ease in intensity, not quite as widespread as you head through the afternoon. southern counties of england should stay dry, 2a celsius certainly possible, warmer than it felt yesterday. why we have such a coming back to northern wales, northern england it will feel more pressure. quite a blustery day in

scotland, especially the further north you are. into tonight, our front wriggles northwards, more of us will see rain, heavy in places although that will ease away, become confined to south wales and the midlands into the morning. it means that the mildest of the air tonight, the southernmost counties, most will feel pressure as we get into tomorrow morning. a fast link writer dave for north wales, north midlands and lots of sunshine. a few showers of scotla nd and lots of sunshine. a few showers of scotland but not quite as windy. we will see the rain is away into the south midlands but it will turn that into southern counties and that will clear. temperatures foremost by the end of the afternoon will be in the end of the afternoon will be in the teens and because that cooler air is in place and we will see clearer skies taking us into thursday. thursday will be a chilly start, temperatures will be using the figures but a lovely sunny start, not a bad day on thursday. a few showers bring to the north and the west but not too many in the forecast. many dry and bright and as

the wind eases down it may start to feel a little less cool. temperatures up to around 20 degrees in the south—east. low to mid teens further north. over the next two or three hours, northern england and north—east wales set to see the worst of the wet weather for that morning commute. that is how your forecast is looking. i tell you what, i have been limbering up for this, there we go. holding the moon for you, 1—handed. this, there we go. holding the moon for you, 1-handed. nearly! you are so harsh! i am harsh, that is me. one finger. i give up then. there you go! that is amazing! you're so strong! big and everything. laughter . you strong! big and everything. laughter .youa strong! big and everything. laughter . you a horrible! -- strong! big and everything. laughter . you a horrible! —— are. the tv presenter kirstie allsopp has revealed she smashed her children's ipads after they broke her rules about screen time.

she said she took the action after her sons played games outside their permitted time. here she is talking tojeremy vine on channel 5 yesterday. i will say this, the first time i have said this publicly. injune i smashed my kids ipad is, not in a violent way. with a hammer? no, i banged them on the table leg. there isa game banged them on the table leg. there is a game called fortnite and i decided that we had made all sorts of rules and times and i said you cannot play them, all of those got again and in the end i said that is it, i had to physically... you took them, a sideways motion, 2—handed. show us what you are doing. do you know what, i didn't intend to speak about it but it has come up now. so is she being harsh, or is it a good example for parents and children?

joining us now is mum and broadcaster sonia poulton. i know there is a slight delay, there will be a gap between me asking, is this good parenting or as she crossed the line here? she has deftly crossed the line. good morning. yes. —— definitely. i deftly crossed the line. good morning. yes. —— definitely. lam a parent, far from me morning. yes. —— definitely. lam a parent, farfrom me to morning. yes. —— definitely. lam a parent, far from me tojudge the parents in the heat of the moment, we all know that crazy things happen and we get fraught when our children are not us, but she actually —— actually doesn't sound like she regrets it. to me it is extreme parenting and she said it wasn't violent. but smashing an ipad against the table is an act of violence. there were so many other ways of dealing with it, she really truly felt it was an evil presence, as she later said. why not give them away? it sounds like privilege to

bash an ipad that millions of children around the world could have. 0r children around the world could have. orjust children around the world could have. or just remove children around the world could have. orjust remove them in the first place. you know how exasperating children can be on occasions. sometimes as parents you that silly thing i do where you make an empty promise or you say you will never watch tv again, which is pointless because obviously that will happen. at times you do need to chip —— teach a lesson and she says she has taught valuable lesson.” think it is a poor lesson. what she has taught them by her actions is that poor impulse troll —— control is the solution. the problem with the situation like this is has she already replaced them? or will she ata already replaced them? or will she at a later stage? it's one thing making such dramatic action at the outset but you have got to stick with it. i don't know if she will or if she can or is able to, i'd want tojudge other if she can or is able to, i'd want to judge other parents if she can or is able to, i'd want tojudge other parents because i how difficult it is to raise children, but there are so many other ways of dealing with this issue. especially

when it comes to the internet, we now know that we are looking at long—term studies and the impact that these games are having. children are literally becoming mesmerised by these games are. we know that. it is up to us as parents, don't take your foot off the pedal or hand over the ipad, you are to be a parent and stand your ground. don't smash equipment that is not the solution to anything.” am sure you saw lots of people responding online to what she had to say and she responded to quite a few of those tweets a big sum people talking about the fact that there was a lot of money involved and they wouldn't dream of having an ipad. she responded with the following tweets. "if you found your kids with a packet of cigarettes would you say "i won't destroy these because they are worth a tenner but please don't smoke?" "no, of course you wouldn't." you talk about the fact that we live in this technology savvy aged. what is the best thing then? parents have someone this morning in their house struggling, they are getting ——

struggling, they are getting —— struggling to get it away from them. what is a tip you would give them? the one tip is the same thing i did and it worked every time and that is literally to confiscate, to remove, to withdraw, whatever it is, your favourite you can't watch it, your favourite you can't watch it, your favourite friend, you cannot play with. i want to go back to what she said, that analogy of cigarette. the truth is that presumably she gave those ipad is that the children, she wouldn't give cigarettes so it is completely different. it didn't make sense to me. that is the thing. i think we have to learn about what is going on with our children in terms of these computer games, mesmerising them. we have do retain our children's childhood away from these games are. i am not saying banished and completely, but moderate their use and certainly do not give them unfettered access to these games are. it is hard work being a parent. i wouldn't know! it is.

are. it is hard work being a parent. iwouldn't know! it is. i am are. it is hard work being a parent. i wouldn't know! it is. i am sure many parents watching this morning about what they would do in a situation. let us know what you think. have you ever corn that far? by think. have you ever corn that far? by sympathy is with her. —— my. —— dawn. — gone. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm katharine carpenter. a zero—tolerance approach to bad behaviour in some schools is leading to increasing numbers of children being excluded from school. that was the recent finding of a group of mps, despite the goverment saying permanent exclusions should be a last resort. last year more than a thousand pupils were expelled across the capital but bbc london has been speaking to staff at a pupil referral unit in sutton, where the focus is to keep students in education. we do not want them to miss out on their education. if that is a barrier, then we want to remove that barrier. fights broke out as around 70 school children descended on uxbridge town centre last night. one witness described the group as going on a "rampage", forcing shops to close. local police have put a dispersal

order in place for 2a hours but there have been no arrests. tenants in converted railway arches across the capital say they're concerned rents will soar now that network rail has signed a deal to sell off it's commercial property. the rail operator say the sale of more than five thousand properties will raise nearly £1.5 billion to shore up its finances and fund railway upgrades. tracey emin and jeremy corbyn are among celebrities who've contributed artwork to a school fundraiser. they've decorated postcards which will be auctioned off to raise money for the charter school in dulwich. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes and trains this morning. on and trains this morning. the trains there are ten m lanes on the trains there are ten minute lanes on great northern and thameslink southbound —— southbound because of a faulty track. but on the roads this is the m25

clockwise where there are one hour delays betweenj2a for potters bar and j25 for enfield following an accident. a lorry has lost it's load of steel so the motorway is down to one lane and round atjunction 8, the m25 is down to one lane anticlockwise between leatherhead and reigate because of an accident. elsewhere, on the a2 there are restrictions at the kidbrooke interchange due to faulty traffic lights. lets have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning, it's another mild start out there this morning. temperatures overnight did not drop below the mid teen celcius. it's breezy as well at least for this morning, and feeling rather humid. we have one or two sunny spells, gradually that cloud will increase through the course of the morning, the wind falling a little bit lighter this after. we still get some sunny spells, it's going to feel warm. it is dry mostly until this evening, you will notice this band of rain sinking south. in the meantime, temperatures reaching a warm 23, 2a celsius. overnight that rain continues to move south, its light rain and drizzle, nothing too

significant, rather damp and again another mild night. the minimum somewhere around 1a or 15 celcius. a cloudy, damp start to tomorrow morning, that rain will gradually sink away southwards, clearing to the afternoon, but leaving fresh air. it will feel much cooler tomorrow, a maximum of 15 celsius. it will feel slightly fresher for thursday, the temperatures making a bit of a recovery. we will see a bit more in the way of sunny spells and temperatures back up into the low 205. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and dan walker. our headlines today. the health of the nation — a warning that one million more people will have diabetes in 20 years. residents are told to evacuate as forecasters warn the biggest storm in decades could be heading towards the east coast of america. a major report on policing says

budgets cuts are leading to fewer arrests and forces are struggling to cope. after debenhams share price plummeted, the chairman of debenhams has told breakfast that the company had been considering longer term options for a while. in sport, bowing out in style. alastair cook signs off with a century for england. and i'm at the british science festival. not only bringing you the moon but bringing you news of an incredibly mild start to tuesday morning but a wet one for northern england and wales, join me for the full forecast it's tuesday, 11th of september. our top story. public health england has compiled what it calls "the most comprehensive picture" of the nation's current health and future fitness.

it's warning that the number of people with type two diabetes will increase from four—million to five—million in the next 20 years. obesity, dementia and mental health issues are also on the rise. here's our health correspondent james gallagher. our health is changing rapidly. a million more people will have diabetes in 20 years' time, dementia is on the cusp of becoming the biggest killer of men. it already causes the most deaths in women. while the chances of dying from a heart attack, stroke or cancer keeps falling. public health england says the nhs will have to adapt faster than at time in its history in order to cope. the report highlights the opportunity for prevention, and the role the nhs can play there, but it also shows the changes in nature of illnesses, which the nhs will need to respond to. and it also highlights the importance of addressing social inequalities. smoking, which is a major cause of cancer and heart problems, is one reason for the changing picture of our health. the smoking ban, plain packs and vaping, have all led to more of us kicking the habit. 15% of adults in england

were smokers last year. the report predicts that figure could fall below 10% in the next five years. public health england hopes to achieve a smoke—free society, defined as less than 1 in 20 smoking, by the end of the next decade. the glaring gap between rich and poor is also highlighted, in the report. the richest in society are enjoying nearly two more decades of good health than the poorest. the findings of this report will be crucialfor the nhs, as it prepares its new long—term plan for the health service. james gallagher, bbc news. more than one—million people in the american state of south carolina have been told to leave their homes, ahead of the arrival of hurricane florence. it's feared the storm, with winds of up to 1a0 miles an hour, could bring widespread flooding. peter bowes reports. a monster storm that could bring catastrophic levels of rain and flooding. hurtling towards the us east coast with growing wind speeds,

the authorities fear hurricane florence could have a deadly impact on several states, with the carolinas and virginia the hardest hit. it'll be dumping water on us in north carolina, all of which will flow come through south carolina, much of what's in north carolina, so we're liable to have a whole lot of flooding, particularly in the pee dee area. an estimated one million people are fleeing to safety, not sure whether they'll have homes to return to. we do have a plan to perhaps evacuate. we want to watch it through today and see what's happening. see what happens, and hopefully we have a business to come back to. the authorities are taking no chances. this could be the most devastating storm to hit north carolina since hurricane hugo ravaged the state and claimed many lives almost 30 years ago. north carolina is taking hurricane florence seriously, and you should too. get ready now.

close on the heels of florence, two other storms are expected to increase in ferocity in the coming days. the atlantic hurricane season is proving relentless. peter bowes, bbc news. the home office is being accused of failing to understand the impact of cuts to the police service in england and wales. a report by the public spending watchdog, the national audit office, says forces have been cutting staff to save money, while arrest rates have fallen. the home office says it has increased funding this year, but it's being warned that the money isn't always spent in the right ways. i think the cuts were the wake up call to say spend your money wisely but since then, that, that austerity dragging out, we were told it would finish in 2015 and we thought we could work till then, but of course it's could work till then, but of course its continued since. i think it's

that constant strain, and especially when you look at the change of crime, with the internet and the new vulnerability, there is a lot more policing out the eu's chief brexit negotiator has said a brexit deal is possible within six to eight weeks. michel barnier says if both sides are "realistic", there could be an agreement on the terms of the uk's exit by early november. our political correspondent chris mason is in westminster — is this realistic? we know you follow every step in this long negotiation, is that a realistic time frame? morning to you dan. you will have spotted in these brexit negotiations the odd blast of bluster and fluster, and yet here is michel barnier, he is the guy who is the chief brexit negotiator for the other side, for the european union suddenly using smooth and honeyed and warm words, and if you are downing street you think well, you know what that is better than the alternative isn't it, with him

having a rhetorical hammer out and giving us a bashing and there has been the odd bit of that over the last couple of year, but what has changed? he is not saying that suddenly he is willing to swallow the government's plan, the brexit blueprint signed off at chequers a couple of months ago, there are clearly some reservations about that. but, a little note of optimism that. but, a little note of optimism that perhaps within the coming weeks, along the lines of the timetable that has been set out for a long time there might be the prospect for a deal. but, a long time there might be the prospect fora deal. but, i a long time there might be the prospect for a deal. but, i will leave you with this thought. if we look over our shoulders to the brexit negotiations of the last 18 month, i see the odd banana skin, the odd hole in the road. when i look ahead i won't be that surprised if there is one or two more. magnificent acting there. you had me. i was there with you. looking over your shoulder, looking into the middle distance, it was wonderful to see. thank you. now he

has moved on to comedy! i love has moved on to comedy! ilove him! the chairman of debenhams has been defending the company after it's share price fell 10% yesterday. sean's got the latest. the reason you spoke to him is because the share price took a knock. he has been on the defensive this morning. yes, when we spoke to him,i this morning. yes, when we spoke to him, ithink, well this morning. yes, when we spoke to him, i think, well he was defending the company, be very fair to say, debenhams has been under the cosh, they have been under the cosh, house of fraser was bought out by sports direct, debenhams very similar type of business, to any customer on the high street. it has had its problem, lots of profit warnings over the last year, saying it won't make as much money as people thought. the last couple of days it has come to light it has brought in advisers and thatis light it has brought in advisers and that is what investors didn't like, that is what investors didn't like, thatis that is what investors didn't like, that is why the share price fell a lot. forced the company to say we we re lot. forced the company to say we were going to tell you later on in the week but we will tell you now. we spoke to the chairman, this is

what he had to say. we are right in the area where the market expected us, we just had to bring them forward because we ended up with this bizarre media circus which was like having your neighbours looking in your door like having your neighbours looking in yourdoorand seeing like having your neighbours looking in your door and seeing a man in a suit going in thinking the undertaker. we had been considering longer term options for a while. you asked him about the workforce, i can't remember how many they employ. 20,000. you said are we looking at thousands fewer, in a few years? he was reticent in saying he was going to protect the workers. he didn't say explicitly. he did say i don't know about thousands. it will come down to christmas. they have had this strategy in place, they have been talking for months about restructuring, if they have a good

christmas that might be a big company like debenhams turning the corner, if they don't it may be tough reading the beginning of next year. hopes there won't be thousands losing theirjobs, we have heard there will be tens, if not hundreds but 20,000 people working there, at the minute, they want to have a plan if place to try and turn the business round but customers, we talked about customer service, sir ian cheshire said we have seen a bit ofan ian cheshire said we have seen a bit of an improvement in customer service, will that play out in the stores ? service, will that play out in the stores? it is vital if it is going to survive on the high street. north korea's leader kimjong—un has written to donald trump, asking for a follow—up to their historic summit. the white house says it's already looking at scheduling a new meeting. negotiations over north korea's denuclearisation programme appeared to have stalled, after the two leaders' historic summit in singapore injune. plans to increase the number of zero emission vehicles developed

and produced in the uk, will be unveiled by theresa may today. she'll promise £100 million for research into new batteries and low carbon technology. electric cars currently account for about 5% of all new vehicles purchased in britain. fans of sir rod stewart have a chance to get their hands on some of the rock star's posessions — as they go up for auction today. more than 60 items are up for grabs — including armchairs, side tables and bookcases. it's believed sir rod decided to have a clearout after recently moving home — but we'll have to wait and see if the first lot is the cheapest. first lot is the cheapest. what do you think? no? i'd like to apologise to the nation for that. 11 minutes labour is promising to extend the rights of trades unions ifjeremy corbyn wins the next election — that's the pledge that shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell

will make later today. he'll tell the tuc conference that a labour government will oversee the biggest overhaul of workplace rights for 80 years. john mcdonnell‘s in our london newsroom now. you did enjoy thatjoke didn't you? i'm still recovering from it.” you did enjoy thatjoke didn't you? i'm still recovering from it. i am glad it tickled you. very glad. sorry. good to see you have a sense of humour. shall we talk about the serious stuff today. you are speaking at the tuc, what message do you want to get across? two things, lots of people now are concerned about insecurity in employment and we need to address that, there have been recent think—tank report, last week concerned were expressed in what we call the gig economy. we have to tackle that and that means giving those workers, basic rights, rights to sick pay, maternity and paternity leave, the right to protection against unfair dismissal, properly in terms of ensuring they

get proper termination notices if they are told theirjob will be going, those sorts of thing, the second thing is, a new idea that is often implemented across on our european countries which is a shared ownership scheme so when a company is making profits it distributes some of the profits in share, to its employee, to its worker, in a collective form and in that way, you build up for the workers themselves a stakeholder, a stake in that company, they become stake holders and all the research coming out from the government's treasury has been saying that meaning actually the company becomes more productive and long—term stable as well. company becomes more productive and long-term stable as well. what is different then to what you are saying to what the government says it is looking at with the taylor review? they cover those two issues? it don't guarantee the rights of those workers in the gig economy from day one, and the government is really dragging its feet on this, so we are saying look, we need to do it now, because if you look at what's happening we have had this increase of employment in the economy, which

we welcome, but many of those jobs are on zero hours contracts, pretty low pay, very insecure and people are struggling not just low pay, very insecure and people are struggling notjust about managing butjust are struggling notjust about managing but just about surviving, and one of these startling figures that came out of recent reports, we have four million children in our country that are in classified as living in poverty. two thirds of them, and in households where someone is at work, so what does that say? it says wages are low and work is insecure. i should say, matthew taylor who wrote the taylor review, made this point, and it will be interesting to hear if you accept it. surveys find that two thirds of people who work in temporary work say that's the way they want to work, they might want to work notice to move on to anotherjob. if you ask them as well do they want sick pay, that they want protections at work, they will say yes as well. we think we are getting the balance right. what came out of recent

independent reports is that the balance has shifted too far now against the rights of workers in particular. that is displayed as well in the distribution of national income now, for the first time, more is going to shareholders than to workers themselves, the wealth creators and that cannot be right. so all we are trying to do is redress that imbalance and try to create what is a fair economy.” would like to talk about the labour party if you will of course you are very wear of the comments that have been coming out. we were reporting chuka umunna saying call the dogs off, he was referring to the labour leadership apparently encourage or in his view encouraging labour activists to be somewhat aggressive, to some party member, to some mps, john mann said it is the responsibility of the leadership now to show us a good example that mps will be protected and will be supported as they go about their work. there seems to be a lot of u nrest work. there seems to be a lot of unrest in the labour party at the moment. how are you dealing with

this i don't think there is. i real will i don't think there is, there isa will i don't think there is, there is a few individuals who have expressed their view, to be frank i didn't like the way chuka umunna expressed his view, we are a party of over 500,000 member, we are the largest political party in western europe. members want to get involved and they will be honest with mp5 if they don't think they are perform organise there is a difference of view but that is democracy, i am saying the people don't mistake democracy for division, what we trying to do is make sure we are democratic party. in terms of individual mps virtually all of them don't have a good working relationship with their constituency party, what i found, is people want to get out there and campaign and they desperately want a change of government, they want a labour government, they want a labour government elected. where there are individual prop problems, behaviour or something like that, we have said we expect people to work amicably and comradelying to but if they

don't will is disciplinary procedure, we will support people to make sure that we have a democratic party but that democracy is exercised in a way of mutual respect. you don't think the labour party is divided? no, i don't. i think there is a small number who clearly have a individual problems within their own constituency, and we will address those and we will try and do is make sure we mediate and overcome the problems but the impression i am getting, i am touring round the country and working with local mps touring round the country and working with local mp5 is they are getting on with the job of first of all representing their community, opposing this government, where they see the policies are having a direct impact on local communities and campaigning towards the next general election which we want to bring about as soon as we can. let us talk about as soon as we can. let us talk about three years ofjeremy corbyn, as leader, this month marks the third year, give me some insight, we saw he had a sense of humour at the start, give me insight into your working relationship. rather than

praise everything he does, tell me where the disagreements have come over the last three years and what, how your relationship has progressed? well, largely over football, he is an arsenal supporter and largely over gardening, but there you are. in terms of individual policy, and the direction of the party we talk virtually every day, we will have views about different aspects and issues, and we will always come to an agreement at the end of the day, and we work very closely together butjeremy is like that with virtually everybody, he is the sort of consensus building leader we needed and in that way, he brings people together. at the same time, he is firm of his view on individual principles and will standard firm. there is an element of steel about him and i think people don't fully appreciate. that is what makes him, i believe, the right sort of leader we need today. consensus building but strong at the same time. john mcdonnell. thank

you. i have another rod stewartjoke to do late. do you want to hear this one. someone sent this in. i can't claim credit. this is a rod stewart auction. not everyone in the rod stewart auction will bid but mailingy may. —— maggie may. you are such an easy audience. i am glad they are going down so well withjohn. you could be loads of questions about the weather because of the moon math has. is that a one piece seven metre moon you have behind you, how does it get transported round if that is the case. no, it is one piece but it is like a case. no, it is one piece but it is likea giant case. no, it is one piece but it is like a giant inflatable beach ball.

deflating after each one. this is the last time you will see this particular moon behind me. there are fourin particular moon behind me. there are four in total and they are continuing to tour round the country, over the coming weeks but yes, good morning. welcome to hull minister, here for british science festival and it is a stunning installation, seven metre moon, neatly pushed into this absolutely gorgeous building, hull minster, it is one of well over 100 exhibits and exhibitions going on in the next four day, all part of the british science festival. i have been outside and it is incredibly mild to begin with. temperatures in england and wales in the teens at the moment. some not dropping below 16-18 moment. some not dropping below 16—18 overnight but there is very wet weather round. we are splitting the country into three with the brightest weather in the north. cloudiest in the south. sandwiched between the two heavy rainfall. northern england and north wales in particular over the next hour or two, we have seen over a0

millimetres of rain in wales. that has led to atrocious conditions on the roads this morning, the rain will be easing off and heading southwards as we go through the day to parts of south wales and parts of southern england too. now the rain asi southern england too. now the rain as i say to north we have the clearer skies to scotland and northern england. a windy day to come, particularly further north, but northern ireland only an isolated shower and that will push into northern england and north wales as the rain edges south wards, becoming less heavy and widespread into south wales and the midlands. southern counties after a mild start says warm through the day. temperatures could get to round 23 or 2a. further north we are looking at temperatures in the teens, maybe round 13—15 across a good part of scotland. so we finish with rain in south wales and the south midlands.

the weather front will wriggle northwards once again and we will see rain become widespread across the country but only for a time. most will ease away into tomorrow morning as our weather front returns south. the south will continue to see milder air south. the south will continue to see milderairagain, south. the south will continue to see milder air again, another muggy night in southern counties with temperatures in the teens, to the north, clearer skies turning fresher into tomorrow morning. if you are in north wales northern england a vastly improved day tomorrow. sunshine and a few showers for northern ireland and scotland, not quite as windy but a greater chance of rain in southern counties of england and that rain will push away the mild airwe england and that rain will push away the mild air we have at the moment and all will feel fresher with temperatures wyllie in the mid teen, after a fresher day comes a cooler night. temperatures drop into single figures, but a lovely start to thursday, lots of sunshine round before the cloud starts to increase from the west. the odd shower here and there, most will get through the day reasonably dry and temperatures

will probably be up a bit after that fresher start, still in the teens for many, but we could see them recover to 20 or 21 in the south—east corner but certainly over the next few hours, keep an eye on the next few hours, keep an eye on the rainfall across parts of north—west england and north wales, making foran north—west england and north wales, making for an unpleasant commute. our weather pales into insignificance on what is on the way to the east of the us. hurricane florence is a category four storm, i goings up to five, as well as damaging winds, we could see damaging winds, we could see damaging storm surge and life threaten floods, we will keep you updated thank you. from that inflatable moon, to proper stars, look. i love it when it is dark. i love it when this studio does that. it should be like this all the time. it wouldn't be very morning inspiring wouldn't be very morning inspiring would it? space travel has led to countless, ground—breaking discoveries,

and now a team of british scientists wants to send worms to the international space station, to help us understand how our muscles can waste away. we've been given special access to the scientists as they prepare to launch the worms into space. breakfast‘s john maguire went to see them at their laboratory in switzerland. when tim peake spent six months aboard the international space station, regular exercise was vital. floating in zero gravity means astronauts stopped using their muscles to stand and those muscles then started to waste away. now, a team of scientists from british universities is working to find out more. they have come to switzerland, and on the shore of lake lucerne, to this lab. we are hoping to reduce muscle loss into space, this will allow them to undergo really long spaceflight and this will translate to people on earth as well. if we can prevent muscle loss in astronauts we could potentially

avoid muscle loss in the elderly population. this will be the first uk—led experiment on the space station. these bags contain thousands of microscopic worms suspended in fluid. they are sending them up into space, the research team can determine how the muscle structure is affected. perhaps surprisingly, the muscle of a worm that keeps the worm moving in a line is very similar structurally at the molecular level and in the metabolism is very similar to humans. of course it is not directly translatable, but an idea of what might be causing the changes in human. they be treated with a drug in an attempt to slow down the muscle wastage. the long—term strategy looking at years to decades, if we can find out the molecular reason as to why worms lose muscle mass in space and we test potential therapies such as drugs, we can apply that to larger organisms such as humans to prevent that topic that allows explorative spaceflight such as mars

for the future. the testing in switzerland is a dress rehearsal, preparations have to be absolutely meticulous because the next time the team can do this will be just ahead of launch in florida. the pressure is really on. this is an opportunity to refine and practice the techniques to make sure everything goes exactly according to plan when the worms are prepared for spaceflight. if something doesn't work, there is no fix. there are other facilities on board where you can say, something doesn't work, we will repeat or do a change or something like, for this we can do this. the experiment will last six days, but that equates to around 20 years of human life. they will be frozen and returned to earth for analysis, one microscopic step for the worms that we are hoped could provide a giant leap in understanding of how our bodies age, notjust in space, but back down here on earth. john maguire, bbc news, switzerland. worms in space.

time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. a mild start of the day, temperatures up in the mid to high teens, some heavy rain across northern parts of and wales, moving southwards. behind it excels sunny spells and shall was, the showers quite heavy and blustery across the west of scotland, this band of rain pushing south into east anglia. it will be quite windy this afternoon, particularly in northern parts, gusts in exposed areas in the north—west of 60 miles an hour.

temperatures for many 15—18d, holding on to someone in the forest south of england, why is of 23 degrees in london. the rain affecting southern counties of england, showery rain spreading in from the north, temperatures in southern parts pretty high tonight, further north beneath clearing skies a little bit chillier. wednesday, tuesday, sorry, cooler conditions in northern parts separated by this cold front, warmer conditions in the south, gradually this cold front pushing south and east, you see a difference in temperature is in the south—east of england, temperatures 16 degrees, further north and west, mixture of sunny spells and showers, why is in the mid to high teens. into the end of the week, the cold front moving into the near

continent, another weather system pushing into north—west scotland and northern ireland, providing outbreaks of rain, thursday, a dry day, sunshine, feeling warmer in the south. elsewhere it temperatures 1a-17d. a south. elsewhere it temperatures 1a—17d. a bit of rain as we approach the end of the week, for many staying dry. that's it from me. goodbye. this is business live from bbc news with ben thompson and sally bundock. google launches a major battle to stop the eu extending the "right to be forgotten" beyond europe. live from london, that's our top story on tuesday, 11th september. the eu says everyone around the world should have the right to take down out—of—date online personal information. but google insists that could infringe us laws on freedom

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