good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and jon kay. our headlines today: theresa may holds a special cabinet meeting to plan for no—deal, as the government warns the eu it won't pay the full divorce bill if they fail to reach an agreement. here comes hurricane florence. georgia becomes the fifth us state to declare a state of emergency. tougher sentences for people who assault emergency workers, prison terms are set to double. good morning. it's ten years this week since the start of the global financial crisis. a decade on are we still feeling the full effects. i'm in the city of london looking back at what happened and asking what lessons have been learned. in sport, "i looked away and tried to ignore it." the us open champion champion naomi osaka gives her side of the serena saga. at the time i did kind of think they were booing me. oh, no!

i couldn't tell what was going on because it was so loud in there. it was a little bit stressful. and we are alive in leaves for this weekend is the two the international piano competition. play it again, joe. piano competition. play it again, joe. it is a chilly start today across england and wales. lots of sunshine, for scotland and northern ireland, grabbed the brolly, four forecast coming up on brexit. —— grabbed the brolly. —— full forecast. it's thursday, september the 13th. our top story: the prime minister will hold a special cabinet meeting this morning to discuss preparations for a no—deal brexit. the government is also due to publish guidance on issues such as mobile phone roaming—charges, driving licenses and passports in the event of the eu and the uk not reaching an agreement. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. since last summer, you have been able to go anywhere in the eu without paying extra for calls, texts, or data included in your mobile phone tariff. but if britain left the eu without a deal, that could end. the government has said consumers will be protected.

we'll also get details on what might happen to driving licences. currently, those issued in the uk are automatically recognised across the eu, but a no—deal brexit could change that too. it could also affect how eu countries treat british citizens travelling abroad on holiday, with reports that anyone with less than six months left on their passport could be turned away. the brexit secretary dominic raab has said that leaving the eu without a deal is highly unlikely, but there are still big sticking points in the negotiations to reach an agreement. how to avoid a hard border in northern ireland is one major stumbling block. yesterday, conservative mps opposed to the government's plan set out their alternative solution and called on the prime minister to change her stance. now, theresa may is sticking firmly to her plan, but she knows many in her party don't like it, and talk of a leadership challenge this week may continue, if she comes back from brussels

with a deal her own mps don't like. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. our political correspondent ben wright is in downing street. this is about explaining what happens if there is no deal to the public, but a about politics. —— a lot about. theresa may does face a very testing few weeks, no doubt. she isjuggling very testing few weeks, no doubt. she is juggling many very testing few weeks, no doubt. she isjuggling many issues. today fronting that three hour long cabinet meeting, very long, focused entirely on preparing for a no—deal brexit, making sure the infrastructure would be in place, the money has been distributed to places that need it across whitehall. everybody within government knows that the deal would be very disruptive but they have to put the plans in place and we see the acceleration of that today is to be at the same time, theresa may is

leading the brexit negotiations in brussels and there is a sense that those could be going quite well. there is a growing confidence in downing street that the deal could see on by mid end of november, which would mean there would be no need for those who planning scenarios. she is also facing the political problems at home from her brexiteers, many of whom think that her plan for trading with the eu after brexit is a complete sell—out, they are throwing rocks from the sidelines urging her to change course. at the moment her authority feels quite strong because the brexiteers do not have a rival candidate, they are not going to challenge for the leadership, so she goes into the autumn in a relatively strong position, but as i said, these are perilous at times. nobody knows how the next few weeks will play out. thank you very much indeed. will get a sense of how those negotiations are going. after half—seven, we'll be talking to the brexit secretary, dominic raab.

thousands of people are continuing to leave their homes in north and south carolina, as hurricane florence closes in. the storm has weakened slightly, but heavy rainfall and flooding is still expected. our north america correspondent, laura trevelyan reports. here is the view of hurricane florence from space, as this powerful storm barrels across the atlantic towards america's east coast. as beaches in the storms path, like this one in north carolina, empty, five states have declared emergencies. if you have been asked to evacuate, don't wait. leave now. you put your life at risk by staying. the waves are beginning to pound the beach, as hurricane florence bears down on us. she poses a triple threat to life and property. storm surges twice as high as me, hurricane—force winds and catastrophic flooding, after what could be very heavy rainfall.

the storm is expected to stall and linger here. bill and charlotte hardison are obeying the order to evacuate. charlotte experienced the devastation of hurricane hazel here in 1954, and she is not hanging around. i just dread it for everybody. i dread it for us. i want my house to be here when i come back. but some plan to ride out the storm, like john and lloyd, who are braced for whatever it may bring. it is our home. we want to stay and make sure everything is ok and looked after. most have heeded the warnings and fled. the monster storm is fast approaching. laura trevelyan, bbc news, north carolina. we will take —— will keep an eye on that. let's get the very latest from matt now. we were talking about the magnitude of this storm. i cannot come to grips with it.

it is the huge storm. you can imagine that area of cloud that would fit over the uk and ireland. from the report, it has weakened and there has been good news in the last 12 hours a. ei of the storm has disappeared at touch but this is still a top end category two storm. it is still bringing destructive wind, but the problem is this storm could stall as it moves towards the coast in north carolina, piling the seat onshore throughout and we the hours, if not days of torrential rain in the same spot as that moves into the weekend that further south into the weekend that further south into south carolina. yes, we still have those damaging and destructive winds, but the national hurricane centre are talking about storm surges as much as four metres in height. if you imagine, we have a whole year ‘s worth of birmingham rainfall falling over the next four days, that is why they are talking about catastrophic flooding. certainly a storm we should not keep

oui’ certainly a storm we should not keep our eye off. will coverage of that as it comes in. it is eight minutes past six. —— full coverage. the former prime minister, gordon brown, has told the bbc he fears the world is sleepwalking into another financial crisis. he says a breakdown in international co—operation has left the global financial system less prepared to withstand threats than it was at the time of the last global crisis 10 years ago. i feel we are sleepwalking into the next crisis. i feel that is a leaderless world and i think when the next crisis comes, and there will be a future crisis, we'll find that we neither have the fiscal or monetary room for manoeuvre that we had in 2008 and the willing to take that action, but perhaps most worrying of all, we will not have the international corporation that was necessary to get us out of this worldwide crisis. russia has launched its biggest military exercise since the cold war. around 300,000 personnel are involved in thejoint training with china and mongolia, along with eighty warships and more than a thousand aircraft. a kremlin spokesman said the drills

were justified given "aggressive and unfriendly" attitudes towards his country. authorities in egypt say e.coli was a factor in deaths of a british couple at a holiday resort last month. john and susan cooper died within hours of each other. their daughter has described the egyptian report as "absolute rubbish". the home office has instructed a further post—mortem to be carried out on the couple here in the uk. the russian protest group, pussy riot, says one of its members is in a critical condition in hospital. they fear he's been poisoned. pyotr verzilov fell ill after a court hearing on tuesday, reportedly losing his sight, speech and ability to walk. he'd been one of a number of protestors arrested for invading the pitch at the world cup final in moscow. here, people found guilty of assaulting emergency services workers are to face tougher sentences. the new law, which will come in to effect from november,

will double the amount of time for which offenders can be sent to prison from six months to a year. jenny kumah reports. attack while on duty. this body cam footage shows a man who was later jailed the attacking police officers. and this offender was filmed spitting 2a times at an officer. latest figures show there we re officer. latest figures show there were 26,000 assaults on police officers and 17,000 on nhs staff. attacks on prison officers and firefighters are also on the rise. of course, for the very serious assaults you can still be put away for life. but we are now saying that if you spit at a police officer, if you threaten them, the sentence will be doubled what it was yesterday. there is already an offence of attacking a police officer, but the new law means that for the first time, similar protection will be extended to any emergency worker,

including search and rescue staff, paramedics and volunteers. judges will also have to consider tougher sentences for other offences, such as gbh and sexual assault if the victim is an emergency worker. the legislation will also give the power to ta ke legislation will also give the power to take blood samples, with consent, from people who have spat at all it an emergency workers and exposed them to the risk of infection. failing to provide a sample would be an offence. and later on the programme we'll be speaking to a paramedic who has experienced assault, along with the chair of the police federation in england and wales. that's at 08:10. public health england has been criticised for working on a new campaign alongside a charity funded by the alcohol industry. in a letter, almost 50 health officials say working with drinkawa re will significantly damage the agency's credibility. it follows a campaign encouraging middle—aged people to have

more alcohol—free days. public health england say they hope this will be the first step in a long—term partership with the charity. traffic police officers, part of the job is making sure you are noticed. 0ne officer in india has come up with an interesting way of getting himself noticed. look at this! his name is pratap, a home guard in india's eastern state of 0disha, uses dance moves to give traffic signals. he says it all started four years ago when he needed to catch the attension of rule—breaking drivers and he's been throwing shapes to prevent accidents ever since. do you know, i really enjoy this. you see quite a few traffic cops. i really enjoy it. we should do a whole programme that this morning. here is mike! good morning. we could

get into the. it might be distracting for driving, if you went to two far with his movement. —— too. he is cool, abolition of what you are doing and some of the roads in india... chaos of. very busy. talking of chaos, it all seemed a little bit chaotic at the us open, didn't get? after serena williams got very annoyed at the three interactions that she had the umpire. —— didn't it? this lady was almost overshadowed in the media after. naomi osaka, her biggest moment of her career, almost 20, all the talk around you, you are winning, how do you react to get?m is fascinating. is she the first japanese woman to win a grand slam? guest. it is fascinating to see what she has been saying. —— yes.

serena williams has been the talk of tennis this week, but we've now heard from the winner, of saturday's controversial us open final, japan's naomi osaka. she told the ellen degeneres, show that she thought, the booing in the arthur ashe stadium, was aimed at her, and not umpire carlos ramos, who was infamously, berated by wiliams, in new york on saturday evening. we will hear from her at 6.30. british riders could soon have won all the season's big cycle races. it's four days and counting for britain's simon yates. he fought through the fog at the vuelta a espana to maintain his overall lead. yates is aiming to become only the second british winner of the tour of spain, after chris froome's victory last year. one of britain's most decorated para—athletes, david weir, has admitted his battle with depression. weir, who had originally said he would never compete at another paralympics after rio 2016, saying he was in bits and on the floor, has announced he'll be returning for tokyo after all. and the world heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua says it's a golden age for his sport and his division. he fights the russian alexander povetikin at wembley next weekend.

and there is an interesting anthony joshua move coming up in the papers ina joshua move coming up in the papers in a moment. don't tell us about it. i look forward to it. fancy the sun up i look forward to it. fancy the sun up over london? absolutely. you ask and we deliver. look at that. st paul's cathedral looking beautiful. do you know what is sad about that? what? the sky. grey. blue. it is not quite mourning any more. there is daylight in the distance. the sun is rising. it looks very still compare to the dramatic pictures on the other side of the atlantic. matt was telling us about hurricane florence hitting america earlier. how are things? a lot quieter, of course, some up in london in 20 minutes.

this is how the sunset last night. it isa this is how the sunset last night. it is a clear sky through the night across england and wales which has led to a cold start than you have been used to. we have images of two to four degrees across england and wales, not as chilly in scotland and northern ireland. more cloud and outbreaks of rain in the north and west. one or two isolated showers for england and wales fading away. this area of showery rain will push south through the morning across central, southern scotland, northern ireland, becoming hit and central, southern scotland, northern ireland, becoming hitand miss, maybe into northern england, leaving us with sunshine and isolated showers. . wales and southern england will be to write after a sunny start with mist and fog patches. some fog patches but it will be dry and bright with temperatures in the low teens across

northern scotland. tonight temperatures hold up thanks to the breeze. it will be a blustery 2a— 36 hours. the rain returns later on. england and wales will be dried other than showers for more than england and north wales and cool in central—southern england and wales with the bright weather, hazy sunshine, and a wet start for scotla nd sunshine, and a wet start for scotland and northern ireland tomorrow. it will spread into northern england and wales with heavy afternoon showers, quite blustery weather and temperatures like today's values around 1a to 19 degrees. if you're starting to look at the weekend, we head into it with largely dry weather through the night and into the morning, but on saturday weather fronts will be gathering so for scotland and northern ireland are best part of the day for you on saturday in the morning with sunshine here. turning hazy and the grey skyers in northern ireland and western scotland as rain develops. most will have a fine saturday, dry and sunny. with a

south—westerly breeze it will feel a bit warmer. on sunday after a wet night. in an northern ireland, rain heading into northern england, the south—west, so a split on sunday. dry, sunny and warm weather in the south—east corner. scotland and northern ireland, brightening up compared to saturday, temperatures in the team. a lot of dry weather to look forward to this weekend. i will have more details into next week in around half an hour. oh, sneak peek into the distant future. yes, i will show you. ok, iwill watch into the distant future. yes, i will show you. ok, i will watch closely. thank you. such a tease, isn't he? let's take a look at today's papers. the guardian has a quote from former prime minister gordon brown on its front page. he says the "leaderless world" could be heading for another financial crisis having failed to fix the causes of the 2008 crash. fuel prices make the daily mail front page — the paper reports price

increases at the pumps for the tenth week in a row and warns that a duty rise could cost the typical motorist £160 a year. the times reports on comments made by the archbishop of canterbury at a tuc conference yesterday. it claims his criticism of universal credit has not gone down well with some conservatives, who say he's "parroting labour policy". and finally the i front page claims that a coup against the prime minister could be planned for april, after the brexiteers decided against toppling theresa may now. and hurricane florence is causing a stir online. nearly half a million people are tweeting about it. florence is due to make landfall in the us later today.

we'll be bringing you more on that throughout the morning. mike, good morning. good morning. what have you got? into cricket, england have just had their win over india and now turning to sri lanka in november. such joyous pictures yesterday. alistair with the century. not so good if you are stuart broad, facing the axe, not because of the broken rib against india, and he was doing well as well, back to his best. away from home, english bowlers have been appalling. so he could pay the price. 32 years old. this was the move was talking about, with anthony joshua. it is as if he has taken up magic. he is levitating like a magician. it is almost like a side

press—up. half his body is off the ground as he leaned up against a branch. taji do that when you go to the gym? -- can't you do that when you go to the gym? no, but i can try it later on. so your legs would be on that part? yes. they are clean, my socks. half of your body has to be off... and what time will you do that? i have to get some training in. 7:30am. it gives me over and a what about the year 2035? it still wouldn't be enough. when you see that, you think, how on earth? have you seen this about mark wahlberg? this is making me think what on earth, 47, a fine age, and he has printed, this is ridiculous, he is

typical daily schedule. he gets up at 2:30am, naga is like, yes, and? he says a prayer, breakfast at 3:15am and then he goes to the gym foran hourand a 3:15am and then he goes to the gym for an hour and a half, 3:15am and then he goes to the gym foran hourand a half, and 3:15am and then he goes to the gym for an hour and a half, and then back to the gym in the afternoon. he spends one and a half hours in an ice chamber. they are great, i have done that. 119 degrees. when you got into the ice part, you couldn't sleep. it gives you as sense of being chased by a lion. it kicks your body into this amazing rejuvenation. ok. he has three showers, three snacks and at 3pm he picks up the kids from school. and he goes to bed at 7:30pm at night. the fun thing about this is people have been responding. there are some excellent spoof versions. let us know if your workout puts people to

shame. how does it compare with your morning routine? thank you very much, mike. it's a problem facing parents everywhere, how to make sure children aren't spending too long on gaming consoles. but in some cases, the problem can be real addiction — a disorder officially recognised by the world health organization. it's concerned the gaming industry isn't doing enough to help. mark cieslak reports. louisa is a mother of three. her son guy, like lots of his friends, enjoys playing the videogame fortnight. i worry about his behaviour when he comes off the games, slightly aggressive, sort of takes him a while to get back into the real world. fortnight‘s global success highlights concerns around the amount of time spent and the effects of playing videogames. earlier this year the world health organization classified gaming disorder as a mental health condition. we have documented evidence that the same problem and the same

conditions are being observed in countries of africa, europe, americas, so it is really a global thing. at the moment, if you need help for video games addiction in the uk, then you have to seek treatment through a private facility, like this one. situated in a quiet part of surrey, primrose lodge is a residential rehab, which treats people with drug, alcohol, gambling and videogame addiction. it's quite interesting because initially we saw people coming in local with an additional addiction, so substance and gaming but over the last 18 months or so we've seen an increase in pure gaming addiction. peter is in his 405. he was a lifelong gamer until his entire world fell apart as a result of his addiction to playing videogames. i liked action first

person shooter games. i would come home from work and play pretty much all night. eventually due to the time i spent on there i lost myjob. my relationship broke down and i lost my family. residential rehab can cost thousands of pounds. england is in the early stages of trialling treatment programme. the health watchdog for england and wales is yet to recognise it as a specific condition. doctorjo twist is ceo of the uk games industry trade body which wholeheartedly disagrees with the world health organization, questioning the scientific evidence provided by the who. our view as an industry body, is line with many academics who feel there is no consensus around the evidence based upon which this is being drafted, we believe that this is premature to include this as a gaming disorder at this stage.

and we believe that the evidence is confused and there just is no consensus at this time. videogames are now one of the world's most popular forms of entertainment, but as they become more mainstream more questions are emerging, questions which demand attention right now. and you can see more on this on click, which runs on breakfast this saturday, or shortly afterwards on the bbc iplayer. we would love to hear from you about whether you think it is an addiction, and how you limit your children's use of videogames. get in touch. are you good at piano? i had piano lessons. i wasn't a natural. what about you ? piano lessons. i wasn't a natural. what about you? i had piano lessons. i wasn't a natural. ijust worked really ha rd at i wasn't a natural. ijust worked really hard at it. anyway, in leeds,

colin paterson is seeing them p°ppin9 colin paterson is seeing them p°pping up colin paterson is seeing them popping up all over the place. good morning. good morning. this weekend it is the leeds international piano competition, tonight it is pub pianist of the year, what are the essentials? apologies. we told you that pianos are popping up all over the place. that was a little rest moment, where they stop playing. will have more from him later. with your skills, you could entertain us as well. here is time for the news, travel and weather where you are, we are going to have a little word and we will see you later on. laughter. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sara orchard. the number of offences involving images of child abuse recorded by the met police has risen by more than 40% in the last year. that's according to the nspcc, which asked the force for its data.

in london, almost 2,000 cases were recorded in the last year — each offence could potentially involve thousands of images. the charity's now campaigning for tighter controls on social media. the london ambulance service says it received fewer calls from older people at risk of falls with a new scheme. the active ageing pilot was trialled in hackney. mobility volu nteers trialled in hackney. mobility volunteers were paired with clients who visited them in their homes to help improve their physical well—being. 999 calls stopped by half. a 12—year—old boy with dreadlocks who was told to cut his hair by his school has been allowed to keep them. chikayzea flanders was told last year he'd either have to cut his hair or face suspension, due to the strict uniform policy at fulham boys school. it sparked protests and he chose to leave shortly afterwards. the school has paid a sum to his mother in a settlement and agreed he can return if he wears his hair up. a robotic seal which formed part

of ground—breaking research has gone on display at london's victoria and albert museum. paro, the fluffy seal pup, which responds to touch and speech, was originally designed as a toy injapan. but researchers found it can be beneficial for people with dementia. it's part of the "future starts here" exhibition until the end of december. let's have a look at the travel situation now. starting on the tubes, we have delays on the bakerloo and suspension on the overground. on the trains c2c services are disrupted following a points failure at barking. meanwhile there is no tfl rail shuttle between heathrow terminals one, two, three and four due to a rolling stock shortage. on the roads, on the north side of shepherds bush green the a4020 uxbridge road is down to two lanes eastbound approaching the southern rounabout, for police investigation work. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizinni.

kello, good morning. worth mentioning this morning the beautiful sunset across the capital last night. lots of pictures coming in. and of course we saw clear skies so it is a chilly start to the day today with temperatures in single figures across the board. it will be a decent day of weather. it will stay private lots of sunshine around to enjoy as well. the best of that will tend to be this morning. starting today with lots of blue sky around. more patchy cloud into the afternoon. the wind is light coming from the west and pleasantly warm in the sunshine. top temperatures between 17 and maybe as high as 20 in central. overnight tonight it won't be quite as chilly as last night. temperatures back down into single figures away from town. patchy cloud here and there. and the breeze will pick up. temperatures in the centre of the city around ten or 11 degrees. tomorrow it will feel a bit breezy. again, dry with spells of sunshine. south—westerly wind will draw in warm and in time for

the weekend. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now, though, it's back to john and naga. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay. the morning. it is 6:31am. —— good morning. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: we'll hear how people in carolina are prearing for the arrival of hurricane florence, the most powerful storm to hit their state in thirty years. later on the programme, simon reeve willjoin us to tell us how dealing with depression led him to a life as a film—maker. and elvis costello returns with a new album. he'll be here on the sofa after 8:30. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the prime —— the prime minister will hold a special cabinet meeting this

morning to discuss preparations for a no—deal brexit. the government is also due to publish guidance on issues, such as mobile phone roaming—charges, driving licenses and passports, in the event of the eu and the uk not reaching an agreement. brexit secretary dominic raab has said the uk will not pay its financial settlement to the eu in a no—deal scenario. thousands of people are continuing to leave their homes in north and south carolina, as hurricane florence closes in. the storm has been downgraded slightly, but winds could reach up to 110 miles per hour. heavy rainfall and flooding is expected when florence makes landfall later today. we are ready, but this is to be one of the biggest ones to ever hit our country. residents in the path of these devastating storms should comply with all evacuation orders and other emergency instructions. russia has launched its biggest military exercise

since the cold war. around 300,000 personnel are involved in thejoint training with china and mongolia, along with eighty warships and more than a thousand aircraft. a kremlin spokesman said the drills were justified given "aggressive and unfriendly" attitudes towards his country. the russian protest group, pussy riot, says one of its members is in a critical condition in hospital and fear he's been poisoned. pyotr verzilov fell ill after a court hearing on tuesday, reportedly losing his sight, speech and ability to walk. he'd been one of a number of protestors arrested for invading the pitch at the world cup final in moscow. people found guilty of assaulting emergency services workers are to face tougher sentences. the new law, which will come in to effect from november, will double the amount of time for which offenders can be sent to prison from six months to a year. government figures show an increase in the number of assaults over the past year. public health england has been criticised for working on a new campaign alongside a charity funded by the alcohol industry. in a letter, almost 50 health officials say working

with drinkawa re will "significa ntly damage" the agency's credibility. it follows a campaign encouraging middle—aged people to have more alcohol—free days. public health england says it hopes this will be the first step in a long—term partership with the charity. those are your news headlines. plenty more still to come throughout the morning. mike is here that the sport. we are still talking about the after—effects of that sensational, in all sense of the world, tennis match over the weekend. serena williams. serena williams and the umpire. now we hear from a forgotten woman in all of it. the woman who should be getting all of the headlines, naomi osaka. only 20 years old, in that awkward situation, somebody you have looked up situation, somebody you have looked up to thought years, what do you do? this is how she handled it.

we've heard a lot about serena williams and that us open final over the last few days, but now, we've heard from the winner too. japan's naomi osaka, who grew up in america, has been talking to the ellen degeneres show about saturday's events, when serena williams berated the umpire and accused him of sexism. and while osaka claimed the title in new york, her moment of glory was rather overshadowed, and she even thought the booing on court was for her and not the umpire. when you are little you are taught not to look at, if you're a painting at angry or anything, told to just turn around and tried to focus. sol tried to do that. but i heard a lot of people in the crowd making noises andl of people in the crowd making noises and i really wanted to turn around. at the time i did kind of think they were booing me. oh, no! i couldn't tell what was going on because it was so loud in there. it was a little bit stressful. receiving the trophy there was a lot of booing in the crowd and then serena leaned over and says something to you. what did she say

to you? that she was proud of me and that i should know the crowd wasn't billing at me. —— booing at me. very humble. how else would you deal with it? just keep out of it. british cyclists continue to dominate the sport's grand tours. who would have ever thought this? chris froome won the giro d'italia, geraint thomas the tour de france of course, and now simon yates is just a few days away from winning the vuelta a espana. it was a foggy stage 17, won by canada's michael woods. yates, who you can see here in red, had his overall lead trimmed by eight seconds, but still has a 25 second advantage over his nearest rival with four stages to go. this is my favourite story, the werewolf is going to be back. britain's six—time paralympic champion david weir says he has been through "the toughest journey" of his career, after announcing he wants to race in the marathon at the 2020 tokyo games. the multiple marathon winner has told the bbc that he struggled with his mental health after qutting the track after the 2016 games

in rio, and vowing never to compete again at another paralympic games. he's had help, and now wants to be with the team in tokyo in 2020. i found ifound someone i found someone that wasn't involved with sport, didn't know me, literally the first conversation i was in on the floor in its, crying. ididn't was in on the floor in its, crying. i didn't realise how bad it was. it has been the toughestjourney of my life. but i am in such a positive mindset now, nothing can get in my way and if i want to get to tokyo i will make sure that i get there. good to see he is back to his best and in good spirits. john terry has turned down a lucrative move to russia. the former england and chelsea captain is without a club, after leaving aston villa at the end of last season. he'd been offered a deal by the russian premier league side spartak moscow, but says its not the right move

for him or his family. the french world cup winning captain hugo lloris has been fined £50,000, after pleading guilty to drink driving at westminster magistrates' court. the tottenham goalkeeper has also been banned from driving for 20 months. and there was british success in the women's champions league last night, with both chelsea and glasgow city getting important opening wins. chelsea thrashed sarajevo 5—0, while glasgow city beat cypriot side, somatio barcelona 2—0, in a game where both captains were sent off. anthonyjoshua says there is a doubt he is the best in his division. joshua is preparing to take on russian alexander povetkin a week on saturday, plenty of competition in the division. he says he fears no wonder. the division is booming. so be it.

what will be will be. as i said, april 13, if it is not deontay wilder, it could be fury. the division is live right now. don't forget, we will be trying his latest keep fit exercise in an hour ‘s time. i will be trying. is all about defying the laws of physics. -- it is. and finally, as a sprinter, usain bolt often seemed to defy the laws of physics, but would he be able to run in near zero—gravity? i know it's the question you have all been asking yourselves! well, he gave it a go. the eight time olympic gold medallist wasn't quite as quick or graceful in a low gravity chamber in the back of an aircraft, but he still found a way to win. so, he could be the fastest man on earth and in space! he still managed to do the lightning pose upside down. they had champagne after. we sought slow motion of his

races so many times. did you see the moment where they turn the gravity back on? and he fell to the floor. geraghty is doing his post. —— there he is. the thai now is 20 minutes to seven. —— the time. egyptian officials say a british couple who died while on holiday in the country last month had been infected with e.coli. john and susan cooper died within hours of each other. their daughter has rejected the egyptian report, and a separate post—mortem will now be carried out here in the uk. should we be worried at that e.coli when we travel abroad ? professor brendan wren from the london school of hygiene and tropical medicinejoins us now from our london newsroom. thank you very much forjoining us this morning on breakfast. should we just start with basically what e.coli is and how it presents itself? good morning. e.coli is found in many places, but occasionally there is a toxic strain

that can be found in water and food and it is a food borne pathogen that can cause disease. ok. now this report said that the coopers had e.coli, it didn't say that they died from it, what is the likelihood that their deaths were a result of having e.coli? if this is the toxic form it can be quite likely. initially they would get severe diarrhoea and cramps and with this very toxic strain, it can go on to cause internal organ failure and kidney failure and can be quite rapid. when you say rapid, what are we talking about? a period of hours, or would there not have been a period where they presented themselves as unwell and need medical attention?m they presented themselves as unwell and need medical attention? it can be rapid, within a day, depending on the effective dose and depending on the effective dose and depending on the density of bacteria that infected them from the food warned source. if they ate a lot of the

bacteria, potentially they can be quite unwell, maybe with diarrhoea and abdominal cramps and then go on to have more severe diseases as it multiplies in the body. what about holidaymakers in general? what we saw was the travel of any removed the guests from that hotel in immediately, but in general, should holidaymakers be concerned about the presence of e.coli? it is not something you can see, is it? no, you cannot see it. but we have toxic e.coli strains in the uk, it isjust sensible hygiene measures, don't drink the local and —— local water. there shouldn't be grave concern, enjoy it your holiday. this is an —— an unfortunate tragedy and rare. people shouldn't be overly concerned. professor of micra by

pathogens at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine, thank you very much for talking to us. thank you. nearly quarter to seven on thursday morning. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. he has promised us look even beyond that a bit later. i , good morning. this was the evening in staffordshire. it led to a clear night through the night and a chilly start to thursday morning. if you're heading out it is cold across england and while the last couple of mornings with temperatures low enough for frost in parts of suffolk and norfolk in particular. it's not chilly and sunny everywhere to begin the day because we have ranked at moment on the radar chart, rain for ten hours putting across scotland and northern ireland, turning fairly showery, hit and miss as it works into scotland, northern ireland during rush hour, isolated showers

for northern england, fading with showers returning later. southern england and wales, after a fresh start, dry and bright with sunny spells and sunshine this afternoon across parts of scotland and northern ireland. wherever you are temperatures in the teens and a little chilly in northern scotland thanks to the breeze in the afternoon and it will be blustery tonight as well with the wind bringing cloud and further range of northern and western scotland and northern ireland later in the night. showers for northern england overnight. clea rest across showers for northern england overnight. clearest across central and southern areas. like the night just gone it will be on the cool side. the best of the sunshine to the south and east tomorrow although the south and east tomorrow although the high cloud might turn a little hazy at times. the start for scotla nd hazy at times. the start for scotland and northern ireland, brightening in the afternoon with sunshine and showers, showers spreading into northern england and north and west wales through the afternoon. temperatures tomorrow similarto afternoon. temperatures tomorrow similar to today, in that teens. another cool night to take us to saturday and on saturday weather

fronts waiting in the wings. so while most of you start dry and bright on saturday, scotland and northern ireland, make the most of the morning sunshine. it will be bright in scotland. it will be windy in the second half of the day. england and wales, isolated showers, mostly dry on saturday. on sunday after a wet night, the rain will spread into northern england, parts of western wales, maybe the south—west, so our bright day for scotla nd south—west, so our bright day for scotland and northern ireland on sunday but dry and bright has weakened further south and east, and feeling quite warm in the sunshine, and certainly quite humid with highs of 21 to 22. beyond that things get uncertain. we've been talking about hurricane florence today. there are four storms in the atlantic at the moment. this one is hurricane helene. as it gets close to us, believe it or not, it won't be a

hurricane, but the question is where that goes. if it heads north it will bring warm air but it could track to us with some windy weather next week, so one to watch, notjust hurricane florence on the cards at the moment. thank you. and we are remembering a storm of a different kind are decade ago. yes, the financial storm, the prices we had. we had the run on northern rock and the collapse of the lehman brothers, all part of the failing financial markets, and the impact it has had now is still being felt. ben is in the city of london looking at the effect it has had. you have a gorgeous skyline behind you. there are still problems among the banks and financial services. yes, and it is too easy to brush it off as yes, and it is too easy to brush it offasa yes, and it is too easy to brush it off as a global issue. essentially,

what began in the us came right here and made itself felt right around the country. in jobs, and made itself felt right around the country. injobs, pay and mortgages. it had a huge impact. and it broke ten years ago this weekend. it was the collapse of lehman brothers that started the ball rolling. a lot of banks suffered. that had a huge impact on us, which we are still feeling today. justin are caught stewart, familiar face, good morning. —— erkhart. talk us through the weekend, where were you? it was remarkable. when the news came through i was in the bbc studio, doing wake up to money on bbc. we knew about the lehman brothers, it had been on the news, although we didn't understand the impact it would have. it wasn't going to pull down the rest of us. of course quickly we saw how long the tentacles are. we are used to

talking about liquidity, credit crunch, words we haven't heard before. at the time, and i want port that would happen. it was thought that would happen. it was thought that it was too big, it these castles that were built, and britain was good at it, we have these banks here, overseas banks operating successfully, so why would it go wrong? we didn't understand the risk. as it became apparent, nor did the bank. early morning, wasn't it? i want to remind some of the viewers. it happened really early in the morning. this is how we explained the start of it on brea kfast. good morning. this is breakfast. financial markets around the world go into shock as lehman brothers say they plan to file for bankruptcy protection. at lehman brothers headquarters on new york's seventh ave hundreds of passers—by gathered to witness the final act, a bank on

the verge of bankruptcy because no buyers could be found for the damaged assets. this is a once in a half century, probably once in a century type event. the worst you have seen in your career? oh, by far. so, that is how we broke the news on brea kfast so, that is how we broke the news on breakfast and so, that is how we broke the news on brea kfast a nd less so, that is how we broke the news on breakfast and less talk about what we have learned, the impact is still felt, stephenjones, we have learned, the impact is still felt, stephen jones, ceo we have learned, the impact is still felt, stephenjones, ceo of uk finance, and fran berg from positive money. we touched on that with just on about what we have learnt to ten yea rs on about what we have learnt to ten years on, could it happen again? the reforms enacted over ten years are very substantial in terms of making sure that banks are much more strong and resilient to financial shock and redesigning the way we think about conduct in terms of the responsibilities of individual bankers, what they are required to do and how they are a loud to sell to customers. my concern is

we have spent ten years building an much safer system in the united kingdom for the things that went wrong ten years ago. it is important we don'tjust look in the rearview mirror, we need to look forward to the risks that are emerging. and the risks really relate to cyber, data, the new world of economic crime and certainly a ochre is now is helping the system to be safer, —— ourfocus now is helping the system to be safer and more resilient in the date and it driven world. listening to that, stephen says it is safer and more resilient, lessons have been learned. you don't agree, do you?” don't answer. remember, ten years ago banks were bailed out to the tune of £130 billion and since then what we have seen is the same system and a failure to properly reform banking services to serve the rest

of the economy, notjust itself. it puts global financial markets first and the rest of the economy second. rather than reforming, we saw austerity and public sector cuts which are still going on. we calculated the average household lost out by £23,000 since the crash. we have seen bankers' bonuses continued. now we have account calculator so that viewers can calculate how much they have lost since the crisis. what i am owed. you are right, there are so many elements on how it has impacted life day today. we will talk a lot more on this. we are out of time. we will talk more this morning. we see the different sides of this. people who think things have changed. and people who think not enough has changed to make sure it doesn't happen again. join us after 7am and we will talk more about the impact it has had ten years on from the financial crisis. thank you very much, see you later. chopin in shopping centres and haydn on the high street.

see what you did? that's not me! that's what is being heard in leeds this week as the city prepares for one of the uk's most prestigious piano competitions. and our entertainment correspondent colin paterson is at leeds train station this morning, where commuters are stopping by to have a go for themselves. good morning. good morning. come down early for your train and you could play live on bbc breakfast. it is the international piano competition in leeds this weekend, including pub pianist of the year and what are the essentials?‘ singalong, a pint and a song to finish. that is a strong combination and this is what's been happening in the buildup to the weekend. pianos have been popping up in

precincts and places all around leeds. the reason, to celebrate the leeds. the reason, to celebrate the leeds international piano competition. the steps of the town hall have been turned into a giant keyboard. i feel like tom hall have been turned into a giant keyboard. ifeel like tom hanks. the leeds international piano of edition has been taking place every three yea rs has been taking place every three years since the start of the 60s and isa years since the start of the 60s and is a global event to find the best young pianist in the world. the finalist this year from as far as china, russia and the usa. and the judges who are concert pianist themselves have been giving impromptu performances in the centre of the city in what has been dubbed the world's smallest concert hall. this is great. it is noisy but... it doesn't matter, music wins out. yes. 0h, doesn't matter, music wins out. yes. oh, what doesn't matter, music wins out. yes. 0h, whata doesn't matter, music wins out. yes. oh, what a lovely, magical thing. doesn't matter, music wins out. yes. oh, what a lovely, magicalthing. it was such a tedious day. i had

nothing to do and i am absolutely uplifted by it, it isjust magnificent. the buildup to the final has included the impressionist alistair mcgovern returning to his alma mater, the university of leeds, to talk about taking up the piano at the age of 49. it has sort of taken over my life, i must admit, i can't wait, i salivate, over my life, i must admit, i can't wait, isalivate, if over my life, i must admit, i can't wait, i salivate, if i see a piano ina room wait, i salivate, if i see a piano in a room i want to play and i keep wanting to learn pieces and my frustration at starting late in life is thinking of the pieces i will never play. the event is trying to make sure that rather younger people are encouraged to take up the instrument. press any note you want, one at a time if you want. brilliant. competitors, including this man, have been going into schools to give demonstrations.” will try to turn that into a piece of music. did you know you were that

good at composing music? no. we have to get out of a concert hall, take it into schools, and the idea is that years later they will come into the concert hall, they will have had the concert hall, they will have had the experience, you just plan to seed. and it has appeared to work. we were not short of volunteers at blenheim primary school willing to make their debut on the instrument and let us film the outcome. is it first on you have ever played the piano? yes. wow although! although this lot could probably do with a little bit more practice. thankfully, joe is a little more tune full. jenny, from the leeds

international piano competition. tune full. jenny, from the leeds international piano competitionm is the most pre—eminent event every yearin is the most pre—eminent event every year in leeds, young pianist come from across the globe aged 20 to 30 and they have been playing the most exquisite music to be crowned the winner on saturday night. and karen butler, it is yourjob to try to get people into the city involved in the competition. how did you go about that? we have done that by creating piano themes installations, giant piano themes installations, giant piano keys outside town hall, the world's smallest concert hall in a shipping container, we've got letters that have been decorated with the piano keys, and we've also got 12 pianos that have been beautifully decorated and they are all across the city. and people are coming out in their droves. it is great. we will hear more from joe,

but first, time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sara orchard. the number of offences involving images of child abuse recorded by the met police has risen by more than 40% in the last year. that's according to the nspcc, which asked the force for its data. in london, almost 2,000 cases were recorded in the last year. each offence could potentially involve thousands of images. the charity's now campaigning for tighter controls on social media. the security minister has said there was no threat to people at gatwick when two russian nationals brought novichok through the airport into the uk. one person died and four others were injured in the poisoning in salisbury in march. in a commons debate, ben wallace suggested baggage checks "probably weren't as good as they might be". but said staff and passengers should feel reassured. a 12—year—old boy with dreadlocks who was told to cut his hair by his school has been allowed to keep them. chikayzea flanders was told last year he'd either have

to cut his hair or face suspension, due to the strict uniform policy at fulham boys school. it sparked protests and he chose to leave shortly afterwards. the school has paid a sum to his mother in a settlement and agreed he can return if he wears his hair up. a robotic seal which formed part of ground—breaking research has gone on display at london's victoria and albert museum. paro, the fluffy seal pup, which responds to touch and speech, was originally designed as a toy injapan. but researchers found it can be beneficial for people with dementia. it's part of the "future starts here" exhibition until the end of december. let's have a look at the travel situation now. we have minor delays on the bakerloo and the district line and a part suspension on the overground. on the trains c2c services are disrupted following a points failure at barking. meanwhile there is no tfl rail shuttle between heathrow terminals one, two, three and four due

to a rolling stock shortage. on the roads on the north side of shepherds bush green the a4020 uxbridge road is down to two lanes eastbound approaching the southern rounabout, for police investigation work. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizinni. hello, good morning. worth a mention this morning the beautiful sunset across the capital last night. lots of weather watcher pictures coming in of that. and of course we saw clear skies so it is a chilly start to the day today with temperatures in single figures across the board. it will be a decent day of weather. it will stay dry and there will be lots of sunshine around to enjoy as well. the best of that will tend to be this morning. starting today with lots of blue sky around. more patchy cloud into the afternoon. the wind is light coming from the west and pleasantly warm in the sunshine. top temperatures between 17 and maybe as high as 20 in central london. overnight tonight it won't be quite as chilly as last night. temperatures back down into single figures away from towns. patchy cloud here and there.

and the breeze will pick up. temperatures in the centre of the city around ten or 11 degrees. tomorrow it will feel a bit breezy. but, again, dry with spells of sunshine. the south—westerly wind will draw in warmer air in time for the weekend. 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 john and naga. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay. our headlines today: theresa may holds a special cabinet meeting to plan for no—deal, the government warns the eu it won't pay the full divorce bill if there's no agreement. here comes hurricane florence. georgia becomes the fifth us state to declare an emergency. tougher sentences for people who assault emergency workers, prison terms are set to double. good morning.

it's ten years this week since the start of the global financial crisis. and one decade on, we are still feeling its impact. what has changed and could it happen again? i am in the city of london to find out. in sport: "i looked away and tried to ignore it". the us open champion naomi osaka gives her side of the serena saga. at the time i did kind of think they were booing me. oh, no! i couldn't tell what was going on because it was so loud in there. it was a little bit stressful. and we are live in leeds, a head of this weekend's international piano competition. and for england and wales, a definite feel of autumn in the air. sunshine overhead, scotland and northern ireland, grab your rhetoric too, showers to come. i will have the full forecast for you, here on brea kfast. the full forecast for you, here on breakfast. —— grab your brolly. it's thursday september the 13th. our top story:

the prime minister will hold a special cabinet meeting this morning to discuss preparations for a no—deal brexit. the government is also due to publish guidance on issues such as mobile phone roaming—charges, driving licenses and passports in the event of the eu and the uk not reaching an agreement. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. since last summer, you have been able to go anywhere in the eu without paying extra for calls, texts, or data included in your mobile phone tariff. but if britain left the eu without a deal, that could end. the government has said consumers will be protected. we'll also get details on what might happen to driving licences. currently, those issued in the uk are automatically recognised across the eu, but a no—deal brexit could change that, too. it could also affect how eu countries treat british citizens travelling abroad on holiday, with reports that anyone with less than six months left on their passport could be turned away. the brexit secretary dominic raab has said that leaving the eu

without a deal is highly unlikely, but there are still big sticking points in the negotiations to reach an agreement. how to avoid a hard border in northern ireland is one major stumbling block. yesterday, conservative mps opposed to the government's plan set out their alternative solution and called on the prime minister to change her stance. now, theresa may is sticking firmly to her plan, but she knows many in her party don't like it, and talk of a leadership challenge this week may continue, if she comes back from brussels with a deal her own mps don't like. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. our political correspondent ben wright is in downing street. we are looking at a three hour meeting. it is clearlyjudged to be significant by the prime minister. morning, john. a marathon three hours session. cabinet ministers will start to arrive in an hour or

so for this. it is significant, it shows that whitehall is starting to gearup its shows that whitehall is starting to gear up its planning for no deal. today's discussion will probably focus on how money is distributed across whitehall, making sure the right apartments have the resources. discussions around infrastructure, are the practicalities in place in case the uk crashes out of the eu with no deal in place next march. something that the government really are now thinking about. this is not just rhetoric in the brexit argument. two main audience is. the eu. -- argument. two main audience is. the eu. —— audiences. as theresa may said, no deal is better than a bad deal. this is showing the eu that the uk would be prepared, if they don't think the deal is good enough, to walk away from those talks. i think this is signalling to tory brexiteers who don't like the way the government is handling the deal, who don't like the chequers plan, by

setting out today that these plans are being made for no deal, i think they are try to show those brexiteers just how costly, just how destructive a no deal scenario would be, so that when a withdrawal agreement comes back and they are asked to vote on it, they know what the consequences could be fought there being no deal in place. i think the signalling from this meeting is also very telling. after half—seven we'll be talking to the brexit secretary, dominic raab. thousands of people are continuing to leave their homes in north and south carolina, as hurricane florence closes in. the storm has weakened slightly, but heavy rainfall and flooding is still expected. our north america correspondent, laura trevelyan reports. here is the view of hurricane florence from space, as this powerful storm barrels across the atlantic towards america's east coast. as beaches in the storms path, like this one in north carolina, empty, five states have declared emergencies.

if you have been asked to evacuate, don't wait. leave now. you put your life at risk by staying. the waves are beginning to pound the beach, as hurricane florence bears down on us. she poses a triple threat to life and property. storm surge twice as high as me, hurricane—force winds and catastrophic flooding, after what could be very heavy rainfall. the storm is expected to stall and linger here. bill and charlotte hardison are obeying the order to evacuate. charlotte experienced the devastation of hurricane hazel here in 1954, and she is not hanging around. i just dread it for everybody. i dread it for us. i want my house to be here when i come back. but some plan to ride out the storm, like john and lloyd, who are braced for whatever it may bring. it is our home.

we want to stay and make sure everything is ok and looked after. most have heeded the warnings and fled. the monster storm is fast approaching. laura trevelyan, bbc news, north carolina. the former prime minister, gordon brown, has told the bbc he fears the world is sleepwalking into another financial crisis. he says a breakdown in international co—operation has left the global financial system less prepared to withstand threats than it was at the time of the last global crisis 10 years ago. and i feel we are sleepwalking into the next crisis. i feel that this is a leaderless world, and i think when the next crisis comes, and there will be a future crisis, we'll find that we neither have the fiscal and monetary room for manoeuvre that we had in 2008/09, or the willing to take that action. but perhaps most worrying of all, we will not have the international corporation that was necessary to get us out of this worldwide crisis. russia has launched its biggest military exercise since the cold

war. around 300,000 personnel are involved in thejoint training with china and mongolia, along with 80 warships and more than one—thousand aircraft. a kremlin spokesman said the drills were justified given "aggressive and unfriendly" attitudes towards his country. authorities in egypt say e.coli was a factor in deaths of a british couple at a holiday resort last month. john and susan cooper died within hours of each other. their daughter has described the egyptian report as "absolute rubbish". the home office has instructed a further post—mortem to be carried out on the couple here in the uk. the russian protest group, pussy riot, says one of its members is in a critical condition in hospital and fear he's been poisoned. pyotr verzilov fell ill after a court hearing on tuesday, reportedly losing his sight, speech and ability to walk. he'd been one of a number of protestors arrested for invading the pitch at the world cup final in moscow. people found guilty

of assaulting emergency services workers are to face tougher sentences. the new law, which will come in to effect from november, will double the amount of time for which offenders can be sent to prison from six months to a year. jenny kumah reports. attacked while on duty. this bodycam footage shows a man who was laterjailed, attacking police officers. that's four times! and this offender was filmed spitting 24 times at an officer. latest figures show there were 26,000 assaults on police officers and 17,000 on nhs staff. attacks on prison officers and firefighters are also on the rise. of course, for the very serious assault, you could still be put away for life. but we are now saying that if you spit at a police officer, if you threaten them, same with a prison officer, the sentence will be double

what it was yesterday. there is already an offence of attacking a police officer, but the new law means that for the first time, similar protection will be extended to any emergency worker, including search and rescue staff, paramedics and volunteers. judges will also have to consider tougher sentences for other offences, such as gbh and sexual assault, if the victim is an emergency worker. the legislation will also give the power to take blood samples, with consent, from people who have spat at, or bitten emergency workers and exposed them to the risk of infection. failing to provide a sample would be an offence. jenny kumah, bbc news. public health england has been criticised for working on a new campaign alongside a charity funded by the alcohol industry. in a letter, almost 50 health officials say working with drinkaware will "significa ntly damage" the agency's credibility. it follows a campaign encouraging

middle—aged people to have more alcohol—free days. public health england says it hopes this will be the first step in a long—term partership with the charity. if you're feeling weary this morning and stuggling to get motivated... iam i am struggling to get motivated! imagine being mark wahlberg. he's already been up since 2:30am and by now will have fitted in an hour and a half workout! how do you know this? he has told the world. the actor's daily routine has gone viral since being posted online yesterday. one of the things i could relate to: he also finds time for 30 minutes of golf and doesn't have lunch for ten—and—a—half hours after getting up. and he goes to bed at 7.30 so he can get up again at 2:30 a.m.. look at

those guns are. is it worth all of that pain and asset? —— asset. those guns are. is it worth all of that pain and asset? -- asset. it depends. he is an actor. —— effort. i like the way he has a signed family time, 11. let us know. does it make you feel bad or good?m family time, 11. let us know. does it make you feel bad or good? it is 12 minutes past seven. it's been described by forecasters as the "storm of a lifetime". more than a million people living on the us east coast are rushing to evacuate their homes as hurricane florence approaches. winds are expected to reach speeds of 110 miles per hour, and there are warnings of widespread flooding. this is how it's been reported on american news network, cbs. welcome everybody to cbs this morning. our big story this morning is hurricane florence. forecasters watching the hurricane are warning it could cause terrible damage and loss of life over a huge area of the us. national weather service

describes it as the storm of a lifetime. mandatory evacuation goes into effect at 8am and what is different about north carolina is that if you don't follow a mandatory evacuation order here, you can be cited with a misdemeanour crime. this is a force of nature. it is you really e m pty this is a force of nature. it is you really empty around here, but people are being warned, if you haven't left, now is the time to get out. we are also talking about the major rainfall event, up to 30 inches possible. as florence closes in, stores and caroline and virginia have run out of groceries and generators. hospitals in south carolina are rushing to evacuate hundreds of patients. ambulances lined up last night outside a medical centre in myrtle beach. joining us now is matthew williamson, originally from britain, now living in north carolina, and mark wargo from the emergency team at the hospital corporation of america. we can speak to mark first.

i know there is a slight delay on the line, we will be patient. how are you helping patients, hospitals, to prepare for this? good morning from the united states and thank you for having the. hospital corporation of america has been co—ordinating with our facilities for quite sometime now in readiness for both natural and man—made disasters. for the past few days, we have had a very orchestrated vindication team with our facilities. we very orchestrated vindication team with ourfacilities. we havejust under 20 facilities either at in the direct or indirect came path through south carolina, georgia and the tenancy market. preparation efforts focus on patient care, ensuring the uninterrupted patient quality care, fortifying our facilities for any impact of the storm. certainly, preparing for recovery of any impact that we may appreciate. your department focuses year—round on hazards, whether they be natural or

man—made, is this, how does this compare to what you have dealt with the four? —— before. so, our department, the hca healthcare office of emergency management focus on natural and man—made disasters and the last year with had challenges from the shooting in las vegas, which was a man—made event, to industrial explosions in texas and other areas, but we were challenged with hurricane is last year, harvey, with the swarm, where the storm comes in, lingers over an area, and produces rainfall causing widespread flooding, so certainly the healthcare industry in the united states has been challenged, but for us this is a storm that we have been preparing forfor quite us this is a storm that we have been preparing for for quite sometime, we have a very elaborate emergency operation centre focusing on patient

care, in myrtle beach we have one facility on the coast, as of last night all patients had been moved, but again we have close to 20 facilities that we are looking at, with pre— positioning power sources such as mobile generators at each sites, we have additionalfuel, gasoline to ensure the infrastructure continues in case of utility lost. we have also loaded up on additional medical equipment, medication, food, water supply, for the staff and community members that shelter in the facilities during the impact of the storm, so the efforts are very impact of the storm, so the efforts are very widespread and the expanse and reach of the hca brings the corporation together to focus on the 20 plus facilities, the hca facilities throughout the market, as well as the community as a whole that we are in a position to care for. thank you very much for talking to us. lets speak with matthew williamson

from britain in north carolina. thank you forjoining us. i see that the governor of your state says disaster could be at the doorstep. you are clearly staying put, why? good morning. yes, italked you are clearly staying put, why? good morning. yes, i talked with the number of people from the area where i live, just off the actual coastline, and a number of those are staying. it has now gone down from category 4 down to a category two, but we have been preparing, we have generators, plenty of water, things like that, and boarded—up. yes, this will be the first hurricane i have encountered in the us. the choice

really ca m e encountered in the us. the choice really came from options people, friends around town who are also staying, so there is a lot left, but there are also a few that are staying, and a good sense of community and everyone looking after each other during and after the storm. it is good to hear. it is your first hurricane. you are from grimsby. you have moved out to the carolinas. coming from grimsby, you see the tv in america today and the headlines, the very graphic warnings put out by the presenters on tv, it must be pretty scary? yes, i wouldn't say i am not nervous and anxious about it. if i lived close to the coast at carolina beach, there are mandatory evacuations, and of course i would evacuate, but we have been downtown and we have a group of friends here, we decided to

stay, yes, and quite rightly, from grimsby, we do weather like this, so it is going to be —— we don't see weather like this, so it is going to be an experience. hopefully we will get it safely, everybody that's going to be affected. well, we hope so too. we wish you well and good luck. hopefully it is over quickly. if you stay on the line and keep listening, we will have the weather forecast for the uk and you might find out what it is like in grimsby today, back home. take care, all the best. thank you. funny, isn't it, missing grimsby when you're in north carolina. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. you're going to start with the hurricane, aren't you ? you're going to start with the hurricane, aren't you? yes, to put things in perspective, the area of clout from hurricane florence will fit nicely over the entire uk. it

has weakened slightly over the night—time period. it is down to a category two with disruptive wins. that storm could stall off the coast. it is fed by warm water and because it is stalling it will pile infora because it is stalling it will pile in for a longer duration and the rainfall will last longer as well. and they could be the major issue with this. a storm surge of up to four metres, around the height of the roof of a bungalow and we could see as much rainfall as you see in birmingham overan see as much rainfall as you see in birmingham over an entire yearfall in the space of a few days. flooding, storm surge, still as the destructive winds. back home and in grimsby it is much more quiet with the feel of autumn in the air. we have seen clear skies across england and wales and it led to lovely scenes like this. it has led to temperatures dropping. if you are about to step out the door across central—southern england and wales get ready for a chilly start, temperatures down to two or three degrees in a number of spots. not

quite as low in northern england and we re quite as low in northern england and were with one or two showers. scotla nd were with one or two showers. scotland and northern ireland have showers working south and east at the moment, pushing into central and southern scotland in the middle of the morning. the same for northern ireland although more dry weather between them. and then brightening up between them. and then brightening up with isolated showers. more showers into the afternoon for northern england. much of england and wales will be dry after a sunny morning in the south. more clout into the afternoon. temperatures of around 14 to 19 degrees. tonight, another call light in southern areas. skies are clearest for longest. the cloud increases once again in northern ireland and rain works in towards dawn lifting temperatures into tomorrow morning. it means for friday morning we will see wet weather spreading across scotland, northern ireland and a greater chance of getting wet in northern england from mid—morning into the afternoon. showers in in the afternoon. scotland it will be

bright after a wet morning. southern counties of england and wales, mostly dry, fine, bright with temperatures of 14 to 19 degrees. into the weekend, while we start the day dry on saturday we will see the weather system push in and eventually it will bring rain to scotla nd eventually it will bring rain to scotland and northern ireland on the strengthening breeze. it will be dry elsewhere with isolated showers and pleasa ntly warm elsewhere with isolated showers and pleasantly warm in the south with temperatures up to 21 or 22 degrees. thank you very much indeed. we have some news from the high street this morning. john lewis, you will be familiar with the partnership, has reported the eye watering figure, a 99% slump in first half profits, hit it says by matching prices in the department stores. it has increased sales of lower margin items such as electronics. it has also been rebranding. it rebranded the

waitrose chain as waitrose and partners and last week it had to close a few of those smaller stores as well. it did give a warning that profits would be lower in the first half and has said that they are lower and more volatile than the second half. he says full—year profits will be substantially lower than last year. 99%... yes. for a while they would ride out the trent buckle the trend. all eyes are on downing street this morning, as theresa may holds a special cabinet meeting to prepare for the possibility of a no—deal brexit. that would have a huge impact across the entire uk but arguably nowhere more so than northern ireland, which could see a physical border re—imposed. our ireland correspondent emma vardy is in the border town of newry for us now. lovely to see you. it is just the

uncertainty, isn't it, that seems to weigh on people's mines? absolutely, of course many people cross that border everyday —— minds? for them it is virtually invisible. it has emerged as such a focus of the brexit negotiations because as you say there have been many proposals put forward. there is still no certainty or agreement as to how the border with the eu is going to be managed after brexit. a lot of that is about trade, business, the movement of goods. i am joined by three people involved in doing business along the border. gram, this is your coffee shop. i am sure it has been a topic of conversation. six months from brexit almost. how do you feel it is going? it is surrounded by uncertainty at every level. in my business, we depend on footfall. we have been used to cross—border trade in both directions for the whole time that i

have been here. and creating barriers for entry from one part of the country to the other part of the country will reduce footfall and affect my business. paul, you are in the rugs business, buying and selling, importing and exporting, the proposals have made mention of trust and trade, technology, online systems, can you envisage it working for your business? i suppose it was eventually but we know from trading with the uk, europe and the rest of the world, any country with additional paperwork, we are less competitive, so having to do that multiple times throughout europe doesn't make sense from a competitive point of view. radium, it you represent businesses here —— graham, you represent businesses here in the newry area, are we being a little bit pessimistic? it remains to be seen, we had record

unemployment in the 70s and 80s, and that has changed now, all down to goods and services. we will hear from dominic raab later on from bbc brea kfast from dominic raab later on from bbc breakfast and we were talking about questions people might put to him, if you could ask him something, what would your question be? in my industry, most industry in the country, starting is a big issue for me. i have a big proportion of my staff from eastern european countries. i would like to know how that looks after brexit, how does the movement of people look? and how do they feel welcome and how can we attract those people with the skill set that is required here? thank you very much, so how would dominic raab help people still feel welcome despite this uncertainty? ok. well, thatis despite this uncertainty? ok. well, that is food for thought for the brexit secretary dominic raab,

outlining the uk contingency plans foran no outlining the uk contingency plans for an no deal, something the government says won't be needed, something that would have a big impact here if it did. brexit means brea kfast mea ns impact here if it did. brexit means breakfast means brexit means brea kfast. breakfast means brexit means breakfast. laughter.. thank you for bbc brexit, we love that. sometimes it feels like that, doesn't it? bbc brexit, we love that. sometimes it feels like that, doesn't mm does. we will be joined by the brea kfast does. we will be joined by the breakfast secretary! at 7:40am and we will put that question to him. the brexit secretary! we will be respectful. see you soon. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sara orchard. the number of offences involving images of child abuse recorded by the met police has risen by more than 40% in the last year. that's according to the nspcc, which asked the force for its data. in london, almost 2,000 cases were recorded in the last year — each offence could potentially involve thousands of images. the charity's now campaigning for tighter controls on social media.

the security minister has said there was no threat to people at gatwick when two russian nationals brought novichok through the airport into the uk. one person died and four others were injured in the poisoning in salisbury in march. in a commons debate, ben wallace suggested baggage checks "probably weren't as good as they might be". but said staff and passengers should feel reassured. a 12—year—old boy with dreadlocks who was told to cut his hair by his school has been allowed to keep them. chikayzea flanders was told last year he'd either haveto cut his hair orface suspension, due to the strict uniform policy at fulham boys school. it sparked protests and he chose to leave shortly afterwards. the school has paid a sum to his mother in a settlement and agreed he can return if he wears his hair up. a robotic seal which formed part of ground—breaking research has gone on display at london's victoria and albert museum. paro, the fluffy seal pup, which responds to touch and speech, was originally designed as a toy injapan. but researchers found it can be beneficial for people with dementia.

it's part of the "future starts here" exhibition until the end of december. let's have a look at the travel situation now. starting on the tubes, we have minor delays on the district and a part suspension on the overground. on the trains c2c services are disrupted following a points failure at barking. meanwhile there is no tfl rail shuttle between heathrow terminals 1, 2, 3 and 4 due to a rolling stock shortage. on the roads on the north side of shepherds bush green the a4020 uxbridge road is down to two lanes eastbound approaching the southern rounabout for police investigation work. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizinni. hello, good morning. worth a mention this morning the beautiful sunset we saw across the capital last night. lots of weather watcher pictures coming in of that. and of course we saw clear skies, so it is a chilly start to the day

today with temperatures back down to single figures across the board. it will be a decent day of weather. it will stay dry and there will be lots of sunshine around to enjoy as well. and the best of that will tend to be this morning. starting off the day with lots of blue sky around. a bit more patchy cloud into the afternoon. but the wind is light coming from the west and it will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine. top temperatures between 17 and maybe as high as 20 in central london. now, overnight tonight it won't be quite as chilly as last night. temperatures still back down into single figures though away from towns. patchy cloud here and there. and the breeze will pick up too. temperatures in the centre of the city probably at around ten or 11 degrees. tomorrow it will feel a bit breezy. but, again, dry with somw spells of sunshine. the south—westerly wind will draw in some warmer air in time for the weekend. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now though it's back to john and naga. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay.

good morning. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. the prime minister will hold a special cabinet meeting this morning to discuss preparations for a no—deal brexit. the government is also due to publish guidance on issues such as mobile phone roaming—charges, driving licenses and passports in the event of the eu and the uk not reaching an agreement. brexit secretary dominic raab has said the uk will not pay its financial settlement to the eu in a no—deal scenario. thousands of people are continuing to leave their homes in north and south carolina, as hurricane florence closes in. the storm has been downgraded slightly, but winds could reach up to 110 miles per hour. heavy rainfall and flooding is expected when florence makes landfall later today. we have some breaking news a few moments ago about the profit atjohn lewis. ben is in the city of london

to explain these figures of. what do you make of them? they look pretty dramatic. are pretty shocking set of figures from the first half of beer from john lewis, figures that the boss has described as challenging and has talked about the market being a challenging time for retailers. john lewis owns the big department stores, but also the waitrose supermarket. in both of them, sales are down. why? because of maybe three things. to have talked about inflation, prices going up talked about inflation, prices going up on the things they buy and that is because of the exchange rate. that has had an effect. they have tried to not pass that on to customers. at the same time, lot of its rivals been slashing prices to get three, people through the doors and whatjohn lewis does is match those prices. that has affected their profits. they have also spent a lot of money in new stores and investing in it for its website.

that has come at a big cost, meaning that rockets are down 99% on the same time last year. practically wiping out their profit for the year. nonetheless, the firm has said it is now in a position to deal with a challenging retail market. but another blow for the high street in what is already a difficult time for them. the boss saying that times on them. the boss saying that times on the high street are and the stig is there that out. —— these figures bear that out. russia has launched its biggest military exercise since the cold war. around 300,000 personnel are involved in thejoint training with china and mongolia, along with 80 warships and more than one—thousand aircraft. a kremlin spokesman said the drills were justified given "aggressive and unfriendly" attitudes towards his country. authorities in egypt say e.coli was a factor in deaths of a british couple at a holiday resort last month. john and susan cooper died within hours of each other. their daughter has described the egyptian report

as "absolute rubbish". the home office has instructed a further post—mortem to be carried out on the couple here in the uk. people found guilty of assaulting emergency services workers are to face tougher sentences. the new law, which will come in to effect from november, will double the amount of time for which offenders can be sent to prison from six months to a year. government figures show an increase in the number of assaults over the past year. those are this morning ‘s main news stories are. mac will have the weather for us in stories are. mac will have the weatherfor us in a moment. -- matt. he has been keeping his eye on that hurricane the america and the karrabin. —— carribean. first, time for the sport with mike. naomi osaka, 20 years old on the way

to her first grand naomi osaka, 20 years old on the way to herfirst grand slam, and itchy sees all of this furore around her idol, serena williams and she is almost forgotten woman. it is almost as if the fallout has overshadowed the row. yesterday we had a conversation about about the cartoon in the herald sun, but now we have heard from her. you get a sense from this that she doesn't want to be drawn in. she took a backseat, quite wisely, but we now find what she has been thinking. we've heard a lot about serena williams and that us open final over the last few days, but now, we've heard from the winner too. japan's naomi osaka, who grew up in america, has been talking to the ellen degenerous, show, about saturday's events, when serena williams berated the umpire and accused him of sexism. and while osaka, claimed the title in new york, her moment of glory was rather overshadowed, and she even thought the booing on court was for her and not the umpire. when you are little, you are taught not to look at like, if your opponent gets anger or anything, told to just turn around and try to focus.

so i tried to do that. but i heard a lot of people in the crowd making noises and i really wanted to turn around. at the time i did kind of think they were booing me. oh, no! i couldn't tell what was going on because it was so loud in there. right. so it was a little bit stressful. receiving the trophy there was a lot of booing in the crowd and then serena leaned over and said something to you. what did she say to you? that she was proud of me and that i should know that the crowd wasn't booing at me. very humble, taking it all in her stride at just the very humble, taking it all in her stride atjust the age of 20. british cyclists continue to dominate the sport's grand tours. chris froome won the giro d'italia, geraint thomas the tour de france of course, and now simon yates is just a few days away from winning the la vuelta, a, espana. it was a foggy stage 17, won by canada's michael woods. yates, who you can see here in red, had his overall lead, trimmed by eight seconds, but still has a 25 second advantage, over his nearest rival with four stages to go. this is good news.

britain's six—time paralympic champion, david weir, says he has been through "the toughest journey" of his career, after announcing he wants to race in the marathon, at the 2020 tokyo games. the multiple marathon winner has told the bbc, that he struggled with his mental health, after qutting the track after the 2016 games in rio, and vowing never to compete again at another paralympic games. he's had help, and now wants to be with the team in tokyo in 2020. i found someone that wasn't involved with sport, didn't know me, literally the first conversation i was in on the floor in bits, crying. i didn't realise how bad it was. yeah. it has been the toughest journey of my life. but i am in such a positive mindset now, nothing can get in my way and if i want to get to tokyo i am going to make sure that i get there. great to see him back. the werewolf

is back. i loved the shot with the full moon behind him. not howling, just doing his thing on the track. john terry has turned down, a lucrative move to russia. the former england and chelsea captain, is without a club after leaving aston villa, at the end of last season. he'd been offered a deal, by the russian premier league, side spartak moscow, but says its not the right move, for him or his family. have a look at this from the world heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua. he's getting ready for a title defence against alexander povetkin at wembley a week on saturday. it isa it is a new move for him, a sideways levitation pose. just to show that it is not impossible, can you spot the difference? you need to go further. obviously it is good for your call to stay here, you got to try and do push up. can you push my feet down, john? it is uncanny, the

similarity between those two pictures of. i will not let go of your feet. there we are. that is very good! eight, seven, six... i will not stay here all bought in, though. well, joshua says there is no doubt that he is the best boxer in the heavyweight division. feels good actually! there's plenty of competition at the moment with the return of tyson fury who'll fight american deontay wilder for the wbc title in december. butjoshua says he fears no—one. the division is booming. so, so be it. what will be, will be. i'm going to give it my best. all of them are welcome. as i said, april 13th, if it is not wilder, fury could get in there as the big fight. if it's not wilder or fury, ortiz could get in there, it will be a big fight. the division is alive right now. no disputing him when he can do that for probably half an hour. i lasted a few seconds of. —— a few seconds.

no one would expect us to do that because it is not ourjob.” no one would expect us to do that because it is not ourjob. i like that. can you feel the burn? because it is not ourjob. i like that. can you feelthe burn? i feel the burn. it is 740. -- 7:40 a.m.. leaving the eu without a deal wouldn't be a walk in the park for the uk, neither would it be the end of the world. the words of the brexit minister dominic raab in a newspaper article this morning. he's preparing to reaveal another set of actions the government will take in the event of no—deal. —— reveal. he joins us now from westminster. good morning to you, thanks to joining us today. can we start with, can we talk about the so—called divorce bill? as we understood we would pay out £39 billion to the eu as part of the withdrawal agreement. according to your pc and the telegraph, if we don't get a deal, we don't have to pay. is that right? cani we don't have to pay. is that right? can i first say in relation to the introduction, the quote at leaving the eu with no deal would not be the

end of the world came from the brazilian head of the wto and i think that is basically right, it wouldn't be a walk in the park but it would be the end of the well. one of the consequences of leaving without a deal, as regrettable and unlikely as that would be, i am confident we can get a good deal but we need to prepare. one of the positives would be that obviously we wouldn't pay out the money that has been agreed because there is no deal until we get the whole deal. so the eu, ina until we get the whole deal. so the eu, in a no deal scenario, wouldn't be able to cherry pick from those areas of those negotiations. is that mean if we don't get a deal we have £40 billion spare that we can spend on schools and hospitals and roads? a lot of people might think ok, that sounds fine. that is only one element of the wider matrix of pros and cons and there would be a real risk to leaving the eu. what we do todayis risk to leaving the eu. what we do today is to set out plans to avoid, manage or mitigate those risks. at

do think anyone is under the illusion that it would not cause a short—term disruption. we always comply with our strict legal obligations but what is very clear is that we would not pay either the amount or the schedule in terms of the phased approach that was agreed as part of the negotiated settlement. in a no deal scenario we would see the return of the annual contributions we make. so we would pay some of the 40 billion pounds? we wouldn't pay the amount that has been agreed as part of the financial settlement, but we would realise our strict financial obligations and that would be substantially lower. it is not the issue of quantum, i will come back to that, it is the rate of payment and the way in which it is done. we will be haggling for every penny and we would be paying effectively, the bare minimum. you can expect that. we need to be clear about that. that is nothing new. the primus is that it this week, i have

said it before and i think it is well understood because the eu a lwa ys well understood because the eu always says that there is no deal on till we get the whole deal. meanwhile, negotiations go on and it seems like both sides have changed their scripts. you are talking about ano their scripts. you are talking about a no deal wouldn't be a terrible thing, shell barnier on the eu site said we might be getting a deal, it is looking more likely for november. —— michel barnier. what is going on? what does it look like? you are in the room, what is it feeling like? it is our top priority, our overriding priority, iam it is our top priority, our overriding priority, i am confident we can get there if the ambition and pragmatism is matched. notjust michel barnier, but if you look at jean—claude juncker, what he michel barnier, but if you look at jean—claudejuncker, what he said in a state of the union, he welcomed the chequers proposals, as basis of the chequers proposals, as basis of the economic partnership. we are focused overriding the honour that. but i think any responsible government would need to be prepared for the unlikely and regrettable scenario, where the negotiations do

not reach a positive conclusion and so we need those contingency plans in place of. they are intense, balanced approaches to managing risk ofa balanced approaches to managing risk of a no—deal brexit and making sure we can give individuals, businesses and ngos the reassurance they need. on business, reassurance is needed up on business, reassurance is needed up in the last few minutesjohn lewis has published their latest gizmo profits down 99 cents in the first six months of this year and day," have said, the level of uncertainty, partly due to the ongoing brexit negotiations, is very difficult. that is one of the reasons, for a 99% drop. is go to ta ke reasons, for a 99% drop. is go to take more than some tape is to create any reassurance. “— take more than some tape is to create any reassurance. —— it is going. there will be some protection from businesses that are not doing so well to blame brexit and that is the economic art of this week, economic growth has accelerated, looking at real wages from the bank of england, wages are growing faster

and if you look at other businesses, the uk dutch publishing business, they have consolidated their structure with a base in the uk. overall, this would be some good news. is also true to say that they will be the risk of a no—deal brexit. we are confident that we won't see that eventuality come to pass, but we must plan for it. that is what any responsible government would do and that is what we are doing. we have been in northern ireland this modern talking about possible implications for the border after brexit and graham, who runs a coffeeshop there had a question which we promised we would put to use topics he said he put —— recruit a lot of his star from eastern europe, he is worried about contracting staff and retaining staff and making them feel welcome after brexit. what you say to him and other prisoners owners across the uk? -- and other prisoners owners across the uk? —— business owners. and other prisoners owners across the uk? -- business owners. we have made clear we really value the contribution that eu nationals have and continue to make in this country, so we are very keen to make

sure that in any scenario, those already here have their position is secure. in relation to the future immigration relations and approach that we take, we will end free movement that will allow us to have a balanced approach where we take the advantages, the economic advantages, from immigration to fill skills shortages in the way that you describe, whether it is in northern ireland or across the uk. but balancing that against the pressures and costs of immigration, so that we ta ke and costs of immigration, so that we take a balanced approach and that is of the public expect. dominic raab, you have got a three—hour marathon cabinet meeting this morning. you had better go and prepare for that study thank you forjoining us. three alan meetings. whatever they are on. “— three hour meeting.” three hour meeting. i won't keep you that long. i can tell you it is chilly out there this morning. lovely start in norfolk. frost on

the grass here. understandable when you look at the temperatures from the past hour, one degree in central and eastern england, southern wales, feeling the chill, not as chilly further north, one or two isolated showers this morning, showers across scotla nd showers this morning, showers across scotland and northern ireland, through the central belt it will be wet for a time. breaking out the showery band into northern england in the afternoon and more sunshine around for a time in scotland and northern ireland. after a sunny start, mist and fog at the moment will clear. sunny spells and cloud in the afternoon. for many it looks like a in the afternoon. for many it looks likea dry in the afternoon. for many it looks like a dry day with temperatures around 14 to 19 degrees. it turns chilly this evening across southern areas with the clearest of the skies. further north, more cloud spreading in and more rain across

western scotland and northern ireland. temperatures here should be in double figures. we will be back to single figures in parts of the south. there will be more cloud building through the day. wet morning across scotland and northern ireland. the rain turning showery, into northern england and wales in the afternoon, and temperatures fairly similarto the afternoon, and temperatures fairly similar to today. quite a breeze tonight and into tomorrow. into the weekend, we start the week and dry. clear conditions for some overnight into saturday morning. another weather system working its way in. the best of the sunshine will be in the morning. clouding over, turning hazy, then in the afternoon northern ireland and western scotland turning increasingly wet. sunny spells across england and wales turning hazy later on. with the wind from the south—west it will feel a bit more mild, as it will on sunday. after a wet night on scotland and northern ireland, turning bright on sunday. a better day for northern

england and where will is likely to see heavy showers at times —— england and wales likely to see heavy showers at times. what happens beyond that is uncertain. we have been talking hurricane florence, what about hurricane helen? is in the eastern atlantic will be creeping towards us. it won't be a hurricane when it gets closer to us. low pressure, but it will be crucial to dictating the weather next week. exactly where it goes beyond monday is uncertain. if it moves north we we re is uncertain. if it moves north we were dragged in humid air and some sunshine but if it moves across us some potential for stormy conditions into the middle of next week. we will keep you updated. thank you very much. lovely. it's ten years this week since the start of the global financial crisis. we'll speak to ben in the city of london about the effect it has had, but first let's look back at how we broke the news. good morning.

this is breakfast. financial markets around the world go into shock as lehman brothers say they plan to file for bankruptcy protection. at lehman brothers headquarters on new york's seventh ave hundreds of passers—by gathered to witness the final act, a bank on the verge of bankruptcy because no buyers could be found for the damaged assets. this is a once in a half century, probably once in a century type event. the worst you have seen in yourcareer? oh, by far. he couldn't have understated that any more. ben is looking at this. at the time we knew it was a seismic shift. the question was and it still is, how long will the ripples

continue to have an effect? yes, you're right, i remember well, i was yes, you're right, i remember well, iwasa yes, you're right, i remember well, i was a producer on this programme when it happened and we were starting to work out how to explain all of this and how it would affect our lives day today and a decade on it is still having an impact on mortgages, jobs, all things we do day to day, not least the banking system as well, so have we learnt any system as well, so have we learnt a ny lessons system as well, so have we learnt any lessons from it? and, crucially, can it happen again? two people who can it happen again? two people who can explain, from the campaign group positive money, fran, let me start with you. ten years on, a decade on, some would say we still haven't learnt the lessons, this could still happen again quite easily. absolutely, ten years on we seen the failure to reform the banking system, resulting in austerity, public sector cuts, and peoples

wages have stagnated and declined. we have brought out a calculator today where people can find out how much they are owed from the financial crash and they can write to philip hammond. the average household is £23,000 worse off. so we are going to be in the city on saturday which is the exact anniversary of the lehman brothers collapse, to say that ten years, enoughis collapse, to say that ten years, enough is enough, we need proper reform now and we are going to call for a series of regulations, from properly ending too big to fail, to the financial transaction tax, to looking at how we need to stop the levels of private debt, which result from the banking system. not enough has happened and we have a lot of work to do. stephen, the concept of too big to fail, that the financial institutions were simply too big, simply too important to collapse, thatis simply too important to collapse, that is part of the failure in all of this, isn't it, if the business isn't working, it should be allowed collapse? absolutely and the last

ten years has been designed to ensure that the reforms are in place such that no bank is too big to fail. first of all you want to get the banks in a position where they are extremely unlikely to fail. and so are extremely unlikely to fail. and so there are four or five times more capital relative to the loans that they grant, much more cash held on they grant, much more cash held on the balance sheets. secondly, make sure senior managers are banks are personally and individually accountable. that is the senior managers regime which has criminal damages in fact, and banks have to have living wills, they have to have essentially preplanned what would happen so that they can be wound down in an orderly way in a manner that the regulators will be able to ta ke that the regulators will be able to take that action if that proves necessary. and, fran, when you hear that, and not just necessary. and, fran, when you hear that, and notjust the banking system, the economy has been on life support, we know that interest rates have been on record lows and

emergency money pumped into the financial system, all of that seemingly failing to make a difference. we still have a broken syste m difference. we still have a broken system which is very much the banking system, the financial sector we banking system, the financial sector we have in the city of london, it is a part of that. although we have seen regulation, it has very much beenin seen regulation, it has very much been in terms of how to make the bank fail more easily, rather than how to make the banking system work for the economy. what we should have learned in 2008 years we can't have the oversized financial sector serving the global financial markets and making the rich richer at the same time as not undermining the re st of same time as not undermining the rest of the economy. we have done re ce nt rest of the economy. we have done recent polling that shows over two thirds of the uk public think that banks don't work in the interest of society. and that is the case. since the crash we vote banks would lend to the productive economy. they don't. we see 10% of lending. the vast majority goes into the finance sector and property markets. that doesn't work for most people and

most business in this country and it has to change. ok, brief word. 11 million mortgages. it is not a housing crisis. leading to corporate, a third of that smes, this is useful in terms of helping businesses run, helping employ people, and in financing the housing market. ok, time is up, good to talk to you, we will continue this after 8am because there is so much to talk about and thank you so much. that does sum up some of the problems. many expecting the worst should be over and lessons will be learned and regulations in place. but as you have heard there is still lots of concern that the systems and all of the failures that happened in 2008 goodin the failures that happened in 2008 good in some respects happen again very good in some respects happen again very soon. good in some respects happen again very soon. more from me after 8am, i will see you soon. thank you. we need some music. please. unusual music. chopin in shopping centres and haydn on the high street.

that's what is being heard in leeds this week as the city prepares for one of the uk's most prestigious piano competitions. and our entertainment correspondent colin paterson is at leeds train station this morning, where commuters are stopping by to have a go for themselves. 0h, oh, you are brilliant! hidden skills. 1-handed! no handed! welcome to leeds station, the leeds international piano competition is this weekend and there are as dance in the buildup. this isjo christie and tonight he will take part in the pub pianist of the year in a competition that has been away for 30 years and returns tonight. what does it involve? a ten minute set, i will get all of the songs people noticing along too, to get into the community to really kind of, in the olden days with the pub piano, and applied on top. how can you get people singing along? amarillo and

hokey pokey. sounds fantastic! more on this later on, first, the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sara orchard. the number of offences involving images of child abuse recorded by the met police has risen by more than 40% in the last year. that's according to the nspcc, which asked the force for its data. in london, almost 2,000 cases were recorded in the last year — each offence could potentially involve thousands of images. the charity's now campaigning for tighter controls on social media. the security minister has said there was no threat to people at gatwick when two russian nationals brought novichok through the airport into the uk. one person died and four others were injured in the poisoning in salisbury in march. in a commons debate, ben wallace suggested baggage checks "probably weren't as good as they might be". but said staff and passengers should feel reassured. a 12—year—old boy with dreadlocks who was told

the london ambulance service says it's received fewer calls and a&e visits from older people at risk of falls because of a new scheme. the active ageing pilot was trialled in merton and hackney. ‘mobility volunteers' from the royal voluntary service, were paired with clients who visited them in their homes to help improve their physical well—being. a robotic seal which formed part of ground—breaking research has gone on display at london's victoria and albert museum. paro, the fluffy seal pup, which responds to touch and speech, was originally designed as a toy injapan. it's part of the "future starts here" exhibition until the end of december. let's have a look at the travel situation now. starting on the tubes, we have minor delays on the district and a part suspension on the overground. meanwhile there is no tfl rail shuttle between heathrow terminals 1, 2, 3 and 4 due to a rolling stock shortage. on the roads on the north side

of shepherds bush green the a4020 uxbridge road is down to two lanes eastbound approaching the southern rounabout for police investigation work. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizinni. hello, good morning. worth a mention this morning the beautiful sunset we saw across the capital last night. lots of weather watcher pictures coming in of that. and of course we saw clear skies so it is a chilly start to the day today with temperatures in single figures across the board. it will be a decent day of weather. it will stay dry and there will be lots of sunshine around to enjoy as well. the best of that will tend to be this morning. starting today with lots of blue sky around. a bit more patchy cloud into the afternoon. the wind is light coming from the west and pleasantly warm

in the sunshine. top temperatures between 17 and maybe as high as 20 in central london. overnight tonight it won't be quite as chilly as last night. temperatures back down into single figures away from towns. patchy cloud here and there. and the breeze will pick up too. tomorrow it will feel a bit breezy. but, again, dry with spells of sunshine. the south—westerly wind will draw in warmer air in time for the weekend. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now though it's back to john and naga. bye for now. good morning and welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay. our headlines today: theresa may holds a special cabinet meeting to plan for no deal. the government warns the eu it won't pay the full divorce bill if there's no agreement. here comes hurricane florence. georgia becomes the fifth us state to declare an emergency. profits atjohn lewis slump by 99%

for the first half of the year. the boss describes it as a challenging time for retail. i will have the details. in sport: "i looked away and tried to ignore it." the us open champion, naomi osaka, gives her side of the serena saga. at the time i did kind of think they were booing me. oh, no! i couldn't tell what was going on because it was so loud in there. it was a little bit stressful. # angels wanna wear my red shoes. elvis costello is back with a new album. he'll tell us why he's no longer mixing music and politics. and believe it or not there is some frost on the grass was in england and wales this morning. a chilly start but a lovely day here. but plenty of showers in northern england and northern ireland. the full forecast in 15 minutes. it's thursday september 13th. our top story:

the prime minister will hold a special cabinet meeting this morning to discuss preparations for a no—deal brexit. it will start in about half an hour. it will start in about half an hour. it will start in about half an hour. it will take three hours. the government is also due to publish guidance on what could happen to mobile phone roaming charges, driving licences and passports if the eu and uk fail to reach an agreement. our political correspondent ben wright is at downing street. they will be arriving soon. this sounds like a marathon session. yes, good morning. we have already had some cabinet ministers pulling up in their cars are the last few minutes. it will be a very long morning for them as they go through whitehall‘s planning for what would happen if the uk crashes out of the eu next march with no deal in place. the government is quite open about the fa ct government is quite open about the fact that there would be a lot of disruption and it would be costly for businesses and consumers. today

after this meeting we will get another set of papers showing what it could mean in terms of mobile phone roaming charges, in terms of how people would be able to drive on the continent, if we were out of the eu without a deal in place, what it would mean for passports, all those practicalities that government ministers are thinking about now. earlier you spoke to dominic raab, the brexit secretary, and he outlined what the government was doing and why. you pressed him on whether the divorce bill, the £40 billion the uk has committed to paying the eu as part of the withdrawal agreement, money that we owe, the fact that the government

is now saying that is now tied to the deal being done on a future trade agreement. this is what dominic raab said. what we are doing todayis dominic raab said. what we are doing today is setting out our plans to avoid, manage and mitigate the risks but i don't think anyone should be underany but i don't think anyone should be under any illusion that no deal scenario would cause short—term disruption. in relation to the money, we disruption. in relation to the money, we will always comply with our strict legal obligations but what i think is very clear is that we what i think is very clear is that we would not pay either the amount or the schedule in terms of the phased approach that was agreed as pa rt of phased approach that was agreed as part of the negotiated settlement. dominic raab. today is significant. we will get more details this afternoon, ploughing through what the government is preparing us for if there is no deal. the signal cabinet ministers are sending is interesting as well. there is a message to the european union, that the uk is not bluffing when it says it is prepared to walk away from the negotiating table without a deal but i think theresa may is sending a message to tory brexiteers, who are publicly very unhappy about the direction the government is going m, direction the government is going in, and that they are not doing a good job. if they vote down the deal that she brings back, the consequences of a no deal would be very consequences of a no deal would be very severe. consequences of a no deal would be very severe. thank you. thousands of people are continuing to leave their homes in north and south carolina as hurricane florence closes in. the storm has weakened slightly

overnight, but heavy rainfall and flooding is still expected. our north america correspondent, laura trevelyan, reports. here is the view of hurricane florence from space, as this powerful storm barrels across the atlantic towards america's east coast. as beaches in the storm's path, like this one in north carolina, empty, five states have declared emergencies. if you have been asked to evacuate, don't wait. leave now. you put your life at risk by staying. the waves are beginning to pound the beach, as hurricane florence bears down on us. she poses a triple threat to life and property. storm surge twice as high as me, hurricane—force winds and catastrophic flooding, after what could be very heavy rainfall. the storm is expected to stall and linger here. bill and charlotte hardison are obeying the order to evacuate. charlotte experienced

the devastation of hurricane hazel here in 1954, and she is not hanging around. i just dread it for everybody. i dread it for us. i want my house to be here when i come back. but some plan to ride out the storm, like john and lloyd, who are braced for whatever it may bring. it's our home. we want to stay and make sure everything is ok and looked after. most have heeded the warnings and fled. the monster storm is fast approaching. laura trevelyan, bbc news, north carolina. that's how people are feeling on the ground. what does it look like from a satellite picture? let's put a uk perspective on it because this storm is massive. it would cover all of the uk and ireland. it has weakened a little bit and it is still a top end category two storm with winds over 100 mph, very destructive. the

biggest problem is that it is forecast to stall offshore over the warm waters, dragging in moisture, and putting in a huge storm surge and putting in a huge storm surge and prolonged rainfall. that storm surge and the rain keeps going, and it is the length of time it keeps going that will exacerbate the problems. how long? the storm surge that could be as high as the roof of a bungalow, four meters. we could see a year's rainfall in birmingham falling in the space of just a few days, and that is why the impact is set to be pretty severe. they are talking about catastrophic storm surge and life threatening floods. we will keep you you. we have had some breaking business news this morning aboutjohn lewis. at least the company that runs atjohn lewis department stores and waitrose. it is announced that its

profits were virtually wiped out in the first half of the year. some of it is expected but it is still shocking news and ben will bring us up shocking news and ben will bring us up to date. good morning. yes, real surprise this morning thatjohn lewis, who many had expected to be the darling of the high street, who would survive this current turbulence in retail, saying that it is not immune from that downturn in consumer spending as well. profits down 99%, nearly wiping out all of the profits from last year. they say thatis the profits from last year. they say that is for three reasons. one is because there has been inflation and prices have been going up. they have tried not to pass that on to customers. they have had to absorb some of that and it has hit the bottom line. at the same time they have been spending money on things like store renovations and investing in it and it has cost them a lot of money as well. but they also match the prices of their competitors, and we know that a lot of retailers have had to cut prices to get us back through the doors. they have had to reduce their prices as well. all of that really taking its toll on profits atjohn lewis. and also at the supermarket chain waitrose. john lewis, the department store, but

also the supermarket waitrose. sales are down there as well. we are caught ina are down there as well. we are caught in a storm of consumer spending and inflation. the boss, sir charlie mayfield, describing the results as a challenging time for retail. they are still on track to do as expected this year but given the start to the year that they had so far, it will be pretty tough to meet those targets. thank you, then. —— ben. the former prime minister, gordon brown, has told the bbc he fears the world is sleepwalking into another financial crisis. he says a breakdown in international co—operation has left the global financial system less prepared to withstand threats than it was at the time of the last major global crisis ten years ago. and i feel we are sleepwalking into the next crisis. i feel that this is a leaderless world, and i think when the next crisis comes, and there will be a future crisis, we'll find that we neither have the fiscal and monetary room for manoeuvre that we had in 2008/09, or the willingness

to take that action, but perhaps most worrying of all, we will not have the international corporation that was necessary to get us out of this worldwide crisis. russia has launched its biggest military exercise since the cold war. around 300,000 personnel are involved in the joint training with china and mongolia, along with 80 warships and more than 1000 aircraft. a kremlin spokesman said the drills were justified given aggressive and unfriendly attitudes towards his country. public health england has been criticised for working on a new campaign alongside a charity funded by the alcohol industry. in a letter, almost 50 health officials say working with drinkawa re will significantly damage the agency's credibility. it follows a campaign encouraging middle—aged people to have more alcohol—free days. public health england says it hopes this will be the first step in a long—term partership with the charity. being a traffic policeman on india's busy roads isn't easy.

can you imagine a more stressful job? you have got to make sure that you are noticed, clear and visible, yes? one officer has got it right. pratap, a home guard in india's eastern state of 0disha, uses dance moves to give traffic signals. he says it all started four years ago when he needed to catch the attension of rule—breaking drivers and he's been throwing shapes to prevent accidents ever since. no need from high visibility jackets, a lollipop stick, anything like that. what a mover! not sure i understand all of the moves. that is what we need on the streets here. more of that. it is 11 minutes past eight. matt will be bringing us the uk weather, after his update on hurricane florence. let's talk about

the people who are there to help and protect us in our communities. the number of attacks on emergency services workers is reportedly increasing each year. in an effort to stop the rise, a new law will be passed later which will double the maximum prison sentence for those found guilty of assault from six months to one year. jenny kumah reports. attacked while on duty. this bodycam footage shows a man, who was laterjailed, attacking police officers. that's four times! and this offender was filmed spitting 24 times at an officer. latest figures show there were 26,000 assaults on police officers and 17,000 on nhs staff. attacks on prison officers and firefighters are also on the rise. of course, for the very serious assault, you could still be put away for life. but we are now saying that if you spit at a police officer, if you threaten them, same with a prison officer, the sentence will be double

what it was yesterday. there is already an offence of attacking a police officer, but the new law means that for the first time, similar protection will be extended to any emergency worker, including search and rescue staff, paramedics and volunteers. judges will also have to consider tougher sentences for other offences, such as gbh and sexual assault, if the victim is an emergency worker. the legislation will also give the power to take blood samples, with consent, from people who have spat at, or bitten emergency workers and exposed them to the risk of infection. failing to provide a sample would be an offence. jenny kumah, bbc news. joining us now is natasha starkey, a paramedic who was assaulted whilst on duty. you might wrap —— recognise natasha from the ambulance series.

and john apter, chair of the police federation of england and wales is in our london newsroom. thank you forjoining us. what is changing now in terms of the law and how will it affect attitudes? changing now in terms of the law and how will it affect attitudes7m changing now in terms of the law and how will it affect attitudes? it is about changing the culture not only for society but also for those who work in emergency services. i have been a police officer the 25 years andi been a police officer the 25 years and i am extremely proud to be one, but i have heard over the years that being assaulted should be seen as just part of the job, and that is something that is deeply offensive not only to police officers but also people in the fire service and the nhs, as we have heard. i have been campaigning along with colleagues from the police federation for england and wales for greater offences for people who assault police officers and i am really pleased that this bill has gone further to include those from other emergency services. we already do an incredibly difficultjob on behalf of society. the men and women from the emergency services very often put themselves at risk, for the sake of others. if people attacked them,

as we are seeing an increasing trend of assaulting people, there must be a consequence, a significant consequence, and i am really pleased that this bill will get royal assent today. it is important that the court ta kes today. it is important that the court takes note of the extra legislation they are getting and use the powers they have got. but i am pleased, today is a good day. natasha, you have come in in uniform and you are paramedic and people will remember you from the ambulance series. you have experience of being attacked and it is tough. yes, it is horrible. you don't come to work to get attacked but unfortunately in this day and age we sort of expect it. you expect it to happen? yes. it has been going on far longer than my short four year career. what has happened? i don't know. i meant to you? i have been spat up, i have been shoved up against the ambulance, had sexual

comments passed to me, but nothing particularly bad in comparison to some people. but you just expect it these days. so many people will be listening and i am one of those who just doesn't understand why the emergency services personnel, why people think it is opaque to abuse them, the fire service, police and ambulance? —— people think it is ok. you have brought up the point that people accept it is part of the job. heat has written into us, paramedic in london, saying he has always been against extra legislation to protect us. he understand it is against the law to assault me and he doesn't feel comfortable knowing that if someone punches him when he is working that they will get potentially more punishment than if they do it when he is not working. it hurts just as that regardless of what he is doing at the time. his wife is a teacher and has been assaulted more often than he has. why should somebody assaulting him at work get punished more than

somebody assaulting her? that is the thing, nobody will complain about protecting emergency services workers, but they should just be not a cce pta ble workers, but they should just be not acceptable in society, period. any assault on any person should be treated seriously, not only by the police but the judiciary and this is about going further. any assault on about going further. any assault on a firefighter, police officer, paramedic, it is an assault on society. while i accept the broad view that we should be treated the same, ido view that we should be treated the same, i do believe strongly that there must be aggravating factors for those people protecting the public. there must be an element of protection for them which is why i fully support this. like my paramedic colleague, i have been knocked unconscious, i have had knives pulled on me, and it has ranged from verbal abuse. very often we see perverse sentences given for those who assault the emergency services. people walk scot at the judiciary, having assaulted sometimes quite seriously paramedic or firefighter. —— scot—free.

assaulting and emergency services worker must never be seen as acceptable. from your front-line experience, why do you think it is happening more and what is to blame for this, natasha? i don't know if it is drugs or alcohol. we have a problem in the midlands with lack mambo. one of those so-called illegal hydraulics? yes. we get assault after that because the patients that we go to can be quite violent. i don't know if social media is putting it out them. we reported more and we talk about it more, whereas years ago we got on with it and we didn't report it and i don't know if nothing has actually changed or we are just doing something about it now.” changed or we are just doing something about it now. i don't know. do you ever think it isn't worth it? you don't want to put up with it and you talk about expecting it. i think because i have never

been assaulted so badly to make me question whether i want to do this job. i think the benefits of this job. i think the benefits of this job when we actually do something for someone, whether it is picking up for someone, whether it is picking upa lady for someone, whether it is picking up a lady off the floor who has been never hours with a broken hip, or somebody in cardiac arrest, and we save them, that outweighs getting punched. have you ever experienced collea g u es punched. have you ever experienced colleagues saying they have had enough? yes. i have heard it from quite a few colleagues. are you worried that it could escalate? do you think this law will change that? i think it is a good step and it is a step in the right direction. it is not the be all and end all, because it is up to the judges, and it is up to the people that enforce the sentences. they have still got the right to say what they think, haven't they? we will see. natasha, thank you for coming in and more thank you for coming in and more than that, thank you for the job that you and your colleagues do to protect all of us, and john as well. 8:20am. matt is taking a look at

what is happening in the few days ahead and it is quite a mixed picture. good morning. it certainly is. but for some, a cracking start. how is that for weather watchers shotin how is that for weather watchers shot in worcestershire recently? if you are about to step out in england and south wales, get ready for a shock. much colder than in recent mornings and recent temperatures have been low enough for a touch of frost on the grass. but there is sunshine overhead to compensate in the south. different story in the north of damage is not quite so low but there have been some showers in the north, and spreading into scotla nd the north, and spreading into scotland and northern ireland. —— temperatures not so low. more cloud in northern ireland and scotland, greater chance of showers, pushing into northern england. mist and fog will be long gone by the afternoon with more cloud compared to the morning but still fine. even if it

is not especially warm, temperatures down what they should be for this time of year, but not much. 14 to 17. temperatures will take another dip into single figures in rural areas with clear skies overnight. picking up in scotland and northern ireland as the breeze and rain strengthen and come into western scotla nd strengthen and come into western scotland in particular. difficult temperatures here. for the commute, rather wet with that rain pushing into northern england gradually. more rain compared to today. turning showery as it heads into northern parts of wales as well. some sunshine either side of that with many counties staying dry with sunny spells and temperatures not far off today's values. as we go into friday night, showers could fade for a time, taking us into a fine start for the weekend but another weather system waiting in the wings. it will arrive later in the day. sunny spells and mist and fog and on the cooler side for most of us, but turning milder as winds developed

throughout the day and turning cloudy. hazy conditions in the south with temperatures up a little bit but rain to finish the day in western scotland and northern ireland and a wet night from saturday night into sunday. turning wet of the northern and western parts of england throughout the day and western wales. breezy on sunday but a south westerly breeze, so if you get sunshine it should feel warmer. 21 to 23 across the south—east corner. beyond that, what happens? big uncertainty added links into another hurricane. it is currently in the eastern atlantic not affecting anybody and it will wea ken not affecting anybody and it will wea ke n over not affecting anybody and it will weaken over the coming few hours as it works its way towards us. a big question hanging over where it goes. if it goes to the west, we will track in warm air and hazy sunshine but if it works across as, tuesday and wednesday could be stormy. we will keep you updated but now back to you. i am going to ask who the g

name will be? we have had florence. we have had gordon and isaac but also joyce. isaac we have had gordon and isaac but alsojoyce. isaac is in the caribbean with just a few storms and gordon is in the mid—atlantic not affecting anybody. he knows everything! joyce isn't causing any problems! lots of parents are facing this problem at the moment, how to make sure children spend don't too long on gaming consoles. it is a big issue in many households and in some cases that problem can become not just difficult to manage but a real addiction, disorder, which is now officially recognised by the world health organisation. they say the gaming industry isn't doing enough to help. mark cieslak reports. louisa is a mother of three. her son guy, like lots of his friends, enjoys playing the video game fortnight. i worry about his behaviour when he comes off the games.

slightly aggressive, sort of takes him a while to get back into the real world. fortnight‘s global success has highlighted concerns around the amount of time spent and the effects of playing video games. earlier this year the world health organisation classified gaming disorder as a mental health condition. we have documented evidence that the same problem and the same conditions are being observed in countries of africa, of europe, of americas, so it is really a global phenomenon. at the moment, if you need help for video games addiction in the uk, then you have to seek treatment through a private facility, like this one. situated in a quiet part of surrey, primrose lodge is a residential rehab, which treats people with drug, alcohol, gambling and video games addictions. it's quite interesting

because initially we saw people coming in with an additional addiction, so substance and gaming, but over the last 18 months or so we've seen an increase in pure gaming addiction. peter is in his 405. he was a lifelong gamer until his entire world fell apart as a result of his addiction to playing video games. i liked action first—person shooter games. i would come home from work and play pretty much all night. eventually due to the time i spent on there i lost myjob. my relationship broke down and i lost my family. residential rehab treatment can cost thousands of pounds. in england, the nhs is in the early stages of trialling a treatment programme. the health watchdog for england and wales, nice, is yet to recognise it as a specific condition. drjo twist is ceo of the uk games industry trade body. it wholeheartedly disagrees

with the world health organisation, questioning the scientific evidence provided by the who. our view as an industry body is in line with many academics who feel there is no consensus around the evidence based upon which this is being drafted. we believe that this is premature to include this as a gaming disorder at this stage. and we believe that the evidence is confused and there just is no consensus at this time. video games are now one of the world's most popular forms of entertainment, but as they become more mainstream new questions are emerging, questions which demand attention right now. mark cieslak, bbc news. does that sound familiar? is that your house? and you can see more on this on click, which runs on breakfast this saturday, or shortly afterwards on the bbc iplayer. time to get the travel and weather

where you are. it has been a chilly start to the day, where in the countryside we go down to two or four celsius but there is some sunshine, particularly around the south, further north and west we have a few showers and those showers drifting their way out of scotland, northern ireland, spreading into northern england and north wales, few and far between the showers and certainly brighter skies developing later on. sunny spells down towards southern areas and temperatures today, fairly similar to yesterday, really, at 15—18. nudging into the ‘20s perhaps in the capital. overnight tonight, lengthy clear spells for england and wales again, that means it will turn chilly but rain spreads into northern ireland and scotland. that is where temperatures will stay up in double figures but a wet start to the day in scotland, northern

ireland, that heavier rain will work its way into northern england and north wales, a wetter day tomorrow compared to today. further south and east it remains dry and bright. there will be sunshine, brightening up there will be sunshine, brightening up later on in scotland and northern ireland, and those temperatures again, in the mid to the high teens, going through friday night into the start of the weekend, we have that weather front which is going to move away, a largely fine start to the weekend, this next weather system will move in for the second half of the weekend. so this is saturday, a fine and dry start. a chilly start, but then we will see the cloud increasing a touch, rain eventually moves into northern ireland and the west of scotland. most of england and wales, though, through most of day, it will be dry. useable weather with that sunshine, and temperatures on saturday about 15—18 but by sunday that rain will slowly spread further south and east, across england and wales, still though, the best of the sunshine down towards

the south and the east. that is all from me. have a good day. bye. this is business live from bbc news with victoria fritz and sally bundock. desperate measures. turkey may push its interest rates above 20% today to prop up the plunging lira. live from london, that's our top story on thursday, 13th september turkey's president erdogan has called high borrowing costs the "mother and father of all evil" — but what can he do to save the falling lira if the central bank is forced to riase interest rates later today? and on the tenth anniversary of the start of the financial crisis, the former uk prime minister gordon brown tells the bbc that "we're sleepwalking into the next crisis".