good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and jon kay. our headlines today: 10 minutes to sell her brexit plan. theresa may appeals directly to eu leaders over dinner to drop what she calls their "unacceptable" demands. a damning verdict on a summer of rail chaos. a report finds nobody took charge, as new timetables disrupted hundreds of services. police investigating reports of a poisoning that triggered a major incident in salisbury at the weekend say they're likely to look at whether it was a hoax. two people have died, after storm ali swept across parts of the british isles bringing winds of up to 100 mph. thankfully, the wind is a bit later. still some brain around but very wet and windy weather over the next few days. i will keep you updated. -- rain. ending the leasehold scandal. new rules could help people buy the freehold on their home

after thousands say they were mis—sold and left unable to sell. in sport, a win and a loss for manchester's clubs. but tears for cristiano ronaldo as he's sent off on his champions league debut forjuventus. good morning. it's thursday the 21st of september. our top story: an after—dinner speech with a difference. theresa may was given just 10 minutes in the austrian city of salzberg last night to pitch her vision for brexit to the 27 eu leaders. the prime minister described it as a "serious and workable" plan, she urged those in the room to drop what she called "unacceptable" demands, and she again rejected any suggestion there could be another referendum. but the irish border remains a major sticking point, as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. stuck, looking for a way out.

the prime minister and other leaders have eight weeks to agree what happens to northern ireland after we leave. her plan says... it's the only credible and negotiable plan on the table that delivers no hard border in northern ireland and also delivers on the vote of the british people. but what we cannot accept is seeing northern ireland carved away from the united kingdom customs territory. but the eu club's plan is very different. they say northern ireland might have to follow eu rules if the big brexit deal can't be done. i don't think we're any closer to the withdrawal agreements than we were in march. so i can't report any progress at this stage unfortunately, but we'll keep on working on it. taoiseach, what if the eu doesn't budge on brexit border issue in ireland? well then united kingdom shall have to. the prime minister hopes by asking

her peers directly, they will budget. they believe, in time, she will realise she has to move. but would the time now set for deal day, something, or someone, will have to give. laura kuennsburg, bbc news, salzburg. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in salzburg for us this morning. in some ways, this was the most important ten minutes of theresa may's political career. it will be significant if she manages to shift any minds, but there is no signs that she did and there is no sign coming into this that anyone on the eu side was open to that. now, she did say to them that her plan, she thought, was serious and workable. she said the onus was on everyone to find a solution to this and get this deal done, she said. but she did, i think, face a difficult audience because the eu is side, very

clearly, feel that the uk has signed up clearly, feel that the uk has signed up as long ago as last december, to exactly this. to having a backstop, a guarantee that northern ireland stays under eu customs and single market rules. as you heard from the irish prime minister there, they are pretty downbeat at the minute and believe that the uk has to reformulate its ideas. we will continue talking about it throughout the programme. thank you very much. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has written to the uk's opposition party leaders urging them to agree that brexit shouldn't go ahead before a detailed agreement is negotiated. theresa may has already ruled out any delay beyond march the 29th next year when britain plans to leave. ms sturgeon has told the bbc it would be reckless to leave the eu without knowing what the future trading arrangements would be. taking the uk off the brexit cliff

edge without knowing where it lands would be the most irresponsible thing that the prime minister has done for a very long time. the idea of leaving the eu without knowing what replaces that relationship, seems to me to be completely reckless. the rail regulator says nobody took charge when new timetables were introduced in may, leading to weeks of chaos and hundreds of commuter services being cancelled daily. the office of rail and road has concluded that network rail, the two train companies involved and the department of transport all made mistakes. 0ur correspondent tom burridge has more. for people commuting in and out of manchester, like marcus, it has been so manchester, like marcus, it has been so bad recently he has sometimes been forced off the train. sometimes i have not been able to actually get on the train because it has been that pact, so i have had to either work from home or try to get my wife to drive me into work. new timetables in may brought chaos here. 300 scheduled trains didn't run each day. on the thameslink,

nearly 500 services out of london disappeared into thin and. today, a report by the rail regulator, it finds network rail mainly to blame for causing chaos on northern. infrastructure upgrades overran and northern wasn't left with enough time to draw up and implement complicated, new timetables. problems on thameslink were partly caused by a late decision by the department for transport on how to faze the changes in. then the train company failed to train enough drivers on new routes of. today the government, which was forced to take control of the east coast main line, is launching a review of the railways. industry resources admit the system isn't fit for purpose. the review will look at fundamental questions of like whether the contracts between the government and the companies that run these trains need to be more flexible. how to integrate the public track, and the

private trains. and whether the ra i lwa ys private trains. and whether the railways across the country need to be managed more at a regional level. and that has been the case on scotrail, where some say the track and trains are more closely co—ordinated. but the government ‘s review will not consider labour's policy, that the whole system should be nationalised again the. —— again. if this affects you and you are off to get the train to work at the moment, we will as peak to the transport secretary about how this affects you. a lot of questions to be asked. a huge clean—up operation is under way after storm ali battered parts of the uk with winds of up to 100mph. two people died and thousands of homes were without power and lorries overturned during the severe winds. a yellow weather warning for rain across wales and the north of england is in place for most of today, while a warning for winds of up to 65mph kicks in from 6pm. dan johnson reports.

a four ali, the first storm of the season, a four ali, the first storm of the season, a a four ali, the first storm of the season, a stinging whirlwind that ripped across ireland and the uk. it for a part the hospitality tent at st andrews. —— toure parts. falling trees crushed buildings during northern ireland's strongest ever september gables. there were near misses on the roads. this pilot trying to land in dublin thought better of it. 100 mph wind brought down power lines. there were still homes without electricity. some cases, our homes without electricity. some cases, oui’ engineers on homes without electricity. some cases, our engineers on site can hardly stand up, let alone climb the wea k hardly stand up, let alone climb the weak polls to give repairs, that stopped us from getting repairs and

getting our customers that on. woman died when his caravan was won't offer click on the irish coast. and then working for northern ireland water was killed by a falling tree. storm ali certainly made its mark and its winds are still blowing strong. danjohnson, bbc news. just quite extraordinary damage and the pictures as well. millions of unpaid carers are being warned that they are putting their health at risk looking after their loved ones. the local government association and the charity care uk says around five million people helping ill relatives or friends are unable to take a break from their roles. the department of health says its looking at how to improve access to breaks and respite care. the credit reference agency, equifax, has been fined half a million pounds forfailing to protect the personal information of up to 15 million people in the uk during a cyber attack last year. the information commissioner's office said names, addresses, dates of birth and financial information were lost or compromised. the company described the cyber attack as a pivotal moment, which had prompted it

to strengthen procedures. police investigating the suspected poisoning at a restaurant in salisbury on sunday, which led to a major medical response are likely to examine if it was a hoax. alex king and his wife, anna shapiro were admitted to hospital and later discharged just six months after a nerve agent attack in the city. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds has more. this street was cordoned off when a couple, anna shapira and alex king appeared to be taken sicily and well. she is russian and that caused some concern is for people sitting in the restaurant nearby and he spent a few days in hospital. we understand that test have found no evidence of any poisoning. despite that, anna shapiro gave an interview to the sun newspaper, in which she

said she had been ordered, poisoned on the orders of russia's resident who can. the police and our investigating. sources have told us that one potential line of enquiry is likely to be that this was a hope. we also found out that alex king was involved in a well—publicised incident in 2016. he gave interviews about it and said that he talked his way a reception line at a film premiere and ended up shaking hands of the prince of wales. he said he did it for that. salisbury is attempting to put the novichok poisonings behind it and this didn't help. it caused a major police incident, a major medical response, the road had to be cordoned off and all of that makes getting over what happened earlier in the year here, a little bit harder. that was our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds reporting from salisbury. ian paisley has retained his seat as an mp after fewer than 10% of his constituents signed a petition that would have forced a by—election. it was triggered after

the dup mp was suspended for failing to declare two holidays paid for by the sri lankan government and then lobbying on its behalf. let's get more detail from our ireland correspondent, chris page who is in belfast. -- it is —— it is the first time it has been recalled since it was introduced in the extent —— expenses scandal. you may notice, it is spider season. warmer weather conditions have led to the eerie sight of a 300 metre long web in western greece. experts say it's down to tetragnatha spiders building large nests for mating. 40 a0 metres. people are not web phobic, are they? i know people in

my house who are. not looking fa ntastically my house who are. not looking fantastically excited about that. you would not want to be in my house. do you go around with a hoover like a lunatic? i am not bothered by them at all. you know what is inside! bit of a spooky night last night. the champions league favourites are manchester city, they got beaten! they were beaten 2—1 at home by the french side lyon, on a night where city's manager pep guardiola had to watch from the stands because he was serving a one—match touchline ban. verity is. he was serving a one match touchline ban. —— there he is. completely different for city's neighbours.

manchester united comfortably beat the swiss champions young boys in bern. two goals and a brilliant performance from paul pogba helped them to a 3—0 win. watch these pictures now. cristiano ronaldo was sent off for this in his first champions league game for juventus. a hair pull got him a red card in the first half. he was very upset with that decision and made sure everyone knew about it. he is actually crying as he left the pitch. looked at that. —— look at that. and russia's anti—doping organisation could have its suspension lifted today. if the world anti—doping agency does decide to lift the ban then it could lead to russian athletes being allowed to compete at major event again, but loads of athletes and officials have voiced their opposition. ronaldo is good at those dramatic expressions of emotion. more on that later. may be from me, if you share that spider ‘s web again! wednesday's weather was wild in parts of the uk, let's find out what's in store for the rest

of the week with matt. the weather is in very moody conditions at the moment. good morning. strong winds yesterday. northern ireland saw their strongest winds in september ever recorded, not quite done yet. quieter today but more spells of wet and windy weather to come, particularly this time in parts of england and wales. it links into a ribbon of cloud extending to the east coast of the us, that will sneak towards us over the next few days and it's linked into the remnants of storm ali, that's across northern scandinavia now. the weather front is wriggling across parts of central england and into southern parts of wales. this morning will be wet. south—west england, south wales, the south midlands, parts of east anglia and lincolnshire. rain here to the south—east. largely dry, mild start,

fresher further north. 20 south—east. largely dry, mild start, fresherfurther north. 20 of sunshine, quieter than yesterday, heavy and thundery showers in the far north of scotland —— plenty of. strong winds but easing down. the rain turning heavier across wales and sliding into north wales and northern england, causing minor flooding over the next 2a hours. the winds, as you saw, much lighter than they were. blustery for some but not as bad as yesterday. temperatures in the teams in the north with the sunshine, around 22 in the south where we have sunny breaks —— teens. later today and tonight, as much as 100 millimetres over the hills of wales. wet in north—west england and gales developing again. it's england and wales this time, 50 or 60 mph gusts possible, especially where we see heavy rain sweeping from west to east later in the night, bringing down trees and causing travel disruption in the morning. clearer towards the west later on and clearer air pushing in as well. into

the first part of friday morning, early morning commuters in eastern england will be dealing with winds of 50 or 60 mph, lighterfurther west but still blustery for england and wales to begin with. on friday, and wales to begin with. on friday, a blustery day by and large. heavy rain in the east will clear through. sunshine and showers on friday, rattling through quickly on the breeze but the breeze will be chillier than this week so far, temperatures dropping uk wide11— a team. nice enough in the sunshine but cool enough out of that and in the breeze —— 11—18. the green colour is developing, cooler air. a chilly started the weekend, frost on the grass to begin with. many will be dry, northern ireland and northern england. after a bright start in the south, the cloud will clear up. the potential for start in the south, the cloud will clear up. the potentialfor rain in south england and south wales on saturday. 0n south england and south wales on

saturday. on sunday, what happens to the low pressure? it could bring stormy weather it it goes further north, but at the moment it looks like the stormy conditions will be across france. we will keep you updated. see you in about half an hour, matt, thank you very much. let's take a look at today's papers. the daily telegraph reports on a secret memo circulated among conservative mps that has suggested backbenchers would force theresa may from office as soon as the uk formally leaves the eu. i need to talk because you've lost your microphone! go and find it! the picture shows designer 0rla kiely. she has gone bust. a0 people lost thierjobs when the company was forced into voluntary liquidation yesterday. this is the guardian... we are in ahead of ourselves! let's see if we can find it. the guardian goes with today's report into the timetable changes that caused chaos for thousands of passengers earlier this year. many of the papers covering storm

ali as well. —— storm ali as well. can you hear me now? got my microphone on. the front page of the daily mirror says the number of cases of mum and baby deaths being investigated at a hospital trust has grown to 10a. that's in shropshire. and the sun says starbucks has sparked fresh fury after paying just a.5 million in tax last year on £162 million profits. it reports that mp dame margaret hodge has urged people to boycott the coffee chain. this picture has been gaining a lot of attention, it's a tweet by airline cathay pacific, correcting a spelling error on one of their planes. no way! a bit of a mistake there. they say they're going to correct it as soon as they can. i think they should stay with it. sometimes you

have to own your mistakes. should stay with it. sometimes you have to own your mistakeslj should stay with it. sometimes you have to own your mistakes. i don't know if it is three different planes or planes at different times of the day. when you go to china you sometimes get louise vuton bags, it isa sometimes get louise vuton bags, it is a knockoff plain! louise vuton! have you never heard of them! it is a different handbag. ben and i obviously go to the same places. what, china? lots in the business pages today. we got news of inflation yesterday, jumping toa got news of inflation yesterday, jumping to a six—month high last month to 2.7%, suggesting the bank of england was right to raise the cost of borrowing earlier in the yearin cost of borrowing earlier in the year in august to try and cool the economy and stock prices rising to quickly. speaking of prices, we spoke yesterday about the new chain from tesco, jack's, they launched yesterday and they said they will open 15 around the country. what the

guardian have done, they have compared prices. the whole point of jack's is it will take on aldi and little to offer an alternative to the slightly more expensive sainsbury‘s and tesco —— lidl. are cheaper, some things aren't. there's lots of work to do to get people back through the doors —— some things are cheaper, some things are not. all of the retail stores for all keeley will shut, but they say they will still sell through other retailers. —— 0rla kiely. but their high street shops will close. in the guardian they have an inspirational story about a blogger from austria, maric, he is a football fan, he did his coaching certificates and he started a blog about football coaching years ago with four of his mates looking at tactics in lots of detail, including how to break a low

a-5-1 detail, including how to break a low a—5—1 block, including guardiola's play, one of his many long essays. he has caught the right of a bundesliga club, salzburg, and he has got a 100 hour week with them now. he said it doesn't feel like work because it is football. this is like salzburg local newspapers morning! we will also bring you news from the rugby world cup very quickly. lots of rugby players have got very complicated tattoos. they're being warned injapan, tattoos suggest you are a gangster, a crook. when you go, they're being told they will have to cover them up. lots have the full sleeve thing because culturally it is really significant. do you know what you're having for your dinner, supper, tea tonight? no. no idea. yes. ido having for your dinner, supper, tea tonight? no. no idea. yes. i do know but that is really rare. we're not

alone if you don't know what you're cooking tonight. 0ne alone if you don't know what you're cooking tonight. one in five don't know according to a study that lays bare the domestic chaos of modern families. lots of things came out of it, and this made me laugh, two thirds admit they regularly have do re—wash clothes because they forget to ta ke re—wash clothes because they forget to take them out of the washing machine. i don't like that! not a fan of that! you are not alone, if you are in chaos! that is why convenience supermarkets are doing so convenience supermarkets are doing so well. nothing to do with the washing. we have to buy more washing powder along with the dinner on the way home! you want convenience. just over half in the survey admitted they don't plan ahead... i was going to tell you something interesting but i can't find it. two thirds said they wouldn't be at a leading barrister if unexpected guests are p°ppin9 barrister if unexpected guests are popping around because their home is a mess “— popping around because their home is a mess —— two thirds said they would be utterly embarrassed if unexpected guests pop around because their home

isa guests pop around because their home is a mess. this is in the sun, you can get scrambled eggs pre— scrambled. how long does it take, two minutes? they have a traditional method recipe, a bit of butter, a bit of milk, microwave method, a pack, put it in. microwave is rubbery! thank you very much, everybody, see you later. described as the greatest enemy of all, it is 100 years since the outbreak of the pandemic spanish flu. ten million died in world war 1, but the virus killed between 50 and 100 million people in every corner of the globe. our correspondent smitha mundasad looks back at what caused the disease and asks whether it could ever happen again. in the final year of world war i, a flu virus like never before swept around the globe. it's spread to almost every country.

and, injust 18 months, it had infected a third of the world's population. doctors, nurses and hospitals were overwhelmed. this is the diary of basil hood, dr basil hood, who was medical superintendent at the marylebone infirmary. it's one of the few written accounts to reveal what it was like to live through the pandemic. each day, the difficulties became more pronounced as the patients increased and the nurses decreased, going down like ninepins themselves. people were warned to stay away from public gatherings and anyone who was unwell, but many suffered, starving of oxygen and going blue as they tried to take their last breath. you've got this virus that killed somewhere between 50 and 100 million people in a little over a year, but no one really knows that much about it. for me having read the personal accounts it really drives home how traumatic and experience this was for normal people. the modern world is a very different place. people are no longer weakened by years of world war. now transportation is much better,

linking every major city, and while that means people can travel around much faster, the worry is any diseases they carried could spread much faster too. it's estimated if a new pandemic virus were to emerge, it could spread around the world to every global capital within 60 days of emergence. that doesn't leave a lot of time. experts also say these global threats need new attention so new vaccines can be made and better public health systems developed to stop worldwide spread. 100 years on, spanish flu is being remembered. this modern dance company is commemorating the virus that even affected political figures like david lloyd george, woodrow wilson and mahatma gandhi. shoba na jeyasingh‘s choreography illustrates warfare taking place inside and outside the body. while people were fighting each other, once they thought they had

won, actually the virus at the same time was actually fighting a much bigger battle where everybody lost. spanish flu was one of the greatest infectious disease disasters in history. the hope is the world is now better prepared to respond if it happens again. smitha mundasad, bbc news. causing horrific numbers of deaths. we will be talking about that later. they start vaccinating for the flu about now. absolutely. 100 years on. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. see you in a second. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. more modern construction methods are needed in london because of a growing skills crisis in the industry, that's according to the centre for london. their research suggests buildings could be partly made off—site making

the process faster. it said this was necessary because of an ageing work force, a reliance of eu workers and low apprenticeship take up. a new extension to the north south cycle superhighway opens this morning. it will link farringdon with king's cross, and means the route now runs all the way from kings cross to elephant and castle. it's part of a wider aim to improve air quality and reduce accidents involving cyclists. a water company serving parts of south london has been told it must improve its service. it comes after a huge surge in the number of customers contacting ses water with problems. it received 20% more letters and phone calls last year than the year before. the consumer council for water says it's also concerned about the number of customers complaining to thames water. the tower of london says it's planning urgent action over what it calls a raven crisis. legend has it that the kingdom will fall if the birds ever leave the tower battlements, but it's becoming increasingly difficult to source them, and so there are plans for a breeding programme. the tower has been given permission by tower hamlets council to build its own aviary. let's have a look

at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube so far this morning. 0n the trains, services between king's cross and scotland and the north—east are disrupted due to the damage caused by storm ali. 0n the roads, the a10 stamford hill is closed at dunsmure road following an accident, with diversions to the north of stoke newington station. the a13 traffic is building westbound heading out of dagenham into barking. and tower bridge is lifting at 8:30am and 9:15am this morning, with temporary delays on tower bridge road and tower hill. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizinni. hello, good morning. a very windy week of weather continues, another blustery day on the way for us across the capital with some gusts of wind reaching a0— 55 mph. a cloudy day than yesterday with rain around at times through the morning, particularly through the north and

west. this is how we start the morning, outbreaks in parts of surrey and bartra will gradually go north through the morning. most places will turn dry. quite a bit of cloud around but sunny spells, a lwa ys cloud around but sunny spells, always best further south and east, but brightness emerging everywhere as we head through the afternoon. top temperatures in the best of that, 19-21 but top temperatures in the best of that, 19—21 but somewhat tempered by strong winds. the winds will only strengthen overnight tonight. in fa ct strengthen overnight tonight. in fact there's a met office weather warning out for strong winds with some gusts of 50—60 mph across the london area. with the trees in full leaf there could be branches down and possibly greater damage. there will be rain as well as strong winds through the early hours, gradually clearing north—east. a dry start to the day tomorrow and quite a cool one, cooler than we've been used to. tomorrow the winds will ease down, there will be some sunshine and watch out for one or two showers. 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 it's back tojohn and louise.

hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and louise minchin. it is just after it isjust after 6.30. coming up, a warning that the health of millions of unpaid carers is at risk as they look after their loved ones. we'll meet a woman whose life was turned upside down, following her partner's dementia diagnosis. grime musician novelist will be on the sofa ahead of tonight's mercury prize to tell us how no matter what life has thrown at him, he's managed to turn it into a positive. we know he's fanatical about film, but ever since seeing a movie about slade, mark kermode has been giddy about guitars. he'll tell us about his musical misadventures. that is all coming up later. first,

let's tell you that the main stories from bbc news. —— let's tell you the main stories. theresa may has urged the 27 leaders of the european union to consider what she describes as a serious and workable plan for brexit during an informal summit in salzburg last night. the prime minister had just 10 minutes to pitch her vision, she urged her counterparts to drop what she called "unacceptable" demands. eu leaders say the stalemate on the irish border remains unbroken. the rail regulator says nobody took charge when new timetables were introduced in may, leading to weeks of chaos and hundreds of commuter services being cancelled daily. the office of rail and road has concluded that network rail, the two train companies involved and the department of transport all made mistakes. it comes as the government has announced a major review of britain's railways. a huge cleanup operation is under way after storm ali battered the uk.

two people died and thousands were without power during the storm. the met office has warned chance of injuries and danger to life today, as high winds threatens to blow tiles off roofs and felled trees. ian paisley has retained his seat as an mp, afterfewer than 10% of his constituents signed a petition that would have forced a by—election. it was triggered after the dup mp was suspended for failing to declare two holidays paid for by the sri lankan government and then lobbying on its behalf. let's get more detail from our ireland correspondent, chris page who is in belfast. tell us a little bit about the background and how significant this is. morning. morning. ian paisley already has a pretty unenviable place in local history, the first mps to face one of these petitions. all this started when he took two luxury family holidays to sri lanka,

paid for by the two authorities but then didn't tell the authorities. he then didn't tell the authorities. he then lobbied, saying that britain shouldn't support a un resolution on alleged human rights abuses in sri la nka alleged human rights abuses in sri lanka and didn't tell about the trip that he got. if 10% of voters signed it, it meant there would have had to bea it, it meant there would have had to be a by—election, but the results we re be a by—election, but the results were declared earlier this morning. 9.a% of people signed it, over 7000 voters, so the threshold wasn't that. there will not be a by—election, he holds onto his seat. he is still suspended from his party but most people would expect him to be reinstated. the credit reference agency, equifax, has been fined half a million pounds forfailing to protect the personal information of up to 15 million people in the uk during a cyber attack last year. the information commissioner's office said names, addresses, dates of birth and financial information were lost or compromised. the company described the cyber attack as a pivotal moment, which had prompted it to strengthen procedures. you may remember last month

we spoke to 1a—year—old singer courtney hadwin from county durham, after she reached the semi finals of america's got talent. last night she performed in the final. singing. she was the favourite. sadly it wasn't meant to be as she failed to make the top five. what a stage to perform on, a massive audience for her. the competition was eventually won by magician shin lim. imean, i mean, what an extraordinary experience for her as well. i met her. it was a big adventure for her,

clearly enjoying it and she has just got such a huge voice as well. she is going to be a star. definitely. talking about other stars... and contrasting evening for the manchester clubs last night. interesting to see manchester city looking so dejected, they are the favourites. they lost their opening match in the competition at home to lyon last night. manager pep guardiola had to watch the game from the stands as he's serving a touchline ban. it was a better night for manchester united who beat swiss side young boys. patrick gearey rounds up the action. for pep viola, this must have been torture. manchester city's manager comes alive inside but was banished to the comfy seat. that punishment came from uefa, this one came courtesy of french side lyon, allowed to be put ahead, fabian delph left as helpless as his boss. lyon pushed on, this is nabil fekir,

who came close to joining liverpool and his price may have gone up. a tough half—time talk from mikel arteta, they managed to get one back, bernardo silber‘s gold set it up back, bernardo silber‘s gold set it upfora big back, bernardo silber‘s gold set it up for a big finish but one that never got the good enough finish. favourites start with defeat. is ha rd favourites start with defeat. is hard work just watching. favourites start with defeat. is hard workjust watching. 0ver favourites start with defeat. is hard workjust watching. over at favourites start with defeat. is hard work just watching. over at the home of young boys, jose mourinho was far closer to the events of. he would have had a great view of paul pogba's moment of effortless brilliance. if that was from nowhere, his next goal was less certain. this is like, kellie leitch to ta ke certain. this is like, kellie leitch to take his penalties of. this is the paul pogba who helped france win the paul pogba who helped france win the world cup, setting up anthony martial, who hasn't done that this january. young boys against men in the end and a superman, in particular. meanwhile, cristiano ronaldo was sent off on his champions league

debut forjuventus. the referee decided that this tussle with one of valencia's defender‘s was enough for a straight red card, a bit of a hairpull there. it was ronaldo's first in the champions league. this was too much for him and he burst into tears as he left the pitch. look at that! he may now be suspended for a return to his former club manchester united. ronaldo's old club, real madrid, had a much better night. 3—0 winners over roma. gareth bale scored the second goal of the game as madrid made the perfect start to the defence of their champions league crown. now, remember the scandal of russia's state—sponsored doping programme? well, today the country's anti—doping organisation could have its suspension lifted. but that's not a popular move with many athletes around the world. they've been urging the world anti doping agency not to end the suspension—which could lead to russian athletes being allowed to compete at major events. so how did we get here? well it was back in 2015 that

a report first raised the issue of state—sponsored doping. more evidence followed and no russian track and field athletes could respresent their country at the last summer 0lympics. in fact the russian flag was missing altogether at the rio paralympics, and last year russia's president admitted the country's anti—doping programme had failed. the most successful 0lympian of all time, michael phelps, has called for more support to be given to athletes when their careers come to an end. the american swimmer won 28 0lympic medals in the pool, but says that he contemplated taking his life during the worst period of his depression. he says sportsmen and women are brushed aside when they retire. england's netballers couldn't repeat their commonwealth games heroics against australia in the quad series. england beat the aussies to gold earlier this year, but were edged out this time by the side ranked number one in the world. the roses play south africa in theirfinal game of the series on sunday.

shane. —— shame. i know, and it was close as well. what are you doing on saturday? you could play in the fa cup. slough town is on twitter trying to find a goalie. he's had quite a few replies. dan walker. i would have gone for his reach. i am not saying maybe not, but maybe they will have mike! i think he would do it. he would definitely do it. what about a girl from america's got talent? what about you ? you from america's got talent? what about you? you volunteered! that is before i heard they needed a goalkeeper. i am before i heard they needed a goalkeeper. iam not before i heard they needed a goalkeeper. i am not good. as we've been hearing this morning,

the labour party is proposing a shake—up of the way the gambling industry is regulated. tom watson who joins us now from westminster. thank you forjoining us on brea kfast. thank you forjoining us on breakfast. there are millions of people watching us this morning who enjoy a bit of a flutter and say they don't have a problem with gambling and who will say that labour going to gambling and who will say that labourgoing to ruin gambling and who will say that labour going to ruin theirfund. —— fun. i don't have a problem and i like a flutter and i sometimes bet on sport, but we have been moved by the science and research behind this. what we are saying today is the gambling commission tell us there are a30,000 gambling addict in this country. 25,000 are a30,000 gambling addict in this country. 25, 000 of are a30,000 gambling addict in this country. 25,000 of them are 16 or under. 0r country. 25,000 of them are 16 or under. or we country. 25,000 of them are 16 or under. 0rwe are country. 25,000 of them are 16 or under. or we are publishing today is the result of a year—long review to look at how we can prevent gambling addiction and how we can treat gambling addiction. 0ne addiction and how we can treat gambling addiction. one of the

things i was really strict on when we are doing our enquiry was the advice of commissions, who said there is a particular problem with gambling addict ‘s and in game betting. and that is the thing that we think needs to stop. we have seen a 60% rise in tv gambling adverts in the last decade. even the industry are telling us they think that the advertising has gotten out of hand. you are proposing that there will be no adverts for gambling while you are watching the footy on telly. what proof is there that that stop gambling? there would still be adverts on your phone if you are checking on social media. it wouldn't stop gambling and you can still bet on the game. you have to do it before the match and you would be betting on the outcomes of. actually, we have been led by the clinicians on this, i was really struck by the work i did when we we re struck by the work i did when we were talking to clinicians in one of the very few gambling addiction clinics in the uk when they set for

gambling addicts, the instantaneous advert that pops up during games is advert that pops up during games is a particular problem for them. but we are also announcing another array of measures as well as that today, one of the things we seem to realise is that online, a lot of companies still allow people to bet with credit cards, not debit cards. we don't think you should go into debt to go and make a flutter. that is not fun. that is the kind of thing that can destroy families and communities. with nearly half a million gambling addict and the gambling commission saying that sitting behind them are 2 million problem gamblers that are at risk of becoming gambling addict. as a country, we have to say enough is enough and we need better regulation and new laws to trim the worst excesses of gambling. you say you like a bit of a flutter yourself sometime. what odds would you give

me on sometime. what odds would you give meona sometime. what odds would you give me on a second referendum on brexit? laughter. i wouldn't bet on things i don't know the outcome to. what i would say is that labour wants jobs first, brexit, we want this deal to support his mrs. i am very concerned myself about the announcement from jaguar land rover of my own region of the west midlands. it is a national institution and for the leader of a company to say a no—deal brexit would be a disaster is a great concern. we know that you in the labour party seem to be under increasing pressure to commit to a people's vote. a lot of people on both sides of this are looking at it and saying is there any other way of sorting this out? doesn'tjust have to go back to the people now? will labour commit to that. we will not call for a vote, it wasn't in our ma nifesto. call for a vote, it wasn't in our manifesto. we haven't ruled it out

because there is a possibility that parliament cannot come to an outcome. as you have heard this week from john mcdonald, we believe in no circumstances. parliament should decide on the deal and if they cannot decide, away to really settled this would be in a general election. 0bviously, settled this would be in a general election. obviously, in the event of none of those circumstances occurring, we have kept the potential for a people's vote on the table, but our preferred option is that parliament decides and there should be a general election. do you personally feel it is getting closer toa personally feel it is getting closer to a people's vote, even if you as a party cannot commit to it as mac when it is still how the deal —— see how the deal on false. we have been clear about the circumstances of a people's vote, but we genuinely believe that the way to do this would be for parliament to decide and if we cannot do that for there to bea and if we cannot do that for there to be a general election. labour party conference next week, a lot of people have been looking at the schedules for the speeches and were surprised that you were not given a

higher profile slot as a deputy leader. i can get now been given an evening slot. surely the deputy leader should be rather higher profile than people feel —— people think there is a sign of a split?|j keep reading that in the papers. it is not true. i was offered a slot but i was given it up because we have actually got a number of rule changes to improve our internal democracy, which is very unusual for our conference. which slot were you given? i felt it was more important that the leader of the euro and —— european parliamentary labour party was given speeches. what slot was that? the evening slot? it was monday evening in the afternoon of our first day ‘s monday evening in the afternoon of ourfirst day ‘s session. traditionally, the deputy leader of the labour party would be given a ce ntresta g e the labour party would be given a centrestage —— centrestage barnstorming moment and it doesn't seem like you are given that.|j barnstorming moment and it doesn't seem like you are given that. i feel slightly relieved i don't feel the pressure to write the speech and deliver it. these things you have to start writing months in a defence.

it doesn't mean that i won't be on the platform, i definitely will be at fringe events and speaking from the fringe. hopefully, if you want me back on the programme, i might be able to talk with the bit about the decisions that our conference has made without the need to it in a speeches. we would love to have you back on the programme, not least to talk about your transformation in your diabetes crusade. is that something you will talk about? if not, on the centrestage?” something you will talk about? if not, on the centrestage? i hope to because i feel that i am responsible now. having type ii diabetes in remission and understanding the science behind that. there are frequent 7 million people in this country with identified forms of diabetes, 90% of those are tight to, if you are tight one you cannot do this. type ii diabetics, the site says about half of those people currently medicated for it, with different exercise and nutrition, they can put it in remission and i feel like i had been given my life

back. i feel transformed by last year ‘s journey and i back. i feel transformed by last year ‘sjourney and i hope back. i feel transformed by last year ‘s journey and i hope that i can use that experience to help others get into position i am in. i feel very responsible and feel i have got a duty to do that. i hope to talk about next week as well. thank you forjoining us this morning. some pretty dramatic pictures about the dangerous weather yesterday. matt's here with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. these winds a bit quieter today but we can't let our guard down yet because there's more wet and windy weather to come over the next few days. this time it will mainly be england and wales targeted by some of the windiest conditions. linked into this strip of cloud coming from the atlantic at the moment, that ties into what was storm ally, 100 mph gusts through the night. you can see the strip of cloud and weather fronts with rain across it —— storm ali. in south—west england, south wales,

south—west england, south wales, south midlands to east anglia and lincolnshire, this is where the wettest weather will be. the rain will ease at times but there could be heavy posses. to the south—east, dry, some rain and rizal, but a one—day. north of it, sunny —— heavy pulses —— rain and drizzle. staying dry for some in the south east corner. winds lighter than yesterday but into parts of north and west wales, the north midlands and west wales, the north midlands and northern england, wetter into the afternoon. a miserable end to the afternoon. a miserable end to the day. the rain could cause issues, we could see 100 millimetres on the welsh hills. may be 50 millimetres elsewhere, two inches. that could cause minorflooding. into the night, strong winds are back. england and wales this time on the southern flank of those heavy bursts. some of the worst of the winds tonight will be on this

weather front, working from west to east. it is squally with torrential downpours and damaging winds which could bring trees down and cause travel disruption tomorrow morning. sweeping away the mildest air over the last few days and bringing in something fresher, but for the early risers it will be a gusty storm, particularly in eastern england and we could see winds of a0 or 50 mph at first light and heavy rain for the early commuters. that will go. still blustery but winds easing. the winds will be from a north—westerly direction and they will bring cooler airto all. a direction and they will bring cooler air to all. a mixture of sunshine and showers on friday with that cooler feel, showers could and showers on friday with that coolerfeel, showers could be heavy with hail and thunder in places but long sunny moments too and temperatures down on what we've been used to, 11—18. a cooler night will follow. the green colours on the map showed single figures through the days. a touch of frost here and there. showers in the north of scotland. light winds with sunshine.

further south, cloud increasing in england and wales with afternoon rain possible and it will feel rather chilly as well. i'll keep you updated through the morning. back to john and louise. matt, thanks very much. see you later. rail passengers have been given an update on what went wrong with all the timetable chaos earlier this year. we reported about those delays and problems so much. ben's here to talk us through all this. this is pretty critical? a pretty damning report. this is a report from the rail regulator, the office of rail and road, about what happened back in may. those awful scenes of people stranded on platforms, not able to get around, particularly in the north—west but also in the south—east. two major pinch points. the national rail timetable is changed twice a year. the changes, which came this may were big ones, all designed to squeeze more trains into the schedule. it didn't quite work out like that.

this is what happened. hundreds of trains just a few drivers? i don't believe it. we've got a shortage of drivers at the moment. they have implemented a new timetable, but they knew that was coming in and therefore they should have planned for the additional drivers they say they need to meet the extra demand and extra trains they need to put on. just going into meltdown really. it's been tiring, it's been stressful. 32 weeks stressful to macro ben so tiring enough already and then combined with cancelled trains —— 32 weeks pregnant. you can see the chaos with people just trying to get to work. the transport secretary said the railway system is no longerfit transport secretary said the railway system is no longer fit for purpose so they launched the review, the report that looks at what happened

earlier in the year, pretty damning, it singles out network rail but train companies, the government and the regulator for all making m ista kes the regulator for all making mistakes and not putting passengers first. they say it should have been planned better. in many cases these organisations put operational logistical issues ahead of passengers and that's why there were so many problems. lots of people being told off, what about the review the government is launching? it will look at everything to do with the railways. that's because demand for the railways has soared. it has more than doubled from $70035 million and as that would use the ra i lwa ys million and as that would use the railways in the midnight is to 1.5 billion —— railways in the midnight is to 1.5 billion -- $70035 railways in the midnight is to 1.5 billion —— $70035 million and is. what —— billion —— $70035 million and is. what -- 700 $35 billion —— $70035 million and is. what —— 700 $35 million passengers what you how franchises are in, how they are

rewarded and improving value for money. 0ne criticism isik kosaner lot to get around by train, but the service isn't up to scratch —— one criticism is it costs a lot. this review is one of the first steps to changing things. we will speak to chris grayling on breakfast at around 8:10am. coming up on breakfast: we'll hear what it would mean to lily allen if she wins the mercury prize tonight, as she prepares to go head—to—head with arctic monkeys and noel gallagher's high flying birds for the title of best album of the last 12 months. we are going to hearfrom we are going to hear from another one of the leading nominees as well. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we will have the headlines at 7am. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. more modern construction methods are needed in london

because of a growing skills crisis in the industry, that's according to the centre for london. their research suggests buildings could be partly made off—site making the process faster. it said this was necessary because of an ageing work force, a reliance of eu workers and low apprenticeship take up. a new extension to the north south cycle superhighway opens this morning. it will link farringdon with king's cross, and means the route now runs all the way from kings cross to elephant and castle. it's part of a wider aim to improve air quality and reduce accidents involving cyclists. a water company serving parts of south london has been told it must improve its service. it comes after a huge surge in the number of customers contacting ses water with problems. it received 20% more letters and phone calls last year than the year before. the consumer council for water says it's also concerned about the number of customers complaining to thames water. the tower of london says it's planning urgent action over what it calls a raven crisis.

legend has it that the kingdom will fall if the birds ever leave the tower battlements but it's becoming increasingly difficult to source them and so there are plans for a breeding programme. the tower has been given permission by tower hamlets council to build its own aviary. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube so far this morning. 0n the trains, services between kings cross and scotland and the north east are disrupted due to the damage caused by storm ali. 0n the roads, the a10 stamford hill is closed at dunsmure road following an accident, with diversions to the north of stoke newington station. 0n the a21 sevenoaks bypass, the northbound exit slip is closed at the a225 morley‘s roundabout, with queueing traffic back to hildenbrough station. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizinni. hello, good morning. our very windy week of weather continues. another blustery day on the way

for us today across the capital, with some gusts of wind reaching a0—55 mph. a cloudier day than yesterday with rain around at times through the morning, particularly through the north and west. this is how we start the morning. outbreaks of rain in parts of surrey and berkshire will gradually go north through the morning. most places will turn dry. quite a bit of cloud around but sunny spells, always best the further south and east, but brightness emerging everywhere as we head through the afternoon. top temperatures in the best of that, 19—21 but somewhat tempered by strong winds. the winds will only strengthen overnight tonight. in fact there's a met office weather warning out for strong winds with some gusts of 50—60 mph across the london area. with the trees in full leaf there could be branches down and possibly greater damage. there will be rain as well as strong winds through the early hours, gradually clearing north—east. a dry start to the day tomorrow and quite a cool one, cooler than we've been used to. tomorrow the winds will ease down, there will be some sunshine and watch out for one or two showers. i'm back with the latest

from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now it's back tojohn and louise. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: 10 minutes to sell her brexit plan. theresa may appeals directly to eu leaders over dinner to drop what she calls their "unacceptable" demands. a damning verdict on a summer of rail chaos. a report finds "nobody took charge" as new timetables disrupted hundreds of services. police investigating reports of a poisoning that triggered a major incident in salisbury at the weekend say they're likely to look at whether it was a hoax. two people have died after storm ali swept across parts of the british isles bringing winds of up to 100 mph. thankfully, the wind is lighter, but very heavy rain across parts of wales and northern england and more windy weather to come too. i will

have all the details right here. good morning. ending the leasehold scandal. new rules could help people buy the freehold on their home after thousands say they were mis—sold and left unable to sell on. in sport, a win and a loss for manchester's clubs. and tears for cristiano ronaldo as he's sent off on his champions league debut forjuventus. good morning. thanks tojoin in. —— thanks tojoining good morning. thanks tojoin in. —— thanks to joining us. —— thanks forjoining us. it's thursday the 20th of september. our top story this morning: an after—dinner speech with a difference. theresa may was given just 10 minutes in the austrian city of salzberg last night to pitch her vision for brexit to the 27 eu leaders. the prime minister described it as a "serious and workable" plan, she urged those in the room to drop what she called "unacceptable" demands, and she again rejected any suggestion there could be another referendum. but the irish border remains a major sticking point, as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. stuck, looking for a way out.

the prime minister and other leaders have eight weeks to agree what happens to northern ireland after we leave. her plan says... it's the only credible and negotiable plan on the table that delivers no hard border in northern ireland and also delivers on the vote of the british people. but what we cannot accept is seeing northern ireland carved away from the united kingdom customs territory. but the eu club's plan is very different. they say northern ireland might have to follow eu rules if the big brexit deal can't be done. i don't think we're any closer to the withdrawal agreements than we were in march. so i can't report any progress at this stage unfortunately, but we'll keep on working on it. taoiseach, what if the eu doesn't budge on brexit border issue in ireland?

well then united kingdom shall have to. the prime minister hopes by asking her peers directly, they will budge. they believe, in time, she will realise she has to move, but with a time set for deal day, something, or someone, will have to give. laura kuennsburg, bbc news, salzburg. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in salzburg for us this morning. theresa may's been asking the eu to compromise. is there any sense behind the scenes that either side is prepared to give ground? not really. there is a signal from the eu so that the uk could be flexible on the issue of regulatory tax. there are two sides to the things that need to be put in place if of audit is to be avoided. there is the customs and vat tax issues and then there is the regulatory

checks, the single market rules. the uk saying maybe it could shift suggestions on that. what we are seeing is theresa may given her ten minutes last night that make her pitch after dinner. eu leaders listening quietly, they will debate their response to the next few weeks, but no sign that they want to move. the irish programme are saying that it move. the irish programme are saying thatitis move. the irish programme are saying that it is the uk that will have to shift. he is meeting mrs may this morning in a one—on—one meeting, but the eu leaders are not, it seems, going to revise their guidelines for their negotiating, which is what they would need to do if they were to shift. so it is still up to what happens in that negotiating room and whether the uk might budge at all at the minute. you are in a rather lovely place, tell us about it. we are. we are right in the middle of

salzburg, this is the mirabel garden, a site in the centre of the city and we are just at the bottom, we have the alp ‘s that rise up behind, there is a castle on top. in here we just have whether leaders are writing, just behind that wall. they are beginning to arrive at now and in there they will have their meetings this morning. there is an art gallery, the mozart university over there as well. he was born here. full of history. is a beautiful, sunny day, but tough things that they will have to decide in their with the eu leaders at that how they want to approach the next few weeks because we are down to this critical two months in which they want to seal the deal and they will be clocking out their strategies. that is the important thing that will be happening today. we are all looking for sound of

music locations. all of those places you recognise from the movie. it is four minutes past seven. the rail regulator says nobody took charge when new timetables were introduced in may, leading to weeks of chaos and hundreds of commuter services being cancelled daily. the office of rail and road has concluded that network rail, the two train companies involved and the department of transport all made mistakes. 0ur reporter fiona trott is at preston station for us this morning. i suppose it is going to be the talk of the rush hour this morning. i suppose it is going to be the talk of the rush hour this morningm has been. what they are telling us that today's reportjust confirms what they already know. the entire rail industry failed to put them first back in may. they were thinking more about planning and logistics and some of the worst complaints came from passengers here at preston on this busy route where

works have been delayed for about two years and that compound the timetabling problems. what does the reports say? in northern's case, it says it was partly main complaint, was network rail because the electrification work overran and it went that northern wasn't left with enough time to implement those new timetables back in may. in thameslink‘s case, that was partly caused by a late decision by the department of transport on how to phase those changes in and that delay meant that the company failed to train enough drivers in time on those new route. in this part of the world, northern had to cancel over 160 trains injune to try and relieve the chaos. today the company says that 99% of them are back. so how do customers feel for months on? that is the key thing to me. stop

lending each other and just improve it and have the customer at the heart of those improvements. —— blaming. and those discussions. heart of those improvements. —— blaming. and those discussionsm is not right because every date i come and more trains are cancelled, more drivers. nothing you can do about it. it needs to be really sorted because when people rely on getting to work and things, you are losing income because you cannot get to work. you heard their customers telling us that the problem still do need to be sorted and that is why today, when they have heard that the government is going to launch a review into the rail industry to improve services for people and to make train services that are value for money, they welcome that. thank you very much indeed, that now. and in a few minutes, we'll put some of the findings of that report to the group which represents the companies that run britain's railways. and also to the transport secretary,

try to find out from both sides who is most to blame? they are all to blame, but maybe some more than others. we will find out. a huge clean—up operation is under way after storm ali battered parts of the uk with winds of up to 100mph. two people died and thousands of homes were without power and lorries overturned during the severe winds. weather warnings are in place today. danjohnson has this report. a for ali, the first storm of the season. a stinging whirlwind that whipped across ireland and the uk. it tore apart the hospitality tent at st andrews. falling trees crushed buildings during northern ireland's strongest—ever september gales. there were near misses on the roads. this pilot trying to land in dublin thought better of it.

100 mile an hour winds brought down power lines. there are still homes without electricity. in some cases, our engineers out on site can hardly stand up, let alone climb the wood poles to affect repairs. so that stopped us and delayed us from affecting repairs and getting our customers back on. a woman died when this caravan was blown over a cliff on the irish coast. a man working for northern ireland water was killed by a falling tree. storm ali certainly made its mark and its winds are still blowing strong. dan johnson, bbc news. extraordinary pictures. we will get up extraordinary pictures. we will get up late on the weather shortly. the credit reference agency, equifax, has been fined half a million pounds forfailing to protect the personal information of up to 15 million people in the uk during a cyber attack last year. the information commissioner's office said names, addresses, dates of birth and financial information were lost or compromised. the company described the cyber attack as a pivotal moment, which had prompted it to strengthen procedures. police investigating

the suspected poisoning at a restaurant in salisbury on sunday, which led to a major medical response are likely to examine if it was a hoax. alex king and his wife, anna shapiro were admitted to hospital and later discharged just six months after a nerve agent attack in the city. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has more. well, this street was cordoned off when a couple, anna shapiro and alex king appeared to be ta ken seriously unwell. she is russian and that caused some concerns for people sitting in the restaurant nearby, and he spent a few days in hospital. but we understand that tests have found no evidence of any poisoning. despite that, anna shapiro gave an interview to the sun newspaper, in which she said she had been poisoned on the orders of russia's president putin.

the police are now investigating. sources have told us that one potential line of enquiry is likely to be that this was a hoax. we also found out that alex king was involved in a well—publicised incident in 2016. he gave interviews about it, he said that he talked his way a reception line at a film premiere and ended up shaking the hands of the prince of wales. he said he did it for a bet. now, salisbury is attempting to put the novichok poisonings behind it and this didn't help. it caused a major police incident, a major medical response, the road had to be cordoned off and all of that makes getting over what happened earlier in the year here, a little bit harder. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds reporting from salisbury. labour is proposing a major overhaul of the way the gambling industry is regulated. it says that a future labour government would ban tv advertising during live sporting events, introduce a levy on all gambling operators and end credit card betting.

the advertising association has expressed concern that a ban will make live sports more expensive and less accessible. you were talking on breakfast about how it was spied a season. we had loads of photos in. it is boom business for spiders because of the dry summer. but we didn't get any pictures like this. look at this. this is a 300m—long web in western greece. experts say it's down to tetragnatha spiders building large

nests for mating. you wonder, if the web is that you, how big is the spider? it is 12 minutes past seven. following the largest ever revision to rail timetables in a generation, this summer, a new report says passengers bore a financial and emotional cost. the office of rail and road has admitted that it, along with rail operators and the department of transport all contributed to mistakes which lead to the collapse of services. robert nisbet, regional director for the rail delivery group, joins us now from westminster. morning to use. it is uncomfortable reading for you, this. you are absolutely right. it is pretty grim. as you said, the blame is spread around the industry, the politicians that make their decisions, the regulator has criticised regulator it self. private companies as well

come in for blame and it is something we need to take a long, hard, sober look at. these are just the interim findings, we have to wait for the full report. we have been arguing as any street or a long time now, that the systems, the architecture of the entire industry need to be thoroughly looked at and perhaps disentangled and put back together again. at the moment, it is clearly not the case that it is working better for customers and we ta ke working better for customers and we take the findings of this report very seriously. it is suggesting that you and everybody involved in this worth thinking about the engineering works and the business side of it, rather than thinking about customers. what kind of business needs a report to tell it that it needs to take customers more seriously? if you think about the focus on engineering and planning, thatis focus on engineering and planning, that is to deliver a better service for our customers. report admits that there were good intentions here, but perhaps we were overambitious, overenthusiastic, by trying to put in so many new services into the system all in one

go. the fact that areas were not ready or could not respond in time when things were starting to go wrong shows exactly what i was talking about. that there are systemic problems within the industry that need to be looked at. as well as reading this review and absorbing its contents and it seemed where we went wrong, we are also welcoming this other announcement today of a government review that we hope will look at all of those elements and put the customer at its heart. all of that has to be for the customer, we have to be delivering the best possible service for the passenger and clearly, after the may timetable, that didn't happen and we have to work out why and try to stop it from happening again. you accept some of the blame as the rail operating companies, who do you think is most to blame? this is an immensely complex industry. it is not a linear organisation with a boss at the top and lots of us working underneath. there are lots of different moving parts in this.

how those moving parts act together is what we need to examine now. so this is not a question of individuals taking responsibility, it is looking at how the whole architecture, the plumbing of the rail industry, is put together to stop it from happening again. that is not to say that we are minimising or dismissing this report at all, we are not. we are looking at it very seriously because we know that we have got to have the passengers on the side. what we try to do in may was inject all of these extra services that customers said they wa nted services that customers said they wanted the way we did it didn't work. we accept that and that is why when the december timetable comes up we are going to be causing some additional services and introducing things gradually. the good news over the past few weeks in the two areas that suffered the most in northern, around greater manchester and in london, is that the performance measures are back to where they were before the may timetable changed, even though additional services had been added. about nine out of ten is

trains now are arriving as they should do, according to the timetable. you say there should be systemic changes, jeremy corbyn says the systemic change needed is nationalisation, back into the public hands, get rid of the private companies that only complicate stuff. lots of the commuters will see the headlines and this report and say this backs up that desire. what this report also says is that this is not simple, therefore simple solutions aren't going to sort it out. we need a long, sober look, a big, bold, meaningful review into how it is bolted together, independent, which is what the government said it would be, to identify the structural problems and then look at potential answers. as pa rt then look at potential answers. as part of the answers, maybe we should look at a public—private ownership but only after we've identified the problems. we believe as an industry the evidence would show that a mix of public and private money is probably the best way to run the railway because since the 90s,

passenger numbers have doubled, we've had a massive operating loss into a profit, back into the taxpayers ones, freeing up more money for schools and hospitals. —— funds. we are relatively efficient, 98p of every pound you spend on your ticket goes into running the railway and future investment. that's a pretty good return. we think the evidence would show that but we say why not, let's look at ownership but only after we've identified the problems and we hope this big review will do that. as we look at present to changes, would it help to have a new transport secretary to oversee it -- new transport secretary to oversee it —— potential changes. new transport secretary to oversee it -- potential changes. i'm not going to get into political mudslinging. that's crucial to the whole thing, he's been at the top of the department, it's been blamed again today, some would say you need again today, some would say you need a fresh pair of eyes and someone you at the top to bring these parties together and make the changes needed? you say the blame is read all the way around, so this isn't

about individuals, it's about the system about individuals, it's about the syste m — — about individuals, it's about the system —— is spread. this is about the passenger, they have had an awful summer, we want to make sure that doesn't happen again and the ambition to get the innovation and investment we want onto the railways happens efficiently and effectively. we wa nt happens efficiently and effectively. we want to take the ideology and politics out, this is about a good functioning railway for passengers. that's the most important thing and we hope the review will unlock that. robert nisbet, we will speak to the transport secretary later to hear what he has to say. if you have your thoughts on that, get in touch as. we will speak to chris grayling at 8:10am —— get in touch. matt's here with a look at this morning's weather. that looks pretty moody but hind you? good morning. our weather is in turbulent mood. —— behind you. stormy today, not as bad as yesterday, but further wet and windy weather to come, particularly across england and wales over the next few

days, linking into this snake of cloud pushing across the atlantic. the ripples on it will bring pulses of wet and windy weather. this links into storm ali, pushing into northern norway, 100 mph gusts through the night. the weather front will bring further pulses to england and wales. if you're stepping out, south—west england, south wales, the midlands, northern east anglia and lincolnshire will be the wettest. it will ease off in intensity. largely dry in the south—east corner, some showers can't be ruled out. brightening up through the day. still a bit breezy, northern scotland, a good scattering of showers around. most places will get away with a dry day, lighter winds in the afternoon. rain in the south will pep up in the afternoon, especially across wales and northern ireland and that will become a feature later on. notice the winds are lighter and from the south, so reasonably pleasant once you have sunny spells in the south—east

corner, a fresher feel further north but with sunny spells. the rain once and set in in northern england and north wales will top up into the night, we could see 100 millimetres, four inches, on the welsh hills, causing minorflooding four inches, on the welsh hills, causing minor flooding and the winds pick up again. northern ireland and scotla nd pick up again. northern ireland and scotland with a quiet night. the heaviest rain initially in northern england but this rain will push west to east and we see the strongest of the winds with that, bringing down trees and causing travel disruption with winds in excess of 50 or 60 mph. turning fresher as the winds switched to a north—westerly later on. it for tomorrow morning, across eastern parts of england the gusts will be at their greatest. still in excess of 50 mph for one or two. a blustery start to friday, early heavy rain in eastern coasts will clear through and then a day of sunshine and showers tomorrow. heavy and thundery, some hail mixed in. rattling through on the breeze

quickly, lots of sunshine in between and some will get away with a largely dry day but feeling fresher, especially out of the sunshine, 11-18. a especially out of the sunshine, 11—18. a fresher day is followed by a chillier night, the green on the map into saturday morning is an indication of temperatures into single figures. a touch of frost in the north. a bright start for many on saturday, showers in northern scotland, early brightness in the south gives way to cloudy conditions and outbreaks of rain pushing northwards. heavy bursts towards the south coast later. sunday, a question at the moment, it looks like the wettest and windiest weather will be in southern areas but that could change. more updates through the morning. thank you, matt. thank you very much. described as the greatest enemy of all, it is 100 years since the outbreak of the pandemic, spanish flu. it was absolutely devastating, wasn't it? let's give you some figures. ten million people died in world war i, but the virus killed between 50 and 100 million people in every corner of the globe.

so what caused the disease and could it happen again? let's talk to hannah mawdsley, a researcher in spanish flu, she's in our london studio and here with us is the gp, dr fari ahmad. good morning to both of you. and, cani good morning to both of you. and, can i start with you, those figures arejust can i start with you, those figures are just astounding. we've all heard of spanish flu but lots didn't appreciate how devastating it was globally? absolutely. you've got to remember this was in the final few months of the first world war, the world had experienced death on an unprecedented scale anyway at this stage and yet the spanish flu blew that out of the water. it was on another scale entirely. huge. that out of the water. it was on another scale entirely. hugelj that out of the water. it was on another scale entirely. huge. i know you've looked at this in some detail, tell us about the kind of people is affected and how did it affect communities and whole regions? it had a massive effect. it was unusual because normal flu affects the very old and the young

normally, spanish flu was cruel because it affected the very demographic that had suffered most probably in the first world war. adults between 20 and a0. it was a really unusual democratic curve for the spanish flu. lots of communities we re the spanish flu. lots of communities were really affected, particularly those on transport routes —— demographic. you have soldiers and other personnel going to and fro out of ports and using train routes and that kind of thing along those routes you see massive mortality as it spreads. doctor fari ahmad, we have heard of avian flu and swine flu over recent years, could we have a spanish flu again now? in theory, yes. the flu has not gone away completely and it is certainly not harmless, but the thing to say is... we understand flu a lot better. when the spanish flu happened, i don't think people quite understood what was going on for a while. they

didn't have a lot to help them. we didn't have a lot to help them. we didn't have a lot to help them. we didn't have any vaccines. we couldn't help people when they have consultations like pneumonia. people weren't as nutritionally well as now. we monitor things better, we understand how the flu spreads. i think we're in a better place, but i wouldn't say to be complacent. think we're in a better place, but i wouldn't say to be complacentm sta rts wouldn't say to be complacentm starts now, the flu vaccination season? yes. who are honourable, these days it is quite different? the flu normally targets the very young and the very old —— who are vulnerable. they need to get their vaccines done. if you are in between and you have chronic disease like lung conditions, asthma, respiratory problems, heart disease, liver disease, diabetes, even pregnant women, they recommend you have the flu jab because you're more vulnerable to the consultations of the flu. your advice to people if they're in those groups is to get it? it's the best protection we

have. hanauer, briefly before you 90, have. hanauer, briefly before you go, most of us probably have links in some way to the spanish flu —— hannah. i was a year into my phd research when i discovered i have a family history that i knew nothing about, a chance conversation with my mum over a tea led to me discovering my great—great—grandmother had died of the spanish flu. i think many people will have this mysterious family past that they don't know anything about. very interesting. hannah mawdsley, doctor fari ahmad, both, thank you very much for joining us. thank you. it is coming up to a.m.. it is coming up to a.m. . -- it is coming up to 7:30am. if you or any members of your family have had their photograph taken at stonehenge it could be used to celebrate a rather special anniversary. duncan kennedy is there for us and can tell us more. good morning from a very wet and

windy stonehenge, where we already have some visitors. visitors have been coming to the stones for about 100 years, and it was 100 years ago next month that the stones were handed to the nation. and, as you we re handed to the nation. and, as you were saying, to mark that english heritage have set up this project asking people to send in those photographs on anyone who has visited. you, your parents, grandparents, they want to see them because they're compiling a very special and unique digital project. i'll be telling you a little bit that a little bit later in the programme. but first, the news, travel and weather where you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. more modern construction methods are needed in london because of a growing skills crisis in the industry. that's according to the centre for london, their research suggests buildings could be partly made off—site making the process faster. it said this was necessary because of an ageing work force, a reliance of eu workers and low apprenticeship take up. a new extension to the north—south cycle superhighway

opens this morning. it will link farringdon with king's cross, and means the route now runs all the way from kings cross to elephant and castle. it's part of a wider aim to improve air quality and reduce accidents involving cyclists. a water company serving parts of south london has been told it must improve its service. it comes after a huge surge in the number of customers contacting ses water with problems. it received 20% more letters and phone calls last year than the year before. the consumer council for water says it's also concerned about the number of customers complaining to thames water. the tower of london says it's planning urgent action over what it calls a raven crisis. legend has it that the kingdom will fall if the birds ever leave the tower battlements, but it's becoming increasingly difficult to source them, and so there are plans for a breeding programme. the tower has been given permission by tower hamlets council to build its own aviary. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube,

severe delays on the 0verground. 0n the trains, services between kings cross and scotland and the north east are disrupted due to the damage caused by storm ali. 0n the roads, there's northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel souther approach. it's slow from the woolwich road flyover. 0n the a21 sevenoaks bypass, the northbound exit slip is closed at the a225 morley‘s roundabout, with queueing traffic back to hill—den—brough station. helen borough station let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizinni. hello, good morning. our very windy week of weather continues. another blustery day on the way for us today across the capital, with some gusts of wind reaching a0—a5 mph. a cloudier day than yesterday with rain around at times through the morning, particularly through the north and west. this is how we start the morning. outbreaks of rain in parts of surrey and berkshire will gradually go

north through the morning. most places will turn dry. quite a bit of cloud around but sunny spells, always best the further south and east you are, but brightness emerging everywhere as we head through the afternoon. top temperatures in the best of that, 19—21 but somewhat tempered by strong winds. the winds will only strengthen overnight tonight. in fact there's a met office weather warning out for strong winds with some gusts of 50—60mph across the london area. with the trees in full leaf there could be branches down and possibly some greater damage too. there will be rain as well as strong winds. through the early hours, they will gradually clearing north—east. a dry start to the day tomorrow and quite a cool one, cooler than we've been used to. tomorrow the winds will ease down, there will be some sunshine, and watch out for one or two showers. 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 it's back tojohn and louise. bye for now. the

hello, this is breakfast the —— hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and louise minchin. is the main news. -- erie is a summary of today's main news. —— here at is. —— here is. fox and theresa may has urged the 27 leaders of the european union to consider —— theresa may has urged the 27 leaders of the european union to consider what she describes as her "serious and workable" plan for brexit during a dinner in salzburg last night. the prime minister had just 10 minutes to pitch her vision and she urged her counterparts to drop what she called "unacceptable" demands. eu leaders say the stalemate on the irish border remains unbroken. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has written to the uk's opposition party leaders urging them to agree that brexit shouldn't go ahead before a detailed agreement is negotiated. theresa may has already ruled out any delay beyond march the 29th next year when britain plans to leave. ms sturgeon has told the bbc it would be reckless to leave the eu without knowing what the future trading arrangements would be.

the rail regulator says nobody took charge when new timetables were introduced in may, leading to weeks of chaos and hundreds of commuter services being cancelled daily. the office of rail and road has concluded that network rail, the two train companies involved and the department of transport all made mistakes. it comes as the government has announced a major review of britain's railways. a mix of private money and public money is probably the best way to run the railway. since the 90s, passenger numbers have doubled and we have turned a massive block —— operating loss into operating profit, which goes back into taxpayer funds. it frees up money for schools and hospitals. we are relatively efficient, 98 p of every pound that you spend on your ticket goes into running the railway and each investment. that is a pretty good return on your money and we

think that the evidence would show that, but we are saying why not, let's look at ownership but only after we have identified where the problems were and we hope this big review will do that. the credit reference agency, equifax, has been fined half a million pounds forfailing to protect the personal information of up to 15 million people in the uk during a cyber attack last year. the information commissioner's office said names, addresses, dates of birth and financial information were lost or compromised. the company described the cyber attack as a pivotal moment, which had prompted it to strengthen procedures. a huge clean—up operation is under way after storm ali battered parts of the uk with winds of up to 100mph. two people died and thousands of homes were without power and lorries overturned during the severe winds. the met office has warned of a chance of injuries and danger to life as high winds threaten to blow tiles from roofs and fell trees. the time is 7:33 a.m..

matt will be here in 10 minutes with the weather. i think there are more warnings in place, not as bad as yesterday but the storms continue for the weekend. sally is here. and a warning, there are tears had. not mine. maybe mine! —— had. —— ahead. a topsy—turvy night for all sorts of reasons. we know it is autumn, the champions league is back. morning everybody. champions league favourites manchester city lost their opening match in the competition at home to lyon last night. manager pep guardiola had to watch the game from the stands as he's serving a touchline ban. it was a better night for manchester united who beat swiss side young boys. patrick gearey rounds up the action. for pep guardiola, this must have been torture. manchester city's manager comes alive pitchside, but was banished to the comfy seats. that punishment came from uefa, this one came courtesy of french side lyon. somehow, maxwell cornet was allowed to put them ahead,

fabian delph left as helpless as his boss. lyon pushed on. this is nabil fekir, who came close to joining liverpool in the summer, and whose price may have just gone up. a tough half—time team talk from mikel arteta then, supply teacher for the night. city did manage to get one back in the second half, bernardo silva's goal set it up for a big finish but one that never got a good enough finish. the favourites start with defeat. it's hard workjust watching. over at the home of swiss side young boys, manchester united managerjose mourinho was far closer to events. he would have had a great view of paul pogba's moment of effortless brilliance. if that was from nowhere, his next goal was less sudden. this is how pogba likes to take his penalities, which is fine if they end up like that. this is the pogba who helped france win the world cup, allowed the red carpet over the artificial pitch, he set up anthony martial, who hasn't done that since january. so, young boys against men

in the end, and a superman in particular. patrick geary, bbc news. cristiano ronaldo was sent off in his first champions league match forjuventus. the referee decided that this tussle with one of valencia's defender‘s was enough for a straight red card, ronaldo's first in the champions league. it was all too much for him and he burst into tears as he left the pitch. he may now be suspended for a return to his former club manchester united. he was really very upset. head pooling and tears, not exactly champions league. when you look at it in realtime, champions league. when you look at it in real time, it doesn't look that bad, when you look at it in slow motion, you can seek a bit of a hat. we —— you can see a bit of a hair pull. ronaldo's old club, real madrid, had a much better night. 3—0 winners over roma. gareth bale scored the second goal of the game as madrid made the perfect start to the defence

of their champions league crown. now, remember the scandal of russia's state—sponsored doping programme? well today the country's anti—doping organisation could have its suspension lifted. but that's not a popular move with many athletes around the world. they've been urging the world anti doping agency not to end the suspension, which could lead to russian athletes being allowed to compete at major events. so how did we get to this point? well, it was back in 2015 that a report first raised the issue of state—sponsored doping. more evidence followed and no russian track and field athletes could respresent their country at the last summer 0lympics. in fact, the russian flag was missing altogether at the rio paralympics, and last year, russia's president admitted the country's anti—doping programme had failed. england's netballers couldn't repeat their commonwealth games heroics against australia in the quad series. england beat the aussies to gold earlier this year, but were edged out this time by the side ranked number one in the world. the roses play south africa in theirfinal game of the series on sunday. and remember an hour ago i was

telling you about slough? already? mike? they've got an fa cup match on saturday, but they didn't have a goalie. so neil baker made an appeal on twitter and he had quite a few replies. some from experienced keepers, and some who've just had a good game of headers and volleys in the park! they have now someone to stand between the sticks. stand easy mike bushell. i think ithink mike i think mike is in the clear.|j i think mike is in the clear. i am sure he would have done it.|j i think mike is in the clear. i am sure he would have done it. i am sure he would have done it. i am sure he would have done great. one hour and it is sorted. he would have done better than me. thank you, sally. unpaid carers are putting their own health at risk to look after their loved ones, that's the warning from council leaders and a charity. it's estimated around 5 million people in england provide care,

but can't get a break, potentially causing their health to suffer. let's talk to mary hyland at her home in devon, who cares for her partner malcolm. good morning, we will come to you. and here in the studio we're joined by chloe wright from the charity, carers uk. thank you so much for both joining us. the reason you cannotjoin us on the sofa this morning is because you are caring for your partner. tell us how much that involves? your daily life, what is that like? well, it is not like anything we expected it to be, that is for sure. malcolm has dementia, but he also has medical issues as well that need care during the days. —— days. part of the dementia means, sadly, will not sadly, it is he is happy, he thinks he is absolutely fine. —— day. he needs things facilitating for

him, he cannot do his money any more, i see to his appointments, food, medication. it is constant, at this moment in time, supervision. with dementia, dementia is progressive. my main grievance with being a carer is that it is not volu nta ry. being a carer is that it is not voluntary. this isn't what we signed up voluntary. this isn't what we signed up for. there is a default situation in this country that if you live with someone, you are there carer, whether you want to be or not. and you cannot get a break from it. whether you want to be or not. and you cannot get a breakfrom it. you couldn't come up here or even go out too, presumably, a cinema. no, no. some 30 odd years ago i fostered a little boy with terrible palsy and when it came to living in devon, there wasn't any respite care for children. myself and a group of pa rents children. myself and a group of parents campaigned for five years

and in the end we got a provision which still exists, when malcolm became poorly two years ago and i saidi became poorly two years ago and i said i couldn't be his carer, i have done it before, i am too old and too tired. a blank me. when i asked about respite care they said i couldn't get any because there isn't any. i was horrified that three decades later, albeit now we are talking about adults rather than children, three decades later nothing has changed. we have had successive governance, this that and the other and nothing has changed. —— government. the other and nothing has changed. -- government. i will put a quick question to hear in the studio. you can sense of frustration and exhaustion about having to be a carer. there are implications for ca re rs carer. there are implications for carers and health. what sort of stories argue hearing that affect them? sadly, we hear from a lot of people in the same situation, people

who can't get a break and feel they are getting older themselves and have their own health needs. i think it is everything from your ability asa it is everything from your ability as a carer it is everything from your ability asa carerto it is everything from your ability as a carer to live a healthy life style, as a carer to live a healthy lifestyle, to get enough sleep, to see healthily, to get enough exercise, all the way up to situations where people are delaying medical treatment, not getting cheques and the operations they need because they don't feel the replacement care is therefore the people they are looking after. there is no quick and so. what can help people? —— answer. we know that the government has recognised there is a massive problem with funding and they would bring forward proposals, what we would like to see is a recognition that families are already doing more than they can handle and any future proposals must take that into account, not assume that families can carry on as they are because people are caring to the betterment of our own finances and health. we need to see a greater level of funding in the short and long—term.

we will talk about this a bit later. ifi we will talk about this a bit later. if i could go back to you in devon. what would you say to the politicians? budgets are tight, we have had cuts in central government, local government. what you think would make a as well as money? what would make a as well as money? what would help you? budgets are always tight. is just about money. would help you? budgets are always tight. isjust about money. —— it isn't just. it is tight. isjust about money. —— it isn'tjust. it is about all manners of support. if i want to be able to pick up the phone and save come up and come to you this weekend, i want to go such a place, but it doesn't happened. —— happen. before you finish, this is money. malcolm is entitled to a state pension that doesn't prejudice in getting attendance allowance of. i draw my state pension and i cannot draw ca re rs state pension and i cannot draw carers allowance, that is a huge anomaly. since he became poorly i have lost my career, my family

income has plummeted, that has a knock—on effect to our well—being, as well as needing respite and general support anyway. you make a very clear case of. thank you so much. i know you will talk to us later. kylie right to buy thank you too. —— lowly. wiwa given a statement, saying that carers give and invaluable contrition to society, this may not be at the extent of their own health and happiness of. it goes on to say that they are looking to improve the situation and a forthcoming paper will look at long—term, sustainable solutions for the social care system. thanks to both of you. let us system. thanks to both of you. let us know if that affects you as well. it is nearly quarter to eight. we have seen those domestic pictures of storms yesterday. matt can tell us whether we are out of the woods yet. not quite yet. things that a much improved compared with yesterday as

far as wind strength, but over the next few days we have got further bouts of wet and windy weather to come. this time mainly across england and wales rather than scotla nd england and wales rather than scotland and northern ireland. still windy at the moment in the far north, but the storm has pushed its way off into northern norway, wind of 100 mph through the night. this weather front is straddling across central areas of england and wales, a wet morning commute across parts of the south—west, south midlands towards the can share and norfolk. either side of that, dry, one or two showers in the south—east and further north. recognition is, northern england and northern ireland, some heavy showers in the far north with hail and thunder. the wind will ease, white wind across scotla nd wind will ease, white wind across scotland and northern ireland in the afternoon, the breeze picking up towards the south—west. southern counties of staying dry throughout the day with hazy sunshine through the day with hazy sunshine through the afternoon. especially in the south—west, the wind will be lighter than today but as you can see we finished the day with more in the

way of heavy rain pushing in across wales and northern england. the western side of the hills, the welsh hills, we could see as much as 100 millimetres of rainfall through the rest of today into tonight at the back and cause minorflooding and into tonight the wind picks up again. it is england and wales most prone to that be easy how the rain lingers across northern ireland and wales and we see this rain swing eastwards a cross wales and we see this rain swing eastwards across central and southern parts of an attached to that we consider strongest of the wind overnight, wind gust of 50, maybe 60 mph. enough to bring trees down and destruction into tomorrow morning. shepherding in coolerair into friday but for the friday morning commute is east in england that will see the strong as wind to begin with and throughout friday it will be blustery with sunshine and showers. i will have more throughout the morning. back to you both. thanks, matt. it feels like autumn is here. fully wet ‘n' wild and

windy. all that blue! hejust is here. fully wet ‘n' wild and windy. all that blue! he just shakes his head! there's nothing more he can add. we had a huge response from you when we reported on the so—called leasehold scandal a couple of weeks ago. today, there might be some good news for those affected. he has all the details. it was a huge reaction from people. people thought it was mis—sold, it might sound like a small difference between the leasehold and the freehold, but it's a huge difference and it could cost people thousands. thanks for your messages, loads of you got in touch about this. it relates to the thousands of homeowners who feel they were mis— sold the leasehold on their house rather than the freehold. there's a big difference. a leasehold, more common with flats, means you have to pay service fees, and get the freeholder‘s permission before making changes to the house. may be to add a conservatory or an

extension —— maybe. it's meant many have had difficulty when it comes to selling the house. jo darbyshire is one of those who got in touch with us. i bought my house in december, 2010. and i knew when i bought it from the salesperson in the office that it was leasehold. we asked how much it would be to buy the freehold, she said it would be about £5,000 and we could buy it any time we liked. 11 months after we bought the house, the freehold was sold on and we didn't think anything of it because we got the letter saying we could play it to someone else. it wasn't really until the summer of 2016 that we realised the cost to buy the freehold had gone up from the £5,000 we we re freehold had gone up from the £5,000 we were verbally told by the salesperson to almost ten times that. such a familiar story from jo that's affected a lot of new too. —— a lot of you too. today the law commission, which advises the government on legal issues, is proposing changes to make it easier

and cheaper for people likejo to get her hands on the freehold. so will it make a difference? beth rudolf is director at the conveyancing association and joins me now. how common is what we heard from jo? sadly it's becoming more common. we are seeing that whereas there's about 25% of houses registered as leasehold... sorry, not houses, but all properties, actually the number being transacted is increasing and this is because more and more developers have been creating leaseholds. as you said, that makes senseif leaseholds. as you said, that makes sense if you have a flat and a shared amenity, but we're hearing there's more and more leasehold houses. is this because the developers said this is a great way of making money, we can charge ground rent and they can sell that onto others and this is when it gets complicated. you might buy a house from one company but then you find out someone else owns the free freehold? they are selling the property forfull value freehold? they are selling the

property for full value and then they are on a doubling rank clause, then they are increasing at about 7% per year. that's an asset class right in itself. they're creating this economic value which they are selling on to other offshore companies who then become the freehold. this is an absolute scandal, isn't it? allow it is shocking. what is worse is people aren't told by —— shocking. what is worse is people aren't told by -- it is shocking. what is who is responsible? is it the homebuyers not paying enough attention to the paperwork? 0r homebuyers not paying enough attention to the paperwork? or the developers trying to pull a fast one in some cases? it's not the homebuyers. when you buy a mobile phone, you have more consumer protection and information upfront than when you put an offer on a house. when you view a house you should be asking them for their cpr disclosure document, outlining the things that would materially affect your decision making process. if everybody did that they would all

have to start producing it and that information should tell you all of this before you decide how much you're going to offer. let's talk about these proposed changes, what difference will be make? it's a consultations of first, they're not going to make any difference unless all those leaseholders get on the law commission website and give their thoughts. we want to make sure it's not just their thoughts. we want to make sure it's notjust the developers who have a financial interest in this responding. go to the law commission, we love plain english, don't worry about the jargon, so what difference will it make? hopefully they bring in a reduction of the amount paid for premiums and create a fair process, so it is much easier to buy your property by the freehold ——, by the freehold and you don't have to wait two years. freehold ——, by the freehold and you don't have to wait two yearsm freehold ——, by the freehold and you don't have to wait two years. it is fascinating —— purchased the freehold. fascinating. this is a story we will come back to —— purchase. so many have got in touch with us so keep your messages coming in if you been affected and we will

keep you up to date with those changes on breakfast. thanks, ben. if you've ever visited stonehenge, then the chances are you will have taken a few snaps like these with the world famous stones. those images could now form part of a unique photo album. 0ur correspondent, duncan kennedy is at stonehenge for us. —— our correspondent, duncan kennedy, is at stonehenge for us. looks like a miserable day? kennedy, is at stonehenge for us. looks like a miserable day7m kennedy, is at stonehenge for us. looks like a miserable day? it is a bit miserable, i'm afraid, but that hasn't dampened the spirits of the visitors that have already turned up, people like you just saw in those photos there. of hundreds have joined the project to mark the 100th anniversary of the stones gifted to the nation —— hundreds have. a new photographic library. this is a woman called jane vale and. she is from bristol and she was photographed in the late 1960s. then, if we switch to the now, here

she is in another photograph being photographed this summer 50 years later. and, guess what? jane joins us later. and, guess what? jane joins us amongst the stones this morning. we've been looking at your pictures, do you remember the day in the nineteen sixties? i do vividly. a wonderful, happy day out. this is the rude bit, how old were you and what year was that? about five and 68 or 69. a long time ago. why have you sent your pictures in and why get involved? i'm sure there are wonderful stories out there. being in public ownership is amazing. coming here made me interested in ancient history and i went on to do and archaeology degree, and i'm sure there's amazing stories to capture —— went on to do and archaeology degree. she is one of around 1.3 million people to come to the stones every year, so potentially lots of photographs will be sent in. kate davies is the director of english heritage. why set this up? english

heritage. why set this up? english heritage is celebrating 100 years of stonehenge being gifted to the nation, so we wanted to mark this really special anniversary by creating a digital photo album for the nation, hearing everybody‘s stories and memories of when they come to stonehenge and its form such an important part of a special day out. -- when they come. how do they get involved? go to the website or follow english heritage on twitter, you can find out more. you can upload your photograph and share your story about stonehenge. taking a look at the site, it is fantastic. you can do it from today to really personalise the 100th anniversary of this incredible monument. thank you so much. i remember vividly going to visit stonehenge. i must have been 12. have you got any photos? i haven't personally but there may be photos around. it has a big impact on people. an amazing

place to go. it has changed what you can experience there, hasn't it? you used to be able to touch the stones backin used to be able to touch the stones back in the day. it is 7:44am. the best album of the last 12 months will be named at the 27th mercury prize tonight. whoever wins will receive £25,000 and almost certainly a boost in sales. previous winners include the likes of arctic monkeys, elbow and pj harvey. but in the age of streaming individual tracks, does the album still matter? 0ur entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, has been to find out. lily allen, 12 years and four albums into a career, thrilled to have finally made a mercury prize shortlist with no shame and she's out to win. it would mean everything to me. i'd absolutely love for that to me. i'd absolutely love for that to happen. it's not going to, but... it's a heartfelt record which previous albums have been honest but

maybe a bit, like, finger waggey, telling other people what i think about them but this is me thinking about them but this is me thinking about what i am. she's up against albums by some very established acts, including previous winners arctic monkeys... florence and the machine on the list for the first time since 2009. and noel gallagher, last up for a mercury 22 yea rs gallagher, last up for a mercury 22 years ago as part of erases. but others on the list are far from household names —— erases. nadim shehadi is 32 from brinkburn in south tyneside, and her third album, holiday destination, only made it to 71 in the chance. she believes a win tonight could change her life. i need the £25,000 more than they do. let's be crude about it. noel gallagher willjust than they do. let's be crude about it. noel gallagher will just buy than they do. let's be crude about it. noel gallagher willjust buy a pairof it. noel gallagher willjust buy a pair of trousers with it! over the

yea rs pair of trousers with it! over the years the mercury has thrown up some huge surprises. blur‘s britpop classic park life beaten by... m people. what has never won is a jazz act. sons of kennett hope to change that. we're not doing the music for us. we're in some ways acting as conduits for the vibes and energies that the society around us is giving us. while the mercury is all about celebrating the album, its been a tough yearfor the celebrating the album, its been a tough year for the format. year—on—year artist sales have fallen by 26%, and that includes streaming. richard rosol knows all about selling albums. he runs xl recordings, meaning he's adele's boss. he's up for the mercury for his own project and believes the format will survive. i don't expect there to be dozens of great albums. you just look for there to be a few,

and this is what this award is to highlight, which is why it makes it so important. whoever triumphs tonight, they should learn from the calamity which befell the first winners, primal scream. at the after show party, they celebrated a little too hard, prom ptly they celebrated a little too hard, promptly losing their cheque for £20,000. colin paterson, bbc news. that is a check you don't want to lose, isn't it? £20,000. we will speak to someone who might be getting their hands on that later tonight, novelist will be here to talk grime and music and the industry. we are so cool, here, aren't we? you might be! i'm really not! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. more modern construction methods are needed in london because of a growing skills crisis in the industry. that's according to the centre for london, their research suggests buildings could be partly made off—site making the process faster. it said this was necessary because of an ageing work force, a reliance of eu workers and low

apprenticeship take up. this year marks the 100th anniversary of the spanish flu, one of the deadliest viral outbreaks ever seen. experts believe a similar outbreak today could be even more difficult to control. millions were killed worldwide in the autumn of 1918, including 16,000 people in london. what is different is the amount of travel people do across the world and how fast the virus would get from asia or wherever that event might happen back to london. if you think about heathrow being a major travel hub. so we would expect trying to control an outbreak at its source would be almost impossible. the tower of london says it's planning urgent action over what it calls a raven crisis. legend has it that the kingdom will fall if the birds ever leave the tower battlements but it's becoming increasingly

difficult to source them and so there are plans for a breeding programme. the tower has been given permission by tower hamlets council to build its own aviary. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tubes, the 0verground has severe delays between clapham junction and surrey quays. 0n the trains, services between kings cross and scotland and the north east are disrupted due to the damage caused by storm ali. 0n the roads, there's northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach, its slow from the woolwich rd flyover. 0n the a21 sevenoaks bypass, the northbound exit slip is closed at the a225 morley‘s roundabout, traffic is being diverted through sevenoa ks. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizinni. hello, good morning. our very windy week of weather continues. another blustery day on the way for us today across the capital, with some gusts of wind reaching a0—a5 mph. a cloudier day than yesterday with rain around at times

through the morning, particularly through the north and west. this is how we start the morning. outbreaks of rain in parts of surrey and berkshire will gradually go north through the morning. most places will turn dry. quite a bit of cloud around but sunny spells, always best the further south and east you are, but brightness emerging everywhere as we head through the afternoon. top temperatures in the best of that, 19—21 but somewhat tempered by strong winds. the winds will only strengthen overnight tonight. in fact there's a met office weather warning out for strong winds with some gusts of 50—60mph across the london area. with the trees in full leaf there could be branches down and possibly some greater damage too. there will be rain as well as strong winds. through the early hours, they will gradually clearing north—east. a dry start to the day tomorrow and quite a cool one, cooler than we've been used to. tomorrow the winds will ease down, there will be some sunshine, and watch out for one or two showers. 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 it's back tojohn and louise.

bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast withjon kay and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: ten minutes to sell her brexit plan. theresa may appeals directly to eu leaders over dinner to drop what she calls their unacceptable demands. a damning verdict on a summer of rail chaos. a report finds nobody took charge as new timetables disrupted hundreds of services. police investigating reports of a poisoning that triggered a major incident in salisbury at the weekend say they're likely to look at whether it was a hoax. two people have died after storm ali swept across parts of the british isles bringing winds of up to 100 mph. tha nkfully thankfully lighter winds today but very heavy rain across northern and

western parts of england and wales later and we are not done with the strong winds yet. i will have all the details. ending the leasehold scandal. new rules could help people buy the freehold on their home after thousands say they were mis—sold and left unable to sell on. in sport, a win and a loss for manchester's clubs. and tears for cristiano ronaldo as he's sent off on his champions league debut forjuventus. good morning. it's thursday 20th september. our top story this morning: an after—dinner speech with a difference. theresa may was given just ten minutes in the austrian city of salzberg last night to pitch her vision for brexit to the 27 eu leaders. the prime minister described it as a serious and workable plan. she urged those in the room to drop what she called unacceptable demands, and she again rejected any suggestion there could be another referendum. but the irish border remains a major sticking point, as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports.

stuck, looking for a way out. the prime minister and other leaders have eight weeks to agree what happens to northern ireland after we leave. her plan says: it's the only credible and negotiable plan on the table that delivers no hard border in northern ireland and also delivers on the vote of the british people. but what we cannot accept is seeing northern ireland carved away from the united kingdom customs territory. but the eu club's plan is very different. they say northern ireland might have to follow eu rules if the big brexit deal can't be done. i don't think we're any closer to withdrawal agreements than we were in march. so i can't report any progress at this stage unfortunately, but we'll keep on working on it. taoiseach, what happens if the eu

doesn't budge on brexit border issues in ireland? well then the prime minister shall have to. the prime minister hopes by asking her peers directly, they will budge. they believe, in time, she will realise she has to move, but with a time set for deal day, something, or someone, will have to give. laura kuenssburg, bbc news, salzburg. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in salzburg for us this morning. are the hills alive with the sound of this morning? not this morning. you heard the irish prime ministers saying there had been no substantial movement since march on this key issue of the irish border. theresa

may has been meeting him in the last few minutes in a private meeting in a hotel in salzburg. those are the two sides on the most difficult bit of this negotiation but no sign that either of them have found any more common ground. we know theresa may last night said there would be no delay, no extending of the negotiations. the leave date, 29th of march, stands. so the pressure is on to find that deal. 0n the eu side, lee radcliffe from ireland, donald tusk, jean—claude juncker, —— varadkar, saying donald tusk, jean—claude juncker, —— va radkar, saying they donald tusk, jean—claude juncker, —— varadkar, saying they would not shift on that either. and it is a stunning place win a fantastic background. and then there are little huddle is going on away from the main stage as well. yes, all

around this historic city, and the summit venue itself is just over sm are l the in the building - but happening in the building therebuti may will not be in there theresa may will not be in there when they discuss brexit today. it will be the eu leaders formulating their plan for the coming six to eight weeks and how they are going to tackle this very difficult period. ok, thank you very much for now. damian grammaticas in salzburg. that is a stunning setting for those discussions. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has written to the uk's opposition party leaders

urging them to agree that brexit shouldn't go ahead before a detailed agreement is negotiated. theresa may has already ruled out any delay beyond march 29th next year when britain plans to leave. ms sturgeon has told the bbc it would be reckless to leave the eu without knowing what the future trading arrangements would be. the rail regulator says nobody took charge when new timetables were introduced in may, leading to weeks of chaos and hundreds of commuter services being cancelled daily. the office of rail and road has concluded that network rail, the two train companies involved, and the department for transport all made mistakes. 0ur reporter fiona trott is at preston station for us this morning. they have had many of these problems there. what are they saying to you today? this morning they are saying that basically this report confirms what they know already. that is that the whole of the railway industry fails to put their concerns first. they were more worried about planning and logistics. most of the

complaints came from passengers here on this busy greater manchester to blackpool route, where electrification work has been delayed for about two years. let me tell you what the report says today. in the case of northern, network rail was mainly to blame, because of electrification work overrunning. northern were not left with enough time to commend the new timetable is backin time to commend the new timetable is back in may. in thameslink‘s plays, that was partly caused by a late decision by the department for transport on how to phase in the changes, which led to the company not having enough time to train up drivers on new routes. in this part of the world, northern had to cancel 160 trains injune to try and believe that chaos. today they say that 99% of those are back. passengers in preston are very happy to hear that today. they are also happy to hear that the government is launching a review of the entire rail industry. robert nisbet is the

regional director for the rail delivery group. we are also welcoming the other announcement of a government review, a root and branch review, that we hope will look at all of those elements but the customer at its heart. all that has got to be fully customer. we have to be delivering the best possible service for the passenger. and after the may timetable, clearly that didn't happen, and we have got to work out why and stop it from happening again. so hopefully changes on the way and changes being announced by northern today as well, because today's report says that company did not keep passengers in the loop when there was timetabling chaos. what the company is telling us chaos. what the company is telling us today in a statement if it is investing £5 million in new information screens and public address systems to try and make that better for passengers. thank you very much, fiona. in a few minutes

we will be talking to the transport secretary, chris grayling, about that report. a huge clean—up operation has begun after storm ali battered parts of the uk with winds of up to 100mph. two people died and thousands of homes were without power and lorries overturned during the severe winds. the met office has warned of a chance of injuries and danger to life as high winds threaten to blow tiles from roofs and fell trees. matt will have the full forecast in a few minutes. some pretty dramatic pictures there. police investigating the suspected poisoning at a restaurant in salisbury on sunday, which led to a major medical response, are likely to examine if it was a hoax. alex king and his wife anna shapiro were admitted to hospital and later discharged. it happened just six months after a nerve agent attack in the city. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has more. well, this street was cordoned off when a couple, anna shapiro and alex king, appeared to be ta ken seriously unwell. she is russian and that caused some

concerns for people sitting in the restaurant nearby, and he spent a few days in hospital. but we understand that tests have found no evidence of any poisoning. despite that, anna shapiro gave an interview to the sun newspaper in which she said she had been poisoned on the orders of russia's president putin. the police are now investigating. sources have told us that one potential line of enquiry is likely to be that this was a hoax. we also found out that alex king was involved in a well—publicised incident in 2016. he gave interviews about it. he said that he talked his way onto a reception line at a film premiere and ended up shaking the hand of the prince of wales. he said he did it for a bet. now, salisbury is attempting to put the novichok poisonings behind it and this didn't help.

it caused a major police incident, a major medical response, the road had to be cordoned off, and all of that makes getting over what happened earlier in the year here, a little bit harder. tom symonds reporting from salisbury. labour is proposing a major overhaul of the way the gambling industry is regulated. it says that a future labour government would ban tv advertising during live sporting events, introduce a levy on all gambling operators and end credit card betting. the advertising association has expressed concern that a ban will make live sports more expensive and less accessible. the expression fighting fire with fire took on a new meaning for rescue workers in canada battling blazes last month. you might have seen this on social media. this video shows three firemen trying desperately to pull back their hose which had been sucked into a fire whirl. the wildfire was just one

of over 500 that swept the region over the summer, leading british columbia to declare a state of emergency. it doesn't look real, does it? it looks like a movie special effects. terrifying. it is just coming looks like a movie special effects. terrifying. it isjust coming up looks like a movie special effects. terrifying. it is just coming up to 8:1aam. you are watching breakfast. good morning. thank you for watching. let's talk about the report into problems on the railway in more detail with transport secretary chris grayling. we have spoken to you about this over the last few months of the summer. it is a critical report of the people running the rail industry and also of the department for transport. do you accept some of the blame? we have clearly got to learn the lessons and i have already said i am very sorry for what happened. it is quite clear from the report that both we and the regulator as well to at face value what the industry said to us. and that wasn't actually the case. they were not ready and they told us they were and the report

says we should have done more to get to the bottom of that. reality is that it to the bottom of that. reality is thatitis to the bottom of that. reality is that it is quite difficult when all the leaders the industry tell you they are ready, and they sat at my office and said they would be ready, and they were not. that is not act that will and it can't happen again. 0na that will and it can't happen again. on a personal level, do you accept some of the blame or was it because you are not given a fact? look, i leave the department for transport and we have been one of the organisations criticised, so of course they take response 3a what we didn't do well enough, which was ask difficult questions. —— i take responsibility for what we didn't do well enough. but when leaders in the industry say they are ready, overruling them is not straightforward. we have got to learn the lesson and stop it happening again. that is one thing. things clearly went wrong over the summer with thousands of passengers affected. 0ne summer with thousands of passengers affected. one of the criticisms is that nobody took charge. you are the leader of the department for transport. why didn't you take charge? we did once we knew the

scale of the problems. we had industry calls every day and we worked with the industry to put in temporary timetables and we got compensation for passengers and we set up the independent review. all of this happened too late and we should have been able to intervene earlier. the reality is we didn't know. the report shows that the industry moves ahead thinking it could deliver this. across the industry people believed they could deliver the may ti metable and they were wrong and we have got to you disagreeing with the findings of the report? no, i am not. it isn't talking about the period after the timetable it doesn't happen again. to be clear, are you disagreeing with the findings of the report? no, i am not. it isn't talking about the period after the timetable purpose. are they fit for purpose two years on? what we have established is that the process of evolution that i started them, bringing track and train closer together, which we have

done with seven for example, new the time months earlier when things changed and they said they could get through it fine. a couple of years ago he wrote an article about making the railways fit for purpose. are they fit for purpose two years on? what we have established is that the process of evolution that i started them, bringing track and train closer together, which we have done with seven for example, evolving working with network rail and the track operators, but actually we need to put their foot on the accelerator. incremental changes not sufficient. what we know now is this railway is under intense pressure and carrying twice as many passengers as twice as many years ago with twice as many trains and it is bursting at the and accountability is clear—cut enough and it is too what the report shows is it is not now a railway where decision—making is clear—cut enough and accountability is clear—cut enough and it is too fragmented. the purpose of the structure set up at theis clear. the structure set up at theis clear. the structure set up at the good enough and it needs to change. labour says that the whole system needs to be renationalised. labour never exclaimed that that makes a difference because it is not

a question of ownership. we used to have roots and stations being closed which is not the way forward in my view. this is not about the way decisions are taken and the way the railway works, it is about how we deal with a railway bursting at the seams. if you look at the current structure, network rail is a state—owned business, a big part of the rail sector, and it has been singled out in the summer's report as one of the key reasons why the problems arose in the first place. it is not about ownership but about the way the railways work. let's talk about your personal timetable ago you said you would make the railways fit for purpose and now you are saying we need to put our foot on the accelerator. when will it be fixed? the game is a white paper next year and getting on with the reforms after that. we have been evolving putting in place

changes to track and train. the way the railways are run has got to change and the report says that and we are saying that. except we haven't moved fast enough but i thought that process of evolution what's best for the railways and thatis what's best for the railways and that is clearly not good enough. just for viewers at home who have not seen this, one of theresa may's closest allies, mike penning, saying the chequers deal is as dead as a dodo. do you agree?” the chequers deal is as dead as a dodo. do you agree? i don't. and it is the only proposal on the table at the moment. we are waiting to see what the european union's responses and we have moved and we want to find common ground with them again and it is for them to respond and set out a different position. i think that things in austria will work towards that. we need to reach a sensible agreement and it isn't everybody‘s interest to do so. i wa nt everybody‘s interest to do so. i want everyone to get behind the prime minister. i wanted to ask you about that. mike penning is not mincing his words. she is deluded if

she thought she could persuade eurosceptic tory mps to vote for a brexit deal based on chequers.- the moment there is a very well funded and well—organised campaign for a second referendum and those who campaign for brexit, as i did, need to understand that we need to see this through and leave the european union. we cannot end up in a position where we are under duress from all sides to hold a second referendum. if we don't back the prime minister, we end up jeopardising brexit and i don't want that to happen. chris grayling, thank you for your time this morning. 8:20am. we have seen those dramatic pictures of storm ali yesterday. matt can tell us what we can expect in the next couple of days. everything is much quieter on the weather front, but we cannot rest yet because there is more wet and windy weather to come this week. it all links into little bubbles on a snake of cloud that links thousands of miles from the united states to

norway. we will see various low pressure systems developing on that. wrapped around the end of it are the re m na nts of wrapped around the end of it are the remnants of storm ali. 100 mph winds through norway tonight. the weather front is lying across parts of central england and wales. every raining this morning across parts of norfolk, lincolnshire and the midlands, towards the south and south—west england. —— heavy rain. that will reinvigorate towards the west of rails by the time we get to lunchtime. —— west of wales. then it slides into the midlands. largely dry with just a couple of showers in the north and east and much better than northern ireland. some showers in northern scotland and lighter winds into the afternoon. many places will stay dry. staying dry in the north east corner. temperatures in the low 20s. it elsewhere miserable end to the day. heavy and

persistent rain after a bright start, and increasingly into wales as well. we could see anything from two to four inches of rain which could cause minor flooding two to four inches of rain which could cause minorflooding and two to four inches of rain which could cause minor flooding and then the winds will pick up. they pick up into tonight, all associated with this low pressure. then swinging from west to east is a batch of intense showers and downpours bringing with it gusts of wind may be up to 60 mph, with cooler where as well but the winds could cause a problem into tomorrow morning's rush—hour. that could affect the trees and cause damage. and for early risers in the east of england, winds gusting up to 50 mph. a blustery day on friday even though the winds will ease down gradually. then it is a story of sunshine and showers for many. some of you will spend the bulk of the day dry with sunny spells. when a showers come through, they move through rapidly but some of them could be heavy and thundery and out of the sunshine it

will feel cool. a chilly night, the green indicating temperatures in single figures into saturday morning. a touch of frost in rural areas of the north but the bright start elsewhere. still a bit breezy here. lighter winds of them. after dry starred in england and wales, turning cloudy with breaks of rain developing and feeling cool. still uncertainty for sunday with more stormy weather in the south. that could stay further south of us in france. i will keep you updated. that would be good. thank you. there isa that would be good. thank you. there is a lot of blue on that map. 8:23am. there's some good news for people who feel they were mis—sold the leasehold on their house. ben has been looking into this.” will say potentially good news because these are just proposals. it is to end the mis—selling of the leasehold or freehold on a is to end the mis—selling of the leasehold orfreehold on a property. it sounds like a little different

but in many cases it can mean the difference of thousands of pounds for people who get a result rather than the freehold and end up paying further down the line. good morning. we talked about this on breakfast a couple of weeks ago and the response from you was massive. it relates to the thousands of people who bought a home but only got a leasehold on their house, rather than the freehold. that's meant many have ended up paying high ground rents, hidden charges and service fees and that's left them unable to sell their homes. traditionally leasehold would only be applicable to flats but lots of builders put them on houses now as well. today, the law commission has proposed some reforms to make it easier to get your hands on the freehold. we will be covering this on brea kfast later we will be covering this on breakfast later because the response from you has been so huge. in other news, three of the big water companies will face closer scrutiny from today because of poor customer service.

bristol water, ses water and southern water all received a high number of complaints in the last year after the beast from the east. that course frozen pipes and things. they will now have to show how they intend to improve service and cut complaints. their tag line was "your credit, your identity", but credit rating agency equifax has been forced to pay £500,000 after failing to protect the identity of 15 million brits. a global cyber attack last year exposed the data of customers and the uk's information commissioner says the firm didn't do enough to protect customers. more on that for you a little bit later. that leaves whole thing is fascinating. we are going to talk much more about this over the course of the week. —— that leasehold thing. people will want to know what difference it makes for them if they feel they were mis—sold the lease. while you were talking, i was

concentrating... while you were talking, i was concentrating. . . whatever! while you were talking, i was concentrating... whatever! i am used to it! cup of tea. a woman has become the fastest human on a bicycle reaching a speed of 183.9 mph. she is a5 and she shattered at two decades—old land speed record previously held by a man that it has not been recognised by the guinness book of records yet. she rode a custom—made bike attached to the back of a drag racing car until they got to 100 mph. then she was released. it is just an extraordinarily terrifying. isn't that kind of cheating?” extraordinarily terrifying. isn't that kind of cheating? i don't know if it is. being pulled by a car first doesn't strike me as a cycling record! try that in the tour de france! it wouldn't be allowed, would it? she was paddling in the slipstream of the vehicle but what an extraordinary thing to do. she broke the limit of what we were supposed to do and he said it was rough, bouncing around. i bet she jolly well was! we will be talking

about carers and the pressure they are under. and i am going live to stonehenge because we often talk about the ancient history, the thousands of years of history there. but this morning we are talking about the last 100 years since it was opened to the public and given to the nation. and we would like to see your photographs of a family trip over the last few decades. people are trying to recreate those photographs which is rather wonderful. time now for the news, travel and weather wherever you are watching us and we will have headlines at 8:30am. yesterday it was all about the wind. today and through tonight, it's going to be more about the rain. heavy rain forecast. and on top of that it heavy rain forecast. and on top of thatitis heavy rain forecast. and on top of that it is still windy for many of us that it is still windy for many of us today and through tonight.

weather fronts affecting southern areas. we have a waving front which means we will see heavy rain through the course of the day. the blue is turning darker and darker across wales. try with some sunny spells but mostly dry to the far north of scotland. temperatures ranging from 14 scotland. temperatures ranging from 1a degrees in the north to 21 in the south. the rain through the evening rush hour. the green, torrentialfor a time across parts of wales, the hills and mountains in particular and northern parts of england. 0ver the pennines, a lot of rainfall as we go through this evening and overnight. it could cause quite a few problems. windy conditions across southern areas and as we go through tonight the wind will pivot and move east. with that, strong

winds and squall winds as the rain moves through. temperatures around 11-13 in moves through. temperatures around 11—13 in the south and 6—7 further north. a wet start to friday morning with a lot of water on the roads and surfaces. that will mostly clear away and we are left with a fairly blustery day. showers moving into northern and western areas and some sunny spells. with the wind moving from the north—west it will feel much fresher and chile are particularly across the south with temperatures around 18. only 12 or 13 across scotland and northern ireland. turbulent weather still to come in the next few days. this is business live from bbc news with victoria fritz and sally bundock. all smiles in salzburg at a meeting of european leaders but with no brexit compromise in sight, companies and workers remain in limbo. live from london, that's our top story on thursday 20th september. british prime minister theresa may

pitched her brexit plan to european leaders at the dinner in salzburg but according to the commission president, a deal remains far off the menu. we will talk you through the indigestion. also in the programme, china's jack ma withdraws his