good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: hope among the devastation. as the search for the hundreds missing in the indonesian earthquake continues we hear one boy's astonishing story of survival. no too late! protests and bitter divisions, but us senators say they will approve brett kava naugh's controversial appointment to the supreme court. the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, says there's fresh momentum in brexit talks and warns no deal would be a disaster. former captain gary neville attacks the manchester united board after reports managerjose mourinho will be sacked after today's game with newcastle. good morning. a little bit of fog to watch for this morning and we have some heavy rain in the forecast, but for many of us there will be one fine day this week and — find out which day it is for you in around about 15 minutes. it's saturday, 6 october.

our top story: it's been one week since the indonesian island of sulawesi was hit by a devastating earthquake. officials say more than 1,000 people could still be missing beneath the rubble. so far, around 1500 people are known to have died in the disaster. hundreds of buildings were destroyed after the island was hit by a wall of water. among the despair, there have been glimmers of hope, as our asia correspondent nick beake explains. within this devastated city you find incredible stories of survival. including here, where the injured are still being treated outside because they fear the hospital could collapse. 12—year—old football fan rizki was in an internet cafe in palu watching highlights of his beloved manchester city where the earthquake struck. "suddenly the earth started to shake," he tells us. "i tried to run, my hand was crushed, but i was able to stick out my other hand.

i waved it so people could see it." this is where he was trapped. eventually a neighbour spotted him and dragged him to safety. "i'm no hero," he says. rizki survived with a broken arm and is now reunited with his family. he still hopes to achieve his dream of becoming a footballer, joining his heroes at his favourite team. who is your favourite manchester city player? riyad mahrez. algerian international riyad mahrez became manchester city's record signing when they bought him for £60 million this summer. we thought manchester city may want to know about their young fan's amazing story of survival thousands of miles away. so we got in touch.

and it turns out riyad mahrez wants to send a personal message. now, rizki doesn't know anything about this. hi, rizki. somebody wants to say hello to you. hi, rizki. how are you? i hope you're getting better. i heard that you are a big city fan. so i just want to wish you a good recovery. i hope you get better and we will give you the best wishes from man city. so, what does he make of it? "it's great, i'm so happy." he also said that he'd like to send you a signed shirt as well. "i can't wait to get better and wear it". in the city of sorrow, where they have lost so much... thank you. ..a smile goes a long way. 0ur correspondent nick beake is in palu for us this morning. very good morning to you. it is an

inspiring story, rizki's story of survival, and it is good to see him in the place he is, but the reality for people is different, the ongoing problems the devastation has caused. good morning, charlie. yes, it lifts spirits when people hear these stories. this place behind us illustrate the challenges faced in the coming weeks, months and years. this was a rest on that completely collapsed when the earthquake struck. i am afraid to say there are bodies still stuck in their one—week on. this was a place of greatjoy, they would have weddings here, especially on a saturday but today there are no talks of happy couples, they are planning burials, so extremely sad and difficult. that said, there are some signs the city is gearing up. the traffic is busy this morning, the power is back on and it is the small things that are making a difference to people's lives. the fridges are working. they have cold drinks they are taking to the rescue workers who have been

working in sweltering heat for the last week. some aid is getting through in greater numbers. massive problems getting to the worst affected areas. lots of roads have buckled and twisted which is made aid access very difficult. in terms of the number of people who have died. it is hard to assess. the mudslides that came careering down wiped out villages completely. it might be the case unfortunately that we never truly find out how many people lost their lives. what we can say is it has been devastating for this place. for the moment, thank you. president trump's controversial supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, is almost certain to be appointed later today after weeks of protests and controversy over sexual assault allegations. last night two wavering senators decided to support the nomination, saying the accusations, which judge kavanaugh denies, had not been sufficiently proven. the outcome of his appointment could shape important decisions in the us for decades to come. from washington, our correspondent chris buckler reports. the system is corrupt!

for days the senate's corridors of power have been filled with protesters. each one trying to influence the few senators still wavering over whether to support brett kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. he has angrily denied claims that he sexually assaulted christine blasey ford decades ago when they were both teenagers. after wrestling with her political beliefs and the simple question of who to believe, the republican senator susan collins finally decided she would vote in favour ofjudge kavanaugh. the facts presented do not mean that professor ford was not sexually assaulted that night or at some other time, but they do lead me to conclude that the allegations fail to meet the more likely than not standard. but another republican,

lisa murkowski, broke party lines to say she could not support him. stop this, it's not too late! with a final vote nowjust hours away, campaigners have made clear they intend to keep up the pressure on america's politicians. i am so angry, i do not want to leave this place or leave the streets. they're not listening to women and are not listening to survivors. this confirmation process has been nothing short of a bruising and divisive political fight. but all the indications are that president trump is quietly confident that his nominee is now likely to secure a place on america's highest court. the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, has suggested there's been fresh momentum in the brexit negotiations over the last few days. it's the latest sign that the two sides are making progress. mrjuncker said the eu remains determined to reach a deal

with the uk, but couldn't say whether an agreement would be finalised before the next meeting of european leaders on 17th of october. tens of thousands of people have signed up to a new service from two mobile—only uk banks, designed to help gambling addicts. once a "gambling block" has been activated by the customer, the app can spot any transactions with a bookmaker, either online or in a shop, and instantly stop it before any money has left the account. if you are unable to access funds, notjust because you have put in management of funds by getting spouses to help you, but if you are unable to do it because you cannot spend that money, it can save people's homes, it can save people's families, and their mental health can be preserved. further rail strikes will bring disruption today as industrial action continues in the long—running row over the role of guards on trains.

members of the rmt union on south—western railway will continue with a 48—hour walkout, and workers on northern will stage their seventh consecutive saturday stoppage. residents in england and wales have reported sightings of some unexpected houseguests — ladybirds that have arrived in their thousands. people have taken to social media to document the invasion of the spotted beetles, that can be seen crawling over doors and windows in their homes. they're mostly harlequin ladybirds, a species that first arrived in in the uk in 200a. experts say the hot summer could be behind the rise in numbers. it is not something i have noticed particularly but you can see the evidence. i did flicker ladybird off some the other day. did you know they are called a loveliness, did you see that tweet, a group of ladybirds is a loveliness. the time now is 7:10am. the president of the police agency

partly tasked with finding people across international borders has gone missing. mung hoon—wae hasn't been seen since he travelled from interpol‘s headquarters in france to china a week ago. his wife reported him missing soon afterwards and french police have now opened an investigation into his disappearance. we're joined now by professor steve sang, from the china institute at the university of london. thank you very much for talking to us thank you very much for talking to us this morning. good morning to you. good morning. tell us about why oi’ you. good morning. tell us about why or how this man's disappearance has caught the attention now? well, i think it's getting attention because the wife, the family flag it up, it is the sort of situation where, if the family stayed quiet, nobody would have known. now he is a very seniorfigure within would have known. now he is a very senior figure within china. before he became head of interpol the was deputy minister in the ministry of

public security, so if his disappearance doesn't tell that wasn't voluntary it would have to be —— wasn't voluntary it would be serious. we have heard of disappearances before and we know there has been a crackdown i suppose on high profile people who china doesn't want to be so high profile any more. will there have been disappearances, but usually not for any chinese official who has taken on an international role, like mr mung, all the other cases are ministers and others in china who we re ministers and others in china who were alleged to have committed corruption and then they would later on resurface, be charged and usually it is associated with corruption, but it also means that there is a political problem high and it.

weren't the chinese power to have mr meng as representing the country as the head of interpol? this is a fantastic position? absolutely. in fa ct, fantastic position? absolutely. in fact, when these nominations came up two or three years ago the chinese government was very, very keen to make sure that they secure their candidate for this position. there we re candidate for this position. there were certainly rejections from the human rights organisations, the reasons being that you could not be at deputy minister of security in china without having been involved in some human rights abuse situations. so there were concerns that the head of interpol would be a senior official from that the head of interpol would be a senior officialfrom a that the head of interpol would be a senior official from a government that does not hold human rights to the same levels that we normally expect. so what happens now? the

wife has reported mr meng as missing to the french authorities. how does that play out in terms of what the french authorities do in terms of liaising with chinese authorities? well, the french authorities will obviously contact the chinese authorities and asked what actually happened. and since mr meng is a chinese citizen, there is no way that the chinese government is simply going to concede, but what the chinese government might not have expected, the family have gone public. now i think the chinese government will have to decide whether they are going to release mr meng so that china will not lose the leadership of interpol, or that the political problems that mr meng has is so serious that they would pay that price and deal with him in a way that the top china leadership wa nts to. way that the top china leadership

wants to. you think the chinese government really cares if international media is interested in the story of the story goes public? do you think it will have any influence or any bearing on how it paysin influence or any bearing on how it pays in terms of detaining high profile people or people upsetting the chinese system? i think the chinese government does care about its international image, and therefore the scale of international media interest is something that they do watch over, but ultimately when the chinese government decides on foreign policy, orforeign policy matters, it is domestic politics, the interests of the communist party of china that comes first, not china's international image and standing. professor, it has been very interesting, thank you for taking us through all of that and thank you forjoining us at. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the headlines: hundreds of people are still missing on the indonesian island of sulawesi, a week on from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated large areas.

president trump is on the verge of a significant victory as senators said they'd support his nominee, brett kavanaugh, for the us supreme court. here's helen with a look at this morning's weather. all sorts of weather going on at the moment. it's a real mix, it's that time of year, the season of change, it is misty and murky over injersey as well the moment. the fog problems in the south—east, we will have windier, wetter weather. it's actually quite mild. colder air will engulf the uk by the end of the day. we are into some weather throughout. if you are waking up in scotland and

northern ireland, a touch of frost is as you can see, really miserable start to the day, it's wet and windy across parts of england and wales. the got those poor visibility is across southern and eastern areas. down to 100 metres in places. then it's replaced by the rain later. further north, it's the day we see the brightest weather across scotla nd the brightest weather across scotland and northern ireland. 0bviously, scotland and northern ireland. obviously, there is always a but, across the northern and eastern coasts. it does quite enough. by that stage, it's a wet cold and windy with red across the channel coast, not much or more with the sunshine further north. as we do so,

the temperatures drop quite widely. a more widely chilly night, a cold start, a lovely day tomorrow for england and wales. we turn the ta bles england and wales. we turn the tables for scotland and northern ireland, mild redback to the north with it, in fact, that rain, could meander around. and it could meander around scotland and northern ireland so around scotland and northern ireland so that will mean the rain starts to a human way. so it could see about four or five inches. but a human way. so it could see about four orfive inches. but equally, we keep the fine and dry weather. but it's warming a little. but for the

weekend, some chilly nights and that rain in the south england and wales and vice—versa tomorrow. gambling addicts say a new app, available from two mobile—only banks, has helped them beat their addiction. tens of thousands of people have signed up to the service which allows a "gambling block" to be activated by the customer. the app then identifys any transactions with a bookmaker, either online or in a shop, and blocks money from leaving the account. bbc radio 4's moneybox reporter dan whitworth explains how it works. i'm literally surrounded by it. i've got one in that direction were used to spend every penny. bookmakers seemed to be everywhere forward danny cheetham and walking around manchester city centre brings bad memories where he spent most of his 20s addicted to gambling. memories where he spent most of his 205 addicted to gamblinglj memories where he spent most of his 20s addicted to gambling. i was addicted to, though including how

much i've won back. i haven't got much i've won back. i haven't got much material things in my names. i see friends getting first deposit and first car. danny tried to stop. he sent e—mails asking to ban himself from dozens of individual bookmakers but whatever his addiction would take hold, he could a lwa ys addiction would take hold, he could always find a new one willing to ta ke always find a new one willing to take is that until, that is, his bank cut up his gambling funds at the source. this new type of gambling block being offered by online banks like monzo and starling can spot bets with a company, whether to shop on a mobile phone, and stop it from happening for the money leaves the recount. we've had about 25,000 people are not all those were problem gamblers. we ran a survey and asked people how they we re a survey and asked people how they were using it. probably seven 8000 people did have a history of

gambling and we saw gambling transactions on their account previously and we monitored their usage since and saw a 70% decline in gambling related transactions. with at least 430,000 problem gamblers right across britain, the royal couege right across britain, the royal college of psychiatrists is now calling on the five big high—street banks to introduce similar blocks of oui’ banks to introduce similar blocks of our customers. this type of gambling block can make an enormous difference. we see people in our clinic who have lost their family homes because of moments when they can't control their spending on gambling. if you can't access your funds, not just putting gambling. if you can't access your funds, notjust putting funds that getting spouses to help, but if you are unable to do it because you cannot spend that money, you can save people ‘s homes and families and their mental health can be preserved. the five main high-street banks say while they don't offer this type of gambling block yet,

they are always looking at new ways to help vulnerable customers. while the gambling commission which regulates the industry in written says it supports the idea and is already talking to banks about how to improve existing protections for problem gamblers. as the danny, simply, this new type of gambling block is turned his life around. i'm feeling a lot better, happier, getting goals, getting on with my life and i can see where i want to be. i literally don't want to gamble any more. i see that is not being the first thing i want to do now. we're joined now by katie evans, from money and mental health policy institute, a charity which helps people with mental health issues overcome financial difficulties. the fundamental question is, does it work? yes, we know it does. people with problems need simple interventions. she can turn it on,

it. you gambling, it takes some time to turn up against are a few got that, you will be our will to have a little while and can make all the difference. so you can turn it off as soon difference. so you can turn it off as soon as you difference. so you can turn it off as soon as you turned it on? that's my understanding. to mobile only thatis, my understanding. to mobile only that is, it's all done on your mobile phone. it makes sense because i'm assuming a lot of gambling nowadays is done with phones. absolutely. 0ver nowadays is done with phones. absolutely. over the last 20 years, it's become more and more easy to gamble. we have more casinos and things like that but online gambling has been a growing problem. outlet now be transferred. it's great that these mobile banks have done it but how can it be transferred to the bigger banks? it's a matter of deciding to build capability. what's great is you can turn it on inside and out. it's a decision you can decide to make. what do you mean,

capability? just like any other setting, you can turn it on and off. that's not the case at the moment with the big banks. we know they offer gambling block some corporate cards but if you are going to get it, it's on a case—by—case basis. it's a hard conversation for people to have. it could be other things as well. it's hard to get around barriers. it sounds like there are other things you can do you can switch it off, you could get another phone. you could go to your laptop. there are numerous avenues you can go down to have this topic gambling. and you can take cash out. there are cash withdrawal limits as well. ukip

will always do that, it's not going to stop all gambling. —— you can a lwa ys to stop all gambling. —— you can always do that. it's not the whole solution. we need to look at other ways to protect people from online gambling. the more conventional banks, is this something, are they considering it? is it cost related? would it be expensive for them to set up? we've been talking to the big banks were two years, pushing really ha rd. we big banks were two years, pushing really hard. we are putting a challenge forward. i'm hopeful it will be something to put into action. what about the argument that is not up to the banks to protect people who gamble? we have to be responsible for our own behaviour when people talk about mental health, however, and also other life events, it can be hard to control our behaviour. what do we do to help people protect themselves? things

that make managing those difficult, very human behaviours... we have often very human behaviours... we have ofte n ha d very human behaviours... we have often had conversations here or sofa, focusing on the gambling companies themselves not having restrictions in place. a lot of people will say, if the individual is not going to take responsibility, it's the gambling companies that need these restrictions and should be more tightly regulated. these are all parts of the puzzle. we do need better regimes from gambling, particularly online, and we can only t particularly online, and we can only opt out of one. it takes far too long. people swap between them but these blocks will help right now for people who are struggling with these behaviours and can end up in terrible death. serious psychological distress as a result. thank you very much. and you can hear more in this story on bbc radio 4's moneybox

today at midday. giants are striding through liverpool this weekend as part of a street festival. they are marking the centenary of the first world war and large crowds are expected again today hoping for a glimpse of the creations. it was thirsty work walking the streets even for giants. this extraordinary huge mechanical dog went down a storm. 0perated this extraordinary huge mechanical dog went down a storm. operated by a tea m dog went down a storm. operated by a team of nearly 20 artists, the giants here are becoming the stuff of legend. hound and masterwork up in the city centre before setting out. they are huge and they had all these mechanical bits. the design of these mechanical bits. the design of the vehicles that drove them, it was amazing. the dog, is cholo, had a

great time, stopping to be pampered future. what was it like to manicure giant dog? very difficult but we did our best and it was excellent, it was a wonderful experience, we are so was a wonderful experience, we are so happy that they have come to liverpool and included us. there is also a third giant involved, washed up also a third giant involved, washed up on also a third giant involved, washed upona also a third giant involved, washed up on a beach, so the story goes. the operators, known as lilliputians from the land of tiny people i meet the french but some locals are unveiled. i'm controlling the rope on the giant's righthanders are walking in the most natural way possible and it's quite physically demanding, i've never done anything like this before. this is all about moving spectacle of street theatre ona grand moving spectacle of street theatre on a grand scale, sound, light, and vision. for the next 48 hours, merseyside really is the land of giants. danny savage, bbc news, liverpool. stunning images, aren't

they? hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. it's been one week since the indonesian island of sulawesi was hit by a devastating earthquake. officials say more than 1,000 people could still be missing beneath the rubble. so far, around 1500 people are known to have died in the disaster. hundreds of buildings were destroyed after the island was hit by a wall of water. search and rescue efforts have been extended into next week. president trump's controversial supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, is almost certain to be appointed later today after weeks of protests and controversy over sexual assault allegations. last night two wavering senators decided to support the nomination, saying the accusations, which judge kavanaugh denies, had not been sufficiently proven. the outcome of his appointment could shape important decisions in the us for decades to come. the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, has suggested there's been fresh momentum in the brexit negotiations over the last few days.

it's the latest sign that the two sides are making progress. mrjuncker said the eu remains determined to reach a deal with the uk, but couldn't say whether an agreement would be finalised before the next meeting of european leaders on 17th of october. police in france are investigating the disappearance of the head of the international police organisation, interpol. meng hongwai hasn't been seen since he travelled from his home in france to visit family in china a week ago. this morning there are reports that he was taken away for questioning by the chinese authorities when his plane landed. further rail strikes will bring disruption today as industrial action continues in the long—running row over the role of guards on trains. members of the rmt union on south—western railway will continue with a 48—hour walkout, and workers on northern will stage their seventh consecutive saturday stoppage. a robot in the shape of a cockroach is the first to be able to walk on the surface of water and walk on land.

charlie, do you want to explain this? yes. it weighs as much as a paperclip and can carry its own weight without sinking. the biggest challenge for this micro machine is getting out of the water. the force of the water's surface tension is twice the robot's weight and the hind legs encounter friction. the next challenge for researchers is to find a way for the robot to return to land without using a ramp. that was a very good explanation, charlie. if i'm honest, i'm not sure i entirely understand it. the bit i understand is the thing has larger feet which enable it to go on the water isn't complicated. it weighs the same as a paperclip. you have done sports when you just have big things on your feet. i have walked

on water, yes, in many different sports. the cockroach is so robust? you could call it an ant, i suppose. i never want to see it hanging around the fridge calls it is assigned the house isn't very clean. there are quite a lot of things we don't fully understand, and i am going to make the link, we don't fully understand what's going with manchester united. you are absolutely right, prompted by the mirror, quoting sources saying they believe jose mourinho's mirror, quoting sources saying they believejose mourinho's rain will be over today whatever the result when they play newcastle this evening and gary neville has responded to this, stating that the way the board has handled it, calling it rotten to the core, the way that they are dealing with the speculation, however we have an update, simon stone has been

chasing this and they understand that he has the support of the board to turn the situation around. united have a match this evening and the position have led to speculation aboutjose position have led to speculation about jose mourinho's future. position have led to speculation aboutjose mourinho's future. it is understood that there is no immediate threat to his position. and it follows the attack from gary neville telling sky that he was furious with the way this would be dealt with. speaking yesterday morning mourinho thought his side were on the right track, despite their goaless draw with valencia in the champions league this week. the effort, the commitment, the desire that the team showed against a difficult opponent like valencia. if you look at newcastle, probably we are a bit luckier and we will win the match. he's up there in the scoring charts alongside, the likes of harry kane, and sergio ageuro, and brighton's glen murray, was on target again last night.. his fifth goal of the season, was enough to burst west ham's recent bubble and it moves brighton

up to 12th in the table. well, in the day's three o'clock matches, tottenham host struggling cardiff city at wembley, bournemouth look to keep up their flying start to the season at watford, while leicester take on everton. in scotland, aberdeen against st mirren and hibs versus hamilton are among the pick of the fixtures today. celtic are in action tomorrow while rangers take on leaders hearts also tomorrow. phil neville says his england women's side will treat their match against brazil tonight like it's a world cup match. england will come up against the player voted the best in the women's game by fifa recently, marta, in the friendly at notts county's meadow lane. and after neville's side sealed world cup qualification in the summer, the countdown is now on to the tournament in france next year. what i am looking forward to is

seeing my players put under pressure, playing our style under that kind of pressure and seeing if they can handle it because i look forward to eight months time when we go to france, i think it could be a quarter—final, semi—final potential match against the best teams in the world, so this is not a friendly for me this is like a world cup game and we have to play our style, can we beat these kinds of teams? qualifying is under way for the japanese grand prix with lewis hamilton looking like the man to beat, turn your eyes and ears away now if you don't want to know what's been going on. after setting the pace in final practice, he was the early pacesetter in the first part of qualifying. championship rival sebastian vettel is just off the pace not helped by this spin. although his woes were nothing compared the pain felt by marcus ericsson, who crashed his sauber at the end

of the super fast first sector. wigan will play warrington in super league's grand final next weekend. wigan secured their place at old trafford with a comfortable 14—0 win over last season's runners up castleford. sam tomkins ran in a try and the final drop goal on his final home match for the club. he moves to catalan dragons at the end of the season. it's also wigan head coach shaun wane's final season in charge, he's also leaving to join scotland rugby union as a coach. i feel sad, i feel happy that i have something to go to, but i am a wigan lad through and through and it is fantastic. and making memories for this little guy. he is my grandson, he never leaves my side and i love him to pieces. you will take him out to old trafford? yes, definitely, just getting him used to the noise. exeter are top of rugby union's premiership, continuing their perfect start to the season with a victory over bath. a much—changed bath side pushed exeter hard at the rec, but the chiefs surged ahead in the final quarter, scoring five tries in all — this one from stu townsend which started the fightback. they've waited over half a century

but connort have finally won in belfast, shocking ulster at the kingspan 22—15. it didn't help ulster that they had a player sent off. elsewhere there were wins for edinburgh and glasgow. it's the sport that tests your speed on the track and your shooting skills. can you hold your nerve and aim when out of breath at the end of 400 metres? well the world tour and british championship for target sprint takes place in bristol this weekend and i've been to train with some of the country's top athletes and some other beginners. three, two, one. and they're off, the class of 2018 who're notjust learning how to be the fastest around the 400 metres track in pe, but as they cross the line it is all about their composure and speed of thought. so here they come then, they have done 400 metres on the track, understandably out of breath, it is a hot day and now they have to compose themselves, control their breathing, pick up the air rifles and hit the five targets.

it is a combination of speed and also accuracy. once they have hit the five targets ten metres away, they run again, before more shooting, and finally a gruelling 400 metre race to finish. props to the people that do it pro, because it is really hard. you have to time yourself to hit it when you are breathing up and down. i have never shot before, so it is different and i can get to do it. yes. if you have never taken aim before, you have to join an organised club to get your eye in. i have seen what is involved and to really raise the bar i am up against some regional champions and number two in the world, emily. she has me in her sights. my first aim was to try and stay in touch with emily and the other elite junior athletes. but this came at a cost.

by 200 metres, i was a spent force, and staggering to the end of my first lap, which wasn't the ideal preparation for picking up the gun. i've got to keep up with emily. first shot, i hit the target, but look, everybody has gone. she has gone already. and in fact, before i got all of mine down she was back again. i have knocked four down but still trying to get the last target and they have lapped me. yes, it is all about the technique and the rhythm of it. what do you love about it? the fact that there are two sports combined together and you need the composure to shoot and the explosiveness to run. what does it mean to be second in the world? it is insane to be competing abroad against the best, so it is amazing. we have normally a very stationary sport, where you are shooting a target, this introduces the exciting element of having

to run around the track, and we thought it was a good way to get athletes involved in the sport. after the success of the biathlon at the winter olympics the aim is for target sprint to eventually get the olympic call. sorry to keep you waiting. the hardest part was filling the gun with those tiny little pellets, but we will watch those athletes this weekend. over the years you have done lots of things to try to encourage people to become involved in sport. now we are going to look at parkrun. we had a piece in its 10th anniversary about three years ago with the founder, so simple, it is free and the worst thing about working on saturday morning on brea kfast, working on saturday morning on breakfast, i love it, but i can't do parkrun. five kilometres. 5 million,

talking about milestones, now they have signed up the 5,000,000th run. my have signed up the 5,000,000th run. my sister will be there this morning, they get hundreds and hundreds of doing it at every location. and our reporter marc ashdown is in hampton where it all began. good morning. if you are at and about, bright and breezy on a saturday like we all are in a place like this, and you go anywhere near some green space, anywhere in the uk, the chances are you will come across a parkrtun, it does what it says on the tin, and it has become a national institution. it comes down to one man, 14 years ago, paul, you came up with the idea. 5 million people doing it. it feel bazaar.m is wonderful. we have 5 million registered —— bizarre. there are

1500 parks where people are waking up 1500 parks where people are waking up to get ready to go and do their parkrun, it is fantastic. tell us how you came up with the idea and what it is. firstly it is a free wee kly what it is. firstly it is a free weekly timed run where it is completely managed by volunteers in your local park. i started it 14 years ago because i was suffering a little bit of depression and i thought the best thing i could do to get out of that cycle was to bring my friends to the park, so i did invite my friends and said, come and do what you love, i will go for work and then we have to go for coffee. coffee and cake afterwards. and then we have to go for coffee. coffee and cake afterwardsm and then we have to go for coffee. coffee and cake afterwards. it is one of the most fantastic things about parkrun. it is important to run. it gets you active. all of those things. it is what happens between you and your mate at the park and afterwards that is what makes it special. it is sort of

competitive. it is all about all abilities, ages and volunteers coming to help. the volunteers are the most important thing, these people want to do something good for their community, friends and it gives them a massive self worth. so they are the most amazing thing about parkrun and it is lovely. and there is a slight competitive element. so do people get into it, compete with each other? everybody is looking to do some sort of personal best, no matter where you are on the scale, everybody wants to improve a little bit, so all of the improvement is important. obviously we have very fast runners and then we have very fast runners and then we have very fast runners and then we have people who walk. we are very very proud of our walkers. the average running time has dropped significantly over the 14 years and that's an indication of more people getting active. and it is for all

abilities. anyone can come and have abilities. anyone can come and have ago abilities. anyone can come and have a go and it is free. and in this park we have elizabeth who is in a wheelchair, she is rolled out from the care home every saturday morning, puts on a vest, sits on the corner and she is part of the team. we try to make is for everybody. we try to back down the barriers so that everyone can participate. and there is a record, what is the men's record? andrew baddeley, the day after he dropped out of the 5008 is in the olympics 2012, he ran 13 minutes 23. i think! can have a in the olympics 2012, he ran 13 minutes 23. i think i can have a go of that, although i don't know, it isa of that, although i don't know, it is a bit overcast, it feels a little bit dry, but what do you think, naga, 16 minutes? in five kilometres? i would naga, 16 minutes? in five kilometres? iwould be naga, 16 minutes? in five kilometres? i would be happy... definitely not. i think the most i have ever done, and this isn't outside, which is harder, the most i

have ever done is like 22 minutes, but i couldn't do it outside. that is very good. i doff my capoue eve ryo ne is very good. i doff my capoue everyone who is running to date and we will see if we can get mike to go on there today to chat. she will be where you are today.|j on there today to chat. she will be where you are today. i don't think he can hear us. we were making the point, thank you very much, that mike's sister is down to do it. i have never done a parkrun myself, but time is relevant, you want people to —— irrelevant, you want people to —— irrelevant, you want people to —— irrelevant, you want people to turn up and that is nice. it is all about your personal time, just improving yourself, just getting out and running in company, it is nice. will it be good weather, it is nice. will it be good weather, it is nice. will it be good weather, it is decent in hampton, but this is the view outside our studios right now and it is rather lovely, actually but it is a bit gloomy to be fair. my children do these

parklands, for the little ones, they haven't done it for awhile. they swim and netball. not a great morning. salford looks a lot better than cambridgeshire, i have to say. this is how it looks at the moment. dog sitting across parts of east anglia, the south—east of england. the rain is not too far away either. the rain is not too far away either. the rain is starting to clear in sa lfo rd. the rain is starting to clear in salford. that's why doesn't look too gloomy. don't get too hopeful. it is really slow moving. the foggiest of the south and east, it's starting to lift in the next couple of hours that its problem at this time of year. behind it, you got those clearer skies. wobbling not in time to the park on this morning. certainly across scotland and northern ireland. right now, you

will need your gloves come your hats in your thermals. a lovely day for northern ireland. just a peppering of showers around. the clouds of little reluctant to clear the midlands. it's going to feel pretty miserable. chile further north you got the sunshine to compensate. the cold air is heading south behind our weather front. much cold air is heading south behind our weatherfront. much colder cold air is heading south behind our weather front. much colder are coming down. briefly at least. but the forward had a cold night. this morning, it's called across the north. cold in many areas. perhaps a little bit of missed in central areas. for sunshine across england and wales, drier. lovely sunshine today. more rain. yes, temperatures

will be a little bit higher but you will be a little bit higher but you will not notice it. but the south, we should get towards the midteens. the rain, the highlands of scotland, it hangs around. some parts of northern ireland and scotland will see three or four inches of rain. especially over the hills. further south, drier picture. the knights won't be quite as cold. still some ground frost. they are not dropping from such a low note. into next week, it warms up. for the weekend, its topsy—turvy. one fine day for most of us. i want to bring you up to date to something a camera. we have a plucky spider situation which has emerged in the last few minutes. there is kind of a windscreen wiper.

there is kind of a windscreen wiper. the spider is unaffected and carrying on regardless. that is where the windscreen wiper is. we'll keep an eye on his or her progress. we will keep you updated on any developments. we'll have the headlines at eight, but first it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed. hello and welcome to newswatch. the dancing prime minister garnered most of the headlines at this week's conservative party conference but did the bbc do itsjob in covering policy as well as performance. and has the way we have got to talking about politics on the news just got too rude and argumentative? the party conference season is when we expect a leading politicians to set out their big ideas in the full glare

of the media spotlight. sometimes though they declined broadcasters invitations to submit themselves to questioning and this week that led to a row. on tuesday, representatives from the bbc, sky, itv, channel 4 and channel five complained in a letter to downing street about what they called the prime minister's lack of availability for television interviews during her pa rty‘s conference. her director of communications replied that she had done 36 interviews during the conference. meanwhile, nick robinson mentioned on the today programme last week that although labour leaders normally appeared on the show during their party conference, they had been told that jeremy corbyn was unavailable to do so. signs perhaps of an increasingly fractious relationship between the news media and politicians and there have been more signs of that when party

leaders have turned up interview. last sunday morning, theresa may appeared on the andrew marr show. it was necessary for us to take some tough decisions to deal with public finances because of the mess that the labour party had left them in. people have made sacrifices as a result of that. and they may have to make a lot more if we go for no guilt? i'm afraid we're out time, theresa may. we will be live next week... that rather abrupt end to the interview annoyed rather a lot of readers. two days later came the much trailed arrival in birmingham of a certain backbench mp. the prime minister says former foreign secretary borisjohnson two days later came the much trailed arrival in birmingham of a certain backbench mp. the prime minister says former

foreign secretary borisjohnson makes her cross after he launches a scathing attack on her check is planned for leaving the european union. addressing a fringe event at the tory party conference, the former foreign secretary called the prime minister's plan dangerous and a cheat. this is the moment to do this and there is time, this is the moment to chuck checkers. the appearance of the former foreign secretary and the attention given to it proved an irritant, notjust to the prime minister but to number of newswatchers. one man declared himself... theresa may certainly regained everyone's full attention on wednesday from the moment she stepped on stage to deliver her speech. that really is the prime minister,

dancing onto the stage, laughing with herself when her political situation has been anything but funny. never mind the much discussed dance moves, was the reporting in step with what the public needed to know? one viewer thought not, tweeting... well, to discuss the challenges of political reporting at the moment i'm joined by the head of bbc westminster, thank you for coming on newswatch. last year's bbc news conference was dominated by everything that gone wrong in theresa may's speech

and this year the party clearly put on a deliberate stunt but do you have some responsibility if that is all the people really remember from the conference? i hope everybody remembers moore, the music was ten seconds at most than the piece that our reporter put out was about five minutes so it was a very small part of that. i think we have a real responsibility to look at the speech as a whole, think about the general message of the speech and then look at the key messages that we think are important for the audience to be aware of. in addition to that, what we do is then sit back and think about other things like policy areas because in the end, the audience care really about what these policies are coming out of government. in this case, we took the housing announcement and decided to do a separate piece on that to explain that further. newswatch viewers have been concerned for a long time about news coverage around politics that has focused on personalities, particularly borisjohnson. they feel it comes at the expense of scrutinising policy ideas. and they feel it is getting

worse, can you see why? i think it is a really interesting question and i would like to reassure viewers that actually it is something that we really do think about quite a lot. we have got to be careful not to just be attracted by what we call shiny objects but really focus on why we are focusing so much coverage on one's personal one moment. in the case of borisjohnson, i think you have got to look at what happened in the room on tuesday. there was an enormous amount of interest in his speech. he did fill with over a thousand people supporting him not only that you need to look at who was in the room and i think there were as many as 20 mp5, which given the prime minister's opposition in parliament is quite a crucial number in terms of getting her policies through.

so it is the consideration. and in the end, he is a very, very popularfigure. the big set piece interviews with leaders at conferences, have they become too confrontational? i think politics has always been confrontational and you look back at the decades of bbc‘s coverage and over the different types of personalities whether it is bbc broadcasters or indeed politicians. i do not think it is really that different. i really think we're in extraordinary times and i think from perspective you can feel that from behind—the—scenes. certainly during the referendum, certainly through the 2015 election and obviously the 2017 election. these are very high stakes and we're not living in times with large majorities for parties and that always makes both the parties much

more tense and the relationships constant and of coarse we have conversations with the parties but certainly we are resistant to any pressure and we consider everyjudgment on every story as you expect. it is interesting the issue of journalists been resistant to pressure from parties, we mentioned earlier that all the major broadcasters wrote this letter to downing street concerned about a lack of access to the prime minister. to think the relationship between politicians and journalists has got reformed? i think the story at the moment is very tense, it is very important, the country is facing some big decisions and i think there times where it is fraught but i'm not sure it has changed that much over the decades. there has always been tension between broadcasters, papers and politicians. and in the end, it is ourjob to look at every decision, resist pressure but hear what they are saying, and make judgments on that. there is a general view now that the whole public discourse

around politics in this country has got to angry and vitriolic. some of that this social media but that is only part of it. do you think there is anything bbc news can do about that? i think you have got to test the temperature on political interviews. personally, i think we need to resist getting into arguments with people, that is absolutely not our role. but there is a balance with this because you of also got to hold people to account it absolutely right that we are confident in how we approach political interviews. so it is getting a balance between becoming an argument because i think actually the audience doesn't get anything out of that but been seen that we are testing those policies and the points that politicians are presenting. thank you. as we have been hearing, the uk's forthcoming departure from the european union has

significantly raise the temperature in public discourse and the language used by broadcasters is coming under more scrutiny than ever. take the proposal for another referendum on the subject which has gained increasing political traction in recent weeks. at turns it has been referred to one air as a people's vote, a term that but the term second referendum is not uncontroversial itself. here it is being used a couple of times recently on bbc news. campaigners claim momentum is building behind a second referendum. the lib dems want a second referendum on the brexit deal and servings urged the prime minister to follow their example. the difficulty with that description of another vote is outlined in this

telephone message received. we have already had two referendums. if you remember, there was one in the 1970s so why keep on saying the second referendum when of course if another referendum occurs, it would be a third referendum. can't bbc journalists count?