good morning, welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: the most powerful storm ever to hit parts of florida has flooded towns and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes. hurricane michael is the worst storm that the panhandle has ever seen. pressure on the prime minister, as she prepares to meet cabinet ministers. the dup says it will stop supporting the government if it's not happy with the brexit deal. good morning. ending the stigma of obesity — a quarter of people say they're less likely to employ candidates who are overweight. i'll look at what's being done to change attitudes and encourage more of us to adopt a healthier lifestyle. john terry is back in football. just days after announcing his playing retirement, the former england captain is back at aston villa as assistant manager to dean smith. the winner of the stirling architecture prize has been announced. we'll take a look inside. good morning. from the roof of the bbc in london.

today we have showers moving northwards, a lull behind with some sunshine and more rain spreading in from the south—west, moving north—east through the day. i will have more in 15 minutes. good morning. it's thursday, october 11. our top story: the most powerful storm in decades to hit the southeast of the united states is now heading towards georgia after leaving a trail of destruction in florida. hurricane michael brought storm surges of up to three metres to north—west florida, ripping up trees and tearing roofs from buildings. one person was reportedly killed by a falling tree. our north america correspondent chris buckler reports. hurricane michael came crashing into the florida coastline with extraordinary strength. at their height, the wind reached speeds of around 155 miles an hour, easily exceeding early expectations, and making it close to the most powerful category of storm.

you see what it did around here. it snapped trees like they were toothpicks. it was nothing to it. i'm glad i am still here, glad i survived, glad the car made it. in florida's mexico beach, where hurricane michael first reached land, homes were lost in the surge of rising water. and across this state, the fierce wind and rain has been causing huge difficulties, bringing down trees and powerlines. hurricane michael is the worst storm that the florida panhandle has ever seen. and one of the most powerful storms ever make landfall in the united states. the warm waters off the gulf coast saw the speed of the wind intensify over the last few days. even as the storm moved inland, it still had considerable force. oh, my god! this water is knee deep back here. this is my backyard. there used to be a fence there. used to be.

here's the fence. florida may have been on the frontline but there are states of emergency in place in georgia and the carolinas. and it's obvious where michael has already been. clearing the debris and repairing the damage of this latest destructive storm will take a considerable amount of time and money. in around 15 minutes, we'll speak to a storm chaser in florida who witnessed some of the devastation wrought by hurricane michael. that's coming up in a few minutes. indonesian officials have said the search for victims of last month's earthquake and tsunami will end today, even though thousands of people are still unaccounted for. the disaster struck sulawesi almost two weeks ago, with the city of palu worst affected. the official death toll currently stands at more than 2,000, but about 5,000 people are still missing, feared dead. a british couple are among at least ten people killed in flash flooding on the spanish island of mallorca. floodwaters damaged buildings and sent cars careering through the streets after heavy rain caused a river to burst its banks.

the foreign office said it was supporting their family and was ready to assist any other british people affected by the flooding. theresa may will meet some of her most senior cabinet ministers today to update them on the progress of brexit negotiations. it's being seen by some as mrs may's attempt to shore up support for her brexit plan before next week's summit of european leaders in brussels. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster. so, jonathan, talk us through what this meeting will be all about. downing street saying very little officially but we don't expect it to bea officially but we don't expect it to be a big decision making moment, a chance for the pm to update her most senior ministers on the progress of the negotiations and to keep them in the negotiations and to keep them in the loop because it is important for her to keep them on board. as we know there is still some disagreement in cabinet about the government's brexit strategy, as

there is among mps at westminster more broadly, not least with the democratic unionist party, the dup, who in the last 2a hours have shown that the arrangement they have with the government, whereby theresa may can rely on them to get things done, to pass votes in the house of commons, is by no means guaranteed. last night they abstained in a vote on the agriculture bill and they have described that as a warning shot to the government. they are threatening to vote against the budget later this month which could turn into a vote of confidence in the government and bring them down. they are doing that because they are unhappy in the direction theresa may appears to be going on, they don't wa nt extra appears to be going on, they don't want extra checks on goods travelling between northern ireland and the british mainland as part of any brexit deal, so their position is hardening and making it extra difficult for the pm at a time when the negotiations are intense and both the uk and the eu will want to show some progress at least at a big meeting of eu heads of government in brussels next week. jonathan, for

the moment, thank you. schools in england will be encouraged to move away from putting test and exam results ahead of everything else, with a new style of 0fted inspection next year. it's in response to concerns that schools have become too focused on league tables, at the expense of individual pupil needs. in a speech this morning, 0fsted's chief inspector, amanda spielman, will say schools should aim to provide a broader education. companies could be forced to reveal their ethnicity pay gap under plans put forward by the prime minister. theresa may has launched a consultation on whether mandatory reporting will help address disparities between the pay and career prospects of minorities. she acknowledged that minorities often "feel like they are hitting a brick wall" at work. the move follows the decision to make firms reveal their gender pay gaps. the struggle to access vital nhs services across england is a growing care injustice, which needs to be tackled immediately. that's the warning by health regulator, the care quality commission, in its annual report. the commission highlights growing hospital waiting lists, delays at a&e, and record levels of dissatisfaction with gps. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns reports. in this room, there are nurses,

physiotherapists, charities and others, all working together to keep people who are at risk healthy and out of hospital. mr and mrs robinson have recently moved into an extra care scheme in our area following a house fire. they arrange for an occupational therapist and social worker to visit an elderly couple who need some extra help. so i've got eric with me. hello. how do you do? the care quality commission report picks out this scheme in wakefield as a positive example. it also says most people across england generally do get good care. but this comes with a stark warning about a growing care injustice. in some parts of the country, people are just less likely to get the care they need and that's what we mean by a care injustice. we think the way to fix that is to make sure that funding streams all align, so that all providers are all pointing

the same direction in the best interests of people. the report says this can be most visible in overstretched a&e departments, but it also highlights mental health and care for the elderly. it says that there's now an urgent challenge for all parts of the health and social care system to work together, like in wakefield, and that a long—term funding plan is also vital. the department of health and social care says it will set up a £2110 million fund for adult social care, to ease pressures over the winter. catherine burns, bbc news. if you want to find out how your local nhs services are performing, you can use the bbc‘s nhs tracker at bbc.co.uk/nhstracker. strictly come dancing contestant seann walsh and his dance partner katya jones have apologised again for sharing a drunken kiss on a night out last week. walsh's girlfriend, rebecca humphries, has since ended the relationship and accused him of controlling behaviour. speaking on bbc2‘s it takes two,

the comedian apologised for the hurt he caused but denied some of ms humphries' claims. katya is married to fellow strictly dancer neiljones. highfield it is also important for me to say that that people —— i feel it is also important for me to say that the people that love me, they know that i am not the person i am being portrayed as. i am still sorry for what i did, but it is very important for me to get that out there. the largest stone building constructed in the city of london since st paul's cathedral has won a prestigious award. the billion pound project, a bank, is the new headquarters of the financial data and media company, bloomberg. it's been named as britain's best new building by the royal institute of british architects. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito has had a look around. the bloomberg building. this is,

what? our main reception and we are walking into the vortex. yes, it is really cool, the vortex. it feels a bit like walking into a movie set. that is james bond, isn't it? the lifts have no cables, they are specially designed, so too is the ceiling and the almost silent magnetic wooden floors. can you hear issues? because it is not something that you really here. you really need to pay attention. that you really here. you really need to pay attentionlj that you really here. you really need to pay attention. i can't hear any shoes, no i can't hear any shoes. and given all this it is perhaps not surprising who won the prize. the bloomberg building, by foster and partners. of course, none of this would have happened without a certain billionaire. how much?|j

think it was... 0ver a certain billionaire. how much?|j think it was... over one and a half, maybe one and three quarters billion dollars by the time we got done. yes, these things don't come cheap, they even have a restored roman temple in the basement. now, hungry? yeah. always. you'll soon be able to get your paws on some new coins featuring the nation's most famous welly—wearer, paddington bear. the royal mint has announced that two 50 pence coin designs, featuring the bear, will enter uk circulation this month. the release coincides with the 60th anniversary of the character, whose love for marmalade sandwiches was first introduced to the nation in 1958 in the book, a bear called paddington, by michael bond. i really fancy our marmalades and which, toasted one. and i think that is my favourite coin released. isn't it fabulous? i love paddington,

although i would go for a peanut butter sandwich. with marmalade? no. i think at this time of morning we are always really famished.m i think at this time of morning we are always really famished. it is a lwa ys always the way. let's move on from third, because it will be distracting. john terry, who i feel i have been talking about for many years, he retired not that long ago, a few days ago, about a week ago? guess what, he is back. that was from playing, though? he didn't disappear from our lives, he from playing, though? he didn't disappearfrom our lives, he is from playing, though? he didn't disappear from our lives, he is back in the game with aston villa. he's been appointed assistant manager at aston villa, the club he played for last season. the championship side have appointed brentford's dean smith as their new manager. the man in charge of the fa will try to persuade its council members to sell wembley. the fa board wants to offload the stadium so they can put £600 million into building facilities and pitches, but the majority of the council is believed to be against the deal. now, listen to this:

the hunt is on for geraint thomas's tour de france trophy after it was stolen from an exhibition in birmingham. it was presented to thomas when he won the tour last month but after being displayed at the cycle show it's been taken. the welshman says he hopes whoever stole it will have the good grace to return it. russia's president vladimir putin has met khabib nurmagomedov to congratulate him on beating conor mcgregor. the bout in las vegas on saturday was overshadowed by a post—fight brawl. putin said he would ask nurmagomedov‘s father not to punish him too severely. cani can i ask a question? it always worries me. go on. the tour de france cup has gone missing. presumably it has tour de france written across it. yes. i would say

"cctv? " i have written across it. yes. i would say "cctv?" i have been watching a lot of crime drama recently. you try to get onto someone and ask, "where has it gone?" i don't know really. do you know what? i really feel like it might be found. yes. if you have it, you fool, give it back. yes, it is not yours. carol has got the weather for us this morning. at least you are glad you are not having to put up with those horrible conditions in the united states at the moment. absolutely right, good morning everybody. hurricane michael reach 155 mph. it is a huge, huge hurricane. now, if it had been two mph faster, at 157, it would have been the highest category of hurricane, which is category 5. now it has been downgraded to a tropical

storm, it still has sustained wind speeds of 70 mph, so it is packing a punch. if we look at the satellite picture of the hurricane from last night through to this morning, you can see how big it was as it slammed into the florida panhandle, tracking north eastwards. in fact, if you look at the track you can see a thin blue line which shows the track. it is in georgia at the moment. it will move is in georgia at the moment. it will m ove over is in georgia at the moment. it will move over the carolinas and clip virginia before moving into the atla ntic virginia before moving into the atlantic is a much weaker feature. next week it could get caught up with an area of low pressure in the atla ntic with an area of low pressure in the atlantic and come our way as an area of low pressure, not a hurricane. what we have today is some rain coming in from the south—west. it is moving east as we go through the course of the day. some of us will see some sunshine, but a very mild start to the day for many parts of the uk, where we are in double figures. temperatures more reminiscent of where they should be as our maximum temperatures for this

time of year. we have some mist and fog to lose, showers moving north—east on one front and another front introducing some rain and stronger winds. that process will continue through the day, the showers moving into northern england and scotland before clearing. the rain follows on behind, some of that will be heavy. in between there will be some sunshine and temperatures up to 21 or 22. lincolnshire, the fans, east anglia, yesterday we hit 26 in northolt, in london. —— fens. nota cold night, and the first signs of storm callum coming our way, bringing rain and stronger winds into the west. gusting across northern ireland and western scotland, the irish sea, round about 50 or 60 mph. with exposure, more than that. tomorrow you can see the effects of callum, heavy rain moving from the west to the east. the far

south—east perhaps not seeing as heavy rain, some of us may mist it altogether. but it picks up in the afternoon across the south—west, wales, parts of northern ireland and scotla nd wales, parts of northern ireland and scotland as well. for saturday we have a trailing front left over from callum, which will move away, producing a fair bit of rain across many northern and western areas. 0n sunday at the moment it looks like it will sweep south eastwards and clear, so sunday should be a dry day for many of us. there is a whole lot going on with the weather, notjust in america but also in the uk as well. there really is so much going on. that will keep you busy. we will see you later. thank you very much. let's take a look at some of the front pages. the daily telegraph says theresa may will ask her cabinet on thursday to agree a backstop plan that would keep britain in a customs union with brussels until a permanent trade deal can be agreed. the dup is thought to be unhappy, and could vote down the budget

if the pm compromises over a hard border. the guardian reports that beef consumption in the west needs to fall by 90% to avoid dangerous climate change. the front—page picture features the late professor stephen hawking, as his latest scientific paper is published. the daily mail reports on the ethnic salary gap, claiming plans to tackle racial inequality mirror the rules that were introduced earlier this year to expose the gender pay gap. the times also carries that story, and the main image shows the spanish tennis star rafael nadal cleaning up after the flash—floods in majorca. and those floods have wrecked some parts of the country, ten people in total killed. in rafael nadal has a home in majorca, just quietly clearing out. it was in some of the news reports last night, picturing people working, and he was in a shop, helping out. he wasn't going to the cameras and trying to talk about it, just my opinion. it is his tennis centre, and he has been helping with the clean—up and has opened up the tennis centre for people to stay in. so he is giving people to stay in. so he is giving people overnight accommodation who

may not have anywhere to stay. he is such a local hero in majorca. he does lots of advertising for the community in spain, and that community in spain, and that community is very important to him. another thing which is really good to see is in the telegraph today. they have an interview withjoe mahler, who retired from international rugby sometime ago, still playing club rugby, but he is only 28 —— joe marler. he still playing club rugby, but he is only 28 ——joe marler. he is only 28, but yesterday on world mental health day, he gave an interview to the rugby correspondent for the telegraph talking about how he felt he didn't fit in with the england squad. he had huge anxiety about playing for england. when he went to the camp he would feel like he just didn't feel at home there. they didn't feel at home there. they didn't perhaps talk to him, or it didn't perhaps talk to him, or it didn't work, it didn't gel for him. he didn't like the way they were

approaching things. it was affecting his home life, he was travelling too much, and he decided to stop. and thatis much, and he decided to stop. and that is what it is all about. isn't that is what it is all about. isn't that a brilliant picture? his son and daughter, four and two. we talk so much about sport and also the workplace, and we talk about it within big mac business, as well. it doesn't matter what —— within business, as well. and he is saying that the money doesn't matter, he wa nts to that the money doesn't matter, he wants to be at home. and it is something we talk about being in the city, it is a macho culture, male dominated, long hours, lots of travel, loads of parallels with the sporting world. you don't want to show any perceived sign of weakness because that could affect your future career prospects. that was

following a story about people taking yoga breaks, as well. and after hmrc found that black hole in their finances, it could after hmrc found that black hole in theirfinances, it could potentially mean it struggles to survive. that is dominating the lot of the papers. that is in a lot of the papers today. but you are right, and picking up on another story as well. james murdoch leading the race to move james murdoch leading the race to m ove over james murdoch leading the race to move over to tesla. you might know james murdoch, son of rupert murdoch, currently at 21st century fox and has just stepped down from the board of sky, but he could be moving and take over as head of the electric car maker, after elon musk, the billionaire inventor who has come up with all these plans for tesla has been forced to step down after tweeting about raising money. soa after tweeting about raising money. so a lot of concern about elon musk‘s role, but james

so a lot of concern about elon musk‘s role, butjames murdoch so a lot of concern about elon musk‘s role, but james murdoch could step in and steady the ship. the people of florida are no strangers to hurricanes, but even by their standards, the one which hit the state last night was historic. hurricane michael has flooded towns, destroyed homes, and knocked out the power to 500,000 homes and businesses. it began yesterday as a category 3 storm, with winds of 125 mph, but has now been downgraded to a category1 storm as it moves across the south—eastern united states. the meteorologist and storm hunter mark robinson is in panama city, in florida, and we can speak to him now. thank you very much for taking the time to talk to us. can you tell us what is happening around you at the moment, mark robinson? well, you know what? right now it is the middle of the night so everything is pitch black. there is almost no

wind. it is such a change from about 12 hours ago. 12 hours ago i was standing in the left eye wall of this hurricane, and i have been through 20 hurricane is now, and this one in terms of sheer wind that i was standing in, i think the number one —— 20 hurricanes. i was standing in, i think the number one -- 20 hurricanes. and it is the devastation this reeks, it doesn't matter how much you are used to it, there is devastation wreaked. yes, we got a chance to drive through panama city a little earlier, yesterday, and the damage that we saw, there were homes and businesses completely obliterated. we talked to a couple that sort of tried to shelter in their basement because they lived in their mobile home, and something hit them, either

a tornado or one of the strong gusts from the storm, and itjust destroyed the building. they told us that they were hiding underneath a desk inside the building as the whole building collapsed around them. they survived, no injuries, but i saw where they were, and the only sort of spot in that building that was left was sort of around that was left was sort of around that desk. it was a terrifying story that desk. it was a terrifying story that they told us. as a weather expert and the storm chaser, tell us how the strength of the storm is changing. as it moves across land, i understand it is losing energy. yes, hurricanes are storm is born from the ocean so they get their strength from the ocean's heat. and usually when they make landfall, they die off fairly quickly because they are cut off from their source of heat, and they deal with the lot of friction. this one is very unusual in that it stayed together for an amazing amount of time as it sort of made its way across the united states. in this one has been

difficult to forecast, right from the beginning. and it has gone against... flying in the face of meteorological knowledge. something like this should not have been able to get this strong at this time of year, and yet it was able to, and it was just year, and yet it was able to, and it wasjust an year, and yet it was able to, and it was just an absolutely incredible storm. and as the clean-up begins, i understand the curfew is in place for residents. yes, absolutely. we had to go back to our hotel room earlier on tonight, and they said the curfew was in place until at least 8a m the curfew was in place until at least 8am tomorrow morning. so we can't go around and take a look at anything at the moment, and i can understand why. there are so many powerlines down. i had to slam the bra kes powerlines down. i had to slam the brakes on the car earlier tonight, it was pitch black and we almost ran into some powerlines that were down across the road. you can see why the police just want everybody off the road so they can start to clean it up road so they can start to clean it up and get ready to tackle the massive clean—up that is going to have to happen with this storm. we

wish you well, and all the residents in the area, to stay safe, and thank you for talking to us. we will be talking to a number of people this morning who have experienced what has gone on in florida overnight. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. the volume of missing person cases the metropolitan police is having to deal with is unsustainable, according to a senior officer. the capital has seen a 72% increase in cases in the last decade, with about 55,000 reported each year. experts estimate it is costing tens of millions of pounds every year. the met is now focusing on driving down the number of unnecessary investigations, as the vast majority of incidents resolve themselves without the help of the police. it is unsustainable. we can't deploy and go out and deal with every one of those 55,000 missing persons. and

so were trying to work out the areas that we can push back on to other agencies, and say this isn't a police matter. a crash near high wycombe where a helicopter pilot died happened after his instructor failed to regain control of the aircraft after an aborted landing. the air accident investigations branch has published its report in to the accident at wycombe air park in may last year. three men were on board the helicopter when it came down. they were all seriously injured, with one dying later from his injuries. there have been reports of an acrid, noxious and strange chemical smell across parts of the capital. the odour appears to be affecting areas stretching from victoria to wapping, as well as bermondsey, rotherhithe and camberwell in south—east london. many have taken to twitter to voice their concerns. the health and safety executive said it had no reports that could be linked to a smell. new coins celebrating paddington bear will soon start appearing in our pockets and wallets. the royal mint has unveiled two new designs for 50p pieces which will feature the much—loved character. they enter circulation this month to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the bear, named after the london station.

let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the roads, there is traffic on the a13 building westbound from dagenham into barking. it is slow on the a205 south circular westbound towards forest hill station, due to temporary lights and gas work near waldram place. now the weather, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. yesterday we got to nearly 25 celsius in north—west london. today, well, that averages would be quite as high but still pleasantly warm to this time of year. some good spells of sunshine, a bit more cloud around in yesterday. quite breezy and there will be some showery outbreaks of rain later on through the afternoon into the evening. now, it is a very mild start to the morning. we have some showers earlier towards central and eastern areas. they have now cleared away. there will be some good spells of sunshine around

through the morning and then it will cloud over towards the end of the afternoon, and eventually we will get these showers creeping in from the west. but until then, quite pretty. top temperatures of 31, 20 two celsius so still quite warm for this time of year. now, tomorrow is going to be quite windy day. very blustery, gusts of a0 to a5 mph. there will be some showers around, quite messy picture, the best of the sunshine and wants on saturday. cooler and drier on sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to charlie and naga. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. it's 6:30am. thanks for watching. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: we'll meet the artist making more than 70,000 shrouded figures to commemorate the fallen warriors of the somme who were never laid to rest. new inspections and new rules — we'll speak to 0fsted's chief inspector as she prepares to tell

schools to stop focussing on exams and league tables. could you spend ten days underground with no way of telling the time? we meet the scientists investigating the mystery of our body clocks. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: the most powerful storm in decades to hit the southeast of the united states is now heading towards the state of georgia after leaving a trail of destruction in florida. hurricane michael brought storm surges of up to three metres to north—west florida, ripping up trees and tearing roofs from buildings. it made landfall as a category three storm but has now been downgraded to a tropical storm. hurricane michael is the worst storm that the florida panhandle has ever seen. and one of the most powerful storms ever make landfall in the united states. we heard of significant impacts at

tindall air force base and many communities along the coast. as hurricane michael continues its destructive path through the panhandle and leaves our state we are turning 100% of our focus on search and rescue and recovery. indonesian officials have said the search for victims of last month's earthquake and tsunami will end today, despite the fact thousands of people are still unaccounted for. the official death toll is currently more than 2,000, but about 5,000 people are still missing, feared dead. howard johnson is live in palu for us this morning. just bring us right up—to—date. just bring us right up-to-date. good morning, charlie. yeah, this morning we have seen mechanical diggers get to work, three mechanical diggers working to look through the rubble. already they have discovered at least seven bodies, as you have reported, more than 5000 people feared missing. this is the last day for search and rescue operations. yesterday we met a mother whose son

has been missing since the earthquake struck. she told us how he had gone out on a fishing trip with a friend when the earthquake struck. we don't know whether it was the tsunami or the earthquake that resulted in him disappearing, but she hasn't heard from him since. she said she wants the government to continue the search and rescue operation, but she is powerless to ask them to do that. she says she wa nts ask them to do that. she says she wants closure by meeting a son or seeing her son one last time so she isn't traumatised by his disappearance. now, what we are expecting today is for this search and rescue operation to come to an end at sunset. we will still see some minor operations to get water purification units in, transport, generators and other tents into the area but around sunset today we are expecting to see a prayer service led for the dead here in one of these worst hit areas. howard johnson, reporting live in palu this morning. thank you. a british couple are among at least ten people killed in flash flooding on the spanish island of mallorca.

a town on the east of the island was engulfed by water when heavy rain caused a river to burst its banks. the foreign office said it was supporting the family of the victims and was ready to assist any other british people affected by the flooding. theresa may will meet some of her most senior cabinet ministers today to update them on the progress of brexit negotiations. it's being seen by some as mrs may's attempt to shore up support for her brexit plan before next week's summit of european leaders in brussels. the dup says it will stop supporting the government if it's not happy with the brexit deal. schools in england will be encouraged to move away from putting test and exam results ahead of everything else, with a new style of 0fted inspection next year. it's in response to concerns that schools have become too focused on league tables, at the expense of individual pupils' needs. in a speech this morning, 0fsted's chief inspector, amanda spielman, will say schools should aim to provide a broader education. companies could be forced to reveal their ethnicity pay gap under plans put forward by the prime minister. theresa may has launched a consultation on whether mandatory

reporting will help address disparities between the pay and career prospects of minorities. she acknowledged that minorities often "feel like they are hitting a brick wall" at work. the move follows the decision to make firms reveal their gender pay gaps. strictly come dancing contestant seann walsh and his dance partner the struggle to access vital healthcare is a growing issue according to the care quality commission in its annual report. it highlights growing hospital waiting list, delays at a&e and record levels of dissatisfaction with gps. the government says its increased nhs budget will help to improve care. the battle to create the longest non—stop flight will occur today when a flight from singapore today when a flight from singapore to new york will take off, taking just under 19 hours, that is long flight. just under 19 hours, that is long flight. singapore airlines is

relaunching the service five years after withdrawing it because of the high cost. earlier this year qantas had a non—stop service from perth to london, that is in the sky, though, forjust a mere 17 hours. 19 hours. 0na plane. forjust a mere 17 hours. 19 hours. on a plane. would you do it? yes, if i was going somewhere fabulous, but i wouldn't like it much. i was going somewhere fabulous, but i wouldn't like it muchlj i was going somewhere fabulous, but i wouldn't like it much. i like stopping on the long haul, you can stretch your legs. i am tall and i would be in a cheap seat. that is the joy of not being so tall.|j thought you were going to say first—class. thought you were going to say first-class. so i will do the link for you, someone who is not going very fast... john terry. actually, not really going anywhere,'s... good, paying attention. not really going anywhere,'s... good, paying attentionlj not really going anywhere,'s... good, paying attention. i pay attention. sometimes you pay attention. john terry only announced his retirement from playing at the weekend and he's already back in the game. he's been appointed assistant

manager at aston villa, the club he played for last season. the championship side have appointed brentford's dean smith as their new manager. scotland play a team ranked 55 places below them later, but their manager is telling them to beware israel. alex mcleish's team are in haifa for a nations league match. scotland won their opening game in the competition against albania, but mcleish thinks they have a tricky night ahead. they haven't won in a wee while, but i know the manager is trying to stamp his personality. we saw the russians in the world cup, they were seven games before that without a victory and all of a sudden they blitz their own world cup. it's difficult enough facing spain at the best of times, but wales will have to do it without star player gareth bale who's out injured.

but wales boss ryan giggs hopes he might be back for the nations league match against ireland next week. he is extremely doubtful for tomorrow, he has just he is extremely doubtful for tomorrow, he hasjust got he is extremely doubtful for tomorrow, he has just got a he is extremely doubtful for tomorrow, he hasjust got a little bit of muscle fatigue from the weekend, nothing serious, and we are just monitoring it daily, so we will give him every chance for tuesday. yeah, so, we're just give him every chance for tuesday. yeah, so, we'rejust monitoring it. later this morning, the man in charge of the fa will try to persuade the governing body's council members why selling wembley is a good idea. the fa board wants to offload wembley so they can put 600 million pounds into building facilities and pitches, but the majority of the council is believed to be against the deal. the four—time olympic gymnastics champion simone biles says she felt empowered about coming forward as a victim in one of the biggest sex abuse scandals to hit american sport. larry nassar the us gymnastics coach was sentenced to 170 years in prison for sexually abusing girls and young women. injanuary, biles put out a statement saying she was one of his victims.

she's been speaking to the bbc. i think ithinka i think a lot of people struggle with coming out and telling their stories, but i figured if i can tell my story than it might encourage other people to tell there's, because a lot of people do look up to me so they are like, if simone can be strong enough, hopefully i can be strong enough, hopefully i can too —— theirs. and that's part of the message that i wanted to give, but i was kind of relieved when it came out, and there was a lot of pressure off my shoulders. to keep something in like that for so long when everyone would usually share everything with our friends, ourfamily and ourfans, it was a lot. incredible. to cricket now, and there wasn't much of it in dambulla as england's first one day international against sri lanka was abandoned due to heavy rain. the tourists were on 92 for two when the rain began and play was suspended. four hours later the match was called off as the outfield was deemed too wet for play.

i think the umpires have done a good job to start with, getting the ground is ready before it started raining. it looked like the end of the world was coming. when you look like you are going to play a 20 over high impact, you know, a lot of turning,‘ players safety, you know, was paramount when it comes to that. russia president vladimir putin has congratulated khabib nurmagomedov after he retained his ufc lightweight title against conor mcgregor. the bout in las vegas on saturday was overshadowed by a post—fight brawl. nurmagomedov vaulted the cage and fought a member of mcgregor‘s team. putin asked nurmagomedov‘s father not to punish him too severely. ican i can only imagine what that conversation was like. it is bizarre, isn't it? it is very bizarre. anyway, this is more

bizarre! the hunt is on for geraint thomas's tour de france trophy after it was stolen from an exhibition in birmingham. it was presented to thomas when he won the tour last month but after being displayed at the cycle show it's been taken. the welshman says he hopes whoever stole it will have the good grace to return it. well, of course, it is not the first timea well, of course, it is not the first time a sporting trophy has gone missing. back in 1966 it took a dog called pickles to find the world cup trophy under a bush in london. four years later, the rugby league world cup trophy australia were presented with was a replica. now, that is not the world cup trophy. 0f now, that is not the world cup trophy. of course, many other trophies going missing. we are going to tell you a little bit more about them. your trophy knowledge. i think them. your trophy knowledge. i think the rugby story went missing temporarily. i think it was a high jinx. and that last trophy i think was an ice hockey trophy. yeah. it happens periodically. let'sjust hope they find it. why would you

ta ke hope they find it. why would you take it? i don't know. you can't do anything with it. anyone you show it off too will think you are an idiot. and there is cctv everywhere. there will be an answer. maybe we will find it at the end of the programme. i hope so, that would be great. 6:a2am is the time. we have had a fairly warm autumn so far but winter is looming and health chiefs in england are urging pregnant women, older people and those with health conditions to take the flu jab. but this year there's a special focus on another group — nhs workers, who are more likely to be exposed to flu. those who refuse it could be moved to roles away from patients. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes has more. the laundry room at royal blackburn hospital, not a part of the nhs that many of us think about, but the staff here do vital work to keep the hospitalfunctioning. 100,000 staff here do vital work to keep the hospital functioning. 100,000 pieces of washing are dealt with here each week. so, if this team is hit by

flu, it can really throw a spanner in the works. so you are ok to go ahead? yes. that is why becky and collea g u es ahead? yes. that is why becky and colleagues are encouraged to take the flu jab. lovely. with nurses coming to them to make it easier. last year i got a flu really bad so i definitely advise to have it done. it is not nice when you have the flu. i couldn't get out of bed. last winter was the worst flu season in a decade and sickness among staff added to the pressure on the nhs. in england, just 6a% of health workers took up the offer of a free flu vaccination. which arm do you want? left arm? this year all frontline staff are expected to have the flu jab. excuse me, lads, we are doing the flu injection, have you had yours? it is not compulsory, but those who don't will be asked to explain the reason. the flu jab for me is the most important thing we can do in the nhs because we are not only looking after the staff, we are

looking after the families, the patients we serve and helping to prevent hospital admissions at the front door. the idea behind encouraging every single member of staff at the nhs to have a flu jab is to shore up the health service ahead of what could be a pretty tough winter by reducing sickness rates. now as it happens here at the royal blackburn they have a pretty good record when it comes to encouraging staff to have the jab, more than 90% are expected to do so, but across the country it is a very different picture. vaccinating staff ina single different picture. vaccinating staff in a single hospital is one thing, but what if your teams work across thousands of square miles and are a lwa ys thousands of square miles and are always on the road? last year in the east of england ambulance services struggled to reach even half of their workers, so this year there are more clinics in more places to try and encourage crews to get vaccinated. healthcare professionals not getting immunised can increase the risk of patients getting the flu, so absolutely one of the things we wa nt flu, so absolutely one of the things we want our staff to consider is the

impact on their vulnerable patients, especially if they choose not to have the flu jab. look out for your left arm. some people since we can't be vaccinated, they might have an allergy, for example, but nhs bosses are urging those who can, especially health co—workers, to get a jab, protecting themselves and their patients. it is interesting we are talking about the warmer weather, you can't imagine it at the moment because it was so warm yesterday, we went out in a jumper. carol will tell us all about it. i thought my goodness, i have this so, so wrong. you did yesterday, because yesterday top temperature in the land was in northolt, we hit 26 celsius. for many of us it was somewhere between 19 and about 23. it is all going to change. in the mountains of scotland on sunday there is the chance we could see some snow, so it will be on the tops, so it is all

to psy—tu rvy. on the tops, so it is all topsy—turvy. we will store —— start talking about hurricane michael. the sustained wind speeds of the tropical storm are still 70 mph so it is still packing a punch but at its strongest it was a huge category 4 its strongest it was a huge category a hurricane and sustained wind speeds of 155 mph. another two mph and it would have been category 5. regardless of that it caused devastation and on satellite picture showing the hurricane, you can see how it was as it made landfall on the florida panhandle. it is continuing to track north—east was, moving across georgia as a tropical storm. it will then cross the ca rolinas, storm. it will then cross the carolinas, clip virginia before heading off into the atlantic as a much weaker feature, an area of low pressure. for us, we are looking at a wet day. we have rain moving in from the south—west, pushing east through the day. there will also be some sunshine. it is mild, and

unseasonably mild start to the day, and we have two showers, one moving north eastwards, the second producing rain across the isles of scilly, moving north eastwards as well. in between them, it will brighten up and we will see some sunshine. temperatures in that sunshine, around cambridgeshire, the fens, could well see highs of 22 to 23. if you are in the rain it will not feel so pretty, and some of that rain will be strong. it will brighten up behind it into the south—west. temperatures in the west will be lower than they will be for parts of the east, where we could still see way above the average for this stage in october. through the evening and overnight, that band of rain continues its clearance, moving off into the north sea. behind it, not a particularly cold night, not as mild as the one just gone, not a particularly cold night, not as mild as the onejust gone, and then you can see the rain coming in from the west. this is the first sign of dorm callum coming our way.

it will bring rain and strong winds. by it will bring rain and strong winds. by the end of the night northern ireland, western scotland and the irish sea will have gusts of 50 or 60 mph. tomorrow that weather system moves 60 mph. tomorrow that weather system m oves a cross 60 mph. tomorrow that weather system moves across the uk, taking heavy rain with it. the heaviest rain in the north and west. in the morning we will see rain in the east but it will not be as heavy as in the west. eastern areas look like they could dry up in the afternoon. but very heavy wherever you are. if you are going to the royal wedding at winds are, stick another happening in your hat. by saturday we have some heavy rain, drier in the far south—east, and here it will be brighter as well. still quite breezy and as we head into sunday, a quick heads up that that pushes away to the east. drier conditions and showers in scotland, and those showers could produce some wintriness in scotland. i know it is a little windy where you are, but that skyline behind,

just sort of emerging, it is looking rather magnificent this morning. just sort of emerging, it is looking rather magnificent this morningm is beautiful, it will be a lovely sunrise. some really nice sunrises lately. people who are overweight face discrimination at work, and are less likely to get a job — that is according to a report out today. ben is looking at why. ben. it is an interesting one because there is such disagreement about what obesity is, and many people are medically overweight, and it is not due to eating or lifestyle choices but medical reasons. in the workplace they are facing discrimination. a study has been done looking at what that discrimination actually looks like, and the findings are pretty stark. 62% of people said they are likely to discriminate against someone who is overweight, so we are talking about employers, but also peers, people you work with, about if you

are over overweight, you are probably going to face discrimination. 25% said they would appoint somebody of a healthy weight, 75%, it suggests, would not employ someone overweight and 31% judged someone's work because they we re judged someone's work because they were overweight, 31% said they felt subject to that discrimination in the workplace. all of this raises questions about how we can control that, and what help is available for people who are suffering from obesity, and whether it is really affecting their job obesity, and whether it is really affecting theirjob prospects. we spoke to maggie a little earlier. she works as a nurse in the nhs, and she said the discrimination she faced is humiliating. and really got her down. i have had two clear experiences of discrimination that were based on my weight. the first one was to do with the failure of the hospital to provide me with the correct uniform,

andi provide me with the correct uniform, and i was told i had to go and purchase it myself. the second one was being asked if i would agree to have a clause put in my employment contract when i took up a new position that, should i go off sick or have any illnesses that are directly with related to my weight, that my employer would not be responsible for paying sick leave. that was overridden, of course. it transpired that actually this was somebody who had made an off—the—cuff comment about my weight in relation to maybe causing a delay in evacuation if there was a fire, because i would be on the fourth floor, and issues like that, and had built up in people's mines. and actually i felt like a no go. built up in people's mines. and actually i felt like a no golj mean, no one wants to hear dissemination like that, that is horrible. but the points that have been touched upon, when people, especially interviewers and bosses, is about whether they think they are

healthy, because it comes down to costs, especially smaller businesses worrying whether people are taking time off sick related to health, but there is a social preconception that, if you are overweight or obese and it is not medical, and you can't ask if it is medical, that perhaps you are not very smart with food, or you are not very smart with food, or you don't care as much, and that could be reflected in the workplace. these issues happen, don't they? yes, and it is about changing that perception. it is that idea of, you're absolutely right, if it is all based on medical need, then what help is available to give those people, and support in the as well. educating people around making better choices, but the medical staff, and what is available at work from employers to help people get the assistance they need. and what is interesting, if you look at the equality act 2010, and that prevents dissemination for all sorts of things, so sex, race, religion, beliefs, disability, age, all of

those are protected and obesity is not one of them. so quite clearly you see the effect it has on people like maggie, and no one wants to face discrimination in the workplace, but legally there is nothing to stop you from doing that. so what they are arguing for is a change in the law which says that, maybe you are overweight for whatever reason, you can't face discrimination, you can't be prevented from getting a job because you are overweight. it has been a year of change for the movie industry, since the #metoo campaign highlighted the sexist and abusive treatment of women in hollywood and beyond. that change has been reflected around the world, including here in the uk. this year's london film festival features a record number of works by female artists, and it opened last night with a story about a heist carried out by a group of women. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba was on the red carpet. the red carpet was full of oscar talent, at best actor nominee, viyella davies, a best supporting actress winner, both starring in director steve mcqueen's first film since the oscar—winning 12 years a

slave. widows explores issues like class, race and gender in a story about a highest carried out by a group of women. the notebooks as $5 billion. that is exactly the amount of money mulligan was accused of taking on the commission kickbacks. it is the festival's opening film, a 12 day event that has been particularly praised for having a record number of movies from female filmmakers. the changes i am hearing now, as far as women directors and that participation in this festival, is absolutely amazing. i mean, what festival is doing that as mac none, and london is, and i'm very proud. i am proud of my hometown for leading this change. more than 200 films have been screened at this festival, and with awards season fast approaching, many are hopeful of recognition at the baftas and the 0scars. recognition at the baftas and the oscars. look at me. stop it! i am the queen. let you are made. again, a significant number are centred on

powerful female characters, like the queen, and historical drama the favourite. your nightly celebrated novelist colette in the film by the same name, and atena activist in the eight you give. so many strong, powerful central female performances. was that a deliberate move this year? absolutely, but i also think we always think about how the representation in the festival across the board. but this year, across—the—board, across the board. but this year, across—the—boa rd, filmmakers are really thinking about wanting to have strong female characters. the festival will close with the world premiere of another awards hopeful, stand and ollie, which stars steve coogan and john c reilly as laurel and hardy. iamso i am so looking forward to that laurel and hardy film. it looksjust fascinating. i think it will draw a whole new audience to it, definitely. still to come this morning:

i miss you like the acorn misses the oak tree it grew from. from love to loss, the author and illustrator chris riddell will be here to talk about poems which deal with life's emotional milestones. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. the volume of missing person cases the metropolitan police is having to deal with is unsustainable, according to a senior officer. the capital has seen a 72% increase in cases in the last decade, with about 55,000 reported each year. experts estimate it is costing tens of millions of pounds annualy. the met is focusing on driving down the number of unnecessary investigations, as the vast majority of incidents resolve themselves without the help of the police. it's unsustainable. we can't deploy and go out and deal with every one of those 55,000 missing persons, and so we're trying to work out the areas that we can push back on to other agencies,

and say this isn't a police matter. a crash near high wycombe where a helicopter pilot died happened after his instructor failed to regain control of the aircraft after an aborted landing. the air accident investigations branch published its report into the accident at wycombe air park in may last year. three men were on board the helicopter and were all seriously injured, with one dying laterfrom his injuries. there have been reports of an acrid, noxious and strange chemical smell across parts of the capital. the odour appears to be affecting areas stretching from victoria to wapping, as well as areas in south—east london. many have taken to twitter to voice their concerns. the health and safety executive said it had no reports that could be linked to a smell. bloomberg's new headquarters in the city of london has been named the best building in the uk. it won the riba stirling prize for architecture, as it is said to have raised the bar for office design and city planning. it beat a cemetary in hertfordshire and student accomodation in roehampton to take the honour. let's take a look at

the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the roads, there is traffic on the a13 building westbound from dagenham into barking. it is slow on the a205 south circular westbound towards forest hill station, due to temporary lights and gas work near waldram place. in whitechapel, southbound traffic on the a11is building towards aldgate. now the weather, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. yesterday we got to nearly 25 celsius in northolt in north—west london. today, well, the temperatures won't be quite as high, but still pleasantly warm for this time of year. some good spells of sunshine, bit more cloud around than yesterday. quite breezy, and there'll be some showery outbreaks of rain a bit later on through the afternoon into the evening. now, it's a very mild start to the morning. we had some showers earlier towards central and eastern areas. they've now cleared away.

there'll be some good spells of sunshine around through the morning, then it will cloud over towards the end of the afternoon, and eventually we'll get these showers creeping in from the west. but until then, quite breezy. top temperatures of 21 or 22 degrees celsius, so still quite warm for this time of year. now, tomorrow is going to be quite windy day. very blustery, gusts of a0—a5 mph. there'll be some showers around on saturday, quite a messy picture over the weekend. the best of the sunshine and warmth on saturday, cooler and drier on sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to charlie and naga. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charli stayt. 0ur headlines today: the most powerful storm ever to hit parts of florida has flooded towns and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes. hurricane michael is the worst storm that the florida panhandle has ever seen. pressure on the prime minister

as she prepares to meet cabinet ministers. the dup says it will stop supporting the government if it's not happy with the brexit deal. health workers in england who refuse to take up the offer of a free flu jab will be asked to explain why they do not want to be vaccinated. good morning. ending the stigma of obesity — a quarter of people say they're less likely to employ candidates who are overweight. i'll look at what's being done to change attitudes and encourage more to adopt a healthier lifestyle. john terry is back in football. just days after announcing his retirement as a player, the former england captain is back at aston villa as assistant manager to dean smith. good morning. it isa it is a breezy but a mild start to the day today. we've got showers pushing north eastwards. behind them we will see a lull with some sunshine, perform or an sweeps in

from the south—west, also moving north eastwards. then tomorrow we storm callam. i'll have more details in 15 minutes. thank you. good morning. it's thursday, 0ctober11. our top story: the most powerful storm in decades to hit the southeast of the united states is now heading towards georgia after leaving a trail of destruction in florida. hurricane michael brought storm surges of up to three metres to north—west florida, ripping up trees and tearing roofs from buildings. one person was reportedly killed by a falling tree. 0ur north america correspondent chris buckler reports. hurricane michael came crashing into the florida coastline with extraordinary strength. at their height, the wind reached speeds of around 155 miles an hour, easily exceeding early expectations, and making it close to the most powerful category of storm. you see what it did around here. it snapped trees like they were toothpicks. it was nothing to it. i'm glad i am still here, glad i survived, glad the car made it. in florida's mexico beach,

where hurricane michael first reached land, homes were lost in the surge of rising water. and across this state, the fierce wind and rain has been causing huge difficulties, bringing down trees and powerlines. hurricane michael is the worst storm that the florida panhandle has ever seen. and one of the most powerful storms ever make landfall in the united states. the warm waters off the gulf coast saw the speed of hurricane michael's wind intensify over the last few days. even as the storm moved inland, it still had considerable force. oh, my god! this water is knee deep back here. this is my backyard. it used to be fenced in. used to be. here's the fence. florida may have been on the frontline but there are states of emergency in place in georgia and the carolinas. and it's obvious where michael has already been. clearing the debris and repairing

the damage of this latest destructive storm will take a considerable amount of time and money. indonesian officials have said the search for victims of last month's earthquake and tsunami will end today, even though thousands of people are still unaccounted for. the disaster struck sulawesi almost two weeks ago, with the city of palu worst affected. the official death toll currently stands at more than 2,000, but about 5,000 people are still missing, feared dead. a british couple are among at least ten people killed in flash flooding on the spanish island of mallorca. a town on the east of the island was engulfed by water when heavy rain caused a river to burst its banks. the foreign office said it was supporting the family of the victims and was ready to assist any other british people affected by the flooding.

theresa may will meet some of her most senior cabinet ministers today to update them on the progress of brexit negotiations. it's being seen by some as mrs may's attempt to shore up support for her brexit plan before next week's summit of european leaders in brussels. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster. jonathan, good morning. it seems to me that this is just another attempt to unify what is a very, very divided cabinet, at least, in front of all of us, the press, and media, and of course the face of the eu. morning, yes, well, it certainly is an attempt for theresa may to keep her top team of ministers on board. we don't expect this to be a big decision making moment or a child for her to update the cabinet, or certain members of the cabinet, on the progress of the negotiations and it is important as you say to keep them in line because there is disagreement within cabinet on the best rated g for getting a brexit deal. and what the final deal should look like. because, as we know, there is disagreement among mps

among all sides and we have seen this in the last 2a hours not least from the dup, the democratic unionist party, the ten mps at westminster who prop up theresa may's government and she can usually rely on for support, to get votes through the house of commons. but it doesn't look like they are prepared to do that when it comes to brexit if any deal involves extra regulatory checks on goods travelling between northern ireland and the british mainland. that is a red line for them and they fired a warning shot as the party put it last night by abstaining on agriculture bill in the house of commons, no big deal in itself, but they're also threatening to vote against the budget at the end of this month, now that would be a big deal, it would effectively be a no—confidence vote in the government. and it could bring the government. and it could bring the government down. so they are hardening their position and making it very clear that they want theresa may to change tack and things are

tense, because there is a summit of eu leaders in brussels next month and both sides will want to show some progress by then at least. so, if unity isn't seen after this meeting, is that an indication that there could be a real threat of no—confidence vote? there could be a real threat of no-confidence vote? well, i think the meeting of cabinet ministers today is, as i say, a bit of an update, a chance for theresa may to set out the progress so far, and to keep them on board. it is clear i think that number ten don't want to be accused of bouncing people into a decision, effectively getting everything in place and then saying to ministers, "there you go, take it or leave it". that is dangerous because if some are not happy with it they might well resign or criticise it in public which could bring the whole thing down. so today's meeting will be a chance for theresa may to give an update on her progress. i don't think there will be any big developments at the result. but we will wait and see when the ministers filed into number

ten at 5pm this afternoon. ok, jonathan, thanks very much. a new ivory alliance to tackle the criminal trade which is threatening elephants has been unveiled at the start of an international conference on the illegal wildlife trade. environment secretary michael gove has announced the coalition of political leaders and conservationists, as well as support from celebrities from countries where the illegal ivory trade is particularly active. we can work with those nations in order to train the wardens and the rangers who will keep these animals safe and we can also work with other world leaders in order to ensure that we create an ivory alliance, groups who are dedicated to ensuring that we close the market to this illegal trade. companies could be forced to reveal their ethnicity pay gap under plans put forward by the prime minister. ben's got more on this. morning. yes, you remember we talked earlier in the year about the gender pay gap, where the women were being paid pay gap, where the women were being pa id less pay gap, where the women were being paid less than men, or whetherfewer women were in top jobs than men and this is a similar proposal, just a

consultation at the moment, so the pm theresa may said do we need to investigate this, should we force firms to reveal ethnicity pay gap, whether people from nonwhite backgrounds are paid less than why people because some figures are stark and it is an interesting debate. they have looked at a public sick in particular and they found asian, black and ethnic groups disproportionately a likely to be on a lower income, just 1% of non— white police officers for example we re white police officers for example were in senior roles. in the nhs in england it found that 18% of white job applicants that were shortlisted actually got thejob job applicants that were shortlisted actually got the job and that number fell to just 11% for ethnic minorities. and there is a real business case about making this work as well, because we saw this with the gender pay gap, by making a transparent, making it clear, eve ryo ne transparent, making it clear, everyone knows where they stand in the organisation and basically that in many cases women needed to be in seniorjobs. there a lot of reasons why they were not necessarily doing that, but making it easierfor women

perhaps to progress in the same way that men have, because they might ta ke that men have, because they might take time to have children for example. this is about the boardrooms and the workplace is being more reflective of the customers that they serve and all of the evidence that we have seen particularly when it came to gender, and equally applicable to ethnicity, ifan and equally applicable to ethnicity, if an organisation reflects customers, it does much better. indeed, 0k, ben, thanks very much. schools in england will be encouraged to move away from putting test and exam results ahead of everything else, with a new style of 0fted inspection next year. it's in response to concerns that schools have become too focused on league tables, at the expense of individual pupils' needs. in a speech this morning, 0fsted's chief inspector, amanda spielman, will say schools should aim to provide a broader education. and if you're in the education system, if you have kids in schools, do let us know what you think this morning about those proposed changes, whether you think they're messing around too much with what is

expected with schools, get in touch with the programme, we will speak with the programme, we will speak with the programme, we will speak with the head of 0fsted just a little later, just after 8am. the struggle to access vital nhs services across england is a growing care injustice, which needs to be tackled immediately. that's the warning by health regulator, the care quality commission, in its annual report. the commission also highlights growing hospital waiting lists, delays at a&e, and record levels of dissatisfaction with gps. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns reports. in this room, there are nurses, physiotherapists, charities and others, all working together to keep people who are at risk healthy and out of hospital. mr and mrs robinson have recently moved into an extra care scheme in our area following a house fire. they arrange for an occupational therapist and social worker to visit an elderly couple who need some extra help. so i've got eric with me. hello. how do you do? the care quality commission report picks out this scheme in wakefield as a positive example. it also says most people across england generally do get good care. but this comes with a stark warning about a growing care injustice. in some parts of the country,

people are just less likely to get the care they need and that's what we mean by a care injustice. we think the way to fix that is to make sure that funding streams all align, so that all providers are all pointing the same direction in the best interests of people. the report says this can be most visible in overstretched a&e departments, but it also highlights mental health and care for the elderly. it says that there's now an urgent challenge for all parts of the health and social care system to work together, like in wakefield, and that a long—term funding plan is also vital. the department of health and social care says it will set up a £2a0 million fund for adult social care, to ease pressures over the winter. catherine burns, bbc news. if you want to find out how your local nhs services are performing you can use the bbc‘s nhs tracker at bbc.co.uk/nhstracker. you'll soon be able to get your paws

on some new coins featuring the nation's most famous welly—wearer, paddington bear. the royal mint has announced that two 50 pence coin designs, featuring the bear, will enter uk circulation this month. the release coincides with the 60th anniversary of the character, whose love for marmalade sandwiches was first introduced to the nation in 1958 in the book a bear called paddington by michael bond. we are liking those this morning. really lovely. remember when you we re really lovely. remember when you were younger when they came out and they seemed so special and now you see so many. that might be one that i would keep. the time now is 7:12am. the most powerful storm to hit the southeast united states in decades is now heading towards the state of georgia. hurricane michael has already left a trail of destruction in florida, bringing storm surges of up to ten

feet, ripping up trees and tearing off roofs. let's take a look now at how the networks in america covered the story overnight. from the florida panthers michael makes landfall and history. hurricane michael is a hurricane of the worst kind. a category a landfall in the month of october. one of the strongest storms ever to hit america and the stronger storm to hit this coast since the 18505. it grew to hit this coa5t since the 18505. it grew into a monster. this hurricane hasjust it grew into a monster. this hurricane has just defied it grew into a monster. this hurricane hasjust defied all expectations and continues to pick up expectations and continues to pick up steam. this is the coming storm surge. they are expecting possibly up surge. they are expecting possibly up to 12 feet of this. landfall was made near mexico beach florida. maximum sustained winds of 155 mph. just two miles away from a category five. will this produce catastrophic damage? unfortunately i don't think enough people have left. damage? unfortunately i don't think enough people have leftlj damage? unfortunately i don't think enough people have left. i am scared

to death for people who chose not to evacuate. thi5 to death for people who chose not to evacuate. this is a horrible, horrible storm. the wind is incredibly strong. whoa! we will have to call it quits to get to a 5afe location. have to call it quits to get to a safe location. i felt uncomfortable with the storm and we got out of there. whoa! well, you get a sense, don't you, looking at the severity of the problems. mike wargo works for hca healthcare, he's helping to co—ordinate the emergency response effort and joins us on the phone from nashville. very good morning to you. we have seen some of those images. what is the picture that is emerging for you in terms of how people are responding? the picture that is emerging to ask local5 i5 responding? the picture that is emerging to ask local5 is a lot of devastation to the local community. a tremendous amount of damage to trees and powerlines. across roadway5, significant impact to personal homes and residents. certainly, bihar —— the harbours,

ju5t general destruction, a5 certainly, bihar —— the harbours, ju5t general destruction, as well as the impact to the community infrastructure. impacting the power 5ervices, infrastructure. impacting the power services, our sewage and water supply to the community. and just access throughout the community, for first responders to get to the emergencies, a5 first responders to get to the emergencies, as well as for members to re m ove emergencies, as well as for members to remove some of the debris from the property and get out of the community. yes, and, mike, given what you've described in the p i ctu res what you've described in the pictu res we what you've described in the picture5 we are seeing it seems remarkable of reports that we how hearing that there is possibly only one death reported so far and i don't think that has even been confirmed, but what are you hearing in relation to either injuries, lo55 of life, in that area? so what we are hearing on the local community is that... exactly what you had said. however, it is still pretty early, it is still the overnight hours under darkne55, pretty early, it is still the overnight hours under darkness, and the agencies are still a55e55ing

overnight hours under darkness, and the agencies are still assessing the community and determining the impact. i really believe with daylight in the morning we will have a better assessment from our state officials and community officials on the true impact it has had to both life and property in the local community. i know you haven't experienced this one first hand but you have spoken with people who have. what has it felt like for tho5e have. what has it felt like for those who have been a? speaking to our colleagues at the agency and facilities acro55 our colleagues at the agency and facilities across the coast, certainly they had a sense of readiness and security with the resources that were provided to them, but the wind and the magnitude of the storm, there was anxiety and fear among notjust our staff members but community members abroad. they communicated to us that eve ryo ne we abroad. they communicated to us that everyone we spoke to is safe and secure at this time, and we continue to maintain constant communication with our command teams at the local

hospitals and response agencies, vote to check on their well—being and assess any needs that they may have,in and assess any needs that they may have, in support of the community response. mike, thank you for your time this morning. samantha gross is a newspaper reporter in florida. she's currently in the state capital, tallahassee, with no electricity. thank you for talking to us. tell us what is happening where you are. good morning. like you said, we are still here in tallahassee with limited power. i live close to the capital and i limited power. i live close to the capitaland i am limited power. i live close to the capital and i am on the same period in downtown tallahassee, and we're without power —— the same grid. we do have some resources but city officials are saying they will be working through the night and through tomorrow, but there are really no promises of wind power will be restored. tallahassee is a very heavily wooded area, with lots of really large old live oak trees, and when those big trees come down

and when those big trees come down and pull down powerlines that can cause a lot of problems for our grid here. we were showing some footage of how reporters have been covering this storm across the us television networks. how much has this surprise you? it networks. how much has this surprise you ? it is networks. how much has this surprise you? it is not an area, obviously, thatis you? it is not an area, obviously, that is unfamiliar with storms and hurricanes. right, so this is actually my first hurricane and it has been interesting to see people prepared. yesterday me and my colleague with the tampa bay times went further south along the coast, and you would think that down there, where they are so vulnerable to the storm, there would be more preparation, but there are a lot of people that don't have the resources or the ability to evacuate. that cou nty or the ability to evacuate. that county doesn't actually have any shelters that were built to

withstand the storm larger than a category 2, so unless you can get up north to the tallahassee area, which some people were, people were left pretty vulnerable down there. a lot of folks we talked to were not planning to leave. and there were not many shelters for residents who are struggling. how much help has been offered by central government and local authorities?” been offered by central government and local authorities? i mean, there is quite a bit of help. that county sent a school bus to where we were twice over the course of the day, to provide free shuttles to the county where tallahassee is. to go to these shelters which are built to withstand larger storms. but people we re withstand larger storms. but people were not showing up. there are resources being offered to folks, but a lot of times these folks don't have drivers licenses, let alone

cars, to get to the help that they need. and some of these communities with poorer populations, they get around by bike and golf cart, and it is hard to get people to help a lot of the time. but there is quite a bit of help being offered from the county, state and federal level. it is just hard to reach some of these folks along the coast in these smallerfishing folks along the coast in these smaller fishing communities. we wish your community well. thank you for talking to us. carol has got the weather for us this morning. and i suppose the first thought, that has been a huge storm, hasn't it, that they have been subject to there. it absolutely has, good morning everyone. when it slammed into the florida panhandle yesterday it was a category a hurricane. the largest category we have is five and it was only two mph off that, with

sustained wind speeds of 155 mph. i can't even begin to imagine that. but if we take a look at the satellite picture of hurricane michael, as was, when it still was a category a, you can see the size of it. a huge storm surge coming in as well. now it has been downgraded to a tropical storm, so sustained wind speeds of 70 mph. you can see the track it is following, it is going through georgia and will cross the ca rolinas, through georgia and will cross the carolinas, virginia and head into the atlantic as a weakening area of low pressure. but next week it could well get tangled up in an area of low pressure in the atlantic and come towards us, but not as a hurricane. it will bring us some wet and windy weather. what we have back at base, though, is rain moving north eastwards through the course of the day for us, and some sunshine. it is a warm start to the day, temperatures in london 16, 15 in belfast and cardiff, 13 in edinburgh. two weather fronts,

in belfast and cardiff, 13 in edinburgh. two weatherfronts, the first is producing showers, moving north eastwards and will clear, leaving dry and bright conditions with sunshine behind it. another one showing its hand across the isles of scilly and cornwall, moving into devon. that will move north eastwards, taking in the channel islands and all points as it moves towards the east. it should stay dry in the east, especially the east of england, until later in the day. behind it will brighten up. another breezy day to day and in any sunshine in the east it could hit 22 celsius. yesterday we hit 22.6 in northolt, but behind the rain it will be that little bit cooler. as we head through the evening and overnight eventually that rain gets into the north sea. there will be a lull behind, it will be not as mild as the nightjust gone and by the end of the night we are looking at storm callum coming our way. initially it will bring gusty winds across western scotland, northern ireland and the irish sea, gusting at 50 or 60 mph, but it will be accompanied by heavy rain and you can see how that rain heads across

the uk. in the south—east we could see light rain than in the west but it peps up later in the day in the north and west. wherever you are it will be windy, but exceedingly so with exposure in the west. i saturday we still have the dregs of a weather front across us, still bringing some rain across northern and western areas, dry in parts of northern and eastern england. by the time we get the sunday that should pull away and we will have a drier and brighter day. but there will be some showers across parts of scotland. and some of those on the mountains, potentially, could be of snow. can you believe it? we have it all going on. it is so topsy-turvy, you did warn us at the beginning of the month it would be. it was the battle which became a by—word for the monumental carnage of the first world war. a million lives were lost at the somme in 1916, and the bodies of more than 72,000 commonwealth troops were never recovered. british artist rob heard has dedicated five years to creating a unique tribute to those men — a shrouded figure for each life lost. but, until recently, he had never been to the battlefield.

breakfast‘s john mcguire went with him. for the first time, the shrouds of the somme lie here on the ground in northern france, that inspired them. and for the first time, the artist working with that inspiration is here. for five years i have brought the somme to my living room, and... yes, to actually be standing on this ground is an amazing feeling. the idea that we are standing on the soil that these men are actually in. you know, when i have dealt with it for so long, thinking about this, and the idea in some way of bringing them back from here, in a small way, it is so positive. it could easy... people could think it is morbid, but it is not. back home in somerset, rob heard create each and every shroud by hand, matching them to

name of the official record of those missing in the somme. it came —— he came up with the idea after seeing images of the dead and wounded returning from afghanistan. you ask a question why, why are you doing this, self funding, and it has a lwa ys this, self funding, and it has always been a struggle. at like this you really do understand. you really do understand, deep down, what the point of this was. and these are just small figures. it is nothing like the real thing, obviously. but i think once you do this, you do understand what all that effort and all that time in those years was four. next month, there will be 72,396, the number of commonwealth troops who died at the somme, but whose bodies were never recovered. their names known to rob heard mac are immortalised in stone on this memorial. these are obviously displayed with their comrades from their regiment, so i assume this is how they would have been on the day, you know, they would have been next

to each other. and from the top, you get a sense of the battlefield in its place in history. if you look here, you can at least see some german graffiti. during the second world war, the germans occupied this area, and someone obviously came up the top. it was a sniper post and an observation post, and they have left their mark. the battle of the somme from any of us has come to define the horrors of the first world war, and if you look over the battlefields today, you see the cemeteries of the commonwealth war commission almost on every corner. so it is a battlefield that still resonates with us, even today, 100 yea rs resonates with us, even today, 100 years on. rob lays one last shroud, and unknown warrior, on a flag that one straight to cough and returning from afghanistan. he is is a mammoth task of creating 200 figures a day, yet another number. but his work turns these numbers into lives, giving them a human form, helping us to at least try to make sense out on so much senselessness. really moving images, those, aren't

they? it is quite something. in about a5 minutes we are going to be talking to the chief inspector of schools, and lots of you have been getting in touch with questions you would like to put to her about how the ofsted inspection system should change. we will try to get as many questions to her as possible. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. the volume of missing person cases the metropolitan police is having to deal with is unsustainable, according to a senior officer. the capital has seen a 72% increase in cases in the last decade, with about 55,000 reported each year. experts estimate it is costing tens of millions of pounds annualy. the met is focusing on driving down the number of unnecessary investigations, as the vast majority of incidents resolve themselves without the help of the police. it's unsustainable.

we can't deploy and go out and deal with every one of those 55,000 missing persons, and so we're trying to work out the areas that we can push back on to other agencies, and say this isn't a police matter. a crash near high wycombe where a helicopter pilot died happened after his instructor failed to regain control of the aircraft after an aborted landing. the air accident investigations branch published its report in to the accident at wycombe air park in may last year. three men were on board the helicopter and were all seriously injured, with one dying laterfrom his injuries. there have been reports of an acrid, noxious and strange chemical smell across parts of the capital. the odour appears to be affecting areas stretching from victoria to wapping, as well as areas in south—east london. many have taken to twitter to voice their concerns. the health and safety executive said it had no reports that could be linked to a smell. bloomberg's new headquarters

in the city of london has been named the best building in the uk. it won the riba stirling prize for architecture, as it is said to have raised the bar for office design and city planning. it beat a cemetary in hertfordshire and student accomodation in roehampton to take the honour. let's take a look at the travel situation now. on the tubes this morning, the picadilly line is part—suspended, while there are minor delays on tfl rail. on the roads, there are westbound delays for traffic on the a205 sth circular towards forest hill station, due to temporary lights and gas work. queueing traffic is back to catford hill. now the weather, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. yesterday we got to nearly 25 degrees celsius in northolt in north—west london. today, well, the temperatures won't be quite as high, but still pleasantly warm for this time of year. some good spells of sunshine, bit more cloud around than yesterday. quite breezy, and there'll be some showery outbreaks of rain a bit

later on through the afternoon into the evening. now, it's a very mild start to the morning. we had some showers earlier towards central and eastern areas. they've now cleared away. there'll be some good spells of sunshine around through the morning, then it will cloud over towards the end of the afternoon, and eventually we'll get these showers creeping in from the west. but until then, quite breezy. top temperatures of 21 or 22 degrees celsius, so still nice and warm for this time of year. now, tomorrow is going to be quite windy day. very blustery, gusts of wind of up to a0—a5 mph. there'll be some showers around on saturday, quite a messy picture over the weekend. the best of the sunshine and the warmth on saturday, cooler and drier on sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to charlie and naga. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. here's a summary of this morning's

main stories from bbc news. the most powerful storm in decades to hit the southeast of the united states is now heading towards the state of georgia after leaving a trail of destruction in florida. hurricane michael brought storm surges of up to three metres to north—west florida, ripping up trees and tearing roofs from buildings. it made landfall as a category three storm but has now been downgraded to a tropical storm. hurricane michael is the worst storm that the florida panhandle has ever seen. and one of the most powerful storms ever make landfall in the united states. we heard of significant impacts at tyndall air force base and many communities along the coast. as hurricane michael continues its destructive path through the panhandle and leaves our state, we are turning 100% of our focus on search and rescue and recovery. indonesian officials have said the search for victims of last month's earthquake and tsunami will end today, even though thousands of people are still unaccounted for. the disaster struck sulawesi

almost two weeks ago, with the city of palu worst affected. the official death toll currently stands at more than 2,000, but about 5,000 people are still missing, feared dead. a british couple are among at least ten people killed in flash flooding on the spanish island of mallorca. —— a powerful cyclone has hit india's eastern states with winds of up india's eastern states with winds of up to 150km/h. the cyclone has brought heavy rain to eastern india after making landfall earlier today. trees and pylons have been uprooted. authorities have evacuated 300,000 people, mainly from fishing communities. theresa may will meet some of her most senior cabinet ministers today to update them on the progress of brexit negotiations. it's being seen by some as the prime minister's attempt to shore up support for her brexit plan before next week's summit of european leaders in brussels. the dup says it will stop supporting the government if it's not happy with the brexit deal. schools in england will be encouraged to move away from putting test and exam results ahead of everything else,

with a new style of 0fted inspection next year. it's in response to concerns that schools have become too focused on league tables, at the expense of individual pupils' needs. in a speech this morning, ofsted's chief inspector, amanda spielman, will say schools should aim to provide a broader education. a new ivory alliance to tackle the criminal trade which is threatening elephants has been unveiled at the start of an international conference on the illegal wildlife trade. environment secretary michael gove has announced the coalition of political leaders and conservationists, as well as support from celebrities from countries where the illegal ivory trade is particularly active. we can work with those nations in order to train the wardens and the rangers who will keep these animals safe, and we can also work with other world leaders in order to ensure that we create an ivory alliance, groups who are dedicated to ensuring that we close the market to this illegal trade. companies could be forced to reveal their ethnicity pay gap under plans put forward by the prime minister. theresa may has launched a consultation on whether mandatory

reporting will help address disparities between the pay and career prospects of minorities. she acknowledged that minorities often "feel like they are hitting a brick wall" at work. the move follows the decision to make firms reveal their gender pay gaps. the struggle to access vital nhs services across england is a growing care injustice which needs to be tackled immediately. that's the warning by health regulator, the care quality commission, in its annual report. the commission highlights growing hospital waiting lists, delays at a&e, and record levels of dissatisfaction with gps. the government says its increase to nhs budgets will help improve care. the battle to offer the world's longest non—stop flight steps up a gear later today when a new singapore—to—new york service takes off. it will cover more than 15,000 kilometres and will take just under 19 hours. singapore airlines is relaunching the service five years

after withdrawing it because of high costs. earlier this year, qantas launched a non—stop service from perth to london, but that's in the sky for a mere 17 hours. imagine if you'rejust imagine if you're just ever so slightly 20 minutes after takeoff irritated by the person sitting next to you. that wouldn't happen, surely. a little habit you notice and you think, i have 19 hours. imagine if there was a flight and we bought it separately and didn't know andl bought it separately and didn't know and i sat down next to charlie, can you imagine charlie's face? the worst possible... sharing that information with the nation.” worst possible... sharing that information with the nation. i am gonna engineer at. imagine if you are dean smith appointed manager of aston villa and you saw next to you at workjohn terry, that is an interesting dynamic, dean smith from brentford, he is an experienced

manager, he is an aston villa fan, butjohn terry is a big name, isn't he? he has been brought in as? assista nt he? he has been brought in as? assistant manager. he was playing? last year at aston villa.” assistant manager. he was playing? last year at aston villa. i would see it as having a good in with the team and the atmosphere. exactly, so that's going to be a really interesting dynamic because he knows the championship and the lead really well, john terry has been managed by some of the best managers in the world, so he's going to bring a whole different perspective to it. there are he is holding up his jersey. of course, he won't be wearing that, he will be managing, or assisting, the manager who will be looking after that team. scotland play a team ranked 55 places below them later, but their manager is telling them to beware israel. alex mcleish's team are in haifa for a nations league match. scotland won their opening game in the competition against albania, but mcleish thinks they have a tricky night ahead. they haven't won in a wee while, but i know the manager is trying to stamp his personality.

we saw the russians in the world cup, they were seven games before that without a victory and all of a sudden they blitz their own world cup. it's difficult enough facing spain at the best of times, but wales will have to do it without star player gareth bale who's out injured. but wales boss ryan giggs hopes he might be back for the nations league match against ireland next week. he is extremely doubtful for tomorrow, he hasjust got a little bit of muscle fatigue from the weekend, nothing serious, and we are just monitoring it daily, so we will give him every chance for tuesday. yeah, so, we'rejust monitoring it. later this morning, the man in charge of the fa will try to persuade the governing body's council members why selling wembley is a good idea. the fa board wants to offload wembley so they can put 600 million into building facilities and pitches, but the majority of the council is believed to be against the deal. incredible interview, we have a clip

for you now. the four—time olympic gymnastics champion simone biles says she felt empowered about coming forward as a victim in one of the biggest sex abuse scandals to hit american sport. larry nassar the us gymnastics coach was sentenced to 170 years in prison for sexually abusing girls and young women. injanuary, biles put out a statement saying she was one of his victims. she's been speaking to the bbc. i think a lot of people struggle with coming out and telling their stories, but i figured if i can tell my story then it might encourage other people to tell theirs, because a lot of people do look up to me, so they are like, if simone can be strong enough, hopefully i can too. and that's part of the message that i wanted to give, but i was kind of relieved when it came out, and there was a lot of pressure off my shoulders. to keep something in like that for so long when everyone would usually share everything with our friends, our family and ourfans, it was a lot.

to cricket now, and there wasn't much of it in dambulla as england's first one day international against sri lanka was abandoned due to heavy rain. the tourists were on 92 for two when the rain began and play was suspended. four hours later the match was called off as the outfield was deemed too wet for play. i think the umpires have done a good job to start with, getting the ground ready before it started raining. it looked like the end of the world was coming. when you look like you are going to play a 20 over reduced game, which is high impact, you know, a lot of turning, players' safety, you know, was paramount when it comes to that. russia president vladimir putin has congratulated khabib nurmagomedov after he retained his ufc lightweight title against conor mcgregor. the bout in las vegas on saturday was overshadowed by a post—fight brawl. nurmagomedov vaulted the cage and fought a member of mcgregor‘s team.

putin asked nurmagomedov‘s father not to punish him too severely. i can't really imagine, i can't really imagine he is. that is an odd gathering, isn't it? to be a fly on the wall, i wonder what they chatted about. very odd. vladimir putin... speaking to your parents. yes. the hunt is on for geraint thomas's tour de france trophy after it was stolen from an exhibition in birmingham. it was presented to thomas when he won the tour last month but after being displayed at the cycle show it's been taken. the welshman says he hopes whoever stole it will have the good grace to return it. it's not the first time a sporting trophy‘s gone missing. of course back in 1966 it took a dog called pickles to find the world cup trophy under a bush in london. four years later, the rugby league world cup trophy australia were presented with was a replica — the original disappeared

from a bradford hotel and reappeared in a ditch 20 years later! 20 years later? what is it doing in the bushes after 20 years? and bits of this whopper, ice hockey‘s stanley cup, have disappeared through its history, though they've always got them back in the end. but that is so big! you could take a bit of that and no one would notice. maybe that was the thinking.” bit of that and no one would notice. maybe that was the thinking. i was asking what you would do with it, you know, someone said you melt it down. of course. you wouldn't. someone is ridiculous enough to steal it, you know, who knows what's going through their head? we've had a fairly warm autumn so far but with winter looming, it was a lovely day yesterday for many of us, health chiefs in england are urging children, pregnant women, older people and those with certain health conditions to have a flu jab. but this year there's a special focus on another group — nhs workers, who are more likely to be exposed to flu. those who refuse it could be moved to roles away from patients.

our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. the laundry room at royal blackburn hospital, not a part of the nhs that many of us think about, but the staff here do vital work to keep the hospitalfunctioning. 100,000 pieces of washing are dealt with here each week. so, if this team is hit by flu, it can really throw a spanner in the works. so, you're ok to go ahead? yes. that's why becky and her colleagues are encouraged to take the flu jab... lovely. ..with nurses coming to them to make it easier. last year i got a flu really bad, so i definitely advise to have it done. it's not nice when you have the flu, is it? i couldn't get out of bed. last winter was the worst flu season in a decade and sickness among staff added to the pressure on the nhs. in england, just 6a% of health workers took up the offer of a free flu vaccination. which arm do you want? left arm? this year all frontline staff are expected to have the flu jab. excuse me, lads, we are doing the flu injection, have

you had yours? it's not compulsory, but those who don't will be asked to explain the reason. the flu jab for me is the most important thing we can do in the nhs, because we are not only looking after the staff, we are looking after the families, the patients we serve and helping to prevent hospital admissions at the front door. the idea behind encouraging every single member of staff at the nhs to have a flu jab is to shore up the health service ahead of what could be a pretty tough winter, by reducing sickness rates. now, as it happens, here at the royal blackburn they have a pretty good record when it comes to encouraging staff to have the jab. more than 90% are expected to do so. but across the country it's a very different picture. vaccinating staff in a single hospital is one thing, but what if your teams work across thousands of square miles and are always on the road? last year the east of england ambulance service struggled to reach even half of their workers,

so this year there are more clinics in more places to try and encourage crews to get vaccinated. healthcare professionals not getting immunised can increase the risk of patients getting the flu, so absolutely one of the things we want our staff to consider is the impact on their vulnerable patients, especially if they choose not to have the flu jab. look out for your left arm. some people can't be vaccinated, they might have an allergy, for example, but nhs bosses are urging those who can, especially health co—workers, to get a jab, protecting themselves and their patients. dominic hughes, bbc news. we're joined now by richard pebody, head of influenza at public health england. good morning. you are watching that there and you have seen that hospital, 90% take—up among nhs staff, it is quite good, isn't it, in terms of how willing nhs staff

are to take it up, why do you think there is so much resistance perhaps to taking this in other places? what we are seeing here of course is that flu vaccination for healthcare workers is really important, because health—care workers really are key, by taking up the offer of vaccine they can protect themselves and protect their patients. the key thing for getting high uptake for healthcare workers is really making it easy for those healthcare workers to get the vaccine. what does that mean, in terms of time, do you need recovery, is it? it is around the hospital trusts, making it easy for healthcare workers to get the vaccine to make it easy for them, as we saw with the royal blackburn trust, on the short earlier, but of course vaccination health—care workers is only part of the national immunisation programme, we've also got the really important part of the programme to protect the public and of course that's. ..

programme to protect the public and of course that's... there are several elements to that and we are really continuing to improve the programme this coming winter. there are three key elements to improving the programme this winter. the first one is the offer of a new and improved vaccine for over 65 year olds and the second is the offer of a vaccine covering the four main strains for the key groups under 65, that including pregnant women and health—care workers. and of course the third one is the ongoing rollout of the children's programme, which we are rolling out to year 5 as well, all children two to nine years of age. on a basic level, how effective is the flu jab? so the flu vaccine is really the best protection we have against influenza. flu is an unpredictable virus, it changes each year, and the flu vaccine is really what we find is the best protection in terms of preventing flu each year. so we

really strongly recommend that and ta kes really strongly recommend that and takes up the offer of the flu vaccine. if 100 people take the flu jab, how many will not get the flu? we normally expect effectiveness in the region of 30% to 60% on average. for one, that is quite a large estimate, but that means four out of ten it doesn't work, at least. so you can see why people are reluctant to ta ke you can see why people are reluctant to take it? of course, but flu vaccination is the best protection we have against flu each year. flu changes each year and this year we are further strengthening the programme, in terms of making the programme, in terms of making the programme stronger to provide better protection this winter. you mentioned children in relation to whether or not they should get the vaccine. talk to us more about that, because people are not necessarily worried about having some kind of injection for their child, explain to us about that. we are leading the

world here, because we are one of the few countries to have introduced a children's programme. children suffer a lot from influenza, they can have high rates of illness, and they also spread flu as well. so by vaccinating children we are not only protecting kids themselves, but also protecting kids themselves, but also protecting those around them, as well. their families and protecting those around them, as well. theirfamilies and local communities. has it been a problem convincing people to have their children vaccinated? no, the programme was started in 2013—1a, it has been rolled out over several seasons, uptake levels for school age children are in excess of 60%. so we are improving uptake each year and we really encourage parents to ta ke and we really encourage parents to take up the offer of the vaccine and get their children protected. thank you for talking to us. carol has got the weather for us this morning. i know you have already explained this to us, we had that extraordinary day yesterday with those temperatures, and did you say

the word snow earlier on? i am sure i heard that. top of the class, charlie, you have been listening. yesterday the temperature hit 2a.6 celsius in northolt, but widely temperatures between 19 and 23. on sunday we could see snow on the mountain tops in scotland, so it is all topsy—turvy. today's forecast comprises of some rain. showers first of all moving north eastwards, and some rain coming in across the south—west. that will also be pushing north eastwards, but in between both of those bands there will be some sunshine. you can see where we have the two weather fronts, the first is fairly weak, the second is more potent. and the rain on the second one, coming in from the south—west, will be heavy at times and also quite squally. this morning there is low cloud across parts of perth, kinross, angus, parts of visibility across

north—east england but as the showers moved north eastwards that will be wiped out. as the shower is clear we will have a lull. drier and brighter with some sunshine, and the rain continuing to push from the south—west, moving between central and western parts of the uk, brightening up later in the day in the south—west. temperatures ahead of the weather front will get up to 22, somewhere like the fens, lincolnshire, cambridgeshire, but cooler behind the weather front. as we head on through the evening and overnight, that band of rain continues to push into the east and clears off into the north sea. their high debt, some clear skies, some cloud around as well. a mild night for the time of year, but not as mild as the one which has just gone, then we have storm callum approaching us. by the end of the night, gusty winds across western scotland, northern ireland and the irish sea, 50 or 60 mph. more than that with exposure, for example around the western isles, and accompanied by heavy rain. you can see it moving across the country, later in the day picking up across

western and northern areas. it will be windy wherever you are tomorrow, strong gusts of wind. this system could well cause some disruption, so be prepared for that. on saturday we have the dregs of the weather front across the north and west. in the south—east it will be drier and brighter, still breezy but not as windy as it will be with the storm tomorrow. that should clear us on sunday, and then it will be brighter and drier with some showers across parts of scotland. that is when we are likely, if we do indeed, to see some snow on the mountain tops, we are talking the grampians, for example. we certainly don't expect it to lower levels. otherwise, the forecast is wrong and my name is michael. see you in the next hour, michael. see you in the next hour, michael. that is sunny. we will remember that, we're not going forget. lets keep it on loop and

haveit forget. lets keep it on loop and have it on our phones, and every time we see caroljust slay it. and another issue around discrimination in the workplace. this is whether employers are discriminating against people with obesity and whether they have a misconception or prejudice that they are less able to do the job, they might be off more, it might cost the business more, and therefore not give them the job. the figures suggest a quarter of people wouldn't give a job to someone with obesity. the world obesity federation says that is discrimination, and wants the stigma to end. firms say employing people with obesity poses greater risk of absence and illness. but maggie clinton faced discrimination in herjob as a nurse, and says she felt hurt and humiliated. i have had two clear experiences of discrimination that were based on my weight. the first one was to do with the failure of the hospital

to provide me with the correct uniform, and i was told i had to go and purchase it myself. the second one was being asked if i would agree to have a clause put in my employment contract when i took up a new position that, should i go off sick or have any illnesses that are directly related to my weight, that my employer would not be responsible for paying sick leave. that was overridden, of course. it transpired that actually this was somebody who had made an off—the—cuff comment about my weight in relation to maybe causing a delay in evacuation if there was a fire, because i would be on the fourth floor, and issues like that, and had built up in people's minds. and actually, i felt like an ogre. dr stuart flint is a weight discrimination researcher at leeds beckett university, and joins me now. how prevalent is this problem?

these are extremely prevalent. we see that reported across society. the workplace is a setting where we see that the nation reported bradley. and we talk about the business case, that if an employer is given an opportunity of someone who is obese and someone who is not obese, they will more often than not choose the person who is not obese, because they have made certain assumptions about that person being offered more, sycamore, unable to do theirjob. is that fair? well, we don't have any data that would suggest that, actually. people are suggesting people who are normal weight of people with obesity, and thatis weight of people with obesity, and that is because of assumptions and misconceptions that we have about people's health status, and therefore the likelihood of days off, or something like that. what if it isa off, or something like that. what if it is a physicaljob, if you are a carer or on the police force or on a construction site. you would be

hindered from doing them if you are obese, wouldn't you ? hindered from doing them if you are obese, wouldn't you? not necessarily, but it goes back to an assumption being made. some sheds are made in the recruitment process. there is no trial that people are put through the test physical capability —— assumptions are made. so actually, it doesn't even get to the point where we have some objective data to say that these things are actually occurring. so how do you test that? can you put people through a trial to see if they are physically able to do the job? when there is a physical need to do job? when there is a physical need todoa job? when there is a physical need to doajob, job? when there is a physical need to do a job, then we should be, and some workplaces to do that, like the army, for instance, there is a fitness test. in other places there isn't. assumptions are made in the recruitment process aboutjobs, that actually we don't have any data to say that people with obesity or people with normal weight might be more appropriate for those roles. and actually, people who are normal weight might actually not be able to perform a lot of those roles themselves. to turn this on its head, we are making assumptions

about the fitness of that person to carry out a job, but if you are not obese there could be all sorts of health problems you are suffering which are not visible, so that is something employers have to get their head around. exactly, so with obesity it is something that is visible, so assumptions are made. we don't know the health status of people by looking at them and we should not be making assumptions on the basis of the way someone visibly looks. so for sure, there are people who will be recruited over people with obesity because of assumptions, but we are making an assumption, again, that their health is better than somebody with obesity, which we just don't know. and let's talk about the equality act, because that lays down in law so many things that employers and all of us cannot discriminate against, sex, race, police, sexual orientation and marriage. that makes it very clear the things that you cannot discriminate against. the one thing missing, though, is obesity. obesity, but also health more generally. we should not be

disseminating based on health status itself. what we should note is that stigma and discrimination, no matter what, is unacceptable. in this case we shouldn't be discriminating against people with obesity in the workplace, and what i would also note is that we don't accept stigma and dissemination against people with different health conditions, whether it is cancer, whether it is aids, or other. so why are we accepting it about obesity? really good to see you, thank you very much. more from me after eight a.m.. i will see you shortly. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. the volume of missing person cases the metropolitan police is having to deal with is unsustainable, according to a senior officer. the capital has seen a 72% increase in cases in the last decade, with about 55,000 reported each year. experts estimate it is costing tens of millions of pounds annualy. the met is focusing on driving down the number of unnecessary investigations, as the vast majority of incidents resolve themselves without the help of the police.

it's unsustainable. we can't deploy and go out and deal with every one of those 55,000 missing persons, and so we're trying to work out the areas that we can push back on to other agencies, and say this isn't a police matter. there have been reports of an acrid, noxious and strange chemical smell across parts of the capital. the odour appears to be affecting areas stretching from victoria to wapping as well as areas in south—east london. many have taken to twitter to voice their concerns. the health and safety executive said it had no reports that could be linked to a smell. bloomberg's new headquarters in the city of london has been named the best building in the uk. it won the riba stirling prize for architecture, as it is said to have raised the bar for office design and city planning. it beat a cemetery in hertfordshire and student accomodation in roehampton to take the honour. let's take a look at

the travel situation now. on the tubes this morning, the picadilly line is part—suspended. there are severe delays on the tfl rail, minor delays on the jubilee and metropolitan lines. on the trains, expect delays of up to 30 minutes and cancellations on london northwestern and virgin west coast trains between euston and milton keynes central, following damage to the overhead lines. on the roads, there are westbound delays for traffic on the a205 south circular towards forest hill station, due to temporary lights and gas work. queueing traffic is back to catford hill. in dartford, central road is closed near oakes crescent, following a building fire at the riverside industrial estate. now the weather, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. yesterday we got to nearly 25 degrees celsius in northolt in north—west london. today, well, the temperatures won't be quite as high, but still pleasantly warm for this time of year. some good spells of sunshine, bit more cloud around than yesterday. quite breezy, and there'll be some

showery outbreaks of rain a bit later on through the afternoon into the evening. now, it's a very mild start to the morning. we had some showers earlier towards central and eastern areas. they've now cleared away. there'll be some good spells of sunshine around through the morning, then it will cloud over towards the end of the afternoon, and eventually we'll get these showers creeping in from the west. but until then, quite breezy. top temperatures of 21 or 22 degrees celsius, so still nice and warm for this time of year. now, tomorrow is going to be quite windy day. very blustery, gusts of wind of up to a0—a5 mph. there'll be some showers around on saturday, quite a messy picture over the weekend. the best of the sunshine and the warmth on saturday, cooler and drier on sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to charlie and naga. bye for now. good morning.

welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: the most powerful storm ever to hit parts of florida has flooded towns and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes. hurricane michael is the worst storm that the panhandle has ever seen and one of the worst storms to make la ndfall one of the worst storms to make landfall in the united states. exam results and grades will no longer be the focus of school inspections in england. we'll speak to the chief inspector of 0fsted. should firms be forced to disclose their ethnicity pay gap? that's the proposal put forward today by the prime minister. i'll have more on how it could work. john terry is back in football. just days after announcing his retirement as a player the former england captain is back at aston villa as assistant manager to dean smith. remembering the fallen from the battle of the somme. we find out how one artist is paying tribute. good morning. it is a bright and

mild start to the day more or less across the board. some showers pushing to the north east and then sunny spells developing before more rain sweeps in from the south—west. more in 15 minutes. it's thursday 11th october. our top story: the most powerful storm in decades to hit the southeast of the united states is now heading towards georgia after leaving a trail of destruction in florida. hurricane michael brought storm surges of up to three metres to north—west florida, ripping up trees and tearing roofs from buildings. our north america correspondent chris buckler reports. hurricane michael came crashing into the florida coastline with extraordinary strength. at their height, the winds reached speeds of around 155 miles an hour, easily exceeding early expectations, and making it close to the most powerful category of storm. you see what it did around here. it snapped trees like

they were toothpicks. it was nothing to it. i'm glad i'm still here, glad i survived, glad the car made it. in florida's mexico beach, where hurricane michael first reached land, homes were lost in the surge of rising water. and across this state, the fierce wind and rain has been causing huge difficulties, bringing down trees and power lines. hurricane michael is the worst storm that the florida panhandle has ever seen. and one of the most powerful storms ever to make landfall in the united states. the warm waters off the gulf coast saw the speed of hurricane michael's winds intensify over the last few days. even as the storm moved inland, it still had considerable force. oh, my god! this water is knee deep back here. this is my backyard. it used to be fenced in. used to be. here's the fence. florida may have been on the front

line but there are states of emergency in place in georgia and the ca rolinas. and it's obvious where michael has already been. clearing the debris and repairing the damage of this latest destructive storm will take a considerable amount of time and money. chris buckler, bbc news. indonesian officials have said the search for victims of last month's earthquake and tsunami will end today even though thousands of people are still unaccounted for. the official death toll currently stands at more than 2000 but about 5000 people are still missing, feared dead. earlier we spoke to our correspondent howard johnson in palu. already they have discovered at least seven bodies, and as you have reported more than 5000 people are feared missing. this is a tough day for search and rescue operations. yesterday we met a mother whose son has been missing since the earthquake struck. she told us how he had gone out on a fishing trip

with a friend when the earthquake struck. we don't know if it was the earthquake or the tsunami that resulted in him disappearing but she hasn't heard anything from him since. she says she wa nts wants the the search and rescue operation but he is powerless to ask for them to do that. she says she wa nts for them to do that. she says she wants closure by meeting her son, seeing her son one last time so she isn't traumatised by his disappearance. what we are expecting todayis disappearance. what we are expecting today is for the search and rescue operation to come to an end at sunset. we will see mine operations to get water, purification units in, transport and generators and tents into the area. but at around sunset today we will see a prayer service lead for the dead here in one of these worst hit areas. howard johnson reporting for us. the foreign office are supporting the families of a british couple who died in flash flooding in mallorca. at least ten people died,

and a town on the east of the island was engulfed by water when heavy rain caused a river to burst its banks. theresa may will meet some of her most senior cabinet ministers today to update them on the progress of brexit negotiations. it's being seen by some as mrs may's attempt to shore up support for her brexit plan before next week's summit of european leaders in brussels. our political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster. good morning. mrs may needs to put ona good morning. mrs may needs to put on a good show, doesn't she, not just for this country but in front of eu leaders? she does. the thinking behind this cabinet meeting later this afternoon is for a chance for the prime minister to give an update on any progress in the negotiations over the last week or so, but also to keep her cabinet on board because we know there is disagreement among theresa may's top tea m disagreement among theresa may's top team of ministers about whether the government has the right strategy and is aiming for the right brexit deal. number 10 is gathering some members of the cabinet together to make sure they feel like they are in

the loop and don't get bounced into agreeing to a deal at the last minute which could annoy some of them. there is disagreement within them. there is disagreement within the cabinet but also more widely at westminster and that has been in plain sight over the last 2a hours with the dup, that small group of northern irish mp5 who prop up theresa may's government, and she relies on them for winning votes in the house of commons. they have said that if she continues her strategy which could involve extra regulatory checks on goods passing between northern ireland and the british mainland, then they can forget about her support. they have threatened to vote against the budget which would effectively be a vote of no—confidence in the government could see them collapse. they are hardening just at the time when theresa may needs to make negotiation preparations and the timing is tight because there is a summit next week when the remaining 27 eu leaders will gather in brussels and both the eu and the uk

will want to demonstrate some progress at least by then. thank you. companies could be forced to reveal the difference in what they pay white employees and those from ethnic minorities, under plans put forward by the prime minister. theresa may has launched a consultation on the so—called ethnicity pay gap, saying that people from non—white british backgrounds often feel like they are hitting a brick wall at work. the move follows the decision to make firms reveal their gender pay gaps. a new ivory alliance to tackle the criminal trade which is threatening elephants has been unveiled at the start of an international conference on the illegal wildlife trade. environment secretary michael gove has announced the coalition of political leaders and conservationists, as well as support from celebrities from countries where the illegal ivory trade is particularly active. we can work with those nations in order to train the wardens and the rangers who will keep these animals safe, and we can also work with other world leaders in order to ensure that we create an ivory alliance, groups who are dedicated to ensuring that we close the market to this illegal trade. the struggle to access vital nhs

services across england is a growing care injustice which needs to be tackled immediately. that's the warning by health regulator the care quality commission in its annual report. the commission also highlights growing hospital waiting lists, delays at a&e, and record levels of dissatisfaction with gps. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. in this room there are nurses, physiotherapists, charities and others, all working together to keep people who are at risk healthy and out of hospital. mr and mrs robinson have recently moved into an extra care scheme in our area following a house fire. they arrange for an occupational therapist and social worker to visit an elderly couple who need some extra help. so i've got eric with me. hello. how do you do? the care quality commission report picks out this scheme in wakefield as a positive example. it also says most people across england generally do get good care. but this comes with a stark warning about a growing care injustice. in some parts of the country,

people are just less likely to get the care they need and that's what we mean by a care injustice. we think the way to fix that is to make sure that funding streams all align, so that all providers are all pointing in the same direction in the best interests of people. the report says this can be most visible in overstretched a&e departments, but it also highlights mental health and care for the elderly. it says that there's now an urgent challenge for all parts of the health and social care system to work together, like in wakefield, and that a long—term funding plan is also vital. the department of health and social care says it will set up a £2a0 million fund for adult social care to ease pressures over the winter. catherine burns, bbc news. if you want to find out how your local nhs services are performing you can use the bbc‘s nhs tracker at bbc.co.uk/nhstracker. you'll soon be able to get your paws on some new coins featuring

the nation's most famous welly—wearer, paddington bear. the royal mint has announced that two 50p coin designs featuring the bear will enter uk circulation this month. the release coincides with the 60th anniversary of the character, whose love for marmalade sandwiches was first introduced to the nation in 1958 in the book a bear called paddington by michael bond. and they are rather charming these coins. don't they look lovely? it is 8:11am and carol will have the all—important 8:11am and carol will have the all—importa nt weather in 8:11am and carol will have the all—important weather in a few minutes but first one of our main stories. league tables and pupil testing should no longer be the main focus for schools. that's the view of 0fsted chief inspector amanda spielman. in a speech later today she'll outline a major overhaul of how schools are inspected, and say the current system has been putting too much pressure on pupils and teachers. amanda joins us now. a very good morning to you. thank

you for your time, amanda spielman. first of all, could you outline for me the problem you are trying to address? our own inspection research and a lot of feedback from the sector are telling us that the focus on performance data and outcomes is coming at the expense of what is being taught as a really good experience for children in schools. we wa nt experience for children in schools. we want to rebalance that. what we are announcing today our plans on how we can rebalance inspections to really look at the substance of education. what is being taught, how it is being taught, to make sure that the focus on outcomes doesn't come at the expense of a really deep, rich education. can i be absolutely clear about this? damian hines is the current education secretary. are you and speaking same language? the schools have concentrated on results because the government told them to.” concentrated on results because the government told them to. i don't

think that is quite right. the policy has always been that children should have a broad and balanced curriculum and the national curriculum and the national curriculum reflects that. but what has happened is we have perhaps got over focused on the things that can be captured in performance tables, that are intended to reflect that broad education, and has slightly lost sight of some of the things that are less easy to capture. what we are talking about here is making sure that inspection really compliments testing programmes and that we look at all the things that are that we look at all the things that a re less easy that we look at all the things that are less easy to measure, and get a full sense of the breadth and richness of what schools do, and give parents the information they wa nt give parents the information they want as well as giving an overall objective, fair assessment of the school. i take the point that you say you don't agree with my analysis of what the government has said, but are they saying the same thing as you or when we next speak to damian hines will he be telling us that what we want is schools are better results, thank you very much? we all wa nt results, thank you very much? we all want schools with excellent results.

have you run this past? let me be very clear about this. have you spoken to damian hines about your new plans to check schools? he has told me that he agrees entirely with our analysis and the problem and we are working closely the department to make sure that these new proposed arrangements are both consistent with policy and preserve our independence to assess education standards. the area of confusion around this as i remember vividly speaking to michael gove of education secretary not that long ago when he sat on the server here and he told me that if league table results for individual classes were not right, teachers would be exact. straightforward, very simple, because the only thing that matters is results because parents want to look at the league tables and see that the school is good. what matters here is that results are achieved in the right way. we want to see results that come from children being taught a really good curriculum really well. if you do that, where schools have the confidence to do that, good results

below. what doesn't work is where you end up with people chasing results for results' sake, and that is when education can be stripped out and it ceases to be what it is meant to be. the rebalancing we are proposing here is getting back to looking at that substance to make sure what is reflected in results really is the kind of education that we all want children to have. this is how i understand the system works. the school wants good results in order that parents will say we wa nt in order that parents will say we want our child to go to that school, not the school down the road. so if a school's results start getting worse, less children will go to the school, they get less money because the money is attached to the school because of the number of pupils. it could pose a real problem for schools that don't have great results that might have good teaching. well, this is about getting better at recognising where schools are doing the right things for children. some of the very best

schools take tough decisions about what is right for children. they don't necessarily do the things that are promoted by all sorts of people as ways to get league table points. they concentrate on what is the right education for the child, what is true education here. they are not afraid to put children in full subject that they might not get high grades in is that education is right for the child. this is what i want to get is really focusing on, making sure that we see and fire you the schools that do really good things with children. —— and value the schools. on a practical note, people wa nt to schools. on a practical note, people want to know why you give schools advance warning. we only give schools half a day's morning. people think they get weeks of notice but it is half a day so they can get the very basics organised of having the right people on site on the day. it isa right people on site on the day. it is a bit awkward if you turn up and the headteacher is somewhere else.

people get uncomfortable about that. the half day is a balance that has evolved over the years. the sweet spot between no notice at all and too much time to prepare. having said that, we do do a significant proportion of inspection is with no notice. a minority, but some. do you think schools are given enough money by the government? there has been quite a lot of discussion about this in the context of something put out by the department for education this past week. without going into the ins and outs of that, our system is funded fairly well by international standards. with respect, it was a straightforward question. this question is never straightforward. two things. we have seen the international comparisons, with notwithstanding the ins and outs say it is not a badly funded system. and we are the inspectorate. we look at what comes out of schools. what i

have said is at the moment, and it doesn't rule this out in future, but at the moment our inspection outcomes are not showing a deterioration in school performance. you sound on the face of it remarkably unhappy to criticise the government. i think people would like to think you are looking at it from the outside. headteachers recently from the outside. headteachers rece ntly got from the outside. headteachers recently got together for the first time and marched to parliament saying that schools simply don't have enough money. do you agree with them? i have absolutely heard that but what are the outcomes? we simply can't see it yet. this is one of the things that the proposed new framework might help us to pick up better. at the moment, with a relatively small focus on the curriculum, we don't easily picked up curriculum, we don't easily picked up where subjects are getting lost, where for example the breadth of gcse choices are getting lost. with the new curriculum will have a better handle on things that could better handle on things that could be getting lost from schools. amanda

spielman, the chief inspector of schools fostered, thank you for your time this morning. it is 8:18am and time this morning. it is 8:18am and time to talk to carol about the weather. you have got your macintosh on so not a sunny day for everyone. that is right. some rain in the forecast and also some showers. if you are just the thing out this morning, you may notice how mild it is, unseasonably so. —— if you are just stepping out this morning. what we are seeing now should be maximum temperatures for this date in october. the forecast today is wet at times with rain moving in from the southwest, but also some sunshine. we have two weather fronts. the first moving across the north east of the country is producing some showers and the second is more potent, in areas of south—west england and the isles of scilly, producing heavy rain which will be squalling in some places today. as the showers advance north, they will wipe out the mist and fog

at the low cloud that we have got in south—east england and around perth and kinross. behind it, things will brighten up with sunshine. meanwhile a band of rain in the south—west continues to push north eastwards. again heavy and squalling in parts. behind that, it will brighten up in the south—west later. it is a breezy day wherever you are. temperature—wise, in the sunshine in the east we could hit the low 205, 2122 as possible around cambridge and lincolnshire. —— 21 or 22 is possible. yesterday we nearly hit 25 celsius. this evening and overnight the band of rain continues to move, eventually clearing into the north sea. by the end of the night we will be feeling the first effects of storm callum. that will bring in strong, gusty winds, up to 50 mph in scotla nd strong, gusty winds, up to 50 mph in scotland and northern ireland and in the irish sea. but more than that with exposure, for example around

the western isles. heavy rain sweeps across the uk. the rain in the south—east will be lighter than the west, and it will dry up in the afternoon, but it peps up in the north and the west. windy wherever you are on friday and on saturday it will still be breezy and not as windy as friday with some rain across the north and the west. drier in parts of eastern england. that rain looks like on sunday it will sweep away to the east, leaving us with brighter skies behind some showers in scotland. some of those over the mountains and on the tops of the mountains could even see some snow showers. thank you very much, carol. see you soon. a 21 am. now an update on the business news and some results in. —— 8:21am. wh smith says that profits are up in their travel

division, so airports and railway stations. they are up by 7%. on the high street the picture is less rosy with trading profits profits at its stores fell another 3%. the retailer says its travel business now accounts for half of its sales and 2/3 of its profits. you'll remember the debate and headlines over the gender pay gap — women being paid less than men, or in fewer senior roles. now the government is asking whether employers should be forced to reveal their ethnicity pay gap. the proposalfrom the prime minister would ask larger firms to show whether staff from black, asian or other non—white backgrounds are paid less. and this man could soon have a newjob. he's james murdoch — the chief executive of 21st century fox, and until last week, the chairman of broadcaster, sky. reports say he's in poll position to take on the top job at electic car maker tesla after founder elon musk was forced to relinquish the role, after being charged with breaking corporate laws by tweeting about taking the company private.

elon musk tweeted last night denying the reports. watch this space and we will find out what is happening. more from me later. see you soon. so no murdoch? reports suggest that he is in line for it and elon musk said he isn't. that doesn't deny that he might get it but there could be other contenders. we know that elon musk likes to keep us waiting. he likes to muddy the waters a little bit. to put it mildly! it is a 23 am and we can go back to our top story now. —— 8:23am. the people of florida are no strangers to hurricanes but, even by their standards, the one which hit the state last night was historic. hurricane michael flooded towns, destroyed homes, and knocked out the power to half a million homes and businesses. it began yesterday as a category three storm, with winds of 125 miles per hour, but has now been downgraded to a tropical storm as it moves across the south—eastern united states. earlier we spoke to the meteorologist and storm hunter mark robinson in panama city,

florida. right now, it's the middle of the night so everything is pitch black. there's almost no wind. it's such a change from about 12 hours ago. i mean, 12 hours ago, i was standing in the left eye wall of this hurricane. i've been through 20 hurricanes now and this one in terms ofjust sheer wind that i was standing in i think is number one. and it's the devastation that this wreaks, isn't it? it doesn't matter how used to hurricanes like this in the season people are and the infrastructure, there is devastation wreaked. yeah, we got a chance to drive through panama city earlier. the damage that we saw... there were homes and businesses completely obliterated. we talked to a couple that tried to shelter in their business because they were in a mobile home, they lived in a mobile home, and they moved over to their business to try and shelter there. something hit them. either a tornado or one of the strong gusts from this storm. itjust destroyed the building.

they told us they were hiding underneath a desk inside the building and the whole building collapsed around them. they survived, no injuries. but i saw where they were. the only spot in that building that was left was around that desk. it was a terrifying story they told us. mark, as a weather expert and a storm chaser, tell us how the strength of the storm is changing. as it moves across land, i understand it's losing energy? yeah. hurricanes are storms born from the ocean. they get their strength from the ocean heat and usually when they make landfall they die off pretty quickly because they are cut off from their source of heat but they also deal with a lot of friction. this one is very unusual in that it stayed together for an amazing amount of time as it made its way across the united states. this one has been difficult to forecast right from the beginning. it's flying in the face of meteorological knowledge.

something like this should not have been able to get this strong at this time of year and yet it was able to. an absolutely incredible storm in all ways. as the clean—up begins, i understand a curfew is in place for residents? yes, absolutely. we had to go back to our hotel room earlier on tonight. they said there is a curfew in place until at least 8am tomorrow morning. we know we can't go around and take a look at anything at the moment and i can understand why. there are so many power lines down. i mean, i had to slam the brakes on the car earlier tonight. it was pitch black and we almost ran into some power lines that were down across the road. you can see why the police just want everybody off the road so they can start to clean it up and get people ready for the massive clean—up that is going to have to happen with this storm. mark robinson speaking to us

earlier. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, though, good morning. yesterday, we got to 2a.6 celsius in the south—east of england. it was the warmest october day in seven years. now, today isn't going to be anywhere near as warm as that, it's not going to be as straightforward. there is more cloud around today and some showers and also some fog effecting north—eastern areas. that's going to mostly clear away. showers clearing away from northern and eastern parts, they'll be some sunshine across eastern areas, but in the west is where we'll see some rain spreading its way in and some cooler conditions. you notice that the dark oranges and reds are limited towards the east, further west we've got more yellow is cropping up and that means temperatures

here about 16 or 17 celsius. isuspect, though, it'll feel quite warm and pleasant in the east where you've got some sunshine and those temperatures still into the 205. tonight, this patchy rain will move its way further east. clear spells developing across eastern parts. still quite a warm night with temperatures no lower than about 10—12. but you notice we got rain already moving its way into the west. this is all associated with callum. it's going to move its way to the west of ireland. with it, some heavy rain and some strong winds. but the rain really will be quite heavy in the morning across scotland, northern england, wales, the south west and that will continue for much of the day. that could lead to some localised flooding problems. strong and gusty winds for all of us, even down towards the south—east we could see gusts of 30—a0 mph. even though there will be some sunny spells here. strongest winds always towards the north and the west, closest to the centre of storm callum, with gusts up to 70 mph. in terms of temperature, 15—17 in the north, still into the 205 across the south—east.

as we go into the weekend, things just a little bit quieter by the time we get to sunday but still on saturday there will be heavy rain particularly northern and western parts. that's all from me, bye—bye. this is business live from bbc news with victoria fritz and sally bundock. tech turmoil continues — global markets slump as investors dump technology shares. the nasdaq suffers its biggest drop in seven years. live from london, that's our top story on thursday the 11th of october. how low will it go? the biggest sell—off on the stock markets since february rolls on in from the us through asia and has now hit europe. plus, are we investing enough in people? the world bank says governments

around the world are not. almost two thirds of children fail to get a basic primary education.