good morning welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today — a crucial week for brexit negotiations but after a day of drama in brussels there's still no deal. fracking for shale gas could begin in the uk for the first time today. a ground breaking approach to surgery — scientists say they're close to working out a sat nav for the brain. the value of dyslexic skills. we chat to a former dragon about why those with dyslexia are uniquely suited to business, but a new report says they're being overlooked. the pressure intensifies on scotland manager alex mcleish as they lose to portugal — it's their sixth defeat in eight games. imac is the national motor mode —— museum. ——i am at. lots of cloud and outbreaks of rain. if anything truly

nice in the forecast? join me here on breakfast. it's monday october the 15th. our top story — it's the start of a crucial week for brexit negotiations with theresa may set to face her cabinet and european leaders in brussels after a day of dramatic, but disappointing negotiations yesterday. the government insists that the uk can still make progress in the divorce talks despite serious unresolved issues — including the irish border. our political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster. leila, what are the chances of the prime minister returning from brussels with some kind of deal? there was a flurry of activity yesterday. the brexit secretary dominic raab made an urgent trip and it wasn't clear what was reached. it soon became clear that there are actually still fundamental issues that are outstanding. we had michel

barnier, the eu's chief negotiator, tweeting that after intense effort, keyissues tweeting that after intense effort, key issues remain open. the department for exiting the european union also mentioned an number of unresolved issues relating to the backstop. what is the backstop? remember, there are two levels to these negotiations, one is the divorce deal, the withdrawal agreement and that has to be done before any deal can be reached on the future trading relationship and is part of the divorce deal, there is part of the divorce deal, there is an insurance policy, this backstop, designed to keep the irish border open and that is the fundamental sticking point that seems to be holding up the talks. the eu's proposal is that northern ireland remains in a custom with the eu. theresa may has rejected it and said northern ireland cannot be treated differently from the rest of the uk. her allies in, the dup, also don't want that to happen. to remade

—— theresa may wants this insurance policy to have a time limit and the eu is rejecting that. it does seem to bea eu is rejecting that. it does seem to be a bit of an impasse and remember, theresa may is under a huge amount of pressure from her own ministers. over the weekend, there was more talk of a potential cabinet reservations over this idea that she may give ground on this time that it —— time—limit issue on the northern ireland border. there is a crucial cabinet meeting tomorrow when ministers will, in a sense, have to sign off on the brexit agreement because there is a summit of eu leaders later this week and that is when the deal was supposed to be done. it is a critical, critical time for the brexit talks this week but it is unclear, as yet, whether that's deal is going to be reached. thank you for taking us through all of that. and injust over an hour we'll be talking to two conservative mps from across the brexit divide: sarah wollaston and peter bone.

the united nations says yemen could soon be suffering from the worst famine the world has seen in 100 years. officals says around 13—million people are at risk of starvation, and has called on the saudi—led coalition to halt air—strikes which are killing civilians. speaking to our international correspondent oral guerin, the un told the bbc that we should all be ashamed. i think many of us felt as we went into the 21st century that it was unthinkable that we could see a famine like we saw in ethiopia, that we saw in bengal, that we saw in parts of the soviet union. that is just unacceptable. many of us had confidence that that would never happen again, and yet, the reality is that in yemen, that is precisely what we are looking at. do you think we should be ashamed? yes. there's no question. we should be ashamed, and we should, every day that we wake up, renew our commitment to do everything possible to help the people that are suffering and in the conflict. fracking for shale gas is expected to begin for the first

time in the uk this morning. a final legal attempt to prevent work starting at the site in lancashire failed on friday, after concerns that tests of the process were linked to minor earthquakes seven years ago. the process involves pumping liquid at high pressure, deep underground, to fracture rock and release natural gas. more details from linsey smith. undeterred, undaunted and united. protesters have maintained a constant presence at this lancashire fracking site, and this weekend's stormy weather didn't change that. a legal bid to stop the energy company cuadrilla from beginning operations failed last friday. a judge said there was no evidence for campaigners' safety concerns. early attempts to stop fracking on environmental grounds were also unsuccessful but campaigners say they won't give up. we will continue to resist this industry with every fibre of our being. we're not going to go anywhere.

if they think putting us through the legal system and the legal system failing us is going to deter us, it won't. the process of fracking sees these pumps force liquid at high pressure deep underground to fracture rock and release gas. it was temporarily banned in 2011 after it was linked to minor earthquakes. cuadrilla chief executive francis egan says he is delighted fracking can finally commence. he says the gas harnessed here will provide an alternative to expensive imported energy. protesters say they're deeply concerned about the impacts of fracking on the environment, and the focus should be on renewable energies. linsey smith, bbc news. the uk is taking a step towards eventually cutting britain's net greenhouse gas emissions to zero. the government will consult climate experts over how and when the target can be reached, the decision was prompted by a un report last week that warned co2 emissions must be stopped to avoid dangerous climate disruption.

opposition parties have accused ministers of hypocrisy, suggesting they've recently weakened green policies. president donald trump has attempted to justify his comments about his declaration of love for kim jung—un. during a rally in west virginia last month the president claimed they fell in love after he received letters from the north korean leader. in an interview with the american broadcaster cbs he said he stood by the comments. he presides over a cruel kingdom of oppression. gulags, starvation, reports that he had his half brother assassinated, slave labour, public executions. this is a guy you love? i know all these things, i mean, i'm nota baby, i know all these things. i know, but why do you love that guy? look. ..look. .. hmm. i, i like, i get along with him, ok? but you said love him, that's like an embrace. that's just a figure of speech.

no, it's like an embrace. well, let it be an embrace, let it be whatever it is to get thejob done. yeah, but, he's a bad guy! look, let it be whatever it is. i get along with him really well. i have a good energy with him, i have a good chemistry with him. look at the horrible threats that were made. no more threats...no more threats. england is lagging behind europe when it comes to children's health, a new report claims. young people have poorer health outcomes than many comparable wealthy countries, the royal college of paediatrics and child health has warned. it is calling on policymakers to use the long—term nhs plan to improve health for children. well, i think the main message of this report is we see it as a bit of a wake—up call. there is absolutely no reason why anything we project is inevitable. with adequate resources, adequate commitment, there is no reason why we can't reverse these trains and start to catch up with result in other countries. but if we

carry on as we are, then things, things look dire. things do not look good. approximately three in four workers in the uk experience changes in their monthly pay, according to research by the resolution foundation. the not—for—profit research and policy organisation looked at the bank statements of seven million anonymous lloyds customers and discovered that the lowest paid were most likely to experience periodic drops in income. more details from joe miller. the duke and duchess of sussex have arrived in sydney at the start of their official visit to australia, fiji, tonga and new zealand. it's the couple's first official royal tour since getting married in may. the 16—day trip includes dozens of official events and coincides with the fourth invictus games, which begins in sydney this saturday. meghan markle's stylist is going

with her, paying her own way, because she has got to change her outfit at least three times a day. three times a day? gosh. so many meetings, n—gage. three times a day? gosh. so many meetings, n-gage. do you really need to change three times a day? —— engagements. where do we go shopping? it in our wardrobes. we should actually go shopping in each other‘s wardrobes! should actually go shopping in each other's wardrobes! if you want the same thing two days on the trot, you would get all sorts of grief. people say you never wear the same things twice, we do! you might see things twice, we do! you might see things coming back if you look at recordings from ten years ago. you

would be surprised. we do recycle. our stylus helps us. we don't have one, do we? —— stylist. our stylus helps us. we don't have one, do we? -- stylist. it's a lovely top. thank you! i almost a bit scottish? the scottish national team, a little bit? we are here to talk about sport. it is a tricky old time. after last week's humiliating nations league defeat to israel, scotland lost 3—1 to the european champions portugal in a friendly last night. a half—full hampden park watched on as the scots slipped to a sixth defeat in eight games under manager alex mcleish. england manager gareth southgate says his players are running on empty, going into their match against spain in seville tonight. he says they still haven't recovered from the world cup in the summer. there were plenty of goals in the women's super league this weekend — arsenal put five past defending champions chelsea and they're still top with four wins from four. and eddie pepperell battled

the elements to win the british masters at walton heath in surrey — and that will almost certainly earn him a debut spot at the masters at augusta next spring. we will be talking about him in just a moment. a lovely story about him on the weekend. sally told me before we started this morning that chitty chitty bang bang was the first film that gave her nightmares. chitty bang bang was the first film that gave her nightmareslj chitty bang bang was the first film that gave her nightmares. i was terrified of that film, it was really scary! it's terrifying. are you actually scared of chitty chitty bang bang? no, i loved that car, it was the child catcher! now we have the weather. are few

childhood nightmares. good morning from the national motor museum. i am in chitty chitty bang bang, just one of the two chitty chitty bang bang's here. it starts next friday. lots of wonderful inventions directly from the film. did you realise that this is the difficult bit for some of you, this december, it is 50 years since the launch of chitty chitty bang bang. hence, the celebrations. as we take a look at round at some of the exhibits, sally, hold your ears, the child catcher ‘s cage. let's talk about the weather. it has been a torrid time for some. looking at the rain totals across parts of the west as we went through the weekend, well over 1.5 months worth.

hence the worst flooding we have seenin hence the worst flooding we have seen in around 30 years. i have some good news for the forecast. if you we re good news for the forecast. if you were a round the areas that bore the brunt of storm callum, things are improving. it is turning much more dry this weekend, just a few showers around. some patchy rain around central and southern england all linked into the weather fronts you can see on the map. it is slow—moving and will be hanging around the same sort of areas all morning. kent, sussex, maybe east anglia, we could see a bit of sunshine coming through. across wales, much of northern england, away from the peak district and yorkshire, this is where we will see longer sunny spells. just one or two showers in the far north of scotland. the wind is not as strong as last week. a bit of a breeze blowing past lincolnshire, yorkshire and some of the midlands. temperatures struggling to ten or 11

degrees in a few spots. low to the south—east could hit 19 degrees. patchy rain and drizzle and fizzles out to a certain extent tonight. the lower cloud drizzles northwards. a lower cloud drizzles northwards. a lower cloud drizzles northwards. a lower cloud develops and it could be a murky start to tomorrow morning. temperatures dropping,. a murky start to tomorrow morning. temperatures dropping, . scotland a murky start to tomorrow morning. temperatures dropping,. scotland and northern ireland seeing a single figures into tomorrow morning. a slightly different day tomorrow morning. northern ireland, some morning. northern ireland, some morning showers. some showers pushing through scotland in the afternoon and by the end of the day, western parts of wales will stop through the bulk of england, it will stay dry. a bit of clout through central areas that are drier and brighter day compared to today —— cloud. it will fill warmer. on wednesday, we are back to square one. southwest england, a zone of cloud, patchy rain and drizzle —— it will feel warmer. to the east of that, not a bad day to the north and

west with sunny spells. through this week, the good news is, especially in the flood affected areas, a lot of dry weather to come and things, well, not particularly warm, but where you have the sunshine, it could feel quite pleasant, too. more throughout the morning and i will let sally know when we have the child catcher cage about to come up as well. she will be scared! she will be really terrified. look at her! you have got to move on, sally. 50 years. it's not physically possible for sally! it's for me. i didn't mean it in that way! let's take a look at this morning's papers. first, the front pages. the picture on the front page of the guardian shows foreign secretaryjeremy hunt alongside a number of his european counterparts in the middle of a maze. he was showing them round a country retreat in kent yesterday and said the maze was so challenging that it

made brexit discussions seem more straightforward. did they get out? i hope so. the mirror's main story claims russian spies are targeting ex—m16 officers in a bid to turn them into agents. also, a picture of seann and katya who managed to survive in strictly after their controversial kiss. we'll be talking about that a little bit later. the daily mail says elderly people could be prescribed ballroom dancing or cookery classes on the nhs to help combat loneliness. the mail also speculating on the relationship between prince andrew and the duchess of york. catchier and the times goes with the troubled brexit talks, but look at the picture above. i love this picture, it has caught my eye this morning. they're extras filming the new series of poldark dressed as 18th century soldiers all staring at their phones. and online, the uk edition of the huffington post looks at the social media reaction to that picture ofjeremy hunt in the maze. lots of comments on twitter, including "looks like you're stuck

in the middle of something you don't know how to get out of". this is the kind of thing that would go down very well on have i got news for you. steph, what have you got? i've got some transport stories. car insurance, we talk recently about how it's been going down for the last year, but i'm afraid to say, it looks like it's going up again according to this research. they're saying it takes the average policy... the average policy costs around £760, that's gone up around 196. around £760, that's gone up around 1%. not a huge rise but for sometimes premiums —— for some time premiums were going back down. bus services are at a crisis point according to this research. public transport campaigners have warned bosses are in crisis after analysis shows buses are being used at a 12

year low. for some people there they're only mode of transport so they're only mode of transport so they are crucial, and they are saying more needs to be done to protect those services.|j saying more needs to be done to protect those services. i have loved the way this is written up in the times, wool sits in cars and aeroplanes, they are top for bottoms. wool much nicer, leather being relegated to tourist class on airlines because the show first seat in the mazzini is... —— chauffeur seatin in the mazzini is... —— chauffeur seat in limousines. it is too sticky, leather, say they are going forward and sits. —— so they are going for leather seats.|j forward and sits. —— so they are going for leather seats. i spilt yoghurt on my previous car with leather seats and it came straight off. you can't do that with wool!

the queen has long favoured wool, her official bentley has won seats in the back. if it's good enough for the queen! she probably doesn't! she probably doesn't take yoghurt pots in the back of the car —— has wool sits in the back. do you think i'm talking about a charismatic coach? on talking about shaun wane. the super league trophy after the grand final at the weekend —— i'm talking about shaun wane. an incredible career about shaun wane. an incredible career with wigan, who beat warrington12— for. he was in tears at his press conference. next season there saying he is going to have to bea there saying he is going to have to be a spectator. classy guy, classy coach and a great win for wigan —— 12-14. eddie coach and a great win for wigan —— 12—14. eddie pepperell, who has won his second european tour title, saying he would can't be called rick

astley because he is no longer a i-hit astley because he is no longer a i—hit wonder. astley because he is no longer a 1-hit wonder. steph, ithink astley because he is no longer a 1-hit wonder. steph, i think you will be annoyed, you love a parmo, what is it? a delicacy from my hometown, breaded chicken, deep—fried, a bechamel sauce and a pizza topping. of all the nights out we've had, how come i've never had one? because we've never had a night out in miserable. a parmo, i've never heard of it? they said macro pool three. health campaigners are saying it has a monstrous effect on obesity. 2000 calories per portion —— they said parmageddon. obesity. 2000 calories per portion -- they said parmageddon. you don't eat them every day. this could be at the end of a night out. they sell them in pizza shops and places like

that. if you eat them every day that could be a problem. the reason why this was pointed out as a problem is it's... this was pointed out as a problem is it's. .. there this was pointed out as a problem is it's... there are problems with obesity in the north—east, it's one of the higher areas, and this research said that year 6 pupils we re research said that year 6 pupils were the worst in the north—east region. when the guy from the obesity campaign group was asked about it, he said i can answer it in two syllables, it's the parmo. it is so simplistic because let's face it, ie my parmos on nights out and i don't see many ten—year—olds on nights out. some of them appreciate there are problems —— i eat my parmos. it is daft to blame it on one thing. magnificent defence of the parmo. more a defence of my hometown rather than the delicacy, i hate the lists where we are worse at things and we blame a take away

rather than the roots of the problem. i will stop ranting now.|j love the rant, can you bring one in? i would like one. i can arrange that. by the end of the programme? get on the parmo programme. only for research purposes! you know what, steph, i love the fact you passionately defend your part of the world. i'm really proud of where i come from. nothing wrong with that and lots of people would fundamentally agree. if you have any parmo thoughts, let us know. parmo isa parmo thoughts, let us know. parmo is a new word for me. there was one on martyrsjeb, is a new word for me. there was one on martyrs jeb, you is a new word for me. there was one on martyrsjeb, you could have won it! it got mentioned by a tad on martyrsjeb, you could have won it! it got mentioned by a lad from the north—east to did one on masterchef —— there was one on masterchef. gregg wallace loved it! ididn't masterchef. gregg wallace loved it! i didn't get the chance to show you my giant pumpkin, i will do that one later! thank goodness! one of the biggest challenges of brain surgery is working out how

much of a tumour can be removed from a patient without damaging their speech, movement or other brain functions. now scientists at the university of cambridge are developing a ground—breaking device that will map a patient‘s brain and act like a sat nav for surgeons. it shows them what each part of the brain does. here's our science correspondent, richard westcott. a few months ago, totally out of the blue, ben rush had a seizure in bed. i'm going to dim the lights for this one now, try your very best to keep your eyes open... stay awake. they found a large tumour, clearly visible on this gam. incredibly, it may have been growing for a decade without him knowing and he's only 29. a few months later, surgeon thomas is removing it, while ben is still awake. ok, take a break a little bit... can i have a 2.5... we we re eve n little bit... can i have a 2.5... we were even allowed to talk to him.

these are very strange circumstances. we've got it right, it is the working. you've been doing amazingly well and you still kept your sense of humour. try to. you've got to laugh. using an electron current, thomas can switch sections of the brain off. count for me against blue one, two, three, four. the fact brain stops counting means it's a part affecting speech, so he won't remove it. if in doubt, leave it, because there's no repair. once you take something out you shouldn't ta ke you take something out you shouldn't take in the brain there's very little to correct it. but it's not the awake part that makes this operation special. we'll start now. a1, btoc operation special. we'll start now. a1, b to c three. laura isn't a doctor, she's a neuroscientist. this

is test is hard enough when you're not in surgery. you try doing it. by forcing ben's brain to multitask, scientists are creating a much more detailed map of its functions. for a new device that will eventually help surgeons decide what to take out and what to leave behind. first we need to calibrate the brain... and here's a prototype of the new device. it's a prototype of the new device. it's a model brain today, but eventually thomas will use it during operations. like a sat nav, it can tell him what each part does in that patient because everyone's brain is slightly different. it's interesting ifigo slightly different. it's interesting if i go here... slightly different. it's interesting ifi go here... in 5-10 slightly different. it's interesting if i go here... in 5-10 years, slightly different. it's interesting ifi go here... in 5-10 years, it could help neurosurgeons tailor their surgery to each patient. so their surgery to each patient. so the future is basically sitting a patient down and saying, what functions would you like to preserve most and hopefully offering them that? yes, so they can have some choice on what risks to take, or

what they mostly want to preserve following their surgery. a few weeks on, and ben's doing really well. both he and wife, lucy, know the tumour will eventually come back but it's not stopping their plans. we wa nt to it's not stopping their plans. we want to have a family one day, and you can't let something like this, you can't let something like this, you know, restrict you from those things. you only get one life and you have to make the most of what you have to make the most of what you have, don't you? if you sit around and worry about things like this you're taking away from the joy you could potentially be having. so we're just carrying on and it's good. this new device will eventually transform the lives of young people like ben who've been told they have anning curable tumour but still have a lot of life left to live. richard westcott, bbc news, cambridge. you can see more on this story on inside out east, tonight at 7:30pm on bbc one or catch up on the iplayer. it is fast approaching 6:30am. a big

week of brexit ahead. lied at brussels and —— live in brussels and also westminster. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. police have released images of 17 men they want to identify after a protest in westminster became violent. the met launched an investigations after officers and members of the public were injured at the free tommy robinson demo in whitehall onjune the 9th. roads were blocked and objects were thrown. five people were arrested on the day of the protest. police are appealing for information about other people present on the day. there are almost three times as many children waiting to be adopted in london than there are adoptive parents. the shortfall in the number of adoptive parents is revealed at the start of national adoption week, which aims to inspire more people to adopt. there are 1,135 children waiting to be adopted butjust 407 families approved to do so. a group of women from

barnet have joined forces in a radical social experiment. they've designed a development where they have their own flats, but share hobbies and communal space. they call it co—housing, and believe it's one of tackling the elderly care crisis. they help each other to live independently and avoid expensive care home fees. when anyone asks me what cohousing is, i say at the very simplest it's housing with built in social connections. connectedness really. it's about a way of group living where you choose to live with others around a certain set of core values. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning. on south western railway, there's no service between shepperton and fulwell because of flooding. there is a limited replacement bus service running. on the roads, there are lots of patches of flooding. this is the a4 at barons court, partly blocked eastbound.

flooding is also affecting the aao at perivale and the uxbridge road in southall. it's blocking the entry slip road onto the m25 atjunction 10. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's quite a damp start out there this morning, we had some heavy rain overnight. it is clearing away, though, and later should turn a little drier and a bit brighter. the heaviest of the rain you can see out to the west and north, gradually clearing. still quite a bit of cloud, maybe like patchy rain for a time but gradually that's glaring and we should get some bright spells by the end of the afternoon, particularly in the south and east. camps today not too bad, getting to around 18 celsius in central london and under the cloud, that bit cooler. clear spells on thursday night, a lighter wind which means we could see mist and fog developing by dawn tomorrow morning.

fairly dense fog for some, minimum staying in double figures so not especially cold, between 11 and 12 celsius. tomorrow that mist and fog will gradually start to lift and we'll see some sunshine, more sometime perhaps than today with temperatures responding nicely as well. we're looking at a maximum back up to 20 celsius. fairly settled weather for much of this week with some sunny spells. very rainy out there at the moment, though. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. hello this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. coming up — we'll look at calls for employers to better understand the skills people with dyslexia can bring to the workplace, as a new report suggests they are being overlooked. drama on the dancefloor. we'll assess the fallout

from strictly‘s ‘kissing controversy‘ as seann walsh and katya jones make it safely through to next week's show. almost a year on from the ‘metoo' movement and the weinstein allegations that rocked hollywood we'll be joined by helena kennedy qc who says the legal system continues to fail women. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. it's the start of a crucial week for brexit negotiations with theresa may set to face her cabinet and european leaders after a day of dramatic, but disappointing negotiations yesterday. the government insists the uk can still make progress in the divorce talks despite serious unresolved issues — including the irish border.

sources say there will be no further talks between the uk and eu negotiators before the prime minister attends a summit of eu leaders in brussels on wednesday. yemen could soon be suffering from the worst famine the world has seen in a 100 years, that's according to the united nations. officals says around 13 million people are at risk of starvation, and has called on the saudi—led coalition to halt air—strikes which are killing civilians. speaking to the bbc, the un's humanatrian representative in yemen said we should all be ashamed. fracking for shale gas is expected to begin this morning, after a final legal attempt to prevent work starting at the site in lancashire failed on friday. the site has been the scene of repeated protests from environmentalists who object to fracking and its potential impact on the environment. fracking involves pumping liquid at high pressure, deep underground, to fracture rock and release natural gas. the uk is taking a tentative step today towards a radical green future in which emissions of greenhouse gases fall to zero. the government is seeking guidance from its advisors, the climate change committee about how and when this leap can be made. if it happens it would mark a dramatic change of an economy built on the burning of fossil fuels.

here's our environment analyst, roger harrabin. the government is taking a step towards eventually cutting britain's net greenhouse gas emissions to zero. it's formally seeking guidance from its official advisors on the climate change committee as to how this could be achieved. opposition parties have accused ministers of hypocrisy —— saying they've recently weakened green policies. here's our environment analyst, roger harrabin: big shift away from coal—fired power has put the uk among the best so far. it wind and solar power are not enough to supply all our energy needs and last week's un climate report calls for zero emissions from coal, gas and oil in future. it was a really good science led piece of research and one of the fascinating things you probably noticed as well if we didn't have a kind of backlash against the science which is something we have had historically. we know what the goal is. we know what some of believers are. as they said, stopping burning coal, globally, would be a huge advantage. investing, potentially, in greenhouse gas removal technology. for me, the constant question when i

am thinking about this is what could be the cost and who is going to bear that? both in our own economy but also the global economy. one cheap solution is to plant trees to soak up solution is to plant trees to soak up the co2 we produce that the uk is missing targets for new woodlands. sales of electric cars are lagging, too. ministers made that worse like cutting subsidies only last week. what's more, the government is expanding heathrow. it is promoting fracking. it is freezing fuel duty. it is scrapping solar power subsidies and it's cancelling zero carbon homes. it will be a mighty challenge to get emissions to zero. the former chief constable of police scotland, phil gormley who resigned after allegations of bullying has been given a major new role in policing. bbc news understands that mr gormley, who denies any wrongdoing, is about to be confirmed as an inspector of constabulary of england and wales. his new role involves overseeing the performance of 12 forces. he starts next week. england is lagging behind europe

when it comes to children's health, a new report claims. young people have poorer health outcomes than many comparable wealthy countries, the royal college of paediatrics and child health has warned. it is calling on policymakers to use the long—term nhs plan to improve health for children. we will be getting the weather shortly that sally is here with a look at the morning's sport. we are starting with scotland. it has been at tricky old time for the scottish team and alex mcleish in particular. they thought he would turn things around but he hasn't done it yet. they were embarrassed by israel on thursday — and although he put out a much changed side against portugal, the european champions were far too strong,

winning 3—1 at a half—empty hampden park. it was basic errors that we may and that was the aspect of it, you know, you expect the top teams that will cut you through with some majestic skill and leave you trailing but we were, you know, the perpetrators of our own mistakes. the back page headlines this morning really illustrate what england manager gareth southgate has had to say about his squad — shot to bits, mentally fatigued, running on empty — he says they haven't properly recovered from the world cup. england play spain in seville this evening in the nations league and southgate has questioned the premier league's scheduling decisions. i don't really understand why our league started so early. but they did. a really difficult situation

for the clubs because some of them couldn't have fielded a team, if you look at tottenham, so many players in the semifinals of the world cup they had to put their players straight into matches on the back of preseason. it was raining goals this weekend in the women's super league, arsenal are still top after thrashing champions chelsea 5—0. england's jordan nobbs scored twice — you decide if this was a deliberate shot at goal or a cross. arsenal have won all four of their league games so far — and this was chelsea's first league defeat at home in over two years. manchester city did even better, winning 7—1 at home to wsl newcomers west ham! caroline weir scored an absolute cracker after only two minutes. and what a moment for darcy yarnold — she was the mascot for manchester united's game against charlton. you may remember her mum's tweet last that went viral. she talked about darcy's troubles playing in a mixed team, cruel comments she'd received from parents, and opposition players refusing to shake her hand. a proud moment for her they're,

great to see. —— there. england rugby union coach eddiejones will be concerned after a bruising game in the european champions cup left two of his players injured. saracens beat glasgow 13—3 — but the vunipola brothers billy and mako both limped off. jones names his squad on thursday for the four autumn internationals. elsewhere, there was a fantastic win for newcastle on their first appearance in the competition in 1a years — they held off a fightback from three—time winners toulon to win byjust point. 25—26, in france. eddie pepperell gave credit to his mum for the eagle that set him up for victory at the british masters in surrey. the weather was dreadful at walton heath in surrey and after marian gave him some mittens for his freezing hands, he holed his second

shot at the 11th. pepperell will now break into the world's top 35 for the first time. very important. everyone needs mittens. that was a nice family picture. a year ago to the day, superbike rider leon haslam was involved in a 172mph crash that ended his title hopes. he vowed to use that as "fuel" in his bid for a title challenge this year. on saturday, he secured his first british superbike championship. leonjoins us now. congratulations. thank you. big celebrations after the weekend? for sure. a big weekend. obviously a very early start to get here. you are following in your father's footsteps. rocket ron! iwas

travelling the world with my dad. i was riding bikes myself at four yea rs was riding bikes myself at four years old. it's been a long career, absolutely loved it. it's a way of life more than a job. absolutely loving it and to finally get a championship, it's fantastic. talk us championship, it's fantastic. talk us through saturday. i think we have pictures from the weekend. here we go. after what happened last year, you said you were going to use that to motivate you to keep you going. how did that work? obviously last year was out of our hands. it was 70 miles per hour. —— 100 and 75 mph. —

—— are was that it has been a turnaround from last year, fantastic. i love how you are so matter—of—fact about it. last year, tell us about the position you are in and you had tojump off your bike at leon —— 175 mph because you had no brakes? i kind of had to get off. at the same time, i was kind of happy that i was ok. i had a few little broken bones but i was ok. it was one of those. i was all right but i lost the championship. when that sort of thing happens, there is probably far too —— there is probably far too —— there is probably not enough time to actually realise what is happening.

probably not enough time to actually realise what is happeningm probably not enough time to actually realise what is happening. it felt like an eternity in my head. it was a long time coming. i thought i was going to hit the concrete with my head. when you go to racing, do you manage to park that, so to speak? you have too. i have only had two crashes which is the least i have ever had in my whole career, this year. it is a passion. it's what i wa nt to year. it is a passion. it's what i want to do. you know the risks, you know the rewards. what about the family? you said you were first on a bike at four? how has the family reacted to this success? their worries and everything else. they suffer more than me. my father has followed my whole career and has been a massive help. to actually see that championship has been fantastic and to have him bear with me. what

is next? i am signed up for next yearin is next? i am signed up for next year in the world superbike championship. i have an opportunity next year with colour saki so it's great. i'm excited. —— kawasaki. brilliant stuff. a bit more of automotive magic. slightly slower pace. i'm not sure jewjewjewjew bang bang could do 70 mph! —— i'm not sure chitty chitty bang bang. the original carfrom the original car from chitty chitty bang bang that truly scrumptious drove. 50 yea rs

bang bang that truly scrumptious drove. 50 years and since it was released in. this is the original car that inspired ian fleming —— since it was released. this is that the beaulieu national motor museum that opens on saturday. we have the original costume worn by sally during the scenes in the castle when she was dancing for the count, and a recreation of coggins' garage, where this inventions were kept, and chitty as well, there's two on show, i'll show you the other later. a wonderful exhibition, 50 years since the film was released. while we're enjoying this, some of you had a torrid weekend weatherwise. let's look at the rainfall totals we've seenin look at the rainfall totals we've seen in parts of wales, the lake district and scotland. in parts of wales, well in excess of a month and a half of normal october rainfall in the space of two or three days, hence some of the worst flooding in 30 years. this week looking much

drier, good news, not as much rain. these areas should be dry but there will be some rain, especially in parts of south—west england, southern england, the midlands and the peak district, yorkshire and lincolnshire, all tied in with that weather front on the chart. very slow—moving, some of the heaviest rain will be this morning. patchy light rain and drizzle either side of the heavy bursts, but a damp day all in all. kent, sussex, east anglia, the saudis, some sunshine and warmth, 19 or 20. in western wales, northern wales, northern england, far northern england and scotland, not bad with lighter winds than on the weekend and a lot of dry weather with a few showers in the highlands and islands. temperatures here only in the low teens at best. as we go into tonight, our weather front doesn't move a huge amount, maybe nudges further north but fizzles out, just some patchy light rain and drizzle to take us through

the night but because the winds are light and there's so moisture, mist and low cloud will form for the morning. that should stop temperatures dropping too much, but with cloud breaks, single figures for some, especially in scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england. tomorrow, a different day for scotland and northern ireland, a lot more cloud and showers in the morning in northern ireland before brightening, showers in scotland moving through from mid—morning into western wales later but much of wales and western england will have a drier, brighter day than today and sunshine at times, so feeling warmer. more breeze in the north on tuesday, continuing on wednesday, but a fine day in scotland, northern ireland, north wales and england. the far south and south—east, lincolnshire, east anglia, some heavy bursts and drizzle. with the south—east, sunshine. fairly similar to today but with slightly less rainfall. compare it with what we've had in

northern and western areas in particular, the weather is improving. i hope sally isn't watching, but later we will look at this, the original child catcher's carriage. hide behind the sofa now, children, he's coming! i thought i wasn't scared until i saw that and it sent a chill down my spine. is it bringing it all back, louise? thank you, matt, ithink! the child catcher was terrifying!” don't want to put anyone off their brea kfast, don't want to put anyone off their breakfast, but we will be back with matt later on. when last—minute negotiations for a brexit deal between the uk and the eu came to an abrupt end yesterday, the sticking point was the border between northern ireland and the irish republic. with neither side wanting a hard border, but controls needed on the movement of goods into and out of the european union, the 300—mile dividing line is the key to the future of brexit. our ireland correspondent, chris page, has been finding out how

two companies might be affected. northern ireland is on the brexit frontline. it's caught between the uk's only land border and the irish sea. the question is, if checks on goods don't take place at one of these locations, will be have to happen at the other? it's an issue that affects all sorts of items on supermarket shelves. take these babies backs, for example. before they're sent to shops, they already had a long journey to this warehouse. we bring in about 18 different products from about six different factories, mainly in mainland europe, western europe. in the european union? in the european union, yeah. what is the distribution from this warehouse? from this warehouse we service the whole of northern ireland and the republic of ireland. the firm, that raids across northern ireland, britain and beyond, says new checkpoints would hit business. delays and borders for ourselves

means we might not deliver on time for our customers, which could mean in time delays and our product not being in the supermarket and ultimately if someone is in the supermarket wanting to buy a baby snack and our product isn't on the shelf, they will move to a competitor. james and sean are a husband and wife team based in cou nty husband and wife team based in county durham, a few miles from the land border and they cross it often. four times every month we checked on stock in the stores and go out meeting customers. there's no visible presence on the border, which was totally different to what i remember years ago. there was a very, very, very visual border here. no one involved in the brexit talks once a visual border to return, but there is disagreement on how to avoid it. the fallback position proposed by the eu is that northern ireland would basically continue to follow european trading rules, but that would raise the prospect of checks between here and the rest of

the uk. businesses are concerned by that possibility too. deal farm is a dairy farm with 1000 workers. it sends most of its products across the irish sea. the whole process from the farm to the kitchen table needs to be speedy. we can't tell the cows to take a break, there's a co nsta nt the cows to take a break, there's a constant flow so it's essential we have frictionless trade from our operations into our markets.“ there were what people have described as like touch checks, perhaps away from ports somewhere in the supply chain, is that something you could work with if you had to? we'd want to understand the detail behind that, however there's concept of automated operators, like a customs trader, there's checks on our supply chain but it's not at a port and that's a concept we would be willing to facilitate. companies in this part of the uk don't want any barriers to trading with england, scotland and wales or with

the irish republic. cracking that conundrum will be vital for a brexit deal. chris page, bbc news, belfast. really interesting, i'm sure. the value of dyslexia. a new report says people with it are being overlooked by employers despite having skills that are uniquely suited to the business world. steph's here to explain.. i'm sure lots of people out there who know people with dyslexia know they can be super bright. it's really interesting. i've heard loads of anecdotes from business people who have dyslexia who say they have so many other talents, and it's good there's research which backs this up. people with dyslexia have a learning difficulty which means they struggle with things like reading, writing and spelling. about 10% of us are estimated to have some form of it. it is actually quite common. there are lots of people who will find out about it when they are at school. you don't often know the

causes of dyslexia, there is no scientific research that tells us why it is, but at school some children will struggle with reading and writing and that can make things quite tough at school for them. of course, obviously, now we've seen they get longer in exams and things, but for lots of young people with it, they can feel quite negative about their dyslexia. to give you a statistic... 3% have a positive view of dyslexia. lots of kids struggle at school but it's not related to intelligence, and actually a study bya intelligence, and actually a study by a charity called made by dyslexia found people with dyslexia have so many other brilliant skills crucial for what we need in the economy. things like communication skills, reasoning, being able to visualise things and they are the skills which the world economic forum point out

as being ones we really lacked as a society. that's where the skills gap comes from and we need more of them and it might be people with dyslexia don't feel like they're as good as others. what i love when we talk about this is the examples are amazing. albert einstein. really? steve jo bs. amazing. albert einstein. really? stevejobs. richard branson. amazing. albert einstein. really? steve jobs. richard branson. they did all right, didn't they? they did all right, there's quite a lot of successful people who have dyslexia. theo paphitis, the businessman and former star of dragons' den, is also dyslexic. he told the bbc how it affected his career. i think to say i wasn't academic and school would be very unfair to people who weren't academic. i was appalling. i was the lowest set of everything. absolutely everything. and, as faras everything. absolutely everything. and, as far as everybody was concerned, you and, as far as everybody was concerned , you were and, as far as everybody was concerned, you were just thick. you didn't understand. one thing i

learned at school through my dyslexia was the ability to do workarounds. i love problems. problem—solving is my middle name. so when i did actually get a chance to be ina so when i did actually get a chance to be in a stablejob, the thing that stood out in the first incident is dilma instance was the fact i could sell but also i could deal with problems. all my life i've had to work out how to do something that someone else could do just like that. i have to do it in a really long winded way, i get there eventually, incredibly slowly but i'd find a way of doing it, not to fail. i think employers who just stick to academic qualifications as a reason to employ somebody ahmad, totally mad. if i hadn't got dyslexia, i'm pretty certain i wouldn't be here today because i wouldn't be here today because i wouldn't have gone down the path i went down. it is so interesting. i would imagine lots of people out there totally relate to this and they were

written off at school as being classed as thick, but actually there so talented and things we need. that's what this report is calling for. they're saying we need to look at... people learn in different ways, i bang on about this all the time, about how we assess people, and they're saying perhaps employers should look at technology that reads out e—mails or there should be more verbal instructions rather than having everything written down, which is where someone with dyslexia can get confused. so it's about adapting to make the most of every worker rather than focusing on the same one route fits all. you're speaking to the founder of made by dyslexia this morning at 7:50am. if you want to get in touch, please do, we will be trusted to hear your thoughts. we're talking about brexit this morning. a potentially big week. big meetings for the prime minister this week. we will speak to two mps in ten minutes to see if theresa may

gets a dealfrom brussels, whether they will support it, how they feel and the battle for theresa may to try to get that deal through parliament. both through her own party and passed the labour party as well. one thing is certain, there's work to be done. there is work to done indeed! —— there is work to be done indeed! —— there is work to be done indeed! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. police have released images of 17 men they want to identify after a protest in westminster became violent. the met launched an investigations after officers and members of the public were injured at the free tommy robinson demo in whitehall onjune the 9th. roads were blocked and objects were thrown. five people were arrested on the day of the protest. police are appealing for information about other people present on the day. there are almost three times as many children waiting to be adopted in london than there are adoptive parents. the shortfall is revealed at the start of national adoption week, which aims to inspire more people to adopt. there are 1,135 children waiting

to be adopted butjust 407 families approved to do so. a group of women from barnet have joined forces in a radical social experiment. they've designed a development that they call co—housing, and believe it's one of the ways of tackling the elderly care crisis. they help each other to live independently and avoid expensive care home fees. when anyone asks me what cohousing is, i say at the very simplest it's housing with built in social connections. connectedness really. it's about a way of group living where you choose to live with others around a certain set of core values. and you can see more on that on inside out london tonight at 7:30pm here on bbc one. let's take a look at the travel situation now. on the tube this morning, good service.

on the roads, there are lots of patches of flooding. this is the aao at the medway underpass in perivale, it's been closed coming into town. expect delays. there is no access to the m25 clockwise at junction 10 from the a3, that's because the slip road is flooded. on south western railway, there's no service between shepperton and fulwell because of flooding. there is a limited replacement bus service running. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's quite a damp start out there this morning, we had some heavy rain overnight. it's clearing away, though, and later should turn a little drier and a little bit brighter. the heaviest of the rain you can see out to the west and north, gradually clearing. still quite a bit of cloud, maybe some light, patchy rain for a time but gradually that's clearing too, and we should get some bright spells by the end of the afternoon, particularly in the south and east. temperatures today not too bad,

getting to around 18 celsius in central london and under the cloud, that bit cooler. clear spells on thursday night, a lighter wind which means we could see mist and fog developing by dawn tomorrow morning. fairly dense fog for some, minimum temperatures staying in double figures, though, so not especially cold, between 11 and 12 celsius. tomorrow, that mist and fog will gradually start to lift and we'll see some sunshine, more sometime perhaps than today with temperatures responding nicely as well. we're looking at a maximum back up to 20 celsius. fairly settled weather for much of this week with some sunny spells. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. good morning welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today — a crucial week for brexit negotiations — but after a day of drama in brussels there's still no deal. fracking for shale gas in the uk will begin today

for the first time since 2011 — despite years of protests and legal battles. a ground breaking approach to surgery — scientists say they're close to working out a sat nav for the brain. the value of dyslexia. a new report says people with it — are being overlooked by employers despite having skills that are uniquely suited to the business world. the pressure intensifies on scotland manager alex mcleish as they lose to portugal — it's their sixth defeat in eight games. after days of drama off the dancefloor — we'll discuss the weekend's strictly results. weatherwise, a better day. rain for

central and southern england but is there anything truly scruptious in there anything truly scruptious in the forecast? join me later. it's monday october the 15th. our top story. it's the start of a crucial week for brexit negotiations with theresa may set to face her cabinet and european leaders in brussels after a day of dramatic, but disappointing negotiations yesterday. we'll get the latest from leila nathoo in westminster injusta moment, but first, let's speak to adam fleming in brussels. adam, there were unfounded rumours of a breakthrough yesterday. what went wrong? even though it was unannounced, dominic raab's visit wasn't exactly unexpected. it is this axe top, the backup plan from avoiding a hard border in northern ireland. —— backstop. even though

people have been trying to come up with a compromise, there was something in the brexit treaty that said eventually you could still have the northern ireland staying in the eu's customs union which is unacceptable eu's customs union which is u na cce pta ble to eu's customs union which is unacceptable to the uk. the big implication is that the timetable eve ryo ne implication is that the timetable everyone was working on has now gone out of the window. on wednesday night, eu leaders were meant to be coming here and saying yes, the divorce deal is pretty much um, let's work on the documents, spelling out the future. they don't know what is going to happen now. our political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster. leila, what are the chances of theresa may returning from brussels with a deal this week? whatever happens in terms of negotiating in brussels, it has to come back and pass through parliament here? the weather is heralding a stormy week here for brexit. theresa may is acutely aware

that she needs to get her cabinet on side with that. and her allies in westminster, the dup, popping up a government here in westminster. they have been clear they will not accept anything that separates off northern ireland from the rest of the uk and cabinet ministers are concerned that her proposals will keep the uk tied to the eu indefinitely and that is not, for many of them, the vision for brexit that they hope. never mind this withdrawal agreement will stop this divorce bill. there is also the future agreement from all sides of parliament, in westminster. getting a deal done with brussels may well prove the easy part because there is plenty of opposition to theresa may's plans in westminster. and in a few minutes we'll be talking to two conservative mps from across the brexit divide: sarah wollaston and peter bone. that's at 10 past seven. yemen could soon be suffering from the worst famine the world has seen in a 100 years hundred years that's according to the united nations.

officals says around 13—million people are at risk of starvation, and has called on the saudi—led coalition to halt air—strikes which are killing civilians. speaking to the bbc, the un's humanatrian representative in yemen said we should all be ashamed. i think many of us felt as we went into the 21st century that it was unthinkable that we could see a famine like we saw in ethiopia, that we saw in bengal, that we saw in parts of the soviet union. that was just unacceptable. many of us had confidence that that would never happen again, and yet, the reality is that in yemen, that is precisely what we are looking at. do you think we should be ashamed? yes. there's no question. we should be ashamed, and we should, every day that we wake up, renew our commitment to do everything possible to help the people that are suffering and in the conflict. fracking for shale gas is set to begin this morning for the first

time since 2011. a final legal attempt to prevent work starting at the site in lancashire failed on friday. let's get more details from our reporter dave guest who's in lancashire this morning, where protestors have already started to congregate at the site. they feel very strongly about this, people there, don't they? this is the day that the protesters have dreaded for many years, the day that the drilling has been working towards. we see the potential of fracking begin on this site later this morning. it stopped in 2011 following some earth tremors into blackpool and area. since then, this has been hotly contested. some protesters starting to gather. this is the scene of many protests over the years ever since the company was given position that permission to carry out of fracking. last week in the high court, as you say, there

was a last ditch attempt to stop it, to getan was a last ditch attempt to stop it, to get an injunction, claiming that there was no sufficient emergency procedures in place if there was to be some kind of disaster on their side. that was thrown out by the courts last week. fracking was due to start last week but it is expected to start on this site later this morning. what they have been doing here, the company believed there is a vast supply of shale gas beneath here. they want to carry out test fracking to see how potentially they could get more gas out of the site. whether it would be worth extracting it from this site. they insist they have sorted this out and that it insist they have sorted this out and thatitis insist they have sorted this out and that it is entirely safe. they will never convince the protesters about will stop that protesters say the cost of the environment is just too great. the risks arejust cost of the environment is just too great. the risks are just too great. —— protesters. the uk is taking a step towards eventually cutting britain's net greenhouse gas

emissions to zero. the government will consult climate experts over how and when the target can be reached, the decision was prompted by a un report last week that warned co2 emissions must be stopped to avoid dangerous climate disruption. opposition parties have accused ministers of hypocrisy, suggesting they've recently weakened green policies. the former chief constable of police scotland, phil gormley who resigned after allegations of bullying has been given a major new role in policing. bbc news understands that mr gormley, who denies any wrongdoing, is about to be confirmed as an inspector of constabulary of england and wales. his new role involves overseeing the performance of 12 forces. he starts next week. president donald trump has attempted to justify his comments about his declaration of love for kim jung un. during a rally in west virginia last month the president claimed they fell in love after he received letters from the north korean leader. in an interview with the american broadcaster cbs he said he stood by the comments. he presides over a cruel

kingdom of oppression. gulags, starvation, reports that he had his half brother assassinated, slave labour, public executions. this is a guy you love? i know all these things, i mean, i'm nota baby, i know all these things. i know, but why do you love that guy? look. ..look. .. hmm. i, i like, i get along with him, ok? but you said love him, that's like an embrace. that's just a figure of speech. no, it's like an embrace. well, let it be an embrace, let it be whatever it is to get thejob done. yeah, but, he's a bad guy! look, let it be whatever it is. i get along with him really well. i have a good energy with him, i have a good chemistry with him. look at the horrible threats that were made. no more threats...no more threats. a british cyclist has been shot dead bya a british cyclist has been shot dead by a hunter in the alps. the man

named locally as mark sutton was killed by a stray bullet while riding in woodlands close to the swiss border. more than 20 people have died in hunting accident in france in the last three years. the duke and duchess of sussex have arrived in sydney at the start of their official visit to australia, fiji, tonga and new zealand. it's the couple's first official royal tour since getting married in may. the 16—day trip includes dozens of official events and coincides with the fourth invictus games, which begins in sydney this saturday. as we've been hearing, the prime minister is attending a crunch summit in brussels on wednesday. but even if she does return with a brexit divorce deal, she needs to get it through parliament before march 29th next year — when the uk will be officially leaving the eu. to do that she faces several hurdles. firstly herjunior partners in government, the democratic unionist party. they've pledged to withdraw support for the government if mrs may tries to pass any brexit bill

in which northern ireland is treated differently from the rest of the uk. secondly, she's likely to need the support of labour mps. and while some are reportedly willing to support her vision of brexit, the shadow front bench is defiant. we said a meaningful vote. we want a meaningful vote. frankly, if we said a meaningful vote. we want a meaningfulvote. frankly, if she comes back with something that is just a nudge that she has cooked up with brussels, we're not going vote thought it! —— vote for it! and a huge hurdle for mrs may are the rebels within her own party. the former foreign secretary boris johnson is a vocal critic of her plan and yesterday david davis, the former brexit secretary, encouraged a cabinet revolt. let's talk now to two conservative mps with very different views on brexit. sarah wollaston campaigned for remain and she now wants to see any potential deal to go before another public vote. and peter bone is a veteran campaigner for britain to leave the eu. good morning. i know the weather is

pretty grim there today. there was a stormy week ahead expected for the prime minister as well. what sort of deal that theresa may would build —— bring back from brussels would be a cce pta ble bring back from brussels would be acceptable to you this week? jelena it has to be one of the serious issues —— it has to be one of the serious issues that deals with the nhs and the northern ireland issue. every single version of brexit has downsides and i think we need to go back to people, let them see what the deal is on the table and to hear about the risks and benefits. actually give their version. actually, sorry, give their verdict. the beach people gave their verdict injune 2016. they decided they wanted to end the free movement of

people and stop sending billions and billions of pounds each and every year to the european union and they wanted to make their own laws in their own countryjudged wanted to make their own laws in their own country judged by wanted to make their own laws in their own countryjudged by their ownjudges. that is what their own countryjudged by their own judges. that is what we their own countryjudged by their ownjudges. that is what we need to deliver in what? 165 days' ownjudges. that is what we need to deliver in what?165 days' time.” understand what you say peter but the prime minister also won a democratic process to lead the conservative party the shrek lead the conservative party. there are many within her own party that are continually trying to undermine her. what did you say to that? we also fought a general election on a manifesto saying we are going to come out of the single market and customs union and i think labour party stood on a similar manifesto. we have already passed an act of parliament saying we are coming out on the 29th of march next year and if there is no agreement with the eu and they are being acceptably —— exceptionally difficult, we would come out in trade of wt0 rules which

of course we trade with most of the world. that is what is going to happen if there is no agreement. sarah wollaston, where do you stand on david davis? i think it is extraordinary. we have just 165 on david davis? i think it is extraordinary. we havejust165 days until we leave. we still don't know which of the very many versions of wrecks that we are actually going to have. what we need is for a decision —— brexit. we need the consequences to spell —— spelt out to people just as though you are going into hospital and having something done. you would need the risks and benefits of that operation explained to you so you could sign a consent form. we still haven't actually a right at that point, it's quite extraordinary. you talk about it uncertainty and i'm sure many view as would agree with you and yet you talk about the people's vote which would certainly add to further levels of uncertainty for many people. we must avoid and no deal scenario. we hope to come back with

something pragmatic this week because we are crashing down, counting down the days, 165 days to go and if they can't be an agreement, we will crash out with no deal at all and that would be catastrophic. catastrophic but individuals, communities, businesses. we really must avoid that. remember, we were promised this would be the easiest deal in history. we now see it as entirely complex with very serious unintended consequences and in my view, let's p0p consequences and in my view, let's pop the final deal or indeed no deal back to people and give them the opportunity to say is that what you really wa nt opportunity to say is that what you really want it? because, particularly if there are very serious consequences, i think people will be furious down the line because none of this was properly spelt out them when they gave their original verdict. why are you shaking your head so vigorously, peter? i didn't agree with any of that. the referendum was the greatest democratic event that my

generation has ever been involved m, generation has ever been involved in, all these arguments. the whole world was going to collapse when we voted to come out. the british people still voted to come out. to say that these things weren't argued before the referendum is rubbish! everyone, sarah included! excepted at the time that that referendum was going to be the final verdict. —— accepted. they thought that of course because they thought they we re course because they thought they were going to win. if we had another vote now, all sarah would do is to ask another vote! it's absurd! it's not democratic! it's not true. it's about informed consent. would you go into surgery, find out all sorts of competitions and if you turned around to the surgeon and say, actually, i've changed my mind, i didn't realise there were going to be so many unintended consequences and have the surgeon say, no, you gave your consent to two years ago? i know we didn't say what the —— operation involved or what the unintended consequences were but we will plough on anyway. that is what is happening here. we need to be

able to give informed consent, that's really important. one final thing i want to put to both of you, about highly charged language. peter, you talked about project fear, but you said at the tory party conference that we didn't fight wars to be subservient to europe and you also said we would be poorer in every way after brexit. isn't this an helpful, it is feeding the fears rather than getting of the issues —— unhelpful. the fears rather than getting of the issues -- unhelpful. we need somebody independent when we have the deal, set out what the benefits if there are any, and risks would be and to allow people to have a final say. this is the most extraordinary and important change we're going to make with really far—reaching consequences, and at the time of the original vote, nobody really realised, they were promised it would be the easiest deal in history, it wasn't set out to people what that deal would be and what the risks and benefits would be. this is

about informed consent and i'm hoping anyone watching this who feels concerned and once a final say willjoin us on saturday on this march. back to peter. ifi willjoin us on saturday on this march. back to peter. if i was having an operation i wouldn't want it to be delayed for even longer than two years, so let's get out on the 29th of march. but the language, there's got to be very robust debate about leaving the eu, of course there should be but what shouldn't happen is politicians personally attacking each other. let's argue about the policies but not each other personally. so why attack the prime minister like the argy has done, it's been quite extraordinary. i'm making my point, politicians shouldn't attack each other, they shouldn't attack each other, they should play the game. don't play the player, play the ball. , play the prime minister then. thanks for coming together under our bbc umbrella —— don't play the prime minister then. you brought us together. go and have a cup of

coffee and a croissant! thank you very much, both of you! it's been 50 years since our fine four—fendered friend chitty chitty bang bang flew on to the silver screen. matt is in beaulieu this morning looking at why we still love it. the machines still work. they certainly do. good morning. this is the original. major humbug major sweet machine working away, we have the suites here which became a dog suite, one for the children, this is a re— creation of cog in's garage, this is the hot air rocking chair. -- chogm's. this this is the hot air rocking chair. —— chogm's. this is my favourite one. still working away, all from the originalfilm, 50 years one. still working away, all from the original film, 50 years since one. still working away, all from the originalfilm, 50 years since it was released in this december and a special exhibition at the national motor museum will officially open on saturday so, along. you've got

chitty as well of course. let's talk about the weather. it's beenin let's talk about the weather. it's been in the headlines over the past few days. looking at some of the rainfall totals we saw on friday into the weekend in parts of wales, the lake district and also parts of scotland. in parts of wales, over a month and a half of rain in a couple of days and that's where we've seen some of the worst flooding in around 30 years but good news in that the rain will hold of. a few showers around but much of the time it will be dry —— off. the wettest weather in south—west england, central, southern england, the midlands, lincolnshire and parts of yorkshire, tied in with a weather front that's slow—moving. a few heavy bursts of this morning. because it's been on and off for 2h hours, some seeing more ina and off for 2h hours, some seeing more in a day since around may. that rain has caused a bit of minor flooding so take it easy on the roads. turning light and patchy during the days. to the south and east of it, kent, sussex, east

anglia, brightening up a bit, feeling warm where it does. in the west of wales, northern ireland, northern england and scotland, vastly improved. not only lighter winds, lots of sunshine and a few showers in the highlands and islands, a pleasant day with temps in the low teens. tonight our weather front will produce rain and drizzle in the north—west. because the ground is damp, a lot of mist and low cloud into tomorrow morning. a grey start to tuesday morning. the cloud will stop the temperatures dropping too much and in the clearer skies, especially scotland and northern ireland, temperatures into single figures but here a bit of morning sunshine. through the morning, northern ireland, showers from west to east and scotland, pushing in through mid—morning into the afternoon and by the end of the day a few showers into the west of wales. much of east and wales and west of england will have a jizan date, the cloud breaking up allowing sunshine through and milder than today. on wednesday, back to square

one “— today. on wednesday, back to square one —— eastern wales. back to square one —— eastern wales. back to square one “— one —— eastern wales. back to square one —— decent day. cloud, patchy drizzle but most will have a dry day on wednesday. breezy across the north but temperatures not far from where we should be at the time of year, feeling pleasant. the crucial thing is, things will stay largely dry. more from beaulieu's national motor museum in the next half an hour, including a special musical treat. a special musical treat! and it isn't me singing either!” a special musical treat! and it isn't me singing either! i don't know why we laughed, we know we're not good singers! speak for yourself! busjourneys in the uk are at their lowest level for more than a decade. steph's here with more on this. to give you the figures on it, there we re to give you the figures on it, there were1.2 to give you the figures on it, there were 1.2 billion busjourneys taken between april and june this year, but that's actually 10% less than

the peak, which was ten years ago, when there was 1.3 1.3 3 billion bus journeys. there's been a big fall. -- 1.33 journeys. there's been a big fall. —— 1.33 billion. looking at how fa res have —— 1.33 billion. looking at how fares have gone up in that time, it is staggering. they've gone up by 55% over that ten years, which is incredible. for lots of people, that would be too much. they haven't seen their wages by any stretch go up at all, never mind by 55%. that's putting pressure on the services but it's the funding to services. the campaignfor it's the funding to services. the campaign for better transport said funding for buses has halved in the last eight years. so that means there's been a lot of services cut. for people especially in rural areas it can mean they struggle to get to work, the public services they might need struggle or college or other educational organisations they might

go to our difficult to get to, there is concern from the chitty that it is concern from the chitty that it is cutting off people at a time when they need to access things in the community —— from the campaign for better transport. the government say they provide £250 million a year to support bus services. it's one of the things we talk about where because they're losing money it can harbour ordinary people trying to get around. steph, thanks through much and get in touch. really interesting about rural areas, there just aren't services available. thank you, speak to you later. you can find us on social media this morning. one of the biggest challenges of brain surgery is working out how much of a tumour can be removed from a patient without damaging their speech, movement or other brain functions. now scientists at the university of cambridge are developing a ground—breaking device that will map a patient‘s brain and act like a sat nav for surgeons. showing them what each part of the brain does. here's our science correspondent, richard westcott. a few months ago, totally out

of the blue, ben rush had a seizure in bed. i'm going to dim the lights for this one now. 0k. try your very best to keep your eyes open... stay awake. they found a large tumour, clearly visible on this scan. incredibly, it may have been growing for a decade without him knowing, and he's only 29. a few months later, surgeon thomas santarius is removing it while ben is still awake. ok, take a break a little bit... can i have a 2.5... we were even allowed to talk to him. hi, richard. i know these are very strange circumstances. i've got it right, i'm still working. you've been doing amazingly well, and you still have your sense of humour. try to. you've got to laugh, eh!? using an electric current, thomas can switch sections of the brain off. count for me again. one, two, three, four. the fact brain stops counting means it's a part affecting speech, so he won't remove it.

if in doubt, leave it, because there's no repair. once you take something out that you shouldn't take in the brain, there's very little room to correct it. but it's not the awake part that makes this operation special. we'll start now. a1, b2, c3. yaara erez isn't a doctor, she's a neuroscientist. this test is hard enough when you're not in surgery. you try doing it. by forcing ben's brain to multitask, scientists are creating a much more detailed map of its functions for a new device that will eventually help surgeons decide what to take out and what to leave behind. first, we need to calibrate the brain... and here's a prototype

of the new device. it's a model brain today, but eventually thomas will use it during operations. like a sat nav, it can tell him what each part does in that patient because everyone's brain is slightly different. you see, that's interesting. and if i go here... in 5—10 years, it could help neurosurgeons tailor their surgery to each patient. so the future is basically sitting a patient down and saying, "what functions would you like to preserve most," and then hopefully offering them that? yes, so they can have some choice on what risks to take, or what they mostly want to preserve following their surgery. a few weeks on, and ben's doing really well. both he and wife, lucy, know the tumour will eventually come back but it's not stopping their plans. you know, we want to have a family one day, and you can't let something like this, you know, restrict you from those things.

i think you only get one life, so you have to make the most of what you have, don't you? and if you sit around and worry about things like this you're only taking away from the joy you could potentially be having. so we're just carrying on, and it's good. this new device will eventually transform the lives of young people like ben who've been told they have an incurable tumour, but still have a lot of life left to live. richard westcott, bbc news, cambridge. fascinating, isn't it? you can see more on this story on inside out east tonight at 7:30pm on bbc one, or catch up on the iplayer. still plenty to come this morning. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we'll have the national headlines for you injust a we'll have the national headlines for you in just a few minutes' time. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. police have released images of 17 men they want to identify after a protest in westminster became violent. the met launched an investigations after officers

and members of the public were injured at the free tommy robinson demo in whitehall onjune the 9th. roads were blocked and objects were thrown. five people were arrested on the day of the protest. police are appealing for information about other people present on the day. there are almost three times as many children waiting to be adopted in london than there are adoptive parents. the shortfall is revealed at the start of national adoption week, which aims to inspire more people to adopt. there are 1,135 children waiting to be adopted butjust 407 families approved to do so. a group of women from barnet have joined forces in a radical social experiment. they've designed a development that they call cohousing, and believe it's one of the ways of tackling the elderly care crisis. they help each other to live independently and avoid expensive care home fees. it's housing with built—in

social connections. it's about a way of group living where you choose to live with others around a certain set of core values. and you can see more on that on inside out london tonight at 7:30pm here on bbc 1. let's take a look at the travel situation now. on the tube this morning, there's a good service running on all lines. on the roads, there are lots of patches of flooding. this is the a40 at the medway underpass in perivale, and it's been closed coming into town. expect delays. you can see problems on the slip road there. there is no access to the m25 clockwise at junction 10 from the a3, that's because the slip road is flooded. on south western railway, there's no service between shepperton and fulwell because of flooding. there is a limited replacement bus service running. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's quite a damp start out there this morning, we had some heavy rain overnight.

it's clearing away, though, and later should turn a little drier and a little bit brighter. the heaviest of the rain you can see out to the west and north, gradually clearing. still quite a bit of cloud, maybe some light, patchy rain for a time but gradually that's clearing too, and we should get some bright spells by the end of the afternoon, particularly in the south and east. temperatures today not too bad, getting to around 18 celsius in central london and under the cloud, that bit cooler. clear spells on thursday night, a lighter wind which means we could see mist and fog developing by dawn tomorrow morning. fairly dense fog for some, minimum temperatures staying in double figures, though, so not especially cold, between 11 and 12 celsius. now, tomorrow, that mist and fog will gradually start to lift, and we'll see some sunshine. more sunshine perhaps than today with temperatures responding nicely as well. we're looking at a maximum back up to 20 celsius. fairly settled weather for much of this week with some sunny spells. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website

at the usual address. now it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. it's the start of a crucial week for brexit negotiations with theresa may set to face her cabinet and european leaders after a day of dramatic, but disappointing negotiations yesterday. the government insists the uk can still make progress in the divorce talks despite serious unresolved issues — including the irish border. sources say there will be no further talks between the uk and eu negotiators before the prime minister attends a summit of eu leaders in brussels on wednesday. yemen could soon be suffering from the worst famine the world has seen in a 100 years hundred years that's according to the united nations. —— 100 years.

officals says around 13 million people are at risk of starvation, and has called on the saudi—led coalition to halt air—strikes which are killing civilians. speaking to the bbc, the un's humanatrian representative in yemen said we should all be ashamed. fracking for shale gas is expected to begin this morning for the first time since 2011 after a final legal attempt to prevent work starting at the site in lancashire failed on friday, the site has been the scene of repeated protests from environmentalists. fracking involves pumping liquid at high pressure, deep underground, to fracture rock and release natural gas. the uk is taking a step towards eventually cutting britain's net greenhouse gas emissions to zero. the government will consult climate experts over how and when the target can be reached, the decision was prompted by a un report last week that warned co2 emissions must be stopped to avoid dangerous climate disruption. opposition parties have accused ministers of hypocrisy, suggesting they've recently weakened green policies. the former chief constable

of police scotland, phil gormley who resigned after allegations of bullying has been given a major new role in policing. bbc news understands that mr gormley, who denies any wrongdoing, is about to be confirmed as an inspector of constabulary of england and wales. his new role involves overseeing the performance of 12 forces. he starts next week. a british cyclist has been shot dead by a hunter in the french alps. the 34—year—old originally from south wales, named locally as marc sutton, was killed by a stray bullet while riding in woodland near montriond close to the swiss border. more than 20 people have died in hunting accidents in france in the past three years. england is lagging behind europe when it comes to children's health, a new report claims. young people have poorer health outcomes than many comparable wealthy countries, the royal college of paediatrics and child health has warned.

it is calling on policymakers to use the long—term nhs plan to improve health for children. the main message of this report is we see it as a bit of a wake—up call. there is no reason why anything we project is inevitable. there is no reason we cut reverse these trends but if we carry on as we are, things looked dire. things do not look good. i still haven't shown you my giant pumpkin yet. oh, i'm so disappointed. do you want to see it? please let us know, everybody. it's not my own personal pumpkin. it is a record—breaking pumpkin. although, would you believe, the belgians are responsible for the biggest pumpkin in the world ever? why would i not

believe that? i will show you a picture little later on.” believe that? i will show you a picture little later on. i can hardly wait! what about the incredible giant leek story i did the other day. was it in a studio? no, it was in wales. it's all happening! a terrible old timeslot alex mcleish. he is confident he says he can turn things around after a really difficult week. scotland were embarrassed by israel on wednesday. —— thursday. and although he put out a much changed side against portugal, the european champions were far too strong, winning 3—1 at a half—empty hampden park. the back page headlines this morning really illustrate what england manager

gareth southgate has had to say about his squad — shot to bits, mentally fatigued, running on empty — he says they haven't properly recovered from the world cup. england play spain in seville this evening in the nations league — and southgate has questioned the premier league's scheduling decisions. i don't understand why our league started so early, but they did, and so a really difficult situation for all the clubs because some of them couldn't have fielded a team, if you look at tottenham, they had so many players in the semifinals of the world cup, they had to put their place straight into matches on the back of very little pre—season. it was raining goals this weekend in the women's super league, arsenal are still top after thrashing champions chelsea 5—0. england's jordan nobbs scored twice — you decide if this was a deliberate shot at goal or a cross. arsenal have won all four of their league games so far — and this was chelsea's first league defeat at home in over two years. manchester city did even better, winning 7—1 at home to wsl newcomers west ham!

caroline weir scored an absolute cracker after only two minutes. england rugby union coach eddiejones will be concerned after a bruising game in the european champions cup left two of his players injured. saracens beat glasgow 13—3 — but the vunipola brothers billy and mako both limped off. jones names his squad on thursday for the four autumn internationals. elsewhere, there was a fantastic win for newcastle on their first appearance in the competition in 14 years — they held off a fightback from three—time winners toulon to win byjust point. 25—26, in france. the showbiz of the nfl returned to london yesterday, with the seattle seahawks beating the oakland raiders. jess glynne performed for fans at wembley stadium before the action got underway — and there was more entertainment for the crowd as david moore scored a touchdown — and carried straight on into the photographers. seattle won 27—3. eddie pepperell gave credit

to his mum for helping to victory at the british masters in surrey. the weather was dreadful at walton heath in surrey and after marian gave him some mittens for his freezing hands — and at the very next hole, his second shot went straight in for an eagle. pepperell will now break into the world's top 35 for the first time. and pepperell will be glad he didn't have to contend with this ican i can remember mine very clearly! thank you, sally. strictly come dancing's seann walsh

and katya jones were hotly tipped to be the next couple to exit the ballroom after they were photographed kissing on the birthday of walsh's now ex—girlfriend. but in a twist which surprised fans of the show, they were saved from the dance off by the public vote. instead, katie piper and her partner gorka marquez became the third couple to leave. let's take a look. cheering and applause seann walsh and katya jones!

cheering and applause we have to say goodbye to katie and gorka. that was a katie leaving last night. the viewing figures are quite something. it's huge for this of the series. quite a few people on saturday night were talking about the fact they were made to wait quite a long time for the danson shame, as one judge quite a long time for the danson shame, as onejudge called it. that is hearts. —— dantz of shame, that is hearts. —— dantz of shame, that is harsh. bass dance list ofjetta people it would be cynical to lap up

the publicity. —— some people would be cynical. there were rumours last week they were hotly tipped to go out but the way you vote, you voted for who you want in, not for who you wa nt for who you want in, not for who you want out. that is the way it works. it's not like the coliseum where we get to collect fleet put our farmers down. it is a popularity contest. but thejudges were down. it is a popularity contest. but the judges were very technical. almost studiously, on saturday night. —— thumbs down. it has been a huge story over the past week. while we talked about the hot electricity, this week, as we know, they danced the charleston. very fun. clearly they did well with the judges and that would have played through to sunday night's decision. super fans

have got to be following what happened afterwards. apparently seann walsh left straightaway. craig wasn't happy they were still in and some of the other professionals were annoyed they had quite a bit of help with the choreography, putting their charleston together. it doesn't all seem to be a very happy camp at the moment and then you have the other problem saint strictly could be familyfun and problem saint strictly could be family fun and they should have made a stand on that issue. —— strictly. that is above all of us. it is a public broadcaster, it is public viewing. this was being played off the stage, off the floor. i think personally the bbc make the right decision to let it play out. they could have gone home if enough people had felt strongly enough for them to go, i guess. however, the circus moves on. it was hardly a mention on the show. the message was that strictly is bigger than any one individual. we have seen this go by.

i wonder, we individual. we have seen this go by. iwonder, we mentioned individual. we have seen this go by. i wonder, we mentioned the viewing figures at the start of this interview, weather, there is that whole thing, no news can be bad news for that sort of thing. it's a tightrope, isn't it? on the one hand, yes, it got a huge amount of publicity. arguably, it doesn't need it. i don't think in the long—term it. i don't think in the long—term it wants to be known as the shows —— the show that disrupts families and relationships. there are as many positive stories that come out of strictly, this greatjuggernaut of the show, as they run negative swa ns. the show, as they run negative swans. who'd you think is going to win? -- negative ones. my money is on...i win? -- negative ones. my money is on... ican't win? -- negative ones. my money is on... i can't say. we will bring you back! thanks very much! it's been 50 years since our fine four—fendered friend chitty chitty bang bang flew on to the silver screen. matt is in beaulieu this morning looking at why

we still love it. good morning. we don't love that, do we? hey, you, chitty chitty bang bang, chitty chitty bang bang, we love you. chitty chitty bang bang, chitty chitty bang bang loves us too. bang bang, chitty chitty bang bang, our fine for them did friend and. bang bang chitty chitty bang bang, our fine for them did friend! —— four fended. i promised you a musical treat and you got it. we will chat to them in a moment. celebrating 50 yea rs of to them in a moment. celebrating 50 years of chitty chitty bang bang at the national motor museum in beaulieu, on fine form, but the children at the back of the child catcher's carriage didn't look too upset! let's crack on with the weather. not a great time of late in northern and western areas. lots of heavy rain in parts of wales, the lake district

and scotland especially and you can see from some of the rainfall totals, close to 1.5 months of rain for one or two around the brecon beacons, some seeing more than that, so the worst flooding in around 30 yea rs so the worst flooding in around 30 years but good news in that the worst of the rain is easing and the rest of the week predominantly dry for these areas. not quite so this morning in southern england, the midlands, the peak district, lincolnshire and yorkshire without brea ks lincolnshire and yorkshire without breaks of heavy rain linked to a weather front straddling these areas at the moment. the rain will be heavyin at the moment. the rain will be heavy in places, leaving lots of surface water and is a, minor flooding as well. to the south—eastern part of east anglia and the south—east, drier and brighter and the sunshine will come out and feeling quite warm —— and spray. the far north of wales, scotla nd spray. the far north of wales, scotland and northern ireland, and apart from the hebrides, a dry day. the wind is lighter than the weekend and. temperatures around where they

should be for the time of year. —— the wind is lighter than the weekend. feeling humid down south. through the evening and overnight, the rain we've got in central and southern england will turn light and patchy and fizzling out for many, drifting north. because the ground is so wet at the moment, lots of mist and low cloud forming and that means we will have a misty end to the night. dry weather around for most, temperatures down in single figures in scotland and northern ireland were the cloud breaks. a grey and misty start to tomorrow morning, and a few changes in that scotla nd morning, and a few changes in that scotland and northern ireland will see showers pushing through in the day. later in the day, west and wales could see showers but much of eastern wales and england will be dry, a bit brighter than today for those with the wet weather at the moment and feeling a touch warmer —— west and wales. by wednesday, looks like the same sort of areas where we

have the rain today will have patchy rain and drizzle and cloud —— western wales. a breeze in the north, isolated showers. the vast majority will see that. wednesday will be a nice day, sunny spells and reasonably pleasant for the time of year when the sun is out but not the warmth and humidity some have seen this week. we're celebrating 50 years of chitty chitty bang bang. this december is the anniversary of its release. at the anniversary of its release. at the national motor museum there's a whole host of exhibits and with us todayis whole host of exhibits and with us today is the wonderful cats theatre here, they've been supplying the music. you are performing this live, so tell us about it. we will be performing in the kings theatre portsmouth chitty chitty bang bang from the first to the third of november and this is about a family of four and they go on adventures with chitty. you enjoy it? so much.

scary to do it live? yeah. what i do every morning! you've seen the film? yes. lots of times? yes. your favourite bit? where there is truly on the music box and she is singing and dancing. is this for the baron in the castle? the cure maker snuck truly and another‘s parts into the castle and pretended to be this birthday presents —— the toymaker. you've been so great. do you want to sing us out? go on, take us away! scrumptious, you're truly, truly scrumptious. scrumptious highs, and cherry peach parfait. when you're nearus, cherry peach parfait. when you're near us, it's so delicious.

honestly, you're the answer to my wishes. my heartbeats so... because i love you, truly. turning around and around. i'm slightly spooked by the child catcher sitting there waiting to get them! i love a bit of live musical action. there he is, looked! sally, look away now! genuinely terrifying! follow that man with this weird gloves. steph, good morning. great singing. iwish

gloves. steph, good morning. great singing. i wish i could sing like that but i can't so i'm going just to talk. let's talk about dyslexia. we've had so many messages about this, so uplifting, we're talking about the fact that... a new report out today says that the education system and employers are overlooking people with dyslexia who actually have some of the really important skills we will need for the future workforce. about 10% of us have it and many people with dyslexia go on to great things. but this survey says just 3% of us view it positively, and despite people with dyslexia having excellent skills like reasoning, visualising and communicating. it can be a time where they struggle at times and school in the workplace. businessman and former dragon theo paphitis explains how it helped his career. one thing i learned at school through my dyslexia was the ability to do workarounds. i love problems. problem—solving is my middle name. so when i did actually get a chance to be in a stablejob, the thing that stood out in the first incident instance was the fact i could sell but also i could deal with problems.

all my life i've had to work out how to do something that someone else could do just like that. i have to do it in a really long—winded way, i get there eventually, incredibly slowly but i'd find a way of doing it, not to fail. so many people like theo have done well, albert einstein, stevejobs, richard branson. kate griggs is the founder and ceo of the made by dyslexia charity and joins me now. thanks forjoining us. explain exactly what it is. dyslexic people have a very slightly different wiring in their brains. that means we process information differently. with that comes this incredible pattern of strengths, like simplifying things and connecting things and emotional intelligence, a whole range of things, but it also causes a few challenges,

particularly with traditional learning and traditional benchmarking, psychometric tests of for example can be a struggle, as can exams. we've had so many m essa g es can exams. we've had so many messages from people who have said... tony, iwonder messages from people who have said... tony, i wonder how differently things would have been for me if it had been spotted before my gcses. russell said i'm dyslexic, i agree with the oh, don't make out we can't achieve, he's now a doctor and a professor —— theo. it's about and a professor —— theo. it's about a different way of learning, isn't it? low it is about early identification, working out there are different patterns and supporting each —— it is about early identification, working out there are different patterns and supporting each. why has there been such negativity, is it the traditional academic mould we have grown up traditional academic mould we have grown up in and not supporting? there's a couple of things. there's a tendency to try to hide it because

there is the shame associated with not being able to spell well or reading slowly. 78% of people... of dyslexic people hide their dyslexia from their employees, and this report says we need to identify these people and really recognise what they're good at. not humiliating them all making fun of what they're not so good at. by identifying them, what can employers then do to actually support them in then do to actually support them in the workplace? by and making sure they work to their strengths they can give them help with the things they struggle with. technology is a fantastic tool for dyslexic people, it helps with almost all of the things we struggle with so it is shifting that focus on to the things we're good at and giving us the recognition and letting us use those. can you give us some examples, practical examples of what that might look like? well, some exa m ples of that might look like? well, some examples of how you can use that in

the workplace... there's the rise of the workplace... there's the rise of the chief storyteller, which is the role that companies like google and microsoft are looking for. what a chief storyteller will do is they actually make sense of lots and lots of complex information to give a very simple message. that's one of the roles that will be very prevalent in the future. it's about the verbal storytelling just as much as about the written, and that can make a big difference to people. thanks for coming in to talk about that and thanks for the messages. keep them coming in, always good to read them. that's all for now. thanks, steph, see you later. let us know about what you think about that. you can get in contact with us on anything else you see on the programme today, you can even have a shout about something. we don't mind a rant, do we? no. we don't mind a rant, do we? no. we don't mind, we're quite used to it! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we'll have the headlines at a.k.a. .

—— we'll have headlines at 8am. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. police have released images of 17 men they want to identify after a protest in westminster became violent. the met launched an investigations after officers and members of the public were injured at the free tommy robinson demo in whitehall onjune the 9th. roads were blocked and objects were thrown. five people were arrested on the day of the protest. police are appealing for information about other people present on the day. there are calls for contactless calls for co nta ctless travel calls for contactless travel on jukes, trains and buses to be extended to include luton, stansted and southend airport. in a letter to the department for transport, heidi alexander, the deputy mayor for transport, says this should happen before the capital hosts the 2020 uefa european football championship. southeastern rail saw a big jump in passenger journeys between st pancras international and stratford international after it introduced contactless payments three years ago. a group of women from

barnet have joined forces in a radical social experiment. they've designed a development that they call cohousing, and believe it's one of the ways of tackling the elderly care crisis. they help each other to live independently and avoid expensive care home fees. it's housing with built—in social connections. it's about a way of group living where you choose to live with others around a certain set of core values. and you can see more on that on inside out london tonight at 7:30pm here on bbc 1. let's take a look at the travel situation now. on the tube, not bad. on the roads, there are lots of patches of flooding. this is the a40 at the medway underpass in perivale, it's now re—opened after being closed off earlier. there is no access to the m25

clockwise at junction 10 from the a3, that's because the slip road is flooded. on south western railway, there's no service between shepperton and fulwell because of flooding. there is a limited replacement bus service running. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's quite a damp start out there this morning, we had some heavy rain overnight. it's clearing away, though, and later should turn a little drier and a little bit brighter. the heaviest of the rain you can see out to the west and north, gradually clearing. still quite a bit of cloud, maybe some light, patchy rain for a time but gradually that's clearing too, and we should get some bright spells by the end of the afternoon, particularly in the south and east. temperatures today not too bad, getting to around 18 celsius in central london and under the cloud, that bit cooler. clear spells at first tonight, a lighter wind which means we could see mist and fog developing by dawn tomorrow morning. fairly dense fog for some, minimum temperatures staying in double figures, though, so not especially cold, between 11 and 12 celsius. now, tomorrow, that mist and fog will gradually start to lift, and we'll see some sunshine. more sunshine perhaps than today with temperatures responding nicely as well. we're looking at a maximum

back up to 20 celsius. fairly settled weather for much of this week with some sunny spells. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. good morning, and welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: a crucial week for brexit negotiations, but after a day of drama in brussels there's still no deal. fracking for shale gas in the uk will begin today for the first time since 2011, despite years of protests and legal battles. a ground—breaking approach to surgery. scientists say they're close to working out a sat nav for the brain. buses on the decline. journeys in the uk are at their lowest

level for more than a decade the pressure intensifies on scotland manager alex mcleish as they lose to portugal — it's their sixth defeat in eight games. after days of controversy and headlines, we'll discuss what happened on the dance floor on this week's strictly. and we are celebrating 50 years of chitty chitty bang bang, here at the national motor museum in beaulieu. the weather would be much better today and over the next few days, northern and western areas, after weekend rain, a damp start to monday across parts of england, the details, if the forecast is looking truly scrumptious? you can find out on breakfast. it's monday october 15th. our top story: it's the start of a

crucial week for brexit negotiations, with theresa may set to face her cabinet and european leaders in brussels after a day of dramatic, but disappointing negotiations yesterday. we'll get the latest from leila nathoo in westminster in just a moment, but first let's speak to adam fleming in brussels. adam, there were unfounded rumours of a breakthrough yesterday. this is a really significant week, isn't it? yes, and it seems that the talks have got stuck yet again on theissue talks have got stuck yet again on the issue of how you avoid the reintroduction of checks on the irish border. both sides agree you need some kind of back—up plan, an insurance policy, to take care of that if the problem isn't solved by the future eu—uk trade deal to be negotiated in the next couple of yea rs. negotiated in the next couple of years. the problem is the eu is sticking to its insistence that one of the options that has to be in the brexit treaty is that northern ireland could potentially stay in the eu's customs arrangement. the uk says that will not work because it would be like breaking up part of

the uk from the rest, but u nfortu nately the uk from the rest, but unfortunately they have not been able to find an area to compromise, and they are really going to have to if the brexit deal is to be finished, agreed, signed and put in place. you talked in the headlines about a sat nav for the brain, i would love a sat nav for the brexit talks, because i really do not know where they are heading over the next couple of days and weeks. there is a market in that! that was adam fleming in brussels. our political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster. we spoke to sarah wollaston and peter bone about an hour ago, that gave us wine idea of the difficulties of getting this deal through her own party, as well as the dup and labour, if it is ever to pass parliament. theresa may is under pressure from all sides, and she knows that what is on offer from the eu is not acceptable to large pa rt the eu is not acceptable to large part of their party, not acceptable to her allies, the democratic unionists, who prop up the government, who had been clear they will not accept anything that calves

of northern ireland from the rest of the uk, and indeed her senior cabinet ministers, there is a cabinet meeting tomorrow, over the weekend we had more talk of potential resignations from her cabinet over the plan to keep the uk closely aligned to the uk in the future, and for many ministers that is not the kind of brexit they had in mind. so theresa may has always tried to have a balancing act, she has always had to manage competing interests, but now it seems that time is really running out for her to find a compromise that satisfies all sides. leila, thank you very much for that, adam fleming in brussels as well. despite the fact that we talk about brexit a lot, it isa that we talk about brexit a lot, it is a big week for the prime minister. yemen could soon be suffering from the worst famine the world has seen in a hundred years. that's according to the united nations. officals says around 13 million people are at risk of starvation and have called on the saudi—led coalition to halt air—strikes which are killing civilians. speaking to the bbc, the un's humanitarian representative in yemen

said we should all be ashamed. i think many of us felt, as we went into the 21st century, that it was unthinkable that we could see a famine like we saw in ethiopia, that we saw in bengal, that we saw in parts of the soviet union. that was just unacceptable. many of us had confidence that that would never happen again, and yet the reality is that in yemen, that is precisely what we are looking at. do you think we should be ashamed? yes. there's no question. we should be ashamed, and we should, every day that we wake up, renew our commitment to do everything possible to help the people that are suffering and in the conflict. fracking for shale gas is set to begin this morning for the first time since 2011. a final legal attempt to prevent work starting at the site in lancashire failed on friday. let's get more details from our reporter dave guest, who's in lancashire this morning, where protestors have already started to congregate at the site. morning, dave.

good morning, yes, the guy on the top of that plan has been there since 4:30am this morning, they have parked that at the main entrance to the cuadrilla side, and there is a considerable police presence. in the last 20 minutes or so, they have closed this main road, you can see some protesters here. the main reason for the road closure is that beyond the view of our camera, some protesters chained themselves together to block the road, so that is why the road is currently closed. this is the day that the protesters have dreaded for the past couple of yea rs, have dreaded for the past couple of years, the day on which cuadrilla are due to start fracking again. the first time that it has been carried out in the uk since 2011, when it was stopped because of earth tremors which were linked to its operations in the blackpool area. since then, cuadrilla have started work on this site, they believe there are large deposits of shale gas under the ground, and they want to carry out

tests fracking to find out if they could extract the gas on a commercial basis. if they wanted to, they would need extra licences. there has been a strong campaign of local people and other activists who have been trying to stop this going ahead. the fracking is due to start this morning, last week in the high court the protesters went to court to try to say that it shouldn't be allowed because there were not sufficient emergency plans in place, but that legal action was thrown out, cuadrilla planned to start at the weekend with their fracking, they couldn't because of the weather, they are hoping they will get it under way today. dave, thank you very much, thank you. busjourneys in the uk are at their lowest level for more than a decade. steph's here with more on this. you are telling us earlier that there are still millions of bus journeys being ta ken there are still millions of bus journeys being taken but it has dropped a little bit. still a lot of bus journeys, but it has fallen quite significantly, the latest figures we have, busjourneys between april and june, 1.2 billion journeys across the uk, a lot of

journeys, but down about 10% compared to the peak, which was a decade ago, when there were around 1.33 billionjourneys made in that period. so the point or all of this is that we are seeing a decline in the bus services, and the campaign for better transport have come out to say that this is a huge problem for some areas. a lot of people are seeing this cut in servers, and they are seeing fares go up, so if you look out much they have gone up in the last ten years, it is 55%, which is staggering, when you think about the fact that a lot of people haven't seen their pay go up in that time. so in real terms, this is really putting pressure on their income, because they are not earning as much money. the campaign for better transport say funding for buses has halved in the last eight yea rs buses has halved in the last eight years as well, so bus companies are having to charge more for their fa res, having to charge more for their fares, not getting as much support from the government as they once were, and this means there is a decline in the service for lots of people, particularly those in rural

areas, we often talk about it being the only way they can get to public services all workplaces. but also plenty of messages from people saying, just outside of our city there is a problem as well, it is there is a problem as well, it is the way i got to our work and now i am struggling. so that is quite common as well. the government's responses that they do provide adequate support for buses, that they provide £250 million a year, but like lots of areas we talk about, one where they have seen cats and it has impacted. thank you, steph. a british cyclist has been shot dead by a hunter in the french alps. the 34—year—old originally from south wales, named locally as marc sutton, was killed by a stray bullet while riding in woodland near montriond, close to the swiss border. more than 20 people have died in hunting accidents in france in the past three years. the former chief constable of police scotland, phil gormley, who resigned after allegations of bullying, has been given a major new role in policing. bbc news understands that mr gormley,

who denies any wrongdoing, is about to be confirmed as an inspector of constabulary of england and wales. his new role involves overseeing the performance of 12 forces. he starts next week. president donald trump has attempted to justify his comments about his declaration of love for kim jong—un. during a rally in west virginia last month, the president claimed they fell in love after he received letters from the north korean leader. in an interview with the american broadcaster cbs, he said he stood by the comments. he presides over a cruel kingdom of oppression. gulags, starvation, reports that he had his half brother assassinated, slave labour, public executions. this is a guy you love? i know all these things, i mean, i'm nota baby, i know all these things. i know, but why do you love that guy? look... look... hmm. i—i like, i get along with him, ok? but you said love him, that's like an embrace. that's just a figure of speech.

no, it's like an embrace. well, let it be an embrace, let it be whatever it is to get the job done. yeah, but he's a bad guy! look, let it be whatever it is. i get along with him really well. i have a good energy with him, i have a good chemistry with him. look at the horrible threats that were made. no more threats. the duke and duchess of sussex have arrived in sydney at the start of their official visit to australia, fiji, tonga and new zealand. it's the couple's first official royal tour since getting married in may. the 16—day trip includes dozens of official events and coincides with the fourth invictus games, which begins in sydney this saturday. thanks for being with us on this monday morning. around one in every 200 babies in the uk is stillborn, yet these hidden bereavements are rarely talked about and can leave parents feeling isolated and alone. a new documentary, child of mine, follows three couples and their experiences of losing a baby before birth. in a moment, we'll speak to vicki beckett and bruce wagstaff,

but first let's take a look at when they met their daughter, ruby. some viewers may find this clip upsetting. hey, my little baby. we love you. i actually think she's beautiful, is that weird? she is beautiful. we love you so much. i was scared of what she'd look like, but i'm not any more. she's perfect. she is. we have a little girl, and her is ruby. so small, isn't she? to us, she'll always be ourfirst child. i have watched the documentary, vicki and bruce are an

extraordinarily brave couple. lovely to see you both. you have done an incredible thing to let cameras film you at one of the most devastating moments, and presumably one of the ideas behind it is to help other people in a similar position to you. yes, of course, one thing that really resonated with us is after we lost ruby, there was so much time to explain the risks of stillbirth and how common it was, but it was the wrong timing. it was frustrating that there is not more awareness, it is definitely something that needs to be talked about more. tell viewers a little bit more about what happened to — because you have had a pretty normal pregnancy, 26 weeks pregnant? 26 weeks and five days, so i have started to feel movement probably a couple of weeks earlier, the beginning of the movement patterns, and they have conversations about normal movement, but it is hard to know what normal movement is, it is so different for every person. so i had been

concerned that i had not felt as much, and! concerned that i had not felt as much, and i spoke to my sister, and she recommended i go to addenbrooke's, but really thinking it would be to put my mind at rest, because i am at such low risk, i thought, nothing bad will happen, and then we got the news that ruby's heart had stopped beating. this is a stupid question, bruce, but how do you begin to deal with it? can you ever deal with it? yeah, you begin to deal with it? can you ever dealwith it? yeah, we are in a totally different place from when we first found out. i mean, for me, certainly for both of us, the way we massively coped with it was working with our counsellor, karen, and from the start you just in this little bubble, and it isjust weird, nothing is real, you are in and out of reality, is it really happening to us? it is like you are looking at someone else doing it, all of this

is going through your head, you go through loads of different stages of the process, grief and trauma. and eve ryo ne rea cts the process, grief and trauma. and everyone reacts differently, you as a couple. we started off, you know, together, it was very sad and what happened, you are in hospital, you come out, you do not know what is going on, and as the days go pass, we started to deal with things are a lot differently, just went different ways, how to deal with trauma and stuff, then working with karen brought me back to dealing... for both of us, the counselling was so important in getting us back to a place where we could see a future, just a normal existence again. cos it really does turn your world upside down completely. all your dreams are shattered, and it is coming back to, you know, getting those dreams back one day, hopefully, is the hardest bit. so many things that are so important in

the documentary, one of the things that struck me, how isolating something like this is, family and friends do not know how to talk about it. i think that is a national problem, we are not good at broaching those difficult subjects, and people get uncomfortable, and it is not because they don't care, it is not because they don't care, it is because they don't know what to say. we are never told how to deal with tragedy or trauma, or how to help people through it, or support people. so it is difficult for people, and everyone has the best intentions in the world — it is just... it's that uncomfortable subjects so... you talked about the importance of counselling for both of you — i know your relationship was under real strain, you separated for a while, would you have been back together were it not for the counselling? no, because counselling is what got you to deal with your grief, wasn't it? i cannot say exactly where i would be without it,

because i never got to that position, luckily enough i went fairly soon, but i do not think i processed mike reed properly at all, ido processed mike reed properly at all, i do not know whether we would be together at the moment, no. i do not know whether we would be togetherat the moment, no. —— my grief. uk has one of the highest rates of stillbirth in the developed world, and you have found that really shocking, haven't you?” world, and you have found that really shocking, haven't you? i have founded a hard facts to accept, the uk has had a high rate for years, and their countries with lower rates, and i don't understand why it has been allowed to go on for so long. i think i say in the documentary of one in 200 two—year—olds died, then something would get done about it. spoke about more, definitely. can ijust ask you as well, from watching the documentary, the importance of the time you spent with ruby after she was born, the picture that you have with her, is that still a really crucial memory for the pair of you? 0h, massively. i mean, iwas very

close to running out of the room when she was delivered, i was meant to cut the court and at the time i couldn't look at her, and vicki did the whole skin to baby, and it brought me back in the room, and now lam brought me back in the room, and now iamso brought me back in the room, and now i am so thankful for it, because you don't get many precious moments, such a hard decision in that moment, to make any decision, really, but for me it wasjust to make any decision, really, but for me it was just an amazing, like, moment with her, and we almost thought she was there with us, like a normal birth. what about you? it felt like the most natural thing in the well—to—do, i just wanted felt like the most natural thing in the well—to—do, ijust wanted to hold my child, and i imagine the same hold my child, and i imagine the sa m e love hold my child, and i imagine the same love that every mother feels, my god, this is my child, i would never give those moments back. do you know what, such an amazing documentary, i really thank you for talking as well, because an incredible thing to have done, it will help so many people. child of mine is on channel 4

at 10pm this thursday. and details of organisations offering information and support with bereavement are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free at any time to hear recorded information on 08000158 707. i know coming on tv to talk about anything isn't easy, but to talk about that, you are both incredibly brave, thank you so much for coming on, hopefully helping a lot of people as well. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the government says it will make progress in brexit negotiations this week, despite talks stalling over the future of the irish border. fracking for shale gas gets underway for the first time this morning since 2011, after legal challenge failed. if you are a fan of chitty chitty

bang bang, you will recognise this, quite a famous garrard. i might guess, matt is in beaulieu, and he has got the weather and a bit of nostalgia as well. i certainly have, good morning, we are at the launch of a brand—new exhibition celebrating, can you believe this, 50 years of chitty chitty bang bang. it was launched 50 yea rs chitty bang bang. it was launched 50 years ago this december, this exhibition will be on all the way through to november next year, we are in the garage with some of the experiments, some of the inventions from the film, and this is a real creation of chitty chitty bang bang from one of the original chitty chitty bang bangs used in the film, there were actually six in total, and just a few of the exhibits here. let's get on with the weather, because it has been a horrendous few days for some across northern and western parts of the uk. looking at the rainfall totals since friday, thatis

the rainfall totals since friday, that is a month and a half of rain in parts of wales, and this isjust where we have measuring gauges, i am sure some have seen more, hence the worst flooding in parts of wales for 30 years. good news in the forecast this week in that it is much drier, that will help the recovery somewhat, but some rain around today, further eastwards compared with the weekend. the same places thatis with the weekend. the same places that is the worst of the rain yesterday, some seeing the highest total since may, parts of central and southern england, the south—west, midlands, the peak district, yorkshire, lincolnshire. heavy bursts towards parts of the southeast and east anglia over the next few hours, but it will brighten up next few hours, but it will brighten up through the day, sunshine, feeling humid, up to 19 degrees by the end of the afternoon. but for much of western wales, the far north of england, scotland and northern ireland, other than a few showers for the highlands and islands, most places will have a dry monday with sunny spells, temperature is not! million miles from where they should be at this time of year, winds much lighter than the weekend, the

breeziest conditions around this weather front, which will decay through the day to nothing more than light and patchy rain or drizzle. that will continue through the night, maybe moving further northwards, but because the ground is so saturated at the moment, and with light winds, mist, low cloud, fog forming into tomorrow morning. it should stop temperatures from dropping too much, clear skies here and there, a few into single figures, a cruel start to tuesday. the difference for tomorrow will be across northern ireland, scotland, western pa rt of across northern ireland, scotland, western part of wales, scotland will see showers pushing eastwards during the day, and by the end of the afternoon into western part of wales. east wales, a good part of england, dry day tomorrow, the cloud will break up with sunny spells, not feeling as chilly as today. by wednesday, most of you back to fine weather, a breeze across the north, sunny spells. london, northern ireland, much of wales, but the same areas as they will have a bit more cloud, the chance of drizzle as a wea k cloud, the chance of drizzle as a weak weather front decays in situ,

most will be dry, temperatures should be by wednesday on how we have started a week, staying fine. a lot of dry weather to come this week. so not only have we got chitty chitty bang bang here at the national motor museum in beaulieu, but the truly scrumptious car armour and the vehicle which inspired ian fleming, the creator of james and the vehicle which inspired ian fleming, the creator ofjames bond, to actually write the novel. hull but i hate to tell you, he has got me! st albert! please! —— send help! iam i am worried he is not going to get out! you have terrified sally! are you all right? no, i have got... the

wizard of oz terrified me. the child catcher was the most horrible villain. watership down did it for me, the rabbit with a red eyes at the end, i can see him in my sleep! by the end, i can see him in my sleep! by macdonald have nightmares, everybody! the picture on the front page of the guardian shows foreign secretaryjeremy hunt, alongside a number of his european counterparts in the middle of a maze. he said the maze was so challenging that it made "brexit discussions seem more straightforward". the mirror's main story claims russian spies are targeting ex—mi6 officers in a bid to turn them into agents. also, a picture of seann and katya, who managed to survive in strictly after their controversial kiss. the daily mail says elderly people could be prescribed ballroom dancing or cookery classes on the nhs to help combat loneliness. the mail also speculating on the relationship between prince andrew and the duchess of york. we have been promising pumpkin news.

do we want to go now? look at the size of that bad boy! a sitcom friends of 20 feet, it weighs the same as a fog fiesta, 174 stone. it has been grown by twin brothers, it isa it has been grown by twin brothers, it is a record—breaker, stewart and ian patten, 57 years old. they used 100 gallons of water every day. i was thinking of the water! where is this fantastic soil? it is very good, very important, it is lymington in hampshire, that is crucial. and you can get 810 pieces of pumpkin pie from bad. sorry, 810 pies. but i've got to tell you, they are 13 stone behind the belgian largest ever pumpkin, grown in

belgium, and they will grow again next year with the seeds from this pumpkin. sally, i said sally and look at steph, i clearly know who you are! we have had a massive reaction to this. it is chicken that is fried with a better mel source, and what is missing is some pizza toppings. that is from central park cafe in middlesbrough, where i have added many a good parmo. these two have never had parmo before. they are gorgeous. it looks amazing. the reason i brought it up was because health campaigners are contending that the teesside snack, a popular delicacy, 2000 calories, it is causing obesity problems in the north—east.

it is causing obesity problems in the north-east. i am annoyed about it. all reasons, the simplistic nature in which they are blaming this for obesity, this is something you would have a takeaway restau ra nt, you would have a takeaway restaurant, not necessarily something you would have every night at home. you have it at the end of the night when you have had a good night out, you have a parmo. and what they are saying is, they are making it out as it that is the reason why the north—east as a problem with obesity, it is not about that, it is far too simplistic, and quite frankly ignorant, because it doesn't get to the root of the real problems of why there is high obesity in the north—east. i will fight for middlesbrough until the end of my days, and it does not help when people put out the statements saying it might be the worst place to live, or the highest obesity, it doesn't help the people who live there, and it doesn't get to the root of the problems. yes, we have problems, but ifi problems. yes, we have problems, but if i wasn't from middlesbrough, i wouldn't have done as well as i have, sorry! sadly, we are out of time! that is

the england team, they need a parmo, they are running on empty, get a parmo quake! i would like to try one too. i enjoyed your teesside passion there, by the way. don't apologise for it! at some point i will make one, yes, i can make one. can you buy one anywhere other than the north—east? can you get one in a london restaurant on a wooden platter? other places have tried, but they are never as good as they are from middlesbrough. time to get the news, travel and hello. after very wet weekend are

looking significantly drier this week. this morning some outbreaks of rain easing, some sunshine, particularly for scotland and northern ireland, one or two showers in the west of scotland, lengthy spells of sunshine. rain in the north and north—west of england, in wales, is zoned towards lincolnshire and yorkshire remaining quite cloudy. most of the rain easing except for some spots lingering in lincolnshire. overnight remaining quite cloudy, patchy mist and fog developing, temperatures for england and wales in double figures, chilly for scotland and northern ireland, temperatures reaching single figures. tomorrow cloud, mist and fog drifting and lifting, some sunny spells developing for many, temperatures between 14 and 20 degrees. goodbye. this is business live from bbc news with ben thompson and sally bundock.

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