good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: the longer goodbye. number 10 refuse to rule out an extra year before we cut all our ties with the eu. a second day of travel disruption on one of britain's busiest rail lines. we'll bring you the latest from paddington station. a royal walkabout. harry and meghan pull in the crowds on the latest stage of their australian tour. good morning. business rates are on the up again, and our high streets could pay the price. i'll look at the mounting cost for retailers. in sport, what next for wembley? the national stadium now won't be sold after an american billionaire withdraws his offer to buy it. and i've been getting acting lessons from a screen legend. my my name is michael caine, not many

people know that. what i do know is today's going to bea what i do know is today's going to be a lovely autumn day for the vast majority of the country after what's a chilly and misty start. will the fine weather continued into the weekend? i'll let you know here on brea kfast. it's thursday the 18th october. good morning. our top story: theresa may is reported to be ready to delay the uk's transition out of the eu by another year, pushing it to the end of 2021. this would give officials more time to resolve the deadlock over the irish border but would mean the uk would continue to pay contributions to the eu and abide by its rules. we have a full report on that story and speaking live to our correspondent in a few minutes‘ time. commuters at paddington station are facing another day of disruption. engineers have worked through the night to repair overhead power cables which were damaged by a test train on tuesday. correspondent jane frances kelly is at paddington for us now. take us through exactly what the

situation is this morning. well, people appear to be arriving as normal. i have seen a few cancellations, but i've got to say, the majority of trains do appear to be running as normal from trains do appear to be running as normalfrom paddington. engineers have been working on overhead cables all—night. they repaired all the overhead lines on all the lines of ba rwon overhead lines on all the lines of barwon prison, and that one line won't take electric trains. that will have a knock—on effect for services at twyford and maidenhead stations. people are being advised to check before they travel because they're getting back to normal. the damage was caused by an hit taji test train going from bristol and london —— hit taji. that model is pa rt london —— hit taji. that model is part of a £500 million investment

programme by gw are into its high—speed rolling stock. —— gwr. the us has asked turkey for a recording which is said to provide strong evidence that jamal khashoggi was killed inside istanbul's saudi consulate. turkey has accused the kingdom of murdering the 59—year—old journalist there, a claim saudi officials deny. it comes as the washington post published mr khashoggi's last column before his disappearance, in which he wrote about the importance of a free press in the middle east. let's go back to our lead story this morning, the eu meeting of the what's come out of the meeting. let's get the latest rom damian grammaticas in brussels. there's a suggestion, maybe you can clarify what the suggestion is, the possibility of a one—year extension

as to how long it will be before we're completely out of the eu. yeah. this is an idea that's been put in the negotiations to try to find a way round this big problem about the irish border. the suggestion is when the uk leaves in march next year, there's this transition period. at the minute, almost two years. during which time the uk will be out of the eu but following all of its structure is essentially as if it was an eu member, behaving that way, playing into the eu budget, benefiting from the customs and single market arrangements. the idea is because that freezes the status quo, if that was extended for another year, almost up to three years, that gives almost up to three years, that gives a longer period of time in which the negotiators can reach some sort of a trade and customs arrangements for

the future which would remove all of those border problems. now, that is the idea that's put on the table. two problems with that, one is that it doesn't change the difficulty is that you have around the irish border, it simply pushes the time you've got to solve those a little bit further back. the second difficulty is how it does that because it keeps the uk essentially following all eu rules, playing into the eu budget, accepting things like the eu budget, accepting things like the free movement of people to the uk, but with no seat at the table here, that's the crucial bit, in that period —— paying into. is in no say for that period. for many people, for many brexiteers, they think it's a terrible idea because it leaves the uk accepting those rules, seeing none of the changes and benefits they want from brexit, like signing and implementing trade deals. they say this would be

unacceptable. it's an idea put forward by the negotiators to try to get around this problem. indications we re get around this problem. indications were that theresa may said last night she might be open to it. whether it's an acceptable politically in the uk is another issue. for the moment, damien, thank you very much that whether it's acceptable. —— whether it's acceptable. the low—cost airline cobalt has cancelled all flights according to a statement on its website. the carrier, which flies to cyprus from heathrow, gatwick, stansted and manchester, has suspended operations. it's reported that cobalt had failed to reach a deal with a potential new investor. the duke and duchess of sussex are continuing their 16—day tour of australia with a trip to melbourne today. during their first official trip, the couple are focusing their attention on youth projects and environmental issues. sydney correspondent hywel griffith is in melbourne. they are focusing on worthy issues, but lots of people will notice they're getting a lot of baby gifts as well from the people they're seeing? absolutely. at the start of

the week we talked about a few extra cases of presents, maybe a second plane when they eventually leave australia in a couple of weeks. the first people came here at 5am to get the best spot and in the botanical gardens. by the time they got there, there were hundreds if not over 1000 people. many of them well—wishers to bring those gifts. the walkabout took some time, many handshakes, a few coaches, no five—year—old boys today my guest today but the world tour went through the city and after meeting the crowds in the botanic gardens, they went on to meet some people encouraging particularly australian women to get into exercise with a demonstration of netball, and aussie rules football, which is still a bit of a mystery to me having lived here for two years. it's popular and a way for people to get active. the day, naked in south melbourne with a beach clean. again, hundreds of people hoping for a brush with royalty or royalty with a

brush with royalty or royalty with a brush that the day culminated. they didn't pick anything up themselves, they watched the children do it —— they watched the children do it —— the day culminated. but suspiciously the day culminated. but suspiciously the beach was quite clean to begin with. it's great to see people getting involved with their local environment and local community. they have left melbourne and they are now on their way back to sydney. hywel, thank you. what sounds like a cat but looks like a bird? it's not the start to a bad joke, but a genuine description of a north american bird that has turned up in cornwall. the grey catbird has drawn thousands of keen birdwatchers to fields near lands end. it's only the second time the species has been spotted in the uk. naomi dymond has been to take a look. binoculars and telescopes to hand, they came today to sennen to catch a glimpse of the catbird, a species native to north america. we have just stepped away from the group, because the name of the game here is notjust patience, but also silence. the twitchers are poised

with their cameras and it really is a waiting game. what is it like when you're waiting and you actually spot it? it is not pleasurable, i have to say. oh, there it goes. 0h! it's just gone past us. oh, it's just flown right over our heads. that was timing, wasn't it? it's extremely stressful, i have to say. and then when you have a a0 odd minute wait and it pops up, it's like relief. their patience was eventually rewarded. it's been blown across by the winds we've had recently. the conditions that brought it across here. it's a very rare bird in the uk. it does not belong here. it's a migratory species in the states, and it makes like a catlike noise, which is why it's called a catbird. many travelled hundreds of miles today, so a lot depended on this little bird. i think this is about the longest i have had to wait for a specific

bird without giving up. relief. i set out at five o'clock this morning so it's relief. i have to drive back now. it's not known how long the bird will survive here, but that is not stopping those keen to catch a glimpse while they can. you're seeing the obvious thing there, we didn't hear the catbird. we can take your word for it. when they were looking for the court bird. good morning. when they were looking for it —— the catbird. it didn't make any noise so we can't tell you what it sounds like. did they see it? they saw it but they didn't hear it. it's related to the way it sounds rather than the way it looks. but how do you make a bird tweet? there's some kind of modern technology job tweet? there's some kind of modern technologyjob there, isn't there? food maybe —— technologyjob. a real talking point over a number

of months —— joke. wembley. a real talking point over a number of months -- joke. wembley. as far asi of months -- joke. wembley. as far as i heard, the amount that's been offered is way above the expected asking price. the interesting thing is, the amount that's been offered is, the amount that's been offered is no longer on the table. yes. that's what's changed. someone wa nted that's what's changed. someone wanted to came come along and buy wembley for a huge amount of money and football association wanted to plough that money into grassroots football —— the football association. when we talk about grassroots football we mean kids training in the week. if you go to a kids' football match and you're watching it, sometimes they aren't the best places to be, james get cancelled, the pitches get waterlogged. so it's good to have

great facilities —— games get cancelled. the american billionaire shahid khan from america has offered £600 billion to buy it but the offer is off the table. the fa's chief martin glenn says the proposed sale was more divisive than expected. loads of arguments on both sides, let's hear from the man who's played more times for england than anyone else. i'm pleased. iwas i'm pleased. i was against the sale because i think wembley has got so much tradition and history, and it's a fantastic stadium, and i think a country like england should have a stadium like bad. that sort of money would have made a difference, but, that money can easily get evaporated down at the lower levels, and i think we are producing a good line of players. lots more about this coming up in the newspaper review in a couple of minutes and we will explain what might be happening at the fa at the moment and why that potential

decision was so divisive. another day, another injury for eddiejones and england. this time it's prop mako vunipola who's out of the autumn internationals. the squad's named at 9:30am this morning. england won the third one—dayer against sri lanka to take a 2—0 lead in the five—match series. it was yet another match in this series badly affected by rain, and the ecb has had to defend the decision to tour sri lanka in monsoon season. if you google sri lanka weather, you would know that now is not the best time to go. and he called the venue a hellhole earlier this week, but the surroundings didn't stop ronnie o'sullivan making the 15th maximum 147 break of his career at the english open in crawley. do you remember what he said?‘ hellhole? he said the venue where it was happening was a hellhole. it smelt of urine. that's what he said. to quote him directly. now we know! nobody else has ever complained! you

know what, you're always going to get obvious... 0r unsolicited unguarded remarks from ronnie o'sullivan. which is why we love him. you're going to look at the papers with us in a minute. the wembley story, it is really... really divisive, peter shilton going i'm really pleased, and lots of people with kids, taking them to football, thinking, hang on, all that money! does it really need to be owned by the football association? hold that thought while we say good morning to matt, who's got the weather for us. good morning. i have good news in the weather forecast. lovely autumn day for the majority after a chilly start if you're waking up in scotland, northern ireland, temperatures close to freezing, “i! in katesbridge in county down but it will brighten up to be a lovely day for the day ahead. mist and fog this

morning across parts of east anglia in particular and through the english channel there is cloud from the weather front yesterday producing the odd shower close to the channel islands. for the vast majority it is a dry day with cloud increasing through the hebrides and the highlands later on, but lots of sunshine, lovely autumn afternoon, might winfor sunshine, lovely autumn afternoon, might win for the majority and temperatures roughly around where they should be for the time of year -- light they should be for the time of year —— light winds. around 12 to 17 degrees. into the evening on a fine night with a lovely sunset for many but through the night the lightest winds in england and wales where cabbages drop the furthest with mist and fog patches and cool conditions —— where temperatures drop the furthest. close to freezing in one or two places. not a school in scotla nd or two places. not a school in scotland and northern ireland because of the weather front starting to work in. high pressure in charge for the vast majority. so for england and wales it should be a fine autumn day after the a chilly start. mist and fog clearing, a breeze, cloud in northern and western areas, but through scotland western areas, but through scotland we will see outbreaks of rain spread

eastwards, not everyone will see that, especially in the east, sunshine comes out later. northern ireland, fairly cloudy for the day with a chance of a shower. later on northern england and wales will be cloudy but really fine conditions continue. friday night into saturday morning we will see temperatures drop not too far but mist and fog could be an issue in england and wales and through the midlands and wales and through the midlands and wales it could the very foggy, a lovely start to the weekend, variable cloud in northern ireland and scotland, most will be dry with sunshine, the best in the north—east, 18 possible, showers in the highlands, around 18 in eastern england on saturday. so not a bad start to the weekend. the area of high pressure that gives us find weather is with us in seven areas into sunday. another weather front which is in further north. —— into southern areas on sunday. some sunshine at times on sunday and showers around. most persistent in

the highlands and islandss. more of a breeze. and while we have some dry weather to the south and east it will be a bit more cloudy than saturday. all in all it doesn't look like a bad few days for many. i have more update through the morning. thanks very much. now to look through the papers. and we will start with the daily mail. "another year in brexit limbo?" is the headline in the daily mail. it comes after a senior eu diplomat said theresa may was ready to consider a plan to delay britain's exit to the end of 2021. a one—year extension is supposedly up a one—year extension is supposedly up until now possibility. brexit is dominating many of the front pages. the guardian says the prime minister "failed to unblock the brexit talks" in brussels and eu leaders were irritated that she arrived at the summit without "new ideas" to solve the irish border problem. actor danny dyer is pictured as he's taking part in a new history series. the daily telegraph also leads on mrs may's summit

in brussels and suggests she is trying to "play for time" by considering extending the brexit transition period. the picture is of the play company, the latest play by steven sondheim. the daily mirror leads on an interview with the mother of poisoned russian ex—spy sergei skripal. she says she wants to see him before she dies but even a phone call could risk the life of mr skripal. so she says she fears she won't ever see him again. and benjoins us so she says she fears she won't ever see him again. and ben joins us now. good morning. two nice stories this morning. when you're out for dinner what is the rule you have on mobile phone use? don't. don't. quite right. this is a story that says most can't make it through dinner without checking their phone. yougov surveyed 2000 people. 55% said they can't survive getting through dinner. we have a rule in the house

that you have to put your phone facedown on the table. the first person who picks up the phone has to pay the bill. so clearly the stays oi'i pay the bill. so clearly the stays on the table. 53% said they can't get through dinner without looking at it. it plays into the narrative of how much we look and whether we are dependent on it. these figures this morning laid clear that we are still addicted to the smart phones. there's also a story the telegraph that i like... i am surprised it is as low as 53%. that i like... i am surprised it is as low as 5396. if you take the age—group... as low as 5396. if you take the age-group. .. people as low as 5396. if you take the age-group... people who have phones, i assume they have phones. not necessarily. when you have your phone on the table, does anyone say, look, i know that we have the rule about the phones, but my na... no exception. if your is ill, you can't check your phone over dinner? you don't care about family. well, he

goes, i will check mine because i also... it is so annoying. you just can't. it is so irritating. all of the extra rules. this is not how the game works. i love this in the telegraph, man—size tissues, we know what they are, kleenex, the man—size tissues, black, very masculine, well, apparently no longer because they have said it is gender discrimination so they are called extra large tissues. they should call them ben sized tissues. that would be fine because it would be related to physical attributes not just the fact that i am a man. yes. yes. the times have gone on the wembley story in quite a big way, if you could hold out for me, charlie. henry winter wrote this piece about the shameful betrayal of the nation's children that the sale could have made a huge difference to notjust sport but could have made a huge difference to not just sport but to the fitness of britain's children. but down here in

this corner they have a picture of gary neville who it might surprise you argues that wembley should not be sold. he says it should be kept by the fa. he has another idea which is quite clever. he says there should be a tax levied on agents whenever they make a sale. then there would be a cut to grassroots or into the fa every time there is an agent who sells a footballer. if you think about it the amount of money that circulates through that business, that would be a great idea. the business thing is fascinating. does it make money? does it generate profit? that is a very good question. i doubt it very much. the man who wanted to buy it wanted to use it in a sense as a crown jewel if you like, as a marketing ploy for different sports, nfl, bring that over as well, in which case it might have made money. they use it for those purposes now. yes, they do. concerts and... yes. the back of the mirror, my favourite

page," shut it", rio ferdinand, gary neville, you haven't heard me say that, have you, and ijust like the teacher, apparently... what is the story? manchester united players annoyed because former players working as pundits are so highly critical at the moment and if you listen to paul scholes talking about his club he has been really brutally honest and spoken very passionately about what's going wrong with the current team and they don't like it and they want them to keep quiet. that is why they were hired. they are doing theirjob. and they have been and got the t—shirt. are doing theirjob. and they have been and got the t-shirt. they know how it works. isn't it the feeling that when you have been part of manchester united that you have a loyalty to your old team. we did that with michael carrick last week and he kind of shoved away those questions. he hated that. he wouldn't talk about it. we tried to

get him to talk aboutjose mourinho. there is a feeling in the book of solidarity among manchester united players. when one of them criticises... players. when one of them criticises. . . there players. when one of them criticises... there is solidarity among that generation of manchester united players. whether it is around now, who knows? good point. thank you. when it comes to domestic abuse, society has been getting better at recognising that men can suffer too, and in many cases are the victims of violence. but many men don't realise they have the power by law, to ask police if their partner has an abusive history, and campaigners say it's putting them at risk. katy austin reports. the domestic violence ian suffered at the hands of his former partner had a huge impact. i have some permanent scars from the assaults. when she told me she was going to kill me, she definitely intended to kill me, she definitely intended to kill me. in -- nally campaign for the mankind initiative and says

people should ask for the partner's history, which can be done under the domestic violence disclosure scheme known as clare's law after claire woods was murdered by her ex and i spoke to someone who has used it. woods was murdered by her ex and i spoke to someone who has used itm was more mental abuse i would say. after escaping one controlling relationship, mishka, which is in her new name, asked police if a new boyfriend had any history of police. severe warnings, violence toward women, quite harsh violence which is quite worrying. ian decided to leave him but ian is worried not all men can use the scheme too so he asked the police forces in the country how many men asked for disclosure. 23 forces could provide the gender breakdown and out of those the majority, 18 forces, saw 4% or fewer applications being made by men. what it is not doing is delivering the opportunity for a man to make a choice. that man is subject to a higher level of risk. lincolnshire

police agrees with ian. the force has changed its training and stopped using the female sounding name. clare's law. all our can indications have been change in the domestic violence disclosure scheme and we have to make rather than one for men. whether it will come on par with women using the scheme is a question. however can we increase the amount of applications we get from them? the amount of applications we get from them ? absolutely the amount of applications we get from them? absolutely and that something we aim to do. the home office and national police chiefs' council both told us they are reviewing how the disclosure process is used across the country and how to encourage more people to use their right to know. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning, we've been talking to michael caine. and when you think of him, what's the first thing you think of? it's the voice of course. i can't do without that. much mimicked. it is, yeah. you enjoy that? yes, every time they mimic me

they mention michael caine, oh, yes, good publicity. when people try to do the michael caine voice, what do they get wrong? well they get wrong they get wrong? well they get wrong the fact that miners changed. you know, they go "my name is michael caine, not many people know that", which is an impersonation of me. caine, not many people know that", which is an impersonation of mem is not good. it doesn't sound like my voice. michael caine impersonating himself in about a bad way. he did it very well, though, didn't he? good impersonation of a bad version. is he lovely? very charming and a lot to say about a lot of things, as you can imagine. we will have the whole interview later on. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sara orchard. network rail has said passengers could face more disruption onjourneys to and from paddington station this morning after overhead

power lines were damaged during testing of an electric train. tens of thousands of passengers travelling to and from the south west, wales and heathrow airport had their trains cancelled yesterday. a murder investigation has been launched after a man died following an assault in battersea yesterday evening. emergency services were called to reports of a group of males fighting at charlotte despard avenue. a 46—year—old man was found with injuries and he was later pronounced dead at the scene. next of kin have been informed. a new report's highlighting the experience of male victims of modern slavery in the capital, many of whom are too ashamed or embarrassed to ask for help. research by the charity hestia found over half of male victims had slept rough, putting them at greater risk of being targeted again by criminal gangs in a cycle of slavery and abuse. the report's calling for more support to help men overcome mental health issues and integration. a shortlist of three locations has been announced for a new pedestrian and cycle bridge at nine elms. they are pimlico gardens

to bourne valley wharf, dolphin square to prescot wharf, and grosvenor road—claverton street to kirtling street. it's hoped the bridge will serve the many thousands of new residents and employees of the new developments in the area, while encouraging walking and cycling. let's take a look at the travel situation now. on the tubes this morning, the dlr has minor delays a good service on all other lines. on the trains, following that overhead line damage yesterday great western railway are hopeful of a near—normal service this morning. there is a reduced timetable on the heathrow express, with services every 30 minutes. services on south—western railway between chessington south —— services on south—western railway between chessington south and wimbledon are at a stand due to points failure. on the roads, traffic on the a13 is building westbound heading out of dagenham into barking. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it is another

reasonably mild start this morning but we do have quite a bit of cloud, the cloud however won't last all day. it will thin and break and we will see some spells of sunshine. now one or two spots have a little bit of mist and fog this morning. it will lift, though, then the cloud will lift, though, then the cloud will break up, sunny spells this afternoon and a gentle north—easterly breeze. the temperature faring best in central london at around 17 celsius, a little bit cooler out towards the west and the north. now overnight tonight the cloud will disappear. it isa tonight the cloud will disappear. it is a clear night. the windfalls night. —— light. that could mean mist and fog. potentially more extensive than this morning. the minimum between six and eight celsius. tomorrow morning that mist and fog will take until mid—morning to start to lift. then we will see the cloud thin and break again and sunny spells through the afternoon. i pressure dominates so fairly settled for the next few days. the thing we have to watch out for especially in the morning especially into the week on saturday morning is an extensive mist and fog, and those patches could be quite dense. i'm back with the latest

from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: the dangers that roadside breakdown workers face on a daily basis are serious, even fatal. now there's a campaign to make drivers more aware of their actions. taking a look at the lives of women living with hiv in east africa. we speak to the director who has made it the subject of her feature film. and director mike leigh is here to tell us about his drama peterloo and why democracy is more important than ever before. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. theresa may is reported to be ready to delay the uk's transition out of the eu by another year,

pushing it to the end of 2021. this would give officials more time to resolve the deadlock over the irish border but some brexiteers have reacted angrily, as this means the uk would continue to pay contributions to the eu and abide by its rules. commuters at paddington station are facing another day of disruption after overhead electric wires were severely damaged on tuesday night. many lines are back up and running, but some services will remain closed today while engineers finish the repairs. the cables were damaged during a test run of a new high speed train. paddington, which deals with 90,000 passengers a day, was closed during morning rush hour yesterday. the us has asked turkey for a recording which is said to provide strong evidence that jamal khashoggi was killed inside istanbul's saudi consulate. turkey has accused the kingdom of murdering the 59—year—old journalist there, a claim saudi officials deny. it comes as the washington post published mr khashoggi's last column before his disappearance,

in which he wrote about the importance of a free press in the middle east. the anonymous crime reporting service crimestoppers says it's handling a record number of phone calls and online messages. the charity says one reason is that some callers are struggling to get through to the police. officialfigures, to be released this morning, are expected to show a further increase in recorded crime in england and wales. the duke and duchess of sussex have been greeted by thousands of wellwishers on the third day of their official 16—day tour of australia. the couple met members of the public during a visit to melbourne's royal botanical gardens earlier before going on to meet youngsters involved in sporting and environmental projects. their visit coincides with this yea r‘s invictus games, which will be held in sydney later this month. a question for you... what sounds like a cat but looks like a bird? not the start to a bad joke but a genuine description of a north

american bird gracing our shores now. what would you call it if it is grey and sounds like a cat? the grey catbird has drawn thousands of keen birdwatchers to near lands end in cornwall, where it has been spotted for only the second time in the uk. if you haven't seen it, hopefully you will have seen a picture. the bird is about the size of a song thrush and it's called a catbird as it makes a rather unique sound of a cat meowing. and if you've ever wondered what a catbird sounds like, wonder no more. listen to this. it does sound a little bit like a cat. sally isn't impressed. i love your face cat. sally isn't impressed. i love yourface then! cat. sally isn't impressed. i love your face then! are we on television, is this really happening? you now know if you're hearing that sound, it is a catbird. runaway, if i heard that i would be lacing up my pumps. scary! does your

cat sound like that? no. it isn't a catbird. it sounds like a cat in distress. that's why it makes me a bit itchy, don't like that. what's going on at wembley stadium? there it is, there we go. look, behind you, there. wembley stadium, that's what we're talking about this morning. there was a bid to buy it for £600 million from a wealthy gentlemen, the bid has been on the table for some time. there was a plan to sell it to this man, the american billionaire shahid khan, who had offered to pay more than £600 million for the national stadium, with the money to be ploughed into grass roots football. well he's now withdrawn that offer, with the fa's chief executive martin glenn saying that the sale was more divisive than expected. loads of arguments on both sides. here's england's record caps holder, peter shilton. i'm pleased. i was against the sale because i think wembley has got so much tradition and history, and it's a fantastic stadium, and i think a country like england should have a stadium like that. that sort of money would have

made a difference, but, that money can easily get evaporated down at the lower levels, and i think we are producing a good line of players. that's one side of the art and, saying the football association should hold onto wembley but lots of people involved in grassroots football. —— side of the argument. some of the pitches are bad, disgraceful pitches get cancelled because of the weather, they are frozen, waterlogged or a lot of the time they simply aren't clean. you know what's good about this in a way, when we were looking through the papers earlier, its raise the issue of the money being needed at grassroots level, so where should it be? agents' fees. there was the idea from gary mabbutt to put a tax on a

fee when a player gets bought. it sounds genius. maybe there's something needs to be done about that. the fa not able to sell wembley to that particular gentleman. the weather couldn't stop england winning the third one—dayer against sri lanka. yet another rain delay saw the match reduced to 21 overs per side. the ecb had to justify the decision to tour sri lanka in monsoon season. adil rashid doiung the damage for england with the ball, before ben stokes polished off a seven wicket win to give them a 2—0 lead with two to play. a big day for eddiejones today. he names his squad for the autumn internationals at 9:30am, but he has a massive injury list. prop mako vunipola the latest to join it with a calf strain. england are also without his brother billy, chris robshaw, joe launchbury and sam simmonds, while nathan hughes will miss three of the four games through suspension. we'll be talking about that later on this morning. it was a mixed night for the two british clubs left in the women's champions league.

karen carney‘s penalty gave chelsea a 1—0 win in theirfirst leg against fiorentina, but they could've had more goals were it not for an outstanding performance from the italian's goalkeeper stephanie ohrstrom, it included this brilliant quadruple save in the final stages, and it leaves chelsea with work to do for the second leg in florence. scottish champions glasgow city are heading out of the competition though after losing their first leg 5—0 to barcelona. glasgow made the quarter finals of this competition in 2015 but they're still an amateur side while the spanish side have brought together some of the biggest names in the women's game. talking about big—name stockpot. —— talking about big names... thierry henry has been presented as the new manager of french side monaco. the former arsenal striker also started his playing career with the south of france club, and he'll have to hit the ground

running as monaco are currently in the bottom three of ligue un. henry was quick to point out the influence that arsene wenger had on him as he embarks on his own managerial career. arsene unlocked a lot of stuff in my mind, you know? made me understand what it was to be a professional, what it was to be a professional, what it was to be a professional, what it was to perform. i will never forget that. you guys know the relationship i had with him so it goes without saying i will always carry some of the stuff that he was doing, obviously, as i said, and as i always say, you learn from people, that they inspire you. he's inspiring. he is inspiring. if you were to ask about who you want to be your manager to lift you from the bottom of the table, thierry henry. may be for that club but not proven. he's got the passion and reputation. he's got the reputation asa reputation. he's got the reputation as a player... we'll see what happens. doesn't always translate, does it? but he's certainly

inspirational. earlier this week ronnie o'sullivan complained that the english open venue in crawley was a hellhole that smelt of urine. i'm quoting him directly. sounds great, doesn't it? ronnie o'sullivan made the 15th maximum 147 break of his career at the english open in crawley. the five—time world champion compiled the feat in his 4—0 second round victory against allan taylor. he will have to share the £17,000 bonus prize. that will buy quite a lot of effort and! maybe he will donate it and they can clean the toilets! —— that will buy quite a lot of air freshener. dan is from crawley, he defended crawley really passionately. having been many a time, i wouldn't say i've ever noticed that. and nobody else complained apart from him, nobody! anyway, moving on. johanna konta is through to the quarter—finals of the kremlin cup. the brit came through a tough three set battle against australia's daria gavrilova in moscow. it's been a rocky season for konta so far, but she has looked in better

form since splitting with her coach michaeljoyce after less than a year together. i don't have a catbird for you but i do have a cat. and finally, have a look at this, there was an unexpected visitor on court for sloane stephens‘ match, also in the kremlin cup. a cat, finding its way into the indoor arena for the american's last 16 clash against ons jabeur in moscow. we're not quite sure how it made it into the closed arena but it made it a pretty quick exit. you two are the cat experts, very catlike behaviour! just get out of their! where am i, i don't want to be here, i'm off! ——just their! where am i, i don't want to be here, i'm off! —— just get out of there. back to one of our main stories now, and commuters at paddington station are facing a second morning of delays and cancellations after overhead electrical wires were severely damaged on tuesday night. we're joined now by tony miles from the modern railways magazine, who can explain why this has caused such widespread disruption. do you want to start with some of the basics. we've seen the crowds, we know it caused all sorts of disruption, can you explain in layman's terms what happened to this train and the lines above? the train

was on test, carrying out test runs, they have to do 2000 miles of fault free running before they can be used for passengers. a brand—new train. these trends that come in on diesel engines, running on electricity, they can switch between the two while going. it was doing the test when it switched to electric the driver pressed the button that raises the thing on the roof that connects with the overhead line to get the electricity and it didn't raise properly. from the cctv they've got it bounced around instead of nicely contacting with the wire and slipped around the wire, caught up in the bits that hold the wire up and brought it down. it wasn't that it wasn't connecting, it got tangled. yes. somewhere all the perfectly designed air systems that raise it and hold it there and the springs that hold it there and the springs that hold it in place and everything didn't work properly, and unfortunately once it's there, it got caught up and once it's going along, until the

driver knows there's something wrong, it was dragging it across the tracks. are these wires that would also be used for other trains not on test? yes. that's the delay, how long will that take to fix? this is the problem, that that of mine was electrified in the 19905 by british rail, it was slightly on the cheap in that it used a system that holds the wires up that means if you bring one down, you tend to dislodge the wire5 one down, you tend to dislodge the wires on all the adjacent track5 one down, you tend to dislodge the wires on all the adjacent tracks as well. that's why it's caused chaos, it's affected the power wire5 well. that's why it's caused chaos, it's affected the power wires on the track5 alongside the train, notjust the one the train was on. it begs a lot of questions, can you write this off as an accident? things can happen. other people might say how can it possibly be that something with so much money in development can do that when it goes on a real track? that's something you obviously trying to stop. it's incredibly rare, train5 obviously trying to stop. it's incredibly rare, trains are doing it globally every day, raising their

pantographs globally every day, raising their pa ntograph5 to get globally every day, raising their pantographs to get electricity. the euro 5tar doe5 pantographs to get electricity. the euro 5tar does it between countries every day, that's never happened with one of those train5 —— eurostar. a freak occurrence and extra frea k eurostar. a freak occurrence and extra freak given its out of a mainline station on a bit of infrastructure meaning the damage was more extensive than on some of the new lines. in the short-term, no more trials for that particular locomotive? they have to test that train, it has to prove it can do 2000 miles without other problems before they will buy it. it's one of tho5e. .. it is before they will buy it. it's one of tho5e... it is a freak event, one of the lessons learned, they will check there isn't something generically wrong with them. i've never heard of anything quite this serious happening on the train that's on te5t —— a train. happening on the train that's on test -- a train. do these lines come down very often? it does tend to happen, normally it is bad weather, very strong winds can blow them out of alignment. occasionally a little component will fail and they get caught on the train. but it's very rare, and the new stuff their

putting up is much more robust. lots of people had a miserable day —— they are putting it up. —— they are putting up. thanks very much for coming in. we tried 5omeone putting up. thanks very much for coming in. we tried someone else and you were the only one available, so have a try, think of it as a trial. good morning. nota bad have a try, think of it as a trial. good morning. not a bad day in store. if you're about to head out in scotland, northern ireland, northern england, grab your gloves and scarf, chilly, temperatures in cou nty and scarf, chilly, temperatures in county down around “4, one degree in durham, cold enough for some frost, but it will be a lovely, crisp, fresh autumn start. mi5t and fog around east anglia and there is some cloud around the english channel producing showers to the channel islands. later through the day the highlands and islands have the cloud

and isolated showers. for the vast majority it is the perfect autumn day. temperatures where they should be for the time of year, light wind5, sunny conditions and most will be dry as well. tonight we see the dry and clear whether in england and wales with mi5t the dry and clear whether in england and wales with mist and fog. temperatures will drop further. chilly night5. —— weather. scotland and northern ireland, not as cold as the nightjust gone because you have this weather front edging in into friday to bring a slightly different day for the end of the working week. i pressure in charge for england and wale5 so after a chilly start with mi5t wale5 so after a chilly start with mist and fog it will be fine. —— high—pressure. scotland will see some rain spreading eastwards. it will be brightening up later. northern ireland will have the odd shower and variable cloud. it will be cloudy in northern england. for mo5t be cloudy in northern england. for most of you is should be a fine day. what will follow will be a clear

night across england and wales. and a greater chance of some fog into saturday morning. that time of year where the fog will linger longer. midlands and wales could be foggy until the middle of the day. england and wales have a dry day with sunny spell5. better. when the northern ireland can pay to friday. showers in the north and west —— better weather in northern ireland thursday to friday. and to start the weekend onafine to friday. and to start the weekend on a fine note, we have this recurring pattern. on sunday, another weather front is a go at scotla nd another weather front is a go at scotland and northern ireland with occasional rain mo5t persistent across the highlands and islands. bright conditions in between. quite a breeze on sunday. for england and wale5 it should be a fine day. isolated in the north and west. mo5t will be dry. variable 5un5hine. pleasa nt will be dry. variable 5un5hine. pleasant in the sunshine. temperatures on sunday 11! to 17 degrees. that is how it is looking.

i hope i passed the test. no, you didn't. try again in half an hour. we'll do. lots of problems on the high street. you would think the last thing they need a higher bu5ine55 rate5 you would think the last thing they need a higher bu5ine55 rates but that appears to be what they are getting. yes, and energy prices seem to go up quickly. if they change, they don't come down as quickly and thatis they don't come down as quickly and that is a problem for retailers. ye5, good morning. ye5, soaring bu5ine55 rate5 have been blamed for a lot of the problems facing our high streets. it's the tax that businesses must pay, and it's been getting steadily more expensive. it's based on what's known as the rateable value — determined by the size of the premises and the location. it's adjusted every year in line with september's inflation figure. we got that yesterday — and it means rates will go up by 2.4%. that means an extra £728 million on tax bills for businesses

across the country. the hardest—hit sector i5 retail where they will pay some £186 million. i'm joined by robert hayton, a business rate5 expert who advi5e5 some of the biggest names on the high street. good morning to you. we touched on how these things are determined and it is how these things are determined and it i5a how these things are determined and it is a slightly weird formula to work out how much rate5 people should be paying in the first place. it is should be paying in the first place. it i5a should be paying in the first place. it is a relatively simple way to work out the rateable value. it is an estimate of the rental value of the commercial property, all valued on the same date to create a level playing field. the business rate company will pay is the product of the rateable value, the business rate, the uniform bu5ine55 rate increa5e5 rate, the uniform bu5ine55 rate increases in april in line with inflation from the previous september. so therefore we have the

city yesterday that was at 2.4%, rate5 city yesterday that was at 2.4%, rates will go up, which some say is the last thing that high—street need, they have stalked about it is one of the biggest thing is faced by retailers. —— talked. one of the biggest thing is faced by retailers. -- talked. it will go down quite badly for retailers. they are facing the perfect storm of competition from online retail busine55e5. competition from online retail businesses. i think the chancellor should do next week in his budget, he should seriously consider and seriously freeze the inflation increase on the business rate. that won't solve the problem on the high 5treet. won't solve the problem on the high street. it will say to retailers that government is supporting them. why do they seem to go up quickly?

soap, the 2.4% from the september inflation figure will come into force quite quickly —— so. so high—street i5 force quite quickly —— so. so high—street is in decline, fewer people pa55 high—street is in decline, fewer people pass your shop, rate5 don't come down quickly. they don't. business rates are revalued on a cyclical ba5i5. business rates are revalued on a cyclical basis. the current rateable value came into effect on april, 2017. before that, they came in in 2010. there was a period when rent5 on commercial properties on rent5 changed. a lot of areas 5aw increa5e5 changed. a lot of areas 5aw increases in rateable valuable and he increase was quite dramatic. what also happened was some businesses saw a reduction in the level of rent that they were paying. the rateable value fell. the deep unfairne55 in the system is the amount by which the system is the amount by which the liability falls i5 collared. the system is the amount by which the liability falls is collaredlj ju5t the liability falls is collaredlj just wanted to talk about the level

playing field. you said that the rate5 playing field. you said that the rates have not come down as quickly. we know that amazon and online retailers have a relatively unfair playing field. they don't pay big rents. they have warehouses out of town. there was a proposal to tax online retailers to make it fair. do we have a better 5y5tem? should the reform of business rate5 come into force ? reform of business rate5 come into force? the first thing to recognise i5 force? the first thing to recognise is the modern system came in in 1990 before the digital economy. it is not a good system to level the playing field between traditional brick5 playing field between traditional bricks and mortar retailers and digital busine55e5. and the on—line sales tax or something of that nature would be much more effective and afairway nature would be much more effective and a fair way to deal with that 5y5tem. business rates are too high. the compound effect of inflation between 2010 and now has seen busine55e5 suffer the increase of 20% busine55e5 suffer the increase of 2096 in busine55e5 suffer the increase of 20% in their business rate5

liabilities. maybe the online sales tax could level the playing field and some of the money could be ring—fenced in order to offer some incentives to retailers to improve high—street i5 incentives to retailers to improve high—street is or offer discounts on bu5ine55 rates. high—street is or offer discounts on business rates. interesting to see if that happened and maybe in the budget we will have news. robert, nice to see you. thank you. let us know what you make of this. such a fascinating area. we talk about it a lot. if you're a business, let us know what you make of the increase. your bills are set to go up on the inflation figure yesterday. you can get in touch with us on twitter or facebook and get straight in touch with us and talk about that later on the programme. more after 7am. thank you. you have been talking to michael caine. he has a book out which is a combination of acting tips and the be5t namedropping you have ever heard in your life. i spoke to him about his new book, it's called blowing the bloody doors off and other life lessons, and, as you would expect,

it's filled with great stories from his extraordinary life. movie acting and blinking, you don't blink unless you are playing a part in which you are having a nervous rate down. then you blink a lot. people blink a lot if they are not sure of themselves. people don't understand when you are talking to people and listening to people people and listening to people people who are not actors don't blink. they listen like that.|j people who are not actors don't blink. they listen like that. i am paranoid now because i am thinking and my blinking too much? you have blinked, you blank, you have our blinked, you blank, you have our blink everybody. no matter how much success blink everybody. no matter how much 5u ccess you blink everybody. no matter how much success you have had, you are always thinking, what if it stops here? is seems extraordinary given this excessive have had. it could stop after your first move. if it didn't work you are out. i have made quite a lot of duff movies and i thought oh my god. i was always re5cued. i

would do three duck movies than a great big hit and i was all right again. iju5t kept working. also i needed the money. i was broke until i was 30. and i needed the money. i was broke until iwa5 30. and i had never needed the money. i was broke until i was 30. and i had never had any money. and the money was good. to 5ay money. and the money was good. to say the least. one of your first auditions, the director who watches it said, that was the worst audition i have ever seen. yes, and it was simon enfield and he gave me zulu and he said, i am very sorry, you don't have a phone? i said i can't afford a phone. he said we ca5t james booth. i said that's all right. i have been turned down. and i was walking out and he said, can you do a posh accent? i said i can do any accent. and he gave me a screen te5t do any accent. and he gave me a screen test and he said that was the worst screen te5t screen test and he said that was the worst screen test i have ever seen. he said! worst screen test i have ever seen. he said i was practically doing it in my trousers with nerves. because

i get very nervous. and he said i don't know, there is something about you. i will give you the part. and he did. one of the things on class in england was that, me being cockney, had he been an english director, even if he was a left—wing communist, he would not have given me that part. i promise you. i will tell my man to clean your kit. don't bother. no bother. iwill clean tell my man to clean your kit. don't bother. no bother. i will clean it myself. class was kind of the discrimination you had to deal with. the me too movement and people recounting what happened to them in the movies happened during your time and it has unfolded. yes, i did three picture5 and it has unfolded. yes, i did three pictures with harvey wein5tein andi three pictures with harvey wein5tein and i know him very well. i knew he was a bit of a lad with the women, you know what i mean. it was not serious. but my idea of casting couch was quite innocent. what it is i5 couch was quite innocent. what it is is the young actre55 comes in, she

gets the part, he says i want you to do something for me and she says, i won't do it and he says, well, you haven't got the part, get out. now i realise that was terribly unfair and he shouldn't be doing it but i never realised there was any sexual a55ault realised there was any sexual assault of any kind. it was called the casting couch, it was almost a joke. i am sure no producer would dare to make a sexual pa55 joke. i am sure no producer would dare to make a sexual pass for a role at a young actre55 now. dare to make a sexual pass for a role at a young actress now.|j dare to make a sexual pass for a role at a young actress now. i have to ask you, john wayne, who you met on several occasions, he gave you a few acting tips. yes, he did. he 5aid few acting tips. yes, he did. he said in that voice, he would talk like that, talk slow, and don't say too much. so i said oh yes. and he said, another thing, kid, too much. so i said oh yes. and he said, anotherthing, kid, neverwear 5uede shoes. i said what? never wear 5uede shoes. i said what? never wear 5uede shoes. i said what? never wear 5uede shoes. remember i told you you're going to be famous. you're a good actor, boy. he said never wear 5uede shoes. what's going to happen? you will be in the gent‘s toilet and

the guy next to you will see you and go michael caine and he is going to pee all over your shoes. so never wear 5uede shoes. pee all over your shoes. so never wear suede shoes. wise words from the great man! iam very i am very pleased he said that about 5uede shoes, not that i have had that experience, but you have to be careful with 5uede shoes. that experience, but you have to be careful with suede shoes. that is very true. he is a wise man. he tells great stories and it began when he was six years old and he waved goodbye to his dad and he said all of his life is coloured by those moments and why he thinks he has to have work just moments and why he thinks he has to have workju5t in case it goes wrong. it is fascinating. interesting to hear his thoughts on harvey wein5tein and brexit. interesting to have an actor talk about harvey wein5tein. and he has denied all of the allegations that have been made against him. the time now is 6:57am. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sara orchard. a murder investigation has been launched after a man died

following an assault in battersea yesterday evening. emergency services were called to reports of a group of males fighting at charlotte despard avenue. a 46—year—old man was found with injuries and he was later pronounced dead at the scene. next of kin have been informed. a new report's highlighting the experience of male victim5 of modern slavery in the capital, many of whom are too ashamed or embarrassed to ask for help. research by the charity hestia found over half of male victim5 had slept rough, putting them at greater risk of being targeted again by criminal gangs in a cycle of slavery and abuse. a walkway in the queen elizabeth olympic park will be named in memory of the late baroness te55a jowell, who played a major role in securing the london 2012 olympics. the former culture secretary and dulwich mp died in may, a year after she was diagnosed with brain cancer. a private memorial service is taking place for her at southwark cathedral later today. a shortlist of three locations has been announced for a new pedestrian and cycle bridge at nine elms. they are pimlico gardens

to bourne valley wharf, dolphin square to prescot wharf, and grosvenor road/claverton street to kirtling street. it's hoped the bridge will serve the many thousands of new residents and employees of the new developments in the area, while encouraging walking and cycling. let's take a look at the travel situation now. on the tubes this morning, the dlr has minor delays, but a good service on all other lines. on the trains, following the overhead line damage yesterday great western railway are hopeful of a near—normal service, although some alterations are expected on services via maidenhead and twyford during the evening. there is however a reduced timetable for the heathrow express today, with services running every 30 minutes. on the roads, there's northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach — its slow from the woolwich rd flyover. now, the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's another reasonably mild start

out there this morning but we do have quite a bit of cloud. the cloud however won't last all day. it will thin and break and we will see some spell5 of sunshine. now, one or two spots have a little bit of mist and fog this morning. it will lift, though, then the cloud will break up, sunny spell5 this afternoon and a gentle north—easterly breeze. the temperature faring the best in central london at around 17 cel5ius, a little bit cooler out towards the west and the north. now, overnight tonight, the cloud will disappear. it is a clear night. the windfalls light. that could mean again some mi5t and fog patches developing. potentially more extensive than this morning. the minimum between six and eight celsius. tomorrow morning that mist and fog will take until mid—morning to start to lift. then we will see the cloud thin and break again and sunny spell5 through the afternoon. high pressure dominates, so fairly settled for the next few days. the thing we have to watch out for, especially in the morning, especially into the week on saturday morning is extensive mist and fog, and those patches could be quite den5e.

i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual addre55. now though it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: the longer goodbye. number 10 refuse to rule out an extra year before we cut ties with the eu. the dangers facing roadside breakdown workers. the wife of one man who was killed tells us why more needs to be done. it's day three of the royal tour. after shaking hundreds of hands and a trip on the tram, harry and meghan have been on a trip to the beach in melbourne to take part in a cleanup. a £500 million boost for aso5. the online retailer reports a surge in profits and says it's all down to sales of animal print.

in sport, what next for wembley? the national stadium now won't be sold after an american billionaire withdraws his offer to buy it. it might be a bit chilly and frosty for one or two this morning, but a cracking autumn day ahead. will the fine conditions continue onto the weekend? i'll fine conditions continue onto the weekend ? i'll have fine conditions continue onto the weekend? i'll have all the details on breakfast. it's thursday the 18th october. our top story: there5a may is reported to be ready to delay the uk's transition out of the eu by another year, pushing it to the end of 2021. this would give officials more time to resolve the deadlock over the irish border but would mean the uk would continue to pay contributions to the eu and abide by its rules. we can speak now to our a55istant political editor norman smith, who's in westminster. norman, we are leaving, we would've left, but we're still going to have the same relationship as before. how

doe5 the same relationship as before. how does that work? it means basically that life will pretty much carry on as currently in the eu for another year because even though we're technically leaving next march, we've got this two—year transition period already agreed, which means things like freedom of movement, continuing to pay money into the eu, coming under the authority of the european court, that's meant to last for another two years after that but what mrs may is looking at is extending that by a further year, so that would carry on right up to december 2021. and i have to say, i think it's going to provoke a kra katoa of rage think it's going to provoke a krakatoa of rage here at westminster because already tory brexiteers are up because already tory brexiteers are up in arms because they fear actually leaving the orbit of the eu i5 disappearing into never—never land, and they say, look, if you can't come to a deal with the eu over two yea r5, can't come to a deal with the eu over two years, while on earth should you be able to do it over

three years? they take the view it's a sort of unnecessary conce55ion from which mrs may has got nothing in return. and there's the money, if we stay in for another year, we'll have to keep paying cash to brussels, around another £10 billion. and, it doesn't sort the big problem of the northern ireland backstop. so there's huge opposition already building up to this idea, which is perhaps why mrs may hasn't yet signed on the dotted line, she's 5imply floated it as an idea i think to see the sort of reaction it could provoke. but from what i'm hearing, there is trouble ahead if she goes through with this. we'll keep a close eye on that. thanks, norman. rail passengers are being told a near—normal service is likely to run to and from london paddington today but some further disruption is possible. services were delayed or cancelled throughout wednesday. the chao5 was caused by damage to overhead power cables. correspondent jane france5 kelly is at paddington for us now. bring u5

bring us up to date, how is the situation this morning? well, it is very busy and people are arriving a5 normal. i have seen a few cancellations, but that's mostly for the heathrow express, which is on a reduced service. i would say the majority of trains are leaving and arriving at paddington a5 majority of trains are leaving and arriving at paddington as normal. engineers have been working all night to repair the overhead cables that were damaged on tuesday, and they've managed to do that on all they've managed to do that on all the lines bar one, and that won't be taking a electric train5. that will have knock—on effects for twyford and maidenhead stations. people, though, are being urged to check before they come because things are still before they come because things are 5till settling down. now, the damage was caused by an hitachi te5t train that was going between bristol and london on tuesday, and that is part

ofa london on tuesday, and that is part of a £500 million investment programme by gwr into its high—speed rolling stock. thank you very much. the latest there from paddington station on the problems they've been enduring. the washington post has published a final column by jamal khashoggi, the journalist who disappeared after he visited saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul two weeks ago. turkey has accused the kingdom of murdering him there, a claim saudi officials deny. in the opinion piece, mr khashoggi makes an appeal for a free media and freedom of expression in the arab world. from washington, here's chris buckler. no matter what the investigations and searches finally discover, there seems to be a growing acceptance that jamal khashoggi will not be found alive. in5ide that jamal khashoggi will not be found alive. inside the saudi consulate in istanbul, he disappeared and the claims that he was interrogated, tortured and murdered here are becoming more and

more difficult for saudi arabia to 5imply deny. a5 more difficult for saudi arabia to 5imply deny. as a turkish crime scene investigation team left the saudi consulate's istanbul re5ident5, saudi consulate's istanbul residents, the washington post published jamal khashoggi's last common, an article which they say showed a passion for freedom, freedom they believe he gave his life for. in the opinion police, he writes that the jailing of journalists and a taxonomy the in the arab world no longer carry the consequence of a backlash from the international community ——, attacks on the media —— a taxonomy dear. donald trump has done nothing to distance himself from saudi arabia, america's middle east ally —— attacks on the media. they are a tremendous purchaser of not only

military equipment but other things. there is pressure for saudi arabia to give some kind of explanation for what happened after jamal to give some kind of explanation for what happened afterjamal khashoggi was pictured entering its consulate. and with claims that there's more evidence of a gruesome killing in5ide evidence of a gruesome killing inside this consulate, the voices international outrage are only likely to grow louder. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. low—cost airline cobalt has cancelled all flights according to a statement on its website. the carrier, which flies to cyprus from heathrow, gatwick, stansted and manchester, has suspended operations. it's reported that cobalt had failed to reach a deal with a potential new investor. the duke and duchess of sussex have been greeted by thousands of wellwishers on the third day of their official 16—day tour of australia. the couple met members of the public during a visit to melbourne's royal botanical gardens earlier before going on to meet youngsters involved in sporting and environmental projects. their visit coincides with this yea r‘s invictu5 game5, which will be held in sydney later this month. be headed down to the beach and they

learned about efforts to minimise threat5 learned about efforts to minimise threats to wildlife —— they headed down to the beach. a bit later in the programme we will be speaking to our correspondent hywel griffith, who is in melbourne for us. one other story, what sounds like a cat, but looks like a bird, not a bad joke but the genuine description ofa bad joke but the genuine description of a north american bird that's turned up in cornwall. the grey catbird has drawn thousands of birdwatchers to land's catbird has drawn thousands of birdwatchers to lands end and it's only the second time it's been spotted in the uk. binoculars and telescopes to hand, they came today to sennen to catch a glimpse of the catbird, a species native to north america. we have just stepped away from the group, because the name of the game here is notjust patience, but also silence. the twitchers are poised with their cameras and it really is a waiting game. what's it like when you're waiting and you actually spot it? it's not pleasurable, i have to say. oh, there it goes. 0h! it's just gone past us. oh, it's just flown

right over our heads. that was timing, wasn't it? it's extremely 5tressful, i have to say. and then when you have a ao—odd—minute wait and it pops up, it's like relief. their patience was eventually rewarded. it's been blown across by the winds we've had recently. the conditions that brought it across here. it's a very rare bird in the uk. it does not belong here. it's a migratory 5pecie5 in the states, and it makes like a catlike noise, which is why it's called a catbird. many travelled hundreds of miles today, so a lot depended on this little bird. i think this is about the longest i have had to wait for a specific bird without giving up. relief. i set out at five o'clock this morning so it's relief. i have to drive back now. it's not known how long the bird will survive here, but that is not stopping tho5e keen to catch a glimpse while they can. observant

observa nt viewers will observant viewers will notice that we didn't hear the bird during that report. just so you know, listen carefully a nd report. just so you know, listen carefully and you will hear the catbird. so, you can do side for yourself, does it sound like a combination of a cat and a bird? i have three cats, none of them sound like that. does that sound like a combination of a cat and a bird? depends on the cat, depends on the bird. can we hear that again? it's causing technical problems. we can... it's coming. you tell us you all you. get in touch with us the usual way on twitter or an e—mail —— you can tell us your view. spotted in cornwall. let's look at the papers, one story

dominating the papers. the front page of the sun, you can see what they've done here. this is the suggestion, transition period... theresa may apparently in the meeting in brussels suggesting she might consider extending that transition period by an extra year. that would effectively be three yea rs that would effectively be three years after that march date. that is our lead story this morning. lots of reaction coming in. we're hearing from our political correspondents that that idea is not going down well domesticly. we spoke to norman, our deputy political editor earlier, damian grammaticas is in brussels as well. there have been frosty meetings between theresa may and eu leaders, so i'm wondering how this is going to play out? there have. naga, the last summit in salt is bird in austria ended up very acrimoniously.

—— salzburg. that was a bust up. here it's been more of a loving but no substantive progress. the eu leaders came out saying very nice things. theresa may showing she wa nts to things. theresa may showing she wants to reach a deal and they believe it is possible, they said, but they haven't set a date to meet again to sign something off. no deadlines for that. they have this idea now, that's all it is, that's been inserted to the process that you could extend that transition period. now, what this is, this is the time after the uk leave the eu next year... from two years, extended up to three years, essentially you freeze the situation, the uk is out but acts as if it's inside, follows the eu rules. benefits from the free trade, the single market and customs union, all that sort of stuff, but has to pay in and accept free movement of

people, can't sign trade deals. the reason for that... or offering that is there is a sensible negotiating reason, it gives more time to sort out the irish border issue and makes sure that problem is dealt with. politically in the uk, though, very difficult because people would see that, and as you're hearing this morning they already do, delaying the date at which the uk would leave the date at which the uk would leave the eu structures and implement those trade deals and all the rest. a balance between sensible possibly for negotiating reasons but difficult politically. thanks very much, thanks for bringing us up to date. damian grammaticas in brussels. the time is 7:14am and now it is time to talk to matt about the weather. good morning. a lovely day

for the vast majority but if you're in scotland, northern ireland, you will be searching for the gloves if they are stuck at the back of the cupboard. temperatures at the moment down to “i! in northern ireland, cou nty down to “i! in northern ireland, county down, —3 in aberdeenshire, even edinburgh around one degree at present. so it is a cool start particular further north. present. so it is a cool start particularfurther north. mist present. so it is a cool start particular further north. mist and fog in the south to clear in the morning quite readily. more clout through the english channel with a chance of a shower. later on maybe a shower into the hebrides, orkney and shetland. really for most of you it isa shetland. really for most of you it is a cracking autumn day after a chilly start. temperatures where they should be, 12— 16 degrees, mostly dry with decent sunshine. into tonight, clear skies england and wales leading to mist and fog patches and this is where temperatures will drop furthest. frost in some rural areas. not as cold in scotland and northern ireland into tomorrow because of the front is coming in to stop the day, bringing cloud, a breeze and some

rain, moving west to east, not much in eastern areas, showers through northern ireland and maybe into the north of england. sunshine does follow in the wake of the cloudy start across scotland and northern ireland. for much of england and wales, fine conditions, more cloud than today, especially further north, but most have sunny spells. dry conditions into saturday but fog could be an issue on saturday in the morning in wales and the midlands, until lunchtime to clear for one or two, most get off to a flier for the weekend, best in the south and east, more cloud for western scotland with the outside chance of a shower. most places will be dry and a bit milder. 18 in aberdeenshire and maybe 18 in eastern england. we start that we can find because high pressure is with us, in southern areas on sunday, but the repeating theme at the moment, a weatherfront sunday, but the repeating theme at the moment, a weather front pushes

m, the moment, a weather front pushes in, so the chance of rain, it won't bea in, so the chance of rain, it won't be a wash out, most persistent in the highlands and islands, some bright weather. some showers to end the weekend in northern england and wales, but they have a dry day, the best of the sunshine in the south—east and temperatures around 14- i7 south—east and temperatures around 14— 17 degrees. snow is a long way off for us. let me take you to colorado the other day. it wasn't only stirring quite hard, the local bear has decided to shelter from it, this one taking shelter in the car for a few hours. he soon realised he didn't have his keys and went back to his hardy hole. that's how it's looking. that is the most clever bear! he or shejust looking. that is the most clever bear! he or she just opened the door. and later in the footage gets out and opens the doors on the other side as well. and then starts the engine without the keys, hot wires the car and drives. in those conditions. he isn't that smart, is he? i am glad he is wearing a

seatbelt. safety first. ben isjoining us now and we will talk about the link between the high—street which are struggling, business rates. yes, it is interesting. we have talked about interesting. we have talked about interest rates as the scurge of the high—street because they don't move in tune with the high—street. it is a rough measure of working out how good high—street it is and therefore at council will impose a charge known as a rateable value so that you known as a rateable value so that y°u pay known as a rateable value so that you pay more if you have a big shop ina you pay more if you have a big shop in a popular place. and every year they will work out how much the rates will go up or down and base it on the september inflation figure which we had yesterday at 2.4% so that it means that the business rates will go up another 2.4%, so that means it's going to cost business another £728 million, for

retailers on the high—street it will cost them around a on top of the fees they are already paying, minimum wage charges and the rent, which they say they can't afford. and what happens when the cost goes 7 and what happens when the cost goes up? consumers. then we will pay more in the pocket. then we will think, why go to the high—street when it's cheaper online? that has renewed calls for an amazon tax, but on other online organisations, because it is not a level playing field, they don't pay those rates or taxes so they think that they should have a tax for the online retailer to level it out for everyone so high—street and online pay the same amount. that is being considered. it has caused controversy because the chairmanjohn has caused controversy because the chairman john lewis has caused controversy because the chairmanjohn lewis who you'd expect to support the tax has said that's not the answer and you shouldn't do this because it would distort the market and we all have to compete in the same market. then other organisations including tesco's has said, a tax would be quite useful

because they don't play by the same rules. both businesses have online businesses as well. that is the real challenge, whether you can do both, find a solution to work on the high—street, the shopfront, if you can touch and feel it, but at the same timea can touch and feel it, but at the same time a viable online business, where you can reduce the cost because you have warehouses on the outskirts of town. thank you. let's ta ke let's take you to the other side of the world now. the duke and duchess of sussex have spent much of their official tour of australia looking at the social, economic, and environmental challenges faced by their host nation. this morning they have been walkabout on the beach. our sydney correspondent hywel griffith can tell us more about what they've been up to. this was a couple of hours ago. yes, the day started with a walkabout, where they met hundreds, if not over 1000 people in the botanic gardens, some had queued for hours, some took the day off school, i am sure with

permission, and after that they went to see an exhibition of sport, then they took a tram down here to the beach, south melbourne beach, to ta ke beach, south melbourne beach, to take part in a cleanup. let's speak to some of the people involved. terry, ramona and ross. hundreds came here hoping for a brush with royalty. you wanted to see the royalty. you wanted to see the royalty with a brush. it was fantastic. they took the tram to the beach. they walked on the beach, greeted the schoolkids who had been working with us over the last few years doing surveys, collecting plastic, survey in what we are finding on the beach. what have you been finding, why is it a problem here? this is a large city. we have a lot of plastic bottle tops and as beach patrol it is our mission to keep the beaches clean. so to have royalty co m e keep the beaches clean. so to have royalty come down to endorse what we do is fantastic. what was it like to

see them in action? i didn't see them pick up any letter. see them in action? i didn't see them pick up any letterlj see them in action? i didn't see them pick up any letter. i don't think they picked up the litter, but their presence was great in terms of highlighting the beach patrol organisation and the issues that we are dealing with with plastic pollution. plastic pollution is something around the world recognise as an issue, what do you see wash up here? everything, anything made out of plastic washes up on the beach, but obviously the majority of things are just single use plastic like straws, plastic bags, coffee cups, just used ones and thrown away carelessly, and end up in the day and wash up on the beach. you are actively taking part in that and more generally, what have you thought about the royal visit so far? we have seen huge crowds. do you think people enjoy having the young royals in australia? absolutely, the young royalty is a crore in australia, everyone loves the new wife and harry is a popular

character —— young royalty here in australia. obviously everyone has wa nted australia. obviously everyone has wanted to congratulate them. australia. obviously everyone has wanted to congratulate themlj didn't personally meet them, but kids were able to speak to them and they shall their hand and they were impressed that they were so involved in this global problem —— shook their hand. finally, what are you hoping today will bring? will you have more volunteers? yes, hopefully there is heightened awareness and people come out to volunteer with us. and just in general, further increase the awareness of plastic pollution. all right, terry, ramona, ross, thank you forjoining us here. well, the couple have left melbourne, back to sydney, where the focus is going to be on the invictus games, which begins on saturday. hywell, give us your reflection, people talk about this generation of royals handling themselves

differently, the way they talk to people, integrate with people, what are your reflections from what you have seen? they are definitely hands—on, you can't argue that they haven't been getting among people — a lot of young people, young and old, not so many in between, so teenagers wanting selfies and something for social media, older people feel the heritage, the generational link. an interesting thing in the papers today the suggestion that while thousands have turned out, thousands of others have joined the republican movement, so you can do is associate from the celebrity appeal, and maybe people's views on australia's long—term future and how eventually they want this place to be a republic separate from the head of state 10,000 miles away. it is na in the studio and you talk about the conflicts when the royal family visits, noticed any difference there in the crowd numbers or what people say about the

couple? they have been heralded as the new generation bringing a different image of the royal family over. “ different image of the royal family over. -- naga. people are very familiar with harry, he has been a regular visitor. he spent some time asa regular visitor. he spent some time as a jackaroo working on a cattle station. some of his army service training was done here. so he is what australians like to call a larrikin. someone who likes to have fun. orat larrikin. someone who likes to have fun. or at least a fun image. he had to tone it down recently. fatherhood will mean responsibility. the personal appeal he has and his celebrity wife as well means a lot of people like him even if they don't necessarily buy into the idea that australia will for ever be part of the commonwealth and have the king or queen as head of state. thank you very much. good to speak to you. the scene from melbourne following the walk on the beach. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. there is loads coming up on the programme. including this, it is a

dangerousjob as programme. including this, it is a dangerous job as a roadside breakdown worker. now there is a campaign to make drivers aware of what they are doing on the road when they see a roadside assistance vehicle. we will talk to someone who has been personally affected, who lost a partner, and someone who was with that man when he was hit by a lorry. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sara orchard. a murder investigation has been launched after a man died following an assault in battersea yesterday evening. emergency services were called to reports of a group of males fighting at charlotte despard avenue. a 46—year—old man was found with injuries and he was later pronounced dead at the scene. next of kin have been informed. feltham's showpeople will not face the prospect of having to move from their homes after hounslow council decided it will not include the sites in

its plans for housing. the showpeople have lived in chalets and bungalows on the sites in bedfont lane and station road estate for 100 years and operate fairgrounds all over london. a walkway in the queen elizabeth olympic park will be named in memory of the late baroness tessa jowell, who played a major role in securing the london 2012 olympics. the former culture secretary and dulwich mp died in may, a year after she was diagnosed with brain cancer. a private memorial service is taking place for her at southwark cathedral later today. a shortlist of three locations has been announced for a new pedestrian and cycle bridge at nine elms. they are pimlico gardens to bourne valley wharf; dolphin square to prescot wharf; and grosvenor road/claverton street to kirtling street. it's hoped the bridge will serve the many thousands of new residents and employees of the new developments in the area, while encouraging walking and cycling. let's take a look at the travel situation now. minor delays on the overground.

on the trains, following the overhead line damage yesterday great western railway are hopeful of a near—normal service, although some alterations are expected on services via maidenhead and twyford during the evening. there is however a reduced timetable for the heathrow express today, with services running every 30 minutes. on the roads, there's northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach — its slow from the woolwich rd flyover. now, the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's another reasonably mild start out there this morning but we do have quite a bit of cloud. the cloud, however, won't last all day. it will thin and break and we will see some spells of sunshine. now, one or two spots have a little bit of mist and fog this morning. it will lift, though, and then the cloud will break up, sunny spells this afternoon and a gentle north—easterly breeze. the temperature faring the best in central london at around 17 celsius, a little bit cooler out towards the west and the north. now, overnight tonight,

the cloud will disappear. it's a clear night. the windfalls light. and that could mean again some mist and fog patches developing. potentially a little bit more extensive compared to this morning. the minimum between six and eight celsius. tomorrow morning that mist and fog will take until mid—morning to start to lift. then we will see the cloud thinning and breaking again and sunny spells through the afternoon. high pressure dominates, so fairly settled for the next few days. the thing we have to watch out for, especially in the mornings, especially as we head into the week on saturday morning is extensive mist and fog, and those patches could be quite dense. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. good morning. just coming up to 7:30am. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. theresa may is reported to be ready

to delay the uk's transition out of the eu by another year, pushing it to the end of 2021. this would give officials more time to resolve the deadlock over the irish border but some brexiteers have reacted angrily, as this means the uk would continue to pay contributions to the eu and abide by its rules. joining us from brussels to talk more about this is ryan heath from the news organisation politico europe. ryan, thank you very much for talking to us this morning and joining us. what do you make of this? well, it's better than september. theresa may didn't leave the summit in acrimony, so that's the good news. but it's probably going to be december until we get some kind of result because theresa may needs to minimise the time people like boris and other people opposing her in her party, or on the other side of the house of commons, she needs to make sure they don't have too much time to pull apart a deal. people here in brussels aren't too worried, they're thinking let's wait until we got

news, let's do it in december, we're not going to rush a special summit in november. what will the extension look like? how will it make a difference to us in the uk and our relationship with the eu? it reduces the chances of a crash landing for brexit, those delays at the border people have warned about or people not being sure about their rights if they've moved to spain to retire, for example. it will be easier to protect those people, rather than rushing through an unhappy situation with the irish border, and that's looking more likely if there isn't some kind of deal in the next 6—8 weeks. what's the sticking point when it comes to the irish border? we know the dup has said it's prepared for no deal if it happens, and even comments that it could be quite likely. is that the main point now? absolutely. they've sorted out problems with gibraltar and... so

ireland is the sticking point. either you go for unity, which the dup and conservatives don't want, or you return to violence, because you unleash a pandora's box because you get new control systems at the border or you allow people to return to basically... what shall we say, the nomination all fighting. i think people in brussels are very worried about the good friday agreement —— the nomination fighting. they're worried about a proper border for their own customs. they're trying to protect two areas here and theresa may wants to protect the integrity of the uk. she doesn't want to see the country split up. i know you we re the country split up. i know you were having contact with people inside these meetings, talk to me about what you've been hearing in terms of how theresa may is presenting herself and being viewed by other is you leaders, because it's been frosty, you alluded to salzburg, the frosty meeting in

september. that's right, i've been texting people in the room and people said she had more positive body language last night. it's a difficultjob for theresa body language last night. it's a difficult job for theresa may, body language last night. it's a difficultjob for theresa may, she's attacked on both all sides, she doesn't have a majority for any plan so she has to walk into the room knowing she's not a member of the clu b knowing she's not a member of the club —— on all sides. they say she didn't come with new ideas, so they're not ready to cut her any special slack but they're saying there's room to make progress next time. ryan, thanks very much. ryan heath from politico europe talking to us from brussels. thank you. rail passengers are being told a near—normal service is likely to run to and from london paddington today but some further disruption is possible. services were delayed or cancelled throughout wednesday. the chaos was caused by damage to overhead power cables. paddington, which deals with 90,000 passengers a day, was closed during morning rush hour yesterday. the us has asked turkey for a recording which is said to provide strong evidence that jamal khashoggi was killed inside istanbul's saudi consulate.

turkey has accused the kingdom of murdering the 59—year—old journalist there, a claim saudi officials deny. it comes as the washington post published mr khashoggi's last column before his disappearance, in which he wrote about the importance of a free press in the middle east. the anonymous crime reporting service crimestoppers says it's handling a record number of phone calls and online messages. the charity says one reason is that some callers are struggling to get through to the police. official figures to be released this morning are expected to show a further increase in recorded crime in england and wales. low—cost airline cobalt has cancelled all flights according to a statement on its website. the carrier, which grew to 23 destinations from heathrow, sta nsted, destinations from heathrow, stansted, gatwick destinations from heathrow, sta nsted, gatwick and destinations from heathrow, stansted, gatwick and manchester —— which grew to. they fail to reach a deal with a potential new investor —— which flew to. the airline

deploys around 600 staff. the duke and duchess of sussex have been greeted by thousands of wellwishers on the third day of their official 16—day tour of australia. the couple met members of the public during a visit to melbourne before going on to meet youngsters involved in sporting and environmental projects. the couple then headed down to melbourne beach where they learnt about efforts to minimise threats to wildlife. these are the pictures from melbourne beach, meeting some of the lifeguards, and they‘ re melbourne beach, meeting some of the lifeguards, and they're helping out with a cleanup on the beach. meeting some local youngsters. we're told many thousands of people turned out to see them in the botanical gardens before they took a tram out to the beach. do you know what i would find tricky about a royal walkabout on the beach? sally, you would appreciate this, sand ensues. i don't wearing anything on the beach because even flip—flops rubbed —— sand in shoes. ash rubbed. ——

rubbed... we all need someone to get sand out of our shoes. i'm with you all the way! we're talking about wembley stadium this morning. there it is, as if by magic, that's how good our director is. it's not being sold. it isn't. talks to sell wembley for £600 million have been ongoing for some time now. the idea is the fa would sell wembley stadium, make a huge amount of money and that money would be ploughed into what we call grassroots football. drainage for grassroots football. drainage for grass pitches, artificial pitches, facilities, training rooms, that kind of thing so amateurs who played at the weekend have better facilities during the week. that's what people who watch football would be crying out for because sometimes it can be fairly grim, i can tell you! it's not going to happen... not

now, though, remaining in the hands of the football association for now. —— the football association. there was a plan to sell it to this man, the american billionaire shahid khan, who had offered to pay more than £600 million for the national stadium, with the money to be ploughed into grass roots football. well, he's now withdrawn that offer, with the fa's chief executive martin glenn saying that the sale was more divisive than expected. loads of arguments on both sides. here's england's record caps holder, peter shilton. i'm pleased. i was against the sale because i think wembley has got so much tradition and history, and it's a fantastic stadium, and i think a country like england should have a stadium like that. that sort of money would have made a difference, but, that money can easily get evaporated down at the lower levels, and i think we are producing a good line of players. that's one side of the argument.

gary neville has been very outspoken, he thinks actually what should happen is there should be almost a tax on football agents every time there's a transaction, which is also another great idea. penny for the toughts of england head coach eddiejones this morning. he names his squad for the autumn internationals at 9:30am. but he has a massive injury list. let's have a look at how bad things are. this is the squad that won the six nations grand slam in 2016 when england were at the peak of their powers underjones. here's who he's missing from that squad. look at that! billy vunipola, mako vunipola, joe launchbury, chris robshaw. anthony watson, jonathan joseph are all injured, whilstjoe marler has retired from international rugby. back—rower nathan hughes, not in this picture, will also miss three of the four internationals because of suspension. in lots of ways, that's one of the most important squads he's ever announced in this job. the weather couldn't stop england winning the third one—dayer against sri lanka. yet another rain delay saw the match reduced to 21 overs per side.

the ecb had to justify the decision to tour sri lanka in monsoon season. adil rashid doiung the damage for england with the ball, before ben stokes polished off a seven wicket win to give them a 2—0 lead with two to play. sometimes we just like to show you a really good goal. step forward wayne rooney. he's playing brilliantly for his new club, dc united in america's mls. this is his 10th since joining them in june. they are loving him over there! he's really enjoying his time in the states, you can tell. it was a mixed night for the two british clubs left in the women's champions league. karen carney‘s penalty gave chelsea a 1—0 win in theirfirst leg against fiorentina, but they could've had more goals were it not for an outstanding performance from the italian's goalkeeper stephanie ohrstrom, it included this brilliant quadruple save in the final stages. elsewhere, glasgow city were battered 5—0 by barcelona. amazing, isn't it?

thierry henry has been presented as the new manager of french side monaco. the former arsenal striker also started his playing career with the south of france club, and he'll have to hit the ground running as monaco are currently in the bottom three of ligue 1. henry was quick to point out the influence that arsene wenger had on him as he embarks on his own managerial career. arsene unlocked a lot of stuff in my mind, you know? made me understand what it was to be a professional, what it was to perform. i will never forget that. you guys know the relationship i had with him so it goes without saying i will always carry some of the stuff that he was doing, obviously, as i said, and as i always say, you learn from people, that they inspire you. thierry henry there. earlier this week,

ronnie o'sullivan complained johanna konta is through to the quarter—finals of the kremlin cup. the british number one beat australia's daria gavrilova in moscow. its been a rocky season for konta so far, but she has looked in better form as the season comes to an end and will now play in the quarter—finals. she has had a tough old time, a really tough season after the brilliant season before. she looks in good form now. the same great shape, exciting to see. thanks very much. breakdown recovery workers have a riskyjob. standing on the side of a motorway attempting to fix a car with vehicles rushing past at high speed. there can be terrible consequences. steve godbold was hit by a lorry on the m25 in september last year. the driver was convicted of causing death by careless driving last week. steve's partner, sam cockerill, is here to tell us why she wants to see a change in safety regulations. she's joined by nathan green, whose car steve was attending to when he died. thank you so much both of you for

joining us this morning. sand, sorry for your loss. can you tell us a little bit about the incident itself? obviously he was a recovery driver. he went out to recover a vehicle on the 25. as he was loading his vehicle, he was standing on the ha rd his vehicle, he was standing on the hard shoulder and hit by a lorry and was killed instantly. nathan, you we re was killed instantly. nathan, you were there because it was your car that steve was recovering, what time of day was it? was it particularly busy? how and where were you of the traffic? on the motorway, when you hear the cars, they fly past —— how and where were you. you don't realise how loud and busy it was but it wasjust after realise how loud and busy it was but it was just after 6am —— realise how loud and busy it was but it wasjust after 6am —— how realise how loud and busy it was but it was just after 6am —— how aware we re it was just after 6am —— how aware were you. already at that time it was absolutely busy, cars going completely across all three lanes. dalori, as sam said, hit steve and

then obviously the emergency services came around —— the lorry. was there any warning this lorry... was there any warning this lorry... was it going eu, or were you concentrating on the vehicle? he was concentrating on the vehicle? he was concentrating on the vehicle? he was concentrating on the vehicle —— was it going near you. everything was in slow motion, we heard the vehicle but everything happened so quickly that the lorry hit steve on the hard shoulder pretty instantly. sam, talk to us about what you would like to change? we'd like to make the road safer for the drivers, with change? we'd like to make the road saferfor the drivers, with red lights on their recovery vehicles. it's a danger. it is making people more aware a danger. flashing lights? yes. at the moment, what can they do by way of alerting people? orange lights by way of beacons on their trucks, i think a red light would be better. what's the argument

against a red light? is it confusing it with the emergency services?” think it is proving whether it would make a difference or not, and obviously with the emergency services as well. sam, suppose there's not much awareness by many people. nathan, you alluded to this, when you're standing on the motorway, when people break down they have this, the speed, you don't feel bad in the car so there's a lack of awareness with drivers as well —— feel that. how can be improved? just talking about it, making people aware it's dangerous on the side of the road. i wasn't aware of how dangerous it was until this happened to us. it's just getting the where is out there. do you think there could be guidance, for example, in the highway code —— getting awareness. in the highway code if you see a breakdown recovery vehicle you have to move into the next lane. you're nodding, people didn't do it that time. people don't do it. it's a great detriment.

people should be doing this. if it helps... not this situation happen for other people, and we can help other people, then that's what we're trying to achieve at this point. we're trying to form an all party parliamentary group for mp5 to come on board and join us with what we're trying to make a difference so we can capture and gather real date of what's happening by the roadside. some of this sounds like common sense “— some of this sounds like common sense —— real data. some of this sounds like common sense -- real data. are you frustrated it is there, people are getting killed and injured, but nothing yet has changed? nothing's changed. if the red lights... if we can get lane closures on the motorways, if we could getjust people being aware of what's going on, ido people being aware of what's going on, i do think it could make a difference. something terrible happens like this

and, sam, you are trying to make a difference, ijust wonder, nathan, how this affected you, because you we re how this affected you, because you were there when it happened, he came to help you, how has it impacted your life? greatly, it is something your life? greatly, it is something you don't ever expect to experience and it is notjust seeing him there, beyond that i then had to deliver cpr for about 20 minutes until services arrived, because we were on the m25. it is something you don't forget. instinct just the m25. it is something you don't forget. instinctjust kicked in and you just kind of do it. if you're doing cpr for 20 minutes, i am not the smallest of people, even then that took a lot light of up of me doing it for that period of time. —— life out of me. that is what i don't wa nt life out of me. that is what i don't want anyone to experience. i can't explain it. it is something... it is

quite a personal experience i suppose. i would quite a personal experience i suppose. iwould never want quite a personal experience i suppose. i would never want anyone else to experience what i have. has it been a comfort having each other in your lives? icon cana and what it would have been like for you —— ikard imagine what it would have been like for you to meet him, and for you to meet the love of his life? he is an amazing person. we understand this is difficult for you to talk about. are you getting any satisfaction from the fact that this is being talked about? definitely, i hope it will be a legacy to steve and he has not died in vain. we really appreciate you coming in to chat to us this morning, thank you both. good luck. thank you. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. and temperatures are holding up. over the next few days, yes, in the mornings it is chilly, notjust chilly, it is foggy for some, this

was the view from suffolk a short while ago, i mentioned a chilly start, in parts of scotland, northern ireland and england you will know about that. temperatures still around —3 in county down, —3 in aberdeenshire, anywhere as far south as cheshire, around freezing. some frost around to start the day but what will follow will be a beautiful autumn day. showers in the channel islands, the remnants of yesterday's weather front, little breeze and cloud at times into the highlands and islands and that could bring the odd shower. for the bulk of the uk, 99 per 9% of view, it is a dry day, fairly sunny, and temperatures up to where they should be for this time of year —— 99.9% of you. and that will lead to some mist and fog forming, and with a win this light, this is where we see temperatures drop, so there could be a touch of frost here and there for parts of south—east scotland, northern england, the midlands and

wales most prone, not quite such in northern ireland and scotland because of a weather front pushing in off the atlantic, set to bring occasional rain, heavier burstss to begin across north—western scotland, occasional showers through northern ireland from mid—morning onwards, and across scotland, some will avoid the showers altogether as spots of rain were through, but the sunshine comes out in its wake. it will move to northern england and wales later with isolated showers. for much of england and wales it is dry after the mist and fog has cleared and it will be fine. fog is back through friday night into saturday morning especially for the midlands and wales and it will be hard to shift some of that in the morning, it might take until lunchtime. england and wales have a fine day with the weekend off to a great start with dry and sunny weather. a lot more cloud at times for scotland and northern ireland with sunny breaks and a few showers mainly across the

highlands and hebrides as well as shetland. temperatures on saturday up shetland. temperatures on saturday up to 18 degrees potentially in aberdeenshire and to the south—east. and with high—pressure holding on we have fine weather on sunday. but, as with tomorrow, whether pushers in, more rain around on sunday compared with tomorrow, but even that will be sporadic as it hit eastern areas, some places will be largely dry, showers into north—west england and wales later on sunday, but not a bad day for much of england and wales. and temperatures holding up nicely to where they should be for the time of year at around 14— 17 degrees. thank you very much. i pay attention. and i think you are doing very well. very good. top of the class. of course. see you later. when michael caine gives you an less than in how to address the camera, you listen. he has been talking to me about a book that he has out

about his experiences from boyhood, saying goodbye to his dad. in amongst it he talks about how often you should blink when trying to get the attention of your audience. it is like that because if you look at how often you blink... that is the thing. so listen to this. his tips on blinking or not. movie acting and blinking, you don't blink unless you are playing a part in which you are having a nervous breakdown. then you blink a lot. people blink a lot if they are not sure of themselves. people don't understand, when you are talking to people and listening to people, people who are not actors don't blink. they listen, like that. i'm paranoid now because i'm thinking, am i blinking too much? you have blinked, you blank, you have out—blinked everybody. no matter how much success you have had, you are always thinking, what if it stops here? it seems extraordinary given the success you have had. it could stop after yourfirst movie.

if it didn't work, you're out. i've made quite a lot of duff movies and i thought, oh, my god. i was always rescued. i would do three duck movies then a great big hit and i was all right again. ijust kept working. also, i needed the money. i was broke until i was 30. and i had never had any money. and the money was good, to say the least. one of your first auditions, the director who watched it said, that was the worst audition i have ever seen. yes, and it was si enfield and he gave me zulu, and he said, i'm very sorry, you don't have a phone? i said, i can't afford a phone. he said, we castjames booth. i said, that's all right. i've been turned down. and i was walking out and he said, can you do a posh accent? i said, i can do any accent. and he gave me a screen test, and he said, that was the worst screen test i have ever seen. i was practically doing it

in my trousers with nerves. because i get very nervous. and he said i don't know, there is something about you. i'll give you the part. and he did. one of the things on class in england was that, me being cockney, had he been an english director, even if he was a left—wing communist, he would not have given me that part. i promise you. i will tell my man to clean your kit. don't bother. no bother. i will clean it myself. class was kind of the discrimination you had to deal with. the me too movement and people recounting what happened to them in the movies happened during your time, and it has unfolded. yes, i did three pictures with harvey wein5tein and i know him very well.

i knew he was a bit of a lad with the women, you know what i mean. it was not serious. but my idea of casting couch was quite innocent. what it is is the young actress comes in, she gets the part, he says i want you to do something for me and she says, i won't do it and he says, well, you haven't got the part, get out. now i realise that was terribly unfair and he shouldn't be doing it but i never realised there was any sexual assault of any kind. it was called the casting couch, it was almost a joke. i am sure no producer would dare to make a sexual pass for a role at a young actress now. i have to ask you, john wayne, who you met on several occasions, he gave you a few acting tips. yes, he did. he said in that voice, he would talk like that, talk slow, and don't say too much. so i said, oh, yes. and he said, anotherthing, kid, never wear suede shoes. i said, what?

never wear suede shoes. remember, i told you, you're going to be famous. you're a good actor, boy. he said, never wear suede shoes. what's going to happen? you'll be in the gent‘s toilet and the guy next to you will see you and go, michael caine, and he is going to pee all over your shoes. so, never wear suede shoes. wise words from the great man! he has the most amazing namedropping stories from his career, all in the book, and it is worth saying on the harvey wein5tein issued, he denies the allegations against him and we will hear more from michael caine including his thoughts on brexit later. have we mentioned the name of the book? blowing the blood because of, lessons in life, and it is that,

tips from his life. you could have talked to him for ages. yes, many tales to tell. i am envious of that one. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: taking a look at the lives of women living with hiv in east africa. we speak to the first time director who's made a feature film about them. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sara orchard. a murder investigation has been launched after a man died following an assault in battersea yesterday evening. emergency services were called to reports of a group of males fighting at charlotte despard avenue. a 46—year—old man was found with injuries and he was later pronounced dead at the scene. next of kin have been informed. a new report's highlighting the experience of male victims of modern slavery in the capital, many of whom are too ashamed or embarrassed to ask for help. research by the charity hestia found over half of male victims had slept rough, putting them at greater risk of being targeted again by criminal gangs in a cycle of slavery and abuse. a walkway in the queen elizabeth

olympic park will be named in memory of the late baroness tessa jowell, who played a major role in securing the london 2012 olympics. the former culture secretary and dulwich mp died in may, a year after she was diagnosed with brain cancer. a private memorial service is taking place for her at southwark cathedral later today. a shortlist of three locations has been announced for a new pedestrian and cycle bridge at nine elms. they are pimlico gardens to bourne valley wharf, dolphin square to prescot wharf, and grosvenor road/claverton street to kirtling street. it's hoped the bridge will serve the many thousands of new residents and employees of the new developments in the area, while encouraging walking and cycling. let's take a look at the travel situation now. on the tubes this morning we've got severe delays on the overground, a good service on all other lines. on the trains, following the overhead line damage yesterday, great western railway are hopeful of a near—normal

service, although some alterations are expected on services via maidenhead and twyford during the evening. there is however a reduced timetable for the heathrow express today, with services running every 30 minutes. on the roads, there's northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach, its slow from the woolwich rd flyover. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's another reasonably mild start out there this morning but we do have quite a bit of cloud. the cloud, however, won't last all day. it will thin and break and we will see some spells of sunshine. now, one or two spots have a little bit of mist and fog this morning. it will lift, though, and then the cloud will break up. sunny spells this afternoon and a gentle north—easterly breeze. the temperature faring the best in central london at around 17 celsius, a little bit cooler out towards the west and the north. now, overnight tonight, the cloud will disappear. it's a clear night. the windfalls light. and that could mean again some mist and fog patches developing. potentially a little bit more extensive compared to this morning. the minimum between six and eight celsius. tomorrow morning that mist and fog

will take until mid—morning to start to lift. then we will see the cloud thinning and breaking again and sunny spells through the afternoon. high pressure dominates, so fairly settled for the next few days. the thing we have to watch out for, especially in the mornings, especially as we head into the weekend, saturday morning, there is extensive mist and fog, and those patches could be quite dense. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today... the longer goodbye — number 10 refuse to rule out an extra year before we cut ties with the eu. the teenager with autism and learning disabilities who's been kept in isolation for two years — we meet her dad who's campaigning for a change in her care. day three of the royal tour in

australia. harry and meghan came here to the beach in south melbourne to watch young people cleaning up the coastline. a half billion pound boost for asos. the online retailer reports a surge in profits and says it's down to our love of animal print. in sport, what next for wembley? the national stadium now won't be sold after an american billionaire withdraws his offer to buy it. and in the weather, a frosty and in places foggy start the thursday morning, but a fine autumn day awaits, details on how it looks into the weekend later on breakfast. it's thursday, 18th october. our top story... theresa may is reported to be ready to delay the uk's transition out of the eu by another year, pushing it to the end of 2021. this would give officials more time

to resolve the deadlock over the irish border but has angered some brexit—supporting mps. we have correspondents in brussels and in westminster this morning. first to brussels, where our europe correspondent, damian grammaticas, joins us. how has theresa may's reported plan settling now? this morning the leaders are right here again after the time they had with theresa may last night, arrivals on the big screen behind me here, much more cordial, not the bus stop we saw in salzburg, they welcomed the constructive tone from theresa may —— bust up. but they said there was nothing new in terms of ideas so they are not scheduling a special meeting to try to sign off a brexit deal, but what they have done is started airing this idea about this extended transition period after the uk leaves the eu next year. the

advantages, it would give three yea rs advantages, it would give three years rather than two years, the status quo preserved, the uk following the rules, so it would be no change while they try to sort out the future trading relationship and avoid any hard border with ireland. it allows time for that. the problem is it keeps the uk locked into the eu structures, paying money, accepting free movement of people, unable to sign and implement new trade deals. politically, difficult for theresa may, even if practically, it might be something that helps the negotiations. but we still face the core issue of the problem about the irish border and the leaders saying they have heard nothing new, back to the negotiators to try to find a way forward and they say they still need weeks to carry out that work. thank you. that leads us to our assistant political editor, norman smith, in

westminster. picking up on that theme, in brussels, prepared to say, theme, in brussels, prepared to say, the phraseology is, ready to consider an extension. she says it there, what about here? it is interesting. already i hear the sound of gears going into reverse with downing street saying, no, no, no one is talking about one—year extension, maybe about the option of having a few months more. there has been an explosion of rage already on the tory backbenches, among that ardent brexiteers at the idea we could be locked into the eu's orbit for a further year and they take the view the prospect of finally cutting free from all of the eu's rules and regulations and controls this disappearing into never—never land and they argue, if you cannot sort it out in two years, why on earth

should you be able to sort it out in three years and they view it as an unnecessary concession made to the eu for which mrs may has got nothing in return. and there is also the issue of money, hard cash. if we stay in this sort of transitional nothing changes period for another year, that will mean we have to keep paying money into the eu and many believe it will be an awful lot more money, notjust believe it will be an awful lot more money, not just that annual believe it will be an awful lot more money, notjust that annual bill at the moment of roughly £9 billion, but it could get to 16, maybe 18 billion, because we would lose some of the cash we get back in things like the uk's rebate, so the cost of the extra year they say would be absolutely colossal and it does not sort out the issue of the northern ireland backstop, that still has to be resolved. it means when mrs may gets back from brussels, i think she

is facing a right old rumpus back here at westminster. rail passengers are being told a near normal service is likely to run to and from london paddington today, but some further disruption is possible. services were delayed or cancelled throughout wednesday. the chaos was caused by damage to overhead power cables. our correspondent, jane frances kelly, is at paddington for us now. looking behind you, it looks like people are bustling around and things are moving, how is it on the ground? it has been very busy this morning. i have seen a few cancellations, mostly with the heathrow express which is on a reduced service, but the vast majority of services i have seen coming in and out of paddington have been running normally and that is because engineers have been working on that overhead cables that were damaged and they managed to repair most of them, all of them, apart

from one which will not take electric trains. that will have a knock—on effect on some services in the thames valley, knock—on effect on the stations at twyford and maidenhead. people are being advised to check before they travel because they are getting back to normal today. the damage was caused by a test train travelling between bristol and london and that is part ofa bristol and london and that is part of a £500 million investment programme by gw are to improve its high—speed rolling stock. —— gwr. thank you for bringing us up to date. the us has asked turkey for a recording which is said to provide strong evidence that jamal khashoggi was killed inside istanbul's saudi consulate. turkey has accused the kingdom of murdering the 59—year—old journalist there, a claim saudi officials deny. it comes as the washington post published mr khashoggi's last column before his disappearance, in which he wrote about the importance of a free press in the middle east.

the anonymous crime reporting service, crimestoppers, says it's handling a record number of phone calls and online messages. the charity says one reason is that some callers are struggling to get through to the police. officialfigures, to be released this morning, are expected to show a further increase in recorded crime in england and wales. the low—cost airline cobalt has cancelled all of its flights, according to a statement on its website. the carrier has managed flights to and from cyprus since 2016, including in the uk. it's reported that cobalt had failed to reach a deal with a potential new investor. the airline employs about 200 staff. the duke and duchess of sussex are continuing their 16—day tour of australia with a trip to melbourne today. during their first official trip, the couple are focusing their attention on youth projects and environmental issues. our sydney correspondent, hywel griffith, is in melbourne for us now. we understand earlier on there was a

barefoot... a walkabout of sorts on the beach? it was definitely a walkabout, i do not think they were barefoot, but they certainly will have seen plenty of sand flying about with the children cleaning up plastic from the beach, the last event on a packed day which started with thousands of people in the botanic gardens taking them opportunity for a glimpse, maybe to check out the world bank, some queueing from five a. the theme of the day was young people —— the royal bump. a scheme to get young people out and engaged and doing sports and activities, they also went to see a scheme helping young aboriginal people with work environment and getting involved in the kitchen, a bit like jamie's 15 project in the uk, this focused on

helping young aboriginal indigenous youth getting careers in catering. the date ended with a trip to the beach, not bad, time for volleyball here as sunset arrives. 17 years old, with autism and learning disabilities. kept in a room measuring 10 feet by 12 feet, being fed through a hatch in the door, and being kept mostly in isolation for nearly two years. this is what is happening to a girl named bethany in a private hospital in northampton. we can only tell you about this because her father has fought a gagging order by his council to join us on the sofa today. last night it was announced that her treatment is the subject of an investigation launched by the health secretary matt hancock. we'll hear from her father in just a moment, but first, jayne mccubbin has been looking at bethany‘s story. this is the sound of beth singing

to herfather on the phone from her room in a hospital. she's been in isolation here for almost two years and two weeks ago, herfather told bbc file on four that when he visits, contact is through a hatch in the door. he's describing care in a private assessment and treatment unit which costs the nhs £13,000 a week. phone rings. a day after this broadcast, the family's local authority issued an injunction to try and stop them talking to the press. the council lost. walsall council told us it considers it a priority to protect confidentiality. st andrew's hospital told us there is...

bethany‘s father, jeremy, is with us. how is bethany at the moment? her position is unchanged, still in the cell, it is horrendous to visit and kneel down and talk to your quarter through the hatch. the reason she is in the cell is... what is the reason you are given, ten feet 12'? pathological demand avoidance, that is her type of autism. she cannot take with everyday —— she cannot cope with everyday —— she cannot cope with everyday pressures. it triggers massive anxiety levels. how does the

anxiety... she will either want flight, anxiety... she will either want flight, to run away from that situation trying to take over the control or she will want to fight. that comes out in some type of violence, is that fair to say? she will be aggressive. she has been aggressive to staff in the past? i am trying to get the reason to why they say she needs to be in this room and fed through a hatch. she is a danger, a 17—year—old girl? room and fed through a hatch. she is a danger, a 17-year-old girl? she is not, if you remove the causes of the anxiety, she is a wonderful person. they have given misdiagnosis and then not followed up with the support. —— given this diagnosis. she has agency staff on the evening and we can, she has never met them before and it causes anxiety and she explodes into knock—downs, they keep

her more locked away. jeremy, looking at it from the outside, really harrowing what you are having to do asa really harrowing what you are having to do as a father, was it ever justified for her to be in that circumstance? people might be thinking initially when she first got there, as an interim measure, i don't know, do you think it ever was and it became the norm? the problem has been, the fight has been the recognition of the pda. it has a lwa ys recognition of the pda. it has always been classed as beth is autistic and all of the care she has had before has been focused around boundaries, boundaries are orders, orders cause anxiety to beth. the circumstance she is in now, what is the impact of that on her? how is it affecting her? she is massively institutionalised. she does not know the world outside, she has not seen daylight or the sky at night the 22 months. is her condition being

worsened by the way she has been treated? absolutely. she is talking to imaginary friends now. she is nearly 18. how often do you see her? every single week, the family sees her. what does that visiting tale? how close can you get to bethany? we talk through the hatch. i kneel on the floor with my hands on the doorway of the hatch and i put my chin on that hatch and i talked to my daughter. what does she understand about the circumstance she is in? bethany feels it is her fault. she is trapped there. when you have those conversations, is she asking to be released, asking to be... her total focus is what is happening? what is the next step? have you got any news about where i am going? when you hear from the

local authority, maybe you can update us, has there been any change in what they are saying about her circumstances? the twitter activity following the radio four show over the last two weeks has been amazing, the last two weeks has been amazing, the support that has come forward pads rattled so many pages that we now have, so many commissions on board —— has rattled. it has worked. officially, the situation remains the same? there are no firm plans as yet other than to support her with a co re yet other than to support her with a core tea m yet other than to support her with a core team of staff, that has not yet begun, but it is happening soon. what is the ideal scenario now for bethany to be kept in? exactly what saint andrews told us 18 months ago, that she needs to move to a community placement and to be cared for by staff who are aware of her condition and to support her in that. the first time you realised the she

was kept in, you find her in the place she's in now. we weren't told she had been moved to this seclusion cell, we walked in and were taken through to her. that's, that's how i found out. what was the explanation you were given? that she isjust aggressive, that they need do this to keep her safe. and to keep the staff safe. well, we await to find out whether or not there will be a change, really appreciate you coming to talk to us this morning and of course we will keep people updated on what happens. thank you. let us talk to matt and find out what you is happening with the weather. morning. good morning. it is going to be a lovely autumn day, starting that way for those in the goole area. this was the theme a short while ago, sent in by one of our weather watchers. if you haven't

put your foot out the door it is on the cold side. the temperatures are hovering round minus 2, minus 3, around freezing in northern england. it will warm up over the next hour orso, it will warm up over the next hour or so, now that the sun is up good and proper, it will be a fine autumn day. a few exception, in the channel islands, some showers, they will come and go through the day. the weather front, and across the far north of scotland, one or two's lated showers, and a bit more cloud into the afternoon but that is about it. most good long sunny spells and temperatures where they should be, 12 to 16 degree, tonight, we start off dry and clear, it stays that way for some in england and wales, temperature also drop the furthest overnight here. we could see a touch of frost in the countryside. not as cold west of scotland and northern ireland, that is because cloud runnings in through the night.

tomorrow there is rain. many showers for northern ireland, a few longer spells of rain in scotland, many in eastern scotland will stay predominantly dry. sunshine comes out later. clouds over into northern england and wales, early morning mist clears to another fine day, temperatures a bit similar to today's values. dry then, to take us through friday night into saturday morning and then we could turn foggy inafew morning and then we could turn foggy in a few spots. midlands and wales best signalled for some of the foggiest conditions that should last through the morning. elsewhere another day of sunshine, staying dry too. a big improvement on last weekend. across northern ireland and scotland, while we see dry weather, sunny spell, one or two showers possible. not too many. most will stay dry. temperatures up on saturday, 18 degrees the high in aberdeenshire and eastern england. it stays fine for england and wales into sunday but another weather front has a go at scotland and northern ireland. that will bring breeze, outbreaks of rain that will come and go. not a wash out. most

persistent rain likely in across the highlands but even here there will be sunshine. finish sunday with some rain in northern england and north wales but for much of england and wales but for much of england and wales it should be a fine one. temperatures 14—17 again. winter though is a long way off for us here in the uk, butjust before i go, i have to show you this footage from colorado, when it snows, you are a bear what do you have to do? take shelter in one of the local car, very dextrous bear. i think he is off to raid the glove compartment. what happens next? he gets in, shuts the door, what happens next? he gets in, spends a bit of time, comes out and opens the doors on the other side and has a go there as wellham. think he has lost his keys. most people, lock the car, keep the car safe, you don't think you will lock the door so a bear can't get in. can you imagine if you didn't

have the video footage trying to work out what happened. with the big footprints. try telling the insurers that one. there he is, in the back door. he is having a good rummage. thank you matt. time now, is 8.20. ben's looking at the high street this morning. we'll get a snapshot of how it's faring with the latest official retailfigures. but costs for those shops are going up — business rates are going up again. but online firms are powering ahead. ben's looking at whether that's fair. yes. the online retailer asos is the latest fashion website to report growth the high street can only dream of. it the latest fashion website that has reported growth that the high street could only dream of. yesterday they said sales of animal print clothing helped them make over £100 million in profit. now nearly one in every £5 spent at a retailer

is spent online but is it a level playing field? i'm joined by patsy perry, a fashion marketing expert. it is stark when we talk about business rates going up for shops on the high street yet we get stellar results from the online giants that seemingly have a lot less to contend with? fantastic results but online shopping is sophisticated, very slick operation now, so asos is showing incredible newness, keeping the website fresh, very convenient delivery, you can shop on your phone, any down time on the train, before you go to bed, you can have delivery next day, you can do click and collect, free rereturns —— returns so it is easy for the consumer. we keep talking about the high street struggling because it is not able to offer the venus tfree delivery, the free return, the free parking, and it does seem the

difference is so stark, now, there doesn't seem to be a way back. the high street can't compete. doesn't seem to be a way back. the high street can't competem doesn't seem to be a way back. the high street can't compete. it offers a different experience so the instore experience is where the consumer can touch, feel, smell the brand, meet the staff, so if you have heritage, messages you want to get across you can do that well in a nice flagship store, that can support the website so whether it is somewhere consumers discover your brand and order online, that is fine. some things online can't quite do. asos is good in terms of building that community feel, user generated content, encouraging consumers to share pictures of themselves, they have their brand ambassador, the magazines so it is not just buying product, ambassador, the magazines so it is notjust buying product, it is having an experience, discovery, inspiration and it is very good. there is a dark side to all of this though, we talk about record figures, brilliant profit, but you know, fast fashion comes at a big cost to the environment and the people who are making this fashion.

yes, as we saw in stacy dooley‘s excellent documentary lately, so the faster trends, the faster disposal of items means we do have a textile waste issue, awe of the resources are being used because the garments aren't really used before being thrown out. there are things consumer could do. we could be more mindful and think about what we do when we don't want that item any more, can we take it to a charity shop? we have a fantastic shop network in the uk, even if you think it can't be resold, the charity can sell it on to rag merchants and raise funds that way, we can take it back to high street retailers, m&s, h and back to high street retailers, m&s, hand m, back to high street retailers, m&s, h and m, tk maxx so they will have bring boxes in store, there is stuff we can do with it and push it on to the retailers to get recycling and turnit the retailers to get recycling and turn it into a second life somehow. one we should all think about. nice to see you patsy. remember that documentary is on the iplayer if you

wa nt to documentary is on the iplayer if you want to watch it, an interesting ta ke want to watch it, an interesting take on the dark side of these record profits we are talking about. more from me later. in the past half hour, the british prime minister theresa may has defended herself over suggestions that the uk's transition out of the eu could be extended for an extra year. asi as i said yesterday, we have made good progress, we have i had good progress on the withdrawal agreement and the future partnership, on the withdrawal agreement there are issues remaining round the backstop, to remind everybody the backstop is what would come if place to ensure that there would be no hard border between northern ireland and ireland, if the future relationship is not in place by the end of the implementation period. the original proposal from the implementation period. the original proposalfrom the eu implementation period. the original proposal from the eu was one we could not accept in the uk, it would have created a customs border down the irish sea, we put forward a

proposal as to how to deal with this issue, a further idea that has merged and it is an idea at this stage is to create an option to extend the implementation period for a matter of months and it would only be for a matter of months, but the point is, that this is not expected to be used, because we are working to be used, because we are working to ensure that we have that future relationship in place by the end of december 2020, and i am clear that it is possible to do that and that is what we are working for, and in those circumstances there will be no need for any proposal of this sort, andi need for any proposal of this sort, and i am clear that i expect the implementation period to end at the end of december 2020. many of your collea g u es end of december 2020. many of your colleagues at home and lots of people who voted leave, might be worried to hear you saying you would stick with the status quo for longer and it could cost britain billions more to stay in longer? what i have just said is we are working with the

european union, to deal with this issue of ensuring that if there is a gap between the end of the implementation period and the point at which the future relationship comes in, we don't expect a gap to exist, but if there is, we want to ensure there is no hard border between northern ireland and ireland. we have put forward a proposal as to how to deal with this, a further idea has now emerged. we of course are working to ensure not just emerged. we of course are working to ensure notjust that emerged. we of course are working to ensure not just that we are emerged. we of course are working to ensure notjust that we are able to ensure notjust that we are able to ensure notjust that we are able to ensure no hard border between northern ireland and ireland were such a gap in time to emerge, but to ensure that the implementation period comes to an end in december 2020 because we are able to put the future relationship into place, at the end of the implementation period and ensure no hard border between northern ireland and ireland. so the prime minister speaking there to our editor, laura kuenssberg, admitting she would consider a longer transition but it would only bea longer transition but it would only be a matter of month, but wouldn't

a nswer be a matter of month, but wouldn't answer laura's question on how muchest are it good morning. high pressure is going to dominate over the next few days. this morning, we have got some clear skies because of the ridge of high pressure right across the uk. the wea k pressure right across the uk. the weak weather front to the south—east of england, that has given us more cloud this morning and it has not been quite as cold here this morning compared to northern areas where we we re compared to northern areas where we were close to freezing in some areas, below freezing in parts of northern ireland and southern scotla nd northern ireland and southern scotland and northern england. lots of sunshine, mist and fog clearing away, fair weather cloud for the midlands and southern england, but still some spells of sunshine here and maximum temperatures up to 11,

12, 13 in the north, 17 in the south—east. tonight, keeping a lot of clear skies again, more cloud and strengthening breeze in northern ireland and the west of scotland, bringing outbreaks of rain. for many, temperatures down into single figures. a chilly start to friday morning. many on friday will again have some sunshine. outbreaks of rain here gradually easing as it pushes south and east. sunny spells returning across scotland. temperatures tomorrow, 12, 13 in the north again, 16, 17 in the south. as for the weekend, high pressure still dominating, we have weatherfronts skirting northern areas, likely to bring more cloud, spots of rain on saturday across northern and western parts of scotland. cloud and a foggy start of the day on saturday, lifting weight, and for much of

england and wales, a dry and fine day would sunshine developing —— lifting away. not feeling too bad, especially with lighter winds across southern parts of britain. bye—bye. this is business live from bbc news with sally bundock and victoria fritz. running out of road — brexit talks fail to make progress, with warnings the uk car industry will be set back two decades if britain leaves without a deal. live from london, that's our top story on thursday, 18th october. eu leaders urge the uk to offer new ideas in an effort to break the brexit deadlock, while britain's theresa may opens

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