good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today... arrested and charged — the florida man accused of sending at least 1a letter bombs to critics of donald trump — the president calls it a despicable terrorising act. £1.5 billion is promised to help revive struggling high streets — critics say it's not enough to help small businesses. will it be high fives for lewis hamilton in mexico, as he looks to clinch his fifth world title, his hopes were stalling again in practice yesterday. but even a seventh place finish, would win him the championship. after seven days of sport involving 500 wounded servicemen and women from 18 nations — prince harry's invictus games come to a close. good morning. it is a cold weekend, we have winds from the north bringing ina we have winds from the north bringing in a mixture of sunshine and also some showers. all the details later on. it's saturday october 27th. our top story:

a man has been charged in the us state of florida in connection with a series of letter bombs to prominent critics of president trump. cesar sayoc is accused of transporting and mailing explosives, and threatening former presidents. mr trump condemned what he described as "terrorising acts" and called for americans to unite following the attacks. here's our north america correspondent, peter bowes. armed with forensic evidence against cesar sayoc, the police moved in. their target, this white van emblazoned with stickers praising president trump and denouncing the democrats. a registered republican whose political allegiances were on display for all to see. he was active on social media, supporting the president and in person, at a trump rally. donald] trump, next president of the united states. cesar sayoc is now facing charges that could result in a prison terms of up to 48 years.

let this be a lesson to anyone, regardless of their political beliefs, that we will bring the full force of law against anyone who attempts to use threats, intimidation and outright violence to further an agenda. the authorities say there could still be devices in circulation that have not been detected. the latest packages were discovered in new york city, one sent to the former of national intelligence, james clapper, a forthright critic of the president. at a campaign rally in north carolina, president trump said political violence must never be allowed in america. in recent days, we have had a broader conversation about the tone and civility of our national dialogue. everyone will benefit if we can end the politics of personal destruction. with less than two weeks to go until america's midterm elections,

the events of the past week highlight once again the polarised and divisive political atmosphere in the country. peter bowes, bbc news. plans for a temporary cut to business rates for small companies have been unveiled by the government in attempt to re—invigorate the high street. the details will be laid out by the chancellor phillip hammond when he delivers his budget on monday. joe millar reports. the shuttered casualty of a bruising year for britain's retailers and a familiar sight on high streets across the country. on this north london road, one print shop is still going strong, designing posters from local schools and theatres. but its founder, who started in his parents' living room 23 years ago, says an increase in the taxes he pays on the property is forcing him to downsize. our rates have risen from £7,000 to £12,000, which has

a real effect on us. we are making less money and employing less people because we can't afford to keep open, because the government have taken money from us. 200 shops in the local area have closed since the tax known as business rates was rejigged last year, and they have not been replaced. critics of the government say it's notjust the little man who is losing out. they say the troubles at house of fraser and debenhams are made worse because they pay higher business rates than online competitors like amazon. while these measures are welcome, particularly for small businesses, on their own, they are just not enough. with closures and job losses of businesses of all sizes being affected up and down the country. we have a business rate system that is unsustainable and what we need to see is less tinkering and more wholesale reform of the system. other business groups have been more positive about the announcement but all agree that more support

is needed to bring the high street back to life. joe millar, bbc news. billionaire sir philip green, who's facing claims of sexual and racial harassment, has accused the labour peer, peter hain, of breaching the house of lords code of conduct by revealing his identity. lord hain has defended his decision to use parliamentary privilege to name the tycoon, defying a court of appeal injunction. sir philip denies all the allegations against him. fracking is due to resume in lancashire later today after it was suspended because of a small earthquake. yesterday, the energy firm, cuadrilla, halted operations at the uk's only active shale gas excavation site for 18 hours — this after a tremor of 0.8 magnitude was recorded. fracking was stopped in 2011 and didn't resume for seven years after being linked with earthquakes. campaigners say plans for a million new homes in central england would change the face of the countryside forever. they'll be built around a new expressway linking 0xford, milton keynes, northampton

and cambridge in a scheme that has the backing of the transport secretary, chris grayling. a decision on the project is expected in next week's budget. the duke and duchess of sussex will attend the closing ceremony of the fourth invictus games in sydney later. the sporting event which was set up to inspire recovering soldiers and help them deal with the traumas of combat has seen more than 500 competitors from 18 nations take part. let's speak to our correspondent, phil mercer who is in sydney for us. about an hour and a half, isn't that when the opening ceremony begins? i think it has been a success, these games. yes, it has been a cracking week of competition, and many of those 500 competitors are filing into the venue here at sydney ‘s 0lympic into the venue here at sydney ‘s olympic park. it was the venue for the sydney 0lympics olympic park. it was the venue for the sydney olympics in 2000, a fitting place for a week of stirring

and spirited competition. you may be able to see some competitors behind me, filtering in. they will be part ofa me, filtering in. they will be part of a closing ceremony. prince harry's motorcade went past us minutes ago, on his way into the arena. it will be a special end to a great week. this is the last week of the royal tour in australia, next week they are off to wellington in new zealand and it concludes in new zealand next wednesday. it has been a whirlwind effort by the duke and duchess of sussex, four countries, australia, fiji, tonga and on to new zealand but tonight is about the close of the invictus games which prince harry helped to co—found in 2014. phil mercer, i should say the closing ceremony! thanks very much. we will get some of those pictures live as it is happening later this morning. tonight when the clocks go back, the majority of us can look forward to an extra hour in bed.

but not in morocco. the country has decided to scrap wintertime at the last minute. the decision was made just days before the clocks would have gone back by an hour. the authorities say the move would save "an hour of natural light". so, remember the clocks... so, rememberthe clocks... i nearly forgot myself! are not good at delivering this particular bit of use! the clocks go back. you fall back. no mistakes there. yesterday we spoke about universal credit, a group of mps said the system was causing "unacceptable hardship" for those it was designed to help. a number of you got in touch and said it was also causing a problem for landlords, and raised concerns it would lead to fewer private landlords offering housing to tenants on universal credit. 0ne landlord from nottingham contacted us to say out of his four universal credit tenants, all of them are in arrears.

now they face eviction as the landlord is struggling to pay the mortgage. another said while she has huge sympathy for her tenants, her only income is from her rental properties — and half of her tenants cannot pay her on time. a mother contacted us to say she had to step in to stop her son and grandchildren from being made homeless. he lost his job and his landlord served him with an eviction notice after being told his universal credit payment would take time to be processed. we are hearing more and more of those stories about how long it is taking for the system to set up. it is causing a lot of problems. joining us now from our london newsroom is balbir chatrick, head of policy at housing charity centrepoint, and on the sofa we have private landlord wendy waring. wendy, good morning to you. as well as saying head of talking to you, people are not necessarily hugely sympathetic to landlords on the

whole. but can you tell us your experience? you have, is it, 47...? 46 houses a leigh, i did social housing for people with difficulties. i set it all up, we we re difficulties. i set it all up, we were working with the council. they we re were working with the council. they were recommending their tenants. they had no houses to give them. and they were all on universal credit? every single one. what problems have you encountered ? every single one. what problems have you encountered? i went on the coui’ses you encountered? i went on the courses before it rolled out, and i we nt courses before it rolled out, and i went to my tenant, because i have to talk to them before i can talk to universal credit. i would go to the tenants, they have a journal on their phone of wendy rent. my average rent coming through is 8—10 weeks. late? 8-10 weeks for every house. every tenant then is in

arrears. we only get one month of re nt arrears. we only get one month of rent when we get it. so let me be clear, since universal credit has kicked in, these tenants have gone into arrays, that is what is happening? every tenant is in arrears. because the money is not forthcoming, there are delays in the system ? forthcoming, there are delays in the system? they do not pay the full month, there is a delay of eight weeks. and after then, we sent out a uc47 to universal credit because after eight weeks the rent should automatically come to the landlord. we do that, we do not have an acknowledgement that they have received it. we go to the tenant and speak to them, my tenants have been with me a long time. they are genuine tenants. they are good tenants. we have a situation, and we will go to centrepoint in a moment, but the situation as it stands is the money is not coming through,

there are delays. to whom do you turn? who do i turn to? say, i deal with leigh, they have a team leader that works for universal credit, if you have any problems. so, i phoned up you have any problems. so, i phoned up on monday, and i said i had a problem. they are changing the syste m problem. they are changing the system but nobody is telling me. i have a problem, i do not know if they have received the uc47. what do they have received the uc47. what do they say to you? "i will get back to you, i don't know about it yet, wendy". but you rolled it out, i'm asking as a landlord for you to help me. let's speak to the director of policy at centrepoint. you heard what wendy is saying. she says these are long—term tenants, and she knows them. but the system is not helping. ayew hearing this too? are there any positive noises about how it can be

improved? we are finding exactly what wendy is experiencing and young people, centrepoint work with young and vulnerable people. they do not wa nt and vulnerable people. they do not want the rent paid directly to them, they do not want £800, £1000 paid into their bank accounts, they would rather it went straight to the landlord. they are saying exactly what wendy is saying. the system is a mess. what needs to be done now to sort out the system? what are you pushing for? first of all, you have to wait five weeks before you get a universal credit payment. remember, universal credit payment. remember, universal credit payment. remember, universal credit is based on the fa ct universal credit is based on the fact that you have been in work and you have a month's salary and you have that to live on until you get your benefit payment. a lot of young people we work with are in precarious employment on zero—hour contracts. they don't have that to fall back on. the five—week period does not work for young people and

vulnerable claimants as a whole. we are asking the government to look at that again. the department of work and pension say that it is to give more control to individuals over their work and finances. they also say that direct payments are not new to universal credit, they have been paid in the private sector since 2008. they say it hasn't changed. paid in the private sector since 2008. they say it hasn't changedm has changed, they say that we get the payments, yes, i do get some payments, but the tenant is in arrears. where you get about five weeks of money, the tenant has had a loa n weeks of money, the tenant has had a loan to survive. then, as soon as they get the first payment, they ta ke they get the first payment, they take the loan money out and if you have children in your house, and you have children in your house, and you have no food in your cupboards, in human nature, you will spend your re nt human nature, you will spend your rent money to feed your children. so, wendy, the situation now, how long can you have this sustaining?

before you say you won't... long can you have this sustaining? before you say you won't. .. at the moment, i feel like before you say you won't. .. at the moment, ifeel like boarding before you say you won't. .. at the moment, i feel like boarding up all of the houses and making everybody homeless so the government will do something about it. i'm at that point where i can make 46 families that i know homeless. and what will the government do then?|j that i know homeless. and what will the government do then? i must say that wigan council, the council you have been dealing with, they say they have a pack available to landlords which signposts the appropriate support. you've already explained that you have been in touch... and you are not getting the help. it says it has a tailored approach and will continue to do this as more people migrate into the system. they went to full universal credit in april 2018 and is aware of the debate around it. we will be talking about this again. thank you to both of you this morning. here's darren with a look at this morning's weather.

it is getting more chilly. good morning to both of you and to you at home, the sun is coming up. a look outside with some of our weather watchers. beautiful pictures sent in this morning in northamptonshire. currently dry and cold. we will get some showers coming in from the north. they will not necessarily be falling as snow but we have seen some snow here on higher ground in durham. a wintry looking picture here. a lot of the snow melts when the sunshine comes out. we have had some rain and hail, sleet and snow. especially on higher ground in northern scotland and in north—east england. a cluster of showers here. the cloud is pushed down into the midlands and east anglia. we get more showers into the north and east

of scotland. a lot of these are blown away from northern ireland, wales, and gusty wind, a northerly wind, coming in. they will feel cold. the strongest wind in coastal areas. maximum temperatures, they may not look it, but this is the maximum temperature. mild towards the south west and south wales. get this wrong tonight and you will be cross with yourself! put the clocks back an hour so you get an extra hourin back an hour so you get an extra hour in bed, unless you are working the night shift! we have a whole host coming in across the south—east. temperatures of about four or south—east. temperatures of about fouror5 south—east. temperatures of about four or 5 degrees. further north, we are looking at clearing skies. the winds dropping lighter, temperatures just below freezing. icy patches again. i pressure in the north west uk. the wind direction is changing. eastern england and scotland, we

have a scattering of showers on sunday. quite a stream of showers into essex and kent and the channel islands. in wales and north—west scotland, a dry day with plenty of sunshine. get out of the window and it will not feel bad. a cold today. temperatures struggle to make nine or10 temperatures struggle to make nine or 10 degrees. temperatures fall away overnight as we have clearing skies. lighter winds, a frosty start on monday morning. as we look ahead into next week, we have falling pressure which means unsettled weather. in the early part of the week, on the eastern side of the uk, but gradually temperatures recover and it will become a little less cold. studio: thank you. some people with long term debts on their credit cards are being told they must increase their monthly repayments. the news has come as a shock for those who say they can't afford to pay any more.

let's get more detail on this from paul lewis from radio four‘s money box. good morning. just yesterday we were talking about overall debt on cards which is increasing. this is about when and how you will pay it back. this is about people in long—term persistent debt, there are about 4 million people with long—term persistent debt on credit cards. it basically means you are paying off less on your debt than interest on the card. we have discovered that two high—street banks, including rbs, have been doubling the repayments for people in this long—term debt. if you are in long—term debt. if you are in long—term debt, paying back moore is a good idea but if you cannot afford it it is very difficult. one woman we spoke to was paying £175 a month, almost doubled to £332. she said she was reeling, she could not pay it

back. also lloyds is doing something similar. we think capital one is also doing it. we've had an example where it has doubled. when people seem where it has doubled. when people seem to have no choice, that is not what was intended by the regulator. is there a particular reason why the policy has changed? there is, on september the 1st new rules came in imposed by the regulator. the financial conduct authority. anyone in persistent long—term debt had to be helped by the bank. we spoke to the regulator yesterday, and it was clear that our new rules do not require firms to ask customers to repay more by automatically increasing their monthly payments, they say. the regulator isn't terribly happy about this development. most high—street banks are not doing it, rbs and lloyds have told us they are fulsome customers and we think capital one is as well. what they say to us,

what rbs has clearly said, is that they do give warning of this and if people say they cannot afford it, it will help them in other ways the woman we spoke to got in touch eventually but not until she saw the demand for £332. we were told that she was written to before but like many of us she ignores letters from the bank and does not take them seriously but looking at the numbers she did and now rbs has done the right thing, let her off three months interest and will speak to her in future about how to cope with this debt. it's the shock of seeing those figures which has really worry people. thank you, paul lewis on radio four‘s money box. you're watching breakfast from bbc news, it's time now for a look at the newspapers. former raf group captain and former invictus advisor, vicky gosling is here to tell us what's caught her eye. very timely, vicky! how successful

do you think the games have been? hugely successful, having just got back i can tell you that they have beena back i can tell you that they have been a real success in australia, sydney is buzzing and everyone is talking about it. let's have a look at some of the pictures of the closing ceremony later on. but right now you have been looking at the papers. something you are very interested in with your background, pressure with more cash for the defence industry? the reason i picked this article, which i thought was really apt, was tobias ellwood was really apt, was tobias ellwood was at the invictus games and is using the invictus spirit, saying how important it is. basically, saying that we all need the invictus spirit. showing how people face adversity and cope with it, and how important resilience is and how we need to ensure that we have a defence force that is fit for purpose, to cope with anything that comes our way in future. it's

interesting that he ties in these two things, everyone will buy into this. it is an amazing story. a lot of people have mixed feelings about spending more on defence because it is complicated and we have a budget coming up on monday. pulling us in different directions for the nhs. that is much more difficult, isn't it? it is really difficult. when you have a finite resource, how do you prioritise where you spend the money? everyone will be pulling in their own direction, what they have asa their own direction, what they have as a priority is put forward but i really like the way that he has used the invictus spirit. we've mentioned it many times on the programme. they are calling it the battle for the book. it is really interesting, talking about the importance of encouraging children to read a book.

i know that having three children, the focus is using the internet where you can skim read. you are not immersed into the book. this analogy from doctorjim immersed into the book. this analogy from doctor jim taylor, immersed into the book. this analogy from doctorjim taylor, a psychologist, he compares reading a book and getting into a book like scuba diving, where the diver is immersed ina scuba diving, where the diver is immersed in a peaceful place, and he compares it to the internet. where it is likened tojet skiing, skimming along the surface at speed. surrounded by distractions. what is also interesting is that they say the mental health of children aged 8-13, the mental health of children aged 8—13, who get immersed in books, tends to be far healthier than those who do not. another peace talks about is the fact that they talk about is the fact that they talk about a child who is saying she loves to read because it takes her to another world. where anything is possible. it gives her the opportunity to focus and how important it is for parents to buy and read books. if you tell people

they should be doing something, instinctively you go... don't start telling me what to do! it is tricky, to get that positive message through. it is, but you have to have experienced how enjoyable it is to read a book to want to do it. did you read a book on the way back from australia? i didn't, that's the thing. i'm probably one of the worst culprits. i thoroughly enjoy reading books, i love becoming immersed that lam books, i love becoming immersed that i am glued to my phone and skimming through e—mails. i know it is much more relaxing if you can read a book. i think the only time i do it is when i'm on holiday. this is a lovely story, the x factor is on, there is a star there who has reached out and touched a young child who is watching in a very interesting way. this is the x factor chap who was bullied at

school, he had a cleft palate. he had eight operations before the age of ten. he has reached out to children who can relate to him. it comes back to the invictus spirit where anything is possible. saying i'io where anything is possible. saying no matter how you are born you can ove rco iti e no matter how you are born you can overcome it. he has proven it by being successful and getting out there. this little boy is obviously connected with him, he is only four. he just thinks that he is wonderful. i love it, it is a positive and healthy story. and with the invictus games too, we featured a couple of individuals, there are many stories, but these are really inspiring stories. it works, you see someone doing something... it is really great. at the invictus games we saw some children with disabilities, they were totally inspired by some of these characters, like mark ormerod. you see a child seeing how

he can physically swim really well, and run and power left, and basically do a one—handed press up. for them it is fantastic. we showed a film with mark on the programme. and his attitude, it and let it out. he is incredible, he has a tonne of medals. he swims like a fish with one leg. he is unbelievable. it is really inspiring. we will pick up on some more later. thank you. still to come... the campaign that inspired millions of women, how this girl can helped aliens of women in corporate fitness into their lives. —— millions of women. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. time now for a summary of this morning's main news.

president trump has called for america to unify following the arrest of a man suspected of sending parcel bombs to leading liberals critical of his presidency. during a campaign speech, mr trump accused the media of driving people apart. 56—year—old cesar sayoc, who was arrested in florida, faces five charges including mailing explosives and threatening ex—presidents. plans for a temporary cut to business rates for small companies have been unveiled by the government in attempt to re—invigorate the high street. philip hammond will set out the plans in monday's statement. business groups welcomed the plans but labour said the rates relief did not go far enough. the billionaire, sir philip green, who's facing claims of sexual and racial harassment, has accused the labour peer, peter hain, of breaching the house of lords code of conduct by revealing his identity. lord hain has defended his decision to use parliamentary privilege to name the tycoon, defying a court of appeal injunction. sir philip denies all the allegations against him. fracking is due to resume

in lancashire later today after it was suspended because of a small earthquake. yesterday, the energy firm, cuadrilla, halted operations at the uk's only active shale gas excavation site for 18 hours, this after a tremor of zero—point—eight magnitude was recorded. fracking was stopped in 2011 and didn't resume for seven years after being linked with earthquakes. campaigners say plans for a million new homes in central england would damage the countryside forever. they'll be built around a new expressway linking oxford, milton keynes, northampton and cambridge in a scheme that has the backing of the transport secretary, chris grayling. a decision on the project is expected in next week's budget. more couples could be allowed to marry outdoors or at home, as part of a shake—up of the law in england and wales. the government will announce a review of wedding venues including lifting restrictions on open air locations and bringing the law in line with scotland. ministers say the changes could cut the cost of weddings and boost the hospitality sector.

mike's here with the sport. good morning. itell you good morning. i tell you who would make a great best man, jurgen klopp, and cardiff city ‘s neil warnock. wouldn't that be great? it would be very funny. i like them both. they make me laugh. they are coming together for the first time today. you can only imagine the banter they will have after the game. we will hear from them both will have after the game. we will hearfrom them both in a will have after the game. we will hear from them both in a second. in football, liverpool could go top of the premier league table, if they beat struggling cardiff city at anfield, today. it's a game that will see two of the premier league's most expressive managers, neil warnock and jurgen klopp, meet for the first time. i dislike the way that he is, really. he cares, he is passionate, he pulls some places. he's got everything, really. it must be lovely to be in charge of a team like that but he is great at it.

he saw what weaknesses there were in the last two years and he showed that up this year. i'm really looking forward to meeting him. i've heard a lot about him and he's obviously... he is very talented. it will be a big pleasure to meet him. not sure during the 90 minutes but after, i'm sure, so it would be so cool it that's the truth, but it's not. lewis hamilton says it will be the proudest that laugh from jurgen klopp, we have been laughing about that sordet. he isjust fantastic. a sparkling smile. neil warnock has

a lwa ys sparkling smile. neil warnock has always been a great addition. anyway, football focus. we are jam—packed today. i have made a list. are you sure it is not a shopping list? the most important interview we have today is with ross barkley, talking about all sorts of things. he's got a recent equaliser in that game against manchester united. chelsea take on burnley tomorrow. ross barkley has been talking about something, i suppose when you talk to footballers, you talk to them about the goals they score, the team they are playing, you don't often talk about their mother. this is what ross barkley had to say. can we talk about when you were had to say. can we talk about when you we re a had to say. can we talk about when you were a kid. you have spoken about it in the past. your mother we nt about it in the past. your mother went through to help you get where you are now. she was a single parent and she went through a lot to help

me and my sister be where we are today in life. but everyone has their own different ways of coming through. without my mum, i probably wouldn't be where i am today. i am very grateful. she would always push me through the hard times and the good times as well, trying to help motivate me to be a better person and a better player and over the years, when i have had serious injuries, from when i was 15, years, when i have had serious injuries, from when i was15, 16, injuries, from when i was 15, 16, she always motivated me to try and keep working and stay positive all the time. that is a real insight into the most important person perhaps in ross barkley ‘s life. what i noticed, his arms, the tattoos have gone. he has spent quite a few years getting them removed. he had them done very young in his life and he felt it was something he did not wa nt to felt it was something he did not want to have any more. spot the difference. this was 2014. quite a

lotta removed. i am told it is quite painful. i don't know if it is more painful than having them on in the first place. it is a decision he has made an something he has spoken about this week. we are also talking arsenal, 11 wins on the spin for them. alan shearer is looking at newcastle for us. we have spoken to fans and journalists about the fact they still do not have a win this season. arsenal play crystal palace. their captain is going to be on as well. and a really interesting piece on gambling in sport more generally but primarily gambling in football. 60% of the teams in the top two divisions are sponsored by gambling companies. we have spoken... as part of a programme, the english football league has sent representatives to all the clubs to talk about gambling and addiction with players. we will be exploring that today. looking at this, signs of addiction, advertising, maybe football needs to

do something about it, because we often speak on this programme about people who are going through these difficulties and does football have a responsibility with regard to that? we have harry kewell, about his new job at notts county. and pep guardiola. i don't know if you have seen our guardiola. i don't know if you have seen our interview this week. he's talking about his football and his love of music. and richard ashcroft, doing the league predictions today. and he predicts that tottenham will end manchester city ‘s run. unbeaten in the first 11 games of the premier league. i thoroughly enjoyed chatting to richard ashcroft. but i must say, feet on the sofa. climbing over the sofa. it was a great watch.

and we have plenty to come. lewis hamilton says it will be the proudest moment of his career, if and when he wins his 5th formula one world title this weekend. qualifiying is this evening and despite struggling in practice yesterday, hamilton knows that even 7th in tomorrow's race would be enough. it's not been a good morning for england's netballers. they've been up against, malawi, in the fast 5s, basically 5 a side netball, in shorter games. so this was in the last hour, in australia, england taking a one goal lead, with 23 seconds to go, but malawi then got the ball up the other end to score and because it was in their powerplay time, it was worth double, so it meant england lost, 27—26. the roses have played now two out of their three games today, losing to new zeland in match one.

they face south africa later. after thrashing toulon, last week in rugby union's champions cup, edinburgh suffered a disapointing loss away at zebre last night. the scottish side, who were without several players because of international call—ups, blew a 13 point half time lead, to lose 34—16 in parma. scarlets, ulster and ospreys all won though. england's rugby league team take on new zealand in hull, this afternoon, in the first of a three match series. and they are in for a stern test. new zealand beat world champions australia just two weeks ago. and because of injuries, there are a number of new faces in the england squad, including hull's jake connor. the world cup is the next biggest thing. iam the world cup is the next biggest thing. i am sure they want to bring

new players through. some of the older ones probably won't make it. i am just taking each game as it comes. it is important to keep that consistency and back your game because if you have a slip—up, you can be out of the team. we willjust ta ke can be out of the team. we willjust take it one game at a time. kiki bertens, was a late replacement for tennis's wta tour finals, but the dutch star, is through to the last four in singapore. american sloane stephens will take on karolina pliskova in the second semifinal. that's after she beat world number 2 angelique kerber in impressive fashion, in straight sets. now, he did it at the olympics, with two golds in rio, and now max whitlock is on course for more success. he qualified top, for the final of the pommel at the world gymnastics championships in doha. he's aiming to win that title for the third time. dom, cunningham and james hall are in the all—around final. meanwhile, the four—time olympic gold medallist, simone biles, had to go to hospital, suffering from kidney stones,

less than 24 hours before qualifying, for the women's, all around event. she tweeted — this kidney stone can wait. doing it for my team. we will have more sport in an hour. you do lots of things that infuse people, sometimes in unusual sports. yes, my big campaign has been to target those people... when i started in 2006, so many people said they did not do sport because they we re they did not do sport because they were embarrassed and felt self—conscious and rubbish. and i am all of those things. i tried to show people that whatever those barriers you might think are there, they are not there, they are just in your mind. havea not there, they are just in your mind. have a laugh with your mates. sport is essentially about play. having fun, interacting with your friends, whatever it might be. it might not be that physical at first

but you have the social interaction and the fun element. and you have the benefit at the same time. there is very little you say no to. you will try most things. it ties in really well with this next story. since it was set up three years ago, sport england's this girl can campaign has inspired around three million women to get active. the latest initiative, fit got real, hopes to inspire those with busy lifestyles to exercise their own way, be it hula—hooping at home, or trampolining with friends. let's take a look at the film. come on! not far now! # don't tell me not to live just sit and putter. # life's candy and the sun's a ball of butter. # don't bring around a cloud to rain on my parade. # don't tell me not to fly i've simply got to. # if someone takes a spill it's me and not you. # who told you you're allowed to rain on my parade can you get a bit more height? no.

# get what i want, i know how. # eye on the target and wham! # one shot, one gun shot and bam. water... shall we do one more lap? # get ready for me love, cause i'm a ‘comer‘. # i simply gotta march, my heart's a drummer. # nobody ,oh no nobody, is gonna rain on my parade. we'rejoined now byjennie price, chief executive of sport england, and paula livingston, who features in the campaign. what exactly were you doing in that video? i was doing a bit of dancing. is that your signature move? do you want to just explain how that came about? how did you came 1—macro

come to be involved in the film? basically, i do is on a friday and they came to the class. they were looking for people to get involved in the advertised i filled the form out and a week after, i got a phone call to come down for an audition. and it all started from there. what was the audition like? did you just show them your zumba moves? it was a chat about my lifestyle and exercise and how it fits into my daily routine. i look after my daughter as well. fitting everything into that. which is the point of this, a typical example here of someone this, a typical example here of someone who is busy, who has stuff to do and exercise is not at the forefront of her mind. absolutely and what we try and do with faces make sure that we are basing it on research and what

people are actually telling us. that is why it was so important that the women in the film, every one of them had their own story about how they deal with the pressures, not having much time, lots of people think it does not count, but all this counts, because you can see paula in the film at the end, she was saying, she is really sweating because it is ha rd is really sweating because it is hard work, doing a fitness video or doing zumba. people tend to think, i am dancing around the kitchen, that is not important, but it is. hugely important. we are getting to a time when it is no longer a time when sport needs to be competitive. zumba has been a big growth area in sport over the last few years and it is because it is about having fun rather than necessarily becoming an elite athlete. if we limit itjust to people who are really talented, we would only ever touch a tiny proportion of the population. and competitive as well, some people don't want to be competitive.

i don't want to be competitive. i am quite happy doing something... i do go walking with my daughter and granddaughter. when i'm cooking, the music is always on. dancing in the kitchen. and doing all that sort of exercise. the exercises lovely and very inspiring and fun. how do you actually measure whether something is changing? sometimes the danger is you can preach to the converted. people who are already doing something saying, i will do something saying, i will do something else, rather than pulling in the very people you want to reach. we count. we ask hundreds of thousands of people every year what they do and we can track it really closely. we know that in the first three years, this made a huge difference. 3 million more women did some or more exercise and because we did lots of research, we asked people why they were doing it, we know the film made a real difference. we know people saw people who looked like them and

thought, maybe i can do it. you make an interesting point about the people in the video, what they look like, because in particular, one of the things that research has shown is that asian and black women don't exercise or are reluctant to engage in exercise for whatever reason. what is the reason behind that? i don't think there is a single reason. we do know that for some asian women in particular, there are cultural expectations, they might have a lot of domestic responsible at ease or they may think when i walk into a gym, i don't see anybody who looks like me and that is very off— putting for all of who looks like me and that is very off—putting for all of us. who looks like me and that is very off— putting for all of us. having images are important but also quick, easy ways to do it. clothing as well. you don't have do have all the swish year. as you have proved, you can do it at home and wear whatever you want. i was just home and wear whatever you want. i wasjust thinking. on

home and wear whatever you want. i was just thinking. on that feeling, the first time you try something, was there a time when you had not been to a class warrior while and you did have those sort of concerns and anxieties about doing at all? or have you always been a bit active? i was active throughout my school age and then i stopped doing exercise for a long while and after i had my daughter, i got back into ita i had my daughter, i got back into it a little bit. and then i stopped again. and then, i have high blood pressure and i am diabetic. so to keep healthy and keep the weight down, that was it. i got back into it. apart from the physical side or does has it done for you in terms of self—confidence ? has it done for you in terms of self—confidence? this is a key message, in terms of other things it can do. it really boosts the confidence. you are a sporting icon now! have you tried zumba? it is on the list. i have tried the

dad dancing group. zumba is still on the list. i think that is an invitation. nice to speak to you. maybe that has given you a bit of inspiration to have a jiggle around the kitchen while you get on with your breakfast this morning. we will now update you with the weather. it has been getting chilly for some people out there. we have a picture to show you. when i first saw we have a picture to show you. when ifirst saw some we have a picture to show you. when i first saw some of these pictures, i thought they were from last year but this, alistair smith has sent this in from county down. a lot of snow. we are in manchester, the first fla kes we are in manchester, the first flakes have been captured. and let's go up to newcastle, john sent this one in. this was the scene he woke up to this morning. if you have snow where you are, send those pictures in. darren has snow behind him as well.

yes, this picture is from durham. this part of the country has seen a fair bit of snow over the last few hours. the snow is over the highest ground. there is probably a centimetre or two. a lot of it will melt once the sunshine does come out because the showers are going to be moving their way southwards. down towards northampton, a beautiful start of the day. unlikely to get the snow in northampton but we will get some rain. this is where we have had showers so far today. a wintry mix in northern scotland over the hills. frequent showers coming into the north—east of england. a few from northern ireland and west wales. let's focus on the showers in the north—east. they will push southwards over the coming few hours. some more snow over the higher ground. the snow level rising as it warms up a little bit during

the day. we have these showers moving down through the midlands towards the south—east later on. much more sunshine for these areas. showers in those blustery north—westerly winds. these are the temperatures, maximum temperatures. bearing mind last weekend it was about 20 or so. quite a change in the story. the clocks change of course overnight tonight. they go backwards an hour. we have those showers continuing overnight. down the eastern side of england, a whole package of rain showers coming into east anglia. temperatures probally keeping up at around 5 degrees or so. head further west and further north and it will be colder. you can see the blue on the chart. we have high pressure moving in, killing off a lot of those showers. the wind

direction changes as we head into sunday. the wind is coming in off the north sea and that means most of the north sea and that means most of the showers will be for eastern scotla nd the showers will be for eastern scotland and eastern england. not as many as today but probably some frequent showers across essex and kent and into the channel islands. wales, the west midlands, northern ireland, western scotland, it is probable you going to be dry and sunny. temperatures struggling, up to around nine or 10 degrees. this is one we are likely to have a frost, monday morning. temperatures down to minus two or minus three. monday should be largely dry but as the week goes on, turning more u nsettled. the week goes on, turning more unsettled. some wet weather for the eastern side of the uk with those north—easterly winds. the temperatures should rise a little. alcohol—fuelled initiation ceremonies at universities should be eradicated, that's according to a coroner who described the death

of a first—year student as utterly needless. ed farmer, who was 20, was studying economics at newcastle university, died from heart failure following a night out organised by members of the agricultural society. speaking outside court, mr farmer's father, jeremy, said the inquest had been a difficult and testing process. ed's is not the first utterly needless and wasteful death to come about through this potentially fateful practice. we can only hope that lessons will be learned, but it is devastating to us that it has been at such cost. it is our hope universities will consider introducing a proactive and interactive approach with students at their induction to university of the potential that drinking alcohol rapidly and to excess can be fatal and that those affiliated to the university and its student union will organise events will have training in first aid. we urge that those who can affect change do so in

honour of ed's memory. and do so now. you can only imagine how difficult this period has been for that family. let's talk about this in more detail with mandy copping from the youth charity, streetwise and the gp, dr fari ahmad. it is so difficult listening to that father. and it is a tragic sequence of events. the coroner saying it was needless. what do you make of what you have heard ? this is an event that happens across the country, this is where people are tested and tried when they first attend university for the first time and our hearts go out to the stu d e nts and our hearts go out to the students because they need to have the resilience and the wherewithal to be able to cope with the sort of

things and the peer pressure that this young person was up against was actually phenomenal and as adults, we don't understand quite how much that peer pressure has an impact on young people. it is constant. we didn't have any of those, young people's village confident that the time, tojust say, this isjust taking it too far. what exactly are we talking about. it sounds there are two elements. i went to leeds university you hope you have some judgment to know when enough is enough. but then there is this issue about most hazing, to join societies. it is a thing you hear of join societies. it is a thing you hearof in join societies. it is a thing you hear of in the united states a lot about. but that seems to be filtering in now to universities. about. but that seems to be filtering in now to universitiesm is. the universities across the country are trying to pull that back a little bit because it is just pushing it a bit too much, a little

bit too much and our young people are bit too much and our young people a re really bit too much and our young people are really wanting to fit in and be pa rt are really wanting to fit in and be part of a crowd and they do feel they can cope with what is being asked of them. but sometimes, it justis asked of them. but sometimes, it just is tipping it over the edge it is bed. what kind of things are they being asked to do? drinking is a big element. newcastle isa drinking is a big element. newcastle is a party city, a brilliant city to grow up in. and i am part when grow proud to be a part of newcastle. but some young people do not know their tolerance levels when it comes to: they really feel they can the crowd and when it gets to the stage where it is just slightly tipping over, their friends who have just met for their friends who have just met for the first time do not appreciate what their limits are as well. that is where they need to stand together and say, this is going too far. is where they need to stand together and say, this is going too fanm isa time and say, this is going too fanm is a time in young people's village is a time in young people's village is when on the one hand you have the reality we all know that feeling, all that stuff is true. a lot of

peer pressure. and then the very real risk that alcohol particularly can pose in the circumstances. why do you think the message about extreme levels of alcohol even on a one off occasion, why is that not hitting home and why does it not kicking when it needs to? there are lots of reasons for that. some of it is the culture, you know, it is seen as joining is the culture, you know, it is seen asjoining in, being part of the crowd. it is not seen as a danger, not seen... if you do this, you will be all right. being young, feeling, 0k, be all right. being young, feeling, ok, it's fine, it happened to so—and—so and they were fine next morning. it is all of that. a lot of these people are intelligent people. they are at university. they have the wherewithal and they have access to information. but somehow, that message is not getting through. can you break it down, physically, what happens when you are drunk?

what happens to your brain? the brain swells to a certain extent, doesn't it? it is useful, there is a rule that it takes your body about an hourto rule that it takes your body about an hour to process one unit of alcohol. that is a small glass of wine. if you are having more than that, your body is not coping with it. the levels, your liver is running like crazy trying to clear it out of your system. at the levels are increasing and it has an impact on the brain. it affects your coordination, which most people notice. it initially gives you a feeling of happiness, then that changes. because it is of affecting your change, it affects your ability to assess risks. your conscious level, how you breathe, it makes you feel sick, you get dehydrated. there are so many... feel sick, you get dehydrated. there are so many... what should you look out for if you are among friends and you see someone is out for if you are among friends and you see someone is drunk, out of

control, losing coordination, sometimes that is the aim of the game, that is the night out. when do you know that they have tipped over the limit? what are you look out for? it is all women not always easy to make that judgment for? it is all women not always easy to make thatjudgment but be aware of it. hopefully if someone is unconscious, if they are having fits, i would unconscious, if they are having fits, iwould hope people unconscious, if they are having fits, i would hope people would call an ambulance at that point. if it is the state in between, they are responding to you, they confused, if they are really unsteady, if they keep vomiting. if it looks like they are breathing slowly, slower than eight orten are breathing slowly, slower than eight or ten breaths a minute, their skin is going a little bit blue, those are worrying signs that their bodies not coping with what is going on. seek help. we have to leave it there for now. stay with us, headlines coming up. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: arrested and charged — the florida man accused of sending at least 14 letter bombs to critics of donald trump — the president calls it a despicable terrorising act.

£1.5 billion is promised to help revive struggling high streets — critics say it's not enough to help small businesses. will it be high fives for lewis hamilton in mexico, as he looks to clinch his fifth world title, his hopes were stalling again in practice yesterday. but even a seventh place finish would win him the championship. after seven days of sport involving 500 wounded servicemen