good morning. welcome to breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today: vital support for elderly care under threat across england, as councils run out of cash, leaving families without key services. devastation across eight us states, as dozens of tornados leave towns destroyed. and i am at the top of ben nevis, britain's highest mountain, where climbers are being warned to take ca re climbers are being warned to take care after a spate of deaths on this mountain. more people are buying homes, but fewer are paying

the asking price. i'll be looking at what the mixed picture in the housing market tells us about our earning and spending. in sport, the all—english europa league final is just hours away. chelsea meet asenal, but how many fans have been able to travel the 2,500 miles to azerbaijan. good morning. iam good morning. i am at fulham palace this morning, which hasjust reopened after a major renovation. it isa reopened after a major renovation. it is a beautiful start to the day here, but many of us will see cloud and rain through the day. i will bring you a full forecast in about ten minutes. it's wednesday 29 may. our top story: two reports out today point to the growing evidence of financial pressures facing elderly and social care services in england. the bbc‘s panorama programme has identified 11 local councils which have been warned they could run out of cash in just four years, and where key services have already been cut. meanwhile, the institute for fiscal studies warns it will be difficult for local authorities to carry on providing essential care and support. here is our social affairs

correspondent alison holt. i'm only here. we're going to go this way now. why? i want to be here. rachel blackford and her mother, barbara, are at the sharp end of financial pressures local authorities are facing. barbara has severe dementia, and the day centre they relied upon was closed as it tried to balance its books. the authority offered alternatives, but for rachel, this was vital support, that worked. i am desperate, and i'm not the only one. you know, lifelines being cut. you just think, if they don't listen to our pleas, how is the future going to evolve? over the ten months we followed somerset county council, it had to make £13 million of cuts or go bust.

it meant painful decisions for the director of adult care services, who had to make a show of savings despite the need for care. this last year has been the hardest in my professional career, because i see ever more people who we are not providing the level and type of support that they want and need. and, whilst we have improved a number of our services, i'm confident that that's been at the cost of services people have valued no longer being available. the government has promised to reform the sector at the earliest opportunity. but in many places, like somerset, the pressures are biting now. alison holt, bbc news. 15 people are now known to have died as a tornado continues to bring disruption to large parts of the united states. tens of thousands of

homes are without power. the national weather service says this is the fourth—worst month for tornadoes ever recorded in the us. nimesh thacker reports. in brookville, ohio, this woman cou nts in brookville, ohio, this woman counts the cost of the tornado that destroyed her home. trapped beneath a fallen world, she is lucky to be alive. i was screaming, a fallen world, she is lucky to be alive. iwas screaming, lord a fallen world, she is lucky to be alive. i was screaming, lord help me, lord help me. i heard him say, sir, we are coming, we are coming. and i saw the flashlight, and the neighbour on both sides help to get me out. across eight states, dozens of tornadoes pulverised homes and businesses, uprooting lives, destroying entire communities. in ohio, and 81—year—old man was killed when a twister picked up his car and smashed it into his home. it sounded like a jet smashed it into his home. it sounded likeajet engine, smashed it into his home. it sounded like a jet engine, just landed right on top of your house. and the whole house started shaking and vibrating,

and wejust house started shaking and vibrating, and we just had house started shaking and vibrating, and wejust had a big explosion, that was the glass through all the house getting blown out. mankind is no match against mother nature. tens of thousands of people have been left without power, as authorities deal with gas lea ks left without power, as authorities deal with gas leaks and search for people still trapped by debris. more severe weather is forecast, and while the tornadoes may have stopped for the moment, the impact will never go away. more senior labour members have admitted voting for other parties in the european election. it follows the expulsion of alastair campbell yesterday for backing the liberal democrats. the former home secretary charles clarke said he too had voted lib dem, and that labour's treatment of mr campbell had been a disgrace. bob ainsworth, a former defence secretary, said he had voted for the greens. let's get more on this from our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who is in westminster. it is interesting when you have high profile names and the parties being expelled, because they are saying they have no faith in it. that's

right, and a few people falling over themselves, particularly, from the same era, if you like, as alastair campbell, to hold their hands up and say i also didn't vote for labour at this time. but unfortunately for them, according to the party rules, that doesn't mean they face being expelled. nevertheless, alastair campbell describes this as a strange decision. he says he will always feel like he is a member of the labour party and he has said that some people will draw comparison to what he described as the lack of rapidity with which people have been expeued rapidity with which people have been expelled from the party who were accused of anti—semitism. this comes, of course, as labourfound out yesterday that it was facing a formal investigation over accusations of anti—semitism within the party by the equalities and human rights commission. but other seniorfigures from the human rights commission. but other senior figures from the past have... you mentioned them there, have also said that they voted for different parties in the previous european elections, and some mps have accused the party of double standards, and

also getting their priorities wrong. but ina also getting their priorities wrong. but in a statement, labour said yesterday the way members vote is a private matter, but publicly declaring or encouraging support for another party is against the rules and incompatible with membership. let's also talk aboutjohn bercow, who is the speaker of the house of commons. there has been some speculation about his tenure ending, but he has made clear that that is not necessarily the case. no, he is not necessarily the case. no, he is not going anywhere for now. john bercow as you say has played a pivotal role in the way that brexit has been dealt with, in parliament at least, and he has been at times a controversial figure for the way that he has applied and interpreted parliamentary rules during that process. some conservative leave supporting mps don't like him at all and accused him of being biased in favour of remain, that's something thatjohn bercow consistently denies, but he was speaking yesterday at an event in washington suggesting that he is not going to

vacate the chair at these momentous times. so it seems, although he said when he took on the roll into thousand nine he wouldn't serve any more than nine years, for now, the speaker is staying put. thank you very much for going through all of with us. ii conservative mps have now put their names forward to be the next prime minister, following theresa may's resignation. the latest candidate is the junior brexit minister, james cleverly haswho's written in his local newspaper about the need to unite the party. the winner of the leadership contest is expected to be announced injuly. we will be talking to one candidate, matt hancock, at 6:30am. thousands of people including the formula one world champion, lewis hamilton, are expected to gather at st stephen's cathedral in vienna today to pay tribute to niki lauda. he died last monday at the age of 70. the triple world champion was best known for surviving a crash during the 1976 german grand prix. fans will be able to pay their respects before he is laid to rest alongside his mother.

arsenal and chelsea fans are gathering in azerbaijan ahead of tonight's europa league final. but the match has been overshadowed by controversy over the host city, baku. supporters of the two clubs have faced long and arduous journeys, and one of arsenal's star players has pulled out because of concerns for his safety. our correspondent sarah rainsford has more. they slid into baku on a slow train from georgia. some fans for the europa league final arrived bleary—eyed, after two flights and all night on here. it — wasn't wasn't too fun. it was long, it was long. arsenal fans are also upset that their midfielder from armenia won't be travelling here. henrikh mkhitaryan decided it wasn't safe for him. it all stems back to the war that

forced this theatre group to flee their homes three decades ago. they're from a part of azerbaijan that is now under armenian control. it is an emotional issue for many, even now. the region's football team is still going too, in exile, and they say mkhitaryan would have been safe in the final. maybe they make some pressure, with the whistle, with some screaming something, but it's enough — nothing else. azerbaijan wants this final to project its best face to the world, but this is also a country where government critics, activists and bloggers are behind bars, and that is a side that the football fans won't see. the government firmly denies it is trying to whitewash its image through sport. for the fans who have made it, the talk of cost and controversy has already fading, drowned out

by the sound of hope. so there are some fans who are excited about it, if they have managed to get there. sally. excited about it, if they have managed to get there. sallylj managed to get there. sally.|j thought you were going to say i am there. but that is the stadium. what do you think of it? i like it, i think it is stunning. it is very beautiful, it is a tricky place to get to, and it has been a hugely controversial place, to be chosen for the final. but some lucky fans have gone all the way there. we are going to pick up on some of the stories of people who have made that journey. it has become part of the occasion, the journey there and the experiences you have, in a way that is what going to and away matches all about. it is the football

experience, isn't it? shall we talk about the sport for a moment? as you said, it is a huge game, two english sides playing tonight, and the pressure really getting to maurizio sarri. there were some incredible shots of him last night. the chelsea head coach apparently stormed out of training ahead of tonight's europa league final against arsenal in baku. it was thought to be over two players arguing, but the club say it was because chelsea couldn't practice set pieces as it was an open training session. sarri has other worries. n'golo kante is a major doubt for tonight's final. the frenchman managed just 25 minutes of training yesterday. he finished the session in deep discussion with the chelsea team doctor. cani can ijust can i just ask... can ijust ask... how many new set pieces can there be? oh my goodness, it is as many as you can imagine. there are all sorts of little tiny tricks and things they can do in the moments running up to a set piece, during a set piece, they didn't want to give all that away.

liverpool say roberto firmino will return to full training today, after missing the last three matches. managerjurgen klopp is hopeful the brazilian will be fit for saturday's champions league final against tottenham. scotland's women beat jamaica 3—2 at hampden park in their last warm—up game before the world cup. the friendly was watched by a record home crowd of 18,500. kyle edmund is into the second round of the french open afterfinishing off his match againstjeremy chardy in less than ten minutes yesterday. bad light meant their match had to be suspended the night before. you are allowed to interrupt me in the middle of that bulletin, but it isa the middle of that bulletin, but it is a little run of headlines and i know we have pictures to get to. i'm sorry, i always just have so many questions for you. more questions than answers, that is the way it always works on this programme. we will have a look at the papers in a moment with sally. right now let's have a look at the weather. sarah is at fulham palace with a look at this morning's weather. is it right that they are saying it is going to get very warm towards

the weekend? could be, could be. good morning to you. temperatures will be on the rise as we head towards the weekend, but notjust yet. we've got a bit of unsettled weather to get out of the way first. iam here weather to get out of the way first. i am here this morning at fulham palace, fulham palace primarily was the home of the bishops of london. its history dates back around 1300 yea rs, its history dates back around 1300 years, but over the last two years, it has been undergoing a major renovation project. renovations include a new museum here, and exhibition space, as well as lots of ha rd exhibition space, as well as lots of hard work that has been going into the wild garden. in the walled garden, there are around 400 different species of plants. many of them the same species that were planted by bishop compton back in the 17th century. so lots of exotic pla nts the 17th century. so lots of exotic plants here that were brought from around the world, including the first—ever in europe. glorious fairly fresh start to the day.

things are going to be changing, though, through the day. we are going to be seeing increasing amounts of cloud across the country and some patchy outbreaks of rain gradually spreading their way eastwards as well, that is down to the fact that there is a warm front today moving in from the west, a ridge of higher pressure in the east gradually getting squeezed away. so this morning we have some patchy rainfor this morning we have some patchy rain for parts of wales, the south—west of england, and also some heavy showers for the northern isles. but much of central and eastern england, up towards parts of scotland, will see some sunshine. the cloud will increase through the day is that patchy rain moved its way gradually northwards and eastwards. top temperatures, though, doing reasonably well. we're looking at the mid to high teens, we could see 18 degrees or so across the south—east in those spells of sunshine, but typically only around to 15 degrees further north. as we move through into the evening hours, that patchy rain will work across northern ireland, southern and central scotland, much of northern and eastern england as well. through the course of tonight it will dry up in the south, but there will be quite a lot of cloud, mist and fog

around as well. further north, we will keep some outbreaks of patchy rain, but it is going to be mild wherever you are with reason patchy rain as well. so overnight temperatures around ten to 13 degrees tonight. so through the day tomorrow, cloudy and breezy start to the day. quite a lot of low cloud and mist over the hills and around the coast in the west. some patchy rainfor the coast in the west. some patchy rain for northern ireland, much of scotland, north—west england as well. further south and east, in the sunny spells, as that cloud breaks up, we could see hires up to 22 or even 23 degrees, typically the mid to high teens further north where we have cloud and outbreaks of rain. into friday, more heavy rain in the north—west, so rainfall totals really mounting up across northern ireland and parts of western scotla nd ireland and parts of western scotland as well. england and wales having a dry day and those temperatures once again up to 20 or 22 degrees in the south, typically only about the mid to high teens further north, with cloud and rain.

but you will be pleased to hear that it isn't warming up into the weekend, saturday could be the warmest day, we could see highs up to around 26 or 27 degrees. back to you both. loving in the dappled sunlight in the background. just a gorgeous setting. let's take a look at today's papers: the times sasteremy hunt is facing a backlash over his warning that a no—deal brexit would be "political suicide" for the conservative party. it also has a photo of the environment secretary michael gove who is also in the running for leadership of the party. everyone does these jogging pictures now. it is alljogging, everybody is jogging now. it is alljogging, everybody is jogging all the time. some do it better than others. the guardian carries an interview with the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, who's told the paper it's currently not "sensible to vacate the chair" despite expectations he would leave his role. there's a picture of amazon founder jeff bezos and his ex wife, mackenzie, who has pledged to donate half of her $37 billion divorce

settlement to charity. the telegraph says labour leader jeremy corbyn faces a "party mutiny", over his brexit policy and an anti—semitism investigation. it says senior party figures who have publicly backed the lib dems, have collectively "threatened to engulf his leadership". the picture is the of actor julianne moore, who has given an interview on equal pay. she has revealed she does not get paid as much as her male stars despite being one of the most famous actors in hollywood. the daily mirror also leads on the labour leader, it says mr corbyn will support another referendum on eu membership. the paper claims senior figures are suggesting he could make the announcement "within days". we have been looking through some of the inside pages. this is in the daily mail but also in other newspapers this morning. we have spoken about high street shops at

risk partly because of business rates. 200 of foods stores are under threat because of business rates. a boss of wh smith he said in some places the rates are higher than the actual rent. they are calling for assistance for a system on profits. necessarily, boots's location is absolutely crucial. this is where they have a presence on one or more spots. a lovely picture of the early days. it was funded in 1849 by a farm worker who sold his mothers herbal remedies. was it one of those

kill all. it doesn't say dodgy. i didn't say dodgy. i like you putting words in charlie's mouse. in the daily mail, sarri, training last night. what do you do when you lose yourtemper, night. what do you do when you lose your temper, throw your baseball bat on the floor and then gives it a good boot. easy someone who is known... is that unusual behaviour? he shows his emotions. this is not an extraordinary moment... it is extraordinary enough of the papers to take pictures of it. this was a 24 hours before the big game. he is undera 24 hours before the big game. he is under a huge pressure and talk of him potentially going to juventus,

they are looking for a new manager and he has talked about considering his future. all sorts of implications if they lose it tonight, chelsea against arsenal. implications if they lose it tonight, chelsea against arsenallj would find kicking a baseball cap not very satisfying. i would need to kick something hard. possible. ple nty of kick something hard. possible. plenty of footballs. not in a temper. a completely non— gendered question, how are we at map reading. very good. the link between lego and mapreading. i am absolutely shocking but report says that if girls play with lego a little bit more than they would be better at map reading. it is difficult to extrapolate that men are better at spatial

awareness. . . men are better at spatial awareness... is and there's a load of... that at isn't this a load of... that at isn't this a load of... some men are bad at spatial awareness. basically the toys that we play with when we are little effect the skills we acquire. that makes sense. that makes sense but to extrapolate that to females being less... thank you all very much. we will see you later. over the last few days, we've been hearing lots about the dangers facing people climbing mount everest. it's also a popular time of year for exploring britain's highest mountain, ben nevis. it's a huge tourist attraction in the scottish highlands, but five people have died on the slopes since december. so just how dangerous is the climb? our scotland correspondent, james shaw has just reached the summit and sent us this report.

we can... we will go to him injust a moment. there is no other mountain in britain quite like ben nevis, from the ridges, gullies and cliffs of the north face to the stunning views from the top across the west of scotland. it is uniquely beautiful. there is a straightforward path up the southern slopes but the north face is a serious challenge. we have hired a mountain guide to make sure we do it safely. tell us what we're looking at there, the little of snow? it is at there, the little of snow? it is at there, the little of snow? it is at the foot of number five galley which is where the snow and avalanches come down during the winter. and that is a particular

hazard from what has happened this winter. absolutely. number five galley has cause accidents dramatically this year. it is a regular avalanche spot. the incident happen in march when three climbers from switzerland died at the foot of this galley. it is potentially a deathtrap. on a different day, with french snowfall, the westerly blowing snow, this is normally where it collates and you get avalanches sliding down to the bottom. this is the place to avoid in those conditions. using an ice axe as a stability, mike accepts into the mountain snow. like we did before. i am ok. i am good. along this line.

1000 feet up, the snow has melted but the climbing does not get any easier. a bit of a drop down there. at this point we are roped together in case one of us strips or falls. this is one of the ways up the north face of ben nevis. it is pretty arduous and hard going but you are rewarded by these absolutely amazing views. but completing the route is a long, hard slog. we only about halfway? halfway. tiredness and changing weather conditions can mean that a plan which seemed safe can start to look more dangerous. other climbers are also taking account of the conditions and are planning their day accordingly. when you go to the mountains, the weather is changeable, you should always have

plan a, b, c and changeable, you should always have plan a, b, cand if it is not suitable, not fit enough, you can always turn around and come back tomorrow. the mountains are not going anywhere. experience climbers know there is always the potential for something unexpected to happen. proper planning and assessing the dangers can reduce the rest of the minimum so this thrilling mountain landscape can be enjoyed to the fall. such stunning images. james has made it to the top. good morning. we see those surroundings, quite amazing and that is why people claim of these mountains that you have seen how dangerous things are for yourself? exactly right. butjust ta ke yourself? exactly right. butjust take a second at this incredible view we have this morning. what we found that was a couple of weeks ago but the weather this morning is

absolutely sensational. that is the north face you can see and that is where we were climbing a couple of weeks ago. lucky hill is beyond that, covered in low—lying mist and cloud. on the horizon, the cloud bubbling up there, underneath that cloud is the islands of rome and skye. this is an ideal day to look at ben nevis and understand why it is so attractive to climbers. you brought us up very safely a couple of weeks ago. people have been talking about the pressures on mount everest a nd talking about the pressures on mount everest and the dangers. this is similar? there is a huge impact from a numberof similar? there is a huge impact from a number of people. there are more people. we had 30,000 small people from the previous season last year. we want people to see this, it is a

brilliant and we want people to enjoy the mountain but the pressures of that, on the path, maintaining it, tidying up the letter, the car parking so there is a pressure from the numberof parking so there is a pressure from the number of people. two real issues. one is a safety and the other is protecting this incredible environment. more on that later in the programme. thank you very much. are you ready? i am the programme. thank you very much. are you ready? iam making the programme. thank you very much. are you ready? i am making some notes. i was just saying, are you ready? i am making some notes. i wasjust saying, images are you ready? i am making some notes. i was just saying, images are quite extraordinary and you can see why people want to go that but the risks are really tangible and we will be visiting the top of ben nevis throughout the programme. that is commitment, to go up at midnight up is commitment, to go up at midnight up ben nevis. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news,

i'm sonja jessup. investigators have ordered the owner of three homes here in the capital, worth £80 million to explain the source of their wealth. the national crime agency said its investigating whether the properties were paid for with dirty money. this is only the second ever use of anti—corruption orders, against foreigners laundering cash through the uk. a london scientist has found women who work nights shifts are no more likely to develop breast cancer than those who work regular hours. the study, led by dr michaeljones from the institute of cancer research, analysed data from over a hundred thousand women over a ten year period. it was previosuly suggested exposure to electric light may increase the risk of developing the disease but researchers say there's no overall link. a young man from reading, who has been told he has less than a year to live, says he wants to make the most of the time he has left by taking on physical challenges to raise money for charity. sam clarke, who's 31, has a rare genetic disease that

causes hearing loss, eye abnormalities and kidney failure. before he has to begin dialysis, sam is taking on a 6,000 mile charity cycle ride across europe and completing a skydive in every major city he visits. if there is something you want to do in life, don't wait. just go out there, get it done, find the money, whatever you need to do. life is short and we have to make the most of it now. this is what it is all about, getting out there and grabbing it. let's take a look at the travel situation now. first the tube— and that's off to agood sart— no reported problems on any of those lines there. let's take alook at the roads this is how the a13 looks— traffic already building heading into town from the goresbrook interchange in dagenham. be aware if you're headed to the old street roundabout that there's a new road layout on city road— it's been converted to two way traffic.

now the weather with georgina burnett. good morning. the temperatures are on the rise this week but it goes downhill next week when it becomes u nsettled downhill next week when it becomes unsettled and cooler. warm up for a few days this week. a little on the monkey side as well but for today cloud increasing through the morning perhaps one or two very isolated showers. ahead of these outbreaks of rain coming in from the western of the afternoon. temperatures up to 18 degrees celsius in central london. a light breeze through the morning increasing in the afternoon. as we had through the night, a fairly cloudy night but some brakes will be emerging to give us a clear spells towards the early hours of the morning. temperatures down to 11 and 13 soa morning. temperatures down to 11 and 13 so a good few degrees above where we we re 13 so a good few degrees above where we were last night. a much warmer

start. by the afternoon it will feel fairly muggy with temperatures reaching 23 celsius. 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 naga and charlie. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. it is 6:30am. 11 conservative mps have now put their name forward to be the next prime minister, following theresa may's resignation. one of those is the health secretary, matt hancock, who joins us now from west london. good morning to you. thank you very much for talking to us this morning. so why should you be leader of the conservative party and prime minister? well, i think that we need to cast this to the future. this is all about where britain can be in the 20 20s. yes, of course, getting

through the brexit impasse now, but then moving on, and i think the big debate, the big battle of the 2020s in politics, is going to be about how we can make sure that the strong economy we have got benefits everyone, how we can tackle low pay, how we can back business to succeed. why you, though? well, i thinki am the youngest of those who are putting their name forward. i have a background in technology, i've got the determination and the vision to ta ke the determination and the vision to take britain through brexit, to deliver brexit, but then to get on and move forward with all the other things we need to do, putting more money in people's pockets, properly funding public services, and trying to bring the country together. the sort of politics i am interested in is where we can bring people together rather than divide them. and i think we need to do much more

to do that in politics today. why would you be a better alternative than, say, borisjohnson, who is considered a race leader at the moment? well, i think that it's about not just the moment? well, i think that it's about notjust the conservative party, this election, the winner is to be prime minister on day one, and we need to bring the country together, as well. so you think he is divisive, do you? well, i'm not going to get into anything negative about any of the other contenders. there's lots of brilliant people who have put their names forward. but by being able to bring the country together, i think we can take a step forward. people want to turn the page, you know. i haven't had my name associated with the big rows around brexit. i have been getting on and delivering within the health service and other government departments before that. but what we really need to do now is to turn that page on the politics of the

last few years, which has been pretty difficult, and at the bottom of my heart i believe that everybody has a contribution to make, and it is thejob of has a contribution to make, and it is the job of government to help people to make the best possible contribution that they can. and that isa contribution that they can. and that is a way of uniting the country behind a mission to move us forward, backing business to create the jobs and create the prosperity, and making sure that people get more money in their pockets. you say you wa nt to money in their pockets. you say you want to turn the page, and we have had a period of turbulent politics, i don't think anyone is going to disagree with that. let's talk about brexit and the current deadline, 31 october, for the uk to leave the eu. will you rule out an extension to that, because you want to turn the page, you want to put an end to tabular politics. so is 31 october the deadline? well, i very much want to leave on 31 october, i wanted to leave on 29 march. the way we do

thatis leave on 29 march. the way we do that is firstly that we can't have a general election before we've delivered brexit. secondly, that does mean that we need to deliver brexit through the parliament that we've got, and already, parliament is making clear that it won't accept no deal brexit. and that means that we need to ring people together in parliament. i'm quite happy... i would look to make changes to the deal in the way that, for the future arrangements, at the european has said that they are open to. and then use the mandate of being newly elected by conservative mps to bring the party together to vote for the deal, and leave with a deal on 31 october. that's my goal. so if you we re october. that's my goal. so if you were prime minister, there would be no extension to that deadline. well, i wouldn't. .. that's no extension to that deadline. well, i wouldn't... that's not what i want to achieve. i want to deliver brexit on 31 october. so you may have to extend it in order to deliver

brexit. what i am trying to see is if brexit is going to roll on and on and on, as people fear it may. well, i don't want to see that happen, and i've got a plan to deliver it on the sist. i've got a plan to deliver it on the 31st. but i'm also going to be brutally straightforward about the fa ct brutally straightforward about the fact that there are trade—offs in delivering that. there are some people who say let's just go for a no deal exit. parliament won't let that happen. we saw that in the run up that happen. we saw that in the run up to 29 march. so you have to find a way to get a deal through parliament. that's the only way to deliver brexit, and i think it's incredibly important. let's talk about you in your role as health minister, as well, secretary for health. we are hearing this morning that many councils are seriously struggling when it comes to funding, and 11 could run out of money in four years. there is another report suggesting that social care is going to be seriously damaged,

particularly care for the elderly, as well. you have been health secretary since july 2018. a green paper which was supposed to be delivered on social care has been repeatedly delayed since 2017. why? well, it has been slow down because of all the effort that's gone into trying to deliver brexit across government. so you can't run your department because of brexit?|j haven't been able to get cross government agreement. we've been doing a huge amount of work on it inside the department. i'm going to be coming forward with proposals. i've already talked about different ways of making sure we have a properly funded social care system in the long—term. firstly, making sure there's more money in their upfront, and i've secured an extra almost £1 billion going into social care, so there is now almost 10% more money in social care than there was a couple of years ago, so the budget is going up. but we've also gotta make sure that we monitor this

budget sustainability. if the budget is going up, why have we got councils in england running out of money, and people, and we will be talking to someone later, people who will be desperate because their pa rents a re will be desperate because their parents are not getting the care they need? well, there increasing demands on the system. that is one of the great challenges we have as a nation, we have more older people, people are living longer. we have to remember that is a good thing. people living longer is good news, but it does mean there are also more cost. so we have been putting more money in, but putting more money in one year at a time, year—on—year, isn't the solution to a big challenge like how we properly fund support for older people, and actually an awful lot of working age people who aren't able to look after themselves. people forget that this is also about working age adults who need that support. so there is increasing demand, we have put more

money in, but we need a solution for the long—term, where instead of this year by year process, we all know and can plan with confidence. so in the same way as a decade ago parties came together across the political divide to make sure that pensions are properly funded, and put in place the new rules for how automatically parts of everybody‘s salary goes towards pensions, i want to have a similar long—term approach, that i would hope has cross— party approach, that i would hope has cross—party consensus, to deliver a long—term solution on social care. thank you very much for talking to us on thank you very much for talking to us on breakfast this morning. we step away from politics and who will be prime minister to a bit of a game on sunday night. european champions are a bit like brexit.

brexit. it is the first of this week's two all—english european finals tonight. chelsea play arsenal in the europa league final in baku. our reporter olly foster has found his way to baku, in azerbaijan, unlike many fans who haven't managed to get tickets or flights. olly, the build—up has centered around supporters, but we shouldn't forget that there's a big match going on tonight. there is, no trouble for arsenal or chelsea to get here, chelsea had that wobble in the semi—final, but we have this english dominance, haven't we? from the shores of the caspian sea, we have come down to the bay area in baku, not too many fa ns the bay area in baku, not too many fans in view at the moment, with three hours ahead of you. there were a few out last night, but obviously we we re a few out last night, but obviously we were expecting tens of thousands foran we were expecting tens of thousands for an all english final. they have had their troubles getting here. the stadium is about five or six miles to the north—east. these are life pictures of the olympic stadium, and both of the teams train there last night. it wasn't the smoothest,

shall we say, of training sessions for chelsea. maurizio sarri had this big problem with n'golo kante, his midfielder, he is 50—50, he is injured. but there was a coming together, an altercation of some sort between two players, and then we had this sort of a confab involving pedro, and it ended up with maurizio sarri just storming off, kicking his cap, throwing it on the ground, and he didn't seem very happy at all. but here he was and the arsenal manager speaking before the arsenal manager speaking before the training sessions last night. they have 20, 22 wonderful man, wonderful players. so now i am really very happy with them. and of course, i have to consider it for the future. and i have to consider

that i love english football, i love the premier league. the first team to play for the city and to win the title, and the second also helps you, helps us, to achieve the champions league through this competition. but the first target for us are from chelsea, to show our supporters and to win for our supporters, for all of us. so perhaps not all well in the chelsea camp, emery mentioning the arsenal supporters, we think they will outnumber chelsea by 2—1, there isa will outnumber chelsea by 2—1, there is a big dealfor them, much more at sta ke is a big dealfor them, much more at stake because chelsea are already in the champions league. despite this being an enormous trophy and a great prize, obviously what goes for it as well is qualification for the champions league. and arsenal do not

have that. so a lot more at stake for them this evening. doesn't it look nice there? can i ask you a question? i am trying to work out, it looks sort of hazy. what is the temperature like ? it looks sort of hazy. what is the temperature like? it's about 20 degrees, what are we, sort of 9:30 a.m., it hit about 27, 28. degrees, what are we, sort of 9:30 a.m., it hitabout 27, 28. it's degrees, what are we, sort of 9:30 a.m., it hit about 27, 28. it's very muggy. wejust had some a.m., it hit about 27, 28. it's very muggy. we just had some splits of rain, but it will be very hot this evening. it does feel really, really close. i said it looked muggy. liverpool managerjurgen klopp says winning the champions league final against tottenham in madrid on saturday would be his greatest achievement. liverpool are hopeful roberto firmino will be fit for the game after missing the last three games. klopp says the forward will return to full training today, and after losing to real madrid last year, klopp is confident of winning a final for the first time since he took charge.

i've never been part of a final with a better team than this, that's true. but, in a different time, for different reasons, my teams were good as well. and yeah, i'm not so surprised, because the boys are, how we call it, mix—up potential, with attitude, in the best way i everfancied. scotland's women beat jamaica 3—2 at hampden last night in their last warm—up game before the world cup. erin cuthbert scored the goal of the game. the friendly at hampden was watched by a record crowd of 18,500. they really wanted to break that record, and they did it. now, we always enjoy gymnasts showing off their skills on breakfast, especially when they can combine them with other sports. take a look at this. here is britain's 2018 commonwealth gymnastics gold medallist dom cunningham with an unbelievable basketball trick shot. he posted this video onto instagram, and even his celebrations

are pretty impressive. worth another look. i wonder how many takes that took.|j could try that for the rest of my life and it wouldn't work. you could if you really practised... maybe not. just before i go, i was granted a very special interview this week — no less than liverpool managerjurgen klopp. how was that? it was great. you will have to wait until friday to see it, the day before liverpool's champions league final against spurs. not one to hide his feelings, though, klopp says he celebrates because he wants to, not because the cameras are on him. if we have a moment, moment together, with the core, when you do it for them, and not for being... together, with the core, when you do it forthem, and not for being... in the moment, you realise it is a big

thing and caught on camera, it is pretty difficult to enjoy itself. so you judge it on a feeling? he was talking about when the band raw. did you do that interview in the bathroom! it sounded a bit like that. it will be sorted out for 7:30 a.m.. if you want some gorgeous views today and a little bit of a peek into a garden, fulham palace is where we are taking you with sarah. it isa it is a glorious morning. i am at fulham palace which is undergone a grand reopening after two years of renovations. it spans 1300 years,

its history, and was primarily the residents of the bishops of london. they use this tranquil haven away from the dirty city of london. about 400 plants and many the original exotic species introduced by the bishop compton. this morning we have blue skies overhead. a bit of patchy cloud here and there but many central and eastern parts of the uk with a similar scene. a bit of sunshine around but generally, for today, the cloud will be increasing from the west and some patchy outbreaks of rain pushing s was across much of the country. there is still a ridge of high pressure but it is being squeezed away. a warm front moving in from the west, introducing rain but also some warmer and more muggy weather. already some patchy rain across the

south—west of england this morning. au showers in wales. it will work its way slowly northwards and eastwards. some sunny spells for much of eastern england and in northern and eastern scotland but a few heavy showers for the northern isles and east anglia and the far south—east, with a few heavy showers as well. temperatures, in the south around 18 degrees, further north 15 degrees under the cloud with patchy outbreaks of rain. through this evening and tonight, the rank and tendering northwards and is was. quite a soggy night account much of northern ireland, northern england and scotland. further south, northern ireland, northern england and scotland. furthersouth, mostly dry. cloud, mistand mug. temperatures holding for most of us 10-13, a bit temperatures holding for most of us 10—13, a bit cooler under the clear skies in northern scotland. a breezy day, quite a low mist and merc around which should tend to left.

spells of sunshine for central and eastern parts of england. further north, patchy rain once again. temperatures between 10— 17 degrees in the north. a little bit warmer, 23, in the south. friday, again outbreaks of rain. rainfall totals mounting in the north. england and wales dry and fine. in the sunny spells, temperatures possibly 22 or 23 degrees. it is getting warmer through the course of the week. saturday highs of 27 possible. it does look absolutely lovely. we're talking about housing this morning and whether it's a buyer's market out there. we are seeing the shift at the moment?

yes we've had a bit more detail about what's been going on in the housing market. we've had stats this week from uk finance who represent several of the high street banks. their members are worth about two thirds of the mortgage market. they say just under 43000 mortgages were approved by high street banks in april. that's up from 40,000 in march. that's the most number of approvals in two years. there was a concern that brexit uncertainty would have put some people off moving house. with that deadline being pushed back to october this could be a sign that more people felt confident to go ahead with that purchase. also interest rates are very low. but of course we're not sure of the reasons why — it could be increasing consumer spending power too — with wages rising faster than inflation the last few months. we are a nation obsessed by house prices? yes, there has been a gap for some time between how much

people expect when they sell a house and how much people are willing to buy one for. the asking price gap has grown to 4%. it is more if you live in london, 5.7% and manchester, nottingham and leicester the gap is growing. the implication is people asking too much for their property? the negotiation is harder. the big picture is it is a good time to buy, putting a cheeky offer below the asking price but that change if the mortgage approvals keep going and house prices could go up. but who knows what will happen with brexit. we will see what unfolds. nowadays we can access a wealth of information instantly with just a click of a smartphone — so do we need to rethink what children are taught in schools? that's the big

question researchers at canterbury christ church university have been asking themselves. they've been speaking to breakfast‘s graham satchell. today you're going to be thinking about little questions we can answer straightaway, big questions that are so much more difficult to investigate. ready? we are at canterbury christ church university. what strange forces are keeping the water in? students are being encouraged to ask questions. does space ever and? what happened before the big bang? why do numbers ever and? should schools be teaching children to pass exams that are in the end a complicated memory test?l lot of what we teach in school is still the same stuff that i learned in school when i was at school so my big question is, well, if that is

what we were doing when i was at school, what should we be doing now because so much has actually changed around us? do you think robots are classed as a life? distinguishing between appearing to be alive and being alive is a difficult question. can students easily asked questions about life, intelligence, consciousness in such a curriculum? here they are teaching teachers to think outside the box. this is a question we would ask children at school. at the moment they would sort these objects into two. why this material does that. as a history, we could be looking at who was king at the time and what was going on. wouldn't it be great if a child could take this question to teachers? if we only go to the history or the science, what do we miss out? that is the vital question

which at the moment young people are not quite getting. students spend the day learning about things like the day learning about things like the archimedes principle and the history of boat building, evolution and genetic determinism from both biologists and philosophers. and genetic determinism from both biologists and philosopherslj enjoyed biologists and philosophers.” enjoyed thinking about the different way subjects connects. when you mix philosophy with biology, the subjects we never really learn about together are not so different. they can all lead to the same understanding and conclusions. just being able to ask questions and not have to give an answer, i think that is something that is quite liberating and exciting to do because you do not get to do it that much in the classroom. connecting subjects, epistemic insight, knowledge about knowledge, learning what is real and what is not, is

that the future of education? and what about life, the universe and everything? well, we already know that, the answer is 42. it is never too early. the question is, very enthusiastic. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonja jessup. investigators have ordered the owner of three homes here in the capital, worth £80 million to explain the source of their wealth. the national crime agency said its investigating whether the properties were paid for with dirty money. this is only the second ever use of anti—corruption orders, against foreigners laundering cash through the uk. for now they can not be sold to a new owner. a london scientist has found women who work nights shifts are no more likely to develop breast cancer than those who work regular hours.

the study, led by dr michaeljones from the institute of cancer research, analysed data from over a hundred thousand women over a ten—year period. it was previosuly suggested exposure to electric light may increase the risk of developing the disease but researchers say there's no overall link. a young man from reading, who has been told he has less than a year to live, says he wants to make the most of the time he has left by taking on physical challenges to raise money for charity. sam clarke, who's 31, has a rare genetic disease that causes hearing loss, eye abnormalities and kidney failure. before he has to begin dialysis, sam is taking on a 6,000 mile charity cycle ride across europe and completing a skydive in every major city he visits. if there is something you want to do in life, don't wait. just go out there, get it done, find the money, make the time, whatever you need to do. life is short and we have to make the most of it now.

that is what it is all about, getting out there and grabbing it. let's take a look at the travel situation now. first the tube and that's off to a good start no reported problems on any of those lines there. let's take alook at the roads this is how the a13 looks. traffic already building heading into town from the goresbrook interchange in dagenham. be aware if you're headed to the old street roundabout that there's a new road layout on city road, it's been converted to two way traffic. now the weather with georgina burnett. good morning. the temperatures are on the rise this week but it goes downhill next week when it becomes unsettled and cooler. warmer for a few days this week. a little on the muggy side as well but for today cloud increasing through the morning perhaps one or two very isolated showers. ahead of these outbreaks of rain coming in from the western in the afternoon.

temperatures up to 18 degrees celsius in central london. a light breeze through the morning increasing in the afternoon. as we head through the night, a fairly cloudy night but some brakes will be emerging to give us clearer spells towards the early hours of the morning. temperatures down to 11 and 13 so a good few degrees above where we were last night. a much warmer start. by the afternoon it will feel fairly muggy with temperatures reaching 23 celsius. 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 naga and charlie. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today: vital support for elderly care under threat across england, as councils run out of cash, leaving

families without key services. devastation across eight us states, as dozens of tornados leave towns destroyed. we will be live on the site of britain's highest mountain, ben nevis, where five climbers have died since december. real madrid in the money. english football clubs might be dominating european finals, but it is a spanish team that has become the most financially valuable. in sport, the all—english europa league final is just hours away. chelsea meet asenal, but how many fans have been able to travel the 2,500 miles to azerbaijan? good morning. i'm in the beautiful grounds of fulham palace this morning, where it is a gorgeous, sunny start to the day. but many of us sunny start to the day. but many of us will see more cloud and some patchy rain later on. i will bring you a full forecast in about 15 minutes. it is wednesday 29 may.

our top story: care for elderly and vulnerable people is at risk because councils in england are so short of money. that is the conclusion of two reports today looking at the financial pressures on local authorities. the bbc‘s panorama programme has identified 11 councils which have been warned they could run out of cash in just four years, while the institute for fiscal studies says services have been cut by a fifth over the last five years. the government says it will soon set out reforms to the social care system. here is our social affairs correspondent alison holt. where are you? i'm only here. we're going to go this way now. why? i want to be here. rachel blackford and her mother, barbara, are at the sharp end of financial pressures local authorities are facing. barbara has severe dementia, and their county council, somerset, closed the day centre they relied

upon as it tried to balance its books. the authority offered alternatives, but for rachel, this was vital support, that worked. i'm desperate, and i'm not the only one. you know, lifelines being cut. you just think, if they don't listen to our pleas, how — how is the future going to evolve? over the ten months we followed somerset county council, it had to make £13 million of cuts or go bust. it meant painful decisions for the director of adult care services, who had to make his share of savings despite the growing demand for care. this last year has been the hardest in my professional career, because i see ever more people who we are not providing the level and type of support that they want and need. and, whilst we have improved a number of our services, i'm conscious that that's been at the cost of services that people have valued no longer being available.

that's all right, they stay here. the government has promised to reform the funding of the care system at the earliest opportunity, but in many places, like somerset, the pressures are biting now. alison holt, bbc news. the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, has confirmed he won't stand down while there are what he described as momentous events taking place in parliament. he also said that mps would have a say over whether the uk left the eu without a deal in october. let's get more on this from our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who is at westminster. john bercow said when he took on the job in 2009 that he wouldn't serve more than nine years, but as he enters this 10th year in the most famous of chairs in the house of commons, he said it would be not sensible to vacate the chair. speaking in washington last night, and as you say, he has been a controversial figure with this application and interpretation of

parliamentary rules and processes sometimes dating back centuries to the brexit process. he has been accused by some of being biased against brexit, but he consistently denies that, and i suspect this signalling of this intention to stay on thejob will signalling of this intention to stay on the job will raise some eyebrows and maybe take the wind out of the sails of some of the tory leadership candidates who have been advocating leaving the eu come that 31 october deadline, regardless. but nevertheless, john bercow has described himself again as the backbencher‘s champion. when he has gotan backbencher‘s champion. when he has got an announcement to make about this tenure, we are told, it will be to parliament first, but for now, it seems, he is staying put. thousands of people including the formula one world champion, lewis hamilton, are expected to gather at st stephen's cathedral in vienna today to pay tribute to niki lauda. he died last monday at the age of 70. the triple world champion was best known for surviving a crash during the 1976 german grand prix.

fans will be able to pay their respects before he is laid to rest alongside his mother. remembered as a driver but of course for many years fighting for the safety of drivers after this dreadful crash. many of the famous faces will be paying their respects. that crash was in 1976. he died last week at the age of 70. he had undergone a lung transplant in august, this family say he passed away peacefully last monday. 11 conservative mps have now

put their names forward to be the next prime minister, following theresa may's resignation. the latest candidate is the junior brexit minister, james cleverly, who has written in his local newspaper about the need to unite the party. the winner of the leadership contest is expected to be announced injuly. 15 people are now known to have died as a tornado continues to bring disruption to large parts of the united states. tens of thousands of homes are without power. the national weather service says this is the fourth—worst month for tornadoes ever recorded in the us. nimesh thacker reports. in brookville, ohio, sue taulbee counts the cost of the tornado that destroyed her home. trapped beneath a fallen wall, she is lucky to be alive. i was screaming, lord help me, lord help me. and they — i heard them say, sue, we're coming, we're coming. and i saw the flashlight, and the neighbours on both sides helped to get me out.

across eight states, dozens of tornadoes pulverised homes and businesses, uprooting lives, destroying entire communities. in ohio, an 81—year—old man was killed when a twister picked up his car and smashed it into his home. it sounded like a jet engine, just landing right on top of your house. then the whole house started shaking and vibrating, and you just had a big explosion. that was the glass through all the house getting blown out. mankind is no match against mother nature. tens of thousands of people have been left without power, as authorities deal with gas leaks and search for people still trapped by debris. more severe weather is forecast, and while the tornadoes may have stopped for the moment, their impact will never go away. how is your spelling? not good.

the opening day of the world's oldest spelling bee contest has taken place in the us state of maryland. 11 million contestants have participated in school, local and regional bees, with the hope of making it to the final of the event in washington. the event is now in its 96th year. let's take a look at some of the key words from day one. mosaicist. m—o—s—a—i—c—i—s—t. mosaicist. m—o—s—a—i—c—i—s—t. mosaicist. arable. a-r-a-b-l-e. arable. cannellini. c-a-n-n-e-l-l-i-n-i. arable. cannellini. c—a—n—n—e—l—l—i—n—i. cannellini. the words you heard there were mosaicist, a designer of mosaics, arable,

as in arable farmland, and cannellini, as in the beans. that is the tricky thing with cannellini, is how many ns, how many ls. not easy, well done to those who did well in that competition. it is being billed as a once—in—a—lifetimejourney. to mark the eiffel tower's 130th birthday, members of the public are being offered a hair—raising trip on a zip line from the top of the landmark. i would like to do this. at over 100 meters in the air, the ride lasts just 60 seconds. ifigo to if i go to paris soon i am going to do that. i don't know how long it is going to stay there, though. i think it is brilliant, what a great experience. all the papers dominated

by who will be the new leader from the tory hopefuls. we have a whole football team. on the front page of some of the papers, let's see what is going on. the times says some of the papers, let's see what is going on. the times sasteremy hunt is facing a backlash over this warning that i know deal brexit would be political suicide for the conservative party. the picture you can see there is another of the candidates, environment secretary michael gove. let's have a look at the guardian. this is taking a look at the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, who has told the paper in an interview it is currently not sensible to vacate the chair as speaker of the house of commons. there is also a picture of the amazon founder, jeff bezos, and this ex—wife, mckenzie. she has promised to donate half of her fortune to charity. on the daily

telegraph, labour leaderjeremy corbyn faces investigation over this pa rty‘s corbyn faces investigation over this party's anti—semitism accusations. the picture is the of actor julianne moore, who has given an interview on equal pay. the daily mirror also leads on the labour leader. it says mr corbyn will support another referendum on eu membership. the paper claims senior figures are suggesting he could make the announcement within days. how far would you travel for a football match? for most fans, 2,500 miles is unthinkable, but that is the challenge facing arsenal and chelsea supporters who want to watch their clubs play in the europa league final tonight. after hearing the game would be played in baku, azerbaijan, kevin cobb and his son jake embarked on an epic six—day

journey by road, rail and air to get there in time for tonight's match. here's how they did it. they left stanstead airport last tuesday, flying to the turkish capital, istanbul. that evening, they got on another flight to the city of ankara. after a day of sightseeing, they boarded a train to the eastern city of kars. that's a 24—hourjourney. a taxi ride took them to the border with georgia, and then another to the georgian capital, tbilisi. on sunday, for the final leg of theirjourney, they caught an overnight train from tbilisi and arrived in baku on monday, a whole 60 hours after they set off from home. jake and his dad, kevin, join us now from baku. you are finally in baku,

congratulations. thank you. it has been an epic trip, the first and obvious question is has it been worth it? yes, 100%. you obvious question is has it been worth it? yes, 10096. you know, watching chelsea in a european final is the pinnacle for any foot or fan, and the adventure that we have had on the way is just and the adventure that we have had on the way isjust incredible, and we have made so many memories, for a lifetime, really, and meeting so many different people along the way. lots of different stories to tell for many years to come, and i am really looking forward to the match now. tell us a bit more about the adventures, because i understand as the journey was going on people were hearing about the trip, and you were getting a reception when you arrived in places. yes, so i kind of documented my travels on twitter, and each place, local people were messaging me and seeing how we were getting on. eventually i think the

azerbaijan tourist board messaged me and said what time do you get into baku? i dropped them a message and they welcomed us with a local band, dancing, food, breakfast. yesterday they picked us up again and took us to the stadium for a tour, presented us to the stadium for a tour, presented us with azerbaijan football shirts, as well. it all sounds like it has worked out brilliantly in the end. and one of the things about a journey like that is you meet great people along the way, and lots of people along the way, and lots of people have helped you out in a practical sense, just bits of the journey. people have helped us all along the way, and you are consta ntly along the way, and you are constantly struck by the unending kindness and friendliness of people, many of whom have much less then you have yourselves, so every step of the way. i suppose one of the things irememberfrom the way. i suppose one of the things i remember from tbilisi was when we explained from the tour —— to those who are guide who was showing us around who are —— that we were the chelsea fans, and he reached for his phone and played us blue is the

colour, which was on his phone. people have been kind to us. just give us a sense of where you are at the moment and what your first impressions are of your destination, of baku itself. yes, so at the moment, we are in the main square in baku. we arrived on monday morning after six or seven days of travelling. it is a great city. it isa travelling. it is a great city. it is a really... sort of a melting pot, really, of different cultures. and everyone here has been really friendly, as well. and we understand that there are some fans, possibly not as many as either of the clubs would have liked, who have made the journey. what is your impression about those people who have? the people who made it from the uk? the people who made it from the uk? the people who made it from the uk? the people who made the journey. the people who made it from the uk? the people who made thejourney. we have met people from around the

world but we always do when we follow chelsea. the club is a worldwide brand and everybody knows them. congratulations on your journey, gentlemen. have a great few days. i am journey, gentlemen. have a great few days. iam not journey, gentlemen. have a great few days. i am not sure how the journey back we'll go.. you have to do the same journey back? not quite as bad. we are taking three flights so the game finishes probably 2am if there is extra time and penalties at baku an at the airport at six a.m.. then we are back for work and see my girlfriend, holly on friday. we salute your dedication. have fun while you are there. you have to be excited a of that. let's show you

the view from the top of ben nevis. it has made the headlines for some unpleasant reasons, our reporter and his team have been up ben nevis and scaled it at midnight this morning. they will be bringing us the latest from them but you can see the absolutely glorious views. a lot of people ask why do you do it but notwithstanding conditions and all the things you can effect it, you can see why people would take those risks. we are spending some time on ben nevis and talking about some of the dangers later on. it is going to

get warmer? we have got some warmer weather on the cards as we move towards that but some rain particularly in the north and west. this morning i am at fulham palace stop it has a long and varied history. it was primarily the residence of the bishops of london. 133 bishops lived here. although not technically a royal palace, they we re technically a royal palace, they were called princes of the church henceit were called princes of the church hence it became known as fulham palace. over the past two years there has been a major renovation project. a new museum, as well as lots of work within the gardens as well. free admission as well as 13 acres of ground. we have blue skies overhead, a bit of sunshine. patchy cloud but similar scenes across many central and eastern parts of the country. the cloud will increase as we had through the day. some patchy

rain moving eastwards as well. a little bit of a soggy picture later on today but if you're lucky to see the sunshine, enjoyed before things ploughed over. the reason for the cloud and rain is the one front moving in from the west. still a ridge of high pressure holding on in the east but it will get squeezed away as muggy air moves in over the next 24 hours. heavy showers across the northern isles. through the day, the northern isles. through the day, the rain in the west edging further northwards and eastwards. northern ireland, south—west scotland, northern england through the midlands as well. throughout the east most places dry. a few scattered showers. in the south, further north, 15 celsius. the rain

continues to push northwards and eastwards through this evening and overnight. quite a soggy night for northern ireland, north—west england and also scotland. at temperatures under the cloud holding up. 10— 13 degrees. through thursday a cloudy and breezy start to the day. low cloud and fog over the hills and in the west. a central and eastern parts of england sunny spells are developing. highs of 25 degrees or so. developing. highs of 25 degrees or so. and petra rain for northern ireland and for scotland as we had into friday, more rain work centre from the north—west so another pretty wet day for much of northern ireland, western scotland with the odd shower. totals are mounting in the north—west. further south and east you should stay dry. temperatures doing fairly well, possibly 23 degrees. looking fine with warmer weather installed for the weekend. saturday will be the

warmest day with temperatures of around 27 degrees. if you have the sunshine, enjoyed this morning. 27, that has gone up! not bad at all. injust over a month, 73 newly—elected meps from all kinds of backgrounds will head to brussels to take their seats in the european parliament. but what will they hope to achieve and how do they feel about the challenges ahead? the green party's magid magid majeed majeed came to the uk as a child refugee from somalia and later became lord mayor of sheffield, while dentist henrik overgaard nielsen is a newly elected mep for the brexit party. they both join us now. magid magid mep for the green party. you have not met before. we met 30 seconds ago. you have a job that we

are effectively immediately trying to get rid of. five weeks, five months, five years. i think this whole election has been quite exciting. we need to establish that because you would like brexit not to happen. that is still your intention and would like to be there for five yea rs. and would like to be there for five years. we are fighting for a people surveyed and we believe the best deal is the one we have the moment and there is no brexit deal that will deliver the promises. henrik overgaard nielsen you are with brexit party, why bother being an mep? the reason i stood was to give a kick at the backside of mps in westminster and we have done that by winning over a third of the vote. i would like to be unemployed sooner

rather than later and that is what i am there to try and achieve. you are am there to try and achieve. you are a dentist? i have a full day of nhs packages today and tomorrow. would you stop them to become an mep.” would definitely have to cut down but i need to see how busy it is going to be. on the other hand, if i am kicked out the european parliament serena rather than later, ican go parliament serena rather than later, i can go back and do dentistry again. how many days do you spend there? we start injuly but there is a lot of work to do. just coming back that make a lot of people rightfully do want to leave the eu but that is down to government policy and not the eu and we need to

address local and national issues. you are an mep... we campaign on address local and national issues. you are an mep. .. we campaign on the issue that we want to keep freedom of movement, climate change, a pollution, so we need to make sure we are working with the eu to tackle those issues. your relationship with the brexit party. we spoke to nigel for rush and he was in a brilliant mood after the win. no—one can question that. one of the things we asked him was if we leave, what then? what is the brexit party for if we have left the eu and he would not say whether he would remain... whether he would stay with it or not. for you, if whether he would stay with it or not. foryou, if we whether he would stay with it or not. for you, if we have left the eu, do you carry on being a member of the brexit party? what doesn't

mean after have left? if we leave and geta mean after have left? if we leave and get a clean brexit, obviously we have achieved a huge thing... so do you stop? i am not going to stand for westminster so that will not be an option for me. i think also we need to try and re—engage with the public in the way we do politics in this country. i think we are past the days when people became a member ofa the days when people became a member of a party, sitting on a committee. that is not how people engage any longer. it is more to do with social media, twitter. the brexit party have over 100,000 supporters and we need to use them to actually try and engage with people in different ways and come up with policies that are more to do with what people want rather thanjust what more to do with what people want rather than just what a small group of people in a smoke—filled room

bond. i know you are polar opposite in terms of what you are seeking but the thing you have common is the green party also did very well in the european elections. the brexit party even more so. the polarisation was apparent. the massive greenway. people do want a different way of doing politics. in the green party we have clear, consistent politics notjust on brexit but outside of it. we want to protect the rights of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers which i know is something the brexit party are championing so we are quite polar opposites. we need to understand that people want a different way of doing politics.” have to disagree with that. what we wa nt have to disagree with that. what we want is for us to control our borders. i think immigration is a great thing. i am an immigrant but i

do not think we should discriminate against people outside the eu which is what is happening now and we need to protect the rights of everybody in this country so we are not polar opposites that ijust do not want to discriminate outside the european union. we do not know what the brexit party policies are so i appreciate what you are saying. we do not know where they stand on security and other issues. your first day in theory, in your roles is when? july two. we will see what happens. thank you for coming in this morning. time to find out what is happening where you are this morning.

good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonja jessup. investigators have ordered the owner of three homes here in the capital worth eighty—million pounds to explain the source of their wealth. the national crime agency said its investigating whether the properties were paid for with dirty money and for now they can't be sold or given to a new owner. this is only the second ever use of anti—corruption orders against foreigners laundering cash through the uk. a london scientist has found women who work night shifts are no more likely to develop breast cancer than those who work regular hours. the study, led by dr michaeljones from the institute of cancer research, analysed data from over a hundred thousand women over a ten year period. it was previosuly suggested exposure to electric light may increase the risk of developing the disease but researchers say there's no overall link. a young man from reading who has been told he has less than a year to live says he wants to make the most of the time he has left by taking on physical challenges to raise money for charity.

sam clarke, who's 31, has a rare genetic disease that causes hearing loss, eye abnormalities and kidney failure. before he has to begin dialysis, sam is taking on a six thousand mile charity cycle ride across europe and completing a skydive in every major city he visits. if there is something you want to do in life, don't wait. just go out there, get it done, find the money, whatever you need to do. life is short and we have to make the most of it now. this is what it is all about, getting out there and grabbing it. let's take a look at the travel situation now... first the tube and that's running well so far no reported problems on any of those lines there. m25 of those lines there. hardly moving. an accident in there. and do be aware if you're heading to the old street roundabout that

there's a new road layout on city road— it's been converted to two way traffic. and in kings cross, euston road is down to one lane for roadworks eastbound past st pancras time for the weather now, here's georgina burnett. good morning. the temperatures are on the rise this week but it goes downhill next week when it becomes unsettled and cooler. warm up for a few days this week. a little on the monkey side as well but for today cloud increasing through the morning perhaps one or two very isolated showers. ahead of these outbreaks of rain coming in from the western of the afternoon. temperatures up to 18 degrees celsius in central london. a light breeze through the morning increasing in the afternoon. as we had through the night, a fairly cloudy night but some brakes will be emerging to give us a clear spells towards the early hours of the morning. temperatures down to 11 and 13 so a good few degrees above where we were last night. a much warmer start. by the afternoon it will feel fairly muggy with temperatures reaching 23 celsius. 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 naga and charlie. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. here is a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news: care for elderly and vulnerable people is at risk because councils in england are so short of money. that is the conclusion of two reports today looking at the financial pressures on local authorities. the bbc‘s panorama programme has identified 11 councils which have been warned they could run out of cash in just four years, while the institute for fiscal studies says services have been cut by a fifth over the last five years. earlier we spoke to the health secretary, matt hancock, who told us the government will soon set out reforms to the social care system. i haven't been able to get cross—government agreement.

we've been doing a huge amount of work on it inside the department, so i'm going to be coming forward with proposals. i've already talked about different ways of making sure we have a properly funded social care system in the long—term. firstly, making sure there is more money in there up front, and i've secured an extra almost £1 billion going into social care, so there's now almost 10% more money in social care than there was a couple of years ago. the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, has confirmed he won't stand down while there are what he described as momentous events taking place in parliament. mr bercow told the guardian he did not think it was sensible to vacate the chair, despite speculation he would retire this summer. he also said that mps would have a say over whether the uk left the eu without a deal in october. 11 conservative mps have now put their names forward to be the next prime minister, following theresa may's resignation. the latest candidate is the junior brexit minister,

james cleverly, who has written in his local newspaper about the need to unite the party. the winner of the leadership contest is expected to be announced injuly. more senior labour members have admitted voting for other parties in the european election. it follows the expulsion of alastair campbell yesterday for backing the liberal democrats. the former home secretary charles clarke said he too had voted lib dem, and that labour's treatment of mr campbell had been a disgrace. bob ainsworth, a former defence secretary, said he had voted for the greens. thousands of people including the formula one world champion, lewis hamilton, are expected to gather in vienna today to pay tribute to niki lauda. his coffin arrived at st stephen's cathedral in the past half—hour. the triple world champion was best known for surviving a crash during the 1976 german grand prix. fans will be able to pay their respects before he is laid to rest alongside his mother. 15 people are now known to have died as a tornado continues to bring disruption to large parts

of the united states. tens of thousands of homes in central and eastern states are without power. the national weather service says this is the fourth—worst month for tornadoes ever recorded in the us. malaysia has ordered several thousand tons of imported plastic waste to be sent back to the countries it came from, including britain. the government says much of the refuse was imported illegally, and it won't allow the country to be used as an international dumping ground. it is being billed as a once—in—a—lifetimejourney. to mark the eiffel tower's 130th birthday, members of the public are being offered a hair—raising trip on a zip line from the top of the landmark. at over 100 meters in the air, the ride lasts just 60 seconds. it is not long enough, you would

have to go back up again and do it. it is perhaps not for the faint—hearted. coming up on the programme: sarah will have the weather for you. first we're going to hear about the sport, and we have been hearing quite a aboutjourneys, people who have made i salute you if you have made that journey or are starting yourjourney to madrid for the other european final. it is the first of the all—english european cup finals tonight. arsenal play chelsea in baku, where the most determined and loyal fans are still arriving. chelsea midfielder n'golo kante is rated as 50—50 for the game. he has a knee injury that might be worse than it first appeared. we have seen both managers close up in the last few hours. we will hear from unai emery in a moment.

but first, maurizio sarri. they have 20, 22 wonderful men, wonderful players. so now, i'm really very happy with them. and of course, i have to consider it for the future. and i have to consider that i love english football, i love the premier league. the first team to play for the city and to win the title, and the second also helps you, helps us, to achieve the champions league through this competition. but the first target for arsenal, from chelsea, is to show our supporters and to win for our supporters, for all of us. interesting that maurizio sarri was talking about his own future there. we will see what happens in the next few days. scotland's women beat jamaica 3—2

at hampden last night in their last warm—up game before the world cup. erin cuthbert scored the goal of the game. the friendly at hampden was watched by a record crowd of 18,500 fans. british men's number one, kyle edmund, is through to the second round of the french open. he wrapped up his match againstjeremy chardy in less than ten minutes yesterday, after bad light meant it had to be suspended the night before, deep into the final set. but edmund didn't waste any more time, winning the two games he needed to seal his place in the next round. great fight, good character, good composure. you know, especially in an environment like that, physically, and there was lots of positives for me that it was great to ta ke positives for me that it was great to take forward, so yes, i am very pleased. dan evans put up quite a fight against number 23 seed fernando verdasco. he took the spaniard to four sets, before eventually losing. there was a disappointing exit for cameron norrie, soundly beaten by france's elliot benchetrit. norrie won just five games against a player ranked 273

in the world. now, we always enjoy gymnasts showing off their skills on breakfast, especially when they can combine them with other sports. take a look at this. here is britain's 2018 commonwealth gymnastics gold medallist dom cunningham with an unbelievable basketball trick shot. i wonder how many times it took?l busy old week this week. just before i go, i was granted a very special interview this week — no less than liverpool managerjurgen klopp. you will have to wait until friday to see it, the day before liverpool's champions league final against spurs. he has been explaining his relationship with the liverpool fans, plus much more. he does casual very well. he is

acting relaxed, buti he does casual very well. he is acting relaxed, but i am not sure how relaxed he really is. interesting we are not seeing so much from pochettino, he has much more got the guard down. everyone has their own style. over the last few days, we've been hearing lots about the dangers facing people climbing mount everest. it is also a popular time of year for exploring britain's highest mountain, ben nevis. it is a huge tourist attraction in the scottish highlands, but five people have died on the slopes since december. so just how dangerous is the climb? our scotland correspondent james shaw has just reached the summit, and sent us this report. well done to you and the crew, you must be exhausted. do you know, we were. we were really exhausted when were. we were really exhausted when we got to the top, but it's so cold that you have to keep moving. i'm

not sure what the temperature is, it's probably —1, and if you stand still in cold weather for a long period of time, it gets cold. having said that, we have been incredibly lucky with the weather. have a look at these clear views for miles and miles around, i can see across to the scottish islands and skye over to my left, it is the most fantastic location. but it can change very quickly, i can see cloud coming in from the atlantic which could engulf us from the atlantic which could engulf us in fog and mist at any time in the next half—an—hour. but it is a dangerous place. you can see some snow still here, that is a gully people ski down, and that illustrates just how dangerous ben nevis can be. there is no other mountain in britain quite like ben nevis, from the ridges, gullies and cliffs of the north face, to the stunning views from the top across loch linnhe and the west coast of scotland. it is uniquely beautiful.

there is a straightforward path up the southern slopes, but the north face is a serious challenge. we have hired a mountain guide, mike, to make sure we do it safely. tell us what we're looking at there, that little bit of snow that we can see up there, what is that? that snow there is at the foot of number five gully, which is where all the snow has come down and the avalanches over the winter, that‘ why it's so deep and why it's still there in the summer. and that is a particular hazard as we know, from what has actually happened this winter. absolutely. number five gully does have avalanche quite regularly, and quite dramatically this year, causing that accident. so yes, it is a regular avalanche spot. the incident mike's talking about happen in march, when three climbers from switzerland died at the foot of this gully. it is potentially a deathtrap, if we are here at the wrong time in the wrong weather conditions.

yes, but on a different day, with fresh snowfall, the westerly winds blowing snow onto the top, this is normally where it collects, where you get avalanches that slide all the way down to the bottom here. so absolutely, this is the place to avoid in those avalanche conditions. using an ice axe to aid stability, as mike kicks steps into the mountain snow. like we did before. ice axe in your hand. iam ok. iam good. along this side? 1000 feet up, the snow has melted but the climbing does not get any easier. a bit of a drop down there. at this point mike and i are roped together in case one of us trips orfalls. this is one of the ways up the north face of ben nevis. it is pretty arduous, it's pretty hard going but you are rewarded by these absolutely amazing views.

but completing the route is a long, hard slog. are we only about halfway or less than halfway? i'd say halfway up. tiredness and changing weather conditions can mean that a plan which seemed safe can start to look more dangerous. other climbers are also taking account of the conditions and planning their day accordingly. when you go into the mountains, the weather is changeable, you should always have plan a, plan b, plan c and if it is not suitable, you're not fit enough, you haven't chosen the right thing, you can always turn around, you can always come back tomorrow. the mountains are not going anywhere. experienced climbers know that there is always the potential for something unexpected to happen. proper planning and assessing the dangers as you go can reduce the risks of the minimum so that this thrilling mountain landscape can be enjoyed to the full.

well, you saw mike in our piece just then. he is with us again. mike, you guided us safely to the top during the middle of the night. we started at midnightand the middle of the night. we started at midnight and we arrived here just before five a.m.. but at midnight and we arrived here just before five a. m.. but we at midnight and we arrived here just before five a.m.. but we have been talking this morning about the pressures on everest, obviously that isa pressures on everest, obviously that is a much bigger mountain than ben nevis, but is it a similar situation here in terms of how much pressure is on this location? yes, it is a similar thing is on this location? yes, it is a similarthing in is on this location? yes, it is a similar thing in terms of more people want to do these claims every year, we had 160,000 people here last year, up 30,000 from the years before stop in the last ten years the number of people coming up here has doubled. so there is a huge impact from that on the trail. we have just spent impact from that on the trail. we havejust spent £900,000 impact from that on the trail. we have just spent £900,000 managing the bottom part of the trail, so a massive investment in that, as well as the letter, that needs to be picked up, the car parking down in the glen, and with more people there are more accidents. the mountain

rescue are more accidents. the mountain rescu e tea m are more accidents. the mountain rescue team gets cold in more and there is a cost to that as well. and it is hard, this should be a pristine environment, but as you say, if there are 160,000 people coming up every year, that's more than1 million coming up every year, that's more than 1 million over the course of a decade, that is a huge number of people in a location like this. it's a huge number of people, absolutely, but it can be done. the path can be made very durable, it should be 20 or 30 years before that has to be done again, but there is no long—term funding for sustaining looking after this area. it is not a national park or anything like that. there are a lot of banana skins that are dropped, a lot of apple cores

that are dropped, that don't need to be. wejust that are dropped, that don't need to be. we just need to teach people about this environment, how fragile it is, and what they can do to leave no trace. and the floor and fauna, the animals here, some of it is really unique in all of the uk, is that right? absolutely, we have seen the snow buntings flying around here, there are about 50 in scotland, you will see them all the time in ben nevis but so few elsewhere, but just time in ben nevis but so few elsewhere, butjust wondering example of the amazing things you will see around here —— just one example. you can see the weather is changing, ican example. you can see the weather is changing, i can see cloud coming in from the west, and it illustrates that you never quite know what the weather is going to do in this extraordinary mountain. it is interesting, you mentioned that you are there, and it is good now, but you can see the weather coming in as it changes. that is one of the risks people face, when they have to look at those conditions. absolutely right. it is a fine day this morning here. the weather going downhill later on with cloud and rain around. i am at fulham palace. over the past two years it has undergone a major renovation

project. a new museum, renovation of the tudor courtyard and the garden as well. i am joined by alexis. tell mea as well. i am joined by alexis. tell me a little bit about the history. when did it start? it goes back 6000 yea rs. when did it start? it goes back 6000 years. right from the prehistoric up to the last bishop of london leaving. 704 was the first time the bishops bought the land. what have you discovered during the renovations? my role as a community archaeologist is involved numerous volu nteers archaeologist is involved numerous volunteers from archaeologists to com plete volunteers from archaeologists to complete amateurs are taking part in the most exciting things we have found are a big dig full of tudor bones, so we have an idea about what they were eating. this is from the

ditch. a veal cuff jaw they were eating. this is from the ditch. a veal cuffjaw and this is a pig jaw ditch. a veal cuffjaw and this is a pig jaw so we are getting an idea of what they are eating, possibly even the earliest turkey. a really good idea of life into the intruder time? dress accessories came out as well. pinning their hats things, lace shaped shoelaces for the clothes, loads and loads of exciting information. all out of one excavation which is great. this morning we have a bit of blue sky and sunshine. things are clouding, the club moving in from the west with patchy outbreaks of rain moving is was across the country as well. the ridge of high pressure holding on and keeping things dry in the east. warm air moving in from the west

bringing in the rain. we are ready have patchy rain across parts of the south—west of england, wales, also some heavy showers for the northern isles and east anglia and the south—east as well. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather to start the day with sunshine around. the patchy rain edging further northwards and eastwards through the day. by lunchtime rain across northern ireland, parts of scotland and northern england and the midlands. sunshine turning fairly hazy. 15 — 18 degrees in the south. 14—15 in the north. the wind also increasing through the day as well. this evening and overnight, we still have the patchy rain making its way further northwards and this was, 5°99y further northwards and this was, soggy night for northern ireland and scotland. temperatures holding up a 10- 13 scotland. temperatures holding up a 10— 13 degrees for most parts of the

country. a bit coolerfor the north of scotla nd country. a bit coolerfor the north of scotland under clear skies. tomorrow, quite a cloudy picture first thing. the cloud will break up a central and eastern parts of england. temperatures of around 22 degrees. further north, more rain for scotland, north—west england and northern ireland. temperatures under the cloud only around 15— 18 degrees. friday, more rain in the north—west. a soggy day for northern ireland, western scotland. much of england and wales should have a dry and fine day. spells of sunshine breaking through the day. we will be warming up over the next few days than heading into the weekend, top temperatures could reach 27 degrees on saturday. good temperatures of the people that like it that hot. english football clubs

are dominating european finals this week, but what about off the pitch? it isa it is a huge week for english football. chelsea and arsenal tonight and liverpool and spurs in the championships on saturday. but these themes are more than football clubs, they are some of the biggest businesses in the country. the auditing firm kpmg has been looking at the 32 biggest european clubs and given them all an "enterprise value". that's based on their profitability, the value of their squad, the money they get in tv deals, whether they own their stadium, and even their social media presence. england's premier league is dominating the european financial league too. these nine english clubs make the power list. way more than any other european league. however, real madrid take the top spot. they replace man united. the spanish team won the champions league during the two seasons which this data covers. man u still has the most revenue

of any english team. liverpool and tottenham have become business power players this season — both have seen massive increases in pre—tax profits in particular. and when you look at their total enterprise value, kpmg say both clubs are worth £1.7 billion. kieran maguire is a sports finance specialist at liverpool university and joins me now. real madrid have been really successful, winning the last three champions league final. if spurs when the title this week, would it put them in the top bracket?m when the title this week, would it put them in the top bracket? it will accelerate them but not in the same league as manchester united, barcelona or clubs of that nature because they have not won a significant trophy for so long and they do not have that global appeal. and chester united have 650 million fans, liverpool and real madrid as

well. if you have lots of fans, you have people buying the products and so on. if you look at manchester city, they have done really well domestically, they have made their way to the top ten despite not winning any european championships. that is what the owners of manchester city are looking for in order to progress to the next level and be able to sign more commercial deals and build up an appeal for sport tourists which is a huge industry. you need to win the global trophies. manchester united are still in second place, despite having a really bad run. how's that? if you listen to the ceo of manchester united do not need to win trophies to make money which for a red such as yourself must be a sad state to hear but they are a brand and they go all over the world and

they will sign up commercial deals with local supplies and local sponsors who want to be associated with the history and heritage of the clu b with the history and heritage of the club and that is why people are buying. a long and successful history but it cannot last forever. you cannot depend on the goodwill of people ‘s pockets forever. you cannot depend on the goodwill of people 's pockets forever. the danger is how long does and chester united have to go before the allure of old trafford and all the club has achieved gets tarnished. they have got some time to go. we have sent liverpool. they have come back onto the scene. all that you need is a good manager, improvement in terms of recruitment on the pitch and the good times will return.” of recruitment on the pitch and the good times will return. i am sure the good times will return imminently for manchester united. it can only be a good thing that we have for english sides and it is a big championships. it is good for

the premier league. they were the ebay of sports broadcasting, they went all over the world and they said we will give our product away for free and now they have started to charge for it and the next round of tv rights, if we have an english clu b of tv rights, if we have an english club with champions league and europa league trophies under their belt as well, the home games will increase their appeal. it is not just about the global tv rights appeal but all the other industries, tourism, employment, 100,000 people is employed by the premier league. people only see the people on the pitch but manchester united is one of the biggest employers in the north—west. these companies are bringing in acute export revenues as well to the uk. people talk about players wages but 40% is going in tax so it is bringing in money. while football gets a bad press, as an export industry it is one of the uk's biggest successes. no matter

what your club allegiances, put it to one side, because it is great for english football and the wider economy that these teams are doing so well. so much football talk. it is big business. europa league final, champions league. now it is time to get the news and travel where you. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonja jessup. investigators have ordered the owner of three homes here in the capital worth eighty—million pounds to explain the source of their wealth. the national crime agency said its investigating whether the properties were paid for with dirty money and for now they can't be sold or given to a new owner. this is only the second ever use of anti—corruption orders against foreigners laundering cash through the uk. a london scientist has found women who work night shifts are no more likely to develop breast cancer than those who work regular hours.

the study, led by dr michaeljones from the institute of cancer research, analysed data from over a hundred thousand women over a ten year period. it was previosuly suggested exposure to electric light may increase the risk of developing the disease but researchers say there's no overall link. a young man from reading, who has been told he has less than a year to live, says he wants to make the most of the time he has left by taking on physical challenges to raise money for charity. sam clarke, who's 31, has a rare genetic disease that causes hearing loss, eye abnormalities and kidney failure. before he has to begin dialysis, sam is taking on a 6000 mile charity cycle ride across europe, and completing a skydive in every major city he visits. if there is something you want to do in life, don't wait. just go out there, get it done, find the money, whatever you need to do. life is short and we have to make the most of it now. this is what it is all about,

getting out there and grabbing it. let's take a look at the travel situation now. first the tube and that's running well so far no reported problems on any of those lines there. a track circuit failure in wimbledon. in haringey we have temporary traffic lights on green lanes at the junction with burgoyne road. time for the weather now here's georgina burnett. good morning. the temperatures are on the rise this week but it goes downhill next week when it becomes unsettled and cooler. warm up for a few days this week. a little on the monkey side as well but for today cloud increasing through the morning perhaps one or two very isolated showers. ahead of these outbreaks of rain coming in from the western of the afternoon. temperatures up to 18 degrees

celsius in central london. a light breeze through the morning increasing in the afternoon. as we had through the night, a fairly cloudy night but some brakes will be emerging to give us a clear spells towards the early hours of the morning. temperatures down to 11 and 13 so a good few degrees above where we were last night. a much warmer start. by the afternoon it will feel fairly muggy with temperatures reaching 23 celsius. that's all for now. i'll be back in around half an hour and you can take a look at our website of course, for more news, travel and weather. bye for now.

good morning and welcome to breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today... vital support for elderly care under threat across england, as councils run out of cash, leaving families without key services. devastation across eight us states, as dozens of tornados leave towns destroyed. we are live at the top of ben nevis, britain's highest mountain, with climbers being warned about safety here after a spate of accidents. give us control. the mayors of greater manchester and the liverpool city region call on the government to end the northern railfranchise and let them take over instead. in sport — the all—english europa league final is just hours away. chelsea meet asenal,

but how many fans have been able to travel the 2,500 miles to azerbaijan? good morning. iam good morning. i am at fulham palace this morning produced celebrating its grand reopening after two years of renovation. it has been a dry and bright start but the cloud is increasing here, as it will be across much of the country. i will bring you a full forecast in about 15 minutes. it's wednesday 29th may. our top story... care for elderly and vulnerable people is at risk because councils in england are so short of money. that's the conclusion of two reports today looking at the financial pressures on local authorities. the bbc‘s panorama programme has identified 11 councils which have been warned they could run out of cash in just four years, while the institute for fiscal studies says services have been cut by a fifth over the last five years. the government says it will soon set out reforms to the care system. here's our social affairs correspondent alison holt. where are you ?

i'm only here. we're going to go this way now. why? i want to be here. rachel blackford and her mother, barbara, are at the sharp end of financial pressures local authorities are facing. barbara has severe dementia, and their county council, somerset, closed the day centre they relied on as it tried to balance its books. the authority offered alternatives, but, for rachel, this was vital support that worked. i'm desperate, and i'm not the only one. you know, lifelines are being cut. you just think, if they don't listen to our pleas, how is the future going to evolve? over the ten months we followed somerset county council, it had to make £13 million of cuts or go bust. it meant painful decisions for the director of adult care services, who had to make his share of savings, despite the growing demand for care. this last year has been the hardest

of my professional career, because i see ever more people who we are not providing the level and type of support that they want and need. and, whilst we have improved a numberof ourservices, i'm conscious that that's been at the cost of services that people have valued no longer being available. that's all right, they stay here. the government has promised to reform the funding of the care system at the earliest opportunity, but, in many places like somerset, the pressures are biting now. alison holt, bbc news. the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, has confirmed he won't stand down while there are what he described as "momentous events" taking place in parliament. he also said that mps would have a say over whether the uk left the eu without a deal in october. let's get more on this from our political correspondent jonathan blake,

who's at westminster. jonathan, good morning to you. people will have very much large in their minds that the law says that their minds that the law says that the default position, we leave on 3ist the default position, we leave on 31st october, deal or no deal. so what is the relevance of the speaker's comments in relation to that? you might remember theresa may saying countless times that the uk would leave the eu by 29th march come what may. but parliament had other ideas and mps found ways to stop that happening. so, whatjohn bercow has been saying is that parliament has had its appetite wetted, to have a say, and the idea that even as we approach this new deadline at the end of october this yearfor britain to deadline at the end of october this year for britain to leave the eu with or without a deal, parliament will want to have its say again. and i think that may well be food for thought for some of the conservative party leadership candidates who have

been out and about in the last few days saying, many of them, that come that deadline, the uk will leave the eu regardless. this is a heavy hint from john bercow that parliament will do what it can perhaps to stop that, and he has said that nine yea rs into that, and he has said that nine years into thejob, he's going nowhere. there are issues unresolved, he said, and this is no time for him to vacate the share. so the speaker, controversial as he has been, is staying put. 11 conservative mps have now put their names forward to be the next prime minister, following theresa may's resignation. the latest candidate is the junior brexit minister james cleverly, who's written in his local newspaper about the need to unite the party. the winner of the leadership contest is expected to be announced injuly. more senior labour members have admitted voting for other parties in the european election. it follows the expulsion of alastair campbell yesterday, for backing the liberal democrats. the former home secretary charles clarke said he, too, had voted lib dem and that labour's

treatment of mr campbell had been a "disgrace". bob ainsworth, a former defence secretary, said he'd voted for the greens. 15 people are now known to have died as a tornado continues to bring disruption to large parts of the united states. tens of thousands of homes are without power. the national weather service says this is the fourth worst month for tornadoes ever recorded in the us. nimesh thacker reports. in brookville, ohio, sue counts the cost of the tornado that destroyed her home. trapped beneath a fallen wall, she's lucky to be alive. i was screaming, "lord help me, lord help me." i heard him say, "sue, we're coming, we're coming." and i saw the flashlight. and the neighbour on both sides helped get me out. across eight states, dozens of tornadoes pulverised homes and businesses. uprooting lives, destroying entire communities.

in ohio, an 81—year—old man was killed when a twister picked up his car and smashed it into his home. it sounded like a jet engine, just landing right on top of your house. then the whole house started shaking and vibrating, and you just heard a big explosion. that was the glass through all the house getting blown out. mankind is no match against mother nature. tens of thousands of people have been left without power, as authorities deal with gas leaks and search for people still trapped by debris. more severe weather is forecast and, while the tornadoes may have stopped for the moment, their impact will never go away. nimesh thaker, bbc news. malaysia has ordered several thousand tonnes of imported plastic waste to be sent back to the countries it came from — including britain. the government says much of the refuse was imported illegally, and it won't allow the country to be used as an international dumping ground.

arsenal and chelsea fans are gathering in azerbaijan ahead of tonight's europa league final. but the match has been overshadowed by controversy over the host city, baku. supporters of the two clubs have faced long and arduous journeys, and one of arsenal's star players has pulled out because of concerns for his safety. our correspondent sarah rainsford is in baku for us this morning. good morning, sarah, a massive game, fa ns good morning, sarah, a massive game, fans are really came to it but it really has been overshadowed by some issues? it has. and if you can see behind me, there are no massive crowds here in the centre of baku. that is partly because it is still a long time till kick—off, it kicks off very late tonight. but it is also because fans have really struggled to get here, notjust because it so far, we really are are on the edge of europe, geographically speaking, but also because it is expensive, fans i have spoken to have talked about direct flights costing at least £1000. so

people have been taking trains, buses, flying via ukraine and greece, all kinds of routes to try to get here. but other controversies as well, not just to get here. but other controversies as well, notjust the location. the fa ct as well, notjust the location. the fact that one of the arsenal players, midfielder henrikh mkhitaryan, won't be here. he said he doesn't feel safe to play in azerbaijan because he is armenian, he felt it was not safe to come here. i have spoken to the government here and they have shrugged that off, they say they gave all the security guarantees that were necessary. but certainly, it is an issue which has cut something of a shadow over this event. but the buildup is beginning, the fans are starting to come, if they are not coming in massive numbers from the uk, they are coming from all over the world. one fan has come from hong kong, others are coming from russia, i think there will be a pretty packed stadium here tonight despite everything. and it's a rather beautiful stadium as well from the outside. thank you very much, sarah rainford.

as we've been hearing, a growing demand for care, together with tighter budgets, is forcing some councils in england to make difficult decisions about which services they can keep running. one county in england where some families have seen vital support cut is somerset, where rachel blackford cares for her mum, barbara. she joins us now along with kathryn smith, from the charity the alzheimer's society. good morning to both of you. tell us about what care your mum barbara needs? she needs specialist challenging behaviour care. she has suffered with alzheimer's, mixed vascular dementia, for seven years, and her challenging behaviour can be anything up to five hours of shouting and swearing, so we need that professional, trained staff to defuse those kinds of challenging behaviours that she has. it's so difficult for you and your family andi difficult for you and your family and i think we saw some of that a little earlier in the programme.

it's clear anyone coming into that situation would realise a real need for help. so, what help do you get and how hard is it to get it? it's very difficult to get the care and support of that trained staff. that is needed. and the one place that did provide that was struck field house and that one has been closed down. to actually deal with that kind of advanced stages of dementia, it is very difficult. so what is everyday life like for you and your mum, in terms of hours, the daily routine, how much care you get...? stuff. well, i get about seven hours out of the day, out of the 24 hours, while mum is at day care at the moment, and the rest of that, i could be up during the night several

times, not getting any sleep. so that daycare for me is a must because i can go home and catch up on the sleep that i should have had at night, and the incontinence care, when she's at home, the feeding, it can take me an hour and a half to feed my mum just a simple dinner. the showering needs. it'sjust, it's exhausting. kathryn, anyone could see from the way you were talking that what you've told us, the impact on families around this issue is huge, isn't it? you know this from both sides, your professional capacity but also personally as well? tell us a bit about it. absolutely, i've worked in the social care system for a long time and i've been affected personally as well when a few years ago my grandad developed vascular dementia and we really struggled to get a home for him in the first place, we paid for it ourselvesjust to him in the first place, we paid for it ourselves just to try to get him

into the system. he fell, he didn't actually hurt himself but an ambulance was called and he got stuck in hospital and this was all about social care funding and the inability to get the right care to support him to go back home. my family asked me to get involved and help and previously i had worked in a senior level in the council so you would think i would have been able to get through the system and unlock some of the funding but it was incredibly difficult and he got stuck in hospital for a good three or four months, his condition gradually deteriorated while he was stuck in hospital. let's not forget what the cost of the hospital care is, compared to if he had got a package to get him home. i ended up supporting the nursing staff to get to wing healthcare funding, we finally got that, by which time he had deteriorated so badly he had to go intoa had deteriorated so badly he had to go into a care home and he died a week later. i personally believe that the social care funding situation and the inability to find a correct package of care to get him back home contributed to the

shortening of his life. with your alzheimer's society hat on, what are councils saying to you when it comes to budgeting and allocation of money and why it has not been allocated correctly? we had a matt hancock on earlier who said there is an increase in... i was listening! what did you make of it? i've worked in the system a long time, i'm not sure there is an increase. there might have been over the last couple of years but over the last 20—30 years, councils have seen their budgets cut significantly. social care has borne the brunt of that. i've been in social services trying to allocate the budget, and they have a duty to meet certain legal needs, which means they have to do that, so they have to pull back on other areas. rachel's point, where the council didn't have a duty to continue to run that day centre, so it had to pull back. but that means vital needs are not being met. in the alzheimer's society we believe that

there needs to be a specific dementia fund created, at least £2.4 billion highlighted to fund the additional cost of care for people with dementia, to make sure we provide the right support and care at the right time. rachel, my impression is, hearing what you've told us, your family impression is, hearing what you've told us, yourfamily is at impression is, hearing what you've told us, your family is at breaking point? we are, well, i think we've already hit breaking point. these are the impossible decisions — has a got to a point where you have almost said, we'll stop doing all this, to force the system to help? all your instincts are saying you will do whatever is necessary for your loved one. . . whatever is necessary for your loved one... but there comes a point... yeah, you almost feel like you want to ta ke yeah, you almost feel like you want to take your mother to the council and say, i've had enough, i can't cope anymore, what are you going to provide for my mum? because i'm saving the government a lot of money keeping at home. so, in our case scenario, yes, i've hit my breaking

point, i hit it last year. and the government needs to listen. more funding needs to be put in. why can't reintroduce a tourist tax, a visitors tax, into britain at the airports and ports and eurostar, to generate billions in the long—term into the country, and that could fund towards the nhs and social care. kathryn, on those numbers, because at some point it comes down to the numbers, what do you see as the discrepancy? we talked about matt hancock, who we spoke to earlier, how big is the discrepancy between what might help, might make a tangible difference, too many families, and what is currently on offer? matt hancock once to see an improvement in social care funding, no doubt, but successive governments over the years have not tackled this issue and so the crisis is getting bigger. and it is also quite shortsighted because when you take away care at the early stages,

people end up in crisis more quickly and that costs more in the long—term. we believe there is a gap of at least £2.4 billion and that could come out of the nhs community ca re could come out of the nhs community care pot which has already been identified. there is no easy answer. if anybody had the answer to this, thenit if anybody had the answer to this, then it would probably be in place. but the government has pushed back the green paper five times over the la st two the green paper five times over the last two years, we need this green paperon last two years, we need this green paper on social care, we need the answer. we need something like a social insurance scheme which is compulsory so that we share the cost of this across society. dementia doesn't discriminate and it's a disease, it's an illness, and it is not fair that it doesn't get the same support and care as cancer not fair that it doesn't get the same support and care as cancer or heart disease or anything else, the families are left bearing that cost themselves. thank you very much, kathryn smith from the alzheimer's society, and rachel, we wish you and yourfamily very society, and rachel, we wish you and your family very well. thank you very much for having me.

the panorama programme care in crisis: who cares? is on bbc one tonight at 9pm. sarah is at fulham palace with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to you. i am in west london this morning, at fulham palace, and over the past two years there has been a major renovation project going on here, so we have just had the grand reopening. to give you a taste of the history of this place, it dates back about 1300 yea rs this place, it dates back about 1300 years and primarily, fulham palace was a residence for the bishops of london. 133 different bishops have resided here. it has also had lots of other functions over the years, too, including in the first world war, when it was used as a hospital for wounded soldiers, and in the second world war, it was a community shelter from the blitz, second world war, it was a community shelterfrom the blitz, too. over the past two years there has been lots of restoration, including a new

museum, work to improve the garden and a painstaking restoration of the brickwork here in the tudor courtyard. this morning's weather, we have had blue skies overhead but the cloud has been increasing. across the country, that cloud has increased and will be increasing today. there is some patchy rain going from west to east during the day. there is a ridge of high pressure holding on across central and eastern parts of the uk this morning but we have got a warm front approaching from the west bringing outbreaks of rain but also introducing milder, muggy air over the next 24 was. we had rain already apart across parts of the south—west of england and wales this morning. that will be pushing gradually northwards and eastwards today. it will stay driest for longest for eastern england and north—east scotland. there will be some heavy showers for the northern isles and also some heavy showers across east anglia and the far south—east, too. temperature —wise, highs in the region of 13—15 in the north,

further south, about 15—18 today. the patchy rain, the cloud and the breeze will be continuing to increase, moving northwards and eastwards this evening and overnight, a particularly soggy night to come for northern ireland, north—west england and scotland. drierfurther north—west england and scotland. drier further south but wherever you are. we start off tomorrow on a fairly cloudy and grey note, some mist and fairly cloudy and grey note, some mistand around, fairly cloudy and grey note, some mist and around, especially in the west. still some patchy rain for northern ireland, north west england, but elsewhere across england, but elsewhere across england and wales it is looking mostly dry. with the sunshine breaking through, temperatures are likely to reach 20—22 in the south, typically mid—to high teens further north. more rain on friday moving in from the north—west, so another 5°99y from the north—west, so another soggy day for northern ireland and the west of scotland, where rainfall totals will be mounting up over the next few days. england and wales looking mostly dry. that is how it

is shaping up for the rest of the working week. we could see temperatures by the weekend up to around 27 degrees, i think saturday will be the warmest day, things turning a little bit pressure on sunday. it is macintosh weather, because you're never quite sure what it is going to do. i don't have much to say about macs, rarely, if i'm honest. i have got a large selection, for that reason! you didn't come on to talk about macs, didn't come on to talk about macs, did you?! no, trains! northern rail are huge, they run about 20% of stations, tens of thousands of passengers across the north use

their services every day. but you will remember about this time last year, they got into lots of trouble, so year, they got into lots of trouble, so they changed their timetables, with disastrous consequences, hundreds of trains did not turn up and a bbc study found that a third of journeys and a bbc study found that a third ofjourneys did and a bbc study found that a third of journeys did not and a bbc study found that a third ofjourneys did not happen at all, which had been timetabled. and this morning, the mayors of the liverpool city region and greater manchester have said, you've had a year to get this right and you've failed in lots of areas, so we're asking the government to take the franchise away from northern rail and give it back to us, to the councils, in the north of england, to transport for the north, they say they will do a much betterjob. what has northern railsaid? much betterjob. what has northern rail said? the mayor has only asked for this about eight o'clock. the mayors only released it this morning. but they have told it in the past they are introducing 100 new trains, investing £500 million,

they have refurbished 50% of their trains and they say they are working really ha rd trains and they say they are working really hard to get on top of the timetable. so now, they will: the government to make this change. it is not likely that the government will turn around and say, ok, we will turn around and say, ok, we will give power back to you. but it builds into this big picture of people in the north feeling they are being left out of transport investment, and like the government doesn't really care if they suffer when they are going to work. nowadays, we can access a wealth of information instantly with just a click of a smartphone. so, do children still need to go to school? that's the big question researchers at canterbury christ church university have been asking themselves. they've been speaking to breakfast‘s graham satchell. today, you're going to be thinking about little questions that we can answer straightaway. big questions, questions that are so much more difficult to investigate. right, ready? we are at canterbury christchurch university.

what strange forces are keeping the water in? students are being encouraged to ask some big questions. does space ever end? what happened before the big bang? why do numbers never end? what is the meaning of life? in an age when knowledge is just a smartphone click away, should schools be teaching children to pass exams that are, in the end, a complicated memory test? a lot of what we teach in schools is still the same stuff that i learned in schools when i was at school. so my big question is, well, if that's what we were doing when i was at school, what should we be doing now? because we all know that so much actually has changed in life around us. do you think that robots are classed as being alive? distinguishing between appearing to be alive and being alive, that is a difficult question and nut to crack. can students easily ask questions about life, intelligence, consciousness in a rigidly compartmentalised curriculum ?

here in canterbury, they are teaching teachers to think outside the box. inside this box is a question that we'd ask children in school. at the moment, to do with the curriculum, they would have to sort these objects into two subjects. science would be talking about the properties of the materials and why this material does burn. as the history could be looking about who was king at the time and what was going on. wouldn't it be great if a child could take this question to two different lessons? if we only go to the history or we only go to the science, what do we miss out? that is the vital question which, at the moment, young people are not quite getting. the students spend the day learning about things like the archimedes principle and the history of boat building, about evolution and genetic determinism from both biologists and philosophers. i enjoyed thinking about the way different subjects connect. determinism, i fundamentally know as a philosophical term, but when it's mixed with biology, we see that the subjects that we never really learn

about together are not so different. they can all lead to the same understanding or the same conclusions. just being able to ask questions and not have to give an answer, i think that is something that has been quite liberating and exciting to do, because you don't get to do it that much in the classroom. connecting subjects, epistemic insight, or knowledge about knowledge, working out what's real, what's fake — is that the future of education? all right, now we're going to go really mad. and what about life, the universe and everything? well, we already know that — the answer is 42. graham satchell, bbc news, canterbury. lots coming up on the programme, we're going to talk about springwatch, it is back on the

telly. we will be speaking to the presenters up there. we will have a clips at what they are discovering, i think they have got two weeks in total up there. time now it is going to get warmer as we go into the weekend but today it is still on the cool side and certainly this morning it was rather cold for many and, through today, we will see increasing cloud and rain moving eastwards. the best of the sunshine this morning across scotland and eastern areas of england and even here we see cloud increasing. central and southern parts of england and the south—west. further north and west across england we see

drizzle but not quite as cold, particularly the case of the north sea and northern scotland as yesterday with temperatures getting up yesterday with temperatures getting up into the mid teens. through this evening and tonight, we continue with rain mainly across scotland, northern ireland and northern england and north wales. further south it should be drier, but a real mild night with temperatures not dropping below 12 and 13 for many. just the north of scotland where they get down to 7—8. thursday, the warm airwill they get down to 7—8. thursday, the warm air will still be with us and it will push further north across scotland. it will bring higher temperatures throughout thursday and by the rest of the week. during thursday, still unsettled across scotland, northern ireland, northern england and north wales. rain at times throughout the day here. the best of the bright weather will be in the south and south—east where temperatures on thursday get up to 23 degrees. into the weekend, on

saturday, temperatures could be as high as 27 in the south—east. further north and west, likely to remain cloudy, unsettled, with outbreaks of rain at times. still temperatures getting up to 15—18.

this is business live from bbc news with ben bland and susannah streeter. bring it on. chinese telecoms giant huawei asks the us courts to speed up its legal battle with washington. live from london, that's our top story on wednesday 29th of may. huawei says the us is using "the strength of a nation" to try to crush a private company. washington insists the firm poses a real threat to national security. we'll hear from our correspondent robin brant, who's at huawei. also in the programme... mission to tokyo. the boss of renault tries to persuade nissan to support