you're watching bbc news at nine with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines: three of the ten candidates for the conservative leadership launch their campaigns today to replace theresa may. the charity commission will publish its report into how oxfam handled allegations of sexual misconduct by some staff in haiti. nurseries in some of england's poorest areas say they are facing closure because of a shortfall in government funding. the scenting went ten and yet costs have all increased —— the funding went down. the national living wage are minimum wages going appear early, it is getting tighter and tighter. the actressjune spencer — who plays peggy in long—running bbc radio drama the archers — talks to us about still working as she turns 100.

well, i suppose it is inheriting good genes, for a start, and an outlook of... a cheerful outlook, i think, optimistic outlook on life. and as the republic of ireland move five points clear in their group with a win over gibraltar, northern ireland, scotland, and wales will play euro 2020 qualifiers tonight. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. three more candidates for the conservative party leadership contest launch their campaigns today to replace theresa may — and become the country's next prime minister. ten candidates have been confirmed as official contenders to replace her after securing the backing of at least eight other mps.

andrea leadsom will set out her plans in 45 minutes‘ time — pledging action on climate change. mark harper will call for tax cuts for those on lower incomes. and rory stewart is focusing on what he says is sensible spending — criticising his rivals for offering what he called eye—watering tax cuts as a cheap electoral bribe to win over party members. borisjohnson hasn't launched his campaign yet, but has been backed by former conservative party leader iain duncan smith — who said mrjohnson is the candidate most likely to take britain out of the eu by the deadline of the end of october. we can now cross to westminster to speak to our assistant political editor norman smith. good morning, norman. andrea leadsom, harper and sunni rory stewart, how will they make themselves stand out in the crowded

field? —— harper and themselves stand out in the crowded field? —— harperand rory themselves stand out in the crowded field? —— harper and rory stewart? andrea leadsom is pitching herself as optimistic but realistic as a brexiteer, her picture as a managed exit, a sort of orderly no deal. she is calling for —— calling for a cross— party is calling for —— calling for a cross—party commission on social care, an issue powered by successive governments. rory stewart has sort of position himself as the honest broker, the man telling it how it is, accusing other candidates have misleading people about the possibility of getting a new brexit deal, saying this is the deal we have been offered, you will have to find the numbers in the commons to back it and attacking what he calls i watering spending pledges by some other candidates. mark harper has been a little bit beneath the radio so far, he has set out his stall is the man to try to cut taxes and help those at the bottom end of the income scale, in

contrast to, say, borisjohnson who yesterday proposed a huge tax cut for better off families. they will be trying to break through but it looks like an uphill task given the sort of support they had so far and the fact that trying to get her to end you have ten candidates is difficult. —— trying to get heard when you had ten candidates. as prime minister i would propose to put my plan, which i have already published, to the house of commons immediately, and therefore show the european union that this plan is deliverable through the house of commons. that is in principle. sorry, i slightly jumped commons. that is in principle. sorry, i slightlyjumped the gun, that was matt hancock. he was interesting because he has floated the idea, if he becomes prime minister, of putting his brexit plan to the commons within days. he suggests there would be a vote in

the commons in principle on his deal. this is a hugely high—risk strategy because the danger is it gets voted down within a few days of him being appointed prime minister and his premiership goes into a nosedive. i had a quick chat with him this morning and said it will not happen because he will have a new mandate, mps would describe it as catastrophic anti—parliament backed deal he hopes it would give him the momentum to get the eu to budge on key issues like the backstop. elsewhere, sajid javid has tried to come through the middle, he has not quite manage to dominate the headlines and will be launching tomorrow, this morning he set out some of his thinking. the three things we need to deliver which are absolutely essential, brexit by the end of october this year, unifying the country, bringing people together, keeping corbyn out of numberten and people together, keeping corbyn out of number ten and i think my background, life experience and vision for the future will deliver

oi'i vision for the future will deliver on all three. if you don't have a deal by the end of october, would you delay brexit, would you call a general election? i have set out a very detailed brexit plan which i think it's the most credible out there andl think it's the most credible out there and i look forward to talking about it more. would you go out with no deal? if we want a deal, and that is where my focus will be, but if we got to the end of october and the choice was between no deal and no brexit, i would choice was between no deal and no brexit, iwould pick choice was between no deal and no brexit, i would pick no deal. sam gyimah pulled out yesterday, the only candidate to drop out recently. he has openly advocated another referendum and he said that idea was not welcomed in any reaches of the tory party. nevertheless all the other contenders now seem to be looking for his support. i still had all of them contacting me overnight, desperate to talk to me overnight, desperate to talk to me and wanting my support. so clearly my endorsement, given my

position, it's not something... so give it now? i have not decided, because the question which i think every contestant should answer now, not when they get the job, what is your plan be when you try to do what theresa may did and failed? the one that gives me the most persuasive answer is the one that will get my support. what can we expect today? we get the launchers by the three other candidates, we had two more tomorrow, sajid javid and, at long last, borisjohnson tomorrow, sajid javid and, at long last, boris johnson emerges tomorrow, sajid javid and, at long last, borisjohnson emerges into the spotlight with his launch. this afternoon, we get the first formal hustings photo backbenchers where all the candidates will have to go in front of them and pitch, but there are ten candidates let hustings for tory backbenchers. it will be hustings this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon because there are ten candidates. thank you very much, norman. and on tuesday 18thjune bbc one will be hosting a live election hustings

between the candidates for conservative leader — one of them will be the person who moves in to downing street. the debate will be shaped by your questions — and we're asking you to submit them in advance. email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk with your question and include your name and contact number if you're interested in asking it live on the night. the charity commission will publish its report into how oxfam handled serious sexual abuse allegations later today. it's been looking into claims that some of the charity's staff used young prostitutes when they were in haiti after the earthquake in 2010. oxfam has repeatedly apologised. asmita naik is a consultant on international human rights and co—author of a 2002 report on sexual exploitation in west africa. it is very good to have you with us, and given your experience, your thoughts on what might or might not

happen today. but tell us about the report you co—authored into thousand and two, looking at areas which were being helped by eight agencies. —— which you co—authored in asmita naik. —— co—authored in fares. did you find that there were mechanisms to report concerns? back in 2002 it was an unexpected finding as part of a trip to west africa, a group of us found there were 48 agencies implicated in the sexual exploitation of refugee children across three west african countries and in several refugee camps, it was the most heinous type of abuse. 48 agencies? many well—known has held names, reports available on the international development committee website. it was heinous, they were children under 18, it was basically hit supplies, a bar of soap,

biscuits, a tarpaulin sheet. in terms of safeguarding a mechanism to report concerns, whether any? this was back in 2002, that was the first time the issue came to the global agenda and after that various measures were put in place. there was a lot of work at policy level following that report. what did that specifically recommend you try to avoid the situation happening again? codes of conduct and complaints procedures and all of those things we re procedures and all of those things were in that report and in the follow—up that happened afterwards, there were many international working group set up under the auspices of the un and the un secretary—general issued a policy and a bulletin and a code of conduct, so much was done and that continued over the years, certainly in policy terms lots of thinking has been done in terms of tackling these issues. so response and policy level, but on a practical level, on the ground, did anything change? that has always been the issue, the

lack of implementation on the ground, which is why when the oxfam scandal broke last year it was really no surprise, these policies have been on the shelf of a long time, everyone has signed codes of conduct since 2002 but nobody has been held to account. you have been very vocal in saying the public should not give money to charities implicated in this kind of scandal u nless implicated in this kind of scandal unless they can prove that they have changed their ways and put procedures in place to ensure safeguarding of venerable people in the areas where they work. i don't know what you expect from the charity commission report, but what would you like to see? we can anticipate it will be very critical, from the early press coverage it sounds like that will be the case, thatis sounds like that will be the case, that is important that the charity commission holds oxfam to account, but my real concern is it is a little bit too late, this is ten yea rs on little bit too late, this is ten years on from when the incident took

place in 2010 and the charity commission report will not offer redress to the victims or do anything to the perpetrators because they are long gone and have worked in the sector for many years. it is a rap on the knuckles for oxfam. you wa nt a rap on the knuckles for oxfam. you wantan a rap on the knuckles for oxfam. you want an international ombudsman, how would that role work? the thing really missing as there needs to be complaints mechanisms on the ground at the point of delivery, we do not need something to be looked at ten yea rs need something to be looked at ten years down the road, we need something there and then that people can relate to and then there needs to be an independent mechanism to back that up, like an international ombudsman which can act as an appeal function, people are not satisfied with how their complaints are handled. there could be an independent review there and then in cases can be dealt with. if that had existed in 2010 we would not be here now, because whoever campaigned in oxfa m now, because whoever campaigned in oxfam about what was going on in haiti would have had immediate

recourse to an independent body. thank you for sharing your findings with us, asmita naik, international human rights consultant. we expect the report from the charity commission this lunchtime. nurseries in some of the poorest areas in england say they could be forced to close because they're not being paid enough to run a government policy. local authorities receive just under £5 an hour to fund free care for three and four—year—olds in term time. but the early years alliance says a survey of childcare providers suggests that leaves them with a shortfall. olivia richwald reports. if you do, the big, bad mouse will be after you. this nursery in bradford serves a deprived part of yorkshire. many children need extra support. the staff are highly trained but it's getting harder to cover the costs. our funding went down and yet our costs have all increased because national living wage and minimum wage is going up, year—on—year. it's getting tighter and tighter. free early years education has been incredibly

popular with parents, but for years now nurseries have been telling the government they're just not getting enough money to do the kind ofjob they want to do. so, as a result, more and more nurseries are now charging parents or asking them for a financial contribution. but in some places, that's just not possible. parents here are asked to contribute just £12 a year for a farm trip, and that's paid in instalments. a survey of more than 350 providers for the early years alliance found that more than 40% had cut back on buying learning resources and almost 20% had reduced the quality of their food. they're starting to reduce the quality of staff that they recruit, they invest less into training and they will accept less children from disadvantaged backgrounds. that surely is the complete opposite of what this government argues it should be doing in terms of social mobility. the government says its spending £3.5 billion on early years education this year alone,

and lower income families can get extra help via universal credit. olivia richwald, bbc news, bradford. the early years alliance says a survey of childcare providers suggests that leaves them with a shortfall. well neil leitch, the chief executive of the eya joins me now. neil, you are very welcome. what stories have you heard at the early years alliance about the difficulties that the funding that exists leaves these early years evaders with in terms of delivering the quality of service you would like to see? in the last two years, something like 8000 providers have close their doors, come out of the sector. in the last three months alone we have lost 1000 childminders. we operate in areas of deprivation ourselves, we have closed 25% of our nurseries in the

last 12 months. this is notjust rhetoric or speculation, this is people who have been in business for 20 or 25 years, outstanding nurseries, closing their doors because there is not enough funding in the system. what difference does it make when a provider in an area of high deprivation has to close, to those children, their families and the outcomes of those children as they grow older? all evidence shows that if you help the most disadvantaged, you read the benefits further down the line, whether through health, crime, you invest at the earliest point and get the biggest return. so when you are closing settings in the very areas that the government argues it wants to help in terms of social mobility, the effect is enormous, so those families go to the bottom of the pile, frankly. is your conclusion at this stage that the government as it stands, with its funding model, cannot afford to fund early years

provision? this was a last-minute promisejust provision? this was a last-minute promise just before an election to say we will give more free childcare. no computation whatsoever, no discussion with the sector. i can't see how they can deliver unless they reprioritise their money. there is not enough funding in the system, there is about a 20% shortfall. and four—year—olds, you make the promise, you have to put in the money. —— 20% shortfall for three rebels and four—year—olds. money. —— 20% shortfall for three rebels and four-year-olds. can you think of another model which might be an alternative without the extra funding? no, much of the sector is on its knees. in the last few months we have spent 8.25 billion p building 6.5 miles of railtrack for the hsz building 6.5 miles of railtrack for the hs2 link which has gone from budget of 34 billion to around £100 billion, we will find the money. so why can't we find the money for

early yea rs ? why can't we find the money for early years? we do it when we want to. reprioritise, if you make that promise, adequately fund it. thank you for coming along, neil leitch, chief executive of the early years alliance. the headlines on bbc news... three of the ten candidates for the conservative leadership launch their campaigns today to replace theresa may. the charity commission will publish its report into how oxfam handled allegations of sexual misconduct by some staff in haiti. nurseries in some of england's poorest areas say they are facing closure because of a shortfall in government funding. in sport, the republic of ireland won in euro 2020 qualifying last night. northern ireland face belarus, helping to keep their 100% record intact. wales and scotland play. england can qualify for the knockout stage of the women's world cup with a win in their next match after the next

opponents argentina drew with japan yesterday. tiger woods will hope to win his second major of the season when play begins at the us open on thursday. having won the masters, he failed to make the cut at the pga last month. more to come on all those stories later in the hour. thank you, see you soon. mps have condemned employers using gagging clauses to silence workers complaining about unlawful discrimination and harassment. maria miller, chair of the women and equalities committee, has told the bbc that non—disclosure agreements are having a destructive effect on people's lives and should be banned. rianna croxford reports. retail tycoon sir philip green exposed for using nondisclosure agreements to silence staff he's claimed to have bullied and sexually harassed. allegations he strongly denies. but they're not just tools for the rich and powerful.

they're widely used across the private and public sector. so what is an nda? it's a contract to stop disclosure of confidential information, for example not revealing details to a competitor. but it's also used if you have an employment dispute. you may end up signing one in return for a payoff. mps want the government to ensure ndas aren't used to stop victims from speaking out about unlawful discrimination and harassment at work. there has certainly been a cover—up culture when it comes to nondisclosure agreements. they're used to cover up unlawful behaviour, there're even used to cover up criminal behaviour. we can reduce the way in which they're used, but in the long—term, feel very strongly that they should be banned altogether. hannah martin says she was forced out of herjob after returning from maternity leave after giving birth to her son. she called her agreement a bullying tactic. you sign away all your rights, basically, from further action to what you could actually say. it does feel very much like abuse.

but you, as a victim, are silenced by that person. they have all the power. and not only has that happened to you, but you can't even talk about it. the culture of secrecy means it's unknown how many workers have signed ndas, but calls by mps for companies to collect data on this may finally reveal the true scale of the problem. rianna croxford, bbc news. nicola sturgeon is to hold talks with eu presidentjean—claude juncker and chief brexit negotiator michel barnier, as part of a visit to brussels today. the scottish first minister will use a speech to outline her government's support for continued eu membership. scottish conservative leader ruth davidson has said ms sturgeon refuses to accept the result of the eu referendum. online retail giant amazon has said it now has more than 200,000 robots working in its warehouses and sorting centres, taking on tasks that in years gone by would have been handled before by human beings. some people are concerned about the impact of robots on thousands of working class jobs.

our north america technology reporter dave lee has been speaking about this to the company's chief technologist for robotics. i think of it differently. i think of it as community is having an opportunity for new, good jobs and their immediate area. i think of it as inspirationalforfolks their immediate area. i think of it as inspirational for folks to think big and get excited about engineering and robotics and be part of something that, in my opinion, will change society in a very positive and beneficial way. is amazon helping to one day have a fully autonomous warehouse, fully staffed by robots? not at all. you think that will never happen? one a nswered think that will never happen? one answered my body does not see that. wouldn't your shareholders expect you to strive for that? i am

relentlessly focused on our customer and customer need, and we know that our customers value and customer need, and we know that our customers value fast delivery times, our robotics automation helps feel these faster delivery times, and the way i think about it, because your question was to me, the way i think about this is a symphony of humans and machines working together, so how do we smartly designed machines to extension and capability? you need both. the little island of porto santo near madeira has begun an experiment to store power in the batteries of electric cars as a back—up to the island's electricity grid. the cars top up their batteries from solar power when the sun's shining — then return that electricity back to the island to power people's homes at night. some experts expect this form of energy storage will become a global trend. from porto santo, our energy and environment analyst roger harrabin.

the savage beauty of porto santo attracts tourists who love nature. but people need energy, and the way it is generated here is damaging nature. this pollution is coming from the diesel generator that powers the island's homes. transporting the diesel is expensive, and it's fuelling climate change. the local government want clean and renewable energy instead. but wind power and solar power ebb and flow. so they need a way of storing energy for use at night time. here is the chosen solution. the electric car. but not as we know it. in future, electric vehicles here will be fitted with a reversible battery that stores energy for the electricity grid. so how does a reversible battery work? when the sun is shining, the electricity flows out of the grid, down the cable and into the car. it is stored in the battery until night time when it flows

back out of the car, up the cable and into the grid to power people's homes. it is a huge innovation. the car is smart, so it keeps enough power for itself to be driven. a car is only used part—time for its mobility function and the rest of the time it is available next to an electricity grid to be used for the grid. the firm that is installing the reversible battery system believes the technology will transform our relationship with our cars. so what we're doing here is exciting because normally you think if you own a car it will cost a fortune, a lot of money. if you have a car that feeds energy into the grid you can earn money during the time it is parked, if there is no renewable energy available, you can feed it back and earn money. it changes the whole idea of owning a car. on porto santo, some police are already powered by electricity. to run an effective backup for the local grid, half the cars on the island, like this electric taxi, will need to store power as well as using.

so is this the road to the future? well, a couple of years ago if you had suggested that car batteries could play a major part in supporting an electricity grid, many people would have laughed. but that is exactly what has happened. the electricity revolution is going to create a lot more surprises. roger harrabin, bbc news, porto sa nto. that porto sa nto that porto santo sunshine looks lovely! it's a milestone week for english actorjune spencer — who turns 100. she plays peggy woolley in long running bbc radio drama the archers. she appeared in the first episode in 1951 and the only original cast member still on air. our midlands arts correspondent satnam rana has been talking to her in birmingham, where the series is recorded. the archers theme plays.

if you're a fan of the bbc four radio drama the archers, then this voice will be familiar to you. well, there's this big cat show on at the nec tomorrow. oh, yes? and, to be frank, well, i think he's such a pretty cat that i was thinking of entering sammy. june spencer, playing peggy woolley, the matriarch of ambridge. and as well as recording new episodes this week, june spencer turns 100. what's the secret to turning 100, then? well, i suppose it's inheriting good genes, for a start, and an outlook of... a cheerful outlook, i think, an optimistic outlook on life. and still working at 100? i think that's what keeps me going. i love it, you see, i love all the cast. her character peggy has dealt with big storylines. quite poignantly she nursed her on—air husband jack woolley, who had alzheimer's. sobbing: what have i done to him? what have i done to him?

it's the right thing. i can't leave him like that. how difficult was the alzheimer's storyline for you? because it's what happened to you in real life, as well? yes. well, of course, my husband didn't become violent, as jack did. but they did consult arnold peters and me before they did it, which i thought was very nice of them, to see if we could bear to do it. and we were both in agreement that it's a subject that had rather been swept under the carpet and it really should be aired and brought out into the open. she's the only actress left from the original cast, and appeared on the first episode in 1951. for the archers team, june spencer is notjust a mother on air. well, she is warm and she's generous and she's good fun. she helps the other actors. and i tell you the thing aboutjune, she never, ever fluffs her lines. and that is remarkable. this week's storyline sees peggy summoning a mystery meeting

with the family on air. off air... what are you doing to celebrate the big birthday? i'm having a party. i say i'm having a party, everybody else is doing the work. i'm just going along to it. satnam rana, bbc news. and a very happy 100th birthday to jean spencer. heavy downpours across england are causing major disruption for road and rail users. the m25 was closed in both directions for almost eight hours after two sinkholes were discovered following a crash late last night and the rail operator southern, has advised people to avoid travelling, delayjourneys or use alternative routes. a total of 31 flood alerts are in place across the country, with some areas set to see up to 60 milemetres of rain, particularly over the first half of the day. all of that means it is keeping our forecasters extremely busy. let's

look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. good morning. we have had all the heavy rain around today, more is in the forecast today. we could see further disruption, further flooding, disruption to travel with all that heavy rain. yesterday was mainly across south—east england, it is pushing further north and west. this is warrington this morning, it was a soggy start. we have further rain in the forecast that we will not all be seeing it, it is mainly through this arc from the south—west of england, wales and parts of northern and eastern england. the far north of england, the likes of northumberland and cumbria, looks mostly dry. scotland and northern ireland mostly dry, the south—east of england try a ban yesterday, but still some heavy showers likely and quite tickled north—easterly breeze, to kill early where you have the rain through the central slice of the country. it drifts northwards through the course of tonight and over the next he dates with the low

pressure sticking around we are likely to see further heavy showers and temperatures not doing very well for the time of year. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... three of the ten candidates for the conservative leadership launch their campaigns today to replace theresa may. the charity commission will publish its report into how oxfam handled allegations of sexual isconduct by some staff in haiti. nurseries in some of england's poorest areas say they are facing closure because of a shortfall in government funding. mps condemn employers who using gagging clauses to silence workers complaining about unlawful discrimination and harassment. heavy downpours across england cause major transport disruption, with some southern rail services cancelled due to flooded tracks.

just before we go to the morning briefing, let's bring you the latest unemployment and wage figures. british wage figures grew faster than expected, hiring of people slowed less sharply with the jobless rate held at its lowest rate since 1975, that's according to official figuresjust out, 1975, that's according to official figures just out, total earnings growth including bonuses rose by an annual 3.1% in the three months until april according to that data. slowing from 3.3% in march. so those, that's the overview of the figure isjust coming out. we'll have more on that later in the programme. british wages in the three months to april growing faster than expected, the unemployment rate

held at its lowest rate since 1975. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. let's start with our main story, which is that ten candidates have been confirmed as official contenders to replace theresa may as the next conservative leader. health secretary and leadership hopeful matt hancock told radio 4's the today programme how, as prime minister, he would deliver a brexit deal before the end of october. there is no alternative to leaving with a deal. well, there is, there is leaving without a deal. no, there is no alternative because parliament will not allow a no deal brexit to happen. so we need a general election? i don't want to see a general election. but there would be. i think having a general election before we deliver brexit will be a catastrophe, certainly for my party and it will be extremely damaging for the country. i'm confident of being able to deliver a deal on the 31st of october and

i'll tell you why. because i set out a brexit delivery plan in detail, unlike some of the other candidates and in fact unlike most of the other candidates, i've set out in detail what i'd do and this is a deal that can both pass the house of commons and is acceptable and negotiable with the european union and there's a reason for that. because ultimately, this debate too often gets dragged into the weeds of the vehicle of our exit and isn't enough about the long—term future relationship that we want to have and by setting that out asa free—trade agreement, a comprehensive free trade agreement, including having agreements on for instance on security, data transfer, instead of being a customs type relationship and negotiating with the eu an end point, a time limit on the backstop which is negotiable, which is negotiable

and we know that it is even though brussels has said it isn't. no, they haven't, they've said they are open to changes to the political declaration. they are not open to changes to the withdrawal agreement. i would add the time limit to it. after all, their lawyers say the backstop has to be temporary and my proposal is to put a figure on that. we need to solve brexit and we cannot do it by threatening no deal in a way that implies that therefore the european union will give us something different. the thing is, they know that the house of commons will stop a no deal brexit so it's an empty threat. the new prime minister is in place by the 22nd ofjuly. as prime minister, i would propose to put my plan which i've already published, to the house of commons in principle immediately. and therefore, show

the european union that this plan is deliverable through the house of commons. that is in principle. there's a whole load of legislation that needs to follow but we know that once you have a majority in the house of commons things can move quickly, after all, the legislation to stop no deal last and went through in a week. then, iwould negotiate with the european union to get the time limit on the backstop, this isn't about reopening the whole withdrawal agreement, it's about putting a time limit on the backstop. the policy of using children as informants in criminal investigations in england and wales will face a legal challenge at the high court today. neil woods, a former undercover police officer, was an expert witness for the legal challenge. he spoke to bbc breakfast about the way children are used in operations. i understand this has come about, the use of informants for adults, 95% of them are for drugs investigations, the use of

informants like this, is a tactic for drugs investigations. so as we followed in the news, the growth of child exploitation for drug dealing, county lines, has been growing and this exploitation is as a result of policy, that's what brought us to this point, the response it seems from the home office is to increase the use of child informants to infiltrate those gangs or to gather intelligence on those gangs. what evidence do you have of how many children might... what ages are they and how many are being used in this way? that's it, we don't know, there is no data on this but there have been clear indications of the last year that the home office is increasing the amount of it. there are sources within the establishment that have let it be known that this is happening and last year, in the house of lords, the home office applied to have the length of time a child can be used without reporting from one month to four months.

now that seems clear to me that that's an indication that this is an operational prompt from the police which has caused it. the psychological impact on children is just horrifying. i used to work undercover and as a result, i developed ptsd and over the space of unsuccessful, many months of therapy, i learned that developing the ability to suppress one's emotions at times of high risk causes mental health problems and those mental health problems are far worse for a child than they are for an adult. the bbc has come under criticism after announcing yesterday that people over 75 will have to start paying for their licence fee, unless they're getting pension credit. lord o'donnell, who used to be the head of the civil service, works for a company called frontier economics which has done some work on this issue for the bbc. he spoke to bbc breakfast about the options that were available.

we prepared various options for the bbc, one of course, it would be to keep going with a concession for everybody but that would have meant a 20% cut in the bbc budget which would have meant massive reductions in the schedule, getting rid of channels, which actually all licence fee payers would have been hurt by it so there were various options put out there and one about means testing, via pension credit was thought to be the fairest because it concentrates the help on those who need it most and those who need it most as defined not by the bbc but by government which sets the threshold for pension credit. we have a government response and i'm sure you're aware, people across the country value television as a way to stay connected, we want the bbc to look at further ways to support older people. what's your response to that? well, the bbc has to manage its budget within the licence fee settlement. so if the government is saying that actually, it wants to

help for older pensioners in general, they have perfectly good policy vehicles to do that. with regard to budgets, the government also said, the spokesman said, taxpayers want to see the bbc using licence fee income better including showing restraint on salaries for senior staff. could that make up the numbers? no. the bottom line of that is whoever did that needs a lesson in mass. the numbers, even if you restricted all the senior presenters and all the managers to cap their salaries at much lower than they are now, you still wouldn't make a dent of any significant magnitude in the 750 million cost of this concession. i'm afraid thatjust doesn't add up. and what would your message be to those people watching us today he may have to start paying and worry about that, what would your message be? my message would become of the alternative was used very much

reduced bbc and yes, there is a real question as to whether it was appropriate for the government to do this. if the government really cares about this, the government could make a decision to take this back and say, actually, we made a mistake, we think all over 75 s should have a free tv licence and we are going to take responsibility for this. let's look at what you are reading and watching. number one story, the weather, the subject of many conversations this morning. built through this it will tell you about some of the disruption that's been caused for train travel, on the roads, there are various links that you can click on to tell you in a bit more detail, if we go through the story, it will tell you about the story, it will tell you about the flood risk warning for heavy rain as well. lots more information contained in that piece to hopefully

help you navigate your way around today. and then at number one on the most watched, a clip that has been viewed millions of times on social media. it's about a lorry driver who stopped his cement truck yesterday in birmingham to help this elderly lady across the road when he saw that she was having difficulty. explaining he didn't think he'd done anything special. it was just the way he had been brought up, his pa rents way he had been brought up, his parents did a good job, didn't they? and he made sure this lady was across the road safely. and here he is talking about how he'd been brought up, he said his parents teach you, look out for the elders, help the elders and show them respect, it's just in help the elders and show them respect, it'sjust in my help the elders and show them respect, it's just in my nature to do it. that has been viewed millions of times on social media already. he says it was nothing special, but it was, it was a thoughtful, considerate act, more of that, please.

that's it for today's morning briefing. sport now and for a full round up, we cross to the bbc sport centre. here isjohn watson. good morning. northern ireland, scotland, and wales all in euro 2020 qualifying action later. meanwhile, the republic of ireland beat gibraltar 2—nil in dublin last night. the republic left frustrated for much of the match, won it through an own goal, and robbie brady's injury time header. leaving them top, gibraltar are bottom. northern ireland can maintain their 100% start to qualifying with a win. it's three from three after beating estonia on saturday, they're away to belarus tonight and need to rack up the points as they play germany and the netherlands in the autumn. we work off the assumption that the other two, the big nations won't drop points against estonia and

belarus and that will mean that we also won't drop points. it takes us into the group of three. that means we have huge games look forward to. that is the task was set the place in march. we are one game away from putting ourselves in a strong position. scotland's position improved after their win over cyprus on saturday in what was manager steve clarke's first in charge. they're third but face a tough trip to play belgium. and wales, also third, play leaders hungary in budapest. there will be 3,000 seats shut off after the hosts were punished by uefa for racist chanting during a game earlier this year. i've talked about before about sanctions on racism are not strong enough. they should be stronger. but for me, yeah, it is all about concentrating on the game really. i've got enough to worry about with the game and winning this game. but, yeah, we hope that

all the fans behave, as always, in all the games, properly and how they should. at the women's world cup, argentina who face england next, drew nil—nil with 2011 winners japan. which means a win for england in their next match will see them reach the knockout phase. the japanese are bidding to reach a third consecutive final but were frustrated throughout and the result means england top the group after beating scotland on sunday. this is a really significant result for argentina against the team ranked as one of the pretournament favourites. canada opened their campaign with a 1—0 win over cameroon. kadeisha buchanan, voted best young player at the last world cup, scored the goaljust before half—time it's a big summer of cycling too, chris froome and adam yates are cloing in on the leaders in the criterium du dauphine froome moved up to eighth

in the general classification with fellow brit yates in 10th. this race used as a build up to the big one, the tour de france where froome will be chasing a record—equalling fifth victory. let's have a look at some of this morning's back pages. the express goes with an interesting line gareth southgate is about to get tough with his players — after releiving the pressure on his squad prior to the last world cup, he says he's about to step it up after nations league disappointment. the times has a picture of paul pogba — they have an exclusive interview. the player says he shouldn't be judged only on his apperance and transfer fee. and a great picture in the telegraph, tiger woods warming up at pebble beach ahead of the us open.

now we talked before about what a great summer of sport it could be. it certainly would be for tiger woods if he could win his second major of the season. he's already of course won the masters back in april and here's tiger playing the front nine of pebble beach in preparation for the us open which starts on thursday. woods won the first of his three us open championships at pebble beach 19 years ago. bounced back to in that 15th major at the masters. let's see if he can do the same, he missed the cut at the us pga, the second major of the golfing calendar. well let's have a look what's coming later today and the cricket world cup continues today. weather permitting bangladesh are taking on sri lanka in bristol. the forecast though isn't looking too good at the moment though. you can keep across all the action with our test match special coverage on 5live sports extra plus watch video highlights on the bbc sport website.

and you can get more reaction to that match on sportsday here on the bbc news channel at 6:30. we'll also have the latest on the women's world cup which sees two more matches taking place today. that's all the sport for now. more from the bbc sport centre at 11:15. thank you. the headlines on bbc news... three of the ten candidates for the conservative leadership launch their campaigns today to replace theresa may. the charity commission will publish its report into how oxfam handled allegations of sexual misconduct by some staff in haiti. nurseries in some of england's poorest areas say they are facing closure because of a shortfall in government funding. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt stand at the moment.

and in the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. just going to recap the unemployment figures we brought you earlier now that we've managed to wade through the detail. unemployment fell by 34,000 toi.3 the detail. unemployment fell by 34,000 to 1.3 million in the three months to april. those official figures showing fell by 34,000 to 1.3 million in the three months up to april, the unemployment rate staying at 3.8%. the trump administration says it could still apply trade tariffs if itjudges that mexico hasn't done enough to limit migration to the us. secretary of state mike pompeo says he expects to see results within four to six weeks. a deal negotiated last week includes more troops being sent to mexico's southern border to stem the number of arrivals. if that doesn't work, the u—s wants further measures

to tackle the issue. david willis reports from california. they come huddled on flimsy rubber rafts across the river that forms the border between guatemala and mexico — for many, the first step of the journey that it is hoped will end on american soil. i know the path along the border well, this man says, and it's very difficult. but this is myjob — to get to the united states. waiting to greet these migrants, however, as they came ashore were mexican immigration officers — all part of the new deal mexico has struck with the united states in order to avert the threat of punitive tariffs on mexican goods. approval for part of the deal now rests with the mexican legislature. it's all done, and they have to get approval, and they will get approval.

if they don't get approval, we'll have to think in terms of tariffs, or whatever, but it's just another aspect of what we've done. it was all done because of the tariffs. migrants are crossing the us border with mexico at the rate of more than 100,000 a month. many come from elsewhere in central and southern america, and the trump administration wants mexico to do more to stop them. it is hailing this agreement as a possible breakthrough. it reflects diplomacy at its finest. it shows the enduring strength, too, of the relationship between the two countries, and it's a significant win for the american people. as part of the deal, mexico has agreed to send 6,000 national guard officers to the border with guatemala, which migrant activists have warned could make it all the harder for those seeking refuge from violence and oppression in other parts of central america.

i've heard it said that we are going to militarise the southern border, mexico's foreign minister, marcelo ebrard, told reporters. that's not true. we've been talking about deploying the national guard there for a while. we are simply doing it faster than we are originally intended. the trump administration has given mexico up to six weeks to curb the number of illegal immigrants crossing into the united states. otherwise, it will impose tariffs of up to 25%, prompting fears of retaliation on the part of one of its biggest trading partners. we will take you live to central london. we are showing you a shot of a door. we expect andrea leadsom to emerge from the other side of it, any moment, we think. to launch her

campaignfor any moment, we think. to launch her campaign for the leadership of the conservative party. of course, to become prime minister. we are expecting her to call for a managed exit, a managed exit of the uk from the european union. and also we understand, action to tackle the climate emergency. she is one of three of the ten candidates officially launching their campaigns today. we are expecting mark harper and rory stewart to have their campaign launches later on in the day. of course this is the second time that andrea leadsom has stood for the time that andrea leadsom has stood forthe time that andrea leadsom has stood for the slightly comical moment asi for the slightly comical moment as i hand emerges from the door, we don't see the person that belongs to! this is the second time andrea leadsom has been standing for the conservative party leadership, she stood against theresa may but withdrew from the contest when theresa may eventually went on to

become conservative party leader and prime minister. we will go back to that door, that room, in a few moments. hopefully when andrea leadsom emerges from the other side of it. the pilot of a helicopter has died after crash—landing on top of a skyscraper in new york. workers had to be evacuated from the tower in manhattan after the rooftop caught fire but no one was hurt. ramzan karmali reports. smoke filled the new york airjust moments after a helicopter crashed into this skyscraper in mid—town manhattan. the crash took place close to the tourist hotspot of times square. for those inside it was clear that something wasn't quite right. and we pull away from that report. we cross live to central london, andrea leadsom launching her campaignfor andrea leadsom launching her

campaign for the conservative party leadership. good morning. it's my belief that outside the eu, our united kingdom has an extraordinary future, one that will build on a thriving economy to promote true social justice, not only thriving economy to promote true socialjustice, not only at home but right around the world. our country needs a leader who will be decisive, who will get things done, but who will also be compassionate, someone who will stand up for democracy, equality and fairness. giving every single one of our citizens the chance to fulfil their own aspirations. to beat the very best that they can be. now i have campaigned passionately for the uk to leave the eu and i continue to believe that it's a superb future awaiting us but the truth is, that over the last three years, politics has failed dismally. it has failed to deliver on the biggest democratic decision in our history. fulfilling

that democratic decision is now an urgent and vital, it cannot and will not be put off any longer. leaving the eu on the 31st of october, is, for me, a hard, red line. applause applause bringing our country back together, healing the divisions, promoting social justice, healing the divisions, promoting socialjustice, building new homes, securing our streets, helping our businesses to thrive. a transformative offer to young people, achieving a carbon neutral economy, these are just a few of the priorities that we should be focusing on in government but because of the uncertainty and failure over at brexit, theyjust haven't received the attention they deserve. i stayed working hard in cabinet for three years, supporting the prime minister to get her brexit deal over the line. it was very

uncomfortable at times but might view was that staying in government to fight for brexit was the right thing to do. and at the same time, i was able to show my own ability to get things done across party and against the odds, on issues like bullying, proxy voting, restoration of the palace of westminster, yes, and tackling mr speaker! applause applause i persevere and i get things done and in my view, the next prime minister must have the negotiating ability to deliver brexit and above all else, they must have a positive, uplifting vision for the next chapter in our nation ‘s rate history. and these are what i have two offer the united kingdom. my plan for a managed exit is clear and workable with three steps, the first, to

create a new offer to the eu by introducing uk legislation injuly to enable citizens rights, the future for gibraltar, the security relationship, air transport arrangements, and other sensible elements of the withdrawal agreement to be in place by the 31st of october with their agreement. the second step is to give certainty to business by ramping up preparations for our exit in all circumstances, speeding up work on the alternative arrangements for the northern ireland border, and proposing specific arrangements for certain supply chains and sensitive sectors via a temporary free trade agreement. and the third, to negotiate directly with key heads of the eu 27 over recess, making it clear that we will be leaving on the 3ist clear that we will be leaving on the 31st of october and setting out the raft of sensible measures including that temporary free trade deal that could be in place in time for a managed exit. andrea leadsom

launching her campaign, saying that if she is elected as leader of the conservative party and prime minister she will be decisive and get things done. right now, we are saying goodbye to viewers on bbc two. so andrea leadsom saying as well as being decisive and getting things done she would be a compassionate leader, she has spoken already about issues not receiving the attention they deserve because of brexit, for example, achieving a carbon neutral economy. she has spoken about bringing the country back together and healing divisions and then, crucially, she talks about three steps to get to brexit by october the 31st. she said firstly, there would be a new offer to the eu, to be in place with their agreement by the end of october. she would two, bring certainty to businesses and speed up work on the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland and then she

said also, over the summer recess, there would be direct negotiations with key heads of european countries. you are watching bbc news. victoria derbyshire is next. hello, it's tuesday, it's ten o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. it's a "national scandal" — families spending their life savings to pay for care for their severely ill relatives, when it should be paid for by the state. this mum says the fight to get funding for her son who has cerebral palsy has "nearly broken her." watching somebody disappear, when you know that for a simple amount of money, it can be stopped. it's depressing. it's demoralising. it encompasses every conversation i have with my lovely husband, who sometimes just turns off because he's heard what i've