good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: the ten who want to move in to number 10 — conservative mps start voting today, to choose their next leader. almost three quarters of english hospitals miss nhs targets to treat cancer patients quickly enough. this is the scene live in hong kong where calm has returned following the worst violence the territory has seen in decades. police fired rubber bullets and tear gas yesterday, during demonstrations against a controversial extradition law with mainland china. safe — for now. sir philip green's retail empire is spared with a last—minute deal,

but he tells the bbc he'd been slow to react to a changing high street. the british cyclist chris froome is in intensive care after a serious crash in france. he has multiple injuries after hitting a brick wall whilst travelling at almost a0 miles an hour. and with almost three months worth of rainfall now in parts of the uk, and amber warning is in force today. will the brain ever stop? i have all the details here on breakfast —— will the rain ever stop? it's thursday 13th july. our top story. the race is finally underway — this morning conservative mps vote to pick the next party leader and prime minister. the first round begins today, though it'll be a month before we know who the winner is — that's when the 10 candidates will be whittled down to just two. then party members will have their say. to talk us through the process here's our political correspondent, chris mason.

what happens today? a polling station opens between ten this morning and midday and a all of the hullabaloo morning and midday and a all of the hulla baloo and all of morning and midday and a all of the hullabaloo and all of the talking, there will be votes cast by conservative mps for these candidates who all aspire to take over from theresa may. candidates who all aspire to take overfrom theresa may. they candidates who all aspire to take over from theresa may. they must reach a magic number of 17 votes, in other words persuade 16 of their collea g u es other words persuade 16 of their colleagues to vote for them because they can devote themselves. they have one guaranteed folk. in other words they need to double the number of supporters that they had to have asa minimum of supporters that they had to have as a minimum to even make the start line of this race. they had to have eight mps in order to be nominated and now they need 16 colleagues plus their own folk. that is the minimum. at least one mp will be eliminated today, potentially a good number more if a few of them do not make that threshold. those that do will

progress to another round that take place next week and there will be many more rounds up that to try and whittle these candidates down. if you lose a lot of candidates in one go there may be fewer rounds or not. we will not, however, have a new prime ministerforjust we will not, however, have a new prime minister forjust over a month. is there a list in terms of who the favourite is? there is. we have been keeping a checklist of the publicly declared support for each candidate. that would publicly is important because about a quarter of the conservative parliamentary party have not said out loud to us who they are backing. when you look at those publicly declared list, here are the names that are looking a little dicey today in terms of potentially being eliminated. mark harper may be a goner, andrea leadsom perhaps another. esther mcveigh and rory stewart. any of those four could surprise us because they could have people in their back

pocket who haven't told us. that those four on the face of it looked to be short of publicly declared support and that means that michael gove, borisjohnson support and that means that michael gove, boris johnson and support and that means that michael gove, borisjohnson and the others will be ok to get through. that would be my best guess and that is all that is. a lot of caveats inserted. and we find out at the end of today. about lunchtime. bubbly about one o'clock. thank you so much for speaking to us. —— probably about one o'clock. nearly three quarters of nhs services in england failed to treat new cancer patients within sixty two days of an urgent referral last year according to research by the bbc. cancer charities have expressed their concern about the figures but nhs england say it's due to increasing demand on services. lauren moss reports. when a gp makes an urgent referral for cancer treatment, nhs guidelines say 85% of patients should begin treatment within 62 days, but figures show that almost 32,500

patients across england weren't seen within that timeframe in the past year. bbc analysis of waiting times shows that maidstone and tunbridge wells nhs trust in kent was the worst performing, treating just 61% of patients within the two month period. it is followed by wolverhampton, weston area health, southend and bradford. kingston hospital nhs trust in london topped the list, seeing 96% of patients within the timeframe. frimley health, bolton, mid—cheshire and thameside and glossop also performed well. cancer is a diagnosis that when people receive it it turns the world upside down. it is a really difficult experience for people to go through, and the longer people have to wait to get that diagnosis and treatment, the more it will impact them, their health and well—being, just going through that experience. an nhs england spokesperson said:

the nhs long—term plan outlines how it aims to diagnose more cancers sooner but charities say right now it is a system in crisis. violent clashes between protestors and police have led to some government offices in hong kong being closed for the rest of the week. the protesters are angry about plans to allow extradition to mainland china. let's talk to our china correspondent stephen mcdonnell who's in hong kong for us this morning. good morning to you. can you explain for us where you are? we can see a barricade behind you. this is the entrance to the legislative council where the authorities are making sure that protesters do not get anywhere near those empowered today.

as you can see there are barricades, riot police and all around this precinct we have officers on patrol. guarding every approach to the legislative council because it was the debate on the second reading debate in the legislative council that sparked yesterday's mass protests. but what a difference a day makes. i will give you a look at the street. yesterday, this is where we had tens of thousands of protesters occupying the heart of hong kong. they have all now been cleared as you can see, after riot police moved in with tear gas, rubber bullets and pepper spray and now it is pretty quiet. one of the reasons has been the weather. it has been pouring down with rain but also the protesters and the government have been quite exhausted by these clashes in the last few days and it seems that both sides are now taking stock and wondering what their next move will be. at any time, a

flashpoint could trigger a conflict again andi flashpoint could trigger a conflict again and i think over the coming days and weeks we will see more protest a nd days and weeks we will see more protest and we will see more conflict and that's why you have this police presence here because they know the protesters have not given up. they think the only way they can stop this bill is by taking their argument to the street and thatis their argument to the street and that is why we are likely to see more clashes. thank you very much for that. there was a reprieve for sir philip green's retail empire which includes topshop, burton and dorothy perkins last night. ben has more. there was a lot of talk about him putting his own money in. and he has had to do that to a certain extent because the pension fund is in a deficit. but let's discuss the stores first. arcadia group is owned by sir philip green and brands such as top shop and many others, under that umbrella. it has fallen, sales

have fallen 2%. it is the usual story, competition from online and the changing way of shopping on high street. he said he needed to negotiate with his landlords and reduce the rent he pays on some of them and you want to close some. but to do that he needed the agreement of shareholders and also the landlord themselves. those landlords we re landlord themselves. those landlords were reluctant to do so because, bearin were reluctant to do so because, bear in mind they need that rent money from the likes of sir philip green to keep their business afloat. nonetheless, of course, what they came up with yesterday was a final agreement. and what happened was that they finally agreed to close some stores. they will close 48 stores and they will reduce of 194 others. this has been something that much of the high street has complained about. is nice rates and rents and unsympathetic landlords. this give—and—ta ke that

rents and unsympathetic landlords. this give—and—take that needs to happen between retailer and rent or. and landlords are reluctant to agree because if they do it for arcadia, then other firms turn around and say we pay too much we want as reduced as well. but philip green was clever. he let it be known that the firm could face administration if the deal did not get three. the landlords then had a choice of having no—one or agreeing to a reduction. they finally came to the table and agreed to a reduction, all but one, the one who owns a few shopping centres. they said no, it is unfair. nonetheless he sees this asa is unfair. nonetheless he sees this as a victory. he got it through, he will close 48 stores with the loss of about 1000 jobs. it is not insignificant. was speaking to the bbc last night but he saw this last night as a success, one that is good news for the firm and for his staff. this is what he told us afterwards. many more landlords clearly voted yes then no. one landlord wanted to

make a lot of noise and that is his choice, not mine. as far as i am concerned, tonight is a celebration for a supply chain, a workforce and yes, the market has changed now we need to get to work, grasp this new marketplace and get on with the job. you are right, what he has also said is that as well as this he will plug the gap in the pension and begin to pay more. that should help redress the balance. it secures the future for now but there are still questions. he admitted in the interview that they had been slow to react to the change on high street so he has his eye on what they will do differently. this isjust so he has his eye on what they will do differently. this is just the first step in a very long process. a fresh outbreak of ebola in uganda could be declared an international emergency. a five—year—old boy has died and the government is now reporting seven other suspected cases of the virus. nearly 1,400 people have already

died from the disease in the neighbouring democratic republic of congo. plans to add folic acid to flour in a bid to cut birth defects, such as spina bifida, have come a step closer, as the government launches a 12—week consultation. folic acid is a type of vitamin b, and is crucial during the first weeks of pregnancy. women are encouraged to take it as a supplement to cut the risk of their babies failing to develop properly. an overwhelming majority of students say they support universities being able to warn parents if they have a mental health crisis. a study by the higher education policy institute says more universities should consider asking students permission to alert their families in extreme circumstances. thousands of critically—endangered snails have been released into the wild after being rescued from the edge of extinction. did you know that they were in such

peril? all with a little help from a british zoo. the greater bermuda land snail, has had a remarkable turn around in fortunes, as helen briggs reports. it was thought to have died out but a small colony was found inside plastic bags. they were taken to the uk and read and now for thousands have been —— four thousand have been returned to the bermuda. they are more rare than the mountain gorilla and the giant panda. but they don't get as much attention. there are reasons, acute animal has a bearing. it is awful, we often care more about cute animals than the not cute ones. i think snails are cuter than pandas. what do you think the top

speed of a garden snail is? yards per hour. yards per hour i would say about five. 50. no?! yes! 50. that isa about five. 50. no?! yes! 50. that is a garden snail. i do like snails. we used to collect them when i was little. did you put them in plastic bags? no. boxes, margarine containers. you did not come here today to talk about snails. no, i did not. awful news breaking this morning about chris froome, the british cyclist who is in intensive ca re british cyclist who is in intensive care at the moment after being involved in a crash. it was a practice cycle and he is in

intensive care with multiple fractures. he lost consciousness when he hit a brick wall, travelling almost 40 mile an hour. at the women's world cup, the hosts france are all but through to the knock—out stage, after victory over norway. that's two wins in two. australia produce a big comeback to beat pakistan in a tense game in the cricket world cup. they're now second in the table, level on points with new zealand, who play today. and andy murray says he is hopeful of returning to singles tennis before the end of the year. he'll be playing in the doubles at queen's next week. a lot of the excitement around andy murray this week is who he might face his brother?! that would be good to watch. the main thing is that we see him step out on the court. yes. and looking comfortable, not in pain for the first time in a long time which is great to see.

spread is to we're going to have a look at the papers in a moment but 1st, we have a chance look at the weather. matt, good morning. good morning as well. some weather watches shots in the past few days really sum up the mood. it's been a particularly grey and wet spell. river levels running higher, travel conditions were difficult. and we got various flood warnings out across the uk for some rivers. also scotland. wettest of all is penalty in shropshire. we getting close to 3 worth ofjune rainfall since the weekend. there is still more out today, met office amber warning or parts of the borders, lucien and towards the far north of northumberland. further disruption and flooding. do not be fooled, the

ground is saturated. this is where it is raining heavily but it kills around parts of the irish sea into wales and south—west england. back towards parts of lincolnshire. all areas with excessive amounts of rainfall. the far north—west of scotla nd rainfall. the far north—west of scotland and northern ireland, continuing to see brighter spells but the eastern half of scotland, much wetter today compared with the past few in the rain will push into the highlands, orkney & shetland and later so into the evening, wet. cold and windy. temperature is not above 8or9. and windy. temperature is not above 8 or 9. brighter than northern ireland and not as heavy rainfall across south—east scotland and northern england and into wales. but for the southwest and all the way through to lincolnshire and east anglia, further downpours around, some of those heavy and unrelated the better chance of sunshine in between. the channel islands, very pleasant. tonight, not as wet as last night. still some showers. in

the far north—west of scotland. with clear skies across parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england, quite chilly with winds falling lighter in the past couple of days. as we going to friday, the low—pressure system is boosting those shower clouds and moving away a little bit towards the north—west so not as wet as it has been. south—west winds, sunshine and showers after a cloudy start, so more of you will stay dry for longer. some feeling pleasant in the sunshine with the wind from the south—west not as cold so a better day as far as rainfall is concerned, temperatures back to where they should be and that will continue into the weekend. saturday, showers, particularly in the west, most lengthy and western areas, high teens or low 20s. more persistent rain in north—west scotland on sunshine —— on sunday. that's how it's looking, slowly improving.

that's what i like to hear. let's take a look at some of today's front pages. many of the papers give their take on boris johnson's campaign launch in the conservative leadership race. he's described as a ‘prime minister in waiting' on the front cover of the daily telegraph. the 1st round takes place today and we should know by1 o'clock. labour's failed attempt to take control of parliament and block a no—deal brexit leads the guardian, it says its handed a "boost" to the hard—line brexiteers jostling for the tory leadership. the times says borisjohnson "won't rule out suspending parliament" in order to "force a no—deal brexit". the photo at the top is of demonstrations in hong kong over a law that would mean people could be extradited to mainland china for trial. and finally, other than passing comment on the fashion advice mrjohnson apparently received from his girlfriend, the daily mail decides not to focus too much on the leadership launch.

instead it focusses on the success of its own "save our local post offices" campaign, following the news that pay rates for struggling postmasters will be reviewed in an attempt to stop a wave of post office closures. ben and holly are both with us. most of the business pages dominated by philip greenretail's empire saved from the brink last night in an 11th hour deal. —— philip greenretail's empire. slovenia, home to the worldfastest's house prices. a rise of 18.2%. you would be assuming that is from a low starting point. but they have pointed to some of the reasons behind it, because they look at all sorts of things, taking into account why people would want to live there. low interest rates, a

limited supply of places to live. a lot of building work going on there but who knew, slovenia, the fastest rising house pass —— prices in the world. and lidl is moving into central london. it really does illustrate that battle on the high street between the established supermarkets and the discounters. this story is interesting because it is moving into an old sainsbury's store, the 1 in central london, moving into why sainsbury is says it can't make the site work and lidl can. paying higher rents in the ce ntre can. paying higher rents in the centre of big cities but the discounters have big pockets and a loyal fa n discounters have big pockets and a loyal fan plate —— fan base. {500,000,000 expected to be spent on making london work. chris froome dominates the back pages and that crash. he was apparently blowing his nose. he took his hand off the bars

and the gust of wind apparently caused him to veer into the side of the house. there is speculation, about 40 miles per hour. blowing his nose at 40 miles per hour? that is amazing. but it is a standard procedure. people would be assuming everything was filmed but because its training, they are in the middle of nowhere. they are just checking out the area. this is one of the few that has photograph of him actually being taken that has photograph of him actually being ta ken away that has photograph of him actually being taken away afterwards. obviously a really, really concerning story that is continuing here this morning and the fact his condition, we don't know any more details, his wife has flown to be by his side but we will keep your trust. we wish him all the best. com pletely trust. we wish him all the best. completely changing, a debate in the office this morning. about crumpets. ididn't office this morning. about crumpets. i didn't know there was a debate,

you just told us what you thought. 0k, you just told us what you thought. ok, toasted cheese on crumpets? you just told us what you thought. 0k, toasted cheese on crumpets? not on crumpets. no, i'm not a fan of toasted cheese in general. you don't like cheese on toast?|j toasted cheese in general. you don't like cheese on toast? i know this is controversial. it's probably deviated from the other debate. some traditional foods that are falling out of favour stop crumpets are on this list. there is pie, liver and onions, pork pie. i am all about a spotcheck. you've not had any of these? i'm not a fan of the scotch egg. the last time you had one? these? i'm not a fan of the scotch egg. the last time you had one7m you are not a fan... i'm not sure i rememberthe you are not a fan... i'm not sure i remember the last time. i've had scotch eggs. many scotch eggs are a

way to go. if you haven't done toasted cheese on crumpets, you haven't lived and also the pie clips on the way forward. —— parklands. i spoke to one producer who microwaves the cheese on the crumpets. that is not the issue. it's putting the cheese on the crumpets in the first place. a whole lot of stuff to get your teeth into literally this morning. thank you very much. if you were studying music, imagine being able to get your inspiration from the piano on which gustav holst wrote ‘the planets'. built 100 years ago, it's now been restored to its former glory and will return to the london school where holst created his most famous work. ian reeve reports. a famous name in an obscure place.

piano makerjohn broadwood & sons has workshops in north yorkshire. the company was formed in 1728. mozart, beethoven and liszt all played broadwood pianos and now this, refurbishing a famous piano. we have gustav holst‘s broadwood grand piano on which he composed the famous the planets suite 100 years ago. we found from our documentary evidence in our records that the piano was actually made for saint pauls school in hammersmith in 1913 and it was delivered to gustav holst‘s room in november of that year and he had a special room made in the school which was soundproofed, double glazing, to keep out all the noise of the road outside. as we were working on the piano, we were always aware of the shadow of gustav holst over us, such

as it's been, and it's a lovely piano and we are delighted now that it is back in full working order. the broadwood built piano has been in private ownership but it's now returning to the london school, the place where holst composed, set down the seven movements including mars, an expression of violence and terror, his critique of the first world war. jupiter too, perhaps the most familiar. mike'sjob jupiter too, perhaps the most familiar. mike's job in jupiter too, perhaps the most familiar. mike'sjob in broadwood's workshop was getting the piano to sound as it would have done in holst‘s time. sound as it would have done in holst's time. i was aware of the album the planets, i grew up listening to it, so it was a great pride in working on it and it was going through your mind all the time. but now holst's piano has

gone, retuned, refurbished, rebuilt. a brave euro performance, as classical music buffs would say, from this famous company. ian reeve, bbc news. that's inspiring, isn't it? something to rouse you in the morning. it's lovely. just whistling there. very nice. time to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. thames water says supplies should be returning to normal this morning for the hundreds of thousands of properties left without water in south west london yesterday. homes, hospitals, schools and businesses were all affected after a pipe burst at the hampton treatment works. thames water is warning that some customers will have lower water pressure than usual and will still be handing out

bottled water at various sites later this morning. on the eve of the 2—year anniversary of the grenfell tower fire, families have told bbc london of their distress over delays to the public inquiry. 72 people lost their lives in the disaster. the met police have said there is "no guarantee" that criminal charges will be brought and no decision will be made until the public inquiry is complete, which could take another three years. survivors say they want the authorities to do more. you know, iwish you know, i wish they would listen to the families, it's so important that part of the enquiry, they sit down and listen for the families. but they are not listening. the mayor is being urged to "go further" with his plans to increase the amount of affordable housing in the capital. more than 7,500 affordable homes were built

in the past year — more than 40% than the previous one. but critics say it's still far behind what london needs. city hall says it only receives a fraction of the funding it needs from the government. let's take a look at the travel situation now. a powerfailure on a power failure on the overground means there is no service between kilburn euston station. top onto the roads: northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is slow from blackwall lane. and now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. is at the bottom elizabeth rizzini. good morning. understandably, you might be fed up with all the rain around at the moment but the good

news is today there will be a lot of dry weather as well but we are a lwa ys dry weather as well but we are always at risk of seeing these outbreaks of rain on and off through the course of the day, particularly towards northern and western areas of the capital and a bit easier than it did yesterday so once again, it's hardly feeling like june. we it did yesterday so once again, it's hardly feeling likejune. we start off the morning in double figures, the weather front out to the north—west giving us showery outbreaks of rain. the further south and east you are, the drier it will tend. but very little in the way of brightness. top temperatures up to 13 and 15 celsius. overnight tonight, clear spells in the south and east, showery outbreaks of rain continuing into the north and west, quite a bit of cloud around but overnight lows in double figures. tomorrow i should turn out to be the writer, showers through the morning and plenty of crowd fix mcleod. sunshine into the afternoon and highs of 20 degrees. more from us in half—an—hour. goodbye for now. hello. this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt.

we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: 50 years ago mick ware was a struggling musician in a little known band. we'll find out why decades later his music is reaching a global audience, courtesy of the contraversial american rapper —— the controversial american rapper tyler the creator. after this shocking image of a lesbian couple attacked on a bus in london went viral we're looking at what it means to be lgbt in the uk today. andrew croft has written hundreds of books but you might not be familiar with his name because he's made his career as a bestselling ghostwriter. he's here to talk about his latest novel. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the first round of voting in the conservative leadership contest takes place this morning

when at least one of the ten candidates will be eliminated. tory mps will hold a private ballot, with contenders needing a minimum of seventeen votes to carry on. the knock—out rounds will continue next week until there are two names remaining. they will then face a ballot of party members. nearly three quarters of nhs services in england failed to treat new cancer patients within 62 days of an urgent referral last year according to research by the bbc. cancer charities have expressed their concern about the figures but nhs england say it's due to increasing demand on services. the authorities in hong kong have closed government offices for the rest of the week, after a day of violent clashes over controversial new extraditions laws. police fired tear gas and rubber bullets in clashes with demonstrators yesterday as tensions heightened. the proposals would allow extradition to mainland china. opponents say the plans would be abused by beijing to pursue political enemies. a fresh outbreak of ebola in uganda could be declared an international emergency.

a five—year—old boy has died and the government is now reporting seven other suspected cases of the virus. nearly 1,400 people have already died from the disease in the neighbouring democratic republic of congo. plans to add folic acid to flour in a bid to cut birth defects, such as spina bifida, have come a step closer, as the government launches a 12—week consultation. folic acid is a type of vitamin b, and is crucial during the first weeks of pregnancy. women are encouraged to take it as a supplement to cut the risk of their babies failing to develop properly. an overwhelming majority of students say they support universities being able to warn parents if they have a mental health crisis. a study by the higher education policy institute says more universities should consider asking students permission to alert their families in extreme circumstances. stu d e nts students want that's the port so they want that support from the

university, they want support from their friendship university, they want support from theirfriendship group university, they want support from their friendship group at university but they also want to know that those connections that they have from back home are also being made aware if there are issues going on. time passes, it is six 34 right now. let's talk now to holly about sport. an awful incident with chris froome —— chris froome. when you think about it, a crash like this when you are cycling at 40 mile an hour and hit a wall, someone with his experience and ability to take his hand off the steering wheel which is what he did to blow his nose... you would think he has done that many times but this time he veered off. it was during a training run for the criterion. he is in intensive care

at the moment and that puts paid to his chances of an fifth tour de france. but the important thing right now is his recovery. chris froome, the four—time tour de france champion, has a broken leg, a fractured elbow and broken ribs after the accident, when he hit a wall at nearly 40 miles an hour. froome was airlifted to hospitalfor surgery. this is what his team boss said immediately afterwards. it sounds like he was at the foot of a descent. it is gusty today and it sounds like he took his hand off the handle to blow his nose and the wind took at the front wheel and he hit a wall at 60 kilometres an hour. he had a bad fracture, he is badly injured. al first primary thought is for his care, to make sure he gets the best medical care he possibly can. and then his family, to make sure that they are ok. froome's wife michelle has been giving updates on social media — the latest read: "chris

is in surgery at the moment to repair the multiple fractures, please keep him in your thoughts." dani rowe is an olympic gold medalist who recovered from a serious crash that left her with five broken ribs and a collapsed lung. iam sure i am sure chris is absolutely devastated at the moment and it is hard, devastated at the moment and it is ha rd, really ha rd devastated at the moment and it is hard, really hard to put things into perspective. perspective. itried hard, really hard to put things into perspective. perspective. i tried to look at it as things being, that thinks could be worse. but i hope that chris can reset, i had was helped by having small goals along the way and i think that is the only thing that can help after an injury like this. at the women's world cup, the hosts france have all but secured their place in the knock—out stage, with a 2—1victory over norway. they were leading when norway levelled through this really unfortunate own goal from the french defender wendie renard, somehow putting the ball into her own net under no pressure. but eugenie le sommer‘s penalty rescued them, in front of almost 35 thousand fans in nice.

germany also made it two wins from two, as they beat spain 1—0. germany, ranked second in the world, are virually assured of a place in the next round. a brilliant goal by the former arsenal and liverpool forward asiat oshoala helped nigeria to a first win at the tournament, all but ending south korea's hopes of reaching the last 16. 2—0 the final score in that match. andy murray says he hopes to be playing singles tennis again by the end of the year. the former world number one had his hip resurfaced in january and he's due to play doubles at queen's club next week. but murray says he's still taking baby steps. when you have been in pain for a long time it is hard to remember what it was like beforehand. now i am back to being pain—free i can go out and enjoy things of the tennis court. and i was not doing that for a while. obviously when i am in the

gym and on the court it is a lot easier to have fun and enjoy it. a century from australia's david warner steered his side to victory over pakistan at the cricket world cup. it was warner's first international hundred since he returned from a year—long ban, for his part in the ball—tampering scandal. and there was a tense finish at taunton, as pakistan chased australia's 307, but late wickets — including this run out — left them 41 runs short. there'll be plenty of attention on tiger woods, when the third men's golf major of the year, the us open, gets underway in california later. the masters champion last took this title 11 years ago — he tees off in a group with two other former winners, jordan spieth and justin rose. the crowd and the pressure and the noise in the light in the music... it all ramps up a little bit in a major but i am here to do myjob. and as much as i will enjoy playing

with tiger i will be doing my thing. and when the atmosphere is ramped up like that it forces you to focus a little harder and sometimes that can bea little harder and sometimes that can be a good thing. and finally, let's return to the women's world cup — and the scotland camp, where there has been some serious fowl play. here they are using a rubber chicken in one of their training drills. we're told its called chicken run and it apparently involves trying to hit your team mates. i need to play that game! no-one has ever said that. that is a brilliant game! we should play! each other with a rubber chicken. they're not hitting, they are just passing. with a rubber chicken. they're not hitting, they are just passinglj will be honest, i have never played that. it must be so much fun to be hit with a rubber chicken. really? we will see you later on. thank you

very much. let's get more on one of our top stories this morning after thousands of protestors clashed with police in hong kong. police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray after the worst violence the city has seen in decades. we're joined now by the former chair of the hong kong democratic party, emily lau. thank you very much for talking to us thank you very much for talking to us here on bbc breakfast this morning. can you explain to us all, ina simple morning. can you explain to us all, in a simple term as possible, what the problem is and what protesters have in terms of an issue with this new extradition bill? this is a bill that would take the hong kong government sending suspects to mainland china for trial. the truth of the matter is that when britain handed hong kong the colony back to chinese rule in 1997, the law then

was that there is a firewall which does not allow such handing over. and as you know, chris patten, our last governor said it is not a loophole, it is a deliberate attempt to separate hong kong from china although, the house of commons, and the foreign affairs of committee report no longer ‘s —— recently said that hong kong is no longer one country to system, it is nowjust 1.5 system. if this firewall is going to be dismantled than it is one country one system. we do not wa nt to one country one system. we do not want to be sent there because here we have the rule of law, personal safety a nd we have the rule of law, personal safety and freedoms although no democracy thanks to the british and the chinese but we still enjoy freedoms and all that. but once that firewall is removed we are just like any other chinese city where there is complete lawlessness. it is very

clear how you feel about this bill. my clear how you feel about this bill. my understanding is, just looking at it, that it will still be up to hong kong courts to decide who will be extradited. i don't think so. i'm not a lawyer although i have been a legislator for 25 years but we have 3000 lawyers marching just a few days ago in black, protesting against this law because they say that the courts in hong kong will not have that much power. they will just have to look at the facts and have to agree to hand over. and there is a petition from the hong kong university alumni i including the name of the judge kong university alumni i including the name of thejudge in the petition. it is not true. and if you look at what happened in new zealand two days ago, an appeal courtjudge said the government should not hand over the suspect to china because they cannot guarantee that the person will get a fair trial, will

not be tortured and so on. people are very not be tortured and so on. people are very concerned. not be tortured and so on. people are very concerned. let's show you the pictures of what is happening in hong kong at the moment. there is relatively calm now and the leader of hong kong, however, and obviously there is a lot of interest as well, we are outside the legislature bill is being passed. yesterday, the leader of hong kong, carrie lam described the protest as organised riots and said they were nuns —— unacceptable for civilised society. what is your view of how people were conducting themselves? today, many people came out to condemn the police for the brutality and some wonder whether the chinese national security people have already infiltrated the hong kong police because some of them were very brutal and they even beat up foreign

journalists and carrie lam, this so—called leader, she did not have the courage to come out and face the public, to face the press yesterday. up public, to face the press yesterday. up to now she has not come out to the public to say something she just send out a videotaped message. i mean, really, it is so embarrassing and people... apologies for interrupting, how long will the protest continue, do you believe? they will continue as long as she does not withdraw the bill. today, as we speak, the speaker of the legislative council has said there will be no meeting today. i don't think they can ensure that if there isa think they can ensure that if there is a meeting if the council building is a meeting if the council building is surrounded by tens of thousands of people, how can they ensure that they can be meeting peacefully. but people are angry. most are very

peaceful and very young. secondary school and university students. peaceful and very young. secondary school and university studentsm has been interesting talking with you. thank you very much forjoining us. time now for a chat with matt on a question about what is going on with the weather. more from us in half—an—hour. goodbye for now. was we were seeing temperatures of about 27 degrees this time last year. rain has been a real talking point. some flooding in places as well. certainly some very difficult conditions if you're trying to drive across the country. a selection of some of the weather watches shots with scene taken and sent in. wettest of all is in shropshire, over 149 millimetres of rain in pennerley. there is more to come.

today, we've got a met office amber weather warning for that heavy rain of cross parts of south—east scotland. this area here down towards the borders of england, most likely to see the risk of further widespread flooding and travel disruption. it stretches all the way down to the west of wales, the isle of man, east of northern ireland. towards the southern parts of england as well. we could see floating around. a lot of surface water around today. the rain easing off. still some lively downpours all the way through towards lincolnshire. it turns wetter today across parts of scotland compared with the last few days. the rain is heavier and more persistent. it's been largely dry. orkney, shetland, rain later on. cold wind still there. patchy rain elsewhere across southern scotland and into northern england so brightening up northern ireland and while cloud remains

dominant across england and wales, with the downpours across the end east, we could see a few brighter spells but be wary of thunder mixed in with those showers later in the day. as we go through tonight, things turned dry. showers across wales and parts of central western england. rain to the far north—west of scotland. southern scotland, northern ireland, feeling quite chilly but the chance of morning sunshine here. friday, low pressure is with us. drifting off a little bit towards the west. that will have a few impact and lighter winds, scotland, northern ireland, feeling warmer. plenty of cloud across england and wales to begin with. showery rain which becomes less widespread for some during the day. some of you will stay dry for longer. more sunshine around through tomorrow. it will feel a touch warmer. same again on saturday, sunshine and showers. showers most

frequent across some western areas. indeed on sunday, while there is the chance we could see some more persistent rain, elsewhere, it's that story of sunshine and showers but certainly a big difference to what we've seen this time last year but slow improvements through the rest of this week and into next. so what should it be? we should be around these sorts of temperature levels. 16 and 20 should be normal but for some, only eight degrees. in june, only up to 20 degrees? that's our average temperature but nothing u ntowa rd average temperature but nothing untoward about that. sounds good. i've lost audio very significant late last night. thanks very much. it has

been, hasn't it. a pretty long and sorry saga. the arcadia group — which owns brands like — topshop, burton, dorothy perkins and miss selfridge — like many retailers has fallen victim to a changing high street and online competition. it put together a rescue plan which involved closing around 50 stores, with the loss of 1,000 jobs, and cutting the rent on around 200 others. but he needed landlords to agree to that at a crunch meeting last night. they agreed to rent cuts of 25—50%. not as bad as they'd first feared, but a significant cut nonetheless. they decided it's better to have a tenant earning them some money rather than leave the stores empty. in return, the firm will invest another £50 million into the group, on top of more money promised

for the pension fund. so is that the end of the saga? kirsty mcgregor is deputy editor at drapers magazine. good morning. look, the deal last night, philip green has been talking to the bbc. this is a good deal, safeguarding stores but isn't really a good deal? especially for those landlords who have to pay the price? it's not the best outcome for the people who work in those stores, for the landlords who have to cut the rent but if the alternative was administration which is what they have said, it's better than that because they've saved 500 plus stores. let's talk about that idea that we were all led to believe that if you didn't get this deal through with landlords, the firm could collapse. that is quite a useful negotiating position. frankly, it means look, the landlords have the

choice of some income or no income. there may have been a bit of scaremongering going on. but also, if we look at the high street at the moment, we're going a really tough time and have seen some really good household name retailers going under so there was a legitimate fear on the part of the landlords that this could have been crunch time for arcadia. philip green admitting he was slow to react to a changing high street. one wonders what he might decide to do, can he catch up with that competition? that's a big question. we need to invest heavily in the on line proposition but they also have 500 odd stores which is what the likes of on line retailers such as boojoo —— boohoo, they don't need to worry about that. essentially, we're looking at these

pictures of the stores in high streets, they cost a lot of money, even before he has done anything, he's got a bill of about £100 million per year. he needs to make them much fresher. a bit of a facelift. they looking tired. making a bit more experiential. it's been a key for a lot of the more successful retailers. rather than just necessarily buying the clothing. i think you probably will need to look realistically but if they close if you stores. he was described as the king of the high street, the man who could do no wrong, but that crown has slipped. can he win it back?m king of the high street that doesn't really exist, that retail model is broken, the cost of running those stores is too high and we've had sales out from boohoo group this week and their growth has been

phenomenal so i think he's really going to struggle to catch up with all those on line players. we will keep a close eye on that. fascinating. more from me after seven o'clock. in the 19705 mick ware was a struggling musician in a little known band called czar but after achieving only modest success he left the industry and started working as a furniture restorer instead. fast forward a few decades and his music is reaching the global audiences he once dreamed of, courtesy of the controversial american rapper ‘tyler the creator'. breakfast‘s tim muffett has been to find out more. 50 yea rs 50 years ago, mick was in a band called czar. our greatest sales place was great yarmouth which sold

1000 copies. they made an album which features this song called today. but the band fizzled out soon after. he restored antique furniture but then, 50 years later... we received an email from america, from a lawyer, which we thought was a scan. and it said they were representing an artist in america and could they use a sample of mick's song? we had a name given to us which was tyler the creator. who we'd never heard of it. we haven't heard of it because we are too old. tyler the creator is a 28—year—old american rapper and musician whose songs have been streamed more than 100 million times. we're really into wrapping. like, we wouldn't choose to listen to wrapping. this is the

track that tyler has taken the sample from. 50 yea rs 50 years on, it's got new life. definitely, we're so excited about it. i'm 71 so i didn't think it this age i would ever be associated with any type of music. puppets as the title of the song and in one month it's been streamed more than 15 million times on spotify. the album on which it features reached number one in america. and kanye west is on it as well, isn't he? he wrote the lyrics on it so that is one name that we have heard of. how did tyler the creator hear the track? we don't

imagine he was sitting there listening to the czar album. apparently people are employed to find samples and that is obviously what has happened. were you determined to negotiate quite hard ball to get a good deal? we did really negotiate. first of all, they wa nted really negotiate. first of all, they wanted to pay us one amount of money so we've asked for a percentage of the songwriting royalties. to get his name, that's what we asked for, for your name to go on the credits. he's had a little bit of health worry and to see this recognition for his work is brilliant. it took half a century but mick ware's music is finally gone global. 71 yea rs old 71 years old and that happens. they played hardball with the negotiations. to write.

good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. thames water says supplies should be returning to normal the luckily this morning for the hundreds of thousands of properties left without water in south west london yesterday. homes, hospitals, schools and businesses were all affected after a pipe burst at the hampton treatment works. thames water is warning that some customers will have lower water pressure than usual and will still be handing out bottled water at various sites later this morning. on the eve of the 2—year anniversary of the grenfell tower fire, families have told bbc london of their distress over delays to the public inquiry. 72 people lost their lives in the disaster. the met police have said

there is "no guarantee" that criminal charges will be brought and no decision will be made until the public inquiry is complete, which could take another three years. survivors say they want the authorities to do more. you know, i wish they would listen to the families very, very much. it's so important that part of the enquiry, they sit down and listen for the families. but they're not listening. the mayor is being urged to "go further" with his plans to increase the amount of affordable housing in the capital. more than 7,500 affordable homes were built in the past year — more than 40% than the previous one. but critics say it's still far behind what london needs. city hall says it only receives a fraction of the funding it needs from the government. let's take a look at the travel situation now. a power failure on the overground means there is no service between kilburn high road and euston station.

onto the roads: northbound traffic on the blackwall top tunnel southern approach is slow from blackwall lane. and inquired on, police have closed off the old town southbound forensic investigations. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. good morning. understandably, you might be fed up with all the rain around at the moment but the good news is today there will be a lot of dry this is weather too but we are always at risk of seeing these outbreaks the particularly towards northern and western areas of the capital today and it will feel a bit easier than it did yesterday so once again, it's hardly feeling like june. we start off the morning in double figures, the weather front out towards the north—west giving us showery outbreaks of rain on and off through the day. the further south and east you are, the drier it will tend to be but very little in the way of brightness. some showers even here

through the afternoon. top temperatures only up to between 13 and 15 celsius. overnight tonight, clear spells in the south and east, te showery outbreaks of rain continuing into the north and west, quite a bit of cloud around and overnight lows remaining in double figures. tomorrow, it should turn out to be a bit brighter, again some showers through the morning, plenty of cloud but it will break into sunshine into the afternoon and highs of 20 degrees. more from us in half—an—hour. goodbye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: the ten who want to move into number 10. conservative mps started voting today to choose their next leader. three quarters of english hospitals miss nhs targets to treat cancer patients weekly enough. these are

the images from hong kong this morning. you remember the major disturbances yesterday and there appears to be more calm this morning. we will have the latest from there. safe — for now. sir philip green's retail empire is spared with a last—minute deal, but he tells the bbc he'd been slow to react to a changing high street. the british cyclist chris froome is in intensive care after a serious crash in france. he has multiple injuries after hitting a brick wall travelling almost 40 miles an hour. the wind took his front wheel and he hit a wall at 60 kilometres an hour. he has a bad fracture, he is badly injured. we are up to close to three months worth of rainfall in less than a week in some parts of the uk. today there is it offers ample warning in parts of south—east scotla nd warning in parts of south—east scotland for heavy rain. when will the rain and? will let you know later on.

it's thursday 13th july. our top story. the race is finally underway — this morning conservative mps vote to pick the next party leader and prime minister. the first round begins today, though it'll be a month before we know who the winner is — that's when the 10 candidates will be whittled down to just two. then, party members will have their say. to talk us through the process here's our political correspondent, chris mason. good morning to you, chris. it is a curious time we are in at the moment because none of us are involved in this process. we are all excluded from the voting that will begin today. an act of democracy that involves a few hundred conservative mps at first and then just over 100,000 conservative members in the end, selecting a prime minister on behalf of 65 million of us. the polling station opens in parliament this morning in about three hours time at ten o'clock. the first time

there has been votes in this contest. there has been votes in this co ntest. te n there has been votes in this contest. ten candidates on the starting grid. they have to get 17 votes today. they can guarantee one because they can vote for them self. but they need 16 colleagues to back them, double the number they needed in order to get onto the starting grid to take part in the contest. so we will see at least one candidate lose today, potentially significantly. after that there will then be more vague taking place until they are whittled down to just two and then the final to go out to the conservative membership with the new prime minister in place in about six weeks time. and when you look at that starting grid of ten, talk us through, you know, what are we hearing at this stage? the tricky thing is that this is a private ballot so we will not know for certain how people have voted. the other thing is not every

conservative mp has publicly declared who they are backing. three quarters have but about one quarter have not. when we keep our tally, and we have been, of where publicly declared support has gone, the people we are looking at struggling today mark hartman, andrea leadsom, esther mcveigh and rory stewart. they don't look like they have enough publicly declared support yet. however they may have people in their back pocket we don't know about people who have yet to tell them that they will support them. so it looks like today borisjohnson, michael gove, jeremy hunt, dominic rav, sergeant javid could michael gove, jeremy hunt, dominic rav, sergeantjavid could be ok —— sajid. in the next round they will, however, need 32 to support them as well as they won guaranteed vote. the polling station will close at

midday and then there is the counting process so a result probably about one o'clock. nearly three quarters of nhs services in england failed to treat new cancer patients within 62 days of an urgent referral last year according to research by the bbc. cancer charities have expressed their concern about the figures but nhs england say it's due to increasing demand on services. lauren moss reports. when a gp makes an urgent referral for cancer treatment, nhs guidelines say 85% of patients should begin treatment within 62 days, but figures show that almost 32,500 patients across england weren't seen within that timeframe in the past year. bbc analysis of waiting times shows that maidstone and tunbridge wells nhs trust in kent was the worst performing, treating just 61% of patients within the two month period. it is followed by wolverhampton, weston area health, southend and bradford. kingston hospital nhs trust in london topped the list, seeing 96% of patients

within the timeframe. frimley health, bolton, mid—cheshire and thameside and glossop also performed well. cancer is a diagnosis that when people receive it it turns the world upside down. it is a really difficult experience for people to go through, and the longer people have to wait to get that diagnosis and treatment, the more it will impact them, their health and well—being, just going through that experience. an nhs england spokesperson said: the nhs long—term plan outlines how it aims to diagnose more cancers sooner but charities say right now it is a system in crisis. violent clashes between protestors and police have led to some government offices in hong kong

being closed for the rest of the week. the protesters are angry about plans to allow extradition to mainland china. let's talk to our china correspondent stephen mcdonnell who's in hong kong for us this morning. it was obviously very distressing yesterday and it has come down today we see from the latest pictures. absolutely. i am outside the legislative council whereas you can see the authorities are taking no chances. today, that protesters will get anywhere near those empowered. we have riot police and in front of them these barricades to reinforce their ranks. they are all around this precinct making sure that all approaches to the legislative council are being blocked. that doesn't mean there are no protesters. you can see these people holding up signs, calling on the police not to fire on hong kong citizens. that follows yesterday's

running street battles. i don't know if you can hear but some people are also quietly singing hymns as they hold up these signs. so it is a much more peaceful scene here today than the chaos in the clashes we saw yesterday and both sides seem to be taking a pause at the moment. the government working out how it can move to get this bill back into the legislative council to enable in the future people from here to be sent to the chinese mainland to face courts controlled by the communist party and protesters trying to work out how they can up the ansey on the streets to embarrass the government. __ up streets to embarrass the government. —— up the anti—on the streets to embarrass the government to get it to back down on the bill. so even though it is quite quiet, there is little doubt we will see more protests a nd little doubt we will see more protests and more conflict and that is why authorities are not taking any chances here today even though it is far more quiet than it was

yesterday. thank you very much. a fresh outbreak of ebola in uganda could be declared an international emergency. a five—year—old boy has died and the government is now reporting seven other suspected cases of the virus. nearly 1,400 people have already died from the disease in the neighbouring democratic republic of congo. an overwhelming majority of students say they support universities being able to warn parents if they have a mental health crisis. a study by the higher education policy institute says more universities should consider asking students permission to alert their families in extreme circumstances. thousands of critically—endangered snails have been released into the wild after being rescued from the edge of extinction. specifically we are talking about the greater bermuda land snail that has had a remarkable turnaround in fortune. made the greater bermuda

land snail. relieved to have become extinct decades ago. a few hardy snails were discovered clinging to life inside plastic bags in this urban alleyway in bermuda. some of the survivors were sent to the uk for a breeding programme and hera testers are they now have to lovely many keep track of. at last count we had somewhere around 13,000 snails. may be more than that. they have had many babies since then but they breed quite easily, actually, so they are a good conservation project. as long as they have some nice soil to live in and some nice food. they like sweet potato. now 4000 snails from the zoo have been taken home to bermuda for release into the wild. they have been set free in a nature reserve where the population will be closely monitored. it is hoped that sue bred snails will help rescue this

critically endangered species in a rare glimmer of hope in the fight against extinction. so this is the bermuda giant snail. did not look like a giant snail. may be to other snails? i don't know. i mean, it is a good thing. it is obviously a good thing. remarkably more endangered than the panda you we re more endangered than the panda you were saying? yes. and the mountain gorilla. the largest now recorded was weighed nearly two pounced. you remember this from doctor dolittle? they sailed around in that giant snail. was children's film? that looks scary and the snail looks like jabba the hutt. it was rex harrison. is not scary. they he would talk to

animals and they climbed inside the sheu animals and they climbed inside the shell and they could travel around the world. so that snail shell was watertight? it is a film! doctor doolittle is a work of fiction. do know those little things on snails, do you know what they are for? do you know snails conceived but they cannot hear? —— snails can see. you know snails conceived but they cannot hear? -- snails can see. now you are updated on snail —based information. matt will update us on the weather in a few minutes. firstly around 200 birth defects a year could be prevented if plans to add folic acid to flour are approved — according to medical experts. today the government is launching a 12—week consultation on the issue, following years of campaigning by charities. professor edward johnstone is a consultant obstetrician at st mary's hospital in manchester and joins us now. how are you? thank you for talking

to us. one of the things that surprised me was the uk has quite a high rate of neural tube defects and this is one of the things that is caused by a lack of polec acid. one of the highest rates of this defect in europe. that is right. that reflects our population. this condition tends to be more common in areas of disadvantage with a young population. in this country we have, u nfortu nately, population. in this country we have, unfortunately, a static level of neural tube defect. what is that? we have pictures of haifa lick acid food are we not having enough of them? hardly there. partly to do with the fact that people do not plan pregnancy. we have known for a long time that if you take folic acid supplements you reduce your risk of neural tube defects. u nfortu nately you have risk of neural tube defects. unfortunately you have to be ready and planning your pregnancy and not everybody does so. by the time you find out you are pregnant, eight or

12 weeks, it is too late and you have missed the boat. so this plan would be great because it would automatically supplement your diet. this is a 12 week consultation. are trying to work out why there needs to bea trying to work out why there needs to be a consultation. is there any evidence that this does not work? the idea is you had some folic acid to some product and therefore it makes birthing safer. it reduces the risk. reduces the risk. what is the other side of this argument?m risk. reduces the risk. what is the other side of this argument? it is a mystery to us as well. it has been donein mystery to us as well. it has been done in america in the us and canada for quite a while and it has reduced levels to about a half. —— by a half. can too much folic be dangerous? it can be bent if you ta ke dangerous? it can be bent if you take a large amount of supplication for a long time there have been concern of risk of cancers. but at the levels we are talking about it

would not seem to be applicable and it has not because that affect. some people instinctively naturally have concerns about things being added to the foods they normally eat. that is an instinct, isn't it? absolutely. but it is balancing the risk against the risk of society. this is a devastating condition that occurs, 2- 400 devastating condition that occurs, 2— 400 babies a year could face complications from this. on the consultation itself, you are mystified as to why we have to have a consultation. what is happening? what does it consist of? do they come to you and ask if it's a good idea? if they come to us we will say yes, it is a great idea. people have use on if they want their flower mandatorily supplemented. other areas may have views but for us, we would be supportive.

science tells us one thing but whether it should be mandatory, that isa whether it should be mandatory, that is a different thing. it's almost a bit of a random question, lots of people don't eat bread anymore. it's only going in flower. so it's not going to reach everyone. a lot of people have the door. if you look at the evidence in north america, it's worked for diddley to reduce levels. there may be different dietary patterns but it's adding a little bit into most people's diet. if you didn't eat bread, it wouldn't necessarily work. but it seemed it would be working here as well. what you advise? what do you advise patients? anyone considering a pregnancy should take

folic acid before and take it all the way through the first trimester and possibly beyond but certainly through the first trimester. at least two reduce the risks. very interesting to talk to you this morning. i promised you that matt would bring you the weather. he is this a cool june that i was corrected thatjune is not the hottest months i shouldn't be expecting so much. last he was treated as a bit too much. 27 degrees this week last year but these are the scenes we've been seeing. difficult on the roads. the wettest of all has been shropshire. getting close to three months worth of rainfall since the weekend. it's understandable seeing

the problems across parts of the uk. today, the met office has an amber weather warning to the south—east of edinburgh down towards the borders with england. it's here where we are most likely to see further flooding. but you can see where the rain is the moment, this massive hook which extends all the way down through western parts of england and wales and back through the midlands, east anglia, all areas that don't need any extra. i thoroughly wet commute for many. even if you start dry, not guaranteeing you will stay that way. the rain turning lighter and patchy for some in england and wales. after what's been largely dry week so far, we will see a bit more rain. a cold wind continues across scotland. some not seeing temperatures above eight or nine degrees. southern scotland and northern england, not as wet damp and drizzly. prior to the northern ireland. some rain across

southern and eastern counties. those could be a bit heavy and thundery in places as well. get in between those, get a bit of sunshine. not as wet as last night. central western england and wales. wet weather to the north—west of scotland and across parts of southern scotland, into northern ireland and northern england, temperatures dropping the most. supplying us with wet weather. drifting across the west. the focus on the heavy terrain pushes out into the sea between will see a scattering of showers develop across the country. biters across scotland and northern ireland. a cloudy start but sunshine and showers into the afternoon. it means more of you will spend longer, if not the entire day dry, and it will feel warmer. temperatures 16— 20 degrees. it into saturday, keeping those similar temperatures. the theme of sunshine

and showers. showers most likely across western areas. into sunday, the longer spells of rain, the far north of scotland, elsewhere sunshine showers once again in a south—westerly wind. things turning a little less chilly and a bit dry but still some rain around. there was a reprieve for sir philip green's retail empire — which includes topshop, burton and dorothy perkins — last night. he's been battling to keep it afloat. pa rt of he's been battling to keep it afloat. part of it is about rent. it's been a pretty torturous affair. arcadia group, lots of names that we know. all those brands, they are really struggling to make ends meet when it comes to how much rent they are having to pay but also rates in the high street, we know, we've been talking about this, it's in a pretty tough place so what philip green

wa nted tough place so what philip green wanted to do was renegotiate with landlords and cut how much rent he was paying. even before his made a lot of money, about £100 billion to cover his overheads. a lot of landlords said they weren't going to cut the rent because that is not fairand cut the rent because that is not fair and they were also worried about other retailers coming in saying, well, if they get a cut, we wa nt saying, well, if they get a cut, we want the same thing. it all came down to the wire last night. a late meeting and they finally came up with a plan. most of them back to because they thought they are in a position of cutting how much they charge but at least they would have a tenant. the alternative is the firm went under. so this deal involves the closure, the outright closure of 50 stores. renegotiating the rent on about 200 others. philip green had been asking for rent reductions. in the end, he got

25-50. the reductions. in the end, he got 25—50. the landlords say, it's not as bad as it could have been. he really described it as a tough negotiation but one he thought was in the interests of the company. many more landlords voted yes the no. as far as i'm concerned, tonight, it's about a celebration for our work force, supply chain and yes, the market has changed. we've got to get the work, grasp this new marketplace. clearly he went on to say he taken his eye off the ball. very slow to adapt to changes in the high street. a bit of breathing space. but what is so interesting is, in these negotiations. the firm

could go under. if you're going to administration. philip green backing away from that. i think is fair to say that was quite a useful tool in these negotiations to say to landlords, but the deal before we go under. that's the name of the game, negotiations. if you were studying music, imagine being able to get your inspiration from the piano on which gustav holst wrote the planets. built 100 years ago, it's now been restored to its former glory and will return to the london school where holst created his most famous work. ian reeve reports. a famous name in an obscure place. piano makerjohn broadwood & sons has workshops in lythe in north yorkshire.

the company was formed in 1728. mozart, liszt and beethoven all played broadwood pianos and now this, refurbishing a famous piano. so here we have gustav holst's grand piano, broadwood grand piano on which he composed the famous planets suite 100 years ago. we found from our documentary evidence and our records that the piano was actually made for st paul's school in hammersmith in 1913 and it was delivered to holst's room in november of that year and he had a special room made in the school which was soundproofed, he had double glazing, to keep out all the noise of the horse hooves in the road outside. as we were working on the piano, we were always aware of holst's shadow over us, so to speak, and it's a lovely piano and we are delighted now that it is back in full working order. the broadwood built piano has been latterly in private ownership

but it's now returning to the london school, the place where holst composed, set down the seven movements, including mars, an expression of violence and terror, his critique of the first world war. jupiter too, perhaps the most familiar. mike'sjob in broadwood's workshop was getting the piano to sound as it would have done in holst's time. i was aware of the album the planets, i grew up jupiter too, perhaps the most familiar. mike'sjob in broadwood's workshop was getting the piano to sound as it would have done in holst's time. i was aware of the album the planets, i grew up listening to it, so it was a great pride in working on it and it was going through your mind all the time. but now holst's piano has gone — retuned, refurbished, rebuilt. a bravura performance, as classical music buffs would say, from this famous company.

ian reeve, bbc news. we were just waiting for that final note. and gareth left us hanging. 26 minutes past seven. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. thames water says supplies should be returning to normal luckily this morning for the hundreds of thousands of properties left without water in south west london yesterday. homes, hospitals, schools and businesses were all affected after a pipe burst at the hampton treatment works. thames water is warning that some customers will have lower water pressure than usual and will still be handing out bottled water at various

sites later this morning. on the eve of the 2—year anniversary of the grenfell tower fire, families have told bbc london of their distress over delays to the public inquiry. 72 people lost their lives in the disaster. the met police have said there is "no guarantee" that criminal charges will be brought and no decision will be made until the public inquiry is complete, which could take another three years. survivors say they want the authorities to do more. you know, i wish they would listen to the families very, very much. it's so important that part of the enquiry, they sit down and listen for the families. but they're not listening. the mayor is being urged to "go further" with his plans to increase the amount of affordable housing in the capital. more than 7,500 affordable homes were built in the past year — more than 40% than the previous one. but critics say it's still far behind what london needs. city hall says it only receives a fraction of the funding it needs

from the government. let's take a look at the travel situation now. a power failure on the overground means there is no service now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. good morning. understandably, you might be fed up with all the rain around at the moment but the good news is today there will be a lot of dry this is weather too but we are always at risk of seeing these outbreaks of rain on and off through the course of the day,

particularly towards northern and western areas of the capital today and it will feel a bit easier than it did yesterday so once again, it's hardly feeling like june. we start off the morning in double figures, the weather front out towards the north—west giving us showery outbreaks of rain on and off through the day. the further south and east you are, the drier it will tend to be but very little in the way of brightness. some showers even here through the afternoon. top temperatures only up to between 13 and 15 celsius. overnight tonight, clear spells in the south and east, te showery outbreaks of rain continuing into the north and west, quite a bit of cloud around and overnight lows remaining in double figures. tomorrow, it should turn out to be a bit brighter, again some showers through the morning, plenty of cloud but it will break into sunshine into the afternoon and highs of 20 degrees. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. here's a summary of this morning's

main stories from bbc news. the first round of voting in the conservative leadership contest takes place this morning when at least one of the ten candidates will be eliminated. tory mps will hold a private ballot, with contenders needing a minimum of 17 votes to carry on. the knock—out rounds will continue next week until there are two names remaining. they will then face a ballot of party members. nearly three quarters of nhs services in england failed to treat new cancer patients within 62 days of an urgent referral last year according to research by the bbc. cancer charities have expressed their concern about the figures but nhs england says it's due to increasing demand on services. after a day of violent clashes over controversial new extradition laws the authorities in hong kong have closed government offices for the rest of the week. police fired tear gas and rubber bullets in clashes with demonstrators yesterday as tensions heightened. the proposals would allow extradition to mainland china. opponents say the plans would be abused by beijing to pursue political enemies.

the four—time tour de france champion, has a broken leg, a fractured elbow and broken ribs after the accident. he suffered serious injuries in a crash where he broke his femur. this was during a practice run in central france when he hit a wall during the practice ride and reportedly was travelling at around 40 mile an hour. we will get more details in a few minutes. a fresh outbreak of ebola in uganda could be declared an international emergency. a five—year—old boy has died and the government is now reporting seven other suspected cases of the virus. nearly 1,400 people have already died from the disease in the neighbouring democratic republic of congo. plans to add folic acid to flour in the uk, in a bid to cut the highest rates of birth defects in europe, have come a step closer

as the government launches a 12—week consultation. folic acid, which is already added to flour in more than 60 countries, is a type of vitamin b, which is crucial during the first weeks of pregnancy to help babies develop properly. if you look at the evidence in north america it has been effective in reducing levels. there may be different dietary patterns across populations but it adds a little bit into most people ‘s diets. if you didn't eat bread then it would not work but at a population level it has worked so it seems set to work here as well. an overwhelming majority of students say they support universities being able to warn parents if they have a mental health crisis. a study by the higher education policy institute says more universities should consider asking students permission to alert their families in extreme circumstances.

we spoke about chris froome a few moments ago and holly, you have more details. horrible news. his wife is flown over to be with him and said to please send thoughts. of course we are thinking about him this morning. awful situation. we are thinking about him this morning. awfulsituation. he we are thinking about him this morning. awful situation. he was there trying to have a look around for the next stage. he was with a teammate while riding atjust under 40 mile an hour. at quite some speed when you consider and hit a wall so he has fractured many bones in his body and it does mean he will not be in the two into france for an fifth title. more importantly, the issue is now around his recovery. the four—time tour de france champion, has a broken leg, a fractured elbow and broken ribs after the accident. he also lost consciousness when he hit a wall at nearly 40 miles an hour. he was airlifted to hospital for surgery. this is what his team boss said immediately afterwards.

it sounds like he was at the foot of a descent. it is gusty today and it sounds like he took his hand off the handle to blow his nose and the wind tookt the front wheel and he hit a wall at 60 kilometres an hour. he had a bad fracture, he is badly injured. our first primary thought is for his care, to make sure he gets the best medical care he possibly can. and then his family, to make sure that they are ok. froome's wife michelle has been giving updates on social media — the latest read "chris is in surgery at the moment to repair the multiple fractures, please keep him in your thoughts." dani rowe is an olympic gold medalist who recovered from a serious crash that left her with five broken ribs and a collapsed lung. i am sure chris is absolutely devastated at the moment and it is hard, really hard to put things into perspective. i tried to look at it as things being, that things could be worse.

but i hope that chris can reset, i had was helped by having small goals along the way and i think that is the only thing that can help after an injury like this. we will have the latest on his condition as we receive it throughout the programme. at the women's world cup, the hosts — france — have all but secured their place in the knock—out stage, with a 2—1victory over norway. they were leading when norway levelled through this really unfortunate own goal from the french defender wendie renard, somehow putting the ball into her own net under no pressure. but eugenie le sommer‘s penalty rescued them, in front of almost 35,000 fans in nice. germany also made it two wins from two, as they beat spain 1—0. germany, ranked second in the world, are virtually assured of a place in the next round. a brilliant goal by the former arsenal and liverpool forward asisat oshoala helped

nigeria to a first win at the tournament, all but ending south korea's hopes of reaching the last 16. 2—0 the final score in that match. andy murray says he hopes to be playing singles tennis again by the end of the year. the former world number one had his hip resurfaced in january and he's due to play doubles at queen's club next week. but murray says he's still taking baby steps. when you've been in pain for a long time, it's hard to remember what it was like beforehand and i'm back to being pain—free again and it's nice, i can go back and enjoy things off the tennis court. you know as well, which i wasn't doing for a while, but when i'm in the gym and on the court, it's a lot easier to have fun and enjoy it when you are not in discomfort. a century from australia's david warner steered his side to victory over pakistan at the cricket world cup. it was warner's first international hundred since he returned from a year—long ban, for his part in the ball—tampering scandal.

and there was a tense finish at taunton, as pakistan chased australia's 307, but late wickets — including this run—out — left them 41 runs short. there'll be plenty of attention on tiger woods, when the third men's golf major of the year, the us open, gets underway in california later. the masters champion last took this title 11 years ago — he tees off in a group with two other former winners, jordan spieth and justin rose. the crowd and the pressure and the noise in the light in the music... it all ramps up a little bit in a major but i am here to do myjob. and as much as i will enjoy playing with tiger i will be doing my thing. and when the atmosphere is ramped up like that it forces you to focus a little harder and sometimes that can be a good thing. and finally, let's return to the women's world cup —

——iam —— i am looking forward to that later. this time it is all about tiger woods, isn't it? for most people holding hands with their partner is part of every day life, but for britain's lgbt community, it's something the majority are still too scared to do — even in 2019. earlier this month this shocking image of an assault on a lesbian couple in london went viral and it's led to calls for more to be done to make the community safer as josh parry reports. do you mind showing me what happened? i was with friends... what happened? i was with friends... what happened to him was shocking. it was halloween last year and he was in

fa ncy dress halloween last year and he was in fancy dress when he was attacked on the tube. part of the incident was filmed by a friend. to me that looks terrifying. what was going through your mind at this point? you just think that i am stuck in here and i cannot get out. you are in shock because you don't straightaway realise why they are doing it and when it became apparent it was because it was homophobic you go into complete shock because you don't expect today in london, or anywhere in the uk, for that to happen. his attackers were given 12 month referral order and to pay a £20 fine. britain has a reputation of being one of the most tolerant countries in the world in a recent survey found that 40% of lgbt people have x variance to physical or verbal abuse in the last year. to third said they avoided holding hands with a partner for fear of a negative response and here in london, the police say hate crimes against the lgbt community have

doubled in the past five years. camden in north london and danny is ona camden in north london and danny is on a mission. horrified by the increasing abuse of the gay community he is part of a new scheme called ask for clive. i'm here today to talk to you about the campaign which is in lgbt inclusivity campaign. staff are being trained to help protect people who come to the barand ask help protect people who come to the bar and ask for clive if they feel threatened. if i see bar and ask for clive if they feel threatened. ifi see a bar and ask for clive if they feel threatened. if i see a sticker like this, what does that mean? firstly it says that it is somewhere that is committed to acceptance. secondly it assures you that the staff are there, ready and committed to deal with any unwanted attention or incident that you should receive. ask for clive started in hertfordshire with the small group. they plan to take it nationwide. are you clive? yes, i am. the scheme is

named after clive duffy who organised the area's first pride festival. it is a shame that we need a scheme like this in this day and age. we seem to be going backwards rather than forwards and we are slipping back. something like this will hopefully help to move things forward again. recent homophobic of tax and the need for schemes like this show there is still a long way to go before openly lgbt relationships are fully accept the. joining us now is lee broadstock, who has experienced homophobia and is greater manchester police's lgbt hate crime lead. so there is now a role that you have in the police specifically dealing with these issues. yes. in greater manchester we have leads for different types of hate crime. so we have experts who can come on and speak on issues like this and speak to communities and raise the importance of reporting these hate crimes. it is an important issue.

you are personally interested but also as a professional. i have suffered hate crime off duty. when i was setting up manchester pride a few years ago, i was walking through the city centre i was wearing a pride wristband and a car stop, a quy pride wristband and a car stop, a guy not out and held homophobic abuse at me. this was in the city centre during the friday of manchester pride. it was one of the first time i have ever suffered personal homophobic abuse for a number of years and it really shocked me and stunned me for a while. i did not know what to do. it wasn't until the next day when i spoke to colleagues that i decided to report it myself. i reported it to report it myself. i reported it to colleagues and they found the offenders and they were prosecuted. it is interesting. in that piece by josh, those attackers got a £20 fine. yes. what does that say to the lg bt fine. yes. what does that say to the lgbt community? it does not help the

terms when we as police we go and provide a really good service. we have found offenders and interviewed them, taking them to court and then them, taking them to court and then the sentence does not look very good. it seems very weak. it is an attack on someone and intimidating someone. does that need to change? you change things from the inside in the police. and educating. on the outside, if someone thinks well, i don't like you because you're different, the most get is a £20 fine. one of the things that we want to see more of it is the use of the criminal justice system. to see more of it is the use of the criminaljustice system. that is the education of offenders to make them understand and appreciate the impact it does have on the thames and try to educate people around why they should not use homophobic abuse. when people

understand the impact it can have on people ‘s lives make them change. education internally in the police and externally is so important. we mentioned that attack in london with the two women who were physically assaulted and abused. from the point of view of the police, this was an assault and it was a hate crime. at assault and it was a hate crime. at a lower level, and i use these words guardedly, if someone is a victim of someone having a go at them verbally, it is deeply unpleasant but maybe they are more reluctant to come forward. maybe they don't have any evidence such. i can imagine in those decisions it would be a hard decision to go to the police and say that someone had a go at me. what happens next? when they come to you with that story? the last survey, last national survey we found that

people suffered hate crime and did not come to us. when we tried to explore that through research and talking to vic terms it is the stuff you are talking about, about being shouted homophobic abuse at. nothing gets to a physical level. and a victim says that i get this sort of abuse two or three times a day every day and if i reported it every time i would never be off the phone to police. what reassurance? if someone is in that situation something has happened and they come to me, what reassurance can you give them that it is worthwhile. it is really worthwhile because like i said it is around educating offenders and the terms of the importance of reporting to us. if we don't know about it we cannot do anything. it has been shown that if we can get to offenders early and educate them to stop perpetrating hate crimes, that can stop them rising to the next level of violence. he said that ten

yea rs level of violence. he said that ten years ago you were abused when you we re years ago you were abused when you were wearing your wristband. has gotten better? i definitely feel it has gotten better. there has been a rise of hate crime reported and that is because people feel more confidence in the police and being able to report but then we do see in areas like manchester and london, we still see homophobic attacks on our streets and on public transport. discreetly breakfast is going to be taking —— over the coming pride season breakfast will be shining a light on the issues facing the lgbt community. at 08:40 we'll hear from a panel of lgbt campaigners and we'll have a live debate on our facebook page at 10am. join us at facebook.com/bbcbreakfast. the time is 746. let's look at that june weather for you. matt has all the details for us. it's notjune. it doesn't feel like it. we got a

little bit of sunshine this morning. the many, grey skies, puddles. 150 millimetres of rain, close to three months worth ofjune rainfall in less tha n months worth ofjune rainfall in less than a week. there is more to come. there is a met office amber weather warning. towards the borders with northern england, further travel disruption and flooding issues. just about anywhere under this hook of rain, across good parts of england and wales. lots of surface water around, big puddles, rising river levels as well. while the rain will peter out, barely cloudy. i went today across parts of scotland compared with recent days and after a dry few days, interns we re and after a dry few days, interns were trickier. rain spreading across and, orkney. some farwestern

fringes of scotland stay dry and bright through the day. not too much rain away from the east. it should brighten up later on. but she rain. some of the rain eases through the midlands. if few heavy and thundery showers still possible. a bit of sunshine in between, the channel islands, through the coasts of kent and sussex. still some rain here and there. to the far north—west of scotland, overall, not as wet not as last night. southern scotland, northern ireland, it will feel a touch cooler. pushes a bit further westward. starting to see a few changes. somebody still getting a few downpours through the day.

you've packed your bags, made it to the airport — but before the holiday can begin — you've got to payjust to be dropped off at the airport. ben is taking a closer look at this. the cost is getting higher and that is the problem. you don't mind a couple of quid but sometimes up to £15 if you are longer than five minutes. we're looking at that this morning. good morning to you. the website yes the consumer finance website moneysavingexpert has been crunching the numbers on this. nearly two—thirds of the uk's 30 busiest airports charge for dropping off passengers outside the terminal. of these 8 have upped their charges over the past year. east midlands airport has more than tripled the cost of a 10 minute

drop off to £7, edinburgh airport has doubled the cost of a 30 minute drop off — now £15. the airports say they use the charges to help reduce congestion. it's terrible. absolutely not. they are spending money on the cafe ‘s. they are buying things. no, you should just drop them off and go. megan french is consumer writer at money saving expert. it's a lot of money isn't it. it's certainly not the biggest cost of your holiday but it's these annoying little extras that can really add up. as you little extras that can really add u say, little extras that can really add up. as you say, looking at £7 per just ten minutes. we will come onto

some of those alternatives. just dropping off the bags, that should be free. it's easy. you are suddenly in this lane. it's all about planning ahead and just making sure. you know what the costs are. if you're not willing to pay them, you can drop off for free. what are the airports themselves saying. stopping people accumulating it. there must bea people accumulating it. there must be a better way. as we say, we've seen it go to £7 forjust ten minutes in some cases. if you look

ata minutes in some cases. if you look at a longstay car park, often you can drop off for free. it's about planning ahead, factoring in. and sometimes those car parks are required a long way from the terminal. if you have difficulty walking, that's a problem. let's talk about alternatives. what are the options? if you are getting dropped off, plan that ahead. the most you can get drop for free, it might not be the most obvious place. just factor it in. there is always other options as well. public transport. work out what your costs are going to be. it's a small proportion of it but something you need to think about. if you let all

these little extras add up, they will hit when the pocket. as always with holidays, plan ahead and you get the best price for you. thank you for looking at that for hours. the advice as always, plan ahead. more from me after eight o'clock. you might actually just want to name and shame these airports. let's do it. make them stop. in the 19705 mick ware was a struggling musician in a little known band called czar but after achieving only modest success he left the industry and started working as a furniture restorer instead. fast forward a few decades and his music is reaching the global audiences he once dreamed of, courtesy of the controversial american rapper tyler the creator. breakfast‘s tim muffett has been to find out more. 50 years ago, mick was

in a band called czar. our biggest sales place, i think, was great yarmouth, which we sold 1,000 copies. they made an album which features this song called today. # i know i'm a loser...# but the band fizzled out soon after. mick moved to devon restored antique furniture but then, 50 years later... we received an email from america, from a lawyer, which we thought was a scam. and it said they were representing an artist in america and could they use a sample of mick's song. we had a name given to us which was tyler the creator. who we'd never heard of. we hadn't heard of it because we're too old. tyler the creator is a 28—year—old american rapper and musician whose songs have been streamed more than 100 million times. we're not really into rapping.

like, we wouldn't choose to listen to rapping. this is the track that tyler has taken the sample from. 50 years on, it's got new life, hasn't it? definitely, and we're so excited about it. i'm now 71 so i didn't think it this age i would ever be sort of associated with any type of music. the songs called puppets. in one month, the song's been streamed more than 15 million times on spotify. 50 years on, it's got new life, hasn't it? definitely, and we're so excited about it. i'm now 71 so i didn't think it this age i would ever be sort of associated with any type of music. the songs called puppets. in one month, the song's been streamed more than 15 million times on spotify.

the album on which it features reached number one in america. and kanye west is on it as well, isn't he? he's one of the people wrote the lyrics on it so that is one big name that we had actually heard of. as far as the song goes, how did tyler the creator hear the track? we don't imagine he was sitting there listening to the czar album. apparently people are employed to find samples and that is obviously what's happened. were you determined to negotiate quite hardball, in a way, to get a good deal? we did really negotiate. first of all, they wanted to pay us one amount of money so we've asked for a percentage of the songwriting royalties. to get his name, that's what we asked for, for your name to go on the credits. get the name. he's had a little bit of health worry and to see this recognition for his work is brilliant. it took half a century, but mick ware's music has finally gone global. tim muffett, bbc news.

what an excellent story that is. it's brilliant. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. thames water says supplies should be returning to normal luckily this morning for the hundreds of thousands of properties left without water in south west london yesterday. homes, hospitals, schools and businesses were all affected after a pipe burst at the hampton treatment works. thames water is warning that some customers will have lower water pressure than usual and will still be handing out bottled water at various sites later this morning. on the eve of the 2—year anniversary of the grenfell tower fire, families have told bbc london of their distress over delays to the public inquiry. 72 people lost their lives in the disaster. the met police have said there is "no guarantee" that criminal charges will be brought and no decision will be made until the public inquiry is complete, which could take another three years. survivors say they want

the authorities to do more. you know, i wish they would listen to the families very, very much. it's so important that part of the enquiry, they sit down and listen for the families. but they're not listening. the mayor is being urged to "go further" with his plans to increase the amount of affordable housing in the capital. more than 7,500 affordable homes were built in the past year — more than 40% than the previous one. but critics say it's still far behind what london needs. city hall says it only receives a fraction of the funding it needs from the government. let's take a look at the travel situation now. problems continue on the overground. a powerfailure means there is no service between kilburn high road

and euston station. also severe tfl rail delays. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. good morning. understandably, you might be fed up with all the rain around at the moment but the good news is today there will be a lot of dry this is weather too but we are always at risk of seeing these outbreaks of rain on and off through the course of the day, particularly towards northern and western areas of the capital today and it will feel a bit easier than it did yesterday so once again, it's hardly feeling like june. we start off the morning in double figures, the weather front out towards the north—west giving us showery outbreaks of rain on and off through the day. the further south and east you are, the drier it will tend to be but very little in the way of brightness. some showers even here through the afternoon. top temperatures only up

to between 13 and 15 celsius. overnight tonight, clear spells in the south and east, te showery outbreaks of rain continuing into the north and west, quite a bit of cloud around and overnight lows remaining in double figures. tomorrow, it should turn out to be a bit brighter, again some showers through the morning, plenty of cloud but it will break into sunshine into the afternoon and highs of 20 degrees. more from us in half—an—hour. goodbye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today... the ten who want to move in to number 10 — conservative mps start voting today, to choose their next leader. almost three quarters of english hospitals miss nhs targets to treat cancer patients quickly enough. this is the scene live in hong kong —

where calm has returned following the worst violence the territory has seen in decades. police fired rubber bullets and tear gas yesterday, during demonstrations against a controversial extradition law with china. safe — for now. sir philip green's retail empire is spared with a last—minute deal, but he tells the bbc he'd been slow to react to a changing high street. the british cyclist chris froome is in intensive care after a serious crash in france. he has multiple injuries after hitting a brick wall whilst travelling at almost 40 miles an hour. the wind has taken his front wheel and he's hit a wall at 60 kilometres and he's hit a wall at 60 kilometres an hour. he has a bad fracture. he is badly injured. good morning. we have a met office weather warning. will it ever stop

raining? i will have the details. it's thursday 13th june. our top story. the race is finally underway — this morning conservative mps vote to pick the next party leader and prime minister. the first round of voting begins today — the 10 candidates will be whittled down to just two. then, party members will have their say, but it'll be a month before we know who the winner is. our political correspondent, chris mason joins us. good morning chris. how does today pan out? a polling station opens in parliament and two hours' time and it is open for two hours so after all the hullabaloo there is voting taking place today for the first time. mps need to get 17 votes, these ten contestants need 17 minimum to get through to the next round. none of them should end up

with nothing because they can vote for themselves. so that's one vote in the ledger, in the kitty, they got to persuade 16 of their candidates to back them, double the number needed to get on the starting grid in this contest. if they clear the hurdle today, at least one candidate will be eliminated today, they will make it through to the next round of voting which take place next tuesday and subsequent rounds next week, whittling down the candidates tojust rounds next week, whittling down the candidates to just two and the two final candidates which should be selected within a week, in theory, will go out to the conservative party membership, 100,000 conservative members, picking our next prime minister for an election, put in post, in six weeks' time, by the tail end of july. put in post, in six weeks' time, by the tail end ofjuly. runners and riders, you cannot say who is going to get there but we've got some indication, or you have? we've been keeping an eye on the public declarations of support for the candidates. caveat to insert about a

2596, candidates. caveat to insert about a 25%, a quarter of the conservative parliamentary party haven't publicly said he they will back. there could be some surprises. thus, dare i say it, some might vote for somebody else in the privacy of the voting booth than the person they publicly declared for so i hesitate to offer the kiss of death in the direction of any candidate but let's gently do it anyway! mark harper, esther mcvey, andrea leadsom, rory stewart, look like they are struggling for votes but team stewart look like they might do it, the other three sound less confident. that would suggest that the others, probably, i will cling to that have enough to get through today. probably. underlined in bold. probably.

probably definitely. probably see you at some point soon. take care. enjoy your day. the four time tour de france winner, chris froome, is in intensive care in hospital after suffering serious injuries in a crash. he fractured his femur and broke his hip, elbow and ribs in the accident during a practice run in central france. the four times winner hit a wall during a practice ride. he'll no longer compete in this year's tour de france. more details with holly in that sport coming up. nearly three quarters of nhs services in england failed to treat new cancer patients within 62 days of an urgent referral last year according to research by the bbc. cancer charities have expressed their concern about the figures but nhs england says it's due to increasing demand on services. lauren moss reports. when a gp makes an urgent referral for cancer treatment, nhs guidelines say 85% of patients should begin treatment within 62 days,

but figures show that almost 32,500 patients across england weren't seen within that timeframe in the past year. bbc analysis of waiting times shows that maidstone and tunbridge wells nhs trust in kent was the worst performing, treating just 61% of patients within the two month period. it is followed by wolverhampton, weston area health, southend and bradford. kingston hospital nhs trust in london topped the list, seeing 96% of patients within the timeframe. frimley health, bolton, mid—cheshire and thameside and glossop also performed well. cancer is a diagnosis that when people receive it it turns the world upside down. it is a really difficult experience for people to go through, and the longer people have to wait to get that diagnosis and treatment, the more it will impact them, their health and well—being, just going through that experience. an nhs england spokesperson said:

the nhs long—term plan outlines how it aims to diagnose more cancers sooner but charities say right now it is a system in crisis. after a day of violent clashes over controversial new extradition laws, authorities in hong kong have closed government offices for the rest of the week. police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators as tensions heightened. let's talk to our china correspondent stephen mcdonnell who's in hong kong for us this morning. just explain where you are, we can see some police officers directly behind you. understanding outside the legislative council where it's a much calmer seen here today than it was this time yesterday. with running street battles between police and tens of thousands of

protesters. nevertheless, the authorities are not taking any chances. you can see barricades here, riot police standing in between me and the legislative council. and they are trying to make sure that protest groups cannot get any near the legislature, in fact, they are blocking every approach to those in power today as a way of trying to shut things down but that's not to say there are no protesters because on this site, we have people who are holding up signs, some of them are singing hymns, and the signs say things like, calling on the police not to shoot hong kong citizens. that of course, follows yesterday 's tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets used to disperse the crowds. but as i say, a very different situation here today. as both sides are really pausing and trying to work out what their next move is. the government

still wants to introduce this bill which is going to allow more hong kong people to be extradited to mainland china to face court is controlled by the communist party and the protesters, i suppose, they are trying to work out what the next flash point is which they can use to bring out people onto the streets to try and embarrass the government into stepping down but there is a long way to go in the coming days and weeks ahead. thank you. it's nine minutes past eight. a fresh outbreak of ebola in uganda could be declared an international emergency. a five—year—old boy has died and the government is now reporting seven other suspected cases of the virus. nearly 1,400 people have already died from the disease in the neighbouring democratic republic of congo. plans to add folic acid to flour in the uk, in a bid to cut the highest rates of birth defects in europe, have come a step closer as the government launches a 12—week consultation.

folic acid, which is already added to flour in more than 60 countries, is a type of vitamin—b, which is crucial during the first weeks of pregnancy to help babies develop properly. the time is ten minutes past eight. matt will bring us the weather in just a few moments. this week marks two years since the grenfell tower fire, in which 72 people died. to mark the anniversary, 10 downing street will be lit green tonight, to remember those who lost their lives. tiago alves lived on the 13th floor of the tower and was home on the night of the fire. he works with grenfell united, a group that campaigns forjustice and safer homes, and joins us now. good morning. how are you? i'm all right. it's, you know, this week has been, really, it's been a week where we are trying to make sure people put grenfell we are trying to make sure people put gre nfell back we are trying to make sure people put grenfell back in the spotlight

and the reason we are doing that is, obviously, this week will be two years since the fire and what we are trying to do is make sure that people feel safe in their homes and thatis people feel safe in their homes and that is part of what the campaign is to do. i want people to know your experience of what happened. you we re experience of what happened. you were with your family. yes, i was. i lived on the 13th floor of grenfell tower and that night, i had just gone out to have dinner with some family members who were visiting from south africa. we then afterwards, we went back on, my parents went to take them home afterwards and in the process what happened, when my parents came back up, my dad realised there was a fire, worked walk with my sister —— what my sister up. it was in the fourth floor. we didn't know what was going on. my dad woke up everyone on our floor and got everyone on our floor and got everyone down safely. we saw the

fire develop from something quite small up into what it then became, a towering inferno. and it was difficult, i think, towering inferno. and it was difficult, ithink, to towering inferno. and it was difficult, i think, to be there and try... and difficult, i think, to be there and try and gauge what was actually going on. it felt like a nightmare, it didn't really feel real. but then, you know, the next few days wasjust trying to then, you know, the next few days was just trying to find out who had survived and two had not, going around north kensington, trying to find out who it was that survived and it was crazy, a crazy couple of days. tell us about your family, the effect on them because your sister, as well, tell us about that. so, obviously, everyone recognised my sister, she did her gcses the next morning. for her, it's been a little bit of a difficult ride. you know, with the fame that she got afterwards. but at the same time, it's the mental health aspect which

is still yet to be properly understood in a lot of the people around north kensington. i'm obviously still suffering with anxiety, depression, and the same thing with all of the rest of the family. what help are you getting? i go and see a psychologist every week. my parents are doing the same and so is my sister. and so are a lot of the people around north kensington who feel like they need the support right now. it's interesting, when you first asked how you are, you said, i'm all right, i think. how you are, you said, i'm all right, ithink. and how you are, you said, i'm all right, i think. and everyone seeing you this morning and hearing you, i mean, we get a sense that there is a lot, an awful lot still going on which people will absolutely understand. you see, the thing is, when you are so involved and especially the campaign we are involved in, grenfell united, you get so entrenched in absolutely everything it's very difficult to

re move everything it's very difficult to remove yourself and deal with your own emotions, your own grief. so that's why i say it's kind of difficult to put into words how it is that i'm feeling. but, at the same time, i think it's important to put that back to make sure other people are safe in their own homes. we don't want anything to happen like what happened at grenfell, to happen to anyone else. such an important point you make and on that theme, do you feel reassured in any way that anything has changed because of what's happened?“ way that anything has changed because of what's happened? if there is any change it's moving extremely slowly. you know, it's been two years and there are still loads of buildings all around the country that still have very similar types of cladding grenfell and some cladding that is in similar which is also flammable but that's all still being tested and government is moving extremely slowly. a lot of the companies who own building which have flammable material on the outside are moving extremely slowly, don't want to pay. so not much has

changed. you think that's the sticking point, the money?” changed. you think that's the sticking point, the money? i think that's always going to be a sticking point. the money is always important to someone. what do they say to you think the campaign has spoken to them or you have spoken to them, what do they say to you about the pace of change being slow? there is a lot of blame shifting. you talk to government and they say it's the contractors who should pay for this and you talk to the contractors, no. you know, there's always a blame shift and at some point, you have some of the buildings being told they have to pay for the refurbishment themselves. now, when the people bought the properties they didn't know there was this flammable material on the outside. and if anything, flammable material on the outside. and ifanything, it flammable material on the outside. and if anything, it was the companies responsible for putting that flammable material on the outside that should be the ones covering the cost. it's very moving hearing you talk about the responsibility it sounds almost like a responsibility you now feel you have got to do something. can i ask

you on the anniversary itself, you and your family, what would you you on the anniversary itself, you and yourfamily, what would you do, how will you try and i was going to say cope with the date, it's obviously difficult for you. one of the things we are going to do is we will be surrounded by other survivors, that's what our day will mainly consist of, being together, remembering the 72 people who lost their lives and at the end of the day, it's going to be something, it's going to be difficult but at the same time, it's necessary. so, the same time, it's necessary. so, the 14th of june the same time, it's necessary. so, the 14th ofjune from now on will be remembered as the day that we remembered as the day that we remember those who lost their lives. so obviously, there are still problems with some of the survivors but that day, i think specifically, should be a memory of those people who passed away and if we don't do anything to change those people will have died in vain. i want to show you and our audience some pictures now from projections that are being

put on the buildings. these messages are so stark, how important is it that these messages are noted.” think it's extremely important. if you look these are only three buildings all over england but that's not only where the problems are, we need to take a look at, take are, we need to take a look at, take a step back say, these three buildings were chosen completely at random but at the same time, they are a reflection of what a lot of the buildings in the united kingdom are. on those buildings were at those images are projected, have you spoken to the people in there?” those images are projected, have you spoken to the people in there? i was at one of those events here in manchester literally, down the road. the building here in salford. and i spoke to the residents and first of all, they told us about how they we re all, they told us about how they were raising concerns but it seems like nobody was listening to them. they were speaking to absolutely

everyone they could to try and get those problems sorted out and a lot of them were extremely worried about, if a fire had broken out, how they would survive or escape. and i think it's important to highlight that, there are concerns. there will continue to be concerns until someone does something about it. and once those buildings are sorted out there still many more all over the country would still need to be sorted. i should just country would still need to be sorted. i shouldjust say country would still need to be sorted. i should just say in terms of right of reply the developer of the building has commented and said an investigation is ongoing. people understand it's not easy for you, and we really appreciate your time. thank you. we wish you well. we wish you and your family well. thank you. it's 18 minutes past eight. it is june the 13th. sometimes doesn't feel that way. matt is going to explain why. good morning. good morning. it certainly doesn't. another cold and wet day for many of you. so for this week we are

approaching three months worth of rainfall in penn early in shropshire. the nominal amount of rainfor shropshire. the nominal amount of rain for some of us, still falling. a met office amber warning in force this morning, this area at risk of further flooding and destruction stretching across parts of east lothian into the eastern borders and the borders with northumberland but it's not the only area seeing rain. at the moment, heavy rain extending to the rac, western parts of wales, the isle of man, into the south—western parts of the midlands towards lincolnshire and east anglia. if you get away dry this morning you are doing well, brightness to the south coast through the channel islands, the western coast of northern ireland the best areas. some of the rain petering out in england and wales. still rain and drizzle staying around, wetter day across central and eastern scotland, turning wet to the north of scotland and it's been dry there so far, orkney and shetland in the highlands seeing rain this evening. a dab affair through glasgow and edinburgh but not as west —— wet as it is in the

west of scotland. the same to be said in north wales as well. bad weather in northern ireland. coming inland through southern england, the midlands, east anglia, some heavy and thundery showers, becoming hit and thundery showers, becoming hit and miss in the persistent rain we have. tonight, not as wet as last night. a crumb of comfort. some rain around a time through the midlands, western england, wales, some rain to the north west of scotland, clear skies and dry weather for southern scotla nd skies and dry weather for southern scotland and northern ireland. the wind easing. chilly started to friday. this area of low pressure moving, taking the heavy rain into the atlantic. not done with the rain tomorrow. at least a better chance of longer and drier spells, bit of sunshine at times for scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon. england and wales fairly cloudy first thing but brightening up. some rain here and there. some showers in the afternoon heavy and thundery. the better chance of

avoiding them through the afternoon, temperatures lifting to levels they should be for the time of year. sunshine and showers for saturday, some showers lengthy in the west of england and wales, the wind coming from a southerly direction compared to the northerly direction at the moment, temperatures holding up, high teens and low 20s and we stick with that in the sunday. weekender shower dodging. some will do well, others there will be some heavy showers. the odd rumble of thunder as well. if you are wondering where the warmer weather is, we have temperatures struggling to get to double figures for some, it's across southern and eastern europe with a heat wave! just to show you that contrast. back tables. i know you know i'm not a difficult person but that's much too hard. we need something in between. there you go, germany is about 22. perfect! squish us all over there, we will be fine. mad, see you in a bit. the time is

8:21am. an overwhelming majority of students say they support universities warning their parents if they have a mental health crisis. the study by the higher education policy institute says more universities should consider asking students for permission to alert their families. let's talk to emily voss—bevan, a student welfare officer at salford university, and rachel hewitt who was involved in the study and is in joins our london newsroom. good morning to you both. emily, lets start with you, explain exactly what we are talking about. this is where the university has information about a student ‘s welfare, it could be some kind of crisis and at the moment, the question is should they or should they not pass on information. yes. a lot of the students have said that they would like their parents to know in a crisis situation. i do think that one of the really important things to remember is an opt in sort of

situation as well rather than it just happening. a lot of students believe that it might be easier for someone kind of official to tell their parents stop the assumed position at the moment is the information stays with the university, they have no right to tell parents, am i right? yes. at the end of the day, students are 18, they are adults, they can choose what they want to do. with their information. and with their health so it's up to them what they want to do. rachel, an interesting situation, you're a student, 18, you are an adult as emily says but generally, mostly, are under the ca re of generally, mostly, are under the care of their parents financially and still reliant on them. to that end, are you surprised by the results from the survey?” end, are you surprised by the results from the survey? i don't think i'm surprised because we work very closely with universities and can see some of the action they are already taking. but i think some people will be surprised because as you say, there's that distinction of

18—year—olds being adults. but i think, really, it's about universities being able to draw on other points of support such as students wanting the support that parents are their friendship groups while they are at university and having that whole sense of community, looking out for the students. what recommendations would be made on the back of this, at what stage we do university be advised to be in touch with the parents? we asked students whether they want them to be in touch in extreme circumstances or in any circumstances or in any circumstances and the most amount of students said they would want them to be in touch only in extreme circumstances. we didn't exactly define what that would be and i think that's for each university to look at their mental health support services and kind of take a judgment on vine that would be. but i think universities should really be using this as a kind of evidence basis for these kind of opt in scheme is that we've heard talked about. we know are already going on at some

universities. emily, was an extreme circumstance? i think an extreme circumstance? i think an extreme circumstance would be when students are thinking about suicide. and they actually have to have verbalise that, said it out loud? a lot of universities have a fast—track syste m universities have a fast—track system where if students say i am having suicidal thoughts, then they might get seen quicker. but i think it's really looking at a point of trying to stop that before a student gets to that point and it is looking at that support to make sure students don't get to the stage that this survey is looking at so i do think it's really important that universities are looking at their support systems and making sure that students don't go through university and it's getting more and more of a build—up of these kind of extreme suicidal thoughts and things like that. you work with salford university, may be a little awkward for you to talk about whether they are doing the right thing specifically but i wonder, across the board, do you'd think it is

being taken seriously by universities, we hear more and more about the mental health and welfare of younger people?” about the mental health and welfare of younger people? i think one of the good things out of this is that now mental health is getting more and more sort of publicity, people are talking about it more so that means universities have that pressure in order to give more resource , pressure in order to give more resource, to look into their counselling and well— being services. you see it happening? you say, it's one thing to talk about it. do you see it happening? i think gradually, it's a slow moving sort of project but i think universities are starting to focus more on the well— being counselling. i starting to focus more on the well—being counselling. i think it's not quite fair we wanted to but i think it's a steady pace at the moment. emily, thank you. and rachel, thank you for your time as well. thank you. it's a 26 minutes past eight. you are watching bbc

brea kfast. past eight. you are watching bbc breakfast. let's have a short break. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we will see you soon. just when you think there cannot be any more rain you wake up this morning with more heavy rain. it's been moving its way north and west overnight and there is a met office amber warning enforced to the south—east of scotland. we could well see travel disruption and flooding because maybe that's 100 millimetres by the end of today over the higher ground, the darker blues and greens, the rain does not move far as we and greens, the rain does not move faras we go and greens, the rain does not move far as we go into the afternoon. elsewhere heavy rain across parts of north wales and merseyside which will ease away, then this band of sugary rain towards the south—eastern areas which will push

further south and east. it will break into more showy rain in the afternoon, the rain across the east of scotla nd afternoon, the rain across the east of scotland will continue, maximum temperature getting up to 14 further showers affecting the far south—east, rain to come across the far north, generally it will be a more dry night than you had over the last few nights, some showers continuing across the south and overnight temperatures down to about 7-12. it's this overnight temperatures down to about 7—12. it's this area of low pressure responsible for the unsettled and wet weather, it's with us throughout friday, we will see weather fronts continuing to push, sherry rain, shoppers for england and wales, should be dry spells with a bit of sunshine breaking through, there will be sunny spells further north and west. sunshine coming through and west. sunshine coming through and it will feel warmer,

temperatures creeping up, into the weekend the low pressure is drifting away towards the west but it still has an influence, it will be fairly u nsettled, has an influence, it will be fairly unsettled, there will be showers and longer spells of rain but temperatures will continue to rise and it will be a bit more dry than it has been.

this is business live from bbc news with sally bundock and victoria fritz. trouble in the pipeline. president trump warns germany over dependence on russian gas — and threatens sanctions over the nordstream two project to bring more of it to europe. live from london, that's our top story on thursday 13 june. donald trump has increased his criticism of germany over a russian gas pipeline — while russia says efforts to block the deal amount to blackmail. plus — uncandid camera.