good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: parents who say their children are being failed by special education needs provision take the government to the high court. we hearfrom one family about their landmark case. a bbc investigation uncovers evidence that moors murderer ian brady was able to mix with vulnerable young prisoners, despite his convictions for murdering five children. we are listening to more audiobooks than ever before. that is according to new stats out today. i'll be looking at what it means for the publishing industry. england suffer another defeat at the cricket world cup. they were well beaten

by australia at lord's. it is a result which leaves their hopes of reaching the semi—finals in the balance. bathed in sunshine. france, germany and italy prepare for a heatwave, as temperatures are set to soar to above a0 degrees. and the source of that heat is coming up from north africa. it is coming up from north africa. it is coming our way as well. some of us will have temperatures into the high 20s or low 30s by the time we get to the end of this week. today it is a fairly cloudy, murky start, but they will be some sunshine, and i will tell you where in 15 minutes. it is wednesday 26 june. the families of three children with special educational needs and disabilities will challenge the government in the high court today over what they say is inadequate funding. their lawyers will argue the government is leaving councils in england unable to fulfil their legal duties to give these children the support they need. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin reports. this is the little girl who is

taking the government to court. this isjohn, our taking the government to court. this is john, our cameraman. hello. taking the government to court. this isjohn, our cameraman. hello. day m, isjohn, our cameraman. hello. day in, day out, a fight, every day. we have had to fight for the right support for her, fight for the right education, physio, 0t, speech and language. what do you think this system 7 language. what do you think this system? it is unacceptable. they are caught up in what ofsted describes asa caught up in what ofsted describes as a national scandal. the government is investing £6.3 billion in high needs funding for children like dakota this year, but analysis shows that rising demand means send budgets in england had actually been cut by an average of i7% since 2015. in cut by an average of 17% since 2015. in the north, it is around 22%. tribunal is where parents fight for send provision are at a record high, and parents are winning nine in ten cases. you are taking the chancellor of the exchequer and the secretary of the exchequer and the secretary of state for education to the high court. yes. three years ago, i

wouldn't have said to to a goose. but in the challenges that we have faced, iam dakota's but in the challenges that we have faced, i am dakota's advocate —— boo. if i don't speak to her, nobody else is going to. dakota's family is one of three which will ask the high court today to decide if the 18 0ctober budget was illegal when it came to send provision. they will argue a lack of funds discriminates against the most vulnerable children. the department of education said it would be inappropriate to comment further. so the five people at the very heart of this legal action are dakota, who you have seen there, benedict and rico, but also philip hammond and damien hines, and none of those five individuals will be here at the high court over the next few days, but

their legal representatives will, and the families well, and the families say, as you heard, that this fight is in breach of the equality act, among other things —— damian hinds. the government say that they have the same aspirations for children with special needs as they do for all other children in they do for all other children in the country. but what evidence will the country. but what evidence will the families draw on? well, their concerns are shared notjust by themselves and by charities, but also by 0fsted and by the cqc, who carry out examinations, and in half of areas that send provision is failing. we will be reporting on that all morning. thank you very much indeed, and we will speak to you a little bit later. let us know what you think about that, and we will be speaking to education secretary damian hinds after 8am this morning. the mexican president has said he is saddened by a photo showing a father and daughter from el salvador who died as they tried to cross the rio grande into the united states. the photograph shows their bodies

wrapped together in shallow water. we have chosen not to show the image. it comes as concerns grow about migrant children being held in squalid detention centres. more than 100 have been returned to a texas border station, just a day after being transferred, us border officials say. about 250 migrant children were moved from the overcrowded centre after lawyers granted access by a judge said the children were severely neglected. meanwhile, the top us border official has said he is stepping he is stepping down. the us house of representatives has approved a $4.5 billion aid package to address the migrant surge and improve standards, but president trump has threatened to veto the house bill. the conservative leadership contenderjeremy hunt has insisted the next prime minister must be trustworthy to renegotiate a brexit deal with the eu. mr hunt said he would leave the eu without a deal, but not if there was a prospect of a better deal. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker is in westminster this morning. good morning to you, jessica. this is getting personal, isn't it? good morning to you, jessica. this is getting personal, isn't mm does seem to be getting a little bit personal. i guess down to the final two party members, they start voting

inafew two party members, they start voting in a few days' time, and jeremy hunt is seen as the quiet man in this contest against a big personality, but here he is trying to stress that character is as important as charisma. both boris and i want to change that deal, and the judgement is, who is the person we trust as prime minister to go to brussels and bring back that deal. it's about the personality of our prime minister. now, jeremy hunt denied he was pointing his remarks at boris johnson, merely saying that he, jeremy hunt, is trustworthy. people will draw their own conclusions. he

has also been speaking about brexit. both contenders want to renegotiate the brexit deal. there are some dividing lines between them, though, borisjohnson dividing lines between them, though, boris johnson saying dividing lines between them, though, borisjohnson saying that dividing lines between them, though, boris johnson saying that the dividing lines between them, though, borisjohnson saying that the uk needs to leave the eu on 31 october, do—or—die raid. jeremy hunt has described that as a fake deadline, although he says he would be prepared to leave without an agreement if new deal isn't possible. now, he has also been talking about social the former health secretary has already said before that he thinks that cuts to social care went too far. here is what he is planning to do about it. councils need more money, because i think we want to be a country where we know that, as people get older, they are going to be properly looked after. so i think there is a bit of public money, but it's also about personal responsibility. i think we should be a country where people save for their social care costs, particularly those last few months, possibly years of their life, when things can be very uncomfortable, very painful, just in the same way they saved for their pension. now, jeremy hunt has already described himself as the underdog in this contest. i think what he is trying to do is make an impact and make up some ground. jessica, thank you very much. we will be discussing that throughout the morning. a couple of days left before we find out who will be replacing theresa may.|j days left before we find out who will be replacing theresa may. i can reliably inform you we have been discussing it over the last few

days, as well. the shadow chancellor has warned the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, that he will need to adopt a more pro—remain stance on brexit if he is to avoid long—term damage to the party. john mcdonnell warned of a slow—motion car crash if the party doesn't change its policy on brexit. labour's shadow cabinet hasn't shifted its position, despite having two meetings about the issue. a bbc investigation has found the moors murderer, ian brady, was allowed to mix with vulnerable young prisoners for more than five years during his lifelong sentence. it is also alleged he had sex with one young inmate while at wormwood scrubs in the 1970s and ‘80s. sanchia berg has this exclusive report. ian brady was for decades one of britain's most notorious prisoners. with myra hindley, he tortured and murdered five children, buried their bodies on saddle moor. both were sentenced to life in prison. —— saddleworth moor. brady stayed in

the highest category for security. yet while here, in wormwood scrubs, brady was allowed to live in the prison hospitalfor more brady was allowed to live in the prison hospital for more than five yea rs, prison hospital for more than five years, mixing with vulnerable teenagers, boys sent from borstal with mental health problems. according to government fails just released, he said he would go on hunger strike if moved. he was supported by lord longford, campaigner for prison reform. supported by lord longford, campaignerfor prison reform. then one young prisoner alleged brady had sex with him. it's difficult to imagine how that would have happened, actually. because he was closely supervised, there were a lwa ys closely supervised, there were always officers on duty. then, brady was quite a cunning character. do you think it is quite shocking? yes, yes. definitely. a few months after that, brady was moved. the files held here at the national archives show how, even from the early months in the present hospital, ian brady displayed an unhealthy interest in adolescent inmates. 0ver displayed an unhealthy interest in adolescent inmates. over the years,

concerns were raised, complaints made, but nothing was done. the authorities were worried that, if ian brady complained and went on hunger strike, lord longford would step in again. the ministry of justice said there have been huge changes in the last a0 years, and that allegations of sexual assault are taken extremely seriously, and reported to the police. public health officials have warned there may be further deaths following an outbreak of a rare bacterial infection in essex which has already claimed 12 lives. the strep a outbreak which began in braintree earlier this year has affected mainly elderly patients who were already ill. the nhs says it is taking every possible step to protect the local community. europe is bracing itself for a heatwave, as temperatures are set to exceed a0 degrees celsius across some parts of the continent by the end of the week. records are likely to be broken in germany, france and switzerland. in paris, temporary fountains have been put in place and public pools will stay open later, as part of the government's extreme heat plan.

it comes amid safety concerns following the 2003 french heatwave, in which almost 15,000 people died. victims of so—called revenge porn could be given better protection under a review of sexual abuse laws, the government has announced. sharing explicit images without consent is currently classed as a communications crime, meaning victims are not granted automatic anonymity. campaigners say it should be reclassified as a sexual offence. the singer sheryl crow has told the bbc that original recordings of some of her biggest hits were destroyed in a huge fire at universal studios. the master tapes were kept in a vault in los angeles which went up in flames 11 years ago. it is estimated 500,000 songs were lost. mark savage reports. for 11 years, universal music has said that the warehouse fire in los

angeles had a limited impact on its archives, but now, the new york times estimates that 500,000 songs we re times estimates that 500,000 songs were lost, by artists such as chuck berry, aretha franklin, eltonjohn and nirvana. sheryl crow is the first major artist to confirm her master recordings were destroyed, along with the backups, known as safeties. well, that's where all my masters were stored, and itjust... it absolutely grieves me. i can't understand, first and foremost, how you could store anything in a vault that didn't have sprinklers, and secondly, i can't understand how you could make safeties and have them in the same vault. i mean, what's the point? # all i want to do is have some fun... for a song like all i

wa nt to some fun... for a song like all i want to do, the master tape is the original studio recording. it is the one you go back to if you want to make new cds or vinyl copies. sheryl crow says all of those are gone, and she is not the only one affected. universal music says the damage caused by the fire has been overstated, but admitted that any loss is painful. shall we talk about a curious cat? a very curious cat has been saved after getting himself stuck inside a world war ii bunker. the cat, named droptop, spent three days trapped inside the reinforced concrete structure in martlesham in suffolk. many local residents had a go at rescuing him, but couldn't quite reach him. so local fire services arrived and managed to get him out within a few hours, shaken and dehydrated, but alive and well otherwise. quite a bit of manpower going on to save a cat. how did they get in? you would think if they can get in, they can get out. there is a lot of work going on there to save the cat, as

much as we like cats. sorry, have i overstepped the mark there?|j much as we like cats. sorry, have i overstepped the mark there? i think you may have done. i know you are a dog lover, but people love their cats. i am sure that they would have done health and safety assessment and realised that this was a good thing to do. we have lots of story labels on bbc breakfast this morning, and that one is called cat bunker. shall we call this one england nightmare? a few weeks ago i would have guaranteed you that england would win the world cup. we are talking about the cricket, everyone. i think you could see a little bit of fear, because it is that expectation, and then you get to the stage you talk about where you have almost got to win a game, and then the pressure is on, and they failed to deliver again. we spoke about this game yesterday on the programme, and england are going to be fine, england can do this,

they are the best team in the world. anyway, everyone... england's hopes of making the semi—finals of the cricket world cup are in the balance. they lost again, this time to the defending champions australia at lord's. they now face big games against india and new zealand to make the last four. there was more drama at the women's world cup, as a late penalty sent the netherlands to the quarter—finals at the expense of japan. frank lampard's return to chelsea has moved a step closer after derby granted him permission to hold talks about the vacant manager's job at stamford bridge. and johanna konta continued her preparations for wimbledon with a win at eastbourne. she beat maria sakkari of greece in straight sets to progress to the last 16. but andy murray was knocked out of the men's doubles. much more in that coming up. much more in that coming uplj much more in that coming up. i think japan were robbed yesterday. in the second half they were absolutely hammered. you couldn't get the ball in the back of the net, a couple of good saves and then in the 88th

minute penalty. they were all sticking to the letter of the law but it's kind of ruining the game. yeah, see, i — before var, 96% of decisions by referees were correct. but bringing it up to 99 by technology, that's got to be a good thing, even though there is room for debate? i know there'sjust something about it. every single monday morning it's going to be this. sorry. i got me interested face on. oh, var again. one thing we need to know lots about is, there's lots of things going on with the weather and very serious heat on the way. carol, tell us. france broke itsjune way. carol, tell us. france broke its june record way. carol, tell us. france broke itsjune record hitting 38.9dc. in france we have had record—breaking

temperatures in nice, the temperatures in nice, the temperature fell to just 25.1dc. the source of all of this hot air is north africa. in algeria, temperatures a8—9, that hot air crossing the mediterranean, going into italy, france, switzerland, germany, these other temperature values we are expecting. the all—time record across any month in france is aa.1dc. look at this. in nice we could hit a5 celsius. before celsius inland, north—east spain, quite unusual, in seville the temperatures tend to be higher in the summer months. that heat is transferring to us so by the time we get to saturday some parts of the south of england will be as high as 31, possibly more, and west scotland is getting into the high 20s. so the rest of the week for us is starting out sunny and it's also going to turn warmer. now what's happening

this morning as we do have quite a bit of cloud around and some of the cloud is thick enough to be producing some drizzle. showers in the channel islands throughout the day, we'll see if you have them getting in across cornwall and devon and across scotland and northern ireland were starting off on a brighter note as we offer some western parts of england and wales. data brighter note. we will hang onto a bit more cloud down this north sea coastline of england and as high pressure moves in a clockwise direction it's going to feel cooler here despite these temperatures of 15 to 16 on the coast getting to about 12. 22 in glasgow, 22 in belfast, 22 in cardiff and 23 in london. today is not going to feel as humid as it has donein not going to feel as humid as it has done in the last few days. heading on through the evening and overnight we're going to have some of the cloud coming in the north sea. there will also be some clear spells around, some mist forming, but not as much as we have had this morning.

and fsu fields of the night. it won't be so uncomfortable for slipping in in the south where it has been humid in the last few days at two a fresher feel for the night, it won't be so uncomfortable for sleeping in in the south. a lot of sunshine around on thursday and some more cloud across the far north of scotland. today is going to be breezy across the english channel and areas adjacent to it. tomorrow we could also see gus of wind a0—a5 mild an hour data gust of wind. we have a high pressure system dominating our weather, it drifts into the north ian moves the air in a clockwise direction. so were going to start sucking up this warmer, hotter area from the neo— consonants. a lot of dry weather around on friday, —— neo— consonants. and as a result it will feel warmer than it has done. a look at the temperature chart. were looking at 27—28, quite possible,

and we could see the high 20s in the north—west scotland region as well. then as we head through saturday, a weather front coming from the west willing to do some rain and some fresh air but before that it will be about 81, possibly more, in london. -- 31. about 81, possibly more, in london. —— 31. thank you very much. we'll see you later. good morning steph and sally here to talk about the papers. she's been away for a couple of days. we've been here. guarding the fort. a good fake smile. right. let's take a look at some of the front pages this morning. the guardian leads on boris johnson's pledge to leave the eu by the end of october. it pictures him getting a friendly greeting from a puppy during a campaign visit to surrey. a proper, full on kiss, isn't it? meanwhile, the times claims that mrjohnson's stance on brexit has been met with "dismay" in brussels.

it says eu diplomats have ridiculed his plans to address the irish border and attacked his suggestion that even if the uk left without a deal it could have tariff—free trade until an agreement is reached. that's from the times. the daily mail has a story about doctors voting to stop billing foreign patients billing for nhs care, arguing it makes medical staff "complicit in racism". it says 500 delegates voted overwhelmingly in favour of abandoning the fees at the british medical association's annual conference. the sun leads with a story about the manchester city footballer riyad mahrez who has been ordered by a judge to pay more than £3,500 to his children's nanny after promised expenses and overtime cash were withheld. it also has a picture of the duchess of cambridge. those are some of the front pages this morning. i love a good small business success story. yes. this is a cracker. this is scots fish and chip shop near york and you might remember it's the place where david

cameron took the chinese premier for a visit there. so this was back in 2015, there were lots of snaps of them eating fish and chips there. and since then they have been getting busloads of chinese tourists arriving to visit the place, so they've had visitors every week arriving in coaches that there little fish and chip shop. so now the company have decided to open one of the stores in sichuan, china. go on! yes. it's done so well that the chinese tourists love it, they are going to create an exact replica in the capital of the sichuan province in south—west china. the capital of the sichuan province in south-west china. i wonder what's on the menu? you've got to have the classics. curry sauce. what do you make of fried locust for dinner or cricket crisps or buffalo worm

burgers? i was looking about. they are predicting sales are going to go through the roof. they are claiming a 25% through the roof. they are claiming a25%a through the roof. they are claiming a 25% a year, obviously from quite a lower amount. they think they are going to be as fashionable as susie within the decade because it's high—protein, calorie, bug based protein. if we go back some years ago and imagine we would be eating raw as you might have gone oh... there are a few things we were like that about. i go oh... about the bugs but... we ate some and they we re bugs but... we ate some and they were 0k. bugs but... we ate some and they were ok. i had a winning. i can't remember what i had. well, you're going to need toothpicks if you need creatures like that. a very strong taste. very pungent. sally! on your avocados. oh, stop. you are so mean. iadmired avocados. oh, stop. you are so mean. i admired this interview with dan

evans the tennis player. that's a picture of him there in the middle. you recognise him, you might know him because he's got a reputation. i'm going to quote mail. he's a bit ofa i'm going to quote mail. he's a bit of a bad boy of tennis he has statues and hit a notorious temper. he has a new coach, david vaile gate, you might also remember that he said basically since giving up drink, he is a different person. he said now there's always something better to do than wake up hung over. i couldn't agree more. he said he is basically cleaning up his lifestyle and its made life in general a lot better for him stop would you like a village fete story? a mystery man took donations at a village fete and vanished. is that it? that's terrible! we don't know if you definitely vanished. this is what he was dressed in. you wouldn't give him anything, would you? this mystery man asked village fete

visitors to guess his identity you had to pay a pound for it, then he disappeared after pocketing the cash. i'm not sure if he is that hundred odd quid or whatever, but revellers at williston carnival assumed he was a local resident, but 110w assumed he was a local resident, but now they aren't sure. that's hilarious. what a scam that is. you we re hilarious. what a scam that is. you were talking about buses. boris johnson said on a radio interview that she makes cardboard —— he makes, he makes buses out of cardboard. they could be renewable energy. the conservative central office, i would love to see a photo office, i would love to see a photo of those. in the hunt for a renewable energy, electric batteries

are increasingly presented as a solution, the growing demand for recharging could put stress on the national grid. so, could battery storage power plants be an answer to the green energy problem? our business correspondent susannah streeter is at a site in packington that provides back—up to leicestershire's power supply. good morning, susanna. good morning. it certainly does. i'm in this converted barn, 78 huge tesla batteries, it is believed to be the largest tesla site here in the uk. the company is an 0be is behind this, they post in this system. what happens is electricity comes up by the grid into this transformer, it then converted using this inverter just here into a form of energy that can be stored in the batteries. now more than 30 plants like this have sprung up over the past three years as the demand for electric vehicles has grown and also many plants are being put around the country. the bus company stagecoach has put one in as i've been finding out. they

are quieter, don't belch out diesel fumes and offer a smoother ride. now a fleet of nine electric buses transform passengers to bozjourney. i approve of what they are trying to do here and we're doing a lot of it in our country too, but this is a lovely, smooth ride and gets us where we to go. they are fantastic, actually in really good. much better than the old ones. when i noticed the fumes in this mail are much better with these newer lack buses than they were with the diesel buses —— electric buses. than they were with the diesel buses -- electric buses. and the driver says the air in his cab is much cleaner. the diesel ones, well the diesel is obviously flowing around and going through the vents. now i only smell what is outside. do you feel better? yeah. so now more companies are switching over and

going for the electric? well, it's old to do with a huge amount of energy these huge buses need to run. the batteries on the roof have a 200 mile range which means they don't need to be topped up during the day. instead the fleet needs to be charged overnight. but the amount of electricity they would suck out of the greed in one go could turn the lights off across town —— grid, the solution is energy storage. here at the bus depot on the outskirts of town, and energy storage system half the sides of ace shipping container has been installed. it is charged during the day using energy from the grid, building up a surplus ready to be released and used to charge up the buses when they returned to the depot at night. i don't know if you can hear it but there's a real harm in the barn, that's because right 110w in the barn, that's because right now electricity being pulled out of these batteries to be put back in these batteries to be put back in the grid. everyone is putting it to

make themselves a piece of toast and tea. thank you very much. we will see you soon. it's 28 minutes past. time to get the travel news and weather. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonia jessop. reports of pickpocketing and theft on the london underground have soared by 80% in the last three years. the latest figures show the central and piccadilly lines is the worst hotspots. 0ne piccadilly lines is the worst hotspots. one third of those offences to waste —— one third of offences to waste —— one third of offences took place there. we can't deny the figures are poor, but i think it needs to be put into context. the underground has always been an incredibly safe environment. it's peppered with cctv. bereaved pa rents, it's peppered with cctv. bereaved parents, youth workers and teachers are calling on borisjohnson and jeremy hunt to hold an emergency cabinet meeting to address i've grown. they are planning a march to

parliament, asking the two leaders to put youth violence at the top of their agenda. 0ysters are said to be reintroduced for to the thames estuary to replenish stocks. the shells sold in the market will be recycled by laying them in the bed of the estuary providing a surface for young oysters to grow on. 0ver the last 200 years the oyster population has suffered a 95% decline. it takes five years to grow a five—year—old oyster, that's the stage they start to mature and have their own young. so we are at the beginning of a long journey. hope early in 20 years time we'll have oyster beds. let's take a look at the travel now. we are off to a good start this morning on the tube, no reported problems at the moment on any of those lines there. on the roads, well, this is how it looks at the blackwall tunnel. no surprise there. does the usual rush—hour cues heading northbound from greenwich.

—— just die. and we have a burst water main on ever sold street. it's closed in both directions between euston station and direct way. we have more works on the 813, one lane is closed heading out of central london, it'sjust is closed heading out of central london, it's just after the is closed heading out of central london, it'sjust after the movers lanejunction. london, it'sjust after the movers lane junction. time for the weather 110w. lane junction. time for the weather now. good morning. it's another mild start this morning quite a bit of low cloud, mr merrick out there. but the good news is it should remain largely dry. when i say largely dry, the cloud thick enough to provide a bit of light rain and drizzle before stopping. towards the end of the afternoon some bright and sunny spells. strengthening north—easterly winds, temperature is getting towards 23 degrees houses. 0vernight tonight we seeing more cloud develop and again it could get a bit misty but gradually it will break up as we had through the dawn tomorrow morning. minimum temperature, not feeling quite as muggy, 11 or 12 celsius. for many of us a bright and

sunny start tomorrow. towards these perhaps a bit more cloud but the car breaking up, we should see some sunshine in the afternoon, fairly busy tomorrow, temperatures staying similar over the next couple of days. friday to see the temperature rising, more sunshine and look at the temperature on saturday, low 30s, barely any cloud, plenty of sunshine. so that's it from us for 110w. sunshine. so that's it from us for now. we'll have more in around half—an—hour, i'll hand you back to dan and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. it is 6:30am. we will bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. but also on breakfast this morning: we will have more on the revelation that moors murderer ian brady was allowed to associate with vulnerable young prisoners in wormwood scrubs. we will meet the author clare mackintosh, whose latest novel has been inspired by the difficult decision she and her husband made 12 years ago to turn off her

ba by‘s life support. and the actor and playwright kwame kwei—armah will be here to talk about collaborating with idris elba, and his first year as the artistic director of the young vic theatre. good morning. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: the families of three children with special educational needs and disabilities will challenge the government in the high court today over what they say is inadequate funding. their lawyers will argue the government is leaving councils in england unable to fulfil their legal duties to give these children the support they need. the government says it is investing £6.3 billion in those needs for funding over the course of this year. the mexican president has said

he is saddened by a photo showing a father and daughter from el salvador who died as they tried to cross the rio grande into the united states. the photograph shows their bodies wrapped together in shallow water. we have chosen not to show the image. it comes as concerns grow about migrant children being held in squalid detention centres. more than 250 children were removed from a texas border station following reports of neglect, but 100 of those have now been returned. the conservative leadership contenderjeremy hunt has insisted the next prime minister must be trustworthy to renegotiate a brexit deal with the eu. in an interview with the bbc, he went onto dismiss a challenge by borisjohnson to say he would leave by 31 october. mr hunt described it as a fake deadline, that was worth delaying if a better deal was close. public health officials have warned there may be further deaths following an outbreak of a rare bacterial infection in essex which has already claimed 12 lives. the strep a outbreak which began in braintree earlier this year has affected mainly elderly patients who were already ill.

the nhs says it is taking every possible step to protect the local community. europe is bracing itself for a heatwave, as temperatures are set to exceed a0 degrees celsius across some parts of the continent by the end of the week. records are likely to be broken in germany, france and switzerland. in paris, temporary fountains have been put in place and public pools will stay open later as part of the government's extreme heat plan. the safety concerns follow the french heatwave of 2003, in which almost 15,000 people died. san francisco has become the first city in the usa to ban the sale of e—cigarettes, over concerns of a dramatic surge in use among young people. 0fficials voted to ban stores selling the vaporisers, and have also made it illegal for online retailers to deliver to addresses in the city. e—cigarette producers say the move

will create a thriving black market. a very curious cat has been saved after getting himself stuck inside a world war ii bunker. the cat, named droptop, spent three days trapped inside the reinforced concrete structure in martlesham, in suffolk. many local residents had a go at rescuing him, but couldn't quite reach him. so local fire services arrived and managed to get him out within a few hours, shaken and dehydrated, but alive and well otherwise. well done, droptop. he is a lucky cat. dan's prediction about england winning the cricket... whoa, it is not over yet. talking about shaken and dehydrated, that could describe

england's cricketers yesterday, and attach the captain as well. —— tetchy captain. england's defeat to australia at lord's yesterday now means there is a very real chance that the hosts won't qualify for the cricket world cup semi—finals. they had already lost to pakistan and sri lanka, and this latest setback puts huge pressure on eoin morgan's men in their final two group games. joe wilson reports. the world cup may be hosted here, but one nation has dominated. how many times have australia won the world cup? six. five. five, i think it is. five. how many times have england won the world cup? clue is — it is below one. it's a zero, it's a duck egg. all that history — the crowd remember sandpaper. david warner, one of the ball—tamperers, was booed.

warner served his ban for ball tampering while trying to focus on the batting. australia is with him. fast forward to england's innings. james vince gone for one. attack, cried england, a catch, replied australia, and that was eoin morgan gone. five men out. stokes still going, cramp in his calf but belief in his bat, until this. against mitchell starc, sometimes, no bat is good enough. and england were soon all out, 61 i’u ns and england were soon all out, 61 runs short. from this game, where? england insist they can win their final group games, but they are tough ones, and elimination threatens. australia, meanwhile, can start to ponder another world cup victory. it would be, for the record, their sixth title. both this

game in the last, we have struggled with the basics of what we call our batting mantra, you know, showing intent, building partnerships, and doing it in our own way. and we haven't done those for long enough periods of the game, in order to chase down 230 or chase down 280. and that is disappointing. 0nto football, and the netherlands have taken the last quarter—final spot at the women's world cup after beating japan 2—1. the dutch opened the scoring in the first half after lieke martens got a brilliant flick on with the back of her heel. but, just before the break, yui hasegawa equalised forjapan with perhaps one of the goals of the tournament so far. but, after this handball, martens got her second, and restored the dutch lead with this 90th—minute penalty. italy are also through to the quarter—finals after they beat china 2—0.

valentina giacinti opened the scoring before this long—range effort from aurora galli in the second half. it is the first time in 28 years that italy have made it to this stage. derby county have granted permission for chelsea to speak to frank lampard about the vacant manager's job at stamford bridge. the derby boss is the favourite to replace maurizio sarri, who left to take over atjuventus earlier this month. lampard only became a manager last season, leading the rams to the championship play—off final, where they lost to aston villa. wimbledon starts in five days' time, and johanna konta looks in good form, going through to the last 16 of the eastbourne international. the british number one beat maria sakkari of greece in straight sets. she will play tunisian 0ns jabeur in the next round. just the whole match, they were so little in it, and i actually felt in some parts that she was playing better than i was, so i wasjust

really pleased that i was able to just stick with her, when she was playing so well, and just really try to create opportunities when i got the chance, and was able to take some, and yes, really pleased they have come through that match. —— i have come through that match. —— i have come through that match. —— i have come through that match. after winning at queens club on sunday, andy murray lost in the men's doubles at eastbourne. murray and his brazilian partner marcelo melo lost in straight sets to colombian top seeds farah and cabal. murray struggled on his serve, being broken three times out of four. don't fall on that hip is what i think every time i see that picture. it isa think every time i see that picture. it is a metal hip, it is fine! are really sad story now. memorabilia valued at around £200,000 belonging to former wimbledon champion boris becker is to be auctioned to pay off his debts. replica trophies from his victories at wimbledon, the us open and in the davis cup are being sold off, along with medals and clothing. the online auction takes place next month, and will also feature watches, racquets, sweat bands

and even his old socks. wow. thank you. sad times, thank you very much. more now on the death of a father and daughter from el salvador who were trying to cross the rio grande into the united states. a photograph showing their bodies wrapped together in shallow water has been released. we've chosen not to show the upsetting image. it comes as concerns grow about migrant children being held in squalid detention centres on the texas border. we can get more on this now from former us border agent francisco cantu, who joins us from arizona. good morning to you. thank you very much indeed forjoining us, and we are not actually showing this image on bbc breakfast this morning, but i have seen it, and it is distressing. what have you made of it? well, i've just seen it a few hours ago, and i think what is unique about the

images that, you know, so many migrants die in obscurity, you know, farfrom migrants die in obscurity, you know, far from the lens of a camera, migrants die in obscurity, you know, farfrom the lens of a camera, far from any sort of media attention. so it is really jarring from any sort of media attention. so it is reallyjarring to see this photo. but i think it is sort of necessary for oui’ photo. but i think it is sort of necessary for our nation and the world to grapple with the issue of migrant death, which in the desert here has been ongoing for decades. it isa here has been ongoing for decades. it is a real starc image of the desperation of these people. do you think it will change people's mines in the us? well, you know, i think that it will, at least in the short—term. think our challenge is to sort of sustain our attention. you know, there is precedent. last year there was an image of a crying girl standing at the feet of a border patrol agent as she was sort of being separated from her mother, and that image, as i see it, and as many commentators have seen it, was

really a catalyst for a lot of viral outrage after the image was spread across social media. and some sort of credit it for leading to the outcry that caused donald trump to reverse , outcry that caused donald trump to reverse, in name at least, the policy of separating children at the border. we are also seeing various different reports, aren't we, over the last few days, about the state in which migrant children are being looked after, or maybe not looked after. what can you tell us about that? the line of the administration is that a lot of these detention facilities which were designed decades ago, you know, were designed for single men, economic migrants. sort of of another migration period. and now, you know, within the last few years there are surging numbers of families that are trying to cross border, and our institutions have

done an incredibly poor and shameful job of adapting to that issue. and i think we have to demand better of oui’ think we have to demand better of our immigration and enforcement practices i know you worked in arizona, but tell us a bit about what happened with this mother and the young child. it was the rio grande, so give us a sense of how many people are trying to get across the border there and how dangerous it is. well, i can tell you that hundreds of migrants lose their lives in the desert, both arizona, texas, california, every year. summertime, which we are in right now, these are the deadliest months. a lot of these deaths are from dehydration, a lot of these deaths are from people who become lost in the desert, and i think what is also

important to remember is that these people, by the time they reach our border, many of the migrants we are talking about are from central america. they have already had an excruciating journey through the interior of mexico, a large part of it on foot, on the backs of, you know, moving freight trains. and so a lot of these people are reaching the border already in a state of, you know, extreme fatigue. and it doesn't take much else to sort of tippet over the edge. thank you very much for your time here on breakfast this morning. as we said before, a former us border patrol agent. thank you for being with us today. let's find out what is happening with the weather, some really high temperatures across parts of europe and the uk. good morning, everyone, that's right, dan. it is quite unusual to see temperatures reaching aa degrees in the north—east of spain injune. and look at france, as well. a1, a0 five degrees. now,

there are different records we can talk about, but if you pick on france and thejune record, thejune record for france is a1.5. so you can see in the next few days we are looking at a high of a5. the all—time record, any time of year, for france is aa.1. so once again we could see that record smashed. these are not records we necessarily want to see broken, that is pretty horrible to be out in. some of that is going to be transferring our way as we head into the weekend. we have had in the next few days some parts of the south of england seeing a1, possibly a little bit more, western scotla nd possibly a little bit more, western scotland also seeing highs into the high 20s —— 31. more of that injust a jiffy. today we have a fair bit of cloud to start the day but from today onwards it will turn sunnier and also warmer. give you a temperature differential, at 5am this morning the temperature in braemar was 1.a degrees, whereas in

the south coast it was 18, so huge variations in the temperature first thing. we do have a lot of cloud across england and wales in particular. you could see brightest quys particular. you could see brightest guysin particular. you could see brightest guys in scotland and northern ireland, except in the north where we have this thick cloud, where we have this drizzle. showers across the northern parts of ireland, the isles of scilly, possibly into the south—east coast as well later in the day. it is breezy, especially down this north sea coastline, and bringing in some cloud for the north sea across eastern parts of england. it will feel cooler right on that coast, and the cloud across east wales, central and eastern england might not wake up today. you could be stuck with it and it might produce some drizzle as well. you can see where we are expecting some sunshine and temperatures responding accordingly. as we head onto the evening and overnight, some cloud around coming in from the north sea, brighter breaks, and around the high—pressure we have all this bowed along the north of scotland. it will bea along the north of scotland. it will

be a fresher night than the one just gone, where it has been mucky of late. this cloud from the north sea should thin and break, still nippy down the north sea coastline, but a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine around, away from the far north—west of scotland. temperatures in glasgow getting up to 26 in the sunshine, 22—2a further south. and again, by day, not feeling as muggy. but it will start feeling muggy again as we get through the weekend. 0ur high—pressure drifts through the north sea, the air moving around it ina north sea, the air moving around it in a clockwise direction and sucking up in a clockwise direction and sucking up this hot air from the in a clockwise direction and sucking up this hot airfrom the near continent, which is why it will turn that bit warmer. we start on a cloudy note the parts of england on friday. that will melt away, it won't be as cold as the north sea coastline, there will be a lot of sunshine, and somewhere in the north—west highlands could hit 28 during the course of friday, 27 in cardiff. into the weekend, it's a

south coast and the south of england which is likely to see highs in the high 20s orup which is likely to see highs in the high 20s or up to 30,31, possibly even 32. but a weather front coming in from the west will introduce some rain across northern ireland, scotla nd rain across northern ireland, scotland and parts of northern england, and as it moves through, fresher conditions will follow one behind. —— follow on behind. quite a few people got find on the weekend for trying to cool off in the fountains at —— in rome. weekend for trying to cool off in the fountains at -- in rome. this is an interesting story. i wonder how much about how much we are reading books. but are we still buying books, or is it all digital? steph's got an update from the publishing industry for us. i got back into reading recently. the reason we are talking about this this morning is that the publishers association have released statistics

on how much we are spending in total. they say we spent £6 billion on books in 2018, and almost half of this was actually digital sales. so anyone who buys and downloads books to their devices, that includes that as well. and in terms of the split between the two, it's still physical books that dominate, but, you know, sales of digital books have started to catch up, £3 billion. do you have a preference, by the way? i prefer an actual book you can hold because you know, you can get wet and it will be fine. you can hold because you know, you can get wet and it will be finelj have a lot of books, i remember growing upi have a lot of books, i remember growing up i would spend my life in a bookshop. i have a collection at the moment i'm going through. i'm like i like to go with the digital reading sometimes. sometimes i forget the book and i've always got my device with me. we're going to

talk about audiobooks soon. let me point out this figure here, even though physical books still dominate, the sales of them are falling, down by about 5%. but the real growth figure, which is the shocker of all this, is the audiobooks. sales of them are up a3%, obviously it's coming from a smaller margin so if you put that into monetary terms it's about £69 million, a lot less than the 3 billion we are spending on physical books, but still, that's a growing area and eight ink it's the fact that everyone's izzy, you can listen when you drive and everything else —— andi when you drive and everything else —— and i think. people like to hear the voices of those reading the books. i'm sure lots of people would wa nt to books. i'm sure lots of people would want to buy your book because they wa nt to want to buy your book because they want to hear your voice reading it. but i've got a little quiz for you. i'm going to play you three

audiobooks, maybe too easy, and i wa nt audiobooks, maybe too easy, and i want you to tell me who the voices are. you don't have to tell me the books, because that would be too tricky. three voices. ok. i stood upon the heart the rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left home the night before. the stick which our visitor had left home the night beforelj the stick which our visitor had left home the night before. i wanted a a—door station wagon instead of the 2—door buick that was my father's i'd enjoy. no-one would have believed in the last years of the 19th century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligence is greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own. don't tell him! ok then. stephen fry? that's right. what is he reading? i listen to harry potter but it's not that? it's sherlock holmes. david tennant was in there. that's right. i thought he was in there as well. what was he reading? it was war of

the worlds. and the woman? american with a book that came out recently, a lot of people saw it. michelle 0bama. so it does make it... a lot of people saw it. michelle obama. so it does make it... i'm very disappointed in myself and not getting out. it was a tiny clip there. if you got all three, let us know. they don't know, it's easy. thanks, this is what this programme is like, people just want us to fail. and when we do... we'll take two out of three. well done. but it's interesting to see that. i'm surprised you could read my handwriting. no copying in this game. that was very interesting. thank you very much. something else we will talk on a bit later on, i'm sure we were going to get this big reaction, the ian brady story which will talk about in 15 minutes time,

i'm sure that a lot of people assume once he went to jail that he would be in solitary confinement and he certainly would be able to get access to vulnerable, young people which is what this investigation has found. in the 70s and 80s he was actually able to spend time with some young offenders who had come from a young offenders institute. bbc investigation found that. also on the programme this morning, this might be why you mentioned cheryl. we are going to hearfrom her and this is the fire some years ago actually at universal studios' vault that destroyed the original recordings, they are called the masters several of her heads, also many other people's as well because they are irreplaceable, so they are having a class action. she talks about how upset she is. and we're

also going to be at glastonbury because the queue opens this morning out i eight o'clock stop some people are already there —— opens this morning at. the music doesn't even start in till friday, is it? it's a long warmup. it's 6:55 a.m.. time to get the news, travel and weather wherever you are. good morning. from bbc london news i'm sonia jessop. reports of pickpocketing and theft on the london underground have soared by 80% in the last three years. the latest figures show the central and piccadilly lines as the worst hotspots a third of those offences took place there. british transport police say they're deploying teams of undercover officers to catch thieves. we cannot deny the figures are poor, but i think you need to put it into context. the underground remains and a lwa ys context. the underground remains and always has been a very safe environment, it's peppered with cctv. bereaved parents, youth workers and teachers are calling

on borisjohnson and jeremy hunt to hold an emergency cabinet meeting to address knife crime. they're planning a march to parliament later, calling on the two conservative leadeship rivals to put youth violence, at the top of their agenda. 0ysters are to be re—introduced to the thames estuary, to try to replenish stocks in the uk. the shells of oysters, which have already been sold in borough market will be recycled by laying them on the bed of the estuary, providing a hard surface for the young oysters to grow on. over the last 200 years, the oyster population has suffered a 95% decline. it takes five years to grow a five—year—old oyster and that's at this stage they start to mature and have their own young. so we are at the beginning of a long journey but hope early, you know, in 20 years time will have our healthy oyster beds. let's take a look at the travel situation now. now i hate to tell you but there's a signal failure on the district line no service between earls court to edgware road.

there are severe delays. 0n the other lines, they are running well. 0n the roads, well, this is how it looks at the blackwall tunnel. just the usual rush hour queues heading northbound from greenwich. in euston, we've still got those works to the burst water main on eversholt street. it's closed in both directions between euston station and doric way. and the a13 has lane one is closed for works heading out of central london, just after the movers lane junction, in barking. time for the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's another mild start this morning, quite a bit of low cloud, mist and murkiness out there as well. the good news is it should remain largely dry, i say largely dry, the cloud is big enough to bit is the odd spot of light managers of this morning but gradually the cloud starting thin and breaking in the afternoon towards the end of the bright and sunny spells. 0vernight tonight we

will see some more cloud developing, a bit of messiness but it will break up a bit of messiness but it will break up as we had to to dawn tomorrow morning. not quite as muggy, for many of us a bright and sunny start. at the cloud gradually breaks up and we should see some sunshine in the afternoon, fairly busy again tomorrow, temperature staying similar over the next couple of days. for friday we start to see the temperature rising, or sunshine and look at the temperature on saturday, low 30s, barely any cloud, that of sunshine. —— plenty of. so that's it from us for now, we'll have more in about half an hour and there's more news, travel and weather on our website.

good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: parents who say their children are being failed by special education needs provision take the government to the high court. we hearfrom one family about their landmark case. a bbc investigation uncovers evidence that moors murderer ian brady was able to mix with vulnerable young prisoners, despite his convictions for murdering five children. is stagecoach going off the rails? the future of the transport compa ny‘s train operations are in doubt. we get results from the firm that keeps 3 million of us moving. england suffer another defeat at the cricket world cup. they were well beaten by australia at lord's. it is a result which leaves their hopes of reaching the semi—finals in the balance. bathed in sunshine, france, germany and italy prepare

for a heatwave, as temperatures are set to soar to above a0 degrees. and the source of that heat is north africa. it is coming our way, especially for the weekend, when humidity levels rise once again. that it won't last for us. today fairly cloudy with some sunny breaks developing. i will have more in 15 minutes. it is wednesday 26 june. the families of three children with special educational needs and disabilities will challenge the government in the high court today over what they say is inadequate funding. their lawyers will argue the government is leaving councils in england unable to fulfil their legal duties to give these children the support they need. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin reports. this is the little girl who is taking the government to court. this is john, our cameraman. hello. day in, day out, a fight — every day. we've had to fight for the right

support plan, fight for the right education, physio, 0t, speech and language. what do you think of this system? it's unacceptable. they are caught up in what even 0fsted describes as a national scandal. the government says it is investing £6.3 billion in high—needs funding for children like dakota this year, but analysis shows that rising demand means send budgets in england have actually been cut by an average of 17% since 2015. in the north, it is around 22%. tribunals where parents fight for send provision are at a record high, and parents are winning nine in ten cases. you're taking the chancellor of the exchequer and the secretary of state for education to the high court. yep. three years ago, i wouldn't have said boo to a goose. but, in the challenges that we've faced, i'm dakota's advocate. if i don't speak for her, nobody else is going to. dakota's family is one of three which will ask the high court today

to decide if the 18 october budget was illegal when it came to send provision. they will argue a lack of funds discriminates against the most vulnerable children. the department of education said it would be inappropriate to comment further. well, you can see behind me mary, da kota's well, you can see behind me mary, dakota's mum, has just well, you can see behind me mary, dakota's mum, hasjust arrived well, you can see behind me mary, dakota's mum, has just arrived for this court action, along with some family campaigners. there's going to be quite a big demonstration about 9:30am this morning, before this unprecedented court action begins. at the very heart of this are five individuals. 0n the one side, da kota, individuals. 0n the one side, dakota, benedict and nico, three children with educational needs, and on the other hand philip hammond and damian hinds, the chancellor of the exchequer and the secretary of state for education. this has never happened before and if the family is u nsuccessful, happened before and if the family is unsuccessful, the government will be expected in the autumn statement to address the shortage of funds. we are hoping to speak to the families

ina are hoping to speak to the families in a little while and damian hinds after eighta.m.. in a little while and damian hinds after eight a.m.. and that is at 8:10 a.m.. let us know what you think about that story and anything else you see on the programme. the mexican president has said he is saddened by a photo showing a father and daughter from el salvador who died as they tried to cross the rio grande into the united states. the photograph shows their bodies wrapped together in shallow water. we have chosen not to show the image. it comes as concerns grow about migrant children being held in squalid detention centres. more than 100 have been returned to a texas border station, just a day after being transferred, us border officials say. about 250 migrant children were moved from the overcrowded centre after lawyers granted access by a judge said the children were severely neglected. the conservative leadership contenderjeremy hunt has insisted the next prime minister must be trustworthy to renegotiate a brexit deal with the eu. mr hunt said he would leave the eu without a deal, but not if there was

a prospect of a better deal. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker is in westminster this morning. good morning to you. what do you make of what he has had to say? good morning, welljeremy hunt knows that he may be seen as the quiet man of this contest, up against the big personality who is borisjohnson. in speaking about who might go to brussels to get a new brexit deal and renegotiate with the eu, he was perhaps trying to stress that in his opinion character matters as much as charisma. both boris and i want to change that deal, and the judgement is who is the person we trust as prime minister to go to brussels and bring back that deal. it's about the personality of our prime minister. now, he denied that he was pointing the finger directly at boris johnson, jeremy hunt stressing that he, mr hunt, is a trustworthy person. meanwhile, on brexit, a

dividing line opening up between the contenders. they both want to renegotiate the brexit deal and they say they would be prepared to leave the eu without an agreement if that is what it takes, but borisjohnson really hardening up his language around the 31 october deadline, saying it is do or die, whereas jeremy hunt has described that as a fa ke jeremy hunt has described that as a fake deadline, saying it could trigger a general election if parliament votes against the idea of no deal. mr hunt has already been talking about social care, he is a former health secretary and he has previously said cuts to social care went too far. now he has been saying what he would do about it. councils need more money, because i think we want to be a country where we know that as people get older, they're going to be properly looked after. so i think there is a bit of public money, but it's also about personal responsibility. i think we should be a country where people save for their social care costs, those — particularly those last few months, possibly years of their life, when things can be very

uncomfortable, very painful, just in the same way they save for their pension. jeremy hunt has already described himself as the underdog in this contest, i think he is trying to make an impact and make up some ground. public health officials have warned there may be further deaths following an outbreak of a rare bacterial infection in essex which has already claimed 12 lives. the strep a outbreak which began in braintree earlier this year has affected mainly elderly patients who were already ill. the nhs says it is taking every possible step to protect the local community. the shadow chancellor has warned the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, that he will need to adopt a more pro—remain stance on brexit if he is to avoid long—term damage to the party. john mcdonnell warned of a slow—motion car crash if the party doesn't change its policy on brexit. labour's shadow cabinet hasn't shifted its position, despite having two meetings about the issue. europe is bracing itself

for a heatwave, as temperatures are set to exceed a0 degrees celsius across some parts of the continent by the end of the week. records are likely to be broken in germany, france and switzerland. there are concerns for people's safety. let's speak to james reynolds to give us the latest from italy. we have been hearing from carol about some incredible temperatures across europe. what sorts of preparations are being made to make sure people are safe? italy is used to having hot temperatures, especially in july and august. is used to having hot temperatures, especially injuly and august. the thing which is catching italy out at the moment is the fact that these temperatures are now coming at the end ofjune. i think there is particular concern, of course, for the health of the elderly, and to make sure that when people are travelling they have always got water with them, and there is one more slightly trivial element to this. tourists have been warned don't try to jump into the fountains in rome to cool off. the rules still apply. you can't jump

in rome to cool off. the rules still apply. you can'tjump into the fountains. ok. in terms of that sort of public health information, you say that people are aware that temperatures are obviously a bit hotter later in the year. do you think that message is getting through? yes, because people can feel it every time they walked out of the house. in fact, at the moment, people are almost trying to organise their lives so that they don't have to do much walking between 10am and 5pm, in which it is incredibly hot. in rome you will see streams of people around 7pm walking up streams of people around 7pm walking up and down the bank ‘s of the tiber river experiencing a little bit of freedom from the heat. the interesting thing about this heatwave where it concerns italy is that the south of italy is expected to be much cooler than the north. in the north—west of italy, temperatures are expected to reach around a2 celsius. temperatures are expected to reach around 42 celsius. some incredible temperatures. thank you very much for that. and that fine is a50 euros. and eight tourists including

britain find for —— briton fined. victims of so—called revenge porn could be given better protection under a review of sexual abuse laws, the government has announced. sharing explicit images without consent is currently classed as a communications crime, meaning victims are not granted automatic anonymity. campaigners say it should be reclassified as a sexual offence. the singer sheryl crow has told the bbc that original recordings of some of her biggest hits were destroyed in a huge fire at universal studios. the master tapes were kept in a vault in los angeles which went up in flames 11 years ago. it is estimated 500,000 songs were lost. the singer is the first major artist to confirm she has been affected. san francisco has become the first city in the usa to ban the sale of e—cigarettes over concerns of a dramatic surge in use among young people. 0fficials voted to ban stores

selling the vaporisers and have also made it illegalfor online retailers to deliver to addresses in the city. e—cigarette producers say the move will create a thriving black market. you are watching breakfast. let's ta ke you are watching breakfast. let's take you back to a story we have been talking about this morning. ian brady remains one of britain's most reviled child killers, so the news that the moors murderer was allowed to mix with vulnerable young inmates during his sentence is shocking. a bbc investigation also uncovered allegations that brady had sex with a young prisoner while at wormwood scrubs during the 1970s and ‘80s. we'll speak to correspondent sanchia berg shortly, but first, a look at what she found. ian brady was for decades one of britain's most notorious prisoners. with myra hindley, he had tortured and murdered five children, buried their bodies on saddleworth moor. both were sentenced to life in prison. brady stayed in the highest category for security. yet while here, in wormwood scrubs,

brady was allowed to live in the prison hospital for more than five years, mixing with vulnerable teenagers, boys sent from borstal with mental health problems. according to government files just released, he said he would go on hunger strike if moved. he was supported by lord longford, campaigner for prison reform. then, one young prisoner alleged brady had sex with him. it's difficult to imagine how that would have happened, actually, because he was closely supervised. i mean, there were always two officers on duty. but then, brady was quite a cunning character. do you think it is quite shocking? yes, yeah — definitely. a few months after that, brady was moved. the files held here at the national archives show how, even from the early months in the prison hospital, ian brady displayed an unhealthy interest in adolescent inmates. over the years, concerns were raised, complaints made, but nothing was done.

the authorities were worried that, if ian brady complained and went on hunger strike, lord longford would step in again. the ministry ofjustice said there have been huge changes in the last a0 years, and that allegations of sexual assault are taken extremely seriously, and reported to the police. well, what an extraordinary story. how did you even find out about this? well, every month, thousands of secret documents are declassified and sent over to the national archive, so i set, keep an eye on what has come in, and a few months ago i saw that 130,000 ian brady have come in, so i went to have a look at them. it is a bit of a hunt, you have to be a bit of a detective, because the files don't tell you exactly what is in them, they will be very bland titles, but i read quite a few and then i honed in on this period when he was supposed to be in segregation in wormwood

scrubs, but all of these documents across many different files made it clear that he wasn't, that he was living in the present hospital, working as a cleaner on a unit where there were young, vulnerable prisoners, boys from the youth prisoners, boys from the youth prison who had been sent they had mental health problems.” prison who had been sent they had mental health problems. i think that is probably the really shocking part of this for viewers, and listening to this for the first time and hearing that somebody like him, with hearing that somebody like him, with he was injailfor, would be in a position where he had access to vulnerable people like that. position where he had access to vulnerable people like thatm position where he had access to vulnerable people like that. it was apparent from his first few months in the hospital, he had gone to hospital originally because he had gone on hunger strike, he lost weight, and then he decided he liked it there. he told lord longford, who was his great supporter, a great campaigner for prison reform, was his great supporter, a great campaignerfor prison reform, he told lord longford that he would like to stay there, and lord longford took that request directly to the home secretary, and so he was

able to stay. and it sounds like he was able to call the shots, in some ways, manipulate where he was kept and what was going on. reading through these files, covering the two decades of ian brady's prison korea, one of the word that comes up most commonly is arrogant, manipulative, and these are words that officers have written about him, so he clearly was very good at getting people to do what he wanted. i suppose the question now is, this happened back in the 1970s and 19805, happened back in the 1970s and 1980s, is there anybody who can be questioned about this who is still around, and what sort of measures can be put in place to make sure that nothing like this happens ain? that nothing like this happens again? in terms of finding people, when they release these documents they do black out the names. so what we would really like to do is find people who were at feltham borstal, as it then was, between 1976 and 1981, who may be encountered ian brady, and in terms of what it means now, well, there is still a lot of

discussion about conditions in what they call our youth estate, where young prisoners are sent, to secure centres, so that as a whole different question to look at. and of course, the ministry ofjustice told me that the system has changed beyond recognition in a0 years. that is their position. there is a striking carelessness about the young being —— wellbeing of the prisoners. 0ne doctor said that he was worried about brady's influence. the medical officer wrote back and said i doubt very much brady could have an influence on these young people of tender years. so that's the attitude. it doesn't sound like this is stage one of what you would hope to be a detailed investigation. i hope you find out

everything you can about the story. and i would love to find people who we re and i would love to find people who were there at the time. what a job to go through those files because you never know what you are going to find next. yes, but you do find extraordinary stories. it's just a question of having the patients to have a look stop thank you very much. it's wednesday morning, i was speaking to james reynolds about the a50 euros fine forjumping into the fountains in rome. you can understand why people might want to. it's a0 degrees. carol has all the details. it's quite something, isn't it? good morning everyone. the temperature is rising across europe. heatwave across western, central and eastern parts as well. we're talking france, spain, germany, switzerland, the low countries for example and some parts of eastern europe. all kinds of records we expect to be broken. we've seen some records

broken. we've seen some records broken in france. it looks like the record of august 2003 is going to be broken. air is coming up from africa, it's moving across the near continent and coming across the near continent and coming across our shores. by the time we get to sunday, that will be the peak of the hot weather for hours. pressure conditions come in from the atla ntic pressure conditions come in from the atlantic on sunday —— for us. it is turning sunnier and warmer. today we aren't going to be as human as we have been in the last few days but that humidity will come back as we had to friday and saturday. something else worth mentioning about today is the pollen levels. they are either high or very high across the whole of the uk except for the northern and western isles. now what we have today is a fair bit of cloud to start with. we do have a

bit more cloud up north and some low cloud producing some drizzle across parts of england and wales. and through the day some of this will break up but it will linger across east wales, central and eastern areas. we also looking at sales for the channel islands and parts of south—west england than the south—west england than the south—west coast as well. generally 15- 20- 21 south—west coast as well. generally 15— 20— 21 degrees, feeling cooler down the north sea coast with an onshore breeze and all this cloud stop again we're looking at about 12-15 stop again we're looking at about 12—15 here. do this evening and overnight we hung onto a fair bit of cloud but you can see we have some clea ra nce cloud but you can see we have some clearance in the sky and quite a bit of cloud draped across the north of the country. that's going around an area of high pressure that is dominating our weather lately. tomorrow than we start off with all this cloud across the eastern counties. inland, a lot of it will burn away but it will cling to the

coastline and again on the coast it will feel a bit cooler. with dry weather, though, a fair bit of sunshine around and brisk winds in the south—western end of the english channel, gusting a0—a5 mild an hour. cardiff 2a on thursday. by the time we get to friday the high pressure edges towards the north sea, the air around it moving in a clockwise direction sucks up some of the hot airfrom the near direction sucks up some of the hot air from the near continent. direction sucks up some of the hot airfrom the near continent. so direction sucks up some of the hot air from the near continent. so we start up again with a fair bit of cloud across some central and eastern parts of england. that burns away, pushes into the north sea and doesn't feel as cold. it will be brighter along the north sea coastline. for the rest of us, a lot of sunshine as damages continue to climb. 27 in cardiff. but in north—west scotland, north—west england, parts of wales, it could well hit 27 or 28. as we head into the weekend, on saturday the south is going to see the peak of the heat into the low 30s. in the north we've

got a weather front coming in introducing some rain across scotland, northern ireland and north—west england. as i pushes across saturday night and sunday, fresh conditions follow—on behind. so we're going to have some hot temperatures, but nothing like paris. that's right. thank you. really high temperatures and potentially for a few days to go. it's 7:21 potentially for a few days to go. it's7:21a.m.. potentially for a few days to go. it's 7:21a.m.. in potentially for a few days to go. it's 7:21 a.m.. in the hunt for renewable energy, electric batteries are increasingly being presented as the solution. but the growing demand for recharging them could put stress on the national grid. so could battery storage power plants be an answer to the green energy problem? i started the sentence with the word so. that's a bit of a problem. our business correspondent susannah streeter is at a site in packington that provides back up to leicestershire's power supply.

there is a real harm here. i'm in this converted barn, 78 huge tesla batteries, it is believed to be the largest tesla site here in the uk. what happens is electricity comes up by the grid into this transformer, it then converted using this inverterjust here into a form of energy that can be stored in these telsa batteries. that's to be used when it's needed, which is right now. 0ver that's to be used when it's needed, which is right now. over the past three years over 30 large battery plans have sprouted up to meet demand, partly the demand for electric vehicles. i've been on the buses in guildford. they are quieter, don't else out diesel fumes are offer a smoother ride. 0n the guildford ride, it

transports over 1 million ride. 0n the guildford ride, it transports over1 million passengers a year. i approve of what they are trying to do here and we're doing a lot of it in our country too, but this is a lovely, smooth ride and gets us where we to go. they are fantastic, actually in really good. much better than the old ones. when i noticed the fumes in this mail are much better with these newer electric buses than they were with the diesel buses. and des, the driver, says the air in his cab is much cleaner. the diesel ones, well the diesel is obviously flowing around and comes through the vents. but with these, there is no diesel, only what's outside. do you feel better? yeah. so now more companies are switching over and going for the electric. well, it's all to do with a huge amount of energy these huge buses

need to run. the batteries on the roof have a 200—mile range, which means they don't need to be topped up during the day. instead, the fleet needs to be charged overnight. but the amount of electricity they would suck out of the grid in one go could turn the lights off across town. the solution is energy storage. here at the bus depot on the outskirts of town, an energy storage system half the size of a shipping container has been installed. it's charged during the day using energy from the grid, building up a surplus, ready to be released and used to charge up the buses when they return to the depot at night. larger all electric fleets are being introduced later this year in other cities like york and brighton. as more people opt for electric cars, storing energy at peak times as likely to become a greater priority. though, these bus passengers have some scepticism about that transition. whatever happens after four years when the whole thing goes

flat? i plug it in every night and it's lovely. but of course we have stopped production of them. but what happens when the batteries go flat? so fari happens when the batteries go flat? so far i haven't had that is a problem. yes, but it's early days. so there's still a lot of debate there. whether electric vehicles really are the future but this site is certainly preparing for them. i've had it charts to the co—founder of zenobe energy. you say it is battery parts to be a game changer for renewable energy, why? were very excited about this. this is one of eight large zenobe battery sites. we're helping the national grid address some of the problems with renewa bles address some of the problems with renewables coming onto the system. we are building the infrastructure for the future. we are kind of like the victorians who put so much effort and capital into building the ra i lwa ys effort and capital into building the railways and sewage network, this is really the infrastructure for the

future that enables us to get zero carbon electricity. james, many thanks. i want to chat to duncan burke, the director of the national grid. duncan, are you prepared for this electric vehicle take up? absolutely. we have the capacity on the grid to handle the electric vehicles in coming years and we should be able to run the grid with very low or no fossil fuels by 2025 and batteries are certainly a part of the challenge. the batteries are still humming, still putting a religiously back onto the grid. as carol was saying, there's quite a lot of cloud around this morning and that means it's more difficult is of course to access renewable energy, so this energy stored in these batteries is being used to allow us to have a cup of tea and a piece of toast. and as carol says the sun will probably be out as well. you

indeed. toast and tea. very nice. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come, worthy farm opens it's gates to festival —goers in just half—an—hour officially kicking off this year's glastonbury. well, we aren't, but the programme is. fiona lamdin is there for us, morning fiona. good morning. good morning. we are at the front of the queue. the gates are going to open in about 20 minutes. just after eight a. m.. are going to open in about 20 minutes. just after eight a.m.. we are with some of the people here, i just have to point out despite them being ina just have to point out despite them being in a queue or night they still have curlers in their air. when you come from? how are you feeling? grade. guys, have you had any sleet? no, not at all. you're right at the front of the queue, you haven't got long. people are filling up, tell us what's in your bag, anything unusual? have you got any idea where

you are going to try and pitch your tent? and you just can't wait to get in? can't wait. we are exhausted. tell us a bit about your journey. i've been here since 11 pm. tell us a bit about your journey. i've been here since 11 p.m.. you quys i've been here since 11 p.m.. you guys are at the front of the queue, it opensjust guys are at the front of the queue, it opens just after 8am, we'll be there. they look very excited. no sleep. nice. that's the way to do it. 7:20am. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we will see you in a few minutes time. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonja jessup. reports of pickpocketing and theft on the london underground have soared by 80% in

the last three years. the latest figures show the central and piccadilly lines as the worst hotspots, a third of those offences took place there. british transport police say they're deploying teams of undercover officers to catch thieves. we cannot deny the figures are poor, but i think you need to put it into context. the underground remains and always has been a very safe environment, it's peppered with cctv. bereaved parents, youth workers and teachers are calling on borisjohnson and jeremy hunt to hold an emergency cabinet meeting to address knife crime. they're planning a march to parliament later, calling on the two conservative leadership rivals to put youth violence at the top of their agenda. 0ysters are to be reintroduced to the thames estuary, to try to replenish stocks in the uk. the shells of oysters, which have already been sold in borough market, will be recycled by laying them on the bed

of the estuary, providing a hard surface for the young oysters to grow on. over the last 200 years, the oyster population has suffered a 95% decline. it takes five years to grow a five—year—old oyster and that's at the stage they start to mature and have their own young. so we are at the beginning of a long journey. but hopefully, you know, in 20 years' time will have our healthy oyster beds. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a signal failure on the district line. that means delays between high street, kensington and edgeware road. 0n the roads, this is how it looks on the north circular. we have westbound queues from neasden heading towards hanger lane. in euston, we've still got those works to the burst water main on eversholt street. it's closed in both directions between euston station and doric way. time for the weather with kate kinsella.

good morning. it's another mild start this morning, quite a bit of low cloud, mr and merrick out there, but the news is that it should remain largely dry. i say largely dry, the cloud is big enough to bring us the odd spot of light showers this morning but gradually the cloud starting to thin and breaking in the afternoon. 0vernight tonight we will see some more cloud developing, again we could get a bit of murkiness but it will break up as we head through to dawn tomorrow morning. minimum temperature, not quite as muggy for many of us and a bright and sunny start as the cloud gradually breaks up, and we should see some sunshine in the afternoon, fairly breezy again tomorrow, temperatures staying similar over the next couple of days. for friday we start to see the temperature rising, more sunshine then look at the temperature on saturday, low 30s, barely any cloud,

plenty of sunshine. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now it's back to dan and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. here is a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news: the families of three children with special educational needs and disabilities will challenge the government in the high court today over what they say is inadequate funding. they believe the government is leaving local authorities across the country unable to fulfil their legal obligation of providing education to children with additional needs. the government says it is investing £6.3 billion this year. the mexican president has said he is saddened by a photo showing a father and daughter from el salvador who died as they tried to cross the rio grande into the united states. the photograph shows their bodies wrapped together in shallow water. we have chosen not to show the image, which has not yet been verified by the bbc. it comes as concerns grow

about migrant children being held in squalid detention centres. more than 250 children were removed from a texas border station following reports of neglect, but 100 of those have now been returned. the conservative leadership contenderjeremy hunt has insisted the next prime minister must be trustworthy to renegotiate a brexit deal with the eu. in an interview with the bbc, he went onto dismiss a challenge by borisjohnson to say he would leave by 31 october. mr hunt described it as a fake deadline, that was worth delaying if a better deal was close. a bbc investigation has found the moors murderer ian brady was allowed to mix with vulnerable young prisoners for more than five years during his lifelong sentence. it has also discovered allegations that brady had sex with one young inmate while at wormwood scrubs in the 1970s and ‘80s. the ministry ofjustice says allegations of sexual assault are taken extremely seriously.

public health officials have warned there may be further deaths following an outbreak of a rare bacterial infection in essex which has already claimed 12 lives. the strep a outbreak which began in braintree earlier this year has affected mainly elderly patients who were already ill. the nhs says it is taking every possible step to protect the local community. europe is bracing itself for a heatwave, as temperatures are set to exceed a0 degrees celsius across some parts of the continent by the end of the week. records are likely to be broken in germany, france and switzerland. in paris, temporary fountains have been put in place and public pools will stay open later as part of the government's extreme heat plan. the safety concerns follow the french heatwave of 2003, in which almost 15,000 people died. victims of so—called revenge porn could be given better protection under a review of sexual abuse laws, the government has announced. sharing explicit images

without consent is currently classed as a communications crime, meaning victims are not granted automatic anonymity. campaigners say it should be reclassified as a sexual offence. the singer sheryl crow has told the bbc that original recordings of some of her biggest hits were destroyed in a huge fire at universal studios. the master tapes were kept in a vault in los angeles which went up in flames 11 years ago. it is estimated 500,000 songs were lost. the singer is the first major artist to confirm she has been affected. san francisco has become the first city in the usa to ban the sale of e—cigarettes over concerns of a dramatic surge in use among young people. 0fficials voted to ban stores selling the vaporisers, and have also made it illegal for online retailers to deliver to addresses in the city. e—cigarette producers say the move

will create a thriving black market. i don't know if you caught any of the cricket yesterday, sally is here to talk about the slightly concerned england players. those semi—final dreams are hanging by the balance. even i didn't think we would be having this conversation, you are so confident going into this world cup. foolishly confident. louise and i we re foolishly confident. louise and i were a little bit more realistic. england's defeat to australia at lord's yesterday now means there is a very real chance that the hosts won't qualify for the cricket world cup semi—finals. they had already lost to pakistan and sri lanka, and this latest setback puts huge pressure on eoin morgan's men in their final two group games. joe wilson reports. the world cup may be hosted here, but one nation has dominated. how many times have australia won the world cup?

six. five. five, i think it is. five. how many times have england won the world cup? clue is — it is below one. it's a zero, it's a duck egg. 0h. all that history — the crowd remember sandpaper. david warner, one of the ball—tamperers, was booed. he made 53, australia underpinned by aaron finch's100. australia is with him. fast—forward to england's innings. james vince gone for one. still attack, cried england. a catch, replied australia, and that was eoin morgan dismissed. five men out.

stokes still going — cramp in his calf but belief in his bat, until this. against mitchell starc, sometimes, no bat is good enough. and england were soon all out, 60 runs short. well, from this game, where? england insist, of course, they can win their final group games, but they are tough ones, and elimination threatens. australia, meanwhile, can start to ponder another world cup victory. it would be, for the record, their sixth title. both this game and the last, we've struggled with the basics of what we call our batting mantra — you know, showing intent, building partnerships, and doing it in our own way. and we haven't done those for long enough periods of the game, in order to either chase down 230 or chase down 280, and that's disappointing. 0nto football, and the netherlands have taken the last quarter—final spot at the women's world cup after beating japan 2—1.

the dutch opened the scoring in the first half after lieke martens gots a brilliant flick on with the back of her heel. but, just before the break, yui hasegawa equalised forjapan with perhaps one of the goals of the tournament so far. but after this handball, martens got her second, and restored the dutch lead with this 90th—minute penalty. italy are also through to the quarter—finals after they beat china 2—0. valentina giacinti opened the scoring before this long—range effort from aurora galli in the second half. it is the first time in 28 years that italy have made it to this stage. it looks like frank lampard will become chelsea's new manager, after derby county granted

permission for the london club to speak to him. he is due to sign next monday on £5.5 million a year. that has not been officially confirmed as yet. we know frank lampa rd been officially confirmed as yet. we know frank lampard is away on holiday. he has been given permission to talk to chelsea by derby. lampard only became a manager last season, leading the rams to the championship play—off final, where they lost to aston villa. it isa it is a big job in football, the chelsea job. and the owner of that club, abramovich, picks the managers and has a very particular style of hiring and firing. there are risks involved. from the fans' point of view... exactly. and still that question, because he is a full on chelsea legend, has a really good relationship with abramovich, and pa rt relationship with abramovich, and part of his decision is how can i

challenge this. and this has been his dream for a long time, will it come again? so do you take a chance? and the answer is? i think you probably do. i would also say look at the situation for 0le gunnar solskjar, a club legend doesn't get it easier than any other manager. but in the same way as the manager of ranges, they back their ability on the pitch and are fiercely ambitious and back their ability as manager as well. if you turn that down you would always regret it.” am not sure he has properly answered the question yes. i think we just have

wimbledon starts in five days' time, and johanna konta looks in good form going through to the last 16 of the eastbourne international. the british number one beat maria sakkari of greece in straight sets. she will play tunisian 0ns jabeur in the next round. just the whole match, there was so little in it, and i actually felt in some parts that she was playing better than i was. so i was just really pleased that i was able to just stick with her, when she was playing so well, and just really try to create opportunities when i got the chance, and was able to take some. and yeah, really pleased i have come through that match. after winning at queen's club on sunday, andy murray lost in the men's doubles at eastbourne. murray and his brazilian partner, marcelo melo, lost in straight sets to colombian top seeds farah and cabal. murray struggled on his serve, being broken three times out of four. dan, i know you have been busy the last couple of days, but were you

aware yesterday that we spoke about aware yesterday that we spoke about a certain england football game that is happening this thursday, and the england player georgia stanway, who is part of the world cup squad? stanway asked glastonbury to put the match against norway on the big screen so that her brother could watch while hes there. and this was their response. it says yes, which is all you need to know. i love that they replied, actually, to her. and i really like this sign, if i was her brother i would be quite chuffed. we will look out for your brother — i think he will get well looked after, a bit of that going on, maybe. let's hope that going on, maybe. let's hope that that can add to the atmosphere

of glastonbury. also available live on bbc. thanks, sally. just getting a little plug in. for children with special educational needs and disabilities and their parents, every day can be a fight to be treated fairly and with respect. today they are taking that fight to the high court, where they will accuse the government of failing to properly fund their schooling. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin has been following this case for a long time. she is outside the high court this morning to tell us more. you have followed them every step of the way and here you are at the high court today. yes, and this legal action really is unprecedented. what we will see today are three children with special educational needs, nico, dakota and benedict, going

head—to—head with the chancellor of the exchequer and the secretary of state for education in this battle. 0ne state for education in this battle. one of those individuals will be here —— none of those individuals will be here over the next four hours, but their legal representatives will be, and they will argue this fight is wrong and the government needs to put it right. i will have a chat to some of the mums involved in this legal action. this is lorraine, you are nico's mum. for us it started quite a few years ago, in primary school, and it was a fight to get assessments for nico, to get the right support for nico. we had to go to local tribunal and fight the local authority at tribunal, but after that it didn't stop. but the local authority couldn't find it or didn't want to fund it, so the school were left with the quandary of how do they absorb this additional cost? and they couldn't, their budget is so tight that they couldn't. so then it was another fight to get funding for the first year, and then again, over the summer, the second year, we had to fight again for the funding the following year. and year it has been

one fight after another fight and we are still fighting now. he changes from secondary to college in september, and we still don't have a confirmed placement made for him. so hopefully we will get that confirmed, but the funding is still uncertain. all of the families here tell me that it is a battleground. this is mary, dakota's mum. we have seen you on the telly this morning, and dakota. did you ever imagine is and dakota. did you ever imagine is a 35—year—old woman you would be here at the high court, doing this, one day? no, it has been such a fight that there has been no other option. i was never into politics, but i feel that i have to fight for what is right for these kids, because the system is failing them. great talking to you. i want to just bring in the solicitor acting on behalf of the families here. can you give us a sense of how you will argue it in there today? one of our

arguments is that when the government extended eligibility up to the age of 25 from the age of 18 it didn't allocate sufficient funding to meet additional needs. the government has a duty to take their decisions in a rational way, and we say that the way they went about that was irrational. thank you very much for chatting to us. i want to introduce carer, a support worker —— keira. if you guys are successful today, this won't just —— keira. if you guys are successful today, this won'tjust affect —— keira. if you guys are successful today, this won't just affect those families, but all children with special educational needs, which is why i wanted to introduce keira. you will be speaking to a rally at 9:30 a.m.. what will you be saying?” will be saying that from the very early age of childhood i really struggled at school to learn, and the school didn't do anything to help me, and then finally at the age of ten, my family and i finally got the right support i needed to get a good education, and now i have had

an18 yearcareerandl good education, and now i have had an 18 year career and i have a learning disability, and i am very proud to stand here in solidarity with families to campaign against the government cuts to send funding. you represent the potential when the support is right. you are doing really well. lovely chatting to you. if we have time, i want to bring you m, if we have time, i want to bring you in, dan. you are a family member supporting other people here today. two yes, absolutely. we have damian hinds on shortly. what would you like to ask him? i would say to him just let us be parents, because at the moment we have to be paediatric nurses, campaigners and warriors when all we have to do —— want to do is look after our children like everyone else in the country does. we want him to come and see us and explained to us why this government

seems to be waging subtle war on our community, and why. thank you so much for your time today. of course we will be following this over the next couple of days and seeing what happens on into the future. if these families are successful, the government will be expected to deal with this shortage of funds in the autumn statement. back to you. and do let dan know that we will record that and play that question to damian hinds, the education secretary, at 8:10 a.m.. so make sure you listen in and you can listen to the secretary's response to that question from dan, and thank you to everyone for speaking to us on the programme. it is coming up to ten minutes to aids and we know there are high, worrying temperatures for rome, i'm not going to give you the details, carol is. banks. we are looking at a heatwave across parts of spain, also france through switzerland, italy, germany, the low countries and parts of eastern

europe as well. those are the kind of temperatures you could expect if you are travelling in the next few days. another is not the variations on temperature records. the all—time record across any month of the year in france, that was aa.1 degrees in the guard region in the south and it was in august 2003, the same year we had our heatwave in the south of england, reaching the highest temperature we've ever achieved, but we could beat that aa.1 with a a5 in the next couple of days, somewhere like neem. these are the temperatures by day. by night they aren't falling away hugely, some into the mid— 20s as we saw in nice last night. so, uncomfortable to sleep in. back in the uk it's going to turn warmer over the next few days and sunnier. some of us will hang on to cloud over the next few days, others will have just loose guys. if you are heading out today and you have an allergy to grass

pollen, it's worth noting the levels are high or very high across the whole of the uk except the northern and western isles. england and wales are fairly cloudy, showers and the channel islands, some of them getting across the south—west of england and the isles of scilly, we could see a few too across the east coast of england, through the day a lot of this card within but we will hang onto it in eastern parts of wales, through the midlands, east anglia and up towards yorkshire. for scotla nd anglia and up towards yorkshire. for scotland and northern ireland and the very north of northern england, some sunshine to hang on with except for across here where we are looking a bit more cloud. temperature 22—23. through this evening and overnight we will be hanging onto the cloud, breezy and cool down this north the coastline by day and night, some blue skies, a bit of missed forming and a bit more comfortable in the south as it was to start the day today. through the course of tomorrow, the cloud we have inland

will hang on around norfolk, for example, through parts of lincolnshire as well. a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine around, a brisk win to the english channel, especially the south—west, approaches. and we have this high pressure a cross approaches. and we have this high pressure across the north and west of scotland. temperatures to 26 in glasgow. high—pressure drifts into the north sea, the air around it moves in a clockwise direction scooping up this hot air from the near continent, so friday, will start to see temperatures rise especially in the west where we could have highs of the 27, 28 or even 29. a bright day and a warmer day on that east coast of england, we won't have that issue with the cloud and we're looking at highs of 27, possibly 28. wales, parts of north—west scotland, that 18 represents stone away. in the north we've got an atlantic front coming

in ringing some rain, pressure conditions behind it and you can see on sunday all of us seeing pressure continues and is —— pressure continues and is —— pressure continues about what we've been getting. we continue talking about those temperatures as well across the continent to which look quite worrying actually for some people. it's approaching 8am, and one of the country's biggest transport companies has given us an update on their performance. you saw that piece from susannah streeter who got on the stagecoach buses, they are a massive company, its around 3 million people who use their services every day. they are all over the country, they are a big players, putting in the buses, they've got around 7200 buses which they've got around 7200 buses which they operate around the country and then they are also involved in the rail side of things as well. that is where the story is quite interesting with them. because the way it works with them. because the way it works with rail services around the country, different travel operators

like stagecoach will bid to run different bits of the network, so they've got franchises. at the moment they have the east woodlands franchise and also sheffield trams and also they own a9% of virgin trains which a minute has that west code route. and you might remember it was last year that stagecoach had the is coastline as well but because of escalating losses and weak performances with it, they — that we nt performances with it, they — that went into government hands. so it was re— nationalised last year because of problems ruining the line since then they have been banned from bidding for other services. this is to do with issues around pensions that they have in the country, for example they not allowed to rebid for that east midlands service and the west coast, so midlands service and the west coast, so they could be a part where we don't see the virgin trains on the

rail services anymore and are not allowed to bid for some of the new ones as well like the south—eastern franchise. now stagecoach and virgin trains have got their lawyers involved in all of this trying to see involved in all of this trying to see if they can get into it that what's really interesting from the statement this morning is actually the boss of the company saying now it looks like they are just going to focus on buses. so we said were going to continue on driving our high quality driving, bus and coach operations but we have no intentions for trains. but the government will get to decide who gets different franchises. the reason this is interesting is because a lot of people use these services every day. you may not realise who's offering it, but it's the fact that they might be pulling out of the rail side of things and just running the buses. very interesting. a bit of a change. you very much. see you in the next few minutes for the

headlines. oh, you. just stay that —— oh yeah. headlines. oh, you. just stay that -- oh yeah. just stay there. and we're going to be talking to damien hines. the sen the campaigners outside the high court have a specific question for him, will put that to the education secretary and find out who his backing in the conservative leadership party. he hasn't said yet. he seems pretty pro michael gove. well, we will see. it's coming up to 8am, time to get the weather for wherever you are watching. good morning from bbc london news. reports of pickpocketing and theft on the london underground have soared by 80% in the last three years. the latest figures show the central and piccadilly lines as the worst hotspots, a third of those offences took place there. british transport police say they're deploying teams of undercover

officers to catch thieves. we cannot deny the figures are poor, but i think you need to put it into context. the underground remains and always has been a very safe environment, it's peppered with cctv. bereaved parents are challenging borisjohnson and jeremy hunt to tell them what action they would take as prime minister to tackle knife crime. they're planning a march to parliament later along with youth workers and teachers, demanding an emergency cobra meeting and calling on the two conservative leadeship rivals to put youth violence at the top of their agenda. 0ysters are to be reintroduced to the thames estuary to try to replenish stocks in the uk. the shells of oysters which have already been sold in borough market will be recycled by laying them on the bed of the estuary, providing a hard surface for the young oysters to grow on. over the last 200 years, the oyster population has suffered a 95% decline.

it takes five years to grow a five—year—old oyster and that's at the stage they start to mature and have their own young. so we are at the beginning of a long journey but hopefully, you know, in 20 years' time will have our healthy oyster beds. let's take a look at the travel situation now. i'm afraid we have more problems on the tube this morning. a faulty train means we have delays on the circle and the hammersmith & city lines. now there's been a signal failure on the district line, severe delays between high street kensington and edgware road. this is how the a 12 looks. as a collapsed manhole and it's affecting traffic into central london. time for the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's another mild start this morning, quite a bit of low cloud, mist and murkiness out there as well. the good news is it should remain largely dry,

now i say largely dry, the cloud is big enough to bring us the odd spot of light showers this morning but gradually the cloud starting to thin and breaking in the afternoon. a strengthening north—easterly win, temperatures getting up to 23 celsius. 0vernight tonight we will see some more cloud developing, again we could get a bit of mist but it will break up as we had through to dawn tomorrow morning. minimum temperature, not quite as muggy for many of us and a bright and sunny start as the cloud gradually breaks up, and we should see some sunshine in the afternoon, fairly breezy again tomorrow, temperatures staying similar thought over the next couple of days. for friday we start to see the temperature rising, more sunshine then look at the temperature on saturday, low 30s, barely any cloud, plenty of sunshine. that said from us for now. data that is it. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website

at the usual address. good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today... parents who say their children are being failed by special education needs provision take the government to the high court. we hearfrom one family about their landmark case. a bbc investigation uncovers evidence that moors murderer ian brady was able to mix with vulnerable young prisoners, despite his convictions for murdering five children. we are listening to more audiobooks than ever before. that's according to new stats out today. i'll be looking at what it means for the publishing industry. england suffer another defeat at the cricket world cup. they were well beaten by australia at lord's. it's a result which leaves their hopes of reaching the semi—finals in the balance. bathed in sunshine. france, germany and italy prepare for a heatwave as temperatures are set to soar to above a0 degrees.

good morning. the source of the heat is coming from north africa and it is coming from north africa and it is coming from north africa and it is coming our way as well but it will peak on friday and saturday, depending on where you are. today is cloudy to start with but some of us will see some sunshine. i will tell you where in 15 minutes. it's wednesday, the 26th ofjune. the families of three children with special educational needs and disabilities will challenge the government in the high court today, over what they say is inadequate funding. their lawyers will argue the government is leaving councils in england unable to fulfil their legal duties to give these children the support they need. breakfast's jayne mccubbin reports. this is the little girl who is taking the government to court. this is john, our cameraman. hello. day in, day out, a fight — every day. we've had to fight for the right support plan, fight for the right education, physio, 0t, speech and language. what do you think of this system? it's unacceptable. they are caught up in what even 0fsted describes

as a national scandal. the government says it is investing £6.3 billion in high—needs funding for children like dakota this year, but analysis shows that rising demand means send budgets in england have actually been cut by an average of 17% since 2015. in the north, it is around 22%. tribunals, where parents fight for send provision, are at a record high, and parents are winning nine in ten cases. you're taking the chancellor of the exchequer and the secretary of state for education to the high court. yep. three years ago, i wouldn't have said boo to a goose. but, in the challenges that we've faced, i'm dakota's advocate. if i don't speak for her, nobody else is going to be. dakota's family is one of three which will ask the high court today to decide if the 18 october budget was illegal when it came to send provision. they will argue a lack of funds discriminates

against the most vulnerable children. the department of education said it would be inappropriate to comment further. lots more family members have arrived. the unprecedented high court action will begin soon. families are telling me they are tired, tired of the fight which is involved in helping to get their children the support they and need and are entitled to. it pits them against the secretary of state for education and the chancellor of the exchequer. if the families are successful, the government will be expected to put the funding issues right in the autumn statement. back to you. thank you. it was really good to hear from some of the families earlier. the

education secretary is on his way in a few minutes' time on this programme. the mexican president has said he's saddened by a photo showing a father and daughter from el salvador who died as they tried to cross the rio grande into the united states. the photograph — which has not yet been verified by the bbc — shows their bodies wrapped together in shallow water. we've chosen not to show the image as it's very distressing. it comes as concerns grow about migrant children being held in squalid detention centres — more than 250 children were removed from a texas border station following reports of neglect, but 100 of those have now been returned. the conservative leadership contender, jeremy hunt, has insisted the next prime minister "must be trustworthy" to re—negotiate a brexit deal with the eu. mr hunt said he would leave the eu without a deal, but not if there was a prospect of a better deal. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker is in westminster this morning. is mr hunt making things

personal now, jessica? jeremy hunt was saying he was not talking about borisjohnson yesterday when he said you need a leader you can trust but there are only two options, so you can either trust the fellow he is standing against or you can't, simply, isn't it? there is a definite implication there, isn't there? we are down to there, isn't there? we are down to the final two. conservative party members are voting in around ten days' time when ballot papers arrive on their doorsteps. jeremy hunt is seen as a quiet man in a contest come up against a big personality in borisjohnson. the come up against a big personality in boris johnson. the point come up against a big personality in borisjohnson. the point he seems to be making is it is notjust about charisma, it is about character as well. both burris and i want to change that deal. the judgment is, who is the person we trust as prime minister to go to brussels and bring back that deal. it is about the personality of our prime minister.

there have been some interesting dividing lines opening up on brexit in the last 2a hours. borisjohnson as saying the uk needs to leave the eu on the 31st of october, do or die, butjeremy hunt has said it is a fake deadline and could trick the country into a general election if parliament votes against and no—deal brexit. some dividing lines opening up brexit. some dividing lines opening up even though both men say they wa nt to up even though both men say they want to go back to brussels i negotiate what they see as a better brexit deal. jeremy hunt has also been talking about social care. he has said the cuts went too far and has said the cuts went too far and has been talking about what he wants to do to fix it. councils need more money because i think we want to be a country where we know, as people get older, they will be properly looked after. there is a bit of public money but it is also about personal responsibility. i think they should be a country where people say for social care costs,

especially the last few months, possibly years of their life, when things can be very uncomfortable, very painful, just in the same way they save for their pension. jeremy hunt has described himself as the underdog in a contest, clearly trying to make an impact and make up some ground. in the last 2a hours borisjohnson some ground. in the last 2a hours boris johnson appears to some ground. in the last 2a hours borisjohnson appears to have abandoned his submarine strategy in the fight is on. we will find out in a three weeks' time. thank you. the shadow chancellor has warned the labour leaderjeremy corbyn that he will need to adopt a more pro—remain stance on brexit if he is to avoid long—term damage to the party. john mcdonnell warned of a "slow motion car crash" if the party doesn't change its policy on brexit. labour's shadow cabinet hasn't shifted its position despite having two meetings about the issue. public health officials have warned there may be further deaths following an outbreak of a rare bacterial infection in essex which has already claimed 12 lives. the strep a outbreak — which began in braintree earlier this year — has affected mainly elderly patients who were already ill.

the nhs says it's taking "every possible step" to protect the local community. san francisco has become the first city in the usa to ban the sale of e—cigarettes over concerns of a "dramatic surge" in use among young people. 0fficials voted to ban stores selling the vaporisers and have also made it illegal for online retailers to deliver to addresses in the city. e—cigarette producers say the move will "create a thriving black market". europe is bracing itself for a heatwave as temperatures are set to exceed a0 degrees celcius across some parts of the continent in the coming days. records are likely to be broken in germany, france and switzerland. but there are concerns for people's safety. we're joined now by our rome correspondent, james reynolds to give us the latest from italy. these temperatures are pretty

dangerous, aren't they? yes, they are. temperatures in the centre and the north of italy expected to go up to 37, a0 degrees. they are even expected to hit a2 in one region. in italy, if you want to escape the heat you will go to the south, naples and italy which will be cooler than the north and the centre. in rome, a lot of romans are trying to take it in their stride by staying away from the sun in the daytime and possibly only going out for a stroll on the banks of the river tiber late in the evening. there is a concern about the elderly and the fact there is so much uncollected rubbish. it is a year—round problem but having bags and bags of rubbish in a0 degrees heat is nothing anyone once in the capital. we also see bedraggled, red—faced tourists. they are allowed to dunk their heads in drinking

fountains but the rules still apply. no one should jump into the fountains in the city. people are being fined to do that. one man, who was drunk, was fined in aprilfor a late—night swim in a fountain. that is one of the top fines for that temptation for the terraces to see the heat and think the trevi fountain looks a rather nice potential swimming pool. that is out of bounds. we have been told. thank you very much indeed. let's return to our main story now — that high court challenge being mounted against the government by the families of three children with special educational needs and disabilities. they say the government is leaving councils in england unable to fulfil their legal duties to give these children the support they need. we can talk now to the education secretary, damian hinds. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc breakfast this morning. there is lots we would like to talk to an app that i want to start with this

story. the council spending on children with special educational needs has trebled in recent years. i know there is public more money from the government that we hear from so many families that there is not enough money in the system. what are we going to do about it? there have been more children with education, health and care plans, which are used to call statements. we change the law into thousand and 1a to extend eligibility for support to more children and, of course, constituency mps, we meet families who have had a tough time in getting that support for their children. it is so important that we make sure we do have the right tailored support. 0n the many, as you rightly say, spending in this area has gone up quite a lot. it has gone up from £5 billion a few years ago to over £6 billion a few years ago to over £6 billion and at the end of last year, i also put in place a package of

some extra support for councils to be some of the pressures on budgets. i totally recognise there has been that pressure. just let me finish that pressure. just let me finish that point. come the comprehensive spending review, which is when we look at all government departments spending, the support we have a high need and their support for local authorities to fund that will be pa rt authorities to fund that will be part of that. that money i am sure will be welcome. there is a 2a% increase in the last five years in the number of children requiring that help. it is spread more thinly every year. that is what i said at the start of what i was saying. there is the point there is not enough money for the parents who are desperate for help for that they are spending their lives fighting for their children, their rights they have. exactly as i said. more children have these care plans and be legislated in 201a with their children and families act to extend

eligibility, eligibility beyond the age of 18 was changed. there was better help and support for children turning to adult head. those reforms we re turning to adult head. those reforms were really, really important. reforms on special educational needs for a generation. there had been financial constraints as a result at local authority. in the comprehensive spending review we will need to look at that. you are aware there are families outside the high court today. we have been speaking to them on bbc breakfast. we asked one of their fathers, down from his daughter has spina bifida and autism. this is what he specifically is asking of you today. what would i like to ask damien heinz? i would like to say to him, can you let us be parents? at the minute we had to be educators, mental health specialists, campaigners and worriers when we wa nt campaigners and worriers when we want to do is look after our

children and care for them like everyone else in the country does. i wa nt everyone else in the country does. i want him to come and see us and explain to us why this government seems to be waging a subtle wall on our community and why. there will be so many parents, mr hinds, saying amen to that because they find themselves in the same situation. whenever we cabinet story we get comments like that with people not coping. -- cover that story. my heart goes out to dan and others in his situation. of course i understand. as a constituency mp, long before i was doing thisjob, long before i was doing thisjob, long before i was doing thisjob, long before i was education secretary, you meet families and pa rents secretary, you meet families and parents who have given up everything to help support their children, particularly those with particularly severe needs. 0ften

particularly those with particularly severe needs. often it does sometimes feel like a battle for them and of course it should not. what we are trying to do is make the system work better. that is what the 201a reforms were about. i had to say, my experience in general is that did improve the system. is there more that can be done to make it better? of course there is. i understand what he is saying and it is ourjob to try and do everything we can to support those children and families. something else you are talking about is online abuse. you are asking technology companies to do more to protect children from abuse. something we talk about is, why not simply pass legislation to force them to do that? we are going to pass legislation for a duty of care. this was in the online harms white paper which was a world leading initiative. 0ver white paper which was a world leading initiative. over time of course the courts will interpret at and make sure companies are held to

account. they do not need to wait for legislation. this is a very fast moving world and i want tech companies to act now, to step up and ta ke companies to act now, to step up and take theirfull companies to act now, to step up and take their full responsibility and recognise that most of us have children. we have a shared responsibility towards society and towards the next generation. there are the acute harms, the greening and terrorism and so on which we pay and terrorism and so on which we pay a lot of attention to, rightly. —— the grooming. we need to think about the grooming. we need to think about the lower level harms, the prevalence and organisation of issues across the internet, which can also have harm on our children and see what we can do together to reduce those harms. also, and this is where the school system comes in, we are also working hard to make sure we can build up children's resilience to those things but their knowledge of the technology, how the inter—network —— the internetworks,

how design works, why they are trying to keep you on the site as long as possible. that will help you protect young people in a sustainable way. another hot topic is the next leader of your party, their next prime minister but we know you publicly backed michael gove. where is your support now? know you publicly backed michael gove where is your support now?” will be backing jeremy hunt. has that been a difficult decision for you? it is not a difficult decision. is it policy or personality? base. we are electing a leader of the party he will immediately become prime minister of our country and that takes a very special person. —— base. you are looking for a blender policy and approach someone who will represent us on the world stage and has to take on these very difficult brexit negotiations and i think jeremy hunt has the right blend of

attributes to do that. jeremy hunt was talking about the importance of trust. he did not say borisjohnson was not just but trust. he did not say borisjohnson was notjust but he said we need a next prime minister you can trust. has there been a factor in your decision? as i say, it is about the blend of attributes. jeremy hunt is a very trustworthy person, also a very capable person. he has a lot of drive, a lot of energy. he has a lot of vision for our country. he and i have had a chance to talk education, health and social care is an area he knows a huge amount about that there are also other challenges for the country like housing. he has put in a great deal of thought and we'll be hearing more about that over the weeks to come. he has the right blend of personal attributes and policy to really help to move our country policy to really help to move our cou ntry forward policy to really help to move our country forward together after what has been a divisive period. thank you for talking to us this morning.

and thank you to dan, the father outside the high court whose daughter has spina bifida and autism are sent in a question for the education secretary this morning. look at the temperatures today. carol has the details. these other forecast temperatures for the next few days. unusual to get aa in the north—east of spain this time of year if we look at the all—time record for any month at all in france, that was a1 celsius in august 2003. it was the same heatwave that brought us our highest ever temperature recorded in the uk. in august, 2003, that was in kent but when the mercury soared to 38.5

degrees. at home today it will not be as hot as any of those temperatures represent that it is turning sunny and warm over the next few days. —— but it is turning filter if you have an allergy to grass pollen, these are the levels. there is a lot of cloud to start the day across england and wales. a few showers in the channel islands which will make their way south west can clipping the south east coast of england. some of the cloud will melt away that we will hang onto it. it will feel chilly. for scotland, the far north of england, we are off to a brighter start with sunshine around. we will hang on to the cloud draped across the north. we are looking at temperatures 12 to 15 highs of 22, indeed 23 in the london

area. it will not feel as humid as yesterday. as we had on this evening and overnight, still breezy. some clear skies with mist around and we have this cloud draped over the area of high pressure. temperatures in the south, much more comfortable. and then we had been used to when the last few days. tomorrow we start with a fair bit of plough but that will burn away. we hang onto it around lincolnshire and the wash. —— bit of cloud. a lot of sunshine again. in the high pressure, the cloud will linger in the north and west of scotland. in the south—west tomorrow we could had gusts of a0 to a5 miles an hour. look at the temperature in glasgow, 26 degrees. 0n temperature in glasgow, 26 degrees. on friday high pressure will move on from the north sea and start to suck up from the north sea and start to suck up the hot airfrom from the north sea and start to suck up the hot air from the from the north sea and start to suck up the hot airfrom the near continent. it is the west on friday

which will see the highest temperatures. north—west scotland north—west england, parts of wales, they could have temperatures of 2829. the cloud which has been plaguing the east will dissipate and push into the north sea and it will feel better for you. the push into the north sea and it will feel betterfor you. the north—west highlands could see 27 to 29. into the weekend, the weather front will come in from the atlantic to introduce fresh air. still hot in the south, into the 30s. this will cross us the south, into the 30s. this will cross us all as we head into sunday. thank you. that where there would be good for renewable energy but how do you store that energy which is produced? we talk about batteries and charging them but does that cause an issue for providing the energy from the national grid. this is something

susannah streeter is looking at today in leicestershire. iam in iamina i am in a converted barn. with me are some huge tesla batteries. this barn and the plant is thought to be their largest tesla equipment site in the uk. how does it work? the electricity comes up through this transformer from the electricity grid. that is converted by using this piece of equipment using the inverter into a form of energy that can be easily stored in these batteries, that can then be drawn on that electricity when demand really is high. there are many plants like this around the country has demand for electric vehicles increases. i have been to see one putting in guildford by the bus company stagecoach which means that uk's first park and ride service using

only electric buses is now operating. they are quieter, don't belch out diesel fumes and offer a smoother ride. a millionjourneys are diesel fumes and offer a smoother ride. a million journeys are taken on the guildford park and ride each year. i approve of electric, i approve of everything we are trying to do and we are doing a lot of it in our country. this is a lovely, smooth ride and it gets is where we wa nt to smooth ride and it gets is where we want to go. they are fantastic, really good. much better than the old ones. i noticed the fumes and the smell are much better with minibuses and they were with the diesel buses. the driver tells me the error in his cab is much cleaner. the diesel ones, there diesel is flowing around. as we go along it comes through the fence. with these, there is no diesel, only what is outside. do you feel better?

yes. with companies going fully electric, it is due to the huge amounts of energy buses need to run. the batteries on the roof had a 200 mile range and do not need to be tucked up during the day. their fleet needs to be charged overnight. the amount of electricity they would suck out of the grid in one go could turn their lights off right across town. the solution is energy storage. here at the bus depot on the outskirts of town, and energy storage system half the size of a shipping container has been instilled. it is charged during the day using energy from the grid, building upa day using energy from the grid, building up a surplus, ready to be released in used to charge up the buses when they return to the at night. four years ago there were no battery storage facilities like this one in the uk. now there are around 30. let's have a chat to the

co—founder of the company running this one. there have been concerns that these batteries are not very environmentally friendly. can you ensure they are ethically sourced and can be recycled? we spend a lot of time with our suppliers, right the way through the life—cycle of the way through the life—cycle of the product but making sure the product is properly sourced. in about 20 years' time when we decommission their site that will make sure that tesla in this case ta kes make sure that tesla in this case takes the equipment and all the materials out of it so that they are recycled and reused in the next generation of products. many thanks. is this really a game changer for renewable energy? let's have a chat to the group operations director for the national grid. duncan, how much ofa game the national grid. duncan, how much of a game changer really is it? this isa of a game changer really is it? this is a huge game changer. they are getting ready to run the grid with no fossil fuels by 2025. these companies are fundamentally making sure we can do that to keep costs

down and charge the systems when they are online. really, the better cloud around today, which is why you are hearing that i am here in this barn, or lack power is going straight back in the grid to meet demand. back to you. good morning. the last few days have been dominated by warm and humid conditions with lots of cloud, rain and thunderstorms. today and for the next few days, high—pressure moving on from the west settling things down. for most today, dry, lots of cloud, misty and murky, particularly

on the eastern coast. scotland, northern ireland, brighter skies, sunshine, still a bit of cloud on the far north of scotland, sunny spells also in east anglia, southern england and west wales. it will feel cool on the north sea coasts were temperatures may only be about 12-1a. temperatures may only be about 12—1a. tonight, continuing with the north—easterly wind bringing in cloud across eastern areas, still cloud across eastern areas, still cloud too in north—west scotland. 0therwise clear spells, turning a bit chilly, fresh and i recently in northern parts of the uk. thursday bringing more sunshine for more of us, some cloud across lincolnshire, norfolk, moving back out to the north sea. a sunny day foremost, clear blue skies, temperatures up to 26 in the north and west of scotland. further south, temperatures well into the 20s.

friday, the area of high pressure moves further east setting up a south—easterly wind which will bring in the really very warm air, hot air, all the way from spain, in fa ct, air, all the way from spain, in fact, even further, from north africa. this is friday, a bit of cloud initially in eastern areas, that will clear, you can see lots of sunshine, highest temperatures are likely across western areas, 27, 28. again, always cooler on the north sea close. saturday, the heat will tra nsfer to sea close. saturday, the heat will transfer to the east and temperatures will get up to 31 —— the north sea coasts.

this is business live from bbc news with maryam moshiri and sally bundock. it's politics over products as china's big telecoms and tech event kicks off — with the trade war between beijing and washington overshadowing the event. live from london, that's our top story on wednesday, 26thjune. companies like huawei need to impress because a ban in the us is costing some of them billions. also in the programme... san francisco becomes the first american city to ban the sale of e—cigarettes.