the when the usual suspects come on the panel that we know what their views are, we know what they are going to say, we need to try and find out what else is happening in the country. as far as the panel is concerned, i would lose the celebrity. i think the celebrity is that to promote them self. it sounds like you think the same, james. that to promote them self. it sounds like you think the same, james. very much so. they actually pro—brexit. and i do feel there is a pro—remain bias. that partly comes from the fa ct bias. that partly comes from the fact that so many members of the london commentariat, journalists and think tank people get on. can we talk about nigel farage and just because it's one of those issues around panel booking that seems to exercise people on social media. some people think he has been on too much. what do you feel?” some people think he has been on too much. what do you feel? i feel he has been on too much and he stirs things up. because he was actually on the week when i was in the audience. and he does. he stirs the

audience. and he does. he stirs the audience up. and you can feel the tension rising. all that calling and screaming and yelling. anai just thought this is so uninformative —— andi thought this is so uninformative —— and i thought. it would be shouting across the other panel members. we will have to leave it there. thank you so much two alex, kate, and to james. that's all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and ben thompson. our headlines today: scotland yard launches a criminal investigation into the alleged leak of diplomatic emails from the uk ambassador in washington which led him to resign. braced for tropical storm barry. people in louisiana are told to stay inside as high winds and heavy flooding hit the us state. facebook is reportedly fined a record $5 billion to settle an investigation into data privacy violations. good morning from wimbledon. this is how the players will arrive for ladies final day. serena williams is chasing records against simona halep. roger federer got the better of his old rival rafa nadal to set up a final with novak djokovic tomorrow. good morning, it is a fairly settled weather weekend here in the uk. it will not be completely dry —

there will be a few sharp showers developing as we go through the day — but equally, there'll be fair amounts of strong july sunshine as well. i will have all the details for you in around 15 minutes. it's saturday, july 13th. our top story: a criminal investigation has been launched into the alleged leak of diplomatic emails from the uk ambassador in the us, which were critical of president trump's administration. the fallout from the data breach prompted sir kim darroch to resign and has been a talking point in the conservative leadership race, as our political correspondent, nick eardley reports. kim darroch, the uk's man in washington. he'll leave soon, though, after leaked e—mails criticising president trump caused a huge diplomatic row. last night, the met said it was investigating the leak. assistant commissioner neil basu said:

there's a political row, too — borisjohnson was criticised after he refused to say he'd keep sir kim as am ambassador. last night, grilled by andrew neil, he accepted an account of his comments, albeit an incorrect one, had had an impact. here's what he said sir kim told him. he said that what somebody had relayed to him had certainly played and would have been a factor. so what — your lack of support for him was a factor in his resignation? well, i think that unfortunately, what i said on that tv debate was misrepresented to kim. some tories have accused mrjohnson of throwing the ambassador under the bus. his allies say that's nonsense. later at the hustings for members, one tory member was not impressed. but what i was trying to say... audience member: 0h, answer the bloody question! cheering and applause. the other candidate, jeremy hunt,

faced pressure, too. he says he might delay brexit again to get a new deal. but for how long? on or around the 315t, it has to be before christmas. i would expect so, yes. expect so, but you cannot say for sure? is there any chance we could still go into 2020 and still be a member of the eu? i don't believe so, no. but you don't rule it out? i don't believe that would be the case. that's not a guarantee, though, and some fear more uncertainty and more delay. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. let's get more on this from our political correspondent pete saull, who's in our london newsroom. pete, what sort of impact could this leak have on the leadership contest? make no mistake, borisjohnson is still the clear favourite in this contest. but this kim darroch effect

is certainly having an impact. it appeared quite innocuous at the time in that tv debate when borisjohnson refused to say whether he would keep kim darroch on as ambassador, but he admitted last night that it did have an impact in the ambassador ‘s decision to resign, albeit boris johnson felt his comments in that debate had been misrepresented to the ambassador. now, jeremy hunt health i had a pretty uncomfortable evening, this question of whether he can deliver brexit on time, by that sist can deliver brexit on time, by that 31st october deadline keeps cropping up. both candidates faced some difficulties in explaining how they would solve this fundamental issue. but it is interesting because we understand that as many as half of conservative members are yet to cast their ballot, and after that hackle for borisjohnson their ballot, and after that hackle for boris johnson in their ballot, and after that hackle for borisjohnson in cheltenham last night, it will be interesting to see today whether the next couple of leadership hustings in essex and hertfordshire, whether there is any

evidence of the nude shifting in favour ofjeremy hunt. there is not long left now, ten days until we find out who will get the keys to number ten. yes, it has been a long campaign. the news is not far away now. the american city of new orleans is experiencing strong winds and heavy rains as it prepares for tropical storm barry to make landfall. barry has been gathering speed over the gulf of mexico in recent days and may still reach hurricane strength by the time it makes landfall. our correspondent sophie long has more. high winds lashing the louisiana coast as tropical storm barry approaches land. as it travelled slowly across the warm waters of the gulf of mexico, families, friends and neighbours filled sandbags in the hope of protecting their homes. a state of emergency was declared days ago, and people were told to stock up on supplies. they may not have another opportunity for several days.

people here have seen stronger storms, but it's the amount of rain — estimates of up to 2a inches — that barry will bring that people are really worried about. i'm on the levy on the south side of the mississippi river. you can see new orleans just over there. now, forecasters are predicting that a storm surge is gonna travel upriver from the gulf of mexico. just to give you a sense of how high water levels already are, people tell me that normally, they can walk amongst these bushes and trees that have been almost completely submerged in water. forecasters say the combination of conditions predicted over the next few days could cause water levels to crest at a historic high, and dangerously close to the top of the levies that protect new orleans from being submerged. the defence and drainage systems have been strengthened since the catastrophic flooding that followed hurricane katrina. that storm of 2005 claimed more than 1,800 lives. but the city's mayor has warned there's no drainage system in the world that can handle

the amount of rain they're expecting to fall over the next 48 hours. sophie long, bbc news, new orleans. facebook is reportedly facing a $5 billion fine over the misuse of personal data and privacy breaches. it is the largest ever fine levied against a tech company. facebook has been hit by a series of privacy scandals including one involving the political consultancy, cambridge analytica. financial pressures on private and independent day nurseries is creating a workforce crisis in england, according to a charity. the national day nurseries association says people are leaving teaching roles to work in retail because they can earn more. it blames the government for under funding free childcare places. the department for education say children from low income families benefit from free childcare, but are monitoring the sector. new national guidelines on sleep could be introduced by the government.

a review into how much shut—eye we should be getting is thought to be being included in a draft paper on public health. we would all rather be there now, let's face it. it looked cosy! scientists have released fascinating images of the world's largest iceberg, on the move. take a look at this. satellites have been tracking the progress of a i60km block of ice, since it broke off from the antarctic ice shelf two years ago. the berg, which is thought to weigh around one trillion tonnes is predicted to make its way north towards the south atlantic on a path that has become known as "iceberg alley." britain has brought forward plans to send a second warship to the gulf, amid rising tensions with iran.

the destroyer hms duncan willjoin hms montrose, which earlier this week warned off iranian vessels, attempting to intercept a british oil tanker. to discuss how the situation escalated we can talk to chris parry who is a former nato commander who joins us now from southampton. good morning to you. could you just give us a little bit of background about how we have got to this position, where we have now got two ships in that region, and tensions are escalating every day. good morning. we have been in this situation before. it happened in the 19805 situation before. it happened in the 1980s during the iran — iraq war when iran tried to intercept ships of all countries going through the gulf, so we have got plans for this, and people will have practised what they want to do. how we have got here, well the simple fact is that when president trump but the latest series of sanctions in place, it

particularly targeted the iranian revolutionary guard and their businesses. the guard controls about a quarter of iran ‘s economy. you remember that the tanker that was seized by the gibraltar authorities recently was part of a sanctions busting regime that the iranian republican guard had put in place, and so the attempted seizure of our tanker in the gulf was a sort of tit—for—tat for that. but the iranian revolutionary guard probably overestimated their impact, and underestimated the reaction of the us and the uk. let'sjust talk about the region itself. i have spent a lot of time reporting from the region, and it is important to underline how busy that shipping lane is, and how much of the world's oil comes to it so it is strategically important. like many choke points in the world, like the

english channel, this strait is one of the strategic international seaways of the world, and as you say, about one fifth of the world's oil and gas comes through that route. the iranians know very well that if they put pressure on that route it will attract international attention. what we have got to stress here is we are seeing a factional struggle within iran itself. i think the iranian revolutionary guards were behind the explosives placed on the tank is, i think they were behind shooting down the american drone, and this latest attempt on a british tanker. i honestly believe that when they shot down the drain, the iranian government was very quick to say to the americans, it wasn't us, it was the americans, it wasn't us, it was the revolutionary guards, and please don't attack us in return because it will just escalate the don't attack us in return because it willjust escalate the situation. i think everybody wants to keep it calm, and the iranian government certainly does, it does not want to be in hostilities with the us and the uk. it is a question of reining

in the iranian revolutionary guard. let's talk about this second warship. hms duncan is heading there now. what will be personnel on board now. what will be personnel on board now face when they get there? hms duncan is going into relief hms montrose because she is due for some routine maintenance, but she brings a very powerful set of capabilities to the region. she is a primary air defence destroyer, so she is there to knock down missiles, which are a particular threat in that situation because the iranians have a lot of surface to surface missile batteries. she will also be able to deal with these fast attack craft, and she has communications and data links that will enable her to coordinate with america and other allied forces in the region. they themselves will be practising all themselves will be practising all the sorts of situations they may get into, we call them table top tactics. they will be thinking about

rules of engagement, what is legal, how much force they may have to use, and they will talk through basically all the situations they could face. you have touched on, this is about a show of strength. it is about sending a warning message that we have a presence there. i wonder what happens next, how do we de—escalate this? in a sense, we have already got to a de—escalate to reposition because we are asserting control. the real problem with machines like that in iran is that they will keep pushing, they will test the limits of tolerance to see how far they can go. if we show them right up front we will not tolerate this, then generally people back down. it is important also to stress that the americans are putting together a coalition, it is notjust us and the americans. if you start to threaten the freedom of navigation anywhere in the world, whether it is the south china sea, the arctic, then in effect you are actually affecting the interests of all the countries

that have an interest in the sea. i say quite frequently that the sea is the physical equivalent of the world wide web. if you start interrupting what is happening at sea, the supply chains and all the oil and gas and things like that, you end up in a situation where it is like interrupting the internet as well. we are grateful for your time and for your insight. chris parry, former nato commander. helen's here with a look at this morning's weather. hello, good morning. it is not looking too bad in the uk, but if you have concerns stateside, i'll just bring you an update on storm barry. it is still a tropical storm, close to hurricane strength, so this isa close to hurricane strength, so this is a rainfall event at the moment. wind is gusting at 90 miles an hour which will cause some distraction, but it is the amount of rainfall. it

has already flooded in parts of new o rlea ns has already flooded in parts of new orleans and the storm surge will be quite considerable. low lying areas on the coast, you can see the wind will push their water from the sea, as well as the rain northwards, and it will just keep as well as the rain northwards, and it willjust keep going. we think louisiana and mississippi will be worst hit, but then the rainbow track north into arkansas and tennessee. it will keep coming down those river valleys which has had a very wet spring and still lies above normal anyway, so another 600 millimetres of rain could cause catastrophic flooding and it lasts for days. that is in america. expect it to make land for later today. in the uk, we have a lovely weather watcher picture showing the sunshine. isolated showers today because we have got high pressure moving in. it is not a bone dry picture, there will be some showers, and a bit of rain this morning across the hills of wales, the southern uplands and parts of scotland. increasing amounts of

sunshine and a bit of over the that will trigger the showers which will then drift on a northerly flow south across the midlands, towards the south—east. warm and dry for most of us. south—east. warm and dry for most of us. it will feel a bit cooler in eastern coastal counties because we have got a north or north—easterly breeze. the chances are it will stay dry for wimbledon, just the outside chance of a shower drifting in later. it should stay dry tomorrow as well. this evening and overnight, there showers will gradually diminish. theyjust leave a legacy of cloud by the time we get to sunday morning. it won't be a cold night, but not as oppressively muggy as it has been recently. particularly noticeable in the south. a fresh start to tomorrow morning, still some showers in southern areas with a brisk wind to the dover strait. still feeling quite cool here on the coast, but for most of us there will be lots of sunshine around, fewer showers,

strong july sunshine lifting those temperatures into the low 20s despite the breeze in eastern areas, and it will feel very pleasant. the fine weather lasts into monday, but if you are heading to sporting events tomorrow, it looks fine for the grand prix. for the cricket tomorrow, again, it looks fine and dry and probably could not be a better weekend. fingers crossed we won't get a shower in wimbledon today. thank you. good to see clear skies. with a saying earlier about wimbledon, they have got the reef, but no rain this year. that is the trick. you put a roof on and you won't need it! good money, you are watching breakfast from bbc news. for more than a 100 years, brass bands have been playing in wales, but now children who want to join one could be discouraged because of a row over licensing. bands legally need a licence for under—16s to perform,

but they argue this should only apply to those that are paid. welsh bands are now calling for a change in legislation. alex humphreys has the details. ammanford town silver band in carmarthenshire. with 28 members, they have a busy concert schedule, and compete regularly. you can't beat the sound of a brass band, can you? although i am only sitting in with these guys tonight, when i was little i used to compete across the country with bands. but some people are saying that is now harder these days for kids to do that. earlier this year, brass bands were told theirjunior members would need a child performance licence for the majority of their public appearances. the license form is a 15 page document. for each individual in the band under the age of 16 or in full—time education, it is a complexjob.

0n anglesey, the situation is causing some confusion there. i'm not quite sure why it has reared its head this year because the legislation was introduced in 2014. if we took exactly the same young people to a football competition, we would not need a child's performance licence. sports organisations are exempt from the child's performance licence. to be thrown into the same category as organisations who are paying children to work as performers seems a bit unfair for what is after all an amateur hobby, being in a brass band. it is notjust affecting bands in wales, but across the whole of the uk. a lot of bands have struggled quite a lot. some bands have even said to us, we are not going to play children at certain events. to me, that is the point at which the law is not doing what it is intended to do. the brass bands are one of the most embedded

artforms within communities, and if children are not being involved, that is the point at which they are not going to be able to exist in the same way any more. what would you say if someone said to you that you can't compete? i'd feel really sad because not only would i not be able to play, but there would probably be a massive gap in the band because quite a lot of them are filled by young people. i enjoy competing because you meet new people, and it is fun to win stuff as well. you get different opportunities. the only thing i don't like about competing is losing. although there is help for bands in england with licensing, at the moment there isn't in wales. the welsh government says the purpose of a child performance licence is:

protecting children is the aim here, whilst also protecting an old tradition so that the unique sound of brass bands will still resound for years to come. alex humphreys, bbc news. really impressed by her trumpet skills. putting us to shame. i played piano and oboe to quite a high level and they realised it was not going to go any further. don't worry, i don't have it behind the safer! time now for a look at the newspapers. let's look at the front pages. the daily telegraph needs on a planned strike by heathrow staff which could disrupt travel plans. and the picture is one on them from pages of many this money, roger

federer. he is facing novak djokovic tomorrow. the times features a story about the uk government's plans to introduce official guidelines over how much sleep you should be getting. the paper says that the guidelines are expected to warn that having fewer than seven hours a night could be bad for most people's health. the daily express leads on borisjohnson's warning that delaying brexit further would be "insane". mrjohnson, who is bidding to become the uk's next prime minister, made the comments in an interview with bbc‘s andrew neil. the daily mail says doctors have found "a cure for blindness". the paper explains doctors have restored sight by implanting chips into the back of people's skulls. it sends a video image directly to the brain, bypassing the eye entirely. it is incredible. the children's commissioner for england anne longfield is here to tell us what's caught her eye.

going back to that story about brass bands, there is an issue these days with so much regulation around adult supervision of children in these kinds of activities, you do worry that it kinds of activities, you do worry thatitis kinds of activities, you do worry that it is putting some people off, oi’ that it is putting some people off, or pitting organisations off. yes, you want children to be safe, obviously, which is where the regulations start from, but sometimes it misses the point that actually want children to be involved in that. he wouldn't want it to be involved in these kinds of things, which are not only great for the child taking part, but also for the child taking part, but also for the community. in some ways, the legislation has to... you wonder if bureaucracy can be simplified. that's right. let's stay with that theme of schools. this is in the telegraph. school sports clubs should be run all summer. yes, two big stories this weekend that this

applies to. festival, sport all weekend, so many sporting events going on tomorrow, and also there is a story about type two diabetes cases soaring in children, a 50% increase in children over the last four or five years. what this is increase in children over the last four orfive years. what this is is a whole number of sport and fitness experts who have come together, signed a letter, and they are urging the treasury to get behind keeping schools open during the summer and backing school sport. that is the key, it is a treasury issue because it is about funding. yes, what it says here, there is a figure that says here, there is a figure that says 40% of all sports facilities are dated, they are behind closed doors and we pay for schools and they could be opened. but here, the amount they create is £7 a child. for £7 a child, over a million children could get access to those facilities. in terms of the

long—term health of our population, that has to be a good investment. yes, they say there is an 80% drop—off in fitness rates over the summer holidays. we know the draw of gaming machines and so on, that is the choice. i would have schools open for all sorts of things, not just sports, but the alternative for most children would be being caged up most children would be being caged up with a screen all summer. you know, this is an asset for all of us. good thing they are doing it, andi us. good thing they are doing it, and i hope we will see them being successful. talking about how having a screen in your face can successful. talking about how having a screen in yourface can impair your mental health, ed sheeran is talking about his acute social anxiety, which he has spoken about before. he has got a new album out, and the crippling impact of this on his personal life because of the exposure he has had. that's right, there was florence and the machine talking about this earlier in the week as well. he says that he has

got his friendship group down to four people that he can trust. someone who, you know, seems to be so successful, to have so many things that have gone right, but actually he says "it creeps up every day", on anxiety. we know especially with young people, it is something thatis with young people, it is something that is almost part and parcel of growing up, but certainly the phone for him, he has turned it off. he is an incredibly wealthy man, huge success , an incredibly wealthy man, huge success, but when you can't simply go down to your local supermarket and buy some toilet roll, or go out for a and buy some toilet roll, or go out fora drink and buy some toilet roll, or go out for a drink with your mates because people the whole time shoving a phonein people the whole time shoving a phone in yourface people the whole time shoving a phone in your face and filming you, with or without your permission... yes, he says he feels like a caged animal, he can't go anywhere. the more that people talk about this, it is so important. help needs to follow, but talking is important. and yet those he would welcome that

sort of scrutiny and attention, these social media influences, this says it all. it has long been considered the wild west of advertising and marketing, but it is now getting to the stage where it is regulated, there are more rules in place. business is really embracing this. yes, although some might say not enough rules in place because it is still pretty much eight marketeers world. this is a story in the ft weekend about the advertising sector flocking towards influences because that is the place they know there is a real way to change habits and purchase power of people. it is saying the influencer market has doubled in size since 2016 will stop you have got people who have big followers and go out of their way to build those followers, and the likes with it, really pushing their

products online. for me, children particularly often don't have that experience to know who is an influencer, and he isjust someone who seems to pop up a lot.|j influencer, and he isjust someone who seems to pop up a lot. i was just talking about this this morning, saying there was evidence that children take their cues more from their peers, than they do from their parents, or wider family, from their peers, than they do from their parents, or widerfamily, who would normally be the barometer... yes, and there is very little regulation around those influencer! .0n the one hand it can seem regulation around those influencer! . 0n the one hand it can seem almost nothing, what kind ofjust anyone is wearing, but actually, it goes much beyond that and it is one of those next stages, the kind of huge role that technology plays in our lives now. thank you. stay with us, headlines coming up.

hello, this is breakfast with and rachel burden and ben thompson. a criminal investigation has been launched by the met police into the alleged leak of diplomatic emails from the uk ambassador in the us, which were critical of president trump's administration. the fallout from the leak prompted the ambassador, sir kim darroch, to resign and has also featured heavily in the conservative leadership race, with borisjohnson facing questions and criticism forfailing to back sir kim. this the us city of new orleans is experiencing strong winds and heavy rains as it prepares

for tropical storm barry to make landfall. barry has been gathering speed over the gulf of mexico in recent days and may still reach hurricane strength by the time it makes landfall. president trump has declared a state of emergency in louisiana. facebook is reportedly facing a $5 billion fine over the misuse of personal data and privacy breaches. it is the largest ever fine levied against a tech company. facebook has been hit by a series of privacy scandals including one involving the political consultancy, cambridge analytica. earlier on bbc breakfast, one of the reporters who broke the story told us it could lead to greater scrutiny of social media platforms. this is just this isjust a this is just a time this isjust a time right now this is just a time right now that it's been long awaited were these large us tech companies that don't have quite the amount of regulation at any other big industry and have continued to balloon in their growth are finally now facing this

reckoning with a large amount of regulators looking to impose more rules. ministers are playing down the significance of sending another warship to the gulf. hms duncan willjoin the british tanker that was threatened by iranian gunboats earlier this week. iran has already warned the uk it's playing a "dangerous game". meanwhile, politicians in america have voted to restrict president trump's ability to attack iran after he claimed he didn't need their approval for such an action. financial pressures on private and independent day nurseries is creating a workforce crisis in england, according to a charity. the national day nurseries association says people are leaving teaching roles to work in retail because they can earn more. it blames the government for under funding free childcare places. the department for education say children from low income families benefit from free childcare, but are monitoring the sector. how confident would you be about scoring a point in a game of tennis? what about if your opponent

was serena williams? a reasonable response would probably be ‘no chance', but a poll by yougov has revealed that one in eight men believe they could win a point from the 23—time grand slam champion. people have taken to twitter to share their response, pointing out that the tennis legend hits serves of more than 120 miles per hour. we were lucky enough to be at wimbledon and see serena williams and actions this week, and my goodness, it's fast. i wouldn't want to be the ball boy or ball girl rather than receive one of her serves. rather than receive one of her serves. personal items belonging to queen victoria will go display at buckingham palace later this month to mark the 200th anniversary of her birth. a casket filled with the baby teeth of her children along with casts she had made of their limbs are some of the unusual items set to go on show.

i thought the tooth fairy had taken all the baby teeth. i thought the tooth fairy had taken all the baby teeth. it's ladies' final day at wimbledon. mike is there for us this morning. the weather is going to be pretty good, we've already heard. there is the trophy. it is, yes. will it be serena williams lifting it for the eighth time today, or simona halep for the first time? this is where the players will gather. they will come down the stairs, come past the winners board. serena williams is also going for the record equalling the record of

24 the record equalling the record of 2a grand slams. this is the back of center court. this is the first glimpse of the fans. you can see them getting the court ready. here is tracy austin, the former world number one. a cameo appearance from alex, just making sure your microphone is on! i'vejust done alex, just making sure your microphone is on! i've just done the work of champions! are you nervous? a little bit! what is that like to come out here? you really are nervous. you are going from the locker room, come out that door, round the corner to see 15,000 people. the royal box. the most historic court in our game. the most

beautiful court in our game. so much on the line. there is a lot at stake for both women, particularly serena williams. she has been trying to equal the record of grand slams for quite some time now. it a psychological bachelor barrier? last year she lost in straight sets, although she was the heavy favourite. she lost in the final at the us open in straight sets. i think the pressure got to serena last year. it will be interesting to see how she handles the pressure. simona halep has only beaten serena once but has lost nine times. for simona halep, serena saying that she is injury free, pain—free. could that make a big difference?m is injury free, pain—free. could that make a big difference? it has been so for serena. her knee was

very painful. she wasn't able to train, to move on court. two weeks before wimbledon she was able to practice and get prepared. serena is moving well again. her service on fire. to have come through like the matches she has come through, how well prepared to think she is? serena has only played one top 20 opponents on the way to the finals, and simona has only played one seeded player in the run—up to the finals. what about the men's final tomorrow? another two legends. novak djokovic against roger —— roger federer. it is amazing, he is

swatting away farther time. this will be tougher for roger. he will have to play two of the big three. it was a force that match yesterday that was magical. it was such a high quality match. a couple of days later, he has to turn around and do it again. both he and novak djokovic have played incredible tennis. who will your two winners be this year? i'm putting you on the spot. will your two winners be this year? i'm putting you on the spotlj will your two winners be this year? i'm putting you on the spot. i will go with serena williams and novak djokovic. serena will finally get there. she will. christie, thank you very much indeed. are you and apple fan? no, i'm not. it you can teach me. the netball world cup is underway in liverpool with the first set of group games yesterday. commonwealth champions england began their campaign with a win over uganda, beating them 64—32.

the next game for the roses is against scotland this afternoon. i'm pleased with our girls, the way they went out, they persisted with their performance, they chugged away at the scoreline and more importantly, the players, that we got an opportunity to get out there on court and still build on that scoreline so for me, overall a good performance. in their opening match, scotland beat samoa 53—35, a crucial win for them already as the top three teams of each group of four will advance to the next stage. northern ireland were thrashed by australia. the defending champions were ruthless in an 88 to 2a win. mercedes look like the team to beat at this weekend's british grand prix — good news for lewis hamilton, who is chasing a sixth win at silverstone, but he's got to beat teammate valtteri bottas first. the finnish driver was narrowly faster than hamilton in second practice. ferrari and red bull weren't too far behind though.

earlier this week, organisers were given the news that silverstone will remain the home of the tournament until 202a. for many drivers this weekend is a homecoming. i met with renault‘s daniel ricciardo, as he made his preparations for his racing highlight of the year. there is nothing like a race meet to stretch you physically and mentally, to ensure that your body's engine is finally tuned. good to see you! daniel ricardo, the extra fuel in his tank as he arrived at his team's hq this week, now that one of his favourite events of the season is staying in silverton. it is where our car really shines and come to

life. rain, hail, shine, the fans are there all weekend and they love it. daniel will get into the simulator now shows how it is done. the drivers do this to help develop and test the latest innovations, while the younger drivers may do this to test a new track. the biggest thing that gave me as a young driver just before biggest thing that gave me as a young driverjust before i got to f1 was feedback. you can do as many changes as you want in the simulator. you press a button, you have got new suspension. 0n track, those changes can take hours. this is the only way mere mortals like myself can get anywhere near a formula 1 car and try to stay in any form of control whilst going the through the ridiculous amount of multi—skill and that is needed both physically and mentally in the sport. i might not be as quick, but i'll try not to crush it! stepping

into last yea r‘s i'll try not to crush it! stepping into last year's chassis from the formula 1 season and the chair that daniel ricardo used, the first thing of course is how luke dorn it is. this steering wheel is the one that used on race day, with so many buttons. talk about multi—skilling and intense heat. i impressed myself, to be honest. we are thinking about the next corner, going 200 miles an hour, you are getting information through the radio to say to change this, the temperatures, the tires, it's a lot. it was such a challenge for me, suffering in the heat of the car and my lap time was over a minute slower. you feel the vibrations when you go over the bumps. when i tried to up my pace. i've spammed! i've

spun! just a momentary slip in concentration. the one thing i'm sorry about, you didn't get to full throttle. it is a long way off, isn't it? it does feel real, doesn't it? totally! your familiar celebration is the shoe. i have water, not champagne. do you want to try some? i'm good, thanks. you are breaking the rule of not being on a podium and not having alcohol and there. you are really doing it? it's not fresh. i have been on my feet for a few hours. good luck with the season, daniel. i don't recommend doing that. that sport is so much about precision

engineering. such fine margins, like the ground staff over there on centre court. that is daniel, and he is inspecting the length and quality of the grass in 1a different locations around the court. so jealous that you get to be there this morning, mike. thank you. we will have the rest of the build—up to the big day later. i love the ca re to the big day later. i love the care and precision taken in the preparation. budgeting your money and understanding life's financial hurdles is hard enough, but what about for the 100,000 young people who are in care across the uk? a report this week from mps says half the children and young people in care find it hard to manage their money and avoid debt. some said they didn't know the difference between credit and debit cards. one said he did not know he would even had to pay a water bill.

the parliamentary group is calling for personal finance education. money box's paul lewis joins us now and can tell us more. nice to talk to you, paul. you might find common themes amongst all young people, a certain ignorance or lack of experience when it comes to money, but most people have parents to give them guidance. that's absolutely right. 90% of 18—year—old still live at home and more than half of 21—year—olds. if you come out of care, yes to get someone who gives you a bit of help and advice, but they are not with you all the time. you mentioned the water bill, i spoke to him yesterday and he said, waterfalls from i spoke to him yesterday and he said, water falls from the sky, i thought it was free. it is that kind of thing, people have to get to grips with. he is only a year out of

care, 19, but he is already qualified as an apprentice, so he is doing very well. he is one of the people who give evidence to the committee of mps. for a long time there has been a push to get better financial education for all children in schools. what are they proposing specifically for children in care? this committee is all about financial education and this time they were looking at children who we re they were looking at children who were just they were looking at children who werejust coming out they were looking at children who were just coming out of care. they say that often young people in care move around from one foster parent to another, one place to another, so they don't get that consistency of education. all schools are not as good as others. the education is fairly basic. they think they should have particular education as they are leaving or preparing to leave the care process in finance education. the young man i spoke to

had an interesting idea. he said, when you leave care you normally go onto universal credit while you are looking for work. he said why can some of the 30 origin need to be looking for work be education, teaching us about finance? i thought that was a very interesting idea. the pitfalls if you don't get this right are potentially very serious. not knowing the difference between a debit card and credit card, for example. credit is easy to come by these days. yes, it is. there will be organisations, firms trying to get you to borrow money off them often at very high rates. you need to be very, very careful about that sort of thing. understanding the importance of not going into debt is vital. although there are many young people coming out of care he didn't know the difference between a credit

ca rd know the difference between a credit card and debit card, there are many adults who don't know that either. we should prescribe a course of money box for everyone! absolutely! thank you. you can hear more on this story on moneybox on bbc radio 4 at midday. helen's here with a look at this morning's weather. tropical storm barry is threatening to turn into a hurricane in america. yes, it is threatening. it is very close to hurricane strength at the moment. it is quite a large storm. there has already been flooding rains in baton rouge and new 0 rlea ns. rains in baton rouge and new orleans. the coast is very low lying, so this is about rainfall. the classification for hurricane schools with the wind strength.

there will be winds up to 90 miles an hour. what will also happen is that the winter pushing the tide inland and the storm surge is expected to be one or two metres above the normal tide height. as well as that, there will be a lot of rainfall because this is a slow—moving storm. it stretches to mississippi and will affect tennessee and arkansas in the next couple of days as it continues to move inland. it is feeding into the mississippi river which will peak as it flows downstream. it has been a very wet spring around the mississippi, so already the river is well above where it should be. this could cause catastrophic flooding. closer to home, a little bit quieter. just a few showers this weekend. it will be a much quieter picture. we have some sun chang coming through, which is what you would expect with high pressure

building in the middle of summer. there is a northerly breeze, making it feel fresher. you can see the sunshine and southern areas and northern england, central parts of scotland. quite a bit of clog still, but i am confident it will be dry if not sunny for most of us through the day. the july sunshine not sunny for most of us through the day. thejuly sunshine will go to work on the cloud. the focus of the heat will trigger showers in scotland, the hills of northern england they will drift southwards through the day. it will be a bit cooler than yesterday on the north sea coast. the wimbledon finals are today. there is the outside chance ofa today. there is the outside chance of a shower, but i'm hoping it will be dry. the showers to continue to come through the evening southwards, slowly petering out. not a particularly cold night, but not as humid or oppressive as it has been

on the site recently. in the north, it hasn't been as muggy here. tomorrow, fewer showers. 0ne it hasn't been as muggy here. tomorrow, fewer showers. one or two in southern areas in the morning. 0ne in southern areas in the morning. one or two isolated ones in the afternoon are possible. cooler than it has felt recently on the north sea coast. winds will be liked. temperatures a little bit time because of the wind direction. the wimbledon finals tomorrow look dry, the british grand prix tomorrow looks dry, just cloudy at times. hopefully no worries with the wet tyres. the cricket world cup final between england and new zealand, sunshine, quite the cloud at times, but i don't think there will be any bad light issues. for next week, the netball world cup. the weather will start to turn more unsettled, particularly from midweek.

it is so nice that a big sporting event is hampered by the rain. fingers crossed, it is looking good for the cricket tomorrow. 100 years ago, a neglected estate in essex was transformed into a place where young people could embark on a life of adventure. gilwell park became the spirtitual home of scouting worldwide. robert hall has been retracing its history as celebrations get underway to mark it's centenary. the opening of our gilwell park training school is, to my mind, the most important step that has occurred in the history of the movement since its inauguration. every time you drive through those gates and down the drive, there's that spirit of scouting, of endeavour, of friendships, of that sense of family and belonging. and it is loved by scouts all over the world. it started with a rundown manor house an overgrown estate, and a group of east london scout volunteers here to bring another

baden powell dream to reality. heather remembers the story her father victor told her of that visit. they got the train from the east end of london, because it was an east end group, to chingford station and then they pulled their trek cart up to here. of course it was almost derelict by that time. they found they couldn't sleep in the house — it was just derelict. so they had to find somewhere and that's where they found the pigsty, because it had a roof on it and it was dry. 50,000 young people had flocked to scouting during the first world war. gilwell‘s priority was to train leaders replace the 7,000 lost during the conflict. in the years since it opened its doors, gilwell has trained over 50,000 adult volunteers and welcomed tens of thousands of visitors from around the world. they included members of the 23rd poplar, east london scout troop that started that restoration work

a century ago. i have learned how to pitch a tent. i have learned how to tidy up a tent. i have learned how to cook. i am looking forward to more camping trips, because they always bring out new activities. there's like a wild forest that you can go and explore. there's lots of different activities. our last camping trip was pretty funny. because we didn't want to sleep in our tent, we would stick our heads out and look at the stars, which was pretty fun. my dear brother scouts, i am 80 years old. what do you think of that? but i can't say that i feel very much older than some of you. the scouting values are still there, rooted in that friendship and endeavour and going the extra mile and helping your community. and i think he'd have this huge sense of pride. nearly 80 years after

robert baden powell's death, the movement he founded is thriving and gilwell is its beating heart. robert halljoins us now. the celebrations are gearing up this morning. everyone has had their brea kfast. morning. everyone has had their breakfast. are they all therefore you do, robert? yeah, that's right! there are a500 explorers kites, 1a-18. this there are a500 explorers kites, 1a—18. this is called bill weld 2a. these guys will be up for 2a—hour is doing continuous activity is right around this hundred acre site. they have to get to the end of that to get their certificate. alex, these are all english scouts from all over the uk. but this place is about more

than bad, isn't it? it is internationally renowned, gilwell park. we have 4500 scouts from all over the uk. they will learn skills for life. it is really exciting. let's go and speak to one or two of these people. how many have you been here before? who has completed the 2a? here before? who has completed the 24? how tough was it? very tough. what are the kind of things you get to do? there is a lot of stuff that you do there. the disco was good fun! you did it last time, did you get to the end? i survived. the last

few hours when you just have to get there, but you are still, is tired. you have to power through it. what is so special about this place? there is no bad time! you learn new skills, spend time with friends. this is about france, as well? definitely. scouting wouldn't be the same without friendship. this is the first time i have been here, sol same without friendship. this is the first time i have been here, so i am pumped up to be here, definitely. you have no worries about getting through to 2a? you have no worries about getting through to 24? no, no worries. where did you come from to do this? i'm from islington in london. not too far. any qualms about getting to the activities? not really, no. iwill

let you all get off, in a couple of minutes, at nine o'clock, it all starts. lets have one last look at this lot. for them, the adventure is about to start. from gilwell park, on the centenary, it is practically. i'm not sure he has ever had so much adulation at nine o'clock on a saturday morning! coming up: swapping a ship on the high seas for a battered old camper van on the open road. the writer kit de waal will tell us about re—working herman melville's classic moby dick to give it a feminist modern makeover. stay with us, the headlines are coming up.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and ben thompson. 0ur headlines today: scotland yard launches a criminal investigation into the alleged leak of diplomatic emails from the uk ambassador in washington which led him to resign. braced for tropical storm barry. people in louisiana are told to stay inside as high winds and heavy flooding hit the us state. facebook is reportedly fined a record $5 billion to settle an investigation into data privacy violations. it's ladies' final day at wimbledon.