good morning welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt. our headlines today: millions of public sector workers are in line to get their biggest pay rise in six years. fourteen people have been injured, some seriously, after a crash at a car event on the streets of stevenage. naga's atjodrell bank this morning, as we mark 50 years since the mission to land on the moon. on this day in 1969, apollo 11 was entering a critical phase in its lunar mission. our special programme this morning looks at one of the greatest achievements in human history.

we'll be exploring the role the uk played, and how this observatory in cheshire captured the moment when the eagle space capsule first landed on the moon. dry and warm 50 years ago but today heavy rain spreading to the south—west. heavy rain spreading to the south-west. a full forecast into the weekend. the big summer getaway — airports prepare for their busiest day of the year, but road congestion and train delays are also expected. i'll have the details and some top tips for your holiday travel a mclroy meltdown at the open for rory. the home favourite, says he felt the nerves after shooting an opening round of 8 over par, at port rush, and now faces a fight to make the cut. it's friday the 19th ofjuly. our top story: public sector workers are reportedly set to get a £2 billion pay rise. the times reports that several

groups of employees, mostly in england, are in line for above—inflation pay rises. but in almost all cases the money will have to come from current budgets. ben's here to tell us more. tell us the figures. they are set to be announced officially on monday. 2 million public sector workers could get a pay rise £2 billion collectively. the details mean that soldiers will get nearly 3%. a2 .9% pay rise. teachers and school stuff 2.796, pay rise. teachers and school stuff 2.7%, police officers and senior civil services as well. above inflation which is running at 2%. but it is worth pointing out it does not apply to everyone. there are

certain people, not least nurses but alsojunior civil certain people, not least nurses but also junior civil servant who will not get it. the figures could also be different for wales and scotland. we're just to have a new prime minister so they will have to deal with this decision, is that right? this promise theresa may will make on monday set the stage for difficult decisions about where the money will come from because we know there is not a lot of money sloshing around in the system and it has to come from existing spending so no new promises in terms of raising money for it. remember, the system is well below what private sector staff are getting. increases there are 3.5%. while better than inflation, the public sector still getting a pay rise less than those working in the private sector.

fourteen people have been injured, some seriously, in what police describe as a "horrendous" car crash, in stevenage. two vehicles collided yesterday evening at a car event on the streets of the town, hitting spectators watching from the roadside. let's get the latest from our reporter simon jones. take us through the events as we know them at this stage. it has been described as absolutely horrific. before ten o'clock yesterday evening, spectators had lined the side of the road watching souped up clouds drive by. one can't pulls out ofa clouds drive by. one can't pulls out of a side road, it is hit at speed by another cloud. not showing the actual moment of impact. the two clouds career in opposite directions towards groups of spectators, —— cars. 14 people injured. i2 towards groups of spectators, —— cars. 14 people injured. 12 were taken to hospital. some in serious condition. it was supposed to be a

static car meet. people would turn up, park and admire the vehicles. he said he had wanted people in the past they should not undertake any sort of racing but it appears that is what has happened and police are appealing for witnesses, particularly anyone with footage. england's schools desperately need a multi—billion pound cash injection, that's according to a group of mps. the education select committee found schools were increasingly being asked to deal with growing pupil numbers and rising costs, without adequate resources. it's calling for a ten year funding plan. the government says funding is currently at its highest level, but it does recognise schools are facing budgeting challenges. president trump says a us warship has destroyed an iranian drone in the gulf. mr trump said the uss boxer uss had taken defensive action after the unmanned aircraft flew within 1000 metres of the american ship. but iran's foreign minister has said his country knew nothing about the incident. drivers caught not wearing

a seatbelt could face points on their licence as well as fines, in an attempt to cut deaths on britain's roads. other measures, including banning young drivers from the road at night time and teaching children about the dangers of using a phone near the road, are also being considered by the government. the uk could be experiencing a once—in—a—decade wildlife phenomenon this year with a mass influx of painted lady butterflies, experts have said. the charity butterfly conservation, wants people to take part in its annual count to find out how different species are coping after last summer's hot conditions and this year's higher—than—average rainfall. watchers are being asked to spend just 15 minutes spotting common butterflies and day—flying moths over the next three weeks. we are talking to chris a little later this morning. the new series of the bbc

gangster drama pea ky blinders had its premier screening last night in birmingham, the city where it is set. the previous bafta—winning series drew average audiences of more than 3 million, making it bbc two's biggest drama of 2017. here's will batchelor. it was the hottest ticket in town. 75,000 people applied for a seat at the town hall to catch up with the second city's deadliest dynasty, the shelby ‘s. second city's deadliest dynasty, the shelby 's. before we go and eat... the previous bafta winning series so the clan leader make a move into politics. but the writer says the new status has not changed his way of doing business. he is entering a different world and suddenly the decision he makes... as a working—class he realises the things that made him successful on the streets can make him successful in westminster. for fans, the premier

was the chance to meet some of the cast, get a quick selfie and compare flat caps. i feel it has changed the way a generation of men have dressed. the guys love the ascetics, it has given them a way to express themselves and iconography which people have embraced. series five willairon people have embraced. series five will air on bbc people have embraced. series five willairon bbc one, people have embraced. series five will air on bbc one, a people have embraced. series five willair on bbc one, a move people have embraced. series five will air on bbc one, a move away from bbc two, later this year. it's 50 years since man first travelled to the moon and we're celebrating the anniversary with a special programme today. naga is at thejodrell bank observatory in cheshire, which played an important role. good morning naga. good morning. you watched it? yes,

some of us are old enough to remember the actual day. yesterday was the main landing itself. but i do remember it well, the extraordinary buildup. we will be going over some of the memories. about 50 years ago today, scientists work tracking the action. these telescopes were tracking the radio signals. we are going to be hearing from the scientist tracking the mission and actually managed to verify that it happened. not only tracking apollo 11 but luna 15 as well, through radio waves. last night we set up our cameras to take a look at the moon. we can show you some of these pictures and i

apologise we could not get to see the men because it was quite cloudy. but we followed its journey. the pictures you are seeing, the light is from the moon. we can also show you love shots of the moon before dipping behind the horizon, around 7:30 a.m.. a little bit cloudy at the moment but he were my to give the moment but he were my to give the weather forecast? mark is here. not sure where but he will explain it to you. good morning all. i am somewhere else along jodrell bank. a fabulous moon installation. light and sound. a stunning sight to see but before we get onto the weather, let me show this other stunning sight from yesterday when we saw this amazing rainbow captured by one of our brilliant weather watchers in

the north of scotland. a rare rainbow. to get that you need very small rain droplets. very complicated science that goes into that. some of you will see some of those showers. get your umbrella ready with wet weather across south—west england and across parts of wales as well. heavy through this morning possibly causing some trouble. but russia could also see heavy rain at times. many eastern areas also. —— port rush. pleasant enough in the hazy sunshine with temperatures around 17— 19 degrees. had further

south, skies brightening. a few show was around. the odd rumble of shower. pretty breezy across the south as well. not feeling quite as warm as it has done all the temperatures into the low 20s for many. the rain sliding. across southern parts of england. again some rumble of thunder is cannot be ruled out. rain in scotland and northern ireland as well at times. it should not be too cold tonight given the fact there is so much cloud around stop across the south and increasingly muggy breeze. to the start of the weekend, we should see the rain across the south—east corner. once that get out of the way, lots of sunshine around. show is developing. they will be focused on central eastern areas where they

can become heavy and boundary. more sunshine around. breezy across southern counties of england and wales. temperatures a few degrees on today's highs. into sunday, probably a dry day for england and wales. lots of sunshine to begin with. the wind will be picking up across scotla nd wind will be picking up across scotland and northern ireland. heavy rain developing through the day and that rain will become pretty lovely at times with strong and gusty winds. pretty warm air. into next week, we are likely to see temperatures across southern and eastern areas of about 30 degrees, maybe 32 or 33 celsius. back to you. 30 degrees for next week, you could not arrange that for today? sorry. i tried my best. i can feel a few

drops already. enough stop you stay where you. 50 years ago today, neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins entered the moon's of it and did a live television broadcast and they were describing their view is really spectacular. this is neil armstrong. this is the view they we re armstrong. this is the view they were seeing. pretty spectacular view. the lovell telescope was one of the two tracking and receiving radio signals directly from the spacecraft and scientists were able to verify the moment they landed on the moon 50 years ago later today. we hear about jodrell bank's the moon 50 years ago later today. we hear aboutjodrell bank's role. what an exciting race it was.

most people absolutely know that the importance of jodrell most people absolutely know that the importance ofjodrell bank observatory was to independently, indisputably verify that the apollo 11 space mission had been a success. the americans had won the space race. but what few people realise is that actually it wasn't the lovell telescope that was tracking the americans. in fact, telescope that was tracking the americans. infact, let's telescope that was tracking the americans. in fact, let's get andy to crash over here. it was another much smaller telescope that was trained 250,000 miles up in the sky on the americans, a telescope that is similarto on the americans, a telescope that is similar to the one that is over there now. it wasn't that exact one but it was almost in that exact spot. now, the lovell telescope had a different role to play because that was watching the russians, because the russians were hurtling towards the moon at exactly the same time as the americans. the race was on. the russians wanted to steal some of the glory from underneath the americans' knows, just as jodrell bank and the lovell telescope had stolen some of the

glory from underneath the nose of the russians a few years earlier. it isa the russians a few years earlier. it is a fascinating slice of history. the space race was really a battle, east versus west. it was about whose political system was going to win out, was it communism or capitalism? and a lot of it focused on this race to the moon, and the winner takes all. but, for the scientists here at jodrell bank, it is only ever about the science. and for terry pattinson, a cub reporter in manchester with a passion for astronomy, it was the biggest story he will ever work on. that was me, 1966, world cup year, year i got married, year of my big scoop. on february three, 1966, the space race is well under way, with russia well in the lead, as the lovell telescope tracks their lunar nine capsule landing safely on the moon. you can imagine the people in this room with a telescope behind us pointed at the moon, and coming through the

telescope are the signals arriving from a spacecraft, and it sends this weird sort of noise. 23-year-old terry eggs his editor to go to the late—night press conference at jodrell bank. there, sir bernard lovell tells hi m jodrell bank. there, sir bernard lovell tells him the source of that strange signal, a machine already used by newspapers to wire photographs. i said if we have our equipment here atjodrell bank, could we take the pictures? he said oh yes. i said what? you were on the phone to your editor... straightaway. sure enough they got one of these things from the daily express, they plugged it into the back of the telescope and out came the very first picture ever sent from the surface of the moon. can you imagine? the big headline the next day was the express catches the moon. fantastic. andjust next day was the express catches the moon. fantastic. and just before next day was the express catches the moon. fantastic. andjust before i drove away i stopped at this very spot and looked up at the telescope. you can imagine it is very emotional

for me to do that. but i knew that history was being made, and that man would soon be on the moon. terry, of course, was right, and by 1969 america is back in the lead. but jodrell bank's telescopes knowjust how close it is. often forgotten pa rt how close it is. often forgotten part of the story is that actually we we re part of the story is that actually we were using the big telescope here to track a russian spacecraft that was going to soft land on the moon, scoop up a sample of lunar soil and perhaps beat the americans back home, getting all the scientific results without risking human life. as it turned out, the americans were successful and we tracked the russian attempt as it crashed into a mountain, but it could have easily been the other way around. the race is one, but the race is insignificant to scientists at jodrell bank, so when russia asked to share their data, they oblige, because then, as now, the only thing of any importance is finding the a nswe i’s of any importance is finding the a nswers to of any importance is finding the answers to the biggest question. how

did the universe begin? how will the universe end, and maybe even, and this would be great, are we alone in the universe? and when you articulate it like that, the space race, who wins, who gets there first, just pales into insignificance. it's a little small arena in this sort of vast cosmic stage, i think, arena in this sort of vast cosmic stage, ithink, yes. good luck arena in this sort of vast cosmic stage, i think, yes. good luck with that journey. thank you. ijust want i just want to tell you a little ijust want to tell you a little bit more about, my goodness, that moment in history. the americans had finished their moonwalk. they were back inside the capsule, they were having a doze before they headed back to earth, and that's when the russians in luna 15 crash landed. and literally, within minutes, the telephone rang in the control centre that you see over my shoulder there, with a big glass window beneath that smaller telescope. sir bernard lovell picked up the telephone. it was russia calling, the russian academy. they rang up and said we

have to have this data, we have to know what has gone wrong. jodrell bank were so happy to oblige. the russians put their man in an aeroplane on the way to manchester airport. jodrell bank sent their man to meet him, a manila envelope was handed over with all of the important data to make sure that this crash didn't happen again. and it is unbelievable to think that that was going on right in the middle of the cold war, because all that matters is a deeper understanding, then just as that matters is a deeper understanding, thenjust as now. get in touch with us, #bbcmoon, but for now, back to you. thanks, jane. extraordinary times they were, thinking back, as we look back at the first moon landing tomorrow. let's take a look at today's papers. many lead on the vote by mps aimed at preventing the uk from leaving the eu without a deal. the metro describes it as the first revolt against boris johnson. it pictures rory mcilroy, who had a nightmare first day of the open in his home country of northern ireland.

the daily telegraph says chancellor philip hammond was one of the driving forces behind yesterday's rebellion against boris johnson. it says mr hammond texted fellow mps to urge them to vote to block a no—deal brexit. good morning to you, ben. ant mcpartlin's driving ban has ended early, according to the sun. it says the tv presenter cut five months off his 20—month court punishment for drinking and driving by completing a course. and finally, the times leads with our top story, saying a £2 billion pay rise for public sector workers is set to be unveiled as one of theresa may's last acts as prime minister.

inflation busting for those in the public sector, but not yet the private sector, but people like police officers and civil servants. for many it will not apply, including nurses. that will be a bone of contention, and still below what private—sector workers are getting, they are getting about 3.5%. no doubt welcome for a lot of people, and family budgets, what we do with our money, holiday time... todayis do with our money, holiday time... today is the busiest day, and this is an interesting one. today is the day for the summer that most people will be heading off on holiday. there is congestion on the roads, airports and trains. i have a few tips to run you through some of the details. yes, most schools have either broken up already and or have their last day today, so if you are planning to travel over the next couple of days, it is going to be busier than usual.

so, if you have a flight booked or you're heading to the airport, all the major airports and airlines say they are preparing for the big getaway. edinburgh, glasgow, liverpool, newcastle and southampton will all experience their busiest days either today, saturday or sunday, so leave extra time to check in. easyjet and thomas cook say today is going to be their busiest day. but watch out for strike action, too. that could hinder some plans, however early you get to the airport. workers at heathrow and gatwick as well as ba and easyjet staff in stansted are all threatening to walk out in various disputes. the companies say they have plans in place. nonetheless, on what will be the busiest weekend of the year, it will not be very helpful, frankly. how about those staying in the uk? currency exchange is not good,

making foreign holidays much more expensive because of the fall and the value of the pound. congestion is expected to peak today, and the rac are warning of significant queues and delays of up to 90 minutes on some routes. be especially careful on the m1 southbound and m25. the busiest time on the roads this weekend will be today between 11:00am and 6:45pm. finally, what about trains? of all the weekends to try and put on some engineering work, there is some happening. there is some work starting tomorrow on the west coast mainline between crewe and warrington. it means virgin trains expect today to be extra busy. then from tomorrow, some services will be diverted and others will be replaced by buses.

check before you travel. make sure you know where you will have to get to, be prepared, bring snacks if you have kids. what snack would you choose? something that will not melt, because it will also be quite warm. those boiled sweets you get in a ten, that is why they are called travel sweets. keep those in the glove box, never do any travel in this country without a ten of those. and if you are going on holiday, send us your pictures —— tin of those. have a great time if you are off, but send us pictures. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm tarah welsh.

the mayor is calling on the government to give city hall new powers to introduce rent controls. sadiq khan wants to create a board of people, including tenants, who can find ways to reduce rents and keep them at lower levels. commuters will soon be able to use their mobile phones on part of the tube. part of thejubilee line between westminster and canning town will be the first stretch of tunnels to be fitted with ag. if popular, the technology will be rolled out across the rest of the network later this year. it is a song written by a couple of cabbies who say it is just what the capital needs — a feel—good anthem for london. it's called we are london, and it has just been released, written and performed by cab drivers joe cartwright and john cox. they wrote it in the back of their cabs, and they are hoping it will be a big hit. ijust i just started to feel that london

needed some sort of anthem. # we are london... the idea is it wasjust a great... we are london, what a statement. cabbies were like this song because we see it through his' eyes. it's a song about the people, a celebration of people, and a celebration of this fantastic city. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there are minor delays on the piccadilly line due to a lack of drivers. there are also minor delays on the central line between epping and debden due to a track fault. on the a13, traffic is building up into town from the goresbrook interchange, in dagenham. in marble arch, the bayswater road is closed westbound between cumberland gate and lancaster gate due to a burst watermain. on the south circular at catford hill, one lane is closed eastbound near the junction with ravensbourne park. now the weather, with elizabeth.

good morning. it's the start of the school holidays for many next week, and things are set to warm up considerably. but for today, a rather wet day. plenty of heavy rain in the forecast, it will be quite breezy as well, but it is a dry, early start to the morning. a bit of brightness first thing to a decent areas before the cloud thickens, the wind picks up. we start to see this heavy, persistent rain moving from the south—west. it will put its way north—eastward. lots of dry weather through the afternoon but as you can see the rain never too far away. top temperatures only between 19 and 20 celsius. it will feel quite breezy at times and there is a second pulse of rain heading away as we go towards this evening at the overnight period. it's going to be really rather wet and it will feel muqqy really rather wet and it will feel muggy and humid with it, temperatures down to between 15 and 17 celsius. so quite a lot of surface water around tomorrow morning. still some showery outbreaks of rain to start the day on saturday. always the risk of one 01’ on saturday. always the risk of one or two heavy and thundery showers breaking out, but also some sunny spells. temperatures in the mid—20s over the weekend. dry on sunday,

those temperatures rising as we head into the start of next week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. of course you can follow us on twitter and facebook. bye for now. port rush hello this is breakfast with charlie stayt in salford. and naga munchetty live from jodrell bank. fourteen people have been injured, some seriously, in what police describe as a "horrendous" car crash, in stevenage. two vehicles collided yesterday evening at a car event on the streets, hitting spectators watching from the roadside. police asked witnesses with footage of the crash to send it to them. it's understood that the government is set to commit to £2 billion in pay increases for public sector workers. the plans are set to be unveiled as one of theresa may's last acts as prime minister. it's the biggest public sector pay rise for six years, which comes following concerns that salaries are rising faster in the private sector. england's schools desperately need a multi—billion pound cash

injection, that's according to a group of mps. the education select committee found schools were increasingly being asked to deal with growing pupil numbers and rising costs, without adequate resources. it's calling for a ten year funding plan. the government says funding is currently at its highest level, but it does recognise schools are facing budgeting challenges. president trump says a us warship has destroyed an iranian drone in the gulf. mr trump said the uss boxer had taken defensive action, after the unmanned aircraft flew within 1000 metres of the american ship. but iran's foreign minister has said his country knew nothing about the incident. drivers caught not wearing a seatbelt could face points on their licence as well as fines, in an attempt to cut deaths on britain's roads. other measures, including banning young drivers from the road at night time, and teaching children about the dangers of using a phone

near the road, are also being considered by the government. the uk could be experiencing a once—in—a—decade wildlife phenomenon this year with a mass influx of painted lady butterflies, experts have said. the charity butterfly conservation, wants people to take part in its annual count to find out how different species are coping after last summer's hot conditions and this year's higher—than—average rainfall. watchers are being asked to spend just 15 minutes spotting common butterflies and day—flying moths over the next three weeks. the first trailer for the long—awaited top gun sequel has been released, showing tom cruise taking to the skies once more. it's more than 30 years since the original was released, and the new film, called top gun: maverick shows the pilot back in his leather jacket and sunglasses training the next generation of fighter pilots. the film is expected to be

released next summer. there we go. you took my breath away, charlie. very good. we were expecting rory mcilroy to maybe take oui’ expecting rory mcilroy to maybe take our breath away. he broke the course record when he was 16. but he was in the bushes and in the first hole he had a quadruple bogey snowman. because it was eight shots and the eight looks like a snowman. is there an explanation? he said he wanted to punch himself, he said the nerves got to him. it was all set, to be a romantic homecoming for rory mcilroy. the first time in 68 years, that northern ireland has staged

the open, and mcilroy was the bookmakers favourite to win it. but that now looks very unlikely, after a dreadful first round of eight over par. andy swiss reports from royal portrush. they'd waited 68 years for this. the open finally back in northern ireland. but if for fans it was a day to remember, for their hero, it was one to forget. from his very first swing, rory mcilroy‘s hopes went horribly awry. after going out of bounds, he took eight shots at the opening hole, and what followed was often painful to watch. commentator: it has been quite a day so far. not for mcilroy. he finished 8—over par, one of the worst rounds of the day. time for perspective. i'm disappointed, but at the end of the day, i'm still the same person. i'm going to go back and see my family, see my friends, and hopefully they don't think any less of me after a performance

like that today. and i'll dust myself off and come back out tomorrow and try to do better. tiger woods also struggled. he's 7—over. instead, it's his compatriot, jb holmes, who leads the field. commentator: and in it goes. but no doubting the prize for shot of the day, or indeed most days. hole number 13, lucky for some, as argentina's emiliano grillo took the direct approach. a day, then, of mixed fortunes for the players, and mixed weather for the fans. but their hopes of seeing rory mcilroy win here on home soil are surely already over. andy swiss, bbc news, royal portrush. do check out the latest leaderboard. the early start getting on the way

now. you can follow round two via the bbc sport website and app, with in—play clips and a live scoreboard. england will play new zealand, in the semi—finals of the netball world cup after keeping up their 100% record, in the tournament, by beating south africa. it's a result which means they finish top of group g, with six wins out of six. south africa also go through as runners—up, they face australia in the last four. i said to the girls before the game, you know, this game isjust about having a crack at it. go out and enjoy it. the fans are here for you, and we're just here to enjoy it. really commit every day, and we take each game at a time, and we said we want to win every game, and that's what we want to keep on doing. there's also — there's a team ethos and a team ethic that we want to put out, and i'm just really pleased with the way they handled themselves today. northern ireland came through a tight contest, against barbados, to go through to a play off for ninth. 46—43 the final score.

it's their second win in six matches. and scotland were involved in an extraordinary game against trinidad and tobago. this penalty shot from lynsey gallagher, on the buzzer, helped them salvage a dramatic draw. scotland can now only finish 11th, at best now. australia are well in control of the test match in the women's ashes — a game england must win, to avoid losing the tournament. australia lead, by 6 points to 0, in the multi—format series, so avoiding defeat would see them retain the ashes, and they're well on their way in taunton. elise perry, top—scoring on 84 not out, as australia finished day one on 265 for 3. britain's simon yates has won stage 12 of the tour de france. three riders who'd broken away from the peloton, were fighting it out, in a sprint finish. it was eventually won by yates, who rides for the mitchelton—scott team. frenchman julian ala—philippe, retained the overall frenchman julian alaphilippe, retained the overall leader's yellow jersey. gerraint thomas is still second overall, 72 seconds behind.

chris froome went a title after its previous winner was disqualified for doping. there was a big shock in europa league qualifying, as the welsh side, connor's quay beat kilmarnock. no such problems for aberdeen, though, and they're through to the next round after a 11—2 aggregate victory, over ro.ps, rovan—iemi of lapland. elsewhere rangers also progressed, after a comfortable 10 nil aggregate victory over stjosephs. daniel sturridge has been banned for six weeks and find £75,000 after breaching vetting laws. the former liverpool striker is however free to play at the end of this month. we can were easy winners in wakefield. warriors were up at half time. they move up to fourth in the table.

britain's jack law, says he feels "dead inside", after a mistake at the world diving championships, saw him miss out on a gold medal. law had led, the 3 metre springboard event, in south korea from the start, but this final dive meant that he came away from the competition, withjust a bronze medal. law said he doesn't know what went wrong with the dive and punched a wall in frustration. i saw you wince. when it goes ever so i saw you wince. when it goes ever so slightly wrong but it is hard, they have to be so perfect. it defies the laws of physics. and finally, he might be in the heat of battle defending his tour de france title, but gerraint thomas, still had time, to give a helping hand to this marriage proposal. this footage from the team ineos bus, shows thomas, handing over a ring to daniel, as he proposed to his now fiancee, sarah. congraulations to the happy couple!

i wonder if mr thomas well and up being the best man. he is under the two of us! a great lad. see you later on. over the past few months teachers, parents and children have taken to the streets to protest over what they see as a lack of funding for schools in england. well this morning a group of mps says action needs to be taken. the education select committee is calling for a "desperately needed multi—billion pound cash injection" as part of a ten year plan. conservative mp robert halfon is the chair of the committee and hejoins us now from westminster. thank you for your time. could you outline what it is you are saying is required? education is often the forgotten public service and yet the most important because it provides young people with a chance to climb the ladder of opportunity, to get

job security and prosperity for the future therefore if the nhs can have a ten year plan and a five year funding settlement, why on earth shouldn't education? we need a multi—million pound increase for schools. the cost of education has fallen by 16% and it should be uplifted. special needs is in a big mess. we are saying that this be funded by at least £1.2 billion. and we should extend the pupil premium up we should extend the pupil premium up to 19 to help the most disadvantaged pupils. i'm looking at what the department for education say. they say, while it is accurate to say that school funding is at its highest level, we do recognise that oui’ highest level, we do recognise that our challenges and government is

investing more than ever before. in early education, child care. the school budget since 2010 has been protected in real terms. that does not sound like the picture you are painting. i recognise that the government hasn't done a lot. 1.9 million more children going to outstanding schools but there are significant costs of pressure on schools. school funding has actually decreased by 8% over the last few yea rs decreased by 8% over the last few years in real terms. the overall picture is that funding is falling... has followed particularly in further education. —— forlan. we need to reschedule our population. education is important for those from disadvantaged backgrounds yet

we seem from disadvantaged backgrounds yet we seem to be starving education of funds. they have must have an upper limit of at least £170 million if not more. ——an uplift. i welcome the extra £20 million in funding for the nhs but why is education ignored? it is so incredibly important for our up—and—coming generation and the skills we need. education must have that ten year plan and proper long—term funding settlement. that ten year plan and proper long-term funding settlement. with the greatest respect to the committee, you must be aware, we have interviewed them over the yea rs, have interviewed them over the years, had teachers who say they cannot afford the really basic stuff in their schools and they seemed to have named the picture you are painting now for a very long time and yet nothing has changed. well, we are an all—party committee. all

of us have come together to do what is right. it is a unanimous report from both my party, the governing party, and the opposition party. we are trying to change the way and recommend to the department, let's have a ten year plan, to get the department to argue with the treasury to have properfunding. we have spent months on the evidence and if there is clearly a shortfall infunding and and if there is clearly a shortfall in funding and we need to deal with the special needs mess, sort out funding forfurther the special needs mess, sort out funding for further education and a settle m e nt funding for further education and a settlement for schools who face enormous cost pressures. we are trying to do our bit to change the climate and get that ten year plan for education. thank you very much for education. thank you very much for your time this morning. just talking through some of those budget requirements as outlined by the

committee. we're looking ahead to the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. the actual landing happened tomorrow. the mission reaching its peak today 50 years ago. we are atjodrell bank observatory all morning, where british scientists tracked that famous moon landing 50 years ago. matt is there too, and can give us the weather. iimagine i imagine this is a fascinating place for you? it is fascinating, we have spent most of our life looking back down on earth, and of coursejodrell bank now a unesco world heritage site as well. the only problem is, of course, the moon is up at the moment but we can't see it because there is far too much cloud. we are starting to see a little bit of rain around

as well, and it is a sign of what is to come. let's get on with the forecast first of all, because it is a day which will turn increasingly wet and windy for many of you, after a reasonably bright start across the northern and eastern parts of the country at the moment. heavy rain at the moment across many parts of wales, south—west england, pushing into northern ireland and in across parts of north—west england as well. that rain could cause a few problems for the morning rush hour, especially across parts of wales. it will work its way erratically northwards and eastwards across the country through the day so most places seeing a bit of rain. if your garden is desperate for a drink, you may get it. breezy across the south, the dry spots in the north of scotla nd the dry spots in the north of scotland where we will see some sunshine and one or two showers, some on the heavy side. the most persistent rain in southern scotland in the north of northern ireland and the far north of england. south of that, it will be breezy but things brightening up relative to this morning. dry across western parts of england and wales but still a few showers around. with the showers you might get the odd rumble of thunder, and temperatures in any brighter spells not quite as high as they

have been. still in the low 20s. as we go into the evening, the rain down towards the south—west once again, that will develop toward southern and eastern parts of england overnight. heavy and thundery rain at that, getting close to an inch of rain in one or two spots. further north and west, a few showers around and temperatures not dropping too much. down to probably around nine or 10 degrees at its lowest. it takes us into the weekend, some rain across the far south and south—east of england. that won't last too long, it gets out of the way and sunshine comes out of the way and sunshine comes out for many on saturday. it will be a breezy day and some showers developing especially for central and eastern areas where they could become heavy and thundery later. temperatures on saturday a little bit higher than today's values, the high teens in northern areas and may be 23 or 2a in the south. on sunday after a clear night we start to see more cloud and rain gathered towards parts of scotland and northern ireland, some of that rain on the heavy side, winds touching gale

force later in the day. after a sunny start sunshine turns hazy but many places will stay dry and temperatures will be roughly around the same values we will see on saturday. starting to feel more humid, more humid still as we go into next week. hopefully into next week there will be some clear skies to enjoy, the stars and the moon overhead, but we are here talking about the moon. who better to tell usa about the moon. who better to tell us a bit about their experience than the enthusiast themselves, with the largest astronomy society in the uk, and the closest one to... not quite, the second largest in the north—west, but proud of being that as well and as active as we can be in astronomy for people who are interested in all sorts of different ways. steve, you remember the moon landing itself. what was it like for you as a lad? it was incredibly exciting, i was knee—high to a

tripod, quite fuzzy pictures compared to today but i was allowed to stay up virtually all night and the feeling has never left us since then. it is good to relive it all with many more colour pictures around as well, to relive those moments. i suppose it is a bit like watching a big world final. yes, it is moments in your life that never really leave you. a fantastic achievement, and a credit to everybody that was involved in it, of course. lets talk to dave. you area of course. lets talk to dave. you are a keen photographer, aren't you? what is it that fascinates you about space and the moon? when you look up at the sky, you can see things with your eyes, but when you point your camera at it, you can photograph things you can't see, like nebulas, galaxies, and it is really nice to see something you can't photograph, and to look up and think it goes on forever. where does it stop? it has

been there forever and it is going to be there forever. you don't know what is out there, and that is what i find amazing about everything about astronomy, just looking up in amazement. and after many a night shift i could spend hours staring up at the sky. especially near the telescope, in the foreground, and the skies above are wonderful. we had the lunar eclipse earlier in the week with the telescope in the background. and you all try and educate everybody about what is going on. yes, we have a fairly active outreach programme, schools, cubs, scouts, guides, we are active, certainly. hopefully getting the youth as enthusiastic as you are. i wish i could have brought you some clear skies to see the moon, but alas, that is not the case. hopefully we will start to see a few more in the way of clear skies, especially by night, to enjoy what is above us. back to you. especially by night, to enjoy what is above us. back to youlj especially by night, to enjoy what is above us. back to you. i have some temperature fact is for you. do you want to hear them?

go on, then. so temperatures on the moon during the day can reach 107 celsius. at night it flips to —153 degrees celsius. can you imagine that swing? imagine the contrast from one side to another, and the daytime lasts... is it 13, 1a days on the moon? you see, i throw facts at matt and he comes back with something like that. always with the fa ct. something like that. always with the fact. let's show you thejodrell bank telescope and give you a few fa ct bank telescope and give you a few fact this. it is an amazing piece of engineering. —— facts about this. it is driven by ten independent driver motors which work against each other to provide stability, and it is powerful. the furthest object detected by the lovell telescope was 24 detected by the lovell telescope was 2a billion light years away. it is fantastic stop and here we are in our makeshift studio today with the

moon on the floor, the surface of the moon, it looks pretty fantastic, doesn't it? it is estimated that when neil armstrong landed on the moon 650 million people watched that landing. it was 50 years ago tomorrow when they actually landed on the moon, and it was live on television, and neil armstrong uttered those now famous words, that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. it was a moment in history which many will never forget, those lucky enough to witness it. we have been asking our viewers to relive some of your memories of when it happened. marjorie and kent's love affair with the moon is also their love affair, because as apollo 11 hurtled through space, they were also getting married. everything was revolving around us, it just married. everything was revolving around us, itjust so happened that the americans were doing something... they were revolving around the moon! at our wedding reception, my father had quite a

clever little quip at the end. tomorrow, we may or may not have a man on the moon, but we most certainly will have a man on his honeymoon. cynthia was 24 and went to trafalgar square to join thousands watching the historic moment on a giant screen. and the whole place was just moment on a giant screen. and the whole place wasjust buzzing moment on a giant screen. and the whole place was just buzzing with people talking, and the atmosphere was terrific. it was a nervous feeling, because once they came out, ididn't feeling, because once they came out, i didn't know what to expect, and they didn't know what to expect, and i thought, what if they sink in the ground? i thought, what if they sink in the ground ? you i thought, what if they sink in the ground? you know, what if something unexpected happens, or if something comes and knocks them over? what if it goes wrong? but it didn't. it all we nt it goes wrong? but it didn't. it all went perfectly. that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. back in a hotel lounge on

the my —— mull of kintyre, ben and marjorie watched on a tiny black and white tv. a big cheer went up, and we actually got the pictures through. it was absolutely mind blowing to watch neil armstrong and buzz aldrin cavorting about on the moon. it was something that i thought oh, i would have liked to have done as well. we had no idea there were a film crew there watching us. while cynthia watched the sky, a film crew was watching her and herfriend the sky, a film crew was watching her and her friend felicity, the sky, a film crew was watching her and herfriend felicity, i moment in time which has been used in countless films and documentaries around the world ever since. man landing on the mood for me is one of the most fantastic achievements of all—time, and for you to be part of it, i'm just so proud you are part that story. you've got that sort of look of awe and wonder in your eyes.

we just thought it was unbelievable, what we were seeing. we never thought we would see a man on the moon. a man on the moon? never. it really is rather remarkable, isn't it? i am joined by the associate director ofjodrell bank, tim o'brien. what do you actually do here on a day—to—day basis? tim o'brien. what do you actually do here on a day-to-day basis? we don't a lwa ys here on a day-to-day basis? we don't always run a music and science festival. we use these radio telescopes, the big one you can see behind you and a bunch of others here and all the way across the country, and we use them to look at a whole range of exotic object in space, so all the way from black holes in the hearts of other galaxies to exploding stars to stars being born. just anything you can think of that produces radio waves from space. so we pick them up and we look at this sort of invisible universe. and you can go back aliens of light years, is that correct? and what is that telling you? the great

thing about having a telescope is it is like having a time machine because the farther away you look, the father back in time you see. the signals have been travelling for in some cases billions of years —— farther. you are seeing that object as it was billions of years ago. it is telling you the history of the universe and you can sort of use that to understand how the universe came into being. it is a lot to get into your head at this time of the morning. and these telescopes are connected all across europe. for what purpose? these days, rather than having a single large telescope like this, we have multiple telescopes and they are all linked together, and they look at the same thing at the same time so they operate as if they were one giant telescope. the biggest ones go from europe into china, down into africa, south all the way across into the

united states, we create a sort of virtual telescope the size of the planets and what that does for us is it lets us zoom in on very distant objects. it gives us a sort of zoom lens view so we can see the very finest detail in those things. what is the furthest away? we can see basically to the edge of the universe. the universe began about 14 billion years ago, and we can see objects that were formed very soon after the beginning of the universe. so yes. it is fascinating, the work here is really early on. lots going on here, of course we are marking 50 yea rs on here, of course we are marking 50 years tomorrow since man landed on the moon. to find out what is happening a bit more locally, we will see you soon. good morning from bbc london. the mayor is calling on the government to give city hall new powers to introduce rent controls. sadiq khan wants to create a board of people, including tenants, who can find ways to reduce rents and keep them at lower levels. commuters will soon be able to use their mobile phones on part

of the tube. part of thejubilee line between westminster and canning town will be the first stretch of tunnels to be fitted with 4g. if popular, the technology will be rolled out across the rest of the network later this year. it is a song written by a couple of cabbies who say it is just what the capital needs — a feel—good anthem for london. it is called we are london, and it has just been released, written and performed by cab drivers joe cartwright and john cox. they wrote it in the back of their cabs, and they are hoping it will be a big hit. i just started to feel that london needed some sort of anthem. # we are london... the idea was it was just a great — "we are london," what a statement. cabbies can only write this song, because we see it through cabbies' eyes. it's a song about the people,

a celebration of people, and a celebration of this fantastic city. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there are minor delays on the piccadilly line due to a lack of drivers. there are also minor delays on the central line between epping and debden due to a track fault. there are queues in the city approaching the old street roundabout. in marble arch, the bayswater road is closed westbound between cumberland gate and lancaster gate due to a burst watermain. on the south circular, at catford hill, one lane is closed eastbound near the junction with ravensbourne park. now the weather, with elizabeth. good morning. it's the start of the school holidays for many next week, and things are set to warm up considerably. but for today, a rather wet day. plenty of heavy rain in the forecast, it'll be quite breezy as well, but it is a dry early start to the morning.

a bit of brightness first thing out towards eastern areas before the cloud thickens, the wind picks up. we start to see this heavy, persistent rain move in from the south—west. it will push its way north—eastward. lots of dry weather through the afternoon, but as you can see, the rain never too far away. top temperatures only between 19 and 20 degrees celsius. it will feel quite breezy at times, and there's a second pulse of rain headed our way as we go towards this evening and the overnight period. it's going to be really rather wet, and it will feel muggy and humid with it, temperatures down to between 15 and 17 degrees celsius. so quite a lot of surface water around tomorrow morning. still some showery outbreaks of rain to start the day on saturday. always the risk of one or two heavy, thundery showers breaking out, but also some sunny spells. temperatures in the mid—20s over the weekend. dry on sunday, those temperatures rising as we head into the start of next week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to naga and charlie. bye for now.

good morning welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt. our headlines today: fourteen people have been injured, some seriously, after a crash at a car event on the streets of stevenage. millions of public sector workers are in line for their biggest pay rise in six years. a remarkable moment in space history — naga's atjodrell bank as we mark 50 years since the mission to land on the moon.

we will be live atjodrell bank celebrating those moments. tomorrow, of course the moon landing anniversary. we'll be exploring the role the uk played, and how this observatory in cheshire captured the moment when the eagle had landed. warm and sunny on the day of the moon landing but today, lots of cloud and outbreaks of rain set to pushing. the full forecast on a brea kfast. the big summer getaway — airports prepare for their busiest day of the year, but road congestion and train delays are also expected. i'll have the details and some top tips for your holiday travel "i want to punch myself," says rory after his open nightmare. the home favourite, mchoy, thinks it was nerves that led to an opening round,

of 8 over par, at portrush, and he now faces a fight to stay in the competition. good morning. fourteen people have been injured, some seriously, in what police describe as a "horrendous" car crash in stevenage. two vehicles collided yesterday evening at a car event on the streets of the town, hitting spectators watching from the roadside. let's get the latest from our reporter simon jones. take us through what we know occurred. witnesses have described the crash as absolutely horrific. ten o'clock yesterday evening and people had gathered for a car meet. they were watching cars drive past when a one point a car pulls out of a side road, is another car going at speed. we're not showing the moment of the crash but afterwards you see

the two cars crash, heading towards spectators and a number of people we re spectators and a number of people were hit. police say 14 people were injured, some seriously. 12 people we re injured, some seriously. 12 people were taken to hospital according to the ambulance service. this was supposed to be a static car event where people park their car and admire their vehicles. they had wa nted admire their vehicles. they had wanted people this was not an event where people could carry out racing but it appears that is what happened. we have details on public sector pay rises. this could be the biggest public sector pay rise in about six yea rs. we public sector pay rise in about six years. we know they have been

subject to freezers and historic measures introduced by the coalition government. this will be a relief for many. 2 million workers are set to benefit. it is worth collectively about £2 million but there is no real detail where the money will come from. it is expected it will come from. it is expected it will come from. it is expected it will come from existing funds and therefore they might have to be savings in other departments. the official announcement is on monday. reports suggesting soldiers will get a pay rise of about 2.9%, teachers and school staff 2.7%, police officers, dentists, 2.5% stop crucially no detail and we're not expecting nurses to be part of the pay rise so some controversy there. when we look at how quickly prices are going up, this means wages will go are going up, this means wages will 9° up are going up, this means wages will go up more than inflation is which is around 2%. they averaged 2.5%,

these pay rises. still not as good as the private sector. they getting as the private sector. they getting a pay rise of 3.5% so after many yea rs of a pay rise of 3.5% so after many years of a pay freeze and austerity, the public sector still feeling the pinch. england's schools desperately need a multi—billion pound cash injection according to a group of mps. the education select committee found schools were increasingly being asked to deal with growing pupil numbers and rising costs, without adequate resources. our education and family correspondent, frankie mccamley, reports. earlier this month, protests in westminster over school funding. in may, families take to the street in cities across the country, demanding action on what they call a national crisis in a special needs funding. two months before that, thousands of

head teachers wrote to parents saying schools are facing a funding crisis. following the unprecedented march through westminster where thousands march. today a call by a group of mps. we are calling for a ten year plan. the argument is simple. if the nhs can have £20 billion extra and a ten year plan, white should education be the poor relation of public funding? ——by? the funder report recommends... the government says, while it is accurate to say funding is at its highest level, it doesn't recognise a schools are facing budgeting

challenges. president trump says a us warship has destroyed an iranian drone in the gulf. mr trump said the uss boxer had taken defensive action after the unmanned aircraft flew within1000 metres of the american ship. but iran's foreign minister has said his country knew nothing about the incident. the uk could be experiencing a once—in—a—decade wildlife phenomenon this year with a mass influx of painted lady butterflies, experts have said. the charity butterfly conservation, wants people to take part in its annual count to find out how different species are coping after last summer's hot conditions and this year's higher—than—average rainfall. watchers are being asked to spend just 15 minutes spotting common butterflies and day—flying moths over the next three weeks. we will be chatting to chris patton later on, just after... just before

eight o'clock this morning. an adaptation for the musical cat has been released. that is the first glimpse for you. despite the star—studded cast, the clause have come out on twitter, described as terrifying and insane. that could be a good thing. actors likejudy dench have been transformed using technology. it should be released in december. the new series of the bbc gangster drama, peaky blinders, had its premier screening last night in birmingham, the city where it is set. the previous series was bbc two's biggest drama of 2017. here's will batchelor. it was the hottest ticket in town. 75,000 people applied for a seat at birmingham town hall to catch up with the second city's deadliest dynasty, the shelbys. oy, listen up, before we go and eat...

the previous bafta—winning series of peaky blinders saw the clan leader, tommy shelby, making a move into politics. but writer, steven knight, says that shelby‘s new status has not changed his way of doing business. tommy is entering a different world and suddenly the decisions he makes...| think what he's doing, as a working—class man is realising the things that made him successful on the streets of small heath can equally make him successful in westminster. for peaky blinders fans, last night's premier was a chance to meet some of the cast, get a quick selfie and compare flat caps. i feel like it has really changed the way a whole generation of men dress. i know so many guys that love the aesthetic of it because it has given them a way to sort of express themselves, and it's got this iconography that people have really embraced. such a lovely thing to be a part of. tell your people in chicago... series five will air on bbc one, a move away from its previous home on bbc two, later this year.

will bachelor, bbc news. the first glimpse for you. let's go back to one of our main stories. 27% of car deaths in 2017 involved people that were not wearing a seatbelt. now the government is looking at introducing penalty points and fines for those caught not wearing them, in a bid to reduce the number of fatalities. let's speak now to david davies from the parliamentary action committee on transport safety. good morning to you and thank you for your time. i was surprised they we re for your time. i was surprised they were so many people not wearing seatbelts steel. we were surprised, frankly, because of my group was formed 40 years ago. when we looked at this, we found that 250 deaths a year, most people where a seatbelt but yet a high proportion of those

who die in because do not. they are highly at risk and it overlaps with speeding and drink—driving and it often happens late at night. it is more about young drivers but not exclusively. we were supported by direct line with the research. the recommendation is that elusive three points your license and you get £100 fine whereas for other offences you get points taken. it shows that it is not that serious but we see how important it is to wear a seatbelt. clarify for me. you are required to wear a seatbelt. absolutely. how is it not an offence? it is an offence it's just you do not get points of

your license. some people £100 is not that much of a worry but you rack up to a point and you lose your license. the safety message has not reached some people. so you take another measure to reach them which is you will feel it on your license. it needs action and more publicity and education and enforcement. seatbelt reminders in cars. my older ca rs seatbelt reminders in cars. my older cars do not have such reminders and not all cars have reminders in the rear seats. it is a technology improvement needed to reinforce it. in terms of some of the practicalities, how does it work? there is a driver and three passengers. he was responsible? anybody over 14 is responsible for themselves. the driver for anybody under 14. that means the message is

not necessarily to drivers. how do you reach those people who are not drivers who get in the car and did not wear a seatbelt. in its wider education. there is quite a lot of messaging to young people. 16—17, they are driving themselves, getting they are driving themselves, getting the message across to passengers. we already tried to do education and so if you do not feel safe with your driver, say, i feel if you do not feel safe with your driver, say, ifeel sick. we think a good message would be to say, put your seatbelt on because that protects you more than anything else. our lead story this morning is to do with an incident in stevenage. an organised event on public roads and this is an accident in which we are reporting 14 people have been

injured, some seriously and clearly you can see from images that there was some racing involved. the organisers say it was designed to be a static event, for people to look at one another‘s cars. i suppose these are people who love cars. this isa these are people who love cars. this is a real risk and it is happening in many cities, this kind of event, fortu nately in many cities, this kind of event, fortunately without this kind of outcome. but what can be done to try and avoid these incidents? this is not typical although not unusual. they do not appear in the casualty figures. adequate policing. the question of speed culture. many cars now are capable of doing silly speeds and silly accelerations and thatis speeds and silly accelerations and that is putting temptation in the way of ordinary people like this. i

cannot comment on this specific case... ina cannot comment on this specific case... in a lot of towns around the uk, these gatherings are happening a lot. they are not official and yet it is almost as if they are condoned by the police. they know they are happening and on public roads. it is a problem to know what approach to take. i'm sure it is. police are very strange. we like to do more conventional road safety and this is definitely stretching it. we are going to have a look at the weather now. we are spending quite a bit of time atjodrell bank because we are celebrating 50 years ago today we were just getting ready for the moonwalk. extraordinary times, and jodrell bank and the telescope there had a key part to play, didn't it? it is true to say, i don't know about you, but i remember looking up

at the moonjust about you, but i remember looking up at the moon just after that happened and always being staggered that we had been there. it is one of those very obvious statements, but it is still extraordinary, isn't it? it certainly is, charlie. it is hard to believe just how big a place in the whole of the solar system, really. 50 yea rs whole of the solar system, really. 50 years ago today we were reaching those crucial stages of approaching that moon landing, of course, and big temperature contrasts to be found on the moon as well. we couldn't see the moon this morning, u nfortu nately, couldn't see the moon this morning, unfortunately, with plenty of cloud overhead. the weather is u nfortu nately not overhead. the weather is unfortunately not playing ball and that weather is set to bring us more in the way of rain across the uk. it is set to turn quite wet and windy in many areas as we go through the rest of today. that rain already across many western areas, heavy and persistent across parts of wales in the south—west, pushing and across northern ireland as well. it will move its way northwards and eastwards erratically, it could

cause travel problems on the roads as it drops quite a large amount of rain, especially across wales. the rain, especially across wales. the rain will move its way north and eastwards, the far north of scotland best favoured for staying dry. even here we will see one or two showers, bridges between 17 and 19 degrees. more persistent rain across southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england into the afternoon, but things will brighten up a touch if you start the day wet across england and wales. a few showers here and there, a little bit of sunshine times. breezy, and temperatures at best around 21 or 22 for the vast majority across the far south of england. towards the far south—west, as we finish the afternoon, more rain starting to edge its way in, turning wet and persistent across southern areas of england as we go through tonight, pushing its way northwards and eastwards. could be some rumbles of thunder with it, but many a garden in the south will get

a welcome drop of wet weather. the north and west will get some clear skies developing, and temperatures not dropping to low, ten or 11 degrees the lowest as we start tomorrow morning start to end the weekend, —— into the weekend, early risers will see heavy rain initially, sunshine coming out eventually, and showers most prevalent through the afternoon across central and eastern areas. some of those could be on the heavy side and still very blustery across england and wales as well. temperatures will take a boost, up a couple of degrees and what we will see today. as showers fade through saturday night into sunday morning, a sunny start for many but the sunshine turns hazy and later in the day it is set to turn increasingly wet and windy across parts of scotla nd wet and windy across parts of scotland and northern ireland especially. with winds starting to come from a southerly direction, even with cloud increasing across the south and east, you will start to see things turning that little bit more humid and as we go into next week, it will turn hotter and more humid still, temperatures as high as 32 celsius for some in the

south—east corner later on. but crucially there will be some clear skies for the astronomers out there. let's talk to some more people who have the astronomy bug and are particularly enthusiastic, one of the younger members of the macclesfield astronomy society is with me at the moment. you were seven when you became a member. first of all, what first got you interested in the moon and space?” think it is so fascinating, and there are so many questions that have yet to be answered and so little that we actually know about the universe. and that got me hooked onto learning more and possibly pursuing a career in astronomy. do you know what was the first thing that made you think i want to know more myself? i think it was the first space book i read, and it really got me hooked on it, and i found the macclesfield astronomy society and joint, and that first book was the thing that made me hooked on astronomy. does your

enthusiasm rub off on your friends, especially when you show them your telescope? two it has rubbed off on a couple of my friends, and just one look through the eyepiece can practically hook anyone. so if someone said tomorrow you can go to the moon, would you fancy it? definitely, it would be an amazing experience, definitely, yes. hopefully one day. also with me from the society is vicky. your aim is to try and get people enthused with space and the moon, isn't it?” try and get people enthused with space and the moon, isn't it? i had been involved in astronomy for years and had never purchased a telescope. lama and had never purchased a telescope. i am a video blogger, i make videos to encourage people tojoin their local astronomical societies because the social life is fantastic. what was it that got you so enthusiastic about space in the first base?” remember my dad telling me that he met bernard lovell, who created this telescope, and also looking through the eyepiece and seeing saturn for

the eyepiece and seeing saturn for the first time completely hooked me. so what does this special day mean for you? well, i wasn't around the first time, but i might get to see it the second time around. thank you very much forjoining us. we have the macclesfield astronomic society, and we will be talking to naga later in the programme as well. it is a shame the cloud is here, but for the time being i will hand you back to sa lfo rd. time being i will hand you back to salford. and we will be talking about the summer getaway, the summer holiday, so it is set up nicely. it is that time of year, everyone is going somewhere. yes, most schools have either broken up already and or have their last day today, so if you're planning to travel over the next couple of days, it is going to be busier than usual.

so, if you have a flight booked or you're heading to the airport, all the major airports and airlines say they are preparing for the big getaway. edinburgh, glasgow, liverpool, newcastle and southampton will all experience their busiest days either today, saturday or sunday, so leave extra time to check in. easyjet and thomas cook say today is going to be their busiest day. but watch out for strike action, too. workers at heathrow and gatwick as well as ba and easyjet staff in stansted are all threatening to walk out in various disputes. the companies say they have plans in place. nonetheless, on top of all those extra people expected to pass through the airports, it could be pretty hectic. is this one cleared

for take—off? let's pretty hectic. is this one cleared for ta ke—off? let's let pretty hectic. is this one cleared for take—off? let's let that one go on time. shall we talk about cars and roads? bang on cue. the roads are expected to be pretty busy. congestion is expected to peak today, and the rac are warning of significant queues and delays of up to 90 minutes on some routes. be especially careful on the m1 southbound and m25. as people try to get out of the capital that is set to be pretty gridlocked. the busiest time on the roads this weekend will be today between 11:00am and 6:45pm. did you hear that? it was a warning as it came in, just in case. just to stay out of the way. if you are out on the roads today, be careful, it will be pretty busy. what is coming now? it's a train. a very european

looking train. how do trains go, charlie? i'm not going to do the sound effect. there is supposed to bea sound effect. there is supposed to be a button somewhere making all the noises. i think we peaked too soon. surprise, surprise, there will be some engineering works. there is some work starting tomorrow on the west coast main line between crewe and warrington. it means virgin trains expect today to be extra busy. then, from tomorrow, some services will be diverted and others will be replaced by buses. check before you travel. as ever, plan ahead, be prepared, travel safely, have an amazing time. send us pictures of your wonderful

holidays, and if you are still in work, tough luck. are there literally things called travel sweets ? literally things called travel sweets? yes, i have been discussing this in social media, it has to come in around ten, and it has to be covered in icing sugar. practical advice, very practical advice —— tin. and 50 years ago, we were looking up their thinking what an extraordinary thing is about to happen. yes, you were, i wasn't quite on then, but it was an amazing day 50 years ago. i am here at the jodrell was an amazing day 50 years ago. i am here at thejodrell bank observatory, and behind me is the lovell telescope, which you will be able to have a look at. it is a very special place, the lovell telescope

is the third largest in the world. it is so powerful, it can pick up radio waves from space billions of light—years away. it is quite something to perceive at this time in the morning. it can detect radio signals from mars. if you made a phone call on mars it would be able to pick it up, it would be able to track it does. 50 years ago when apollo 11 was at this really critical phase, just in the moon's atmosphere and getting ready for its astronauts, neil armstrong and buzz aldrin, to land on the moon, and although the jodrell team aldrin, to land on the moon, and although thejodrell team wasn't officially part of it, it was tracking parts of that mission as well. we put the lovell telescope through its paces well we have been preparing for this special programme today. we have done a moon bounce, we have basically sent a message to the moon, and had it bounced, heard it come back down to earth. can you imagine what that sounds like? we kind of thought what does the moon

sound like! here is what it said. greetings, planet earth. this is your message from the moon. and now, the news, whether and —— weather and travel, wherever you are in the universe. good morning from bbc london. the mayor is calling on the government to give city hall new powers to introduce rent controls. sadiq khan wants to create a board of people, including tenants, who can find ways to reduce rents and keep them at lower levels. commuters will soon be able to use their mobile phones on part of the tube. part of thejubilee line between westminster and canning town will be the first stretch of tunnels to be fitted with 4g. if popular, the technology will be rolled out across the rest of the network later this year.

it is a song written by a couple of cabbies who say it is just what the capital needs — a feel—good anthem for london. it is called we are london, and it has just been released, written and performed by cab drivers joe cartwright and john cox. they wrote it in the back of their cabs, and they are hoping it will be a big hit. i just started to feel that london needed some sort of anthem. # we are london... the idea was it wasjust a great — "we are london," what a statement. cabbies can only write this song, because we see it through cabbies' eyes. it's a song about the people, a celebration of the people, and a celebration of this fantastic city. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on all lines. traffic is building across putney bridge in both directions.

in marble arch, the bayswater road is closed westbound between cumberland gate and lancaster gate due to a burst watermain. on the south circular at catford hill, one lane is closed eastbound near the junction with ravensbourne park. now the weather, with elizabeth. good morning. it's the start of the school holidays for many next week, and things are set to warm up considerably. but for today, a rather wet day. plenty of heavy rain in the forecast, it'll be quite breezy as well, but it is a dry early start to the morning. a bit of brightness first thing out towards eastern areas before the cloud thickens, the wind picks up. we start to see this heavy, persistent rain move in from the south—west. it will push its way north—eastwards. lots of dry weather through the afternoon, but as you can see, the rain never too far away. top temperatures only between 19 and 20 degrees celsius. it will feel quite breezy at times, and there's a second pulse of rain

headed our way as we go into this evening and the overnight period. it's going to be really rather wet, and it will feel muggy and humid with it, temperatures down to between 15 and 17 degrees celsius. so quite a lot of surface water around tomorrow morning. still some showery outbreaks of rain to start the day on saturday. always the risk of one or two heavy, thundery showers breaking out, but also some sunny spells. temperatures in the mid—20s over the weekend. dry on sunday, those temperatures rising as we head into the start of next week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. of course, you can follow us on twitter and facebook. now though it's back to naga and charlie. bye for now. hello this is breakfast with charlie stayt in salford. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. 16 people have been injured, some seriously, in what police

describe as a "horrendous" car crash in stevenage. two vehicles collided yesterday evening at a car event on the streets of the town, hitting spectators watching from the roadside. let's get the latest from our reporter simon jones. take us through events. since we last spoke, the ambulance service has told us the numbers injured have risen to 16. witnesses to the event describe it as absolutely horrific. people had gathered at the side of the road, at a car meet to watch ca rs. the road, at a car meet to watch cars. but at one point, a car pulls out of sidecar and another car comes at speed and heads that car. we will not show you the actual moment of impact than the cars career off in different directions and plough into a group of pedestrians watching. some of the injured are in a serious

condition. the event was organised on facebook and one of the organisers said it was supposed to bea organisers said it was supposed to be a static car meet, when people turn up with their cars, park them and then admire them. he told us it was against the rules that any sort of racing would occur but that is what appears to have happened. it's understood that the government is set to commit to £2 billion in pay increases for public sector workers. the plans are set to be unveiled as one of theresa may's last acts as prime minister. it's the biggest public sector pay rise for six years, which comes following concerns that salaries are rising faster in the private sector. drivers caught not wearing a seatbelt could face points on their licence as well as fines, in an attempt to cut deaths on britain's roads. other measures, including banning young drivers from the road at night time and teaching children about the dangers of using a phone near to the road, are also being considered by the government.

the first trailer for the film adaptation of the hit musical cats has been released. but despite its star studded cast, the claws have come out on twitter with people describing it as "terrifying and insane". that is not necessarily a bad thing, i think. actors including judi dench and taylor swift have been transformed using computer—generated fur. the film is set to be released in december. please let there be an app so we can make ourselves look like cats. a majestic tail with a quiff at the. your imagination is running wild. what a frightening thought.” your imagination is running wild. what a frightening thought. i could use it in a spot. where are you going with this? it is all inside your head. not surprising after

seeing that. the fur would be raised after rory mcilroy performance... it was a bit tenuous. yes. it looks like he is turning to his weeds, gardening. he might be gardening u nless gardening. he might be gardening unless he can turn this tournament around. he is actually looking for his role in the first hole. he also hit a lady's phone. he took eight shots for one whole. it was all set, to be a romantic homecoming for rory mcilroy. the first time in 68 years, that northern ireland has staged the open, and mcilroy was the bookmakers favourite to win it. but that now looks very unlikely, after a dreadful first round of eight over par. andy swiss reports from royal portrush. they'd waited 68 years for this. the open finally back in northern ireland. but if for fans it was a day to remember, for their hero,

it was one to forget. from his very first swing, rory mcilroy‘s hopes went horribly awry. after going out of bounds, he took eight shots at the opening hole, and what followed was often painful to watch. commentator: it has been quite a day so far. not for mcilroy. he finished 8—over par, one of the worst rounds of the day. time for perspective. i'm disappointed, but at the end of the day, i'm still the same person. i'm going to go back and see my family, see my friends, and hopefully they don't think any less of me after a performance like that today. and i'll dust myself off and come back out tomorrow and try to do better. tiger woods also struggled. he's 7—over. instead, it's his compatriot, jb holmes, who leads the field. commentator: and in it goes. but no doubting the prize for shot of the day,

or indeed most days. hole number 13, lucky for some, as argentina's emiliano grillo took the direct approach. a day, then, of mixed fortunes for the players, and mixed weather for the fans. but their hopes of seeing rory mcilroy win here on home soil are surely already over. andy swiss, bbc news, royal portrush. it looks so beautiful they. the early starters are already underway at royal portrush. you can follow round two via the bbc sport website and app. now england will play new zealand, in the semi—finals of the netball world cup after keeping up their 100% record, in the tournament, by beating south africa. it's a result which means they finish top of group g, with six wins out of six. south africa also go through as runners—up, they face australia in the last four. i said to the girls before the game,

you know, this game isjust about having a crack at it. go out and enjoy it. the fans are here for you, and we're just here to enjoy it. really commit every day, and we take each game at a time, and we said we want to win every game, and that's what we want to keep on doing. there's also — there's a team ethos and a team ethic that we want to put out, and i'm just really pleased with the way they handled themselves today. australia are well in control of the test match in the women's ashes — a game england must win, to avoid losing the tournament. australia lead by 6 points to nil, in the multi—format series, so avoiding defeat would see them retain the ashes. and they're well on their way in taunton. elise perry, top—scoring on 84 not out, as australia finished day one on 265 for 3. britain's simon yates has won stage 12 of the tour de france. three riders who'd broken away from the peloton, were fighting it out, in a sprint finish. it was eventually won by yates, who rides for the mitchelton—scott team.

frenchman julian alaphilippe, retained the overall leader's yellow jersey. gerraint thomas is still second overall, 72 seconds behind. britain's jack law, says he feels "dead inside", after a mistake at the world diving championships, saw him miss out on a gold medal. law had led, the 3 metre springboard event, in south korea from the start. but this final dive meant that he came away from the competition, withjust a bronze medal. law said he doesn't know what went wrong with the dive. and punched a wall in frustration. it just shows itjust shows how quickly it just shows how quickly that spot can change and how difficult it is. after a ll can change and how difficult it is. after all those years and months of training. a tiny margin. have you had a go at that? yes, but it was more like water bombing. when they

get up to the really high stuff, well. we're looking ahead to the 50 year moon landing anniversary which took place tomorrow.” year moon landing anniversary which took place tomorrow. i am not quite enough to remember it but i feel like i am getting to know it more. people were watching events unfold injodrell people were watching events unfold in jodrell bank. people were watching events unfold injodrell bank. what a day, jane, and at that place had a real part to play in what happened in the skies above? it really did. it independently verified that the moon landing actually happened. i have an assistant here, keeping the festival

green. she is going to show us how the telescope works. i will tell you how the lovell telescope works. radio signals from the furthest reaches of the universe come down to earth. they enter into the dome, bounce off the edge of the white dish, into the antenna and they are amplified by more than a million times. they come down the antenna and go into the control centre to be analysed by the scientists here at jodrell bank. spin around and you will see that she is down there ready to whisper into a small appliance. we will be able to hear each other. let's take it away. good morning, can you hear me? yes, i can. good morning, bbc breakfast.

that is just a whisper and that is how the telescope kind of works and how the telescope kind of works and how the telescope kind of works and how the principle of the moon bounce works. have a look at this film from fiona lambton. the man is a quarter of1 million miles away. amazing we can actually speak to it through men bouncing. broadcasting a message echoed back through space in a matter of seconds. we talk into a microphone here, that microphone sent the soundwaves via the internet to the netherlands. in the netherlands they are turned into a radio signal which is transmitted all the way to the moon and we catch the echo without telescope and turn it back into a sound again. but what message you

sent to the men and who should deliver it? we went to meet a family from manchester with their new addition. i found a rocket and went up addition. i found a rocket and went up to visit the moon. judy happens to be on the moon landing anniversary. she is the cutest baby in the world and i love her. as a man came up, we took dad back to deliver their message. ready when you. as you might imagine, trying to contact the man was not entirely straightforward. hello, moon. is that you, moon? two hours later, we had a breakthrough. welcome to the world, tilly may. lots of love from

mummy and daddy. what was that like? you are talking to the moon. mummy and daddy. what was that like? you are talking to the moonm mummy and daddy. what was that like? you are talking to the moon. it is a steel coming back now. a comedian could not resist sending his message. he transformed into sympatric more. if donald trump asked to build a golf course there, resist him. they are nodding frantically. thinking in future, moonlit evenings, to know you have spoken and it was rebounded from the moon itself and back to the earth, it is quite astonishing. it really is. an evening, a conversation this family will never forget.

how cool is that. tilly may, if you're watching, good morning from us atjodrell you're watching, good morning from us at jodrell bank. just you're watching, good morning from us atjodrell bank. just afterjohn kohlschreiber said recess, he said a lot of other stuff we had to cut out. isn't it true? it is true i can vouch for that. don't share. i won't. did you get much sleep? not a lot. i have had a few coffees. forget about bouncing a voice of the men, give us a sense of how far you have been able to look into the universe? distances are so vast. in terms of how long the signal takes to the men, it is one and a quarter late seconds but to the seconds it is eight light minutes, 100,000 light years to the other side of the galaxy some galaxies, the signals we

receive have been travelling for billions of years. the universe is unimaginably vast and it might go on forever. we do not know the answer to that yet. but that is why you are here. and hopefully we will be able to a nswer here. and hopefully we will be able to answer that question soon. how many times a day do you get asked if the moon landing actually happened? we do get asked it. we bring independent evidence but that does not satisfy some people. the flat earth nonsense has also come up recently. i think some people like to believe... defined that depressing? i think it is a pity that people would rather believe something did not happen rather believe what the human race was able to do. if you look at a number of

articles it explains what happened. the more we talk about it, i hope the truth is out there and we will show everyone. that is yourjob to find it. what about a plug for the bbc? have you been listening to 30 minutes to the moon? amazing. if you area minutes to the moon? amazing. if you are a doubter, listen to that because it will blow your mind. great stories as well. really inspiring. thank you for your time. before i head back to the weather, i have been handed this which has been blown into the floor but it is in a protected envelope. look at this, this is pretty special. this is a newspaper from three years before the moon landing when the signals from a russian spacecraft were intercepted by scientists here at the lovell telescope and they were able to print the very first picture

from the men surface. more on that in the next hour but for now let's go to the weather. you may have pictures of the moon, but at the moment i have bits of the moon with me. let mejust but at the moment i have bits of the moon with me. let me just explain. joining me is planetary scientist sarah crowther from the university of manchester. thank you forjoining us. let's get straight to it, what do we have here? these are samples from the moon collected by the apollo astronauts, not actually apollo astronauts, not actually apollo 11, which we are celebrating the anniversary of this weekend, but apollo 15, 16. they brought those back on those missions. so what do these tell us? they are all different colours, shapes and textures. they are, so if you look up textures. they are, so if you look up at the moon in the sky at night, some areas are dark in some areas are quite light. we have different types of rock from the different areas. so this type of rock comes

from the lighter areas of the moon, thatis from the lighter areas of the moon, that is effectively the crust of the moon, and darker assault rocks were formed by ancient volcanoes on the moon ‘— formed by ancient volcanoes on the moon —— basalt. formed by ancient volcanoes on the moon -- basalt. so like us, the moon has a call. it does, it is much smaller than ours, but it does. we are here all weekend, we will have these rocks on display, so people can come and look at them, hold the moon. hopefully the weather will improve for you. it is a little bit wet at the moment but we are doing our best to stay dry here atjodrell bank. you will be hard pressed to stay completely dry across the uk, wherever you are. it is set to turn wetter and windier across the uk. wet weather at the moment is across the good part of england and wales, pushing its way northwards and eastwards. through northern ireland and a good part of scotland, a few showers developing here and there,

but we will see the rain edging its way northwards. it could cause some problems on the roads, some rain in a short space of time and a fair bit of surface water. in across northern scotland, some will stay dry throughout with some sunshine stopped a few showers, maybe the odd heavy one, but temperatures 17 to 19 degrees. the greatest chance of rain this afternoon in northern ireland. not great news at the open. the winds will be not as strong as they will be further south, blustery winds across england and wales. skies will brighten this afternoon compared with this morning, one or two spells of hazy sunshine coming through. temperatures will be down on recent days. you will notice as we hit the english channel there is more rain gathering towards the south—west of england to end the afternoon. through the evening that will push across a good part of southern, central and eastern england, particularly the south—east overnight, where it could be heavy

and thundery at times. close to an inch of rain in a few spots, and to the north and west one or two showers, dry weather and a cold night. temperatures in double figures for the vast majority as we start saturday morning. if you are up start saturday morning. if you are up early across parts of eastern england it may be on the west side. it as things will turn much brighter. a good deal of sunshine developing, but it won't be long in the morning before showers start to develop. by the afternoon sun could be heavy and thundery, especially towards central and eastern parts of the uk. that will come with a bit of a breeze across southern areas of the country, and it does mean that even though we will see the sunshine come out, temperatures down on what we have seen so far this week, but a little bit warmer than today. and after a dry and clear night for some of you, some sunshine for southern and eastern areas but turning wet and eastern areas but turning wet and windier across parts of southern scotla nd and windier across parts of southern scotland and northern ireland through the day. in doing so, we drag in more of a southerly flow, humidity level start to creep up and

it will turn that little bit hotter as well. it will turn much hotter as we go into next week. that's how it looks for myself, and the moon behind me. iwill looks for myself, and the moon behind me. i will hand you back to charlie in salford. you are blocking it with your head. just one side or the other. that's it. there we go. thank you very much. i don't know what good weather would be for butterflies. we can find out now. wildlife broadcaster and vice pesident of the butterfly conservation charity chris packham joins us now from the natural history museum in london. you are urging us to count butterflies and have a check on how they are doing. good morning. firstly, let's deal with the weather issue. butterflies like it when it issue. butterflies like it when it is sunny, because it allows them to be active and harvesting that nectar so they can go about their business. you join me so they can go about their business. youjoin me in so they can go about their business. you join me in the beautiful garden at the natural history museum to launch butterfly conservation's big butterfly count, sponsored by bnq. last year 100,000 people took part in this survey and they counted more

than1 million in this survey and they counted more than 1 million butterflies. in this survey and they counted more than1 million butterflies. it is a really good thing to do on several accounts. we need to know more about these insects. three quarters of them have declined significantly in them have declined significantly in the last 40 years, but equally we wa nt to the last 40 years, but equally we want to get people out into green spaces like this, gardens, parks school grounds, to count these insects. engaging with nature is a great way of improving our mental health, and that is why this year butterfly conservation are partnering with mind, the mental health charity. so taking part in this work is a win— win situation, and we are hoping as many people willjoin us as possible. and we are hoping as many people will join us as possible. it is all about practicality, and being able to identify things. lots of us would say look at that lovely butterfly, we wouldn't know what they are. as you talk, we will run the pictures so people have a clear idea. take us through some of the ones we might see. firstly, no problem identifying the butterflies, you download the

sheep from our website and there are 19 species on there you will be able to identify. this is the painted lady butterfly, and we are quite keen to count these insects this year, as we expect an influx. the last one was in 2009, and 11 million of these migrant insect came all the way from south of the sahara into the uk. another characteristic species, which is one that everyone loves in the uk, is of course the red admiral butterfly, a striking insects in the adult phase, which you will see on nectar producing pla nts you will see on nectar producing plants over much of the uk. but we are not just interested plants over much of the uk. but we are notjust interested in the big and flashy ones. we are interested in all of our butterfly species. there is no reason you couldn't clocked up at least 20 in your garden if you are looking on the right day and in the right place. marbled white is a species. i had one of these in my garden for the first time ever, so i was tremendously excited about that. normally a species we see on rough, grassy areas, but they will come

into gardens. we have been worried about some species like small coppers. they had a good year last year but the drought might have had an impact on some of our butterflies, and that is precisely why we like to take these surveys very seriously and do them on an annual basis. it allows us to keep our finger firmly annual basis. it allows us to keep ourfingerfirmly on the annual basis. it allows us to keep our finger firmly on the pulse of the uk's out of low population and distribution. we know it is changing for all sorts of reasons. that's fantastic, and i hope people get involved. can i ask you one thing. we are doing a lot at looking at the anniversary, 50 years tomorrow since man landed on the moon. did you ever want... would you have been one of those who would have signed up to a trip to the moon? do you know, throughout the 1960s, i am 58 years old, so i was growing up alongside captain bundaberg, i had all the apollo posters on the wall, i

followed every mission, and when neil armstrong stepped out of that capsule, to this day i remember watching that rented black—and—white tv with him stepping onto the moon. it was one of the greatest and most inspirational things, which led me into a life of science. what an extraordinary achievement, and all of us who are old enough were so privileged to be able to watch that. soi privileged to be able to watch that. so i remember it with great fondness. i never got to become an astronaut, but i am happy with my lot working with the flow conservation to look after the natural world, and good science underpins that, and that is why we are asking for the public‘s support to help us get that science done. lovely talking to you, it always is, and chris absolutely got the atmosphere around it right. if you are old enough, i am also old enough to remember the extraordinary moments in time. naga has been spending some time atjodrell bank observatory, and that place is full

of people who are celebrating this extraordinary moment in time, 50 yea rs extraordinary moment in time, 50 years ago. yes, a fascinating moment in time and what an achievement in human history. can you imagine that tomorrow, 50 years ago tomorrow, neil armstrong, michael collins, buzz aldrin, this is the view they had of the earth. it is just so inspiring, and here, you are absolutely right. people fascinated about the sky, about what is out there. i am joined about the sky, about what is out there. iamjoined byjeff about the sky, about what is out there. i am joined byjeff from the macclesfield astronomical society. what can this see? you get a really clear view of the creators of the moon. if you look at assassin, you will see the rings of saturn, which will see the rings of saturn, which will blow your mind. that turned me onto astronomy. you will see the moons ofjupiter circulating. for anyone have you got a quick tip for them? the main tip is if you live in

them? the main tip is if you live in the city you will not get a great view. you need to go somewhere dark and give your eyes time to adapt to the darkness. around here we go to north wales. it is really dark and you can see a huge amount more. you can see the milky way, for example, in the night sky. it is time to find out what is happening where you are, a little bit closer to the ground, perhaps. we will see you soon. good morning from bbc london. the mayor is calling on the government to give city hall new powers to introduce rent controls. sadiq khan wants to create a board of people, including tenants, who can find ways to reduce rents and keep them at lower levels. commuters will soon be able to use their mobile phones on part of the tube. part of thejubilee line between westminster and canning town will be the first stretch of tunnels to be fitted with 4g. if popular, the technology will be rolled out across the rest of the network later this year.

it is a song written by a couple of cabbies who say it is just what the capital needs — a feel—good anthem for london. it is called we are london, and it has just been released, written and performed by cab drivers joe cartwright and john cox. they wrote it in the back of their cabs, and they are hoping it will be a big hit. i just started to feel that london needed some sort of anthem. # we are london... the idea was it wasjust a great — "we are london," what a statement. yeah, cabbies can only write this song, because we see it through cabbies' eyes. it's a song about the people, a celebration of the people, and a celebration of this fantastic city. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on all lines. there are the usual queues on the a4

into town through west kensington. in marble arch, the bayswater road is closed westbound between cumberland gate and lancaster gate due to a burst watermain. on the south circular, at catford hill, one lane is closed eastbound near the junction with ravensbourne park. and in southwark, on tower bridge road, there are temporary traffic lights going northbound. now the weather, with elizabeth. good morning. it's the start of the school holidays for many next week, and things are set to warm up considerably. but for today, a rather wet day. plenty of heavy rain in the forecast, it'll be quite breezy as well, but it is a dry early start to the morning. a bit of brightness first thing out towards eastern areas, before the cloud thickens, the wind picks up. we start to see this heavy, persistent rain move in from the south—west. it will push its way north—eastwards. lots of dry weather through the afternoon, but as you can see, the rain never too far away. top temperatures only between 19 and 20 degrees celsius. it will feel quite breezy at times, and there's a second pulse of rain headed our way as we go into this

evening and the overnight period. it's going to be really rather wet, and it will feel muggy and humid with it, temperatures down to between 15 and 17 degrees celsius. so quite a lot of surface water around tomorrow morning. still some showery outbreaks of rain to start the day on saturday. always the risk of one or two heavy, thundery showers breaking out, but also some sunny spells. temperatures in the mid—20s over the weekend. dry on sunday, those temperatures rising as we head into the start of next week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. of course, you can follow us on twitter and facebook. bye for now.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt. our headlines today — 16 people have been injured, some seriously, after a crash at a car event on the streets of stevenage. good morning. a £2 billion pay rise. two million public sector workers are set for the biggest increase in pay in six years. are set for the biggest increase it's are set for the biggest increase one small step for giant it's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. a remarkable moment in space history — naga's atjodrell bank as we mark 50 years since the mission to land on the moon. good morning to you. on this day in 1969, apollo 11 was entering a critical phase in its lunar mission.

this special programme this morning looks at one of the greatest achievements in human history. we will explore how scientists here provided independent, indisputable verification that the eagle had indeed landed. while the weather was largely dry and warm 50 years ago here today, the same cannot be said today, it is raining atjodrell bank and it will raining atjodrell bank and it will rain in most parts today, full details on that later. a nightmare opening to the open for rory. the home favourite, mchoy, thinks it was nerves that led to an opening round, of eight over par, at port rush, and he now faces a fight to stay in the competition. it's friday 19th july. our top story. 16 people have been injured, some seriously, in what police describe as a "horrendous" car crash in stevenage. two vehicles collided yesterday evening at a car event

on the streets of the town, hitting spectators watching from the roadside. let's get the latest from our reporter simon jones. take us through what we know of the sequence of events. witnesses to the crash described it as absolutely horrific. it happened just before ten o'clock last night. footage on social media show large crowds had gathered by the side of the road to watch cars drive past. but at one point one car pulls out of a side road, it is then hit by another car coming down the road at speed. we are not showing the actual moment of impact but afterwards you see the two ca rs impact but afterwards you see the two cars career off in opposite directions and plough into spectators. we know 16 people are injured, some of them seriously. we understand the event was organised on facebook. the organiser said this was supposed to be a so—called static car neat and at that point people were supposed to turn up in their cars, park people were supposed to turn up in theircars, park up people were supposed to turn up in their cars, park up and then simply admire the vehicles that people had

brought. the organiser said he had warned he didn't want people to do any sort of racing, he didn't want any sort of racing, he didn't want any sort of anti—social behaviour but it seems that is what has happened and the police are investigating. simon, for the moment, thank you. public sector workers are reportedly set to get a £2 billion pay rise. the times reports that several groups of employees — mostly in england — are in line for above—inflation pay rises. but in almost all cases the money will have to come from current budgets. then, you have some detail on it for us. in line for the biggest public sector pay rise in about six years, so nothing to shake your heart out, public sector workers set to get that £2 billion pay increase. we are expecting this to be one of theresa may's final acts on monday. to run you through some of the detail that we know so far, and as you say it

relates to public sector workers, soldiers will get 2.9%, teachers, school staff will get 2.7%, police officers, 2.5% and senior civil serva nts officers, 2.5% and senior civil servants about 2%, so those figures suggest this is above inflation currently running at about 2%. let's not forget public sector pay has been frozen for a long time as part of those austerity measures introduced by the coalition government, so there is clearly some concern there about whether they have been paid enough thus far. it is worth comparing to the private sector because just this week we had the latest figures suggesting the private sector was getting on average a pay rise of about 3.5% so it is still some way behind that. you are right to point out there are questions about where this money will come from. there isn't a lot of money sloshing around in the system right now, so big questions about whether if this pay rises are to those public sector workers, who will pay for it, and we suspect there may have to be spending cuts elsewhere to be able to pay for it.

clearly a lot of issues there and we should get some of that detail on monday. the idea of this being above inflation will be very welcome because up until now pay hasn't been keeping up with how quickly prices are rising. just to reiterate, 2 million public—sector workers on monday should find out they are going to get a pay rise worth £2 billion. thanks very much. england's schools desperately need a multi—billion pound cash injection — that's according to a group of mps. the education select committee found schools were increasingly being asked to deal with growing pupil numbers and rising costs, without adequate resources. it's calling for a ten year funding plan. the government says funding is currently at its highest level, but it does recognise schools are facing budgeting challenges. president trump says a us warship has destroyed an iranian drone in the gulf. mr trump said the uss boxer had taken defensive action after the unmanned aircraft flew within 1,000 metres of the american ship. but iran's foreign minister has said his country knew

nothing about the incident. drivers caught not wearing a seatbelt could face points on their licence as well as fines, in an attempt to cut deaths on britain's roads. other measures, including banning young drivers from the road at night time and teaching children about the dangers of using a phone near the road, are also being considered by the government. a high proportion of those who die in cars are not wearing a seat belt. so there is a small minority and they're highly at risk, it overlaps with the speeding, drink—driving, it often happens late at night. it's a bit more about young drivers but not exclusively about young drivers. at the moment you get a £100 fine, as you would with speeding or other offences like that, whereas for those other offences you get points on your licence, for seat belt wearing you don't and that has given the impression to police, to all sorts of people that it's not really that serious. those are the main stories. one of the story for you at 8:07am.

the first trailer for the long—awaited top gun sequel has been released, showing tom cruise taking to the skies again. more than 30 years since the original was released, the new film, called top gun: maverick shows the pilot back in his leatherjacket and sunglasses while training the next generation of fighter pilots. the film is expected to be released next summer. we will have all the sport with mike later on and the weather as well. let's go back to one of our main stories this morning. "a multi—billion pound cash injection" is desperately needed to help struggling schools in england — that's according to a group of mps. despite the government saying funding is at its highest level, the report by the education select committee says more is needed and it's worried about the impact on pupils with special needs and disabilities. we'rejoined now from our london newsroom by headteacherjules white, who formed a protest group called worth less.

good morning and thank you for your time this morning. what do you make of what the select committee are saying? we really welcome the report, it vindicates everything head teachers have been saying for some time now, schools and colleges have been chronically underfunded. it has had a really detrimental impact upon the life chances and opportunities of hundreds of thousands of young people up—and—down the country. the fact that this is a cross—party report makes it even more powerful. we hope it prompts real investment. can you give us a sense in practical terms the budget crisis, as described, is like in your school, for example? just very challenging. my school mirrors hundreds and thousands of schools up—and—down the country, class sizes rising, struggling to make the type of curriculum offer we wa nt make the type of curriculum offer we want in areas such as computer science and it. those things have been very difficult. also, as you

will be well aware, there is a ride —— rise in tied around emotional health care and our resources have been stretched to breaking point and we can't go on like this. the fallback position for the government in terms of the statement they have given us, the department for education saying, while it is accurate to say school funding is at its highest level, we recognise there are budgeting challenges. it isa there are budgeting challenges. it is a fallback answer that they are putting more money into schools than ever before but that's not the real picture. no, i think it ever before but that's not the real picture. no, ithink it has ever before but that's not the real picture. no, i think it has been a very unhelpful mantra. the cross— party very unhelpful mantra. the cross—party group of mps have pointed to this. yes, there is more money, but of course the dfe and the government forgets to say there are 750,000 more children in our school since 2010, schools have got to ride all sorts of complex services and we wa nt to all sorts of complex services and we want to deliver on those but we need

to be funded properly and what we actually want from the department and from the government is a real sense of support. this should not be a battle, they should not be a campaign. we actually want their support to invest in schools, to invest in children properly so that we can have this type of social and economic well—being that will really benefit everyone in the country. we spoke to robert halfon mp earlier on, the commons education committee are saying this now, as you say it isa are saying this now, as you say it is a cross—party report, and it is pretty clear about what's required. but you and many other of your collea g u es but you and many other of your colleagues have been saying this for a very long time. how much damage has been done, do you think, in this period of time even if the money emerges, which is quite a big if?” think we have got to get some immediate investment and i think that we all recognise that that needs to happen now and then we need a ten yearfunding plan. i think there has been some damage done. what it has done is pulled our

profession closer together. we have also had a whole host of supportive mps, local politicians. parents have been absolutely supportive. they recognise the work that we do and what we have actually got to start doing is really value education. recentlyjustine greening doing is really value education. recently justine greening said schools shouldn't be seen as a cost, we should be seen as a place to invest in. it has been absolutely awful that parents who have children with special educational needs have had to fight so hard just to get something that their child deserves. we see the same with youngsters from disadvantaged backgrounds. their educational outcomes like others who perhaps have more opportunity and we wa nt perhaps have more opportunity and we want everyone to row in behind schools and actually see us as a place where we work within our communities, teachers, support staff, tas who work incredibly hard and we want that support and to work alongside government. we all know there is going to be a new government and there is a real opportunity now to show this type of investment and really be ambitious

for the future. thank you very much, jules white, who is a head teacher, founder of the worth less campaign. it is 8:12am now. the lights have dimmed because we are spending a bit of time this morning celebrating a remarkable moment in time. have a look at this. that was apollo 11 taking off and of course it was the mission to land a man on the moon. you can see those remarkable pictures now. it is one of those stories were seeing the pictures is still amazing now and it's partly because we haven't done it's partly because we haven't done it since. we are marking at this morning and naga is atjodrell bank observatory in cheshire, which played an important role in monitoring events from the ground. good morning, naga. those of us who can remember, and chris packham early on, i think you heard him,

said it sort of ignited a frenzy of interest in space that for many generations has really been an important part of looking up at the sky. absolutely, charlie. good morning to you, good morning everyone. can you imagine when that apollo 11 took off, the excitement eve ryo ne apollo 11 took off, the excitement everyone felt? when i say it was a space race, there really was a space race, because while apollo 11 was making its way to the mood to put buzz aldrin, michael collins and neil armstrong on the moon, there was another one, the russian luna 15 that was also racing to get to the moon, trying to get there first before apollo 11. all of that was being tracked here at manchester's jodrell bank as well. we are going to be hearing from the scientists that tracked them and were able to verify the landings at the time. we have been tracking the moon ourselves and last night we followed its journey across the sky. some

rather dramatic pictures. u nfortu nately you rather dramatic pictures. unfortunately you will not quite get to see the moon but all of the clouds you are seeing are being lit up clouds you are seeing are being lit up by clouds you are seeing are being lit up by the reflection of that moon. stunning pictures and we are having a great time here even though it is a great time here even though it is a little bit rainy. you might be able to hear the drips coming from the roof here. you don't need me to give you the weather forecast, because we have the perfect person doing it braving the rain outside. i think i got slightly the better deal this morning. good morning. you always have the better deal, i'm in the rain and you are in the dry but i'm still doing all right because as well as celebrating the moon landing this weekend we have the blue dot festival atjodrell bank and! the blue dot festival atjodrell bank and i have a couple of festivalgoers with me and malcolm andjames, festivalgoers with me and malcolm and james, father and son. third time here? fourth time, we came here for the first one four years ago and it has been our go to festival since then, we enjoy the signs and music, it isa then, we enjoy the signs and music, it is a good combination. what is

the draw for you, what are you really here to see? i have to say i'm allabout really here to see? i have to say i'm all about the science here, i'm really excited, i have ten talks lined up this morning. everything from pulsars, and another later today. you are an astrophysicist, is that right? not yet. astrophysicist in training, hopefully. malcolm, you remember about the moon landing, just about, don't you? just about, i was about that high at the time but i had was about that high at the time but ihada was about that high at the time but i had a cardboard saturn v rocket i used to take around and take it apart as it got close. i got the commemorative mug somewhere upstairs but it's hard to know what i rememberfrom the but it's hard to know what i remember from the first time around and what i rememberfrom remember from the first time around and what i remember from the repeats that have been on the television since. very special place to be this weekend atjodrell bank. can't think of anywhere else we would rather be this weekend. enjoy, i'm sorry about the weather today, it will improve,

i promise. maybe not today. have a good time and thank you forjoining us. yes, it is raining here at the moment and there will be rain on and off through much of the day. looking at the forecast for today, there will be quite a bit of wet weather across the uk, many a gardener and grower will certainly welcome that but if you are on your summer holidays at the moment i should put the waterproofs on, get out and enjoy. the rain is heaviest across parts of wales and west in england, pushing northwards and eastwards, i can't promise anywhere will stay com pletely can't promise anywhere will stay completely dry. the favoured spots for staying dried today will be the northern half of scotland. sunny spells here, turning hazy later, a chance of one or two heavy thundery showers, temperatures between 16 and 17 degrees. further southwards, wetter across southern scotland and may be northern ireland in the afternoon, affecting the golfers at port rush. at least the winds aren't too strong. breezy further south across england and. the rain could cause a few problems on the roads in

the short term but things will brighten up in the afternoon. still a few heavy showers around and temperatures peaking in the south around 22, 20 three degrees. in the south—west there is more in the way of persistent rain, pushing across southern and eastern parts of england this evening and overnight, could be some rumbles of thunder and some appreciable amounts of rain as well, may also affecting the midlands. north and west, a few showers, clearer skies, and temperatures for the vast majority will be in the teens. into the weekend, if you are starting it across eastern parts of england you may see some early rain but it will clear through, skies will brighten, lots of sunshine around on saturday punctuated by showers through the morning and into the afternoon and in the afternoon they could become heavy and thundery, particularly in eastern areas. still breezy across southern parts of the uk but temperatures up a bit on the past couple of days. back up to around 23, 24. a clear night when the showers fade to take us into sunday, mostly dry and sunshine but the best sunshine in southern and eastern

areas, turning increasingly hazy through the day as cloud builds from the west. more rain and wind pushing into scotland and northern ireland this time as we finished sunday. we will drag the air in from the south, and it will turn warmer and more humid and next week we will start to see things warm up substantially, southern and eastern areas could see temperatures around 30, 301 degrees. we'd like a bit of that warmth here this weekend. back to charlie. good luck to all of those people in the rain. the time is 8:19am. harlan coben is with me this morning. we will talk about your books and the tv series and all that stuff in a moment but space, you are one of those like me who is old enough to remember that moment. i fell asleep before they came out when i was seven years old. and connections since?” when i was seven years old. and connections since? i met neil armstrong not long before he passed away and heard him speak about it in

sa nta away and heard him speak about it in santa fe. an amazing man. i met buzz aldrin and we were inducted into our state of new jersey aldrin and we were inducted into our state of newjersey hall of fame together. i met both of them. i don't get excited about meeting rock stars or actors, but there is something about neil armstrong. you are an amazing storyteller. i guess immediately, the question you must ask them, as you ask everybody else, what was it like? you can't stop yourself, can you ? what was it like? you can't stop yourself, can you? they handle it with such grace, they are so used to it, they are sort of american heroes at this stage, buzz and i guess michael collins too. you write, a lot of your books are about suburbia, aren't they, ordinary places? never tempted to do space? me? no. my son is working at nasa.” didn't mean going to space but writing about it. no inspiration in that direction? not really, i prefer

the more ordinary man than the extraordinary. talk to us about the new book, runaway. it opens up in central park in newjersey and a man is looking across at a homeless person who is mangling john lennon tunes and he realises it's his daughter who has been missing for six months, out on drugs, and when he approaches her his entire world explodes. the theme is a relatively ordinary person pushed into an extraordinary circumstance. how far would you go to protect your kid. yes. you have four children yourself. how much of that is...m is easy to mine, and you would say no, and! is easy to mine, and you would say no, and i asked you would you kill somebody to save your child's life, and where is that line of apps that grey area i want to play with. there are things in this about drug

addiction and the difficulties people can get into. there is viral videos, and sister dna websites and i want to put them all into a story but hopefully you cannot put down. i wa nt but hopefully you cannot put down. i want runaway to be the book you take to bed at 11 o'clock at night and say i'm going to read for ten minutes and the next thing you know it is five o'clock in the morning. when you write about people, and the main character is a 20—year—old girl, you mentioned before you have children. do they think, dad, hold on... is that me? they are always worried, my kids were fighting about which one was the bad child, that's definitely ben, know it is charlotte, so they all love to fight over it. you have had the most extraordinary success with your books and we haven't even mentioned the numbers but they have been incredibly successful. when did you know that you were onto something as a writer? was there a point at which you kind of knew you had a way of writing that was engaging with

people? i am still insecure about it. every time i write a book i worry no one is going to read it. i think probably part of it is the fear that i'm no good so i'm always trying to do something more, always trying to do something more, always trying to do something more, always trying to improve myself, always trying to improve myself, always trying to improve myself, always trying to make it better and more gripping. ithink trying to make it better and more gripping. i think runaway is the best book i ever wrote but maybe that's wrong but i write with that kind of energy. those people who are fa ns kind of energy. those people who are fans of your work will know already that many of them are in production for television, in the movies already, of course. i think we can see now a clip of stranger. it's the first time we have shown this clip anywhere. for those not familiar, what is the story? stranger starts with a woman who drops secrets on peoples lives that blows them up and i think we are going to see the clip which is the first time she's dropping a secret in the opening moment on richard armitage, who is the star of the show, and how it is going to send him off in a really weird direction. let's have a look.

wife left you to it, has she? yeah, she's away. calls it work. hm. have you got a kid playing in the match, or what? no. you didn't have to stay with her, you know? what? corrine, you didn't have to stay with her when she told you she was pregnant. i'm sorry, do i know you? two years ago she told you she was pregnant, right? that's why you stayed. she told you she was pregnant and then she lost the baby. who are you? she lied, adam. she made it up. she was never pregnant. who are you? why are you saying this? does that really matter? yeah, it does. ok, think of me as a stranger. a stranger that knows. that kind of perfectly illustrates

the thing you were talking about, but something extraordinary happening. he is at a football practice for his kids, sitting there, they are picking the teams, and all ofa there, they are picking the teams, and all of a sudden she comes and drops the bomb. how easy is it seeing your work made, because you presumably have a clear picture of everything and somebody comes in and makes a version of that? frankly, i love it, we get to work here, this is being filmed in manchester with nicola schindler who has done happy valley, queer as folk, nicola schindler who has done happy valley, queeras folk, great nicola schindler who has done happy valley, queer as folk, great people to work with. a book is a book and a tv show is a tv show and they are not supposed to be the same. i really enjoyed it. after spending so much time alone in a room, i spent most of my time locked away. it is great to work with these people. you have approached people to be on the tv shows, including some british stars as well. jennifer saunders is in this one also. you made a direct

approach, didn't you?” in this one also. you made a direct approach, didn't you? i guess she had never done drama before so i didn't think she would want to do it andi didn't think she would want to do it and i wrote a letter saying you will have so much fun and you will be so great and i have this role that i thought would be perfect for you, and she was great, wonderful on the set and i think she will surprise a lot of people with her performance. you are clearly a fan of british drama. would that be fair to say? sure. i don't know, today's world with all the streaming services it is great we can see shows from other countries be at the scandinavian countries, i've done shows in france and i'm doing a show in spain now, and i'm doing a show in spain now, andi and i'm doing a show in spain now, and i love that diversity. if i want you to have the same experience as the book, read the book, but i love the book, read the book, but i love the idea of having it through a different prism of different actors ora different prism of different actors or a different culture, it is a more interesting experience. are you on your way to the crime writers convention? yes, in harrogate. i'm talking with ian rankin tomorrow, will get on the stage until all the

secrets we know about writing crime fiction. i'm pleased you came in today. thank you so much, i appreciate it. good to see you here. harlan's book run away is out now. it isa it is a 20 6am, time to get the news, travel and weather wherever you are at the moment. did manning. it is a wet start to the day. we have heavy rain affecting most of us today. it will be quite breezy and then even when i train clears there will be heavy showers following behind. five central and southern scotland, the rain won't arrive until lunchtime that united is that the remaining dryers. some showers and sunshine. chavez anti—western areas as the

main pandering close to the north but those showers could give longer spells of rain. maximum temperature is 18-21dc. this spells of rain. maximum temperature is 18—21dc. this evening, the rain will continue. quite an unpleasant end to the day, particularly for central and eastern parts of england. the rain will continue right throughout the night. affecting parts of southern scotland. a one night, though, especially in the south—east. 16-17dc. into the especially in the south—east. 16—17dc. into the weekend, this area of low pressure will gradually move east. the main band of rain clears but then we have this included front and that is basically going to bring and that is basically going to bring an enhancement of showers across parts of wales, into england. those will drift from west to east and some could be heavy, perhaps the country. sunny spells in between the showers and certainly later in the day across western areas it should write up nicely and temperatures on saturday 20—24. that will move

eastward and then we have this next weather system that will slowly push its way in during sunday so there will be increasing wind across northern ireland and eventually some rain spreading its way in here. elsewhere, it should be dry. certainly the better day of the weekend. there will be some sunny spells. one or two showers. maximum temperatures of 21—24dc. those temperatures of 21—24dc. those temperatures expected to rise as we go into next week. goodbye for now.

this is business live from bbc news with maryam moshiri and victoria fritz. cashing in on the cloud. microsoft's profits jump, showing once again why it's the world's most valuable public company. live from london, that's our top story on friday the 19th ofjuly. with new pc sales surging too, it's been another bumper period for microsoft, so what will it take for its rivals to catch up? also in the programme: the $5 billion bill — planemaker boeing put‘s more details on how much the grounding of the 737 max will cost it after those