good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. our headlines today: no—deal brexit planning is now the government's number one priority — the man in charge says ministers assume that the eu will refuse a new agreement. a last—ditch effort to save the nuclear deal with iran — senior international diplomats will hold an emergency meeting today. as rail passengers face a fourth day of delays caused by thursday's hot weather — we'll find out why it's taking so long to fix. the youngest tour de france winner in more than a century. colombian egan bernal has the yellow jersey going into today's

processionalfinal stage in paris. todayis today is looking similar to yesterday's weather. if you had rain yesterday, it is likely it will stick around today. the top and tail of the country will have the best of the day's weather. it's sundayjuly the 28th. our top story. the government is now "working on the assumption" of a no—deal brexit — that's according to minister michael gove. mr gove, who's now responsible for planning for such a scenario, said his team still aimed to come to an agreement with brussels but, writing in the sunday times, he added: "no deal is now a very real prospect." our political correspondent tom bartonjoins us now. tom, what does this tell us about the new government's approach to brexit? we have had these promises before, haven't we? but i think the

difference is that essentially, you now have, since borisjohnson became pm last week, a government made up of true believers. everybody who has gone into boris johnson's of true believers. everybody who has gone into borisjohnson‘s cabinet has had to agree that they share his — not just ambition, has had to agree that they share his — notjust ambition, but pledge, to have left the eu, come what may, on the 31st of october. michael gove reiterates that today, saying no ifs, no buts, brexit is happening. there is a very clear determination here that that date will be kept, and a sense of realism as well that while michael gove says he is optimistic that the eu might agree to change theresa may's deal, he says that they have heard the m essa 9 es says that they have heard the messages from the eu that they are

not going to budge, so he says we now must operate on the assumption that they will not change the deal, and says that planning for no deal is now the government's number one priority. also in the sunday times this morning a yougov poll saying that the conservatives have increased their lead to ten points. early days, but what can we gauge from how he has gone down with the electorate so far? you are right, it's early days, but across the papers this morning there are four opinion polls. all of them show a boost for the conservatives, it is been called, perhaps unsurprisingly, the boris bounce. i guess it is good news for boris johnson. the boris bounce. i guess it is good news for borisjohnson. the the boris bounce. i guess it is good news for boris johnson. the first few days in office, showing that there is an improvement in the conservatives' poll rating. it is from a very low base, they were sitting in the mid— 20s, roughly

level pegging with the labour party. today's polls show an increase of between 3% and io%. labour are in the mid—20s, the lib dems and the brexit party in the mid to high teens. while it is a boost, they are still quite close together, much closer than we're used to seeing, and of course is very early days, so don't draw any conclusions just yet. senior diplomats from britain, france, germany, russia and china will meet representatives from iran later today to discuss how to save the 2015 nuclear deal. tensions in the gulf have soared since last year when president donald trump withdrew the united states from the landmark accord, which curbed tehran‘s nuclear programme in return for an easing of economic sanctions. bethany bell reports from vienna. the iran nuclear deal is under pressure.

since washington pulled out of the accord, it has reimposed punishing sanctions on iran. in response, iran has breached limits on its sensitive nuclear work. it is now enriching uranium to a higher purity, and has exceeded the amount of enriched uranium it is allowed to hold under the deal. tehran has threatened to take further measures if the remaining parties to the accord, especially european nations, don't help it to circumvent us sanctions. in recent weeks, tensions have escalated further, with a number of incidents involving tankers and drones. last week, iran impounded this british flag vessel in the gulf. the step was apparently in retaliation for britain detaining an iranian tanker in gibraltar. europe's foreign policy chief has called on iran to reverse its breaches of the nuclear deal, but iran says the steps

are allowed as a response to us non—compliance. more than a thousand people have been arrested at a protest in moscow, after some opposition candidates were barred from standing in local elections. the opposition say they were barred for political reasons. demonstrators were dragged away from the city hall as security forces used batons against the crowd. the eu foreign affairs spokesperson condemned the detentions. fresh protests are expected in hong kong today as the territory continues to be engulfed by huge anti—government demonstrations. in the latest confrontation police fired tear gas into crowds as tens of thousands marched to condemn an attack on pro—democracy campaigners by armed mask men last week. it's still unclear how china will react to the increasingly violent demonstrations. it's emerged that a uk soldier who died in syria fighting the islamic state group was killed by friendly fire. it was previously reported by us

officials that sgt matt tonroe was killed by a roadside bomb in 2018. however, the ministry of defence said the 33—year—old died as a result of "explosives" carried by allied american forces. democrats in the united states have renewed accusations of racism against president trump after he criticised an african—american congressman. the president accused elijah cummings, who's the head of a powerful committee, of trying to hurt innocent people while doing nothing for his baltimore district, which mr trump branded as "very dangerous" and badly run. mr cummings recently criticised the trump administration over conditions in migrant detention centres. a man and woman, aged 43 and 41, are being held by police after an alleged mass brawl on board a cruise ship. the p&o britannia was returning to southampton after a week—long voyage around the norwegian fjords, when the disturbance took place on friday. a witness said trouble flared when one passenger objected to another wearing fancy dress. a british teenager has won nearly a million pounds after coming second in the world cup finals of the online game fortnite. jaden ashman, from essex, was competing in new york,

in what was billed as the biggest ever "e—sports" event. joe tidy reports. they are as shocked as you are. thpllaying the game they love has just earned them $3 million. a competitor from norway and another from austria. it all ended in a hail of bullets after a day of action watched by a packed new york stadium crowd. the prize purse for this, the first fortnite world cup, is the largest ever in a sport. is the largest ever in e—sports. even the second—place team became millionaires. jaden ashman from essex will share his winnings with his teammate, dave young.

when i get home it'll sink in. 2.2 5 million between you, what are you going to do without? i'm probably going to try to save most of it, i know that sounds cliche, but save maybe half of it and put quite a lot of it into a house and my family. him to school, and i have thrown out an xbox, snapped a headset. we had a nightmare. bringing the fortnite world to the real world has been a major move. it has peaked in popularity. later today once again the arena will fill for the final event, the solo competition. it's a bit of a predicament, because you want your children to develop,

but at the same time...|j you want your children to develop, but at the same time... i can imaginea lot but at the same time... i can imagine a lot of kids saying, and their parents tell them that they won't ever make a living if they spend all their time on computer games. we can see here, that there are still 140 million old fashioned pound coins missing. the new coin was designed to cut down on counterfeiting, with straight edges. rail passengers have been warned that it'll be tomorrow morning before services are running normally, following the hot weather earlier this week. thursday saw the uk's second hottest day ever. it led to delays between london st pancras, nottingham and sheffield because of a number

of heat—related problems, including broken overhead power lines. let's talk to simon calder, travel editor at the independent. these delays began on thursday and we are still experiencing them. this is basically because the infrastructure here in the uk isn't as robust as it might be because we haven't ——we have a generally benign climate, so it hasn't been necessary to invest the kind of money to bring the equipment up to the resilience that it would need to endure a spanish summer or a russian winter. iam here spanish summer or a russian winter. i am here in the west of england, 75 miles from london on the line from paddington to taunton and exeter and plymouth. most of the time we get

away with it, but there is a great deal of concern about the disruption, particularly on the east midlands line. people are being told today, do not try to travel from sheffield, from nottingham, derby, leicester, to london, unless your journey is really necessary. they are hoping they will get the system back up and running by tomorrow morning ready for the rush hour. meanwhile, not rush—hour here, the first train to london two minutes to ten. i was going to say, great news it is on time, but you have had to wait about two hours and 45 minutes to get it. give us an idea of the scale of work that authorities have to deal with. i know they are throwing resources added to make it 0k throwing resources added to make it okfor throwing resources added to make it ok for tomorrow, give us an idea what they are contending with to it back on track. overhead wires, which power the electric chains, and they don't power east midlands trains. this is the company that has suffered the worst, or its

passengers have, they have an all diesel fleet. but the commuter line has electric trains with overhead lines north of london, and those came down on thursday during the extreme heat. basically, old electric wires will sag, they don't have quite the same resilience as newer systems. they are trying to fix the problem now but i imagine tomorrow morning at the department of transport, network rail will be saying that there has to be yet more money poured into trying to improve the resilience. and of course, we have also heard from the pm yesterday that we might be getting billions of pounds more of investment between leeds and manchester, great news if that does go ahead, but it still leaves large parts of the country with victorian infrastructure. welcome if it does go ahead, yes. if we talk about things like hs2, crossrail, the new

between leeds and manchester, sorry, liverpool and manchester. give us a sense of how resilient that is compared with what we are dealing with. anyone who is lucky enough to live in the parts of kent served by the high—speed one line, they will know that the trains are not only extremely fast, but they are also reliable, because they are built to 21st—ce ntu ry reliable, because they are built to 21st—century standards. now, the new lines that are being proposed, and thatis lines that are being proposed, and that is hs2, which is the y—shaped line starting in london euston, going to birmingham and then splitting, with one side going to manchester and the other two leads. very controversial, budgeted at £70 billion, but speculation it could go 30 billion above that. the benefits hope to be all across from liverpool

to hull, according to the pm. those will be extremely expensive, they will be extremely expensive, they will improve reliability, but in other parts of the country, such as here in wiltshire, people are saying, well, just spend a little bit of money, you don't need to spend tens of billions of pounds, you just need to upgrade the system here. there will be new timetables on the great western line from september, which will improve things, but meanwhile if you are heading from here to taunton in the other direction, i think the next train is at 11:02am. a quick word on that another story we're talking about this morning, the mass brawl on cruise ship. what do we know? we're being that two people are being held after an alleged mass brawl on board a cruise ship! absolutely terrifying for the many families on—board britannia, a pride of the p&o fleet. it is unclear what happened, but alcohol was involved, and the people presumed to be

responsible have been held in their cabin until the ship arrived in southampton. because it is a british registered ship, that makes it legally easier to work out what was going on, and if necessary to punish the perpetrators. but desperately worrying. fortunately an extremely rare occurrence. i have worrying. fortunately an extremely rare occurrence. i have certainly not heard of anything like that on a british ship on a holiday cruise. simon, as always, lovely to see you. i really hope you are not waiting for that train to paddington, because you have two hours and 42 minutes to wait for it! at least i'm not on the isle of wight, where there are no trains! signalling problems! that sums up our infrastructure. the trains there date from 1938, from before world war ii. fact of the day! simon, thank you, good to see you. enjoy

the sunshine. he really does know everything. here's stav with a look at this morning's weather. does the weather have any nasty surprises that could affect transport? a big difference in weather conditions as you can see, how sunny it was in the south—west. how it has been across many central portions of the uk, thoroughly wet. the heat wave early in the week seems like a distant memory. here it is, stretching from the north—west of the uk through the midlands, north—west england and east anglia. it has been heavy and persistent across north midlands into part of north—west england. a lot of standing water on the roads and minor flooding standing water on the roads and minorflooding to come standing water on the roads and minor flooding to come and without well. whether in mind if you are heading up this morning. it is not doom and gloom everywhere. lots of brightness to start the stage in the south—west. a fairly human note in scotland, north—east england. some

mist and fog. heavy showers will develop in the day. some warm sunshine in the day. the best will be in the northern ireland is. we see the rain pulling away from the south—east of england, it will continue to be quite heavy across parts of the midlands into north—west england. cool under the rain band but generally the low 20s in the sunny spots. overnight, it stays wet and damp across dental northern parts of the uk as the weather front migrates north. northern parts of the uk as the weatherfront migrates north. a northern parts of the uk as the weather front migrates north. a dry night to come across north southern and south—western areas of temperatures around the low to mid teens. still quite human in the north—east. that is the weather front moving north. it will ease down and we look to the south—west, the area of low pressure will be the game player as we head into tuesday and wednesday, bringing heavy showers and strong wind. he doesn't look too bad at all. a fine day for the drier parts of northern ireland, north—west england and midlands after the heavy rain of the last few

days. very pleasant conditions. 23 to 25 degrees. a you showers across scotla nd to 25 degrees. a you showers across scotland with showers pushing into the west area of the country. the low pressure slides across the country. it could bring windy and seasonable weather for the time of year. one extreme to the other. heatwave to windy and showery conditions. the wind will touch 50 miles an houron conditions. the wind will touch 50 miles an hour on the south coast, maybe 40 miles an hour in london. the trees will be swaying and heavy thundery downpours could cause some flooding issues and areas. sunshine in between as well, the best of it across the northern half of the country. it could be low 20s. sunshine for england and wales, 22 to 24 degrees. the low pressure sticks around on wednesday and thursday, so much of next week will bea thursday, so much of next week will be a mixture of warm sunshine but with a mixture of showers, some of them heavy and thundery. the answer to that question, could

weather affect the transport next week is probably... yes. sorry, iforgot to week is probably... yes. sorry, i forgot to answer. it looks like more of the same. thank you very much. see you later. given that forecast, you might be trying to get away from some of it. it seems more of us are doing so with family. whether you're jetting off with the grandparents or sunbathing with the in—laws, it seems that more of us are going on holiday with our wider family members. for some, it's about cost. for others, child care. but most say that family trips are a great way to spend quality time with one another, as more families live further apart. here's our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith. james and jessica are having a ball this summer. it is notjust mike and his partner claire who are busy keeping them occupied. grandma stella and grandad robert are on hand to help out. oh, no! it's not their first holiday as three generations. in fact, it's becoming something

of a family tradition for all kinds of reasons. ohh! we've got credit cards, so that's always a bonus. grandma is always treating them! they know who to come to if they want anything. to be honest, it is about spending time together as a family, you are making memories for yourselves, for the kids, everybody. now, businesses are adapting to meet the new demand. we need to make sure that the accommodation that's available is right for the people. if you are a large family, you need extra space. plenty of open—plan living for everyone to come together. they are holidaying together, they wa nt to they are holidaying together, they want to spend time together. it is important that they can have space together. it is notjust happening in uk holidays. we spoke to eight of the biggest names in the business. they all told us they had seen a rise in bookings for multigenerational groups, and in some cases, well over half of customers surveyed had already taken or wanted to take a break

with their grandparents. this is grandad and nanna. then we have mum and dad. some nights eat out, other nights, one of us will cook, so it isjust helpful, isn't it? as family life evolves, holidays are changing. if holiday companies compete for our cash, it will be up to them to keep up with this latest holiday trend. not everyone's cup of tea going away with the in—laws. we have just done that and it was lovely. you are watching bbc breakfast. good morning. it's time now for a look at the newspapers. let's look at the front pages. the sunday times reports on the new prime minister, borisjohnson, vowing to achieve brexit "by any means necessary," and his minister michael gove saying the government is working on the assumption that the eu will not offer a new withdrawal deal. the sunday telegraph follows a similar line, saying that chancellor sajid javid

is funding preparations for a no—deal brexit. new money there for that. not all conservatives are behind that idea, though. the observer claims that former chancellor philip hammond has been talking to labour about plans to prevent mrjohnson forcing through a no—deal brexit. and the mail has done some polling, which reportedly shows a 10% increase in support for boris johnson, fuelling speculation that he might call an early general election. those are the front pages. let's have a look at what is inside. tom harwood from the centre right westminster news site guido fawkes is here to tell us what's caught his eye. good morning to you. nice to see you. let's talk about this story from the observer suggesting a bit ofa from the observer suggesting a bit of a boris bounce. that's right. there are four newspapers running separate poles, and all of them show a big increase in support for the conservative party of the back of borisjohnson becoming prime minister, and this is mainly driven by a decrease in support for the brexit party. you

can see this amalgamation of the tory and brexit party vote in a way that simply has not happened between the labor party and the liberal democrats. it is easy to see how in a general election scenario the brexit party and tory vote combined, whereas the labor party and liberal democrat votes stay separate. it is pretty strategic, isn't it, to come up north in yourfirst it is pretty strategic, isn't it, to come up north in your first few days and make the promises they did yesterday. is that resonated already with the electorate? absolutely. it seems like it is a brexit themed premiership, talking to those more forgotten communities, the community ‘s politicians don't focus on, talking to the places that voted leave and the communities, especially in the north of england, andi especially in the north of england, and i think that is somewhere the conservatives are going to focus on for the next few months especially. european elections showed that is the fundamental issue in politics. we all thought we knew a lot about borisjohnson, the we all thought we knew a lot about boris johnson, the new we all thought we knew a lot about borisjohnson, the new prime minister, but the sunday times has found out more about family history.

explain what they have set —— down. they sent reporters to a small village in northern turkey where boris's ancestors are, his great—grandfather was a general there and there are these blonde haired turks living in this northern turkish village who they have interviewed, and the village loves boris. i think they offered to sacrifice a goat for him. that is love. they have not yet done that. so much in the papers this morning. staying with the political theme. we talked about this yesterday, this is the advice about what some of the staff might consider in terms of grammar, spelling, punctuation. they have been getting advice for a different source. that's right. a rapper called big bad spray who has offered a style guide including emotive and text speak, iam not guide including emotive and text speak, i am not sure it is something ican speak, i am not sure it is something i can see him going for. i think

there is something important in terms of politicians being more authentic and not trying to pretend to be something they are not. i think a lot of people don't appreciate it when politicians pretend to like football teams or speak in ways that does not come naturally to them. there is something quite unique in terms of jacob rees morgan in terms of he doesn't pretend to be something he is not in that is what drives his popularity. there is some vocabulary there and it isn't necessarily grammatically correct but we get used to it and he is obviously not really budging on allowing that to sneak through, is he? no, i don't think you would expect in the position of leader of the house, it is quite a role, something you expect to be a stickler for detail, looking at the rules of the house of commons. i think other cabinet ministers take views on this. you would know the inside gossip. would some staff find it patronising where to use commas and question marks? there are style guide than that is

where they are drafting things for himself, things that will be signed byjacob himself, things that will be signed by jacob rees more, himself, things that will be signed byjacob rees more, things in his name will be wanting to be in his style. they appeal to a younger audience and quite clearly, as you said, unashamedly a stickler for the rules. this story we have been talking about this morning, a brawl ona talking about this morning, a brawl on a cruise ship coming back from the norwegian fjords and two people have been held, reportedly been involved in this. what do we know about it and what is the clown connection? there was a black—tie dinner as far asi there was a black—tie dinner as far as i understand, and someone appeared in the area on the ship dressed as a clown, which really riled some guests up the wrong way. they were told it would be a formal cruise, no silliness, and the silliness seems to have spawned outright anger. what the express is suggesting is that it all the heat that got people riled up and it was a really frenzied and frantic brawl,

a really frenzied and frantic brawl, a journalist from itv on the cruise said he had never seen anything like it. quite an extreme reaction to fancy dress, isn't it? right. | dress, isn't it? right. i don't think clowns of the most popular things, but it should never incite violence. what upset me was the buffalo. that would be enough to cause a riot —— buffet. pictures of ladies arriving at the york races. it is making a point about dress codes and our relationship with dress codes is interesting in this country. we don't want to be told what to do, but at the same time it is about upholding standards, what is socially acceptable to do in that scenario. i think there are expectations of codes and rules and it is how society functions. without expectations, you don't know where you are or what is going on. i can understand, but violence does seem an incredible overreaction. toa an incredible overreaction. to a clown outfit. nice to see you.

you will be back a little later, but thank you for that. coming up in the next half hour — something that every parent has worried about — what if your baby starts to choke? would you know what to do? we have practical tips and advice from a mum who saved her baby's life and now teaches first aid to other parents. that is still to come. some really useful advice we have you a little later. headlines coming up.

hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. an emergency meeting will take place later today to try to save the international deal with iran, designed to curb its nuclear programme. senior diplomats from britain, france, germany, russia and china will hold talks with representatives from tehran. michael gove has said no deal brexit is now a real chance. sajid javid has announced that he will now provide funding for no deal preparations. an emergency meeting will take place later today

to try to save the international deal with iran, designed to curb its nuclear programme. senior diplomats from britain, france, germany, russia and china will hold talks with representatives from tehran. tensions in the gulf have soared since last year when president trump withdrew the united states from the landmark accord and reimposed punishing sanctions on iran. in response, tehran has breached limits on its uranium enrichment. more than a thousand people have been arrested at a protest in moscow, after some opposition candidates were prevented from standing in local elections. the opposition say they were barred for political reasons. demonstrators were dragged away from the city hall as security forces used batons against the crowd. the eu foreign affairs spokesperson condemned the detentions. fresh protests are expected in hong kong today as the territory continues to be engulfed by huge anti—government demonstrations. in the latest confrontation police fired tear gas into crowds as tens of thousands marched to condemn an attack on pro—democracy campaigners by armed mask men last week. it's still unclear how china will react to the increasingly violent demonstrations.

it's emerged that a uk soldier who died in syria fighting the islamic state group was killed by friendly fire. it was previously reported by us officials that sgt matt tonroe was killed by a roadside bomb in 2018. however, the ministry of defence said the 33—year—old died as a result of explosives carried by allied american forces. democrats in the united states have renewed accusations of racism against president trump after he criticised an african—american congressman. the president accused elijah cummings, who's the head of a powerful committee, of trying to hurt innocent people while doing nothing for his baltimore district, which mr trump branded as "very dangerous" and badly run. mr cummings recently criticised the trump administration over conditions in migrant detention centres. a man and woman, aged 43 and 41, are being held by police after an alleged mass brawl on board a cruise ship.

the p&o britannia was returning to southampton after a week—long voyage around the norwegian fjords, when the disturbance took place on friday. a witness said trouble flared when one passenger objected to another wearing fancy dress. now, you might want to take a look down the back of the sofa, because there's still 145 million old pound coins that have yet to be returned to the royal mint. shops have been unable to take the old—style coins since 2017, but they can still be deposited at most high street banks. the 12—sided version was introduced to help crackdown on counterfeiting. a british teenager has won nearly a million pounds after placing second in the world cup finals of the online game fortnite. jaden ashman from essex was competing alongside his gaming partner in new york in what was billed as the biggest ever e—sports event.

the singles contest takes place later today. speaking of prize money, it's fascinating. a million quid for coming second, and that is in the group, combined, there is a duo playing. the singles yesterday, and the prize money is even more, and even more than traditional sports, like tennis, golf, football. it is astonishing when we're talking about that kind of money for a computer game. totally. i am actually training as we speak. in between the sport hits. i am practising for next yea r‘s sport hits. i am practising for next year's tournament. a man who is going to be celebrating today is egan bernal. 22 years old, a huge day for him. it's a big day for egan bernal — the 22—year—old set to become the youngest winner of the tour de france in 110 years,

and the first colombian. he's got the leaders yellowjersey going into today's final stage in paris, which is mainly processional so he won't get challenged. patrick gearey reports. on top of the mountain and on top of the world. egan bernal, the 22—year—old colombian, will almost certainly become the youngest winner of the tour de france in over a hundred years. he was followed all the way to the top by his countryman, who had never seen a colombian win the race. egan bernal‘sjob colombian win the race. egan bernal‘s job was to stay in yellow and maintain his leave over the shortened course. like the man in blue behind him, frenchmanjulian alaphilippe was the chaser, and that ta kes alaphilippe was the chaser, and that takes its toll on these punishing slopes. this the moment that france's bid for the first win in 35 yea rs was france's bid for the first win in 35 years was lost. geraint thomas handed over his title to his

teammate. what was his message? just enjoy it, soak it all up, and don't worry about crying because all real men cry. he is 22, he has an amazing year ahead of him and it isjust an honour to have been part of its. they will ride together again today in paris later, all egan bernal has to do is stay on his bike. he has climbed his mountain already. lewis hamilton will start today's german grand prix from pole, but he's not been well. the world champion says he felt so ill that at one point he thought he might have to drop out of the race weekend altogether. so to then come back and take pole position at hockenheim is no mean feat. he was given a helping hand, though, after both ferraris failed to make it through qualifying. i don't know how we did it today, i'm not sure what happened to the ferraris, but it is such an important race, and for 125 years of

mercedes, it isjust important race, and for 125 years of mercedes, it is just incredible to celebrate it this week. just four days to go until the start of the ashes and, as expected, england have named world cup winnerjofra archer in their test squad for the first time. the fast bowler only became eligible to play for england earlier this year, but took 20 wickets in their world cup winning campaign to force his way in. ben stokes meanwhile is reinstated as test vice—captain. he lost the role after that incident outside a nightclub in bristol in 2017. warrington will play st helens in the final of rugby league's challenge cup. warrington were made to work for their victory by a well drilled hull fc side, but eventually won by 22 points to 14. joe philbin going over the line late on to send warrington through to the final for a third time in four years. the other semifinal always looked to be a mismatch on paper, but part—timers halifax put in a really resiliant performance to frustrate st helen's early on. but saints proved too strong in the end, running in four tries to win 26—2, qualifying for theirfirst final in 11 years.

really proud of them, we have been talking about effort all week. and we certainly didn't get beaten on effort, in fact i think we might... they definitely know they had a game, and that is a big thing for us. and leeds rhinos won the women's challenge cup for a second year in a row. they beat the same team, castleford, in the process. it was pretty close for a while, 10—10, before courtney hill went overfor the rhinos with 20 minutes to go, 16—10 the final score at the university of bolton stadium. rory mcilroy looks like he's returned to form after missing the cut at the open championship last weekend. he leads the wgc invitational in memphis after shooting an 8—under par 62 in his third round. he birdied nine holes, including four of the last five to leave him 12—under par overall, one shot ahead of us pga winner brooks koepka. the 5—time open champion tom watson will retire from competitive golf after today's final round of the senior open at royal lytham & st annes.

the american turns 70 in five weeks time, and says he just doesn't "have enough tools in the toolbox to compete successfully." when it comes to swimming, there's always someone who absolutely dominates at the olympics. think michael phelps, ian thorpe, and going a bit further back — mark spitz. well, for tokyo next year, remember the name caeleb dressel. he's been in scintillating form at the world aquatics championships in south korea. the 22—year—old had already broken one of michael phelps's world records, and yesterday he won three goals in one session — in the 50 metres freestyle, 100 metres butterfly and the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay. he leaves the championships with six gold medals in total. just going back to the tour de france. while it is a great story with egan bernal winning, it ends four years of dominance from british winners. geraint thomas and chris

froome. they were lovely, weren't they, it was nice seeing geraint thomas and egan bernal. it is a competitive sport, but it is lovely to see camaraderie in the sport. tea m to see camaraderie in the sport. team ineos have been dominant for so long, formerly team sky, they have won seven of the past eight. long, formerly team sky, they have won seven of the past eightm makes you realise how competitive it is. and when someone is dominating it for too long it makes it look a bit too easy. i think it has probably helped the writers that chris froome hasn't been racing this time around. the race has been a bit more of a free for all. the weather has interrupted things, it has been great entertainment.” has interrupted things, it has been great entertainment. i wasjust going to say, the last day is largely ceremonial. has anyone ever messed it up on the last day? as long as you finish you are ok. there should be some great scenes later

on. and on the swimming, mark foster is coming ina and on the swimming, mark foster is coming in a little later, so in about an hour we will get his take about an hour we will get his take about what to look out for. the mayflower ship sailed across the atlantic ocean in the 17th century, taking the pilgrim fathers from plymouth to the new world. when they landed, they set up home in what we now know as the us state of massachusetts. well, a full—sized replica of the ship is being assembled in north devon to mark 400 years since it set sail, but the people who built it will set it alight and burn it to the ground next year as part of a traditional ceremony. sarah ransome has been to meet some of the volunteers involved in the project. in a quiet corner of devon, a ship is taking shape. but this one will never take the high seas. it's a life—size replica of the mayflower, which carried the pilgrim fathers from plymouth

to america in 1620, and in just over a year's time, it will all go up in smoke. this is very authentic. because it is mayflower 400, it is identical to the mayflower ship that sailed to america, and they have done their homework on it and it is to scale, and it is brilliant. it makes me feel very proud, actually. we are coming up on deck, andy, and... wow! this is huge. from bow to stern, this is what the pilgrim fathers would have seen when they were standing on the quayside in plymouth? yes, this is 100% built to scale. from the originals, we have had to rescale it to an 800 millimetre ship to 100 foot, the dimensions. i can't imagine the calculations you must have had. there was about a year of them being all over my front room while my wife and daughters

were trying to watch telly! what started as pub talk 50 years ago has grown into a group that regularly builds and then burns, all in the name of charity. two years in the planning, and another three in the building, it is a labour of love for these men, who give up their time for community projects like no other. it is all down to the 20—odd guys that turn up every weekend and do it. it is one thing to have the plans and another thing to come out here in all weather and do it. it is the latest in a series of huge replica structures they have set alight. a few years ago, thousands came to see a massive mediaeval castle go up in flames. on the night that you set fire to it, you will see grown men cry. it is quite emotional, you have spent three or five years in this case, putting it together. and afterwards people really feel that there is a hole in our lives. this band of brothers don't

do things by halves. they dream big and then deliver. with just over a year to go they are confident this bonfire will be the biggest and best yet. it is not wasted. it is to raise money for charity. what a size. i think it has ruffled a few feathers in america because it is explaining that that this is not an effigy, this is a celebration, some “— an effigy, this is a celebration, some —— celebrating thejourney. it is the idea of burning it down. it will not translate well across the pond. the weather they looked beautiful, but it is a real mixed picture across the country. here's stav with a look at this morning's weather. looking at that picture, it looks like you have shrunk.

absolutely! i wanted to give the idea of the water running down the road. iam idea of the water running down the road. i am trying to find some pictures of the manchester area as the rain has been —— rain has been incessa nt. the rain has been —— rain has been incessant. some minor flooding the rain has been —— rain has been incessant. some minorflooding on the roads. this wet picture behind me in norfolk showing that water running down the road. this is the weather responsible for it that has affected the swathe of the uk. top end tail, not bad at all. lovely sunny skies in the southwest, clear weather but this rain is heavy in parts of northern ireland, into north—west england, north wales and the north midlands into east anglia. the rain will pull away from east anglia, confined towards north midlands and the rain will continue to be heavy. watch out for some minor flooding to be heavy. watch out for some minorflooding on the road. further north, a misty start for scotland. some warm spells of sunshine, lovely conditions across there are, very

warm for this time of year. also, lovely conditions across the south—west of south wales, reaching 20 to 24 degrees. the rain continues across the midlands into north wales, north—west england in south—east scotland. fizzling out, leaving a legacy of whether, if you showery bursts of rain. nothing like what we have seen in the last 24 hours. it will feel quite muggy across the north, a little bit fresher in the south where we have clear skies overnight. the weather moves north, weakening and bringing showers on monday. this area of low pressure is a deep feature of this time of yearand pressure is a deep feature of this time of year and will bring u nsettled time of year and will bring unsettled conditions as we were moving to the working week. before it arrives, lovely weather, but of northern ireland and much betterfor parts of north wales and the north midlands with some sunshine breaking through and very warm into the afternoon, warmer than what we have had over the weekend. a few showers across scotland, of them will be quite heavy and start to windy and showery. this low pressure moves in

later on monday night and moves north, east across the uk. the isobars close together and it will be very windy for this time of year. just so 50 miles an hour on the south coast, 30 to 40 miles an hour inland, so that will make you feel very much like spring rather than midsummer. heavy downpours between the sunny spells, some of them could be thundery and produce local flooding in places so watch out for that. the best of the dry weather across the north of the uk, so for central northern scotland, 22 degrees. that area of low pressure sticks around as we head through wednesday into thursday, producing further heavy downpours. there will be warm sunshine in between. if you are lucky, you might escape them. if you are unlucky, you might catch a shower after shower. could produce some standing water and localised flooding. back to you. a little bit of everything that we head into august. we do appreciate those pictures.

they were lovely pictures. it looks like we could be the borrowers. miniature people. honey, ishrunk the kids. see you later. we'll be back with the headlines at 8:00. now, on breakfast, it's time for the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show with me, christa larwood, and this week, we are kicking off by heading to new york city. every year, over 13 million people visit from all across the world. but back in the late 19705, the city had a notorious crime record, and wasn't quite so welcoming to overseas visitors. but 40 years ago, the volunteer group the guardian angels tried to do something about it, and they're still going strong today.

in the late ‘70s, the subways were — it was just an attack on your senses. there would be graffiti everywhere, broken windows. the gangs would patrol up and down the trains and they would control certain lines, and you would never see a cop. the guardian angels started, in fact, right here in the bronx. and i was a night manager of mickey d's, mcdonald's, and ijust decided to organise my closing crew to ride this very same train, it used to be called the mugger‘s express, the number 4 train. this was a baptism of fire, this was the epicentre of criminal and gang activity in the late ‘705. whereas the subways have improved immeasurably from what it was like when we first started, now there are pervs out there and they flash themselves to women. so we have a perv—busters unit, comprised of women,

led by women who prioritise that, because what we want to do is empower women to fight back. perv— busters, it's catchy — it gets people to stop and notice and it makes sense. sexual assaults on the subway are on the rise, and they're very daring. they want to be on social media, they want to be out there, it's really nuts. so, usually, sometimes on patrol, we go after one or two pervs a night. we have two different events going on simultaneously. we get a lot of photos and calls sent to us, we obviously have to make sure they are legitimate, and then that is when we put out the flyer and we go out to the location of, you know, said incident and take it from there. we're gonna get off at 190th... it is not taken seriously so much because they know our great state of new york is not enforcing sexual crimes, they know they are not going to get charged seriously, they're back and forth,

it's a revolving door. the first significant moment was when i was five years old and my sister was eight. we were with our mom, coming up the subway stairs at 183rd, by the old carvell there. we were on either side of our mom and my mom was in the middle, and we were coming up the stairs, halfway up these stairs right here was where a guy passed us, he grabbed my mother's purse and pulled her back down the stairs. i can still remember the — me and my sister were screaming, and we were scared because something really bad happened to my mother, and even to this day, itjust gets to me. that's all i remember is screaming, and my mother, thankfully, she was not really seriously injured, but something like that, if it affects me to this day,

i can imagine how what they think is simple crime as far as groping or flashing, that is with you for life. on any given day, we have roughly 500,000 people riding the subways. we want to make sure commuters are getting to and from safely, keeping anything from happening, obviously, preventing crime, as well as sexual assaults that are happening on the rise, we are looking out for everything. but if we're there and we see it, we stop it. now what you see a lot of, that you didn't see before, emotionally disturbed people, homeless people, oftentimes the trains are not clean, so aesthetically it's bad and it's not good for the emotionally disturbed or the homeless. but i would still accept what exists now compared to what used to be, there used to be so much graffiti in the trains,

you couldn't even see out the window. and, actually, always fights and stabbings and shootings and gang activity. the violence was off the hook. it's a big difference, but we gotta keep it that way, we can't just assume it's going to stay that way. and in the beginning of the group, it was extraordinarily dangerous before we were recognised by the police. we had six guardian angels shot and killed on the line of duty, three dozen injured, many of them still going through therapy for the injuries that they suffered long ago. now, we have gone through three generations of guardian angels, some of whom have gone on to become police officers themselves. so, the reception is positive, even though we remain independent and autonomous. for the last four years, we've been seeing a lot more uprising in sexual crimes. we usually pass these out.

it is an information flyer because we do a patrol called perv— busters, and it's in regard to a lot of the perverts on the train, and we usually pass these up the car because not everyone wants to call the police. so, we field the information, we put out flyers and we pass on the information to pd if necessary. we try to do our best. when we are in the guardian angel uniform, it's a big deal, we're noticed a lot because the red stands out to begin with, and we definitely want people to see us, so if something is going on, it's for them to look at us, and feel a sense of safety. they've always told us that over the years — when they see us, they feel safe.

ijust want to give a shout—out to this man, appreciate what he has done for new york city. i am exuberant about the potential and the possibilities of the guardian angels in the future, notjust the here and now. i believe in self—help and i believe that one woman, one man can make a difference, and i think we have proven that over 40 yea rs. hello again. it's high summer here in europe, which means that many of you are planning road trips around the continent. and, unfortunately, in the case of one viewer, picking up speeding tickets. but first, french railways has tested a remote—controlled drone train that could lead to driverless passenger services. the train successfully travelled 4 kilometres through the suburbs of paris.

it's been called a fundamental step towards the train of tomorrow. back here in the present, mario biocca from montreal in canada says: a rental car can be very helpful in ireland and scotland where the traffic is relatively light and public transport is sparse. but the costs of taking a rental car across the irish sea, which divides those countries, can be very high. so, rent one car in ireland, return it, then take a ferry or fly across to scotland. there's lots of choice. rent another vehicle, but drop it back and make your inter—city travel in england by rail. relatively fast, and with a bit of advance planning, extremely good value. sue wilson was travelling north—west of paris at what she thought was the

legal speed limit of 80km/h. but she says: . to help out with this, i've sought some specialist knowledge. it's true — over the last ten years, the cooperation between the administrations in europe are much better than they used to be, and wherever you come from, if you have a fine in france, they will fine you in your home country. and the second reason also is that the speed camera technology has improved. automatic cameras have an average speed check all over france, and these days, they are implementing a new generation of speed cameras which also detect the safety belts, the phone behind the wheels, the safety distance between vehicles and also, if you drive too fast when it's raining

and when you are supposed to drive 10km/h less. nardipad instagrams from the netherlands about a trip that she and her boyfriend are planning in the south of england. we'll probably fly to london and are thinking of going south—west. all the way to cornwall. we might stop in a couple of places like stonehenge. is there anywhere else that you can recommend? the great west way is a newly created route that's being described as england's route 66. it leads west from london and takes in some splendid locations, including windsor, stately homes in the thames valley and the county of wiltshire and ends in bath and then bristol. diversions north to the cotswolds and south to stonehenge are easy. the route even has its own website, greatwestway.co.uk, with details, attractions and accommodation. from the western end, you can make a magnificentjourney along the north coast of devon and cornwall, visiting the ruined castle at tintagel steeped in legend. you could follow the a30 road

to its natural conclusion that —— at lands end, but i think coastal towns such as st ives and fowey are more rewarding. wherever you are heading, i'm here to help. send in your questions and i will do my very best to bring you the answers. from me, simon calder, the global guru, bye for now and see you next time. until next time, from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team, it's goodbye.

good morning. welcome to bbc breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. our headlines today... no—deal brexit planning is now the government's number one priority — the man in charge says ministers assume that the eu will refuse a new agreement. a last—ditch effort to save the nuclear deal with iran — senior international diplomats will hold an emergency meeting today. the youngest tour de france winner in more than a century. colombian egan bernal has the yellow jersey going into today's processional final stage in paris. is there anything wrong with ‘hopefully‘ and should all men be called ‘esquire'? the wordsmith extraordinaire gyles brandreth will give us his verdict on the new style rules imposed by the prime minister's right hand man. rules imposed by the prime good rules imposed by the prime morning. today is