back next week. thanks for watching. good morning. welcome to breakfast with tina dahely and steph mcgovern. our headlines today: thousands spend a second night out of their homes as efforts continue to prevent a dam from collapsing and flooding a derbyshire town. prime minister borisjohnson visits those affected in whaley bridge and promises to make the area safe. because this is a major problem.

in fact, you know the potential destruction that can wreak on the whole of the village below. telecoms bosses question the government's ability to deliver the fastest possible broadband across the uk by 2025. a day to remember for rory burns as he hits a first test century to give england the advantage heading into day 3 of the first ashes test against australia. and breakfast enters the robot wars, but can our machine overcome the heavyweight champion of the world? good morning. dry weather on the way for the majority of the uk today. tomorrow it looks like face the prospect of further heavy showers, particularly across northern britain. more coming up. it's saturday 3 august. thank you forjoining us.

our top story: thousands of people in derbyshire have spent a second night away from their homes as emergency services continue efforts to prevent a dam from collapsing. some residents in whaley bridge will be allowed to return briefly today to collect essentials. jane—frances kelly has more. the prime ministerflew in to see the dam for himself and to meet displaced residents. nice to see you. some appeared pleased to meet him, enjoying a diversion from the stress of the last few days, but he was also heckled. fix the infrastructure so this does‘t happen again! we are! borisjohnson also met some of the emergency service crews who have been working around the clock. well, it is looking dodgy, but stable is how i would describe it. i mean, they have done an amazing job. as you can tell, the chinooks have brought in about 400 bags of stone, huge, huge quantities of agregate have gone in to that hole and you still can't really tell that the hole has been filled.

so, there is a major, major structural problem with the dam. raf chinook crews have been carefully dropping bag after bag in an attempt to hold back 300 million gallons of water. the fire service are also hoping to install more pumps over the weekend to reduce water levels. the dam was built in the 19th century and has a simple construction of clay surrounded by mud. in order to relieve pressure during torrential downpours, it was designed to allow water to flow over the top. but the flow on wednesday was so powerful, it damaged the structure. i must stress that the structural integrity of the dam wall is still at a critical level and there is still a substantial threat to life should the dam wall fail. so our play is that we would ask for residents to continue to heed, to heed police advice please advise and stay away from whaley bridge.

but because many were made to leave so quickly, the authorities are now allowing one resident per household to return to their homes for 15 minutes to collect pets and other vital possessions. when everyone will return for good remains uncertain. jane—frances kelly, bbc news. well, let's speak to our reporter, stuart flinders, who's in whaley bridge for us this morning. what's the latest, stuart? the emergency services have been working overnight. it has been a second night that residents have been away from their homes. second night that residents have been away from their homeslj second night that residents have been away from their homes. i know it is only seven o'clock in the morning, but whaley bridge would normally be coming to life about now. we have barely seen a soul in the hour or so we have been here. that is because the heart of the town just beyond the lee's roadblock there is empty, it had been evacuated now for 48 hours, nobody is allowed in or out. the residents left witty unceremoniously 48 hours ago, they were not given much time to decide what they wanted to take with them, and they are being allowed back into day in small numbers, 15 minutes at a property at

a time, one person at a time to recover essentials such as medicines oi’ recover essentials such as medicines or pet supplies. a family is going on holiday and their passports and holiday bags are in the town and they need to get back and get them. they will be allowed in later in the day. 1500 residents as you say evacuated, family, friends, local authorities have six people up with hotels or better rest if they need them. because i have quite a detailed plan that swung into action the other day when this started, a list of contacts offering accommodation that they could send those people too. the uncertainty must be really difficult for people not knowing when they will be allowed to go back. is there any indication when they might be able to go home? there is a residence meeting yesterday evening and they we re meeting yesterday evening and they were told that it could be another week before the town reopens. disturbing news for them, but that is because the water level in that

reservoir has really dropped very little, it needs to go down by metres. it has gone down so far by a fraction of a metre. there is still water running into it from the hills, from the rain from a few days ago. there is a yellow weather warning for tomorrow, more heavy storms on the way which could hamper those efforts even further. beyond all this, one of the questions residents will want answered is how safe is that reservoir from here on in? it is nearly 200 years old. would have to be drained completely so would have to be drained completely so the engineers can look at the dam to make sure it is safe? 0r so the engineers can look at the dam to make sure it is safe? or they have to demolish it and rebuild it? they may not be questions for today but residents will want answers because as one said yesterday, it feels as though they have been living next to a ticking time bomb. thank you very much. we will of course keep you up—to—date on that story, and just after eight o'clock, we will speak to the environment minister therese coffey about this as well. let's have a look at the

other news headlines for you. three leading telecoms bosses have written to the prime minister, questioning his ability to deliver a promise to roll out full fibre broadband years ahead of schedule. in an open letter, the heads of three trade bodies say the pledge will require 100% commitment from the government, including further investment in skills, and a reduction in red tape and taxes. our business correspondent katy austin reports. good internet is now a priority for hotel guests like those in southend. the manager here says the speed and reliability of full fibre broadband have been game changing. we've been able to increase our bandwidth and this is giving the customer a much, much faster and better, much more consistent experience throughout. at the moment, most of the country can get superfast broadband. that's a mixture of fibre and copper technology that results in a download speed of 24 megabits per second or more. full fibre uses fibre—optic cables to connect the exchange directly

to properties, and that results in download speeds of1 gigabyte per second 01’ more. at the moment, only about 7% of the uk can get full fibre. borisjohnson has said there should be full fibre for all by 2025, eight years before the current target. three industry bodies have said the ambition is welcome. but in a letter to number ten, they have said four specific problems need solving first within 12 months. there just are not sufficient quality people to be able to dig up the streets and work on this stuff, and as well as that, we also need a reduction in the amount of red tape and regulation thatjust slows everything down. one of their demands is for plans allowing providers access to land when landlords are not responding. a difficult ask according to one analyst. it requires a carefully worded piece of legislation, which takes into account business

owners, building owners, landowners, as well as telecommunication service providers, and let's face it, the government has other things, other pressing, urgent issues that they need to deal with. the telecoms industry is setting a challenge to the new prime minister. the government told us it is committed to creating the right opportunities for investment and speeding up digital infrastructure roll—out. katy austin, bbc news. the home secretary, priti patel, has said she wants criminals to feel terror at the thought of committing an offence. in herfirst interview since being appointed last month, she said her mission was to restore public confidence in policing. ms patel also distanced herself from her past comments supporting the death penalty. heathrow airport is to cancel 172 flights on monday and tuesday after members of the unite union voted go on strike in a row over pay. around 2,500 workers,

including engineers, firefighters and security staff, will miss their shifts if the strikes go ahead. last—ditch talks will be held this weekend to avert the action and the airport is advising passengers to check its website for updates. russia's arctic north and far east are being ravaged by huge wildfires with up to 4 million hectares ablaze and vast areas engulfed by smoke. president vladimir putin has sent the army to help prevent the fires spreading to populated areas, a task made harder by strong winds and record—breaking summer temperatures. greenpeace has called the situation "an ecological catastrophe." a 55—year—old ultra—runner has become the fastest woman to travel the length of britain by foot. sharon gayter covered the 822 miles from john 0'groats down to lands end in just under 12.5 days.

that is pretty incredible. that's four hours quicker than the previous record. she slept for three hours per night and forjust 90 minutes before the final leg. i was thinking to myself, what is the definition of an ultra runner? imagine running for that amount of time and little sleep. exactly, 90 minutes before the last leg is superhuman. well done from all of us. now, you wouldn't be surprised to hear a locomotive at a railway station, but what about a locomotion? # com on, baby, do the locomotion! —— # come on, baby, do the locomotion! this is the moment kylie minogue, alongside a team of backing dancers, caused quite a stir when she performed at scarborough‘s north bay railway station. the pop star was taking a tour of the area ahead of her sell—out performance at scarborough‘s

open air theatre on thursday. ijust keep thinking if you were just sitting on a bench. rocking up waiting to get the train and there is kylie. it is not the busiest train station in the world. suddenly kylie is there. you would join in. would you join in? wadeye? if it was kylie minogue... i would be too embarrassed. i would never be able to live up to the standards. would you? no, i would standards. would you? no, iwould probablyjust standards. would you? no, i would probablyjust watch. posted on the internet. —— post it. let's return to our top story now. more than 1,000 people have spent a second night away from their homes as specialist crews attempt to stop a dam from bursting. prime minister boris johnson visited the town of whaley bridge in derbyshire yesterday to see for himself the scale of the emergency unfolding. 0ur reporter sam fenwick spent

the day with some residents. this is the only pub to remain open and it has become the centre of the community. everyone has come together through social media and making sure everyone is all right. they need a place to stay, they have a lwa ys they need a place to stay, they have always got one. at six o'clock last night they said the situation had deteriorated. engineers were in touch with police and we needed to leave. we pretty much got a bag together and evacuated the area along with the rest of the street. john, his wife, two sons and their two cats have now moved into a friend was my house in the neighbouring village. we are ok. we are very lucky. it is really kind that you can stay. yes, and the surrounding villages have also been great apparently. they have been taking people in. everyone left in whaley bridge is looking up to the sky, watching raf general

helicopters as they drop hundreds of tons of aggregate onto the dam in the hope that it will shore up the reservoir. local businesses are being called in to help as well. when you see that helicopter picking up when you see that helicopter picking up the bags and helping the community, unbelievable. really, really proud. we felt really proud to be helping. there is a really big community spirit. massive. the amount of people helping is unbelievable. chapel diy was the first one to get an emergency call from the local council. how many times did you get rid of? 136 last night, so we were busy. 136 tons? 136 of those bags. how long does it normally take to sell that? over a month. in a few hours. we were co nsta ntly month. in a few hours. we were constantly loading last night. every 15 minutes, the town he has the rumble of a general. where we are now, you can see the general helicopter. we have been watching that all day. i can hear another one. it is constant. they have been

unbelievable. they have been coming in all day, dropping the aggregate, the sand onto the dam. that is quite a sight, isn't it? it is extraordinary because it is so very quiet for the rest of the time, no cars, no trains, no people, and there is just silence and then all ofa there is just silence and then all of a sudden you just here in the distance... the chin up coming in and getting louder and louder and louder. and that is all you can hear —— chinook. louder. and that is all you can hear -- chinook. while people in whaley bridge are nervous about what might happen to the town, their spirits to remain high. we can go live now to whaley bridge and speak to the local mp, ruth george. we we re we were just seeing that some of the operation going on with the emergency services. how is everyone feeling at the moment?”

emergency services. how is everyone feeling at the moment? i think everybody is being very realistic about the situation. it is a dire emergency for the town. people recognise and understand that and they have pulled together, individuals, families and business and they are supporting those who have been evacuated as well as the emergency operation here. it is fantastic that people just understand that we need to make the dam safe and keep the town safe. 0bviously dam safe and keep the town safe. obviously it is an area you represent but on a personal level, your daughter was one of the people evacuated. what did she tell you about that? yes, my daughter was working at the holiday club in the local school just down the working at the holiday club in the local schooljust down the road behind us near the foot of the dam. 0n behind us near the foot of the dam. on thursday afternoon she was asked to ta ke on thursday afternoon she was asked to take the children up to a higher

place of safety and i obviously knew what was going on then from a fairly early stage that there was some concerns and so i early stage that there was some concerns and so i am early stage that there was some concerns and so i am glad that the police and everyone involved have been risk averse and have played very safe and people understand that, that saving lives and keeping people safe is the priority. 1500 people, we understand, have been evacuated. this is clearly having a massive impact on the area, isn't it? it is having an impact on the area. we have some fantastic local families who are putting up friends and the local hotels around the area have offered rooms and service. we actually have more people who have offered to assist in that way than we have demand because many people are away anyway or have people they

know they can go to. is everybody getting everything they need, would you say? yesterday was obviously a difficult day. it was the first full day after people had been evacuated. they had had to leave possessions and medication and supplies at home because they were asked to leave in a hurry. somewhere at work and were not even allowed to return home to get anything at all. so we had local chemists on standby and the doctors we re chemists on standby and the doctors were helping people get medication they needed. and then in the evening they needed. and then in the evening the police were able to allow residents back individually for a 15 minute basis when they plopped in and clocked out of the road box to pick up essential supplies. and borisjohnson was saying earlier, he visited the area last night and he

promised to make the area safe. do you think the government is doing enough? i think the emergency plan has kicked in and the government support has come in once they realised what a serious situation we had here and that is excellent to see. i have thanked the prime minister and the secretary of state for the environment for their support for the emergency effort going on here. that i have also highlighted that it is notjust about the emergency and making the dam safe at the moment, we need a solution for whaley bridge and the surrounding area or the long—term as well. and to make sure that when the cameras have gone away that we actually have the resources in place to support the canal and rivers trust that own the reservoir to make sure it can be made totally safe. thank you very much for your time this morning. we really appreciated.

we arejust this morning. we really appreciated. we are just looking at life pictures now of the area because the weather forecast is not great for the next few days and that will put more pressure on the emergency services there who are trying to do everything they can to bring the water level down. coming up we will speak to water level down. coming up we will speakto an water level down. coming up we will speak to an environmental engineer who will tell us more about what they are doing to make sure it is as safe as they can be, even though we don't quite know what is happening with the weather. speaking of the weather, let's find out what is happening across the country. here's susan with a look at this morning's weather. and inundation, as you said, offering across scotland in the week just gone and the consequences for some have been devastating to story todayis some have been devastating to story today is drier but tomorrow some heavy showers again targeting northern britain with severe flood warnings still in place for whaley bridge. we also have another hazard at the moment. this is a beautiful picture but obviously if you are taking to the roads, mist and fog

can bea taking to the roads, mist and fog can be a bit of a problem and we're seeing a lot of that from eastern scotla nd seeing a lot of that from eastern scotland into northern england and into lincolnshire in parts of east anglia. most of that will clear in the next few hours to towards the west, whether front is trying to edgein west, whether front is trying to edge in and that will increase the cloud here through the course of the day. many areas will see some sunny spells but the sunshine could trigger a few isolated but have to showers for scotland, a few for northern england, north wales and the midlands through the afternoon. we may just get the midlands through the afternoon. we mayjust get caught in the rain for the cricket later on in the day but the showers are pretty much scattered and limited today. they could still be intense when they do break out. so the odd heavy downpour is possible. towards the west in northern ireland is this front comes in it is more a case of perhaps some persistent rain. through the evening and overnight sinks pep up somewhat with heavy rain for northern ireland, western scotland and eventually the north—west. humidity rises over the night as well and our overnight lows, 14, 15 degrees. a

sticky feel, actually overall as we head into sunday we are at the mercy of this front pushing in from the west, to stabilising things and that will mean heavy showers, particularly as the day pans out for scotland, northern england and the north midlands. a few for northern ireland as well. further south it should essentially be a dry day in the sunshine with the temperature reaching perhaps 26 degrees. though showers are our major cause for concern and the met office is concerned and has issued a yellow weather warning for those showers during the course of sunday. from the north midlands into southern and central scotland. and once this area of low pressure gets close, like last week it will stall as it tries to track across the uk. in the coming days into the early part of next week, showers are plentiful across the uk and, again, some could be humdinger is with intense rainfall in places. so stay tuned to the forecast but we are certainly not out of the woods yet in terms of

heavy rain. we might not like to admit it, but if we're honest, many of us probably spend a bit too long with our phones or tablets in our hands. but what is it that makes these devices so hard to put down? well, there are plans in america, which could see things like autoplaying the next video on youtube and the infinite scrolling newsfeed on facebook banned. the authorities claim these features are designed to encourage addictive behaviours. it's an issue that the uk parliament is investigating too. we've been finding out what you think. it is so easy to do. you just think you will have a quick look at your phone then an hour passes by.” you will have a quick look at your phone then an hour passes by. i find myself scrolling quite often in the day. any time i'm not really doing anything i will probably be on my phone. i start with what's up and thenit phone. i start with what's up and then it crops up with stuff i've been searching so it is the same

kind of stuff. absolutely addicted to scrolling because once you get in there there is so much more information at your fingertips with links to different things going off everywhere and before you know it it can be ours. i feel like i'm entitled to watch the video of it already starts playing.” entitled to watch the video of it already starts playing. i don't watch videos that automatically come on after the video i have been watching. i find on after the video i have been watching. ifind it on after the video i have been watching. i find it very irritating. i guess it can be quite compulsive to watch. i don't think it is addictive as such, i think it is more, like, i probably have better things to do in the free time. let's talk about this to dan sodergren, a digital marketing and tech expert, and dr suzi gage, a psychologist from the university of liverpool. thank you both forjoining us this morning. a good starting place is probably defining what exactly auto scrolling is in this context. auto scrolling is in this context. auto scrolling would be that infinite scroll. 0n things like twitter and maybe facebook you can keep going

and keep going and it never stops, especially on instagram. you can become almost mindless in this moment where ten minutes, half—an—hour could have gone by. and thatis half—an—hour could have gone by. and that is what you need to become digitally mindful of. you need to realise at some point that we should all stop and take some control over our own agency and say that even though that function is there, a few minutes in! though that function is there, a few minutes in i should probably stop it. infinite scroll is being targeted is one of those things. we should look at that and maybe stop scrolling so much. is it addictive? we need to be careful about using the word addiction. colloquially, we say i'm addicted to this chocolate bar all that kind of thing and that is fine. but in terms of thinking of what addiction is from a research or a clinical point of view, addiction is something where you are compelled to do something like take a substance or do a behaviour to a

point where the potential for harm to the individual. so harm could be your relationship suffer, your work or sleep suffers. but something that is either causing the harm to an individual can have the potential to self it doesn't affect your life in any way then it is not a problem? we all have choice and free will. we can do what we want as long as we do not harm other people. but that is quite important for society, that we are able to make decisions about what we do. isn't the problem that if they are designed to be addictive, that is the issue? again, beard addictive, that is the issue? again, bea rd careful addictive, that is the issue? again, beard careful with that word addiction. i don't believe they intended to make these things, i need to separate social media and mobile gaming and gambling. mobile gaming is not gambling. they use some of the same gaming mechanisms but careful. there is a lot of positive stuff coming out of social media so let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. a much wiser person than i said that the problem

is that we have stone age emotions, mediaeval institution and godlike technology. the point there is that this stuff is much smarter than we think. this could be something that is happening, we may be getting stupider with this technology and we need to be careful. it is not addiction. you have free will. you can take these things off your phone. but if you are creating a company with the sole intention to distract you, i think we need to look at that and have technology thatis look at that and have technology that is good for society, not bad. susie, that you then think that the idea of stopping autoplay function will make any difference? potentially for some people. such a vague answer to but it is kind of the same as with things like alcohol. we know that for some people alcohol can lead to problems for most of us it will not. we also know it is not particularly good for any of us. and yet we confuse

whether or not to use it. we also know that alcohol companies want us to buy their product so they market their product to and i think this is similarto their product to and i think this is similar to technology companies want us similar to technology companies want us to use their product to the they may potentially, there might be something you have a vulnerability for things like helping problematic behaviour patterns so it is important that we keep an eye on people who may be at risk and keep an eye on technology that is more likely to cause problems for those people who are at risk. a brilliant analogy there with alcohol. we educate people about alcohol and we don't let certain people have it, young people can't have it, for example. and we educate people. that is what we need to do with technology. the other good thing, the other good point is that if you area the other good point is that if you are a bartender and someone is too drunk, technology companies could easily put it that after three hours of playing the game, you know you should not still be playing candy crush, they should have an anti— addiction alarm that goes off and warns you. and you get booted off.

the algorithm kicks you off. that is what they should be going for. 0r the algorithm kicks you off. that is what they should be going for. or as you say, perhaps taxing companies that do not do social good. taxing facebook and twitter a bit more because we think they are things that are potentially a problem sitting education and regulation. and you will both be back to talk about this later so if anyone has any thoughts, please let us know. i love that quote, stone age emotions. mediaeval institutions. godlike technology. we will use that. thank you. stay with us. the headlines are coming up.

hello. thank you forjoining us. this is breakfast with steph mcgovern and tina daheley. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the emergency services are racing to remove millions of gallons of water from toddbrook reservoir in derbyshire, which is threatening to overwhelm a damaged dam and swamp the town of whaley bridge. they are trying to lower the water level before the arrival of a storm, which is forecast to hit the area tomorrow. last night, prime minister borisjohnson visited the town where the police have ordered 1,500 people to leave their homes. he promised a major rebuild

to make the dam safe. we can show you the pictures live from the area. it looks quite serene, doesn't it? does, it looks quite peaceful, but emergency services have been working overnight, and raf chinook has been dropping sandbags to stop it collapsing, and at the same time, water has been pumped out of the reservoir, i think about half a metre so far. the thing that is unpredictable is the forecast for tomorrow and the rain. it could make things so much worse. around 1500 residents from whaley bridge have spent a second time, second night away from their homes. borisjohnson visited residents last night and he described the dam after flying over it as dodgy, but stable. you can see

in that shot some of the equipment that has been used to try and shore up that has been used to try and shore up this dam, but the problem is the water levels have come down a bit, but what will happen tomorrow once we get this next bout of rain that has been forecast? we will keep you up—to—date with everything that has been happening in the area. we have our team there and we will be talking to some of those people who have been evacuated from their homes. some are going back to their homes. some are going back to their homes briefly to collect things they might need, medical equipment, checking on pet than various things like that. we will chat to some of them a little bit later in the show. the uk's telecoms industry has warned the prime minister must do more if he wants to keep his promise to deliver full fibre broadband to the whole of the uk by 2025. in an open letter, the heads of three trade bodies say the pledge will require 100% commitment, including further investment in skills, and a reduction in red tape and taxes. the government said it was committed to speeding up the roll—out. the home secretary, priti patel, has said she wants criminals to feel terror at the thought of committing an offence. in herfirst interview

since being appointed last month, she said her mission was to restore public confidence in policing. ms patel also distanced herself from her past comments supporting the death penalty. heathrow airport is to cancel 172 flights on monday and tuesday after members of the unite union voted go on strike in a row over pay. around 2,500 workers, including engineers, firefighters and security staff will miss their shifts if the strikes go ahead. last—ditch talks will be held this weekend to avert the action and the airport is advising passengers to check its website for updates. russia's arctic north and far east are being ravaged by huge wildfires with up to 4 million hectares ablaze and vast areas engulfed by smoke. you can see some of the pictures here. president vladimir putin has sent the army to help prevent the fires spreading to populated areas, a task made harder by strong winds and record—breaking

summer temperatures. greenpeace has called the situation "an ecological catastrophe." that brings you to all the news this morning. another little story. we live in animal story. ——we love. they're painted lady butterflies and huge numbers of them have started appearing around the uk. it could have been one of these. weather conditions and food sources are providing ideal conditions for the species to thrive. experts believe the phenomenon happens once every ten years. people are being asked to submit sightings online to help butterfly conservation monitor numbers of this and other breeds. very pretty, aren't they? it is quite mesmerising just watching

them. just drifting into a nice happy hayes. is it in your loft? did you get it out? i opened the windows so i hope it has managed to make a mistake —— make an escape. in attic news this morning... whenever i see you, i get this tune in my head. we have seen your motives. whether you are in a moose outfit or a suit... butterflies have certainly started, but in a good way. what a day it was for england in the cricket, a fantastic day for rory burns. he made his test debut last november. england are only 17 runs behind australia's first innings total going into day 3. joe wilson looks back at day 2.

england's new opening batsman walked into edgbaston with a friendly security guard. they were soon surrounded by australians. there's one. steve smith's catch and australia had gotjason roy out for ten. rory burns has his own way of watching the ball. quick, it's coming. australia's fast bowlers would search for any weakness. near misses, close calls. burns kept going. while england have longed for a new test match batsman who is old —fashioned, to display that dying art of sheer concentration. rory burns painstakingly made it to 100 in his first ashes innings. 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration. that's ashes batting.

it is just nice to sort of keep going and stay on the treadmill and be as stubborn as i could be. and how many are you going to make tomorrow? good question. laughs. don't know. hopefully i have still got a few more left in me and hopefully we have still got a few more left in us. while england will resume four wickets down, 17 runs behind and rory burns 125 not out. joe wilson, bbc news, edgbaston. looking good for england at the moment in the ashes. —— ashes. transfer deadline day is fast approaching and the summer moves are beginning to come thick and fast. yesterday, manchester united reached an agreement to sign harry maguire from leicesterfor £80 million. the england centre—back is expected to complete a medical at the club at the weekend. that transfer fee of £80 million is the most any club has paid for a defender. it has been escalating for some time now. and it's not the first time that

manchester united have paid the big numbers. back in 2002, they splashed out £30 million for rio ferdinand. fast forward to 2017 and united's neighbours manchester city paid out £45 million for spurs full back kyle walker. liverpool were next to pay big for a defender. they signed virgil van dijk from southampton for £75 million. that brings us back to harry maguire from leicester city to united for a record—breaking £80 million. mind—boggling. there are nine opening day fixtures in the championship today, but they face a tough job to follow on from last night's entertainment. the first championship match of the season. luton and middlesbrough drew 3—3 in their opening fixture, sonny bradley with a stunning first goalfor luton. that made it 1—1. four more goals would follow, the last of them from james collins five minutes from time to snatch a point for luton. dashed your hopes of a win. at least it was entertaining. it was brilliant. i do love a challenge. not such good news here. bury‘s second game of the season

has been suspended by the english footbal league because the club still can't show they can settle outstanding debts. their game today against mk dons was cancelled during the week. they will now not play accrington stanley next weekend. after being relegated from the scottish premiership, dundee began life in the championship with a 2—2 draw at dunfermline. two penalties from dannyjohnson securing a point for dundee. catch me if you can — the message from south africa's ashley buhai at the british open golf at woburn with plenty of brits leading the chase. the defending champion georgia hall shot a second round of 69, including four birdies to finish on 6—under par. bronte law produced a strong round to put herself into contention. she's on 7 under and so five strokes off the leader. and charley hull, who's playing on her home course, is also in the mix. she birdied the 16th on her way to also finishing on 7—under par. i think it is nice to play in front ofa i think it is nice to play in front of a home crowd. you really feel the support. i have my family watching. i think that always helps. it does

obviously, playing a major it is a little different, but i think that ifigo little different, but i think that if i go out and i play the same way i have been playing, i can keep pushing up that leaderboard. andy and jamie murray's reunion on the tennis court is over for now after they lost their quarterfinal match at the washington 0pen despite having match point in the second set. kyle edmund came from a set down to give himself the chance of progressing to the last four in the men's singles, but was eventually beaten by world number 122 peter gojowczyk, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. red bull's pierre gasly was fastest in a rain—affected second practice at the hungarian grand prix. the frenchman came in less than a tenth of a second ahead of team—mate max verstappen. lewis hamilton hoping to bounce back from his poor race at the german gp last weekend was third fastest. in rugby league, st helens have extended their lead at the top of the table with a comfortable win over wakefield, while leeds rhinos moved two points clear of the bottom of the super league table as they crushed the huddersfield giants. this was quite a scoreline.

ash handley going over twice for his side on his 100th appearance for the club. the game finished 44—0 to the rhinos and the giants fall to 10th. now, while robot wars might not be on the tv at the moment, there are still plenty of colossal metal on metal showdowns around the country. the sport is being increasingly used by schools as an extra curricular way to teach science and engineering. and the new heavyweight champion of the world is now british. it is called spectre. excellent. i've been to the finals of robo challenge in staffordshire where we had our very own breakfast robot ready to step into the arena. did you make it? no. does it have a name? breakfast bot. ready for battle on finals day

in the staffordshire schools robo challenge. months, even years in the making, but most come here to be smashed to smithereens. and all the battery—powered robots here were in the presence of the world heavyweight champion, spectre, fresh from smashing its way to the world title in china. they have full—time robot builders over there. so, to go in and compete with them and bring the trophy home is just incredible. this is the world's most powerful hydraulic crushing robot. so, what we have here is a big hydraulic cylinder, like you find onjcbs and that kind of thing, and it forces with 22 tons of force at the back of the head and just pierces through anything. taking inspiration from spectre, the school—built robots have all come through qualifying rounds and semifinals to be here on finals day. when there was battle after battle to whittle them down. for safety reasons, during battle, controllers have to be outside the arena, especially as the competition hots up.

it is a lesson in engineering and problem solving when the worst happens. an exploding battery seemingly the end for snappy... or maybe not. life—saving surgery meant 45 minutes later, it was back to its old self. i felt terrified, but it was kind of funny. itjust...just exploded, yeah. yeah, well, snappy's indestructible. he's fine now. no matter what happens, you can get back from it, yeah. it is just life skills. i mean, to be able to build something, follow instructions, come together as a team. they have got to think about the science of how each intricate part comes together and just smash each other to bits. amazing! well, this is it — our breakfast bot. this is the mean machine that is going to challenge spectre in the arena. you can see, look, it has got a bit of a chicken head at the top, which pecks the opponents into submission. that is the plan, anyway. it is far more difficult to control these robots than you may think. the buttons are so sensitive to maximise speed and power. it is like training a very disobedient dog. come! come home! no, no...no!

it is going to damage itself before we even start. before we take on the world champions, spectre. announcer: 3, 2, 1...begin! in this 3—way contest, breakfast bot showed its potential while dismantling the other challenger to spectre's crown. an admiring glance from the champ, but it was just biding its time. before spinning into action and showing no mercy. ahh, get off him! 0h! ahh! i lost a wheel! ah, ‘tis but a scratch for brave breakfast bot. although worse was to come. hellfire, damnation and eventually slung into the pit of doom. it is in the pit. and there we are, breakfast bot is no more. in it goes, as is tradition, into the red box. consigned to the history,

or maybe back to the workshop to be brought back to life. luckily four one but we have the mechanics at work bringing it back to life. luckily for breakfast bot. don't set off its chicken head to get could smash the desk. and have a look at the back here. showing where he was bitten. fantasticjob. look at the back here. showing where he was bitten. fantastic job. we do have a background in engineering. yes, many years ago. it is nice to see it back here. will it fight ain? see it back here. will it fight again? possibly in featherweight. not the giants of the sport. perhaps a smaller breed of robots.”

not the giants of the sport. perhaps a smaller breed of robots. i love the fact that this gets more young people engaged in science and technology and engineering. great fun. yes. it is interesting when it is hands—on to the school that rebuilt snappy the robot in 45 minutes, that says a lot about what they have learnt to we should say that you did not build this robot. i did have some help. if i had belted it would not have gotten out the door. thank you. we will see you a little later. here's susan with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to you and the weather has posed some challenges for parts of the uk in the weekjust gone with ten inches of rain in places. today, a dry day thanks to high pressure but for the second half of the weekend the chance again of heavy showers targeting northern britain and severe flood warnings still stand for whaley bridge. another hazard this morning, mist and fog if

you are taking to the roads, have that in the back of your mind. dance across parts of northern and eastern england at the moment and we're getting some reports from cornwall to more in the way of cloud towards the west and low cloud perhaps in places as a weather front close by. further east it is mist and fog and that will lift through the morning. but then the sun comes out across scotla nd but then the sun comes out across scotland and we could see a trigger a few thunderstorms in high ground and some isolated showers are possible for northern england, wales and perhaps the midlands as well. the keyword is isolated but they could still be intense and give quite a bit of rainfall with the chance of some rain at edgbaston for the ashes but hopefully that is a low probability. here we are was a little high pressure, steadying things for us today but it is this area of low pressure that comes into play for the second half of the weekend and takes us into next week. a bit like we had —— the set up we had in the weekjust with an

increasing threat of showers. will also pick up humidity through the night and it will be quite muggy with lows of 14 and 15 degrees and heavy rain through the night reaching northern ireland, southern and western scotland and perhaps the far north—west of england as well. sunday still has a lot of dry weather across the east and southern counties as well as the day pans out but these are the showers i was talking about, breaking out anywhere from the north midlands into southern and central scotland through the course of the day, perhaps a few for northern ireland as well. and it is just a risk of the odd heavy shower becoming slow—moving the means rainfall totals could add up to and because of this situation, because it is so sensitive, the met office have issued a yellow warning. and here is our corporate still with us next week. certainly through the first half of the week that area of low pressure will continue to throw in quite a few sat showers. sony intervals as well but particularly across northern britain there is the risk of us seeing some heavy

rainfall at times so we will be watching the weather closely for you at the moment. thank you very much. 0ur breakfast orders came through while susan was giving the weather. what would you like for breakfast? and your top, it looks like you are trying to blend in with the weather map. i shouted out mind. i wanted tea and toast. so we find out what is happening on the travel show instead ? we start in northern ireland, in county down, because here,

in places once rarely visited, something unexpected is happening. now, people are coming from across the world — and it's all because of one television programme. game of thrones. one of the biggest in history. in the fantasy series, of which the eighth and final season concluded this year, different houses battle to claim one ultimate throne. it was here in remote locations south of the busy capital of belfast that many of the programme's most iconic scenes were filmed. and where some of its cast can still be found. ok, so i have a confession — i am a giant game of thrones geek. and i am super excited, because this place has to be top of the list for any true super fan.

welcome to castle ward, or to what many tv viewers will know as winterfell. and well, when in winterfell... arrrgh! evening my lady, where do you hail from? from london. london. and which house do you represent? house of larwood. house of larwood, never heard of them, sounds like something the night's watch would have dragged in. i believe you are here to learn how to do archery. i need people to hunt or to fight. are you up to the task? i hope so. i hope so too, otherwise there is a penalty. 0h, a beheading... that seems measured. absolutely, because you are no good to me here at winterfell if you can't hunt and you can't fight. i will do my best.

in this series, no character is safe from a grisly end, so it never hurts to know what you are doing with a bow and arrow. select your arrows by the tip, never by the feathers and never further down the shaft. think of it coming out of a quiver, three fingers on the drawing string and then draw back... so that it brings to your right eye. loose! all right. i hit the target! your first arrow ever and you hit the target. 0k. archer ready. draw! hold... loose! look at that. yes! well done. so this place used to be a farm and yet now it is a huge tourist attraction. how did that happen? we are where game of thrones started, so it is a perfect place to start your journey, to go on and do some of the other sites that are around. yes, they have gone off to croatia, yes, they have gone off to iceland,

yes, they have gone off to morocco and so on, and that's fine, but most of it is shot here. and it has turned into what we now know as screen tours, something we have never had before. yes we have the giant's causeway, a unesco world heritage site and it is beautiful, and all that, but people used to go there and there alone, and then they would take off. now they come to see many other parts of our province. and we'll be finding out more about these sites later in the programme. but first we had across the irish sea to england's lake district, where cat moh reports. here in the uk's biggest national park, in the mountainous rugged lake district, you will find the green and beautiful landscapes this country is known for. but there's also something else. scars to the mountainsides tell a story of a defining industrial area for the country and the communities in this region.

at the uk's last working slate mine, travellers can come to walk in the treacherous footsteps miners used to take up the mountain. they call it the via ferrata. but first i wanted to see what life was like for these miners working deep within the network of mining tiles before modern machinery transformed the practice of extracting the slate. it's a bit low down here. wow! look at this! it's an absolutely amazing space... i can hear my voice echoing off the rocks. it represents a huge area where they found an off a lot of good rock, and it also represents some 11 miles of tunnels and caverns. i can't imagine how long it would have taken to carve out a space this huge in here. paint a picture for me of what it would have been like back in its heyday.

when was that? back in its heyday, after the first world war when production was getting going again, and it built up to some 2000 tons of roofing slate produced per year. and that would have been in places like this, lit by early carbide lamps, which is the next generation of lamp after using just candlelight, we would have the dust of the rock in their lungs, and they always have the potential, when you are working the rock, for it to come down onto your head which would have been covered in a cloth cap. back out of the mine, it is time to head up to the via ferrata. so the old miner's route starts way over here, and the only way to get there is on this narrow bridge. my mouth has suddenly gone dry. here we go... this is where it gets interesting. you are doing really well. 0k...

how high are we? we are 3000 feet above sea level, approximately. we are quite high up from the road, just the fact that the cars are like micro machines from here. yeah, these cars look tiny. probably isn't the best conversation to be having while we go over this. at over 150 metres, this bridge is the longest of its kind in britain, and as i creep my way across, i could not be more aware of every remaining step to go. ok, i can do this, doing my best ballet feet. 0h! just keep breathing... 0k, all right. this is really hard. oh gosh. with the wind lurching

the bridge from side to side, i have to be so careful when i put my feet. oh my gosh! this wind! ahh! 0k? if i actually stop and think about it, the view is, it's amazing up here. but to be honest, i haven't really been concentrating on the view so much as my feet and my arms so i don't fall into the view. actually it is really quite long. now i can appreciate the view. so pretty! well done. woohoo! solid ground! safety! i would jump for joy but it is a bit windy still. well done! we did it! while cat catches her breath,

we are headed up to the very while cat catches her breath, i'm back in county down. it's amazing as we're walking through here how many people will are wearing the big capes for game of thrones, clearly because game of thrones was filmed here. it's such a beautiful area. did you come to this part of the world because of game of thrones? yeah, idid. i mean, northern ireland is a fascinating country. lots of history. i think if not for game of thrones are probably would not have come all this way. really are you like a big fan? on a scale of one to ten, like an 11. i'm 24, travelling alone, my father grew up during the troubles so he thought it was absolutely insane. but he has seen all my photos and it has been a great trip. for three decades, up until 1998, northern ireland endured a violent and deadly conflict

known as the troubles. since then a kind of dark tourism exploring the locations and rules of the conflict has been popular here. but for some local people there is now a more positive story to tell about what their country has to offer. so here we have summer, which is bran stark‘s direwolf. now, you're going to go meet him later on. this is obviously — he's not a puppy any more. but he's stilljust as cute, trust me. ah, the runt of the litter. that one's yours, snow. the big draw behind my coach tour were local celebrities. william played a white walker in the programme, but it is his two dogs that people come from around the world to meet. who do we have here? this is 0din and is thor. summer, bran stark‘s direwolf, and grey wind, rob stark‘s direwolf. aren't you beautiful. he's so fluffy! yeah. shall we take them for a walk? yeah. do you want to take this one? sure. it has changed from being only

a couple of dogs to suddenly you've got a tourism operation now. well, you know, people started wanting to meet them. they contacted us through social media and so we decided that instead of them coming to our house we had to make it more official. so my brothers and i started up our own tour company. so tell us a little bit about the impact game of thrones has had on your community. county down, i think, was one of the least visited tourist—wise counties in ireland. now i think it is one of the highest because of game of thrones. you look like a game of thrones extra. do you buy into it? are you a game of thrones junkie? i was actually contracted to keep this while filming. my whole family have long hair and beards, but anyway... yeah, i am a massive game of thrones fan.